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76496364 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iguig%20Church | Iguig Church | Saint James the Apostle Parish Church, commonly known as Iguig Church, is a Roman Catholic church located in Iguig, Cagayan. The current church building was completed in 1787. It was made from red bricks, with arched buttresses supporting the building's wall.
The National Historical Commission of the Philippines declared the church as a national landmark in 1939.
Gallery
References
External links
Spanish Colonial architecture in the Philippines
National Historical Landmarks of the Philippines
Roman Catholic churches in Cagayan
Churches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tuguegarao |
76496376 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Delport | Paul Delport | Paul Delport (born 13 October 1984) is a South African rugby union coach and former player.
Biography
A South African College Schools product, Delport was a diminutive scrum-half who captained South Africa at Under-19 and Under-21 level. His early career was impacted by a Epstein–Barr virus diagnosis in 2006, which caused him to contract meningitis, hepatitis, glandular fever and inflammation of the brain.
Delport played rugby for the Lions and Stormers before deciding to focus on rugby sevens. He competed on the South Africa national rugby sevens team between 2003 and 2013 and was in the side that won the 2008–09 IRB Sevens World Series title. The following season, Delport replaced Mzwandile Stick as sevens captain.
From 2018 to 2022, Delport served as coach of the South Africa women's national rugby sevens team.
References
1984 births
Living people
South African rugby union players
South Africa international rugby sevens players
South African rugby union coaches
Rugby union scrum-halves
Alumni of South African College Schools
Rugby sevens players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for South Africa
Commonwealth Games medallists in rugby sevens
Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players for South Africa
Lions (United Rugby Championship) players
Stormers players |
76496390 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SACO%20Model%20683 | SACO Model 683 | The SACO Model 683 is a submachine gun made by SACO Defense. The weapon was designed as a cost effective weapon for allied nations who do not have high grade weapons production industry and facilities. SACO Defence halted its production during the 1990s on the grounds of a legal dispute when a copyright problem arouse with the Brazilian firearms manufacturer PLANEV ("Mekanika Industria e Comercio"), when they found out the SACO Model 683 was an unlicensed copy of their Uru submachine gun.
Overview
The SACO Model 683 is simple blowback operation fired from an open bolt capable of select fire. It is designed to be an easy to handle weapon for the soldier to use, made from steel stampings to reduce the cost of manufacture. The weapon is different from the URU externally: It uses an inline telescoping stock for increased accuracy which slides over the top of the receiver, a dual-function carry handle/tunnel sight for CQB, pistol grip, barrel shroud and compensator.
See also
List of submachine guns
References
.45 ACP submachine guns
9mm Parabellum submachine guns
Simple blowback firearms
Submachine guns of the United States |
76496391 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalition%20of%20chaos | Coalition of chaos | In New Zealand politics, the phrase "coalition of chaos" was widely used during the 2023 New Zealand general election campaign. The phrase was a pejorative term used by the leaders of both major political parties - Chris Hipkins of the New Zealand Labour Party and Christopher Luxon the New Zealand National Party - to describe the prospective political coalitions that their respective leaders might have formed after the election. The term was chiefly used by Luxon to describe a potential left-wing coalition between Labour and the major progressive third parties, Te Pāti Māori and the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand, but has been used extensively since in the media to describe the government he formed with the right-wing populist ACT and New Zealand First parties upon National emerging as the largest party in the election.
The term "coalition of chaos" and others related to it, such as the "three-headed taniwha" have since been used by commentators to describe the triumvirate-like power-sharing agreement that Luxon signed with Winston Peters and David Seymour, leaders of New Zealand First and ACT respectively.
Background and usage
The term was not coined in New Zealand, however; earlier usage included that of British Prime Minister David Cameron to describe a potential coalition between Labour and the Scottish National Party (see Chaos with Ed Miliband), which became similarly infamous.
Under New Zealand's mixed-member proportional (MMP) voting system, legislative coalitions are almost always essential for forming governments. During the campaign, Luxon, a right-wing and "anti-woke" social conservative, claimed Hipkins would form a "coalition of chaos" with the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand and Te Pāti Māori, the two other left-wing parties in the House of Representatives, the latter of whom he described as "seperatist" and "radical". Luxon became known for his usage of the term. At one point Luxon caused controversy after also claiming Labour would go into coalition with "Te Pāti Māori... and the gangs", which was interpreted by some as a dog-whistle against Māori. With the exception of former Green Party co-leader James Shaw (who has since resigned), all the leaders of New Zealand's major third parties are Māori. This is relevant because the potential left-wing coalition was seen as one which would enhance indigenous rights (in eyes of the right, to the detriment of others), and the right-wing coalition as one seen as regressive towards them.
Hipkins occasionally also utilised the phrase to claim that Luxon would form an extreme right coalition with two right-wing populist parties, ACT New Zealand, led by David Seymour, and New Zealand First, led by veteran politician Winston Peters; Hipkins also used the term "coalition of cuts". Luxon's reversal on forming a coalition with New Zealand First - which he had previously refused to comment on - was justified by Luxon himself as averting Labour's "coalition of chaos".
After National emerged as the largest party in the election and formed such a coalition with New Zealand First and ACT, some media commentators used the term to describe Luxon's government, the Sixth National Government of New Zealand, instead. The term "coalition of chaos" and others related to it, such as the "three-headed taniwha", have since been used to describe the triumvirate-like power-sharing agreement between Luxon, Peters and Seymour, in which Luxon had made significant concessions in exchange for support. This included the potential of a referendum on the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi as proposed by ACT, which is extremely controversial. The term "coalition of chaos" to describe the Sixth National Government is mostly by left-wing commentators, but also some conservative ones, such as Matthew Hooton.
References
Politics of New Zealand
2023 New Zealand general election |
76496418 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakota%20Adams | Dakota Adams | Dakota Adams (born 1996–1997) is an American from Montana who is running as a Democrat for the Montana House of Representatives in District 1 in northern Lincoln County in the 2024 United States elections. Adams is the oldest son of Oath Keeper Stewart Rhodes, who is currently serving an 18-year prison term for seditious conspiracy. Adams was homeschooled and raised with extreme Right-wing, prepper conspiracy theories. He left the American militia movement over his teenage years and wrote about his reasoning for Raw Story in 2022.
Early life
The oldest son of six children of Stewart Rhodes and Tasha Adams, Dakota Adams was homeschooled and purposely kept uneducated for his father to hold power over the household, keeping the threat of child protective services breaking up the family if they were to learn the children were not being educated by the states rules. As a child he answered emails for the Oath Keepers and trained for the apocalypse. After leaving the militia world, Adams began to catch up on the education he was lacking, one area he had to learn was the multiplication table. He eventually passed a high-school equivalency exam.
According to an interview with Laura Coates for CNN Adams described his upbringing as being in an "extreme bubble of fear and isolation and paranoid ideology starting well before the founding of the Oath Keepers". He stated that Rhodes was a "pure authoritarian that was very much reflected at home". The family managed to get away from Rhodes in 2018.
He plans to sell the militia paraphernalia he used to wear to "anti-government protests alongside his father".
2024 political run
Calling himself a "progressive Democrat" and an "honest weirdo" Adams believes that the residents of Montana deserve to have a choice of candidates. In 2022 he noticed that the ballot was mostly Republicans running unopposed. Stating that he wants to show that "more ordinary people" can step up and run for office. When asked in an interview why he was running he stated that he needs to "walk the walk" and stop "yelling at other people to do something". He believes that the Republican Party in Montana have "failed the people in the state with a disastrous legislative session of mismanagement, performative virtue signaling, culture war issues over and over. ... Real problems and utter disregard for the welfare of the people of this state".
Adams opposes gun control laws saying that laws will harm disadvantaged groups from owning guns, though he advocates for a rehabilitation of gun culture calling it "vanity-based, hyper-individualist ego trip culture". He will be running against Neil Duram, a member of the Montana House of Representatives who was elected unopposed in 2018. Adams uses his mother's maiden name instead of Rhodes, and "campaigns wearing band t-shirts and wearing black nail polish", refusing to conforming to the standard dress codes of politicians. The Montana Democrats "are happy to have Adams on the ballot as Democrats have been hesitant to run in the deeply red district".
He plans on running on "core practical concerns such as housing costs, rising property taxes, inflation and abortion rights". Adams says that Montana needs to have a plan to deal with rising real estate costs and sprawl.
References
Living people
Montana Democrats
Members of the Oath Keepers
People from Lincoln County, Montana
1996 births |
76496420 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So%20Crazy | So Crazy | "So Crazy" is a song by Japanese singer Namie Amuro. It was released on October 16, 2003, by Avex Trax, and serves as the fourth and final single from her sixth studio album, Style (2000). Furthermore, all physical and digital formats included an additional A-side titled "Come," which appears on the parent album. "So Crazy" was written by Full Force, Jennifer "JJ" Johnson, Michico, and Tiger, and produced by Cobra Endo.
"So Crazy" is a love song that incorporates elements of hip-hop and R&B music. Music critics praised "So Crazy" for its urban sound, drawing parallels with Western music and influences. To promote the song, Japanese cosmetics company Lucido-L used it as their commercial theme. However, the single performed moderately in Japan, reaching number eight on the Oricon Singles Chart, making it one of her lowest charting singles in the country.
Masashi Mutō directed the music video for the single, which appeared on her video albums Filmography 2001–2005 (2005). It was also included in the set lists of three Amuro concerts and subsequent live albums. "So Crazy" first appeared on Amuro's third greatest hits album, Best Fiction (2008), and was later reworked and re-recorded for her seventh greatest hits and final album, Finally (2017), before her retirement.
Background and composition
From 2002 to 2003, Amuro worked on new music with the Japanese project Suite Chic. Her work with them inspired her to invite more collaborators to showcase various aspects of herself through her music. She began working on new music, collaborating with artists such as Zeebra, Ai, and Verbal, among others. During the process, "So Crazy" was one of several demo recordings recommended to her and her team. Amuro said she enjoyed the demo and imagined herself performing the song, saying "I got an image of how it would be right away. I could imagine myself on stage, made up and in costume, singing and dancing to it."
"So Crazy" was written by Full Force and Jennifer "JJ" Johnson, with Japanese lyrics by Michico and a rap section written by Tiger. Amuro stated that she wanted to rap on the song, which Zeebra and Tiger encouraged her to do, with the latter suggesting she showcase her "naughty" side. Toshihiro Wako assisted with the recording at Tokyo's On Air Azabu Studios. Rob Chiarelli and Chandler Bridges mixed the final version, and Yasuji Maeda mastered it. "So Crazy" is a love song that incorporates elements of hip-hop and R&B music.
Release and promotion
On October 13, 2003, Avex Trax released "So Crazy" as a double A-side with "Come" as the third single from Amuro's sixth studio album Style (2003). The CD format included three additional tracks, including instrumental versions of the singles. The single was eventually distributed in Hong Kong in November of that year. The song was used as the commercial theme for the Japanese cosmetics company Lucido-L.
Masashi Mutō directed a music video featuring Amuro and dancers in an underground parking scene, choreographed by Warner. The choreography took about ten days to complete, while the music video was finished in one session. The video was later featured on her video album Filmography 2001–2005 (2005). "So Crazy" was later included on Amuro's setlists for three different tours: the So Crazy Tour, the Space of Hip-Pop Tour, and the Best Fiction Tour. "So Crazy" and its music video appeared on Amuro's third greatest hits album, Best Fiction (2008), while the song was reworked and re-recorded for her seventh greatest hits and final album, Finally (2017), prior to her retirement.
Reception
Music critics gave "So Crazy" positive reviews. AllMusic cited the song as a standout from Amuro's discography. Japanese magazine CDJournal reviewed the single and its appearances on Style and Best Fiction. CDJournal praised the single's release for attempting to capture Western music influences, while its appearance on Style was praised for its hip-hop sound and Michico's contributions to the song. For Best Fiction, the song was praised for its lyrics, alongside its chorus and rap section.
Commercially, it performed moderately in Japan. "So Crazy" and "Come" debuted at number eight on the Oricon Singles Chart, selling 18,868 units in its first week. It became Amuro's lowest performing single at the time, alongside "Shine More", until it was surpassed by the follow-up single "Alarm", which peaked at number 11. The single spent 13 weeks on the chart, and has sold 48,969 units since its release, one of Amuro's poorest performance in the region.
Formats and track listing
CD / digital / streaming formats
"So Crazy" – 4:33
"Come" – 4:35
"So Crazy" (Instrumental) – 4:33
"Come" (Instrumental) – 4:35
Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Style.
Locations
Recorded at On Air Azabu Studios in Tokyo.
Personnel
Namie Amuro – vocals
Cobra Endo – arranger, producer, programmer, production manager, coordinator
Michico – songwriter
Tiger – songwriter
Rob Chiarelli – audio mixer
Chandler Bridges – audio mixing assistant
Full Force – composer, songwriter
Jennifer "JJ" Johnson – composer, songwriter
Ron Harris – programmer
Daisuke Imai – vocal director
Yasuji Maeda – audio master
Toshihiro Wako – recording assistant
Weekly charts
Sales
Release history
Notes
References
External links
"So Crazy"/"Come" on Namie Amuro's official website (archived).
"So Crazy" on Spotify.
"So Crazy" (Finally version) on Spotify.
2003 singles
Namie Amuro songs
2003 songs
Avex Trax singles |
76496421 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valborg%20%C3%98ster%C3%B8 | Valborg Østerø | Valborg Østerø (born 6 October 2002) is a Faroese footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for B36 Tórshavn and the Faroe Islands women's team.
Career
Valborg Østerø has played her entire senior career in B36 Tórshavn. She became golkeeper by coincidence in her late teens, and soon revealed that she had an extraordinary talent.
In 2022 she was in the center of a rare act of fairplay. In a match against NSÍ Runavík the referee gave her a red card for picking up the ball outside the penalty area. When the NSÍ players perpared to take the following freekick they told the referee that he had made a mistake by giving the freekick and the red card. Then the referee decided to reverse his decision. He took back the red card, and converted the freekick to a drop ball.
International career
Valborg Østerø made her international debut for the Faroe Islands women's team on 20 February 2022 in a friendly match against Gibraltar, which finished in a 1–0 victory. She is currently reserve keeper on the Faroe Islands women's team.
References
External links
at uefa.com
at FaroeSoccer.com
at Soccerway.com
at bold.dk
2002 births
Living people |
76496458 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skirball%20Center | Skirball Center | Skirball Center may refer to:
Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles
Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, New York |
76496474 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rana%20pliocenica | Rana pliocenica | Rana pliocenica is an extinct species of frog within the family Ranidae. The species was described by Richard G. Zweifel from the Pliocene of the Pinole Tuff Formation in Contra Costa County, California, with the type locality being from UCMP 1037, Hipparion Point. The holotype specimen named UCMP 34564 consits of partial skeleton.
References
Fossil taxa described in 1954
Amphibians described in 1954
Prehistoric amphibians of North America
Fossils of California
Pliocene amphibians
†pliocenica
Taxa named by Richard G. Zweifel |
76496476 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devu%C3%A9lveme%20la%20vida | Devuélveme la vida | Devuélveme la vida (English title: Love of My Life) is a Colombian telenovela produced by Asier Aguilar. It is set to premiere on Caracol Televisión in April 2024. The series stars Paula Castaño and Jair Romero.
Premise
Set between the 1960s and 70s, the series follows the emergence of a forbidden passion between Mariana Azcarate, the heiress of the cotton plantation La Victoria, and Joaquín Mosquera, an Afro day laborer.
Cast
Paula Castaño as Mariana Azcarate
María José Camacho as young Mariana
Jair Romero as Joaquín Mosquera
Sergio Herrera as young Joaquín
Jairo Camargo as Alfredo Azcarate
Carlos Manuel Vesga as young Alfredo
Luis Gerónimo Abreu as Rogelio Benítez
Production
In December 2022, Devuélveme la vida was announced as part of Caracol Televisión's programming for 2023. The series was delayed to 2024.
References
External links
Upcoming telenovelas
Caracol Televisión telenovelas
Spanish-language telenovelas |
76496477 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makhmud%20Mamed-Guliev | Makhmud Mamed-Guliev | Makhmud Akhmedovich Mamed-Guliev (Russian: Махмуд Ахмедович Мамед-Гулиев, born 15 February 1949) is a Azerbaijani diplomat and politician who has been serving as the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs since 1993.
Career
Born in Kirovabad (now Gyandzha) in 1949, Mamed-Guliev attended Baku State University where he studied law. Following the graduation, he worked as a lecturer at there from 1972 to 1974. He then served as the chairman of the Board of Directors of the Commercial Bank from 1992 to 1993.
On 14 September 1993, Mamed-Guliev was appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. About 2 months later, he was also appointed Ambassador of Azerbaijan to the United Kingdom, Ireland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark. He served the position until being recalled on 25 May 2001.
Mamed-Guliev also contested as an independent candidate for Nakhichevan 3rd constituency at the 1995 election, which he was elected.
Personal life
Mamed-Guliev married Sevil Aliyeva, daughter of the former president Geydar Aliyev and the elder sister to the incumbent president Ilkham Aliyev. They have a daughter, who frequently made phone calls to Kremlin, where Geydar was working during the Soviet era. One day, she was invited to Kremlin to have a tea with Geydar, and she went with Sevil. Despite this, Sevil later revealed that her daughter could go there without her.
He can speak Azerbaijani, Russian and English.
Honours
For Service to the Fatherland Order (2019)
References
1949 births
Living people
Azerbaijani diplomats
Azerbaijani politicians |
76496521 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026%20Alabama%20Senate%20election | 2026 Alabama Senate election | The 2026 Alabama Senate election will be held on November 3, 2026. Voters will elect members of the Alabama Senate in all 35 of the U.S. state of Alabama's legislative districts to serve a four-year term.
Prior to the elections, the Republican Party of Alabama held a wide majority over the Democratic Party of Alabama, controlling 27 seats to their 8 seats.
Background
Stone v. Allen
During the 2020 redistricting cycle, Alabama's congressional and state legislative maps faced legal challenges for alleged violations of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. 27% of Alabama's population is African American, but only 8 of Alabama's senate districts, or 23%, were drawn with a black majority. The initial complaint challenged twelve of the senate districts and twenty-one of the state house districts, although the lawsuit was ultimately reduced to four of the senate districts in Huntsville and Montgomery.
Overview
Summary of results by Alabama Senate District
References
Senate
Alabama Senate elections
Alabama Senate
November 2026 events in the United States |
76496525 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakenot%C5%8Dge%20Kofun | Yakenotōge Kofun | The is a Kofun period burial mound, located in the Shisojima neighborhood of the town of Chikuzen, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The tumulus was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1975.
Overview
The Yakenotōge Kofun is located is located on a ridge extending north from Shiroyama, a small, independent hill in the northwestern part of the Chikugo Plain. It is a "two conjoined rectangles" style ( tumulus, which is extremely rare for Kyushu. It is orientated to the south-south east, and has a total length of approximately 40.5 meters. The posterior portion is 23.5 meters on each side, and approximately 4.5 meters in height.The anterior part is 17 meters long, 12 meters wide, and approximately two meters high, and the width at the waist is 8.5 meters. The tumulus is surrounded by a moat about two meters wide. The posterior portion is thought to have been constructed in two stages, with the second stage being a mound of earth on top of the first stage, which was carved out of the ground. The anterior portion was entirely carved out of the ground. A vertical burial chamber was confirmed in the center of the posterior portion; however, a complete archaeological excavation has not been performed.
An ancient-style double-rimmed jar and a wide-mouthed jar was found near the surrounding moat. Judging from these Haji ware pottery shards, the tumulus is believed to date to the early Kofun period. The tumulus is approximately 20 minutes by car from Tsuko Station on the Nishitetsu Tenjin Ōmuta Line.
See also
List of Historic Sites of Japan (Fukuoka)
References
External links
Town Board of Education home page
Fukuoka Tourism Web
History of Fukuoka Prefecture
Historic Sites of Japan
Zenpō-kōhō-fun
Chikuzen, Fukuoka |
76496532 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973%20Brisbane%20City%20Council%20election | 1973 Brisbane City Council election | The 1973 Brisbane City Council election was held on 31 March 1973 to elect 21 aldermen to the City of Brisbane. The election was held as part of the statewide local government elections in Queensland, Australia.
The Labor Party defeated the Brisbane Civic Party (BCP) in a landslide victory, winning 20 out of 21 wards. This was despite changes introduced by the Bjelke-Petersen state government before the election, which reduced the number of wards and removed the direct lord mayoral election.
Background
Prior to the election, the Country Party state government reduced the number of wards from 28 to 21, and removed the direct election for lord mayor. This meant incumbent Clem Jones had to contest a ward, and the lord mayor was elected by a vote of aldermen after the election. The changes were aimed at Labor, who had controlled the mayoralty since 1961.
After another defeat in 1970, the Citizens' Municipal Organisation (CMO) was described as "moribund" and did not contest the election. Instead, the Brisbane Civic Party was formed and led by Mitchelton Ward councillor John Andrews.
Results
The BCP won just one ward − Indooroopilly − while Andrews lost his seat in Mitchelton.
Aftermath
Following the BCP's loss, the Liberal Party decided to endorse candidates, starting at the 1976 election. The CMO disbanded around this time.
References
1973
Brisbane
City Council election, 1973
Brisbane City Council election
Landslide victories |
76496541 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco%20Maisano | Marco Maisano | Marco Maisano (born 15 February 1981) is an Australian former soccer player who played as a midfielder.
Early life
Maisano is of Argentine descent through his parents.
He arrived in Europe at the age of seventeen.
Career
In 1998, Maisano signed for Dutch side FC Eindhoven. In 2001, he signed for Scottish side Greenock Morton with his brother. They were described as "two of the more significant figures in the club... the star boys... its heart and soul". In 2005, he signed for Australian side Frankston Pines. In 2006, he signed for Australian side Melbourne Knights.
Style of play
Maisano mainly operated as a midfielder. He has been described as "earned a reputation as something of a hard man... in his more defensive, ball-winning role in central midfield".
Personal life
Maisano is the brother of Australian soccer player John Maisano. After retiring from professional football, he founded college sports recruitment company NSR Australia in 2006. He became a millionaire and has contributed over one million dollars to soccer sponsorship.
References
Living people
1981 births
Australian expatriate men's soccer players
Australian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
Australian expatriate sportspeople in Scotland
Australian men's soccer players
Australian people of Argentine descent
Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland
Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
Men's association football midfielders
FC Eindhoven players |
76496546 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funabaru%20Kofun | Funabaru Kofun | The is a Kofun period burial mound, located in the Taniyama neighborhood of the city of Koga, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The tumulus was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 2016.
Overview
The Funabaru Kofun was discovered in 1995 during land reclamation for farmland improvement. It is a , which is shaped like a keyhole, having one square end and one circular end, when viewed from above, and is estimated to have been constructed between the end of the 6th century and the beginning of the 7th century. The existing length is 37.4 meters, and the restored total length is estimated to be over 45 meters. It was excavated from 2012 to 2013. The burial chamber was a horizontal-entry stone chamber made of monoliths, with an anterior and posterior room. The site is noteworthy for its wealth of grave goods, which were unusually buried in pits outside the main tumulus. The No. 1 earthen pit, which has an inverted L-shape, contained over 500 items. These included the first chandelier-shaped gilt-bronze horse harness decorations found in Japan, including a cross-piece fitting with a green glass bead set in the center, and metal weapons, armor and agricultural tools. The luxury of the harness was comparable to the quality of the artifacts excavated from the Fujinoki Kofun in Nara Prefecture. After the excavation was completed, both the burial chamber was backfilled. In April 2018, a plaza and parking lot were built adjacent to the tumulus, and it is possible to visit the exterior.
The tumulus is approximately 4.7 kilometres southeast of Koga Station on the JR Kyushu Kagoshima Main Line (12 minutes by car).
See also
List of Historic Sites of Japan (Fukuoka)
References
External links
Cultural Properties in Fukuoka
Koga city home page
Fukuoka Tourism Web
History of Fukuoka Prefecture
Historic Sites of Japan
Zenpokoenfun
Koga, Fukuoka |
76496552 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandhurna%20District | Pandhurna District | Pandhurna is the 55th district of Madhya Pradesh state and 9th district of Jabalpur division, which came into existence in the year 2023 after separating from Chhindwara district.
Geography
The area of the district is 1522.22 km2. Is. It is bounded by Nagpur in the southeast, Betul and Amravati in the west, and Chhindwara districts in the north.Jam River is major river of the district
Major Towns Of District
Pandhurna
Sausar
Lodhikheda
Mohgaon
Government
There are two Vidhan Sabha constituencies in the District.
1 Pandhurna
2 Sausar
All two assembly is part of Chhindwara Lok Sabha.
Economy
The economy of the district is mainly dependent on agriculture. Oranges are produced in the district. There are also some big industries in the district.Pandhurna is also famous for its orange fields. Pandhurna also has a multinational company called drytech situated at Nagpur road.
Culture
Places to Wisit
Jam Sawali Hanuman Mandir
Ardhanarishwar Jyotirlinga
Ghoghra Waterfall
Gotmar Mela
Gotmar Fair of Pandhurna “Gotmar Fair” is celebrated every year on Bhadrapada ‘Amavasya’ on the second day of Pola festival in Pandhurna city. This fair is celebrated on the banks of the river ‘Jam’.
Transportation
Pandhurna district is well connected with the Roadway and Railway.
By Air
The nearest airport is Nagpur Airport. There are many flights available between Nagpur and other major airports in India. Pandhurna is also accessible via Bhopal/Jabalpur, which is also connected by air with other major cities of India.
By Rail
Pandhurna has a well-established railway network. Located on the South East Central Railway route. The nearest railway stations are Pandhurna, Nagpur, Multai, and Chhindwara.
By Road
The city is situated on National Highway-47 (NH-47). Nearest cities are Nagpur and Chhindwara. This is the simplest and easiest route to reach Pandhurna.
References
External links
Official Site
Pin Code
Districts of Madhya Pradesh |
76496561 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ockert%20Kruger | Ockert Kruger | Ockert Cornelius Kruger (born 12 January 1987) is a South African former international rugby union player.
Biography
Rugby career
Born in Empangeni, Kruger played his rugby as a flanker and competed in the Currie Cup with the Blue Bulls, winning their 2008 junior forward of the year award. In 2010, Kruger made his Super 14 debut for the Bulls and was a member of the South Africa rugby sevens team that won a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi. He played a season of professional rugby in France with US Dax in 2014–15 before retiring.
Personal life
Kruger is a physician by profession and practices medicine in Canada.
References
External links
1987 births
Living people
South African rugby union players
South Africa international rugby sevens players
Rugby union flankers
Rugby union players from KwaZulu-Natal
People from Empangeni
Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players for South Africa
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for South Africa
Commonwealth Games medallists in rugby sevens
Rugby sevens players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Expatriate rugby union players in France
South African expatriate rugby union players
South African expatriate sportspeople in France
US Dax players
Blue Bulls players
Bulls (rugby union) players
University of Pretoria alumni
South African emigrants to Canada |
76496579 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20W.%20T.%20Loo | George W. T. Loo | George W. T. Loo (December 28, 1930 – December 12, 2018) was an American politician. He served as a Democratic member of the Hawaii House of Representatives.
Life and career
Loo attended ʻIolani School, the University of Hawaiʻi, the University of Michigan Law School and George Washington Law School.
Loo served in the Hawaii House of Representatives from 1965 to 1970.
Loo died on December 12, 2018, at the age of 87.
References
1930 births
2018 deaths
Democratic Party members of the Hawaii House of Representatives
20th-century American politicians
University of Michigan Law School alumni
George Washington University Law School alumni |
76496584 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Czuka%20Kofun | Ōzuka Kofun | The is a Kofun period Decorated kofun burial mounds, located in the Jumei neighborhood of the town of Keisen, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The tumulus was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1937, and elevated in status to that of a Special National Historic Site in 1956
Overview
The Ōzuka Kofun was discovered by chance on September 30, 1934, when the front part of the stone burial chamber was scraped away during construction work. The shape of the tumulus is that of a , which is shaped like a keyhole, having one square end and one circular end, when viewed from above; however, more than half of the mound has been lost due to previous construction work. The original length is estimated to have been 86 meters, with a posterior circular portion diameter of 56 meters and height of 9.5 meters, and an anterior rectangular portion width of 60 meters. The tumulus was constructed in two tiers, with alternating layers of red and black clay, covered by fukiishi. It was surrounded by a double moat.
The burial chamber is a horizontal entry stone chamber, with a stone shelf at the top of the back wall and a small window above the entrance. It has a house-shaped cap stone that covers the sarcophagus, and the floor is divided into areas for two burials, with two depressions are made to place the heads, and two stone pillows. However, it is estimated that four people were buried here. Currently, the burial chamber is completely sealed for preservation, although it open to the public twice a year, in spring and fall. It is noteworthy in that mural painting that covers almost the entire surface of the burial chamber. The images depicted include horses, shields, swords, bows, and geometric patterns such as concentric ring patterns, warabi patterns, triangular patterns, and circular patterns. Six colors (red, yellow, green, blue, black, and white) have been confirmed in decorated kofun around Japan, and this tumulus uses five of these six colors (except for blue). This is the highest number of colors for any known tomb in Japan.
When excavated, the burial chamber was found to be intact, and thus a large number of grave goods were recovered. These include a bronze mirror, a lapis lazuli tubular bead, two wooden beads with metal inlay, nine earthen beads, one amber bead, one gold item, metal fittings for horse harnesses, saddles and stirrups, and iron swords, arrowheads and a large quantity of Sue ware pottery.
The excavated artifacts were designated as a National Important Cultural Property in 1956 and are stored at the Kyoto National Museum.
The tumulus is a six-minute walk (480 meters) from Keisen Station on the JR Kyushu Chikuho Main Line.The on site has displays of the murals in the burial chamber.
See also
List of Historic Sites of Japan (Fukuoka)
Decorated kofun
References
External links
Ozuka Kofun Museum home page
Keisen Town home page
Fukuoka Tourism Web
History of Fukuoka Prefecture
Special Historic Sites
Zenpokoenfun
Decorated kofun |
76496595 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reg%20Taylor%20%28rugby%20union%29 | Reg Taylor (rugby union) | Reginald Taylor (23 March 1889 – 20 June 1917) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A wing-forward, Taylor represented Taranaki at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1913. He played two matches for the All Blacks, both international matches against the touring Australian side.
Taylor served in World War I as a lance corporal in the Wellington Infantry Regiment. He was killed in action at Mesen on 20 June 1917, and buried nearby at Underhill Farm Cemetery.
References
1889 births
1917 deaths
Rugby union players from Taranaki
New Zealand rugby union players
New Zealand international rugby union players
Taranaki rugby union players
Rugby union wing-forwards
New Zealand military personnel killed in World War I |
76496604 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999%20ARCA%20Bondo/Mar-Hyde%20Series | 1999 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series | The 1999 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series was the 47th season of the ARCA Racing Series, a division of the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA). The season began on February 7, 1999, with the FirstPlus Financial 200 at Daytona International Speedway. The season ended with the Georgia Boot 400 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on November 20. Bill Baird won the drivers championship, and Ron Cox won the Rookie of the Year award.
Schedule and winners
Drivers' championship
(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.
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External links
Official ARCA Website
References
ARCA Menards Series seasons
Arca Remax Series |
76496634 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day%20Zero | Day Zero | Day Zero may refer to:
Day Zero (2007 film), an American drama
Day Zero (2020 film), an Iranian action thriller
Day Zero: The Series, a 2011–2014 American post-apocalyptic drama television series
Day Zero (novel), a 2021 science fiction novel by C. Robert Cargill
"Day Zero", during the 2010s Cape Town water crisis, a reference to the day water restrictions would be implemented
See also
Zero day (disambiguation) |
76496641 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical-grade%20silicon | Medical-grade silicon | {{safesubst:#invoke:RfD|||month = March
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76496651 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda%20Eisenhamerov%C3%A1 | Linda Eisenhamerová | Linda Eisenhamerová is a Czech hairstylist and make-up artist. She was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Makeup and Hairstyling for the film All Quiet on the Western Front.
Selected filmography
All Quiet on the Western Front (2022; co-nominated with Heike Merker)
References
External links
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)
Hairdressers
Make-up artists |
76496662 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria%20Matilde%20Principi | Maria Matilde Principi | Maria Matilde Principi (4 May 1915 – 10 September 2017) was an Italian entomologist and became professor emerita at the University of Bologna where she led the department for thirty years.
Biography
Principi was born in San Mariano, just outside Perugia, on 4 May 1915, the daughter of Paolina Paletti, and the geologist Paolo Principi (who had been an assistant to geologist Arturo Issel). Maria graduated in agricultural sciences from the University of Perugia in 1937, with her entomology thesis on the Chrysopid Neuroptera of Umbria. Later, she earned her PhD at the University of Bologna.
Career
In 1938, she won a scholarship competition sponsored by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. One member of the judging group was the esteemed entomologist Guido Grandi (1886-1970) who, at the conclusion of the contest, invited Principi to relocate to the University of Bologna and join his institute. There, she was appointed an assistant and in 1951 she earned a teaching qualification in entomology. When Grandi retired as head of the institute, she took over his chair at the Bolognese University, leading the department for thirty years and subsequently founding its PhD program in agricultural entomology.
In her professional research, she studied Neuropteroids, including the ant-eating insects called antlions. Principi wrote more than one hundred scientific articles on insects.
During the academic year 1959/1960 she supervised the degree thesis Research on the parasites of three Lepidoptera miners of apple leaves by Giorgio Celli, who later became a famous Italian ethologist and entomologist, and a politician and television personality.
When she retired in 1994 as an internationally renowned scientist, Principi was named Professor Emerita of the University of Bologna.
Principi died in Bologna on 10 September 2017 having lived to 102 years of age.
Selected honors
Principi was awarded many honorary titles, including Benedictine Academician by the Academy of Sciences of the Institute of Bologna, and was a member of numerous scientific organizations including the Italian Entomological Society and the Accademia dei Georgofili of Florence.
In 1991, the Austrian entomologists Horst and Ulrike Aspöck and Hubert Rausch dedicated their two-volume set Die Raphidiopteren der Erde (1991) to her and named a new species of Neuroptera in her honor, the Subilla principae Pantaleoni.
A species of antlion endemic to Tunisia and Sardinia, the Maria Matilde antlion, was named in her honor (Myrmeleon mariaemathildae Pantaleoni, Cesaroni & Nicoli Aldini, 2010).
Selected publications
The Nothochrysa italica Rossi and its singular habits, in Bulletin of the Italian Entomological Society, 75 (1943) pp. 117-118.
Singular glandular structures in the thorax and abdomen of the males of some species of lacewing neuroptera, in Reports of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Class of Physical, Mathematical and Natural Science, s.8, v. 16 (1954) pp. 678-685.
Behavior and biological cycle of a Cecidomiid dipteran, Putoniella marsupialis F. Lw., in Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences of the Institute of Bologna. Physical science class. Reports, s. 11, see 3 (1956) pp. 155-158.
Integrated control methods in the defense of cultivated plants from attacks by arthropods, in Proceedings of the Accademia dei Georgofili, s. 7, see 9 (1962) pp. 65-83.
Integrated protection and integrated production of agricultural crops: achievements and prospects, in Proceedings of the Accademia dei Georgofili, s. 7, see 39 (1992) pp. 439-464.
References
1915 births
2017 deaths
Italian entomologists
Women entomologists
Italian women scientists
20th-century Italian scientists
University of Perugia alumni
University of Bologna alumni
Entomological writers
Centenarians |
76496686 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake%20Island%20%28album%29 | Earthquake Island (album) | Earthquake Island is a studio album by Jon Hassell, released in 1978 by Tomato (Music Works).
Track listing
Personnel
Adapted from the Earthquake Island liner notes.
Jon Hassell – trumpet, Arpstrings, Arp & Polymoog
Naná Vasconcelos – drums, Tabla, percussion, Voice, cuica, congas, berimbau, handclaps
Miroslav Vitous – bass
Claudio Ferreira – guitars, bass
Ricardo Silveira – guitars
Badal Roy – tabla
Dom Um Romao – percussion
Clarice Taylor – Vocals
Erasto Vasconcelos – handclaps
Haroldo Mauro Jr. – handclaps
Production and additional personnel
Kevin Eggers – executive producer
Burt Szerlip – Engineer
Raymond Willhard – Assistant Engineer
Abdul Mati Klarwein – Cover Art
Francis Ing/Daniela Morera - Group photo
Milton Glaser - Album Design
References
External links
Jon Hassell albums
Lovely Music albums |
76496688 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brisbane%20Civic%20Party | Brisbane Civic Party | The Brisbane Civic Party (BCP) was an Australian political party that briefly competed in Brisbane City Council elections.
History
After another defeat in 1970, the Citizens' Municipal Organisation (CMO) was described as "moribund" and did not contest the election. Instead, the Brisbane Civic Party was formed and led by Mitchelton Ward councillor John Andrews.
Despite changes introduced by the Bjelke-Petersen state government before the 1973 election, which reduced the number of wards and removed the direct lord mayoral election, the BCP lost in a landslide. The Labor Party won 20 out of 21 seats, while the BCP won just one ward − Indooroopilly − while Andrews lost his seat in Mitchelton.
Following the BCP's loss, the Liberal Party decided to endorse candidates, starting at the 1976 election. The CMO also disbanded around this time.
See also
Citizens' Municipal Organisation
Liberal Civic Party
References
Defunct political parties in Australia
Local government political parties in Australia
Political parties established in 1973
Political parties disestablished in 1976
1973 establishments in Australia
1976 disestablishments in Australia
City of Brisbane |
76496694 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikki%20Barrett | Nikki Barrett | Nikki Barrett is an Australian casting director. She won a British Academy Film Award in the category Best Casting for the film Elvis.
Selected filmography
Elvis (2022; co-won with Denise Chamian)
References
External links
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)
Australian casting directors
Women casting directors
Best Casting BAFTA Award winners |
76496708 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halanthium | Halanthium | Halanthium is a genus of flowering plants in the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae. It includes five species of annuals native to western Asia, ranging from Turkey to the Caucasus, Iraq, and Iran.
Species
Five species are accepted.
Halanthium alaeflavum – northwestern Iran
Halanthium kulpianum – Turkey and the Caucasus
Halanthium mamamense – northwestern Iran
Halanthium purpureum – Iraq and Iran
Halanthium rarifolium – Turkey, the Caucasus, and Iran
References
Amaranthaceae genera
Flora of temperate Asia
Amaranthaceae |
76496713 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fay%20Carpenter%20Swain | Fay Carpenter Swain | Fay Carpenter Swain (born around 1916 in Clark County, Illinois) was a candidate in the 1964 Democratic Party presidential primaries.
She lived in Greenhills, Ohio. She self-identified as being of Cherokee descent.
She received 7,140 votes in Indiana. She was against capital punishment and the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Her husband Willy Lee Swain was a World War I veteran.
References
1916 births
Possibly living people
Ohio Democrats
20th-century American women politicians
Candidates in the 1964 United States presidential election
American people who self-identify as being of Cherokee descent
People from Hamilton County, Ohio |
76496736 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhadinorhynchus%20mariserpentis | Rhadinorhynchus mariserpentis | Rhadinorhynchus mariserpentis is a species of parasitic thorny-headed worm within the family Rhadinorhynchidae. The species is a endoparasite of Regalecus russeli, with the type locality coming from an intestine of an individual collected in the Sea of Japan off the coasts of northern Kyushu.
References
Animals described in 2019
Rhadinorhynchidae
Parasites of fish
Endoparasites |
76496752 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volodymyr%20Boyko | Volodymyr Boyko | Volodymyr Semenovych Boyko (; 20 August 1938 – 10 June 2015) was a Ukrainian metallurgist, entrepreneur and politician who is a recipient of the Hero of Ukraine and Order of Merit. Additionally, he was a member of the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada from 2002 to 2007 and 2012 to 2014.
Early life and education
Born on 20 August 1938, in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol. Sadki was the place where Boyko was raised. Tatiana Vladimirovna, his future daughter, was born in a home that his parents had constructed. Boyko stated that his first ambition was to become a sailor. He applied to the maritime school and was enrolled in the Soviet Navy in 1953, having completed seven classes at the No. 44 school. He later received his diploma from the Mariupol Metallurgical Institute in 1970.
Career
Boyko was first employed as a pipeline worker in the Zhdanov Metallurgical Plant's water supply shop from 1955 to 1960. This plant was eventually renamed the Illich Steel and Iron Works of Mariupol. Following that, he worked on the fishing trawler RT-142 trawlflot in the fleet Glavmurmanrybprom and as a plumbing technician in the Stalinshakhtostroy building unit. During this time from 1957 to 1960, he also served in the ranks of the Soviet Armed Forces. He was conscripted into the Soviet Army, and was stationed in the Leningrad Military District. In 1960, he was demobilized as a junior sergeant and team leader.
Boyko went from working as a cold metal carving in 1960 to being a supervisor at the metal rolling business in 1971. Later, he rose to the rank of senior master in the same business. After that, he worked as the special production department's deputy director for manufacturing and administration before taking over as head of the sheet rolling business. He served as the company's deputy head and acting head of the Production and Administrative Department from 1983 until 1990. After that, he was named deputy director of the plant for production and supply of products and took over as head of the Production and Administrative Department.
Boyko was the general director of Illich Steel and Iron Works from 1990 until 1997. He became the general director and chairman of the board of the company after it was corporatized in 1997. Furthermore, he served as a freelance advisor to President Leonid Kravchuk from 1993 to 1994. He took the helm while both the nation and its economy suffered a collapse. He not only prevented the company from going bankrupt, but also elevated it to the top of the national metallurgical landscape.
Between 1994 and 2002, Boyko held a seat as a deputy of the Donetsk Oblast Council for two terms, while concurrently participating in the Council of Exporters under the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Coordinating Council on Internal Policy. In 1994, he backed Leonid Kuchma as a representative of the Red Directorate in the presidential race. According to Vladimir Semyonov, he never pursued a career in politics. However, President Kuchma persuaded him to visit the legislature. From 2002 to 2007, he served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine, initially representing the bloc For United Ukraine! and later the Socialist Party, contributing notably to committees focused on industrial and regulatory policy within the Verkhovna Rada.
Boyko's political allegiances changed as time passed. He had been a member of many groups, such as United Ukraine and European Choice, before temporarily joining the Party of Regions in November 2003 and staying there until September 2005. Subsequently, he forged partnerships with lawmakers from the Socialist Party, ultimately emerging as a key supporter of the party. From 2006 to 2007, he served as the Socialist Party's People's Deputy of Ukraine for the 5th convocation and made contributions to the committee on Industrial and Regulatory Policy and Entrepreneurship.
After an extended sickness, Boyko passes away on 10 June 2015, at his old age of 76. Boyko's farewell for Mariupol locals took place in the Karl Marx Palace of Culture on Friday, 12 June from 9:00 to 14:00.
Philantrophy
Citizens in Ukraine received no wages as companies closed one before another; the Illich Steel and Iron Works saw success back then, Boyko provided employment for many Mariupol locals. In addition, he funded football clubs and water their pitches, boxing matches and football fields, and he rebuilt educational institutions, preschools, healthcare facilities, police departments, tribunals, and the attorney's office. He also funded parks, highways, and airports.
Boyko mentored the football team Metalurh (now FC Mariupol) in the late 1990s, and the team set a lofty objective for itself: to join the Ukrainian Premier League. His efforts paid off, as the squad was given access to one of the greatest seaside training bases in Ukraine at the time. The city got the biggest indoor sporting facility in Ukraine in 2001. The Western stadium, where the Ukraine women's national football team played in the successful Euro 2009, was constructed. The Illichivets Stadium (now Volodymyr Boyko Stadium), which hosted UEFA Cup matches, was reconstructed.
Personal life
Boyko was married to Claudia Alexandrovna, and together they have a daughter, Tatiana Vladimirovna Potapova. He and his family resided in an unusually simple house.
Boyko has an honorary sixth place on the list of 130 richest Ukrainians with a fortune of $3.15 billion, according to Fokus magazine's evaluation, which was published in March 2008. Furthermore, as the article points out, he could brag of only $1.3 billion in the start of 2007.
Awards and recognitions
Boyko received the gold medal from the WIPO Academy in 2006 in recognition of his exceptional contribution to the growth of creative endeavors in Ukraine. He ranked 45th on the Top 100 list of the most powerful individuals in Ukraine published in 2006 by the magazine De Correspondent, and he held the 61st position of the 200 most influential Ukrainians listing in the 2007 Fokus magazine assessment. The state bestowed upon him the most prestigious title, that of Hero of Ukraine, for his achievements, becoming the first and only awardee from Mariupol. A commemorative Bronze bust honoring him was unveiled on the exterior of the Pryazovskyi State Technical University's first building in Mariupol on 21 October 2017.
He has received awards and recognitions such as:
Hero of Ukraine Order of the State (18 July 2003)
Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise Fifth Class (24 August 2013)
Order of Merit First Class (27 April 2001)
Order of Merit Second Class (19 September 1998)
Order of Merit Third Class (7 February 1997)
Order of Danylo Halytsky (19 August 2006)
Order of the Badge of Honour (1974)
Honored Metallurgist of Ukraine (17 July 1995)
State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology (1 December 1999)
Named for Volodymyr Boyko Stadium (2018)
Honorary President of the FC Mariupol
Honorary Citizen of Mariupol (1998)
Honorary Citizen of the Krasnohvardiiske Raion
References
External links
1938 births
2015 deaths
People from Mariupol
Ukrainian politicians
Ukrainian metallurgists
Ukrainian businesspeople
Party of Regions politicians
Recipients of the Order of State
Socialist Party of Ukraine politicians
Recipients of the Order of Danylo Halytsky
Pryazovskyi State Technical University alumni
Recipients of the Order of the Badge of Honour
Fifth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada
Fourth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada
Seventh convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada
Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 1st class
Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 2nd class
Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class
Recipients of the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 5th class
Laureates of the State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology |
76496753 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben%20Souness | Ben Souness | Benjamin John Souness (born 3 May 1985) is a New Zealand former rugby union player.
Born in New Plymouth, Souness was educated at New Plymouth Boys' High School and played in their first XV.
Souness, an electrical engineer by profession, was a loose forward and played his club rugby for New Plymouth HSOB, while competing on the New Zealand rugby sevens team in the Sevens World Series. He was a gold medalist in rugby sevens at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. In 2011, Souness won a Ranfurly Shield playing with Taranaki.
References
1985 births
Living people
New Zealand rugby union players
New Zealand international rugby sevens players
Rugby union players from New Plymouth
Rugby union flankers
Rugby union number eights
Taranaki rugby union players
Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand
Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players for New Zealand
Commonwealth Games medallists in rugby sevens
Rugby sevens players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
People educated at New Plymouth Boys' High School |
76496765 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyce%20Fitzpatrick | Joyce Fitzpatrick | Marjory Joyce Fitzpatrick (née Cawte, 15 July 1922 – 21 January 2018) was an Australian education advocate, author and a flight sergeant with the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force.
Fitzpatrick is credited with helping institute reforms in South Australia which enabled parents to have more input in how their children's schools were managed.
Early life
Fitzpatrick was born in Torrensville in the western suburbs of Adelaide, her father being a school headmaster. During her childhood, Fitzpatrick's family moved around South Australia living in such places as Streaky Bay, Waikerie, Solomontown and Plympton.
She attended Adelaide High School but left early to pursue employment as a secretary.
World War II
In 1941, following the outbreak of the second world war, Fitzpatrick joined the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force and relocated to Melbourne initially to assist with the shortage of male telegraphists.
However, she rose to the rank of flight sergeant with the Z Force unit.
Education reforms
Fitzpatrick married Ron Fitzpatrick, a Rat of Tobruk who she had met at a Melbourne railway station in 1942.
With her husband becoming a school headmaster, the couple moved around South Australia and lived in various communities such as Whyalla, Coonalbyn, Bowman, Moorak, Port Augusta and Morphett Vale.
Fitzpatrick began lobbying for parents to have a stronger role within the schools their children attended, and ultimately became the president of the South Australian Association of School Parents Communities. In 1975, Fitzpatrick was one of the delegates who spoke at a rally of the Southern Eyre Peninsula Schools Welfare Association where she argued for a new scheme to assist high school students who were required to leave the local area for the final two years of secondary education.
Fitzpatrick is credited with instituting sweeping reforms in the 1980s which enabled parents to have a better say in how their children's school were being managed. She was frequently invited to speak at education seminars and conduct workshops for parents.
Later life
Fitzpatrick had a great interest in writing and in 1987 wrote a biography recounting the life of Edith Strangway which was published in The Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal.
In 1997 she helped establish a writer's group in Goolwa called "Sand Writers" where she wrote numerous short stories and poems which were published by the group.
In 2007, Fitzpatrick and her husband invited eight World War II veterans to come together and share their wartime stories which were published in a book, The Stories of Us.
Her husband Ron Fitzpatrick died at the age of 94 in 2013.
Joyce Fitzpatrick died in Adelaide on 21 January 2018.
Honours
In the 1988 Australia Day Honours, Fitzpatrick was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Australia for her service to education.
Bibliography
References
1922 births
2018 deaths
Officers of the Order of Australia
People from Adelaide
20th-century Australian women educators
Australian women writers
Australian women poets |
76496767 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our%20Dining%20Table | Our Dining Table | is a Japanese manga series by Ori Mita. It is serialized in the manga magazine Rutile from November 21, 2015, to January 21, 2017. A live-action television drama adaptation was broadcast from April 6, 2023, to June 15, 2023, on BS-TBS.
Plot
Yutaka Hozumi is a lonely salaryman who is estranged from his family and finds it difficult to eat with other people. One day in the park, he meets brothers Minoru and Tane Ueda. Minoru and Tane find his cooking delicious and ask him to visit and teach them how to cook. Soon, Yutaka begins visiting and eating with the Ueda family. At the same time, Yutaka and Minoru's relationship begins to grow deeper as the two confront each other's past loneliness.
Characters
Yutaka is a salaryman. He was adopted into a family as a young child, and because his stepsiblings would tell him they were disgusted to eat with him, eventually, he found it difficult to eat with other people.
Minoru is a freeter who is Yutaka's age. He often acts as Tane's caretaker.
Tane is Minoru's 4-year-old younger brother.
Media
Manga
Our Dining Table is written and illustrated by Ori Mita. It is serialized in the manga magazine Rutile from the January 2016 issue released on November 21, 2015, to the March 2017 issue released on January 21, 2017. The chapters were later released in one bound volume by Gentosha under the Birz Comics Rutile Collection imprint.
On May 23, 2019, Seven Seas Entertainment announced that they had licensed the series for English-language distribution in North America.
Television drama
On November 23, 2021, a live-action television drama series adaptation was announced through Rutile'''s Twitter account. The series was broadcast from April 6, 2023, to June 15, 2023, on BS-TBS. During BS-TBS's press conference on March 8, 2023, the company highlighted Our Dining Table as one of the serial dramas meant to target the adult demographic, following the channel's Q2 programming's theme of "Let's enjoy being adults." In addition to BS-TBS, the series was also streamed digitally on Lemino beginning on April 12, 2023. It was streamed internationally with English subtitles on GagaOOLala.
The adaptation starred Atsuhiro Inukai as Yutaka, Hiroki Iijima as Minoru, and Kūga Maeyama as Tane. The supporting cast includes as Kōji Ueda, Minoru and Tane's father; Seika Furuhata as Rei Ohata, Yutaka's co-worker; and Tomohiro Ichikawa as Yuki Hozumi, Yutaka's older stepbrother. Additional cast members include Tetsuji from the comedy duo as Gotō, the owner of the ramen shop where Minoru works; Shiori Tamada as Nao, Minoru's ex-girlfriend, and Yo Hasegawa as Mika Ueda, Minoru and Tane's mother. The series is produced by The Room. It is directed by Yuho Ishibashi, , and . The three, along with , were also in charge of the script. Filming took place in Mima in Tokushima Prefecture, which is also Inukai's hometown. The opening theme song is "Andante no Sunadokei" by Beverly, and the ending theme song is "Tooi Kuni" by .
ReceptionOur Dining Table came in 3rd place for Best Comic at the 9th BL Awards in 2018. Anime News Network reviewed Our Dining Table favorably, calling the series "charming."
For the television drama adaptation, '' called the series "heart-warming."
References
2015 manga
2020s Japanese LGBT-related television series
2023 Japanese television series debuts
Cooking in anime and manga
Gentosha manga
Japanese boys' love television series
Japanese television dramas based on manga
Josei manga
Seven Seas Entertainment titles
Yaoi anime and manga |
76496768 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30.5%20cm%20MRK%20L/25 | 30.5 cm MRK L/25 | The 30.5 cm Mantel Ring Kanone L/25 was a 30.5 cm 25 caliber long Krupp Mantel Ring Kanone. It was a further development of the earlier 30.5 cm MRK L/22. It came in different models. The Dutch Army used one of these models as coastal artillery. Due to changes in the interior configuration of the gun, this was basically a shorter version of the 30.5 cm MRK L/35.
Context
The preceding Krupp 30.5 cm L/22
The 1862 Battle of Hampton Roads showed how difficult it was for contemporary artillery to penetrate a ship's armor. This started a race to increase the effectiveness of armor and artillery. For the latter this meant a steady increase in caliber, length, and explosive charge. In 1868, Krupp demonstrated the excellence of its cast steel rifled breech loading built-up guns of 21 and 24 cm caliber. Meanwhile, the caliber of heavy guns continued to increase.
At the 1873 Vienna World's Fair, Krupp showed a 30.5 cm L/22 Ring Kanone, which it had developed on its own initiative. The gun drew the attention of the German Navy, who wanted to use it for its coastal defence. It ordered a few guns of the Vienna model, but did not take it into use as coastal artillery. Somewhat later, the German Navy ordered the 30.5 cm MRK L/22 for its gunboats of the Wespe class. This was a hooped and jacketed version of the Vienna gun, which had only been hooped.
Characteristics of the early model
In June 1878 Friedrich Alfred Krupp invited artillery officers from 13 countries to visit the Krupp firing ranges. On 2 and 3 July tests took place on the firing range in Meppen. These would also be the first major test of the firing range itself.
The main subject of the tests was an improved version of the 35.5 cm RK. At a weight of 52t against 57.5t for the previous model, it was much lighter. It was also longer: 8.888 m vs. 8 m. The effectiveness of the 35.5 cm gun made a big impression. In a long description of the event there were also two sentences referring to the successful test of a 30.5 cm gun at 2,000 m and the test of a 28 cm gun at 10,000 m.
A Dutch officer officer summarized the tests as involving 'long steel guns of 35, 30 and 15 cm' and 'the short steel gun of 28 cm recently adopted by the Dutch navy' (28 cm A No. 1 gun). A calculation of the length in calibers of these 'long' guns, shows that these were 25 calibers long (L/25). It meant that for its big guns, Krupp now offered a standard length of L/25 instead of L/22. Krupp also used the label 'lange' for the 30.5 cm L/25.
The early model had a total length of 7,650 mm, a length of bore of 6,720 mm, and weighed 38,700 kg. It had 68 grooves, with the fields in between being 4.5 mm wide. The old coastal carriage weighed 20,950 kg. It gave the gun a firing height of 2.38 m and allowed 18 degrees elevation and 6 degrees declination. The early model fired steel and chilled iron grenades of 333 kg and a regular cast iron grenade of 282 kg. The explosive charge that propelled these projectiles weighed 72 kg. The steel grenade had an initial velocity of 500 m/s. All projectiles were 2.8 caliber long.
The use of an explosive charge of only 72 kg makes it appear as if the early model was basically a lengthened 30.5 cm MRK L/22, which also used 72 kg of gunpowder in the first years that it was used. The difference in length of bore was 6.72 vs 5.77 m or 95 cm. The difference in overall length was 7.65 vs 6.70 m, which is also 95 cm. The rifling of the two guns was different.
During the test, the gun fired 10 shot at a target 2,000 m away. The first shot hit 175 cm below and 255 cm to the right of the target. The other nine shot did not deviate more than 115 cm from the target. The velocity was about 495 m/s at 75 m from the muzzle.
The tests in Meppen also gave some data about the space that the gunpowder had to explode in, the . On average, this was 943 mm long with a diameter of 311 mm. This was equal to 71.63 dm3 or 1.0 dm3 per kg of pulver with a charge of 72 kg.
The Dutch model
The model for the Netherlands
In the Netherlands, the Minister of War and other authorities had also noted the Vienna 30.5 cm L/22 Ring Kanone. One of the highest Dutch defense priorties was the naval base Willemsoord at Den Helder. In 1876, the Netherlands wanted to use the Vienna gun at Den Helder. The reasoning was simple. The new battery that was to be built as part of the Fortifications of Den Helder had to able to penetrate the armor of any ship that was shallow enough to pass the deep water in front of it. Referring to an 1875 test of the Vienna gun, the minister of war stated that only the 30,5 cm caliber gun could do that.
Delayed construction of Fort Harssens
In 1879, the Dutch government finally decided to build Fort Harssens at Den Helder. This fortress would have two armored cupolas with two 30.5 cm guns each. Just like the German navy's projected 30.5 cm L/22 Ring Kanone had become the 30.5 cm MRK L/22 when it was finally ordered, the 30.5 cm had even further evolved by the time the Dutch wanted to order the guns for the fortress. This happened in mid-1880.
A shortened 30.5 cm L/35
By the time that the Dutch wanted to order their first 30.5 cm MRK L/25, Krupp had switched to the (jacketed and hooped) construction. Krupp had also introduced longer models, which profited from discoveries in the field of gunpowder. The Dutch government then chose and ordered a gun that was apparently a Krupp catalogue model. It shot a 330 kg projectile which was supposed to have a velocity of 530 m/s, resulting in a Vis viva of 4,745 M.T.
During 1881, Krupp then developed a 30.5 cm gun of 35 calibers length. By changing the grooves, and widening the powder chamber, it was able to use a heavier explosive charge and longer (i.e. heavier) projectiles. The Dutch then opted to wait for the test results of this new model. When these March 1882 tests proved positive, the inner configuration of the only 25 caliber long Dutch gun was changed to get a widened powder chamber and the same grooves as the L/35. This allowed the Dutch gun to fire projectiles that were 3.5 caliber long and weighed 455 kg. (Instead of 2.8 caliber long and weighing 333 kg for the early model)
One can wonder why the Dutch government did not chose the 28 cm MRK L/35 over what was then essentially a shortened 30.5 cm MRK L/35. Due to its higher velocity, the 28 cm MRK L/35 was just as powerful as the 30.5 cm L/25, but more economical in use as it fired a lighter projectile and used less gunpowder. However, the 28 cm's greater length would require the armored cupolas of Harssens to have a diameter that was about 1 m bigger, leading to an extra cost of about 200,000 guilders, annulling all these savings. A further aspect was that heavier projectiles retained more of their vis viva at longer distances. A third aspect was that a longer section of the 28 cm MRK L/35 would stick out of the cupola, increasing the risk that the gun would get knocked out by enemy fire.
Technical characteristics
The total length of the gun was 7,650 mm, or 7,650/305 = 25 calibers (rounded). The length of bore was 6,720 mm. The rifling consisted of 68 grooves. These were 9.5 mm wide and 1.75 mm deep. The space between the grooves was 4.5 mm wide. The weight of the barrel including the breech piece was 38,000 kg.
The widened powder chamber of the Dutch version had a length of 1,136 mm and a diameter of 350 mm. Its size can be estimated as (350/2)2 * 1,136 = 109.30 dm3. However, the length of the normal burning space () was longer at 1,490 mm for the projectiles in use in 1883. The difference with the early model (943 mm long with a diameter of 311 mm, see above) explains how the Dutch version could use use a far higher explosive charge.
The gun fired a 3.5 caliber long of chilled wrought steel grenade, weighing 455 kg and carrying 10 kg of explosives.
The regular grenade was a 4 caliber long of cast iron, weighing 455 kg and carrying 18 kg of explosives.
In 1882 the Dutch army was allowed to test several kinds of gunpowder using the Krupp 30.5 cm L/35. It also tried gunpowder made in the Netherlands, but this proved far less effective than the prismatic gunpowder that had been made available by Krupp.
During tests in 1882, a Dutch gunpowder manufacturer from Muiden provided a gunpowder that was not nearly as good as that which some German manufacturers made, but was of acceptable quality, However, when the gunpwoder factory exploded in Januar 1883, the order for gunpowder went to the Pulverfabrik Düneberg near Geesthacht. On 1 June 1883, a contract was signed for the delivery of 70,000 kg of brown prismatic gunpowder. In the second half of 1883, the Dutch then tested the gun and gunpowder at the shooting range in Meppen. With a charge of 120 kg, the velocity was 467 m/s. The average pressure in the gun was 2,370 Atm. A second test in June 1884 yielded almost identical results.
Other 30.5 cm MRK L/25 models
In general, Krupp quickly went on to make ever longer guns. As explained above, the 28 cm MRK L/35 was just as effective as a 25 caliber long 30.5 cm gun, but cheaper in use. For armored fortress cupolas this was different.
It might be that Krupp therefore continued to offer a short version of its 30.5 cm MRK L/35. There is some data of a Krupp 30.5 cm L/25 gun in 1885. It weighed 40,000 kg and fired a shot of 455 kg with an explosive charge of 138 kg. Initial velocity was 475 m/s.
Notes
References
Naval guns of Germany
World War I naval weapons
Naval guns of the Netherlands |
76496771 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanhlupuii | Vanhlupuii | Vanhlupuii (2 July 1946 – 30 March 2024) was an Indian Mizo vocalist and a Top Grade Artist of All India Radio (AIR) from Mizoram.
Early life and education
Born in Dawrpui, Aizawl, Mizoram, she was the daughter of the poet and composer Vankhama and Laldengi. She was also the granddaughter of the first Mizo pastor Vanchhunga. She began to learn music at the age of five, but had no formal training. She was the first Mizo woman to complete a Bachelor of Commerce degree. Along with B Lalzela, she was a founder of Central High School in Aizawl.
Career
Her career with AIR began in 1957. She achieved a Grade ‘A’ in 1969 and eventually secured the title of Top Grade Artist. Vanhlupuii's repertoire spanned a range of genres, including English and Mizo songs. She formed a band named "The Beginners" with her brothers and friends, and the "Vans" along with her siblings. Vanhlupuii performed in various cities in India and abroad, including at the Seventh Day Adventist Church conference in Utrecht, Netherlands.
Personal life and death
Vanhlupuii married Lalthuama and they had three children. She died from a stroke and kidney disease on 30 March 2024, at the age of 77.
Awards
1980 LG Trophy
Jyoty Prasad Agarwal Award for North East Outstanding Artist in 1978.
Lelte Weely Lifetime Achievement Award
Zolentu Singer of the Century
1999 AIR, Top Grade Artist
1966, 67, 68 Thalfavang Kut 1st Prize
Discography
Vanhlupuii has recorded and published the following albums:
Thala Huaisen (Otto Aizawl), 1984
I hun tithianghlim la (USA), 1985
Vankhama hlate (Otto Aizawl), 1991
See also
Mizo music
References
1946 births
2024 deaths
People from Aizawl
Mizo people
Indian women singer-songwriters
Indian singer-songwriters
Musicians from Mizoram
20th-century Indian singers
Singers from Mizoram
20th-century Indian women singers |
76496791 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer%20Stock%20%28musical%29 | Summer Stock (musical) | Summer Stock is a musical with a book by Cheri Steinkellner. The show includes many of the songs from the original 1950 film of the same name that starred Judy Garland and Gene Kelly, including Get Happy.
The musical is set in the 1950s in New England, where Jane Falbury runs her family farm. Her sister Gloria returns home with her touring vaudeville troupe, offering to let them use their barn as a theatre to rehearse a new show. Trouble ensues when Jane falls for Joe, the group's stage director. Meanwhile, wealthy socialite Margaret Wingate is trying to purchase the Falbury Farm to use the land for commercial purposes.
Production history
Goodspeed (2023)
The musical premiered at the Goodspeed Opera House on July 7, 2023, and closed on August 27, 2023. The show was directed and choreographed by Donna Feore. Orchestrations were done by Doug Besterman.
Original cast and characters
Musical numbers
Act I
"Get Happy" - Jane
"Happy Days Are Here Again" - Company
"Accentuate The Positive" - Gloria, Joe, Phil
"I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" - Jane, Joe
"Always" - Margaret, Orville
"Always (reprise)" - Jane
"It's Only a Paper Moon" - Joe
"The Best Things in Life Are Free" - Henry, Gloria
"Dig For Your Dinner" - Jane, Joe, Phil
"Me and My Shadow* - Jane, Gloria
"Howdy Neighbor, Happy Harvest" - Joe
"Red Hot Momma" - Margaret, Montgomery
"Til We Meet Again, You Wonderful You" - Company
Act II
"June Night" - Henry
"Some Of These Days" - Jane, Gloria, Margaret, Montgomery
"Joe's Dance" - Joe
"I'm Always Chasing Rainbows (reprise)" - Jane
"It All Depends On You" - Jane, Gloria
"Always (reprise)" - Margaret
"Everybody Step" - TJ
"Lucky Day" - Phil, Orville
"How Ya Gonna Keep Em Down At The Farm" - Jane
"Hinky Dinky Parlez Vous" - Jane
"It Had To Be You" - Joe
"Get Happy (reprise)" - Jane
"You Wonderful You (reprise)" - Company
References
External links
2023 musicals
Musicals based on films
Musicals set in the 1950s
Musicals set in New England
Backstage musicals |
76496816 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pio%20Soli | Pio Soli | Pio Soli (1847 – 21 May 1906) was an Italian architect. He primarily worked in the town of Sanremo on the Italian Riviera, designing numerous elegant villas that still characterize the town to this day.
Biography
Soli was from Castelnuovo Scrivia, where he was born on March 22, 1847, to Antonio and Maria Corni. He later settled in Sanremo, where he arrived as the trusted architect of Giovanni Marsaglia.
In his work, he was a follower of the French architect Charles Garnier, who had long been operating in the nearby town of Bordighera.
His works include, among others, Villa Nobel (1892), Villa Stefania (1896), and Villa del Sole (1898).
References
19th-century Italian architects |
76496818 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lousy%20Carter | Lousy Carter | Lousy Carter is a 2023 American comedy film written, directed, and produced by Bob Byington and starring David Krumholtz in the title role.
Premise
Lousy Carter (Krumholtz) was once an acclaimed animator as a young man, but has settled into his middle-aged life as a mediocre college literature professor with a cantankerous personality. When visiting the doctor, he learns that he only has six months to live due to a terminal illness. Rather than trying to turn his life around, he tells no one about his diagnosis and simply continues on with his unexceptional life and failed relationships.
Cast
David Krumholtz as Lousy Carter
Martin Starr as Kaminsky
Olivia Thirlby as Candela
Jocelyn DeBoer as Olivia Kaminsky
Trieste Kelly Dunn as Sister
Stephen Root as Analyst
Macon Blair as Dick Anthony
Luxy Banner as Gail
Production
Jay Duplass was originally set to star before dropping out and being replaced by David Krumholtz.
The film was shot in 15 days in December 2021, primarily at the Baker Center in Austin, Texas.
Release
After premiering at the 76th Locarno Film Festival, the film was acquired by Magnolia Pictures for domestic distribution. The film was released in the United States on March 29, 2024.
Reception
Lousy Carter received generally positive reviews from critics, with a 77% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
References
External links
2023 films
2023 comedy films
American comedy films
American independent films
2020s English-language films
2020s American films
Films directed by Bob Byington
Films shot in Austin, Texas |
76496825 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad%20Dog%20H%C3%B6ek | Mad Dog Höek | Mad Dog Höek is the 8th episode of the second season of The Ren & Stimpy Show that originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on 21 November 1992.
Plot
In a parody of professional wrestling, Ren and Stimpy had joined a WWF-like professional wrestling promotion under the stage names of Mad Dog Höek and Killer Kadoogan. Stimpy expresses concern that he might be hurt, but Ren reassures them that professional wresting is fake and that no one will be harmed. The opponents of Ren and Stimpy are the well named Lout brothers, Lump and Loaf. In the tag-team wresting match, the Lout brothers dominate the match and inflict much pain on Ren and Stimpy. Ren fights back, but is overwhelmed while Stimpy takes a masochistic pleasure in being beaten up. It is revealed that the outcome of the match has been decided in advance by the promoters and at the appointed time the Lout brothers lose in an unlikely manner despite the way that they have dominated the match. At the end of the match, the Lout brothers vow revenge for their defeat while Stimpy gives a deranged rant about how he and someone named Darrin really like the Lout brothers.
Cast
Ren-voice of John Kricfalusi
Stimpy-voice of Billy West
Lump Lout-voice of Bob Camp
The Announcer-voice of Billy West
Loaf Lout-voice of Bob Camp
Production
For the second season of The Ren & Stimpy Show, production of the episodes was divided into an "A" unit headed by the showrunner, John Kricfalusi which were more prestigious and a "B" unit headed by Bob Camp, which were not. Mad Dog Höek was one of the "B" productions assigned to Camp. The "A" productions headed by Kricfalusi had more time and money devoted to them while Kricfalusi later stated that "corners were cut" on the "B" productions which were seen by him just as a way of fulfilling the quota of episodes ordered by the Nickelodeon network. Camp decided the cartoonist world of professional wrestling with its over-the-top storylines and caricatured characters would make for a good subject for a cartoon. Production moved forward swiftly on the "B" productions as Camp was less of a perfectionist than Kircfalusi. Camp described himself as beign "more about the gag" as the episodes directed by him tended to be light on plot and were instead just merely a collection of gags centered around a single theme, in this case professional wrestling.
Reception
The American journalist Thad Komorowski in a review gave Mad Dog Höek three and a half stars, writing it was an amusing parody of the already cartoonist and silly world of professional wresting with Stimpy giving a "completly deranged fit" at the end.
Books
References
1992 American television episodes
The Ren & Stimpy Show episodes |
76496829 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luz%20Cristina%20L%C3%B3pez | Luz Cristina López | Luz Cristina López Trejos (born March 20, 1976) is a Colombian physical education graduate and business administrator, currently serving as the Minister of Sports since March 5, 2024.
Notes
References
External links
Living people
Petro administration cabinet members
Government ministers of Colombia
Women government ministers of Colombia
21st-century Colombian politicians
21st-century Colombian women politicians
Colombian educators
Women educators
Saint Thomas Aquinas University alumni
Sports ministers |
76496833 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swainsona%20luteola | Swainsona luteola | Swainsona luteola is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the eastern Australia. It is a prostrate or low-lying to semi-erect perennial with imparipinnate leaves with usually 3 to 17 narrowly elliptic leaflets, and racemes of 5 to 15 purple, sometimes yellow flowers.
Description
Swainsona luteola is a prostrate or low-lying to semi-erect perennial plant, that typically grows to a height of up to about and has hairy stems. The leaves are imparipinnate, mostly long with 3 to 17 narrowly elliptic leaflets, the side leaflets long and wide with stipules long at the base of the petioles. The flowers are purple, sometimes yellow, long, arranged in racemes of 5 to 15, long, on a peduncle long. The sepals are joined at the base to form a tube long, with lobes equal to or longer than the tube. The standard petal is long and wide, the wings long and the keel long and about deep. The fruit is a narrowly elliptic pod long and wide, with the remains of the curved style long.
Taxonomy and naming
Swainsona luteola was first formally described in 1859 by Ferdinand von Mueller in his Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae from specimens collected near Peak Downs. The specific epithet (luteola) means "yellowish".
Distribution
This species of swainsona grows in heavy soils in open grassland on the western slopes and plains of New South Wales and in south-eastern Queensland mostly west of the Great Dividing Range.
References
luteola
Fabales of Australia
Flora of New South Wales
Flora of Queensland
Plants described in 1859
Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller |
76496884 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrikant%20Chaturvedi | Shrikant Chaturvedi | Shrikant Chaturvedi is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party, currently a Member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly for Maihar Assembly constituency since the 2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.
References
Living people
Madhya Pradesh MLAs 2023–2028
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Madhya Pradesh |
76496888 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University%20of%20Tokyo%20Hospital | University of Tokyo Hospital | The University of Tokyo Hospital (東京大学医学部附属病院, Tōkyō daigaku igakubu fuzoku byōin) is an academic health science centre and tertiary referral hospital located in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. The hospital is part of the University of Tokyo's Faculty of Medicine. It is one of the country's fifteen core clinical research hospitals, which are hospitals that also serve as medical research centres with large government grants.
It has consistently been ranked as the best hospital in the country in several hospital rankings. Newsweek's World's Best Hospitals 2023 ranks it 17th in the world, 2nd in Asia, and 1st in Japan. Notably, it serves as the primary hospital for the Imperial Family of Japan, with both the current emperor and the emperor emeritus having undergone major operations there.
Departments
The hospital is organised as below:
Internal Medicine Departments
General Internal Medicine
Cardiology
Respiratory Medicine
Gastroenterology
Nephrology & Endocrinology
Diabetes & Metabolism
Hematology & Oncology
Allergy & Rheumatology
Infectious Diseases
Neurology
Geriatric Medicine
Psychosomatic Medicine
Surgical Departments
General Surgery
Stomach & Esophageal Surgery
Colorectal & Anal Surgery
Liver, Bile Duct, & Pancreatic Surgery
Vascular Surgery
Breast & Endocrine Surgery
Artificial Organ & Transplant Surgery
Cardiac Surgery
Thoracic Surgery
Neurosurgery
Anesthesiology & Pain Centre
Urology & Men's Health
Women's Surgery
Sensory & Motor Functions Departments
Dermatology
Ophthalmology & Vision Correction
Orthopedic Surgery & Spinal Surgery
Otorhinolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery
Rehabilitation
Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery & Orthodontics
Pediatrics, Perinatal & Women's Health Departments
Pediatrics
Pediatric Surgery
Gynecology & Obstetrics
Psychiatry and Neurology Departments
Psychiatry and Neurology
Radiology Departments
Radiology
Emergency Departments
Emergency Medicine
References
Hospitals in Tokyo
Hospitals established in 1858
University of Tokyo |
76496911 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javier%20Cabrera | Javier Cabrera | Javier Cabrera may refer to:
Javier Cabrera (football manager) (born 1984), Spanish football manager
Javier Cabrera (footballer) (born 1992), Uruguayan footballer |
76496922 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rub%C3%A9n%20Dom%C3%ADnguez | Rubén Domínguez | Rubén Domínguez may refer to:
Rubén Domínguez (tenor) (1935-2015), Venezuelan tenor
Rubén Domínguez (footballer) (born 1987), Spanish football manager and former footballer
Rubén Domínguez (basketball) (born 2003), Spanish basketball player |
76496934 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big%20Baby%20Scam | Big Baby Scam | Big Baby Scam is the 9th episode of the second season of The Ren & Stimpy Show that originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on 12 December 1992.
Plot
Ren and Stimpy are once again homeless and starving. Upon seeing two babies in a crib, Ren tells Stimpy that the life of a baby is a pampered one. He devises a scheme where he will bribe the two infants to leave and that he and Stimpy will take their places. He contacts the two twin brothers, Shawn and Eugene, who are portrayed as being like gangsters who agree to leave in exchange for $50. Ren and Stimpy take the place of Shawn and Eugene. The parents of the two boys, the perpetually clueless couple Mr. and Mrs. Pipe, are apparently incapable of noticing that their sons have been replaced by a dog and cat. Ren discovers that the life of a baby is not what he expected and is subjected to various humiliations at the hands of the Pipes. A policeman brings back Shawn and Eugene Pipe and exposes the scam. Ren asks for the return of his "50" and receives it when the two brothers give him 50 punches.
Cast
Ren-voice of John Kricfalusi
Stimpy-voice of Billy West
Mrs. Pipe-voice of Cheryl Chase
Mr. Pipe-voice of Billy West
Shawn Pipe-voice of Harris Peet
The policeman-voice of Billy West
Eugene Pipe-voice of Harris Peet
Production
The episode was directed by Vincent Waller who drew the episode largely by himself. Production on Big Baby Scam was so troubled and over-budget that the lay-out stage of production was normally done at the Spümcø studio in Los Angeles was assigned to the Rough Draft Korea studio in Seoul as a cost-saving measure. Waller went to South Korea to supervise the lay-out work and had the task completed in three weeks. The episode was heavily censored by the Nickelodeon which removed the scene of the nude "family bath" where Ren stares intendedly at the breasts of Mrs. Pipe along with the scene where Mr. Pipe rubs Ren across his facial stubble.
Reception
The British critic Becky Barnicoat wrote that The Ren & Stimpy Show was "confounding" when it first aired in the United Kingdom in 1994 on the BBC, writing it featured a level of violence and vulgarity not seen in any cartoon aired on British television before. Barnicoat used the nude "family bath" scene in Big Baby Scam (which was not censored in the United Kingdom) as an example of how revolutionary The Ren & Stimpy Show was as there had never been a cartoon with scenes such as that aired before.
Books
References
1992 American television episodes
The Ren & Stimpy Show episodes |
76496941 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel%20Flores%20%28footballer%2C%20born%202000%29 | Daniel Flores (footballer, born 2000) | Daniel Leonardo Flores (born 11 November 2000) is a Dominican Republic football player who plays as a midfielder for Royal Pari F.C. and the Dominican Republic national team.
References
Daniel Leonardo Flores — Royal Pari: Midfielder, Profile & News
Daniel Flores :: Royal Pari FC :: Player Profile :: playmakerstats.com
Penalty
Dominican Republic - D. Flores - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway
Daniel Flores (Player)
2000 births
Living people |
76496943 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sa%C3%ADde%20Mingas | Saíde Mingas | Avelino Henrique Saíde Vieira Dias Rodrigues Mingas (13 February 1934 – 27 May 1977) was an Angolan economist, writer, soldier, and politician who was a notable figure in the anti-colonial struggle for independence in Angola. He was the first Minister of Finance of an independent Angola and one of the ten members of the first national legislature, the Revolutionary Council of the People (or the "Council of the Revolution"). He was also a member of the Central Committee of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA). A close associate of Agostinho Neto and Lúcio Lara, he was killed by people associated with the fractionists during the 1977 Angolan coup attempt.
Biography
Mingas was born in the Ingombota zone of Luanda, on 13 February 1934, the son of André "Mongone" Rodrigues Mingas and Antónia Diniz de Aniceto Vieira Dias. Some of his siblings are also notable figures in Angolan history, such as singers and composers and Ruy Mingas, the latter of whom wrote the Angolan national anthem; linguist and investigator Amélia Mingas; athlete and administrator Júlia Rodrigues Mingas; and police captain José "Zé" Rodrigues Mingas. His family has also had a very strong connection to Angolan nationalism, primarily through his father, André Mongone, founder and one of the leaders of the African National League, and through his uncle, , a pioneer of Angolan pop music and a founding member of the MPLA.
As a member of an upper-class African family in Luanda, he was able to receive extensive schooling, concluding his studies at the Instituto Médio Industrial de Luanda. However, he soon began involving himself with the anti-colonial struggle, mainly using literature as his form of political expression.
He became a militant in the nationalist movements, influenced by his uncle. However, as a result of both his uncle and his father being arrested in the beginning of the 1960s, he moved to Portugal for his studies. There, he came to be known as an excellent athlete and sportsman. While playing for a local sports team, he was warned that he would be arrested. He was able to outsmart the Portuguese police under the pretext of participating in a sports competition in Spain, and subsequently fled to Paris. He took refuge with Mário Pinto de Andrade, owing to his formal affiliation with the MPLA.
He remained serving in various European offices of the MPLA during a certain period until he was able to receive a scholarship to continue his studies in Cuba. While in Cuba, he graduated as an economist at the Instituto de Planificación Física and earned a doctorate degree in economics from the University of Havana. He also received military training with a specialization in martial arts. His time in Cuba transformed him, along with being a nationalist, also into a Marxist.
He returned to the party headquarters in Brazzaville in 1971, obtaining the rank of major, becoming a member of and fighting with the People's Armed Forces of Liberation of Angola (EPLA), under the pseudonym Lutuima. He was named the Director of the Center of Revolutionary Instruction of the Eastern Front, a position he occupied until 1972, including a time when in which he assumed leadership of the “Movement of Readjustment of the Eastern Front”. In 1972, he was transferred to the Department of Foreign Relations, being also invited to work in the party's regional offices in Lusaka. While there, he officially made his codename, Saíde, his legal name.
After his roles on the Eastern Front and in Lusaka, he rose quickly to leadership positions in the MPLA, going on to become a part of the inner circles of Neto and Lara, mainly during the Active Revolt in Brazzaville. He was invited by Neto to serve as the chief of the MPLA office in Stockholm, Sweden, in the European country that most strongly supported the MPLA outside of those in the Socialist Bloc. He makes mention of his time in Cuba and Sweden in his poems, publishing them in a collection for the first time in Stockholm. He adopted the literary pseudonym "Gasmin Rodrigues". He was proven to be a formidable polyglot, having learned, along with Portuguese, Spanish, English, Swedish, Russian, and French.
In the middle of the Carnation Revolution and the expectations of the decolonization of Angola, he was invited by Neto in July 1974 to serve in as a party representative at the Organisation of African Unity to discuss and attempt one last solution to split the Active Revolt and the Eastern Revolt. Frustrated and obliged to, he received permission with other commanders to reformulate the EPLA and transformed it into the People's Armed Forces of Liberation of Angola (FAPLA).
On 8 November 1974 he lodged with the “delegation of 26” of the party, led by secretary-general Lara. His participation contributed to his rapid ascension into leadership positions in the MPLA, including being elected to the Central Committee of the Movement. In January 1975, at the Alvor Agreement, he organized the Presidential Council on the Transition of Government as the minister of Planning and Finances.
The functions of the transitional governments cabinet were suspended in August 1975, with Mingas returning to combat as a major in FAPLA, being on the front lines to capture Luanda. The MPLA forces were victorious with guaranteed control of the capital. Even while in armed combat, he took part in, as a request of Manuel Rui, the writing of a constitutional document as a coordinator, writing the main economic tenets of the Angolan Constitution of 1975.
With the proclamation of Angolan independence on 11 November 1975, he took office as part of the aforementioned Revolutionary Council, along with heading the Directory of Agriculture and Accounting Services. He reformed the directory and, in March 1976, became the first Minister of Finance of the new country. In terms of financial and economic policy, he established a period of especially cautious transition against enormous financial difficulties for the country, attempting to contain increasing public debt, maintaining balance and budgetary losses, and creating institutional financial stability.
Death
By 1976, there began to be a secretly formed opposition group within the MPLA called the Fractionists (or the nitistas), that had promoted inflammatory rhetoric against the “white-mestiço elite”, as well as against socioeconomic policies that they had attributed to the continuing widespread and deeply embedded poverty in Angola. This came after the war for independence but right as the civil war began to take form. The latter point made Mingas, a moderate within the movement, a personal adversary of the nitistas.
On their side, during a meeting with the Central Committee of the MPLA in February 1977, Mingas was one of those who accused the nitistas of “fractionalism”. Along with this, on 21 May 1977, he became aware of documents relating to the expulsion of Nito Alves and from the party. At the same time, his youngest brother, Zé Mingas, a police commander in the Directory of Information and Security of Angola (DISA), had become a supporter of the nitistas and informed Alves of plans to dismantle the coup attempt against the state.
On 27 May 1977, the nitistas attempted to overthrow the state. Various national leaders were taken hostage, among them Mingas, who had driven to meet with Neto and lead a group to attempt to retake the 9th Brigade headquarters and take control of the mutinous troops. Mingas was captured by the nitistas from DISA and was taken, along with Eugénio Nzaji and other military personnel against the revolt, to Sambizanga, where they were later burned alive. Zé Mingas was not aware of the plans of the nitistas to kidnap and kill his own brother, and himself was ultimately killed during the violent repression by the state against the coup attempt.
Legacy
Mingas is remembered as one of the greatest national heroes of Angola. His name is given to a plaza in Luanda, near the National Bank of Angola building, as well as various governmental institutions. There are many other monuments and public places spread throughout the country.
In 2019, president of Angola João Lourenço ordered the revision of the official history of the events of the 1977 coup attempt inside the “Reconciliation Plan in Memory of Victims of Armed Conflict in Angola”. Mingas’ daughter, lawyer Xissole Madeira Vieira Dias Mingas, received, in June 2021, her father's official death certificate.
References
1934 births
1977 deaths
People from Luanda
University of Havana alumni
Angolan politicians
Angolan writers
MPLA politicians
Angolan economists
Angolan independence activists
Angolan revolutionaries
Angolan Marxists
People executed by burning |
76496965 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smokin%20Joes%20Trading%20Post | Smokin Joes Trading Post | Smokin Joes Trading Post is an American cigarette manufacturer and retailer headquartered in Niagara Falls, New York. It was founded by Joe Anderson in 1985.
History
Anderson, a member of the Tuscaroran tribe, started the Smokin Joes Trading Post company in 1985 out of his unheated trailer. The company employed tax loopholes to sell tobacco and gasoline products on New York reservations, first establishing a Smokin Joes Brand cigarette production facility on the Tuscarora reservation in 1994 before expanding production to other reservations.
In 2013, Anderson was sued by the United States for $2.4 million in tobacco assets.
In 2018, New York State bought 11 acres of land in Niagara Falls from Smokin Joes for $25 million.
References
Retail companies based in New York (state)
American companies established in 1985
Cigarette brands
Niagara Falls, New York
1985 establishments in New York (state) |
76496977 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akhania | Akhania | Akhania is a genus of flowering plants in the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae. It includes three species native to the eastern Mediterranean and western and central Asia, ranging from Greece through western Asia to the Caucasus, Kazakhstan, and Afghanistan.
Akhania includes small shrubs or subshrubs 20 to 100 cm tall. The plants have a bushy habit, with several or numerous stems, small linear or broadly lanceolate leaves which are bright green, glaucous, or grayish and 5–35 mm long by 1–3 mm wide.
The genus Akhania is named after the Iranian botanist Hossein Akhani. Its species were formerly placed in the genera Salsola or Caroxylon. A genetic and morphological analysis concluded that the three species formed a distinct clade which is sister to Caroxylon.
Species
Three species are accepted:
Akhania canescens – western and central Asia, from Turkey and Palestine to Afghanistan and Kazakhstan
Akhania carpatha – the Greek Islands of Crete, Karpathos, and the Cyclades
Akhania daghestanica – endemic to Dagestan in the northeastern Caucasus.
References
Amaranthaceae genera
Palearctic flora
Amaranthaceae |
76496980 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tegelijk%20groen | Tegelijk groen | , commonly translated as all directions green, also known as bike scramble,) is a traffic rule in the Netherlands allowing bicycles to cross an intersection at the same time from all sides. The all-cross phasing for bicycles was invented in Groningen, which has recorded no more fatal motor accidents since then. Cyclists must coordinate the crossing spontaneously, as no side has priority. Priority to the right does not hold in case of accident.
The rule is planned to be introduced in Belgium as a square green for cyclists (Dutch: , French: ) for cyclists (and pedestrians, as a pedestrian scramble) in autumn 2025.
See also
Idaho stop
References
External links
Bicycle law
Traffic law
Cycling in the Netherlands |
76496989 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janani%20Ashok%20Kumar | Janani Ashok Kumar | Janani Ashok Kumar (born 28 November 1992) is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Tamil television. she is best known for her role, Bharathi on Zee Tamil's soap opera Idhayam. Janani is also known for her roles in the television shows Mappillai, Sembaruthi, Mouna Raagam and Naam Iruvar Namakku Iruvar.
She also runs a Youtube channel vlogging her daily life.
Filmography
Television
Films
''Yemaali (2018) as Maari
See also
List of Indian television actresses
References
External links
Janani Ashok Kumar on Instagram
Living people
1992 births
Actresses in Tamil television
Actresses in Tamil cinema
21st-century Indian actresses
Indian television actresses |
76496990 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky%27s%20First%20Love | Lucky's First Love | Lucky's First Love () is a 2019 Chinese television series based on a novel with the same title by An Siyuan, starring Xing Zhaolin and Bai Lu. It aired in iQIYI on 25 September until 18 October 2019 every Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays for 24 episodes.
Synopsis
A story about first love and romances from the perspective of three couples in the workplace. It tells an independent and potential brimming young woman Xing Yun (played by Bai Lu) who crosses paths with a black-bellied CEO Xia Ke (played by Xing Zhaolin). At first, Xiang Yun is recruited to work at Xia Ke's gaming company, where she changed from a sketch artist to a gaming designer. In the other side, the determined and headstrong Xia Ke chose to make the business on his own, not succeeded it from his family. The two continuously bicker with each other, until love blooms between them.
Broadcast
Cast
Main
Xing Zhaolin as Xia Ke
A domineering, talented, yet sinister CEO of a famous gaming company "TIG" who chooses to build his own business, not inherits it from his family. He slowly falls in love with Xing Yun, even only showing his calm demeanor to her.
Bai Lu as Xing Yun
Born on 23 September 1994, she is a smart and hard-working sketch artist. Silly, cute, geeky, sensible, she is actually Chu Nan's girlfriend before eventually falls in love with her own boss, Xia Ke.
Supporting
Zhai Zilu as He Yu
Xia Ke's collegemate and a love expert who always hits the right target and is loved by everyone. He likes Xing Yun at first, but later becomes Yao Qing's boyfriend.
Chen Haolan as Yao Qing
Xia Ke's collegemate, a capable and chich young woman who just relies on her own efforts to win. She actually has a crush on Xia Ke before He Yu.
Liu Ruoyan as Shen Qing
Xia Ke's older sister, a mature and charming woman who can be blind in love. She is Chu Nan's girlfriend who was separated due to her mother's objection but able to marry him in the end.
Huang Jidong as Chu Nan
An elegant gentleman with good-looking features who goes to blind date with Xing Yun. He becomes Shen Qing's boyfriend and later marry her.
Li Linfei as Amy, Xia Ke's assistant.
Jessie Li as Xu Yiyi
Fu Bohan as Shen Xiaoxi, Shen Qing's son.
Gao Shiming as Ling Shan
Hong Jianing as Meng Meng
Zhao Xinchong as Dong Dong
Zhou Ruijun as Zhang Sirui
Cheng Shiyu as Mr. Lin
Cao Yufeng as Joe
Zhang Ruofeng as A Kai
Li Honglei as Lao Hu
Feng Dalu ad Uncle An
Bi Hui as Xing Cheng
Qu Gang as Zhuang Lao
Osaki Akira as Mr. Fu You
Main characters family
Fang Fang as Fang Ling, Xia Ke's grandmother
Zhou Xiaoli as Xing Yun's mother
Xu Yongge as Xing Yun's father
Bian Tao as Chu Nan's father
Zhou Ling as Chu Nan's mother
Company personnels
Yang Shu as Director Wang
Gavin Xie as Director Qian
Leng Haiming as President Chen
Zhao Wenming as President Sun
Zhang Shuo as Director Duan
Cheng Hong as President Qin
References
External links
Lucky's First Love on iQIYI
Lucky's First Love on Rakuten Viki
2019 Chinese television series debuts
2019 Chinese television series endings
Chinese romantic comedy television series
Television shows based on Chinese novels
Television shows set in China
Mandarin-language television shows |
76497016 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%20Abu%20Dhabi%20Masters | 2024 Abu Dhabi Masters | The 2024 Abu Dhabi Masters is an upcoming badminton tournament in Abu Dhabi from 1 October to 6 October 2024 and a total prize pool of US$120,000.
Tournament
The 2024 Abu Dhabi Masters is the second edition of the Abu Dhabi Masters. The tournament is sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation.
References
2024 BWF World Tour
2024 in Emirati sport
October 2024 sports events in the United Arab Emirates
External Links
Tournement Link |
76497025 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick%20Uzzell | Dick Uzzell | John Richard Uzzell (born 28 March 1942) is a Welsh former rugby union international.
Biography
Uzzell grew up in the town of Deri in Caerphilly and attended Bargoed Grammar School.
Rugby career
A centre, Uzzell was a Wales Schools representative and played his early rugby with Cross Keys, before joining Newport in the 1961–62 season, on the recommendation of his cousin Brian Price. He is best remembered for a drop goal he kicked against the All Blacks at Rodney Parade in 1963. His 17th-minute drop goal was the only score of a 3–0 win, which made Newport the only side to beat the All Blacks during their 36-match tour.
Uzzell, capped five times, made his Wales debut against the 1963 All Blacks at Cardiff Arms Park, two months after his famous goal. He featured in all four matches of the 1965 Five Nations Championship, as Wales claimed the triple crown.
See also
List of Wales national rugby union players
References
External links
1942 births
Living people
Welsh rugby union players
Wales international rugby union players
Newport RFC players
Cross Keys RFC players
Rugby union players from Caerphilly County Borough
Rugby union centres |
76497030 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zack%20Nelson | Zack Nelson | Zack Mark Anthony Emeka Nelson (born 21 April 2005) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Luton Town.
Career
Nelson was a youth product of Tottenham Hotspur from the age of 7 to 15, before finishing his development with Luton Town after a successful trial. He rose up their youth categories and started training with their senior team in September 2022. On 6 March 2023, he signed his first development contract with Luton Town. On 31 January 2024, he extended his contract with the club. He made his senior and professional debut with Luton Town as a late substitute in a 1–1 tie with Crystal Palace on 9 March 2024.
References
External links
2005 births
Living people
People from Enfield, London
English men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Luton Town F.C. players
Premier League players |
76497059 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delfines%20Hotel%20%26%20Convention%20Center | Delfines Hotel & Convention Center | The Delfines Hotel & Convention Center, formerly known as the Delfines Hotel & Casino and commonly known as the Hotel Los Delfines, is a five-star hotel in San Isidro District, Lima, Peru. From its opening in 1997 until 2010, the hotel was best known for its two bottlenose dolphins, Yaku and Wayra, who gave the hotel its name.
History
The hotel, owned by Jacques Levy Calvo—a Peruvian businessman and banker of French-Jewish descent—and his siblings, opened on July 15, 1997, intended to attract foreign businessmen visiting the city. Its name came from the two dolphins that were trained by Levy's (then) wife, María Elena Llanos. At the time of its opening, it was the first hotel able to host more than 1,000 in an event hall.
In 2008, the hotel's "Salón Mediterráneo" event hall was one of the locations where meetings of that year's summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation were held.
Dolphins
Yaku (born 1988) and Wayra (born 1992) are two male and female bottlenose dolphins that served as the hotel's namesake and main attraction from 1997 to 2010. Born off the coasts of Cuba, they were smuggled to Mexico, where they became known as "Yoyo" and "Laly" until their arrival to Peru, where they were moved to the hotel and renamed to the Quechua words for "water" and "air", respectively.
The dolphins' arrival to Peru in 1997 after their purchase the year before led to an immediate response by animal welfare groups in the country, with the Judiciary of Peru ruling in favour of the hotel, concluding that the pool where they were kept was built prior to the creation of any regulations regarding the maintenance of captive dolphins. Consequently, the dolphins remained in the hotel, accessible to its guests and reportedly exposed to the show lights and street noise.
In 2010, both dolphins were moved from the hotel to another pool in a hill near La Herradura, a beach in Chorrillos District. The new site's poor conditions were condemned by local media, with its small size (12 m in diameter and 3.5 m deep) being highlighted. All visits ceased to be allowed in 2011.
During the entirety of her captivity, Wayra became pregnant four times with ultimately no calf surviving due to the conditions they lived in. The one calf she gave birth to is alleged to have been crushed by her due to the small size of the hotel pool.
Both dolphins were reportedly moved to Dolphin Cove Jamaica, a dolphinarium in Jamaica, on July 18, 2014. These claims have since been disputed, however, by former caretaker Ursula Behr, who was once denied a visit to the dolphins in June 2014. María Elena Llanos, Levy's ex-wife, also denounced the lack of transparency and possible abuse in the animals' transport, highlighting that Yaku's cardiac issues could be fatal if not treated properly.
See also
Country Club Lima Hotel, located next to the hotel
References
Hotels in Lima
San Isidro District, Lima
Hotels established in 1997
Animal welfare and rights in Peru
Animals in entertainment |
76497082 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoku%20%C5%8Czuka%20Kofun | Antoku Ōzuka Kofun | The is a Kofun period burial mound, located in the city of Nakagawa, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The tumulus was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 2016.
Overview
The Antoku Ōzuka Kofun is located on the tip of a west-facing hill with an elevation of about 30 meters, orientated to the west. It is a , which is shaped like a keyhole, having one square end and one circular end, when viewed from aboveIn 1971, the Fukuoka Prefectural Board of Education conducted an archaeological excavation due to the development of a nearby housing complex. As a result, it was found that the total length of the mound was 64 meters, and that the tumulus was built by cutting a moat approximately 10 meter wide from the front and rear hills. The diameter of the posterior circular part is approximately 35 meters and the height is approximately six meters. The rectangular anterior portion is approximately 30 meters long, with a width of approximately 20 meters, and height of two meters. The slopes of both areas were covered with fukiishi, and haniwa. The tumulus had been robbed in antiquity and details of the burial chamber are uncertain. From the haniwa and pottery shards recovered at the site, together with the shape of the mound, it is estimated that this tumulus was built around the latter half of the 4th century, or early in the Kofun period.
See also
List of Historic Sites of Japan (Fukuoka)
References
External links
Nakagawa city home page
History of Fukuoka Prefecture
Historic Sites of Japan
Zenpokoenfun
Nakagawa, Fukuoka |
76497097 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keisha%20Schahaff%20and%20Anastatia%20Mayers | Keisha Schahaff and Anastatia Mayers | Keisha Schahaff (born 1976 or 1977) is an Antiguan and Barbudan, who, along with her daughter, Anastatia Mayers (born 2004) are space tourists who are the first citizens from Antigua & Barbuda (and Caribbean) and the first mother and daughter duo to fly to space. Their Galactic 02 launch occurred on 10 August 2023. Anastatia, at 18, was the youngest person to have gone into space using the United States definition of the boundary of space.
Space travel
In 2021, the duo won tickets for the Galactic 02 launch, typically sold for $450,000, through a drawing held by Virgin Galactic. The draw, which required a minimum donation of $10, was held as part of a charity event raising funds for the non-profit organization Space For Humanity.
Schahaff received a pledge of support by tourism minister Charles Fernandez on behalf of the nation and the Ministry of Tourism and Investment.
The trip, launched 10 August 2023, was the company's seventh spaceflight, second commercial space flight, and first private passenger launch. The expedition is expected to last a minimum of 90 minutes. Prior to the launch, all passengers underwent a "full medical examination by a doctor approved by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), [...] many medical records checks," and pre-flight training. When asked about the risks involved in the mission, Mayers stated, “We all need to get out of our comfort zones and try new things, to believe in ourselves."
Biographies
Schahaff
Schahaff was born in 1976 or 1977. She is an entrepreneur and health and wellness coach, and has two daughters.
Myers
Myers attended Island Academy in Bendals village, the only international school in Antigua and Barbuda. As of July 2023, she is a second-year student at the University of Aberdeen, where she is studying philosophy and physics. When asked about her program of study, she stated, "Philosophy and physics make an interesting combination, but it expresses both my love for science and my curiosity about how the world works."
See also
Galactic 02
Galactic 01
Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua Recreation Ground
Antigua
Barbuda
Antigua Recreation Ground
Oliver Daemen
References
Antiguan and Barbudan spacewomen
Antigua and Barbuda women in business
Virgin Galactic
People associated with the University of Aberdeen
1970s births
2004 births
Year of birth uncertain |
76497104 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antokudai%20Site | Antokudai Site | The is a archaeological site with the traces of a Yayoi period settlement, located in the city of Nakagawa, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 2019.
Overview
The Antokudai site is contains the remains of a large-scale village that existed from the early middle to early late Yayoi period, or approximately 2000 years ago. Research to date has uncovered the remains of more than 130 residences and numerous burial mounds, including one of the largest pit dwellings in Japan with a diameter of more than 15 meters, as well as remains of pit dwellings where metal casting-related artifacts such as bronze molds, and tools reused from imported iron axes have been unearthed. In addition to Yayoi pottery, artifacts have included glass magatama , iron swords and daggers and shell bracelets made from Sinustrombus latissimus shells, which are only found in the South Pacific. In one of the graves, a shell bracket was found still attached to the human skeleton's right arm, and a glass item believed to have been used as a hair ornament was also found near the skull. It is believed that this was the central village where the rulers of the country of , which is mentioned in ancient Chinese records. resided.
According to the Book of the Later Han, in 57 CE, Emperor Guangwu of Han granted Nakoku an imperial seal, patterned after the Chinese jade seals, but made of gold: the king of Na gold seal.
In return, that same year, Na sent envoys to the Chinese capital, offering tribute and formal New Year's greetings. This seal was discovered over 1500 years later, by an Edo period farmer on Shikanoshima Island, thus helping to verify the existence of Nakoku, which was otherwise known only from the ancient chronicles. Engraved upon it are the Chinese characters (Kan no Wa no Na-no-Koku-ō, "King of the Na state of the Wa (vassal) of Han".
A reference is found in vol. 30 of the Chinese Book of Wei from the Records of the Three Kingdoms, titled "The Account of the Easterners: A Note on the Wa" (), to the continued existence of Nakoku in the 3rd century, naming the officials and stating that it contains over 20,000 homes. This section is known in Japan as the .
The site is located approximately 4.6 kilometers south-southwest of Hakata-Minami Station on the Kyushu Shinkansen.
See also
List of Historic Sites of Japan (Fukuoka)
References
External links
Nakagawa city home page
Cultural Porperties in Fukuoka Prefecture
History of Fukuoka Prefecture
Historic Sites of Japan
Yayoi period
Nakagawa, Fukuoka |
76497108 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neshat%20Quaiser | Neshat Quaiser | Neshat Quaiser (born 29 April 1952) is an Indian sociologist and writer whose research interests include the Social history of medicine & health, Unani medicine, Islam, Muslims, Sharia, and Communalism in the Indian sub-continent.
He served as a faculty in the sociology department of Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi for more than 30 years.
He has been an associate researcher at the Centre de Sciences Humaines (CSH-Delhi) since 2019. He was a research associate at the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at University College of London in 2000 and 2003 respectively. He has been widely cited and recognised among the scholars worldwide.
He was a visiting fellow at the Department of Sociology, Hyderabad Central University and the Department of History, University of Calcutta.
Education
He received his bachelor's degree in Chinese language, philosophy, and political science from Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi. He also earned a master's degree in sociology from the Centre for the Study of Social Systems. In 1992, the same centre awarded him an M.Phil. and a Ph.D. on the topic of nationalism, religion, and peasant politics in post-colonial India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh against the backdrop of colonial experiences.
Career
He started his academic career by teaching in the sociology department of Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. He was associated as a fellow with the University of Calcutta, Hyderabad Central University, Charles Wallace India Trust, and the University College of London.
Presently, he is an associate researcher at the Centre de Sciences Humaines (CSH-Delhi).
Work & Reception
He has worked across the different thematic in sociology.
Social history of South Asian medicine & health
His studies focus on how modern medicine in the sub-continent has emerged and what the main factors and conditions made it possible. In this discussion, colonialism and communalism have been also referenced. Many scholars around the world have referenced his work in this debate and discussion.
Unani medicine and its practices were his prior subject area. He searched and read out the maximum related sources in Urdu & Persian. He came out with a thesis that 'Unani' was a pluralist medical practice.
The 'Doctory' as a concept has been introduced by him. This concept tells that the modern medicine, which became closely associated with colonialism, was known in the Indian subcontinent as "Doctory" or Daktari Ilaj. The doctor and Doctory Ilaaj became powerful symbols of colonialism and the colonial state. The doctor was one of the most visible representatives of European knowledge; he was not the Hakim; he looked, dressed, and spoke differently; he created an aura and mystery around himself; he symbolised' modern' medicine; in fact, having a doctor visit became a mark of high status and modernity.
Colonialism
He studies the historical influence of colonial politics on traditional medical systems like Unani and the resistance within these systems against such influences.
See also
Doctory (Daktari)
Social History of Medicine
References
Sociologists
Sociologists by continent
Indian sociologists
Unani medicine |
76497110 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence%20Holker%20Potts | Laurence Holker Potts | Laurence Holker Potts (18 April 1789 – 23 March 1850) was an English inventor and physician.
Biography
Potts son of Cuthbert Potts, surgeon, and Ethelinda Margaret Thorpe, daughter of John Thorpe, M.D., F.S.A. He was born in Pall Mall, London, on 18 April 1789. He was educated at Westminster School and at a school in Northamptonshire, and in 1805 he was apprenticed to Mr. Birch, surgeon, of Warwick. In 1810 he was entered at St. George's Hospital and became a house-pupil of Sir Benjamin Brodie; William Frederick Chambers and (Sir) Charles Locock were house-pupils at the same time. He passed the College of Surgeons in 1812, and graduated M.D. at Aberdeen in 1825. In 1812 he was appointed surgeon to the Royal Devon and Cornwall miners militia, then quartered in Ireland. The regiment returned to Truro in 1814, and was subsequently disbanded, Potts starting in practice in the town. He had always taken much interest in scientific pursuits, and in 1818 took an active part in founding the Royal Institution of Cornwall. He gave several courses of lectures there, and was in the habit of making gratuitous analyses of minerals for the miners. In 1828 he became superintendent and physician of the Cornwall county lunatic asylum at Bodmin. This appointment he resigned in 1837, removing in the following year to Vanbrugh Castle, Blackheath, where he established an institution for the treatment of spinal diseases. Here he established a workshop for the manufacture of the various appliances and apparatus, of which he devised many new forms. He had at the same time a town house in Buckingham Street, Strand, to which a workshop was attached. His increasing interest in his inventions diverted his attention from his patients, and Vanbrugh Castle was eventually given up. In 1843 he took out a patent (No. 9642) for conveying letters on a railway formed by suspending wires or light rods from distant points, making use of church towers, or any other lofty structures available. The patent also includes a velocipede and a boat propelled by paddles worked by hand. He was also the author of many minor inventions. But the invention with which his name is closely connected is for a method of sinking foundations, for which he obtained a patent in 1843 (No. 9975). It consists in the sinking of hollow piles of iron, open at the lower end and closed at the top by a cap. A partial vacuum being then formed within the tube by means of a pump, the shingle, sand, &c., are caused to flow up through the pile by the pressure of the atmosphere, the rush of water from below breaking up the soil and undermining the lower edges of the pile. The pile descends by its own gravity, assisted by the pressure of the air on its closed end, and when it is filled, the contents are discharged by a pump. As the tube descends the cap is removed and a fresh length attached. The tubes may be of large size, when they practically become coffer-dams. The invention was well received, and at first it promised to be a great success. Potts gave evidence on 10 June 1844 before the royal commission on harbours of refuge (cf. Report, p. 119), when Mr. James Walker, president of the Institution of Civil Engineers, and a member of the commission, spoke very highly of the new method. The matter was taken up by the Trinity Board, and on 16 July 1845 an experimental tube, two feet six inches diameter, was driven to a depth of twenty-two feet into the Goodwin Sands in two or three hours. This was intended to form the foundation of a beacon, which, however, does not seem to have been completed until 26 August 1847, when it was announced to mariners (Mechanics' Magazine, 9 August 1845, p. 96; Civil Engineers' and Architects' Journal, December 1847, p. 388). Several small beacons were erected on sands lying near the mouth of the Thames in 1845–6 (cf. Findlay's paper in Transactions of the Society of Arts, 15 December 1847, lvi. 269).
In 1845 Potts became acquainted with Charles Fox of the firm of Fox & Henderson, who spent a considerable sum of money upon the invention, and used it wherever they had an opportunity (Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, xxvii. 301). The first large work upon which it was employed was the viaduct which carries the Chester and Holyhead railway across Maeldreath Bay in the Isle of Anglesey. Nineteen tubes, one foot diameter and sixteen feet long, were successfully sunk in the sand during the summer of 1846. A full account of this undertaking, with engravings, is given in the ‘Civil Engineers' and Architects' Journal,’ (December 1847, p. 388). It was also employed successfully for sinking the piers for a railway bridge over the Ouse at Huntingdon, but it failed at the bridge over the Nen at Peterborough, in consequence of the presence of boulders in the clay forming the river-bed. The foundations for the South-Western railway bridge over the Thames, between Datchet and Windsor, were laid by Potts's method; but on 12 August 1849, when the line was ready to be opened, one of the tubes suddenly sank, causing a fracture in the girder resting upon it (Times, 14 Aug. 1849, p. 3). G. W. Hemans tried it with cylinders ten feet diameter in 1850, during the construction of a bridge over the Shannon at Athlone, on the Midland Great Western railway of Ireland, but the expense of pumping out the air was very considerable, and much trouble was caused by boulders, which the trial borings had failed to indicate (cf. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, xxi. 265, xxvii. 301, 305, xxviii. 349, 353, l. 131; Humber, Bridges, 3rd edit. pp. 180, 247; Civil Engineers' and Architects' Journal, December 1850, p. 392; Burnell's Supplement to Weale's Theory of Bridges, 1850, p. 100).
Potts read a paper on his method before the Society of Arts on 10 May 1848, for which he received the Isis gold medal (Transactions, lvi. 441). He devoted the last years of his life almost exclusively to the perfecting of his invention, upon which he expended a very considerable fortune. Unhappily, it was not a financial success; and experience has proved that its application is very limited. It is rarely used now (cf. Newman, Cylinder Bridge Piers, 1893, p. 41). It had, however, one very important result, as it incidentally gave rise to the system of sinking foundations by compressed air, an invention of great importance. It was intended to employ Potts's method to sink the piers of Rochester Bridge (commenced about 1849), but it was found that the river-bed was encumbered with the remains of a very ancient bridge, and that the cylinders could not be forced through the obstructions. It then occurred to Mr. J. Hughes, the engineer in charge of the work, to reverse the process, and to pump air into the cylinders to force the water out, so that the men could work at the bottom of the cylinders, as in a diving-bell. As the material was excavated from the space covered by the cylinders they sank by their own weight. An ‘air-lock’ provided the means of ingress and egress to the cylinders. An account of the work was read by Hughes before the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1851 (cf. Proceedings, x. 353, also published separately). It was afterwards pointed out that the same method had been previously used in France, though on a very small scale.
Potts died on 23 March 1850. He married, in 1820, Miss Anne Wright, of Lambessow, Cornwall. Four daughters and two sons, John Thorpe and Benjamin L. F., both of whom were trained as engineers at the London Works, Smethwick, near Birmingham, under Fox & Henderson, survived him.
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1789 births
1850 deaths
19th-century English medical doctors
19th-century inventors
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People from London
Alumni of the University of Aberdeen |
76497123 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dami%C3%A1n%20Rodr%C3%ADguez | Damián Rodríguez | Damián Domínguez may refer to:
Damián Rodríguez (footballer, born 1974), Uruguayan football defender
Damián Rodríguez (footballer, born 2003), Spanish football midfielder |
76497137 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pule%20Mmodi | Pule Mmodi | Pule Mmodi (born 23 February 1993) is a South African soccer player who plays as a winger for Kaizer Chiefs in the Premier Soccer League.
He signed for Uthongathi in 2018 as a part of a large influx of new players. While he played for Uthongathi, it was reported that Doctor Khumalo scouted him for Kaizer Chiefs. He was instead picked up by Lamontville Golden Arrows for the belated start of the 2020-21 South African Premier Division. The club described him as a "very tricky, quick and skillful attacking midfielder".
Mmodi's first callup to the South African national team was hampered by his not having a passport, as he had never imagined he would travel outside South Africa. He later received more call-ups, and played two friendly matches in 2022 and one in 2023. Making his first-tier debut at the age of 27 and impressing in 2021–22, he was also called a "late bloomer".
In September 2022, before the closing of the summer transfer window, Mmodi was nearing a transfer to Kaizer Chiefs. It fell through because Chiefs would not meet the Arrows' asking price. The Arrows' manager commented him for remaining dedicated to the club.
However, Mmodi's contract would expire in the summer of 2023. AmaZulu voiced their interest in the player. Rumours ensued about a swap deal with Kaizer Chiefs during the winter transfer window. The transfer to Kaizer Chiefs finally took place in the summer of 2023. Mmodi attracted attention for changing his player agent on the same day his contract with Golden Arrows had expired and he signed for Kaizer Chiefs.
In his home debut, he also scored his first goal.
References
1993 births
Living people
People from Masilonyana Local Municipality
South African men's soccer players
Men's association football midfielders
Men's association football wingers
Uthongathi F.C. players
Lamontville Golden Arrows F.C. players
Kaizer Chiefs F.C. players
National First Division players
South African Premier Division players
South Africa men's international soccer players |
76497144 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog%20Show%20%28The%20Ren%20%26%20Stimpy%20Show%29 | Dog Show (The Ren & Stimpy Show) | Dog Show is the 10th episode of the second season of The Ren & Stimpy Show that originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on 12 December 1992.
Plot
For the annual All-Breed Dog Show, George Liquor, the abusive owner of Ren and Stimpy, has entered his pets into the show despite the fact that Stimpy is a cat. George is only willing to love his pets if they are "champions" and subjects both of his pets to various cruelties such as cutting off Ren's tail. In the first stage of the contest, Mr. Horse rejects both Ren and Stimpy, but George berates him with such force that Ren and Stimpy make it to the finale. George tells Ren to win to "make my dreams come true!", but Ren mocks him instead. Ren tells George that he should enter the Dog Show competition, which George does, calling himself the rare Royal American George Hound. Despite the fact that George is not a dog, he wins the prize trophy while Ren and Stimpy embrace and say "oh joy!".
Cast
Ren-voice of John Kricfalusi
Stimpy-voice of Billy West
George Liquor-voice of Michael Pataki
Poodle-voice of Harris Peet
The Salesman-voice of Billy Wst
Mr. Horse-voice of John Kricfalusi
Fat Lady-voice of John Kricfalusi
Production
Dog Show had an extremely troubled production even by the standards of The Ren & Stimpy Show and was the subject of a fierce disputes between the showrunner, John Kricfalusi and the producer, Vanessa Coffey for the entire first half of 1992 over its contents. The judges of the dog show were originally depicted as stereotypically effeminate gay men, and George Liquor made a number of blatantly homophobic remarks. Coffrey ordered the judges to be replaced with the Mr. Horse and Salesmen characters, which delayed the episode. A number of George's homophobic remarks were removed, but others such as his statement to the judge "keep this strictly professional Mack" were retained, but left out of context. Dog Show was scheduled to air on 5 September 1992, but did not finally appear on the air until 12 December 1992.
Reception
The American journalist Thad Komorowski wrote that Dog Show was a far inferior episode compared to the other 1992 episode that featured the George Liquor character, Man's Best Friend.
Books
References
1992 American television episodes
The Ren & Stimpy Show episodes |
76497147 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020%20Ipswich%20City%20Council%20election | 2020 Ipswich City Council election | The 2020 Ipswich City Council election was held on 28 March 2020 to elect a mayor and eight councillors to the City of Ipswich. The election was held as part of the statewide local elections in Queensland, Australia.
Teresa Harding was elected mayor with 62.98% of the vote after preferences, becoming the first non-Labor Party aligned Ipswich mayor in 50 years.
The election saw significant changes to the council's electoral system, and followed its dismissal in August 2018.
Background
2017 mayoral by-election
On 6 June 2017, mayor Paul Pisasale announced his resignation, citing a decline in his health due to multiple sclerosis. The announcement came one day after his office was searched by the Queensland Crime and Corruption Commission and police.
Andrew Antoniolli was elected mayor with 54.44% of the vote after preferences.
2018 dismissal
In May 2018, Antoniolli was charged with seven counts of corruption forcing him to stand down and administrators to take over Ipswich City Council.
In August 2018, the Queensland Government passed legislation to dismiss all Ipswich councillors and replace them with an administrator. The dismissal officially came into effect on 21 August.
Greg Chemello was appointed as administrator to serve for the rest of the term.
Electoral system
Prior to 2020, Ipswich City Council was composed of a directly elected mayor and 10 single-member wards (or divisions), both using optional preferential voting.
In July 2019, it was announced that the 10 single-member wards would be replaced by four two-member wards, reducing the total amount of councillors to eight. Preferential voting was removed and replaced by plurality block voting (also referred to as first-past-the-post by the Electoral Commission), where voters are only required to mark the same amount of candidates as there are positions to be elected − in the case of Ipswich, two candidates.
The electoral system for mayor was unchanged.
Candidates
Teresa Harding, a government contractor and former two-time Liberal National candidate for Blair, contested the mayoral election without any party endorsement.
Two Labor Party members, Mark Williams and Ursula Monsiegneur, contested the mayoral election as Independent Labor candidates.
Pat Walsh was endorsed by the Greens to contest the mayoralty. The Liberal Democrats endorsed two councillor candidates, husband and wife Anthony and Jacinta Bull.
Paul Tully, who served as a councillor for 39 years until its dismissal, led the "Your Voice Of Experience" ticket in Division 2.
Results
Mayor
Councillors
References
Ipswich City Council elections
Ipswich
Ipswich |
76497183 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Translated%20from%20Love | Translated from Love | Translated from Love is a 2007 studio album by American country musician Kelly Willis. The album came after a long hiatus, received positive reviews by critics, and placed on several charts.
Reception
Editors at AllMusic rated this album 4 out of 5 stars, with critic Thom Jurek writing that "this is, in many ways, as slick as her MCA records, though it is punchier, rocks a little harder, and feels like it was geared for more open-minded country radio stations" and continues that Chuck Prophet is "a perfect producer for getting what an artist wants out of a tune", summarizing that "it's a winner, a solid, consistently crafted "new country" record that wears rock & roll proudly on its sleeve". Doug Freeman of The Austin Chronicle gave this album 3 out of 5 stars, writing that the "songs are forged with a more mature fire and relaxed tone" than Willis' previous work. In Entertainment Weekly, Chris Willman scored Translated from Love a B+, calling it "a treat in any emotional language". A review in No Depression ended, "But the way she follows the metaphors of giving in to the unpredictable nature of love, with the feel of someone fully awake to feeling, submits to no translation. She really just sounds just like herself." Rolling Stones Robert Christgau rated this work 2.5 out of 5 stars, stating that "her good taste tethers her to the old homestead". Jonathan Keefe gave this album 4 out of 5 stars in Slant Magazine, summing up that "While it lacks the thematic focus of its two predecessors (2002’s Easy and 1999’s extraordinary What I Deserve), Translated From Love compensates with its deliberate, measured quirk; it still has the depth her fans have come to expect, but it’s Willis’s coolest record yet". Translated from Love received an 8 out of 10 at PopMatters where it was characterized as "a kick in the pants compared to the relatively mellow Easy". Catherine P. Lewis of The Washington Post wrote that "Willis's emergence from [a] hiatus feels less than focused, as Translated presents a scattered collection of styles and tempos that never quite jell".
Track listing
"Nobody Wants to Go to the Moon Anymore" (Damon Bramblett) – 2:53
"Sweet Little One" (Chuck Prophet and Kelly Willis) – 3:55
"Don’t Know Why" (Prophet, Jules Shear, Willis) – 3:37
"Teddy Boys" (Willis) – 2:44
"Losing You" (Prophet and Willis) – 3:34
"Too Much to Lose" (Prophet, Shear, and Willis) – 4:33
"The More That I'm Around You" (Shear) – 3:34
"Sweet Sundown" (Bramblett) – 3:01
"Success" (David Bowie, Ricky Gardiner, and Iggy Pop) – 3:44
"Stone’s Throw Away" (Greg Leisz, Prophet, and Willis) – 4:18
"I Must Be Lucky" (Prophet, Shear, and Willis) – 3:01
"Translated from Love" (Stephen Yerkey) – 2:19
Personnel
Kelly Willis – vocals, harmony vocals on "Sweet Little One" and "Losing You"
Stephanie Ames Asbell – viola on "Sweet Little One", "Losing You", "Too Much to Lose", and "Stone’s Throw Away"
Adam Ayan – audio mastering at Gateway Mastering
Claude Bernard – backing vocals on "Sweet Sundown"
Mike Hardwick – dobro on "I Must Be Lucky"
Andrew Hernandez – audio engineering
Phil Hill – audio engineering
Max Johnston – backing vocals on "Sweet Sundown"
Paul Q. Kolderie – engineering, mixing
Keith Langford – backing vocals on "Sweet Sundown"
Greg Leisz – guitar on "Teddy Boys"; slide guitar on "Nobody Wants to Go to the Moon Anymore"; 12-string acoustic guitar on "Sweet Little One" and "Too Much to Lose"; Fender Jazzmaster guitar on "Don't Know Why"; 12-string guitar on "Losing You", "The More I'm Around You", and "Sweet Sundown"; banjo on "Losing You"; pedal steel guitar on "Losing You" and "Stone's Throw Away"; acoustic guitar on "Too Much to Lose", "Stone's Throw Away", and "Translated from Love"; electric guitar on "Success" and "I Must Be Lucky"; backing vocals on "Stone's Throw Away"
John Ludwick – bass guitar on "Nobody Wants to Go to the Moon Anymore", "Sweet Little One", "Don’t Know Why", "Teddy Boys", "Too Much to Lose", "The More That I'm Around You", "Stone’s Throw Away", and "I Must Be Lucky", upright bass on "Sweet Sundown"
Leigh Mahoney – violin on "Sweet Little One", "Losing You", "Too Much to Lose", and "Stone’s Throw Away"
Sara Nelson – cello on "Sweet Little One", "Losing You", "Too Much to Lose", and "Stone’s Throw Away"
Marc Pisapia – drums on "Nobody Wants to Go to the Moon Anymore", "Sweet Little One", "Don’t Know Why", "Teddy Boys", "Too Much to Lose" "The More That I'm Around You", "Sweet Sundown", "Stone’s Throw Away", and "I Must Be Lucky"; percussion on "Don't Know Why" and "Success"
Chuck Prophet – guitar on "Nobody Wants to Go to the Moon Anymore", "Don't Know Why", "Teddy Boys"; Gretsch Country Gentleman on "Sweet Little One" and "Too Much to Lose"; mandoguitar on "Don't Know Why" and "Stone's Throw Away"; electric guitar on "Losing You", "The More That I'm Around You", and "Success"; baritone guitar on "Losing You", "Success", and "I Must Be Lucky"; backing vocals on "Stone's Throw Away", "I Must Be Lucky", and "Translated from Love"; acoustic guitar on "Sweet Sundown" and "Translated from Love"; harmonica on "Sweet Sundown"; production
Michael Ramos – Hammond B3 organ on "Nobody Wants to Go to the Moon Anymore", "Don’t Know Why", and "Sweet Sundown"; Moog synthesizer on "Nobody Wants to Go to the Moon Anymore", "Teddy Boys", and "The More That I'm Around You"; piano on "Don't Know Why" and "Losing You"; Wurlitzer electric piano on "Don't Know Why"; ARP String Ensemble synthesizer on "Sweet Little One"; Vox Continental organ on "Success"; organ on "I Must Be Lucky"; accordion on "Translated from Love"; string arrangement
Bruce Robison – backing vocals on "Too Much to Lose", and "The More That I'm Around You"
Charlie Robison – backing vocals on "Sweet Sundown"
Kevin Russell – backing vocals on "Sweet Sundown"
Tracy Seeger – violin on "Sweet Little One", "Losing You", "Too Much to Lose", and "Stone’s Throw Away"
Jules Shear – backing vocals on "Don't Know Why", "The More That I'm Around You", and "Translated from Love"
Jimmy Smith – backing vocals on "Sweet Sundown"
Tosca String Quartet – strings on "Sweet Little One", "Losing You", "Too Much to Lose", and "Stone's Throw Away"
J. J. Weisler – audio engineering
Chart performance
Translated from Love placed on several Billboard charts: reaching 46 on the Top Country Albums, 12 on Top Heatseekers, and 37 on Independent Albums.
See also
2007 in country music
List of 2007 albums
References
External links
Interview with Willis on Weekend Edition
2007 albums
Albums produced by Chuck Prophet
Kelly Willis albums
Rykodisc albums |
76497186 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dzhoan%20Feybi%20Bezhura | Dzhoan Feybi Bezhura | Dzhoan Feybi Bezhura (; born 22 October 1991 in Kyiv, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian female épée fencer. She is 2023 European Games champion in women's individual épée.
Sporting career
Bezhura began fencing in 2005 in Kyiv and was introduced to the sport by her mother.
Bezhura debuted at the World Championships in 2013 in Budapest where she lost to Tatyana Andryushina in the round of 64. At the 2014 World Championships in Kazan, Bezhura reached round of 16 where she lost to Hungarian Emese Szász. She qualified for the main round of the 2017 World Championships in Leipzig but she lost to German Alexandra Ndolo in the round of 32. She also competed at the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei. She won gold medal in the team competition. In the individual event, she won against Katharine Holmes from the US in the round of 64, but lost to Polish Martyna Swatowska in the round of 32. At the 2018 World Championships in Wuxi, Bezhura defeated Renata Knapik-Miazga from Poland and Irina Embrich from Estonia to proceed to the round of 16 but then she lost to the eventual silver medallist Ana Maria Brânză from Romania. The next Worlds in Budapest was less successful with Bezhura losing to German Alexandra Ndolo in the round of 64.
Together with Olena Kryvytska, Kseniya Pantelyeyeva, and Anfisa Pochkalova, Bezhura finished 4th at the 2018 European Fencing Championships in Novi Sad. One year earlier, the Ukrainian team with the same roster was 7th at the 2017 Europeans in Tbilisi.
She unexpectedly became champion of the 2023 European Games. She defetead Polish Martyna Swatowska-Wenglarczyk in the final. In the team competition, Bezhura together with Inna Brovko, Vlada Kharkova and Olena Kryvytska finished 5th after losing to Switzerland in the quarterfinal.
Personal life
Bezhura born into a family of a Ukrainian mother and a Ugandan father. She graduated from National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and Sport. In 2022, she gave birth to a child.
References
External links
Bezhura's Instagram account
Ukrainian female épée fencers
1991 births
Living people
Ukrainian people of Ugandan descent
Sportspeople from Kyiv
National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and Sport alumni
Universiade medalists in fencing
FISU World University Games gold medalists for Ukraine
Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade
Competitors at the 2015 Summer Universiade |
76497194 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl%20Ganser | Karl Ganser | Karl Ganser (15 September 1937, Mindelheim – 21 April 2022, Breitenthal) was a German geographer, urban planner, and former managing director of the International Architecture Exhibition Emscher Park.
Biography
Karl Ganser was born the son of a farmer. After studying chemistry, biology, and geography at the Technical University of Munich, Ganser completed his doctorate in 1964 with a dissertation on "A socio-geographical division of the city of Munich based on election results. Possibilities of a socio-spatial division of cities based on the behavior of the population in political elections" and in the same year became an assistant and lecturer at the Geographical Institute of the TH Munich.
In 1967, Ganser moved to the urban development department of the city of Munich as project manager. He habilitated in 1970, and in 1971, he became the head of the Institute for Regional Studies in Bonn. He merged it with the Institute for Regional Planning to form the then Federal Research Institute for Regional Studies and Regional Planning (now part of the ), of which he remained director until 1980. From 1980 to 1989, he was head of urban planning at the Ministry for Regional and Urban Development of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
From 1989 to 2000, Ganser held the position of managing director of the International Architecture Exhibition Emscher Park (IBA). As IBA managing director, he focused on transformation of old industrial areas and the restoration of the landscape in the . He also advocated for the preservation of industrial heritage and prevented the demolition of the Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen, the Gasometer Oberhausen, the , the in Dortmund, and the Meiderich Steelworks in Duisburg-Meiderich (now a central part of the Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord). Ganser's achievement was to give new meaning to the industrial age buildings and to enable unforeseen uses: the largest gas holder in Europe was turned into an exhibition hall, and a steelworks was declared a landscape park.
Ganser retired in 1999 but continued to work as a publicist, expert, and mediator. He was appointed as a mediator in the dispute over the Waldschlößchen Bridge in Dresden. Throughout his career, Ganser focused on the preservation of industrial monuments, including the , and to urban renewal projects. He also focused on ecological issues. In 2011, Ganser provided consulting services for the restoration of the in Bendorf on the Middle Rhine.
Honors and Awards
In 1999, Ganser received an honorary doctorate from the Ruhr University Bochum, particularly for his work as "one of the architects of the new Ruhr area". In 2003, Ganser received the . He received an honorary title Citizen of the Ruhr Area since 1995 and was made an honorary member of the Association of German Architects (BDA) in 1997. In 2001, he was awarded the Cultural Groschen of the German Cultural Council, which he refused to accept in protest against the destruction of the industrial monument Vockerode.
In 2007, Karl Ganser received the Bavarian Nature Conservation Prize for his commitment to urban renewal projects, land conservation, and nature and environmental protection. His work at the International Building Exhibition Emscher Park from 1989 to 1999, where he initiated a circular economy in land and energy consumption, building stock, and water management based on the principle of "transformation without growth," was particularly mentioned.
Selected Works
Industrial Culture in Augsburg. Pioneers and Factory Castles. Context Media and Publishing, Augsburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-939645-26-9.
Love at Second Sight. International Building Exhibition Emscher Park 1999. Harenberg Edition, Dortmund 1999, ISBN 3-611-00824-9.
References
External links
Taschenbuch Industriekultur Augsburg online on issuu.com
Ministerpräsident Hendrik Wüst zum Tod von Staatspreisträger Karl Ganser. Ministerpräsident Wüst: Das Land Nordrhein-Westfalen trauert um einen Visionär des Strukturwandels
Trauer um Geograf und Stadtplaner Karl Ganser, von Roland Günter
Nachruf auf Karl Ganser. Karl Ganser, der Bambusstab und das Welterbe. Ein Nachruf von Martin Kluger
Zum Tod von Karl Ganser. Architekt des neuen Ruhrgebiets, von Andreas Rossmann
1937 births
2022 deaths
German urban planners
20th-century geographers
People from Mindelheim |
76497198 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresa%20Harding | Teresa Harding | Teresa Jane Harding is an Australian politician who has served as mayor of Ipswich since 2020.
Harding was selected by the Liberal National Party (LNP) to contest the division of Blair at the 2013 federal election. She was unsuccessful, with incumbent Labor MP Shayne Neumann re-elected with a 1.02% two-party-preferred swing towards him.
She re-contested Blair for the LNP in 2016, and again was unsuccessful with a 3.62% two-party-preferred swing away from her.
At the 2020 Queensland local government elections, Harding contested the mayoralty of Ipswich City Council following more than a year of the council being under administration. She was elected with 62.98% of the vote after preferences, becoming the first non-Labor aligned Ipswich mayor in 50 years.
Harding was re-elected in 2024.
References
Living people
Mayors of Ipswich, Queensland |
76497227 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raidongia%20Doul | Raidongia Doul | Raidongia Doul or Raidongia Dol
is a historical doul located in the Lejai-Kalakhowa area of Dibrugarh district. It was built in 1750 by the Ahom king Swargadeo Pramatta Singha (1744–1751). Initially it was a Devi Temple. Over time, a house was built near the doul and the people of the area started to worship Shiva. Therefore, the present doul is also known as Shiv Doul or Raidongia Shiv Doul. Its main festival is Maha Shivratri. The Archaeological Department of the Government of Assam has recognized the Raidongia Doul as a State Protected Monument.
Location
The Raidongia Daul is located in Lejai Miripathar village under Larua Mouza of Barbarua Revenue Circle in Dibrugarh district. It is situated approximately 22 km from Dibrugarh. The temple is connected to the main road by a historical road known as Raidongia Road, which starts from Lejai-Kalakhowa road. The temple is situated on the north side of Raidongia Road and west of the main Lejai-Kalakhowa road.
History
The foundation stone of the temple was laid in 1742 by Swargadeo Pramatta Singha (1744–1751) of the Ahom kingdom. The temple is known to have been offered as a dowry in the name of his beloved sister, Yamini, who was married to the Raidongia king, considered to be the head of the present Lejai region at that time. The doul was completed in the late 1750s with the cooperation of the local villagers. A total of 200 puras of land were dedicated to the temple. Along with the daul, a pond was also dug during that period. The pond is still next to the doul.
Architecture
The Raidongia Daul is a combination of Ahom and Nilachal architectural styles. This doul is based on an octagonal altar. The main peak is 45 feet high and has eight small peaks surrounding the polygonal main peak. The walls of the main peak of the brick doul contain numerous sculptures depicting various gods and goddesses, giving clear representations of Matsya, Kurma, Varaha, Narasimha, Vamana, Parashurama, Rama, Krishna, Buddha, and Kalki respectively. There are also rock sculptures of Brahma, Vishnu and Lakshmi, as well as various forms of Goddess Durga. Traditional raw materials such as duck eggs, ground porridge, and Bora rice were used in the construction of the temple. The chakra located on the dome above the daul is marked with four projecting tridents. Additionally, there are numerous sculptures of gods and goddesses and Shivlings in the courtyard of the daul. There are 24 ancient relics and 14 statues of the Ahom kingdom.
Tourism
The priest of the doul performs regular pujas dedicated to Lord Shiva. Every year, Maha Shivratri is celebrated here on the fourteenth day of the Krishna Paksha in the month of Phalguna according to the Hindu calendar. On this occasion, devotees and pilgrims from various parts of the country come here to seek the blessings of Lord Shiva. Surrounded by paddy fields, the doul is known as a habitat for various migratory birds. Its natural beauty fascinates visitors to the place.
It is located approximately 22 km from Dibrugarh city on the Lejai-Kalakhowa road and is well connected from Dibrugarh city. The Dibrugarh railway station is about 28 km away, and Dibrugarh Airport is about 37 km away.
References
Shiva temples in Assam
18th-century Hindu temples
Tourist attractions in Assam
Dibrugarh district |
76497229 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrannochromis%20maculiceps | Tyrannochromis maculiceps | Tyrannochromis maculiceps is a species of the Cichlid family. The fish is endemic to Lake Malawi. Tyrannochromis maculiceps Total length is .
Status
, the IUCN has evaluated Tyrannochromis maculiceps as a synonym of T. macrostoma.
References
maculiceps
Fish described in 1927 |
76497250 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese%20invasion%20of%20Malabang | Japanese invasion of Malabang | Japanese Invasion of Malabang was part of Japanese landings in western coast of Mindanao started on April 29, 1942, Kawaguchi Detachment landed in three important points in west coast of Mindanao including Malabang in then undivided Lanao Province. Defending forces of Filipino and American troops resisted but due to lack of artillery pieces and Japanese Naval and Air support they were overwhelmed and forced to retreat most of the time.
Background
After securing Panay Island, General Homma ordered General Kawaguchi to Mindanao. He was to land in Lanao sector of Mindanao Force which was under the command of Brigadier General Guy O. Fort. Kawaguchi's naval convoy was soon spotted in the Zamboanga sector and reported to Mindanao Force HQ on April 27, 1942, at which time Fort alerted his troops for the imminent invasion from his command post at Camp Kiethley.
Kawaguchi arrived and landed in Malabang on April 29, 1942. Opposing them was the 61st Infantry Regiment under Colonel Eugene T. Mitchell. Attached to him was a 2-gun battery of QF 2.95inch Mountain Guns commanded by Captain Albert Price and a PC Company based in Momungan.
Combat Narratives
The 3rd Battalion, 61st Infantry under Major Ernest E. McLish was deployed north of Malabang Air Field astride to Ganassi Road while the 2nd Battalion 61st Infantry under Captain Clyde Childress was posted astride the Maladig River. the 1st Battalion under Major Moran was held in reserve near Lake Dapao.
The Japanese landed in Banago southeast of Malabang and used the dock to land their tanks. They moved forward and aimed to quickly capture the Mataling River Bridge.
Regimental headquarters moved from Ganassi to left side of the reserve Battalion. Mitchell requested to blow the bridge but Fort declined as the bridge was need to give the 2nd Infantry Regiment under Lieutenant Colonel Calixto Duque a way to retreat from Parang.
Mitchell reported to General Fort that a convoy of more than 20 trucks full of Japanese soldiers with tanks and scout cars left from Parang, Cotabato to Malabang.
Retreat to Dansalan
Mitchell rounded up men to establish a holiday position. General Fort informed him of giving him 1st Battalion, 84th Infantry under Major Jay Navin. Again rained down on the Filipino on this position with mortars, artilleries, and machine gun fire. Mitchell established another line but before they could finish their earth works the Japanese struck again which scattered his exhausted, tired, dispirited men. This time Colonel Mitchell was captured, 61st Infantry was routed and capture of its commander gave Japanese full control of Route 1 towards Lake Lanao.
Moro Battalions
General Fort's confidence with Moro Battalions was justified when they ambushed a battalion size Japanese force travelling from Ganassi to Lumbatan. Led by Captain Mamalinta Lao they annihilated the Japanese with only two Moros lost. Another moro units under Lieutenant Muhammad Ali Dimaporo and Captain Busran Kalaw harassed continuously the Japanese.
Reinforcement
Fort ordered Lieutenant Colonel Robert H. Vessey to move down one of his Battalion in Bacolod to support Mitchell. Upon reaching Ganassi, Vessey with his executive officer Tisdale and Private Childress moved farther to do reconnaissance but was met by a tank who fired at their vehicle. Vessey was able to returned to Gannasi and appointed Commander Robert Strong, USN as his executive officer thinking Tisdale and his driver killed during the ambushed. It was later known that Tisdale died in the jungle trying to reach 73rd Infantry Line. Lieutenant Colonel Naidas of Philippine Constabulary was ordered by Fort to established line from Tamparan to Taloan Hill on whatever troops he could find and deny the east coast of the lake to the Japanese.
Japanese advance resumed on May 3 towards Bacolod with motorized column with four tanks spearheading at the 73rd Infantry's position. A direct fire from Captain Price's detachment caught the leading tank and putting it out of commission, giving confusion to the Japanese column. However, the Japanese got air support from Zamboanga made 73rd Infantry successive withdrawals. In Dansalan, 73rd Infantry with remnants of 61st Infantry established another line to deprived Japanese of Route 1 and link with Kawamura Detachment.
Execution of Jose Abad Santos
Chief Justice Jose Abad Santos of the Philippine Commonwealth was captured in Barangay Tubod, Barili, Cebu while riding automobile with his son Jose Jr (Pepito) and his aide Lieutenant Colonel Benito Valeriano. He was brought to a Japanese Camp in Basak San Nicolas in Cebu City and tried to persuade him to collaborate with the Japanese. However, when they were brought to Lanao by Kawaguchi on May 1, 1942, he was informed of his execution order. He executed in May 1, 1942 and was hastily buried that markings were allowed on his grave.
Aftermath
The troops in Lanao sector was still fighting when orders from General Sharp reached General Fort to surrender on May 10, 1942. Guy question the order as his unit is capable of fighting the Japanese. His troops Americans and Filipinos both Christians and Moros were still giving a good fight. However, Sharp warned any American who disobeyed his order would be court martialed. Fort surrendered on May 12, 1942 and combat operations cease in Lanao Sector.
Death March and Fort's execution
After surrender of troops in Lanao Sector by its commander General Fort in May 12, 1942 Japanese forced the Filipino American troops to walked without water and food from Iligan to Dansalan. Sick, wounded, hungry, and tired POWs walked from Iligan to Camp Keithley some executed on the road. This event was known as Mindanao Death March.
After General Fort's surrender he was shipped north on the small freighter Maru San alongside other captive generals, including his direct commander Sharp plus Joseph P. Vachon and Manuel Roxas. After the war Roxas would become the first president of the Philippines. Fort was then escorted by the Kempeitai to Manila, where he remained for several months. In November 1942 the Japanese sought Fort's help in talking to the Moro people, who were still fighting the Japanese. Specifically, Fort was supposed to tell the Moro that since the U.S. Army had surrendered they must also surrender. Fort was brought from Manila back to Marawi (then known as Dansalan) on Mindanao to tell the Moro to surrender. However, Fort refused to cooperate and was executed.
References
See Also
Mindanao Force
61st Infantry Regiment
81st Infantry Division
Guy O. Fort
Moros during World War II
External links
There were others, Unpublished Papers of Colonel Hiram Tarkington, CO 61st Field Artillery
Military history of the Philippines during World War II
Military history of the Philippines
Battles and operations of World War II involving the Philippines
1942 in the Philippines
April 1942 events
1942 in Japan
History of Lanao del Sur |
76497273 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed%20Rahim%20Khan | Mohammed Rahim Khan | Mohammed Rahim Khan (1775–1825), was the second Khan (and fourth ruler) of the Uzbek Kungrat dynasty in the Khanate of Khiva. He reigned from 1806 to 1825.
Biography
He ascended the throne after the tragic death in battle of his elder brother Eltuzar who had reigned from 1804 to 1806. He himself had managed to escape to Khiva, after the failure of the raid against the Emirate of Bukhara in which Eltuzar drowned in the Amu Darya.
Internal policy
In order to strengthen and develop the power of the State in a country subjected to anarchy for almost a century, Mohammed Rahim Khan launched a series of important reforms. He founded a High Council to improve administration, reformed taxes and brought order to the customs system. He is the first Kungrat sovereign to mint gold and silver coins. The Khanate previously mainly used the currency of the Emirate of Bukhara.
He pursued an economic development policy, in particular by improving and developing the irrigation system.
External policy
In 1808–1809, he led an expedition against the Chovdur tribe. In 1811, he finally subdued the Uzbek tribes of the Amu Darya delta who had broken away from Khiva. He also subdued the Kazakh tribes of the lower Syr Darya in 1812-1813 and in the 1820s, he conquered the city of Merv.
Mohammed Rahim strengthened diplomatic ties with the Russian Empire, the Ottoman Empire and the Afghan Empire. It was especially with the latter country that ties became very friendly, when Afghan Emir Mahmud Shah Durrani took refuge in Khiva between 1803 and 1809. When he regained his throne, he granted privileges to the merchants of the Khanate of Khiva so that they could trade without hindrance in his country.
The Russian envoy Nikolay Muravyov-Karsky was dispatched to his court in Khiva in 1819-1820 and in 1822 he published a book on his trip. According to him, the Khanate then had a population of 300,000 inhabitants, most of them Uzbeks or Turkmen.
A second Russian diplomatic mission was sent to Khiva in 1820. It was headed by Aleksandr Negri.
Cultural influence
In addition to his native Uzbek language, Mohammed Rahim also spoke Persian and Arabic. He strived during his reign to protect the sciences and the arts. He built the Kutlugmurad Inak Madrasah, the Bogʻbonli mosque, and other buildings. He ordered a new throne in 1815, covered with silver plates and decorated with arabesques. It is now in a museum in Moscow. The Khivaite historian Mounis Khorezmi was working on his History of Khorezm at this time.
Death and succession
Mohammed Rahim's son, Allah Kuli Khan (1794–1842), succeeded him to the throne of the Khanate of Khiva after his death in 1825.
Another son, Sayyid Muhammad (1823–1864), would succeed Kutlug Murad Khan, the last grandson of Allah Kuli Khan, who died aged 18 in 1856.
References
Sources
Gulomov Kh. G., Diplomatic relations of the states of Central Asia with Russia in the 18th - first half of the 19th century. Tashkent, 2005
Gulyamov Ya. G., History of irrigation of Khorezm from ancient times to the present day. Tashkent. 1957
History of Uzbekistan. T.3. T., 1993.
History of Uzbekistan in sources. Compiled by B.V. Lunin. Tashkent, 1990
History of Khorezm. Edited by I. M. Muminov. Tashkent, 1976
1775 births
1825 deaths
Khans of Khiva |
76497274 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro%20Paulino%20de%20Fonseca | Pedro Paulino de Fonseca | Pedro Paulino da Fonseca (Alagoas, June 6, 1829 – November 16, 1902) was a Brazilian soldier and politician.
Biography
He was the son of Manoel Mendes da Fonseca (1785–1859) and Rosa Maria Paulina Barros Cavalcanti (1802–1873). They had nine children. Among his famous brothers are Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca and Severiano Martins da Fonseca, the Baron of Alagoas.
He was governor of Alagoas from December 2, 1889, to October 25, 1890, and from June 12 to 14, 1891, and a senator from 1890 to 1891.
References
External links
Report with which the Governor of the State of Alagoas, Colonel Pedro Paulino da Fonseca, handed over the administration to the 1st vice-governor Dr. Roberto Calheiros de Melo, on October 25, 1890
Pedro Paulino da Fonseca family tree
Paraná Masonic Museum
Brazilian politicians |
76497280 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Powell%20%28physician%29 | Richard Powell (physician) | Richard Powell (1767 – 18 August 1834) was an English physician.
Biography
Powell was the son of Joseph Powell of Thame, Oxfordshire. He was baptised on 11 May 1767, and in 1781 was elected a scholar at Winchester. He entered Pembroke College, Oxford, on 19 January 1785, but subsequently migrated to Merton College, where he graduated B.A. 23 October 1788, M.A. 31 October 1791, M.B. 12 July 1792, and M.D. 20 January 1795. He studied medicine at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, and was one of the founders of the Literary and Philosophical Society there, which was afterwards named the Abernethian Society. He was elected a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians 30 September 1796, and in 1799 delivered there the Gulstonian lectures. They were published in 1800, under the title of ‘Observations on the Bile and its Diseases, and on the Œconomy of the Liver,’ and show careful observation and sound judgment. The method of clinical examination of the liver which he proposes is excellent; and he is the first English medical writer who demonstrates that gallstones may remain fixed in the neck of the gall-bladder, or even obliterate its cavity, without well-marked symptoms or serious injury to the patient. On the resignation of Dr. Richard Budd, he was, on 14 August 1801, elected physician to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, an office which he retained till 1824. He was a censor at the College of Physicians in 1798, 1807, 1820, and 1823; was Lumleian lecturer from 1811 to 1822; and delivered the Harveian oration in 1808. He had considerable chemical knowledge, and published ‘Heads of Lectures on Chemistry’ in 1796. He was one of the revisers of the ‘Pharmacopœia Londinensis’ in 1809, and published a translation of that edition. On 30 September 1808 he was appointed secretary to the commissioners for regulating madhouses, and on 13 April 1810 he read, at the College of Physicians, ‘Observations upon the Comparative Prevalence of Insanity at Different Periods,’ afterwards published in the ‘Medical Transactions of the College of Physicians of London,’ vol. iv. In the same volume he published ‘Observations on the Internal Use of Nitrate of Silver,’ in which he recommends its use in chorea and in epilepsy, an opinion which he modified in a subsequent paper on further cases of the same diseases, read on 17 April 1815. On 20 December 1813 he read ‘Observations upon some cases of Paralytic Affection’ (Medical Transactions, vol. v.), in which simple facial palsy was for the first time described. Sir Charles Bell, in the course of his researches on the nervous system, afterwards redescribed and explained this affection; but the credit of its first clinical description belongs to Powell, who also initiated a method of treatment by warm applications which became commonly used, and is often efficacious. In the following year (2 Dec.) he read ‘Some Cases illustrative of the Pathology of the Brain,’ a description of thirteen cases of interest. In the course of the paper he describes several diseases which have since become well known, but had then scarcely been noticed—such as hæmatoma of the dura mater, meningitis following necrosis of the walls of the inner ear, and new growth of the pituitary gland. On 7 May 1818 he read a paper ‘On certain Painful Affections of the Alimentary Canal’ (Med. Trans. vi. 106), which describes a variety of acute but recurring enteric inflammation associated with the formation of flakes of false membrane. He also published an account of a case of hydrophobia. He gave some attention to the study of the history of St. Bartholomew's Hospital; and on 27 November 1817 a letter from him to Dr. William George Maton was read, describing the most ancient charter preserved in the hospital and its seal. He printed for the first time the whole text of this charter (Archæologia, vol. xix.), which is a grant from Rahere in 1137. Powell lived in Bedford Place, London, for some years, and, after he retired from practice, in York Terrace, Regent's Park, where he died on 18 August 1834. His portrait was hung in the committee-room of St. Bartholomew's Hospital.
References
1767 births
1834 deaths
18th-century English medical doctors
19th-century English medical doctors
Alumni of Pembroke College, Oxford
Alumni of Merton College, Oxford
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76497295 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%20Altai%20Republic%20State%20Assembly%20election | 2024 Altai Republic State Assembly election | The 2024 State Assembly of the Altai Republic election will take place on 8 September 2024, on common election day, coinciding with 2024 Altai head election. All 41 seats in the State Assembly will be up for reelection.
Electoral system
Under current election laws, the State Assembly is elected for a term of five years, with parallel voting. 11 seats are elected by party-list proportional representation with a 5% electoral threshold, with the other half elected in 30 single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting. Seats in the proportional part are allocated using the Imperiali quota, modified to ensure that every party list, which passes the threshold, receives at least one mandate.
Candidates
Party lists
To register regional lists of candidates, parties need to collect 0.5% of signatures of all registered voters in the Altai Republic.
The following parties were relieved from the necessity to collect signatures:
United Russia
Communist Party of the Russian Federation
A Just Russia — Patriots — For Truth
Liberal Democratic Party of Russia
New People
Rodina
Russian Party of Pensioners for Social Justice
Single-mandate constituencies
30 single-mandate constituencies were formed in the Altai Republic. To register candidates in single-mandate constituencies need to collect 3% of signatures of registered voters in the constituency.
See also
2024 Russian elections
References
Altai Republic
Politics of the Altai Republic
Regional legislative elections in Russia |
76497302 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vrh%20Dna | Vrh Dna | Vrh dna (The top of the bottom) is the eleventh album by Montenegrin singer Rambo Amadeus, released in 2015. The album contains 10 songs, including the hits "O'ruk, sad ga lomi" ("Ho-ruk, breaking it now"), "Privatizovat" ("Privatize"), "Duge donje gaće" ("Long underpants") and "Samo balade" ("Ballads only").
The album was released under Mascom Records.
Backgorund
In December 2010, a song called "Meni treba ritam jak" was released in collaboration with Dragoljub Đuričić. In 2012, he was internally selected as the representative of Montenegro at the Eurovision Song Contest in Baku with the song "Euro Neuro".
Album
On this album, Rambo combined satirical lyrics about the fate of a small man in the whirlwinds of fate, wandering through the crooked riches of Balkan society. Vojno Dizdar, Miroslav Tovirac, Saša Ranković, Relja Svilar, Aleksandar Petković and others worked on this album.
It was followed by videos for the title track, "O ruk, sad ga lomi", "E moj Rambo", Privatizovat, "Partija", "Muzika", and "Samo balade".
References
External links
Rambo Amadeus albums
2015 albums |
76497307 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20recipients%20of%20aid%20from%20Gerrit%20Smith | List of recipients of aid from Gerrit Smith | Gerrit Smith (March 6, 1797 – December 28, 1874), was an American social reformer, abolitionist, businessman, public intellectual, and philanthropist. He provided aid to a variety of people and organizations.
People
William G. Allen ( – 1 May 1888)
John Brown (abolitionist) (May 9, 1800 – December 2, 1859)
Jefferson Davis (June 3, 1808 December 6, 1889)
Frederick Douglass ( or February 1818 – February 20, 1895)
The Secret Six, who funded John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry
Lysander Spooner (January 19, 1808 — May 14, 1887)
Organizations
American Colonization Society
New England Emigrant Aid Company
New York Central College
The North Star (anti-slavery newspaper)
Oneida Institute
Oswego City Library
Pearl incident
Timbuctoo, New York
Events
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry (October 16–18, 1859)
Gerrit Smith |
76497312 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantago%20udicola | Plantago udicola | Plantago udicola is a species of flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae that is endemic to New Zealand. Heidi Meudt and Philip Garnock-Jones described P. udicola in 2012. Plants of this species of plantain are perennial with a rosette habit, leaves widest above the middle, seeds uniform, ellipsoid and 1–4 per capsule, edges of bracts sparsely hairy, edges of sepals with isolated hairs at the apex only, and a chromosome number of 2n = 96 (dodecaploid). It is listed as Not Threatened.
Taxonomy
Plantago udicola Meudt & Garn.-Jones is in the plant family Plantaginaceae. New Zealand botanists Heidi Meudt and Philip Garnock-Jones described P. udicola in 2012.
The type material was collected by Mei Lin Tay, Philip Garnock-Jones, William Malcolm & Rilka Taskova at Little Lake Sylvester, Western Nelson, South Island, New Zealand in 2007. The holotype is housed at the herbarium of Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (WELT).
Plantago udicola is morphologically most similar to P. raoulii, P. spathulata and P. picta.
P. udicola can be distinguished from these and other New Zealand Plantago species by a suite of characters including its 1–4 uniform, ellipsoid seeds, edges of bracts sparsely hairy, edges of sepals with isolated hairs at the apex only, and a chromosome number of 2n = 96.
P. udicola can be further distinguished from P. raoulii by the longer calyx (2.3–3.5 mm vs. 1.6–2.4 mm) and larger corolla lobes (1.2–2.9 mm long by 0.6–1.3 mm wide vs. 0.6–1.2 mm long by 0.3–0.7 mm wide).
Description
Plantago udicola plants are small rosettes with a primary root up to 20 mm thick, with up to 19 usually narrowly angular-obovate leaves, and with visible, short to long (<24 mm long), rust-coloured leaf axillary hairs in the basal rosette. The leaves have 1–5 veins, are 16–186 mm long (including petiole) and up to 27 mm wide, usually not punctate, usually with isolated hairs or sparsely hairy on the upper surface, and usually glabrous, with isolated hairs or sparely hairy on the lower surface, particularly the midrib and edges. The leaf usually has an acute apex, and its edges are smooth or wavy or with 4–12 minute or large teeth, and with isolated hairs or sparsely hairy near the teeth. The petiole is usually distinguishable from the leaf lamina, and up to 75 mm long. Each rosette plant has up to 18 erect inflorescences which can be up to 266 mm long. The scapes are smooth and sparsely to densely hairy. The spikes are usually linear-ovoid with 2–32 densely crowded flowers. Each flower has 1 small bract that is ovate, broadly ovate or very broadly ovate that is sparsely hairy on the margins and otherwise glabrous or with isolated hairs along the midrib. The calyx is 2.2–3.5 mm long, 1.4–2.9 mm wide, with isolated hairs at the apex, otherwise glabrous. The corolla tube is 1.8–3.7 mm long, corolla lobes 1.1–2.9 mm long, stamen filaments 2.0–7.5 mm long, anthers 1.5–2.2 mm long, and style 2.2–6.4 mm long and densely hairy. The ovary is 0.6–1.8 mm long, with 4–5 ovules. The fruit is a dry, dehiscent capsule with circumsessile dehiscence, usually ellipsoid, broadly ellipsoid, or ovoid, widest at or below middle, 2.1–4.7 mm long and 1.4–3.2 mm wide. Each capsule has 1–4 rust, brown or dark brown, uniform, rounded seeds 1.1–2.5 mm long and 0.6–1.4 mm wide, usually ellipsoid.
Plantago udicola flowers from November to February and fruits from about December to June.
The chromosome number of Plantago udicola is 2n=96.
Distribution and Habitat
Plantago udicola is a plantain that is endemic to the North Island and South Island of New Zealand.
In the North Island P. udicola is found in the Volcanic Plateau region only. In the South Island it is found in the Western Nelson, Sounds Nelson, Westland, Canterbury, Otago and Fiordland regions.
P. udicola grows in wet or damp ground in bogs, streams or hollows on silt or peaty soil in subalpine to alpine tussock or herbfields from 580 to 1600 m above sea level.
Phylogeny
in phylogenetic analyses of Australasian species of Plantago using standard DNA sequencing markers (nuclear ribosomal DNA, chloroplast DNA, and mitochondrial DNA regions) and amplified fragment length polymorphisms (AFLPs), Plantago udicola was moderately to strongly supported as being closely related to the mainland New Zealand species P. spathulata, P. picta and P. raoulii.
Similarly, the sole individual of P. udicola was closely related to individuals of P. raoulii, P. spathulata and P. picta in another phylogenetic study focusing on Plantago species throughout the world using whole chloroplast genomes. Finally, the species was not included in another phylogenetic studies focusing on oceanic island Plantago species using standard DNA sequencing markers.
Conservation status
Plantago udicola is listed as Not Threatened in the most recent assessment (2017–2018) of the New Zealand Threatened Classification for plants.
References
External links
Plantago udicola occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium
udicola
Flora of New Zealand
Plants described in 2012 |
76497317 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%20Worcester%20City%20Council%20election | 2024 Worcester City Council election | The 2024 Worcester City Council election is scheduled to be held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom being held on the same day. All 35 members of Worcester City Council in Worcestershire will be elected following boundary changes.
Background
Worcester has been controlled by both the Conservatives and Labour for long periods. From 1980 to 1999, Labour held a majority on the council. The Conservatives then held a majority from 2003 to 2008 after a period of no overall control, and again from 2011 to 2012.
The Conservatives regained control in 2015, but the council reverted to no overall control a year later; 2021 to 2022 was also a period of Conservative majority. In the previous election, the Green Party gained 5 seats with 28.4% of the vote, Labour gained 1 with 28.0%, the Liberal Democrats gained 2 with 16.3%, and the Conservatives lost all the seats they were defending with 25.4%. Following the election, Labour and the Green Party formed a majority coalition, with the party leaders serving as joint leaders of the council.
Boundary changes
Worcester usually elects its councillors in thirds, on a 4-year cycle. However, following boundary changes, all councillors will be elected to the new wards.
Previous council composition
Changes:
May 2023: Simon Cronin (Labour) dies; by-election held July 2023
July 2023: Elaine Willmore (Labour) holds by-election
August 2023: Andy Roberts (Conservative) dies; by-election held October 2023
October 2023: Katie Collier (Green Party) gains by-election from Conservatives
References
Worcester City Council elections
Worcester
May 2024 events in the United Kingdom
2020s in Worcestershire |
76497329 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusto%20Ximeno%20de%20Villeroy | Augusto Ximeno de Villeroy | Augusto Ximeno de Villeroy (Rio Grande do Sul, March 22, 1862Rio de Janeiro, January 22, 1942) was a Brazilian soldier and politician.
Life
Born in the province of Rio Grande do Sul, he arrived in Manaus in 1890. Captain Ximeno de Villeroy was the first republican governor of Amazonas from January 4 to November 2, 1890, appointed by the provisional government of the Republic for Amazonas and who contributed with a personal history closely linked to the military-positivist high command.
He was the creator of the municipality of Boa Vista do Rio Branco (on July 9, 1890, by State Decree No. 49), currently Boa Vista, capital of Roraima, Brazil.
References
Brazilian politicians
Governors of Amazonas (Brazilian state)
1862 births
1942 deaths |
76497335 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998%20Indian%20general%20election%20in%20Madhya%20Pradesh | 1998 Indian general election in Madhya Pradesh | In the 1998 Indian general election for Madhya Pradesh polls were held for 40 seats in the state. The result was a major victory for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which won 30 seats. The remaining 10 seats were won by Indian National Congress (INC).
Constituency-wise results
Keys:
References
External links
Election Commission of India
1998
1998
1998 Indian general election by state or union territory |
76497339 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Purcell%20%28physician%29 | John Purcell (physician) | John Purcell (1674? – 19 December 1730) was an English physician.
Biography
Purcell was born in Shropshire about 1674, and in 1696 became a student of medicine in the university of Montpellier, where he attended the lectures of Pierre Chirac, then professor of medicine, for whom he retained a great respect through life (Of Vapours, p. 48). After taking the degrees of bachelor and licentiate, he graduated M.D. on 29 May 1699. He practised in London, and in 1702 published ‘A Treatise of Vapours or Hysteric Fits,’ of which a second edition appeared in 1707. The book is dedicated to ‘the Honourable Sir John Talbott, his near relation,’ and gives a detailed clinical account of many of the phenomena of hysteria, mixed up with pathology of the school of Thomas Willis. His preface is the latest example of the type of apology for writing on medicine in the English tongue so common in books of the sixteenth century. He shows much good sense, pointing out that there are no grounds for the ancient belief that the movement of the uterus is related to the symptoms of hysteria, and supports the statement of Thomas Sydenham that similar symptoms are observable in men. Their greater frequency in women he attributes to the comparative inactivity of female life. He recommends crayfish broth and Tunbridge waters, but also seeing plays, merry company, and airing in the parks. In 1714 he published, at J. Morphew's, ‘A Treatise of the Cholick,’ dedicated to his relative, Charles, duke of Shrewsbury, of which a second edition appeared in 1715. This work shows less observation than his former book, but contains the description of an autopsy which he witnessed at Montpellier, giving the earliest observation in any English book of the irritation produced by the exudation in peritonitis on the hands of the morbid anatomist. On 3 April 1721 he was admitted a licentiate of the College of Physicians of London. He died on 19 December 1730.
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1670s births
1730 deaths
17th-century English medical doctors
18th-century English medical doctors
People from Shropshire
University of Montpellier alumni
Licentiates of the Royal College of Physicians |
76497369 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich%20Alois%20von%20Reigersberg | Heinrich Alois von Reigersberg | Franz Christoph Heinrich Alois Graf von Reigersberg (born January 30, 1770, in Würzburg; † November 4, 1865, in Munich) was a Bavarian lawyer and politician.
Life and Literacy
Von Reigersberg's family was raised to the status of imperial baron in 1705 and to the status of imperial count on September 3, 1803. In 1809, he was admitted to the Bavarian nobility register as a count. In 1785, he entered the service of the Würzburg Monastery as a lieutenant and attended the Salzburg Page Training Institute Gregorianum from 1787 to 1790. He then studied law and political science at the University of Salzburg, the University of Bonn, and the University of Göttingen.
In 1791, he became the archbishop's chamberlain and court councilor to Hieronymus von Colloredo, Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg. From 1796 to 1797, he was Reich Chamber Court assessor (judge) of the Bavarian District in Wetzlar; from 1797 to 1803, he was Catholic Reich Chamber Court President; and from October 3, 1803, until the dissolution of the Reich Chamber Court on August 6, 1806, he was Reich Chamber Judge. He was the last person to hold the highest judicial office in the Old Kingdom.
In 1807, he came to Munich as the Real Privy Councilor and President of the Court of Justice. In 1808, he became president of the Bavarian Higher Appeal Court and, in the same year, became an honorary member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. Reigersberg was one of the first three people to be awarded the Grand Cross of the newly established Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown in 1808.
From 1810 on, he was Bavarian Minister of Justice and President of the Constitutional Commission. After the fall of Count Maximilian von Montgelas in 1817, he chaired the Council of Ministers and was therefore, alongside Foreign Minister Aloys Franz Xaver Graf von Rechberg and Rothenlöwen, the most influential politician under King Max I. However, he disappointed expectations and had to resign in 1823. Afterwards, he was the Imperial Councilor of the Crown of Bavaria.
Literature
Karl Theodor von Heigel: Reigersberg, Heinrich Alois Graf von. In: General German Biography (ADB). Volume 27, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig, 1888, p. 696 f.
Eric O. Mader:Reigersberg, Heinrich Aloys Graf von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-428-11202-4, p. 329 f. (digital version).
References
External links
Nachlass Bundesarchiv N 1760
German politicians
Bavarian politicians |
76497372 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%20Kabardino-Balkarian%20parliamentary%20election | 2024 Kabardino-Balkarian parliamentary election | The 2024 Parliament of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic election will take place on 8 September 2024, on common election day. All 70 seats in the Parliament will be up for reelection.
Electoral system
Under current election laws, the Parliament is elected for a term of five years by party-list proportional representation with a 5% electoral threshold. Seats are allocated using the Imperiali quota, modified to ensure that every party list, which passes the threshold, receives at least 1 mandate. Unlike most regional elections in Russia, party lists in Kabardino-Balkaria are not divided between territorial groups.
Candidates
To register regional lists of candidates, parties need to collect 0.5% of signatures of all registered voters in Kabardino-Balkaria.
The following parties were relieved from the necessity to collect signatures:
United Russia
Communist Party of the Russian Federation
A Just Russia — Patriots — For Truth
Liberal Democratic Party of Russia
New People
Russian Ecological Party "The Greens"
See also
2024 Russian elections
References
Kabardino-Balkaria
Politics of Kabardino-Balkaria
Regional legislative elections in Russia |
76497376 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Henry%20Ransom | William Henry Ransom | William Henry Ransom (19 November 1824 – 16 April 1907) was an English physician and embryologist.
Biography
Ransom was born at Cromer, Norfolk, on 19 November 1824. He was the elder son of Henry Ransom, a master mariner of that town, who died in 1832. His mother, Mary Jones, was daughter of a Welsh clergyman. Educated at a private school at Norwich, Ransom was apprenticed at sixteen to a medical practitioner at King's Lynn. In 1843 he proceeded to University College, London, where Huxley was a fellow student. Writing to Herbert Spencer on 1 June 1886, Huxley points out that at the examination in 1845 Ransom came out first, winning an exhibition, and he second, with momentous results to himself. 'If Ransom,' Huxley continues, 'had worked less hard I might have been first and he second, in which case I should have obtained the exhibition, should not have gone into the navy, and should have forsaken science for practice' (Life and Letters of T. H. Huxley, 1900, ii. 133). After holding residential posts at University College Hospital, Ransom studied in Paris and Germany, graduating M.D. London in 1850. Then settling at Nottingham, he was from 1854 to 1890 physician to the Nottingham General Hospital. He became F.R.C.P. London in 1869, and fellow, respectively, of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society and University College, London, in 1854 and 1896. He was elected F.R.S. on 2 June 1870 for his knowledge of physiology and original observations in ovology, his candidature being supported among others by Huxley, Paget, and Lister.
Ransom's chief contributions to pure science were made when he was comparatively young, his later activities being absorbed in professional work. He was author of nine papers of value on embryological subjects, of which the first, 'On the Impregnation of the Ovum in the Stickleback,' appeared in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society' (vol. vii. 1854–5). Another, ’On the Ovum of Osseous Fishes,' was published in the 'Philosophical Transactions' for 1867. He was interested in geology and assisted in the exploration of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire caves, reading at the first meeting of the British Association at Nottingham, in 1866, a paper 'On the Occurrence of Felis Lynx as a British Fossil.' In 1892, when the British Medical Association met there. Ransom was president of the section of medicine, his address dealing with various aspects of vegetable pathology.
In 1870 Ransom devised a disinfecting stove (gas-heated) for the sterilisation of infected clothing, which was used extensively till steam methods were adopted. A presidential address to the Nottingham Medico-Chirurgical Society, 'On Colds as a Cause of Disease,' delivered on 4 November 1887, attracted attention. His only independent publication, 'The Inflammation Idea in General Pathology,' appeared in 1906 (Nature, 29 November 1906; Brit. Med. Journ. 23 June 1906).
Through his long career at Nottingham Ransom identified himself with the welfare of the place. Zealous in support of the volunteer movement, he served for fifteen years in the 1st Notts rifle corps. Interested in educational questions, he helped in the establishment of University College, Nottingham, of the governing body of which he was a member. He died at his residence. Park Valley, Nottingham, on 16 April 1907.
In 1860 he married Elizabeth, daughter of Dr. John William Bramwell of North Shields, who predeceased him. They had issue four sons and one daughter. The eldest son. Dr. W. B. Ransom (b. 5 September 1860), succeeded his father as physician to the General Hospital, Nottingham, dying in 1909.
References
1824 births
1907 deaths
19th-century English medical doctors
20th-century English medical doctors
British embryologists
People from Cromer
Alumni of University College London
Fellows of the Royal Society
Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians
People associated with the University of Nottingham
19th-century British geologists
English geologists |
76497402 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%20Karachay-Cherkessia%20People%27s%20Assembly%20election | 2024 Karachay-Cherkessia People's Assembly election | The 2024 People's Assembly of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic election will take place on 8 September 2024, on common election day. All 50 seats in the People's Assembly will be up for reelection.
Electoral system
Under current election laws, the People's Assembly is elected for a term of five years by party-list proportional representation with a 5% electoral threshold. Seats are allocated using the Imperiali quota, modified to ensure that every party list, which passes the threshold, receives at least 1 mandate. Unlike most regional elections in Russia, party lists in Karachay-Cherkessia are not divided between territorial groups.
Candidates
To register regional lists of candidates, parties need to collect 0.5% of signatures of all registered voters in Karachay-Cherkessia.
The following parties were relieved from the necessity to collect signatures:
United Russia
Communist Party of the Russian Federation
A Just Russia — Patriots — For Truth
Liberal Democratic Party of Russia
New People
Civic Platform
Communists of Russia
See also
2024 Russian elections
References
Karachay-Cherkessia
Politics of Karachay-Cherkessia
Regional legislative elections in Russia |
76497403 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elasenia | Elasenia | Elasenia is a genus of Ediacaran animals. The genus contains two species.
References
Ediacaran
Ediacaran life |
76497405 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mykyta%20Filipov | Mykyta Filipov | Mykyta Filipov (also Nikita Filipov, ; born 12 March 2002) is a Ukrainian karateka competing in the kumite 60 kg division. He is 2023 European Games bronze medallist.
Filipov represented Ukraine at the 2021 World Karate Championships in Dubai where he lost in the second round to Amir Khani. 2023 European Karate Championships was more successful for him: there he reached quarterfinals where he lost to the eventual silver medallist Christos-Stefanos Xenos from Greece. At the 2023 World Karate Championships in Budapest, Filipov again lost in the second round, this time to Algerian Alaeddine Salmi.
References
External links
Mykyta Filipov's profile at the website of the karate club "Чемпіон"
Mykyta Filipov's Instagram profile
2002 births
Living people
Ukrainian male karateka
21st-century Ukrainian people
European Games medalists in karate
Karateka at the 2023 European Games
European Games bronze medalists for Ukraine |
76497421 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cep%20Dergisi | Cep Dergisi | Cep Dergisi () was a literary magazine which was one of the publications founded and published by the Turkish writer Yaşar Nabi Nayır. It was headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey. The subtitle of the magazine was Dünyaya Açılan Pencere ().
History and profile
Cep Dergisi was established by Yaşar Nabi Nayır in 1966, and its first issue appeared in November 1966. Its publisher was Varlık Publications which was owned by Nayır. Nayır was also the editor of the magazine. One of its goal was to introduce new trends in Western thought and literature. Therefore, most of its content included examples from contemporary world literature. The magazine featured translations of fiction and non-fiction articles from Western publications.
Cep Dergisi folded in March 1969 after producing 29 issues.
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1966 establishments in Turkey
1969 disestablishments in Turkey
Defunct literary magazines published in Turkey
Defunct magazines published in Istanbul
Defunct Turkish-language magazines
Literary translation magazines
Magazines established in 1966
Magazines disestablished in 1969 |
76497434 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%20Mari%20El%20State%20Assembly%20election | 2024 Mari El State Assembly election | The 2024 State Assembly of the Mari El Republic election will take place on 8 September 2024, on common election day. All 52 seats in the State Assembly will be up for reelection.
Electoral system
Under current election laws, the State Assembly is elected for a term of five years, with parallel voting. 13 seats are elected by party-list proportional representation with a 5% electoral threshold, with the other half elected in 39 single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting. Seats in the proportional part are allocated using the Imperiali quota, modified to ensure that every party list, which passes the threshold, receives at least one mandate.
Candidates
Party lists
To register regional lists of candidates, parties need to collect 0.5% of signatures of all registered voters in Mari El.
The following parties were relieved from the necessity to collect signatures:
United Russia
Communist Party of the Russian Federation
A Just Russia — Patriots — For Truth
Liberal Democratic Party of Russia
New People
Russian Party of Pensioners for Social Justice
Communists of Russia
Single-mandate constituencies
39 single-mandate constituencies were formed in Mari El. To register candidates in single-mandate constituencies need to collect 3% of signatures of registered voters in the constituency.
See also
2024 Russian elections
References
Mari El
Politics of Mari El
Regional legislative elections in Russia |
76497446 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%20in%20flying%20disc%20sports | 2024 in flying disc sports | This article lists the flying disc sports events for 2024.
Disc golf
Full 2024 PDGA Calendar here.
Professional Disc Golf Association
Major events
March 21–24: United States Women's Disc Golf Championships in Round Rock
April 3–6: College Disc Golf National Championships in Rock Hill
April 25–28: PDGA Champions Cup in Morton
June 7–9: United States Amateur Disc Golf Championship in Milford
June 11–15: Masters Disc Golf World Championships in Emporia
July 16–20: Junior Disc Golf World Championships in Tulsa
July 17–21: European Open in Nokia
August 6–10: Amateur Disc Golf World Championships in Grand Rapids
August 21–25: Professional Disc Golf World Championships in Lynchburg
September 19–22: Tim Selinske United States Masters Disc Golf Championships in Raleigh
October 10–13: United States Disc Golf Championship in Rock Hill
DGPT Europe
Standard events
May 10–12: Copenhagen Open in Copenhagen
June 14–16: Turku Open in Turku
June 28–30: Swedish Open in Boras
July 12–14: Krokhol Open in Oslo
July 26–28: European Disc Golf Festival in Tallinn
Ultimate frisbee
2024 Ultimate Frisbee Association Championship
April 26 – August 24: 2024 UFA season
References
External links
World Flying Disc Federation (“WFDF”)
2024 in sports
2024 sport-related lists |
76497467 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%20Tatarstan%20State%20Council%20election | 2024 Tatarstan State Council election | The 2024 State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan election will take place on 8 September 2024, on common election day. All 100 seats in the State Council will be up for reelection.
Electoral system
Under current election laws, the State Council is elected for a term of five years, with parallel voting. 50 seats are elected by party-list proportional representation with a 5% electoral threshold, with the other half elected in 50 single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting. Seats in the proportional part are allocated using the Hare quota, modified to ensure that every party list, which passes the threshold, receives at least one mandate.
Candidates
Party lists
To register regional lists of candidates, parties need to collect 0.5% of signatures of all registered voters in Tatarstan.
The following parties were relieved from the necessity to collect signatures:
United Russia
Communist Party of the Russian Federation
A Just Russia — Patriots — For Truth
Liberal Democratic Party of Russia
New People
Communists of Russia
Party of Growth
Single-mandate constituencies
50 single-mandate constituencies were formed in Tatarstan. To register candidates in single-mandate constituencies need to collect 3% of signatures of registered voters in the constituency.
See also
2024 Russian elections
References
Tatarstan
Politics of Tatarstan
Regional legislative elections in Russia |
76497469 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilyas%20Osman%20Lugator | Ilyas Osman Lugator | Ilyas Osman Lugator () or Husein Isman Lugator () is the vice president of Puntland since January 2024. His nickname is Gabilay.
Personal life
Lugator is from the Bo'ame. He is from the Xasan Ugaas branch of the Dhulbahante clan.
Career
Minister of Aviation and Airports
In February 2019 Lugator was appointed Minister of Aviation and Airports.
In March 2019, Lugator visited Bo'ame as part of the Puntland delegation.
In June 2019, Lugator accompanied President Puntland on a visit to China.
In July 2019, Lugator appointed a Badhan airport director.
In November 2019, Lugator partnered with China's Frontier Services Group on the expansion of Garowe Airport.
In February 2020, Lugator criticized the new aviation law submitted to the Federal Parliament of Somalia.
In April 2020, Lugator became chairman of the Kaah party's council.
In August 2022, Lugator confronted Abdikarim Adan Haji Diriye, governor of Sool region of Somaliland, over Bo'ame. Lugator announced that Somaliland troops entered Bo'ame but withdrew within an hour. Meanwhile, the Somaliland government announced that it had taken control of the entire Sool district with the capture of Bo'ame.
In November 2022, the conflict between Daahir Xaaji Khaliif and Lugator sharpened within the Xasan Ugaas clan.
In December 2022, President Puntland and Vice President Lugator confronted each other; Lugator defended the President.
Vice President
In January 2024, Lugator was elected vice president of Puntland.
In January 2024, Lugator said he was responsible for SSC-Khatumo in Puntland.
In March 2024, Lugator met with a delegation from the International Rescue Committee.
References
Living people
Vice presidents of Puntland
Puntland politicians
Year of birth missing (living people) |
76497473 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Rae%20%28surgeon%29 | William Rae (surgeon) | Sir William Rae (1786 – 8 April 1873) was a Scottish naval surgeon.
Biography
Rae was born in 1786. He was the son of Matthew Rae of Park-end, Dumfries. He was educated at Lochmaben and Dumfries, and afterwards graduated M.D. at Edinburgh University. In 1804 he entered the medical service of the East India Company, but in the following year was transferred as surgeon to the royal navy. He served first in the Culloden under Sir Edward Pellew (afterwards Lord Exmouth). In 1807, when in the Fox, he took part in the destruction of the Dutch ships at Gressic in Java. Subsequently, when the squadron was becalmed in the Bay of Bengal, he contrived an apparatus for distilling water. When attached to the Leyden in 1812–13 he was very successful in his treatment of the troops suffering from yellow fever at Cartagena and Gibraltar, and received the thanks of the commander-in-chief and the medical board.
In 1824 he was appointed to the Bermuda station. He became M.R.C.S. in 1811, extra-licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians in 1839, and F.R.C.S. in 1843. He ultimately attained the rank of inspector-general of hospitals and fleets, and retired on a pension to a country practice near Barnstaple. He was created C.B. in 1855, and knighted in 1858. He died at Hornby Lodge, Newton Abbot, Devonshire, on 8 April 1873, and was buried at Wolborough. Rae married, in 1814, Mary, daughter of Robert Bell; and secondly, in 1831, Maria, daughter of Assistant-commissary-general R. Lee.
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1786 births
1873 deaths
19th-century Scottish medical doctors
19th-century surgeons
Scottish surgeons
Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
Royal Navy Medical Service officers
British East India Company people
Members of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
Companions of the Order of the Bath |
76497477 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brod%20budala | Brod budala | Brod budala (Ship of fools) is the twelfth album by Rambo Amadeus released in 2020. The album was originally released on YouTube, and few months later on streaming platforms. In 2022, the album was released in a limited edition on vinyl.
Hits from this album include the title track, Oda radosti – anegdote evrointegracija (Ode to joy – European integration angedotes), Serator (Sucker)...
Album
The album was named after the novel of the same name by Katherine Anne Porter. The themes and songs from this album are treated electronically to a good extent, they are less rockier than one might expect, but in the end it is Rambo, as the public has accepted, respected, or simply "appreciated" him less. The viewership of certain songs is absolutely respectable, which clearly speaks of the popularity of Rambo himself.
Cover
The original album cover features a red FAP truck in the shape of a submarine, while the vinyl cover features an illustration of sailors navigating a flat Earth "lying" on sewer pipes.
Samples
"Oda radosti – anegdote evrointegracija" – Ode to Joy (Beethoven)
"Platiš 1 dobiješ 2" – Pobegulja (song from Zona Zamfirova)
References
External links
Rambo Amadeus albums
2020 albums |
Subsets and Splits