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Charles Geoffrey Buckland Stevens was a British bureaucrat and district magistrate of Comilla district during the British Raj. Suniti Choudhury a fourteen year old revolutionary from Bengal shot him dead on 14 December 1931. One the pretext of seeking permission to arrange a swimming competition among their classmates, Suniti Choudhury and Santi Ghosh met Stevens in his office and as he was going through the request letter, Suniti Choudhury drew the gun and fired at him from point blank range. An Indian orderly, also injured by bullet, caught both the girls and handed over to police. They declared that they killed Stevens in retribution to hanging of Bhagat Singh by British police. References Administrators in British India 1931 deaths
Caterina Mete is an Australian dancer, singer and choreographer who is a supporting member of The Wiggles, playing the second red Wiggle. Mete began dancing at the age of seven, beginning with tap, jazz and ballroom dancing. Her early employment included cheerleading for the Melbourne Storm. She successfully auditioned to play Dorothy the Dinosaur for The Wiggles in a separate spin-off show. In this role, she caught the attention of The Wiggles and became a regular backup dancer for the group, performing in recordings and touring with the group to perform in live shows. She also performed choreography for the group, and played a key role in spotting Lachlan Gillespie who became a member of the group. In 2021, The Wiggles sought to increase diversity in the group by adding four additional supporting members. Shortly after this change Emma Watkins, one of the main group members left the group. This caused Tsehay Hawkins to be promoted into Watkins' role as the main yellow Wiggle, while Mete assumed Hawkins' role as the supporting red Wiggle. References Australian ballerinas The Wiggles members Living people Year of birth missing (living people)
Värm mer Öl och Bröd (Warm more Beer and Bread) is epistle No. 43 in the Swedish poet and performer Carl Michael Bellman's 1790 song collection, Fredman's Epistles. The epistle, dated 14 November 1771, is subtitled "Till Ulla Winblad, skrifven vid et ömt tilfälle." ("To Ulla Winblad, written at a sensitive occasion."). The source of the melody has not been traced. The song has been described as among the most radical and innovative of Bellman's songs. It details the preparations for Ulla Winblad's childbirth. It ends with the famous and ambiguous line "Masken dold i blomman bådar blommans död", "The worm hidden in the flower bodes the flower's death". The epistle is unusual, too, in being quiet and delicate rather than full of noisy humour. Context Song Music The song is mainly in time, with a section in time. The musicologist James Massengale notes that bars 9 to 12 resemble epistle 1's ("Sant va dä, ingen dricker") bars 11 to 14 (the pattern recurring in epistle 59, "Hurra Courage, Bagage! God dag Bröder!", also). The source of the melody has not been traced. It has 2 verses, each consisting of fifteen lines. The rhyming pattern is ABBBA-CDDDCC-EEEA. The song is dated 14 November 1771. Lyrics The song, subtitled "Till Ulla Winblad, skrifven vid et ömt tilfälle." ("To Ulla Winblad, written at a sensitive occasion.") describes the preparations for childbirth. The epistle was most likely inspired by the "real" Ulla Winblad, Maria Kristina Kiellström, who had a stillbirth in 1769. Reception and legacy The Bellman interpreter Thord Lindé writes that the preparations for childbirth form an unusual theme for a song, certainly unique in Bellman's work. In unhygienic 18th century Stockholm, childbirth was a risky event, both for mother and baby. In his view, the epistle "weaves together birth and death in a very beautiful, sensitive, and gripping way." Carina Burman comments in her biography that pregnancy and childbirth appear in various places in Bellman's work, most poetically in epistle 43 with Ulla in the birthing-bed; in the most burlesque detail in his 1783 book-length poem Bacchi Tempel, "where Ulla after Movitz's death is to give birth to a new little Movitz." She notes the grim reality of the semi-prostitution among tavern women; if they became pregnant, the best they could hope for was for the child to be given board and lodging by a midwife, and for the father to make a one-off payment in support. Jennie Nell, writing for the Bellman Society, describes Epistles 35 ("Bröderna fara väl vilse ibland") and 43 as undoubtedly the most radical and innovative of Bellman's songs. They were, she states, often chosen by female singers in the twentieth century, picking up on Fredman's "perplexed and troubled" voice. Tim Berndtsson, writing on Populär poesi, comments that despite Bellman's reputation for humour, some of the best-known epistles like No. 35, No. 43, and No. 81 "Märk hur vår skugga" do not lend themselves to cheap humour. Instead, writes Berndtsson, they have an aesthetic beauty which has stood the test of time. Johan Stenström writes that most of the epistles are full of noise, whether it is the sound of busy taverns or all the noises of nature with bulls roaring, horses neighing, and dogs barking, while in No. 42, the only winter epistle, "wolves howl everywhere"; and the pagan gods join in, with Jove shaking the world with his thunder in epistle 80, "Liksom en Herdinna, högtids klädd". Epistle 43 is one of the quietest of the epistles, since like the erotic No. 72, "Glimmande Nymf!", its subject "demands silence and concentration". The epistle ends with the famous line "Masken dold i blomman bådar blommans död", "The worm hidden in the flower bodes the flower's death". The line has a double entendre; the scholar of literature stated that the worm here was a phallic symbol, and that the flower had the same metaphorical meaning as the "blomsterskål" (lit: "bowl of flowers") which Chloris may show Movitz in the next epistle, No. 44, if he "Drives in Bacchus's furrows / Up to Fröja's myrtle gate" and wisely follows the advice to "Drink no more than you can hold". Burman states that the epistle's bleak ending is a description of birth, "which simultaneously becomes a description both of orgasm – the little death – and real death", without the usual exhortations to love and drunkenness. Bellman was here following in a tradition of ambiguous endings to poems, such as 's erotically humorous epigrams. Epistle 43 has been recorded by Cornelis Vreeswijk on his 1971 album Spring mot Ulla, Spring!; by Fred Åkerström on his 1977 album Vila vid denna källa; and by the actor Mikael Samuelson on his 1990 album Sjunger Fredmans Epistlar. Notes References Sources (contains the most popular Epistles and Songs, in Swedish, with sheet music) External links Text of Epistle 43 at Bellman.net 1773 compositions Swedish songs Fredmans epistlar
Benjamin Yaw Gyarko is a Ghanaian politician and the current Municipal Chief Executive of the Techiman district in the Bono Region . He was the New Patriotic Party in Techiman in 2018. Background Education Working Experience Family and Religion References New Patriotic Party politicians Ghanaian politicians Year of birth missing (living people) Living people
Pauline Gauffier, born Pauline Châtillon, was a French painter established in Italy, born in Rome in 1772 and died in Florence in 1801. Biography Born in Rome in 1772 to French parents established in this city, Pauline Châtillon frequented the artistic circles around the French Academy in Rome at the end of the 18th century. She studied painting with Jean-Germain Drouais and Louis Gauffier. She married the latter in Rome in March 1790. The couple had two children, including the future Italian miniaturist painter Faustina Malfatti (1792-1837). Following anti-French demonstrations in Rome, the Gauffier family fled to Florence, where Pauline, in poor health, died in July 1801. Her husband, whose health had always been very weak, “followed her to the grave” two months later, “at the very moment when the Government was thinking of facilitating the means for her to exercise her talents in France”. The architect Charles Percier made five sketches of her. Works References 1772 births 1801 deaths 18th-century French women People from Rome French women painters 18th-century French painters
Olesia Viktorovna Zhurakivska (, born August 13, 1973, in Kiev) is a Ukrainian film and theatre actress, best known for her roles in the Ukrainian television series Papik and Krіposna. She was invested with the Order of Princess Olga in 2021. References 1973 births Living people Ukrainian actresses
Shalako Groenewald (born 8 June 1993) is a Namibian former first-class cricketer. Groenewald was born at Walvis Bay in June 1993, alongside his twin brother Zhivago. Groenewald was member of the Namibia Under-19 squad for the 2012 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, making three appearances in the tournament. He made his debut in first-class cricket for the Namibian senior team against North West in the 2012–13 CSA 3-Day Cup. He played a total of nine first-class matches for Namibia, playing two matches in the 2012–13 edition and seven appearances in the 2013–14 edition. Playing as an all-rounder in the Namibian side, he scored 218 runs at an average of 19.81 and with a highest score of 34. With his off break bowling, he took 4 wickets with best figures of 3 for 55. In addition to playing first-class cricket for Namibia, Groenewald also played List A one-day and Twenty20 cricket. He debuted in one-day cricket in the 2013–14 CSA One-Day Cup, playing four matches in that edition of the tournament and three matches in the 2013–14 edition. His first three Twenty20 matches for Namibia came in the 2012–13 CSA Provincial T20 Cup. He was selected in the Namibian squad for the 2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, playing in four matches during the qualifier. His final Twenty20 appearance came against Easterns in the 2013–14 CSA Provincial T20 Cup. He plays club cricket in Namibia for the Welwitschia District team. Groenewald has also played rugby union as a fly-half for Kudus R.F.C.. References External links 1993 births Living people People from Walvis Bay Namibian cricketers Namibian rugby union players Twin sportspeople
Senerath Somaratne (20 August 1929 - 30 March 1988) was a Sri Lankan politician. He was the Deputy Minister of Irrigation, Power and Highways and a member of Parliament of Sri Lanka from Ampara representing the Sri Lanka Freedom Party. Born in Palapatha in Beliatta, Senarath came to Ampara to work in the Gal Oya scheme. He was arrested during the 1958 communal riots. He was elected to parliament from Ampara in the 1965 general election, seating in the opposition and was re-elected in the 1970 general election. He was appointed Deputy Minister of Irrigation, Power and Highways in the second Bandaranaike administration. He lost his seat in the 1977 general election to P. Dayaratna. References 1929 births 1988 deaths Sri Lankan politicians Deputy ministers of Sri Lanka Members of the 6th Parliament of Ceylon Members of the 7th Parliament of Ceylon Sri Lanka Freedom Party politicians
The Sint-Erasmus hospital is a former hospital that was located at 33 Fonteinstraat in Antwerp, Belgium. In Dutch, it was known as Sint-Erasmusgasthuis. Second World War In August 1942, Antwerp governor Jan Grauls declared, by order of the occupying authorities, that the Sint-Erasmus hospital was the only hospital in Antwerp in which it was still allowed to treat Jewish patients. In addition to this, Jewish doctors were the only doctors who were allowed to treat Jewish patients, with the exception of life-threatening cases. The hospital had a closed ward, reserved for the care of Jews. In all other municipal and private hospitals and sanatoriums, it became forbidden to treat Jews. Hidden Jewish children On September 21, 1942, the German Sicherheitspolizei und Sicherheitsdienst (Sipo-SD) raided three Antwerp orphanages: Meisjeshuis (Antwerp), Pennsylvania Foundation and Jongenshuis. In Meisjeshuis, all 25 Jewish orphans who had already reached the age of five were arrested and taken to the Dossin barracks, the former transit camp in Mechelen. The entire group was deported and gassed upon arrival in Auschwitz-Birkenau. The youngest 14 Jewish children of Meisjeshuis had not been arrested during the raid on September 21, 1942. They were still staying at the department of Kinderkribbe Good Engels. In a series of rescue actions, a total of 10 Jewish children were taken from there to the Sint-Erasmus hospital, where they all went into hiding. Among these children were Risa Schwartz and Jacques Weisser. Eventually, most of the Jewish children were found by the Germans and arrested in the hospital, but 9 out of the 10 rescued children survived the war. Bill Frankenstein (born as Bernard Baron) and Werner Szydlow, two of the rescued children, described their stay in the hospital as follows: In October 1944, the hospital was damaged by V-bombs, and later, the building was demolished. References External links Van het kindertehuis naar de gaskamer: 40 Antwerpse kinderen bleken niet veilig Brownstein: Holocaust child survivors reconnect seven decades after arriving in Montreal ‘Het loont nog altijd om te blijven zoeken’ Orphaned in Holocaust, Belgian survivors reunite over 70 years later Holocaust Memorial Day: They were rescued from deportation. Now, Jewish orphans reunite. The Holocaust in Belgium Buildings and structures in Antwerp Demolished buildings and structures in Belgium
Jon Sanders (born 1939) is an Australian yachtsman. Jon Sanders may also refer to: Jon Sanders (director) (born 1943), British film director See also John Sanders (disambiguation) Jonathan Sanders (died 2015), Black man killed while being restrained by police in Stonewall, Mississippi, U.S.
Ovsyannikovo () is a rural locality () in Pashkovsky Selsoviet Rural Settlement, Kursky District, Kursk Oblast, Russia. Population: Geography The village is located on the Obmet River (a right tributary of the Tuskar in the basin of the Seym), 100 km from the Russia–Ukraine border, 2 km north of the district center – the town Kursk, 5 km from the selsoviet center – Chaplygina. Climate Ovsyannikovo has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb in the Köppen climate classification). Transport Ovsyannikovo is located 5 km from the federal route Crimea Highway (a part of the European route ), 4.5 km from the road of regional importance (Kursk – Ponyri), 1.5 km from the road of intermunicipal significance (Kursk – Iskra), on the road (38N-379 – Ovsyannikovo – Pashkovo), 5 km from the railway junction 530 km (railway line Oryol – Kursk). The rural locality is situated 11 km from Kursk Vostochny Airport, 133 km from Belgorod International Airport and 209 km from Voronezh Peter the Great Airport. References Notes Sources Rural localities in Kursk Oblast
Medium Rare is an American event creation and production company. It is known for creating joint venture live events and broadcasts with celebrities including Shaquille O’Neal, Rob Gronkowski, Daymond John, and Guy Fieri. It is also known for working with Rob Gronkowski to produce the first ever NFT created by a professional athlete. History Medium Rare was founded by Adam Richman and Joe Silberzweig in 2018. Prior to founding Medium Rare, Silberzweig and Richman worked for event and music festival companies such as Insomniac, Live Nation, Livestyle, ID&T, and Tomorrowland. In 2018, Medium Rare collaborated with Shaquille O’Neal to create SHAQ's personal festival - Shaq's Fun House, which featured carnival games, circus performers, and O’Neal performing as a celebrity DJ. The event also featured DJs such as Steve Aoki, A-Trak, Diplo, and Carnage. Medium Rare has produced each iteration of Shaq's Fun House from 2018 until the present. Since 2019, Medium Rare has managed DJ Diesel (Shaquille O’Neal’s DJ act), and DJ Carnage. In March 2021, Medium Rare and Gronkowski released several digital trading cards featuring Gronkowski’s notable Super Bowl moments as NFTs in 2021. They were the first NFTs created and offered by a professional athlete. Gronkowski’s NFT set records at the time, generating approximately $2,000,000 USD and was showcased across major media outlets including CNBC, Forbes, and Saturday Night Live. In May 2021, Medium Rare and The Golden State Warriors created the first NFT offered by a professional sports team. On February 11, 2022, Shaq's Fun House was held on the Superbowl weekend at Shrine Auditorium, in Los Angeles, with 5000 attendees. Performers included Lil Wayne and local businesses such as Pink’s Hot Dogs served food. Productions References American companies established in 2018 Mass media companies established in 2018 2018 establishments in California
Fuseini Salifu Issifu Moshie is a Ghanaian politician and currently DCE for Tolon district in the northern region of Ghana. Early life Educational career Fuseini Salifu Issifu Moshie belongs to New Patriotic Party base in Ghana. Political career References Ghanaian politicians Living people 1958 births
Thoothukudi Govindachari Raghavachari, also known by his initials TGR and the pseudonym Acharya, was an Indian filmmaker and lawyer who was active in Tamil cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. Personal life Thoothukudi Govindachari Raghavachari, nicknamed TGR, was born into an Iyengar family. A scholar in Sanskrit and English, he was a lawyer in the Madras High Court, and had in-depth knowledge of fine arts. Raghavachari was married to Rajalakshmi, and the two had a son T. R. Govindachari. Career Due to cinema being considered taboo in India at the time, Raghavachari worked anonymously and uncredited in films. He wrote the screenplay for Ratnavalli (1935), based on a play by Pammal Sambandha Mudaliar. He was also involved in the writing and direction of Rishyasringar (1941), although the credit of directing went only to producer S. Soundararajan. The first film where Raghavachari worked with credit was Gemini Studios' Mangamma Sabatham (1943), produced by S. S. Vasan, although he was credited as "Acharya". He was later signed on to direct another Gemini film Chandralekha (1948), although Raghavachari shot a large portion of the film, differences with Vasan led to him quitting and Vasan taking over production. Nonetheless, the film became a success, and the two reunited for Apoorva Sagodharargal (1949), where Raghavachari was again credited as "Acharya" to maintain anonymity. He later began directed Kalyani (1952) for Modern Theatres, although cinematographer M. Masthan later took over after Raghavachari contracted tuberculosis; both men received director's credit. Raghavachari also co-wrote Doctor Savithri (1955), directed by R. M. Krishnaswamy. Illness and death Raghavachari retired from the film industry due to health issues. He died in the early 1960s after suffering from years of tuberculosis. Filmography References Bibliography External links 1960s deaths Indian filmmakers Indian lawyers Year of birth missing Year of death uncertain
"Where I'm Standing Now" is a song by American contemporary Christian musician Phil Wickham featuring American contemporary worship musician Brandon Lake. The song was released on June 25, 2021, as the fifth track on Wickham's eighth studio album, Hymn of Heaven (2021). Wickham co-wrote the song with Brandon Lake and Brian Johnson. Kyle Lee produced the track. "Where I'm Standing Now" peaked at number 43 on the US Christian Airplay chart. Background On August 9, 2021, Phil Wickham released the music video of "Where I'm Standing Now" which he said had become one of his "personal favorites" from Hymn of Heaven (2021). Phil Wickham shared the story alongside Brandon Lake, saying that Wickham had shared a song idea with Lake while on tour with Bethel Music, who later suggested to Wickham that they combine it with another song idea from Brian Johnson, and an additional chorus from Lake himself resulting in the final version of the song. Critical reception Jonathan Andre, reviewing for 365 Days of Inspiring Media review, saying "Where I'm Standing Now" was one of the songs from Hymn of Heaven which "the potential to be powerful songs sung in churches around the world." Kevin Davis of NewReleaseToday also shared a similar sentiment, saying it was one of the songs on the albums that worship leaders would want to add to their set-lists immediately. Timothy Yap of JubileeCast commented on the song in his review: "The before and after scenarios of how Christ has changed our lives is set in such a beautiful contrast that makes this worship ballad a highlight." Jesus Freak Hideout's Josh Balogh opined that Brandon Lake offered a "big assist" on the song, saying "his [Lake's] grittier, more Americana/alt-rock-leaning voice is a nice complement to Wickham's tenor" in his review. This was also echoed by Abby Thigpen in her Today's Christian Entertainment's review, who said that the duet "adds some variety and nice harmonies." Composition "Where I'm Standing Now" is composed in the key of A♭ with a tempo of 78 beats per minute and a musical time signature of . Commercial performance "Where I'm Standing Now" made its debut at number 43 on the US Christian Airplay chart dated February 5, 2022. Music videos Phil Wickham availed the audio video of "Where I'm Standing Now" through YouTube on June 25, 2021. Phil Wickham published the official music video for "Where I'm Standing Now" featuring Brandon Lake on August 9, 2021, via YouTube. On August 16, 2021, Phil Wickham released the acoustic performance video of the song featuring Brandon Lake on YouTube. Charts References External links 2021 songs Contemporary Christian songs Phil Wickham songs Brandon Lake songs Songs written by Phil Wickham Songs written by Brandon Lake
Ovidiu George Sterian (born 8 March 2004) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Liga I side Academica Clinceni. References External links Ovidiu Sterian at frf-ajf.ro 2004 births Living people People from Brașov County Romanian footballers Association football defenders Liga I players Liga III players FC Academica Clinceni players
The New Order (NO) (German Neue Ordnung) is a German neo-Nazi group recruited from both the Reichbürger movement and armed neo-Nazism. The founder and head of the group is neo-Nazi Meinolf Schönborn. In 2013, the federal prosecutor's office in Karlsruhe investigated members of the NO for founding a terrorist organization. History Foundation NO founder Meinolf Schönborn was chairman and leader of the Nationalist Front (NF), which was banned at the end of 1992 and was one of the most important cadre organizations of neo-Nazism in Germany in the 1990s. The reason for the ban on the NF was the establishment of a "National Task Force" (NEK), i.e. the preliminary organization of the armed struggle. In 1995 he was sentenced to two years and three months in prison for continuing the banned NF. After he had served these, he tried again and again to build up new armed neo-fasics structures. However, since he had lost contact with the central figures of the scene, Schönborn turned to the Reichscitizens movement, sought contact with Holocoaus denier Ursula Haverbeck and continued to hold comradeship meetings. Activities The NO is particularly active in Brandenburg and Berlin; according to Berliner Zeitung, however, there are also activities in Thuringia. At right-wing demonstrations, NO members tried to win supporters for their group. Schönbarn died of heart failure in March 2012. At the site of his body, the police found three sharp weapons, one with a telescopic sight and more than 300 rounds of ammunition, belonging to his political companion Jörg Lange. This find was followed by raids in Berlin, Brandenburg and North Rhine-Westphalia, where the group was particularly active. The group's propaganda materials were also seized. The public prosecutor's office in Neuruppin investigated five members for forming an armed group and violating the Weapons Act. The federal prosecutor's office in Karlsruhe later got involved and investigated Meinolf Schönborn and four other NO members on suspicion of founding a terrorist organization. References 1992 establishments in Germany Far-right political parties in Germany Fascist parties in Germany German nationalist organizations German nationalist political parties Nationalist parties in Germany Neo-Nazi organizations Neo-Nazism in Germany Strasserism
University of Abulyatama is a private university located in Aceh Besar, Indonesia. History Initially, the university started as a high school, which was managed and founded by the Abulyatama Foundation in Banda Aceh. The foundation also manages Islamic boarding schools, kindergartens, elementary schools, junior high schools, general high schools, STMIK College of Information and Computer Management, AKPER, Nursing Academy and University, all of which are named Abulyatama. References Aceh Besar Regency Universities in Aceh
The Galería Pedro Esquerré, of the Provincial Council of Fine Arts and Cultural Heritage of Matanzas, is a Museum and Art Center, in Matanzas, Cuba. History The Galería Pedro Esquerré occupies the building known as "La Vigía", built between 1880 and 1830 on the land that was first destined for the Customs House and the Corregidor. It was called The San José de la Vigía Battery, a building which later lent its name to the square, and is of high historical and architectural value, it has eclectic-style arcades, and is part together with the Sauto Theater and the Museo Provincial of a group of five 19th-century buildings that make up the Plaza de la Vigía in the city of Matanzas. It is considered one of the most representative buildings in the city and declared a historical heritage. Since 1960, its spaces are occupied by the Galería Pedro Esquerré, museum and art Center of the Provincial Council of Fine Arts, Matanzas. Currently, the building also houses a residential area on the upper floor and a Coffeehouse in the basement. Since 1985, the Editorial Ediciones Vigía, occupies part of the ground floor, Vigía is a publisher of handmade books of art, and the only one of its kind in the country. Exhibitions Venue for the delivery of the National and Provincial Awards for the Restoration and Conservation of the years 2020 and 2021, The museum is currently directed by Juan Francisco González, director of the Provincial Council of Visual Arts in Matanzas. It received its name in homage to the plastic artist Pedro Esquerré from the province of Matanzas, painter of the work "The trial of Osiris", a mural appreciated by Che Guevara in 1960. They museum organizes exhibitions of contemporary art by Cuban and international artists and collaborated in various cultural activities. It appears as the venue for the Havana Biennial on several occasions and collaborated on the most international project to date in Matanzas: "Rios intermitentes" presented in 2019 by María Magdalena Campos-Pons with artists such as Carrie Mae Weems, Melvin Edwards, Paul Stephen Benjamin, Alicia Henry, and Jamaal B. Sheets. After a forced close down during the Covid pandemic in 2020, the Gallery reopened in 2021 with the exhibition "Seguimos en combate", curated by Alexander Lobaina and featuring local artists like Erich González Triana, Alejandro Vega Baró, Adversi Alonso, Alexis Plasencia García, Adrián Socorro among others. Gallery References Art museums and galleries in Cuba Arts organizations based in Cuba
Alexandru Melniciuc (born 29 March 2005) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or forward for Liga I side Academica Clinceni. References External links Alexandru Melniciuc at prosportbucuresti.ro 2005 births Living people Sportspeople from Arad, Romania Romanian footballers Association football forwards Liga I players Liga III players FC Academica Clinceni players
Cavalcade was a British weekly news magazine which was in circulation between 1936 and 1950. It was modelled on the American magazine Time. The first issue of Cavalcade appeared in February 1936. The founding publisher was News Periodicals Ltd. In 1937 Cavalcade reported that its circulation was 50,000 copies, but next year the magazine was sold due to financial problems. Cavalcade was the only British publication which published the photographs of King Edward and Wallis Simpson in the summer of 1936 taken when they were on holiday. These photographs made their relationship publicly known for the first time. References External links 1936 establishments in the United Kingdom 1950 disestablishments in the United Kingdom News magazines published in the United Kingdom Defunct magazines published in the United States Magazines established in 1936 Magazines disestablished in 1950 Weekly magazines published in the United Kingdom
Gwyn Jones Francis, CB (17 September 1930 – 27 November 2015) was a Welsh civil servant and forester. Born on 17 September 1930 at Llanelli, Francis was educated at the University College of North Wales, graduating in 1952 with a degree in forest botany. After two years of National Service, he entered the Forestry Commission in 1954, serving as a district officer in Wales. From 1960 to 1964, he was principal of the commission's Gwydr Forestry Training School and then spent a year completing an MSc at the University of Toronto. Returning to the Forestry Commission, Francis held various posts in Wales before entering the headquarters in 1976. He was appointed a Forestry Commissioner in 1983 and in 1986 became Director-General and Deputy Chairman of the commission, serving until 1990 when he retired and was succeeded by Robin Cutler. In these senior positions, he oversaw development programmes which attracted over a billion pounds of investment into Scotland, primarily in the form of paper mills. As director-general, he introduced a tree-planting scheme in 1988 and negotiated with the government to keep the commission's enterprise and authority branches under the commission's control in spite of political proposals to break them up. For his services, he was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1990 New Year Honours. He died on 27 November 2015 in Edinburgh. References 1930 births 2015 deaths Welsh civil servants Welsh foresters Alumni of Bangor University University of Toronto alumni Companions of the Order of the Bath
Matri Bhandar () is an Bangladeshi traditional confectionery store famous for Rosmalai. After independence of Bangladesh, the hospitality of foreign guests was also provided at Bangabhaban by Rosmalai from this shop. At the SAARC Summit, the heads of state of different countries were entertained with the Rosmalai of this shop. Earl Robert Miller and Geeta Pasi, former US Ambassadors to Bangladesh, praised Rasmalai of Matri Bhandar. Location Matri Bhandar shop situated in Manoharpur, 200 yards east of Kandirpar, Comilla. On either side of it there are two traditional confectionary shops named Bhagwati Pera Bhandar and Shital Bhandar. Rajarajeshwari Kalibari is near to these shops. History The founders of "Matri Bhandar" confectionery shop were brothers Khanindra Sen and Manindra Sen from Brahmanbaria. They took a place from Indubhushan Dutt, the owner of Kailash Bhaban and started the sweet shop in Manoharpur of Comilla city in 1930. They started to sell Rosmalai in the name of their brand and it became famous in Comilla and whole Bengal. Monindra Sen was unmarried. Khaninder’s son, Shanker Sen took over the responsibility of the shop after death of Khaninder Sen in 1940. After the death of Shanker Sen in 2018, the current proprietor of Matri Bhandar is Anirban Sen Gupta who is grandson of Khaninder Sen. Today Rosmalai of Matri Bhandar is traditional sweet of Comilla. Store ownership 1st generation: Khanindra Sen Gupta & Manindra Sen Gupta 2nd generation: Shanker Sen Gupta 3rd generation: Anirban Sen Gupta Sales In 2021, price of Rosmalai was Tk 280 per kg. There is a limit for purchase till 5kg. Matri Bhandar sells at least 1000kg rosmalai per day. Confectionery stores in the same name There are many sweet shops in Comilla in the same name "Matri Bhandar". So it is difficult for people to find the real Matri Bhandar shop. In most cases, fake shops has a slight difference in the name, such as a word before the name. GI Registration The government is continuing its efforts to get Rasmalai geographical indication registration for the Matri Bhandar. References External Links Confectionery stores Confectionery companies of Bangladesh Retail companies of Bangladesh 1930 establishments in British India Food and drink companies established in 1930
Yvonne Chevalier (18 January 1899 – 22 June 1982) was a French magazine photographer who was active from 1929 to 1970. Early life and education Yvonne Chevalier, née Gaulard, was born into a well-to-do Catholic family on 18 January 1899 in the 9th arrondissement of Paris where she completed her primary and secondary education before studying painting and drawing. She made her first photographs at the age of ten while on holiday at Saint-Valery-en-Caux. Career Gaulard married a doctor in 1920 and their daughter was born the next year. In 1925 Chevalier encountered the work of David Octavius Hill which she admired, and in 1929 she abandoned fine art for photography. She set up a studio in the Impasse Nansouty in the 14th arrondissement, Paris in 1930. Russian émigré writer Pierre Tugal interviewed the couple for an article “The masters of photography” in La Revue du Médecin of May that year which was illustrated predominantly with her photographs in the 'New Vision' modernist style for which she and Denise Bellon, Florence Henri, Nora Dumas and Ergy Landau are known. Tugal wrote that;"Ms. Yvonne Chevalier, who is becoming a photographer of the highest order, pursues her research quite independently of her husband. It is not so much the human figure that attracts her as the picturesque aspects of life, be it rocks, machinery or a market corner. The science of lighting is innate to her and she takes objects from such an angle that it seems that she extracts the life of things to infuse them with a new one according to her wishes."Chevalier joined Jean Moral, Daniel Masclet, and Emmanuel Sougez as one of the main French photographers of the loosely affiliated group of mostly immigrant inter-war modernists, The School of Paris. The Chevalier couple made friends of personalities in literature, the visual arts and music, whom she photographed, recording portraits of Arthur Honegger, André Gide (and in 1951, his death mask), Colette, Mariette Lydis, Camille Claudel, François Mauriac, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Max Jacob, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, the bookseller Adrienne Monnier and her friends, and intimate studies of writer and Resistance fighter Jean Prévost. She was herself photographed in 1932 by the German Marianne Breslauer. In 1931 she produced stills for the film Baleydier starring Michel Simon and in 1935 documented the sculpture of Auguste Rodin in a series of close-ups. She contributed illustrations for the magazines Arts et Métiers Graphiques, Photo Graphie, Le Cinegraph, Musica and Photo Illustration, and from this time on she was personal photographer of the expressionist painter Georges Rouault. In 1936 Chevalier was a founder, with Emmanuel Sougez, of the association Le Rectangle, the only woman amongst its thirteen members, and participated in all of its exhibitions including those at La Galerie de la Pléiade, Galerie René van den Berg and François Tuefferd's gallery, Le Chasseur d'Images, and held two solo shows in 1935 and 1937, both at the gallery of the Librairie Van den Berg. In the following year she photographed the artists at the Pavilion de la Danse, and produced reportage on Algeria and Le Midi. In 1938 she documented performers at the Ambassadeurs theatre, Paris. Just before the outbreak of World War II, in 1939 Chevalier recorded the architecture of the Abbaye du Thoronet. However, the majority of her work was destroyed during the war. Photo historian Christian Bouqueret (1950-2013) later rediscovered and promoted her work. After the War, Le Rectangle disbanded and in 1946 she became co-founder of the group Les XV and until 1950 exhibited with them. At their 1946 exhibition at the 17th Art Salon, president of the jury J. M. Auradon remarked on her work;"...the portrait by Yvonne Chevalier on the previous panel, reveals in Tuefferd a delicate sensibility, which vibrates in its atmosphere of light grays, comparable to pencil drawings in manner and genre. We loved her fantasies, the fountain, and the one who sticks out his tongue; the foliage is very beautiful. We lingered over the beautiful portrait of Mme X..., by Yvonne Chevalier, beautifully executed, beautiful realisation of values, sincere; the same praise for nos. 336 and 340 by this same artist; these very different proofs proceed from the same spirit and deserve praise; Yvonne Chevalier does not reveal her process, but it is a style that she knows how to create for herself."In the following year at the Second National Salon of Photography in Paris, Auradon praised as "assez mystérieuse" her Ophélie, inspired by the death mask of l'Inconnue de la Seine, while journalist Germain Paterne considered it "a remarkable idea, but…. perhaps not dramatically enough realised." In 1949 Yvonne joined her old friend Marcelle Auclair in an assignment on Carmelite nuns for the Foundation of Sainte Therese d’ Avila. She also illustrated novels Le Lys dans la Vallee by Honoré de Balzac, Alain-Fournier's Le Grand Meaulnes and Marc Chadourne's Cecile de la Folie. In 1970 she stopped all photographic activity and after editing her archive during 1980, she died on 22 June 1982 in Paris. Exhibitions 1932 Art Phototypique, Palais du Tennis, Paris 1934 Galerie de la Pléiade 1935 Librairie Van den Berg, Paris (solo) 1935 La Publicite par la Photographie, Galerie de la Pléiade, Paris 1936 Groupe Le Rectangle, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris 1936 Nus et Architecture, Galerie Van den Berg (solo) 1937 Jeunes Filles el Paysages, Librairie René Van den Berg, Paris (solo) 1937 Exposition Internationale, Galerie d'Art et Industrie, Paris 1937 Portraits of Writers, Galerie de la Pléiade, Paris 1938 Le Rectangle, Galerie Le Chasseur d'Image 1938 Salon International de la Photo, Paris 1939 Le Visage De La France, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium 1942 Exposition Nationale Artisanale, Paris 1946, May 29 to June 22: Le Groupe des XV, Salon National de la Photographie, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris 1947, Second National Salon of Photography, Paris 1947 The Nude, Groupe des XV, Galerie Pascaud, Paris 1948 Le Livre Illustre par la Photographie, Cercle de la Librairie, Paris 1949 Groupe des XV, Galerie Mirador, Paris 1949 Salon National de la photographie, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris 1950 Groupe des XV, Galerie Pascaud, Paris 1990 Retrospective, Nicéphore Niépce Museum, Chalon-sur-Saône 1998 Femmes photographes de la nouvelle vision en France (1920-1940), Paris, hôtel de Sully. Collections Centre Pompidou, Musée National d'Art Moderne National Gallery of Art, Washington References French women photographers 1899 births 1982 deaths
Andrei Răzvan Dima (born 8 February 2006) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Liga I side Academica Clinceni. References External links Andrei Dima at prosportbucuresti.ro 2006 births Living people Sportspeople from Bucharest Romanian footballers Association football midfielders Liga I players Liga III players FC Academica Clinceni players
Earle's balanced salt solution is an isotonic saline solution (or balanced salt solution) formulated by W.R. Earle in 1943. It contains sodium chloride, potassium chloride, calcium chloride, magnesium sulfate, sodium dihydrogen phosphate, sodium bicarbonate and dextrose (glucose). It is intended to be used in 5% CO2 atmosphere. It is a base of many cell culture media. References Cell culture media
Robert Jacobus Herridge (born 12 May 1989) is a Namibian former rugby union international and first-class cricketer. Herridge was born at Outjo in the Kunene Region, of what was then South West Africa, in May 1989. He played rugby union at under-19 level for Namibia in 2008, when he was studying at the time in South Africa. The following year he gained three Test caps for Namibia, playing once against Portugal and twice against Tunisia. Herridge also played first-class cricket for the Namibian cricket team in the CSA 3-Day Cup, against Northerns in the 2014–15 season, and Gauteng in the 2015–16 season. Herridge struggled in his two appearances, failing to score any runs, while taking just a single wicket from 26-overs of his medium pace bowling. He was named in Namibia's squad for their Intercontinental Cup fixture against Hong Kong in May 2015, but did not make the Namibian starting eleven. References External links 1989 births Living people People from Kunene Region Namibian rugby union players Namibia international rugby union players Namibian cricketers
Viktorija Golubic was the defending champion but chose not to participate. Katie Boulter won the title, defeating Anna Blinkova in the final, 7–6(7–2), 6–7(6–8), 6–2. Seeds Draw Finals Top half Bottom half References Main Draw Engie Open de l'Isère - Singles
"Darshana" is a Malayalam-language song composed by Hesham Abdul Wahab. The song was featured in the 2022 film Hridayam, directed by Vineeth Sreenivasan, starring Pranav Mohanlal, Kalyani Priyadarshan and Darshana Rajendran. It was written by Arun Alat and sung by Wahab and the lead actress Darshana. The title of the track was also derived from the actress' name and the character of the film, itself. It was picturised on Arun Neelakantan (Pranav) and Darshana and their romance during their days in college. Released as a single on 25 October 2021, the track was one of the most popular Malayalam songs of the year, and received positive response from music critics and listeners alike. Background The track was recorded during July 2019, in an in-built studio located at Wahab's house, with Wahab singing for the track. He also used several instruments from the Middle Eastern territories, with this track, he made use of duduk in it. Singer-musician Arun Alat wrote the track in his second song as lyricist after writing one of the tracks from Safe (2019). But, it was his second work to be released as he worked on Home (2021), where, he wrote all the tracks for the film, which were composed by Rahul Subramanian. He wrote this track, when he travelled on the way from Ernakulam to Kasaragod during September 2019. V. Harishankar of My Studio (Kochi) handled sound mixing for the track, along with all the songs from the album. The song was mixed and mastered for around 35 times before the approval of the final version. Release and reception It was released as a single on 25 October 2021, to coincide with the reopening of theatres in Kerala after statewide lockdown due to the second wave of COVID-19 in Kerala. The track received positive response from the audiences and became viral in music and streaming platforms. The track was featured in the A-side of the film's soundtrack released on 31 December (New Year's Eve). Nithya Mammen, who won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Singer for the track "Vathikkalu Vellaripravu" featured in Sufiyum Sujatayum (2020), listed "Darshana" as one of her favourite picks of the "Top 10 Malayalam Songs of 2021" in her interview to The Times of India. Mammen had stated it as "a very refreshing song, which also has a positive energy". Celebrities such as Dulquer Salmaan too praised the track. Vipin Nair of Music Aloud stated about the track saying "Hesham himself leads the singing in this one, and Darshana’s echoing voice makes for a neat addition in the second half [...] the bass groove though, spruced up by the oud, baglama etc as it progresses." Personnel Credits adapted from Think Music Hesham Abdul Wahab – composer, producer, playback singer, musical arrangements Darshana Rajendran – playback singer Arun Alat – lyricist Selim Boyaci – oud Onur Cicin – qanun Cem Ekmen – duduk Adem Tosunoglu – baglama Harishankar V – audio mixing (My Studio, Kochi) Akshay Kakkoth – mixing assistance Biju James – audio mastering (Inspired One Studios, Chennai) Omer Avci – recording engineer (Omer Avci Studios, Istanbul) Sai Prakash – recording engineer (My Studio, Kochi), audio technical assistance Vipin Nair – audiographer KD Vincent – musicians co-ordinator References External links Malayalam film songs Indian songs 2021 songs
Ioana Loredana Roșca and Kimberley Zimmermann were the defending champions but chose not to participate. Yuriko Miyazaki and Prarthana Thombare won the title, defeating Alicia Barnett and Olivia Nicholls in the final, 6–3, 6–3. Seeds Draw Draw References Main Draw Engie Open de l'Isère - Doubles
Mahendar Prasad Singh (); (23 August 1949 - 16 January 2005) popularly known as Mahendar Singh was an Indian communist politician and guerrilla leader. Mahendar Singh was three time winning legislative assembly member from Bagodar the state of Bihar, later the state of Jharkhand as member of CPIML Liberation. Mahendar Prasad Singh was follow parliamentary and un-parliamentary both ways. He was a guerrilla leader of Lal Sena. He was shot and killed at Bagodar by the Maoists on 16 January 2005. At the time of legislative election he was campaigning for the fourth term when he was killed. References 1949 births 2005 deaths Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation politicians Bihar MLAs 1990–1995 Bihar MLAs 1995–2000 Jharkhand MLAs 2000–2005
University of Muhammadiyah Aceh (Indonesian: Universitas Muhammadiyah Aceh, UNMUHA) is a private university under the auspices of the Muhammadiyah College located in Banda Aceh City, Aceh, Indonesia. Faculties The university has seven faculties and a graduate program: Faculty of Islamic Religion Faculty of Economics Faculty of Law Faculty of Public Health Faculty of Psychology Faculty of Engineering Faculty of Vocational Graduate program References Banda Aceh Universities in Aceh
David James Bills, CBE (9 February 1948 – 30 March 2014) was an Australian forester and civil servant. Born in Tasmania on 9 February 1948, Bills studied at the Australian National University. After graduating, he worked in the Federal Forestry and Timber Bureau, before working for Associated Pulp and Paper Mills from 1978; he was eventually appointed to the board of its parent company, North Broken Hill Ltd and served as general manager from 1986 to 1995, overseeing Australia's largest forestry operation. He also served as president of the National Association of Forest Industries in 1994–95. In 1995, he was appointed Director-General and Deputy Chairman of the Forestry Commission of the United Kingdom, serving until 2004. He oversaw the breaking up of forestry functions for the devolved nations of Scotland and Wales and also introduced the UK Woodland Assurance Standard. In recognition of his service, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2001 Birthday Honours and received the Gift to the Earth Award from the World Wildlife Foundation (its highest award). He was also chair of the Standing Committee of the Commonwealth Forestry Conference from 1996 to 2001 and in 2006 served as the president of the Commonwealth Forestry Association. He died on 30 March 2014 in Sydney. References 1948 births 2014 deaths Australian foresters Australian public servants Australian National University alumni Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Ahmed Yussuf Abubakar is a Ghanaian politician and Municipal chief executive for Yendi Municipality in the northern region of Ghana. Early life Educational career Political career References Ghanaian politicians Living people Ghanaian people
Shabsay Davidovich Moshkovsky (1895—1982) [Шабсай Давидович Мошковский] was a Soviet physician, infectious disease scientist and epidemiologist with a particular interest in malaria. Biography Moshkovsky was born on July 23, 1895, in Pinsk in the Minsk Governorate. His father was Dovid-Behr Iosifovich Moshkovsky, a teacher in a Jewish elementary school, who was shot amongst a group of 35 hostages on March 5, 1919. He had four brothers including Yakov Moshkovsky, a military and polar pilot, and Mikhail Moshkovsky, who also became a scientist, and was an academician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences and one of the founders of Russian pharmacology. Moshkovsky graduated from the Medical Faculty of Moscow State University in 1919 and was then drafted into the Red Army, where he served from 1919 to 1920. Moshkovsky began his scientific career in 1921 at the Moscow Tropical Institute. From 1934 he was at the Institute of Medical Parasitologists, becoming deputy director from 1935 and, head of the department of protozoology from 1936. (1936-1968). He organized the Department of Medical Parasitology of the Central Institute for Advanced Training of Physicians (CIUV) from 1935. He was a member of the Presidium of the Scientific Medical Council of the Ministry of Health of the USSR, a member of the epidemiological and pharmacological committees and a member of the editorial board of the journal "Medical Parasitology and parasitic diseases". He was a corresponding Member of the Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR (1946), and a recognized expert of the World Health Organization. He wrote more than 300 scientific works, including textbooks, manuals and monographs. Under his supervision, 10 doctoral and more than 30 candidate dissertations were performed. During the 1950s, Moshkovsky published a series of papers on the epidemiology of malaria, introducing concepts such as the 'loimpotential' for the force of infection at a location and 'epidemetrons' for epidemiological change in a population. Although similar to the comparable work of his British contemporary George Macdonald, Moshkovsky's work had little influence on malaria epidemiology in the English-speaking world. He died 20 August 1982 in Moscow. Awards He was awarded many orders and medals of the USSR, as well as the Bulgarian Order of Cyril and Methodius. His name is inscribed in the Book of Honor of the All-Union Society of Microbiologists, Epidemiologists and Infectious Disease Specialists. Major textbooks Аллергия и иммунитет [Allergies and immunity], 1947. Основные закономерности эпидемиологии малярии [Basic patterns of malaria epidemiology], 1950. Selected other works Е. И. Марциновский (1874—1934): Паразитолог и инфекционист. [E. I. Martsinovsky (1874-1934): Parasitologist and infectious disease specialist.] The dynamics of malaria eradication. World Health Organization, 1964 Further contribution to the dynamics of malaria eradication. World Health Organization, 1966. Biography Корифеи отечественной медицинской паразитологии [Luminaries of Domestic Medical Parasitology]. References External links Shabsay Davidovich Moshkovsky Moshkovsky Shabsay Davidovich MOSHKOVSKY Shabsay Davidovich World-renowned scientist Soviet biologists 1895 births 1982 deaths People from Pinsk Moscow State University alumni Soviet physicians Epidemiologists Malariologists
Joseph Louknaan is a politician in Ghana, he the current District Chief Executive of the Bunkprugu district in the North East. Early life Educational Background Work Experience References Living people
Campbell Wright (born 25 May 2002) is a New Zealand biathlete. In November 2021, he became the second teenager to score Biathlon World Cup points. He is representing New Zealand in biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Biography Born in Rotorua on 25 May 2002, Wright is one of four sons of Americans, Scott and Alison Wright, who emigrated to New Zealand in 1993. Scott Wright, an audiologist, was one of the founders of Bay Audiology New Zealand, and sold his interest in the company in 2009. The family moved to the Wānaka area in about 2011. Campbell Wright was educated at Mount Aspiring College. Wright began cross-country skiing at Snow Farm when he was 10 years old, and took up biathlon in 2017. He completed at the Biathlon Youth World Championships in 2019, 2020 and 2021, with a best result of sixth in the sprint biathlon in 2020. He represented New Zealand at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics, where he was the team's flagbearer at the opening ceremony, finishing fourth in the 7.5 km sprint biathlon and sixth in the 12.5 km individual biathlon events. He also competed in three cross-country skiing events at the Winter Youth Olympics. Wright made his senior international debut at the IBU Cup in January 2021. The following month, he was 75th in the 10 km sprint biathlon at the 2021 Biathlon World Championships. Later that year, in November, he debuted in the Biathlon World Cup at Östersund, where he placed 40th in the sprint biathlon, becoming the second teenager in Biathlon World Cup history, after Ole Einar Bjørndalen, to score World Cup points. In January 2022, Wright was added to the New Zealand team for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, and he became the second New Zealander to compete in biathlon at a Winter Olympics. In his first event at the Olympics, the 20 km individual, he was the youngest competitor, and finished 32nd in a field of 92 athletes. References 2002 births Living people Sportspeople from Rotorua People educated at Mount Aspiring College Biathletes at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics Olympic biathletes of New Zealand Biathletes at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Vanessa Voigt (born 7 October 1997) is a German biathlete. She won the 2020–21 Biathlon IBU Cup and represented Germany at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Career Voigt won the IBU Cup during the 2020–21 season. She represented Germany at the 2022 Winter Olympics in the 15 km individual race and finished in fourth place with a time of 44:29.3. She won a bronze medal in the women's relay. Biathlon results All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union. Olympic Games 1 medal (1 bronze) References 1997 births Living people German female biathletes Biathletes at the 2022 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic biathletes of Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in biathlon People from Schmalkalden
Cyperus beyrichii is a species of sedge that is native to parts of Brazil in South America. See also List of Cyperus species References beyrichii Plants described in 1854 Flora of Brazil Taxa named by Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel
KulFaZ () ("The most iconic movies ever/of all times") is a spin-off of SchleFaZ, coming in 2022. In this format, iconic movies will be presented by Oliver Kalkofe and Peter Rütten. References German satirical television shows
The 1978 Asian Invitational Badminton Championships which was the third edition of Asian Invitational Championships took place in the month of April in Peking, People's Republic of China. Description This Asian tourney was originally decided to be held in Singapore but was later given to China. Tournament organised junior events as well which included Boys' singles & doubles as well as Girls' singles and doubles. Mixed doubles competitions were as usual not conducted. A total of 12 countries took part in this event which were China, India, Singapore, Iran, Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Philippines, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. At the end of day, China won all the disciplines except Women's doubles doubles which was won by Thailand. Gold medals for Junior events were shared between Amy Chan of Hong Kong who won Girls' singles event, He Shangquan of China who won Boys' singles, Tay Hoe See & Judy Lee of Singapore who won Girls' doubles and the combination of Maung Maung & Win Mar of Burma who won the Boys' doubles discipline. Medalists Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles Bronze medal winners unknown References Badminton Asia Championships Asian Badminton Championships 1978 Badminton Asia Championships Badminton Asia Championships Badminton Asia Championships
The 2022 Turkish Basketball Cup (), also known as Bitci Erkekler Türkiye Kupası for sponsporship reasons, was the 36th edition of Turkey's top-tier level professional national domestic basketball cup competition. The quarterfinals of tournament was held from 15 to 16 February 2022 in 4 different locations and then semi-finals and the final were held from 18 to 20 February 2022 in the Tofaş Nilüfer Spor Salonu in Bursa, Turkey. Anadolu Efes won the competition by defeating Fenerbahçe Beko 86–72 in the final. Qualified teams The top eight placed teams after the first half of the top-tier level Basketball Super League 2021–22 season qualified for the tournament. The four highest placed teams are going to play the lowest seeded teams in the quarter-finals. The competition was played under a single elimination format. Draw The 2022 Turkish Basketball Cup was drawn on 7 February 2022. The seeded teams were paired in the quarterfinals with the non-seeded teams. Bracket Quarterfinals Semifinals Final See also 2021–22 Basketbol Süper Ligi References External links Official Site Turkish Cup Basketball seasons Cup
Timothy Robert Cutler, CBE (born 1934), known as Robin Cutler, is a retired forester and public servant. Born in 1934, he attended the University of Aberdeen, graduating in 1956 with a degree in forestry. After two years of National Service, he entered the Colonial Forest Service in 1958. In 1964 he entered the New Zealand Forest Service; promotions to Director of Forest Management and Deputy Director-General followed in 1978 and 1986 respectively, before he was appointed Chief Executive of the Ministry of Forestry in 1988. Cutler left New Zealand in 1990, when he was appointed Director-General and Deputy Chairman of the Forestry Commission of the United Kingdom. He served in that capacity until he retired in 1995 and was replaced by David Bills. During his tenure, the government's Forest Review (1994) removed the commission's management section and turned it into its own agency, Forest Enterprise; the Conservative government had considered privatising the whole commission, but faced heavy opposition. According to Herald Scotland, Cutler was "largely credited with the more enlightened thinking of the Commission" during this period rapid change. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1995 Birthday Honours in recognition of his service. References Living people 1934 births British foresters British civil servants Alumni of the University of Aberdeen Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Johnny Sanders (1922–1990) was an American professional football executive. Johnny Sanders may also refer to: Johnny Sanders, character in arcade game Mach Breakers: Numan Athletics 2 See also John Sanders (disambiguation) Jonny Saunders (born 1975), British sports reporter
The 35 kilometres race walk is a road racewalking revent which becomes a standard championship discipline in 2022, with initial world records to be recognised after 1 January 2023. All-time top 25 Men Correct as of February 2022. Notes Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 2:30:00: Sergey Bakulin also walked 2:24:53 (2018), 2:27:42 (2010). Vladimir Kanaykin also walked 2:25:59 (2008). Denis Nizhegorodov also walked 2:27:08 (2011). Sergey Sharypov also walked 2:30:00 (2022). Women Correct as of February. Notes Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 2:44:17: Margarita Nikiforova also walked 2:43:14 (2021). María Pérez also walk 2:44.17 (2021). References Racewalking distances
Ahmed Abubakari-Iddrisu is a Ghanaian politician and currently a district chief executive for Zabzugu District in the northern region of Ghana. Early life Educational career Political career References Ghanaian politicians Living people Year of birth missing (living people)
Artenir Werrner (1 August 1940 – 9 December 2020) was a Brazilian politician. Biography He served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil from 1979 to 1991. Werrner died of COVID-19 on 9 December 2020 in São Paulo during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil at the age of 80. References 1940 births 2020 deaths Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from São Paulo Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in São Paulo (state) People from Santa Catarina (state)
Zuweiratu Mada Nashiru is a Ghanaian female politician and also the current District Chief Executive of the Chereponi district in the North East Region of Ghana. Early life and education Political life Work Family and religion References Living people
Ajay Mahawar is an Indian politician and is member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly He is member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and represents Ghonda (Delhi Assembly constituency) References Delhi MLAs 2020–2025 Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Delhi Year of birth missing (living people) Living people
Pasquale D'Ambrosio (born 7 October 1971) is a Swiss retired footballer who played for FC Basel. He played mainly in the position as midfielder, but also as defender. Football career D'Ambrosio played his youth football with FC Basel and advanced to their first team for their 1992–93 season, signing a one year professional contract, under head coach Friedel Rausch. After playing in four test games D'Ambrosio played his domestic league debut for the club, coming on as substitute, in the away game on 18 July 1992 in Stadion Brühl as Basel were defeated 1–0 by Grenchen. He scored his first goal for his club on 8 August in the away game against La Chaux-de-Fonds as Basel won 3–0. D'Ambrosio played only this one season for the club, in which he a total of 25 games for Basel scoring a total of 2 goals. 17 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, 2 in the Swiss Cup and 6 were friendly games. He scored both his goals in the domestic league. References Sources Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" Homepage FC Basel players Swiss footballers Association football defenders Association football midfielders Swiss Super League players 1971 births Living people
Andrew Thomas Campbell (born May 15, 1959) is a computer scientist who works in the field of ubiquitous computing. He is best known for his research on mobile sensing, applied machine learning and human behavioral modeling. Campbell is the Albert Bradley 1915 Third Century professor in computer science at Dartmouth College. He joined Dartmouth Computer Science in 2005 after spending 10 years as a professor of Electrical Engineering at Columbia University. Prior to being on the faculty at Columbia, Campbell spent 10 years in the software industry working on the research and development of wireless networks and operating systems. He has worked on digital health as a visiting research scientist in the Android group at Google and at Verily Life Sciences. Campbell has received a number of awards including the ACM SIGMOBILE Test of Time Paper Award for pioneering sensing and machine learning on smartphones. Personal life Campbell was born in Coventry, England on May 15, 1959. He received a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from Aston University (1981) and then an MSc. in Computer Science from City, University of London. He worked in the software industry for a decade in England, the Netherlands and the USA before returning to university. He received his PhD in Computer Science from Lancaster University (1996). He started as an assistant professor of Electrical Engineering at Columbia University in 1996 and was promoted to an associated professor with tenure in 2003. After a sabbatical year as a visiting professor at Cambridge University, he joined Dartmouth College in 2005. In 2018, he was named the Albert Bradley 1915 Third Century professor at Dartmouth College. Career Campbell is best known for his work in ubiquitous computing, where he and his students first implemented sensing and machine learning algorithms on the iPhone when it was released in 2007. He is also known for the development of the StudentLife app (2014). At Dartmouth, he led the StudentLife Study tracking 200 undergraduate students across their 4 years of college using smartphone sensing and brain imaging to better understand the dynamics of mental health of students across their college years. This study was also the first to use mobile sensing to capture the impact of COVID-19 on student behavior and mental health outcomes during the pandemic. He has also studied mental health and performance in the workplace using mobile sensing. Awards and recognition Campbell has received an NSF CAREER Award, IBM Faculty Award, AT&T Faculty Award, Google Faculty Award and EPSRC Fellow Award. His group received the ACM ACM SenSys Test of Time Award (2018) and the ACM SIGMOBILE Test of Time Award (2019) for their work on the CenceMe app (2008). Selected bibliography Emiliano Miluzzo, Nicholas D. Lane, Kristóf Fodor, Ronald A. Peterson, Hong Lu, Mirco Musolesi, Shane. B. Eisenman, Xiao Zheng, Andrew T. Campbell, Sensing Meets Mobile Social Networks: The Design, Implementation and Evaluation of the CenceMe Application. Proc. of 6th ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys '08), Raleigh, NC, USA, Nov. 5–7, 2008. ACM SIGMOBILE Test of Time Award Rui Wang, Fanglin Chen, Zhenyu Chen, Tianxing Li, Gabriella Harari, Stefanie Tignor, Xia Zhou, Dror Ben-Zeev, and Andrew T. Campbell, StudentLife: Assessing Behavioral Trends, Mental Well-being and Academic Performance of College Students using Smartphones, ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp 2014), September 2014. Best Paper Nomination Award Huckins J, daSilva A, Wang W, Hedlund E, Rogers C, Nepal S, Wu J, Obuchi M, Murphy E, Meyer M, Wagner D, Holtzheimer P, Campbell A Mental Health and Behavior of College Students During the Early Phases of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Longitudinal Smartphone and Ecological Momentary Assessment Study, Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2020 Harari GM, Lane ND, Wang R, Crosier BS, Campbell AT, Gosling SD. Using Smartphones to Collect Behavioral Data in Psychological Science: Opportunities, Practical Considerations, and Challenges. Perspectives on Psychological Science. 2016 Rui Wang, Min S. H. Aung, Saeed Abdullah, Rachel Brian, Andrew T. Campbell, Tanzeem Choudhury, Marta Hauser, John Kane, Michael Merrill, Emily A. Scherer, Vincent W. S. Tseng, and Dror Ben-Zeev. 2016. CrossCheck: toward passive sensing and detection of mental health changes in people with schizophrenia. In Proceedings of the 2016 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp '16). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 886–897 Mikio Obuchi, Jeremy F. Huckins, Weichen Wang, Alex daSilva, Courtney Rogers, Eilis Murphy, Elin Hedlund, Paul Holtzheimer, Shayan Mirjafari, and Andrew Campbell. 2020. Predicting Brain Functional Connectivity Using Mobile Sensing. Proc. ACM Interact. Mob. Wearable Ubiquitous Technol. 4, 1, Article 23, 2020 References Living people Alumni of Lancaster University Alumni of Aston University Alumni of City, University of London Dartmouth College faculty 1959 births
Andrew Heo (born March 7, 2001) is an American short track speed skater. He represented the United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Career Heo won a bronze medal at the 2020 Four Continents Short Track Speed Skating Championships in the 5000 metre relay. Heo represented the United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics in the men's 1000 metres. Personal life Heo's older brother, Aaron, is a short track speed skater and represented the United States at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics. References 2001 births Living people American male short track speed skaters Short track speed skaters at the 2022 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Pennsylvania Olympic short track speed skaters of the United States American sportspeople of Korean descent
Alana Bremner (born 10 February 1997) is a New Zealand rugby union player. She made her international debut against England on 31 October 2021 at Exeter, it was the Black Ferns 100th test match. She also scored her first Test try in the match. Career Bremner had a breakthrough season in 2020, she led her side to their fourth consecutive Farah Palmer Cup title and was the leading try scorer for the season with eight tries. She was the first woman to play 50 matches for Lincoln University, and earned 50 caps for Canterbury. She played three matches for the New Zealand Development side at the 2019 Oceania Rugby Women's Championship in Fiji. In 2020, she captained the New Zealand Barbarians in the two-match series against the Black Ferns. Her older sister, Chelsea, made her Black Ferns debut in the first match. Bremner was named in the Black Ferns squad for the European tour of England and France in 2021. She played in both test matches against England and in the second test match against France. At the end of 2021, Bremner was selected for Matatū for the inaugural 2022 Super Rugby Aupiki season. References External links Black Ferns Profile 1997 births Living people New Zealand female rugby union players
Long Whatton and Diseworth is a civil parish in the North West Leicestershire district of Leicestershire, England. The parish includes the villages of Long Whatton and Diseworth. The population of the parish at the 2011 census was 1,760. The Donington Park motorway service area, a large part of East Midlands Airport, and a smaller part of the East Midlands Gateway freight terminal all lie in the northern part of the civil parish. References External links Long Whatton and Diseworth Parish Council web site Civil parishes in Leicestershire North West Leicestershire District
The RugbyWA Fortescue Premier Grade was formed in 1928 and was the first consistent competition for Rugby Union in the state of Western Australia. It is the highest level of domestic club rugby played in Western Australia. It is competed annually form early April to mid August but with preseason training often starting before the season. The competition is managed by RugbyWA. The FMG Premier Grade was named for lead sponsor Fortescue Metals Group. Previous naming rights sponsors include PINDAN, KWIK and Home Building Society. The Premier Grade is contested by 13 teams from the Greater Perth Area. Teams References External links Rugby union in Western Australia Rugby union competitions in Australia Sports competitions in Perth, Western Australia 1928 establishments in Australia Sports organizations established in 1928
The 2022 Korean FA Cup, known as Hana Bank FA Cup due to sponsorship reasons, was the 27th edition of the Korean FA Cup. Similar to the previous year, U-League teams did not participate, and instead the top ten sides from the K5 League gained qualification. Video assistant referees (VAR) were used in the semi-finals and finals. Jeonnam Dragons were the defending champions. Calendar First round The draw was held on 7 February 2022. Second round The draw was held on 7 February 2022. Third round The draw was held on 7 February 2022. Fourth round The draw was held on 7 February 2022. Fifth round The draw was held on 7 February 2022. Semi-finals Final References External links Official FA Cup Page at KFA Website Korean FA Cup, Soccerway.com Korean FA Cup seasons Korea, South
A foreign fighter is someone who travels abroad to participate in a non-international armed conflict or fight for a country of which he or she is not a national. See also International Brigades Waffen-SS foreign volunteers and conscripts Foreign volunteers in the Rhodesian Security Forces Foreign fighters in the Croatian War of Independence Foreign fighters in the Bosnian War Foreign fighters in the Syrian Civil War and War in Iraq International response to the Spanish Civil War Controversy surrounding Swedish jihadist foreign fighters Ukrainian volunteer battalions Final Report of the Task Force on Combating Terrorist and Foreign Fighter Travel References Expatriate units and formations
John Lawlor (1860–1929), was an Irish handball player, and trade unionist. Born in Pennsylvania, USA, in 1860, he returned with his parents to Ireland in 1862. In 1884 he became the Irish Professional Handball Champion. He moved to America where he played handball professionally. Married to Alice, they had a son John while in America. He set up a Cab company in Broadstone, Dublin, and joined the Cab Drivers and Owners Union. In 1915 he became vice-president of the Dublin Trades Council and Labour League and in 1916 he became president of the Dublin Council of Trade Unions, he served on Dublin Corporation from 1920 to 1924 for the Inns Quay, Dublin, elected as a Labour candidate. He was president of the Workers' Union of Ireland from 1924 until his death in 1929. Lawlor stood for election unsuccessfully in 1923 in Dublin North for the Dublin Trades Council, and September 1927 in Dublin South as an Independent Labour Candidate. In 1924 he became the first president of the Irish Amateur Handball Association (IAWA). He died in 1929 and is buried in Glasnevin, his friend political associate Jim Larkin gave his funeral oration. He is remembered along with his opponent Phil Casey for the early world handball championships, in the Casey/Lawlor Cup. References Gaelic handball players Irish trade unionists 1860 births 1929 deaths
Cause Of Causes (17 February 2008 - 19 April 2021) was an American-bred thoroughbred racehorse. He was best known for three Cheltenham Festival victories. Career Cause Of Causes was bred in the United States by Flaxman Holdings. He won his first and only race on the flat in 2011 in France. In 2012, training was switched from France to Ireland with Gordon Elliott as the horse was sold to the Timeform Betfair Racing Club. Success followed with victories at Kilbeggan, Downpatrick, Navan and Ascot. Ultimately, Cause Of Causes was entered into the 2013 Supreme Novices Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival, finishing 7th. Following this, prolific owner J P McManus acquired the horse. The first run in his colours was at Roscommon Racecourse on 10 June 2013. The first victory for new owner McManus came at the Cheltenham Festival in 2015, winning the National Hunt Chase Challenge Cup ridden by Jamie Codd. A month later, Cause Of Causes would finish 8th in the Grand National at Aintree. After a lengthy break, Cause Of Causes won again at the 2016 Cheltenham Festival taking victory in the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup again with Codd as jockey. A barren spell, including two races where he was pulled up would again follow. However, on return to Cheltenham in 2017, he would take his final race victory in the Glenfarclas Cross Country Chase. Cause Of Causes had another attempt at winning the Grand National at Aintree in the same year, finishing second to One For Arthur. In 2018, Cause Of Causes would attempt to win another Cross Country Chase at Cheltenham but was pulled up. On 9 April 2018, Frank Berry who is McManus' racing manager confirmed he was retired due to injury. Cause Of Causes died aged 13 of a heart attack at Martinstown Stud in Ireland. References External links Cause Of Causes Race Record Cheltenham Festival winners 2008 racehorse births Racehorses trained in Ireland
Petunia inflata is a species of flowering plant in the family Solanaceae, native to Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, and southern Brazil. It is a member of the Petunia integrifolia clade, and is one of the parents of the garden petunia, Petunia × atkinsiana (formerly Petunia × hybrida). It is also widely used in laboratory studies of the S-RNase mechanism of self-incompatibility in plants. References inflata Flora of Paraguay Flora of Northeast Argentina Flora of South Brazil Plants described in 1911
Castriota is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Costantino Castriota (1477–1500), Albanian nobleman Jason Castriota, American automobile designer Samuel Castriota (1885–1932), Argentinian pianist, guitarist and composer See also Candidula castriota, species of snail House of Kastrioti, noble family Kastriot (disambiguation)
The area of Oeschinen Lake and Kander river valley in Switzerland have been subject of multiple large landslides during the Holocene. Both the number and timing of landslides is controversial, with the most recent estimates stating that the large Kander landslide occurred about 3,210 years ago and the smaller Oeschinen Lake landslide 2,300 years ago. Both may have been caused by earthquakes, and the latter landslide generated the Oeschinen Lake. More recent landslides have occurred, and unstable rock masses occur in the landslide area. Geographical context and importance Large landslides that block entire valleys are a considerable hazard in mountainous regions, in particular when they form highly unstable dams on rivers; the breach of such a dam on the Dadu River in China in 1786 caused a flood that killed 100,000 people. On the other hand, such landslides can generate spectacular landscapes, such as the glaciated terrain around Oeschinen Lake in Switzerland which has drawn tourists since 150 years and is now part of the Jungfrau-Aletsch protected area. Climate variations can cause slope instabilities and with global warming scientific interest in large collapses of mountains has risen. Giant landslides in the Alps are commonly related to the destabilizing effects of ice retreat at the end of the ice ages, but the landslides often occur millennia after the retreat of ice, suggesting that additional triggers such as climate variations and earthquake activity - perhaps in turn caused by deglaciation - are necessary to actually cause collapses. Oeschinensee is situated in the Bernese Alps, within a long side valley of the Kandertal, and lies at about elevation. It receives inflow from glaciers and springs, while its waters eventually seep through landslide debris although in the past (before a small dam was built) the lake periodically overflowed. The mountains are largely formed by various formations of Mesozoic rocks, which are mostly limestones with marls and sandstones; their layered structure and the weakness of the marl layers facilitates the development of landslides. The seismically active Rawil depression is only about southeast of the Kander area. Collapses Multiple landslides and collapses have occurred in the Oeschinen area, including the Kandertal and Oeschinensee collapses; both landslides left debris at the outlet of the Oeschinensee. Apart from the two large landslides, avalanches, rockfalls and debris flows have left smaller deposits. A pre-Kandertal landslide has been identified in drill cores. Kandertal The landslide ran over a length of to just north of Reckenthal. It dammed the Kander River, generating a lake in the area of present-day Kandersteg which broke 200–300 years after the landslide and generated an outburst flood and debris flow, redepositing landslide debris as far as Frutigen. A more recent interpretation in 2020 is that no lake was formed. It is possible that winds generated by the landslide blew down forests, and sparks from moving rocks ignited wildfires. With a surface area of and a volume of is one of the largest landslides in the Alps. and detached from the north-northwestern flanks of the Fisistock mountain, with an additional collapse from Bire Mountain north of Fisistock. Computer simulations indicate that the collapse occurred over a timespan of about two minutes, and the debris first descended into the Kander valley and then proceeded northwards. The emplacement would have taken about ten minutes. During its later stages, the northern part of the landslide incorporated wet sediments from the Kander valley and began to collapse, forming extensional features such as the ridges at Blausee. The Fisistock collapse area forms a box-shaped depression, whose western headwall reaches height while the eastern one is less conspicuous. At Kandersteg, the landslide debris forms the Uf der Höh hill, which is cut by secondary scarps, and which formed when the landslide hit the opposite valley flanks. The debris deposit is formed by large blocks up to several metres wide, with spaces often filled in by later soils. The terrain features hummocks and ridges perpendicular to the slide direction. Some groundwater-fed lakes such as Blausee lie within the debris deposit. Undulating terrain at the end of the landslide deposit suggest that it behaved like a fluid there. The Kandertal landslide was originally interpreted to have occurred 9,600 years ago, at a time where numerous giant landslides happened in the Austrian and Swiss Alps and a possibly earthquake-related group of landslides south of Kandersteg. More recent research in 2020 however implies that it actually occurred 3,210±220 years ago, at a time where a change on climate and an expansion of glaciers in the area of the landslide was taking place. Lake sediments indicate the occurrence of a large earthquake about 3,300 years ago, which, while not necessarily directly causing the landslide, may have destabilized the slopes that later failed. Oeschinensee While the Oeschinensee collapse was once considered to have been contemporaneous with the Kandertal avalanche, research published in 2018 indicates that it actually occurred only 2,300±1,200 years ago. The landslide took place just before historical times in Switzerland, but sediments in lakes have shown evidence of earthquakes during that time that could have caused the collapse. While glacial erosion that undercuts valley slopes is necessary to cause landslides, often additional triggers such as earthquakes are necessary to actually trigger the collapse. It detached from the northwestern flank of the Doldenhorn mountain, reached the valley floor after about 20 seconds with a speed of about , where it was deflected by an earlier landslide deposit (probably from the Kandertal event). The slide crossed the Oeschinen valley and ran up the opposite slope and down the valley. After about one minute the collapse was complete. The landslide left a conspicuous slide surface bordered by high cliffs. These cliffs reach heights of ; the highest point lies at elevation. Debris from the landslide covers an area of at the outlet of Oeschinensee and may extend below the lake surface. The deposits feature large boulders and hummocky topography. How the landscape looked like before the collapse is unclear but a volume of has been estimated on the basis of plausible reconstructions both of the source area and the landslide deposit. The landslide blocked the valley and created Oeschinen Lake, although it is possible that the earlier landslide left an earlier lake or swamp. Post-Oeschinensee collapses Lake sediments in Oeschinen Lake show evidence of turbidites, some of which could be related to collapses caused by earthquakes. A number of collapse scarps lie on the mountains surrounding the lake and could have been the source of landslides. At least six such collapses took place. Some of the collapses may have occurred in historical times; a flood from the lake in 1846 AD may have been caused by an unobserved landslide. Future collapses The headwalls of the Kandertal landslide are still unstable. In summer 2018 a volume of in the "Bim Spitze Stei" area between the Kandertal and Oeschinensee landslide detachment areas became noticeably unstable. Research history The landslide deposits were originally interpreted as glacial deposits, before outcrops investigated during the construction of railroads led to the discovery of the Kandertal landslide in 1897 or 1909. Over the 20th and 21st century, different estimates on the number, ages, causes and volumes of the landslide deposits have been made. A major source of uncertainty is how to separate distinct landslide deposits; usually, the Oeschinensee landslide was considered a single event. References Sources Landslides in Switzerland Kander (Aare) basin Holocene
Li Wenlong (born 4 February 2001) is a Chinese short track speed-skater. He represented China at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Career Wenlong represented China at the 2022 Winter Olympics in the men's 1000 metres event and won a silver medal. References External links 2001 births Living people People from Fushun Chinese male short track speed skaters Olympic short track speed skaters of China Short track speed skaters at the 2022 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for China Olympic medalists in short track speed skating Sportspeople from Liaoning
Gorretti Byomire is a Ugandan computer scientist, academic and disability rights activist. She is a lecturer in the Department of Applied Computing & Information Technology at Makerere University Business School (MUBS), in Kampala, Uganda. She concurrently serves as the Director of the Disability Resource & Learning Centre at MUBS. Background and education Goretti, a Ugandan by birth, was born circa 1984. She attended St. Theresa Namagunga Primary School. She then studied at Trinity College Nabbingo, for both her O-Level and A-level studies. She holds a Bachelor of Business Computing degree and a Master of Science in Information Technology degree, both obtained from Makerere University, Uganda's oldest and largest public university. As of February 2022, she was pursuing a Doctor of Philosophy in Information Systems at the University of South Africa, in Pretoria. Work experience Goretti's career in the Information Technology arena goes back to 2007, after her first degree. She was hired as a graduate teaching assistant at MUBS, while she concurrently pursued her second degree. Over the years, she was promoted to Assistant Lecturer and then to full Lecturer. Other considerations Among her many responsibilities, she is a member of MUBS University Council, where she represents people with disabilities (PWDS). She is also a member of the MUBS Technical Advisory Disability Committee (TADC). In addition, she serves as the "focal person" for the Uganda National Council for Disability (UNCD). She is reported to specialize in "disability rights, inclusive education, policy advocacy, technology"... and the rights of youth, particularly girls and those of women. Goretti Byomire is a Mandela Washington Fellow, Class of 2021. While there, she studied public management at the University of Minnesota. Three years earlier, in 2018, she had studied public management at Kenyatta University as a Fellow of the Young African Leaders Institute Regional Leadership Center (YALI RLC). See also Amanda Ngabirano References External links Personal Profile at LinkedIn.com Photos: MUBS Students With Different Abilities Call for Tolerance at Disability Awareness Day As of 2019. 1984 births Living people Ugandan women scientists Makerere University academics Makerere University alumni Disability rights activists University of South Africa alumni People educated at Trinity College Nabbingo 21st-century Ugandan women scientists
Rashida Mahama is a female Ghanaian politician and the Municipal Chief Executive of the East Mamprusi District in North East Region of Ghana. She was the former New Patriotic Party women's organizer of the region. Early life Educational Background Work References Ghanaian politicians Year of birth missing (living people) Living people
Åssiden Upper Secondary School is a vocational upper secondary school located in the Åssiden area of Drammen, Norway. Of the ten vocational programs available in Norway, eight of these can be studied at Åssiden. In addition, there is an adult education department, and a department catering to pupils who have recently moved to Norway and who require additional Norwegian language tuition in order to meet the requirements of an upper secondary education. References External links The official web page of Åssiden Upper Secondary School Secondary schools in Norway Drammen
Tisa Ho (born 22 December 1948) is an arts administrator and writer from Hong Kong. She is currently the director of the Hong Kong Arts Festival and has previously been the director of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, the Singapore Arts Festival, and several public art projects in Singapore, including the Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay, a public arts venue. She is currently the chair of the International Society of Performing Arts, and received an award from the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong for her contributions, in 2020. She has written several books on arts administration in Asia. Biography Ho was born on 22 December 1948 in China. She studied in St. Paul's Convent School in Hong Kong, and pursued art, theater, and music as a child. She went on to attend Hong Kong University, earning a Bachelor of Arts in 1971 and a master's degree in 1973. She studied art history in France, graduating from the University of Bordeaux in 1974 with a degree in French Studies, before completing a diploma in arts management from the City University, London. Her husband Ronald Ng is a hematologist, and her son Andrew Ng is an artificial-intelligence researcher. Career Ho worked for the management of the London Film Festival after completing her diploma in arts administration, later returning to Hong Kong where she worked as the arts and public relations consultation for the Hong Kong Arts Festival. In 1984, she moved to Singapore, and worked at the Singapore Arts Center, where she was responsible for executing the development of the Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay, a public arts venue. In 1986, she began working for Singapore's Ministry of Culture, working for the Cultural Services Division. She established a number of arts initiatives, including creating housing and other grants, and publishing a newsletter, Arts Diary. Ho was appointed the artistic co-ordinator for the Singapore Festival, and curated and marketed the 1988 and 1990 festivals. From 1990 to 1999, Ho was the executive director for the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. As the director of the orchestra, she established Singapore's International Piano Festival, as well as a series of open-air concerts at the Singapore Botanic Gardens. She also served on the boards of a number of arts-related organisations, including the Singapore Youth Orchestra, the LaSalle College of the Arts, and The Necessary Stage. She was also the president of a women's rights organisation, and wrote several newspaper articles and guidebooks while in Singapore. She is currently the chair of the International Society of Performing Arts, and 2020, received an award from the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong. In 2006, Ho was appointed the executive director of the Hong Kong Arts Festival. In 2020, Ho oversaw the presentation of a digital, online version of the festival, in response to restrictions relating to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ho has written several books on arts, public spaces, and artistic projects in Asia. These include Building Social Space in Singapore (2002), Ask Not – The Necessary Stage in Singapore Theatre (2004), and Her Story (2005). References 1948 births Hong Kong women writers Hong Kong art directors Alumni of the University of Hong Kong Living people
Irma Georgiyevna Makhinia (; born 6 September 2002) is a Russian ski jumper. She won a silver medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics in the mixed team event. References Living people 2002 births Ski jumpers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic ski jumpers of Russia Russian female ski jumpers Olympic silver medalists for the Russian Olympic Committee athletes Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in ski jumping
Aira cupaniana (Silver Hairgrass) is a species of annual herb in the family True grasses. They have a self-supporting growth form and simple, broad leaves. Individuals can grow to 13 cm. Source References
Daksha Nagarkar is an Indian actress and model who appears in Telugu films. She made her debut in 2014 with AK Rao PK Rao and went onto star in Hora Hori, Husharu and Zombie Reddy. Early life Daksha Nagarkar was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra to a Rajput mother and Maratha father. She was brought up in various places including Panchgani, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Delhi as she used to stay with her mother who worked in cosmetic company. Nagarkar initially aspired to become a cardiologist as she comes from a family of doctors, however, she later pursued a career in modelling and acting. Career Nagarkar made her debut in 2014 with the film AK Rao PK Rao. She later starred in Hora Hori (2015) directed by Teja. Reviewing her performance, Sangeetha Devi Dundoo of The Hindu wrote: "Daksha has a reasonably good screen presence and shows promise." Owing the film's shoot, Nagarkar could not attend her first year final exams and failed. Subsequently, she decided to take a break from films and complete her graduation in Bachelor of Business Administration. Three years later, Nagarkar returned to cinema with the coming of age film Husharu (2018). A 123telugu.com reviewer stated: "Daksha Nagarkar looks natural and is very good in her role." In 2021, she played a youngster addicted to gaming in Zombie Reddy. A critic from The Hindu called her performance "effective" while Firstpost Hemanth Kumar wrote that Nagarkar got her share of glory in the action-filled moments. In 2022, Nagarkar appeared in the dance number "Entha Sakkagundiro" in Bangarraju, alongside Naga Chaitanya. Later that year, she has signed to appear in the Ravi Teja-starrer Ravanasura. Filmography All films are in Telugu unless otherwise noted. References External Links Living people Date of birth missing (living people) Actresses from Mumbai Female models from Mumbai 21st-century Indian actresses Actresses in Telugu cinema Marathi actors
Risa Schwartz Whiting, born Fanny Englander (November 25, 1939 – June 20, 2017), born in Antwerp, Belgium, was an actress active in the United States, most commonly known for her role in The Tenth Man (Chayefsky play) as Evelyn Foreman. Her adoptive father was Maurice Schwartz, founder of the Yiddish Art Theatre and its associated school in New York City. Early life Risa Schwartz Whiting was born in Antwerp, Belgium as Fanny Englander, the daughter of Abraham Jozef Englander and Chawe Frank, a Jewish family. Her father was born in Podgórze, and her mother in Nowy Sącz. From Poland, her parents had migrated to Belgium. Whiting had a brother named Marvin Schwartz (born Mozes Englander). During the war, Whiting's parents were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau, and were murdered there. Whiting and her brother ended up in a children's home, Meisjeshuis (Antwerp). On September 21, 1942, 25 Jewish children who were with Whiting in the children's home, were arrested and deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau, where they were all murdered. Shortly thereafter, Whiting was rescued and transferred from the Meisjeshuis orphanage to the Sint-Erasmus hospital in Borgerhout (Antwerp), where she went into hiding with several other Jewish children. After another rescue, she was brought to the non-Jewish Vander Voordt family, where she survived the remainder of the war. Family and career After the war, Whiting lived in the Jewish orphanage in Wezembeek-Oppem with her brother. In 1947, they were adopted by Maurice Schwartz and his wife Anna. Maurice Schwartz was a stage and film actor active in the United States, who founded the Yiddish Art Theatre and its associated school in 1918 in New York City, and was its theatrical producer and director. Whiting grew up in the theatre. In her professional career, Whiting played the role of Evelyn Foreman in The Tenth Man (Chayefsky play). Later, she became a theatrical performer in Maui. In 2004, she was honored for her theatrical contributions to Hawaï by the Hawaï chapter of B'nai B'rith and Hillel at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Whiting died in New Milford, Connecticut in 2017, at age 77. References 1939 births 2017 deaths Holocaust survivors Belgian emigrants to the United States
The following is a list of music festivals in Taiwan. This list may have overlap with list of music festivals and List of festivals in Taiwan. Music festivals in Taiwan may focus on Taiwanese musicians or international musicians, and may be either in a concert or music competition format, or both. Music of Taiwan in contemporary times incorporates diverse genres, and Taiwan has many ongoing music festivals dedicated to pop music, Indigenous music, Indie Music, as well as Mandopop. Festivals Gallery See also Festivals of Taiwan List of music festivals#Taiwan Music of Taiwan List of film festivals in Taiwan List of tourist attractions in Taiwan List of Taiwan-related topics References T Taiwan Taiwan Music Festivals
The AlpspiX is a steel viewing platform that is attached at an altitude of about 2050 m on the Osterfelderkopf, a 2057 m high secondary summit of the Alpspitze. The walkable, free-floating arms of the AlpspiX are covered with gratings and provide a view of the Höllental, about 1000 meters below. The construction is about 20 meters above the mountain station of the Alpspitzbahn and has been open to the public and free of charge since July 4, 2010. At the same time as the Alpspix, a 700-meter-long circular trail, the “summit adventure trail”, was opened in the vicinity. According to the operator, it is an entertaining nature adventure trail that is also suitable for families, senior citizens, and less sure-footed guests. Construction The AlpspiX consists of two 24 meter long steel frames that swing freely about 13 meters above the rock in the Höllental, whereby the floor is transparent through the grating; at the end there is a slanted pane of glass at the end of the path, to allow a panoramic view when it is not dirty. The total weight of the construction is around 30 tons. The individual components, which weighed up to 1.4 tons, were transported up the mountain in 60 helicopter flights. According to a spokesman, the costs were in the low six-digit euro range. The name is a word-formation from the components “Alpspitze” and “X” because the crossed arms running over each other create an X-like construction. Controversy At the opening, the head of government of Upper Bavaria, Christoph Hillenbrand, asserted that the new platform would do much to increase the attractiveness of the Wetterstein Mountains and offer prospects. The spokesman for the Bavarian Zugspitzbahn Bergbahn (as the operating company of the Alpspitzbahn) made a similar statement and combined this with the information that e.g., B. Even wheelchair users can enjoy the intoxication of heights. Tourists were also enthusiastic, e.g., B. through corresponding entries in the summit book or posts in internet forums. On the other hand, the German Nature Conservation Society opposed the AlpspiX because it defaced the beauty of the mountains. The extreme climber Stefan Glowacz took part in protests against the AlpspiX. He expressed his rejection in a particularly media-effective manner at the opening ceremony by roping together with a partner below the platform and holding a banner with the inscription: “Our Mountains don't need flavor enhancers.” The actions took place with the participation of the German branch of the nature organization Mountain Wilderness. The German Alpine Association points out that experiencing the mountains and not just the tourist attraction should be the focus. In the opinion of the German Alpine Association, local authorities and those responsible for tourism should develop more up-to-date offers for those looking for relaxation, mountaineers that meet the growing needs for authenticity, and closeness to nature. The association cites the creation of themed trails as an example of such contemporary offers. References External links The new viewing platform on the Alpspitze Official website 2010s architecture Cast-iron architecture Observation decks Wetterstein
Esther Acklom (1788–11 June 1818), also known as Esther Spencer, Viscountess Althorp, was a British heiress and socialite most well known for her social flirtations. Born the only child of Richard Acklom of Wiseton Hall, Nottinghamshire, and his wife Elizabeth, Acklom found great success and popularity in London social circles because of her wealth and good humour. She quickly gained the reputation of a flirt, turning down a large amount of marriage proposals, including those of James, Lord Lindsay, naval officer Edmund Knox, and Henry, Lord Glentworth, the heir of Lord Limerick. In 1812 Acklom became engaged to the army officer Christopher Tilson, but she broke this off just before the wedding, and she broke off a subsequent engagement to another man after she inherited her father's wealth upon his death in December. She went on to meet John, Viscount Althorp towards the start of 1814, and despite his initial unwillingness she persuaded him to marry her, probably so that he could remove his debts with her dowry and she could receive a title. Notwithstanding this inauspicious start, the marriage was a happy one. Acklom died giving birth to a stillborn child in June 1818, and Althorp mourned her for the rest of his life. Life Early life Esther Acklom, born 1788, was the only child of Richard Acklom of Wiseton Hall, Nottinghamshire, and his wife Elizabeth Bernard, the sister of Francis, Lord Bandon. As such she was also her father's heir, and her wealth led her to be highly popular in London high society despite being "a stout and somewhat plain lady", according to biographer John Andrew Hamilton. Acklom arrived in London in around 1807, living at her father's house in Lower Grosvenor Street. She was supported and sometimes chaperoned by Frances Calvert, the wife of politician Nicolson Calvert, who quickly noted that Acklom was wont to be a flirt and coquette. Frances' brother-in-law, Charles, was one of the first men to propose to Acklom, but she turned him down declaring that she would not marry a man who was over thirty. Social historian John Doran described her as a "queen of hearts...who broke as many as she could". Soon after her flirtation with Charles Calvert, Acklom began to receive more marriage proposals, turning down James, Lord Lindsay among others. By November Acklom had moved on to attract the attention of another of Frances' relatives, this time her nephew Edmund Knox, a Royal Navy officer. Frances commented of Acklom at this time that "she has a way of encouraging men, without meaning to have them". Acklom's relationship with Frances began to severely deteriorate after this, with the latter attempting to avoid her, and the former behaving "as cold as an icicle". Acklom continued her flirtations, this time with Henry, Lord Glentworth, the heir of Edmund, Lord Limerick. Despite these difficulties, the Calverts were still on good terms with Acklom by 1809, mostly due to their strong relationship with Acklom's father. Acklom continued to grace social circles, and by the middle of 1811 was still receiving marriage proposals, with Frances resigned that Acklom was "a very good girl, only with some faults in manner". Opinions on Acklom were not all negative however; she was occasionally chaperoned by John Spencer Stanhope's mother, and was close with the Spencer-Stanhope family. Their biographer, A. M. W. Stirling, takes a more positive approach to Acklom, saying that "she was invariably agreeable, despite the fact that her speech was apt to be too frank and her determination too unswerving to render her universally popular". By 30 June Acklom had keenly agreed to marry a different suitor, Thomas Knox, who was a travelling companion of Spencer Stanhope and elder brother of Edmund Knox, but her father was in declining health and he refused to complete the marriage settlements. By November the marriage was all but cancelled because of these difficulties. Frances, still highly involved in Acklom's social life, bitterly commented that "never was there anything equal to the conduct of the Acklom crew, Miss at the head". After this Acklom met Christopher Tilson, a British Army officer, while at Exmouth. The pair became quickly engaged and the marriage was to take place, but Acklom reneged on the agreement just beforehand; Tilson returned to serve in the Peninsular War soon afterwards. In August 1812 Acklom agreed to marry a J. Madocks, but on 31 December her father finally died, leaving her his fortune and compelling her to break her engagement with Madocks. Now worth more than £10,000 a year, Acklom used her newfound wealth to pay Madocks back all the money he had spent on her during their engagement, and he, like Tilson, chose to escape the situation by going off to war. Marriage Soon after this Acklom met and was courted by John, Viscount Althorp; he had not intended to marry and was only courting her because his parents wished him to marry, but Acklom made it so clear to him that she wished to marry him that he proposed to her despite this. Acklom was likely drawn to Althorp because of his title, and at first the couple had little to like about each other (it had taken Althorp a two-hour walk before he could bring himself to propose) but this changed as the engagement went on. Before the wedding could take place Althorp's grandmother Georgina, Lady Spencer died, leaving them both in mourning and unable to go ahead with the wedding. She retired to Bath, during which time Tilson returned to England, having been promoted to lieutenant-general. It was thought that Acklom would go back on her engagement with Althorp now that Tilson had returned with higher honours, but this was not to be so. Being lauded for her "intelligence and wit" as well as her wealth, Acklom married Althorp at Upper Brook Street, London, on 13 April 1814, in front of an audience of over 2,000 people. Some were unimpressed with the marriage, with Althorp's sister Lady Sarah Spencer deriding Acklom as "a vulgar person and a spoilt child", arguing that Althorp only married her in order to settle his debts with her dowry, but still admitting that the marriage itself was a happy one, with the couple devoted to each other. Althorp's mother Lavinia, Lady Spencer, similarly disliked the "portly, homely" Acklom, who biographer John Pearson noted as the antithesis of what Lavinia wanted for her son in a wife. After the marriage Acklom was taken to Althorp on a favourable visit to her new family and their estates, but the couple chose to live together at Wiseton, Acklom's inherited country home that included over of land. They went about rebuilding Wiseton in a more modern fashion, at a cost of £10,000, with Althorp focusing his time on farming. Aware that an heir was necessary for the aristocratic Spencer family, Acklom was eager to have a child. She fell pregnant towards the end of 1817, and the couple moved from their town house on noisy Pall Mall to William, Lord Fitzwilliam's quieter house in Halkin Street. On 8 June 1818 the baby, a boy, was stillborn there. Acklom stayed abed, and on 11 June her health deteriorated rapidly and she too died, despite the efforts of Althorp and her doctor to revive her. Her death left her husband heavily in grief. Acklom was buried alongside her son in the family vault at Great Brington on 18 June. Althorp, who had been master of the Pytchley Hunt, refused to hunt again in her memory, and chose to always wear black mourning clothes. Despite later becoming the third Earl Spencer, he never married again, leaving his brother Frederick to inherit the title upon his death, at which point he was still wearing a locket containing a strand of Acklom's hair. Notes and citations Notes Citations References 1788 births 1818 deaths Spencer-Churchill family British socialites People from Wiseton
Timothy John Denis Rollinson, CBE, FICFor, FIAgrE (born 1953) is a British public servant and forester. Born in 1953, Rollinson studied at the University of Edinburgh, graduating with a degree in ecological science and resource management. He entered the staff of the Forestry Commission in 1976, working as a district officer. From 1981 to 1993, he was successively head of growth and yield studies, head of land use planning and head of the Parliamentary and Policy Division. Rollinson was then the commission's Secretary from 1994 to 1997, Chief Conservator for England between 1997 and 2000, and head of the Policy and Practice Division from 2000 to 2003. After a year as director of the Forestry Group, he was appointed Director-General and Deputy Chairman of the Forestry Commission in 2004. He served until 2013. After his retirement, the offices were abolished. In recognition of his service, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours. He was also president of the Institute of Chartered Foresters from 2000 to 2002, having been elected a fellow in 1995. He is also a fellow of the Institution of Agricultural Engineers. References Living people 1953 births British foresters British civil servants Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Chelsea Bremner (born 11 April 1995) is a New Zealand rugby union player. She made her Black Ferns debut on 14 November 2020 against the New Zealand Barbarians at Waitakere. She earned her second cap in the second match against the Barbarians at Nelson. Career Bremner is a school teacher at Hornby Primary School, she also coaches the boys' rugby team. Bremner began her sporting career in netball, she only took up rugby in 2015. In 2019, she was named the Farah Palmer Cup Player of the Year. She was named in the New Zealand Development XV for the 2019 Oceania Rugby Women's Championship in Fiji, she played in all three games. She and her younger sister, Alana have both played 50 games for Lincoln University in 2020. She was part of the Canterbury team that won their fourth consecutive Farah Palmer Cup title in 2020. In November 2021, Bremner signed with Matatū for the inaugural season of Super Rugby Aupiki. References External links Black Ferns Profile 1995 births Living people New Zealand female rugby union players
The Casa Rull Museum is a historic house in La Massana, Andorra. It is named for the Rull family, landowning farmers, but grew to prominence when the Perich family of wealthy merchants married into the family in 1757. The house dates to 1732, but is on the site of earlier structures owned by the Rulls. It burnt down in the late 19th century, leaving only the stone walls, and was afterwards rebuilt. In 2000 the Andorran government opened the house as a museum. History The Rull family is one of the oldest in Andorra, dating back to the 14th century. The current Casa Rull in La Massana was built in 1723. It was constructed on the site of two earlier buildings, one known by the same name and one known as the Pere Rull. The Rulls were farmers who grew cereals and legumes and raised sheep. Although the family name of the occupants changed over the years the house was still known as the Casa Rull. The building consists of three storeys plus an attic. The house and family was one of the foremost in La Massana by 1757 when Tomàs Perich married into the family. Perich was a wealthy merchant from Andorra la Vella who had made his fortune trading mules and sheep with Catalonia, taking advantage of differences in national tax regimes. Under the Perichs Casa Rull rose in status and the occupants came to be considered "pagesos grassos" (literally: "fat peasants"), a petite bourgeoisie class of landowning farmers. While the Rull occupants had been second-class councillors in the Consell de la Terra the Perichs became first-class councillors and, from the late 19th century, some members became syndic (president). The Casa Rull suffered a severe fire in the late 19th century that started in the oven and burnt all of the wooden structure, leaving only the stone walls. The houseowner at the time sold livestock and took out loans to fund the rebuilding of Casa Rull. The last private owner of the Casa Rull was Josep Perich Puigcercós. He reached agreement with the Andorran government to transform the structure into a museum. Museum The museum opened on 9 June 2000. It shows the house as it might have been in the late 19th century when it was occupied by the Perich family. The museum costs 5 euros to enter with a supplement for a guided tour. It is part of the Andorra Museumpass scheme and on the Andorran government museums "rural habitat" itinery. Over the Christmas and New Year period of 2021/2022 the house hosted an exhibition of rural life in Andorra portrayed through Playmobil dioramas. The exhibition featured 500 figures from the collection of Chile-born Andorra resident Daniel Arellano. References Museums in Andorra Houses completed in 1732 2000 establishments in Europe La Massana
Kiyémis (born 1993) is a militant French Afro-feminist, poet and lecturer. The name she uses is a pseudonym, combining the first name of her mother with that of her grandmother. Realizing during the 2005 French riots that the police were treating Black people differently from the native French, she became interested in supporting their rights. In 2012, while at university she began to contribute to Twitter and two years later launched her popular blog Les Bavardages de Kiyémis (Chat by Kiyémis). Her collection of poetry, À nos humanités révoltées (To Our Outraged Kinsfolk), was first published in Toulouse in 2018 and republished by Premiers Matins in 2020 with a supportive introduction by Gerty Dambury. Biography Born in 1993 in the Paris area, Kiyémis was raised between Bobigny and Paris before moving to Lyon. She had a happy childhood with her Cameroon-born father, mother and grandmother, and her twin brother. From the age of 13, she realized that as a Black women, she was not being treated in the same way as the ethnic French. She first graduated in history and then earned a master's degree in political science. In 2012, while studying history, she began to contribute to Twitter together with other young women interested in Afro-feminism. Encouraged by her mother, two years later she launched her blog, Les Bavardages de Kiyémis dealing with her personal writings, how black women fared at work and the lack of mixing between Blacks and Whites. While some expected her to write an essay on Afro-feminism, she responded by writing poetry. The small publishing house Métagraphes was so impressed with the verses she sent in that they encouraged her to publish a short collection. It appeared in March 2018 as A nos humanités révoltées, expressing her ideas on oppression and all the related struggles. It was republished by Premiers Matins in late 2020 with a preface by the Cameroonian writer Gerty Dambury. It received positive reviews. References External links Kiyémis' website (in French) 1993 births Living people Writers from Paris French women writers Black feminism 21st-century French poets French women's rights activists French bloggers Pseudonymous writers
Zezva Gafrindauli () was one of the leaders during 1659 the Bakhtrioni uprising. Leader of Tushetians. With his leadership Georgian mountain tribes assaulted Safavid garrions in Georgian fortresses and turcoman els. During the Battle of Bakhtrioni he commanded the units that first crossed fortress walls, killed guards and opened gates for a larger army to enter. After fortress was captured Gafrindauli's unit chased the enemy and took part in a battle on Alazani valley, which ended in Georgian victory. after this Zezva was fortified in Pankisi fortress. He was captured after a betrayal and imprisoned in Tbilisi, later he was executed. Reference Sources Rebels from Georgia (country)
FRM Nazmul Ahasan (15 February 1955 – 4 February 2022) was a Bangladeshi lawyer and Judge of the Appellate Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court. Early life Ahasan was born on 15 February 1955, in Pakistan. After finishing his masters he completed his law degree. Career On 18 March 1986, Ahasan started working as a lawyer in the District Courts. Ahasan became a lawyer in the High Court Division on 22 January 1994 and on 13 December 2009 the Appellate Division. He was a member of the Central Committee of Communist Party of Bangladesh. On 18 April 2010, Ahasan was appointed an additional judge in the High Court Division and became a full judge on 15 April 2012. On 29 August 2019, Ahasan and Justice K. M. Kamrul Kader issued a ruling that mandated portraits of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman be placed in all courtrooms of Bangladesh. Ahasan and Justice K. M. Kamrul Kader issued a ruling on 15 February 2020 that asked the government to make 7 March the "historic national day" commemorating the historic 7 March Speech of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Ahasan and Justice K. M. Kamrul Kader issued a ruling on 10 March 2020 that declared the national slogan of Bangladesh to be Joy Bangla. On 8 December 2020, Ahasan and Justice Shahed Nuruddin issued an order asking the government to provide protection to monuments of President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Ahasan was made a Judge of the Appellate Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court on 9 January 2022. He was one month away from retirement on 15 February 2022 when he was promoted. Death Ahasan died of complications from COVID-19 at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital on 4 February 2022, at the age of 66. Bangladesh Supreme Court suspended all activities of the court on 6 February 2022, in remembrance of Ahasan. References 1955 births 2022 deaths Bangladeshi lawyers Supreme Court of Bangladesh justices Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh Communist Party of Bangladesh politicians
Aira elegans is a species of plant in the Poaceae family. It is commonly known as Mediterranean Hairgrass, Elegant Hairgrass and the Annual Silver Hairgrass. References
Indústrias Reunidas Fábricas Matarazzo (IRFM) was a Brazilian business group, the largest in Latin America at its time, headquartered in the city of São Paulo, capital of the homonymous state, where it employed about 6% of the local population. It had the fourth highest gross income in Brazil and had more than thirty thousand employees in its numerous units throughout the country. Its founder was the Italian immigrant Francesco Matarazzo, who became the richest man in the Brazil at the time. Matarazzo, who was a farmer in his homeland and a peddler shortly after arriving in Brazil, started his business life with a small commercial house that sold lard in Sorocaba. In the 1940s, at its peak, the group had more than 350 companies in the fields of food, textiles, beverages, land and sea transport, ports, railways, shipyards, metallurgy, agriculture, energy, banking, real estate and others. At the end of the 1980s, it filed for bankruptcy, under the command of Maria Pia Matarazzo, granddaughter of the founder, going bankrupt soon after. The only factory left from the old complex, surviving to the 21st century, was the one that produced the soap brand "Francis". It was sold to the Bertin group, which in turn resold it to the JBS group, owner of Flora Higiene e Limpeza. It still owns several properties and land spread across Brazil, it also leases paper, sugar and alcohol mills. History Foundation Francesco Matarazzo arrived in Brazil in 1881, fleeing a serious economic crisis in Italy. He brought with him a ton of lard, his only capital to start a business. However, in an accident, all his stock ended up at the bottom of the sea. Then he gathered resources and in 1883 he established the Casa Matarazzo in Sorocaba, a warehouse that sold basic goods, which can be considered his first business. There he extracted lard for sale. He then began to travel through cities on the back of a mule, buying pigs and selling lard, an essential culinary item at the time. In 1890 he moved to the São Paulo and, in the following year, with his brothers Giuseppe and Luigi, Francesco created the company Matarazzo S.A., which had 41 minority shareholders, mainly Italians. The company's main activity was the import of wheat flour and cotton from the United States. With the Spanish-American War in 1898, which involved some colonies in Central America, the import of flour was compromised. Matarazzo then began to buy the product from Argentina. Then he decided to produce the flour in Brazil. With the help of credit from the British bank The London and Brazilian Bank (later Bank of London and South America), he built a modern mill in São Paulo in 1900. Moinho Matarazzo, as it came to be called, was the largest industrial facility in the city of São Paulo, which processed 2,500 bags of flour a day, each weighing 44 kilograms. Soon after, Francesco decided to also manufacture the packaging cans, opening a metallurgical plant. Remaining faithful to the practice of investing in different branches of the production chain, he created a cotton weaving company, starting from the sack section of his mill. In 1911, the industrial facilities that served the varied activities of Matarazzo came together in a formal organization, thus creating the Indústrias Reunidas Fábricas Matarazzo, a joint-stock company. The company's motto was Fides, Honor, Labor. Rise The set of industries quickly achieved great success. Under the motto of “a good deal is made in the purchase, not in the sale”, Francesco Matarazzo was increasingly expanding the company's set of manufacturing units and its range of products. In 1920, the Água Branca industrial complex was inaugurated, in the west zone of São Paulo, in an area of 100,000 square meters. The place was characterized by its immense brick chimneys, which could be seen from hundreds of meters away. This was the first industrial park in São Paulo with a verticalized notion of production. Factories of various branches were installed there, such as sawmills, refineries, distillers, slaughterhouses, carts, soaps, perfumes, fertilizers and insecticides, candles, nails and liquors. It also had workers' villages, warehouses, bank and a pioneer film distributor. Everything was supplied with energy from the company's own power plant, at Casa do Eletricista and Casa das Caldeiras, the only remaining buildings of the entire industrial complex to this day. During the 1930s, Indústrias Reunidas Francesco Matarazzo had colossal revenues and reach. The products of the industrial complex were present in the daily lives of almost all Brazilians. IRFM's revenue was smaller only than that of the Federal Government, the National Coffee Department and the State of São Paulo. In 1937, the installation of the industrial complex in the municipality of Marília began. The unit processed cotton and rice, employing around 400 workers at its peak. The IRFM had great importance in the development of the then young municipality, which came to be known as the "capital of Alta Paulista". The complex even had private access to the railway line for the loading and unloading of its products. In 1975, the IRFM was completely deactivated, and part of the set was listed by CONDEPHAAT as protected heritage in 1992. Francesco Matarazzo died in 1937, being the owner of the fifth largest fortune in the world at the time, with an estimated net worth of 20 billion dollars in current values. New age Francesco Matarazzo Júnior, son of Francesco Matarazzo, took over the industrial complex. He led the company for 40 years, further expanding its branches of production and inaugurating a new age. He built factories in the chemical, food and alcohol industries. Among the new products were cellulose, cellophane, cookies, margarine, carbon sulfide, castor oil and insecticides. In the 60s, new factories were opened, such as perlon, synthetic fibers, plastic laminates and soluble coffee fiber. However, the Matarazzo Industries began to feel the first signs of decline. Decline In 1969, pressure from multinational companies, which had advanced management and advertising techniques, began to affect IRFM's sales, which caused the first negative balance in the company's history. Concerned with the recent shocks, Francesco Matarazzo Júnior hired the international consultancy Deloitte in order to improve the business, but the action did not work. Júnior died in 1977, being replaced by Maria Pia Esmeralda Matarazzo, which was 32 years old. Indústrias Reunidas Fábricas Matarazzo was still the largest business conglomerate in Brazil, and Maria decided to concentrate production on the most successful sectors: paper, chemicals and alcohol. She carried out an administrative reform and started the deactivation of old units that were in deficit. In 1981, the entire textile sector of IRFM was sold to the company Cianê. Between 1981 and 1983, the situation worsened. Maria faced a power struggle with her brothers and the company's revenue dropped even more, caused by repeated shocks in the economy. In 1983 the group tried to reach an agreement with 27 companies to avoid bankruptcy, which was suspended by the court after two years. Deep in debt due to unpaid loans, the IRFM had several buildings foreclosed, including the entire Água Branca industrial park. In 1990, the entire chemical complex, located in São Caetano do Sul, was deactivated. After two years, with IRFM on the verge of bankruptcy, Maria Matarazzo, relinquished control of the group's main companies, such as Cerâmica Matarazzo, Matarazzo Papéis and Matarazzo Embalagens. In 2013, the penultimate plant was closed in São Paulo. References Companies established in 1911 Companies disestablished in 1987 Defunct companies of Brazil
Magnus Jackson (25 September 1831 – 27 April 1891) was a Scottish landscape photographer from Perth. He was noted for his use of the collodion process in developing his photographic film. He left around 2,500 glass photographic negatives taken in Perth and the surrounding area between the late 1850s and 1890. These are now on permanent display at Perth Museum and Art Gallery. In 2017, Perth Museum and Art Gallery exhibited Jackson's work over four months. The exhibition featured a projected silhouette of Jackson describing, in his own words, the challenge of using wet-plate collodion photography. Early life Jackson was born on 25 September 1831 to Thomas Jackson and Helen Miller, one of their six children (three sons and three daughters). Thomas Jackson was a picture-frame maker, looking glass manufacturer, a restorer of oil paintings and a print seller. His business was at 70 George Street. The family home was at 3 Bridge Lane, at the rear of the business. His eldest son, James, took over the business in the late 1840s. Magnus, in turn, inherited the business from his brother. He continued to run the carving and gilding business alongside his career as a photographer up until his death. In the early 1850s, took lessons in wet-plate collodion photography in London. After three years in the capital, he returned to Perth, where he established his own photography business in a wooden studio in Marshall Place, on the site of today's St Leonard's-in-the-Fields Church, overlooking the city's South Inch. Career By 1884, his success was at its peak, allowing him the funds to construct new premises at 62 Princes Street, a few yards to the north, adjacent to Greyfriars Burial Ground. The same year, he was awarded a medal at the International Foresty Exhibition in Edinburgh. In 1886, he was awarded the bronze medal and diploma of merit at the International Exhibition of Industry, Science and Art in Edinburgh for his photographs of ferns and foxgloves. When his health began to fail, in the late 1880s, his sons, Thomas and Magnus Jr, took over the business. They used the trade name T. & M. Jackson from 1891. Magnus Jr was working alone by 1893, and he continued until around 1898, when he committed suicide. The business folded at that point, and the premises were taken over by Burrows Brothers photographers. Personal life Jackson married Jessie Christie in December 1859. They lived in Bridge Lane, but as their financial situation improved they moved, firstly in December 1870, to 30 James Street, then to 59 Scott Street. The couple had three children: sons Thomas (1861) and Magnus (1865) and, between them, daughter Catherine Stewart (1863). Each of them received photography training from their father. In 1897, Thomas emigrated to South Africa, where he continued to be a photographer. He married Adelaide Sarah Grove, a Londoner. He died in Colesberg, South Africa, in 1940, aged 78. In 1877, Jackson was elected a member of the Perthshire Society of Natural Science (PSNS), a decade after its formation. The following year, he was elected to Perth's town council. In 1879, he was part of a committee charged with building the Perthshire Society of Natural Science Museum at today's 62–72 Tay Street. He was elected to the council of PSNS the following year, elevating to vice-president between 1882 and 1884. In the middle of this tenure, he exhibited his work A piece of larch from a tree which had been struck by lightning. He was appointed Police Commissioner for Perth in 1885, under the General Police and Improvement (Scotland) Act, 1862. His role was to oversee the police department, street lighting and fire services. By the last decade of his life, Jackson was on the council of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. A supporter of the Literary and Antiquarian Society of Perth, he bequeathed a brass candlestick to their collection. It was reportedly given to one of his ancestors, Magnus the Miller, by William Wallace. It is in the collections of Perth Museum and Art Gallery. In 1887, he was a part of a committee that dealt with a boat carrying victims of cholera, and found a safe mooring place on the Tay that allowed the facilitation of treatment for and isolation of the patients. Two years before his death, in May 1889 he officially opened Perth's public swimming baths on Dunkeld Road. His wife, Jessie, died two months later, on 18 July. Death Jackson died on 27 April 1891, aged 59. His death was not unexpected, his having been ill for several years. His causes of death were given as "senile decay, chronic hepatitis, acute dyspepsia and inanition". In his newspaper obituary, the Perthshire Constitutional noted that he was "known across Scotland as a first-rate landscape photographer". Jackson and his wife are interred in Perth's Wellshill Cemetery. Publication Photography Outside the Studio (1881) – published in two parts in both The Photographic News and the British Journal of Photography References External links Magnus Jackson: Photographer – Dundee University Review of the Arts "'Whistling Willie', The Lion Man" – Hole Ouisa Perth North Inch – Scotland's Landscape, BBC 1831 births 1891 deaths People from Perth, Scotland 19th-century Scottish photographers Landscape photographers Deaths from dementia Deaths from hepatitis Deaths from digestive disease Deaths by starvation
Ajuga iva (Southern Bugle) is a species of perennial herb in the family Lamiaceae. They have a self-supporting growth form and simple, broad leaves. Individuals can grow to 5cm. Subspecies include Ajuga iva subsp. iva and Ajuga iva subsp. pseudoiva. Source References Ajuga
George Bodley Ryle, CBE (4 March 1902 – 14 February 1978) was a British civil servant and forester. Born on 4 March 1902, Ryle was the son of Reginald John Ryle, a doctor. He attended St Catherine's College, Oxford, completing a diploma in forestry in 1923. He joined the Forestry Commission's staff in 1924 as a district officer in eastern England, moving to south Wales in 1928. In 1936, the government prioritised afforestation in the valleys of south Wales to help relieve unemployment amongst the coal miners; Ryle was appointed the divisional officer and oversaw the introduction of thriving woodland to those areas. For the duration of the Second World War, Ryle was seconded to the Home Timber Production Department of the Ministry of Supply. Between 1945 and 1947, he served on the North German Timber Control. Returning to the Forestry Commission, he was appointed a Conservator for England in 1947; during this tenure, he was responsible for the acquisition of 160,000 acres of land. He was successively Director of Forestry for Wales from 1954 to 1958, Director of Forestry for England from 1958 to 1963 and then Deputy Director-General of the commission from 1963 until his retirement in 1965; he was the last holder of the latter office. For his services, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1960. He died on 14 February 1978. References 1902 births 1978 deaths English foresters English civil servants Alumni of St Catherine's College, Oxford Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Natalie A. Braswell is an American lawyer and public servant who serves as Connecticut State Comptroller, one of the state's six constitutional officers and its chief fiscal guardian. Braswell is Connecticut's first African-American comptroller. Life and career Braswell attended the University of Connecticut, from which she received a BA in political science in 2000, an MPA in public administration in 2002, and a JD in 2007. She has taught legal practice as an adjunct professor at UConn School of Law and served on the school's foundation board and its diversity, equity, and belonging committee. She served as vice president of the George W. Crawford Black Bar Association from 2007 to 2011. She is a member of the Connecticut Bar Association. Braswell began her career working as an associate attorney with the law office of Updike, Kelly & Spacey in Hartford from 2007 to 2011. From 2011 to 2021, she worked as general counsel and assistant comptroller under Kevin Lembo. Her duties included managing all legal affairs for the Office of the State Comptroller, negotiating and preparing contracts, overseeing procurement processes, and serving as the office's ethics liaison. Starting in March 2021, Braswell became chief of legal, planning and regulatory affairs at the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. She is a Democrat. Governor Ned Lamont appointed Braswell to be comptroller effective December 31, 2021, after Kevin Lembo resigned due to ill health. Following the example of Governor William A. O'Neill, Lamont appointed Braswell as a caretaker after she committed not to seek a full four-year term. She will serve until the next comptroller assumes office on January 3, 2023. Braswell lives with her husband, Robert, and daughter, Gabby, in Bloomfield, Connecticut. References Living people University of Connecticut alumni University of Connecticut School of Law alumni 21st-century African-American politicians 21st-century American politicians Connecticut Comptrollers Connecticut Democrats Connecticut lawyers American civil servants
Adam Abu is a Ghanaian politician and member of the New Patriotic Party. He's District Chief Executive of the Mamprugu-Moagduri District district in Northern Region of Ghana. References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Place of birth missing (living people) New Patriotic Party politicians
The Costa Book Award for Short Story, established in 2012, is an annual literary award for short stories. The awards are given both for high literary merit but also for works that are enjoyable reading and whose aim is to convey the enjoyment of reading to the widest possible audience. As such, they are a more populist literary prize than the Booker Prize. Recipients Costa Books of the Year are distinguished with a bold font and a blue ribbon (). Award winners are listed in bold. See also Costa Book Award for Biography Costa Book Award for Children's Books Costa Book Award for First Novel Costa Book Award for Novel Costa Book Awards References External links Official website English-language literary awards Costa Book Awards Awards established in 2012 Short story awards
Claude B. Levenson (2 August 1938 – 13 December 2010) was a French journalist, orientalist, Tibetologist, translator and writer who authored approximately twenty-five books on the subjects of Buddhism, Burma and Tibet. She contributed to the newspapers Le Monde, L'Obs, Politique internationale, Le Temps, Geo, 24 heures and Libération. Levenson was a member of the Committee of 100 for Tibet and worked as a translator for the Dalai Lama. Early life Levenson was born in Paris on 2 August 1938. She was the daughter of a Jew from Bessarabia who would become a resistance fighter during the Second World War when France was under occupation but who was murdered by the Nazis at Auschwitz in 1941. Levenson's mother would also become a resistance fighter. Levenson attended the public school Lycée et collège Victor-Duruy in Paris, and in the 1950s, she studied Russian, Sanskrit and several Oriental languages, such as Hindi and Persian at Moscow State University while she became acquainted with Oriental civizilations. Career Levenson worked for the newspapers Le Monde, L'Obs, Politique internationale, Le Temps, Geo, 24 heures, political commentary for Libération and the broadcaster Radio Suisse Internationale. She was a member of the Committee of 100 for Tibet. While at university, Levenson began to sympathise with the cause of Tibet. She first met the Tibetan religious leader Dalai Lama in Paris in 1981 and she maintained a friendship with him over the following decades, working as an interpreter for him. Levenson had also previously met dictators in South America while living in the region and observed events of 1980s Argentina. She ventured to Tibet for the first time in 1984 after a meeting with the Dalai Lama the previous year in Geneva and she remained there until her visa was terminated by Beijing in 2005. Levenson was declared persona non grata in China in 2006 due to her perceived closeness with Tibetan separatists. She also met the Burmese Aung San Suu Kyi several times. She authored approximately twenty-five books on Buddhism (two), Burma (two) and Tibet (fifteen). Some of the books were co-authored with her husband , the journalist, as well as Gianni Baldizzone, Tiziana Baldizzone and Laziz Hamani. These include Le chemin de Lhassa, un voyage au Tibet (1985), Le Seigneur du Lotus blanc, le Dalaï Lama (1987), D’Asie et d’ailleurs (1991), Ainsi parle le Dalaï Lama (1991), L’An prochain à Lhassa (1993), L’An prochain à Lhassa (1995), 1949–1959, la Chine envahit le Tibet (1995), aïlash, Joyau des neiges: Carnet de voyage au Tibet (1996), Symboles du bouddhisme tibétain (1996), La messagère du Tibet (1997), La Messagères du Tibet (1998), Le Dalaï Lama, naissance d’un destin (1998), Dormir, rêver, mourir : explorer la conscience avec le Dalaï-Lama (1998), Le Dalaï-Lama (1999), Tibet, un peuple en sursis (2000), Aung San Suu Kyi, demain la Birmanie (2000), Tibet, otage de la Chine (2002), L’ONU contre les droits de l’homme (2003), Le Bouddhisme (2004–2010), Vieira de Mello: L’Espoir foudroyé (2004), Tibet, d’oubli et de mémoire (2007), Birmanie: des moines contre la dictature (2008), Le Tibet (2008), Tibet, La question qui dérange (2008) and Tibet, Tibétains, Un peuple, un regard (2010). Her works have been translated into about twenty languages and she also translated the works of Octavio Paz and Osip Mandelstam. Death On the morning of 13 December 2010, Levenson died of cancer in Lausanne, Switzerland. Legacy A tribute to Levenson featuring film, slide shows and testimonies took place in Geneva in March 2011. In May 2011, the Théâtre du Soleil hosted a tribute evening to Levenson with the show Je suis le cœur d’un peuple, which was a presentation of readings of poems in Chinese, French and Tibetan. The Swiss Film Archive has kept a collection of Levenson's papers in their archive since 2014, and the Cantonal and University Library of Lausanne holds a collection on her since it acquired them in 2016. References External links 1938 births 2010 deaths French people of Moldovan-Jewish descent People from Paris Moscow State University alumni 20th-century French women writers 20th-century French translators 20th-century French journalists 21st-century French women writers 21st-century French translators 21st-century French journalists French women journalists French women non-fiction writers French orientalists Tibet freedom activists Le Monde writers Tibetologists
Three Sheets to the Wind is an album by the American band Idaho, released in 1996. Idaho promoted the album by touring with Low and Trans Am. It was a commercial disappointment, leading Caroline to drop the band. Production The album was produced by Martin Brumbach. Frontman Jeff Martin retained the same musicians who had recorded The Bayonet EP, allowing for more of a band sound. Martin used a 4-string guitar on the album. Three Sheets to the Wind was one of the first albums to employ High Definition Compatible Digital. Critical reception Trouser Press wrote that "Mark Lewis' brushed drumming gives 'If You Dare' a nearly jazzy feel, while 'Catapult' ventures onto classic rock-turf, with Martin’s baritone sacrificing some of its monochromatic intensity in favor of a gritty virility." The Washington Post determined that the band "creates a potent tension within a narrow dynamic range, but Wind isn't trapped in the cocktail lounge ... Melding tinkling piano with guitar feedback, the band rightfully serves its own elegant songs rather than mere genre revivalism." Guitar Player thought that "Martin's ond Dan Seta's guitars envelop the mind like mist on a dark, foggy afternoon." The Albuquerque Journal stated that Wind "handles the delicate Idaho sound Martin crafted on the first album and roughs it up a bit, slapping in an off-key vocal here and a screech of feedback there to give Martin's songs a bit of grit to take your ears away from the sad sounds." The Baltimore Sun concluded that the album "dilutes the pop melancholy of Jeff Martin's melodies with artfully deployed bursts of guitar dissonance." AllMusic wrote: "The overall result is a bit less sleepy than previous efforts, though Martin's downtrodden vision, reminiscent of Mark Eitzel, is still firmly in place. His distinct guitar sound—emanating from a four-stringed instrument with odd tunings—is still here also, as are his great chordal instincts." The State listed Three Sheets to the Wind as the fifth best album of 1996. Nashville Scene also considered the album to be one of the best of the year. Track listing References 1996 albums Caroline Records albums
San Stanislao Kostka is a Roman Catholic parish church located on 24 Via del Noviziato in the city of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. History The church was erected in 1607 by the Jesuit order with designs by Natale Masuccio. It served as the church for an adjacent Jesuit seminary. However, after the expulsion of the Jesuits from the Kingdom of Naples in 1767, the seminary was used as barracks for the royal troops. In 1814, the church was restored to the Jesuit order. During the revolution of 1848, the adjacent former seminary was leveled by revolutionaries. The area is now replaced by modern government buildings. Above the portal is a bas-relief in a medallion sculpted by Giacomo Pennino depicting Stanislaus Kostka in adoration of the infant Jesus. On the second floor are two busts of Jesuit saints. The roofline has a coat of arms of the Jesuit order with flanking stone urns with flames. The interior has a rich stucco and colored marble decoration. It includes stucco work by Giacomo Serpotta. The church is also risk in frescoes. The church also has a venerated icon of the Virgin, known as the Madonna del Lume, which is an alternate name for the church. References 17th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy Roman Catholic churches in Palermo Baroque architecture in Palermo Jesuit churches
Sukumar Pradhan (born October 1948 - October 2021) also known as S.K. Pradhan was a member of the Sikkim Legislative Assembly for two consecutive terms from 1984 to 1994 representing Central Pendam constituency from Sikkim Sangram Parishad. Personal life Son of pro democracy leader Nahakul Pradhan. He belongs from Taksari family lineage. Career He was elected from Central Pendam constituency for two consecutive terms(1984 to 1994). In Government of Sikkim, he held several positions as Chairman of Sikkim Livestock Development Corporation, Chairman of Sikkim Housing and Development Board and Sikkim Distilleries. Later he joined Sikkim Democratic Front and served in various capacities as Treasurer, General Secretary and Senior Vice President. He passed away in Siliguri on 28 October 2021 at the age of seventy three. Positions held 1984-89 - MLA - Central Pendam Constituency 1989-1994 - MLA - Central Pendam Constituency References 1948 births 2021 deaths Sikkim MLAs 1985–1989 Sikkim MLAs 1989–1994
Johan Friedrich Egbert "Jo" Einaar (1 January 1896 – 20 October 1977) was a Surinamese teacher and diplomat. He was an anthropology professor at Howard University in Washington DC, Dutch Consul General in New York City, and served as Minister Plenipotentiary of Suriname from 18 November 1965 until 1 July 1968. Biography Einaar was born in Paramaribo on 1 January 1896. After finishing high school, he became a teacher. In 1919, he left for the Netherlands, and studied at a trade school in Amsterdam while working for an insurance company. In 1927, he studied history at Leiden University, and obtained his doctorate in 1935 on a thesis about the British rule of Surinam between 1804 and 1816. Einaar returned to Suriname before World War II. In 1939, he was elected to the Colonial Estates of Suriname. In 1945, Einaar left for the United States to perform anthropological research for the Northwestern University. The same year, he became professor Anthropology at Howard University in Washington DC. Einaar was the first Surinamese person to become a member of the Dutch diplomatic service, and in 1949, was appointed Consul for Suriname in New York City. Later, he became Consul General for the Netherlands in New York City. In 1960, Einaar retired, and became Director of the Cabinet of the Minister Plenipotentiary of Suriname in The Hague on 1 February 1961. On 18 November 1965, Einaar was appointed Minister Plenipotentiary of Suriname, and had been acting minister since 1 January. The Minister Plenipotentiary represented Suriname in the Council of Ministers, and is allowed to address the House of Representatives. Princess Beatrix announced her engagement to Prince Claus. On 10 November, the States General of the Netherlands had to approve the marriage and the naturalisation of Prince Claus. The televised and heated debate focused on Claus' past in Nazi Germany even though he had seen no combat. During the debate, Einaar took the microphone, and delivered a passionate plea to allow the marriage of two people who love each other. The marriage was approved with 132 votes in favour and 9 against. Einaar later received his first fan mail. He served until 1 July 1968, and became President Curator of the University of Suriname. Einaar died on 21 October 1977 in Beneden-Leeuwen, Netherlands, at the age of 81. References 1896 births 1977 deaths Dutch diplomats Surinamese academics Ministers plenipotentiary (Suriname) Leiden University alumni Surinamese anthropologists Members of the National Assembly (Suriname) Howard University faculty People from Paramaribo
Ripley's Believe It or Not!: The Animated Series (also known simply as Ripley's Believe It or Not!) is an animated television series based solely on the brand of Ripley's Believe It or Not!.. The series was produced by Alphanim (now Gaumont Animation) and Cinar (now WildBrain) for Family Channel and France 3. 26 episodes were produced, and were aired on Fox Family Channel beginning on July 14, 1999, and was about three young people who discover unexplained mysteries and unusual items. The series is cited as the only animated series to have ever been based on the brand. Plot The series followed the adventures of "Michael Ripley", Robert Ripley's nephew. The show was aimed at a younger audience, and would often feature Michael going around the world with his two friends Samantha and Cyril in search of the strange, bizarre, and unexplained. They'll visit strange sites, meet peculiar people, witness fantastic feats and, at the end of every episode, secure yet another awesome oddity. Cast Tedd Dillon as Michael Ripley Rick Jones as Cyril Barker Jennifer Morehouse as Samantha Seaver Additional voices Bonnie Mak as Suzi Rick Miller Sonja Ball Robert Brewster Mark Camacho Ellen David Luis de Cespedes Carlo Essagian Dean Hagopian Kim Handysides A.J. Henderson Neil Kroetsch George Morris Tom Rack Harry Standjofski Jeannie Walker Russell Yuen Episodes The Daruma Dolls The Vampire Kit The Golden Helmet of Ur Curse of the Pharaoh's Tomb The Lie Detector The Million Year Old Egg Ghost of the Mystery House Eternity for Sale And Now the Weather Love's Many Charms The Lama's Skull Wattam the Warriors' Mask The First Artifact Well Doon, Cyril! A Dragon's Lullaby Heads I Win, Tails You Lose A Flare for Fashion A Helping Hand In His Uncle's Footsteps Can't See the Forest for the Trees Follow Your Dreams The Sweet Taste of Revenge The Evil Eye Hate Never Sleeps Peace for a Princess Home media In 2011, Mill Creek Entertainment released 5 episodes of the show on DVD as part of their deal with Cookie Jar Group in Region 1, under the name "Do You Believe?". An episode was also included as part of Cookie Jar's Halloween Cartoon Collection. See also References External links Ripley's Believe It or Not! television series Television shows based on comic strips English-language television shows Family Channel (Canadian TV network) original programming Fox Family Channel original programming Gaumont Animation Television series about urban legends Television series by Cookie Jar Entertainment France Télévisions children's television series 1990s French animated television series 1990s Canadian animated television series 1999 French television series debuts 1999 French television series endings 1999 Canadian television series debuts 1999 Canadian television series endings
Stefan Rogentin (born 16 May 1994) is an Swiss alpine skier who represented Switzerland at the 2022 Winter Olympics in the downhill. References Living people 1994 births Swiss male skiers Alpine skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers of Switzerland
Svitlana Serhiivna Stetsiuk (born 19 August 1974) is a Ukrainian athlete. Master of Sports of Ukraine of international class. She participated at the 2016 Summer Paralympic Games in the shot put where she finished in sixth position. Stetsiuk is engaged in athletics at the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Center for Physical Culture and Sports for the Disabled "Invasport". Stetsiuk's coaches are Olga Shostak and Victor Lys. Achievements Silver medalist of the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships. Double silver medalist of the 2014 IPC Athletics European Championships. Debutante of the 2016 Summer Paralympics. Participant of 2018 World Para Athletics European Championships. References 1974 births Living people Paralympic athletes of Ukraine Ukrainian female discus throwers Ukrainian female javelin throwers Ukrainian female shot putters Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships Medalists at the World Para Athletics European Championships
Urb is an Estonian surname meanin "catkin". As of 1 January 2021, 186 men and 199 women in Estonia have the surname Urb. Urb is ranked as the 332nd most common surname for men in Estonia, and 346th for women. The surname Urb is most common in Võru County, where 13.48 per 10,000 inhabitants of the county bear the surname. Notable people bearing the surname Urb include: Johann Urb (born 1977), Estonian-American actor, film producer and model Kaia Urb (born 1956), Estonian singer (1924–2018), Estonian singer (born 1952), Estonian singer-songwriter and actor (also known as Reket; born 1985), Estonian musician, producer, writer and actor Toomas Urb (born 1958), Estonian actor and singer References Estonian-language surnames
Sir John Raymond Johnstone, CBE (born 1929), known as Sir Raymond Johnstone, is a Scottish accountant, investment manager and former public official. Born in 1929, Johnstone is the son of Captain Henry James Johnston, RN (1895–1947) and Alison, née McIntyre. He studied at Trinity College, Cambridge, and trained as an accountant in Edinburgh from 1951 to 1954, before working in London until 1959; he was made a partner of Brown Fleming and Murray in 1959, and then became managing director of the investment management company Murray Johnstone in 1968, serving until 1989. He was also Murray Johnstone's chairman from 1984 to 1994 and then its president until 1997. Alongside these positions, Johnstone was chairman of the Forestry Commission from 1989 to 1994 and of the Historic Buildings Council for Scotland from 1995 to 2000. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1988 New Year Honours and was knighted in the 1993 New Year Honours for "public service in Scotland". References Living people 1929 births Scottish accountants Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Knights Bachelor Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
The 2013–14 season was Ulster's 20th season since the advent of professionalism in rugby union, and their second under head coach Mark Anscombe. The team finished as quarter-finalists in the Heineken Cup, and semi-finalists in the Pro12. Ulster's second team, the Ulster Ravens, competed in the British and Irish Cup, finishing second in their pool. At the end of the season, David Humphreys left as director of rugby to take up the same post at Gloucester. A few weeks later, head coach Mark Anscombe resigned. Les Kiss took over as director of rugby, and Neil Doak as head coach. Staff Squad Academy squad Player transfers Players in (Season 2013/2014) James McKinney from Rotherham R.U.F.C. David McIlwaine from Bristol Rugby Bronson Ross from Coventry R.F.C. Players out (Season 2013/2014) Niall O'Connor to Jersey R.F.C. Nigel Brady to Stade Aurillacois Ali Birch to Rotherham R.U.F.C. Adam D'Arcy to Bristol Rugby Blane McIlroy to TBA Heineken Cup Pool 5 Quarter-final Pro12 Semi-final End-of-season awards Ulster and Connacht jointly won the Fair Play award. Wing Andrew Trimble and lock Johann Muller were named in the Pro12 Dream Team. Ulster Ravens British and Irish Cup Pool 6 Ulster Rugby Awards The Ulster Rugby Awards ceremony was held at the Europa Hotel, Belfast, on 5 May 2014. Winners were: Bank of Ireland Ulster Player of the Year: Andrew Trimble Heineken Ulster Rugby Personality of the Year: Johann Muller BT Young Player of the Year: Paddy Jackson Rugby Writers Player of the Year: Andrew Trimble Ulster Rugby Supporters Club Player of the Year: Andrew Trimble Abbey Insurance Academy Player of the Year: Stuart McCloskey Ulster Carpets Youth Player of the Year: Adam McBurney Danske Bank Ulster Schools Player of the Year: Jacob Stockdale, Wallace High References 2013-14 2013–14 in Irish rugby union 2013–14 Pro12 by team 2013–14 Heineken Cup by team
"The Big Fix" is the second episode of the twenty-fifth season of the American animated television series South Park. The 313th episode overall of the series, it premiered on Comedy Central in the United States on February 9, 2022. This episode retconned "Token" Black's name to be Tolkien Black instead, after The Lord of the Rings author J. R. R. Tolkien. Plot Canabis farmer Randy Marsh attends a cannabis exposition where he learns that some people are boycotting cannabis farms that are not employing people of color. Randy speaks with his wife, Sharon, and their children, Shelly and Stan, about their lack of interaction with black people, in particular the fact that Stan never plays solely with his black classmate, Token Black. Stan invites Token and his parents, Steve and Linda Black, to the farm for dinner. During the meal, it is revealed that Token's first name is actually Tolkien, in honor of J.R.R. Tolkien. This comes to the surprise of Stan, who learns that he was the only one in his class who did not know this. Randy invites Steve to work at do some financial consulting for his cannabis business, Tegridy Farms. Steve is angered to see a Tegridy Farms billboard using his likeness, in light of the fact that Randy is uninterested in any of his ideas. When Randy gives him some of the profits resulting from the new ad campaign, Steve initially entertains the idea, but when he realizes he is being commodified, and that Randy is not interested in any of his ideas, he leaves the business. Stan goes to a doctor, and says he fears he is racist, having thought Tolkien's first name was a reference to tokenism. The doctor harshly criticizes Stan for having assumed such a thing, and breaks the fourth wall to question whether "anyone else" believed the same thing. He suggests Stan do some reading from the perspective of a black person, but Stan instead reads books by J.R.R. Tolkien. In class, Stan shares what he learned from Tolkien's work, which he suggests be made required reading. He later addresses a school assembly declaring it to be J.R.R. Tolkien Appreciation Day, but when he invites Tolkien up to speak, Tolkien declares he has never shared his father's love with the writer, hates Tolkien's work, and the fact that he was named after him. Later at Stan's house, Stan confesses to Tolkien his error regarding Tolkien's name. Tolkien says his parents bought the cannabis farm across the road, which Steve has named Credigree Weed. Randy incensed by this, and by the fact that Steve is using Randy's idea of exploiting Black culture for profit, and speaking in African-American Vernacular English to establish "street cred" with customers. Randy kicks Tolkien out of his house, promising to go to war with Steve. The episode ends with a gag public service announcement by the doctor, directed to those who thought Tolkien's name was really Token. Reception Dan Caffrey with The A. V. Club gave the episode an "A" rating, praising the Tolkien theme of the episode, and stating, "Of all the outstanding Tolkien episodes throughout South Park's history, I'd be hard-pressed to find one as funny and insightful as tonight's 'The Big Fix,' in which fantasy mythology and weed-farming come together to take on the hefty task of satirizing performative allyship." John Schwarz with Bubbleblabber rated the episode an 8 out of 10, commenting on South Park's history of racial discussion, stating "'With Apologies to Jesse Jackson' kind of introduced Matt Stone and Trey Parker's misconceived notions from white people as it pertains to black culture, 'The Big Fix' focuses on them just a bit more. It's an interesting conversation, however, it's interesting that we really didn't get a firm grasp on what the 'apology tour' should be, and perhaps, maybe even Matt and Trey are wrestling with this as well." References External links "The Big Fix". South Park Studios. February 9, 2022. J. R. R. Tolkien South Park (season 25) episodes Television episodes about racism American television episodes about cannabis

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