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Joseph Mermans (16 February 1922 in Merksem – 20 January 1996 in Wildert), usually referred to as Jef Mermans (nicknamed "The Bomber") was a football striker from Belgium, who played much of his career at Anderlecht, with whom he won seven Belgian Championship titles and finished top scorer of this competition three times. He played 399 games and scored 367 goals in the first division, making him Anderlecht's all time topscorer. Mermans played 56 matches with the Belgium national football team, 2 of which were in the 1954 FIFA World Cup. He is also the 4th top scorer ever for the Belgium national team with 27 goals. Early career In the early 1930s, the young Mermans, along with a couple of friends, could not afford to become members of FC Antwerp. Eventually, the boys tried their luck at Tubantia F.A.C. (a small club in the Antwerp suburb) and forced themselves into the youth team. Five years later, Mermans entered the first team. His progress caught the attention of the federal coach and Jef was selected for a Belgium B squad match against Luxembourg in January 1939. At this point, he received a proposal to play in the Beerschot team twice in two years, but Tubantia Borgerhout refused. A member of the Anderlecht staff arrived at Borgerhout in 1942 with a blank check that was filled in with the record sum of 125,000 Belgian francs in a quarter of an hour. Anderlecht career On his arrival at Anderlecht, the Championship was quite erratic due to the World War II, but he helped Anderlecht in becoming a regular team. In 1947, Mermans was the key player in the conquest of the first Anderlecht title in first division as he scored 38 goals (succeeding to Bert De Cleyn as top scorer). He was top European goalscorer of the season 1949-1950 netted 37 goals. At the peak of his career, Anderlecht received offers from A.S. Roma, Torino Calcio, Atalanta Bergamo, Real Madrid, S.S. Lazio and Atlético Madrid but refused them all. Late career In 1957, the Bomber, as he was called for his powerful strikes, left Anderlecht for the small K. Olse Merksem club in his native town. With him, the club promoted from 3rd to 2nd division and even finished 4th in 1960 for its first season at this level. Later on, the club was renamed Olse Mermans to celebrate the player. Honours Player RSC Anderlecht Belgian First Division: 1946–47, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1955–56 Individual Belgian First Division top scorer: 1946–47 (39 goals), 1947–48 (23 goals), 1949–50 (37 goals) Belgian Golden Shoe: 2nd (1954), 3rd (1955) Belgian Golden Shoe of the 20th Century (1995): 9th place Jef Mermansstadion in Merksem. See also List of men's footballers with 500 or more goals References 1922 births 1996 deaths Belgian men's footballers Belgium men's international footballers 1954 FIFA World Cup players Men's association football forwards R.S.C. Anderlecht players Belgian Pro League players People from Merksem Footballers from Antwerp
Halictus tripartitus is a species of sweat bee in the family Halictidae. References Further reading tripartitus Articles created by Qbugbot Insects described in 1895
Torita Blake (born 5 July 1995) is an Indigenous Australian athlete. She represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in athletics and won a bronze medal at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships. She represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics in athletics. She competed as Torita Isaac up until 2016. Personal Blake was born on 5 July 1995 in Moree, New South Wales. She is from Logan, Queensland. She was born with cerebral palsy, is blind in her right eye and has only 10% minimised vision in her left. She has fractured her legs eleven times. She has broken both arms falling off a horse. Blake is an Indigenous woman from the Dunghutti Aboriginal people. Blake is an ambassador for the Raise the Bar Academy, a program run by Athletics Australia and Melbourne University, for indigenous secondary school students. She said "I've always wanted to inspire and show my heritage off. I'd like to be a mentor to indigenous kids and also kids with disability in sports. I want to represent Australia, but also my community and my culture. If I can show young indigenous kids you can do something, that nothing can stop you, then that's extra special for me." Athletics Isaac first joined an athletics club in 2011, and specialises in sprints. She has been classified as a T13 before being reclassified to T38. She is a former member of Jimboomba Athletics Club. Isaac competed in the 2012 Sydney Track Classic, 2012 Brisbane Track Classic and the 2012 Adelaide Track Classic. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics, she finished seventh in the 100 m T38, seventh in the 200 m T38 and fourth in the 4 × 100 m Relay T35-38event. Competing at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon, she finished seventh in both the Women's 100m and 200m T38. At the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, she won a bronze medal in the Women's 400m T38. At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, her aim was to receive a podium finish although unfortunately missed out placing 4th overall in the 400 m T38 event with a time of 1:04.47 At the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships in London, England, she won a bronze medal in the Women's 400m T38 and finished seventh in the Women's 200m T38. She is coached by Wayne Leaver in Brisbane. References External links Torita Blake at Australian Athletics Historical Results Paralympic athletes for Australia Living people 1995 births Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Indigenous Australian Paralympians Cerebral Palsy category Paralympic competitors Australian blind people Australian female sprinters 21st-century Australian women 21st-century Australian people Sportspeople from Logan, Queensland Sportswomen from Queensland
The Hungry Actors is a 1915 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. Cast Roy Stewart Jane Novak Harold Lloyd Neely Edwards Violet MacMillan Martha Mattox Bobby Vernon See also Harold Lloyd filmography External links 1915 films 1915 comedy films Silent American comedy films American black-and-white films Films directed by Hal Roach 1915 short films American silent short films American comedy short films 1910s American films 1910s English-language films
The Women's 50 metre butterfly competition of the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 8 and 9 December 2016. Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Results Heats The heats were held at 09:51. Semifinals The semifinals were held at 19:15. Semifinal 1 Semifinal 2 Final The final was held at 18:37. References Women's 50 metre butterfly
During the 1999–2000 English football season, Millwall F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division, the third tier of English football. Season summary Millwall had a good season and finished fifth in the Second Division, qualifying for the play-offs, but were beaten in the semi-finals by Wigan Athletic 1–0 on aggregate. The club also saw failure in both domestic cup competitions, being eliminated from both in the first round. Final league table Players First-team squad Left club during season Notes References External links Official Website Sky Sports BBC Football 1999–2000 Millwall
Scaptomyza adusta is a species of fruit fly in the family Drosophilidae. It is found in Europe. References External links Drosophilidae Articles created by Qbugbot Insects described in 1862
A.M. Kroop and Sons, Inc. was a riding boot store and manufacturer located in Laurel, Maryland. The business opened in 1925 and crafted boots for many notable jockeys including George Woolf of Seabiscuit fame. History Adolph Michael Kroop immigrated to New York from Latvia in 1907 and later relocated to Maryland. He learned boot making from his father who had crafted boots for the Russian army. Adolph opened shops in Ellicott City and Baltimore before opening the Laurel shop in 1925. A. M. Kroop and Sons proximity to Laurel Park Race Track made it popular with jockeys. Notable customers included jockeys Eddie Arcaro, Willie Shoemaker, William Passmore and George Woolf. George Woolf wore boots made by A. M. Kroop and Sons while riding Seasbiscuit to victory at the 1938 Preakness Stakes. A.M. Kroop and Sons was commissioned to make 25 replica boots for the 2002 film Seabiscuit. Control of the company passed to Kroop's sons Morris and Israel in 1968. Final years Adolph's granddaughter, Randy Kroop, took over the business in 1979 using the same 125-step process that was used by her father and grandfather. The shop's boot makers used equipment dating from the 1930s. Randy Kroop closed the warehouse and store on C Street permanently in autumn 2018, citing inflation, competition by non-custom makers, and a decline in the horse racing industry. References Horse racing Preakness Stakes Manufacturing companies based in Maryland Boots Jockeys Laurel, Maryland Leather goods
Arnauld Antoine Akodjènou (born in 1950), a native of Benin, is a long-life humanitarian and diplomat, currently serving as Senior Adviser for Africa at the Kofi Annan Foundation specifically working on the Democracy and Electoral Integrity Initiative. Prior to this he served as the Regional Refugee Coordinator and Special Adviser to the High Commissioner for refugees for the South Sudan Situation at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). He has held numerous positions in the United Nations Department of Peace Operations, in Côte d'Ivoire (ONUCI) and Mali (MINUSMA), and as a Deputy Special Representative of UN Secretary General. His career with the UNHCR spans over twenty-five years. Akodjènou is widely credited for creating enabling policies and agreements that saw the return of more than two million refugees back to Sierra Leone between 2000 - 2003. Further to this, he oversaw the return of over a hundred thousand refugees from Algeria, Burkina Faso, Niger and Mauritania back to their homes in Mali. He was at the helm during the peak of the Great Lakes emergency operations in the mid-nineties, as well as those of Cote D'Ivoire and Liberia in the early 2000s, making him one of Africa's most prominent humanitarians. Education Akodjènou earned a Bachelor of Arts in history at the University of Bénin in 1974. He also attended the Institute of International Relations of Cameroon in Yaoundé, from which he received a Postgraduate diploma in International Relations in 1976. His Master's thesis focused on an analysis of Algeria's foreign and national policy. In 1978, he joined the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (formerly known as Institut des Hautes Études Internationales) in Geneva where he received a PhD in political science in 1982. His dissertation analyzed the then need for technical cooperation between “the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and African countries”. Career Akodjènou began his career at the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in 1986. As a young professional, he served in different contexts in Djibouti, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Republic of Congo and Chad. From 1991 to 1996, he headed different geographic areas of operations at Headquarters including in Eastern Zaire focusing on the Great lakes Crisis (1993-1996). From 1997 to 2003 he was UNHCR Representative in Mali, then in Sierra Leone and from Ghana, in Accra, assumed the Regional Coordinator functions for Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire crisis. During that period he managed humanitarian activities to strengthen coordination and cooperation with other UN agencies, local governments, NGOs and civil society, to find solutions to crises, to improve living conditions of refugees and ensure their safe and voluntary return to their home countries. From 2003 to 2005 he served as Director of Emergency and Security Services at Headquarters, and Director of all operational services – emergency and security, resource allocation, supply, technical services, programme management for all UNHCR operations worldwide; both postings were located at UNHCR Headquarters in Geneva. With this solid experience, Akodjènou assumed the role and responsibilities of Inspector General of UNHCR in Geneva from 2009 to 2011where he supported the High Commissioner with independent assurance and oversight of UNHCR's activities and operations. In June 2011, he was appointed by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon as Deputy Special Representative for Côte d'Ivoire for the United Nations Secretary-General (United Nations Operations in Côte d'Ivoire, ONUCI). Based in Abidjan, he was in charge of political affairs and the rule of law pillar, working a variety of portfolios including electoral assistance, security sector reform and the promotion of political dialogue. Following this, he was appointed Deputy Special Representative in the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) from 2014 to 2015. Akodjènou led the United Nations Mediation Team in Algiers (August 2014-January 2015), which resulted in the May 2015 Peace Agreement. He supported the implementation of political and institutional reforms provided by the Agreement, as well as defense, security, reconciliation and justice measures. Between October 2015 and June 2017, Akodjènou was a Special Advisor for Africa at the Kofi Annan Foundation, responsible for the Electoral Integrity Initiative in Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to address, with all stakeholders, election-related political challenges with the aim of improving electoral integrity. In June 2017, he was appointed Regional Refugee Coordinator and Special Advisor to the High Commissioner for the South Sudan Situation by the United Nations High Commissioner, Mr Filippo Grandi. In this capacity, he worked closely with UNHCR operations in South Sudan, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan and Uganda to ensure a strong overarching vision and coherent engagement across the region in pursuit of protection and solutions for South Sudanese IDPs and refugees. From this office, he promoted effective refugee participation in peace and national reconciliation processes and advocated for additional resources and visibility for the regional response. Since September 2019, upon completion of his mission related to the South Sudan situation, Akodjènou returned to the Kofi Annan Foundation where he has been working since October 2015 as Senior Adviser for Africa on the Democracy and Electoral Integrity Initiative, with a specific focus on electoral process in Africa. Publications Une union africaine face au jihadisme, 12 March 2020, Jeune Afrique Un humain sur 113 est déplacé ou réfugié : il est temps d’agir, 17 July 2016, Jeune Afrique Personal life Akodjènou is married and has three children. References External links United Nations Press Release - July 2014 The Nigerian Voice United Nations Press Release - June 2011 Living people 1950 births Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies alumni Beninese politicians Beninese officials of the United Nations
Shanklin () is a seaside resort town and civil parish on the Isle of Wight, England, located on Sandown Bay. Shanklin is the southernmost of three settlements which occupy the bay, and is close to Lake Sandown. The sandy beach, its Old Village and a wooded ravine, Shanklin Chine, are its main attractions. The esplanade along the beach is occupied by hotels and restaurants for the most part, and is one of the most tourist-oriented parts of the town. The other is the Old Village, at the top of Shanklin Chine. Together with Lake and Sandown to the north, Shanklin forms a built up area of around 25,000 inhabitants. Shopping The main shopping centre consists of two roads, Regent Street and High Street, which together comprise the largest retail area in the south of the Isle of Wight; significant for tourists but also as an amenity for residents. Near Regent Street are the town's two main supermarkets, the Co-op and Lidl. In Regent Street itself are many local shops, including two arts and crafts shops, several clothing and sports shops, three newsagents and three bakeries. The High Street also has some local shops, but is dominated by tourist shops and restaurants. Transport Shanklin railway station is the terminus of the Island Line from Ryde, opened on 23 August 1864. The railway was extended south to Ventnor in 1866, but this section was closed in 1966. The line from Ryde to Shanklin is now operated by former London Underground tube trains. In October 2004 a direct link was revived in the form of a bus service named the "Rail link". This was discontinued in 2010 but was replaced by the Southern Vectis number 3 bus. Bus services to nearby towns and suburbs are run by Southern Vectis, mainly on routes 2, 3, 22 and 24, principally from the bus stands at the Co-op supermarket. Destinations served include Newchurch, Newport, Ryde, Sandown, Ventnor and Winford. In the summer, an open top bus route called "The Sandown Bay Tour" is run, serving the main tourist areas of Shanklin and running to Sandown. Culture Shanklin has one theatre, Shanklin Theatre, which is just off the top end of the High Street. In July and August 1819 the poet John Keats lodged at Eglantine Cottage in the resort's High Street, where he completed the first book of Lamia and began a drama, Otho the Great, with his friend Charles Armitage Brown. In July 1868 the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow stayed at the Crab Inn in Shanklin's Old Village during his last visit to Europe and left a poem about it on a stone by the pub. It is not generally held to be amongst his best work.. The 1980s indiepop band Trixie's Big Red Motorbike were from Shanklin, and recorded some of their records there. Victoria Cross recipient and Deputy Governor of the Isle of Wight, Colonel Henry Gore-Browne retired to Shanklin before his death in 1912. According to Joseph Jacobs's influential 1890 version of The Three Little Pigs, the Three Pigs and the Wolf live near Shanklin. In Monty Python's Flying Circus, season 4, "Mr Neutron", Michael Palin plays a US commander who calls upon "Moscow! Peking! and Shanklin, Isle of Wight!". A voice over continues "And so the Great Powers and the people of Shanklin, Isle of Wight, drew their net in ever-tightening circles around the most dangerous threat to peace the world has ever faced." Beaches & Esplanade Shanklin is on the coast of Sandown Bay, and therefore is part of the long beach which spans between Yaverland in the north to Luccombe in the south. The section of beach situated next to Shanklin is split into Small Hope Beach and Hope Beach. Above Hope Beach is the esplanade which boasts some traditional seaside attractions including an amusement arcade, a crazy golf course, and a children's play area, with slides, ball pools, bouncy castles, rigging, swings etc. available to be hired for a child's birthday party. There are several seafront hotels, a cliff lift from the seafront to the top of the cliff, a putting course, several cafes and restaurants and pubs, and a large, clean beach. Shanklin used to have a pier, but this was destroyed in the Great Storm of 1987. The pier formerly had a theatre at which many famous performers appeared, including Paul Robeson, Richard Tauber and Arthur Askey (whose daughter attended a local boarding school called Upper Chine School for Girls). The Summerland Amusement Arcade on the seafront was formerly a seaplane hangar positioned at Bembridge where it housed Fairey Campania seaplanes of the Nizam of Hyderabad's Squadron. Large areas of the seafront were severely damaged or destroyed during the Bombing raids of World War II, but were quickly rebuilt after the war, causing the current seafront to be a varied mixture of Victorian, inter-war and post-war architecture. Shanklin Sailing Club is situated at the North end of the Esplanade. Founded in 1931 as 'Shanklin Amateur Sailing Club', the club has a fleet of Sprint 15 catamarans and holds races three days a week during the season. Further along the beach is the Fisherman's Cottage pub. This is at the bottom of Shanklin Chine, from which the town takes its name, historically "Chynklyng Chine" and in the Domesday Book of 1086 Sencliz (held by William FitzAzor; Jocelyn FitzAzor) from "Scen-hlinc". The Chine is open to the public for a small fee and continues up to Rylstone Gardens in the Old Village. It contains a small section of the pipe of the "Operation Pluto" pipeline which ran across the Isle of Wight and out from Shanklin and another branch from Sandown to supply fuel to the D-Day beaches. Nature America Wood is a Site of Special Scientific Interest located between Shanklin and Whiteley Bank. It is owned by the Woodland Trust It takes a bit of stamina and determination to get into America Wood, on the outskirts of Shanklin, since it has little accessible parking. However, the more active Isle of Wight visitor can make use of public footpaths and bridleways that lead into the wood. There is an ‘open’ feel to the site with storm damage during the Great Storm of 1987 and the Burns' Day storm of 1990 felling trees and creating many open sections. There is one particularly large glade which is gradually recovering from the storms. The wood is situated just west of Ninham. Dunnose is a large cape which is situated southwest of the town. An imposing and high geological feature, it has served as a triangulation point for maps of the United Kingdom, and has also been the site of several shipwrecks, most infamously that of HMS Eurydice, which sank with the loss of 300 people aboard. Shanklin is also the location where Charles Darwin wrote his Origin of Species during an 18-month-long visit to the town. Climate Shanklin has an oceanic climate (Cfb) with mild summers, cool nights, rainy winters and average temperature nights. Shanklin is one of the sunniest villages in Great Britain. Churches There are three Anglican churches in Shanklin. St.Paul's Church in Regent Street has the bell from HMS Eurydice (1843), which sank off Dunnose Point and is the subject of a poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins. St. Blasius Church, Shanklin – better known as Shanklin Old Church – is to the south of the town and has bell ropes hanging in the nave and a fine lych-gate. The Church of St. Saviour-on-the-Cliff, Shanklin is the biggest in the town and is in Queen's Road. The Isle of Wight United Reformed Church is situated in Shanklin. Twin towns Shanklin is twinned with Coupvray, a town in the Île-de-France region of France. Gallery References External links Shanklin Town Council Shanklin Town, Accommodation Guide and Photo's Luccombe Hall Hotel Seaside resorts in England Beaches of the Isle of Wight Towns on the Isle of Wight Civil parishes in the Isle of Wight
Seraina Mischol (born 1 December 1981) is a Swiss cross-country skier, who competed between 1999 and 2011. Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS). Olympic Games World Championships a. Cancelled due to extremely cold weather. World Cup Season standings References External links Home page Cross-country skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Swiss female cross-country skiers Olympic cross-country skiers for Switzerland Living people 1981 births 21st-century Swiss women
The Navajo volcanic field is a monogenetic volcanic field located in the Four Corners region of the United States, in the central part of the Colorado Plateau. The volcanic field consists of over 80 volcanoes and associated intrusions of unusual potassium-rich compositions, with an age range of 26.2 to 24.7 million years (Ma). In Navajo Nation tradition, the vents are known as tsézhiin ‘íí ‘áhí , "black rocks protruding up", and they play an important role in Navajo creation stories. Geologists have studied the Navajo volcanic field for clues to the geologic history of the Colorado Plateau and the timing and cause of its uplift. Volcanology The Navajo volcanic field consists of over 80 volcanoes and associated intrusions. Geologically, these erupted in a short time interval, between 26.2 and 24.7 million years ago, based on high-precision Ar-Ar dating of samples from the field. Most of the vents are maar-diatreme volcanoes, formed when magma came into contact with groundwater with explosive results. At some vents, the diatreme-eruptions excavated the country rock to depths as great as below the original ground surface. Erosion has subsequently removed as much as of overlying rock, exposing the deeper parts of the diatremes. These typically consist of lapilli tuffs and tuff breccias, which are consolidated beds of rock fragments produced by the eruptions (volcaniclastics) the size of coarse sand grains or larger. In a few locations, erosion has been less extensive, and lava flows and the upper parts of maars are still preserved. The dikes of the field are oriented at random, except for dikes radiating from local eruption centers, such as Shiprock. This indicates that the Colorado Plateau was not experiencing systematic regional stresses at the time the volcanoes of the field were erupting. This in turn suggests that the Colorado Plateau had already separated from the Basin and Range Province and from the High Plains Province along the Rio Grande rift, which were experiencing significant regional stresses. The high potassium content of the magma erupted in the province suggests that potassium-rich fluids from the disintegrating Farallon Plate beneath the Colorado Plateau had risen into the overlying mantle wedge. This resulted in metasomatism (replacement of some minerals in the rock with new minerals of different composition) that lowered the rock density and contributed to the uplift of the Colorado Plateau. Dating of monazite emplaced by the metasomatic fluids supports an age of about 28 million years for the metasomatism. Petrology Most of the vents of the Navajo volcanic field erupted minette lamprophyre, an unusual volcanic rock highly enriched in potassium that contains sizable crystals (phenocrysts) of the minerals phlogopite mica, diopside, and sometimes olivine. These are embedded in a very fine-grained matrix of alkali feldspar, diopside, phlogopite, and apatite. The next most common eruptive material is serpentinized ultramafic microbreccia (SUM). This rock consists of xenocrysts and xenoliths embedded in a matrix of minerals typical of serpentine: serpentinite, chlorite, clay minerals, and talc. The xenocrysts (individual crystals entrained by the magma from surrounding rock) are composed of minerals such as olivine, enstatite, chrome diopside, chlorite, garnet, titanclinohumite, various oxide minerals, and apatite. The xenoliths include both mantle and crust compositions. These rocks were originally identified as kimberlites, but in normal kimberlites, the large crystals in the matrix are phenocrysts, formed by solidification out of the magma, rather than xenoliths, entrained in the magma from surrounding solid rock. Normal kimberlites also contain minerals rich in incompatible elements that are not present in the Navajo volcanic field SUMs. The SUMs are thought to have formed through interactions of minette magma with hydrous mantle rock. Flows and plugs of extrusive trachybasalt in the Chuska and Lukachukai Mountains are chemically equivalent to the minette. Other rare rock types found in a few locations in the Navajo volcanic field include monchiquites (sodium-rich lamprophyres), olivine melilites, and katungite, the latter having a silica content as low as 33.6 percent. The eruptions brought xenoliths, fragments of mantle rock, to the surface. Geologists have studied these for clues to the nature of the lithosphere under the volcanic field. The xenoliths are mostly spinel peridotite with rarer garnet peridotite. These suggest that the Colorado Plateau has a stable, cold, chemically depleted mantle root similar to those of Archean cratons. Lower crust xenoliths suggest the basement crust of the Colorado Plateau formed 2000 to 1750 million years ago and experienced a prolonged episode of metamorphism and possible underplating (pooling of magma at the base of the crust) starting 1400 million years ago. Xenoliths erupted at The Thumb, a small vent near Shiprock, were mantle rock entrained by the magma at a depth close to and at a temperature of about . They range from a coarse garnet peridotite, thought to be typical of the mantle rock below this part of the volcanic field, to an extremely coarse rock enriched in iron and titanium and depleted in chromium, thought to have crystallized from a magma intrusion into the mantle. Stable isotope ratios in Navajo volcanic field rocks suggest that the magmas formed by melting of mica- or pyroxene-rich mantle rock, with the melt subsequently interacting with metasomatized mantle peridotite. Cultural importance The Navajo people refer to the outcrops of the Navajo volcanic field as tsézhiin ‘íí ‘áhí, "black rocks protruding up", and they play an important role in Navajo creation stories. Navajo ethnogeology revolving around the tsézhiin ‘íí ‘áhí has been used to enhance scientific education in Navajo Nation educational institutions. The Chacoan civilization included vents of the Navajo volcanic field, such as Shiprock, Bennett Peak, and Ford Butte, in their system of sacred geography. Notable vents See also List of volcanoes in the United States References Volcanic fields of Arizona Volcanic fields of New Mexico Monogenetic volcanic fields Cinder cones of the United States
Reiko Kudo (工藤礼子) is the partner of Tori Kudo of the Japanese underground music group Maher Shalal Hash Baz. In the late seventies and early eighties, while still known under her maiden name of Reiko Omura, she led a unit called Noise. Noise played in Tokyo underground venues like Minor (alongside groups like Fushitsusha and Kousokuya), and released one album, Tenno. As well as often singing with and writing songs for Maher Shalal Hash Baz, Reiko has released several albums of her own. Discography Noise V.A., Heaven Tapes (Heaven, 1979) Noise, Tenno (Engel, 1980; reissued on LP, Org, 1997; on CD, Pataphysique 1997; Alchemy, 2005) Inryofuen / Gyoshinkyoku + noise live '82.7.11 (Cragale, 1999, cdr) Solo Fire Inside My Hat (Org, 1997) 夜の稲　(Yoru no ina)/rice field silently riping in the night (Majikick/Periodic Document, 2001) 人 (Hito)/person (Hyotan, 2006) 草 (Kusa)/grass (Hyotan, 2006) ちりをなめる (Chiri wo nameru)/licking up dust (Hyotan, 2007) References Interview. Heaven Express, volume 9, 1981 (Japanese) Interview. Taajii, volume 4, 1997. pp. 56–57 (Japanese) Interview. Le Grande Illusion, issue 4, 2006 (Japanese) External links Reiko Kudo blog (Japanese) Songs written by Reiko for Maher Shalal Hash Baz (Japanese) Living people Musicians from Tokyo Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people)
Exorstaenia is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tortricidae. Species Exorstaenia festiva Razowski & Becker, 2000 Exorstaenia nova Razowski & Becker, 2000 See also List of Tortricidae genera References , 2005, World Catalogue of Insects 5. External links tortricidae.com Archipini Tortricidae genera
Thomas Faulkner (c.1719–1785), known as 'Long Tom', was a noted English cricketer and prizefighter. A Surrey man, he was a prominent single wicket player who is recorded playing in challenge matches at the Artillery Ground. He played regularly for the prestigious Addington Cricket Club in Surrey and appears in the records from 1744 until 1761. He often played in single wicket matches against Stephen Dingate. Cricket career Faulkner's first recorded appearance was on 2 June 1744 when he played in an eleven-a-side match for London against a combined Surrey and Sussex team at the Artillery Ground. Surrey and Sussex won by 55 runs and the match is now famous for the world's oldest known match scorecard, which lists individual scores but no details of dismissals. London, whose team included given men, was the host club and their opponents were all from the counties of Surrey and Sussex. The visitors batted first and scored 102. London replied with 79 and Faulkner, who was number 6 in the batting order, was out for 1. Surrey and Sussex had a first innings lead of 23. In their second innings, Surrey and Sussex reached 102/6 and then apparently declared their innings closed, although the Laws of Cricket did not allow for declarations in 1744. In the final innings, London needed 126 to win but were all out for 70. Faulkner was dismissed without scoring. The scorecard was kept by the 2nd Duke of Richmond at Goodwood House. Prizefighting As a prizefighter, Faulkner's first recorded bout was at Long Fields, Bloomsbury, roughly the site of modern Russell Square, on 16 February 1757, against a Frenchman, Monsieur Petit. Faulkner won after ten rounds and 39 minutes. One of his last fights was against the Irishman Rossemus Gregory on 28 April 1777, which Faulkner won after twenty rounds and a gruelling 116 minutes. He was known to have had a broken nose. Retirement and death Faulkner retired to manage the Welsh Harp public house at 28, Aylesbury Street, St James Clerkenwell. He died on 14 March 1785, at a stated age of 66 years, and was buried in St James' churchyard. References Sources 1719 births 1785 deaths English cricketers English cricketers of 1701 to 1786 Surrey cricketers Single wicket cricketers Non-international England cricketers
Zollernalb – Sigmaringen is an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the Bundestag. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 295. It is located in southern Baden-Württemberg, comprising most of the district of Sigmaringen and Zollernalbkreis districts. Zollernalb – Sigmaringen was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2005, it has been represented by Thomas Bareiß of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Geography Zollernalb – Sigmaringen is located in southern Baden-Württemberg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the district of Sigmaringen excluding the municipalities of Herdwangen-Schönach, Illmensee, Pfullendorf, and Wald as well as the district of Zollernalbkreis excluding the municipalities of Bisingen, Burladingen, Grosselfingen, Hechingen, Jungingen, and Rangendingen. History Zollernalb – Sigmaringen was created in 1949, then known as Balingen. It acquired its current name in the 1980 election. In the 1949 election, it was Württemberg-Hohenzollern constituency 4 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 193. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was number 197. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 198. Since the 2002 election, it has been number 295. Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Balingen, Sigmaringen, Hechingen, and Münsingen. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it comprised the districts of Balingen, Münsingen, Sigmaringen excluding the municipalities of Igelswies, Thalheim, Bärenthal, Beuron, Billafingen, Burgau, Langenenslingen and Achberg, and Hechingen excluding the municipality of Wilflingen, as well as the municipalities of St. Johann, Dettingen an der Erms, Grabenstetten, Hülben, and Bad Urach from the Reutlingen district and the municipality of Wangen from the Überlingen district. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it acquired a configuration similar to its current borders, but including the entirety of the Sigmaringen district. In the 2002 election, it also contained the municipalities of Altshausen, Boms, Ebenweiler, Ebersbach-Musbach, Eichstegen, Fleischwangen, Guggenhausen, Hoßkirch, Königseggwald, Riedhausen, and Unterwaldhausen from the Ravensburg district. In the 2009 election, it lost its area in the Ravensburg district as well as the municipalities of Herdwangen-Schönach, Illmensee, Pfullendorf, and Wald from the Sigmaringen district. Members The constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since its creation. It was first represented by Franz Weiß from 1949 to 1953, followed by Gebhard Müller from 1953 to 1957 and Walter Gaßmann from 1957 to 1965. Hermann Schwörer was representative from 1965 to 1994, a total of eight consecutive terms. Dietmar Schlee served from 1994 to 2002, followed by Tanja Gönner from 2002 to 2005. Thomas Bareiß has been representative since 2005. Election results 2021 election 2017 election 2013 election 2009 election References Federal electoral districts in Baden-Württemberg 1949 establishments in West Germany Constituencies established in 1949 Sigmaringen (district) Zollernalbkreis
John Chamberlayne (c.1668–1723) was an English writer, translator, and courtier. Life He was a younger son of Edward Chamberlayne and his wife Susannah Clifford. In 1685 he entered Trinity College, Oxford as a commoner. Leaving Oxford without a degree, he proceeded to the University of Leyden, where on 12 May 1688 he entered himself as a student. Here, it would seem, he chiefly studied modern languages, of which, according to contemporary report, he knew sixteen. On his return he filled various offices about the court. He was successively gentleman waiter to Prince George of Denmark, gentleman of the Privy Chamber first to Queen Anne and then to King George I. He was also secretary to Queen Anne's Bounty Commission, and on the commission of the peace for Middlesex. In 1702 Chamberlayne was elected a fellow of the Royal Society. Chamberlayne died at his house in Petty-France (now York Street), Westminster on 2 November 1723, and on 6 November was interred in the family burying-ground at Chelsea, where he had a residence, and where on his church wall a tablet was placed to his memory. Works Chamberlayne's major work was his translation of Gerard Brandt's History of the Reformation in the Low Countries, 4 vols. 1720–3. In the preface to a part of this, published in 1719, he relates that Gaspar Fagel assured Gilbert Burnet "that it was worth his while to learn Dutch, only for the pleasure of reading Brandt's History of the Reformation". Chamberlayne also continued his father's Present State of England after his death in 1703, and issued five editions. The son's name still appeared on editions that were published after his own death (as late as 1756). He also published translations of: Samuel von Pufendorf's History of Popedom, containing the Rise, Progress, and Decay thereof, 1691 The Lord's Prayer, as Oratio Dominica in diversas omnium fere gentium linguas versa, Amsterdam, 1715 Bernard Nieuwentyt's Religious Philosopher, or the right Use of contemplating the Works of the Creator, 3 vols. 1718 Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle's Lives of the French Philosophers, 1721; and Jacques Saurin's Dissertations, Historical, Critical, Theological, and Moral, of the most Memorable Events of the Old and New Testaments, 1723. In 1685 he published a translation of Philippe Sylvestre Dufour's The Manner of making Coffee, Tea, and Chocolate as it is used in most parts of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, with their Vertues. This tract became popular. From Oxford on 24 June 1686 he dated his translation of A Treasure of Health by Castor Durante Da Gualdo, Physician and Citizen of Rome (Il Tesoro della Sanità, 1586). Chamberlayne contributed three papers to Philosophical Transactions: A Relation of the Effects of a Storm of Thunder and Lightning at Sampford Courtney in Devonshire on 7 Oct. 1711 (No. 336, p. 528). Remarks on the Plague at Copenhagen in the year 1711 (No. 337, p. 279). An Account of the Sunk Island in Humber (No. 361, p. 1014). In the Sloane Manuscripts there are letters from Chamberlayne on the affairs of the Royal Society. He was also a member of the Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge, and translated for them Jean-Frédéric Osterwald's Arguments of the Book and Chapters of the Old and New Testament, 3 vols. 1716; new ed. 3 vols. 1833. References Attribution 1666 births 1723 deaths English translators Alumni of Trinity College, Oxford Fellows of the Royal Society English male non-fiction writers
Besiberri Sud is a mountain of the Massís del Besiberri, Catalonia, Spain. Located in the Pyrenees, it has an altitude of 3023.4 metres above sea level. See also Besiberri Nord Besiberri del Mig Geology of the Pyrenees References Map Vall de Boí. Granollers: Editorial Alpina. Buyse, Juan. Los tresmiles del Pirineo. Barcelona: Editorial Martínez Roca. External links Route from Túnel de Vielha Mountains of Catalonia Mountains of the Pyrenees Pyrenean three-thousanders
Otley was a parliamentary constituency between 1885 and 1918 centred on the town of Otley, then in the West Riding of Yorkshire and now in West Yorkshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system. History The constituency was created when the two-member Eastern West Riding of Yorkshire was divided by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election in six new single-member constituencies. It was abolished for the 1918 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new Pudsey & Otley constituency. Boundaries The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 provided that the constituency was to consist of- the Sessional Division of Otley and the Parishes of Beamsley in Addingham, Beamsley in Skipton, Bingley and Micklethwaite, Hazlewood with Storiths, Morton, and Nesfield with Langbar. Members of Parliament Elections Elections in the 1880s Elections in the 1890s Elections in the 1900s Elections in the 1910s General Election 1914–15: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected; Liberal: James Duncan Unionist: References Parliamentary constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber (historic) Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1918 Otley
Gordon Henry Newstead (1 July 1917 – 1 November 1987) was an Australian electrical engineering professor at University of Tasmania and Australian National University. Early life and education Gordon Henry Newstead was born on 1 July 1917 in Cairo, Egypt to Julius Leonard Neustadt and wife Eleanor Sarah (née Culmer). Julius was born in Sydney and served in the Australian Imperial Forces; Eleanor was born in England and served as a nurse. His family moved to Australia in late 1917 and changed the family name from Neustadt to Newstead. He grew up in Melbourne and graduated from Melbourne High School. He attended University of Melbourne where he got his Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering in 1940, and his Master's in 1945 with a master's thesis "Engineering Radio". He was a senior demonstrator in electrical engineering in 1940 and worked with the Department of Civil Aviation from 1941 to 1944. Career He became a lecturer at University of Tasmania in 1944, and a senior lecturer there in 1949. He studied low frequency radio astronomy. In 1956, he had a brief position as a reader at University of Adelaide and then in 1957, he became a Foundation professor at University of Tasmania, where he taught for nine years and occasionally served as a dean. He also served as an associate-commissioner of the Hydro-Electric Commission from 1957 to 1984, and the president of the Institution of Engineers Tasmanian division in 1963. He also served as an overseas representative of the British Institution of Electrical Engineers. In 1965, he moved to Australian National University in Canberra where he served as a consultant to their Research School of Physical Sciences on their homopolar generator project. He stayed there and was appointed professor and head of their department of engineering physics. He was also a deputy master at University House there. In 1969 he co-edited the third edition of An Introduction to the Laplace Transformation with Engineering Application with J. C. Jaeger. Retirement Newstead retired from ANU in 1970 as an emeritus professor, and returned to Hobart in Tasmania. He served as a council-member of the Tasmanian College of Advanced Education from 1972 to 1976 and on the Tertiary Education Commission's Advanced Education Council from 1977 to 1985. In 1979 he was chairman of the Tasmania Energy Research Committee. In 1985, he received the OBE for services in the power industry. Personal life Newstead married Betty McCarthy in 1944 at St Peter's Church of England, Brighton Beach. d. 1986. They have two children. Death Newstead died on 1 November 1987 in Hobart. He is buried in South Arm. Notable publications General Circuit Theory, Methuen monograph, 1959 An Introduction to the Laplace Transformation with Engineering Application, with C.J. Jaeger, 3rd ed., Methuen monograph, 1969, ISBN 9780412206801 References 1917 births 1987 deaths Academic staff of the University of Tasmania Academic staff of the Australian National University Australian electrical engineers Egyptian emigrants to Australia
Forget All Remember () is a 2014 Chinese youth romance film directed by Guo Tingbo. It was released on December 24. Cast Fu Xinbo Michelle Bai Tan Weiwei Theresa Fu Ji Jie Simon Chung Li Yu Reception By December 25, 2014, the film had earned ¥0.23 million at the Chinese box office. References 2010s romance films Chinese romance films
The 35th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 24, 1993 and recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year. The nominations were announced on January 7, 1993. The evening's host was the American stand-up comedian Garry Shandling, who hosted the ceremony for the third time. The CBS network broadcast the show live from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. This particular Grammy live broadcast was the commercially most successful of its kind in the 1990s. As Nielsen Media Research and Billboard magazine stated on January 10, 2004, "the highest-rated Grammy show of the 1990s was the 1993 telecast, which got a 19.9 rating/31 share and 30 million United States viewers" alone. British guitarist and singer Eric Clapton (for whom still mourned for the loss of his son two years ago) was the night's big winner, winning six awards out of nine nominations including Album, Song and Record of the Year. Michael Jackson, having been recently interviewed in Oprah Winfrey Show had received the Grammy Legend Award from his sister Janet Jackson. A small segment of the show was "How to Become a Legend" narrated by Janet. At the 45th Primetime Emmy Awards in 1993, the production mixers Ed Greene, Rick Himot, Don Worsham, David Hewitt and Paul Sandweiss were nominated for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Variety or Music Series or a Special, losing to Star Trek: The Next Generation. Performers Presenters Janet Jackson – Grammy Legend Award to Michael Jackson Tina Turner & Garry Shandling – Record of the Year Tony Bennett & Natalie Cole – Album of the Year Bonnie Raitt & Lyle Lovett – Song of the Year Lindsey Buckingham, Melissa Etheridge & Vince Gill – Producer of the Year BeBe Winans, Mark Wahlberg & Mary Chapin Carpenter – Best New Artist LL Cool J – Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group B.B. King & Billy Idol – Best Hard Rock Performance Pam Tillis & Lorrie Morgan – Best Male Country Vocal Performance Jon Secada & Kenny G – Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals Boyz II Men & Patti LaBelle – Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Gloria Estefan & James Brown – Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Sergio Mendes & Herbie Hancock – Award winners Record of the Year Russ Titelman (producer) & Eric Clapton for "Tears in Heaven" Album of the Year Russ Titelman (producer) & Eric Clapton for Unplugged Song of the Year Eric Clapton & Will Jennings (songwriters) for "Tears in Heaven" Best New Artist Arrested Development Alternative Best Alternative Music Album Tom Waits for Bone Machine Blues Best Traditional Blues Album Dr. John for Goin' Back to New Orleans Best Contemporary Blues Album Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble for The Sky Is Crying Children's Best Album for Children Alan Menken & Howard Ashman (songwriters) for Beauty and the Beast - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack performed by various artists Classical Best Orchestral Recording Leonard Bernstein (conductor) & the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 9 Best Classical Vocal Performance Kathleen Battle & Margo Garrett for Kathleen Battle at Carnegie Hall (Handel, Mozart, Liszt, Strauss, etc.) Best Opera Recording Christopher Raeburn, Stephen Trainor, Morten Winding (producers), Georg Solti (conductor), Hildegard Behrens, José van Dam, Plácido Domingo, Sumi Jo, Reinhild Runkel, Julia Varady & the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra for R. Strauss: Die Frau Ohne Schatten Best Performance of a Choral Work Herbert Blomstedt (conductor), Vance George (choir director), the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony Boys Choir & the San Francisco Symphony Girls Choir for Orff: Carmina Burana Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Solo With Orchestra Lorin Maazel (conductor), Yo-Yo Ma & the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra for Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante - Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Solo Without Orchestra Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz - Discovered Treasures (Chopin, Liszt, Scarlatti, Scriabin, Clementi) Best Chamber Music Performance Emanuel Ax & Yo-Yo Ma for Brahms: Sonatas for Cello & Piano Best Contemporary Composition Samuel Barber (composer), Andrew Schnenck (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Barber: The Lovers Best Classical Album Horst Dittberner (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor) & the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 9 Comedy Best Comedy Album Peter Schickele for P.D.Q. Bach: Music for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion Composing and arranging Best Instrumental Composition Benny Carter (composer) for Harlem Renaissance Suite Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television Howard Ashman & Alan Menken (songwriters) for Beauty and the Beast performed by Peabo Bryson & Céline Dion Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television Alan Menken (composer) for Beauty and the Beast performed by various artists Best Arrangement on an Instrumental Rob McConnell (arranger) for Strike Up the Band performed by Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s) Johnny Mandel (arranger) for Here's to Life performed by Shirley Horn Country Best Country Vocal Performance, Female Mary Chapin Carpenter for "I Feel Lucky" Best Country Vocal Performance, Male Vince Gill for "I Still Believe in You" Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Emmylou Harris & the Nash Ramblers for Emmylou Harris & the Nash Ramblers at the Ryman Best Country Vocal Collaboration Marty Stuart & Travis Tritt for "The Whiskey Ain't Workin'" Best Country Instrumental Performance Chet Atkins & Jerry Reed for Sneakin' Around Best Country Song Vince Gill and John Barlow Jarvis (songwriters) for "I Still Believe in You", performed by Vince Gill Best Bluegrass Album Alison Krauss & Union Station for Every Time You Say Goodbye Folk Best Traditional Folk Album The Chieftains for An Irish Evening - Live at the Grand Opera House, Belfast Best Contemporary Folk Album The Chieftains for Another Country Gospel Best Pop Gospel Album Steven Curtis Chapman for The Great Adventure Best Rock/Contemporary Gospel Album Petra for Unseen Power Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album Shirley Caesar for He's Working It Out For You Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album Mervyn E. Warren (producer) for Handel's Messiah - A Soulful Celebration performed by various artists Best Southern Gospel Album Bruce Carroll for Sometimes Miracles Hide Best Gospel Album by a Choir or Chorus Edwin Hawkins (choir director) for Edwin Hawkins Music & Arts Seminar Mass Choir - Recorded Live in Los Angeles performed by the Music & Arts Seminar Mass Choir Historical Best Historical Album Michael Cuscuna (producer) for The Complete Capitol Recordings of The Nat "King" Cole Trio Jazz Best Jazz Instrumental Solo Joe Henderson for "Lush Life" in Lush Life: The Music of Billy StrayhornBest Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group Branford Marsalis for I Heard You Twice the First TimeBest Large Jazz Ensemble Performance McCoy Tyner for The Turning PointBest Jazz Vocal Performance Bobby McFerrin for "Round Midnight" in PlayBest Contemporary Jazz Performance (Instrumental) Pat Metheny for Secret StoryLatin Best Latin Pop Album Jon Secada for Otro Día Más Sin VerteBest Tropical Latin Album Linda Ronstadt for FrenesiBest Mexican-American Album Linda Ronstadt for Mas CancionesMusical show Best Musical Show Album Jay David Saks (producer) & the New Broadway cast for Guys and Dolls - The New Broadway Cast RecordingMusic video Best Music Video, Short Form John Downer (video director & producer) & Peter Gabriel for Digging in the DirtBest Music Video, Long Form Rob Small (video producer), Sophie Muller (video director) & Annie Lennox for DivaNew Age Best New Age Album Enya for Shepherd MoonsPackaging and notes Best Album Package Melanie Nissen (art director) for Spellbound performed by Paula Abdul Best Album Notes Ahmet Ertegun, Arif Mardin, Dave Marsh, David Ritz, Jerry Wexler, Thulani Davis & Tom Dowd (notes writers) for Queen of Soul - The Atlantic Recordings performed by Aretha Franklin Polka Best Polka Album Walter Ostanek for 35th Anniversary performed by Walter Ostanek & His Band Pop Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female k.d. lang for "Constant Craving" Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male Eric Clapton for "Tears in Heaven" Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Celine Dion & Peabo Bryson for "Beauty and the Beast" Best Pop Instrumental Performance Richard S. Kaufman (conductor) for "Beauty and the Beast" Production and engineering Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical Bruce Swedien & Teddy Riley (engineers) for Dangerous performed by Michael Jackson Best Engineered Album, Classical James Lock, John Pellowe, Jonathan Stokes & Philip Siney (engineers), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Vienna Philharmonic for R. Strauss: Die Frau Ohne SchattenProducer of the Year (Non-Classical) Babyface & L.A. Reid Brian Eno & Daniel Lanois Classical Producer of the Year Michael Fine R&B Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female Chaka Khan for The Woman I AmBest R&B Vocal Performance, Male Al Jarreau for Heaven and Earth Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Boyz II Men for "End of the Road" Best R&B Instrumental Performance Miles Davis for Doo-BopBest Rhythm & Blues Song Babyface, L.A. Reid & Daryl Simmons (songwriters) for "End of the Road" performed by Boyz II Men Rap Best Rap Solo Performance Sir Mix-a-Lot for "Baby Got Back" Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group Arrested Development for "Tennessee" Reggae Best Reggae Album Shabba Ranks for X-tra NakedRock Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female Melissa Etheridge for "Ain't It Heavy" Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male Eric Clapton for UnpluggedBest Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal U2 for Achtung BabyBest Rock Instrumental Performance Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble for "Little Wing" Best Hard Rock Performance with Vocal Red Hot Chili Peppers for "Give It Away" Best Metal Performance Nine Inch Nails for "Wish" Best Rock Song Eric Clapton & Jim Gordon (songwriters) for "Layla" performed by Eric Clapton Spoken Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Album Earvin "Magic" Johnson & Robert O'Keefe for What You Can Do to Avoid AIDSTraditional pop Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance "Perfectly Frank" - Tony Bennett World Best World Music Album Sérgio Mendes for Brasileiro'' Special merit awards MusiCares Person of the Year Natalie Cole References External links 35th Annual Grammy Awards (Event) at the Internet Movie Database 35th Annual Grammy Awards (Broadcast) at the Internet Movie Database 035 1993 in California 1993 music awards 1993 in Los Angeles 1993 in American music Grammy February 1993 events in the United States
Crocodeta erecta is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Max Gaede in 1925. It is found in Papua New Guinea. References Moths described in 1925 Erebid moths of Asia Moths of Papua New Guinea Nudariina
Frédéric Laurent Page (born 28 December 1978) is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Career Page had been a member of FC Aarau youth team and made his debut in the 1996–97 season. Over the next six years, he became a regular at Brugglifeld, making a total of 145 appearances and scoring six goals. Page signed an improved two-year contract in summer 2002, but one year later he left for Germany. He spent the next four years playing in the 2. Bundesliga, first at Union Berlin, followed by two seasons at SpVgg Greuther Fürth and finally a season at SpVgg Unterhaching. In the summer of 2007, he was re-signed by FC Aarau, on a contract until 30 June 2009. After his time at Aarau, Page spent two years with Neuchâtel Xamax before signing with FC Lausanne-Sport on 8 July 2011. He left Lausanne after one season, rejoining former club Neuchâtel Xamax. He retired at the end of the 2012–13 season. References External links 1978 births Living people People from Kulm District Men's association football central defenders Swiss men's footballers FC Aarau players 1. FC Union Berlin players SpVgg Greuther Fürth players SpVgg Unterhaching players Neuchâtel Xamax FCS players FC Lausanne-Sport players Swiss Super League players 2. Bundesliga players Swiss expatriate men's footballers Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Footballers from Aargau
The Asiatic style or Asianism (, Cicero, Brutus 325) refers to an Ancient Greek rhetorical tendency (though not an organized school) that arose in the third century BC, which, although of minimal relevance at the time, briefly became an important point of reference in later debates about Roman oratory. Origin Hegesias of Magnesia was Asianism's first main representative and was considered its founder. Hegesias "developed and exaggerated stylistic effects harking back to the sophists and the Gorgianic style." Characteristics Unlike the more austere, formal and traditional Attic style, Asiatic oratory was more bombastic, emotional, and coloured with wordplay. The Asiatic style was distinguished by the use of a prose rhythm, especially the end of clauses (clausulae). This worked in much the same way as in Latin poetry, although poetic metres themselves were avoided. An effective rhythm could bring an audience to applaud the rhythm alone, however Cicero criticised Asiatic orators for their overly repetitive endings. Roman perspective before Cicero The first known use of the term is in Rome, by Cicero in the mid-first century BC. It came into general and pejorative use for a florid style contrasting with the formal, traditional rhetoric of Atticism, which it was said to have corrupted. The term reflects an association with writers in the Greek cities of Asia Minor. "Asianism had a significant impact on Roman rhetoric, since many of the Greek teachers of rhetoric who came to Rome beginning with the 2d cent. B.C.E. were Asiatic Greeks." "Mildly Asianic tendencies" have been found in Gaius Gracchus' oratory, and "more marked" ones in Publius Sulpicius Rufus. However we have almost no remnants of oratory that can properly be called Asiatic. Cicero (Orator ad Brutum 325) identifies two distinct modes of the Asiatic style: a more studied and symmetrical style (generally taken to mean "full of Gorgianic figures") employed by the historian Timaeus and the orators Menecles and Hierocles of Alabanda, and the rapid flow and ornate diction of Aeschines of Miletus and Aeschylus of Cnidus. Hegesias' "jerky, short clauses" may be placed in the first class, and Antiochus I of Commagene's Mount Nemrut inscription in the second. The conflation of the two styles under a single name has been taken to reflect the essentially polemical significance of the term: "The key similarity is that they are both extreme and therefore bad; otherwise they could not be more different." According to Cicero, Quintus Hortensius combined these traditions and made them at home in Latin oratory. Cicero himself, rejecting the extreme plainness and purism of the Atticists, was attacked by critics such as Licinius Macer Calvus for being on the side of the Asiani; in response he declared his position as the "Roman Demosthenes" (noting that the preeminent Attic orator would not have qualified as Attic by the strict standards of the oratores Attici of first-century Rome). In this sense, although Cicero identified with an Attic orator, he never went so far as to completely criticise Asiatic oratory, and professed a mixed or middle style (genus medium; Quintilian 12.10.18: genus Rhodium...velut medium...atque ex utroque mixtum) between the low or plain Attic style and the high Asiatic style, called the Rhodian style by association with Molo of Rhodes and Apollonius the Effeminate (Rhodii, Cicero, Brutus xiii 51). Roman perspective after Cicero In the Neronian period, the surviving portion of Petronius' Satyricon begins midway through a rant in which the unreliable narrator, Encolpius, denounces the corruption of Roman literary taste and the Asiatic style in particular: "that flatulent, inflated magniloquence later imported from Asia to Athens has infected every aspiring writer like a pestilential breeze" (trans. Branham and Kinney). Quintilian accepted Cicero's attitude towards Asianism and Atticism, and adapted the earlier debate's polemical language, in which objectionable style is called effeminate, in his own De causis corruptae eloquentiae. In his Institutio Oratoria (XII.10), Quintilian diagnoses the roots of the two styles in terms of ethnic dispositions: "The Attici, refined and discriminating, tolerated nothing empty or gushing; but the Asiatic race somehow more swollen and boastful was inflated with a more vainglory of speaking" (trans. Amy Richlin). Pliny the Younger continued to profess the mixed style. The debate remained topical for Tacitus (as seen in Pliny's correspondence with him on oratorical styles in Letter 1.20 ) and contributes to the atmosphere of his Dialogus de oratoribus. Ultimately, there seems to have been a general preponderance or victory of the Asiatic over the Attic style in the imperial period. Notes Further reading Wilamowitz-Möllendorff, U. v. 1900 ‘Asianismus und Atticismus’ Hermes 1-52 Gualtiero Calboli, "Asiani (Oratori)," in Francesco Della Corte (ed.), Dizionario degli scrittori greci e latini, vol. 1, Milan: Marzorati, 1988, pp. 215–232 Jakob Wisse, "Greeks, Romans, and the Rise of Atticism," in J. G. J. Abbenes et al. (eds.), Greek Literary Theory after Aristotle: A Collection of Papers in Honour of D. M. Schenkeveld, Amsterdam: Vrije Universiteit Press, 1995, pp. 65–82 Ancient Greek literature Classical Latin literature Greco-Roman relations in classical antiquity Literary movements Rhetoric Cicero
Several municipalities in the Canadian province of Quebec held mayoral and council elections on November 6, 1994. The most closely watched contest was in Montreal, where Pierre Bourque was elected to his first term as mayor. Results Montreal Montréal-Nord Cowansville Magog Results from outside of Montreal are taken from Claude Arpin, "MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS Eastern Townships," Montreal Gazette, 7 November 1994, A5. References 1994
Bruce Irons may refer to: Bruce Irons (engineer) (1924–1983), Canadian engineer and mathematician Bruce Irons (surfer) (born 1979), American surfer See also Irons (disambiguation)
Phanes is a Greek deity. Phanes may also refer to: Phanes coins, the most ancient inscribed coins, which have the name "Phanes" on them Phanes (organic chemistry), a structural sub-unit in nomenclature Phanes of Halicarnassus, a councilman serving Amasis, who would eventually help Cambyses II to conquer Egypt Phanes (butterfly), a genus of butterflies
In medicine, a biomarker is a measurable indicator of the severity or presence of some disease state. It may be defined as a "cellular, biochemical or molecular alteration in cells, tissues or fluids that can be measured and evaluated to indicate normal biological processes, pathogenic processes, or pharmacological responses to a therapeutic intervention." More generally a biomarker is anything that can be used as an indicator of a particular disease state or some other physiological state of an organism. According to the WHO, the indicator may be chemical, physical, or biological in nature - and the measurement may be functional, physiological, biochemical, cellular, or molecular. A biomarker can be a substance that is introduced into an organism as a means to examine organ function or other aspects of health. For example, rubidium chloride is used in isotopic labeling to evaluate perfusion of heart muscle. It can also be a substance whose detection indicates a particular disease state, for example, the presence of an antibody may indicate an infection. More specifically, a biomarker indicates a change in expression or state of a protein that correlates with the risk or progression of a disease, or with the susceptibility of the disease to a given treatment. Biomarkers can be characteristic biological properties or molecules that can be detected and measured in parts of the body like the blood or tissue. They may indicate either normal or diseased processes in the body. Biomarkers can be specific cells, molecules, or genes, gene products, enzymes, or hormones. Complex organ functions or general characteristic changes in biological structures can also serve as biomarkers. Although the term biomarker is relatively new, biomarkers have been used in pre-clinical research and clinical diagnosis for a considerable time. For example, body temperature is a well-known biomarker for fever. Blood pressure is used to determine the risk of stroke. It is also widely known that cholesterol values are a biomarker and risk indicator for coronary and vascular disease, and that C-reactive protein (CRP) is a marker for inflammation. Biomarkers are useful in a number of ways, including measuring the progress of disease, evaluating the most effective therapeutic regimes for a particular cancer type, and establishing long-term susceptibility to cancer or its recurrence. Biomarkers characterize disease progression starting from the earliest natural history of the disease. Biomarkers assess disease susceptibility and severity, which allows one to predict outcomes, determine interventions and evaluate therapeutic responses. From a forensics and epidemiologic perspective, biomarkers offer unique insight about the relationships between environmental risk factors. The parameter can be chemical, physical or biological. In molecular terms biomarker is "the subset of markers that might be discovered using genomics, proteomics technologies or imaging technologies. Biomarkers play major roles in medicinal biology. Biomarkers help in early diagnosis, disease prevention, drug target identification, drug response etc. Several biomarkers have been identified for many diseases such as serum LDL for cholesterol, blood pressure, and P53 gene and MMPs as tumor markers for cancer. Disease-related biomarkers and drug-related biomarkers It is necessary to distinguish between disease-related and drug-related biomarkers. Disease-related biomarkers give an indication of the probable effect of treatment on patient (risk indicator or predictive biomarkers), if a disease already exists (diagnostic biomarker), or how such a disease may develop in an individual case regardless of the type of treatment (prognostic biomarker). Predictive biomarkers help to assess the most likely response to a particular treatment type, while prognostic markers shows the progression of disease with or without treatment. In contrast, drug-related biomarkers indicate whether a drug will be effective in a specific patient and how the patient's body will process it. In addition to long-known parameters, such as those included and objectively measured in a blood count, there are numerous novel biomarkers used in the various medical specialties. Currently, intensive work is taking place on the discovery and development of innovative and more effective biomarkers. These "new" biomarkers have become the basis for preventive medicine, meaning medicine that recognises diseases or the risk of disease early, and takes specific countermeasures to prevent the development of disease. Biomarkers are also seen as the key to personalised medicine, treatments individually tailored to specific patients for highly efficient intervention in disease processes. Often, such biomarkers indicate changes in metabolic processes. The "classic" biomarker in medicine is a laboratory parameter that the doctor can use to help make decisions in making a diagnosis and selecting a course of treatment. For example, the detection of certain autoantibodies in patient blood is a reliable biomarker for autoimmune disease, and the detection of rheumatoid factors has been an important diagnostic marker for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) for over 50 years. For the diagnosis of this autoimmune disease the antibodies against the bodies own citrullinated proteins are of particular value. These ACPAs, (ACPA stands for Anti-citrullinated protein/peptide antibody) can be detected in the blood before the first symptoms of RA appear. They are thus highly valuable biomarkers for the early diagnosis of this autoimmune disease. In addition, they indicate if the disease threatens to be severe with serious damage to the bones and joints, which is an important tool for the doctor when providing a diagnosis and developing a treatment plan. There are also more and more indications that ACPAs can be very useful in monitoring the success of treatment for RA. This would make possible the accurate use of modern treatments with biologicals. Physicians hope to soon be able to individually tailor rheumatoid arthritis treatments for each patient. According to Häupl T. et al. prediction of response to treatment will become the most important aim of biomarker research in medicine. With the growing number of new biological agents, there is increasing pressure to identify molecular parameters such as ACPAs that will not only guide the therapeutic decision but also help to define the most important targets for which new biological agents should be tested in clinical studies. An NIH study group committed to the following definition in 1998: "a characteristic that is objectively measured and evaluated as an indicator of normal biologic processes, pathogenic processes, or pharmacologic responses to a therapeutic intervention." In the past, biomarkers were primarily physiological indicators such as blood pressure or heart rate. More recently, biomarker is becoming a synonym for molecular biomarker, such as elevated prostate specific antigen as a molecular biomarker for prostate cancer, or using enzyme assays as liver function tests. There has recently been heightened interest in the relevance of biomarkers in oncology, including the role of KRAS in colorectal cancer and other EGFR-associated cancers. In patients whose tumors express the mutated KRAS gene, the KRAS protein, which forms part of the EGFR signaling pathway, is always 'turned on'. This overactive EGFR signaling means that signaling continues downstream – even when the upstream signaling is blocked by an EGFR inhibitor, such as cetuximab (Erbitux) – and results in continued cancer cell growth and proliferation. Testing a tumor for its KRAS status (wild-type vs. mutant) helps to identify those patients who will benefit most from treatment with cetuximab. Currently, effective treatment is available for only a small percentage of cancer patients. In addition, many cancer patients are diagnosed at a stage where the cancer has advanced too far to be treated. Biomarkers have the ability to greatly enhance cancer detection and the drug development process. In addition, biomarkers will enable physicians to develop individualized treatment plans for their cancer patients; thus allowing doctors to tailor drugs specific to their patient's tumor type. By doing so, drug response rate will improve, drug toxicity will be limited and costs associated with testing various therapies and the ensuing treatment for side effects will decrease. Biomarkers also cover the use of molecular indicators of environmental exposure in epidemiologic studies such as human papilloma virus or certain markers of tobacco exposure such as 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK). To date no biomarkers have been established for head and neck cancer. Biomarker requirements For chronic diseases, whose treatment may require patients to take medications for years, accurate diagnosis is particularly important, especially when strong side effects are expected from the treatment. In these cases, biomarkers are becoming more and more important, because they can confirm a difficult diagnosis or even make it possible in the first place. A number of diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease or rheumatoid arthritis, often begin with an early, symptom-free phase. In such symptom-free patients there may be more or less probability of actually developing symptoms. In these cases, biomarkers help to identify high-risk individuals reliably and in a timely manner so that they can either be treated before onset of the disease or as soon as possible thereafter. In order to use a biomarker for diagnostics, the sample material must be as easy to obtain as possible. This may be a blood sample taken by a doctor, a urine or saliva sample, or a drop of blood like those diabetes patients extract from their own fingertips for regular blood-sugar monitoring. For rapid initiation of treatment, the speed with which a result is obtained from the biomarker test is critical. A rapid test, which delivers a result after only a few minutes, is optimal. This makes it possible for the physician to discuss with the patient how to proceed and if necessary to start treatment immediately after the test. Naturally, the detection method for a biomarker must be accurate and as easy to carry out as possible. The results from different laboratories may not differ significantly from each other, and the biomarker must naturally have proven its effectiveness for the diagnosis, prognosis, and risk assessment of the affected diseases in independent studies. A biomarker for clinical use needs good sensitivity and specificity e.g. ≥0.9, and good specificity e.g. ≥0.9 although they should be chosen with the population in mind so positive predictive value and negative predictive value are more relevant. Biomarker classification and application Biomarkers can be classified based on different criteria. Based on their characteristics they can be classified as imaging biomarkers (CT, PET, MRI) or molecular biomarkers with three subtypes: volatile, like breath, body fluid, or biopsy biomarkers. Molecular biomarkers refer to non-imaging biomarkers that have biophysical properties, which allow their measurements in biological samples (e.g., plasma, serum, cerebrospinal fluid, bronchoalveolar lavage, biopsy) and include nucleic acids-based biomarkers such as gene mutations or polymorphisms and quantitative gene expression analysis, peptides, proteins, lipids metabolites, and other small molecules. Biomarkers can also be classified based on their application such as diagnostic biomarkers (i.e., cardiac troponin for the diagnosis of myocardial infarction), staging of disease biomarkers (i.e., brain natriuretic peptide for congestive heart failure), disease prognosis biomarkers (cancer biomarkers), and biomarkers for monitoring the clinical response to an intervention (HbAlc for antidiabetic treatment). Another category of biomarkers includes those used in decision making in early drug development. For instance, pharmacodynamic (PD) biomarkers are markers of a certain pharmacological response, which are of special interest in dose optimization studies. Classes Three broad classes of biomarkers are prognostic biomarkers, predictive biomarkers and pharmacodynamic biomarkers. Prognostic Prognostic biomarkers give intervention-independent information on disease status through screening, diagnosis and disease monitoring. Prognostic biomarkers can signify individuals in the latent period of a disease's natural history, allowing optimal therapy and prevention until the disease's termination. Prognostic biomarkers give information on disease status by measuring the internal precursors that increase or decrease the likelihood of attaining a disease. For example, blood pressure and cholesterol are biomarkers for CVD. Prognostic biomarkers can be direct or indirect to the causal pathway of a disease. If a prognostic biomarker is a direct step in the causal pathway, it is one of the factors or products of the disease. A prognostic biomarker could be indirectly associated with a disease if it is related to a change caused by the exposure, or related to an unknown factor connected with the exposure or disease. Predictive Predictive biomarkers measure the effect of a drug and tell if the drug is having its expected activity, but do not offer any direct information on the disease. Predictive biomarkers are highly sensitive and specific; therefore they increase diagnostic validity of a drug or toxin's site-specific effect by eliminating recall bias and subjectivity from those exposed. For example, when an individual is exposed to a drug or toxin, the concentration of that drug or toxin within the body, or the biological effective dose, provides a more accurate prediction for the effect of the drug or toxin compared to an estimation or measurement of the toxin from the origin or external environment. Pharmacodynamic Pharmacodynamic (PD) biomarkers can measure the direct interaction between a drug and its receptor. Pharmacodynamic biomarkers reveal drug mechanisms, if the drug has its intended effect on the biology of the disease, ideal biological dosing concentrations, and physiologic response/resistance mechanisms. Pharmacodynamic biomarkers are particularly relevant in drug mechanisms of tumor cells, where pharmacodynamic endpoints for drug interventions can be assessed directly on tumor tissues. For example, protein phosphorylation biomarkers indicate alterations in target protein kinases and activation of downstream signaling molecules. Types Biomarkers validated by genetic and molecular biology methods can be classified into three types. Type 0 — Natural history markers Type 1 — Drug activity markers Type 2 — Surrogate markers Discovery of molecular biomarkers Molecular biomarkers have been defined as biomarkers that can be discovered using basic and acceptable platforms such as genomics and proteomics. Many genomic and proteomics techniques are available for biomarker discovery and a few techniques that are recently being used can be found on that page. Apart from genomics and proteomics platforms biomarker assay techniques, metabolomics, lipidomics, glycomics, and secretomics are the most commonly used as techniques in identification of biomarkers. Clinical applications Biomarkers can be classified on their clinical applications as molecular biomarkers, cellular biomarkers or imaging biomarkers. Molecular Four of the main types of molecular biomarkers are genomic biomarkers, transcriptomic biomarkers, proteomic biomarkers and metabolic biomarkers. Genomic Genomic biomarkers analyze DNA by identifying irregular sequences in the genome, typically a single nucleotide polymorphism. Genetic biomarkers are particularly significant in cancer because most cancer cell lines carry somatic mutations. Somatic mutations are distinguishable from hereditary mutations because the mutation is not in every cell; just the tumor cells, making them easy targets. Transcriptomic Transcriptomic biomarkers analyze all RNA molecules, not solely the exome. Transcriptomic biomarkers reveal the molecular identity and concentration of RNA in a specific cell or population. Pattern-based RNA expression analysis provides increased diagnostic and prognostic capability in predicting therapeutic responses for individuals. For example, distinct RNA subtypes in breast cancer patients have different survival rates. Proteomic Proteomics permits the quantitative analysis and detection of changes to proteins or protein biomarkers. Protein biomarkers detect a variety of biological changes, such as protein-protein interactions, post-translational modifications and immunological responses. Cellular Cellular biomarkers allow cells to be isolated, sorted, quantified and characterized by their morphology and physiology. Cellular biomarkers are used in both clinical and laboratory settings, and can discriminate between a large sample of cells based on their antigens. An example of a cellular biomarker sorting technique is Fluorescent-activated cell sorting. Imaging biomarkers Imaging biomarkers allow earlier detection of disease compared to molecular biomarkers, and streamline translational research in the drug discovery marketplace. For example, one could determine the percent of receptors a drug targets, shortening the time and money of research during the new drug development stage. Imaging biomarkers also are non-invasive, which is a clinical advantage over molecular biomarkers. Some of the image-based biomarkers are X-Ray, Computed Tomography (CT), Positron Emission Tomography (PET), Single Photo Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Many new biomarkers are being developed that involve imaging technology. Imaging biomarkers have many advantages. They are usually noninvasive, and they produce intuitive, multidimensional results. Yielding both qualitative and quantitative data, they are usually relatively comfortable for patients. When combined with other sources of information, they can be very useful to clinicians seeking to make a diagnosis. Cardiac imaging is an active area of biomarker research. Coronary angiography, an invasive procedure requiring catheterization, has long been the gold standard for diagnosing arterial stenosis, but scientists and doctors hope to develop noninvasive techniques. Many believe that cardiac computed tomography (CT) has great potential in this area, but researchers are still attempting to overcome problems related to "calcium blooming," a phenomenon in which calcium deposits interfere with image resolution. Other intravascular imaging techniques involving magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), optical coherence tomography (OCT), and near infrared spectroscopy are also being investigated. Another new imaging biomarker involves radiolabeled fludeoxyglucose. Positron emission tomography (PET) can be used to measure where in the body cells take up glucose. By tracking glucose, doctors can find sites of inflammation because macrophages there take up glucose at high levels. Tumors also take up a lot of glucose, so the imaging strategy can be used to monitor them as well. Tracking radiolabeled glucose is a promising technique because it directly measures a step known to be crucial to inflammation and tumor growth. Imaging disease biomarkers by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) MRI has the advantages of having very high spatial resolution and is very adept at morphological imaging and functional imaging. MRI does have several disadvantages though. First, MRI has a sensitivity of around 10−3 mol/L to 10−5 mol/L which, compared to other types of imaging, can be very limiting. This problem stems from the fact that the difference between atoms in the high energy state and the low energy state is very small. For example, at 1.5 tesla, a typical field strength for clinical MRI, the difference between high and low energy states is approximately 9 molecules per 2 million. Improvements to increase MR sensitivity include increasing magnetic field strength, and hyperpolarization via optical pumping or dynamic nuclear polarization. There are also a variety of signal amplification schemes based on chemical exchange that increase sensitivity. To achieve molecular imaging of disease biomarkers using MRI, targeted MRI contrast agents with high specificity and high relaxivity (sensitivity) are required. To date, many studies have been devoted to developing targeted-MRI contrast agents to achieve molecular imaging by MRI. Commonly, peptides, antibodies, or small ligands, and small protein domains, such as HER-2 affibodies, have been applied to achieve targeting. To enhance the sensitivity of the contrast agents, these targeting moieties are usually linked to high payload MRI contrast agents or MRI contrast agents with high relaxivities. Examples Embryonic: Embryonic biomarkers are very important to fetuses, as each cell's role is decided through the use of biomarkers. Research has been conducted concerning the use of embryonic stem cells (ESCs) in regenerative medicine. This is because certain biomarkers within a cell could be altered (most likely in the tertiary stage of their formation) to change the future role of the cell, thereby creating new ones. One example of an embryonic biomarker is the protein Oct-4. Autism: ASDs are complex; autism is a medical condition with several etiologies caused due to the interactions between environmental conditions and genetic vulnerability. The challenge in finding out the biomarkers related to ASDs is that they may reflect genetic or neurobiological changes that may be active only to a certain point. ASDs show heterogeneous clinical symptoms and genetic architecture, which have hindered the identification of common genetic susceptibility factors. Still, many researches are being done to find out the main reason behind the genetic incomparability. Cancer: Biomarkers have an extremely high upside for therapeutic interventions in cancer patients. Most cancer biomarkers consist of proteins or altered segments of DNA, and are expressed in all cells, just at higher rates in cancer cells. There has not yet been one, universal tumor biomarker, but there is a biomarker for every type of cancer. These tumor biomarkers are used to track the health of tumors, but cannot serve as the sole diagnostic for specific cancers. Examples of tumoral markers used to follow up cancer treatment are the Carcinoembryonic Antigen (CEA) for colorectal cancer and the Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) for prostate cancer. In 2014, Cancer research identified Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs) and Circulating Tumor DNA (ctDNA) as metastasizing tumor biomarkers with special cellular differentiation and prognostic skills. Innovative technology needs to be harnessed to determine the full capabilities of CTCs and ctDNA, but insight into their roles has potential for new understanding of cancer evolution, invasion and metastasis. List of Biomarkers In alphabetic order Alanine transaminase (ALT) Body fat percentage Body mass index Body temperature Blood pressure Blood sugar level Complete blood count Creatinine C-reactive protein (inflammation) Heart rate Hematocrit (HCT) Hemoglobin (Hgb) Mean corpuscular volume (MCV) Red Blood Cell Count (RBC) Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) Triglyceride Waist circumference Waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) Potential disadvantages Not all biomarkers should be used as surrogate endpoints to assess clinical outcomes. Biomarkers can be difficult to validate and require different levels of validation depending on their intended use. If a biomarker is to be used to measure the success of a therapeutic intervention, the biomarker should reflect a direct effect of that medicine. See also Biomarkers of aging Cardiac marker Molecular risk assessment Cancer biomarkers ROCCET Continuous Individualized Risk Index References Biomarkers Biotechnology Chemical pathology Medical signs Cell biology
The Philippine fairy-bluebird (Irena cyanogastra) is a species of bird in the family Irenidae. It is endemic to the Philippines being found in the islands of Luzon, Mindanao, Samar and Bohol. Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forest and tropical moist montane forest. They are seen in mixed flocks along with Philippine bulbuls, Blue-headed fantails and other forest birds. It is threatened by habitat loss and hunting for both food and pet trade. Mythology This species is considered as sacred to the Tagalog people as it is perceived as the tigmamanukan omen. It is believed to be a messenger of Bathala, the supreme creator god of precolonial, indigenous Tagalog religion. In old Tagalog mythology in southern Luzon, the Philippine fairy-bluebirds were known as the tigmamanukan omen birds. According to legend, Bathala ordered a tigmamanukan bird to crack in open a bamboo stalk from which came Malakas and Maganda, the first humans. In another legend, Bathala also sends the tigmamanukan bird (sometimes in the forms of a snake or lizard) to aid humans if they need to proceed or stop a journey. If a traveler sees a tigmamanukan omen passing from right to left, it is “labay” or divine approval to proceed with the journey. If the tigmamanukan omen passes from left to right, the traveller should not proceed, or else he or she will never return. All tigmamanukan omen birds are said to live on the mythical Mount Batala sacred to the god. See also Asian fairy-bluebird References External links Image at ADW Philippine fairy-bluebird Endemic birds of the Philippines Philippine fairy-bluebird Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
The Android is the tenth book in the Animorphs series, written by K.A. Applegate. It is narrated by Marco. Plot summary While sneaking into a concert in dog morph, Jake and Marco discover that they are unable to detect a smell from their friend Erek King, something impossible, as all living things smell (Marco describes Erek as a "black hole of smell"). They then realize that he is also a member of The Sharing. When the Animorphs investigate further, they find out that he is really an android with a hologram projected around him, after he is hit by a bus and his hologram fails for a few seconds. Marco finds out from Tom that there is a barbecue for The Sharing going on at a nearby lake, and the Animorphs go there to find out whether Erek is working for the Yeerks. Only certain animals can see through Erek's hologram, so Ax and Marco morph wolf spiders, while the rest of the Animorphs go into their bird morphs (except Jake, who morphs a fly) to act as lookouts. While in morph, Marco and Ax confirm their suspicion that Erek is an android. However, Marco is then grabbed by a bird, who tries to eat him. He is forced to demorph in full view of Erek. Erek projects a hologram around him, so he is hidden from the Controllers. Erek tells Marco to come visit him at his house, and to bring the other Animorphs. After some thought, the Animorphs decide to go. In case it's a trap, they leave Rachel behind, who will morph into grizzly bear and storm the place if Ax thought-speaks a distress call. Once they get there, Erek reveals he is part of an ancient race of androids called the Chee, whose creators, the Pemalites, were destroyed by the Howlers thousands of years ago. The Chee managed to escape to Earth with a few of the last remaining Pemalites (which resembled humanoid canines), and fused their essence with wolves, creating dogs. A few members of the Chee are working against the Yeerks. Erek agreed to "become" a Controller, but in reality he controls his Yeerk. When he goes to the Yeerk Pool, he simply projects a hologram of the Yeerk going in and out of his ear, realizing that the Yeerks have very little ability to communicate while in the pool. The Chee have amazing physical strength, but they have one drawback: their programming means they cannot hurt anyone. Erek tells the Animorphs that they can change their programming with the Pemalite crystal. They find out that the Yeerks are currently in possession of the crystal, and have it in a high security facility. They agree to attempt to retrieve the crystal so the Chee can join the fight. To get it, they decide to sneak in using cockroach and spider morphs. They are chased by a rat and just barely escape being burned by a furnace, but they reach the highly guarded room. They morph into bats to echolocate and avoid the complex wiring that protects the crystal from normal means. However, once Jake has the crystal in his mouth, the Animorphs realize that he can't echolocate out of there. They go into battle morphs and race out, where they are stopped by twenty Hork-Bajir warriors. Marco sees Erek outside the windows looking in, powerless to help them. During the fighting, Marco ends up by the windows. Gasping, he smashes the window and gives the Pemalite crystal to Erek before dying. When Erek delivers an electric shock to Marco's heart and he comes to, Marco realizes that all of the Hork-Bajir are dead, and the Animorphs and Erek are fine, Erek having massacred the Hork-Bajir. Erek says that he has realized why the Pemalites put the pacifist programming in him—as his memory remains perfect, Erek will never be able to move past the memory of the violence that he has committed and will constantly remember it as though it just took place—and changes his programming back to what it was. He says that he can never join the actual fight, but he can pass on information. He gives Marco a phone number for a safe, untappable line so they can communicate. At the end of the book, Homer, Jake's dog, drops the Pemalite crystal into the ocean. Morphs Android, The Holography in fiction 1997 American novels 1997 science fiction novels Novels about androids
Samuel Silvera (born 25 October 2000) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a winger for Middlesbrough. Born in England, he plays for the Australia national team. Early life Born in London, Silvera grew up and started his soccer career in Australia. He is of Jamaican descent through his father. He holds dual citizenship with Australia and the United Kingdom. Club career Western Sydney Wanderers (NPL) In 2017 while competing in the U20s NPL NSW 2 for Western Sydney Wanderers, Silvera was honoured as the Wanderers U20 Player of the Year. Central Coast Mariners After being released by the Wanderers at the end of the 2018/19 season, Silvera was signed by the Central Coast Mariners on a one-year scholarship on 21 June 2019 after an initial trial period with the club. On 31 July 2019, Silvera made his professional debut in a Round of 32 FFA Cup clash against Maitland, playing the full 90 minutes and providing an assist for Michael McGlinchey's second goal. He scored his first professional goal in Central Coast's 2–2 draw with Brisbane Roar in the Round of 16 of the FFA Cup on 28 August 2019, scoring their second goal as they went on to win the game 4–2 on penalties. Following an encouraging pre-season, Silvera agreed to a new three-year deal with the Mariners, tying him to the club until 2022. He went on trial with Los Angeles FC of Major League Soccer at the start of the 2020 season. Paços de Ferreira On 4 September 2020, Silvera signed for Primeira Liga club Paços de Ferreira for an undisclosed fee. Soon after signing, Silvera was loaned to LigaPro side Casa Pia ahead of the 2020–21 season. Silvera played 4 games at Casa Pia, before then joining Sanjoanense on loan in February 2021 to complete that season. Ahead of the 2021–22 season, Silvera joined the Newcastle Jets on loan. His decision to sign for Newcastle was a controversial one, given the deep and long-standing rivalry with his former club, Central Coast Mariners. Silvera made 21 appearances for Newcastle during his season-long loan, scoring 1 goal. Return to Central Coast Mariners (second stint) After controversially spending the previous season on loan with bitter rivals Newcastle, Silvera returned to the Central Coast Mariners for the 2022–23 season on a 3-year contract. Silvera scored in his first game back for the club against Wellington Phoenix. Silvera was part of the A-League Men Championship winning team for the Mariners in his first season back at the club, scoring one of six Mariners goals in the Grand Final and setting up another with a trivela. Middlesbrough On 7 July 2023, Silvera signed for English Championship club Middlesbrough for an undisclosed fee on a three-year deal. On 5 August 2023, Silvera made his Championship debut as a substitute against Millwall. On 8 August, on this first start, he scored his first goal for Middlesbrough in the EFL Cup against Huddersfield Town. He scored his first league goal for Middlesbrough in a 2–1 win over Norwich on 24 October 2023. International career Silvera came on as a substitute for the Australian under-23 team in a draw against New Zealand on 9 September 2019. In September 2023, Silvera was called-up for the first time to the Australia senior national team ahead of a friendly match against Mexico. He made his senior debut against Mexico, coming on as a substitute in a 2–2 draw. Career statistics Club International Honours Central Coast Mariners A-League Men Championship: 2022–23 References External links 2000 births Living people Footballers from Greater London Australian men's soccer players Australia men's youth international soccer players Australia men's international soccer players English footballers British emigrants to Australia Australian people of Jamaican descent English sportspeople of Jamaican descent Men's association football midfielders Central Coast Mariners FC players F.C. Paços de Ferreira players Casa Pia A.C. players Newcastle Jets FC players Middlesbrough F.C. players National Premier Leagues players A-League Men players Liga Portugal 2 players Campeonato de Portugal (league) players English Football League players Australian expatriate men's soccer players Australian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Australian expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in England
The Embassy of Finland to the Commonwealth of Australia is Finland's diplomatic mission in Canberra, Australia. The mission is also accredited to New Zealand, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands. As it is the only Finnish Embassy in the Southern Pacific region (Oceania), in practice the embassy also represents Finland in its relations with other Pacific island states in the region (Nauru, Tuvalu as well as the Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau). History Finland first established a consulate in Sydney in 1918. In these early years, the consulate, apart from providing consular services, also played the role of a social club for the Australian Finnish community. After relations become tense between Finland and Great Britain in 1941, as a result of the Continuation War between the Soviet Union and Finland, representatives of the Government of Finland returned to their home country. In 1949, Finland and Australia began diplomatic relations. The relationship between the two countries was quickly established after the war and ties between Australia and Finland became stronger and deeper. In the 1950s, Finnish exports doubled from the previous decade. The Consulate of Finland remained in Sydney until 1966 when it was moved to the capital city of Canberra, and in 1968 the first Finnish ambassador was appointed. The Finnish embassy was built in Yarralumla in 1978, adjacent to the Singaporean and Indonesian missions. Finland continued to maintain a separate consulate in the Sydney suburb of Double Bay until 2012. Architecture In 2002 a distinctively built annex was built, designed by Finnish architect Vesa Huttunen of Hirvonen and Huttunen who won the commission in a 1997 competition. The annex houses the chancery, a residence for the Counsellor and a Finnish sauna. The 1978 building now serves as the Ambassadorial residence. The building appears as a long, sleek box of stainless steel and glass, neatly complemented by the overhang of indigenous eucalyptus trees. Named Ilmarinen after the Finnish armoured naval vessel (in turn named after the blacksmith hero in the Finnish national epic Kalevala), the building has the spatial feel of a ship. Offices sit like cabins lined up along the side of the building, connected by walkways overlooking an atrium. The facade of the chancery building is made entirely of glass. Interior steel I-beams and stainless steel padding is used alongside recycled jarrah timber external decks and stair treads which look as if they came from a disused wharf (actually they originate from Australian sheep stations). The design received an award at the annual architectural competition held in the Australian Capital Territory in the summer of 2003. The Embassy of Estonia to Australia has been located in the Embassy of Finland building since August 2015. Finnish Ambassadors to Australia Honorary Consulates In addition to the Embassy in Canberra, there are eight honorary consulates in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Perth, Darwin and Cairns. Honorary consuls are also based in New Zealand, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa and Tonga. Within his or her jurisdiction, an honorary consul provides advice and guidance for distressed Finnish citizens and foreigners permanently residing in Finland who are temporarily abroad, assisting them in their contacts with local authorities or the nearest Finnish embassy. Certain types of notarized certificates can be acquired through an honorary consul. Honorary consuls do not accept passport applications nor do they handle matters pertaining to visas or residence permits. See also Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Finland) List of diplomatic missions of Finland List of diplomatic missions in Australia Visa requirements for Finnish citizens Visa policy of Australia References External links Finland Canberra Buildings and structures by Finnish architects Australia–Finland relations Buildings and structures completed in 1978
Beistegui is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Carlos de Beistegui (1895–1970), eccentric Spanish-French multi-millionaire Miguel de Beistegui (born 1966), Professor of Philosophy at the University of Warwick See also Beistegui Hermanos, a Spanish bicycle manufacturer
Anamera similis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1938. It is known from Myanmar and Laos. References Lamiini Beetles described in 1938
American Jewish World Service (AJWS) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit international development and human rights organization that supports community-based organizations in 19 countries in the developing world and works to educate the American Jewish community about global justice. It is the first and only Jewish organization dedicated solely to ending poverty and promoting human rights in the developing world. Its headquarters are in New York City. AJWS has received a Four Star rating from Charity Navigator since 2002. Mission Inspired by the Jewish commitment to justice, American Jewish World Service works to realize human rights and end poverty in the developing world. Strategy AJWS has a two-pronged strategy: It provides over $38 million annually to more than 450 social justice organizations in 19 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean, and they advocate for laws and policies in the United States that will improve the lives of people around the world. AJWS's international grantmaking and U.S. advocacy focus on five central issues: civil and political rights, land, water and climate justice, sexual health and rights, ending child marriage, and disaster relief. Grantmaking AJWS's grant-making is guided by the beliefs that grassroots organizations are best placed to envision, articulate and implement their own plans for the development of their communities, and that community development cannot take place when human rights are denied. In addition, AJWS believes women are critical drivers of community development and change, and that marginalized communities that are vulnerable to poverty and human rights violations are powerful agents of change and development when mobilized from within. Advocacy AJWS works to promote awareness and influence U.S. international policies and funding in relation to human rights, global health and poverty, by rallying members of the community to advocate for policies that will improve the lives of millions of people in the developing world. AJWS's current advocacy priorities include retaining the centrality of human rights within U.S. foreign policy through funding, diplomacy and policy. This includes supporting the HER Act, which would legislatively repeal the Mexico City Policy, the Burma Human Rights and Freedom Act, which would sanction human rights violators in Burma, and working to stop, delay and mitigate new policies that undermine human rights abroad. Internationally, AJWS works to increase the quality and quantity of funds supporting grassroots groups so that said funds are flexible, longstanding and feminist in their approaches. History AJWS was established in Boston, Massachusetts, on May 1, 1985, when Larry Phillips and Larry Simon, together with a group of rabbis, Jewish communal leaders, activists, business people, scholars and others, came together to create the first American Jewish organization dedicated to alleviating poverty, hunger, and disease among people across the globe. In her book, If I Am Not For Myself: The Liberal Betrayal of the Jews, Ruth Wisse argues that AJWS is one of a group of left-of-center Jewish organizations and publications founded in the 1980s without explaining why a new, specifically Jewish organization was needed to address causes already being addressed by well-established, American charities to which many Jewish were already contributors. Wisse argues that the actual motivation was a need felt by highly educated Jews to counter rising antisemitism on the left by performative acts of "public avowals of kindliness and liberalism. " The organization's first key achievement was its response to a volcano disaster in Armaro, Colombia, in 1986. In 1990, after moving headquarters to New York City, AJWS launched five new international development projects in Mexico, Honduras, and Haiti, which provided training programs in sustainable agriculture. In 1991, then AJWS President Andrew Griffel was elected to the Executive Committee of InterAction, a consortium of over a hundred international humanitarian organizations. Shortly after the September 11th attacks, AJWS responded by receiving donations and making grants to groups that provide support to families of low-income workers. In 2004, AJWS responded to the Indian Ocean tsunami, and co-founded the Save Darfur Coalition. In 2006, AJWS helped organize a rally in Washington, D.C., against genocide, and has since conducted a series of other rallies throughout the country. In 2010, AJWS responded to the earthquake in Haiti, raising nearly $6 million for Haitian-led recovery efforts, and in 2011 launched Reverse Hunger: Ending the Global Food Crisis, a campaign to reform U.S. food aid policy. In 2013, AJWS launched the “We Believe” campaign, a national advocacy campaign that called on the U.S. government to promote human rights in the developing world by ending violence against women and girls, stopping hate crimes against LGBT people, and ending child marriage. In recent years, AJWS has responded to the East Africa hunger crisis and the Rohingya refugee crisis by providing immediate humanitarian aid and long-term, sustainable support to affected populations. Leadership AJWS's current president and chief executive officer is Robert Bank. Bank has spent his career championing human rights as an attorney, activist and leader. He joined AJWS as executive vice president in 2009, and he had previously served in New York's municipal government and in the leadership of GMHC—one of the world's leading organizations combating HIV/AIDS. Robert has been honored with GMHC's Lifetime Achievement Award and the Partners in Justice Award from AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps. Bank became president and chief executive officer in July 2016, succeeding Ruth Messinger, who presided over the organization for 18 years. Ruth Messinger was formerly Manhattan Borough President and the Democratic nominee for Mayor of New York City in 1997. In late 2005, The Forward named Messinger in its annual "Forward 50" list of the most influential American Jews. Messinger returned to the Forward 50 in 2009, also the year she was invited to the White House to discuss the crisis in Darfur with President Barack Obama. Currently, she sits on the United States State Department's Religion and Foreign Policy Working Group and co-chairs the Sub-Working Group on Social Justice. Impact AJWS provides over $38 million annually to 450 social justice organizations in 19 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, to address some of the gravest global problems, including genocide, AIDS, violence against women and girls, hatred of LGBT people, and consequences of natural and human-made disasters. Since its founding, AJWS has provided more than $360 million to support thousands of social justice organizations in the developing world that have taken on such challenges. References External links Charity Navigator listing Organizations established in 1985 Jewish charities based in the United States Jewish refugee aid organizations Jewish-American political organizations Charities based in New York City 1985 establishments in Massachusetts
The rise of musical bands in Pakistan began in the 1980s when cassettes first came into Pakistan bringing in a wave of Western rock music. Western-influenced rock music began to feature in underground concerts all across the country. In the 1980s, rock bands Vital Signs and Strings rose in defiance of the authoritarian regime and gained immense popularity amongst the youth. Vital Signs is widely regarded as Pakistan's first and most successful pop-rock band. Their single "Dil Dil Pakistan" was voted the third most popular song of all time in a BBC World poll in 2003, and is also called Pakistan's "pop national anthem". Despite being active since the late 80s, Strings attained widespread popularity after the release of their second album in 1992. The band went on to sell over 25 million albums worldwide. Junoon, Aaroh, and Noori followed suit in the 1990s. Junoon pioneered the genre of Sufi rock, combining the poetry of famous Sufi poets such as Rumi, Hafez, and Bulleh Shah with the hard rock band of Led Zeppelin and Santana and South Asian percussion such as the tabla. Junoon is one of Pakistan's and South Asia's most successful bands with over 30 million albums sold worldwide; The New York Times called Junoon "the U2 of Pakistan" and Q magazine dubbed them as "One of the biggest bands in the world". Junoon became the first rock band to perform at the United Nations General Assembly Hall and only the second Pakistani act to perform at a Nobel Peace Prize Concert. The early 2000s saw the arrival of progressive metal, progressive rock, and psychedelic rock with bands such as Entity Paradigm and Mizraab. Mekaal Hasan Band, Call, Karavan, Jal, Roxen, Mizmaar, and Qayaas also exploded onto the music scene with different brands of rock including alternative and soft rock. The television series Pepsi Battle of the Bands was instrumental in launching Entity Paradigm, Aaroh, and the Mekaal Hasan Band, all of whom competed in the inaugural edition of the show in 2002. The resumption of the Pepsi Battle of the Bands in 2017 after almost 15 years, heralded the resurgence of Pakistani rock with the rise of Kashmir band, Bayaan, and Badnaam. Although the heavy metal genre began to rise in popularity after the 1997 general elections, Pakistani heavy metal music can be traced back to the new wave of British heavy metal of the 1980s and 1990s with bands such as Black Warrant, Final Cut, and Barbarians. In recent years, numerous heavy and black metal bands including Overload, Saturn, Saakin, Karakoram, Burq – The Band, Taarma, The Nuke, and Aag have amassed followings in this niche rock music in Pakistan. In 1986, the Vital Signs (predominantly a pop band) released its first single "Do Pal Ka Jeevan", which became an ultimate success and the band built its reputation in Pakistan's underground music industry. The rock music bands and trios came to be perceived by many Pakistani fans and country's cultural observers as a "promising new era of cultural revival". Their enormous popularity significantly opened a new wave of music and a modern chapter in the history of Pakistan. In the 1980s, rock bands including the Strings, The Barbarians, The Final Cut, Jupiters, Junoon, and Vital Signs gained a lot of public appraisal and popularity; the public opinion was generally positive and welcomed the bands for their uniqueness. NTM, launched a show titled Music Channel Charts to highlight new talent every week due to popular youth demand. Vital Signs were followed by Junoon, Awaz, Strings, Karawan, and Jupiters, all of whom had exploded the pop, rock and heavy metal music genre in the country, bringing the significant shift of country's transformation into modernism during the 1990s. The Pakistani rock further matured itself and gained public appraisal with the arrival of American satellite television in the 1990s. The popular form of music quickly spread throughout the country and with that came the arrival of various rock bands in the 1990s. Early rock bands such as Vital Signs and Junoon are regarded as the pioneers of Pakistan's rock music. Other bands such as Strings began in the mid 1990s and during the late 1990s underground bands were becoming a norm in cities across Pakistan. In a short span of time, the Western-influenced rock bands gained enormous popularity and were generally welcomed by the public. The Music Channel Charts aired to NTM became the first pop/rock music entity that used to give ratings to pop/rock bands and singers. Music '89 was the first ever all pop/rock music stage-show to be aired on PTV. Cities such as Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad witnessed an explosion of rock bands and concerts in 2000 as Pakistan began to liberalize under President Musharraf's "enlightened moderation" campaign. In 2002, a major shift in the rock music of Pakistan occurred with the arrival of the Pepsi Battle of the Bands, which saw bands like Aaroh, Mizraab, Entity Paradigm and Mekaal Hasan Band appear onto the scene. Finally, Pakistan saw good rock music, with respectable instrument playing. Vital Signs emerged during a time in which Pakistan was embracing Islamization. With the rise of Vital Signs and later, Junoon and others, the rock music, exploded in the 1980s and 1990s, became a vehicle for expressing patriotic nationalist spirit in Pakistan. Undoubtedly, the rock music has been one major influential force which has truly kept the national spirits high amidst the prevailing social woes which had worsened in since the 1980s, such music included songs like "Dil Dil Pakistan", Jazba Junoon, Jaago and many more. In 1980, such Western ideas were denounced in the country, and the film industry was deteriorating quick to compete with counterrevolution of Indian film industry. According to the editorial written in The Express Tribune in 2011, the "Vital Signs and Pakistan's ingenious rock music was the only "arsenal" the country had against India's encroaching entertainment industry." Several popular bands, including EP, Call, and Noori, have been integral in revitalizing the rock culture in Pakistan. After the successful emergence of Vital Signs in the 1980s and Junoon in the 1990s, the heavy metal music genre began to rise after the 1997 general elections. Black Warrant was one of the earliest heavy metal band that released its very first album in the public. The roots of Pakistani heavy metal music can be traced back to the new wave of British heavy metal when it was transferred in the late 1980s and early 1990s. In the 1980s, the bands Final Cut and Barbarians are considered the earliest Pakistani heavy metal bands. Although they were short-lived, they influenced many other musicians. Guitarist Salman Ahmad gained fame for his unique style of playing Sufi-style and neoclassical kinds of music in heavy metal form. The second wave of heavy metal artists, comprising bands such as Dhun, which was Fawad Baloch's more conventional metal project, Blackhour, Ehl-e-Rock, Inferner, and Black Warrant, still continues to promote the genre. The most notable and productive work on the heavy metal genre was bestowed and carried out by Mizraab, whose Panchi album was an ultimate success in this genre. Guitarist Faraz Anwar of Mizraab's solo instrumental work is widely noticed by the public and news channels dubbed Anwar as "Pakistan's master of progressive-metal rock." In recent studies and reports conducted by CNN, heavy metal is one of Pakistan's most popular genres of music, and country's radio FMs broadcast the music each week. Since 2004, the economic liberalisation programmes of Prime minister Shaukat Aziz which helped open the new Pakistan TV and several music video channels, have triggered the underground heavy metal movements in cities such as Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad. Although Mizraab, a band led by Faraz Anwar that is considered to be Pakistan's first progressive metal band, have also played a significant role in promoting the growth of metal music in Pakistan. Furthermore, bands such as Jehangir Aziz Hayat, Takatak, Messiah and Foreskin are examples of significant metal bands that have surfaced in the past five years. In 2002, Atif Aslam and Goher Mumtaz formed rock band Jal. The band released Aadat and it became a major hit in South Asia. It was recreated many times. It was also used in the 2005 Hollywood film Man Push Cart. However, Atif left the band and Farhan Saeed joined the band. In Pepsi Battle of Bands, four bands rose to popularity. The first band is Aaroh formed in 1998 in Karachi is an alternative rock band. The name was given to it by Shoaib Mansoor. Kamran Khan was the founder of the band. It gained fame from Pepsi Battle of Bands by performing songs like Sawaal, Aag Ki Tarhan. It released two studio albums in 2003 and 2013 respectively. Aaroh released 'Jeet' in February 2018, a tribute to the Pakistan Super League. The second band that gained fame was an alternative metal band 'Entity Paradigm' that was formed in 2000 in Lahore by Zulfiqar Jabbar Khan. In the Pakistani music industry, it's one of the pioneering mainstream rock bands. It disbanded in 2007 but reunited in 2009. Kashmir was the third band in this series, The 2012 formed alternative rock band from Karachi, and also the winner of Pepsi Battle of Bands Season 2. The band has also won the Lux Style Award in 2017 for Best Emerging Talent (Music) 2017 for the song 'Kaaghaz Ka Jahaaz'. Badnaam is the last band of the series. It was formed in 2009 in Lahore. The name of the Sufi band was inspired from Bulleh Shah's poetry. Hassan & roshan is one of the new emerging duo/band with there major hit of the song Doobne de This is a list of music bands in Pakistan. The list contains bands with their origin year (or period for past bands), origin city, genres, labels, and the present and old members arranged alphabetically. Current bands Past bands See also Music of Asia Music of Pakistan Culture of Pakistan Pakistani pop music List of Pakistani musicians List of Pakistani pop singers List of Pakistani ghazal singers List of Pakistani qawwali singers Sufi rock Filmi pop National Academy of Performing Arts References Groups Pakistani
Bezge (formerly: Yeditepe) is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Yayladağı, Hatay Province, Turkey. Its population is 867 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde). It is northwest from Yayladağı. References Neighbourhoods in Yayladağı District
Akim Alfadovych Halimov (, ; born 28 May 1985, Pogranichny, RSFSR) is a Ukrainian journalist, screenwriter, producer, author of documentary and historical projects. Biography By nationality, he is a Crimean Tatar (on his mother's side). In 1944, his grandfather was deported from Crimea. Akim's family was able to return to the peninsula from Uzbekistan only in 1994. He graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of the Sevastopol branch of the Lomonosov Moscow State University. He worked for the Ukrainian TV channels Inter, Pershyi Natsionalnyi, and now 1+1. Works Films Forced to War (2008) Operation Crimea (2014) ATM Woman (2014) Gypsy Blood (2015) Where does Ukraine begin? (2015) Ukraine. Return of its history (2016, 2017) Treasures of the Nation (2019, from the series "Ukraine. Return of its history") Secrets of Great Ukrainians (2021) Mysterious Manuscripts (2021, from the series "Ukraine. Recovering its History") Ukrainian palaces. The Golden Age (2022) The Real Story of Akim Halimov (2022) Evacuation (2023) Rashism. A medical history (2023) Ukraine of the future. To beat the aggressor (2023) Awards National Television Award of Ukraine "Teletriumf" winner in the nomination "Reporter" (2010) National Television Award of Ukraine "Teletriumf" winner in the nomination "Television Documentary" - for the film "Operation Crimea" (2015) National Television Award of Ukraine "Teletriumf" winner in the nomination "Television Documentary" - for the film "Ukraine. Return of its history" (2017) National Television Award of Ukraine "Teletriumf" winner in the nomination "Television Documentary" - for the film "Ukraine. Return of its history - 2" (2018) National Television Award of Ukraine "Teletriumf" winner in the nomination "Producer/Production Team of a Documentary Film/Series/Project" - for the film "Ukraine. Return of its history-2" (2018) See also Gregor Razumovsky (activist) References Living people 1985 births Ukrainian journalists Ukrainian screenwriters Ukrainian producers Crimean Tatars
William "Bill" Louis Barry (born 16 October 1940) is a retired English rower. Rowing career He won a silver medal in the coxless fours at the 1964 Olympics. He also won the Wingfield Sculls in 1963–1966, all in single sculls. He represented England and won a silver medal in the single sculls at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia. Coaching Barry was coach to Alan Campbell, who won a bronze medal in the single sculls at the 2012 Olympics. He is also the great-nephew of former world professional champion Ernest Barry. References 1940 births Living people English male rowers Olympic rowers for Great Britain Rowers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in rowing Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Medallists at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
The Karabiner 98 kurz (; "carbine 98 short"), often abbreviated Karabiner 98k, Kar98k or K98k and also sometimes incorrectly referred to as a K98 (a K98 is a Polish carbine and copy of the Kar98a), is a bolt-action rifle chambered for the 7.92×57mm Mauser cartridge. It was adopted on 21 June 1935 as the standard service rifle by the German Wehrmacht. It was one of the final developments in the long line of Mauser military rifles. Although supplemented by semi-automatic and fully automatic rifles during World War II, the Karabiner 98k remained the primary German service rifle until the end of the war in 1945. Millions were captured by the Soviets at the conclusion of World War II and were widely distributed as military aid. The Karabiner 98k therefore continues to appear in conflicts across the world as they are taken out of storage during times of strife. History In February 1934, the Heereswaffenamt (Army Weapons Agency) ordered the adoption of a new military rifle. The Karabiner 98k was derived from earlier rifles, namely the Mauser Standardmodell of 1924 and the Karabiner 98b, which in turn had both been developed from the Gewehr 98. Since the Karabiner 98k rifle was shorter than the earlier Karabiner 98b (the 98b was a carbine in name only, as it was in reality a version of the Gewehr 98 long rifle designated a carbine to adhere to the Treaty of Versailles; the 98b was additionally fitted with a tangent rear sight rather than the more claustrophobic "Lange" ramp sight), the new rifle was given the designation Karabiner 98 kurz, meaning "Carbine 98 Short". Just like its predecessor, the rifle was noted for its reliability, safety and an effective range of up to with iron sights and with an 8× telescopic sight. The desire for adopting new shorter barreled rifles and the introduction of the Karabiner 98k, featuring a long barrel, were reasons for changing the standard German service ball rifle cartridge. The 1903 pattern 7.92×57mm Mauser S Patrone produced excessive muzzle flash when fired from arms that did not have a long barrel like the Gewehr 98. It was found that the s.S. Patrone, originally designed for long range machine gun use, produced less muzzle flash out of rifles that had a shorter barrel and also provided better accuracy. Because of this, the S Patrone was phased out in 1933 and the s.S. Patrone became the standard German service ball cartridge in the 1930s. Design details Features The Karabiner 98k is a controlled-feed bolt-action rifle based on the Mauser M98 system. Its internal magazine can be loaded with five 7.92×57mm Mauser cartridges from a stripper clip or one-by-one. After loading, the empty clip is ejected when the bolt is closed. The straight bolt handle found on the Gewehr 98 bolt was replaced by a turned-down bolt handle on the Karabiner 98k. This change made it easier to rapidly operate the bolt, reduced the amount the handle projected beyond the receiver, and enabled mounting of aiming optics directly above the receiver. Each rifle was furnished with a short length of cleaning rod, fitted through the bayonet stud. The joined rods from 3 rifles provided one full-length cleaning rod. The metal parts of the rifle were blued, a process in which steel is partially protected against rust by a layer of magnetite (Fe3O4). Such a thin black oxide layer provides only minimal protection against rust or corrosion, unless also treated with a water-displacing oil to reduce wetting and galvanic corrosion. From 1944 onwards phosphating/Parkerizing was introduced as a more effective metal surface treatment. Sights The impractical Langevisier or "rollercoaster" rear sight of the Mauser Gewehr 1898 was replaced with a conventional tangent leaf sight. The Karabiner 98k rear tangent sight was flatter compared to and does not obstruct the view to the sides during aiming as the Langevisier. Originally, the Karabiner 98k iron sight line had an open-pointed-post-type (barlycorn) front sight, and a tangent-type rear sight with a V-shaped rear notch. From 1939 onwards the post front sight was hooded to reduce glare under unfavourable light conditions and add protection for the post. These standard sight lines consisted of somewhat coarse aiming elements, making it suitable for rough field handling, aiming at distant area fire targets and low-light usage, but less suitable for precise aiming at distant or small point targets. It is graduated for 7.92×57mm Mauser s.S. Patrone cartridges loaded with 12.8 g (197 gr) s.S. (schweres Spitzgeschoß – "heavy pointed bullet") ball bullets from in increments. The sight line of early productions rifles have the ranging scale copied at the bottom of the tangent aiming element for setting the range whilst lying down. The Karabiner 98k has a sight radius. The sight lines were factory zeroed (Anschießen) as part of the acceptance process before issue. The non user adjustable windage was factory set by horizontally drifting the front sight in a dovetail. It was discouraged to (re)zero the iron sight line by non-armorers. During World War II, s.S. Patrone ball ammunition was gradually replaced by S.m.E. - Spitzgeschoß mit Eisenkern ("spitzer with iron core") mild steel cored projectile ammunition and later by S.m.E. lg - Spitzgeschoß mit Eisenkern lang ("spitzer with iron core long") ammunition to save on lead and other metals that became scarce in Germany during the war. Within the Karabiner 98k effective range the external ballistic behavior of these rounds were practically identical to s.S. ammunition, so the iron sight line range graduation could be retained. Stock Early Karabiner 98k rifles had solid one-piece stocks. From 1937 onwards, the rifles had laminated stocks, the result of trials that had stretched through the 1930s. Plywood laminates are stronger and resisted warping better than the conventional one-piece patterns, did not require lengthy maturing, and were cheaper. The laminated stocks were, due to their dense composite structure, somewhat heavier compared to one-piece stocks. In addition to the use of walnut and beech laminate, elm was used in small quantities. The butts of the semi-pistol grip Karabiner 98k stocks were not uniform. Until early 1940 the stocks had a flat buttplate. After 1940, some stocks had a cupped buttplate to prevent the separation of the butt stock. All stocks had a steel buttplate. Accessories When issued, the Karabiner 98k came accompanied with assorted accessory items including a sling, a protective muzzle cover, and for field maintenance a Reinigungsgerät 34 ("Cleaning Kit 34") or RG34 kit. Introduced in 1934, the Reinigungsgerät 34 consisted of a flat wide by long sheet metal container with two hinged lids carried on the person, which held an oiler, a take down tool for removing the floorplate and cleaning the receiver of the rifle, an aluminum barrel pull-through chain, a cleaning and an oiling brush, and short lengths of tow used as cleaning patches. From 1905 until 1945, the German military used Ballistol intended for cleaning, lubricating, and protecting metallic, wooden and leather firearms parts. The Karabiner 98k rifle was designed to be used with an S84/98 III bayonet. The S84/98 III had a blade length of and an overall length of and was accompanied by a bayonet frog. The Seitengewehr 42 or SG 42 was a shorter multi tool combat knife that could also be mounted as a bayonet on the Karabiner 98k rifle. The SG 42 was issued in small numbers. Rifle grenade launcher In 1942, an attachable rifle grenade launcher called the Gewehrgranatengerät or Schiessbecher ("shooting cup") was introduced that was developed based on rifle grenade launcher models designed during World War I. The 30 mm Schiessbecher cup-type rifle grenade launcher could be mounted on any Karabiner 98k and was intended to replace all previous rifle grenade launcher models. The rifle grenade launcher could be used against infantry, fortifications and light armored vehicles up to a range of 280 m (306 yd). For these differing tasks, several specialized grenades with accompanying special propelling cartridges were developed for the 1,450,113 produced Schiessbecher rifle grenade launchers. The rifle grenade-propelling cartridges fired a wooden projectile through the barrel to the rifle grenade that, upon impact, automatically primed the rifle grenade. The Schiessbecher could be mounted on the Karabiner 98a, G98/40, StG 44 and FG 42. ZF41 long eye relief optical sight Starting from 1941, the short 1.5× Zielfernrohr 41 (ZF41) long eye relief telescopic sight was fitted over the rear iron sight element to some Karabiner 98k rifles for designated marksman use. Adding the ZF41 to the rifle turned the Karabiner 98k essentially into an early somewhat big and heavy scout rifle, though that concept did not exist at that time. The ZF41 was in fact the first attempt to provide the ordinary infantryman with a rifle capable of being used for sharpshooting. Early production ZF41 were matched, zeroed and fitted on Karabiner 98k rifles selected for being exceptionally accurate at the factory before issue. After the development of a field replaceable mount the ZF41 sights were issued to be mounted on random Karabiner 98k rifles by field armorers. This led to an inevitable reduction in accuracy in lots of these field fitted rifles. By the end of the war in 1945, more than 100,000 Zf41 sights had been produced, the largest production of German optical sights during the war. Suppressor A removable, muzzle-mounted HUB-23 suppressor, visually resembling the Schießbecher, was manufactured for the Karabiner 98k. After several suppressor proposals from the firearms industry and the SS-Waffenakademie (SS Weapons Academy), the HUB-23 was produced based on a design proposal by Unteroffizier Schätzle. The HUB-23 weighs and is long. The maximum effective range of a Karbiner 98k with a HUB-23 mounted and firing special subsonic Nahpatrone ("near cartridge") reduced load ammunition with a muzzle velocity of was . The use of the HUB-23 suppressor and subsonic ammunition resulted in a sound signature reduction by 75%. The HUB-23 suppressor and the special subsonic ammunition were mainly used by special forces units such as the Brandenburgers and snipers. Variants Kriegsmodell Starting in late 1944, Karabiner 98k production began transition to the ("war model") variant. This version was simplified to increase the rate of production, removing the bayonet lug, cleaning rod, stock disc (which functions as a bolt disassembly tool), and other features deemed unnecessary. Non-critical parts like the stock were finished to lower standards and metal parts like the nose cap, barrel band, floor plate and trigger guard (lacking the small locking screw provision) were simplified stamped parts and less elaborately mounted to the rifle. The M98 bolt was also simplified by no longer milling the two oval-shaped emergency gas relief holes in the bottom of the bolt. Instead, two emergency gas relief holes were drilled and the bolt guide was omitted from the bolt body. It had fewer serial numbered parts, a phosphate metal surface finish, and a hole at the bottom end of the butt plate that replaced the stock disk. At least two transitional variants existed, which incorporated only some features, and some factories never switched to production at all. Sniper variants Despite the experiences of World War I, prior to the outbreak of World War II the German military command believed sniper rifles with telescopic sights were not necessary due to military technology advances in connection with new resulting tactics. Partly for that reason, the Karabiner 98k was not designed for use with aiming optics and the German military did not standardize a particular telescopic sight or mounting system and fielded many variants of sniper rifles. Already in the Poland campaign, and especially in the Russian campaign, it became apparent that specialist snipers were urgently needed as substantial losses were suffered caused by enemy snipers. For snipers, Karabiner 98k rifles selected for being exceptionally accurate during factory tests were fitted with a telescopic sight and issued as sniper rifles. The sniper rifles with Zeiss Zielvier 4× (ZF39) telescopic sights were expected to be capable of head or chest shots up to and to hit a standing man at when used by a skilled sniper. Regarding effective support/harassment fire ranges of up to were achievable. The German Zeiss Zielvier 4× (ZF39) telescopic sight had bullet drop compensation in increments for ranges from or in some variations from . It was not windage adjustable. There were also Zeiss Zielsechs 6× and Zielacht 8× telescopic sights and sights by various other manufacturers like the Ajack 4× and 6×, Hensoldt Dialytan 4×, Kahles Heliavier 4× and Opticotechna Dialytan 4× with similar features employed on Karabiner 98k sniper rifles. Several different mountings produced by various manufacturers were used. Attaching telescopic sights to a Karabiner 98k required machining by a skilled armourer. A telescopic sight mounted low above the center axis of the receiver will not leave enough space between the rifle and the telescopic sight body for unimpaired operation of the bolt handle or the three-position safety catch lever. This ergonomic problem was solved by mounting the telescopic sight relatively high above the receiver and sometimes modifying or replacing the safety operating lever or using an offset mounting to position the telescopic sight axis to the left side in relation to the receiver center axis. A common minor modification was replacing the stock buttplate with a waffled anti-slip "sniper" buttplate. Approximately 132,000 Karabiner 98k sniper rifles were produced by Germany. Paratrooper variants Experimental versions of the Karabiner 98k intended for the German paratroopers that could be transported in shortened modes were produced. The standard Karabiner 98k was too long to be carried in a parachute drop. However, the German paratroopers made only limited combat drops after the 1941 Battle of Crete; there was therefore little need for these rifles. Specimens with folding stocks (Klappschaft) and with detachable barrels (Abnehmbarer Lauf) are known to have been produced at Mauser Oberndorf. G40k The G40k with a total length of and a barrel length of and weight was a shortened experimental version of the Karabiner 98k. The rear tangent sight of the G40k was graduated for s.S. Patrone cartridges from 100 m to 1000 m in 100 m increments. A batch of 82 G40k rifles was produced in 1941 at Mauser Oberndorf. Mauser KKW cadet rifle The Mauser KKW cadet rifle is a single shot, .22 caliber rifle that was introduced in 1938. Its operation is virtually identical to the Karabiner 98k. These cadet rifles were used by all German military, paramilitary and police organizations, especially the Hitler Youth. Receiver codes Karabiner 98k receivers were stamped with a factory code indicating date and location of manufacture. These codes were originally prefixed with "S/" and suffixed with "K" for 1934 or "G" for 1935. The intervening numeric code indicated location. The two- or four-digit year of manufacture was stamped on the receiver ring instead of a letter suffix after 1935. The numeric codes were: 27 for Erfurter Maschinen- und Werkzeugfabrik (ERMA) in Erfurt 42 for Mauser in Oberndorf am Neckar 147 for Sauer & Sohn in Suhl 237 for Berlin-Lübecker Maschinenfabrik in Lübeck 243 for Mauser in Borsigwalde 337 for Gustloff Werke in Weimar 660 for Steyr-Daimler-Puch in Steyr 945 for Waffenwerke Brünn in Brno The "S/" prefix was dropped and letters were used for location codes beginning in 1937, although some manufacturers retained the numeric codes past that date. The letter codes were: ar for Mauser in Borsigwalde ax for Erma Werke bcd for Gustloff Werke bnz for Steyr-Daimler-Puch BSW for Berlin-Suhler Waffen und Fahrzeugwerke (BSW is abbreviation not letter code byf for Mauser in Oberndorf am Neckar ce for Sauer & Sohn dot for Waffenwerke Brünn in Brno dou for Waffenwerke Brünn in Bystrica duv for Berlin-Lübecker Maschinenfabrik svw45 for Mauser 1945 production in Oberndorf am Neckar swp45 for Waffenwerke Brünn 1945 production in Brno Combined production by multiple manufacturers are indicated by two codes separated by a slash. Usage history Pre–World War II export Though most Karabiner 98k rifles went to the German armed forces, the weapon was sold abroad in the years prior to World War II. In Portugal, a large quantity of Karabiner 98k rifles made by Mauser Werke were adopted as the Espingarda 7,92 mm m/937 Mauser infantry rifle. They were later used during the Portuguese Colonial War. Other pre-war exports of Karabiner 98ks were to China (an unknown number of rifles 1935 - 38), and 20,000 in 1937 to Japan. Exports of Karabiner 98ks decreased as war drew closer, as all available production capacity was needed to equip the German Armed Forces. World War II use The Mauser Karabiner 98k rifle was widely used by all branches of the armed forces of Germany during World War II. It saw action in every theatre of war involving German forces, including occupied Europe, North Africa, the Soviet Union, Finland, and Norway. Although comparable to the weapons fielded by Germany's enemies at the beginning of the War, its disadvantages in rate of fire became more apparent as American and Soviet armies began to field more semi-automatic weapons among their troops. Still, it continued to be the main infantry rifle of the Wehrmacht until the end of the War, and about between 900 thousand and 2 million of them were produced annually. Resistance forces in German-occupied Europe made frequent use of captured German Karabiner 98k rifles. The Soviet Union also made extensive use of captured Karabiner 98k rifles and other German infantry weapons due to the Red Army experiencing a critical shortage of small arms during the early years of World War II. Many German soldiers used the verbal expression "Kars" as the slang name for the rifle. Sweden ordered 5,000 Karabiner 98ks that were provided from the regular production run in 1939 for use as light anti-tank rifles under the designation gevär m/39 (rifle m/39) but it was soon evident that the penetration offered by the 7.92×57mm Mauser was inadequate and thus the gevär m/39 were rechambered to the 8×63mm patron m/32, which was a more powerful 8 mm cartridge specifically designed for long-range machinegun fire. Accordingly, the Karabiner 98ks were rechambered in Sweden for the 8×63mm patron m/32 and the internal box magazine of the M 98 system was adapted to match the dimensionally larger 8×63mm patron m/32 cartridge, reducing the capacity to 4 rounds and accepted into service as pansarvärnsgevär m/40. A muzzle brake was installed to reduce the excessive free recoil, and the resulting weapon was designated gevär m/40 in Swedish service. They were however also found to be unsatisfactory and were soon withdrawn from service, and sold off after WW II. Post–World War II use Soviet capture During World War II, the Soviet Union captured millions of Mauser Karabiner 98k rifles and re-furbished them in various arms factories in the late 1940s and early 1950s. These rifles, referred to by collectors as RC ("Russian Capture") Mausers, can be identified by an "X" stamp on the left side of the receiver. The Soviet arsenals made no effort to match the rifle's original parts by serial number when reassembling them, and some metal parts (the cleaning rod, sight hood, and locking screws) were omitted after rebuilding, and instead were melted down and recycled, presumably with the other parts that weren't suitable for re-use. Many of these rifles (along with the Mosin–Nagant rifle) served in conflicts after World War II. One example of Soviet-captured Mauser Kar98k rifles being used in post-WWII conflicts is the Korean War, where a number of these rifles were provided by the Soviet Union (along with Soviet-made small arms) to Chinese Communist forces to supplement their supply of Type Zhongzheng rifles. Both the Soviet-capture Kar98k rifle and the Chinese Type Zhongzheng rifle were used extensively by the People's Volunteer Army throughout the course of the Korean War. The Korean War would not be the only conflict where Soviet-capture Kar98k rifles and WWII German small arms were provided to the allies of the Soviet Union. The Vietnam War would become another example with Soviet-capture Mauser Karabiner 98k rifles being provided to North Vietnam by the USSR as military aid. Many Soviet-capture Karabiner 98k rifles (as well as some Karabiner 98k rifles that were left behind by the French after the First Indochina War and Type Zhongzheng rifles provided by the People's Republic of China) were found in the hands of Viet Cong guerrillas and People's Army of Vietnam (NVA) soldiers by US, South Vietnamese, South Korean, Australian and New Zealand forces alongside Soviet-bloc rifles like the Mosin–Nagant, the SKS, and the AK-47. Post-occupation service In the years after World War II, several European nations on both sides of the Iron Curtain that were invaded and occupied by Nazi Germany used the Mauser Karabiner 98k rifle as their standard-issue infantry rifle, due to the large number of German weapons that were left behind by the Germans at the end of World War II. Nations like France and Norway used the Mauser Karabiner 98k rifle and other German weapons in the years after World War II. France produced a slightly modified version of the Kar 98k in the French occupation zone of Germany in the immediate post-war period. The new manufacture Kar 98ks equipped some French units that used them in Indochina for a limited time. Some of these rifles were also used by pro-French second-line units and Algerian independentists during Algerian War. French Police forces, the Paris Police Prefecture and the Compagnies Républicaines de Sécurité, used 98ks from 1945 to 1992, to fire lachrymator and smoke grenades. These rifles were also used by West German border guards. Norway's captured Karabiner 98k rifles were soon superseded as a standard issue weapon by the US M1 Garand, but remained in service as Norwegian Home Guard weapons until the 1990s, in which role they were rebarreled for the .30-06 Springfield round used by the M1, with a small cutout in the receiver so that the slightly longer US round could still be loaded with stripper clips. These Norwegian conversions had a section of the receiver flattened on the upper left side, where a new serial number (with a prefix denoting the branch of service) was stamped. Some of these rifles conversions were rechambered again to 7.62×51mm NATO, but this program was canceled with only a few thousand converted when Norway adopted the AG-3 (H&K G3) as a replacement for both the M1 and the K98k. Some actions from Mauser Karabiner 98k left by German armed forces in 1945 were used by Kongsberg Våpenfabrikk (currently Kongsberg Small Arms) for building both military and civilian sniper/target rifles under the Kongsberg Våpenfabrikk Skarpskyttergevær M59 - Mauser M59 and Kongsberg Våpenfabrikk Skarpskyttergevær M67 - Mauser M67 designations. These rifles were used by the Norwegian armed forces up to the 2000s. Karabiner 98k rifles rechambered to .30-06 Springfield are still used by the Svalbard Global Seed Vault security guards mainly as a last resort against polar bear attack. In West Germany, the Karabiner 98k were issued to the Bundesgrenzschutz (BGS; ), which was originally organized along paramilitary lines and armed as light infantry; in the 1950s. Former German Karabiner 98k rifles were widely distributed throughout the Eastern Bloc, some being refurbished two or three times by different factories. They were used by military and para-military forces (such as the East German Combat Groups of the Working Class), and were replaced by Soviet weapons in the 1960s. During the Greek Civil War, the Greek pro-communist factions were equipped with large numbers of Kar 98k rifles, captured from the Germans or supplied by Yugoslavia. Later, during the Cyprus Emergency, the Cypriot EOKA smuggled several dozens of these rifles from Greece. East German refurbished Karabiner 98ks featured Russian-style thicker blue finish, a 'sunburst' proof mark and sometimes had the factory designation '1001' applied, which was the factory where the refurbishment was carried out. Numbers were re-stamped to match the receiver and old numbers barred out. Numbers of East German and Czech refurbished Karabiner 98ks were exported to the West in the late 1980s and early 1990s and are now in the hands of collectors. Russian Capture Karabiner 98ks were exported to the West in large numbers in the early and mid-2000s. Yugoslavian postwar refurbishment Because of the lack of weapons after World War II, the Yugoslavian arms producer Crvena Zastava (Nowadays Zastava Arms) refurbished German Karabiner 98k rifles that were left over or captured during the war. These rifles are readily identifiable as the German factory code markings have been scrubbed from the receiver and replaced with the Yugoslavian communist crest and the marking "Preduzeće 44" on the receiver's ring. In addition to this, if the refurbishment took place after 1950, the marking "/48" was added to the "Mod. 98" originally present on the left side of the receiver, becoming "Mod. 98/48". The refurbished rifles were known also as Zastava M 98/48. The refurbished Prеduzeće 44 Karabiner 98k rifles were still being used in the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s. Austrian modification and use as SSG 98k sniper rifle By modifying and accurizing surplus Karabiner 98K rifles, the Austrian Army created and adopted the SSG 98k (Scharfschützengewehr 98k, literally Sharpshooter Rifle 98k) in 1958 as their standard sniper rifle. Modifications and updates included rechambering to the at the time recently introduced 7.62×51mm NATO with new free floating barrels, sporterizing the original stock and adding a rubber Pachmayr recoil pad. The rechambering matched the adoption in 1958 of the 7.62×51mm NATO Sturmgrwehr 58 by the Austrian military. The SSG 98k was issued with the Kahles ZF 58 4×41 telescopic sight that could be quickly user detached and attached from their mounts, but retained iron sights for back up purposes. The ZF 58 optical sight featured a Bullet Drop Compensating (BDC) elevation turret tuned for the ballistic trajectory of the gun-cartridge combination with a predefined projectile weight/type, muzzle velocity and air density at ranges. The Austrian military ZF 58 sight's BDC was calibrated from in increments. For storage and transport, the ZF 58 sights were issued with a leather carrying pouch. In Austrian service, the SSG 98k started to be replaced from 1969 when the Steyr SSG 69 sniper rifle was adopted. Accuracy potential The following table lists minimum expected accuracy statistics for typical in service Karabiner 98k rifles firing s.S. Patrone ball service ammunition. The statistics were computed under the 1930s German method for determining accuracy, which is more complex than Western methods which usually involve firing a group of shots and then measuring the overall diameter of the group. The German method differs in that after a group of shots are fired into the target, hits on the outer part of the target are disregarded, while only half of the hits on the inner part of the circles are counted (50% or R50). This significantly reduces the overall diameter of the groups. The vertical and horizontal measurements of the reduced groups are then used to measure accuracy. This circular error probable method used by the German and other European militaries cannot be converted and is not comparable to US military methods for determining rifle accuracy. When the R50 results are doubled the hit probability increases to 93.7%. R50 means the closest 50 percent of the shot group will all be within a circle of the mentioned diameter. R93.7 means the closest 93.7 percent of the shot group will all be within a circle of the mentioned diameter. The Gewehr 98 and MG 13 in semi-automatic firing mode performed similar with s.S. Patrone 7.92×57mm service ammunition. Acceptance standard The minimum accuracy acceptance standard for the Karabiner 98k was putting three out of five shots inside a wide and high rectangle at a distance of during the factory zeroing (Anschießen) of the sight line and firing test with no marking or observation between rounds. If a fired round touched the edge of the rectangle it was considered inside. All five shots had to be inside a circle. The rifle manufacturer had two attempts to pass the accuracy acceptance standard and was allowed to correct the rifle between the attempts. If a rifle did not pass the first test firing submission, the unsatisfactory target was kept to compare it to the second test firing submission. Post–World War II derivatives Many of the liberated European countries continued production of rifles similar to the Karabiner 98k, for example Fabrique Nationale (FN) in Belgium and Česká Zbrojovka (CZ) in Czechoslovakia produced both their proprietary older models and brand new Karabiner 98k rifles, many of which were assembled from leftover German parts or using captured machinery. As with post-Nazi occupation service post-war production of derivatives was a stop-gap solution until enough numbers of more modern automatic rifles could be developed and produced. The vast majority of the 98k pattern rifles were soon stored as reserve weapons or given for very low prices to various fledgling states or rebel movements throughout the developing world. For instance, between 1950 and 1952, a hybrid of Kar 98k and Vz 24 was produced by Zbrojovka Brno for Bolivia, as Fusil Modelo Boliviano Serie B-50. Both FN and CZ utilized a modified design, with the cleaning rod and stock disk omitted, but the bayonet lug restored. In Czechoslovakia it was known as P-18 or puška vz.98N, the first being the manufacturer's cover designation of the type, the second official army designation - rifle model 98, N for německá - German. Yugoslavian M48 From 1948 to 1965, Yugoslavian Zastava Arms produced a close copy of the Karabiner 98k imported between the wars from Fabrique Nationale called the Model 1948, which differed from the German rifle in that it had the shorter bolt-action of the Yugoslav M1924 series of rifles (not to be confused with the widely distributed Czech Vz 24, which had a standard length action), a thicker barrel profile (Yugoslavia had low chromium iron ore deposits, so they could not produce steel as hardened as the Krupp or Swedish steel used in other variants, and made up for it in adding extra material), and a rear sight enclosed in the wooden hand guard (the German-style hand guard began in front of the rear sight, unlike e.g. exports to South America that had a handguard and rear sight like the M48). A hunting variant of the Yugoslavian M48 is still produced by Zastava Arms, it is designated as the Zastava Arms M70 Bolt Action Rifle now. Spanish M43 The Spanish M43, produced in A Coruña from 1944 to 1958, was a variant of the Karabiner 98k with a straight bolt handle, a front sight guard and a handle groove in the front stock much like the earlier . It was chambered in 7.92×57mm Mauser calibre. It was the standard rifle of the Spanish units during the Ifni War. Some were rebuilt from Gewehr 98 or Republican wz. 29 rifles. The Spanish Air Force had a slightly modified version, the M44. When Spain began switching to the CETME automatic rifle, many M43 were converted to FR8 rifles for military training purposes and Guardia Civil service. Israeli Mauser A number of non-European nations used the Mauser Karabiner 98k rifle as well as a few guerrilla organizations in conflicts to establish new nation-states. Israel issued Mauser Karabiner 98k rifles from the late 1940s until the 1970s, which are today sought after by collectors. Many were acquired under Operation Balak. Many Jewish organizations in Mandatory Palestine acquired them from Europe after World War II to both defend themselves and carry out operations against Arabs and British forces in the region. The Haganah, which later evolved into the modern-day Israel Defense Forces, was one of the Jewish armed groups in Palestine that brought large numbers of Mauser Karabiner 98k rifles and other surplus arms (namely the British Lee–Enfield bolt-action rifle, which was used on a large scale by these groups) and the Mosin–Nagant from Europe after World War II. Many, though not all, Israeli-used German surplus Mauser Karabiner 98k rifles have had their Nazi Waffenamt markings and emblems stamped over with Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Hebrew arsenal markings. As the Arab-Israeli conflict approached and the British Mandate set to expire, the Haganah and other Jewish forces in The British Mandate of Palestine tried to get hold of as many weapons as they could in the face of an arms embargo by British colonial authorities. One of the most important purchases was a secret January 14, 1948, $12,280,000 worth contract with Czechoslovak Government including 4,500 P-18 rifles, as well as 50,400,000 rounds of ammunition. Later, the newly established Israel Defense Forces ordered more Mauser Karabiner 98k rifles, produced this time by Fabrique Nationale. These have Israeli and Belgian markings on the rifle as well as the emblem of the IDF on the top of the rifle's receiver. The FN-made Karabiner 98k rifles with the IDF markings and emblem on the rifle were produced and sold to Israel after it established itself as an independent nation in 1948. At some point, Israel converted all other Mauser 98-pattern rifles in their inventory (most commonly Czechoslovak vz. 24 rifles, but small numbers of contract Mausers from sources ranging from Ethiopia to Mexico were also known to have come into Israeli hands) to the now standardized Karabiner 98k configuration. The original receiver markings of these conversions were not altered, making it easy for collectors to identify their origin. The Israeli Karabiner 98k utilized the same bayonet design as in German service, with a barrel ring added. Swedish Gevär m/40 rifles were converted to the 7.92×57mm Mauser round. The Israeli bayonets were a mix of converted German production and domestically produced examples. During the late 1950s, the IDF converted the calibre of their Mauser Karabiner 98k rifles from the original German 7.92×57mm Mauser round to 7.62×51mm NATO following the adoption of the FN FAL rifle as their primary rifle in 1958. The Israeli Mauser Karabiner 98k rifles that were converted have "7.62" stamped on the rifle receiver. Rifles with original German stocks have "7.62" burned into the heel of the rifle stock for identification and to separate the 7.62×51mm NATO rifles from the original 7.92×57mm Mauser versions of the weapon still in service or held in reserve. Some Karabiner 98k rifles were fitted with new, unnumbered beech stocks of recent manufacture, while others retained their original furniture. All of these converted rifles were proof-fired for service. The IDF employed a 22 mm rifle grenade adapter for the Mauser Karabiner 98k rifle. The Karabiner 98k rifle was used by the reserve branches of the IDF well into the 1960s and 1970s and saw action in the hands of various support and line-of-communications troops during the 1967 Six-Day War and the 1973 Arab-Israeli War. After the rifle was retired from reserve military service, the Israeli Mauser Karabiner 98k was given to a number of third-world nations as military aid by Israel during the 1970s and 1980s, and sold as ex-military surplus on the open market, with many Israeli Mausers being exported to Australia (the Israeli Mauser is the most predominant variant of the Mauser Kar98k rifle on the Australian surplus firearms market today) and North America during the 1970s and 1980s. The Israeli Mausers provided to third world armies began to be exported for civilian sale, and tend to be in significantly worse condition than those sold directly out of Israeli storage. Contemporary use The Bundeswehr still uses the Karabiner 98k in the Wachbataillon for military parades and show acts. In 1995, remaining swastikas and other Nazi-era markings were removed from these rifles, after criticism regarding the presence of such symbols on Wachbataillon kit by the Social Democratic Party. During the 1990s, the Yugoslavian Karabiner 98k rifles and the Yugoslavian M48 Mauser and M48A rifles were used alongside modern automatic and semi-automatic rifles by all the warring factions of the Yugoslav Wars. There are a number of photographs taken during the war in Bosnia, showing combatants and snipers using Yugoslavian-made Mauser rifles from high-rise buildings in the Bosnian city of Sarajevo. After 2003, the Mauser Karabiner 98k rifle (along with the Mosin–Nagant, the Lee–Enfield and the Yugoslavian M48 Mauser) was encountered in Iraq by US and Allied forces with Iraqi insurgents making use of the Karabiner 98k and other bolt-action rifles alongside more modern infantry weapons like the AK-47 series rifles and the SKS carbine. Many Third World nations still have Karabiner 98k rifles in their arsenals and it will most likely be encountered in regional conflicts for many years to come. For instance, Tuaregs of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Azawad used the rifle during the Tuareg rebellion (1990–1995). Civil use The Karabiner 98k rifles that were used by Germany during World War II are highly sought after collector's items in many circles. The Mauser Karabiner 98k rifle remains popular among many rifle shooters and military rifle collectors due to the rifle's historical background, as well as the availability of both new and surplus 7.92×57mm IS ammunition. , the Mauser Karabiner 98k rifles that were captured by the Soviets during World War II and refurbished during the late 1940s and early 1950s have appeared in large numbers on the military surplus rifle market. These have proven popular with buyers in the United States and Canada, ranging from ex-military rifle collectors to target shooters and survivalists, due to the unique history behind the Soviet capture of Mauser Karabiner 98k rifles. The widespread availability of surplus Mauser 98k rifles and the fact that these rifles could, with relative ease, be adapted for hunting and other sport purposes made the Mauser 98k popular amongst civilian riflemen. When German hunters after World War II were allowed again to own and hunt with full bore rifles they generally started to "rearm" themselves with the then abundant and cheap former Wehrmacht service rifles. Civilian users changed these service rifles often quite extensively by mounting telescopic sights, aftermarket hunting stocks, aftermarket triggers and other accessories and changing the original military chambering. Gunsmiths rebarreled or rechambered Mauser 98K rifles for European and American sporting chamberings such as the 6.5×55mm Swedish Mauser, 7×57mm Mauser, 7×64mm, .270 Winchester, .308 Winchester, .30-06 Springfield, 8×60mm S, 8×64mm S, etc. The magnum hunting cartridges 6.5×68mm, 8×68mm S and 9.3×64mm Brenneke were even specially developed by German gunsmiths for the standard military Mauser 98 action. Surplus Mauser 98K actions were used by Schultz & Larsen in Denmark as the basis for target rifles. The actions had the German markings removed, were refinished in gray phosphate, and new serial numbers and proof marks applied. The Schultz & Larsen M52 and M58 Target Rifles used shortened and refurbished Karabiner 98k stocks. Later versions had new target stocks fitted and were available in .30-06, 6.5×55mm and 7.62mm NATO. Some of these rifles are still in competitive use today although with the benefit of new barrels. Besides conversions of original Karabiner 98k rifles, other sporter variants made by a number of manufacturers such as FN Herstal, Zastava, Santa Barbara (Spain), and many others have been available at various times in a wide variety of chamberings, but most are large-bore hunting calibres. Modern civilian offspring The Mauser-type action is widely held to be the pinnacle of bolt-action rifle design, and the vast majority of modern weapons of this type, both military and civilian, are still based on it to this day. The safety offered by its three-lug bolt and the added reliability of controlled feed (especially favored by dangerous game hunters) are considerable refinements not found in other designs. Throughout the design's history, standard sized and enlarged versions of the Mauser M 98 system have been produced for the civil market. John Rigby & Co. commissioned Mauser to develop the M 98 magnum action in the early 1900s. It was designed to function with the large sized cartridges normally used to hunt Big Five game and other species. For this specialized type of hunting, where absolute reliability of the rifle under adverse conditions is very important, the controlled-feed M 98 system remains the standard by which other action designs are judged. In 1911, John Rigby & Co. introduced the .416 Rigby cartridge that due to its dimensions could only be used in the M 98 magnum action. As of 2010, Zastava Arms manufactured the M48/63 sporting rifle, which is a short-barreled variant of the Model 1948 military rifle and the Zastava M07 sniper rifle. Since 1999, the production of Mauser M 98 and M 98 Magnum rifles has been resumed in Germany by Mauser Jagdwaffen GmbH (Mauser Huntingweapons Ltd.) according to original drawings of 1936 and the respective Mauser patents. Users : Used by Armée de Libération Nationale guerrillas : Czech-made Modelo B-50 : The Chinese Nationalist Government imported Karabiner 98k rifle, as they had with the Mauser Standardmodell before it, also producing a licensed copy of it domestically. Used by National Revolutionary Army, various Chinese Warlords and pro-Japanese Collaborationist Chinese Army : Used by the People's Volunteer Army in the Korean War. Some of the Kar98k rifles the PVA used in Korea were provided as military aid by the USSR. : Used in large numbers by both Ustaše Militia and Croatian Home Guard : Used post-1945 : obtained from Czechoslovakia : Received from Nazi Germany as military aid during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War. Also purchased from the Zbrojovka Brno factory after WWII. : Ordered 600 rifles with rifle grenade launchers during World War II as the Finns lacked a domestic rifle grenade launcher for their Mosin–Nagants. Only 100 were used in combat. : Used during and after the war. : Used as the standard-issue rifle for the Wehrmacht. : Used by the Bundeswehr's Wachbataillon East Germany: In standard use by the Landstreitkräfte until the 1960s, in occasional use after this. Some also used by the Kampfgruppen der Arbeiterklasse, in addition to some being sent as aid to the Ethiopian Derg Government. : Bought from Cezchoslovakia during Jacobo Arbenz's presidency. During the civil war surplus Israeli rifles were bought and issued to civilian defence patrols : some captured by Italian partisans : Used by the Imperial Japanese Navy : Used after World War II. Fielded by Libyan Rebels during Libyan Civil War : The Grand Ducal Guard used captured German K98ks in 1945, later replaced by Ross rifles in the same year. : used rifles captured from the Chinese forces : Post-World War II use. Some later converted to K98kF1 : (captured use) designated m/937 : 27,000 received from Germany in 1943 : Kar 98k converted to 7.62×51mm NATO bought before receiving surplus US weapons. : bought 1,000 Kar 98ks in the 1960s, probably to supply proxy forces. Government of National Salvation First Slovak Republic : (captured use) : Imported 5,000 Kar 98k rifles in 1939. Non-state users East Timor: Some Ex-Portuguese m/937s used by FALINTIL during the early stages of Indonesian Invasion of East Timor. Ethiopian insurgents: Used captured K 98ks against the Italians from 1941 onwards. FRELIMO: Delivery of 4,800 Karabiner 98k from the German Democratic Republic in 1967 Haganah (in Mandate Palestine) Indonesian insurgents: Used Kar98ks captured from the Dutch during the Indonesian National Revolution. Iraqi insurgents : Used by ISIL insurgents in 2019. Korean Liberation Army MPLA: Delivery of 1,600 Karabiner 98k from the German Democratic Republic in 1967 National Liberation Front People's Movement for the Liberation of Azawad Viet Cong: Some were ex-French leftovers from the Indochina War, others were Soviet aid provided during the Vietnam War. Viet Minh Yugoslav Partisans: Some later had the receiver markings removed, and the SFRY crest applied postwar. Zimbabwe African People's Union: Delivery of 3,200 Karabiner 98k from the German Democratic Republic in 1967 See also Chiang Kai-shek rifle Karabinek wz. 1929 M24 series References External links How a Kar98k Works Youtube Weapons and ammunition introduced in 1935 7.92×57mm Mauser rifles Bolt-action rifles Carbines Mauser rifles Rifles of Germany Rifles of the Cold War World War II infantry weapons of Germany World War II infantry weapons of China World War II rifles
Polterabend (kociewian: pultrować) is a German wedding custom in which, on the night before the wedding, the guests break porcelain to bring luck to the couple's marriage. The belief in the effectiveness of this custom is expressed by the old adage: "Shards bring luck" (German: Scherben bringen Glück). The expression is derived from a time when the word "shard" referred to the unbroken clay pots of pottery makers, and not just the broken pieces. It was said that a full jar was a lucky thing to have, therefore the expression "shards bring luck". Etymology The word "Polterabend" comes from German verb poltern (making a lot of noise) + noun Abend (evening). It is not the same as a bachelor party (Junggesellenabschiedsfeier), which has become common in Germany. At a Polterabend, the couple celebrates together with their friends, breaking porcelain for good luck in their new companionship, according to the superstition, whereas at a bachelor party the bride and the groom go out separately with their friends to celebrate the last day of their so-called freedom. Event The Polterabend normally takes place in front of the house of the bride (or that of her parents), although exceptions are made for space considerations, for example. The couple generally announces the occasion but does not specifically send out individual invitations. Word spreads via word of mouth, and those with a desire to show up may do so. Many couples use this as a way of including people whom they are not able to invite to the wedding itself. Something to eat and/or drink is arranged (either provided for or requested of the guests). Often guests will bring their gifts to the Polterabend. The actual high point of the custom is the throwing onto the ground of porcelain that has been brought by guests. However, stoneware, flowerpots or ceramics such as tiles, sinks and toilet bowls are also happily thrown items. Metal objects such as tin cans and bottle tops are brought along to the festivities. Glass is not broken because for some glass symbolises happiness. Mirrors should not be broken due to the old superstition that breaking a mirror will bring seven years of bad luck, in addition to the good things – or the lack thereof – in the breaker's and/or breakee's past. The couple must thereafter take care of cleaning up the pile of shards. This is supposed to make the couple aware that they will have to suffer together through difficult conditions and situations in life. Relatively new is the so-called Polter-wedding. In this case, the wedding is combined with the Polterabend, and the smashing occurs in conjunction with the wedding reception. Origin The origin of the Polterabend is not precisely known. Some believe the origin to be Germanic tribes who threw shards to drive off evil spirits. Others believe the ritual of the shattering of clay sacrificial altars after a sacrifice to the gods to be responsible. It is possible that the Polterabend has a psychological motive: suitors who may have wished to have this bride for themselves have the opportunity to "let the steam out" in a socially appropriate manner, so that peace in the village could better be maintained. Regions The Polterabend is most often celebrated on the Friday evening before the church ceremony, even in some regions on the Thursday or Saturday evening before. If the Polterabend occurs on the eve of the wedding, the couple is permitted to leave the celebration early (i.e. around midnight), so as to be fresh and without a hangover the next morning - the Polterabend is traditionally celebrated with more gusto and frolicking than the actual wedding festivities. This is only the case in some parts of Germany. In Austria and Switzerland, bride and groom get separate bachelor/ette parties rather than a Polterabend. Some regions additionally celebrate the so-called custom of "Paube": the Paube can also be celebrated days or weeks before the wedding. On one hand, it is meant as a sort of engagement party; on the other hand, it is often coupled with the housewarming of a new shared dwelling for the couple and expresses the joy of their future life together. The Paube is less raucous than the Polterabend. Normally, the father of the bride barbecues at the Paube. In some areas of Hesse the traditional green sauce from seven herbs is prepared; here the color green and the number seven stand for lucky charms for the couple. The Polterabend is commonly celebrated in Germany and in the western parts of Poland – especially in Wielkopolska, Silesia, Kashubia, Kujawy and Kociewie, where there used to be significant German cultural influences. Polterabend has also been part of the wedding preparation for centuries in Sweden, Finland and in some rural areas in Brazil among the descendants of immigrants. In Danish, the word "polterabend" has come to denote a bachelor or bachelorette party. Literature Martin P. Richter: ''Gelungene Überraschungen für Polterabend und , Freiburg, Urania, 2005. External links German traditions Marriage in Germany Wedding traditions
This list is of Major Sites Protected for their Historical and Cultural Value at the National Level in Liaoning Province, China. \|} See also Principles for the Conservation of Heritage Sites in China References Liaoning
Makinsons is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Geography Makinsons is in Newfoundland within Subdivision M of Division No. 1. Demographics As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Makinsons recorded a population of 436 living in 180 of its 382 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 438. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016. Government Makinsons is a local service district (LSD) that is governed by a committee responsible for the provision of certain services to the community. The chair of the LSD committee is Margaret Taylor. See also Newfoundland and Labrador Route 75 List of designated places in Newfoundland and Labrador List of local service districts in Newfoundland and Labrador References Designated places in Newfoundland and Labrador Local service districts in Newfoundland and Labrador
Mordella unilineata is a species of beetle in the genus Mordella of the family Mordellidae, which is part of the superfamily Tenebrionoidea. It was discovered in 1936. References Beetles described in 1936 unilineata
HD 114533, also known as HR 4976, is a solitary star located in the southern circumpolar constellation Chamaeleon. It has an apparent magnitude of 5.84, making it faintly visible to the naked eye. The system is located relatively far at a distance of roughly 2,100 light years based on Gaia DR3 parallax measurements but is drifting closer with a heliocentric radial velocity of . At its current distance, HD 114533A's brightness is diminished by 0.74 magnitudes due to interstellar dust. It has an absolute magnitude of −2.0. This is an evolved supergiant with a stellar classification of G2 Ib. It has also been given class of F8 Ib, indicating a slightly hotter star. It has 3.78 times the mass of the Sun but has expanded to 77.3 times its girth. HD 114533 radiates over 2,000 times the bolometric luminosity of the Sun from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of , giving it a yellowish-orange hue. The object has a near-solar metallicity and spins modestly with a projected rotational velocity of . References Chamaeleon F-type supergiants G-type supergiants Chamaeleontis, 44 PD -77 890 114533 64587 4976
Cabiyarí (Caviyari) is an Arawakan language spoken along the Cananarí River in the Vaupes Region of Colombia in north western South America. The name is also spelled Cabiuarí, Cauyarí, Kauyarí, Cuyare, Kawillary. Notes Languages of Colombia Indigenous languages of the South American Northwest Endangered indigenous languages of the Americas Arawakan languages
FC Partizan Minsk () was a Belarusian football club based in Minsk. History The club was founded as MTZ-RIPO Minsk in 2002 as a merger of two Minsk teams from the Second League (Traktor Minsk, a club with a 55-year history, and Trudovye Rezervy-RIPO Minsk, a football academy-based team which only spent one season in the Second League). The merge allowed the new team to have its own football school to recruit young players from as well as financial supply from the Minsk Tractor Works, the main sponsor of Traktor Minsk. MTZ-RIPO Minsk started playing in the Second League in 2002. In their first season the team finished first, and then did the same in the First League in 2003. Since 2004, they played in Belarusian Premier League. At the end of 2004 the club was acquired by a Russian-Lithuanian businessman Vladimir Romanov and became a part of his football holding alongside Scottish Premier League club Hearts and Lithuanian A Lyga club FBK Kaunas. During 2005–2010 many foreign players owned by FBK Kaunas or Hearts had successful loan spells in MTZ-RIPO. Before the start of the 2010 season, the club announced a name change. On 27 January 2010, the new name was revealed to be Partizan Minsk. Partizan finished the 2010 season at bottom of the table and were relegated. In the following season in the Belarusian First League, they finished second and had to face FC Vitebsk in a two-legged play-off, which they won 3–2 on aggregate to secure a place in the 2012 Belarusian Premier League. In early 2012, the club was mostly abandoned by Romanov (who withdrew his financial support, having some legal troubles himself) and had to release all players. Partizan withdrew from the Premier League, leaving it with only 11 teams. The team spent the 2012 season playing at the amateur level in Minsk Championship. In 2013, they renamed to Partizan-MTZ Minsk and joined the Second League, before renaming back to Partizan Minsk in 2014. Midway through 2014, season the club announced its withdrawal from the league and was folded. Honours Belarusian Premier League 3rd place (2): 2005, 2008 Belarusian Cup Winners (2): 2005, 2008 Supporters The club had a fierce rivalry with Dinamo Minsk. The support across the two Minsk clubs was drawn across political lines, with Dinamo fans being strongly right-wing and Partizan fans being strongly left-wing. Partizan fans were known for their anarchist, anti-government, anti-fascist, and pro-LGBT rights stances. As a result of their political views, they had a strong friendship with fans of Arsenal Kiev, SV Babelsberg, and Original 21. Former managers Andrei Zygmantovich Eduard Malofeev Yuri Puntus Alexandr Piskarev League and Cup history 1 Including additional game (1–2 loss) against Lokomotiv Vitebsk for the 1st place. 2 Including additional game (4–1 win) against Lokomotiv Vitebsk for the 14th place. MTZ-RIPO in Europe References External links FC MTZ-RIPO at National Football Teams.com FC MTZ-RIPO at Football-Lineups.com Association football clubs established in 2002 Defunct football clubs in Belarus Football clubs in Minsk 2002 establishments in Belarus Association football clubs disestablished in 2014 2014 disestablishments in Belarus
Yelena Rojkova (born May 27, 1989) is a Turkmen swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events. Rojkova qualified for the women's 100 m backstroke at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by receiving a Universality place from FINA, in an entry time of 1:18.00. She participated in heat one against two other swimmers Lenient Obia of Nigeria, and Ana Galindo of Honduras. She rounded out a small field of three to last place by a 5.53-second margin behind winner Obia, breaking a Turkmen record of 1:15.48. Rojkova failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed forty-second overall in the preliminaries. References 1989 births Living people Turkmenistan female swimmers Olympic swimmers for Turkmenistan Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Female backstroke swimmers
Reuben Bloom (April 24, 1902 – March 30, 1976) was an American songwriter, pianist, arranger, band leader, recording artist, vocalist, and author. Life and career Bloom was born and died in New York City. He was Jewish. During his career, he worked with many well-known performers, including Bix Beiderbecke, Joe Venuti, Ruth Etting, Stan Kenton, Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey. He collaborated with a wide number of lyricists, including Johnny Mercer, Ted Koehler, and Mitchell Parish. During the 1920s he wrote many novelty piano solos, which are still well regarded today. He recorded for the Aeolian Company's Duo-Art reproducing piano system various titles including his "Spring Fever". His first hit came in 1927 with "Soliloquy"; his last was "Here's to My Lady" in 1952, which he wrote with Johnny Mercer. In 1928, he made a number of records with Joe Venuti's Blue Four for OKeh, including five songs he sang, as well as played piano. Bloom formed and led a number of bands during his career, most notably Rube Bloom and His Bayou Boys, which recorded three records in 1930, that were considered some of the best made early in the Depression. The Bayou Boys was an all-star studio group consisting of Benny Goodman, Adrian Rollini, Tommy Dorsey and Mannie Klein. At other times, Bloom played with other bands, such as with Bix Beiderbecke and Frankie Trumbauer in the Sioux City Six and his frequent work with Joe Venuti's Blue Four. Bloom's "I Can't Face the Music" was recorded by Ella Fitzgerald on her 1962 Verve release, Rhythm is My Business, in a swing/big band version with Bill Doggett. Bloom published several books on piano method during his lifetime. Rube Bloom is buried in Beth David Cemetery at Elmont, New York. Folkways released an album of his and Arthur Schutt's recordings. Songs "Here's to My Lady" (1952) - lyrics by Johnny Mercer "Day In, Day Out" - lyrics by Johnny Mercer "Don't Worry 'Bout Me" - lyrics by Ted Koehler "Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)" - lyrics by Johnny Mercer "Give Me the Simple Life" - with Harry Ruby "Good-for-Nothin' Joe" - lyrics by Ted Koehler "I Can't Face the Music" - lyrics by Ted Koehler "Lost in a Dream" - lyrics by Edgar Leslie "Maybe You'll Be There" - lyrics by Sammy Gallop "Out in the Cold Again" - lyrics by Ted Koehler "Take Me" - lyrics by Mack David "The Man from South" "Truckin'" (revised as "Ev'rybody's Twistin'" (Frank Sinatra, 1962) "What Goes Up Must Come Down" "Mysterious Mose" "Duo-Art Piano Roll #713297 "Just a Bird's-Eye View" Arr and Played by Rube Bloom References Sources Jaques Cattell Press (Ed.): Who's who in American Music. Classical. First edition. R. R. Bowker, New York 1983. Stanley Sadie, H. Wiley Hitchcock (Ed.): The New Grove Dictionary of American Music. Grove's Dictionaries of Music, New York, N.Y. 1986. Barry Dean Kernfeld: The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Macmillan Press, London 1988. Michael Cuscuna, Michel Ruppi: The Blue Note label. A Discography. Greenwood Press, Westport, Conn. 2001. External links Rube Bloom recordings at the Discography of American Historical Recordings. 1902 births 1976 deaths Jewish American songwriters Songwriters from New York (state) Musicians from New York City 20th-century American musicians Burials at Beth David Cemetery 20th-century American Jews
Events in the year 2022 in Norway. The year was dominated by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Norway took in Ukrainian refugees fleeing the invasion of their country. Norwegian government sent foreign aid to Ukraine, and condemned and sanctioned Russia for waging the war. As the rest of Europe and in the world, Norway continued to be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and Deltacron hybrid variant, but much less so than in January 2020 and February 2022. The 2021–2023 inflation surge led to increased prices on many goods. Incumbents Monarch – Harald V President of the Storting – Masud Gharahkhani (Labour). Prime Minister – Jonas Gahr Støre (Labour). Events January 24 January – The daily number of COVID-19 Deltacron infections has peaked in Norway. February 1 February – Norway lifts almost all remaining COVID-19-related restrictions except for face mask rules due to the country's high vaccination rate. 25 February – Norway joined Denmark and Sweden were transition to the living with COVID-19 endemic phase. Ukrainians, Norwegians, and Russians hold a joint anti-war protest in Kirkenes, Norway, calling for Vladimir Putin to be tried at the International Criminal Court at The Hague, Netherlands. March 7 March – One person dies and seven crew members are rescued after a fishing trawler capsizes in the North Sea while travelling to Norway, according to the Norwegian Coast Guard. 18 March – Four crew members are killed as a United States Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey aircraft crashes in Beiarn, Norway, while participating in the NATO military exercise Cold Response. 22 March – Despite Deltacron cases fall, King Harald V tests positive for Deltacron hybrid variant of COVID-19. April May 20 May – Three people are wounded, one critically, in a stabbing attack in Uvdal and Nore, Norway. Police say that the attack was due to a domestic dispute between the perpetrator and his wife. June 24 June – Kongsberg attack: A court in Norway finds the attacker not criminally responsible due to paranoid schizophrenia and sentences him to compulsory mental treatment. 25 June – 2022 Oslo shooting: Two people are killed and 21 others injured during mass shootings at three separate sites in central Oslo, Norway, including a gay nightclub. An Iranian-Norwegian man is arrested and charged with murder, attempted murder, and terrorism. The motive is suspected to be Islamic extremism. July August September 27 September – Norway raises its "emergency preparedness" in response to sightings of "unidentified drones" near its offshore oil and gas facilities in the North Sea, and is coordinating with its armed forces, police, and oil and gas industry operators, according to energy minister Terje Aasland. Leaders from Poland, Norway and Denmark hold a ceremony to open the Baltic Pipe natural gas pipeline that will transport natural gas from the Norwegian shelf via Denmark to Poland. October 31 October – Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre announces that the country's military alert level will be increased tomorrow, in response to military drone sightings near offshore oil rigs in the past few weeks. Two people are killed and another is injured by a helicopter crash in Verdal, Trøndelag. November December 12 December – A medieval ship is discovered at the bottom of Mjøsa. December 15 – Viggo Kristiansen was officially acquitted of the Baneheia case , by the Borgarting Court of Appeal. Sports Norway at the 2022 Winter Olympics Deaths January 5 January – Arnljot Strømme Svendsen, economist, politician and writer (born 1921). Sverre Bentzen, actor (born 1941). 9 January – Nils Henrik Måsø, politician (born 1952). 10 January – Nils A. Røhne, politician (born 1949). Øystein Lønn, writer (born 1936). 11 January – Liv Lundberg, author (born 1944). 12 January – Jan Einar Greve, lawyer (born 1933). 17 January – Reidar Webster, civil servant (born 1935). 18 January – Arvid Nyberg, politician (born 1928). 19 January – Nils Arne Eggen, football manager (born 1941). 22 January – Sverre Stensheim, cross-country skier (born 1933). February 5 February – Per Christian Hemmer, physicist (born 1933). 13 February – Berit Berthelsen, athlete (born 1944). 16 February – Erling Brandsnes, politician (born 1945). 20 February – Magnus Thue, politician (born 1980). 23 February – Per Voigt, ice hockey player (born 1951). 27 February – Ketil Børde, diplomat (born 1935). March 3 March – Oddvar J. Majala, politician (born 1932). 5 March – Nils Dag Strømme, boxer (born 1945). 10 March – Magne Landrø, sport shooter (born 1937). 10 March – Borghild Hillestad, politician (born 1936). 14 March – Morten Schakenda, chef (born 1966). 17 March – Ingeborg Botnen, librarian and politician (born 1934). 18 March – Oddrun Hokland, athlete and organizational leader (born 1942). Åge Sørensen, footballer (born 1937). 28 March – David Vikøren, shipping executive (born 1926). April 3 April – Einar Østby, cross-country skier (born 1935). 10 April – Jon Herwig Carlsen, sports commentator (born 1937). 12 April – Arne Zwaig, chess player (born 1947). 14 April – Trygve Thue, guitarist and music producer (born 1950). 16 April – Sivert Langholm, historian (born 1927). 22 April – Synnøve Liaaen Jensen, chemist (born 1932). May 1 May – Aage Müller-Nilssen, priest (born 1940). 2 May – Norvald Tveit, writer and playwright (born 1927). 5 May – Gunnar Sandborg, rower (born 1927). 16 May – Kjellaug Nakkim, politician (born 1940). 17 May – Johan Kleppe, veterinarian and politician (born 1928). 18 May – Alf Saltveit, writer (born 1946). 24 May – Thomas Ulsrud, curler (born 1971). June 3 June – Kari Frisell, operatic soprano and pedagogue (born 1922). 5 June – Oddleif Olavsen, politician (born 1945). Berit Stensønes, mathematician (born 1956). 16 June – Steinar Amundsen, sprint canoeist (born 1945). 22 June – Gerd Grønvold Saue, journalist and novelist (born 1930). July 10 July – Bjørn Inge Mo, politician (born 1968). 14 July – Gunnar Mathisen, politician (born 1936). 15 July – Knut Korsæth, educator and politician (born 1932). 16 July – Egil Bakke, civil servant (born 1927). 25 July – Geir Børresen, actor and entertainer (born 1942). 26 July – Marit Paulsen, writer and politician (born 1939). August 4 August – Thorleif Andresen, cyclist (born 1945). 8 August – Per Jansen, actor (born 1941). 14 August – Arne Legernes, footballer (born 1931). 16 August – Odd Reinsfelt, politician (born 1941). 19 August – Per Knutsen, writer and playwright (born 1951). 20 August – Audun Heimdal, orienteering and ski orienteering competitor (born 1997). 26 August – Espen Skjønberg, actor (born 1924). September 3 September – Eva Børresen, ceramist (born 1920). 12 September – Britt Hildeng, politician (born 1943). 28 September – Torhild Bransdal, politician (born 1956). 29 September Egil Bjerklund, ice hockey player (born 1933). Marit Christensen, journalist (born 1948). 30 September – Martin Stavrum, politician (born 1938). October 2 October – Bjarne Mørk Eidem, politician and civil servant (born 1936). 3 October – Per Bredesen, footballer (born 1930). 6 October – Carl Fredrik Bunæs, sprinter (born 1939). 7 October – Torfinn Bjarkøy, civil servant (born 1952). 11 October – Frøydis Armand, actress (born 1949). 13 October – Halvor Næs, ski jumper (born 1928). 18 October – Ole Ellefsæter, cross country skier (born 1939). 22 October – Aksel Nærstad, politician (born 1952). 27 October – Fritz Huitfeldt, politician (born 1939). 30 October Rosemarie Köhn, bishop (born 1939). Reza Rezaee, politician (born 1960). November 2 November – Jakob Eng, politician (born 1937). 4 November – Toralv Maurstad, actor (born 1926). 6 November – Tomm Kristiansen, journalist and writer (born 1950). 9 November – Mattis Hætta, singer (born 1959). 11 November – Per Flatberg, environmentalist (born 1937). 17 November – Annika Biørnstad, media executive (born 1957). 18 November – Per Arne Olsen, politician (born 1961). 29 November – Sigurd Frisvold, military officer (born 1947) December 4 December – Gino Scarpa, Italian born Norwegian printer (born 1924) 12 December – Erik Tønseth, industrialist (born `1946) 22 December – Odd-Bjørn Fure, historian (born 1942) 29 December – Shabana Rehman Gaarder, comedian (born 1976 in Pakistan). References Norway Norway 2020s in Norway Years of the 21st century in Norway
David Holt CB (29 October 1943 – 15 November 2022) was a British statistician who was Professor Emeritus of Social Statistics at the University of Southampton. He had been the president of the Royal Statistical Society (2005–2007), the last director of the Central Statistical Office of the United Kingdom, and the first director of the Office for National Statistics (and ex-officio Registrar General). Background Holt took a maths degree and a PhD in statistics at Exeter with thesis titled Some contributions to the statistical analysis of single and mixed exponential distributions in 1970. Throughout his career, his main interests have been survey methods, sampling theory and official statistics. He took a particular interest, through his membership of the Royal Statistical Society, in the independence of national statistics from government. Career Holt's first job was with Statistics Canada, the national statistics office of Canada, where he spent four years before joining the Department of Social Statistics at the University of Southampton in 1980. He was Leverhulme Professor of Social Statistics from 1980 to 1995 and Deputy Vice-Chancellor from 1990 to 1995. From 1989 to 1991, he was also vice-president of the International Association of Survey Statisticians (IASS). Holt became the Director of the Central Statistical Office and Head of the Government Statistical Service in 1995 and, subsequently, the first Director of the Office for National Statistics when it was formed on 1 April 1996 from the merger of the Central Statistical Office (CSO) and the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys (OPCS). He was President of the Labour Statistics Congress (ILO) in 1997 and vice-chair of the United Nations Statistical Commission from 1998 to 1999. Holt returned to the Department of Social Statistics at Southampton in 2000, working part-time as Professor of Social Statistics. He carried out consultancy work for the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank and was elected president of the Royal Statistical Society in 2005. Awards and honours In 1990 he was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association. Holt was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2000 New Year Honours. He was also the 2003 recipient of the Waksberg Prize in survey methodology. Personal life and death Holt died on 15 November 2022, at the age of 79. References "Professor Tim Holt: Career", Museum of Learning. Retrieved 20 May 2010. Tim Holt, Julian Champkin (2007). "Tim Holt", Significance, vol 4 issue 2, pp 75–76. 1943 births 2022 deaths Directors of the Central Statistical Office (United Kingdom) Registrars-General for England and Wales Directors of the Office for National Statistics Presidents of the Royal Statistical Society Survey methodologists Academics of the University of Southampton British social scientists 20th-century British mathematicians 21st-century British mathematicians Fellows of the American Statistical Association Companions of the Order of the Bath Alumni of the University of Exeter
Schulze Baking Company Plant is a factory building located on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is located at 40 East Garfield Boulevard (also described as 55th Street and Wabash Avenue) in the Washington Park community area in Cook County. Built in 1914, the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 12, 1982. Originally built for the Schulze Baking Company, it was the home of the Hostess Brands' Butternut Bread until 2004. The building features a terra cotta exterior with ornamentation that pays tribute to Louis Sullivan. The original flooring is made of reinforced concrete. In the early 21st century, the building fell into a state of disrepair. In 2016, however, a developer stated that the building was being rehabilitated for adaptive reuse in 2017 and following years as a data center. Location and function The building is located between the western edge of Washington Park and the Dan Ryan Expressway along a section of Garfield Boulevard that formerly hosted prominent businesses, including Schulze and the Wanzer Milk Company. The area has suffered from economic decay and crime during the second half of the 20th century. One of the few significant remaining businesses in the old Black Belt during this time was Hostess, which still used the building to make Butternut Bread. Baking company Schulze, with its signature Butternut Bread, eventually became Interstate Bakeries Corporation/Hostess Brands. The business was once Chicago's largest wholesale business entity. Although, according to Form 10-K filings by the Interstate Bakeries Corporation with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, the Schulze Baking Company was not formed until 1927, many records contradict this claim. Historical accounts of Chicago claim that Paul Schulze, 1910-11 president of the National Association of Master Bakers, started the Schulze Baking Company in 1893 with his brothers. Interstate's own company history even confirms the 1893 beginning of Schulze. In 1912, prior to the construction of the plant, the company had four baking plants throughout the city of Chicago and general offices in the Chicago Stock Exchange Building on LaSalle Street in the Chicago Loop. In the 1910s, the company had extensive legal battles regarding protecting its trademarks. In 1921, Paul Schulze sold control of the company to Ralph Leroy Nafziger. In 1930, Nafziger announced the formation of Interstate Bakeries through the merger of Schulze Baking and Western Bakeries of Los Angeles to form Interstate Bakeries. Schulze and Western continued to maintain their own separate companies under the Interstate umbrella until 1937, when Schulze formally became Interstate. Paul Schulze went on to operate small bakeries elsewhere under the name of Schulze and Burch Biscuit Company. Architecture The building is a white terra cotta structure designed by John Ahlschlager in 1914 for the Schulze Baking Company. The terra cotta walls were five storeys high. The building featured blue lettering, foliated cornice ornamentation, and stringcourses of rosettes. The building uses 700 windows grouped to complement the ornamentation's allusion to themes of nature and purity. The ornamentation is considered abstract, Sullivanesque and modern. The company used Apron conveyor manufactured by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio. A lengthy low industrial complex extends northward behind the main five-story building. The structure has a flat concrete slab floor with four-way reinforcement designed to support . The dimensions of the building by and it is composed of floor space segmented into by . The second floor is thick except in the square surrounding each column where it is thick. As of late 2008, the building was showing signs of wear, disrepair, and neglect. At least one terra cotta cornice was missing, and the building had numerous walkway coverings to protect passersby from falling debris such as further terra cotta loss. One side wall was propped up with wood beams at 45 degree angles. In addition, the building had some graffiti markings. However, developer Ghian Foreman stated in February 2016 that the rehabilitation of the former Schulze Baking Company plant into a data center, to be called the Midway Technology Center, was on schedule for operation in 2017. The adaptive reuse project allegedly involved the investment of more than $130 million. Notes External links Official City of Chicago Washington Park Neighborhood Map Industrial buildings completed in 1914 Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Chicago Bakeries of the United States
"Wise Up! Sucker" is a single by Pop Will Eat Itself released in 1989 from the album This Is the Day...This Is the Hour...This Is This! The single peaked on the UK Singles Chart at #41. In addition to CD and cassette, the single was released in 7", 10", and 12" formats, each with a different edit of the song. The 7" version contains the original version that also appears on the album, while the 10" and 12" versions feature two edits of the Youth remix of the song as A-sides. The B-side, "Orgyone Stimulator", is an instrumental track based on samples from Louise Huebner's Seduction Through Witchcraft. Some versions of the release also contain the Riffs Mix of the Pop Will Eat Itself song "Can U Dig It?". A music video was filmed for the song, and it appears on the video album Unspoilt By Progress. It features band members Clint Mansell and Graham Crabb singing in front of various backgrounds such as moving landscapes, comics and the band performing live, while other band members Richard March and Adam Mole play guitar in front of an array of screens, all showing themselves playing. The video is intercut with multiple computer-generated effects and animations. Track listing 7" Single Side One "Wise Up! Sucker" 3:24 Side Two "Orgyone Stimulator" 3:04 10" Single Side One "Wise Up! Sucker (10" Version)" 4:43 Side Two "Wise Up! Sucker (12" Version)" 5:44 "Wise Up! Sucker" 3:24 12" Single, CD Single, Cassette Single "Wise Up! Sucker (12" Version)" 5:44 "Wise Up! Sucker" 3:24 "Orgyone Stimulator" 3:04 "Can U Dig It? (Riffs Mix)" 3:18 References 1989 singles Pop Will Eat Itself songs 1989 songs RCA Records singles Songs written by Clint Mansell
Sir John Meux, 1st Baronet (died February 1657) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1643. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. Early life Meux was the son of Sir William Meux and his wife Winifred Barrington, daughter of Sir Francis Barrington, 1st Baronet of Barrington Hall, Essex. The Meux family was descended from Sir Walter Meux, of Meaux, in France, who married Eleanor Strangways, daughter of Sir Henry Strangways and Margaret Manners (daughter of George Manners, 11th Baron Ros, and Ann St Leger, herself a daughter of Sir Thomas St Leger and Ann, sister of Kings Edward IV and Richard III and their siblings Edmund, Earl of Rutland; Elizabeth of York, Duchess of Suffolk; Margaret, Duchess of Burgundy; and George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence). Career In April 1640, Meux was elected member of parliament for Newtown in the Short Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Newtown in the Long Parliament in November 1640 and sat until he was disabled for supporting the King in 1644. He was created baronet of Kingston on 11 December 1641. Meux was given a fine of £375 in October 1646 by the Committee for Compounding, but it was still unpaid in 1655. IN that year, he was called before the Commissioners for Hampshire to value his estates but did not appear and was ordered to pay £50 a year. In May 1656, he petitioned Parliament asking to be assessed only on an annuity of £100 since the rest of his property had been "conveyed away for debt and to provide for his children". He renewed the petition in November 1656 when it was referred to a committee and the outcome is unknown. He died the following February. Personal life Meux married Elizabeth Worsley, daughter of Sir Richard Worsley, 1st Baronet of Appuldurcombe. Together, they were the parents of: Sir William Meux, 2nd Baronet (d. ), who married Mabel Dillington, daughter of Sir Robert Dillington, Bt. of Knighton. After her death he married Elizabeth Browne, daughter of George Browne, of Buckland, Surrey. Henry Meux (d. 1701), who died unmarried. John Meux (d. 1649) Anne Meux (d. 1728), who died unmarried. Elizabeth Meux, who died unmarried before her sister, Anne. He was succeeded by his eldest son William. Upon the death of his grandson, Sir William Meux, 3rd Baronet, in 1706, the baronetcy became extinct. It was revived in 1831, however, for Henry Meux, the great-great-grandson of his younger brother. References \|- Year of birth missing 1657 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of England English MPs 1640 (April) English MPs 1640–1648 Members of Parliament for the Isle of Wight
George Wallace FRSE (1727–1805) was a Scottish advocate, jurist and author. In 1783 he was one of the founders of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Life He was born in Edinburgh in 1727 the son of Very Rev Dr Robert Wallace DD (1697-1771), and his wife, Helen Turnbull. His father was elected Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1743. Wallace was admitted a member of the Faculty of Advocates, Edinburgh, on 16 Feb. 1754. In 1773 he appears in the first Edinburgh Street Directory as "George Wallace, advocate" living at Scotts Close on the Cowgate. He is still living there in 1785 but by 1795 is living at Teviot Row. He was appointed a commissary of Edinburgh in 1792. By 1800 he is living at Lauriston in the south of the city. His final Edinburgh address is given as Argyle Square, a popular location for Edinburgh's lawyers. He died in Edinburgh on 13 March 1805. Publications Wallace published in 1760 in Edinburgh a System of the Principles of the Law of Scotland. It contained criticism of slavery and recommended surrendering empire if empire required exploitation of slave labor. Following Montesquieu, Wallace denied all classical grounds for justifying enslavement. Louis de Jaucourt translated some part of the book for his article "Traite des nègres" (Slave trade) in the Encyclopédie, one of the first real denunciations of the colonial project in French thought. He also published Thoughts on the Origin of Feudal Tenures and the Descent of Ancient Peerages in Scotland (1783; 2nd edit., Nature and Descent of Ancient Peerages connected with the State of Scotland, 1785), and Prospects from Hills in Fife (1796, 2nd edit. 1800). Bibliography Notes Attribution 1727 births 1805 deaths Lawyers from Edinburgh Scottish lawyers Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Writers from Edinburgh
Revolting Rhymes is a 1982 poetry collection by British author Roald Dahl. Originally published under the title Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes, it is a parody of traditional folk tales in verse, where Dahl gives a re-interpretation of six well-known fairy tales, featuring surprise endings in place of the traditional happily-ever-after finishes. Contents There are a total of six poems in the book, each of the featured fairy tales humorously deviating from the traditional version. In Cinderella, the plot stayed true to the original tale until one of the ugly sisters switches her shoe with the one Cinderella left behind at the ball. However, when the prince sees that the shoe fits one of the sisters, he decides not to marry her, and instead chops off her head on the spot while she is standing. When the prince removes the head of the second sister and makes to do the same to Cindy, she wishes to be married instead to a decent man. Her fairy godmother grants this wish and marries her to a simple, regular jam-maker. In Jack and the Beanstalk, the beanstalk grows golden leaves towards the top. Jack's mother sends him up to fetch them, but when Jack hears the giant threaten to eat him after the giant smells him, he descends without collecting any of the gold. Jack's mother then ascends herself after accusing Jack of being smelly, but is eaten. Undeterred, Jack decides to bathe, and then climbs up and collects the leaves himself, as the giant is now unable to smell him since he is clean. Now rich, Jack resolves to bathe every day. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs begins familiarly, but after the huntsman agrees not to kill Snow White, she takes a job as a cook and maid for seven former jockeys (the dwarfs). Although those jockeys are compulsive gamblers on horse racing, they are not particularly successful. So Snow White resolves to help them, and sneaks back to steal the magic mirror, which can correctly predict the winning horse and makes the seven jockeys (and Snow White) millionaires, with the moral that "Gambling is not a sin / Provided that you always win". Goldilocks and the Three Bears has a slightly different set-up to the rest of the poems, in that the story is kept the same as the traditional tale, but with continual comments from the narrator about how appalling Goldilocks is and how anyone with any sense would take the bears' side over hers (with the narrator telling the story as if talking to the Mother Bear). After the end, the narrator says that they would prefer an ending where the three bears come back and eat Goldilocks. In Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf, based on Little Red Riding Hood, the wolf enters the grandmother's house and devours her before putting on her clothes to eat Little Red Riding Hood next. Riding Hood is not disturbed however, and calmly pulls a pistol out of her underwear and shoots the wolf ("The small girl smiles/Her eyelid flickers/She whips a pistol from her knickers/She aims it at the creature's head and BANG! BANG! BANG! she shoots him ... dead.") – yielding her a new wolfskin coat. In The Three Little Pigs, the wolf quickly blows down the houses of straw and sticks, devouring the first two pigs. The third house of bricks is too strong, so the wolf resolves to come back that evening with dynamite. The third pig has other plans, however, and asks Little Red Riding Hood to come and deal with the wolf. Ever the sharpshooter, Red Riding Hood gains a second wolfskin coat and a pigskin travelling case. Audio book An audio book of Dahl's Revolting Rhymes was released, read by Timothy West and Prunella Scales. A later version was narrated by Scottish actor Alan Cumming. The current audiobook is narrated by Stephen Mangan, Tamsin Greig and Miriam Margolyes and has been available since at least 2014. The audio book recordings were later used for narration in an OVA for the book. Film adaptations The poem "Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf" was adapted into the 1996 television film Little Red Riding Hood for BBC One. The book was adapted into a 2016 two-part computer-animated television film for BBC One. It was nominated at the 90th Academy Awards for Best Animated Short. References Children's books by Roald Dahl Children's poetry books Poetry by Roald Dahl 1982 children's books 1982 poetry books Collections of fairy tales British poetry collections Literature based on fairy tales Jonathan Cape books Works based on Little Red Riding Hood Works based on The Three Little Pigs Works based on Goldilocks and the Three Bears Works based on Jack and the Beanstalk Works based on Snow White Children's books based on Cinderella Nonsense poetry Fairy tale parodies
Tsunami is a 1981 video game published by Creative Computing Software. Gameplay Tsunami is a game in which the player must defend against alien attacks. Reception Bob Proctor reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, stating that: "For those who like "Invader" games, Tsunami will be of great interest due to [its] variety and professional quality." References External links Article in Creative Computing 1981 video games Alien invasions in video games Apple II games Apple II-only games Fixed shooters Science fiction video games Video games developed in the United States Video games set in outer space
Chocolate City is the third album by the funk band Parliament, released in 1975. It was a "tribute to Washington D.C.", where the group had been particularly popular. The album's cover includes images of the United States Capitol, the Washington Monument, and the Lincoln Memorial in the form of a chocolate medallion, as well as sticker labeled "Washington DC". The album was very popular in the capitol city, selling 150,000 copies alone there. Track listing Side One "Chocolate City" (George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell) – 5:37 (released as a single-Casablanca 831) "Ride On" (Clinton, Collins, Worrell) – 3:34 (released as a single-Casablanca 843) "Together" (Clinton, Collins, Worrell) – 4:07 "Side Effects" (Clinton, Collins, Ahneua Hilson) – 3:13 "What Comes Funky" (Clinton, Collins, Worrell) – 2:23 Side Two "Let Me Be" (Clinton, Vivian Lewis) – 5:37 "If It Don't Fit (Don't Force It)" (Clinton, Garry Shider, Worrell) – 2:07 "I Misjudged You" (Clinton, Ernie Harris, Fuzzy Haskins) – 5:14 "Big Footin'" (Clinton, Haskins, Shider) – 4:50 (released as the B-side to "Ride On") A 2003 CD reissue of Chocolate City contained three bonus tracks, including alternate mixes of "If It Don't Fit (Don't Force It)" and "I Misjudged You" and the previously unreleased song "Common Law Wife". Personnel Jim Callon – Engineer George Clinton – Arrangements, vocals, production Bootsy Collins – Bass, guitar, Arrangements, drums Raymond Davis – Vocals Ramon "Tiki" Fulwood – Drums Clarence "Fuzzy" Haskins – Vocals Eddie Hazel – Guitar, vocals (Lead Vocal on "Let Me Be") Prakash John – Bass Tyrone Lampkin – Drums Man In The Box – Drums Cordell Mosson – Bass, guitar Billy "Bass" Nelson – Bass Lucius Tawl Ross – Rhythm guitar Garry Shider – Rhythm guitar, vocals Calvin Simon – Vocals Grady Thomas – Vocals Jim Vitti – Engineer Bernie Worrell – Synthesizer, arrangements, keyboards Mallia Franklin- vocals Debbie Wright- vocals Jeanette Washington- vocals Gary “Mudbone” Cooper - Vocals Music Chocolate City features the classic P-Funk lineup with George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell, and Eddie Hazel. The Brecker Brothers, Michael and Randy, joined the band as did vocalist Glenn Goins. Prakash John plays bass on several tracks. This album also marks the beginning of the pivotal songwriting team of George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, and Bernie Worrell, a partnership that would last until the 1978 release Motor Booty Affair. The album is full of the uptempo funk that the band would be known for as well as the vocal harmonies of The Parliaments. "Let Me Be" draws on jazz as well as gospel influences. "Together" is a remake of "Together in Heaven" by Bootsy, Phelps, and Gary. Glen Goins makes his debut P. Funk performance on "Big Footin'". Chart performance Chocolate City reached number 18 on the Billboard soul LP charts in 1975 and reached No. 91 on the album charts. "Chocolate City", the title track and first single, reached No. 24 on the black chart and No. 94 on the Billboard Hot 100 while "Ride On" the second single reached No. 64 on the black chart. "Chocolate City" theme The album takes its name from the term "Chocolate City," which had been used to describe Washington, D.C. where blacks had been becoming a majority through migration (as explained in the cover notes included with one recent CD release of the album). The term had been used by Washington's black AM radio stations WOL-AM and WOOK-AM since the early 1970s to refer to the city. Bobby "The Mighty Burner" Bennett, a DJ on WOL, told The Washington Post in 1998 "Chocolate City for me was the expression of D.C.'s classy funk and confident blackness." George Clinton used the concept in the title track, characterizing the black population's proliferation in American inner cities as a positive development, in contrast to concerns over White flight. The lyrics of the song refer to several such "chocolate cities" but focuses on D.C.: "There's a lot of chocolate cities around/We got Newark, we got Gary/Someone told me we got L.A./ And we're working on Atlanta / But you're the capital C.C." There is also a reference to Chocolate City's "vanilla suburbs", which he asks God to bless in-kind. Clinton's lyrics referred to Chocolate City as "my piece of the rock" as opposed to the "40 acres and a mule" that slaves were promised after the Civil War. The lyrics also reflected Clinton's thanks for the capital's strong support for P-Funk, further shown by the album cover showing the Lincoln Memorial and the United States Capitol, rendered in melting milk chocolate. Other tracks on the album reflecting the influence of Washington are "Let Me Be" drawing from 1970s D.C. gospel and "I Misjudged You" a homage to The Unifics, a Washington R&B ballad group. Notes References External links Release history at Discogs [ Song Review: "Chocolate City"] at Allmusic 1975 albums Parliament (band) albums Casablanca Records albums Concept albums
František Jan Škroup (; 3 June 1801 in Osice near Hradec Králové – 7 February 1862 in Rotterdam) was a Czech composer and conductor. His brother Jan Nepomuk Škroup was also a successful composer and his father, Dominik Škroup, and other brother Ignác Škroup were lesser known composers. Biography At the age of eleven he moved to Prague where he supported himself as a choir boy and flautist. He continued his schooling at one of the most important Czech national revival movement centres, Hradec Králové, where he was a choirboy at the cathedral. While there he studied with the local choirmaster and composer Franz Volkert. He later moved back to Prague to study at the university. He became a fairly successful opera and singspiel composer producing more than a dozen stage works. Among Škroup's part-time jobs was organist at the "Temple of the Israelite Society for Regulated Worship," known since the late nineteen-forties as the "Spanish synagogue." His last position was as the musical director of the German opera in Dutch Rotterdam. He died there and, as a person without means, was buried in a mass grave. He also produced an oratorio, a mass, and a few other sacred works. He is best remembered today as the author of the melody for the Czech national anthem "Kde domov můj?". Works From 1827 Škroup was a conductor at the Estates Theatre in Prague. There he led the Czech premières of many famous works by composers such as Richard Wagner. Škroup's oeuvre consists mainly of Czech and German opera which gained significant local popularity. Opera, Singspiel and Incidental Music Dráteník, Singspiel in 2 Acts (1825); libretto by Josef Krasoslav Chmelenský; Škroup sang the title role. Dráteník is considered the first Czech opera. Der Nachtschatten, Singspiel (1827); libretto C.J. Schikaneder Oldřich a Božena (Oldřich and Božena), Opera (1828); German title: Uldarich und Božena (1833); libretto by Josef Krasoslav Chmelenský Der Prinz und die Schlange (The Prince and the Snake, or Amor in the Amazon) (1829); Czech title: Princ a had neb Amor mezi Amazonkami (1835) Bratrovrah, Biblical Melodrama (1831); libretto by Jan Nepomuk Štěpánek Die Drachenhöhle (1832) Fidlovačka aneb Žádný hněv a žádná rvačka (Fidlovačka, or No Anger and No Brawl), Folk Scenes of Prague Life with Song and Dance (1834); play by Josef Kajetán Tyl; includes "Kde domov můj?" Libušin sňatek (Libuše's Marriage) (libretto by Josef Krasoslav Chmelenský, 1835, rewritten 1850) Čestmír (1835); incidental music to the historical drama Pouť k chrámu umění (Pilgrimage to the Temple of Art) (1846) The Spectre's Bride Drahomíra, Opera (première 20 November 1848); German libretto by V.A. Svoboda-Návarovský Žižkova smrt (Žižka's Death) (1850); incidental music to the historical drama by Josef Jiří Kolár Der Meergeuse (The Sea Geus), Romantic Opera in 3 Acts (1851); libretto by Johann Carl Hickel; premièred in 2003 at the Estates Theatre in Prague; Czech title: Mořský geus Don César a spanilá Magelona (Don Cesar and the Comely Magolena), Incidental Music (1852) Columbus, Opera in 3 Acts (1855); original German libretto by Josef Krasoslav Chmelenský; Czech version premièred on 3 February 1942 with libretto translated by František Pujman Orchestral Chrudimská ouvertura (Chrudim Overture) (1854); overture for the opening of the municipal theatre in Chrudim, Czech Republic Chamber music String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 24 String Quartet No. 2 in C minor, Op. 25 String Quartet No. 3 in G major, Op. 29 Trio for Clarinet (or Violin), Cello and Piano, Op.27 Trio facile in F Major for Violin (or Flute), Cello and Piano, Op.28 Trio facile for Violin (or Flute), Cello and Piano, Op.30 Piano Polonaise Deutsche Tänze (1824) Vocal Věnec ze zpěvů vlasteneckých uvitý a obětovaný dívkám vlastenským (Wreath of Patriotic Songs Collected for and Dedicated to Patriotic Girls) (1835–1839); 5 volumes edited by Škroup and Chmelenský Dobrou noc (Good Night) for Horn, Voice and Harp (or Piano); words by Josef Krasoslav Chmelenský Píseň společní; words by František Čelakovský; Both songs are included in Věnec ze zpěvů vlasteneckých uvitý a obětovaný dívkám vlastenským. Věnec (1843-1844), second part References External links Biography 1801 births 1862 deaths Czech classical composers Czech male classical composers National anthem writers Czech opera composers Male opera composers People from Hradec Králové District 19th-century classical composers 19th-century Czech male musicians
Montesclaros High School is located in the town of Cerceda, Madrid, a region in the middle of Spain. The School was founded in 1980. The institution is divided into two buildings, one is devoted to Vocational studies and the other is subdivided into two wings. The first wing is used for Compulsory Secondary Education and the second for Higher Secondary Education. There are many activities to do throughout the year, such as visits to interesting places from an educational point of view, leisure trips, sport competitions. Cerceda is the main town, and some of the students attend the School but many other students come from neighbouring villages. References Educational institutions established in 1980 Secondary schools in Spain 1980 establishments in Spain
E. Premkumar Reddy is a molecular biologist specialising in molecular oncology. He is the Director of Experimental Cancer Therapeutics program and Professor in the Departments of Oncological Sciences and Structural and Chemical Biology at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Education Reddy obtained his PhD in molecular biology in 1971 from the Regional Research Laboratory and Osmania University, Hyderabad, India. He completed post-doctoral training in the United States of America at the UCLA School of Medicine and the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Professional career He joined the National Cancer Institute after his post-graduation, with which he was associated till 1984 as the chief of the molecular genetics section. In 1984, he moved to Hoffman LaRoche Roche Institute of Molecular Biology as a full member and in 1986, he joined the Wistar Institute as their deputy director. In 1992, he was appointed as the Director of the Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology, which is affiliated with Temple University. He moved to the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in 2010. Reddy served as a member of the board of directors of NIEHS from 1990-1995. In 1993, he was awarded the Scientific Achievement Award by the American Cancer Society. He has published over 250 papers. The most notable of his findings are the molecular cloning and sequence determination of a number of viral oncogenes and their cellular homologues. According to data published in 2000 by the Institute for Scientific Information, which compiled the list of most highly cited authors, Reddy was amongst the top 0.5% of the most highly cited authors in the world. Reddy co-founded the international cancer journal Oncogene in 1986, for which he served as an Editor from 1986 to 2009. In 2010, he founded a new cancer journal named Genes & Cancer for which he serves as the Editor-in-Chief. References External links E. Premkumar Reddy Profile, Mount Sinai School of Medicine Reddy Laboratory Indian geneticists Indian cell biologists Indian emigrants to the United States Temple University faculty David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA alumni Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Telugu people People from Andhra Pradesh People from Telangana People from Hyderabad, India American people of Telugu descent
The South Anna River is a principal tributary of the Pamunkey River, about long, in central Virginia in the United States. Via the Pamunkey and York rivers, it is part of the watershed of Chesapeake Bay. According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known as the Anna River. Course The South Anna River rises near Gordonsville in southwestern Orange County and flows generally southeastwardly and eastwardly through Louisa and Hanover counties. It joins the North Anna River to form the Pamunkey River about northeast of Ashland. Near its mouth the river collects the Newfound River. See also List of Virginia rivers References Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry DeLorme (2005). Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. . Rivers of Virginia Tributaries of the York River (Virginia) Rivers of Hanover County, Virginia Rivers of Louisa County, Virginia Rivers of Orange County, Virginia Rivers of Richmond, Virginia
The General Tire 150 is a annual ARCA Menards Series and ARCA Menards Series West race held at Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. The inaugural event was held on March 6, 2020, and was won by Chandler Smith. In 2021, the ARCA Menards Series West joined the ARCA Menards Series in this race, making it a combination race for both series. The race is also currently the West Series season-opener. History ARCA's inaugural trip to Phoenix was announced along with the rest of the 2020 series schedule on October 10, 2019. The race is a virtual carryover from the then-NASCAR K&N Pro Series West, which had run at the track at least once annually since 1998. On February 20, 2020, series tire manufacturer General Tire was announced as the race's title sponsor. Past winners 2022 & 2023: Race extended due to a green–white–checker finish References External links 2020 establishments in Arizona ARCA Menards Series races ARCA Menards Series ARCA Menards Series West Recurring sporting events established in 2020 Annual sporting events in the United States March sporting events NASCAR races at Phoenix Raceway
Cheryl Stern is an American Broadway actress. Education Stern is a graduate of Northwestern University. Career Stern worked as a backup performer for comedian Jackie Mason and was in his comedy musical Laughing Room Only. In 2009, she starred in the Transport Group's "Being Audrey" She starred opposite Cynthia Nixon in The Women and in the 2010 Tony Award winning revival of La Cage aux Folles. More recently, she appeared as The Old Lady in Mary Zimmerman's acclaimed production of Candide at the Huntington Theatre in Boston. Awards She is a past winner of a Jonathan Larson Grant in 2002 for Normal with Tom Kochan and Yvonne Adrian at the Lark Theatre Company. References Living people American stage actresses American film actresses Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American actresses
}} Nachan Assembly constituency is one of the 68 constituencies in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh a northern state of India. It is a part of Mandi Lok Sabha constituency. Members of Legislative Assembly Election candidates 2022 Election results 2017 See also List of constituencies of Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly References External links Assembly constituencies of Himachal Pradesh Mandi district
Rasmus is the surname of: Claire Rasmus (born 1996), American freestyle swimmer Colby Rasmus (born 1986), American Major League Baseball player Cory Rasmus (born 1987), American Major League Baseball player Hans Rasmus Hansen (1896–1971), Danish politician Ingolf E. Rasmus (1906–1996), American lawyer and politician Pete Rasmus (1906–1975), American discus thrower
Nikolay Yurievich Kavkazsky (born October 16, 1986) is a Russian political, LGBT and drug policy reform activist, lawyer, member of numerous human rights organizations, blogger and a political prisoner. Political career Nikolay Kavkazsky was born on October 16, 1986. Since his early childhood, he was inspired by the ideas of justice, equality and peaceful resolution of conflict. In 2007-2012, 2013 - till now he is an active member of the pro-western democratic Yabloko party. In 2008, gained 18% of the votes as the party’s regional branch’s vice chairman candidate. Since 2008 – an activist of the “Left Socialist Action” movement 2008-2010 – one of the leaders of the “Left Front” movement In 2010-2011 - he held the post of the Moscow regional council of the “Youth Yabloko” branch 2010 – a member of the “Solidarity” movement 2011 – ran for the federal parliamentary elections as a candidate of the “Yabloko” Party 2011-2012 - an assistant to the chairman of the Moscow “Youth Yabloko” Committee Since 2010 – an active member of the human rights organization “The Committee for the Civil Rights”. He was remarkably active at the Prison visitation department of the Civil rights committee, working with former convicts, maintaining correspondence with the incarcerated and providing psychological support to their families. Since 2012-2013 – a member of the main board of the Working Poor Union He has been actively involved in the Russian protest movement and authored numerous political articles. He also defended Pussy Riot and other activists. He has also defended the rights of ethnic, religious, and sexual minorities and promoted the idea of peaceful resistance to oppression. Arrest On May 6, 2012, Nikolay Kavkazsky took part in the “March of the Million” demonstration organized by the opposition and its supporters on the Bolotnaya Square in Moscow to protest the results of the presidential elections held on March 4. Those demonstrations were brutally stopped by the police and later led to a severe crackdown on the democratic movement. The prominent sociologist, historian, and civil activist Alek D. Epstein published an article about Nikolay Kavkazsky and included his diary entries related to the events. They show that the participants of the demonstration who had peaceful intentions were brutally attacked by the police, and some suffered grave injuries: “I’ve never seen such a mess! I got clubbed by the special unit policemen a couple of times myself … I saw a lot of wounded and bleeding people…”… Nikolay Kavkazsky’s diary serves as a unique source of information on the 2012 protests providing an “inside” perspective. “The March Of the Millions. The Blooded Sunday. Alek Epstein. The Captivity, November 2012. On July 25th Nikolay Kavkazsky was arrested in his own house for allegedly pushing a policeman during the demonstration (which was interpreted by the prosecution as an attempt to inflict grave bodily harm). On July 26th the representative for the Investigation Committee brought the charges of assaulting a representative of the authorities (part 1 of Article 318 of the Russian Criminal Code) and participating in a massive riot (part 2 of Article 212 of the Russian Criminal Code). Thus, Nikolay Kavkazsky became one of the main figures in the “Bolotnaya Square” case. The prosecution claimed to have discovered evidence (a videotape) proving that he had taken illegal actions against the police during the demonstration, although they did not present it. On July 25 Nikolay Kavkazsky was remanded until September 24, and then his arrest was extended until November when he was finally remanded until March 6, though he suffers from some serious health problems. As of today, he is still awaiting his trial. Struggle for human rights in prison Even in detention, Nikolay Kavkazsky is pursuing his political activities and his struggle for human rights. In November, he published an article criticizing the inhumane living conditions and unfair treatment that the inmates are exposed to and suggested a number of measures intended to make life in prison at least a little more tolerable. For instance, he wrote: “Prisons in Russia could not guarantee the respect of human rights. On the contrary, the living conditions in the correctional institutions disparage the human dignity of a person and strip them of their legal right to a normal life. I would like to remind those who may think that criminals should have no rights (although such an attitude is completely unacceptable for a civilized person), that in Russia there is an enormous number of completely innocent people who suffer behind bars, and even in the most advanced countries there are always innocent prisoners since court and prosecution mistakes are always possible. … I hope that in a humane society there will be no such institution as a prison. However, we live in the present rather than in the future, and it means that we have to deal with the existing problems. From my perspective, we cannot abolish prisons by a decree, so we have to reform them.“ Then he describes the appalling living conditions in prison including lack of light, harsh discipline, unbearable transportation measures, poor food quality, overcrowdedness and other urgent problems and elaborates on some possible improvements. Elections to the Moscow City Duma of the 6th convocation Nikolai participated in the elections to the Moscow City Duma of the 6th convocation as a Yabloko candidate. He came third out of seven candidates in the electoral district and gained 12,78 percent. Municipal elections 2015-2017 As a candidate from the Yabloko party Nikolay Kavkazsky participated in municipal elections were held in 2015 and 2017. He came 5th out of all candidates in Northern Medvedkovo district in 2015 and gained 14,61 percent. He came 7th out of all candidates in Basmanny district in 2017 and gained 24,89 percent. Elections to the State Duma of the 8th convocation In 2021 Nikolay Kavkazsky was nominated by Yabloko party as a candidate for the State Duma of the Russian Federation. “Against Putin” was his campaign slogan. Police numerously visited Nikolay at the time of the campaign so according to Nikolay the voters were afraid to take the leaflets. On September 12 Nikolay Kavkazsky and three members of his election headquarter were arrested because of the election banner with the campaign slogan but all the arrested people were released without further investigation. The unknown person stole the leaflets from the election headquarter of Nikolay Kavkazsky. Nikolay submitted the crime report but the criminal is still not found. Finally Nikolay Kavkazsky was not elected as a deputy of the State Duma. Municipal elections 2022 In 2022 Nikolay Kavkazsky planned to become a candidate in municipal elections in Basmanny district but he was arrested and spent 10 days in imprisonment because of his post in social network dated by 2021. In this post Nikolay wrote about Smart Voting so he was found guilty in commitment an administrative offense and lost his right to be elected. Yabloko party considers the arrest of Nikolay Kavkazsky as an act of political repression. Anyway Nikolay Kavkazsky helped the Yabloko team in Basmanny district during the municipal elections. Political views In terms of political views Nikolay Kavkazsky defines himself as a democratic socialist. Nikolay supports the progressive scale of taxation and a social state. Nikolay Kavkazsky supports the position of Yabloko party against the invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces. He is also against conscription army and supports the peaceful resolution of conflicts. Nikolay Kavkazsky supports political prisoners and promotes the defence of human rights focusing on vulnerable groups (such as women, LGBT people and polyamorists). In 2022 Nikolay opposed the new laws against LGBT community adopted in Russia. He also raised the legal problems polyamorists from Russia face because of the wave of relocation from the country. Nikolay promotes drug policy reform telling the people who consume drugs are the victims of violence against vulnerable group and there is also the practice of using drugs in police abuse. According to migration issues Nikolay says that “there are no illegal people”. See also 2011-2012 Russian protests References 1986 births Living people Political repression in Russia Yabloko politicians Russian socialists Russian LGBT rights activists Politicians from Moscow European Court of Human Rights cases involving Russia Amnesty International prisoners of conscience held by Russia Prisoners and detainees of Russia Russian prisoners and detainees Russian dissidents Drug policy reform activists Lawyers from Moscow Russian activists against the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Melvin L. Fowler (December 3, 1924–September 6, 2008) was an American archaeologist, author, and the primary expert on the Cahokia mounds, the largest ancient metropolis in North America. Published books include Cahokia, the Great Native American Metropolis and The Cahokia Atlas: A Historical Atlas of Cahokia Archaeology. Life In 1953, Fowler was awarded a PhD from the University of Chicago; he had already begun his work excavating the Modoc Rock Shelter at Cahokia. With support from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where he became a professor in 1966, Fowler led many of the excavations and discoveries at Cahokia. Today, the Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site is a 2,200-acre site that contains the ruins of a sophisticated prehistoric native civilization which existed from about 700 to 1400 AD. It was named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1982. Fowler was awarded the "distinguished career award" by The Midwest Archeological Conference in 2008. References External links Cahokia, the Great American Metropolis Cahokia Mounds Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site Partial bibliography of published Cahokia Archaeology 20th-century American archaeologists 20th-century American writers 2008 deaths 1924 births
Falaknuma–Bhuvanagiri MEMU is a MEMU passenger train running from Falaknuma in Hyderabad to Bhuvanagiri in Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district The train runs two services from Falaknuma and Bhuvanagiri twice a day. The numbers are 67275 & 67276.Recently Afternoon train Extended up to Janagam. Code Station Name Arrives 1FM Falaknuma 06:10(Starting Point) 2HPG Huppuguda 06:13 3YKA Yakutpura 06:17 4DQR Dabirpura 06:19 5MXT Malakpet 06:21 6KCG Kacheguda 06:26 7VAR Vidya Nagar 06:31 8JOO Jamai Osmania 06:33 9ATC Arts College 06:35 10STPD Sitafalmandi 06:38 11MJF Malkajgiri Junction 06:41 12CHZ Charlapalli 07:04 13GT Ghatkesar 07:19 14BN Bibinagar 07:29 15BG Bhuvanagiri 08:00(Arrival) References Hyderabad railway division Electric multiple units of India Rail transport in Telangana
Aden Abdullahi Noor "Gabyow" (, Osmanya Script: 𐒛𐒆𐒗𐒒 𐒛𐒛𐒁𐒆𐒚𐒐𐒐𐒖𐒔𐒘 N𐒙𐒙𐒇 "G𐒖𐒁𐒕𐒙𐒓"; 10 October 1920 - 5 June 2002). Was a very senior Somali Military Commander, Faction Leader, Politician, a leading member and one of the most powerful men in the Somali Democratic Republic. Early years Aden Abdullahi Noor "Gabyow", was born on the 10th of October 1920, in the district of Mado Gashi in the Northern Frontier District, which was under the British rule at that time. He was born to an Aulihan sub clan of the larger Ogaden, Darod clan. He received his primary education in Garissa the capital city of the Northern Frontier District. He joined the King's African Rifles in 1947 and undertook his military training in the second capital city of Uganda, Jinja. He finished training the same year and was transferred to Jigjiga, Somali Region Ethiopia. When he finished duty in Jigjiga, he was sent to Kismayo only to be sent back to Kenya when the British handed the territory over to Italy. Gabyow was among British troops who were sent to fight in Korea until 1952. He had previously fought in the Malayan Emergency. In 1952 he was sent to Britain and was among the African troops sent to Britain to attend the coronation Queen Elizabeth II. Career In 1963, Gabyow became a platoon leader in the new Kenyan army but was reduced to a private forcing him to leave the army. In 1970 he made his way to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania from where he was transported to Mogadishu by the Somali embassy. Because of his experience fighting communists in Asia, he was sent to the Soviet Union for four years' training. He became head of a new police station and was later appointed head of Halane military training station in 1976. He was promoted to the rank of colonel the same year. After being the head of Halane military training station, General Adan Gabyow became Minister of Defence under Siad Barre. As a result of a conflict between him and Barre he was arrested and jailed in 1988. Foreign and Commonwealth Office files at Kew attest that Gen Aden Abdullahi Nur was relieved as Minister of Defence and appointed Minister of Tourism on 30 January 1989. Somali Patriotic Movement (SPM) Somali Patriotic Movement was formed in 1985 as a result of a split in the Somali Salvation Democratic Front by military dissidents hailing from Gabyow's own Ogaden. In 1988 they demanded the release of General Gabyow and encouraged officers from their Ogaden clan to resign. Their appeal led to the desertation of Colonel Ahmed Omar Jess. The sacking of Gabyow was the catalyst for a conflict that had been smouldering over a number of years. In March 1989 soldiers of the Ogaden mutinied in Kismayo, and fighting continued until the government troops gained the upper hand in July. Civil War In January 1991, the government of Siad Barre was toppled in Mogadishu by the Hawiye-dominated United Somali Congress. In February 1991 fighting erupted between the USC and the SPM in Afgoye. The defeated SPM were forced to flee south to Kismayo, where they joined up with other disparate Darod who had fled from Mogadishu. In April the same year, SPM lost control of the port city of Kismayo and the USC finally captured Kismayo at the end of the month, and the SPM/SNF were pushed south of Dhobley. Gabyow was finally released from prison when the USC overran the capital. Following the defeat of SPM, various Darod factions, including the SPM, SSDF and SNF regrouped under the banner of SPM. Gabyow was appointed the new chairman of SPM, taking over from Colonel Biliqo and Jess became the military commander. General Morgan was given charge of the police. The SPM recaptured Kismayo and Brava in June 1991. Following their defeat the various Darod factions, including the SPM (Ogaden), SSDF (Harti) and SNF (Marehan), regrouped under the banner of the SPM. Internal Darod conflicts over land were forgotten in the face of the anti-Darod rhetoric from Aideed, who proclaimed his intention of clearing all Darod from Somalia. Gabiyo was appointed the new chairman of the SPM, and Jess the military commander. General Morgan (Majeerteen and Barre's son-in-law) was given charge of the police. The election of Gabiyo as the chairman led to a rift between Gabiyo and Jess. It is suggested that Gabiyo was elected chairman to ensure the support of his Awlihan clan, who up until then had been supporting Jess. In June 1991, the SPM recaptured Kismayo and Brava. A second attempt to retake Mogadishu was again defeated by the USC. In December 1991, during the reelection of the SPM chairman, Gabiyo and Morgan combined forces to remove Jess's forces from Kismayo and Brava. Jess then went on to form an alliance with Aideed's USC, which became known as the Somali Liberation Army (SLA). Their combined forces managed to push Gabiyo and Morgan out of Kismayo and in April 1992 forced Barre into exile in Kenya. Following this victory Aideed and Jess formed the Somali National Alliance (SNA), combining with the SDM and the SSNM. In December 1991, during the reelection of the SPM chairman, Gabyow combined forces with Morgan who led SSDF/SPM to remove Jess' forces from Kismayo and Brava. Jess then formed an alliance with General Mohamed Farrah Aideed's USC. Their combined forces managed to push Gabyow and Morgan out of Kismayo, rendering Siad Barre to exile. As a result of a US-led UN sanctioned intervention in Somalia, Unified Task Force (UNITAF) took control of Kismayo. When the forces withdrew the city once again remained under control of an alliance of SPM/SSDF/SNF forces. Cairo Peace Conference General Gabyow was among 25 delegates attending the Cairo Peace Conference in 1998. Colonel Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed and Gabyow stormed out of the Cairo talks and later announced their rejection of the Cairo declaration. Gabyow had long pointed an accusing finger at Hussein Aideed, son of Aideed who took over his father's position after he was killed in fighting between him and Ali Mahdi, and the Egyptian government for instigating violence in Kismayo, but both the Egyptian authorities and Aidid denied any involvement in the war-torn southern Somali port. Both General Morgan and Gabyow belong to the powerful Darod clan which felt marginalised by the political dominance of the Hawiye due to the legitimacy the Cairo declaration gave Somalia's two most powerful Hawiye - Hussein Farrah Aideed and Ali Mahdi Muhammad. The Cairo declaration subsequently failed after signatories including Aideed's failure to disarm. In 2000, Gabyow was among several leaders calling for a federal system in Somalia. Death Aden Abdullahi Noor "Gabyow", who had been suffering from several illnesses for a while, died on the 5th of June 2002 in Nairobi the capital city of Kenya, after contracting stroke diseases. His body was flown to the capital of the Middle Juba region Bu'ale, where he was given a national funeral attended by thousands of people. See also Siad Barre Mohammad Ali Samatar Abdullah Mohamed Fadil Mohammed Said Hersi Morgan Mohamed Farrah Aidid Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed Bashir Bililiqo Hasan Muhammad Nur Shatigadud References 2002 deaths Defence Ministers of Somalia Ethnic Somali people Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party politicians Somalian military leaders Somalian generals People from Eastern Province (Kenya) Government ministers of Somalia 1920 births
Bellflower High School is a six-year public high school located in Bellflower, California, as part of the Bellflower Unified School District (BUSD). Demographics and class size As of 2009, Bellflower had 136 regular educations teachers and 123 classrooms serving 3,342 students from the communities of Lakewood, Bellflower, Downey, and Cerritos. Average class size is 25 students. Activities The school mascot is the "Buccaneer"—illustrated as a pirate with an eyepatch. The school colors are maroon and gold. The monthly school newspaper is the Treasure Map. The school produced digital format of yearbooks from 1951 to 2001 on Yearbook CDs. Notable alumni Dick Ackerman (born 1942), California State Senate Republican Leader Mike Benjamin (born 1965), former MLB player (San Francisco Giants, Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates) Chris Carter (born 1956), television screenwriter and producer. Creator of The X-Files Ed Dickson (born 1987), National Football League tight end, Super Bowl XLVII champion John Frongillo (born 1958), National Football League center and guard Anthony Gose (born 1990), MLB player (Toronto Blue Jays, Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Guardians) John Gesek (born 1963), National Football League offensive lineman, two-time Super Bowl champion, he transferred after his junior year. Daniel J. Kim (born 1976), CEO of frozen yogurt chain Red Mango Bobby Lane (born 1939), National Football League linebacker, 1963 AFL champion Bob Lee (born 1937), Major League Baseball player Eric Plunk, former MLB player (Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, Milwaukee Brewers) Billy Rohr (born 1945), Major League Baseball pitcher for Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians Ron Yary (born 1946), first selection of 1968 NFL Draft, member of College and Pro Football Hall of Fames References High schools in Los Angeles County, California Bellflower, California Public high schools in California Public middle schools in California 1951 establishments in California Educational institutions established in 1951
Musoma Rural District is one of the 9 districts of Mara Region of Tanzania. Mara region has the following Districts councils: Musoma district council, Rorya district council, Tarime rural, Tarime town council, Butiama, Serengeti, Bunda rural council, Bunda town Council and Musomal Municipal council. Its administrative centre is the town of Musoma. The district is bordered to the east by Butiama District, to the south by Bunda District and to the west and north by Lake Victoria. According to the 2012 Tanzania National Census, the population of the Musoma Rural District was 178,356. Transport There are no paved roads connecting the district. Musoma town can be reached using unpaved regional road R188. Musoma Rural District is connected to Bunda Town by unpaved regional road R187. Administrative subdivisions As of 2012, Musoma Rural District was administratively divided into 14 wards. Wards Bugoji Ifulifu Musanja Bugwema Bukima Bukumi Bulinga Busambara Bwasi Kiriba Makojo Mugango Murangi Nyambono Nyamrandirira Suguti Tegeruka References Districts of Mara Region
Giuseppe Patania (January 18, 1780 – February 23, 1852) was an Italian painter of the Neoclassical period. He painted portraits and historical subjects. Biography He was born in Palermo, Sicily. He studied with Giuseppe Velasco and Vincenzo Riolo. He is buried in San Domenico in Palermo, where his tomb states Selected the beautiful from Nature. Among his pupils were Pietro Marchese di Castrogiovanni, Giuseppe Bagnasco, Francesco Sacco, Giuseppe Carta, Andrea D'Antoni and Pietro Volpes. In his biography of Andrea D'Antoni, the author Carmelo Pardi surveyed the art of the early prior century in Palermo, and observed that it was dominated by Velasco (Velasques), Riolo, and Patania. While all three gained local eminence, none had all the required skills to form a true school of followers: Velasques, master of design but poor colorist; Riolo, while Michelagelesque in his grand paintings, restricted himself to academic subjects and molded many of his images in imitation of classic statuary; while Patania, full of natural instincts, completed genre works with delicate grace, but failed in large compositions depicting great and severe arguments. Thus to summarize: in Velasquez, the perfection of design surpassed the color; in Riolo the conventionality of the form prevailed to the study of the true, and in the Patania the natural spontaneity took precedence to the knowledge of the principles that inform art. Gallery References 1811 births 1852 deaths Painters from Palermo 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 19th-century Italian painters Burials at San Domenico, Palermo Italian neoclassical painters 19th-century Italian male artists 18th-century Italian male artists
Disonycha conjugata is a species of flea beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in the Caribbean and North America. References Further reading Alticini Articles created by Qbugbot Beetles described in 1801
Queen America is an American drama series that aired from November 18, 2018 to January 6, 2019 on Facebook Watch. It stars Catherine Zeta-Jones, Belle Shouse, Teagle F. Bougere, Rana Roy, Molly Price, Isabella Amara and Megan West. The series follows a beauty pageant coach who suddenly finds herself backed into the position of training an untested contestant. Premise Queen America is set in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and follows "Vicki Ellis, the most renowned (and ruthless) pageant coach in the state, and the hapless Samantha Cole who hopes Vicki can mold her into worthwhile contender for the title of Miss America. Vicki is desperately sought after by young women competing to be Miss America for one reason; she can turn any girl into a winner. But when she gets paired with the beautiful but unpolished Samantha, Vicki’s entire reputation might be at stake." Cast and characters Main Catherine Zeta Jones as Vicki Ellis, a beauty pageant coach from Oklahoma who has worked with every winner of the Miss Oklahoma Starred and Striped U.S. Beauty Pageant for many years Belle Shouse as Samantha Cole, the current beauty pageant titleholder of Miss Oklahoma Starred and Striped U.S. and Vicki's client. She was crowned after initially coming in second place but was given the title after the original winner was dethroned. Teagle F. Bougere as Nigel Hill, a hair and make-up artist who works for Vicki Rana Roy as Mary Clark, a personal trainer who works for Vicki Molly Price as Katie Ellis, Vicki's sister and Bella's mother. Formerly a receptionist at a car dealership, she now works as a house cleaner. Isabella Amara as Bella Ellis, Vicki's niece and Katie's daughter Megan West as Brittany Garrett, the current beauty pageant titleholder of Miss Texas Starred and Striped U.S. and Mandy's client Recurring Tom Ellis as Andy, a chef and single father whom Vicki is dating Judith Light as Regina Parrot, Vicki's mentor and former pageant coach who reluctantly agrees to help her coach Samantha Alexander England as Rick Bishop, a member of the board of the Miss Oklahoma Starred and Striped U.S. Beauty Pageant with a history of harassing women Robert Pralgo as Bruce James, the father of an aspiring pageant contestant who is having an affair with Nigel. He is secretly a closeted gay man and married to a woman. Robb Derringer as Robert Crowe, an old boyfriend of Vicki's Charmin Lee as Nancy Summer, the president of the board of the Miss Oklahoma Starred and Striped U.S. Beauty Pageant Mickey Cole Jr. as Michael, an employee of Señorita's Tacos who begins dating Bella. They stop seeing each other after he learns that she is in fact sixteen years old and in high school and not twenty years old and in college as she had originally told him. Jennifer Westfeldt as Mandy Green, a beauty pageant coach from Texas and Vick's nemesis Victoria Justice as Hayley Wilson, a client of Vicki's and the initial winner of the Miss Oklahoma Starred and Striped U.S. Beauty Pageant. She was dethroned after crashing a car through a restaurant and getting charged with a DUI. Cory Chapman as Kevin Cole, Samantha's brother Jayson Warner Smith as Mr. Cole, Samantha's father Kat Hughes as Deb Bonilla, a friend of Samantha's in Claremore Jared Wofford as Parker, a man whom Nigel sleeps with Lucy Capri as Grace, Andy's daughter whom Vicki babysits as a favor Meg Gillentine as Marcia Woodhouse, a boutique owner and friend of Regina whom Vicki knows and has purchased clothing from. Katie asks Vicki to refer her to Marcia for a housekeeping position after losing her job. Sir Brodie as Pastor Collin, the pastor of a church that Vicki attends and where Regina's funeral is held Guest Kelsey Griswold as Kelly Marsh ("Social Awareness"), a beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Oklahoma Starred and Striped U.S. 2014 Episodes Production Development On May 3, 2018, it was announced that Facebook Watch had given the production a series order for a first season consisting of ten episodes. The series was created by Meaghan Oppenheimer who is set to executive produce alongside Paul Lee, Bruna Papandrea, Casey Haver, Guymon Casady, Suzan Bymel, and Janice Williams. Production companies involved with the series include and Made Up Stories. On June 5, 2018, it was reported that Alethea Jones would direct all ten episodes of the series as well as serve as a co-executive producer alongside Steve Hutensky. On September 10, 2018, it was announced that the series would premiere on November 21, 2018, though it was later moved up to November 18. Casting Alongside the series order announcement, it was confirmed that Catherine Zeta Jones would star in the series. In July 2018, it was announced that Belle Shouse, Teagle F. Bougere, Rana Roy, Isabella Amara, Molly Price, and Megan West had been cast in main roles and that Jennifer Westfeldt, Victoria Justice, and Judith Light would appear in a recurring capacity. Filming Principal photography for the series reportedly began on June 18, 2018 and was set to last through late-August 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. In late June, a scene was shot inside the Fry's Electronics store in Duluth, Georgia. From July 4 to 6, 2018, filming took place in Jonesboro, Georgia. On July 10, 2018, more filming occurred in the Perimeter Center area. On July 13, 18, and 19, 2018, filming took place in Buckhead near Lenox Square. On July 20, 2018, the series was in Midtown Atlanta, shooting at the Atlanta Biltmore Hotel and Biltmore Apartments. It was filming again in Midtown on July 23. On August 7 to 10, 2018, filming again returned to the Perimeter Center area. On August 8, 2018, the production was filming in Lithonia and a week later in Conyers. On August 17, 2018, filming occurred in the Lindbergh neighborhood of Atlanta. On August 23, 2018, the production was shooting in Chamblee. From August 29 to 30, 2018, filming was scheduled to take place in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Release Marketing On September 10, 2018, a clip and a series of "first look" images from the series were released. On October 24, 2018, a teaser trailer for the series was released. On November 7, 2018, the official trailer for the series was released. Premiere On November 15, 2018, the series held its official premiere at Le Jardin in Los Angeles, California. Those in attendance included Victoria Justice, Belle Shouse, Rana Roy, Isabella Amara, Meaghan Oppenheimer, and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Reception The series has been met with a mixed to positive critical response upon its premiere. On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds an approval rating of 67% with an average rating of 4 out of 10, based on 12 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "Not quite a showstopper, Queen America catwalks a tightrope between black comedy and straight drama but scores some points for Zeta-Jones' poised performance." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the series a score of 54 out of 100 based on 4 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". In a positive review, Boston Heralds Mark Perigard praised the series saying that it "features some surprisingly tense adult moments and some language that was bleeped out. Along the way, there are some cutting observations about the pageant scene — like how every winner has to act shocked, just shocked, when her name is called out." In a similarly positive assessment, Common Sense Medias Melissa Camacho was equally complimentary saying, "Despite the dark, snarky tone, Queen America also contains some mildly empowering themes, including the value of working hard, finding strength in oneself, and the importance of finding people to help pull you up when you need it. And while it has enough strong content to make it a questionable choice for young viewers, it is very entertaining for those mature enough to handle it. All in all, if you’re looking for a fun streaming series to watch, this one works." In a more mixed critique, Pastes LaToya Ferguson praised the performance of Zeta Jones saying, "She is the reason to continue watching, no matter how much you feel you’ve seen it before. The grace and command she possesses in every scene is truly a joy to watch," but ultimately concluded that "In the grand scheme, Queen America pales in comparison to its forerunners. That doesn’t mean it’s a waste of time, though. And who knows, maybe it has a few surprises up its sleeve down the road." In an outright negative editorial, Varietys Jen Chaney criticized the series saying, "In the series, a black comedy (or is it a drama with occasional jokes?) about the desperate hangers-on in the beauty pageant scene, Zeta-Jones feels constrained by the show’s sensibility and its sour lack of ambition. That she fights as hard as she can to avoid being sucked into the eddy of just-good-enough makes the mismatch between star and show, one of the most striking in recent memory, all the more pronounced." References External links 2010s American black comedy television series 2018 American television series debuts 2019 American television series endings American comedy web series English-language television shows Facebook Watch original programming Television series by Made Up Stories Television shows set in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Biberstein is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several szlachta families in the times of the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. History Blazon Notable bearers Notable bearers of this coat of arms include: Stanisław Kostka Starowieyski (1895-1941) a reserve artillery captain]] of the Polish Armed Forces, a participant (1918-1920) to the Polish-Ukrainian War and the Polish-Soviet War, a church, social and charity activist and a papal chamberlain. He died at the concentration camp in Dachau concentration camp and was beatified in 1999. Gallery See also Bieberstein Polish heraldry Heraldic family List of Polish nobility coats of arms Bibliography Bobrowicz, Jan Nepomucen "Herbarz polski Kaspra Niesieckiego S.J. powiększony dodatkami z późniejszych autorów, rękopisów, dowodów urzędowych", Tom I, Lipsk 1839-1846 Ulanowski B. Inscriptiones clenodiales ex libris iudicialibus palatinatus Cracoviensis, "Starodawne prawa polskiego pomniki", Kraków 1885 Piekosiński Franciszek "Heraldyka polska wieków średnich"'', Kraków 1899 Białkowski Leon "Ród Bibersteinów a ród Momotów godła jeleniego Rogu w wiekach XIV-XVI" Lublin 1948 External links http://gajl.wielcy.pl/herby_nazwiska.php?lang=pl&herb=biberstein Polish coats of arms
This national electoral calendar for 2024 lists the national/federal elections scheduled to be held in 2024 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included. Specific dates are given where these are known. January 11 January: Sint Maarten, Parliament 13 January: Taiwan, President and Parliament 14 January: Comoros, President 28 January: Finland, President Bangladesh, Parliament February 4 February: El Salvador, President and Parliament 14 February: Indonesia, President and Parliament 25 February: Senegal, President Belarus, Parliament March 17 March: Russia, President April 10 April: South Korea, Parliament May 5 May: Panama, President and Parliament 19 May: Dominican Republic, President and Parliament June 2 June: Mexico, President and Congress 9 June: Belgium, Parliament October 9 October: Mozambique, President and Parliament 26 October: Georgia, Parliament 27 October: Uruguay, President and Parliament November 5 November: United States, President, House of Representatives, Senate 12 November: Palau, President and Parliament Romania, President December 7 December: Ghana, President and Parliament Croatia, President Unknown date Algeria, President Austria, Parliament Botswana, National Assembly Chad, President and Parliament Croatia, Parliament Iceland, President India, Parliament Ireland, Constitutional Referendum Lithuania, Parliament Mauritania, President Mauritius, National Assembly Moldova, President Namibia, President and Parliament North Macedonia, Parliament Pakistan, National Assembly Rwanda, President Slovakia, President South Africa, Parliament South Sudan, President and Parliament Sri Lanka, President Ukraine, President and Parliament United Kingdom, Parliament Venezuela, President Indirect elections The following indirect elections of heads of state and the upper houses of bicameral legislatures took place through votes in elected lower houses, unicameral legislatures, or electoral colleges: 25 February: Cambodia, Senate March: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Senate References National Political timelines of the 2020s by year National
No Roots is the debut EP by German-Canadian-English singer Alice Merton, released on 3 February 2017 and produced by Alice Merton and Nicolas Rebscher. It was later released in the US on 6 April 2018. Track listing Charts References 2017 debut EPs Alice Merton albums
"Bastille Day" is a song by the Canadian rock band Rush, and is the opening track from their third album, Caress of Steel. Like most Rush songs, the music was written by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson, and the lyrics by Neil Peart. The song uses the storming of the Bastille, which began the French Revolution, as an allegory for revolutionary fervor needed in the struggle against tyrannical government. "Bastille Day" was played as the opening number at Rush's concerts for several years following its release. Live versions of the song appear on the albums All the World's a Stage and Different Stages. The last time it was performed live was in 1981, but an instrumental section was played during the R30 Tour as part of the "R30 Overture," which opened concerts on that tour. Progressive metal band Dream Theater, originally known as "Majesty," took their original name from founding drummer Mike Portnoy's description of the ending of "Bastille Day" as "majestic." Personnel Geddy Lee — vocals, bass Alex Lifeson — guitar Neil Peart — drums See also List of Rush songs References Rush (band) songs 1975 songs Songs written by Alex Lifeson Songs written by Geddy Lee Song recordings produced by Terry Brown (record producer) Songs written by Neil Peart Songs based on actual events Heavy metal songs Progressive metal songs
Clifford Grobstein (July 20, 1916 – September 6, 1998) was an American biologist, a cancer researcher, a member of the National Academies of Sciences. Early life and education On July 20, 1916, Grobstein was born in New York City, New York. He graduated from the City College of New York in 1936 with a B.S. degree in biology. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in zoology from the University of California at Los Angeles. Career Grobstein was the chairman of the biology department and the dean of the school of medicine at the University of California at San Diego. He was also a member of the National Academy of Medicine and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The New York Times said that Grobstein "made important contributions to the study of cancer and of developmental biology." He is also known and respected by his fellow scientists for raising and framing ethical questions dealing with applications of the experimental biology. The National Academies Press said he "was a leading American developmental biologist of the last half of the twentieth century". Rewards and distinctions 1966 - elected to the National Academy of Sciences elected to the National Academy of Medicine elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences the Brachet Medal by the Belgium Royal Society the Anniversary Medal from City College of New York References 1916 births 1998 deaths Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences American biologists 20th-century biologists City College of New York alumni University of California, Los Angeles alumni University of California, San Diego faculty Members of the National Academy of Medicine
Kristina Mladenovic was the defending champion, but decided not to participate. Alison Van Uytvanck won the tournament, defeating fellow Belgian Yanina Wickmayer in the final, 6–4, 6–2. Seeds Main draw Finals Top half Bottom half References Main draw Qualifying draw OEC Taipei WTA Ladies Open - Singles Taipei WTA Ladies Open 2013 in Taiwanese tennis
Drinking with My Smoking Friends is the fourth studio album by Australian rapper Allday, released on 28 May 2021 via Believe Music. The album was announced on 10 March 2021, alongside the release of second single "Void", and tour dates in August 2021. Drinking with My Smoking Friends received critical acclaim following its release and peaked at number 13 on the ARIA Albums Chart. Background In a press release, Allday said, "Drinking with My Smoking Friends is about escaping something and finding something new, whether that's a place, a relationship or something else." Critical reception Drinking with My Smoking Friends received critical acclaim. Poppy Reid from Rolling Stone Australia said "In a world starved of human connection mid-pandemic, where even the simplest comforts are compromised, Drinking with My Smoking Friends reminds us to bathe in our own delicious weariness. It's Gaynor's most unguarded album yet, a landmark of breezy sophistication." Mid-year lists Track listing Charts Release history Notes References 2021 albums Allday albums
Fort Metal Cross, originally Fort Dixcove, is a military structure located on a promontory at the fishing community of Infuma in Dixcove, in the Western Region of Ghana. Because of its history in the Atlantic slave trade and its testimony to European-African trade, the Fort was included as one of the Forts and Castles of Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions that became a World Heritage Site in 1979. History Brandenburg-Prussia started building Fort Groß Friedrichsburg about west of Dixcove in 1683, (now Princes Town) in the colony of Brandenburger Gold Coast but it was not completed until the 1690s. Fort Metal Cross was besieged twice in 1712 by John Kanu, a local ally of the Prussians, but the fort was defended successfully. The fort was transferred to the Dutch as part of a large trade of forts between Britain and the Netherlands in 1868 under the Anglo-Dutch Gold Coast Treaty. It was renamed Fort Metalen Kruis. Four years later, however, on 6 April 1872, the fort was, with the entire Dutch Gold Coast, again transferred to the United Kingdom, as per the Gold Coast treaty of 1871. The Dutch name stuck, however, translated as Fort Metal Cross. It was known as ‘the fake mint of the Gold Coast’ by author Bosman because the gold that was mined was mostly impure gold. This led to the promise of gold never happened. The fort was a service station for the supply of timber from nearby forest and repairing of ships. It was also used as a slave prison during the slave trade. The British and Dutch had a fort exchange agreement in 1867 and the Dutch became the owners of the fort. The Dutch later sold their forts to the British. Current The fort has been both a Police Station and a Postal station. It has been leased to a private institution. Gallery References Buildings and structures completed in 1683 History of Ghana Castles in Ghana Dutch Gold Coast 1683 establishments in the British Empire African slave trade Metal Cross M Ahanta West Municipal District
Termitoonops is a genus of spiders in the family Oonopidae. It was first described in 1964 by Benoit. , it contains 5 species, all from Congo. References Oonopidae Araneomorphae genera Spiders of Africa
Dauge and Daugé are French surnames. Notable people with these surnames include: August Dauge, consul for the Belgian concession of Tianjin Catherine Daugé (born 1956), French Olympic gymnast Enoch Dauge (died 1842), American owner of Dozier Farm in Tennessee (1829–1899), Belgian mathematician and politician (1918–2016), French diplomat, president of French Red Cross Lucas Dauge, French cyclist for Team Novo Nordisk Maurice Daugé, French competitor in Golf at the Inter-Allied Games Monique Dauge (born 1956), French mathematician Pauls Dauge (1869–1946), Latvian dentist and revolutionary Peter Dauge, American revolutionary officer in Wilmington District Brigade Valérie Dauge, French politician in Departmental Council of Vienne (1907–1944), Belgian Trotskyist politician Yves Dauge (born 1935), French politician See also Daegu, city in South Korea Daugai, city in Lithuania French-language surnames
Silvia Salis (born 17 September 1985 in Genoa) is a hammer thrower from Italy. Biography Her personal best throw is 71.93 metres, achieved in May 2011 in Savona. She is engaged to the writer and director Fausto Brizzi. Achievements National titles She has won the individual national championship eight times. 3 wins in the discus throw (2010, 2011, 2012) 5 wins in the discus throw at the Italian Winter Throwing Championships (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014) See also Italian all-time lists - Hammer throw References External links 1985 births Living people Italian female hammer throwers Italian people of Sardinian descent Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Italy Sportspeople from Genoa World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy Athletes (track and field) at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletics competitors of Fiamme Azzurre Athletics competitors of Gruppo Sportivo Forestale Competitors at the 2007 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 2009 Summer Universiade 21st-century Italian women
The London Lock Hospital was the first voluntary hospital for venereal disease. It was also the most famous and first of the Lock Hospitals which were developed for the treatment of syphilis following the end of the use of lazar hospitals, as leprosy declined. The hospital later developed maternity and gynaecology services before being incorporated into the National Health Service in 1948 and closing in 1952. History The hospital was founded by William Bromfeild at Grosvenor Place in London as a hospital for the treatment of venereal disease and opened on 31 January 1747. The religious commentator, Thomas Scott, who published a Commentary on the Whole Bible and who became the founding Secretary of the Church Missionary Society, founded the Lock Asylum for the Reception of Penitent Female Patients in 1787 as a refuge for women who had been treated at the hospital. The Lock Asylum opened in Osnaburg Row in 1792 and moved, first to Knightsbridge in 1812, then to Lower Eaton Street in 1816 and finally co-located with the Lock Hospital in 1849. Meanwhile, the Lock Hospital had moved to 283 Harrow Road in Westbourne Grove in 1842. It was renamed the Female Hospital when a new site in Dean Street, Soho, opened for male outpatients in 1862. It was expanded as a result of the Contagious Diseases Prevention Act 1864 in 1867. The Lock Asylum, which had continued to occupy a wing in the Female Hospital, became known as the 'Rescue Home' in 1893. The whole facility (the Female Hospital and the Lock Asylum) became known as the London Lock Hospital and Rescue Home at that time. A maternity unit opened in 1917, followed by an ophthalmology unit and a genitourinary unit that treated venereal and non-venereal gynaecological disorders. A new maternity centre opened at 283A Harrow Road in 1938. During the Second World War the facility was used as a Military Isolation Hospital. It joined the National Health Service in 1948 when it became an outpatients department for Paddington Hospital. After it closed in 1952, the hospital was demolished and the site is now occupied by flats. History of the name The Oxford English Dictionary states that the single word term 'lock' was used to describe a leper hospital in Southwark, where lepers were isolated and treated. The sources for this usage go back to 1359. A 1375 source states that the foreman, William Cook, was sworn to prevent lepers from entering the City of London. The same source asserts that eventually the term 'lock' came to be used attributively, as in 'lock hospital'. The memory of the London Lock Hospital continues with the London Lock Hospital Memorial Prize in Sexually Transmitted Diseases at the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, which was established by bequest in 1965 by an old student and staff member of the school. With subsequent mergers of London medical schools, it is now part of the awards in communicable diseases for final-year medical students at the UCL Medical School. Traditional folk song The Lock Hospital is just one of the many alternative titles for a popular traditional British folk song, The Unfortunate Lad, a warning against venereal disease, dating from the late 18th century. The hospital is mentioned by name in the first verse: As I was walking down by the Lock Hospital, As I was walking one morning of late, Who did I spy but my own dear comrade, Wrapped in flannel, so hard is his fate. Subsequent lines mention the "salts and pills of white mercury" that might have saved the unfortunate youth's life if only his lover had warned him in time. There are many variants of the song (such as St. James Infirmary Blues, Streets of Laredo, The Trooper Cut Down in His Prime, etc.) in which the personae are variously a gambler, cowboy, soldier, sailor, or even a young girl, "cut down in their prime". See also Healthcare in London List of hospitals in England References 1747 establishments in England 1952 disestablishments History of the City of Westminster Hospitals established in the 1740s Defunct hospitals in London 1740s in London
Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus (consul 201 BC) served as quaestor of the Roman Republic in 212 BC, curule aedile and consul in 201 BC. His brother Lucius Cornelius Lentulus was also consul in 199 BC. Gnaeus was possibly the son of L. Cornelius L. f. L. n. Lentulus Caudinus, curule aedile in 209 BC, though the presence of the praenomen Gnaeus, along with the absence of the agnomen Caudinus, are opposed to this connection. Career He wished for the province of Africa, that he might conclude the war with Carthage; but this well-earned glory was reserved for Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus by the Senate. Lentulus had the command of the fleet on the coast of Sicily, with orders to pass over to Africa if necessary. Scipio used to say, that but for Lentulus' greediness he should have destroyed Carthage. Cn. Lentulus was proconsul in Hither Spain in 199 BC, and received an ovation for his services. In Book 18 of The Histories, Greek historian Polybius mentions a journey undertaken by Gnaeus Lentulus to meet with King Philip so as to encourage an alliance with Rome. References Citations Bibliography 3rd-century BC Roman augurs 3rd-century BC Roman consuls 2nd-century BC Roman augurs Curule aediles Ancient Roman patricians Roman quaestors Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown
The 2010 United States Senate election in Hawaii took place on November 2, 2010, concurrently with elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. The primary elections were held on September 18, 2010. Incumbent Senator Daniel Inouye, also the President pro tempore, secured the Democratic nomination with over 88 percent of the vote over his sole challenger, businessman Andy Woerner, while former state legislator (and Inouye's 2004 opponent) Campbell Cavasso won the Republican nomination with two-thirds of the primary vote. Focuses of the campaign included Inouye's seniority and ability to direct federal resources to the state, as well as Cavasso's emphases on change and fiscal responsibility. Polling found Inouye with a large lead, although one poll gave the Democrat a lead of only thirteen points, greatly underestimating his share of the vote. Inouye won re-election to his ninth and final term, with nearly 75 percent of the vote to Cavasso's 21.6 percent. The Senator would not serve out his ninth term, as he died in December 2012 and was replaced by appointed then-Lieutenant governor Brian Schatz. Background Hawaii last elected a Republican Senator in 1970, and its current delegation to the United States Congress currently consists entirely of Democrats. Democrats have also won Hawaii's electoral votes in every presidential election since Ronald Reagan's landslide election in 1984. The exceptions at the time were then-Governor Linda Lingle (who was serving her second and final term) and then-U.S. Representative Charles Djou, both of whom are Republicans. Democratic primary Candidates Daniel Inouye, incumbent U.S. Senator Andy Woerner, businessman Results Republican primary Candidates Campbell Cavasso, former State Representative, candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 2002, and nominee for U.S. Senate in 2004 Eddie Pirkowski, businessman and U.S. Senate candidate in the 2006 primary John Roco Results General election Candidates Democratic: Daniel Inouye Republican: Campbell Cavasso Green: Jim Brewer Libertarian: Lloyd Mallan Independent: Jeff Jarrett Predictions Campaign The death of longtime U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd allowed Inouye to become the President pro tempore and Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations. He made no apologies for bringing home as much federal money as he can, despite Republican insistence that the U.S. government taxes and spends too much, a stance he calls a "nice gimmick." The Maui News endorsed his re-election. Cavasso, the 2004 nominee, won the Republican primary again, and ran on a platform of change and is emphasizing the need for a balanced budget. Inouye, who defeated Cavasso in 2004 by 52 percentage points, released TV ads that refer to himself simply as "Dan". The senator is said to be "working" for Hawaii's transportation, high-tech economy, education and other needs. Polling A Rasmussen Reports poll of 500 likely voters conducted on October 13 gave Inouye only a thirteen-point lead over Cavasso, and found the Republican with a modest lead among independent voters. However, the poll would ultimately miss the final margin by forty percentage points. Fivethirtyeights Nate Silver awarded the Rasmussen poll his "worst poll award", citing it as evidence of the pollster's bias against Democratic candidates and observing that it was, as of November 2010, the largest error of any electoral poll in the Fivethirtyeight databases going back to 1998. Fundraising Results References External links Hawaii Office of Elections U.S. Congress candidates for Hawaii at Project Vote Smart Hawaii U.S. Senate from OurCampaigns.com Campaign contributions from Open Secrets 2010 Hawaii Senate General Election: All Head-to-Head Matchups graph of multiple polls from Pollster.com Election 2010: Hawaii Senate from Rasmussen Reports Hawaii Senate from Real Clear Politics 2010 Hawaii Senate Race from CQ Politics Race profile from The New York Times Official campaign websites Campbell Cavasso for U.S. Senate Daniel Inouye U.S. Senator Jeff Jarrett for Hawaii, US Senate Lloyd Mallan for U.S. Senate Eddie Pirkowski for U.S. Senate John Roco for U.S. Senator Andy Woerner for U.S. Senate United States Senate Hawaii 2010 Daniel Inouye
Bozhidar Rangelov (, born 15 April 1955) is a Bulgarian rower. He competed in the men's eight event at the 1980 Summer Olympics. References 1955 births Living people Bulgarian male rowers Olympic rowers for Bulgaria Rowers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people)
SRF zwei (Swiss Radio and Television Two) is a Swiss German-language free-to-air television channel run under the public SRG SSR broadcasting group. History The channel was launched in 1997 as 'SF 2' as the German-speaking replacement for the formerly nationwide second public channel S Plus (which originally launched in 1993 and was subsequently renamed 'Schweiz 4' (de) in 1995). It is the second of the three national German-language channels in Switzerland (the others being SRF 1 and SRF info). SF 2 was renamed to 'SF zwei' on 5 December 2005, in order to differentiate it more from its sister channel SF 1. An HD version launched on 29 February 2012. Programming SRF zwei mainly broadcasts programmes aimed towards a younger audience. There is a heavy emphasis on movies, TV series and sporting events, much like its Austrian equivalent ORF 1. Feature films and TV series are often broadcast with both the German dub and the original soundtrack. From 1998 to 2003, a Nickelodeon-branded programming block was broadcast on SRF zwei (then known as SF 2) on weekdays between 10am and 5pm; there was a mixture of Nicktoons and Swiss productions, as well as live broadcasts featuring interactive games. In addition, a Junior-branded block was broadcast on weekend mornings; this was extended to weekdays from September 2003, replacing the Nickelodeon block. This too ended in December 2006, and was replaced by SF tubii, which was renamed Zambo in 2010. On 29 February 2012, a major programme overhaul was undertaken: the children's block Zambo was shortened and moved to SRF 1, due to programming on SRF zwei regularly being interrupted for sports broadcasts. In addition, The Simpsons was removed from its early evening slot due to poor ratings, and was replaced with a series of in-house productions. Broadcasts sport live: Live sporting events sport aktuell: Daily sports news magazine sportpanorama: Weekly in-depth sports magazine PresseTV: Various magazine programmes produced by print magazines Movies TV series Entertainment Eurovision Choir Eurovision Song Contest Eurovision Young Musicians Junior Eurovision Song Contest Series Babylon Berlin (2018–present) Chicago Justice (2018–present) Chicago P.D. (2015–present) Code Black (2016) Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2017) Der Lehrer (2010-2011) Desperate Housewives (2005-201?) Devious Maids (Devious Maids - Schmutzige Geheimnisse) (2014, 2017) Fringe (Fringe - Grenzfälle des FBI) (2009-2011, 2014) Glee (2011-201?) Grey's Anatomy (2006–present) Intelligence (2015–present) Last Man Standing (2014–present) Line of Duty (2017–present) Mad Men (2018–present) Madam Secretary (2015–present) Prime Suspect (Heißer Verdacht) (2006) Prison Break (2007-201?) Revenge (2012-2016, 2018–present) Station 19 (Seattle Firefighters - Die jungen Helden) (2018–present) Stalker (2015-2017) Tatort (2011–present) The Bugs Bunny Show (1997-2005?) The Catch (2017–present) The Fall (The Fall – Tod in Belfast) (2018–present) The Great Indoors (2018–present) The Grinder (2016-2017) The Guardian (The Guardian - Retter mit Herz) (2005, 2012-2016, 2018–present) Sport Credit Suisse Super League Schweizer Cup Swiss Internationals FIFA World Cup UEFA Euro UEFA Nations League (Switzerland matches only) UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League UEFA Super Cup Davis Cup (Switzerland matches only) Fed Cup (Switzerland matches only) Logos and identities References External links Official website Television stations in Switzerland Television channels and stations established in 1997 German-language television in Switzerland
Bowl Bound was a board game originally marketed in 1973 by Time Inc., owner of Sports Illustrated Magazine. It was part of a line of sports games sold under the SI umbrella. In 1978, rights to the games and time-limited use of the "Sports Illustrated Game" banner were sold to Baltimore-based Avalon Hill. The game allowed 32 select NCAA I-A teams from 1960 to 1970, including a few Ivy League squads, to be pitted against one other. For each team, statistical grids based on actual, specific team strengths balanced nine offensive plays against six defensive formations. There were weighted probabilities were expressed by offensive (216 outcomes) and defensive (36 outcomes) dice rolls for simplified but statistically informed results. Two additional team sets of 20 teams apiece, dating between 1940 through 1978 and 1979 through 1988 respectively, were sold before the rise of computerized sports led to the game's discontinuation in the 1990s. Updated Bowl Bound charts for the most recently completed seasons (1966-2009) are available at maysfootball.com. Updated charts are also available for Paydirt. An NFL version, Paydirt, was marketed annually by Avalon Hill for decades. External links http://www.nascarmodelkits.com/boardgames.html - Learn more about the history of these great football games. Avalon Hill games Board games introduced in 1973 Sports board games
The Calabar River in Cross River State, Nigeria flows from the north past the city of Calabar, joining the larger Cross River about to the south. The river at Calabar forms a natural harbor deep enough for vessels with a draft of . The Calabar River was once a major source of slaves brought down from the interior to be shipped west in the Atlantic slave trade. Slaving was suppressed by 1860, but the port of Calabar remained important in the export of palm oil and other products, until it was eclipsed by Port Harcourt in the 1920s. With improved roads into the interior, Calabar has regained importance as a port and is growing rapidly. The tropical rain forest in the Calabar River basin is rapidly being destroyed, and pollution is decreasing fish and shrimp catches in the estuary. Those that are caught have unsafe levels of contaminants. Location The Calabar River drains part of the Oban Hills in the Cross River National Park. The geology of the river basin includes the Pre-Cambrian Oban Massif, Cretaceous sediments of the Calabar flank and the recent Niger Delta sedimentary basin. The basin is about wide and long, with an area of At one time it was entirely covered by tropical rainforest. The region has a rainy season from April until October, during which 80% of the annual rain falls, with peaks in June and September. Annual rainfall averages . Average temperatures range from in August to in February. Relative humidity is high, between 80% and 100%. The basin has 223 streams with a total length of . This is a small number given the size of the basin. Drainage is poor, so the basin is subject to flooding, gully erosion and landslides. In 1862 the Zoological Society of London received a description of a new crocodile named Crocodilus frontatus that had been taken from the Old Calabar River, with a much broader head than in Crocodilus vulgaris. A new bat called Sphyrocephalus labrosus was also reported. The river system formed by the Cross River, Calabar, Great Kwa and other tributaries forms extensive flood plains and wetlands that empty into the Cross River estuary. The system has an estimated area of As of 2000 about 8,000 tonnes of fish and 20,000 tonnes of shrimp were being caught annually. Shrimp provide a relatively cheap form of protein to the people of Calabar. The fishermen land their catches at Alepan's beach on the Calabar River, and the catch is sold in the surrounding markets. Slave trade The modern city of Calabar was founded by Efik families who had left Creek Town, further up the Calabar river, settling on the east bank in a position where they were able to dominate traffic with European vessels that anchored in the river, and soon becoming the most powerful in the region. In 1767 there was a massacre when the crews of six British slavers intervened in a dispute between the rulers of two competing slaving centers on the river, Old Town and New Town, or Duke's Town: 400 men were killed. Akwa Akpa (Duke's Town) became a center of the trade where slaves were exchanged for European goods. Due to public petitions against slave trading, the British House of Commons held a hearing on the 1767 massacre in 1790. The British banned the slave trade in 1807 and began to actively intervene in suppressing the trade by ships of other nations. Between 1807 and 1860 the West Africa Squadron seized around 1,600 ships involved in the slave trade. HMS Comus appears to have been the first warship to have sailed up the Calabar River as far as Akwa Akpa in 1815. Her boats captured seven Portuguese and Spanish slavers carrying some 550 slaves. On 6 January 1829 the Brig Jules was captured by HM Eden on the bar of the Old Calabar River with 220 slaves on board, who had been shipped in the river. On 26 February 1829 the Hirondelle was captured by the Eden within the entrance of the river with 112 slaves on board. On 5 January 1835, boats from HMS Pelorus captured the Spanish polacca-bark Minerva, which was armed with two 18-pounder and two 8-pounder guns. The ship's boats had sailed up the Calabar river and laid in ambush. Skillful handling resulted in the capture of the slaver with no casualties to the boarding party although the vessel's guns were double-shotted and the crew and the boarding party exchanged small arms fire. The slaver had some 650 slaves aboard. Later history With the suppression of the slave trade in the 1850s, palm oil and palm kernels became the main exports of the river. The chiefs of Akwa Akpa placed themselves under British protection in 1884. From 1884 until 1906 Old Calabar was the headquarters of the Niger Coast Protectorate, after which Lagos became the main center. Now called Calabar, the city remained an important port shipping ivory, timber, beeswax, and palm produce until 1916, when the railway terminus was opened at Port Harcourt, 145 km to the west. Calabar today has regained its importance as a port with the completion of roads providing good access to southeastern Nigeria and western Cameroon. Exports include palm produce, timber, rubber, cocoa, copra, and piassava fibre. Industries include sawmills, a cement factory, boat builders and plants to process rubber, palm oil and food. Artisans make ebony artifacts for the Lagos tourist market. Since 1975 the city has been home to the University of Calabar. The development of the port, and the neighboring Calabar Free Trade Zone and Tinapa Free Zone & Resort has been held back in recent years by bureaucratic problems, and also by poor power supply, poor roads and lack of dredging of the shallow Calabar River channel. Environmental concerns The city of Calabar is bounded by the Calabar River to the west, Great Kwa River to the east and the wetlands of the Cross river estuary to the south. It can only grow to the north, into the Calabar River catchment area, and this has been happening. The Calabar river watershed was originally covered by tropical rainforest. Much has now been replaced by agriculture, road construction, forestry, industry and housing for the growing population of Calabar. For example, the National Integrated Power Project covers a large area of land besides the Calabar-Itu highway at Ikot Nyong in Odukpani Local Government Area. A study of changes in land use in the Calabar river catchment between 1967 and 2008 showed that the area covered by high forest decreased by almost 30% during that period. In 1967, high forest covered almost 70% of the basin area. By 2008 it covered less than 40%, mostly in the north. Industrial quarrying began in the 1980s and now affects a significant area. It may be causing stream siltation and flooding as well as air and water pollution. The built-up area more than doubled from 3.5% to 7.6% of the land area in the study period. Calabar Municipality has no waste treatment facilities. Human wastes and those from cottage industries are dumped in surface sites or into open drains. The torrential rains wash most of the wastes into the Calabar and Great Kwa Rivers. Urban pollution and oil exploration activity in the near shore area both threaten the ecology of the estuary, greatly reducing the numbers and diversity of the species that provide food for shrimps and fish. A 1999 study of fish caught in the Calabar and Kwa rivers and in the estuary showed levels of copper and hydrocarbons were above the World Health Organization permissible levels in all samples. Iron content was above permissible levels in 20% of samples. The rate of accumulation of hydrocarbons was greater in the wet seasons, probably because of higher levels of contaminated material washed from vehicle maintenance shops by the torrential rains. Calabar Municipality and Calabar South had a combined population of 371,000 in 2006. The population of Cross River State has been growing at the rate of about 3% annually since 1991. Growth rates are considerably higher in Calabar city. The state government faces a serious challenge in accommodating this growth while maintaining income levels and avoiding ecological disaster. References Sources Rivers of Nigeria Cross River State
The 2017–18 Boston University Terriers men's basketball team represented Boston University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Terriers, led by seventh-year head coach Joe Jones, played their home games at Case Gym as members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 15–16, 10–8 in Patriot League play to finish in fifth place. In the Patriot League tournament, they defeated Lehigh in the quarterfinals before losing to Bucknell in the semifinals. Previous season The Terriers finished the 2016–17 season 18–14, 12–6 in Patriot League play to finish in a tie for second place. As the No. 2 seed in the Patriot League tournament, they defeated Loyola (MD) in the quarterfinals before losing to Lehigh in double overtime in the semifinals. Offseason 2017 recruiting class Roster Schedule and results \|- !colspan=9 style=\| Exhibition \|- !colspan=9 style=\| Non-conference regular season \|- !colspan=9 style=\| Patriot League regular season \|- !colspan=9 style=\| Patriot League tournament References Boston University Terriers men's basketball seasons Boston University Boston Boston
The OMD Singles is a singles compilation album by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, released in 1998. It reached number 16 on the UK Albums Chart. Originally, the compilation was to include a second disc of new remixes; however, this idea was abandoned due to budget limitations. The few remixes that were produced were released separately as The OMD Remixes. In 2003, The OMD Singles was reissued in France with the remix disc finally included, comprising the 1998 remixes as well as additional remixes. In the same year Virgin also released a two-disc box set comprising The OMD Singles and Navigation: The OMD B-Sides. Reception Tom Schulte of AllMusic wrote, "Originating in post-punk synth experimentation and closing in dated, but still strong, pop productions, The OMD Singles is an excellent time line of the band whose sound covered in a single career that same territory explored by the Human League, Erasure, [Yazoo], New Order, and beyond." In the Press & Sun-Bulletin, Andy Stevens said, "What is most stunning about this compilation is that is displays the incredible emotional, rhythmic and stylistic range that Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark drew out of electronics... this collection is near brilliant." Paul Evans of Rolling Stone referred to the album as "radio music made in heaven". Track listing Single disc issue CD: Virgin / CDV 2859 (UK) MiniDisc: Virgin / MDV2859 (UK) Compact Cassette: Virgin / TCV2859 (UK) "Electricity" – 3:32 from Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark "Messages" – 4:46 from Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark "Enola Gay" – 3:32 from Organisation "Souvenir" – 3:37 from Architecture & Morality "Joan of Arc" – 3:47 from Architecture & Morality "Maid of Orleans" – 4:12 from Architecture & Morality "Tesla Girls" – 3:34 from Junk Culture "Locomotion" – 3:57 from Junk Culture "Talking Loud and Clear" – 3:56 from Junk Culture "So in Love" – 3:30 from Crush "If You Leave" – 4:30 from Pretty in Pink "(Forever) Live and Die" – 3:36 from The Pacific Age "Dreaming" – 3:58 from The Best of OMD "Sailing on the Seven Seas" – 3:45 from Sugar Tax "Pandora's Box" – 4:06 from Sugar Tax "Call My Name" – 4:15 from Sugar Tax "Dream of Me" – 3:53 from Liberator "Walking on the Milky Way" – 4:02 from Universal Another version of 18 songs has 'Call My Name' (track 16) omitted and 'Enola Gay - OMD vs Sash!' included (track 18) French issue with remix disc CD: Virgin / 724358285925 (France, 2003) Disc one "Electricity" – 3:32 "Messages" – 4:46 "Enola Gay" – 3:32 "Souvenir" – 3:37 "Joan of Arc" – 3:47 "Maid of Orleans" – 4:12 "Tesla Girls" – 3:34 "Locomotion" – 3:57 "Talking Loud and Clear" – 3:56 "So in Love" – 3:30 "If You Leave" – 4:30 "(Forever) Live and Die" – 3:36 "Dreaming" – 3:58 "Sailing on the Seven Seas" – 3:45 "Pandora's Box" – 4:06 "Call My Name" – 4:15 "Dream of Me" – 3:53 "Walking on the Milky Way" – 4:02 Disc two "Enola Gay" (remix by David Guetta & Joachim Garraud) – 3:05 "Enola Gay" (OMD vs. Sash!) – 5:03 "Souvenir" (7am version) – 6:47 "Souvenir" (Me & Us remix) – 11:32 "Souvenir" (Hard House version) – 5:47 "Souvenir" (Moby remix) – 4:41 "Electricity" (The Micronauts remix) – 8:45 "Apollo XI" (@440 Northern Electronic Soul remix) – 6:15 "Joan of Arc" (Organ mix by Mulu) – 6:12 "Maid of Orleans" (Afterhours mix by Mulu) – 6:12 "Enola Gay" (Dancefloor Killa remix by David Guetta & Joachim Garraud) – 9:02 Track 2 is the full unedited version of the Sash! remix, excluding the vocal samples. Tracks 9 and 10 were reversed on the album packaging, correct positions are listed here. The OMD Remixes The OMD Remixes were released two weeks before The OMD Singles compilation album. The highest UK singles chart position was number 35. Reception David Jeffries of AllMusic wrote, "Sash! turns 'Enola Gay' into a pumping trance anthem, but the inserted news broadcasts are misguided, and hardly what you'd call respectful. Moby lightly updates 'Souvenir', but the Micronauts end up the winner doing a fine job of turning 'Electricity' into a noisy stomper." Track listing CD: Virgin / VSCDT 1694 (UK) "Enola Gay" (OMD vs. Sash! radio edit) – 4:04 "Souvenir" (Moby remix) – 4:41 "Electricity" (The Micronauts remix) – 8:44 12": Virgin / VST 1694 (UK) Side one "Enola Gay" (OMD vs. Sash!) – 5:18 "Souvenir" (7am version) – 6:47 Side two "Souvenir" (Hard House version) – 5:47 12": Virgin / VSTX 1694 (UK) Side one "Electricity" (The Micronauts remix) – 8:45 Side two "Apollo XI" (@440 Northern Electronic Soul remix) – 6:15 "Enola Gay" (OMD vs Sash! Radio Edit) – 4:04 Promo CD: Virgin / VSCDJ1694 (UK) "Enola Gay" (OMD vs Sash!) – 4:08 "Souvenir" (Moby Remix) – 4:40 "Electricity" (The Micronauts Remix Edit) – 4:03 Promo double 12": Virgin / VSTDJ 1694 (UK) Side one "Enola Gay" (OMD Vs Sash!) – 6:11 "Souvenir" (7AM Version) – 6:47 Side two "Souvenir" (Me & Us Mix) – 11:34 "Souvenir" (Hard House Version) – 5:47 Side three "Electricity" (The Micronauts Remix) – 8:44 Side four "Apollo XI" (@440 Northern Electronic Soul Remix) – 6:15 The "Enola Gay" mix sampled news broadcasts announcing the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, as well as the J. Robert Oppenheimer quote, "Now I am become death, destroyer of worlds." The "Electricity" mix sampled the song "Bunker Soldiers" from OMD's self-titled debut album. References External links Album lyrics 1998 greatest hits albums Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark albums 1998 EPs 1998 remix albums Remix EPs Virgin Records remix albums Virgin Records compilation albums Virgin Records EPs
Kanwal Feroze is a Pakistani scholar, poet, writer and journalist. He was born in 1938 in Ferozpur, India, and migrated to Sargodha, Pakistan. He moved to Lahore in 1958 and has since been playing an important role in the literary activities of the city. He is the Chief Editor of the monthly Urdu language journal Shadaab, which is an independent, socio-political and literary magazine which has specialized in minority issues and promoted inter-religious peace and harmony since 1969. He holds a Ph.D. in Community Journalism. In February 2005, he was honoured by the Pakistan Academy of Letters. In 2009, he was awarded the Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (President's Medal of Excellence) in Literature by the Government of Pakistan. Feroz belonged to the Christian community. His poetry has been published in four volumes: Shahar-e- Saleeb-o-Gul – 1967 Shaakh-e-Shab-e-Wisaal - 1992 Shaam-e-Firat-e-Dil - 2002 Shafaq-e-Subh-e-Ghazal - 2009 References Urdu-language non-fiction writers Urdu-language poets from Pakistan Pakistani Christians 1938 births Living people
Plaion (formerly Koch Media) is a German-Austrian media company headquartered in Höfen, Tyrol, Austria, with an operating subsidiary based in Planegg, Germany. The company was founded in 1994 by Franz Koch and Klemens Kundratitz. The company operates video game publishing labels Deep Silver, Prime Matter and Ravenscourt, the video game developers Warhorse Studios and Milestone, as well as a film distribution arm, Plaion Pictures. Koch Media's parent company, Koch Media Holding, was acquired by Swedish holding company Embracer Group (then known as THQ Nordic AB) in February 2018. History Early history (1994–2015) Koch Media was founded in 1994 by Franz Koch (founder of Koch International) and his business partner, Klemens Kundratitz to market and distribute software. Koch Media operated out of offices in Germany and Austria, while a regional subsidiary, Koch Media Ltd., was opened in England. In 1995, Koch Media sold more than 250,000 software licenses, and in 1996, the company began distributing video games. Another regional subsidiary, Koch Media AG, was formed in Switzerland in 1998. A holding company, Koch Media Holding, was established in 2000 to unite Koch Media's business areas. The same year, Koch Media srl was formed as a regional subsidiary for Italy. In 2002, Koch Media established Deep Silver as a video game publishing division to "complement games that [Koch Media] was distributing". A film division, Koch Home Entertainment, was announced in June 2003 and formally formed in early October. A game label for mass-market games, Fantastic.tv, was announced in November 2003. In October 2005, Koch Media acquired French distributor SG Diffusion, which had recently signed with NCsoft to distribute their game Guild Wars. SG Diffusion was renamed Koch Media SAS in January 2006. In February 2006, they established Koch Media Licensing GmbH as their license holding subsidiary. Another game label, named Spielen wir ( "Let's Play"), was created in July 2008 to publish casual games under. The same month, Koch Media acquired Proein, the Spanish distribution arm of SCi Entertainment, to undisclosed terms. Proein was renamed Koch Media S.L.U. in January 2009. Regional offices for Scandinavian and Benelux countries, operated by the England subsidiary, were opened in February and July that year, respectively. In March 2012, Koch Media had 250 employees. The creation of another game publishing label named Ravenscourt, focusing on simulation games, was announced in March 2015. In August 2015, Koch Media Licensing GmbH was renamed Koch Films GmbH and absorbed the operations of the former Koch Home Entertainment division. Under Embracer Group (2018–present) On 14 February 2018, Koch Media Holding was acquired by THQ Nordic AB (later known as Embracer Group), a Swedish video game holding company. The purchase agreement was signed at 8:00 AM, and the deal was announced that same day. The deal comprised a purchase price of , split into in cash paid at closure of the deal (which was expected to occur later on the same day), in stock to be paid by 15 June 2018, and another in cash to be paid by 14 August 2018. The total consideration for Koch Media's share capital amounted to on a cash and debt-free basis. Koch and Kundratitz had owned 90% and 10% in the company, respectively, and both of them sold their shares, and THQ Nordic AB became the sole owner of the company. According to manager Reinhard Gratl, the sale primarily came about because Koch wanted to retire, and no one in his family was interested in taking over the business. He asked for all money to be paid to Koch Media instead of him, so the company could profit from the deal. Koch resigned from Koch Media on the same day. Koch Media's management, consisting of chief executive officer Kundratitz, chief financial officer Gratl and chief operating officer Stefan Kapelari, was subsequently joined by THQ Nordic AB's Erik Stenberg. On 13 February 2019, Koch Media entered into an agreement to acquire Czech developer Warhorse Studios. Warhorse's game Kingdom Come: Deliverance had been co-published by Deep Silver exactly one year prior, and Koch Media paid , equal to Warhorse's 2018 earnings, to seize ownership over the studio and its intellectual property. The acquisition closed later that day. Also on the same day, it was announced that Koch Media had also acquired 18point2, an Australian publishing partner, for , aiming at establishing a stronger presence in the Australian market for Koch Media. The two acquisitions added 120 and 8 employees, respectively, to Koch Media's staff. In June 2019, THQ Nordic AB acquired KSM GmbH, a German distributor of anime films, from its founder and chief executive officer (CEO), Benjamin Krause. KSM is to be merged into Koch Films. Also acquired was Gaya Entertainment, a merchandise production company; Nordic Games Group, a holding company controlled by THQ Nordic AB CEO Lars Wingefors, sold the subsidiary to THQ Nordic AB for at the end of the latter's first fiscal quarter of 2019. Gaya Entertainment is to be consolidated with Koch Media's operations. On 14 August 2019, Koch Media agreed to fully acquire racing game developer Milestone srl and all of its intellectual property for paid in cash. The acquisition was completed later that day. Koch Films acquired Sola Media, a Stuttgart, Germany-based television-and-film licenser for children and family properties, in August 2020. Later that month, Koch Media opened offices in Hong Kong and Tokyo, both headed by Kundratitz, to expand publishing operations in Southeast Asia. In September 2020, Koch Media acquired Vertigo Games, who develops, publishes, and distributes games exclusively for virtual reality platforms, including zombie survival FPS Arizona Sunshine and action FPS After the Fall. In November 2020, Koch Media acquired Flying Wild Hog. In March 2021, Koch Media signed a €50 million co-publishing deal with Starbreeze Studios to finance the production, release, and post-launch support of co-op shooter Payday 3, with Starbreeze Studios retaining ownership of the IP. Koch Media opened a new publishing division, Prime Matter, in June 2021, operating from its Munich headquarters. Rebranding as Plaion On 4 August 2022, Koch Media rebranded themselves as Plaion. In October 2022, Plaion Pictures acquired British anime distribution company Anime Limited for an undisclosed sum. In May 2023, Gamesindustry.biz learned of plans to dissolve Deep Silver, Ravenscourt and Prime Matter, and consolidate the publishing business under the "Plaion" label. Offices As of February 2018, Plaion is headquartered in Höfen, a municipality with a population of roughly 1,200 people that is located in Austria's Tyrol region and close to Bavaria, Germany. In Höfen, Plaion occupies an office complex in which the company employs 150 people in various departments. The property, as well as an adjacent plot, is owned by Embracer Group. In Planegg, a municipality in Bavaria that is located close to Munich, Plaion operates a subsidiary branch also called Plaion GmbH. Subsidiaries Divested subsidiaries See also List of Deep Silver games List of Prime Matter games List of Ravenscourt games References External links 2018 mergers and acquisitions Austrian companies established in 1994 Economy of Tyrol (state) Embracer Group Mass media companies established in 1994 Mass media companies of Austria
A list of films produced in Egypt in 1998. For an A-Z list of films currently on Wikipedia, see :Category:Egyptian films. External links Egyptian films of 1998 at the Internet Movie Database Egyptian films of 1998 elCinema.com Lists of Egyptian films by year 1998 in Egypt Lists of 1998 films by country or language
Ihor Matviienko (born May 17, 1971 in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian sailor and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in the 470 class at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, together with Yevhen Braslavets. He also competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics. Also, Matviyenko is the World and European champion in 2001. He is a President of the Sailing Federation of the Dnipro and Founder of MIR yacht club. Biography Ihor Matviienko was born on May, 17, 1971, in Dnipro, Ukrainian SSR. He graduated from the Dnipropetrovsk State Institute of Physical Culture and Sports and in 1984, he began his sailing career. In 1988, at the Games of the Soviet peoples, he met Evgeny Braslavets, with whom he later performed in the same crew in several competitions. In 1990, he became a member of the USSR national team in the 470 class. In 1991, he won the Spartakiad of the People of the USSR. In 1996, Ihor Matviienko together with Yevhen Braslavets participated in the 26th Olympic Games in Atlanta and became champion (gold) in class 470. Matviienko and Braslavec won the Olympics with a minimum number of penalty points and therefore entered the Guinness Book of Records in 1997. Matviienko also participated in the 2000 Sydney Olympics and the 2004 Athens Olympics. In 2000, he became the bronze medalist of the World Championship. In 2001, Matviienko won gold at the World Championships. In the same year, he won gold at the European Championships. After his Olympic career, he took part in numerous racing projects at the world level in classes Dragon, Transpac52, SB20, and Melges20. Also, he coached national and Olympic teams of Ukraine and Russia in different classes (470, Finn, catamaran, Tornado, Ingling). Together with Yevhen Braslavets, he coached the national team of Singapore in class 470 in the cycle of preparation for the Asian Games, as well as the women's crew of the Canadian national team in class 470 in the cycle of preparation for the Olympic Games in Australia. He played for the Ministry of Defence Sports Club Ukraine (Dnipro). In March 2017, Matviienko founded the MIR Racing Yacht Club in Dnipro, where are organized weekend club races, held master classes, trained to manage a yacht (adults and children), training of amateur crews to participate in regattas around the world. Ihor Matviienko regularly organizes sailing competitions in Dnipro, develops children's yachting. Since 2019, he is the President of the Sailing Federation of Dnipro. In July 2020, Ihor Matviienko organized the Double-Handed Sailing Championship of Ukraine. Teams from Dnipro, Cherkasy, and Odesa took part in the championship. In August 2020, Matviienko initiated the Nikopol Cup regatta. The competition was held in the fleet of the MIR Yacht Club. In May 2021 by the initiative of Matviienko and with the support of the city council the Sailing Federation of Dnipro, together with the MIR yacht-club, held the "Dnipro Open Championship". Apart from teams from Dnipro and Dnipropetrovsk region, the participants from Zaporizhzhia, Nikopol, Nova Kakhovka, and Energodar were invited to the Championship. In 2021, Matviienko initiated "Sails of the Dnipro", the first Open Sailing Championship for children and youth from 7 to 16 years old in Dnipro. In July 2022, Matviienko as a head of Gaidamaki teams won the SSL GOLD CUP World Cup qualification. In June 2023, Ihor Matviienko won a bronze medal as part of the Israeli crew at the 12th International Ledro Match Race in Italy. Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Ihor Matviienko called on Russian and Belarusian athletes to oppose their governments. References 1971 births Living people Ukrainian male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Ukraine Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – 470 Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – 470 Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – 470 Olympic gold medalists for Ukraine Olympic medalists in sailing Sportspeople from Dnipro Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics 470 class world champions World champions in sailing for Ukraine 20th-century Ukrainian people 21st-century Ukrainian people

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