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Susie Ione Brown Waxwood (September 12, 1902 – January 30, 2006) was an American philanthropist and clubwoman, based in Princeton, New Jersey.
Early life and education
Susie Ione Brown was from Gray, Louisiana, the daughter of John D. Brown and Elizabeth Saulsby Brown. Her parents were teachers; her father also worked in insurance. Her brother Russell Wilfred Brown was a medical researcher and professor at Tuskegee Institute. She went to high school in New Orleans. She graduated from Howard University in 1925, and was a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.
Career
After college, in 1927, Brown was one of the founding members of the Alpha Kappa Alpha graduate chapter in New Orleans, the first Black "Greek Letter" sorority in Louisiana. She later served as president of the chapter.
After moving to New Jersey in 1935, Waxwood was involved with the Red Cross during World War II, and worked to integrate the organization's blood bank in the 1940s. She was executive director of the Princeton YWCA from 1958 to 1968, the branch's first Black director. She was acting executive director of the Montclair-North Essex YWCA from 1969 to 1971. In 1998 she worked for the Princeton YWCA's endowment campaign. The Princeton YWCA awards an annual Waxwood Lifetime Award, named in her honor in 1999.
Waxwood helped found the Princeton Adult School and the Witherspoon Federal Credit Union. She served on the board of directors for the Princeton Nursery School, and was active with the Princeton Regional Scholarship Foundation. She was active in the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and a charter member of the Central New Jersey chapter of The Links. She was named Soroptimist Woman of the Year in 1977.
Waxwood was active in the Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church beginning in 1942. She was ordained as an elder and was president of the Women's Association. She helped start the Princeton Crisis Ministry there. She represented New Jersey at the White House Conference on Aging, and she chaired the Mercer County Office on Aging. An apartment complex was named the Waxwood after her husband, at the site of his former school, and she attended the dedication. She donated a collection of Witherspoon Street School materials to the Historical Society of Princeton.
In 2003, when she was 100 years old, she visited a kindergarten class in Tryon, North Carolina, to help them mark the 100th day of school. "I can remember the first time I saw a telephone, light bulb and gracious me, an automobile," she told the children. "It was a Ford and my oldest brother learned how to drive it in the pasture. I think he frightened the cows."
Personal life and legacy
Brown married scientist and educator Howard B. Waxwood Jr. in 1929. He died in 1977. They had a son, Howard B. Waxwood III, who died in 1979. She moved to Tryon, North Carolina in 2002 to live near her granddaughter, and died in Plainsboro, New Jersey in 2006, aged 103 years. Her portrait hangs in the lobby of the Princeton YWCA, and her birthday is still marked with a canned goods drive by the Princeton Crisis Ministry. The Waxwoods were honored as "Unsung Heroes" at Princeton's Community House in 2007, and featured in a coloring book published for Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 2021.
References
1902 births
2006 deaths
Howard University alumni
YWCA leaders
Alpha Kappa Alpha members
People from Princeton, New Jersey
African-American centenarians
Women centenarians
People from Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana
Clubwomen
Members of The Links |
The German Women's Volleyball Supercup is a women's volleyball competition between the champion of Germany and the winner of the Cup of Germany . The first edition of this competition was contested in the 1988 season.
Winners List
Hounours by club
References
External links
www.volleyball-verband.de |
The Bwende (also Babwende, Bweende, Babuende) are a Bantu people living in Lower Congo, southwest of Kinshasa on both side of the border for Kongo-Kinshasa and Kongo-Brazzaville. They mainly inhabit the area north of the Congo river, between the rivers Luala and Kenke. They speak Bwende, a Bantu language related to Kikongo and were a part of the Kongo Kingdom.
Art
Statuettes
The artistic expression of the Bwende has been strongly influenced by the Beembe, their neighbors to the northwest. However, the Bwende statuettes have some specific characteristics, such as broad shoulders, numerous body scarifications and a hairstyle that is sometimes asymmetrical. Wooden statuette with scrap metal inserts were used in the nkisi cult. These fetishes are considered to be very powerful: they are asked to identify a culprit as well as to cure an illness.
Niombo
The Bwende are famous for their large fabric funerary mannequins (niombo), in reality desiccated corpses swaddled in many layers of cloth. They are rarely seen in Western collections. However, in the Museum of World Culture in Gothenburg there is an impressive niombo, famous for its height, scope and reddish color. This was on display at the Eternal Ancestors: The Art of the Central African Reliquary exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum. of Art in 2007. It was produced at the beginning of the 20th century in a Swedish mission in the Lower Congo.
Muziri
As with the Beembe, there are small reliquary statues also made of fabric (muziri), which contain a few bones. Their size is between 40 and 80 cm. While beembe dolls are in a seated position, their bwende counterparts are depicted standing.
References
This article is based on a translation of the equivalent article of the French Wikipedia
Ethnic groups in the Republic of the Congo
Ethnic groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
The Whisker Lake Wilderness is a tract of protected land located in Florence County, Wisconsin, managed by the United States Forest Service. The Wilderness is within the boundaries of the Chequamegon–Nicolet National Forest, and is on the border of Michigan and Wisconsin.
Whisker Lake
The lake for which the Wilderness was named after has a maximum depth of six feet and area of , being 99% made up of muck. The lake is named for the trees at the shoreline of the lake, referred to by locals as "chin whiskers." Whisker Lake is one of six small lakes located within the Wilderness.
Activities
As with all Wilderness areas in Wisconsin, there are many things to do. There is river fishing, where one might find trout, and small game hunting featuring beavers and rabbits. There is also camping and hiking, but with strict Leave No Trace statutes in place. Boating on water is allowed, but motorboating is prohibited.
See also
List of wilderness areas of the United States
References
External Links
U.S. Geological Survey Map at the U.S. Geological Survey Map Website. Retrieved February 10th, 2022.
Protected areas of Wisconsin
Geography of Florence County, Wisconsin
Protected areas established in 1978 |
The 2018 Ford EcoBoost 200 was the 23rd and final stock car race of the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, the championship race of the season, and the 23th iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, November 16, 2018, in Homestead, Florida at Homestead–Miami Speedway, a permanent oval-shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 134 laps to complete. At race's end, Brett Moffitt, driving for underfunded team Hattori Racing Enterprises, dominated the late stages of the race to win his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship. The win was also Moffitt's seventh career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win and his sixth and final win of the season. To fill out the podium, Grant Enfinger of ThorSport Racing and Noah Gragson of Kyle Busch Motorsports finished second and third, respectively.
Background
Homestead-Miami Speedway is a motor racing track located in Homestead, Florida. The track, which has several configurations, has promoted several series of racing, including NASCAR, the Verizon IndyCar Series, the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series and the Championship Cup Series.
Since 2002, Homestead-Miami Speedway has hosted the final race of the season in all three of NASCAR's series: the Sprint Cup Series, Xfinity Series and Gander Outdoors Truck Series. Ford Motor Company sponsors all three of the season-ending races; the races have the names Ford EcoBoost 400, Ford EcoBoost 300 and Ford EcoBoost 200, respectively, and the weekend is marketed as Ford Championship Weekend. The Xfinity Series (then known as the Busch Series) has held its season-ending races at Homestead since 1995 and held it until 2020, when it was moved to Phoenix Raceway, along with NASCAR's other two series.
Championship drivers
Noah Gragson: Advanced by virtue of points.
Justin Haley: Advanced by winning the 2018 JAG Metals 350.
Brett Moffitt: Advanced by winning the 2018 Lucas Oil 150.
Johnny Sauter: Advanced by winning the 2018 Texas Roadhouse 200.
Entry list
*Driver changed to Camden Murphy.
**Withdrew due to wrecking in first practice.
Practice
First practice
The first practice session was held on Friday, November 16, at 8:35 AM EST, and would last for 50 minutes. Johnny Sauter of GMS Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 31.678 and an average speed of .
Second and final practice
The second and final practice session, sometimes referred to as Happy Hour, was held on Friday, November 16, at 10:05 AM EST, and would last for 50 minutes. Justin Haley of GMS Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 32.308 and an average speed of .
Qualifying
Qualifying was held on Friday, November 16, at 3:45 PM EST. Since Homestead–Miami Speedway is at least a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) racetrack, the qualifying system was a single car, single lap, two round system where in the first round, everyone would set a time to determine positions 13–32. Then, the fastest 12 qualifiers would move on to the second round to determine positions 1–12.
Grant Enfinger of ThorSport Racing would win the pole, setting a lap of 31.887 and an average speed of in the second round.
No drivers would fail to qualify.
Full qualifying results
Race results
Note: Noah Gragson, Justin Haley, Brett Moffitt, and Johnny Sauter are not eligible for stage points because of their participation in the Championship 4.
Stage 1 Laps: 30
Stage 2 Laps: 30
Stage 3 Laps: 74
References
2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
NASCAR races at Homestead-Miami Speedway
November 2018 sports events in the United States
2018 in sports in Florida |
Ashleyhay is a civil parish in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England. The parish contains ten listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. All the listed buildings are designated at Grade II, the lowest of the three grades, which is applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest". The parish contains the village of Ashleyhay, and is otherwise rural. The listed buildings consist of farmhouses and farm buildings, houses and cottages, and a chapel.
Buildings
References
Citations
Sources
Lists of listed buildings in Derbyshire |
The following is a list of charter schools in Louisiana (including networks of such schools) grouped by parish.
Avoyelles Parish
Avoyelles Public Charter School
Louisiana School for the Agricultural Sciences
Red River Charter Academy
Caddo Parish
AMIkids Caddo
Linwood Public Charter School
Magnolia School of Excellence
Pathways in Education - North Market
Calcasieu Parish
Lake Charles Charter Academy
Lake Charles College Prep
Southwest Louisiana Charter School
Concordia Parish
Delta Charter School
East Baton Rouge Parish
Advantage Charter Academy
Arlington Preparatory Academy
Basis Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge Center for Visual and Performing Arts
Baton Rouge University Preparatory Elementary School
Children's Charter School
Collegiate Academy
Community School for Apprenticeship Learning
Dalton Charter School
Democracy Prep Baton Rouge Charter School
Forest Heights Academy of Excellence
GEO (Next Generation, Prep Academy, Prep Mid City)
Glen Oaks Middle School
Idea Schools (Bridge, Innovation, University Prep)
Impact Charter Elementary School
Inspire Charter Academy
J.K. Haynes Elementary Charter School
Kenilworth Science & Technology Charter School
Louisiana Key Academy
Louisiana Virtual Charter Academy
Madison Preparatory Academy
Mentorship STEM Academy
South Baton Rouge Charter Academy
University View Academy
East Feliciana Parish
Slaughter Community Charter School
Jefferson Parish
Athlos Academy of Jefferson Parish
Dr. John Ochsner Discovery Health Sciences Academy
Jefferson Chamber Foundation Academy
Jefferson Rise Charter School
Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy
Laureate Academy Charter School
Young Audiences Charter School
Lafayette Parish
Renaissance Charter Academy (Acadiana, Lafayette)
Willow Charter Academy
Lafourche Parish
Bayou Community Academy Charter School
MAX Charter School
Virtual Academy of Lafourche
Lincoln Parish
Lincoln Preparatory School
Morehouse Parish
Beekman Charter School
Orleans Parish
Abramson Sci Academy
Akili Academy of New Orleans
Arise Academy
Arthur Ashe Charter School
Audubon Charter School (Gentilly, Uptown)
Benjamin Franklin Elementary Mathematics & Science School
Benjamin Franklin High School
Bricolage Academy
Dr. Martin Luther King Charter School for Science Tech
Edward Hynes Charter School
Einstein Charter Schools (Charter Middle, Sarah T. Reed, Sherwood Forest, Village de L'Est)
Elan Academy Charter School
Encore Academy
Esperanza Charter School
Fannie C. Williams Charter School
Firstline Live Oak
Foundation Preparatory School
G.W. Carver High School
Harriet Tubman Charter School
Homer A. Plessy Community School
IDEA Schools (Oscar Dunn)
InspireNOLA (42, Alice M. Harte, Andrew H. Wilson, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Edna Karr, Eleanor McMain, McDonogh 35, Pierre Capdau)
International High School of New Orleans
International School of Louisiana
James A. Singleton Charter School
Joseph A. Craig Charter School
KIPP New Orleans (Believe, Booker T. Washington, Central City, East, Frederick A. Douglass, John F. Kennedy, Leadership, Memorial)
Lafayette Academy
Lake Area New Tech Early College High School
Lake Forest Elementary Charter School
Langston Hughes Charter Academy
Lanier Elementary School
Lawrence D. Crocker College Prep
L.B. Landry-O.P. Walker College & Career Preparatory High School
Living School
Livingston Collegiate Academy
Lusher Charter School
Lycée Français de la Nouvelle-Orléans
Martin Behrman Elementary School
Mary Bethune Elementary School of Literature & Technology
Mary D. Coghill Charter School
Mildred Osborne Charter School
Morris Jeff Community School
Nelson Elementary School
The Net Charter High School I/II
New Harmony High Institute
New Orleans Charter Science & Mathematics High School
New Orleans Military & Maritime Academy
Noble Minds
Opportunities Academy
Paul Habans Charter School
Phillis Wheatley Community School
ReNew Schools (Dolores T. Aaron, Schaumburg, Scitech)
Robert Russa Moton Elementary School
Rooted School
Rosenwald Collegiate Academy
Samuel J. Green Charter School
Sophie B. Wright Institute of Academic Excellence
Success Preparatory Academy
Walter L. Cohen High School
Warren Easton Charter High School
Wilson Charter School
Ouachita Parish
New Vision Learning Academy
Plaquemines Parish
Belle Chasse Academy
Iberville Charter Academy
Richland Parish
Delhi Charter School
St. James Parish
Greater Grace Charter Academy
St. Landry Parish
J.S. Clark Leadership Academy
St. Mary Parish
V.B. Glencoe Charter School
Union Parish
D'Arbonne Woods Charter School
Downsville Community Charter School
Washington Parish
Northshore Charter School
References
School districts
School districts |
Utaurora is an extinct genus of opabiniid, which were bizarre stem-arthropods closely related to true arthropods and radiodonts. The animal's fossils come from the Cambrian of Utah.
History of study
The holotype specimen of Utaurora comosa, KUMIP 314087, was collected from the Wheeler Formation in Utah. It was initially described as a specimen of Anomalocaris in 2008. In 2022, Pates et al. reinterpreted the specimen as an opabiniid and described it as a new genus and species.
Etymology
Utaurora is a portmanteau of Utah, in reference to where the specimen was found, and Aurora, the name of a Roman goddess. The reference to Aurora was chosen as she is a goddess of the dawn who turned her lover into an insect, and Utaurora is an early species close to the origin of arthropods. The species name is Latin for "hairy" or "leafy", and refers to the appearance of the animal, with a hairy-looking dorsal surface and leaf-like arrangement of caudal blades.
Description
Utaurora closely resembles Opabinia, a bizarre organism from the Burgess Shale with 5 eyes and a proboscis terminated with a pair of appendages. Due to the incomplete discovery, it is uncertain whether Utaurora have these features as well. Utaurora differs from Opabinia in having more extensive setal blades covering its back and promixal region of each lateral flaps (covering only lateral flaps in Opabinia), giving it a hairy appearance, and in having a tail fan composed of at least 7 pairs of caudal blades (3 in Opabinia).
Classification
Based on its similarity to Opabinia, the discoverers of Utaurora classified it in Opabiniidae. Their phylogenetic analyses generally found support for an opabiniid position. A third possible opabiniid, Myoscolex is known from rocks of the Emu Bay Shale in South Australia. However, because morphological features supporting this classification are controversial, a hypothesis has been put forward suggesting It may also have been an early worm.
References
Works cited
Dinocarida
Cambrian arthropods
Animal genera
Fossil taxa described in 2022 |
The New Orleans Creoles were a Negro league baseball team based in New Orleans, Louisiana, from at least 1945 until at least 1952. The team was a member of the second Negro Southern League from 1947 to 1948 and 1950 to 1951, and a member of the Negro Texas League for the 1949 season. They played at Pelican Stadium and were known for hiring women players and coaches. Second baseman Toni Stone—the first of three women to play professional baseball full-time in the previously all-male Negro leagues—played for the Creoles from 1949 to 1952, prior to her time on the Kansas City Monarchs.
History
The New Orleans Creoles were owned and promoted by Allan Page (or Allen Page). The team was managed by Wesley Barrow during the 1949 and 1950 seasons. Baseball historian Larry Lester has referred to the New Orleans Creoles as "a very good semi-pro team." It played exhibition games against teams from the Negro American League, including the Kansas City Monarchs.
The Creoles were known for hiring women players and coaches. Georgia Williams pitched for the team in 1945. Lucille Bland of Dillard University served as the team's third base coach in 1947. Toni Stone was hired as a second baseman in 1949. Fabiola Wilson of Xavier University of Louisiana and Gloria Dymond (also known as Lucille Gloria Dymond) of Southern University are listed as outfielders on the team's 1948–1949 roster.
Notable male Creoles players include Milt Smith and Gene Bremer, who played on the team for the 1948 and 1949 seasons, respectively.
References
African-American history in New Orleans
Negro league baseball teams
Sports teams in New Orleans
Defunct baseball teams in Louisiana
Baseball teams established in 1945
Baseball teams disestablished in 1952 |
Hong guerreroi is a species of ladybird beetle which is in the genus Hong which has been rarely found and sighted, it was first found in 2013 in the province of Cauquenes Los Ruiles National Reserve.
Food
H. guerreroi is thought to feed off of coccids, like many other species from the tribe Microweiseini.
References
Coccinellidae |
Terdius Uiseb (born 8 May 1994) is a Namibian footballer who plays for Al Tahaddy Sports Club of the Libyan Premier League.
Club career
In July 2016 Uiseb left Orlando Pirates following the 2016 season which saw him become the Namibia Premier League's top scorer with twenty seven goals. He then signed for Milano United of South Africa's National First Division. After scoring three goals in thirteen appearances for the club, he moved on to league rivals Stellenbosch the following year. He saw limited action with the club and scored one goal in four appearances. Prior to joining Milano United, Uiseb had signed a three-year deal with giants Orlando Pirates F.C. of Soweto but was unable to appear for the club because it had too many foreign players on its roster. After leaving South Africa he returned to Namibia and had another stint with Orlando Pirates S.C. before joining United Africa Tigers in 2019. In October 2021 it was announced that he had signed a one-year contract with Al Tahaddy Sports Club of the Libyan Premier League following a trial with the club. With the move Uiseb became the first Namibian to play in Libya.
International career
In 2012 Uiseb was part of Namibia's under-20 team that competed in a tournament in Ghana. The same year he was part of Namibia's roster for 2013 African U-20 Championship qualification and a triangular U17 tournament also featuring Westphalia and South Africa in Walvis Bay. Uiseb went on to score Namibia's only two goals in the tournament as the nation drew 2–2 with South Africa. It was at these tournaments that he solidified his place in the national team setup. The following year he played in the 2013 COSAFA U-20 Cup and scored in Namibia's 1–1 draw with Zambia in the Group Stage.
Uiseb went on to make his senior international debut on 6 November 2015 in a friendly against Malawi. The following year he represented Namibia in the 2016 COSAFA Cup.
International career statistics
References
External links
National Football Teams profile
Soccerway profile
Global Sports Archive profile
1994 births
Namibian footballers
Namibia international footballers
Living people
Association football forwards
National First Division players
Stellenbosch F.C. players
Milano United F.C. players
Namibia youth international footballers |
Selection Committee may refer to:
Selection Committee (Hong Kong), an electoral college in Hong Kong
NCAA Selection Committee, a committee which governs the selection process for the NCAA Division I men's and women's basketball tournaments
See also
Committee of Selection |
Ya Ribon () is an Aramaic piyyut by the 16th-century payytan Israel Najara, first published in his 1599 work זמירות ישראל "Songs of Israel". Ashkenazi Jews traditionally sing it at table after the Friday night meal and Sephardi Jews sing it among the Baqashot. The piyyut has been set to dozens of tunes, both ancient and modern.
Form and content
This piyyut was written in Aramaic, and the first letters of the verses form the author's name ISRAEL by acrostic. The refrain "Yah, lord for ever and ever/O King, you are king of kings" is repeated after every verse. The piyyut is largely formed from the language of Daniel and incorporates quotes from the Zohar. Unusually for a Sabbath table song, it makes no mention of the Sabbath or its rituals.
Words
References
Notes
Aramaic-language songs
Jewish liturgical poems |
Thelypodiopsis aurea (Eastw.) Rydb. Durango Tumblemustard or Durango Tumble-Mustard is a species of mustard native to Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. This species is restricted to the Four Corners area and is only present in Apache County in Arizona, Montezuma County in Colorado, Sandoval & San Juan Counties in New Mexico, and San Juan County in Utah.
Description
A biennial or short-lived perennial from a taproot, glabrous or rarely sparsely pubescent with simple hairs at the stem base. Leaves are somewhat fleshy. Inflorescence an elongating fruit. Flower petals yellow, and fruit is a silique on stipes 2-8 mm long. Seeds are oblong. Flowering occurs from April to May. The plant can reach up to 3 ft. tall.
From a distance, this can be mistaken for Stanleya pinnata but up-close the two are distinct.
Distribution
Thelypodiopsis aurea is endemic to the Four Corners Region. They can be found near ledges, alkalai flats, clay flats & hills, desert shrub, Pinon-Juniper, badlands, saltbush communities. Ranging from 4,800 ft. to 6,900 ft. in elevation.
External link
References
Brassicaceae |
Pieter Dircksz Graeff (* 1574 in Amsterdam, † 27 July 1645 ibid) was a descendant of the Dutch regent family De Graeff. The Lord of Engelenburg was born as the third son of Dirk Jansz Graeff and Agniet Pietersdr van Neck.
Life
Pieter Dircksz Graeff remained unmarried. In contrast to his Protestant family, he may was a follower of the catholic Religion. In Amsterdam he lived in a town house on the Fluweelenburgwal. In 1620 he bought the castle of Engelenburg (near Herwijnen at Gelderland) together with the associated manor from Jonker Willem Johansz van Gent. On December 30 of that year he was enfeoffed with this knightly court (Ridderhofstad) and seigniory. After his death, the husband of his niece Christina de Graeff (1609-1679), Jacob Bicker, was bequeathed the rights to the estate.
In 1613 he had made a journey to the Holy Land. In Jerusalem he received a document, which was prepared by the Franciscan monk Angelus a Messana, and which describes his visit to Christie's tomb. The document also includes the names of a number of the religious sites he visited there. Today the same is in the Amsterdam City Archives of the De Graeff family. He also traveled the historic caravan route from Jerusalem to Cairo with the Swiss Hans Jakob Ammann and two Italian travel companions. His burial place is in the Oude kerk. In his book Ammann named him "Edel und Vest Herr Peter Graffe" (noble and firm lord Peter Graffe).
Trivia
Pieter Dircksz Graeff (Pieter Dircksz de Graeff van Engelenburg) was mistakenly named as mayor of Amsterdam (as were other people in his family). He was not a member of the Vroedschap, the council or any other municipal government office.
There is a painted portrait of Graeff with his coat of arms.
Notes
Literature
Ammann, Hans Jakob: "Hans Jakob Amman genannt der Thalwyler Schärer und seine Reise ins Gelobte Land". Zürich: Polygraph. Institut A. G. 1919 (Faksimile of the book from 1630)
Pieter Dircksz, Graeff
Nobility from Amsterdam
1574 births
1645 deaths |
Bruno Pereira de Albuquerque (born 20 July 1994), commonly known as Bruno Paraíba, is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays as a forward for Japanese side Ventforet Kofu.
Career statistics
Club
Notes
References
1994 births
Living people
People from Paraíba
Brazilian footballers
Association football forwards
Centro Sportivo Paraibano players
Nacional Atlético Clube (Patos) players
Oeste Futebol Clube players
Associação Desportiva Confiança players
Grêmio Esportivo Brasil players
Figueirense FC players
Ventforet Kofu players
Brazilian expatriate footballers
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Japan
Expatriate footballers in Japan |
The Oratorio del Rosario di Santa Cita is a Baroque chapel or prayer room located in the quarter of the Castellamare within the historic center of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. The site is best known for the remarkable stucco tableux scenes composed during 1687-1718 by Giacomo Serpotta.
History
This Confraternity or Compagnia del Rosario was founded in 1570 by a group of prominent or aristocratic members deriving from the Confraternity of San Domenico, with the distinct Oratory of the Rosary of San Domenico. After location at another site in town, they moved to this site near the church of San Cita.
The exterior of the oratory has stone accents for windows and pilasters. The entry portal has a coat of arms with an apparent tree. Anterooms to the main oratory hall have portraits of the former directors of the confraternity. The two entrance doors to the main hall are flanked by stucco telamons. The side walls are rich in decorations with floral elements and playful and individualized sets of putti. Panels depict small theatrical tableux intended for contemplation collectively known as the fifteen Mysteries of the Rosary, which are comprised by the
Joyful Mysteries: 1) Annunciation; 2) Visitation; 3) Nativity; 4) Presentation of Jesus at the Temple; and 5) Jesus at the Temple.
Luminous Mysteries: 1) Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan; 2) Wedding at Cana; 3) Sermon proclaiming Kingdom of God; 4) Transfiguration; and 5) Institution of the Eucharist.
Sorrowful Mysteries: 1) Jesus in the Garden of Gesthemane; 2) Scourging at the Pillar; 3) Crowning with Thorns; 4) Carrying of the Cross; and 5) Crucifixion.
The main altarpiece depicts the Madonna of the Rosary (1695) painted in Rome by Carlo Maratta. The painting cost 15,000 scudi. This Marian veneration, depicted in the clouds above the battle, is claimed to have succored the Christian naval forces during the Battle of Lepanto. This battle is depicted in a large stucco panel by Serpotta above the altar. Flanking the arch framing the altarpiece are two Old Testament female heroes: Judith and Esther, who highlight the fortitude and loyalty attributed to the Marian veneration of the Madonna of the Rosary. A nearby chapel has an Adoration of the Mystical Lamb by Filippo Tancredi.
Gallery
References
Rosario
Baroque architecture in Palermo
17th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy |
The Basketball Classic presented by Eracism is an American men's college basketball postseason tournament created in 2022. Collegeinsider.com will administer the tournament. The tournament, the successor to the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, will have a 32-team field. The 32-team tournament is open to schools who are not selected to participate in the NCAA Tournament or the NIT. The inaugural The Basketball Classic field will be announced on Selection Sunday on March 13, 2022, after the NIT bracket is released. The tournament will begin on March 14 with the semifinals taking place March 29, and the championship Game scheduled for March 31. All games will be streamed on ESPN+.
Format
The tournament consists of three rounds, single elimination, games are held on campuses of participating schools. All gate receipts will be collected by The Basketball Classic. Schools can host games in the tournament without the responsibility of an additional financial commitment.
Broadcast
ESPN+ will broadcast all the game of The Basketball Classic. The following is an overview and list of the announcers and television networks to broadcast the CIT:
Champions
References
External links
Recurring sporting events established in 2022
College men's basketball competitions in the United States
Postseason college basketball competitions in the United States |
Hisonotus heterogaster is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Jacuí River basin and the Lagoa dos Patos system. It reaches 4.3 cm (1.7 inches) SL.
References
Loricariidae
Fish described in 2011
Fish of South America |
Jonathan ‘GSP’ Palata is a British heavyweight boxer with a professional record of 7-1 (3).
GSP stands for ‘God Speed Palata’, a name given to him due to his combination of humility, quick hand speed and unusually fleet footwork for a 16-stone heavyweight.
Born in the Congo, Palata moved to South London at 18 months of age where he grew up in Bellingham and after being taught the basics by his father, a fellow fighter, he boxed at Palmer's Academy from the age of 14.
After initially working as a painter and decorator he completed a degree in business management and finance leading to him setting up his own luxury car hire business in South London.
After a hiatus he resumed boxing in 2011 collating a record of 36 wins from 40 fights including silver at the 2014 Haringey Cup and winning the London ABA's in 2015, knocking down opponent Ozzie Osimodrie en route to a points victory.
He turned over to the paid ranks in 2018 training out of the famous Peacock Boxing Gym in East London, under the tutelage of renowned trainer Don Charles.
Honing his skills in the gym sparring more experienced heavyweights such as David Haye and Daniel Dubois, Palata went on to win his first seven fights with three knockouts. His lone loss came on points in the Ultimate Boxxer tournament in December 2019 when he was outpointed over three rounds by Danny Whitaker.
After a COVID-interrupted break, Palata is now looking to resume his career, fighting under the banner of Frank Warren's Queensberry Promotions.
Outside of the ring, as well as running his business, Palata runs motivational talks with youth mentoring groups in South London. He collects Rolex watches and is looking to add to this gold with in-ring endeavours soon.
References
Living people
Boxers |
Schwarzach in Vorarlberg railway station () is a railway station in the municipality of Schwarzach, in the district of Bregenz, in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg. It is located on the Vorarlberg line of Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB).
Services
the following services stop at Schwarzach in Vorarlberg:
Vorarlberg S-Bahn : half-hourly service between and , with some trains continuing to .
References
External links
Railway stations in Vorarlberg
Vorarlberg S-Bahn stations |
Aline Claire Allard (December 25, 1912 – September 7, 1977) was a French Laotian diplomat and public figure. She was married to the prominent Laotian politician Souvanna Phouma from 1933 until their divorce in 1969, and she is thought to have been a major influence during his years as prime minister.
Early life, education, and career
Aline Claire Allard was born in Xiangkhouang, Laos, in 1912. Her father was Numa Prosper Allard, a French civil servant who served as the president of Laos' chamber of commerce and agriculture. Her mother was Laotian.
She traveled to study in Hanoi and subsequently in Paris. There, she attended the École normale supérieure de Fontenay-aux-Roses. After graduating, she began working in diplomacy, starting in Geneva at the Palace of Nations. From 1957 to 1959, she worked as an advisor to the Assembly of the French Union, and she also led Laotian delegations to various United Nations bodies throughout her career. In these fora, she was particularly involved in issues of hunger and of women's roles in the Third World. She also spent a period as Laos' director of international cultural relations.
From 1958 until her death, she was a member of the . In Laos, she was designated as a commander in the Order of the Million Elephants and the White Parasol, and in France she was named a knight of the Ordre des Palmes académiques and of the Legion of Honour.
Personal life
In 1933, Allard married Souvanna Phouma, a powerful Laotian politician who served several stints as prime minister between 1951 and 1975. The couple had four children, including the political activist Mangkra Souvanna Phouma. Allard was Roman Catholic, and she raised her children Catholic as well.
After her marriage, Allard became known as Princess Souvanna Phouma. As Laos' first lady, she gained a reputation for her "lively intelligence" and "flair for politics," and she was considered a major influence on her husband's political decision-making. Some commentators at the time considered her to be the source of Phouma's somewhat pro-Western attitudes.
Allard and Phouma divorced in 1969. She died of a heart attack in 1977 on the Île de Ré, off France's Atlantic coast, where she had a summer home.
References
1912 births
1977 deaths
Laotian women in politics
Laotian diplomats
First Ladies of Laos
People from Xiangkhouang province
Laotian people of French descent |
This is the discography of American jazz-rock group Blood, Sweat & Tears.
Albums
Studio albums
Live albums
Soundtrack albums
Compilation albums
Singles
Notes
References
Discographies of American artists
Rock music group discographies |
Barry Horne may refer to:
Barry Horne (activist) (1952–2001), British animal rights activist
Barry Horne (footballer) (born 1962), Welsh footballer
Barry Horne (racing driver) (born 1977), British racing driver |
Galerie 68 was an Arabic language avant-garde literary magazine which was headquartered in Cairo, Egypt. The magazine existed in the period 1968–1971 with an one-year interruption and produced a total of eight issues.
History and profile
Galerie 68 was founded in Cairo by a group of ten Egyptian artists, including Ahmed Morsi and Edwar Al Kharrat. The other figures linked to the magazine were Bahaa Taher, Sonallah Ibrahim, Ibrahim Aslan and Yahya Taher Abdullah. The first issue was appeared in May–June 1968. Morsi was the editor-in-chief in the early issues, but later assumed the role of artistic editor and supervisor.
It frequently featured short stories, and each issue was controlled by the Ministry of Culture. Ahmed Morsi reports that two ministers, Tharwat Okasha and Badr Al Din Abu Ghazi, were very flexible and tolerant about the content of the magazine. However, later the license of the magazine was revoked by the ministry in 1970. Although the publication resumed, it folded in 1971 after publishing eight issues. Of its ten founders only Ahmed Morsi continued to work for the magazine until the last issue.
Mission and content
Galerie 68 was started as a protest over the defeat of Egypt in the war against Israel in 1967. However, it did not function as a political organ. Instead, the magazine was a publishing platform for those whose writings and work were not accepted for publication in the mainstream magazines.
In addition, Galerie 68 was a forum for experimental literary forms. The founders of the magazine declared that it would not follow the established literary genres. Therefore, it did not support two dominant literary approaches in Egypt at that period: namely, the Romanticism adopted by Ihsan Abdel Quddous and Abdel Halim Abdellah and the Realism represented mainly by Naguib Mahfouz and Yusuf Idris.
References
1968 establishments in Egypt
1971 disestablishments in Egypt
Arabic-language magazines
Avant-garde magazines
Censorship in Egypt
Defunct literary magazines published in Egypt
Magazines established in 1968
Magazines disestablished in 1971
Magazines published in Cairo |
S. M. Emdadul Hoque is a Judge of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court.
Early life
Hoque was born on 7 November 1963. He completed his bachelor's degree and masters in law from the University of Rajshahi.
Career
Hoque started working as a district court lawyer on 7 October 1990.
On 26 November 1992, Hoque became a lawyer of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court.
Hoque was appointed an additional judge of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court on 23 August 2004. He became a permanent judge on 23 August 2006.
Hoque along with 18 other judges opposed a High Court Division judgement that ordered the government to confirm the appointment of 10 judges denied by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party government in July 2008.
On 27 August 2009, Hoque and Justice A. F. M. Abdur Rahman acquitted Member of Parliament Joynal Hazari on an arms case filed in 2001.
In December 2010, Hoque and Justice Md Ashfaqul Islam issued an order confirming that Gulshan Club would have to pay income tax to National Board of Revenue after the club filed a petition saying it did not need to file taxes as it was a non-profit organization.
Hoque and Justice S.M. Mozibur Rahman issued an order for the trial against seven Rapid Action Battalion officials to proceed in August 2016 for the Talsara Darbar Sharif robbery case.
Hoque and Justice Bhishmadev Chakraborty on 14 December 2020 squashed the convictions against all the convicts, five sentenced to death, of the 2002 Netrokona rape case.
References
Living people
Bangladeshi lawyers
Supreme Court of Bangladesh justices
1963 births
University of Rajshahi alumni |
Slut Pop is the fourth extended play (EP) by German singer Kim Petras. It was released on 11 February 2022 through Republic Records, making it her first project on the label.
Background
Kim Petras signed to Republic Records in 2021 and then started to work on new music for her major label debut studio album, as well other musical projects. About the new songs, Petras stated that she explored sexual themes, getting inspired by other artists, citing Britney Spears as an example. The EP process was completed in two months, and the tracklisting was put together when the singer realized that she had enough songs about the same theme to put on a whole project on its own.
Composition
A dance-pop EP, with influences of tech house and electropop, Slut Pop was described as an "X-rated" album about "slutty, sexual fantasies". It features throbbing beats, dirty lyrics and sex-positive anthems, inspired by the sex worker community.
Release and promotion
In the weeks leading up to it, Petras posted videos teasing the songs on social media, as well photos from a new photoshoot, taken for the project. To promote the record Petras did a club crawl branded as the "Slut Tour", wherein she performed at multiple nightclubs in one night.
Reception
The project received a mixed reception. While some critics praised the EP's sex-positive nature, others criticized Petras' association with producer Dr. Luke, who produced the entirety of the EP.
Track listing
Personnel
Kim Petras – vocals
Dr. Luke – production, programming
Dale Becker – mastering
Clint Gibbs – mixing
Charts
Release history
References
2022 EPs
Kim Petras albums
Republic Records EPs
Albums produced by Dr. Luke
Dance-pop EPs |
In psychology, Centeredness Theory or Centeredness Psychology refers to a mental health paradigm with a focus on systematic well-being in key areas of personal, family, relationship, community and work life. It was first proposed by Zephyr Bloch-Jorgensen, Patrick J. Cilione, William W. H. Yeung and Justine M. Gatt and published in peer-reviewed open access scientific journal called Frontiers Media. It is being used at the University of New South Wales and Prince of Wales Hospital (Sydney), Australia.
In 2011 an industry partnership was created with Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA), an independent, not-for-profit research institute based in Sydney, Australia. The purpose was to investigate the efficacy of Centeredness Theory as an e-health measurement tool and intervention that aims to either measure or promote improved mental health globally. This has led to the creation of MAP which is an e-health measurement tool and intervention to measure and promote improved mental health globally by measuring and improving individual and collective well-being in real-time.
The theory focuses on measuring wellbeing at a systems level across the core life domains of the self, family unit, relationships, community, and work. The goal of this project was to validate the psychometric properties of the 60-item CT Scale against existing measures of wellbeing and mental health, including the COMPAS-W Wellbeing Scale. The project included an analysis across two independent samples: 488 anonymous online respondents and 49 first-year university students. Centeredness Psychology has helped to facilitate better interventions for public health. For example the "Centeredness Theory Interview" is a new clinical treatment for people who have suffered traumatic brain injury. The team members working on this project included Dr. Justine Gatt, Zephyr Bloch-Jorgensen, Patrick Cilione and William Yeung.
In 2018 the study and findings were peer-reviewed successfully in Frontiers in Psychology journal. In 2020, American Psychological Association reported the CT Scale and Psychological Test.
References
Psychological theories
Personality theories |
George Darnell (1798 - 26 February 1857) was a schoolmaster whose educational writings were widely read, with Darnell's Copybooks becoming a household name.
Biography
Darnell was born at Barton in the Beans, near Market Bosworth, Leicestershire, the son of Samuel Darnell and his wife, Sarah. After running a preparatory school at Market Harborough he came to London and established, and conducted for many years, a large classical day school in Islington. Though physically weak he was a shrewd and caring man whose publications aimed to make preparatory schooling less daunting for pupils.
His series of Copybooks were widely used for many years in elementary schools, and Darnell's Copybooks became a household name from their introduction in the 1840s. The books were widely imitated, but he was the first to introduce the concept of giving a line of copy in pale ink, to be first written over by the pupil, then to be copied in the next blank line.
His educational writings included A Short and Certain Road to Reading (1845), Grammar Made Intelligible to Children (1846), and Arithmetic Made Intelligible to Children (1855), which for many years had an enormous sale. The prefaces to these short works contained innovative practical suggestions for teachers, which came to be widely adopted.
Darnell, who was unmarried, died at his home, 70 Gibson Square, Islington, on 26 February 1857, aged fifty-eight, and was buried on the west side of Highgate Cemetery. The epitaph on his grave reads:
In memory of George Darnell; For thirty years principal of the Theberton School, Islington; A most skilful and loving instructor of the young; A zealous friend to the cause of popular education; Author of several works designed to render easy the beginning of knowledge; His earthly life, marked by active goodwill towards men, by generosity and self-sacrifice ended serenely on the 26th day of February 1857 in the 59th year of his age. Reader, live; so that - by God's grace - so thou mayst die.
References
History of education in England
1857 deaths
Burials at Highgate Cemetery
Year of birth uncertain |
Hisonotus hungy is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the arroyo of Tirica, which is part of the Paraná River basin in Misiones, Argentina. It is found in vegetated parts of Tirica (including those populated with introduced conifers as well as those with native vegetation) and reaches 4.2 cm (1.7 inches) SL.
References
Loricariidae
Fish described in 2007 |
Ryota Yamamoto (born 13 May 1997) is a Japanese nordic combined skier who competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
References
External links
Living people
1997 births
Japanese male Nordic combined skiers
Sportspeople from Nagano Prefecture
Nordic combined skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Olympic Nordic combined skiers of Japan
Olympic bronze medalists for Japan
Olympic medalists in Nordic combined
Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics |
Blaine Rowe (born 22 March 2002) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for the Ayr United, on loan from Coventry City.
Career
A youth product of Coventry City, Rowe signed his first professional contract with the club in the summer of 2020.
On 31 January 2022, Blaine joined Scottish Championship side Ayr United on loan for the remainder of the season. He went on to make his debut for the Scottish club a day later coming on in the 72nd minute for Jordan Houston against Partick Thistle.
Career statistics
References
External links
CCFC Profile
2002 births
Living people
English footballers
Ayr United F.C. players
Association football defenders |
Election of all 99 seats in the Tennessee House of Representatives occurred on November 8, 2022, concurrent with the Governor, U.S House, and State Senate elections.
Retirements
Republicans
District 63: Glen Casada is retiring to run for Williamson County Clerk
Democrats
No Democrats have announced retirements as of June 8, 2022.
Conjoined Incumbents
District 91: London Lamar and Torrey Harris
Results
References
House of Representatives
Tennessee House
Tennessee House of Representatives election elections |
Anagennisi Plagia Football Club () is a Greek football club based in Plagia, Kilkis, Greece.
Honors
Domestic
Kilkis FCA Champions: 1
2019-20
Kilkis FCA Cup Winners: 2
2017–18, 2019-20
References
Kilkis
Association football clubs established in 1970
1970 establishments in Greece
Gamma Ethniki clubs |
Hisonotus iota is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Chapecó River, which is a tributary of the Uruguay River. The species reaches 3.3 cm (1.3 inches) SL.
References
Loricariidae
Taxa described in 2009
Catfish of South America
Fish of Brazil
Loricariidae stubs |
These are the full results of the 2008 European Cup Super League which was held on 21 and 22 June 2008 at the Parc des Sports in Annecy, France.
Final Standings
Men
Women
Men's results
100 metres
June 21Wind: -1.8 m/s
200 metres
June 22Wind: -0.3 m/s
400 metres
June 21
800 metres
June 22
1500 metres
June 21
3000 metres
June 22
5000 metres
June 21
110 metres hurdles
June 22Wind: -0.6 m/s
400 metres hurdles
June 21
3000 metres steeplechase
June 22
4 × 100 metres relay
June 21
4 × 400 metres relay
June 22
High jump
June 21
Pole vault
June 22
Long jump
June 21
Triple jump
June 22
Shot put
June 21
Discus throw
June 22
Hammer throw
June 21
Javelin throw
June 22
Women's results
100 metres
June 21Wind: +1.3 m/s
200 metres
June 22Wind: -0.2 m/s
400 metres
June 21
800 metres
June 21
1500 metres
June 22
3000 metres
June 21
5000 metres
June 22
100 metres hurdles
June 22Wind: -1.3 m/s
400 metres hurdles
June 21
3000 metres steeplechase
June 21
4 × 100 metres relay
June 21
4 × 400 metres relay
June 22
High jump
June 22
Pole vault
June 21
Long jump
June 22
Triple jump
June 21
Shot put
June 22
Discus throw
June 21
Hammer throw
June 22
Javelin throw
June 21
References
European Cup Super League
European
2008 in French sport
International athletics competitions hosted by France
Sport in Annecy |
Kyle Mullen was a former captain of the Yale Bulldogs football team who enlisted in the U.S. Navy after college, and died at age 24 on February 4, 2022, following the "Hell Week" portion of Navy SEAL training.
Early life, education, and enlistment
Mullen grew up in Manalapan Township, New Jersey, and graduated from Manalapan High School in 2015. He was a "a star defensive lineman and tight end" on the high school football team, receiving regional all-star and conference Defensive Player of the Year honors. In his senior year, on defense he made 136 tackles (leading his team), 11 sacks, and four fumble recoveries, while on offense he caught six touchdown passes. He was also a starter on the school's basketball team. His high school football coach, Ed Gurrieri, after his death, praised Mullen's character and said that he was "in the National Honor Society and excelled at academics. His GPA was in the 4.2 to 4.4 range when he graduated. He was All State and led our team to its first state championship."
After high school, Mullen attended Yale University, where he was a standout defensive end on the football team through his junior year. In his sophomore year, he led the team with 11 tackles for a loss and six sacks. He started all ten games in his junior year and was named second team all-Ivy. In November 2017, Mullen was elected by his teammates to be the captain of "Team 146," Yale's football team for the 2018 season, in what would have been his senior year. At Yale, he was also a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. The Yale Daily News reported in November 2018 that the football coach had announced in June 2018, before what would have been Mullen's senior year when he would captain the team, that Mullen had withdrawn from Yale for "personal reasons." The college newspaper also reported that a charge of rape had been brought against Mullen. Mullen left the school before the charges could be adjudicated by the school.
Mullen played another season of college football at Monmouth University in 2019, as a postgraduate. There, according to the Asbury Park Press, he "recorded 26 tackles for a loss, including 3.5 sacks, and broke up five passes." The university's site gives different numbers however, saying that he played fourteen games in 2019 with 26 total tackles including 8 solo tackles, 3.5 tackles for a loss, and one sack.
The current head coach of his high school's football team who was an assistant coach when Mullen played, Dom Lepore, said in 2022, "Last summer I would see him at the gym and he came up to me and said he wanted to be a Navy SEAL," and "After getting his degree he had this direction of going into the military and he was training hard to get himself ready for it."
Death
According to accounts from two retired SEALS, "Hell Week" is a five-and-one-half-day test, starting on a Sunday morning and ending Friday evening, intended to simulate combat conditions, in the fourth week of SEAL candidates' assessment, and a majority of candidates do not finish the week.
Hours after Mullen's Basic Underwater Demolition SEAL (BUD/S) class had completed "Hell Week," Mullen suffered from unknown symptoms and was hospitalized. On February 4, 2022, at about 5:42 p.m., Mullen was pronounced dead at the Sharp Coronado Hospital in San Diego. He was 24 years old.
Aftermath
After his death, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy said that Mullen "represented the very best of the state and country," and that "he was a legend in athletics and all walks of life." The governor announced that flags in the state would fly at half-staff in his honor on a future date.
References
2022 deaths
Yale Bulldogs football players
Manalapan High School alumni
People from Manalapan Township, New Jersey
Players of American football from New Jersey
American football defensive ends
Military personnel from New Jersey |
Dash One is an album by Eric Dolphy consisting of alternate takes of four pieces recorded for other albums.
"G.W." and "245" were recorded on April 1, 1960, during the Outward Bound session. "Serene" was recorded on December 21, 1960, during the Far Cry session. "Bee Vamp," recorded on July 16, 1961, is a studio take of a tune which also appears on the live album At the Five Spot. The album was released in 1982 by Prestige Records.
Reception
In a review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow wrote: "This LP contains four rare items by Eric Dolphy, alternate takes of 'G.W.,' '245,' 'Bee Vamp' and 'Serene.' The first two selections also feature trumpeter Freddie Hubbard while Booker Little provides the brass on the latter two songs. Needless to say, Dolphy (heard here on alto and bass clarinet) takes completely different improvisations than on the originally released recordings, making this a valuable addition to his discography."
Track listing
"G.W." (Dolphy) – 12:07
"245" (Dolphy) – 7:54
"Bee Vamp" (Booker Little) – 9:33
"Serene" (Dolphy) – 6:38
Personnel
Eric Dolphy – alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute
Freddie Hubbard – trumpet (tracks 1 and 2)
Booker Little – trumpet (tracks 3 and 4),
Jaki Byard – piano (tracks 1, 2, and 4)
Mal Waldron – piano (track 3)
George Tucker – bass (tracks 1 and 2)
Richard Davis – bass (track 3)
Ron Carter – bass (track 4)
Roy Haynes – drums (tracks 1, 2, and 4)
Ed Blackwell – drums (track 3)
References
1982 albums
Eric Dolphy albums
Prestige Records albums |
Mine de rien is a French Comedy directed by Mathias Mlekuz, released in 2020.
Plot
In a small town in northern France, a long-running mine is closing work, leaving dozens of people without jobs. Not giving up, following the relocation of the company that promised to rehire them, the workers hold a sit-in in front of the site. Faced with a dilemma of the town's mayor who threatens to seize the land, they come up with the idea to transform the old mine into an amusement park.
Technical Sheet
Director: Mathias Mlekuz
Screenplay: Mathias Mlekuz, Philippe Rebbot, Cécile Telerman
Dialogue: Mathias Mlekuz et Philippe Rebbot
Producer and executive Producer: Marc-Etienne Schwartz
Composer: Matthieu Gonet
Cinematographer: Lucas Leconte
Head of design: Victor Melchy
Casting manager: Martin Rougier
Production director: Gilles Monnier
1st assistant director: Christel Bordon
Costume designer: Chloé Chamulidrat
Stage manager: Rodolphe Leroy
Press managers: Grégory Malheiro & Magali Montet
Production company: M.E.S Productions
Co-production companies: Pictanova Région Hauts-de-France, Orange Studio, snf Orange Cinéma Séries
Domestic and international distributor: Orange Studio
Budget: 2,3M€
Debut country:
Original language: French
Format: Color
Genre: Dramatic comedy
Duration: 85 minutes
Dates of release:
France: 16 janvier 2020 (Alp d'Huez International Comedy Film Festival)
France:
Cast
Arnaud Ducret: Arnault
Philippe Rebbot: Di Lello
Mélanie Bernier: Stella
Hélène Vincent: Thérèse, Arnault's Mother
Rufus: Roger Morels
Marianne Garcia: Bernadette
Cyril Aubin: René
Rebecca Finet: The Mayor
Mohamed Makhtoumi: Roschdy
Josef Mlekuz: Kévin
Philippe Cabrelli: Cédric, Bernadette's Son
Sophie Bourdon: Isabelle, Arnault's Ex-Wife
Patrick Rocca: Lucien Borowjack
Anthony Lequet: Victor
Yanis Richard: Johan
Gaëlle Fraysse: Sarah, Di Lello's Wife
François Godart: Jean-Frédéric
Tassadit Mandi: Madame Zelmani, Roschdy's Mother
Fabio Zenoni: Police Officer #1
Laurent Dauvillée: Police Officer #2
Inspiration
The director claims to have been inspired by the comedies of Yves Robert, Ettore Scola, Peter Cattaneo, and Ernst Lubitsch.
Filming
The filming took place from December to January 2019, primarily in Lens, Loos-en-Gohelle, and Liévin.
Awards
Alp d'Huez 2020 International Film Festival: Audience award
Box office
The film was released on February 26, 2020, in 304 theatres, and sold 14,598 tickets for its first day. The film's weekend opening sold a total of 67,070 tickers. The week following sold a total of 84,133.
The overall consensus was that the film had a weak opening, affected in part by the Coronavirus.
During its first free broadcast on television on the C8 channel, the film garnered a total of 810,000 viewers.
See also
The Full Monty
References
Mining in film
Films about labour
French-language films
French comedy films
WikiProject Europe articles
WikiProject France articles |
Yehoshua Hutner (1911–2009) was the director of the Talmudic Encyclopedia project, Encyclopedia Talmudit for 50 years. He was also involved in Yad HaRav Herzog studying manuscripts of the Mishnah and Gemara through HaTalmud HaYisraeli HaShalem Institute.
Early life
He was born in Warsaw to a well-known European rabbinical family. His father, Yehudah Leib Hutner was a respected rabbinical judge (dayan) in Warsaw, and his grandfather, Yosef Zundel Hutner was the author of several books on the Talmud and Shulchan Aruch. His grandfather on his mother's side was Yehudah Halevi Segal, also a rabbi in Warsaw. He was a cousin of the head of Yeshiva Rebbeinu Chaim Berlin, Yitzchok Hutner, and his brother-in-law was Rabbi Tzvi Yehuda Kook.
Education
He studied in Radin as a student of the Chofetz Chaim, (Rabbi Israel Meir Kagan) and Rabbi Shimon Shkop. In the 1930s he moved to Jerusalem.
Encyclopedia Talmudit
Rabbi Hutner co-founded the project of the Encyclopedia Talmudit with Rabbi Shlomo Yosef Zevin in 1940. He worked on the monumental project for 50 years, publishing the first volume in 1947. The project published an additional volume every 2–3 years with the 27th volume released in 2007, and the 28th volume coming out in December 2008. The 41st volume was published in 2018, and the project is projected to be completed by 2024.
Death
Rabbi Hutner died on April 20, 2009, at the age of 98, in Jerusalem. His daughter is Dr. Avigayil Yinon, a psychologist at Bar Ilan University.
References
1911 births
2009 deaths
Contributors to the Jewish Encyclopedia
Rabbis in Jerusalem |
Aníbal Torres Vásquez (born 28 December 1942) is a Peruvian lawyer, jurist and politician. He is the current Prime Minister of Peru since 8 February 2022. He was also Minister of Justice and Human Rights from July 2021 to February 2022 under the government of Pedro Castillo.
Career
Torres was born in Chota, Cajamarca. He was a lawyer and university professor at the National University of San Marcos. He graduated as a lawyer in 1970 and as a doctor, in Law and Political Science, from the same university in 1987. He studied Civil and Commercial Law at the Universitá Degli Studi di Roma (1970-1971).
He was director and dean of the Lima Bar Association, dean of the Faculty of Law and Political Science of the National University of San Marcos, President of the Board of Deans of the Peruvian Bar Associations, honorary president of the Peruvian Academy of Laws, member of the Patriotic Commission for the Defense of the Mar de Grau, the Peruvian Institute of Air Law, the Academy of Aeronautical History of Peru, honorary member of the bar associations of Loreto, Puno, Cusco, Cajamarca, and Apurímac. He is the author of various publications on civil law and administrative law.
Political Career
2021 General Election
Torres supported Yonhy Lescano, of the Christian Democrat party Acción Popular, in the first round of the 2021 presidential election.
For the second round of the general elections in Peru in 2021, Torres became the main legal advisor of Peru Libre candidate Pedro Castillo, who would ultimately win the election.
Minister of Justice and Human Rights
On 30 July 2021, Torres was appointed Minister of Justice and Human Rights of Peru in the government of Pedro Castillo.
Prime Minister of Peru
On 8 February 2022, Torres was sworn in as Prime Minister of Peru. He became the fourth prime minister in less than a year under Pedro Castillo.
References
1942 births
Living people
People from Cajamarca
People from Chota Province
Prime Ministers of Peru
Independent politicians in Peru
National University of San Marcos alumni
National University of San Marcos faculty
Sapienza University of Rome alumni |
Tseng Chun-hsin was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Markos Kalovelonis.
Aleksandar Vukic won the title after defeating Dimitar Kuzmanov 6–4, 6–4 in the final.
Seeds
Draw
Finals
Top half
Bottom half
References
Main draw
Qualifying draw
Bengaluru Open II - 1
2022 Singles |
Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan were the defending champions but lost in the final to Alexander Erler and Arjun Kadhe.
Erler and Kadhe won the title after defeating Myneni and Ramanathan 6–3, 6–7(4–7), [10–7] in the final.
Seeds
Draw
References
Main draw
Bengaluru Open II - Doubles
2022 Doubles |
The Arrell Global Food Innovation Award is an international award recognizing the achievements of individuals who have advanced food security around the world through contributions to science or communities. Conceived by the Arrell Family Foundation and established in 2018 with the creation of the Arrell Food Institute at the University of Guelph, two prizes are awarded each year: the first recognizes a researcher, or group of researchers, who has advanced understanding of food production, processing, distribution, consumption, safety and/or human nutrition, with a significant positive impact on society; the second recognizes an individual, or group of individuals, who has contributed to improved nutritional health and/or food security, with a focus on strengthening disadvantaged communities.
Winners receive $100,000 CAD and recognition at the annual Arrell Food Summit.
Laureates
Adjudicators
Nadia Theodore, Senior Vice President, Maple Leaf Foods
Lawrence Hadad, executive director, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
Florence Lasbenes, managing director, 4SD
Adrienne Xavier, acting director, Indigenous Studies, McMaster University
Community Food Heroes
In recognition of outstanding and innovative contributions to making their own communities’ food systems more equitable, nutritious, sustainable and just, the Adjudication Committee for the Arrell Global Food Innovation Awards has also periodically recognized “food heroes.”
2019
Northern Manitoba Food, Culture, and Community Collaborative
Lenore Newman, University of the Fraser Valley
Chef Elijah Amoo Addo, Food for All Africa
Hiwot Amare Getaneh, Nutrition for Education and Development
2018
Loaves and Fishes, Nanaimo, British Columbia
Our Sustenance
Black Creek Community Farm
References
2018 establishments
Economic development awards |
The Lambda Literary Award for Erotica is an annual literary award established in 2002 and presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation that awards books with LGBT characters and "whose content is principally of an erotic nature." "Anthologies, novels, novellas, graphic novels, memoirs, and short story collections" are eligible for the award.
The award has been presented in the following categories: Gay Erotica, Lesbian Erotica, and LGBTQ Erotica.
Recipients
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Awards established in 2002
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Lists of LGBT-related award winners and nominees
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The Life Zone is a "pro-life" horror film written and produced by Kenneth del Vecchio, directed and edited by Rod Weber and starring Robert Loggia, Blanche Baker, Lindsay Haun, Angela Little and Nina Transfield. It was released as a straight-to-DVD in 2011.
It was universally panned by both critics and audiences with main criticism focus on its anti-abortion message but also focus on bad acting, screenplay and lack of scares.
Plot
Three women, who had been expecting to have abortions, wake up to find they've been kidnapped and held captive by a doctor, who intends for them to deliver their unwanted babies. Instead of your usual horror fare, the women are dressed in nightgowns and drink warm milk, while reading and watching propaganda on why abortion is bad.
After a while, two of the women decide against having the abortion, and agree to have their babies, whilst the third still resists and tries to force a miscarriage.
Suddenly it transpires that the two women who gave birth were never real; it turns out that the die-harder had died on the abortion table and the doctor had committed suicide—they are both in Hell.
Reaction
Despite going viral on the internet, fewer than 50 people—including the cast and producers—showed up at the premiere. When interviewed afterwards, several cast members could not make head nor tail of the ending of the film.
The media have been less than complimentary:
"How Insane is the Pro-Life Horror Flick The Life Zone? Let Us Count the Ways" wrote Movieline.com
"The Life Zone Trailer Introduces Us to Pro-Life, Forced-Breeding Horror" - Movies.com
"Low-Budget Horror 'Life Zone' Pushes Pro-Life Message... Sorta" - NextMovie.com
"This Exists: NJ State Senate Candidate Ken Del Vecchio Offers Anti-Abortion Version Of Saw" - Mediaite.com
"The First Trailer for The Life Zone Tackles Abortion and Forced Birthing" - This is one of the first independent films that this film lover has seen on YouTube, which has several more dislikes than likes. The comments for this film are pretty scathing, too. - 28 days later analysis
"Find yourself on the receiving end of an unwanted pregnancy? Thinking about having an abortion? How dare you assume that you can do with your body what you wish! Finally there's a madman ready to stifle that ludicrous conclusion! A right-to-lifer with methods so misguided that the recently departed Jack Kevorkian would call him extreme!" - Dread Central
"If Del Vecchio and director Rob Webber would have turned out a decently directed and written movie, it wouldn’t have mattered if they were arguing the finer points of scrotum torture, I would have given a decent review to this film despite my close relationship with my ballsack. But instead of trying to make an entertaining movie, I think the makers of this film were more interested in spewing out one uninterrupted Pro-Life argument after another and squelch any Pro-Choice responses. In that they were successful in making a film where everyone talks as if they were reciting bullet points, too bad they forgot to make it entertaining, scary, or even morally sensible." - Ain't It Cool News
References
Text was copied from The Life Zone at Rational Wiki, which is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 (Unported) (CC-BY-SA 3.0) license.
External links
IMDB page
Cinema Snob Review on the Film |
Events in the year 1985 in Switzerland.
Incumbents
Federal Council:
Pierre Aubert (President)
Leon Schlumpf
Alphons Egli
Rudolf Friedrich
Otto Stich
Jean-Pascal Delamuraz (1983–1998)
Elisabeth Kopp (1984–1989)
Births
2 February - Julian Bühler, Swiss football striker
References
Years of the 20th century in Switzerland
1980s in Switzerland |
The 2022 Città di Forlì IV was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the sixth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2022 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Forlì, Italy between 14 and 20 February 2022.
Singles main draw entrants
Seeds
1 Rankings as of 7 February 2022.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
Matteo Arnaldi
Matteo Gigante
Stefano Napolitano
The following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates:
João Domingues
Giulio Zeppieri
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Evan Furness
Benjamin Hassan
Emilio Nava
Zsombor Piros
Tim van Rijthoven
Yosuke Watanuki
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Hiroki Moriya
Champions
Singles
Jack Draper def. Tim van Rijthoven 6–1, 6–2.
Doubles
Victor Vlad Cornea / Fabian Fallert def. Antonio Šančić / Igor Zelenay 6–4, 3–6, [10–2].
References
Città di Forlì IV
2022 in Italian sport
February 2022 sports events in Italy |
Élisabeth Marquet (born 20 November 1960) is a French politician who was Member of Parliament for Seine-et-Marne's 6th constituency for a day in 2020.
She is Mayor of Jarzé-Villages, and therefore had to resign her seat due to the dual mandate.
References
Living people
1960 births
Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Women mayors of places in France
21st-century French women politicians
The Republicans (France) politicians
French farmers
Women members of the National Assembly (France) |
Pavel Kotov was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.
Jack Draper won the title after defeating Tim van Rijthoven 6–1, 6–2 in the final.
Seeds
Draw
Finals
Top half
Bottom half
References
Main draw
Qualifying draw
Città di Forlì IV - 1 |
Françoise Ballet-Blu (born 9 May 1964) is a French politician who has been Member of Parliament for Vienne's 1st constituency since 2020.
References
1964 births
Living people
21st-century French women politicians
Women members of the National Assembly (France)
Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
La République En Marche! politicians
People from Vienne |
Volt Belgium (short name: Volt, Dutch Volt België, French Volt Belgique, German Volt Belgien) is a political party in Belgium. It is part of the pan-European party Volt Europa.
History
Volt has been active in Belgium since 2017 and was officially founded as a party on 28 July 2018. It was the first national section to participate in the elections.
Elections
The party participated in the 2018 municipal elections in Ixelles and Etterbeek, and on a list with the local Pirate Party in Antwerp. In the 2019 European Parliament election, Volt only participated in the Dutch-language electoral college and received 0.48% of the vote. In the 2019 Belgian parliamentary election, Volt participated in the Antwerp constituency and received 1669 votes, representing 0.14 % of the vote in the constituency and 0.02 % of the vote nationally.
Election results
External links
Official website
References
Belgium
Political parties in Belgium
2018 establishments in Belgium
Political parties established in 2018
Pro-European political parties in Belgium |
Victor Vlad Cornea and Fabian Fallert were the defending champions and successfully defended their title, defeating Antonio Šančić and Igor Zelenay 6–4, 3–6, [10–2] in the final.
Seeds
Draw
References
Main draw
Città di Forlì IV - Doubles |
Supermilk is an indie rock band from London, England. Originally the solo recording project of former Doe drummer/vocalist Jake Popyura, Supermilk has been releasing music since 2017 with a full band incarnation active since 2020.
History
Supermilk released its first EP Hello? Yes this is Supermilk... in 2017 via Keroleen Records. A second EP, Rare Delusions, followed in 2019.
After the dissolution of Popyura's long term band Doe, Supermilk announced the release of its debut album along with a live band featuring members of Personal Best, Colour Me Wednesday and Cheerbleederz. Several shows were scheduled but later cancelled due to the global coronavirus pandemic. The album, Death Is the Best Thing for You Now, was released on March 27th 2020.
Unable to perform live due to the UK's COVID-19 restrictions, Popyura spent much of 2020 writing the project's second full-length album. Recorded in December the same year with producer Rich Mandell of Happy Accidents, Four by Three was released via Specialist Subject Records on July 2nd 2021. The album was placed at number 2 in Good Morning America's 50 Best Albums of 2021.
Members
Current members
Jake Popyura – vocals, bass, guitars, drums, synthesiser (2017–present)
Sophie MacKenzie – guitars, vocals (2020–present)
Em Foster – guitars, vocals (2021–present)
Jason Cavalier – drums (2020–present)
Former members
Dean Smithers – guitars, vocals (2020)
Laura Ankles – bass (2020)
Discography
Albums
Death Is the Best Thing for You Now, LP (2020) Keroleen Records
Four by Three, LP/VHS (2021) Specialist Subject Records
EPs
Hello? Yes this is Supermilk..., Mini CD (2017) Keroleen Records
Rare Delusions, cassette (2019) Keroleen Records
Singles
Bullheaded Boy, digital (2020) Keroleen Records
Agony Anne, digital (2020) Keroleen Records
Light, digital (2020) Keroleen Records
Pelican Pete, digital (2021) Specialist Subject Records
Used to It, digital (2021) Specialist Subject Records
Cease to Exist, digital (2021) Specialist Subject Records
Sense, digital (2021) Specialist Subject Records
References
External links
Official website
Underground punk scene in the United Kingdom
Musical groups from London
Musical groups established in 2017
British indie rock groups
British punk rock groups
Specialist Subject Records artists
2017 establishments in England |
Milos Kerkez (born 7 November 2003) is a professional footballer who currently plays as a left-back for AZ Alkmaar. Born in Serbia, he is a youth international for Hungary.
Club career
Kerkez joined Austrian side Rapid Wien in 2014, and played there until 2019.
Career statistics
Club
Notes
References
2003 births
Living people
People from Vrbas, Serbia
Hungarian footballers
Hungary youth international footballers
Serbian footballers
Serbian people of Hungarian descent
Association football defenders
Nemzeti Bajnokság II players
FK Hajduk Kula players
SK Rapid Wien players
Győri ETO FC players
A.C. Milan players
AZ Alkmaar players
Hungarian expatriate footballers
Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Austria
Expatriate footballers in Austria
Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Expatriate footballers in Italy
Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands |
On February 8, 2022, Félix Tshisekedi, the president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, reported a coup d'état. The report about coup emerged when Tshisekedi was attending the African Union summit in Addis Ababa, which he is the chairperson of the body. The reports caused Tshisekedi to leave the summit earlier to deal with the internal conflict in his country.
Background
Since 2020, African region has experienced waves of coup started from the 2020 coup in Mali and recently in Burkina Faso and a failed coup in Guinea-Bissau. The coup wave has become one of the main topic of discussion in 35th African Union Summit. On 2 February 2022, 50 people were killed in a militia attack.
Coup attempt
In February 2022, President Félix Tshisekedi was heading to Addis Ababa to attend the 35th African Union Summit as a chairperson, which his term is nearing its end. During the summit, Tshisekedi received a report that there are some indication of the country is facing a national security threat. This led Tshisekedi to leave the summit abruptly to deal with the national security issues in his country. After the reports of the threat, Presidential spokesman Tharcisse Kasongo Mwema addressed the national television that the government has found the "evidence" of national security threat. Mwema also stated that investigation is ongoing and any attempt to destabilize the country will not be tolerated.
On February 9, Tshisekedi 's security aide, François Beya was reportedly arrested according to the report from Congolese Association for Access to Justice (ACAJ) president Georges Kapiamba, which he claimed he met Beya during his detention. Kapiamba stated that Beya has denied all the allegations against him which Beya hasn't publicly speak about it. Union for Democracy and Social Progress legislator Auguy Kalonji said that the country has "escaped" the coup without clarifying the plotter.
See also
2011 Democratic Republic of the Congo coup d'état attempt
2020 Malian coup d'état
2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état
2022 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état attempt
References
Coup d'état
2020s coups d'état and coup attempts
February 2022 crimes
February 2022 events in Africa |
János Libényi , (in archaic English sources: John Libényi , Csákvár, 8 December 1831 - Vienna, 26 February 1853) was a tailor-servant who attempted to assassinate Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph. This was the first of seven assassination attempts against the Emperor.
Life
He was born to János Libényi Sr., tailor and chief-conductor of the local guild of tailors, and Erzsébet Lukács. He had previously worked as a tailor's assistant in Arad, and in 1850 he travelled to Pest and a year later to Vienna. With the help of the Russian intervention, the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 was crushed by Austrian army in 1849. While in Arad, he witnessed the execution of the 13 Martyrs of Arad, a tragic event that deeply angered and saddened him, thus he became involved in resistance movements. Libényi's intentions were further influenced by the fact that the young Franz Joseph had earlier seduced his younger sister Margaret. The young emperor was immediately seduced by the dancer's prancing at the Prater , and the emperor later singled her out and had her educated at a girls' school. For Libényi, this 'humiliating and shameful event' was the last straw, and he decided that he would assassinate the emperor no matter what it took.
Assassination attempt and execution
Libényi carried out the assassination attempt on 18 February 1853, when he was on the Kärtnertor Bastion Walk, the emperor's usual walking route, and leaned out over the parapet of the bastion to observe the soldiers exercising below. Then suddenly Libényi stepped forward and stabbed him in the back of the neck with a kitchen knife.
His attempt was thwarted by the intervention of Major Maximilian Karl Lamoral O'Donnell, an aide-de-camp, and the Viennese butcher Joseph Ettenreich, thus the Emperor escaped with minor wounds. The life of the monarch, however, was not only saved due to the quick intervention, as Libényi's knife with the wrong blade hit the hard collar of his jacket and slipped. This contributed greatly to the monarch's survival. Franz Joseph was confined to bed, and for a time his doctors feared that the Emperor might lose his sight and go blind.
Libényi was arrested, and during his interrogation he said that in 1849 he worked in the military tailor's workshop of the fortress of Arad and witnessed the execution of the martyrs of Arad. He decided then to take revenge on the Emperor who could have prevented the executions, but did nothing.
Libényi was tried by court martial and sentenced to death by hanging, which was carried out in February. On the site where he carried out the assassination, the Votivkirche (votive church) of Vienna was built.
The Viennese court responded to the revolutionary movements with a new wave of terror, with a series of arrests and executions, constant patrols and searches. According to local folklore the assassin from Csákvár was the reason why the railway never reached Csákvár.
Interestingly, the old city wall where the assassination took place was razed to the ground by Franz Joseph that same year, and the Ring, Vienna's Grand Boulevard, was built on its site.
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1853 deaths
Failed regicides
Executed Hungarian people
People from Fejér County
People executed by the Austrian Empire |
The Vernon massacre was a 1996 mass shooting that occurred in Vernon, British Columbia. At the time of the shooting, it was the deadliest mass shooting since École Polytechnique massacre in 1989.
Shooting
On April 5, 1996, at about 10:30 a.m. in Vernon, Mark Vijay Chahal drove to his ex-wife's home, where one of her sisters was preparing for a wedding. He held a .40 caliber S&W semi-automatic pistol and a .38 caliber revolver in both hands. He shot his ex-wife's father in front of the house while he was washing the car. He then fired at the window of the house. Then he went into the house and went from room to room shooting everyone. In the house, he shot the mother of his ex, his ex, her four sisters, her brother and the husband of one of the sisters. The girl and the old woman were injured and survived. Two girls remained unharmed. Six people died on the spot, three more in hospital. The shooting lasted 3-4 minutes. Two empty 10 charging magazines and 28 revolver shell casings were found at the scene. After the shooting, he got into a car and went to a motel, which was 3 kilometers away. At the motel, he wrote a note apologizing to his family for the shooting and writing several numbers of his relatives. At about 11 a.m., he shot himself in a motel. A 12-gauge pump-action shotgun was found in his car.
Perpetrator
Mark Vijay Chahal, 30, divorced his wife in January 1995. The wife has repeatedly complained to the police about domestic violence. He also threatened his ex-family that not one of the daughters would marry. Chahal had no criminal record and all weapons were registered to him. Before the shooting, he exchanged his car for a rented van. Because of this, police speculated that he was planning to flee after the shooting.
References
External links
Memorial to the victims of the shooting
Vigil to remember Vernon mass murder
1990s murders in Canada
1996 mass shootings
Deaths by firearm in British Columbia
Murder–suicides in Canada
Murder in British Columbia
Massacres in Canada
Mass shootings in Canada
Massacres in 1996 |
Jaime dos Santos Serra (22 January 1921 – 9 February 2022) was a Portuguese politician.
A member of the Portuguese Communist Party, he served in the Assembly of the Republic from 1976 to 1985. He died on 9 February 2022, at the age of 101.
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1921 births
2022 deaths
Portuguese revolutionaries
Portuguese communists
Portuguese anti-fascists
20th-century Portuguese politicians
Portuguese Communist Party politicians
Members of the Assembly of the Republic (Portugal)
People from Lisbon
Portuguese centenarians
Men centenarians |
This is a list of application software written using the Electron software framework to provide the graphical user interface.
List
References
Free and open-source software
GitHub
Microsoft free software
Software using the MIT license
2013 software
Google Chrome
Cross-platform software
Cross-platform desktop-apps development |
Khadijah Ameen is a Trinidad and Tobago politician representing the United National Congress (UNC). She has served as a Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives for St. Augustine since the 2020 general election. She is the current deputy political leader of the UNC and the Shadow Local Government Minister.
Early life
Ameen was born in Curepe but she grew up in Caparo. She attended St George's College and Arima Senior Comprehensive School. When she was seventeen, she became assistant secretary of the Evergreen Village Council, helping students with their homework, and organised a sports and youth group, the Evergreen Youth and Sports Group, from her house.
After graduation, she worked as a data entry clerk at the Unemployment Relief Programme and later worked in the data management department at the National Insurance Board until 2003. Ameen received her bachelor's degree in public administration at the University of the West Indies in 2010 and later graduated with a masters' of business administration in 2015. While completing her undergraduate degree, she served as the public relations officer for the university's Off Campus Renters Association.
Political career
Ameen joined the United National Congress (UNC) when she was nineteen. She has held various roles in the party, including as the youth officer and as the social assistance coordinator, assistant office manager, and youth strategy officer for the constituency of Arouca North. She also worked as a campaign coordinator for the 2007 general elections and as a chairman for the UNC in the constituency of St. Augustine.
Ameen served as a local government councillor for ten years. In 2003, she ran to become councillor for the district of Valsayn/South Carapo at the age of twenty-one. While in this role, she was a consultant on the white paper for reform of the national youth policy. She also served as a member of the opposition committee on local government reform and the lead member of the opposition caucus of the Tunapuna–Piarco Regional Corporation.
In 2010, Ameen became the chairman of the Tunapuna–Piarco Regional Corporation at the age of twenty-eight, the youngest person to ever hold the position. She was the councillor for the St Augustine South/Piarco/St Helena local government district. She was the executive member of the Trinidad and Tobago Association of Local Government Authorities and chair of the sub-committee on education and training. The following year, she became the chairman of the women's arm of the UNC and a member of the national executive.
She contested the 2013 Chaguanas West by-election representing the UNC, where she was strongly supported by the UNC leader, Kamla Persad-Bissessar. She lost to Jack Warner of the Independent Liberal Party. She worked instead as an advisor to the Minister for Local Government from 2013 to 2015. Ameen was appointed as an opposition senator on 23 September 2015. She has served as the deputy political leader for the UNC since 2015.
She contested the St. Augustine constituency in the 2020 general election. Her campaign emphasised the issues of land regularisation, unemployment, crime, traffic, and flooding, as well as establishing an aircraft maintenance and repair hub at Piarco and a bio-technology manufacturing corridor. Ameen received 11,943 votes, compared to 5,264 votes for the People's National Movement’s candidate, Renuka Sagramsingh-Sooklal, who was her closest competitor. She is currently serving as the Shadow Local Government Minister for the UNC.
Personal life
Ameen was married to Nigel Rostant for five years prior to their divorce. She has one child.
References
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Members of the House of Representatives (Trinidad and Tobago)
21st-century women politicians
Trinidad and Tobago women in politics
United National Congress politicians
University of the West Indies alumni |
Cornelis Reinhard Vaillant (26 May 1781 – 9 January 1849) was a Dutch lawyer, judge, and colonial governor. He served as Governor of Suriname from 19 July 1816 until 1 April 1822, and as judge on the Supreme Court of the Netherlands from 1838 until 1849.
Biography
Vaillant was born on 26 May 1781 in Amsterdam, Dutch Republic. In 1805, he graduated law at the University of Leiden. In 1811, he started to work as clerk to the Cour Impériale en Hollande. In 1815, he became advocate general at the High Court in The Hague.
In 1816, Vaillant went to Surinam where he was appointed (prosecutor general) for the Court of Justice. Governor Willem van Panhuys died on 18 July 1816. The next day, Vaillant became acting Governor of Suriname. The two regiments in Suriname during the British occupation (1804-1816) had been disbanded, and a temporary corps of Coloureds and Free Negroes had taken its place. In December 1816, the schutterij (militia) was created which was divided in a White, Coloured and Free Negro division.
In 1817, the first school law of Suriname passed which outlawed cruel punishment except for moderate birching. The slave trade had been outlawed on 13 August 1814, however it continued illegally much to the dismay of Great Britain. On 4 May 1818, a joint Anglo-Dutch court was established. In 1821, there was a large fire in Paramaribo which destroyed a large part of the centre. In 1822, Vaillant requested to be relieved, and was replaced by Abraham de Veer on 1 April.
On 3 February 1823, Vaillent was appointed judge on the High Court in The Hague, and on 1 June 1838, he was appointed judge on the Supreme Court of the Netherlands.
Vaillent died on 9 January 1849 in The Hague, at the age of 67.
References
Bibliography
1781 births
1849 deaths
Lawyers from Amsterdam
Governors of Suriname
Supreme Court of the Netherlands justices
Surinamese lawyers
Leiden University alumni |
Gabriele de Seta (born 1986) is a digital anthropologist and sociologist specialising in everyday digital culture in the Chinese speaking world, and known for his contributions to digital ethnographic methodology. He works at the University of Bergen.
Education and career
Gabriele de Seta has a PhD in Sociology from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2016), after which he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica in Taipei, Taiwan. He joined the University of Bergen in 2020 as a postdoctoral fellow.
Research focus
De Seta is most known for his extensive research on how digital media and the internet are used creatively and in everyday life in the Chinese-speaking world. His articles "WeChat as infrastructure: The techno-nationalist shaping of Chinese digital platforms" (with Jean-Christophe Plantin) and "Through the looking glass: Twenty years of Chinese Internet research" (with David Kurt Herold) present broad analyses of the Chinese internet, while he in other articles analyses specific cultural phenomena such as biaoqing (visual forms of expression like emoji, digital stickers etc.), trolling in social media globally and in a Chinese context, and digital folklore more broadly, including how Pepe the Frog became embroiled in the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement.
Throughout his work he has emphasised how technology is not universal, but is used and interpreted differently in different cultural contexts. In addition to the ethnographic approach in much of his work, de Seta has contributed to theoretical frameworks by developing Bratton's concept of the "stack" to show how the Chinese Internet relies upon a partly different societal infrastructure.
De Seta's reflections on digital ethnography's methodologies have also been influential. His 2020 paper "Three Lies of Digital Ethnography", which draws upon Gary Alan Fine's "Ten Lies of Ethnography", is a self-reflexive analysis of how methodological illusions can be useful heuristics for research. The paper was translated to Spanish in 2021. Another paper, which de Seta co-authored with Crystal Abidin, analyses methodological mistakes the authors have made in order to develop a more robust understanding of digital ethnography.
From 2020 he has been a researcher with Jill Walker Rettberg's team at the University of Bergen, researching machine vision technologies from a cultural perspective. As part of this project he has published on deepfakes in China, and has written a speculative scifi story about potential future versions of QR codes. In an analysis of the Chinese use of visual technologies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, de Seta coined the term "optical governance".
References
Anthropologists
University of Bergen faculty
Sociologists
Italian sociologists
Italian sinologists
1986 births
Living people |
Jody Houser is a professional American comics writer known for her work on licensed properties. She was nominated for the Eisner Award in 2017 for her writing in the comic series Faith (2016). She was also the writer on the second volume of Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins which became a New York Times best-seller in September 2020.
Career
From 2010 to 2015, Houser self published the webcomic Cupcake POW!; she created the comic after reading a survey on the audience desire of female comic readers. Houser stated that "the summary was girls don’t need comics about 'princesses and unicorns and cupcakes'. And I thought, ‘Huh, what would a comic about a cupcake be like?'". The success of the webcomic pushed her further into comics. In 2012, Houser wrote "Everwell", with artists Fiona Staples and Adriana Blake, for the Kickstarter funded anthology Womanthology: Heroic. Houser stated that Staples selected her pitch as the one she wanted to draw for the project. By 2015, Houser had "contributed to a wide range of anthologies from just about every comic publisher". She then became the co-writer on the limited series Orphan Black (2015), for IDW Publishing, which was her first non-anthology or one-shot comic.
In 2016, Houser began writing the first solo series about the superhero Faith Herbert from Valiant Comics. PBS highlighted that Faith "sold out five times in its limited-run series, a significant feat in the comic book industry" which led to Valiant launching an ongoing series starting Faith, with Houser as the writer, in July 2016. NPR's review stated that "Houser has accomplished something deceptively simple: she's made Faith a fun character to spend time with. Faith is lighthearted but virtuous, with a cheesy sense of humor, compassion and smarts". Karen Walsh, for GeekMom in 2016, wrote that "Houser’s voice and her range place her on the precipice of comic writing popularity. I hope that with an ongoing Valiant book, she’ll be able to reach the level of respect and popularity she deserves. [...] Houser writes voices for the disaffected, manages to engage readers in the inner lives of characters, and is able to engage her readers by connecting to their varied lived experiences". In 2017, Faith (2016) was nominated for the "Best New Series" Eisner Award. Houser went on to write two sequel limited series: Faith & The Future Force (2017) and Faith: Dreamside (2018).
Houser was involved in several Geek & Sundry productions, including starring as Tkaah in the actual play web series VAST (2016) and guest starring as herself in the comics talk web show The Wednesday Club (2016) and as the Time Lord Corsair in the actual play web series TBD RPG (2017).
Houser was brought on to write Mother Panic (2017) for the DC Comics imprint Young Animal after she was asked by editor Molly Mahan to write several sample pages featuring Mother Panic to see if she "could nail [her] voice". The series and its title character, Violet Paige, was conceived by Young Animal curator Gerard Way and illustrator Tommy Lee Edwards. Houser expanded upon Way's and Edwards' concept to "flesh out" the main character and establish her within Gotham City and the Batman mythos. Reviewing the first issue for IGN, Jesse Schedeen wrote that "Mother Panic felt distinctive from the Batman family and surreal". In 2017 and 2018, Houser was a co-writer on several Supergirl issues during Steve Orlando's run in the DC Rebirth era. In 2019, she returned to write the series, with artist Rachael Stott, until the cancellation of the series in 2020. During this time, she also wrote the six issue mini-series Harley Quinn & Poison Ivy (2019) with artist Adriana Melo which was part of the Year of the Villain event.
Houser has written Star Wars adaptations for Marvel Comics such as Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) and Star Wars: Thrawn (2018). She also wrote the original limited series Star Wars: TIE Fighter (2019). Charlie Hall, reviewing TIE Fighter for Polygon, wrote "it's penned by Eisner nominated writer Jody Houser, who somehow made the Rogue One: A Star Wars Story comic adaptation leaps and bounds more appetizing than the film itself. She also managed to reign in Timothy Zahn’s meandering reboot of the Grand Admiral Thrawn character with a series of clear, concise comics. TIE Fighter just might be some of her best work yet".
Houser has also written multiple comic runs on several other licensed properties such as Doctor Who (for Titan Comics), Star Trek (for IDW Publishing), Stranger Things and Critical Role (for Dark Horse Comics). Houser was a member of the writer's room for the ongoing series Star Trek: Year Five which ran from 2019 to 2021. Upon the conclusion of the series, Jamie Lovett, for ComicBook.com, wrote: "Star Trek: Year Five is a remarkable achievement for a licensed comic. Often, these titles have little new or exciting to offer fans of their source material and even less for those who aren't familiar, ultimately feeling redundant or vestigial. Star Trek: Year Five is neither. It set out on a mission to tell an essential missing chapter in the lives of these characters, and it succeeded". In Publishers Weekly's "Best-selling Books Week Ending August 23, 2020", Houser's Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins Volume 2 was 6th in "Trade Paperbacks". Then in September 2020, the trade paperback reached #13 on The New York Times Best Seller list in the "Graphic Books and Manga" category.
Personal life
Houser studied English at the University of Miami with a focus on creative writing. Houser then earned a MFA in creative writing from Emerson College where she won the "Rod Parker Fellowship for Playwriting". In 2005, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue screenwriting. Houser enjoys role-playing games and is a player in a long running Star Wars role-playing game.
In September 2020, she said that she quit her last day job "in 2016 to write full-time, and have been doing that ever since, with the occasional stint as a professional RPG player". In July 2021, Houser stated that she "had a full-time job while writing comics full-time for longer than I’d have liked" and she had only recently started "doing comics full-time".
Works
Dark Horse Comics
StarCraft
StarCraft: Scavengers #1–4 (2018)
StarCraft: Soldiers #1–4 (2019)
StarCraft: Survivors #1–4 (2019)
Stranger Things
Stranger Things #1–4 (2018)
Stranger Things: Six #1–4 (2019)
Stranger Things: Into the Fire #1–4 (2020)
Stranger Things: Science Camp #1–4 (2020)
Stranger Things and Dungeons & Dragons #1–4 (2020)
Critical Role
Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins Series Two #1–6 (2019)
Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins Series Three #1–6 (2021) [ongoing]
Critical Role: The Mighty Nein Origins – Caleb Widogast (2022)
Critical Role: The Mighty Nein Origins – Mollymauk Tealeaf (2022) [upcoming]
DC Comics
Mother Panic
Mother Panic #1–12 (2017)
Milk Wars: Mother Panic/Batman Special (2018)
Mother Panic: Gotham A.D #1–6 (2018)
Supergirl Volume 7 #15–18, 20, 37–42 (2016)
Harley Quinn & Poison Ivy #1–6 (2019)
IDW Publishing
Womanthology: Heroic "Everwell" (2012)
Womanthology: Space "Trinkets" (2013)
Orphan Black #1–5 (2015)
Star Trek: Year Five #5–6, 15–16, 25 (2019)
Marvel Comics
The Cavalry: SHIELD 50th Anniversary #1 (2015)
Maximum Ride
Max Ride: Ultimate Flight #1–5 (2015)
Max Ride: Final Flight #1–5 (2016)
Star Wars
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story #1–6 (2016)
Star Wars: Thrawn #1–6 (2018)
Star Wars: Age of Republic #1–9 (2018)
Star Wars: TIE Fighter #1–5 (2019)
Spider-Man
Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows #13–23 (2016)
Spider-Girls #1–3 (2018)
The Web of Black Widow #1–5 (2019)
Northwest Press
Rise: Comics Against Bullying Volume 1 "Origin Story" (2015)
Titan Comics
Doctor Who
Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor #1–12, Season 1 (2018)
Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor Holiday Special #1–2 (2019)
Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor #1–4, Season 2 (2020)
Doctor Who: Alternating Current #1–4 (2020)
Doctor Who: Defender of the Daleks #1–2 (2020)
Doctor Who: Missy – The Master Plan #1–4 (2021)
Doctor Who: Empire of the Wolf #1–4 (2021)
Valiant Comics
Faith
Faith #1–4, Volume 1 (2016)
Faith #1–12, Volume 2 (2016)
Faith & The Future Force #1–4 (2017)
Faith: Dreamside (2018)
References
American comics writers
American webcomic creators
Female comics writers
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Emerson College alumni
University of Miami alumni |
Ondřej Černý (born 4 March 1999) is a Czech cross-country skier. He competed in the sprint at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
References
External links
1999 births
Living people
Czech male cross-country skiers
Cross-country skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Olympic cross-country skiers of the Czech Republic
Sportspeople from Prague |
Plectanocotyle is a genus of monogeneans in the family Plectanocotylidae. All its members are parasites on the gills of fish. It includes four species:
Plectanocotyle elliptica Diesing, 1850
Plectanocotyle gurnardi (Van Beneden & Hesse, 1863) Llewellyn, 1941
Plectanocotyle lastovizae Ayadi, Tazerouti, Gey & Justine, 2022
Plectanocotyle major Boudaya, Neifar & Euzet, 2006
References
Polyopisthocotylea
Parasites of fish |
Luděk Šeller (born 11 July 1995) is a Czech cross-country skier. He competed in the sprint at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
References
External links
1995 births
Living people
Czech male cross-country skiers
Cross-country skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Olympic cross-country skiers of the Czech Republic
People from Domažlice |
Paleo-inspiration is a paradigm shift that leads scientists and designers to draw inspiration from ancient materials (from art, archaeology, natural history or paleo-environments) to develop new systems or processes, particularly with a view to sustainability.
Paleo-inspiration has already contributed to numerous applications in fields as varied as green chemistry, the development of new artist materials, composite materials, microelectronics, and construction materials.
Semantics and definitions
While this type of application has been known for a long time, the concept itself was coined by teams from the French National Centre for Scientific Research, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Bern University of Applied Sciences from the term Bioinspiration. They published the concept in a seminal paper published online in 2017 by the journal Angewandte Chemie.
Different names have been used to designate the corresponding systems, in particular: paleo-inspired, antiqua-inspired, antiquity-inspired or archaeomimetic. The use of these different names illustrates the extremely large time gap between the sources of inspiration, from millions of years ago when considering palaeontological systems and fossils, to much more recent archaeological or artistic material systems.
Properties sought
Distinct physico-chemical and mechanical properties are sought.
They may concern intrinsic properties of the paleo-inspired materials:
durability (materials found in certain contexts, having resisted alteration in these environments) and resistance to corrosion or alteration
electronic or magnetic properties
optical properties (especially from pigments or dyes, materials used for ceramic manufacture)
They can also concern processes:
processes with low energy or resource consumption, with a view to chemical processes favouring sustainable development
soft chemistry processes
The paleo-inspired approach
This approach combines several key stages.
Observation: This phase concerns materials, their properties, or the manufacturing processes (in relation in particular to the study of chaîne opératoire's in archaeology, or the history of techniques, in particular that of artistic techniques), and the processes of alteration (or even the work carried out in experimental taphonomy). This is therefore a first phase of reverse engineering. Some of these studies fall within the field of anthropology. As in the case of bioinspiration, this phase is fundamental and is based on an approach that favours creative exploration of objects, with few preconceived ideas (serendipity).
Re-creation: A second phase follows aimed at simplifying materials, systems and processes in order to identify the fundamental mechanisms at the origin of the observed properties. This stage requires a back and forth between the synthesis of simplified systems and the characterisation of the new objects of study.
Design: Finally, there follows a conception or design phase, concerning materials, systems or processes, and aiming at their concrete implementation for applications.
Practical applications
Sustainable building materials
Emblematic examples include the microscopic study of the mineral phases present in Roman concretes to reproduce their durability in aggressive environments, particularly in the marine environment.
Durable colouring materials
A notable discovery is the elucidation of the atomic structure of Maya blue, a composite pigment combining a clay with an organic dye, which has led teams to produce pigments of other colours by combining clays with distinct organic dyes, such as "Maya violet".
References
Materials science
Archaeology
Paleontology |
Hong slipinskii is a species of beetle in the genus Hong which is known from specimens collected from Chile, the specific epithet honours Andrew Ślipiński, the authority for genus Hong.
References
Coccinellidae
Insects described in 2013
Insects of South America |
Plectanocotyle lastovizae is a species of monogenean in the genus Plectanocotyle.
Host and localities
Plectanocotyle lastovizae is a parasite of the gills of the streaked gurnard Chelidonichthys lastoviza (Bonnaterre, 1788). The type locality is off Bouharoun, near Alger, Algeria, in the Mediterranean Sea. Another locality is off Sète, France, Mediterranean Sea.
Etymology
The species was named after its host, Chelidonichthys lastoviza.
References
Animals described in 2022
Polyopisthocotylea
Parasites of fish
Fauna of France
Fauna of Algeria |
Rogel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Agustín Rogel (born 1997), Uruguayan footballer
Anna Rogel (1751–1784), Finnish preacher
Bernard Rogel (born 1956), French admiral
Fran Rogel (1927–2002), American football player
Jason Rogel (born 1976), American actor
Luis Rogel (born 1985), Chilean footballer
Nakdimon Rogel (1925–2011), Israeli journalist
Steven Rogel, American business executive
See also
Rogelj |
Cyperus burkartii is a species of sedge that is native to parts of Argentina.
See also
List of Cyperus species
References
burkartii
Plants described in 1990
Flora of Argentina |
This is a list of years in Mauritius.
20th century
21st century
History of Mauritius
Mauritius-related lists
Mauritius |
Lady Amabel Kerr (1846 – 15 October 1906) was a British writer of religious literature, biographies, children's literature, and novels. She was also a translator from German to English, and a magazine editor. She was described in the University of Ottawa Review as "a rare example of strenuous devotion to the service of God and His Church, rendered all the more forcible by reason of the obscurity in which she endeavored to shroud her work". Kerr was the author of a number of books, among them: Unravelled Convictions, being the reasons for her conversion; Before Our Lord Came, an Old Testament history for little children; A Mixed Marriage, a novel; Life of Joan of Arc, and Life of Blessed Sebastian Valfre. She died in October 1906.
Early life
Lady Amabel Frederica Henrietta Cowper was born in St George Hanover Square, London, England, 1846. Her father was George Cowper, 6th Earl Cowper, and her mother was Lady Anne Florence de Grey (who after her husband's death succeeded as sixth Baroness Lucas of Crudwell), daughter of Thomas de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey. Her siblings were:
Lady Henrietta Emily Mary Cowper (d. 1853)
Francis Thomas de Grey Cowper, 7th Earl Cowper (1834–1905)
The Honourable Henry Frederick Cowper (1836–1887)
Lady Florence Amabel Cowper (1837–1886), married the Honourable Auberon Herbert in 1871.
Lady Adine Eliza Anne Cowper (1840–1868), married the Honourable Julian Fane in 1866.
Career
While still a girl, and before her conversion, she started her literary career with a journal, afterward published with the title Unravelled Convictions, in which she recorded the various mental stages through which she was led through many doubts and bewilderments to find peace and rest in the Catholic Church. It was an instructive history of her feelings and convictions up to November 1868. Thirty years afterward, it was republished in a second edition by the Catholic Truth Society.
She was received into the Catholic Church in 1872, and the following year married Lord Walter Kerr, later Admiral of the Fleet. After her conversion, Lady Amabel was constantly publishing what might serve for instruction or edification. In particular, she was a most strenuous and efficient member of the Catholic Truth Society, a regular attendant at its committee meetings, and one of the most prolific contributors to its literature, most of her work being done for it.
To begin with, she did much to spread amongst Catholics a knowledge of the Bible story by her most successful small volumes, Before Our Lord Came (Old Testament history for young children), Bible Picture Book for Catholic Children, and Life of Our Lord. Of many saints and holy persons, she likewise wrote lives — some on a larger scale as substantial books, others in outline as penny tracts. Of the former class, there were B. Sebastian Valfre; Monsignore Cacciaguerra ("A Precursor of St. Philip"); Joan of Arc; B. Anthony Grassi ("A Saint of the Oratory"); St. Felix of Cantalice ("A Son of St. Francis"); and Sister Chatelain ; or, Forty Years' Work in Westminster. The shorter biographies include those of St. Martin, St. Elizabeth of Hungary, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Francis Xavier, St. Philip Benizi, Mother Mary Hallahan, and two who commenced life as French naval officers, and a tribute to whom came from Lady Amabel, the wife of a British Admiral; they were Alexis Clerc, and Auguste Marceau.
To devotional literature, Lady Amabel was also a considerable contributor. From the German of Father Maurice Meschler, S.J., she translated The Gift of Pentecost (meditations on the Holy Ghost), and from the letters of François Fénelon, she selected a volume which she entitled Spiritual Counsels. In fiction, too, she produced two stories which achieved some success, despite a purpose. These appeared originally under the titles, A Mixed Marriage and One Woman's Work, the latter being altered when the tale was published separately to The Whole Difference.
Besides all these various productions, Lady Amabel edited the Catholic Magazine, the organ of the Catholic Truth Society, established in 1895, during the greater part of its career, and was on the committee of the Society.
The translation from German to English of Dr. Ludwig Pastor's History of the Popes (1908) was a massive work of which the volume comprising Leo X's pontificate was taken up by Lady Amabel, and she had almost completed the work when in the autumn of 1906, she died.
Personal life
In 1903, it was reported that Lady Amabel was one of the co-heirs to the barony of Butler, other coheirs to the same barony being Mr. Auberon Herbert and Mrs. W. H. Grenfell.
As Lady Amabel's brother, Lord Cowper, 7th Earl Cowper, died childless and there were no other male-line descendants of the first Earl Cowper at the time of his death, his wealth stated mainly devolved to issue of his three married sisters. Amabel's descendants, who later succeeded as Marquesses of Lothian, inherited the Melbourne part of the Cowper estates including Brocket Hall in Hertfordshire and Melbourne Hall in Derbyshire.
George Robinson, Marquis of Ripon was her cousin.
Lady Amabel Kerr died at Melbourne, Derbyshire, England, 15 October 1906, and was buried at St. David's Churchyard, Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland.
Selected works
Unravelled convictions; or 'My road to faith''', 1878
A Mixed Marriage, 1893
Auguste Marceau, a sailor's life, 1893
Alexis Clerc, Sailor and Jesuit (1819-1871.)., 1893
Blessed Margaret Mary, 1895
Mother Margaret Hallahan (1803-1868), 1896
The Life of the Blessed Sebastian Valfré of the Turin Oratory, 1896
Unravelled Convictions ... Second Edition, 1897
The Life of Cesare Cardinal Baronius of the Roman Oratory, 1898
A Bible Picture Book for Catholic Children, 1898
Saint Martin (317-397.), 1899
Sister Chatelain: Or, Forty Years' Work in Westminster., 1900
A Life of Our Lord, 1900
A Son of St. Francis. St. Felix of Cantalice, 1900
A Saint of the Oratory: The Life of Blessed Antony Grassi of the Fermo Congregation", 1901
St. Elizabeth of Hungary, 1207-1231, 1901
Saint Cecilia, 1902
The whole difference, 1902
Saint Philip Benizi, 1902
Jeanne d'Arc, glorifiée par une anglaise, 1903
A precursor of st. Philip, Buonsignore Cacciaguerra
Lives of the Saints for Children: 2nd Series, 1905
Saint Francis Xavier, 1905
Saint Thomas Aquinas, 1905
Saint Genevieve, 1906
Saint Francis of Assisi, 1906
St. Thomas of Canterbury, 1906
Christopher Columbus, 1908
Saint Philip Benizi (1233-1285), 1908
Notes
References
1846 births
1906 deaths
19th-century British non-fiction writers
19th-century English women writers
20th-century English women writers
English women novelists
British women children's writers
English children's writers
Daughters of British earls
19th-century English novelists
20th-century English novelists
English religious writers
20th-century English biographers
British women biographers
20th-century English translators
German–English translators
English Roman Catholic writers
English magazine editors
Women magazine editors
19th-century English nobility |
Swift Are the Winds of Life is an album by drummer Rashied Ali and violinist / composer Leroy Jenkins. It was recorded in September 1975 at Studio 77 in New York City, and was released by Survival Records in 1976. The album was reissued by Knit Classics in 2000.
Regarding the circumstances surrounding the recording, Ali recalled: "It just happened. Le was working with the Revolutionary Ensemble and I was working with my band, and we never played together, and so we decided to get together. We came into the club when it was closed, I turned on the tape recorder and we just started playing. We put it down on tape not even thinking that it was gonna turn out the way that it turned out, and that was the first and the last time we played."
In the album liner notes, Stanley Crouch commented: "The duet has a unique and significant place in Jazz... what the duet has always shown off is the call-and-response as well as the counterpoint so basic to the Jazz ensemble of any size and has made clear the degree of completeness two improvising musicians can achieve. But in the music that has developed within the last two decades, the duet serves another purpose, and that purpose is the same as it served in the days of the collectively improvising New Orleans ensemble: clearing the air."
Reception
In a review for AllMusic, Brian Olewnick wrote: "Swift Are the Winds of Life represents one of the absolute finest examples of Jenkins' violin playing outside of his Revolutionary Ensemble and arguably one of Rashied Ali's greatest recordings aside from Interstellar Space, his legendary duo session with John Coltrane. A violin/drums duo may strike some as strange and unwieldy, but these musicians pull it off so well one never even considers any 'lack' of depth or richness... The compositions, all by Jenkins, range from torrid and in-your-face... to bluesy to abstract, none of them especially difficult for the new listener. A very fine (if all too short) recording, one of the best to emerge from the New York City 'loft jazz' scene of the '70s."
Robert Palmer, writing for The New York Times, stated: "The two players are so resourceful, especially in their use of changing textures and densities, that their interactions retain a mesmerizing intensity and purpose from beginning to end, making this one of the essential recordings of the new jazz."
In an article for All About Jazz, Jack Gold-Molina remarked: "Here is an album that... features some blazing drum set playing on the part of Ali. At just over 30 minutes in length, Jenkins composes and plays against Ali beautifully."
Henry Kuntz, writing for Bells, commented: "Historically, Ali's work on Interstellar Space... is his most important; if he doesn't actually go beyond those parameters here, he continues in largely the same vein. More than anyone, he captures for me much of the spirit of Art Blakey, with all of the raw, explosive urgency that that implies. Driven by that, Leroy Jenkins offers some of his finest playing on record. He also contributes the album's four compositions."
Track listing
All compositions by Leroy Jenkins.
"Past" – 7:26
"It's For You" – 7:40
"The Stomp" – 5:00
"Swift Are the Winds of Life" – 10:18
Personnel
Leroy Jenkins – violin
Rashied Ali – drums
References
1976 albums
Leroy Jenkins (jazz musician) albums |
Ema Tavola is an artist, curator, arts manager and advocate using art to centralise 'Pacific ways of seeing'.
Tavola was born in Fiji in 1982. Her father is from Dravuni in the Kadavu province of Fiji. Her mother is a third generation Pākehā from Palmerston North in New Zealand. While she was growing up she also lived with her family in London and Belgium. As a teenager they moved to Wellington, New Zealand and she attended Wellington High School. After high school Tavola was having a gap year in Fiji and experienced the 2000 Fiji civilian coup.
Returning to New Zealand Tavola went on to study a Bachelor of Visual Arts from Manukau School of Visual Arts in South Auckland, and got a job with Manukau City Council after graduating.
In 2006 she founded the Fresh Gallery in Ōtara, Auckland as a partnership with Manukau City Council and the local community. In 2013 it re-opened after expansion.
Tavola has speaking engagements at conferences and other places. In 2019 she was a guest speaker at Para Site International Conference, Hong Kong, the Singapore Art Book Fair for NTU Centre for Contemporary Art (Singapore) and Spinning Triangles: Ignition of a School of Design for SAVVY Contemporary (Berlin, Germany / Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo).
In 2019 Tavola opened an independent art gallery called Vunilagi Vou.
Tavola's artworks are held the collections at Auckland Art Gallery.
Curatorial work
2016 – Dravuni: Sivia yani na Vunilagi – Beyond the Horizon - New Zealand Maritime Museum
2017 – Kaitani – The Physics Room (New Zealand)
2018 – A Maternal Lens – 4th International Biennial of Casablanca (Morocco)
2018 – Dravuni: Sivia yani na Vunilagi – Beyond the Horizon - Oceania Centre for Arts, Culture and Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific (Fiji)
Awards and residencies
2017 – Pacific Studies Artist in Residence – University of Canterbury Macmillan Brown Centre
References
Living people
New Zealand artists
New Zealand curators
Fijian people
People educated at Wellington High School, New Zealand |
Rhythm of Life is the 1983 debut album by Paul Haig. The phrase may also refer to:
"Rhythm of Life", a song by Status Quo from the 2002 album Heavy Traffic
Rhythm of Life, a 2008 Singaporean television series
"The Rhythm of Life", a song from the 1966 Broadway musical Sweet Charity |
The Thomas C. Green Water Treatment Plant was Austin Water Utility's first water treatment plant, and the first to open in Austin, Texas. It closed in 2008 and was redeveloped into multiple skyscrapers by Trammel Crow Company.
History
The Green Water Treatment Plant opened as the Austin Filtration Plant in 1924 on the north shore of the Colorado River in Downtown Austin, which is now part of Lady Bird Lake. The plant opened after the development of a chemical treatment for river water by Dr. E. P. Schoch of the University of Texas in 1923. It was the only water treatment plant in the Austin Water system until 1954, when the Albert R. Davis Water Treatment Plant opened on Lake Austin. From 1984 to 1986, the plant was modernized and its capacity was doubled while remaining in operation. As the Green Water Treatment Plant aged into the 2000s, then-Mayor Will Wynn proposed the relocation or closure of the plant along with the construction of Water Treatment Plant 4 in West Austin. In 2008, the plant was officially decommissioned by Austin City Council and city staff recommended developer Trammel Crow's proposal for redevelopment of the site.
Redevelopment
In 2014, the City of Austin sold the Green Water parcel to Trammel Crow for $42.2 million. The site was redivided into its original blocks, as laid out in the Waller Plan of 1839; the full Blocks 1 & 185, and the southern portions of Blocks 23 and 188. Nueces Street was extended south through the site to connect to Cesar Chavez Street, and 2nd Street was extended west to Shoal Creek. 2nd Street would later be extended west to cross the creek and connect to the street grid of the Seaholm Power Plant redevelopment. The four blocks were developed into office and mixed-use towers by Trammel Crow between 2015 and 2022.
Block 1 (The Northshore)
Block 1 was the first of the Green Water sites to be redeveloped, with construction beginning in 2015. The plot was developed as The Northshore, a mixed-use building with office and retail space in its podium and an apartment tower stepping back from Lady Bird Lake, due to setback requirements. The tower opened in 2016 as Austin's tallest apartment building, which it remains to this day.
Block 23 (500 West 2nd Street)
500 West 2nd Street was the first office tower built on the Green Water site. Construction began in 2015 and concluded in 2017, with Google as the building's only office tenant. The building was commonly referred to as "The Google Building" before the opening of Block 185. The building was designed as a pre-certified LEED Gold tower.
Block 185
Block 185 was the final Green Water site to be developed, with construction beginning in 2019 and completing in 2022. The tower was the second in Austin to be leased by Google, who occupies the entire building. The tower is the tallest of the Green Water skyscrapers and the tallest office building in Austin, reaching 594 feet (181 meters) tall. Block 185 has a unique design due to its setbacks on the southern and western facades, which face Lady Bird lake and Shoal Creek, respectively.
Block 188 (Austin Proper Hotel & Residences)
Austin Proper is a mixed-use hotel and condo tower facing Shoal Creek. The tower's design was first proposed in 2015, but it did not start construction until 2017. The building was completed in 2020. The tower contains the only hotel space in the Green Water redevelopment, the Austin Proper Hotel, which is a member of Marriott's Design Hotels.
References
Water treatment facilities |
Jake Vedder (born April 16, 1998) is an American snowboarder who competes internationally in the snowboard cross discipline. He represented the United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Career
Vedder represented the United States at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics where he won a gold medal in the snowboard cross event. He also competed at the 2019 FIS Snowboarding Junior World Championships and won a silver medal.
He represented the United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics as an alternate in the snowboard cross event, replacing an injured Alex Deibold, finishing in sixth place.
References
External links
1998 births
Living people
American male snowboarders
Olympic snowboarders of the United States
People from Pinckney, Michigan
Snowboarders at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Snowboarders at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics |
This is a list of radio stations in the State of San Luis Potosí, in Amplitude Modulation and Frequency Modulation bands.
Ciudad Valles, S.L.P.
Frequency Modulation
Matehuala, S.L.P.
Amplitude Modulation
Frequency Modulation
Río Verde, S.L.P.
Frequency Modulation
San Luis Potosí, S.L.P.
Amplitude Modulation
Shortwave
Frecuencia Modulada
NA: Not available
Information:
To listen to the station online, just click on the name of the broadcaster.
List of stations updated as of December 13, 2018. Information based on the list of AM and FM stations of the Federal Telecommunications Institute.
List of stations published according to the formats that are currently on the air, not including possible changes in name and/or genre that have not yet been confirmed in the short or medium term.
Tamazunchale, S.L.P.
Frequency Modulation
Tancanhuitz de los Santos, S.L.P.
Amplitude Modulation
Previous formats
Ciudad Valles, S.L.P.
Amplitude Modulation
Data before the AM station starts broadcasting on FM.
Matehuala, S.L.P.
Amplitude Modulation
San Luis Potosí, S.L.P.
Amplitude Modulation
Data before the AM station starts broadcasting on FM.
Frequency Modulation
Frequency changes
Ciudad Valles, S.L.P.
Frequency Modulation
Matehuala, S.L.P.
Amplitude Modulation
Frequency Modulation
Río Verde, S.L.P.
Amplitude Modulation
San Luis Potosí, S.L.P.
Amplitude Modulation
Frequency Modulation
Tancanhuitz de los Santos, S.L.P.
Amplitude Modulation
References
Lists of radio stations in Mexico
Radio stations in San Luis Potosí |
Konstantinas Dulksnys (11 January 1901 – 30 July 1941) was a Lithuanian colonel of the General Staff, intelligence officer, lecturer.
Personal life
In 1926, Dulksnys married Adelė Braižytė, who gave birth to their son Algimantas in 1929.
Early life
Dulksnys was born on 24 January 1901 in village, Kupiškis County, Russian Empire.
During the German occupation of Lithuania period, Dulksnys studied at the Kupiškis Progymnasium, which he graduated in 1919. Upon graduation, he joined a partisan squad in his native neighborhoods, mostly Puožo and the surroundings forests, and fought with the Bolsheviks. After successfully resisting the Bolsheviks, he received a certificate from the Head of the Security Division of the Kupiškis County Temporary Committee about his activities behind the enemy lines.
Interwar Lithuania
On 21 June 1919, Dulksnys joined the Lithuanian Armed Forces as a volunteer and participated in the Lithuanian Wars of Independence. He was assigned to the First Regiment of Cavalry, from where he was soon sent to the War School of Kaunas. Following graduation in December 1919, he served in various units. After staying at the Bermontian Front in the late December 1919, he began serving in the Fourth Infantry Regiment, a machine gun company, where on 4 May 1920 he received the military rank of junior lieutenant and was appointed junior officer of the 1st Company. In July 1920, he participated in fights with the Polish Armed Forces and in the battle near Benekoniai his right leg was wounded in action during more serious collisions with the enemy. He later limped as a result of this injury. After being treated at the Military Hospital for several weeks, he was examined by the permanent health examination commission, which on 29 October 1920 acknowledged that the wound was healed and that he was ready to return to the line-up. A few weeks later, he reappeared on the front lines again and took part in the fighting in Taučiuliai–Užuožeriai district. Following the end of the Lithuanian Wars of Independence, on 4 July 1921, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of the Cross of Vytis.
In 1921, Dulksnys was appointed the commander of the 2nd machine gun company. From January to June 1923, the junior lieutenant took part in fighting with the Polish partisans in the Širvintos area, where he liquidated the Sartono-Virbalis gang. For this, he was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of the Cross of Vytis.
On 24 January 1924, Dulksnys was awarded the military rank of lieutenant. After handing over a machine gun company to Lieutenant Tumelis, he went to the Higher Officers' Courses in 1924–1925, where he graduated from the general department. In January 1926, he was appointed junior officer of the 1st Company and was soon promoted to senior officer, and in August 1925 he was awarded the military rank of captain.
In 1927, Dulksnys graduated from Kaunas Pavasaris Adults Gymnasium and obtained a maturity certificate. In 1931, Dulksnys graduated from the Academy of the General Staff of Prague. In 1931–1933, Dulksnys served in the General Staff. In 1931, he was awarded the military rank of major. In 1933–1934, he served in the Ninth Infantry Regiment as a commander of a battalion and worked for the Lithuanian secret services. On 22 August 1934, he took up the position of the Chief of Division II (Intelligence) of the General Staff Board. It was soon announced that he had been awarded the military rank of lieutenant colonel. On 26 September 1935, he was appointed the Chief of the II Division (Information) of the Staff of the Lithuanian Armed Forces, where he worked until 6 July 1940. In 1936, he was awarded the military rank of Colonel of the General Staff.
In 1932–1939, Dulksnys lectured at the Higher Officers' Courses and Higher Military School.
Dulksnys wrote articles for the publications Kardas, Mūsų žinynas, Karys, Trimitas, Lietuvos aidas.
World War II
Following the Soviet occupation of Lithuania in June 1940, the Soviet tanks began to roll through the streets of Kaunas on 15 June 1940, and Soviet soldiers soon appeared in the military intelligence unit by hurrying to seize everything that was still undamaged. They robbed a photo lab, took photos and cameras, and eventually Lithuanian intelligence officers became the main target of the Soviets. The Lithuanian military intelligence and counter-intelligence officers were fired. Dulksnys was dismissed from his position on 6 July 1940. Although many scouts knew they were in danger, none of them withdrew from Lithuania and the arrests soon began. On 8 July 1940, Dulksnys was appointed a lecturer of the War School of the Lithuanian People's Army.
On 7 July 1940, Antanas Sniečkus signed a plan for the liquidation of the so-called anti-state parties and other governing staff. On July 18, 1940, the arrests of scouts began in all the occupied Baltic states. Three lieutenants were the first to be arrested in Kaunas by the NKVD: Dulksnys, Juozas Matusaitis, and Petras Kirlys. On 23 July 1940, Dulksnys was taken to the Lubyanka Prison in Moscow. According to the Lithuanian historian Arvydas Anušauskas, who studied the personal file of Dulksnys, the degrading conditions of detention were deliberately created for the prisoners, however even then the arrested Lithuanian officers did not lose their dignity. All three arrested Lithuanian military intelligence colonels were taken to the Lefortovo Prison in separate wagons, where they were confronted by Boris Rodos, a notorious interrogation officer of the NKVD. All of them were tortured, and admitted the imposed charges. They were sentenced to the most severe punishment – execution by firing squad. On 30 July 1941, the death penalty was executed in the Butyrka prison. According to Anušauskas, the death penalties were carried out without proof of guilt, therefore efforts were made to erase their activities from memory and to conceal deaths.
Witness Albinas Kaulakys often met Dulksnys' wife Adelė and son Algimantas, who were arriving to their family's homestead in Naiviai around 1941 as they were short of food while living in Kaunas during the difficult times.
For a long time there was no precise knowledge about the fate of Dulksnys. Historian V. Jankauskas revealed the fact that his wife Adelė, who departed to the West with their son Algimantas, received information about her husband's death only in 1990. The woman always felt that the beloved man had died in Soviet prisons or camps.
Legacy
In 1996, a street in the Aleksotas neighborhood of Kaunas was named after him.
In 2011, a group memorial plaque was unveiled on the building in Kaunas (Gedimino Str. 38 / Nepriklausomybės Square) with text: "Čia buvusioje Lietuvos kariuomenės generalinio štabo II skyriaus būstinėje dirbo Lietuvos karinės žvalgybos ir kontržvalgybos pulkininkai Kostas Dulksnys, Juozas Mutasaitis ir Petras Kirlys. 1940 m. vasarą sovietų okupantų jie buvo suimti ir 1941 m. sušaudyti Maskvoje" ().
In 2018, a memorial plaque was unveiled on a wall of the native homestead of Dulksnys in , Kupiškis District Municipality.
References
1901 births
1941 deaths
Lithuanian Army officers
Lithuanian people executed by the Soviet Union |
Kwan Yuk-noan (; born 27 March 1945) is a Taiwanese engineer and politician.
Education
Kwan studied civil engineering at National Cheng Kung University and Tulane University.
Political career
Kwan joined the Kuomintang in 1972 and was involved in several organizations for overseas Chinese. He represented overseas Chinese on behalf of the party while serving as a member of the Legislative Yuan from 1999 to 2005. In 2002, he criticized the Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission for keeping a list of anonymous members, which was eventually publicized. After five cadets at the Republic of China Military Academy were expelled for cheating in May 2003, Kwan organized a press conference on their behalf. Shortly thereafter, Jason Hu chastised the group of people who aided and defended the expelled cadets. Later that year, Special Report announced plans to publish a VCD parodying Kwan, as part of a series of political parodies.
In 2009, Kwan expressed opposition to a proposal that the Overseas Compatriots Affairs Commission merge with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In August 2010, Kwan was indicted on charges of corruption, and suspected of embezzling payments set aside for legislative aides.
References
1945 births
Living people
Taiwanese expatriates in the United States
20th-century Taiwanese engineers
21st-century Taiwanese engineers
Members of the 4th Legislative Yuan
Members of the 5th Legislative Yuan
Party List Members of the Legislative Yuan
Kuomintang Members of the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan
Tulane University alumni
Taiwanese civil engineers
National Cheng Kung University alumni |
Paula Elaine Cohen is a British-American geneticist who is a professor and Associate Vice Provost for Life Sciences at Cornell University. Her research considers DNA repair mechanisms and the regulation of crossing over during mammalian meiosis. She was awarded the National Down Syndrome Society Charles J. Epstein Down Syndrome Research Award in 2004 and elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2021.
Early life and education
Cohen was an undergraduate student at King's College London, where she majored in animal physiology. She was a doctoral researcher at the University of London, where she worked toward a PhD in reproductive physiology. During her doctorate she was based at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. Her research considered endocrine control during implantation. After earning her doctorate she moved to the United States, where she worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Research and career
Cohen joined the faculty at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 2000. Her early research considered gonadal function in males and females. Specifically, she worked on maternal mismatch repair proteins and how they impact Trisomy-21. Trisomy-21 is the abnormality in chromosomes that is responsible for Down syndrome. She moved to Cornell University in 2004, where she was made associate professor in 2007 and professor in 2013. She founded the Cornell Center for Reproductive Genomics in 2006, which seeks to promote research in reproductive health and fertility. She was appointed Associate Vice Provost for Life Sciences in 2018.
Cohen is interested in mammalian meiosis, gametogenesis and the role of a variety of DNA repair pathways in mediating meiosis. In particular, Cohen has studied the DNA mismatch repair (MMR) pathway, and described the major crossover pathway in mammalian meiosis. She has also studied the origins of male intertility and spermatogenesis. Specifically, Cohen is interested in the regulation of RNA during the formation of sperm.
Cohen is chair of the 2022 Gordon Research Conference Diverse and Conserved Molecular Mechanisms Preventing Aneuploidy During Gamete Production. The conference looks to explore meiosis, the cell division process that results in gametes for sexual reproduction.
Awards and honours
2004 National Down Syndrome Society Charles J. Epstein Down Syndrome Research Award
2009 Provost's award for Distinguished Scholarship
2017 SUNY Chancellor's award for Academic Excellence
2022 Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Selected publications
References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Alumni of the University of London
Alumni of King's College London
Cornell University faculty
Geneticists
British emigrants to the United States
21st-century British scientists |
Fraňo Kráľ (9 March 1903 – 3 January 1955) was a Slovak poet, novelist and politician who was a leading representative of Socialist realist literature in Czechoslovakia.
Biography
He was born in Ohio, United States, in the family of Slovak immigrants. At the age of two, he returned to Slovakia with his mother in the city of Smrečany, while the family's financial situation was very poor. After receiving his primary education, Kráľ started to work as a teacher after his graduation from the pedagogical school in Spišská Nová Ves.
During his studies, due to his poor diet, he contracted typhus, which left permanent traces in his body, and later lung disease was a direct consequence of it. He enlisted in the military, but soon contracted tuberculosis. He was treated in Tatranské Matliary. He later moved to the Czech sanatorium Prosečnice. Not yet properly treated, he was released from the sanatorium and began working as a teacher in Okoličné , later he was transferred to the small village of Kováčovce in the district of Modrý Kameň and other places. In 1921, he became a member of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
In 1931 he came to Bratislava for work, but due to his communist convictions he was fired and forced to retire. During the period of the fascist Slovak State, he was a member underground resistance.
After the Second World War and liberation, he worked at the Commission of Education, was a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, a member of the Slovak National Council and a member of the presidency of the Union of Czechoslovak Writers.
In 1953, Kráľ received the title of National Artist.
Works
The beginning of the literary activity started in the period of his treatment in hospitals and sanatoriums in Slovakia, when he published his first poems, some of which were published in publications such as Pravda and Nový život.
Initially, he created his works under the influence of proletarian poetry, later poetism and symbolism. In his novels, he depicted the socio-political situation in Slovakia between the two world wars, the horrors and sufferings of the war. His writing style became close to socialist realism, in which there was an anti-religious and later anti-fascist tendency and an exaltation of Marxist ideology.
In addition to prose, novels and poetry, Král has written children's books as well, works which have become an integral part of Slovak literature for children and have been translated into numerous foreign languages.
Poetry
1930 - Čerň na palete ("Black on the palette"), collection of poems;
1931 - Balt ("Baltic"), collection of poems;
1936 - Pohľadnice ("Illustrated postcards"), collection of poems;
1945 - Z Noci do úsvitu ("From night to dawn"), collection of poems;
1952 - Jarnou cestou ("On the road to spring"), collection of poems.
Prose
1934 - Cesta zarúbaná ("The cut road"), novel;
1945 - Stretnutie ("Encounter"), novel (written in 1937 );
1949 - Za krajší život ("For a more beautiful life"), commemorative novel;
1952 - Bude ako nebolo ("It will be as it was not"), novel.
Children's literature
1931 - Jano, autobiographical prose;
1932 - Čenkovej deti.
Other
1946 - Keď sa časy menia ("When times change"), drama;
1961 - Fraňo Kráľ učiteľom ("Fraňo Kráľ teacher"), collection of speeches, articles, documents.
References
1903 births
1955 deaths
Slovak poets
Slovak male writers
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia politicians
Members of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
20th-century Slovak writers
Socialist realism writers
Slovak dramatists and playwrights
Slovak children's writers
Slovak communists
Slovak anti-fascists
Communist Party of Slovakia (1939) politicians |
Zviad Tarielovich Kupatadze (Russian: Звиад Тариелович Купатадзе; Georgian: ზვიად კუპატაძე; born ) is a Georgian futsal player, playing as a goalkeeper. He is part of the Georgian national futsal team. At club level he is playing for Gazprom-Ugra in Russia.
Honors
UEFA Futsal Champions League: 2015–16
Russian Futsal Super League: 2014–15, 2017–18
Runner-up: 2007–08, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2019–20
Third place: 2006–07, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2016–17
Russian Cup: 2007–08, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2019–20
European Futsal Cup Winners Cup: 2012
References
External links
Zviad Kupatadze (AMFR)
1979 births
Living people
Futsal goalkeepers
Russian people of Georgian descent |
The Democratic Way Party (), also known as the People's Way party, is a political party in Armenia. It is led by Manuel Gasparyan.
History
The Democratic Way Party was founded in 2006 and is led by Manuel Gasparyan, a former member of parliament and son of Manuk Gasparyan, the founder of the party. The party was a former member of the Armenian National Congress. The party currently has no representation in the National Assembly and acts as an extra-parliamentary force.
Prior to the 2018 Armenian parliamentary election, the party announced its support and endorsement of the Sasna Tsrer Pan-Armenian Party.
The party boycotted the 2021 Armenian parliamentary elections, claiming the election would be rigged. In December 2021, the party signed a declaration with over a dozen other political parties calling on the government to respect democracy and human rights in the country.
Electoral record
National elections
The party participated in the 2007 Armenian parliamentary election, winning 1.05% of the vote.
The party participated in the 2012 Armenian parliamentary election, winning 0.36% of the vote.
Local elections
Several party members participated in the 2013 Yerevan City Council election, under the Heritage party's "Barev Yerevan" alliance. The alliance came in third place, winning 8.48% of the vote.
The party participated in the 2018 Yerevan City Council election and nominated Manuel Gasparyan to run for mayor of Yerevan. Following the election, the party won just 0.22% of the popular vote, failing to win any seats in the Yerevan City Council. The party released a statement after the election congratulating Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's My Step Alliance.
See also
Programs of political parties in Armenia
References
Political parties established in 2006
2006 establishments in Armenia
Political parties in Armenia |
Anton Persson (born 26 February 1995) is a Swedish cross-country skier. He competed in the sprint at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
References
External links
1995 births
Living people
Swedish male cross-country skiers
Cross-country skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Olympic cross-country skiers of Sweden
People from Torsby Municipality |
Conleth O'Connor (1947–1993) was an Irish poet.
Early life
O'Connor was born in 1947. His family were from Dún Laoghaire, but he grew up in Camolin, County Wexford.
Career
O'Connor published four collections of poetry and was elected to Aosdána, an elite association of Irish artists, serving as Toscaire (co-leader) in 1990. He worked at the Irish Writers Centre and Irish Writers Union. He contributed to The Great Book of Ireland and died in 1993.
He most admired Samuel Beckett, Paul Celan and Miroslav Holub.
Anthony Cronin described O'Connor as "one of Ireland's most distinctive and experimental poets until his premature death in 1993, dissecting the realities of modern Irish life." Anne Haverty wrote a poem in his honour in a 1997 issue of Books Ireland, "Death's Gift."
Bibliography
Poetry
Trinities (1976)
The Judas Cry (1979)
Behind the Garden Gnomes (1982)
A Corpse Auditions Its Mourners: New and Selected Poems (1987)
Nights without Stars, Days Without Sun: Selected Poems (1997; posthumous)
Plays
The Re-Incarnation of Mr. Dogsbody
Two Letters and Overtime
Personal life
O'Connor was married to Frances, a ceramicist; they had one child, Breffni. He was a close friend of the writer Dermot Bolger.
References
1947 births
1993 deaths
Irish male poets
Aosdána members
20th-century Irish poets
Writers from County Wexford |
The 2022 Newfoundland and Labrador Tankard, the men's provincial curling championship for Newfoundland and Labrador, was held from February 8 to 13 at the RE/MAX Centre in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. The winning Nathan Young team will represent Newfoundland and Labrador at the 2022 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship in Lethbridge, Alberta.
Teams
The teams are listed as follows:
Round Robin Standings
Final Round Robin Standings
Round Robin Results
All draws are listed in Newfoundland Time (UTC−03:30).
Draw 1
Tuesday, February 8, 1:30 pm
Draw 2
Tuesday, February 8, 7:30 pm
Draw 3
Wednesday, February 9, 1:30 pm
Draw 4
Wednesday, February 9, 7:30 pm
Draw 5
Thursday, February 10, 1:30 pm
Draw 6
Thursday, February 10, 7:30 pm
Draw 7
Friday, February 11, 1:30 pm
Draw 8
Friday, February 11, 7:30 pm
Draw 9
Saturday, February 12, 9:00 am
Playoffs
Semifinal
Saturday, February 12, 3:00 pm
Final
Sunday, February 13, 1:00 pm
References
External links
2022 Tim Hortons Brier
Tankard, 2022
Tankard, 2022
Tankard, 2022
February 2022 sports events in Canada |
Valerio Grond (born 26 October 2000) is a Swiss cross-country skier. He competed in the sprint at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
References
External links
2000 births
Living people
Swiss male cross-country skiers
Cross-country skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Olympic cross-country skiers of Switzerland
People from Davos
Tour de Ski skiers |
You're the One for Me can refer to:
"You're the One for Me", a 1981 single by D. Train
"You're the One for Me", a 2007 single by Brett Lee featuring Asha Bosle
"You're the One for Me", a song by Status Quo from the album In Search of the Fourth Chord |
The Siege of Gurganj took place during the Mongol conquest of the Khwarazmian Empire. Genghis Khan, ruler of the Mongol Empire, had launched a multi-pronged assault on the Khwarazmian Empire, ruled by Shah Muhammad II. Through a combination of efficient planning and excellent manoeuvering, the Khan's army managed to take the border town of Otrar swiftly, followed by the large cities of Bukhara and Samarkand.
Genghis sent a detachment, led by his sons Jochi and Chagatai, northwest to lay siege to the former capital of Gurganj. Immensely wealthy, the city lay on marshy grounds on the delta of the Amu Darya, making it difficult to assault. The siege was further complicated by disagreements between the two commanding brothers. Eventually, Genghis sent Ogedai, his third son and eventual heir, as sole commander for the siege.
When the city was eventually taken, it was annihilated, in one of the bloodiest massacres in human history.
References
Khwarazmian Empire
1221 in the Mongol Empire
Conflicts in 1221 |
Events in the year 1978 in Mauritius.
Governor-General of Mauritius
Sir Henry Garrioch (1977–1979)
Events
Dr. Regis Chaperon State Secondary School, Quatre Bornes, established
Births
20 September - Akash Choolun, Mauritian former international footballer
6 October - Westley Laboucherie, Mauritian footballer
See also
History of Mauritius
References
1970s in Mauritius
Years of the 20th century in Mauritius
Mauritius
Mauritius |
Davide Graz (born 5 March 2000) is an Italian cross-country skier. He competed in the sprint at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).
Olympic Games
World Championships
World Cup
Season standings
References
External links
2000 births
Living people
Italian male cross-country skiers
Cross-country skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Olympic cross-country skiers of Italy |
Barcelona City Hall (, ) is the seat of Barcelona City Council. It is situated in the Plaça Sant Jaume in the Gothic Quarter, opposite the Palau de la Generalitat de Catalunya housing the regional government.
The building maintains the Saló de Cent, where the Consell de Cent which governed the city met in the Middle Ages. The architect Arnau Bargués designed its Gothic facade, which was built between 1399 and 1402.
Josep Mas i Vila designed the current neoclassical facade, built between 1830 and 1847. When the church that is the namesake of the square was demolished in 1823, Mas was tasked with making a facade worthy of facing the Renaissance-era Generalitat building. The previous facade was to be sacrificed until a campaign by the Reial Acadèmia de Bones Lletres de Barcelona and the Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi. The medieval door remains, with a notable mutilation.
In 2008, routine work on the city hall found Gothic and Renaissance paintings on the ceiling, underneath more modern paintings. In 2017, the council put €2.4 million towards the study and conservation of these paintings.
References
Bien de Interés Cultural landmarks in the Province of Barcelona
City and town halls in Spain
Buildings and structures in Barcelona
Gothic architecture in Barcelona
Neoclassical architecture in Barcelona |
James Clinton "JC" Schoonmaker (born April 12, 2000) is an American cross-country skier. He competed in the sprint at the 2022 Winter Olympics. He competes collegiately for the University of Alaska Anchorage.
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).
Olympic Games
World Championships
World Cup
Season standings
References
External links
2000 births
Living people
American male cross-country skiers
Cross-country skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Olympic cross-country skiers of the United States
People from Truckee, California |
Daviesia major is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, many-stemmed shrub with scattered, erect, sharply-pointed, cylindrical phyllodes and orange and red flowers.
Description
Daviesia major is a bushy, many-stemmed shrub, that typically grows up to high and about wide, often with spreading, tangled branchlets. Its phyllodes are scattered, sharply pointed, up to long and wide and often resemble the branchlets. The flowers are arranged in racemes of up to three in upper leaf axils, the peduncle and rachis often obscured by bracts up to long, each flower on a pedicel long. The sepals are grey, long and joined at the base, the upper two lobes about long and the lower three about long. The standard petal is egg-shaped with a notch at the tip and turned back by more that 90°, about long, orange with a red base an intensely yellow centre. The wings are about long and dark red, and the keel about long and deep red. Flowering occurs from August to October and the fruit is a sticky, flattened triangular pod long.
Taxonomy and naming
This taxon was first formally described in 1864 by George Bentham in Flora Australiensis and given the name Daviesia hakeoides var. major, based on material collected by George Maxwell on "granite hille north from Cape Paisley". In 1995, Michael Crisp raised the variety to species status as Daviesia major. The specific epithet (major) means "larger or taller".
Distribution and habitat
This daviesia grows in heath with scattered eucalypts in sandy soil in near-coastal areas between Busselton and Israelite Bay in the Esperance Plains, Mallee and Swan Coastal Plain biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia.
Conservation status
Daviesia major is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
References
major
Eudicots of Western Australia
Plants described in 1864
Taxa named by George Bentham |
Rabi (born David Emanuel Mordechai Torres) is an American, visual artist of Puerto Rican and Polish descent from Los Angeles, California. His works stem from his early life as a graffiti writer, skateboarder and muralist. Through skateboarding and graffiti, Rabi began practicing art in public spaces, as well as capturing his personal world through video and photography.
His work first came into public view when he co-founded, the art collective, CYRCLE in 2009. Rabi's works can be seen in public and private collections nationally and internationally, including that of Shepard Fairey, Ari Emanuel, Sean Combs, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, MOCA Detroit, MGM Grand in Las Vegas, The Art of Elysium, and the Contemporary Art Center in New Orleans. Rabi continues to work in Los Angeles where he also lives.
Career
Growing up in both Iowa and Southern California as a child of two immigrants, Rabi quickly found comfort in the diverse atmosphere of American life. Themes of contradiction, duality, and sociopolitical philosophy become visible throughout his work. In 2009 Rabi co-founded the art collective CYRCLE along with David Leavitt and Devin Liston (Liston left in 2012), which gained international notoriety and allowed for him to take his love for public installation to a worldwide audience. Rabi spent a full decade building CYRCLE while growing his skills in video, design, photography, painting and sculpture. During this time he worked throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and North America. While working with CYRCLE, Rabi collaborated with artists, brands and non-profits including, HBO, Google, Uber, Pharrell, TED Prize winner- JR, James Lavelle, Chad Muska, Woodkid, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, and Audi, among others. Rabi and Leavitt retired CYRCLE in 2019, to pursue their personal artistic visions.
Selected exhibitions and works
Rabi x JR Collaboration, Branded Arts Maya Angelou Mural Festival, June 2019
2015 NOTHING EXISTS, Montreal, Canada
2012 ORGANIZED CHAOS!, Los Angeles, CA USA
2011 CYRCLE, WE NEVER DIE!, Design Matters, Los Angeles, CA USA
References
External links
https://rabitowing.com/
Art Around The World: Dr. Maya Angelou High School Mural Festival, LA WEEKLY, July 2019
Maya Angelou Mural - Rabi & JR Collaboration Via Branded Arts, This Is Colossal, July 2019
Maya Angelou Mural Festival, Rabi & JR Collaboration Via Branded Arts, Unframed, LACMA.org, July 18, 2019
Shepard Fairey, JR, and Other Artists Painted Murals Honoring Maya Angelou at a High School, Art Net, June 2019
Rabi of Cyrcle teams up again with french artist JR’s inside out project, Maya Angelou Mural Festival 2019, Graffiti Street, June 2019
American contemporary artists
Living people
American installation artists
American artist groups and collectives |
The 2008 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament was the 27th annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States.
Howard Payne defeated Messiah in the championship game, 68–54, to claim the Yellow Jackets' first Division III national title.
The championship rounds were hosted by Hope College at the DeVos Fieldhouse in Holland, Michigan.
Bracket
Final Four
All-tournament team
Meia Daniels, Howard Payne
Kim Hoffman, Howard Payne
Nikki Lobach, Messiah
Tina Grace, Oglethorpe
Tiffany Morton, Wisconsin–Whitewater
See also
2008 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament
2008 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament
2008 NAIA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament
2008 NAIA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament
2008 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament
References
NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament
2008 in sports in Michigan |
El Escambrón Beach (Spanish: Balneario del Escambrón) is a public-access beach located in the San Juan Antiguo sub-district (subbarrio) of Puerta de Tierra, next to the Luis Muñoz Rivera Park in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The beach and recreational complex are located on the grounds of the former Escambrón Beach Club and Hotel which featured a large swimming pool enclosed by breakwaters. Although the pool no longer exists, the beach is still enclosed by a series of coral reefs and other natural breakwaters, such as the Peñón de San Jorge reef, making it popular for swimmers and families.
In addition to the beach, El Escambrón features recreational park, the Third Millennium Park (Parque Tercer Milenio), and the ruins of an artillery battery known as the Escambrón Battery (Batería del Escambrón). This battery formed part of a larger military advance line (Línea de Avanzada del Boquerón), a series of military fortifications found along the eastern end of the Islet of San Juan that can still be seen in the form of batteries, gunpowder warehouses and fortresses such as the Fortín de San Gerónimo de Boquerón.
Gallery
See also
El Boquerón
Puerta de Tierra
References
Beaches of Puerto Rico
Tourist attractions in San Juan, Puerto Rico |
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