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Little Apocalypse is an album by the American band the Schramms, released in 1994. It was the band's third album, and first to be released in the United States; their first two albums, initially released by a German label, were rereleased in the U.S. in early 1995. The band supported the album by opening for Freedy Johnston on a North American tour; they also toured with Kate Jacobs. Production The album was produced by Dave Schramm, Ron Metz, Al Greller, and Gary Arnold. "Side of the Road" is a cover of the Lucinda Williams song. "A Woman's Name" begins with a line from an Emily Dickinson poem. Critical reception Trouser Press wrote that "a pair of instrumentals—the slide-driven 'Duck Hunting in Hell' and the acoustic 'Little American Hymn'—stand out for their stylistic variance, an attribute that doesn’t flatter the rest of the album." The Chicago Reader thought that Schramm's "guitar playing soars: complex, often knotty excursions that maintain a balance between the songs' exquisite tunefulness and their tender emotional outlay." The Hartford Courant determined that "this is about as close as it comes to country in New York City, where smart lyrics are combined with acoustic twangs that owe more to the Byrds than the Burrito Brothers." The Columbus Dispatch deemed Little Apocalypse "a country-inflected folk album featuring terrific originals." AllMusic wrote that "Dave Schramm's guitar playing has, if anything, grown even more striking and inventive, confirming his status as one of America's greatest unsung guitarists." MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide called "Little American Hymn" "one of the most gorgeously introspective instrumentals this side of John Hartford's 'Presbyterian Guitar'." Track listing References 1994 albums
XX Piazza Galvani is a square in the historic centre of Bologna named after the Italian physicist Luigi Galvani born in this city in 1737. A statue of the scientist adorns the centre of the squarewhich opens in the apse of the Basilica of San Petronio. The Archiginnasio Palace overlooks the square. History Since 1449, the area where the square is today was used for the silk market, a production that characterised the Bolognese territory until the 17th century. In 1563, with the construction of the Palazzo dell'Archiginnasio, the square was enlarged by Pope Pius IV and was originally called Piazza dell'Academia. The square received various names, from Piazza dell'Archiginnasio to Piazza delle Scuole or del Paviglione, until it became Piazza della Pace in 1801, in honour of the peace treaty signed between French Republic and Emperor Francis II, and finally Piazza Galvani in 1871. The statue is the work of the Italian sculptor . References Piazzas in Bologna Monuments and historic places of Bologna
The Blue Cross-Blue Shield Building is an office building in Chicago, Illinois. The building is located at 55 W Wacker Drive in the Loop in Downtown Chicago. It was designed in a Brutalist style by C.F. Murphy Associates. The building opened in 1968 as the headquarters for BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois. References External links Emporis entry 1968 in Illinois Buildings and structures completed in 1968 Office buildings in Chicago Central Chicago Brutalist architecture in Illinois
Anna Maria Caterina Aldobrandini, Duchess of Cesi (1630–1703) was an Italian aristocrat. She was one of the people implicated in the infamous Spana Prosecution. Life She was born to Pietro Aldobrandini, Duke of Carpineto, and Carlotta Savelli. In 1648, she married Francesco Maria Cesi, Duke of Cesi, in an arranged marriage. She belonged to the most prestigious noblefamilies in Rome both by birth and by marriage. She was described as a beauty, and "difficult to control, both because of the supremacy of her birth and no less because of the weakness of her sex". Her marriage was described as an unhappy one, and she reportedly had a relationship with Francesco Maria Santinelli (1627-1697). In June 1657, her spouse died unexpectedly. Her family had her locked up as a widow to prevent her from marrying her lover Francesco Maria Santinelli, since he was of lower rank and the marriage would be unequal and thus regarded as shameful to the family. On 31 January 1659, Giovanna De Grandis was arrested in Rome and imprisoned in the Papal prison at Tor di Nona, which was the beginning of the infamous Spana Prosecution, exposing a net work of poison dealers in Rome. When De Grandis started to name accomplices and clients, the name of Aldobrandini was mentioned. According to the testimony of De Grandis, Aldobrandini had acquired poison from her through the priest Don Girolamo with the intent of murdering her spouse, who had died not long after. When De Grandis had viewed the remains of the Duke on his lit de parade at the Santa Maria sopra Minerva, she recongized the symptoms on a corpse died due to the poison she had sold. The information was never investigated, since Pope Alexander VII gave the order that the Duchess of Cesi should be left out from the investigation. References 1630 births 1703 deaths 17th-century Italian women People of the Papal States Italian duchesses
Captive, also known as Fursuna in some releases, is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Mellissa Fung and released in 2021. The film documents the stories of three young Nigerian women who were abducted and held captive by Boko Haram, linking their experiences in part to her own past experience having been abducted by armed bandits in 2008 while covering the War in Afghanistan. The film had selected theatrical screenings, but due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic it was distributed primarily on streaming platforms and with a television broadcast on TVOntario. The film received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022. References External links 2021 films 2021 documentary films Canadian films Canadian documentary films Films shot in Nigeria
China first competed at the 1958 World Championships. They stopped competing after the 1962 World Championships due to the International Gymnastics Federation accepting Taiwan as a member nation. They returned in 1979 where Ma Yanhong won China's first gold medal. The Chinese women originally won the bronze medal in the team event at the 1999 World Championships; however their medal was stripped in 2010 after it was discovered that Dong Fangxiao's age was falsified at the time of the competition. Medalists Medal tables By gender By event See also China women's national artistic gymnastics team List of Olympic female artistic gymnasts for China References World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Gymnastics in China
CMS-02(Formerly known as GSAT-24) is a planned Indian Communication Satellite being built by ISRO. The CMS-02 Satellite is fully funded by New Space India Limited. The entire capacity onboard CMS-02 satellite will be leased to Tata Sky. The satellite will be put into orbit by using Ariane 5 rocket. CMS-02 is the ''1st demand driven mission'' undertaken by NSIL. Launch CMS-02 will be launched in 1st quarter of 2022 along with Measat-3d using Ariane 5 Rocket. See also GSAT Ariane 5 Tata Sky NSIL References Satellites Communication ISRO satellites
Paul Asamoah is a Ghanaian politician and sportsman. He was the chairman for faithful club of Kumasi Asante kotoko. He is the district chief executive of Akyemansa District in the Eastern region of Ghana. References Ghanaian politicians Ghanaian sportspeople Living people Year of birth missing (living people)
František Rosmaisl-Majzl (25 April 1884 – 9 May 1945) was a Czech footballer who played as a striker. Club career Rosmaisl began his career with Smíchov in 1904, before moving to Slavia Prague in 1906. Rosmaisl played for Slavia Prague until 1914. International career On 1 April 1906, Rosmaisl made his debut for Bohemia in Bohemia's second game, starting in a 1–1 draw against Hungary. It was Rosmaisl's only cap for Bohemia. Notes References 1884 births 1945 deaths People from Uhlířské Janovice Association football forwards Czech footballers Czechoslovak footballers SK Slavia Prague players Bohemia international footballers
The OM System OM-1 is the flagship mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera produced by OM Digital Solutions on the micro four-thirds system. It is the first high-end digital camera made by OM Digital Solutions after its acquisition of the imaging divisions of the camera manufacturer Olympus. The OM-1 was announced on February 15, 2022. Despite no longer being a product of Olympus, the OM-1 still bears the Olympus wordmark on the front of its electronic viewfinder, tying the camera to Olympus' flagship E-M1 cameras. The camera's name is the same as the Olympus OM-1, the first OM film SLR camera, and was released to coincide with that camera's 50th anniversary. References External Links OM-01 Cameras introduced in 2022
Anne Muraya is a Kenyan accountant, businesswoman, and corporate executive who was appointed as the chief executive officer of Deloitte East Africa, effective 1 June 2022. Up until then, she serves as the Africa Managing Partner for Responsible Business and Public Policy at Deloitte. She concurrently works as the audit leader for East Africa. In her new position, Muraya will oversee the company's business in eight countries, namely: Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. She will be the first female executive to serve in that position, in the history of the firm. Background and education Anne Muraya is a Kenyan national. She holds a Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) degree in Mathematics and Chemistry, awarded by Kenyatta University in 1994. She is a certified public accountant and is a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK), the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda (ICPAU) and Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Rwanda (ICPAR). Career In 1994, Muraya joined Deloitte as an auditor, in their office in Nairobi, Kenya's capital city. Over the years, she rose through the ranks and was in 2017, appointed the first female "audit leader", in Deloitte's East African region. Later, she was appointed as Managing Partner for Responsible Business and Public Policy for Deloitte's Africa region. There too, she was the first female to serve in that role. Other considerations Muraya is a member of Deloitte Africa Audit Executive Committee (Exco). EXCO sets the strategic direction of the Audit & Assurance business for the African region and monitors the execution of that strategy. She is also a member of the Deloitte Global Advisory Council (Council). This group comprises 30 Deloitte partners, selected globally to advise the Deloitte Global chief executive officer. See also Rita Kavashe Ruth Doreen Mutebe References External links Personal Profile at LinkedIn.com Living people 1970 births Kenyan accountants Kenyan businesspeople Kenyan business executives Kenyan chief executives Kenyan women in business
Málaga City Hall (), also known as La Casona del Parque (literally, "The Mansion in the Park"), is the seat of the city council of Málaga, Spain. A Baroque Revival building with modernist elements, it was designed by the architects Fernando Guerrero Strachan and Manuel Rivera Vera. The first stone was laid by mayor Ricardo Albert on the last day of 1911, and the building was inaugurated on 11 April 1919 by mayor Manuel Romero Raggio. The cost was 1.5 million Spanish pesetas. The Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Telmo was an advisor for the project, and the building was initially also going to hold the Provincial Deputation of Málaga and the Court of Investigation. The city council had previously been seated in several sites around the city, the first being a former mosque in December 1488, shortly after the Catholic Monarchs took the city in the Reconquista. In the following century, it moved to the Plaza de las Cuatro Calles (now Plaza de la Constitución), remaining there until demolition in the 1860s. After that, it rented several historic buildings in the city centre, moving frequently due to problems with paying the bills. In January 2010, the City Hall was declared a Bien de Interés Cultural. The designation also covers the Jardines de Pedro Luis Alonso, gardens behind the building. In December 2021, refurbishment plans were announced to make the building more akin to its initial design. These would remove landings and the third floor, thereby making each storey higher. References City and town halls in Spain Bien de Interés Cultural landmarks in the Province of Málaga Buildings and structures in Málaga Baroque Revival architecture in Spain Buildings and structures completed in 1919
Raast is Pakistan's first instant payment system that enable end-to-end digital payments among individuals, businesses, and government entities instantaneously. Raast offer instant, reliable and zero-cost digital payment services to the people of Pakistan with the objective of promoting the adoption of digital financial services in the country. The Raast System is fully owned, developed and operated by State Bank of Pakistan.Under Raast Person-to-Person (P2P) fund transfers and settlement services, bank customers would be able to send and receive funds in their accounts using their bank’s mobile application, internet banking or over the counter services. Raast aims to facilitate the common man to do their transactions through cell phones, besides it will also help improve the saving rates. Raast — an Urdu word(راست) that means correct and direct — offers an instant, reliable and zero-cost digital payment system to the people of Pakistan. The SBP said the launch of Raast P2P service will not only provide a convenient and hassle-free digital fund transfer service to customers but will also provide an efficient and enabling payments infrastructure that would pave the way for digitisation of the economy and promotion of digital financial services in the country. For customers’ facilitation, they can set their registered mobile phone number as their "Raast ID" and link it to their preferred International Bank Account Number (IBAN) using the bank’s mobile application, internet banking, or visiting their bank branch. Raast is not an online application nor is it a consumer product. It is the “backend infrastructure” connected to banks, fintech etc, and service providers would be able to build a business service on top of it. References External links State Bank of Pakistan :Category:Banking in Pakistan :Category:Payment systems :Category:Pakistan stubs :Category:Pakistani brands :Category:Interbank networks
Plerng Prang Tian (, , lit. 'the fire obscures the candle') is a 2019 Thai lakorn. The lakorn is based on a novel written by หัสวีร์. It was directed by วรวิทย์ ศรีสุภาพ and produced by Good Feeling. Starring , Nuttanicha Dungwattanawanich, Nattasha Bunprachom, and Nawasch Phupantachsee. It was aired on Channel 3 every Friday–Sunday from May 18, until June 14, 2019. Synopsis The past tragic love story of Tiankhum (Nuttanicha Dungwattanawanich), an innocent girl who falls in love with Prince Taywarit (), a playboy and husband to Princess Wongduen (Nattasha Bunprachom). In the present Kalin, a famous model who got herself caught in a scandal. At the same time, Kalin receives a mystery golden hairpin that takes her back to the past as Tiankhum to get her revenge. Cast Main as In Wiangraming (Present) / Prince Taywarit (Past) Nuttanicha Dungwattanawanich as Kalin Raweerampa (Present) / Kaew / Tiankhum (Past) Supapat Phoncharoenrat as Kalin (Young) / Tiankhum (Young) Nattasha Bunprachom as Patima (Present) / Princess Wongduen (Past) Nawasch Phupantachsee as Benjamin Henry (Present) / Louis (Past) Supporting Maneerat Sricharoon as Saiparn (Present) / Ounhuan (Past) Nisachon Tuamsoongnuen as Pam (Present) / Paika (Past) Chanon Rikulsurakan as Nao New Narissan Kin Karun Aramsri as Max Sutthatip Wutichaipradit as Pangrum Chamaiporn Jaturaput as Dutsadee (Present) / Lady Choreuang (Past) as Tharnthong (Present) / Khampor (Past) as Lord Wiangsawan (Past) Thanayong Wongtrakul as Nankaew Natha Lloyd as Soisangwan Jack Chakapan as Kampaeng Lorena Schuett as Nim (Nao's girlfriend) Thongthong Mokjok as Meesua Guests as Kalin's father Jirawat Wachirasarunpat as Noiphutthawong Oliver Pupart as Peter Henry (Benjamin's father) Chanokwanun Rakcheep as Hathai (Benjamin's mother) Surasak Chaiat as Suang (In's father) as Kalin's stepmom as Pongsri (Patima's mother) as Kanomkluay's mother as Psychic Ratings In this table, represent the lowest ratings and represent the highest ratings. Original Soundtrack Reception After airing the first and second episodes, the lakorn received great feedback from the audience. The hashtag of the lakorn got trended at first place on Twitter in Thailand with the first two episodes. Nuttanicha Dungwattanawanich was praised by the audience for the lakorn due to it being the first time she played this kind of character. It was announced in March 2020 that Plerng Prang Tian was released on Netflix Thailand. References External links Ch3 Thailand Official Website Ch3 Thailand Official YouTube 2010s Thai television series Thai drama television series 2019 Thai television series debuts 2019 Thai television series endings Thai historical television series Thai romance television series Thai television soap operas Channel 3 (Thailand) original programming
The Hierta family (, lit. "Heart"; ; ), also Hjerta and Järta is a Swedish-Finnish-Russian noble family – uradel – of Swedish origin. The Finnish branch of the Hierta family was naturalized as a Finnish noble family, in what was then the Grand Duchy of Finland, at the Finnish house of nobility in 1818. Notable members Lars Johan Hierta (1801–1872), Newspaper publisher Anna Hierta-Retzius (1841–1924), Women's rights activist and philanthropist Hans Hierta (1774–1847), Swedish administrator and revolutionary References Hierta family Swedish noble families Russian noble families Finnish noble families
Man Yee Wan New Village () is a resettlement village in Sai Kung Town, Sai Kung District, Hong Kong. History Several villages were submerged as a consequence of the building of the High Island Reservoir in the 1970s. These included Lan Nai Wan Village () and Sha Tsui Village. In 1975, 57 households from Lan Nai Wan Village, Sha Tsui Village, together with several households returning from overseas moved into Sai Kung Town, where the government had built 10 five-storey buildings on reclaimed land to accommodate them. The relocated village was called Man Yee Wan. Streets The streets of Man Yee Wan New Village are Man Nin Street (), Yi Chun Street (), Wan King Path () and Sha Tsui Path (). References External links Delineation of area of existing village Man Yee Wan New Village (Sai Kung) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022) Villages in Hong Kong Sai Kung Town
Irek Boguslavsky (; born September 09, 1967, Kazan, Tatarstan) is a Russian political figure, deputy of the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th State Dumas. In 1991 Boguslavsky graduated from the Kazan State Finance and Economics Institute. From 1999 to 2005, he was engaged in various businesses, including selling cars and tailoring. Also, he was one of the founders of the Real Trans Hair clinic that specializes in hair transplantation. Boguslavsky started his political career in 2007 when he was elected deputy of 5th State Duma. Later he was re-elected for the 6th (2011-2016), 7th (2016-2021), and 8th State Dumas (since 2021). According to the Istories.media, as of July 2021, throughout these 14 years, Irek Boguslavsky has not said a word during the public discussions in the State Duma. Awards Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" Medal "In Commemoration of the 1000th Anniversary of Kazan" References 1967 births Living people United Russia politicians 21st-century Russian politicians Eighth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
Ronald Santanna Rodrigues (born 5 February 1997), simply known as Ronald, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for Botafogo. Club career Born in Bom Jesus do Itabapoana, Rio de Janeiro, Ronald was an Internacional youth graduate. He made his first team debut on 27 January 2018, coming on as a late substitute for Marcinho in a 3–0 Campeonato Gaúcho home win over Avenida. On 31 August 2018, Ronald moved abroad and joined Portuguese side Boavista. However, he only featured for the B-side before returning to his home country on 20 May 2019, after signing for Botafogo-SP. A regular starter for the Pantera, Ronald moved to Botafogo on 20 February 2021. Regularly used, he suffered an ankle injury in July, being sidelined for the remainder of the campaign, which ended in promotion. Career statistics Honours Botafogo Campeonato Brasileiro Série B: 2021 References External links Botafogo profile 1997 births Living people Sportspeople from Rio de Janeiro (state) Brazilian footballers Association football forwards Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Sport Club Internacional players Botafogo Futebol Clube (SP) players Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players Boavista F.C. players Brazilian expatriate footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Portugal
The 1934–35 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University. Butch Grover was the head coach for Ohio. The Bobcats played their home games at the Men's Gymnasium. They finished the season 11–9 and 5–5 in the Buckeye Athletic Association. Schedule \|- !colspan=9 style="background:#006A4D; color:white;"\| Regular Season Source: References Ohio Bobcats men's basketball seasons Ohio Ohio Bobcats Ohio Bobcats
Lorenzo Gennero (born 30 June 1997) is an Italian snowboarder who competed in the men's halfpipe event at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Gennero had finished twenty fifth in the halfpipe event at the Aspen 2021 World Championships. In 2019 he won the Halfpipe Europa Cup in Crans Montana. References External links 1997 births Living people Italian male snowboarders Olympic snowboarders of Italy Snowboarders at the 2022 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Turin
Aleksandr Borisov (; born August 17, 1974, Kunya, Pskov Oblast) is a Russian political figure, deputy of the 8th State Duma. After graduating in 1997 from the Northwestern Management Institute, Borisov started working as a lawyer in one of the companies in Saint Peterburg. Later he continued working at the various factories, including "Mekhanichesky Zavod" and "Leninez". His political career started in 2005 when he was appointed the head of the Central Staff of the All-Russian Public Organization Young Guard of United Russia. From 2009 to 2017, he was a member of the Federation Council, and in 2013, he was appointed Deputy Chairman of the committee on social policy. From 2017 to 2021, he headed the Central Executive Committee of the United Russia. Since September 2021, he has served as a deputy of the 8th State Duma. References 1974 births Living people United Russia politicians 21st-century Russian politicians Eighth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
Network-In-a-Box (NIB) is a concept where multiple components of a computer network which are traditionally separated into multiple devices are combined into a single device, a 'box'. References Computer networking
Nikolay Bortsov (; born May 8, 1945, Lebedyan, Ryazan Oblast) is a Russian political figure, deputy of the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th State Dumas convocations. He was raised by his mother and grandmother as his father died at the front. After the 8th grade of secondary school, he started working as a loader at a pasta factory, simultaneously studying at an evening school. After serving in the army, he got a job as a mechanic at a winery in Lebedyan. In 1981, he was appointed Director of the Cannery Lebedyansky. In 1992, together with his son Yuri, they acquired a controlling interest in Lebedyansky. By 2003, the factory ranked third in Russia in juice production. In 2008, Lebedyansky was sold to PepsiCo and The Pepsi Bottling Group. In 2004 together with his son, they founded a charitable foundation that shares their second name. The fond specializes in the restoration of the Russian Orthodox Church temples, also assists war veterans and allocates funds to support science and education. Since 2003, Nikolay Bortsov has been a deputy of the State Duma, running with the United Russia. Since September 2021, he has served as a deputy of the 8th State Duma. In 2021, Forbes included Bortsov in the list of the two hundred wealthiest businessmen in Russia. Awards Order of Honour (2003) Order of Friendship (2020) Order of Lenin Order of the Badge of Honour References 1945 births Living people United Russia politicians 21st-century Russian politicians Eighth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
The 1991 UCLA Bruins softball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 1991 NCAA Division I softball season. The Bruins were coached by Sharron Backus, who led her seventeenth season and Sue Enquist, in her third season, in an uncommonly used co-head coach system. The Bruins played their home games at Sunset Field and finished with a record of 56–7. They competed in the Pacific-10 Conference, where they finished first with a 16–4 record. The Bruins were invited to the 1991 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament, where they swept the Regional and then completed a run to the title game of the Women's College World Series where they fell to champion Arizona. Personnel Roster Coaches Schedule References UCLA UCLA Bruins softball seasons 1991 in sports in California Women's College World Series seasons Pac-12 Conference softball champion seasons
Sergey Boyarsky (; born January 24, 1980, Leningrad) is a Russian political figure, deputy of the 7th and 8th State Dumas convocations. Sergey Boyarsky was born in the family of the famous Russian actors Mikhail Boyarsky and Larisa Luppian, and he even played in several movies as a child. In 2002, he graduated from the Northwestern Management Institute, and in 2012 from the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. In 2011 he ran for the Legislative Assembly of Saint Petersburg of the 5th convocation. In 2012 he was appointed Advisor to the Governor of Saint Petersburg, Georgy Poltavchenko. From 2012 to 2016, he was also the head of the TV-channel Saint Petersburg. In December 2021, he headed the Saint Petersburg branch of the United Russia. In 2016 Sergey Boyarsky was elected deputy of the 7th State Duma. In 2021, he was re-elected for the 8th State Duma. Both times he ran from the United Russia. References 1980 births Living people United Russia politicians 21st-century Russian politicians Eighth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
Yoan Stoyanov (Bulgarian: Йоан Стоянов; born 22 May 2001), also known as Yoni, is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a full back for Hapoel Kfar Saba. Career Stoyanov grow up in Herzliya, Israel and started his career in the local Hapoel. In 2020 he moved to Hapoel Kfar Saba. International career On 2 November 2021, Stoyanov received his first call-up to the Bulgarian under-21 side for 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches against the Netherlands under-21 and Moldova under-21 sides. He made his debut for the team in the match against the Netherlands. Career statistics Club References 2001 births Living people Israeli footballers Bulgarian footballers Bulgaria youth international footballers Hapoel Herzliya F.C. players Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C. players Liga Leumit players Bulgarian emigrants to Israel Footballers from Herzliya
The Boelens (also Boel) and Boelens Loen were a Dutch patrician family of Amsterdam. The family figured in the city's government lists between the years 1360 and 1680. They were considered to be quite an influential Amsterdam family in their time and were intensely involved in the history of their hometown. Between 1495 and 1538 the oligarchy of the so-called Boelen-Heijnen clan was at the forefront of the Amsterdam city government. History Boelens The members of the Boelens family, through their long tenure in the city government, were able to complete the formation of a solid oligarchic elite within Amsterdam. In 1495 they were able to take power from the clan (“maatschap”) of Jacob Jonge Jacobsz, only to have to hand it over to the clan of Hendrick Dircksen and Joost Buyck (until around 1578) in 1538. The reason for the loss of their prominent position was also due to the family's religious attitude, including in the Baptist rebellion. The first mayors from the Boelen family in the 15th century were Jacob Boel, mayor from 1420 to 1421, and Claes Jansz Boel, mayor from 1431 and 1434. At the beginning of the further development was Dirck Boelens, who was able to give it space with his appointments as governing mayor in 1447, 1453, 1454 and 1457. On his death he left his family large estates in the Amsterdam area, three houses in the city and a considerable fortune. His son Boel Dirck Boelens continued this development with his appointment as mayor from 1470 to 1478. His son Andries Boelens, who was at the head of the city government in 1496–1497, 1499, 1501–1502, 1504–1505, 1507–1510, 1512, 1514-1515 and 1517, is considered to be an outstanding member of his family. Due to his long tenure and the resulting concentration and development of power, Boelens is considered the progenitor of the Amsterdam regents of the Dutch Golden Age, who largely claimed descent from him. In addition to Andries Boelens, Andries Dircksz Boelens also worked as mayor in the city government from 1501 to 1510. Andries Boelen's son Albert Andriesz Boelens inherited a fortune of 14,355 guilders, estates, ships and a magnificent town house in Amsterdam from his father. He was able to continue the political legacy without gaps and was elected governing mayor nine times between 1520 and 1537. Albert Andriesz Boelen's grandson (and great-grandson of Andries Boelens) Jacob Andriesz Boelens stands out from the Boelens Loen family line. In addition to his work as mayor of Amsterdam 13 times, he was also State Councilor of Holland, deputy of the Dutch States General and Dutch envoy to the court of the East Frisian ruler Count Edzard II and to Denmark was with King Christian IV. The last mayor from the family was Jan Claes Boelens, who held this office in 1600. Boelens Loen Andries Boelen's daughter Lijsbeth Boelens married Cornelis Hendricksz Loen (1481–1547), who was mayor of Amsterdam three times between 1529 and 1533. She established the Boelens Loen line from which several mayors of the city emerged and were related to the great regent families of the Dutch Golden Age, De Graeff and Bicker, who came to power after the Alteratie of Amsterdam in 1578. Thus, in the course of the 16th century, a dense network of related patrician and noble families emerged in Amsterdam, who divided power and offices among themselves. The governing members of such families who competed for mayor and other important offices within the city were called regents. Lijsbeth's grandson Cornelis Andriesz Boelens Loen (1552–1584) had been a trusted advisor to William I of Orange-Nassau. His daughter Aaltje Boelens Loen (1579–1630) married Jacob Dircksz de Graeff (1571–1638). References Externe link Boelens Loen family
Olympic Dreams could refer to two pieces of media produced related to the Olympic Games: Olympic Dreams (film), a 2019 American film directed by Jeremy Teicher Olympic Dreams (TV Series), a 2007–08 British television show on BBC
Labaik (foaled 27 March 2011) was a French thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2017 Supreme Novices Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. Racing Career Labaik was bred in France and began his racing career with trainer John Hammond, on the flat. After eight races with a best finish of second at Deauville - he switched briefly to trainer Owen Burrows in England and later to Gordon Elliott in Ireland. Labaik was successful taking two victories in late 2016 in Ireland, first at Punchestown and later the For Auction Novice Hurdle at Navan. His greatest success however would come at the Cheltenham Festival with jockey Jack Kennedy. A 25/1 outsider, Labaik won the Supreme Novices Hurdle by over 2 lengths from favourite Melon. Labaik generated a lot of press interest due to his repeated refusals to start races, most notably at Punchestown in 2017. This led to a Turf Club investigation into the refusal to start rules. Labaik ran again on April 28 in the Punchestown Champion Hurdle finishing fourth. After the race it was revealed by trainer Gordon Elliott that he had suffered an injury and would likely never run again. Labaik died in 2020 from complications of colic. Ownership and legal seizure Labaik was registered as owned by Aidan J O'Ryan, a bloodstock agent. In 2017 Labaik was seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau in Ireland as his purchase for €28,000 was linked to a organized crime and drug dealer John Boylan. Gardai sent armed officers to Punchestown to seize the horse. In October 2019, it was ruled by the Irish High Court that Boylan had purchased Labaik using proceeds from crime. During the high court case, it was revealed the ownership of the horse was structured as 90% Boylan, 5% O'Ryan and 5% Gordon Elliott the trainer. It was outlined during the case that Elliott had never spoken to owner Boylan. At the same testimony, the value of Labaik was raised up with Elliott estimating his value went up to €300,000 following his Cheltenham win but now may be 'worthless' after the injury sustained at Punchestown. References 2012 racehorse births Cheltenham Festival winners National Hunt racehorses Racehorses_trained_in_Ireland
The 2022 LCK season was the eleventh year of South Korea's LCK, a professional esports league for the MOBA PC game League of Legends. The regular season format of the LCK is double round robin. For the 2022 season, the games are played five days per week for both round robins. The spring split began on 12 January and will finish on 20 March, immediately followed by the spring playoffs, which will conclude with the spring finals on 2 April. Broadcasting The LCK was broadcast at the following platforms: Korean: Naver, Afreeca TV, Twitch English: Twitch Chinese: HuyaTV French: OTP Spring Regular season References Sports leagues in South Korea 2022 multiplayer online battle arena tournaments League of Legends Champions Korea seasons
Facebook or Meta Platforms has been criticized for removing or allowing various content on posts, photos and entire groups and profiles. This includes but is not limited to allowing violent content, including content related to war crimes, and not limiting the spread of fake news and COVID-19 misinformation on their platform, as well as allowing incitement of violence against multiple groups. Intellectual property infringement Facebook has been criticized for having lax enforcement of third-party copyrights for videos uploaded to the service. In 2015, some Facebook pages were accused of plagiarizing videos from YouTube users and re-posting them as their own content using Facebook's video platform, and in some cases, achieving higher levels of engagement and views than the original YouTube posts. Videos hosted by Facebook are given a higher priority and prominence within the platform and its user experience (including direct embedding within the News Feed and pages), giving a disadvantage to posting it as a link to the original external source. In August 2015, Facebook announced a video-matching technology aiming to identify reposted videos, and also stated its intention to improve its procedures to remove infringing content faster. In April 2016, Facebook implemented a feature known as "Rights Manager", which allows rights holders to manage and restrict the upload of their content onto the service by third-parties. Violent content In 2013, Facebook was criticized for allowing users to upload and share videos depicting violent content, including clips of people being decapitated. Having previously refused to delete such clips under the guideline that users have the right to depict the "world in which we live", Facebook changed its stance in May, announcing that it would remove reported videos while evaluating its policy. The following October, Facebook stated that it would allow graphic videos on the platform, as long as the intention of the video was to "condemn, not glorify, the acts depicted", further stating that "Sometimes, those experiences and issues involve graphic content that is of public interest or concern, such as human rights abuses, acts of terrorism, and other violence. When people share this type of graphic content, it is often to condemn it. If it is being shared for sadistic pleasure or to celebrate violence, Facebook removes it." However, Facebook once again received criticism, with the Family Online Safety Institute saying that such videos "crossed a line" and can potentially cause psychological damage among young Facebook users, and then-Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron calling the decision "irresponsible", citing the same concerns regarding young users. Two days later, Facebook removed a video of a beheading following "worldwide outrage", and while acknowledging its commitment to allowing people to upload gory material for the purpose of condemnation, it also stated that it would be further strengthening its enforcement to prevent glorification. The company's policies were also criticized as part of these developments, with some drawing particular attention to Facebook's permission of graphic content but potential removal of breastfeeding images. In January 2015, Facebook announced that new warnings would be displayed on graphic content, requiring users to explicitly confirm that they wish to see the material. War crimes Facebook has been criticized for failing to take down violent content depicting war crimes in Libya. A 2019 investigation by the BBC found evidence of alleged war crimes in Libya being widely shared on Facebook and YouTube. The BBC found images and videos on social media of the bodies of fighters and civilians being desecrated by fighters from the self-styled Libyan National Army. The force, led by General Khalifa Haftar, controls a swathe of territory in the east of Libya and is trying to seize the capital, Tripoli. BBC Arabic found almost one hundred images and videos from Libya shared on Facebook and YouTube, in violation of their companies' guidelines. The UK Foreign Office said it took the allegations extremely seriously and is concerned about the impact the recent violence is having on the civilian population. In 2017, a Facebook video of Libyan National Army (LNA) special forces commander Mahmoud al-Werfalli was uploaded showing him shooting dead three captured fighters. The video was then shared on YouTube over ten thousand times. The International Criminal Court used it as evidence to indict al-Werfalli for the war crime of murder. The BBC found the original video was still on Facebook 2 years after his indictment and also discovered videos showing the bodies of civilians being desecrated. These were taken in Ganfouda, a district of Benghazi which was under siege by the LNA between 2016 and 2017. More than 300 people, including dozens of children died during the siege. A video uncovered by BBC Arabic showed soldiers mocking a pile of corpses of dead civilians and trampling on bodies. Among them was a 77-year-old woman, Alia Hamza. Her son, Ali Hamza, had five family members killed in Ganfouda. Ali Hamza told BBC Arabic, "I sent links to lawyers to send to the ICC in the Hague against Khalifa Haftar and his military commanders regarding the massacres of civilians", said Hamza. In the video, the LNA soldiers label the civilians as terrorists. Human rights lawyer and war crimes specialist Rodney Dixon QC reviewed the evidence BBC Arabic found. "If groups are using those platforms to propagate their campaigns then those platforms should seriously look at their role because they could then be assisting in that process of further crimes being committed", he said. After presenting our findings to Facebook they removed all the videos that show a suspected war crime taking place. However, they opted not to suspend any of the accounts which we found linked to the images. Erin Saltman, Facebook's policy manager for counterterrorism in Europe, Middle East and Africa, told BBC Arabic, "Sometimes there are very conflicting narratives of whether or not the victim is a terrorist, or whether it's a civilian over who's committing that act, we cannot be the pure arbiters of truth." But Facebook and YouTube's own community guidelines explicitly prohibit content that promotes or depicts acts of violence. Facebook Live Facebook Live, introduced in August 2015 for celebrities and gradually rolled out for regular users starting in January 2016, lets users broadcast live videos, with Facebook's intention for the feature to be presenting public events or private celebrations. However, the feature has been used to record multiple crimes, deaths, and violent incidents, causing significant media attention. Facebook has received criticism for not removing videos faster, and Facebook Live has been described as a "monster [Facebook] cannot tame" and "a gruesome crime scene for murders". In response, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced in May 2017 that the company would hire 3,000 people to review content and invest in tools to remove videos faster. Pro-anorexia groups In 2008, Facebook was criticized for hosting groups dedicated to promoting anorexia. The groups promoted dramatic weight loss programs, shared extreme diet tips, and posted pictures of emaciated girls under "Thinspiration" headlines. Members reported having switched to Facebook from Myspace, another social networking service, due to a perceived higher level of safety and intimacy at Facebook. In a statement to BBC News, a Facebook spokesperson stated that "Many Facebook groups relate to controversial topics; this alone is not a reason to disable a group. In cases where content is reported and found to violate the site's terms of use, Facebook will remove it." Pro-mafia groups' case In Italy in 2009, the discovery of pro-mafia groups, one of them claiming Bernardo Provenzano's sainthood, caused an alert in the country and brought the government to rapidly issue a law that would force Internet service providers to deny access to entire websites in case of refused removal of illegal contents. The amendment was passed by the Italian Senate and now needs to be passed unchanged by the Chamber of Deputies to become effective. Facebook criticized the government's efforts, telling Bloomberg that it "would be like closing an entire railway network just because of offensive graffiti at one station", and that "Facebook would always remove any content promoting violence and already had a takedown procedure in place." Trolling On March 31, 2010, The Today Show ran a segment detailing the deaths of three separate adolescent girls and trolls' subsequent reactions to their deaths. Shortly after the suicide of high school student Alexis Pilkington, anonymous posters began trolling for reactions across various message boards, referring to Pilkington as a "suicidal CUSS", and posting graphic images on her Facebook memorial page. The segment also included an exposé of a 2006 accident, in which an eighteen-year-old student out for a drive fatally crashed her father's car into a highway pylon; trolls emailed her grieving family the leaked pictures of her mutilated corpse. There have been cases where Facebook "trolls" were jailed for their communications on Facebook, particularly memorial pages. In Autumn 2010, Colm Coss of Ardwick, Britain, was sentenced to 26 weeks in jail under s127 of the Communications Act 2003 of Great Britain, for "malicious communications" for leaving messages deemed obscene and hurtful on Facebook memorial pages. In April 2011, Bradley Paul Hampson was sentenced to three years in jail after pleading guilty to two counts of using a carriage service (the Internet) to cause offense, for posts on Facebook memorial pages, and one count each of distributing and possessing child pornography when he posted images on the memorial pages of the deceased with phalluses superimposed alongside phrases such as "Woot I'm dead". Rape pages A series of pro-rape and 'rape joke' content on Facebook drew attention from the media and women's groups. Rape Is No Joke (RINJ), a group opposing the pages, argued that removing "pro-rape" pages from Facebook and other social media was not a violation of free speech in the context of Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the concepts recognized in international human rights law in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. RINJ repeatedly challenged Facebook to remove the rape pages. RINJ then turned to advertisers on Facebook telling them not to let their advertising be posted on Facebook's 'rape pages'. Following a campaign that involved the participation of Women, Action and the Media, the Everyday Sexism Project and the activist Soraya Chemaly, who were among 100 advocacy groups, Facebook agreed to update its policy on hate speech. The campaign highlighted content that promoted domestic and sexual violence against women, and used over 57,000 tweets and more than 4,900 emails to create outcomes such as the withdrawal of advertising from Facebook by 15 companies, including Nissan UK, House of Burlesque and Nationwide UK. The social media website initially responded by stating that "While it may be vulgar and offensive, distasteful content on its own does not violate our policies", but then agreed to take action on May 29, 2013, after it had "become clear that our systems to identify and remove hate speech have failed to work as effectively as we would like, particularly around issues of gender-based hate". Child abuse images In June 2015, the UK National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children raised concerns about Facebook's apparent refusal when asked to remove controversial video material which allegedly showed a baby in emotional distress. In March 2017, BBC News reported in an investigation that Facebook only removed 18 of the 100 groups and posts it had reported for containing child exploitation images. The BBC had been granted an interview with Facebook policy director Simon Milner under the condition that they provide evidence of the activity. However, when presented with the images, Facebook canceled the interview, and told the BBC that it had been reported to the National Crime Agency for illegally distributing child exploitation images (the NCA could not confirm whether the BBC was actually being investigated). Milner later stated to the BBC that the investigation had exposed flaws in its image moderation process that have since been addressed, and that all of the reported content was removed from the service. According to data from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children in 2020, there have been 20 million reported incidents of child sexual abuse material on Facebook. This accounted for 95% of total incidents recorded by the organization, while Google accounted for half a million incidents, Snapchat for 150,000 and Twitter for 65,000. Objectification of women In July 2017, GMA News reported that "a number" of secret Facebook groups that had been engaging in illegal activity of sharing "obscene" photos of women had been exposed, with the Philippine National Bureau of Investigation warning group members of the possibility of being liable for violating child pornography and anti-voyeurism laws. Facebook stated that it would remove the groups as violations of its community guidelines. A few days later, GMA News had an interview with one of the female victims targeted by one of the groups, who stated that she received friend requests from strangers and inappropriate messages. After reporting to authorities, the Philippine National Police's anti-cybercrime unit promised to take action in finding the accounts responsible. Senator Risa Hontiveros responded to the incidents with the proposal of a law that would impose "stiff penalties" on such group members, stating that "These people have no right to enjoy our internet freedom only to abuse our women and children. We will not allow them to shame our young women, suppress their right to express themselves through social media and contribute to a culture of misogyny and hate". Anti-Semitism Facebook has been suspected of having a double standard when it comes to pages and posts regarding the Arab–Israeli conflict. When it comes to alleged incitement, Facebook has been accused of being unfair, removing only posts and pages that attack Palestinians, while turning a blind eye to similar posts that are violently antisemitic. The NGO Shurat Hadin-Israel Law Center conducted an experiment over the incitement issue, which sought to expose what it viewed as double standards regarding anti-Israel sentiment vis-a-vis the simultaneous launch of two Facebook pages: "Stop Palestinians" and "Stop Israel". Following the launch of the two nearly identical pages, the NGO posted hateful content simultaneously on both pages. Next, Shurat Hadin reported both faux-incitement pages to Facebook to see which, if either, would be removed. According to them, despite featuring nearly identical content, only one was removed from the online platform. They said the page inciting against Palestinians was closed by Facebook (on the same day that it was reported) for "containing credible threat of violence" which "violated our [Facebook's] community standards", but not the page inciting against Israelis. Shurat Hadin said that Facebook claimed that this page was "not in violation of Facebook's rules". Shurat Hadin's staged anti-Israel group "Stop Israel" still remains active on Facebook. ProPublica stated in September 2017 that a website was able to target ads at Facebook users who were interested in "how to burn Jew" and "Jew hater". Facebook removed the categories and said it would try to stop them from appearing to potential advertisers. In March 2019, Facebook subsidiary Instagram declined to remove an anti-semitic image posted by right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, saying that it did not violate their community standards. Incitement of violence against Israelis Facebook has been accused of being a public platform that is used to incite violence. In October 2015, 20,000 Israelis claimed that Facebook was ignoring Palestinian incitement on its platform and filed a class-action suit demanding that Facebook remove all posts "containing incitement to murder Jews". Israeli politicians have complained that Facebook does not comply or assist with requests from the police for tracking and reporting individuals when they share their intent to kill or commit any other act of violence on their Facebook pages. In June 2016, following the murder of Hallel Ariel, 13, by a terrorist who posted on Facebook, Israeli Minister of Public Security Gilad Erdan charged that "Facebook, which has brought a positive revolution to the world, has become a monster ... The dialogue, the incitement, the lies of the young Palestinian generation are happening on the Facebook platform." Erdan accused Facebook of "sabotaging the work of Israeli police" and "refusing to cooperate" when Israel police turns to the site for assistance. It also "sets a very high bar" for removing inciting content. In July 2016, a civil action for $1 billion in damages was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of the victims and family members of four Israeli-Americans and one US citizen killed by Hamas militants since June 2014. The victims and plaintiffs in the case are the families of Yaakov Naftali Fraenkel, a 16-year-old who was kidnapped and murdered by Hamas operatives in 2014; Taylor Force, a 29-year-old American MBA student and US Army veteran killed in a stabbing spree in Jaffa in 2016; Chaya Braun, a three-month-old thrown from her stroller and slammed into the pavement when a Hamas attacker drove his car into a light rail station in Jerusalem in an October 2014; 76-year-old Richard Lakin who was killed in the October 2015 shooting and stabbing attack on a Jerusalem bus; and Menachem Mendel Rivkin, who was seriously wounded in a January 2016 stabbing attack in Jerusalem. The plaintiffs claimed that Facebook knowingly provided its social media platform and communication services to Hamas in violation of provisions of US Anti-Terrorism laws which prohibits US businesses from providing any material support, including services, to designated terrorist groups and their leaders. The government of the United States has designated Hamas as a "Foreign Terrorist Organization" as defined by US law. The suit claims that Hamas "used and relied on Facebook's online social network platform and communications services to facilitate and carry out its terrorist activity, including the terrorist attacks in which Hamas murdered and injured the victims and their families in this case". The legal claim was rejected; the court found that Facebook and other social media companies are not considered to be the publishers of material users post when digital tools used by the company match content with what the tool identifies as interested consumers. In August 2016, Israel's security service, the Shin Bet, reported that it had arrested nine Palestinians who had been recruited by the Lebanon-based Hezbollah terrorist organization. Operatives of Hezbollah in Lebanon and Gaza Strip recruited residents of the West Bank, Gaza and Israel through Facebook and other social media sites. After recruiting cell leaders on Facebook, Hezbollah and the recruits used encrypted communications to avoid detection, and the leaders continued to recruit other members. The terror cells received Hezbollah funding and planned to conduct suicide bombings and ambushes and had begun preparing explosive devices for attacks, said the security service, which claimed credit for preventing the attacks. The Shin Bet said it also detected multiple attempts by Hezbollah to recruit Israeli Arabs through a Facebook profile. Currently, legislation is being prepared in Israel, allowing fines of 300,000 shekels for Facebook and other social media like Twitter and YouTube for every post inciting or praising terrorism that is not removed within 48 hours, and could possibly lead to further acts of terrorism. Countermeasure efforts In June 2017, Facebook published a blog post, offering insights into how it detects and combats terrorism content. The company claimed that the majority of the terrorism accounts that are found are discovered by Facebook itself, while it reviews reports of terrorism content "urgently", and, in cases of imminent harm, "promptly inform authorities". It also develops new tools to aid in its efforts, including the use of artificial intelligence to match terrorist images and videos, detecting when content is shared across related accounts, and developing technologies to stop repeat offenders. The company stated that it has 150 people dedicated to terrorism countermeasures, and works with governments and industries in an effort to curb terrorist propaganda. Its blog post stated that "We want Facebook to be a hostile place for terrorists." Employee data leak In June 2017, The Guardian reported that a software bug had exposed the personal details of 1,000 Facebook workers involved in reviewing and removing terrorism content, by displaying their profiles in the "Activity" logs of Facebook groups related to terrorism efforts,. In Facebook's Dublin, Ireland headquarters, six individuals were determined to be "high priority" victims of the error, after the company concluded that their profiles were likely viewed by potential terrorists in groups such as ISIS, Hezbollah and the Kurdistan Workers' Party. The bug itself, discovered in November 2016 and fixed two weeks later, was active for one month, and had also been retroactively exposing censored personal accounts from August 2016. One affected worker had fled Ireland, gone into hiding, and only returned to Ireland after five months due to a lack of money. Suffering from psychological distress, he filed a legal claim against Facebook and CPL Resources, an outsourcing company, seeking compensation. A Facebook spokesperson stated that "Our investigation found that only a small fraction of the names were likely viewed, and we never had evidence of any threat to the people impacted or their families as a result of this matter", and Craig D'Souza, Facebook's head of global investigations, said: "Keep in mind that when the person sees your name on the list, it was in their activity log, which contains a lot of information ... there is a good chance that they associate you with another admin of the group or a hacker". Facebook offered to install a home-alarm monitoring system, provide transport to and from work, and counseling through its employee assistance program. As a result of the data leak, Facebook is reportedly testing the use of alternative, administrative accounts for workers reviewing content, rather than requiring workers to sign in with their personal profiles. Fake news Facebook has been criticized for not doing enough to limit the spread of fake news stories on their site, especially after the 2016 United States presidential election, which some have claimed Donald Trump would not have won if Facebook had not helped spread what they claim to have been fake stories that were biased in his favor. Mark Zuckerberg has begun to take steps to eliminate the prevalence of fake news on Facebook as a result of criticisms of Facebook's influence on the presidential election. At a conference called Techonomy Mark Zuckerberg stated in regards to Donald Trump, "There's a profound lack of empathy in asserting that the only reason why someone could have voted the way that they did is because they saw some fake news". Zuckerberg affirms the idea that people do not stray from their own ideals and political leanings. He stated, "I don't know what to do about that" and, "When we started, the north star for us was: We're building a safe community". Zuckerberg has also been quoted in his own Facebook post, "Of all the content on Facebook, more than 99 percent of what people see is authentic". In addition, The Pew Research Center, stated that "62% of Americans obtain some, or all, of their news on social media-the bulk of it from Facebook". The former editor at Facebook leaked inflammatory information about the websites' algorithm's pointing to certain falsehoods and bias by the news created within Facebook. Although Facebook initially denied claims of issues with fake new stories and their algorithms, they fired the entire trending team involved with a fake news story about Megyn Kelly being a "closeted liberal". Inclusion of Breitbart News as trusted news source In October 2019, Facebook announced that Breitbart News, an American far-right news and opinion website, would be included as a "trusted source" in its Facebook News feature alongside sources like The New York Times and The Washington Post. The decision sparked controversy due to Breitbart News's status as a platform for the alt-right and its reputation for publishing misinformation. In October 2021, The Wall Street Journal reported that Facebook executives resisted removing Breitbart News from Facebook's News Tab feature to avoid angering Donald Trump and Republican members of Congress, despite criticism from Facebook employees. An August 2019 internal Facebook study had found that Breitbart News was the least trusted news source, and also ranked as low-quality, in the sources it looked at across the U.S. and Great Britain. Incitement of violence in Sri Lanka In March 2018, the government of Sri Lanka blocked Facebook and other social media services in an effort to quell the violence in the 2018 anti-Muslim riots, with Harsha de Silva, the Deputy Minister for National Policies and Economic Affairs, tweeting: "Hate speech on Facebook is increasing beyond acceptable levels. Government will have to act immediately to save lives." Sri Lankan telecommunications minister Harin Fernando stated that Facebook had been too slow in removing content and banning users who were using its platforms to facilitate violence during the 2018 anti-Muslim riots in Sri Lanka. In response, Facebook stated that it had increased the number of Sinhalese speakers it employs to review content. Uyghur genocide denial In February 2021, a Press Gazette investigation found that Facebook had accepted promotional content from Chinese state media outlets such as China Daily and China Global Television Network that spread disinformation denying the Uyghur genocide. Incitement of human rights abuses in Myanmar The chairman of the U.N. Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar stated that Facebook played a "determining role" in the Rohingya genocide. Facebook has been accused of enabling the spread of Islamophobic content which targets the Rohingya people. The United Nations Human Rights Council has called the platform "a useful instrument for those seeking to spread hate". In response, Facebook removed accounts which were owned by the Myanmar Armed Forces because they had previously used Facebook to incite hatred against the Rohingya people, and "engaging in coordinated inauthentic behavior." On 6 December 2021, approximately a hundred Rohingya refugees launched a $150 billion lawsuit against Facebook, alleging that it did not do enough to prevent the proliferation of anti-Rohingya hate speech because it was interested in prioritizing engagement. Blue tick Facebook grants blue tick to verified accounts of public personalities, brands, and celebrities (including politicians and artists). They have no policy in the cases where an individual who has a verified blue tick account is convicted in a serious criminal case. There has been a recent case in India where a politician was convicted and sentenced to 10 years in jail in a serious bribery criminal case but his Facebook page still continues to be verified. Neo-Nazi and white supremacist content From c.2018 until March 27, 2019, Facebook's internal policy was to permit "white nationalist" content but not "white supremacist" content, despite advice stating there is no distinction. In practice, it hosted much white supremacist and neo-Nazi content. On March 27, 2019, Facebook backtracked and stated that white nationalism "cannot be meaningfully separated from white supremacy and organized hate groups". In 2020 the Centre for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) found Facebook was hosting a white supremacist network with more than 80,000 followers and links to the UK far right. The CCDH said: "Facebook's leadership endangered public safety by letting neo-Nazis finance their activities through Facebook and Instagram ... . Facebook was first told about this problem two years ago and failed to act." COVID-19 misinformation In 2021, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism found that 430 Facebook pages – being followed by 45 million people – were spreading false information about COVID-19 or vaccinations. This was despite a promise by Facebook in 2020 that no user or company should directly profit from false information about immunization against COVID-19. A Facebook spokesman said the company had "removed a small number of the pages shared with us for violating our policies". Marketplace illegal Amazon rainforest sales In February 2021, BBC investigations revealed that Amazon rainforest plots on land reserved for indigenous people were being illegally traded on the Facebook Marketplace with the sellers admitting they do not have the land title. The BBC reported that Facebook were "ready to work with local authorities", but were unwilling to take independent action. Incitement of ethnic massacres in Ethiopia In February 2022, Facebook was accused by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and The Observer of letting activists incite ethnic massacres in the Tigray War by spreading hate and misinformation. See also Censorship by Facebook Criticism of Facebook References Facebook criticisms and controversies Facebook Facebook
The 1935–36 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University. Butch Grover was the head coach for Ohio. The Bobcats played their home games at the Men's Gymnasium. They finished the season 11–9 and 5–5 in the Buckeye Athletic Association. Schedule \|- !colspan=9 style="background:#006A4D; color:white;"\| Regular Season Source: References Ohio Bobcats men's basketball seasons Ohio Ohio Bobcats Ohio Bobcats
Hugo Gonçalves Ferreira Neto (born 20 September 2001), simply known as Hugo, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a left back for Botafogo. Club career Born in Cabedelo, Paraíba, Hugo joined Botafogo's youth setup in 2019, from Corinthians. He made his first team – and Série A – debut on 20 September 2020, coming on as a late substitute for Victor Luis in a 0–0 home draw against Santos. On 12 November 2021, Hugo renewed his contract with Bota until 2024. Career statistics Honours Botafogo Campeonato Brasileiro Série B: 2021 References 2001 births Living people People from Paraíba Brazilian footballers Association football defenders Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players
Caleb Costner (born March 3, 1993) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series East, driving the No. 95 Chevrolet SS for Costner Motorsports. Costner also serves as a deputy sheriff in Gaston County, North Carolina. Racing career ARCA Menards Series West Costner made his ARCA Menards Series West debut in 2021. He attempted to make his debut at the Portland International Raceway, but did not start. He made his debut at the All-American Speedway, finishing 14th. He followed that up finishing 30th at Phoenix. ARCA Menards Series East Costner made his ARCA Menards Series East debut in 2022 at New Smyrna Speedway. He failed to finish the race. Personal life While not racing, he serves as a deputy sheriff in Gaston County, North Carolina. Motorsports career results ARCA Menards Series East ARCA Menards Series West References External links 1993 births Living people ARCA Menards Series drivers NASCAR drivers Racing drivers from North Carolina People from Dallas, North Carolina
The Kan Imam San are an Islamic sect that make up about 10% of the population of ethnic Chams in Cambodia. Their spiritual center is the Tralach District of Kampong Chhnang Province, particularly the Au Russey Mosque and their historic mosque atop Phnom Oudong, but they are also heavily represented in Pursat and Battambang provinces. Since 1998, they are officially recognized by the Cambodian government as one of two Muslim groups in Cambodia. References
Denis Grondin (born 23 October 1954) is a Canadian Roman Catholic prelate. Born in Rimouski, Quebec, Grondin was ordained to the priesthood in 1989. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Quebec archdiocese from 2011 until 2015, when he was appointed archbishop of his hometown Rimouski. References 1954 births Living people Canadian Roman Catholic bishops French Quebecers Clergy from Quebec People from Rimouski 21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops
The Complete, Legendary, Live Return Concert is a live album by Cecil Taylor recorded at Town Hall in New York City on November 4, 1973, and released in digital format in 2022 by Oblivion Records. On the album, Taylor is joined by saxophonist Jimmy Lyons, bassist Sirone, and drummer Andrew Cyrille. The album documents an event billed as Taylor's "return" to New York City following a period of several years spent teaching at the University of Wisconsin and Antioch College. "Spring of Two Blue-J's" parts 1 and 2 were originally released as an LP in 1974 by Taylor's Unit Core label in limited quantities, and were reissued in 2021 by Oblivion Records. "Autumn/Parade" was previously unreleased, as its length (88 minutes) prevented it from being considered as a commercially viable issue. The music was recorded by Fred Seibert, one of the founders of Oblivion Records, who was a Columbia University student at the time, and who used borrowed equipment for the recording. He recalled: "I felt like I was under Niagara Falls with every sound coming at me from 360 degrees and fighting for space in my head." Seibert elected to release the album in digital format in order to avoid the physical limitations of CDs and LPs, and to bypass the difficulties associated with traditional album distribution. Reception In an article for The New York Times, Alan Scherstuhl called the album "exhilarating," and commented: "the music gushes as if it were an uncapped fireplug... the relentless 88-minute track 'Autumn/Parade' catches the inexhaustible Cecil Taylor Unit in the grip of one revelation after another, playing free jazz... in the purest definition of free... what's most immediately striking on the new release is the Unit's restless, driving polyrhythms, pulsing clots of tones and beats." Writing for The Wall Street Journal, Martin Johnson noted that the album "showcases a master reaching his peak. Taylor's music doesn't aim to entertain its listeners; it seeks to excite or even exhilarate them. It requires devoted attention, however, lest one get lost in the overwhelming cascades of sound." Johnson described "Autumn/Parade" as "a stunner," and "one of the most remarkable performances of his band... it displays Taylor's distinctive approach coming to fruition." In a review for DownBeat, Martin Longley wrote: "The Unit produces a rush of highly defined kinetic energy that doesn't let up, mostly careening, but also teeming with precise detail. The rapport between Taylor and Lyons is particularly stunning, as they both contort, entwine and pull apart, their convergence often sounding like radical examples of happenstance." Thom Jurek, in an article for AllMusic, stated: "The Cecil Taylor Unit performed that evening as if they had broken through all bonds of time and space, abandoning all notions of time keeping... The Complete, Legendary, Live Return Concert offers a staggering aural portrait of Taylor embracing the full dictates of the artistic freedom he would go on to display in so many different settings for the rest of his life, in stellar sound quality... this offering showcases the hyper dimensionality of Taylor's music and his quartet's potential for extending it... a must for any Taylor fan." In a review for Jazz Journal, Andy Hamilton commented: "It's a raw, visceral musical experience, one of the finest albums of free jazz; the recording quality, for a live event, is excellent. The participants were inspired to white heat... An essential release." Writing for All About Jazz, Mike Jurkovic remarked: "If the title alone... doesn't blow out those flu-like post-holiday cobwebs in a big hurry, the full, near ninety minute assault on all that was and is holy damn well will... After five years, Cecil Taylor took to his piano... and all hell broke loose! It was a moment in the lives of all those participating that they could instantly equate with, say, where they were when Kennedy was shot. Or Martin. Or Lennon. Or when men thought bigger than assassination and strode the moon. Created vaccines. Conquered fascist powers... 'Autumn/Parade' is impenetrable, hypnotic, impossible to hold, but never look away. Never turn a blind ear to its chaotic perplexities or pass lurid judgement on its more accessible moments. Taylor is unhinged and that can only mean the world will be a much different place when he is done... Adding Lyons, Cyrille, and Sirone makes 'Autumn/Parade' unstoppable, a frenetic, riotous, visionary invention gratefully, gleefully heard here completely for the first time. And it sounds awesome too." An article at WBGO called the album "a fresh revelation," and noted that "Autumn/Parade" "shows Taylor in unbridled form, with an endurance and energy flow that outpaces even his formidable band members." David Luhrssen, writing for Shepherd Express, described Taylor's performances: "Grand designs emerged from fragmentary segments, complete with knotty stops and starts. On several tracks, he plays more violently — and faster — than any hardcore punk band." Writing for Glide Magazine, Jim Hynes commented: "Taylor and his bandmates unleash their pent-up energy on the highly intrigued and ultimately mind-blown audience for almost ninety minutes. These folks endured the weather equivalent of a ferocious hurricane or a dam breaking. One can only imagine them trying to describe what they had just witnessed – a musical event unlike anything they had likely heard. Its unbounded energy, unreal spontaneity, sheer stamina, and its fervent commitment to never letting up speaks to everything and more about Taylor's legendary status as intense, unfettered by convention, and all-be-damned mission of embracing freedom... You owe yourself a listen to this entire performance. It will assuredly be unforgettable." Track listing All compositions by Cecil Taylor. "Autumn/Parade" (quartet) – 88:00 "Spring of Two Blue-J's Part 1" (solo) – 16:15 "Spring of Two Blue-J's Part 2" (quartet) – 21:58 Personnel Cecil Taylor – piano Jimmy Lyons – alto saxophone Sirone – bass Andrew Cyrille – drums References Cecil Taylor live albums 2022 live albums
The 2022 Turkish Women's Basketball Cup () is the 29th edition of Turkey's top-tier level professional women's domestic basketball cup competition. The tournament will be held between 22 and 26 March 2022 at the Servet Tazegül Spor Salonu in Mersin. Qualified teams The top eight placed teams after the first half of the 2021–22 Women's Basketball Super League qualified for the tournament. The four highest placed teams are going to play the lowest seeded teams in the quarter-finals. The competition will be played under a single elimination format. Bracket Quarterfinals Semifinals Final See also 2021–22 Super League References External links Official Site 2021–22 in Turkish basketball
Jessica Ho Wai-on (born 12 May 1992) is a Hong Kong rugby union player. She competed for Hong Kong in their first World Cup appearance in 2017. Biography Ho graduated from the University of Exeter in 2014, she studied Sports Science. She made her debut for Hong Kong against Fiji in 2016. In 2018 she was selected for Hong Kong's end-of-year tour of Spain and Wales. Ho toured the Netherlands in 2019 and helped Hong Kong win their first test series in Europe. In 2019 she featured for the Hong Kong sevens team at the Asia Sevens Qualifiers and at the Repechage tournament in Monaco. References Living people Hong Kong people Hong Kong rugby union players Hong Kong female rugby union players Hong Kong female rugby sevens players
Lune is a Canadian drama film, directed by Arturo Pérez Torres and Aviva Armour-Ostroff and released in 2021. The film stars Armour-Ostroff as Miriam, a South African immigrant in Canada who struggles with bipolar disorder, against the context of her preparations to move back to South Africa in order to vote for Nelson Mandela in the 1994 South African election. The film's cast also includes Alanna Bale, Atticus Mitchell, Vlad Alexis and Chloe Van Landschoot. The character of Miriam was based on Armour-Ostroff's father, Brian Ostroff, to such an extent that he was officially credited as a cowriter of the film even though he died several years before it entered production. He had previously been seen in Armour-Ostroff's 2017 short documentary film Dr. Bro’s Travelling Medicine Show. The film premiered in March 2021 at the Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival in San Jose, California, and had its Canadian premiere in June at the Toronto Jewish Film Festival. Awards At Cinequest, the film was named a winner of the Audience Award for Feature Drama. At the Toronto Jewish Film Festival, it was named a winner of the Micki Moore Award for best narrative feature by a female director. Armour-Ostroff received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Actress at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022. References External links 2021 films 2021 drama films Canadian films Canadian drama films Jewish Canadian films
Pilmography is the debut studio album by South Korean singer Wonpil. It was released on February 7, 2022, through Studio J and JYP Entertainment. The album consists of ten tracks, including the lead single "Voiceless". Upon release, Pilmography debuted at number one on Gaon Album Chart, making it the first chart-topper for the artist. Track listing Charts Release history References 2022 debut albums Korean-language albums
Denise C. Park is an American neuroscientist. She is the head of the Aging Mind Lab, the Principal Investigator of the Dallas Lifespan Brain Study (DLBS), and a Distinguished University Chair of the School and Behavioral and Brain Sciences at The University of Texas at Dallas. Education Denise Park earned her Bachelor's degree in psychology from Albion College, and she earned her Ph.D. in experimental psychology from the State University of New York at Albany at the age of 25. Career Denise Park began as an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where she worked for eight years. She was the recruited by the University of Georgia, where she began to study the effects of context with regards to the aging brain. From 1985 to 1994, Dr. Park was awarded over $1 million in funds for her research. From 1995 to 2002, she worked for the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, eventually transitioning from context-related research to the effects of aging on visual memory in 2001. In this time, she received over $2 million in funds She then moved to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 2002 to 2006, continuing her focus on visual memory and aging until 2006, where she changed her focus to dedifferentiation and memory with the effects of aging. In her time at the University of Illinois, she received over $2 million in funds for her research. In 2007, she moved once again to the University of Texas at Dallas and began working on the Dallas Lifespan Brain Study in 2008. The DLBS is in its third wave as of February 10th, 2022. Aging Mind Lab Currently, the Aging Mind Lab is researching how aging affects brain structure and function, the earliest possible detection of Alzheimer's disease, and how to intervene to slow the brain's decline. Dallas Lifespan Brain Study Two preliminary findings of the DLBS include that a busy lifestyle may be linked to improved brain function in old age, especially regarding working memory, vocabulary, and reasoning; and that amyloid buildup decreases recall and recognition memory independent from the age group of the subject. References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American neuroscientists
Dealer was an Australian nu metalcore supergroup from Australia, formed in 2018, the band comprised vocalist Aidan Ellaz Holmes, drummer Joe Abikhair, bassist Martin Wood, guitarist Maurice Morfaw. History Following Aidan Holmes' departure from Alpha Wolf, he met with former Northlane member Alex Milovic, Capture drummer Joe Abikhair, and Codeine King & Iconoclast members David Wilder and Josh Ang to form a new supergroup. On April 5 2019, they released their debut EP, Soul Burn. Soul Burn was received well, and helped bring lots of attention to the new band. On July 22, 2019, Wilder, Ang, and Milovic left the band, and were replaced by former Capture bassist, Maurice Morfaw and The Gloom in the Corner guitarist, Martin Wood. On February 14, 2020, the band released their second EP, Saint. On June 22, 2020, three of the band's four members left over allegations against Aidan, effectively ending the band. Members Final line-up Aidan Ellaz Holmes – lead vocals (2018–2020) Joe Abikhair – drums (2018–2020) Martin Wood – bass guitar (2019-2020) Maurice Morfaw – guitar (2019-2020) Former members Alex Milovic – bass guitar (2018-2019) Josh Ang – lead guitar (2018-2019) David Wilder – rhythm guitar (2018-2019) Timeline Discography Extended plays Soul Burn (2019) Saint (2020) Reference External links Musical groups established in 2019 Australian musical groups Australian metalcore musical groups Australian nu metal musical groups
Nadir Rustamli ( ; born 8 July 1999) is an Azerbaijani singer. He is currently scheduled to represent Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. Rustamli has also won the second season of The Voice of Azerbaijan and has represented Azerbaijan at Youthvision International Song Contest in 2019, earning a runner-up finish. Early life Born in Salyan, Rustamli attended secondary school #3 in 2005–2016. In his younger years, he received piano training at the Gulu Asgarov Music School in his hometown. In 2021, Rustamli graduated from the Azerbaijan University of Tourism and Management with a degree in business administration. Career Starting in 2017, Rustamli has participated in various contests, including the international student song competition Youthvision in 2019, where he finished second among 21 contestants. 2021: The Voice of Azerbaijan In 2021, he would compete in the second season of The Voice of Azerbaijan. In the first round, he would sing a cover of "Writing's on the Wall", moving on to the second round with two chair turns. He would then choose to compete on the team of Eldar Gasimov. In the second round, along with fellow singer Amir Pashayev, the two would sing a cover of Beggin', with Eldar eventually keeping Nadir. In the next round, Nadir would sing "Khatiradir", qualifying for the finals. In the final, he would sing a cover of Running Scared, winning the show with a televote percentage of 42.6%. 2022: Eurovision Song Contest 2022 On 16 February 2022, İctimai Television announced that they had selected Rustamli internally to represent Azerbaijan at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. References External links 1999 births Living people Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 21st-century Azerbaijani singers Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Azerbaijan Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2022 People from Salyan, Azerbaijan People from Salyan District (Azerbaijan)
Bendik Giske is a Norwegian saxophonist and performance artist, living in Berlin. He has released two albums, Surrender (2019) and Cracks (2021), both on Smalltown Supersound. Life and work Giske was born in Oslo. He spent time as a child in Bali. He attended a music conservatoire in Copenhagen. Dave Segal at Pitchfork wrote that "Giske's approach has more in common with the otherworldly fever-dreamscapes of the late trumpeter Jon Hassell and his young sax acolyte Sam Gendel than with any jazz traditionalists." John Lewis, writing in The Guardian, describe's Giske's music thus: "Instead of hiding the imperfections, glitches and inner workings of the instrument, he foregrounds them, like a sonic Pompidou Centre. He places numerous contact microphones around his saxophone to amplify the sound of his fingers clicking against the keys and keypads, till it sounds like a typewriter playing techno. He amplifies his own sighs and breaths and puts the sounds through FX units. His playing uses hypnotic repetition and some Albert Ayler-style overblowing freakouts, but Giske also draws from the techniques of the didgeridoo", from his time as a child in Indonesia, from the techno music scene in Berlin, and from queer theory, particularly José Esteban Muñoz's "queer time". Giske was inspired to make Surrender after a visit to Berghain, a nightclub in Berlin. "Recorded in Oslo with producer Amund Ulvestad, the music is played by Giske alone on his sax. ... The patter of keys being pressed provides the beat, jangling away alongside reverberating sax riffs. Occasionally Giske's voice can be made out, a faint background chant." On Cracks, Lewis writes that "his producer André Bratten uses the studio as an instrument, exploiting odd resonances and echoes, ... manipulating sympathetic drones and harmonics, creating a spectral shroud around Giske's ecstatic burbles". Discography Solo Albums Surrender (Smalltown Supersound, 2019) Cracks (Smalltown Supersound, 2021) EPs Adjust (Smalltown Supersound, 2018) – with remixes by Lotic and Deathprod With others Untitled (Smalltown Supersound, 2021) – with Pavel Milyakov References External links LGBT musicians from Norway 21st-century Norwegian male musicians 21st-century Norwegian saxophonists Musicians from Oslo Living people Year of birth missing (living people)
On 15 February 2022, an intense rainfall in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, caused mudslides and flooding that destroyed parts of the city. At least 231 people died in the disaster. Background Petrópolis is a popular tourist city in Brazil, and as it expanded, its poorer residents built up on the nearby mountainsides. This led to deforestation and poor drainage in these areas of the city. The local authorities of Petrópolis ordered a survey in 2017 and identified 15,240 houses with a high risk of being destroyed due to heavy rainfalls, which covered about 18% of the city. The city, however, was unable to act on this report. The National Natural Disaster Alert Monitoring Center (Cemaden) issued an alert on the magnitude of the storm two days before the floods on 15 February. According to specialists, the warning should have prompted the authorities to mobilize to evacuate the residents. Despite the intensity of the tragedy that would be drawn a few hours later, this alert was issued in a classification of "moderate risk of landslides". Event On February 15, 2022, the city of Petrópolis received an unusually high amount of rain within three hours, . This was more than the prior 30 days combined, and the worst the city had seen since 1932. According to Cemaden, of the rain recorded during that day, was recorded between 4:20pm and 7:20pm. The climatological normal for the month of February was . It was the biggest storm in the history of Petrópolis, since measurements began in 1932. The previous record had occurred on August 20, 1952, when it rained in 24 hours. The high level of precipitation caused flooding within the city as well as destabilized the mountainside, causing mudslides. Videos of the disaster were widely shared on social media, showing cars and houses being dragged by landslides. By February 21, the death toll reached 176, including at least 27 children and teenagers. By February 28, the death toll has risen to 231, with 5 people still missing. This event is the deadliest flood and mudslide in Petrópolis' history, exceeding the 1988 event which left 171 dead. Impacts The damages from the floods and mudslides exceeded 1 billion Brazilian reals when considering reconstruction costs. The estimated loss is 665 million reals from the municipality's gross domestic product (GDP), equivalent to 2%, in data that considers only the direct impact. On top of that, over 78 million reals worth of goods were damaged. Reactions The city hall of Petrópolis declared three days of morning. Cláudio Castro, the governor of the state of Rio de Janeiro compared the situation to that of a war zone: "The situation is almost like war ... Cars hanging from poles, cars overturned, lots of mud and water still." President Jair Bolsonaro, who was on a diplomatic trip to Russia and Hungary at the time of the flooding, expressed solidarity with the city. It was later confirmed that Bolsonaro would visit Petrópolis on his return to Brazil. The Brazilian federal government also announced that it would give R$2.3 million to the city. The Ministry of Health stated they would help the situation by providing medical resources. They also informed that 13 Basic Health Units (UBS) and one Emergency Care Unit (UPA) were damaged by the floods. See also 2022 Brazil floods and landslides January 2011 Rio de Janeiro floods and mudslides Late December 2021 Bahia floods Weather of 2022 References 2022 disasters in Brazil 2022 floods 2022 meteorology 2020s floods in South America Floods in Brazil Landslides in Brazil Landslides in 2022 2022 floods February 2022 events in Brazil History of Rio de Janeiro (state)
Lake Dystos (Greek: Λίμνη Δύστος is a natural lake located on the central part of the island of Euboea, southeast of the Aliveri. It covers an area of approximately and its maximum depth does not exceed . People have populated the shores of the lake since the Neolithic period. The homonymous town that is located nearby, thrived in the Classical and Hellenistic periods. See also List of lakes in Greece References Lakes Euboea Greece
UCCLA may refer to: Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association União das Cidades Capitais Luso-Afro-Américo-Asiáticas
Charles Benham Larrabee (19 May 1926 – 29 March 2008) was an American lawyer and justice on the New Mexico Supreme Court. Born in Cedar Rapids to a father in the fledgling commercial airline industry, Larrabee grew up in various places and finished his education at The British Schools of Montevideo in Uruguay. Following World War II, he studied at the University of Iowa and subsequently the University of New Mexico School of Law. He was appointed to the state supreme court by Governor Garrey Carruthers in 1989 but later resigned as he did not wish to go through with campaigning for a permanent seat. References 1926 births 2008 deaths Justices of the New Mexico Supreme Court University of New Mexico School of Law alumni People educated at The British Schools of Montevideo
Germany is scheduled to compete at the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing, China which takes place between 4–13 March 2022. Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline. Alpine skiing Germany is scheduled to compete in alpine skiing. Biathlon Germany is scheduled to compete in biathlon. Cross-country skiing Germany is scheduled to compete in cross-country skiing. Snowboarding Germany is scheduled to compete in snowboarding. See also Germany at the Paralympics Germany at the 2022 Winter Olympics References Nations at the 2022 Winter Paralympics 2022 Winter Paralympics
"" (God loves this world) is a Christian hymn with German text written by Walter Schulz in 1962, who added a melody in 1970. It expands how God loves this world, based on John 3:16. The song's first intention was for a Protestant youth gathering in East Germany, meant to encourage in a difficult time after the Berlin Wall was built. The song appeared as part of Protestant and Catholic hymnals and other songbooks. Background and history was a Protestant pastor who served from 1956 as Landesjugendpastor (state youth pastor) for the Evangelisch-Lutherische Landeskirche Mecklenburgs. In that function, he wrote the text of "" in 1962 for a Protestant youth gathering (Evangelischer Jugendtag) in Schwerin. A year after the Berlin Wall was built, he faced suppression and criticism of Christian beliefs by the regime of East Germany. He was interested in wording a message of encouragement. The song became part of the Protestant hymnal Evangelisches Gesangbuch as EG 409, and of the Catholic hymnal Gotteslob as GL 464. The hymn is also part of other songbooks, including ecumenical collections and books for young people. Theme and text The text is in eight stanzas of five lines each, with the final stanza equal to the first. It follows a strict formal scheme: the first line of each stanza is ""; in the two framing stanzas this line is repeated at the end, while the last line similarly often begins with "Gott" and always ends with "Welt". The rhyme scheme is ABABA. The song, written in the first person plural, expresses God's love of the world and especially of "us" people, following a verse from the Gospel of John, John 3:16, "God so loved this world". The inner lines name ways of this love. Melody and music The melody begins like a fanfare with a downward triad seemingly in a major key but moves to the minor mode and church keys. Usage The hymn was used as the title of a collection of choral music for church services and secular use, containing 50 settings for a convention of youth choirs in 2015. It was published by Bärenreiter. References External links Evangelisches Gesangbuch 409 l4a.org 20th-century hymns in German 1962 songs
Andaz Shenzhen Bay () is a tall skyscraper in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. The tower nearby multiple supertall skyscraper such as the China Resources Headquarters and the One Shenzhen Bay. Construction started in 2015 and was completed in 2021. See also China Resources Headquarters One Shenzhen Bay List of tallest buildings in Shenzhen References Skyscraper office buildings in Shenzhen Skyscrapers in Shenzhen
Sinuijumantispa is an extinct genus of mantidflies from the Early Cretaceous Sinuiju Formation in North Korea. References Mantispidae Arthropods Cretaceous
Lletty Brongu railway station served the hamlet of Lletty Brongu, in the historical county of Glamorganshire, Wales, from 1898 to 1932 on the Port Talbot Railway. History The station was opened on 14 February 1898 by the Port Talbot Railway and Docks Company. It closed on 12 September 1932. References Disused railway stations in Bridgend County Borough Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1898 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1932 1898 establishments in Wales 1932 disestablishments in Wales
The 1936–37 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University. Butch Grover was the head coach for Ohio. The Bobcats played their home games at the Men's Gymnasium. They finished the season 18–3 and won their third Buckeye Athletic Association championship with a conference record of 10–1. Schedule \|- !colspan=9 style="background:#006A4D; color:white;"\| Regular Season Source: References Ohio Bobcats men's basketball seasons Ohio Ohio Bobcats Ohio Bobcats
John Alexander Somerville, D.D.S. (1882 – February 11, 1972) was an African American Civil rights activist, dentist, and entrepreneur. A well-known community figure in Los Angeles, Somerville was an accomplished dentist who went on to co-found the Los Angeles branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. He is most well known for building Hotel Somerville, now known as Dunbar Hotel. Early life and education John Alexander Somerville was born in Jamaica in 1882 to Thomas G. Somerville and Frances A. Somerville née Cowell. Thomas was a principal and Anglican minister, while Frances taught at the Anglican school that Thomas administered. Somerville completed his pre-college education in Jamaica, but he failed an exam for a university scholarship. Rather than re-take the exam, he became a bookkeeper for an export company. After two years of saving, he relocated to the United States at the age of 20. Arriving in San Francisco in 1902, Somerville initially planned to save up and attend Howard University. Somerville was quickly disheartened by the racism and segregation that he saw in America. In one early incident, Somerville attempted to order food from a restaurant but was told that they do not serve Black people. The discrimination that Somerville was faced with hindered his ability to acquire food, shelter, and employment. As he could not find employment in San Francisco, Somerville moved to Redlands, California, and worked odd jobs. In Redlands, Somerville lived with a Black family and worked in a bowling alley. The bowling alley owner's brother-in-law taught at the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry at the University of Southern California (USC). John decided that he wanted to pursue dentistry as well so he continued to save money until he could afford tuition. In 1903, Somerville moved to Los Angeles and enrolled in USC's dentistry school. On his first day of class, Somerville's white classmates threatened to leave unless he was dismissed. These students had a meeting with the dean, Garrett Newkirk, to present their petition. Newkirk invited Somerville to the meeting and praised his credentials. Somerville addressed the other students by challenging their prejudiced attitudes, asserting that racism has no place in educational institutions. Ultimately, Somerville continued his education and the petition was dropped. Somerville graduated with high honors in 1907, becoming the first African American to graduate from USC with a Doctor of dental surgery. Afterwards, Somerville passed the state dental board exam with the highest score recorded up until that point. Career and marriage Somerville opened his own dental office in Los Angeles after graduating from University of South California. Serving mostly white patients at first, Somerville's clientele became increasingly diverse over the years as more people of color moved to Los Angeles. John Somerville married Vada Watson in 1912, whom he met at college. Originally intending to return to Jamaica, Somerville decided to stay in the United States after marriage. Vada initially worked as an assistant in John's dental practice, but when the United States entered World War I, John was concerned that he would be drafted to join the military. Convinced of Vada's aptitude, John encouraged her to enroll in USC's dentistry program to take up the practice. Vada graduated in 1918, becoming the first Black woman to graduate from USC's dentistry school and the first woman licensed to practice dentistry in California. As John did not end up getting drafted, he and Vada began to run the practice together. After a decade of sharing an office, Vada retired from dentistry in 1933 as tensions developed between her patients and John. Somerville became the second Black member of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce in history. In 1927, Somerville founded the Physicians, Dentists, and Pharmacists Association of Southern California. Somerville's professional activities also included real estate investments. Civil Rights Activism John and Vada Somerville were involved in civil rights activities both local and national. After becoming an American citizen, Somerville became active in the progressive movement and took part in a conference with Theodore Roosevelt. The Somervilles' civil rights and anti-racism activities led John to contact W. E. B. Du Bois, one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909. Du Bois visited Los Angeles to give speeches and he provided the inspiration for the formation of the Los Angeles chapter of the NAACP. Du Bois stayed in the Somervilles' guest room, and his visit was the beginning of a life-long friendship with the Somervilles. In 1913, the Somverilles received materials from the national NAACP, asking if they would like to start a local branch of the organization and to list contacts who would support the initiative. John and Vada Sommerville co-founded the Los Angeles branch of the NAACP at their residence in 1914. John became the branch's first vice-president, a position he would hold for the next decade. Somerville also served on the NAACP's national board after being elected by the NAACP's national executive to the board of directors in 1927. Entrepreneurship After World War I, Los Angeles's Black population experienced substantial growth. However, due to segregationist Jim Crow laws and redlining, many Black people could not find housing to rent or buy. And even if they could, the housing would often be substandard. To address the housing demand, John decided to leverage his real estate experience to build affordable, quality housing for Black folk. Despite initial reluctance from lenders, John was able to secure capital by obtaining commitments from 30 people willing to move into the apartments. In 1925, John built a 26-unit apartment complex which he named "La Vada Apartments" in tribute to his wife. These apartments were an attempt to address the unequal housing conditions for Los Angeles's Black population. Following the La Vada apartments venture, John and Vada built Hotel Somerville in 1928. Hotel Somerville was one of the few upscale Black hotels in America at the time, catering to Black Americans who were otherwise excluded from the white-owned establishments in Los Angeles. John became aware of the exclusion brought upon by segregationist policies due to his experiences being denied rooms rooms in white-owned hotels. In one specific incident, he was unable to find a hotel providing accommodations to Black guests during a trip to San Francisco. Hotel Somerville was one of the few major hotels serving Black people in Los Anegles and was dubbed the Waldorf–Astoria of Black America. In the summer of 1928, Hotel Somerville hosted the NAACP's 19th annual national convention, which was the first national convention on the West Coast. Hotel Somerville would continue to serve as the headquarters for the Los Angeles NAACP branch. Hotel Somerville became a hub for Black life in Los Angeles. Visitors included Black intellectuals active in civil rights and Black celebrities. Notable guests included W. E. B. Du Bois, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Bill Robinson, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, and Langston Hughes. Despite the hotel's initial success, the onset of the depression and the subsequent stock market crash in 1929 caused Somerville to lose a lot of money. Somerville was ultimately forced to sell the hotel. Hotel Somerville was renamed Dunbar Hotel in honor of the Black poet Paul Laurence Dunbar by the new owners. Later life After the stock market crash, Somerville recovered financially through his dental practice and continued his involvement in political activities and civil rights. He served as a technical advisor for the California State Relief Administration that was established in response to the Great Depression.Somerville endeavored to integrate the Black population into the program. During World War II, Somerville served on the advisory board of the Los Angeles draft board and additionally became the examining dentist for the board. He was also appointed to the Los Angeles Police Commission by Mayor Fletcher Bowron, becoming the commission's first Black member and serving from 1949 to 1953. For his contributions in Anglo-American affairs, Queen Elizabeth II named Somerville an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. Somerville was an active member of the Democratic Party, and met many prominent members such as Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1936, Somerville was a delegate to the 1936 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. He was the first African-America from California to represent the Democratic Party as a delegate in the national convention. In 1951, Somerville was briefly considered by Harry S. Truman as a candidate for the governorship of the Virgin Islands. Personal life and death In 1949, Somerville's autobiography titled Man of Color was published. John and Vada Somerville did not have any children of their own, but they did have a foster daughter named Doris Howard. Somerville retired in 1963, at the age of 71. On October 12, 1972, John and Vada celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. Vada Somerville died shortly afterwards at the age of 86 on October 12, 1972. John Somerville died at the age of 91 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles on February 11, 1973. An inscription on the painting of a sailing ship that hung in Somerville's home captured his attitude towards life: “Do not wait for your ship to come in. Row out and meet it”. References African-American dentists African-American businesspeople 1882 births 1972 deaths University of Southern California alumni Activists for African-American civil rights
Lemuel T. Fisher, known as L.T. Fisher, (about 1831–1909) was a journalist who founded several newspapers in Southern California. Career Fisher received his early journalism training on the Louisville Press, in Louisville, Kentucky, and in 1868 he and F.L. McChesney bought the Western Citizen in Paris, the oldest newspaper in the state. In 1874 he was the owner of the Wilmington Enterprise in Wilmington, California, having purchased it from W.H. Mason, and in 1882 he founded the Wilmington Outlook. In 1875 he gave up the Wilmington paper and moved its equipment to Santa Monica, where he began a new venture he named the Santa Monica Outlook. He wrote: ". . . if encouraging words had been dollars, we should be rich. But, unfortunately, good wishes will not support a newspaper. Not later than the 20th of October, and as much sooner as possible, we purpose issing the first number under the novel but appropriate title of the 'Santa Monica Outlook.'" The Evening Express of Los Angeles opined: Wilmington suffers a serious loss in this newspaper translation. Mr. Fisher is a very vimmy editor, and has made the Enterprise one of the most readable papers in this section. We congratulate Santa Monica on the acquisition of so active and capable newspaper man. He will present the interests of the little city by the sea in a manner that will be entirely acceptable and will, we have no doubt, render his enterprise a financial success. In 1879, he suspended the publication of the Santa Monica Outlook and moved to Downey, where he founded a newspaper, which he published for six months. Of the move, the Los Angeles Evening Express wrote: Since the abandonment of the wharf at Santa Monica, the business of the town has so degenerated as to leave only the most meagre support for a weekly newspaper, and, rather than starve to death, Fisher has concluded to leave. . . . A paper such as Fisher is capable of turning out is a rara avis among country publications. We have no hesitancy in saying that the [Santa Monica] Outlook has been the spiciest, newsiest, most readable weekly paper on our county exchange list. . . . We sympathize with Santa Monica in her loss and Downey on her gain. In 1881–82, Fisher was working in the editorial department of the San Diego Union, and in the latter year he returned to Los Angeles, to a job on the Evening Express. From 1883 to 1886 he was an editorial writer on the Express and then moved to Santa Monica, where he became a collector of the port as well as again working on the Outlook. He was a member of the Santa Monica Library Board in 1890. In 1891 Fisher quit as editor and sold his interest in the Santa Monica Outlook to W.S. Rogers and Eugene Day. In the same year he was active in a committee seeking to build a new wharf in Santa Monica, the previous one having been sold. The Needles Eye of Needles, California, citing a report in the Citrograph, said on October 25, 1891, that Fisher had "repurchased the Santa Monica Outook, and we again see an outlook for the same lively paper from the seashore that we had in days of yore." In 1900 Fisher returned to Los Angeles and became a member of the law publishing firm Spencer & Fisher. He retired some eighteen months later. Personal life Fisher was born about 1831 in Louisville, Kentucky. He studied at Antioch College in Ohio. In 1885 he was living in South Pasadena. He and Edna J. Gardner (or Edna Hartman) were married on September 1, 1887, in Santa Monica, California. Fisher died on May 12, 1909, in the Clara Barton Hospital, Los Angeles. He was buried in Rosedale Cemetery in that city. Probate of his will revealed that his property (except for his mining stock) was left to E. Agatha Hoskins. The mining shares were bequeathed to "my grandchildren (children of Mabel Hoskins Spies)." He was active in the Democratic Party. References American journalists 1830s births 1909 deaths Year of birth uncertain
Woman in Car is a Canadian psychological thriller film, directed by Vanya Rose and released in 2021. The film stars Hélène Joy as Anne, a former archer who has happily settled into life as the trophy wife of a wealthy businessman, but who feels threatened and lapses into obsession when her stepson David (Anthony Lemke) brings home his new girlfriend Safiye (Liane Balaban) for the first time. The film entered production in 2019. The film premiered in March 2021 at the Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival, and had its Canadian premiere as part of the 2021 Canadian Film Festival. Awards Simon and Erika Angell of the indie pop band Thus Owls received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Original Song at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022, for their song "Lovers Are Falling". References External links 2021 films 2021 thriller films Canadian films Canadian psychological thriller films
Blue River Friends Hicksite Meeting House and Cemetery were established in a Quaker settlement northeast of Salem in Washington County, Indiana. The meeting house was built in 1815. They were added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 29, 2019. The meeting house is now called the Old Blue River Friends Church. Not to be confused with the Little Blue River Friends Church in Morristown, Indiana. Settlement Quakers began to settle in Washington County in 1808 from Virginia and North Carolina, both of which were slave states. At least 784 families fled North Carolina after the state that passed a law that made it legal to re-enslave people immediately after their emancipation. Matthew Coffin was among the earliest pioneers, arriving in 1809, after a seven-week long journey from North Carolina. More families continued to arrive, with another group of Quakers arriving in 1812, who built a simple log cabin for religious services. The Blue River Friends Settlement continued to grow after General William Henry Harrison had driven hostile Native Americans from the area in late 1813. The Quakers came from North Carolina and to a lesser extent from Rhode Island and Pennsylvania. Their houses were built near the Coffin and Samuel Lindley homesteads. In 1815, Quakers at Blue River established a monthly meeting at the Hicksite Friends Meeting House, located just east of Salem. Coffin donated two acres for the building and a cemetery. While the church was being built, its members planned to build a school and created a committee of 24 people to look after and promote the civilization of Native Americans. Some Quaker families brought their black servants with them. William Lindley sponsored John Williams, who established a 160-acre homestead. A single man, he operated a farm and a cattle and hog ranch, which made him wealthy for the time. This made some people jealous and anxious to hurt him. He was killed in the middle of the night in December 1864, and he left an estate of $5,500 (). After the estate was settled in 1870, the money was donated to the Indianapolis Asylum for Colored Orphan Children (also called the Indianapolis Asylum for Friendless Colored Children), which was established that year. Benjamin Franklin Trueblood was a minister of the church beginning in 1869 and was later a college professor and president from 1871 to 1890. He served the American Peace Society until 1915. Hicksites and orthodox Quakers Elias Hicks was a liberal Quaker preacher and an abolitionist who opposed Evangelicalism, which stressed established beliefs. His followers were known as the liberal branch of the Society of Friends, or Hicksites. In 1817, he was called a heretic for his opposition to adopting a set creed at the yearly Quaker meeting. Ten years later, he was held responsible for a schism between the liberal and orthodox factions of the faith. Due to the division, church membership declined over time and in the 1870s the church was reduced to half its original size. The liberal and orthodox factions remained isolated from one another until the 20th century. The meeting house is now called the Old Blue River Friends Church. A historic marker is located near the church. References Buildings and structures in Washington County, Indiana National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Indiana
Rashtra News is an Indian Hindi and English language Digital News Publication and Online newspaper and media website. It is using a web based platform supplemented by apps such as YouTube, Facebook & Twitter to distribute information and content. It is owned by Enfotech Limited, a company headquartered in Haryana. Rashtra News is a combined Hindi-English phrase meaning "Nation News" founded in November 2014. History Previously Rashtra News was a Weekly newspaper. latter its started as Online newspaper on 13th November 2014 from delhi by AirNet, a subsidiary company of Enfotech Limited. Acquisition According to media reports, Rashtra News Acquired Badimarket, An Online News aggregator Platform in December 2021. References External links Indian news websites 2014 establishments in Delhi
Akash Vaani is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy web series written and directed by Enoc Able. It stars Kavin and Reba Monica John in the lead roles. The series is about a husband and wife and their troubled relationship that reflects on their college days and adulthood. The series premiered on 11 February 2022 on Aha. Synopsis Tina is an aspiring author and decided to write the story of college love-birds, Akash (Kavin) and Vaani (Reba Monica John). They are 6 months into their divorce and are invited to a college re-union party. They decide not to let any of their college friends know of their divorce and act normally. Akash's friend (Sarath Ravi) figures there is something wrong with the marriage and leaks the information to all of their college-mates of Akash and Vaani's divorce. The story has multiple flashbacks from their college days to their early marriage times reflecting on how close they were. Akash and Vaani end up reconciling with each other in the end after Akash helps Anu (Abitha Venkataraman) rejoin with her husband. When all of their college friends' lives progress, Akash and Vaani decide to marry again. The series ends with a scene showing Akash and Vaani arguing with each other symbolizing how the same events as before is likely to happen again. Cast Kavin as Akash Reba Monica John as Vaani Sharath Ravi as Danny, Akash's friend Deepak Paramesh as Akash's friend Abitha Venkataraman as Anu Livingston as Inbaraj Kavithalayaa Krishnan as Chetta Vinsu Rachel Sam as Teena Episodes References External links Tamil-language web series Indian comedy web series 2022 Tamil-language television series debuts Aha (streaming service) original programming
Hensman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alfred Hensman (1834-1902), Australian politician Dave Hensman (born 20th century), Canadian singer-songwriter Donald C. Hensman (1924-2002), American architect John Hensman (1780-1864), English clergyman Mona Hensman (1899-1991), Indian MP Savitri Hensman (born 20th century), activist and writer in UK See also Henman (surname)
KNOCK OUT is a Japanese martial arts organization and martial arts brand established in 2016 by the Bushido Road subsidiary Kixroad, and is currently run by Def Fellow. In 2019, the promotion established two different rulesets. The KNOCKOUT RED ruleset allowed elbow strikes, sweeps and throws. The KNOCKOUT BLACK ruleset followed the traditional K-1 ruleset, which allowed kicks and strikes with fists or knees, while extended clinching, elbow strikes and throws of any kind were prohibited. Current champions History On September 14, 2016, Bushido Road announced the establishment of a new kickboxing promotion called KNOCK OUT. The promotion was founded jointly by Riki Onodera and Road Fight, and initially partnered with another kickboxing promotion "NO KICK NO LIFE". KNOCK OUT held their first event, called "KNOCK OUT vol.0", at the Tokyo Dome City Hall on December 5, 2016. It was headlined by a muay thai bout between Sirimongkol PKsaenchaimuaythaigym and the Rajadamnern 135 lbs champion Genji Umeno. Tenshin Nasukawa faced the two-weight Lumpinee champion Wanchalong PK.Saenchai in the co-headliner. A half hour segment of the event was later broadcast by Tokyo MX on December 31, 2016. The event was fully broadcast on January 1, 2017. Riki Onodera retired from the position of producer on April 29, 2019. On May 20, 2019, it was announced that he would be replaced by Genki Yamaguchi. On the same day, the promotion announced that they had entered into a partnership agreement with REBELS, a muay thai promotion. On June 15, 2020, Bushido Road sold KNOCK OUT ownership rights to Def Fellow, the operating company of REBELS. At a press conference held on September 28, 2020, producer Genki Yamaguchi announced his retirement. Former K-1 producer and Good Loser president Mitsuru Miyata was announced as his replacement. On December 18, 2020, Def Fellow announced they would merge REBELS and KNOCK OUT under the KNOCK OUT brand. The merger occurred in March 2021. Rules The current rules were last revised in July 2021, and are as follows: Matches are won by knockout, technical knockout, disqualification or judges decision. A knockout victory is awarded if one competitor is rendered unable to continue competing as a result of a single strike. A technical knockout victory is awarded is one of the following cases: (1) if one of the competitors is unable to rise in time (i.e. within 10 seconds) following a knockdown (2) if one of the competitors suffers three knockdowns inside of a single round (3) if the corner-men of one of the competitors throws in the towel, or opts to retire their fighter at the end of the round (4) if the referee decides that a competitor cannot continue fighting due to an injury, or if they receive significant damage without intelligently defending themselves Matches are scored based on the following criteria: (1) number of knockdowns (2) presence or absence of damage done to the opponent (3) number of clean hits (4) aggressiveness In case of a draw, an extension round will be fought, after which one competitor will necessarily be declared a winner Spitting, headbutts, biting, groin strikes, strikes to the back of the head, striking after the round has ended or the referee has called for a break, striking while the opponent is knocked down and excessive holding are all considered fouls. Furthermore, under the KNOCKOUT BLACK ruleset, sweeps, throws, and strikes with the elbow are prohibited. If one of the competitors commits a foul, they will be given a caution and a warning. If the foul is repeated, they will be given a yellow card, which results in a point deduction. Should the foul be committed once again, the competitor will be given a red card, and will be disqualified. Championship history KING OF KNOCK OUT Super Lightweight championship Weight limit: 65 kg Lightweight championship Weight limit: 61.5 kg Flyweight championship Weight limit: 51 kg KNOCK OUT RED Super welterweight championship Weight limit: 70 kg Lightweight championship Weight limit: 62.5 kg Featherweight championship Weight limit: 57.5 kg Super bantamweight championship Weight limit: 55 kg Bantamweight championship Weight limit: 53.5 kg Super flyweight championship Weight limit: 51.5 kg Women's atomweight championship Weight limit: 46 kg KNOCK OUT BLACK Super middleweight championship Weight limit: 75 kg Super welterweight championship Weight limit: 70 kg Super lightweight championship Weight limit: 65 kg Lightweight championship Weight limit: 62.5 kg Super featherweight championship Weight limit: 60 kg Featherweight championship Weight limit: 57.5 kg Super flyweight championship Weight limit: 51.5 kg Grand Prix References Kickboxing organizations Sports organizations established in 2016 2016 establishments in Japan Kickboxing in Japan
Mohammad Rasekh (Persian: محمد راسخ, born 2 June 1988) is an Iranian musician, writer, model and professor. Early life Rasekh was born 2 June 1988 in Shiraz. He is Professor at the Department of Public Law, Faculty of Law, Shahid Beheshti University. As a child, he was interested in music and writing. This made him a musician in his youth and after a while he continued to write magnificent works and books. In 2008 and 2017, he was recognized as a model researcher at Shahid Beheshti University. Also, the book History of Islamic Legal Theories, translated by him, won the Book of the Season Award in 2008. References External links Official website Living people Musicians from Shiraz Iranian musicians People from Shiraz 1988 births
Boris Vladimirovich Balmont (6 October 1927 – 16 February 2022) was a Russian politician. He was Minister of the Machine Tool and Tool Industry of the USSR from 1981 to 1986. Member of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Cosmonautics. He died on 16 February 2022, at the age of 94. References 1927 births 2022 deaths 20th-century Russian politicians Soviet politicians Soviet mechanical engineers People from Shuya Tenth convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union Eleventh convocation members of the Soviet of Nationalities Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union candidate members Bauman Moscow State Technical University alumni Heroes of Socialist Labour Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia) Recipients of the USSR State Prize
The Luxembourg Brotherhood of America (previously the Luxembourg Bruderbund) is a Luxembourgish-American cultural organization based in Chicago, Illinois that was founded in 1887. In 1954, the organization opened a dining hall called Luxembourg Gardens, and in May 1963 while on a state visit, the hall hosted Grand Duchess Charlotte and Crown Prince Jean. The hall was demolished in 1966. External links Official site References Cultural organizations based in Illinois Luxembourgian-American history
Aristarche is a Greek mythological figure said by Strabo (60 BC – 20 AD) to have been an Ephesian woman of rank who went with the Phocaean colonists to Massalia, where she became a priestess of Artemis in the newly built temple. Legend Before sailing to Gaul, the Phocaean colonists were told by an oracle to take a guide from Artemis of Ephesus, and thus they stopped in Ephesus. There, the goddess appeared in a dream to Aristarche, one of the most esteemed women in the region, and instructed her to go with the Phocaeans taking a statue from the temple with her, in order to establish a new cult in Massalia. Thus she presented herself to the Phocaean colonists and embarked with them to Gaul, carrying religious objects in order to found a temple dedicated to Artemis. On arriving at Massalia, the Phocaeans erected the temple to Artemis of Ephesus and honored Aristarche by making her the priestess. This explains the mention of an Ephesion (a temple dedicated to Artemis of Ephesus) dedicated to the goddess at Marseilles in Strabo's version. For according to Strabo, in Massilia is a replica of Ephesion. References Ancient Massaliotes Ancient Ephesians Greek mythological priestesses
The 1937–38 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University. Butch Grover was the head coach in his final season for Ohio. The Bobcats played their home games at the Men's Gymnasium. They finished the season 12–8 and 4–6 in the Buckeye Athletic Association. Schedule \|- !colspan=9 style="background:#006A4D; color:white;"\| Regular Season Source: References Ohio Bobcats men's basketball seasons Ohio Ohio Bobcats Ohio Bobcats
The 1912 Ohio Green and White football team represented Ohio University as an independent during the 1912 college football season. Led by second-year head coach Arthur Hinaman, the Green and White compiled a record of 1–7–1. Schedule References Ohio Ohio Bobcats football seasons Ohio Green and White football
Arisil Moorthy is an Indian film director, screenwriter and advertising film producer, who works in the Tamil film industry. made his directorial debut with the Raame Aandalum Raavane Aandalum (2021). He produces Ad films under his production company, Beadle. Filmography References https://www.filmibeat.com/celebs/arisil-moorthy.html External links Indian film directors Year of birth missing (living people) Living people
Robert Tennent (sometimes spelled Tennant) (1765–1837) was an Irish physician, merchant and philanthropist in Belfast. Representative of a politically radical Presbyterian current in Ireland, in the years following the Acts of Union he was renowned for his confrontations with the local Tory establishment. Among the numerous civic initiatives with which he was associated, the most lasting proved to be Royal Belfast Academical Institution and what is today the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast. Biography 'Old Light' religion, radical politics Tennent was born 9 August 1765 in Ballymoney, County Antrim, the son of the Reverend John Tennent and Ann Patton and brother to Isabella (Tennent) Shaw, William Tennent, Anna Tennent, Margaret Tennent, John Tennent, James Tennent and Samuel Tennent. The Rev John Tennent had been one of the first Scottish Anti-Bugher Presbyterian ministers to settle in Ulster. Seceders from the established Church of Scotland, they had refused to accept a sacramental test (the Burgher Oath), affirming the religion "presently professed in this kingdom", as a condition of public office. In Ireland, where such tests secured the Anglican ("Protestant") Ascendancy their monopoly of position and influence against both Presbyterians ("Dissenters") and the kingdom's dispossessed Roman Catholic majority, such defiance had potentially radical implications. Rev. Tennent was an early subscriber to the Northern Star, the paper of Belfast's first United Irishmen, Presbyterians typically of a New Light latitudinarian persuasion. Robert (active in the Hibernian Bible Society) was to maintain his father's Old Light theological views, while championing the Star's patriotic and reform agenda. During the 1790s, a decade in the French Revolution contributed to the democratic agitation and, ultimately, insurrectionary designs of the United Irishmen, he was overseas. After medical training had gone to the West Indies (with which Belfast maintained an extensive trade) and worked as an agent for several properties in Jamaica. In 1793, he joined the Royal Navy as a surgeon. In that capacity he was, by his own account, a sympathetic witness to a naval mutiny at Table Bay, on the South African Cape, in November 1797. Just as in English waters the Nore mutiny followed the relative success of the "floating republic" at Spithead, so the mutiny of four ships of the line at Table Bay followed on the concessions won by the crews of eight warships further along Cape coast at Simon's Bay. But as at Nore, the mutiny Tennent recorded tested the outer limits of command and were severely dealt with. Philanthropist and reformer In 1799, the year after the suppression of the United Irish rebellion, he returned to Belfast. His younger brother John was in exile in France enrolled in the service of Napoleon. His elder brother William was a state prisoner at Fort George, in Scotland. In his brother's absence, he looked after his business interests, becoming a partner in the New Sugar House in Waring Street. After William's release in 1802, he established himself in practice, becoming with doctors James MacDonnell and William Drennan (the original instigator of the United Irishmen), a pillar of the town's medical establishment. Together with his brother, who recovered his position as Belfast's leading merchant banker, the three doctors became active as trustees, committee members and treasurers of in a variety of philanthropic societies including the Belfast Charitable Society, the Belfast Dispensary and Fever Hospital (forerunner to Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast), the Society for Promoting Knowledge (the Linen Hall Library), the Mechanics Institute and House of Industry, the Belfast Harp Society, the Belfast Historic Society, and the Belfast (from 1835, Royal Belfast) Academical Institution. At the centre of a group of former Volunteers, unrepentant United men, and veteran reformers, they saw themselves as "natural leaders" of a townspeople still at odds with the Ascendancy. In 1808, with Drennan, the botanist John Templeton and the dissident Quaker John Hancock, Tennent began publication of the Belfast Monthly Magazine. In what it described as "the spirit of true constitutional patriotism", the journal (which was to run for 77 issues) detailed and protested rack-renting and absentee landlordism, slavery in the colonies, the continued war with France, the government's corrupting "courtship" of the Presbyterian clergy, and failure to deliver on the promise of political equality for Catholics. Confrontation with the Tory establishment In 1813 Tennent and Drennan formed the Friends of Civil and Religious Liberty which demanded inquiry into the disturbances that marked that year's Twelfth of July Orange celebrations (the town's first serious sectarian riots) and the comparatively lenient prison sentences (six months) handed to two Orangemen for killing two counter demonstrators. Their victims, among a largely catholic crowd, happened to be fellow Protestants, but Presbyterians. Many Presbyterians viewed the still largely Anglican (Church of Ireland) Orange Order as auxiliaries of the landowners and, in Belfast, of Chichesters (the proprietary Lords Donegall) and the Mays who together had the corporation in their "pocket". At a heated town meeting, Tennent, responding to a disparaging remark about his brother William's revolutionary past grasped the arm of the Rev. Edward May – vicar of Belfast, brother of Lady Donegall, and agent of the Chichester estate – and found himself accused of assault. Tennent helped seal his own fate when, on bail, he encouraged the prosecution of the magistrate who was to try his case, Lady Donegall's brother-law, and the town's appointed Sovereign, Thomas Verner, for attempted rape of a poor Catholic women, a pedlar, who had brought wares to his house. Tennent was imprisoned for three months. Tennent's subsequent behaviour as chairman of the Academical Institution's board of trustees, suggests that he was not intimidated. The Institution ("Inst"), which opened its doors in 1814 had been an expression of Drennan's resolve, after 1798, to "be content to get the substance of reform more slowly" and with "proper preparation of manners or principles". As originally devised by Drennan, the constitution of the school embodied broadly liberal principals of the kind he had hoped the United Irishmen would have advanced nationally. The school was to be open to pupils regardless of sex, class or religion; discipline would rely on "example" rather than on corporal punishment; and direction would be entrusted, not to an autocratic headmaster, but to a board of senior teachers. Although the land for the Institution had been granted by Lord Donegall, all of this aroused establishment suspicion. For the government, Lord Castlereagh was especially alarmed by the collegiate department that, for the first time allowed for the certification of candidates in Ireland for the Presbyterian ministry. He discerned "a deep laid scheme again to bring the Presbyterian Synod within the ranks of democracy". Presiding over a St. Patrick's Day eve banquet attended by member of Inst's staff, management and board of visitors, Tennent spoke of passing onto a new generation the spirit of 1782 (the Volunteers) and 1792 (the Rights of Man celebrant United Irishmen). There followed a series of radical toasts: to the French and South American Revolutions, to Catholic Emancipation, to a "Radical Reform of the Representation of the People in Parliament", and, perhaps most controversially, to "the exiles of Erin" under "the wing of the republican eagle" in the United States. Despite Tennent's resignation and that of other board members present, it was five years before the government was persuaded to restore the annual £1,500 it had granted, reluctantly, for the college's seminary. Free trade liberal As with other professional men and merchants in his philanthropic circle, Tennent's democratic-reform politics was accompanied by an embrace of liberal political economy. In 1829, Tennent with his "impeccable humanitarian credentials" refused a subscription in support of distressed weavers' families. To do so, he believed, would be to subsidise low wages and so distort the local labour market. The emphasis, even in philanthropy, was on cultivating what he understood as habits of industry, thrift and self-help. Family and death Robert Tennent married Eliza McCrone, who died following the birth of their son, Robert James Tennent, in 1803. In 1824, citing "black consequences of slavery" that he had learned "too feelingly" from his own country, in 1824 Robert James volunteered to join the Greeks in their War of Independence. On his return to Belfast, he married a niece of the Henry Joy McCracken (executed in 1798), became a leader of the Friends of Civil and Religious liberty, and campaigned for Catholic Emancipation. He ran as a Whig in parliamentary elections against the Donegall interest for Parliament in 1832 and, with success, in 1847. Robert Tennent died on 9 January 1837. He was preceded by his brother William (1832) and by his brother John, an officer in the service of Napoleon, killed in battle in Germany, as it happened, on the same day, 18 August 1813, as he was arrested at the town meeting in Belfast. References 1765 births 1837 deaths Irish medical doctors Irish merchants Irish philanthropists
Sodium polydihydroxyphenylene thiosulfonate (гипоксен, Hypoxen) is under laboratory studies in Russia as a potential regulator of cell metabolism. It is purported to affect mitochondrial function, though this has not been proven in any high-quality, peer-reviewed publications. It is registered in Russia as an antihypoxic agent, but has not been subjected to any clinical trials meeting internationally accepted standards, and has no regulatory approval as a prescription drug outside Russia and some former Soviet states. Although called an "oxygen booster" in public media to imply its potential to "increase endurance and reduce fatigue", there is no scientific evidence it has this property, and it is not used in conventional cardiology as a therapy for treating heart disease. Hypoxen is sold online without a prescription, mainly from Russian websites, and does not appear to be sold in health stores in the United States. Hypoxen is not listed on the prohibited substance list of the World Anti-Doping Agency. In 2017, the United States Anti-Doping Agency applied to have hypoxen banned from athletic competitions, but the ban was not implemented. It has been identified in tests on athletes in competition, such as Kamila Valieva, a Russian figure-skater competing at the 2022 Winter Olympics, but is not itself banned in international competitions, as of 2022. It is claimed to be a polymeric mixture containing between 2 and 6 repeat units of 2,4-dihydroxyphenylene with a thiosulphonate group joined at the end. See also Meldonium Trimetazidine References Russian drugs
Liolaemus yarabamba is a species of lizard in the family Iguanidae or the family Liolaemidae. The species is endemic to Peru. References yarabamba Lizards of South America Reptiles of Peru Endemic fauna of Peru Reptiles described in 2021 Taxa named by Cristian Simón Abdala
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Daniel Kenneth Addo is a Ghanaian politician. He is the District Chief Executive for Okere District in the Eastern region of Ghana. References Ghanaian politicians Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people)
The 2022 WTA Lyon Open (also known as the Open 6ème Sens — Métropole de Lyon for sponsorship reasons) is a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is the third edition of the Lyon Open (WTA) and an International tournament on the 2022 WTA Tour. It will take place at the Palais des Sports de Gerland in Lyon, France, from February 26th to March 6th, 2022. Champions Singles vs. Doubles / vs. / Singles main draw entrants Seeds 1 Rankings as of 21 February 2022. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Elsa Jacquemot Dayana Yastremska Vera Zvonareva The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw: Elisabetta Cocciaretto Vitalia Diatchenko The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Mariam Bolkvadze Katie Boulter Cristina Bucșa Tamara Korpatsch Yuriko Miyazaki Stefanie Vögele Withdrawals Before the tournament Ekaterina Alexandrova → replaced by Kristina Mladenovic Irina-Camelia Begu → replaced by Irina Bara Jaqueline Cristian → replaced by Ana Bogdan Tereza Martincová → replaced by Vitalia Diatchenko Markéta Vondroušová → replaced by Martina Trevisan Maryna Zanevska → replaced by Greet Minnen Doubles main draw entrants Seeds Rankings as of February 21, 2022. Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Elsa Jacquemot / Tatjana Maria Dayana Yastremska / Ivanna Yastremska Withdrawals Before the tournament Tímea Babos / Chan Hao-ching → replaced by Georgina García Pérez / Xenia Knoll Anna Blinkova / Ulrikke Eikeri → replaced by Ulrikke Eikeri / Samantha Murray Sharan Vivian Heisen / Julia Lohoff → replaced by Chan Hao-ching / Julia Lohoff Sania Mirza / Zhang Shuai → replaced by Estelle Cascino / Jessika Ponchet Samantha Murray Sharan / Bibiane Schoofs → replaced by Alicia Barnett / Olivia Nicholls References External links Official website 2022 in French tennis 2022 WTA Tour 2022 Open (WTA) 2022 February 2022 sports events in France March 2022 sports events in France Current sports events
Legionowo Arena () is an indoor multi-sports arena in Legionowo, Mazovia. Since 2018 DPD have been the titular sponsors of the arena.. References External links - Official website Indoor arenas in Poland Handball venues in Poland Volleyball venues in Poland Boxing venues in Poland Mixed martial arts venues in Poland Music venues in Poland Sports venues completed in 2010 Sports venues in Poland Legionowo County
Liolaemus yatel is a species of lizard in the family Iguanidae. It is from Argentina. References yatel Lizards of South America Reptiles of Argentina Endemic fauna of Argentina Reptiles described in 2014 Taxa named by Oscar Aníbal Stellatelli
Stefanie de Além da Eira (born 25 September 1992) is a Swiss footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Spanish Primera División club Real Betis and the Switzerland women's national team. Early life Da Eira was born in Thun to Portuguese parents. Club career Da Eira has played for FC Thun, FC Basel, FC Zürich, Grasshopper Club Zürich and BSC Young Boys in Switzerland and for Real Betis in Spain. International career Da Eira played for the Switzerland women's national under-19 football team at the 2010 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship first qualifying round. She represented Portugal at the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying and Switzerland at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA Group G). References External links Profile at La Liga 1992 births Living people People from Thun Swiss women's footballers Women's association football midfielders FC Thun players FC Basel Frauen players FC Zürich Frauen players Grasshopper Club Zürich (women) players BSC YB Frauen players Real Betis Féminas players Nationalliga A (women's football) players Primera División (women) players Switzerland women's international footballers Swiss expatriate footballers Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate women's footballers in Spain Swiss people of Portuguese descent Citizens of Portugal through descent Portuguese women's footballers Portugal women's international footballers Dual internationalists (women's football) Portuguese expatriate footballers Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain
The 1976 Beckemeyer train accident occurred on 7 February 1976 and was a collision between a pickup truck and a train in the town of Beckemeyer, Illinois. The train crash killed 12 people, including 11 children, and injured three others. The disaster was the worst in the history of Clinton County. Accident On 7 February 1976, a freight train traveling on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from Washington, Indiana to East St. Louis, Illinois departed. The train was 70 cars long and consisted of 36 empty freight cars, 31 loaded freight cars, and three diesel freight cars. The train had three crew members, two in the locomotive and one in the caboose. At 6:45 p.m. the freight train was approaching the small town of Beckemeyer, Illinois. At the same time 60-year-old Henry Lowe was driving his 1967 GMC pickup truck bringing 15 people, mostly children, to a roller skating party in Highland, Illinois. Six individuals were in the cab of the truck and another 10 were in the bed. Henry Lowe was traveling to the west on Beckemeyer Street going between 15 to 18 mph (24-29 kph). The truck turned left onto Scoville Street and continued south towards the railroad tracks without changing speed. At 6:50 p.m. the train struck the truck going 56 mph (90 kph). As soon as the train hit the truck the engineer of the train, O.J Coers threw on the emergency braking system in an attempt to stop the train. The front coupler of the train hit the truck near the driver's side door and ripped the body off the truck and threw it to the right of the train. The train continued down the tracks for another 2,500 feet (762 meters) before stopping with the truck’s cab and chassis still wrapped around the front of the train. Six of those killed were found north of the impact site after being thrown from the truck, another six were carried with the truck, and only four were found inside the cab. The injured from the train crash were quickly taken to St. Joseph's Hospital in Breese, Illinois by bystanders. The crash completely destroyed the truck and killed 11 children and Henry Lowe himself. Three people were left with serious injuries and only one person survived without serious injury. The crash was the worst single disaster in Clinton County's history. Investigation On 8 February 1976, a two-man team from the National Transportation Safety Board arrived at the scene of the disaster and began an investigation. A report was made seven months later, which found that mechanical malfunction was not at fault for the disaster and neither was the train engineer. Rather it concluded that the accident was likely caused by driver error. Henry Lowe was not intoxicated and did not have a history of hearing or eyesight problems, so the most likely conclusion is that he was distracted at the time of the collision. The NTSB recommended that a signal system be added to the crossing. Aftermath Over 1,400 people attended the funeral of Mr. Henry Lowe and his grandchildren that were killed in the crash. The funeral was held in Carlyle High School gymnasium. The funeral procession to the three different cemeteries was over 200 cars long. Citizens of the Beckemeyer petitioned the Illinois Commerce Commission to install lights at the crossing after the disaster. References Railway accidents in 1976 Railway accidents and incidents in Illinois 1976 in Illinois 1976 road incidents Transportation disasters in Illinois February 1976 events in the United States Accidents and incidents involving Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Clinton County, Illinois Transportation in Clinton County, Illinois
Liolaemus yauri is a species of lizard in the family Iguanidae or the family Liolaemidae. The species is endemic to Peru. References yauri Lizards of South America Reptiles of Peru Endemic fauna of Peru Reptiles described in 2021 Taxa named by Cristian Simón Abdala
Empire Heath was a cargo ship which was built in 1941 by Bartram & Sons Ltd for the Ministry of War Transport. During the Second World War, she served as a CAM ship, armed with a Hawker Hurricane aircraft. History Empire Heath was north west of the small volcanic island of Trinidade whilst sailing from Victoria, Brazil to Loch Ewe for orders, via Freetown, with a cargo of iron ore. On 11 May 1944, Empire Heath was located by the and discovered to be sailing without an escort northeast of Rio de Janeiro. Initially, U-129 fired three torpedoes at her but all missed. Subsequently, at 23.00 hours, U-129 fired a FAT torpedo which hit and Empire Heath sank rapidly. The U-boat crew rescued Chief Steward Frederick Wakeham, one of the survivors and captured him for questioning. He was landed in Lorient on 19 July and taken to the POW camp Marlag und Milag Nord. Overall, the master, 46 crew members, one passenger and nine gunners were lost. The wreck is located at 21.31S 29.50W. References 1941 ships Empire ships
Public Relations Global Network (PRGN) is an international network of public relations firms, formed in 1992 in Phoenix, Arizona, in the United States. With over 50 agencies, the network has members in more than 30 countries around the world and has over 1,000 clients. The network was registered in the state of Delaware in 2003. History In 1992, the PRGN network was founded in Phoenix, Arizona, with the name The Phoenix Network (at the time the members were only PR firms operating in the United States). Between 2000 and 2002, the first European agencies (from France, Germany and the United Kingdom) joined the network. In 2002, the network was renamed Public Relations Global Network (PRGN). In 2015, it identified 45 member agencies operating on 6 continents and in 2017 it reached 50 agencies. See also Online public relations History of public relations References External links Advertising agencies of the United States Companies established in 1992 Public relations companies of the United States
Al Majalla (The Journal in Arabic) was an Arabic language cultural magazine headquartered in Cairo, Egypt. The magazine was started by the Ministry of Culture in 1957 and published until 1971. Its subtitle was Sijil al-Thaqafa al-Rai‘a (a Record of High Culture in Arabic). History and profile Al Majalla was launched by the Ministry of Culture in 1957 when the ministry was also established. The founding editor was Mohamed Awad. The magazine became a popular publication shortly after its start. Tharwat Okasha, the minister of culture, appointed Yahya Haqqi, a well-known writer, editor-in-chief of the magazine in 1962. Haqqi modified the function of the magazine from being an official organ of the ministry to being a platform for younger generation of the Egyptian writers and cultural figures. In 1971 Haqqi was removed from the editorship, and Al Majalla was closed down by a decree of the President Anwar Sadat which was described by Mohammed Saad of Ahram Online as the massacre of the magazines. In 2012 a cultural magazine with the same name was established in Cairo. References 1957 establishments in Egypt 1971 disestablishments in Egypt Arabic-language magazines Censorship in Egypt Defunct literary magazines published in Egypt Magazines established in 1957 Magazines disestablished in 1971 Magazines published in Cairo
"The Soul of My Suit" is a song by English rock band T. Rex, which was released in 1977 as the second single from their twelfth and final studio album Dandy in the Underworld. The song was written and produced by Marc Bolan. "The Soul of My Suit" reached number 42 in the UK Singles Chart and remained in the top 50 for three weeks. Writing and recording "The Soul of My Suit" is believed to have been influenced by Bolan's first wife June, whom he separated from in 1973. In a 1975 interview on Capital Radio, Bolan described "The Soul of My Suit" as having been written about "a woman who had bruised my ego". According to Gloria Jones, the song was not only influenced by Bolan's imminent divorce from June, but was also a way of him telling the public "If you don't support me, I understand". She added, "He felt that the industry had damaged his soul because they were against his music." Originally titled "You Damaged the Soul of My Suit", T. Rex first recorded the song in the spring of 1975 at Musicland Studios in Munich. Release "The Soul of My Suit" was T. Rex's last single to enter the UK Singles Chart prior to Bolan's death in September 1977. To promote the single, the band performed the song on Top of the Pops (broadcast 24 March), Supersonic (broadcast 2 April) and Get It Together (broadcast 27 April). Music video A music video was shot to promote the single, but was never shown at the time. The video was filmed in the Hall of Mirrors at Belle Vue in Manchester on 12 March 1977 and was Bolan's final promotional video before his death. The video surfaced from EMI's archives in 1999 and later received an upload to the band's official YouTube channel in 2020. Critical reception On its release, Jim Evans of Record Mirror gave the song a three out of five rating and wrote, "Marc rides a white swan back to the old days. Voice sounds wobbly. Hit." The Lincoln, Rutland & Stamford Mercury commented, "Familiar bits of former hits. Bolan treats us to strangled outbursts to remind us of what he once was." In a review of Dandy in the Underworld, Phil McNeill of New Musical Express noted that the song "shows Marc's voice is as good as ever – and his guitar playing, while missing the strangulated sparkle of yore, is more assured than ever". In a retrospective review of the album, Dave Thompson, writing for AllMusic, described "The Soul of My Suit" as "yearning" and felt it was the "most successful" track to retain the "demented soul revue edge" of Bolan's past work. Track listing 7-inch single (UK, France and Australia) "The Soul of My Suit" – 2:36 "All Alone" – 2:48 7-inch single (Germany) "The Soul of My Suit" – 2:36 "Crimson Moon" – 3:15 7-inch promotional single (Japan) "The Soul of My Suit" – 2:36 "All Alone" – 2:48 Personnel Credits are adapted from the Dandy in the Underworld LP album liner notes. "The Soul of My Suit" Marc Bolan – vocals, guitar Dino Dines – keyboards Herbie Flowers – bass Tony Newman – drums Alfalpha – additional vocals Production Marc Bolan – producer Mike Stavrou, Jon Walls – engineers Charts References 1977 songs 1977 singles T. Rex (band) songs Songs written by Marc Bolan Song recordings produced by Marc Bolan EMI Records singles
Liolaemus zabalai is a species of lizard in the family Iguanidae. It is from Chile. References zabalai Lizards of South America Reptiles of Chile Endemic fauna of Chile Reptiles described in 2015 Taxa named by Jaime Troncoso-Palacios Taxa named by Hugo A. Díaz Taxa named by Damien Esquerré Taxa named by Félix A. Urra
Nimona is a cancelled computer-animated fantasy adventure film to be directed by Patrick Osborne. Based on the webcomic of the same name by Noelle Stevenson, the film was to be produced by Blue Sky Studios and distributed by 20th Century Studios (under Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) with a release date of January 14, 2022. The film was later cancelled due to the announcement of Blue Sky Studios' closure. Cast Chloë Grace Moretz as Nimona Riz Ahmed as Blackheart Production Development In June 2015, 20th Century Fox Animation acquired the rights for an animated feature film adaptation of Nimona, a webcomic by Noelle Stevenson. Patrick Osborne was set to direct the film with and Marc Haimes set to write the script. The film was to be produced by Blue Sky Studios alongside Vertigo Entertainment. In June 2017, 20th Century Fox scheduled Nimona to be released on February 14, 2020. The film was set to be the first use of Conduit by those who work at Blue Sky Studios, a system that allows artists to "find, track, version and quality control their work." In May 2019, after Disney's acquisition of Fox, the film was delayed to March 5, 2021. In November 2019, the film was delayed again to January 14, 2022. Through 2020 there was word that the film would be released in 2022, Stevenson stated in June 2020 that the film was still happening, and said the same in an August 2020 podcast. In August of that same year, Den of Geek reported that the animated film was still scheduled to be released in 2022, but gave no further details, with Deadline reporting the same in October. Cancellation On February 9, 2021, Disney announced the shut down of Blue Sky Studios, with the film adaptation being cancelled consequently. Following the announcement, Stevenson said it was a "sad day" and that they wished the best for everyone who worked at Blue Sky Studios, while Osborne said he was "truly heartbroken" that the studio was closing its doors. Webcomics commenter Gary Tyrrell criticized the decision, saying, "[Disney] could have allowed a very different kind of young heroine... I mourn for those who would have found a vision of themselves in an animated version". Sources told CBR that the film was "75% complete". Anonymous staffers at Blue Sky interviewed by Business Insider bemoaned the cancellation of the film, calling it "heartbreaking," arguing that the film "didn't look like anything else in the animated world," and saying that they believe it will never "be completed and released." One staffer revealed that before being cancelled, the film was "on track" to be finished by October 2021. In March 2021, it was reported that the unfinished film was being shopped around to other studios to be completed. It was also revealed that Chloë Grace Moretz and Riz Ahmed were to have voiced Nimona and Blackheart, respectively. Later that same month, a former animator at Blue Sky, Rick Fournier, stated that the studio was "very very close" to getting the film finished, but that they "found out it simply was not doable." Had it been made, it would have been Blue Sky's first film with LGBT representation, as a few staffers confirmed to BuzzFeed News that the film had an "I love you" scene between Blackheart and Goldenloin. In June 2021, Mey Rude, a writer for Out, said she still held out "hope that this film … will find its way back to life somehow." References LGBT-related films 20th Century Fox animated films 20th Century Fox Animation films Blue Sky Studios films Cancelled films Films impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic Films about shapeshifting American films Vertigo Entertainment films American animated films 2020s unfinished films Unfinished films Unfinished animated films Unreleased American films
Willy Schmelcher (25 October 1894 - 15 February 1974) was Nazi politician and SS-Gruppenführer who served as an SS and Police Leader in Ukraine and Wartheland during the Second World War. Early life Schmelcher, the son of a master glazier, completed realschule in Eppingen in 1911. Until 1914 he studied at the building trade school in Stuttgart. On the outbreak of the First World War, he joined the Imperial German Army and served on the western front as a combat engineer. Commissioned a Leutnant in July 1917, he was captured by the British in September 1918, earning the Iron Cross, 1st and 2nd class. Released in January 1920, he studied civil engineering at the Stuttgart Technical University, graduating with an engineering degree in 1925. He passed his state engineering examinations in 1927 and worked as a construction engineer. Nazi Party career Schmelcher joined the Nazi Party (membership number 90,783) and the SA in June 1928. In 1929 he was elected to the Neustadt city council, serving as the leader of the NSDAP parliamentary group and becoming City Council Chairman. He was also the SA Leader in Gau Baden from 1928 to August 1930. In June 1930 he became a member of the SS and two months later he left the SA with the rank of Standartenführer. Schmelcher in September 1932 became the leader of the 10th SS-Standarde in Kaiserslautern, remaining there until July 1935. After the Nazi seizure of power, Schmelcher became chairman of the NSDAP parliamentary group in the Rhenish Palatinate District Assembly (Kreistag) in March 1933 and held this office until 1937. In November 1933, he was elected to the Reichstag from electoral constituency 27 (Rheinpfalz) and served until the end of the Nazi regime. From March 1935 to October 1942 he was the Polizeipräsident (chief of police) in Saarbrücken. He held SS staff positions with Abschnitt XXIX in Mannheim and with Oberabschnitte "Südwest" and "Rhein" from 1935 to 1938, before moving to the Reich Security Main Office. Second World War In 1940, during the Second World War, Schmelcher performed military service with the 36th Infantry Division. After the fall of France, he was made Police President of Metz in December 1940. Following the German attack on the Soviet Union, Schmelcher became the SS and Police Leader (SSPF) in Tschernigow from 19 November 1941 to 1 July 1943 and also in Shitomir from 5 May to 25 September 1943. From 15 October 1943 to the end of the Nazi regime in May 1945, Schmelcher also served as head of the Technische Nothilfe, a civil defense organization in the main office of the Ordnungspolizei (Order Police). On 9 November 1943, he was promoted to SS- Gruppenführer and Generalleutnant der Polizei. In December 1944 he was made the Higher SS and Police Leader (HSSPF) "Warthe" with his headquarters in Posen. Postwar After the end of the war, Schmelcher was interned by the Allies. In January 1949 he underwent denazification and was deemed a "lesser offender." From 1954 to 1962, he worked in the civil defense department of the Saarland Interior Ministry. Schmelcher died in Saarbrücken in February 1974. External weblink Sources 1894 births 1974 deaths German military personnel of World War II German police chiefs Holocaust perpetrators in Germany Holocaust perpetrators in Ukraine Members of the Reichstag of Nazi Germany Nazi Party politicians People from the Grand Duchy of Baden SS-Gruppenführer Recipients of the Iron Cross (1914), 1st class Recipients of the Iron Cross (1914), 2nd class SS and Police Leaders Sturmabteilung officers
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"Dandy in the Underworld" is a song by English rock band T. Rex, which was released in 1977 as the third single from their twelfth and final studio album Dandy in the Underworld. The song was written and produced by Marc Bolan. Writing "Dandy in the Underworld" was written in early November 1976 as the recording sessions for the Dandy in the Underworld album were drawing to a close. Bolan described the song as "a Bolonic revision of Orpheus descending". He told Record Mirror in 1977, "'Dandy in the Underworld' is a retelling of the old story where Orpheus goes into the underworld and then returns to the light. That's been true of my life sometimes." Recording The song was recorded at AIR Studios in November 1976. It features Steve Harley (of Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel) providing vocal harmonies as well as the chorus backing vocals. Bolan met Harley in 1975 and the pair became close friends until Bolan's death in 1977. Recalling the recording session for the song, Harley told Record Collector in 2020, "The sessions were hardly a model of sobriety but being with him was a joy." Harley first heard the finished recording on 1 February 1977 when Bolan played him a tape of the track at Harley's flat in London. Bolan recorded in his diary that Harley "loved it". When Harley was recording his debut solo album Hobo with a Grin in 1977, Bolan returned the favour by playing guitar on two tracks, "Amerika the Brave" and "Someone's Coming". Release "Dandy in the Underworld" was released by EMI Records as a single from Dandy in the Underworld on 30 May 1977, over two months after the release of the album. The two B-sides, "Groove a Little" and "Tame My Tiger", were also written and produced by Bolan. Bolan described the latter track as a "New wave song". The first 25,000 copies of the single were to be issued with a picture sleeve. After the preceding single "The Soul of My Suit" stalled at number 42 in the UK Singles Chart, Bolan returned to AIR Studios in April 1977 to remix and partially re-record "Dandy in the Underworld" for its upcoming release as a single. The new version featured new lead vocals and some additional guitar and strings to the backing track. The fourth verse was removed (a repeat of the first verse), thereby reducing the song's duration by over half a minute. To improve its suitability for radio play, the line "Exalted companion of cocaine nights" was changed to "T. Rex nights". The song failed to garner significant airplay on BBC Radio when it was released. Writing for Record Mirror, Bolan commented in 1977, "The Beeb were not over anxious to play my last single and there was me thinking I had been clever by omitting the offending reference to cocaine on the album cut. But someone told me one of their judges had said 'We've been very good to Marc – we always play one in four of his singles'. Such are the mysteries of rock." The song did, however, generate some play on Independent Local Radio stations including Pennine Radio, Radio Hallam and Radio Trent. "Dandy in the Underworld" was the first T. Rex single to fail to enter the UK Singles Chart since 1970's "By the Light of a Magical Moon". Promotion To promote the single, T. Rex appeared on Get It Together to perform the song. It was filmed in the TV studio on 22 June and broadcast on 29 June. The band also performed the song on Bolan's British TV series Marc. The episode featuring the performance was broadcast on 14 September 1977 and was the final one before Bolan's death. Harley had agreed to appear on an episode of the show, but Bolan died before Harley was available. Bolan intended to perform "Dandy in the Underworld" with T. Rex and Harley, as well as an acoustic version of Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel's "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)" with Harley. Critical reception On its release, Rosalind Russell of Record Mirror predicted "Dandy in the Underworld" would be a hit and wrote, "Three track throttle from an elf turned punk. I love it and especially because he's got the nerve to go out again on a new wave and not hang onto old images like a lot of other people." Charles Shaar Murray of New Musical Express felt the song was "the kind of over-solemn dog-spittle that Marc gets into when he feels important". He added that the single's two B-sides were "unpretentious little rock pieces that ride around the turntable more than happily". In a retrospective review of the song, Dave Thompson, writing for AllMusic, considered it to be "a genuine Bolan classic". As "one of Bolan's most honestly autobiographical songs in years", Thompson noted the "candid synopsis of his own decline" in the lyrics. He felt the song on the whole was proof that "just as the mid- to late-'70s punk movement took much of its impetus from Bolan's own early example, Bolan was himself rejuvenating around its energies." Mark Paytress, in his 2002 book Bolan: The Rise and Fall of a 20th Century Superstar, praised it as "pure Bolan melodrama at its best". He noted the return of Bolan's "favourite C-Am-F-G chord sequence, majestically restated despite the cheesy, pomp rock synth" and how the lyrics saw him "revisiting Greek mythology". Paytress also drew comparisons to Bolan and T. Rex's 1974 single "Teenage Dream" as Bolan "survey[s] the debris of his fractured career – only this time, with lessons learned, he was on his way back up not down". In a 2020 retrospective on the top 10 T. Rex songs, Brian Kachejian of Classic Rock History picked "Dandy in the Underworld" as number five on the list. He considered the song to be "pure T. Rex excitement" and added that it "seemed to be a preview for the next musical chapter of Bolan's life until he was tragically killed". In a similar 2022 retrospective, WhatCulture selected the song as number one on the list. Writer Chris Chopping described it as "one of Bolan's most personal and revealing songs" and added that the song's "catchy, mid-tempo backing track and the knowing self aware performance elevate the song from pity party to anthem". Track listing 7-inch single (UK) "Dandy in the Underworld" – 3:53 "Groove a Little" – 3:27 "Tame My Tiger" – 2:32 7-inch single (Japan) "Dandy in the Underworld" – 3:53 "Tame My Tiger" – 2:32 Personnel Credits are adapted from the Dandy in the Underworld LP album liner notes. "Dandy in the Underworld" Marc Bolan – vocals, guitar Dino Dines – keyboards, synthesizer Herbie Flowers – bass Tony Newman – drums Steve Harley – backing vocals Production Marc Bolan – producer Mike Stavrou, Jon Walls – engineers References 1977 songs 1977 singles T. Rex (band) songs Songs written by Marc Bolan Song recordings produced by Marc Bolan EMI Records singles
Bud, a bulldog (or american bulldog), was the mascot of Horatio Nelson Jackson and Sewall K. Crocker on the first automobile trip across the United States in 1903. The pair travelled in a Winton car, dubbed the Vermont, from San Francisco to New York City, and picked up Bud near Caldwell, Idaho. According to Jackson, the pair had left Caldwell, but turned back to fetch a forgotten coat. A man stopped them and offered them the young light-colored dog. Since Jackson had been looking for a mascot, he accepted, giving the man $15 for the dog. Contemporary newspapers told other versions of the story. On the journey, Jackson bought Bud driving goggles to keep the dust out of the dog's eyes, and these goggles are now part of the Smithsonian's collection. They were donated by Jackson with the car and a collection of newspaper articles. The trio, including Bud, became celebrities, and Bud was pictured in newspapers with his goggles. Jackson noted that the dog was the only one of the trio who didn't use foul language. At one point during the journey, when the men hadn't eaten for 36 hours, Jackson said they were "stealing speculative glances at Bud as we tightened our belts." Bud briefly went missing when the party was leaving Chicago, according to one newspaper he had gone sightseeing. Bud stayed with Jackson and his family, and lived out his life with them. The dog appears in media such as Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip, a 2003 documentary, and the children's book Jackson and Bud's Bumpy Ride: America's First Cross-Country Automobile Trip (2009). References Individual dogs Individual animals in the United States External links This Place in History: Dr. H. Nelson Jackson, video by the Vermont Historical Society
Suzana Sousa (born in Luanda in 1981) is an Angolan independent curator, producer, cultural manager, and researcher. She was Director of the Exchange Office of the Ministry of Culture of Angola. She has curated exhibitions at the Jewish Museum in New York, the Natural History Museum in Luanda, the Berardo Museum in Lisbon, the Almeida Garrett Municipal Gallery in Porto, and the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris. See also Odile Burluraux, Parisian curator References Living people 1981 births 20th-century women 21st-century women Women curators People from Luanda African women Angolan women
Iberospinus or (meaning "Iberian spine") is an extinct genus of spinosaurid dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous (Barremian) Papo Seco Formation of Portugal. The genus contains a single species, I. natarioi, known from several assorted bones belonging to one individual. Iberospinus represents one of four known spinosaurid taxa from the Iberian Peninsula, the others being Baryonyx, Vallibonavenatrix, and Camarillasaurus. It is important for its implications for the geographical origin of Spinosauridae and the suggested presence of an at least semi-aquatic lifestyle early in the evolution of this clade. Discovery and naming The first fossil material was discovered in 1999, with additional expeditions from 2004 to 2008. After being described as a specimen of Baryonyx in 2011, it was realised to have been a unique species in 2019. Additional material was discovered in a June 2020 expedition, after which Iberospinus was described as a new genus and species in 2022 by Octávio Mateus and Darío Estraviz-López. Iberospinus is currently known from dentary fragments, teeth, an incomplete right scapula, partial dorsal and caudal vertebrae, rib fragments, a partial pubis, two incomplete calcanea, and a pedal ungual phalanx. All of the material belongs to one individual. The holotype material represents one of the most complete spinosaurid specimens in the world. The following autapomorphies to distinguish this taxon are listed as: the dentary bone containing a single foramen within the Meckelian sulcus and having a straight ventral edge instead of curved as in most other spinosaurids, presence of laminae in the pleurocoelic depression of the mediodistal caudal vertebrae, a straight anterior rim of the scapula with no protruding acromion and coracoidal contact occupying the entire ventral surface, pubic apron being thick throughout the entire length of the pubic shaft, and the presence of a mound-like eminence in the proximal lateral portion of the pubis. Of the generic name, "Iberospinus," "ibero," is derived from Iberia, a Roman name for the Iberian Peninsula, while the Latin "spinus," or means spine, after the elongated neural spines of related spinosaurids. The specific name, "natarioi, " honors Carlos Natário, the discoverer of the holotype. Description The dentary (lower jaw) of Iberospinus shows an intricate neurovascular system that would connect the teeth and the external foramina. A series of replacement teeth are also preserved in the dentary. Characteristics of the bones, especially in the tail and pedal ungual phalanx, indicate a possible semi-aquatic lifestyle, though the extreme features in some related spinosaurines are not seen. Classification Iberospinus was recovered within the Spinosauridae, outside of both the Baryonychinae and the Spinosaurinae. However, Mateus & Estraviz-López (2022) explain that the fossil material shows some characteristics of baryonichines, suggesting a closer relation to the group. An adjusted cladogram after the describing authors is shown below: References Spinosaurids Fossil taxa described in 2022 Fossils of Portugal Barremian life Early Cretaceous dinosaurs of Europe
Liolaemus zullyae is a species of lizard in the family Iguanidae. It is from Chile and Argentina. References zullyae Lizards of South America Reptiles of Chile Reptiles of Argentina Reptiles described in 1996 Taxa named by José Miguel Alfredo María Cei
Esko Olavi Toivonen, better known by his stage name Eemeli (28 June 1920 – 9 November 1987) was a Finnish actor, comedian and entertainer. He was dubbed "the Buster Keaton of Finland" due to his deadpan expression. Filmography Suuri sävelparaati (1959) Yks' tavallinen Virtanen (1959) Oho, sanoi Eemeli (1960) Kaks' tavallista Lahtista (1960) Kankkulan kaivolla (1960) Molskis, sanoi Eemeli, molskis! (1960) Mullin mallin (1961) Voi veljet, mikä päivä! (1961) ”Ei se mitään!” sanoi Eemeli (1962) Tup-akka-lakko (1980) Discography Singles Oho, sanoi Eemeli / Taas Rovaniemen markkinoilla (Rytmi R 6386, 1959) Humppafoksi / Sahara (Rytmi R 6418, 1960) Tanssit Tippavaarassa (Rytmi R 6465, 1961), B-side by Jorma Lyytinen and Pärre Förars Syntymäpäivät Tippavaarassa / Tippäjärven vesj (Rytmi R 6496, 1962) Tukkijätkän twist / Susijahti (Rytmi R 6510, 1962) Saukkosen avioero (Rytmi R 6524, 1962), B-side by Ragni Malmsten Eemelin saunassa / Onko sulla sellaista (Fontana 271560, 1963), with Repe Helismaa Humppa humppa humppa tättärää / Palokuntajuhlat (Rytmi R 6546, 1964) Eemeli ja torvi (Rytmi R 6551, 1964), B-side by Tapio Rautavaara Eemeli ja Severi / Eemelin heilat (Rytmi R 6563, 1966), with Esa Pakarinen Kovat paikat 1 / Kovat paikat 2 (Rytmi R 6572, 1967) Mustalaisromanssi / Tytön tavarat (Rytmi RM 101, 1968) Syntymäpäivät / Vähän ennen kymmentä (Odeon 5E 006 34233, 1970) Vaarin luona / Myyrä (Odeon 5E 006 34413, 1971) Mulla menee hitaasti / Sisään vaan (JP-Musiikki JPS 1031, 1980) EPs Eemelin Eepee (Rytmi RN 4158, 1958) Kolme Eemeliä (Rytmi RN 4166, 1959) Oho, sanoi Eemeli (Rytmi RN 4210, 1960) Kotimaisia elokuvasävelmiä 4: Kankkulan kaivolla (Rytmi RN 4216, 1960) Repe & Eemeli (Rytmi RN 4220, 1960) Huumoria: Repe & Eemeli (Rytmi RN 4241, 1962) Huumoria 2: Repe & Eemeli (Rytmi RN 4250, 1962) Albums Eemeli (Sävel SÄLP 630, 1966) Eemeli Pinnalla (Columbia 5E 06234097, 1970) Esa & Eemeli (Rytmi RILP 7092, 1972) Eemelin joulukierre (Odeon 5E 05434730, 1972) Eemeli (Mars MK 166, 1981, as cassette) 20 suosikkia – Oho! sano Eemeli (compilation album) Tangolla päähän – Kootut levytykset 1970–1972 (2010, compilation album) References 1920 births 1987 deaths 20th-century comedians Finnish male comedians Finnish male film actors
Eemeli is a Finnish masculine given name. The given name Eemeli is shared by the following notable people: Eemeli (real name Esko Toivonen), Finnish actor, comedian and entertainer Eemeli Aakula, Finnish politician Eemeli Heikkinen, Finnish professional ice hockey player Eemeli Kouki, Finnish volleyball player Eemeli Paronen, Finnish smallholder and politician Eemeli Raittinen, Finnish footballer Eemeli Reponen, Finnish professional football coach and a former player Eemeli Salomäki, Finnish pole vaulter Eemeli Suomi, Finnish ice hockey player Eemeli Virta, Finnish professional footballer Finnish masculine given names
The 1938–39 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University. Dutch Trautwein was the head coach in his first year for Ohio. The Bobcats played their home games at the Men's Gymnasium. They finished the season 12–8 and 4–4 in the Buckeye Athletic Association. This was Ohio's last year in the BAA as it dissolved. Schedule \|- !colspan=9 style="background:#006A4D; color:white;"\| Regular Season Source:> References Ohio Bobcats men's basketball seasons Ohio Ohio Bobcats Ohio Bobcats
The Diaghilev Contemporary Art Museum () is a state museum of contemporary Russian art located at St. Petersburg and affiliated with St. Petersburg State University. History The museum was established in 2008 as one of the departments of St. Petersburg State University and on the basis of the collection of the Diaghilev Art Centre (1990-2008). The founder and the first director of the museum was Yurieva Tatiana, SPBU professor of Art history, art critic and americanist, one of the creators of the Diaghilev Art Centre Collection The collection of the museum contains more than 300 items and includes paintings, sculptures, graphics and artworks in other media. The core of the collection is formed by the works of Leningrad independent artists of 1960-1980s, such as Alexandr Baturin, Anatoly Basin, Vladimir Ovchinnikov, Anatoly Vasiliev, Gleb Bogomolov, Anatoly Belkin, Alek Rapoport, Georgy Kovenchuk, Nikolai Timkov, Yevgeny Ukhnalyov, Vyacheslav Mikhaylov, Valery Lukka, Levon Lazarev. The collection includes the works of such well known contemporary artists as Vitaly Pushnitsky, Elena Figurina, Ilya Gaponov, Marina Koldobskaya, Aleksei Iarygin, Tatiana Gubareva, Yury Shtapakov and others. The museum's research programs and exhibition activity cause permanent enlarging and developing of the collection. Nowadays it also includes the collection of foreign contemporary art, representing the artworks of artists from Italy, Holland, USA, China and other countries. References External links Diaghilev Contemporary Art Museum at Goskatalog of museums of Russia Diaghilev Contemporary Art Museum on the Russian Museums website Art museums established in 2008 Contemporary art galleries in Russia 2008 establishments in Russia Art museums and galleries in Saint Petersburg
Neal Moore (born November 22, 1971) is an American writer and canoeist. He is the author of two non-fiction books—Down the Mississippi and Homelands: A Memoir—as well as numerous news articles. The Mark Twain Museum, CNN and The Times of London have dubbed him “a modern-day Huckleberry Finn.” He is the first person known to paddle a canoe solo and continuously across the United States from the West Coast to the East Coast. His journey linked 22 rivers and waterways in 22 states over 22 months, from Astoria, Oregon, to New York City, with a circuit of the Statue of Liberty as the grand finale. Early life Moore was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, where he attended Highland Hall Waldorf School and was neighbors with the actor and comedian Richard Pryor. He lost his mother and his only sibling, an older brother, while still a teenager. By 19, he moved to South Africa to serve a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, an experience he later wrote about as a non-practicing Mormon, published by Der Spiegel and expanded into a memoir, Homelands. He studied at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, where in 1997 he received his degree in English Literature. Moore has lived most of the last three decades between Cape Town, South Africa and Taipei, Taiwan, which he's used as springboards for other adventures. He would sporadically return to his native United States, as a journalist and long-haul canoeist. Canoeing Moore's interest in canoeing was sparked by Eddy L. Harris’s memoir of his descent of the Mississippi River, titled Mississippi Solo. In 2009, Moore canoed the length of the Mississippi while reporting as a citizen journalist for CNN on the human face of the Great Recession. The expedition was featured by CNN.com Specials. It was on this journey that Moore met and befriended fellow canoeist Dick Conant – the subject of The New Yorker writer Ben McGrath’s book Riverman: An American Odyssey – who encouraged Moore to “string rivers together” to make a grand adventure. Following the 2014 disappearance and presumed death of Dick Conant on a canoe expedition along the Intracoastal Waterway of coastal North Carolina, in 2018, Moore attempted to paddle a canoe from the West Coast to the East Coast but was hampered by flooding on the Columbia River, the Spokane River and the Clark Fork River, along with a near-fatal tip-in on the St. Regis River in Western Montana. After paddling and portaging 1,800 miles from the Pacific Coast, Moore hung up his paddles in North Dakota. He would re-attempt his coast-to-coast odyssey a year and a half later, back from the start in Astoria, Oregon in February, 2020. For 675 days, from February 9, 2020, until December 14, 2021, Moore successfully crossed the United States in his canoe from Astoria, Oregon to New York City. His trip took place in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic and the year leading into and following the contentious 2020 United States presidential election as he explored the threads that tie Americans together – even during a time of extreme polarization by race, class and political ideology. His solo, continuous 7,500-mile journey, considered a first from west to east, was covered by media around the world. Journalism Much of Moore's popularity as a writer came from his work as a citizen journalist for CNN. Between July and December 2009, he canoed the length of the Mississippi River, sourcing, capturing and uploading 50 roving stories on the Great Recession. In addition to his work on canoeing, the topics he covered as a freelance writer varied greatly; his work has also appeared in The New Yorker, Der Spiegel, and on CNN International. In Taiwan, Moore covered the Mainland Chinese dissident beat, interviewing Wu’er Kaixi in 2011 on the cusp of the Jasmine Revolution, along with Chinese cyber-dissidents Cai Lujun and Li JiaBao. For the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown in Beijing, Moore spoke with Wang Dan (dissident), the protest's most visible student leader. On China's future, Wang told Moore, “There will be only two choices: Democracy, or die.” Books Down the Mississippi Down the Mississippi (2012) is a non-fiction account of a solo canoe voyage from the Mississippi's headwaters at Lake Itasca in Minnesota to New Orleans in 2012. This work combined aspects of journalism, travel writing, autobiography and memoir, and personal reflection, and, as with Moore's subsequent work, focused specifically on questions of identity in relation to race, class and political stripe. It was co-authored by Mark Twain scholar Cindy Lovell. Homelands: A Memoir In 2017, Moore expanded his August 2013 Der Spiegel article into Homelands: A Memoir. The book describes his time as a naïve, 19-year-old drug-addled sixth-generation Mormon missionary in South Africa as the Group Areas Act of Apartheid was beginning to unravel. The coming-of-age story is set against the backdrop of the Bantustans of the tribal Ciskei and Transkei between the volatile years of Nelson Mandela’s release from prison and ascension to power. References 1971 births 21st-century American non-fiction writers American journalists American male journalists American canoeists American non-fiction outdoors writers University of Utah alumni Journalists from California Living people Mormon studies scholars People from Los Angeles Writers from California 21st-century American male writers
The Day of Ukrainian Literature and Language is a holiday of the development of the State Language, which is celebrated every year in Ukraine on November 9. According to the Julian calendar, it is a day honoring the memory of the Nestor the Chronicler, a follower of the creators of Cyrillic script, Cyril and Methodius. History The holiday began on November 9, 1997, when the President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma issued a Decree No. 1241/97 "On the Day of Ukrainian Literature and Language" in support of the initiative of public organizations and taking into account the important role of the Ukrainian language in consolidating Ukrainian society. Features of the celebration On the Day of Ukrainian Literature and Language, according to tradition: lay flowers at the monument to Nestor the Chronicler; celebrate the best popularizers of the Ukrainian word; encourage publishing houses that publish literature in the Ukrainian language; The Petro Jacyk International Competition of Ukrainian Language Experts is held with the support of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and the League of Ukrainian Patrons. The annual number of participants is over 5 million from 20 countries. There was also a tradition on November 9, when parents took their children to school and then went to church: to place a candle in front of the image of Nestor the Chronicler and pray that he would help the child with his studies. On the Day of Ukrainian Literature and Language, the Ukrainian Radio traditionally hosts a radio dictation of national unity. This campaign was launched in 2000. Since then, every year everyone can take part in writing a radio dictation and not so much to find out whether they know the Ukrainian language well, but to demonstrate unity with all those who love and respect the Ukrainian word. Features of the celebration in 2010 In 2010, the Minister of Education and Science, a representative of the Party of Regions Dmytro Tabachnyk announced the refusal of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine to finance the International Competition of Ukrainian language experts. Petra Jacika. The competition was held without the participation of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine. A protest action "Do business, not language!" Took place in Kyiv directed against the bill "On Languages" No. 1015-3, which significantly narrows the scope of the Ukrainian language. About 500 people took part in the event dedicated to the Day of Ukrainian Literature and Language on Bankova Street near the Presidential Administration. Among them are students and teachers of the National Technical University of Ukraine "Kyiv Polytechnic Institute", Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University and the National University "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy". The action was also joined by an elderly man with a poster "The worst rulers in the history of Ukraine: Lenin. Stalin, Yanukovych ". Protesting against the Law of Ukraine "On Languages" No. 1015-3, the audience chanted "Do business, not language!". The presidential administration sent congratulations to the protesters from the head of state. However, according to protesters, Viktor Yanukovych has nothing to do with his writing. After that, an inflatable ball with a diameter of about one meter with the inscription "Law on Languages" was pierced, which was supposed to symbolize the prevention of its adoption. From Bankova, the protesters marched to Independence Square, shouting "Glory to the Nation", "Death to the Enemies", "Ukraine is a Nation", "Ukraine Above All!", "Kyiv is a Ukrainian City", "We Love the Ukrainian Language", "One". the state is one language "," Get rid of the law on languages "," In the native country - the native language "," Ukrainian language - to live ". On the main street of the country from about 600 candles the call "Feel the taste of the Ukrainian language" was laid out. See also International Mother Language Day European Day of Languages References External links Українська мова — твого життя основа / ВІДЕО добірка плакатів до Дня української писемності та мови Тиндик, Т. Як парость виноградної лози…: 9 листопада — День української писемності та мови / Тетяна Тиндик // Гуцульський Край. — 2015. — No. 45 (5 лист.). UA DAY-2012 Спільнота — інтернет-акція, присвячена українській мові // Фейсбук-сторінка. Указ Президента України від 2007 року No. 1086 «Про відзначення державними нагородами України з нагоди Дня української писемності та мови» Програма «Слово». Випуск від 26.01.13 // Неофіційний блоґ із записами програми «Слово». Українська мова // Твіттер-бот. Інформаційно-довідковий портал «СловоUA» — не діє. Словникова основа нашої мови. До Дня української писемності та мови // Дати і події, 2016, друге півріччя : календар знамен. дат No. 2 (8) / Нац. парлам. б-ка України. — Київ, 2016. — С. 114–117. November observances Ukrainian language Public holidays in Ukraine

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