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2017 African Muaythai Championships |
The 2017 African Muaythai Championships took place in Kenitra , Morocco from 14 to 17 of December 2017. |
Loch Heilen is a loch in the civil parish of Dunnet in Caithness, Scotland. St. John's Loch and Loch Heilen are the two largest lochs in the parish. It is about inland from Dunnet Bay to the west, which is on the north coast of Scotland. The town of Thurso is about to the west. |
The loch has had various spellings - ,Hayland, Haelan, Hailan, Heilen. |
The loch is orientated in an east to west direction, and is over long. Its breadth (north-south) reaches almost a half a mile and the surface area is . The centre of the loch is the deepest part, approximately, deep. |
The overflow of the loch is through the Burn of Inkstack, which exits from the north shore. This flows northwards, joining the Burn of Ham, and flowing into the sea on the north coast of Caithness, at Ham. |
The loch has an abundance of ducks and other wild birds, especially Mallard, Wigeon and the Common goldeneye. |
2024 Dhaka building fire |
On 29 February 2024, a fire broke out in a seven-storey building in Dhaka, Bangladesh, killing 46 people. |
The fire started at 21:50 BST in the Kacchi Bhai restaurant on the first floor of the Green Cozy Cottage Shopping Mall on Bailey Road and quickly spread to other floors, trapping dozens inside. The blaze was brought under control after two hours. |
At least 46 people were killed, at least 75 others were injured, and 42 were found unconscious. Thirty-three bodies were brought to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital, ten to the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery and one person died at the police hospital. At least 22 people were described as in critical condition. At least 41 bodies have been identified, while 38 have been claimed by relatives. |
Thirteen firefighting units were deployed to the site. Firefighters rescued 75 people from the building and used a crane to evacuate people from the upper level of the charred structure. |
The exact cause of the fire is still under investigation. However, fire officials suspect that the fire started after the explosion of a gas cylinder in the restaurant. Gas cylinders were reported to be on every floor of the building, as well as on staircases. It was also found that the building did not have a fire exit. |
The government ordered an inquiry into the incident. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed shock and sorrow over the disaster and ordered officials to provide swift treatment for the injured. |
Nature, Intentions, Time, Special Instructions |
Marius Sivertsen Broholm |
Bis(triphenylphosphine)palladium dichloride |
Bis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(ii) dichloride |
Amoaku Ogyadu Obuadabang Larbi |
Brazilian presidency |
Gershon Kofi Bediako Gbediame |
Maria Carla Galavotti |
Maria Carla Galavotti (born 1947) is a retired Italian philosopher of science, an emeritus professor at the University of Bologna. She specializes in the philosophy of probability and causality. Particular concerns of her work have included subjectivist Bayesianism, according to which probability describes a personal belief, the origins of subjectivism in the works of Frank Ramsey and Bruno de Finetti, and the use of probability to describe causal relationships. |
Education and career. |
Galavotti began working at the University of Bologna as a researcher in philosophy in 1975. She became an associate professor there from 1982 until 1994, when she moved to a full professorship at the University of Trieste. She returned to the University of Bologna as a full professor in 1998, and retired to become a professor emeritus in 2019. |
Galavotti was elected to the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 2014. |
Galavotti is the author of books including: |
Her edited books include: |
Justina Owusu – Banahene |
Lordship of Diepholz |
Horst Schmidbauer (1940 – 25 February 2024) was a German politician who served as a member of the Bundestag. |
Mohamed Ali Boughazi |
Mohamed Ali Boughazi is an Algerian politician who has held several ministerial positions in different Algerian governments. |
Boughazi was born in Skikda, Algeria. He received a PhD in applied mathematics, with two theses in 1987 and 1988. In 2012, he was considered a candidate to be Prime Minister or President of the People's National Assembly. He served as the political advisor to Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika between 2012 and 2019. In 2021, Boughazi was appointed Minister of Tourism in the Third Djerad government, replacing Mohamed Hamidou. |
In July 2021, following the 2021 Algerian parliamentary election, Boughazi was replaced by Yacine Hammadi. |
Danny Handley (né Daniel Handley; born 1976) is a British musician. He is best known for his roles as a guitarist and vocalist in the bands Animals & Friends. |
Handley was born Daniel Handley in Burnley, Lancashire in 1976. He is a former pupil of Mansfield High School. |
From an early age, he was fascinated by the Beatles, Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry. At the age of 11, he bought a copy of a Gibson Les Paul and took guitar lessons from Dave Duxbury in Burnley. By the time he was 13, he was already playing four nights a week in pubs and clubs. He played songs by The Shadows, Chuck Berry, Gene Vincent, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley. |
Around 1993 Danny formed a band called The Turn with former schoolmate, Chris "Biff" Hartley (guitar), Nick Hudson (bass) & Chris Precious (drums). They were joined on their Turn It Up EP by Barney Williams of milltown brothers fame. |
They went on to further collaborate as The Cosmos who's acid-jazz sounds supported Michelle Gayle at Towneley Park in August 1998. |
Danny also taught guitar at Nelson & Colne College, where he counted Lucy Zirins among his students. |
In 2007 his song Happy Sunny Sunday was included on the charity album Songs From the Neighbourhood; which was released to rasie money for Pendleside Hospice and Derian House Children's Hospital in Chroley. The album included the milltown brothers first single, Roses. It also included songs by The Rubbish, Simon Webbe, The Hollies and the former Burnley Building Society song The Best Dreams Begin with B by George Chandler. |
In 2008, he formed the Danny Handley Blues Project. |
In August 2009, he urgently replaced John Williamson in Animals & Friends, who had just broken his shoulder. Impressed by his performance, the band hired him for their tour of Scotland. Danny joined the band permanently in September 2011, replacing John. |
With Animals & Friends, he has played with Steve Cropper and Spencer Davis, among others. |
He has also played with The Hollies legendary drummer, Bobby Elliott. |
In 2012, he joined Ric Lee's Natural Born Swingers alongside Ric Lee, drummer of Ten Years After, Bob Hall, pianist of Alexis Korner, and Scott Whitley, former bassist of Animals & Friends. The band released an album, Put A Record On. |
His major influences are The Animals, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, BB King, Chuck Berry, Eric Clapton, Peter Green, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Hank Marvin, Gene Vincent, Jerry Lee Lewis, Barney Williams, Albert King, Freddie King, George Harrison, Steve Cropper and Scotty Moore. |
Ella Snyder (born October 7, 18??) was an American actress. She was active in theaters in London and New York City and on the American vaudeville circuit during the 1890s and 1900s. She was known for her appearances in musicals on the West End and Broadway. |
A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Ella Snyder began her career as an actress in a small role in the original Broadway production of Gustave Kerker's "The Bell of New York" at the Casino Theatre in 1897. She continued with that production when it transferred to London's West End at the Shaftesbury Theatre; portraying Marjorie May in the UK premiere of that work in April 1898. By the following September she had taken over the lead role of Mamie Clancy in the production. Kerker composed new duets for her to sing with actor Frank Lawton for the London production. The "London American Register" critic wrote the following about her performance: Miss Ella Snyder who enacts the role of a rowdy, good hearted, affectionate, active Pell Street girl, one "Mamie Clancy", is a capital actress, and thoroughly realizes the character she is entrusted with. She is, moreover, a comely damsel with an intelligent face capable of quick changes in dramatic expression." |
Snyder remained with "The Belle of New York" production when it left London to return to Broadway's Casino Theatre in January 1900; still in the role of Mamie Clancy. She went on to star in several more Broadway musicals staged as the Casino Theatre including the roles of Roxy Rocks in the original production of "The Casino Girl" (1900), Laura Lee in the revival of "The Casino Girl" (1901), Sleeping Beauty in "The Sleeping Beauty and the Beast" (1901–1902), and Dolly Wagner in "Fascinating Flora" (1907). She was also a vaudeville performer. |
Snyder returned to London multiple times during her career. She was once again at the Shaftesbury Theatre in April through June 1900 as Dottie Muffett in Kerker's "An American Beauty". Soon after she starred opposite Richard Carle at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in "A Condensed Comic Opera". She was once again at the Shaftesbury Theatre from November 1900 through January 1901 as Roxy Rocks in the London production of "The Casino Girl". In 1902 she created the role of Mary Methuen in the original production of "The Girl from Kays" at London's Apollo Theatre. |
Two photographs of Ella Snyder are included in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London. |
Andy Kwame Appiah-Kubi |
London Squares Preservation Act 1931 |
The London Squares Preservation Act 1931 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that aimed to improve the protection afforded to squares in London. |
This act sought to protect selected squares, gardens, and other enclosures within Greater London. |
François-Xavier Ngoubeyou (1937/1938 – 24 February 2024) was a Cameroonian politician and diplomat who served as a Senator. |
François-Xavier Ngoubeyou |
Edmond W. Davis (born 1976) is an American historian, author and educator. From 2020-2022, he was the director of the Derek Olivier Research Institute (DORI) at Arkansas Baptist College. |
Previously, he served as Professor of History at University of Phoenix and Pulaski Technical College. He authored "Pioneering African-American Aviators" in 2012 featuring the first and only Arkansas Tuskegee Airmen history textbook. |
He is a member of the Arkansas Historical Association. |
He was born and raised in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Davis faced adversity from a young age, experiencing homelessness during his formative years. After overcoming homelessness, he re-enrolled into school and graduating from Coatesville Area Senior High School in 1996. |
He attended Grambling State University, where he graduated early, and earned a Master's Degree in History from Louisiana Technical University. |
Davis's has served as an assistant professor of history at several colleges and universities, with a current position at Arkansas Baptist College as adjunct professor. His research in sociohistorical topics include Women's History, African American History, Military History, Civil Rights History, and World War II History. |
As an author his works include "Arkansas' Tuskegee Airmen history textbook". Additionally, he and his wife Monica Davis have been awarded with the title of Amazon #1 New Release Authors for their eBook titled "GROWTH MINDSET: Developing a Growth Mindset to Respond-Responsibly" in 2022. |
He was the director of the Derek Olivier Research Institute (DORI) from 2020 to 2022, where he focuses on the prevention of violence and community outreach initiatives. |
In 2022-2023, Davis was the Director of Career Services Arkansas Baptist College and orchestrated the first Historically Black College & University (HBCU) Black Wall Street Career Fest. |
Violet Mildred Ryley (February 1, 1884 – April 14, 1949) was a Canadian dietitian, considered the "Dean of Canadian Dietitians" for her work during and after World War I. |
Early life and education. |
Ryley was born in Bethany, Ontario, the daughter of Thomas G. Ryley and Caroline Lee Ryley. She graduated in 1907 from the Lillian Massey School of Household Science in Toronto, and trained as a dietitian at New York City Hospital. |
Ryley was a dietitian at Albany General Hospital for a year, and superintendent of the dining halls at the University of Toronto for nine years. After World War I, she spent four years as general organizer of dietitians for the Military Hospitals Commission. The success of her efforts ensured that dietitians would be appointed to forty military hospital in Canada. "If the public once realized what a terribly monotonous diet, poorly cooked and wretchedly served, is given in many institutions, they would not tolerate conditions for a day, but would demand that conditions be improved," she said in 1921. |
After her work with the military hospitals, Ryley became dietitian at the Toronto YWCA. She had charge of the kitchen at Eaton's Georgian Room, a Toronto restaurant, when it opened in 1924. She advised the Canadian military again during World War II. She was honorary president of the Canadian Dietetic Association and the Toronto Dietetic Association. |
Ryley died from a heart attack in April 1949, at the age of 65. The Violet Ryley-Kathleen Jeffs Memorial Award, an annual honor bestowed by the Canadian Dietetic Association until 2023, was established in 1950 and named in her memory, and in the memory of her student and colleague, Kathleen Jeffs. |
Ebenezer Kobina Fosu |
Polideportivo Ciudad de Mercedes |
Polideportivo Ciudad de Mercedes is a motorsports circuit located west of Mercedes, Uruguay. The circuit was opened on 2010, and renovated in 2023. The circuit hosts mainly national events of , however it also hosted Formula 4 Sudamericana and TC2000 Series events before. On 29 February 2024, it was announced that the circuit will host the 6th round of 2024 TCR South America season. |
As of June 2016, the fastest official race lap records at the Polideportivo Ciudad de Mercedes are listed as: |
Glenn Cordelli is an American politician. He serves as a Republican member for the Carroll 7th district of the New Hampshire House of Representatives. He currently is the Vice Chair of the Education Committee. |
Cordelli resides in Tuftonboro, New Hampshire. He is married and has 3 children. |
Cordelli was first elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 2012 as a Republican for Carroll's 4th district. Cordelli now serves for Carroll's 7th district after the 2020 redistricting. Cordelli currently serves as the Vice Chair of the Education Committee and has since 2020. |
Joe Hayman (born Joseph Hyman; April 16, 1876 – February 1, 1957) was an American vaudeville comedian who also worked in British music halls, on radio and in films. |
He was born in Philadelphia, the son of German Jewish immigrants. His older brother Jacob Hyman partnered his boyhood friend Ehrich Weiss as the Brothers Houdini, with Weiss taking the name Harry Houdini. When Jacob left the act in 1893, Joe replaced him. He was in turn replaced by his younger brother Theo, before Weiss became a star solo performer. |
Joe Hyman modified his surname to Hayman, and according to most sources married Mildred Franklin, who became his stage partner in the double act of Hayman and Franklin. They became popular in Britain as well as the U.S., and in 1913 Hayman recorded his comic monologue "Cohen on the Telephone" in London. This took the form of a call on the recently invented telephone from a heavily accented Jewish tenant to his landlord, with a stream of misunderstandings arising from Hayman's accent and malapropisms. The recording became very successful, reportedly the first comedy record to sell a million copies (some sources say two million). Several cover versions were made by other comedians, notably Monroe Silver. |
Hayman made several similar recordings in later years, such as "Cohen 'Phones the Gas Company", "Cohen 'Phones Mrs Levy", and many others. A book containing many of his monologues was published in 1927. Hayman and Franklin performed mainly in Britain for over thirty years, including appearances on BBC radio. They also toured internationally. Hayman appeared in many films, mostly in character as a Jewish comedian, including "The Lucky Number" (1932), "Borrowed Clothes" (1934), and "On Velvet" (1938). |
Hayman and Franklin later returned to live in the United States. Franklin died in 1954. Hayman died in Hollywood, California, in 1957, at the age of 80, and was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale. |
Negro Fellowship League |
The Negro Fellowship League (NFL) Reading Room and Social Center was the first black settlement house in Chicago. It was founded by Ida B. Wells and her husband Ferdinand Barnett, and provided social services and community resources for black men arriving in Chicago from the south during the Great Migration. Resources included helping them find employment, housing, voting access, literacy and education resources, and more. |
In addition to providing resources to men arriving in the city, the Negro Fellowship League served as an office for Ida B. Wells to organize community events, spread information, and practice her activism. It also served as the meeting location for the Alpha Suffrage Club, the suffrage organization founded by Wells to engage black women voters. |
Wells felt strongly that people should have access to educational resources and stay informed on issues. She owned and operated several newspapers, including the "Fellowship Herald", the official newspaper for the Negro Fellowship League. The "Fellowship Herald" was a resource to help community members stay informed on events and issues that many white-owned papers did not cover, particularly around incidents of racially motivated violence and lynching. |
After a couple years, the initial funding was no longer available. To keep the Negro Fellowship League afloat, Wells moved the center to a smaller location and funded it with her earnings as the first female probation officer in Chicago. Unfortunately, the cost to keep it open became unsustainable, and the center was forced to close in 1920. In the 10 years that the Negro Fellowship League was open, Wells and her colleagues were able to help thousands of black men find jobs and housing. |
PBS Chicago Stories - The Negro Fellowship League https://www.pbs.org/video/negro-fellowship-league-nl0u94/ |
Soviet ultimatum to Estonia |
The Soviet ultimatum to Estonia was issued on June 16, 1940, with the demand to answer by the midnight of the same day. The pretext was political activities of Estonia allegedly in contradiction to the Soviet–Estonian Mutual Assistance Treaty. The demands were to set up a new government and to allow Soviet troops into Estonia. The Estonian government, after long deliberations, submitted the resignation to President Konstantin Päts, which he signed and an announcement was broadcast about the resignation and the expected entrance of the Soviet Army. The Soviet forces started occupation of Estonia the next day. It was part of the Soviet occupation of the Baltic States. |
The Soviet occupation of the Baltic States was based on the 1939 secret protocol added to the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, which divided the spheres of influence of the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany. |
In 1939, under Soviet pressure, the Soviet–Estonian Mutual Assistance Treaty was signed, similar to the Soviet-Latvian and Soviet-Lithuanian treaties. Under the treaties, Soviet military bases were to be established in all Baltic States, in particular, 25,000 Soviet soldiers were dispatched to Estonia. Also, the Soviet Union occupied the island of Naissaar that controlled sea access to Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. |
The ultimatum was handed at 2.30pm (Moscow time) on June 16, 1940, with the demand to answer by the midnight of the same day. The pretext was political activities of Estonia allegedly in contradiction to the Soviet–Estonian Mutual Assistance Treaty. The demands were to set up a new government and to allow Soviet troops into Estonia. |
In addition, Johannes Klesment claimed that Molotov declared that "in the event no answer indicating acceptance of the ultimatum was received by the stated time, the Red Army units concentrated at the border of the Estonian Republic would be ordered to march into the country, suppressing all resistance by armed force." |
The Estonian government decided, in accordance with the Kellogg–Briand Pact, to not respond to the ultimatum by military means. Given the overwhelming Soviet force both on the borders and inside the country, the order was given not to resist in order to avoid bloodshed and open war. The government submitted the resignation to President Konstantin Päts, which he signed and an announcement was broadcast about the resignation and the expected entrance of the Soviet Army. |