Shree Ram Janaki International Cricket Stadium
Shree Ram Janaki International Cricket Stadium is a multipurpose cricket stadium in Janakpur , Nepal . The stadium is built on 17 bighas of land in Rajaul , Janakpur . It has the capacity of over 60,000 + individuals . The Govt. of India has announced the financial support of ₹ 100 Crores . The Madhesh Pradesh Government has announced to invest Rs. 2 Billion on this stadium .
Beres Owusu
Beres Owusu ( born 19 September 2003 ) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Quevilly-Rouen , on loan from club Saint-Etienne .
Owusu joined the academy of Saint-Etienne from AAS Sarcelles in 2020 . He signed his first professional contract on 22 December 2022 , a deal lasting until 2025 . On 17 August 2024 , Owusu made his professional debut for Saint-Etienne in a 1-0 defeat away to Monaco on the first matchday of the 2024-25 Ligue 1 season , playing the full 90 minutes . On 2 September 2024 , he extended his contract with Saint-Etienne to 2027 and joined Championnat National club Quevilly-Rouen on a season-long loan . On 27 September 2024 , he received the first red card of his professional career in a match against Le Mans .
Born in France , Owusu is of Ghanaian descent .
2024 in Africa
This is a list of events that have taken place in Africa in 2024 .
Saeed Noormohammadi
Saeed Noormohammadi is a reformist politician , spokesperson , and member of the Central Council of Nedaye Iranian Party .
Noormohammadi began his political career in the youth wing of the Islamic Iran Participation Front and became more prominent after Seyyed Mohammad Khatami invited him to be one of his advisors .
Following generational differences in the Participation Front after its dissolution , Noormohammadi , along with young people critical of the performance of the first generation of reformists , founded the Iranian Voice Party . Seyyed Mohammad Sadegh Kharrazi also joined them on this path .
In the 1400 presidential election , when the Iranian Voice Party and the Kargozaran Party supported the candidacy of Abdolnaser Hemmati against Ebrahim Raisi , Noormohammadi was the deputy for the provinces of Hemmati 's election campaign .
Plain View Township , Sampson County , North Carolina
Plain View Township is a township in Sampson County , North Carolina , United States .
Plain View Township is one of 19 townships within Sampson County . It is in total area . The township is located in northwestern Sampson County , and is the northernmost township in the county .
In 2020 , the population of Plain View Township was 4,969 .
In 2022 , the estimated population of the township was 4,165 .
Communities within Plain View Township include Plain View and Spivey 's Corner .
The township is bordered to the northwest by Harnett County , to the northeast by Johnston County , to the east by Westbrook Township , to the southeast by Herring Township , and to the southwest by Mingo Township .
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham ... ( soundtrack )
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham ... is the soundtrack album to the 2001 film of the same name directed by Karan Johar and produced by Yash Johar under Dharma Productions , featuring Amitabh Bachchan , Jaya Bachchan , Shah Rukh Khan , Kajol , Hrithik Roshan , and Kareena Kapoor . The soundtrack featured eleven compositions - five songs composed by Jatin-Lalit , five by Sandesh Shandilya , and one song by Aadesh Shrivastava , as a guest composer . Sameer wrote the lyrics for most of the songs , with the exception of one song written by Anil Pandey . The soundtrack was released under Sony Music India label on 26 October 2001 and received positive reviews , becoming the highest-selling Bollywood soundtrack of the year .
The soundtrack to " Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham ... " featured eleven compositions - Jatin-Lalit , who previously worked with Karan in " Kuch Kuch Hota Hai " ( 1998 ) had composed three original songs , including two sad versions of the title song ; whereas Sandesh Shandilya had also composed three original songs , plus an instrumental " Soul of K3G " and a rendition of the national song " Vande Mataram . " Aadesh Shrivatsava joined as the guest composer , composing one song " Say Shava Shava . " The lyrics were provided by Sameer , except for " Suraj Hua Maddham " which was penned by Anil Pandey . The film score has been composed by Babloo Chakravarty .
Explaining the album , Karan Johar said , " I wanted music that had all kinds of tunes - pop , romantic , " bhangra " - but one sound . It had to be larger than life . " He added that Jatin-Lalit came up with three " haunting melodies , " while Shandilya and Shrivastava came up with the pop and " bhangra " songs , respectively .
Upon its release on 26 October 2001 , the soundtrack of " Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham ... " emerged as a major success by selling 2.5 million units within 30 days . It became the best-selling album of the year in India , with 3.5million soundtrack album sales .
Writing for " Rediff , " Sukanya Varma praised most of the compositions , while being critical of the song " Say Shava Shava " due to the " overdose of Punjabi emotions . " She summed up by saying , " The music of " K3G " has a presence . Hate it or love it , you certainly won 't ignore it . " According to Khalid Mohamed of " The Times of India , " " the music score has its high as well as flaccid points . " Taran Adarsh of " Bollywood Hungama " stated that the album consisted of songs that are " upbeat , " " mesmerising , " " soulful " and " catchy , " " offering a wide variety to the viewers . " Shamaila Khan of BBC stated that " the music and song picturisations were fab " while Derek Elly of " Variety " wrote " Between the regulation six musical numbers , Babloo Chakravaty 's copious background score makes hay with the catchy main theme as well as other musical montages . "
A legal suit was filed against Johar for using the song " It 's Raining Men " in the film without obtaining prior permission .
Despite the soundtrack 's success , the duo Jatin-Lalit expressed their disappointment on bringing other composers to develop the soundtrack . As a result , Karan ended his collaboration with the duo and later associated with the trio Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy for the forthcoming ventures , beginning with " Kal Ho Naa Ho " ( 2003 ) .
In 2002 , Sony released another album titled " Klub K3G , " featuring remixes by Indian electronic music producers Akshai Sarin , Harshdeep Sidhu , Prempal Hans and others . A part of the song " Say Shava Shava " was reused as " Dekha Tenu Pehli Pehli Baar Ve " in " Mr. & Mrs. Mahi " ( 2024 ) , which was sung by Mohammad Faiz .
Sano Ichiro ( character )
Using as her inspiration P.D. James and Elizabeth George , Rowland set out to write a mystery novel . She had been a big fan of samurai films during her university days , and decided to set her first novel in feudal Japan because " I needed to carve out a territory for myself , and feudal Japan was wide open . It was a marriage of interest and opportunity . " Rowland wrote two novels , which were rejected for publication . After finishing her third novel , she sent the manuscript to two publishers and presented a copy to a Random House editor whom she had met at a writer 's conference . When all three publishers expressed interest , there was a bidding war that Random House won for $ 100,000 . " Shinju " was subsequently published by Random House in 1994 . Her feudal Japan series , which eventually reached 16 titles , deals with the experiences of Sano Ichiro , a samurai and minor official who , by the end of the first novel , becomes the trusted chief investigator for the fifth Tokugawa " shogun , " Tokugawa Tsunayoshi , and by the tenth novel , is promoted to a very high office .
Rowland takes some literary license with known figures , creating fictionalized versions of Tokugawa Tsunayoshi , Emperor Higashiyama in " The Samurai 's Wife , " and Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu . Objective historical details , however , are credibly accurate , although " New York Times " critic F.G. Notehelfer pointed out several historical anachronisms in the first book of the series , " Shinju . "
Initially , Sano is a yoriki ; by the conclusion of the first novel , he is appointed sosakan-sama , aka " The Most Honorable Investigator of Events , Situations , and People , " thus becoming the chief investigator for the shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi . Sano is thus often at odds with the shogun 's primary advisor Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu , who views Ichiro as a potential threat to his power .
Throughout the stories , Sano constantly has to deal with the moral conflict of following the code of bushido while serving both justice and his master , the Shogun . He is frequently faced with death if he does not fulfil his obligations to his master . Fortunately , he is assisted by numerous others , most notably his wife , .
After his arranged marriage at the start of the fourth novel to Reiko , he also has to deal with her non-traditional attitude as she frequently involves herself in Sano 's investigations . They later have two children Masahiro and Akkiko , who sometimes become embroiled in the mystery at hand .
Sano 's wife , the daughter of a powerful magistrate . She is knowledgeable in martial arts .
Sano 's loyal retainer . His first name is never revealed .
A lady-in-waiting to the shogun 's mother , and friend of Reiko . She later marries Hirata .
A physician " exiled " to the morgue in Edo Jail , as a punishment for learning foreign medicine . He often aids Sano in examining the corpses of murder victims .
The scheming , manipulative chamberlain to the shogun . He is antagonistic to Sano , as he fears he is trying to usurp him .
The fifth Tokugawa shogun . He is depicted as weak-willed , and indecisive .
Tanikella Bharani filmography
Tanikella Bharani is Indian actor , screenwriter , poet and playwright who works primarily in Telugu cinema .
Faculty of Letters , University of Tokyo
The Faculty of Letters is one of the ten consitituent undergraduate faculties of the University of Tokyo . The Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology is affiliated with the faculty , and these two schools operate as one organisation in practice .
The Faculty of Letters became part of the university when it was founded in 1877 through the merger of the Kaisei School and the Tokyo School of Medicine , the former of which included the Faculty . The Faculty traces its roots to the Bansho Shirabesho and the Shohei-zaka Gakumonjo , both established during the Edo period .
In 1877 , the Faculty comprised three departments : philosophy , politics , and Japanese and Chinese literature studies . The second of these was transferred to the Faculty of Law in 1885 . Over time , these departments were gradually divided into more specialised groups , but the reorganisation of 1963 classified them into four categories : Cultural Studies , History , Linguistics , and Behavioural Studies . The Department of Education became an independent faculty in 1949 at the request of SCAP , which sought to utilise education as a means to further democratise Japanese society .
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Kajal Sinha
Kajal Sinha ( 1962 - 26 April 2021 ) was an Indian politician from West Bengal . He was a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Khardaha Assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district . He won the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election representing the All India Trinamool Congress .
Sinha was from Khardaha , North 24 Parganas district , West Bengal . He was the son of late Kumud Ranjan Sinha . He passed Class 12 at Metropolitan Institute in 1978 .
Sinha won from Khardaha Assembly constituency representing All India Trinamool Congress in the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election . He polled 89,807 votes and defeated his nearest rival , Silbhadra Datta of the Bharatiya Janata Party , by a margin of 28,140 votes .
Sinha died on 26 April 2021 due to COVID-19 , a few days after the elections . He is one of the four MLAs who died with the disease . His wife , Nandita Sinha , filed a complaint against the Election Commission of India , for negligence in conducting the elections in multiple phases during the pandemic .
Pariaman Express
Pariaman Express Train ( formerly known as Sibinuang Train ) is an economy class local train service operated by PT Kereta api Indonesia ( Persero ) Padang Regional Division II , which serves the route Pauh Lima Station-Padang Station-Naras Station or vice versa . This train is under the control of Regional Division II West Sumatra . This train is also one of the few passenger train services operated there along with the airport train Minangkabau Express and Lembah Anai railbus .
Since the end of 2015 , this train has stopped at train stops in Padang city which had been built at that time . Starting March 22 2019 , the Sibinuang railway relationship was extended to Naras Station along with the completion of the reactivation of the Pariaman-Naras line . As of March 1 , 2023 , several Sibinuang train schedules have been extended to Pauh Lima Station . This train also has a special bicycle train that is used to store bicycles to make it easier for cyclists who want to cycle to Pariaman or to Padang . As of June 1 , 2023 , according to the determination of Gapeka 2023 . Sibinuang Train was renamed Pariaman Express Train
This train carries out the journey Pauh Lima Station - Naras Station 8 trips in one day trip at a rate of Rp5,000 .
The following is the arrangement of the Pariaman Express train series :
Isi-Sumuabi
Isi-Sumuabi or Isi-Sumuabu was king of Terqa and king of the land of H  ana around 1735 BC , in the Early Hana period ( c . 1750-1595 BC ) , the successor kingdom of Zimri-Lim of Mari ( r . 1775-1761 BCE ) .
After Hammurabi of Babylon had destroyed the city of Mari , the Kingdom of Hana was established with its capital at Terqa . It would in large control the territory formerly held by Zimri-Lim of Mari . During this time , Terqa 's eastern border seem to include Tabatum in the northeast and warring with Babylon for the control of Harradum on the Euphrates in the southeast .
In the Old Babylonian period , Isi-Sumuabi was the second king of Terqa . He is known from a number of clay tablets from the city of Tabatum .
Tabatum was on the middle reaches of the H  abur , which belonged to his kingdom . Two of these are letters to Yasim-Mahar , who was his local governor . There are two other tablets in which he is mentioned . They are of a legal-administrative nature . One of them deals with the monthly rotation in connection with the pudum ceremony for the sun god Samas . His name appears in the year name with which the tablet is dated : the " year that Isi-Sumuabi ... dedicated to Samas . " This immediately makes his royal dignity crystal clear and the fact that in Tabatum the calendar was based on his regnal years . The other tablet concerns the grant of a piece of land in which he is called " king . " The tablet also clearly shows that it was written in the legal tradition of H  ana . The punishment for breaking the contract is to be smeared with hot asphalt . It dates from a different year , the year name of which refers to a project in which work was being done on the course of the river . The king is also mentioned elsewhere , for example in a contract found in Terqa which was further downstream on the Euphrates . There is also a contract from Haradum , another 90 km further downstream in which he is mentioned . With this he ruled over an area not much inferior to the land of Zimri-Lim of Mari . [ 1 ]
Isi-Sumuabi was the successor of Yapah-Sumu [ abu ? ] . In his time , and that of Samsu-iluna , H  ana must have regained his independence from Babylonia , but nothing else is known about him . Isi-Sumuabi was succeeded by Yadih-abu . They must have reigned as independent kings for about 20-30 years , but the precise chronology is not clear .
A possible attestation is a year-name of Isi-Sumu-Abum ( BM 80338 ) .
Keishi Ishikawa
Ishikawa made his debut in the GT300 class of Super GT in 2016 for one round with Rn-sports . He made his full season debut next season as he raced with Rn-sports paired with Ryosei Yamashita .
In 2018 , Ishikawa moved to Pacific with Gulf Racing , partnering Rintaro Kubo as they drove a Porsche 911 GT3 R. Ishikawa then moved to GAINER with Kazuki Hoshino .
Yadih-Abu
Yadih-Abu ( also written as Yadikh-Abu ; Iadih-Abum ) was in the Middle Bronze Age / Old Babylonian period a king of Terqa and king of the land of H  ana . He was the son and successor of king Isi-Sumuabi .
Yadih-Abu ( E4.23.3 ) inherited from his predecessor a kingdom along the Euphrates and the Khabur that could well be compared with that of the destroyed city of Mari .
At Tell Taban ( Tabatum ) , a number of clay tablets mention him and about ten year-names of him are known from which building activities in Araite , Tabatum ( Tell Taban ) , Dunnum and Terqa are evident . At the end of his reign he came into conflict with Samsu-iluna who took over Haradum in the south around his 25th regnal year and in his 28th year claims to have defeated Yadih-abu . It seems that this put an end to the independence of Hana for the time being . Yadih-abu was succeeded by one Kastiliasu , a person with a clearly Kassite name who did not belong to the house of Puzurum and was probably no more than a deputy of Samsu-iluna .
He is mentioned in the 28th , 29th , 30th and 31st years names of Samsu-Iluna of Babylon ( r . 1749-1712 BCE ) .
Year 28 of Samsu-Iluna ( 1722 BC ) : Year in which Samsu-iluna the king by the command of Enlil , by the wisdom and strength given by Marduk , crushed like a mountain with his terrifying szita-weapon and his mace the hostile kings Iadihabum and Mutihurszan / Mutihursag .
Year 29 of Samsu-Iluna : Year after the year in which Samsu-iluna the king by the command of Enlil crushed Iadihabum and Mutihurszan with his terrifying szita-weapon and the mace .
Year 30 of Samsu-Iluna : Second year after the year Samsu-iluna the king by the command of Enlil ...
Year 31 of Samsu-Iluna : Third year after the year Samsu-iluna the king by the command of Enlil ...
A possible attestation in year-names of Samsu-Iluna : P304806 , P305547 , P373079 , P306893 , P510251 , P509829 ( cuneiform administrative text ) referring to Iadihabum and Mutihursag .
Jonathan Limbong Parapak
Dr. ( H.C. ) Jonathan Limbong Parapak , M.Eng.Sc. ( born July 12 , 1942 ) is a lecturer and former President Director of PT Indonesian Satellite Corporation ( Indosat ) . He currently serves as the rector of Pelita Harapan University , Tangerang , replacing the previous rector , Johannes Oentoro . He also served as Secretary General of the Department of Tourism , Post , and Telecommunications in 1991-1998 . In 2000 , he submitted an early retirement request to the Minister of Tourism , Arts and Culture , to choose to serve in the field of education . He joined Universitas Pelita Harapan ( UPH ) as an advisor in 2001 and was appointed as the Rector of Pelita Harapan University in 2006
Jonathan Parapak was born July 12 , 1942 , in La 'bo Village , North Toraja Regency , his father was an employee of the Forestry Service who always moved house following assignments while his mother was a housewife . After high school , and had tried at the Faculty of Medicine Hasanuddin University , Makassar , but did not finish . He immediately registered at the University of Tasmania , Australia through a scholarship program from the Australian government , he majored in mechanical engineering . After graduating from the same university , Jonathan enrolled for a " master " in engineering at the same university . To gain more knowledge , he took an executive course at Syracuse University . He returned to Indonesia in 1969 . On December 4 , 1971 , he married Anne Berniece Atkinson ; a fellow minister who met at a campus prayer fellowship activity on his campus .
He started his early career as a staff of PT Indosat in 1969 , then from 1980 to 1991 , he sat as President Director of PT Indosat . He received a Doctorate Honoris Causa ( H.C ) from Ouachita Baptist University .
Sid Edwards
Emile " Sid " Edwards is the mayor-president elect of Baton Rouge , Louisiana . He was elected mayor-president in a runoff election held on December 7 , 2024 , defeating incumbent Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome . He will assume office on January 1 , 2025 .
Edwards is a newcomer to the Louisiana political stage ; at 61 years-old , he is known in the local community as the long-time head football coach and dean of students at Istrouma High School .
Martina Ononiwu
Martina Amarachi Ononiwu is a Nigerian business strategist based in France . She is the founder of Runstead Consulting ; Kizocare , a play and learning center for children ; Mrs. Petite Monkey ; Jolly Monkeys and Thandel Tours . Ononiwu is also the president of the AngloAfrik France , a non- profit organization that provides support services for the African English-Speaking people in France She is a member of Rotary International . Ononiwu was awarded the US Presidential Lifetime Achievers Award ( Presidential Volunteer Service Award ) ( PVSA ) by American President Joe Biden .
Ononiwu has a Diploma in Computer Studies from the University of Abuja . She also earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre Arts , with specialization in Directing and Public Relations from the same university . She gained admission into the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia , where she obtained Master of Arts in Performing Arts ; with a specialization in Directing , marketing and Cinematography . She is Scrum Master Certified ( SMC ) , issued by Scrum Alliance in June 2022 . She is also a certified business consultant ( ExpertRating Inc . )
Ononiwu began her career as a Public Relations Officer at Treasure Base Resource Limited in 2006 . She joined Zenith Bank Group as a Graduate Trainee . In 2009 , she became the Marketing Manager at Cronier Wines in Malaysia . Ononiwu founded Jolly Monkeys in 2014 , donating profits to charity , which caters for Syrian Refugees in Paris . As the Business Development Manager at Runstead Services since 2018 , she oversees partnerships across continents . She is also the founder and president of AngloAfrik France , supporting African communities in France . Ononiwu was a speaker , alongside Obasanjo and Okonjo-Iweala at the inaugural Innovate Africa Conference in September 2024 .
Phraek Si Racha
Phraek Si Racha ( , ) is a " tambon " ( sub-district ) in Sankhaburi district , Chai Nat province , central Thailand . It is considered the downtown Sankhaburi where the district office is located .
Phraek Si Racha is a historic place , its history dates back to around 2,500 years ago , before the establishment of Ayutthaya Kingdom . Its name is inscribed in the Ram Khamhaeng Inscription as the vassal state of Sukhothai Kingdom . The terrain is a lowland along the Noi river , a tributary of the Chao Phraya river . This made Phraek Si Racha a water transportation community that could navigate along the Noi river to meet the Chao Phraya in the present-day Chai Nat province , or could travel along other local waterways to the Tha Chin river , where Suphannabhum State ( now Suphanburi province ) was located . In short , Phraek Si Racha was a passageway for water travel to larger city-states such as Suphannabhum or Ayutthaya , and could exit to the Gulf of Siam via both waterways .
The word " Praek " is a Mon language meaning " waterway junction " or " confluence . " Overall , it means " a town located at the junction of rivers . " Assumed that " Sankhaburi " was probably a name that was changed in the middle Ayutthaya period onwards .
Around Phraek Si Racha , there are many ancient towns from the Dvaravati-Lopburi period , starting from Nakhon Sawan and Chai Nat . Dong Khon ( now a sub-district in Sankhaburi ) , about south , is an ancient town with a moat . In addition , various ancient objects have been found , including many ancient sites , indicating that this place was once a town , such as Wat Phra Kaew , Wat Mahathat , Wat Phraya Phraek , Wat Tanod Lai , etc .
Moreover , its location may also be linked to another city-state mentioned in a 12th-century Chinese document called " Chen-li-fu " in the Suphanburi basin .
Phraek Si Racha is also believed to be the native land of Khun San , one of the leaders of the villagers ' self-defense force in the Bang Rachan Battle during the end of Ayutthaya Kingdom . He was known as a sharpshooter .
The main water resource is the Noi river that flows through the eastern edge from north to south . Although it is a lowland along the waterways , it has never experienced flooding problems .
The sub-district is administered by two local government bodies are Phraek Si Racha Sub-district Municipality and Sankhaburi Sub-district Municipality .
The area also consists of 16 administrative " mubans " ( villages ) .
As of December 2022 , it has a total population of 14,586 .
Ministry of Micro , Small , and Medium Enterprises ( Indonesia )
The Ministry of Micro , Small , and Medium Enterprises of the Republic of Indonesia ( ) is a ministry that organizes government affairs in the field of small and medium enterprises and the micro business government sub-department which is the scope of government affairs in the field of small and medium enterprises .
This ministry was established by Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto in the Red and White Cabinet in October 2024 .
The ministry has the task of organizing government affairs in the field of small and medium enterprises and the sub-ruling of micro-enterprise government which is the scope of government affairs in the field of small and medium enterprises to assist the President in organizing the government of the country . The ministry carries out the following functions :
The organizational structure of the Ministry consists of :
List of Delicious in Dungeon characters
The " Delicious in Dungeon " manga series features an extensive cast of characters created by Ryoko Kui .
Chiang Mai racecourse
Chiang Mai racecourse is a horse racing venue in the Mueang Chiang Mai district of Chiang Mai , northern Thailand , about four kilometres north of the old city .
Opened in the 1980s , Chaing Mai racecourse is operated by the Sports Development Centre of the Thai army . As one of the few state-licensed racecourses in Thailand , betting is allowed and is the only kind of gambling , apart from the National Lottery , which is permitted in Thailand .
Horse races take place each Saturday with eight to ten races held on a sand track . Facilities include a grandstand for several hundred spectators with a VIP area , food and drink outlets and betting counters .
In 2020 , it was reported that the racecourse may be closed down .
Nasejje Jalia
Nasejje Jalia also known professonially as Zabuli is a Ugandan gospel musician born on February 29 , 1992 in Uganda a dance hall-ragga gospel artist and a professional teacher raised from Entebbe . She began her music career in 2013 and has since released several hit songs . She has won several awards internationally and locally including the Collaboration of the year at Viga awards 2016 and Best contemporary song Viga Awards 2023 .
Zabuli was born to a family of 5 children she is number three , with three sisters and one brother to Cherotich Agnes by a Christian mother and a Moslem father was just a starting point for a chaotic childhood because family was always fighting over the children over which religion to practice that it found her looking for her own way around life independently which resulted into a very destructive journey for her
Zabuli 's life took a significant turn at the age of 19 . An unintended pregnancy with a Muslim man with whom she did not foresee a future presented a significant challenge . The memory of her mother 's recent widowhood and her warnings about the importance of family and responsibility weighed heavily on her . Zabuli felt a profound sense of guilt and selfishness , perceiving the pregnancy as a betrayal of both her mother 's expectations and her own aspirations .
Unwilling to face the perceived consequences of motherhood , Zabuli attempted to self-induce an abortion . When this failed , she sought medical assistance . However , during the medical procedure , Zabuli experienced a severe medical complication , leading to a near-death experience .
Zabuli began her music career in 2013 with the release of his debut single " Take the wheel " which became an instant hit . She has since released several other songs including " Dede , " " Kaidali , " " Mwana Wa Muloodi , " and " Kyeeya " among others . Zabuli has collaborated with several other artists including Esther Hadasha , Philla , and Coopy Bly among others .
The Can You Praise Talent Search is a mentorship and discipleship talent search program for talented Christian artists ( singers or rappers ) in its second season organised by Zabuli Music Ministries . The Talent show has been on for Two Seasons aiming to equip talented young artists with enough knowledge spiritually through the discipleship academy to best prepare them to join the music industry . The talent search is open to solo artists or music groups who are at least 18 years old .
Here is a list of some of his songs .
Albums
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The molecular formula CHNO ( molar mass : 338.50 g / mol ) may refer to :
Ministry of Cooperatives ( Indonesia )
Ministry of Cooperatives of the Republic of Indonesia ( abbreviated as Kemenkop ) is a ministry in the Government of Indonesia that handles cooperative affairs . The Ministry of Cooperatives is led by a Minister of Cooperatives ( Menkop ) who since October 21 , 2024 has been held by Budi Arie Setiadi .
The Ministry has the task of organizing government affairs in the field of cooperatives to assist the President in organizing the government of the country . The Ministry carries out the following functions :
The organizational structure of the Ministry consists of :
Milaf Cola
Milaf Cola ( ) It is a carbonated cola drink containing date extract. is a Cola drink popular in Saudi Arabia
Milaf Cola was launched in Saudi Arabia in 2024 as part of the Saudi government 's program to produce indigenous products , the Saudi Ministry of Agriculture is providing subsidies for its production . This soft drink was produced by Durat Al Madinah , a subsidiary of the Public Investment Fund ( PIF ) .
It is a sugar-free cola made by esterification of dates
Milaf Cola is a traditional Saudis Cola distillates from fruits such as date extract , created in 2024 .
Milaf Cola 's ingredient are : -
BO Lyncis
BO Lyncis , abbreviated BO Lyn and otherwise referred to as GSC 02985-01044 , is a white-hued binary star in the northern constellation of Lynx . With an apparent magnitude of 11.49 , it is too faint to be seen by the naked eye but can be observed using a telescope with an aperture of or larger . It is located at a distance of according to Gaia EDR3 parallax measurements , and is receding farther away from the Sun at a heliocentric radial velocity of 23.48 km / s .
It was first discovered to be a Delta Scuti variable in 1994 during a survey of blue horizontal branch stars , and was subsequently assigned its variable-star designation in 1997 .
The primary star is an A-type main-sequence star between the spectral types A5V and A8V , with a mass of approximately 1.76 and a luminosity fluctuating between 9.4 and 13.6 . A detailed spectral type of kA6hA5mA9 indicates that the classification would be A6 based on calcium K-lines , A5 based on calcium H-lines , and A9 based on the spectral lines of other metals .
It has been described as a high-amplitude Delta Scuti variable ( HADS ) , also known as an AI Velorum star , with a period of 0.0933584 days ( 10.7114 cycles / day ) and an amplitude of 0.23 mag . The relatively short period signals that the star has a low metallicity of around − 0.3 , meaning it has only 10 ≈ 50 % as much iron content as the Sun . In 2005 , the period was found to be steadily decreasing at a rate of − 1.5 days / day ( ) , which would later be revised to by Li et al . ( 2018 ) . Concurrently , two additional possible pulsation frequencies were discovered , at 15.81 and 13.60 cycles / day .
The secondary star has a minimum mass of , which , coupled with the binary 's blue color , suggests that it is an A- or F-type main-sequence star or a dim degenerate star . If the former is true , its luminosity is non-negligible , decreasing the apparent amplitude of the pulsating star ( which happens to be relatively small for a HADS ) . Assuming an amplitude typical of the primary 's spectral type at 0.40 mag , the luminosity of the secondary can be derived at ~ 8.4 , corresponding to a 1.67 late A-type main-sequence star . This places the inclination of the system at about 42 ° .
Stellar kinematics measurements imply that the star belongs to the old disk population of the Milky Way , though its distance above the Galactic plane is , which is two scale heights of the old disk population .
Mandera Assault
The Mandera Prison Assault was a pivotal military operation conducted by the Somali National Movement ( SNM ) on 2 January 1983 during the early stages of the Somaliland War of Independence . The assault targeted Mandera Prison , a high-security detention center near Berbera in northern Somalia , where numerous political dissidents from Somaliland were held . Under the command of Colonel Mohamed Hashi Lihle , SNM commando units freed over 700 prisoners , though independent sources estimate that around a dozen prominent political detainees escaped . The operation , considered the SNM 's first major military success , significantly boosted the morale of the resistance movement and highlighted the deteriorating grip of the Somali government in the northern regions .
By the early 1980s , dissatisfaction with the government of Siad Barre had reached a breaking point in northern Somalia , particularly among the Isaaq clan . Barre 's regime marginalized the north politically and economically while using repression and imprisonment to quell dissent . The Somali National Movement ( SNM ) was founded in 1981 in response to these grievances , gaining widespread support in the northern regions . Mandera Prison , located near Berbera , symbolized the regime 's oppressive policies , as it held hundreds of political prisoners from Somaliland . The SNM identified the prison as a strategic target to both free detainees and establish their credibility as a resistance force .
The Mandera Prison Assault was a well-coordinated raid executed by a small force of SNM commandos under the leadership of Colonel Mohamed Hashi Lihle . On the morning of 2 January 1983 , the SNM launched simultaneous attacks on :
The SNM succeeded in liberating over 700 prisoners according to their reports , although independent sources suggest that only about 12 high-value political prisoners managed to escape . Lihle addressed the freed prisoners , offering them three options :
The commandos simultaneously raided the Cadaadle armoury , acquiring a significant but unspecified quantity of arms and ammunition , which strengthened their military capacity .
The success of the operation was a significant propaganda victory for the SNM , bolstering their reputation among the Isaaq population and inspiring further resistance to Barre 's regime .
The Mandera Prison Assault was instrumental in shaping the course of the Somaliland War of Independence . It demonstrated the SNM 's ability to carry out high-profile operations , instilled fear within Barre 's government , and solidified support for the SNM among Somalilanders . The raid also marked the emergence of military heroes like Colonel Mohamed Hashi Lihle and Captain Ibrahim Kodbur , who played central roles in subsequent battles . Over the next six years , the SNM launched numerous successful raids from their Ethiopian bases , steadily eroding Barre 's control in the north .
The Mandera Prison Assault is remembered as a symbol of defiance and determination in Somaliland 's struggle for independence . It is frequently cited as the SNM 's most striking initial military success , laying the groundwork for future campaigns and inspiring widespread resistance to Barre 's regime .
BDFA
BDFA may refer to :
Mark Prince
Mark Prince ( born 10 March 1969 ) is a British boxer and knife-crime charity founder .
Mark Prince was born on 10 March 1969 in London , United Kingdom .
Prince won the WBO intercontinental light-heavyweight title in September 1997 .
In 2006 , Prince 's son , Kiyan , was killed in a stabbing incident . Following Kiyan 's death , Prince founded the Kiyan Prince Foundation ( KPF ) , a charity in memory of his son , with the aim to use boxing to deter people from getting involved in knife crime .
In 2016 , Prince was awarded an honorary doctorate in Ministry by Excel University .
Price was honoured in the 2019 New Year Honours list with an OBE after his work with the KPF on tackling knife crime .
On 17 December 2024 , Prince won the Helen Rollason Award at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2024 ceremony at MediaCity , Salford . He was given the honour as recognition for his work at the KPF .
Oscar De La Hoya vs. Jesse James Leija
Oscar De La Hoya vs. Jesse James Leija , billed as Return to the Mecca was a professional boxing match contested on December 15 , 1995 , for the WBO lightweight title .
Almost immediately following his victory over Genaro Hernandez , Oscar De La Hoya , the reigning WBO lightweight champion , would sign a deal with Madison Square Garden president Dave Checketts , who was in attendance for the Hernandez fight , that would see De La Hoya make his next title defense against an yet-to-be-named opponent in the famed arena in what would be his New York City debut . De La Hoya had previously been scheduled to make his New York City debut at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in 1993 , but he pulled out of his scheduled fight against Jose Vidal Concepcion citing " personal reasons " just three days before it was to happen . Leija was expected to be De La Hoya 's final opponent as a lightweight . De La Hoya already had agreed to move up to the super lightweight division to face an opponent the following February in what was to be a tune-up fight prior to facing Julio Cesar Chavez for the WBC super lightweight title .
Madison Square Garden officials originally pegged De La Hoya to face 2-division world champion and native New Yorker Tracy Harris Patterson , who then held the IBF junior lightweight title , but promoter Bob Arum deemed that Patterson was too light to face De La Hoya and replaced him with Jesse James Leija , a former WBC super featherweight champion who was moving up in weight to challenge De La Hoya . However , Patterson 's agent Marc Roberts opinioned that De La Hoya had actually " decided to duck " Patterson . Patterson . Instead , Patterson was featured on the main undercard bout , defending his junior lightweight title against challenger Arturo Gatti . Patterson 's stepfather and former manager , two-time heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson served as the chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission and was an integral part of bringing the event to Madison Square Garden but opted not to attend the press conference announcing the event as a result of a rift with his stepson . The " Return to the Mecca " card was the first major boxing event to take place in Madison Square Garden since the Buddy McGirt vs. Pernell Whitaker fight in March 1993 and was part of a concerted effort betwee the arena and HBO to bring boxing back the venue more frequently .
Leija 's trainer Richie Giachetti expressed dissatisfaction with the New York State Athletic Commission appointing Ron Lipton to referee the fight , claiming that Lipton would unfairly favor De La Hoya and vowed to protest the fight should Leija lose by a decision stating " If there 's a knockout , then it doesn 't matter . But if it comes to a decision , I don 't want it influenced by a referee that allows one fighter to do things to another guy . "
Fighting largely tactically , De La Hoya used his superior height and reach to his advantage as Leija threw punches constantly through two rounds but struggled to get inside of De La Hoya or land many punches . With 50 seconds remaining in the second round , De La Hoya landed a left hook that dropped Leija to his knees , where he remained until getting up at the count of nine . Looking to end the fight , De La Hoya then attacked Leija relentlessly , who was on slightly wobbly legs , dropping him again with a left hook just as round ended . Leija would again get back up at the count of nine , but at the insistence of Leija 's trainer Giachetti , the fight was stopped .
It was not immediately known if referee Ron Lipton had counted Leija out or if he had felt Leija could not continue and stopped the fight himself . Confused , HBO commentators Jim Lampley , George Foreman Larry Merchant and Harold Lederman argued amongst themselves whether Lipton had stopped the fight or Leija had been counter out . However , Giachetti confirmed in a post-fight interview with Merchant that it had been his decision to stop the fight .
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Bob Blank
Bob Blank is an American music producer and prolific sound engineer who ran Blank Tape Studios which opened in New York in 1976 . Artists he has worked with include , James Chance , Kid Creole , Cristina , Lizzy Mercier-Descloux , Sandra Feva , Instant Funk , Lydia Lunch , Nelson Ned , Jimmy Sabater , Sun Ra and more .
Bob Blank was tinkering with electronics , and at the age of twelve , he built a high-frequency radio transmitter which didn 't go down well with the Federal Communications Commission . He played guitar and at age eighteen , he was in a local band , and they made a record which was his first recording experience .
He originally wanted to be a session guitarist but following his move to New York , he realized that he didn 't have what it took to get in . He stayed in the music scene and started record producing and sound engineering . Working as an engineer on " To Be with You " by Jimmy Sabater proved successful as the song became a disco hit . Encouraged by the success of that he started his own studio which was called Blank Tapes . Many disco and funk recordings were done there , and it was part of the " mutant disco scene . " Artists such as James Chance , Paquito D 'Rivera , Lizzy Mercier-Descloux , Kid Creole and Cristina had either worked with him or had their recordings produced by him . The Vinyl Factor refers to Blank as a legendary disco producer .
Blank worked with a great number of artists during the late 1970s and early 1980s . He was referred to as a studio dynamo by " Record Collector " magazine .
He worked on recordings which include " Planet Rock " by Afrika Bambaataa and " Ain 't Nobody " by Chaka Khan .
August Darnell said that His studio was a haven for creative artists , and he would try things that other engineers wouldn 't dare . Along with Darnell , as a producer , Blank was connected to the ZE record label which released recordings by the Aural Exciters etc . One album featured Taana Gardner .
His former wife is Lola who had performed with James Brown . According to an article in the " Schenectady Gazette , " they originally met in 1979 while posing for a Kid Creole & the Coconuts album . Blank was dressed in safari attire with a pith helmet and having a fierce expression on his face . Lola was wearing a tiny leopard print dress , looking like Jane of the Tarzan films .
Having a passion for ballroom dancing , Blank has been successful competing in events with his partner Martha Estevez . He was a winner in the Senior Latin World Championships in Paris , France in 2014 . He was a featured dancer in " The Stepford Wives " which starred Nicole Kidman and Christopher Walken . Both Blank and Martha Estevez also were featured in " Serena 's Song , " a 2011 short which starred Michael O 'Keefe and Margot Kidder and was featured at the 2011 Long Island International Film Expo .
While working at Delta Recording Corp. in New York in 1974 , Blank produced " Happy Birthday , My Darling " for Nelson Ned and an LP for Luis Ramirez .
Blank was the engineer on the self-titled album by Latin music ensemble Orquesta Cimarron which was released on TR Records TR 115X in 1975 . It was reviewed in the 17 January 1976 issue of " Record World . " The album was produced by Marty Sheller and arrangements by Pupi Lagarreta , Marty Sheller , Harry Shields , Sonny Bravo , Ron Davis and Wilfredo Mullings . The good mixing by Blank was noted .
In 1978 , Instant Funk 's single , " I Got My Mind Made Up " was released . The work in the mix by DJ Larry Levan and Bob Blank resonated throughout Manhattan and it became a hit on the R & B and disco charts , making it to no . 1 and no . 20 on the " Billboard " Hot 100 .
Working with Lydia Lunch , Blank co-produced her " Queen of Siam " album which was released in 1980 on ZE ZEA 33006 . It was reviewed in the 1 March 1980 issue of " Cash Box . " The reviewer called it an interesting album .
Blank was the engineer on " Jam to Remember " by Just Four which was released on Brad Osborne 's Grand Groove record label in 1982 .
Working with Tony Camillo , Blank co-produced Sandra Feva 's single , " Here Now . " It was released on Catawba / Macola MRC -0961 in 12 " format . A recommended single in the 27 December 1986 issue of " Billboard , " the reviewer said it was " big , voiced chanteuse tears into a splashy , dramatic ballad . "
According to 2010 article by " Clash , " Blank was recording sound-alike tracks for library music and karaoke formats .
It was announced by " The Quietus " in an article published on 3 March 2021 that alternative mixes by Bob Blank for Sun Ra 's 1978 album " Lanquidity " would be part of CD release and CD and 4-LP box set to be released on the Strut label on 28 May that year .
In May 1978 , Musique recorded their debut album , " Keep on Jumpin ' " at Blank Tape Studios . The album which was produced by Patrick Adams had its release in August that year . On the week of 7 October , the single , " In the Bush " / " Keep on Jumpin " was at no . 1 on the " Record World " Disco File Top 20 chart . It was also on the Discofile Hit Parade , on DJ Danny Krivit 's playlist at Trude Heller 's in New York , DJ Jeff Tilton 's playlist at the Boston , Boston in Boston , and DJ Jonathan Fearing 's playlist at the Xenon in New York .
" Catch the Beat " by rapper T-Ski Valley was recorded at Blank Tape Studios . It came about as a result of a young man by the name of Tyrone who was hired to work at Brad Osborne 's store . Osborne booked some recording time for Tyrone at Blank Tape Studios . The result of this was the single , " Catch the Beat " by Tyrone , now going by the name of T-Ski valley . The Brad Osborne production was released in the US on Grand Groove GG 7701 . It became an underground hit , and was in the East Coast Dance Music Top Ten for the week of 1 August 1981 .
It was reported by " Billboard " in the magazine 's 4 March 1989 issue that Blank Productions had Peter Moffit there , mixing his second self -produced jazz album . It was cited for release that month and Arthur Russell was finishing off his album there . Blank was working on two songs for Amy Keys which were produced by Paul Simpson . Blank had also worked on a live recorded CD by Paquito D 'Rivera which featured a 16-piece string section and jazz combo .
2025 Japan Golf Tour
The 2025 Japan Golf Tour will be the 52nd season of the Japan Golf Tour ( formerly the PGA of Japan Tour ) , the main professional golf tour in Japan since it was formed in 1973 .
The following table lists official events during the 2025 season .
The following events were sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour , but did not carry official money , nor were wins official .
The 2025 Japan Challenge Tour will be the 40th season of the Japan Challenge Tour , the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour .
The following table lists official events during the 2024 season .
Boyd 's Eurobin Hotel
The Boyd 's Eurobin Hotel , often referred to simply as the Eurobin Hotel , was a significant landmark in the small hamlet of Eurobin , Victoria , Australia , during the late 19th and early 20th centuries . Situated on the road between Bright and Myrtleford , the hotel served as a halfway house during the region 's bustling coaching days . The Eurobin Hotel also shared premises with the local post office at certain points in its history , an arrangement that underscored its central role in the community .
The Eurobin Hotel was established in the mid-19th century . John Boyd , an influential figure in Eurobin 's history , became the landlord in July 1870 , presiding over the establishment for 20 years .
Under Boyd 's management , the hotel became a well-known stopping point for travellers and locals , offering rest , refreshments , and a central gathering place .
In addition to its function as a hotel , the Eurobin Hotel also occasionally hosted public events , including political addresses . For instance , in 1880 , political candidate Richard Warren addressed voters at the hotel as part of his campaign for the Ovens District election .
John Boyd was also an active member of the community , serving as the secretary for the Presbyterian Church in Eurobin in 1910 , as indicated by letters preserved in the Public Record Office Victoria .
During its operation , the Eurobin Hotel gained recognition as a " halfway house " along the road between Bright and Myrtleford . It was celebrated for its picturesque surroundings and its association with the local coaching industry . An article in the " Ovens and Murray Advertiser " from 1884 describes how horses were watered at the hotel while mail deliveries were exchanged .
The property also served as a makeshift recovery centre for injured travellers . In 1881 , after a severe riding accident , Mr. Frost , the manager of the Bank of Australasia in Bright , was taken to the Eurobin Hotel to recover . Boyd 's hospitality ensured that such incidents were handled with care .
Historical records describe a young woman at the hotel who tended to horses and assisted with general duties , earning her the nickname the " Maid of the Inn . " Another account highlights her role in watering the horses during stops at the hotel .
John Boyd retired from the hotel in 1890 , after two decades of service to the community . While the property remained a prominent local landmark for years , its significance waned as transportation methods evolved and the coaching industry declined . By the early 20th century , the hotel had ceased operations .
Despite its closure , the site of Boyd 's old hotel continued to be a notable local landmark . In 1898 , the Federal Cycling Club of Bright organised a 20-mile road race that used the site of the hotel as its turning point .
In 1905 , a destructive storm swept through Eurobin , causing significant damage to the area , including the site of the Eurobin Hotel . A report in the * Ovens and Murray Advertiser * described the storm as " of the tornado kind , " noting that it left a narrow but destructive path , uprooting wide-spreading elms and stately poplars at the site of the old Black Springs Hotel , a landmark of the coaching days . Similarly , * The Age * reported that the storm , accompanied by wind and hail , wreaked havoc across Eurobin and Running Creek , with trees marking the site of the old Eurobin Hotel and post office uprooted and some carried onto the nearby railway line .
Today , Boyd 's Eurobin Hotel exists only in historical records . Its role as a community hub , coaching stop , and post office is documented as part of Eurobin 's broader history .
Florence Herouin-Leautey
Florence Herouin-Leautey ( born 28 December 1972 ) is a French politician from the Socialist Party . She was elected a member of parliament in the 2024 French legislative election .
She is the daughter of the former mayor of Mont-Saint-Aignan and former MP . Before becoming a local elected official , she was a
A member of the Socialist Party , she is a municipal councillor in Rouen and from 2020 to 2024 , deputy to mayor Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol , with the delegation " Schools and early childhood . " She also sits on the of the Rouen Normandy Metropolis .
In the 2024 French legislative election , she was elected MP for Seine-Maritime 's 1st constituency with 51.23 % of the vote in the second round , and with Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol as her substitute .
The day after her victory in the legislative elections , during an interview on , she considered that the constituency of which she was the new representative had been " stolen " from the socialist Valerie Fourneyron by Damien Adam in the 2017 election .
Caldarusani Monastery
Caldarusani Monastery ( Romanian : " Manastirea Caldarusani " ) is a Romanian Orthodox monastery located in the town of Gruiu , Ilfov County , Romania , by the Caldarusani Lake . The monastery complex is listed as a historic monument and includes several significant buildings and a rich collection of Romanian art .
Established in 1638 by Matei Basarab , a prominent Wallachian ruler , Caldarusani Monastery has been a significant center for Orthodox spirituality and Romanian culture . The monastery was built on the site of an older wooden skete , evidencing monastic activity at this location prior to its official founding . It became known for its scriptorium and played a pivotal role in the development of the Romanian literary language .
The main church , dedicated to Saint Demetrius , features architecture reminiscent of the great ecclesiastical buildings of the era , such as Curtea de Arges Cathedral . Notable for its educational and cultural contributions , the monastery housed a printing press and was a center for religious art , attracting figures such as the famous Romanian painter Nicolae Grigorescu .
The architectural style of the monastery is predominantly Neoclassical , with elements that reflect the traditional Orthodox ecclesiastical design . The complex includes several buildings , notably the main church dedicated to Saint Demetrius , and smaller churches dedicated to other saints , surrounded by lush greenery and situated beside a serene lake .
The monastery 's art collection , initiated by Metropolitan Ghenadie Petrescu , includes works by Nicolae Grigorescu and other Romanian artists . It serves as a cultural repository reflecting the rich spiritual and artistic traditions of the Romanian Orthodox Church .
Mount Alba
Mount Alba is a mountain in New Zealand .
Mount Alba is set on the crest or Main Divide of the Southern Alps and is situated on the common boundary shared by Otago and West Coast Regions of South Island . This remote peak is located west-southwest of the city of Christchurch and is set in Mount Aspiring National Park . Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains east to the Wilkin River via Siberia and Newland streams , whereas the west slope drains into the Te Naihi River . Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises nearly above Crucible Lake in one kilometre , and over above the Siberia Valley in three kilometres . The nearest higher peak is Mount Castor , 10 km to the southwest .
The origin of the mountain 's name is not documented , but it is recorded as a Latin word which can mean white . Mount Alba could thus be construed as " Mount White " which would be analogous to Mont Blanc of the French Alps . The Maori name for this mountain is " Kahukura " which means multicoloured or rainbow , and in mythology Kahukura is the atua of rainbows .
Climbing routes on Mount Alba :
Based on the Koppen climate classification , Mount Alba is located in a marine west coast ( Cfb ) climate zone , with a subpolar oceanic climate ( Cfc ) at the summit . Prevailing westerly winds blow moist air from the Tasman Sea onto the mountains , where the air is forced upward by the mountains ( orographic lift ) , causing moisture to drop in the form of rain or snow . This climate supports the Axius Glacier on this mountain 's west slope and small unnamed glaciers on the other surrounding slopes . The months of December through February offer the most favourable weather for viewing or climbing this peak .
House of life in Ancient Egypt
The house of life ( Per Ankh ) refers , in ancient Egypt , to both an institution and a place of school education .
In ancient Egypt , there were two distinct places of instruction where the offspring of the elites , officials and clergy could go to receive an education adapted to their social rank . The House of Life ( per ankh , in Egyptian transliterated pr-ˁnh ) , under the protection of the god Thoth , is - with the Egyptian school - one of these two places of reception . This institution is characterized by the fact that it is administratively and architecturally integrated into an important temple .
The first mentions of the House of Life are found on two royal decrees dating from the Old Kingdom . From an archaeological point of view , however , only two Houses of Life have been identified to date . Both dating from the New Kingdom , one was discovered at Tell el-Amarna. the capital of King Akhenaten , and the other was unearthed at the Ramesseum .
The Carleton-Walsh Report
The Carleton-Walsh Report is an Australian news and current affairs program broadcast by the ABC from 1985 . It was fronted by Richard Carleton and Max Walsh . It was a half hour long show shown on Tuesday to Thursday . Originally designed as a companion to " The National " it outperformed them despite timeslot issues . In 1987 it moved from a 9 : 30pm slot to 10 : 00pm . Carleton left the show in later that year and it became " The Walsh Report " in July 1987 . The show finished on 30 November 1987 .
Kamand Amirsoleimani
Kamand Amirsoleimani ( كمند امیرسلیمانی ) is an Iranian actress , born on June 6 , 1973 , in Tehran .
She graduated from the Islamic Azad University in 1997 with a degree in acting and theater directing . She came to television in 1981 and in 1986 she acted in " Toranj . " She starred in " Like a Cloud in the Springtime " ( 1991 ) directed by her father Saeed Amirsoleimani .
Kamand Amirsoleimani began her acting career under the influence of her father , Saeed Amirsoleimani , an Iranian actor . Her brother Sepand Amirsoleimani is also an actor .
The National ( Australian TV series )
The National , sometimes called ABC National , is an Australian news and current affairs program broadcast by the ABC in 1985 . It was an hour long show shown on weekdays from 6 : 30pm .
It was first launched on 4 March 1985 and was hosted by Richard Morecroft and Geraldine Doogue . It was produced in Melbourne on Mondays and Tuesdays and in Sydney for the rest of the week . This edition was broadcast in Victoria , New South Wales , ACT and the Northern Territory . Other states had their own editions but took most of their content from the main program . The show , which had a $ 25 million budget , did not perform as was hoped . In August it split into two part , the first half hour being locally delivered news , the second was weather and current affairs from Sydney . It lasted until December when it was replaced by a half hour news bulletin .
Bernier and Dorre Island lock hospitals
The Bernier and Dorre Island lock hospitals were two lock hospitals set up on Bernier and Dorre Islands from 1908 to 1919 . Only Aboriginal people suspected of having a venereal disease were incarcerated . The conditions inmates were put under was inhumane and resulted in more than 40 % not returning to their homelands .
From 1908 to 1919 , the Western Australian government created lock hospitals on Bernier and Dorre Islands , in order to forcibly incarcerate Aboriginal people suspected of having a venereal disease .
Specifically , Aboriginal people suspected of being infected with syphilis were incarcerated . However it is known that many cases had been misdiagnoses . Aboriginal men were kept on Bernier island and women and children on Dorre .
During the 2019 centenary commemoration , Regional Development Minister Alannah MacTiernan described the Bernier and Dorre lock hospital era as " a really horrific piece of Western Australian history . "
The facilities at the lock hospitals were inadequate , inmates had no contact with their families back home , and they underwent experimental medical treatments .
More than 40 % would not return to their homelands . It is conservatively estimated that 200 people died on the two islands , with their remains left in unmarked areas . 70 % of the deaths were unrelated to the condition for which people were incarcerated ; " poor accomodation , inadequate food rations and toxic medical treatments provide to patients attribute to the death rates . " as well as ... " general debility , respiratory disease , heart failure and strokes . " Many who were released did not return to their homeland as the practice was to release them at ... " the nearest mainland port , at Carnarvon , with no provision for return to where they had been collected . "
Inmates subsisted on the limited rations acquired from the hospital as well on the local environment . In 1909 , rations were halved to of flour , of sugar and of tea per week . Rations were often delayed when weather did not permit boats from Carnarvon . Stingemore notes that " Even the insane in Australia seem to have received better provisions than the Aboriginal people incarcerated under the Lock Hospital Scheme . " The government justified limited rationing under the pretense of allowing Aboriginal people to live ' traditionally ' . However , many of the Aboriginal people on the islands had no experience subsisting on a coastal environment .
Borsini
Borsini is a surname . Notable people with the surname include :
Results of the 2020 British Columbia general election
This is a list of electoral district results for the 2020 British Columbia general election . The New Democratic Party under Premier John Horgan was re-elected to a second term , and increased their seat count to become a majority government .
The following MLAs were elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia :
David Cameron ( Australian actor )
David Cameron is an Australian actor and director .
Lead screen roles he has played are " The Keepers " as Rick Zammit , " Water Under the Bridge " as Neil Atkins , and " Down the Wind " as Simon Jess . Other roles include Russell Hardwick in " The Sullivans " and Tom in " My First Wife . "
Thompson has a long theatre career including the first Australia staging of " The Rocky Horror Show " ( 1968 , Independent Theatre ) " A Whip Round for Percy Grainger " ( 1982 , Playbox Theatre ) , and " The Common Pursuit " ( 1987 , Russell Street Theatre ) .
Sean Walkinshaw
Sean Walkinshaw ( born 3 November 1993 ) is a British racing driver who currently competes in Super Taikyu Series for Hitotsuyama Racing . He is the son of former Formula 1 team principal Tom Walkinshaw .
Walkinshaw made his debut in Super GT in 2017 with Autobacs Racing Team Aguri alongside Shinichi Takagi . They clinched 4th in the standings with a win . They continued to race in the next season , finishing runners up with two wins , losing out to LEON Racing of Naoya Gamou , and Haruki Kurosawa . With ARTA changing their car to Honda NSX GT3 , Walkinshaw got replaced by Honda Junior Nirei Fukuzumi .
In 2019 , Walkinshaw moved to Team Thailand to race alongside Nattapong Horthongkum . Walkinshaw returned to the team , for the last three rounds of the 2020 season alongside Mathias Beche . Walkinshaw raced for the last time in Super GT for 2021 where he raced with Giuliano Alesi . During his time in Team Thailand , he did not score a single point .
In 2023 , Walkinshaw returned to Japan , competing in Super Taikyu with Hitotsuyama Racing .
Amirsoleimani family
The House of Amirsoleimani ( Persian : امیرسلیمانی ) , also known as the Qajar Amirsoleimani ( Persian : امیرسلیمانی قاجار ) , is a distinguished Iranian princely family with roots in the Qajar dynasty , the ruling house that reigned Iran from 1785 to 1925 . The family descends from Mussa Khan Qajar Qovanlou , and the family name stems from Amir Soleiman Khan Qajar Qovanlou , a prominent Qajar noble , whose descendants played significant roles within the royal court and administration during the Qajar period . Members of the Amirsoleimani family held various high-ranking positions , including key roles in the administration and court of Nasser al-Din Shah , Mozaffar ad-Din Shah , Mohammad Ali Shah , and Ahmad Shah .
The Amirsoleimani family , a distinguished branch of the Qajar aristocracy , holds a prominent place among Iran 's nobility . Originating from Amir Soleiman Khan Qovanlou , the family ascended to high ranks within the Qajar dynasty ( 1785-1925 ) , with members often occupying influential roles in the royal court and government . As with other Qajar princely families , their standing was defined by factors such as lineage , marital ties , and proximity to the royal household . Members like Prince Mehdi Qoli Khan Amirsoleimani , known as Majd ed-Dowleh , served as key political figures and advisors , helping to shape Persian policy and culture during a transformative period in Iranian history .
With the rise of Reza Shah Pahlavi , the Qajar aristocracy underwent significant changes . Reza Shah decreed that all families should adopt surnames as part of his modernization efforts , leading many Qajar nobility to choose last names linked to their family heritage . The Amirsoleimani family chose " Amirsoleimani " as a nod to their esteemed ancestor . Reza Shah 's marriage to Turan Amirsoleimani , granddaughter of Majd ed-Dowleh , solidified the family 's prominence under the Pahlavi dynasty as well , further linking them to the Iranian royal lineage . Turan Amirsoleimani and Reza Shah Pahlavi had one son , Price Gholam Reza , thus integrating the Amirsoleimani bloodline into Iran 's new ruling family .
Following the 1979 revolution , many members of the Amirsoleimani family , like other Qajar descendants , joined the diaspora and maintained ties to their heritage . Today , they are part of a broader Iranian aristocracy scattered around the world , preserving the legacy of their family 's role in Iran 's royal and political history .
Cerebro ( podcast )
Cerebro is an audio podcast hosted by writer and literary agent Connor Goldsmith . Each episode , Goldsmith talks with a guest about a single X-Men character and their entire history , going " through the byzantine maze of continuity that inevitably builds up over 60 years of storytelling , " often with a queer lens . His guests have included authors , comedians , a Pulitzer winner , an Emmy nominee , as well as his own personal friends . " Entertainment Weekly " listed it in their article " The 10 Best Podcasts of 2021 . "
Goldsmith , a Senior Literary Agent at Fuse Literary , started the podcast in 2020 as a way to keep from going stir crazy during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns . After encouragement from a friend , he decided to start with an interview with then- " Excalibur " writer Tini Howard about Betsy Braddock . The podcast is named after Professor Charles Xavier 's mutant database machine called " Cerebro . "
In April 2024 , the podcast hit one hundred episodes and over 300 hours of content . Niko Stratis of " Autostraddle " stated , " It 's got a long backlog of episodes , but it 's a really fun , joyfully chaotic listen through a joyfully chaotic timeline of messy mutants . "
Each episode highlights a different character in the X-Men comics , with Connor and his guest often discussing themes of LGBTQ + and how the character relates to the X-Men 's minority metaphor . " Entertainment Weekly " described it as them " excavat [ ing ] the many queer allegories that are possible with these colorful characters . " He will often talk about the character 's history chronologically , before stopping for a brief segment called the " Cerebro Character File , " an abridged version of the character 's entire history , and then resuming his discussion with the guest . The end of the episode has Connor and his guests answer questions from listeners .
As of December 16 , 2024 , the podcast has aired 116 episodes , with a number of bonus episodes .
Welcome Home Baby
Welcome Home Baby is an upcoming Austrian-German horror film directed and co-written by Andreas Prochaska . Starring Julia Franz Richter as Judith , an emergency doctor from Berlin , who inherits a villa in Austria . The film opens floodgates of her origins and questions everything she thought about her life . The film selected in Panorama 2025 will have its premiere at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2025 .
Judith , an emergency doctor from Berlin , inherits a villa in Austria and finds herself in a sinister , women-dominated community . As she delves into the mystery of her ancestry , Judith unwittingly releases demonic forces that challenge her understanding of her life , family , and marriage .
Principal photography began on 10 May 2024 on locations in Vienna , Lower Austria , Styria . Filming rotated on 28 June 2024 with filming locations in the regions of Austria - Lower Austria , Austria - Vienna .
" Welcome Home Baby " will have its World premiere in the Panorama section of the 75th Berlin International Film Festival to be held from 13 February to 23 February 2025 .
The Bear Prince and the Singing Ringing Tree
The Bear Prince and the Singing Ringing Tree ( ) ( ATU Index 425A ) is a fairy tale . It appears as the 66th tale the Grimms ' Fairy Tales ( Children 's and Household Tales ) of the Brothers Grimm published in 1843 .
A king promises his youngest daughter to a little white man so that she can show him the way out of the forest . After eight days a fox comes to the castle , but they disguise him as a cowherd 's daughter and the second time as a gooseherd 's daughter . He carries her into the forest " Hurleburlebutz ! " but notices the deception in her words when he lets himself be cleaned of lice . He threatens the king , gets the princess , and lives with her in his hut as the little white man . One day he has to leave , only to return as the middle of three white doves , whose head the princess cuts off at his request . He is a redeemed young prince and they inherit the kingdom .
A beautiful but selfish and haughty princess rejects the proposal of a wealthy prince . She scorns the gifts he offers her , and says that she will marry him only if he brings her the mythical " singing ringing tree . " The prince locates the tree in the territory of an evil dwarf , who offers to give him the enchanted tree , on the understanding that , if the princess still rejects him , he will be in the dwarf 's power and will be turned into a bear . Because the tree will only sing and ring when the princess falls in love with the prince , she is disappointed in it and continues to reject the prince . The prince is forced to return to the dwarf 's lair and is turned into a bear .
The princess sends her father to find the singing ringing tree for her , but he is met by the prince , in the guise of a bear , who gives him the tree on condition that the king returns with the first thing the king sees on his return . This turns out to be the princess , who is now delivered into the hands of the dwarf . The dwarf , seeing the princess 's self-centred behaviour , casts a spell to make her ugly . The bear tells her that she will regain her beauty only if she changes her ways . Gradually she is won over by the bear and becomes beautiful again . Despite the dwarf 's attempts to keep her and the prince apart , she eventually falls in love with him and the singing ringing tree finally lives up to its name .
The fairy tale of magic or redemption comes from Johanna Hassenpflug . It later appears only in the note to the similar 127th fairy tale " The Iron Stove . " The fox , see also appears in the 57th " The Golden Bird . "
In some editions of Children 's and Household Tales , this fairy tale , as well as other fairy tales that are no longer published , can be found in the appendix . See Bechstein 's The White Wolf .
The fairy tale has been distributed several times as a radio play ( audio book ) in a performance by the Detmold theater ensemble .
Feminichi Fathima ( film )
Feminichi Fathima is an Indian Malayalam-language film directed by Fasil Muhammed . The film is a social drama that explores themes of gender equality , cultural traditions , and personal empowerment through the lens of its protagonist , Fathima .
The film centers on Fathima , a young woman from a conservative community in Ponnani , Kerala , who challenges societal norms and traditions to assert her identity and independence . The narrative follows her journey as she navigates the conflicts between traditional expectations and her aspirations for education , freedom , and equality . The 100-minute long film was screened during the 29th International Film Festival of Kerala .
The cast of the movie are as follows :
The film is produced by Thamar K.V and Sudheesh Skaria . The screenplay is written by [ Screenwriter 's Name ] , with cinematography by Prince Francis .
1,1-Dimethylurea
1,1-Dimethylurea ( DMU ) is a urea derivative used as a polar solvent and a reagent in organic reactions . It is a solid , but forms a eutectic with a low melting point in combination with various hydroxylic additives that can serve as a environmentally sustainable solvent for various chemical reactions . The unsubstituted nitrogen , as an amine-like region , can serve as a nucleophile for a wide range of reactions , including reaction with acyl halides to form acylureas , coupling with vinyl halides , and multi-component condensation reaction with aldehydes . The unsubstituted amide-like portion can undergo oxidative coupling with alkenes to give dihydrooxazoles .
Tim Gerhards
Tim Gerhards ( born 7 July 2007 ) is a Dutch racing driver from Amsterdam . He most recently competed in the 2024 F4 Spanish Championship with Monlau Motorsport , and is set to compete in the 2025 Formula Regional European Championship with Sainteloc Racing .
Gerhards has an impressive karting resume . In 2019 , he gained recognition by winning the BNL Karting Series in the Mini Max category . He then stepped up to the Rotax Junior category in 2020 , and came second once again in the BNL series , as he continued to kart around Europe . Gerhards had a breakthrough year in European karting in 2021 , as he won the Rotax Max Euro Trophy , as well as making his debut in OKJ karting . Gerhards then made the leap up to senior karting in 2022 at 14 years old , contesting the FIA Karting World Cup . His two-year spell there yielded some strong results ahead of his move up to car racing .
After numerous tests , Gerhards was confirmed to be contesting the 2024 Formula Winter Series and the 2024 F4 Spanish Championship with Monlau Motorsport , the team run by Van Amersfoort Racing . Gerhards only competed in the first two rounds of the Formula Winter Series , and had an unremarkable campaign with a best race result of 12th at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo . He finished in 33rd in the championship standings . Gerhards then joined the F4 Spanish Championship , and scored his first points at the Circuit Paul Ricard in France , with a ninth and tenth-placed finish to his name . He then secured his final points with a sixth-placed finish in the final race of the series . After a solid campaign , Gerhards finished 20th in the standings and helped his team to an 11th placed championship position .
On 27 November 2024 , the Formula Regional European Championship announced that Gerhards would be competing in the championship for 2025 with Sainteloc Racing .
Ducal Museum Gotha
The Ducal Museum Gotha ( German - " Herzogliche Museum Gotha " ) is a museum in the German city of Gotha , located in the Schlosspark to the south of the Schloss Friedenstein . Its collection was the art collection of the former Duchy of Saxe-Gotha , consisting of Egyptian and Greco-Roman antiquities , Renaissance paintings such as " The Gotha Couple , " Chinese and Japanese art , and sculptures from various eras .
Reopening in 2013 , it is housed in a 19th-century Neo-Renaissance building owned by the city , whilst the museum itself and its collections are managed by the Friedenstein Castle Foundation Gotha ( Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein Gotha ) , founded in 2004 . Martin Eberle has been the Foundation 's director since 2007 .
The constant growth of the ducal collections at Friedenstein Castle , including a library , art , coin and natural history cabinets , paintings , engravings and plaster casts , necessitated the construction of a new separate museum building . In 1863 Ernest II , Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha commissioned one with the approval of the Duchy 's parliament on the condition that it was open to the public and free-entry on Sundays . According to the Duke 's wishes , it was to contain all of the ducal collections except the library . Initially , construction costs were estimated at 120,000 thalers , financed from the ducal assets .
A site was chosen on the former site of the ducal kitchen garden . Franz von Neumann the Elder ( 1815-1888 ) had been in the duke 's service since 1839 and he was entrusted with designing the new museum in 1864 , with construction work starting that June . He estimated construction costs ( excluding interior furnishings ) at 145,000 thalers and construction time as four years .
The Tannengarten ( literally fir-tree garden ) was added to the building 's south in 1869 , with around 170 conifers of over 40 different varieties from all over the world planted in it , mainly in spring 1872 . The garden 's tree collection was deliberately designed as a natural " continuation " of the museum 's natural history collection and was complete by 1882 . Starting from the wide-open staircase on the museum 's south terrace , the chief court gardener Carl Theobald Eulefeld ( 1818-1877 ) laid out a wide promenade dividing the former kitchen garden area into two halves and leading into the south end of the Englischer Garten with the Great Park Pond .
The construction estimate proved to be far short of the mark and the budget was raised to 200,000 thalers in 1867 . That estimate rose to 400,000 thalers by 1870 , particularly for completing the interior , but this could not be raised so construction was paused for four years that November . After the architect agreed to make restrictions and the Duke and parliament to cover the missing funds 70 : 30 respectively , construction work resumed in May 1875 . When it became apparent at the beginning of 1878 that the interior work had again gone over budget , von Neumann was dismissed as construction manager . On 17 April 1879 , fifteen years after construction began , the building finally opened .
At the end of the Second World War , the collections of the Ducal Museum were heavily affected by looting before the Soviets ' arrival . What was left of the art collection was taken to the USSR and only returned to the city in 1956 , after which they were housed in the Friedenstein Palace . The natural science collections remained in the building which had previously also housed the Ducal Museum and were expanded to include the holdings of the Natural History Museum . After the building was remodelled , the Central Biological Museum was opened in the former Ducal Museum on 1 August 1954 . The largest natural history museum in Thuringia at the time , it was later renamed the Naturkundemuseum ( Natural History Museum ) and then in 1971 it was the Museum der Natur Gotha ( Museum of Nature Gotha ) .
As part of a reconceiving of Gotha 's museums , it closed in 2010 and the natural history collections were relocated to the Palace by the end of 2011 . Costing 9,000,000 Euros , the Ducal Museum 's renovation was completed by 19 October 2013 , when it reopened with 3000 square metres of display space . This also added rooms for temporary prints and drawings exhibitions of the important print cabinet and a special exhibition area for major exhibitions by all the museums in the foundation .
The basement displays show ancient Greek , Roman and Egyptian art and 18th-century Italian cork models of buildings from those civilizations . Sculptures and temporary exhibitions are housed on the ground floor , whilst the first floor houses paintings ( such as Dutch Renaissance works and ones by Lucas Cranach the Elder ) , Chinese porcelain , Japanese lacquerware and other East Asian art .
The building is mainly made up of Seeberg sandstone , with some stone from Pirna in Saxony . Franz von Neumann based his designs on existing museum buildings built between 1800 and 1850 but also introduced ideas of his own , which in turn became ground-breaking for later buildings . The Palace of Versailles was the main influence on the facade .
The complex is centred on a glass dome over a central octagon ( housing a life-size 1882 Christian Behrens statue of Ernst II wearing the robes of a Knight of the Order of the Garter ) and the main entrance ( with two seated lions on the main staircase by sculptor Franz Melnitzky and two allegorical sandstone statues in the entrance hall ) , whilst its corners are designed like pavilions . On the corners of the attic are groups of figures symbolizing art and science .
Inside , the path to the halls and cabinets leads through a magnificent , very clearly structured vestibule . Italian marble and a multi-coloured stone mosaic determine the room 's overall appearance . In the basement are a series of small cabinets , whilst on the ground floor there are two spacious , light-flooded halls supported by pillars and on the upper floor are halls with skylights filled with cabinets .
Severinah Abdon Potani
Severinah Abdon Potani ( 30 June 1919 - 26 December 1993 ) was a Zambian Catholic prelate who was the Bishop of the Diocese of Solwezi . He was appointed Bishop of Solwezi on 9 December 1976 by Pope Paul VI .
Bishop Potani died on 26 December 1993 as Bishop of Solwezi , Zambia at the age of 74.4 years .
He was born on 30 June 1919 , in the town of Petauke , Eastern Province of Northern Rhodesia ( now Zambia ) . He attended primary school and secondary school in his home area . He joined the Order of Friars Minor Conventual ( OFM Conv . ) before he was ordained priest .
He was ordained a priest on 17 August 1949 . While he was priest he was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of the vacant Apostolic Prefecture of Solwezi on 9 June 1970 by Pope Paul VI . Father Potani maintained that apostolic administratorship until he was appointed bishop of the same diocese 6.5 years later .
On 9 December 1976 Pope Paul VI appointed Father Severinah Abdon Potani , OFM Conv. as Bishop of the Diocese of Solwezi , which he elevated from the Apostolic Prefecture of Solwezi on the same day .
He was consecrated bishop and installed on 20 February 1977 at Solwezi , Zambia . The Principal Consecrator was Archbishop Luciano Angeloni , Titular Archbishop of Vibo
assisted by Bishop Francesco Costantino Mazzieri , Bishop Emeritus of Ndola and Bishop Medardo Joseph Mazombwe , Bishop of Chipata . Bishop Severinah Abdon Potani of the Diocese of Solwezi died on 26 December 1993 .
Dimethylurea
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RPC Cascavel
RPC Cascavel ( channel 10 ) is a Brazilian television station licensed to Cascavel , Parana , Brazil , affiliated with TV Globo . The station is part of RPC and covers much of the south-western region of the state .
TV Carima was founded on May 31 , 1986 , by businessman Jose Carlos Martinez , who already controlled TV Parana , in Curitiba , and TV Tropical , in Londrina . These last two were stations belonging to Rede OM , which at the time were affiliated with Rede Bandeirantes .
The city already had a broadcaster affiliated with Rede Bandeirantes ( TV Taroba ) , so TV Carima alternated its local programming with attractions from TV Cultura , from Sao Paulo , and TV Record , at the time owned by Paulo Machado de Carvalho and Silvio Santos .
In 1991 , the stations affiliated to Rede OM changed their affiliation . They left Bandeirantes and started transmitting the signal from Rede Record , which had been sold to Bishop Edir Macedo , in 1989 , and in 1990 was building a national network . TV Carima , which retransmitted part of Record 's programming , started to relay the network 's programming , together with the other OM broadcasters in Parana .
In February 1992 , Rede OM broke away from Record to become a new national television network . From then on , TV Carima became its affiliate . On May 23 , 1993 , the OM Television Network changed its name to CNT ( Central Nacional de Televisao ) .
In mid-1997 , TV Carima was purchased by Rede Gospel , belonging to the Igreja Renascer em Cristo and renamed TV Gospel . After the purchase , the new management began a downsizing process . Several professionals were dismissed and local programming was practically suspended . At the beginning of the following year , the owners of Rede Gospel did not pay the first installment of the sale and , by court order , the station was reinstated to the Martinez family .
In 2000 , Rede Paranaense de Comunicacao bought TV Carima , which , on April 1 , was officially extinguished and gave way to TV Oeste . The station became affiliated with Rede Globo . Before this date , Cascavel and the region received the signal from the Rio network through TV Cataratas , based in Foz do Iguacu .
About a year later , the station began producing local blocks of the Parana TV news program .
In 2018 , the two editions of Parana TV were renamed , respectively , Meio Dia Parana and Boa Noite Parana , with the aim of getting even closer to the public .
In November 2011 , RPC Cascavel started broadcasting its digital signal .
In May 2014 , RPC Cascavel 's news operation converted to high definition .
Sun Temple , Thangadh
Sun Temple , Thangadh or Surya Temple , Thangadh , is a temple in Thangadh , in the Indian state of Gujarat . It is dedicated to the worship of Surya , the solar deity in Hinduism . It is listed as a monument of national importance .
It is topped by a Muslim dome . Like all Surya temples , it is east-facing . The doorframe has carvings of the navagriha , or nine planets .
Dodonaea amplisemina
Dodonaea amplisemina is a species of plant in the family Sapindaceae and is endemic to inland Western Australia . It is a dioecious shrub with many stems at the base , simple , sessile , narrowly linear leaves , flowers arranged singly , and spherical or oval capsules usually with three locules .
" Dodonaea amplisemina " is a dioecious shrub with many stems at the base , and that typically grows up to high and wide . The branchlets are woody with two kinds of leaves within a cluster , some narrowly linear , long and wide , and others narrowly egg-shaped or narrowly elliptic , long and wide . The flowers are arranged singly on peduncles long . The four to six sepals ( of male flowers ) are narrowly egg-shaped to egg-shaped , long and wide and there are 8 stamens equal to or longer than the sepals , the anthers long . Flowering has been recorded in August and the fruit is a capsule , long , wide , usually with three locules containing three to six shiny black spherical seeds .
" Dodonaea amplisemina " was first formally described in 2007 by Kelly Anne Shepherd and Barbara Lynette Rye in the journal " Nuytsia " from specimens collected on Ninghan Station by Susan J. Patrick in 1993 . The specific epithet ( " amplisemina " ) means ' large seeds ' .
This species of " Dodonaea " grows in small , isolated populations on rocky hills in sandy clay from north-east of Meekatharra to south of Paynes Find in the Avon Wheatbelt , Gascoyne , Murchison and Yalgoo bioregions of inland Western Australia .
" Dodonaea amplisemina " is listed as " Priority Four " by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity , Conservation and Attractions , meaning that it is rare or near threatened .
Antonio Pizzi
Antonio Pizzi ( born in 1946 ) is an Italian-born , French-South African polymer and materials chemist and professor emeritus of industrial chemistry at the University of Lorraine , who is an expert in the fields of bioadhesives , bioresins and wood adhesives and an elected fellow ( " FIAWS " ) of the International Academy of Wood Science .
Pizzi holds multiple advanced degrees , including a doctorate in chemistry ( D.Chem. ) from the University of Rome ( 1970 ) , as well as a Ph.D. in organic chemistry and a D.Sc. degree in wood chemistry , both from universities of South Africa . His early career combined academic roles with industry experience , which provided a foundation for his novel research contributions .
From 1989 to 1995 , he served as a professor of polymer chemistry at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg , where he also held the position of head of the Department of Chemistry from 1991 to 1993 . In 1994 , he returned to Europe to join the University of Lorraine in France , specifically the Laboratory of Study and Research on Wood Materials ( LERMAB-ENSTIB ) .
Pizzi 's research primarily focuses on polycondensation resins , particularly biosourced and synthetic wood adhesives . He is widely acknowledged for advancing the development and application of adhesives derived from renewable materials , as well as the composites bonded with them .
Throughout his career , Pizzi has published extensively , authoring more than 1,000 research articles , patents , and over 12 books , including foundational works on bioadhesives and bioresins . His contributions have earned numerous international scientific awards , reflecting his influence on the field of industrial and polymer chemistry . Pizzi 's work is particularly related to the areas of renewable resources and environmentally-friendly adhesive technologies .
His research work is well recognised in the fields of materials science and wood science and technology , having almost 30,000 citations at Scopus , and more than 47,000 citations at Google Scholar with an h-index of 99 .
In October 2023 , a referenced meta-research conducted by John Ioannidis and his team at Stanford University included Antonio Pizzi in " Elsevier Data 2022 , " where he was ranked at the global top 2 % of researchers of all time in the area of materials , having a superior composite index of 4.0955 .
In addition , Pizzi has won the prestigious " Schweighofer Wood Innovation " award ( 2006 ) , and also twice the " Descartes Research Prize , " awarded by the European Commission .
Kosatecky potok
The Kosatecky potok is a stream in the Czech Republic , a right tributary of the Elbe River . It flows through the Central Bohemian Region . It is long , but the upper course of the stream is dry for most of the year .
The name means " Kosatky stream . "
The Kosatecky potok originates in the territory of Mseno in the Jizera Table at an elevation of and flows to Neratovice , where it enters the Elbe River at an elevation of . It is long . Its drainage basin has an area of . The average discharge at its mouth is , however , the average discharge at 13.9 river km in Kosatky is only . The upper course of the stream up to Chotetov dry up and there is usually water in it only during the spring .
The longest tributaries of the Kosatecky potok are :
The stream flows through the municipal territories of Mseno , Vratno , Borec , Stranka , Velke Vselisy , Sovinky , Nemyslovice , Chotetov , Kropacova Vrutice , Kosatky , Bysice , Liblice , Cecelice , Vsetaty , Tisice and Neratovice .
There are 97 bodies of water in the basin area , but none of them is notable . The fishpond Jezero is built in the area of the stream 's spring .
No More Ransom
No More Ransom is a project focused on reducing the impact of ransomware attacks by providing freely available software that can decrypt files of various ransomware implementations . The project is supported by the Dutch National Police Corps and Europol .
The project was founded on 26 July 2016 . As of 2022 , the project is affiliated with 188 partners .
Jami Masjid , Mangrol
Jami Masjid , Mangrol is a congregational mosque in Mangrol , in the Indian state of Gujarat .
There are nine mihrabs in the back wall .
Margarita Mihneva
Margarita Dimitrova Mihneva ( ; 21 April 1952 -16 December 2024 ) was one of Bulgaria 's first investigative journalists . She was a pioneer for women in Bulgarian journalism , and one of the country 's most recognizable television presenters and reporters .
Mihneva was born on April 21 , 1952 , in Sofia . In 1974 , she graduated from Sofia University with a degree in law . After graduation , she applied for a position with Bulgarian National Television , securing one of two places against 150 different candidates .
In 1975 , she started working at Bulgarian National Television , working on the programs : " Labor , Interests and Law , " " Current Antenna , " " Surveys " and " Panorama . "
In 1989 Mihneva covered the " Revival Process " and the " Big Excursion , " Bulgarian campaigns directed at ethnic Turks in Bulgaria .
From 1992 to 1999 , Mihneva hosted the show " Conflicts " on Bulgarian National Television . The program , produced on a low budget achieved high ratings by addressing issues such as government corruption , moral leadership and Bulgarian democracy . Mihneva described her work , " " " Journalistic investigation is a deadly battle with power - both then and now . "
Mihneva was often subject to legal suits due to her investigative reporting , with her home and business being seized to support legal cases against her . She made history by becoming the first Bulgarian journalist to win lawsuits against a newspaper editor and a television director .
She was highly critical of corruption in Bulgarian politics and business , themes that would regularly appear in her reporting and make her a figure of contention in Bulgarian society . Among the figures she sought to expose in her reporting was Tsvetan Vassilev , whose Corporate Commercial Bank collapsed in 2014 after a bank run . In 2018 , she was found culpable by the Supreme Court of Cassation of defamation against fellow journalist Sonya Koltuklieva , whom Mihneva reported had paid off Vassilev to promote good press about his company before it collapsed .
Mihneva 's outspoken character and visibility on news programmes made her a highly public character in Bulgaria , where her personal life and legal concerns were a regular news item . She claimed to have been fired from roles as a journalist 11 times for her reporting , and after her last dismissal had retired and was living on a small pension . After retiring from journalism , she would often appear on Bulgarian television in guest spots as a panelist and presenter .
In 2017 she reportedly was invited to participate in " VIP Brother , " Bulgaria 's version of " Big Brother , " but turned it down . In her later years she was supported by her daughter who had emigrated to Switzerland .
Mihneva married professional tennis player , ski and golf star Petar Mikhnev and had a daughter , who would become a Bulgarian tennis champion . The couple later divorced .
In the early 2000s , Mihneva was diagnosed and was treated for breast cancer . She underwent her first cancer surgery at age 50 . At the time , she claimed the stress of her work was making her sick .
In 2021 , Mihneva was diagnosed with bone cancer , two decades after successfully fighting breast cancer . She underwent emergency surgery , which resulted in the removal of three ribs . After her diagnosis , she committed herself to continuing her career while fighting cancer for a second time . Mihneva 's second cancer battle depleted her mental and physical health .
Margarita Mikhneva died from cancer on 16 December 2024 at the age of 72 in Geneva , Switzerland .
After her death , the president of Bulgaria Rumen Radov expressed his condolences to the family , " Her professionalism as a journalist and presenter remains a shining example for future generations , who had dedicated themselves to the mission of upholding truth and justice ... "
Autocracy , Inc . : The Dictators Who Want to Run the World
Autocracy , Inc . : The Dictators Who Want to Run the World is a 2024 non-fiction book written by Pulitzer Prize winner Anne Applebaum and published by Doubleday . The book examines how Autocratic governments , which do not share a common ideology , collaborate to increase them power and control against the democratic and liberal countries . It is an expanded version of her article in The Atlantic magazine : " The Bad Guys Are Winning . "
The book has been recognized as one of the " Books of the Year " by " The Economist . "
The book describes the relationships between Autocratic governments in the 21st century , which are no longer based on shared ideology but " rather by a ruthless , single-minded determination to preserve their personal wealth and power . " This networking of autocracies , that include Russia , China , Islamic Republic of Iran , Venezuela and others , use the global economic system and personal connections to support each other to maintaining their personal wealth and keeping their peoples oppressed . The author explores how these autocracies cooperate in several key areas : propaganda and media control , trade in weapons and technologies , and money laundering .
Autocratic governments often support one another while democratic Western countries restrict their media channels . After the Russian invasion of Ukraine , Western nations remove the Russian TV channel Russia Today from their satellites because they claim it broadcast Russian propaganda and " false narratives . " In response , a Chinese satellite began to stream the channel and continue to spread pro-Russian propaganda around the world , especially in the developing world .
These governments also disseminate fake news to stoke fear of Western countries and portray their leaders as defenders of order and tradition . For example , from Russia they reports to other autocratic countries against the LGBTQ movement with fake news like " European governments take children from straight families and give them to gay couples " and present Vladimir Putin as guardian of the traditional family . They also use social media to spread propaganda , employing intentional typos in website addresses , known as " typosquatting , " ( Reuters.cfd instead of Reuters.com , Spiegel.pr not Spiegel.de ) to lend false credibility to their messages and manipulate public opinion .
The cooperation among these regimes extends beyond media control to include trade in weapons and technology , enabling them to undermine sanctions imposed by Western countries : China provides weapons to Venezuela , and Iran supplies arms to Russia . The networking of autocracies make often results in unexpected collaborations between governments that do not share ideology , religion , or borders . One such example is the Iran-Venezuela relations : Iran provided technical support , food and petrol to Venezuela , in return , Venezuela laundered money to Hezbollah , a pro-Iranian militia in Lebanon , and provided passports to its officials .
Both knowingly and unknowingly , various organizations within democratic countries also contribute to enrich autocratic governments . Russia and China operatives hire lawyers , accountants , real estate agents and lobbyists in democratic cities like New York and London to help launder their wealth and whitewash their crimes . The autocrats skillfully manipulate the global economic system to serve their interests , while the democratic world , motivated by greed and convenience , often turns a blind eye .
Applebaum reveals how , under the nose of democratic world , autocratic governments thrive through the creation of an extensive system of mutual assistance and connections between them . She writes , " Everyone assumed that in a more open , interconnected world , democracy and liberal ideas would spread to the autocratic states , " but , she argues , the autocratic states " spread to the democratic world instead . "
To address this concerning phenomenon , Applebaum offers several recommendations : She suggests that opposition groups in autocratic countries should work together , noting that " if the Russian diaspora , the Hong Kong diaspora , the Venezuelan diaspora , and the Iranian diaspora can amplify one another 's messages and ideas , than together they can have a larger impact than individual group could have by itself . " ; In addition , she recommends that democratic countries adopt the style of association of autocratic governments to overpower them : unite to increase self-production of critical industries , increasing financial market transparency to combat corruption and shell companies and regulating social media to curb the spread of propaganda , fake news , and misinformation .
Above all , she calls on the Western world to recognize the shifting global order and take appropriate action . She believes that " the citizens of the United States , and the citizens of the democracies of Europe , Asia , Africa , and Latin America , should begin thinking of themselves as linked to one another and to the people who share their values inside autocracies too . " She stresses that democratic societies need each other now more than ever , as " their democracy are not safe. nobody 's democracy is safe . "
The book has been recognized as one of the " Books of the Year " by " The Economist . " The Washington Post called it as " a valuable book for many reasons . " The times describe the writing as " an urgent , almost steamrolling prose " and the reading in the book as " breathless . "
Eket / Onna / Esit Eket / Ibeno federal constituency
Eket / Onna / Esit Eket / Ibeno is a federal constituency in Akwa Ibom State , Nigeria . It covers Eket , Onna , Esit Eket and Ibeno local government areas in the state . Eket / Onna / Esit Eket / Ibeno is represented by Okpolupm Etteh of the Peoples Democratic Party of Nigeria .
Football Club Flerien
Football Club Flerien are a football club based in Flers .
The club was formed in 1904 as Union Sportive Flerienne . The club briefly changed its name to Sporting Athletic Flerien for 10 years from 1918 , before reverting to its original name . In 1989 the club changed its name to its present name of Football Club Flerien .
The club competed in regional leagues until the end of the 1993-1994 season when they won the Lower Normandy Division of Honour , and promoted to the Championnat National 3 . Since then the club has moved up and down between the regional and Championnat National 3 .
Tanu Weds Manu ( soundtrack )
Tanu Weds Manu is the soundtrack album composed by Krsna Solo in his film debut as a music director . The 2011 romantic comedy film directed by Aanand L. Rai starred R. Madhavan and Kangana Ranaut . The album consisted of seven tracks with lyrics written by Raj Shekhar . It was released under the T-Series label on 4 February 2011 , to positive reviews and Krsna won the Filmfare RD Burman Award for New Music Talent .
" Tanu Weds Manu " is Krsna 's debut as a music composer ; Krsna trained under the tutelage of Ustad Mehboob Khan Mirajkar learning Hindustani classical music and also learnt western music for over three years . When he was interested to compose for films , he came in contact with several people within the film industry , during which he met Raj Shekhar , who was hired as the lyricist . Through Shekhar , Krsna met Rai , who asked to compose tune which he did it the same night . Impressed by it , Krsna was brought onboard for the film . Krsna composed the music that the film demanded , instead of adapting it to the market demands .
Joginder Tuteja of " Bollywood Hungama " described " Sadi Gali " and " Jugni " as the pillars of the album , that not " just add value to the album but also help the film gain added visibility " and further added " Mannu Bhaiyya " and " Piya " " add further variety to the album . " Karthik Srinivasan of " Milliblog " wrote " Krsna 's debut isn 't ideally one with fresh tunes , but even within familiar templates , his songs are immensely engaging . "
Sukanya Verma of " Rediff.com " called it as an " effervescent score ranging from thumping bhangra to rousing Sufi . " Monica Chopra of " Sify " described the music " exemplary . " Nikhat Kazmi of " The Times of India " wrote Krsna 's music " captures mofussil India with all its bustling beauty . " Anupama Chopra of " NDTV , " " Music plays an important role in a wedding-based romantic comedy and the director could have got it right if he had opted for fast-paced peppy numbers . "
RPC Foz do Iguacu
RPC Foz do Iguacu is a Brazilian television station , headquartered in Foz do Iguacu , a city in the state of Parana , located on the Paraguayan border . It operates on channel 5 ( 35 UHF digital ) and is affiliated with TV Globo . It belongs to the Paranaense Communication Group ( GRPCOM , former RPC Group ) . Its signal reaches some cities in Paraguay , and even some points in Argentina , which are part of the border with Brazil , by means of spillover .
The station was the second in Foz do Iguacu to be founded locally , nearly four years after TV Naipi , currently a part of Rede Massa 's statewide network . TV Cataratas made its first broadcast on July 1 , 1989 . The license , signed by President Jose Sarney , served at the benefit of businessman Francisco Cunha Pereira , the main shareholder of Rede Paranaense de Televisao . With its launch , RPTV now had four stations . At launch , the station hired journalist Dina Oro , formerly from TV Naipi . At the beginning , the station broadcast from a rented house in the city center , with reports being produced at the Telepar tower .
The station reported events that often had international relevance , including official visits of heads of state to the Iguacu Falls .
On October 6 , 2008 , RPC TV Cataratas started producing the entirety of the first edition of Parana TV locally , becoming the only such station to do so in the interior of the state .
Digital broadcasts started on December 7 , 2010 , with significant overspill in the Paraguayan and Argentine sides of the border . RPC spent R $ 3,5 million in implementing the technology . For this end , the TV tower in Foz do Iguacu was illuminated by LED lights , in red , green and white until December 25 , and , from December 26 to January 1 , for the new year , in blue and green , RPC 's colors .
Etinan / Nsit Ibom / Nsit Ubium federal constituency
Etinan / Nsit Ibom / Nsit Ubium is a federal constituency in Akwa Ibom State , Nigeria . It covers Etinan , Nsit-Ibom and Nsit-Ubium local government areas in the state . Etinan / Nsit Ibom / Nsit Ubium is represented by Paul Ekpo of the Peoples Democratic Party of Nigeria .
Overcrowd : A Commute ' Em Up
Overcrowd : A Commute ' Em Up is a construction and management simulation video game developed and published by SquarePlay Games . In the game the player manages a metro station , performing various tasks such as construction , hiring , scheduling , and more . It was released in 2020 and received positive reviews .
The objective of the game is to design and manage a Tube-themed metro station with maximum efficiency . At the beginning of each playthrough the player is given an empty map , in which they dig and construct the station 's foundations . Multiple layers can be dug , though buildings cannot overlap . The world is subdivided into a grid and is rendered with 2.5D pixel graphics , with each item taking up one space .
The player then needs to place and arrange various required facilities , such as train platforms , turnstiles , generator and janitor rooms , and lighting . There are also various optional amenties available that boost commuters ' satisfaction , such as vending machines , benches , newspaper stands , and more . Each commuter has needs including happiness , thirst , hunger , cleanliness , and patience . Needs can be furfilled by building relevant amenities . For instance , trains and machines generate heat , which lowers the station 's reputation if too high . The player can build air conditioners and fans to lower the temperature and satisfy needs .
Staff are also needed to operate the facilities , which players have to schedule and pay . Employees perform tasks such as operating machines , cleaning the station , and assisting commuters . In order to work , staff need break rooms , specialized tools , and their own areas of focus .
When all is ready , the station opens and commuters come in during the day . As the game progresses and more experience is earned , new technologies can be researched , providing the player with better facilities and also increasing the needs of commuters .
The game was developed by SquarePlay Games , an indie developer of two people . It was released for early access on Steam on June 8 , 2019 . After continued development and several major updates , the full game was released on October 6 , 2020 .
Upon release , " Overcrowd : A Commute ' Em Up " received positive reviews from critics , who praised the game 's playability and level of detail . In particular , its various areas to manage have been described as " very compelling " and " a wonderful mix of strategy and puzzling . "
The game 's user interface , which has elements nested below many layers , has been criticized for being " unintuitive . "
Laurence Lavigne Lalonde
Laurence Lavigne Lalonde is a Canadian politician who has served as the borough mayor of Villeray-Saint-Michel-Parc-Extension , in Montreal , since 2021 . She is a member of Projet Montreal and has launched a campaign to succeed Valerie Plante as the party 's candidate for mayor of Montreal in the 2025 municipal election .
Lavigne Lalonde was born in the Montreal neighbourhood of Saint-Michel , part of the borough she currently represents . She studied psychology at the Universite de Montreal , then international development and social project management at Sorbonne University in Paris . Before entering politics , she worked as a mental health responder and as a project manager for several international NGOs . In 2013 , Lavigne Lalonde was elected as a city councillor in the borough of Mercier - Hochelaga-Maisonneuve . Following her re-election in 2017 , she joined Montreal 's executive committee , where she was named responsible for the ecological transition and for urban agriculture . She was elected mayor of the borough of Villeray-Saint-Michel-Parc-Extension on November 7 , 2021 .
Marleen Haage
Marleen Haage ( born Bennekom , 26 April 1980 ) is a Dutch politician serving as a member of the House of Representatives since 2024 .
Haage was born in the village of Bennekom , but grew up in Arnhem . Her father was a civil servant and her mother a school social worker . One of her grandfathers was a police officer . After graduating from the atheneum of the Thorbecke Scholengemeenschap , she moved to Utrecht to study general social science at the University of Utrecht in 1999 , having also considered applying for a job with the police instead . It was arround this time that she became politically active . During her studies she was a member of student association Unitas S.R. and the youth wing of the Labour Party , the Jonge Socialisten , where she was on the national board at the time of the assassination of Pim Fortuyn in 2002 .
From 2010 to 2017 , she was a councilor of the Labour Party in the municipality of Utrecht , where she served as group leader starting in 2014 . She has taught Integrated Safety Science at the Hogeschool Utrecht since 2011 . She was a policy advisor and project manager for the police before that . She resigned from the Utrecht council and her position at the Hogeschool in 2017 , when she moved to Rotterdam to live with her partner and his child and became a senior advisor to the national Labour Party . During the 2023 general election she was working as a sector head for the police and residing in Rotterdam-Zuid .
RPC Guarapuava
RPC Guarapuava is a Brazilian television station , headquartered in Guarapuava , a city in the state of Parana . It operates on channel 2 ( 32 UHF digital ) and is affiliated with TV Globo .
The station was founded on November 25 , 1989 , as TV Independencia Guarapuava , a Rede Manchete affiliate owned by Sistema Sul de Comunicacao ( currently Grupo RIC , owner of RIC TV , a network of Record affiliates ) . The station was the fourth in the system , serving an estimated audience of 1,3 million . The station was later renamed TV Guairaca and became a Band affiliate in 1993 .
In November 2000 , RPC bought the station from J. Malluceli , and , consequently , became a TV Globo affiliate . The move meant the replacement of the news program produced by the Band O & O in Curitiba by a local newscast generated directly from Guarapuava . The first two months were used to prepare its staff , with the station producing pilots of the local Parana TV , only to be reviewed by the main station in Curitiba . The approval meant that a segment of the second edition of Parana TV would be produced locally . The first official newscast premiered on February 19 , 2001 . Until then , Guarapuava was dependent on RPC TV Esplanada for Globo 's coverage . Until mid-2002 , the station had no infrastructure to produce live segments , meaning that the local news had to be pre-recorded . A new staff was hired in 2004 and the news operation entered a new phase on February 8 , 2004 .
The station started digital broadcasts on December 6 , 2012 , through physical channel 32 for Guarapuava and adjacent areas .
In May 2014 , RPC Guarapuava started producing local news in high definition .
The station shut down its analog signal on February 27 , 2021 .
Urophysa rockii
Urophysa rockii is a perennial flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae , endemic to Sichuan in China .
" Urophysa rockii " is a perennial herb . It produces approximately ten leaves , sparsely covered in fine downy hairs and measuring in length . The leaf stalks are long . The leaves consist of three oblique fan-shaped leaflets , the side leaflets having two unequal lobes each , and the central leaflet being slightly smaller with three lobes and sometimes a short stalk . The inflorescences usually produce only a single flower on a stalk 4.5-10 mm long . The sepals are blue , oval-shaped and long , with a smooth upper and sparsely downy lower surface . The petals are around 6 mm long , boat-shaped and having a nectar spur around 2 mm long . The stamens are smooth and measure 8-10 mm in length , and the staminodes are lance-shaped and the same length as the petals .
" Urophysa rockii " was formally described by Oskar Eberhard Ulbrich in the new genus " Urophysa " in 1929 . Although John Hutchinson reclassified it in the genus " Semiaquilegia " in 1935 , it is now accepted as " Urophysa . "
" Urophysa rocki " is endemic to northern Sichuan province in China , along the upper reaches of the Fu River . It grows in wet places by streams .
, the species has not been assessed for the IUCN Red List .
" Urophysa rockii " flowers from March to April , and fruits in April .
Franz von Neumann the Elder
Franz von Neumann the Elder ( 21 March 1815 - 9 July 1888 ) was an Austrian architect and politician . He married Josefine Nitsche in 1843 and two of their sons - Franz the Younger and Gustav - also became architects .
He was born in Freudenthal , Austrian Silesia to master weaver Josef Neumann and his wife Johanna Zapf , though nothing is known about his education or when he moved to Vienna , where he became a draughtsman for master-builder Adolf Korompay . In 1837 he joined the Akademie der bildenden Kunste Wien architecture course , but he left early two years later to become assistant to Karl Schleps , a court architect to the Dukes of Coburg . Schleps and Korompay were both then working on the Palais Coburg and Neumann also worked long years on that project , becoming a court architect for Coburg in 1847 .
In 1861 , Neumann became a member of the Association of Fine Artists of Vienna . From 1862 until his death , Neumann was a liberal representative in the Vienna City Council for the 8th district and was a member of important committees there . He was chairman of the construction section , deputy chairman of the Donaustadt Commission , and a member of the City Hall Construction and Water Supply Commission , alongside other posts .
In 1864 , Neumann received the Cross of Merit of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order and was commissioned to carry out prestigious commissions in Gotha . He was commissioned to design the Ducal Museum Gotha in 1864 but was eventually dismissed in 1877 due to repeatedly exceeding the construction costs , though in 1876 he was still awarded the Knight 's Cross 1st Class of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order . The dismissal did not damage his reputation in Vienna and in 1881 he was awarded the Order of the Iron Crown 3rd class and knighted . He died in Vienna and was buried in its Central Cemetery .
1985 Carolina League season
The 1985 Carolina League was a Class A baseball season played between April 11 and August 31 . Eight teams played a 140-game schedule , with the winners of each half of the season competing in the playoffs .
The Winston-Salem Spirits won the Carolina League championship , defeating the Lynchburg Mets in the final round of the playoffs .
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Gagan Harkara ( sculpture )
Gagan Harkara also known as The Postman of Kushtia is a sculpture that vividly portrays the lifestyle of traditional postmen . This sculpture is a tribute to Gagan Harkara , a historical figure from Kumarkhali in Kushtia District . The sculpture was commissioned by the Kushtia Municipality to commemorate the profession of the postman , a significant part of history , and to introduce the legacy of Gagan Harkara , a distinguished figure from the Kushtia District , to the younger generation .
The then Executive Engineer of Kushtia Municipality said :
The former mayor of Kushtia Municipality , Anwar Ali , initiated the plan to construct this sculpture in 2014 . On November 30 , 2015 , the proposal for the sculpture 's construction was approved during the municipality 's monthly meeting . Artist Faisal Mahmud began the construction work on March 23 , 2016 . The work was completed in just two months , on May 26 . The total cost of constructing the sculpture amounted to 5 lakh taka .
In the sculpture , Gagan Harkara holds a lantern and a spear in his left hand . A small bell hangs below the tip of the spear . In his right hand , he carries a letter bag slung over his shoulder , attached to the end of a stick . He wears a turban on his head and a dhoti . Gagan Harkara is depicted running forward at full speed , holding a lantern to pierce through the darkness of the night .
The column on which the sculpture stands is surrounded by four post boxes .
Quanzhou Qinggong F.C .
Quanzhou Qinggong Football Club ( Chinese : 泉州轻工足球俱乐部 ; pinyin : " Quanzhou Qinggong Zuqiu Julebu " ) , previously known as Fujian Quanzhou Youth Football Club , is a Chinese football club based in Quanzhou , Fujian . The club has undergone several name changes and restructuring since its founding in 2012 and competes in various regional and national competitions in China .
The club was originally founded in November 2012 as Huada Athletic Football Team by Hong Qilin and Hung Siu-wai in Quanzhou , Fujian Province . Its initial goal was to promote football development in the region Over the years , the club went through several rebranding phases . It was first renamed Quanzhou Light Industry Football Club and later re-registered as Quanzhou Youth Industry Football Club on November 23 , 2018 .
In February 2019 , the club was involved in a group assault incident that led to significant disciplinary action . As a result , the club was banned for one year by football authorities After serving the suspension , the club rebranded again on June 19 , 2020 , adopting the name Fujian Quanzhou Youth Football Club
Jingtai Emperor 's change of heirs apparent
The change of heirs apparent of 1452 was a significant political event in the Ming dynasty during the Jingtai Emperor 's reign . After taking over the throne from the captured Emperor Yingzong during the Tumu Crisis , the Jingtai Emperor sought to depose the crown prince Zhu Jianshen , son of Emperor Yingzong , and appoint his own son as the new crown prince . With the help of officials like Yu Qian , the Jingtai Emperor successfully defended Beijing and brought back the retired Emperor Yingzong , placing him under house arrest in the Southern Palace to prevent his return to power . Additionally , the Jingtai Emperor also had the idea of making his own son the crown prince . To carry out this plan , he resorted to various tactics , including bribery and forceful intimidation . This act of the emperor bribing officials to replace the crown prince was considered a rare occurrence in Chinese history .
The Jingtai Emperor was the second son of the Xuande Emperor and the younger brother of Emperor Yingzong . Originally titled Prince of Cheng , in 1449 , Emperor Yingzong personally led an expedition against the Oirat Mongols and left Prince of Cheng as regent . However , this decision ultimately led to the Tumu Crisis , in which Emperor Yingzong was captured and the Oirat aggressively advanced , attacking Beijing . This event caused shock and fear among the court and the common people , creating a tense atmosphere throughout the capital . On 28 August , Wang Wen ( ) submitted a memorial to Prince of Cheng , urging him to prioritize the nation and the people and succeed to the throne . At the time , Emperor Yingzong 's eldest son , Zhu Jianshen , was only two years old . To avoid doubts about a young ruler , the ministers , including Yu Qian , persuaded Empress Dowager Sun to support Prince of Cheng 's ascension to the throne . In September 1449 , Prince of Cheng was enthroned as the Jingtai Emperor , marking the beginning of the Jingtai era . Emperor Yingzong was given the title of Emperor Emeritus . Empress Dowager Sun also made it clear that the Ming dynasty still belonged to Emperor Yingzong , and that the Jingtai Emperor was merely acting as a regent . She also appointed Emperor Yingzong 's son , Zhu Jianshen , as the crown prince .
During his reign , the Jingtai Emperor was skilled in identifying and appointing capable individuals , such as Yu Qian and other upright individuals . He worked diligently to strengthen the country , selecting and training generals , and successfully repelling the invasion of the Oirat Mongols , restoring stability to the nation . Additionally , he implemented reforms and adjustments in the political , economic , and military spheres , leading to a gradual revival of Ming society from chaos to order . These actions demonstrate his wisdom and capability as a ruler . In 1450 , after Emperor Yingzong was released and returned to Beijing , he was placed under house arrest by the Jingtai Emperor in the Southern Palace . While the Jingtai Emperor 's hold on the throne gradually solidified , he was not content . Not only did he desire to be the sole emperor , but he also hoped that his son Zhu Jianji could replace the crown prince Zhu Jianshen and become the legitimate heir to the throne . To achieve this , he orchestrated a farce of bribing court officials .
The Jingtai Emperor had to be cautious as the empress dowager had appointed the crown prince . He first tested the experienced eunuch Jin Ying , saying " Early the seventh month , on the second day , it will be the heir apparent 's birthday . " Jin Ying immediately replied , " The heir apparent 's birthday is on the second of the eleventh month . " This was the birthday of the crown prince Zhu Jianshen , while the date mentioned by the Jingtai Emperor was that of his son , Zhu Jianji ( ) . The Jingtai Emperor was dissatisfied with Jin Ying 's response and ended the conversation in frustration .
The Jingtai Emperor had been enduring for some time and continued to test those around him . A eunuch named Xing An suggested an idea to him : to bribe the court officials in order to gain their support for reinstating the crown prince . Soon after , the Jingtai Emperor summoned the members of the Grand Secretariat , including Senior Grand Secretary Chen Xun ( ) and Secondary Grand Secretary Gao Gu ( ) , along with four others , for a meeting . During the meeting , the emperor casually chatted with them about trivial matters and discussed some unimportant public affairs . However , the meeting was abruptly adjourned , leaving the ministers puzzled . Later , the eunuchs from Xing An separately approached them and presented pre-prepared silver as a bribe . The specific amounts were 100 " liang " of silver for Senior Grand Secretary Chen Xun and Secondary Grand Secretary Gao Gu and 50 " liang " for the other four Secretariat members . These six individuals were all shrewd and understood the emperor 's intentions , so they turned a blind eye and remained silent afterwards .
After dealing with the ministers of the Grand Secretariat , the Jingtai Emperor 's next task was to address the other ministers . Despite the small amount of money involved ( only a few hundred " liang " of silver ) , the ministers understood the implications and unanimously agreed to the proposal to change the crown prince . The Jingtai Emperor 's persistent efforts eventually gained the tacit approval of the eunuchs and court officials , but Empress Wang remained steadfast in her opposition to her husband 's actions . Despite her open arguments , she was ultimately deposed by the emperor and sent to the cold palace . On 20 May 1452 , the Jingtai Emperor used the excuse of " when a father holds the empire , he must bequeath it to his son " to depose the crown prince Zhu Jianshen , son of Emperor Yingzong , and demote him to the Prince of Yi . He then appointed his own son , Zhu Jianji , as the new crown prince , and Zhu Jianji 's mother , Lady Hang , was made empress due to her son 's status . However , Zhu Jianji died in 1454 , leaving the Jingtai Emperor without any other heirs . According to Ming law , the deposed crown prince Zhu Jianshen was now the closest blood relative to the emperor . However , it was the Jingtai Emperor himself who had deposed Zhu Jianshen . If he were to reinstate him , he would likely face repercussions in the future . Faced with these internal and external pressures , the emperor was extremely cautious about reinstating the crown prince , and the position remained vacant . Despite the hopes of the court officials , the emperor rejected their pleas to re-establish Zhu Jianshen as the crown prince . In fact , some ministers were even imprisoned and subjected to cruel treatment , with several being flogged to death .
The Jingtai Emperor made significant contributions to the country , and his decision not to return the throne to Emperor Yingzong was somewhat justifiable . However , he also deposed the crown prince position of Emperor Yingzong 's son , which was seen as a selfish and unpopular move by the officials and courtiers . Zhong Tong ( ) , Investigating Censor of Guizhou Circuit , once stated , " The death of the Heir apparent is enough to show that the Mandate of Heaven is still present . " Additionally , he pointed out numerous flaws in the emperor 's policies . When the Jingtai Emperor heard this , he became furious and had Zhong Tong imprisoned and beaten to death .
The Jingtai Emperor was in the prime of his life , and the issue of heirs had not yet become prominent at this time . However , by early 1457 , he suddenly fell gravely ill , reigniting the discussion among officials about the succession of the throne . On 10 February , news from the inner court indicated that the emperor had recovered from his illness , prompting the ministers to plan a discussion about the crown prince during the next day 's imperial court session . However , the plans were disrupted by the Duomen Coup that occurred that night . As a result , Emperor Yingzong restored the throne , while the Jingtai Emperor was deposed and died a month later .
RPC Maringa
RPC Maringa is a Brazilian television station based in Maringa , PR . It operates on channel 8 ( 41 UHF digital ) and is affiliated with TV Globo . It belongs to the Paranaense Communication Group ( GRPCom ) , in addition to generating local programming .
The station started operating in 1975 and covers 69 municipalities in the regions of Maringa , Campo Mourao , Ivaipora , Jandaia do Sul , Astorga and Colorado , region estimated to have 1,1 million viewers .
In the mid-1980s , the station became a Globo affiliate .
The local edition of Parana TV gained a new set on May 31 , 2011 .
The station closed its analog signal on November 28 , 2018 .
Menzies and Churchill at War
Menzies and Churchill at War is an Australian TV documentary film broadcast on the ABC on 30 October 2008 . It tells the story of Robert Menzies 's trip to England in 1941 to try convince Winston Churchill to shore up Australia 's defences . It was based on David Day 's book of the same name . It mixes together archival footage , including footage taken by Menzies himself , with re-enactments .
Neptune Prime
Neptune Prime is a Nigerian news paper published by Neptune Network Nigeria Limited , headquartered in Abuja , Nigeria . It was founded in 2017 by Hassan Gimba , a Nigerian journalist , philanthropist , and former editor of " Leadership " newspaper . The platform gained recognition for its maiden awards ceremony , which saw the attendance and recognition of distinguished Nigerians , including Aisha Buhari and Professor Suleiman Elias Bogoro , who were honored with awards .
The Track ( TV series )
The Track , subtitled " The Story of Good Breeding and Bad Behaviour , " was an Australian documentary series produced by Penny Chapman , directed by Michael Cordell , Nick Greenaway and Victoria Pitt and broadcast by the ABC in 2000 . Written by Keith Aberdeen , it was a six part series about the story of horse racing in Australia . It tell the story with interviews , photos , newsreel footage and re-enactments , with over 80 people being interviewed .
Brian Courtis of the Age gave it 3 stars and writes " " The Track " is rich with paintings , sketches , re-enactments and trackside anecdotes . " Robin Oliver of The Sydney Morning Herald called it the show of the week and says the makers " begin this magnificent six-part history of horse racing in Australia by demonstrating what a colourful sport it has always been . Then , as true champions , they ride it hands and heels . " Ruth Ritchie , also of The Sydney Morning Herald calls it " Unbelievably good " saying " Stories , stranger than any piece of Stephen King fiction , are told on Australian racecourses by men with unique turns of phrase . " The Herald Sun 's Tony Johnston writes " this series is a folkloric feast to be enjoyed by all . " Writing in The Courier Mail Bart Sinclair finishes " I commend The Track to all for an enjoyable trip down racing 's sometimes rocky but always thrilling road . "
Hazards , Disasters and Survival
Hazards , Disasters and Survival was an Australian documentary series broadcast by the ABC in 1998 . Aimed at the education market , it was a six part series of 15 minute episodes . It looks at the implications of natural hazards and how to reduce the potential impact on your lives . An accompanying teachers resource was produced for the series .
Visquiz
Visquiz is an Australian television quiz show hosted by Mark Bonelli and first broadcast on SBS in 1985-86 . Each episode features three contestants who are Year 11 students with multicultural backgrounds drawn from schools around Australia . Questions are on current events and general knowledge and are answered on a computer . The show featured a computer character called Go To but in early episodes it was difficult to understand . Prizes included computers , encyclopedias and atlases .
Commenting on the first episode Geraldine Walsh from the Sydney Morning Herald writes " Visquiz is a clever idea and , with trimming and general smartening up , could improve out of sight . " The Age 's Marie McNamara Says " The first episode just does not measure up .
List of clergy and theologians associated with Balliol College , Oxford
This is a list of clergy and theologians associated with Balliol College , Oxford .
Olive and Eva
Olive and Eva was a musical duo who put out the first commercial release in Australia by an all Indigenous act . Olive McGuiness and Eva Mumbler , nee Bell , were cousins who in 1955 or 56 recorded four songs , all written by Grace O 'Clerkin , which were released by Prestophone Records . In 2019 the recordings were added to the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia 's Sounds of Australia collection .
1986 Carolina League season
The 1986 Carolina League was a Class A baseball season played between April 10 and August 31 . Eight teams played a 140-game schedule , with the winners of each half of the season competing in the playoffs .
The Winston-Salem Spirits won the Carolina League championship , defeating the Hagerstown Suns in the final round of the playoffs .
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RPC Paranavai
RPC Paranavai is a Brazilian television station based in Paranavai , PR . It operates on channel 29 ( 42 UHF digital ) and is affiliated to TV Globo . It belongs to the Paranaense Communication Group ( GRPCom ) , in addition to generating local programming .
Founded in 1988 and starting operations in 1992 by the J. Malucelli group as TV Imagem , it was acquired by RPTV in August 1997 , when it became a Globo affiliate . The station opened an office in Umuarama in 1999 .
After two months working in experimental format RPC Paranavai 's digital signal was officially inaugurated on December 18 , 2012 .
In June 2014 , its news operation converted to high definition , becoming the last of the eight stations of the RPC network to do so .
The Lovers ( Master of the Housebook )
The Lovers ( German - " Liebespaar " ) or The Gotha Lovers ( " Gothaer Liebespaar " ) is a c.1480 oil on panel painting attributed to the Master of the Housebook ( drawing hand Ib ) . It is the first German large-format double portrait panel painting that does not depict a religious or liturgical scene . A painting with a similar composition and a corresponding text reference from Mainz is now lost but is preserved through a copy in the late 16th century family register of the Eisenberg family .
It has been in Gotha since at least 1854 and has hung in the Ducal Museum Gotha since its reopening in October 2013 . After a 1997 restoration it was displayed at the Castle Museum in Friedenstein Palace and an exhibition in 1998 entitled " Jahreszeiten der Gefuhle . Das Gothaer Liebespaar und die Minne im Spatmittelalter " ( " Season of Emotions . The Gotha Lovers and Love in the Late Middle Ages " ) largely adopted art historian Daniel Hess ' identification of the subjects as Philipp I , Count of Hanau-Munzenberg and Margarete Weißkirchner ( with whom Phillipp lived after his wife Adriana 's death ) and his theory that it was commissioned on the occasion of his first pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1484-1485 . Objections to that identification have recently been raised on historical grounds .
Measuring 118 by 82.5 cm , it shows two people lovingly leaning towards each other under two scrolls or banners ( which act as ' speech bubbles ' ) and the coat of arms of the County of Hanau-Munzenberg or ( if the yellow is accepted as degraded varnish ) the Lords of Eppstein . The man wears a wreath of roses in his long hair as a sign of love and the woman holds a hedge rose in her left hand , whilst she carefully reaches for the red bundle of strings bound in gold in the middle of the picture . That bundle or string is mentioned on the banners . At that time such a string was worn on clothing as a symbol of fidelity ( in this case the end of the man 's gugel ) , in a custom based on Numbers 15 , verse 38 :
The decorative " S " initial of the right-hand banner compared to the plain " U " initial on the left , along with the content of the dialogue both show that the woman 's statement on the right hand banner begins the dialogue . In an Alemannic dialect of German , it reads :
This translates as :
It is a promise of fidelity by the couple , which is portrayed in a manner appropriate to their status , showing them in equally rich clothing and exchanging a gold-woven lace . The man assures that the woman that he has taken care of her well-being ( and will continue to do so in the future ) . Assuming the man is Phillip , this would be consistent with the fact that a count like him could not marry a middle-class woman like her . The promise of fidelity would still have a logical historical reference , however , even if the image is an idealised depiction of late medieval love and not intended to resemble Phillip and his lover .
An analyis was published in 1996 arguing that the banners addressed an " unfair " or " Unbillig " ( i.e. illegal ) mismarriage , but this has now been rejected - reading " Un byllich " as " Unbillig " is in fact impossible since there is a divider between the two words . Even so the painting 's intention is still debated , thanks to the imagery and the ambigous interpretations which the banners allow . For example , female jealousy is assumed to be a proof of love according to the love doctrine of Andreas Capellanus in the attributes , meaning that the picture represents a time-spanning apotheosis of the secrets of love . This , however , presupposes a completely different reading of the banner and would need a previous lover to have made the man 's lace : Another female person addressed by the woman would have made the man 's lace before the relationship depicted in the painting .
Saint-Dominique Church ( Paris )
Saint-Dominique church is a Roman Catholic church located at 20 rue de la Tomb-Issoire in the 14th arrondissement of Paris . It was constructed between 1913 and 1921 in the Romano-Byzantine architectural style , mixed with Art Deco , popular in the period . The interior is lavishly decorated with paintings , sculpture and ceramics in the style of the period .
The faubourg Saint-Jacques neighbourhood of the 14th arrondissement had become a religious center in the 17th century , with the Abbey of Port Royal and the Convent of the Oratariens , and a scientific center with the opening of the Paris Observatory . In the 19th century , the construction of the boulevard de Port-Royal , brought a new surge in population and the need for a large church .
In 1913 the architect [ Georges Gaudibert was commissioned to build a new church . His plan combined Romaneaque and Byzantine elements , an atyle very popular during the period . The work was delayed by the First World War , and did not open until 1921 .
While the plan was traditional , the building was not ; it was one of the first churches in Paris built with reinforced concrete , giving the architect greater freedom . The interior was coverere with endue , rather than false stones . The ornamentation of the church inside and out was strongly influenced by the Art Deco movement of the time .
The church was one of the first in Paris constructed with reinforced concrete , which gave the architect greater freedom to create spaces . The walls were covered with smooth coating , rather than false stones
The church is richly decorated with stained glass , sculpture , and mosaics . The stained glass was made by the master glassmakers Barillet and Checalier , completed in 1940 . The mosaics on the pulpit were made by the brothers Maumejean .
The organ of Saint-Dominique is actually older than the church . It was originally built in 1904 , and was the property of the composer Count Christian de Berthier dw Aauvigny . It was made for his residence by the firm of J. Merklin and Cie . It was transferred to the church in 1945 . It was restored in 2003 .
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Edmund Fitzalan ( 1327-1382 )
Sir Edmund FitzAlan ( c . 1327 / 9 - died before 12 February 1382 ) was an English nobleman and the son of Richard FitzAlan , 10th Earl of Arundel and Isabel le Despenser , Countess of Arundel . He was the heir to the earldom of Arundel until he was declared illegitimate by the annulment of his parents ' marriage in 1344 . He was sometimes known as Edmund de Arundel .
FitzAlan was born about 1327 or 1329 and was the only son of Richard FitzAlan , 10th Earl of Arundel and Isabel le Despenser , Countess of Arundel . Lawrence claims that he had two sisters called Phillipa and Isabel .
His parents had been married in 1321 , to cement an alliance between their fathers , Edmund FitzAlan , 2nd Earl of Arundel and Hugh le Despenser , 2nd Baron le Despenser , the favourite of Edward II of England . The King paid for the cloth to be held over the heads of the couple as they knelt at the altar . At the time of their marriage , Isabel was eight and Richard was seven . In 1331 his father became Earl of Arundel .
Fitzalan 's mother was the eldest daughter of Hugh le Despenser , 2nd Baron le Despenser and Eleanor de Clare , " suo jure " 6th Lady of Glamorgan , whose mother was the eldest daughter of Joan of Acre , Princess of England . This made Edmund a great-great-grandson of King Edward I and his first consort , Eleanor of Castile .
On 4 December 1344 , Fitzalan 's father Richard petitioned the pope for an annulment of his marriage to Isabel . King Edward III supported the petition , which was on the grounds that they had never freely consented to marry , that they both had renounced their vows at puberty , but they had been " forced by blows to cohabit , so that a son was born . " The annulment was granted by Pope Clement VI and Edmund was declared illegitimate and disinherited .
After the annulment , Isabel retired to five manors in Essex that were given to her by her ex-husband . Richard , following receiving a papal dispensation , married Isabel 's widowed first cousin Eleanor of Lancaster , with whom he had apparently been having an affair . Richard and Eleanor had five children who survived into adulthood .
In 1347 , Fitzalan protested to the pope about his treatment and that the annulment of his parents marriage had been surreptitiously obtained , but without success .
Fitzalan married before 1347 ( betrothed in January 1331 and married probably as a child ) , Sybil de Montacute , daughter of the deceased William Montacute , 1st Earl of Salisbury and Catherine Grandison .
They had two daughters who were his co-heiresses :
FitzAlan was knighted in 1352 and owned numerous manors throughout the counties of Devon , Dorset , Somerset , and Sussex . In 1364 , he was sent to Flanders on the king 's service then in 1368 Pope Urban V sent him to King Edward III to communicate verbally " the present state of the Roman church in Italy . " In 1369 and 1370 , FitzAlan fought in several military campaigns in France including the Battle of Pontvallain under the command of his second cousin once removed , Edward the Black Prince , during the Hundred Years ' War .
When his father died in 1376 , FitzAlan quarrelled with his half-siblings , the children of his father 's second marriage , over inheritance rights . He was imprisoned in the Tower of London until he was released in 1377 by request of his brothers-in-law , who stood mainprise for him . Despite his persistent protests , he eventually lost his inheritance .
In February 1381 , FitzAlan went to Gascony on a military expedition and died sometime before 12 February 1382 . After his death , his daughters brought a failed suit in 1382 against their half-uncle , Richard FitzAlan , 11th Earl of Arundel ( died 1397 ) .
Beveley
Beveley is a former hamlet straddling the boundaries of Ketley and Oakengates in the Telford and Wrekin borough in Shropshire , England . It is located to the northeast of Ketley and close to Hadley Manor and Red Lake . Nearby places include the towns of Oakengates , Telford and Wellington. and the villages and areas of Hadley and Wombridge . The area is predominantly residential and close to the Wolverhampton-Shrewsbury line and woodlands . Part of the former Roman road Watling Street passes through the centre of Beveley . Although , this is now mostly bypassed by the nearby M54 motorway between Wellington and Shrewsbury .
The " Victoria County History " of Shropshire reports that there was settlement called Stanebrook along Watling Street in 1447 , " on the site of the modern Beveley , " and that " There were probably miners ' cottages along the road by the late 17th century . " Beveley was described in Cassie 's 1871 " History , Gazetteer and Directory of Shropshire " as " a small hamlet adjoining Ketley , partly in Wellington parish and partly in Wombridge . "
Beveley ward elects one member to Ketley parish council . The ward is bounded by the railway to the north , and the B4373 to the east , and partly by the B5061 road to the south . It elects three of the eleven members of the parish council .
Campo 24 de Agosto station
Campo 24 de Agosto is a light rail station on the Porto Metro system in Porto , Portugal . The station is underground , adjacent to the , from which it takes its name . It was opened in 2004 .
The station is a through station on lines A , B , C , E and F , which run as one line within the metropolitan area . The next station to the west is . To the east , the next station is Heroismo . Campo 24 de Agosto station has two through tracks served by two side platforms .
The new station was opened on 5 June 2004 the extension of the initial line from its previous terminus at Trindade to a new terminus at Estadio do Dragao . The extension was initially served by lines A and B , with line C starting on 30 July 2005 , line E on 27 May 2006 , and line F on 2 January 2011 .
During the excavations for the station , the remains of the , a water tank and well used to provide water supply to the city , were found . The ruins , which date from the 14th to the 19th centuries , were incorporated into the station , and are displayed there with explanatory panels .
Ashkan Khatibi
Ashkan Khatibi ( ; born October 11 , 1979 ) is an Iranian actor , singer-songwriter and director . He is best known for his portrayal of Shirzad Malek in " Once Upon a Time in Iran " ( 2021-2022 ) .
Ashkan Khatibi was born on October 11 , 1979 , in Tehran , Iran .
Mala Mia ( EP )
Mala Mia ( ) is a collaborative extended play by American regional Mexican bands Fuerza Regida and Grupo Frontera . It was released on December 19 , 2024 , through Sony Music Latin , Rancho Humilde and Street Mob . Additional guest appearances include Oscar Maydon and Armenta . With the addition of the EP 's five tracks , both bands have collaborated in a total of seven songs .
" Mala Mia " compromises of five tracks , with each one being in different musical styles , including cumbias , Tejano , and corridos , with the entirety of the EP thematically surrounding around a love affair . Production for the EP was handled by Armenta , who is also featured on " Aurora , " along with Edgar Barrera , Grupo Frontera , Jesus Ortiz Paz and Moises Lopez .
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Chambery Courthouse
The Chambery courthouse is a judicial building located in France , in the town of Chambery , in the Savoie department , within the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region .
The government of the Sardinian Kingdom decided to construct a courthouse in Chambery in 1848 . Construction began in 1850 in the presence of King Victor Emmanuel II and Queen Adelaide . Spanning ten years , the building was completed in 1860 , coinciding with the proclamation of the results of the April 29 plebiscite on Savoie 's annexation to France .
Following the annexation , neither Sardinian sovereign Victor Emmanuel nor French Emperor Napoleon III , who was not involved in the project , chose to inaugurate the courthouse officially . Instead , its inaugural moment came on June 28 , 1860 , with the formal installation of the first Attorney General .
Currently , the Chambery courthouse houses the and has been partially listed as a historic monument since 1984 .
Before the courthouse 's construction , justice in Chambery was administered in various locations over the centuries .
When Chambery became the political capital of the County of Savoy in 1295 , the Resident Council held court at the , later renamed the Sovereign Council during the reign of Count Aymon of Savoy in the 14th century . During the French occupation ( 1536-1559 ) , the Sovereign Council was replaced by a Parliament established by Francis I , later declared a Sovereign Court under Henry II . After the occupation ended , Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy established the Sovereign , which remained for nearly three centuries in the Dominican convent . This building , now gone , stood near the current courthouse site .
During ( 1792-1815 ) , the Criminal Tribunal of Mont Blanc replaced the Senate and operated from the Hotel d 'Allinges on Rue Juiverie . This was the only period in Chambery 's history when it fell under the jurisdiction of Grenoble .
After 1815 , the Senate of Savoy resumed operations at the Saint-Dominique convent before relocating to the Hotel d 'Allinges in 1830 due to the convent 's dilapidation . In 1848 , following the Albertine Statute , which established a Senate as an upper chamber , the March 4 edict transformed the Senate of Savoy into a Royal Court of Appeal . That same year , plans were made to build a courthouse for the activities .
The plans for the future building were initially entrusted to the Chambery architect Pierre-Louis Besson . However , the Sardinian civil engineering inspector , , later favored the Piedmontese engineer Pierre Spurgazzi , who nevertheless based his work on Besson 's original plans .
The site of the former Dominican convent could not be considered for the project , as the city of Chambery had allocated that area for the construction of a covered market , which still exists today as the . It was ultimately decided to reduce the edge of the Verney garden near the town to accommodate the future courthouse . This location was chosen both because it was the only space of sufficient size for such a building and due to its proximity to the prisons , as prisoner transfers were conducted on foot through the town center .
The cornerstone was laid on May 27 , 1850 , by King Victor Emmanuel II , accompanied by Queen Adelaide of Habsburg-Lorraine , the prince , and several ministers . A rosewood box containing ten gold and silver coins and medals bearing the effigies of King Charles Albert and Victor Emmanuel II was placed in the foundation stone . The ceremony was attended by Chambery 's syndic and .
Construction of the courthouse was spread over the following decade , but the premises were occupied as they were completed , until 1860 .
The courthouse was never officially inaugurated . Instead , its historic role began on April 29 , 1860 , when the results of the plebiscite on Savoie 's annexation to France were proclaimed in its grand ceremonial hall .
Although the annexation became official in June 1860 , neither the Sardinian administration , which no longer governed Chambery , nor the French administration , which had not commissioned the building , officially inaugurated it .
The installation of the first French Attorney General of the new Imperial Court on June 28 , 1860 , marked the courthouse 's de facto inauguration .
The Chambery courthouse is a grand building characterized by Sardinian architecture and a neo-classical style , featuring numerous columns .
Its facades are richly colored , both externally and internally , as it includes an inner courtyard surrounded by porticoes and wall-engaged columns .
The courthouse 's exterior facades consist of two distinct sections : a stone base on the ground floor and thirteen " Sardinian red " bays on the first and second floors . This vibrant color was applied during restoration work in 1976 , as the walls were originally covered with a yellow coating .
While the overall structure follows this design , the center of the main facade includes specific architectural highlights . It features a protruding section ( avant-corps ) topped with a triangular pediment in the same Sardinian red as the bays .
The entrance doors , crafted from solid wood , are located at the center of this protruding section . On the upper level , the protrusion includes seven bays out of the thirteen on the main facade , with three on either side . These seven bays are separated by engaged Ionic columns , whereas all other bays across the four facades are separated by pilasters . On the main facade , the similar size and color of the pilasters and columns create an impression of architectural continuity . A stone balustrade is positioned between the base and the seven bays of the protruding section .
The pediment above the central section features a plain Sardinian red background without any decoration . Although decorative elements were initially planned , political and financial uncertainties related to Savoie 's anticipated annexation prevented their realization .
The facades of the inner courtyard also feature vibrant , predominantly warm colors , with Sardinian red accompanied by prominent yellows .
Unlike the exterior facades , the courtyard 's stone bases include porticoes . Additionally , the pilasters on the upper level are limited to the first floor , with the second floor left without them . The first-floor windows are topped with arches , including touches of green at their upper edges .
The courtyard 's style is influenced by the works of Antonio da Sangallo the Younger and Andrea Palladio .
Originally , the courthouse was designed to be traversable , with a secondary entrance located directly opposite the main entrance , on the side facing Verney Park . This design turned the inner courtyard into a public passageway between the city and the gardens . However , this function was restricted in 1960 , when access was limited to the building 's opening hours , and later eliminated with the permanent closure of the rear entrance .
The inner courtyard includes a ground-floor arcade gallery . The galleries run along all four facades of the building , providing direct access to the ground-floor rooms and upper floors via lettered doors and staircases ( A to I ) . However , the main staircase , known as the " Escalier d 'honneur , " which leads to the reception hall and the solemn audience chamber , is located immediately to the right of the main entrance , preceding entry into the courtyard galleries .
Immediately to the right upon entering through the grand wooden doors , the main staircase leads exclusively to the first floor , where the balconies and columns of the main facade are situated . This staircase is designed with two flights and an intermediate landing .
The first room on the upper floor , accessed via the grand staircase , is the vestibule , also known as " salle des pas perdus " ( the Hall of Lost Steps ) . Since 1939 , this room has featured a large fresco covering one of its walls . Painted by the Parisian artist Pierre Eugene Montezin , the fresco is themed " Work and Peace " and " Justice and Law , " with these titles inscribed at the bottom of the artwork . It notably depicts haymaking scenes in the fields and frames the main entrance door to the solemn audience chamber .
The Hall of Lost Steps also houses three paintings . The first , painted in 1899 by Chambery-born artist Jacques Morion , depicts the Lac du Bourget . The second is a monumental piece created in 1800 by Laurent Pecheux , the official painter of the King of Piedmont-Sardinia , titled " Auguste faisant un sacrifice au Dieu Mars " ( Augustus Offering a Sacrifice to the God Mars ) . " " Lastly , there is a painting by entitled " The Betrothed . "
The Salle des Seances Solennelles , also called the Solemn Audience Chamber , is located behind the Hall of Lost Steps , specifically behind the fresco . It is here that , on April 29 , 1860 , at 2 : 00 PM , the results of the referendum formalizing Savoie 's annexation to France were proclaimed . A marble plaque commemorates the referendum , its results , and the proclamation on one of the side walls . Opposite this , a portrait of Emperor Napoleon III , gifted by the emperor himself to the court of appeal , hangs prominently .
At the far end of the chamber , behind the magistrates ' podium , are the mace and silver staffs once used by ushers of the former .
From the Hall of Lost Steps , a gallery runs alongside the Solemn Audience Chamber , leading to the Napoleon Salon . The gallery features several paintings , the most notable of which is located at the far end . Painted in 1863 by Stanislas Loyer , it depicts Saint Francis de Sales Converting Two Heretics .
Additionally , the chasuble of Saint Francis de Sales is displayed against one of the gallery 's side walls .
At the gallery 's opposite end lies the Napoleon Salon , which opens onto the west facade of the courthouse . It serves as the reception hall for the Court of Appeal . The salon derives its name from the presence of a bust of Emperor Napoleon I , prominently placed on a monumental fireplace .
Flanking the fireplace are portraits of two Savoian sovereigns , painted by Maria Giovanna Clementi , also known as " La Clementina . "
The courthouse also houses a library , referred to as the Library of the Court of Appeal or Bibliotheque Lamartine . It was previously the repository for the archives of the , which were transferred to the in 1937 .
The Chambery courthouse has been partially listed as a historical monument since August 29 , 1984 . The architectural elements under protection include the facades and roofs facing the exterior and the inner courtyard , the arcade gallery , the two peristyles , the grand staircase , the solemn audience chamber , and the two southern galleries on the first floor .
Additionally , seven pieces of movable property , inventoried in the Palissy database and protected as historical monuments , are housed within the courthouse :
Goh See Hua
Goh See Hua ( ; born 1989 ) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly ( MLA ) for Pasir Pinji since November 2022 . He is a member of the Democratic Action Party ( DAP ) , a component party of the Pakatan Harapan ( PH ) and formerly Pakatan Rakyat ( PR ) coalitions . He was Political Secretary to the MLA for Jalong Loh Sze Yee from 2018 to 2022 , Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Kampar Ko Chung Sen from 2013 to 2018 , Member of the Kuala Kangsar Municipal Council ( MPKK ) from 2018 to 2020 and Village Development Officer ( PKP ) of Sungai Siput in 2020 .
In the 2022 Perak state election , Goh made his electoral debut after being nominated by PH to contest for the Pasir Pinji state seat . Goh won the seat and was elected to the Perak State Legislative Assembly as the Pasir Pinji MLA after defeating Soo Poh Yeow of Barisan Nasional ( BN ) and Lam Kin Yip of Perikatan Nasional ( PN ) by a majority of 22,169 votes in a landslide victory .
George Csetneki
George ( II ) Csetneki ( ; died around 31 July 1402 ) was a Hungarian baron at the turn of the 14th and 15th centuries , who served as Master of the stewards from 1387 to 1396 , under King Sigismund . Alongside his cousin , prelate Ladislaus , he is the most illustrious member of the Csetneki family .
He was born into the Csetneki family , which originated from the " gens " ( clan ) Akos and held possessions mainly in Gomor County . His father was Nicholas ( III ) " the Red . " He had a brother Peter ( II ) .
George first appears in contemporary records in 1367 , when a dispute arose between family members regarding the division of estates in the eponymous lordship Csetnek ( present-day Stitnik , Slovakia ) . George , also representing his brother Peter , complained to the royal court that the Bebeks and the other branches of the Csetnekis agreed on the division of the estates of John ( I ) and Peter ( I ) , who died without heirs , without their knowledge .
2025 Vanuatuan general election
Snap general elections are scheduled to be held in Vanuatu on 14 January 2025 .
The 52 members of Parliament are elected for four years terms by single non-transferable vote in eighteen constituencies , ten of which are multi-member constituencies of between two and seven seats , while the remaining eight are single-member constituencies in which the vote takes the form of a first-past-the-post system .
1926 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
The 1926 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships were organized by the Amateur Athletic Union ( AAU ) and served as the national championships in outdoor track and field for the United States .
The men 's edition was held at Municipal Stadium in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , and it took place 2 July . The women 's meet was held separately at the same venue on 9-10 July .
At the men 's championships , an American record was set in the 3 miles walk . It was the first time that relays counted towards the team championships . In the women 's competition , Lillian Copeland won the shot put , discus , and javelin .
Ballywalter Lifeboat Station
Ballywalter Lifeboat Station was located at the pier head at Harbour Road , in Ballywalter , a village located on the east coast of the Ards Peninsula , in County Down , Northern Ireland .
A lifeboat was first stationed at Ballywalter in 1866 by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution ( RNLI ) .
The station was closed in 1906 .
On 30 December 1828 , the steamship " Sheffield " ran aground on Skullmartin Rock off Ballywalter . All on board , the Master , 20 crew , and 24 passengers were saved , after rescue efforts lasting over 6 hours .
Ever since its founding in 1824 , the Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck ( RNIPLS ) , later to become the RNLI in 1854 , would award medals for deeds of gallantry at sea , even if no lifeboats were involved . Three silver medals were awarded for the rescue , including one to Mr James Askin , who volunteered to fill an empty seat in the coastguard boat .
Inspector of Lifeboats , Capt. John Ward , visited Ballywalter in 1865 , and his report to the RNLI committee of management on 3 August 1865 was read and approved . It was reported in the October 1866 RNLI journal ' The Lifeboat ' , that a station had been established at Ballywalter , the location chosen as there were sufficient numbers of fishermen to support a crew , and was in response to the number of wrecks on that unprotected coast , especially on the nearby Skullmartin Rock , the nearest lifeboat stations being to the north , and to the south .
The Ballywalter lifeboat station was officially opened on 27 September 1866 . The Rev Hugh Wilson was appointed Honorary Secretary , Robert Boyd as coxswain and Robert Adair as second coxswain . A boathouse was built near the Ballywalter pier by Samuel Grivin , at a cost of £ 178-10-0d . A 32-foot lifeboat , 10-oared with twin masts , and the carriage , were conveyed to Belfast in July 1866 , transported free of charge by the London and Belfast Steam Shipping Company .
The cost of the lifeboat , carriage , equipment and boathouse were all funded by a generous donation of £ 500 from the Misses Maynell-Ingram of Rugeley , Staffordshire , and the lifeboat was named " Admiral Henry Meynell " in memory of their late uncle .
On Boxing Day , 26 December 1868 , the lifeboat capsized whilst on exercise , throwing out all the occupants . The lifeboat quickly self-righted , and all the other crew regained the boat , but Coxswain Robert Boyd was drowned . The RNLI donated a sum of £ 50 to his dependants . A report was recorded in the edition of ' The Lifeboat ' of 1 April 1869 .
A replacement lifeboat was sent to Ballywalter , arriving on 31 January 1885 . The larger 34-foot lifeboat was given free passage from Liverpool to Belfast by the Belfast and Londonderry Steam Packet Company . Funded from the legacy of Mr William Wallace of Curtain Road , Shoreditch , the lifeboat was named " William Wallace " ( ON 93 ) .
Ballywalter Lifeboat Station was closed in 1906 . It was reported that the lifeboat was only called upon once in its last nine years on station . The lifeboat house is still standing . The lifeboat on station at the time , " William Wallace " ( ON 93 ) , was withdrawn from service , and broken up .
The " Castlemaine " of Liverpool was driven ashore at Ballyhalbert Bay in the early hours of 4 March 1881 , on passage from Rangoon to Glasgow . The lifeboat was transported south , to be launched into the gale force conditions . The lifeboat struggled to make progress against the wind and rain , but a line was retrieved from the vessel , and the lifeboat was pulled to the vessel . In two trips , all 25 crew were rescued . The Ballywalter Honorary Secretary , Rev. J. O 'Reilly Blackwood , had gone out on the boat , and for this service , and in recognition of his contribution to the RNLI , he was awarded the RNLI Silver Medal , along with a silver medal , awarded by the Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society .
In the afternoon of 6 February 1883 , the brig " Euphemia Fullerton " of Londonderry , bound to Maryport , was driven onto Long Rock . With Rev. J. O 'Reilly Blackwood taking charge as usual , a crowd of villages hauled the lifeboat by road to the scene , which was then launched with much difficulty , first having two ditches to traverse . In the strong ESE gale , the lifeboat was driven back ashore , with three oars broken . Launching again at 03 : 00 , six crew who had spent the night lashed to the rigging , were finally rescued from the vessel . Rev. J. O 'Reilly Blackwood was awarded the RNLI Silver Medal , as was George Prior , Chief Officer of H.M. Coastguard , Ballywalter , " " in recognition of his services in helping to launch and recover the lifeboat on this occasion " , " after he waded out into the surf at great personal risk . Lifeboat launcher J. B. Glover was accorded " The Thanks of the Institution inscribed on Vellum . "
The following are awards made at Ballywalter .
In memory of those lost whilst serving Ballywalter lifeboat .
Cyclopenta ( cd ) pyrene
Cyclopenta [ cd ] pyrene , also known as acepyrene , is a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon ( PAH ) . It has a chemical formula of CH . It is a member of the group of pyrenes .
It is an aromatic hydrocarbon that consists of five fused rings and is formed during the incomplete combustion of organic matter . It is primarily found in gasoline engine exhaust . This substance is used in laboratory research as a mutagen and carcinogen . It is also reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen .
Its molecular weight is 226.3 g / mol . According to the MeSH Pharmacological Classification , it is a mutagen and carcinogen . According to IARC , it is classified as " IARC group 2A " ( Probably carcinogenic to humans ) .
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Sea-Horse ( Syrian folktale )
Sea-Horse ( German : " Seepferd " ) is a folktale from Syria , published by author Uwe Kuhr in his book " Syrische Marchen " ( " Syrian Tales " ) . It deals with the marriage between a human maiden and a bridegroom of supernatural origin who hides under an equine disguise ; she betrays his trust , and has to search for him .
It belongs to the international cycle of the " Animal as Bridegroom " or " The Search for the Lost Husband , " wherein a human princess marries a supernatural husband , loses him , and goes on a quest to find him . It mostly follows subtype ATU 425D , " The Vanished Husband , " which segues into tale type ATU 425B , " The Son of the Witch , " thus distantly related to the Graeco-Roman myth of " Cupid and Psyche , " in that the heroine is forced to perform difficult tasks for a witch or her mother-in-law .
A king has three daughters and is gifted a wonderful horse " from the sea . " The horse falls in love with the youngest , princess Lapislazuli , and one day , takes off the horseskin and becomes a youth . He reveals he is the king of ghouls . The king marries his daughter Lapislazuli to the horse . The horse takes off the horseskin and takes part in a racing contest in human shape , but his wife cannot tell the secret . He wins , but she betrays his secret in a moment of pride and he vanishes . Later , she builds a public bath house .
One day , a poor woman and her daughter wake up in a moonlit night and reach a meadow , where a man 's voice orders tables and chairs to be set , laments over a lost love named Lapislazuli and has a meal with some companions . The woman and her daughter go to the public bath house and tell the princess the story , who asks to be taken to the meadow . Lapislazuli recognizes her husband and sees him , but Seepferde explains that he is to be married to his cousin , that his family and friends are ghouls that may devour her , but she can earn the mother 's favour by suckling her breasts .
Seepferde takes Lapislazuli to the ghoul village and introduces her to his mother as a servant . Seepferde 's ghoul mother forces Lapislazuli to do chores for the upcoming wedding : to sweep the floor with a tiny broom in a room full of pearls , to wash a pile of dirty clothes with a tiny bar of soap , and to get a sieve from the ghoul 's sister . Seepferde summons his servants to do the chores for her , and instructs her to suckle on his aunt 's breasts to avoid being eaten when she goes to get the sieve . As the wedding approaches , the ghoul mother orders Lapislazuli to hold a candle on each finger and to accompany the bride to the dressing room . During the occasion , Seepferde appears and plans with Lapizlazuli to burn the bride 's hair . Lapislazuli goes back to the bride 's dressing room and burns the bride 's hair with the candles . While the ghouls try to put out the fire , Lapislazuli and Seepferde fly back to her kingdom , where they celebrate a new wedding .
The tale is related to the cycle of the Animal as Bridegroom or " The Search for the Lost Husband " ( tale type ATU 425 ) , although belonging to two subtypes of the cycle : ATU 425D and ATU 425B .
In tale type ATU 425D , " The Vanished Husband , " after betraying her supernatural husband 's secret , she builds an inn , hospital or bath house to listen to passers-by 's stories . One day , she listens to a person 's narration about a flock of birds transforming into men in a place somewhere . The heroine recognizes it is about her husband and asks to be taken there .
Type ATU 425B , " The Son of the Witch , " is considered by scholarship to correspond to the ancient Graeco-Roman myth of " Cupid and Psyche , " that is , the supernatural husband 's mother forces the heroine , her daughter-in-law , to perform difficult and impossible tasks for her .
According to Greek folklorist , the main motif of tale type 425D is H11.1.1 , " Recognition at inn [ hospital , etc . ] , where all must tell their life histories . " In the same vein , Swedish scholar identified among the " motifs characteristic of subtype D " the bath-house , the inn , or places where the heroine goes to hear stories or news about her husband .
According to researcher Samia Al Azharia Jahn , the supernatural bridegroom may appear as a horse , a goat or a camel in Arab variants . Likewise , scholar asserted that the animal or supernatural husband appears as a horse in tale type 425A " in the Orient . " In addition , Swahn identified a motif he named " favourite horse desires the king 's daughter , " which he associated with his type A .
In a variant collected from a Syrian refugee and published in 2015 with the title " The Bewitched Camel , " a woodcutter finds a camel that produces golden eggs in the forest and brings it home . One day , he brings the camel to the market and it falls in love with the princess . The camel asks the woodcutter 's wife to ask for the hand of the princess , but the king demands he fulfills two tasks first : to bring extraordinary things and to build a castle overnight . The camel does and marries the princess . On the wedding night , the camel reveals he is a bewitched prince , and that his secret must stay between them . One day , the camel-prince fights in a war to defend the kingdom . The princess 's sisters mock her marriage and she tells them the truth . The camel-prince disappears . She is advised by the minister to build a " hammam " ( a public bathhouse ) , where everyone shall share stories . One day , a poor widow comes to the bathhouse and tells a story about a man coming out of the earth near a tree at night with three apples , lamenting over a lover who betrayed him . The princess notices it is her husband and goes to the place the widow described . She sees the earth cracking open and a prince comes out of it . She embraces him and he tells her that the witch cursed him to live underground . He takes her to the witch and she pretends to be a maid . The witch orders her to sweep her house with a beaded broom and not lose any bead , and to carry a heavy closed box to her sister 's house in another country , which the princess accomplishes with the camel-prince 's help : in the latter , while the wife rests a bit , the box opens on its own and snakes and monkeys leap out of it ; her husband comes , draws the animals back into the box and closes it . Lastly , the witch decides to marry the camel-prince and orders the princess to dance at their wedding . As per the camel-prince 's advice , the princess asks for a lantern and a wick to dance with , which , during the wedding , the camel-prince takes and throws it at the witch . They vanquish her and return to the princess 's castle .
In a Syrian tale translated as " Gomena , principe dei ginn " ( " Gomena , Prince of the Djinni " ) , a poor fisherman lives with his three daughters . After two unlucky fishing trips , he catches a large stone from the sea and , upon his third daughter 's suggestion , places it as a makeshift door for their home . Later the same day , the third daughter meets a handsome stranger , they connect and she marries him . Despite a comfortable life , her husband only appears at night , so , after some convincing by some women in the " hamman " ( bath house ) , she decides to come clean to him . The man tells her to get the stone , throw it back to the sea , and to wait for the sunrise . She obeys ; her husband appears in the sea , slowly submerging . She insists to know his name , and shouts to him ; he reveals his name is Gomena , and vanishes under the waves , and so do her palaces and every treasure , save for her jewels on her . She sells her jewelry and opens a hammam , where everyone gets to bathe in exchange for a story . One night , a woman prepares to visit the hammam , but , since it is midnight and she is afraid of the ghouls , she climbs up a tree . She then sees three ginns appear , sing a song and announce the coming of Gomena ; a table is set with a meal , Gomena appears and laments his lost love . The woman goes to the bath house and tells the girl about the scene . The girl goes to the place the woman described and waits until midnight for Gomena . He appears , sings verses of yearning and sorrow , and the girl appears to him , begging for his forgiveness . Gomena explains that his parents are the rulers of the ginns , and might kill her . After some insistence , Gomena takes his human wife on a magic carpet to his parents ' palace . Before he enters , Gomena gives his wife an almond , a nut , and a pistachio nut for her to plant . However , the plants do grow overnight , but are stolen . Without food , she enters the ginns ' service . One day , the queen of the ginns betroths Gomena to a female ginn , and orders the girl to go to queen 's sister , invite her for Gomena 's wedding and get the box of the marching band . Gomena explains that this task is a trap : his aunt is a ghoul and will devour her , so he gives her two pieces of cow meat to throw to two ferocious dogs , and advises her to get the box and escape . The human girl follows the instructions and flees from the aunt 's house . She opens the box on the way back and small creatures playing instruments escape from it . Gomena gets the creatures back into the box . Next , the queen of the ginns orders the human girl to go back to the aunt 's house and get from her a ceremonial carpet . She gets the carpet ( a small one ) and unrolls it on the way back . Gomena appears to wrap it again , and concocts a plan with his human wife : she is to dance at the wedding , but she is to ask for two torches . The next day , during the wedding , the human girl dances with the torches , to the ginns ' amazement . She then tosses one torch on the bride 's lap , the other on the ginn assemblage , and escapes with Gomena on a winged horse .
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Jack Shea Arena
The Jack Shea Arena is an indoor , artificial ice rink that was used for both figure skating and ice hockey competitions at the 1932 Winter Olympics . It is part of the Olympic Center complex .
When Lake Placid was selected as the host of the 1932 Winter Olympics , the area already had several facilities , including an ice rink . However , the local rink was an open-air venue that was subject to weather conditions . Due to the time constraints and number of events that would take place , the Olympic Committee decided that an additional ice rink would need to be built . An indoor , artificial venue was completed in time for the games . The 1932 Arena , as it was originally known , was enclosed by a curved , vaulted ceiling and had seating for more than 4,000 . After hosting 6 of the 12 ice hockey games at the 1932 Olympics , the rink would be used for competitions for many years afterwards .
In 1980 , when the Olympics returned to Lake Placid , the ' 32 Rink was still in operation . However , by then it was nearly 50 years old and was not deemed to be sufficient for a modern Olympic . The 1932 Arena faded into the background afterwards and , though it remained in operation , it did not possess the same amount of cache that its replacement did , particularly after the Miracle on Ice .
In 2005 , the rink was renamed after Jack Shea , who had won two speed skating gold medals in 1932 . Nearing its 90th birthday , the rink was in a decrepit state . Instead of razing the venue , however , the Olympic Regional Development Authority decided to renovate the building . After nine months of work , the Jack Shea Arena reopened on December 3 , 2021 , featuring many new amenities , including a dehumidification system , new refrigeration system , concession area , and the ability to be converted between Olympic ( 100 feet wide ) and NHL ( 85 feet wide ) sizes .
Amastra inflata
Amastra inflata is a species of air-breathing land snail , a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Amastridae .
The length of the shell attains 16.5 mm , its diameter 10 mm
The shell is imperforate , conic-globose , and rather coarsely striate . It is whitish in color , covered with a black epidermis that is worn off , forming a broad band below the suture . The spire is swollen , culminating in a short , acute cone . There are 5 ½ whorls , with the last three being very turgid . The body whorl is approximately as long as the spire .
The aperture is oblique and sinuate-oval , white on the interior . The columellar fold is subtransverse and ascends steeply . The peristome is unexpanded and labiate on the inner edge . The columellar margin is callous , dilated , and adnate .
The shell 's shape varies widely . The embryonic whorls are nearly smooth , bearing only fine growth striae , similar to " Amastra decorticata . " On the later whorls , the wrinkles become coarser and more irregular , occasionally intersected by faint spiral lines in some individuals .
The shell color is a rich chestnut with orange hues , overlaid by a very thin , darker outer layer of almost chocolate-brown . This layer is often worn away on the wrinkles and is absent below the periphery in front of the aperture . Behind the lip , the color darkens to deep chocolate or blackish , and a darker peripheral band is sometimes visible . A denuded subsutural belt , mentioned by Pfeiffer , appears on some shells , both in dead and a few living specimens .
Beneath the colored cuticle , the shell 's substance is fleshy-whitish in the body whorl but typically darker in the spire , giving it a purplish-brown appearance . Immature shells are very ventricose and exhibit a distinct , sharp peripheral angle that persists through the fifth whorl . The last two whorls are prominently swollen below the suture , occasionally developing a beaded appearance , which emerges as late as the last half of the final whorl .
Mature shells are generally imperforate , though younger specimens may remain perforate until reaching about 10 mm in length , with 4 ½ to 5 whorls .
This species is endemic to Hawaii , occurring on Oahu island .
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James Sweeney ( filmmaker )
James Sweeney ( born 1990 ) is an American actor , director , and screenwriter . He is most known for directing and starring in " Straight Up " ( 2019 ) and " Twinless " ( 2025 ) .
Sweeney grew up in Alaska .
In 2019 , Sweeney directed , wrote , and starred in " Straight Up " which had its world premiere at Outfest . The film was released in February 2020 , by Strand Releasing . Prior to , Sweeney made a Proof of concept short film based upon the script , " Normal Doors " for 20th Digital Studio . Sweeney earned a nomination for Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay .
Sweeney 's next film " Twinless " which he directs , wrote , and stars opposite Dylan O 'Brien will have its world premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival .
Sweeney is gay .
Mundwa Assembly constituency
Mundwa is a former constituency of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly . It existed from 1977 to 2008 .
Ibrahim A. Abdullahi
Ibrahim A. Abdullahi born on ( 31st May 1990 ) is a Nigerian Trade , Finance , and Investment lawyer . He served as a Special Adviser to the Nasarawa State Governor .
Ibrahim A. Abdullahi is from Uke , Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State , but he was born in Abuja , Nigeria . He holds a Bachelor of Laws ( LL.B. ) from the University of Reading , United Kingdom . Abdullahi began his legal career as a commercial lawyer at Dikko and Mahmoud ( Solicitors & Advocates ) , before later joining DalaHill Law Practice as a partner .
He transitioned into public service and , later in 2019 , was appointed by the Nasarawa State Governor , Abdullahi Sule as Special Adviser on Investment and Economic Planning . In 2021 , he was appointed the pioneer Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Nasarawa State Investment and Development Agency ( NASIDA ) .
Port Vila earthquake
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Cheyney Ryan
Cheyney C. Ryan is an American philosopher and emeritus Professor of Philosophy and Law at the University of Oregon . He is also a senior research fellow at Oxford University 's Institute for Ethics , Law , and Armed Conflict , known for his works on nonviolence , pacifism , and the critique of just war theory .
Ryan was previously a member of Oxford 's Changing Character of War Program . He is a founder and co-chair of the Oxford Consortium for Human Rights which conducts human rights workshops for students in Oxford , New York , Geneva , Brazil , and other locations . [ < nowiki > https : / / www.oxfordconsortium.org / < / nowiki > ] He has been a Global Ethics Fellow and Senior Fellow , Carnegie Council for Ethics and International Affairs , and a fellow of the Institute for Advanced Studies at Loughborough University , UK .
In 2021 he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters by Quinnipiac University for " significant contributions to human rights and steadfast commitment to peace on our planet . " He has been named one of the leading scholars in peace and conflict studies by the Washington Post . He has received a number of awards for his human rights activities , including the " Grassroots Award " from the National Funding Exchange and " Humanitarian of the Year " from the Lane County Jewish Federation .
He previously taught at the University of Oregon where he was a professor of philosophy and professor of law and co-founded the Peace Studies Program and the Masters Program in Conflict Resolution . He has also taught at Northwestern University , Harvard Law School , the University of Hawaii / Matsanuga Peace Institute , and Boston University .
Ryan has published two books , most recently " Pacifism as War Abolitionism , " and over seventy academic articles . Professor Samual Moyn of Yale Law School has written of his recent book , " Like no other philosopher in recent times , Cheyney Ryan has developed the pacifist tradition in our age of forever wars . " Professor Jeff McMahan of Oxford has written , " There is deep wisdom in this book from which we all have much to learn . " An article of his on pacifism was recognized by the " Philosophers Annual " ( 1983 ) as one of the top articles that year . He received the Joseph J. Blau Prize in 2003 from the Society for Advancement of American Philosophy for significant contributions to the history of American philosophy for his writings on pragmatism and war .
Ryan 's academic work has been deeply informed by his political activism . He was involved in the civil rights movement starting in 1963 working with Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in New York City . He worked in an antipoverty program in southeastern Kentucky in the summers of 1964 and 1965 , and in 1966 participated in the " March Against Fear " in Mississippi . He became increasingly involved in anti-Vietnam War activities in the late 1960s both in New York and Boston . It was during that time that he worked with Dorothy Day , founder of the Catholic Worker Movement , mainly at their farm in upstate New York .
His political work has always had an artistic side . In 1978 he co-authored the play with Randi Douglas , " Appalachian Ebeneezer , " that adapted Dickens ' " A Christmas Carol " for Depression-era Appalachia . It has since been produced throughout the United States . In the 1980s and 1990s he worked with the theater group , Theater Adelante , that performed plays in Spanish throughout the West Coast providing anti-pesticide information . Stories about his work have appeared in over fifty newspapers and magazines as well as National Public Radio and PBS ; they have been the subject of several PhD dissertations .
He is married to Sandy Stein Ryan , an artist and former professor of art at Oregon State University . They have three children , Tammy , Lisa , and Jeff , and ten grandchildren . He was born in Los Angeles , California . His mother was Jessica Cadwalader Ryan , author of several novels and children 's books and the founder of the Oakwood School in Los Angeles . ( See < nowiki > http : / / www.oakwoodschool.org < / nowiki > ) . His father was Robert Ryan , a movie star of the 1940 's-1960 's best known for his work in film noir and cowboy movies , and a long time civil-rights activist . [ < nowiki > https : / / www.imdb.com / name / nm0752813 / < / nowiki > ]
Chief of the General Staff ( Belarus )
The Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus ( ) is the head of the Armed Forces of Belarus and the Belarusian Ground Forces . The office is also dual-hatted as the First Deputy Minister of Defense .
Between 1992 and 2001 the position was the Chief of the Main Staff ( Начальнік Галоунага штаба ) .
Euryale akashiensis
Euryale akashiensis is a fossil species of " Euryale " from the Pliocene of Akashi , Hyogo , Japan .
The ovate , 7-9 mm long , and 6-8 mm wide seeds have a gnarled testa .
It was first published as " Euryale akashiensis " by Miki Shigeru in 1937 .
It has been proposed to place it in a separate genus " Pseudoeuryale " as " Pseudoeuryale akashiensis " published by Alexander Borisovitch Doweld in 2022 . The lectotype was collected in Nakayagi-Yagi , Akashi City , Hyogo Prefecture , Japan .
It occurred in Japan .
Dinner Date ( disambiguation )
Dinner Date is a British dating game show .
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Budha Singh
Budha Singh ( died 1715 ) was a Sikh Warrior . He was the father of Naudh Singh , the grandfather of Charat Singh , and the great-grandfather of Maha Singh and the Great-great-grandfather Ranjit Singh .
Steven Nelson ( art historian )
Steven D. Nelson ( born 1962 ) is an American art historian . Nelson is the dean of the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts ( CASVA ) at the National Gallery of Art in Washingon , D.C .
As an undergraduate , Nelson studied studio art at Yale University , where he earned a Bachelor of the Arts in 1985 . He worked as a graphic artist for newspapers for several years before going on to earn a master 's degree ( 1994 ) and PhD ( 1998 ) in art history from Harvard University .
Nelson served as Professor of African and African American Art at the University of California , Los Angeles , from 2000 - 2020 before retiring from that role . He was appointed director of the UCLA African Studies Center in 2015 , where he worked with faculty at UCLA , other University of California campuses , the Fowler Museum , and cultural institutions at Los Angeles . Nelson has also taught at Tufts University and Wellesley College as well as held visiting faculty appointments at the University of the Andes in Bogota , Colombia and the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Paris , France .
Nelson 's scholarship focuses on contemporary and historical African and African diasporic arts , architecture , and urbanism , as well as African American art history and queer studies . His book , " From Cameroon to Paris : Mousgoum Architecture In and Out of Africa , " was published by the University of Chicago Press in 2007 . His writing has frequently appeared in " African Arts , " where he formerly served as a consulting editor , as well as in other scholarly journals such as " " and " Art Journal , " where he also served as a former reviews editor . He more recently co-edited " Visualizing Empire : Africa , Europe , and the Politics of Representation " with Rebecca Peabody and Dominic Thomas , published in 2021 .
Nelson has received grants and fellowships from the Getty Research Institute , the Kress Foundation , and Harvard University Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study . In 2018 , Nelson became the Andrew W. Mellon Professor at the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the National Gallery of Art while on leave from his appointment at UCLA . In March 2020 , his appointment as the third dean of CASVA was announced , and he began his position in July of that year .
2025 FIVB Women 's Volleyball World Championship final
The 2025 FIVB Women 's Volleyball World Championship final is the final match of the 2025 FIVB Women 's Volleyball World Championship , the 20th edition of FIVB 's competition for women 's national volleyball teams . The match will be played at the Indoor Stadium Huamark in Bangkok , Thailand , on 7 September 2025 .
Perempuan Pembawa Sial
Perempuan Pembawa Sial , formerly titled Ratu Sihir , is a 2024 Indonesian horror film directed by Fajar Nugros and starring Raihaanun , Clara Bernadeth , Morgan Oey , and Aurra Kharisma .
" Perempuan Pembawa Sial " tells the story of the lives of Mirah and Puti , two stepsisters who were cursed by Bahu Laweyan . It was promised to be the most horror film with its cinematic and strong story . The story raises the prejudice that women often experience in their daily lives .
" Perempuan Pembawa Sial " is the second horror film by director Fajar Nugros , produced by IDN Pictures and Susanti Dewi . It was inspired by Javanese folklore about the curse of the Bahu Laweyan woman . Bahu Laweyan is the nickname given to women who have a mark the size of a twenty-five rupiah coin on their left shoulder . The word " laweyan " comes from the Javanese word " Selawe , " which means 25 , indicating that this myth has been around for a long time . The original story varies , but people believe the mark is inhabited by a genie or devil , who will kill any man who has sex with the Bahu Laweyan woman . Director Fajar Nugros said that in " Perempuan Pembawa Sial " ' , the audience will be presented with the occult of folklore with universal elements that exist in the horror genre .
" Various rituals and forms of altars , " Perempuan Pembawa Sial " ' will combine Javanese mysticism and occultism with various ' witch ' ornaments found in fairy tales and legends that are already well-known , " he said . The film is an antithetical narrative to the fairy tale about stepsisters and happy endings . This film raises the legend of " Bahu Laweyan " as a curse between two half-sisters , who are related by family but not by blood . Head of IDN Pictures and Producer of " Perempuan Pembawa Sial , " Susanti Dewi added that in her latest horror film there is also a narrative about power abuse vs women empowerment through the two main female characters Mirah and Puti .
" As a female producer who oversees this film project , I feel the need to bring a narrative about how the patriarchal order is still rooted in our lives and social judgment against women is still so attached . Through the character of Mirah , the audience will see how she as a woman fights against the social order that is still unequal in positioning women in life including in the world of work , " said Susanti Dewi .
In October 2023 , the actors and actresses in Perempuan Pembawa Sial have been chosen and the filming process start outside Jakarta .
On 29 July 2024 , " Ratu Sihir " changed its title to " Perempuan Pembawa Sial . " The title change was made after a long discussion with the related team in order to be more relatable to the public . " So after finishing editing , we had a FGD , and the producer discussed and felt that they had found a title that was more fitting and relatable to the public , " said Fajar Nugros .
Fajar Nugros explained that Didik Nini Thowok was the first choice to star in the film " Perempuan Pembawa Sial . " In addition to being a fan , he was sure that Thowok would be able to bring the character in his new film to life .
" I told the casting director , I need Mas Didik . If he 's not there , it won 't work . He was contacted and said he was willing . When I came , I just talked normally but he was very welcoming . I said I was a fan . He was friendly , " said Fajar Nugros .
Filming Perempuan Pembawa Sial in Yogyakarta . There are at least four crucial points for shooting , namely Godean , Moyudan , the coastline in the Gunung Kidul area , and Imogiri .
" The 21-day filming in Yogyakarta includes Godean , Moyudan , and the beach in Gunung Kidul . One more , Imogiri because we are looking for a location for an onion plantation . There is a villa where the wedding will take place , " said Nugros .
" Perempuan Pembawa Sial " was released on 6 December 2024 at Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival .
One of the things that makes " Perempuan Pembawa Sial " interesting is the presence of an adaptation of Indonesian folklore that is embedded in its plot . The story of Bawang Merah Bawang Putih , which is familiar to the public , is a strong inspiration behind the conflict between the stepsisters in this film . The similarity of the story elements of the film produced by IDN Pictures , not only evokes a sense of nostalgia , but also strengthens the dynamics of the intense conflict . The plot built from this adaptation provides emotional depth to the characters , making the audience connect more deeply with every tension and moment presented . In addition , the names of the siblings are similar to the figures in the Bawang Merah Bawang Putih folk tale , namely Mirah ( red ) and Puti ( white ) .
" Perempuan Pembawa Sial " stands firmly with its strong Javanese cultural roots . From the story of Mirah with the " curse " of the laweyan shoulder to the unique traditions that steal attention , such as the ritual of blowing smoke on the bride and groom after being made up , all present their own uniqueness .
Not to be missed , the sacred moment of marriage where the groom steps on an egg , adds an authentic touch that strengthens the traditional nuance in the storyline . Of course , every cultural element presented by Fajar Nugros makes this film feel more alive and memorable because they are interconnected .
Fajar Nugros cleverly inserts symbolism through bananas , shallots , and garlic in " Perempuan Pembawa Sial . " Bananas that appear repeatedly in various scenes are not just background properties , but also hold hidden messages . Likewise , shallots and garlic , which have implied meanings according to the context of the story . This unique detail certainly should not be missed because it provides an additional layer of interpretation that makes this film even more interesting to explore through a touch of familiar folklore but wrapped in a fresh approach , " Perempuan Pembawa Sial " succeeds in presenting a story that is not only interesting , but also full of tension . This adaptation enriches emotions and conflicts , keeping the audience captivated until the end . With deep symbolism and strong Javanese culture , this film is a cinematic experience that is not only entertaining , but also invites reflection .
" Perempuan Pembawa Sial " won Best Editing category for Akhmad Fesdi Anggoro at Jogja-NETPAC Asia Film Festival in 2024 .
Lake Placid Rink
The Lake Placid Rink was an outdoor ice rink that was used for various winter sports including speed skating , figure skating and ice hockey . The venue was in use through the end of the 1932 Winter Olympics , after which it was replaced by the Jack Shea Arena and James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink .
In the early part of the 20th century , Melvil Dewey helped establish Lake Placid as a resort town that quickly became a home for winter sports . By the early 1920s , a ski association was formed and a ski jump facility was built near the resort . Around the same time the Lake Placid Rink was built . Originally designed as a venue for speed skating , the Rink was soon modified for both figure skating and ice hockey .
The venue helped to raise the profile of Lake Placid in athletic circles and was critical in convincing the Olympic Committee to select Lake Placid as the site of the 1932 Winter Olympics . However , due to the number of events that were to take place , additional venues would be needed for the games . Rather that build a temporary facilities , Lake Placid built two state-of-the-art tracks , an indoor facility for ice hockey and figure skating and a larger speed skating track . Both were designed with the intent to supplant the original rink once the games had been completed . The Lake Placid Rink hosted six of the twelve ice hockey matches for the ' 32 games as well as some of the figure skating competitions . After the closing ceremonies , the Rink was dismantled to make way for future developments .
Order of the Southern Cross ( South Africa )
The Order of the Southern Cross , also known as the Order of the Southern Star , is an award of the Republic of South Africa established in 1973 . The order was discontinued in 2002 . The ribbon is red with two broad white and blue stripes . This order of chivalry is awarded only to foreigners and is intended for " conspicuous and exceptional services to South Africa " ( for singular and exceptional achievement ) .
Nobel Prize winners , physician Christiaan Barnard who was the first to successfully transplant a human heart , ANC chairman Oliver Tambo and Chief Luthuli wear or wore this cross in gold . The writer Nadine Gordimer , Es 'kia Mphahlele and the palaeontologist Phillip Tobias received the silver cross .
The decoration has the shape of a white star with five arms and ten points and five golden points between the arms . A blue flower is placed in the middle . A golden ornament serves as a heightening and connection to the ribbon .
5-Methylchrysene
5-Methylchrysene is a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon ( PAH ) with a molecular weight of 242.3 g / mol and melting point of 117.5 ° C ( 243.5 ° F ) . The chemical formula of it is CH . It has a vapour pressure of 0.00000025 mmHg . It can cause cancer according to an independent committee of scientific and health experts ( California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment ( OEHHA ) ) . It appears as purple crystals and it is water insoluble ( 0.062 mg / L at 27 ° C ) ( 80.6 ° F ) but soluble in acetone . It is a carbopolycyclic compound .
5-Methylchrysene is a member of a group of chemicals called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons ( PAHs ) . 5-Methylchrysene is a product of incomplete combustion and as a component of tobacco and marijuana smoke , which will result in its direct release to the natural environment . There is no commercial production of this compound . 5-Methylchrysene is formed during the incomplete burning of coal , oil , gas , wood , garbage , or other organic substances . PAHs generally occur as complex mixtures , for example as part of combustion products such as soot , not as single compounds . PAHs occur naturally in volcanoes and forest fires . They can also be found in substances such as crude oil and coal . They are found throughout the environment in the air , water , and soil .
It is a solid that exhibits a brilliant bluish-violet fluorescence in ultraviolet ( = UV ) light . When heated to decomposition it emits acrid smoke & irritating fumes . According to the MeSH Pharmacological Classification it is a carcinogen .
It has an OSHA Permissible Exposure Limit ( = PEL ) over an 8 hours Time Weighted Average ( = TWA ) of 0.2 mg / m . This is also the Threshold Limit Values ( TLV ) .
NIOSH recommends recommends an 10 Hours Time-Weighted Average ( = TWA ) Exposure Limit ( = EL ) of 0.1 mg / m . NIOSH considers coal tar pitch volatiles to be potential occupational carcinogens . NIOSH usually recommends that occupational exposures to carcinogens be limited to the lowest feasible concentration .
Indoor air particulate samples ( < 10 um ) were collected in Chinese homes from Xuan Wei county burning smokey coal , smokeless coal , and wood in 1983 and 1984 ; the concentration of 5-methylchrysene was 1.6 to 17 ug / m , 0.21 to 3.5 ug / m , and 0.03 to 0.05 ug / m , respectively . Sampling was conducted in March and September , 2011 .
5-Methylchrysene was detected outdoors at 21 and 13 pg / m in PM2.5 samples within 10 m of an 8-lane highway in Raleigh , NC , with an annual average daily traffic count of 125,000 vehicles and a parallel secondary road of 200 vehicles / day 275 m distant from the highway collection site , respectively .
Concentrations in mainstream smoke of US domestic brand cigarettes at a range of 2.5-3.9 ng / cigarette ; limit of detection in smoke = 0.94 pg .
Dust / air mixture may ignite and explode . Vigorous reactions , sometimes amounting to explosions , can result from the contact between aromatic hydrocarbons , such as 5-METHYLCHRYSENE , and strong oxidizing agents . They can react exothermically with bases and with diazo compounds . Substitution at the benzene nucleus occurs by halogenation ( acid catalyst ) , nitration , sulfonation , and the Friedel-Crafts reaction .
There is sufficient evidence in experimental animals for the carcinogenicity of 5-methylchrysene . 5-Methylchrysene is also possibly carcinogenic to humans ( IARC Group 2B ) .
Associated disorders and diseases are adenoma , carcinoma , sarcoma , liver- and ling-neoplasms .
Billy Dargin
William Dargin ( - 28 October 1865 ) was an Aboriginal Australian tracker , known for his involvement with bushranger Ben Hall .
Dargin was portrayed by Jack Charles in " Ben Hall " ( 1975 ) and by Angus Pilakui in " The Legend of Ben Hall " ( 2016 ) .
Suela
Suela is a district in East Lombok , West Nusa Tenggara , Indonesia .
Juventud Santo Domingo
Juventud Santo Domingo is a Peruvian football club , playing in the city of Nazca , Ica , Peru .
In the 2024 Copa Peru , the club advanced to the national stage but was eliminated by Bentin Tacna Heroica in the semifinals . However , the club qualified for the new 2025 Liga 3 .
Admind Branding & amp ; Communications
Admind Branding & Communications is a branding agency headquartered in Krakow , Poland .
Admind Branding & Communications was established in 2010 by Krzysztof Langer and Mateusz Zabierowski . The agency is headquartered in Krakow , Poland and has offices in Amsterdam , Zurich , Bangkok , and Odessa .
The provides services such as corporate branding , rebranding , visual identity , UX / UI design , and motion graphics , with a focus on projects related to mergers and acquisitions .
In 2022 , Admind received B Corp Certification . It allocates 1 % of its revenue to charitable projects , supporting NGOs and efforts like the FilmON Festival and Tech To The Rescue . Notable efforts include Plakaton , a poster design marathon .
Lenek
Lenek is a district in East Lombok , West Nusa Tenggara , Indonesia .
Tetsuo Miura
Tetsuo Miura ( 三浦 哲郎 , Miura Tetsuo ; March 16 , 1931 - August 29 , 2010 ) was a Japanese writer .
Miura was born on March 16 , 1931 , in Hachinohe , Aomori Prefecture , the youngest of six children . His family ran a kimono shop in downtown Hachinohe under the name " Marusan " ( 丸三 ) . On the day of his sixth birthday , his second oldest sister commits suicide by jumping off a ferry in the Tsugaru Strait after failing a college entrance exam . The following year , his older brother committed suicide with sleeping pills . In 1984 , Miura recounted these events in 白夜を旅する人々 ( " Hakuya o tabisuru hitobito " ) , for which he received the Jiro Osaragi Award .
After graduating from Hachinohe , he began studying economics at Waseda University in 1949 . The following year , his second-eldest brother , who had financed his studies , disappeared without a trace . Miura was then forced to abandon his studies . He worked as a sports and English teacher at the local middle school . Miura then began his first attempts at writing .
In 1953 , the family moved to the nearby city of Ichinohe , and Miura resumed his studies at Waseda University , this time in romance studies . He founded the literary magazine " The Soulless " ( 非情 , Hijo ) with some classmates . During his studies in 1955 , his work and publications in this magazine earned him his first literary prize , the Shincho Dojinzasshi Sho ( 新潮同人雑誌賞 ) from Shinchosha , for his story Jugosai no Shui . The novelist and essayist Masuji Ibuse praised him .
In 1956 , a year before his graduation , he married Tokuko Ebisawa , which whom he had three daughters .
Years of poverty followed until he found a job at a public relations agency in 1960 and published the novel " The Secret River " ( " Shinobugawa " ) in the literary magazine Shincho that same year . A year later , this novel received the Akutagawa Prize . In 1972 , his novel " Shinobugawa " was made into a film by director Kei Kumai with Komaki Kurihara and Go Kato in the lead roles .
After this breakthrough , Miura published tirelessly in the following years . For his children 's book " Yuta to Fushigina Nakamatachi , " published in 1971 , he was praised by literary critics . For his novel " Kenju to jugo no tampen " ( 拳銃と十五の短篇 ) , he received the Noma Award in 1976 . In 1977 , a musical based on " Yuta and His Wonderful Companions " ( " Yuta to Fushigi na Nakamatachi " ) was staged by the Shiki Theatre Society ( 劇団四季 ) .
In 1982 , he published a historical novel " Hymn to These Young People . " In it , he describes a historical event that occurred in the 16th century : at the instigation of the Jesuit Alessandro Valignano , a Christian delegation of four men was sent to Rome . They traveled for two years from 1582 to 1584 via Macau , Malaga , St. Helena , Lisbon to Rome , where they were received by Pope Gregory XIII . The delegation returned to Japan in 1590 with a Gutenberg printing press .
In addition to his work as a writer , he was also a member of the selection committee for the Akutagawa Prize from 1984 to 2003 and a member of the Japan Academy of Arts since 1988 . In 2001 , Miura suffered a stroke that paralyzed his right hand . Nevertheless , he continued to publish and published a collection of his essays under the title " Ofukuro no Yomawari " in June 2010 .
In addition to his longer stories , he also wrote many short stories such as " Jinenjo " and " Minomushi , " both of which received the Yasunari Kawabata Prize in 1990 and 1995 . Miura is an honorary citizen of his hometown Hachinohe , which erected a memorial stone at the town hall .
Miura died on August 29 , 2010 , of heart failure in Tokyo .
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Mr. Celebrity ( 2024 film )
Mr. Celebrity is a 2024 Indian Telugu-language action thriller film written and directed by Chandina Ravi Kishore . The film features Varalaxmi Sarathkumar , Paruchuri Sudarshan and Sri Deeksha in lead roles .
The film was released on 4 October 2024 .
The background score and soundtrack is composed by Vinod Yajamanya .
" Mr. Celebrity " was released on 4 October 2024 .
Suhas Sistu of " The Hans India " gave a rating of 2.75 out of 5 and stated that , " " Mr. Celebrity " tackles the theme of " Freedom of Speech " and the impact of media attention , " while appreciating the performance of Paruchuri Sudarshan . Avad Mohammad of " OTTPlay " gave a rating of 2.5 out of 5 and wrote " " Mr. Celebrity " is a message oriented social drama that addresses various corrupt issues in the society . " " News18 Telugu " also gave the same rating .
Neuer Kanzlerplatz
The Neuer Kanzlerplatz Complex ( ) also known as the Neues Europaquartier is a high-rise office building complex in the Gronau district of Bonn , Germany . Built between 2019 and 2023 , the complex consists of three main buildings with the tallest ( Hochhaus am Kanzlerplatz ) standing at with 28 floors which is the current third tallest building in Bonn .
The ensemble was built on the Reuterbrucke on Bundeskanzlerplatz on the edge of the federal quarter in Bonn-Gronau , on the site of the former Bonn Center building which was demolished in March 2017 . Unlike its predecessor , it consists of three structurally unconnected buildings , one of which contains the high-rise . Before that , it took a year to clear the rubble from the explosion . The excavation pit was prepared by the end of 2018 , and construction began in 2019 . The foundation stone was laid on June 14 , 2019 . On May 5 , 2021 , the shell of the 18th floor of the high-rise was completed , reaching the height of the former Bonn Center in terms of floors . The ensemble was completed at the end of 2022 and has since had of office space spread over 28 floors. of it wasplanned to be rented by Postbank .
Original plans called for a lower building . However , the high-rise structure , which had already been standing for almost 50 years , meant that the permitted total height could be increased to over 100 metres . According to the latest plans , the high-rise in the New City Quarter measures 101.5 metres . This makes it the third highest in the city since its completion . The planned construction costs for the entire complex were given as 67.8 million euros .
Russian Shadow Fleet
The Russian Shadow Fleet consists of a fleet of hundreds of illegally operated vessels operated by Russia to evade policing following the enaction of the 2022 Russian crude oil price cap sanctions enacted by the United States , United Kingdom , and European Union in response to Russia 's illegal , unprovoked and unjustified war of aggression against Ukraine .
" Shadow " or " grey " or " dark " or " illicit " fleets already existed , used by Iran and Venezuela to try to get around international sanctions . Russia was aware that any sanctions against their country would result in a need to control tankers to export crude and processed oil . Tankers approaching their end of life span were purchased by Russia , Russian oil companies or opportunists who could then rent them out for a large fee to maintain the flow of oil exports . The price of old tankers rose , with vendors making large profits from their sales . By the end of 2022 there were over 600 ships in the shadow fleet , 400 of which were crude oil tankers . Since then the numbers have increased with estimates of 1,100 to 1,400 ships by December 2023 . Only 118 of them have been sanctioned by the United States , European Union , or United Kingdom with only three sanctioned by all three according to the Kyiv School of Economics .
A major problem with the Russian shadow fleet is insurance , western countries have minimum criteria for insurance , which includes verification of the condition of the ship . Two thirds of ships carrying Russian oil have " unknown " insurers . The ships are generally old and more prone to breakdown or leakage. in January 2024 the 18 year old sanctioned " Peria " had an anchor malfunction , leaving the ship stranded in the Bosphorus , closing all traffic . Shadow ship owners disguise the true owners and do not feel obliged to maintain the ships to a high standard . Turning off automatic identification systems and undertaking open sea ship to ship transfers of oil increase risks of collisions and spillages .
Certain flags of convenience are favored . Gabon has more than doubled its ships registry in 2023 with an estimated 98 % of tankers considered high risk with no identifiable owner . The number of incidents affecting these tankers has increased to around two a month , with groundings , collisions , fire and engine failures , recovering the cost of rescuing these ships is doubtful due to the unknown owner and the unknown insurance , if any .
Vessels , their owners and associated companies involved in breaches of the sanctions are from autumn 2023 being investigated and sanctioned .
The US Office of Foreign Assets Control have sanctioned the following crude oil ships and their owners for breaches of the crude oil sanctions :
Notes :
◇ Since being sanctioned , a number of ships have ceased operations . In mid November 2023 , " SCF Primorye " is in Russia , anchored near Murmansk . " Yasa Golden Bosphorus " unloaded and is now on charter to Exxon Mobil Corp and is waiting off Mexico . " Kazan " and " Ligovsky Prospect " are both in dock in China and " NS Century " was off Sri Lanka looking for a port to unload at .
◆ In mid December " NS Century , " whose original destination was Vadinar in India , was still waiting off Sri Lanka and had been joined by two other crude tankers owned by Sovocomflot . In addition the " Krymsk " has been stationary off the port of Paradip in India since 4 December and has been joined by the " Nellis . " These ships hold 5 million barrels of crude oil . Reportedly Russia does not want to be paid in rupee 's , preferring UAE dirham 's , however Sakhalin 1 LLC has been unable to open a bank account . India claimed the Russian oil was not at a competitive price .
On 20 December 2023 the US Department of the Treasury announced sanctions against three companies that have traded Russian oil that had been sold at a price that did not comply with the price cap rules , including " Voliton DMCC " from the UAE and " Bellatrix Energy Limited " and " Covart Energy Limited " of Hong Kong . Covart owns oil products tanker " Sanar 15 " ( IMO 9777670 ) which is also sanctioned .
Suspected breaches of sanctions by insurance companies are investigated . Sometimes the insurance company is provided with false information regarding the source of the cargo , its price , the destination , and even the ships name and IMO number when an application for insurance is made .
Insurance company Ro Marine , based in Oslo , Norway , cancelled insurance on three tankers in December 2023 , identified as non-compliant with oil price cap or dark trading allegations and is monitoring seven more .
Two boats believed to be part of Russia 's shadow fleet caused an oil spill with severe environmental damage in the Black Sea in December 2024 due to the negligence by their Russian operators . Following the major environmental crisis caused by the ships , the worst this century in the Black Sea region , Ukraine called for the international community to take action to deter the fleet . Latvia also called for the ships to be banned from EU territorial waters .
On December 16 , 2024 , twelve democratic countries consisting of Britain , Germany , Poland , the Netherlands , the Nordic countries ( Denmark , Finland , Iceland , Norway , and Sweden ) , and the three Baltic states ( Estonia , Latvia , and Estonia ) agreed to cooperate to " disrupt and deter " Russia 's shadow fleet to prevent sanctions breaches . The UK announced additional sanctions against the shadow fleet the following day .
2030 in sports
2030 in sports describes the year 's events in world sport .
Amastra luctuosa
Amastra luctuosa is a species of air-breathing land snail , a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Amastridae .
Subspecies : " Amastra luctuosa sulphurea "
The length of the shell attains 16 mm , its diameter 8 mm
The shell is imperforate , dextral , oblong-conic , and solid , with fine striations and a slight sheen . It is distinctly bicolored , with a striking contrast between light and dark tones . The spire is inflated-conic , tapering to an acute apex , and the suture is finely crenulated .
There are 6 whorls , with the upper four being black and nearly flat , the penultimate whorl pale and more convex , and the body whorl comprising about two-fifths of the total shell length . The body whorl is pale tawny above and blackish below the periphery .
The aperture is slightly oblique , sinuate-semioval , and white inside . The columellar fold is laminiform , subbasal , and triangular . The peristome is unexpanded , acute , and edged in black , adding to the shell 's sharp and elegant appearance .
This species is endemic to Hawaii , occurring on Oahu island .
Indonesian Screen Awards
The Indonesian Screen Awards is a competitive section held during the Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival . The section honors achievements in Indonesian cinema across six categories , Best Film , Best Directing , Best Performance , Best Editing , and Best Storytelling . Short films were also part of the competition during the inaugural edition in 2017 .
denotes a film that had its world premiere during the competition .
Feature films
Short films
1987 Carolina League season
The 1987 Carolina League was a Class A baseball season played between April 9 and August 30 . Eight teams played a 140-game schedule , with the winners of each half of the season competing in the playoffs .
The Salem Buccaneers won the Carolina League championship , defeating the Kinston Indians in the final round of the playoffs .
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Sakra District
Sakra is a district ( " kecamatan " ) in East Lombok , West Nusa Tenggara , Indonesia .
Palazzo Colleoni alla Pace
Palazzo Colleoni alla Pace is a historical building in Brescia located at Via della Pace , in the heart of the historic center of the city .
Built in the middle of the 15th century for the Bergamasque condottiere Bartolomeo Colleoni , it was later bequeathed to the Martinengo Colleoni family and , when the dynastic line of the family died out , to the Fathers of Peace , then permanent owners of the palace .
The building , which has been modified several times , is nevertheless one of the best examples of fifteenth-century residential architecture in the city ; it also houses the largest and most important cycle of wooden ceiling paintings in the Brescia area .
The conditions under which Bartolomeo Colleoni came into possession of land in Brescia , and had a private residence built there , are actually unknown and unclear . However , a fact that is certain and also reported by contemporary sources is that the Bergamasque condottiere received in the city , from the Republic of Venice , " the portion of land north of the old moat ( today 's Via Pace ) , included between the districts coming from Porta Palata to the north ( Corso Garibaldi ) , and Porta S. Agata to the south ( Via Cairoli ) . " Bortolo Belotti , Colleoni 's biographer , speculates in his work that the Bergamasque had come into possession , at that time , of land consisting of old hovels and gardens , on which the mansion of the condottiero would later be built ; In fact , the buildings of that period had become obsolete due to the expansion of the new city walls , which had rendered the inner gate of San Giovanni , at the level of the Pallata Tower , inoperative .
The scholar Fausto Lechi , on the other hand , has theorized that the cession of this plot of land could perhaps be ascribed to 1455 , given that in 1467 work on the rebuilding and arrangement of the walls was begun . In these twelve years , from 1455 to 1467 , it is possible that Colleoni 's palace was built , even if there are no written documents to confirm it . This version , in any case , would also concur with the testimony provided by the chronicler and historian Marin Sanudo , who reports that by 1483 the work on the city fortifications had already been completed .
Three different sources testify , in turn , that the construction of the palace was started only from 1455 onward , and not in 1450 as previously believed . One of them is a public deed in which Colleoni appears as a guest and resident , along with nine other captains of fortune employed by the Serenissima , in the city of Brescia , from Holy Week until April 3 , 1450 ; further evidence is a letter written by the Bergamasque condottiere dated November 7 , 1454 , precisely addressed to the Republic of Venice complaining about the lack of adequate accommodation in the city , also requesting on the same occasion honors and a substantial salary . The third and last source in this regard is a request made by Colleoni to the then members of the city council : at the dawn of 1456 , In fact , he requested that the fountain of his new Brescian residence be supplied with water ; this last fact undoubtedly suggests that at the time work on the construction of the palace had already begun , and indeed was well under way .
An early mention in which the building appears to have been completed , however , is the so-called Chronicle of Cristoforo da Soldo , in which the Brescian residence of the " " Captain of the land " " ( i.e. , Colleoni 's designation as captain-general of the mainland is alluded to ) is described in 1465 as the " " Palazzo Grande , " " whereas the general 's other properties , namely Malpaga , Cavernago , Cologno , Urgnano , and Romano , are instead called " " castles . " " Other testimony worthy of consideration is the will drawn up by the condottiero on October 27 , 1475 , in which he bequeathed the mansion to his daughter Caterina , later the wife of the Brescian condottiere Gaspare Martinengo ; the union of the two , moreover , would later give rise to the so-called collateral branch of the Martinengo della Pallata . Again according to Colleoni 's wishes , should the family branch to which the palace had been left become extinct , it would be entrusted to the " Ospedale della Pieta " of Bergamo , which actually occurred in 1681 : when the aforementioned Martinengo branch became extinct , the building was taken over by the aforementioned hospital , which in turn sold it in 1683 to the fathers of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri , who have been in possession of the property ever since .
The aristocratic palace , just a few years after Colleoni 's death , is also mentioned by Marin Sanudo in his " Itinerari per la terraferma veneziana " : among other things , the building is the only one openly praised by the chronicler , on a visit to Brescia , and is precisely described as a " magnificent mansion " and a " very beautiful palace . " Again , some three generations later , the poet and writer Pietro Spino , a biographer of the Bergamasque condottiero , describes the palace in 1569 as a " great and noble palace . " At the dawn of the 17th century , it was considered to be the only " gentleman 's palace " in the city by the English visitor Thomas Coryat , who reported it as an example of " great magnificence " and therefore worthy of a visit . By the turn of the 19th century , however , the noble palace and its commissioner seem to have been completely forgotten by guidebooks and texts , including local ones , perhaps due in part to its exterior architectural structure , which at the time was much remodeled and downsized from the original 15th century building .
As evidence of this , there are two representations of the building in the ancient maps of the city , which testify precisely to the significant changes of the palace : the primary source of these two representations is a drawing of the facade of the palace dating back to the 17th century , that is , to the time when the Fathers of Peace took possession of the building . The old drawing shows that the external facade was originally much wider than the present one , which was in fact shortened when the church of Santa Maria della Pace was built in the 18th century and when a theater was built in the 19th century . In addition , the great entrance portal to the palace , embellished with a marble decoration in the 16th century , was placed a little further south than the center of the same facade ; the same portal , originally placed precisely at the entrance to the Colleoni palace , was instead removed and brought as a dowry by the noblewoman Isotta Martinengo Colleoni for her marriage to Count Gaspare Calini at the beginning of the 17th century , and then used as the entrance to the Martinengo della Motella palace .
Thanks to the already mentioned 17th-century depiction of the palace by the Fathers of Peace , it is possible to reconstruct , at least roughly , the original planimetric and volumetric layout of the Colleoni palace . It originally consisted of a ground floor and two upper floors , each with a horizontal series of windows surmounted by a cornice running along the entire length of the facade in question ; of absolute importance , in the context of the courtyard , is the colonnade with five pointed arches , accessed through an entrance hall . The overall effect and overview of the aforementioned courtyard , which was irreparably damaged in later centuries with respect to its original structure , was to be further enhanced by a decorative apparatus made up of numerous frescoes , of which fragments and partial details are still visible . In any case , no other palace or civic building in fifteenth-century Brescia could boast the size and overall opulence of the Colleoni palace . Among the outbuildings of the palace were also large stables for horses , various lodgings , a vast library , and a private chapel .
However , the most important room of the palace must have been the Great Hall , which alone occupied most of the second floor in the eastern wing of the building : it could be accessed by a staircase located at the southern end of the portico , and in all probability it first led to a smaller Hall of Honor . In this sense , it is only possible to speculate , since the construction of the aforementioned theater in the mid-19th century disturbed the layout of this part of the palace : the aforementioned staircase has indeed been lost , as well as at least two bays of the inner loggia and the smaller Hall of Honor , as also reported by Lechi in his work . A hint of the magnificence of the great hall is contained in Da Soldo 's chronicle : he reports that in 1465 it bore numerous tapestries and frescoes , as well as a roof of seven horizontal beams , each supporting an imposing chandelier . In any case , the testimony cited above does not mention any pictorial decoration in the wooden coffers of the hall ; this would mean that the great decorative cycle of wooden panels contained in the Great Hall was apparently still to be made at that time .
The ceilings of the stately palace , as already mentioned , are the greatest example of pictorial decoration on wooden panels in the entire province ; although the attention of critics has generally been focused only on the " Salone Bevilacqua , " that is , the Hall of Honor , even the portico of the second floor is composed of a considerable number of decorated wooden panels and of a certain quality of execution . The scholar Fausto Lechi highlights the characteristics of the wooden ceiling of the portico , consisting of " large corbels and dark wooden beams . " Similarly to what was expressed in the studies carried out by Carissimo Ruggeri , he adds that :
The great hall of the palace , named after Giulio Bevilacqua , consists of large beams that Lechi describes as very elaborate and that :
The decorative apparatus of the wooden panels , as well as their order , has remained unchanged over time , and they make up a total of 306 panels , arranged respectively between the great Hall of Honor and the smaller room in front of it , which was later removed for the construction of the nineteenth-century theater . The subjects depicted on these small wooden panels are illustrious figures from Greek and Roman mythology , representing famous heroes , queens , and rulers of antiquity ; their high social position and prestige can be inferred not only from the sumptuous robes in which they are portrayed , but also , in some cases , from clearly legible titles . Another striking feature of the great decoration of the hall is the large number of women on the aforementioned wooden panels , such as Hecuba , Andromache , Penthesilea , Cassandra , Helen , Poppaea , Lucretia , and others . Nevertheless , in the iconographic choice of female subjects , there is a certain preference for Thisbe , at least in three different representations , precisely to celebrate the wife of the Bergamasque condottiero , Tisbe Martinengo , who had the same name .
However , the panels in the hall have more or less the same dimensions , and yet , from a stylistic point of view , they represent important innovations compared to other fifteenth-century wooden ceilings ; in this sense , the desire to create a context in which the viewing of the panels is organized in a single , organic and coherent compositional scheme is evident . Together with the inscriptions that clarify the identity of the subjects represented , there is a clear design of the iconographic apparatus as a whole in the light of a new sensibility , far from the previous Gothic tradition . The influence of Leon Battista Alberti 's principles in his treatise " De pictura , " as well as the art of Bonifacio Bembo , on this stylistic apparatus is evident ; in any case , the execution of the wooden panels of the Great Hall can be dated between the 1460s and the early 1470s , certainly before 1475 , the year of Colleoni 's death . The panels are an important testimony , both in Brescia and elsewhere , of the new humanist sensibility that was emerging at the time , in this case in the visual arts and in the civic sphere , as precisely in the residence of Colleoni , who wanted to present himself not only as a condottiere and captain of fortune , but also as a patron and man of culture . This particular variation of civic art in a classical and ancient style was probably conceived and organized by an intellectual at the service of the condottiero , such as Antonio Cornazzano , who lived in Colleoni 's residence until his death in 1475 .
TV Syd ( Swedish television channel )
TV Syd was a short-lived Swedish pirate television station operated by Radio Syd , a pirate radio station operating from the Cheeta II ship . The station made experimental broadcasts for a few weeks in December 1965 and January 1966 but never started definitive operations . It also had a continuity studio aboard the ship .
Throughout 1965 , Radio Syd started plans for the upcoming TV Syd . Test transmissions started on 13 December 1965 , at the same time as Britt Wadner was sentenced to three months in prison for being the owner of Radio Syd . The first broadcast was on 19 December 1965 , with a live radio and TV simulcast of from Radio Syd . The station was financed by commercial advertising , at a time when the only channel available was , then as now , devoid of carrying advertisements . The main advertisers were the Hertz car rental chain and EL BO Radio , a department store .
On 24 December ( Christmas Eve ) the channel aired , a Christmas special that was also a radio-TV simulcast with Radio Syd , with gifts given to viewers and listeners , as well as features such as the German film ( 1950 ) and Charlie Chaplin and " Laurel and Hardy " shorts . For 1 January 1966 , a boxing match between Bosse Hogberg and Bruno Visintin was promised , but never made it to air .
On 18 January 1966 , about a month after it started broadcasting , a large pack of ice hit the Øresund strait causing the ship to suspend radio and TV operations until further notice . The Cheeta II ship was relocated to Essex , with the aim of resuming once the winter ice melted , however the ship never returned to Sweden and the station never returned on air . There were plans for the ship to be reused to broadcast Radio Caroline 's Caroline TV , which never went into fruition .
Jevontae Layne
Jevontae Layne ( born September 21 , 2001 ) is a Canadian soccer player .
In 2019 , Layne began attending Sheridan College , where he played for the men 's soccer team . At the end of his first season in 2019 , he was the OCAA West Division leading scorer and named an OCAA West Second Team All-Star . At the end of his second season in 2021 ( the 2020 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic ) , he was named the OCAA Men 's Soccer Player of the Year , OCAA Men 's Soccer South Division Player of the Year , OCAA Men 's Soccer South Division Scoring Champion , and named an OCAA Men 's Soccer South Division All-Star , and a CCAA Men 's Soccer All-Canadian .
In 2024 , Layne began attending Toronto Metropolitan University , where he played for the men 's soccer team . He made his debut on September 8 against the Toronto Varsity Blues . On September 28 , he scored a hat trick in a 3-0 victory over the Carleton Ravens . He scored a pair of braces on October 5 against the Queen 's Golden Gaels and on October 13 against the Nipissing Lakers . At the end of the season , he was named an OUA East Second Team All-Star .
In 2021 , Layne played with ProStars FC in League1 Ontario . In 2022 , he joined Scrosoppi FC . In 2023 , he joined Simcoe County Rovers FC . In the championship final , he scored two goals in their victory over Scrosoppi FC to help Simcoe County win the 2023 title . After the 2023 season , he was named to a league Second Team All-Star and subsequently re-signed with the club for the 2024 season . At the end of the 2024 season , he was named the league Forward of the Year and named a First Team All-Star .
At the 2025 CPL-U Sports Draft , Layne was selected first overall by Valour FC .
Karley Scott Collins
Karley Scott Collins ( born 14 December 1999 ) is a singer / songwriter from Lake City , Florida . She is currently signed to Sony Music Nashville .
Karley Scott Collins grew up in the small town of Lake City , Florida to parents Nena and Scott Collins . Her dad would play rock music on the way to school , while her Nana would play country music .
Collins started acting at the age of 6 , eventually landing a role in a TV show called " The Class . "
In 2008 , Collins played the younger version of Paris Hilton in the film " Hottie and the Nottie " and in 2010 , she starred in the movie " Amish Grace . " Collins also played the role of Gretel in ABC 's " Once Upon a Time . "
When Collins was 9 she needed to learn guitar for an acting audition . She fell in love with it and it led to her pursuing a music career .
At the age of 14 , Collins started keeping a notebook of phrases , stories , and lyrics with sites on a Country music career . She moved to Nashville and scored a publishing deal in 2019 . During this period , she collaborated with artists like Liz Rose , Brock Berryhill , Nathan Chapman , and Brett James .
In 2023 , Collins , who grew up 30 minutes from rocker Tom Petty 's hometown of Gainesville , FL , recorded the track " Petty in the 80s , " a tribute to her love of classic rock .
On May 5 , 2023 , Collins released her Sony Music Nashville EP , " Hands on the Wheel . "
Collins ' single " Marlboro Reds " was featured as one of " Billboard " magazine 's " 5 Must-Hear New Country Songs " on February 5 , 2024 . Collins was also named on CMT 's Next Women of Country Class of 2024 .
On June 7 , 2024 , Collins released her second EP , " Write One . " Producer Nathan Chapman sent the track " Write One " to country star Keith Urban , who liked it and recorded it with Collins .
On June 26 , 2024 , Collins made her Grand Ole Opry debut .
Collins will tour as an opening on Keith Urban 's 2025 " High and Alive " World Tour along with Alana Springsteen amd Chase Matthew . She has previously opened for Willie Nelson , and toured with Carly Pearce , Nate Smith , and Corey Kent .
2025 UT Martin Skyhawks football team
The 2025 UT Martin Skyhawks football team represents the University of Tennessee at Martin as a member of the Big South-OVC Football Association during the 2025 NCAA Division I FCS football season . Expected to be led by 20th-year head coach Jason Simpson , the Skyhawks play their home games at Graham Stadium in Martin , Tennessee .
Olivia Thomas
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Teodor Nitulescu
Teodor Nitulescu ( born 4 December 1959 ) is a Romanian politician of the Romanian Ecologist Party . He served as prefect of Teleorman County from 2001 to 2004 and from 2009 to 2012 . From 2004 to 2008 , he was a member of the Chamber of Deputies . From 1996 to 2001 , he served as mayor of Alexandria .
1988 Carolina League season
The 1988 Carolina League was a Class A baseball season played between April 8 and August 31 . Eight teams played a 140-game schedule , with the winners of each half of the season competing in the playoffs .
The Kinston Indians won the Carolina League championship , defeating the Lynchburg Red Sox in the final round of the playoffs .
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Amastra transversalis
Amastra transversalis is a species of air-breathing land snail , a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Amastridae .
The length of the shell attains 12 mm , its diameter 6 mm
The shell is subrimate , ovate-conic , and solid , with closely spaced striations that are faintly decussated by distant , spiral , impressed lines . Its coloration is blackish-red , covered by a tawny-gray epidermis that is interrupted by spots and bands , adding a pattern of visual interest .
The spire is inflated-conic and terminates in an acute apex . The shell consists of 6 whorls , which are slightly convex , with the body whorl making up about two-fifths of the total shell length .
The aperture is slightly oblique and sinuate-oval . The columellar fold is lamelliform , subbasal , and nearly transverse . The peristome is unexpanded , whitish on the interior or delicately edged with a rose tint , enhancing the shell 's elegance .
The embryonic whorls are dark red-brown , densely and finely striated vertically . After the first whorl , these striations are crossed by very fine spiral lines , giving a delicate decussate pattern . The body whorl is marked by irregular vertical striae , intersected by incised spiral lines . These spirals vary greatly , ranging from deep , strong , and numerous to faint and sparse , with some shells displaying only trace vestiges that are difficult to discern .
The shell 's ground color is a rich dark red-brown , partially obscured by intricate whitish tracery that forms a wonderfully varied pattern . On rare occasions , the ground color is a much lighter shade of brown , causing the creamy markings to appear faint . The interior is typically dark flesh-colored , featuring a wide , moderately thick border along the inner lip . The shell 's axis is either rimate or imperforate .
This species is endemic to Hawaii , occurring on Oahu island .
Louise Soumande
Louise Soumande de Saint-Augustin ( May 16 , 1664 - November 28 , 1708 ) was a nun in New France . She was the first mother superior of the Hopital General de Quebec .
Louise Soumande was born on May 16 , 1664 in Quebec City , the daughter of Pierre Soumande , a master " " ( maker of edged tools ) , and Simone Cote . In 1678 , she entered the Hotel-Dieu de Quebec as a noviciate . She went on to serve as Hospitaller , depositary for the poor , and assistant superior .
She and three other nuns from the Hotel-Dieu were sent to run the Hopital General de Quebec . Soumande was elected superior in 1664 and held the post until 1699 . She served again as superior 1702 until May 1708 .
Louise Soumande died on 28 November 1708 in Quebec City . Her portrait was painted they day after her death by Michel Dessaillant de Richeterre .
SS Manchester Merchant ( 1900 )
The SS Manchester Merchant was a 452 feet long and 5,657 ton Cargo Liner built by Palmers & Co. of Jarrow and owned by Manchester Liners . She served as transport No 92 during the Boer War and on the New Orleans to Manchester run and was lost off Dingle bay on 15th January 1903 due to the cargo of bales of cotton , barrels of turpentine , soap , and pitch pine catching fire as she approach Ireland . The wreck , which is relatively intact , is a notable one for divers to visit .
There were three other ships to bear the same name . The second ship was built in 1904 and broken up in 1933 . The third built in 1940 by Blythswood Shipbuilding Co Ltd , Glasgow was lost on 25 Feb 1943 to an attack by U-628 , and the forth built in 1951 was abandoned and sunk in 1972 .
Ottakovil formation
The Ottakovil formation is a geological formation in the state of Tamil Nadu , India .
The formation was a shallow marine environment with fossils of Echinoids , Nautilus , Ammonites , Alectronia as well as calcareous nannoplankton .
Fossils of Echinoids , Nautilus , Ammonites , Alectronia as well as calcareous nannoplankton have been reported from the formation as well .
Football Club Argentan
Football Club Argentan is a french football club based in Argentan .
The club was formed in 1991 as a merger between Olympique Argentan and Union Sportive Metalos Argentan . The newly merged club found success two seasons later when they won the Lower Normandy league in the 1992-93 season and won promotion to the Championnat National 3 .
They stayed at this level for 9 years before being relegated back to the regional leagues where they have remained since .
Olympian Conference
The Olympian Conference is a former high school athletic conference with its members concentrated in east central Wisconsin . Formed in 1970 and dissolved in 2015 , all conference members belonged to the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association
The Olympian Conference was formed in 1970 by eight small- to medium-sized high schools in proximity to the Fox River Valley and Lake Winnebago in east central Wisconsin . Six of the original conference members previously competed in the Little Nine Conference ( Brillion , Denmark , Freedom , Hilbert , Reedsville and Wrightstown ) , while one each came from the Eastern Wisconsin ( Valders ) and Peninsula ( Mishicot ) Conferences . The name of the conference was credited to a student at Mishicot High School after each school in the new conference suggested a name . Other finalists considered were the Inter-Lake Conference , Mid-Valley Conference and Packerland Conference ( which would itself be used for a new conference that was inaugurated the same year as the Olympian ) . It was named so because the Olympics are considered the pinnacle of athletic competition . The Olympian Conference 's first change in membership occurred in 1979 , as Valders left to join a reconstituted Eastern Wisconsin Conference after a successful appeal against joining the Packerland Conference . Their stay in the newly-formed EWC was short-lived as they returned to the Olympian in 1980 to bring the circuit back to eight member schools .
The Olympian Conference 's membership roster was remarkably stable for the first three decades of its existence , but major changes came in 1999 during a wave of realignment in east central Wisconsin . Denmark and Freedom , the two largest schools in the conference , left to join the Packerland Conference and Valley Eight Conference , respectively . They were replaced by three schools : Chilton ( previously of the Eastern Wisconsin Conference ) , Manitowoc Lutheran ( formerly a member of the Fox Valley Christian Conference ) and St. Mary Catholic in Neenah ( from the Midwest Classic Conference ) . Both Manitowoc Lutheran and St. Mary Catholic were new to the WIAA having recently joined as part of the merger with the Wisconsin Independent Schools Athletic Association ( WISAA ) . The Olympian Conference would continue in this alignment for eight years before Roncalli in Manitowoc joined from the Eastern Wisconsin Conference in 2007 . The Olympian Conference would be dissolved in 2015 as its five of its smallest members ( Hilbert , Manitowoc Lutheran , Mishicot , Reedsville and St. Mary Catholic ) would leave to join nine former Central Lakeshore Conference schools in forming the new Big East Conference . The Eastern Wisconsin Conference took four former Olympian schools into the fold ( Brillion , Chilton , Roncalli and Valders ) , and Wrightstown would join the North Eastern Conference .
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Kalachand Temple
Kalachand Temple , Located in Bishnupur in Indian state of West Bengal .
According to the inscriptional plaque found in the temple , the temple was founded in 1656 by Raghunath Singha Dev King of Mallabhum . The Temple is built in the " Ek-ratna " style temple architecture .
on the south bank side of the Lal-bandh . The temple is about 11.1m square on plan and 9.2 m in height . The south-facing Kalachand temple stands with corridor around , with three arched openings on all four sides . The roof of the temple is curved , upon which the sikhara rises upwards and ends with an amalaka on the top . The temple is decorated with low relief carvings and the main subject is Krishna-lila . Apart from Krishna-lIlia scenes there are also representations of Pauranic deities , ascetics and dancers .
Twelve such temples are still surviving in Bishnupur , of which two are made of brick and the rest are of laterite . The earliest of the eka-ratna temples is the Kalachand temple ( in laterite ) .
Currently , it is preserved as one of the archaeological monuments by the Archaeological Survey of India . Since 1998 , the Kalachand Temple is on the UNESCO World Heritage Site 's Tentative list .
Jalpaiguri Institute of Technology
Jalpaiguri Institute of Technology , is a Self-financed polytechnic located in Raniagar , Jalpaiguri district , West Bengal .
It is affiliated to the West Bengal State Council of Technical Education , and recognised by All India Council for Technical Education , New Delhi . This polytechnic offers Diploma in Engineering courses in Computer Science & Technology , Mechanical Engineering , Electrical Engineering and Civil Engineering with 60 intake capacity of each stream .
Julie Greene ( politician )
Julie Greene is an American politician elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives for a term beginning in 2025 . A member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party ( DFL ) , Greene will represent District 50A in the southwestern Twin Cities metropolitan area , which includes Edina and parts of Bloomington in Hennepin County .
Greene was born on February 16 , 1972 , and raised in Chicago , Illinois , before receiving a B.A. in Communications from the University of Dayton , Ohio . She spent 25 years as a brand strategist , then served as vice chair of the Edina School Board for four years from 2020 to 2024 , chairing committees on policy and legislative action .
In 2023 , Heather Edelson ( DFL ) announced she would be resigning from Minnesota House of Representatives District 50A after her election to the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners , leaving her seat open for the 2024 election . Greene announced her candidacy for the seat in December 2023 . After defeating Alicia Gibson for the endorsement at the district DFL convention , she was the only DFL candidate to file for candidacy . In the general election , she defeated Republican candidate Owen Michaelson with 64.6 % of the vote .
Greene lives in Edina with her husband Jon and four children .
1989 Carolina League season
The 1989 Carolina League was a Class A baseball season played between April 7 and August 30 . Eight teams played a 140-game schedule , with the winners of each half of the season competing in the playoffs .
The Prince William Cannons won the Carolina League championship , defeating the Durham Bulls in the final round of the playoffs .
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Ivan Yuen ( Co-founder Wattpad )
Ivan Yuen is a Canadian entrepreneur and software engineer , best known as the co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Wattpad , a global online storytelling platform .
Yuen studied computer engineering at the University of Waterloo , where he participated in the co-op program . During his time at university , he gained experience in hardware and software engineering through internships at companies such as IBM and AMD .
Yuen is based in Canada and continues to mentor emerging talent while investing in early-stage companies through his involvement with Elder Ventures .
Yuen began his career in hardware design before transitioning to software engineering . In 2006 , he co-founded Wattpad with Allen Lau.The platform has since grown into a prominent global entertainment company , connecting millions of writers and readers worldwide . Wattpad has also expanded into film and television , with several stories from the platform adapted into movies and TV series , such as After and The Kissing Booth .
At Wattpad , Yuen has contributed to the company 's strategic growth and innovation . He has also been involved in fostering new talent and promoting technological innovation in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area .
Yuen has received various accolades for his work , including being recognized as a top Canadian entrepreneur . His contributions to Wattpad have been instrumental in its success and influence in the tech and entertainment industries .
Euryale sukaczevii
Euryale sukaczevii is a fossil species of " Euryale " from the Miocene of Omsk , Russia , and possibly Germany .
The ovoid , 6.9-11.8 mm long , and 6.5-9.1 mm wide seeds have a thick , crumpled testa .
It was first published as " Euryale sukaczevii " by Pavel Ivanovich Dorofeev in 1959 .
It has been proposed to move it to a separate genus " Palaeoeuryale " , of which it is the type species , as " Palaeoeuryale sukaczevii " published by Pavel Ivanovich Dorofeev in 1972 . Later it was proposed to move it to the genus " Pseudoeuryale " as " Pseudoeuryale sukaczevii " published by Alexander Borisovitch Doweld in 2022 .
It occurred in Russia , and possibly in Germany .
Ex Ex Lovers
Ex Ex Lovers is an upcoming 2025 Filipino romantic comedy film directed by JP Habac . The film marks the highly anticipated reunion of iconic 1990s love team Jolina Magdangal and Marvin Agustin . Produced by Project 8 Projects in collaboration with Cornerstone Studios .
The story follows Joy ( played by Jolina Magdangal ) , who travels to Valletta , Malta , to reunite with her ex-partner Ced ( played by Marvin Agustin ) . Joy 's goal is to ask Ced to walk their daughter down the aisle , as per her request . However , their complicated past and unresolved issues create comedic and heartfelt moments as they navigate their rekindled interactions .
The film is directed by JP Habac , known for his work on critically acclaimed romantic comedies . Producers Antoinette Jadaone and Dan Villegas of Project 8 Projects revealed that " Ex Ex Lovers " had been in development since 2018 , with plans delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic . According to Jadaone , the project aims to evoke the signature charm of 1990s rom-coms , blending humor and nostalgia . Principal photography took place in the Philippines and Malta . Director JP Habac praised the collaborative spirit of Magdangal and Agustin , noting their ease and chemistry on set .
The announcement of " Ex Ex Lovers " generated excitement among fans , with its teaser trailer quickly gaining traction on social media . Nostalgic callbacks to MarJo 's earlier works , including " Hey Babe ! " and " Flames : The Movie , " have further fueled anticipation for the film
" Ex Ex Lovers " is slated for theatrical release in 2025 , marking over two decades since Magdangal and Agustin 's last big-screen collaboration . The project represents the first film partnership between Project 8 Projects and Cornerstone Studios , following their previous successes in streaming platforms and series production .
Jose Petisco
Jose Miguel Petisco ( Ledesma , Salamanca , September 28 , 1724 - " ibid . , " January 27 , 1800 ) was a Spanish Jesuit and Hellenist , known as one of the first Catholics to translate the entire Bible into Spanish , serving as a foundation for the Torres Amat Bible .
Jose Miguel Petisco joined the Society of Jesus on September 29 , 1738 , at the novitiate in Villagarcia de Campos ( Valladolid ) . He was ordained as a priest in 1747 and taught Grammar for three years in Medina del Campo . He began teaching philosophy in Pamplona when , at the suggestion of Father Francisco Rabago , he traveled to the Jesuit college in Lyon on a scholarship from the Spanish government to specialize in Greek and Hebrew , or , as his friend the linguist Lorenzo Hervas y Panduro put it , " to specialize in all kinds of literature . " He stayed there from 1751 to 1754 .
Afterward , he taught rhetoric and Greek and Hebrew at the Jesuit college in Villagarcia for six years , Controversies at the English College in Valladolid , and dogmatic theology and interpretation of Sacred Scripture at the Jesuit Royal College in Salamanca . For his theological work , he composed a " Tractatus Theologicus , " which remains unpublished in the library of the University of Salamanca . After completing his third probation , he made his fourth vow in Villagarcia on February 2 , 1758 . When the Jesuit order was expelled from Spain in 1767 , he moved to Corsica for a year and then to Bologna , where he taught Sacred Scripture at the Fontanelli residence .
In September 1769 , he visited the Bianchini residence with Francisco Javier de Idiaquez . In 1773 , he composed a funerary tribute to Pedro Calatayud ( Tafalla , 1689 - Bologna , 1773 ) , a respected Jesuit missionary . After the suppression of the Jesuits by the pope in 1773 , Petisco remained in Bologna . Influenced by the Italian translation of the " Vulgate " by Antonio Martini and new Spanish Inquisition directives of 1782 , he began translating the " Vulgate " into Spanish in 1786 . He returned to Spain with the nearly completed text in 1798 , passing away on January 27 , 1800 . His brother , Manuel Petisco ( Ledesma , 1733-1800 ) , also a Jesuit , died the same year .
Petisco also edited and commented on works by Cicero , published the " Georgics " and the " Eclogues " of Virgil , and authored a " Greek Grammar . " It is said that he translated the " Commentaries " of Julius Caesar , but this work was published under the name of Jose Goya y Muniain ( Madrid , 1798 ) . A similar controversy surrounds his Bible translation , which was published under the name of Felix Torres Amat . Scholars such as Antonio Astorgano Abajo have demonstrated that Torres Amat 's Bible is substantially based on Petisco 's work . The limited recognition given to Petisco 's contributions has been attributed to rivalry between orders and Torres Amat 's Jansenist leanings . According to Francisco Lafarga , Petisco also translated " Esther " by Jean Racine under the title " La inocencia triunfante . "
Battle of Nir Am
The Battle of Nir Am took place on October 7 , 2023 , as part of a surprise attack on Israel . During the battle , terrorists belonging to the terrorist organization Hamas attacked Kibbutz Nir Am next to Sderot with the aim of massacring the residents of the kibbutz and kidnapping them to the Gaza Strip . The forces of the Golani Brigade and later the Border Guard stopped the terrorists . Unlike most settlements in the area , the terrorists did not manage to penetrate the kibbutz and there were no casualties among the members of the kibbutz . One citizen was kidnapped to Gaza .
On the morning of October 7 , 2023 , terrorist organizations Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad began the October 7 massacre . Under the auspices of launching approximately 4,300 rockets , approximately 6,000 terrorists from the Gaza Strip infiltrated dozens of Israeli settlements and military installations in and around Gaza , from 119 different places , while conducting battles and engaging with security forces . The terrorists committed massacres and rape , killed 1,163 people , of which they massacred 779 civilians , and kidnapped to the Gaza Strip about 251 people , including men , women , the elderly and babies . In the first hours , the standby squads , Israel Police officers , IDF fighters and IDF soldiers , who were numerically inferior , fought against them . In the battles , approximately 1,609 terrorists were killed in Israeli territory , and on the Israeli side , 301 soldiers , 55 policemen and 10 members of the General Security Service were killed .
At least 65 terrorists attempted to infiltrate Kibbutz Nir Am . Around 6 : 30 , reports were received that terrorists had infiltrated the territory of the State of Israel . Following this , the kibbutz 's Chief of Staff , Inbal Lieberman , instructed the alert squad to prepare for a defensive battle against the terrorists . Lieberman prepared a battle plan to defend the kibbutz . She placed ambushes around the kibbutz fence , and recruited additional armed men ( who did not belong to the alert squad ) to reinforce the alert squad . In addition , due to the fall of rockets , the electricity in Nir Am was cut off , and Lieberman ordered the kibbutz 's generator not to be turned on , in order to prevent the possibility of opening the kibbutz gates .
The company responsible for the sector , Company A of the 13th Battalion of the Golani Brigade under the command of Major Yoni Cohen , occupied the sector at the end of July 2023 . About forty of the company 's soldiers who had finished their holiday at the base got up around 5 : 00 for morning duties . With the firing of the observation post at Post K ' 2 and the beginning of the artillery bombardment of the post , Major Cohen realized that a major event was taking place and deployed most of the company 's strength to defend Kibbutz Nir Am [ 1 ] while leaving the mortar platoon to defend the post . The battle to defend the kibbutz began at 6 : 30 and lasted about eighteen hours . During the battle , three forces under the command of Major Yoni fought fiercely to prevent the terrorists from reaching the kibbutz fence . During the battle , the terrorists managed to reach the hatchery , west of the kibbutz . The terrorists were stopped at the hatchery by a vehicle checkpoint and an ambush that Major Yoni set up to block the route to the kibbutz .
A tank from Battalion 77 , commanded by Lieutenant Guy Hayon , which was in the combat zone , took part in the battle and was directed to the appropriate point . Although the tank was hit by anti-tank fire and the tank commander was burned in the face , the tank and its crew continued the fighting and played a central role in preventing the terrorists from penetrating the kibbutz .
Only two terrorists managed to get past the roadblock that Company A had set up on the route . They began running through a plowed field toward the kibbutz . The alert squad and Golani soldiers fired at them . One of the terrorists was killed by the alert squad 's fire and the other was eliminated by a Golani force . One Israeli citizen , Samer Fuad al-Talalka , a resident of Hora who worked in a hatchery , was kidnapped to Gaza and after about two months in captivity was accidentally killed by IDF forces .
During the battle , a terrorist threw a grenade into a bunker of soldiers from the 13th Battalion . Corporal Matan Abergil jumped on the grenade and saved the lives of 6 soldiers who were with him . He himself was killed . Later , soldiers from the Border Guard Tactical Brigade were deployed to the kibbutz . They arrived at the kibbutz at 11 : 15 and continued west toward the hatchery . The Golani soldiers had almost no ammunition left , and the arrival of this force saved them and the kibbutz . The tactical unit engaged the remaining terrorists and eliminated them . They also rescued the Golani soldiers who were wounded inside the bunker . A soldier from the Tactical Brigade , Roman Gandel , was killed in the battle . All the residents of the kibbutz were saved by a kitchen .
Battalion Commander 13 , Lt. Col. Tomer Greenberg , ordered Company A to continue hunting for the terrorists who had escaped from the battle for Nir Am and not to allow them to return to Gaza . Company A fighters and the tank from Battalion 77 pursued the terrorists and eliminated them . At midnight , forces from the 12th Golani Battalion replaced the soldiers of Company A , who returned to their base .
Dark Nuns
Dark Nuns ( ; also known as The Priest 2 : Dark Nuns ) is an upcoming South Korean occult supernatural thriller film directed by Kwon Hyeok-jae , and starring Song Hye-kyo , Jeon Yeo-been , Lee Jin-wook , and Moon Woo-jin . The film is a spin-off of the 2015 film " The Priests " by Jang Jae-hyun , and it follows the two nuns who work together to save a boy who has been possessed by an evil spirit . It is scheduled to be released on January 24 , 2025 .
The film centers around the two nuns , Sister Junia and Sister Michaela , who are confronted with a young boy named Hee-joon , who has been possessed by a powerful evil spirit . Sister Junia , driven by her faith and compassion , takes it upon herself to save the boy , while Sister Michaela , initially skeptical , is drawn into the investigation .
As they delve deeper into the mystery , they encounter a series of chilling events and uncover a dark secret hidden within the walls of their convent . The nuns must confront their own fears and beliefs as they battle against the powerful evil that threatens Hee-joon 's life and the sanctity of their order .
The film was announced as a spin-off of the 2015 film " The Priests " which directed and written by Jang Jae-hyun . It is directed by Kwon Hyeok-jae , who worked on the films " " ( 2010 ) and " Count " ( 2023 ) , produced by the film company , and distributed by Next Entertainment World .
On November 13 , 2023 , both Song Hye-kyo and Jeon Yeo-been were reportedly cast to portray as a nun and they positively reviewing it . On February 14 , 2024 , Lee Jin-wook was reportedly cast and also positively reviewing it . Two days later , Moon Woo-jin joined the film as his next work . On the same day , the cast line-up - Song , Jeon , Lee , Moon , and Huh Joon-ho - were revealed .
Principal photography were reportedly scheduled to begin in the first half of 2024 . It was confirmed that the filming would last for three months from February 22 , to May 25 , 2024 .
Next Entertainment World announced that " Dark Nuns " is scheduled to be released in local theaters on January 24 , 2025 .
Usha Poonia
Usha Poonia ( born 20 April 1954 ) is an Indian politician . She served as minister in the Government of Rajasthan . She was elected to the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Mundwa , Nagaur in 2003 .
Rockwell PPS-8
The Rockwell PPS-8 , short for " Parallel Processing System , 8-bit , " was an early 8-bit microprocessor from Rockwell International , announced in 1974 . It had a number of unique design features , which Adam Osborne described as " most unusual ... more powerful ... also one of the most difficult to understand . " It was released with a suite of support chips , including ROM and RAM , a GPIO , parallel and serial controllers , and a direct memory access ( DMA ) system .
The release of simpler and less expensive designs like the MOS 6502 around the same time led Rockwell to pull the design from the market without entering widespread production . National Semiconductor had a cross-licensing arrangement with Rockwell , but they did not produce the PPS-8 . The simpler Rockwell PPS-4 did not suffer the same fate , finding a number of roles in low-end systems and being produced into the 1980s .
The PPS-8 was built on a metal gate process , compared to the contemporary Intel 8008 and similar designs which were based on the more advanced silicon gate PMOS logic process . The PMOS logic required large amounts of power ; the PPS-8 ran on a -17 VDC power supply and also needed separate -12V , + 5V and ground . The circuitry dissipated so much power that the chip could not generate a strong enough clock signal internally , and the clock had to be an external chip in its own TO-100 package . Like the PPS-4 , the clock was based on a standard NTSC timing crystal as these were widely available . Inside the CPU , the clock 's two-phase output , A and B ' , was used to build a four-phase internal clock running at four times the external clock rate . For instance , the normal 250 kHz clock became 1 MHz inside the CPU .
Like the PPS-4 , the PPS-8 was packaged in a 42-pin quad in-line package . The system had a 14-pin address bus , allowing it to address up to 16 kB of main memory . This was normally used in conjunction with the read inhibit ( RIH ) and write inhibit ( WIO ) lines to address two banks of memory , up to 16 kB of ROM containing a program , and up to 16 kB of RAM for data storage . In an era when memory was very expensive and machines often used 2 to 4 kB of ROM and even less RAM , the limited address space of the PPS-8 was not a significant limitation . The CPU treated the two banks differently , one was for ROM containing program code , while the other was for RAM and contained data . The shared data bus was 8-bit wide , allowing it to read one instruction or word of data in a single cycle .
The PPS-8 is an accumulator-based design with only one general purpose 8-bit processor register , A. A second 8-bit register , W , was used to buffer data for some of the accumulator instructions , but could be used for general storage otherwise . It also had three 8-bit " data counters , " X , Y and Z. X and Z mostly acted as index registers , but could only access " data memory , " whereas Y was a secondary accumulator and also a buffer ( like W ) for the X register . The 16-bit L , for Link , register was used as an index register to program memory ( ROM ) , whereas X , Y and Z pointed to data memory ( RAM ) . There was also a 14-bit program counter and 5-bit stack pointer .
Referring to a location in the data memory required a 14-bit address to be constructed with a 7-bit " page number " in the Z register and another 7-bit " byte number " in X. If bit 7 of the X register was 0 , then the Z register value was ignored . This was used as a form of short addressing , which was more commonly seen in other processors as a " zero page " or " base page , " the idea being that only a single byte was needed to specify and address and thus save memory in the program code and the time needed to load an extra byte in the instruction . A single index register is a limitation , and additional addressing could be arranged using the L and Y registers . One operation swapped the values in X and Y , allowing Y to be used as a direct backup for X. A second allowed the values in Z and X to both be copied into L , allowing L to be used as a buffer for a complete 14-bit address .
Additionally , the value in the X register could be automatically incremented or decremented by certain branch instructions . This made loops much faster as a single instruction would increment or decrement the value , test to see if it crossed zero ( incremented from 0xFF to 0x00 , or decremented from 0x00 to 0xFF ) , and if it had , skipped the next one or two locations depending on the opcode . To use this feature you would write a loop with one of these instructions at the bottom , followed by the address of the top of the loop . Normally it would not cross zero and the PC would be loaded with the following address , but when it did end , the address would be skipped over and the program would continue at the next instruction . Addresses could be 1 or 2 byte depending on whether the 7th bit of the first byte was a zero or one .
The 5-bit stack pointer is normally implemented as the first 32-bytes of RAM . Like most systems , the S register is updated when data is pushed or pulled . If S ever reaches 31 , indicating the stack is full , the next instruction will be skipped , similar to the increment / decrement modes . This feature is intended to be used during power-reset routines . While small by standards set by processors like the Zilog Z80 or even the MOS 6502 , this size of stack is suitable for systems that generally used it only for subroutine calls into ROM or interrupt handlers .
Among its more curious features was that it only had two status bits , carry and intermediate carry . These were placed in bit 16 in L , which was otherwise unused due to the 14-bit addresses . Most processors of the era had additional status bits to indicate the outcome of comparisons , like whether the value in A is zero , but in the PPS-8 these were combined with the branch instructions so they did not have to be user-visible .
The instruction set in the PPS-8 was relatively simple in terms of the numbers and types of instructions , including the typical add and subtract , increment and decrement , logical operations for AND , OR and XOR , shifts and rotates . As was typical for the era , the PPS-8 included instructions for directly working with binary coded decimal ( BCD ) data . This is a numeric format that stores a decimal digit in 4-bits , with two digits per byte . BCD is generally slower to process than binary numbers due to the " decimal adjust " step that is not needed for binary data , but can more than made up for this because it is very easy to convert to and from ASCII values . Not only did the PPS-8 offer BCD addition and subtraction , it also had instructions that shifted ( rolled ) an 8-bit value by 4-bits , making it easier to extract individual digits . The system also had instructions to load values from memory to registers , save from registers to memory , and , somewhat uncommon , exchange them in a single operation . Note that it does not have compare operations , as these are combined with the branches into a single operation .
Although the instructions were fairly typical , there were a large number of addressing modes and thus a large number of opcodes . The load / store operations generally came in five versions , the base instruction , L , S or X , which referred to memory pointed to be Z + X , N mode which post-incremented the X value after the instruction , D which post-decremented , NXL and DXL which did the same but also then swapped the ZX value into L , and NXY which incremented X and then swapped it with Y. Finally , the NCX instruction incremented X and then compared it with Y as the decision of whether or not the branch was complete , rather than crossing zero , and DCX was the same with a decrement . Access to the program memory was only through the PC or the L register ; when using L , bits 16 and 8 were ignored to produce the 14-bit value . With all of these modes , if the upper bit of the lower byte of the address was zero , the upper byte would be ignored and thus allowed a form of short addressing similar to a zero page .
One of the unique features of the PPS-8 was the concept of " data pooling . " This was similar to the concept of a zero page but took this one level further to produce instructions that required only a single byte . To do this , several " pools " of memory were set aside for special purposes . The first pool , the first four bytes in memory , were used to point to the power-on routines . The next 60 bytes , making up the first half of page zero , contained the " command pool . " These were single byte values that held the second or third bytes of multi-byte instructions . The idea was to allow those instructions that were widely used in the program to be placed in the command pool and then referred to using a single byte whose lower 6 bits encoded one of the locations in the pool .
The second half of page zero was used as the " literal pool . " These could only be used with the instructions LXI , LYI , LZI / AISK and LAI / ANI . Each of these instructions was given its own set of 15 bytes , with the 16th left empty . The " I " in these instructions indicated that they used " immediate " addressing , meaning the operand was a literal value in the code . If this same value appeared in many places , which is often the case for hardware addresses and loop counters , they would normally have to be included in every one of these instructions . But by placing that value in the literal pool the opcode for the instruction could be reduced to two bytes , saving a byte every time it 's used . This could be combined with the command pool to reduce the remaining instruction to a single opcode as well , making these common instructions go from three bytes to one .
Finally , the first half of page one held the " subroutine entry pool , " a list of addresses in program memory . These were stored with the high bytes in bytes 0 to 31 , and the low bytes in 32 to 63 . Using these slots , branches and subroutine calls could also be reduced to a single byte opcode . The use of data pools and the increment-compare-and-branch instructions allowed the PPS-8 to build loop structures in very little code , often as few as three instructions , and often with those being a single byte each . This made the system extremely efficient , but at the cost of being much more complex to program .
The control bus was among the simplest of all processors of the era . The entire multi-chip system , including RAM and ROM , used only two control pins along with the clock signals . Normally the processor itself would alternate access to memory based on four-phase internal clock , with the address on the address bus referring to the data memory ( RAM ) or other devices on phase 2 , and program memory ( ROM ) on phase 4 . When accessing memory , the RIH pin signals whether memory should be read ( low ) or written ( high ) . To talk to devices , the WIO pin is pulled high , signalling memory to disconnect and devices to listen for read and write instructions based on RIH .
There are three levels of interrupts , signalled by INT0 , INT1 and INT2 . The system supported vectored interrupts ; when one of these pins is pulled high , the processor finishes the current instruction , swaps the PC onto L , and then calls the code located at an address stored in the first three slots in the subroutine entry pool . As these were in program memory , normally in ROM , generally these were dedicated to specific tasks . INT0 was the highest level , and normally used for a power failure signal which required immediate shutdown . INT1 was used for high-priority interrupts like the realtime clock , and INT2 was used for all devices . Once the system entered the interrupt , it pulled the ACK0 line high . The DMRA pin was used in conjunction with the DMAC device ( see below ) , which pulled it high to indicate it wanted to take over the bus , and the processor then pulled it low again to indicate it was releasing the bus when it was ready . PO ( power on ) was the reset pin , which cleared the contents of all of the registers and began executing the instruction at address zero . SPO ( synchronized power on ) was then pulled low to cause the same to occur in any attached devices .
Rockwell designed the PPS-8 to be used with a series of additional devices that used the same bus protocol . Among these was a 42-pin 2 kB ROM , a 256 byte RAM , the GPIO , PDC , DMAC , SDC and some device controllers .
The GPIO , short for general purpose input / output , buffered data to and from external devices . The chip included a set of 12 input lines and 12 output lines which would be connected to external devices , 4 lines each . Communications with the processor took place over the existing 8-bit data bus . " Instructions " we sent to the GPIO over the data bus using the upper four bits as a device number , 0 to 15 , with the other four bits as an instruction code . The upper four bits are passed through to four " address strap " pins , which activates a single I / O device . This are used as device select lines , selecting which of the GPIOs or PDCs is being addressed . There are no connections from the GPIO to the address bus , meaning that all transfers to memory must be mediated by the CPU . The GPIO also passes through one clock signal on the A pin to allow external devices to match the timing of the system .
The PDC , short for parallel data controller , was essentially a GPIO re-arranged into two 8-bit ports , A and B , instead of three 4-bit ones . The chip includes more logic than the GPIO , which allows it to operate reading or writing data for each instruction from the CPU - essentially a parallel GPIO - reading or writing based on the clock without further intervention , and a " handshake " mode in which it continues to read or write until a stop signal is received on the CA2 pin . Additionally , it offers an alternative way to move data to and from the chip using the pins for channel A. DMA was turned on by the CPU writing a bit to the PDC 's internal status register , after which an interrupt was generated whenever the B port had new data .
The DMAC , for DMA controller , was the only I / O chip that had connections to the address bus , allowing it to access data memory as an equal partner with the CPU . The DMAC had internal registers to support up to eight external devices . Each device had an address and buffer length register , mapping the area of memory they could communicate with . When a device had data , it would pull its DMA line high ( 1 through 8 ) , and the DMAC would then signal this to the CPU by pulling the DMRA line high . When the CPU completed its current operation it would pull the DMRA low again , and the DMAC was then free to take over the bus .
Note that the DMAC does not transfer data to and from the devices , it simply listens for DMA requests and then uses another chip , typically the PDC , to handle the actual transfer . When the request is received , it uses the pin number to select the base address for that device from its registers , offsets that by a counter value , and expresses the result on the address bus . It then uses the DMA0 pin to signal the PDC to activate that device , read a value from channel B , and place the result on the data bus . It is the combination of signals from the DMAC and PDC selects an address and reads or writes it to complete the transfer . DMAC could operate in two basic modes , a one-off mode in which the chip reads data from a device when it receives a signal on one of the device DMA line and then uses cycle stealing to transmit it to memory and decrements the counter , or in a permanent mode that mapped an area of memory to a particular device , which operates in a similar fashion but then resets the buffer length and address to the original values when the transfer is complete .
Another chip in the family is the SDC , serial data controller . In general terms this is a three-output , two-input UART that includes additional logic to allow it to trigger the DMAC to perform the transfer into memory . For instance , one could set up the DMAC with a base address and buffer length , set up the SDC to read from device 1 with a particular setup like 8 bit data with 1 start and stop bit , and then whenever the SDC has received a full byte it will signal the DMAC to transfer it . The SDC could be used synchronous or asynchronous , with 5 to 8 data bits , optional odd or even parity bits , and one or two stop bits . It was quite fast for the era , running in synchronous mode up to 250 kbit / s and async up to 18 kB .
On top of all of this , Rockwell also had a number of chips dedicated to specific devices , like a printer controller ( PCC ) , telecommunication controller ( TDI ) , and keyboard and display ( GPKD ) .
A PPS-8 assembler and emulator was hosted on Tymshare , GEnie and Rockwell 's Time Sharing Option system . These were written in Fortran , and were also combined as a " assemulator . " They also offered a number of pre-assembled evaluation systems .
A number of design features of the PPS-8 made it difficult to work with , or as Osborne put it , " the most difficult to understand . "
Among these was the split addressing system . The basic concept was not unusual at the time , processors such as the Signetics 2650 and EA9002 had similar features . But in these processors , memory was still treated in the same general fashion no matter what bank the address was in . In contrast , the PPS-8 used entirely different addressing modes and registers for the two banks . Referring to a location in program memory used the PC and L registers as a single 14-bit value , whereas data was referred to using the separate X and Z registers , and sometimes Y. As if this were not confusing enough , the L register was also used as a buffer for the X and Z. On top of all of this was the data pooling system which added further addressing modes .
Another feature of the PPS-8 was its bus system , which was designed for very high throughput . Using a combination of tight loops based on code in the data pools and the separate I / O bus formed by the DMAC , the system could process data at up to 250 k bytes per second , even running at a relatively slow system clock of 250 kHz . However , this also required significant complexity . The Rockwell documentation shows a basic system layout containing the clock chip , CPU , DMAC , PDC , SDC , several device controllers , and a user-selected amount of RAM and ROM . In contrast , something like the Fairchild F8 's two-chip basic system included ROM and RAM , three parallel ports that could also be used as serial lines or controllers like GPIO , meaning the same system could be built with a total of two standard 40-pin DIPs .
Performance was good overall ; Osborne lists a simple looping benchmark where the core of the loop requires only three bytes , allowing it to run much faster than the same program on other systems .
George Desmond Tambala
George Desmond Tambala ( born 11 November 1968 ) is a Malawian Catholic prelate who is the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Lilongwe in Malawi . He was appointed Archbishop of Lilongwe on 15 October 2021 by Pope Francis .
He was born on 11 November 1968 in the city of Zomba , the capital city of Malawi , at that time . He attended primary school in his home area . He went to the " Child Jesus Nankhunda Minor Seminary " in Zomba for his secondary school studies between 1983 until 1987 . He professed as a member of the Order of Discalced Carmelites ( OCD ) in 1991 . Later , he attended the Inter-Congregational Seminary for Philosophy in Balaka , Malawi . He pursued his Theological Studies at " Tangaza University College " ( today " Tangaza University " ) , in Kenya . In 2000 he graduated with a Licentiate in Theology from the Theological Faculty of Northern Spain .
On 15 August 1995 he took his solemn vows as a member of OCD . He was ordained a priest on 13 April 1996 in Chiphaso Parish in Lilongwe .
On 15 October 2015 Pope Francis appointed Father George Desmond Tambala , OCD , as Bishop of the Diocese of Zomba . He was consecrated bishop and installed on 30 January 2016 at the Grounds of " Zomba Catholic Secondary School , " Diocese of Zomba , Zambia . The Principal Consecrator was Archbishop Julio Murat , Titular Archbishop of Orange and Papal Nuncio , assisted by Archbishop Thomas Luke Msusa , SMM , Archbishop of Blantyre and Archbishop Tarcisius Gervazio Ziyaye , Archbishop of Lilongwe .
Pope Francis appointed him as the Metropolitan Archbishop of Lilongwe , Malawi on 15 October 2021 . He succeeded the late Archbishop Tarcisius Gervazio Ziyaye , who died on 14 December 2020 . He was installed there on 27 November 2021 . He remained the Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Zomba until another Apostolic Administrator became available on 12 August 2023 .
As of June 2022 , Archbishop George Desmond Tambala was the Chancellor of the Catholic University of Malawi .
List of ambassadors of Austria to Switzerland
The Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to Switzerland is the Republic of Austria 's foremost diplomatic representative in Switzerland . As head of Austria 's diplomatic mission there , the ambassador is the official representative of the president and government of Austria to the President and the Federal Council of Switzerland . The position has the rank and status of an Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary and the embassy is located in Bern .
As of 2024 , around 67,000 Austrians live in Switzerland , making it the second most popular place of residence for Austrians living abroad worldwide . The Embassy in Bern is located at Kirchenfeldstraße 77 / 79 , CH-3000 Bern 6 .
1687 : Establishment of diplomatic relations
1938-1955 : Interruption of relations
Miss Universe Philippines Cebu 2025
Miss Universe Philippines Cebu 2025 was the second Miss Universe Philippines Cebu pageant under the Accredited Partners program , held at the Waterfront Hotel & Casino in Cebu City , Philippines , on 18 December 2024 .
At the end of the event , Kris Tiffany Janson of Cebu City North crowned Gabriella Mai Carballo of Cebu City North as the Miss Universe Philippines Cebu 2025 . Carballo will represent Cebu in the Miss Universe Philippines 2025 .
Chella Grace Falconer of Naga City was also crowned as Miss Universe Philippines Cebu Tourism .
On 23 September 2024 , the organization launched its search for the next Cebuanas who would represent the Cebu at the Miss Universe Philippines 2025 competition . It was held at the Bai Hotel Cebu . On 9 November 2024 , the seventeen contestants were presented during the Sashing Ceremony and Media Presentation at the Mountain Wing , SM Seaside City Cebu .
On 4 October 2024 , the organization announced that the coronation will be held on 18 December 2024 , at the Pacific Grand Ballroom , Waterfront Hotel Cebu City and Casino .
The preliminary competition and gala night was held at the Radisson Blu Hotel on 12 December 2024 .
The coronation night was held at the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino on 18 December 2024 . It was hosted by Miss Universe Philippines 2020 , Rabiya Mateoand Binibining Cebu 2018 and Miss Universe Philippines 2021 Second Runner-up , Steffi Rose Abersturi . Andre Cue performed as guest artist .
Seventeen delegates competed for the title .
Torres Amat Bible
The Torres Amat Bible is a Catholic translation of the Bible by Felix Torres Amat directly from the Vulgate version , with revisions referencing Greek and Hebrew texts . It was the first Catholic Bible translation into Spanish to achieve widespread distribution . It is also referred to as the Petisco-Torres Amat Bible .
Felix Torres Amat was the vicar general of Barcelona who was acting as bishop who was critici \ ed for his regalism and perceived Jansenist tendencies . He was also a corresponding member of the Royal Academy of History and the Academy of Letters in Barcelona .
In 1823 , he published his Bible translation , based on the work of Jose Miguel Petisco . Some editions added Petisco 's name to the title .
In 1824 , he published a translation of the Bible in vernacular Spanish which had been entrusted to him by the Spanish kings Carlos IV and Fernando VII . This caused some criticism as both he and his father had become associated with Jansenism , and he had to retire to a monastery for some time .
Torres Amat 's bible , known as the , was published with illustrations by Gustave Dore .
In 1835 Torres Amat met William Harris Rule from Gibraltar as they both shared a common interest in distributing the Bible in people 's first languages . Torres Amat had had difficulty publishing his translation , and he had relied on money from Anglicans in London .
Some characteristics of the Torres Amat Bible :
It was translated directly from the Latin Vulgate into Spanish , consulting Hebrew and Greek texts .
The footnotes and introductions provide scholarly commentary , comparing the Vulgate with Hebrew and Greek sources .
Paraphrased explanations , added by the translator , appear in italic text to clarify the meaning of the biblical passages .
The name of God is rendered as " the Lord " following the tradition of the Vulgate ( " Dominus " ) and Septuagint ( " Kyrios " ) .
The Latinized form Jehovah appears in paraphrases , notes , and chapter summaries but only sparingly in the text - approximately 20 instances .
The name Adonai appears five times .
Several grammatical revisions have been made to the text . The most notable was by Mons . Juan Straubinger , who updated the translation with reference to Hebrew and Greek texts . While this revision gained limited popularity outside Argentina , it received widespread praise from biblical scholars . Other revisions , such as those by P. Luis Robello CSSR , Felipe Ramos OSB , and Editorial Oceano in Spain , made less substantial contributions .
Felix Torres Amat
Vulgate
Itahar Government Polytechnic
Itahar Government Polytechnic , is a government polytechnic located in Itahar , Uttar Dinajpur district , West Bengal .
It is affiliated to the West Bengal State Council of Technical Education , and recognised by All India Council for Technical Education , New Delhi . This polytechnic offers Diploma in Engineering courses in Computer Science & Technology , Electrical Engineering and Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering with 60 intake capacity of each stream .
Zensai AI
Zensai is a privately held software company based in Denmark , specializing in AI-driven talent management solutions . Founded in 2009 , the company integrates its products into Microsoft 365 and Teams , offering tools for learning , engagement , and performance management under its " Human Success Platform . "
Zensai was established in 2009 and initially gained recognition for its flagship products , LMS365 and Weekly10 . In response to its growing suite of offerings and its broader focus on human success , the company rebranded to Zensai . Over the years , Zensai has expanded its operations globally , establishing offices in Europe , Australia , and the United States .
Zensai provides a range of AI-powered tools to enhance employee learning , engagement , and performance :
These tools are deeply integrated into the Microsoft 365 ecosystem , ensuring a seamless user experience for organizations .
Zensai 's philosophy centers around the concept of " Human Success , " which emphasizes the importance of aligning employee goals with business objectives , fostering engagement , and developing talent to its full potential . The company 's AI-driven approach aims to humanize success by making people more engaged and successful in their roles .
Zensai 's impressive growth has been recognized by the Financial Times , which included the company in its FT 1000 list of Europe 's fastest-growing companies for 2024 . This accolade highlights Zensai 's rapid expansion and increasing influence in the field of AI-driven talent management . Additionally , Zensai raised $ 20 million in a growth round led by Blue Cloud Ventures in April 2023 to fuel its continued global expansion .
Raymond Gigot
Raymond Pierre Gigot ( 11 May 1885 - 25 September 1915 ) was a French footballer who played as a Forward for Club Francais and the French national team in 1904-05 .
Raymond Gigot was born in Perpignan , Pyrenees-Orientales , on 11 May 1885 , as the son of a soldier , and who became a fencing instructor at the " Cercle d 'escrime de Sevres . " His father introduced him to fencing , but Gigot was rather eclectic , also practicing athletics and football .
Gigot began his football career at Club Francais in 1904 , aged 19 , where he played for only one season , before moving to Stade Francais . He was a fast winger , whose game was limited to " going down " the field , as they used to say at full speed along the touchline , and to cross at the end of the run , which was the norm at the time . In April 1904 , A.S.S. requested the postponement of his third series class match against P.A.C. because of the absence of Gigot , who playing for the Club Francais , so the commission of the Paris committee of the USFSA decided could not take part in the postponed match either ; Ignoring this , however , the A.S.S. called Gigot for help , and as a result , the club was hit with a one-month suspension .
On 7 May 1905 , just four days before his 20th birthday , Gigot earned his first ( and only ) international cap for France in a friendly match against Belgium in Brussels , which ended in a resounding 0-7 loss . Interestingly , he won this selection with a game of musical chairs : Pierre Allemane had failed to get permission to go to Brussels , so it was Marius Royet who took his position of center half , and in turn , Louis Mesnier gave up his place on the wing to play inter , thus allowing Gigot to came in on the right . However , Gigot was rather clumsy , and therefore , in France 's next match against the Belgians in 1906 , he was only a substitute , and it was another Raymond , Jouve , who was lined up on the right , although he was not at all a winger .
Two years , Gigot was selected as a reserve for the French B squad that was going to compete in the football tournament of the 1908 Olympic Games , but he ended up not traveling to London , thus avoiding France B 's humiliating 0-9 loss to Denmark on 19 October . A week later , on 26 October , Gigot started in the final of the 1908 Coupe Manier at the Stade de Charentonneau , which ended in a 7-2 loss to Red Star .
In November 1910 , the journalists of " L 'Auto " ( the forerunner of " L 'Equipe " ) stated that the 25-year-old " Gigot has lost a little of his value , but he still has a good burst of speed and a serious shot . " In 1911 , Gigot started in Club Francais ' opening match of the season against FC Rouen . On 14 April 1912 , Gigot started in the final of the Coupe Dewar in 1912 at Colombes , in which he and Lepage " were the source of great runs " ; Francais lost 1-3 to Racing Club de France .
On one occasion , Gigot refused a selection for the Paris football team in a friendly against a London XI , to play an obscure game in Reims with the Club Francais .
During the First World War , Gigot was sent to the Western Front , where he was placed in the sector of Neuville-Saint-Vaast , just like his fellow one-time international Andre Puget , whom he had faced on numerous occasions in the . They did not belong to the same regiment , but they might have crossed paths in the trenches , and while Puget died in May 1915 , during the initial assault on the German " Labyrinth " stronghold , located near Neuville-Saint-Vaast , Gigot died on 25 September 1915 , during another assault on that same stronghold .
As a good son of a soldier , Gigot was a drill sergeant in Bernay , and it was reported on 6 July that he was going to the front with the recruits he had trained , and who were launched in the last , victorious , assault against the famous Labyrinth . His body was never found , which means that he was hit head-on by a shell , and the death was thus not officially registered in Sevres until October 1918 .
Bora Stankovic Gymnasium , Vranje
The Bora Stankovic Gymnasium ( ) is a public coeducational high school ( gymnasium , similar to preparatory school ) located in Vranje in southern Serbia . The school was established in 1881 as one of the first gymnasiums in Serbia , only three years after the city was liberated from the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Vranje during the Serbian-Ottoman Wars of 1876-1878 . Notable faculty members of the school include Jasa Prodanovic , Radoje Domanovic , Ljubomir Davidovic , Ilija Vukicevic , Svetislav Simic and others .
The school began operating in Deliver-Bey 's konaks , known as Pasha 's konaks , where it functioned for nearly half a century . During the Bulgarian occupation of Serbia during World War I , the school was not operational . When Vranje was again occupied during World War II , the Vranje Gymnasium became the only school in Serbia to cease operations . Under the Bulgarian occupation , it was transformed into a police prison . After World War I , due to an increase in the number of students and inadequate conditions , an initiative was launched to construct a dedicated school building . Construction of the new building began in 1931 , and students first entered its classrooms in September 1933 . The placement of the seven busts - Vuk Stefanovic Karadzic , Borisav Stankovic , Ivan Gundulic , Saint Sava , Ivan Mazuranic , France Preseren , and Petar Petrovic Njegos - on the facade of the Vranje Gymnasium reflects the spirit of the newly established Kingdom of Yugoslavia , which sought to foster a sense of shared identity and cultural unity among South Slavs . In 1959 , the school was officially named " Bora Stankovic " after Borislav Stankovic , but it is still commonly referred to by locals as the Vranje Gymnasium .
Renealmia jamaicensis
Renealmia jamaicensis is a species of plant in the family Zingiberaceae . It is native to the Caribbean , more specifically Bahamas , Cuba , Dominican Republic , Haiti , Jamaica , and Puerto Rico . It was first described by Joseph Gaertner and given its current name by Paul Fedorowitsch Horaninow .
" Renealmia jamaicensis " is known as Cojatillo ( Cuba ) , Cumani ( Dominican Republic ) , Gingembre marron ( Haiti ) , Jengibre amarillo ( Dominican Republic ) , Jengibre cimarron ( Dominican Republic ) , and Narciso colorado ( Puerto Rico ) .
Two varieties are recognized : " Renealmia jamaicensis " var . " jamaicensis " and " Renealmia jamaicensis " var . " puberula . "
1945 WAAA Championships
The 1945 WAAA Championships were the national track and field championships for women in the United Kingdom .
The event was held at Tooting Bec Athletics Track in Tooting Bec , London , on 18 August 1945 . The Championships returned after a five-year absence due to World War II .
Ceratogarra
Ceratogarra is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae , the family which includes the carps , barbs and related fishes . These fishes are found in southeast Asia .
Ceratogarra contains the following valid species :
Flight into Egypt ( Pareja )
Flight into Egypt is a 1658 oil painting by Juan de Pareja . It is currently held by the Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota , Florida . It is the earliest known dated work by the artist .
The Virgin Mary is depicted wearing a blue mantle and red dress , holding the Christ Child on her lap as they ride a donkey led by St. Joseph . An angel follows behind , carrying a branch of palm leaves . In the background , a date palm tree grows from a rocky landscape .
The date palm symbolizes heavenly nourishment for the Holy Family , referencing legends of the Flight into Egypt where the branches bent down to provide food . The image of St. Joseph leading the donkey aligns with apocryphal texts where the saint is depicted as a guide for the Holy Family .
2024 Snooker Championship ( Riyadh )
The 2024 Snooker Championship ( officially the 2024 Riyadh Season Snooker Championship ) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place from 18 to 20 December 2024 at the Global Theatre in Riyadh , Saudi Arabia . Organised by the World Snooker Tour and part of the Riyadh Season festival in the entertainment district Boulevard City within Riyadh , it used a non-standard 20-point gold ball called the " Riyadh Season ball , " which could only be after a player had completed a maximum break of 147 to extend the break to 167 . The event was broadcast worldwide by DAZN as well as other local broadcasters . The winner received £ 250,000 from a total prize fund of £ 785,000 .
The event featured 12 players , including the top ten players on the snooker world rankings , as well as two local wildcard players , Abdulraouf Saigh and Ahmed Aseeri from Saudi Arabia .
Ronnie O 'Sullivan was the defending champion , having defeated Luca Brecel 52 in the previous final . He was beaten by Mark Allen in the semifinals . Allen went on to win the tournament , defeating Luca Brecel 51 in the final . No player achieved the 167 maximum break , with Zhang Anda coming the closest in his first-round match when he potted 12 with 12 before breaking down . There were 14 century breaks made during the tournament , the highest being a 143 compiled by Ding Junhui in the second round .
The event took place from 18 to 20 December in the entertainment district Boulevard City within Riyadh , Saudi Arabia . The event was first held as the 2024 World Masters of Snooker in March 2024 ( as part of the preceding 2023-24 season ) as the first professional snooker event ever held in Saudi Arabia .
All matches were played as the best of seven frames except the final , which was played as the best of nine frames . The matches were played under regular snooker rules , but the event used a gold ball worth 20 points , called the " Riyadh Season ball . " The gold ball was placed on the centre of the , in line with the , , , and balls . It could only be after a player had completed a maximum break of 147 , to extend the break to 167. the gold ball would award 4 to the opponent . The gold ball stayed on the table as long as it was possible for either player to complete a maximum break , then it was removed from the table until the next frame .
The event featured twelve players , including the top ten players on the snooker world rankings , with the defending champion Ronnie O 'Sullivan seeded first , the reigning World Champion Kyren Wilson seeded second , and the rest based on their rankings . It also featured two local wildcard players , Abdulraouf Saigh and Ahmed Aseeri from Saudi Arabia , who qualified by winning a local qualifying tournament .
The tournament was broadcast worldwide by DAZN . It was also broadcast by the CBSAWPBSA Academy WeChat Channel , the CBSAWPBSA Academy Douyin and Huya Live in China ; by Now TV in Hong Kong ; by Astro SuperSport in Malaysia ; by True Sports in Thailand ; by TAP in the Philippines ; by Sportcast in Taiwan ; and by Sportstars and Vision + in Indonesia .
The event featured a total prize pool of £ 785,000 . An additional prize of $ 1,000,000 ( about £ 787,000 ) would be given to the first player to compile a 167 break . The breakdown of prize money for the event is shown below :
Numbers in parentheses after the players ' names denote the players ' seedings , and players in bold denote match winners . All matches were played as the best of seven frames except the final , which was played as the best of nine frames .
A total of 14 century breaks were made in the tournament .
1962 O 'Byrne Cup
The 1962 O 'Byrne Cup was a Gaelic football tournament contested by the county teams of Leinster GAA . It was the ninth staging of the O 'Byrne Cup competition .
Kildare won their first ever O 'Byrne Cup after defeating Louth in the final , played at Croke Park on 25 November 1962 .
The tournament was contested on a knockout basis . First-round byes were awarded to Dublin , Kildare , Louth and Wexford .
Max Walker-Silverman
Max Walker-Silverman ( born 1993 ) is an American filmmaker . He wrote , directed and produced " A Love Song " ( 2022 ) and " Rebuilding " ( 2025 ) .
Walker-Silverman grew up in Telluride , Colorado . He attended New York University Tisch School of the Arts .
Walker-Silverman directed the short films " Get Away , " which had its world premiere at the Raindance Film Festival . " Left / Righty " which had its world premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival and was awarded a National Board of Review Student Grant. and " Chuj Boys of Summer " which screened at the Hamptons International Film Festival and South by Southwest .
In 2022 , Walker-Silverman made his feature-length debut with " A Love Song " starring Dale Dickey and Wes Studi , which had its world premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival , and subsequently screened at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival and Tribeca Festival . It was released on July 29 , 2022 , by Bleecker Street .
Walker-Silverman 's second feature " Rebuilding " starring Josh O 'Connor will have its world premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival .
Danica Milosavljevic
Danica Dana Milosavljevic Razic ( Bioska , 15 August 1925 - Belgrade , 26 February 2018 ) was a Serbian anti-fascist combat fighter for the Partisan forces in Yugoslavia 's National Liberation War . By the time the War ended , she had reached the rank of captain of the Yugoslav People 's Army . Later , she was a socio-political worker of the Socialist Republic of Serbia and was named a " national hero of Yugoslavia . "
Danica was born on 15 August 1925 in the village of Bioski , on the Tara River , near Uzice . She came from a poor farming family and was the oldest child in the family of Milos Milosavljevic . She had three other sisters - Draginja , Marija and Ema and a brother , Aleksandar , known as Lala . Her uncle Nikola Milosavljevic , whose wife died young , was killed in the Battle of Cer , so Dani 's father Milos took over the care of his three nephews Dusan , Pavle and Miljko . Growing up in a large , poor family was difficult .
In 1936 , she moved with her family to Uzice , where as a high school student she joined the revolutionary youth movement . In 1941 , she became a member of the Communist Youth League ( SKOJ ) . Before the liberation of Uzice , she worked in a youth group that collected aid for the partisans . According to one source , " She was able to walk down the main street carrying a basket in which fruit was stacked on top of bombs and ammunition . "
Her first role was as a nurse in October 1941 , when she joined the Third Uzice Company of the Uzice Partisan Detachment stationed in positions around Visegrad . After the First Enemy Offensive , she retreated with the company to the Sandzak , and then to Bosnia , where on 21 December 1941 , she was with the Fifth Sumadija Battalion of the First Proletarian Brigade . During the Third Enemy Offensive , in June 1942 , her company was transferred to the Fourth Uzice Battalion of the Second Proletarian Brigade .
She was known as a machine gunner and bomber and participated in battles during the campaign in the Bosnian Krajina . As an exemplary fighter , she was admitted to the Communist Party ( KPJ ) in November 1942 . In the battles against the fascist Ustashi forces , near Livno , in December 1942 , she was seriously wounded , shot in the hip , after which she was treated in a hospital in Glamoc . In the spring of 1943 , she returned to her unit , and in May 1943 , during the introduction of ranks in the NOVJ , she was among the first women in the brigade to receive the rank of second lieutenant and became " the first female commander of a partisan formation . "
During the War , she served as a corporal in the Second Company of the First Battalion and as a youth leader of the First Battalion of the Second Proletarian Brigade , with which , after the Battle of Sutjeska , she participated in battles in eastern Bosnia , Montenegro , Sandzak and Serbia , as well as the Belgrade Operation and the Srem Front . Her unit in the Yugoslav Army was demobilized in 1946 .
After the war , she married the journalist Borivoj Razic .
She became active in socio-political organizations , such as the Union of Veterans ' Associations ( SUBNOR ) , the Socialist Union of Working People ( SSRN ) , and the Conference for Social Activity of Women , to name a few .
For her services during the War , she received the Partisan Memorial of 1941 and many other decorations , including the Order of the People 's Hero in 1953 .
She died in Belgrade on 26 February 2018 , and her ashes were buried in the Alley of National Heroes at the New Cemetery .
Gayton Salvucci
Gayton William Salvucci ( May 8 , 1928 - August 2 , 1998 ) is an American college football coach . He was the head football coach for American International College from 1956 to 1970 . He also coached for Fort Dix and Holy Cross . He played college football for American International as a halfback and professionally for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League ( NFL ) .
Alfred Steiner
Alfred Steiner may refer to :
1946 WAAA Championships
The 1946 WAAA Championships were the national track and field championships for women in the United Kingdom .
The event was held at White City Stadium , London , on 13 July 1946 .
Bis ( 2,4-di-tert-butylphenyl ) pentaerythritol diphosphite
Bis ( 2,4-di-tert-butylphenyl ) pentaerythritol diphosphite is an organophosphite used as a polymer stabilizer in plastics . Like other phosphite antioxidants it primarily acts to remove hydroperoxides and is typically used in combination with hindered phenolic antioxidants such as pentaerythritol tetrakis ( 3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyhydrocinnamate ) .
It is formed by a reaction between phosphorous trichloride , pentaerythritol and 2,4-di-tert-butylphenol . The poor solubility of pentererythritol can be an issue and non-nuncleophilic amines are often used to promote the reaction .
Compared to tris ( 2,4-di-tert-butylphenyl ) phosphite ( a common phosphite antioxidant ) it has higher activity but lower stability against hydrolysis . Trace levels of amine bases are often added to commercial material to slow hydrolysis and increase storage life . It 's crystal structure has been determined . It is comparable with a wide range of plastics including polyolefins , engineering plastics and polyurethane fibers . It is an approved food contact material in the US .
2024-25 Elite One
The 2024-25 Elite One is a season of the Elite One , the top-tier football league in Cameroon . It commenced on 7 December 2024 and is scheduled to conclude on 28 May 2025 .
Sixteen teams competed in the league , Victoria United FC were the defending champions , having won their first ever title in the previous season .
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards 2024
The 30th Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards , honoring the best in film for 2024 , were announced on December 18 , 2024 . These awards " recognizing extraordinary accomplishment in film " are presented annually by the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association ( DFWFCA ) , based in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex region of Texas . The association , founded in and presenting awards since 1990 , includes 30 film critics for print , radio , television , and internet publications based in North Texas . It is also committed to ensuring that their membership represents a broad range of voices , ideas , and perspectives from across cultural , gender , and ideological spectra .
" Anora " received the most awards , winning three for Best Film , Best Director ( Sean Baker ) , and Best Actress ( Mikey Madison ) . " The Brutalist " tied for second place , winning Best Screenplay ( Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold ) and Best Supporting Actor ( Guy Pearce ) . The other acting winners were Ralph Fiennes for Best Actor ( " Conclave " ) and Zoe Saldana for Best Supporting Actress ( " Emilia Perez " ) . Also tying for second place were " The Wild Robot " ( winning Best Animated Film and Best Musical Score for composer Kris Bowers ) and " The Seed of the Sacred Fig " ( which won for Best Foreign Language Film and the Russell Smith Award - a special award designated " for low-budget and / or cutting-edge films " ) .
Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface . Other films ranked by the annual poll are listed in order . While most categories saw 5 honorees named , categories ranged from as many as 10 ( Best Film ) to as few as 2 ( Best Animated Film , Best Screenplay , Best Cinematography , and Best Musical Score ) .
Ross Finlay
Ross Finlay ( 1937 - 15 December 2004 ) was an award-winning Scottish motoring journalist , travel writer , broadcaster and rally co-driver . He wrote travel guidebooks including for The AA and Readers Digest as well as writing for newspapers and magazines including The Glasgow Herald and The Scotsman ; he also presented " Leisure Trail " for BBC Radio Scotland .
Finlay 's career as a rally navigator and co-driver started in the late 1950s. by the early 1960s he had become a member of the BMC works team where he raced with Logan Morrison in Minis and Austin-Healey 3000s . Other drivers he raced with including David Black , Ian Loudon Cox , Andrew Cowan , and Alistair Robertson . He retired from competition in the mid-1970s but continued to be involved in the sport as co-ordinator of the Scottish Rally Championship until 1980 . He continued to organise sprint and hill climb events after this into the 1990s .
Finlay together with former rally driver and later commentator Jimmy McInnes was instrumental in forming what was to become the Veterans of Scottish Motorsport Association . They organised its first meeting at the Royal Scottish Automobile Club in Glasgow in 2001 . Sadly Finlay did not live to see the association formally established in 2006 with Sir Jackie Stewart as its Honorary President .
Finlay 's writing career began he started writing for the magazine Motor World in the 1960s and later went on to become its editor . He also worked with the Scottish motoring magazine Top Gear . He became a freelance writer in 1970 and first wrote for the Glasgow Herald in1977 , and remained a motoring contributor their until his death in 2004 . He wrote thee books in the Touring Scotland series as well as Journeys Through Scotland for Hamlyn as part of their Touring Britain and Ireland series . He also wrote several guidebooks for the AA and Readers Digest . Ross started his broadcasting career with BBC Radio Scotland as a motorsport reporter , before becoming a sports programme presenter . He then went on to present the Saturday morning show " Leisure Trail " during the early 1980s . In 1999 he founded the online motoring magazine CARkeys with his son David . CARkeys went on to became the motoring channel of the ITV.com website .
Finlay suffered a heart attack and crashed whist driving on the M8 near Glasgow on 15 December 2004 aged 67 . He was survived by his wife Patricia , son David and daughter Susan .
In 2005 Finlay became the first person to be given Jim Clark Memorial Award posthumously . The award is presented annually by the Association of Scottish Motoring Writers , the President of the association Ally Ballingall described Finlay as " was a shy , unassuming man who was a giant in his profession " and an " acknowledge his outstanding contribution to motoring journalism and motorsport in Scotland . " The award was presented to his widow Patricia and son David at a dinner in St. Andrews attended by Jim Clark 's sister Betty Peddie .
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Lalji Temple
Lalji Temple , Located in Bishnupur in Indian state of West Bengal .
According to the inscriptional plaque found in the temple , the temple was founded in 1658 by Bir Singha Dev King of Mallabhum . The Temple is built in the " Ek-ratna " style temple architecture .
Among the stone-built eka-ratna temple , the Lalji temple has a very impressive appearance . This temple is enclosed by a covered ambulatory and a few ornamental details are visible on the sides of the three arched openings.the pleasure of " Sri Radhika and Sri Krishna . " Placed upon a large plinth , the temple is a structure of square shape having a roof slightly sloping on all the four sides , upon which stands the single tower . It is square on plan each side measuring 12.3 m and 12.3 m in height . The temple had ornamental decorations upon its front wall originally , but now only traces of those ornamentations can be seen on the upper part of the arched openings .
Currently , it is preserved as one of the archaeological monuments by the Archaeological Survey of India . Since 1998 , the Lalji Temple is on the UNESCO World Heritage Site 's Tentative list .
Dirang-Kalaktang Assembly constituency
Dirang-Kalaktang Assembly constituency was an assembly constituency in the India state of Arunachal Pradesh .
Grave Robber ( song )
" Grave Robber " is a song by American Christian musician musician Crowder . The song was released as a single on November 10 , 2023 , through Sixstepsrecords / Capitol CMG . It was the lead single of Crowder 's 2024 studio album " The Exile . "
Crowder stated that " Grave Robber " is inspired by the biblical story of Lazarus , in which a friend of Jesus ' is miraculously brought back to life .
" Grave Robber " reached No. 8 on the " Billboard " Hot Christian Songs chart , No. 1 on the Christian Airplay and AC charts , No. 24 on the Christian Streaming Songs chart , and No. 2 on the Christian Digital Song Sales chart .
On July 19 , 2024 , Crowder released a second edition of the song , which featured guest vocals from Zach Williams .
Teresa Anjinho
Teresa Anjinho is a Portuguese legal expert , academic researcher , and public servant known for her extensive contributions to human rights , international law , and public policy . She currently serves as a member of the Supervisory Committee of the European Anti-Fraud Office ( OLAF ) and is the Ambassador of the Alliance SDG Portugal , where she promotes Sustainable Development Goal 16 : Peace , Justice , and Strong Institutions . Anjinho was elected to serve as EU Ombundsman for the period between 2025 and 2029 .
Teresa Anjinho was born in Portugal and demonstrated an early interest in law and governance . She pursued her higher education at the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra , obtaining her law degree in 1997 . During her studies , she participated in the ERASMUS program at the University of La Sapienza in Rome , where she gained international exposure and deepened her understanding of European legal systems .
She continued her academic journey by completing the European master 's degree in Human Rights and Democratization at the University of Padua in Italy in 1998 , focusing on the intersection of human rights and democratization . Additionally , she enrolled as a Ph.D. candidate in International Criminal Law at the Faculty of Law of the Nova University of Lisbon , although her candidacy was later suspended .
A polyglot , Anjinho is fluent in English and French and has proficiency in Italian and Spanish , which has greatly facilitated her international engagements .
Teresa Anjinho has had a distinguished career in public service , academia , and international engagement , holding several high-profile positions in Portugal and Europe . As Deputy Ombudsman of Portugal ( 2017-2022 ) , she oversaw complaint handling in key areas such as environmental issues , public essential services , security , justice , education , and health . In addition , she represented Portugal in the National Human Rights Commission and was elected as the European representative for the GANHRI Working Group on Business and Human Rights . Previously , she served as Secretary of State for Justice in 2015 , where she played a pivotal role in judicial reforms aimed at enhancing transparency , modernization , and governance within the justice system . Between 2011 and 2015 , she was a Member of the Assembly of the Republic , actively engaging in parliamentary committees on Human Rights , Foreign Affairs , Equality , and Financial Aid Measures . She also participated in the Parliamentary Inquiry Commission on the BES / GES case and the Subcommittee on Equality . Earlier in her career , she served as a counselor for the Justice of the Peace Council and as a member of the Municipal Assembly of Coimbra in 2017 .
In academia , Anjinho has significantly contributed to legal studies and human rights discourse . Since 2024 , she has been an Associate Researcher at the Center for Advanced Legal Studies at Lusofona University and a Researcher at the CEDIS - Investigation Centre on Law and Society at Nova School of Law . She has taught subjects such as International Humanitarian Law , Constitutional Law , Social Equality Law , and Women 's Rights and has been a guest lecturer at institutions like the University of Coimbra and Nova School of Law . Her academic contributions include participation in Post-Graduation Courses on Human Rights and Master Courses on Women 's Studies . She also contributed to drafting Legislative Proposal No. 72 / IX , which adapted Portuguese criminal law to the International Criminal Court 's Rome Statute , and authored national reports on access to justice in gender equality and anti-discrimination law .
On the international stage , Anjinho has participated in several electoral observation missions under the OSCE , including supervising municipal elections in Kosovo ( 2000 , 2002 ) , parliamentary elections in Russia ( 1999 ) , and parliamentary elections in Bosnia-Herzegovina ( 1998 ) . These missions focused on ensuring fair and transparent electoral processes in post-conflict and transitional settings . Additionally , she has served within the European Union , contributing to human rights and democratization initiatives at the European Commission in 1999 and working with the European Parliament 's Committee on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs in 1998 , focusing on human rights-related matters . Through her diverse roles , Teresa Anjinho has demonstrated a steadfast commitment to public service , legal innovation , and the promotion of human rights .
Anjinho has been recognized for her dedication to promoting integrity and governance :
Teresa Anjinho has contributed significantly to legal scholarship and public policy :
2024-25 NEC Nijmegen season
During the 2024-25 season , NEC Nijmegen will compete in the Eredivisie for the fourth consecutive season , as well as the KNVB Cup .
The league schedule was released on 24 June 2024 .
Dalanzadgad Thermal Power Plant
The Dalanzadgad Thermal Power Plant ( ) is a coal-fired power station in Dalanzadgad , Omnogovi Province , Mongolia .
The power plant was commissioned in 2000 after it was constructed by Hyundai Engineering . In 2011 , the power plant was expanded . On 18 December 2011 , the turbine of the plant was broken down and the power plant stopped working on 10 January 2012 .
The power plant has an installed generation capacity of 6 MW .
The power plant was constructed with a cost of US $ 9.3 million , which was lent as soft loan by the Government of South Korea .
Slammers FC
Slammers Futbol Club , currently also known as Slammers FC HB Køge , is an American youth soccer club based in Newport Beach , California . It is a member of the Elite Clubs National League ( ECNL ) .
Slammers was founded by brothers Walid and Ziad Khoury in 1994 . , the club has won 17 national championships and become one of the most successful youth clubs in the United States . Slammers won the ECNL Girls Overall Club Championship in 2011-12 , 2015-16 , 2018-19 , 2020-21 , and 2022-23 .
Mia Hamm began coaching for Slammers in 2009 , and the Los Angeles FC co-owner brought about a partnership that renamed the youth club LAFC Slammers . Danish club HB Køge announced their partnership with Slammers in 2021 , after which the youth club has played teams under the name Slammers FC HB Køge .
Daniela Owusu
Daniela Owusu ( born c . 2004 ) is a Finnish woman who portrayed Saint Lucy in Finland 's national Saint Lucy 's Day celebrations in 2024 . She was elected by the public and coronated in a ceremony at Helsinki Cathedral . Owusu , who is of Finnish and Ghanaian descent , was the country 's first black woman elected to be Saint Lucy . Her selection as Saint Lucy led to widespread racist backlash .
Owusu is from Kirkkonummi . Her mother is Finnish and her father is Ghanaian .
In December 2024 , Owusu was elected by the public to be Finland 's Saint Lucy in the nation 's annual Saint Lucy 's Day celebrations . She was the first Black woman to serve as Saint Lucy in Finland 's history . Owusu said of her election , " It would be important to have a Lucia who represents multiculturalism and to show that Lucia can look many different ways . " Owusu was crowned as Saint Lucy in a Lutheran ceremony at the Helsinki Cathedral on 13 December 2024 that was broadcast on national television .
Owusu was subjected to racist abuse and hate comments on social media , including over 10,000 hate comments , leading the organizers of the celebration , Folkhalsan , to report the online harassment to the police and consider taking legal action . Members of her family were also targeted . The director of Folkhalsan , Viveca Hagmark , and the CEO , Anna Hellerstedt , both released statements condemning racism and thanking those who voiced support for Owusu . Finland 's prime minister , Petteri Orpo , issued a formal apology to Owusu on behalf of the nation . Orpo met Owusu when she and the Saint Lucy Choir performed at the Finnish Parliament .
Bolhao station
Bolhao is a light rail station on the Porto Metro system in Porto , Portugal . The station is underground , adjacent to the , from which it takes its name . It was opened in 2004 .
The station is a through station on lines A , B , C , E and F , which run as one line within the metropolitan area . The next station to the west is Trindade . To the east , the next station is Campo 24 de Agosto . Bolhao station has two through tracks served by two side platforms .
The new station was opened on 5 June 2004 the extension of the initial line from its previous terminus at Trindade to a new terminus at Estadio do Dragao . The extension was initially served by lines A and B , with line C starting on 30 July 2005 , line E on 27 May 2006 , and line F on 2 January 2011 .
Regional Workers ' Center of Paraguay
The Regional Workers ' Center of Paraguay ( ; CORP ) was a Paraguayan anarcho-syndicalist trade union center . Founded in 1916 , as the successor to the Paraguayan Regional Workers ' Federation ( FORP ) , the CORP organised workers throughout the country , at a time when the Paraguayan export market was flourishing . It led several strike actions by workers on the Asuncion tram network , culminating in a general strike in 1921 . It also participated in the founding of the Continental American Workers ' Association ( ACAT ) , together with other Latin American anarcho-syndicalist federations . By the late 1920s , the CORP started losing influence to socialist and communist-led trade unions . The CORP dissolved during the Chaco War , with some of its members joining the ranks of the Paraguayan Communist Party ( PCP ) .
The Paraguayan labor movement was founded during the late 19th century , with the country 's first trade unions being established during the first years of the 1900s . The first national trade union center , the Paraguayan Regional Workers ' Federation ( FORP ) , was established by anarcho-syndicalists in 1906 . Internal divisions between the anarchist and socialist factions of the FORP culminated in 1912 , when the socialists split off and established the ( UGP ) . Following the outbreak of World War I , a sustained economic depression in Paraguay caused the collapse of the trade union movement , with both the UGP and FORP becoming inactive . By 1916 , an increased demand for agricultural exports brought growth back to the Paraguayan economy , leading to a subsequent revival of the trade union movement , with several new trade unions being established . The FORP then reorganised itself . On 6 August 1916 , nine of the FORP 's trade union sections came together to establish a new trade union federation : the Regional Workers ' Center of Paraguay ( ; CORP ) . Ignacio Nunez Soler was appointed as its first general secretary .
The CORP adopted a modified version of the FORP 's anarchist platform and published the newspaper " El Combate , " which was edited by Juan Deilla . According to Paraguayan historian Milda Rivarola , the European and Argentine migrant workers who had made up the majority of the FORP 's leadership were replaced by native Paraguayans . The CORP quickly revived the Paraguayan trade union movement , organizing workers in the country 's agricultural , meat-packing , railroad and tannin industries . The CORP also established local federations in Concepcion , Encarnacion and Villarrica . Less than a year after the CORP was founded , on 6 June 1917 , the liberal government of Benigno Ferreira introduced the country 's first labor law , which established a workweek and weekend . By the end of World War I , the CORP had grown substantially , establishing trade union centers in major towns and cities throughout the country . It began publication of the newspaper " El Surco , " which included space for articles in the Guarani language ; it was later succeeded by the " communist-federalist " newspaper " Renovacion . "
The CORP successfully elicited support for strike actions from secondary school and university students , in a first for Paraguayan history . Together with the UGP , the CORP provided funds for theatre plays that portrayed social issues . The CORP established links with the Argentine Regional Workers ' Federation ( FORA ) , the North American branch of the Industrial Workers of the World ( IWW ) , and the Uruguayan Regional Workers ' Federation ( FORU ) . In early 1920 , attempts were made to merge the CORP together with the socialist-led Paraguayan Workers ' Federation ( FOP ) , but members of the CORP pulled out of the unification committee . The CORP also established unions among dockworkers , who were largely organised around the Naval Federation ( FN ) and often came into conflict with Argentine dockworkers .
Soon after it was established , the CORP supported a railroad workers ' strike , which achieved its demands , although many of the union leaders were imprisoned . In 1916 , the CORP also supported a strike action by workers on the Asuncion tram network , who demanded wage increases , although this was broken up by the police and many of the striking workers were arrested . Tram workers led another strike for four months in 1917 , but this too was suppressed by the police and the tram workers ' union was shut down . The workers finally won their demanded wage increases after a month-long strike in 1919 , although their union leaders were deported not long after . After a walkout by tram workers in 1921 , the CORP called an indefinite general strike in solidarity . The strike was initially supported by the FOP , leading to renewed hopes that it would unite with the CORP , but conflict between the two unions soon broke back out . The Paraguayan trade union would remain fragmented throughout the rest of the early 20th century .
Paraguayan trade unions largely supported the government of Eusebio Ayala during the Paraguayan Civil War of 1922 , as well as that of his successor Eligio Ayala . Under the Ayala administration , trade unions were able to operate more or less freely . By 1925 , the increased growth of the Paraguayan export market was stimulating the growth of trade unionism , but the CORP itself began to face difficulties . Under the influence of an intellectual cadre , the CORP reorganised itself in 1927 . But by this time , it was already losing influence to the socialist-led Workers ' Union of Paraguay ( UOP ) .
In May 1929 , two delegates from the CORP attended the first continental congress of anarcho-syndicalists , organised by the FORA in Buenos Aires . There the gathered Latin American union federations established the Continental American Workers ' Association ( ACAT ) , which declared its aim to be the abolition of the state and the establishment of a free association of producers .
As tensions between Paraguay and Bolivia rose , the CORP and UOP participated in a peace conference in Montevideo in 1928 , organised by the Communist International , which attempted to avert the outbreak of war . Following the outbreak of the Chaco War in 1932 , trade union activity was suspended in Paraguay . By the time the trade unions resumed activity , the anarcho-syndicalists had already lost their influence over the movement . By 1934 , the CORP had dissolved . Anarchists such as Obdulio Barthe joined the ranks of the Paraguayan Communist Party ( PCP ) , which took over the trade union movement .
Whig Valley ( Missouri )
Whig Valley is a fertile valley generally between Maitland and Mound City , in northeastern Holt County , in the U.S. state of Missouri . Whig Valley was also the name of a small community once present there in the 19th Century .
Whig Valley was first settled in 1846 by Theodore Higley and gave the locality its name due to his admiration of Whig Party political leader Henry Clay . The majority of settlers in Whig Valley were from Kentucky , Tennessee , and Virginia . Similarly , in nearby southwestern Nodaway County near Fairview settlers named their locale Whig Valley as well . During the Civil War many of the originally settlers left this region and northerners from Ohio came in .
A post office was established in 1861 and named Whig Valley in this area . Later a store was built in 1870 , and the town was platted in 1876 . But when Maitland was established in 1881 , the town of Whig Valley dissipated and the post office closed that same year .
Baji Pasalkar
Baji Pasalkar ( unknown - 24 May 1649 ) , was a generational Deshmukh of Mose Khore , one of the watan in " Bara Maval . " Baji Pasalkar was the first Chief Commander of the Maratha Empire in the army of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj . He was the first to sacrifice his life for the cause of Swarajya .
When Chattrapati Shivaji was 12 , Shahaji offered him his Pune Jagir and with a small council of ministers , Shivaji began managing his estate . His ministers included Shamrao Nilkanth as Peshwa , Balkrishna Pant as Muzumdar , Raghunath Ballal as Sabnis and Sonopant as Dabir . At the same time , Kanhoji Jedhe and Baji Pasalkar were appointed to look after Shivaji 's training .
When Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj started capturing forts like Torna , Subhanmangal , Rohida for the establishment of Swaraj , the news of Shivajiraj 's establishment of Swaraj started coming to the Adilshahi court of bijapur . To tramp down on shivaji 's champaign , Adilshah sent his top general , Fateh Khan in the year 1648 AD .
Fateh Khan put his base on Jejuri near Belsar . Fateh Khan attacked the poorly guarded shubhanmangal fort first and moved his camp to it . The Marathas would have been defeated the first time . Shivaji asked Kavji Malhar to attack the shubanmangal fort . The fort was again under control of marathas within one night . Then Baji Pasalkar , Kanhoji Jedhe , Baji Jedhe , Godaji Jagtap went to Belasar camp to create a ruckus in Fateh Khan 's base . By suddenly creating a ruckus , they disrupted Fateh Khan 's army and reached purandar Fort .
Fateh Khan 's Sardar Musekhana attacked Purandara , Purandara was besieged by Khan 's army . Fateh Khan 's army and the Marathas fought a pitched battle near the fort . Baji Pasalkar , Kanhoji Jedhe , Godaji Jagtap slaughtered the enemies using guerrilla warfare . Muse Khan and Godaji Jagtap faced each other . Finally , Godaji attacked Musekhana and Khan collapsed .
During the fight , a wound was inflicted on Baji Pasalkar 's back on his right arm . Baji , writhing in pain , turned in the same situation to resist the assailant , and at the same moment . Enemy 's sword landed on his chest . 65 years of Pasalkar fell down , realizing that his work was done , Fateh Khan turned back and fled with his army .
As soon as Kavji Malhar realized this , he ran like an arrow back to the base . On entering the Purandar Fort , Baji left his body alive only to look at his King Shivaji and speak his last words . Baji Pasalkar died by resting his head on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj 's lap . Baji Pasalkar was killed while chasing the Adilshahi army .
The Varasgaon Dam reservoir near Pune is named after Veer Baji Pasalkar . Baji Pasalkar 's Samadhi is at Saswad . Veer Baji Pasalkar 's memorial is located on Tanaji Malusare Road in Dattawadi , Pune .
Nka : Journal of Contemporary African Art
Nka : Journal of Contemporary African Art is an academic journal concentrating on contemporary art and artists from Africa and the African diaspora from modernist and postmodernist perspectives . It is currently published twice a year by Duke University Press under the auspices of the Cornell University Africana Studies and Research Center .
The journal was founded by Okwui Enwezor in 1994 . Along with Enwezor , its founding co-editors are Chika Okeke-Agulu and Salah M. Hassan . In addition , a number of notable artists such as Coco Fusco , Ibrahim El-Salahi , and Kendell Geers have served on its editorial and boards .
" Nka " has received funding from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and the Prince Claus Fund for Culture and Development .
60th Guldbagge Awards
The 60th Guldbagge Awards ceremony , presented by the Swedish Film Institute , honoring the best Swedish films of 2024 , will take place on 13 January 2025 at Cirkus in Stockholm . The ceremony will broadcast live on SVT1 and be hosted by actress Shima Niavarani . The discontinued special award Guldbagge Newcomer Award will be reintroduced . The requirement that nominated actors must have at least one previous performance was removed this year , allowing first-time actors to be nominated .
The nominations were announced on 17 December 2024 at Filmstaden Sergel in Stockholm , Sweden . Comedy film " The Hypnosis " and sports drama film " The Swedish Torpedo " led the nominations with eight , followed by drama film " Crossing " with seven .
Hajvalia Stadium
The FFK National Training Camp ( ) , previously known as Hajvalia Stadium ( ) , is a stadium located in the village of Hajvalia , near Pristina , Kosovo . It serves as the training location for the Kosovo national football team , as well as the former home ground for KF Hajvalia , a dissolved club that has competed in various Kosovar football leagues . It currently has a capacity of 4,000 people .
The Hajvalia Stadium , known locally as the home of KF Hajvalia , is situated in the village of Hajvalia , near Pristina , Kosovo . Its history is intertwined with the growth of football in the region , particularly following Kosovo 's declaration of independence and its eventual recognition by FIFA and UEFA in the 2010s .
KF Hajvalia , the club that calls this stadium home , gained attention in 2014 for offering a contract to Luis Suarez during his FIFA suspension . While primarily serving local and regional matches , the stadium has become an important gathering place for the community and reflects the evolving football culture in Kosovo .
The stadium itself has undergone gradual improvements over the years , aligning with the aspirations of the club and the rising standards of Kosovar football . Despite being a smaller facility compared to major stadiums in the country , it holds a special place in the hearts of local fans and contributes significantly to the region 's footballing identity .
Kampi Nacional ( National Camp ) in Kosovo is a premier football training and development center located in Hajvalia , near the capital , Pristina . Operated by the Football Federation of Kosovo ( FFK ) , it is designed to support the development of football in the country , serving as a hub for both youth and professional training activities . Here are the key details :
1 . Facilities : The camp boasts state-of-the-art facilities , including several natural and artificial grass pitches , modern locker rooms , a gym , and medical facilities . These amenities meet UEFA and FIFA standards , making the camp suitable for hosting international teams and events .
2 . Purpose : It serves as the primary training center for Kosovo 's national football teams across various age groups . It is also used for coaching seminars , referee training , and grassroots football activities , playing a vital role in nurturing local talent .
3 . Location : Situated in Hajvalia , a suburb of Pristina , the camp is easily accessible and strategically located to serve the needs of players and officials from across the country .
4 . Role in Development : The camp is pivotal for the professionalization of football in Kosovo , especially after the country became a member of UEFA and FIFA in 2016 . It provides young players with the resources and environment needed to reach higher competitive levels .
5 . International Standards : Kampi Nacional is part of Kosovo 's broader strategy to strengthen its football infrastructure , aligning with European standards to boost the country 's reputation and performance in international football .
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Hajvalia Stadium is an important facility for the Kosovo national football team 's training sessions . Known as the National Training Camp , it is regularly used by the team to prepare for important matches . For example , the Kosovo national team held light training sessions there before their UEFA Nations League match against Romania and ahead of a friendly match against Norway . The facility provides the team with an environment conducive to tactical preparations and physical conditioning , situated conveniently close to Pristina .
In addition to its use for training , the Football Federation of Kosovo ( FFK ) is actively working on developing the site as part of a broader initiative to improve sports infrastructure . This camp is a product of UEFA-funded projects aimed at enhancing sports facilities in Kosovo .
The stadium 's history is closely tied to KF Hajvalia , and despite its modest size , Hajvalia Stadium remains a symbol of the local football culture in Kosovo .
Projekti - Kampi Nacional ne Hajvali
Kampi Nacional ne Hajvali po merr forme , pritet te jete i gatshem per vitin tjeter
Khaled Nabhan
Khaled Nabhan ( Arabic : خالد نبهان ; 23 December 1969 - 16 December 2024 ) , also known by the kunya Abu Diaa ( Arabic : ابو ضياء ) was a Palestinian social media personality . He is best known for appearing in a video that showed him holding his granddaughter who had passed away after an Israeli airstrike , becoming notable for his frequent usage of the phrase ' Soul of my soul ' in the same video . He was killed on 16 December 2024 , after an Israeli airstrike on Gaza 's Nuseriat camp .
Nabhan was born on 23 December 1969 to a Muslim Palestinian family , and had worked as a gardener .
In early 2024 , a video of Nabhan kissing his granddaughter , Reem , who had died from an Israeli airstrike , went viral . His grandson , Tarek , also died in the same airstrike . Further attention was brought to Nabhan after Australian band " The Herd " released a song titled " Soul Of My Soul , " in reference to Nabhan 's usage of the phrase .
He was interviewed by CNN after the destruction of his home due to an airstrike , and later posted videos on social media documenting his life during the war , which mainly showed him helping injured people in hospitals and giving aid to children .
On 16 December 2024 , Nabhan was killed following to an Israeli bombing strike . Saed Nabhan , Nabhan 's nephew , told CNN that eyewitnesses reported his uncle rushed to assist injured individuals after a tank shelling in their neighborhood but was immediately killed by a second tank shell . His death was condemned by the Council on American-Islamic Relations .
Babhnan
The Bhabnan Bazar Nagar Panchayat has population of 14,282 of which 7,514 are males while 6,768 are females as per report released by Census India 2011 . The primary languages spoken are Hindi and Awadhi . Agriculture and small-scale trade are the mainstays of the local economy .
Babhnan holds historical importance , with references to its role as a cultural and trade hub in ancient times . The town has witnessed various cultural influences , including Buddhist and Hindu traditions , and has been a site of significance during the Mughal and British periods .
Babhnan is served by a well-functioning railway station that connects it to major cities like Gorakhpur , Lucknow , and Delhi . National Highway 27 also passes through the town , facilitating road connectivity . Public and private bus services are available for commuters and travelers .
The town 's economy is primarily agricultural , with sugarcane and rice being the main crops . The Babhnan Sugar Mill plays a vital role in the local economy , providing employment to many residents . Small-scale industries and local markets further support the economic framework .
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" - [ DASH ] " is a song by American Christian musician Crowder , featuring a guest appearance from TobyMac . The song was released as a single on April 5 , 2024 , through Sixstepsrecords / Capitol CMG . " - [ DASH ] " was the second single off Crowder 's 2024 studio album , " The Exile . "
" - [ DASH ] " charted at No. 36 on the " Billboard " Hot Christian Songs chart .
NGC 7637
NGC7637 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Octans . Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 3711 ± 3km / s , which corresponds to a Hubble distance of . It was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on 17 October 1835 .
Three supernovae have been observed in NGC 7637 :
Nerissa Crafton
Nerissa Kershara Crafton ( born 23 July 1998 ) is a West Indian cricketer who plays for the Windward Islands women 's cricket team in the Women 's Super50 Cup and the Twenty20 Blaze tournaments . She also plays for West Indies women 's cricket team .
Crafton made her List A debut for Saint Lucia against Jamaica on 5 August 2013 . She made her T20 debut for Saint Lucia against Jamaica on 8 August 2013 .
In August 2024 , she was named in the West Indies squad for the 2024 ICC Women 's T20 World Cup . In December 2024 , she was named in ODI and T20I squad against India . She made her Twenty20 International ( T20I ) debut against India in the same series on 17 December 2024 .
North American Blood Dynasty 2025 Tour
North American Blood Dynasty 2025 Tour is an upcoming concert tour headlined by Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy . The tour was announced on December 18 , 2024 , and general ticket sales for the shows began two days later . The first show of the tour will be April 14 , 2025 at The Observatory North Park in San Diego , California , and the closing night of the tour will be May 18 , 2025 at Milwaukee Metal Fest in Milwaukee , Wisconsin .
The North American Blood Dynasty 2025 Tour is headlined by Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy . American deathcore band Fit for an Autopsy , Danish death metal band BAEST and American metalcore band Thrown into Exile are the special guests of the tour .
The tour was announced on December 18 , 2024 , shortly after the end of Arch Enemy 's Largo Camino Al Inframundo ... tour in Mexico , and ticket sales commenced at 10am local time on December 20 , 2024 . This is the first tour scheduled after the release of the album " Blood Dynasty , " and is Arch Enemy 's first North American tour in three years , since their North American Siege 2022 co-headliner with Behemoth .
Alex Falconer ( American politician )
Alex Falconer is an American politician and environmental activist who is a member-elect of Minnesota House of Representatives for a term beginning in 2025 . A member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party ( DFL ) , he will represent District 49A in the southwestern Twin Cities metropolitan area , which includes parts of Eden Prairie and Minnetonka in Hennepin County , Minnesota .
Falconer was born on August 30 , 1980 . He went to high school at Red Wing High School in Red Wing and later received a Bachelor of Science in biology from Saint Olaf College in Northfield . Prior to his electoral career , he had a career in advocacy as a campaign manager for Save the Boundary Waters . In 2021 , he completed a 110-mile run in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area for the film " Boundary Waters Traverse " to raise awareness for the campaign and environmental advocacy at large .
Representative Laurie Pryor announced her retirement from the Minnesota House of Representatives , district 49A , prior to the 2024 election , leaving the seat open for 2024 . Falconer declared his candidacy and defeated Minnetonka City Council member Kissy Coakley in the DFL primary . He then won the general election with over 60 % of the vote against Republican Stacy L. Bettison .
Falconer is an avid outdoorsman and trail runner . He lives in Eden Prairie with his wife Erica and three children . He coaches cross country at Minnetonka Middle School East and Nordic skiing at Minnetonka High School .
Chakma District
The Chakma District ( " Chakma : 𑄌𑄋  𑄟  𑄦 𑄝𑄟  , " ' " Canghma Bamh ' " ) is an landlocked autonomous district of India , located in the south-west part of the state of Mizoram . The Chakma District lies bordered to the north by Lunglei District , to the east by Lai District , and shares international boundaries to the south with Chin State in Myanmar , and to the west with the Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh . The administrative headquarters of the Chakma district is in Kamalanagar ( also known as Chawngte ) . Covering an area of 686.25 km ( approximately 265 square miles ) , the Chakma district makes up about 3.25 % of the total area of Mizoram . According to the 2011 Census of India , the district is home to a population of 62,094 .
The name of the Chakma District derives from the Chakma people , the primary inhabitants of this autonomous region in Mizoram . The term " " Chakma " " is believed to have historical roots , possibly deriving from the Sanskrit word " Sakya , " referencing the followers of Buddha , as the Chakmas have strong historical and cultural ties to Buddhism .
The Chakma district was created on 29 April 1972 under the Sixth Schedule to the constitution of India by trifurcating the Pawi-Lakher Regional Council into Mara Autonomous District Council ( MADC ) , Lai Autonomous District Council ( LADC ) and Chakma Autonomous District Council . While MADC remained under a single district of Saiha , CADC and LADC were accommodated under Lawngtlai district with the district headquarters at Lawngtlai.The then Chakma leaders of the Mizo District Council and Pawi-Lakher Regional Council actively engaged themselves with the Government of Assam and the Government at the centre for the creation of an autonomous council for the Chakmas of Mizoram with the inclusion of all Chakma inhabited areas which presently remains outside CADC . Unfortunately only the portion under Pawi-Lakher Regional council got considered . Out of that also many Chakma inhabited villages along the eastern bank of river Tuichawng were not considered under CADC . Thus two-third of the Chakmas of Mizoram had to remain outside the council .
The Chakma district falls between 21 ⁰ 58 ' ( N ) and 22 ⁰ 45 ' ( N ) and between 92 ⁰ 30 ' ( E ) and 92 ⁰ 45 ' ( E ) . The tropic of cancer passes over it and its climate is hot and humid . The gentle foothills of the mighty Himalayas adorn its landscape . The two main rivers - Toijong and Thega - weave along the eastern and the western sides respectively forming its natural boundaries . In the north it is bounded by Lunglei District , Myanmar in the South , LADC in the east and Bangladesh in the west .
The total Chakma population of Mizoram is estimated to be more than 100,000 ( as per the 2011 census - 96,972 ) . The population of Chakma Autonomous District Council are primarily Chakmas who are a designated Schedule Tribe . The total population of CADC is 45,307 as per 2011 census out of which 70 % of it is dependent on agriculture . The population grew from 34,528 in 2001 to 40,265 ( as of 2008 ) . The majority of the people of Chakma Autonomous District Council follow Theravada Buddhism .
Of the 516 village council seats in Chakma Autonomous District Council , the Mizo National Front has 371 seats , Bharatiya Janata Party has 115 seats , Indian National Congress has 2 seats and independent candidates have 27 seats . The MNF is in majority in 65 village Councils while the BJP is in majority in 16 village Council.In the remaining 4 Village Council no party has absolute majority .
There are 20 MDC Constituencies in the Chakma Autonomous District Council . 20 Members of the District Council are elected from these 20 constituencies and 4 MDCs are nominated . The constituencies as on date are
2024-25 North Texas Mean Green women 's basketball team
The 2024-25 North Texas Mean Green women 's basketball team represents the University of North Texas during the 2024-25 NCAA Division I women 's basketball season . The Mean Green , led by second-year head coach Jason Burton , play their home games at the UNT Coliseum in Denton , Texas as second-year members of the American Athletic Conference .
The Mean Green finished the 2023-24 season 23-9 , 13-5 in AAC play to finish in a tie a three-way tie for first place . They were upset by # 10 seed Rice in the quarterfinals of the AAC tournament . They received an at-large bid to the WBIT , where they would be defeated by TCU in the first round .
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Radhabinod Temple
Radhabinod Temple also known as Radha Vinod Temple , Located in Bishnupur in Indian state of West Bengal .
The temple was built in 1659 by Raghunath Singha Dev King of Mallabhum . The Temple is built in the " At-chala " style temple architecture .
The Radha-Vinoda Temple in Bishnupur , located in the Khar Bangla area , is one of the two at-chala style temples in the region . Despite significant damage to the upper roof and entrance wall , the temple remains an important architectural and historical site . This temple is particularly notable for its intricate design and its unique at-chala construction , where the roof consists of eight sections . However , due to a narrow break between the upper and lower roof sections , the temple gives the impression of a char-chala structure , which typically features four sloping roofs .
Facing east , the temple stands on a nearly square plinth measuring approximately 6.4 meters in length and 6.2 meters in breadth . The overall height of the temple is about 10.7 meters . Despite the collapse of some parts of the structure , the temple 's rich decorative elements would have originally showcased the craftsmanship of the time . The temple 's construction reflects the cultural influence of Vaishnavism and the patronage of local rulers like Raghunatha Singha during the 17th century .
Today , the Radha-Vinoda Temple is an important relic of Bishnupur 's architectural heritage , offering insight into the artistic and religious traditions of the period .
Currently , it is preserved as one of the archaeological monuments by the Archaeological Survey of India .
Alex Rotsko
Alex Rotsko ( born ) is an American college football coach . He is the head football coach for Marshwood High School , a position he has held since 2013 . He was the head football coach for American International College from 1983 to 1992 and Longmeadow High School from 1993 to 2012 . He also coached for Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School and Ithaca . He played college football for Springfield as a wide receiver .
Along North Assembly constituency
Along North Assembly constituency was an assembly constituency in the India state of Arunachal Pradesh .
Abu 'l-Hayja al-Hakkari
Abu 'l-Hayja ibn Abdullah ibn Abu Khalil ibn Marzuban Al-Hakkari better known by Abu 'l-Hayja Al-Hakkari ( died 1143 ) was a Kurdish ruler and tribal chief of Al-Hakkariyya tribe , he 's the earliest recorded ruler of Hakkari .
His domain included Asheb or Asep , Tushi or Tusi , Judaydla catles and Jabal Luhayja to the north of Mosul ( in the direction of Nisibis ) . In 1133 , he went to Mosul and pledged his Allegiance to Imad ad-Din Zenki . According to some sources , he never went back to reign over his land and stayed in Mosul , leaving his son Ahmad and his deputy , Baw al-Arji to rule over his domain . He died in Mosul in 1143 .
One of the most prominent Ayyubid general , Sayf ad-Din Mashtub , was his grandson .
Along South Assembly constituency
Along South Assembly constituency was an assembly constituency in the India state of Arunachal Pradesh .
Delano ( name )
Delano is a surname and a given name . Notable people with the name include :
Changlang Assembly constituency
Changlang Assembly constituency was an assembly constituency in the India state of Arunachal Pradesh . After delimitation , it was divided into two new constituencies : Changlang South Assembly constituency and Changlang North Assembly constituency .
2017 Road to Le Mans
The 2nd Road to Le Mans Cup was an automobile endurance event that took place on 15 and 17 June 2017 , at the Circuit de la Sarthe , Le Mans , France . The race featured LMP3 and GT3 category cars competing in their respective classes .
Provisional pole positions in each class are denoted in bold .
Winners in each class are denoted in bold .
1893 Manchester City Council election
Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Wednesday , 1 November 1893 . One third of the councillors seats were up for election , with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office . The council remained under no overall control .
Nuno Xavier
Nuno Xavier Daniel Dias ( 13 September 1940 - June 1976 ) was a Sao Tomean aerospace engineer and politician who served as the first President of the Constituent Assembly after the country 's independence from Portugal . He was one of two signers of the treaty in July 1975 that established Sao Tome and Principe as an independent nation .
Xavier was born on 13 September 1940 , in the village of Trindade , on Sao Tome Island . He was by profession an aerospace engineer and he worked with the Portuguese Air Force , as Sao Tome and Principe was at the time a colony of Portugal . He held the distinction of being the first pilot from Sao Tome .
Xavier lived for a time in Portugal before returning to Sao Tome , where he was an important figure in developing infrastructure . He served in the government as Minister of International Coordination and was the first Sao Tomean to have the position of head of the country 's Civil Aeronautics Service . He led the construction of bridges , roads , and in his position with the Civil Aeronautics Service , he helped expand the runway of the Sao Tome International Airport .
Xavier was active in political affairs . At the start of July 1975 , parliamentary elections were held for members of the Constituent Assembly and Xavier ran under the MLSTP party , winning a seat . He subsequently was named the legislature 's president . A few days later , as president of the Assembly , on 12 July 1975 , he signed the treaty with Portuguese officer Antonio Alva Rosa Coutinho that established Sao Tome and Principe as an independent nation .
Later in 1975 , Xavier left his post in the Constituent Assembly to become Minister of Transport and Social Equipment for the Transitional Government . However , in June 1976 , while on an official visit to Portugal , he was killed when the helicopter he was in crashed in Vila Nova de Gaia . He was age 35 at the time of his death .
Xavier had several children , including Marta Dias , who became a singer . A 2011 book on Sao Tome and Principe 's history described Xavier as a " charismatic figure of the people of [ Sao Tome and Principe ] " and a " National Hero . " In July 2022 , 47 years after independence , the Sao Tome International Airport was renamed after him .
2027 Orlando mayoral election
The 2027 Orlando mayoral election will be held on Tuesday , November 2 , 2027 , to elect the next mayor of Orlando , Florida . Democratic incumbent mayor Buddy Dyer announced that he will not run for a seventh term .
Municipal elections in Orlando and Orange County are non-partisan . If no candidate receives a majority of the votes in the general election , runoffs are held between the two candidates that received the greatest number of votes . State Representative Anna Eskamani , a Democratic Party member who represents Florida 's 42nd House District , announced her bid for mayor on December 16 , 2024 .
Raymond Gouin
Raymond Maxime Gouin ( 23 October 1888 - 28 October 1954 ) was a French footballer who played as a midfielder for " Jeanne d 'Arc de Levallois " and the French national team between 1908 and 1910 . He later presided over the Courville Football Association for eight years , from 1946 until he died in 1954 .
Born in Choisy-le-Roi , on 23 October 1888 , Gouin played his entire football career in the patronage clubs , most notably at the " Jeanne d 'Arc de Levallois " between 1908 and 1910 , one of the many Catholic clubs affiliated with the Gymnastic and Sports Federation of French Patronages ( FGSPF ) . In 1904 , the 16-year-old Gouin was the vice-president of a small patronage near the parish church of Saint-Ambroise .
His brother , Fernand , played in the attack , while Raymond always played in the halfback line and excelled particularly in defense , mainly thanks to his height of 1.76 meters , which is the equivalent of 1,86m today , thus being a dominant element in " JA Levallois , " of which he was the captain . However , the French press once described him as " possesses a certain finesse , but seems to lack composure . " A complete amateur , football was never anything more than a leisure activity for him within his patronage . Due to being a player from the patronages , the USFSA selected him only as a member of the would-be France C squad that was originally listed to compete in the football tournament of the 1908 Olympic Games , but Gouin ended up not traveling to London because the USFSA decided to send only two instead of three teams .
On 9 May 1909 , Gouin earned his first international cap in a friendly match against Belgium in Brussels , which ended in a 2-5 loss . Two weeks later , on 22 May , Gouin played his second and last match for France in a friendly against the England amateurs in Gentilly , and even though it ended in a resounding 0-11 loss , the local press cited him among the best French players in that match : " possessed a very sure composure and judgment , he held his place honorably , committing only one mistake , which cost him a goal " ; Gouin hindered the goalkeeper Louis Tessier during an intervention .
However , Gouin 's career was halted by an attack of tuberculosis which led to his being discharged from the military in 1916 , but he eventually recovered . An accountant , he spent his entire professional career in banking . In 1946 , Gouin replaced Pierre Rousseau as the president of the Courville Football Association , holding this position for eight years until he died in 1954 . Under his presidency , the club played in the 1st departmental division from the 1945-46 until the 1951-52 season . His son , Jean-Francois Gouin , played for this club until he too died in 1967 .
Gouin died in Neuilly-sur-Seine on 28 October 1954 , at the age of 66 .
Little Nine Conference
The Little Nine Conference is a former high school athletic conference in Wisconsin . Operational from 1928 to 1970 , its membership was concentrated in east central Wisconsin and all member schools belonged to the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association .
The Little Nine Conference was founded in 1928 by a group of nine small high schools in the Fox River Valley : Bear Creek , Brillion , Denmark , Hortonville , Kimberly , Little Chute ( not related to the current high school ) , Pulaski , Seymour and Wrightstown . Hilbert joined the following year to put membership at ten schools . In 1930 , Reedsville joined the Little Nine Conference , replacing the original Little Chute High School , which closed and redistricted to Appleton and Kaukauna . The Little Nine also split into Eastern and Western Divisions that year :
In 1931 , conference membership increased to twelve schools as Freedom and Shiocton joined the Little Nine . Stockbridge was also invited to join the Little Nine that year but declined the invite . Freedom was placed in the Eastern Division while Shiocton was placed in the Western Division :
Pulaski left the conference in 1933 to compete independent of conference affiliation , and two schools swapped divisions with Freedom moving to the Western Division and Kimberly to the Eastern Division . Two years later , Winneconne joined the Little Nine Conference from the Little 6-C Conference to bring membership back up to twelve schools . They took up residence in the Western Division to give the conference two six-team divisions :
Seymour and Wrightstown swapped division affiliation in 1937 , and the conference would maintain this alignment for twelve years . In 1950 , Kimberly and Seymour left to join the Northeastern Wisconsin Conference , leaving membership at ten schools . Divisions were also abolished that year , and the Little Nine competed as a single entity for the rest of its history .
The Little Nine Conference remained a fairly stable loop in terms of membership with few changes occurring during the last two decades of the conference 's run . Brillion left in 1951 to join the Eastern Wisconsin Conference , they were not replaced until 1956 when Omro joined the Little Nine from the Big 7-C Conference . Brillion would return in 1965 to replace Bear Creek after they left the conference to compete in the Wolf River Valley Conference for the remainder of their history . The Little Nine Conference continued as a ten-member circuit before disbanding in 1970 . Six schools moved on to the new Olympian Conference ( Brillion , Denmark , Freedom , Hilbert , Reedsville and Wrightstown ) , three joined the new East Central Conference ( Hortonville , Omro and Winneconne ) , and Shiocton was accepted into the Central Wisconsin Conference .
Tanu Weds Manu Returns ( soundtrack )
Tanu Weds Manu Returns is the soundtrack album to the 2015 film of the same name directed by Aanand L. Rai , starring R. Madhavan and Kangana Ranaut in dual roles ; it is the sequel to " Tanu Weds Manu " ( 2011 ) . The film 's soundtrack is composed by Krsna Solo and Tanishk-Vayu , with lyrics written by Raj Shekhar , Vayu Shrivastav , N.S. Chauhan and Surjeet Singh Ral . The album was released through Eros Music on 1 May 2015 to positive reviews from critics and received numerous accolades .
Krsna Solo who composed music for " Tanu Weds Manu " had returned for the sequel . The first film 's music was initially revolving around the introduction of the characters , the sequel expands in terms of scale and music , becoming it more contemporary and approachable . Krsna added " the story has matured and so has the music . " The inclusion of urban elements resulted in Krsna using electronic music and had further composed a jazz number , which he stated " Despite being truly jazz , the lyrics are very Indian , and you know they belong to the world of TWM . "
While Krsna had composed most of the tracks , one song " Banno " was composed and written by Tanishk-Vayu . " Tanu Weds Manu Returns " marked the film debut of composer Tanishk Bagchi ; he previously worked as a music producer with Aditya Dev through " The Shaukeens " ( 2014 ) and composed the title song for the Colors TV show " Thapki Pyar Ki " ( 2015-2017 ) . Rai had listened to the song " Oopar Oopar " which he and Vayu uploaded it on YouTube , and which he liked it . Rai then met the duo and asked to compose a wedding song . They then thought of " Banno Teri Ankhiyan Soorme " from the film " " ( 1995 ) which was a folk number . Bagchi adapted the tune of the folk number and modernized it after the duo and Rai , were not receptive of praising the bride 's appearance as they found to be cliched and thought about the swagger she had , with the song being titled " Banno Tera Swagger . "
The soundtrack preceded with " Banno " as the first single released on 19 April 2015 . The second single " Move On " was released on 25 April . The soundtrack was released under Eros Music label on 1 May .
Devesh Sharma of " Filmfare , " rating three stars out of five , called it as " another fine effort , from Krsna and Rajshekhar - it lacks a Rangrez for sure - but that was an inspired composition and so the writer-composer duo is forgiven for the lapse this time . " Aelina Kapoor of " Rediff.com " also rated three stars and wrote " " Tanu Weds Manu Returns " album should have had fewer songs . With " Mat Ja Re , Banno " and " Ghani Bawri " as the centrepieces , and just a couple of situational songs such as " Old School Girl " and " Move On , " it would have fared much better . "
Kasmin Fernandes of " The Times of India " described the music as " rollicking " and rated four out of five . In a mixed review , Sankhayan Ghosh of " The Indian Express " rated two-and-a-half out of five and added , " the music of this one [ " Tanu Weds Manu Returns " ] finds excellence only in parts . " " Krsna offers a fitting follow-up , in terms of tone and variety , to his 2011 original score . " Joginder Tuteja of " Bollywood Hungama " wrote " Except for a couple of songs towards the end , the music of " Tanu Weds Manu Returns " does hold on well . " Sweta Kaushal of " Hindustan Times " wrote " Raj Shekhar 's lyrics add to the desi connect in Tanu Weds Manu Returns . Every single song in the movie , from Banno to Mat Jaa Re to Ghani Bawri , all of them are an intrinsic part of the narrative . "
After the release of " Tanu Weds Manu Returns , " the words " swag " and " swagger " became one of the most searched words in the online version of Oxford Dictionary of English . " Banno " topped the music charts since its release on 19 April and after the film , and its success prompted Bagchi to become one of the leading composers in Hindi film music scene . He debuted as a solo composer through " Bolna " from " Kapoor & Sons " ( 2016 ) and continued his stint , while also collaborating with Vayu Shrivastav on " Bareilly Ki Barfi " and " Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan " ( both 2017 ) amongst others . Despite the eventual success , Bagchi was often criticized from music fans and critics for recreating or remixing popular songs . " Banno " provided the breakthrough for Brijesh Shandilya - who began his singing stint since 2008 - and also for Swati Sharma .
Josie Longhurst
Josie Mae Longhurst ( born 24 February 2002 ) is a footballer who plays for Vancouver Rise FC in the Northern Super League . Born in England , she represents Wales at international level .
Longhurst began playing youth football with the Charlton Community Club , playing with boys . She then spent a year at U11 level with Chelsea , before joining Millwall for six years . She then returned to Wales for college and joined Cardiff City , before later joining Brighton & Hove Albion .
In January 2022 , Longhurst joined Lewes on a dual registration deal , while playing with the Brighton & Hove Albion youth . In June 2022 , she joined Lewes on a permanent basis .
In September 2023 , Longhurst signed with Reading in the Women 's Championship . After one season with the club , she departed the team .
In July 2024 , she joined the Whitecaps FC Girls Elite in League1 British Columbia , making her debut on July 20 against Rivers FC .
In December 2024 , she signed with Northern Super League club Vancouver Rise FC , ahead of their inaugural 2025 season .
Longhurst has been called up to both the Wales U17 and Wales U19 teams . In October 2020 , she was called up to the Wales senior team for the first time .
2025 Masters ( curling )
The 2025 WFG Masters will be held from January 14 to 19 at the Sleeman Centre in Guelph , Ontario . It will be the fourth Grand Slam event and third major of the 2024-25 curling season .
A new scoring rule will be tested at the event where a team will lose the hammer after two consecutive blank ends . The decision was made following three straight blanks between Brad Gushue and Mike McEwen in their round robin match at the 2024 National . The goal is to increase scoring and make the game more entertaining for spectators .
For the first time in Slam history , a draft was held to select the round robin pools . The top four seeds on both the men 's and women 's sides chose their opponents via snake order with the top seeds Bruce Mouat and Rachel Homan getting first pick as well as their choice of crossover pool . The pools were chosen by teams Mouat , Yannick Schwaller , Mike McEwen and Brad Gushue on the men 's side and Homan , Silvana Tirinzoni , Kerri Einarson and Kim Eun-jung on the women 's side .
Teams Jordon McDonald , Kayla Skrlik and Danielle Inglis made their top tier Grand Slam debut .
Sixteen teams will compete in the Masters . They include the seven top-ranked teams on the World Curling Federation 's Order of Merit rankings as of December 10 , 2024 , the seven top teams on the Year-to-Date rankings as of December 10 , the Tier 2 winner of the 2024 Tour Challenge , and a sponsor 's exemption . In the women 's division , the top eight teams on the Year-to-Date rankings qualified as Tier 2 winner Christina Black accepted an invitation to the 2024 National instead of the Masters as it conflicts with the 2025 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts .
Top men 's teams as of December 10 :
Tour Challenge Tier 2 winner :
Sponsor 's exemption :
Top women 's teams as of December 10 :
Sponsor 's exemption :
The teams are listed as follows :
All draw times are listed in Eastern Time ( ) .
" Tuesday , January 14 , 11 : 30 am "
" Tuesday , January 14 , 6 : 30 pm "
" Wednesday , January 15 , 8 : 00 am "
" Wednesday , January 15 , 3 : 30 pm "
" Thursday , January 16 , 8 : 00 am "
" Thursday , January 16 , 3 : 30 pm "
" Friday , January 17 , 11 : 30 am "
" Friday , January 17 , 7 : 30 pm "
" Saturday , January 18 , 11 : 00 am "
" Saturday , January 18 , 7 : 00 pm "
" Sunday , January 19 , 12 : 00 pm "
The teams are listed as follows :
All draw times are listed in Eastern Time ( ) .
" Tuesday , January 14 , 8 : 00 am "
" Tuesday , January 14 , 3 : 00 pm "
" Wednesday , January 15 , 11 : 30 am "
" Wednesday , January 15 , 7 : 30 pm "
" Thursday , January 16 , 11 : 30 am "
" Thursday , January 16 , 7 : 30 pm "
" Friday , January 17 , 8 : 00 am "
" Friday , January 17 , 3 : 30 pm "
" Saturday , January 18 , 3 : 00 pm "
" Saturday , January 18 , 7 : 00 pm "
" Sunday , January 19 , 4 : 30 pm "
Somebody Prayed
" Somebody Prayed " is a song by American Christian musician Crowder . The song was released on May 31 , 2024 , on Crowder 's fifth studio album , " The Exile , " through Sixstepsrecords / Capitol CMG .
The song was written by David Crowder , Ben Glover , Jeff Sojka , and Michael Cochren . It was produced by Glover and Sojka .
" Somebody Prayed " reached No. 11 on the " Billboard " Hot Christian Songs chart , No. 3 on the Christian Airplay and AC charts , No. 22 on the Christian Streaming Songs chart , and No. 9 on the Christian Digital Song Sales chart . On the 2024 year-end charts , the song reached No. 56 on the Hot Christian Songs chart .
On October 18 , 2024 , an edition of the song was released as a single , featuring guest vocals by Dylan Scott .
Edward Doyle ( labor activist )
Edward Lawrence Doyle ( 1886-1954 ) was a labor unionist and miner in Colorado .
From 1912 to 1917 he served as Secretary-Treasurer for District 15 of the United Mine Workers of America . He is known for his role as a union spokesperson in the Ludlow Massacre , a 1914 mass killing perpetrated by anti-striker militia during the Colorado Coalfield War .
TPBI
Bucharest has the largest public transportation network in Romania and one of the largest in Europe .
TPBI ( " Bucharest-Ilfov Intercommunity Development Association for Public Transport " ) was established as a cooperating structure of the local public authorities in the region , being founded on 20 October 2017 . The association has its own legal personality and public utility status recognized by law , intended to jointly exercise the competencies of local public administration authorities related to the provision of public transport services .
The Association 's objectives are :
Currently , in the Bucharest-Ilfov Region , there are four public transport operators that have signed service management delegation contracts with TPBI :
Wayne Johnson ( Minnesota politician )
Wayne A. Johnson is an American politician and member-elect of the Minnesota House of Representatives . A member of the Republican Party , he will represent district 41A in the eastern Twin Cities metropolitan area , which includes the cities of Cottage Grove and Lake Elmo and other parts of Washington County .
Johnson has been working as a business owner for over two decades , running two HVAC companies in Minnesota. began his political career at a local level . In 2016 , he was elected to the Cottage Grove City Council , where he served for two years ; he then ran for Washington County Commissioner and won the seat in 2018 . He served 4 years in the commissioner role . Johnson has also served on multiple boards and commissions , including the Cottage Grove Planning Commission .
After Republican incumbent Mark Wiens declared he was not seeking re-election to Minnesota House district 41A , two candidates emerged for the Republican primary : Wayne Johnson and Grayson McNew . McNew , backed by the Action 4 Liberty PAC , won endorsement at the Republican convention , but the more moderate Johnson defeated McNew in the Republican primary . In the general election , Johnson narrowly defeated DFL challenger Lucia Wroblewski , holding the seat by a margin of 1.09 points .
Johnson lives in Cottage Grove , Minnesota with his wife MaryBeth . He has two adult children .
Franck Elle Essouma
Franck Elle ( born 16 June 2000 ) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Veikkausliiga club KTP . Previously he has played in France , Greece and Bulgaria .
On 18 December 2024 , Elle moved to Finland and signed with newly promoted Veikkausliiga club Kotkan Tyovaen Palloilijat ( KTP ) on a 1 + 1-year deal .
Shatha Altowai
Shatha Altowai ( ) is a Yemeni visual artist whose work reflects aspects of her life and the suffering caused by the ongoing civil war in Yemen .
Through her paintings , Altowai addresses issues such as identity , internally displaced persons ( IDPs ) , women , and family . She frequently collaborates with her husband , the Yemeni pianist and composer Saber Bamatraf .
Altowai has received many awards for her art and cultural activism , this includes the IIE-Artist Protection Fund award , which enabled her to move to Scotland after her art activism in Yemen was suspended in 2018 due to death threats she and her husband received . The fellowship was hosted at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities ( IASH ) within the University of Edinburgh from 2020 to 2021 . She also won The John Byrne Award for the first quarter of 2021 , and The Scottish Women 's Award 2022 in the Arts and Culture category . She has been based in Edinburgh since 2020 .
Altowai began creating art at a young age but did not showcase her work publicly until 2014 , after her marriage to Bamatraf . Together , they started by performing small-scale events , eventually moving to public spaces . Their collaborative events , often combine Shatha 's artistic work with Saber 's musical performances , quickly gained popularity in local cafes and public venues , marking the beginning of their artistic journey as a couple .
Altowai encountered significant challenges in her early artistic career . In July 2015 , her house was damaged in an airstrike that hit a neighbouring building , forcing her and her husband to become displaced . According to Altowai and Bamatraf , navigating the public sphere as an artistic couple in Yemen posed substantial hurdles , particularly due to the country 's conservative and patriarchal norms , which often limit women 's participation in public life and artistic expression .
Despite these obstacles , Altowai continued to engage in various artistic and public events across Yemen alongside her husband .
Minnesota Distance Elite
Minnesota Distance Elite , previously known as Team USA Minnesota , is a long-distance running team based in the U.S. state of Minnesota . The team is designed to support the running careers of post-collegiate athletes , supporting athletes from middle distance to the marathon . By 2024 , Minnesota Distance Elite is widely recognized as one of the top American running teams .
Runners apply to join the team , who have to be approved by the board of directors after reviewing the athlete 's training history . The most important criteria for joining as of 2007 was steady improvement in performance .
Chris Lundstrom has been the coach of Minnesota Distance Elite since 2016 . Lundstrom heard the previous coach , Dennis Barker , was retiring and applied for the position and started with six athletes after he was hired .
Various marathons have sponsored Minnesota Distance Elite . Twin Cities in Motion , the organization that produces the Twin Cities Marathon , sponsored Team USA Minnesota at least between 2013 and 2017 . This support provided a salary for the coach , which became a full-time position in 2014 . As of 2015 , the Pittsburgh Marathon was a sponsor of Team USA Minnesota allowing each athlete to earn a minimum of a $ 500 monthly stipend . As of 2002 , the stipends varied from $ 450 to $ 850 per month . In 2014 , the Houston Marathon Foundation announced it was donating $ 40,000 for elite athlete development , part of which was used by Team USA Minnesota . In general , participating runners generally need to supplement their income given the modest stipends earned from being part of the team . For example , in 2002 Carrie Tollefson and Katie McGregor worked at Run N Fun running store in Saint Paul , Minnesota .
As of 2002 , participating athletes could use athletic facilities at the University of Minnesota and Augsburg College .
Patricia Goodwin founded Team USA Minnesota in 2001 and hired the team 's first coaching staff . From the start , Team USA Minnesota was half-women and half-men making it unique from other professional development running teams . She was inspired to start the team because the performance of U.S. distance runners was perceived as being poor at the 2000 Summer Olympics .
Running USA and USA Track & Field announced the founding of Team USA Minnesota in 2001 . The first women 's coach was Dennis Barker , the cross country and track coach at Augsburg University . The first men 's coach was Steve Plasencia , the distance running coach at the University of Minnesota . Ditlev Larson , the men 's cross country coach at the University of Minnesota , and Charlie Mahler , the former cross country and track coach at Gustavus Adolphus College , served as assistant coaches . The team was started with a roster of nine runners including Carrie Tollefson who had been training in Florida until the creation of the team . At the time of its creation , Minnesota Distance Elite had a budget of $ 90,000 to $ 100,000 for athlete stipends and race travel funding . Minnesota Distance Elite also arranged for each athlete to have health insurance , a health club membership , as well as housing ; some women were given arranged housing in Edina , Minnesota while some men were given arranged housing in Saint Paul , Minnesota . As of 2002 , participating athletes could get housing for $ 350 if they needed it . The team was originally supposed to have ten members , but Kelly Keeler dropped out after learning being on the team would require too much time away from her job .
The other Team USA training centers established at the same time include Hansons Running Shop Team USA Michigan , Team BrownStone USA New York , and Team USA California ( now Mammoth Track Club ) .
Carrie Tollefson ran the first race as a Team USA Minnesota athlete at the Prefontaine Classic in 2001 . Kim Kauls , Kurt Keiser and Kelly Mortenson were training for the New York City Marathon at the time and hoping to qualify for the US Olympic marathon trials . Chris Lundstrom ran the 2001 Grandma 's Marathon where he was the first American finisher .
Turena Johnson-Lane joined Team USA Minnesota in 2001 to train for a year to prepare for the Olympic Trials in 2004 , leaving an assistant coaching job at Luther College ( Iowa ) to do so .
The Twin Cities Marathon and Minnesota Distance Running Association held a fundraiser for Team USA Minnesota near Bde Maka Ska in July 2001 at which former Olympic runner Steve Holman spoke .
Kurt Keiser , Kelly Mortenson , Matt Gabrielson , Katie McGregor , Kristin Nicolini , and Turena Johnson-Lane competed at the Minnesota Distance Classic track meet in July 2001 .
Katie McGregor competed at the Athletes Foot Mile in Lincoln , Nebraska in July 2001 . She sought to qualify for the US Olympic trials in 2004 competing in the 10,000 metres .
Katie McGregor , Carrie Tollefson , Kim Kauls , Kelly Mortenson , and Matt Gabrielson competed in the Perfect 10k in Minneapolis , Minnesota , an event in which women started four minutes before the men and $ 25,000 of cash prizes were distributed to the first five finishers . Katie McGregor finished in fourth place with a time of 34 : 43.7 and won $ 2000 in prize money . McGregor and Tollefson ran together for the first three miles before Tollefson fell off the pace , however John Korir passed McGregor with a mile to go in the race .
Katie McGregor won the Twin Cities 10 Mile in 2001 with a time of 57 : 21 .
Chris Lundstrom finished in 16th place at the 2001 New York City Marathon despite gastrointestinal issues with a time of 2 : 18 : 08 , fast enough to qualify for the 2004 US Olympic marathon trials .
Matt Gabrielson and Turena Johnson-Lane competed in the USA Track and Field national cross country championships in Mobile , Alabama in December 2001 . They both finished in 11th place in their respective 10,000 meter and 6,000 meter races respectively .
Katie McGregor won the Western Hemisphere Half Marathon in Culver City , California in December 2001 with at time of 1 : 18 : 09 .
Matt Gabrielson was struck by a vehicle in December 2001 while running in Knoxville , Tennessee . He was released from a local hospital five hours later with seven staples in his head but didn 't have any broken bones . He had to miss training in Albuquerque , New Mexico in January and February with the other nine members of Team USA Minnesota .
In February 2002 , Carrie Tollefson set a fieldhouse record at the Minnesota Open track meet , running a mile in 4 : 37.44 . Kristen Nicolini won the 3000 m race at the Penn State Invitational with a time of 9 : 25 , and Turena Johnson won the 3000 meter race at North Carolina State indoor meet in Chapel Hill , North Carolina with a time of 9 : 30 . Male runners from Team USA Minnesota also competed in a 12 km winter cross country race in Vancouver , Washington and finished in fifth place with a score of 61 .
In March 2002 , Carrie Tollefson , Katie McGregor , and Kristen Nicolini ran the 3000 meter race at the indoor track and field championships in New York . They finished in third , sixth , and seventh place respectively with times of 9 : 01.49 , 9 : 18.15 , and 9 : 23.19 . Kelly Mortensen ran in the Los Angeles Marathon , his first marathon since he finished 12th at the 2000 US Olympic marathon trials . He finished in 11th place with a time of 2 : 27 : 50 , having faded in the second half of the race since he covered the first in 1 : 10 : 53 . Turena Johnson Lane finished in 15th place at the Gate River Run championship with a time of 52 : 59 . Chris Lundstrom and Jason Lehmkuhle also competed in the 15 km championship race , finishing in 17th and 26th place among the men . Carrie Tollefson ran the world cross country championships in Dublin , Ireland in March 2002 . She finished in 11th place in the race . Katie McGregor ran the Shamrock Shuffle in Chicago , Illinois with a time of 26 : 49 in the race , finishing third overall .
Training under Team USA Minnesota coach Dennis Barker , Tollefson was running consistently about per week , and sought to qualify for the 2004 Olympics in the 5000 or 10,000 meter races . She also hoped to break the US record of 14 : 45 : 35 set by Regina Jacobs . Likewise , Katie McGregor hoped to qualify for the 2004 Olympics in the 10,000 meters and was running to per week in 2002 .
In April 2002 , Chris Lundstrom set a new personal best running the 10,000 meter race at the Stanford Invitational track meet with a time of 29 : 05.9 . Turena Johnson-Lane finished in sixth place at the Drake Relays 5,000 meter race with a time of 17 : 05.03 . Katie McGregor finished sixth at the Drake Relays 3000 meter race with a time of 9 : 29.79 . Katie McGregor and Chris Lundstrom competed in the Mt SAC Relays at San Antonio College . McGregor set a new personal best in the 5,000 running a 15 : 30 and finished in fourth place . Lundstrom also set a new personal best in the 5,000 with a time of 14 : 10 . < ref >
Solar Data Analysis Center
NASA 's Solar Data Analysis Center ( SDAC ) is a data center and repository at NASA / GSFC , responsible for managing and archiving data from scientific heliophysics missions . The center is a major distribution hub for solar images from the SDO and other solar space missions such as SOHO , Hinode and STEREO , and serves as an access point for the Virtual Solar Observatory and many other heliophysics and solar physics resources .
Ritaben Patel
Ritaben Ketankumar Patel ( born 1983 ) is an Indian politician from Gujarat . She is a member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly from Gandhinagar North Assembly constituency in Gandhinagar district . She won the 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election representing the Bharatiya Janata Party .
Patel is from Gandhinagar , Gujarat . She married Ketankumar Dineshbhai Patel . She completed her MCom in 2006 at Gujarat University and later did a post graduate Diploma in Computer Application in 2007 at Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University .
Patel won from Gandhinagar North Assembly constituency representing Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election . She polled 80,623 votes and defeated her nearest rival , Virendrasinh Vaghela of the Indian National Congress , by a margin of 26,111 votes .
She was the mayor of Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation from 15 April 2019 to 5 May 2021 .
Beizionys Eldership
The Beizionys Eldership ( ) is an eldership of Lithuania , located in the Elektrenai Municipality . In 2021 its population was 240 .
United Skates of America
United Skates of America , Inc. is a national roller skating rink chain founded in 1971 . As of 2024 , it is headquartered in Columbus , Ohio . It operates 12 family entertainment centers in Arizona , California , Florida , Illinois , Indiana , Michigan , North Carolina , New Jersey , New York , Ohio , and Rhode Island .
As of 2023 , its president is Karen Palermo and its chairman is Jim Dvorak .
In 1971 , a 31-year-old Norman L. Traeger founded United Skates of America Inc . , described by USSEC as " a chain of family fun centers . " Traeger served as president until at least 1983 , when the NY Appellate Division ruled in favor of United Skates to purchase 71-17 Roosevelt Avenue , Queens ( formerly Indoor Skateboard Center , Inc . ) .
The United Skates Roller Rink in Seaford , New York opened in 1978 .
Former president and current chairman Jim Dvorak joined the company in 1980 .
In 1989 , Dvorak was charged with a RICO conspiracy regarding alcohol sales , but was acquitted of all charges by Judge Marvin Aspen .
In 2003 , " The Wall Street Journal " advertised Dvorak 's request that the company was seeking a new president , after which Dvorak would become chairman . Dvorak described that the six-figure presidential position relies on travel due to the importance of local marketing , and that no rollerskate experience is required , although the position guarantees " free Rollerblades for life " and " [ a ] ll the cotton candy you can eat . " At the time , it operated 18 roller skating centers in 9 states , with a staff of 50 full-time employees and 500 part-timers .
USA has purchased shuttered rinks in order to refurbish and reopen them . In 2023 , Dvorak travelled from Ohio to New Jersey to attend the ribbon cutting of the USA 's recently-acquired Jackson Skating Center . Formerly called Rollermagic ( 1978 - 2022 ) , the facility had closed the previous year . Like other USA facilities , the reopening involved removing alcoholic beverage sales ; gutting the building ; affixing new carpeting ; and adding new glow-in-the-dark airbrushed murals , blacklight fixtures , laser lighting displays , and an updated sound system . The new USA location also included " skate mates " for children ; these are plastic devices similar to mobility walkers which enable beginners or young children to skate independently . Local newspaper " Jersey Shore Online " reported an overall positive response from longtime attenders of the former Rollermagic rink .
As of 2024 , the rinks host summer camps , birthday parties , STEM / ExL educational field trips , corporate events , DJed adult skate nights , and public events .
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Betygala Eldership
The Betygala Eldership ( ) is an eldership of Lithuania , located in the Raseiniai District Municipality . In 2021 its population was 1652 .
Bijotai Eldership
The Bijotai Eldership ( ) is an eldership of Lithuania , located in the Silale District Municipality . In 2021 its population was 800 .
Lee Bo-ik
Lee Bo-ik ( Korean : 리보익 ; May 31 , 1876 - October 18 , 1959 ) was the grandmother of Kim Il-sung and great-grandmother of Kim Jong-il . She was a farmer from Pyongyang , South Pyongan Province , North Korea , and the wife of Kim Bo-hyon , who was also a farmer .
She was born on May 31 , 1876 in Pyongyang , South Pyongan Province .
She eventually married Kim Bo-hyon , a farmer , and gave birth to three sons and three daughters : eldest son Kim Hyong-jik ( father of Kim Il-sung ) , second son Kim Hyongnok , third son Kim Hyong-gwon , eldest daughter Kim Gu-il , second daughter Kim Hyong-sil , and third daughter Kim Hyong-bok .
On June 4 , 1937 , the Battle of Pochonbo occurred in Kapsan County , South Hamgyong Province . Later , Kim Young-ju , who worked as an interpreter for the Japanese army , learned that the mastermind of the attack was his brother Kim Il-sung . In order to gain Kim Yong-ju 's cooperation , Japan handed over his grandmother .
On August 15 , 1945 , her grandson Kim Il-sung returned to China from the Soviet Union .
She died on October 18 , 1959 , at the age of 83 and a statue in her honor stands at the Revolutionary Martyrs ' Cemetery .
Yi Poik and Kim Pohyon were likened as " patriots " by the Editorial Committee for the Short Biography of Kim Il Sung .
On 19 August 2013 , wreaths were sent by various North Korean organizations to the tombs of Yi Poik and Kim Pohyon .
Bilionys Eldership
The Bilionys Eldership ( ) is an eldership of Lithuania , located in the Silale District Municipality . In 2021 its population was 341 .
Camponotus castanicola
Camponotus castanicola is an ant in the genus " Camponotus " native to the Philippines .
It has a thorny spurred red three part abdomen joiner with the bottom turning to a black abdomen. the legs are striped red and lined at the bottoms .
There are multiple pinned specimens on the internet .
The only confirmed live records are taken via 5 iNaturalist observations by Mark Bulahao .
Virtual Solar Observatory
The Virtual Solar Observatory ( VSO ) is a distributed access system for solar physics relevant scientific data . VSO allows users to query a distributed database to find solar images , spectra , and other data collected by observatories in space and around the globe , given particular query parameters such as date / time and particular image characteristics such as wavelength , spatial resolution , or the particular observatory that collected the data .
VSO itself is not a data repository nor a database ; rather , it is a lightweight interface layer that ties together a uniform query format and re-issues queries to the heterogeneous collection of data repositories associated with solar observatories around the globe . The returned data are regularized to provide access information in a standardized format . From the observatory perspective , VSO affords a convenient way to share data by registering a local data repository with the central system . From the user perspective , VSO simulates a single centralized data-retrieval system that allows users to query the world 's solar-physics data repositories as if they were a single system .
VSO has several interfaces . A web query page affords direct access , via tables of URLs , to data products with little up-front development . An http API exists , with client modules distributed in IDL ( via Solarsoft ) and in Python ( via SunPy ) , so that users can interface VSO queries to data-reduction pipelines or other tools on a procedural basis .
VSO is a community-organized project that receives funding from several sources including NASA and NSF . It is relied upon throughout the heliophysics research community as a convenient and reliable way to access solar data regardless of source observatory .
Al Mursalat ( Riyadh )
Al-Mursalat ( ) is a neighborhood in northern Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , located west of al-Nuzha and north of the King Salman Neighborhood in the sub-municipality of al-Ulaya . It was named after the telecommunication poles in the locality that were built in the 1960s and 1970s by the German multinational conglomerate Siemens AG . The neighborhood was officially established in 1974 when Saudi real estate magnate Ibrahim Saeedan purchased almost 25 acres of land in the area . The district hosts the head office of the Saudi Telecom Company .
Birstonas Eldership
The Birstonas Eldership ( ) is an eldership of Lithuania , located in the Birstonas Municipality . In 2021 its population was 1056 .
Bubiai Eldership
The Bubiai Eldership ( ) is an eldership of Lithuania , located in the Siauliai District Municipality . In 2021 its population was 3098 .
6th Society of Composers & amp ; Lyricists Awards
The 6th Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards will recognize the best in music in films television productions and interactive media of 2024 . The ceremony will take place on February 12 , 2025 , in Los Angeles , California . The venuew for the ceremony was not been announced yet .
The nominees were announced on December 18 , 2024 . French musical drama film " Emilia Perez " led the nominations with three , followed by the television series " Shogun , " " , " " Masters of the Air " and " Palm Royale , " with two nominations each .
British composer Harry Gregson-Williams and English filmmaker Ridley Scott will received the Spirit of Collaboration Award ; while American composer Jeff Beal will be presented with the Jury Award .
Winners will be listed first and in bold .
Butrimonys Eldership ( Alytus )
The Butrimonys Eldership ( ) is an eldership of Lithuania , located in the Alytus District Municipality . In 2021 its population was 1625 .
Stachys buttleri
Stachys buttleri is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae endemic to Turkey growing on a single rock face in Antalya .
" Stachys buttleri " is a perennial herb with fragile stems growing on the western calcareous rock face at the Upper Duden Waterfalls ( Yukarı Duden Selalesi ) in Antalya , some 9 km NNE of the old city centre , 40-90 m above sea level .
It is a very finely long-hairy plant , with large , oval , broad-toothed leaves , and with medium-spaced ( 1-4 cm apart ) whorls of white flowers set along flowering stems that tend to hang downwards . There are mostly 2 flowers per whorl , which distinguishes it from the similar Stachys pinardii nearby which generally has 4 or more per whorl .
As a plant growing just on one rock face , it is classed as CR ( Critically Endangered ) .
Photographic details can be seen on iNaturalist .
The species is named after Dr K. P. Buttler , its discoverer and a notable collector of the Turkish flora .
Henry Loomis ( disambiguation )
Henry Loomis may refer to :
Butrimonys Eldership ( Salcininkai )
The Butrimonys Eldership ( ) is an eldership of Lithuania , located in the Salcininkai District Municipality . In 2021 its population was 1483 .
2024-25 Dijon FCO season
The 2024-25 season is the 27th in the history of Dijon FCO and the fourth consecutive season in the Championnat National , the French third division . In addition to the domestic league , Dijon is competing in the Coupe de France .
Budvietis Eldership
The Budvietis Eldership ( ) is an eldership of Lithuania , located in the Lazdijai District Municipality . In 2021 its population was 800 .
Capture of Banastharim
The Capture of Banastharim was a series of military confrontations between the Kingdom of Portugal and the Adil Shahi Sultanate in 1512 , during the Portuguese expansion in India . The final siege leading to the capture of the fort .
After capturing Goa in November 1510 , the Portuguese did not immediately gain control of surrounding territories like Ponda , Bardez , and Salsette . The Muslim forces , led by Phulat Khan , retreated to Banastharim , a strategic location about 14 km from Goa , and began creating insecurity in the region . Taking advantage of Afonso de Albuquerque 's absence on an expedition to Malacca , Phulat Khan crossed the river and invaded the island of Goa , attempting to recapture it . The initial resistance from the Governor of Goa , Malhar Rao , and the local ally Timmoja proved futile , forcing them to flee .
Captain Rodrigo Rebello managed to rout the Muslim forces near Goa Velha with a small force of thirty cavalry men , two hundred Malabarese and three hundred natives of Goa . However , Rebello 's accidental death in a skirmish left the Portuguese without strong leadership until Diogo Mendes took command . Despite their efforts , the Portuguese were in a precarious position , with limited men and resources . Phulat Khan fortified Banastharim , turning it into a base for continuous attacks on Goa .
The situation worsened when Rasul Khan , Sultan Adil Shah 's brother-in-law , arrived to replace Phulat Khan . Rasul Khan deceitfully allied with the Portuguese to overthrow Phulat Khan , only to turn against them afterward . The siege of Goa began , lasting through the monsoon and severely straining the Portuguese defenses . The return of Albuquerque from Malacca in September 1512 with reinforcements marked a turning point in the conflict .
Afonso de Albuquerque arrived in Goa with a fleet of sixteen vessels , bringing provisions and reinforcements . He divided his forces , sending part of the fleet up the Mandovi River while he took the remaining 4 ships along the Zuari River to cut off supplies to the Muslim camp at Banastharim .
Aires de Silva sailed with his ships in the Mandovi River and removed the stakes set by the Muslims to block the Portuguese ships . Albuquerque led the attack from a boat and continued the fight throughout the whole night . The Muslim attack on Goa continued in the meanwhile by the sea for eight days .
Rasul Khan advanced with his own force , when he was effectively resisted by Garcia de Noronha and other captains with four thousand men including Malabarese and natives . The Muslims retreated and they were chased by the Portuguese . A fierceful battle followed in which many Portuguese were killed as against the loss of one thousand Muslims .
Albuquerque then organized his troops into three divisions , led by Pero de Mascarenhas , Garcia de Noronha , and himself . Swiss archers formed the center , with cavalry kept in reserve . A flanking maneuver by Albuquerque 's forces caused confusion among the Muslim troops , forcing them to retreat . The ones retreating were attacked by the men of Garcia de Noronha 's division . Many of the Muslim force were trapped in mud and died , while others tried to cross the river at Guadalim only to meet the Portuguese ships .
Albuquerque returned to the city of Goa to rest . During the two days rest , the Portuguese prepared for the siege of Banastharim .
The Portuguese moved out on the third day .
On November 15 , 1512 , Albuquerque launched a decisive attack on the fortress of Banastharim . Portuguese artillery bombarded the fort walls , and naval forces attacked from the river . Despite a counterattack by Rasul Khan , the Portuguese breached the walls on November 18 . Surrounded and outnumbered , Rasul Khan surrendered , agreeing to return deserters , captured ships , and the fortress .
With the capture of Banastharim , the Portuguese solidified their control over Goa . Albuquerque demolished the existing fortifications and rebuilt them , ensuring the site could withstand future attacks . The deserters who had joined the Muslims were punished by mutilation or sent to Lisbon as prisoners .
Albuquerque wrote to his monarch that :
Money Without Me
" Money Without Me " is a song released by Kendrick Lamar on his YouTube channel on December 17 , 2024 .
" Money Without Me " was released on December 17 , 2024 on Lamar 's YouTube channel . It marked Lamar 's first release after the release of his November studio album , " GNX . " Shortly after , the video became unlisted , then made public again , then struck with a copyright claim by Universal Music Group . On December 18 , the song was taken down .
Some believe the song 's release to be a teaser or indicator of a deluxe version of " GNX , " especially due to the song 's cover art featuring the car shown on " GNX " ' s album cover . Lefty Gunplay , who was featured on Lamar 's song " TV Off , " stated in an interview at the end of November 2024 that such a version could be released soon .
The song incorporates synth and piano instrumentation over Lamar 's introspective lyrics about growing up in Compton , California . The lyrics reference Snoop Dogg 's debut studio album , " Doggystyle , " as well as P Diddy and long-time collaborator Dr. Dre . The song is known by fans and critics to be a track recorded during Lamar 's sessions for the 2011 debut studio album , " Section.80 " ; the song had been leaked in previous years online .
The surprise release of " Money Without Me " was seen as a " bridge " between " two defining moments in Kendrick 's career - his " Section.80 " origins and the present-day dominance of his " GNX " era . " " Hit Channel " wrote that " The song 's poignant storytelling and throwback production style are drawing praise from fans , with many expressing nostalgia for the rawness of his early day . The drop also complements the lyrical themes of " GNX , " cementing Kendrick 's ability to honor his roots while exploring new creative territory . "
Henderson Sloughs
Henderson Sloughs is a 3,949-acre wetland segment of the Sloughs Wildlife Management Area , a state-owned and protected area of the U.S. state of Kentucky . Located in Henderson County , Kentucky and Union County , Kentucky , the overall protected area comprises 11,175 acres in the bottomland of the Ohio River . It is a National Natural Landmark and an Important Bird Area of Kentucky .
The Sloughs Wildlife Management Area ( WMA ) consists of 11,175 acres of Kentucky state-owned land , located relatively adjacent to the Ohio River and to the municipality of Henderson , Kentucky . Made up of three separate parcels of land , the wildlife management area is dominated by wetlands , which constitute 59.69 % of the surveyed total . More than one-third of the overall wildlife management area has been listed as a National Natural Landmark ( NNL ) , and the U.S. National Park Service characterizes this portion as " one of the largest wetlands remaining in Kentucky . "
In addition to the core NNL , the National Audubon Society characterizes much of the surrounding Sloughs WMA as reclaimed wetland and hardwood bottomland that after use as agricultural land , " has been returned , as nearly as possible , to its natural condition . " The reclaimed wetland is managed by levees and pumps . The overall Sloughs WMA provides winter habitat for approximately 15,000 migratory geese , 20,000 migratory ducks , and a bald eagle nesting ground .
In addition to its ecological value as a continuing place for bird life along major North American migratory paths and flyways , these sloughs near Henderson were a favorite hiking ground in the early 1800s for John James Audubon . Later famed as an artist and ornithologist , Audubon lived near here from 1812 until 1819 as an unsuccessful storekeeper .
The sloughs were named as a National Natural Landmark in 1974 , and were listed as an Important Bird Area of Kentucky in 2006 .
SarahAnne Perel
SarahAnne Perel is an American ballerina . Since 2024 , she has danced with the Miami City Ballet as a member of the corps de ballet . Perel was formerly a dancer with Carolina Ballet and Los Angeles Ballet .
Perel grew up in New York . From 2004 to 2014 , she attended the School of American Ballet . During her time as a student at the School of American Ballet , she performed with the New York City Ballet in productions of " The Nutcracker , " " Coppelia , " and " Circus Polka " and attended summer intensives at San Francisco Ballet , Miami City Ballet , and Pacific Northwest Ballet . Perel studied under Suzanne Farrell at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington , D.C. for three summers .
She graduated from the School of American Ballet and the Professional Children 's School in 2014 .
She earned a bachelor of arts degree from Duke University , where she majored in international and comparative studies and minored in dance and Spanish language . While in school , she participated in American Ballet Theatre 's residency at Duke University as well as Alonzo King / LINES Ballet 's and Ballet X 's residencies . She was a recipient of the Clay Taliaferro Award in 2018 and the Julia Wray Award in 2020 from Duke 's dance department .
She served as the artistic director of Devils en Pointe , a student-run ballet organization at Duke University , and performed in the organization 's productions of " The Nutcracker , " " The Sleeping Beauty , " " La Bayadere , " and " Pandora 's Box . "
In 2014 , Perel joined the corps de ballet at Los Angeles Ballet and danced with the company until 2018 . While dancing with Los Angeles Ballet , she performed in works by George Balanchine , Sir Frederick Ashton , Colleen Neary , and Thordal Christensen including " Don Quixote , " " Romeo and Juliet , " and " Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2 . " She danced the Rose lead in " Waltz of the Flowers " with Los Angeles Ballet at the Dolby Theatre . She also taught ballet at the Los Angeles Ballet School .
In 2018 , upon invitation by ballet mistress Debra Austin , she joined Carolina Ballet as a guest artist . In 2020 , she joined the corps de ballet at Carolina Ballet . She danced in Carolina Ballet 's production of " The Nutcracker " for three seasons and performed in " Swan Lake " and George Balanchine 's " Serenade . " While dancing at Carolina Ballet , she also worked as a dance teacher at Triangle Day School and Barriskill Dance Theater School in Durham , North Carolina and tutored Spanish-speaking students at Durham School of the Arts .
In 2023 , she was featured in " Dance Magazine . "
In 2024 , she joined the corps de ballet at Miami City Ballet . In November 2024 , she performed in Miami City Ballet 's " A Midsummer Night 's Dream " as a member of Queen Tatiana 's retinue .
Teleopsis selecta
Teleopsis selecta is a species of fly in the genus " Teleopsis " occurring exclusively in the Philippines .
This species looks like a midge of the genus " Chasmatonotus " with its classic black and white spotted wings , but differs by having a big brown hump on its head , and having its eyes go out like antlers. its mouth looks like that of a leafhoppers .
This species has one confirmed and well cited record on the internet taken via iNaturalist observation by Mark Bulahao . It is also the only live record .
Willem Boreel van Hogelanden
Jonkheer Sir Willem Boreel , 9th Baronet , Lord of Hogelanden , ( 24 March 1800 - 24 August 1883 ) was a Dutch politician who served as Speaker of the House of Representatives thrice in the period between 1847 and 1855 , and as King 's Commissioner of North Holland from 1855 until 1860 .
Boreel van Hogelanden was born on 24 March 1800 in Velsen , to a regent family from the Kennemerland area . His father , Jacob Boreel , served as commissioner and " schepen " of Amsterdam and as member of the provincial council of Holland , and his mother was Margaretha Johanna Munter . He started studying law at the Athenaeum Illustre of Amsterdam in 1817 , registered for literature at Utrecht University in 1819 , but ultimately continued studying law at Leiden University , where he attended lectures of Willem Bilderdijk and obtained his doctorate . He inherited the Boreel baronetcy from his father in 1821 , and became a member of the " Ridderschap " of Holland , the college of the province 's nobles , in 1824 . Boreel van Hogeland started his career in diplomacy , serving as attache of the Dutch legation to Constantinople from 1822 .
From August to September 1840 , he briefly served as extraordinary member of the House of Representatives for the province of Holland , tasked with reviewing the Constitution 's first amendment since 1815 . In his maiden speech on 31 August , he expressed his opposition to the proposed division of the province of Holland into two provinces . Nevertheless , he voted in favour of the constitutional amendment , considering its other changes as an improvement . On 18 October 1842 he became a regular member of the House , now representing South Holland . In the House , he sided with the moderate or pragmatic liberals ; he was neither a supporter nor a principled opponent of the royal government . When a group of liberal members tabled a proposal for constitutional revision in 1844 , Boreel van Hogelanden responded sympathetically .
On 21 October 1847 , Boreel van Hogelanden was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives . In March 1848 , he was summoned by King William II who , pressured by the Revolutions of 1848 elsewhere in Europe , declared to Boreel that he was willing to agree to a constitutional revision , and that he had taken this decision without consulting his ministers . After Boreel relayed this latter point in the House of Representatives , the ministers felt bypassed by the king , and tendered their resignation . In the succeeding period , Boreel opposed the more radical proposals of some members , and sought to build a majority in the House for a moderate reform . However , his efforts were in vain , and the king appointed a constitutional review committee comprising radical liberals , chaired by Johan Rudolph Thorbecke .
After the Constitutional Reform of 1848 , which introduced direct elections for the House of Representatives , the 1848 general election was called , and Boreel van Hogelanden was elected in the district of The Hague . Upon the installation of the newly elected parliament on 13 February 1849 , he left office as Speaker . The new parliament elected Jan Karel van Goltstein to succeed him . When Thorbecke was tasked with forming a government in 1849 , he reluctantly inquired into Boreel 's willingness to become minister of Foreign Affairs , but the latter showed no interest in the ministerial post due to his difficult working relation with Thorbecke . As a member of the House of Representatives , Boreel opposed Thorbecke 's ministry , in particular foreign minister Herman van Sonsbeeck 's policy regarding the Duchy of Limburg and the German Confederation .
In 1851 , Speaker of the House Albertus Jacobus Duymaer van Twist was appointed Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies , and Boreel was elected to succeed him . He returned to the office of Speaker on 21 February . He was one of eight members who voted in favour of an amendment , tabled by Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer , which expressed a conservative interpretation of the new Constitution . The vote exemplifies Boreel 's increasing conservatism after 1848 . Nevertheless , he was no supporter of Groen van Prinsterer , and was reluctant to be considered part of the " conservative party . " In October 1852 , he lost re-election as Speaker to the Thorbeckean liberal Willem Hendrik Dullert . However , the conservatives made significant inroads in the 1853 general election and Dullert was unseated . Boreel was elected to the Speaker 's office a third time in June 1853 , and would remain in office until his resignation from the House in 1855 .
Boreel van Hogelanden was appointed King 's Commissioner of North Holland on 4 August 1855 ; he took office on 1 October of that year . During his tenure and King 's commissioner , he was asked to become minister of Foreign Affairs twice , in 1856 and in 1858 , but he declined both times . He remained in office until 1 May 1860 , and received the honorary title Minister of State upon his resignation . He also served as a member of the Senate for North Holland from 14 December 1860 until 1 November 1866 , when he resigned due to old age . In 1863 , he was one of seven members to vote against the secondary education act .
Boreel van Hogelanden married his cousin Margaretha Jacoba Maria Paulina Boreel , Dame du Palais to Queen Sophie , in The Hague on 24 July 1833 . The two had nine children , including Jacob Willem Gustaaf Boreel van Hogelanden , later member of the House of Representatives and mayor of Haarlem .
Ceikiniai Eldership
The Ceikiniai Eldership ( ) is an eldership of Lithuania , located in the Ignalina District Municipality . In 2021 its population was 441 .
Cirkliskis Eldership
The Cirkliskis Eldership ( ) is an eldership of Lithuania , located in the Svencionys District Municipality . In 2021 its population was 755 .
For Faerie , Queen & amp ; Country
For Faerie , Queen & Country is a 1993 role-playing supplement for " Amazing Engine " published by TSR .
" For Faerie , Queen & Country " is a supplement in which a setting is provided based on Great Britain in the 1870s where faeries live .
Denys Backriges reviewed " For Faerie , Queen & Country " in " White Wolf " # 37 ( July / Aug. , 1993 ) , rating it a 3 out of 5 and stated that " Depending on how the GM uses the faeries and other evils available , the game can offer its players high fantasy , arcane fantasy or horror . Magical guilds , mystical secret societies and anarchist plots all combined to form a genuinely original setting . " FFQC " could be accused of being a Victorian England version of " ShadowRun , " but that would be unfair . Overall , the game needs more material to be complete . However , for an inventive GM willing to flesh out British society in the 1870 's , the game will offer plenty of adventure and roleplaying variety . Just remember to keep a little cold iron in your pocket , and you 'll be safe . "
Ciobiskis Eldership
The Bijotai Eldership ( ) is an eldership of Lithuania , located in the Sirvintos District Municipality . In 2021 its population was 647 .
Ciulenai Eldership
The Ciulenai Eldership ( ) is an eldership of Lithuania , located in the Moletai District Municipality . In 2021 its population was 1199 .
Naudh Singh
Nodh Singh ( died 1752 ) was a Sikh leader and founder of the Sukerchakia Misl .
Nodh Singh died in 1752 after enemy soldiers set fire to a cave he was in . He was succeeded by his son Charat Singh .
Dainava Eldership ( Salcininkai )
The Dainava Eldership ( ) is an eldership of Lithuania , located in the Salcininkai District Municipality . In 2021 its population was 680 .
Darbenai Eldership
The Darbenai Eldership ( ) is an eldership of Lithuania , located in the Kretinga District Municipality . In 2021 its population was 3863 .
Christine Bonfanti-Dossat
Christine Bonfanti-Dossat ( born 25 May 1956 ) is a French politician of The Republicans serving as a member of the Senate since 2017 . From 1995 to 2017 , she served as mayor of Lafox .
Amazing Engine System Guide
Amazing Engine System Guide is a 1993 role-playing supplement for " Amazing Engine " published by TSR .
" Amazing Engine System Guide " is a supplement in which an overview of the concepts of the game is presented .
In 1993 TSR ended production on most of its role-playing game lines , including " Gamma World , " " Marvel Super Heroes , " and " Basic Dungeons & Dragons , " and replaced these soon after with a new universal game system presented in the " Amazing Engine System Guide " ( 1993 ) .
Denys Backriges reviewed " The Amazing Engine System Guide " in " White Wolf " # 37 ( July / Aug. , 1993 ) , rating it a 2 out of 5 and stated that " TSR 's method may allow for more varied genres since so few rules are actually shared . For an inexperienced gamer , the " System Guide " can be recommended because it serves as a good introduction to roleplaying . However , advanced gamers may be disappointed by the lack of detail in the core rules of " Amazing Engine . " "
Bill Johnson ( Mississippi politician )
William A. Johnson Jr. is an American former politician . In 1991 , he ran in the Democratic Party primary for the 46th district seat in the Mississippi State Senate but lost to Vic Franckiewicz Jr . The next year , he ran for the same seat as a Republican , besting Democratic nominee Scottie Cuevas and independent Jerry Ladner . Johnson was defeated in a rematch with Cuevas in 1995 .
Jayantibhai Patel
Jayantibhai Somabhai Patel ( born 1958 ) is an Indian politician from Gujarat . He is a member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly from Mansa Assembly constituency in Gandhinagar district . He won the 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election representing the Bharatiya Janata Party .
Patel is from Ajol village , Mansa taluk , Gandhinagar district , Gujarat . His father Somabhai Patel was a farmer . He passed Class 10 in 1976 at Ajol high school , Ajol , Mansa . He is one of the richest candidates in Gujarat with assets worth Rs.661.2 crores . He has a son Pankaj and a daughter Priyanka .
Patel won from Mansa Assembly constituency representing Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election . He polled 98,144 votes and defeated his nearest rival , Babusinh Thakor of the Indian National Congress , by a margin of 39,266 votes .
Tienda-Almacen Siempreviva
Tienda-Almacen Siempreviva now known as Casa Sigma Mayaguez is a historic building located on Mayaguez , Puerto Rico .
Built at the beginning of the nineteenth century and designed in the neoclassical Creole style , it is a representative example of the typology of a ground floor masonry building for residential use in a good state of conservation . The property is part of a very particular set of still standing structures , which are said to have been built to house the residence facilities of the Spanish officers . These houses , located on what is now Ernesto Ramos Antonini Street , towards Pilar Defillo Street ( former " Los Mangos " Avenue ) to Pablo Casals Street , were built during the last quarter of the nineteenth century following the rules and ordinances established by the Cabildo , after the Great Fire of 1841 for the rebuilding of the Villa de Mayaguez . These ordinances determined for all new construction from the size of the plot , heights , construction materials , perimeter wall on the site ( height and construction material and even mentions the use of a notebook in which the facades that could be used were designed and that were approved by the Cabildo . The new lots were distributed giving the owners a term of four to six months to manufacture . It was forbidden to roof the houses with wood in order to prevent the easy spread of future fires . These ordinances marked a transformation and evolution in the urban fabric and architecture of Mayaguez . Most likely because of the ordinances its architecture has the particular characteristic of having the highest interiors on the island .
The structure operated for many years as the warehouse for a fabric store name " La Siempreviva . " After the store shut down it was designated in 2004 by the Puerto Rico Planning Board as a historical building and inducted into the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones . After many years of disrepair it was purchased in 2022 and work began in its reconstruction . Once reconstruction is completed , one of its intended purpose is to be used as the meeting place for Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity .
Legacy ( Kyshona album )
Legacy is a 2024 studio album by American singer-songwriter and music therapist Kyshona .
Kyshona began writing the songs that would eventually make up " Legacy " after she lost an elder member of her family . In 2021 , during a tour stop in Washington , D.C. , she visited the Smithsonian Institute 's National Museum of African American History & Culture . Here , she worked with a genealogist to trace her family 's history . She traced five generations back to uncover records dating back to the period of U.S. enslavement .
In making the album , Kyshona collaborated with blues and Americana artists such as Keb ' Mo ' , Ruthie Foster , and Brittney Spencer . The album was recorded in Memphis , Tennessee , and local musicians provided background vocals .
" Legacy " received positive reviews from Americana and folk music critics . It was also included on " The Boston Globe " ' s 2024 year-end list , with Victoria Wasylak calling the album " an expansive tribute whose soul-stirring melodies resurrect the past with striking clarity . "
New Year 's Day gift ( royal courts )
At the Tudor and Stuart royal courts in Britain it was traditional to give gifts on New Year 's Day , on 1 January . Records of these gift exchanges survive , and provide information about courtiers and their relative status . A similar custom at the French court was known as the " etrenne . " Historians often analyse these gift economies following the ideas of the anthropologist Marcel Mauss and Bronisław Malinowski 's description of the Kula ring .
Margaret of Anjou and Elizabeth of York gave and received jewels and plate as New Year 's Day gifts . The value of the plate given was calibrated to match the rank , status , and standing of the courtier . While gold plate might not always have been more valued than silver , gem-set jewellery seems to have been a token of special royal favour .
In 1504 , James IV of Scotland gave Margaret Dennet , an English servant of his queen consort Margaret Tudor , a gold chain with a figure of Saint Andrew worth £ 20 Scots . James IV gave Margaret Tudor two sapphire rings , and in 1507 a " serpent 's tongue , " a fossil shark 's tooth supposed to be a talisman against poisoning . In 1507 , James IV gave Elizabeth Berlay , another English attendant of Margaret , gold rosary beads with a cross costing £ 62 Scots . James V gave gifts at the New Year Mass in 1539 , and a length of black ribbon was bought to make loops for lockets or pendants known as " tablets . " He paid a goldsmith John Mosman £ 410 Scots for making chains , rings , tablets , bracelets , targets ( brooches or hat badges ) , and other gold work brought to him at Stirling Castle to be New Year 's gifts for his courtiers in January 1541 . Other gifts of gold " Paris work " were provided by Thomas Rynd including " chaffrons " for French hoods , bracelets , rosary beads , buttons and a ring .
In 1520 , the Duke of Buckingham commissioned a gold pomander with the heraldic badges of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon for her New Year 's Day gift , to be filled with scented compound and worn on her girdle . The lady-in-waiting Isabel Leigh gave Henry VIII a shirt she had embroidered and received a silver cup in return .
Henry VIII sometimes received his gifts in person , in 1538 leaning against a cupboard while Brian Tuke made notes of the presents and donors . The silver and gilt plate which Henry gave to his courtiers in return for their gifts was made or supplied by goldsmiths including Cornelis Hayes and Robert Amadas . Claiming these items of gift plate could involve administrative fees and a visit to the Jewel House , a process described in 1605 by the Earl of Huntingdon .
When Margaret Douglas was in favour in 1539 at the court of Henry VIII , she was given a gilt cup made by the goldsmith Morgan Wolf as a New Year 's Day gift . In 1543 , Margaret Douglas gave Princess Mary a satin gown of carnation silk in Venice fashion .
Mary Finch gave Mary I of England a red satin purse containing twelve gold half sovereign coins as a New Years Day gift for 1557 . Sybil Penn , who had been Edward VI 's nurse , gave Mary I six handkerchiefs edged with gold and silk lace .
Mary Radcliffe , a maid of honour , was said to have been presented to Elizabeth I in January 1561 by her father as if she were a New Year 's Day gift . The plate distributed by Elizabeth was made by Robert Brandon , Affabel Partridge , Hugh Kayle , Richard Martin and others .
The gift rolls from the reign of Elizabeth include various costume accessories such as scarves , petticoats , mantles , girdles , caps , and handkerchiefs , frequently embroidered and enriched with silks , gold thread and jewels . In January 1600 , Dorothy Speckard , a silkwoman at the English court , gave a head veil of striped network , flourished with carnation silk and embroidered with metallic " oes , " and Elizabeth Brydges , a maid of honour , presented a doublet of network lawn , cut and tufted up with white knit-work , flourished with silver . Food was also a suitable gift , in 1562 Lady Yorke gave Elizabeth three sugar loaves and a barrel of sucket . A bible , bound in crimson velvet embroidered with pearls , given to Elizabeth in 1584 by the printer Christopher Barker is now held by the Bodleian Library .
Beyond the royal court , evidence survives of New Year 's day gift giving in aristocratic households . In 1576 , Gilbert Talbot , who was staying at Goodrich Castle , sent his father , the Earl of Shrewsbury , locally made gifts of a Monmouth cap , Ross boots , and perry . Mary , Queen of Scots , imprisoned at Sheffield in 1580 , asked her ally James Beaton , Archbishop of Glasgow , to send her items of gold jewellery from Paris for her to give as tokens and New Year 's Day gifts . She had not been able to acquire as many gifts as she would have liked to give in previous years .
The Edinburgh goldsmith and financier Thomas Foulis supplied jewels to James VI to serve as New Year 's Day gifts in 1595 and 1596 . These included a gold salamander studded with diamonds given to the Master of Work , William Schaw . Anne of Denmark had a diamond set gold locket or tablet with a diamond and ruby necklace . Sir Thomas Erskine had a locket set with rubies and diamonds , the Duke of Lennox had a hat badge in the shape of a diamond set gold crown , and a courtier known as the " Little Dutchman " ( possibly William Belo ) received a diamond ring . Foulis had previously supplied James with jewels for gifts while working with his former master , the goldsmith Michael Gilbert .
An account book for 1604 written by Princess Elizabeth ( or her companion Anne Livingstone ) records the purchases of gifts for the Harington household at Coombe Abbey , including " four ear rings at fifteen pennies the piece " that were " given at new year 's day to my lady Harington 's women , " and rings bought for the dancing master and writing master , with gifts for " Lady Harington 's officemen , " including the pantry man and the buttery man .
Arbella Stuart 's letters give an insight into anxiety around gift giving . She recommended that Mary Talbot , Countess of Shrewsbury take advice from Margaret Hartsyde , one of the Scottish chamberers serving Anne of Denmark . She thought Hartsyde could discreetly inquire what the queen wanted , to know her " mind without knowing who asked it , " without spoiling any surprise . Anne " regarded not the value , but the device , " apparently the thought mattered more . Arbella heard that Anne would prefer ear rings rather than costly gowns or petticoats . An inventory of Anne of Denmark 's clothes lists elaborately embroidered petticoats or skirts , gifts in January 1609 and 1610 from King James , her chamberlain Lord Lisle , and her servant Mary Gargrave . The Countess of Nottingham gave a petticoat embroidered with fruit bats .
In January 1610 , Thomas Howard , 1st Earl of Suffolk gave Anne a petticoat embroidered with arches , pyramids , and wild beasts . In 1619 , he and his wife , the Countess of Suffolk , with their associate Sir John Bingley were charged with corruption , for taking bribes to expedite exchequer payments . They claimed that they had innocently received New Year 's Day gifts , but the trial lawyer Francis Bacon declared " new years gifts did not last all the year . "
The Maleficium
The Maleficium is a 1992 role-playing supplement for " Ars Magica " published by White Wolf Publishing .
" The Maleficium " is a supplement in which the Infernal is detailed .
Matthew Gabbert reviewed " The Maleficium " in " White Wolf " # 37 ( July / Aug. , 1993 ) , rating it a 3 out of 5 and stated that " In summary all of the uproar surrounding " The Maleficium " is much ado about nothing . It is an average supplement that does a good job of dealing with a very difficult subject . Of course , there 's always the chance that it could become a collector 's item . "
1929-30 Yale Bulldogs men 's ice hockey season
The 1929-30 Yale Bulldogs men 's ice hockey season was the 35th season of play for the program . The Bulldogs represented Yale University and were coached by Lawrence Noble in his 2nd season .
After finally regaining the title as the best hockey team in the east , coach Noble arranged for the team to begin training earlier than normal . The Elis convened for the first practice before Thanksgiving rather than wait for early December . Approximately 30 men were dressed and ready to carry on the tradition and were initially instructed by assistant coaches Richard Vaughan ( class of ' 28 ) and Holcomb York ( class of ' 17 ) . The two men were both former members of the team and would be leading the freshman and junior varsity teams respectively . Back for the initial practice were several key members of the championship team , including Ding Palmer and Frank Farrell , however , several players were missing thanks in part to their participation with other programs . The early practices were established primarily as a way of getting those players who did not play on fall teams into shape and to introduce the sophomores to their first taste of varsity hockey . Seniors , like Palmer and Jennison , were relied on more as coaches than players during this time . The first full practice didn 't occur until after the completion of the football season and the arrival of head coach Lawrence Noble on November 25 .
It wasn 't until the beginning of December that the full compliment of players was assembled . Only three players from last year 's team had been lost to graduation , two of them starters , while most of the men who had appeared for the club in ' 29 were ready to earn their shot for ' 30 . Because the school was utilizing a JV team for the for the first time , players who were cut from the varsity roster would still have an opportunity to remain in game shape and move up later in the season . Once team captain Bob Wilson had recovered from a leg injury he had suffered during the football season , he reported to practice and enabled coach Noble to select the men who would make up the team . With the departure of Paul Curtis , the top line was in need of a new winger and Stewart Iglehart was given the first shot and filling in beside Palmer and Luce despite his prominence as a defender . The gap on defense was first filled by Hickok , who had been a reserve player the year before and that arrangement appeared to work well for the early drills . The team 's second unit was initially composed of Nelson , McLennan and Bent at forward , Austen and Snead on defense and Sizer in goal .
As they had the year before , Yale 's first match was against Boston University . The team was without the services of Iglehart and Bent on account of illness but the rest of the Bulldogs were more than a match for the Terriers . Palmer showed that he was back to his former self by dominating play all evening and finishing the match with a hat-trick . Nelson , Schley and Winter each netted their first of the season while Farrell and Sizer both played well in goal , allowing a single marker each . The next match was against the collegiate all-star team that included Paul Curtis and former Crimson standout John Chase . They received a tough challenge from the visitors as both sides sallied up and down the ice . The defenses , however , were the stars of the show ; Hickok and Wilson checked the opposition effectively all game and gave the all-stars few scoring opportunities . Farrell made several brilliant saves but was outshone by the opposing netminder mostly due to Yale having the better chances . The only goal of the game came from Frank Nelson midway through the first period but it was enough to secure the win .
In the week of practice that followed , coach Noble moved Dunbar Bostwick to starting winger while Iglehart shifted a more comfortable role as reserve defenseman . The move proved auspicious as Bostwick scored twice against Dartmouth while Nelson got his second game-winner in the 3-2 victory . After the game , the team left for their holiday but reassembled at the end of the month at Lake Placid . The Elis were set to face one of the western powerhouses , Michigan , in a three-game series . The Bulldogs began with a dominant performance ; Bostwick scored twice and was joined on the scoresheet by Bent , Luce , Iglehart , Palmer and Nelson . The following day the team had more of a fight than a game with nineteen penalties being called in the match . Iglehart was the only man to find the back of the net but , thanks to the efforts of the defense , the Elis were still able to come away with a victory . The third and final game saw Luce take over as the star . The speedy center potted 5 goals , which included a three-minute period where he netted three goals . Bostwick , McLennan and Schley added goals of their own to give the team a resounding 8-2 victory and end the exhibition still undefeated .
After returning home , the team prepared themselves for possibly their toughest test of the season . Toronto had already defeated Harvard twice and had dismantled Dartmouth to the tune of 11-3 . The Canadians opened the scoring at Madison Square Garden but they found it difficult to penetrate the Bulldog defense thanks to the consistent checking of Iglehart . Luce netted two goals in the second to give Yale the lead but , with 29 seconds left in the period , Toronto pulled even once more . The third saw both teams battle for national supremacy with Palmer netting the winning tally in the latter half of the period . The victory was impressive in its own right and established Yale as the preeminent college team in the country .
Yale 's prowess was on full display in the next game when they hammered Michigan Tech by one of the most lopsided scores in program history . Using eighteen players in the game , the Elis made mince meat of the Huskies and were ahead 7-0 after the first 20 minutes . The Bulldogs took it easy in the second , adding just 2 to their total before resuming their demolition with 6 more in the third . Palmer ended the match with 4 goals , McLennan with 3 goals and an assist and Bostwick had 2 goals and 2 assists . The next game was to be at Dartmouth , however , weather conditions conspired to rob the Indians of their ice and the match was cancelled . In its place , Yale invited the newly constituted ' Boston Hockey Club ' to New Haven . The team , which was similar to the University Club of Boston , was composed of former college players and had already defeated Boston University by a 9-1 margin . While there was some expectation of a good match , Palmer and Luce combined to turn the game into a rout . Ding netted 5 goals on the night , equaling the Bulldogs ' season high , while Frank had to settle of only scoring a hat-trick . However , Luce had the more spectacular tally on the night when he scored while two Elis were in the penalty box . Even without Wilson and Farrell in the game , the Yale defense played well with Iglehart and Muhlfeld able to keep the opposition in check . Cruikshank and Cookman were brought up from the JV squad for the match with the latter scoring in the third . McLennan and Bent had the other two tallies .
Palmer and Luce continued their torrid pace in the succeeding match with the University Club . Both forwards scored twice and were matched on the scoresheet by Nelson . With the Elis still missing Wilson and Farrell , the team got off to a slow start and were outplayed in the first , however , the deluge of goals began in the second that allowed the team to easily dispatched the all-stars 8-1 . The next game saw Dartmouth arrive for their long-awaited revenge match . Despite the closeness of the initial contest between the two , the Greens were helpless before the onslaught of the Yale offense . Luce led the way with another hat-trick while Bostwick , Palmer and Nelson each added two goals of their own . The middle of the game turned physical when Dartmouth tried to assert themselves but the penalties they received only fed the Yale power play and allowed the Bulldogs to pile up 11 goals on the night .
The Elis didn 't play another game until after the exam break . With their studies taking precedence as well as the Arena being used for an auto show , the team didn 't even practice again until the beginning of February . With Wilson and Farrell both returning to the team by then , the Elis were at full-strength with they welcomed Clarkson to town . The Golden Knights were one of the best small-school teams in the coutnry , having lost only one game to Princeton and would help the Elis gear up for their series with the Tigers . The Bulldogs got a hard fight from Clarkson , who more than lived up to their billing , but the Yale offense was far superior and led the team to a 5-1 victory . Bostwick and McLennan sandwiched goals around a Tech marker in the first . The third saw Palmer , Bent and McLennan all add to the Bulldogs lead while Wilson and Hickok endured that no goals against were scored in the final 50 minutes of the game .
On back-to-back nights , Yale played host to a pair of difficult opponents . First up was Marquette , who was proving themselves to be the best team in the mid-west . The Hilltoppers provided a challenge to the Elis near that of Toronto by playing three defensemen all night to hold back the potent Bulldog offense . Early on , however , Luce was able to get the better of the visitors with 2 goals in the first period . The two then exchanged goals in the second with Palmer scoring a pair to leave the score 4-2 entering the third . Marquette narrowed the gap to 1 goal after 5 minutes and constantly threatened the Yale cage . However , as the match progressed , Yale 's superior numbers began to take over . The Hilltoppers could not contend with the depth of the Eli 's roster and began to wear out in the latter stages of the game . Yale racked up 4 goals in the final four minutes of the game to put the game out of reach and capture what had been one of their toughest challenges on the season . Palmer ended the match as the leading scorer with 3 goals and an assist . The following night , the team was led by the unlikely trio of Mills , Stoddard and Todd , the rarely-used third line for the Elis . With the top two lines still recovering from the taxing match with Marquette , coach Noble gave the depth players plenty of ice time and they rewarded the crowd with two goals on the evening . The lack of fight from the St. Nicholas Hockey Club was a feature of the game that was otherwise lifeless . Even exhausted , Palmer was able to made a couple of rushes up the ice for goals but he spent most of his time cheering for his teammates .
Undefeated to this point , Yale would finish with two best-of-three series with its traditional rivals , Princeton and Harvard . The Tigers had not had a particularly good season , at least not by their standards , and Yale entered the match a bit overconfident in their chances . The Elis still appeared to be suffering a hangover the from Marquette game and hardly looked like themselves in the first two periods . Johnny Bent , who started the game at wing , opened the scoring just 20 seconds into the match . Frank Nelson added a second about 6 minutes later , but all that did was convince the Bulldogs that they were far superior to their opponents . The team played the next 35 minutes like they had already won the match and the teamwork that so characterized their stellar play went missing . Sensing their opportunity , Princeton responded with a determined effort and broke into the Yale zone without much resistance . Two goals , approximately 18 minutes apart , brought the match back to an even score and put the Elis in jeopardy of losing their first game of the season . It wasn 't until the back half of the third that the top line was finally able to shake of whatever funk they were in and led the team to victory . Palmer and Bostwick each scored to regain a 2-goal edge and escape from the Bulldogs ' worst performance of the season . After a week of practice , the team travelled to New Jersey for the rematch with Princeton . In their first away game of the season , the Elis appeared to have learned their lesson and did not take the Tigers lightly . They were a far more cohesive unit in the second game and did not give any of the 2,000 attendees any hope of seeing the home team victorious . The Princeton defense played well in the match , which was the only reason that the final score was as close as it was , but at no time was their a serious threat from the Tigers .
Entering their final series of the season , Yale was widely viewed as the best team in the country . With wins over Marquette ( western champions ) and Toronto ( Canadian runners-up ) they possessed one of the best records of any college team in history but they still had to banish their long-time rivals , Harvard . The Crimson were not having an outstanding year , entering the match with a mark of 6-3 , but they still had a chance to earn an eastern collegiate championship if they were to defeat the Bulldogs . Yale could equal the program record of 18 wins if they would take two from Harvard but the team was looking for more than that and wanted to finish the season with an undefeated record . While the Elis had what was supposed to be the better team , Harvard had history on its side , winning 40 of the 56 games played between the two since the turn of the century . Unfortunately for the Bulldogs , history repeated in the first match . Coach Noble made a surprising move by starting Colman Curtiss in goal in stead of the more experienced Sizer or Farrell but the neophyte held up well against the Bostonians . Curtiss repeatedly turned aside shots from the Crimson forwards and kept Yale in the game all evening . The deciding factor in the game was the Harvard defense , which was playing its typical suffocating style . McLennan and Bent scored in the first to give the Elis a lead , breaking the Harvard defense . Despite having several opportunities for the remainder of the period , Yale was unable to build on its lead . From the start of the second , the Crimson were able to refocus to stop almost every chance from the Elis before it ever reached their net . No matter how hard they tried , the top line was unable to break through and Yale had to struggle to keep the game tied when the visitors inevitably charged towards Curtiss . A goal in the latter half of the second tied the game but both sides seemed unable to get another afterwards . Overtime was needed to settle the game and Harvard was finally able to break the tie two and half minutes in . Yale desperately tried to get the match knotted in the remaining time but none of their rushes proved fruitful and the Elis saw their undefeated season go up in flames .
Even with the loss , Yale 's season was not over as they then had to travel up to Boston for the rematch . After a week of hard practice , the team was ready to save their season but would have to do so without one of their regulars . Frank Nelson had been injured in the first game and he was replaced as the second center by Cookman . After spending most of the season on the JV squad , Cookman made the most of his opportunity and opened the scoring after Harvard had dominated the balance of play in the first period . The Crimson responded a few minutes later with a tying goal but Yale began to take over the game in the second period . A brilliant bit of passing between Palmer and Luce resulted in a goal from the latter . Just before the end of the period , a shot from Palmer was stopped but Bostwick followed up on the rebound and caged the Elis ' third goal . The third period consisted almost entirely of the defense turning Harvard aside , much to the chagrin of the 16,000 in attendance .
With the series tied , the two sides were set for a deciding match in the middle of the week . By prior arrangement , the game would take place at the Boston Garden with a record crowd expected for a college game . When the game began , Harvard was once again the aggressor . Curtiss was bested just 5 minutes into the game but that was all he would allow for the next 45 minutes . Palmer tied the score in the middle of the period before both defenses took over . For nearly 40 minutes in the middle of the game , neither side was able to score . Most rushes to the net were broken up by the skilled defenses but the few the got through could not beat either goaltender . In the second half of the third , Harvard was finally able to get into the lead for a second time and , with under 8 minutes to play , the crowd believed they had witnessed the winning goal . Yale began to send all five of their skaters into the offensive zone and their season was saved by an unlikely hero when Hickok , who had only scored 1 goal previously , managed to find the back of the net with less than four minutes to play . For the second time in the series the two needed overtime to decide the match ; this time , however , neither would yield . Three 10-minute periods were played with no further scoring . With the game still tied after 90 minutes of play , the match was called and both teams had to settle for a draw .
With the series still tied after three games , an unprecedented fourth match between the two was proposed . Yale 's administration favored playing one final game and the athletic directors of both schools met to decide on a course of action . Despite the insistence from George Nettleton , Harvard 's W. J. Bingham decided to end the Crimson 's ice hockey season and leave the two without a clear victor . 1930 was the first time since 1900 that Harvard and Yale 's ice hockey teams finished with a draw over the course of a season . The result of the series was that , despite Yale possessing a far better record , the two would share the eastern championship .
J. B. Longstreet served as team manager with J. D. Garrison as his assistant .
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2015 FIBA Oceania Under-16 Championship for Women
The 2015 FIBA Oceania Under-16 Championship for Women was the fourth edition of the under-16 women 's Oceanian basketball championship . The tournament was played in Rotorua and Tauranga , New Zealand , from 14 to 17 August 2015 .
In this round , the teams played a round-robin tournament in one group . The top two teams advanced to the final ; the next two teams advanced to the 3rd place match .
" All times are local ( New Zealand Standard Time - UTC + 12 ) . "
Myndoli Banana
Myndoli banana is a variety of banana grown in the Indian state of Goa . It is a common and widely cultivated crop in the villages of Pernem , Bicholim , and Bardez Taluka in North Goa district . Myndoli bananas are distinct due to their long , tusk-shaped appearance and larger size , setting them apart from other banana varieties in Goa . Under its Geographical Indication tag , it is referred to as " Myndoli Banana . "
The Myndoli banana is believed to be named after the village of Moira in Bardez , where this variety is thought to have originated . Franciscan priests are believed to have introduced the banana variety to the village of Moira in the 15th century . It is known as various names like Maidya / Moidya / Mainoli / Mandoli / Myndoli / Moidechim kelim . The word " Kellim " means banana in Konkani - the state language of Goa .
Myndoli bananas are distinct due to their long , tusk-shaped appearance and larger size . They are a huge and tall-growing banana plant found in Goa , particularly in Pernem , Bicholim , and Bardez .
The unique soil and climatic conditions in these areas , along the tributaries of the Mapusa and Chapora rivers , support the growth of this heavy feeder variety , imparting a particular taste to the bananas . They are fleshier than other types of bananas grown in Goa . A bunch of Myndoli bananas contains 85-98 bananas , with deep yellow to golden , meaty , and firm flesh . The skin turns from green to golden and develops black spots as it ripens .
Myndoli bananas have several unique characteristics . They have a better taste and fewer seeds , making them widely used in preparing shakes in different variants . They also have a longer shelf life compared to other varieties . Notably , Myndoli bananas are the sweetest , with 30.85 % TSS , the highest among all other varieties .
Myndoli bananas are in high demand , especially during festivals like Ganesh Chaturthi , Diwali , and Christmas . Locals have a special attachment to Myndoli bananas , considering them a best gift to relatives and friends during functions and festivals . They are also used to prepare traditional Goan dishes like " Myndolya Kelyacho Halvo " ( Banana dessert - Ripe banana slices fried in ghee and cooked in sugar syrup ) .
It was awarded the Geographical Indication ( GI ) status tag from the Geographical Indications Registry , under the Union Government of India , on 14 September 2021 and is valid until 12 December 2029 .
Myndoli Banana Growers Association ( MBGA ) from Pernem , proposed the GI registration of Myndoli banana . After filing the application in December 2019 , the banana was granted the GI tag in 2021 by the Geographical Indication Registry in Chennai , making the name " Myndoli Banana " exclusive to the bananas grown in the region . It thus became the first banana variety from Goa and the 4th type of goods from Goa to earn the GI tag .
The GI tag protects the banana from illegal selling and marketing , and gives it legal protection and a unique identity .
Pax Dei ( Ars Magica )
Pax Dei is a 1993 role-playing supplement for " Ars Magica " published by White Wolf Publishing .
" Pax Dei " is a supplement in which the Dominion and Devine are detailed .
Matthew Gabbert reviewed " Pax Dei " in " White Wolf " # 37 ( July / Aug. , 1993 ) , rating it a 4 out of 5 and stated that " A brief outline for a Saga concludes the sourcebook , but it 's pretty much an afterthought . It does serve to illustrate how all of the elements presented earlier in " Pax Dei " can be tied together into a coherent and playable setting . Overall , this is a very good supplement and any Saga would be blessed by its addition . "
Lafayette vampire
The Lafayette vampire is an urban legend originating in Lafayette , Colorado .
The legend began in the 1950s , when local youth were told by their parents that a vampire was buried in the Lafayette Cemetery and if they didn 't get home by dark the vampire would get them . This method of enforcing good behavior is similar to the La Llorona legend in Hispanic culture : " You kids come inside now or the weeping woman will get you . "
Lafayette moms and dads were referencing Romanian immigrant and coal miner Teodor Glava , who died in 1918 . His grave marker in the potters field section the cemetery lists his birthplace as " Transylvania . " Curator of Lafayette Miner 's Museum Claudia Lund explains , " That part of the world has always had a certain history behind it . Particularly the Dracula story and everything . "
The legend of the Lafayette vampire evolved in subsequent decades to mimic details of Bram Stoker 's Dracula , and Bela Lugosi 's classic motion picture portrayal . As Internet use grew in the 1990s , the story increased in popularity such that visitors from across the U.S. visit the grave .
As of 2024 , the legend is as follows : Local residents were suspicious of coal miner Teodor Glava and , after he died in 1918 , dug him up and drove a stake through his heart . That wooden stake grew into a tall juniper tree that now dominates his grave site . It is also said that Glava 's fingernails grew into a " blood red " red rose bush that covered the grave until the early 2000s . ( Although the rose bush was actually yellow . ) Various blog posts and newspaper articles starting in the late 1980s enhanced the legend , and state that " local youth " sighted a tall , dark figure with red eyes lurking near the grave .
Estate records at the State of Colorado Archives in Denver show that Teodor Glava was embalmed and buried about two days after he died , probably the result of Spanish Flu . He had been sick for several weeks prior to his death . Estate records state that he had no relatives in Colorado .
Glava is buried in his own grave plot , adjacent to fellow Romanian John Trandafir , who was also a coal miner and died two days after Glava and is buried in his own grave plot to the left of Glava ( as you face the grave marker ) . Trandafir and Glava share a grave marker , which is oriented at the dividing line of the separate grave plots . The two were not related .
The most entertaining variation of the legend comes from a 1993 " Rocky Mountain News " newspaper article . It states that 19-year-old Douglas Rowan , " a knowledgable amateur folklorist and vampirologist " who worked at Lafayette 's Sonic Drive-In , had gathered knowledge about Glava from " old ladies who live over in the old part of town . " The " vampirologist " continued : " The story goes that he moved here from Transylvania with his wife , but was bitten by a wolf or something , and it turned him into a vampire . He killed his wife , and a neighbor buried her and cornered him in a barn and drove a stake through his heart . A tree always grows from a vampire stake . It 's what keeps him in the ground . They say that when there 's full moon his soul will rise and wander around . "
In 2021 , Boulder County magazine " Yellow Scene " reported the gravesite is " filled with strange trinkets " including fresh flowers , bubble gum , and a plastic chicken .
The Lafayette Vampire gravesite can be found in the north-central edge of the Lafayette Cemetery at 111th and Baseline , about 20 feet south of the City Park road and 70 feet east of 111th . See
Shamik Dasgupta ( philosopher )
Shamik Dasgupta is an associate professor of philosophy at UC Berkeley , working primarily in the areas of metaphysics , value theory , and philosophy of science .
Dasgupta received his BSc in biology from University College London and his MPhil from King 's College London , with distinction . He received his PhD in 2009 from New York University , under the supervision of Kit Fine , Hartry Field and Stephen Schiffer . He subsequently became a Professor of philosophy at Princeton University where he taught until 2016 . In 2016 he was awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities ( NEH ) fellowship .
1925 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
The 1925 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships were organized by the Amateur Athletic Union ( AAU ) and served as the national championships in outdoor track and field for the United States .
The men 's edition was held at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco , California , and it took place 4-5 July . The women 's meet was held separately at Paddock Field in Pasadena , California , on 11 July .
At the men 's championships , Henry Bonura threw the javelin , better than the then-American record , but the mark was not accepted as a record due to wind assistance . The main meet was held on 4 July and relays were held on 5 July . In the women 's competition , Helen Filkey became the first woman to win multiple events at a single championships .
Siege of Santarem
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2024-25 McNeese Cowgirls basketball team
The 2024-25 McNeese Cowgirls basketball team represents McNeese State University during the 2024-25 NCAA Division I women 's basketball season . The Cowgirls , led by fourth year head coach Lynn Kennedy , play their home games at The Legacy Center located on the McNeese State University campus in Lake Charles , Louisiana . They are members of the Southland Conference .
Home games are broadcast on ESPN + .
The Southland Conference released its preseason poll on October 17 , 2024 . Receiving 61 overall votes , the Cowgirls were picked to finish eleventh in the conference .
No Cowgirls were selected to a Preseason All-Conference team .
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VIPER ( Champions )
VIPER is a 1993 role-playing supplement for " Champions " published by Hero Games / Iron Crown Enterprises .
" VIPER " is a supplement in which the VIPER organization is detailed .
Sean Holland reviewed " VIPER " in " White Wolf " # 37 ( July / Aug. , 1993 ) , rating it a 4 out of 5 and stated that " If you are a " Champions " games master , get this book ! It is the best overview of a global criminal agency yet published . Even if you don 't use VIPER in your campaign , the material can be easily adapted to other villainous agencies . If you are a game master of another superhero system , I recommend that you take a close look at the " VIPER " sourcebook for the reasons mentioned above . This is " the " sourcebook for a villainous agency in a superheroic world . Don 't let the boss in green down . "
Jacqueline Eustache-Brinio
Jacqueline Eustache-Brinio ( born 5 September 1956 ) is a French politician of The Republicans serving as a member of the Senate since 2017 . From 2001 to 2017 , she served as mayor of Saint-Gratien .
The San Lucas Band
The San Lucas Band were a Guatemalan brass band , founded in 1921 .
Their only album " Music of Guatemala " was recorded in 1974 , released in 1975 , and nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording in 1976 .
The San Lucas Band , also known as the Conjunto de la Voz de las Cumbres , were a brass band from San Lucas Toliman , Guatemala .
The band was founded in 1921 by violinist Bernardo Mejia , and by 1974 comprised seven Kaqchikel musicians on violin , cornet , baritone horn , alto saxophone , snare drum , cymbal , and bass drum .
On Good Friday 1972 US ethnologists Linda O 'Brien-Rothe and Kathryn King came across the San Lucas Band while travelling in Santiago Atitlan .
They organised a recording session for the band in 1974 , which was released in 1975 by ABC Records as " Music of Guatemala , " the San Lucas Band 's only album .
The album was one of the three inaugural releases in the " Music of the Earth " series that ABC Records started in 1975 , alongside " Music of Chile " and " Music of Sikkim . "
The first half of " Music of Guatemala " is funeral dirges , of which David Hamilton of " The Nation " wrote : " The players ' ideas of the music are evidently far removed from those of the now unidentifiable composers , and they have made something very weird and individual out of originals that can be still dimly perceived . "
The second half is Guatemalan popular music and Mexican rancheras .
" Music of Guatemala " was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording in 1976 , losing to " The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album . "
In 2024 the album was reissued by Bongo Joe Records with the title " La Voz de las Cumbres ( Music of Guatemala ) . "
The San Lucas Band were apparently displaced by the Guatemalan Civil War , and their whereabouts are unknown .
The music of the San Lucas Band is considered " avant-garde . "
David Toop of " The Wire " described it as " Albert Ayler on Temazepam . " Also in " The Wire , " Richard Scott described the band 's sound as " mutant brass ... strangely beautiful massacres of Spanish imperial music . "
Richard Dyer of " The Boston Globe " described " Music of Guatemala " as sounding " quite weird , at points , quite affecting , at others , well , indescribable . "
Gautam Chowdhuri
Gautam Chowdhuri ( born 1973 ) is an Indian politician from West Bengal . He is a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Howrah Uttar Assembly constituency in Howrah district . He won the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election representing the All India Trinamool Congress .
Chowdhuri is from Howrah , West Bengal . He is the son of late Narayan Chowdhuri . He passed Class 12 in 1993 from Bihar School Examination Board , Patna .
Chowdhuri won from Howrah Uttar Assembly constituency representing All India Trinamool Congress in the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election . He polled 71,575 votes and defeated his nearest rival , Umesh Rai of the Bharatiya Janata Party , by a margin of 5,522 votes .
Hollyhurst , Telford
Hollyhurst is an area in the civil parish of Oakengates , near the villages of Trench and Wrockwardine Wood in the Telford and Wrekin borough in Shropshire , England . It is located to the southeast and southwest of the villages and close to Wombridge . Nearby towns include Oakengates , Telford and Wellington . As well as the villages and areas of Hadley , Ketley and Donnington . The area is predominantly residential and close to the A442 road and the Wolverhampton - Shrewsbury Line . The nearest railway station is Oakengates railway station . It also forms part of the Oakengates and Hollyhurst Ward of Oakengates Town Council .
Who 's Who in the DC Universe ( DC Heroes )
Who 's Who in the DC Universe is a series of role-playing supplements for " DC Heroes " published by Mayfair Games from 1992 to 1993 .
" Who 's Who in the DC Universe " is a supplement in which characters , equipment , and locations are described .
Shannon Appelcline noted that although Mayfair was closing down their other role-playing lines by 1993 , " It looked like " DC Heroes " might continue , as it was reaching a new creative high in its final years . " Swamp Thing " ( 1991 ) , " Magic " ( 1992 ) and " Who 's Who in the DC Universe 2 " ( 1992 ) all covered new ground for the game by detailing people and places that were then gelling into DC 's new " Vertigo " universe ( 1993 ) . "
Gene Alloway reviewed " Who 's Who in the DC Universe " I , II , and III in " White Wolf " # 37 ( July / Aug. , 1993 ) , rating it a 4 out of 5 and stated that " " Who 's Who in the DC Universe " is a worthy addition to the " DC Heroes " line of products . Covering virtually every object and character of any note in the DC Universe , it should provide characters and GM 's with a great cast book for characters , or to at least get ideas for new characters . I highly recommend this Mayfair series to all " DC Heroes " and any DC Comics fan who wants a great resource . "
Vic Franckiewicz Jr .
Victor John Franckiewicz Jr. is an American lawyer and former politician . He studied urban planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , receiving Bachelor of Science and MCP degrees . After serving as mayor of Bay St. Louis , Mississippi from 1985 to 1989 , he succeeded Gene Taylor in the Mississippi State Senate when Taylor won a special election to the U.S. House of Representatives . Though elected to a full term in 1991 , Franckiewicz chose to leave politics in 1993 to pursue a legal career , after his graduation from Tulane University Law School . He eventually moving to Louisiana with his wife , Cheryl Bencaz , who he married in 1992 .
Euryale tenuicostata
Euryale tenuicostata is a fossil species of " Euryale " from the Miocene of Omsk , Russia .
The ovoid to oval , 4.3-7.6 mm long , and 2.9-7.1 mm wide seeds have a slightly wrinkled testa .
It was first published as " Euryale tenuicostata " by Pavel Ivanovich Dorofeev in 1959 .
It has been proposed to place it in a separate genus " Irtyshenia " as " Irtyshenia tenuicostata " published by Pavel Ivanovich Dorofeev in 1972 . Later it was proposed to place it in the genus " Pseudoeuryale " as " Pseudoeuryale tenuicostata " published by Alexander Borisovitch Doweld in 2022 .
Fossils of " E. tenuicostata " occur in what is now Russia .
Listed buildings in Hellifield
Hellifield is a civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire , England . It contains 25 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England . Of these , two are listed at Grade II * , the middle of the three grades , and the others are at Grade II , the lowest grade . The parish contains the villages of Hellifield , Nappa and Swinden , and the surrounding countryside . The listed buildings include houses and associated structures , cottages , farmhouses , farm buildings , milestones , a bridge , a railway station and a church .
Cydippidae
Cydippidae is a family of ctenophores , in the Cydippida .
Five genera are recognized :
Maldives secondhand market fire
On 9 January 2023 , a major fire broke out at 05 : 45 local time ( 00 : 45 UTC ) at the Neelan Fihaara , the largest secondhand market in Male , Maldives . The fire caused significant destruction , particularly to an accommodation block housing 166 Male City Council staff . Despite the extensive damage , no injuries were reported .
Neelan Fihaara market is a prominent secondhand market located in Male City . It had faced fire incidents in the past , with significant events occurring in 2015 and 2017 , both of which were suspected to be acts of arson . The market serves as an essential hub for secondhand goods and houses various accommodation facilities for city council staff .
The fire completely destroyed the accommodation block , displacing the 166 city council staff members who resided there . Nearby schools , universities and businesses experienced disruptions due to smoke and safety concerns . Residents of Male were advised to stay indoors and wear masks to protect themselves from the smoke . Emergency responders , including the Maldives National Defense Force ( MNDF ) and the Maldives Police Service , worked for over two hours to bring the fire under control .
Authorities launched an investigation into the cause of the fire , focusing on safety measures and the potential for arson , given the market 's history of suspicious fires . The Maldives government and local organizations provided support to those affected , offering temporary housing and essential supplies for the displaced staff .
Male Mayor Mohamed Muizzu highlighted that prior plans to relocate Neelan Fihaara had been blocked by state-level disapproval , which exacerbated the challenges faced during the recovery process . The fire also resulted in the loss of important documents , complicating aid efforts .
Yoo Jung-hyun ( businesswoman )
Yoo Jung-hyun ( ; born April 16 , 1969 ) is a South Korean auditor and businesswoman . The widow of Kim Jung-ju , the founder of video game company Nexon , she is among the richest people in South Korea , with Forbes estimating her net worth at US $ 2 billion and ranking her 15th richest person in the country in December 2024 .
She joined Nexon upon its founding in 1994 as head of management support and of a subcompany called Nexon Networks . In 2003 , she became a director of Nexon and of its holding company NXC . She was made an auditor of NXC in 2010 . In 2023 , she was again made director of NXC .
She has two daughters with her husband . In 2022 , her husband died while on a trip in Hawaii , United States . He had had depression , and it was suspected that his depression worsened around that time . Due to his passing , she became the largest shareholder in NXC ( which in turn is the largest shareholder in Nexon ) ; she came to hold a 34 % stake in the company . She also directly held around 16.3 % of Nexon stock . Her two children also owned around 30 % of NXC stock each . She began participating in board meetings . In 2024 , it was announced that NXC was buying some of its shares from Yoo and her children .
Max Brisson
Max Brisson ( born 8 March 1957 ) is a French politician of The Republicans serving as a member of the Senate since 2017 . He has served as spokesperson for the Senate Republicans since 2024 .
The Fiendish Agents of Falkenberg
The Fiendish Agents of Falkenberg is a 1993 role-playing adventure for " " published by R. Talsorian Games .
" The Fiendish Agents of Falkenberg " is an adventure in which the player characters oppose the forces of Baron Falkenberg .
Sam Hildebrand-Chupp reviewed " The Fiendish Agents of Falkenberg " in " White Wolf " # 37 ( July / Aug. , 1993 ) , rating it a 1 out of 5 and stated that " To sum up , " The Fiendish Agents of Falkenburg " lacks depth , style and originality . It is , however , one of the only module supplements out for the game and it ought give a creative GM the opportunity to design her own , hopefully more impressive , games . "
Yoo Jung-hyun
Yoo Jung-hyun may refer to :
Branch Brook Park Roller Skating Center
The Branch Brook Park Roller Skating Center is a 12,000-square-foot roller rink located in Branch Brook Park in Newark , New Jersey . Managed by United Skates of America , its current iteration has operated since 1996 .
Like United Skates ' other facilities , BBP Roller Skating Center hosts summer camps , birthday parties , STEM / ExL educational field trips , corporate events , DJed adult skate nights , and public events .
In 2013 , " NJ.com " described the rink as " a symbol of revitalization for Newark " and " a literal savior of urban skating . " It praised its relationship to the community , including events like roller derby , style skating , gospel skaters , and DJ nightlife .
In 1956 , a former reservoir was converted to a skating rink to accommodate requests for year-round ice-skating facilities . The open-air rink would facilitate ice hockey and figure-skating in the winter , and dancing and roller-skating events in the summer .
In October 1957 , it opened to the public . Before December of that year , 50,000 skaters used the facility .
In 1961 , funds from a New Jersey Department of Transportation park sale purchase were used to construct an enlarged entrance and 230-car parking area . By that time , however , the open-air template was considered obsolete . The structure was enclosed in 1969 for all-weather use .
The present roller rink was " designed " circa 1992 . It became the Branch Brook Park Roller Skating Center in 1996 , which may have been the year it was purchased by United Skates of America , Inc . , who are credited with revitalizing the property .
Following its 1996 reopening , the current facility features phosphorescent airbrushed murals , blacklight fixtures , and multiple disco balls . Its DJs often feature upbeat House music to accompany skaters .
In 2024 , site manager Alex Lorenzo attested that the site 's attendance has increased in recent years . Tasha Klusmann , curator-historian of the National African American Roller Skating Archive , credited the rink 's increase to the era following the COVID-19 pandemic and the " popularity of the skating scene on social media . "
2012 documentary " The Rink " details the rink 's role in the Newark community . It describes the rink as " a space cherished by skaters " in " a city struggling to move beyond its past , " recounting stories of roller derby competitors , style skaters , Newark 's 1950s urban renewal , and the 1967 Newark riots all with the BBP Rink as its focus .
Filmmaker Sarah Friedland stated , " Branch Brook is a very important place , not just for Newark , but for the entire skating community , " which she claims " has recently lost many key rinks to real-estate speculation and gentrification . "
Kneeling Attendant Bodhisattva ( Mogao Cave )
The Kneeling Attendant Bodhisattva is a late 7th century , polychromed Buddhist sculpture , dating to the Tang dynasty , depicting a kneeling bodhisattva . Once a part of a set of eight figures , depicting six bodhisattvas and two disciples of the Buddha , it was once a part of the Mogao Caves , but is currently on display at the Harvard Art Museum .
The Mogao Caves , in Dunhuang , Gansu Province , China served as a major nexus of Buddhist pilgrimages from the Northern Liang to the Song dynasty .
Consisting of over 492 niches and caves , with well over a millennia of Buddhist art , Cave 328 was established during the early years of the Tang Dynasty , when the caves saw high flow of pilgrims .
In an area covering 6 meters squared , the niche depicts the Buddha preaching , right hand in the Abhayamudra , with a combination of two-dimensional and three-dimensional painting and sculpture of his disciples and attendants . Kashyapa and Ananda are seen at the side , absorbed in thought . The entire niche was intended to depict the dissemination of the Lotus Sutra .
It is likely dated to the reign of Wu Zetian .
The attending bodhisattvas are also depicted in sculpture , legs bent on a lotus throne , with leisurely posture . The artists who designed the cave intended for realist aesthetics . The well-preserved polychromy and artistic diversity of the cave attest to the prosperity and diversity of the Tang Empire .
The Mogao Caves saw increased exploration by the western world with expeditions held by Aurel Stein and Paul Pelliot in the 19th century . In 1923 , the Fogg Museum curator Langdon Warner ( Harvard Class of 1903 ) organized the Fogg Expedition to China , as part of an effort to expand the studies of Asian Art in Harvard .
Murals from Dunhuang were extracted upon arrival in January 1924 focused on the Tang Caves of Mogao , which in addition to 328 , included Caves 320 , 321 , 323 , and 335 . The treatment of the art in the expedition continues to be subject to controversy due to the damaged caused to the caves .
The Attending Bodhisattva was among the objects subsequently removed , it is now catalogued under designated accession number 1924.70 .
While works from Tianlongshan Grottoes are made of stone , the medium of the Dunhuang sculptures are that of clay , fibers , and straw , fixated on wooden armature and naturally dried and hardened , which serves as the skeleton of the bodhisattva .
The kneeling attendant was once part of the three slender bodhisattvas that were placed outside of the Buddha 's niche , on the south side of the cave , on the left side , facing the north wall , as if to guide the worshippers to the main image .
The bodhisattva 's is postured with its head inclined slightly forward , hands pressed in Anjali Mudra . Its upper body wears a scarf draped upon the shoulders , a jeweled necklace , with the dhoti covering the legs and feet . The double lotus base on which it resides is a fundamental feature of Chinese Buddhist aesthetics , and emphasizes upon the themes of the Lotus Sutra , which also saw primary dominance in the Buddhist canon during the early Tang .
Since the 1990s , the Dunhuang Research Academy was dedicated to preserving and reconstructing the original images of the caves prior to much of the damages from the 19th-20th centuries .
In 2016 , Shanghai Haohan Digital Technology took part in the effort to create a digital render of Cave 328 , of which their goal was to include the Kneeling Bodhisattva as a digital asset to reunite the sculpture to its original placement .
Arab Minifootball Cup
The Arab Minifootball Cup , is an international minifootball competition among the senior men 's national teams of the members of the Arab Minifootball Federation ( AMF ) . The tournament was played once and was held in Egypt in 2024 with the participation of five teams .
Victor Calatayud
Jose Eusebio Victor Calatayud Figueroa ( born 16 December 1941 ) is a Peruvian retired footballer . Nicknamed " Punalada " and " Calato , " he was known for playing for Universitario de Deportes as a forward throughout the 1960s and early 1970s , being a part of the squad to win the 1971 Torneo Descentralizado and play in the 1972 Copa Libertadores finals .
Calatayud was born on 16 December 1941 in Carmen de la Legua , Callao . He would begin his career by having short spells for Porvenir Miraflores and Mariscal Sucre prior to his signing for Universitario de Deportes . He was defined by being skilled as a forward with his characterization being defined with his speed and initiative on field . He was also known for his strategy to play from the back and pass it to the center field where he would do so with other players such as Alejandro Guzman , Enrique Casaretto , Percy Rojas and Angel Uribe for opportunities to score goals . This would lead to Calatayud earning the nickname " Punalada " from reporter . He would also play in any sector of the field for both defensive and offensive plays .
Arriving in 1964 at the age of 21 , he would begin to play for the club and would go on to win the 1964 Peruvian Primera Division . He would oversee the club win various titles within the tournament including the 1966 , 1967 , 1969 and the 1971 editions of the tournament . He was known as being one of the most distinguished players of the 1960s , playing alongside other players such as Angel Uribe , Enrique Rodriguez Pina , Hector Chumpitaz , Roberto Chale and Luis Cruzado . He would also play in various editions of the Copa Libertadores with the most notable run was where he would reach the finals of the 1972 edition .
Following this , he would play for Walter Ormeno in 1974 and Defensor Lima from 1975 to 1977 before retiring .
He would make his international debut in the in a 4-1 loss to Chile . He would play in seven matches in two years with his final match being in a friendly against Japan in 1967 .
Treasures of the Ancients
Treasures of the Ancients is a 1993 role-playing supplement for " Gamma World " published by TSR .
" Treasures of the Ancients " is a supplement in which the technological gear of the setting is detailed .
Gene Alloway reviewed " Treasures of the Ancients " in " White Wolf " # 37 ( July / Aug. , 1993 ) , rating it a 3 out of 5 and stated that " Though originally part of the " Gamma World " book in 3rd edition , " Treasures of the Ancients " is reasonably priced and well-done . It is indispensable for the " Gamma World " universe , and somewhat useful for other TSR products . There is a lot of high-tech in here , and a few of the higher end things in a low tech environment could make things interesting , especially if the players aren 't the ones with the tech . "
Layale Chaker
Layale Chaker is a violinist and composer whose music integrates elements of classical contemporary , jazz , Arabic music and improvisation .
She was born in Paris and moved to Lebanon at the age of 6 . In 2005 , Chaker began her musical studies at the National Higher Conservatory of Beirut . She later studied at the Conservatoire Regional de Paris beginning in 2010 and the Royal Academy of Music in London starting in 2017 with professors including Mohamed Hashem , Carmen Scripcariu , Jeanne-Marie Conquer and Nicholas Miller . She currently performs with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra under Daniel Barenboim .
Chaker has performed at a variety of festivals and concert halls . Festival highlights include La Biennale di Venezia , Spoleto Festival , London Jazz Festival , Alderburgh Festival , Morgenland Festival Osnabrueck , Junger Kunstler Festival Bayreuth , Lucerne Festival for Contemporary Music , Impuls ' Festival , Beethoven Festival Bonn and Avignon Festival . She has performed at concert halls such as Berlin Philharmonie , Abbaye de Royaumont , Hancher Auditorium , Stone , National Sawdust , Banff Centre , Royal Albert Hall and Wigmore Hall .
Her debut album , " Inner Rhyme , " with her chamber jazz ensemble Sarafand , was released on Circle Records in 2019 , incorporating Arabic poetic meters . The album ranked # 2 on NPR 's 10 Best Releases and # 1 on the World Charts of iTunes and Amazon Music for several weeks . Additionally , the album received the AFAC 2018 fund and a " Top of The World " distinction from Songlines with a 5-star review .
On May 17 , 2024 , she released two albums , " Vigil " and " Radio Afloat " recorded on Circle Records . " Vigil " features new-music string quartet , ETHEL , with piece contributions by each quartet member and two piece contributions by Chaker . Her album " Radio Afloat , " with Sarafand takes inspiration from the Arabic poem , " The Trace of Blue Passion " by Lebanese poet Ounsi El Hage , and portrays a radio floating at sea , attempting to get back to its rightful place on land . " Radio Afloat " explores the connection between people and the natural world .
Chaker currently lives in Brooklyn , New York , and is studying at Ecole des Hautes Etudes in Paris for her doctoral degree .
Milorad Vujicic
Milorad Vujicic ( ; 1 February 186929 April 1936 ) was a Serbian lawyer and politician who served as minister in various portfolios of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia .
Vujicic was born in the village of Radoinja near Nova Varos on 1 February 1869 , in what was then the Ottoman Empire . His father Anta , an Orthodox priest , fled to the Principality of Serbia in 1875 , on the eve of the Herzegovina uprising ( 1875-1877 ) and the First Serbian-Ottoman War and settled with his family in Bajina Basta . Vujicic was educated in Cacak and in Uzice , where he graduated . He subsequently studied and graduated from the Faculty of Law , University of Belgrade in 1894 . He began working in the police of the Kingdom of Serbia , and in 1896 rose from officer to district chief .
In 1898 he started working as a secretary of the Jadranska Lesnica district , later becoming secretary and head of the Podrinje district , head of the Azbukovica district and an official of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Belgrade in 1909 . As a reserve officer , Vujicic fought for the Royal Serbian Army in the Balkan Wars and World War I ; he rose to the rank of captain 1st class and was sent to Odessa to train the First Serbian Volunteer Division from Austro-Hungarian POWs in Russia . After the start of the October Revolution he returned to Serbia .
After the end of the war he became involved in politics : he first joined the People 's Radical Party ( NRS ) and was elected as a deputy for the Podrinje district in the 1920 . In the 1923 , 1925 and 1927 elections he was elected from the Uzice district , on the NRS lists led by Milos Trifunovic . He was vice-president of the National Assembly and during the government of Nikola Pasic he was appointed Minister of the Interior ( 1922-1924 ) . He was later appointed Minister of Construction ( April-December 1926 ) , Minister of Religious Affairs ( 1926-1927 ) and Minister of Post and Telegraph ( February 1927 ) during the government of Nikola Uzunovic and as Minister of Justice ( February 1928 - January 1929 ) during the governments of Velimir Vukicevic and Anton Korosec ( 1928-1929 ) . Following the declaration of the 6 January Dictatorship in 1929 , he stopped participating in politics .
He was awarded several decorations , including the Order of the White Eagle , the Order of St. Sava and the Order of Karađorđe Star . He died in Belgrade on 26 April 1936 and was buried in Bajina Basta .
Summer Greens
Summer Greens is a neighbourhood in Cape Town . According to the 2011 census , Summer Greens has population of 6,275 . Illegal buildings and crime are major challenges in the area .
Neighbouring suburbs include Milnerton Ridge , Milnerton , Edgemead , Bothasig and Montague Gardens .
Ramina Odicho
Ramina Odicho ( } , also known by her pseudonym Ramina Rated , is an Assyrian American comedian and influencer . Odicho has used her platform as a place to express her appreciation of Assyrian culture , and speak out on issues affecting the Assyrian and Middle Eastern communities .
Primarily recognized for her characters " Yome " and " Yasmine , " as well as for her multicultural reach , Odicho is considered to be one of the well-known Assyrian comedians in the diaspora .
Ramina Odicho was the middle child in her Assyrian family , who immigrated to the U.S. from Syria . She grew up in a religious and family-oriented environment , was particularly close to her family and cousins , and was involved in her church youth group . She graduated with a master 's in teaching English and taught at a high school level for eight years until her comedy career began to take off . She has previously been involved with the Assyrian community outside of religious activities , such as becoming a sponsor of her former Assyrian club at Niles West High School .
Odicho had been inspired to start making TikTok videos around the COVID-19 pandemic , when the app was beginning to increase in popularity . She then began to dedicate more time to creating comedic videos on Assyrian culture . She had also been inspired to make songs at the same time , inspired by the song " Broni " by Azadoota .
Odicho stated in 2022 that she doesn 't like to use her comedy to speak up on much larger issues , and often keeps to raising awareness of Assyrians and her culture to her larger audience . Her family initially was opposed to her comedic career until they saw her successful growth on social media and the influence she was having on her community . Odicho has also described the surreal feeling that she has experienced being an influencer in her community , and the reactions she has gotten since her rise to fame . This has caused her to begin experiencing periods of stress when producing comments , and she has previously discussed how her new career in comedy began symptoms of depression .
Odicho often utilizes people she knows in her real life as inspirations for her characters , most noticeably " Yome , " who represents the universal Assyrian mom . She considers herself tough when it comes to critiquing her material , initially not considering stage comedy due to stage fright and difficulties approaching people in the crowd . She has previously performed in Detroit where she experienced these issues , but held a successful performance at the end .
In March 2023 , Odicho held her first performance in Australia , in the Bankstown suburb of Sydney . She had previously performed for organizations such as the Assyrian Aid Society of America .
Odicho is bilingual in English and Spanish , and can also speak a varying amount of Assyrian Neo-Aramaic . She has cited her family and comedian Russell Peters as her biggest influences .
New Faces ( Over the Edge )
New Faces is a 1992 role-playing adventure for " Over the Edge " published by Atlas Games .
" New Faces " is an adventure in which material for gamemasters is provided .
Sam Chupp reviewed " Over the Edge " in " White Wolf " # 37 ( July / Aug. , 1993 ) , rating it a 3 out of 5 and stated that " The art , design , writing and layout of this tiny supplement is of the same quality as the rulebook . It 's just small . You needn 't bother purchasing it if you aren 't running " OTE " full time ; you really won 't miss the information otherwise . "
Male garage fire
On November 10 , 2022 , a fire occured in a garage in Male , the capital city of the Maldives . The fire resulted in the death of ten individuals , nine of whom were Indian nationals and one who was a Bangladeshi national . The incident drew significant attention to safety standards in Male and prompted discussions about urban planning and regulatory measures in densely populated areas .
The fire broke out in a garage situated in a residential area of Male , which is known for its high population density and limited urban space . The victims were reported to have been living in accommodations above the garage . Eyewitness accounts and emergency services revealed the rapid spread of the fire , which left little time for escape . The tragedy highlighted the vulnerabilities associated with mixed-use buildings , where residential units are directly connected to commercial operations .
Among the 10 fatalities , nine were Indian nationals , and one was a Bangladeshi national . The victims were believed to be workers residing in Male , underscoring the challenges faced by expatriate workers in the Maldives , including overcrowded and unsafe living conditions .
In the aftermath of the fire , Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih pledged to take immediate action to relocate garages operating within the city to prevent similar tragedies . The government also announced a review of existing safety regulations and urban zoning policies to improve the safety of residents and workers in Male .
The incident sparked an outpouring of condolences from both local and international communities . It also led to calls for enhanced safety measures and stricter enforcement of building codes to ensure the well-being of residents and workers , particularly in high-risk areas .
Rifts World Book 3 : England
Rifts World Book 3 : England is a 1993 role-playing supplement for " Rifts " published by Palladium Books .
" Rifts World Book 3 : England " is a supplement in which world information is presented , along with new classes , weapons , monsters and magic .
Charles Peirce reviewed " Rifts World Book Three : England " in " White Wolf " # 37 ( July / Aug. , 1993 ) , rating it a 3 out of 5 and stated that " All in all , " Rifts World Book : England " is a pleasant enough book . It doesn 't contain anything truly magnificent , but very little of it is substandard . It is certainly a better buy than " Atlantis " was . "
Ptilotus albidus
Ptilotus albidus is a species of flowering plant in the family " Amaranthaceae " and is endemic to inland Western Australia . It is a compact perennial shrub with linear leaves , spherical spikes of white flowers and dull brown seeds .
" Ptilotus albidus " is a compact perennial shrub that typically grows to high . Its leaves are greyish-green , linear , long and wide . The flowers are white , borne in dense , spherical or oval spikes of seven to ten , long and wide . There are hairy bracts long and hairy bracteoles long at the base of the flowers . The outer tepals are long and the inner tepals long . Flowering occurs from May to November and the seeds are long and dull brown .
This species was first formally described in 1943 by Charles Gardner , who gave it the name " Trichinium albidum " in the " Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia " from specimens he collected between Meekatharra and Wiluna . In 1962 , Gerhard Benl transferred the species to " Ptilotus " as " P. albidus . " The specific epithet ( " albidus " ) means ' white ' , referring to the flowers .
" Ptilotus albidus " grows on stony soils on breakaways and clay plains in the Gascoyne , Little Sandy Desert and Murchison bioregions of inland Western Australia .
This species of " Ptilotus " is listed as " not threatened " by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity , Conservation and Attractions .
Vertical circle ( instrument )
The vertical circle is an optical instrument used to measure angles in astronomy , which name is derived from the mathematical concept of the vertical circle from spherical trigonometry . It is a device for measuring astronomical angles , which can be rotated in altitude and azimuth . It consists of a telescope ( in astronomical geodesy occasionally also with a reflecting telescope ) , which is mounted on a horizontal tilting axis and is supported by a stable altazimuth mount . It is similar in design to the meridian circle , but the latter only has a horizontal tilting axis without the means to change azimuth . The angular movements around the tilting and standing axes are measured with large , finely divided circles and a reading microscope .
Instruments like this were more common in 19th century observatories and were important for locating and recording coordinates in the cosmos , and observatories often had various other instruments for certain functions as well as advanced clocks of the period . The popularly known example in the observatories , was the Great Refractors which became larger and larger and came to have a dominating effect to the point that observatories were moved simply to have better conditions for their biggest telescope , in the modern style where observatories often have one instrument only in a remote location on the Earth or even in outer space . However , in the 19th century it was more basic with observatories often making recording of coordinates of different items and to determine the shape of the Earth and times .
MyBinding
MyBinding is one of the largest binding and laminating dealers in the United States , with over 90 years of industry experience .
Established in 1998 , with roots spanning back as far as 1932 , MyBinding started as a small family-owned business in Hillsboro , Oregon . Co-founded by father and son duo Michael and Cory Ware , the company was created not only to bring a focus to the value of the customer in the binding industry but to bring the family together with work close to home .
The company began to find major success when a leader within the community , Jeff McRitchie , offered to build the team a website in 2004 . The website proved pivotal in MyBinding 's growth leading Ritchie to become the Vice President of Marketing .
Over the years , MyBinding received recognition on the Inc . 5000 list of fastest-growing companies in the country in 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , and 2016 . The company saw 141 % growth between 2009 and 2011 , including $ 10 million in revenue in 2010 , as well as passing the milestone of hiring its 50th employee .
In 2012 , the company purchased a 68,000-square-foot facility in the Hawthorn Farm Industrial Park to support further growth , employee retention , and recruitment .
In 2019 , the company was acquired by Spiral Binding , an industry leader that opened its doors in 1932 . This further strengthened MyBinding 's national reach while expanding Spiral 's e-commerce capabilities . In 2020 , strategic investments by Hilltop Private Capital bolstered MyBinding 's e-commerce presence and expanded its product portfolio to include broader print and finishing equipment and supplies .
Now , MyBinding operates a nationwide network of warehouses stocked with a comprehensive selection of binding and laminating supplies along with pack and ship , paper handling , and print finishing essentials . Additionally , MyBinding has a dedicated team of full-time service technicians who provide support for equipment maintenance and repair .
MyBinding is partnered with well-known vendors such as Bindomatic , General Binding Corporation and Coverbind along with hundreds of other top brands to provide a diverse range of products . The company 's distribution partnerships with industry leaders like ACCO Brands further enhance these offerings .
SJQ
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Maritim Clubhotel
The Maritim Clubhotel also known as the Plaza Premium Timmendorfer Strand is a high-rise hotel in Timmendorfer Strand , Germany . Built between 1972 and 1974 , the building stands at tall with 32 floors and is the current 89th tallest building in Germany .
The building is located in the township of Timmendorfer Strand and , with a height of 101 metres and 32 floors , is the second tallest skyscraper and hotel in Schleswig-Holstein after the Maritim Travemunde in the Lubeck district of Travemunde ( 119 metres ) and one of the tallest hotels in Germany . The lower five floors contain hotel rooms , and the floors above apartments . The skyscraper also has its own access road , tennis courts and a swimming pool , and houses a total of 191 rentable rooms .
Until 2021 , the entire Maritim ClubHotel Timmendorfer Strand belonged to the Maritim Hotelgesellschaft , which also owns the Maritim Travemunde . Since July 1 , 2021 , however , it has only operated the apartments on the upper floors . The five lower floors that house the hotel were sold to the Plaza Hotelgroup due to a drop in sales during the COVID-19 pandemic . Since then , the hotel has been called PLAZA Premium Timmendorfer Strand .
Mudzingwa
Mudzingwa is a Zimbabwean surname . Notable people with the surname include :
David Bluefield
David Bluefield is an American songwriter , composer , musician , producer , and arranger . His song , " What 's the Use , " recorded by Mary MacGregor , was the " International Grand Prix Winner " as well as winning the " Most Outstanding Performance Award " at the World Popular Song Festival in 1980 . He has recorded with Stevie Nicks and Tim Buckley and has shared the stage with Badfinger , Traffic , Alice Cooper , Paul Williams , and Paul Anka . He toured extensively with Three Dog Night and Mary MacGregor and was a band member of the music group , Kindred , who released two albums on Warner Bros .
David Bluefield ( David Bluefield Pearlstein ) was born and raised in Hollywood , California . His father , Leo Pearlstein is a successful advertising executive , author , and jazz drummer .
David played in the rock band , " Potluck " in high school , who shared the stage with Traffic and Alice Cooper .
David Bluefield is songwriter , musician ( piano / keyboards / organ ) producer , arranger , and composer . He has released five studio albums and his genres have generally been classified as pop , rock , jazz , blues , and classical . Bluefield has played with the Platters , Steve Martin , Tracey Ullman , Three Dog Night , Paul Williams , Paul Anka , Iron Eyes Cody , and performed live with Ringo Starr .
In the early 1970s he was a band member ( piano , keyboards , organ ) in the music group , Kindred . They toured nationally and shared the stage with Three Dog Night and Badfinger , among others . They released two albums on Warner Bros. , " Kindred " and " Next of Kin . "
In 1997 , Bluefield played the keyboard in Close Encounters of the Third Kind when the humans tried to communicate with the aliens in the spacecraft .
In 1978 , Bluefield 's co-write , " Memories , " recorded by Mary MacGregor , was selected as one of Billboard 's " Top Single Picks . " His co-write , " What 's the Use , " recorded by Mary MacGregor , was the " International Grand Prix Winner " as well as winning the " Most Outstanding Performance Award " at the World Popular Song Festival in 1980 . Both singles were co-written with Marty Rodgers , whom Bluefield wrote and performed with for 10 years .
Bluefield also toured with Mary Macgregor , playing keyboards and organ .
He played keyboards and drum machine on Stevie Nicks ' hit single , " Stand Back " in 1983 . In 1985 , Bluefield played piano on The American Music Project ( album ) , which included performances by Don McLean , Rita Coolidge , and Hoyt Axton , among others .
In 1995 , he released albums , " Clazzual Sax " and " Reclassified " which received favorable reviews . In 1996 , Bluefield released " Rolling Over the Classics . " ( album ) and in 2020 released " Munchtime " ( album ) .
Bluefield filmed his 103 year old musician father , ( Leo Pearlstein ) playing drums on " All of Me , " ( Bluefield played the piano ) which went viral on YouTube and to date has received over 2,400,000 views .
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Frank Milano
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2023-24 Bury F.C. season
The 2023-24 Bury F.C. season was the first season since the club 's merger with the phoenix club Bury A.F.C. and the return to the football league . The club competed in the North West Counties Premier Division , in the 9th tier .
Campechano ( restaurant )
Campechano is a chain of Mexican taquerias operating in Toronto , Ontario .
The restaurant 's first location , on Toronto 's Adelaide Street in the downtown Fashion District was established in November 2015 . It was opened by couple Daniel Roe and Raena Fisher , who sought to highlight a simple menu of ' real Mexican food ' .
Co-owner and head chef Roe was born and raised in Mexico City , before moving to Canada in 2005 . He sought " to serve the tacos [ he 's ] been eating [ his ] whole life " at the restaurant . The restaurant uses imported heirloom corn from Mexico to make their tortillas , which are made fresh throughout the day and are never reheated . According to Roe , it took six months for him to perfect the tortilla recipe being used at the restaurant .
The restaurant 's name " Campechano , " comes from the Spanish word for ' good-natured ' or ' cheerful ' .
A second location was opened in summer 2021 on College Street in Toronto 's Little Italy neighbourhood . The College Street location is larger and provides more seating for patrons , but offers a similar menu .
The chain 's original location on Adelaide Street was awarded a Bib Gourmand designation by the Michelin Guide at Toronto 's 2022 Michelin Guide ceremony , and retained this recognition in 2023 and 2024 . A Bib Gourmand is awarded to restaurants who offer " exceptionally good food at moderate prices . " The guide praised the restaurant 's small menu of tacos , stating that " if you 're here for anything [ else ] , you 've come to the wrong place . "
Peronospora violacea
Peronospora violacea is a floricolous downy mildew which infects plants in the Caprifoliaceae . It has been reported from hosts in the genera " Dipsacus , " " Knautia , " " Lomelosia , " " Scabiosa , " and " Succisa . "
It produces conidiophores on the petals and styles of the host , oospores inside the petal and style tissue , and suppresses the development of the anthers . Infection is systemic , with hyphae produced in the xylem of the host rhizomes and stems .
In infected plants of " Succisa pratensis " the flowers have longer , pinker petals on which the conidophores are produced . However , other authors report that on the same host it causes the host corollas to be brownish and dead-looking .
Fungai Chaderopa
Fungai Chaderopa is a Zimbabwean politician . Elected in 2008 , she served in the parliament of Zimbabwe , representing the Sanyati constituency . With the help of the Zimbabwe Republic Police , she caused the capture , unlawful imprisonment and torture of Movement for Democratic Change - Tsvangirai activists who opposed her views .
Henni Britz
Joseph Hendrik Pieter Britz ( born 1966 or 1967 ) is a South African lawyer and politician who has been a Permanent Delegate to the National Council of Provinces since 2024 . A member of the Democratic Alliance , he previously served as a councillor in the Sarah Baartman District Municipality .
Britz grew up in Petersfield and attended Jan van Riebeeck Primary School in Cape Town . He matriculated from Huguenot Boys ' High School in 1984 before going on to study at the University of Pretoria , from which he graduated with B.luris and B.Proc degrees . Britz had to work to support his family and found employment at the Pilkington Glass Factory , the Impala Platinum Refinery and the Jan Smuts Airport ( now known as the O.R. Tambo International Airport ) . After graduating , Britz completed his mandatory national service in the South African Air Force as a legal officer with the rank of lieutenant .
Britz began his legal career as a public prosecutor in the Johannesburg and Soweto Magistrates ' Courts . He was soon promoted to regional public prosecutor before becoming a prosecutor in the specialist courts . Britz became a magistrate in Johannesburg and Soweto at age 23 before being transferred to Springs in 1990 where he was a magistrate in the criminal and civil courts in Springs and KwaThema . Prior to becoming involved in local politics , he founded Brits Attorneys in Springs in 1993 . In the late 1990s , Britz was elected ward councillor for ward 1 in the Springs municipality as a member of the Springs Forum party .
Britz and his family moved to Jeffreys Bay following the conclusion of his term . He joined the Democratic Alliance in 2005 and was later elected a councillor in the Sarah Baartman District Municipality .
Following the 2024 general election , Britz was sworn in as a Permanent Delegate to the National Council of Provinces . In November 2024 , he was elected to co-chair the Joint Committee on Ethics and Members ' Interests .
No Return ( 2024 TV series )
No Return ( ) is a 2024 Hong Kong television period drama , and romantic comedy co-produced by TVB , and Tencent Penguin Pictures by producer Dave Fong , and screenwriter Cheung Wah-Biu . It stars Wayne Lai , Nancy Wu , Edwin Siu , Hera Chan , Celina Harto , Joey Law , Gabriel Harrison , Lee Shing Cheong , Mary Hon , To Yin-gor , and Susan Tse as the main cast . The drama is the 4th installment of the Rosy Business franchise .
Set in the 1920s , early Republic of China era , " No Return " follows the lives of Tang Kwai Sim " 7th Master , " and Chai 17 . Tang Kwai Sim is a successful businesswoman in charge of Wing Yip Bank left to her by her late father . She is feared by many as " 7th Master " being one of the ten most influential tycoons in the Shanghai Concession business world . She is also the only woman among the cadre of the top businesspersons . Under her ruthlessness , lies a vulnerable young woman facing adversity in both her professional and personal life . There she encounters Chai 17 , an out-of-luck businessman , one who 's able to give sound business advice , but unable to personally prosper . Chai 17 grudgingly saves her life and the bank from going under , and the two develop a professional relationship that blossoms into a friendship . A friendship to which both were willing to give up everything and their lives for each other . Along the way they encounter many adversaries , including Lam Mo Choi , a manipulative villain with three separate , yet identical identities . He holds a grudge against the Tang Family , and is bent on destroying 7th Master and her allies .
Principal photography began October 7 , 2023 , and ended December 17 , 2023 . " No Return " aired October-November 2024 to coincide with date .
The drama marked the return of screenwriter Cheung Wah-Biu who wrote the first two successful Rosy Business dramas , " Rosy Business , " and " No Regrets " his last script before leaving TVB in 2011 .
Filming took place at the Dream Bund backlot at Hengdian World Studios . The Dream Bund was built during the COVID-19 pandemic to recreate the look and feel of Old Shanghai with streets and buildings built on a 1 : 1 scale . Nancy Wu mentioned in an interview that the bountiful environment provided by Hengdian made one feel as though one was in Shanghai . In the past , when period dramas were filmed in Hong Kong , the shooting environment was not enough to match with the drama .
Artistic director Sai Wan Lo designed and produced over 200 period costumes for the " No Return , " 30 costumes of which were for Nancy Wu 's character , who wears both Chinese , and Western influenced clothing together . The artistic director said the hat style worn by Nancy not only added elegance to the costumes , but represented 1930s Western upper class society , and culture .
Lead actress Nancy Wu mentioned the strenous nature of the film shoot , taking place within a span of just over two months , with dozens of scenes daily , resulted in her losing weight . Additionally , Wu said it was mentally and emotionally draining playing the 7th Master as her character was very complex , requiring a high degree of emotional expression on top of the acting nuances required for a period drama .
The sequence of flashback scenes with Wayne Lai and Nancy Wu in a coffin was a continuous 2 minute shot done in one take .
" No Return " is the third co-produced drama by Tencent Penguin Pictures under their Hong Kong Drama Project . Containing elements of mystery and suspense in the narrative , light comedy in a period drama , and high production values , producers hope " No Return " will attract new audiences , and old fans , to a new style of Hong Kong dramas .
The Chinese name for the series 巾幗梟雄 means Ambitious strong Woman . The Chinese name for the 4th installment 懸崖 means Precipice , or symbolically , at the edge of no return .
On Douban , " No Return " scored 5.6 midway through the series .
1924 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
The 1924 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships were organized by the Amateur Athletic Union ( AAU ) and served as the national championships in outdoor track and field for the United States .
The men 's edition was held at Colgate Field , Newark Athletic Country Club in West Orange , New Jersey , and it took place 5-7 September . The women 's meet was held separately at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , on 20 September .
The meeting was separate from the 1924 United States Olympic trials , which were held earlier on 13-14 June in Massachusetts . At the men 's championships , meet records were broken in the high jump , pole vault , discus and javelin . In the women 's competition , Frances Ruppert repeated as 100 yards champion .
Danilos Pizza SK
Danilos Pizza Spor Kulubu is a Turkish women 's basketball club based in Izmit , Turkey . The club was founded in 2024 and currently competing in the Women 's Basketball Super League .
American Academy of Sanitarians
The American Academy of Sanitarians ( AAS ) is a network of sanitarians providing recognition of outstanding competence of professional practice in the field of environmental health . The four-part mission of the academy , includes : elevating the standards , improving the practice , advancing the professional proficiency , and promoting the highest levels of ethical conduct among professional sanitarians in every field of environmental health . Through a process of evaluation by peers , the academy recognizes Diplomates , who are qualified persons attaining high professional stature through leadership and accomplishment in the practice of environmental health .
The origins of the academy may be traced to the formation of a Sanitarians Joint Council in November , 1956 at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association in Atlantic City , NJ . Founding members included the APHA , the National Environmental Health Association ( NEHA ) , and the International Association for Food Protection ( IAFP ) . Objectives of the Council included : 1 ) developing a uniform definition of " sanitarian " ; 2 ) promoting the professional status of the sanitarian ; 3 ) developing a specialty board to recognize sanitarians ; 4 ) drafting uniform law for the registration of sanitarians ; and 5 ) developing common educational and experiential requirements for the professional practice of sanitarian . From these early efforts , the academy was formerly incorporated in the State of Indiana on March 14 , 1966 .
The academy cooperates with related organizations , including the American Public Health Association , National Environmental Health Association , International Association for Food Protection , and others as leaders of professional practice .
Many members of the academy serve in the uniformed services , including the United States Public Health Service and the United States Army , in the role of Environmental Health Officer .
Members of the academy assist in the accreditation of environmental health programs by the National Environmental Health Science and Protection Accreditation Council .
In partnership with the National Environmental Health Association , the academy provides financial sponsorship for scholarships for students pursuing higher education in environmental health .
The academy operates three programs to recognize excellence in environmental health .
Certification as a Diplomate of the American Academy of Sanitarians ( DAAS ) may be awarded to professionally credentialed environmental health practitioners with qualities of outstanding competence and leadership , which are assessed through a formal process of evaluation by peers . As of 2024 , a total of 615 individuals had obtained DAAS status .
In 1999 , the academy created the certification of Diplomate Laureate of the American Academy of Sanitarians ( DLAAS ) to recognize Diplomates who have demonstrated continuing outstanding commitment , leadership , and accomplishment in the environmental health profession beyond the criteria used to evaluate Diplomates . As of 2024 , a total of 14 individuals had obtained DLAAS status . These include :
In 1980 , the academy established the Davis Calvin Wagner Award , which represents the highest honor and recognition the academy can bestow upon a Diplomate for outstanding professional work , accomplishments , and contributions to the sanitarian profession . Past winners include :
Flags of counties in the Pomeranian Voivodeship
Counties ( " powiat " ) in Pomeranian Voivodeship , Poland have symbols in the form of flags .
According to the definition , a flag is a sheet of fabric of a specific shape , colour and meaning , attached to a spar or mast.It may also include the coat of arms or emblem of the administrative unit it represents . In Poland , territorial units ( municipal , city , and county councils ) may establish flags in accordance with the Act of 21 December 1978 on badges and uniforms . In its original version , the act only allowed territorial units to establish coats of arms . It was not until the " Act of 29 December 1998 amending certain acts in connection with the implementation of the state system reform " that the right for provinces , counties , and municipalities to establish a flag as the symbol of their territorial unit was officially confirmed . This change benefited powiats , which were reinstated in 1999 .
Since 2013 , all 16 counties and four cities with county rights have had their own flag in Pomerania . This symbol , since 2002 , has been established by the voivodeship itself .
Marta Aznavoorian
Marta Aznavoorian is an American pianist . Aznavoorian is a Steinway Artist and records for Naxos , ARTEC label and Cedille Records .
Aznavoorian grew up in Barrington , Illinois . She was raised in an Armenian-American family that valued classical music , and frequently performed at church as she grew up .
She studied with Menahem Pressler at Indiana University School of Music for her bachelor 's degree in 1994 and was awarded an artist diploma . She received her master 's degree from New England Conservatory , where she studied with Patricia Zander .
At 13 , she made her professional debut when conductor Georg Solti invited her to perform Mozart 's Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Center .
Aznavoorian has appeared as a soloist with orchestras including Sydney Symphony Orchestra , Sydney Conservatory Orchestra , San Angelo Symphony , San Diego Symphony , Boston Pops Orchestra , Highland Park Strings , New Philharmonic and New World Symphony where she was invited by conductor Michael Tilson Thomas . She has performed at festivals such as Tanglewood Music Festival , Aspen Music Festival , Marlboro Festival , Seattle Chamber Music Society , Caramoor Festival , Hornby Island and Green Lake Festival . Aznavoorian performed at Ravinia Festival for years back to back . Aznavoorian has worked with composers such as William Bolcom , Osvaldo Golijov , Jennifer Higdon , Shulamit Ran , Augusta Read Thomas , Joan Tower , Lera Auerbach , Pierre Jalbert , Stacy Garrop , Laura Schewendinger , Marta Ptaszynska , Shawn Okpebholo and Peter Boyer .
Since 2003 , Aznavoorian has performed alongside violinist Desiree Ruhstrat and cellist David Cunliffe in the Lincoln Trio . Their discography includes " Trios From Our Homelands , " the complete works for multiple strings and piano by Joaquin Turina and their debut album , " Notable Women . " In 2017 , " Trios from our Homelands " ( Cedille Records ) was nominated for best small ensemble / chamber music performance at the 59th Annual GRAMMY Awards . In 2021 , the trio released " Trios from the City of Big Shoulders " featuring works by Chicago composers Leo Sowerby and Ernst Bacon . The following year , they released a CD highlighting contemporary Chicago composers , titled " Chicago Now . " The trio 's album " Fantasies of Buenos Aires " was nominated for Best Classical Album at the 2024 Latin GRAMMY Awards .
Aznavoorian and her sister , cellist Ani Aznavoorian , perform as The Aznavoorian Duo . In 2022 , they released their debut album , " Gems from Armenia , " featuring Komitas Vartabed , Aram Khachaturian , Arno Babajanian , Avet Terterian and Armenian contemporary composers Serouj Kradjian , Alexander Arutiunian , Vache Sharafyan and Peter Boyer . In 2022 , the duo toured the album and its release .
In 1999 , Aznavoorian was named to the Music Institute of Chicago 's Piano Department , later also receiving the title of Artist in Residence .
Aznavoorian leads a nonprofit organization , Keynote Productions , which funds scholarships to underprivileged students interested in furthering their education in music . In 2017 , she was awarded the Standing Ovation Alumni Legend Award for her teaching and mentoring in Chicago . Aznavoorian is a faculty member at DePaul University where she was awarded the Monsignor Kenneth J. Velo Endowed Distinguished Professorship .
Aznavoorian has won multiple awards including the Aspen Music Festival Piano Competition , the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Competition and the Seventeen Magazine / General Motors National Competition . At the Stravinsky International Competition , where she won first prize , she won the special prize for best interpretation of the commissioned contemporary work . Moreover , she was awarded a Level 1 scholarship from the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts and was named a Presidential Scholar in the Arts . As Presidential Scholar , Aznavoorian was invited to the White House , met President George H. W. Bush and performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington , D.C ..
Sea Kings of the Purple Towns
Sea Kings of the Purple Towns is a 1992 role-playing supplement for " Stormbringer " published by Chaosium .
" Sea Kings of the Purple Towns " is a supplement in which the Isle of the Purple Towns is detailed .
Matthew Gabbert reviewed " Sea Kings of the Purple Towns " in " White Wolf " # 37 ( July / Aug. , 1993 ) , rating it a 3 out of 5 and stated that " " Sea Kings of the Purple Towns " is a good sourcebook and a fun set of adventures . Whether you want to focus your " Stormbringer " campaign on the Isle , use it as a home base or just have your players visit occasionally , it 's definitely worth a donation to Goldar . "
Paulina Mongird
Paulina Mongird ( " Lithuanian : " Paulina Mongirdaite ; 1865 - November 5 , 1924 ) was the first professional female photographer in Lithuania .
Paulina Mongird was born in 1865 into a noble family in Raseiniai County , then part of the Kovno Governorate in the Russian Empire . Her parents were Mieczysław and Zofia Mongird ( nee Hryszkiewicz ) . She had a brother Jan ( 1858-unknown ) and sister , Zofia ( 1860-1912 ) .
Around 1885 , the Mongird family moved to Palanga in the Courland Governorate after selling their estate . They acquired property on Memel Street 7 ( now Vytautas Street ) , which included the Tuchanovicz villa .
Mongird was well-educated , graduating from Henryka Czarnocka 's Private Girls ' Boarding School in Warsaw between 1880 and 1886 . She spoke Lithuanian and Polish fluently , had proficiency in Russian and French , and was talented in drawing . Her interest in photography led her to complete a photography course for women in Warsaw .
Mongird began her photographic career around 1888 , using equipment she acquired from Warsaw . In 1892 , she opened a photography studio in Palanga after receiving official permission from the general governor . Her studio operated until her death in 1924 . Her early works bore labels such as " Fotografia P. Mongird Polangen " ( in Cyrillic ) or " Wadwicz Mongird Polangen " ( in Polish ) .
Mongird was the first professional photographer to capture the architecture , landscapes , and daily activities in the towns of Palanga , Kretinga , and Gargzdai . Her portraits often featured meticulously composed backdrops , such as seascapes , and were popular with visitors to Palanga.Her portraits became especially popular among tourists seeking to preserve memories of their visits .
She documented Palanga 's landscapes , the Baltic coastline , and local life . Her work was sold to tourists and published in newspapers . In addition to her work in Palanga , she produced postcards featuring scenes from Kretinga and the Russian-German border .
Mongird 's photographic works include :
Her photographs were frequently reproduced in promotional publications about Palanga , as well as in Lithuanian and Polish newspapers and albums published abroad . Between 1899 and 1924 , Mongird created postcards depicting notable sites , such as manors in Palanga , Kretinga , and Vaitkuskis , along with portraits of Lithuanian grand dukes . Her early postcards were lithographed , while later ones combined photographic and graphic elements .
Her talents were recognized by the Tyszkiewicz counts , prominent patrons who invited her to photograph family members and commissioned her to create albums documenting the manor estates in Palanga and Kretinga .
In 1911 , she won a silver medal at a photography exhibition in Lviv .
One of her works , " " Birute Hill in Palanga " , " is preserved in the Historical Collections of Vilnius University Library and included in UNESCO 's Memory of the World project .
Mongird never married and supported her family , including her mother , sister , and two nieces , while living in Palanga . Her niece Janina Wrotnowska ( nee Walicka ) described Mongird 's life in her memoirs , excerpts of which appear in " The First Photographers of the Coast : Paulina Mongirdaite and Ignas Stropus " by Jolanta Klietkute . Another niece , Nora Bucewicz ( nee Walicka ) , was a writer who incorporated Mongird 's photographs into her publications .
Paulina Mongird passed away on November 5 , 1924 , and was buried in Palanga 's old cemetery near the chapel . Her grave is no longer identifiable .
Her contributions to Lithuanian photography paved the way for future generations of photographers , particularly women .
Photographer and writer Jolanta Klietkute has played a key role in reviving Mongird 's legacy through her research and publications .
Andreas Kordellas
Andreas Kordellas ( 30 November 1836 - 1909 ) was a Greek mineralogist and mining engineer .
On 30 November 1836 , Andreas Kordellas was born in Izmir ( known in Greek as Smyrna ) , then under the Ottoman Empire . His father was a merchant originally from Ampelakia on the island of Salamis . In 1852 , Kordellas began study at an industrial school in Zittau , Saxony ; in 1855 , he transferred to the Bergakademie Freiberg , but also took classes in philosophy at the University of Bonn and in mining in Liege , Belgium . He graduated in 1858 .
Kordellas briefly returned to Smyrna in 1860 , but left for Athens in the same year . There , he found employment at the state Ministry of Finance . He drafted mining legislation alongside Panayiotis G. Vouyoukas and Ioannis Soutsos . He was appointed the foreman of the Naxos emery mines from 1861 to 1863 . He was also employed to manage water supply for the city of Athens . In 1865 , he left the Ministry of Finance to become the Director of Works for a private mining company , Hilarion Roux & Cie ; the company was the first modern enterprise to exploit the ancient Mines of Laurion . He had investigated the mines in December 1860 while under state employ and wrote a report on the state of the mines in the region , seeing great promise in the re-smelting of slag at the site . He simultaneously served as the director of works for another mining company , I. V. Serpieris & Co . , from 1865 to 1873 . In 1887 he became the director of the Greek Metal Works Company of Lavrion .
Kordellas published various papers on mineralogy and geology . He was a member of the Greek organizing committee for the 1889 " Exposition Universelle " in Paris , France , for which he wrote a paper advertising Greece 's mineral wealth . He was a professor of mineralogy and geology at the Hellenic Military Academy from 1882 to 1894 , and the inaugural president of the Hellenic Polytechnic Association from 1899 . He died in Athens in 1909 . During the 1990s , archaeologists named an ancient " ergasterion " ( silver processing workshop ) found at Laurion the Kordellas Ergasterion in his honor .
Leonard Cooling
Leonard Frank Cooling ( 23 December 1903 - 15 February 1977 ) was an English physicist and engineer widely regarded as the " " Founder of British Soil Mechanics " . " He played a pivotal role in the early development of soil mechanics in the United Kingdom , establishing the first British soil mechanics laboratory at the Building Research Station ( BRS ) in 1934 .
Cooling published widely on soil mechanics and related subjects , and was one of the five founders of the soil mechanics and geotechnical journal , " Geotechnique , " along with Rudolph Glossop , Alec Skempton , Hugh Golder , and Bill Ward . He served on the publication 's advisory panel from its first meeting in 1949 until 1969 , and was chairman from 1966 to 1969 .
Cooling was born in Solihull on 23 December 1903 . A promising student , he attended Yardley Secondary School before winning a scholarship to the University of Birmingham , where he graduated with a first-class honours degree in physics in 1925 . In 1926 , he obtained an MSc for research into the thermo-magnetic properties of nickel-iron and meteorites .
An accomplished athlete in his youth , Cooling played amateur football for England and West Bromwich Albion while also excelling in athletics as a Midland Counties Champion runner .
In 1927 , Cooling joined the Building Research Station as a Junior Scientific Officer , where his early work focused on capillarity , evaporation , and permeability of building materials . His work led to some involvement with soil physics at Rothamsted Experimental Station , and in 1933 , under the directorship of Dr Reginald Stradling , Cooling was appointed head of the newly formed Soil Physics Section at BRS .
The small team , initially housed in a converted stable block , quickly established itself as a leader in British soil mechanics , equipped to conduct tests for Atterberg limits , consolidation , and soil shear strength . Cooling 's work laid the foundation for soil mechanics research in Britain , notably investigating embankment slips and retaining wall movements . By 1935 , the BRS group had been renamed the Soil Mechanics Section and were active in investigations such as embankment slips on sections of the Southern Railway and retaining wall failures in the London Clay .
In 1937 , Alec Skempton commenced what would become a lifetime of work in soil mechanics under Cooling at the BRS , after abandoning his studies on reinforced concrete . Skempton and Cooling published research on London Clay and in August of the same year , the failure of the Chingford Dam resulted in the first UK visit by Karl Terzaghi , who redesigned the dam in co-operation with Skempton , Cooling , and the BRS soil mechanics team after Skempton had successfully identified the rapid rate of filling of the dam by the contractor , Mowlem , as the cause of the failure .
In 1936 , Cooling was the sole UK delegate at the 1st International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering in Harvard , presenting three papers . By the second conference in 1948 , his efforts had catalysed a major expansion , with 74 British delegates and 57 papers presented . Cooling served as chair of the British Geotechnical Society ( BGS ) from 1955 to 1959 , edited " Geotechnique , " and delivered the second Rankine Lecture in 1962 . He was a prominent figure in the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Committee of the Institution of Civil Engineers , as well as the British National Committee of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering ( ISSMFE ) , formed in 1947 . He served on the committee that would later evolve into the British Geotechnical Society for many years and held the role of Chairman of the Society from 1955 to 1959 . In 1957 , despite his training as a physicist , he was elected an Associate of the Institution of Civil Engineers in recognition of his exceptional contributions to civil engineering .
Cooling 's investigations and notable work included :
Cooling lived in Oxhey with his wife and daughter , and retired in 1968 . He remained active in geotechnics until his death on 15 February 1977 at the Peace Memorial Hospital in Watford . The British Geotechnical Society established the Cooling Prize in 1970 to honour his commitment to young professionals , awarded annually for the best paper by a young engineer .
The Scent of the Beast
The Scent of the Beast is a 1992 role-playing adventure for " Talislanta " published by Wizards of the Coast .
" The Scent of the Beast " is an adventure in which the player characters escort a trade barge while looking for a traitor .
Shannon Appelcline noted that in addition to " The Primal Order , " Wizards of the Coast " was simultaneously pushing other releases forward . The most notable of these was Jonathan Tweet 's revision of the " Talislanta Guidebook " ( 1992 ) , which was soon followed by the adventure " The Scent of the Beast " ( 1992 ) , Wizard 's first fiction book , " Tales of Talislanta " ( 1992 ) , and other " Talislanta " releases ; Wizards would produce over a half-dozen books for " Talislanta " through 1994 . "
" The Scent of the Beast " is the first adventure published for the third edition of " Talislanta . "
Mark A. Santillo reviewed " The Scent of the Beast " in " White Wolf " # 37 ( July / Aug. , 1993 ) , rating it a 5 out of 5 and stated that " This is one of the most complete and thorough modules I have read . All the information you need to run the adventure in there . NPCs are well-crafted to match the level of beginning players , yet still challenge them and provoke their interest . All the details compose a lively portrait of Sindaran life and customs that will enhance any future adventures there . "
Savithri ( 1979 film )
Savithri ( The Wife ) is a 1979 Indian Kannada-language drama film directed by T. S. Ranga starring H. G. Somashekara Rao in his film debut . The film is based on a novel by Ram . Sha . Lokapura . The film won the Karnataka State Film Award for Second Best Film .
Film director Kenneth George Godwin reviewing the film at the 5th Hong Kong International Film Festival , wrote that " T.S. Ranga 's " SAVITHRI - THE WIFE " is an interesting film with some parallels to Phutane 's film [ " Sarvasakshi " ] , but without the supernatural overtones and perhaps a bit more difficult for a non-Indian to identify with . "
List of football clubs by competitive honours won
This article lists men 's and women 's association football clubs who have won 50 or more total competitive honours run by official governing bodies . Friendly competitions and matches organized between clubs are not included .
Trophies that were shared between two clubs are counted as honours for both teams . Clubs tied in total honours are listed chronologically by most recent honour won .
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Alec Nyasulu
Alec Mjuma Nyasulu ( 23 February 1920 - 1987 ) was a Malawian politician who served as the Speaker of the National Assembly from 1963 to 1964 and again from 1971 to 1975 .
Nyasulu was born in Mzimba District , Nyasaland , on 23 February 1920 , although the " Historical Dictionary of Malawi " listed his birthplace as Rumphi . After receiving an education at local schools , he later studied to become a teacher at the Overtoun Institute , run by a Presbyterian mission in Livingstonia . After studying there , he became a primary school teacher at Emoneni and Enkondhlwen where he served from 1939 to 1942 . During this time , he also studied privately and received a Junior Certificate and a General Certificate of Education .
Nyasulu joined the Army during World War II and served in India , Ceylon , and across East and Central Africa . He was demobilized in 1946 , having achieved the rank of Warrant Officer II . Afterwards , Nyasulu worked as a teacher for local schools before attending the Institute of Education , University of London , where he was one of the first students from Nyasaland . When he came back to Nyasaland , he was hired as an instructor for the Training Centre at Domasi , later being appointed Rumphi inspector of schools in 1956 .
In 1961 , Nyasulu entered politics , being elected to the Legislative Council under the banner of the Malawi Congress Party ( MCP ) . He was elected from the Mzimba South Constituency . On 13 August 1963 , he was appointed to be the Speaker of the Legislative Council , resigning his seat to take up the position . He was the first African speaker of the legislature . He remained speaker as the legislature became the Legislative Assembly in 1964 , and then became the National Assembly as Nyasaland became the independent state of Malawi . He was the first speaker of the country after they became independent , remaining in the position until October 1964 , when he was succeeded by Ismail K. Surtee .
Nyasulu subsequently served a number of ministerial positions , including being the Minister of Natural Resources in 1965 , Minister of Health until re-appointment to Minister of Education in January 1966 , Minister of State for External Affairs in 1967 , and Minister of Health and Community Development in 1969 . He was re-appointed to be the Speaker of the National Assembly in March 1971 , to succeed Surtee .
Nyasulu later fell out of favor with President Hastings Banda , who dismissed him as speaker in February 1975 , suspended him from the MCP , and then imprisoned him without trial . He was released from prison in 1977 . Afterwards , he worked as a prominent tobacco farmer in Mzimba . His MCP membership was restored in the 1980s and he was made chairman of the Malawi Housing Corporation .
Nyasulu was married and had six children . He died in 1987 .
George Donges
George Henry Donges ( September 27 , 1906 - May 28 , 1976 ) was an American college football coach . He was the head football coach for Ashland College - now known as Ashland University - from 1935 to 1937 and from 1942 to 1953 . He also coached the school 's basketball , baseball , and track and field teams . He also played football and basketball for Ashland .
Before returning to Ashland , Donges served as the head football coach for Adario High School .
Fox Valley Tri-County League
The Fox Valley Tri-County League is a former high school athletic conference in Wisconsin , founded in 1924 and dissolved in 1970 . Its membership was concentrated in the lower Fox River Valley and all public school members belonged to the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association .
The Fox Valley Tri-County League , also known by its original name of the Tri-County Interscholastic Association , was founded in 1924 by eight small high schools in east central Wisconsin ( Brandon , Campbellsport , Glenbeulah , Kewaskum , Lomira , Oakfield , Rosendale and Slinger ) . Original league members were located in Fond du Lac , Sheboygan and Washington Counties , which is where the Tri-County name originated . North Fond du Lac joined the Fox Valley Tri-County League in 1928 , bringing the loop to nine member schools . The number of members went back down to eight in 1929 when Glenbeulah left to join the Kettle Moraine Conference . Slinger left the conference in 1935 to join the 4-C Conference , and conference membership would remain stable for the next twenty years before further changes occurred .
In 1955 , Hustisford High School joined the Fox Valley Tri-County League after nearly two decades of competing as an independent . The league experienced a three-member loss in 1958 when the new Scenic Moraine Conference was formed , with three of the largest high schools in the conference ( Campbellsport , Kewaskum and North Fond du Lac ) leaving to join . They were replaced in 1959 by Fox Lake ( formerly of the Dual County Conference ) , Green Lake ( who previously competed in the Little 7-C Conference ) and Lowell-Reeseville ( a former independent with their first conference affiliation since 1942 ) .
Like many conferences in rural areas during the 1950s and 1960s , consolidation of school districts had a great effect on conference affiliation . Fox Lake was the first conference member affected , as they left after consolidating with Waupun in 1962 . Winnebago Lutheran Academy would become the first private school to join the Fox Valley Tri-County League in 1964 after the dissolution of the short-lived Badger Lutheran Conference . Two consolidations further whittled away conference membership in 1969 . Brandon and Rosendale agreed to a merger of their two districts , and they combined to form a single athletic program until Laconia High School was completed in 1972 . In addition , Lowell-Reeseville consolidated with Juneau High School to form the new Dodgeland High School . Rosendale-Brandon remained in the Fox Valley Tri-County League for its first season , while Dodgeland took Juneau 's spot in the Eastern Suburban Conference . St. Lawrence Seminary in Mount Calvary was added to the conference that year to put membership back up to seven schools . They would only play one season in the Fox Valley Tri-County League , as the conference disbanded in 1970 . Three members ( Lomira , Oakfield and Rosendale-Brandon ) became charter members of the Flyway Conference , two schools ( St. Lawrence Seminary and Winnebago Lutheran ) joined the new Bay-Lakes Conference , Green Lake joined the Dual County Conference and Hustisford joined the Eastern Suburban Conference .
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Raymond Jouve
Raymond Marius Jean Jouve ( 10 February 1886 - unknown ) was a French footballer who played as a winger and defender for Gallia Club and the French national team in the first decade of the 20th century . He later worked as a referee .
Raymond Jouve was born on 10 February 1886 in the Herault city of Sete ( currently known as Cette ) , to a father who worked at the Paris-Lyon-Mediterranee railway line ( PLM ) . His father was transferred to the station of Charenton , the city that not only hosted the Gallia Club , but also the Lycee Charlemagne , where Jouve studied while also playing football for the school 's team since at least November 1900 , aged 14 . Coincidentally , Gallia 's best player was a Sete native , Georges Bayrou , and he might have influenced the young Jouve to join Gallia in early 1902 , aged 16 .
In March 1902 , Jouve started in the final of the second series of the against FEC Levallois . On 27 October 1902 , he started in the opening match of the Paris championship 's top series against Racing Club de France ; in its preview , the journalists of " La Presse " stated that " two players stand out clearly from the lot , Jouve at the front and Nicolet at the back , the others are ordinary . "
In December 1902 , the 16-year-old Jouve scored a hat-trick against Paris Star , and a brace against Levallois in April 1903 , thus being quickly labeled as a goalscorer . As an individualist , he quickly became a " dribbling game " player , who rushed towards the goal all alone , with passion and a modest brilliance , and therefore he was sometimes criticized for holding the ball too much and for having " too personal a game . " On 8 November 1903 , Jouve started in the final of the 1903-04 Coupe Manier in Vincennes , in which Jouve scored the opening goal in the 25th minute in an eventual extra-time victory ( 3-2 ) over CA Paris .
In 1905 , Gallia Club won the USFSA Paris championship , and this victory qualified the club for the USFSA national championship ; in the semifinals against Amiens in Toulouse on 9 April , Jouve was involved in each of the five goals scored by his team , opening the score with a header , followed by a shot from twenty meters away , and one assist in the first half , plus two more goals in the second . In the final against RC Roubaix at the Parc des Princes on 16 April , Jouve scored the only goal of the match with a header in the fifth period of extra-time , after nearly two and a half hours played , thus contributing decisively to his team 's triumph .
Internationally , on 26 October 1905 , Jouve started for the champions of France in a prestigious friendly match against the champions of Spain , Madrid FC ( currently known as Real Madrid ) , which was " Los Blancos " ' first-ever international match , and which was held in the Spanish capital in the presence of King Alfonso XIII ; Jouve was once again the only scorer of his team in a 1-1 draw . Despite all of these successes , Jouve was not called up for the national team , which played twice in 1905 , because the starting center forward was the veteran Georges Garnier , who was untouchable at the time , but three months later , in January 1906 , he started for the Paris football team in the 1906 Paris-Nord meeting , an annual test match for the French national team , scoring once and having a second one disallowed for offside to help his side to a 3-0 win .
This performance convinced France 's head coachs , the Northerner Andre Billy and the Parisian Andre Espir , to give the 20-year-old Gigot his first ( and only ) international cap for France in a friendly match against Belgium in Saint-Cloud on 22 April 1906 ; however , he was placed on the right wing , instead of his usual position of center-forward , thus failing to score as France lost 0-5 . As an individualist , he was moved to the wings because at the time , wingers had the right to play in an individual way , but not the central trio , who are supposed to combine , hence why the local press stated " Jouve became a winger to the great surprise of many people ; in this position he can use his great qualities and his obvious faults at his ease . " Furthermore , the captain of the French team , Pierre Allemane , forgot to give Jouve the instructions he had received from Espir : to mark and hinder Belgian 's full-back Edgard Poelmans , hence why he remained isolated on the wing , " which made him look useless and overwhelmed like a transplant . " If this had been done , Jouve would have become the first international player theoretically responsible for applying individual gegenpressing , a first in terms of tactics .
This catastrophic performance , for which he was openly mocked in the press , marked a turning point to a trajectory that had been upward until then . Two weeks later , in May 1906 , Jouve was unable to take part in the final of the Coupe Dewar in 1906 because he was detained on election duty during the " voting day . " After that , he appears less and less in the press , and such was his deterioration , that two years later , in October 1908 , the USFSA selected the 22-year-old Jouve only as a reserve for the French B squad that was going to compete in the football tournament of the 1908 Olympic Games , but he ended up not traveling to London , thus avoiding France B 's humiliating 0-9 loss to Denmark on 19 October .
On 18 April 1909 , Jouve , now a full-back , started in the final of the Coupe Dewar in 1909 at Stade de Charentonneau , helping his side to keep a clean-sheet in a 5-0 win over AS Francaise . On 8 May 1910 , he started in the final of the 1910 Coupe Dewar , again as a full-back alongside Emile Fontaine , and Jouve " had some good moments , but he made , just like Verlet , some big mistakes " in an eventual 1-3 loss to CA Paris . He was still a full-back in Gallia as late as May 1911 , aged 25 .
A railway employee like his father , Jouve was assigned to the PLM during the First World War because the continuity of railway services was essential ; therefore , he escaped the carnage that killed so many French internationals . In 1922 , he began to devote himself to refereeing . He was released from military service in 1932 .
The date of his death is unknown , as it cannot be found either on his birth certificate or in the INSEE registers .
Like many French internationals from the start of the 20th century , Jouve was the victim of mistakes by historians , being initially given the first name Albert until further research found the initial R as his first name , at the French of the time , on several occasions . In the 1986-87 season , the FFF directory referred to him as Rene , but eventually the name " Raymond Jouve " was discovered in a report of the 1905 match between Gallia Club and Real Madrid made by Spanish magazine Marca .
The Science of Yoga ( book )
The Science of Yoga : The Risks and the Rewards is a 2012 non-fiction book by William Broad .
Broad investigates the veracity of health claims associated with yoga as exercise , using scientific methods . Broad , who has practiced yoga since 1970 , systematically examines assertions that yoga can prevent heart disease , reverse aging , alleviate pain , and enhance mental well-being .
The book reviews existing scientific literature , evaluating the quality and methodology of studies related to each claim . Broad identifies evidence supporting some benefits of yoga as exercise , such as reducing anxiety and improving mood , while noting areas where evidence is lacking , such as in weight loss . He also explores the potential of yoga to influence biological aging processes .
Broad examines the historical roots of yoga in ancient India . His research includes visits to libraries , interviews with historians , and examination of archival materials , revealing the diverse practices and beliefs associated with traditional yoga as a spiritual practice . This historical perspective contrasts with the modern perception of yoga as primarily a wellness activity in Western societies .
" The Science of Yoga " was published in hardback by Simon & Schuster in 2012 . They brought out a paperback edition the same year .
The book has been reviewed by the " New York Times , " the " Los Angeles Times , " and " Kirkus Reviews . "
The Big Revue ( film )
The Big Revue , also titled as The Starlet Revue , is a 1929 American musical short film produced by Warner Bros. Pictures as part of their Vitaphone Varieties series . Directed by Murray Roth , the film includes performances by The Gumm Sisters and The Meglin Kiddies and additional child performers . Among the Gumm Sisters was seven-year-old Frances Gumm , who later became known as Judy Garland .
" The Big Revue " features a variety of song and dance numbers performed by the young cast , reflecting the vaudeville style that was popular during that time . The short film is notable as it marks the film debut of Garland , who performed alongside her sisters under their family name , Gumm .
A Vitaphone Varieties production , " The Big Revue " was part of Warner Bros. ' initiative to integrate synchronized sound into short films , a technology that was relatively new at the time . Its release played a role in the transition from silent films to " talkies , " illustrating the changing dynamics of the entertainment industry .
" The Big Revue , " while not widely recognized today , holds historical significance for its early use of sound technology and as the film debut of Garland , who later became a prominent figure in Hollywood .
Talislanta Geographica
Talislanta Geographica is a 1992 role-playing supplement for " Talislanta " published by Wizards of the Coast .
" Talislanta Geographica " is a supplement in which a poster-sized map of the continent is included .
" Talislanta Geographica " is the first supplement published for the third edition of " Talislanta . "
Mark A. Santillo reviewed " Talislanta Geographica " in " White Wolf " # 37 ( July / Aug. , 1993 ) , rating it a 3 out of 5 and stated that " Overall , this supplement is well-produced , but only partially successful . You might want to think twice about spending [ the money ] unless the GM 's screen means that much to you . "
Alden , Alabama
Alden is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County in the U.S. state of Alabama .
Marina Petrukhina
Marina Petrukhina ( born March 15 , 1963 ) is a chemist and the Carla Rizzo Delray Professor of Chemistry at the University at Albany . Her research investigates organometallic and coordination chemistry in curved molecular systems . She was elected Fellow of the American Chemical Society in 2023 .
Petrukhina studied chemistry at Moscow State University . She remained in Moscow for her doctoral research , where she specialised in inorganic chemistry . After earning her doctorate she moved to the United States , where she worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Texas A & M University .
Petrukhina works on transition metal clusters , supramolecular and materials chemistry . In 2001 she joined the University at Albany , SUNY , where she was awarded an National Science Foundation CAREER Award .
2025 FC Cincinnati season
The 2025 season will the 10th season for FC Cincinnati and their 7th in Major League Soccer ( MLS ) , the highest level of men 's professional soccer in the United States . Their home stadium is TQL Stadium . It is the fourth season with the club for general manager Chris Albright and head coach Pat Noonan .
All matches are in Eastern Time
Turið Arge Samuelsen
Turið Arge Samuelsen ( born 27 December 1997 ) is a Faroese handball player for Kyndil and previously the Faroese national team . Samuelsen won the Faroese Women 's Handball League with Kyndil in 2019 for the third time in her career . Furthermore , Samuelsen has a law degree and works alongside handball in the Faroese Ministry of Education , Research and Culture .
She participated with the Faroese national team at the 2024 European Women 's Handball Championship in Hungary , Switzerland and Austria , placing 17th overall . At the tournament , Samuelsen scored 9 goals in the first three matches of the preliminary round in which Faroe Islands was eliminated in .
Regarding her record on the Faroese national team , Samuelsen is the all-time top scorer with just 135 goals . On 7 December 2024 , she announced her retirement from the National team .
Facitorini
Facitorini is a tribe of parasitoid wasp in the family Braconidae . It is represented across the world . It is the sister tribe to Yeliconini + Aleiodini .
The following genera are included :
Dmytro Habinet
Dmytro Habinet ( 1982 or 1983 - 17 December 2024 ) was a Ukrainian jurist and politician . He was governor of Khmelnytskyi Oblast from 2019 to 2020 . Habinet died on 17 December 2024 , at the age of 41 .
Anne Rooney
Anne Rooney is a British book author , primarily of non-fiction for children and young adults . Rooney has a bachelor 's degree and Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge , and is also a tutor in the Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education . Her doctoral work and early books concerned medieval studies .
2024-25 Heartland F.C. season
In the Nigeria Premier Football League , Heartland FC is 11th place in the table .
Wyszak
Wyszak ( ; ) was a 12th-century merchant , privateer , and a councilor in Szczecin , Poland .
Wyszak was mentioned by Catholic monk Ebo of Michelsberg , in his writings about the life of missionary Otto of Bamberg . According to him , he was born at the beginning of the 12th century , and was an influential member of the city counil of Szczecin ( now in Poland ) . He came to his wealth by being a sea merchant and privateer , mainly active at the Danish coast .
In 1126 , he lead a plundering raid with six boats into Denmark . They were repealed , and Wyszak was captured . He remained as a prisoner for next two years , when he managed to escape and return to Szczecin on a small boat . He credited his survival to intercession from Otto of Bamberg . During his the second missionary expedition to Pomerania , Wyszak had publicly supported Christianisation of the region , and helped Otto in his mission .
In 1970 , next to the fountain at the Chrobry Embankment in Szczecin , was unveiled a statue of Wyszak , holding a ship 's wheel , by Stanisław Lewinski . It was made from artificial stone .
Survival Margin : Gateway to the New Era
Survival Margin : Gateway to the New Era is a 1993 role-playing supplement for " Traveller " published by Game Designers ' Workshop .
" Survival Margin : Gateway to the New Era " is a supplement in which information is presented about the fall of the Third Imperium .
Shannon Appelcline explained that with " , " " GDW did something very surprising : they destroyed the Imperium . A book called " Survival Margin " ( 1993 ) artfully detailed the transition from " MegaTraveller " through Hard Times into the New Era in prose form . It described how , in 1130 , a ' final weapon ' was accidentally unleashed : a high-tech computer virus . It ripped through technological systems across the Imperium , effectively shutting down civilisation and star travel alike . Now in " The New Era , " dated 1200 on the Imperial calendar , mankind was slowly reaching back for the stars . "
Brennan O 'Brien reviewed " Survival Margin " in " White Wolf " # 37 ( July / Aug. , 1993 ) , rating it a 4 out of 5 and stated that " " Survival Margin " rates solidly by default . It 's not so much that the product is incredible , but that it does exactly what I expected it to do , providing solid background material and bridging the gap between " Megatraveller " and " New Era . " It is a good supplement , worth the price if you need or want the material it covers . "
October 1899
The following events occurred in October 1899 :
Fartcoin
Fartcoin is a meme coin on the Solana blockchain . On December 18 , 2024 , its valuation briefly surpassed $ 1 billion dollars . Its rise has been seen by many to be emblematic of a new cryptocurrency bubble spurred by the election of Donald Trump in the 2024 United States presidential election .
Gondwanocentrini
Gondwanocentrini is a tribe of parasitoid wasp in the family Braconidae . It is represented in the Neotropical region . It is the sister tribe to Betylobraconini .
, the following genera are included :
I Come Undone ( Ellen Shipley song )
" I Come Undone " is a 1983 song co-written and performed by Ellen Shipley . The song was co-written with Morrie Brown and released on Shipley 's third album " Call of the Wild . " It was released as a promotional single in the United States .
American singer Jennifer Rush recorded a cover of " I Come Undone " for her third album " Heart over Mind , " released in 1987 . The song was released as the lead single from the album . It reached the top 10 of the singles charts in Poland , South Africa and Switzerland , the top 20 in Finland and West Germany and the top 30 in Austria .
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Rage Across New York
Rage Across New York is a 1992 role-playing supplement for " " published by White Wolf Publishing .
" Rage Across New York " is a supplement in which New York City is detailed as a setting .
Berin Kinsman reviewed " Rage Across New York " in " White Wolf " # 37 ( July / Aug. , 1993 ) , rating it a 4 out of 5 and stated that " Because of the mature themes , I would only suggest this product for serious gamers who feel they can handle the subject matter . Fans of the fear genre in particular should take a look at " Rage Across New York " to see how effective horror can be done in a game . "
Ilana Seid
Ilana Victoria Seid is a Palaun ambassador to the United Nations . She also chairs the Pacific Small Islands Developing States ( PSIDS ) which lobbys at the United Nations on behalf of 14 small nations .
Seid graduated from Stanford University with a degree in economics . She worked as an intern at Palau 's office in New York in 2005 . She had positions in banking in Japan , Hong Kong , Singapore and New York while employed by the now defunct American bank of Lehman Brothers and the Japanese Nomura Securities . She also worked in New York as a software engineer .
Seid was interested in interior design and she created an e-commerce company called , Sunday-Morning.com .
Seid was Palau 's ambassador to the United Nations in 2021 and she presented her credentials to the UN 's Secretary General on 16 September . She is based in New York where she is the chair of the Pacific Small Islands Developing States ( PSIDS ) . This group lobbys at the United Nations on behalf of 14 small nations including Micronesia , Fiji , Kiribati , Palau and Vanuatu .
In 2022 she went to Israel as she was also Palau 's first ( non-resident ) ambassador to that country .
In 2023 she addressed the 3rd Annual Indo-Pacific Islands Dialogue in New York . The Pacific Islands discussion was organised by the Sasakawa Peace Foundation and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace .
Palau made an early agreement of the High Seas Treaty or BBNJ ( United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction ) in January 2024 . She presented Palau 's agreement which was the first made by any state .
Seid was a principle foreign guest at the coronation of Charles III and Queen Camilla on 6 May 2024 . She was invited as the Ambassador of the Republic of Palau to the United Nations .
In December 2024 she led a delegation of Taiwan 's allies to Taiwan . The delegation included Mutryce Williams of Saint Kitts and Nevis , Saint Lucia 's Ambassador Menissa Rambally and Ambassador Tapugao Falefou from Tuvalu .
2024-25 New Orleans Privateers women 's basketball team
The 2024-25 New Orleans Privateers women 's basketball team represents the University of New Orleans ( UNO ) during the 2024-25 NCAA Division I women 's basketball season . The Privateers are led by second-year head coach Trelanne Powell and play their home games at the Lakefront Arena located on the UNO campus in New Orleans , Louisiana . They are members of the Southland Conference .
Home games are broadcast on ESPN + .
The Southland Conference released its preseason poll on October 17 , 2024 . Receiving 109 overall votes , the Privateers were picked to finish eighth in the conference .
No Privateers were selected as a Preseason All-Conference team member .
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The Players Guide to the Sabbat
The Players Guide to the Sabbat is a 1992 role-playing supplement for " " published by White Wolf Publishing .
" The Players Guide to the Sabbat " is a supplement in which the inhuman Sabbat and their preference for the Beast within are detailed .
Berin Kinsman reviewed " The Player 's Guide to the Sabbat " in " White Wolf " # 37 ( July / Aug. , 1993 ) , rating it a 3 out of 5 and stated that " This is a must-have , not just for Storyteller System players , but any horror-genre fans who want detailed , truly nasty vampires in their games . "
Freedom ( Merkel book )
Freedom : Memoirs 1954 - 2021 is a nonfiction book-length autobiography written by the former Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany , Angela Merkel , and coauthor Beate Baumann . Merkel was the Chancellor of Germany for sixteen years , from 2005 to 2021.The book was published on November 26 , 2024 by St. Martin 's Press .
Merkel has written about her experiences growing up in East Germany and then leading Germany during several international crises as Chancellor .
Democratic Socialist Party ( South Korea )
The Democratic Socialist Party ( ) was a political party in South Korea . The party was founded in 1981 and contested both the presidential and parliamentary elections that year , winning two seats in the National Assembly . It was dissolved in 1982 after merging with the to found the .
Plum ( Widowspeak album )
Plum is the fifth studio album by American band Widowspeak . It was released on 28 August 2020 on record label Captured Tracks . " Plum " was recorded in the Catskill Mountains in the winter of 2019 , and was preceded by four singles : " Breadwinner " in May 2020 , " Money " in June , " Plum " in July , and " Even True Love " in August .
Metacritic summarised the critical response to " Plum " as " generally favorable . "
Todd Dedman of " Beats Per Minute " wrote that Widowspeak 's " sound remains a woozy delight , but with a more direct and purposeful feel to it , " but felt that the title track is one of the weakest on the album .
" Loud and Quiet " wrote : " there 's a rumbling , phantom thread in the strata of " Plum " that elevates their fifth effort to a vantage point above their previous releases , " and compared Hamilton 's vocals to Hope Sandoval of Mazzy Star .
In a review for " Pitchfork , " Julia Gray wrote that " Plum " " doesn 't take enough risks to really widen Widowspeak 's scope . "
Rogadini
Rogadini is a tribe of parasitoid wasp in the family Braconidae . It is represented in the entire world . It is the largest tribe within the subfamily Rogadinae with 40 extant genera . It is also considered to be the most basal tribe in the subfamily .
The following 41 ( extant or extinct ) genera are included :
Thomas Ford ( American football )
Thomas Ford is an American college football coach , currently the head coach at the University of Idaho , a position he has held since December 2024 . He was the head coach at Stadium High School in Tacoma , Washington , from 2014 to 2017 and Simon Fraser University from 2018 to 2019 . He also coached for Linfield , Southeastern Oklahoma State , Puget Sound , Washington , and Oregon State . He played college football for Linfield as a running back .
Because ( McAuley poem )
" Because " is a poem by Australian poet James McAuley .
It was first published in the anthology " Australian Poetry 1968 " edited by Dorothy Auchterlonie , and later in several of the author 's collections and in other Australian poetry anthologies .
The poet looks back at his childhood , and at his parents , and notes that they lived a life of restraint , duty and self-discipline that was very prevalent in Australia between the World Wars . They were good people , with limitations .
Noel Rowe wrote about McAuley 's poetry in an essay for " Southerly " titled " James McAuley : The Possibility of Despair " and commented that the poem " wants a final reason for human sorrow , " and that " it seems to be coming to terms with limited parents and limited love . "
In his commentary on the poem in " 60 Classic Australian Poems " Geoff Page noted that " McAuley seems almost to be musing to himself - or , perhaps more accurately , confiding to a trusted friend about the limitations of his childhood and their permanent impact . "
After its initial publication in the " Australian Poetry 1968 " anthology in 1968 , the poem was reprinted as follows :
Portuguese campaign in Mozambique ( World War I )
The Portuguese campaign in Mozambique during World War I was part of the broader East African Campaign . This lasted until the collapse of German forces in East Africa in 1918 .
At the outbreak of World War I , the proximity of Portuguese Mozambique to German East Africa , coupled with the longstanding alliance between Portugal and Britain , placed Mozambique in a risky position . Despite Portugal maintaining a policy of neutrality , it was under pressure from Britain , its ally , to support British military efforts in Africa . This included allowing British forces to pass through Portuguese territory and , more importantly , strengthening the defenses along Mozambique 's northern border .
By early August 1914 , tensions were rising along Mozambique 's borders , particularly in the south , where a Boer revolt was imminent . To suppress this uprising , Britain requested not only rifles but also permission to move British troops through Mozambique . In response , Portugal deemed it essential to reinforce the frontier , especially the area along the Rovuma River , which had very limited Portuguese administrative and military presence . On August 18 , 1914 , Portugal dispatched its first expedition to Mozambique , consisting of approximately 1,477 men , primarily drawn from the 3rd Battalion of the 15th Infantry Regiment . The mission was to establish military posts along the Rovuma River and secure the region .
The frontier posts established along the Rovuma River were very basic . The post at Maziua , situated far from the main Portuguese stronghold of Porto Amelia , was one of the weakest , defended by a small garrison of a sergeant and half a dozen indigenous soldiers from the Niassa Company 's police force . On August 24 , 1914 , the German forces launched an unexpected attack on the post . The German forces massacred the indigenous soldiers who were guarding the post and the sergeant Eduardo Costa was killed during the attack .
On 25 November at 07 : 00 , the Portuguese garrison at Ngomano was warned of an impending attack but was unprepared . The Germans distracted them with artillery fire while crossing the Rovuma River upstream . The Germans flanked the camp with six infantry companies from multiple directions . Despite preparations , the Portuguese were surprised by an attack from the rear , and their defenses collapsed after key officers were killed . Lacking heavy weapons and facing heavy casualties , the Portuguese eventually surrendered , even though they had enough supplies to continue fighting .
On July 1 , 1918 , the Germans entered Namacurra , three battalions supported by two British King 's African Rifle companies under Colonel Gore-Browne , facing three German companies led by Captain Muller . By July 3 , von Lettow had deployed his main force , pushing the Portuguese back to the Namacurra River . During the retreat , 100 men , including Gore-Browne , drowned . The fighting ended in the afternoon of July 3 .
1923-24 Syracuse Orangemen ice hockey season
The 1923-24 Syracuse Orangemen ice hockey season was the 3rd season of play for the program . The Orangemen represented Syracuse University and were coached by Professor Hugh Keenleyside .
At the beginning of the school year , Syracuse had no intention of fielding an ice hockey team . However , thanks to the efforts of Hugh Keenleyside , a Canadian professor at the college , he was able to convince enough students to band together and form a club . After a little prodding , the university gave the program its blessing and allowed varsity ice hockey to return for the first time in over a decade . The Orangemen hastily put together a slate of game but , due to the lateness of their start , only a few matches were against fellow colleges .
The team had a good start to its season , winning their first two games . Unfortunately , the trajectory of the year swiftly changed and the Orangemen lost the final four games that they played . The team was aided by Laurie D. Cox , the coach of the lacrosse team .
Stanley Mahon served as team manager .
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Dumar ( prince )
Dumar was a 12th-century Slavic prince and warrior in Western Pomerania . He was deafeated while fighting against the raid organised by Lothair III , duke of Saxony , and Henry II , margrave of the Northern March in 1114 . While it remains unknown from which tribe he came from , it is porposed that it could have been Kessinians , Pomeranians , Redari , or Tollensians .
Dumar was described in writtings of Annalista Saxo . According to them , he was Slavic prince and warrior in Western Pomerania , living at the beginning of the 12th century . He fought during the raid against the tribe of Lutici , organised by Lothair III , duke of Saxony , and Henry II , margrave of the Northern March in 1114 . Following his defeat , he was forced to surrender his son as a hostage . A prince of Rani tribe attempted to help him , however he was also defeated .
It is unknown from which tribe Dumar came from . Some historians proposed that he was a prince of Kessinians , or a chief of Redari or Tollensians . Other propose that he could have came from a tribe of Pomeranians , living at the mouth of Oder river , and could have been the father of Wartislaw I , since , as a child , he was baptized while also being a captive of Saxons .
1976 Idaho State Bengals football team
The 1976 Idaho State Bengals football team represented Idaho State University as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 1976 NCAA Division II football season . Led by first-year head coach Joe Pascale , the Bengals compiled an overall record of 1-9 , with a mark of 0-6 in conference play , and finished seventh in the Big Sky .
Woja
Woja is a district in Dompu Regency , West Nusa Tenggara , Indonesia .
School of Applied Arts of Castello Sforzesco
The School of Applied Arts of Castello Sforzesco , commonly known as Scuola del Castello or SUPER , is a higher education academia based in Milan . Founded in 1882 , as a vocational school of artistic training in industry , over the years it has combined the preservation of traditional techniques with the exploration of new disciplines within the field of applied arts .
The school was founded in 1882 at the suggestion of the Italian Industrial Association , specifically by Cavaliere Antonio Beretta , and designed by architect Carlo Maciachini and painter Luigi Cavenaghi , with patronage from the Municipality of Milan , the Province of Milan , and the Milan Chamber of commerce .
Over the course of its history , the academia has progressively updated its curriculum , introducing new craft disciplines and adapting its courses to changes in the labour market and technological advancements . More recently , courses and events have been implemented to support the launch and development of students ' artistic careers .
The school 's curriculum encompasses a range of art , craft and digital disciplines , including : comics , digital art , fresco , publishing , graphic design , illustration , letterpress printing , mosaic , painting , printmaking , social media ( with a focus on its application within the artistic and cultural fields ) , stained glass , tapestry and woodworking .
In 1977 , the sgraffito decoration on the headquarters facade from the Castello Sforzesco was restored by Valeriano Dalzini under the supervision of Franco Milani .
Pavilion in the Giardini Pubblici Indro Montanelli ( Public Gardens of Porta Venezia ) housing the Museum of Industrial Art . Now occupied by the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano .
Sforza Castle . Since July 15 , 1906 , following the restoration by Luca Beltrami , it has housed part of the Applied Arts Collections of the Civic Museums of the Sforza Castle .
Campus Visconti , in Milan . Building shared with Scuola Cova .
Campus Giusti , in Milan . Building shared with Arte & Messaggio .
Emma Blain
Emma Blain is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Lord Mayor of Dublin since December 2024 . She has been a member of Dublin City Council for the Pembroke local electoral area since 2024 .
She was previously a member of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council for the Glencullen-Sandyford area from 2016 to 2024 . She was co-opted onto Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council when Neale Richmond was elected to Seanad Eireann in April 2016 ..
Blain ran unsuccessfully as a candidate for the Dublin Bay South constituency at the 2024 general election .
Ger Healion
Ger Healion ( born 1983 ) is an Irish former hurler . At club level he played with Kilcormac-Killoughey and at inter-county level with the Offaly senior hurling team .
Healion first played for the Kilcormac-Killoughey senior team in 2001 . He was of a successful era for the club and won five Offaly SHC medals between 2012 and 2023 . Healion also won a Leinster Club SHC medal and was an All-Ireland Club SHC runners-up in 2013 .
At inter-county level , Healion first played for Offaly as a member of the minor team in 2001 . He made his senior team debut in a National Hurling League game against Galway in February 2008 . Healion made a number of league and championship appearances over the following few years , with his last appearance coming against Antrim in 2014 .
Healion 's twin brother , Peter Healion , has also played for Kilcormac-Killoughey and the Offaly senior team .
Jane Hedengren
Jane Hedengren ( born Sept 23 , 2006 ) is an American track and field athlete specializing in middle and long-distance events . She has set multiple records and achieved significant milestones in high school competitions .
Hedengren attends Timpview High School in Provo , Utah . She comes from a family with a strong running background . Her father , John D. Hedengren was an All-American runner and her brother , Isaac Hedengren , is a current member of the Men 's Track and Field team for Brigham Young University ( BYU ) . Hedengren has committed to continue her athletic and academic career at Brigham Young University . Throughout her running career , Hedengren has demonstrated talent in both track and cross country events .
In June 2023 , as a sophomore , Hedengren won the girls ' mile at the Brooks PR Invitational in Seattle , Washington , setting a meet record and personal best with a time of 4 : 35.69 . Later that month , she competed at the Nike Outdoor Nationals in Eugene , Oregon , winning the 2-mile title with a time of 9 : 54.38 , breaking the U.S. sophomore class record . In September 2023 , as a junior , she ran the fastest three-mile ever by a high school girl in U.S. history , finishing in 15 : 32 .
In May 2024 , Hedengren set a new Utah state record in the 1600m with a time of 4 : 37.72 at the BYU Invitational . In June 2024 , she won the Nike Outdoor National 2 mile title in Eugene . In November 2024 , she ran the fastest 5k ever recorded in high school girls cross country history , finishing in 15 : 50.01 at the Nike Cross Regionals Southwest . In December 2024 , she won the Nike Cross Nationals girls ' championship race in Portland , Oregon , setting a new course record with a time of 16 : 32.7 . The previous course record of 16 : 37.8 was set in 2018 by Katelyn Tuohy of North Rockland HS in New York .
In December 2024 , following her record-breaking performance at the Nike Cross Nationals , Hedengren was named the USATF Athlete of the Week .
Nastas Petrovic
Nastas Petrovic ( ; 5 November 186722 February 1933 ) was a Serbian politician who served as interior minister of Serbia and Yugoslavia .
Petrovic was born in 1867 in the city of Cacak , where he completed his early studies , and later moved to study at the Faculty of Philosophy , University of Belgrade . After graduating in 1892 , he began working as a teacher at the Uzice Gymnasium , but was dismissed due to his political support for radicalism , for which he was also placed under custody . In 1900 he was reinstated in the workforce , being hired as a teacher at the Jagodina Men 's Teachers ' College . As a young man he was a follower of the ideas of the late Svetozar Markovic ; while still a student he became the chairman of the " Nada " association and a teacher of the " Pobratimstvo " association , both of which had radical ideologies . In 1902 he joined the People 's Radical Party ( NRS ) and began to collaborate with radical newspapers such as " Narodni pokret " ; by 1907 he was already the chairman of the Serbian Association of Journalists , holding this post for a long time , simultaneously with that of the chairman of the Association of Municipal Education Directors .
Petrovic was one of the most famous radical speakers : He was singled out by the media for the strength of his oratory and his temperament . He was first elected to political office in 1901 , taking a seat in the National Assembly , and , while not re-elected in 1903 , he returned to the Assembly in 1905 , retaining the seat in the Serbian elections of 1906 , 1908 , and 1912 and in the Yugoslav elections of 1920 , 1923 , and 1925 . In 1903 he became the first secretary of the Board of Directors of the People 's Radical Party , holding the position until July 1924 . He was a deputy to the Corfu National Assembly of 1916 and in late 1915 , in the midst of World War I , he created a group of independent radicals who broke away from the party and opposed the leadership of Nikola Pasic . After the end of the war he rejoined the party with his followers , but continued to oppose Pasic , especially on issues concerning Croatia : Petrovic tried to cooperate closely with Stjepan Radic , while Pasic distrusted him and the Croatian Peasant Party .
He served twice as interior minister : First in the Kingdom of Serbia during the government of Pasic , between 12 June 1907 and 12 April 1908 ; his tenure in the ministry was turbulent , as he was charged with murder after the assassinations of Milan Novakovic and Maksim Novakovic , supporters of the deposed House of Obrenovic and opponents of the Black Hand . The debate was brought before the National Assembly three times and was dismissed by the prosecution in 1911 .
In 1924 , after the death of the party leader , Stojan Protic , he became chairman of the " Independent Radicals , " a small parliamentary group advocating a coalition with the Croats . That same year , and being very close to King Alexander I , he was elected as Minister of the Interior for the second time , this time in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia during the government of Ljubomir Davidovic ; this government , called the " People 's Accord Bloc , " was an attempt to create a broad coalition of parties , and consisted of Davidovic 's Democratic Party , Anton Korosec 's Slovenian People 's Party and Mehmed Spaho 's Yugoslav Muslim Organization , with support from Radic 's Croatian Peasant Party . However , this coalition government only lasted a few months . After being re-elected to the National Assembly for the last time in 1925 , he lost his political influence and did not return to the People 's Radical Party . He died in Belgrade in February 1933 .
Le Minerale
Le Minerale is a brand of bottled drinking water from Indonesia produced by PT Tirta Fresindo Jaya , a subsidiary of Mayora Group . The product was first launched in 2015 .
Le Minerale competes with several other bottled drinking water brands in the Indonesian market , especially Aqua , a leading brand in the drinking water industry . Le Minerale has also expanded its wings to the international market , such as the Philippines , Singapore and Malaysia .
Blonde Brewer
Jaron and Maggie Clayton , commonly known as The Blonde Brewer , are social media content creators primarily known for couples comedy and lifestyle videos .
Jaron and Maggie Clayton started on social media in 2020 during closures of their brewery Running Dogs Brewery . They have since launched a coffee line based on their social media brand in 2023 named " The Blonde Brew { er } Coffee " with flavors following their humor " Morning Wood " and " PMS . "
In August 2021 , they gained widespread attention for their " Gangsta 's Paradise " comedy skits . In 2024 , a documentary was released about their life titled " Staged " detailing their rise to fame and the struggles of relevancy and hate comments on social media .
Following their love for music they have also acted in music videos with the band such as " Locash , " " Matt Farris , " " Matt Rodgers " and filmed skits with recording artist " Coolio . "
The couple married in 2010 . In July 2024 People.com released an exclusive announcing the pregnancy with their first child .
Farmi Suomi 2025
Farmi Suomi 2025 ( " The Farm Finland 2025 " ) is the seventh season of the Finnish version of " The Farm . " 14 celebrities travel to a farm in Pieksamaki , Finland where they will live on the farm like it was 100 years prior and complete tasks to maintain the farm whilst trying to be the last farmer standing . The season is once again hosted by Susanna Laine with Terho Hakkinen returning as the farm mentor where contestants compete to win a grand prize of € 30,000 . The season will premiere on Nelonen in the Spring of 2025 .
Dutch Gaitley
Dutch Gaitley is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) .
Gaitley played college basketball at Monmouth and Temple .
Gaitley began his coaching career at the collegiate level as a video coordinator at Lehigh University from 2012 to 2013 and as a graduate assistant with Temple University from 2011 to 2012 .
In 2014 , Gaitley was hired by the San Antonio Spurs as an assistant video coordinator . He worked as an assistant video coordinator until 2015 when he was hired as an assistant coach by the Spurs under head coach Gregg Popovich .
In 2018 , Gaitley was hired by the Charlotte Hornets as an assistant coach under head coach James Borrego .
In 2022 , Gaitley joined the Sacramento Kings as an assistant coach under head coach Mike Brown .
In 2024 , Gaitley was hired by the Brooklyn Nets as an assistant coach under new head coach Jordi Fernandez .
Zhao Liping ( born 1961 )
Zhao Liping ( , born in April 1961 ) , a native of Liangshan , Shandong , People 's Republic of China , is a political figure who has held the positions of Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary and deputy director of the Standing Committee of the .
In June 1984 , Zhao Liping became a member of the Chinese Communist Party ( CCP ) ; in July 1984 , graduated from the Chinese Department of Jiangxi Normal University with a major in Chinese language and literature , subsequently remaining in the institution to work . In September 2007 , held the position of Secretary of the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and served on the Standing Committee of the Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee in Shangrao City . In October 2011 , held the position of Deputy Secretary of the Jiangxi Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection . In February 2015 , held the position of Executive Vice Minister of the Organization Department of the CCP Jiangxi Provincial Committee . In November 2016 , he held the position of Minister of the Publicity Department of the Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee and sat on the Standing Committee of the Provincial Committee . In May 2018 , he held the position of Secretary General of the Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee and served as the first secretary of the Provincial Organs Working Committee . In January 2021 , he held the positions of Secretary General of the CCP Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee , First Secretary of the Provincial Organs Working Committee , and Deputy Director of the Jiangxi Provincial People 's Congress Standing Committee . In 2024 , he assumed the role of President at Jiangxi University of the Elderly .
Maurice Neumont
Maurice Neumont was a French lithographer , painter , illustrator , and affichiste . Neumont created several well-known propaganda posters during World War I and published in notable journals such as Gil Blas and Le Courrier francais . He also co-founded the .
Hu 'u
Hu 'u is a district in Dompu Regency , West Nusa Tenggara , Indonesia .
Bill Holderman
Bill Holderman is an American film director , screenwriter and film producer . He made his feature directorial debut with " Book Club " ( 2018 ) .
Holderman was born in Chicago , graduated from Lyons Township High School and attended Northwestern University . As of May 2023 , Holderman resides in Boulder , Colorado .
Peter Healion
Peter Healion ( born 1983 ) is an Irish former hurler . At club level he played with Kilcormac-Killoughey and at inter-county level with the Offaly senior hurling team .
Healion first played for the Kilcormac-Killoughey senior team in 2001 . He was of a successful era for the club and won four Offaly SHC medals , including one as team captain in 2017 . Healion also won a Leinster Club SHC medal and was an All-Ireland Club SHC runners-up in 2013 .
At inter-county level , Healion first played for Offaly as a member of the under-21 team in 2004 . He made his senior team debut in a National Hurling League game against Derry in February 2005 . Healion made a number of league and championship appearances over the following few years , with his last appearance coming against Galway in 2014 .
Healion 's twin brother , Ger Healion , has also played for Kilcormac-Killoughey and the Offaly senior team .
Pekat
Pekat is a district in Dompu Regency , West Nusa Tenggara , Indonesia .
Clare Anderson
Clare Anderson , ( born 1969 ) is a British historian and academic , specialising in colonial history , penal colonies , and forced migration . She has been Professor of History at the University of Leicester since 2011 , having joined the university as a lecturer in 1997 .
In 2015 , Anderson was elected Fellow of the Royal Historical Society ( FRHistS ) . In July 2023 , she was elected Fellow of the British Academy ( FBS ) , the United Kingdom 's national academy for the humanities and social sciences .
Bopea
Bopea , a portmanteau of Bohemian Peasantry , defines a contemporary socio-economic group succeeding the Sloane Rangers , Bobos , and hipsters . The term characterizes an emerging group of individuals blending bohemian values of creativity and non-conformism with a more traditional " neo-peasant " worldview that values nature , community , and craft .
The term was introduced by British society magazine Tatler in 2023 to characterize the rapid re-emergence of various traditional practices and hobbies post the COVID lockdowns .
Writing in The Sunday Times , Phoebe Luckhurst explains that Bopeas have a variety of hobbies : " Their place is in the greenhouse , the workshop , the kitchen garden or the apiary ; their hobbies are - in no particular order - rewilding , keeping chickens , farm-to-table cooking , knitting , fermenting and cold water swimming . " Tatler identified King Charles III as key figure inspiration for the group . The magazine also identified James Middleton , Merlin Sheldrake , and Ben Goldsmith as leading figures in the cultural movement . Politico also highlighted Carrie Johnson - the wife of former Prime Minister Boris Johnson - as " the nation 's Bopea tradwife . "
Augusto Azzaroli
Augusto Azzaroli ( 28 September 1921 - 20 July 2015 ) was an Italian paleontologist , geologist and stratigrapher . He is best known for his work covering the Pliocene and Pleistocene periods , particularly their stratigraphy and fossil mammals .
Azzaroli was born in Bologna on 28 September 1921 , as one of two twins . His family later moved to Florence , where he studied Natural Sciences , graduating in 1945 with a thesis on foraminifera in the surrounding region . After serving in the Alpine Corps he continued his research , including describing the fossil monkey " Macaca majori " from Sardinia in 1946 .
From 1950 to 1960 , Azzaroli served as Assistant Professor of Geology at the University of Florence . During his tenure there he did extensive work geologically mapping the northern Apennine Mountains . Between 1953 and 1956 , Azzaroli undertook geological research in Somaliland . In 1958 Azzaroli was involved in a course of geology and paleontology at the University of Khartoum in Sudan , publishing some research of geology of the region . In 1959 he was appointed Chair of Geology at the University of Bari , and a year later was appointed Full Professor of Palaeontology at the University of Florence , where he would remain until retirement in 1996 .
As a researcher , Azzaroli made significant contributions to the systematics and chronostratigraphy of Cenozoic fossil mammals , particularly pigs , deer , equines and rhinoceroses , as well as proboscideans and fossil mammals of Mediterranean islands . He also defined the triparite division of the Villafranchian ( a time period in the European land mammal ages scheme covering the latter Pliocene and Early Pleistocene ) into Early , Middle and Late , which became widely accepted by other researchers . He also erected the mosasaur genus " Goronyosaurus " , and was involved in the publication describing the 1 million year old archaic human skull from the Buia locality in Eritrea .
Azzaroli married Maria Luisa Puccetti in 1952 . Puccetti would later become the curator of the Museum of Zoology at Florence University . Azzaroli had a noted passion for horse-riding , as well as the history of the domestic horse , to which he published a book about " An Early History of Horsemanship " published by Brill . Azzaroli died in Florence on the 20 July 2015 .
Raymond Wattine
Raymond Jules Joseph Wattine ( 23 August 1895 - 7 May 1937 ) was a French footballer who played as a midfielder for RC Roubaix and the French national team in the early 1920s .
One of his cousins , , an officer who died during the First World War , now has a statue in his honor in Roubaix in the Barbieux park .
Born in Roncq on 23 August 1895 , Wattine played at RC Roubaix between 1920 and 1923 , and together with Georges Verriest , Gerard Isbecque , and Raymond Dubly , he helped Roubaix return to its pre-war glory by winning the " Division d 'Honneur " of the 1922-23 Northern Football League , doing so with 38 points , two more than runner-up Olympique Lillois . All of the aforementioned players , including Wattine , spent their entire careers at Roubaix .
On 25 February 1923 , the 27-year-old Wattine earned his first ( and only ) international cap for France in a friendly match against Belgium at Forest , which ended in a 4-1 loss . He played the entire match as a starter , alongside fellow club teammates Isbecque and Dubly , the latter being the team 's captain . In doing so , Wattine and Isbecque became only the fifth and sixth RC Roubaix players to represent the French national team , after Emile Sartorius , Maurice Vandendriessche , Dubly , and Emile Dusart .
Wattine was a renowned industrialist and the honorary president of RC Roubaix . Wattine died in Arbonne on 7 May 1937 , at the age of 41 .
He served as the model for the " Monument to the death of the Racing Club of Roubaix , " near the Dubrulle-Verriest stadium .
1976 Weber State Wildcats football team
The 1976 Weber State Wildcats football team represented Weber State College ( now known as Weber State University ) as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 1976 NCAA Division II football season . Led by fourth-year head coach Dick Gwinn , the Wildcats compiled an overall record of 2-9 , with a mark of 1-5 in conference play , and finished sixth in the Big Sky .
Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret 's Christmas pantomimes
From 1941 to 1945 a series of annual pantomimes were held at Windsor Castle by the British royal family . The young princesses Elizabeth and Margaret starred in the pantomimes and the performances were attended by their parents , King George VI and Queen Elizabeth .
The pantomimes raised money for the Royal Household Wool Fund . The fund supplied wool to knit comforters for soldiers fighting in World War II . Each pantomime had three performances . The performances were held in the Waterloo Chamber in Windsor Castle . The audience numbered from 300 to 600 people . Tickets were discounted for armed forces personnel . The princesses spent much of their time at the castle due to its safe proximity from London during the war . The princesses ' fellow performers were local children and pupils of the Royal Windsor School .
16 large colourful pictures of characters from fairy tales decorated the space around the performances . The pictures took the place of paintings by Thomas Lawrence of figures from the Napoleonic Wars that were in storage for their protection during the Second World War . Upon the conclusion of the war and the restoration of the paintings , George VI decided that the pictures of Aladdin , Mother Goose and Cinderella would stay within the frames beneath the paintings of George III , George IV and the Duke of Wellington as a memory of the pantomimes . The pictures were painted by Claude Whatham , an evacuee and student at the Wycombe Technical Institute and School of Art . Whatham used the Throne Room as his studio , working alongside Gerald Kelly who was painting his portraits of the coronation of George VI and Elizabeth .
The pantomimes were written and produced by Hubert Tannar , the headmaster of the Royal Windsor School . The Salon Orchestra of the Royal Horse Guards ( The Blues ) provided the music for the pantomimes and a chorus of children from the Royal School performed the songs . The technical details of the productions were overseen by staff from the Ministry of Works and Planning who attended the dress rehearsals .
Cyril Woods , a 15-year-old pupil from the Royal School , played the comic parts in the pantomimes . Woods later worked in the accounts department at Buckingham Palace , and died in 2001 , having spent his life working for the Crown Estate . In 1991 Elizabeth asked Woods to document his memories of the pantomimes and he subsequently sent her and Margaret an 18-page letter of his recollections .
An archive of photographs and programmes of the pantomimes and telegrams from Elizabeth and Margaret in two scrapbooks was put up for auction in December 2013 . The scrapbooks were jointly owned by Tannar and Woods .
From 25 November 2021 to 31 January 2022 the princesses ' costumes from the pantomimes went on display in the Waterloo Chamber at Windsor Castle in the exhibition " The Princesses ' Pantomimes . "
The 1941 pantomime was " Cinderella . " Margaret played the title role and Elizabeth played the part of ' Prince Florizel ' . Cyril Woods played the ' Buttons ' role , named ' Buddy ' in this production .
The 1942 pantomime was " Sleeping Beauty . " Elizabeth was ' Prince Salvador ' and Margaret portrayed ' Fairy Thistledown ' .
The 1943 pantomime was " Aladdin . " Elizabeth was Aladdin and Margaret was ' Princess Roxana ' . Margaret wore a red silk dress with a matching jacket . Elizabeth wore a " gold brocade and turquoise jacket with turquoise dungarees and matching hat . " The performance featured " topical and uncomplimentary digs " against the Japanese , who were one of the Axis powers opposing Britain and her allies in the war . The show had 40 children in the cast including the 8-year-old Duke of Kent and the 7-year-old Princess Alexandra . The production was photographed by Lisa Sheridan .
The production on the third night on 18 December was attended by the 22-year-old Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark , who had been invited by his first cousin , David Mountbatten , 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven . Philip sat alongside the King and Queen and another first cousin , Princess Marina , Duchess of Kent . The 17-year-old Elizabeth was greatly excited by Philip 's attendance , having last met him four years previously . Her governess Marion Crawford recalled that " The pantomime off very well ... I have never known Lilibet more animated . There was a sparkle about none of us had seen before . " Other royal family members in the audience included sisters Princess Helena Victoria and Princess Marie Louise .
The 1944 pantomime was " Old Mother Red Riding Boots , " written by the princesses and Tannar as a " mash up " of six traditional pantomime stories . Elizabeth wore a pink satin dress with lace sleeves to play ' Lady Christina Sherwood ' and Margaret portrayed ' The Honourable Lucinda Fairfax ' in a " blue taffeta dress with cream lace bloomers . " The sets were designed and made by the chief designer of the film productions of Alexander Korda . Elizabeth subsequently told Gyles Brandreth that " We had a lot of fun . But I think we knew it was going to be our last . I was nearly nineteen and the war was gradually coming to an end . "
Kissing In the Cold
" Kissing in the Cold " is a song by English singer-songwriter , drummer and model , Florrie . It was released on 19 April 2024 as the second single from her debut album " The Lost Ones , " through Xenomania UK Limited and BMG . On November 8 , a christmas-themed version titled , " Kissing In the Cold " ( Mistletoe Version ) was released .
" Kissing in the Cold " was written by Florrie Arnold , Brian Higgins , Ben Taylor , Keir MacCulloch , Kyle Mackenzie , Clara McHugh , Pablo Mir-Mir Arano , Owen Parker and Takura Tendayi . Brad Stratton of " Sport Playlist " described the song as " reflection on a past relationship , contemplating how things might have unfolded had they met at another point in their lives . "
Speaking with Sam Taylor of " DORK " magazine for the single release day , Florrie revelead that " Kissing In the Cold " was her favourite track of her debut album " The Lost Ones . " She went further describing the lyrics as " relatable " and " full of hope and longing . "
A music video directed by Archie Campbell , was released alongside the single on Florrie 's YouTube channel . Explaining her creative process for the video , Arnold said that she really wanted to create a nostalgic feeling , " a hazy memory that pops into your head when you 're just falling asleep . " The music video was shot in Northampton , England and sees Florrie walking through the streets on a snowing day , while singing the lyrics .
The song received positive reviews . Jo Forrest of " TotalNtertainment " dubbed the song as " stunning " and complemented how the track showcased Florrie 's " delicate " and " emotive vocals . " Writing for " Medium , " Hugh at ZephyrHillMusic expressed being " hooked " and " mesmerised " with track , praising the production and composition , saying that " I immediately hit the reply button if I 'm honest . I wanted to go back into the trance . " While reviewing " The Lost Ones , " Sebas E. Alonso of " Jenesaispop " named " Kissing In the Cold " one of the highlights tracks of the record , describing it as a " cinematic mid-tempo drenched in neon colors . "
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Milan Uprising
The Milan Uprising was an episode of the Italian Risorgimento that took place on 6 February 1853 in Milan . It was the first time socialist ideals were associated with Italian patriotism and nationalism . The event had a broad impact on mainstream liberal public opinion in western Europe , moving support away from the Mazzinian movement and from socialist movements for Italian unification , and reinforcing the leadership of Victor Emmanuel II of Savoy and Count Cavour .
After their victory in the First Italian War of Independence the Austrians governed the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia under emergency powers and military occupation . Members of the bourgeoisie and aristocracy who had opposed Austrian rule were mostly exiled to the neighbouring Kingdom of Sardinia . What remained in the Italian cities under Austrian rule were groups of republican conspirators , inspired , but not led , by Giuseppe Mazzini . In particular , autonomous cells had developed among the working class of Milan . From 1851 the Austrian authorities tightened their grip on these elements , arresting over one hundred militants and executing the Belfiore martyrs . The hostility towards Austria that these measures provoked led Mazzini to believe that the conditions were right in Milan for a new uprising .
The insurrectionary committee established in Milan consisted of Giuseppe Piolti de Bianchi , civilian leader , Eugenio Brizzi , military leader , Fronti , logistics and Vigorelli , treasurer. and were both invited to join but neither believed an uprising would succeed and Carta was arrested and imprisoned several months before it took place .
The revolutionaries ' original plan was to take advantage of the grand ball held at Palazzo Marino on January 31st and attended by all the senior officers of the Austrian army . If a way could be found to poison them all , the Austrian garrison in Milan , leaderless , could then be easily overwhelmed . This initial plan was soon abandoned as impractical . Another proposal was to assassinate three leading Milanese aristocrats who were collaborating with the Austrians , so as to provoke a harsh government reaction , which would in turn ignite popular indignation . But this plan too was abandoned .
The leaders of the working class cells assured Brassi that they could mobilise 5,000 men , which turned out to be hopelessly optimistic , and in any case would likely not have been sufficient to overwhelm the well-armed and trained garrison . Mazzini also worked to weaken the resolved of the garrison , many of whom were Hungarians sympathetic to Lajos Kossuth . His main agent in this work was Mattia Gergics , a follower of Kossuth and deserter from the Austrian army living in hiding in Milan .
In the meantime , a consignment of rifles , promised from Genoa and Switzerland , never arrived and the Mazzinians and the republicans in exile outside Italy made it clear that they would not support the insurrection . The conspirators nevertheless decided to go ahead , trusting that the Milanese proletariat would join them .
Mazzini travelled from London in secret to support the insurrection . He managed to persuade the leaders not to proclaim a republic when they rose , in the hope of support from Victor Emmanuel II of Savoy . The insurrectionary committee in turn persuaded Mazzini stay in Locarno in Switzerland until he could be sure the uprising had succeeded . Meanwhile Austrian government spies were well aware that an insurrection was planned , as was Savoy , which both passed information to the Austrians and arrested a number of the conspirators . The 6 February was chosen as the date for the uprising because it was the last Sunday of Carnival and the conspirators expected the Austrian soldiers to be off duty in the city 's taverns .
At the appointed time on Sunday 6 February 1853 , at 4 : 45 p.m. only about four hundred craftsmen and workers mustered , armed with knives and daggers . Despite posting a forged message from Kossuth around the city , the conspirators did not persuade the Hungarian troops to mutiny or support the insurrection . In addition the promised help of a city engineer and his road maintenance workers also failed to materialise . They were supposed to help the rebels build barricades and cut the gas pipes to leave the city in darkness .
Barricades went up at the Piazza Cordusio , Porta Tosa , , Via della Signora , Via dell 'Ospedale , Porta Ticinese , Porta Vicentina and the Via Torino . The most sustained action was at Porta Tosa , led by Giuseppe Varisco , Ferri , Biffi , Colla , the comb makers Saporiti and Carlo Galli , the greengrocer Crespi , and the shoemaker Galimberti .
The Gran Guardia at the Royal Palace was stormed : a number of men fought under the command of Ferri , including Camilo and Luigi Piazza brothers , Giuseppe Moiraghi , Modesto Diotti , Antonio Cavallotti , Alessandro Silva , Pietro Varisco , Luigi Brigatti , Giuseppe Forlivesi and Antonio Marozzi . The rebels managed to seize some rifles but could not hold their positions . Driven back , they continued to fight in via Rastrelli , Larga del Pesce ( today via Paolo da Cannobbio ) , piazza Borromeo , San Bernardino alle Monache , Palazzo Litta and . The original plan had been to storm the castle armoury and seize 12,000 guns for distribution bat that was not even attempted , since of the 500 rebels committed to the assault only thirty actually turned up while the armoury was protected by 200 soldiers .
The most violent clashes took place in ( where one soldier was killed ) ; in ( where the dead included the hatter Opizzi and the stonecutter Rivolta while one insurgent lost his arm ) ; in Porta Ticinese ; near the Palazzo Litta ( where the brandy maker Antonio Cavallotti led the action , but was arrested ) ; from via San Vincenzino to ( where Francesco Segalini , supported by two of his sons , was seriously wounded and died on 2 March of blood loss ) ; in the Piazza Duomo and in Mercanti ; Piazza Fontana , in the district of the Borromei ; and in Via Orefici .
With so many leaders failing to show up , and a lack of orders , it was very difficult to coordinate the different actions and mobilise others to join the fight . The only people outside the conspiracy who appear to have joined in the fighting were a number of common criminals and other non-political elements who took the opportunity to attack random soldiers and bourgeois passers-by in the street .
The Austrians quickly mustered their defences and brought in reinforcements from outside the city , which was back under their control by seven o 'clock in the evening .
The Austrian forces suffered 10 dead and around 50 wounded . Somewhere between forty and sixty civilians were also killed .
Among the insurgents , 895 were arrested , 16 of whom were hanged or shot :
Of the others arrested and tried , 20 were initially sentenced to death by hanging , but this was later commuted to 20 years in prison ; 44 were sentenced to 20 years " in irons " or to " forced labor with heavy irons " or 10 years " with light irons " ( many of these sentences were later commuted to 2 years in prison ) . A further 175 were acquitted . The main organisers of the uprising - Brizi , Piolti de ' Bianchi , Assi and Giussani , managed to escape into exile .
Following this bloody failure , Mazzini was subjected to an avalanche of criticism not only from the moderate camp but also from his own followers . He responded by reaffirming his faith in insurrectional and conspiratorial methods . He also announced the birth of the Action Party , a movement to unite all those men still willing to fight to achieve the objectives of Italian unity and independence .
Austria adopted harsh measures following the uprising . On 18 February Marshal Radetsky announced that the property of all residents of Lombardy-Venetia who had fled Austrian rule was to be seized , regardless of the fact that many of them had taken up Sardinian citizenship . This was intended to dampen down support in wealthier and more educated circles in Sardinia for the Mazzinian cause . He also imposed financial sanctions on the city of Milan to pay for pensions for victims of the uprising , and for the care of the wounded .
Sardinia responded to these measures fairly calmly , expelling about 150 radicals itself and setting up a fund for the relief of Lombard exiles whom it did not consider to be " persona non grata . " It expended considerable diplomatic effort in trying to raise international support against Austria , which was not successful but helped pave the way for Sardinia 's participation in the Crimean War . When the press in Turin became outspoken in its criticism of Austria , Foreign Minister Giuseppe Dabormida tried to limit the damage by offering to circulate official statements condemning the views expressed .
International public opinion did not look kindly on the uprising . " The Economist , " for example , while affirming its solidarity with oppressed peoples , described the events in Milan as " insignificant , " " doomed to failure " and " discrediting the cause . "
Karl Marx , in an article in the " New York Daily Tribune " on 7 March 1853 , entitled " The Milan Riot , " mounted a polemical attack on Mazzini whom he disparagingly called " Theopompus , " the " messenger of God , " attributing to him the failure of the spontaneous revolutions due to lack of organisation , resulting in the sacrifice of the Milanese insurgents despite their useless heroism . He wrote : " The Milan insurrection is significant as a symptom of the approaching revolutionary crisis on the whole European continent . As the heroic act of some few proletarians the sons of Mammon were dancing , and singing , and feasting amid the blood and tears of their debased and crucified nation proletarians who , armed only with knives , marched to attack the citadel of a garrison and surrounding army of forty thousand of the finest troops in Europe , it is admirable . But as the finale of Mazzini 's eternal conspiracy , of his bombastic proclamations and his arrogant capucinades against the French people , it is a very poor result . Let us hope that henceforth there will be an end of revolutions improvisees , as the French call them . Has one ever heard of great improvisators being also great poets ? They are the same in politics as in poetry . Revolutions are never made to order . After the terrible experience of ' 48 and ' 49 , it needs something more than paper summonses from distant leaders to evoke national revolutions . "
In 1900 , the city of Milan dedicated the Piazza Sei Febbraio to the memory of the uprising and in 1903 , on the fiftieth anniversary of the uprising , a commemorative plaque for those executed was placed on the wall of the castle . A number of streets in the Baggio district were also named after executed insurgents in 1920 .
According to Alberto Celletti , the reason for commemorating the Milan Uprising today is that it " involves the unquenchable desire for revolution of the Italians and in particular of the people of Milan , who in those years proved to be among the " warmest " in spirit . This is not an aspect to be underestimated : the insistence of part of the citizens attracted the attention of both Giuseppe Mazzini and the House of Savoy , who saw in Milan a nerve center from which to launch any future attempts . The moral is simple : even failures serve to bear witness to a history of commitment useful to posterity . And this revolt teaches us that that with particular importance . "
In memory of those who fell during the revolt , the municipality of Milan placed a wreath at the plaque commemorating the uprising in 2022 .
2024-25 Northwestern State Lady Demons basketball team
The 2024-25 Northwestern State Lady Demons basketball team represents Northwestern State University during the 2024-25 NCAA Division I women 's basketball season . The Demons , led by fifth year head coach Anna Nimz , play their home games at Prather Coliseum located in Natchitoches , Louisiana and are members of the Southland Conference ..
Home games are broadcast on ESPN + .
The Southland Conference released its preseason poll on October 17 , 2024 . Receiving 67 overall votes , the Lady Demons were picked to finish tenth in the conference .
No Lady Demons were selected as members of a Preseason All-Conference team .
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Peugeot Invest
Peugeot Invest S.A. is the listed holding company of the French Peugeot family .
It is incorporated in France , listed on Euronext Paris , and controlled through the privately held company " Etablissements Peugeot Freres S.A. , " which represents the interests of the Peugeot family . Peugeot Invest was founded in 1929 as the " Societe Fonciere Financiere et de Participations , " later renamed FFP .
In 1929 , the company was created by the Peugeot family as a family investment company , the " Societe Fonciere Financiere et de Participations . " From the outset , the company built on the legacy of the Peugeot brothers , who founded the Peugeot automobile manufacturer in 1810 . The Peugeot family is one of the historic shareholders of Stellantis ( and previously of PSA Group ) . Drawing on its industrial experience , the company has developed an investment activity in diversified assets , consisting mainly of direct minority holdings , private equity vehicles , co-investments and real estate .
In 1966 , the family group companies were reorganised , with FFP becoming the main shareholder in Peugeot SA .
In 1989 , the company was listed on the Nancy Stock Exchange . For several years , it remained focused on its stake in PSA Peugeot Citroen . By the early 2000s , it had only € 200m of assets outside the automobile manufacturer .
In 2002 , Robert Peugeot ( 1950- ) , great-grandson and namesake of the founder of the PSA Group , took over as head of the FFP family investment company and began an ambitious diversification strategy . Since then , it has diversified considerably under his leadership , leading the holding company to take long-term minority stakes in groups such as SEB , Taittinger , Lisi , Zodiac Aerospace and Sanef .
In May 2020 , Bertrand Finet was appointed Managing Director of Peugeot Invest , continuing the diversification strategy led by Robert Peugeot . In March 2023 , FFP announced a change in its general management and the departure of Bertrand Finet . In September 2020 , FFP and " Etablissements Peugeot Freres " transferred all their shares in the PSA Group to their joint subsidiary " Maillot I , " which in February 2021 became " Peugeot 1810 , " 76.5 % -owned by the FFP and 23.5 % -owned by " Etablissements Peugeot Freres . " This subsidiary then owns 7.2 % of Stellantis , which was created by the merger between PSA Group and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles in January 2021 .
On 22 February 2021 , FFP announced its name change to " Peugeot Invest . " At 31 December 2021 , 80 % of Peugeot Invest 's capital was held by the Peugeot family through " Etablissements Peugeot Freres , " with 20 % corresponding to free float . The net asset value was € 5.9 billion . Today , the company is listed on Compartment A of Euronext Paris and remains 80 % owned by family members , via " Etablissements Peugeot Freres . "
In 2023 , the company invested in the Anglo-French investment bank Rothschild & Co , and sold its stake in Groupe SEB the following year .
Peugeot Invest 's portfolio consists mainly of companies in which it is a minority shareholder capable of supporting the development of its investments over the long term .
Through a joint subsidiary called " Peugeot 1810 , " formerly " Maillot I , " Peugeot Invest and " Etablissements Peugeot Freres " own 7.2 % of Stellantis .
Prior to the merger of PSA Group with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles , its main asset ( 28 % at 30 June 2020 ) was a 9 % stake in the capital of PSA ( the family held around 13 % of the capital through various channels ) . The remaining assets ( 72 % ) are part of a diversification strategy implemented since 2003 , which consists of decorrelating the Peugeot Invest portfolio by investing in a variety of sectors and geographical areas .
When PSA merged with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles , Stellantis ' stake in Faurecia ( now Forvia ) was reduced from 46.3 % to 39 % and then redistributed to its own shareholders at the beginning of 2021 . Peugeot 1810 held 3.14 % of the capital as at 27 March 2021 .
Robert Peugeot , Chairman of Peugeot Invest , said : ' We prefer to invest in companies where we can bring our expertise in managing family groups .
At the end of 2021 , the whole package will be valued at 5.9 billion euros .
Peugeot Invest Assets , formerly FFP Invest , and a subsidiary of Peugeot Invest , has held a 19.8 % stake in Immobiliere Dassault since 2016 , as at 31 December 2019 .
Peugeot Invest is 80 % -owned by " Etablissements Peugeot Freres " ( an unlisted holding company representing the interests of the heirs to the Peugeot family ) . The remaining 20 % is held on a floating basis . The company 's Board of Directors is made up of representatives of " Etablissements Peugeot Freres " and independent directors .
Raegan Revord ( Actress )
Raegan Revord ( born 3 January 2008 ) is an American actress , notable for playing the role of Melissa " Missy " Cooper in the television series Young Sheldon , a prequel to The Big Bang Theory .
1922-23 Hamilton Continentals men 's ice hockey season
The 1922-23 Hamilton Continentals men 's ice hockey season was the 5th season of play for the program . The Continentals represented Hamilton College and were coached by Albert Prettyman in his 5th season .
For the team 's fifth season , Hamilton put together a very ambitions schedule of games . After opening with two matches against amateur clubs , the Continentals took on two ivy league teams that were routinely vying for the intercollegiate championship . After a respectable loss to Dartmouth , who would end as the runners-up for the eastern championship , Hamilton travelled to Princeton for their first road game of the year . Captain Thompson scored twice in an otherwise abysmal performance against the Tigers .
After the dismal loss , the team took time off for the exam break before resume their season in early February . Time off seemed to serve them well as they returned with a triumphant victory over Clarkson . A week later the team defeated a rather poor Columbia outfit before embarking on another arduous stretch of games .
The Continentals hosted Queen 's , the world 's oldest college program , in the middle of February . The team did well to score 4 goals against the Canadians but ultimately fell in the match . The next week Hamilton faced off against Boston College , who were undefeated to that point , and Hamilton proved to be just a bump in the road . The Blue and Buff were hardly able to compete with the Eagles , who would go on to claim the intercollegiate championship of the east at season 's end . Two days later , the team travelled south to face another perennial powerhouse in Yale and were flattened by the Elis . Hamilton wasn 't able to get any traction in the game and had to return home after a 0-8 drubbing .
The final game of the season came in early March and soft ice prevented the team from using the their home rink effectively . Due to the conditions , the game was limited to four 10-minute periods . Williams , who was much more used to playing on poor ice , had an easier time navigating up and down the rank and managed to limit the Continentals ' chances . The only goal from the home team came when the visiting netminder was serving one of his two penalties for dropping to the ice and covering the puck but it was not enough for Hamilton to stave off defeat and end the year with a losing record .
H. Louis George served as team manager .
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Kilo , Dompu
Kilo is a district in Dompu Regency , West Nusa Tenggara , Indonesia .
Mount Tepatasi
Mount Tepatasi is a 203-meter ( 666-foot ) mountain situated near Happy Valley in Pago Pago , the capital of American Samoa . It is part of the mountainous terrain that surrounds and protects Pago Pago Harbor , one of the most notable natural harbors in the Pacific . The village of Pago Pago is nestled amidst a range of tall peaks , including Mount Tepatasi and other prominent mountains such as Mount Matafao ( 2,142 ft ) , Rainmaker Mountain ( 1,716 ft ) , Mount ʻAlava ( 1,611 ft ) , Mount Siona ( 892 ft ) , and Mount Matai ( 850 ft ) .
Danny Sauter
Danny Sauter is an American politician based in San Francisco . He was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in the 2024 election to replace termed out incumbent Aaron Peskin .
Sauter ran for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 2020 , but placed 2nd behind incumbent Aaron Peskin .
In 2024 Sauter ran for the same seat again which was vacated by term limited Peskin . Sauter won the election .
List of royal proxy marriages
This is a list of members of royal families who entered into a proxy marriage throughout history .
Muhammad in Hinduism
Muhammad , the prophet of Islam , finds mention in certain interpretations of Hindu scriptures , according to some scholars . These interpretations are often debated among historians , theologians , and scholars of comparative religion .
The Bhavishya Purana is one of the eighteen major Hindu Puranas . It is traditionally ascribed to the Rishi Vyasa , the compiler of the Vedas , although the actual authorship remains unknown and the document is likely the work of many hands . Like the other mahapuranas , it is written in Sanskrit . It contains passages that some interpret as references to Muhammad . In the Pratisarga Parva ( Part III , Chapter 3 , Verses 5-27 ) , a figure named " " Mahamada " " is described as a leader in a foreign land who teaches a different dharma . His followers are also mentioned as " " musalman " . " Some scholars suggest this refers to Muhammad . However , critics argue that these verses may be later interpolations and not part of the original text .
Certain Islamic scholars and followers claim that Muhammad is mentioned as the Kalki Avatar , the prophesied final avatar of Vishnu described in the Kalki Purana . They argue that descriptions of a spiritual leader from a desert region , riding a white horse , and bringing about world transformation align with Muhammad 's life . However , mainstream Hindu interpretations do not support this claim .
2025 Texas Longhorns football team
The 2025 Texas Longhorns football team represents the University of Texas at Austin as a member of the Southeastern Conference during the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season . Led by fifth-year head coach Steve Sarkisian , the Longhorns play home games at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin , Texas .
Texas finished the regular season 11-1 , 7-1 in SEC play . The Longhorns went on to play in the SEC Championship , losing to Georgia 19-22 in overtime . Texas was selected as one of the 12 teams to play in the College Football Playoff . As a 5-seed , Texas played 12-seed Clemson in the first round , winning 38-24 . In the quarterfinals , Texas played 4-seed Arizona State in the Peach Bowl .
Note : Players with a dash in the new school column didn 't land on a new team for the 2024 season .
2025 Preseason All-SEC teams
Ayodhyapura
Ayodhyapura or Ayojjhapura ( or ) was an ancient settlement in central Thailand . It existed before the 10th century and is mentioned in the or " The Chronicle of the Emerald Buddha " written in Pali by Brahmarajaprajna in the 15th century and in another Pali chronicle Jinakalamali .
Modern scholars suggest " Ayodhyapura " was potentially Si Thep , the early center of the Dvaravati civilization , which flourished from the 6th to 11th century .
The text given in the , which is a mix of fact and fables with some variations to the story , states the Emerald Buddha which was brought from Pataliputra ( today 's Patna , India ) to Inthapatnakhon ( ) in present-Cambodia through Lankadvipa ( Sri Lanka ) . It was then brought to " " Ayodhyapura " " before to " Wachiraprakarnpura " ( Kamphaeng Phet ) , Chiang Rai and Lampang . Ayodhyapura as described in the text was ruled by the great king " Aditaraj " ( ) and was said to be located on the north of Lavo 's Lavapura .
The Jinakalamali also mentions " Ayodhyapura " as a big city " Maha-nagara " located in " Ramannadesa . " Its king who was the greatest of all kings created 5 Buddha images from the precious black stones ; one was installed in " Ayodhyapura , " one given to Lavapura , one to Thuwunnabumi , and the other two are enshrined in the far Ramannadesa .
As per the location given in the text , Thai scholar Pensupa Sukkata speculated that " Ayodhyapura " is potentially the present-Si Thep . Haripunjaya Study scholar , Akrin Phongphanthacha , agrees with the mentioned theory and additionally asserts that :
C. J. Avery
C. J. Avery ( born March 22 , 1999 ) is an American professional football linebacker for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League ( CFL ) . He played college football for the Louisville Cardinals and also had a stint with the Chicago Bears of the National Football League ( NFL ) and the Vegas Vipers of the XFL .
Avery played college football for the Louisville Cardinals from 2017 to 2021 . He played in 54 games where he had 349 total tackles , nine sacks , three interceptions , 16 pass breakups , two forced fumbles , and four fumble recoveries . As a four-year starter for Louisville , he lead the team in tackles in 2019 and 2020 .
Avery signed with the Chicago Bears of the National Football League ( NFL ) on May 6 , 2022 . He was later waived with an injury settlement on August 12 , 2022 .
Avery was drafted by the Vegas Vipers in the eighth round , 64th overall of the 2023 XFL Draft . In the first game of the season against the Arlington Renegades , Avery recorded the first interception of the 2023 season . He started all 10 games and finished with 62 tackles and one interception .
On January 16 , 2024 , it was announced that the Avery had signed with the Montreal Alouettes . He was released on March 5 .
Avery was signed by the Saskatchewan Roughriders on April 15 . He played in the first game of the season against the Edmonton Elks on June 8 and recorded an interception . In his next game against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats , he would have another interception that would set up the game-winning field goal . In doing so , he became the first player since Harry Skipper in 1986 to have at least one interception in their first two games as a member of the Roughriders . On August 15 , he was placed on 1-game injured list . On August 21 , he was activated from the injured reserve . He would finish the season with 59 total tackles , one sack , three interceptions , and one forced fumble in 19 games .
Siba Narain Sankar
Siba Narain Sankar ( born 13 October 1915 ) was an Indian Judge who served as the 8th Chief Justice of Orissa High Court .
Sankar was born on 13th October 1915 in New Delhi . He completed his educational career in Delhi University and joined the Bar in 1937 . In 1960 he was appointed as the Additional Counsel of Central Government and later on became the Central Government Counsel in Delhi High Court . He was also the President of the Delhi Bar Association .
He was elevated to the Bench of Delhi High Court on 25.5.1967 and became the Chief Justice of Orissa High Court from 1 November 1975 to 12 October 1977 .
Brunnhilde ( cat )
Brunnhilde was a female tabby cat known from two 1936 photographs of her wearing a costume of her namesake from " Der Ring des Nibelungen , " an opera by Richard Wagner . She became notable in the 2022 for her inclusion in " Not an Ostrich : & Other Images from America 's Library , " an exhibit of historical photographs hosted by the United States Library of Congress .
Brunnhilde was owned by a man named Adolph Edward Weidhaas , who adopted her as a stray . He took two photographs of her in costume , wearing miniature scale armor and a winged helmet . The photographs were put on display at the Snapshot Store , a photography store in New York City , as advertisements . Both photographs are now in the collection of the Library of Congress . Initially , only one of the photographs was available online ( showing Brunnhilde from the side ) , and the Library of Congress described it as " one of [ their ] most beloved free-to-use photos . " In January 2023 , the Library of Congress digitized the second photograph ( which shows Brunnhilde from the front ) and released it on Twitter , at which point it became viral .
The photographs of Brunnhilde are hosted on the Library of Congress 's website in the " free to use and reuse " section , indicating that they are in the public domain in the United States .
Bradley People Mover
The Bradley People Mover was an unopened automated people mover system located at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks , Connecticut , United States .
The Bradley People Mover system was built in the 1970s to connect Bradley Airport 's remote parking field with its main terminal building , located approximately away . The $ 4.4-million ( 1974 USD ) project was marred in controversy throughout its entire existence , with its purpose and need being heavily questioned on a consistent basis . The people mover system was viewed , meanwhile , by many planners - along with officials from the Ford Motor Company , which won the bid to build the system - as an experiment in airport transportation .
The planning of the system by state officials began in 1973 . Connecticut Governor Thomas J. Meskill , one of the project 's leading advocates , argued that the system would be self-sufficient , and that airport parking fees would be able to pay off its construction bonds . By 1974 , the project went before the Connecticut General Assembly , which ultimately refused to appropriate the funds in a bonding package . In response , Meskill tapped into Connecticut Department of Transportation operating funds , using them for the people mover .
On July 18 , 1974 , construction on the people mover system commenced , with a ceremony occurring to mark the occasion . During the groundbreaking ceremony , Governor Thomas J. Meskill sat at the controls of an auger machine , officially breaking ground on the project . Nearby , a crowd of roughly 20 members of the Connecticut Citizen Action Group ( CCAG ) - a statewide public advocacy group - simultaneously assembled to protest the system 's construction . CCAG and various other public advocacy groups fought against its existence throughout the planning and construction processes , with lawsuits being filed - including federal ones by the NAACP and two environmental groups . CCAG argued that Connecticut 's public transportation funds would be better spent on mass transit infrastructure to get commuters to and from work - rather than on the Bradley system , which the group labeled " a trolley for the rich . "
In 1975 , construction on the $ 4.5 million system had been completed , and its final tests were successfully executed in December 1975 . However , by early 1976 , the system was shut down , upon airport officials realizing there was no need for the 1,500 ‐ car outer parking lot to open - all while the 1,700 spaces in the more centrally-located lot were not filling up . It was found that the demand anticipated during the system 's planning was overly-optimistic , and that a significant number of the airport 's passengers preferred utilizing private valet parking facilities next to the airport as opposed to the on-site lots . Critics continued expressing frustration over the project . Many criticized the state for not applying for federal grant monies to relieve state taxpayers of some of the costs , while others - notably the NAACP - expressed concerns that the state mismanaged its transportation funds , and that the limited monies could have gone to other projects to improve mass transportation .
Shortly after assuming the governorship in 1976 , Ella T. Grasso decided to demolish the system - by then considered a boondoggle and being colloquially referred to as " Tommy 's Trolley , " in reference to Meskill - due to its obsoleteness , her opposition to the system having been a major piece of her gubernatorial campaign .
The Bradley People Mover system was roughly in length , of which roughly consisted of ground ‐ level guideway while consisted of elevated guideway . With a top speed of , the journey could be completed in approximately 2 ½ minutes .
The system was similar in many respects to the Disneyland Monorail - spare for the Bradley system operating with rubber-tired trains on a concrete guideway without rails . Electricity was provided to the train cars via a strip along the guideway , which measured roughly in width .
The people mover had three stations .
The system had two aluminum , rubber-tired , automated vehicles , measuring in length . Built by the Ford Motor Company , the train cars could carry 24 passengers - six seated and 12 standing . The contract for constructing the people mover system and its vehicles was awarded to Ford , in a competition which saw over a dozen bidders .
As of 2024 , the system 's vehicles are preserved and on permanent display at the Connecticut Trolley Museum .
An Arch of Westminster Bridge
An Arch of Westminster Bridge is a c.1750 landscape painting by the English artist Samuel Scott . Westminster Bridge had been constructed between 1739 and 1750 to the design of the Swiss architect Charles Labelye . It was only the second bridge to be built in London , and the engineering feat drew a number of artists including Canaletto and Richard Wilson . Scott himself had produced an earlier work " The Building of Westminster Bridge " in 1742 . Having initially specialised in maritime art , Scott increasingly switched to cityscapes and riverscapes in response to the commercial success of Canaletto during his time in England . The view is towards the northern bank of the Thames in the direction of the City of London . Along with the various houses visible are the York Buildings Water Tower , the Savoy , Somerset House and St Mary-le-Strand .
It is often considered his masterpiece . Today it is part of the collection of the Tate Britain in Pimlico , having been acquired in 1970 . Scott produced several other versions including ones in the National Gallery of Ireland and the Yale Center for British Art
Insular Japonic languages
The Insular Japonic languages or Japonic-Ryukyu languages are a subdivision of the Japonic languages , as opposed to the hypothetical Peninsular Japonic languages formerly spoken in central and southern Korea . This grouping , originally proposed by Vovin , has been taken up several times subsequently .
Currently , most scholars agree that the Japonic languages were brought to the Japanese archipelago between the 7th and 3rd centuries BC by wet rice farmers of the Yayoi culture from northern Kyushu , replacing the indigenous Jomon people . Toponyms indicate that the Ainu language were formerly spoken in eastern Japan . Later , Japonic speakers settled on the Ryukyu Islands .
Linguistically , there is disagreement over the location and date of separation from the continental branch . Martine Robbeets argues that the two branches of the " Japonic " ( Japonic ) family split when their speakers moved from Shandong around 1500 BC to central and southern Korea . According to her , the Insular Japonic languages entered the archipelago around 700 BC , with some remaining in the southern Mahan and Byeonhan confederations . This theory has little support . Vovin and Whitman instead argue that the Insular Japonic languages split from the Peninsular Japonic languages upon arriving in Kyushu between 1000 and 800 BC .
There is also disagreement regarding the separation of Old Japanese and the Ryukyu languages . One theory suggests that when taking into account innovations in Old Japanese not shared with the Ryukyu languages , the two branches must have separated before the 7th century , with the Ryukyus migrating from southern Kyushu to the Ryukyus with the expansion of the Gusuku culture around the 10th-11th century . Old Japanese is thought to have emerged during the Nara period . Robbeets proposes a similar theory , but places the separation date in the 1st century BC . Boer proposes that the Ryukyu languages are descended from the Kyushuan dialect of Old Japanese . One theory also suggests that Ryukyus remained in Kyushu until the 12th century .
The relationship between Japanese and the Ryukyu languages was established in the 19th century by Basil Hall Chamberlain in his comparison of Okinawan and Japanese .
This classification below is the most widely used . Vovin classifies the Tamna language as part of the Insular Japonic branch . Hachijo , spoken in the Southern Izu Islands and formerly in the Daito Islands iss sometimes considered a separate language due to its divergence from modern Japanese . Robbeets ( 2020 ) treats the Fukuoka and Kagoshima dialects as independent languages . Dialects are indicated in " italics . "
Another classification based on pitch accents has been proposed . According to this , Japanese is paraphyletic within Insular Japonic .
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Hari Lal Agrawal
Hari Lal Agrawal ( born 1 August 1927 ) was an Indian Judge and former chief Justice of the Orissa High Court from 1 May 1986 to 31 July 1989 .
Agrawal was born on 1 August 1927 . He was enrolled as an Advocate of Patna High Court on 19.12.1955 . He was elevated as Senior Advocate of Patna High Court from 19.5.1972 . Agrawal Practiced mostly in civil cases . He was appointed as Additional Judge . Patna High Court from 12 April 1973 and promoted as permanent Judge from 01.01.1974 .
He served as the Chief Justice of Orissa High Court and served as such from 1.5.1986 - 31.7.1989 .
Carter G. Woodson Book Award
The Carter G. Woodson Book Award is an American literary award created in 1973 by the Racism and Social Justice Committee of the National Council for the Social Studies to promote cultural literacy in children and young adults .
First presented in 1974 , the award is named for American historian , author , and journalist Carter G. Woodson . Currently awarded at three levels - elementary , middle , and secondary - middle was added in 2001 after the other two divisions began in 1989 .
In addition to announcing winners , the award recognizes honor books , referred to from 1980 to 1996 as those having " outstanding merit . " An accompanying seal , with a likeness of Woodson , was introduced in 1999 with gold seals applied to winning book covers and silver seals on honor books .
, Brent Ashabranner is the only author whose books have received the award three times , as well as the only to have winning books two years in a row . Don Tate , who first had a book win the Woodson award in 2016 , illustrated a second title that also ( uniquely ) won that year .
1924 United States Olympic trials ( track and field )
The 1924 United States Olympic trials for track and field were held from 13-14 June 1924 and decided the United States team for the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris . As women 's athletics was not added to the Olympic programme until 1928 , only a men 's trials was held . The competitions took place in Cambridge , Massachusetts at Harvard Stadium .
The meeting was separate from the 1924 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships , which were held later in September in New Jersey and Pennsylvania .
A maximum of four athletes could be named to the team per event , unlike the three-athlete-limit of future Olympics . Also unlike future Olmypic trials , the 1924 trials results were not completely determinative of the team ; in several cases athletes who finished outside of the top 4 were selected based on consistency of previous results .
Unlike other events , six Americans were allowed to compete in the 1924 Olympic marathon . Five of those spots were decided from the 1924 Boston Marathon , including Clarence DeMar ( 1st ) , Charles Mellor ( 2nd ) , Frank Wendling ( 3rd ) , William Churchill ( 4th ) , and Ralph Williams ( 7th ) . The final runner , Frank Zuna , was selected based on his results from a marathon in Baltimore instead .
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Louise Elizabeth Brandon
Louise Elizabeth Brandon ( 1879-1945 ) was a military nurse during World War I with the New Zealand Army Nursing Service Corps and the Samoan Expeditionary Forces in 1914 .
Brandon was born in Wellington in 1879 to mother Anna Naria Wilson and father Henry de Bathe Brandon .
Brandon completed her nursing training in 1909 and joined a contingent of nurses that went to Apia Samoa in August 1914 . She sailed on board the Moeraki with nurses Evelyn Brooke , and Fanny Wilson . Brandon and the other New Zealand nurses treated local Samoans with eye disease . While the climate conditions deemed challenging at times for the nurses , they completed their service returning in early 1915 .
Brandon spent the remainder of the War alongside nurse , Louise Alexa McNie working as theatre-sisters on New Zealand hospital ships , such as " SS Maheno " and " SS Marama " and headed for the front . Brandon arrived to ANZAC Cove on 26 August 1915 . Wounded soldiers from Gallipoli were treated or transported to military hospitals in Malta or Alexandria . She returned to New Zealand on 1 January 1916 and continued working on both the " SS Maheno " and " SS Marama . " Her third and final overseas posting was on the " SS Corinthic " where she was the Matron of the New Zealand Officer 's Convalescence Hospital in Brighton , England .
Brandon was awarded the Associate Royal Red Cross in 1917 . After the war , Brandon became Matron of the Military Hospital in Rotorua and later started her own practice .
Brandon also held positions of editor with the New Zealand Free Lance as well as The New Zealand Times .
Brandon 's brother Major Percy Eustace de Bath Brandon was a decorated soldier who served in Egypt . She never married and lived in her Thorndon home until her death . Brandon died in Wellington Hospital on September 23 , 1945 , after a long illness .
2025 TCR Asia Series
The 2025 TCR Asia Series season will be the ninth season of the TCR Asia Series .
The provisional 2025 schedule was announced on 17 December 2024 , with six events scheduled . The season will begin at Sepang International Circuit on 4 May and end at Inje Speedium on 19 October . The final round will also be part of the TCR World Tour .
1945 Indonesian presidential election
The 1945 Indonesian presidential election was the first vote to elect the President and Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia for the 1945-1950 term . This presidential election was carried out in accordance with the 1945 Constitution , but the MPR ( People 's Consultative Assembly ) had not yet been formed so its duties were carried out by the PPKI ( Preparatory Committee for Indonesian Independence ) .
In 1945 , Japan formed BPUPKI ( Investigating Committee for Preparatory Work for Independence ) , which determined the State Foundation and Form of the State .
However , after Japan surrendered in 1945 , Indonesia implemented Independence faster and of course , the Presidential Election was also faster .
On August 18 , 1945 , one day after the independence , a Presidential election took place which resulted in Sukarno and Hatta as President and Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia .
2024-25 LEN Women 's Champions League main round
The 2024-25 LEN Women 's Champions League main round is played between 26 October 2024 and 1 March 2025 to determine the eight teams advancing to the Quarterfinals of the 2024-25 LEN Women 's Champions League .
The 16 teams were place into four groups of four . In each group , teams will play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format . The top two teams in each group advanced to the Quarterfinals .
Teams are ranked according to points ( 3 points for a win , 2 points for a penalty shootout win , 1 point for a penalty shootout loss , 0 points for a loss ) , and if tied on points , the following tiebreaking criteria are applied , in the order given , to determine the rankings :
The draw took place on 7 October 2024 in Zagreb , Croatia . In regards to the seeding , the teams who automatically qualified for the main round were placed in pot 1 , while the remaining pots were based off the results of the Qualification round . Teams in bold indicate who advanced .
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2024-25 East Texas A & amp ; M Lions women 's basketball team
The 2024-25 East Texas A & M Lions women 's basketball team represents East Texas A & M University in the 2024-25 NCAA Division I women 's basketball season . The Lions , led by second year head coach Valerie King , play their home games at Texas A & M-Commerce Field House in Commerce , Texas , as members of the Southland Conference ( SLC ) .
This season marked East Texas A & M 's third year of a four-year transition period from Division II to Division I. As a result , the Lions will not be eligible for NCAA postseason play until the 2026-27 season .
This is the first season for the university under its then-current identity . On November 7 , 2024 , after the Lions had played their first game of the 2024-25 season , the Texas A & M University System Board of Regents approved the proposed change of the university 's name to East Texas A & M University . The name change took effect immediately .
Home games are broadcast on ESPN + .
The Southland Conference released its preseason poll on October 17 , 2024 . Receiving 112 overall votes , the Lions were picked to finish sixth in the conference .
Jordyn Newsome was selected to the Preseason All-Conference second team .
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Museum of Zavkhan Province
The Museum of Zavkhan Province ( ) is a museum in Uliastai , Zavkhan Province , Mongolia .
The museum was originally established in 1924 . In 1938 , it was changed to a House of Regional Studies .
The museum has a total exhibition of 10,300 artifacts .
Alvitus
Alvitus is a masculine given name well attested in medieval Galicia . Other attested spellings include Aluitus , Albitus , Aloitus , Aloytus , Albittus and Aloittus . The Romance forms are Alvito , Aloito , Aloyto and Albito .
The etymology of Alvitus is uncertain . It may be of pre-Roman origin . A proposed derivation from the Latin name Albus is unlikely . It has been proposed as a hypocoristic form of Alvaro and as a name of Gothic origin . The name Alvith is attested among the Heruli .
People with the name include :
The patronymic form is Alvites or Aloitez . Examples include :
2007 Liberal Party leadership election
The 2007 Liberal Party leadership election could refer to :
Frederique Espagnac
Frederique Espagnac ( born 19 April 1972 ) is a French politician of the Socialist Party serving as a member of the Senate since 2011 . She is a member of the Regional Council of Nouvelle-Aquitaine .
15.ai
15.ai was a free non-commercial web application that used artificial intelligence to generate text-to-speech voices of fictional characters from popular media . Conceived by an artificial intelligence researcher known as " " 15 " " during their time at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and developed following their successful exit from a startup venture , the application allowed users to make characters from various media speak custom text with emotional inflections faster than real-time .
Launched in March 2020 , The service gained widespread attention in early 2021 when it went viral phenomenon on social media platforms like YouTube and Twitter , and quickly became popular among Internet fandoms , including the " , " " Team Fortress 2 , " and " SpongeBob SquarePants " fandoms .
In January 2022 , Voiceverse NFT sparked controversy when it was discovered that the company , which had partnered with voice actor Troy Baker , had misappropriated 15.ai 's work for their own platform . The service was ultimately taken offline in September 2022 . Its shutdown led to the emergence of various commercial alternatives in subsequent years .
The field of artificial speech synthesis underwent a significant transformation with the introduction of deep learning approaches . In 2016 , DeepMind 's publication of the seminal paper " WaveNet : A Generative Model for Raw Audio " marked a pivotal shift toward neural network-based speech synthesis , demonstrating unprecedented audio quality through direct waveform modeling . Previously , concatenative synthesis-which worked by stitching together pre-recorded segments of human speech-was the predominant method for generating artificial speech , but it often produced robotic-sounding results with noticeable artifacts at the segment boundaries .
Two years later , this was followed by Google AI 's Tacotron in 2018 , which demonstrated that neural networks could produce highly natural speech synthesis but required substantial training data - typically tens of hours of audio - to achieve acceptable quality . When trained on smaller datasets , such as 2 hours of speech , the output quality degraded while still being able to maintain intelligible speech , and with just 24 minutes of training data , Tacotron failed to produce intelligible speech .
A significant challenge in the field became reducing the amount of training data required while maintaining output quality . Researchers explored various approaches to achieve high-quality voice synthesis from limited data , such as transfer learning and few-shot learning techniques . The developer of 15.ai would claim that it was possible to achieve human-quality voice cloning with as little as 15 seconds of training data ( hence , the name " 15.ai " ) .
15.ai was conceived in 2016 as a research project by a developer known as " " 15 " " during their undergraduate studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MIT ) . The developer was inspired by DeepMind 's WaveNet paper , with development continuing through their studies as Google AI released Tacotron the following year . By 2019 , the developer had demonstrated at MIT their ability to replicate WaveNet and Tacotron 's results using 75 % less training data than previously required . The name " 15 " is a reference to the creator 's claim that a voice can be cloned with as little as 15 seconds of data .
15.ai was first released to the public in March 2020 with a limited selection of characters from " , " " Portal , " and " Team Fortress 2 . " It was showcased on British-American computer scientist Andrew Ng 's newsletter " The Batch " as a proof of concept of voice cloning for practical use cases . Throughout 2020 , more voices were added to the website .
In early 2021 , the application went viral on Twitter and YouTube , with people generating skits , memes , and fan content using voices from popular games and shows . 15.ai use also resulted in memes and viral videos . Popular videos shared over Twitter and YouTube included recreations of the popular Source Filmmaker video " The Heavy Is Dead , " " The RED Bread Bank , " and " Among Us Struggles , " which have amassed millions of views on social media . Content creators , YouTubers , and Tiktokers have also used 15.ai as part of their videos as voiceovers . According to the developer , at its peak , the platform incurred operational costs of per month from AWS infrastructure needed to handle millions of daily voice generations . He funded the website through his previous startup earnings .
According to its developer , 15.ai 's interface was intentionally designed to display technical metrics and graphs alongside generated audio files because they wanted to highlight the underlying research of the website .
On January 14 , 2022 , a controversy ensued after it was discovered that Voiceverse NFT , a company that video game and anime dub voice actor Troy Baker announced his partnership with , had misappropriated voice lines generated from 15.ai as part of their marketing campaign . Log files showed that Voiceverse had generated audio of characters from " " using 15.ai , pitched them up to make them sound unrecognizable from the original voices to market their own platform - in violation of 15.ai 's terms of service . Voiceverse claimed that someone in their marketing team used the voice without properly crediting 15.ai , and in response , 15 tweeted " Go fuck yourself . "
In September 2022 , 15.ai was taken offline . The developer claimed that this was due to legal issues surrounding artificial intelligence and copyright .
The platform was non-commercial , and operated without requiring user registration or accounts . Users generated speech by inputting text and selecting a character voice , with optional parameters for emotional contextualizers and phonetic transcriptions . Each request produced three audio variations with distinct emotional deliveries .
Characters available on 15.ai included GLaDOS and Wheatley from the " Portal " series , characters from " Team Fortress 2 , " Twilight Sparkle and other characters from " , " SpongeBob SquarePants , Sans from " Undertale , " the Tenth Doctor Who , the Narrator from " The Stanley Parable , " and HAL 9000 from " . " Certain " silent " characters like Chell and Gordon Freeman were able to be selected as a joke , and would emit silent audio files when any text was submitted .
The deep learning model 's nondeterministic properties produced variations in speech output , creating different intonations with each generation , similar to how voice actors produce different takes . 15.ai introduced the concept of " " emotional contextualizers , " " which allowed users to specify the emotional tone of generated speech through guiding phrases . The emotional contextualizer functionality utilized DeepMoji , a sentiment analysis neural network developed at the MIT Media Lab . Introduced in 2017 , DeepMoji processed emoji embeddings from 1.2 billion Twitter posts ( 2013-2017 ) to analyze emotional content . Testing showed the system could identify emotional elements , including sarcasm , more accurately than human evaluators .
15.ai was mostly well received by critics , with much emphasis on the naturalness and emotion of the generated voices . Liana Ruppert of " Game Informer " described it as " simplistically brilliant " and Jose Villalobos of " " wrote that it " works as easy as it looks . " Lauren Morton of " Rock , Paper , Shotgun " noted that " the amount of control that you can use to tweak how words and phrases are pronounced is pretty deep if you 're willing to get into the nitty gritty of it . " The platform 's ability to replicate character voices convincingly emerged as a key strength , although some writers pointed out that certain voices worked better than others . Rionaldi Chandraseta of AI newsletter " Towards Data Science " stated that he thought a video using 15.ai 's " Team Fortress 2 " voices used Cameo to pay for new voice lines by the original voice actors . Zack Zwiezen of " Kotaku " reported that " [ his ] girlfriend was convinced it was a new voice line from GLaDOS ' voice actor , Ellen McLain . " Natalie Clayton of " PC Gamer " wrote that " SpongeBob SquarePants ' shrill , nasally voice works shockingly well , " but also noted that in attempting to replicate " The Stanley Parable " s narrator , " the algorithm simply can 't capture Kevan Brighting 's whimsically droll intonation . " Mexican website Qore.com wrote that " while the results are already exceptional , they can certainly get better . "
15.ai also garnered interest in East Asian countries . In Japan , Takayuki Furushima of " " highlighted the " smooth pronunciations " of the application , and Yuki Kurosawa of " " noted its " rich emotional expression " as a major feature ; both Japanese authors noted the lack of Japanese-language support . Chinese gaming news outlet " " called the app " interesting , " but also criticized the character limit of the text and the lack of intonations . Machine learning professor Yongqiang Li wrote in his blog that he was surprised to see that the application was free . Taiwanese newspaper " United Daily News , " while reporting on 15.ai 's features , highlighted its ability to recreate GLaDOS 's distinctive mechanical voice from " Portal " and its diverse range of character voice options .
15.ai is credited as the first example to popularize AI voice cloning ( audio deepfakes ) in memes and content creation . In the years following the website being taken down , various commercial alternatives have appeared , such as ElevenLabs and Speechify .
Abdoulkader Waberi Askar
Abdoulkader Waberi Askar ( 1931 - 10 February 1993 ) was a Djiboutian politician who served as president of the National Assembly from 1979 until his death in 1993 .
Askar was born in 1931 . He was from the Somali clan of Issa . He was by profession a journalist , and he worked as a presenter for Radio-France Outre-mer in Djibouti from 1956 to 1961 .
Askar was active in politics , being a strong advocate of Djiboutian independence , as they were at the time a territory of France . As of 1976 , he was serving as the Minister of the Civil Service . He also held ministerial positions as Minister of Finance and Minister of the Economy . While Djibouti was still a territory , Askar served in its Chamber of Deputies . He was a member of the People 's Rally for Progress ( RPP ) party .
Two years after Djiboutian independence , Askar , a member of the new National Assembly , was elected president of the legislature to succeed Saad Warsama Dirie , in May 1979 . He was regularly re-elected the president of the legislature and his service in the position ended up spanning 14 years .
Askar fell ill and was transported to a hospital in Paris , France , on 22 December 1992 . He later died there on 10 February 1993 , at the age of 62 . After his death , the government announced a three-day mourning period , also declaring the prohibition of all political demonstrations , sporting and cultural events during that time . He was succeeded as president of the National Assembly by Said Ibrahim Badoul .
Pheidole navigans
Pheidole navigans is a species of big-headed ant of the " Pheidole flavens " -complex native to Venezuela and Colombia and invasive in California , Bermuda , Germany , Mexico , the Canary Islands , the southeastern United States , and Hawaii . It is commonly misidentified as " Pheidole moerens . "
1963 Indonesian presidential election
The 1963 Indonesian presidential election was a second vote to elect the President and Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia for the 1963-1968 term . The presidential election was conducted in accordance with the 1945 Constitution . Because the MPR ( People 's Consultative Assembly ) had not yet been formed , its duties were carried out by the MPRS ( Provisional People 's Consultative Assembly ) .
Actually , the second presidential election was intended to be held after Indonesia 's independence . However , this was not possible because of the Indonesian National Revolution throughout the 1950s , so that ( the Legislative Election and the Presidential-Vice Presidential Election ) were temporarily postponed . In addition , due to the change of the 1945 Constitution to the Provisional Constitution of 1950 ( which was used from 1950 to 1959 ) , the presidential election could not be held because the president at that time was only the holder of state power , not also the holder of government .
However , this changed since the Presidential Decree 1959 , namely the return of the 1945 Constitution as the State Constitution , and the MPRS as the temporary holder of the duties of the MPR-RI .
Sukarno was finally proposed to be nominated at the MPRS General Session dated 15-22 May 1963 . Many of Soekarno 's supporters proposed Sukarno 's nomination as president for life . This proposal was also supported by AM Hanafi , Chaerul Saleh , and voiced to the MPRS by Colonel Suhardirman , one of the ABRI members in the MPRS who also proposed the idea .
Finally , a presidential election was held . Because Sukarno was also elected , this idea was unanimously approved because Sukarno won the presidential election for the 1963-1968 term . Therefore , his term of office was changed to life . Sukarno was officially made President for Life through the session .
J. Isaac Pengelly
John Isaac Pengelly ( 1853 - 6 May 1937 ) was an English clerk and activist for animal rights and vegetarianism . He was a clerk to Exeter Magistrates for 48 years and the founder of Exeter Vegetarian Society .
Pengelly was educated at St. John 's Hospital School in Exeter . After leaving school , he began working as a clerk for H. D. Barton of the Exeter Magistrates . In 1887 , he succeeded Barton as clerk to the Justices . Over the course of his career , he collaborated with 117 justices in matters related to the police court . From 1912 to 1932 , he served as the clerk of the Exeter Insurance Committee . Additionally , he was a member of the Western Provident Association , where he also held the role of solicitor .
Pengelly retired from clerkship after 48 years in 1935 . He was a director and vice-chairman of Exeter City Football Club .
Pengelly was introduced to vegetarianism through reading a letter by R. Bailey Walker in the Exeter papers in Autumn 1880 . He became a vegetarian in 1881 for ethical reasons . Pengelly acknowledged the health and hygienic benefits of a vegetarian diet , but stated that he gave up eating meat due to the unnecessary cruelty of animal slaughter .
Pengelly was founder and secretary of the Exeter Vegetarian Society . He was elected president in 1891 and was president of the Devon and Exeter Vegetarian Society in 1894 . His wife Lavinia was initially hostile to vegetarianism but later converted and lectured on vegetarian meals . She died in 1913 .
In 1894 , he authored a pamphlet , " Animal Rights , " which dealt " exhaustively with the whole matter of man 's duty in regard to the treatment of animals . " Pengelly attended the annual meeting of the Vegetarian Federal Union in 1896 . He served on the General Council of the Order of the Golden Age and was its Registrar in 1896 .
In 1898 , Pengelly argued that all references to meat eating in school books should be eliminated and that the young should not be imbued with the idea of bloodshed in preparation of food . Pengelly was known to have worn vegetarian boots .
Pengelly died from bronchitis on 6 May 1937 , in Exeter at the age of 84 . His funeral took place at St. James ' Church , Exeter .
2025 Pakistan Super League players draft
The player draft for the tenth edition of the Pakistan Super League is expected to be held on 11 January 2025 .
On 12 December 2024 , the Pakistan Cricket Board opened the registration window for foreign players and the trade window .
Gudmundur Thorvaldsson
Gudmundur Ingi Thorvaldsson ( Icelandic : Guðmundur Ingi Þorvaldsson ) is an Icelandic actor .
Thorvaldsson graduated from the Icelandic Acting School in 1998 , received a Master of Arts degree in performance making from Goldsmiths University in 2009 , and a master in business arts degree from the University of Reykjavik in 2014 .
Thorvaldsson is the voice of the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service . He voiced the character Sigurd Styrbjornsson in the video game series " Assassin 's Creed . "
He portrayed an astronaut in the music video for the song " Satellite 15 ... The Final Frontier " by Iron Maiden .
In 2001 , he played the role of Ellert in the film " 101 Reykjavik . " In 2005 he played Markmadur in the film " Eleven Men Out . " He played Marcellus in the 2024 biblical epic film " Mary . "
Rozana Lee
Rozana Lee ( born 1970 ) is a New Zealand artist of Chinese Indonesian descent , notable for her use of textiles .
Lee is a fourth generation Chinese Indonesian , She fled Jakarta to Singapore at a time ethnic Chinese were being severely persecuted throughout Indonesia . Lee never felt belong in Indonesia .
During the Boxing Day Tsunami , Lee lost her mother Rosna , her relatives , childhood friends and family home in Aceh , Indonesia . Lee 's father Karimun survived the tsunami .
Lee 's father and grandfather had a fabric shop in Aceh , Lee grew up with fabrics , with many patterns and colours and they always had plenty of excess of fabric. the shop was destroyed during the Boxing Day Tsunami
Her artistic journey reflects cultural connections across Central and South East Asia , Pacific Ocean , and Central America . By using Indonesian Batik textiles , Lee investigates how cultures evolve through the interactions and exchanges with other cultures and by holding onto their own traditions . Her work resonates with her personal experiences of prejudice and highlights the dynamic nature of culture , especially in trading ports where diverse influences come together . This exploration not only showcases the patterns and symbols of these cultures but also underscores the stories behind them and the relationships that shape them .
Lee 's research examines how patterns convey historical and aesthetic knowledge of specific cultures , while also serving as a link between generations , diverse cultures and countries through various means , including early migration , the introduction of religion , international trade , colonisation and cross-cultural exchanges . She makes the patterns with the beeswax , and the tools , the tie-dye all have historical significance .
Her work are held in many private collections overseas and in New Zealand , including the Art House Trust and Govett-Brewster Art Gallery , Christchurch Art Gallery .
Crystal Brothers
Crystal Brothers is a retired American ballerina who spent much of her career at Ballet Memphis ( 1996-2019 ) .
Brothers is from Yuma , Arizona , and trained with Kathleen Sinclair and Jon Cristofori . She briefly danced with the second company at Boston Ballet before being injured . She joined Ballet Memphis in 1996 , and danced lead roles in many of their productions including Steven McMahon 's Romeo and Juliet and Cinderella ; Mark Godden 's A Midsummer Night 's Dream and Firebird ; Joseph Jefferies ' The Little Mermaid as well as in Beauty and the Beast , S 'epanouir , Paquita , Swan Lake , and Giselle , Rafael Ferreras ' Politics , Steven McMahon 's Wizard of Oz and Peter Pan , and Julia Adam 's Devil 's Fruit . She has also danced in works by choreographers including Matthew Neenan , Thaddeus Davis , Jane Comfort and Trey McIntyre . With Theatre Memphis , Brothers has performed in Hello Dolly ! , La Cage aux Folles , and Cinderella , and she appeared in Playhouse on the Square 's 2022 production of Something Rotten .
Brothers was named " Outstanding Artist in Dance " by the Tennessee Arts Commission and is the first Ballet Memphis recipient of the award . She was named one of the top eight dancers with watch in the world by " Pointe Magazine . " She won an Ostrander Award for her performance as Victoria ( The White Cat ) in Theatre Memphis ' 2019 production of Cats .
Since her retirement from dancing , Brothers has taught ballet . She is a company teacher at New Ballet Ensemble and Collage Dance Collective in Memphis , Tennessee .
Candacy Taylor
Candacy Taylor is a photographer and cultural historian . She has documented the architecture of buildings listed in " The Negro Motorist Green Book . " Her book , " Overground Railroad : The Green Book & the Roots of Black Travel in America , " explored the legacy of the " Green Book . " An adaptation of " Overground Railroad " for young adult readers won the Carter G. Woodson Book Award in 2023 .
She turned her master 's degree thesis into a coffee table book , " Counter Culture : The American Coffee Shop Waitress , " an oral history and photography book of interviews with women over 50 who had each worked as waitresses for many decades .
Taylor curated an exhibit about the " Green Book " for the Jimmy Carter Library and Museum .
Please Hold ( 2020 film )
Please Hold is a 2020 sci-fi dark comedy short film directed by K.D. Davila .
Mateo Torres , a young Latino man and fast food worker , is arrested by an autonomous police drone for an unknown crime that he insists he did not commit . He is taken to a fully automated private prison run by a company called Correcticorp , where Mateo tries and fails to get a hold of a human being . His AI public defender pressures to take a plea deal for the unknown crime .
Unable to afford a human attorney , Mateo toils away in his cell , working for Correcticorp 's sister company Handmade , crocheting handmade accessories for an extremely low wage . He earns enough moneyto afford a phone call to his parents , but is cut off before he is able to explain his plight . Solitude grinds away at Mateo 's sanity , and he contemplates taking the plea deal out of desperation , even though he still is unaware of his alleged crime .
Just before Mateo is about to accept the plea deal , he realizes his parents have wired him money , allowing him to hire a human attorney . The human attorney takes one look at his file , recognizes that a mistake has been made . Mateo is released from the jail . As he walks free , he listens to the voicemails that have accumulated in the time he spent in jail , notifying him that he has lost his job and his home .
Best Live Action Short Film nomination - 94th Academy Awards
Morbido Fest
Morbido Fest is an annual fantasy and horror film festival in Mexico City , Mexico . Known as " Mexico 's Premier Horror Event , " it was founded in 2008 by Pablo Guisa Koestinger and is a member of the Melies International Festivals Federation .
Prior guests include Roger Corman , Barbara Crampton , Elijah Wood , Hideo Nakata , John Landis and Joe Dante .
The 2016 event took place November 2-6 and featured 28 films from 13 nations , plus 77 short films from 20 nations , 12 Latin-American Premiers and 13 Mexican Premiers , including " Demon , " " The Wailing , " " Miruthan , " " Scare Campaign , " " Seoul Station , " " Shut In , " " The Mermaid " and " The Thinning . "
The 2017 event saw the debut of Gigi Saul Guerrero 's web series " La Quinceanera . "
The 2019 event took place October 30 to November 3 and saw Latin premieres for Paco Plaza 's " Eye for an Eye " , Alice Waddington 's feature debut " Paradise Hills " and Richard Elfman 's " Aliens , Clowns & Geeks . " Juan Diego Escobar Alzate 's film " Luz " won the Calavera de Plata at the festival while the Golden Skull / Audience Award went to " Colour out of Space " by Richard Stanley .
The 2022 edition took place October 26 to November 2 at Teatro de la Ciudad and featured 79 short films and 30 feature-length films , including " " and " Satanic Hispanics . "
The 2024 edition took place October 30 to November 10 . It showcased 100 short films and 52 feature films from around the world . After winning at the festival , Cinema Management Group acquired sales for 2024 Peruvian found footage horror movie " The Devil 's Teardrop . "
Portrait of Louis-Mathieu Mole
Portrait of Louis-Mathieu Mole is an 1834 portrait painting by the French artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres depicting the politician Louis-Mathieu Mole . Mole served twice as Prime Minister of France during the July Monarchy of Louis Philippe I , as a member of the conservative Resistance Party . He held a number of other positions during his career including Minister of Justice under Napoleon and was also briefly Foreign Minister . His second spell as premier came just before the Revolution of 1848 .
Ingres exhibited the portrait in his own studio , and was then commanded to bring it to Tuileries Palace for the royal family to view . While he refused to submit it the Salon of 1835 it was later exhibited at the Exposition Universelle in 1855 . Today it is in the collection of the Louvre in Paris , having hung for many years in the Chateau de Champlatreux .
Glenn Roggeman
Glenn Roggeman is a Belgian entrepreneur and producer , best known as the CEO of AED Studios , the of the largest film and TV studio complexes in the Benelux .
Glenn Roggeman began his career as an entrepreneur in the audiovisual sector . In 2013 , Roggeman acquired the former Alfacam complex , which was transformed into AED Studios , a modern production hub for films , TV shows , commercials , and events .
AED Studios is located in Lint , Belgium , and features multiple recording studios . The studios have attracted international productions , including feature films , television series , and commercials .
AED Studios uses green energy sources and has optimized its infrastructure to reduce energy consumption . Additionally , Roggeman invests in new technologies , such as virtual production , to minimize the environmental footprint of film production .
On August 20 , 2024 , Glenn Roggeman received a lifetime achievement award from the Septimius Awards , and in November 2024 , he was named an ambassador for the Septimius Awards .
Mark Watt ( curler )
Mark Watt ( born 31 October 1999 in Stirling ) is a Scottish curler from Auchterarder . He currently plays third on Team James Craik . Playing for Craik , Watt won gold at the 2023 Winter World University Games and bronze at the 2020 World Junior Curling Championships .
Watt won the Scottish Junior Curling Championships in 2020 , playing third for James Craik . The team also included second Blair Haswell and lead Niall Ryder . This earned the rink the right to represent Scotland at the 2020 World Junior Curling Championships , in Krasnoyarsk , Russia . There , they topped the round robin with a 7-2 record , earning themselves a spot in the playoffs . The team then lost to Switzerland 's Marco Hosli 9-6 in the semifinal before defeating Germany 's Sixten Totzek 6-5 to capture the bronze medal . With Watt aging out of juniors following the cancelled 2020-21 season , he created a new team with Gregor Cannon , Haswell and Gavin Barr . This lineup saw limited success , only reaching the playoffs in two of seven World Curling Tour events and finishing with a 4-6 record at the 2022 Scottish Curling Championships .
Watt and Haswell reunited with former teammates Craik and Angus Bryce for the 2022-23 season , forming a team to represent Great Britain at the 2023 Winter World University Games . On the European tour , the team found success , reaching the semifinals of the 2022 Oslo Cup and 2023 Mercure Perth Masters and the quarterfinals of four other events . This set the team up for a dominant run at the University Games , going 8-1 through the round robin and beating Canada 's Dalhousie University team ( skipped by Owen Purcell ) in the semifinal to advance to the final . There , they beat the United States ' Daniel Casper to claim the gold medal , becoming the second British men 's team to do so . After the championship , the team returned home to the Scottish men 's championship where they reached the playoffs with a 5-2 record in the round robin . They then beat Ross Whyte in the semifinal before coming up short to Bruce Mouat in the final , who went on to win the 2023 World Men 's Curling Championship .
Now focused solely on men 's play , Team Craik began the 2023-24 season with back-to-back playoff finishes at the 2023 Baden Masters and the 2023 Euro Super Series , losing out to Joel Retornaz and Bruce Mouat respectively . In October , the team went undefeated to win the Grand Prix Bern Inter , Watt 's first tour victory . With the points they accumulated throughout the 2022-23 and start of the 2023-24 season , the team rose high enough in the ranks to qualify for the 2023 National Grand Slam event . They previously competed in the 2023 Tour Challenge Tier 2 event , however , lost in the quarterfinals to Mike McEwen . At the National , the team went 2-2 in the round robin , just enough to squeak into the playoff round . They were then defeated by Yannick Schwaller 6-5 in the quarterfinals . Team Craik also had enough points to play in the next two Slams , the 2023 Masters and the 2024 Canadian Open . After missing the playoffs at the Masters , the team again went 2-2 at the Canadian Open and had a good enough draw total to reach the playoffs . This time , it was Mouat who took them out in the quarterfinal round by a 5-4 score . In February , the team had another strong showing at the national men 's championship , going 6-2 in the round robin and qualifying for the 1 vs. 2 game . There , they lost 7-3 to Team Whyte but rebounded with a 9-1 win over Team Mouat to reach the final . There , they again came up short to Whyte , losing 7-6 . The team ended their season at the 2024 Players ' Championship Slam where they went 1-4 .
Watt played in his first Scottish Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in 2022 with partner Katie McMillan . There , the pair finished 4-1 through the round robin , advancing to the playoffs where they beat Sophie Sinclair and Ross Whyte in the quarterfinals . They then lost to Jennifer Dodds and Bruce Mouat in the semifinals , settling for third . The following year , Watt paired with Hannah Farries , missing the playoffs with a 2-3 record .
In 2024 , Watt again played in the national championship , teaming up with Lisa Davie to reach the playoffs with a 5-1 record . In the quarterfinals , Davie and Watt beat Fay Henderson and Euan Kyle 7-5 before going on to defeat Rebecca Morrison and Kyle Waddell 8-3 in the semifinals . This advanced them to the final where they lost 9-3 to Sophie Jackson and Duncan McFadzean , earning the silver medal from the championship .
Watt works at the Perth Trophy Shop . He previously studied at Open University . His father Iain Watt won silver at the 1990 World Junior Curling Championships and his sister Laura Watt won gold at the 2023 World Junior Curling Championships .
1977 Weber State Wildcats football team
The 1977 Weber State Wildcats football team represented Weber State College ( now known as Weber State University ) as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 1977 NCAA Division II football season . Led by first-year head coach Pete Riehlman , the Wildcats compiled an overall record of 4-6 , with a mark of 2-4 in conference play , and finished tied for fourth in the Big Sky .
Georgianna Rumbley
Georgianna A. Rumbley ( January 1 , 1852 - July 3 , 1894 ) was an American medical doctor .
She graduated from the Howard University normal and musical departments , attending from 1870 to 1874 . She married John Richard Bailey in 1872 . There is no record of his death , but Lamb listed her as a widow . She then attended the Woman 's Medical College of Pennsylvania from 1877 to 1879 , and again 12 years later from 1891 to 1894 , when she graduated with an M.D. Rumbley died of diabetes on July 3 , 1894 , in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . The executor of her will was Howell L. Goins , who is mentioned in a letter to Booker T. Washington as a person he would have known .
Records of her are scant , but she may be the " Georgiana " Rumbley who is listed as a teacher in Cedar Grove , North Carolina in 1868 , when she would have been 16 . The records show that she had not arrived by the time of the listing , so she may not have gone at all . That same year she is also listed with the two-n spelling as a teacher in Hillsborough , North Carolina , eight miles away , with no record of her having gone in person . Her name is occasionally spelled Georgiana with one " n " in newspapers as well , although it was listed with two in her graduation documents .
RASA ( restaurant )
RASA is a contemporary restaurant in the Harbord Village neighbourhood of Toronto 's Downtown .
The restaurant was opened in the spring of 2014 , a part of the Food Dudes Hospitality Group which owns and operates multiple restaurants across Toronto . The restaurant 's name , " Rasa , " is derived from the Latin phrase " tabula rasa , " which translates to " blank slate . "
Adrian Niman , was named the head chef at opening , and presently holds the title of executive chef at the restaurant . The restaurant embraces a contemporary culinary approach , drawing inspiration from a variety of sources rather than adhering to the foods , traditions , or techniques of a specific region . The restaurant 's wine card has a strong focus on bottles that are produced in Ontario .
To sustain operations during the COVID-19 pandemic while restrictions prevented or reduced the ability for patrons to dine on-site , the restaurant focused on a combination of takeout business and a street-side patio to attract customers .
RASA 's sister restaurant , SARA , whose name is an anagram of the former , has also been recognized in the Michelin Guide , receiving a " Recommended " designation .
The business was named a Bib Gourmand restaurant by the Michelin Guide at Toronto 's 2024 Michelin Guide ceremony . A Bib Gourmand recognition is awarded to restaurants who offer " exceptionally good food at moderate prices . " Michelin commended the restaurant 's ability to cook good food while maintaining a relaxed ambiance . Dishes highlighted by Michelin include the sea bream ceviche with chili oil , lamb vindaloo dumplings , and the house burger made with beef cheek .
Fundacion Cortes
Fundacion Cortes is a nonprofit organization founded in 2012 in Puerto Rico , focused on cultural and educational initiatives through art and the humanities . It operates programs such as Educa Cortes , which integrates art and emotional wellness , and maintains a collection of Caribbean and Latin American art used in its educational efforts .
Fundacion Cortes was established in 2012 as a private , nonprofit organization aimed at promoting cultural and educational initiatives through art and the humanities .
Following Hurricane Maria in 2017 , the foundation adapted its operations to address community needs . It organized a temporary school , named Educa Cortes , in its facilities in Old San Juan . This initiative provided daily education to approximately 35 children , accommodating a total of 115 students from public schools across Puerto Rico . The program incorporated art as a therapeutic tool to help students and families navigate the post-disaster reality .
Fundacion Cortes programs emphasize art , education , and well-being . Its program , Educa Cortes , offers interactive workshops that integrate creative expression and emotional wellness . The initiative initially arose as a response to the mental health challenges faced by communities after Hurricane Maria and has since impacted over 14,500 public school students .
The foundation collaborates with other organizations to expand its programs . In partnership with Albizu University , it established " El Arte del Bienestar , " a program that combines art appreciation with mental health workshops . Fundacion Cortes offers financial literacy workshops and distributes educational materials to participants .
Fundacion Cortes maintains an extensive collection of Caribbean and Latin American art , housed in its facility in Old San Juan . The collection includes works by Haitian artists and serves as a cornerstone for its educational programs .
In 2018 , the foundation hosted exhibitions highlighting Haitian art and cultural history . These exhibitions featured paintings , photography , and multimedia installations from its collection , emphasizing the shared cultural and historical ties within the Caribbean .
Bullock 's complex
Bullock 's complex is a collection of nine historic buildings located at 639-651 south Broadway , the 300-block of 7th Street , and 634-670 south Hill Street in the Jewelry District and Broadway Theater District in the historic core of downtown Los Angeles . Each building is a contributing property in the National Register of Historic Places-listed Broadway Theater and Commercial District , five buildings are contributing properties in the City of Los Angeles-recognized Hill Street Commercial Historic District , and four buildings are contributing properties in the City of Los Angeles-recognized Seventh Street Commercial Historic District .
The complex is currently the site of the St. Vincent 's Jewelry Center . It was formerly the first and flagship site of Bullock 's , known as Bullock 's Downtown .
Bullock 's complex began with the Bullock 's building ( also known as Earl or Tehama building ) , located on the corner of Broadway and 7th . This building , seven-stories in height , was built in 1906 . It was financed by Arthur Letts , designed by Parkinson and Bergstrom , and built for John G. Bullock , who opened the original Bullock 's in the building in March 1907 . This store became known as Bullock 's Downtown after other Bullock 's locations opened .
Bullock 's Downtown proved so successful that the location expanded eight times in less than three decades , expanding its floor area from to . These expansions were :
Bullock 's Downtown closed in June 1983 . The complex later became St. Vincent 's Jewelry Center , named after the college that was located here prior to Bullock 's . Approximately 500 jewelers occupied the building as of 2009 , and Big Lots also occupied in the original Bullock 's building , with their location taken over by Burlington Coat Factory in November 2015 .
In 1979 , the Broadway Theater and Commercial District was added to the National Register of Historic Places , with all nine buildings in the Bullock 's complex listed as contributing properties in the district . In 2016 , the city of Los Angeles created the Hill Street Commercial Historic District and the Seventh Street Commercial Historic District , with the Pease , Gennet , Mackey , and both Hart buildings listed as contributing properties in the former and Bullock 's , Bridge , Eshman , and Hart ' 28 listed as contributing properties in the latter .
Despite being built at different times and designed by different architects , each building in the Bullock 's complex is united by design , historical function , and internal circulation .
Bullock 's is a seven-story steel frame and brick building designed by Parkinson and Bergstrom and built in 1906 . It features a Beaux Arts design with a brick and terra cotta facade that includes heavy cornice .
Bullock 's-Hollenbeck is a ten-story brick and reinforced-concrete building designed by Morgan and Walls and built in 1912 . It features a brick and terra cotta facade almost identical to the original Bullock 's building .
Pease Building is an eight-story Beaux Arts building designed by Hudson and Munsell and built in 1906 . A bridge and tunnel connecting the building to Bullock 's-Hollenback was built when Bullock 's bought this building in 1917 .
Eshman Building is a seven-story building designed by Morgan and Walls and built in 1909 . It features a Beaux Arts design with a three-part vertical division .
Bridge spans St. Vincent 's Place , connecting the upper six stories of the Bullock 's and Eshman buildings . The building 's design repeats the design of Bullock 's building . It was built in 1921 .
Gennet Building is a ten-story tall , two-bay wide building designed by Parkinson and Hubbard and built in 1922 . The building originally featured a Beaux Arts design on all its exteriors , but in 1934 the bottom two stories were remodeled in the Moderne style to match the Mackey Building .
Hart ' 24 is a ten-story building that matches Gennet Building in height , width , and styling . It was designed by Parkinson and Parkinson and built in 1924 .
Hart ' 28 is an expansion of Hart ' 24 . The expansion fills out the block and consists of five bays on Hill St. and four bays on 7th . The building is virtually indistinguishable from Hart ' 24 and features fenestration that consists primarily of three-part Chicago windows .
Mackey Building is an eight-story building designed by Parkinson and Parkinson and built in 1934 . The building 's upper six stories repeat the design of Gennet Building , while the bottom two stories feature a Moderne design that was then expanded to Gennet Building to match .
Parado
Parado is a district in Bima Regency , West Nusa Tenggara , Indonesia .
Parado , located in Bima Regency , West Nusa Tenggara , is known as one of the areas that has important megalithic remains . These remains are in the form of dolmens , menhirs , and stone graves , which were used by prehistoric people for various purposes , such as religious rituals , social status symbols , or burials . These remains reflect the cultural traditions and spirituality of past people in Parado , as well as being important historical evidence of the development of life in the area during the megalithic era .
Museum of Khovsgol Province
The Museum of Khovsgol Province ( ) is a museum in Moron , Khovsgol Province , Mongolia .
The museum was originally established as a study room for local history in 1949 . In 1967 , it was upgraded into a museum .
The museum displays various types of stuffed wild animals .
2002 Ketari by-election
The 2002 Ketari by-election was a by-election that was held on 1 April 2002 for the Pahang State Legislative Assembly seat of Ketari . It was called following the death of its Barisan Nasional assemblyman Loke Koon Kam on 3 March 2002 . Loke won the seat on 1999 Malaysian state elections against Choong Siew Onn of Democratic Action Party with a majority of 231 .
Yum Ah Ha of Barisan Nasional retain the seat against DAP Choong Siew Onn with a 10 times increase in majority of 2,204 votes .
On nomination day , Barisan Nasional nominated chairmen of GERAKAN Ketari division , Yum Ah Ha . DAP nominated Choong Siew Onn for the third straight time .
2024-25 DePaul Blue Demons women 's basketball team
The 2024-25 DePaul Blue Demons women 's basketball team represents DePaul University during the 2024-25 NCAA Division I women 's basketball season . The Blue Demons are led by thirty-ninth year head coach Doug Bruno and play their home games at the Wintrust Arena as members of the Big East Conference .
The Blue Demons finished the season 12-20 , 4-14 in Big East play to finish in tenth place . As a No. 10 seed , they lost in the first round to Seton Hall of the Big East women 's tournament .
There were no recruiting classing class of 2024 .
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2024-25 Georgetown Hoyas women 's basketball team
The 2024-25 Georgetown Hoyas women 's basketball team represented Georgetown University during the 2024-25 NCAA Division I women 's basketball season . The Hoyas , led by first head coach Darnell Haney , played their home games at McDonough Arena in Washington , D.C. as a member of the Big East Conference .
The Hoyas finished the 2023-24 season 23-12 , 9-9 in Big East play to finish in sixth place . They defeated Xavier in the first round of the Big East women 's basketball tournament , St. John 's in the quarterfinals and Creighton in the semifinals before losing in the championship game to UConn in the championship game . They received an-large bid to the WBIT where they defeated Washington in the first round before losing in the second round to Tulsa .
There were no recruiting classing class of 2024 .
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Ernest Clere
Ernest Victor Clere ( 22 January 1897 - 3 May 1967 ) was a French footballer who played as a midfielder for Olympique de Pantin , Olympique de Marseille , and the French national team in the 1920s .
Born in Brassy , Nievre , on 22 January 1897 , Clere received the War Crosses of both 1914-1918 and 1939-1945 , and later a Knight of the Legion of Honour . When the First World War ended in 1918 , the 21-year-old Clere began his football career at Olympique de Pantin ( currently known as Olympique de Paris ) , and after a short stint at Clichy Olympique , he returned to Pantin . He stayed loyal to this club for four years , from 1921 to 1925 , when Olympique de Marseille signed him .
On 23 March 1924 , the 27-year-old Clere earned his first ( and only ) international cap for France in a friendly match against Switzerland at Geneve , which ended in a 3-0 loss .
Together with Edouard Crut , Jean Boyer , and Jules Dewaquez , he was a member of the OM team coached by Victor Gibson that won back-to-back Coupe de France titles in 1926 and 1927 , the latter as the team 's captain . In the semifinals of the 1926 edition , OM defeated Stade Francais 5-0 , but the local press stated that " Clere , whose main quality was to mow down his opponents in any position , was immediately asked to stop his game " by the firm refereeing of Mr. Jones . He stayed at OM for four years , from 1925 to 1929 , having scored a total of 3 goals in 13 cup matches .
Clere played his last seasons of football at FEC Levallois ( 1928-29 ) , ( 1929-31 ) , and finally the reserve team of Olympique de Marseille from 1931 to 1934 , when he retired at the age of 37 .
Clere died in Suresnes on 3 May 1967 , at the age of 70 .
Shandong Theological Seminary
Shandong Theological Seminary ( ) is the only Christian theological college in Shandong Province of eastern China . It was founded in 1987 by the Shandong Provincial Christian Council in Jinan , the provincial capital . Since its establishment , the seminary has produced nearly 2,000 graduates for the churches of Shandong . The school also owns the " Qilu Theological Research Center , " which was established in cooperation with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences .
In 1987 , the Shandong Provincial Christian Council established Shandong Theological Seminary in Jinan City , using the office space of the Jinan Christian Council .
In 1998 , the school moved to a new campus in Huaiyin District , Jinan City . The new campus covers an area of more than 90,000 square meters , with a building area of about 9,000 square meters .
In 2011 , the school was upgraded to a religious institute of higher learning with the qualification to run undergraduate degree programs in theology . It recruited students from Shandong Province with a tentative enrollment of 150 people . The unveiling ceremony was held in 2012 .
In 2017 , in cooperation with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences , the " Qilu Theological Research Center " was established on the campus of the seminary , focusing on the combination of Qilu culture and Christianity .
The purpose of Shandong Theological Seminary is to cultivate pastoral talents equipped with theological knowledge , love for the religion and the country , and the ability to shepherd Christian believers in the true faith for Shandong Province . The college offers four-year undergraduate programs , three-year junior college programs , and one-year training classes . It provides both common and professional courses , and , in line with the needs of Shandong , offers featured courses such as social work theories , social work for the elderly and the disabled , calligraphy , folk music and Chinese tea cultural , etc . Since its establishment , the seminary has produced nearly two thousand graduates , most of whom have returned to their original churches in Shandong to serve .
The current president of the seminary is Rev. Gao Ming . The faculty includes more than 40 full-time teachers and 15 visiting and part-time teachers . The school also invites senior pastors to teach practical courses to the students .
Symposiums and seminars are held on the platform of the Qilu Theological Research Center . Research is focused on the Sinicization of Christianity , especially the combination of Qilu culture and Christianity , which includes three aspects : First , returning to the textual basis of the Bible . Second , reflecting on the complete history of the Church of more than 2,000 years and finding ways to run the Shandong churches well . Third , preaching Jesus through local Qilu culture to help people face the ups and downs of life .
In the spirit of serving the society , the school actively runs nursing homes and elderly services , and donates money and materials to disaster areas . At the same time , they also actively carry out international cooperation , inviting foreign friends to give lectures at the school and jointly explore the practice of Sinicization of Christianity in Shandong .
The school library has a collection of more than 40,000 books , nearly 100 journals and newspapers , and more than 1,500 electronic materials .
Campus address : Sushan Road , Meili Lake Development Zone , Huaiyin District , Jinan City , Shandong Province , China .
K.D. Davila
K.D. Davila is an American filmmaker who wrote " Emergency " ( 2022 ) and directed the Academy Award-nominated short film " Please Hold " ( 2020 ) .
Davila began her career as a television writer , writing on the staff of the science fiction series " Salvation " and the fantasy series .
Davila was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 2021 for her directorial debut , " Please Hold . " New York Times film critic Jeannette Catsoulis described it as " a shockingly clever satire of the privatized prison system and the elusiveness of justice . "
Davila wrote and executive produced the feature film " Emergency , " a dark comedy thriller directed by Carey Williams , produced by Temple Hill Entertainment and Amazon Studios . In April 2021 , RJ Cyler , Sabrina Carpenter , Donald Elise Watkins , Sebastian Chacon , Maddie Nichols , Madison Thompson , and Diego Abraham were added to the cast . The film premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival , where Davila won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award . Her writing on Emergency garnered a nomination for an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay .
In 2022 , she was named as one of Variety 's Top Ten Latino Content Creators to Watch .
In 2024 , she wrote the Dungeons & Dragons episode of the animated anthology Secret Level .
1977 Idaho State Bengals football team
The 1977 Idaho State Bengals football team represented Idaho State University as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 1977 NCAA Division II football season . Led by first-year head coach Bud Hake , the Bengals compiled an overall record of 3-8 , with a mark of 2-4 in conference play , and finished tied for fourth in the Big Sky .
Recreation Time in the Amsterdam Orphanage
Recreation Time in the Amsterdam Orphanage ( German : " Freistunde im Amsterdamer Waisenhaus " ) is an oil on canvas painting by the German painter Max Liebermann , from 1881 to 1882 . It depicts a scene that takes place in the courtyard of the orphanage in the Kalverstraat in Amsterdam . The style of the work is realistic with impressionistic tendencies . It is held in the Stadel , in Frankfurt am Main .
Liebermann often worked in the Netherlands . In the summer of 1876 he stayed in Haarlem , where he studied works by Frans Hals , with his friend , the etcher William Unger . From Haarlem he also often traveled to Amsterdam . He was fascinated with the hustle and bustle of the girls in the sunlit courtyard of the civic orphanage in the Kalverstraat . After much effort , and with Unger 's help , he was given permission to paint there . Fellow painters were surprised to see him painting en plein air in a courtyard surrounded by girls , which was still very unusual at the time . In July he created several studies of the courtyard and the dining room of the orphanage .
The current painting was created a few years later , using previous sketches , in the winter of 1881 / 82 , in Liebermann 's studio in Munich . Some of Liebermann 's paintings had attracted attention in the Paris Salon in 1880 , and his treatment of sunlight was particularly praised . With the current painting , he transformed the sketches and impressions of the orphanage , his favorite Amsterdam subject , into a coherent work with a similar lighting mood .
The painting shows a scene in the courtyard of the orphanage . The residents are seen busy sewing and playing . The brick wall of the courtyard forms the perspective diagonal of the picture . In the foreground , on the right half of the canvas , a loose group of eight girls sits on benches along the wall and on the floor , in the shade ; they are sewing white fabrics . The orphans ' clothes are striking , they are composed of a red right half and a black left half . In the sunnier background , some girls are sewing , while others are playing catch . Under a gas lamp that is only sketched in the middle ground , a girl is operating a fountain . On the left edge , two girls are facing the viewer and a group of three larger girls are in conversation . The upper left corner of the painting is taken up by the light green leafy branches of a deciduous tree . The floor of the courtyard is unpaved , but bordered by bricks , and is enlivened by fallen yellow-green leaves and a group of sparrows .
Liebermann 's early work was strongly rooted in realism , but because he painted plein air and paid great attention to color and light , he was soon counted among the impressionists . The " Recreation Time in the Amsterdam Orphanage " is an excellent example of these aspects of his work : on one hand , the complementary color palette of the spring green of the trees and potted plants and the red of the brick walls and the girls ' dresses is striking , and on the other hand , his particular attention to lighting effects , which is expressed in the patches of light falling through the branches and the juxtaposition of the shadowy foreground and the sunny background .
Liebermann exhibited the painting at the Paris Salon in 1882 , where it was bought by the Parisian singer Jean-Baptiste Faure . It later came to the art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel and was sold to Paul Cassirer in Berlin in 1899 . In 1900 , it was bought by the Stadel Museum Association , shortly after its creation . During the Second World War , the painting was moved to Amorbach in 1945 , where it was stolen . It was returned to the Stadel Museum in 1964 .
Cuantos Tacos
Cuantos Tacos is a Mexican restaurant in Austin , Texas , United States . It operates in the Arbor Food Park on East 12th street . It has received a positive reception and received Bib Gourmand status in the Michelin Guide in 2024 .
Pinkerton 's BBQ
Pinkerton 's BBQ is a barbecue restaurant in Houston , Texas , United States . It received Bib Gourmand status in the Michelin Guide for Texas in 2024 .
Barbanella
Barbanella is a neighbourhood in the city of Grosseto , Tuscany . The neighbourhood has approximately 17,000 inhabitants and extends over the northwestern area of the urban territory .
Barbanella is remembered in the medieval era as marshy land located on the eastern bank of the former Lake Prile , northwest of the city of Grosseto . The first mention of the locality is found in a document dated 8 May 1222 , which refers to a " campum positum in contrada que dicitur piscina " Barbione " . " A portion of the land was reclaimed in the mid-13th century by the municipality of Grosseto , which was entrusted to local assignees and designated for cultivation .
In 1828 , Grand Duke Leopold II of Tuscany initiated a major reclamation project for the marshland and constructed the diversion canal , making substantial improvements for the agricultural development of the Barbanella estate , which at the time belonged to brothers Antonio and Ubaldo Andreini .
The estate was purchased in 1855 by Baron Bettino Ricasoli , who invested numerous resources in agricultural experiments based on the British high farming model , employing a highly mechanized system that ultimately did not yield the expected results .
Throughout the 20th century , due to Grosseto 's population growth and the city 's industrialization process , Barbanella was incorporated into the city , effectively becoming a neighbourhood . The parish of St. Joseph was established in 1938 . In the post-war period , public housing areas were developed north of Via Sauro between 1949 and 1955 , and in the area between Viale Giusti , Viale Uranio , Via Cavalcanti , and Via Pascoli between 1955 and 1962 . A second parish ( St. Lucy ) was established in 1960 .
Mario Girona
Mario Girona ( ne Mario Miguel Girona Fernandez ; January 13 , 1924 - August 26 , 2008 ) was a Cuban architect and educator . He received a Cuban national award for his architecture in 1996 , from the National Union of Construction Architects of Cuba . Girona taught for many years at the University of Havana .
Mario Miguel Girona Fernandez was born on January 13 , 1924 , in Manzanillo . His older brother was painter Julio Girona ( or Julio Girona Fernandez ; 1914-2002 ) . In his youth , he was in support of the Cuban Revolution .
In 1940 , Girona began his studies at the " Fernando Aguado y Rico Higher School of Trades " in Havana . In 1945 , he entered the faculty of architecture at the University of Havana , where he graduated in 1953 .
In the 1960s Girona was appointed to carry out an architectural project to design the Coppelia ice cream parlor in the Vedado district of Havana . He participated in the Expo 67 in Montreal in 1967 , with his design of a boutique-ice cream parlor . He also became faculty at his alma mater , the University of Havana .
The National Union of Construction Architects of Cuba ( ; now " UNAICC " ) awarded him the " National Prize for Life and Work " in 1996 .
On August 26 , 2008 , Girona passed away at the age of 84 in Havana . His remains were buried in the Colon Necropolis in Havana .
In 2015 , his work was included in the group exhibition , " Latin America in Construction : Architecture 1955-1980 " at the Museum of Modern Art ( MoMA ) in New York City .
Elias Montiel
Elias Enrique Montiel Avalos ( born 7 October 2005 ) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Liga MX club Pachuca .
Montiel joined the academy of Pachuca in 2019 , and worked his way up all their youth categories . He made his senior and professional debut with Pachuca as a substitute in a Liga MX loss to Leon on 10 July 2023 . He won the Bronze Ball award at the 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup , where Pachuca lost to Real Madrid in the final on 18 December 2024 .
In November 2023 , Montiel was first called up to the Mexico U18s for a set of friendlies . He was part of the Mexico U20 squad that won the 2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship .
Labor Attorney Noh Moo-jin
Labor Attorney Noh Moo-jin ( ) is an upcoming South Korean fantasy action television series starring Jung Kyung-ho in title role , along with Seol In-ah , and Cha Hak-yeon . It is scheduled to premiere on MBC TV in May 2025 , and will air every Friday and Saturday .
" Labor Attorney Noh Moo-jin " tells the story of a labor attorney who sees ghosts and solves labor problems .
Director Yim Soon-rye , who has been in the spotlight in Chungmu-ro with films such as " Forever the Moment " ( 2008 ) , " Little Forest " ( 2018 ) , and " The Point Men " ( 2023 ) , is directing the fantasy action comedy MBC drama " Labor Attorney Noh Moo-jin , " which is her first work for drama . The script was written by Kim Bo-tong , who previously wrote " D.P " ( 2021 ) , and Yoo Seung-hee , who wrote " I Can Speak " ( 2017 film ) . The series is planned by Kwon Sung-chang , and it is produced by Broccoli Pictures .
Jung Kyung-ho is reported on August 28 , 2023 , to have received an offer to appear , which has been confirmed for series production , and is positively reviewing it .
On January 8 , 2024 , according to broadcasting sources , Seol In-ah was reviewing an offer to be cast as the female lead . On May 14 , Cha Hak-yeon is reportedly had been cast , and is positively reviewing . On December 19 , MBC announced that Jung , Seol , and Cha had confirmed their appearances .
Principal photography began in September 2024 .
" Labor Attorney Noh Moo-jin " is scheduled to premiere on MBC TV in May 2025 , and will air every Friday and Saturday .
Fernando Novais
Fernando Antonio Novais ( Guararema , 1933 ) is a historian , researcher , university professor , and writer from Brazil . He is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Sao Paulo ( USP ) and a retired professor from the University of Campinas .
Fernando was born in Guararema , a town in the interior of Sao Paulo , in 1933 . His father , a school principal , was transferred to the town of Colina , where Fernando lived until he was seven years old . The family then moved to Sao Jose do Rio Preto . At 15 , Fernando moved to the capital , Sao Paulo , studying the classical course at Roosevelt College . A lover of books and the humanities , he was greatly inspired by his history teacher to pursue a career in the field .
In 1958 , he graduated in History from the Faculty of Philosophy , Letters and Human Sciences ( FFLCH ) . During his history course , his greatest influence came from Professor Eduardo d 'Oliveira Franca , who would become his doctoral advisor .
At the same institution , in 1961 , he began what would become his doctorate thesis , " Portugal e Brasil na crise do Antigo Sistema Colonial ( 1777-1808 ) , " defended in 1973 , a work that became a reference in the field .
Novais assumed the chair of modern and contemporary history , and taught at the Faculty of Philosophy , Letters and Human Sciences at USP from 1961 to 1985 . After more than two decades of work at the University of Sao Paulo , Novais moved to Campinas , in the interior of Sao Paulo . The year after his departure from USP , he migrated to the Institute of Economics ( IE ) linked to the State University of Campinas ( UNICAMP ) . He remained at the institution until 2003 . After leaving Unicamp , he joined the faculty of the Faculdades de Campinas ( FACAMP ) .
In 1996 , he published , in collaboration with Carlos Guilherme Mota , " A independencia politica do Brasil . " He was the general organizer of the collection Historia da vida privada no Brasil , released in four volumes by publisher Companhia das Letras in 1997 , which brought together works by renowned contemporary Brazilian historians and is considered one of the main classics of Brazilian historiography .
He taught at the University of Texas twice and participated in various debates and seminars at other American universities , such as Columbia University and the University of California .
In France , he taught courses at the " Institut des Hautes Etudes de l 'Amerique Latine , " linked to the University of Paris III ( Sorbonne Nouvelle ) ; in Belgium , at the Universite de Louvain ; and , in Portugal , at the universities of Coimbra and Lisbon , where he lived for a year while conducting research for his doctoral thesis .
The most impactful historiographical work of Fernando Novais is his doctoral thesis , " Portugal e Brasil na crise do Antigo Sistema Colonial ( 1777-1808 ) , " defended in 1973 . Due to its innovative nature in analyzing colonial trade and administration in its most intricate aspects , it laid the groundwork for a new understanding of the relations between Metropolis and Colony .
The work , seen as a classic that changed historiography in the country , " Portugal e Brasil na Crise do Antigo Sistema Colonial " continues to generate debate among historians ; by analyzing Portuguese colonization in Brazil , Novais expands the interpretation of Caio Prado Junior in " Formacao do Brasil Contemporaneo . " Caio Prado viewed colonization as a ' chapter ' of commercial capitalism 's expansion , while Novais related it to the very process of forming this capitalism and the transformations experienced at the center of the system
With the reformulation of basic history education curricula in the 1980s , Novais ' interpretation of the colonial system crisis reigned hegemonically in textbooks for about two decades ; until some challenges began to arise , especially from a group of historians from Rio de Janeiro . One of the main books contesting Novais is " " O antigo regime nos tropicos : a dinamica imperial portuguesa ( seculos XVI-XVIII ) " , " by Joao Fragoso ( Joao Luis Ribeiro Fragoso ) , Maria Fernanda Bicalho ( Maria Fernanda Baptista Bicalho ) , and Maria de Fatima Gouvea ( Maria de Fatima Silva Gouvea ) , published in 2001 , which questions the fact that the complexity of " social hierarchies " did not receive due attention in Novais ' work .
Novais taught for about four decades in higher education institutions , having trained at least two generations of historians , followers of the " " novaisista school " . " Among the main disciples of historian Fernando Novais are Laura de Mello e Souza , a professor at the University of Paris ( Sorbonne ) , and Pedro Luis Puntoni , a professor at the State University of Sao Paulo ( USP ) .
In December 2010 , he was awarded the commendation of the Order of Ipiranga by the Government of the State of Sao Paulo . At the ceremony , the honor was presented by the then-governor of Sao Paulo , Alberto Goldman ( PSDB ) .
2025 Kennesaw State Owls football team
The 2025 Kennesaw State Owls football team will represent Kennesaw State University in Conference USA ( C-USA ) during the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Owls are expected to be led by Jerry Mack in his first year as the head coach . The Owls play their home games at Fifth Third Stadium , located in Kennesaw , Georgia .
Nikolai Kryzhanovsky
Nikolai Kirillovich Kryzhanovsky or Mikalay Kirylavich Kryzhanouski ( ; 1 March 1937 - 17 December 2024 ) was a Belarusian politician . A member of the BPF Party , he served in the Supreme Council from 1990 to 1995 .
Kryzhanovsky died on 17 December 2024 , at the age of 87 .
Ali Sahin Yılmaz
Ali Sahin Yılmaz ( born 1 January 2004 ) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for the Super Lig club Trabzonspor .
Yılmaz is a youth product of Trabzonspor since 2015 , and worked his way up all of their youth categories . On 14 March 2022 , he signed his first professional contract with the club . He made his senior and professional debut with Trabzonspor as a substitute in a 1-1 tie with Hatayspor on 5 October 2024 .
Yılmaz is a youth international for Turkiye , having played for the Turkiye U16s , U18s , and U19s .
Bonsi della Ruota
The Bonsi della Ruota , usually known simply as the Buonsi , Bonsi or Bonzi , were a noble family from the late medieval Republic of Florence that rose to prominence in early modern France .
In Florence , the Bonsi supplied three gonfalonieri and 26 priori .
The first Bonsi in France was , son of Baldassare , who served as a Florentine envoy to King Charles VIII in 1494 . Antonio served as bishop of Terracina and negotiated the marriage of Catherine de ' Medici to King Henry II . Roberto was the Florentine ambassador to Pope Clement VII . His daughter Lucrezia married Giuliano de ' Medici , while his son , , was ambassador to Pope Pius V and also spent time in France . There was a Francesco Bonsi who died at the siege of Amiens ( 1597 ) .
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Son Se-il
Son Se-il ( ; 10 June 1935 - 17 December 2024 ) was a South Korean journalist and politician . A member of the Democratic Korea Party , the Democratic Party , and the National Congress for New Politics , he served in the National Assembly from 1981 to 1985 and again from 1992 to 2000 .
He was author of the biography " Syngman Rhee and Kim Ku , " which was published serially in the " Monthly Chosun . "
Son died on 17 December 2024 , at the age of 89 .
Mount Turner ( New Zealand )
Mount Turner is a mountain in the Otago region of New Zealand .
Mount Turner is located northwest of the community of Makarora and is set in Mount Aspiring National Park on South Island . It is part of the West Wanaka Mountains which are part of the Southern Alps . Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains to the Wilkin River and the Makarora River . Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises above Siberia Valley in two kilometres , and above the Wilkin Valley in three kilometres . The nearest higher peak is Mount Awful , eight kilometres to the north . The first ascent of the summit was made in January 1953 by D. Ball , L.W. Bruce , A.R. Craven , and M. McGuire .
Based on the Koppen climate classification , Mount Turner is located in a marine west coast ( Cfb ) climate zone with a subpolar oceanic climate ( Cfc ) at the summit . Prevailing westerly winds blow moist air from the Tasman Sea onto the mountains , where the air is forced upward by the mountains ( orographic lift ) , causing moisture to drop in the form of rain or snow . This climate supports a small unnamed glacier on the south slope . The months of December through February offer the most favourable weather for viewing or climbing this peak .
2024-25 UAB Blazers women 's basketball team
The 2024-25 UAB Blazers women 's basketball team represents the University of Alabama at Birmingham during the 2024-25 NCAA Division I women 's basketball season . The Blazers , led by 12th-year head coach Randy Norton , play their home games at the Bartow Arena in Birmingham , Alabama as second year members of the American Athletic Conference .
The Blazers finished the 2023-24 season 18-14 , 9-9 in AAC play to finish in a five-way tie for sixth place . They were defeated by eventual tournament champions Rice in the second round of the AAC tournament . They received an at-large bid into the WNIT , where they would fall to Southern Miss in the first round .
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Femmephobia
Femmephobia is the denigration , silencing , and policing of femininity in any and all genders . It has to do with societal biases that attack people who behave like women , irrespective of gender identity . This bias can take many forms , including social exclusion , bullying , and humiliation in public . It is distinct from misogyny since misogyny is women-hating , whereas femmephobia is femme-hating and can be applied to all genders . Femmephobia is predominantly directed towards LGBTQ individuals and is also seen as a form of homophobia
Societal structures frequently place a higher value on masculinity than femininity , resulting in the perception of femininity as inferior . This dynamic reinforces strict gender norms and contributes to the devaluation of feminine expressions .
Cultural norms that associate masculinity with strength and femininity with weakness contribute to the development of femmephobia . These norms often pressure men to reject feminine traits in order to align with traditional masculine ideals , thereby perpetuating negative attitudes toward femininity .
Negative attitudes toward femininity , particularly when exhibited by men , are a significant factor contributing to anti-gay behaviors . Research indicates that discomfort with male femininity is a stronger predictor of such behaviors than other factors , including social dominance or authoritarian beliefs .
Societal expectations frequently restrict femininity to specific bodies or identities , reinforcing rigid norms surrounding gender expression . This regulation of femininity perpetuates the notion that it is excessive or inappropriate in certain contexts , thereby contributing to the prevalence of femmephobia .
The term " femmephobia " is a combination of the word femme , a French term meaning woman , and the suffix " -phobia , " which signifies fear or aversion . In modern usage , " femme " refers to individuals who express or identify with femininity , regardless of their gender identity . Thus , " femmephobia " refers to the aversion to or devaluation of femininity itself , impacting people across the gender spectrum .
The concept of femmephobia has been explored in various contexts , particularly its role in reinforcing rigid gender norms and marginalizing feminine expressions . Research suggests that the societal devaluation of femininity can result in discrimination and violence against individuals who display feminine traits , regardless of their gender .
This form involves the systemic devaluation of feminine traits and expressions , often privileging masculinity . Individuals exhibiting feminine qualities may face discrimination or be perceived as less competent or capable .
Femmephobia reinforces rigid adherence to traditional gender norms , punishing those who deviate from expected behaviors . For instance , men who express femininity may face ridicule or social exclusion , which perpetuates the belief that femininity is unsuitable for certain genders .
Individuals who identify as femme may encounter invisibility within both LGBTQIA + and broader communities . Their expressions of femininity are often overlooked or dismissed , resulting in feelings of isolation and a lack of representation .
Internalized femmephobia occurs when individuals adopt societal biases against femininity , resulting in self-rejection or self-hatred of their feminine traits . This internalized prejudice can negatively impact mental health and self-esteem .
Adadura
Adadura was an ancient region of Anatolia located west of the Kızılırmak River and one of the lands of the Assuwa coalition that opposed the Hittites . It is mentioned only in the " Annals of Tudhaliya , " a text that chronicled the acts of Hittite monarch Tudhaliya I .
The etymology of Adadura is unknown . The Luwian " ada " has been classified as a third person plural pronoun comparable to the English-language " their . " It was one of six lands the Hittites named using the " dur " root , possibly from the Akkadian language " e.duru " meaning " settlement " and / or " the area around a city or village . The root " dur " was commonly appended to the name of cities by the Kassites after the Hittite sack of Babylon in 1595 BC and had the meaning " fortification " or " city wall . "
Adadura is named as one of the lands that comprised the Assuwa coalition , a military confederacy of twenty-two towns that opposed the Hittite army as it campaigned west of the Marassantiya :
The site has yet to be archaeologically located and It does not appear to be attested anywhere else . See generally the debate concerning the location of Assuwa .
Liam Henderson ( field hockey )
Liam Henderson ( born 28 August 2003 ) is a field hockey player from the Australia .
Liam Henderson was in Melbourne , Victoria , and grew up in Glen Iris .
He is a scholarship holder at the Victorian Institute of Sport .
Henderson currently plays club hockey for Camberwell Hockey Club in the Hockey Victoria Premier League competition . At national level , he represents HC Melbourne in the Liberty Hockey One League .
Henderson made his international debut at under-21 level . He was a member of the silver medal-winning Australian U-21 side , the Burras , at the 2022 Sultan of Johor Cup in Johor Bahru . Later that year he represented the team again , winning gold at the Junior Oceania Cup in Canberra .
In 2023 he represented the Burras again . He appeared at his second Sultan of Johor Cup , winning silver again , and made his final appearances for the team at the FIH Junior World Cup in Kuala Lumpur .
He made his final appearances for the Burras at his final Sultan of Johor Cup in 2024 .
Henderson received an official call-up to the Kookaburras squad in 2025 .
Sławomir Marczewski
Sławomir Szczepan Marczewski ( 1 January 1950 - 15 December 2024 ) was a Polish politician . A member of the Democratic Left Alliance , he served in the Sejm from 1993 to 1997 .
Marczewski died in Kielce on 15 December 2024 , at the age of 74 .
Rob Miyashiro
Robert Seiko Miyashiro is a Canadian politician who was elected Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Lethbridge-West in 2024 . A member of the Alberta New Democratic Party , his election marked the first time a Japanese Canadian had been elected to Legislative Assembly of Alberta . He previously served as a member of the Lethbridge City Council from 2013 to 2021 .
Miyashiro was a candidate for the Alberta NDP in the 2023 Alberta provincial election in the neighbouring riding of Lethbridge-East , where he narrowly lost to incumbent cabinet minister Nathan Neudorf by 636 votes . He also ran as a candidate for the Alberta Liberal Party in the 2012 Alberta general election in Lethbridge-East , coming in third place .
Prior to entering politics , Miyashiro worked in the human services sector for over 40 years , and was most recently the executive director of the Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization .
Miyashiro was born in Lethbridge and raised in nearby Taber , Alberta . Miyashiro is a Sansei Japanese Canadian , his mother was a school teacher and his father was a sheet metal worker . He attended the University of Lethbridge .
Giuliano de ' Medici ( disambiguation )
Giuliano de ' Medici ( 1453-1478 ) was the co-ruler of Florence .
Giuliano de ' Medici may also refer to :
Rousek
Rousek ( Czech feminine : Rouskova ) is a Czech surname . Notable people with the surname include :
2024 San Fernando Airport runway excursion
On 18 December 2024 , a Bombardier Challenger 300 aircraft , registration LV-GOK from Punta del Este , Uruguay , suffered an excursion and went off the runway while trying to land at the San Fernando International Airport in the Province of Buenos Aires , Argentina , colliding with the front of a home in a neighborhood bordering the airport .
On 18 December 2024 , a Bombardier Challenger 300 jet , registered as LV-GOK and originating from Punta del Este , Uruguay , overran the runway while attempting to land at San Fernando International Airport in Buenos Aires Province , Argentina . The aircraft subsequently collided with the front of a residential property located in a neighborhood adjacent to the airport .
As a result of the accident , both pilots died , their identities being known as Martin Fernandez Loza , 44 years old , and Agustin Orforte , 35 , the only crew members who were on board . It was also learned that the aircraft was owned by the family of Jorge Pablo Brito , president of Banco Macro and president of the River Plate Club .
At the moment of impact , a fire broke out that was put out by firefighters from the Federal Police based in San Fernando , who upon arriving at the scene along with members of the Airport Security Police ( PSA ) , verified the presence of two charred bodies inside what remained of the ship 's fuselage . It was also learned that both pilots had plenty of experience .
According to aeronautical records , that day the plane had made two trips , the first heading to Punta del Este at 11 : 12 a.m. and landing at 11 : 44 , and later leaving for San Fernando , after a stopover in Rio de Janeiro , arriving at 1 : 18 p.m. , the time when the tragedy occurred .
The aircraft involved , manufactured in 2008 , was a Bombardier Challenger 300 registered as LV-GOK with serial number 20227 .
The flight crew consisted of Captain Martin Fernandez Loza , aged 44 , and First Officer Agustin Orforte , aged 35 .
In 1998 , at the age of 20 , Fernandez Loza had been in a coma after being thrown off the Belgrano Norte Train during an attempted robbery aboard while he was going to a class at the Aviation School in Don Torcuato , Buenos Aires Province .
Heterotarsus
Heterotarsus is a genus of darkling beetles in the subfamily Blaptinae , occurring in Asia and Africa .
" Heterotarsus " have the clypeus deeply lobed in the middle . The antennae have a 4- or 5-segmented club . Each elytron has 9 striae and 10 intervals . The epipleurae of the elytra are broad , sharply margined and shortened well before the apex . The front and mid tarsi have the first three segments expanded and ventrally hairy , while the hind tarsi have the first two segments expanded and hairy . For all tarsi , the third-last segment is deeply lobed .
Some of the species in this genus are :
Raul Ilaquiche
Raul Clemente Ilaquiche Licta ( 8 January 1973 - 13 December 2024 ) was an Ecuadorian lawyer and politician . A member of the Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement - New Country , he served in the National Congress from January to November 2007 .
He was married to former member of the National Assembly Lourdes Tiban since 2008 .
Ilaquiche died in a traffic collision in Mejia Canton , on 13 December 2024 , at the age of 51 .
NGC 4545
NGC4545 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Draco . Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is , which corresponds to a Hubble distance of . Additionally , 19 " non-redshift " measurements give a distance of . It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 20 March 1790 .
NGC 4545 is the brightest galaxy in a group of galaxies that bears its name . The NGC 4545 group ( also known as LGG 295 ) has at least six members , including NGC 4510 , NGC 4512 , NGC 4521 , UGC 7848 , and UGC 7941 .
One supernova has been observed in NGC 4545 : SN1940D ( type unknown , mag . 15 ) was discovered by Josef J. Johnson on 25 July 1940 .
Julio Camacho Aguilera
Julio Camacho Aguilera ( 7 March 1924 - 14 December 2024 ) was a Cuban military officer and politician . A member of the Communist Party , he served as from 1959 to 1961 .
Camacho died in Cuba on 14 December 2024 , at the age of 100 .
Longxu Ditch
Longxu Ditch , formerly known as Jiaotan Houhe , is a man-made drainage river in the south of Beijing , built in the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty .
After the Qing dynasty , Longxu Ditch gradually reduced to a sewer , with the nearby community becoming a slum . In 1950 the Beijing Municipal Sanitation Engineering Bureau cut off its source and the surface of the river completely disappeared . Lao He created the drama " Longxu Ditch " for the renovation of Longxu Ditch in 1950 .
Longxu Ditch originates from the southwest Hufang Bridge outside Qianmen , southeast through Yongan Bridge , overpass , east through Jinyu Pond , Zhuangyuan Bridge , Red Bridge , southeast after the Temple of Heaven , into the moat on the west side of Zuoan Gate , a total length of about 8 kilometers .
Longxu Ditch was first seen in the Ming Xuande period historical materials , it is said that the Ming Chengzu was built for the Temple of Heaven in Beijing , the temple of mountains and rivers was built , because it is located in the north wall of the suburb altar because of the name of the suburb altar after the river .
In the Qing dynasty , it was called Longxigou . Until the early years of Guangxu in the Qing dynasty , Longxu Valley remained clear and sparsely inhabited . With the Grand Canal cut off after the Yellow River was diverted , the upstream water source dried up , and the river channel of Longxu Valley became increasingly silted up . As poor people moved in , Longxu Valley was low-lying and polluted with sewage , rainwater and garbage from nearby residents .
In 1950 , the Beijing Municipal People 's Congress voted to spend 2.25 % of the annual budget to renovate Longxu Ditch , which became the first municipal project carried out after the founding of the Chinese Communist Party . In the same year , under the auspices of the Beijing Municipal Health Engineering Bureau , the project began on May 16 , involving the military , local residents , and through the " work relief " to recruit some city workers and rural farmers , and completed on November 12 . The total amount of the project is 199 meters of dredged open ditch , the remaining fill or build underground drainage pipes , and build roads on the surface .
Ernest Gueguen
Ernest Francis Marie Gueguen ( 30 May 1885 - 25 September 1915 ) was a French footballer who played as a forward for US Servannaise and the French national team in the early 1910s .
Ernest Gueguen was born in Saint-Servan , Brittany , on 30 May 1885 , as the son of a baker . He was playing for the Gallia Club when the USFSA selected him as a reserve for the French B squad that was going to compete in the football tournament of the 1908 Olympic Games , but he ended up not traveling to London , thus avoiding France B 's humiliating 0-9 loss to Denmark on 19 October . Nicknamed " the great spring , " he is described in the French press as " a solid guy , cut with an axe , topped with a Breton head . "
On 27 February 1913 , the 27-year-old Gueguen earned his first ( and only ) international cap for France in a friendly match against England amateurs at Colombes , which ended in a 1-4 loss . In a time when the national team was mainly composed of footballers who played in Paris and Northern teams , Gueguen became the first-ever player from Breton to wear the tricolor jersey . Warned at the last moment , he had to travel all night directly from Brittany , arriving only two hours before kick-off , and then to make matters worse , he immediately took two balls to the face , which earned him a bloody nose , thus being very mediocre at the start , missing everything he attempted , but he improved in the second half , making the assist to Andre Poullain for his side 's only goal , which was greeted with thunderous applause .
A 1st class private of the 247th Infantry Regiment , Gueguen was killed by the enemy in Souain , Marne , during the Second Battle of Champagne , on 25 September 1915 , aged 30 . Two comrades , including Frederic Bougeard from Plerin , had to testify to his death to the civil registry .
His surname was associated the following year with a cup contested in Brittany .
Ernest Tossier
Ernest Tossier ( 20 June 1888 - 19 December 1948 ) was a French footballer who played as a defender for Patronage Olier and the French national team between 1908 and 1913 .
Ernest Tossier was born in Vitry-sur-Seine on 20 June 1888 , and he played his entire football career in the patronage clubs , most notably at the Patronage Olier between 1908 and 1910 , one of the many Catholic clubs affiliated with the FGSPF . Tossier was 1.80 meters tall and had broad shoulders , which not only allowed him to succeed in the likes of rugby union and discus throw , which he threw for 34 meters , but also to succeed as a defender in football . He " excelled in the art of stopping a dribbling or intercepting a pass " by imposing himself in duels , probably an influence from rugby , and also had " superb clearance kicks , " which means that he powerfully cleared the ball on the volley .
Together with the Carlier brothers , Henri Guerre , and Eugene Maes , he played a crucial role in helping Olier win the FGSPF Football Championship in 1908 , and this victory allowed the club to compete in the second edition of the " Trophee de France " in 1908 , an inter-federation national competition organized by the CFI , in which he started in the final as a halfback , helping his side to a 3-0 win over " SM de Puteaux , " the Parisian champion of the FCAF .
At the time , no provision obliged the clubs to give up their players to the French national team , contrary to the regulations in force at FIFA today ; therefore , the Patronage Olier refused to make its players available for France because the club 's leaders favored their interests , such as the " Trophee de France . " However , in October 1908 , several PO players , including Tossier and Maes , were selected by the USFSA for the upcoming football tournament of the 1908 Olympic Games , but only as members of the would-be France C squad that was originally listed to compete ; none of them traveled to London because the USFSA decided to send only two instead of three teams . A few months later , either Charles Simon , who chaired the CFI , or Rene Chevalier , who was in charge of the selection of the national team , were able to convince the reluctant PO leaders to give up their defensive pair of fullbacks , Tossier and Guerre , for a friendly match against Uccle in Uccle on 9 May . Along with goalkeeper Louis Tessier , they formed a decent defensive partnership that held up very well , until 10 minutes from the end , during which they conceded four goals due to the fatigue of certain players ; France lost 2-5 loss . Tossier and Guerre remain the only players of Patronage Olier to have represented the French national team , probably because the PO leaders did not want to make any other exception .
On 29 May 1910 , Tossier started in the final of the Trophee de France on 29 May , helping his side keep a clean sheet in a 2-0 win over CA Vitry . While Guerre lost interest in football fairly quickly , Tossier kept playing regularly not only until 1914 , but also after the First World War , until at least 1921 , being always faithful to his patronage and to the complete amateurism that reigned there .
Ernest Tossier was a designer and watercolorist for the Arthus-Bertrand workshop , which is responsible for embroidering military badges , creating medals , and the preservation and restoration of the Coupe de France trophy .
Tossier died in Saint-Erme-Outre-et-Ramecourt on 19 December 1948 , at the age of 60 .
Patronage Olier
Petro Rozumnyi
Petro Pavlovych Rozumnyi ( ; 7 March 1926 - 20 March 2013 ) was a Ukrainian Soviet dissident and human rights activist who was a member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group .
Petro Pavlovych Rozumnyi was born on 7 March 1926 in the village of , in what was then part of the Soviet Union . Shortly after his birth , his family migrated to the village of , a newly established village in right-bank Ukraine comprising left-bank peasants in search of uncultivated land . His father , Pavlo Rozumnyi , was arrested during the Holodomor and sentenced to work on the Moscow Canal as prison labour , during which he died . Petro , as well as the rest of the family , only survived as a result of his father hiding the family 's grain . In 1942 , during Operation Barbarossa , Nazi German soldiers arrested Rozumnyi , then aged 16 , and sent him to work as a forced labourer in the city of Eisleben . Rozumnyi was freed by the United States Army in 1945 and repatriated to the Soviet Union , where he was conscripted into the Soviet Army . He served in Poland and Karelia for three years before being demobilised .
Rozumnyi studied at the Dnipropetrovsk Institute of Foreign Languages , graduating in 1952 . He worked as an English teacher in the western Ukrainian city of Pochaiv , later working at a local history museum in Kremenets .
Rozumnyi became acquainted with Yevhen Sverstiuk , a leader of the growing underground Ukrainian intelligentsia , in 1952 while working in western Ukraine . He soon built up a friendship and working relationship with Sverstiuk , helping to organise a Shevchenko Days celebration and mobilise student bodies in Ternopil Oblast for Ukrainian causes . This brought the two under surveillance , and in 1961 Rozumnyi spent six days imprisoned . After this , he relocated to Solone in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast and resumed working as a teacher .
While teaching in Solone , Rozumnyi refused to give lectures in support of state atheism , socialism , and the Communist Party of the Soviet Union . He distributed samvydav publications to his fellow teachers and students , including the works of Pavlo Tychyna , Volodymyr Sosiura , , Vasyl Symonenko and Ivan Dziuba . He collaborated with , a fellow dissident , on printing Dziuba 's " Internationalism or Russification ? " Rozumnyi 's samvydav activities , as well as his deviation from state curriculum , drew the attention of the Soviet authorities . He later left his teaching career to work in construction for family reasons unrelated to his dissident activities .
Rozumnyi 's flat was searched by the KGB on 25 October 1969 after Sokulskyi was arrested . He was detained for questioning , as the KGB demanded that he give testimony against Sokulskyi , Dziuba and Sverstiuk . Rozumnyi was held for four days , refusing to give testimony . He was later released , and in 1974 he again migrated to Ivano-Frankivsk where he was a railway conductor . He continued to be monitored by the KGB , which repeatedly conducted searches of his home , interrogated him and demanded that he sign waivers denouncing " anti-Soviet activity . " He was later fired from his job ( officially as part of downsizing , although it came after he wrote a letter to the " Literaturnaya Gazeta " newspaper condemning Soviet anti-alcohol campaigns ) and became director of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Philharmonic Hall .
Rozumyni joined the Ukrainian Helsinki Group in 1978 , returning to Pshenychne in order to increase the group 's geographical scope . In the spring of 1979 , he visited several dissidents in Siberia , including Sverstiuk and Viacheslav Chornovil . Rozumnyi delivered a message to Chornovil on behalf of fellow UHG member Zenovii Krasivskyi asking him to assume the role of the group 's leader in place of Oksana Meshko , who had stopped admitting new members to the group due to her being heavily surveilled by the KGB .
While returning from Siberia , Rozumnyi was detained at an airport by Militsiya after a knife was found on him during a search . He was initially released , but in autumn 1979 he was arrested and put to trial . According to dissident Petro Grigorenko in November 1981 , his arrest came as part of a broader crackdown on Ukrainian human rights activists following the 1979 Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe meeting in Belgrade . Anatolii Sokorynskyi , a personal friend of Rozumnyi , later claimed that the trial descended into chaos , with Rozumnyi refusing a lawyer , demanding that proceeds be conducted in Ukrainian , and having the judge removed after revealing that he had taken bribes . Rozumnyi was ultimately sentenced to three years ' imprisonment , which he served out in Zhovti Vody and Nikopol , Dnipropetrovsk Oblast , and Bikin , in Russia 's far-eastern Khabarovsk Krai .
Following his release , Rozumnyi returned to Pshenychne , where he worked on a collective farm . He would return to the Far East in November 1984 to help Meshko return home after she had been arrested . He continued to be active in the UHG 's operations after being released , being one of nineteen signatories to a 11 March 1988 notice that the group would be publicly resuming its activities . Rozumnyi was also leader of the Ukrainian Helsinki Union in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast and a member of the party 's All-Ukrainian Coordination Council .
Rozumnyi was a founding member of the Ukrainian Republican Party in April 1990 , being selected as the party 's secretary for foreign affairs . From 1992 , he was also chairman of the party 's Dnipropetrovsk Oblast branch , as well as chairman of the Solone Raion branch and a member of the party 's ethics commission from 1994 . Rozumnyi joined the Our Ukraine party , being active in the party 's human rights and rural land reform issues . He was awarded the Order for Courage by Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko in 2006 .
Rozumnyi died on 19 March 2013 in the city of Ivano-Frankivsk . He was buried on 22 March at Dem 'ianiv Laz , a former site of mass burials for victims of the NKVD .
Andy Coles
Andy Coles is a former English police officer and politician known for his undercover work in the 1990s and subsequent political career .
Between 1991 and 1995 , Coles served as an undercover police officer infiltrating animal rights groups . He used the cover name Andy Davey . Following reference to his undercover work in an autobiography written by his brother Richard Coles , activists uncovered his true identity in 2017 . Coles wrote the Special Demonstration Squad Tradecraft Manual that was used by subsequent undercover officers , which advised on managing sexual relationships with those they were targeting and the use of dead children 's names as cover identities .
Coles was elected as a councillor for Peterborough City Council for the Conservative Party in 2015 . The same year he became the Deputy Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Commissioner .
He has been accused of engaging in a sexual relationship while undercover with a 19-year-old woman when he was 32 . The woman did not know Coles ' real identity . Coles denies this relationship occurred but the Metropolitan police does not agree with this denial and has said if he was still a police officer he would face a disciplinary hearing . Following this accusation in 2017 , Coles resigned from his role as Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner .
Axel Wirtz
Axel-Georg Wirtz ( 23 June 1957 - 13 December 2024 ) was a German government official and politician . A member of the Christian Democratic Union , he served in the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia from 1999 to 2017 .
Wirtz died on 13 December 2024 , at the age of 67 .
Abraham Cohen Bucuresteanu
Abraham Cohen Bucuresteanu ( 1840 - January 24 , 1877 ) was a Romanian poet , songwriter , and publicist . He is credited as the first Jew to write verse in the Romanian language .
Abraham Cohen Bucuresteanu was born into a Sephardic Jewish family in Bucharest in 1840 . His father , Moise Elias Cohen , was a wealthy banker . Bucuresteanu initially pursued a career in theatre and obtained some success as an actor , but at the urging of his family he shifted his focus to commerce .
Between 1860 and 1874 , Bucuresteanu wrote numerous satirical poems , epigrams , love songs , theatrical sketches , and anecdotes that were well received by the public across social classes . While his songs were included in numerous popular collections , he himself only published two works during his lifetime : " Urdubelea si Norocul " ( Bucharest , 1873 ) and " Buchetul , Culegere de Anecdote " ( Bucharest , 1874 ) .
Alongside Benjamin F. Peixotto and others , Bucuresteanu was in 1872 a founder of the " Infratirea Zion " Jewish fraternal association , and served as its first president . The organization later affiliated with the Order of B 'nai B 'rith as the Zion Grand Lodge .
Bucuresteanu led a turbulent personal life , which ultimately contributed to his physical decline and premature death from tuberculosis in 1877 .
Ruth Kleppe Aakvaag
Ruth Kleppe Aakvaag ( 5 August 1938 - 4 December 2024 ) was a Norwegian politician . A member of the Conservative Party , she served in the Storting from 1989 to 1990 .
Aakvaag died on 4 December 2024 , at the age of 86 .
Purushottam Upadhyay
Purushottam Upadhyay ( 1934 - 2024 ) was an Indian musician , singer and composer who primarily worked in Gujarati and Hindi languages . He was well known in Gujarati semi-classical music and had composed music for more than 20 films and 30 plays . He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2017 .
Upadhyay was born on 15 August 1934 in Uttarsanda ( now in Kheda district , Gujarat , India ) . had a interest in music from his childhood . His singing passion developed alongside his interest in listening music . He won numerous awards for performances during his school days . Without informing his family , he left his hometown to pursue a career in music in Bombay ( now Mumbai ) but returned due to lack of opportunities . He started working in Gujarati theatre companies and acted in on supporting roles .
He came to attention of theatre actor Ashraf Khan when he sang a song originally performed by Noor Jehan . He returned to Bombay . With the recommendation of Ashraf Khan , he secured a singing contract with All India Radio , Bombay . He also started gaining minor opportunities in the music industry . He developed personal connections with several artists , including Amirbai Karnataki , Alla Rakha , Dilip Dholakia , and Avinash Vyas . Under guidance of Vyas , he organized music programs at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan and also taught at music classes there in Vyas 's absence . He also studied classical music from Navrang Nagpurkar .
He conducted solo music performances in India and abroad . Apart from singing in Gujarati Sugam Sangeet ( semi-classical music ) , he sang ghazals . He worked with Kalyanji-Anandji where he gained experience as a music composer . He composed music for playback singers such as Lata Mangeshkar , Asha Bhosle , and Mohammed Rafi . In the domain of Gujarati Sugam Sangeet , Hansa Dave was among the singers who performed under his direction .
He composed music for more than 20 films and 30 plays . His well known Gujarati songs include " He Ranglo Jamyo , " " Divaso Judaina Jay Che , " " Ae Jaashe Jarur Milan Sudhi , " " Have Mandir Na Barana , " " Mari Koi Dalkhi Ma " and " Kahu Chu Jawanine . "
He died on 11 December 2024 in Mumbai .
He had two daughters .
The Government of Gujarat honoured him with the Gaurav Puraskar for his contributions to Gujarati music . In 2017 , he received the Padma Shri from the Government of India .
Upadhyay composed , co-composed , or sung songs for following films :
Aciphylla glaucescens
Aciphylla glaucescens is a species of " Aciphylla " native to New Zealand .
This perennial herb forms a large tussock up to tall . It 's leaves are greyish-green and droopy , and are up to long .
It can be found on its own or in a group .
It produces flowering stems up to high , with the female plant producing denser flower clusters . It flowers from November to January , and fruits from December to February ( though this can extend to June ) .
It is endemic to New Zealand , and is found on both the North and South Islands . It grows in temperate areas , ranging from Mount Hikurangi in the North Island to the Dunsdale - Riverton area in the South Island .
It is found in coastal to low-alpine habitats , including along streams , in banks or depressions , in mixed tussock-scrub , and in grassland .
As of 2023 , it 's conservation status was Not Threatened .
Angus Bryce
Angus Bryce ( born 11 May 2002 in Livingston ) is a Scottish curler from Kelso . He currently plays second on Team James Craik . Playing for Craik , Bryce won gold at the 2022 World Junior Curling Championships and 2023 Winter World University Games and bronze at the 2020 World Junior Curling Championships . He also won a gold medal at the 2019 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival .
At just 14 years old , Bryce and his team , skipped by Cameron McNay , reached the final of the 2016 Scottish Junior Curling Championships . After going 5-2 through the round robin , the young team defeated Ross Whyte 7-4 in the semifinal before losing to Bruce Mouat 8-3 in the championship game . The following year , the team again reached the playoffs , this time being defeated by Whyte in the semifinal game . Two years later , Bryce made his international debut at the 2019 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival , playing second on the British team that also included Hamish Gallacher , Robyn Munro and Inca Maguire . At the festival , the team went an undefeated 6-0 to reach the playoffs . They then defeated Poland in the semifinal before beating Switzerland in the final to claim the gold medal .
After failing to reach the playoffs at the national championship for two years in a row , Bryce joined the Hamish Gallacher rink at second . The team , including third Scott Hyslop and lead Jack Carrick went 6-1 at the 2020 Scottish junior championship , finishing tied for first with James Craik . After being beaten by Craik in the 1 vs. 2 game , Team Gallacher beat Callum Kinnear in the semifinal to reach the final . There , they were again defeated by Craik to finish with the silver medal . After the event , Bryce was invited to join Team Craik as their alternate at the 2020 World Junior Curling Championships in Krasnoyarsk , Russia . There , the Scottish team of Craik , Mark Watt , Blair Haswell , Niall Ryder and Bryce topped the round robin with a 7-2 record , earning themselves a spot in the playoffs . The team then lost to Switzerland 's Marco Hosli 9-6 in the semifinal before defeating Germany 's Sixten Totzek 6-5 to capture the bronze medal .
Bryce joined Craik 's team full-time at third for the 2021-22 season . After being delayed to the fall due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland , the team won the Scottish junior title in November 2021 , winning all ten of their games en route to claiming the title . In preparation for the 2022 World Junior Curling Championships in May , the team competed in the 2022 Scottish Curling Championships . There , they finished 6-4 through the double round robin , finishing third and advancing to the playoffs . They then lost 7-2 to eventual champion Ross Paterson in the semifinal , earning the bronze medal . Entering the world junior championship as the highest ranked team , the team finished with an 8-1 round robin record , in sole first-place possession . This time , the team advanced through the semifinal game by defeating Norway 's Grunde Buraas 7-5 . They then claimed the gold medal with a dominant 7-1 win over Germany 's Benjamin Kapp .
Bryce and Craik reunited with former teammates Mark Watt and Blair Haswell for the 2022-23 season , forming a team to represent Great Britain at the 2023 Winter World University Games . On the European tour , the team found success , reaching the semifinals of the 2022 Oslo Cup and 2023 Mercure Perth Masters and the quarterfinals of four other events . This set the team up for a dominant run at the University Games , going 8-1 through the round robin and beating Canada 's Dalhousie University team ( skipped by Owen Purcell ) in the semifinal to advance to the final . There , they beat the United States ' Daniel Casper to claim the gold medal , becoming the second British men 's team to do so . After the championship , the team returned home to the Scottish men 's championship where they again reached the playoffs with a 5-2 record in the round robin . They then beat Ross Whyte in the semifinal before coming up short to Bruce Mouat in the final , who went on to win the 2023 World Men 's Curling Championship .
Now focused solely on men 's play , Team Craik began the 2023-24 season with back-to-back playoff finishes at the 2023 Baden Masters and the 2023 Euro Super Series , losing out to Joel Retornaz and Bruce Mouat respectively . In October , the team went undefeated to win the Grand Prix Bern Inter , Bryce 's first tour victory . With the points they accumulated throughout the 2022-23 and start of the 2023-24 season , the team rose high enough in the ranks to qualify for the 2023 National Grand Slam event . They previously competed in the 2023 Tour Challenge Tier 2 event , however , lost in the quarterfinals to Mike McEwen . At the National , the team went 2-2 in the round robin , just enough to squeak into the playoff round . They were then defeated by Yannick Schwaller 6-5 in the quarterfinals . Team Craik also had enough points to play in the next two Slams , the 2023 Masters and the 2024 Canadian Open . After missing the playoffs at the Masters , the team again went 2-2 at the Canadian Open and had a good enough draw total to reach the playoffs . This time , it was Mouat who took them out in the quarterfinal round by a 5-4 score . In February , the team had another strong showing at the national men 's championship , going 6-2 in the round robin and qualifying for the 1 vs. 2 game . There , they lost 7-3 to Team Whyte but rebounded with a 9-1 win over Team Mouat to reach the final . There , they again came up short to Whyte , losing 7-6 . The team ended their season at the 2024 Players ' Championship Slam where they went 1-4 .
Bryce is employed at Bryce Suma Post Drivers . He previously attended Open University and Kelso High School , winning the Scottish Schools Curling Championship in 2019 . His siblings Cameron and Amy are previous Scottish junior champions . He is in a relationship with American curler Sydney Mullaney .
Cybernet ( disambiguation )
Cybernet is a 1995-2008 British video gaming television programme .
Cybernet may also refer to :
Vena Pal
Vena Pal , also known as Ven , is the name of a purported " raja " of the Bathinda region . Vena Pal was a Hindu Rajput ruler . According to tradition , the Bathinda Fort was built by an ancestor of Vena Pal named Raja Deb . In local traditional lore , Vena Pal is connected to Baba Rattan . However , there are various versions of the tradition that connects the two figures together . One version states that Baba Rattan arrived in Bathinda from Medina in 668 Bk . ( 611-612 C.E. or 24 A.H. ) and became the prime minister of Raja Vena Pal . Some sources claim Vena Pal was a contemporary of the Islamic prophet Muhammad whilst others state that he lived much later , being contemporary with Muhammad of Ghor , who he was defeated by .
Gobara Koto
Gobara Koto ( August 8 , 1887 - April 6 , 1965 ) , whose real name was Horie Toichiro , was a Japanese painter a native of Shiojiri City , Nagano Prefecture , and an art educator during the period of Japanese rule in Taiwan . Inspired by the model of the Imperial Art Exhibition ( Japan Fine Arts Exhibition ) held in mainland Japan , Gobara Koto collaborated with artists such as Kinichiro Ishikawa , Toho Shiotsuki , and Kinoshita Shizua to establish the Taiwan Art Exhibition in Taiwan . He was highly dedicated to nurturing younger generations of artists , with notable students including Chen Jin ( painter ) , Lin Aqin , Qiu Jinlian , and Zhou Hongchou , etc . , who have a huge influence on Taiwan 's painting circles .
Gohara Koto , whose real name is Horie Toichiro , was born in Higashichikuma District , Nagano Prefecture , Japan . His biological father is Horie Ryuichi , and his mother 's name is Koko , the second son of the Horie family . When Horie Toichiro was young , because his uncle Gohara Hosaburo had no heirs , he adopted his uncle as his adopted son and changed his surname to Gohara . In 1894 , Gohara entered the Kenishi Branch of Hiroyuki Elementary School and Matsumoto Oriental High School . In 1901 , he entered Matsumoto Junior High School . While at school , he was inspired by art teacher Takei Masumi ( 1875-1957 ) , and started his interest in painting . ( Masumi Takei graduated from the Metal Casting Department of Tokyo Art School in 1896 and was employed as an art teacher at Matsumoto Junior High School in 1900 . )
The original idea of the Taiwan Exhibition was originally promoted by some Japanese art teachers and art enthusiasts in Taiwan . It was originally hoped that the exhibition would be promoted by the private sector . The magazine " Taiwan Times " at that time published an article by Toho Shiotsuki , which mentioned that he , Gohara Koto , Kinichiro Ishikawa , and others discussed the preparation of the Taiwan Art Exhibition near Taipei New Park . However , when they reported the matter to the officials , officials told them that they wanted the Government House authorities to host the exhibition . Later , the Taiwan Art Exhibition was organized by the Taiwan Education Association . Although it was nominally a private legal person , its main members were all important officials of the Governor-General 's Office . Therefore , the Taiwan Art Exhibition can be regarded as an official exhibition with the taste of the colonial authorities . The exhibition is divided into two departments : the Eastern Painting Department and the Western Painting Department . From 1927 to 1936 , the Taiwan Exhibition was held ten times , and Xiangyuan Gutong served as a judge for one to nine of them . The Taiwan Exhibition allowed many young artists to express themselves , the most famous of whom were the " Three Young Artists of the Taiwan Exhibition " ( Lin Yushan , Chen Jin , and Guo Xuehu ) at that time .
In the 2016 TV series " Purple Daocheng , " she was played by Katsuki Baba .
Agave abisaii
Agave abisaii is a species of agave plant that grows on limestone outcroppings in western Mexico . Its appearance resembles " Agave gypsophila . "
Scott Weaver ( racing driver )
Scott Weaver ( born September 20 , 1968 ) is an American former professional stock car racing driver who competed in the NASCAR Goody 's Dash Series from 1985 to 2003 .
Weaver has previously competed in the X-1R Pro Cup Series and the UARA STARS Late Model Series , as well as the later incarnations of the Dash Series , such as the IPOWER Dash Series and the ISCARS Dash Series .
Aciphylla takahea
Aciphylla takahea is a species of " Aciphylla " native to New Zealand .
It is a perennial herb .
The leaves of male plants are long , while female plants have longer leaves of roughly .
It is endemic to the South Island of New Zealand , and grows primarily in subalpine or subarctic areas .
As of 2023 , it 's conservation status was At Risk - Declining .
It takes its name from the location in which the type specimen was collected , in the Takahe Valley ( Murchison Range , New Zealand ) .
Malachi Moore ( umpire )
Malachi Moore ( born June 14 , 1990 ) is an American Major League Baseball umpire . He made his first appearance at the Major League level in 2020 and was promoted to the full time umpiring staff for the 2023 season .
He wears uniform number 44 .
Malachi Moore was born on June 14 , 1990 in Compton , California . He grew up with his mother , grandparents , and older brother in a small house in East Compton . His parents separated when he was young ; his mother worked for Los Angeles County , and his father was frequently on the road as a truck driver .
Moore attended Manuel Dominguez High School , where he played baseball and football . In 2006 , when he was 15 , his 19 year old brother was killed in a drive-by shooting . MLB 's Compton Youth Academy opened that year , and Moore spent most of his free time participating in programming and working at the academy . In his words :
The impact of his brother 's death , and the influence of the Youth Academy , led Moore to pursue a career in baseball . He worked as a groundskeeper at the academy , and local ballparks , while attending Compton College . He played college baseball as a second baseman and outfielder , but focused on groundskeeping with the goal of working at Petco Park or Dodger Stadium .
In November 2010 , Moore was with some of his college teammates at the Youth Academy when they were approached by umpires looking for participants for a one-day umpiring clinic . MLB umpire Kerwin Danley was one of them . Although Moore was not interested in becoming an umpire , Danley took him aside for one-on-one practice after the clinic .
In Moore , Danley saw " a young Black kid , a baseball player who came from the same kind of neighborhood [ he ] came from , and someone who had a desire to stay in the game . " After working with Danley , Moore " fell in love with [ umpiring ] " and subsequently attended a week long camp where he was selected to attend the Harry Wendelstedt Umpire School on scholarship . He attended the school in 2011 and 2012 , being assigned to the minor leagues on his second attempt .
After graduating from Wendelstedt in 2012 , Moore was assigned to the Arizona Instructional League . He then worked in the Northwoods League , the California League , the South Atlantic League , and the Texas League before being assigned to the Triple A Pacific Coast League . He also worked the Arizona Fall League , and the 2018 All-Star Futures Game .
Moore made his major league debut on August 17 , 2020 , working a game between the Oakland Athletics and the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field . He was at second base , with Mike Muchlinski at first , Marvin Hudson at third , and Brian Knight at home plate . Moore worked 156 MLB games before being hired as a full time umpire in 2023 , and assumed uniform number 44 in honor of his mentor Danley , who wore it before retiring after the 2021 season .
On June 20 , 2024 , Moore umpired second base for the MLB at Rickwood Field game in Birmingham , Alabama . The game was a tribute to the Negro leagues and featured the first all-Black umpiring crew in MLB history . His first postseason assignment was the 2024 American League Wild Card Series between the Kansas City Royals and the Baltimore Orioles .
Moore lives in Phoenix , Arizona , with his wife and two sons . He met his wife while attending college .
He runs an annual umpiring camp at the Compton Youth Academy and is active with UMPS CARE .
Shen Liming
Shen Liming ( born April 1964 ) is a politician in China .
Shen Liming was born in Huixian County , Henan Province . He obtained a master 's degree from the Party School of the Henan Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party with a bachelor 's degree in on-the-job management .
In July 1985 , he served as a clerk and section member of the Personnel Department of Henan Provincial Department of Justice ; In March 1990 , he became the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of the Henan Provincial Department of Justice . In December 1995 , he became deputy director of the Political Department of Henan Provincial Department of Justice . In April 1998 , he was appointed Director of the Political Department of Henan Provincial Department of Justice . In January 2001 , he was appointed deputy director of the Department of Justice of Henan Province and member of the Party Committee . Since July 2002 , he has been member of the Standing Committee of the Sanmenxia Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party ( CCP ) and Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee . Member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Henan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Political and Legal Committee .
In July 2017 , he was appointed CCP Committee Secretary and Director of the Department of Justice of Henan Province .
In September 2021 , he was appointed deputy Secretary-General of the Standing Committee of the Henan Provincial People 's Congress .
Trumon
Trumon is a district in South Aceh Regency , Aceh , Indonesia .
Trumon has a close relationship with the Trumon Kingdom , which is estimated to have been established in the 16th century . This kingdom is one of the small kingdoms in Aceh that has an important role in trade and diplomatic relations , especially through small ports on the coast of its territory . The Trumon Kingdom is known as part of a network of kingdoms in Aceh that supported the Sultanate of Aceh Darussalam .
The legacy of the Trumon Kingdom is still part of the identity of the local community . Traditions , customs , and history of the kingdom are passed down through folklore and cultural relics , such as the tombs of kings and other historical sites . The Trumon Kingdom is a symbol of pride for the people of Trumon District , who continue to preserve the cultural and historical values that are inherited .
Bernard Ottwell Binns
Sir Bernard Ottwell Binns KBE ( 16 July 1898 - 8 December 1953 ) was a British agriculturalist and colonial administrator .
Binns was born on 16 July 1898 . He was educated at Bury Grammar School and Brasenose College , Oxford with a scholarship in classics and took his degree in 1928 .
Binns served in the European War 1914-1918 , and was 2nd lieutenant on the General List of the British Army in 1917 . From 1917 to 1919 , he was in the Indian Army Reserve , and from 1919 to 1923 , was attached to the 9th Delhi Infantry and the 37th Dogra Regiment of the Indian Army in Britain .
Binns passed the Indian Civil Service competitive examination in 1922 , and entered the Indian Civil Service . The following year he was posted to Burma , spent his early career mostly in Finance and Revenue Departments , and rose to deputy Secretary of the Finance Department , Burma in 1935 .
In 1936 , Binns was appointed Commissioner of Settlements and Land Records , Burma and dealt with problems of agrarian settlement , land taxation and administration , and rice production . From 1941-42 , he was secretary to the Governor of Burma and just prior to the Japanese invasion , was appointed commissioner of the Sagaing Division . From 1942 to 1945 , he was joint secretary of the Reconstruction Department , and from 1945 to 1947 was Financial Commissioner Lands and Rural Department . In 1949 , he retired from the Indian Civil Service .
In 1949 , Binns joined the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation ( FAO ) as an expert on land tenure , land administration and settlement , and agricultural production , and attended various international conferences on agricultural matters . He made considerable studies of agrarian problems , and his papers were issued as official publications by the FAO . Binns was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts ( FRSA ) and a Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society ( FRGS ) .
" Revenue Settlement Report , Amherst District " ( 1930-33 ) ; and " Pegu District " ( 1932-34 ) ; " Agricultural Economy in Burma " ( 1943 ) ( all official publications of the Government of Burma ) ; " Consolidation of Fragmented Agricultural Holdings " ( 1950 ) ; " Land Settlement for Agriculture " ( 1951 ) ; " Agricultural Credit for Small Farmers " ( 1951 ) ; " Cadastral Surveys and Registration of Rights in Land " ( 1953 ) ; " Large Centrally Operated Agricultural Estates " ( 1953 ) ( all official publications of the FAO ) .
Binns married Dorothy Ambrose in 1928 and they had a daughter .
Binns died on 8 December 1953 .
Binns was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire ( OBE ) in 1941 , promoted to a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire ( KBE ) in the 1948 New Year Honours .
Turdus miocaenicus
Turdus miocaenicus is an extinct species of " Turdus " known to have lived in Hungary during the Late Miocene .
2025 U-20 Copa Libertadores
The 2025 U-20 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores ( ) will be the 9th edition of the U-20 CONMEBOL Libertadores ( also referred to as the " U-20 Copa Libertadores " ) , South America 's premier under-20 club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL . It will be held in Paraguay from 1 to 16 March 2025 .
Flamengo are the defending champions .
The competition will be contested by 12 teams : the title holders , the youth champions from each of the ten CONMEBOL member associations , and one additional team from the host association .
Paige Blake
Paige Blake ( born 17 July 2003 ) is a field hockey player from New Zealand .
Paige Blake grew up in Auckland .
In the Premier Hockey League , Blake plays for the Northern Tridents .
Blake made her international debut at under-21 level . She was a member of the silver medal-winning Junior Black Sticks squad at the 2022 Junior Oceania Cup in Canberra . This tournament acted as the Oceania qualifier for the FIH Junior World Cup , with the silver medal securing a qualification quota for New Zealand .
She then went on to represent the junior squad at the 2023 FIH Junior World Cup in Santiago .
Following her successful junior debut , Blake made her senior international debut for the Black Sticks in 2023 . She made her first appearances during the Christchurch Leg of the fourth season of the FIH Pro League .
She has been named in an extended national squad for 2025 .
Sima Yang
Sima Yang ( 司馬羕 ; 284 - 29 March 329 ) , courtesy name Yannian ( 延年 ) , was an imperial prince of the Jin dynasty . A son of Sima Liang , Prince Wencheng of Runan , and grandson of Sima Yi , Yang was known for being one of the few princes of the Sima clan to went south to Jiankang in the aftermath of the Disaster of Yongjia , as well as a supporter of Su Jun during the latter 's rebellion against the Eastern Jin . After the rebellion 's failure , he was either forced to commit suicide or executed .
Sima Yang was born in 284 during the reign of his cousin Emperor Wu of Jin ; he was also born late in Liang 's life . During the later part of the " Tai 'kang " era ( 285 - 289 ) , he was made Duke of Xiyang County . In May 290 , Emperor Wu died . With his death , Sima Liang became embroiled in court politics as Emperor Wu 's successor and son Emperor Hui was developmentally disabled . In May 291 , after the ouster and killing of Emperor Hui 's first regent Yang Jun in April , Sima Liang was made co-regent with Wei Guan . Just a few months later in July , Sima Liang and Wei Guan were killed by Sima Wei ; Sima Yang 's elder brother Sima Ju ( 司马矩 ) was also killed . Then aged seven , Sima Yang managed to escape with assistance from his maternal relative Pei Kai . The day after Liang 's and Wei 's deaths , Sima Wei was killed after Emperor Hui 's empress Jia Nanfeng plotted against him . On 28 September 291 , Yang was made a prince . During the War of the Eight Princes , he was once reduced to the status of a commoner on accusations that he was part of Sima Ai 's ( Prince of Changsha ) clique , but was later restored to his princely status after Emperor Hui 's return to Luoyang in June 306 ; Emperor Hui later died in January 307 . During the " Yongjia " era ( 307-312 ) of the reign of Emperor Hui 's successor and half-brother Emperor Huai , his fiefdom eventually grew to 35000 households . However , with the growing chaos in Northern China , he eventually had to abandon his fiefdom and follow Sima Yue , the Prince of Donghai and Emperor Huai 's regent . With Sima Yue 's death in April 311 and the Disaster of Yongjia in July , Sima Yang fled south to join Sima Rui , the Prince of Langya ( and future Emperor Yuan of Jin ) , together with his younger brother Sima Zong ( 司馬宗 ) the Prince of Nandun .
Sima Rui took the title " King of Jin " - a title previously used by Sima Zhao and Emperor Wu while they were regents of Cao Wei - rather than emperor on 6 April 317 . He created his son Sima Shao crown prince on 1 May of the same year . Under Sima Rui as King of Jin , Sima Yang was allowed to appoint his own officials . He also had a private army of about 1000 soldiers , and 100 cavalrymen . Together with Sima Zong , Yang was ordered to settle refugees to populate Zhongzhou ( 中州 ) and the remote areas of Jiangxi . On 7 February 318 , Liu Cong , the emperor of Han-Zhao , executed Emperor Min . About two and a half months later , on 23 April , news of Emperor Min 's execution reached Jiankang . Sima Rui then declared himself emperor three days later .
In January 323 , Emperor Yuan died and was succeeded by his son Emperor Ming . After Wang Dun , who had the upper hand in his struggle against Emperor Yuan , died in August 324 and his rebellion subsequently quelled , Sima Yang was made Grand Commandant in November .
In early October 325 , Emperor Ming became gravely ill ; on 12 October , a number of high-level officials , including Sima Yang ( who was then " taizai " ) , Yu Liang , Wang Dao , Bian Kun ( 卞壼 ) , Xi Jian , Lu Ye ( 陸瞱 ) , and Wen Jiao formed the regency council .
Emperor Ming died on 18 October 325 and was succeeded by his young son Emperor Cheng . With his death , his empress Yu Wenjun 's elder brother Yu Liang began to increase his power . As Empress Dowager Yu became regent on 2 November , Yu Liang became effectively the most powerful official in the administration . He changed from the lenient policies of Wang ( who was prime minister during Emperor Ming 's reign ) to stricter applications of laws and regulations , which offended the officials accustomed to Wang 's lenience . Further , he became apprehensive of the generals Tao Kan and Zu Yue - neither of whom was mentioned in the list of honors and promotions announced by Emperor Ming 's will and believed that Yu had erased their names from the will - and Su Jun , who had allowed many criminals to join his army . On 20 November 326 , Sima Yang 's nephew Sima You ( 司马祐 ) the Prince of Ru 'nan died . Later that month or in early December , Yu Liang alienated public opinion by falsely accusing Sima Yang 's brother Sima Zong of treason and killing him and demoting Sima Yang to Prince of Yiyang County ( 弋阳县王 ) .
In December 327 , Su Jun and Zu Yue declared their rebellion . Su quickly arrived at the capital Jiankang in early March 328 and captured it . Yu Liang was forced to flee . Meanwhile , Su granted himself and Zu various titles on 5 March and allowed his troops to pillage the capital . On the same day , Su Jun issued a general pardon , but said pardon did not include Yu Liang and his brothers ; Sima Yang was restored to his previous title of Prince of Xiyang after he praised Su .
However , Su Jun was killed in November 328 , and his rebellion began to falter . In March 329 , imperial forces recaptured the capital , and Sima Yang met his end ; his sons Sima Bo ( 司马播 ) and Sima Chong ( 司马充 ) and grandson Sima Song ( 司马崧 ) were also killed .
2025 Purdue Boilermakers football team
The 2025 Purdue Boilermakers football team is an American football team that will represent Purdue University in the Big Ten Conference during the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Boilermakers will play home games at Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette , Indiana . The team is expected to be led head coach Barry Odom , in his first season in the post .
List of Delosperma species
" Delosperma " is a genus of plants in the family Aizoaceae . , Plants of the World Online accepted 170 species .
Link Central City
Link Central City ( formerly known as New Yijing Commercial Center , Yijing Central City , Central City Plaza ) is a large shopping mall in Futian District , Shenzhen , located next to Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center Station . Link Central City was completed in 2007 , with 5 floors and a retail area of approximately 83,900 square meters .
In 2002 , Shenzhen Xiangjiang Times Square Industrial Co . , Ltd. acquired the right to use the land of Xin Yijing Commercial Center . 70 % of the shares of Xiangjiang Times Square Company are held by Shenzhen Nanfang Xiangjiang Industrial Co . , Ltd . , while the remaining shares are held by Shenzhen Yijing Investment Development Co . , Ltd . Subsequently , the shares held by Nanfang Xiangjiang Industrial have changed hands many times . Shenzhen Sanjiu Automobile Development Co . , Ltd . , Excellence Real Estate and Prudential Financial Group of the United States successively took over the relevant shares . In 2013 , Yijing Investment bought back the 50 % stake held by Prudential Financial Group and wholly owned Xin Yijing Commercial Center .
In February 2019 , Link Real Estate Investment Trust announced the acquisition of Xin Yijing Commercial Center for RMB 6.6 billion .
In March 2019 , the mall was renamed Central City Plaza .
In 2020 , the mall underwent an asset enhancement project , which will be completed in 2022 , including the reduction of some Carrefour space .
In 2023 , Carrefour will close , and Link REIT will re-divide the original site , which will be completed in 2024 , and introduce shops such as the Russian Goods Market , and create a food and beverage area .
Starting from 2023 , in response to the consumption boom of Hong Kong people going north , in addition to introducing many shops that Hong Kong people like , it also cooperates with many institutions and merchants to provide Hong Kong people with consumption discounts .
StarCraft and MeLand
Jinyi Cinema
Suning
Huawei
Uniqlo
McDonald 's
Starbucks
Li Ning
Sanfu
Russian National Pavilion Russian Goods Market
Yuxin Bookstore
Royal Plaza
Liancheng New World
Ping An Financial Center
Futian Shangri-La Hotel
Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center
In 2012 , Shenzhen Yijing Central City Commercial Development Co . , Ltd. was suspected of illegally selling shops in the New Yijing Commercial Center and was required to pay compensation of RMB 1.5874 million .
Church of St. Maria ( Hohenrechberg )
The Church of St. Maria on the Hohenrechberg is a Catholic pilgrimage church on the Rechberg near Schwabisch Gmund .
It is a popular destination for Catholic pilgrims . The church was originally built by the Counts of Rechberg and Rothenlowen . Legend states that pilgrimages started when a hermit brought a beautiful carved wooden image of the Virgin Mary to the mountain and built a wooden chapel as a shrine . Around 1488 . Count Ulrich II of Rechnberg had a stone church built on the site . Count Bernhard Bero of Rechberg commissioned a Baroque church to accommodate the number of pilgrims .
The church is under the authority of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart .
2025 Oklahoma Sooners football team
The 2025 Oklahoma Sooners football team will represent the University of Oklahoma in the Southeastern Conference ( SEC ) during the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season , the 131st season for the Oklahoma Sooners . They will be led fourth-year head coach Brent Venables and will play their home games at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman , Oklahoma .
Oklahoma and the SEC announced the 2025 conference schedule on December 11 , 2024 . The 2025 schedule consists of 7 home games , 4 away games and 1 neutral-site game in the regular season . The Sooners will host three non-conference games against Illinois State , Michigan , and Kent State and will travel to Temple . The Sooners will host four SEC conference opponents against Auburn , Ole Miss , Missouri , and LSU , and will travel to three SEC conference opponents against South Carolina , Tennessee , and Alabama . The Sooners will face Texas in Dallas , Texas at the Cotton Bowl in the 121st Red River Rivalry .
Modaomen Waterway
The Modaomen Waterway refers to the section of the Pearl River West River from Baiqingtou to Denglongshan in Da 'ao Town , Xinhui District , Jiangmen City , with a total length of about 44 kilometers .
Legend has it that because it flows between Modaoshan and Xiaotuoshan , it was named the Modaomen Waterway , connecting the West River and the North River . The average runoff at the Modaomen Denglongshan Station is 88.396 billion cubic meters over the years , accounting for 31.85 % of the total runoff of the eight major Pearl River outlets into the sea . The average annual sediment transport volume of the waterway is 23.41 million tons , accounting for about 33 % of the total sediment transported by the eight major Pearl River outlets into the sea . After renovation , the Modaomen Waterway can accommodate 1,000-ton ships all year round .
In the Qing Dynasty , it was under the jurisdiction of Xiangshan County , Guangzhou Prefecture . There are Baishizhou , Denglongzhou , and Weijiashi reef islands in the water mouth . In the old days , there were two artillery batteries at Datuoshan , Modaojiao , stationed at Weijiamen ( outer entrance of Modaomen ) . The Modaojiao artillery battery was stationed with a captain of Xiangshan Auxiliary Camp and 25 soldiers .
Jersey Giants
The Jersey Giants were a professional American football team based in Jersey City , New Jersey . The franchise also went by the names Jersey City Giants and Jersey Jets during its four seasons of operation .
Blair Haswell
Blair Haswell ( born 9 December 1999 in Stranraer ) is a Scottish curler from Stirling . He currently plays lead on Team James Craik . Playing for Craik , Haswell won gold at the 2023 Winter World University Games and bronze at the 2020 World Junior Curling Championships .
Haswell won the Scottish Junior Curling Championships in 2020 , playing second for James Craik . The team also included third Mark Watt and lead Niall Ryder . This earned the rink the right to represent Scotland at the 2020 World Junior Curling Championships , in Krasnoyarsk , Russia . There , they topped the round robin with a 7-2 record , earning themselves a spot in the playoffs . The team then lost to Switzerland 's Marco Hosli 9-6 in the semifinal before defeating Germany 's Sixten Totzek 6-5 to capture the bronze medal . With Haswell aging out of juniors following the cancelled 2020-21 season , he joined Watt 's newly created team with third Gregor Cannon and lead Gavin Barr . This lineup saw limited success , only reaching the playoffs in two of seven World Curling Tour events and finishing with a 4-6 record at the 2022 Scottish Curling Championships .
Haswell and Watt reunited with former teammates Craik and Angus Bryce for the 2022-23 season , forming a team to represent Great Britain at the 2023 Winter World University Games . On the European tour , the team found success , reaching the semifinals of the 2022 Oslo Cup and 2023 Mercure Perth Masters and the quarterfinals of four other events . This set the team up for a dominant run at the University Games , going 8-1 through the round robin and beating Canada 's Dalhousie University team ( skipped by Owen Purcell ) in the semifinal to advance to the final . There , they beat the United States ' Daniel Casper to claim the gold medal , becoming the second British men 's team to do so . After the championship , the team returned home to the Scottish men 's championship where they reached the playoffs with a 5-2 record in the round robin . They then beat Ross Whyte in the semifinal before coming up short to Bruce Mouat in the final , who went on to win the 2023 World Men 's Curling Championship .
Now focused solely on men 's play , Team Craik began the 2023-24 season with back-to-back playoff finishes at the 2023 Baden Masters and the 2023 Euro Super Series , losing out to Joel Retornaz and Bruce Mouat respectively . In October , the team went undefeated to win the Grand Prix Bern Inter , Haswell 's first tour victory . With the points they accumulated throughout the 2022-23 and start of the 2023-24 season , the team rose high enough in the ranks to qualify for the 2023 National Grand Slam event . They previously competed in the 2023 Tour Challenge Tier 2 event , however , lost in the quarterfinals to Mike McEwen . At the National , the team went 2-2 in the round robin , just enough to squeak into the playoff round . They were then defeated by Yannick Schwaller 6-5 in the quarterfinals . Team Craik also had enough points to play in the next two Slams , the 2023 Masters and the 2024 Canadian Open . After missing the playoffs at the Masters , the team again went 2-2 at the Canadian Open and had a good enough draw total to reach the playoffs . This time , it was Mouat who took them out in the quarterfinal round by a 5-4 score . In February , the team had another strong showing at the national men 's championship , going 6-2 in the round robin and qualifying for the 1 vs. 2 game . There , they lost 7-3 to Team Whyte but rebounded with a 9-1 win over Team Mouat to reach the final . There , they again came up short to Whyte , losing 7-6 . The team ended their season at the 2024 Players ' Championship Slam where they went 1-4 .
Haswell played in his first Scottish Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in 2022 with partner Eilidh Yeats . There , the pair finished 1-4 through the round robin , not advancing to the playoffs . The following year , he fared much better with Amy MacDonald , going 4-1 in the round robin and qualifying for the knockout round . In the quarterfinals , the team won 5-4 over Kirstin Bousie and Craig Waddell before losing to Sophie Jackson and Duncan McFadzean 9-3 in the semifinal , settling for third . In 2024 , MacDonald and Haswell again teamed up and went 5-2 through the round robin , however , missed the playoffs due to a poor draw total .
Haswell previously studied at the University of Stirling and the University of Strathclyde , which he represented at the 2023 Winter World University Games .
Cooper Lord
Cooper Lord ( born 20 March 2005 ) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) .
Lord played junior football in the Coates Talent League for the Sandringham Dragons . He was a part of Sandringham 's 2023 premiership side , having 31 disposals and 5 clearances in the Coates Talent League Grand Final .
Following the 2023 AFL draft , in which Lord failed to be selected , he signed on with the North Melbourne Football Club 's VFL team .
Lord averaged 17 disposals while playing in the VFL , with his form resulting in the Carlton Football Club selecting him with pick 9 of the 2024 mid-season rookie draft .
Lord averaged over 25 disposals a game for Carlton 's VFL side in 2024 , eventually leading to him making his debut against the West Coast Eagles in round 23 of the 2024 AFL season . He amassed 15 disposals and 2 clearances in a 65-point win .
Saber Hassanpour
Saber Hassanpour ( , born 16 September 1990 , in Urmia ) is an Iranian football Defender ( association football ) who most recently Coach for Navad Urmia F.C. in the Iran Pro League .
Qin Ming ( forensic doctor )
Qin Ming ( born January 10 , 1981 ) is a forensic expert and writer from Tongling City , Anhui Province , China . He serves as the Director of the Evidence Identification Management Division at the Anhui Provincial Public Security Department , holding the rank of Fourth-Level Police Technical Officer and the title of Associate Chief Forensic Medical Officer . He is a member of the China Writers Association , the Secretary-General of the Anhui Province Forensic Medicine Association , and an executive member of the Anhui Province Public Security Writers Association .
Qin Ming was born in January 1981 in Tongling City , Anhui Province . His father worked as a criminal police officer specializing in trace evidence for several decades , while his mother was a nurse . In 1998 , influenced by his family background , Qin Ming was admitted to the Forensic Medicine program at Wannan Medical College through the college entrance exam . After graduating in 2003 , he entered the China Criminal Police College and obtained dual bachelor 's degrees in medicine and law in 2005 . That same year , he joined the Anhui Provincial Public Security Department and became a forensic doctor . In April 2011 , to help the public better understand forensic medicine , Qin Ming registered a Sina Weibo account under the name " Forensic Doctor Qin Ming " and began sharing popular science content .
In 2012 , Qin Ming serialized his first crime fiction novel , " Ghost Hand , Buddha Heart - My Cases , " on the Tianya Club Lotus Pond Ghost Story section . The novel attracted a large readership , and publishers took notice . Due to his position as a public servant , after reporting to his superiors and receiving approval , the novel was published by Huiji Tianjuan under the title " The Corpse Whisperer . " In 2015 , his novel " The Eleventh Finger " won the Excellence Award at the first Online Literature Biennale . In 2016 , the web series adapted from his original novel " The Corpse Whisperer " became a huge hit . In December of the same year , Qin Ming was named CCTV 's " Most Influential Legal Person of the Year " for his impact on public legal education.In June 2018 , Qin Ming was approved for membership in the China Writers Association , officially becoming a member .
As of January 2023 , Qin Ming has published 13 novels in the " Forensic Doctor Qin Ming " series . Several film and television adaptations have been made based on the series , including web dramas " Forensic Doctor Qin Ming , " " Forensic Doctor Qin Ming 2 : Cleaner , " " Forensic Doctor Qin Ming : The Survivor , " and " Forensic Doctor Qin Ming : Silent Testimony , " as well as the web movie " Forensic Doctor Qin Ming : The Soul at the Car 's Rear End " and the " Forensic Doctor Qin Ming " series of web film trilogies , totaling more than ten productions .
On July 20 , 2023 , the forensic workplace reality show " First Job · Forensic Season 2 , " in which Qin Ming participated in case adaptations and served as a guest , premiered . The show received positive reviews on Douban after its airing . In December 2023 , Qin Ming published a revised edition of " The Forensic Book , " based on his work " The Testimony of the Departed . "
Players ( 2012 soundtrack )
Players is the soundtrack album to the 2012 film of the same name directed by Abbas-Mustan , starring an ensemble cast of Vinod Khanna , Abhishek Bachchan , Bobby Deol , Sonam Kapoor , Bipasha Basu , Neil Nitin Mukesh , Sikandar Kher and Omi Vaidya . The film 's soundtrack featured 10 songs composed by Pritam Chakraborty with lyrics written by Ashish Pandit . The album was released under the T-Series label on 8 December 2011 to positive reviews from critics .
The film 's musical score was composed by Sandeep Shirodkar , while the 10-song soundtrack was composed by Pritam Chakraborty with lyrics written by Ashish Pandit . The film signified Pritam 's third collaboration with Abbas-Mustan after " Naqaab " ( 2007 ) and " Race " ( 2008 ) . Since their previous collaboration " Race " was successful , both in terms of commercial and the music , Pritam felt that he had to outdo it , with the music of Players as the comparison between the two films were inevitable . Pritam had several sittings with Abbas-Mustan for selecting the tunes and discussed on what tunes worked and what did not , where the director duo being confused on selecting the specific tune out of the multiple melodies he had composed for . Pritam stated that " I would love to work with Abbas-Mustan all my life . I have immense respect for them . Together we shall make sure that " Players " wins the musical race . "
The producers insisted on remixing the hit song " Jumma Chumma " from Amitabh Bachchan 's film " Hum " ( 1991 ) . However , the duo were not very keen on this , causing tension between them and the producers . There were also plans to remix the song " Tamma Tamma Loge " from Sanjay Dutt 's " Thanedaar " ( 1990 ) , but plans to remix the song were scrapped as there was less than two weeks before the release of the film .
The music rights were sold to T-Series for . The film 's soundtrack was released digitally on 8 December 2011 , which was followed by a physical launch event was held in Mumbai , four days later , which featured the lead actors Bachchan , Deol , Kapoor , Basu , Mukesh , Kher and Vaidya , performed the stunts live in a first-of-a-kind initiative .
The soundtrack album received positive to mixed reviews . Joginder Tuteja of " Bollywood Hungama " gave it a rating of 3.5 out of 5 and wrote , " " ' Players " ' delivers what one expected from it . The need of the situation was to have a racy score that complements the fast paced story telling of Abbas-Mustan . The song which has the most potential is ' Dil Ye Bekarar Kyun Hai ' , others would work as instant coffee that would keep the momentum up for the film 's narrative . " Sukanya Verma from " Rediff.com " gave the album 2.5 out of 5 stars and said , " After four very popular albums this year , " Ready , " " Bodyguard , " " Dum Maaro Dum " and " Mausam , " Pritam dishes out yet another album that is a mix of sure-shot winners and drab space fillers . " Karthik Srinivasan of " Milliblog " wrote " Pritam does what he 's good at , admirably well , in " Players . " "
Nikhat Kazmi of " The Times of India " wrote " Music by Pritam is good while it lasts . " Piyali Dasgupta of " NDTV " wrote " Don 't expect much from Pritam 's music - there 's none of the head-bobbing of " Dhoom 2 " or " Race . " " A reviewer from " Zee News " summarized " In terms of background score , for the first time in Abbas Mustan film , the music appears weak . "
Fiona Katauskas
Fiona Katauskas ( born 1969 ) is an Australian political cartoonist at the " Guardian Australia . " She won the Jim Russell Award in 2022 for her contribution to Australian cartooning .
Katauskas was born in 1969 . She attended the Australian National University majoring in political science . She has been creating cartoons since 1997 and her work has appeared in " The Age , " " The Australian , " " Australian Financial Review , " " The Bulletin , Eureka Street , New Matilda " and " The Sydney Morning Herald . "
Katauskas has written and illustrated two books for children . Her first , " The Amazing True Story of How Babies Are Made , " was shortlisted for the at the 2016 Children 's Book Council of Australia Awards Book of the Year Awards .
She won the Cartoon On The Night at the 2017 Stanley Awards . She received the Jim Russell Award at the 2022 Stanleys , recognising her contribution to Australian cartooning . She was named Political Cartoonist of the Year in 2023 by the Museum of Australian Democracy .
The State Library of New South Wales holds 300 of her original works created between 1998 and 2022 .
Woyla
Woyla is a district ( " kecamatan " ) in West Aceh Regency , Aceh , Indonesia .
Helochar Pam
Helochar Pam ( Assamese : হেলচাৰ পাম ) or Helocha or Helacha is a village in Sarthebari Circle of Barpeta district in the state of Assam , India .
The Helochar Pam comes under of Sarukhetri Assembly constituency ( 126 ) , with a majority of inhabitants being East Bengal-rooted Muslims .
The Kayakuchi Bhaktardoba Road connects the Helochar Pam with the rest of the district . Public transport buses and mini buses are available which connects the district and the city Guwahati .
Children 's Palace ( Ulaanbaatar )
The Children 's Palace ( ) is an educational center in Sukhbaatar , Ulaanbaatar , Mongolia .
The center was opened on 19 October 1958 . On 19 October 2018 , the government announced the allocation of MNT200 million for the repair works and renovation of the center .
The center offers various type of education to children , ranging from pure arts , performing arts , foreign languages etc. with a total of 32 courses .
Crossocheilus tchangi
Crossocheilus tchangi is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae , the carps , barbs , minnows and related fishes . This species is endemic to Thailand where it is found in the Chao Praya , Mae Klong , Bangpakong , Tapi and Trang basins .
Carrickfergus Lifeboat Station
Carrickfergus Lifeboat Station was located alongside the east pier at Carrickfergus , a town on the north shore of Belfast Lough , in County Antrim , Northern Ireland .
A lifeboat was first stationed at Carrickfergus in 1896 by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution ( RNLI ) .
The station was in operation for just 17 years , and closed in 1913 .
On Thursday 11 July 1895 , the RNLI committee of management read the District Inspectors reports on their recent visits , and it was decided to establish a station at Carrickfergus .
The new Carrickfergus lifeboat station was established in 1896 . The location was chosen , in order to provide additional lifeboat coverage for the high volume of shipping traffic entering and leaving Belfast , and also as there were sufficient numbers of local fishermen to provide a crew . The existing lifeboat at located on the opposite shore on the south side of Belfast Lough was deemed insufficient .
The lifeboat was a 37-foot Self-righting ' Pulling and Sailing ( P & S ) lifeboat , rowing 10-oars , double-banked , and with sails . The lifeboat had three ballast tanks , and two drop-keels , for stability , along with a self-ejecting water system . The cost of the boat and equipment was defrayed by a donation of £ 700 from Mr T. B. Dryborough of Edinburgh , who requested the name of the lifeboat to be " Zaida " ( ON 392 ) . Initially the lifeboat was moored in Carrickfergus harbour , until a lifeboat house was constructed on iron pilings along the outer side of the east pier .
Available service records for the Carrickfergus lifeboat are few in number . On the afternoon of 5 September 1906 , a small boat with one occupant was spotted heading out of the harbour , heading for Helen 's Bay . In an increasing W.S.W. wind and poor conditions , a watch was kept on the vessel . It became clear that the boat wasn 't making progress , and was being driven out to sea . The Carrickfergus lifeboat " Zaida " was launched , and found the boat out of control , and in danger of being swamped . Both man and boat were conveyed to Helen 's Bay .
Carrickfergus lifeboat was launched on the afternoon of 5 November 1911 to the aid of the schooner " Mary " of Cornwall , indicating distress signals in a strong W.N.W. gale , but on arrival , the help of the lifeboat was declined . Later that afternoon , the vessel was seen dragging her anchors , and the crew of five was rescued by the lifeboat . The following day , the abandoned vessel was seen drifting , and the lifeboat put six lifeboat crew aboard , and the vessel was recovered to harbour .
After a meeting of the RNLI committee of management on Thursday 8 May 1913 , a six 6 word entry appeared in the RNLI journal on 1 August 1913 . " " Decided to close the Carrickfergus Station " . " No other detail was included . The station had been in operation for just 17 years .
All that remains of Carrickfergus lifeboat station are the pilings next to the pier . The lifeboat " Zaida " ( ON 392 ) , the only lifeboat to have been stationed at Carrickfergus , served another four years at , before being sold out of service .
National Council ( Vichy Government )
The National Council was a consultative assembly created on 22 January 1941 by the Vichy regime during World War II under the direction of Pierre-Etienne Flandin . It aimed to replace representative democracy with a structure intended to provide policy advice to the regime . The Council ceased operations in November 1943 .
Under the National Revolution , the Vichy regime abolished parliamentary democracy , prompting the establishment of the National Council as a new advisory body . Announced in January 1941 , the Council sought to serve as a forum for discussions and recommendations on administrative and constitutional reforms in a context of national reconstruction . Unlike many other Vichy institutions it represented both the Vichy zone and the occupied zone .
The council was a purely advisory body with no legislative powers , which had been kept with Petain . It convened commissions on specific topics , such as administrative reorganization , economic reform , and constitutional development . Sessions were held from May 1941 to early 1942 at the Villa Strauss in Vichy .
The National Council comprised 213 members appointed directly by the Head of State . These included former parliamentarians , union representatives , professional leaders , and prominent figures from the social , cultural , and economic elites .
The National Council symbolized the Vichy regime 's attempts to legitimize its governance while rejecting democratic institutions . Critics have characterized it as a tool of authoritarian consolidation . It was officially dissolved in November 1943 as part of broader institutional changes .
Ramaswamy Laxman Narasimham
Ramaswamy Laxman Narasimham ( R.L. Narasimham ) was an Indian judge and former chief justice of the Orissa High Court .
R.L. Narasimham was a member of the Indian Civil Service . Initially he was a Secretary to the Government of Orissa in the Law , Commerce and Labour Departments and Superintendent and Remembrancer of legal affairs . He passed M.A from the Madras University and possessed a diploma in economics . He joined Oxford University and came out successful in the examination . He successfully completed in the I.C.S. examination and joined that service in 1931 .
He was a District and Sessions Judge at Cuttack-Sambalpur before he became Secretary to the Government of Orissa .
He was elevated to the Bench of Orissa High Court on 26.7.1948 and served as the Chief Justice of Orissa High Court from 22.3.1956 to 27.12.1964 .
Evelyn Shores
Evelyn Shores ( born December 29 , 2004 ) is an American college soccer player who plays as a midfielder for the North Carolina Tar Heels . She won the 2024 national championship with the Tar Heels . She has represented the United States at the youth international level .
Shores was born in Denver , Colorado , to Debbie and Steven Shores , and has two older siblings . She began playing soccer with Tophat SC of Atlanta Georgia , at age four . She stayed with the club through high school , playing two or three age groups up . She attended the Westminster Schools , where she lettered in basketball and led the soccer team to three straight state titles . In her senior season , she scored 27 goals with 24 assists and was named to the " Just Women 's Sports " All-America team . She was ranked by " TopDrawerSoccer " as the seventh-best recruit of the 2022 class .
Shores made 13 appearances ( 6 starts ) in her freshman season with the North Carolina Tar Heels before suffering a season-ending ACL tear against Wake Forest . She ended the 2023 season with 4 goals and 3 assists and was named to the ACC all-freshman team . She returned to the field for the last ten games of the 2024 season , including every round of the NCAA tournament . She scored and assisted in a 3-0 third-round win against Minnesota and averaged 45 minutes per game as North Carolina won their 23rd national title and first since 2012 .
Shores began training with the United States youth national team at the under-14 level in 2017 . The next year , she helped the under-15 team win the 2018 CONCACAF Girls ' U-15 Championship . She trained with the under-16 and under-17 teams before the youth national program went on hiatus during the COVID-19 pandemic . She helped the under-20 team win the 2022 Sud Ladies Cup but was not selected to the roster for the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women 's World Cup .
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Taichung Xingqi Memorial Hall
The Taichung Xingqi Memorial Hall was built to commemorate the visit of Prince Hirohito to Taiwan in April 1923 ( known as the " Taiwan Xingqi " ) . It was completed in March 1926 and is located at 4-chome-4 , Taisho-cho , Taichung City . It also serves as the Taichung State Education Museum and the Taichung State Commerce and Industry Incentive Hall . The building was demolished in the 1960s and later became the Far Eastern Department Store Taichung Store .
On April 16 , 1923 , Crown Prince Hirohito landed at Keelung Port and visited Taiwan . He then traveled south to various places for inspection . On April 19 , he took the train from Taipei to Hsinchu and arrived at Taichung Station in the afternoon . He visited Taichung Office , Taichung No. 1 Ordinary Elementary School ( now Datong Elementary School ) , Taichung Sub-Tun Battalion , Taichung Waterway Source , and Taichung No. 1 Middle School . After the crown prince 's trip , the Taichung Prefecture government decided to build the " Taichung Xingqi Memorial Hall . " The site was chosen to be the army land in Taisho Town . However , due to the problem of base requisition , construction was delayed until April 1925 . The building was finally completed in 1926 and the inauguration ceremony was held on March 13 of the same year . The project was funded by 30,600 yen raised by Taichung Prefecture officials and citizens , and 30,000 yen in Taichung Prefecture subsidies , while the Taichung branch of the Taiwan Power Company donated 1,000 yen for the project . To celebrate its completion , the Central Taiwan Progress Association was held from March 28 to April 6 .
As for the museum in Taichung , it was originally located in a product exhibition hall near Taichung Station . When the Taichung Railway was fully opened in 1908 , it was moved to a new building in Taichung Park . Later , in December 1924 , Taichung Prefecture promulgated the " Taichung Prefecture Education Museum Rules " and began to plan the establishment of the museum and exhibits , and planned to use the Taichung Xingqi Memorial Hall as the museum site . On June 17 , 1926 , the anniversary of the founding of the People 's Republic of China , the Taichung Prefecture Education Museum ( second floor ) and the Taichung Prefecture Product Exhibition Hall ( first floor ) opened simultaneously in the Taichung Xingqi Memorial Hall . The exhibits of the Taichung Prefecture Education Museum are mainly machinery , specimens and other items related to physics , chemistry and museology , with the popularization of science as its feature , for the public to visit or loan to schools for teaching . On August 21 , 1926 , Taichung First Middle School , Taichung Second Middle School , Taichung First Girls ' High School and Taichung Second Girls ' High School handed over their specimens and physical and chemical experimental equipment to the Taichung State Education Museum for safekeeping and display . On March 31 , 1933 , a " mobile observatory " was set up on the roof of the Taichung Xingqi Memorial Hall , which was regularly open to the public for stargazing using telescopes. average number of visitors per day in 1937 was 434 . The museum is free to visit and is closed on the first and third Mondays of each month and from the end of the year to the end of the year ( December 28 to January 3 ) . The opening hours are from 8 : 00 to 16 : 00 from April to October and from 9 : 00 to 16 : 00 from November to March .
On March 3 and 4 , 1934 , the Taichung State Education Museum held static and dynamic exhibitions at Fengyuan Public School , as well as a darkroom display of electrical experiments . It was originally planned to display a telescope , but this was abandoned due to bad weather . In addition , in conjunction with the , local venues were set up in various places . The Taichung Xingqi Memorial Hall was used as the " Taichung Mountain Hall " during the exhibition . The first floor displayed and sold mountain-related industries and products , including silkworm breeding , black tea cultivation , mushroom cultivation , rattan products , bamboo products , lacquer extraction , charcoal production , etc . The second floor displayed photos and three-dimensional models related to sightseeing and mountaineering . The rooftop had a zoo , orchard , mountain restaurant and observation deck . In 1938 , in order to promote tourism in Taichung Prefecture 's second-highest Taroko National Park , such as Wushe and the nearby Sakura Hot Spring , a " National Park Taichung Association Tourism Information Center " was set up on the second floor of the Taichung Xingqi Memorial Hall to introduce related tourism activities . On December 18 , 1938 , the Taichung Products Exhibition Hall was renamed the " Taichung Prefecture Commercial and Industrial Encouragement Hall . "
After World War II , the Taichung Xingqi Memorial Hall became the headquarters of the Taichung Military Police . In 1961 , the original building was demolished and rebuilt into a " comprehensive building , " which was the earliest comprehensive commercial building in Taichung City and later became the Far Eastern Department Store Taichung Branch .
Columbia Township , Pender County , North Carolina
Columbia Township is a township in Pender County , North Carolina , United States .
Columbia Township is one of 10 townships within Pender County . It is in total area . The township is located in northwestern Pender County .
In 2020 , the population of Columbia Township was 1,959 .
In 2022 , the estimated population of the township was 1,987 .
Communities within Columbia Township include Shiloh and a small portion of Atkinson . The primary highways in the township are US 421 and NC 53 .
The township is bordered to the northwest by Sampson County , to the northeast by Union Township , to the east by Burgaw Township , to the southeast by Long Creek Township , to the south by Grady Township , and to the southwest by Caswell Township .
Hangzhou Cultural Radio and Television Group
Hangzhou Cultural Radio and Television Group ( and Hangzhou Radio and Television Station for an organisation with two brands ) , referred to as Hangzhou Culture and Broadcasting Group , was established in January 2005 by the merger of the former Hangzhou Radio and Television Group and Hangzhou Cultural Development Investment Company Limited , and is the People 's Republic of China People 's Government of Hangzhou Municipal People 's Republic of China , broadcasting , television , cultural and performing arts , cable network and other services in one of the integrated modern cultural media group . Headquartered in Hangzhou , Zhejiang Province , No. 888 , Zhijiang Road . The Group employs a total of more than 3,000 people and has fixed assets of RMB billions .
September 28 , 2002 , Hangzhou Radio and Television Group was established , is the first sub-provincial city radio and television group in mainland China , and Hangzhou Radio and Television Bureau for an organisation with two brands . 2005 January , according to the requirements of the national cultural system reform pilot work , by the Hangzhou Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party , the Hangzhou Municipal People 's Government decided that , according to the " separation of government affairs , management and operation " principle ; at the same time , Hangzhou Radio and Television Group and Hangzhou Cultural Development Investment Co , Separation of management and operation " principle , Hangzhou Municipal Radio and Television Bureau and Hangzhou Radio and Television Group separation ; at the same time , Hangzhou Radio and Television Group and Hangzhou Cultural Development and Investment Company Limited for the merger , the formation of Hangzhou Culture Radio and Television Group , and the establishment of Hangzhou Culture Radio and Television Group Co .
Hangzhou Culture Radio and Television Group is a public institution , the implementation of enterprise management . The group has 5 TV channels , 3 radio frequencies and 10 media outlets such as Radio & TV Weekly , 8 art troupes and 30 holding , shareholding and wholly-owned companies , Hangzhou Grand Theatre , Xiling Calligraphy and Painting Institute , Hangzhou Cultural Center and other cultural institutions .
Hangzhou Culture Radio & TV Group 's channels broadcast hours of prime time TV news and 15 hours of radio news every day .
Hangzhou TV is the unified call sign of Hangzhou Media Group 's TV channels , which started broadcasting on February 1 , 1984 . In June 2001 , Hangzhou Cable TV and Hangzhou TV merged to form Hangzhou TV , which was abolished after the establishment of the former Hangzhou Broadcasting and Television Group on September 28 , 2002 , but the call sign of the former Hangzhou TV was retained . However , the former " Hangzhou TV " call sign continues to be retained .
In May 1983 , the CPC Hangzhou Municipal Committee and Hangzhou Municipal People 's Government decided to prepare for the establishment of Hangzhou TV . In July of the same year. approval was given for the establishment of Hangzhou Television , broadcasting on channel 11 , with its temporary transmitter built at the foot the east side of at an altitude of 40 meters , with a tower 48 meters high .
On January 31 , 1984 , Hangzhou TV officially started broadcasting . Due to personnel and technical constraints , it only re-broadcast programs from Shanghai TV at that time . In December of the same year , Hangzhou TV borrowed the power microwave channel from Shanghai to of Zhejiang Electric Power Industry Bureau , and directly relayed the program of , and thereafter started its own program. in September 1986 , Hangzhou TV ended the history of relaying the program of Shanghai TV , and broadcast its own program every day , which lasted for 5 hours and 30 minutes throughout the day . Hangzhou TV was initially co-located with the Hangzhou Radio and Television Bureau , and was established independently in 1985 .
On November 12 , 1990 , Hangzhou TV started to broadcast its second set of programs on Channel 41 , initially relaying the programs of China Central Television ( CCTV ) , and then on April 24 , 1993 , it was changed to " Xihu Mingzhu Television " ( now Xihu Mingzhu Channel ) .
On June 28 , 1991 , Hangzhou Cable TV was established ; on December 31 of the same year , it opened the signal for trial broadcasting in five districts of Chaohui , and formally started broadcasting on May 22 , 1993 . It was the first cable TV station formally established in a provincial capital city in China approved by the Ministry of Broadcasting , Film and Television , and the first TV station broadcasting all day long and 24 hours a day , as well as the cable TV station which had opened the largest number of channels in mainland China at that time ( 22 channels and 23 sets of programs were opened in 1994 ) In 1994 , it launched 22 channels and 23 programs . Hangzhou cable TV station and Hangzhou TV station for the preparation of a single organization with two brands , June 1995 separate system .
On August 18 , 1999 , the CPC Hangzhou Municipal Committee and the General Office of Hangzhou Municipal People 's Government jointly issued a document to set up Hangzhou Cable Broadcasting and Television Network Center ( the predecessor of ) , which unified the management of Hangzhou cable network planning , construction , operation and program transmission . Hangzhou Cable TV thus turned into a program production and broadcasting organization . At the same time , the Hangzhou Municipal Radio and Television Bureau implemented the " channel and frequency management system under the leadership of the Bureau , " abolished the establishment of Hangzhou TV and Hangzhou Cable TV , and retained the broadcasting call sign .
In June 2001 , by the , Film and Television and the Zhejiang Provincial Bureau of Radio , Film and Television approval agreed , Hangzhou Cable Radio and Television and Hangzhou TV merged into Hangzhou TV , withdrawing the Hangzhou Cable TV call sign.On July 1 , 2001 , Hangzhou TV launched the " Three Pools and the Indian Moon " logo , the original Hangzhou Cable Radio and TV station logo ceased to be used . The former Hangzhou cable broadcasting station and Hangzhou TV station logo ceased to be used .
Hangzhou People 's Radio is the unified call sign of the broadcasting frequency of Hangzhou Culture and Broadcasting Group .
In May 1958 , made the broadcasting equipment of the second set of programs on 1530 kHz available for the use of Hangzhou People 's Broadcasting Station , which was about to start broadcasting , and started broadcasting on September 29 of the same year . At that time , Hangzhou Radio mainly rebroadcast the programs of the , but also had a few self-organized programs , as well as special programs or lectures as needed . In August 1960 , the editorial department of Hangzhou Radio was merged into , which set up a radio news editing team to provide articles for broadcasting ; in March 1961 , the broadcast was suspended .
On May 1 , 1984 , Hangzhou People 's Radio officially resumed broadcasting , and opened two sets of programs on medium wave and FM frequency . In June 1992 , the FM stereo radio frequency was renamed as " West Lake Sound Radio , " which was formally launched on September 20 of the same year.In May 1993 , Hangzhou Economic Sound Radio ( now Traffic and Economy Radio ) was launched on October 18 of the same year . Voice of Economy Radio ( now Traffic and Economy Radio ) , started broadcasting on October 18 of the same year .
In 1998 , Hangzhou People 's Broadcasting Station ( HPRS ) unified the call signs for its three programs , which were broadcast as : Hangzhou People 's Broadcasting Station ( HPRS ) , Hangzhou People 's Broadcasting Station ( HPRS ) Voice of the West Lake ( WLH ) , and Hangzhou People 's Broadcasting Station ( HPRS ) Voice of the Economy ( VOE ) , respectively . Broadcasting Bureau implemented the " channel and frequency management system under the leadership of the bureau " and abolished the establishment of Hangzhou People 's Broadcasting Station .
The station was originally located at No. 86 , , , China , and in January 2010 , it moved to the Broadcasting Center Building at No. 888 , .
Luo Zenan
Luo Zenan ( 1807-1856 ) was a Neo-Confucian scholar of the late Qing dynasty Cheng-Zhu school born in Shiniuwanzhou , Xiangxiang , Hunan . He served as the chief envoy to Ningshaotai Road in Zhejiang . One of the founders of the Hunan Army , his disciples Li Xubin , Li Xuyi , Zeng Guoquan , Zeng Guohua , Jiang Yili , and Wang Hao were all generals of the Hunan Army . Together with Taqibu , he was known as " Ta Luo . " In the sixth year of Xianfeng , he died in battle outside Wuchang City .
His father died young , and his family was poor in his early years . " The family property was in ruins , and the walls were desolate . " He could not afford ointment , so he still studied diligently by moonlight and burned rice husks in the middle of the night , or under the snow light on winter nights , and transferred to rural classrooms to teach apprentices . He had excellent knowledge and was a scholar in the scientific examination . In the first year of Xianfeng ( 1851 ) , he was promoted to be filial , honest and upright . He was fond of studying the military books Zuo Zhuan and the I Ching .
In 1852 , the Taiping Army invaded Hunan , and Hunan gentry organized militia to protect themselves . Luo Zenan responded to the call of Xiangxiang County Magistrate Zhu Sunyi and took up arms , establishing the Hunan Army . He was successively promoted to the post of Zhejiang Ningshao Prefecture , and given the titles of Provincial Surveillance Commissioner and Provincial Administration Commissioner . He " captured 20 cities and fought more than 200 battles , large and small . " Luo led his own army from 1853 to his death in 1856 , fighting in Hunan , Jiangxi , and Hubei . He planned and recaptured Wuhan in eight days , and made outstanding military achievements . He was known as a " scholar-general " because he often told his soldiers about the Four Books and Five Classics during training , and once said that his military strategy was based on the phrase " knowing when to stop and then being determined " in the Great Learning .
In the sixth year of Emperor Xianfeng 's reign ( 1856 ) , Luo participated in the Third Battle of Wuhan and defeated Taiping general Wei Jun. On the second day of March , Luo led his troops to chase and kill Wei Jun at the Dadong Gate of Wuchang . In the fog , he was shot by a young Taiping soldier with a bird gun . He still insisted on commanding the battle and retreating with his entire army . On March 8 , Luo died of his injuries . More than two years after Luo Zenan 's death , Zeng Guofan 's third daughter Zeng Jichen married Luo Zenan 's fifth son Luo Zhaosheng . The ceremony was held in the Golden Hall , and Zeng Guofan 's wife Ouyang personally sent the bride off .
Baralipton maculosum
Baralipton maculosum is a species of long-horn beetle found in the Indomalayan Realm . They have been recorded from northeast India and Southeast Asia ( China , Laos , Myanmar , Thailand and Vietnam ) . A large beetle , it grows to more than 5 cm long .
The upperside is brownish and covered in dull ashy-grey pubescence giving it a sheen on the elytra . There are dark spots which appear velvet-like . One spot is behind the scutellum and two large irregular spots extend from the outer elytral margin to the inner costa which are staggered . The elytra are rounded at the tip but armed at the suture with a short spine . Two raised ridges runs along each of the elytra , the inner extending from the base to two thirds of the length while the outer one stops short of the apex . The long antenna is 11-segmented with the 3rd being the longest . Each segment has the terminal part black .
Mota Castle ( San Sebastian )
Mota Castle ( Castillo de la Mota ) is the old fortress on Urgull Hill in San Sebastian , Spain .
Stephen Sherrill
Stephen Sherrill ( born ) is an American politician . He serves on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors , representing District 2 .
Sherrill was born and raised in New York . His father is Stephen Sherrill of Bruckmann , Rosser , Sherrill & Co . Sherrill graduated from Yale University in 2009 . He interned at the White House during the George W. Bush Administration . After graduation , he worked on Michael Bloomberg 's 2009 New York City mayoral campaign .
Sherrill was previously registered as a Republican . Sherrill changed his registration from Republican to Independent after the Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign . He registered as a Democrat in 2023 .
Sherrill worked as director of the Mayor 's Office of Innovation and political advisor to New York mayor Michael Bloomberg .
On December 18 , 2024 , Mayor London Breed appointed Sherril to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to serve out the rest of supervisor Catherine Stefani 's term , ending in 2026 , following her election to the California State Assembly in 2024 .
Sherrill resides in Presidio Heights .
List of VTV dramas broadcast in 2025
This is a list of VTV dramas released in 2025 .
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These dramas air from 21 : 00 to 21 : 30 , Monday to Friday on VTV1 .
These dramas air from 20 : 00 to 20 : 30 , Monday to Friday on VTV3 .
These dramas air from 21 : 40 to 22 : 30 ( from 20 : 00 to 20 : 50 since 17 February ) , Monday to Wednesday on VTV3 .
These dramas air from 21 : 40 to 22 : 30 ( from 20 : 00 to 20 : 50 since 20 February ) , Thursday to Friday on VTV3 .
Hunter Abell
Hunter Magnuson Abell is an American attorney and politician of the Republican Party . He is a member-elect of the Washington House of Representatives , representing the 7th Legislative District .
Abell was raised on a ranch on the Colville Indian Reservation . His grandparents moved to NE Washington in the 1950s . He still lives on his family 's fourth-generation ranch .
He earned a bachelor 's degree from the College of William & Mary in 2002 . He received a JD from Gonzaga University School of Law in 2005 , and a Master of Laws degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 2006 .
Abell has served in the military , both as an enlisted member and as an officer . He has been deployed twice , to Iraq and Guantanamo Bay . He has previously served as a liaison officer in the Central Criminal Court of Iraq in Baghdad , as well as a JAG officer with the U.S. Navy . Currently , he is a commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve .
He is an attorney and a member at Williams Kastner . He has served as the president of the Washington State Bar Association since 2023 . He previously served as judge of the Ferry County District Court .
He previously worked as an adjunct faculty member for Brandman University .
In November 2024 , Abell was elected to the Washington House of Representatives , receiving 70.72 % of the vote .
Abell is the father of two daughters . He is divorced .
He resides in Colville , Washington .
1986 New Zealand Grand Prix
The 1986 New Zealand Grand Prix was a race held at the Pukekohe Park Raceway on 5 January 1986 . It was the 32nd running of the New Zealand Grand Prix and served as the second round of the New Zealand Formula Mondial Series .
The race was won by American Ross Cheever for the second time in succession . The podium was completed by fellow American Ted Prappas and local driver , Paul Radisich .
Ankith Koyya
Ankith Koyya ( born June 20 , 1995 ) is an Indian actor who appears in Telugu films . He has first appeared in the short film " Yedhane Vadili Vellipomake " ( 2016 ) , for which he won SIIMA Short Film Award for Best Supporting Actor - Telugu . His debuted into feature films by playing a supporting role in the sports drama " Majili " ( 2019 ) and extended to lead role in " Johaar " ( 2020 ) . His first streaming television show was " 9 Hours " ( 2022 ) . His major breakthrough films were " Aay " and " Maruthi Nagar Subramanyam " ( both 2024 ) , in which his performance was appreciated .
Ankith was born on 20 June 1995 in Visakhapatnam , India . He studied till Tenth Class at Timpany School and completed Intermediate education at Narayana Junior College . He then pursued Bachelor of Technology in Computer science and engineering from Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management .
Ankith was an active participant in street plays , pantomimes , and many other cultural programs in school and college . He was interested in acting and tried his hand at opportunities while studying B.Tech. He has first appeared in a commercial advertisement of OLX alongside Allu Arjun , in April 2016 . He then worked in the short film " Yedhane Vadili Vellipomake " ( 2016 ) , before his feature film debut in " Majili " ( 2019 ) . " Johaar " ( 2020 ) is his first film in which he played the lead role . Due to COVID-19 pandemic in India , it had a direct-to-video release on Aha . He next appeared in an important supporting role in " Thimmarusu " ( 2021 ) . He had three major releases in 2024 " Satyabhama , " " Aay " and " Maruthi Nagar Subramanyam , " in which the latter two were his breakthrough films .
Unur Bul Child Center
The Unur Bul Child Center ( ) is an orphanage in Bayanzurkh , Ulaanbaatar , Mongolia .
The center was established on 27 December 1974 when kindergarten class affiliated with the orphanage merged with Kindergarten No. 58 of Ulaanbaatar City to form the orphanage . During the center 's 50th anniversary , President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh donated some equipment and furniture to the center . On 6 June 2018 , the Government of Mongolia approved a donation funding of MNT100 million for the center .
The center also includes other facilities such as library , hospital and psychology services .
The center caters for children which are homeless , from the street , with mental disorders and those whose parents are deprived from their parental rights . As of 2018 , there were a total of 185 children living in the center .
Stachys pinardii
Stachys pinardii is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae endemic to the Antalya region of Turkey .
" Stachys pinardii " is a perennial herb with fragile stems growing on the walls , roof and floor of calcareous caverns and vertical faces in Antalya with an altitude of 20-350 m .
It is a long-hairy plant , with large , oval , broad-toothed leaves , and with medium-spaced ( 3 ( -6 ) cm apart ) whorls of white flowers set along flowering stems that from the limestone walls and roofs tend to hang downwards . There are generally 4-10 flowers per whorl , distinguishing it from the similar Stachys buttleri of the Upper Duden Waterfalls which generally has 2 per whorl . Rather eastward at Icel there is a similar Stachys pseudopinardii with laxer whorls ( 1-9.5 cm apart ) which lacks the hair-ring within the flower tube that S. pinardii possesses and has larger nutlets ( 3-3.5 mm ) than S. pinardii ( 2.5 mm )
As a regional-endemic known from a limited number of places , it is classed as VU ( Vulnerable ) .
Photographic details can be seen on iNaturalist .
Guangdong State Security Department
The Guangdong State Security Department ( GSSD ; ) is a division of China 's Ministry of State Security ( MSS ) responsible for intelligence collection and secret policing in the province of Guangdong . Established as one of the original 14 semi-autonomous provincial MSS units in 1983 , the department is involved in expansive human intelligence efforts , information operations , and cyber espionage campaigns . It is headquartered in the provincial capital of Guangzhou .
The Guangdong SSD has been a prominent provincial department since the establishment of the MSS . As one of the original 14 MSS departments established in 1983 , Guangdong stood out as one of the largest at the time of its establishment . It remains prominent in the state security system .
The Guangdong SSD is afforded some of the most elite recruits to the MSS , though generally slightly below those assigned to MSS headquarters or the municipal Shanghai bureau or Beijing bureau .
The GSSD is prolific in a range of fields of intelligence operations , both within China and abroad . In an anonymous 2021 interview with the " Southern Daily , " the official mouthpiece of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party , the director of the Guangdong SSD described their department 's mission as " defending the socialist state power , maintaining social harmony and stability , and protecting the safety of the people 's lives and property . "
In 2014 , the GSSD announced that its counterintelligence unit had disrupted an operation by a foreign adversary which had recruited a Chinese citizen through an online chat room .
The Guangdong SSD is understood to be responsible for the advanced persistent threat group BRONZE SPRING , also known as UNC302 . In 2020 , the U.S. Department of Justice indicted Li Xiaoyu ( 李啸宇 ) and Dong Jiazhi ( 董家志 ) on an 11-count indictment which alleged that the pair participated in hacking campaigns on behalf of the GSSD conspiring to steal trade secrets and commit wire fraud , commit identify theft , and gain unauthorized access of computers . The government said the pair were first noticed as they penetrated U.S. Department of Energy systems in the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory at the Hanford Site in Washington State but tracked them attacking other targets . They targeted businesses in the tech , education , civil and pharmaceutical industries , as well as U.S. Department of Defense satellite and communications programs . Individuals - including a community organizer in Hong Kong and a former Tiananmen Square protester - were also allegedly targeted . The groups targets were located in the United States , Australia , Belgium , Germany , Japan , Lithuania , the Netherlands , Spain , South Korea , Sweden , and the United Kingdom . The pair along with additional actors from the GSSD then were identified targeting researchers and organizations working on cures and treatments for COVID-19 . The group made use of the notorious China Chopper web shell .
The Guangdong SSD is reportedly responsible for the advanced persistent threat group APT3 , also known as Buckeye , UPS , Gothic Panda , and TG-011 . The group reportedly made use of the Equation Group tools stolen from the US National Security Agency by the Shadow Brokers . The FBI disclosed the group 's suspected headquarters , located at Room 1103 , Huapu Square West Tower , Guangzhou , Guangdong .
Between February and March 2018 , hackers from the Guangdong State Security Department compromised the computers of a US Navy contractor , stealing classified information relating to undersea warfare , including plans to equip US submarines with supersonic anti-ship missiles . The hacked computers belonged to a contractor working for the Navy Undersea Warfare Center in Newport , Rhode Island . The contractor improperly stored material relating to the SEA DRAGON supersonic anti-ship missile development , as well as the navy submarine development unit 's electronic library , submarine radio room information , information on the navy 's cryptographic systems , and signal and sensor data on the contractor 's unclassified network .
In January 2018 , the FBI arrested former CIA officer Jerry Chun Shing Lee , charging him with unlawful possession of defense information . He may have compromised the identities of numerous CIA spies in China . Lee , a naturalized U.S. citizen , had worked for the CIA with a top secret security clearance from 1994 until 2007 . Several years after his departure from the CIA , China began capturing and killing U.S. informants . Officials in the U.S. began investigating whether a mole was responsible for outing the identities of sources working with the U.S. In May 2018 , Lee was formally charged with conspiracy to commit espionage on behalf of China . According to the indictment , he met two officers of the Guangdong State Security Department in Shenzhen , and they gave him " a gift of $ 100,000 cash in exchange for his cooperation , " with the promise that " they would take care of him for life . " Lee received hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash that he deposited into his HSBC bank accounts in Hong Kong between 2010 and 2013 , the same time the CIA lost 18 to 20 Chinese informants who were killed or imprisoned for providing sensitive information to the U.S. government . Lee started working for a cigarette company in Hong Kong in 2007 , the same year he left the CIA . In 2009 , Japan Tobacco International terminated his contract amid suspicions that he was leaking sensitive information about its operations to Chinese authorities . He then set up his own company , also related to the import of cigarettes , which did not succeed . According to court papers , Lee 's business partner in Hong Kong arranged meetings and passed messages from Chinese intelligence officers to him . From June 2013 to September 2015 , the former CIA agent worked for the cosmetics company Estee Lauder . At the time of his arrest , he was the head of security at the international auction house Christie 's in Hong Kong . In May 2019 , he pled guilty and was sentenced in November 2019 to 19 years in prison .
Perhaps the most successful double agent to ever to penetrate Taiwan 's Military Intelligence Bureau ( MIB ) , Li staged an elaborate false escape from China by swimming to Hong Kong in the late 1980s , apparently at the direction of the Guangdong State Security Bureau . He was eventually recruited by Taiwanese MIB , and for nearly a decade he operated undercover within Taiwanese intelligence . Li betrayed at least three Taiwanese agents on the Chinese mainland before being caught in 1999 . Later that year , a Taiwanese court sentenced him to life in prison . On the eve of the 2015 Ma-Xi meeting in Singapore , Li was traded back to China in a spy swap , in exchange for the release of MIB agents Chu Kung-hsun and Hsu Chang-kuo , who were kidnapped by the MSS in Vietnam in 2006 . Taiwanese authorities denied there was an explicit trade .
The GSSD collaborated with the Qingdao State Security Bureau ( a subordinate city unit of the Shandong SSD ) in handling Shujun Wang as a human intelligence asset in New York City 's Chinese dissident community . Wang acknowledged to US investigators that from 1994 to 2022 he gathered information on pro-democracy advocates at the request of the MSS , but claimed that he did not provide valuable , non-public information . Wang passed information to officials at the Chinese consulate and Overseas Chinese Affairs Office . In August 2024 , Wang was convicted on four counts of acting and conspiring to act as an agent of a foreign government ; he had pleaded not guilty .
In the 1990s , Xu Tianmin ( 许天民 ) , a Ministry of Public Security official who transferred to the Guangdong SSD , was sent to British Hong Kong as a handler for a double agent working for Taiwanese intelligence in the city .
In 1985 , the Guangdong International Culture Exchange Center , a branch of China International Culture Exchange Center ( CICEC , the cover identity of the 12th Bureau of MSS headquarters ) administered by the Guangdong State Security Department , hosted Wham ! frontman George Michael during the band 's 1985 tour of China . A photo from the banquet shows Michael unknowingly seated beside Wang Shuren , a senior MSS spy who worked in the Chinese embassy in Cambodia before building a specialization in smuggling agents into Hong Kong .
For routine corporate matters like purchasing office furniture or contracting builders , MSS officers often use predictable forms of what 's known as ' administrative cover . ' In casual conversation with a stranger for example , an intelligence officer might claim to work in an unassuming position with the Shanghai Municipal Government Fifth Office . The Guangdong SSD has 18 such numbered offices , which exist only on paper .
The headquarters of the Guangdong SSD is located in an office tower in the Yuexiu district of Guangzhou . The tower has a helipad on the roof .
The founding head of the Guangdong State Security Department came from a specialized public security unit that ran counterintelligence operations in Hong Kong and Macau , seeking to penetrate rival intelligence agencies from the United States , Taiwan and other nations .
2025 Sanfrecce Hiroshima season
The 2025 season was the 90th season in the history of Sanfrecce Hiroshima and their 17th consecutive season in the J1 League . In addition to the domestic league , the club competed in the Emperor 's Cup , the Japan Super Cup , the J.League Cup , the AFC Champions League Two knock-out stage and the AFC Champions League Elite .
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1917 Australian Senate election
The 1917 Australian Senate election was held on 5 May 1917 to elect 18 of the 36 senators in the Australian Senate as part of the 1917 federal election . Each state elected three senators to serve a six-year term beginning on 1 July 1917 .
The election was a landslide victory for the Nationalist Party , who won all 18 contested seats to gain control of the Senate .
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Each elector voted for up to three candidates . Percentages refer to the number of voters rather than the number of votes .
Each elector voted for up to three candidates . Percentages refer to the number of voters rather than the number of votes .
Each elector voted for up to three candidates . Percentages refer to the number of voters rather than the number of votes .
Each elector voted for up to three candidates . Percentages refer to the number of voters rather than the number of votes .
Each elector voted for up to three candidates . Percentages refer to the number of voters rather than the number of votes .
Each elector voted for up to three candidates . Percentages refer to the number of voters rather than the number of votes .
Gymnocalycium calochlorum
Gymnocalycium calochlorum is a species of " Gymnocalycium " from Argentina .
It forms clusters of gray-green to blue-green , depressed spherical shoots up to 4cm tall and 6cm in diameter . The cactus has about 11 humpbacked ribs , areoles are oval and yellow , lacks central spines , and has approximately nine thin , flexible , white to pink-brown radial spines , each curving backward and up to 1cm long . Its light pink flowers , up to 6cm long , remain narrowly open , and its fruits are blue to blue-green and egg-shaped .
" Gymnocalycium calochlorum " is a cactus native to the Argentine province of Cordoba , thriving at altitudes of 500 to 1500 meters in grasslands with crumbled granite .
First described as " Echinocactus calochlorus " by Friedrich Bodeker in 1932 , the species was later reclassified as " Gymnocalycium calochlorum " by Yoshi Ito in 1952 . The name " calochlorum " combines the Greek words kalos ( " beautiful " ) and chloros ( " green " ) , referring to its shiny green epidermis .
Selcuk Bayraktaroglu
Selcuk Bayraktaroglu ( born 9 March 1961 ) is a Turkish general who has been the 53rd and current commander of the Turkish Land Forces since 3 August 2023 .
Bayraktaroglu was born in Artvin , Turkey on 9 March 1961 . He obtained his graduation from Kuleli Military High School in 1977 .
Bayraktaroglu completed his studies at the Turkish Military Academy in 1981 , graduating as a signal officer . He was subsequently promoted to the rank of second lieutenant after he went on to complete his specialized training in 1982 . From 1982 to 1991 , he served in different signal units , holding the positions of platoon and company commander . In 1993 , he completed his studies at the Army War College , followed by graduation from the Armed Forces College in 1997 . From 1993 to 2009 , he served in various staff officer roles at military units and headquarters .
In 2009 , Bayraktaroglu was promoted to brigadier general and took on the role of commander of the 9th Commando Brigade , serving from 2009 to 2011 , and commander of the Logistics and Ammunition Command , a position he held from 2011 to 2013 . In 2013 , he was promoted to major general and assumed the office commander of Communications , Electronics , Information Systems , and Cyber Defense at the Turkish General Staff ( 2013-2014 ) and chief of Staff of the 3rd Army ( 2014-2016 ) . Promoted to lieutenant general in 2016 , he served as the Chief of the Personnel Division at the Turkish General Staff until 2020 .
Bayraktaroglu is married to Hurriyet Bayraktaroglu with two children .
In 2024 , Bayraktaroglu was awarded the Nishan-e-Imtiaz ( Order of Excellence ) by the president of Pakistan in recognition of his contributions to defence relations between Pakistan and Turkey .
In December 2021 , he was awarded the
Turkish Armed Forces Medal of Distinguished Service by the government of Turkey .
Ecphylus janzeni
Ecphylus janzeni is a species of parasitic wasp belonging to the family Braconidae . This species is known for its role in the regulation of certain pest populations , contributing to natural pest control .
" Ecphylus janzeni " is a small braconid wasp characterized by its slender body , segmented antennae , and distinctive wing venation patterns . The species exhibits sexual dimorphism , with females typically being larger than males .
" Ecphylus janzeni " has been documented in various regions , primarily inhabiting tropical and subtropical environments . Specific locations include forested areas where host species are prevalent .
This wasp species is parasitic , targeting certain beetle larvae that infest wood or plant material . The female " Ecphylus janzeni " lays its eggs within the larvae of host species , where the developing wasp larvae consume the host from the inside out , eventually emerging as adult wasps .
" Ecphylus janzeni " contributes to biological control by parasitizing pest beetle species , making it valuable in managing agricultural and forestry pests .
Saako 363
Saako 363 is an upcoming Indian Hindi-language Historical Drama film based on 300 year old Amrita Bishnoi environment moment .
The film is produced under the banner of Shri Jambheshwar Paryavaran Avam Jeevraksha Pradesh Sanstha and directed by Ramratan Bishnoi and Vikram Bishnoi . Produced by Swami Ramanand Ji Maharaj , Ramratan Bishnoi and Vikram Bishnoi ,
Creative Director is Manoj Sati , Screenplay by Ramratan Bishnoi , Vikram Bishnoi , Suraj Bishnoi , Kalyan Seervi and Editing by Sanjeev Bhute & Irfan Shaikh .
It features costumes by Vidya Maurya , cinematography by K. Rajkumar , and music by Milan Harish .
The film was shot across Rajasthan , including locations like Junagarh Fort , Bikaner , and Nagaur City .
The film tells the 300-year-old story of the sacrifice of 363 Bishnois who gave their lives to protect trees in Rajasthan . The Bishnois , followers of Jambheshwar Maharaj , are known for their devotion to nature and wildlife conservation .
The story focuses on Amrita Devi , a Bishnoi woman who led her people in resisting King Abhai Singh 's attempt to cut down trees for his Flower Palace . Despite facing violence , the Bishnois stood firm , sacrificing their lives to protect their environment . The incident remains a significant example of courage and dedication to nature .
Mount Gifford
Mount Gifford is a mountain in Fiordland , New Zealand .
Mount Gifford is part of the Darran Mountains , and is situated in the Southland Region of South Island . It is set within Fiordland National Park which is part of the Te Wahipounamu UNESCO World Heritage Site . Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains to the Hollyford River via Moraine Creek and Caples Creek . Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises above the Hollyford Valley in three kilometres and above Caples Creek in one kilometre .
The mountain was named in 1939 by Dr. L. Stewart to honour Algernon Charles Gifford ( 1861-1948 ) , an astronomer , explorer and teacher . The toponym has been officially approved by the New Zealand Geographic Board . The first ascent of the summit was made in October 1955 by Alistair McDonald and Ken Hamilton via the North East Ridge .
Based on the Koppen climate classification , Mount Gifford is located in a marine west coast climate zone . Prevailing westerly winds blow moist air from the Tasman Sea onto the mountain , where the air is forced upward by the mountains ( orographic lift ) , causing moisture to drop in the form of rain and snow . The months of December through February offer the most favourable weather for viewing or climbing this peak .
Third Kretschmer cabinet
The third Kretschmer cabinet has formed the state government of Saxony , Germany since 18 December 2024 . Michael Kretschmer leads a coalition between the CDU and the SPD , a minority government . This was following the 2024 Saxony state election . It contains four new members than the Second Kretschmer cabinet .
Honeycutt Township , Sampson County , North Carolina
Honeycutt Township is a township in Sampson County , North Carolina , United States .
Honeycutt Township is one of 19 townships within Sampson County . It is in total area .
In 2020 , the population of Honeycutt Township was 2,954 .
Communities within the township include Piney Green , Salemburg , and Snow Hill .
Honeycutt Township is bordered to the northwest by Dismal Township , to the north by Herring Township , to the east by Belvoir Township , and to the south and west by Little Coharie Township .
Si Bua Thong
Si Bua Thong ( , ) is a " tambon " ( subdistrict ) in Sawaeng Ha district , Ang Thong province , central Thailand .
The name " Si Bua Thong " ( lit " golden lotus " ) comes from a " khlong " ( canal ) flows through the area and has become an important water resource .
Si Bua Thong is considered a true historic place . The area and its neighbour are home to many antiquities that indicate human settlement since the Dvaravati period . The oldest archaeological evidences are around 3,000 years old , from the Neolithic period .
In the late Ayutthaya period , when the Burmese army invaded and passed through here , the locals rose up to fight . Some were defeated and scattered . Four people from Si Bua Thong were Nai Taen , Nai In , Nai Mueang and Nai Chote migrated to a nearby Bang Rachan , and became one of the leaders of the famous Bang Rachan . Their names were recorded in the royal chronicle of Prince Damrong Rajanubhab .
After Ayutthaya was sacked by the Burmese in 1767 , many places were destroyed . A huntsman gathered people and restored the community of Si Bua Thong . Today , a monument has been built to him and he is respectfully called Pu Pin ( ป  ป  น , " grandpa Pin " ) .
The area is a lowland with a natural waterway , Khlong Si Bua Thong , flowing from the north to the south , making it suitable for agriculture .
It borders Pho Thale and Nong Krathum of Khai Bang Rachan district , Singburi province to the north , Sawaeng Ha in its district to the east , Ban Phran and Wang Namyen in tis district to the south , Khao Din of Doem Bang Nang Buat district , Wang Luek of Sam Chuk district , Don Pru of Si Prachan district to the west . All in the west part belongs to Suphan Buri province .
It has a total area of approximately 42.02 km and is away from downtown Sawaeng Ha .
Si Bua Thong is governed by the Subdistrict Administrative Organization ( SAO ) Si Bua Thong
There are 11 administrative " mubans " ( villages )
Dan Hays ( artist )
Dan Hays ( born 1966 ) is a British artist . He has won the John Moores Painting Prize , holds a PhD in Fine Art from Kingston University , and is an Associate Lecturer at Central Saint Martins .
His work has been described as a reflection on painting itself , intentionally referencing other artists . Hays characterises his work since the late 1990s as exploring the relationship between the digital world and the " tactile , flawed and time-consuming medium of painting . "
Hays was born in London in 1966 , and studied fine art at Goldsmiths College from 1987 to 1990 .
Hays won the £ 20,000 John Moores Painting Prize in 1997 with his work " Harmony In Green , " a depiction of a hamster cage of exactly his height . Hays has said that the painting is a result of his early obsessions with op art and M. C. Escher . As part of the prize , the piece was purchased by Liverpool 's Walker Art Gallery . His work is also held by the Saatchi Collection .
In 2012 , Hays completed a PhD in Fine Art at Kingston University . He is an Associate Lecturer at Central Saint Martins .
Hays ' work has featured in group shows exhibited at galleries including Turner Contemporary ( 2016 ) , Camden Arts Centre ( 2012 ) , and in an Arts Council new purchases tour ( 1996-1997 ) . He has exhibited solo shows at venues including Void Gallery ( 2007 ) , and Manchester Art Gallery ( 2006 ) .
Michael Archer , writing for " Artforum " in 1998 , said that while Hays ' work depicts mundane details of ordinary life , such as cages for pets , these subjects are better viewed as a way of reflecting on painting itself . Archer found that Hays ' work intentionally references Gerhard Richter , David Hockney ( recalling Hockey 's struggle with representing water through various painterly techniques ) , and Bridget Riley . He believed that titles like " Harmony in Green " and " Harmony in Pink " suggest a particular interest in the play of light and its reflection .
Hays himself says that since the late 1990s his work has focused on " the relationship between the intangible , encoded and instantaneous realm of digital technology , and the tactile , flawed and time-consuming medium of painting . " Works in his 2006 exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery , " Colorado Impressions , " used painting to reproduce digital artefacts like pixelation and the effect of a low-resolution JPEG file . According to Hays , this exhibition 's paintings are based on images found online on the blog of another person named Dan Hays , based in Colorado .
Race ( 2008 soundtrack )
Race is the soundtrack album of the 2008 film of the same name directed by Abbas-Mustan and produced by Tips Industries . The album features 17 compositions : seven original songs , nine remixes and instrumental theme . Pritam composed the soundtrack which featured lyrics written by Sameer , and the remix versions were produced by DJ Suketu . The soundtrack was released under the Tips music label on 25 January 2008 . The album received positive reviews from critics .
The song " Khwab Dekhe ( Sexy Lady ) " sung by Monali Thakur and Neeraj Shridhar was recorded after the release of the soundtrack , replacing the original song " Mujh Pe Toh Jadoo " in the film . Tips then re-distributed the soundtrack , adding " Khwab Dekhe ( Sexy Lady ) " after the release of the film .
Joginder Tuteja in his review for " Bollywood Hungama , " called it as " an overall entertaining album . " " Race 's soundtrack is typical Pritam - rhythmic , with an assortment of interesting sounds from world music . " Khalid Mohamed of " Hindustan Times " mentioned that the music " suffer from a serious " Dhoom 2 " complex . "
According to the Indian trade website Box Office India , with around units sold , this film 's soundtrack album was the year 's fifth highest-selling .
The song " Pehli Nazar Mein " and " Zara Zara Touch Me " were alleged on the accounts of plagiarism from the Korean song " Sa Rang Haeo " of Korean series " Sassy Girl Chun-hyang " and Leehom Wang 's " Deep Within a Bamboo Grove . " Sony BMG Taiwan has issued a legal letter to Tips Industries claiming damages for the song " Zara Zara Touch Me . "
After the success of " Race , " Pritam returned to score music for " Race 2 " ( 2013 ) . Like the first film , the music received positive reviews . The third instalment " Race 3 " ( 2018 ) did not feature Pritam as the composer due to the change in technical crew . However , Pritam 's music group JAM8 reworked on the song " Allah Dua Hai " originally composed for " Race 2 , " for the threequel .
Alyxia ilicifolia
Alyxia ilicifolia , commonly known as native holly , is a species of plant in the oleander and frangipani family Apocynaceae , found only in the Wet Tropics bioregion of Queensland , Australia . It was first described by German-born Australian botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in 1864 .
It is a shrub to about tall , but often flowering when just tall . The leaves are produced in whorls of three or four , ovate in outline , with about 50 lateral veins on either side of the midrib at an angle of almost 90 ° to it . The leaves may have several short sharp spines about long on the edges .
Inflorescences are branched about long . The flowers are white , corolla tube is about long and the lobes about long . The fruit is orange when ripe and sometimes resembles a string of beads , it may be up to long and wide .
This species is restricted to rainforest on the coastal ranges of northeast Queensland above , from about Cooktown south to about Cardwell . It is usually found on soils derived from granite .
, this species has been assessed to be of least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature ( IUCN ) and by the Queensland Government under its Nature Conservation Act .
Queensborough Railway Bridge
The Queensborough Railway Bridge , built in 1891 by the city of New Westminster and rebuilt in 1913 and 1951 by the British Columbia Electric Railway , is a swing bridge over the North Arm of the Fraser River in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia , Canada . The bridge connects the community of Queensborough , which is part of New Westminster on Lulu Island , to the rest of New Westminster on the Burrard Peninsula . It was originally a road and rail bridge , but the road part of the bridge was shut down after the opening of the four-lane Queensborough Bridge in 1960 .
In the early morning of June 28 , 2011 , the bridge was damaged when it was hit by a gravel barge owned by Lafarge Canada that was being tugged downstream . The bridge reopened for rail traffic on July 30 , although boat traffic took longer to be restored .
Wilson Warbirds
The Wilson Warbirds are a planned Minor League Baseball ( MiLB ) team and Single-A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers , to be located in Wilson , North Carolina , at Wilson Stadium . Announced in 2023 , the team will replace the Carolina Mudcats , who had been located in the nearby town of Zebulon at Five County Stadium since 1991 , with the Brewers ' decision to move largely based on funding concerns . The team is named after vintage military aircraft , or " warbirds , " for the region 's history in aviation dating back to World War II , and for the local whirligig outsider artist and former pilot Vollis Simpson . With plans to start their first season in April 2026 , reactions to the move and subsequent formation of the team has been welcomed in Wilson and largely criticized in Zebulon and the larger Wake County .
The Carolina Mudcats are a Minor League Baseball ( MiLB ) team and Single-A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers , and are located at Five County Stadium in Zebulon , North Carolina since 1991 . In 2022 , the Mudcats requested US $ 15 million from Wake County to renovate Five County Stadium to meet MiLB standards and attract fans . The county , however , only agreed to fund the required expenses . Later , on December 14 , 2023 , the nearby town of Wilson announced it was funding a $ 280 million development project , including a $ 70 million baseball stadium , later named Wilson Stadium . Appealing to the Brewers , they later signed a memorandum of understanding with Wilson to relocate the Mudcats to the new stadium in a lease lasting 25 years . Alongside the construction of the new stadium , the lack of funding being received from Wake County was regarded as a major reason for the Brewers decision to move the Mudcats .
On November 22 , 2024 , the Brewers organized an air show to announce the " Warbirds " as the name and mascot of the new team . The airshow saw around 500 attendees , and included three World War II-era warbird aircraft , as well as a live band . The name was chosen to represent the team because of the region 's connection to aviation history . Thousands of pilots were trained in the area during World War II and Seymour Johnson Air Force Base is located nearby . Wilson was also the hometown of whirligig outsider artist and former pilot Vollis Simpson . In reference to Simpson 's work , " Wilson Whirligigs " was the long-time proposed name for the team , and was only changed after a visit by branding organizer Scott Starr to Wilson , who believed the name lacked nuance .
The Mudcats are set to play their last season in 2025 , before the Warbirds begin their first season in April 2026 .
Reactions were mixed at the announcement of the Warbirds , being positive in Wilson , and especially critical from Wake County . Brewers President Rick Schlesinger highly regarded Wilson for their actions leading up , remarking he was " amazed " Wilson was being " so supportive of what we 're trying to do . " Brewers minor-league prospects Braylon Payne , Eric Bitonti , and Josh Knoth , all helped in the airshow unveiling in November 2024 .
Obversely , Wake County and town of Zebulon released a joint statement on December 15 , 2023 , remarking they were " disappointed " at the Brewers ' decision to relocate the Mudcats . The commissioner for eastern Wake County , Don Mial , remarked " we really hate that they decided to move to Wilson , " and that " we would love for them to have stayed here in Wake County , " commenting further on the positive economic impact the Mudcats had on the region . Greater Raleigh Sport Alliance executive director Scott Dupree remarked the team was a " pride to Zebulon " and the move would be a " significant and especially painful loss , " but conceded that he was not surprised at the decision as the $ 70 million new venue was being offered . Commenting further on this , the " pro tem " mayor for the neighboring town of Wendell , Jason Joyner , criticized Wake County for not better funding the Mudcats and the eastern region of the county as a whole , referring to the Mudcats ' decision to move as a " shining example of Eastern Wake County being forgotten yet again . "
The Warbirds mascot is currently an unnamed red-tailed hawk , with the specific bird being chosen as it was the most common hawk in the region . The team colors are navy , sage , antique white , bristol , and smalt . The Warbird 's away jerseys are colored bristol with a sage band , the alternate jerseys are red with a white band , and their three caps feature bristol , sage , and navy .
Abhijit Sinha
Abhijit Sinha ( born 1967 ) , also known as Rana , is an Indian politician from West Bengal . He is a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Labpur Assembly constituency in Birbhum district . He won the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election representing the All India Trinamool Congress .
Sinha is from Nanoor , Birbhum district , West Bengal . He is the son of late Abhay Prasad Sinha . He complted his post graduate diploma in Social Work in 1992 at University of Calcutta .
Sinha won from Labpur Assembly constituency representing All India Trinamool Congress in the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election . He polled 108,423 votes and defeated his nearest rival , Biswajit Mondal of the Bharatiya Janata Party , by a margin of 17,975 votes .
Ompong Segura
Rodolfo " Ompong " Segura ( born April 17 ) is a Filipino former professional basketball player . He played forward for the Adamson Falcons in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines ( UAAP ) and won championships for the Philippine national team and his teams in the Philippine Basketball Association ( PBA ) in the pro league 's early years .
Segura is also a former basketball coach and trained young Filipinos in basketball clinics , including that of Milo Best Center .
A 6 ' 2 " forward , Segura first played for the Adamson Falcons in the UAAP . He would later help the RP Youth win a crown in the 1972 ABC Under-18 Championship with teammates Atoy Co , Ramon Fernandez , Philip Cezar , Edgardo Carvajal , Rino Salazar , Miguel Bilbao , Rey Franco , fellow Adamson Falcon Gregorio Dionisio , among others .
When Toyota was not in the PBA yet , its winning tradition was seen in the MICAA with eventual pro players Segura , Robert Jaworski , Francis Arnaiz , Fernandez , Robert Concepcion , Orly Bauzon , Fort Acuna , and the Reynoso brothers Big Boy and Cristino .
In 1975 , Segura was part of the first PBA champion team Toyota Comets . Under coach Dante Silverio , they would later win more championships in the pro league , more notably over their archrivals , the Crispa Redmanizers . His best average of close to 22 points , 4.32 rebounds , 1.49 assists , and .63 steals a game happened in his first PBA year .
Segura 's second PBA team was Mariwasa where he played 26 games in 1978 .
Segura retained his double-digit scoring average as a U / Tex Wrangler in 1979 .
Segura played two more games as a Winston King , wrapping up his PBA career with 223 games played and averaging 14.71 points a game .
Segura accepted coaching offers in various leagues and took training and leadership roles in the conduct of basketball clinics of Milo and other companies .
Segura reunited with his alma mater in the 1990s and early 2000s when he was named assistant coach of the Lady Falcons , who won several championships in the UAAP under head coach Emelia Vega . He was also the assistant coach of the Pampanga Dragons , who won the first championship of the defunct Metropolitan Basketball Association ( MBA ) under head coach Aric del Rosario .
Another sort of reunion occurred at the rekindling of the Crispa-Toyota rivalry but with a twist , as they were past their prime and opted to play for the fans in a PBA All-Star game at the Araneta Coliseum in 2003 .
The Hypnosis ( film )
The Hypnosis ( ) is a 2023 comedy drama film directed by Ernst De Geer in his directorial debut , from a screenplay he wrote with Mads Stegger . The film stars Asta Kamma August and Herbert Nordrum as a young couple of business partners .
It had its world premiere at the 57th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival on 4 July 2023 . It was theatrically released in Sweden on 8 March 2024 .
A young couple , Andre and Vera , prepares to pitch a business idea of women 's reproductive health mobile application . When Vera tries hypnotherapy to quit smoking , she loses her social inhibition .
In 2020 , the project participated at the Les Arcs Film Festival 's Co-Production Village . During the event , it piqued the most interest among international sales agents , co-producers , and distributors . In 2021 , the project also participated at the Nordic Film Market . International sales agent Totem Films presented the film 's first images and trailer at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival market .
" The Hypnosis " had its world premiere at the 57th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival on 4 July 2023 , competing for the Crystal Globe award . In November 2023 , I Wonder acquired the film 's distribution rights for Italy , Mindjazz for Germany and Austria , and HBO for Eastern Europe . Mubi acquired the film 's distribution rights in some regions , releasing it on 16 August 2024 . The film was theatrically released in Sweden on 8 March 2024 .
Park Chan-jong ( politician )
Park Chan-jong ( ; born ) is a politician of South Korea , and a member of the 9th , 10th , 12th , 13th , and 14th National Assembly . His art name is Udang ( ) .
He was born on April 19 , 1939 in Gimhae-gun , Gyeongsangnam-do . He graduated from Gyeonggi High School in 1958 and entered the Department of Economics at Seoul National University that year . While attending school , he passed the Higher Civil Service Examination Judicial Examination , Higher Civil Service Examination Administrative Examination , and Certified Public Accountant exams . After that , he worked as a lawyer , and in 1971 , he ran for office as a candidate of the Democratic Republican Party in the 8th General Election , but after losing , he opened a lawyer practice . After the National Assembly was dissolved with the October Yushin on October 17 , 1972 , he ran for office as a member of the Democratic Republican Party in the 1973 General Election held the following year in 1973 , and was elected in second place under the changed election law to a multi-member district system . In 1976 , at the age of 38 , he was elected as the President of the Korean Institute of Certified Public Accountants after a close race that went into a second round of voting . As a member of the Democratic Republican Party National Assembly , he was called an opposition party member within the ruling party for opposing the establishment of the summary trial system and criticizing the hiring of the wife of the chairman of the Yushin Political Friends Association as a secretary . He was then elected in the 10th general election , but after the October 26 Incident , he led a movement to reform the party within the Republican Party , demanding the resignation or exclusion of those who had been corrupted by power and the sunflower politicians from party positions , and he was expelled from the Republican Party on April 7 , 1980 , while serving as a member of the National Assembly Special Committee on Constitutional Amendment .
In August 1980 , Chun Doo-hwan was elected as the 11th president under the Yushin Constitution , and in October , when the 10th National Assembly was dissolved after the Fifth Republic Constitution passed a national referendum , he was included in the list of 811 people subject to political regulation in November , but was immediately lifted . He ran in the 11th National Assembly election in March 1981 , but withdrew midway through the election . In 1983 , he published " Shameful Story " in which he reflected on his past participation in the Yushin regime , and in 1985 , ahead of the 12th National Assembly election , he participated in the founding of the New Korea Democratic Party led by Kim Young-sam and Kim Dae-jung , and ran in Busan and was elected . As the chairman of the Human Rights Advocacy Committee of the Democratic Promotion Council and the chairman of the Human Rights Advocacy Committee of the New Democratic Party , when the Seoul American Cultural Center Occupation Incident broke out in May 1985 , he took on the defense of the university students who led the occupation , including Ham Woon-kyung and Kim Min-seok , and became known as a human rights lawyer who defended student activists . In September of the same year , he was indicted by the Chun Doo-hwan regime for the ' Korea University Protest Incident ' and was suspended from practicing law for three years and six months . As the chairman of the Truth Finding Committee for the Park Jong-cheol Death by Torture Incident , he took the lead in revealing that the cause of death was torture . After the June Democratic Struggle in 1987 , the Reunification Democratic Party split into Kim Young-sam 's Reunification Democratic Party and Kim Dae-jung 's Peace Democratic Party , and when both Kims ran for president , Park Chan-jong left the Reunification Democratic Party and ran as an independent in the 1971 General Election , winning in Seocho-gu Gap . In June 1990 , he joined the Democratic Party , which was founded by members of the Unification Democratic Party who opposed Kim Young-sam 's three-party merger , but left the party in September 1991 in opposition to the party activities centered around President Lee Ki-taek . In February 1992 , Park Chan-jong formed the Political Reform Council with political newcomers and founded the New Politics Reform Party . Park Chan-jong , who was elected as the representative supreme member of the New Politics Reform Party , ran as a candidate for Seocho-gap , Seoul in the 1992 General Election held in March 1992 and was elected . In the 1992 Presidential Election held in December 1992 , he ran as a candidate for the New Politics Reform Party but came in fourth place . At this time , he developed the image of a " clean politician " by roaming the streets alone and campaigning without paying , which led to his appearance in a " non-homogenized milk " commercial . After the presidential election , Chung Ju-young left the party and merged with the remaining faction of the Unification National Party to form the New Democratic Party , which was then merged with the Liberal Democratic Union led by Kim Jong-pil and the New Democratic Party led by Kim Dong-gil in 1995 .
In 1995 , he left the New Democratic Party and ran as an independent in the Seoul mayoral election , leading by over 20 % over the candidate Cho Soon who was in second place at the beginning of the election , but the so-called DJP alliance of Kim Dae-jung and Kim Jong-pil supported candidate Cho Soon , and he lost the election , coming in second .
In the 1996 general election in 1996 , he joined the ruling party , the New Korea Party , and was assigned number 2 in the proportional representation , leaving his local district , but he voluntarily returned it and was assigned number 21 , which was outside the winning bracket , and was unable to enter the National Assembly . During the election , he served as a co-chairman of the election campaign committee with Park Chang-dal . In various support polls conducted for prospective candidates for the 1997 presidential election held in 1997 , he came in first place by a wide margin , but when it became unclear whether he would pass the primary for the ruling New Korea Party 's presidential candidate due to the lack of internal organization , he criticized the closed primary rules and the financial campaigning of candidate Lee Hoi-chang , and eventually withdrew from the candidacy on the last day of the primary . Later , he expressed his intention to support candidate Lee Hoi-chang on the condition that he apologize to the public for the unfair primary election , accept candidate Lee In-je 's refusal to accept the primary election results , and apologize to the public for Lee Hoi-chang 's two sons ' draft dodging . However , when candidate Lee Hoi-chang did not respond , he left the New Korea Party and supported candidate Lee In-je , who also left the New Korea Party and ran as a member of the People 's New Party ( South Korea ) . After that , in June 1998 , he attempted to run as the People 's New Party 's candidate for Seoul mayor in the 2nd local elections , but did not run in order to form an alliance with the Grand National Party 's Choi Byung-ryul candidate . In July , he ran in the by-election in Seoul , but lost with 8.7 % , and suddenly left politics to study abroad in Japan .
Park Chan-jong returned to politics by participating in the founding of the Democratic National Party ahead of the 2000 general election , and ran in the Jung-gu and Dong-gu constituencies in Busan , but lost . In the 2004 General Election , he ran as an Independent in Seo-gu , Busan , but lost and retired from politics .
In 2007 , he was imprisoned in Seoul Detention Center for debts related to election expenses for the 14th General Election , but was released after a day , and after expressing his thoughts that " I always believed that the judicial system should be reformed , but I felt the need for it more keenly , " he resumed his active career as a lawyer , and took on the defense of mathematician Kim Myeong-ho in the crossbow terrorism case , Kim Kyung-joon in the BBK case , and internet commentators Park Dae-seong and Park Yeon-cha . In particular , in the Minerva case , he received public attention by leading to a not guilty verdict .
Park Chan-Jong appears on general programming and news programs and criticizes both the ruling and opposition parties . After opening ' Park Chan-jong TV ' on YouTube in 2019 , he showed an ambivalent stance criticizing the Liberty Korea Party , but in the latter half of the Moon Jae-in administration in 2020 , amid the COVID-19 situation , he showed far-right actions in line with far-right Christian groups . Then , in 2021 , he joined the People 's Revolutionary Party ( later renamed the Liberty Unification Party ) .
In March 1996 , Park Chan-jong , who was the former chairman of the New Korea Party election campaign committee , said at a campaign rally in Tongyeong , " If former Presidents Chun Doo-hwan and Roh Tae-woo had not been punished , the Jeolla-do protesters would have put the country in crisis . He was heavily criticized for his remarks that incited regionalism , saying , " I might have missed it . "
Nipponia Nippon
Nipponia Nippon ( " ニッホニアニッホン , " 2001 ) is a novel by Japanese writer Kazushige Abe , originally published in the June 2001 issue of " Shincho , " before appearing in book form the same year in an edition by Shinchosha . The work was nominated for the Akutagawa Prize in 2001 , and for the Mishima Yukio Prize the following year .
The title refers to the Japanese crested ibis , an endangered bird native to regions of East Asia . It was translated into English by Kerim Yasar for Pushkin Press in 2023 .
The story takes place in Kamimachi , Higashine City , in Yamagata Prefecture . Toya Haruo is a seventeen-year-old Japanese " hikkikomori " and incel who lives by himself after dropping out of high school and becoming estranged from his family . Spending most of his time sitting at his computer , he becomes fixated on a pair of crested ibises , Yu Yu and Mei Mei , being bred in captivity on Sado Island . Harou feels an affinity for the birds because the beginning of his surname is written using the kanji for " crested ibis " ( 鴇 ) , but he becomes angry when he learns that the birds are in fact genetically Chinese , and not Japanese . Haruo then decides that he must either " breed them , free them , or kill them . " Since breeding them in his apartment would be impossible , he decides that his only options are to free them or kill them .
Haruo begins researching the Conservation Center where the birds are kept to determine how he might bypass security and break into their cages . In preparation for his mission , he purchases a stun baton , pepper spray , handcuffs , and a knife . He also tries to purchase a gun from an online forum , but when he hesitates to send the seller payment , the two get into an argument and Haruo decides he no longer needs it . The seller insults him , and Haruo becomes angry enough that he ends up revealing parts of his plan to him before disconnecting .
Haruo realizes that he needs to test the efficacy of his stun baton before carrying out his plan , and uses it successfully against some vagrants he encounters . He becomes addicted to the thrill of ambushing his victims , and even manages to attack students and salarymen . The attacks are reported on the news , but a copycat is ultimately caught by the police and confesses , and so Haruo decides to stop before he , too , is discovered .
Ultimately , Haruo carries out his plan : he breaks into the Conservation Center at night , accidentally setting off the alarm as he does so , forces open the birds ' cage , and subdues two guards , killing one of them . During the struggle the ibses escape , and Haruo flees the scene , only to be apprehended by the police .
In the final section of the book , Haruo gets up late to eat breakfast and watch television , where he learns about the break-in at the Conservation Center . This turns out to be a " different " Haruo from the story 's protagonist , and is in fact the person who tried to sell the other Haruo a gun . He posts the email exchange between himself and his namesake on an online forum , but no one believes him .
Drawing on an interview with the author , psychiatrist Tamaki Saito , points out that " Nipponia Nippon " is an attempt to combine Yukio Mishima 's " The Temple of the Golden Pavilion " with Kenzaburo Oe 's " Seventeen . "
" The Complete Review " gave the book a B + : " Much in " Nipponia Nippon " is really very well done , and if Abe ultimately can 't entirely pull it off , it 's still a solid novella . "
Black pleura sign
The black pleura sign is a radiological feature observed in pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis ( PAM ) , a rare lung disorder characterized by the accumulation of tiny calcium phosphate deposits , known as microliths , within the alveoli . This sign appears as a thin , dark ( lucent ) line beneath the ribs on imaging studies , contrasting with the diffusely dense , calcified lung parenchyma .
In PAM , microliths predominantly accumulate in the central portions of secondary pulmonary lobules , leading to widespread calcification of the lung tissue . However , the subpleural regions often remain relatively spared from these deposits and sometimes show subpleural cystic changes . This subpleural sparing creates a peripheral zone that appears less dense ( more lucent ) on imaging studies , resulting in the black pleura sign .
The black pleura sign is considered a characteristic indicator of pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis . Its presence on imaging studies can aid radiologists and clinicians in differentiating PAM from other interstitial lung diseases that may not exhibit subpleural sparing .
December 2024 Israeli airstrikes in Yemen
On the morning of 19 December 2024 , Israel carried out several airstrikes in western Yemen in an operation dubbed Operation White City ( ) , killing at least nine civilians and wounding three others . The Israel Defense Forces struck a port and an oil facility near the capital Sanaa , used by the Houthis in their military operations , which it said was retaliation for Houthi drone and missile attacks on Israel . Houthi sources said that Israeli strikes targeted the Heyzaz and Dhahban power stations near Sanaa , as well as the Hudaydah Port and Ras Isa oil facility .
Following the 7 October Hamas-led attack on Israel in 2023 that killed 1,200 people , Israel responded with an offensive on the Gaza Strip that killed over 45,000 Palestinians . In solidarity with the Palestinians , the Houthis launched a campaign of attacks against merchant ships that they claimed were linked to Israel , the United States , and the United Kingdom in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden , however many ships targeted held no links to the three countries . Two ships were sunk and four sailors were killed throughout the Houthi campaign . The " Galaxy Leader " was also hijacked .
The Houthis have also launched over 200 missiles and 170 drones at Israel , the majority of which were intercepted before reaching their targets . The strikes incurred Israeli airstrikes on Yemen in July and September .
The airstrikes had been planned for weeks in response to previous attacks on Israel and began within an hour from the time of arrival of a Houthi-fired ballistic missile into Israeli airspace . The missile caused the activation of the , and therefore disrupted the sleep of millions of Israelis , having to evacuate to a safe place . The missile was partially intercepted by the Arrow defense system . The missile 's warhead , which didn 't explode during the interception , hit a school building in Ramat Gan and detonated . Despite the heavy destruction to the building , there were no children inside ( it was around 3 a.m. ) and no human injuries were reported . Israeli planes were already in the air en route to Yemen at the time of the attack .
The strikes came in two waves and saw dozens of munitions dropped on five targets . Fourteen fighter jets alongside refuelers and surveillance aircraft participated in the operation . The aircraft departed at around 1 : 00a.m. and embarked on a -flight to Yemen . The strikes were conducted overnight due to operational concerns and attempts to improve intelligence on the targets . The first wave began at 3 : 15a.m. and targeted Yemen 's Red Sea coast , striking the ports of Hudaydah , Ras Isa , and Salif . Four air raids were reported on Al Hudaydah , including two that hit the Ras Isa oil terminal . Seven people were killed in as-Salif , two employees of the oil terminal were killed and another was injured in Ras Isa , and two people were injured in Hudaydah Port . The strikes also destroyed eight tugboats . The second wave , which occurred at 4 : 30a.m. , targeted the Dhahban and Heyzaz power plants - respectively located north and south of Sanaa . IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari said that the strikes targeted port and energy infrastructure used for military activity by the Houthis .
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that by striking the Houthis , Israel was protecting not just itself but the entire world from the Houthi attacks on international shipping and trade routes . President Isaac Herzog thanked his troops , saying that they dealt a heavy blow on the Houthis , who he said intended " to harm [ Israel ] and the entire region . " Defense Minister Israel Katz warned that Houthi leaders would also be targeted .
Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said that the strikes were a violation of international law and the Charter of the United Nations .
Two days after the Israeli airstrikes on Yemen , the Yemeni Houthis launched a ballistic missile , successfully impacting Tel Aviv in a rare instance of failed interception over in the sky . This caused 18 injuries by broken glass fragments and in evacuating to seek shelter . The Houthis claimed it was a hypersonic ballistic missile named ' Palestine-2 ' and was directed at an Israeli military target in the Tel Aviv area .
Anjung Kinabalu
Anjung Kinabalu , also known as Anjung Kinabalu KK Night Market ( formerly known as " Night Market of Kota Kinabalu " until 2024 , rebranded as " Anjung Kinabalu " in August 2024 ) , is a Malaysian night market located in Kota Kinabalu , Sabah , East Malaysia , showcasing the culture and foods of Sabah . The market opens as the sun sets . Anjung Kinabalu is also a spot to shop for local handicrafts and souvenirs . The market is particularly popular on weekends .
Aloe framesii
Aloe framesii is a plant belonging to the genus " Aloe . " In South Africa , the species is native to the Western Cape and the Northern Cape and occurs on the coast from Port Nolloth to Saldanha Bay .
Battle of Kalyani ( 1543 )
The Battle of Kalyani was a confrontation between the Vijayanagara Empire led by the regent Rama Raya and the combined forces of the Sultanates of Ahmadnagar , Golconda , and Bidar. led by Burhan Nizam Shah I , Jamsheed Quli Qutub Shah and Ali Barid Shah I The Vijayanagar army inflicted a defeat on the combined Sultanates forces forcing the three Sultans to flee the battlefield .
After returning to Bijapur , Ibrahim Adil Shah I joined a confederacy with Burhan Nizam Shah I of Ahmadnagar against Bidar and Vijayanagara . As part of their agreement , the Sultan of Ahmadnagar would target Ali Barid Shah I of Bidar , while Bijapur would focus on advancing into Vijayanagara 's territory without interference . The plan was swiftly executed Burhan Nizam Shah stormed and captured the fort of Kandhar . Meanwhile , Amir Barid Shah , unaware of the secret alliance , sought refuge with Ibrahim Adil Shah I only to be imprisoned by his former ally . Following this , Ibrahim Adil Shah marched south , reportedly making significant territorial gains from Vijayanagara . However , historical evidence casts doubt on these claims of conquests , as there are no records of substantial territorial losses for Vijayanagara during this period . Additionally , Rama Raya was later engaged in a conflict with Ahmadnagar suggesting that Vijayanagara 's power remained intact .
Rama Raya perceiving that the true instigator of the conflict with Bijapur was likely Burhan Nizam Shah I of Ahmadnagar , chose to focus his efforts on weakening the alliance between the two Sultanates . Rather than retaliate against Bijapur he strategically decided to confront Ahmadnagar directly . Determined to sow division between the allies , Rama Raya mobilized his forces and marched against Burhan Nizam Shah I .
To reach the territories of Ahmadnagar Rama Raya had to traverse the regions controlled by Golkonda and Bidar necessitating a well coordinated strategy to address potential resistance . To ensure the success of his campaign , he divided his army into three sections . Rama Raya himself led the contingent tasked with confronting the Sultan of Golkonda while his brother Tirumala commanded the forces dispatched against the Sultan of Bidar . The third section , under the leadership of Hande Hanumappa Nayudu of Sonnalapuram , was sent directly against Ahmadnagar .
The events of this campaign are mentioned in Hindu poems which recount the capture of the city of Kaliyani , a decisive battle between the Vijayanagar and Allied Sultans Army and the subsequent sack of Ahmadnagar . While the Vasucharitramu omits details about Kaliyani 's fall , the Annals of Hande Anantapuram provide a clear account of the battle . The Vijayanagar army , having reunited its three sections , faced the combined forces of the Sultans of Ahmadnagar , Golkonda , and Bidar . In the ensuing clash , the allied Sultan armies suffered a defeat . The three Sultans , witnessing the collapse of their forces , fled the battlefield . The victorious Vijayanagar army pursued them relentlessly , during which Hande Hanumappa Nayaka captured Burhan Nizam Shah I .
Following his capture by Hande Hanumappa Nayaka during the war , Burhan Nizam Shah I found himself in the hands of Rama Raya . The Regent of Vijayanagara , seizing the opportunity , compelled Burhan Nizam Shah to renounce his alliance with Ibrahim Adil Shah I of Bijapur . This was Rama Raya 's primary objective , aimed at weakening the confederacy between the Muslim states . Once Burhan Nizam Shah agreed to the terms and severed ties with Bijapur Rama Raya released him promptly .
Karabi Manna
Karabi Manna ( born 1975 ) is an Indian politician from West Bengal . She is a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Haripal Assembly constituency in Hooghly district . She won the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election representing the All India Trinamool Congress .
Manna is from Singur , Hooghly district , West Bengal . Her husband Becharam Manna , is a former MLA . She completed her diploma in Homeopathic medicine and surgery in 1999 at Netai Charan Chakravarty Homoeopathic Medical College & Hospital , which is affiliated with West Bengal Central Council of Homeopathy .
Manna won from Haripal Assembly constituency representing All India Trinamool Congress in the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election . She polled 110,215 votes and defeated her nearest rival , Samiran Mitra of the Indian National Congress , by a margin of 23,072 votes .
Kinoshita Shizua
Kinoshita Shizuya ( 1887-1988 ) , whose real name was Kinoshita Genjuro , also known as Shizuya , was born in Ina Nagano , Nagano Prefecture . He was a Japanese Oriental painter of the Kyoto School . He worked in Tamsui County Taipei Prefecture ( now Tamsui , New Taipei City ) during the Taiwan under Japanese rule . District ) for more than 20 years .
Shizuka Kinoshita , born in Ina City , Nagano Prefecture 1887 , began to study painting at 12 . He was a painter at the Shijo School and joined Takeuchi Seiho Takejokai to learn techniques from different schools . In 1918 , he and his painting friend were on their way to observe the cave paintings in India , but they stopped by Taiwan to visit their compatriots . Unexpectedly , one of his painting friends fell ill with typhoid fever , so he voluntarily stayed behind to take care of him until he ran out of money and could not return . While stranded in Taiwan , he fell in love with the scenery of Tamsui County , so in 1923 , he settled in Tamsui Street , three-story house No. 26 ( today 's No. 2 , Lane 2 , Sanmin Street , Tamsui District ) , and brought his wife and children to live with him . The former residence of Tamsui Muxia Jingya is a two-story brick and tile-covered building overlooking the Tamsui River . He named this building " Shiwaizhuang . " When Kinoshita Shizuka lived in Tamsui , he continued to create . He had a romantic and open-minded personality . In addition to painting , he also liked hunting , fishing , playing Go ( game ) , and drinking . He didn 't even know there was a lack of rice in his home . In the 1920s in Taiwan , in 1925 , after he held a solo exhibition at the National Taiwan Museum , he successively exhibited paintings of Tamsui landscapes in addition to pastel flower and bird paintings , such as " Wind and Rain , " " 霁レュク大tun , " " Taiwan Rain " Later > etc . After 1934 , he often painted Taiwan 's mountain scenery , especially Mount Guanyin ( New Taipei ) . Since 1927 , he has served as a review committee member of the Taiwan Art Exhibition and the Taiwan Governor-General 's Office Art Exhibition but has never formally recruited disciples . He has served as the Tamsui Street Agreementman since 1932 and has served four to seven terms . Kinoshita Shizua 's paintings , such as " Huasu Cliff , " " After the Rain in Tamsui , " and " New High Mountain , " etc. have been printed as postcards in Taiwan . Regarding the views of Taiwanese painters , Kinoshita Shizuka said at the second government exhibition : " Compared to the more ideological works of the Japanese , the Taiwanese people focus on realistic works . Taiwanese painters he influenced include Chen Chengbo , Li Meishu , Lee Shih-chiao , etc.He also organized a painting club in Tamsui , recruiting powerful local people to join the membership , paying membership fees regularly , and giving his paintings to members by lottery every month , which was very important to the development of Tamsui art . Certain influence.In 1946 , due to the forced repatriation policy of Japanese overseas Chinese , Kinoshita returned to Japan and left many of his drawings and books to Cai Yunyan , a private school student . After returning to Japan , he lived in Kokurakita-ku , Kitakyushu , and mostly taught amateur painters or produced works ordered by customers.He also organized the Tamsui Association for more than a thousand Japanese compatriots who had lived in Tamsui , Taipei . He gathered once a year to care about Tamsui 's current situation.The association had a maximum of more than 400 members , with only a dozen remaining in 2011.When he passed away in 1988 , he left his last words : " Have good days , good days , good days again . "
The Taiwan Soka Gakkai , a subsidiary of the Soka Gakkai , has held a series of art exhibitions , " Cultural Roots : Constructing a Centenary History of Taiwanese Art , " since 2003 . When they wanted to exhibit Kinoshita Shizua 's paintings in 2006 , they collected relevant information from Cai Yunyan and his family . They discovered that the Cai family had collected 16 catalogs from the Taiwan Art Exhibition and government exhibitions . When Mitsunari Noguchi , director of the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum , came to Taiwan and saw these catalogs , he said there were so many active Japanese artists in Taiwan in the past . Still , the Japanese art world could not know these 16 catalogs due to a lack of information . It just makes up for the history of Japanese art.The New Taipei City Government established a memorial park named after him next to the Mackie Memorial Park on Zhongzheng Road , Tamsui Old Street.The park was opened on October 19 , 2011.In 2012 , illustrator Liu Yifu published the picture book " A Beautiful Day in Tamsui , " introducing Kinoshita Shizuka 's daily life in Taiwan through pictures .
Bozena Nemcova Theatre
The Bozena Nemcova Theatre ( ) is in the town Frantiskovy Lazne , Czech Republic . It is an isolated building at the edge of the city park with its facade facing the crossing of Ruska and Dr. Pohoreckeho streets .
The theatre in the town was established in 1808 in a converted utility building . It operated during summer times of the spa season and in winters it returned to be a storage building .
In 1868 a special theatre building was built at the current location of the theatre . In 1927-1928 the new theatre building was built in the neoclassical style under the direction of the chief architect and interiors were decorated in Art Deco style .
It was named after Bozena Nemcova on November 8 , 1962 .
Nicholas Cartwright
Nicholas Cartwright ( born 16 October 1988 ) , is an Australian actor and former soldier . He is best known for playing cop Cash Newman on Seven Network 's " Home and Away " since 2021 .
At the age of 13 , Cartwright first appeared on television in an episode of the medical drama series , " All Saints . " He completed his Higher School Certificate at the Australian Institute of Music in Sydney . He then pursued a career in the Australian Army , where he was a rifleman in Afghanistan and East Timor for six years . After the army , he considered careers with the Australian Federal Police and the fire department . Instead , he decided to pursue a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney , where he studied alongside his future " Home and Away " co-star , Ethan Browne .
Initially , he auditioned for the role of killer nurse , Lewis Hayes on Seven Network 's soap opera , " Home and Away , " with the role going to Luke Arnold . However , in 2021 , he was cast as a series regular , " hot cop , " Cash Newman .
Battle of Cadaadley
The Battle of Cadaadley occurred on 29 May 1988 during the Somali Civil War , marking a significant offensive by the Somali National Movement ( SNM ) against the Somali National Army ( SNA ) . This engagement was part of a broader campaign launched by the SNM across multiple fronts , including Hargeisa and Burco , to destabilize the Somali government 's control in the northern regions .
In 1988 , the SNM intensified its guerrilla warfare operations against the Somali regime , transitioning into large-scale offensives aimed at liberating strategic towns . The SNM 's leadership strategically planned simultaneous attacks on key locations , with Cadaadley , located approximately 90 km east of Hargeisa , being a focal point due to its military significance .
The SNM launched a surprise attack on the SNA garrison in Cadaadley using three brigades led by commanders such as Colonel Xuseen Dheere . Their assault targeted SNA positions , leveraging extensive reconnaissance and coordination . The SNA defended the garrison with a full division commanded by General Kaahiye , but the SNM 's strategic advantage and determination overwhelmed the government forces .
The SNM emerged victorious , inflicting heavy casualties on the SNA and seizing critical assets . The defeat demoralized the SNA leadership , and General Kaahiye , reportedly unable to reconcile with the loss , took his own life shortly after the battle . This victory bolstered the SNM 's momentum , enabling subsequent successes in Hargeisa and Burco , and further weakening the Somali regime 's grip on Somaliland .
The Skybridge City Centre Kota Kinabalu
The Skybridge City Centre Kota Kinabalu or well known as The Sabahan KK Skybridge is a Skyway and pedestrian zone bridge in Sabah , Malaysia. it 's been recorded as the first longest Skyway of 2024 in Sabah . It 's located near Centre Point Sabah , the one of the shopping centre in Kota Kinabalu . The Sabahan KK Skybridge was officiated by the 16th Chief Minister of Sabah Datuk Seri Panglima Hajiji Noor , which was equipped with escalators , an elevator for the disabled and 20 air-conditioned retail kiosks .
The KK Skybridge project aims to provide a safe convenience for the public and also for the disabled to move around as it currently links Oceanus Shopping Mall , Api-Api Centre , and Asia City .
In conjunction with the Centre Point Mall 's 32nd anniversary in August 2022 , the Centre Point shopping centre mall has planned several events , which include the Cosmaniac Cosplay Showdown ( August 6-7 , 2022 ) , Mobile Legends Bang Bang Champion ( August 13-14 , 2022 ) , Pikachu Showcase ( August 21-27 , 2022 ) and Shop and Redeem : Free Lunch Bag ( September 9-22 , 2022 ) .
The Hilton KK and Marriott KK are about 2 km away from each other , but a Grab ride including the waiting time took a person close to 20 minutes . However , The Skybridge Kota Kinabalu has changed the walktime and time perspective for pedestrian since 2024 .
This Sky Bridge is a total of 400m long and it connects with major malls and hotels nearby . At least four malls and four hotels are connected via this semi Air conditioned sky bridge system . Both sides of the major entrance and exit of this sky bridge have escalators and lifts .
Nandchand
Nandchand or Nand Chand , is a village located in the Panna district of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh . It is also an archaeological site , with archaeological remains of the Kalachuri kingdom .
The Mritangeshwara temple is an important landmark . Several sculptures found around the temple and throughout the site are located in the Sagar University Museum .
According to the 2011 census , the village had a population of 806 , in 208 households .
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Ana Martinez ( gymnast )
Ana Mª Martinez Gomez ( born 26 March 1972 ) is a retired Spanish rhythmic gymnast . She 's a European and World bronze medalist .
Martinez began her sporting career at the age of 8 at the Jesus-Maria School in Ciudad de Asis , where Paqui Maneus trained her for 5 years . In 1983 she was the Spanish Individual Champion in Malaga and the following year she won gold at the French International Tournament in Venissieux . In 1985 she was called up to join the Spanish team .
Ana was incorporated into the Spanish senior group , training at the Moscardo Gymnasium in Madrid under the orders of Emilia Boneva and the group coach , Ana Roncero . Georgi Neykov was the team 's choreographer and Violeta Portaska was the pianist in charge of providing live music for the routines . By 1986 , with the retirement of Maria Fernandez and several of her teammates , she became a starter of the new group . That she year won bronze at the European Championships in Florence , along Eva Obalat , Natalia Marin , Estela Martin , Marisa Centeno and Elena Velasco . A month later they traveled to Tokyo to compete in the World Cup Final , where they achieved 4th place .
Since 1987 groups started to compete with two routines , thus the creation of event finals . That year , at the World Championships in Varna , Martinez , as an alternate , won bronze in the All-Around and with 3 hoops and 3 balls , finishing 4th with 6 balls , slong Natalia Marin , Mari Carmen Moreno , Marta Pardos , Astrid Sanchez and Elena Velasco , with Ana Carlota de la Fuente as the other substitute .
At the end of September 1987 , she retired with fellow Alicante gymnast Marisa Centeno . Both argued lack of motivation due to the lack of compensation for the effort they made .
In 1996 she obtained a degree in physical education from the INEF in Madrid . Since 1999 she has been a teacher at different Secondary Education Centres in the province of Alicante . From 2005 to 2010 she taught the subject " technical , tactical and didactic foundations of Gymnastics " at the Miguel Hernandez University in Elche , to the first class of the Degree in Physical Activity and Sports Sciences , as an associate professor . Since 2015 she has worked as a tenured Physical Education teacher at the IES Maria Blasco in San Vicente del Raspeig in Alicante .
After Emilia Boneva 's death on 20 September 2019 , Ana and other former national gymnasts gathered to pay tribute to her during the Euskalgym held on 16 November 2019 , the event took place before 8,500 attendees at the Bilbao Exhibition Center de Baracaldo and was followed by a dinner in her honor .
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Saturday Night ( Glen Adams Affair song )
" Saturday Night " was a 1984 single for the Glen Adams Affair featuring T-Ski Valley . It was a chart hit in England , spending four weeks on the Disco 85 chart .
The single " Saturday Night " which was credited to Glen Adams Affair featuring T. Ski Valley was released on Nunk 1008 . In the UK it was released on Master Mix 12CHE 8409 . Remixed in Belgium , the record contained the original mix on the flip side . The credited composer and producer for the song is Glen P. Adams .
In the US it was released in a 7 " format on Capo CAPO TG001 .
t was reviewed by James Hamilton on the week of 24 November 1984 . Hamilton said , " Still good enough fun to cross over here . "
For the week of 10 November " Saturday Night " debuted on the " Record Mirror " Disco chart at no . 79 . It peaked at no . 63 on 24 November during its four week run .
Kevin Kelly ( Gaelic footballer )
Kevin Kelly ( 1945 - 17 December 2024 ) was an Irish Gaelic footballer . At club level he played with Carbury and Athlone and was also a member of the Kildare senior football team .
Kelly 's club career spanned two different clubs and two different counties . He won six Kildare SFC medals with Carbury , while he also won three Westmeath SFC medals with Athlone . At inter-county level , Kelly won an All-Ireland U21FC medal with Kildare in 1965 , before later lining out for the senior team .
Kelly died on 17 December 2024 , at the age of 79 .
Tecmessa of Phrygia
In Greek mythology , Tecmessa ( ) is a princess from Phrygia , a region in western Asia Minor , daughter of king Teleutas . During the Trojan War Tecmessa 's homeland was raided by the Greeks , and Tecmessa herself became a war-prize of Ajax the Greater , one of the strongest Greek warriors . Tecmessa comforted Ajax after his divine-induced madness caused him to attack herds , and mourned his death when he decided to kill himself .
Tecmessa is mostly known from her appearance in the ancient Greek tragedy " Ajax , " a play by Sophocles , in which she tries to dissuade the shame-stricken Ajax from killing himself , and grieves his demise when she fails .
The Phrygian princess Tecmessa was the daughter of King Teleutas , king of Phrygia ( or Tethras or Teuthas , king of Teuthrania in Mysia ) .
During the ten-year long Trojan War the Greek army sacked several cities in the northwestern coast of Asia Minor . During one of those raids Ajax the Greater killed the king , captured Tecmessa , enamored with her great beauty , and kept her as a concubine . She bore him a son , Eurysaces . Ajax having taken his own prize is an element as early as Homer , though the concubine herself does not appear in his works , nor is her name mentioned . Despite her status being less than that of a legally married wife , Tecmessa 's relationship with Ajax was defined by respect and fidelity .
Tecmessa 's largest role is in " Ajax , " a mid-fifth century BC play by the Athenian playwright Sophocles . After the goddess Athena drove the revenge-seeking Ajax mad , he left his tent with the aim to kill Odysseus and the two Atreides while Tecmessa advised him to stay inside ; nevertheless he ignored her . Due to Athena 's curse , he mistook a herd of cattle and a flock of sheep for his perceived enemies and attacked them . He carried the animals back to the tent , and Tecmessa watched him slaughter and whip them one by one until his frenzy was over . The anguished Tecmessa then ran to Ajax 's sailors and crewmen to inform them of their master 's madness . The sober Ajax joined them soon , terribly shaken by his actions and begging the rest to put him out of his misery . Tecmessa and the sailors tried to comfort him and speak him out of his suicidal thoughts , with Tecmessa reminding him of her precarious position as a slave , and the dire fate that awaited her and their young son Eurysaces should he perish . Her words however did little to motivate Ajax .
A messenger from Ajax 's half-brother Teucer arrived next , instructing them not to let Ajax venture out of his tent , as Teucer had been informed by the seer Calchas that he would not see his brother alive again unless Ajax stayed inside the whole day . Tecmessa in horror then realised that the tent was empty and Ajax was gone , and decided to go out looking for him . Meanwhile the depressed Ajax put an end to his life with his own sword , once gifted to him by Hector . It was Tecmessa who discovered the body , and then greatly mourned his death , in time joined by Teucer . Tecmessa used her robe as funerary shroud for him to conceal the body from prying eyes and together with their son paid due to the dead man by placing strands of their own hair as offering .
Tecmessa drops from the Trojan War narrative after Ajax 's death , and her is usually ignored by authors ; her son Eurysaces eventually embarked for his father 's homeland Salamis island , but Tecmessa is not necessarily always with him . Servius writes that Telamon exiled Teucer not because of Ajax 's suicide , but rather because he thought Teucer did not bring Tecmessa and Eurysaces along , who in fact arrived in Salamis later on a different ship .
A red-figure lekythos of about 460 BC depicts a woman , apparently Tecmessa , spreading a cloak over Ajax 's dead body .
2024-25 De Graafschap season
The 2024-25 season is the 71st season in the history of De Graafschap and the sixth consecutive season in the Eerste Divisie , the second tier of Dutch football . In addition to competing in the domestic league , the team also participates in the KNVB Cup .
Sarekat Chauffeur Indonesia
The Sarekat Chauffeur Indonesia ( SCI ; ) was a labor union for taxi drivers in the Dutch East Indies which was founded in 1929 . The union quickly expanded from its base in Surabaya to other towns in East Java and Central Java , claiming a membership of 1,080 by early 1931 .
The Indonesian Study Club , an organization for politically active Indonesians , was established in 1924 . By 1930 , the Study Club was operating schools , held literacy courses , and had established a bank . The organization became an important forum in Surabaya for Dutch-speaking intellectuals and its buildings were used by political and religious groups in the city . The dominant figure in the Indonesian Study Club was Soetomo , a doctor and teacher at the local medical school , who believed in the maintenance of a " harmonious society " where the less educated should be led by a Western-educated elite .
Soetomo observed the failure of labor unions to establish themselves amongst workers in Surabaya . He became convinced that the Indonesian Study Club should get involved , as its strong leadership and resources would be more effective in fighting for better working conditions . However , Soetomo sought to develop " job conscious unionism " which stressed job security over class solidarity . Given the conditions of colonial exploitation , he believed that this was the way to achieve an independent and economically secure working class . On 12 July 1929 , the organization established the " Sarekat Chauffeur Indonesia " ( SCI ) as a union for taxi drivers . It was the first union organized by the Study Club , though six other unions would be created by the middle of 1930 . While the unions were based in Surabaya , their reach steadily expanded to nearby towns and later as far as Yogyakarta in Central Java . According to one estimate , membership in the unions expanded to around 2,000 by August 1930 .
Like other unions organized by the Study Club , the SCI placed a focus on providing social and economic services to its members . It established a credit cooperative giving out small loans to cover emergency needs , such as fines by local courts . Taxi drivers preferred to borrow from the cooperative thanks to its low interest rates . For example , a six month loan was charged at only 9 % interest compared to the 40 % charged by other lenders . In total , the cooperative had lent almost 20,000 guilders in two and a half years . However , it did have some trouble with members who failed to repay loans , mostly amounts borrowed to pay fines .
Aside from borrowing , members also trusted the cooperative with their savings . During 1931 , the cooperative received 1,664 guilders in deposits , with 515 guilders in its reserves by the end of the year . The SCI also introduced its members to the Indonesian National Bank , created by the Study Club , where they could obtain loans to buy vehicles and become owner-drivers . By the end of 1931 , membership in the cooperative grew to 99 members , an increase from the 13 it had in April 1929 . The financial services it provided led to the quick growth of the union , its membership growing to more than 250 taxi drivers in Surabaya alone , with hundreds more in other towns in East Java . By early 1931 , the SCI claimed a total membership of 1,080 drivers . The next year , it expanded to Central Java - with branches in Semarang and Surakarta - and came into competition with the taxi driver union of the Islamic Union Party .
The SCI held courses in Surabaya every fortnight which focused on practical matters , such as how to drive carefully and avoid fines . It also supported members when they got into difficulties . For example , Nitiasmora , a branch commissioner , was badly injured in a car accident . The SCI executive asked union members to visit him in hospital . When Nitiasmora 's one-year old son died , the local SCI branch organized hundreds of members to attend the funeral . Furthermore , the union called on lawyers from the Indonesian Study Club when its drivers needed legal support . In 1931 , an SCI member named Dardjan collided with a bicycle while driving from Tuban to Surabaya . The union represented him in court - even raising the cost of Dardjan 's travel to Tuban for the hearing - which then found him innocent . In July 1932 , the SCI successfully took up the case of a driver who had been made redundant without compensation . Following the case , the union proudly proclaimed " that the SCI does not merely make a noise but also works . "
TV Tibagi
TV Tibagi is a Brazilian television station licensed and headquartered in Apucarana , with a branch in Maringa , both cities in the state of Parana . It operates on channel 11 ( 39 UHF digital ) and is affiliated with SBT . It is part of Rede Massa , a television network in Parana belonging to Grupo Massa . In Apucarana , the broadcaster maintains its facilities in the Vila Shangri-la neighborhood , and in Maringa , its studios and transmitters are in the Praca Pio XII region , in Zone 05 .
TV Tibagi went on air in 1969 , based in Apucarana , through VHF channel 11 . The new station belonged to the then governor of Parana , Paulo Pimentel , who had TV Iguacu in Curitiba . The station became affiliated with Rede Tupi , bringing programming directly from Curitiba .
Starting in the 1970s , TV Tibagi , until then restricted to Apucarana and the region , became the main competitor of TV Coroados de Londrina , affiliated with Rede Globo : the broadcaster expanded repeaters in the cities of Londrina , Maringa and other cities in the north of Parana . The expansion of repeaters was due to more investment , programming , and a signal with better distribution from Apucarana ( known as the " upper city " ) than TV Coroados .
Retransmitters in cities further away from Apucarana began to retransmit TV Tibagi , reducing the coverage area of TV Coroados . There was generally equipment to retransmit only one channel on each repeater .
As a result , TV Tibagi was better than TV Coroados , taking it away from the audience , using the same repeater system carried out by TVs Coroados and Excelsior . Retransmitters in more distant cities began to retransmit TV Tibagi , reducing the coverage area of TV Coroados .
With the revocation and extinction of Tupi in 1980 , the station joined the TVS-Record network for a year until the current SBT network was createdd .
In 2008 , Paulo Pimentel sold the station to Carlos Massa , aka Ratinho .
The station closed its analog signal on November 28 , 2018 , when the Maringa region did so .
David Buchta
David Buchta ( born 27 June 1999 ) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Banik Ostrava .
Buchta was born on 27 June 1999 is Krnov and he started playing football there . In 2009 , he started playing for FC Banik Ostrava , where he went through all youth categories .
He made his senior league debut for Banik Ostrava on 9 March 2020 in their Czech First League 2-3 home loss against Mlada Boleslav . He never played for any other club than Banik Ostrava . In the following years he became a stable part of the starting lineup . In March 2024 , it was announced that Buchta extended his contract until June 2027 .
As of December 2024 , he scored 25 goals for Banik Ostrava , and is among the top ten best scorers in the club 's Czech First League history .
Buchta played for the Czech U17 and U18 teams .
Star Trucker
Star Trucker is a role-playing video game developed by Monster and Monster and published by Raw Fury . In the game the player plays as a driver of a truck that travels in outer space . It was released in 2024 and received positive reviews .
In " Star Trucker " the player assumes the role of a truck driver . The truck , modeled after American semi-trailer trucks of the 1970s , is a vehicle that travels in outer space , which players use to haul bulk cargo in the form of containers . It is equipped with sci-fi equipment , including a warp driver , maglock , space suit , and more . The vehicle uses three-axis control and is powered by large batteries , which are also used to power other components of the truck .
Similar to other role-playing games , the objective of the game is to earn money and reputation while progressing the story . A typical mission has four parts : accepting tasks and purchasing equiptment from space stations , collecting the cargo located in the middle of space , driving the truck and passing through warp gates , and dropping off the cargo at the destination .
Along the jouney there are various locations the player can visit , such as gas stations , convenience stores , upgrade shops , and weighing stations . There are also asteroids scattered throughout the world , which damage the truck 's hull and internal components if collided with . When a component breaks , on-truck systems begin to malfunction , which leads to events including loss of gravity , blackout , low oxygen , and broken batteries .
The game was created by indie developer Monster and Monster and published by Raw Fury . A game demo was released on Steam on Feburary 17 , 2024 , and the full game was made available on September 3 .
" Star Trucker " received positive reviews from critics upon release , who praised the game for its relaxing gameplay and creativity , but also criticized its relatively simple truck systems .
Carpolithus
Carpolithus is an extinct genus of fossilized seeds known from the Paleozoic Era and the Pleistocene Epoch of the Cenozoic Era .
The term " Carpolithus " derives from the Greek words " karpos " ( καρπος ) , meaning " fruit , " and " lithos " ( λιθος ) , meaning " stone . " It reflects the fossilized nature of the seeds and fruits classified under this genus .
The genus is classified as a form taxon and is extinct . The first fossils with " " Carpolithus " " traits appeared 359-347 million years ago in the Paleozoic Era , while the last were recorded between 0.13 and 0.01 million years ago in the Pleistocene epoch .
The concept of " Carpolithus " dates to the 18th century , as detailed in 1920 by Alfred Gabriel Nathorst , who revealed its first use by Swedish mineralogist Johan Gottschalk Wallerius in 1747 . In 1750 , Wallerius included early references to Carpolithus in his " Mineralogie , oder mineralreich . "
Years later , Carl Linnaeus referenced the genus in 1768 . It was a generic name employed by Linnaeus for incorporating fossil fruits and seeds that could not be assigned to a natural plant group . Linnaeus referred to " Phytolithus fructus " as Carpolithus .
15 species were described as " Carpolithes " by Ernst Friedrich , Baron von Schlotheim in 1820 . The term " Carpolites " was adopted by Kaspar Maria von Sternberg in 1825 .
Early fossil genera like Carpolithus ( Linnaeus ) and Carpolithes ( Schlotheim ) served as " form genera , " which were catch-all categories to classify numerous unidentified fossil seeds , based on impressions , compressions , and casts , serving as a general repository . Since Carpolithus Linnaeus and Carpolithes were published before 31 December 1820 , they are considered invalid under the 1966 International Code of Botanical Nomenclature .
There have been over 100 species assigned to " Carpolithus . "
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Bombodes
Bombodes is a genus of flower chafers . They are characterized by a bumble-bee like patterning in black and yellow with hairy covering over their bodies . About species are known all from along the Himalayan ranges and surrounding regions .
Species that have been described in the genus include :
Microbotryum succisae
Microbotryum succisae is a smut fungus that infects the devil 's-bit scabious , " Succisa pratensis . " It produces whitish to pale yellow spores in the host plant 's anthers .
History of Bengali language
Bengali is an Eastern Indo-Aryan language that originated from the Middle Indo-Aryan language in the 7th century .
After the conquest of Nadia in 1204 AD , Islamic rule began in Bengal , which influenced the Bengali language . The middle or late 14th century is marked as the end of Old Bengal and the beginning of Middle Bengal .
Modern Bengali dates back to 1800 AD . It marked the renaissance of Bengali , as well as incorporating borrowings from European languages . Significant changes in verbs and pronouns occurred during this period , which marked the contraction of most verbs and pronouns .
The people of Bengal initially spoke a Prakrit language , which was known as Magadhi , or on the contrary , Gaudi . Later , it evolved into Old Bengali . Most Bengali-speaking people today consider Old Bengali to be almost unintelligible , although most of the words most commonly used in modern Bengali have their roots in Old Bengali .
Vincent Frederick Mwakhwawa
Vincent Frederick Mwakhwawa is a Roman Catholic prelate in Malawi , who serves as the Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lilongwe . He was appointed as bishop and by Pope Francis on 15 November 2023 . He was assigned the title of Titular Bishop of " Aquae Thibilitanae . "
He was born on 20 November 1975 in Salima , in the Archdiocese of Lilongwe . He studied philosophy at " Saint Anthony 's Seminary " in Kachebere , Mchinji District , Central Region , Malawi . He then studied Theology at " Saint Peter 's Major Seminary " in Zomba .
He holds a Master 's degree in Pastoral Theology , awarded by the Catholic University of Eastern Africa in Nairobi , Kenya , in 2012 .
He was ordained a priest on 12 July 2003 at Lilongwe . Father Vincent Frederick Mwakhwawa served in various roles as a priest of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lilongwe . Those roles included :
He was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lilongwe , on 16 November 2023 . He was simultaneously appointed as Titular Bishop of Aquae Thibilitanae .
He was consecrated as bishop on 20 January 2024 at Lilongwe , by Archbishop George Desmond Tambala , Archbishop of Lilongwe , assisted by Archbishop Gian Luca Perici , Titular Archbishop of Volsinium and Papal Nuncio and Bishop John Alphonsus Ryan , Bishop of Mzuzu . Since then he serves as the Auxiliary Bishop of Lilongwe Archdiocese .
Sonia Almeida
Sonia Almeida ( born 1978 ) is a Portuguese artist who now lives and works in Boston , Massachusetts , in the US , where she teaches fine arts at Brandeis University .
Almeida was born in the Portuguese capital , Lisbon , in 1978 . She graduated in painting from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon in 2001 and completed a master 's in fine arts at the Slade School of Fine Art of the University College London in 2006 . Between the two degrees , she spent some time in the Netherlands . In 2008 , she moved to Boston to accompany her husband , who had obtained work there . She became a teaching assistant at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design and shared a studio or atelier in Somerville .
She uses various materials , including wood and fabrics . Her maternal grandmother made clothing for her family and she and Almeida would go shopping for fabrics together and pick patterns . Like her grandmother she has collected large quantities of material . Her paintings often feature intense colours that are applied in patches . Influenced by the work of the Portuguese artist , Menez , it has been said that she explores the limits of figuration and abstraction . Her paintings and books express a reflection on the limits , rules , and directives set by the historical codes of painting , but it has also been said that her work invites multiple interpretations .
Since 2014 Almeida has taught painting , printmaking , artists ' books and fabric arts at Brandeis . She has also taught at Harvard University and at the graduate center of Bard College . In 2014 she won an award from the Massachusetts Cultural Council , and in 2015 she was the recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant . In 2017 she won a James and Audrey Foster Prize , which included an exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art , Boston ( ICA ) . In 2024 she was shortlisted for the Foundwork Prize , and she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship .
Almeida is represented by the Simone Subal Gallery in New York City and holds regular solo exhibitions there . She has exhibited extensively elsewhere in the US , including at the List Visual Arts Center , the DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum , the Museum of Fine Arts , Boston , and at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Portland , Maine .
In 2023 Almeida returned to Portugal for her first exhibition since 2009 , bringing together 40 of her works over the previous 15 years . This was hosted by the Caixa Geral de Depositos Foundation 's " Culturgest " gallery and was accompanied by a 208-page catalogue . In Portugal she has also exhibited at the Serralves museum . In 2009 she had presented an exhibition called " To be Abstract , " also in Lisbon .
Almeida has also had solo exhibitions in Belgium and Italy . As a contributor to group shows , she has exhibited in the Czech Republic , Norway , and Poland . In 2021 her work was included in an exhibition of the art of 40 Portuguese women organized by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon .
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Austin Andrade
Austin Andrade ( born 20 January 1994 ) is an American Strongman competitor from Tucson , Arizona .
A student of Amphitheater High School , Andrade started his sporting career in 2015 as a Football player and Wrestler in Adams State University .
Andrade developed a passion towards heavy strength training and entered the 2022 Beerstone competition held in Mission , Texas where he emerged runner up to Bobby Thompson . He then entered America 's Strongest Man in the same year where he secured fifth place . Next year , he won 2023 Strongman Champions League World 's Strongest Latino , and got selected to the World 's Strongest Man competition in 2024 held in Myrtle Beach , South Carolina where he placed seventh . He also won 2023 Shaw Classic Open ( Men ) competition and earned himself an entry to 2024 Strongest Man on Earth competition held in Loveland , Colorado where he placed fifth .
Yogini with a Mynah Bird
Yogini with a Mynah Bird is a Deccan-styled painting located in the Chester Beatty Library .
It is dated to the early 17th century , and presumably commissioned for the court of Ibrahim Adil Shah II .
The principal subject is a woman , who has the characteristic features of a yogini , with ash-colored skin and top-knotted hair . She is wearing a red " peshwaj , " with a golden " dupatta " and gold jewelry . A myna bird is perched upon her right hand .
On either side of the woman are lotus and peony plants , the design of which was likely copied from Chinese porcelain or textiles . In the background is a golden sky , beneath which are rocks characteristic of the Deccan , and a hill , atop which is a palace .
The painting is surrounded by poetic texts in Persian , on all four sides .
The woman 's appearance gives rise to conflicting interpretations . Her top-knotted hair and ash-besmeared skin identify her as a yogini . The elongated shape of her body also points toward her status as an ascetic , as her leanness may be due to fasting .
However , her attire consisting of the " peshwaj , " golden " dupatta , " and lavish gold jewelry suggest that she belongs to the aristocracy . In South Asian literature , myna birds are associated with noble ladies , who keep them as pets . The palace in the background gives rise to the interpretation that she has left behind her past life .
This depiction of princess-like yoginis is common in Deccan art . Examples of this include a painting in the Jagdish and Kamla Mittal Museum .
Mark Zebrowski interprets her to be a sorceress . He describes her face as " Medusa-like " and points out that the bird could represent an ill omen . He says that the dark theme of the painting may represent the " seductive heresies " that enticed Ibrahim II away from orthodox Islam .
Kunming City F.C .
Kunming City Football Club ( Chinese : 昆明市足球俱乐部 ) is a professional football club based in Kunming , Yunnan , China . It was founded in 2024 and competes in the Chinese Champions League . It plays its home games at the Yunnan Kehua Football Training Base in Kunming .
Kunming City Football Club was established on January 8 , 2024 , to participate in local football competitions and develop the sport in the Kunming region . In its inaugural year , the club won the 2024 Chinese Football Association Member Association Championship ( Kunming Division ) , finishing first in the regional competition .
ENISA ( disambiguation )
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Eoin Treacy
Eoin Treacy ( born 28 October 1998 ) is an Irish rally co-driver .
Treacy was announced as the co-driver of Josh McErlean , who is under contract to compete for M-Sport Ford World Rally Team during the 2025 World Rally Championship . This would also be his WRC top level debut .
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Paul Landes
Paul Landes ( Hebrew : פול לנדס ) is the founder and current Head of the National Bureau for Counter Terror Financing ( NBCTF ) of the Ministry of Defense in Israel since 2018 . Previously , he served as Head of the " Harpoon " Unit at the Mossad ( 2015-2017 ) and as Head of the Money Laundering and Terror Financing Prohibition Authority ( IMPA ) in the Ministry of Justice ( 2009-2015 ) .
Landes earned a Bachelor of Laws and Master of Laws with honors from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem . He served as a partner in the law firm Yehuda Raveh & Co . ,
as the legal advisor of the Jerusalem Development Authority , and as the legal advisor at the " Derech Eretz Corporation , " which operates Highway 6 . Landes serves as a lecturer on money laundering and terror financing prohibition at Reichman University and Bar-Ilan University . He is a Paratroopers Brigade colonel on the Israel Defense Forces Reserve duty .
In 2007 , he was appointed as the legal adviser of the Money Laundering and Terror Financing Prohibition Authority ( IMPA ) in the Ministry of Justice . In November 2009 , He was appointed as the acting director . In August 2010 , the Israeli government appointed Landes as the director general .
The IMPA was founded in 2002 , based on the Prohibition on Money Laundering Law , 5760 ( 2000 ) . It heads the struggle against money laundering and terror financing in Israel and aligns with worldwide parameters determined by the FATF .
In 2012 , Landes initiated a process for Israel to become a Financial Action Task Force member . In 2016 , Israel was endowed with observer status ,
and in 2018 , it became a full member .
He was a member of two government committees : one , to limit the use of cash and second , for Financial Sanctions on Banking Corporations . He proposed an amendment to the money laundering prohibition law , which the Knesset accepted in 2014 . Landes served as the Chairman of the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units operative committee . He also served as an evaluator at Moneyval ( in the Council of Europe ) , where he assessed compliance with regimes of anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism .
From 2015 to 2017 , Landes was Head of the " Harpoon " Unit at the Mossad , in charge of terror financing information gathering . He proposed it would perform better as an official unit , cooperating internationally with similar anti-terror and money-laundering organs . Yossi Cohen , Head of the Mossad , advocated for Avigdor Lieberman , Ministry of Defense , to relocate Harpoon to his office . The Security Cabinet of Israel moved Harpoon 's jurisdiction to the Ministry of Defence .
The National Bureau for Counter-Terror Financing ( NBCTF ) at the Ministry of Defense
was founded in March 2018 to coordinate national operations to topple the monetary framework for terrorism . Its authority is delineated in the Counter-Terrorism Law , 5776 ( 2016 ) . The Minister of Defense appoints the director of the NBCTF in discussions with the Prime Minister and reports directly to the Minister . NBCTF submits a yearly report Under the Deduction Law 2018 , This gives an account of the disbursements to Palestinians imprisoned in Israeli jails under the Palestinian Authority Martyrs Fund .
Since its establishment in 2018 until December 2023 , the National Bureau for Counter-Terror Financing of Israel seized over $ 1 billion in terror funding . In 2023 , it issued 363 orders involving freezing assets and seizing funds in NIS 642.91 million . The NBCTF froze hundreds of Tron wallets , and cryptocurrency accounts on the Binance exchange site linked to Hamas , the Palestinian Islamic Jihad , and Iran 's Quds Force . In August 2024 , Israel imposed sanctions on 18 oil tankers that Iran 's Quds Force allegedly used to finance Hezbollah and Hamas terrorist groups . In March 2022 , the NBCTF signed a MoU with the USA Department of Homeland Security to combat terrorist financing and collaborate in cybersecurity .
Surja Kanta Atta
Surja Kanta Atta ( born 1964 ) is an Indian politician from West Bengal . He is a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Narayangarh Assembly constituency in Paschim Medinipur district . He won the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election representing the All India Trinamool Congress .
Atta is from Narayangarh , Paschim Medinipur district , West Bengal . He is the son of Ananta Atta . He passed Class 12 in 1997 . His wife is a teacher .
Atta won from Narayangarh Assembly constituency representing All India Trinamool Congress in the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election . He polled 100,894 votes and defeated his nearest rival , Ramprasad Giri of the Bharatiya Janata Party , by a margin of 2,416 votes .
Ship in a bottle ( disambiguation )
A ship in a bottle is a model ship that appears to be too large to fit through the mouth of a bottle in which it is contained .
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1929 MAFA season
The 1929 MAFA season was the 34th season of the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association ( MAFA ) , an Australian rules football competition played in the state of Victoria . The season began on 27 April and concluded on 21 September , with 30 teams participating across three divisions under a promotion and relegation system .
The MAFA changed the structure of the final series , with the first-placed team ( minor premiers ) playing the fourth-placed team in the semi-finals , while the second-placed team played their third-placed team . Prior to this , first played third and second played fourth . This change occurred several years before the Victorian Football League ( VFL , now AFL ) used the same system for finishing positions . As a modified version of the Argus finals system , the minor premiers still had the right to challenge the winner of the finals series for the premiership , but only if its home-and-away win-loss record was strictly better than that of the team it was challenging .
Five new clubs − Bentleigh District , East Malvern , Melbourne High School Old Boys ( MHSOB ) , Old Ivanhoe and Old Paradians − entered the MAFA in C Section . Flinders Naval Base left the MAFA to re-enter the Peninsula Football League ( PFL ) , while Oakleigh and Pascoe Vale had been expelled during the 1928 season .
The MAFA sought to stop the admission of further " B " teams for the 1929 season , and Teachers ' College withrew " Teachers ' College B " as a result . Sandringham B had already withdrawn from the MAFA late in the 1928 season . However , Glen Huntly was permitted to keep its " Glen Huntly B " team .
Old Paradians full-forward Allan La Fontaine kicked 146 goals for the home-and-away season ( 152 including finals ) , which was easily a record in any MAFA division since the competition began in 1892 . This included kicking 20 of his club 's 24 goals against Kingsville in round 18 .
Khaleel Ahmed ( judge )
Khaleel Ahmed ( born 4 April 1907 ) is an Indian judge and former Chief Justice of Orissa High Court .
Ahmed was born as the eldest son of his parents on 4th April , 1907 , in Patna . He got his preliminary education from Patna High School . In the year 1928 , he was enrolled for reading Law and the Post Graduation Course in Mathematics . After obtaining a law degree in 1930 , he joined the profession in 1931 in District Civil Court , Patna . On 23.4.1951 , he was elevated to the Bench of Patna High Court .
He also served as the Chief Justice of Orissa High Court from 18.1.1965 to 5.4.1967 .
Riad Abdul Ra 'ouf
Riad Abdul Ra 'ouf ( ; born 1975 ) is a Syrian economist and politician currently serving as the Minister of Finance .
Coming from an academic background , he is a faculty member at the Faculty of Economics at Damascus University , a member of the Board of Trustees at the Higher Institute of Business Administration , and a Commissioner at the Syrian Securities and Financial Markets Authority .
He holds a PhD in auditing from France ( 2010 ) , a master 's degree in the same field ( 2005 ) , and a postgraduate diploma from Damascus University ( 1998 ) . He is fluent in English and French . Abdul Raouf previously chaired the Board of the Syrian Commercial Bank and served as Deputy General Manager of the Syrian Industrial Bank between 2014 and 2016 . He was also a member of the steering committee for industrial sector development in Syria and an advisor at the Syrian Securities and Financial Markets Authority . Additionally , he served on the Board of the Insurance Supervision Commission and worked as an expert for the Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ) in Damascus .
Attack on Burtons Camp
The Attack on Burton 's Camp took place on April 19 , 1855 , near Berbera , when a group of Isaaqs , led by Ou Ali ( Aw Cali ) , attacked a British expedition camp . The camp , led by Sir Richard Francis Burton , was part of his search for the source of the Nile . The attack resulted in the death of Lieutenant Stroyan , the wounding of Burton , and the capture of Captain Speke . The incident marked a significant confrontation between the British and the Isaaq clan , that would eventually lead to Berbera being blockaded by the Royal Navy in 1855 .
In April 1855 , British explorer Lieutenant Richard Burton set out on his search for the source of the Nile and was encamped near the port city of Berbera . On April 19 , his camp was attacked and plundered by members of the Habr Awal clan , resulting in an Isaaq victory .
Burton 's camp had been encountering mounting suspicion and hostility from local Somali clans due to his exploration activities and tensions over caravan and camels fees . This attack was a culmination of several incidents where Burton had clashed with the Habr Awal clan , particularly over local charges and his public discontent with their practices . Burton had also expressed his dissatisfaction with the payment of Abban fees , which were levied on local traders and travelers , including his own party .
On April 19 , 1855 , Burton 's camp was attacked by several sub-tribes of the Habr Awal clan , including the Issa Musa and Mikahil sub-tribes . According to Burton 's report , the primary actors in the attack were the Eesa Musa sub-tribe , led by Ou Ali ( Aw Cali ) , a prominent figure in the clan .
The attack was likely provoked by Burton 's prior confrontations with the clan , particularly after he had criticized local practices and imposed heavy demands on the region 's people . In addition , Burton 's earlier encounter with three respected members of the Habr Awal clan , who had warned of Burton 's spying activities in the region , had led to heightened suspicion .
During the attack , Lieutenant Stroyan was killed in action , while Lieutenant Burton was severely wounded , with an impaled injury to his face . Lieutenant Speke was taken prisoner by the Isaaq forces but later managed to escape .
The roots of the conflict lay in Burton 's disdain for the local Abban fees , which he found extortionate . Burton had also clashed with the Issa Musa tribe over camel hire costs , leading to further strain in relations with the Isaaq clans . Prior to the attack , Burton had been suspected of espionage by the local clans , and tensions were already high when Burton 's camp encountered three horsemen from the Habr Awal clan on April 18 , 1855 . They falsely reported that a plot to seize Berbera had been hatched by Haji Sharmarke Ali Saleh .
French explorer and geographer Henri Duveyrier suggested that the Senusiyya order , a Muslim Sufi order active in the region , might have played a role in the events surrounding the attack .
Sudipto Roy
Sudipto Roy ( born 1949 ) is an Indian politician from West Bengal . He is a four time member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Sreerampur Assembly constituency in Hooghly district . He won the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election representing the All India Trinamool Congress .
Roy is from Kashipur , Hooghly district , West Bengal . He is the son of late Anil Roy . He completed his MBBS and later did his MD in anesthesiology in 1978 at IPGMER & SSKM Hospital , University of Calcutta .
Roy won from Sreerampur Assembly constituency representing All India Trinamool Congress in the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election . He polled 93,021 votes and defeated his nearest rival , Kabir Shankar Bose of the Bharatiya Janata Party , by a margin of 23,433 votes .
He first became an MLA winning the 2009 by-election . He was re-elected in the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election and retained it for the third consecutive time in the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election defeating Subhankar Sarkar of the Indian National Congress by a margin of 9,907 votes .
Naulila Incident
The Naulila Incident was a violent confrontation between Portuguese forces and a German delegation on October 19 , 1914 , near Naulila in southern Angola . This incident later led to the German attack on Naulila , on December 18 .
On October 17 , 1914 , during the early stages of World War I , a small German delegation led by Dr. Hans Schultze-Jena crossed into Angola from German South West Africa without notifying Portuguese authorities . The delegation included two German officers , two native attendants , and a Danish interpreter . Their stated mission was to pursue a deserter , but they also sought to negotiate food supplies and the transport of German mail , which had been blocked by British forces . Portugal , although officially neutral , had declared martial law in southern Angola , restricting German movement and ordering the disarmament of any foreign troops entering its territory .
On October 18 , the German delegation encountered a Portuguese patrol commanded by Lieutenant Manuel Alvares Sereno near Naulila . Despite initial tension , the two groups camped together overnight . The following morning , Schultze-Jena agreed to accompany the Portuguese patrol to Naulila to meet the local administrator but grew suspicious of Portuguese intentions .
On October 19 , at Naulila , the Germans discovered that the Portuguese administrator was absent . Schultze-Jena , believing he was being lured into a trap , attempted to return to his camp with his group , refusing Portuguese orders to disarm . Tensions escalated when Schultze-Jena reportedly aimed his carbine at Alvares Sereno , who was unarmed , while another German officer drew a pistol . Alvares Sereno ordered his men to open fire , resulting in the deaths of Schultze-Jena , two other German officers , and their two attendants . The interpreter , Carl Jensen , was captured and held by the Portuguese until November 1919 .
The incident caused outrage in German South West Africa , where it was viewed as a deliberate Portuguese ambush . German authorities and media condemned the killings , referring to the deceased as the " five murdered at Naulila " ( ) . The event grew tensions between Portugal and Germany , leading to a German retaliatory attack on Naulila on December 18 , 1914 , known as the Battle of Naulila .
A Portuguese inquiry into the incident concluded that Alvares Sereno acted in self defense . This assessment was later supported by the International Tribunal of Lausanne in 1928 , which ruled that Sereno 's actions were justified given the perceived threat posed by the armed Germans .
Canada Bay ( disambiguation )
Canada Bay is an estuarine bay on the Parramatta River in Sydney , Australia .
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Siege of Ahmednagar ( 1543 )
The Siege of Ahmadnagar was a conflict between the Vijayanagara Empire led by Rama Raya and the Ahmadnagar Sultanate commanded by Burhan Nizam Shah I. After suffering a defeat in the Battle of Kalyani Burhan Nizam Shah retreated to his capital only to be pursued by the Vijayanagara forces . Rama Raya 's army laid siege to Ahmednagar overpowering its defenses and capturing the city . Following their victory , the Vijayanagara forces razed the city 's fortifications .
Burhan Nizam Shah I of Ahmadnagar and Ibrahim Adil Shah I of Bijapur formed an alliance to invade Bidar and Vijayanagara simultaneously , but the Vijayanagara forces , led by Sada Siva Nayaka , successfully repelled the Bijapuri assault . Realizing that Ahmadnagar was the driving force behind these incursions , Rama Raya prepared his army to retaliate . To reach Ahmadnagar , he devised a strategy to cross the territories of Bidar and Golconda dividing his forces into three sections . Tirumala Deva Raya attacked Bidar , Rama Raya marched against Golconda and Hande Hanumappa Nayaka advanced towards Ahmadnagar . In response , the three Sultans of Ahmadnagar , Bidar , and Golconda formed an alliance and confronted the combined Vijayanagara forces near Kalyani . In the ensuing battle , the Vijayanagara army achieved a victory , forcing the Sultans to flee . Pursuing Burhan Nizam Shah I Rama Raya 's forces laid siege to Ahmadnagar .
Following their defeat , the city of Ahmadnagar was unable to withstand the might of Rama Raya 's victorious army . Seizing the opportunity , Rama Raya captured the capital of the Nizam Sultans , razed it to the ground , and symbolically sowed castor seeds on its ruins a detail preserved in the Ramarajiyamu . For this feat , the poem bestows upon Rama Raya the title " Destroyer of the Fortifications of Ahmadnagar . " With Burhan Nizam Shah I now a prisoner , Rama Raya achieved his primary objective : forcing the Sultan to repudiate his alliance with Ibrahim Adil Shah I of Bijapur . Satisfied with this outcome , Rama Raya set Burhan Nizam Shah at liberty , having secured a significant political and military victory for Vijayanagara .
Slovak Women 's Football Eleven of the Year
In 1993 they were included in the team of the best women 's footballers of the year . The players chosen were " Andrea Scherhauferova " as goalkeeper , " Jana Hanzelova , " " Darina Skodlerova , " " Ivona Gaziova , " " Monika Gerzova , " " Alena Vnukova , " " Maria Palkovicova , " " Olga Dobsovicova , Barbora Miezgova " and " Jirina Dzurova " as forwards .
In 1994 they were included in the team of the best women 's footballers of the year . The players chosen were " Barbora Benedikova " as goalkeeper , " Darina Skodlerova , Maria Palkovicova , Olga Dobsovicova , Lubica Remenova , Marcela Lukacsova , Maria Hroncova , Jana Hanzelova , Monika Gerzova , Ivona Gaziova " and " Jirina Dzurova " as forwards .
In 1995 they were included in the team of the best women 's footballers of the year . The players chosen were Kralovicova as goalkeeper , Skodlerova , Gajdosova , Botkova , Benesova , Lukacsova , Babuliakova , Hanzelova , Kudelova , Miezgova and Gaziova as forwards .
In 1996 they were included in the team of the best women 's footballers of the year . The players chosen were Benedikova as goalkeeper , Skodlerova , Gajdosova , Botkova , Kusnierova , Lukacsova , Knoppova , Surovcova , Kudelova , Miezgova and Beregszasziova as forwards .
In 1997 they were included in the team of the best women 's footballers of the year . The players chosen were Benedikova as goalkeeper , Skodlerova , Gajdosova , Botkova , Surovcova , Lukacsova , Knoppova , Liskova , Kudelova , Jurikova and Babuliakova as forwards .
In 1998 they were included in the team of the best women 's footballers of the year . The players chosen were Benedikova as goalkeeper , Skodlerova , Gajdosova , Botkova , Surovcova , Lukacsova , Knoppova , Cillikova , Izova , Babuliakova and Dugovicova as forwards .
In 1999 they were included in the team of the best women 's footballers of the year . The players chosen were Benedikova as goalkeeper , Skodlerova , Gajdosova , Izova , Cillikova , Lukacsova , Babuliakova , Budosova , Liskova , Jurikova and Beregszasziova as forwards .
In 2000 they were included in the team of the best women 's footballers of the year . The players chosen were Benedikova as goalkeeper , Matysova , Cillikova , Izova , Petrovova , Girasekova , Hanzelova , Budosova , Liskova , Babuliakova and Beregszasziova as forwards .
In 2001 they were included in the team of the best women 's footballers of the year . The players chosen were Benedikova as goalkeeper , Surovcova , Cillikova , Izova , Petrovova , Girasekova , Lukacsova , Budosova , Liskova , Bojdova and Beregszasziova as forwards .
In 2002 they were included in the team of the best women 's footballers of the year . The players chosen were Gazdikova as goalkeeper , Surovcova , Jamecna , Izova , Hadbavna , Girasekova , Zubkova , Rihakova , Mackovicova , Lukacsova and Felingova as forwards .
In 2003 they were included in the team of the best women 's footballers of the year . The players chosen were Gazdikova as goalkeeper , Surovcova , Meszarosova , Izova , Kruta , Cerovska , Lukacsova , Hanzelova , Mackovicova , Arvaiova and Felingova as forwards .
In 2004 they were included in the team of the best women 's footballers of the year . The players chosen were Gazdikova as goalkeeper , Kolenova , Kralikova , Hudecova , Skorvankova , Cerovska , Lukacsova , Hanzelova , Gerzova , Lukacsova and Bojdova as forwards .
In 2005 they were included in the team of the best women 's footballers of the year . The players chosen were Gazdikova as goalkeeper , Kolenova , Mackovicova , Budosova , Jarosova , Matysova , Fedorkova , Petrusova , Strozova , Kralikova and Dugovicova as forwards .
In 2006 they were included in the team of the best women 's footballers of the year . The players chosen were Korenciova as goalkeeper , Kolenova , Ondrusova , Budosova , Matysova , Mackovicova , Jarosova , Petrusova , Strozova , Kralikova and Dugovicova as forwards .
In 2007 they were included in the team of the best women 's footballers of the year . The players chosen were Korenciova as goalkeeper , Kolenova , Ondrusova , Budosova , Matysova , Skorvankova , Biroova , Klechova , Lukacsova , Bojdova and Dugovicova as forwards .
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In 2011 they were included in the team of the best women 's footballers of the year . The players chosen were " Lucia El Dahaibiova as goalkeeper , Eva Kolenova , Lucia Ondrusova , Dominika Skorvankova , Monika Matysova , Jana Vojtekova , Lucia Suskova , Veronika Klechova , Alexandra Biroova , Ivana Bojdova " and " Dana Feckova " as forwards .
In 2012 they were included in the team of the best women 's footballers of the year . The players chosen were " Lucia El Dahaibiova " as goalkeeper , " Eva Kolenova , Lucia Ondrusova , Dominika Skorvankova , Monika Matysova , Jana Vojtekova , Lucia Suskova , Patricia Fischerova , Alexandra Biroova , Patricia Hmirova " and " Dana Feckova and forwards .
In 2013 they were included in the team of the best women 's footballers of the year . The players chosen were " Maria Korenciova " as goalkeeper , " Jana Vojtekova , Lucia Ondrusova , Dominika Skorvankova , Monika Matysova , Alexandra Biroova , Lucia Suskova , Patricia Fischerova , Kristina Cerovska , Diana Bartovicova " and Dana Feckova as forwards .
In 2014 they were included in the team of the best women 's footballers of the year . The players chosen were " Maria Korenciova " as goalkeeper , " Jana Vojtekova , Lucia Ondrusova , Maria Mikolajova , Monika Matysova , Alexandra Biroova , Lucia Suskova , Patricia Fischerova , Dana Feckova , Diana Bartovicova " and " Dominika Skorvankova " as forwards .
In 2015 they were included in the team of the best women 's footballers of the year . The players chosen were " Maria Korenciova as goalkeeper , Jana Vojtekova , Lucia Ondrusova , Maria Mikolajova , " Monika Matysova , " Alexandra Biroova , Lucia Suskova , Patricia Fischerova , Dana Feckova , Diana Bartovicova and Dominika Skorvankova as forwards . "
Affair of Porto Novo
The Affair of Porto Novo , also called the Porto Novo incident , was a successful Anglo-French attack and destruction of the newly founded Swedish factory at Porto Novo in Southern India on 20 October 1733 .
In 1731 , Swedish policy was for the most part led by Count Arvid Horn , who had earlier in his career won distinction in both diplomacy and war , and was then steering a cautious course through European politics . The main concerns of Swedish statesmanship for the time were political security and secondly financial stability in order to maintain the Swedish recovery after the disastrous Swedish defeat in the Great Northern War .
These purposes were seemingly served best by maintaining friendly relations with France and the Dutch Republic and Great Britain . In the 17th century , French support to Sweden had been highly important , and despite both countries having lost much of their prestige and power , France had recovered to such an extent where its friendship to Sweden could be a valuable asset .
On 14 June 1731 , after the collapse of the Ostend Company , the SOIC received its charter . The government granted the company permission to trade " with all places east of the Cape of Good Hope " which initiated its first octroi . After its establishment , the company aroused a lot of opposition in Sweden , as despite the long-distance shipping and direct purchases " from the source " aligned with the mercantilist principles , the planned import of foreign manufactured and luxury goods was difficult to reconcile with .
Moreover , the company faced competition from major foreign companies , a sentiment that was further hightened by the suspicion that it was merely a disguised continutation of the Ostend Company .
When the " " arrived at Porto Novo in September , the officers onboard immediately began negotiatons with agents from the Mughal Emperor . The Swedes were welcomed , promised the protection of the Nabob , and were allowed to unload a majority of their cargo into the warehouse , hoping to make Porto Novo a centre of their trade in the region .
As the sun set , the " Ulrica Eleonora " was no longer able to stay anchored , and it was arranged for it to sail towards Bengal to be refitted during the winter instead of going to China and to open up trade with the city . Several members of the crew , Charles Barrington , Thomson , Thomas Combes , and the writer , along with 36 others remained in Porto Novo to guard the warehouse and trade with the goods stored there .
For a month , the people at Porto Novo remained there undisturbed , preparing to collect a return cargo , but they were not free from anxiety . Even before the initial expedition to Porto Novo began , Thomson had written that it would " alarm all Europe " and that if any of the British crew were to be caught they would be treated with " the utmost rigour . " He also told of a rumour which confirmed his fears . He wrote that the Governor of Madras , George Morton Pitt :
However , the actual events would be far worse than Thomson 's prediction .
When news of the Swedish presence reached Governor George Morton Pitt in Madras on the Coromandel coast , he attempted to persuade the Nabob to prevent the Swedes from trading . However , the Nabob refused , and Pitt subsequently decided to act on his own . He wrote to Governor Pierre Le Noir of Pondicherry , seeking help . Le Noir agreed to militarily support the British and strongly dissapproved of the Swedish expedition , writing to Pitt :
After being notified of the Swedish presence , Le Noir forbade the inhabitants of Pondicherry to trade with the Swedes and their British associates , and when seven men from the Ulrica Eleonora deserted to Pondicherry , Le Noir refused to hand them over to Captain Petter von Utfall .
The governors collected a force of some several hundred , 600 , or 700 men . This force sailed down the coast towards Porto Novo and subsequently landed there . Despite the town being in Mughal territory , in which neither the British nor French had special right to , they attacked the warehouse , seizing the cargo , along with the Ulrica Eleonora 's papers and took them to Fort St. David .
Several men including Thomson and Combes were captured and taken to Fort St. David . However , Charles Barrington , who the British were more eager to catch , managed to escape with some people , taking refuge in Danish Tranquebar . In Tranquebar , Barrington sent the first account of the " violence commited at Porto Novo " back home and later made his way back to Sweden . The Swedish sailors who made up the guard in Porto Novo were taken into British service in Madras , with no other means of livelihood available to them . After the attack , only two Swedes remained in Porto Novo , Dr. Munck , and Anthony Bengsten .
After the seizure , the staff from both the French and English companies investigated the confiscated books , letters , and other papers . After reading the documents , they claimed that they found proof of the illegitimacy of the SOIC in the instructions for the ship , therefore , taking control of the factory and seizing the ship would serve as a warning against pursuing illicit trade in the East Indies .
During the attack , the " " had stayed in Bengal , where its men and officers were well received . However , Widdrington contrived to leave and was sent back to England . In early 1734 , the " Ulrica Eleonora , " refitted for the home voyage to Sween , sailed back to Porto Novo in order to receive her cargo . However , when she arrived in early March and about to anchor , warning shots were fired from two vessels in the roadstead . Governors Le Noir and Pitt had sent these ships , one French and one British , with a hundred men on each , anticipating the " Ulrica Eleonora 's " return . The British troops were commanded by Major Roach , and the British ship , the " Prince Augustus , " was commanded by Captain Gostlin .
Seeing that an attempted landing would result in a disaster , Captain Petter von Utfall once again put to sea again , sailing southwards . The French and British ships pursued Utfall closely for some 15 hours , managing to keep the " Ulrica Eleonora " within firing range . Then , they left her to continue her home voyage , lacking most of her cargo , a large portion of her crew , and nearly all of the supercargoes .
After her repulsion from Porto Novo , the " Ulrica Eleonora " sailed around southern India and up the Malabar Coast towards the town of Cochin , with the intention to collect water . However , the Dutch authorities in the town not only refused to give any water , but also detained a certain Ouchterlony and 13 other men who had gone ashore with him after a short fight with 2 being killed , in order to make the " Ulrica Eleonora " continue her journey now with a far smaller crew .
To her luck , the " Ulrica Elenora , " once it came near Mauritius , met with a French vessel " a-fishing for turtle " which was manned by a more friendly crew than any of the British or French who the Swedes encountered in India . After meeting , the " Ulrica Eleonora " was finally given the water they desperately needed , and her crew bought supplies at a high cost on the island , along with fifteen Lascar 's joining the voyage .
In February , the " Ulrica Eleonora " finally arrived back to Europe , only bringing back 35 members of its original crew . When she came to Sweden , it was seen as a miracle that she came back safely .
2019 FC Dinamo Tbilisi season
The 2019 FC Dinamo Tbilisi season was the thirty-first successive season that FC Dinamo Tbilisi played in the top flight of Georgian football .
On 22 December , Dinamo Tbilisi announced the signing of Nodar Iashvili to an 18-month contract from Saburtalo Tbilisi .
On 25 December , Dinamo Tbilisi announced the signing of Levan Kutalia to a one-year contract from Torpedo Kutaisi .
On 10 January , Dinamo Tbilisi announced that Levan Kharabadze had left the club to join Zurich on an 18-month loan deal .
On 11 January , Dinamo Tbilisi announced the signing of Fran Carbia to a one-year contract from Reus Deportiu .
On 19 January , Dinamo Tbilisi announced the signing of Jose Perales to a one-year contract from Badalona .
On 21 January , Dinamo Tbilisi announced that Lasha Totadze had left the club to join Nassaji Mazandaran .
On 23 January , Dinamo Tbilisi announced the return of Giorgi Papava on a one-year contract from Rustavi , the signing of Antonio Rojano from Burgos also to a one-year contract , and the year-long loan signing of Abdeljalil Medioub from Recreativo Granada .
On 29 January , Dinamo Tbilisi announced the signing of Victor Mongil to a one-year contract from Atletico Levante .
On 7 February , Dinamo Tbilisi announced the signing of Sergio Noche Marquez to a one-year contract from Somozas .
On 9 June , Dinamo Tbilisi announced that Antonio Rojano had left the club by mutual agreement .
On 19 June , Dinamo Tbilisi announced the signing of Arfang Daffe from Nassaji Mazandaran and Oleksandr Kapliyenko from Metalurh Zaporizhzhia , both on contract until the end of 2020 .
On 28 June , Dinamo Tbilisi announced that Dmytro Ivanisenya had played his last match for the club and that he would be leaving the club when his contract expired at the end of June .
On 2 July , Dinamo Tbilisi announced the return of Serhiy Litovchenko from Chornomorets Odesa , on a contract until the end of 2020 .
On 6 July , Dinamo Tbilisi announced the signing of Mykhaylo Shyshka from Obolon Kyiv and Mate Kvirkvia from Dinamo Batumi , both on six-month long contracts with the option of another year .
On 15 July , Dinamo Tbilisi announced the signing of Kwame Karikari from Neftci to a one-year contract with the option of another year .
On 2 September , Dinamo Tbilisi announced that Levan Shengelia had left the club after his contract had expired at the end of August , and that Abdeljalil Medioub had also left the club in order to sign permantally for Girondins de Bordeaux .
On 19 September , Dinamo Tbilisi announced the signing of Levan Mchedlidze from Empoli to a one-year contract with the option of another year .
On 23 December , Dinamo Tbilisi announced that Kakhaber Chkhetiani had been appointed as the clubs new Head Coach .
Grema Sulaiman
Grema Sulaiman ( born 26 January 1996 ) is an energy expert known for his contributions to energy policy development in Nigeria . He was the chief executive officer of The Federation Media . He has served as the Director General of the Centre for Energy Investment and Innovation since January 2022 .
Grema was born on the 26 January 1996 in Lagos , Nigeria to the family of the late Alhaji Sulaiman Hamid . He hails from a noble Shuwa Arab family originally from Maiduguri , Borno State . He obtained his first school leaving certificate in Ogun State in the year 2007 before he proceeded to Dream Makers International College , Lagos , where he completed his secondary education .
In 2019 , he obtained his first degree in Mass Communications . Then , in 2022 , he completed the one-year mandatory youth service for all Nigerian graduates with the National Youth Service Corps . He later acquired a certification in Innovation Strategy and Leadership from the European Institute of Leadership and Management in Dublin , Ireland in 2023 .
In 2020 , Grema served as the CEO of Federation Media , a digital media and production company in Nigeria .
In the same year , he founded Buyfuel , corporately ( Buyfuel Trading Limited ) , Nigeria and Africa 's first petro product E-commerce retail platform . Subsequently , in 2021 , he co-founded The Centre for Energy Investment and Innovation , a limited by guarantee organization that aims to promote sustainable energy practices and policies in Nigeria and was appointed as the Director General .
On July 18 , 2024 , Grema proposed the Nigeria Energy Transition Fund ( NETFUND ) . An initiative which aims to attract Foreign direct investment into the country . He presented the NETFUND agended during the African Natural Resources and Energy Investment Summit ( AFNIS24 ) held in the Aso Villa , Abuja in August 2024 .
In 2023 , Grema spearheaded the joint landmark agreement between The CEII and Synergy Infrastructure Development & Investment Limited ( SIDIL ) , a collaboration that aims to champion decentralized energy provision for nationwide power generation in Nigeria .
Thameside TV
Thameside TV was the first pirate television station in London . Operating in the last quarter of 1984 , the station broadcast on at least two UHF frequencies before being shut down . The station was owned by the also-illegal Thameside Radio .
In 1984 , the United Kingdom had four television channels available : BBC1 , BBC2 , ITV and Channel 4 . The first broadcast made by Thameside TV was done on 7 October 1984 by repeating the same programme for two hours over a one-week period . The station used the Crystal Palace transmitting station to deliver its signal on UHF channel 28 and was relayed on 90.5 on the FM band . Its inaugural programme consisted of music videos and the " Yellow Submarine " film . 24 hours after that , a competing station made broadcasts over channel 36 . The initial broadcast was seen with " fuzzy " reception , per a Daily Mail article two days after starting . Like its competitor on channel 36 , it planned to broadcast music videos and feature films . Bob Edwards demanded the creation of more channels due to the supposed " boredom " of the existing networks available at the time . The next programme was a Christmas special , which is considered lost because the station was closed by the Department of Trade and Industry .
Its final broadcast was made on 4 January 1985 consisting of more music videos , this time reducing the looping to a six-hour period from 6pm to midnight . A further broadcast was scheduled to be made in February , but the station was raided before music videos were added to the pre-recorded continuity links from VJ Bob .
Tapan Chatterjee ( politician )
Tapan Chatterjee ( born 1955 ) is an Indian politician from West Bengal . He is a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Purbasthali Uttar Assembly constituency in Purba Bardhaman district . He won the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election representing the All India Trinamool Congress .
Chatterjee is from Purbasthali , Purba Bardhaman district , West Bengal . He is the son of late Kalipada Chatterjee . He studied Class 12 at Purbasthali Nilmani Brahamchari Institution and passed the examinations conducted by the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education in 1974 .
Chatterjee won from Purbasthali Uttar Assembly constituency representing All India Trinamool Congress in the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election . He polled 92,421 votes and defeated his nearest rival , Gobardhan Das of the Bharatiya Janata Party , by a margin of 6,706 votes . He first became an MLA in the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election representing the then Purbasthali Assembly constituency .
2024 Parliament of Abkhazia shooting
On the morning of 19 December 2024 , Adgur Kharazia , MP and former mayor of the Abkhazian capital of Sukhumi , allegedly opened fire on his political rivals inside the People 's Assembly of Abkhazia , killing lawmaker Vakhtang Golandzia and injuring another , Kan Kvarchia , before fleeing the scene .
Kharazia was detained in 2020 , suspected of injuring an administrative official . Electricity shortages in Abkhazia have been exacerbated by cryptocurrency mining , the cut of financial aid from Russia , and low water levels forcing an emergency shutdown at the Enguri Dam .
According to the Interior Ministry , on the day of the shooting , the People 's Assembly was debating a bill on whether to ban cryptocurrency mining in Abkhazia , which led to an argument between Kharazia and Kvarchiya . Kharaziya argued for a ban , while Kvarchiya opposed , saying such a move would be bowing to populism . Golandziya attempted to mediate the situation , but Kharaziya fatally shot Golandziya in the head . A short time later , Kharazia injured Kvartchia 's arm and fled the scene .
Acting president Badra Gunba called a meeting of the Security Council and visited the Republican Hospital .
Nathalie Koenders
Nathalie Koenders ( born 1 March 1977 ) is a French politician of the Socialist Party serving as mayor of Dijon since 2024 . She has been a member of the Departmental Council of Cote-d 'Or since 2015 and served as acting mayor from July to August 2015 .
Rico Roque
Enrico " Rico " Agustin Roque is a Filipino politician who served as the mayor of Pandi , Bulacan , Philippines . He served two terms as mayor , first from 2010 to 2016 , and then since 2019 . He is a member of the National Unity Party ( NUP ) . He gained public attention in December 2024 following his arrest on rape charges
Roque first served as mayor of Pandi , a municipality in Bulacan province , from 2010 to 2016 . After a three-year gap , he returned to office in 2019 . He held this position until his arrest in December 2024 . During his tenure , he was affiliated with the National Unity Party .
On December 18 , 2024 , Roque was arrested along with two others at his residence in Pandi , Bulacan by operatives from the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group ( PNP-CIDG ) . The arrest was made in connection with rape charges filed in 2019 . A warrant of arrest was issued by Judge Georgina Alvaro of the Malolos Regional Trial Court Branch 78 .
The two other individuals arrested with Roque were identified as James Blanco , a municipal councilor , and Justine Manalastas . The arrests were made following a complaint filed by a 21-year-old woman .
Bezdrevsky potok
The Bezdrevsky potok is a stream in the Czech Republic , a left tributary of the Vltava River . It flows through the South Bohemian Region . It is long .
The name means ' Bezdrev stream ' , referring to the Bezdrev fishpond . The name of the pond has its origin in the Czech words " bez dreva , " meaning ' without woods ' . It referred to a treeless plain on which the pond was established .
The Bezdrevsky potok originates in the territory of Brloh in the Bohemian Forest Foothills at an elevation of and flows to Hluboka nad Vltavou , where it enters the Vltava River at an elevation of . It is long . Its drainage basin has an area of .
The longest tributaries of the Bezdrevsky potok are :
The stream flows through the municipal territories of Brloh , Ktis , Lhenice , Netolice , Malovice , Olsovice , Hlavatce , Sedlec , Divcice , Mydlovary , Zliv and Hluboka nad Vltavou .
There are 456 bodies of water in the basin area . The basin area is rich in fishponds , especially the area of the lower course of the stream in the Ceske Budejovice Basin . The largest of the fishponds and the third largest pond in the Czech Republic overall is Bezdrev with an area of , built directly on the Bezdrevsky potok . Bezdrev was founded by Vilem II of Pernstejn before 1490 . The Bezdrevsky potok also supplies several other ponds .
In Netolice , near the dam of the Mnich pond , where the Bezdrevsky potok leaves the pond , there are a pair of stone arched bridges , protected as a cultural monument . The older of the bridges probably dates from around 1746 , which is the date of the statue that decorates it . The younger bridge was most likely built in the 19th century .
The dam of the Bezdrev pond and a bridge over the Bezdrevsky potok next to the dam are together protected as a cultural monument . The stone three-arch bridge dates from 1879 .
Alok Mukherjee ( politician )
Alok Mukherjee ( born 1960 ) is an Indian politician from West Bengal . He is a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Barjora Assembly constituency in Bankura district . He won the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election representing the All India Trinamool Congress .
Mukherjee is from Barjora , Bankura district , West Bengal . He is the son of late Asit Mukherjee . He studied Class 10 at Barjora High School and passed the examinations conducted by West Bengal Madhyamik Pariksha Board in 1977 .
Mukherjee won from Barjora Assembly constituency representing All India Trinamool Congress in the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election . He polled 93,290 votes and defeated his nearest rival , Supriti Chatterjee of the Bharatiya Janata Party , by a margin of 3,269 votes .
1956 in Switzerland
Events during the year 1956 in Switzerland .
2026-27 UEFA Women 's Europa Cup
1894 Manchester City Council election
Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Thursday , 1 November 1894 . One third of the councillors seats were up for election , with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office . The council remained under no overall control .
Wu syndrome
Wu syndrome , also known as X-linked Wu-type intellectual disability , is a rare genetic disorder caused by mutations in the GRIA3 gene located on chromosome Xq25 . Currently , there is no FDA-approved treatment for this condition . The GRIA3 gene encodes Glutamate Receptor 3 ( GLUA3 ) , which is a member of the glutamate receptor family . Glutamate receptors are biochemically categorized into two groups : ionotropic and metabotropic glutamate receptors . Under normal conditions , glutamate receptors play a crucial role in brain functions . However , in cases of high glutamate concentrations in the central nervous system , the receptors lose their original function and exhibit neurotoxic effects . Consequently , prolonged activation of glutamate receptors leads to excitotoxicity , a process that plays a significant role in neurodegeneration .
According to Orphanet data , the prevalence of Wu syndrome is estimated to be < 1 / 1,000,000 .
Wu syndrome is inherited in an X-linked recessive manner .
One of the primary contributing factors to the occurrence of Wu syndrome is consanguineous marriage . Such marriages also increase the likelihood of genetic disorders such as cystic fibrosis and sickle cell anemia in offspring compared to couples who are not closely related .
Rachid Temal
Rachid Temal ( born 29 March 1973 ) is a French politician of the Socialist Party serving as a member of the Senate since 2017 . From 2017 to 2018 , he served as acting First Secretary of the Socialist Party .
1921-22 Hamilton Continentals men 's ice hockey season
The 1921-22 Hamilton Continentals men 's ice hockey season was the 4th season of play for the program . The Continentals represented Hamilton College and were coached by Albert Prettyman in his 4th season .
For the team 's first season at the Russell Sage Rink , most of the Continentals ' games were scheduled as home contests . This was done not only to advantage the team but also as a practical matter . Since many games that were set for outdoor rinks had been cancelled in recent years , usually due to adverse weather conditions , matches that were held in enclosed building were much less likely to be scrapped .
Hamilton began the season against Amherst but was still getting used to their new rink . The Continentals fell down early but managed to claw their way back and earn a close victory . A week later , the club suffered its first loss in almost two years when Army put up an unusually strong defensive effort . Hamilton then returned home for a match with Massachusetts Agricultural that was marred by improper officiating . The referee was unfamiliar with some of the updated rules and was calling infractions that had not been in effect since the war . As a result , several penalties were handed out for infractions that no longer existed . Luckily for Hamilton , most of those went against the Aggies , however , it meant that the Continentals ' close victory was not earned .
The team was hoping that February would bring them better fortune as the season was not progressing as coach Prettyman would have liked . Their first game after the exams was with Columbia and saw captain Dick Reeder played his best game of the season . Time and again he turned aside shots from the Lions and prevented them from scoring until the very end of the game . Marlow and Yates combined to stake the team to a 2-goal lead in the first but , as the game wore on , Hamilton began to tire and Columbia was able to use multiple reserve players to gain an edge . The visitors finally broke through in the third but time expired before they could secure a second marker . After continuing to improve their play in a win over Penn , Hamilton finally looked like its championship self again in a demolition of Colgate . Watson Thompson scored one goal per period while the rest of the team followed suit with five more . Several penalties were handed out in the physical match but it didn 't appear to affect the final result as the Continentals bullied the visitors all night long .
The team only seemed to get better as the season progressed . In their next game the Continentals clobbered an outmatched Clarkson squad , 12-2 . The Knights were completely unable to stem the tide of the Blue and Buff attack and allowed Watson Thompson to tie a collegiate record with 8 goals in the match . Hamilton was supposed to take a trip to Ithaca to face Cornell a few days later . Unfortunately , the game was cancelled due a lack of ice . Instead , Hamilton 's succeeding match came a week later and the team got an even bigger win , albeit against possibly the worst collegiate team that season . Rensselaer was hopelessly outclassed to the tune of 12-0 with the Thompson brothers combining for 10 goals on the evening .
For the final game of the season , Hamilton hosted the Nichols Hockey Club of Buffalo . The team 's defense was challenged more than it had been all season and they were taken to task by the amateur outfit . The offense remained strong , scoring 6 goals in the game but Dick Reeder faltered in goal and surrendered 9 to the visitors .
Clinton C. Bennett served as team manager with H. Louis George as his assistant .
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Zimbabwean one hundred trillion dollar note
The Zimbabwean one hundred trillion dollar note is a denomination of Zimbabwean currency . It is one of the world 's largest denominations of currency . It was first issued in Zimbabwe on 16 January 2009 during the period of hyperinflation when the prices of goods rose rapidly and the government printed money in increasingly larger denominations to match market prices . The banknote 's design has been used in Zimbabwe for decades and was printed on the two dollar note in 1983 .
Syndicat national des journalistes
The Syndicat national des journalistes ( SNJ , National Union of Journalists ) , founded in 1918 , is a French professional trade union exclusively for professional journalists . It is a founding member of the Solidaires Union ( formerly the " Group of Ten " ) and the International Federation of Journalists ( IFJ ) .
In 2018 , this union remained the most representative organization for the journalism profession , securing over 52 % of the vote in the 2018 Press Card Commission triennial elections and 38.85 % in the union representation measure for the journalism sector .
Founded in Paris on during a constitutive meeting at 52 Rue de Chateaudun , the Union of Journalists ( not yet named National Union of Journalists ) drafted in the Charter of Journalistic Duties , which established the ethical principles of the profession . This charter was revised in 1938 and updated again in 2011 .
In the early 1930s , after failed negotiations for a collective agreement ( signed only in 1938 ) , the SNJ , led by its president Georges Bourdon , inspired the Brachard Law of on the status of journalists , establishing the conscience clause , the Journalist Arbitration Commission , and laying the foundation for the Professional Journalist 's Identity Card Commission . This commission was formalized by a 1936 decree .
On 9 November 1940 , the SNJ , like all existing unions , was dissolved by the Vichy government .
It reconstituted itself in 1946 after a brief attempt to unify the trade union movement . Since 1946 , the SNJ has remained the leading journalists ' union in France . Its role has been to strengthen and expand the framework established in 1930 , including enhancements to the collective agreement as early as 1956 , the Cressard Law ( 1974 ) affirming the salaried status of freelance journalists , recognition of journalism training centers , affiliation with the UNEDIC unemployment insurance system ( 1968 ) , and the return of the arbitration commission to the press card commission premises ( 1993 ) .
In 1981 , the SNJ formed the Solidaires Union ( formerly " Group of Ten " ) with nine other organizations .
In the early 2000s , the SNJ shifted its stance on freelance journalists , creating dedicated commissions to assist them . These commissions provide resources for freelancers to learn their rights and participate in employee representative bodies .
In 2018 , celebrating its centenary , the SNJ organized events across France , including a tribute to Georges Bourdon in his hometown of Vouziers on 30 June . In Etretat , a Georges-Bourdon garden was inaugurated on 6 October . In Paris , a gathering took place on 10 March 2018 at Place du Trocadero , 100 years after its foundation . An exhibition titled " 100 Years of Fighting for Press Freedom " was displayed at the Paris City Hall from 17 September to 22 October . The 100th SNJ Congress featured Franck Riester , newly appointed Minister of Culture , as a speaker on 18 October . Historian Christian Delporte authored " 100 Years of Journalism : A History of the National Union of Journalists ( 1918-2018 ) . "
Northern bears ( disambiguation )
Northern Bears may refer to :
Ghulam Hasan
Justice Ghulam Hasan served as the judge of Supreme Court of India . He was appointed as a Supreme Court judge on 8 Sept 1952 . He served until 5 November 1954 .
He was the Senior Judge of Allahabad High Court . He was the Knighthood of the order of St. John of Jerusalam for humanitarian service . He was a member of the Oudh Bar from September 1940 . He became a Chief Judge on 23rd June 1940 . He served as the Chief Judge of the Oudh ( also spelled Awadh ) Chief Court until 25 , July 1948 and became a Judge of the High Court after amalgamation . After his retirement in the year 1951 , he took on the position of a Judge of the Supreme Court of India .
He also served as the Chairman of the Ajmer Sharif Dargah Enquiry Committee 1949 , and the Chairman of the Provincial Red Cross and St. John Ambulance Association India which is officially linked with the Order of St John . He was also elected as the president of the Board of Governments , La Martiniere School for Girls and La Martiniere College for Boys . He died in November 1954 .
According to the news report published by Times of India he died in the office . Other judges who died in the office include P Satanarayan Raju ( died in the office in 1966 ) , S N Dwidevi ( died in the office in 1974 ) , S M Fazal Ali ( 1985 ) , P Govinda Menon ( 1957 ) , M Srinivasan ( 2000 ) and Shantanagoudar ( 2021 ) .
Christian Piwarz
Christian Piwarz ( born 23 July 1975 in Dresden ) is a German politician . He served as the former state chairman of the Junge Union Sachsen und Niederschlesien . He has served as a member of the Landtag of Saxony since 2006 and held the position of Saxon State Minister for Culture in the Kretschmer I and Kretschmer II cabinets from 2017 to 2024 .
On December 19 , 2024 , Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer appointed Christian Piwarz as State Minister of Finance in the Third Kretschmer cabinet .
Ryan Job
Ryan Curtis Job ( pronounced " Jobe " ) ( March 11 , 1981 - September 24 , 2009 ) , also known by his nickname " Biggles , " was an American soldier and member of the United States Navy SEALs who was shot during a combat mission in Ramadi , Iraq during the Second Battle of Ramadi . He would survive the attack , but would later die in an incident of medical malpractice , leading to a $ 4 million ( 2011 USD ) lawsuit .
Job has been depicted twice in media ; his shooting was described by Chris Kyle in his 2013 book , " " and he was potrayed by Jake McDorman in the film of the same name .
Job was born on March 11 , 1981 , in Issaquah , Washington . He attended the University of Washington in the late 1990s , and from there would enlist in the United States Navy before going on active duty . Job began basic training on December 17 , 2002 , and completed basic training at Naval Station Great Lakes in February of 2003 . He later attended Basic Underwater Demolition / SEAL training ( BUD / S ) at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado , and then underwent specialized SEAL training from May 2003 to November 2004 . After completing Naval Special Warfare Advanced Training in June 2005 , Job served with SEAL Team Three at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado from June 2005 until he was medically retired from the Navy on March 31 , 2007 .
On August 2 , 2006 , Job was shot in the head while on an overwatch mission with fellow SEAL members Chris Kyle and Marc Alan Lee in Ramadi , Iraq . A bullet fired by an enemy gunmen ricocheted off of Job 's rifle and struck him in the left side of his face ; the bullet went through his head and left him permanently blind . Lee covered fire with an M60 machine gun while Kyle and one other SEAL team member worked to carry Job down the steps of the building they were in . Lee would be shot and killed as Kyle , Job and others evacuated the building . He would be sent to Germany for his injuries , and would later be transported to the United States .
In July 2008 , Job would climb Mount Rainier .
Job overdosed on medicine at the Maricopa County Medical Center in Phoenix , Arizona on September 24 , 2009 , while undergoing treatment for his eye injuries . It was determined by a judge that his death was an incident of medical malpractice in the United States , and $ 4 million ( 2011 USD ) were given to his family to settle a malpractice lawsuit .
Indal Deul Temple
Indal Deul Temple ( also known as Andal Deul Temple ) is a Hindu temple in Kharod , Chhattisgarh . It is dated to between 650 and 675 CE .
The temple is a 7th-century brick and stucco structure , likely built by Maharaja Indrabala of the Panduvamshis of Dakshina Kosala . This west-facing temple is situated north of the village .
The doorway features three intricately designed bands . The third and outermost band is particularly notable , as it depicts the river goddesses Ganga and Yamuna in finely carved reliefs . These two deities are positioned on either side of the entrance , symbolizing purity and auspiciousness .
P. K. Priya
Premachandram Kanchana Priya ( born 29 April 1988 ) , known as P. K. Priya , is an athlete from India . At the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi , she was a member of the women 's relay which won a bronze medal with Geetha Satti , Srabani Nanda and H. M. Jyothi . At the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou , she was a member of the women 's relay which finished in 5th place . At the 2009 Asian Athletics Championships in Guangzhou , she was a member of the women 's relay .
Bentin Tacna Heroica
Club Deportivo Esther Grande de Bentin Tacna Heroica ( sometimes referred as EGB Tacna Heroica or Bentin Tacna Heroica ) is a Peruvian football club , playing in the city of Tacna , Tacna , Peru .
In the 2016 Copa Peru , the club qualified to the National Stage , but was eliminated by Deportivo Hualgayoc in the quarterfinals .
Alfred Mateyu Chaima
Alfred Mateyu Chaima ( born 14 July 1970 ) is a Malawian Catholic prelate who is the Bishop of the Diocese of Zomba in Malawi .
He was born on 14 July 1970 in Nambera , Lilongwe District , in the Central Region of Malawi . He attended primary school in his home area . He attended " St. Pius XII Seminary " for his secondary school education . Later he joined " Kachebere Major Seminary " for philosophical studies . He then continued to study theology at " St. Peters Major Seminary " in Zomba . He holds a Licentiate and a Doctor of Philosophy , both in pastoral theology and both awarded by the Catholic University of Eastern Africa , in Nairobi , Kenya .
He was ordained a deacon at Zomba on 19 January 1998 . He was ordained a priest on 4 July 1998 at the Cathedral in Blantyre by Archbishop James Chiona , Archbishop of Blantyre .
While a priest of Blantyre he served in various roles including as :
On 5 June 2023 Pope Francis appointed Father Alfred Mateyu Chaima , as Bishop of the Diocese of Zomba . He was consecrated bishop and installed on 12 August 2023 at the Grounds of " Zomba Catholic Secondary School , " Diocese of Zomba , Zambia . The Principal Consecrator was Archbishop George Desmond Tambala , Archbishop of Lilongwe assisted by Archbishop Thomas Luke Msusa , Archbishop of Blantyre and Bishop Peter Adrian Chifukwa , Bishop of Dedza .
Robert Lawrence Randall
Robert Lawrence Randall is an American orthopaedic oncologist and academic , known for his work in treating bone and soft tissue sarcomas . He currently serves as the Chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of California , Davis , and holds the David Linn Endowed Chair in Orthopaedic Surgery . Randall has played a pivotal role in advancing sarcoma research and treatment . His career spans roles at institutions such as the Yale School of Medicine , UCSF , University of Washington / Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center , University of Utah 's Huntsman Cancer Institute , Primary Children 's Hospital , and Shriners Hospitals for Children .
He has been recognized among the top 1 % of orthopaedic surgeons in the United States by US News & World Report . He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons ( FACS ) and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons ( FAOA ) . He is an active member of organizations such as the Musculoskeletal Tumor Society and the Connective Tissue Oncology Society .
Randall was born in Washington , D.C. , United States , and pursued his undergraduate studies at Brown University , where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Human Biology and Molecular Biology in 1988 . He graduated Magna Cum Laude , with honorary distinctions in Biology , Chemistry , and Music . His senior honors research focused on the molecular genetic analysis of Schistosoma mansoni antigenicity .
He later attended Yale University School of Medicine , receiving his Doctorate of Medicine in 1992 . Randall completed his internship in General Surgery and residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of California , San Francisco ( UCSF ) , from 1992 to 1997 . Following his residency , he completed a fellowship in Musculoskeletal Oncology at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center , University of Washington , in 1998 .
Starting at the University of Utah in 1998 as an assistant professor , Randall became a full professor with tenure and the L.B. & Olive S. Young Presidential Endowed Chair for Cancer Research . He served as the Director of Sarcoma Services at the Huntsman Cancer Institute and Primary Children 's Medical Center . He also developed and directed the Huntsman-Intermountain Adolescent and Young Adult ( AYA ) Cancer Care Program , the first combined healthcare program to span the two institutions .
Randall 's clinical practice and research focus on musculoskeletal surgical oncology and building trans-disciplinary teams to combat rare cancers . His translational research includes work as chief of the Sarcoma Array Research Consortium ( SARC ) Lab and collaborations with Nobel Prize co-winner Mario Capecchi to develop genetically engineered mouse models .
In 2006 , he created the Sarcoma Advanced Research and Clinical ( SARC ) Fellowship for training in academic sarcoma surgery . On November 7 , 2012 , Randall performed the world 's first trans-dermal compressive osseointegration case for amputees .
Randall 's research has focused on advancing the understanding and treatment of sarcomas . His work with the PARITY Study Group has established benchmarks for clinical research in orthopaedic oncology . He has authored over 300 peer-reviewed articles , including studies published in prestigious journals .
Dalbir Singh Lohar
Dalbir Singh Lohar , also known as Dalbir Singh Lohar ( Nepali : दलबिर सिह लोहार ) , was a prominent Gorkha freedom fighter and political leader from Assam , India . He played a significant role in the Indian independence movement and holds the distinction of being the first Gorkha to win an assembly election in independent India .
Dalbir Singh Lohar actively participated in the Indian freedom struggle under the guidance of the Indian National Congress . He was deeply inspired by Mahatma Gandhi 's philosophy of non-violence and truth . During Gandhi 's visit to Assam in 1921 , Lohar joined the Congress-led procession in Dibrugarh and became involved in the Satyagraha movement initiated by Gandhi .
In 1941 , during the third phase of the Satyagraha campaign , he was expelled from Assam due to his active involvement in the struggle .
After India 's independence , Dalbir Singh Lohar emerged as a popular labor leader . He closely worked with the Assam Provincial Congress and the Indian National Trade Union Congress ( INTUC ) . From 1964 to 1968 , he served as the central president of the Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangha ( Assam Tea Workers Union ) .
Lohar 's political career began after India gained independence . He became the first Gorkha to win an assembly election in independent India , representing the interests of the working class and the Gorkha community in Assam .
Dalbir Singh Lohar 's contributions to the freedom struggle and labor rights movement have been widely recognized . The Assam government has instituted the " Freedom Fighter Dalbir Singh Lohar Excellence Award " in his honor .
On the occasion of his 53rd death anniversary , a special program was presented by Doordarshan Kendra ( DDK ) Dibrugarh to commemorate his life and legacy .
Indian Independence Movement
Gorkha Community in India
Assam Tea Workers Movement
2025 Greek presidential election
An indirect presidential election is due to be held in Greece in 2025 for the President of the Hellenic Republic .
According to Article 32 of the Constitution of Greece , the president is elected for a five-year term by the Hellenic Parliament in a special session at least a month before the incumbent 's term expires . The first and second rounds require a supermajority of 200 out of the 300-strong body , dropping to 180 on the third .
In the event of a non-election even after the third ballot , the parliament is to be dissolved and a snap election to be called within ten days . After reconvening , the new parliament holds a maximum of three further rounds of voting , with the required majority at 180 votes in the fourth and a simple majority of 151 votes in the fifth round . A sixth and last round would be contested between the two candidates with the most votes and decided by a relative majority .
Brazilian Malacological Society
The Sociedade Brasileira de Malacologia ( Portuguese for Brazilian Malacological Society ) , or SBMa in short , is a Brazilian scientific organization dedicated to the study , research , conservation , and dissemination of knowledge about mollusks . Founded in 1969 , the society brings together researchers , students , and enthusiasts of malacology across Brazil , promoting activities that stimulate the advancement of biological and ecological sciences related to this group of organisms .
The main objectives of the Brazilian Malacological Society are to bring together scholars , professionals , and amateurs in malacology and related sciences ; to encourage the study of mollusks and promote knowledge about them at all levels ; to take feasible measures to preserve Brazil 's malacofauna ; to organize the Brazilian Malacology Meeting every two years ; to register Brazilian malacological collections ; and to represent malacologists at any events .
The SBMa organizes the " Encontro Brasileiro de Malacologia " ( Portuguese for Brazilian Malacology Meeting ) , short EBRAM , one of the main forums for discussing mollusk-related topics in Brazil . To date , 28 Meetings have been held . At each meeting , research findings from society members and other researchers are presented in the form of oral communications , posters , lectures , and pannel discussions , among others . Additionally , the EBRAM features conferences , courses , workshops , technical visits , and other activities covering virtually all approaches of malacology , including anatomy and morphology , archaeology , biodiversity , biogeography , cultivation , conchology , ecology , evolution , ethnology , physiology , genetics , phylogeny , pathology , palaeontology , environmental sciences , reproduction and development , taxonomy , systematics , and education .
The society publishes the " Informativo da Sociedade Brasileira de Malacologia , " a news magazine aimed at reporting the latest research on mollusks developed by Brazilian researchers and providing communications of interest to the Brazilian malacological community .
The original logo of the Brazilian Malacological Society was based on a photograph of the shell of " Titanostrombus goliath , " also known as the goliath conch , a large endemic sea snail species found along the northeastern coast of Brazil . The design of the logo at the time was developed by the Malacology Sector of the National Museum of Brazil , in accordance with the resolutions from the VI Brazilian Malacology Meeting held in Rio Grande , in July 1979 .
In 2013 , during the XXIII Brazilian Malacology Meeting , with the main goal of modernizing and seeking a logo more suitable for current graphic tools , a decision was made to change the SBMa 's symbol . Through image vectorization , the famous and iconic photograph of the goliath conch was redesigned into smoother , rounded forms , with the acronym , full name , and the year of the Society 's founding at the top . Today , the current logo is featured on the Society 's website and on all documents issued by the Society 's board , such as announcements , receipts , certificates , and others .
Ring Wrong Ring
Ring Wrong Ring is a Indian sitcom that premiered on SAB TV on 13 December 2010 and concluded on 20 June 2011 . It stars Muskaan Mihani , Aasif Sheikh , Ujjwal Chopra , Anita Kanwal and Rakesh Bedi .
Show centers on Mansi ( Muskan Mihani ) , a housewife who inherits a peculiar gift from her deceased father-in-law , Dinanath Chouhan ( Rakesh Bedi ) : a magical ring . Dinanath , a magician by profession , created this ring with the power to grant wishes . However , a flaw in its creation causes the magic to manifest in unpredictable and often comedic ways . Mansi uses the ring with the intention of resolving daily issues and pleasing her family . This family includes her husband , Vijay ( Aasif Sheikh ) , who remains blissfully unaware of the ring 's existence and the ensuing chaos . This lack of awareness provides a constant source of comedic tension as Mansi struggles to conceal the magical mishaps . Also in the family is Ajay ( Ujjwal Chopra ) , Mansi 's brother-in-law , who is similarly kept in the dark about the ring , further complicating Mansi 's efforts .
Adding another layer to the family dynamic is Gayatri ( Anita Kanwal ) , Mansi 's mother-in-law , a traditional and somewhat demanding figure who inadvertently adds pressure to Mansi as she juggles her wishes and the secret of the ring . Even in death , Dinanath Chouhan plays a role , appearing in a photo frame and interacting with Mansi , offering guidance ( though often not very helpful ) regarding the ring 's erratic magic . The show 's narrative structure generally involves Mansi making a wish in each episode , followed by the resulting humorous and often absurd side effects that ripple through her family . Ring Wrong Ring presents a comedic exploration of wish fulfillment , emphasizing the potential for unintended consequences when magic doesn 't operate as expected , all within the context of a close-knit family dynamic .
2025 Lindenwood Lions football team
The 2025 Lindenwood Lions football team will represent Lindenwood University as a member of the Big South-OVC Football Association in the 2025 NCAA Division I FCS football season . The Lions are expected to be led by eight-year head coach Jed Stugart and play their home games at Harlen C. Hunter Stadium in St. Charles , Missouri .
1957-58 Divizia C
The 1957-58 Divizia C was the 6th season of Liga III , the third tier of the Romanian football league system .
Relegated from Divizia B
Promoted from Regional Championship
Promoted to Divizia B
Relegated to Regional Championship
" Energia Moinesti " was renamed as Petrolul Moinesti .
" Dinamo Dorohoi " was renamed as Gloria Dorohoi .
" Energia Targoviste " was renamed as Metalul Targoviste .
" Energia Bucuresti " was renamed as Titanii Bucuresti .
" Energia Sinaia " was renamed as Carpati Sinaia .
" Flamura Rosie Ramnicu Valcea " was renamed as Unirea Ramnicu Valcea .
" Energia Cugir " was renamed as UM Cugir .
" Energia Turda " was renamed as Ariesul Turda .
" Locomotiva Turnu Severin " was renamed as CFR Turnu Severin .
" Energia Tarnaveni " was renamed as Chimica Tarnaveni .
" Energia Otelu Rosu " was renamed as Metalul Otelu Rosu .
" Progresul Brad " was renamed as Aurul Brad .
" Recolta Toplita " was renamed as Muresul Toplita .
" Flamura Rosie Giurgiu " was renamed as Olimpia Giurgiu .
" Locomotiva Galati " was renamed as Gloria CFR Galati .
" Energia Resita " was renamed as Olimpia Resita .
" Metalul Medgidia " was renamed as IMU Medgidia .
" Energia Tohan " was renamed as Torpedo Tohan .
" Progresul Corabia " was renamed as Dunarea Corabia .
" Energia Orastie " was renamed as Flacara Orastie .
" Progresul Satu Mare " was renamed as Somesul Satu Mare .
" Recolta Sighetu Marmatiei " was renamed as Tisa Sighetu Marmatiei .
" Flamura Rosie Buhusi " was renamed as Textila Buhusi .
" Flamura Rosie Bacau " was renamed as Steaua Rosie Bacau .
" Flamura Rosie 7 Noiembrie Arad " was renamed as Indagrara Arad .
" Locomotiva Iasi " was renamed as CFR Iasi .
" Energia Braila " was renamed as Dinamo Braila .
" Metalul Constanta " was renamed as SN Constanta .
" Flamura Rosie Cluj " was renamed as Rapid Cluj .
" Energia Oradea " was renamed as Staruinta Oradea .
" Flamura Rosie Sfantu Gheorghe " was renamed as Textila Sfantu Gheorghe .
" Dinamo Targu Mures " was renamed as Vointa Targu Mures .
" Dinamo Galati " was renamed as Ancora Galati .
" Energia Craiova " was renamed as Rovine Grivita Craiova .
" Locomotiva Craiova " was renamed as Feroviarul Craiova .
Flacara Leordeni was moved to Pitesti and renamed to Petrolul Pitesti .
Progresul Turda and Energia Turda merged , the first one being absorbed by the second one . The new entity was named as Ariesul Turda .
MyPhone myA18
The MyPhone myA18 is an entry of Android-based smartphones developed by MyPhone , a Filipino mobile phone brand . It was initially announced and released in September 2019 in the Philippines .
The phone case is made of plastic . It is available in 6 colors : Black , White , Blue , Rose , Gold , and Turquoise . It also featured and pre-installed with MyPhone DTV Dongle .
2024-25 US Catanzaro 1929 season
The 2024-25 season is the 96th in the history of US Catanzaro 1929 and the second consecutive season in the Italian Serie B. In addition to their domestic campaign , the team also competed in the Coppa Italia , where they were eliminated in the first round .
On 5 July 2024 , " Giallorossi " announced the appointment of Fabio Caserta as head coach under a two-year contract .
McN 5707
Mcn 5707 is a SNDRI agent designated for the treatment of depression . It was developed by Bruce Maryanoff of McNeil ( now Johnson & Johnson ) in the 1980s .
For related agents , see JNJ-7925476 , McN 4612-z , McN-5292 , McN-5558 & McN5652 .
Flyway Conference
The Flyway Conference is a former high school athletic conference with its membership concentrated in east central Wisconsin . Founded in 1970 and disbanded in 1999 , all of its members were affiliated with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association .
The Flyway Conference was formed in 1970 by seven small- to medium-sized high schools in the lower Fox River Valley in east central Wisconsin . Three schools came from the disbanded Fox Valley Tri-County League ( Laconia , Lomira and Oakfield ) , two joined from the Scenic Moraine Conference ( Campbellsport and North Fond du Lac ) , and one school each came from the Eastern Suburban Conference ( Dodgeland ) and the Little Ten Conference ( Horicon ) after the latter 's dissolution . Membership remained relatively stable through the history of the conference with few changes in the conference 's first decade . Markesan joined the Flyway in 1977 to create an eight-member circuit , and in 1980 , Dodgeland left to rejoin the Eastern Suburban Conference with Mayville taking its place from the Scenic Moraine Conference . The Flyway Conference continued as an eight-school loop for nineteen seasons before any further realignment .
1999 saw the most significant change to Flyway Conference membership . Two schools left to join the East Central Conference ( Laconia and Markesan ) along with Campbellsport 's departure to the Eastern Wisconsin Conference . To counter the losses , four private schools joined as a result of the pending WIAA / WISAA merger set to be finalized in 2000 . Three schools joined from the Midwest Classic Conference ( Central Wisconsin Christian in Waupun , St. Lawrence Seminary in Mount Calvary and Winnebago Lutheran Academy in Fond du Lac ) and St. Mary 's Springs Academy in Fond du Lac joined from the former Fox Valley Christian Conference . The four added schools would never compete in the Flyway Conference , as it was merged with the East Central Conference to create the new East Central Flyway Conference before the 1999-2000 school year . All nine outgoing members of the Flyway Conference comprised the new conference 's Flyway Division .
Four schools joined the Flyway Conference prior to its merger with the East Central Conference , but never competed as conference members :
Taiwan Fine Arts Exhibition
The Taiwan Fine Arts Exhibition , also referred to as the Taiwan Arts Exhibition , Taiwan Exhibition , or " Taiten " for short , was Taiwan 's first large-scale art exhibition . It was held ten times from 1927 to 1936 and was organised by the Taiwan Education Association , an external organisation affiliated with the Cultural and Education Bureau of the Governor-General of Taiwan under Japanese rule . In 1937 , it was expected that the Government-General of Taiwan would takeover organizing the exhibition . However , it was postponed due to the Marco Polo Bridge incident between China and Japan . In 1938 , the Government-General of Taiwan origanized its first exhibtion , and six total exhibitions were held by 1943 . The exhibitions held by Government-General of Taiwan was called Governor-General 's Art Exhibition , or " Futen " for short .
Japanese art teachers and art enthusiasts in Taiwan initially proposed the idea of a " Taiwan Art Exhibition , " similar to the Imperial Art Exhibition , or Teiten , back in Japan . The initial idea was the local art community themselves would organize the exhibition .
The magazine " Taiwan Times " then published an article by Toho Shiotsuki , which mentioned that he , Gobara Koto , Kinichiro Ishikawa , and others discussed the preparation for the Taiwan Art Exhibition near Taipei New Park . However , when they reported the matter to the officials , the officials expressed that they wanted the Government-General to host the exhibition . Later , the Taiwan Art Exhibition was organised by the Taiwan Education Association . Although the association was a non-governmental organization , its prominent members were all high-ranking officials of the Government-General . Therefore , the Taiwan Art Exhibition can be seen as an " official " exhibition with a hint of " the colonial authorities ' flavor . "
The government 's desire to intervene in art exhibitions had important political implications . Since the Taiwan Education Association hosted the Taiwan Exhibition , it was evident that for the colonial authorities , the exhibition was an educational tool . Minister of Culture and Education Hidehiko Ishida wrote an article before the first Taiwan Exhibition , mentioning the exhibition " provides hobbies and promote interests for islanders . " To the authorities , the exhibition was a way to " enhance " the cultural standards and tastes of Taiwanese people , ultimately leading to their " assimilation . " Promoting Japanese tastes and aesthetic through art exhibitions was essential for Taiwanese people to be " trained " to become people useful to the homeland of Japan . It is also a meaningful way to promote Japan 's colonial achievements to the world .
The exhibition is divided into two departments : the Oriental Painting Department and the Western Painting Department .
Many famous painters at that time , such as Cai Xuexi , Lu Tie-Zhou , Li Xueqiao , and Guodao Shuima , were rejected . Only Chen Jin , Lin Yushan , and Kuo Hsueh-hu were selected among the Taiwanese painters , who were young and unknown at the time . The trio were later known in history as the " Three Youths of Taiten . " The reason for the selection , examiner Kinoshita Shizua pointed out , was that it would be unacceptable for works such as " portraits with erased brushes , " " orchids , bamboos , and Bodhidharma that were drawn causally " and " copied from the " Manual of the Mustard Seed Garden " " to be among the exhibited works . What this actual meant was that Kinoshita opposed the traditional ink-copying culture of Taiwan 's Han cultural system in order to encourage the new artistic concept of sketching . However , according to Xue Lifa , he believes there are ink-copying elements among the selected works by Takatori Yueyang , Isaka Asahi , and even the Taiwanese Kuo Hseuh-hu .
Therefore , the aggrieved painters who were rejected , under the initiative of Nakaji Noro , held an " Exhibition of the Rejected " on the third floor of the Taiwan Daily News building , in hope to stir up public opinion and fight back against the review results . Among them , Lu Tiezhou 's " Hundred Birds " was well received , causing the Taiwan Education Association , which hosted the Taiwan Exhibition , to receive fierce criticism from all walks of life .
This year 's special selection , " The Ghost Festival in Keelung " by Hideo Murakami , depicts Taiwanese local customs , but its art style looked like an extension of the Japanese ukiyo-e . Others , such as " Cool Evening " by Suda Yasusu and " Dance of a Hundred Butterflies " by Changjiu Changchun , all show Japanese paintings ' characteristics of line drawing , delicateness , and heavier application of paint than dyeing .
Katsura Matsubayashi , a famous Japanese painter from the Maruyama Shijo School of Southern Painting , was invited to serve as a judge . Song Lin encouraged painters to complete vernacular art that genuinely belonged to Taiwan . This point has been repeatedly emphasised in subsequent sessions . Kuo Hsueh-hu changed the traditional landscape painting style of the previous session and used glue colour with detailed depictions to present the gorgeous masterpiece " Scenery Near Yuan Shan . " This work inherits the ingenious , full-frame composition and magnificent colouring of the word " Nan Xun De ( Chuo ) Yue " by Xiang Yuan Gutong from the previous session . " Scenery Near Yuan Shan " became a trend as soon as it was published , which was also why the " Snow Lake School " was formed in the Taipei painting circle in the future . This year , a large number of Taiwanese painters were selected in the style of sketching . Pan Chunyuan , a folk painter from Tainan , demonstrates his fantastic realism skills in " Seen at the Pasture . " Pan did not receive an art education from an academy but had already become famous for his portraiture . Some examples of traditional landscape works have been selected , such as Xu Qinglian 's " Eight Prizes Creek . "
Third exhibition ( 1929 / Showa 4 )
The painter who attracted the most attention this year was undoubtedly Lu Tiezhou , who was unsuccessful in the first exhibition for his " Hundred Birds " but won praise in the unsuccessful exhibition . Inspired by her failure in the first session , Lu went to Kyoto , Japan , to study painting with the famous painter Fukuda Heihachiro . Her painting style shifted from the original traditional ink to objective and realistic depictions using gelatin . His flower and bird paintings strive for accurate images , but the flowers and leaves have sharp shapes and are flat in a decorative style , and the gradients of painting and dyeing present an idealised sense of order . It strikes a good balance between naturalism and idealism . Kuo Hsueh-hu 's " Spring " continues the previous subtle style of painting . Kuo Hsueh-hu 's teacher , Cai Xuexi , had been unsuccessful in the last two sessions , so she decided to put down her body and ask Kuo Hsueh-hu for advice . She was also selected with " Autumn Round Mountain " in this session , which became a good talk . Shi Yushan 's " The Sacrifice of Chaotian Palace " follows the theme of popular folk activities and has attracted considerable attention for its unique representation of distance and modern things . Lin Yushan 's " Zhou Lianxi " is one of the few works that uses traditional ink . In response to the fact that there are fewer and fewer conventional ink paintings , examiner Matsubayashi Katsuki called for the emphasis on the tradition of expressing individuality in Southern painting and to pay attention to the expression of personal personality due to selection considerations .
For Taiwanese Oriental painting , this session symbolises a new stage . First , the exhibition 's reward system includes the Taiwan Exhibition Award and the Taiwan Daily Award , in addition to the unique selection . Then , Xiangyuan Gutong proposed the " Taiwan type " and said it was " different from Taiwan type . " Regarding the former , Gohara believes : " The Oriental paintings in the Taiwan Exhibition have gradually formed the ' Taiwan Exhibition Type , ' which can be commonly seen at the venue . Lin Yushan 's " Lotus Pond " and Chen Jin 's " Young Days " are two . This stand showcases the orthodox excellence ... . " As for the latter , he mainly commented on Cai Mada 's " Sisters Nong Om Butterfly " : ... " the author went to Beijing to study painting , so he stayed away from the Taiwan exhibition style and had a unique style . " It can be seen from this that The venue has gradually formed a mainstream artistic style . Gohara 's " Taiwan Style " description may be more about emotional expression than stylistic analysis . Because there is not much similarity in style between Lin Yushan 's " Lotus Pond " and Chen Jin 's " Young Days . " The former belongs to the style of Danqing painting in the Song Dynasty , with the addition of gold-plated techniques that are standard in Japanese paintings . The latter is a purely Japanese-style beauty painting . And are these types of paintings really " commonly seen at the venue , " as Gohara said ? The answer is not necessarily correct , either . Let 's look at the content of the paintings in subsequent editions and the interpretation of the term " Taiwan Exhibition Style " by art critics . The delicate painting style of the Xiangyuan - Kuo Hsueh-hu series is the central theme of the Oriental Painting Department of the Taiwan Exhibition . The characteristics of the " Taiwan exhibition type " mentioned by Gohara should include the creative attitude of sketching and the use of bright and flat colours . There were several generational masterpieces this year . In addition to Lin Yushan 's " Lotus Pond , " which was added to the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts collection , Kuo Hsueh-hu 's " Festival on South Street " and Xiang Yuan 's " Taiwan Mountain and Sea Screen " are also added to the collection of Taipei Fine Arts Museum . " Festival on South Street " is a representative work of this year 's famous folk activities . Kuo Hsueh-hu applied his sophisticated painting style to depict the modern urban customs of Dadaocheng , which is quite innovative . The images of abundance and joy reflected in the painting have also attracted the attention of researchers in postcolonial theory . Kuo Hsueh-hu 's teacher , Cai Xuexi 's work " Dragon Boat " for this session is also similar , and its content also deliberately presents the various ethnic groups in Taiwan at that time . Works with unique styles , in addition to " Sisters Nong Om Butterfly " by Cai Mada , " Spring Night " by Xu Qinglian cannot be ignored . This work adopts the " Tang style landscape method , " combining the composition and artistic conception of the Chinese Nanzong landscape with the detailed description and patterned shapes of Japanese paintings . This style was uncommon in Taiwan then but more common in Japan . Lu Tiezhou 's " Spring in the Forest " is quite similar to " Autumn in the Trees " by Shimomura Kanzan and " Falling Leaves " by Hishida Haruna , both of which are masterpieces from the Japan Fine Arts Exhibition . It is also a unique work .
Compared with the previous session , the Oriental Painting Department of this session was relatively dull , and the art criticism was less enthusiastic . Lu Tiezhou and Kuo Hsueh-hu won the Taiwan Exhibition Award with their consistent style and more mature and sophisticated attitude . Lu Tiezhou 's " Back Courtyard " presents Taiwan 's native flowers and birds in an ideal form and excellent layout . Kuo Hsueh-hu 's " Xinji " still uses a dense painting style , but the shape is slightly simplified , and the line drawing is lighter . From the second year to this year , Kuo Hsueh-hu has won the grand prize every time . Painters influenced by his style include Cai Xuexi , Cai Wenhua , Cai Yong ( Yunyan ) , Cai Jiuwu ( Bingqian ) , Xie Yonghuo , and Ji Xiuzhen . The so-called " Snow Lake School " has become a force that occupies a place in the Oriental Painting Department of the Taiwan Exhibition . Lin Yushan 's " Zhu Luan " has a leisurely , wild charm , significantly contrasting the gorgeous feeling of the previous " Lotus Pond . " " The Poet 's Flowers Fall " by Cai Mada ( Wen Fu ) is also a work with a rural feel and captures the momentary dynamics of the characters . Tainan 's folk painter system also achieved excellent results this time . Huang Jingshan 's " Flower " won the Taiwanese Film Festival , and Pan Chunyuan 's " Women " realistically and meticulously depicts the interior layout of the time that blended the earth and the West and the clothing and appearance of a prostitute . The work " Painting Tools " by Pan Chunyuan 's son Pan Lishui ( Yun ( Snow ) Mountain ) is a realistic still-life painting with a very novel subject matter and strong contemporary characteristics . Zhou Xuefeng , born in Chiayi , has a comfortable atmosphere in " Chaoyue " and is excellent at handling both near and far .
Lu Tiezhou 's " Castor and Army Chicken " uses his consistent plant depiction style , with an enlarged rooster on the right , making the picture full of surging momentum . Lin Yushan 's " Sugar Cane " depicts a hen and chicks walking in a sugar cane garden , continuing the wild style . Kuo Hsueh-hu 's " Xunyuan " depicts the Lin Family Mansion and Garden , still using a sophisticated painting style . The most prominent feature of this year 's exhibition is that many female painters participate in the exhibition , such as Lin Aqin , Zhou Hongchou , Chen Xuejun , Peng Rongmei , Xie Baozhi , and Qiu Jinlian . They are all students from Taipei Municipal Zhongshan Girls High School background and studied under Xiangyuan Gutong . These works are all paintings of single plants . The painting style is very close to Gohara 's , using lines to highlight the colour . In addition to " Xun Yuan , " other art styles that Gohara also influenced include " Autumn Colors " by Shi Yushan , " Autumn Sunny " by Cai Yunyan , and " Valley Brocade " by Qingmiu Xuejiang . However , in this session , the clever painting style has been attacked by art critics . Comments in Taiwan 's Daily Newspaper called it " venue art ( works created to cater to the exhibition atmosphere ) , " " close to the composition of foreign paintings , " " huge and densely packed , " and named it " Taiwan Exhibition Type . " After the term " Taiwan exhibition type " appeared in the fourth edition , it has not only been given a different meaning in this edition . Still , it has also become an adjective with negative connotations in art critics . Art critic Xi Guiyilu pointed out that the Taiwan Exhibition has become rigid and must be reformed ; otherwise , many people will be unwilling to participate . In addition to " Xun Yuan , " Kuo Hsueh-hu has another work , " Morning Fog . " This work differs from the sophisticated painting style , focusing on free and easy lines . Lines no longer exist to set off colour surfaces , and leaves are not painted piece by piece . Pan Chunyuan 's " Emperor Wu " is a portrait of Guan Gong and Zhou Cang . In the previous sessions , this kind of portrait was considered to be drawn according to the painting manual and was to be eliminated , but this time , it was selected . Japanese painters still have not won significant awards , but several outstanding works have been with unique styles . For example , Murakami Murakami 's " Linquan Temple Hill " is flat and sculpted , similar to " Maiko Linquan " created by Tsuchida Makisen in 1924 . Yataro Miyata 's " Shocking from the Flying Spring " has good light and dark performance and layout . " Deep Mountains " by Autumn Mountains and Spring Waters uses far and near arrangements to create an artistic conception . These works can only be selected but cannot win awards , which shows the narrow aesthetic interest of the exhibition .
Starting from this session , the qualification for non-inspection will be abolished , but examiners still have the right to exhibit directly . In addition , this year 's Asahi Prize has been added . After six years of competition , a Japanese painter finally won another grand prize this year . Murakami Murakami changed the trend of simplification in the previous edition and won the Asahi Prize for her multi-frame work " Seen in Manchuria " in a realistic style . In contrast , Murasawa Setsuko 's " Pretend to Be a Family Sake " is relatively flat in shape , emphasising the expressiveness of lines and full of interest in life . Shuko Fuwa 's " Waterside " is an idealised depiction of tropical plants and is a typical Japanese-style flower and bird painting . However , generally speaking , the bold innovations of the previous session are no longer seen . The difference between Han and Japanese styles is very prominent in this session . Opposite to Japanese painters are some traditional ink landscape works . Pan Chunyuan abandoned the solid sculptural style of previous editions and was selected with the traditional ink painting " Dawn Color in a Mountain Village . " From now on , he will no longer participate in the Taiwan Exhibition . Zhu Futing 's " Harvest in the Rain " is a typical Nanzong painting . Xu Qinglian 's " Autumn Mountain Xiaosi " follows his previous " Tang style landscape " with a more assertive Japanese flavour . Still , it is quite different from the performance of Japanese painters in the Taiwan exhibition . Chen Jinghui 's " Journey " shows that the Japanese Academy influenced the painter . He painted the activities of urban women in Taiwan , but he abandoned the depiction of street scenes and only used a shallow depth of ground to represent roads . Applying this infinite depth method is a significant feature of classical oriental figure painting . Kuo Hsueh-hu 's " Solitude " can be regarded as the most daring work of this year . It also begins his gradual departure from the sophisticated painting style and various artistic experiments . This work is made entirely of ink and combined with the texture of the wallpaper , giving the entire picture a unique atmosphere .
Since then , the mature style of the Taiwan Exhibition has been almost determined . Lu Tiezhou 's " Southern Country , " which won the Taiwan Exhibition Award last year , and Chen Jinghui 's " Road , " which won the Taiwan Japan Award , use presented compositions to express the results of sketching , which is different from Guo Xuehu 's style of filling the whole frame with gorgeous style . Lu Yunyou of the Chiayi School of Painting inherited this year 's style line and presented the individual plants he sketched in the Huxian Flower Orchard . Katsuhiro Takanashi 's " Vegetable Garden " has attracted much attention from the media and art critics . About two-thirds of the painting is left blank , and the trees are drawn with freehand brushwork . Still , the vegetables in the close-up area are scattered one by one . The explicit depiction combines the two opposite styles of Nanhua and Xiaomi . This year , the autumn mountains and spring waters continue the gorgeous style that fills the whole frame , and the trend of clearly presented themes also influences them . What he painted this time was an aboriginal woman with a clay pot on her head , her face visible from the front , deliberately emphasising the deep facial features of the aborigines . In the background are mountain and forest plants , which fill the entire painting in fine detail . Among the works of other famous artists , Kuo Hsueh-hu continued his experiments in southern Chinese painting , all based on the expression of ink lines . Chen Jin 's " Wild Side " depicts family interactions in the wild . In contrast , Chen Jinghui 's " Noodle Making " describes the working conditions of rural farmers , both of which are mature expressions of " local colour . " Xiangyuan Gutong continued to create his " Taiwan Mountains and Sea Screen . " This time , he used Taiwan 's mountains and forests as the subject of his painting . His style was still detailed with pen and ink . It has the name Southern Painting , but it is difficult to say it is Southern Painting . Songlin Guiyue 's " Grapes " is composed of ink lines and shading changes , and the painting is sparse and precise , so it can be called a masterpiece of Southern painting . The famous portrait artist Luo Wanmei , who has never participated in the Taiwan Exhibition , also showed off his skills this time . Still , instead of painting figures , he painted tigers , which were very vivid and lifelike . The unique work is undoubtedly Miyata Yataro 's " Waiting Night Grass . " This work depicts the scene of prostitutes soliciting customers in the market . It is a subject that does not often appear in Eastern paintings . The shape adopts a hazy outline to enhance the romantic and eerie atmosphere of the picture .
This Taiwan Exhibition was held together with the , so many painters created works that fit the occasion , and these works attracted more attention .
Nomura Seizuki 's " New Seimei " takes the newly renovated Meiji Bridge as the scene . Women are strolling with umbrellas , and men are taking photos with cameras , presenting an image of prosperity and progress . The background is the Taiwan Shrine on Round Mountain , representing that Taiwan has become a place successfully ruled by the Emperor of Japan . This work is representative of Taiwan 's achievements under Japanese rule . Works that express modern imagery include " Mandolin " by Shirako Shujiro , " Gas Station " by Eikawa Shiqing , " Qingsheng " by Chen Yongsen , " Accordion " by Chen Jin , and " Portrait of a Teacher " by Ishimoto Akibo . These works were not necessarily designed to cater to the atmosphere of the Taiwan Expo . Such modern themes were also popular in official exhibitions in mainland Japan at the time , and the artists at the Taiwan Exhibition may have imitated them . Qiu Shan Chun Shui uses the aboriginal grass as a creative theme , which may also be in response to the considerations of the Taiwan Expo . The painting takes the legendary activities of the Indigenous people who had disappeared at that time ( but not long ago , the Musha Incident still exists in people 's memory ) as the theme and deliberately shows the muscular physique of the Indigenous people , which can be said to be a flattening of the Japanese towards the Indigenous people . The impression is presented . This effect can also be seen in " Junke Boat " by Kuo Hsueh-hu . Junke Boat , a type of sailing ship , is also one of the impressions of Taiwan for the Japanese , and the painter does not treat it as part of the landscape , but the entire boat fills the whole frame , presenting the details of the ship one by one , like a model drawing . Among the other essential works , Huang Shuiwen 's works continue the style of the previous artist , Lu Yunyou , and are also botanical sketches of the Chiayi School . The theme of " Taiwan Mountain and Sea Screen " by Xiangyuan Ancient Tradition is the rapids of Taroko . Yataro Miyata 's " The Story of a Girl with a Fan " is based on Haruo Sato 's novel . Due to his interest in illustrations and prints , his works have begun to be combined with literature , and the color of romanticism has become increasingly intense .
Xiangyuan Gutong , a celebrant in Taiwan 's Oriental painting circles , left Taiwan and returned to Japan in March of this year so that this Taiwan Exhibition can be regarded as the beginning of a new stage . Compared with Gohara , who teaches at the Taipei Municipal Zhongshan Girls High School and organizes several folk painting groups , Kinoshita Shizua 's authority in Oriental painting is slightly lower . Zhang Qiuhe , who later changed his name to Li Qiuhe , won the highest honour in the special selection stage with his paintings of flowers and birds that filled the whole frame . So far , three Chiayi painters ( Lu Yunyou , Huang Shuiwen , and Zhang Qiuhe ) have won this honour for three consecutive years . The image of " Chiayi as the capital of painting " established by various painting schools during the Japanese occupation can be said to be established . Takanashi Katsuto 's rural countryside is still densely realistic in the close-up and straightforward in the distant view , which was well received then . Kuo Hsueh-hu 's " Wind Wave " is beginning to show a trend of plasticity , especially his use of eye-catching lines to enhance this impression . Lu Tiezhou 's " Village House " was his experiment in landscape painting , and the plants placed in the landscape were not yet ideal . Modern themes are still quite popular . For example , Chen Jin 's " Music Score , " Lin Yushan 's " Chao , " Nomura Senzuki 's " Autumn Melody , " Xie Yonghuo 's " Coke Kiln , " etc . , all express modern life and symbols . The then-journalist Koichi Nomura praised Chen Jin 's work , writing " On Chen Jin " for it . Yataro Miyata , who has been continuously selected since the first Taiwan Exhibition and often presents unique works , finally received a special honour . Compared with his previous selected works , the depiction of the characters in his " Mo Chou " this time is more incorrect . The woman 's body in the painting is elongated , too thin , and slightly awkward , which is closer to the dramatic , romantic , and decadent expressions in literary illustrations . A congratulatory party for the Taiwan Exhibition was held on November 3 to commemorate the tenth anniversary , mainly to commend the painters selected for the ten Taiwan Exhibitions . The recipients of this commendation from the Oriental Painting Department are Chen Jin , Lin Yushan , Kuo Hsueh-hu , Hideo Murakami , and Yataro Miyata .
The first to third sessions were in the auditorium of Huashan Elementary School ( the original site is now the headquarters for Consumer Protection Committee ) , the fourth session was in the old Taiwan Governor 's Office Building ( now Zhongshan Hall , Taipei City ) , and the fifth to tenth sessions were in Taiwan Education Association Building .
The panel made selections of jurors .
Indonesian Vtuber Awards 2024
VTuber Awards Indonesia 2024 , is one of the special events celebrated the outstanding virtual youtuber ( VTuber ) community in Indonesia with the first ceremony on November 23 . Hosted on Muse Indonesia 's YouTube channel , the awards invited fans to vote for their favorite VTubers , groups , and virtual creators across 14 categories . The awards process began with over 140 nominations in Phase 1 , narrowed down to 70 finalists for Phase 2 , which was announced on October 30 .
Among the highlights of the ceremony , Indonesian VTuber organization , AKA Virtual stood out , with their third Indonesian unit , SOL4CE , earning awards for each of its four members . In total , AKA Virtual received 20 nominations across nine categories .
2025 Philippine local elections in Central Visayas
The 2025 Philippine local elections in Central Visayas are scheduled to be held on May 12 , 2025 .
Incumbent Aris Aumentado ( Partido Federal ng Pilipinas ) is running for a first full term . Aumentado was elected under the Nationalist People 's Coalition with 61.76 % of the vote in 2022 . On May 28 , 2024 , the Office of the Ombudsman suspended Aumentado over the illegal construction of a resort at the Chocolate Hills . Dionisio Victor Balite became acting governor . On July 17 , 2024 , Balite died and was succeeded as acting governor by Tita Baja . On July 31 , 2024 , the Office of the Ombudsman reinstated Aumentado .
Incumbent Tita Baja ( Nacionalista Party ) is running for the Bohol Provincial Board in the 3rd provincial district . Baja became acting governor on May 28 , 2024 , after Dionisio Victor Balite became acting governor upon Aris Aumentado 's suspension . On July 17 , 2024 , Balite died and was succeeded as acting governor by Baja . On July 31 , 2024 , Baja formally became vice governor after Aumentado was reinstated as governor .
The Bohol Provincial Board is composed of 13 board members , 10 of whom are elected .
Bohol 's 1st provincial district consists of the same area as Bohol 's 1st legislative district . Three board members are elected from this provincial district .
Bohol 's 2nd provincial district consists of the same area as Bohol 's 2nd legislative district . Three board members are elected from this provincial district .
Bohol 's 3rd provincial district consists of the same area as Bohol 's 3rd legislative district . Four board members are elected from this provincial district .
Incumbent Gwendolyn Garcia ( One Cebu ) is running for a third term . Garcia was re-elected with 80.80 % of the vote in 2022 .
Incumbent Hilario Davide III ( Independent ) is running for the House of Representatives in Cebu 's 2nd legislative district . Davide was re-elected under the Liberal Party with 50.60 % of the vote in 2022 .
Following a Supreme Court ruling in 2023 , the number of elected members in the Cebu Provincial Board increased from 14 to 16 , which also increased the total number of board members from 17 to 19 .
Cebu 's 1st provincial district consists of the same area as Cebu 's 1st legislative district . Two board members are elected from this provincial district .
Cebu 's 2nd provincial district consists of the same area as Cebu 's 2nd legislative district . Two board members are elected from this provincial district .
Cebu 's 3rd provincial district consists of the same area as Cebu 's 3rd legislative district . Two board members are elected from this provincial district .
Cebu 's 4th provincial district consists of the same area as Cebu 's 4th legislative district . Two board members are elected from this provincial district .
Cebu 's 5th provincial district consists of the same area as Cebu 's 5th legislative district . Two board members are elected from this provincial district .
Cebu 's 6th provincial district consists of the same area as Cebu 's 6th legislative district . The city of Mandaue used to be under this provincial district until a Supreme Court ruling in 2023 created a separate provincial district for the city . Two board members are elected from this provincial district .
Cebu 's 7th provincial district consists of the same area as Cebu 's 7th legislative district . Two board members are elected from this provincial district .
Following a Supreme Court ruling in 2023 , a provincial district was created for the city of Mandaue , which used to be under the 6th provincial district . Two board members are elected from this provincial district .
Incumbent Raymond Alvin Garcia ( Partido Federal ng Pilipinas ) is running for a first full term . Garcia became acting mayor under PDP-Laban on May 8 , 2024 , after the Office of the Ombudsman suspended Mike Rama over alleged non-payment of salaries of city employees . On October 3 , 2024 , Garcia formally became mayor after the Office of the Ombudsman dismissed Rama for nepotism in hiring city employees .
Incumbent Dondon Hontiveros ( Partido Barug ) is running for a first full term . Hontiveros became acting vice mayor as an independent on May 8 , 2024 , after Raymond Alvin Garcia became acting mayor upon Mike Rama 's suspension . On October 10 , 2024 , Hontiveros formally became vice mayor after Garcia formally became mayor upon Rama 's dismissal .
The Cebu City Council consists of 18 councilors , 16 of whom are elected .
Cebu City 's 1st councilor district consists of the same area as Cebu City 's 1st legislative district . Eight councilors are elected from this councilor district .
Cebu City 's 2nd councilor district consists of the same area as Cebu City 's 2nd legislative district . Eight councilors are elected from this councilor district .
Incumbent Junard Chan ( Partido Federal ng Pilipinas ) is running for the House of Representatives in Lapu-Lapu 's lone legislative district . Chan was re-elected under PDP-Laban with 76.43 % of the vote in 2022 .
Incumbent Celsi Sitoy ( Partido Federal ng Pilipinas ) is running for a third term . Sitoy was re-elected under PDP-Laban with 70.38 % of the vote in 2022 .
The Lapu-Lapu City Council is composed of 14 councilors , 12 of whom are elected .
Incumbent Glenn Bercede ( One Cebu ) is running for vice mayor of Mandaue . Bercede became acting mayor on August 13 , 2024 , after Jonas Cortes was suspended by the Office of the Ombudsman for the unlawful designation of a city department head . On October 4 , 2024 , Bercede formally became mayor after the Office of the Ombudsman dismissed Cortes for the illegal operation of a cement batching plant .
Incumbent Nerissa Soon-Ruiz ( Lakas-CMD ) is running for a first full term . Soon-Ruiz became acting vice mayor on August 13 , 2024 , after Glenn Bercede became acting mayor upon Jonas Cortes ' suspension . On October 8 , 2024 , Soon-Ruiz formally became vice mayor after Bercede formally became mayor upon Cortes ' dismissal .
The Mandaue City Council is composed of 12 councilors , 10 of whom are elected .
Aircraft chase from Batajnica
The Aircraft chase from Batajnica was an incident that occurred during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia on 25 March 1999 , when 2 Yugoslav aircraft took-off from Batajnica air base and began chasing a NATO aircraft .
An important portion of the war involved combat between the Yugoslav Air Force and the opposing air forces from NATO . United States Air Force F-15s and F-16s flying from Italian airforce bases attacked the defending Yugoslav fighters , mainly MiG-29s , which were in poor condition due to a lack of spare parts and maintenance . Other NATO forces also contributed to the air war .
During the night of 24 / 25 March 1999 : Yugoslav Air Force scrambled five MiG-29s to counter the initial attacks . Two fighters that took off from Nis Airport were vectored to intercept targets over southern Serbia and Kosovo were dealt with by NATO fighters . The MiG-29 flown by Maj. Dragan Ilic was damaged ; he landed with one engine out and the aircraft was later expended as a decoy . The second MiG , flown by Maj. Iljo Arizanov , was shot down by an USAF F-15C piloted by Lt. Col. Cesar Rodriguez . A pair from Batajnica Air Base ( Maj. Nebojsa Nikolic and Maj. Ljubisa Kulacin ) were engaged by USAF Capt. Mike Shower who shot down Nikolic while Kulacin evaded several missiles fired at him , while fighting to bring his malfunctioning systems back to working order . Eventually realising that he could not do anything , and with Batajnica AB under attack , Kulacin diverted to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport , hiding his aircraft under the tail of a parked airliner . The fifth and last MiG-29 to get airborne that night was flown by Maj. Predrag Milutinovic . Immediately after take-off his radar failed and electrical generator malfunctioned . Shortly after , he was warned of being acquired by fire control radar , but he eluded the opponent by several evasive manoeuvres . Attempting to evade further encounters , he approached Nis Airport , intending to land , but he was eventually shot down by a KLU F-16AM flown by Maj. Peter Tankink and forced to eject .
During the afternoon of 25 March 1999 , 2 Yugoslav MiG 29 's took-off from the Batajnica Air base and started chasing a lonely NATO aircraft which was flying to the direction of the Bosnian border . During the chase the Yugoslav MiG 29 's were attacked by 2 US F-15 's , and both Yugoslav aircraft were shotdown by one of the American pilots , captain Jeff Hwang .
One of the Yugoslav pilots , Slobodan Peric , was able to dodge an American missle , however the second missle downed his MiG 29 's , forcing him to eject from his seat as his aircraft was destroyed . Peric would land in Republika Srpska and would be smuggled back to Serbia .
The other Yugoslav pilot , Zoran Radosavljevic did not eject and his aircraft was shot down and he was killed . His body was then found in the region of Majevica , in the territory of Republika Srpska .
The 2 MiG 29 's used by Yugoslav forces in this incident were not ready for air combat , with them being in a semi-working condition . The NATO aircraft radars had a range of 120 km while the Yugoslav radar range was half of that . Despite this , they were still ordered to intercept the NATO forces .
On 27 March 1999 , during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia , a Yugoslav Army unit shot down a Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk stealth ground attack aircraft of the United States Air Force by firing a S-125 Neva / Pechora surface-to-air missile . It was the first ever shootdown of a stealth technology airplane . The pilot ejected safely and was rescued by U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen conducting search and rescue .
Secretary of the Jatiya Sangsad
The Secretary of the Jatiya Sangsad is the administrative head of the Jatiya Sangsad Secretariat . The secretary is appointed by the Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad . The post of secretary is of the rank of the Cabinet Secretary in the Government of Bangladesh , who is the senior most civil servant to the Bangladesh government .
Love Songs ( 1982 Elton John album )
Love Songs is a compilation album by English musician Elton John . It was released in October 1982 by John 's own label The Rocket Record Company .
This compilation mostly features John 's collaborations with other lyricists than Bernie Taupin , namely Gary Osborne and Tim Rice , as Taupin and John had not worked together in the time period covered here . It was released on the heels of the successful single " Blue Eyes " which opens this collection .
Tanya Boychuk
Tanya Laryssa Boychuk ( born June 20 , 2000 ) is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a forward for Northern Super League club Montreal Roses FC .
Boychuk began playing youth soccer with the McLeod Community League when she was four years old , later playing with FC Xtreme , Internazionale SC of Edmonton , and the FC Edmonton REX Program . She later joined the Vancouver Whitecaps REX program .
In her youth , Boychuk participated in both soccer and diving . In diving , she won a bronze medal with Canada at the 2015 Junior Pan American Games in the 1 metre dive and a bronze medal at the 2015 Junior Pan American Games in 3 metre syncro diving with partner Elaena Dick . She was selected to the Team Alberta teams for the 2017 Canada Summer Games for both soccer and diving , however , she opted to participate in soccer with both sports competitions occurring at the same time .
In 2018 , Boychuk began attending the University of Memphis , where she played for the women 's soccer team . On September 20 , 2018 , she scored her first collegiate goal in a victory over the Cincinnati Bearcats . In October 2018 , she was named the AAC Rookie of the Week and at the end of the season was named to the AAC All-Rookie Team .
In 2019 , she was named to the All-AAC Second Team . In her third season , she was named the AAC Offensive Player of the Week in March 2021 , and named to the All-AAC First Team , the All-South Region First Team , and a Second Team All-American .
Ahead of her senior year , she was named to the AAC All-Preseason Team . She was named the AAC Offensive Player of the Week in October 2021 and was named to the All-AAC First Team . Over her four years , she was named to the Dean 's List and Academic Honour Roll every semester and was named to the AAC All-Academic team three times from 2019 to 2021 . She was also named a Second Team Scholar All-American in 2021 .
In 2019 , she played with Calgary Foothills WFC in United Women 's Soccer . At the end of the season , she was named to the All-UWS Third Team .
In 2021 , she began playing with the St. Albert Impact in United Women 's Soccer .
In April 2023 , she signed with Icelandic club Þrottur in the Besta deild kvenna .
In 2024 , she signed with Vittsjo GIK in the Swedish Damallsvenskan . In December 2024 , the club announced that she would be departing the club as she had transferred her to another club for a fee .
In December 2024 , Boychuk signed with Montreal Roses FC ahead of the first-ever Northern Super League season .
Boychuk was born in Canada to Ukrainian prarents .
In February 2017 , she debuted in the Canada Soccer program , attending a camp with the Canada U20 . She was later called up to the U20 team for a three nations tournament in Australia in July 2017 , the 2018 CONCACAF Women 's U-20 Championship , and the 2020 CONCACAF Women 's U-20 Championship . She scored 5 goals in 8 matches , across both tournaments . She had also been called up to the Canada U18 in July 2019 for a pair of friendlies against England U18 . In 2020 , she was nominated for the Canada Soccer Young Player of the Year award .
In February 2022 , she was called up to the Canada senior team for the first time for the 2022 Arnold Clark Cup .
Adrian Bradshaw
Adrian Bradshaw may refer to :
Lanesville TV
Lanesville TV ( Channel 3 ) was a pirate television station in Lanesville , New York , United States , set up by the Videofreex collective . The station used a transmitter donated by Abbie Hoffman to broadcast its signals . Member Bart Friedman compared it to later public access television stations . The group referred to Lanesville TV as " probably America 's smallest TV station . "
At the time , Lanesville 's population was too sparse to afford a cable television system . The station made its first broadcast on March 19 , 1972 , initially running half-hour weekly programs at 7pm on Sundays , before moving to Saturdays later in the year , as a result of a viewer poll . In 1976 the station was featured in WNET 's " Video Television Review , " outlining its operations . Its programming consisted of " narrowcasting " local events .
Broadcasts closed in February 1977 , with five members of the collective continuing to work for Videofreex after its closure ; the collective was disbanded the following year .
G. V. Raja Sports School
G. V. Raja Sports School is a State sports school in Aruvikkara , Thiruvananthapuram , Kerala , focused on developing young athletes in various sports . It is one of the three sports schools in Kerala under the Directorate of Sports & Youth Affairs , alongside the Sports Division in Thrissur and the Sports School in Kannur .
Founded in 1974 , it is named after Lt. Col. P. R. Godha Varma Raja , known as the " Father of Sports in Kerala , " to honor his contributions to sports promotion in the state .
In the early 1970s , discussions began about improving sports standards in Kerala . On April 7 , 1970 , Sri Raveendran , the Minister for Industries , Labor , and Sports , chaired a meeting focused on the state 's sports development . This led to the formation of a committee headed by Justice V. R. Krishna Iyer , tasked with proposing a sports development plan . The committee recommended the creation of sports hostels , schools , and divisions to foster young athletes .
One of the key outcomes of this recommendation was the establishment of the G. V. Raja Sports School in 1974 . The school was initially located at Shankumugham Beach in Thiruvananthapuram , providing an environment where aspiring athletes could receive specialized training . The founding of the school was aimed at nurturing young talent and elevating the state 's sports performance .
In 2006 , the G. V. Raja Sports School was relocated to its current campus at Miletus , near Aruvikkara , Thiruvananthapuram . The move was made to offer better facilities and accommodate the growing needs of the school and its students .
The Academic Block has classrooms with teaching aids and offers academic programs from 6th grade to Vocational Higher Secondary levels . The school operates under two administrative frameworks ( Directorate Of Sports & Youth Affairs Kerala ) : the General Education Department ( DPI ) for grades 8 to 10 , and the Vocational Higher Secondary Education ( VHSE ) Directorate for grades 11 and 12 , specializing in Physical education and Sports science .
The Sports Training Block provides facilities for athletics , football , hockey , volleyball , cricket , judo , boxing , and taekwondo . An Indoor Stadium is available for training during adverse weather conditions . The campus includes outdoor playgrounds for football , hockey , basketball , and athletics events .
In 2003 and 2018 , the school participated in the Subroto Cup International Football Tournament . In 2020 , the school competed in the State School Athletic and Games Championship . By 2022 , the school enabled 10 students to participate in the 4th Youth Olympics . That same year , the school also took part in the National School Sports Championship .
GV Raja Public School has earned recognition as a top performer at the Kerala School Sports Meet , an annual event . In the most recent edition , the 2024 Kerala School Sports Meet , the school was named the best overall performer in the state , with a total of 268 points and 68 medals across categories such as athletics , aquatics , and games .
Due to the age of the school , it is unclear as to what year some of its alumni graduated . Those whose class is unknown , or assumed , are noted as such .
Notable alumni include :
Dwivedi Surendra Narayan
He completed his matriculation from a Government High School , Hamirpur , pursued BA , and then LLB , and studied at Ewing Christian College , Allahabad , and the University of Lucknow . He was enrolled as a Pleader in 1937 , and later as an advocate in October 1943 . He had a substantial Civil Practice .
Justice S N Dwivedi worked as Junior Standing Council from November 1954 to December 1955 . He served at the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad ( Allahabad High Court ) from May 2 , 1959 , to 14 August 1972 .
He was elevated to the position of the Judge of Supreme Court on 14 August 1972 and he served until 8 December 1974 .
He died in the office in 1974 .
His son Rakesh Dwivedi , practices as a senior lawyer for the Supreme Court of India and her granddaughter , Divya Dwivedi is an associate professor at the Indian Institute of Technology , Delhi .
Dusty - The Silver Collection
Dusty - The Silver Collection is a compilation album by English singer Dusty Springfield , released by Philips Records in 1988 . It contains 24 selected tracks recorded between 1963 and 1970 , including all of Springfield 's top 10 singles from that period .
Before the compilation 's release , Springfield 's 1963 debut single , " I Only Want to Be with You , " which originally reached number four in the UK singles chart , was re-released . The song had recently been used in a Britvic 55 soft drinks advertisement in the UK , in which Springfield appeared in person . It reached number 83 in the UK singles chart in January 1988 .
In a retrospective review for AllMusic , Thom Jurek described the compilation as " perhaps the most telling portrait yet of the late Ms. Springfield 's diversity as a pop singer and the enduring popularity of her classic vocal style , " though he noted that " [ t ] he recordings here are not grouped chronologically , giving the set a kind of untrackable feel , but on repeated listening , making perfect sense . "
2025 GB4 Championship
The 2025 GB4 Championship partnered by the BRDC is to be the fourth season of a motor racing championship for open wheel , formula racing cars in Britain . The 2025 season , which was organised by MotorSport Vision , will be run over seven triple-header rounds .
GB4 will act as a direct feeder series to higher open-wheel categories , including the existing GB3 Championship partnered by the BRDC . GB4 will run primarily on the same British GT race programme as GB3 , and retain many of the same championship partners .
Points are awarded to the top 20 classified finishers in races one and two , with the third race awarding points to only the top 15 . Race three , which has its grid formed by reversing the qualifying order , awards extra points for positions gained from the drivers ' respective starting positions .
Michael Ritter
Michael Ritter ( born 4 September 1957 ) is a lawyer and former politician from Liechtenstein who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Liechtenstein from 1997 to 2001 , under the government of Mario Frick . He also served as a government councillor from 1993 to 2001 .
Ritter was born on 4 September 1957 in Mauren as the son of industrialist Walter Ritter and Edeltraud Muller as one of four children . He attended secondary school in Vaduz . He studied law in Bern from 1977 to 1983 and he received a doctorate in 1992 . He received the Walter Hug Prize for his dissertation regarding the Liechtenstein civil service law .
From 1984 to 1986 he worked as a legal assistant for the Liechtenstein government . From 1986 to 1989 he was the head of the advisory and complaints office within the government , and then as an international law expert from 1989 to 1992 .
Ritter was a government councillor in the Markus Buchel cabinet and First Mario Frick cabinet as a member of the Patriotic Union where he was the minister of business , family , health and social services . Following the 1997 Liechtenstein general election , the Progressive Citizens ' Party ended the coalition with the Patriotic Union that had existed since 1938 , and as a result Ritter was appointed Deputy Prime Minister of Liechtenstein , under the government of Mario Frick . Additionally , he was the minister of the interior , education , environment , agriculture and forestry . He was succeeded by Rita Kieber-Beck on 5 April 2001 .
Since 2002 , Ritter has worked as a self-employed lawyer in Vaduz . He was vice president of the board of directors of the LLB . Since 2004 , he has been a member of the board of directors at the Liechtenstein bar association .
Ritter married Katja Gey ( born 3 March 1970 ) on 3 July 1993 and they have two children together . He lives in Eschen .
Qatar University station
Qatar University station is a station on Doha Metro 's Red Line and serves Qatar University . The station is located within the campus of Qatar University .
The station was opened to the public on 10 December 2019 along with three other Red Line stations , over six months after the opening of the line 's first 13 stations .
Facilities in the station include a prayer room and restrooms .
There are three metrolink lines servicing the station :
Aquilla , Alabama
Aquilla is an unincorporated community in Choctaw County in the U.S. state of Alabama . Its postal code is 36558 .
Amastra fossilis
Amastra fossilis is a species of air-breathing land snail , a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Amastridae .
The length of the shell attains 18 mm , its diameter 9 mm
The species was originally described as a fossil . The shell is dextral , and minutely perforated , with a somewhat solid structure and an elongately conical form . The apex is relatively acute , and the surface is adorned with somewhat irregular growth lines . Under magnification , the whorls of the protoconch exhibit very delicate and regular sulcations . The original color of the living shell remains unknown .
The shell comprises 7 whorls , which are slightly convex . The aperture is oblique and ovate , with a simple and very thin peristome . The columellar margin is slightly expanded , partially covering the umbilicus . The columella terminates in a slender , flexuous , thread-like plait , adding a distinctive feature to the structure .
The shell differs from " Amastra conica " by being broader at the base and more turrited , closely resembling certain wider forms of " Amastra turritella " in overall contour . Additionally , some specimens exhibit a slightly malleated texture .
The whorls of the protoconch are worn , rendering their original sculpture indiscernible . The later whorls are moderately convex , marked with rather coarse growth wrinkles . In larger shells , the body whorl may show areas of irregular malleation . The columellar fold is small , oblique , and subtle , while the axial perforation is relatively large and open , contributing to the distinctiveness of the shell .
This species is endemic to Hawaii , occurring on the Mauna Kea volcano .
Leegomery
Leegomery is a village in the Telford and Wrekin borough in Shropshire , England . It forms part of the Hadley and Leegomery civil parish alongside Hadley , Apley Castle , Hadley Castle , Hadley Manor , Hoo and Horton .
The village was first mentioned in the Domesday Book alongside neighbouring villages Hadley and Horton . It has seen expansion since the building of the then-new town of Telford and the wider Telford and Wrekin borough around the outlying towns Wellington , Telford , Dawley and Oakengates . As well as the villages of Hadley , Ketley , Trench and Donnington .
Leegomery is primarily residential but is also notable for being the location of Millbrook Primary School .. Its closest retail and industrial centres are in nearby Hadley , Wellington and Telford . Leegomery itself is also close to the Princess Royal Hospital in the town of Wellington .
Leegomery Mill is a historic mill , located on Halifax Drive and is a Grade II listed building . It was badly damaged by a fire around the 1970s and 1980s . It has since been restored and is now a private residence .
The village is close to the Wolverhampton - Shrewsbury line with the nearest railway stations being Wellington , Telford Central and Oakengates . Historically , nearby Hadley was served by a railway station on the former Stafford - Shrewbury Line and Coalport Branch Line 's . Both these lines closed between the 1930s and 1960s . However , a section between Wellington and Donnington on the former Shrewsbury - Stafford line remains open for freight to the nearby Telford International Railfreight Park . The village is also served by buses connecting it to the towns of Telford , Wellington , Madeley and Newport . As well as local and circular bus routes .
Salko Hamzic
Salko Hamzic ( ; born 17 September 2006 ) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Austrian Bundesliga club Red Bull Salzburg .
Hamzic started his professional career at Red Bull Salzburg , who assigned him to Liefering in 2023 .
Hamzic started playing football at a local club Austria Salzburg , before joining the youth academy of his hometown team Red Bull Salzburg in 2019 . In February 2024 , he signed his first professional contract with the side . He made his professional debut playing for Red Bull Salzburg 's feeder squad , Liefering , against Stripfing on 15 September 2023 at the age of 16 .
Armstrong , Alabama
Armstrong is an unincorporated community in Macon County in the U.S. state of Alabama . Its postal code is 830723 .
2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas
The 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas will be held on November 3 , 2026 , to elect the eight U.S. representatives from the State of Texas , one from all thirty eight of the state 's congressional districts . The elections will coincide with other elections to the House of Representatives , elections to the United States Senate , and various state and local elections . The primary election will take place on an undetermined date .
The 2nd district encompasses The Woodlands , Spring , Kingwood , Humble , and Atascocita . The incumbent is Republican Dan Crenshaw , who was re-elected with 65.7 % of the vote in 2024 .
Ilie Bolojan
Ilie Gavril Bolojan ( ; born 17 March 1969 ) is a Romanian politician in the position of president of the Bihor County Council after September 27 , 2020 . He was mayor of the municipality of Oradea for 3 mandates ( 2008-2020 ) . From November 25 , 2024 he is the acting President of the National Liberal Party following the party 's historical defeat in the presidential election , which concluded in the resignation of Nicolae Ciuca .
Ilie Bolojan graduated from the " Emanuil Gojdu " Mathematics-Physics High School in Oradea and studied mechanics ( 1988-1993 ) at the " Traian Vuia " Polytechnic Institute in Timisoara and mathematics ( 1990-1993 ) at the West University of Timisoara . He became a member of the National Liberal Party ( PNL ) in 1993 .
During 1993-1994 , he was a teacher at the Tileagd Auxiliary School .
Between 1996 and 2004 , Ilie Bolojan was a local councilor of the city of Alesd , and from 2004 a member of the Bihor County Council . In parallel , he was involved in management positions :
In 2005 and 2006 , he attended specialization courses in public administration in France and at the National Institute of Administration in Bucharest .
In the period 2005-2007 , he was prefect of Bihor County , and in the period 2007-2008 he held the position of Secretary General of the Government .
In 2008 , Ilie Bolojan was elected mayor of the municipality of Oradea with 50.3 % of the votes , becoming the first mayor of the city elected in the first round after 1989 . He started a program of administrative and economic reforms , modernizing the infrastructure , rehabilitating the historic center and attracting investors , thus Oradea became more attractive from an economic and tourist point of view . In 2012 and 2016 , Bolojan was re-elected mayor , and in 2016 he obtained 70.95 % of the votes .
In 2020 , Bolojan was elected president of the Bihor County Council with 61.5 % of the votes . He continued to promote infrastructural development and investment attraction projects for the county , improving public services and creating a more efficient and transparent administrative system .
Varrun Sukhraj
Varrun Sukhraj ( 16 June 1988 ) is an Indian writer and director . He is known for his acclaimed documentary " Too Much Democracy " ( 2022 ) , based on Indian farmers ' protest in 2020 . Which screened at The International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala . He is also known for his sensitive filmmaking style that raises awareness of critical societal issues through his films and storytelling .
Varrun was born in a business family , and grew up in Khed , Ratnagiri , he later moved to Pune city for his higher studies . In 2016 , he founded his own production house in Mumbai and directed his first TV series , Naammatra which was focused on farmer suicides in Maharashtra .
In 2022 , His documentary Film Too Much Democracy was released , based on 2020-2021 Indian farmers ' protest . The protest saw farmers marching towards Delhi to oppose the new farm bills introduced by the Government of India .
In 2024 , He collaborated with stand-up comedians Kunal Kamra and Shyam Rangeela on the film titled Jamoora ( Jester ) , which was released in India in October 2024 .
His upcoming project , a biographical film on the life of Chhatrapati Rajarshi Shahu , a revolutionary Indian king from the early British era .
Comet Alcock
Comet Alcock or Alcock 's Comet may refer to any of the five comets discovered by English astronomer , George Alcock , below :
Amastra senilis
Amastra senilis is a species of air-breathing land snail , a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Amastridae .
The length of the shell attains 21.2 mm , its diameter 16 mm
The shell is openly umbilicate and broadly conic , with a thin yet delicate structure . The spire is conic , featuring nearly straight outlines and a subacute apex . The shell contains 6 ¾ whorls . The whorls of the protoconch are finely and sharply striate , closely packed , and well-defined .
The subsequent whorls are moderately convex , prominently marked with rough growth wrinkles . The last three whorls occasionally display small , very shallow spiral striations . The body whorl is carinate at the periphery in front and exhibits coarse malleation , resulting in irregular , spiral , descending ridges interspersed with flattened facets .
The columella is prominently dilated at the upper end , vertically oriented , and adorned with a small fold . The umbilicus is cylindrical , deep , and measures approximately 2 mm in width , adding a notable feature to the shell 's structure .
This species is endemic to Hawaii , occurring on the Mauna Kea volcano .
Cleome coluteoides
Cleome coluteoides is a perennial herbaceous plant with rhizome from the Cleomaceae family . It grows to a height of . Stems , branches , and leaves are covered with glandular hairs . The fresh plant has an unpleasant odor . It has yellow petals with purple veins . The fruit is a balloon-shaped capsule , long and wide , that is indehiscent and usually hanging . It is native to Iran , Iraq , Afghanistan and Turkmenistan .
Oxton Hall
Oxton Hall is a grade II listed country house in the town of Oxton , North Yorkshire .
Oxton Hall was home to Henry Porter Sherbrooke ( 1810-1887 ) , the elder brother of the 1st Viscount Sherbrooke , who was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1868 to 1873 . Sherbrooke enlarged the house , and the family owned it until 1957 .
It has been grade II listed since 1967 .
It is home to Humphrey Smith , the owner and chairman of Samuel Smith Old Brewery , based in nearby Tadcaster .
Awin , Alabama
Awin is an unincorporated community in Wilcox County in the U.S. state of Alabama .
Barfield , Alabama
Barfield , Alabama is an unincorporated community in Clay County in the U.S.state of Alabama .
Barnett 's Crossroads , Alabama
Barnett 's Crossroads , Alabama is an unincorporated community located in Escambia County , Alabama .
2024-25 LEN Euro Cup group stage
The 2024-25 LEN Euro Cup group stage is played between 10 October and 5 December 2024 to determine the eight teams advancing to the Eighth finals of the 2024-25 LEN Euro Cup .
The 16 teams were place into four groups of four . In each group , teams will play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format . The top two teams in each group advanced to the Eighth finals .
Teams are ranked according to points ( 3 points for a win , 2 points for a penalty shootout win , 1 point for a penalty shootout loss , 0 points for a loss ) , and if tied on points , the following tiebreaking criteria are applied , in the order given , to determine the rankings :
The draw took place on the 30 September 2024 in Zagreb , Croatia . The eight teams in pot 1 won their group in the qualification round , while the 8 runners-up in the qualification round are in pot 2 . Teams in bold indicate who advanced .
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Brazil Memory of the World Register
The Brazil Memory of the World Register lists cultural heritage of national importance , as part of the UNESCO Memory of the World Programme . There are also many Brazilian entries on the Memory of the World International Register .
Barlow , Alabama
Barlow , Alabama is an unincorporated community in Washington County , Alabama .
Sun Temple , Sesai
Sun Temple , Sesai or Surya Temple , Sesai is a temple located in Sesai , in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh . It is dedicated to the worship of Surya , the solar deity in Hinduism .
The temple is west-facing , and is situated atop a " jagati . "
Barney , Alabama
Barney , Alabama is an unincorporated community located in Walker County , Alabama .
Florida State University academic-athletic scandal
In 2007 , administrators at Florida State University publicly announced that an internal investigation had uncovered evidence that multiple student athletes had engaged in academic dishonesty . These findings were corroborated by another investigation conducted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) that implicated 61 athletes in multiple different sports . As a result of the scandal , the NCAA levied several punishments against the university . Sports journalist Mark Schlabach has called the incident " Florida State 's biggest scandal . "
The issue first came to light in early 2007 , when administrators were notified that a learning specialist within the athletics department may have facilitated cheating on an online quiz . Following a multi-month investigation , the university found evidence that 23 student athletes in 9 different sports had engaged in academic dishonesty . The university reported their findings to the NCAA , who then conducted their own investigation . Following this later investigation , which concluded in 2009 , the NCAA found that 61 athletes , including 25 members of the football team , had been involved in a cheating scheme involving a music history class . As punishment , the NCAA reduced the number of athletic scholarships that Florida State could offer by 17 , applied a show-cause penalty against several individuals involved in the scandal , and vacated victories in several sports where ineligible athletes had participated . This included a vacation of 12 wins by the football team . While the university attempted to appeal the vacated victories , the NCAA upheld their ruling .
Florida State University ( FSU ) is a public university in Tallahassee , Florida . Since the early 1990s , the university 's athletic teams , known as the Florida State Seminoles , have competed in the Atlantic Coast Conference ( ACC ) , with their football team beginning conference play in 1992 . The football program is well known for its on-field success , with " The New York Times " describing it as a " powerhouse . " Between 1992 and 2000 , the Seminoles football team had either outright won or shared the ACC championship , and both the 1993 and 1999 teams were considered national champions . Additionally , Bobby Bowden , Florida State 's long-time head coach , was one of the winningest coaches in college football .
On March 28 , 2007 , administrators at FSU were made aware that Brenda Monk , a learning specialist within the athletics department , had possibly engaged in academic dishonesty . This occurred after he had received information that Monk had directed a student athlete to take an online quiz and then gave that student 's answers to another student athlete . Both of the athletes were members of the men 's basketball team . The student who had taken the exam , who was not enrolled in the class which the quiz was assigned in , reported the incident to his academic advisor . Several days later , on April 3 , Monk , a person who " The Ledger " referred to as " [ t ] he No. 2 person in the academic support program , " was placed on administrative leave . Several weeks later , T. K. Wetherell , the president of FSU , ordered the university 's Office of Audit Services to open an investigation into possible academic dishonesty within the athletics department . As part of the investigation , FSU officials hired an outside law firm to assist them , and they also worked with officials from both the ACC and the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) . In total , the investigation lasted about six months .
In May , two assistant athletic directors announced that they would be resigning , and in late May , David Hart Jr . , the head athletic director for the university , was notified that his contract with the university would not be renewed . His contract ran until January 2009 , but according to " The Ledger " newspaper , he was expected to leave the university by the end of the year . Additionally , effective July 5 , Monk resigned . She had been employed by the university for about six years prior to this . Around the same time , a student tutor also resigned .
On September 25 , the university submitted a letter regarding the initial findings of their investigation to the NCAA . University officials publicly announced the findings the following day . In total , the investigation implicated 23 student athletes , including 17 on athletic scholarships , in 9 different sports as having participated in academic dishonesty . While the athletes ' names and other private information was withheld due to federal privacy laws , the " Tallahassee Democrat " newspaper reported that 11 of the athletes were starters on the football team .
Per the investigation , the academic dishonesty occurred in one course , which the university did not publicly disclose . The university found that neither of the two student athletes involved in the initial academic dishonesty case in May were disciplined . The learning specialist who had orchestrated that incident had also typed papers for five student athletes as part of a program that they did not qualify for , and they had also failed to properly direct student athletes who had disabilities to the university 's Student Disability Resource Center , where they could have received legitimate aid . Additionally , the investigation showed that a tutor had engaged in unethical aid to 23 student athletes , which included providing answers for tests that were taken via the Internet . According to Provost Lawrence G. Abele , the tutor had completed online assignments for students who were not present in the classroom . The tutor told investigators that they had been engaging in academic dishonesty since the Fall 2006 semester . According to the investigators , " Some students from the 2007 semester indicated that it was common knowledge among the student athletes that the tutor would help with the exams in the class . " However , Wetherell stated that no coaches were involved in the scandal .
CBS News reported that , as a result of the findings , some student athletes could possibly lose their player eligibility . Additionally , the NCAA could levy sanctions against FSU , though at the time , a spokesperson for the NCAA declined to say which course of action the association would take against the university , if any . In November , the university and the NCAA agreed to suspend any player involved in the scandal for 30 percent of their season .
Initially , the football team suspended two players as a result of their involvement in the scandal . Joslin Shaw , a wide receiver , was not able to play in the first four games of the season , while Kevin McNeill , a defensive end , did not participate in any games of the season . The team completed their regular season with a win-loss record of and was invited to participate in the 2007 Music City Bowl . By early December , new reports on the scandal indicated that the number of football players involved ranged from between 12 and 20 people . On December 18 , Bowden stated that up to 25 players could be barred from participating in the bowl game . While some were expected to be suspended due to non-scandal related incidents , many of the suspensions were related to the investigation . According to Bleacher Report , the additional suspensions were due to new findings that several football players had initially lied to investigators and only later told the truth regarding their involvement in the scandal after they discovered that they could lose their eligibility if their dishonesty was revealed . Due in part to the suspensions , which included several members of the team 's starting lineup , the Seminoles lost the bowl game to the Kentucky Wildcats . In addition to the bowl game suspension , about ten of the players were also suspended for the first three games of the following season , and " The New York Times " reported that the NCAA could possibly vacate victories that the Seminoles had achieved .
Following the conclusion of FSU 's internal investigation , the NCAA launched its own investigation . In a report made public on March 6 , 2009 , the NCAA stated that they had found that 61 athletes in various sports - including 25 football players - had participated in the cheating scandal , either by cheating in an online test or by receiving improper aid . The investigation revealed that much of the cheating occurred with regards to an online test in a music history class - Music of World Cultures - during the Fall 2006 , Spring 2007 , and Summer 2007 semesters . According to journalist Andrew Carter of the " Orlando Sentinel , " the class had a reputation as an easy course that could help boost a student 's grade point average . In describing the case , the NCAA said that it was " extremely serious " and that the student athletes ' actions constituted " major violations " of NCAA rules . As with FSU 's internal investigation , the NCAA found no evidence that coaches were aware of or engaged in any academic dishonesty . In total , ten programs were found to have had student athletes involved in the scandal :
As a result , the NCAA stated that they would be vacating wins for every instance that an ineligible player had participated in , place the university on a probation until March 5 , 2013 , and place restrictions on the number of athletic scholarships that the university could award . Ultimately , the NCAA reduced the overall number of scholarships by 17 . Additionally , the NCAA levied a show-cause penalty against three individuals , ranging from three to five years : Monk , Hillard Goldsmith ( a former academic advisor ) , and an unnamed student tutor . In their report , the association also noted that they " [ reserved ] the right to review and reconsider the penalties " in the event of an appeal , which could include levying additional penalties against the university . For the football program , which the NCAA usually allows to award a maximum of 85 scholarships , Florida State self-imposed a limit of 83 for the 2008-09 academic year and 82 for 2009-10 . In addition , the NCAA also limited the university to 84 for the 2010-2011 year . However , the NCAA stopped short of placing any restrictions on Florida State 's ability to play in postseason bowl games or from having their games televised , prompting journalist Gene Frenette of " The Florida Times-Union " to say that the university " got off fairly light on the punishment meter . "
In addition , the NCAA reported that they may vacate as many as 14 wins from both the 2006 and 2007 seasons . Vacated victories in other sports could also include the 2006 and 2007 national championships won by the men 's track and field team . Additionally , the vacated wins would affect Bowden 's chances of being the winningest coach in NCAA Division I , as at the time , he was only one win short of the top spot held by Joe Paterno of the Penn State Nittany Lions . On March 17 , 2009 , President Wetherell held a press conference where he stated that the university had hired an attorney and would be appealing the NCAA 's decision to vacate wins as a form of punishment . During the conference , Wetherell called the punishment " inappropriate , " " unwarranted , " and " excessive , " because it punished several hundred athletes and coaches who were not involved in the scandal . The university stated that the vacated victories would be the only punishment they would be appealing , as they accepted both the scholarship reductions and probation .
On June 15 , 2009 , over a dozen news organizations , including the Associated Press , " The Florida Times-Union , " and the " Orlando Sentinel , " filed a lawsuit against Florida State and the NCAA in a circuit court in Tallahassee , alleging that the two organizations violated open government laws by not making certain correspondences between the two parties publicly available . Specifically , the lawsuit states that the NCAA 's response to FSU 's appeal was not made available to the public and that public records requests to view the document had been denied . In their complaint , the news organizations stated :
In response , officials from FSU stated that they had previously requested the NCAA to publicly release their response , which they did not . The following day , the NCAA stated that , while it did not consider its letter to the university to be a public record , it would allow the university to release a redacted and retyped version of its letter . A spokesperson for Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum called the NCAA 's act " a step in the right direction . " McCollum had previously written to NCAA President Myles Brand to say that the association could face possible criminal penalization over the case . On July 24 , the university also filed a lawsuit against the NCAA seeking to force the association to allow the university to release their records in accordance with Florida 's public records laws . At a hearing on August 20 , the NCAA argued that the guarantee of confidentially was necessary to conduct investigations into cheating at universities and that the precedence that could be set if the FSU documents were to be declared public documents and released would seriously hinder their ability to carry out future investigations . On August 28 , the judge overseeing the case ruled against the NCAA and ordered the organization to release the documents to the public . However , on September 1 , the court ordered a temporary stay of execution . The NCAA 's documents pertaining to the FSU scandal were released on October 14 . A motion filed by the NCAA later that month for another stay was denied by the court .
On November 15 , representatives from FSU argued before a committee of the NCAA at the association 's headquarters in Indianapolis against their decision to vacate wins as a punishment . The hearing was the last held by the NCAA before they made their final decision on the matter . That same month , the " Tampa Bay Times " reported that Monk had initiated a lawsuit against FSU for defamation and was seeking $ 600,000 ( ) in damages .
On November 30 , Bleacher Report published an article stating that " various reports " had claimed that Wetherell and Randy Spetman , FSU 's new athletic director , had met with Bowden and discussed his future with the football team . According to the article , Bowden was given an ultimatum to either retire or return the following season as a head coach in name only , with offensive coordinator Jimbo Fisher assuming all of the responsibilities of the head coach . Similar reporting of an ultimatum situation was reported by journalist Andy Staples of " Sports Illustrated , " who further stated that it had been Bowden 's wish to return to coach the team for the 2010 season . On December 1 , Bowden announced that he would be retiring at the end of the season , following their bowl game . In a 2010 interview with the Associated Press , Bowden further stated that he had been " pushed out " of the coaching position , with Wetherell confirming that it had been his decision to remove Bowden .
On December 13 , ESPN aired a report on their sports news show " Outside the Lines " about the scandal at FSU . The report alleged that the university had admitted athletes who did not have a good academic record and proceeded to classify these athletes as " learning disabled " in order to keep the athletes eligible for participating in intercollegiate sports . Prior to the airing of the episode , the university had attempted to dissuade the channel from airing it , with Wetherell calling the claims made in the episode " totally misleading . " Both Wetherell and Bowden declined to be involved in the episode .
The episode featured interviews with both Monk and Fred Rouse , a former wide receiver for the Seminoles football team . Monk stated that , while at FSU , she worked with 65 athletes who had been classified as " learning disabled " and described a system where the athletes are allowed to pass in order to maintain their eligibility . Monk also stated that over one-third of the football team and three-quarters of the men 's basketball team were classified as having learning disabilities , compared to between 5 and 10 percent of the average adult population . Rouse stated in his interview , " You [ as a high school athlete ] have all of this time to prepare [ academically ] before you get to this level , and then when you get here , you play this punk role as , you know , ' I have a learning disability ' , when that 's not the case . "
On January 5 , 2010 , the NCAA announced that its decision to vacate wins in which ineligible student athletes participated had been upheld and that it was still reviewing which wins would be vacated . On February 7 , they announced that they had concluded their review and would be vacating wins in the following sports :
Additional vacated wins were also applied to the men 's golf program , the men 's and women 's swimming and diving programs , men 's and women 's cross country , and men 's and women 's track and field . With the vacated wins , Bowden 's NCAA-recognized total win record became 377 , including 304 at FSU , placing him in second place behind Paterno .
The academic dishonesty scandal at Florida State was one of several that was investigated by the NCAA during the 2000s . In a 2021 article on ESPN.com , sports journalist Mark Schlabach called the incident " Florida State 's biggest scandal , " and several news sources have discussed the scandal in lists of major academic scandals at universities in the United States . Following the University of North Carolina academic-athletic scandal in 2010 , several sources drew comparisons between that scandal and the one that had occurred at FSU several years prior .
Bangladesh Physics Olympiad
The Bangladesh Physics Olympiad ( BdPhO ) is an annual competition for young physicists in Bangladesh , which was founded in 2011 .
The competition aims to nurture young talent and foster a strong scientific community in the country , helping to position Bangladesh as a global leader in science and technology.In 2024 for the 14th time its latest contest took place .
The competition culminates in the selection of a national team to represent Bangladesh at the International Physics Olympiad ( IPhO ) .The Bangladesh Physics Olympiad ( BdPhO ) is a multi-stage competition designed to identify and nurture talented young physicists in Bangladesh . Here 's a general overview of the selection process :
< nowiki > * < / nowiki > Open to all interested students .
< nowiki > * < / nowiki > Typically consists of a written exam covering fundamental physics concepts .
< nowiki > * < / nowiki > Top-performing students from this round advance to the next stage .
< nowiki > * < / nowiki > Held at designated centers across the country .
< nowiki > * < / nowiki > Involves a more challenging written exam , often with theoretical and problem-solving questions .
< nowiki > * < / nowiki > Successful participants move on to the national level .
< nowiki > * < / nowiki > The most competitive stage , involving a rigorous written exam and potentially interviews .
< nowiki > * < / nowiki > Top performers from this round are selected for the training camp .
< nowiki > * < / nowiki > An intensive training program for the selected students .
< nowiki > * < / nowiki > Involves theoretical lectures , problem-solving sessions , and mock exams .
< nowiki > * < / nowiki > The training camp helps prepare students for international competitions .
< nowiki > * < / nowiki > The ultimate goal for the top students .
< nowiki > * < / nowiki > Bangladesh sends teams to prestigious international competitions like the International Physics Olympiad ( IPhO ) and the Asian Physics Olympiad ( APhO ) .
Rathgeb
Rathgeb is a surname . Notable people with the surname include :
C / 1963 F1 ( Alcock )
Comet Alcock , formally designated as C / 1963 F1 is a non-periodic comet that became barely visible to the naked eye in May 1963 . It is the third of five comets discovered by English astronomer , George Alcock .
George Alcock found a new comet using his 25 × 105 binoculars on the morning of 19 March 1963 . It was a diffuse 8th-magnitude object with a short tail about 2 ° northwest of the star δ Cyg at the time of discovery . The comet was further observed in the following days , including a photographic session done from the Flagstaff Observatory . By the end of April it had steadily brightened up to 7.5 in apparent magnitude .
It had reached perihelion on 5 May , and made its closest approach to Earth about four days later . Initially , its brightness remained slightly lower than predicted by its ephemerides , until it produced an outburst that significantly raising its peak magnitude from 5.8 to 4.4 on 30 May . The nucleus was then observed to split into two , later five pieces on 23 June following several subsequent outbursts that started about a week earlier . By 19 July , John C. Bennett reported that the comet faded back as a 9th-magnitude object , noting its coma being slightly elongated . It was last observed on August 1963 .
HD 43317
HD 43317 is a variable star in the equatorial constellation of Orion , the hunter . It has an apparent visual magnitude of 6.63 , which is faint enough to be a challenge to view with the naked eye under good conditions . Based on parallax measurements , it is located at a distance of approximately 1,050 light years from the Sun . It is drifting further away with a heliocentric radial velocity of about 13 km / s . This star is a member of an open cluster designated OCSN 63 .
During 2009-2010 , HD 43317 was observed by the CoRoT space telescope during the " LRa03 " ( long run ) sequence for asteroseismological purposes . This program lasted for a period of 150.41 days , during which the star was under almost constant observation . After being combined with HARPS data , the star was classified as a hybrid slowly pulsating B-type star and a Beta Cephei variable . Both " g " ( gravity ) and " p " ( pressure ) mode pulsations were detected . It is spinning rapidly at about half of its critical velocity .
The photometry and spectrometry of HD 43317 showed rotational modulation of regions with temperature or chemical differences . These are an indirect indicator of a magnetic field . In addition , X-ray emission was detected by ROSAT , which also suggests a potential magnetic field . A magnetic field was directly detected with the Telescope Bernard Lyot during 2012 . The longitudinal field strength was found to vary with the rotation period , ranging from to . Modelling of the star 's dipolar field found a strength between 1 and . This is strong enough to force uniform rotation in the outer radiative zone of the star .
The CoRoT light curve of the star displays 35 different frequencies , of which 28 are not related to the rotation period . Seismic modeling of the star determined a stellar mass equal to 5.8 times the mass of the Sun . At the core , the central mass fraction of hydrogen is 54 % , compared to 70 % for a newly formed main sequence star and 0.1 % at the end of main sequence lifetime . Spectroscopic analysis shows an effective temperature of around 17,350 in the stellar atmosphere . A refined estimate of the surface magnetic field strength found a value of . The magnetic field near the core has a seismically modelled strength of . HD 43317 is the first main sequence star for which an interior magnetic field strength has been inferred .
This star has an estimated radius of 3.39 times the girth of the Sun , and is radiating 737.5 times the Sun 's luminosity . It is about 28.4 million years old .
Liu Jie
Liu Jie , may refer to :
Bigbee , Alabama
Bigbee , Alabama is an unincorporated community in Washington County , Alabama .
Sohn Kyung Shik
Sohn Kyung Shik ( ; born September 15 , 1939 ) is a South Korean businessman who is the chairman of CJ Group and Korea Enterprises Federation .
Sohn was born on September 15 , 1939 , in Seoul , South Korea .
He graduated from Kyunggi High School and Seoul National University School of Law before beginning his professional career at Hanil Bank in 1961 . He then pursued further studies in the United States , attending Kentucky Wesleyan College and later earning an MBA from Oklahoma State University .
Upon returning to Korea in 1968 , Sohn contributed to the founding of Samsung Electronics . In 1974 , he became CEO of Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance .
In 1993 , Sohn was appointed CEO of CheilJedang and laid the groundwork for what would become CJ Group .
As CJ Group chairman since 1993 , Sohn oversaw the company 's expansion into other sectors such as entertainment , logistics , and beauty ..
Sohn served as Chairman of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry for eight years , from 2005 to 2013 , and assumed the chairmanship of the Korea Enterprises Federation ( KEF ) in 2018 . KEF has become known for representing business leaders ' perspectives on government economic policies .
Sohn has received honorary doctorates in Business Administration from Woosong University and Sejong University in Korea . He also contributes to Korea-U.S. relations as the Chaiman of the Korea-America Friendship Society .
The Korean government has awarded Sohn with the Gold Tower Order of Industrial Service Merit , the highest medal for industry leaders , and the Grand Order of Mugunghwa of the Order of Civil Merit , Korea 's highest civilian honor . He received the Order of Do 'stlik ( Friendship ) from Uzbekistan ( 2011 ) , the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun from Japan ( 2017 ) , and the Van Fleet Award from The Korea Society ( 2018 ) .
Sociedad Uruguaya de Historia de la Medicina
The Sociedad Uruguaya de Historia de la Medicina ( ) is a learned society devoted to history of medicine in Uruguay . Headquartered in the School of Medicine , University of the Republic , it was established in 1970 .
Herbert Ditty ( politician )
Herbert Ditty ( died 1998 ) was a Northern Irish Ulster loyalist politician and activist who served as Lord Mayor of Belfast from June 1992 to 1993 , having previously been deputy lord mayor from 1991 to 1992 . A member of the Ulster Unionist Party ( UUP ) , he was a Belfast City Councillor from 1973 to 1981 , then 1985 until 1993 .
Ditty was first elected onto Belfast City Council at the 1973 local elections , representing the Belfast Area G District . He was later unseated by the Democratic Unionist Party 's Joe Coggle in the 1981 local elections .
Ditty returned to the council in 1985 , this time for the successor Court District .
In June 1992 , Ditty was appointed Lord Mayor of Belfast .
He lost his council seat at the May 1993 local elections , while still serving as lord mayor .
H. M. Lodhia
Hargovind Madhavji Lodhia served as a member of the Parliament of Fiji from 1972 to 1985 , chairman of the Township Board of Nadi , and was the first mayor of the Nadi Town Council . He was awarded an MBE ( Member of the Order of the British Empire ) in the 1971 Birthday Honours , for services to the community .
Lodhia was elected chairman of the Nadi Township Board in 1970 , succeeding A. H. Sahu Khan , until the Local Government Act of 1972 , which replaced the board with the Nadi Town Council . He became mayor of the Town Council in 1972 and served until the end of his term in December 1973 . Lodhia won every parliamentary election since 1972 , until in December 1985 , when he resigned from the National Federation Party ( NFP ) in protest of S. M. Koya 's leadership .
Claude ( singer )
Claude Kiambe ( born 16 September 2003 ) , known mononymously as Claude ( ) , is a Dutch-Congolese singer-songwriter . He is set to represent the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Basel , Switzerland . During his career Kiambe has achieved a number one single and five chart entries on the Dutch Singles Chart . In 2024 he debut album " Parler francais , " peaked at number six on the Dutch Albums Chart .
In 2019 , Kiambe took part in the 8th season of The Voice Kids , where he was eliminated in the battle stage . One year later , he won the casting show " Are You Next ? , " securing a contract with record company " Cloud 9 Music . " Kiambe released his first single " Ladada ( Mon dernier mot ) " in 2022 . The song eventually reached the top of the Dutch Top 40 . The song earned him multiple awards , such as 3FM Award for Best Newcomer or the Qmusic Artist of the Year award .
On 19 December 2024 , Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS announced that Kiambe would be representing the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 .
Kiambe was born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo . His mother fled to the Netherlands with him and his siblings when he was nine years old , first living in an asylum center in Alkmaar . The family later moved to Enkhuizen , where he finished his Hoger algemeen voortgezet onderwijs ( HAVO ) education . He later studied hotel management , but discontinued the studies .
Bolinger , Alabama
Bolinger , Alabama is an unincorporated community located inside the town of Silas , Alabama , which is located in Choctaw County , Alabama .
List of Inter Kashi FC managers
Inter Kashi FC ( commonly referred to as Inter Kashi ) is an Indian association football club based in Varanasi , Uttar Pradesh . Founded in 2023 , it is one of the newest and fastest-growing football clubs in India . The club competes in the I-League , the second top tier of Indian football league system
Bradley , Alabama
Bradley , Alabama is an unincorporated community located in Escambia County , Alabama .
Comptroller of the Treasury v. Wynne
Comptroller of the Treasury v. Wynne , , was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that a state income-tax scheme that taxes residents for in-state and out-of-state income violates the Dormant Commerce Clause when it does not provide residents with full credit for the income taxes they pay to other states .
Amastra fraterna
Amastra fraterna is a species of air-breathing land snail , a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Amastridae .
The length of the shell attains 10 mm , its diameter 5.5 mm
The shell is sinistral , ovate-turriform , and thin , with an impressed suture . It consists of 6 ⅕ to 7 whorls , which are slightly convex and longitudinally striated . The surface is covered with a brown to blackish-corneous epidermis , lending a natural and earthy appearance .
The aperture is ovate and of moderate size , with an unexpanded and acute peristome . A moderate lamina enhances the columella , contributing to the shell 's structural elegance .
The shell is notably more inflated compared to any member of the " Amastra soror " group from Maui . It is entirely covered with a thin , dark-brown to black cuticle , which is often worn away near the front of the aperture , revealing the underlying purple-brown coloration .
The typical form features a nearly straight-sided spire and consists of 6 ½ to 7 whorls . A variant form , however , has fewer whorls and a spire with concave sides .
The whorls of the protoconch are adorned with exquisitely fine ribbing , the costellate riblets being narrow and sharply defined . The whorls are uniformly convex , with the body whorl appearing notably inflated . The outlines of the spire in this form are distinctly concave . The columellar lamella is relatively small externally but becomes more prominent deeper within the aperture , contributing to the characteristic structure of the shell .
This species is endemic to Hawaii , occurring on Lanai island .
Claud , Alabama
Claud , Alabama is an unincorporated community in Elmore County , Alabama .
2024 Liberal Democrats leadership election
The 2024 Liberal Democrats leadership election was held in December 2024 , thanks to the requirement in the Liberal Democrats ' party constitution that a leadership election should be held at least once during each Westminster parliament .
Incumbent party leader Ed Davey was the only candidate and was elected unopposed .
1958-59 Divizia C
The 1958-59 Divizia C was the 7th season of Liga III , the third tier of the Romanian football league system .
Relegated from Divizia B
Promoted from Regional Championship
Promoted to Divizia B
Relegated to Regional Championship
" Locomotiva Pascani " was renamed as CFR Pascani .
" SN Constanta " was renamed as SNM Constanta .
" Tisa Sighetu Marmatiei " was renamed as Staruinta Sighetu Marmatiei .
" Gloria CFR Oradea " was renamed as Rapid Oradea .
" Unirea Pitesti " was renamed as Metalul Pitesti .
" Confectia Bucuresti " was renamed as Victoria Bucuresti .
" CSU Bucuresti " was renamed as Stiinta Bucuresti .
" Rovine Grivita Craiova " was renamed as Jiul Craiova .
" Flamura Rosie Oradea " was renamed as Vointa Oradea .
" Partizanul Reghin " was renamed as Avantul Reghin .
CSA Bacau was moved to Piatra Neamt and renamed as CS Piatra Neamt .
Drobeta Turnu Severin took the place of CFR Turnu Severin .
Victoria Tecuci was moved to Buzau and renamed as Victoria Buzau .
Unirea Ramnicu Valcea was moved to Baile Govora and renamed as Santierul Govora .
Crosston , Alabama
Crosston , Alabama is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County , Alabama .
US itek
US itek is an American information technology services company based in Tonawanda , New York . Established in 1999 by David Stinner , the company specializes in managed IT services , cloud computing , cybersecurity , compliance solutions , and VoIP systems . It primarily serves small and medium-sized businesses in the Buffalo Niagara region and has contracts with educational and government institutions .
David Stinner founded US itek in 1999 with an initial focus on providing custom-built computer hardware for local clients . The company quickly expanded its operations to include IT support services for business clients , as well as educational and government organizations . During its early years , US itek distributed IT products nationally and mailed over 15,000 catalogs monthly to promote its services .
By the early 2000s , US itek diversified its offerings to include digital video surveillance , branded products manufactured in Buffalo , and e-waste recycling in collaboration with HSBC . As part of its evolution , the company introduced managed IT services in 2006 after Stinner attended the Managed Services Workshop in Los Angeles . This shift marked a transition from hardware manufacturing to a broader focus on IT services and support .
In 2012 , US itek moved its headquarters to a new $ 1 million facility on Niagara Falls Boulevard in Tonawanda . The new building was designed to be a " living showroom , " allowing clients to experience the company 's products and services firsthand . It also served as a hub for customer training , featuring state-of-the-art meeting rooms and a data center .
By 2018 , US itek had added cybersecurity services to its portfolio , further enhancing its ability to meet the evolving IT needs of its clients . During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 , the company played a critical role in helping businesses transition to remote work environments , demonstrating its commitment to adaptability and customer support .
In 2019 , US itek was recognized as one of the Top 100 Managed Service Providers by Cloud Tango , highlighting its excellence in customer satisfaction , innovation , and service delivery .
By 2022 , the company had expanded its team internationally , hiring independent contractors in the Philippines and South Africa , and was recognized as a Top 100 MSP across industries such as healthcare , legal , and government .
In 2024 , US itek celebrated its 25th anniversary with the launch of a business intelligence platform tailored for small and medium-sized businesses . This marked another step in its commitment to delivering innovative IT solutions .
US itek provides a range of IT services for small and medium-sized businesses . These services include managed IT support , cloud computing for hosting and data management , advanced cybersecurity tools such as ThreatLocker , and compliance solutions tailored to industries like healthcare and legal . The company offers VoIP systems , hardware leasing options , and business continuity solutions to ensure disaster recovery and uninterrupted operations .
David Stinner
David Stinner ( born 1976 ) is an American entrepreneur and the founder and president of US itek , an IT services company headquartered in Tonawanda , New York . He is known for his leadership in managed IT services , cloud computing , and cybersecurity , as well as his contributions to regional business development in Western New York .
Stinner was born and raised in Buffalo , New York . He attended the University at Buffalo , where he completed dual Bachelor of Arts degrees in 1998 . In 2009 , he returned to the University at Buffalo to complete the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership ( CEL ) program at the School of Management .
In 1999 , Stinner founded US itek , initially focusing on custom-built computers and IT distribution . Over the years , the company evolved into a full-service IT provider specializing in managed IT services , cloud computing , and cybersecurity .
In 2006 , Stinner introduced managed services to US itek after attending the Managed Services Workshop in Los Angeles , marking a major shift in the company 's operations . This initiative allowed the company to offer proactive IT solutions tailored to clients ' business goals , helping it grow into a leading managed service provider ( MSP ) in Western New York .
In addition to his work with US itek , Stinner has also played an active role in the broader MSP community . In 2018 , he joined the advisory committee of The ASCII Group , a membership-based community of independent MSPs and solution providers .
Stinner is a staunch advocate for the economic revitalization of Buffalo , New York . At US itek 's office in Buffalo , Stinner designed workspaces with modern amenities to create an appealing environment for young professionals .
Stinner also co-founded Inception Buffalo , a coworking space established in 2017 . Located in the same building as US itek 's headquarters , the facility has become a hub for local entrepreneurs and remote workers .
Writing Kung Fu
Writing Kung Fu ( ) , also known as " Chinese Samson " and " Hot Dog Kung Fu , " is a 1979 Hong Kong martial arts drama film directed by Bolo Yeung ( credited as Yang Sze ) .
During the Tea War , convoys of tea and their escorts are being robbed and killed by gangs of outlaws . Red Clay Village is a small outpost along the trade route on the border between the north and south . A man wearing all white enters town pretending to be a tea and salt trade delegate and regarded with suspicion by a traveling blind fortune-teller and his assistant , both of them drunken boxers . A weak teacher in the village attempts to teach his poor and orphaned students , focusing on a good conscience . Stronger miscreants throw money at him and beat him as he tries to collect it , so his students ridicule him as stupid and abandon his class . One female student , Ah Cheung , remains loyal and Ah Cheung 's encourages the teacher to find a way to continue teaching the children .
The teacher collaborates with the two drunken boxers , calling out words that they then use as fighting moves . In return , they teach him new kung fu skills , including strikes involving writing . The drunken boxers tell the teacher that the man posing as a trade delegate is actually Ah Yen , a man who ten years earlier came from Vietnam and murdered fifteen residents of Red Clay Village .
The girl in pink is the sister of the leader of a group of traders collaborating with Ah Yen . She begs the teacher not to fight with her brother because the teacher cannot win . They practice kung fu together using moves based on lines of poetry . The teacher then wins money with his former adult student at a cockfight ( this scene is removed in the English dub but is still present in the French dub . The teacher finds his former students learning kung fu and asks them to come back to him , but they tell him that books are no use and they only want to learn kung fu .
An adult former student of the teacher attempts to play with his old classmate Ah Cheung , but she refuses and runs away . The man then finds Ah Cheung 's dead body in a shallow grave and sees Ah Yen walking away from it . The teacher is robbed of his winnings at night , then in the daytime he finds Ah Cheung 's mother dead in her house with a noose hanging from the roof in an attempt to stage the scene as if it were a suicide . Lost in despair , the teacher is advised by a beggar to not give up . The fortune-teller 's assistant gives the teacher a note recounting Ah Yen 's murderous rampage ten years earlier , which the teacher then gives to the girl in pink , though Ah Yen sees this .
When the teacher 's adult former student is caught stealing from the girl in pink 's brother , the teacher offers to take the punishment for him . The girl in pink 's brother criticizes him for teaching his students to steal and tells him that he must leave the village by sundown . The adult former student then sees Ah Yen and points him out as the one who killed Ah Cheung , but Ah Yen fights everyone off . Ah Yen visits the blind fortune-teller and kills him and his assistant in a fight . Ah Yen then fights the beggar , who skillfully avoids many of Ah Yen 's strikes before being brutally injured . The beggar teaches the teacher new kung fu moves based on lines of poetry shortly before dying . In his last moments , he uses his blood to draw the character " 字 " ( " writing " ) on the teacher 's palm .
The teacher fervently practices techniques of kung fu involving writing as Ah Yen kills the girl in pink 's brother and his associates . The teacher arrives and finds the girl in pink 's dead body strung up naked . The teacher finds Ah Yen playing his flute outside the village and battles him , eventually killing him by pressing his body into the flute , impaling both Ah Yen as well as himself on it . The teacher 's former students return and apologize , saying that they will obey him and be good , but the teacher dies in front of them .
Speaking about the film in an interview with coolasscinema.com , actor John Cheung said , " My little brother , Johnny Cheung , is in this movie with me and Bolo . He was also an action choreographer for Jackie Chan and was a stunt double doing dangerous scenes for Jackie and other actors . The action design in WRITING KUNG FU was done by me , my brother , and Bolo , who also directed the movie . "
" Writing Kung Fu " was filmed in Thailand .
The website thaiworldview.com states , " Two versions were released . One for the Hong Kong market with John Cheung . One for the Thai market with Thai actor Sombat Methanee . Thai version is lost . "
The cockfighting scene was removed from the English dub , but is still present in the French dub , which accounts for the runtime discrepancy between the two versions .
The film has been released under the English titles " Writing Kung Fu , " " Hot Dog Kung Fu " and " Chinese Samson . "
The film was released in Australia on 1 October 1981 with the classification " M " : " The content is moderate in impact . "
Reviewer Ben Johnson of kungfumovieguide.com gave the film a rating of 4 out of 5 stars , writing , " Bolo Yeung 's second film as director is a messianic allegory , an unsettling study on the rich-poor divide , and a testament to faith in a world corrupted by wealth and power . There is a poignancy and anger to the story which makes it more than just your standard kung fu movie , with Bolo casting himself as the embodiment of pure evil . Dressed in white ( the colour of death in China ) , he poses as a Grim Reaper-like salt trader to infiltrate a small ragtag community of orphans , alcoholics and unscrupulous profiteers , before bumping them off with the hope of stealing their treasure . A child killer , a rapist , and a sadistic assassin responsible for a mining attack some 10 years previously , Bolo 's a flute-playing harbinger of doom in a bleak backwater town whose only hope is John Cheung 's troubled scholar . Cheung 's attempts to offer the community 's orphaned children an education sees him run out of town as a useless do-gooder . He is told books are no use in the modern world , and instead , the kids learn how to fight at a kung fu school . Cheung hits the bottle but is saved by a homeless man who teaches him kung fu through a wonderful sequence of poetry and movement . By developing his own style of ' calligraphy kung fu ' , Bolo takes a very literal stance on the meaning of the age-old proverb , ' the pen is mightier than the sword ' . Brain meets brawn in the film 's final showdown with Bolo asking of Cheung , ' where is your god now ? ' The film 's downbeat ending is symbolic and poses a moral conundrum : who are the heroes in a world where greed is rewarded and the actions of an honest man is overlooked ? And all this from the guy who crushes skulls in " Enter the Dragon . " Very impressive . "
Reviewer Dr. Actula of badmovies.de gave the film a rating of 2 / 5 , writing , " ' Writing Kung Fu ' is the kind of script in which two seemingly unrelated plots run artlessly alongside each other and the viewer increasingly wonders how the hell the plot lines are supposed to be connected in a coherent way . " The review continues , " The fights are not particularly well choreographed and , despite Ah Yen 's fame as a cruel killer , they are not that brutal . " The review concludes , " Fans of Eastern things should take a look just out of curiosity to see how Bolo fares as a director . For beginners , ' Writing Kung Fu ' is probably a bit too meh despite one or two nice ideas ... "
Rapper RZA listed " Writing Kung Fu " as one of his ten favorite kung fu flicks . The Wu-Tang Clan sampled the English dub of the film in their songs " In the Hood " and " Campfire . "
Bey Logan listed it as one of his favorite martial arts movies .
The website thaiworldview.com gave the film a rating of 3 / 5 .
The website raremoviecollector.com called the film " A classic of the genre . "
E. Raghavendra Rao
Dr. E. Raghavendra Rao ( 4 August 1889 - 15 June 1942 ) was an Indian lawyer , politician , and freedom fighter . He served as a Member of the Central Legislative Assembly from 1921 to 1926 , held the position of Minister of Education for the Central Provinces and Berar from 1926 to 1936 , was the Chief Minister from 1928 to 1936 , and acted as Governor of Central Provinces in the British administration , during the Governor 's absence from May to September 1936 . He was known for his involvement in the Indian independence movement .
Raghavendra Rao was born on 4 August 1889 in Kamptee , Nagpur . His family later relocated to Raipur-Bilaspur . He completed his education in Nagpur and pursued legal studies in England , where he became a barrister . He began his legal practice in Bilaspur in 1914 .
He was became involved in local politics and was elected as the President of the Bilaspur District Council in 1916 . In 1917 , he founded the Bilaspur Home Rule League . He participated in the May 1920 session of the Bilaspur District Congress Committee , where he opposed the British government 's oppressive policies .
During the 1920s , he engaged in the Non-Cooperation Movement and resigned from his legal practice . He was elected as the president of the Mahakoshal Provincial Congress Committee and traveled extensively to promote the movement . He was arrested in 1922 during a Congress meeting in Raipur .
In 1921 , Raghavendra Rao won a seat in the Central Legislative Assembly but resigned to align with the Congress 's principles . He joined the Swaraj Party and was elected to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Council in 1923 . In 1926 , he established the Swatantra Congress Party . He served as the Minister of Education for Central Provinces and Berar state . He later held the position of Chief Minister from 1928 to 1936 . He also served as the Home Minister of the state .
In May 1936 , he acted as the Governor of the state during the Governor 's leave , serving until September 1936 . He was re-elected to the Legislative Council in 1937 and appointed to the Viceroy 's Executive Council in 1941 . Rao died on 15 June 1942 at 52 .
Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana
Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana is an initiative by the Maharashtra State Government which aims to promote economic independence of women in the state of Maharashtra , improve their health and nutrition , and strengthen their decisive role in the family . The initiative was launched in July 2024 .
Under this initiative , eligible women in the age group of 21 to 65 in the state of Maharashtra are provided with a financial benefit of ₹ 1,500 / - per month .
The following five documents are required to fill the Ladki Bhain Yojana form .
Initially , the scheme was given to Anganwadi workers , Anganwadi helpers , supervisors , village workers , ward officers , Setu Kendras , general women , etc. to fill the application form on the Nari Shakti Doot app and later on the official website of the Maharashtra government . However , as a precautionary measure , from September 2024 , the state government has given the authority to fill the application form for this scheme only to Anganwadi workers .
The Maharashtra government had initially given a deadline of 31 August 2024 to apply for this scheme . Later , the deadline to apply was extended to 30 September 2024 , and then again to 15 October .
According to the state government , 15.9 million women were provided benefits of Rs 4,788 crore over two phases of the initiative in July 2024 and August 2024 .
As of September 24 , 25 million applications had been received , of which 24 million had been approved .
As of 15 October 2024 , the total number of applications received on the official portal of Ladki Bahin Yojana is 11,270,261 , out of which the total number of approved applications is 10,669,139 . Due to the implementation of the code of conduct from 16 October , the scrutiny process of many applications could not be completed .
Urartian people
Urartians were an ancient people who spoke the Urartian language . The territory of the ancient kingdom of Urartu extended over the modern frontiers of Turkey , Iran , Iraq , and the Republic of Armenia . Its kings left behind cuneiform inscriptions in the Urartian language , a member of the Hurro-Urartian language family . These languages might have been related to Northeast Caucasian languages . Following Armenian incursions into Urartu , Armenians " imposed their language " on Urartians and became the aristocratic class . The Urartians later " were probably absorbed into the Armenian polity . "
It is assumed that the Urartians spread across the Armenian highlands from the region of Rewanduz ( modern-day northwestern Iran ) , where the ancient city of Musasir was located .
Since its re-discovery in the 19th century , Urartu , which is commonly believed to have been at least partially Armenian-speaking , has played a significant role in Armenian nationalism . The claim that Urartians were Armenians has no " serious scientific grounds . "
Urartian or Vannic is an extinct Hurro-Urartian language which was spoken by the inhabitants of the ancient kingdom of Urartu ( " Biaini " or " Biainili " in Urartian ) , which was centered on the region around Lake Van and had its capital , Tushpa , near the site of the modern town of Van in the Armenian highlands , now in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey . Its past prevalence is unknown . While some believe it was probably dominant around Lake Van and in the areas along the upper Zab valley , others believe it was spoken by a relatively small population who comprised a ruling class .
First attested in the 9th century BCE , Urartian ceased to be written after the fall of the Urartian state in 585 BCE and presumably became extinct due to the fall of Urartu . It must have had long contact with , and been gradually totally replaced by , an early form of Armenian , although it is only in the 5th century CE that the first written examples of Armenian appear .
The religious beliefs of the Urartians shared many similarities with the religions of Mesopotamia . The Urartian pantheon included numerous deities , many of which were borrowed from the religious traditions of Sumer , Akkad and Assyria .
Sacrifices , mainly of animals ( bulls and sheep ) , were practiced , although there is evidence of human sacrifices . Rituals of worship , usually performed in special chambers carved into the rocks , resembled ziggurats . In one such chamber , a tablet was found listing 79 Urartian deities and the number of animals that were to be sacrificed to each of them .
Lawley Village railway station
Lawley Village is a heritage railway station on the Telford Steam Railway in the village of Lawley and near the town of Telford in the Telford and Wrekin borough of Shropshire , England . It has no station buildings and is a single platform with a passenger shelter . Work began on the station in 2005 and it was officially opened a decade later in 2015 . The station is not far from the site of the former Lawley Bank station , which was only a short distance due north .
The station is the northern terminus of the Telford Steam Railway and occupies part of the former Wellington to Craven Arms Railway . It is hoped that the line can be extended from Lawley to the site of Ironbridge power station . This would see new stations opened at Doseley , Lightmoor , Coalbrookdale and close to Buildwas for Ironbridge which includes proposals for a park and ride with passenger services between Ironbridge and Birmingham New Street .
Greenhill , Alabama
Greenhill , also known as Green Hill , Alabama is an unincorporated community located in Lauderdale County , Alabama .
Gum Springs , Alabama
Gum Springs , Alabama is an unincorporated community located in Blount County , Alabama .
Aclees hirayamai
Aclees hirayamai is a weevil in the genus " Aclees " from Taiwan and Japan .
This species looks like a classic weevil , but bigger . It has a brown overall color , but has a double white " double v " pattern and a dark pattern going downward from the head in an almost spotlight shadow shape , with a lighter middle .
Charles M. Fry
Charles Meriwether Fry ( April 24 , 1822 - November 18 , 1892 ) was an American banker .
Fry was born in Madison County , Virginia on April 24 , 1822 . He was the eldest son of Henry Belville Fry ( 1794-1836 ) and Annie ( Clarke ) Fry . Among his siblings were Kitty Fry ( who married W. D. Fry of Madison ) , Maria Elizabeth Fry ( who married William Thomas Sparks ) . After his mother 's death , his father married Lucy Clarke , and had three more daughters , Sarah A. Fry ( who married R. S. Thomas , Clerk of Madison County ) , Mary E. Fry ( who married Jerry Garnett ) , and Clara H. Fry ( who married Absalom G. Garnett ) .
His paternal grandparents were Catherine " Kitty " ( Walker ) Fry ( a daughter of Thomas Walker of Castle Hill ) and Joshua Fry ( a son of the Rev. Henry Fry and grandson of Col. Joshua Fry , an adventurer and cartographer who collaborated with Thomas Jefferson 's father , Peter Jefferson ) . His great-aunt , Clary Stubbs ( Walker ) Hawes , was the mother of Richard Hawes , 2nd Confederate Governor of Kentucky and U.S. Representative Albert Gallatin Hawes .
Fry moved to New York City in 1848 . He was elected a director of the Bank of New York in 1874 , the same year he was made vice-president of the Bank . On January 18 , 1876 , he was elected to succeed Charles P. Leverich as President of the Bank of New York . In 1888 , he wrote a letter to the editor of " The New York Times , " claiming that the Bank " does not hold one dollar of C. G. Francklyn 's paper nor has it ever lost a dollar by Mr. Francklyn . " He served in that capacity until his death in 1892 when he was succeeded by Ebenezer S. Mason .
Fry was married to Elizabeth Wickham Leigh ( 1824-1895 ) , a daughter of U.S. Senator Benjamin W. Leigh and , his third wife , Julia Wickham ( a daughter of John Wickham ) . Her elder half-brother , William B. Leigh , married Mary White Colston ( a daughter of U.S. Representative Edward Colston ) . Through William , she was an aunt of artist William Robinson Leigh .
He died at 279 Lexington Avenue , his home in Manhattan ( a four-story brownstone designed by Charles Buek at a cost of $ 50,500 ) , on November 18 , 1892 . He was buried at Shockoe Hill Cemetery in Richmond , Virginia .
Tahiti women 's national under-17 basketball team
The Tahiti women 's national under-17 basketball team is the junior women 's national basketball team of Tahiti , governed by Federation Tahitienne de Basketball . It represents the country in international under-17 women 's basketball competitions .
Hoods Crossroads , Alabama
Hoods Crossroads , Alabama is an unincorporated community located in Blount County , Alabama .
Mbwila Rebellion of 1691-1693
The Mbwila Rebellion of 1691-1693 was a conflict between the Ndembu forces of Mbwila , led by Sebastiao Afonso , and Portuguese colonial authorities from 1691 to 1693 in Angola . The rebellion saw early Ndembu successes before being suppressed by a Portuguese counteroffensive , which devastated the region and reasserted Portuguese control .
In the late 17th century , the Kingdom of Kongo was weakening due to internal divisions and the growing influence of Portuguese colonial power in Angola . Mbwila , a province within Kongo , was traditionally a vassal of the Portuguese , but tensions began to rise as Portuguese expansionism clashed with the independence movements in the region .
By 1691 , Sebastiao Afonso , the ruler of Mbwila , declared his allegiance to Congo and Queen Njinga of Matamba , distancing himself from Portuguese rule . Sebastiao expelled the Portuguese captain-major and chaplain , who had been stationed in Mbwila , he burned a church and blocked trading routes .
The Portuguese organized a campaign to crush the rebellion . A force of 800 gunmen and 40,000 archers , composed of Portuguese soldiers and their African allies , invaded Mbwila . They sacked local villages and attempted to subdue the region . However , the rebels survived , and despite the initial strength of the Portuguese force , heavy rains and the outbreak of tropical diseases weakened the Portuguese , suffering significant losses , along with the commander while they were camped in Camolemba .
By 1692 / 1693 , the Portuguese regrouped and launched a counteroffensive under Pascoal Rodrigues . The Portuguese attacked with overwhelming force , devastating the region .
By 1693 , the Portuguese had defeated the rebellion , forcing Mbwila back into submission and reestablishing its vassalage to Portugal .
The Portuguese forces , after crushing the Mbwila rebellion , forced the Ndembu to renew their vassalage to Portugal .
Edouard Grimard
Jean-Pierre Edouard Grimard ( 17 April 1827 - 24 March 1909 ) was a French writer , educator , and botanist .
Edouard Grimard was born in Lacepede ( Lot-et-Garonne ) on April 17 , 1827 . He was a close friend of the brothers Elisee Reclus and Elie Reclus . While studying at Montauban , Grimard lived with the Reclus brothers in a shared house four kilometers outside of the town and the three pursued independent studies there . On one occasion in 1849 , Edouard , Elisee , and Elie walked from Montauban to the Mediterranean Sea without taking authorised leave from the school - leading , in part , to the expulsion of the Reclus brothers from the school .
In 1851 , he defended his thesis in theology at the Faculty of Protestant Theology of Strasbourg at the same time as Elie Reclus . His thesis was titled : " Man in the face of god , or on human individualiality . " He received the degree of bachelor of theology . His thesis was titled : " Man in the face of god , or on human individualiality . "
Grimard was recorded as a witness to the birth of Elisee Reclus 's first daughter on June 12 , 1860 , in Paris .
Grimard taught at the Protestant College of Sainte-Foy-la-Grande from 1871 until 1881 . In 1874 , Grimard became a municipal councilor in Pineuilh . Grimard was then the director for the ecole normale at Toulouse from 1881 to 1896 .
Grimard wrote in journals including the " Revue des Deux Mondes " and the " Magasin d 'education et de recreation , " publishing numerous works on botany . The writer Jules Verne used Grimard 's work " The Plant " to discuss Australian flora as part of his novel In Search of the Castaways .
Amastra gulickiana
Amastra gulickiana is a species of air-breathing land snail , a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Amastridae .
The length of the shell attains 10 mm , its diameter 7.7 mm
The shell is narrowly perforate , globose-conic , rather solid , and glossy , with no dull or deciduous outer cuticle . The spire is very short , with outlines that are nearly straight to very slightly convex , ending in an obtuse summit .
The shell contains 5 ⅓ whorls . The whorls of the protoconch are nearly smooth , with the first being dull purple and the rest covered by a thin , light greenish-yellow cuticle , transitioning to reddish-brown on the latter part of the body whorl . Subsequent whorls are lightly marked with growth striae and are less convex than the embryonic whorls . The body whorl is subglobose , subangular in front of the aperture , and becomes fully rounded in its last two-thirds .
The aperture is somewhat oblique , with a purple interior that becomes paler and slightly thickened near the lip . The columella is short , featuring a moderate , not overly oblique fold below its middle , with the edge dilated above the fold . The parietal callus is thin and purple , complementing the overall structure .
This vary rare species is endemic to Hawaii , occurring on Oahu island .
Eureka Labs
Eureka Labs is an AI education company founded by Andrej Karpathy . Karpathy announced the founding of Eureka Labs on July 16 . The company aims to create a AI Native School .
Karpathy says that Eureka Labs ' first course will teach students how to create their own large language model from scratch .
According to Karpathy , recent advancements in generative AI would allow teacher to teach across languages to many more students with the support of AI teaching assistants .
Majestic , Alabama
Majestic , Alabama is an unincorporated community located in Jefferson County , Alabama .
NGC 4136
NGC4136 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Coma Berenices . Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is , which corresponds to a Hubble distance of . Additionally , seven " non-redshift " measurements give a distance of . It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 13 March 1785 .
Eskridge , Frogel , and Pogge published a paper in 2002 describing the morphology of 205 closely spaced spiral or lenticular galaxies . The observations were made in the H-band of the infrared and in the B-band ( blue ) . Eskridge and colleagues described NGC 4136 as follows :
NGC 4136 is a member of the NGC 4274 group ( also known as LGG 279 ) which has at least 19 galaxies , including NGC 4020 , NGC 4062 , NGC 4173 , NGC 4203 , NGC 4245 , NGC 4251 , NGC 4274 , NGC 4278 , NGC 4283 , NGC 4310 , NGC 4314 , NGC 4359 , NGC 4414 , NGC 4509 , NGC 4525 , UGC 7300 , and MCG + 05-29-066 .
One supernova has been observed in NGC 4136 : SN1941C ( type unknown , mag . 16.8 ) was discovered by Rebecca B. Jones on 16 April 1941 .
Vakhtang Golandzia
Vakhtang Golandzia ( 1968 or 1969 - 19 December 2024 ) was an Abkhazian politician who was a member of the parliament of Abkhazia . He was killed during the Abkhazia shooting on 19 December 2024 , at the age of 55 .
2025 in Glory
The year 2025 is the 14th year in the history of Glory , an international kickboxing promotion .
The events are broadcast on various channels such as Videoland , Viaplay , Go3 and Pro Arena .
Glory 98 is a kickboxing event held by Glory on February 22 , 2025 , in Rotterdam , Netherlands .
Peter Adrian Chifukwa
Peter Adrian Chifukwa ( born 27 August 1973 ) , is a Roman Catholic prelate in Malawi , who serves as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dedza . He was appointed as bishop by Pope Francis on 8 May 2021 .
He was born on 27 August 1973 in Msampha Village , Dedza District , in the Archdiocese of Lilongwe . He attended primary schools in his home area . From 1991 until 1994 , he attended " Mchisu Community Day Secondary School , " for his secondary school education .
He studied philosophy at " St. Anthony Major Seminary , " in Kachebere , Mchinji District , starting in September 1994 . In 1997 he transferred to " St. Peters Major Seminary , " in Zomba where he studied Theology . He also holds a Licentiate of Canon Law awarded by the Catholic University of Eastern Africa , Nairobi , Kenya in 2010 .
He was ordained a deacon on 12 January 2004 at Dedza by Bishop Remi Joseph Gustave Sainte-Marie , Bishop of Dedza . Bishop Remi Joseph Gustave Sainte-Marie ordained him a priest at " Bembeke Cathedral " in Dedza on 12 June 2004 .
Father Peter Adrian Chifukwa served in various roles as a priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dedza . Those roles included :
On 8 May 2021 , Pope Francis appointed him bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dedza . He was consecrated as bishop on 28 August 2021 at Dedza , by Archbishop Thomas Luke Msusa , Archbishop of Blantyre assisted by Bishop Martin Anwel Mtumbuka , Bishop of Karonga and Bishop George Desmond Tambala , Bishop of Zomba . Since then he serves as the Bishop of Dedza Diocese .
Ernest Hillard ( footballer )
Ernest Hillard was an English clerk , soldier , and footballer . After settling in Romania in 1906 , he played football for the Romanian-American Society , the Tricolor Bucuresti , and was a member of the first-ever version of the Romania national team in 1919 , which participated in the football tournament of the Inter-Allied Games in Paris .
Born in England , Hillard settled in Romania in 1906 , or perhaps even a little earlier , as a clerk at the Concordia-Vega Refinery in Ploiesti . He played football for the Romanian-American Society until the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 , in which he fought on the front lines with the Romanian uniform .
In June 1919 , Hillard was a member of the Romanian committee that went to the Inter-Allied Games in Paris , a large sports competition organized in celebration of the Allied victory in the War . Hillard was listed as a member of the football team , whose squad was formed by soldiers who had participated in the War and who was drawn almost exclusively from Bucharest clubs , such as Coltea , Venus , and Tricolor . Hillard was one of only two foreigners who played for Romania 's football team , the other being the German Rudolf Schmetau , a sergeant originally from the rugby section . He was thus one of the eleven footballers who played in the first unofficial match in the history of the Greater Romania national team , starting as a forward in a 0-4 loss to France . Thanks to his knowledge of English football , which at the time was much more advanced than the rest of Continental Europe , Hillard might have acted as some sort of coach of the football team , who played in the 1-2-3-5 formula , dominant at that time in world football . However , his input was not enough as Romania lost all three group matches , 0-4 to France , 1-5 to Italy , and 2-3 to Greece , losing the latter despite having played better . These matches played in the tournament are not included in the official FIFA register , and Romania only made its official debut three years later .
Together with Lieutenant Dinicu Georgescu and Constantin Radulescu , who also participated at the 1919 Games , Hillard was a member of the Tricolor Bucuresti team that won the 1920-21 Romanian Championship . This season marked the last time in which the championship was contested only by teams from the Old Kingdom , since in the following year , it was expanded to feature teams from across the entire territory of Greater Romania .
On 9 April 1922 , Hillard started in the first inter-capitals match held in Romania , between selections of Bucharest and Belgrade , which had a record number of spectators , around 7000 , and which ended in a 2-2 draw .
Tricolor Bucuresti
Zuzan al-Akrad
Zuzan al-Akrad , or Zozan al-Akrad , Zawzan , Nahiyat al-Zuzan and Bilad al-Zuzan refers to a region cited in medieval Islamic sources that stretched from northeast of Jazira , all the way to north west of Azerbaijan .
The name Zozan or Zuzan is derived from western Kurdish ( ) , while al-Akrad is the Arabic word for " Kurds . "
The region is also mentioned as Bilad Zuzan , Nahiyat al-Zuzan and Zuzan al-Akrad .
As historical evidence , various historians and contemporary witnesses are used to locate Zuzan :
The Zuzan region was inhabited mainly by Christian Armenians in the early 10th century . While Kurds where located in the south and eastern Zuzan , in a region called Diyar al-Akrad " home of the Kurds . " From 10th century onwards , more Kurdish Muslim tribes migrated to Zuzan and to the west . Changing the demographic and political makeup of the region. various independent Kurdish tribes and tribal confederations became the overall rulers of Zuzan . While the Christian Armenians were subjects of the Kurds .
The Armenians who were Christians , made up the majority of Zawzan or Zuzan region , up until 13th century. according to 10th century historian ibn Hawqal , the master of most of Zuzan region was al-Dayrani , probably Deranik , the Armenian king of Vaspurakan between the lake of Van and Mount Ararat .
The Kurdish presence in Zuzan region is documented since 10th-century . However , from late 10th century onwards more Kurdish tribes migrated into Zawzan , changing the political and demographic makeup of the region and becoming the masters of the Zuzan . Various Kurdish tribes ruled over Zuzan , holding various castles and fortresses . The Kurdish tribes that ruled and inhabited Zuzan were Al-Bukhiyya , al-Bashnawiyya , al-Hakkariyya , al-Humaydiyya , Al-Daseniyya , and al-Qaymariyya .
Ernesto Mejia ( footballer )
Ernesto Mejia Saez ( 21 October 1899 - 23 October 1933 ) was a Spanish footballer who played as a midfielder for Real Madrid between 1921 and 1927 .
Born in El Escorial , Madrid , Mejia played his entire football career in his hometown club Real Madrid from 1921 and 1927 . Together with the likes of Felix Quesada , Jose Maria Munagorri , Juan Monjardin , and Geronimo del Campo , he was a member of the great Madrid squad of the 1920s that won five Regional Championships ( 1921-22 , 1922-23 , 1923-24 , 1925-26 , and 1926-27 ) , and reached the final of the Copa del Rey in 1924 , which ended in a 1-0 loss to Real Union , the courtesy of a goal from Jose Echeveste . In total , Mejia scored 3 goals in 66 official matches for Madrid , including 2 goals in 27 cup , and 1 goal in 39 regional matches .
Like many other Real players of that time , Mejia was summoned to play for the ' Centro ' ( Madrid area ) representative team , being a member of the Madrid side that reached the final of the 1923-24 Prince of Asturias Cup , an inter-regional competition organized by the RFEF . He started in the infamous final against Catalonia , which ended in a 4-4 draw , so he was replaced by Juan Caballero for the replay , which Madrid lost 2-3 .
KFFW-LP
KFFW-LP ( 107.7 FM ) is a low-power FM radio station licensed to Atwater , California , broadcasting Spanish-language religious programming , and is owned by Iglesia De Cristo Ministerios Llamada Final Atwater .
KFFW-LP began broadcasting on March 7 , 2017 .
Jama Masjid , Chanderi
Jama Masjid , Chanderi is a congregational mosque in Chanderi , in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh . It is listed as a monument of national importance .
The mosque has three domes , one over each bay . The prayer hall has eleven arched entrances , while the northern and southern arcades have nine each .
E.P. Ranch
The E.P. Ranch was a ranch and royal residence in Pekisko , Alberta that was owned from 1919 to 1962 by Edward VIII . In 1919 , Edward , who was then the Prince of Wales , made a royal tour of Canada and purchased the ranch during his visit . The purchase was executed by George Lane , who owned the adjacent Bar U Ranch . In 1962 , by this time known as the Duke of Windsor , he sold the ranch to Jim Cartwright of the D Ranch .
Storming of Giurgiu ( 1771 )
The Storming of Giurgiu was a military storm undertaken by the Russians August 7 , 1771 against the city of Giurgiu . The storm was part of the Russo-Turkish War ( 1768-1774 ) , and resulted in an Ottoman victory .
On August 7 , General Essen commanded a Russian attack on the Ottoman fortress of Giurgiu during the Russo-Turkish War . Three assault columns led by Generals Czartoryski , Olsuf 'ev , and Gudovich attempted to capture the fortress . The lack of adequate artillery support and an insufficient number of siege ladders hindered the assault .
The Russians were repelled by the fire of the Ottoman defenders and pikemen , who pushed the attackers into the moat . The commanders of all three assault columns , Czartoryski , Olsuf 'ev , and Gudovich - were wounded , with General Czartoryski suffering fatal injuries . Russian forces sustained losses amounting to about one-third of their troops and were forced to retreat . The Turks did not pursue them .
Archaeocursor
Archaeocursor ( meaning " old runner " ) is an extinct genus of basal ornithischian dinosaurs from the Early Jurassic Ziliujing Formation of China . The genus contains a single species , A. asiaticus , known from a single femur . " Archaeocursor " represents the oldest and most basal ornithischian described from Asia .
The " Archaeocursor " holotype specimen , L01-HY999 , was discovered in 2022 in outcrops of the Ziliujing Formation ( Dongyuemiao Member ) near Chongqing Central Park in Yubei District of Chongqing Municipality , China . The collection of this bone was part of an operation by the Southeast Sichuan Geological Team to salvage paleontological materials during construction in a residential area , and it is now accessioned in the Chongqing Municipal Bureau of Planning and Natural Resources . The specimen consists of an isolated nearly complete left femur .
The specimen was first mentioned in a paper describing the fossil assemblage of the type locality ( named the Yuzhou Biota ) , which represents a lacustrine ecosystem . Well-preserved specimens of diverse plants , invertebrates , fish , and pliosaurids are also represented in the outcrops . This assemblage represents a faunal turnover shortly following the end-Triassic extinction . The discovery of an ornithischian dinosaur in this context is notable ; it likely happened to be washed into the lake after its death .
In 2024 , Yao et al. described " Archaeocursor asiaticus " as a new genus and species of early ornithischians based on this fossil specimen . The generic name , " Archaeocursor , " combines the Latin words " archaeo , " meaning " archaic " or " old " and " cursor , " meaning " runner . " The specific name , " asiaticus , " is a Latin word meaning " from Asia . "
" Archaeocursor " is one of the only ornithischians known from the Early Jurassic of Asia , with the armored thyreophoran " Yuxisaurus " being one of the few others . It is the oldest and earliest-diverging named ornithischian from Asia .
Using histological methods , Yao et al . ( 2024 ) determined that the holotype femur likely belonged to an early adult individual that had not yet reached somatic maturity . Using the holotype femur ( long ) , they estimated the individual 's body length at .
In their phylogenetic analyses , Yao et al . ( 2024 ) recovered " Archaeocursor " as an early-diverging member of the Ornithischia , branching crownward of heterodontosaurids as the sister taxon to " Eocursor . " " Eocursor " is known from rocks of a similar age in South Africa belonging to the upper Elliot Formation . Yao et al. suggest that the common ancestor of these two genera likely originated in Gondwana before dispersing northward to Laurasia and later East Asia . However , they caution that this hypothesis is tentative , given the fragmentary nature of the " Archaeocursor " holotype . The results of their phylogenetic analyses are displayed in the cladogram below :
Double bronchial wall sign
The double bronchial wall sign is a radiological finding observed in cases of pneumomediastinum , a condition characterized by the presence of air within the mediastinum .
Pneumomediastinum occurs due to the escape of air from ruptured alveoli or airways into the mediastinal space . The rupture of alveoli due to increased intrathoracic pressure ( e.g. , from coughing , vomiting , or trauma ) leads to air tracking along the peribronchovascular interstitium which in turn accumulates in the mediastinum . As air accumulates , it dissects along the bronchial structures , creating a visible separation of the bronchial wall from the surrounding tissue . The result is the double bronchial wall appearance on imaging , a hallmark of pneumomediastinum .
The double bronchial wall sign is best visualized on CT , which provides high-resolution images of the mediastinal structures . The double bronchial wall sign is commonly seen in the central bronchi , particularly in the trachea or mainstem bronchi , where air is more likely to outline the structures . Associated findings such as air surrounding other mediastinal structures , such as the esophagus or great vessels may be present . Subcutaneous emphysema or air tracking into the neck may also be seen . This sign may also be diagnosed in X-ray images , although the sensitivity is much lower than that of CT .
Shahzadi Ka Roza
Shahzadi Ka Rauza , or Shahzadi Ka Roza ( literally " princess ' tomb " ) is a tomb located in Chanderi , in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh . It is listed as a monument of national importance .
Ay , que noche tan preciosa
" Ay , que noche tan preciosa , " also known by its original name " Cumpleanos Feliz , " is a birthday song traditionally sung during birthday parties in Venezuela . Its author was the Venezuelan musician and singer-songwriter Luis Alejandro Cruz Cordero and it was popularized by the Venezuelan singer-songwriter Emilio Arvelo , whose version consolidated the song throughout the country .
Guitarrada
Guitarrada , also called lambada instrumental ( " instrumental lambada " ) , is an instrumental musical genre that emerged in the state of Para , Brazil , originating from the fusion of choro with carimbo , merengue , cumbia , mambo , bolero , Jovem Guarda , brega , among others . In this style , the electric guitar is predominantly solo .
The popularization of the electric guitar in Brazil in the 1950s and 1960s bringing elements of surf music , instrumental rock and guitarists such as The Ventures and Dick Dale , together with the creation of Jovem Guarda in the 1960s , influenced musicians from Para in the adoption of the electric guitar and the development of the style .
The beginning of the guitarrada was the release of the album " Lambadas das Quebradas , " in 1978 , by Mestre Vieira . In 1980 , the band Os Populares from Igarape-Miri released the album " Lambadas Incrementadas " and in 1982 , Aldo Sena , who stood out as a soloist in this band , launched his solo career . That same year , businessman Carlos Santos , owner of the Gravasom record label , released the LP " Guitarradas - Lambadas Ritmo Alucinante , " which became a sales success , followed by six more volumes .
In 1996 , the group Cravo Carbono was formed in Belem and in 1998 released the album " Mundo Acu . " In the same year , guitarist Ximbinha ( at the time known as Chimbinha ) released the album " Guitarras Que Cantam . " In 2003 , Cravo Carbono guitarist Pio Lobato created the musical project Mestres da Guitarrada , together with Mestre Vieira , Mestre Curica and Aldo Sena , which released the album " Mestres da Guitarrada " in 2004 .
Masseyline , Alabama
Masseyline , Alabama is an unincorporated community located in Jefferson County , Alabama .
Nationalism in Antiquity
Some scholars of nationalism support the existence of nationalism in antiquity . This school of thought differs from modernism , the predominant school of thought on nationalism , which suggests that nationalism developed largely after the late 18th century and the French Revolution . Theories on the existence of nationalism in antiquity belong to the primordialist ( or perennialist ) paradigm .
For many non-modernists , nations have emerged from the Judeo-Christian tradition . John Alexander Armstrong was one of the first modern scholars to argue that nations have pre-modern roots and that their formation was helped by religious institutions locally . However , Armstrong acknowledges " persistent group identity did not ordinarily constitute the overriding legitimisation of polity formation , " unlike contemporary nationalism , which presupposes the " right of individuals to [ ... ] establish territorial political structures corresponding to their consciousness of group identity . "
Tom Garvin wrote that " something strangely like modern nationalism is documented for many peoples in medieval times and in classical times as well , " citing the ancient Jews , the classical Greeks and the Gaulish and British Celts as examples . The Great Jewish Revolt against Roman rule ( 66-73 CE ) is often cited by scholars as a prominent example of ancient Jewish nationalism . Adrian Hastings argued that Jews are the " true proto-nation , " that through the model of ancient Israel found in the Hebrew Bible , provided the world with the original concept of nationhood which later influenced Christian nations .
Anthony D. Smith wrote that the Jews of the late Second Temple period provide " a closer approximation to the ideal type of the nation [ ... ] than perhaps anywhere else in the ancient world , " adding that this observation " must make us wary of pronouncing too readily against the possibility of the nation , and even a form of religious nationalism , before the onset of modernity . " Other scholars , such as Doron Mendels , Steven Grosby , and Aviel Roshwald , also argue for the rise of a kind of nationalism among ancient Jews . David M. Goodblatt believes that Jewish nationalism appears in the Second Temple period ( 5th-1st century BC ) .
Azar Gat claims a Jewish nation has existed since antiquity and that the creation of imagined communities was made possible not only by secularisation and the rise of print capitalism in modern era , but could also be produced earlier by the spoken word and via religious rituals . Gat does not agree with the modernist view that pre-modern multi-ethnic empires were ruled by an elite indifferent to the ethnic composition of its subjects . In fact , almost all of the empires were based on a dominant ethnic core , while most ethnic communities were too small and weak to have their own independent state .
George Vasilev finds scholarly equivalence between Ancient Israel and contemporary nationalism guilty of perpetuating methodological nationalism , naturalising supposedly hereditary governing institutions back to ancient times . Government bureaucracy in antiquity did not " aim to recreate culturally populations in the image of an ethnic or national ideal " and continuity drawn between the past and present by scholars like Grosby and Roshwald , he argues , is " spurious because the ancient and medieval political actors [ ... ] were not functional equivalents of contemporary states . " Vasilev continues :
Abdur Razzak ( Murshidabad politician )
Abdur Razzak ( born 1958 ) is an Indian politician from West Bengal . He is a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Jalangi Assembly constituency in Murshidabad district . He won the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election representing the All India Trinamool Congress .
Razzak is from Jalangi , Murshidabad district , West Bengal . He is the son of late Kaifatulla Mandal . He completed his BEd in 1993 and later did his MA in 1994 at University of Calcutta .
Razzak won from Jalangi Assembly constituency representing All India Trinamool Congress in the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election . He polled 123,840 votes and defeated his nearest rival , Saiful Islam Molla of Communist Party of India ( Marxist ) , by a margin of 79,276 votes . He first became an MLA winning the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election representing Communist Party of India ( Marxist ) from Jalangi . He retained it for the second term winning the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election also on Communist Party of India ( Marxist ) ticket . Later , he shifted to Trinamool Congress and won the third term in 2021 Assembly election .
Jimmy Gordon ( politician )
James " Jimmy " Gordon ( born 1987 ) is an American politician who is the mayor of Isanti , Minnesota and member-elect to the Minnesota House of Representatives for a term starting in 2025 . A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota , Gordon will represent District 28A , which includes parts of North Branch , Cambridge , and Isanti in southeastern Minnesota .
Gordon ran for Mayor of Isanti , Minnesota in 2022 and won the election with 55 % of the vote , defeating incumbent Jeff Johnson . After being elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in the 2024 election , he announced his resignation as mayor , effective December 31 of that year .
In January 2024 , Gordon announced his intention to challenge incumbent Republican Brian Johnson in the primary for District 28A of the Minnesota House of Representatives . Despite reporting on his past tax deliquency during the primary campaign , he won the Republican endorsement at convention , then defeated Johnson in the Republican primary with 65.99 % of the vote . He was the only challenger to successfully primary an incumbent in Minnesota in 2024 .
In the general election , he defeated Democrat Tim Dummer by nearly a 37-point margin . He will be sworn in at the start of session on January 14 , 2025 .
Gordon was born in 1987 in Cambridge , Minnesota . He lives in Isanti with his wife Megan and four children and attends North Isanti Baptist Church .
Mellow Valley , Alabama
Meadow Valley , Alabama is an unincorporated community located in Clay County , Alabama .
Noriaki Bunasawa
Noriaki Bunasawa ( , " Bunasawa Noriaki " ; born November 3 , 1947 ) is a Japanese and American judoka . He is also a former USA judo coach at the 1972 Olympic games and at the 1975 World Judo Championships . He is also a co-author of " The Toughest Man Who Ever Lived , " a novel based on the life of Mitsuyo Maeda .
Noriaki Bunasawa was born on November 3 , 1947 , in Saitama , Japan . He learned judo from Yoshimi Osawa and Masahiko Kimura . He was a graduate of Waseda University . In 1969 , he earned a silver medal in the lightweight division at the .
In 1972 , he coached the US team at the 1972 Olympic games in Munich . In 1975 , he was appointed as the head judo instructor at the Ichiban Sports center , which was founded by automobile tycoon Willard Robertson . The Ichiban was the most well-equipped sports facility in the US at the time . In 1975 , Bunasawa coached the US team that competed at the 1975 World Judo Championships . In 1978 he founded Judo Journal , newspaper which covered sports judo . Judo Journal eventually became Judo Jiujitsu Pro-fighting Journal , which covered combat sports and the final issue was published in April 2006 . In 2007 , he co-authored " The Toughest Man Who Ever Lived , " a novel based on the life of Mitsuyo Maeda .
In November 2024 , he returned to international competition at the Judo Veterans World Championships held in Las Vegas . He competed in the M9 -60 kg division and won a bronze medal .
Spring Village railway station
Spring Village is a heritage railway station on the Telford Steam Railway in the village of Horsehay and the town of Dawley in the Telford and Wrekin borough of Shropshire , England . It has multiple rolling stock sidings for the Telford Steam Railway , station buildings with a single platform with a passenger shelter and a crossing into an Engine shed on Pool Side . Work began on the station in 1976 and it was officially opened a decade later in 1984 when it was open to the public . The station is adjacent to Horsehay and Dawley station
The station is the official starting point of the Telford Steam Railway due to it being where the stock of the heritage railway is stored and maintained . The site occupies part of a former siding to a nearby Iron Works on the former Wellington to Craven Arms Railway . It is hoped that the line can be extended from Lawley to the site of Ironbridge power station . This would see new stations opened at Doseley , Lightmoor , Coalbrookdale and close to Buildwas for Ironbridge which includes proposals for a park and ride with passenger services between Ironbridge and Birmingham New Street .
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Dutch Reformed Church , Tarkastad
The Dutch Reformed Church in Tarkastad is the 23rd congregationof the Dutch Reformed Church that was founded in the present Synod of Eastern Cape , but currently ( 2015 ) it is the 19th oldest congregation because the congregations Middelburg , Komga , Greykerk and Alice , which are all older if Tarkastad was , no longer exists .
In 1952 writes Ons gemeentelike feesalbum album , an overview of all the congregations in the Dutch Reformed Church with a view to the Van Riebeeck Tercentenary Festival : " The Tarka area - that beautiful region in the shadow of the Winterberg - had its full share of the storms and struggle which shocked the national life during a century and a half . "
About 26 km outside the town of Tarkastad lies the lonely grave of the victim of the Slachter 's Nek Rebellion Johannes Bezuidenhout , a few kilometers from the scene of his last hopeless struggle against the overwhelming power of government troops . The Butchers Neck Rebellion refers to Bezuidenhout , an Eastern Cape farmer 's short-lived rebellion against British rule in the period 1815-1816 . It is also considered one of the reasons for the origin of the Great Trek . The name Slagtersnek , where the rebels were captured , was taken from the British traders from Grahamstown who gathered here to buy the butchers from the farmers in the area . On a farm near what is today Somerset East , Frederik Bezuidenhout suspected a Khoikhoi worker by the name of Booi of theft and withheld his wages . Booi went to report Bezuidenhout for assault to the magistrate in Graaff-Reinet . Bezuidenhout twice refused to appear before the court and he was sentenced in absentia to one month 's imprisonment on 5 October 1815 .
The British government wanted to show its authority over the farmers in the far Eastern Frontier and sent a force of 12 Khoi-Khoi soldiers , then called Pandoers , with a white officer to Bezuidenhout 's farm on 16 October 1815 to arrest him take . Bezuidenhout resisted and was shot dead by one of the Khoi-Khoi soldiers in a shelter between rocks on his farm . At his funeral , his brother Johannes Bezuidenhout swore revenge and together with a group of friends he planned an uprising against the British government in the Cape . They wanted to drive the British government and the Khoi-Khoi out of the Eastern Cape . They approached the Xhosa chief Gaika ( also called Ngqika ) for help and offered to receive the entire Zuurveld as payment . Gaika was not interested . Hendrik Prinsloo was shortly afterwards arrested by a force of 70 , which included 40 English soldiers and 30 commando members .
The rebels tried unsuccessfully to unseat him and asked other farmers in the area to join the uprising . The rebels surrendered to the British forces at Slagtersnek on 18 November 1815 . Johannes Bezuidenhout resisted arrest and was also shot dead . The result of the rebellion was that 32 rebels were banished from the Eastern Province and six of the rebel leaders were sentenced to death on 20 January 1816 on a charge of treason . One , Willem Krugel , was later pardoned by the Cape Governor , Lord Charles Somerset . On 9 March 1816 , Hendrik Frederik Prinsloo , Stephanus Cornelis Bothma , Cornelis Johannes Faber , Theunis Christiaan de Klerk and Abraham Carel Bothma were publicly hanged .
Oak Grove , Jefferson County , Alabama
Oak Grove , Jefferson County , Alabama is an unincorporated community located in Jefferson County , Alabama .
Selfville , Alabama
Selfville , Alabama is an unincorporated community located in Blount County , Alabama .
Alpha Beta Chi
Alpha Beta Chi ( ) is a fraternity founded in Puerto Rico in 1941 . It has established at least seven student chapters since its establishment at the University of Puerto Rico , Rio Piedras Campus . It also has alumni chapters across Puerto Rico and in Florida .
Alpha Beta Chi was established as ABC at the University of Puerto Rico , Rio Piedras Campus in 1941 by Ricardo Alegria who had been a member of Nu Sigma Beta . Its founding members were :
ABC 's was established to " defend authentic culture , education , and help the people of Puerto Rico . " Later , it changed to the Greek letter name Alpha Beta Chi .
The fraternity established " Beta chapter " at the College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts in 1942 . It was the first collegiate in Puerto Rico to attempt to establich a high school chapter at Central High School . Other chapters followed at various colleges in Puerto Rico . By July 1964 , it had joined the Concilio Interfraternitario de Puerto Rico .
In 2014 , the fraternity created the Ricardo Alegria Gallardo Award , presented to a high school graduate who is studying the fine arts . Later , it established the Carmen Ana Pons Castaner Award , named after Alegria 's widow , for award for graduates of middle school with fine arts programs .
The fraternity 's headquarters are located at 97 Calle Agua Azul - Urb . Costa Norte in Hatillo , Puerto Rico . The fraternity also has a clubhouse in Guaynabo .
The fraternity 's principles or pillars are Love , Honor , and Loyalty . Instead of using a crest or coat of arms , it adopted a Taino emblem . The emblem was based on a drawing found in a cave in Lares .
Originally , Alpha Beta Chi established " Epsilon chapter " for alumni . In 1961 , the " Epsilon chapter " authorized the creation of local alumni chapters . The first local alumni chapter was created in Mayaguez in 1961 . Eventually , alumni chapters were established in various locations throughout Puerto Rico . However , this system was replaced with the current Alumni Zonas or areas . In the following list , active chapters are indicateds in bold and inactive chapters are in " italics . "
Straight Mountain , Alabama
Straight Mountain , Alabama is an unincorporated community located in Blount County , Alabama .
Salah M. Hassan
Salah M. Hassan is an art historian , critic , and curator specializing in African and African Diaspora art history and visual culture . He holds the position of Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences in Africana Studies and the Department of History of Art and Visual Studies at Cornell University . Additionally , he serves as the Director of the Institute for Comparative Modernities ( ICM ) at Cornell .
Hassan was born in Juba , South Sudan , and received an undergraduate degree from the University of Khartoum in 1978 . He received his M.A. ( 1984 ) and Ph.D. in folklore ( 1984 ) from the University of Pennsylvania .
Before joining the faculty at Cornell in 1993 , he taught at the State University of New York at Buffalo , the University of Pennsylvania , the College of Fine and Applied Art in Khartoum , Sudan . In addition to his positions at Cornell , Hassan serves as Dean of The Africa Institute of the Global Studies University in Sharjah , United Arab Emirates .
Hassan is an editor and co-founder of " , " published by Duke University Press . He has authored , edited , and co-edited several books , including " Ahmed Morsi : A Dialogic Imagination " ( 2021 ) , " Ibrahim El Salahi : A Visionary Modernist " ( 2012 ) , " Darfur and the Crisis of Governance : A Critical Reader " ( 2009 ) , and " Art and Islamic Literacy among the Hausa of Northern Nigeria " ( 1992 ) .
He has curated and co-curated numerous international exhibitions , such as " Authentic / Ex-Centric " at the 49th Venice Biennale ( 2001 ) , " Unpacking Europe " at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen ( 2001-2002 ) , and " The Khartoum School : The Making of the Modern Art Movement in Sudan 1945-Present " at the Sharjah Art Foundation ( 2014 ) .
Hassan has received several grants and fellowships , including a J. Paul Getty Postdoctoral Fellowship and grants from the Sharjah Art Foundation , Ford Foundation , Rockefeller Foundation , Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts , and the Prince Claus Fund . In 2021 , he was honored as that year 's distinguished scholar by the College Art Association ( CAA ) for his contributions to the field of art history .
Aminoxytriphene
Amotriphene is a coronary vasodilator that was developed at Sterling Drug in the early 1960s . It has selective binding to alpha-adrenergic receptors .
It has a structure similar to chlorotrianisene ( a triphenylethylene ) , although it is not thought to function as a non-steroidal synthetic estrogen .
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2025 Shelbourne F.C. season
The 2025 Shelbourne F.C. season will be the club 's 130th season in existence . They will be the defending League of Ireland Premier Division champions following their title win in the 2024 season , and their first season back in UEFA Champions League qualifiers since 2005 .
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Village Springs , Alabama
Village Springs , Alabama is an unincorporated community located in Jefferson County , Alabama .
2025 Speedway of Nations
The 2025 Speedway of Nations will be the seventh edition of the Speedway of Nations , and 33rd edition of a pairs competition for national teams in motorcycle speedway .
The competition will consist of three events , which will take place at the MotoArena Torun in Torun , Poland , between 30 September and 4 October 2025 . The under-21 Speedway of Nations 2 will take place at the same venue on 3 October .
Dmitry Borshch
Dmitry Gennadievich Borshch ( ) is a Russian-American artist known for his minimalistic , surrealist style . He has drawn portraits of several notable figures , including Henry Kissinger and Ed Koch .
Borshch was born in Dnipropetrovsk , Ukraine , and studied in Moscow . Borshch described Dnipropetrovsk and Soviet Moscow as " bleak , " with his background in the countries playing a role in his work . In 1989 , Borshch fled to the United States as a political refugee due to turmoil within the Soviet Union . He currently lives in New York , and describes himself as American or Russian-American .
Borshch is known for his minimalistic artwork , which have been interpreted as a homage to Soviet paradigms . Borshch accepts labelling his work as " Soviet nonconformist pictures , " stating , " I would accept the label . USSR is no more but my art still lives there , ' nonconforming ' to the state 's cultural dictates and proscriptions . " Borshch typically draws in blue ink against a white background , however has on occasion used different colors , such as red ink in " Odalisque , " currently in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art .
His works have been exhibited at the Russian Cultural Center , HIAS , the Lydia Schukina Institute of Psychology in Moscow , and the Museums of Contemporary Art in Poltava and Lviv .
One of Borshch 's most recognizable works is " Bush-Maliki News Conference . Baghdad , December 2008 , " a drawing of the George W. Bush shoe-throwing incident that has been exhibited at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences , DePaul University , Brecht Forum and is included in the Catalog of American Portraits , maintained by the Smithsonian 's National Portrait Gallery .
Koli Geet
Koli Geet ( also known as Boat Songs or Nakhva Geet ) are a significant genre of folk music associated with the Koli community , particularly the Son koli sub caste , in Maharashtra , India . These songs are deeply rooted in the community 's lifestyle , religious practices , and emotional experiences , often reflecting the daily struggles and celebrations of the Kolis , who are traditionally fishermen and agriculturists . Koli songs are characterized by their rich variety of themes , including religious devotion , social rituals , emotional life at sea , and festivity .
The Koli community is one of the oldest and most prominent indigenous groups in Maharashtra , with a history connected to both agriculture and fishing . The Son koli sub community , primarily located in coastal areas , has traditionally depended on fishing for its livelihood . Koli songs , which originated from daily life and rituals , often explore themes of religion , nature , and the seafaring profession , evolving into a significant oral tradition over time .
The first commercial Koli song , " Phatki Not Mana Ghyavachi Nay , Dhandyat Khot Mana Khavachi Nay , " was recorded in 1962 by Vitthal Umap , with lyrics by Kundan Kambale . Vitthal Umap is considered the father of Koli Geet .
In 1964 , for the film " Vaishakh Vanva , " Pandit Abhisheki performed the Konkani Nakhwa song " Gomu Maherla Jate Ho Nakhwa " on the recommendation of the film 's writer , Mahadevshastri Joshi . The music for this song was composed by Datta Davjekar .
Koli songs cover a wide range of subjects , reflecting different aspects of the Koli people 's lives . These songs are generally categorized into several themes , such as religious , ritual , festival , emotional , and boatman 's songs .
Koli songs have a strong religious component , with devotion to local deities like Khandoba , Ekvira , Ranai , Kalsubai , and Matubai . These songs are sung during religious ceremonies , rituals , and festivals , expressing gratitude , prayer , or devotion .
Koli songs are linked to life-cycle rituals , especially marriages . Pre-marriage rituals like Haldi are accompanied by songs that describe the bride 's beauty , using nature-based metaphors such as comparing her legs to sugarcanes or her eyes to flowers .
Nakhva Geet , or Boatman 's Songs , are iconic in Koli culture . They express the emotional lives of fishermen , often sung while at sea or by fisherwomen at home , conveying feelings of love , longing , separation , and hope . The boat symbolizes the community 's relationship with the sea .
During festivals like Ganesh Chaturthi , Holi , and Narali Poornima , Koli songs celebrate cultural and religious significance . These songs incorporate traditional customs , folklore , and rituals .
Ambvanya songs are playful , flirtatious songs sung by men , often to amuse and tease one another , especially during camaraderie among fishermen at sea .
Koli songs are accompanied by traditional dances , which are integral to expressing the song 's themes . Men and women dance together , responding to the rhythm and mood of the song . Dances often mimic natural or everyday movements , such as the undulating motion of a boat .
The Nakhva Dance is associated with Boatman 's Songs . Performers use small wooden oars to mimic rowing motions , synchronized to create the appearance of a boat on the sea .
Koli songs are accompanied by folk instruments like the Dholak ( a two-headed drum ) , cymbals , Shehnai ( a wind instrument ) , and wooden oars used in the Boatman 's Songs . These instruments provide rhythm and melody for the performances .
In Bollywood films , Koli songs have made notable appearances , often incorporating the distinctive rhythms of this traditional folk music . For example , in the iconic song " Ek Do Teen " from " Tezaab , " starring Madhuri Dixit , the Koli Geet rhythm played a significant role . The song , sung by Alka Yagnik and Amit Kumar , was inspired by a catchy Koli folk tune that composer N. Chandra had in mind , with a rhythmic pattern that went , " Ding dong ding , ding dong ding dong ... " A remix of this track was released in 2018 , featuring Jacqueline Fernandez and Tiger Shroff , with Shreya Ghoshal lending her voice .
Another well-known Koli song , " Galyan Sakli Sonyachi ... Hi Pori Konachi ? , " appears at the start of the film " Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin , " set in the fishing village of Madh Island . This song is picturized on Pooja Bhatt and Deepak Tijori .
Yingkiong-Pangin Assembly constituency
Yingkiong-Pangin Assembly constituency was an assembly constituency in the India state of Arunachal Pradesh .
Joe E. Jeffreys
Joe E. Jeffreys ( born June 27 , 1964 ) is recognized as a leading authority on the history and cultural significance of drag . He is also an educator , writer , dramaturg and video documentarian . Jeffreys ' observations on drag have appeared in a wide variety of media platforms including " The New York Times , The Washington Post , USA Today , The Guardian , " BBC , Vice , Entertainment Tonight , History.com , CNN 's " The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper " and the miniseries " PRIDE " on FX .
Jeffreys has published hundreds of feature articles as well as book and theatre reviews in the popular press - " The Village Voice , Time Out New York , The Advocate " and " Outweek . " He has also published scholarly articles on drag in academic journals including " The Drama Review , Theatre History Studies , " and " Women & Performance . " He has presented talks on drag at Harvard University , the New York Public Library , community and corporate venues .
Working as a video documentarian intent on preserving and screening the moving image record of drag , Jeffreys creates videos that have screened worldwide , including the at Tate Modern in London , the Museum of Arts and Design , and as part of the opening of the new Whitney Museum of American Art . Examples of his video work can be viewed on his YouTube channel " Drag Show Video Verite " and " JoeEJeffreys " on Vimeo .
Jeffreys has served as dramaturg on more that a dozen stage productions , including the world premiere of Tennessee Williams ' last full-length play , " In Masks Outrageous and Austere , " the New York City premiere of Williams ' " Green Eyes , " and Michael Baron 's " The Whore of Sheridan Square , " a play inspired by the life of Charles Ludlam .
Formerly an adjunct instructor at Stony Brook University , Jeffreys currently serves as adjunct instructor in New York University 's Tisch School of the Arts Drama Department and the Undergraduate Film and Television Department . He is also an instructor at The New School 's Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts . He has taught NYU Drama 's LGBTQ + performance class for many years , and developed a full-semester course at The New School , " " RuPaul 's Drag Race " & Its Impact , " that explores the realty TV phenomenon .
Jeffreys was born in North Carolina , and raised on a tobacco farm outside Zebulon , N.C. by adoptive parents . " The place where I grew up was beautiful , but I also believed in and dreamed of Oz , " he told an interviewer . Jeffreys described himself then as " a theatre nerd heavily influenced by the whole New Wave aesthetic . "
After receiving a BA in English at Wake Forest University , Jeffreys earned an MFA in Dramaturgy at Stony Brook University . At New York University , he received a PhD with distinction in Performance Studies , completing a dissertation entitled " An Outre Entree into the Para-Ridiculous Histrionics of Drag Diva Ethyl Eichelberger : A True Story . "
Jeffreys recalled being captivated by his first encounter with a drag performance . " One of the first times I walked into a gay bar - that was 42nd Street , in Durham , North Carolina - there was a drag show going on . I knew I had found something and now understand drag as the indigenous performance art form of my people . I 've been a drag nut - a superfan , documentarian , historian and pundit of it ever since . I was on a yellow brick road to drag historian in graduate school , when I began writing papers on the subject . "
" The drag queen serves this kind of shaman role , this kind of court-fool role [ in which ] they are allowed to say and do things that the culture perhaps needs to look at , " Jeffreys told " TIME " in 2018 .
Recent decades have seen drag make the leap from gay bars to mainstream venues like brunch restaurants , and from obscure public-access cable programs to major streaming services . The success of " RuPaul 's Drag Race , " in particular , has led numerous reporters and producers to seek Jeffreys ' observations on the art form 's history and popularity .
Reporters from " The New York Times " turned to Jeffreys for his insights into the political controversy surrounding drag story hours , the evolution of goth or " distorted drag " and 2022 's five-city , 10-show Taco Bell Drag Brunch . " It 's taken drag over a border that it hasn 't been before , to an exciting new place of accessibility , " he told a reporter .
A 2019 article in " The New York Post " focused on the launch of Jeffreys ' semester-long course at The New School , " " RuPaul 's Drag Race " & Its Impact . " " I put this class together not only due to my love of drag performance but also to spark serious critical thought and analysis into something many people would poo-poo as not worthy of such deep concern , " Jeffreys said .
That same year the full cast of " RuPaul 's Drag Race " season 11 made a surprise pit stop to the class . The full cast of season 12 visited the next year .
Additional articles featuring Jeffreys as a drag expert have been published by " Slate , " " Out , " Popsugar.com , " Food and Wine " and " The New York Times Magazine . "
Jeffreys is featured as a commentator in the documentaries " P.S. Burn This Letter Please " ( 2021 ) , " Ruminations " ( 2018 ) and " In Search of Avery Willard " ( 2012 ) .
CNN 's " The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper " interviewed Jeffreys for the episode " Drag War . " Jeffreys was a consultant to the PBS " American Masters " web series " Masters of Drag . " The six-part 2021 miniseries " PRIDE , " which premiered on FX , included Jeffreys in the episode devoted to LGBT life in the 1960s . Jeffreys was a commentator and contributing videographer for the 2011 documentary " Miss Rose Wood . "
Jeffreys explored 35mm photography in high school and college , shooting and processing photos for school newspapers and yearbooks . In 2007 , thanks to a gift from a friend , he began using video to capture and preserve drag performances . " In the mid-2000s I was working with the drag king and performance artist Shelly Mars , " he said . " She was buying a new video camera and let me have her older one - a nice Sony mini-dv 720 dpi . "
" I had seen Nelson Sullivan 's videos by the time Shelly gifted me her old video camera , " Jeffreys said . " Then I became inspired when Flawless Sabrina instructed me to ' go native . ' I interpreted Flawless ' advice to mean I should build a moving image record of what I loved and what was in front of me , like Nelson had done . Having been a still photographer of all sorts of sports and events in my school days , I readily took to video 's possibilities , composition , editing , and archiving . "
In 2007 , Jeffreys began producing " Drag Show Video Verite , " a multi-platform project to preserve and screen the moving image record of New York City 's past and current drag scenes . Jeffreys produced and edited five annual versions of this NYC drag supercut . All premiered the New York Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center , with additional screenings at La Mama , Dixon Place and Judson Memorial Church .
" Time Out " called " Drag Show Video Verite " " a beloved , nostalgic Pride month tradition : a video mash-up of scenes from NYC 's drag world that spans more than 50 years . " In a 2009 interview , Jeffreys told " The Guardian " the contents of " Drag Show Video Verite " represented only a fraction of his moving image drag archive , which he estimated at " hundreds of hours , possibly thousands . " He continues videotaping to this day . Jeffreys ' video projects have been awarded funding from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and the Jerome Foundation .
Jeffreys videography has been featured in several films , including " Ruminations " ( a 2018 profile of Rumi Missabu founding member of San Francisco 's Cockettes ) , " Uncle Bob " ( 2010 , about the life and murder of Robert Opel , the man who streaked the 1974 Academy Awards ) and " Exposed , " an award-winning documentary by Beth B. focused on the neo-burlesque scene .
Jeffreys produced and directed the 2009 short film " Dorian : A Picture , " about the 1950-60s female impersonator Dorian Wayne . It was selected for screening at numerous festivals , including NewFest , the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival , the Southwest Lesbian and Gay Film Festival .
Jeffreys has worked as dramaturg on more than a dozen stage productions .
He is credited as dramaturg on the 2003 production of Charles Ludlam 's " Conquest of the Universe or When Queens Collide " at the Ohio Theatre in New York City . Two years later , he was dramaturg on " The Whore of Sheridan Square " at La Mama in New York City . Based on Ludlam 's life , Michael Baron 's comedic re-imaging of Sunset Boulevard drew praise from " The New York Times " : " For many downtown theatregoers , " The Whore of Sheridan Square " will be a nostalgic kick , like bumping into an old friend you haven 't seen in a long time . "
Jeffreys served as dramaturg on the 2010 New York premiere of Tennessee Williams ' " Green Eyes , " directed by Travis Chamberlain at the Hudson Hotel in New York City . " The New Yorker " said , " the play is gorgeous : a short , eloquent evening that feels complete , complex , and entirely satisfying . "
In 2012 , Jeffreys was dramaturg for the world premiere of Williams ' final full-length play , " In Masks Outrageous and Austere , " at 45 Bleeker in New York . It was directed by David Schweizer and starred Shirley Knight . " Backstage " called the show " a fascinating mess .... which despite its flaws is a must-see for any serious Williams fan . "
In Chicago in 2019 , Jeffreys served as a research consultant for Steppenwolf Theatre Company 's production " Ms. Black for President . " The play by Tarell Alvin McCraney and Tina Landau tells the story of drag queen Joan Jett Blakk 's 1992 run for president and her crashing of the Democratic National Convention . Blakk and crew headquartered at Jeffreys ' New York City apartment during the convention .
Jeffreys has written numerous articles and reviews for publications from zines to academic journals as well as book chapters and encyclopedia entries . The bulk of these published works concern drag past and present or contemporary gay authors . Gay author interviews include
Dennis Cooper , John Rechy , JT Leroy , and Christopher Rice ,
Jeffreys ' published writing on the history of drag includes articles on Charles Ludlam , Charles Busch , The Lady Chablis , Barbette , Lypsinka , Joan Jett Blakk , The 82 Club , and Ethyl Eichelberger Jeffreys wrote the illustrated booklet for Kino Lorber 's Blu-ray release of their 4k restoration of the 1968 drag documentary " The Queen . "
Rajendra Prasad Singh ( Birbhum politician )
Rajendra Prasad Singh ( born 1973 ) , also known as Raju Singh , is an Indian politician from West Bengal . He is a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Nalhati Assembly constituency in Birbhum district . He won the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election representing the All India Trinamool Congress .
Singh is from Nalhati , Birbhum district , West Bengal . He is the son of Krishnananda Singh . He studied Class 8 VIII at Nalhati Vivekananda Vidyapith and passed the examinations conducted by the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education in 1987 . His wife looks after the family business of stone industries .
Singh won from Nalhati Assembly constituency representing All India Trinamool Congress in the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election . He polled 117,438 votes and defeated his nearest rival , Tapas Kumar Yadav of the Bharatiya Janata Party , by a margin of 56,905 votes .
Pasighat Assembly constituency
Pasighat Assembly constituency was an assembly constituency in the India state of Arunachal Pradesh . After delimitation , it was divided into two new constituencies : Pasighat East Assembly constituency and Pasighat West Assembly constituency
Biman ( disambiguation )
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Lewis Glass
Lewis Edward Glass ( born 6 April , 1948-19 February , 2019 ) was a Tristanian politician who served as Tristan da Cunha 's Chief Islander ( 1991-1994 )
He was awarded a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1995 , Colonial Special Constabulary Medal in 2010 and both the Queens Golden Jubilee and Queens Diamond Jubilee Medals .
Glass was born on 6 April 1948 to Godfrey Glass and Cathleen ( Green ) . His father was the son of Robert Franklin Glass , son of Thomas Jordan Glass , a casualty of the 1885 Tristan da Cunha lifeboat disaster , and son of the islands founder William Glass .
Glass is the cousin of Conrad Glass , James Glass and Anne Green former Chief Islanders .
Cladonia grayi
Cladonia grayi , commonly known as Gray 's cup lichen or Gray 's pixie cup , is a species of fruticose lichen in the family Cladoniaceae . It is characterised by small , leaf-like forming its and distinctive upright podetia ( 5-15 mm tall ) that develop into goblet-shaped cups . The species contains several unique lichen substances , primarily grayanic acid , which causes it to glow light blue under ultraviolet light , and has also been found to produce protective pyrrolopyrazine compounds . Its is the green algal species " Asterochloris glomerata . "
The fungal component shows distinctive growth responses during development that occur only when encountering compatible algal cells , with the fungus growing extremely slowly at ≤ 1 cm per year in culture . Though found worldwide , " C. grayi " is most abundant in Arctic and temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere . It typically grows on acidic including rotting wood , organic soil layers , and bare ground , showing particular abundance in pine forests across a range of humidity conditions . Two chemical variants ( chemotypes ) have been documented : one containing only grayanic acid and 4- " O " -demethylgrayanic acid , and another that additionally contains substances of the fumarprotocetraric acid complex .
The type specimen of " Cladonia grayi " was collected in 1928 near Long Creek in Charlotte , Mecklenburg County , North Carolina ( originally cited as " North Virginia " ) . It was distributed as part of Sandstede 's " Cladoniae Exsiccatae " collection , number 1847 . The lectotype specimen is housed at the Farlow Herbarium ( FH ) at Harvard University and was designated by Teuvo Ahti in 1993 in his work published in " Regnum Vegetabile . "
Several forms of this species have been proposed , but it is unclear if these historical infrataxa have independent taxonomic significance . As Evans noted about form " simplex , " " the present form may represent either a stage in the development of one of the more complex forms or a definitely arrested conditions which will not develop further . "
Common names that have been used for " Cladonia grayi " include " Gray 's cup lichen " and " Gray 's pixie cup . "
" Cladonia grayi " is characterised by two main parts : a consisting of small , persistent leaf-like structures ( ) , and a secondary thallus comprising upright stalks called podetia . The squamules , which form a crusty layer on the , are small ( 1 mm long and 1-2 mm wide ) with wavy edges and tend to grow upward .
The podetia , which are the most distinctive feature of the species , grow 5-15 mm tall and 2-7 mm wide . They are shaped like goblets ( ) with long , narrow stalks expanding into round , globe-like cups at the top . These structures are typically light greyish-green but can appear dark or somewhat brownish . The surface of the podetia is covered with a protective layer ( ) that can be bumpy and may peel off in patches as the lichen ages . The upper portions develop powdery areas ( soralia ) and measuring 40-130 micrometres in diameter , or they may produce small flaking squamules . The granules are thought to play a play in propagation of the species .
The species ' reproductive structures include dark brown spore-producing ( apothecia ) that appear uncommonly along the cup margins , and more frequent smaller structures called pycnidia that produce a clear fluid .
When examined at a microscopic level , the fungal cells of " C. grayi " show several distinctive features . They contain nuclei with prominent pores , dense cytoplasmic material , and storage areas for glycogen ( a form of sugar ) . The cells also have specialised compartments called vacuoles that contain granular material , as well as lipid bodies for fat storage . A particularly notable feature is that the fungal cell walls are covered with tiny thread-like projections called fibrils , which extend outward . When fungal cells grow close to each other , these fibrils can interconnect to form meshwork patterns , helping to bind the cells together .
The fungus can also form unique supportive structures called " acellular struts . " These struts appear to be modified branches that have lost their internal cellular contents but maintain their outer walls , and they may help provide structural support to the lichen body . These struts are more commonly found in parts of the fungus growing above the surface rather than those in direct contact with the growing surface .
When tested with standard chemical spot tests used in lichen identification , " C. grayi " shows distinctive reactions , particularly glowing ice-blue under ultraviolet light . It contains several unique lichen substances , primarily grayanic acid , with varying amounts of congrayanic and demethylgrayanic acids , and occasionally traces of fumarprotocetraric acid complex . Grayanic acid , an orcinol depsidone , is a rare metabolite that has only been reported from " Neophyllis melacarpa " and " C. grayi . "
The thalli of " C. grayi " contain a diverse array of carotenoid pigments , including β-carotene , α-carotene , β-cryptoxanthin , zeaxanthin , lutein , antheraxanthin , hydroxyechinenone , canthaxanthin , astaxanthin , violaxanthin , mutatoxanthin , neoxanthin and capsochrome . The concentrations and ratios of these carotenoids vary depending on light exposure , with specimens from more shaded environments showing higher total carotenoid content . In particular , lutein and violaxanthin are found in higher concentrations in shade-grown specimens , while zeaxanthin and antheraxanthin increase in specimens exposed to higher light levels . This variation appears to be part of a xanthophyll cycle that helps regulate photosynthesis under different light conditions .
Research published in 2018 showed that the fungal component of " C. grayi " contains genes for producing protective compounds called pyrrolopyrazines ( PPZ ) . Like many lichens , " C. grayi " produces various secondary metabolites - chemicals that are not essential for basic life functions but help the organism survive . The PPZ compounds appear to help protect the lichen against insects that might try to eat it .
The genes responsible for making these compounds are grouped together in what scientists call a " gene cluster . " This discovery was significant because previously , these types of genes were only known from certain insect-pathogenic fungi like " Metarhizium " species . Finding these genes in " C. grayi " helped scientists understand that this chemical defense system is much older than previously thought , dating back to the early evolution of a major group of fungi called Pezizomycotina .
" Cladonia grayi " is a member of the " C. chlorophaea " group , a complex of morphologically similar lichens that some researchers have historically considered to be merely chemical variants of the same species . However , " C. grayi " maintains several distinguishing characteristics that support its status as a distinct species , including its podetia with surfaces ( rarely heavily sorediate ) and its characteristically dark colour .
While " C. grayi " can be confused with related species , its closest look-alike is " C. merochlorophaea , " from which it can be distinguished by its smaller cups ( scyphi ) and less powdery surface texture . " C. merochlorophaea " typically displays more obvious powdery areas ( soredia ) , especially in the central portions of its podetia . Another possible lookalike , " C. rei , " tends to have narrower cups than " C. grayi , " while " C. pleurota " can generally be differentiated by its overall yellow-green colour and reddish apothecia and pycnidia . However , due to the subtle nature of these morphological differences , definitive identification often requires thin-layer chromatography to analyze the specific lichen substances present .
" Cladonia grayi " often produces abundant small , leaf-like squamules , which was historically recognised as the form " squamulosa . " While this squamulose form can be confused with " C. asahinae , " which also frequently develops squamules on its podetia , the two species can be readily distinguished by their different chemical compositions . When " C. grayi " lacks squamules entirely , it becomes very difficult to distinguish from " C. merochlorophaea " based on morphology alone , and chemical analysis becomes necessary for definitive identification .
The development of a lichen symbiosis in " Cladonia grayi " involves five main stages : a pre-contact stage where chemical signalling occurs between the fungus and alga without physical contact , a contact stage where they first physically connect , an envelopment stage where fungal hyphae surround the algal cells , an incorporation stage forming an undifferentiated pre-thallus , and finally a differentiation stage producing the complex thallus structure . During these stages , both partners show coordinated changes in gene expression that facilitate their symbiotic relationship .
Research has shown that " C. grayi " has a highly specific response when encountering its compatible photobiont " Asterochloris . " While the fungus can grow over various surfaces and organisms , it only displays a distinctive growth pattern involving increased lateral branching when it contacts " Asterochloris " cells . This selective response is part of the early contact stage of lichen development , though not all algal cells trigger this response , suggesting that factors like cell age may influence successful symbiotic initiation . When grown with other green algae like " Chlorella vulgaris " or " Trentepohlia " species that are never found associated with " C. grayi " in nature , the fungus shows no specialised growth response , demonstrating the specificity of the fungus-alga recognition system .
The development of " Cladonia grayi " follows a distinct pattern that can be traced through the growth of its fungal meristem tissue . In early ontogeny , when the podetium ( the erect ) is about 100 μm tall , it begins as an , vertically oriented mass of fungal tissue . The upper surface starts as a slightly concave disc composed primarily of meristematic tissue , with few loose hyphae or algal cells near the apex . As development continues , the meristem tissue thins toward the centre of the disc while the margin expands both outward and vertically .
The species exhibits two main developmental phases in its cup formation . In the first phase , while the contiguous meristem grows uniformly , the cup maintains a roughly symmetrical shape with a circular margin . During the second phase , the previously continuous meristematic tissue at the margin divides into separate bundles , which can develop into apothecia , pycnidia , or lichenised proliferations . Some podetia , particularly those growing in exposed conditions , may maintain wider , shallower cups with a continuous meristematic margin , while others , typically found in less exposed conditions , develop proliferations from the cup margin .
A distinctive feature of " C. grayi " s development is its subtly articulated spiral growth pattern , which becomes most apparent in branching proliferations growing along the cup margin . As the podetium matures , one portion of the meristematic tissue often grows faster than the rest , creating an asymmetrical cup with an oblique margin . This faster-growing section typically carries the largest bundle of meristematic tissue at its apex and may become the dominant proliferation . The proliferations can branch further , developing into various forms including narrowly branched , blunt , or swollen-laminar structures , with the meristematic tissue at their apices following a spiral growth pattern .
The of " Cladonia grayi " is " Asterochloris glomerata , " a unicellular green alga belonging to the Trebouxiales , which is the most common order of lichen algae . The " A. glomerata " genome is about 56 megabases ( Mb ) in size and contains around 10,000 gene models . This genome size is significantly smaller than that of " Chlamydomonas reinhardtii " ( 120 Mb ) but larger than those of other Trebouxiophyceae like " Coccomyxa subellipsoidea " C-169 ( 49 Mb ) and " Chlorella variabilis " NC64A ( 46.2 Mb ) .
During the initial stages of symbiosis formation , " A. glomerata " and the fungal partner show coordinated changes in gene expression related to metabolic exchange . The photobiont upregulates genes encoding extracellular hydrolases and membrane transport proteins , while matching increases occur in the expression of ammonium and ribitol transporters in the fungus . This synchronised genetic response facilitates the metabolic interactions necessary for successful lichenisation .
Analysis of the " A. glomerata " genome revealed several distinctive features related to its role as a lichen photobiont . The alga possesses meiosis-specific genes , supporting the occurrence of sexual reproduction in its free-living stage , which has implications for lichen adaptability . The genome also shows evidence of horizontal gene transfer , including a large viral DNA insertion of approximately 540 kilobases , as well as genes likely acquired from archaea and bacteria . Among these are genes potentially involved in stress resistance , including archaeal ATPases and bacterial desiccation-related proteins .
Notable expansions in gene families were observed in " A. glomerata , " including kinases , carbohydrate-active enzymes , and ankyrin domain proteins . The alga also shows a reduced set of nitrate assimilation genes compared to other green algal genomes , suggesting adaptation to obtaining nitrogen primarily from its fungal partner . Additionally , " A. glomerata " has retained proteins associated with flagellar motility , matching microscopic observations of flagellated zoospores and gametes in its free-living state , though these structures are not present in the lichenised form .
" Cladonia grayi " is a widespread lichen species that demonstrates considerable adaptability in its choice of growing surfaces . It can be found on multiple substrates , including rotting wood , organic soil layers ( humus ) , and bare ground , showing a strong preference for highly acidic conditions .
While the species has a nearly cosmopolitan distribution , it is most abundant in the Northern Hemisphere , particularly in Arctic and temperate regions . In Mediterranean areas , it is relatively uncommon , occurring in scattered populations primarily in meso- to supramediterranean zones , and showing a preference for Eurosiberian regions from colline to montane elevations . The species is also present in the Southern Hemisphere , with documented occurrences in both Neotropical regions and Australasia , though these populations tend to be more dispersed and are typically found at higher altitudes .
" Cladonia grayi " appears to be the most common member of the " C. chlorophaea " group in Belarus , where it represents approximately 40 % of specimens examined in a comprehensive survey . Two chemotypes have been documented in Belarus with roughly equal frequency : one containing only grayanic acid and 4- " O " -demethylgrayanic acid , and another that additionally contains substances of the fumarprotocetraric acid complex . The species shows distinct ecological preferences in Belarus , being found primarily ( 90 % ) in pine forests across a range of humidity conditions , from wet boggy areas to extremely dry stands . It has been documented growing on various substrates including pine bark , soil , decaying wood , juniper , oak , birch , hornbeam and alder bark , though chemotype I tends to occur more frequently on acidic tree bark while chemotype II is more commonly found on soil and wood .
Gilbert Rateloson Rakotondravelo
Gilbert Rateloson Rakotondravelo is a Malagasy Anglican bishop . He was the elected and installed as the founding bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Fianarantsoa , Madagascar , in the Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean in 2003 . In 2018 , he oversaw the completion of St. Mark 's Cathedral in Fianarantsoa . He succeeded James Wong as the province 's archbishop and primate in 2024 .
Mar Abas Katina
Mar Abas Katina ( Assyrian : Mar Awa Qattina ; Armenian : Մար Աբաս Կատինա ) was a Chaldean schoolar , presumably an ancient Syrian ( or ancient Armenian ) historian . Mar Abas Katina first appears in the work of Movses Khorenatsi . His work served as the primary source for nearly the entirety of the first book and the first nine chapters of the second book of Movses Khorentasi 's " History of Armenia . "
The name Mar Abas Katina translates to " Lord Aba the Wise . " Movses Khorenatsi and Sebeos made great use of his work when writing the first parts of their works . Sebeos calls him " Maraba the philosopher Mtsurnatsi . " Movses ' placement of Mar Abas in the 2nd century BC is apparently an anachronism for a number of reasons , the main one being the particle " Mar " ( Syrian : ܡܪܝ ) in Abas ' name , which is a Christian honorary title used for bishops and saints .
Mar Abas Katina was a learned Syrian , who , probably lived about 150 years before Christ , wrote a book upon the origin of the Armenians , from what he had found in some book preserved in the Archives of Nineveh . He was secretary to king Vologases .
Movses of Khoren states that his work is based upon Armenian , Greek and Syrian sources , but his text as we now have it is based , for the most part , upon the work of a certain Mar Abas Katina ( supposedly a Syrian writer ) about whom very little is known and whose work has been lost . As a matter of fact this character is shrouded in such obscurity that his very existence has been questioned . Etienne Quatremere , writing in 1850 , came out with the bold statement that Mar Abas Katina was a fictitious name , that there never lived such a Syrian writer ; since Movses of Khoren 's History is based upon the nonexistent work of a fictitious author , it is devoid of authenticity . This view of Quatremere was shared by two of his country men , Nicolas Freret who wrote before , and Ernest Renan who wrote after him , while Francois Lenormant somewhat later ( in 1871 ) was convinced that the said " fictitious author " was an actual writer of the Edessa School . " The criticism of Quatremere , Freret , and Renan was the first of a series that aimed at the very foundation of Movses of Khoren 's History .
Arshak the Great , according to Movses , after casting off the Macedonian yoke and conquering Assyria , set his brother , Vargharshak , on the throne of Armenia . So commences the Arsacid dynasty . The new king wished to know what kind of men had been ruling the country before him . Was he the successor of brave men or of bad men . He found an intelligent man , a Syrian , named Mar Abas Katina , and sent him to his brother , Arshak the Great , with this letter
This Syrian ( says the historian ) found in the library at Nineveh a book translated from the Chaldean into Greek , by order of Alexander the Great , which contained various ancient histories . From this book Mar Abas copied only the authentic history of Armenia , which he took back to Vargharshak , who , esteeming this document his most precious treasure , preserved it with great care in his palace and engraved part of it on a stone monument .
It is this document of Mar Abas Katina that Movses of Khorene cites as his chief authority for the early authentic history of Armenia , though he also mentions several other native and foreign writers as sources of his work . With regard to these statements , critics point out that the library of Nineveh was not in existence in the second century B.C , as it was destroyed in 625 B.C. ; some even maintain that Mar Abas Katina was a fictitious personage , invented by Movses Khorenatsi to give more weight to his own statements , in accordance with the universal custom of his time , when contemporary writings were continually ascribed to the great men of old or even to imaginary characters . As to Mar Abas Katina , although his book may not have been compiled under the circumstances described in the History , Movses may have believed that he was the author of the book in his possession . Professor Mar has even found , in Arabic literature , some independent traces of Mar Abas Katina .
List of world records in archery
World records in archery are ratified by World Archery . Records are kept for all events contested at the Olympic and Paralympic Games .
Aleu ( disambiguation )
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Usha School of Athletics
Usha School of Athletics is a private athletic training institute located in Kinalur , Kozhikode , Kerala , focused on developing young female athletes , particularly in track and field events . Founded in 2002 by former Indian sprinter P. T. Usha .
Usha School of Athletics was inaugurated on 29 May 2002 , initially operating from temporary premises in Koyilandy , with training conducted on a local sports ground and at Payyoli beach for running . The local Rotary Club helped set up the school 's gym . After screening 40 children , 12 were selected for the training camp . Within a year , some of these students started competing at the national level . One of the first batch members , Tintu Luka , won a silver medal at the Asian Junior Championships in 2005 .
In 2006 , the Government of Kerala allocated over 30 acres of land in Kinalur for the school to build permanent facilities , providing it on a long-term lease . NRI businessman P. N. C. Menon contributed to the construction of the school 's office and hostel complex , with additional support from Mohandas Pai , Kumari Shibulal , and Sudha Murty . The school shifted to its current location in April 2008 . Over the following years , a synthetic track was added , and construction began on a new building for facilities , including a gym . By the next year , a recovery pool was planned . As of now , only about one-third of the 30-acre land has been developed . The remaining land is reserved for future development . The school trains athletes in various track events , from 100 meters to 3000 meters steeplechase , and the hostel can accommodate up to 40 students .
On June 15 , 2017 , the synthetic track at Usha School of Athletics was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Kinalur , Kozhikode .
Notable alumni include :
2024-25 Biathlon World Cup - Stage 3
The 2024-25 Biathlon World Cup - Stage 3 was the third event of the season and was held in Le Grand-Bornand , France , from 16 to 22 December 2024 .
In the Norwegian women 's team , Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold is skipping the stage due to health issues , and Juni Arnekleiv is absent due to poor competitive form . Hanna Oberg also ended her World Cup appearances this year due to poor competitive form and Johanna Skottheim has been called up to replace her . Last season 's overall World Cup winner , Lisa Vittozzi , was unable to start at the season opener due to back problems , she also ruled out participation in Hochfilzen and Le Grand-Bornand . Beatrice Trabucchi , Elia Zeni , and Patrick Braunhofer have also been removed from the main italian team . The leader of the Czech women 's team , Marketa Davidova , is skipping the stage due to recurring back pain . Among other notable biathletes missing the stage due to illness are Niklas Hartweg , Amy Baserga , Aita Gasparin , Elisa Gasparin , Julia Kink , Anna-Karin Heijdenberg , and Dunja Zdouc . After the extended quotas for the French women 's and Norwegian men 's teams expired , it was decided to exclude Gilonne Guigonnat and Tarjei Bø from the World Cup teams . Tarjei Bø is expected to compete in the mass start under the quota for the top 25 athletes in the overall standings .
Martin Uldal claimed his first career victory and reached his first the World Cup podium . Anamarija Lampic reached the World Cup podium for the first time , finishing third in the sprint .
The events took place at the following times .
1895 Manchester City Council election
Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Friday , 1 November 1895 . One third of the councillors seats were up for election , with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office . The council remained under no overall control .
Wallace , Alabama
Wallace is an unincorporated community in Escambia County in the U.S. state of Alabama .
2025 Oregon Ducks football team
The 2025 Oregon Ducks football team will represent the University of Oregon as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The team is expected to be led by Dan Lanning , in his fourth year as head coach , and they will play their home games at Autzen Stadium in Eugene , Oregon .
This will be the Ducks ' second year in the Big Ten .
Bay-Lakes Conference
The Bay-Lakes Conference is a former high school athletic conference in northeast Wisconsin , operating from 1970 to 1979 . Its public school members belonged to the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association and its private school members were part of the Wisconsin Independent Schools Athletic Association .
The Bay-Lakes Conference , named so for its proximity to Green Bay and the many lakes in northeastern Wisconsin , was formed in 1970 by a mix of seven small public and private schools in the region . Six of the seven schools were members of conferences that had disbanded prior to the 1970-71 school year : three from the Peninsula Conference ( Gibraltar , Manitowoc Lutheran and Sevastopol ) , two from the Fox Valley Tri-County League ( St. Lawrence Seminary and Winnebago Lutheran ) and one from the Wisconsin Seminary League ( Sacred Heart Seminary ) . Stockbridge , the seventh member , was an independent prior to joining the conference , as they had competed without affiliation since the demise of the Kettle Moraine Conference in 1963 . The conference kept the same membership over the course of its nine-year history with the exception of Sacred Heart Seminary 's exit in 1976 due to its closing . The Bay-Lakes Conference split up in 1979 with two public high schools moving to the Packerland Conference ( Gibraltar and Sevastopol ) , two private schools joining the Classic Conference ( St. Lawrence Seminary and Winnebago Lutheran ) , Stockbridge joined the Central Lakeshore Conference and Manitowoc Lutheran became an independent .
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2025 Caribbean Series
The 2025 Caribbean Series is the 67th edition of the Caribbean Series club baseball tournament , scheduled from January 31 to February 7 , 2025 , at Estadio Nido de los Aguilas in Mexicali , Baja California , Mexico .
The series will feature the winners of the respective winter league baseball leagues of the Caribbean Professional Baseball Confederation ( CPBC ) : the four full members ( Dominican Republic , Mexico , Puerto Rico and Venezuela ) , plus special guest and first time participant Japan .
A single round-robin format ; each team faced each other once . The four teams with the best records advanced to the semifinals ( 1st vs. 4th and 2nd vs. 3rd ) . The two losers meet in the 3rd place match and the two winners meet in the final to decide the tournament champion .
The following tables do not include statistics from the knockout stage .
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Speculative philosophy
Speculative philosophy is philosophy that seeks to reflect on all aspects of human experience to construct a comprehensive view of reality . Its aim is to integrate the insights from various domains into a unified understanding of existence .
Historically , speculative philosophy has been central to the work of philosophers like Plato , Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel , and Alfred North Whitehead , who all developed large-scale theories about reality , existence , and knowledge . The term was coined by C. D. Broad as a distinction from critical philosophy .
Sherubainura Reservoir
The Sherubainura Reservoir ( , ) is a reservoir in Kazakhstan . Its length is 13 km and width is 4.2 km .
The reservoir was formed in 1960 . Its area is 39 km , and its volume is 0.274 km . It carries out long-term flow regulation . Used for energy ( KarGRES-2 ) and irrigation . The height above sea level is 533.2 m .
Nemenzo
Nemenzo is a surname of Filipino origin . Notable people with the surname include :
Ibadan Christmas funfair crowd crush
On 18 December 2024 , 35 children died in a crowd crush during a Christmas funfair event in Ibadan , Nigeria . The incident occurred at the Bashorun district 's Islamic High School , where thousands of children and family members had gathered for advertised cash handouts and food distributions . Six other children required hospitalization following the disaster .
A Christmas funfair event taking place on 18 December 2024 at the Bashorun district 's Islamic High School was organized by local figure Olori Naomi Silekunola , the Women In Need Of Guidance and Support Foundation , and Agidigbo 88.7 FM . The free event , which had been held in previous years , targeted children aged 0-13 years and advertised distributions of 5,000 naira ( ~ US $ 3.20 ) to 5,000 children , free food , and event prizes which included scholarships . Offerings of financial assistance were noted to have drawn particular attention due to Nigeria 's ongoing economic crisis , which had been characterized as the nation 's worst in a generation .
Attendees began arriving at the funfair as early as 5 : 00 AM , five hours before the scheduled start time . Reports indicated that over 5,000 children assembled at the venue . The fatal crush occurred when the event organizers arrived to commence proceedings , though the exact sequence of events remains under investigation .
Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde reported that security agents were deployed to the site in order to restore security following the stampede . Medical facilities across Ibadan received multiple victims of the crush . At one hospital , medical staff reported six admissions with only two survivors . Another facility confirmed three fatalities .
Police arrested eight individuals connected to the event , including the primary organizer , Naomi Silekunola , and the school principal . The organizing body of the event , The Women In Need Of Guidance and Support Foundation , faced immediate scrutiny over their role in the tragedy .
President Bola Tinubu ordered a comprehensive investigation , and expressed condolences to affected families . The case was subsequently transferred to the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation Department , and was placed under the direct supervision of the Deputy Commissioner of Police .
Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi , the Ooni of Ife , issued a statement expressing condolences to affected families , promised to support any community healing and grieving efforts , and offered support to his former wife Olori Naomi Silekunola . He acknowledged her history of organizing similar charitable events in Ile Ife during her time as queen and encouraged that such charitable events continue with improved safety measures .
Crowd crushes primarily involving children :
Crowd crushes in Nigeria :
Guaire
Guaire may refer to :
Love Triangle ( book )
Love Triangle : The Life-Changing Magic of Trigonometry is a 2024 non-fiction book by Matt Parker . It examines how applications of trigonometry have been foundational throughout history including in contemporary times .
The book was published by Riverhead Books .
In " Love Triangle , " Matt Parker encourages readers to appreciate the geometry of triangles because it is the foundation of our modern world . It offers " practical applications of triangles " in an interesting and humorous narration .
The book is divided into ten chapters , titled :
An interesting feature of the book is the page numbering system . The introduction begins on page 0.0000000 , which is followed by page 0.017452 . The decimal numbering continues increasing until 1.0000000 and then decreases to -1.0000000 before increasing back to 0.0000000 . The page numbers represent the values of the sine function . Parker initially wanted to make the book exactly 360 pages long ( equal to the number of degrees in a circle ) ; however , the publisher would not agree to that .
Matt Parker 's initial impetus for writing a book about trigonometry came from his perception that it is " the most advanced math that most people were forced to learn at some point and so it 's become this kind of mascot for math is hard and pointless and awful . " He initially proposed a book for the general public about trigonometry approximately ten years prior to the publication of " Love Triangle . " At that time , his publisher Penguin Random House were not convinced of the merits of Parker 's idea .
When many years later , such a book still had not been published by anyone , Parker was unsure if that market gap needed to be filled or that " it was a terrible idea and that 's why no one had done it . " When he began writing " Love Triangle , " he had a general outline in mind , but worried that he would not have enough chapters or sufficient material for some of the chapters . His concern was unfounded , however , and he ended up having to cut out sections because his research had uncovered " so many amazing stories about geometry and trigonometry . "
" Love Triangle " debuted on The New York Times Best Sellers list in the category of Hardcover Nonfiction at # 14 in the week of September 8 , 2024 .
Reviewers agree that " Love Triangle " is filled with humor . Kirkus Reviews praises Matt Parker as having " a gift for making somewhat tedious topics not only comprehensible and absorbing , but also great fun . " Terry Freedman found the book to be " full of ' dad jokes ' on steroids . "
Opinions on the amount of background mathematical knowledge the reader needs to enjoy the book are mixed . In a UK review , The Times acknowledges that " this book is not for everyone " but promises that " those who persevere will end up smarter than they were when they started it . " Siobhan Roberts from the Wall Street Journal suggests that " a teacher could easily triangulate numerous fascinating and fun lesson plans from " the book .
Matt Parker describes himself as a " stand-up mathematician , " combining his career as a stand-up comedian and his background as a mathematics teacher . He is from Australia , but now lives and performs in the United Kingdom . He has authored math articles for " The Guardian , " hosted " Outragous Acts of Science " on the Science Channel , and appeared on several BBC shows . His YouTube channel " Stand-Up Maths " has over one million views . He is also the author of " Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension " ( 2014 ) and " Humble Pi : When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World " ( 2019 ) .
Dieveniskes Eldership
The Dieveniskes Eldership ( ) is an eldership of Lithuania , located in the Salcininkai District Municipality . In 2021 its population was 1585 .
Uttara Lake
Uttara Lake is a lake in Uttara Model Town , a neighborhood in Dhaka , Bangladesh . It flows from the area between sector 9 and 11 to the area between sector 3 and 5 .
This 3-kilometer-long lake is divided into three sections and crosses the Sonargaon Janapath street , stretching north to Shaheed Monsur Ali Medical College and south to the area near Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport .
This lake is considered to be in the worst condition among the city 's lakes . Due to the negligence of the authorities , its beauty is gradually deteriorating . Additionally , the construction of commercial structures by filling parts of the lake has put its existence at risk . Continuous pollution and encroachment have caused parts of the lake to disappear .
Due to issues such as narrow sections of the 100-meter-wide lake , broken embankments obstructing pathways around it , accumulated garbage , and water pollution , the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha decided to renovate the lake in 2013 . The renovation project included rebuilding two bridges , constructing a culvert across the Sonargaon Janapath , creating and preserving walkways along the lake , removing waste , and dredging the lake . Although a budget of was allocated in 2014 with a two-year timeline for completion , the master plan was prepared during the 2016-2017 fiscal year , and renovation work officially began in November 2017 . However , in 2018 , authorities decided on a new renovation project worth , which included additional features such as public toilets , a water deck , a hanging deck , a gymnasium , fountains , drinking water facilities , and an open stage . Later , the new plan was scrapped , and the completion of the original renovation project was set for 2019 . Due to delays , the timeline was extended by another year . By 2020 , 20 % of the renovation work was still incomplete , leading to an increase in the project cost to and an extended timeline until 2023 . The project was later scaled down to include only embankment stabilization and dredging to increase the lake 's depth . Following recommendations from the consulting firm Data Expert Limited , concrete blocks were used to pave the lakebed and embankments . The timeline was further extended to June 2025 . In 2024 , allegations were made against the renovation contractor , Convoice , for illegally selling excavated soil from the lake .
Daugailiai Eldership
The Daugailiai Eldership ( ) is an eldership of Lithuania , located in the Utena District Municipality . In 2021 its population was 1139 .
Daugedai Eldership
The Daugedai Eldership ( ) is an eldership of Lithuania , located in the Rietavas Municipality . In 2021 its population was 327 .
Elias Bayssari
Elias Bayssari ( Arabic : الياس البيسري ; born 1964 ) is a Lebanese major general who currently serves as the acting general director of the General Directorate of General Security .
Elias Baysarri was born in 1964 to a Maronite family from Haouch Hala . He joined the army in 1986 after studying at the military academy . In 1995 , he took up a post in Beirut 's intelligence services and then served in the army 's intelligence service .
Baysarri obtained a bachelors degree in law at the Lebanese University and obtained a masters and PhD in the same field .
In 2000 , he was assigned to the office of the president of the republic during Emile Lahoud 's tenure until 2004 where he was also temporary assigned to the Interior Ministry in 2004 and then to the Defense Ministry in 2005 under Elias Murr where they became close companions .
On 12 July 2005 , Murr and Baysarri were targeted by a circa 20-kg improvised explosive device in the city of Antelias . Baissari spent a month in a coma but recovered and returned to his post . According to various sources , the assassination attempt is linked to Hezbollah 's assassination squad - Unit 121 .
After joining the General Directorate of General Security in 2005 , he was put in charge of the office of former Director General Abbas Ibrahim . In 2019 , Bayssari temporarily served as the acting head of General Security when Ibrahim was abroad . On March 2 , 2023 , He was appointed by the Minister of Interior and Municipalities to direct the General Directorate of General Security replacing Abbas Ibrahim who retired . His appointment as acting Director General was initially set for a period of 6 months or until a new president is elected and a new government is formed . The medical committee of General Security approved the extension of Bayssari 's commission for nine months , despite questions about his fitness due to injuries from the 2005 car bomb attack .
In 2024 , Bayssari 's name was put forward by Qatar , represented by its special envoy to Lebanon Abu Fahd Jassem al-Thani , who suggested his candidacy to fill in the presidential vacuum to succeed Michel Aoun . Bayssari had a " non-confrontational personality " and " He has never tried to provoke anyone " which led to his suggestion . He also has maintained good relations with all political groups in Lebanon which made him become considered by the Amal Movement and Hezbollah .
Daugai Eldership
The Daugai Eldership ( ) is an eldership of Lithuania , located in the Alytus District Municipality . In 2021 its population was 2725 .
Deborah Krishnadasan
Deborah Krishnadasan is an American politician serving as a member of the Washington State Senate from the 26th district . She was appointed by the Kitsap County Board of Commissioners and the Pierce County Council in 2024 to fill the vacancy left by Emily Randall 's resignation following being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives . < ref name = " Demkovich 12 / 11 / 24 " > < / ref > A Democrat , she previously served as president of the Peninsula School Board .
Krishnadasan grew up in Puyallup and graduated from Western Washington University with a Bachelor of Arts in communications .
Her professional career includes working in communications and human resources for natural resources and tech companies including Burlington Resources , Visio Corporation , and Microsoft .
Krishnadasan was first elected to the Peninsula School Board for District 2 in a 2015 special election and won re-election to the seat unopposed in 2017 . She served a two-year term as the board 's president from 2019 to 2021 . < ref name = " Thompson 1 / 27 / 21 " > < / ref >
She was appointed by the Kitsap County Board of Commissioners and the Pierce County Council to the Washington Senate on December 11 , 2024 , to replace Emily Randall . She is running in the November 2025 special election for the remainder of the term .
Krishnadasan and her husband Baiya , a Sri Lankan-born cardiothoracic surgeon , moved to Gig Harbor in 2008 and have three kids : Alexander , Audrey , and Gabriel .
Layne Dalfen
Layne Dalfen ( IPA : lˈe  ɪn dˈalfən ) ( born 1952 ) is a Canadian dream analyst , columnist , educator , and author recognized for her work in the field of dream interpretation . She is the founder of the Dream Interpretation Center in Montreal and has appeared in numerous media outlets and magazines sharing insights and methods into the science and psychology of dreaming .
Dalfen was born in Canada . At 21 years old she had her first daughter , Tina , who was born with Down syndrome , soon after the reason for which she felt obligated to confront depression and sought professional assistance . She then met a psychiatrist who introduced her to the world of psychotherapy . Dalfen 's interest with dreams began during her early experiences with Freudian analysis , where dream interpretation was well-known and widely used as a key therapeutic tool . Later , she earned a certificate in Gestalt Counseling in 1988 and then studied dreamwork at the Alfred Adler Institute working with Dr. Leo Gold in 1992 .
Since 1995 , she has been a member of the C.G. Jung Society , furthering her expertise in psychological approaches to dreams . Dalfen founded the Dream Interpretation Center in Montreal in 1997 , where she provides workshops , private consultations , and lectures with the aim of teaching people how to analyze their dreams from a psychological and therapeutic perspective , frequently with the maxim of " Dreaming is just thinking . There 's always a reason for today 's dream . It 's not random . "
She has been a lecturer at Concordia University since 2005 , teaching her approach to dream interpretation to the counseling students . Also , she has been an active member of the International Association for the Study of Dreams ( IASD ) , where she was a board member between 2005 and 2009 .
Dalfen has also contributed as a consultant for Disney Pixar on the series Dream Productions , which explores the role of dreams in emotional and mental development . The series premiered on Disney + in December 2024 .
According to Layne , the unconscious mind is a kind of database or personal storage that holds every memory and association human beings have had throughout their lives . Because of that , Dalfen does not agree with the idea that dreams mean the same thing . In this way , each dream or unconscious mind is as unique as a fingerprint . For her , the dream is an internal conversation that the mind is having with itself about a very specific current issue , which is generally bothering the person while he is awake . Specifically , Dalfen denominates her approach as an " easy-to-grasp method , " and it has the principal objective of helping the dreamer uncover the situation about which the dream is addressing or " mirroring " through symbols .
Uncovering unconscious messages is a deliberate process that starts by setting six steps : Feelings , Actions , Play on Words or Puns , Symbols , Plot and Repetition . Each of them forms a larger one that Dalfen calls " Points of Entry . " The dream could bring with it different solutions and contexts that reflect reality regarding interpersonal relations and emotional reactions . In this way , they can represent a ' safe place ' for the dreamer to practice responses to a given situation .
Finally , the person should be able to understand the next steps , given that the significance or meaning - which inherently includes the solution - has already been revealed . This method aims to be a " problem solving " tool .
Dalfen has been dedicated as much to writing as to being a columnist on several media . She authors the " Understanding Dreams " blog on the specialized platform Psychology Today , offering readers tools and advice to " decode " ( as she denominates it ) , and understand the significance of their dreams , she emphasizes the premise that every dream holds a subjective and personal meaning , in her articles she discusses various topics and affairs related to the importance of general dream themes applied to specific contexts , such as dreams about teeth falling out or being attacked by a criminal , she then deduces possible meanings and variables depending on the personal situations , e. g. an internal conflict or doubts about the future .
She is also known as the " Dream Catcher " columnist for Oprah Daily , where she shares insights into dream analysis and its practical applications . In this column she focuses on more specific types of dreams and the possible messages that those images and signals from unconscious mind might be sending to individuals , highlighting benefits they can bring to daily life
Prominent works of her career as an article writer include " Problem Solving While You Sleep , " and " Sexual Dreams , " both published in the magazine Body and Soul in the United States .
Dalfen has written two books in the " Have a Great Dream " series , which focus on teaching readers how to explore their dreams as a path to self-discovery and problem-solving . Among these works are found :
Her media presence includes over 250 radio and television appearances on major networks in Canada and U.S. such as NBC , CBS , ABC , WGN , Body and Soul , Canadian Living , Women 's Voices , Inner Self , Ghost Village , Vice , and FOX affiliates , such as Good Day New York or Morning News in Chicago as well as frequent guest spots on Coast to Coast AM , where she discusses her work and experience with dream interpretation . She has also appeared as guest on programs like CJAD in her home-town Montreal , additionally in another major radio services as Bitboard.com , Launch Radio , and MegaPrep , recently , she appeared on " The Kate Dalley Show " on January 26 , 2024 .
On television , she appeared on " CBS Mornings Plus " in New York , on December 17 , 2024 , for CBSTV . Her presence stands out on the documentary series " Seeing 911 , a skeptic 's journey into a very real prophecy " through Elevator Films for Vision TV in 2009 , in Discovery Life Channel 's " Health On The Line , " on CITY TV 's " Breakfast Television , " and CTV 's " Three Takes . " Dalfen participated in " The Age of E " series on Wisdom TV , also was featured in a documentary titled , " Dream Symbols : How To Work With Them " for DREAMTIME for the PBS channel .
Daujenai Eldership
The Daujenai Eldership ( ) is an eldership of Lithuania , located in the Pasvalys District Municipality . In 2021 its population was 999 .
Debeikiai Eldership
The Debeikiai Eldership ( ) is an eldership of Lithuania , located in the Anyksciai District Municipality . In 2021 its population was 1458 .
Degaiciai Eldership
The Degaiciai Eldership ( ) is an eldership of Lithuania , located in the Telsiai District Municipality . In 2021 its population was 1759 .
Deguciai Eldership ( Zarasai )
The Deguciai Eldership ( ) is an eldership of Lithuania , located in the Zarasai District Municipality . In 2021 its population was 677 .
Enrique Rodriguez Pina
Enrique Moises Rodriguez Pina ( 15 July 1939 - 9 January 2009 ) was a Peruvian footballer . Nicknamed " El Ronco , " he played as a forward for Universitario de Deportes and Deportivo Municipal throughout the 1960s and early 1970s . He also briefly played for Peru internationally for the .
Rodriguez would begin his career by playing for Mariscal Sucre from 1961 to 1963 . He later played for Universitario de Deportes beginning in 1964 where he would be a part of the main offensive alongside other players such as Angel Uribe and Enrique Casaretto . He was trademarked by the use of his left foot with a notable instance of this being during the 1967 Copa Libertadores on 13 June in an away match against River Plate where he his form would subserve goalkeeper Hugo Gatti and score the only goal in the match . His first season with the club would result in him being part of the winning squad for the 1964 Peruvian Primera Division . Throughout his career , he would be part of the winning squads for the 1966 , 1967 and 1969 editions of the tournament .
He would leave the club following the 1970 season due to Oswaldo Ramirez being the more preferred player in the left field due to being younger as well as his successes in the 1970 FIFA World Cup qualifiers which would see Peru return to a World Cup finals in 40 years . He would then play for Deportivo Municipal in 1971 and 1972 before retiring following the 1973 Torneo Descentralizado with SIMA where the club would be relegated from the top-flight of Peruvian football .
He would play in one match for Peru during the second home match in the where it would end in a 1-0 loss for Peru .
Deltuva Eldership
The Deltuva Eldership ( ) is an eldership of Lithuania , located in the Ukmerge District Municipality . In 2021 its population was 2374 .
Didkiemis Eldership
The Didkiemis Eldership ( ) is an eldership of Lithuania , located in the Silale District Municipality . In 2021 its population was 233 .
Didziasalis Eldership
The Didziasalis Eldership ( ) is an eldership of Lithuania , located in the Ignalina District Municipality . In 2021 its population was 1222 .
Salon of 1819
The Salon of 1819 was an art exhibition held at the Louvre in Paris between 25 August and 30 September 1819 . It was the largest Salon to be staged since the fall of Napoleon . It took place during the Restoration era with Louis XVIII on the throne . It was the first to be held since the withdrawal of Allied Occupation forces from the country at the end of the previous year . The two officials behind the exhibition the Count Forbin and Vicomte de Senonnes set out to make it even more a celebration of the House of Bourbon that the previous Salon of 1817 .
More than thirteen hundred paintings were displayed at the Salon . Over a hundred paintings were in the then fashionable Troubadour style including " Roger Freeing Angelica " by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres . " Alexander the Great Visiting Apelles " by Marie Nicolas Ponce-Camus was rejected from submission as the jury believed it alluded to a visit Napoleon had made to the studio of Jacques-Louis David during the Hundred Days . By contrast Horace Vernet 's " Massacre of the Mamelukes , " taken to be a covert reference to the White Terror against Napoleon 's supporters , was allowed to be displayed . Vernet exhibited a number of works at the Salon including " The Dog of the Regiment Wounded . "
Louis Hersent produced a popular history painting " Gustave Vasa . "
Amongst others who exhibited was the rising star Ary Scheffer . The standout work was " The Raft of the Medusa " by Theodore Gericault depicting the shipwreck of the frigate Medusa .
Peninsula Conference
The Peninsula Conference is a former high school athletic conference with its membership concentrated in northeastern Wisconsin . It was founded in 1933 and disbanded in 1970 , and all public school members belonged to the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association .
The Peninsula Conference was fomed in 1933 by six small high schools in northeastern Wisconsin : Brussels , Casco , Gibraltar , Luxemburg , Mishicot and Sevastopol . It was named the Peninsula Conference because its six members were located in or near the Door Peninsula , and the conference featured schools from Door , Kewaunee and Manitowoc Counties . Because of its geography and lack of proximity to similarly-sized schools , conference membership remained relatively stable over the course of its history . In 1962 , Brussels High School was replaced by Southern Door High School due to the consolidation of local school districts . Consolidation claimed another member of the conference in 1967 when Luxemburg and Casco merged to form Luxemburg-Casco High School . To keep membership at six schools , the Peninsula Conference added Manitowoc Lutheran , who competed as an independent after the dissolution of the Badger Lutheran Conference in 1964 . The Peninsula Conference would be realigned out of existence in 1970 , as part of a larger realignment of high school conferences in northeastern Wisconsin . Three of the outgoing schools ( Gibraltar , Manitowoc Lutheran and Sevastopol ) formed the nucleus of the new Bay-Lakes Conference , two schools ( Luxemburg-Casco and Southern Door ) joined the new Packerland Conference and Mishicot became a charter member of the Olympian Conference .
Wisconsin Books to Prisoners
Wisconsin Books to Prisoners is a volunteer-run nonprofit books to prisoners organization which sends books upon request to people incarcerated in Wisconsin . The organization is based in Madison , WI and was founded in 2006 . WBTP is affiliated with feminist bookstore A Room Of Ones Own , and is additionally supported by Half Price Books and Voyageur Book Shop .
LGBT Books to Prisoners , also headquartered in Madison , began as an offshoot of WPTP in 2007 .
In fall 2024 , the Wisconsin Department of Corrections announced that donated used books could not longer be sent to inmates in Wisconsin prisons , sparking controversy .
2025 Penn State Nittany Lions football team
The 2025 Penn State Nittany Lions football team will represent Pennsylvania State University in the Big Ten Conference during the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The team is expected to be led by head coach James Franklin in his 12th year . They will play their home games at Beaver Stadium located in State College , Pennsylvania .
Glenbrook Partners
Glenbrook Partners ( informally Glenbrook ) is an American strategy , research , and management consulting firm that offers consulting on the subject of payments to large corporations . They also consult on payments-adjacent subjects , such as blockchain and cryptocurrency technologies . It was founded in 2001 , and is headquartered in Decatur , Georgia , with significant operations in San Mateo , California .
Glenbrook consults with various operators in the payments space , but also proactively publishes independent research in the form of white papers and other payments-related content . They publish books via a publishing arm , Glenbrook Press , and operate the Payments on Fire industry podcast .
Plaqueta Millington Drake
The Plaqueta Millington Drake is a defunct official football tournament from Paraguay . The competition was held at the beginning of the year prior to the Paraguayan Primera Division championship , in single-round matches , using a points accumulation system . It was awarded by the LPF , as a donation from the English Gentleman Sir Eugen Millington-Drake .
Septimius Awards
The Septimius Awards is an international awards ceremony in the film and television industry . The ceremony takes place annually in Amsterdam and recognizes outstanding achievements in film , television , and documentaries . The Septimius Awards is named after the second-century African Roman emperor Septimius Severus .
The first Septimius Awards took place on June 6 and 7 , 2022 , at the Internationaal Theater Amsterdam in Amsterdam and is now held at the Royal Theatre Tuschinski .
The Septimius Awards have ambassadors , including Stedman Graham ( partner of Oprah Winfrey ) .
The awards are presented in various categories , including :
I 'm Beginning to See the Light ( film )
I 'm Beginning to See the Light is a 2024 American drama film written by Konstantin Khudyakov and Mark Bacci , directed by Khudyakov and starring Jack Huston , Abbie Cornish , Brandon T. Jackson , Jamie Chung , Mark Boone Junior and Lucy Punch .
In April 2023 , it was announced that Huston and Cornish were cast in the film . Later that same month , it was announced that filming had begun and that Jackson and Chung were also cast .
Bradley Gibson of Film Threat rated the film an 8 out of 10 .
Fabio Pereira ( football manager )
Goncalo Fabio Camacho Pereira ( born 6 December 1978 ) is a Portuguese football manager . He is the current manager of Vizela .
After winning promotion from Liga 3 with Oliveirense in 2022 , he managed in Liga Portugal 2 with Oliveirense , Maritimo and Vizela .
Pereira was born in Funchal in Madeira , and was a youth player at local C.S. Maritimo . He began his coaching career as an assistant to Bruno Pereira at S.C. Braga B and C.D. Trofense . He was then the manager at G.D. Gafanha before leaving in January 2019 for C.F. Uniao on his native island , competing in the Campeonato de Portugal . His one season there was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic . In July 2020 , he left for A.R.C. Oleiros .
In July 2021 , Pereira was appointed at U.D. Oliveirense in Liga 3 . He took the team to second place in the first half of the season , followed by first place in the promotion league , but lost the title on penalties to S.C.U. Torreense ; in May 2022 he extended his contract for two more years .
On 6 August 2022 , Pereira won his first game at a professional level in Liga Portugal 2 , 3-1 at home to C.D. Mafra . The season ended with the team from Oliveira de Azemeis in 10th place .
Pereira returned to Maritimo as manager of 7 December 2023 , succeeding Tulipa at the second-tier club . On his debut three days later , he won 4-0 at home to Vilaverdense FC . He was confirmed by the board for another season , after finishing 2023-24 by being beaten to the final playoff place by AVS Futebol SAD following a 2-2 draw with Academico de Viseu FC .
On 4 September 2024 , three games into the new season , Pereira and his staff left the " Rubro-Verde " club .
On 17 December 2024 , Pereira was hired at F.C. Vizela also in the second tier . He succeeded Ruben de la Barrera at the 14th-placed club .
Civitarese-Cushman House
The Civitarese-Cushman House is a home in East Dedham , Massachusetts known for its elaborate Christmas light displays .
The house , located at 121 Garfield Avenue , was first decorated by Nick and Roberta Civaterese in 1973 . The tradition was continued after their death by their daughter , Rita-Mae Cushman . As of 2003 , four generations of the family were involved in setting up the display . The family begins in August , on Nick Civitarese 's birthday , by pulling out the lights and checking the bulbs . It takes three months to assemble the display .
The family allows the public to walk through their yards to see all of the lights . Cushman will often stand outside in the yard at night , greeting visitors and offering them hot chocolate and cookies . Generations of families have come to see the displays , with parents who came as children often bringing their own children . Families will often take photos in the yard that they then use as their Christmas cards .
New lights were added to the display every year until 2020 , when the house 's electrical system maxed out . The display now constitutes thousands of lights , inflatables , figurines , dolls , music , and other decorations . The family has so many decorations that not all of them can be put out . The electrical bill rises significantly , which upsets Cushman 's husband , but she tells him that " I don 't drink , I don 't smoke , I don 't go places anymore . This is my big joy , my big pleasure . "
The lights are lit on the first Sunday of December and stay lit for a few days after Christmas . On opening day , the Dedham Fire Department brings Santa Claus on a firetruck to greet children and allow them to sit in the large sleigh in the backyard . Santa then returns on the other Sundays of December as well .
December 23 , 2023 , the opening day of the 50th season , was declared to be Rita Mae Cushman Day in Dedham by act of Town Meeting and proclamation of the Select Board . Cushman won the 2016 Public Service Recognition Award in part for her efforts decorating her home and the greater East Dedham community .
Chief Executive Odogwu
Chief Executive Odogwu is a studio album by Nigerian singer Nito-P released on 5 December 2024 featuring Terry Apala , Eno Blaze , Singerpour , Youngdada , Teo SMA , Johntay and Yawbankz .
" Chief Executive Odogwu " was released on 5 December 2024 as Nito-P 's first album following the release of his extended play , " Most Wanted " which was released in July 2024 .
" Chief Executive Odogwu " is a 13 track album featuring Terry Apala , Eno Blaze , Singerpour , Youngdada , Teo SMA , Johntay and Yawbankz . The album is a mixture of Afrobeats and Afro fusion with a blend of " African rhythm and modern sound . "
Isaac Oladapo of " This Day " reviewed that the " album is packed with dynamic energy and emotional resonance . " " The Nation " describes it as a " trip around topics like life , love , heartbreak , prayer , social change and more . "
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Helena Sampaio ( footballer )
Helena Rodriguez Sampaio ( born February 4 , 2002 ) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a midfielder . She played collegiately for the USC Trojans , where she was named first-team All-American in her senior season .
Sampaio began playing football with boys in her hometown of Porto Alegre when she was four years old . She only started playing on a girls ' team in her early teens when she joined the newly formed Gremio women 's side before briefly playing with Internacional . She began high school at , where she led the soccer team to two state cup titles . When she was 15 , she tried out for IMG Academy in the United States and received a scholarship to train and finish high school there .
Sampaio played for the USC Trojans from 2021 to 2024 , scoring 12 goals with 18 assists in 78 appearances . In her sophomore season , new head coach Jane Alukonis put Sampaio in the starting lineup , and she recorded a team-second-best 8 assists in 18 games . She started all 19 games in her junior season , scoring 6 goals with 3 assists and earning All-Pac-12 Conference second-team honors . With the program 's move to the Big Ten Conference in her senior year , she scored 5 goals with a team-best 7 assists in 23 games as USC won the conference regular-season title and reached the NCAA tournament quarterfinals . After her senior season , she was named the Big Ten Midfielder of the Year , first-team All-Big Ten , and first-team All-American .
Sampaio trained with Brazil 's national under-17 team and was an alternate for Brazil 's roster at the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women 's World Cup .
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Canada Permanent
Canada Permanent was the collective name for the Canada Permanent Mortgage Corporation and its subsidiary the Canada Permanent Trust Company . The company was formed in 1855 in Toronto by John Herbert Mason ( 1827-1911 ) . In 1899 , Permanent merged with Western Canada Loan and Savings , Freehold Loan and Savings , and the London and Ontario Investment Company . On 10 July 1899 , the operations of the four companies were amalgamated into a new corporation called the Canada Permanent and Western Canada Mortgage Corporation . In 1903 , it was renamed the Canada Permanent Mortgage Corporation .
In 1913 , Canada Permanent Mortgage incorporated a subsidiary trust company called the Canada Permanent Trust Company .
By the 1980s , Canada Permanent was the country 's fourth largest mortgage loan and trust company , after Canada Trust , Royal Trust , and National Trust . In 1981 , Canada Permanent was acquired by Genstar . Then , in September 1985 , Genstar acquired Canada Trust . On 31 December 1985 , Genstar merged Canada Permanent 's operations into Canada Trust , creating the country 's sixth-largest financial institution . To complete the merger , Canada Permanent Mortgage was merged into Canada Trustco ( formerly Huron & Erie , the holding company of Canada Trust ) , while Canada Permanent Trust merged into Canada Trust . In 2000 , the Toronto-Dominion Bank acquired Canada Trust .
Maher al-Sharaa
Maher al-Sharaa ( ; born 1973 ) is a Syrian physician and politician serving as the acting Minister of Health in the Syrian Transitional Government since 16 December 2024 under prime minister Mohammad al-Bashir .
Al-Sharaa holds a PhD in medical sciences and a diploma in health systems management .
Al-Sharaa was an advisor to the Minister of Health in the Syrian Salvation Government .
On 16 December 2024 , he was appointed Minister of Health in the Syrian transitional government . According to Shaam News Network , the appointment was viewed as nepotistic , given that al-Sharaa is brother of Syrian " de facto " leader Ahmad al-Sharaa . Maher al-Sharaa was criticised for what was seen as praise for medical staff of institutions that had been run by the Assad government and a " dismissive " attitude towards medical staff of institutions in northern areas of Syria independent from the Assad government .
Al-Sharaa is the brother of Ahmad al-Sharaa , the leader of Hay 'at Tahrir al-Sham and the " de facto " leader of Syria following the fall of the Assad regime .
NGC 2672
NGC2672 is a elliptical galaxy in the constellation of Cancer . Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is , which corresponds to a Hubble distance of . Additionally , 11 " non-redshift " measurements give a distance of . It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 14 March 1784 .
The SIMBAD database lists NGC 2672 as an Active Galaxy Nucleus Candidate , i.e. it has a compact region at the center of a galaxy that emits a significant amount of energy across the electromagnetic spectrum , with characteristics indicating that this luminosity is not produced by the stars .
NGC 2672 is listed with the galaxy NGC 2673 as Holm 99 in Erik Holmberg 's " A Study of Double and Multiple Galaxies Together with Inquiries into some General Metagalactic Problems , " published in 1937 . These two galaxies are also listed in Halton Arp 's Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies as Arp167 , with the description " Comp. galaxy very condensed , has curved plume . " Another study indicates that the two galaxies are interacting and NGC 2673 has two tidal plumes , while NGC 2672 is only weakly disturbed .
One supernova has been observed in NGC 2672 : SN1938B ( type unknown , mag . 15.5 ) was discovered by Arno Wachmann in 1938 .
1923-24 Colby Mules men 's ice hockey season
The 1923-24 Colby Mules men 's ice hockey season was the 3rd season of play for the program . The Mules represented Colby College and were coached by Euclid Heile in his 1st season .
The outlook for Colby 's third season were good at the start . The team was helmed by a new head coach but Professor Euclid Heile had earned his degreed in Canada and was more familiar with the game than his predecessors . Also , with the school now fully recognizing ice hockey as a minor sport , the college built an on-campus rink for the first time . Located at the north end of campus along the river bank , the rink was a massive sheet of ice , measuring more than 200 by 125 feet . Even with its size , the rink was ready for use by early January and twenty five men showed up for the initial practice .
The team had a few weeks to get ready for the opening match with Maine , however , when they arrived they were hesitant to play . The Bears ' home rink was in a sorry state and coach Heile asked that the game be postponed or cancelled . Maine refused and insisted that the match could proceed , though they agreed to limit the game to three 10-minute periods . Colby had little choice but to play the game even though they were at a huge disadvantage . Already missing McBay on defense , Vale was struck in the mouth in the opening minutes and had to retire in order to get stitches . Without their captain , Colby couldn 't hold off the Maine offense and swiftly found themselves behind . Fagerstrom did his best to keep the team in the game but without any scoring to speak of , the Mules were dead in the water . Three days later , the two met for a rematch in Waterville . Unfortunately , by that time the campus rink was in a similar state as Maine 's and the match was moved to the South End Arena . On a relatively clean sheet of ice , Colby played far better in the rematch and it was only through the efforts of the visiting netminder that the score was not more lopsided . Vale and Millett were able to score in the second period and that was enough for Colby to even the series .
The team then had the rest of January off due to weather playing havoc with rinks throughout the region and did not return to the ice until after the exam break . The long wait also allowed the new rink be worked into shape and finally see some game action . Unfortunately , the Mules christened the ice with a loss . Colby played a fast game against Bates before several hundred spectators but they were unable to solve the brilliant goaltending of the Garnets . McGowan netted the only tally for the home team but it wasn 't nearly enough to stave off defeat . A few days later , the team travelled to face the Association of St. Dominique 's and put forth a far better effort . Vale netted two goals and gave the Mules a lead going into the final period , however , the home team was able to turn the tide and pull out a narrow victory in the end . The team continued its travels and visited Bowdoin the following day . Wore out from their close defeat , the team was slow off the mark against the Polar Bears and quickly found themselves down 0-3 . McGowan scored twice in quick succession to get his team back in the contest before McBay tied the score with a shot from the neutral zone . The teams exchanged a pair of goals in the final period to force overtime , much to the chagrin of the exhausted Mules . Despite their fatigue , Colby managed to hold on through three 5-minte periods and earn a draw . Their final game of the week was a rematch with Bates at the Auburn Winter Carnival . The Mules were keen to get their revenge for the earlier loss and deny Bates the state championship . However , just like the earlier game , Colby found it night impossible to overcome the Garnet defense . Nothing that the Mules tried seemed to work and most of the rushes were turned aside before they even got to the net . After getting the best effort that the Blue and Gray could muster , which included moving McBay up to wing to get some extra speed on offense , Bates still proved victorious .
The final week of the season began with a third encounter with Bates . At the August Carnival , Colby desperately tried to get one over on the Garnet but the third time was no the charm for the Mules . Playing as well as they had in the previous match , Colby could not overcome the superior teamwork from Bates and Vale 's lone goal was the only marker the team could conjure up . Fagerstrom gave a decent performance in goal but it was not enough and the Mules were bested for the third time , leaving no doubt as to which team was superior . Two days later , the team returned home for the rematch with Bowdoin . Fagerstrom was much better in the season finale , turning aside every Polar Bear shot in the first two periods and allowing just one on the night . Unfortunately , the offense gave their goaltender very little support and the only goal came from McGowan with just 90 seconds left in regulation . Colby was ready to play overtime , however , Bowdoin had to decline so that they could make the 6 : 28 train back to Brunswick . Colby had to accept the draw , leaving them with a three-way tie for second with both Maine and Bowdoin for the year .
Joseph P. Gorham served as team manager .
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Dziennik Departamentowy Łomzynski
The originator and founder of the magazine was Count Jan Lasocki who was also the founder and creator of the Łomza Department . On the 30 December 1811 he issued a prefectural device in respect of the departmental gazette , addressed to all sub-prefects discussing the rules for its publication . In order to publish the journal , he brought to Łomza from Płock a printing press from Antoni Lentecki .
It was intended to be a weekly newspaper to be published every Saturday , with a volume of one to one and a half sheets .. The final number of pages ranged from 4 to 16 The first issue appeared on 1 January 1812 , the last on 19 December 1812 . When publication of the journal resumed on October 15 , 1815 , the title was changed to " Official Gazette of the Łomza Department " ( ) . The last issue under this title appeared on 21 September 1816 .
In the course of numbering the journal ( under no . 53 ) , the only issue of the " Augustow Voivodship Journal " ( ) was published on 28 September 1816 , which contained information about the transition from prefectural to provincial administration and a farewell from the outgoing prefect of Łomza .
After the liquidation of the Łomza Department and the creation of the Augustow Voivodship from its territory , the " Official Gazette of the Augustow Voivodship " took over the role of the official journal .
The content of the applicable law ( e.g. government laws , administrative , judicial and fiscal devices ) with an interpretation of its implementation was published . Private individuals had the opportunity to publish notices upon payment of the appropriate fee . Over time , excerpts from literary works were also published , historical texts or descriptions of festivities ( e.g. celebrations of Napoleon Bonaparte 's birthday ) .The Journal also published handbills or exchange rate charts .
The cost of the subscription was 16 zloty spread over quarterly instalments of 4 zlotys each , payable in advance . Subscribed issues were to be sent from Łomza to the county town or to the post office nearest to the subscribers .
2025 Rosenborg BK season
The 2025 season is Rosenborg 's 46th consecutive year in the top flight now known as Eliteserien , their 57th season in the top flight of Norwegian football . In addition to the Eliteserien , the club will participate in the Norwegian Cup and the Europa Conference League entering at the Second Qualifying round . This is Alfred Johansson 's second season in charge of Rosenborg .
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Peter Barrett Davis
Peter Barrett Davis ( born 1958 ) is an American automotive designer . He is especially known for designing car interiors , mainly at General Motors and Fiat Auto .
After finishing his education in 1981 at the ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena , CA , Davis started his career in the European branch of General Motors : at Opel in Russelsheim , he worked on the interiors of the Vectra A , the Omega A and the Corsa B. From 1985 until his departure end of 1989 , Davis was Assistant Studio Chief for interiors at Opel .
From 1990 until 1999 , Davis worked for Fiat Auto in Turin , amongst others on the interiors of the 1993 Punto , Bravo / Brava , Barchetta , Seicento and 1998 Multipla . In 1993 Davis became Design Director at Centro Stile Fiat and Lancia . For the Multipla , of which he oversaw the total design and of which he was named as one of the spiritual fathers , he followed the MAYA philosophy of Raymond Loewy : ' Most Advanced , Yet Acceptable ' .
In July 1999 , Davis returned to GM in Detroit . Soon after , he became studio design director with responsibility for designs for global use , and later also for performance and prestige cars . He worked on interiors for Cadillacs , Pontiacs , Chevies , Buicks , Saturn , GMC and Suzuki . During the General Motors Chapter 11 reorganization , together with thousands more , Davis was made redundant . Among his next employers were Tata Motors and Bordrin . Currently , Peter Davis is Adjunct Faculty / Lecturer at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit .
Davis specialized in car interiors because he sees them as a bigger challenge than exteriors .
LGBT Books to Prisoners
LGBT Books to Prisoners is a volunteer-run nonprofit books to prisoners organization which sends free reading materials to incarcerated LGBT people across the US . The organization is based in Madison , WI and was founded in 2006 as an offshoot of Wisconsin Books to Prisoners .
In over 15 years , LGBT BtP has sent books to over 13,000 people .
LGBT BtP was started by founder and volunteer Dennis Bergren in his home . As the organization grew , in 2013 it relocated to the basement of Rainbow Bookstore Cooperative , where it was based until 2016 when Rainbow closed . Since 2016 , LGBT BtP has been located at Madison 's Social Justice Center Incubator .
LGBT BtP has partnered with various community organizations , leaders , and educational institutions to raise funds , collect donated books , and raise awareness , including Winona State University , Laura Jane Grace , and Janet Mock .
Caswell Township , Pender County , North Carolina
Caswell Township is a township in Pender County , North Carolina , United States .
Caswell Township is one of 10 townships within Pender County . It is in total area . The township is located in western Pender County .
In 2020 , the population of Columbia Township was 1,959 .
In 2022 , the estimated population of the township was 2,212 .
Communities within Caswell Township include most of Atkinson and the unincorporated community of Point Caswell . Additionally , a portion of Moores Creek National Battlefield is within the township .
The township is bordered to the northwest by Sampson County , to the northeast by Columbia Township , to the east by Grady Township , to the south by Canetuck Township , and to the west by Bladen County .
Human ( Christine Glass album )
Human is the debut studio album by American Christian singer-songwriter Christine Glass . It was released on March 11 , 1997 , by Tattoo Records , and spawned the single " Crazy All Around , " which had an accompanying music video that year .
Glass was born in Louisiana and earned a degree in vocal performance from Louisiana Tech University . In 1993 , she moved to Nashville , and found a job working as an art director for Word Records . While working in this role , she started writing songs and working on demos with Word Records . After signing a deal with Christian label Tattoo , Glass began work on " Human . " In a 1997 interview , Glass said that the title " Human " came after she looked at all the songs that had been written . She thought it was a fitting title since the songs were about the different aspects of a life of a human being , and her life in particular . She added that , " some songs are about doubts that I have , and fears that I have , and some are about hope and the joy I have in Christ . " In this interview , Glass also said that people thought her sound was similar to Tori Amos and The Cranberries .
" Human " received a positive response from critics upon release . Tom Demalon of AllMusic wrote that " the Louisiana native has a girlish , child-like voice and , despite the obvious spiritual aspects of " Human , " her message never becomes too heavy-handed , allowing the album to be easily judged on its musical merits . " In his 2002 book " Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian music , " Mark Allan Powell compared the album 's sound to PJ Harvey and Suzanne Vega and said that " her whispery vocals are often spread over experimental stylings , unusual harmonies and unpredictable accompaniment . " He further wrote that the lyrical themes " extol the virtues and lament the drawbacks of being a human being " and described the closing track " When Worlds Collide " as being " a profound statement of the constant struggle between flesh and spirit that defines humanity . "
In a 2003 interview , Glass said the album wasn 't a commercial success since " I was under the delusion that you could make a really alternative record and have it sell well in the Christian market . " She added , " looking back , I think that was just a young girl 's dream . "
Al Chasteen
Al Chasteen ( March 8 , 1882 - November 25 , 1906 ) was an American car race and motorcycle driver . He was a national champion and world record holder in the one-mile dirt track race .
Chasteen set the world motorcycle one-mile dirt track record in April 1931 at 41.2 seconds . He later beat his own record on January 22 , 1932 in a trial , but it as not accepted due to it not being timed correctly . Chasteen picked up wins in races in Oakland in November 1933 and November 1935 . Chasteen won the national motorcycle road race in Savannah , Georgia in 1936 . During his career , he raced against other riders such as Sprouts Elder and Wilbur Lamoreaux and often represented Stockton , California .
Chasteen was charged on July 14th , 1942 along with Clovis " Duck " Mallory for receiving stolen property from the Stockton Motor Base .
Chasteen committed suicide on November 17 , 1943 .
Kanyakumari Matti Banana
Kanyakumari Matti Banana is a variety of banana grown in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu . It is a common and widely cultivated crop in the Agatheeswaram , Thovalai , Thiruvattar talukas of Kanyakumari district . Kanyakumari Matti Banana ia a traditional table banana cultivar with medicinal value , characterized by its fragrant , sweet , and slightly acidic flavor , firm texture , and powdery nature and is a rare variety grown only in the hills of South Travancore ( Undivided Tamil Nadu and Kerala before States Reorganisation Act of 1956 ) which is near Nagercoil , Kanyakumari . It has three varieties : Semmatti ( red-coloured ) , Then Matti ( honey ) , and Malai Matti ( Hill ) . Under its Geographical Indication tag , it is referred to as " Kanyakumari Matti Banana . "
Kanyakumari Matti Banana ( Matti Pazham ) is a prized crop in Kanyakumari district and so named after it .
The Matti banana fruit has a 2.5-3 cm long apex resembling a crocodile 's mouth , earning it the nickname " Crocodile Finger Banana . " Unlike typical banana bunches that grow long , straight , and evenly , Matti Banana Fingers have a distinctive wind-blown appearance . The Matti banana has a low sugar content ( 8.7 TSS ) , making it suitable for infants , unlike other bananas that can cause cold issues due to high sugar . The banana flower hangs almost parallel to the ground , at a 95 ° angle to the stem . Matti bananas have shown strong resistance to Sigatoka disease .
It was awarded the Geographical Indication ( GI ) status tag from the Geographical Indications Registry , under the Union Government of India , on 31 July 2023 and is valid until 28 April 2030 .
Kanyakumari Banana and Horticulture Farmers Producer Company Limited from Veeyanoor , proposed the GI registration of Kanyakumari Matti Banana . After filing the application in April 2021 , the banana was granted the GI tag in 2023 by the Geographical Indication Registry in Chennai , making the name " Kanyakumari Matti Banana " exclusive to the bananas grown in the region . It thus became the third banana variety from Tamil Nadu after Sirumalai Hill Banana and the 59th type of goods from Tamil Nadu to earn the GI tag .
The GI tag protects the banana from illegal selling and marketing and gives it legal protection and a unique identity .
Wuju
Wuju ( ) is a type of narrative concert dance from China . Developed in the 1950s with influences from ballet and traditional Chinese dance , performances seek to tell stories through intricate movement rather than song or dance . Tales may be derived from various sources , including novels and folklore . Two works , " The White-Haired Girl " and " The Red Detachment of Women , " were among the few " revolutionary performances " allowed during the Cultural Revolution ; both drew predominantly from ballet .
Generally , " wuju " refers to a form of dance drama practised in China since the 1950s . Such performances require scripts and choreography , musical accompaniment , as well as costumes , lighting , setpieces , and other elements of stage drama ; larger performances may be accompanied by a full orchestra , with Western and traditional Chinese instruments . Performances may last for a whole evening , and are structured to allow for a climax and denouement . The term may also be used in Chinese as a synonym for ballet .
" Wuju " emerged in the 1950s as China sought to develop a national dance drama . This was a challenging project , as traditional Chinese theatre provided little precedence for non-verbal dance-based narration . Influences came from the Soviet Union , with which the newly established People 's Republic of China was enjoying a strong relationship . Several Soviet troupes toured China in the mid-1950s , putting on such productions as " La Esmerelda " to favourable reviews ; at the same time , critics rejected a pure ballet as poorly suited to the country 's needs . Also contributing to the concept of dance theatre was Chinese opera , which the dramatist Gao Di 'an argued could provide a fruitful foundation for a specifically Chinese form of dance drama ; in the dance journal " Wudao , " Lu Jing likewise called for a dance that linked local traditions with an internationally recognized modern Chinese dance .
In 1955 , the Beijing Dance Academy began to offer special courses in dance drama choreography . Taught by Soviet instructors , first Viktor Ivanovich Tsaplin and later Pyotr Gusev , these courses aimed to produce choreographers as well as stories . Early performances were staged by the Central Experimental Opera Theater ( now the China National Opera ) ; these included " Stealing Immortal Herbs " ( adapted from the legend of the White Snake ) , co-directed by Huang Boshou and Li Zhonglin , in 1955 . A full-length story titled " Magic Lotus Lantern " ( ) was staged by the troupe in 1957 and co-supervised by Tsaplin and Li Shaochun .
Dance dramas became more prevalent in China during the Great Leap Forward , with more than twenty produced between 1958 and 1960 . Put on by such organizations as the Guangzhou Military Soldier Song and Dance Ensemble and the Shanghai Experimental Opera Theatre , these works were produced in response to a government call for new and innovative collaborative cultural products . Several productions , including " Five Red Clouds " ( , 1960 ) and " Dagger Society " ( , 1961 ) are documented by contemporary films . The latter drama was subsequently performed in North Korea and parts of the Eastern Bloc .
During the Cultural Revolution , dance theatre became one of the " model works " permitted by the Chinese Communist Party . Two of these works , which were known as " revolutionary modern ballets , " were specifically permitted by Jiang Qing : " The White-Haired Girl " and " The Red Detachment of Women . " Both revolutionary ballets have continued to be performed into the 21st century . Other existing stories , which relied more on traditional forms than ballet , were not performed until after the revolution .
The creation of new " wuju " continued after the Cultural Revolution ended . Many adopted traditional themes . Such works included " Rain of Flowers Along the Silk Road " ( , 1979 ) , a story set in the Tang dynasty that used movements derived from paintings found in the Mogao Caves , as well as several based on Cao Xueqin 's novel " Dream of the Red Chamber " ( 1828 ) . Ballet elements were less commonly included , though they have been noted in works such as Zhang Yimou 's " Raise the Red Lantern " ( based on the 1991 film ) . , more than a thousand individual works of " wuju " have been staged .
The earliest productions , " Stealing Immortal Herbs " and " Magic Lotus Lantern , " drew extensively from the Chinese opera in their costumes and staging techniques , including combat sequences . Later works diverged in their influences , with some incorporating military dance elements and others drawing on the traditional movements of the Han and other ethnic groups ; " Five Red Clouds , " for instance , drew from the practices and stories of the Hlai people . This tendency shifted during the Cultural Revolution , at which time " wuju " became dominated by ballet .
Early works of " wuju " used distinct movements for characters with diverse backgrounds . In " Magic Lotus Lantern , " for instance , the Third Sacred Mothera divine being uses a vocabulary that draws from Buddhist art and traditional opera . Meanwhile , in " Dagger Society , " the Shanghai peasant used a blend of Han folk dance and Shanghainese martial arts .
" Wuju " has taken various themes . Several worksincluding " Fires of Fury in the Coconut Grove " ( 1965 ) and " Remain in Combat Readiness " ( 1965 ) have called for Pan-Asian solidarity . Others , such as the People 's Liberation Army 's " Fires of Fury Are Burning " ( 1965 ) decried racial violence outside China , or commemorated anti-imperialist struggles around the globe . The 2003 drama " Yunnan Impressions " ( ) , meanwhile , deals with ecological themes .
Pyrus ciancioi
Pyrus ciancioi , the pero di Ciancio or Ciancio 's pear , is a species of pear in the rose family Rosaceae . It is , together with " P. sicanorum , " " P. vallis-demonis , " " P. castribonensis " and " P. pedrottiana , " one of five pear species endemic to Sicily . Having been described only in 2012 , only about 15 mature individuals are known .
" Pyrus ciancioi " is morphologically similar to " P. communis , " " P. pyraster , " " P. spinosa " and " P. sicanorum " in having a frequently persistent calyx , indicating a close evolutionary affinity . It was described by a team of researchers in 2012 , and named after the Italian scientist .
" Pyrus ciancioi " is a spiny tree of more than height . The leaves are lanceolate and long , with entire to slightly serrated margins and long petioles . Young leaves are more strongly pubescent on the underside than older leaves . The white flowers appear in corymbs in early April . The fruit is small ( ) and brownish , and the calyx often persists .
The species is known only from the Nebrodi Mountains in northeast Sicily , near the town of Floresta ( Province of Messina ) . It occurs in hedges on quartz-arenite soils .
" Malus crescimannoi " an endemic species of apple from the same locality
Carlos Burella
Carlos Burella Higashi ( 12 July 1943 - 31 August 2021 ) was a Peruvian footballer . Nicknamed " Loco , " he played as a goalkeeper for Defensor Lima and Universitario de Deportes throughout the 1960s and the 1970s . He was frequently compared to Argentine goalkeeper Hugo Gatti due to how his style of play would frequently emulate him . He also briefly represented Peru on two occasions in 1972 .
He would begin his career within the Academia Jose Soriano until he was transferred to the youth sector of Centro Iqueno which was under the management of Roberto Scarone in 1957 and later by Miguel Ortega in 1958 . He then played for Mariscal Sucre in 1959 where the club would be promoted for the 1960 Peruvian Primera Division where he would make his debut at the age of 17 under manager . From 1961 to 1962 , he played for Ciclista Lima under managers , and . In 1963 , he would play for Sporting Cristal under Didi before playing for Defensor Lima in 1965 .
He would then begin to play for Universitario de Deportes in 1966 . Throughout his tenure with the club , he was a part of the winning squads for the 1966 , 1967 and 1969 editions of the tournament . Also in 1969 , he would briefly play for Juan Aurich to play in the 1969 Copa Libertadores where he would play in the matches against Universidad Catolica before returning to Universitario de Deportes . After briefly returning to play for Defensor Lima for the 1970 Torneo Descentralizado , he would go abroad to Ecuador to play for Deportivo Quito in the 1971 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Futbol Serie A. He then returned to Defensor Lima from 1972 and 1974 and witness the club 's first title for the 1973 Torneo Descentralizado . Following a brief tenure at Atletico Chalaco in 1975 , he would retire with Defensor Lima in 1976 .
Following Peru 's qualification for the 1960 Summer Olympics , Burella was part of the 30-man preliminary roster for the tournament . However , he would not be selected for the final roster as Carlos Salinas and Herminio Campos would be selected as the goalkeepers . He would later be called up to play for Peru in 1972 in two friendlies in a 3-2 victory against Mexico on 9 August and a 0-2 loss against Argentina on 25 October as part of a project by manager Roberto Scarone in determining players that were worthy to participate in the upcoming 1974 FIFA World Cup qualifiers .
Burella had a brief tenure as an instructor for youth goalkeepers beginning in 1982 with Deportivo Municipal , before teaching with the senior and U23 teams of Peru in 1983 and 1985 respectively , Sport Boys in 1987 , the pre-olympic team for the 1987 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament , Lawn Tennis in 1989 and San Agustin in 1990 .
JS Nomi
Nomi ( のうみ ) is a minesweeper of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force , and the fourth ship of the " Awaji " -class . She is named after Nomi Island of the Hiroshima Prefecture , and the second ship to be named in this manner , after the Imperial Japanese Navy 's " Mikura " -class escort ship " Nomi , " as well as the first in the JMSDF era .
" Nomi " was laid down on 19 May 2021 at the JMU Yokohama Works Tsurumi Plant as the 307th minesweeper planned for fiscal year 2020 , and was named and launched on 24 October 2023 . She is scheduled to be commissioned in March 2025 , after a period of being fitted out and undergoing sea trials .
President 's House ( Bucknell University )
The President 's House is a building in Lewisburg , Pennsylvania , United States . It was built in 1855 by Reverend Justin R. Loomis , Professor of Natural Sciences at the University at Lewisburg ( now Bucknell University ) and the school 's president . The home , which stands at the corner of University Avenue and Loomis Street , was purchased by the school in 1878 . Its first occupant from that point was David J. Hill , who became the school 's president in 1879 .
In 1888 , two years after the school was renamed Bucknell University , the trustees considered constructing a new President 's House , but instead decided to remodel the extant structure . It was designed by Wilson Brothers and Company of Philadelphia , and William Bucknell donated $ 5,000 toward the project . Elms and other trees were planted in the garden by acting president Dr. George G. Groff in 1889 .
The home was modernized in 1964 . A glassed-in family room was added behind the house ( when viewed from University Avenue ) , facing Bucknell Hall . It was surrounded by an extensive terrace with shrubbery . Twenty years later , the building 's exterior was sandblasted to restore its original red brick . It original trim was also restored .
In the 21st century , the home 's sunroom was demolished and updated .
New Jersey Transit Kearny Point Garage
Kearny Point is one of the 18 depots of New Jersey Transit .
Kearny Point is NJ Transit 's new garage that was opened on August 17 , 2024 . It is connected to Ironbound Garage , and it was leased to the Port Logistics Group trucking company until 2022-2023 . NJ Transit opened it as a bus garage on August 17 , 2024 once Coach USA stopped operating the Hudson County routes they were assigned . The garage only stores buses with maintenance being done at Ironbound and CMF due to the interior of the garage being incomplete . The garage essentially holds most routes and buses that were previously assigned to private contractors like Olympia Trails , A & C Bus and Academy Bus Lines .
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Omaha ( film )
Omaha is an upcoming American drama film directed by Cole Webley from a screenplay by Robert Machoian . The film stars John Magaro as a father who takes his two children on a cross-country trip after a family tragedy . It is produced by Preston Lee .
" Omaha " will make its world premiere on January 23 , 2025 , at the Sundance Film Festival as an entry in the U.S. Dramatic Competition category .
A father takes his two children , Ella and Charlie , on a road trip across the United States after their home is foreclosed .
" Omaha " screenwriter Robert Machoian , a Brigham Young University professor of photography , first conceived the idea for the script in 2008 . He submitted it to a Sundance Film Festival screenwriter 's lab in 2013 , but it was rejected . Machoian later received his first Sundance feature in 2020 with a different film , " The Killing of Two Lovers , " which he wrote and directed .
Cole Webley made his feature directorial debut with the film . He became involved with the project after he met Machoian at Sundance and read the screenplay .
Production formally began in 2022 upon the partnership between Machoian and Webley . Its filming schedule included 20 days in Utah , where scenes were shot in historic mining towns and the state 's salt flats .
" Omaha " will make its world premiere on January 23 , 2025 , as part of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival 's U.S. Feature Competition category .
Josh Penner
Joshua Andrew Penner ( born August 4 , 1982 ) is a Republican member-elect of Washington House of Representatives for District 31 . Penner will take office on January 15 , 2025 .
Penner was raised in Bonney Lake , Washington . He graduated from Sumner High School , Saint Martin 's University ( BA ) , and Harvard Extension School ( ALM ) .
Penner has been the mayor of Orting , Washington since 2018 . He is a small business owner . He is the CEO of Inquisic.AI .
He is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran , having served as a radio operator in Iraq .
In November 2025 , Penner was elected to the Washington House of Representatives for the 31st District . He received 61.08 % of the vote .
He serves on the board of directors for the Association of Washington Cities .
Penner married his high school sweetheart , Patricia ( Tricia ) , in August 2005 . She is a teacher for the Bethel School District .
Lucy Bradshaw
Lucy Bradshaw may refer to :
Paleo Pines
Paleo Pines , also known as Paleo Pines : The Dino Valley , is an independent life simulation game developed by Italic Pig and published by Modus Games . It was released for Linux , Windows , Nintendo Switch , PlayStation 4 , PlayStation 5 , Xbox One , and Xbox Series X | S on 26 September 2023 . Players take the role of a rancher working in a dinosaur sanctuary while befriending townsfolk and the creatures they care for .
" Paleo Pines " is a 3D single-player farm life sim taking place on an island where humans and dinosaurs live together . The player takes control of a rancher tasked with collecting , cataloging , and caring for the various dinosaur species who inhabit the area along with their " Parasaurolophus " companion Lucky . Townsfolk and dinosaurs alike can be befriended and aid the player with specific skills needed to advance the story .
" Paleo Pines " was announced on 23 April , 2023 by publisher Modus Games accompanied by a reveal trailer . The title was developed by Northern Ireland-based independent game studio Italic Pig , whose team is composed of members active in the UK animation and game industry . In August 2023 , " Paleo Pines " made an appearance at that year 's Gamescom convention in Cologne , as well as the MIX Next Showcase which revealed its release date the following September for all platforms .
In October 2024 , Italic Pig revealed that they had been able to support the game over its first year on a " shoestring budget , " but that support for a planned follow-up would depend on finding investors and publishers willing to back the project .
" Paleo Pines " received an average critic score of 65 out of 100 from Metacritic , equating to " mixed or average reviews . " Ryan Thompson-Bamsey of TheGamer called the game " a largely successful execution of standard farming sim formulas , " adding that the dinosaur collecting and caring mechanic was the " most compelling " part of the game . Screen Rant 's Deven McClure felt that it " has all the right ingredients for a cozy game , " but that the sometimes " uninviting " character designs and " shallow " features may put off some players .
Gareth Newnham of Impulse Gamer remarked that " though not as sprawling or intense as something like " Stardew Valley , " [ it 's ] still a great way to while away a few hours , " calling it a good entry point to newcomers of the genre . Violet Plata of GameGrin similarly commented that " if you 're looking for a life simulation with cute dinosaurs - kind of like " Stardew Valley " with reptiles - this is not it , " adding that its gameplay was more focused on collecting and exploring .
Haftkel District
Haftkel District ( ) is a former administrative division of Ramhormoz County , Khuzestan province , Iran . Its capital was the city of Haftkel .
After the 2006 National Census , the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Haftkel County .
At the time of the 2006 census , the district 's population was 22,633 in 4,711 households .
Xanthostemon graniticus
Xanthostemon graniticus , commonly known as granite penda or mountain penda , is a species of plant in the family Myrtaceae , endemic to a small part of northeastern Queensland , Australia . It is an evergreen shrub or small tree growing up to high , first described by Australian botanist Peter Gordon Wilson in 1990 .
This species is listed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science as vulnerable . , it has not been assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature ( IUCN ) .
Museum of Nature Gotha
The Museum of Nature Gotha ( German - " Museum der Natur Gotha " ) is a museum in the German city of Gotha . Since 2004 it has been one of four museums run by the Schloss Friedenstein Foundation Gotha ( Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein Gotha ) , named after the Schloss Friedenstein in the city . Particularly notable are the 1952-1954 hunting and animal-scene diorama backgrounds created by Friedrich Reimann , who also designed the murals in the entrance hall and stairwell .
Its collections cover geology , palaeontology and zoology and were begun in the 17th century by the Dukes of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg . When they and the ducal art collections outgrew the Schloss , Ernest II , Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha built a new Ducal Museum for the paintings , antiquities , plaster casts and the nature cabinet between 1864 and 1879 . After much of the art collections were looted by the Soviets in 1945 , the natural science collections were moved into the Ducal Museum and remained there after most of the art returned in 1956 , being expanded by the addition of the Naturkundliche Heimatmuseum 's collections .
After being remodelled , the former Ducal Museum building reopened on 1 August 1954 as the " Biologische Zentralmuseum " ( Central Biological Museum ) . Thuringia 's largest natural history museum , it was later renamed the " Naturkundemuseum " ( Natural History Museum ) before taking on its present name in 1971 . The natural history , geology and palaeontology collections returned to the Schloss in 2010 , where they still reside .
Federation des contribuables
The National Federation of Taxpayers ( FNC ) or the National Federation of Taxpayer Syndicates and Groups is an assembly of taxpayer syndicates founded in 1928 by Louis-Alphonse Large , an accountant , and presided over by Baron Albert d 'Anthouard de Wasservas , a retired diplomat , and later by the industrialist Jacques Lemaigre Dubreuil . The group is often mistakenly referred to as the " League of Taxpayers . "
Its founding was supported by groups representing farmers , architects , shop owners and shareholders . It attracted numerous professional associations , trade unions , and groups of liberal professions .
The FNC did not openly conflict with public authorities and presented itself as " a body for monitoring and controlling government actions without particular hostility towards it . " However , the worsening economic crisis in 1931 and the victory of the second Cartel des Gauches in 1932 radicalized its rhetoric . From that point , the FNC opposed any tax increase or form of inflation , advocated for reduced public spending , and accused radical and socialist parliamentarians of squandering public funds .
In February 1933 , the Federation organized protests outside prefectures and urged its local syndicates to close businesses . On March 19 , 1933 , it held a National Taxpayer Day to protest " fiscal and statist plunder , " coinciding with several demonstrations . Police recorded 100,000 demonstrators across 46 cities , especially in western and Parisian regions . Paradoxically , this radicalization weakened the FNC 's integration into the larger representative organizations of economic interests .
The FNC was involved in the riot of February 6 , 1934 through the participation of its Parisian members and its support for calls to protest .
In 1935 , the FNC was presided over by Jacques Lemaigre Dubreuil , a shareholder of the Societe Generale des Huiles de Petrole and managing director of Lesieur Oils .
During the summer of 1936 , shareholders of the Banque de France grouped under the Association des porteurs d 'action de la Banque de France ( APABF ) allied with the FNC . Jacques Lemaigre Dubreuil was a candidate for the general council representing shareholders . He filed a lawsuit against Vincent Auriol , the Minister of Finance , for fraud to publicize his candidacy . He was elected and actively opposed Emile Labeyrie , Governor of the Bank of France , and Vincent Auriol during the Popular Front government .
The FNC aimed to symbolically represent taxpayers , who were theoretically already represented by parliamentarians . It sought " to substitute Parliament in defending taxpayer interests and negotiating with the Ministry of Finance . " To achieve this , it advocated regime change and promoted the salvation of the petite bourgeoisie through tax strikes and street pressure . The direct action strategy led by Louis-Alphonse Large placed the FNC among violent groups .
The FNC claimed 400,000 members in 1931 and 700,000 in 1934 . Its decision-making bodies were composed of merchants , lawyers , notaries , and property owners .
In 1930 , the FNC established ties with Henri Dorgeres ' Comites de defense paysanne .
The Camelots du Roi of the Action Francaise supported security at some meetings . While serving as FNC president , Jacques Lemaigre Dubreuil established connections with La Cagoule and also funded " L 'Insurge . "
The left wing historian Annie Lacroix-Riz claims that the Federation was a member of the " Comite national d 'entente economique " ( National Committee for Economic Agreement ) , which grouped major French economic , industrial , property and agricultural interests .
Castor ( 1917 ship )
Castor was a Polish tugboat from the interwar period , initially serving in the Polish Navy and later in civilian service . The vessel was built in 1917 at a German shipyard in Kaliningrad and was purchased by Poland in the spring of 1920 . Between 1920 and 1922 , it served in the Polish Navy before being transferred to civilian use . During World War II , the tugboat operated under the flag of the Third Reich , but after the war , it returned to Poland . The vessel was decommissioned in 1955 and scrapped in 1958 . " Castor " and " , " acquired at the same time , were the first tugboats in the Polish fleet .
After Poland took over Pomerania , granted to it by the Treaty of Versailles , which included only two small fishing ports - Hel and Puck - efforts were undertaken to acquire auxiliary floating equipment , as only a certain number of fishing boats , cutters , and merchant sailing ships were taken over . The newly established Polish Navy , which was to receive six former German torpedo boats by the decision of the Conference of Ambassadors , particularly needed tugboats to assist in guiding vessels into the tight harbor basin of the provisional port in Puck and to manage the shallow fairway through the shoals of Bay of Puck .
In April and May 1920 , the Department of Maritime Affairs of the Ministry of Military Affairs purchased a large number of floating units in Gdansk , including two tugboats , " Castor " and . " " These were the first tugboats in the Polish Navy .
" Castor " was likely built in 1917 at an unspecified German shipyard in Kaliningrad . The name of the vessel referred to Castor , the mythical son of Zeus and Leda , and the twin brother of Pollux .
" Castor " was a flat-bottomed river-port tugboat with an overall length of 27.8 meters , a beam of 4.7 meters , and a draught of 1.2 meters . The hull depth was 1.6 meters . The vessel had a gross tonnage of 63 BRT and a deadweight tonnage of 10 NRT . Its power plant consisted of a two-cylinder compound steam engine with an output of 160 hp , driving a single propeller .
The crew consisted of five people : a skipper and four sailors .
" Castor " was transferred to the navy in 1920 , assigned by order No. 39 of the Ministry of Military Affairs from May 22 to the Coastal Command in Puck . The home port of the tugboat became Puck . Its main tasks included servicing dredgers and scows working in the Bay of Puck ( dredging the " Depka " passage in ) and in the port basins of Puck and Hel . Due to its small dimensions and flat bottom , the vessel could only be used in the waters of the Gdansk Bay in good weather .
Due to the division of maritime affairs into civilian and military , " Castor " and " Pollux " were removed from the list of auxiliary naval units on 1 January 1922 and transferred to the Commercial Navy Office in Wejherowo , which was under the authority of the Polish Merchant Navy in the Ministry of Industry and Trade .
Despite the change in affiliation , the tugboat 's task remained the same : servicing dredgers and barges in the Bay of Puck , as well as maintaining communication between the port of Puck and the under-construction Port of Gdynia . During the summer season , when there were no specialized excursion vessels , " Castor " and " Pollux " carried official delegations and tourists , mainly to Hel . From August 1923 , both vessels performed towing and piloting tasks , assisting passenger ships and colliers docking at the makeshift pier in the Gdynia port . In 1925 , " Castor " and " Pollux " were permanently assigned to the Port Captaincy in Gdynia . After the purchase of a modern and much larger tugboat , " Ursus , " which took over most towing tasks in the Gdynia port , " Castor , " which could only operate in good weather , was mainly used for piloting ships , servicing dredgers , and transporting tourists . Practical exams for ship captains and fishermen were also held aboard . In 1928 , the tugboat was transferred to the jurisdiction of the Maritime Office in Gdynia .
In 1934 , the tugboat was permanently assigned to service dredgers working in the Gdansk Bay near Jastarnia . In 1936 , the vessel was deemed unfit for further service and put up for auction . In the spring of 1937 , it was purchased for 15,000 PLN by Edward Grycmacher , a long-time employee of the Waterways Authority in Tczew . After undergoing repairs at the Gdansk Shipyard , the new owner began operating the vessel on the lower and middle Vistula , towing barges on the Gdansk-Torun-Włocławek route until the outbreak of the World War II .
After the German invasion of Poland , the tugboat was requisitioned in Torun by the German Water Police and subsequently handed over to the " Wehrmacht " ' s engineering units . It continued to operate under the same name , among other tasks , for the reconstruction of bridges destroyed during the September Campaign . In the spring of 1940 , while working on a road bridge in Torun during high water levels , the tugboat sank after striking an underwater obstacle . After being raised , the unit was towed to the Kaiserliche Werft Danzig shipyard for repairs . Since the owner of the tug , Edward Grycmacher , refused to sign the " Volksliste , " the unit was put up for sale and , in July 1940 , was acquired by the Gdansk shipowner Heinrich Gottemeyer . " Castor " then participated in towing barges on the Gdansk-Kaliningrad route , and by the end of the war , it found itself in Hamburg , where it was taken over by the British Tugboat Office in May 1945 .
The unit was located and identified by members of the Polish Maritime Mission , who secured its return from the British authorities . Devastated by the Germans , " Castor " was repaired under the supervision of its pre-war owner at a Hamburg shipyard . On 20 November 1946 , under the command of skipper Maksymilian Weese , it began its journey to Poland along inland waterways , towing the reclaimed barge " Maria , " which contained equipment from the Wolbrom Rubber Factory . On December 14 , the tug reached Ujscie , where it was officially handed over to Edward Grycmacher .
After its reclamation , the nationalization of " Castor " was considered , but due to the tugboat 's limited usefulness , it was returned to its owner , who registered the company under the name " S.S. CASTOR holownik , Edward Grycmacher , Gdynia , ul Polna 8 . " From 1947 , the unit operated within the Gdynia port area , servicing lighters and bunkering barges , towing barges loaded with scrap metal from the wreck of the battleship " Gneisenau , " and escorting fishing boats to refuel . From 1 May 1949 , the tugboat was chartered by the Block-Sped company , but after being damaged , the contract was terminated . From 1950 to 1953 , " Castor " remained idle in the Gdynia port , and during the winter of 1953 / 1954 , it was used as a source of central heating for the ship , anchored on the Motława river in Gdansk , serving as a restaurant . The owner attempted to sell the tugboat , but unsuccessfully . The unused unit deteriorated in the port until the owner 's death in 1958 , when his heirs handed it over to the Regional Scrap Yard , where " Castor " was cut up .
Raatiqah Tagodien
Raatiqah Tagodien is a South African politician and community activist who has been a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa since November 2024 , representing the Patriotic Alliance .
Tagodien is a community activist based in Pelican Park on the Cape Flats in Cape Town . She served as the vice chairperson of the school governing body of Blomvlei Primary School in Hanover Park . She unsuccessfully stood as the Patriotic Alliance ward councillor candidate in Ward 67 in the City of Cape Town during the 2016 municipal elections and the 2021 municipal elections . She was sworn in as a Patriotic Alliance councillor in November 2023 .
In October 2024 , the Patriotic Alliance reshuffled its parliamentary caucus which saw four Members of Parliament resign to make way for other party members to take up their seats . Tagodien was selected to become a Member of Parliament . She was sworn into office on 25 November 2024 .
Tagodien is a Muslim .
Harold Ramkissoon
Harold Ramkissoon ( April 14 , 1942 - November 15 , 2024 ) was a Trinidadian mathematician , academic , and science advocate known for his work in fluid dynamics . He served as Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at the University of the West Indies .
Harold Ramkissoon was born in Tabaquite , Trinidad , and grew up in Marabella . He attended Tabaquite RC Primary School and later Presentation College . In 1966 , he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from the University of the West Indies ( UWI ) . He completed a Master of Science in Mathematics at the University of Toronto in 1969 and a Ph.D. in applied mathematics at the University of Calgary in 1975 . His doctoral research focused on fluid dynamics , including micropolar fluids , and marangoni instabilities .
In 2019 , Ramkissoon received an honorary doctorate from the University of the West Indies and the Faculty of Science and Technology 's Lifetime Achievement Award .
Ramkissoon joined the University of the West Indies in 1976 as a lecturer in mathematics . He was promoted to senior lecturer in 1982 , reader in mathematics in 1990 , and , in 1998 , became the first West Indian to be appointed to a personal chair in mathematics at UWI . He retired in 2007 and was named professor emeritus .
He collaborated with institutions such as Cambridge University , the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Princeton University , and the Chinese Academy of Sciences . Ramkissoon authored over 85 peer-reviewed research papers and contributed to five books in applied mathematics .
Ramkissoon worked to advance science and technology in the Caribbean . He led the Caribbean Academy of Sciences ( 1994-1998 ) and the Caribbean Scientific Union ( 2002-2004 ) . He founded the Caribbean Congress of Fluid Dynamics and chaired regional scientific conferences . In 2014 , Ramkissoon was appointed Chair of the CARICOM Science and Technology ( S & T ) Committee , launched by Prime Minister Keith Mitchell of Grenada . From 2010 to 2013 , he served as an independent senator in the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago , advocating for policies supporting research and development . He also established the Trinidad and Tobago National Mathematics Olympiad to promote interest in mathematics and science among young people .
In 2017 , Harold Ramkissoon launched his autobiography , " My Journey , " in Trinidad and then in Guyana through events organized by the University of the West Indies , the University of Guyana and the Ministry of Education .
Ramkissoon was a founding member and president of the Caribbean Academy of Sciences . He held executive roles in organizations such as the InterAcademy Partnership and the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World ( TWAS ) . He participated in the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs , which received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1995 , and was a fellow of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts . He was also a corresponding member of science academies in Cuba and Venezuela .
Following Harold Ramkissoon 's death on November 15 , 2024 , the Office of the President of Trinidad and Tobago and the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago acknowledged his contributions and achievements on November 26 .
Ramkissoon received several awards for his contributions to education , including the Chaconia Gold Medal in 2000 , the Simon Bolivar Academic Gold Medal in 2001 , and the Caricom Science Award in 2006 . He was awarded honorary Doctor of Science degrees from the University of Technology , Jamaica , in 2011 , and the University of the West Indies , St. Augustine , in 2019 .
Ramkissoon was a recipient of fellowships from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and the Fulbright Foundation , and he was inducted into the CARISCIENCE Hall of Fame in 2015 .
Ramkissoon 's published works include :
Alaala : A Martial Law Special
Alaala : A Martial Law Special is a 2017 Filipino docudrama directed by Adolfo Alix Jr. and Rember Gelera . It stars Alden Richards as the lead role . The film is produced by GMA News ( now GMA Integrated News ) and GMA Public Affairs , in celebration of the 45th anniversary since former president Ferdinand Marcos 's declaration of martial law in 1973 .
The film was released on September 17 , 2017 on GMA Network 's Sunday Night Box Office .
Maddox Batson
Maddox Batson ( born 2009 ) is an American singer-songwriter , whose career began in 2023 and has spawned four singles .
Maddox Batson was born in Hermitage , Tennessee , and later moved to Birmingham , Alabama . In the summer of 2022 , he was diagnosed with Osgood-Schlatter disease , which hindered his ability to play sports . Instead , he began playing music with his father and posting clips to TikTok . One clip , a cover of " Dancing in the Sky " by Sam Barber posted in September of 2023 , went viral and garnered more than 1 million views . Maddox was discovered by record executives and managers , Eddie Franzoni and Nick Barr . He then began performing at his first concerts in 2023 . As his career took off , he switched to homeschooling .
In early 2024 , Batson released his debut single , " Tears in the River , " which entered the top 20 on Spotify 's US Viral 50 chart . The song went on to amass about twelve million global streams by the year 's end . His second single , " I Wanna Know , " was released in April 2024 and reached number 19 on YouTube 's Trending page . His third single , " X 's , " was released in September 2024 and has over 16 million global streams .
He is one of the youngest artists to sign with Warner Records in partnership with Prosper Entertainment . Following his record deal , he embarked on a sold-out headlining tour across the United States . In 2024 , he performed at CMA Fest and became the youngest artist to ever perform Whiskey Jam , filling the event to capacity .
He co-wrote the song " Tough " for Lana Del Rey and Quavo , inspired by his late grandfather and father , which charted on the US Billboard Hot 100 .
Batson has eclectic music tastes and cites George Strait , Michael Buble , Garth Brooks , Playboi Carti , and Frank Sinatra , among many others , as influences .
Holcomb York
Holcomb York was an American ice hockey Goaltender and coach . He led Yale 's varsity program for eight seasons , leading them to an intercollegiate championship in 1931 .
Holcomb York began attending Yale University in the fall of 1913 after graduating from Hotchkiss School . After playing on the school 's freshman ice hockey team in his first year , York joined the varsity squad and became the starting goaltender as a sophomore in the latter half of the year . He remained in goal for the following two seasons and was regarded as the best goaltender in the country at the time . After graduating , York remained in the area and would later join the university as an assistant coach , helping them capture two intercollegiate titles in the 1920s .
He returned for a third time in 1929 , taking over as the head coach for the first junior varsity team in school history . A year later , he accepted the head coaching position after the departure of Lawrence Noble . York inherited a program that had won back-to-back championships but had also lost several of its top players to graduation . Despite the inconvenience , he was able to lead the team to another championship in his first season , as well as an undefeated record against collegiate opponents . Yale remained one of the top college teams over the next several years but York was unable to win a second championship . In 1935-36 the team took a sudden turn downward and posted its first losing season in a decade . The succeeding two years saw only modest improvements and rumors began to swirl about York 's job .
Even after winning the big three title by downing Harvard and Princeton , the school was unhappy with the state of the team , though he remained popular with the players and the student body . Immediately after the season , Malcolm Farmer , chairman of the athletic association , announced that he was hiring former NHLer Murray Murdoch as the team 's assistant coach . At the time , Farmer insisted that that the school was not putting any pressure on York to resign but also that they believed York 's real estate business in the Virgin Islands may cause the coach to be called away from the team in future years . Less than a month after that announcement , York abruptly resigned as head coach . The New York Herald Tribune had reported that York had been given an ultimatum that if he did not resign , he would be reassigned to an advisory role without pay . The article expressed the belief that Murdoch had been given prior assurances that he would be head coach by the start of the following season . Farmer denied the accusations .
Chocobar Cortes
Chocobar Cortes is a restaurant brand originating in San Juan , Puerto Rico , that integrates chocolate into a variety of sweet and savory dishes . Founded in 2013 as an extension of the Chocolate Cortes manufacturing company , it has expanded to include a location in The Bronx .
Chocobar Cortes is a restaurant brand with origins in San Juan , Puerto Rico . It is an extension of Chocolate Cortes , a chocolate manufacturing company with factories in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic . The restaurants incorporate chocolate into a variety of sweet and savory dishes .
The menu includes items such as grilled cheese sandwiches made with chocolate butter , chocolate ketchup for curly fries , steaks with a chocolate rub , and croquettes with a chocolate dipping sauce . Additionally , it includes a range of hot chocolates , Bloody Marys with chocolate bitters , and chocolate guacamole served with avocado toast . A traditional Puerto Rican pairing of hot chocolate with cheddar cheese is also available . Specialty items include chalupitas de mofongo , stuffed with pork and topped with chocolate chili sauce .
Chocobar Cortes was established in 2013 in San Juan by Elaine Shehab , who conceptualized the integration of chocolate into a restaurant setting . This initiative was supported by the Cortes family , which has operated its chocolate business for four generations . The Old San Juan location was later followed by the opening of a restaurant in the South Bronx , New York City , in December 2021 . This expansion aimed to connect with the Puerto Rican and Dominican communities in the area and was led by Carlos Cortes , the creative director of Chocolate Cortes .
The menu design and the restaurant 's ambiance incorporate elements of Puerto Rican culture and colonial architecture . The South Bronx location adopted influences from Old San Juan 's aesthetic , including checkered floors and arched details .
Chocobar Cortes has received attention for its approach to incorporating chocolate into diverse cuisines . Critics have noted the uniqueness of dishes like the chocolate grilled cheese and the combination of sweet and savory flavors . The Bronx location has been described as evoking nostalgia among patrons who associate the brand with family traditions and childhood experiences .
The reception to specific menu items has been mixed , with some dishes , such as the chocolate ketchup , eliciting polarized reactions . Nevertheless , the restaurant has been recognized as a bridge between cultural traditions and modern culinary experimentation .
Michael Bradshaw
Michael Bradshaw may refer to :
U.A.B.J. Oaxaca
U.A.B.J. is a Mexican professional football club based in the city of Oaxaca , it competes in liga mayor Oaxaca , a regional league in the state of Oaxaca . It was founded in 1975 . The club represents the Universidad Autonoma Benito Juarez de Oaxaca . Its activities began in the Tercera Division de Mexico but has yet to reach the Liga MX .
U.A.B.J. Oaxaca was founded in 1975 by Julio Ortiz Diaz and took part of the 1975-76 Tercera Division tournament . Its first game was at home against S.U.O.O. that ended in a 1-1 draw . That first year , after 22 games that club had a good season but finished just one point behind S.U.O.O. to advance to the playoff series . During the 1976-77 season the club had its first struggles and finished mid table ; this was one reason why the club ended up going on a two-year hiatus . The club finally returned during the 1979-80 season where they finished 8th at the lower part of group 1 centro .
During the 1980-81 tournoment , the club failed to qualify to the final phase , finishing at the bottom of the table . They went on to struggle for the 1981-82 season , where after 30 games they were among the worst teams that year .
For the 1982-83 season the Mexican federation created the Mexico Segunda Division B which was a buffer league between the second and third Division in Mexican football . During that year U.A.B.J. was invited by this newly created league and thus earning a promotion to 2nd B. The club went on to win group 4 , with 54 point which along with Irapuato , Lobos Tlaxcala y Uruapan move on the playoff series . During this stage the club finished third and failed to advance to the final . At the end of that season , club Club Jaiba Brava who played in the Segunda Division A folded and its place was taken by U.A.B.J. thus earning its promotion to Mexico 's 2nd tier football league at the time .
For the 1983-84 during its first year in the 2nd division , the club struggled to keep up with this division clubs who were better established and run ; the end of the season saw U.A.B.J. lose relegation and it was sent back to the segunda B after just one year .
The 1984-85 season was its last season playing under the name U.A.B.J .. The club went on to win 54 which qualified them to the playoff rounds along with Lobos Tlaxcala , Pumas E.N.E.P. and Bachilleres . After this season the club went on to play under the name of Oaxaca B .
For the 1985-86 season as Oaxaca B the club took part in group B alongside Cachorros Neza , Orizaba , Galicia and Mtz. de la Torre where after 36 the club finished last wining just four games which caused their relegation to the third Division . After this season , the club went into hiatus throughout the 1980s .
In recent years the club has participated in the Liga mayor Oaxaca 's focus on developing young football players from the state of Oaxaca to help them to ease their transition in to the Mexican professional leagues since the early 2000s .
Vacationland Conference
The Vacationland Conference is a former high school athletic conference with its membership roster concentrated in south central Wisconsin . A relatively short-lived conference , the Vacationland was founded in 1966 and disbanded in 1970 , and all members were part of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association .
The Vacationland Conference was originally formed in 1966 by a group of five small high schools in south central Wisconsin : Adams-Friendship , New Lisbon , Royall , Tri-County and Westfield . Three of the conference 's charter members were formerly in the Central Lakes Conference ( Adams-Friendship , Tri-County and Westfield ) and two came from the Scenic Central Conference ( New Lisbon and Royall ) . Nekoosa and Wautoma later joined from the South Central and Central Wisconsin Conferences , respectively . Efforts to find an eighth member ended in vain , and the Vacationland Conference began the 1966-67 school year with seven schools . They formed a stable membership roster during the conference 's run , but ultimately it would be brief as the Vacationland Conference was realigned out of existence in 1970 . New Lisbon and Royall rejoined the Scenic Central Conference , and four schools were dispersed to other conferences . Nekoosa joined the Marawood Conference , Tri-County became a charter member of the Central State Conference , Wautoma reentered the Central Wisconsin Conference and Westfield went to the Dual County Conference . Adams-Friendship was left without a conference for the 1970-71 school year but was invited to join the South Central Conference in 1971 .
Nikon Nikkor Z 85 mm f / 1.2 S
The Nikon Nikkor Z 85 mm S is a full-frame short-telephoto prime lens manufactured by Nikon for use on Nikon Z-mount mirrorless cameras .
On January 5 , 2023 , Nikon announced the development of the lens ( besides the development of Nikkor Z 26 mm as well ) . This lens was released on February 7 , 2023 . The lens comes with a bayonet-type lens hood ( HB-106 ) .
The lens achieved a DXOMark score of 55 , the highest score among all tested lenses as of December 2024 ( on par with the Nikkor Z 58 mm S Noct and Sigma 50 mm DG DN Art for Sony E-mount ) .
The lens was awarded with the " TIPA World Awards 2023 " in category Best Portrait Lens , the " EISA Portrait Lens 2023-2024 " award and the Japan Institute of Design Promotion " Good Design 2023 " award .
Betty Cordon
Betty Green Cordon Silver ( July 14 , 1923 - May 17 , 2012 ) was an American debutante , socialite , and philanthropist . She was a leading debutante in North Carolina and member of New York City 's cafe society who was dubbed " New York 's Number One Glamour Girl " by Sherman Billingsley , the owner of the Stork Club , in 1941 , and the " Nation 's Number One Debutante " by the " The Wilmington Star " in 1942 . During World War II , she volunteered with the American Women 's Voluntary Services and was featured in advertisement campaigns for Woodbury Soap Company . In 1956 , Cordon was named " Woman of the Year " by the Association of Junior Leagues of America .
Cordon was born on July 14 , 1923 in Roanoke Rapids , North Carolina , to Elizabeth Cordon and Robert Windley Cordon and grew up in Wilmington , North Carolina . She later moved with her parents to New York City , where they lived at 1070 Park Avenue . Cordon was the great-granddaughter of Rev. Robert Bowen Windley , an Episcopal priest who served as the rector at Zion Episcopal Church in Washington , North Carolina . She was descended from American Revolutionary War General Nathanael Greene and from William Cordon , a colonial planter who received a land grant in the Province of Carolina from the Lords Proprietor in 1729 .
She was educated at the Cathedral School of Saint Mary , an Episcopal all-girls school in Garden City , Long Island , graduating in 1941 .
Cordon was a prominent debutante in her youth . She was presented to society at the North Carolina Debutante Ball in 1941 , the last year that the ball was held until after the end of World War II . Her parents hosted a coming out party for her at their Park Avenue home on December 7 , 1941 . She attended the Debutante Assemblies at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel on January 1 , 1942 and served as Chairwoman of the debutante committee of the Daughters of the American Revolution 's annual ball . Cordon was dubbed as New York City 's " Number One Glamour Girl " following her selection by Sherman Billingsley , owner of Manhattan 's Stork Club , in 1941 as a " debutante in residence " for his nightclub . From 1941 to 1942 , she was the lead debutante on the New York social scene and part of the young cafe society . Cordon was also a popular society figure at Wrightsville Beach , where her family summered . As a prominent society figure during the war , she trained as a volunteer nurse 's aid and was active in voluntary war efforts including the American Women 's Voluntary Services , the Child Education Foundation , and modeled in advertisements for the Woodbury Soap Company .
Cordon married Pvt. Robert Sutton Saalfield Jr . , a graduate of The Hill School and Princeton University and member of the United States Army Air Corps , on March 23 , 1942 . They had four children , Robert III , Betty , Windley , and David . They lived Akron , Ohio and later divorced .
In 1952 , she served as a bridal attendant at the wedding of her sister , Mary Windley Cordon , and Kenneth Byron Walker at Christ Church United Methodist in New York City .
She later married again , in 1978 , to Frank Fordyce Silver , and moved to St. Simons Island , Georgia in 1982 .
Cordon served as a trustee and board president of Akron Children 's Hospital , served as a committee member of Akron University 's endowment board , and founded the Women 's Board of the Stan Hywet Hall Foundation . She served as president of the Junior League 's chapters in Akron and in Pittsburgh . In 1956 , she was awarded " Woman of the Year " by the National Junior League . While living in Akron , she worked in real estate .
In St. Simons , she was a member of the Cassina Garden Club and one of the founders of the Golden Isles Duplicate Bridge Club .
She died on May 17 , 2012 . Her funeral was held on June 20 , 2012 at Christ Episcopal Church .
Good People ( Belgian TV series )
Good People or Des gens bien is a 2022 Belgian television crime drama , comedy series . Its six episodes were broadcast from 23 October 2022 on La Une . It was created , written and directed by Stephane Bergmans , and . It was produced by Helicotronc , RTBF , Arte , Unite and Proximus . Action is set in mid-2022 in the fictitious border towns of Juvin ( Belgium ) and Ressac ( France ) , and the surrounding areas . " Good People " stars Lucas Meister as a policeman , Tom who stages a car accident , which supposedly killed his wife , Linda ( Berangere McNeese ) . It was broadcast in France via Arte from 13 April 2023 . The series won the Grand Prix for TV series at the 2023 . In late April 2023 series creators Donck , Bergmans and d 'Aoust confirmed that a second season was being prepared . Season one was streamed in Australia on SBS-TV 's On Demand from 13 April 2023 .
Tom and Linda live in the small Belgian town of Juvin . Tom 's a policeman and Linda runs a tanning salon . They struggle financially and have missed loan repayments . Linda wants to improve her business . While drunk , Linda practices archery and inadvertently kills Carole , an apparently homeless woman , with an arrow . To dispose of Carole 's corpse and solve their financial worries , Tom and Linda stage a single vehicle collision . They choose a dangerous stretch of road in France 's nearby Ressac region . The couple enlist Linda 's criminal cousin , Serge to assist . Carole 's corpse is placed in their car 's front passenger seat , Tom pushes it down a ravine and then sets it alight . Linda hides out in Tom 's sister , Corinne 's cabin . Meanwhile Tom deceives people into believing that Linda accidentally died .
Tom waits to collect Linda 's life insurance payout . His most ardent supporters are Ressac 's police major , Roger and evangelical church leader , Pastor Bruno . Linda 's former lover , Phillippe becomes suspicious of Tom , but cannot convince his colleague Stephane or their boss Roger that Tom killed Linda . Tom 's colleague Joseph hungers for an exciting case instead of mundane speed cameras . Local wastrel and drug-user Pierrot reports his girlfriend , Carole 's kidnapping by " snake man . " Initially , Joseph dismisses Pierrot 's claims as drug-related delusions . Roger determines " Linda " s death was accidental - no autopsy . Tom has the corpse quickly cremated . Phillippe follows Tom to the cabin , where he sees Linda alive , but Phillippe has a heart attack and dies . Serge discovers Phillippe 's corpse and shifts it into the man 's car , placing heart pills next to it .
Jed Snowden
Jed Snowden ( born 15 August 2001 ) is a field hockey goalkeeper from Australia .
Jed Snowden was born and raised in Melbourne , Victoria . He is a scholarship holder at the Victorian Institute of Sport .
Snowden currently plays club hockey for Essendon Hockey Club in the Hockey Victoria Premier League competition . At national level , he represents Adelaide Fire in the Liberty Hockey One League .
Snowden was a member of the Australian Youth Squad at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires .
In 2022 , Snowden made his junior international debut . He was a member of the silver medal winning Australian U-21 side , the Burras , at the 2022 Sultan of Johor Cup in Johor Bahru . Later that year he represented the team again , winning gold at the Junior Oceania Cup in Canberra .
Following an overhaul of the national squad following the 2024 Summer Olympics , Snowden was named in the Kookaburras squad for the first time . He will make his senior international debut during season six of the FIH Pro League .
Danny Snell
Danny Snell ( born December 20 , 1953 ) is an American former professional stock car racing driver who competed in the NASCAR Goody 's Dash Series from 1990 to 2003 .
Snell has previously competed in the IPOWER Dash Series .
Schlosspark Gotha
The Schlosspark Gotha is the park and gardens originally attached to the Schloss Friedenstein in the German city of Gotha . It covers 37 hectares , making it one of the country 's largest parks . To the Schloss ' south is one of the oldest landscape gardens outside the United Kingdom , first designed in 1765 .
Whilst a guest of Prince August of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg between 1775 and 1801 , the poet and writer Goethe was a frequent visitor to the park . The Schlosspark was voted the fourth most beautiful park in central Germany by Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk listeners . The English Garden in particular is noted for its old trees , including 500-year-old oaks . The park 's overall history was explored in the temporary exhibition " Gotha - im Reich der Gottin Freiheit " at the Museum of Nature Gotha in 2007 during the Gotha Garden Summer festival held that year .
The Schloss and its ' Schlosswallgarten ' ( Palace Walled Garden ) were first built by Duke Ernest I ( the Pious ) of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg in 1643-1648 . The latter was intended to supply the ducal kitchen as well as provide recreation space for the duke and his family
The so-called castle wall garden , which was created at that time , served to supply the ducal kitchen and for the recreation of the ducal family . It was rectangular and provided space for numerous potted plants at the north end , whilst at the south end herb beds were laid out , separated from each other by hedges of currants , roses and gooseberries . The flower beds contained lilies , daffodils , hyacinths , crocuses , irises , hemerocallis and tulips and served as a status symbol for the duke . This garden existed until around 1772 and was transformed when the city of Gotha was dismantled .
The Großen Kuchengarten ( Great Kitchen Garden ) was also built by Ernest I in the area between what is now Park-Allee and the Leinakanal which in the 14th century had been built to link Schonau and Gotha and supply the water-poor latter city with water from the Thuringian forests . This garden contained citrus plants in pots , with the chief gardener housed to the south in the Pomeranzenhaus , and survived until 1864 , when the Ducal Museum began to be built on part of its site , with the rest soon afterwards covered by the Tannengarten ( Fir Garden ) .
A Barockgarten ( Baroque Garden ) was added in 1708-1711 on the construction of the Schloss Friedrichsthal by Frederick II , Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg to the east , outside the former ramparts of the city . It consisted of decorative flowerbeds , topiary and hedges . The main axis was laid out in a west-east direction and ended in the so-called Ehrenhof ( courtyard of honor ) . In the centre was a large fountain . The park 's borders consisted of several rows of tree-lined avenues . From the last decade of the 19th century , the Baroque garden was built over with government buildings ( the Ducal District and Regional Court in 1894-1896 , followed by the Ducal Revenue Office in 1906-1908 ) .
Mitsubishi Ki-73
The Mitsubishi Ki-73 , Allied reporting name " Steve , " was a single-engine super high-speed long-range escort fighter designed by Mitsubishi Aircraft Company for use by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service in World War II . The plane only reached the partially prototype development before being abandoned and cancelled . The design and the developed prototype was built as a response to a specification for a single-engined long range escort fighter in May 1943 . The Ki-73 was designed by Tomio Kubo , who was also responsible for the Mitsubishi Ki-46 and the Mitsubishi Ki-83 twin engine fighters . The need for the Ki-73 came from heavy loses to Japanese bombers in the Pacific War from Allied fighter planes . The war ended on 2 September 1945 , before any farther development was completed on the Ki-73 .
The Mitsubishi Ki-73 was a standard monoplane design with a tail dragger configuration . The Ki-73 was designed with contra-rotating propellers , using two three bladed propellers . The two propellers were driven by a Mitsubishi Ha-203-II engine . The super speed Mitsubishi Ha-203-II engine had 2,600 hp derived from a liquid-cooled engine with 24 cylinders in a horizontal H. The high power engine would have given the plane a top speed of 750 km / h ( 466 MPH ) . The plane would have four Ho-5 cannons , two per wing . The Mitsubishi Ha-203-II engine had many problems in development . This complex type engine with two 12 inline cylinders in a horizontal H configuration was successfully built by D. Napier & Son in the Napier Sabre engine and used in the British Hawker Typhoon and Hawker Tempest during the war . Due to the Mitsubishi Ha-203-II engine development problems , Tomio Kubo departed the Ki-73 project and worked on the twin engine Ki-83 , which reached the complete prototype stage , but was not produced . The Mitsubishi Ki-73 was given an Allied code name " Steve . " The United States Army gave the plane the code name as captured documents made its development seen to be near completion .
Kinza ( name )
Kinza is a given name and surname . Notable people with the name include :
Balbriggan Lifeboat Station
Balbriggan Lifeboat Station was located latterly under the railway arches on Quay Street , in Balbriggan , a town in Fingal , historically County Dublin , on the east coast of Ireland .
A lifeboat station was first established at Balbriggan in 1875 by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution ( RNLI ) .
Balbriggan Lifeboat Station was closed in 1898 .
Ever since its founding in 1824 , the Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck ( RNIPLS ) , later to become the RNLI in 1854 , would award medals for deeds of gallantry at sea , even if no lifeboats were involved . When the barque " Young England " of Glasgow was wrecked on Carabates Rocks near Balbriggan coastguard station , on 14 November 1852 , whilst on passage from Singapore to Liverpool , Chief Officer William Barrett , H.M. Coastguard , Balbriggan , along with his son William , and the Rev. Alexander Synge , were instrumental in the rescue of 16 of the 18 crew . All three were awarded the RNIPLS Silver Medal .
On the 27 February 1875 , the barque " Bell Hill " was wrecked at Balbriggan , on passage from Liverpool to Valparaiso . An RNLI lifeboat had been stationed at since 1854 . It is not known if the lifeboat , stationed just away , was ever summoned . 24 of the 25 crew of the " Bell Hill " were lost .
The wreck of the " Bell Hill " prompted the placement of a lifeboat at Balbriggan. a 30-foot self-righting ' Pulling and Sailing ' ( P & S ) lifeboat , one with sails and 6-oars , which was dispatched to Balbriggan in November 1875 , arriving on station on 23 December 1875 , along with its transporting carriage . A new boathouse was constructed , in the shadow of the Balbriggan Martello tower , complete with slipway . The lifeboat had been provided by the gift of Mrs Langworthy of Manchester , and in accordance with her wishes , was named " Maid of Annan . "
Two further lifeboats would be sent to Balbriggan . In 1883 , a slightly older lifeboat , but 2-foot longer , was placed at the station . The RNLI received a further gift of £ 1000 from Mrs Langworthy , and the boat , formerly at , was renamed " Maid of Annan . " The third and final lifeboat to be placed at Balbriggan , arrived on station in 1889 . Newly built in 1889 , the lifeboat was again slightly longer , at 34-feet . Funded once again by Mrs Langworthy , it was also named " Maid of Annan " ( ON 246 ) .
An imposing granite new boathouse was constructed in 1889 , to house the larger 34-foot lifeboat . The building was constructed underneath one of the 11 railway arches of the Dublin and Drogheda Railway , which by then had become the Great Northern Railway ( Ireland ) .
At the Annual General Meeting of the RNLI , held at St. Martin 's Town Hall , Charing Cross Road , on Saturday , 18 March 1899 , it was announced that Balbriggan lifeboat had been withdrawn .
The fine granite built lifeboat house under the railway still stands . The first boathouse also exists , but in a derelict state . Both are currently under redevelopment as part of a € 15 million regeneration scheme . The lifeboat on station ( ON 246 ) , was withdrawn from service , and later broken up .
The following are awards made at Balbriggan .
Women 's Writing in Colombia
Women 's Writing in Colombia : An Alternative History is a 2016 monograph by Cherilyn Elston , a scholar and translator at the University of Reading . Based on her doctoral thesis , the book surveys writing by Colombian women since the 1970s .
It won the Latin American Studies Association 's Montserrat Ordonez prize in 2018 . It was positively reviewed in the " Bulletin of Spanish Studies , " " Tulsa Studies in Women 's Literature , " and " Perifrasis . "
La Factoria ( bar )
La Factoria is a bar located in Old San Juan , Puerto Rico , established in 2013 by Leslie Cofresi , Roberto Berdecia , and Pablo Rodriguez . The bar features a network of seven interconnected spaces offering craft cocktails , tapas , and a variety of music and atmospheres .
La Factoria is a bar located at the intersection of Calle San Sebastian and Calle San Jose in Old San Juan , Puerto Rico . The venue is unmarked and appears inconspicuous during the day . It features a series of interconnected spaces with different themes , decor , and atmospheres . The interior includes rustic walls , vintage records , bicycles as decorations , string lights , and open windows facing the cobblestone streets .
La Factoria contains seven distinct areas , each offering a combination of music and beverages . Some sections are designed for intimate gatherings , while others include larger rooms with dance floors . It has a smaller wine-focused bar and speakeasy accessible through a concealed orange door .
La Factoria offers a cocktail menu emphasizing house-made ingredients and reinterpretations of traditional drinks . Examples include the Lavender mule , which incorporates homemade ginger beer and lavender syrup , and the Spiced old fashioned , which uses aged rum and spiced bitters . Additional offerings include El Peligroso , prepared with citrus , Campari , and Barrilito rum .
The bar also provides a selection of tapas curated by chef Franco Buso , such as pizzettas , sliders , and tacos . A wine-based cocktail menu is available in one of the venue 's specialized bars .
La Factoria was founded in 2013 by Leslie Cofresi , Roberto Berdecia , and Pablo Rodriguez . The bar occupies the location of a former establishment , Hijos del Borinquen , which was part of the local nightlife during the 1980s and 1990s . Cofresi and Berdecia , both bartenders , selected the site for its historical significance and potential as a venue for cocktails and nightlife .
The bar 's concept included cocktails and an adaptable interior that allowed for different experiences in its various sections . La Factoria gained international recognition after its inclusion on the World 's 50 Best Bars list in 2014 , shortly after being named a " Bar to Watch . " Over the years , the venue expanded to include additional spaces within the original location .
The bar received further attention in 2017 when it appeared in the music video for " Despacito " by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee , filmed partially within the establishment .
La Factoria has been included on the World 's 50 Best Bars list multiple times , ranking 32nd in 2019 . The bar has been recognized for its combination of cocktails , ambiance , and representation of Puerto Rican culture . It attracts both local patrons and international visitors .
La Factoria has influenced the cocktail industry through Licoreria Miramar , a supply business established by Cofresi to provide ingredients and materials to other bars .
Clodumar
Clodumar is a surname . Notable people with the surname include :
Song Kuk-hyang
Song Kuk-hyang ( born 1 February 2001 ) is a North Korean weightlifter . She won the gold medal in the women 's 76kg event at the 2024 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bahrain . She also won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou , China .
In 2018 , she competed in the girls ' 63kg event at the Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires , Argentina . She did not complete a successful Snatch and she did not compete in the Clean & Jerk .
She won the gold medal in the women 's 71kg event at the 2024 Asian Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent , Uzbekistan . She set a new world record of 154kg in the Clean & Jerk .
Lee Dong-chae
Lee Dong-chae ( ; born December 10 , 1959 ) is a South Korean businessman . The founder and largest shareholder ( 18.83 % ) of the company , he is among the richest people in South Korea . In December 2024 , Forbes estimated his net wealth at US $ 1.7 billion and ranked the 16th richest person in the county .
Lee was born on December 10 , 1959 in Pohang , South Korea as the second of eight children ( all sisters , except for him ) . He graduated from and Yeungnam University with a major in business administration . He worked at and Samsung Electronics , then became certified as a Certified Public Accountant . In 1998 , he founded the predecessor to Eco Pro ( ) ; it changed names to Eco Pro in 2001 . The company began trading battery precursors in 2004 , and this arm of the business soon grew to become one of its most significant . In 2007 , the company was listed on the KOSDAQ stock exchange .
He stepped down as CEO of the company in March 2022 and made an advisor , admist allegations of and investigations into his insider trading . On May 11 , 2023 , he was found guilty of insider trading valued at ₩ 1.1 billion , fined ₩ 2.2 billion and a surcharge of ₩ 1.1 billion , and sentenced to 15 months in prison . He appealed the verdict , but the Supreme Court rejected his appeal . After serving around half his sentence , he received a special pardon and was released from prison in August 2024 . He then returned to his advisory role to the company .
In December 2024 , months after his release from prison , Eco Pro began to be investigated for allegations of having a slush fund for the purpose of tax avoidance .
He is married to Kim Ae-hee ( ) , with whom he has a son , Lee Seung-hwan ( ; born 1989 ) , and a daughter , Lee Yeon-su ( ; born 1991 ) . Both his children graduated from Yonsei University and are executives at Eco Pro .
Mike Watts ( racing driver )
Mike Watts ( born October 18 , 1956 ) is an American former professional stock car racing driver who has competed in the NASCAR Busch Series and the NASCAR Goody 's Dash Series .
Watts has also previously competed in the Southeast Limited Late Model Series Challenger Division , the Rolling Thunder Modifieds Series , the DIRTcar Nationals , the IPOWER Dash Series and the ISCARS Dash Series .
Mestre Vieira
Joaquim de Lima Vieira , better known as Mestre Vieira ( October 29 , 1934 - February 2 , 2018 ) , was a Brazilian musician and instrumentalist , creator of the guitarrada , a musical genre that was the precursor to lambada .
Joaquim de Lima Vieira was born on October 29 , 1934 , in Barcarena , Para , the son of the Portuguese Zacarias Pinto Vieira and the Para native Sophia Rosa de Lima Vieira . As a child , he accompanied his older brothers who played in samba circles .
At the age of 5 , he learned to play the banjo and , at 14 , the bandolim , even winning a competition for Best Soloist in Para , at Radio Clube , in Belem . Later , Vieira also learned to play the cavaquinho and guitar . At this time , in the early 1960s , he formed his first regional group . In the second half of the 1960s , he discovered the electric guitar , having included it in his group that was named Os Dinamicos .
In 1978 , his group , which was already called Vieira e Seu Conjunto , released the LP " Lambadas das Quebradas , " continuing to release more LPs until 1991 .
In 2003 , Vieira reappears on the music scene with Os Mestres da Guitarrada , a project resulting from the research of musician , researcher and music producer Pio Lobato . In 2008 , he recorded and released a new CD , " Guitarrada Magnetica , " resuming his solo career . In 2012 , he recorded the DVD " Mestre Vieira 50 Anos de Guitarrada , " live at Theatro da Paz , and in 2015 , the CD " Guitarreiro do Mundo . "
He received the Order of Cultural Merit in 2008 from the Ministry of Culture for his outstanding service to Brazilian culture .
Mestre Vieira died on February 2 , 2018 in Barcarena , at the age of 83 , a victim of prostate cancer .
Gmina Jastarnia
Gmina Jastarnia is an urban and rural municipality ( ) in Pomeranian Voivodeship , Poland , within Puck County , on the Hel Peninsula . Its seat of government is in the town of Jastarnia . It has an area of 7.8 km , and in 2021 , it had a population of 3,554 people .
On 1 January 1973 , the urban-type settlement of Jastarnia received the statues of the town , and became an urban municipality . On 1 January 2017 , it was changed to an urban and rural municipality , after villages of Kuznica and Jurata were separated from the town .
The steat of its government is located in the town of Jastarnia . It also includes villages of Kuznica and Jurata . With the area of 7.8 km , it is the smallest urban and rular municipality in the country . It is governed by the municipal council with 15 members .
In 2021 , the municipality was inhabited by 3,554 people , which was 3.96 % of the population of the county . 54.7 % of its population were Kashubian , and 23.6 % spoke Kashubian language . In 2002 , it had the largest percentage population of Kashubians out of all municipalities in Poland .
William H. Diers
William Henry Diers ( born Ulysses , Nebraska , May 27 , 1890 ; died Lincoln , Nebraska , May 2 , 1982 ) was an American Democratic party politician , businessman , and public servant . He served as Speaker of the unicameral Nebraska legislature in 1939 .
Diers was the son of Martha ( Barnes ) Diers ( 1862-1931 ) and Herman Diers ( 1860-1926 ) , a banker and general store owner from Gresham , Nebraska . Herman served in the Nebraska House of Representatives 1901-1903 and the Nebraska Senate 1909-1911 . William 's younger brother Herbert Kenneth Diers ( 1896-1975 ) served five terms in the unicameral Nebraska Legislature ( 1950-1956 , 1958-1962 ) . William graduated from York High School in York , Nebraska and attended the University of Nebraska 1909-1911 . He and his brother continued to operate the family store following their father 's death in 1926 .
A Democrat , William was elected to the Nebraska House in 1933 and 1935 . The Nebraska legislature became unicameral with the 1936 elections , and he was elected in 1936 and 1938 . In the 1939 session he was elected Speaker .