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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS%20Wasgenwald

SS Wasgenwald

Ships named SS include: , which was launched in 1911 as . , which was renamed in 1926. Ships of the Hamburg America Line

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logan%20Memorial

Logan Memorial

The Logan Memorial is situated in front of the Penang High Court in Light Street, George Town, Malaysia, and was erected in memory of James Richardson Logan, Scottish lawyer and man of letters, who lived in the Straits Settlements in the 19th century. Background James Richardson Logan (1819 – 1869) was a lawyer and advocate, trained in Scottish law, who practised in Penang defending, without charge, the rights of non-Europeans. He was also an eminent scholar, founding and writing articles for the influential Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia, and was proprietor of the leading newspaper, the Penang Gazette. Memorial Following the death of Logan on 20 October 1869, a meeting was held at the Exchange Rooms in George Town on 25 November to discuss how to perpetuate his memory, and it was decided to erect a monument in Penang where he lived for 20 years. A committee was appointed to invite and collect subscriptions from the three Straits Settlements of Penang, Malacca and Singapore, and in response, a meeting was held in December, 1869, at the Court House in Singapore, attended by most the members of the legal profession, to consider how to express their appreciation, it being resolved that the Singapore Bar would contribute funds for the memorial. On 15 January 1872, at a meeting of the Logan Memorial Committee in Penang, it was confirmed that they had received news that the memorial was complete, and that its erection would be carried out shortly, and it was probably unveiled later that year. The memorial is a Gazetted Monument under the Antiquity Act 1976. Description   The monument, built in the Gothic style, features four female allegorical statues representing the Cardinal Virtues of Temperance, Wisdom, Fortitude, and Justice, and holding symbolic items. It is said that it provided a reminder to the judges and lawyers, who passed by the monument when entering the High Court, to uphold the rule of law. Around the base of monument is marble plaque containing a side-profile of the head and shoulders of Logan carved in marble, and another which contains a lengthy inscription honouring his life. The opening words of the inscription state: "This monument is erected by the peoples of the Straits Settlements as a tribute to their respect and gratitude to James Richardson Logan Advocate. F.R.C.S - F.E.S. whose death in the prime of his manhood they regard as a public calamity." References 1872 sculptures 1872 establishments in the British Empire Buildings and structures in George Town, Penang Monuments and memorials in Malaysia Statues in Malaysia Monuments and memorials completed in the 19th century

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann%20Franz%20von%20Gronsfeld

Johann Franz von Gronsfeld

Johann Franz Graf von Gronsfeld-Bronckhorst (1640-8 April 1719) was a German military officer, President of the Imperial War Council and Field Marshal during the Bavarian uprising of 1705–1706. Career As early as 1665 or earlier, on a journey from Mainz to Frankfurt, Gronsfeld allegedly suggested the polyalphabetic encryption method named after him to the writer and Jesuit priest Gaspar Schott. Gronsfeld was a Swabian general constable in 1689. On 5 June 1688, he was promoted to general field sergeant and on 10 July 1692 to field marshal lieutenant. He was promoted to General of Cavalry on 15 September 1692 and finally to field marshal on 1 August 1704. On 15 May 1705,Gronsfeld approached the city of Munich with 8,000 men and siege guns and demanded its immediate surrender under threat of bombardment. The citizens were ready to defend themselves and made initial preparations to do so, but the armed forces in the city were already outnumbered by the attackers. Von Gronsfeld negotiated twice with the government and the city council of Munich. Only after Gronsfeld had given written assurance that the sons of Elector Maximilian II Emanuel's sons and that the citizens would retain their privileges, and after it was promised that the burden of the quarters would be borne equally by the citizens, court servants, nobility and clergy, the citizens calmed down and agreed to the handover. On 16 May 1705, the town was handed over to the imperial troops. Gronsfeld marched into Munich with 2,816 soldiers. Divergences between the imperial administration in Bavaria and the military command led to Gronsfeld being dismissed, following a letter of complaint to Emperor Joseph I on 6 June 1705. His successor was General Count Scipioni Bagni. Personal life He was the son of Jost Maximilian von Bronckhorst-Gronsfeld and Anna Christina von Hardenrath. He was married to Eleonora Philippine Katharine von Fürstenberg since 1677. The marriage remained childless. His second marriage was to Anna von Törring-Ilchenbach. The couple had a daughter who died young. After the count's death, the earldom passed to his widow, who married Count Claudius Nikolaus von Arberg und Valengin. The next heiress was their daughter Maria Josepha. She married Count Max Emanuel von Toerring-Jettenbach. The marriage remained childless. The Törring family lost the county with the German mediatisation of 1803 and received the imperial Gutenzell Abbey in return. References Bibliography Henric L. Wuermeling: 1705. Der bayerische Volksaufstand und die Sendlinger Mordweihnacht. Mit einem Prolog von Winston S. Churchill. 4., durchgesehene Auflage. LangenMüller, München 2005, ISBN 3-7844-3007-4. External links Liste der Akteure im Bayerischen Volksaufstand 1705 und 1706 Gronsfeld, Johann Franz von (1639 - 1719) auf CERL Thesaurus Demnach Ihro Käyserl. Majest. ... In: Heidelberger historische Bestände – digital. Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg Gronsfeld, Johann Franz von (1639-1719)  bei Kalliope-Verbund 1719 deaths 1640 births Field marshals of Germany Military personnel of the Habsburg monarchy German cryptographers

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diski%20Challenge%20Shield

Diski Challenge Shield

Diski Challenge Shield also known as DStv Diski Shield for sponsorship reason. It was launched in 2018 and it was known as Multchoice Diski Shield. Format The competition uses the same format as MTN 8, but the difference is that the Sami Finals are played onces, they don't have second leg. Champions Prize money Broadcasters DStv is the only company that broadcast the matches on their channel Supersport 202. Sponsors When the tournament was launched back in 2018 Multchoice were the title sponsors. When it was launched again in 2022 PSL announced that DStv is the new title sponsors. References

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West%20Indies%20women%27s%20cricket%20team%20in%20Pakistan%20in%202024

West Indies women's cricket team in Pakistan in 2024

The West Indies women's cricket team are scheduled to tour Pakistan in April and May 2024 to play the Pakistan women's cricket team. The tour will consist of three Women's One Day International (WODI) and five Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) matches. The ODI series will form part of the 2022–2025 ICC Women's Championship. In May 2024, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) confirmed the fixtures for the tour, as a part of the 2024 home international season. ODI series 1st ODI 2nd ODI 3rd ODI T20I series 1st T20I 2nd T20I 3rd T20I 4th T20I 5th T20I References West Indies 2024 Pakistan 2024 International cricket competitions in 2024 2024 in Pakistani cricket 2024 in West Indian cricket 2024 in women's cricket

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court%20of%20Conciliation%20and%20Arbitration

Court of Conciliation and Arbitration

The Court of Conciliation and Arbitration (CCA) is an institution of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), which provides "mechanism for the peaceful settlement of disputes between States". The Court, originally established in 1992 under the Ministerial Council's decision on Peaceful Settlement of Disputes: "Convention on Conciliation and Arbitration within the CSCE" adopted in Stockholm, Sweden. Mandate Based in Geneva, Switzerland, CCA has the mandate for facilitating disputes between the 57 participating States of the OSCE. An OSCE participating State - party to the Convention - has the mandate to initiate the mechanism independently and address a dispute with one or more other participating States. After the proceedings, a conciliation commission will deliver a report with suggestions and recommendations for the parties of dispute. This is followed by period of 30 days, within which parties involved in the dispute can determine their acceptance of the recommendations. In case the consensus is not reached within this timeframe, and if the parties have previously consented to arbitration, an ad hoc arbitral tribunal can be established, whose decision holds legal weight over the Parties. Additionally, arbitration proceedings can be commenced through mutual agreement among the concerned States parties. Presidents of the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration See also References External links Official website Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe International arbitration courts and tribunals

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chintala%20Ramachandra%20Reddy%20%28born%201964%29

Chintala Ramachandra Reddy (born 1964)

Not to be confused with the Khairatabad MLA with the same name/surname. Chintala Ramachandra Reddy (born 1964) is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. He is a four-time MLA. He won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election on YSRCP ticket from Pileru constituency in Chittoor district. He is nominated to contest the Pileru seat representing YSRCP for the 2024 Assembly elections. Early life and education Reddy father Surendra Reddy is a farmer. He hails from Jarravaripalle, Vayalpadu mandal, Chittoor. He did his schooling from P. V. C. government high school, Vayalpadu finishing his SSLC in 1979. He completed his graduation in Arts from B. T. College, Madanapalle, affiliated to Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, in 1985. He married Nirajamma and has a son, Sai Krishna Reddy. Krishna Reddy developed an app for his father to keep in touch with the electorate and it became very useful to connect with the people during Covid pandemic. Career He first won the 1987 the bye election to Vayalpadu constituency as a TDP candidate at the age of 25 defeating Congess Party candidate, Nallari Sarojamma, wife of sitting MLA Amarnath Reddy, whose death necessitated the bye poll. But he lost the 1989 polls. He won the 1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election representing Telugu Desam Party from Vayalpadu constituency but lost the 1999 and 2009 elections on TDP and PRP tickets respectively. Later in 2014, he shifted to YSRCP and won the MLA seat from the neighboring Pileru constituency. In 2019, he was re-elected from Pileru representing YSRCP polling 87,300 votes. References Living people YSR Congress Party politicians Telugu politicians 1964 births Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2019–2024

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Extortion

The Extortion

The Extortion () is a 2023 Argentine thriller film directed by from a screenplay by Emanuel Diez which stars Guillermo Francella alongside Pablo Rago and Andrea Frigerio. Plot Veteran aircraft pilot Alejandro Petrossián, close to retirement, is blackmailed by the secret services after a manipulated medical test covering up Petrossián's partial hearing loss is leaked, thereby becoming a sort of courier in between the airports of Ezeiza and Barajas. Cast Production The screenplay was penned by Emanuel Diez. The film is a 100 Bares, Cimarrón Cine, Infinity Hill, and Particular Crowd production. It was shot on location at the Ezeiza and Barajas airports. Release The film was released theatrically in Argentina on 6 April 2023. It was the 2nd-most watched Argentine film in 2023 at the domestic box office, with 528,762 admissions. See also List of Argentine films of 2023 References 2020s Argentine films Argentine thriller films 2020s Spanish-language films Films set in Madrid Films shot in Argentina Films set in Argentina Films shot in Madrid Films set in airports Films about extortion Spanish-language thriller films

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ac%C3%A1cio%20Barreiros

Acácio Barreiros

Acácio Manuel de Frias Barreiros (24 March 1948 – 18 February 2004) was a Portuguese politician. Between 1975 and 1979, he was the sole representative of the Popular Democratic Union (UDP), a Marxist political party, in the Assembly of the Republic. After leaving the UDP in 1979, he joined the centre-left Socialist Party (PS), and was a member of the Assembly of the Republic between 1983–1987, 1991–1999 and from 2001 until his death in 2004. He was Secretary of State for Consumer Protection between 1999 and 2001, in António Guterres' second government. References 1948 births 2004 deaths Socialist Party (Portugal) politicians People from Cabinda (city)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlabs

Marlabs

Marlabs is a digital serviced company specializing in data and analytics, digital product engineering, and automation, headquartered in Piscataway, New Jersey. It provides digital-first strategy and advisory services, rapid solution incubation, and digital product engineering solutions at scale. The company has its presence in the US, UK, Canada, Germany, Brazil and India. History Marlabs was established in 1996 by Srinivas Balaram and Siby Vadakekkara in a small office in Piscataway, New Jersey. By 2001 the company had opened its first Global Delivery Center, in Bangalore, India. In the next five years, between 2002 and 2007, Marlabs went on to launch its second Global Delivery Center in Mysore, Karnataka, India. The company expanded its businesses in healthcare, life sciences, financial services, retail, and supply chain. In 2015, Marlabs acquired Tquila shares in Extentor Tquila, a Salesforce.com Gold Alliance Partner and recipient of the "Best Implementation Partner FY15". In Jan 2022 BV Investment Partners invested in Marlabs. The investment was a shot in the arm for the digital company, which helped Marlabs expand operations in India, with new facilities set up in Pune in October 2022. In May 2023 Marlabs announced its expansion into LATAM with the acquisition of Monitora Soluções Tecnológicas. In October 2023 Thomas Collins joined Marlabs as CEO. References Companies based in New Jersey Companies established in 1996

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stew%20%28play%29

Stew (play)

Stew (stylized as STEW) is a 2020 play by Zora Howard, her first. It was a finalist for the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Development The play is Howard's first. It was workshopped in 2019 with Page 73 during a summer residency and with Collaborative Artists Bloc. Plot The plot centers on the Tucker family, three generations of women grappling with their personal choices. Characters include Mama, the family matriarch, Nelly, a 17-year-old who lives with Mama, Mama's 30-something daughter Lillian, who is visiting with her preteen daughter Li'l Mama and her son Junior, who does not appear in the play. It takes place in Mama's kitchen. Mama is making a stew for a church event later in the day that is very important to her, and the rest of the family is helping or keeping her company in the kitchen. The women are all stressed for various reasons -- Mama because of the event and her health issues, Lillian because she is having marital issues, and Nelly because she is pregnant -- and they bicker, sometimes comically. A loud bang is heard outside the house while all but Mama are sleeping, and Lillian, Nelly, and Li'l Mama run outside, concerned about Junior, while Mama, still inside stirring her pot, resigns herself to the worst. The play ends with the audience believing he has been shot. Reception In a review for Vulture, Helen Shaw wrote, "Howard moves from broad strokes to ontological bewilderment almost before you know it...makes us hear hundreds of years of pain, knocking to be let in." For the Los Angeles Times, Charles McNulty wrote, "Howard has written a kitchen-sink drama with a difference. “Stew” is more concerned with pattern than plot. History is tracked in its path of repetition. The everyday sorrows, disappointments and hopes of three generations of Black women are chronicled. So too is their stamina to survive a world of economic hardship, emotional neglect and chronic violence." Elisabeth Vincentelli, writing in the New York Times, said "Howard can be a little heavy-handed when alluding to cycles that keep repeating: the marital frustration, Tucker women getting pregnant at 17." The play was a finalist for the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Production history The play debuted in January of 2020, staged by Page 73 Productions at Manhattan's Walkerspace with Portia as Mama and Nikkole Salter as Lillian, with Colette Robert directing. In 2022 it was staged by Shattered Globe at Chicago's Theater Wit directed by Malkia Stampley with Velma Austin as Mama and Jazzma Pryor as Lillian. In 2023 it ran at the Pasadena Playhouse with LisaGay Hamilton as Mama, Roslyn Ruff as Lillian, and Tyler Thomas directing. In 2024 it was produced by Cincinnati's Playhouse in the Park with Stori Ayers directing, Michele Shay as Mama, and Shayna Small as Lillian with other regional productions at ACT Theatre, Ebony Repertory Theatre, Scripps Ranch Community Theatre, and Theatre North. References 2020 plays American plays Off-Broadway plays Plays about families

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aceria%20baccharices

Aceria baccharices

Aceria baccharices, also known as the mulefat leaf-blister mite and formerly known as Eriophyes baccharices, is a species of arachnid native to North America that induces galls on two California willows, Baccharis salicifolia and Baccharis glutinosa. This mite was first described to science by Hartford H. Keifer in 1945. According to Keifer, "the type host is the long-leaf type Baccharis which is comnon to dry washes in northern California. The other host is the same sort of thing but confined to the south." These galls, which look like warty protrusions from the surface of the leaf, are nurseries for the next generation of mites. The adults eventually leave the leaf via anterior exit holes that may be visible. Aceria baccharices should not confused with Aceria baccharipha, the Baccharis leaf blister mite. References Taxa named by Hartford H Keifer Animals described in 1945 Fauna of California Eriophyidae

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa%20Florio

Villa Florio

Villa Florio is a historic Neogothic villa located in Favignana, Italy. History The villa, designed by Palermo-based engineer Giuseppe Damiani Almeyda, was commissioned by Ignazio Florio to become his family's residence in Favignana. The building currently serves as a town hall. Description The villa features a Neogothic style. Gallery References External links Favignana Villas in Sicily City and town halls in Italy Florio family

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum%20of%20Illusions%20Philadelphia

Museum of Illusions Philadelphia

The Museum of Illusions Philadelphia is an "edutainment" museum in Philadelphia devoted to optical illusions. In was opened in 2022. It occupies space in the same building as the Faith and Liberty Discovery Center. References External links Museums established in 2022 2022 establishments in Pennsylvania

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rikhabdev%20Road%20railway%20station

Rikhabdev Road railway station

Rikhabdev Road railway station (station code: RDD) is a railway station located in Kesariyaji, Rishabhdev, in the Udaipur District of Rajasthan, India. It falls under the administrative control of the North Western Railway (NWR). Situated at an elevation of 272 meters, the station features two platforms and caters to six halting trains. Despite its modest scale, Rikhabdev Road serves as a crucial link for travellers and pilgrims heading towards the renowned Shrinathji Temple at Nathdwara and the Jain pilgrimage site of Kesariyaji Tirth. Location and accessibility Located approximately 74 km from Udaipur Airport, the station provides accessibility to the nearby towns and villages, offering vital connectivity for daily commuters and tourists visiting the region's religious and cultural sites. Services Rikhabdev Road railway station facilitates several trains that connect the area with major cities, providing essential transport services to the local population and visitors. References

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl%20B%C3%B6mer

Karl Bömer

Karl Bömer (September 7, 1900 – August 22, 1942) was a German ministerial director and the head of the Foreign Department for Journalism in the Ministry of Propaganda. His accidental hint at German plans to invade the USSR led to his arrest by the Gestapo in May 1941. Subsequently, he fought on the Eastern Front in 1942 and sustained injuries near Kharkov; Bömer died in a military hospital in Krakow. Education and early career Bömer embarked on academic pursuits in journalism in the late 1920s, including visits to various American universities and lecturing at the School of Journalism of the University of Missouri. It was during this time that Bömer crossed paths with Pierre J. Huss, who would later head the INS Berlin bureau. Prior to his appointment in the Nazi Propaganda Ministry, Bömer cultivated experience in journalism and public relations and participated in initiatives aimed at fostering improved relations between Germany and Mexico as well as the US. Career in the Nazi era (1932-1941) Bömer joined the NSDAP in 1932. Bömer was appointed by Alfred Rosenberg to lead the Press Department of the NSDAP's Foreign Policy Office in May 1933. In 1938 Bömer became the head of the Foreign Department for Journalism in the Ministry of Propaganda. As Bömer assumed control of the foreign section, Alfred-Ingemar Berndt, the former department head, transitioned to overseeing domestic matters. However, by the onset of 1938/39, Hans Fritzsche, a radio journalist, had replaced Alfred-Ingemar Berndt, who then assumed leadership of the ministry's literature department. Bömer's familiarity with publicity methods gleaned from his time in the US and his academic interest in newspapers positioned him as a valuable resource in shaping and managing the foreign press corps's perception of the Nazi regime in Germany. Dismissal and arrest (1941) In May 1941 Bömer's inadvertent revelation of the Soviet attack while under the influence at a Bulgarian Embassy gathering in Berlin led to his dismissal from ministry news conferences. Despite inquiries from foreign correspondents, Bömer's whereabouts remained undisclosed until it was revealed that he had been apprehended by the Gestapo. Following the invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, Bömer faced trial and condemnation by a People's Court, losing all titles and receiving a prison sentence. In the spring of 1942, Joseph Goebbels finally convinced Hitler to release Bömer. Soon after being released, Bömer departed for the Eastern Front with the aim of redeeming himself. Death Bömer sustained injuries near Kharkov and passed away in a military hospital in Krakow in August 1942, holding the rank of lieutenant at the time of his demise. Joseph Goebbels secured Bömer's posthumous rehabilitation. References 1900 births 1942 deaths German nationalists German propagandists Nazi Germany ministers Nazi Party officials Nazi propaganda

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucciali%20TAV%2012

Bucciali TAV 12

The Bucciali TAV 12 (alternatively also 8-32 or Type 7) is the last model from the French car manufacturer Bucciali. Introduced in 1931, the TAV 12's history and characteristics are not fully understood. Unusual for the time, it had front-wheel drive and sensational bodywork, the flat and long limousine version of which was also known as la flèche d'or ("the golden arrow"). The vehicle, of which only one is known, was dismantled into its individual parts before the outbreak of the Second World War. A collector had it rebuilt 40 years later. Since the early 1990s, the TAV 12 has been ready to drive again and is shown at exhibitions from time to time. Background The Bucciali brand can be traced back to Angelo ("Buc"; 1889–1981) and Paul-Albert Bucciali (1887–1946). The Bucciali brothers, from a Corsican family, were born in Boulogne-sur-Mer in northern France and worked as piano and organ builders in their hometown. After World War I, they founded Société Bucciali Frères, based in Courbevoie near Paris, which produced a series of small, conventionally styled sports cars from 1922. Some of the cars initially marketed under the Buc badge were one-offs, but some models were produced in small series of up to 100 units (Buc AB 4–5). Occasionally, Buc cars appeared at French motorsport events. Depending on the source, the company produced 120, 150 or 200 cars in 1926. This was not enough to make the business economically viable. As a result, the Bucciali brothers stopped producing conventionally designed automobiles at the end of 1925. Beginning in 1926, Société Bucciali Frères became an automotive engineering design firm. The Bucciali brothers were now primarily involved in the development of front-wheel-drive designs. This was a new drive concept for automobiles that had attracted some attention since 1925 when a front-wheel-drive racing car (Miller 122) designed by the American engineer Harry Miller had been surprisingly successful in the "Indianapolis 500". The Buccialis often used the preliminary work of other engineers in their designs. The first front-wheel-drive car, the Bucciali TAV 1, incorporated ideas from Brazilian engineer Robert Dimitri Sensaud de Lavaud, while later developments resembled the technology of the 1929 US Cord L-29, the first mass-produced front-wheel-drive passenger car. Beginning in 1926, the company, now explicitly known as Bucciali, presented a new design at each of the annual Paris Motor Shows held in October, most of which were an evolution of previous concepts. In some cases, only the vehicle frames were exhibited, but in most cases, the chassis was fitted with individual coachworks designed by Angelo Bucciali. They were mostly characterized by unusual proportions, including an unusual length and an extremely low overall height. This design became a trademark of Bucciali. Bucciali's vehicles were usually equipped with internal combustion engines from other manufacturers such as S.C.A.P., Continental , or Lycoming; only in the case of the 1930 Bucciali Double Huit did the company announce a 16-cylinder engine of its design, but this was never realized. Most Bucciali models remained one-offs; only three or four examples of the Bucciali TAV 30 are known to have been built. The company's last model was the 1931 TAV 12, which was fitted with two bodies in succession. Although the Bucciali brothers regularly announced their intention to mass-produce their front-wheel-drive models, the seriousness of this intention is doubted in the literature, given the extremely low production volume. Most publications assume that the Bucciali brothers were primarily interested in selling their patented front-wheel-drive solutions to interested production car manufacturers; the Buccialis' sensational but impractical car bodies should also be seen in this context. Bucciali sold the rights to use some of his ideas to the Peerless Motor Company, but the company went bankrupt in 1931 and turned into a brewery before it could implement Bucciali's concepts. Nomenclature As is often the case with Bucciali models, the name of the vehicle is confusing. Several different designations were used over the years. At the factory, the car was initially called the Bucciali 8-32, with the first digit representing the originally intended eight-cylinder engine and the last two digits indicating the year 1932, when it was to be presented to the public. However, this designation became obsolete when the customer opted for a V12 engine. Automobile historians then introduced the designation TAV 12. TAV stood for Traction Avant (= front-wheel drive), while the 12 denoted the tax class or the number of cylinders, depending on the source. Alternatively, the TAV 12 is also known as Type 7, Bucciali's seventh model. History of the TAV 12 Production in response to changing customer requirements The TAV 12 was the last of the Bucciali brothers' seven front-wheel-drive cars, and the only one that was not built primarily for show, but for a client. The client was Georges Roure, a businessman who had seen the front-wheel-drive Bucciali Double Huit (Double Eight) with a 16-cylinder engine at the 1930 Paris Motor Show. During production, the car underwent numerous conceptual changes. Roure's original order was for a replica of a 1930 convertible with a V16 engine. However, the Bucciali brothers were unable to deliver a working V16 engine at short notice, as such a design did not exist: The V16 engine block on display at the 1930 show was merely a prototype, with no internal workings. Roure initially ordered an American 8-cylinder engine from Continental instead but changed his order a second time before installation and finally had a 12-cylinder engine from French manufacturer Aéroplanes G. Voisin installed. The first version, introduced in the fall of 1931, was a two-door convertible. Unlike some earlier Bucciali designs, the convertible was unquestionably road-worthy. There are reports of a promotional drive by Paul-Albert Bucciali in November 1931, when Bucciali took the car to Nice, where it participated in an exhibition and was awarded an honorary prize for its sophisticated engineering. Despite this, the customer soon gave up on the convertible as he did not agree with the lines of the body. In the early months of 1932, Bucciali was commissioned by Roures to produce a large four-door Limousine (French: Berline) nicknamed la flèche d'or. La flèche d'or was completed in April 1932. In the same month, the client Georges Roure took delivery of the car. Bucciali charged 130,000 French francs for the chassis and another 85,600 francs for the body. Roure sold the car shortly thereafter to a Parisian banker. In October 1932, la flèche d'or was presented to the public at the Paris Motor Show. It was the last time that Bucciali had a stand at this show. Alongside the TAV 12 was a TAV 30 convertible, whose long, low lines followed those of the Berline and which was powered by a Lycoming eight-cylinder in-line engine. Single piece or additional copies? La flèche d'or was probably a single unit; in any case, only one car of this type is in existence today. Although a single source claims that two similar cars with Voisin engines were built in 1932, there is no proof. There is evidence, however, that in the summer or fall of 1932, a two-year-old TAV 30 chassis, initially fitted with a roadster body, was later fitted with a la Flèche d'or-style body for a customer. However, this car was equipped with an eight-cylinder Lycoming engine. Finally, there is evidence that the Bucciali brothers began designing another limousine for the 1933 Paris Motor Show in the fall of 1932, but it was never realized, as Bucciali's development work came to an end in early 1933 for financial reasons. Dismantling and reconstruction The TAV 12 was used regularly by its owner in the 1930s, but he had the body removed after a few years. The body was mounted on a Bugatti T46 chassis in the late 1930s. Produced from 1929 to 1936, the T 46 was the second largest Bugatti and was known as the "Petite Royale" about the legendary Type 41 luxury limousine. The wheelbase of the Bugatti was half a meter shorter than that of the Bucciali, which meant that the body had to be shortened considerably at the front. The Bugatti with the "la flèche d'or" body was transferred to the US in the early post-war period. The Bucciali chassis remained in France and was considered lost for several years. After its rediscovery, it was purchased by a French collector. In 1976, the body and the Bucciali chassis came into the hands of an American collector, who had the la flèche d'or rebuilt. The engine, gearbox, front-wheel drive, suspension, and most of the sheet metal parts could be taken over from the original vehicle. Some parts of the chassis, the rear fenders, and the hood were rebuilt from scratch. The reconstruction was completed more than ten years later. Since the late 1990s, the TAV 12 has been on public display several times, including at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance (2006). Design and technical details Car bodies At first, it was a convertible, but later it was given a four-door limousine body. Convertible The first version, which appeared in the fall of 1931, was a two-door convertible. The car had a steel chassis with a 3734 mm wheelbase, which had already been used for a TAV 30 the previous year. Unlike the other TAV models, the body was not designed by the Bucciali brothers, but by Émile Guillet, the owner of a coachwork factory who was sometimes a partner of Bucciali. It was considered stylistically unsuccessful. Berline: „la flèche d’or“ In the early months of 1932, Bucciali produced a large four-door limousine (French: Berline) for Roures, nicknamed la flèche d'or. The body was of mixed construction, consisting of sheet steel shells nailed to a wooden frame. The limousine's wheelbase was 4089 mm, only a few millimeters shorter than that of the Bugatti T41 "Royale". With a length of 6360 mm, the car was exceptionally long, while the body height was only 1480 mm. This made the Bucciali TAV 12 Berline the lowest car of its time. The wheels had a diameter of 24 inches. The body was designed by Paul-Albert Bucciali; the sheet metal parts were allegedly made to Bucciali's specifications at Saoutchik in Neuilly-sur-Seine. The hood was also low. Its top line was below the highest point of the fenders so that the hood was partially hidden by the wheels and fenders when viewed from the side. As on the earlier TAV Buccialis models, a stylized stork was mounted on the side vents of the hood. It was a reference to the Escadrille des Cigognes (Stork Squadron) in which Paul-Albert Bucciali had participated during the First World War. The absence of running boards was another stylistic feature. The big headlamps were positioned in front of the grille, directly on the front bumper. Two spare wheels were mounted on top of each other at the rear of the car. Technology The TAV 12 had a steel chassis, front-wheel drive and independent front and rear suspension. Paul-Albert Bucciali had already patented this design in 1928. Both versions of the car were powered by a 12-cylinder engine that Bucciali purchased from Voisin. This H18 sleeve valve engine was mainly used in the Voisin C18. It had a displacement of 4886 cc. The mixture was prepared by four Zenith carburetors. The output of the Voisin engine was given as 180 bhp (132 kW), other sources say 120 bhp (88 kW). The Voisin engine, designed for a rear-wheel drive car, was mounted upside down in the Bucciali, so that the flywheel with the clutch was at the front. The four-speed transmission was a Bucciali design. It was positioned transversely in front of the engine, with the differential in front of it. The front drum brakes were internal, i.e. they were located on the differential and acted via the drive shafts. Technical data References External links Model history of the Bucciali TAV 12 on the website www.kidston.com (Memento from March 5, 2016, in the Internet Archive) Model history of the Bucciali TAV 12 with numerous illustrations on the website www.conceptcarz.com Images of the Bucciali TAV 12 on the website www.coachbuild.com Bibliography Gijsbert-Paul Berk: André Lefebvre, and the Cars He Created at Voisin and Citroën, Veloce Publishing Ltd, 2011, ISBN 978-1-84584-464-6 Griffith Borgeson: Das Märchen vom Storch, Biografie der Frontantriebs-Modelle, in: Motor Klassik, Issues 4 and 5/1989. Eric Favre: Bucciali, la passion de la démesure, Brand history Bucciali, in: La Gazoline, Issue of January 26, 2003 Christian Huet: Bucciali, ed. Christian Huet (Self-published), 2004. Serge Bellu: L’Attraction des frères Bucciali. Brand history and presentation of the Bucciali TAV 12, in: Automobiles Classiques No. 116 (September 2001), p. 68 ff. H. O. (Hans Otto) Meyer-Spelbrink: Der Flug der Störche. The front-wheel drive models from Bucciali. Oldtimer Markt, issue 4/2016, p. 26 Luxury vehicles Featured articles Limousines 1931

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blauvelt%20House%20%28Franklin%20Lakes%2C%20New%20Jersey%29

Blauvelt House (Franklin Lakes, New Jersey)

The Blauvelt House is located at 205 Woodside Avenue in the borough of Franklin Lakes in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The historic stone house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 8, 1985, for its significance in architecture and exploration/settlement. It was listed as part of the Early Stone Houses of Bergen County Multiple Property Submission (MPS). See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey National Register of Historic Places listings in Bergen County, New Jersey References National Register of Historic Places in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey Stone houses in New Jersey Houses in Bergen County, New Jersey New Jersey Register of Historic Places

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ochna%20membranacea

Ochna membranacea

Ochna membranacea is a shrub or small sized tree with yellow petals surrounded by red sepals belonging to the family Ochnaceae. Description A shrub or tree, the species is capable of reaching an height of 12 m; its stems tend to have longitudinal lines. The leaves have linear stipules and the leaflets are obovate to elliptic in shape; leaflets have a toothed margin and are capable of reaching 20 cm long and 7 cm wide, they are acuminate at the apex and cuneate to rounded at base. The yellow flowers are arranged in panicles that are 5-12 cm long and the fuit is a kidney shaped drupe. Distribution and habitat Found in Tropical Africa from Guinea in West Africa eastwards to the Congo Basin and Sudan. It is commonly found in gallery and evergreen forests and observed in thickets. References Flora of West-Central Tropical Africa membranacea

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics%20at%20the%202023%20African%20Games%20%E2%80%93%20Men%27s%20100%20metres

Athletics at the 2023 African Games – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres event at the 2023 African Games was held on 18 and 19 March 2024 in Accra, Ghana. Medalists Results Heats Held on 18 March Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals. Wind:Heat 1: -0.1 m/s, Heat 2: -2.0 m/s, Heat 3: -1.5 m/s, Heat 4: -0.9 m/s, Heat 5: -1.6 m/s, Heat 6: -1.1 m/s, Heat 7: -1.4 m/s Semifinals Held on 18 March Qualification: First 2 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final. Wind:Heat 1: -0.7 m/s, Heat 2: -0.1 m/s, Heat 3: -2.1 m/s Final Held on 19 March Wind: -0.8 m/s References 100 2024

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%20al-Bayda%20bombing

2024 al-Bayda bombing

On 19 March 2024, Houthi militants in Yemen blew up a house in the city of Radda, the capital of al-Bayda governorate, killing at least 12 people, nine of which are from the same family. Background A day before the attack, 2 Houthi fighters were killed in an ambush allegedly set up by the house's owner, Ibrahim al-Zalei. Local media reported that the Houthi attack targeted the homes of the Al-Naqus and Al-Zayla’i families in retaliation for the killing of two Houthi members, who were allegedly shot by a member of the latter family last Sunday. The bombing Houthis besieged the house and its surroundings in the district of Radea, in the Bayda early Tuesday, before booby-trapping the house and blowing it up, causing severe damage to neighboring buildings. They planted a vast network of mines in the corners of the destroyed homes, and are still besieging the neighborhood. They also carried out a campaign of house raids and widespread arrests of citizens. Aftermath The Musawa Organization for Rights and Liberties stated that the bombing has resulted in the collapse of 8 neighboring buildings. They also stated that this crime left 9 dead from the family of the citizen Muhammad Saad Al-Yarimi, who died along with his wife and all of his children. They are: Saad Muhammad Al-Yarimi (33 years old) Ali Muhammad Al-Yarimi (22 years old) Jabali Muhammad Al-Yarimi (18 years old) Ramzi Muhammad Saad Al-Yarimi (15 years old) Mabrouka Muhammad Saad (19 years old) Karima Ahmed Al-Adadi, wife of Ibrahim Muhammad Saad Al-Yarimi, who was injured in the incident in addition to 9 other wounded from the same Al-Yarimi family and other families, namely: Khairiya Al-Fara’ (30 years old), Ibrahim Saad Muhammad Saad Al-Yarimi (2 years old) Lutfiya Saad Muhammad Saad Al-Yarimi (5 years old) Muhammad Saad Muhammad Saad Al-Yarimi (9 years old) Haj Ahmed Al-Khalabi (60 years old), who was recovered from under the rubble with his wife Aisha Al-Khalabi (55 years old) Ali Ahmed Al-Khalbi, who was kidnapped by the Houthis and is in "serious conditions." According to the Musawa organization, the houses that the Houthis blew up were: The house of Muhammad Al-Yarimi Two houses of Ibrahim Al-Zayla’i The house of Alawi Al-Majjar The house of Al-Naqus The house of citizen Ahmed Khalbi, the house of citizen Saleh Hadi, and the house of Al-Fayeh. Reactions Yemeni Information Minister Muammar al-Eryani said the bombing led to the collapse of nearby houses, killing at least 12, most of them women and children, with 20 more still buried under the debris, he also accused the Houthis of adopting a "policy of bombing houses and forcibly displacing their residents as an approach to terrorize citizens" in revenge against opponents of their coup. Houthi-run Interior Ministry said detonating the house was an “irresponsible reaction” by security forces who used “excessive force in an illegal way” while pursuing suspects behind Monday's ambush. It said an investigation committee has been formed to bring those involved to justice. References Yemeni Crisis (2011–present) Bombing 2024 Red Sea crisis

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%20Fine%20Gael%20leadership%20election

2024 Fine Gael leadership election

The 2024 Fine Gael leadership election is expected to take place in 2024 following the resignation of leader Leo Varadkar. Background Leo Varadkar was elected leader of Fine Gael in 2017 and became the Taoiseach on 14 June 2017. At 38 years old he became the youngest person to hold the office, and Ireland's first openly gay head of government. He later served as Tánaiste from 2020 to 2022 before becoming Taoiseach again in December 2022. On 8 March 2024, two referendums were held on proposed amendments to the Constitution of Ireland. The Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023 proposed to revise the definition of family to include durable relationships outside marriage and the Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023 proposed to remove references to a woman's "life within the home" and "duties in the home" and add a new article on care within the family. Voters overwhelmingly rejected both proposed amendments, and the referendums were widely reported as a defeat for Varadkar. On 20 March 2024, Varadkar announced that he would resign as Fine Gael leader immediately, and as Taoiseach once a successor is elected. In his resignation speech, Varadkar stated that the reasons for his stepping down were "both personal and political" and that he was not the "best person for the job anymore." The election will take place before Fine Gael's Ardfheis on 6 April. Electoral process Rule 49 of Fine Gael's Constitution and Rules state that a leadership contest is decided by an electoral college. The electoral votes are allocated: 65% to the Fine Gael parliamentary party (TDs, Senators and MEPs); 25% to ordinary Fine Gael members, including Young Fine Gael; 10% to Fine Gael local representatives (city and county councillors and members of Údarás na Gaeltachta). As of March 2024 the parliamentary party consists of 55 members (34 TDs, 16 Senators and 5 MEPs). Candidates require signatures of 10% of the parliamentary party, i.e. six signatures. Party members had to be affiliated for at least two years to be eligible to vote. Candidates Potential Paschal Donohoe, TD for Dublin Central; Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform Simon Harris, TD for Wicklow; Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Helen McEntee, TD for Meath East; Minister for Justice Heather Humphreys, TD for Cavan-Monaghan; Minister for Social Protection Declined Simon Coveney, TD for Cork South-Central; Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment References 2024 elections in the Republic of Ireland 2024 political party leadership elections 2024 in Irish politics Indirect elections 2024 Future elections in Europe

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpolitan%20identity

Liverpolitan identity

Liverpolitan is an associated adjective and demonym of Liverpool and Liverpool City Region, a city and city region respectively, in North West England. It may refer to: A native or inhabitant of Liverpool. A native or inhabitant of Liverpool City Region incorporating the boroughs of Halton, Knowsley, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral. Anything from or related to the city of Liverpool or the Liverpool City Region. Etymology The word 'Liverpolitan' has its roots in the Victorian era. During this period, Liverpool was one of the world's most important ports at the height of Britain's global economic and imperial significance. The local population's distinctive perspective and frame of mind was influenced by far-reaching social changes combined with the building of grand architecture and rapid progress in technology (such as steamships and railway locomotives). Liverpool was a crucial contributor to Britain's overseas trading economy and consequently, mercantile business and commerce was a source of considerable local pride. During this heyday, the word 'Liverpolitan' was commonly used to refer to inhabitants of the city, with intentional overtones of a 'great global metropolis'. Origins 19th century In the 19th century, Liverpool was a city contrasted by social and economic inequality. On the one hand, the city was characterised by the booming port with global reach across the British Empire, discernible commercial aspiration, new grand architecture and large-scale wealth. On the other hand, by the second half of the century, the reputation of the city became synonymous with high mortality rates, high crime, lawlessness, drunkenness and disease. Low paid dock workers, poor housing and unsanitary living conditions had become a reality amongst the city's poorer classes. In his 2012 book, Scouse: A Social and Cultural History, Tony Crowley argues that throughout the 19th century, 'Liverpolitan' was used as a formal term to refer to inhabitants of Liverpool. He argued that the term befitted a contemporary viewpoint in which many regarded Liverpool as 'Venice of the North'. Such a view romanticised Liverpool as a place of booming docks, sailing ships, impressive and imposing architecture. 20th century Tony Crowley argues that up until the 1950s, inhabitants of Liverpool were generally referred to by a number of demonyms. However, Crowley argues that there was a debate in the mid 20th century between the two rival terms of 'Liverpolitan' and 'Liverpudlian'. In 1950, an anonymous feature writer known as the 'Postman' wrote in the Liverpool Daily Post and the Liverpool Mercury to denounce the Liverpolitan identity: “Liverpudlian means an inhabitant of the Pool of Liver, which of course, is Liverpool. Liverpolitan, on the other hand means an inhabitant of the city of Liver, or Liverpolis, which does not exist. Whether euphemistically or not, therefore, Liverpool people are Liverpudlians.” In 1958, Frank Shaw, author of Lern Yerself Scouse: how to Talk Proper in Liverpool, suggested that there were two types of Liverpool inhabitant who were demarcated according to social class: The Liverpolitan and the Liverpudlian. In 1971, Shaw further asserted that Liverpolitans were identified with "posh or snotty types living in the better suburbs (say, Mossley Hill)". They were "more pretentious in their social habits, professing higher cultural aspirations than their own humble origins usually justified". In the late 1950s, Shaw further argued that Liverpolitans would not talk about being 'Scouse' and were more likely to be a member of the 'bay window' classes. Conversely, Shaw argued in 1971 that the Liverpudlian was the "real Scouser". According to Crowley, Shaw intended these differentiations to be humourous. 21st century Liverpool city region identity In the 21st century, the city of Liverpool and surrounding Liverpool City Region have seen substantial levels of devolution. Powers and responsibilities over the economy, infrastructure, health, wellbeing and strategic planning have been transferred from the UK government to the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority and Mayor of the Liverpool City Region. Within this context, the Liverpolitan identity has been reinterpreted in the media, by local politicians and political commentators. In the 21st century, the term 'Liverpolitan' is the proposed adjective and demonym of the entire Liverpool City Region. Since the area's national and international profile has emerged and grown, the word has been used to describe a native or inhabitant of the Liverpool City Region. Its usage within this context has been conceptualised, supported and criticised. In their 2011 report Rebalancing Britain: Policy or Slogan, Lord Michael Heseltine and Sir Terry Leahy considered opportunities available to grow the emerging Liverpool City Region over the following ten to twenty years. After discussions with a range of stakeholders which included Liverpool City Council, surrounding local authorities, businesses and community groups, Heseltine and Leahy recommended that “The so-called ‘Liverpolitan Diaspora’ should be provided with a formal structure and opportunity to help their home city region with investment leads, expertise, advice and intelligence.” In 2016, the Liverpool Echo revealed that the word 'Liverpolitan' was being used to refer to anyone from anywhere in the Liverpool City Region and would tap into the growing political unity of Liverpool, Halton, Knowsley, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral. It was argued that adopting the phrase would temper existing tensions within the concerned localities and would negate the need to refer to those living on the outskirts of Liverpool with the pejorative term of 'wools' or 'woolybacks'. Former Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson argued against the idea suggesting that the term 'Scouser' was positive for the city's identity and was similar to nicknames associated with other cities and regions throughout the United Kingdom. Mayor Anderson argued that the 'Scousers versus Wools' narrative could be divisive, but should be viewed as harmless. In 2017, shortly after the inauguration of Steve Rotheram as the first Liverpool City Region Mayor, Jonathan Heywood at City Monitor argued that Steve Rotheram's first challenge was to address Liverpool's 'out of date' boundary issues to better integrate the city with its neighbouring communities in order to present a united front. Heywood argued that opening a 'City Region Assembly' would strengthen and secure the long term role of city region mayor and the concept of 'a shared Liverpolitan project.' In 2021, 39 elected councillors across the six districts of the Liverpool City Region were surveyed about the Liverpolitan identity. The survey revealed that most councillors in the city region did not identify with being a Liverpolitan, however, 46percent either definitely did identify with the term or were neutral about it. Most councillors were fairly sure that their ward residents would be neutral about the subject. The survey also revealed major differences between councillors who believed the term was a positive or negative statement and those who thought it should definitely be promoted or left alone. Those who did not identify with the Liverpolitan identity were more unsure overall on how to answer the various survey questions whilst those who definitely identified as Liverpolitan were generally more confident that their position was beneficial to the city region and its people. Other demonyms Throughout history, there have been a number of different terms used to refer to inhabitants of Liverpool. They are as follows: Liverpoldon (17th century) Leeirpooltonian (17th Century) Liverpolitan (19th century to present) Liverpudlian (19th century to present) Dicky Liver, Dicky O'Sam, Dicky Sam, Dicky Mint, Tilly Mint (19th to 20th century) Whacker (or wacker) (19th and 20th century) Scouser (20th century to present) Comparisons with other demonyms Since the mid 20th century, the pre-eminent moniker for Liverpool's inhabitants is 'Scouser'. Dr David Jeffery at the University of Liverpool ascertained that the Scouse identity has also been adopted in the surrounding areas of Liverpool, most notably in Sefton and Knowsley, but also to a smaller degree on the Wirral and in St Helens. Over time, the Scouse identity has become intensified by collective feelings shared by many across the Liverpool area who identify more with Liverpool's maritime history and connections to overseas than they do to England itself, or the English establshment. In his article Sonic geography, place and race in the formation of local identity: Liverpool and Scousers, Philip Boland argues that early colloquialisms for Liverpool people included 'Dicky Sam', a phrase for a Liverpool man born near a specific church in the city centre. Boland also cited 'Liverpolitan' as an early term to refer to Liverpool people. He argued that during the 1950s, the term 'Scouser' (which had its etymology based on a local stew), became popularised through musical hall performances of 'Scouser songs'. During this time, Liverpool people were also referred to as 'whackers', however, the 'Scouse' identity was made popular through comedy and light entertainment performers on radio and television and the promotion of 'Scouse lingo' by 'cultural brokers' such as Frank Shaw, Fritz Spiegl and Stan Kelly. According to a 2017 Liverpool Echo article, historians generally agree that the term 'Scouser' started to become widely known in the mid-20th century. There is a consensus amongst historians that one of the preferred terms predating it was 'Liverpolitan'. In their book, Liverpool: The First 1,000 Years, historians Arabella McIntyre-Brown and Guy Woodland have argued that Liverpolitan remains the correct term for Liverpool inhabitants as it "makes more sense linguistically", compared to the alternative term of 'Liverpudlian'. Martin Greaney, author of Liverpool: A Landscape History, also argues that Liverpolitan was the preferred term for Liverpool people during the city's zenith as a leading port city in the 19th century. He argues that 'Liverpudlian' was an alternative term for a "lower-born member of the great unwashed, if the word was acknowledged at all.” Furthermore, in his University of Liverpool thesis The rise and fall of Liverpool sectarianism: An investigation into the decline of sectarian antagonism on Merseyside, Keith Daniel Roberts also concurred that although the stew known as scouse was established in the 18th century, the word ‘Scouser’ (to refer to residents of Liverpool) did not take place until after the terms ‘Liverpolitan', ‘Dicky Sam’ and ‘Whacker’ had already emerged. Quotes In 1957, the author George Chandler wrote: Notes References English language in England Languages of the United Kingdom Liverpool British regional nicknames City colloquials Demonyms

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry%20Fish%20Market

Dry Fish Market

The Dry Fish Market is Asia's largest dry fish market, situated in Jagiroad in the Indian state of Assam. approximately 50 km away from Guwahati city. The market is located just near the Jagiroad railway station, it is convenient for commercial purposes for Vendors of Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, etc. who come to the market for business. It was established in 1940. Commercial viability The market operates on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. There are near about 200 dry fish shops which are runs by mahaldars. More than 4000 people are associated with the trade directly or indirectly. The market turnover is around 40 Crore per annuum. References External links Asia's Largest Dry Fish Market | Dry Fish Market in Assam | Jagiroad Dry Fish Market | How To Reach Jagiroad Dry Fish Market at assaminfo.com The efficiency comparison of marketing channels at Jagiroad dry fish market, Assam during 2017-2018 at entomoljournal.com Fish markets Wholesale markets in India Morigaon district

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pullavakkam%20Village%20Panchayat

Pullavakkam Village Panchayat

Pullavakkam Village Panchayat (Pullavakkam Gram Panchayat), Vembakkam is located in Tiruvannamalai district of Tamil Nadu. This panchayat falls under Cheyyar Assembly Constituency and Aarani Lok Sabha constituency.This panchayat has a total of 7 panchayat constituencies. 7 Panchayat Council members are elected from these. According to the 2011 census of India, the total population is 1762. Among them 897 are females and 865 are males Basic facilities The following information has been compiled according to the 2015 th data of the Tamil Nadu Rural Development and Panchayat Department. Small Villages List of villages located in this panchayat: Indra Nager Pullavakam Pootheri References Cities and towns in Tiruvannamalai district Villages in Tiruvannamalai district

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chibanja%2C%20Mzuzu

Chibanja, Mzuzu

Chibanja is a populated township in the city of Mzuzu, Northern Region, Malawi. The town is home to Mzuzu Airport, the biggest airport in the Northern Region of international quality and third biggest in Malawi. It is located in the North of Mzuzu. Its neighbourhood include Luwinga, Chiwavi, Mchengautuba and Zolozolo. Geography Chibanja is located North of Mzuzu city. History The name 'Chibanja' came in presence due to the town being close to the airport of Mzuzu. Chibanja is the Tumbuka word that means 'airport'. Institutions Institutions found in Katawa include: Mzuzu Airport ChibanjaC.C.A.P. Church Presbyterian Church Chibanja Technical Colledge Chibanja Secondary School Chibanja Primary School References Populated places in Northern Region, Malawi

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedprakash%20Dongaonkar

Vedprakash Dongaonkar

Vedprakash Dongaonkar (2 January 1982) is an Indian author, assistant professor and head of Philosophy department in Matoshri Shantabai Gote Arts, Commerce and Science College, Washim, Maharashtra, India. Books महात्मा बसवेश्वरांचे तत्त्वज्ञान (2011) भारतीय ज्ञानमीमांसा (2012) उपयोजित नीतिशास्त्राची प्रासंगिकता (2013) मध्ययुगीन पाश्चात्य तत्त्वाज्ञान (2015) परम रहस्य विवरण (2020) अर्थमीमांसा (2020) भारतीय तत्त्वज्ञान (2020) तत्त्वज्ञानाची ओळख (2022) पाश्चात्त तत्त्वज्ञान (2023) References 1982 births Living people

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic%20Hockey%20Goaltender%20of%20the%20Year

Atlantic Hockey Goaltender of the Year

The Atlantic Hockey Goaltender of the Year is an annual award given out at the conclusion of the Atlantic Hockey regular season to the best goaltender in the conference as voted by the coaches of each Atlantic Hockey team. It was first awarded in 2024. Award winners Winners by school See also Atlantic Hockey Awards References Atlantic Hockey College ice hockey trophies and awards in the United States

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IC%201682

IC 1682

IC 1682 is a large spiral galaxy in the Constellation Pisces. It is estimated to be 200 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 45,000 light-years in diameter. In the same area of ​​the sky there are, among other things: the galaxies NGC 494, IC 1680, IC 1684, IC 1685. The object was discovered on November 29, 1899, by Stéphane Javelle. It has been extensively researched by NASA. Discovery The galaxy was discovered by accident on November 29, 1899, when astronomer Stéphane Javelle accidentally came across it while looking at a different astronomical body. References IC objects Pisces (constellation)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.%20Suguna

M. Suguna

Mannuru Suguna (born 10 February 1952) is an Indian politician and social activist. She was an MLA in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Tirupati assembly constituency from 2014 to 2019. She belongs to the Balija social community. Early life Mannuru Suguna (popularly known as Sugunamma) was born to a Telugu-speaking family on 23 October 1952 in kadapa, Andhra Pradesh, India, the daughter of Kondeti  Subharamayya a business person, and his wife Venkatamma. Her family moved to Tirupati when she was two years old and settled there. She has a high level of education and obtained her master's degree from Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidhyalaya. Political career Mannuru Suguna entered politics following the death of her husband. She was elected as a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Tirupati constituency in 2015 by-election. Suguna emerged victorious with a record-breaking majority of 116,524 votes, establishing a significant milestone in Indian political history. In the subsequent 2019 elections, Mannuru Suguna contested again for the MLA seat of Tirupati. However, despite her efforts, she faced defeat, losing by a narrow margin of only 736 votes. Social services Mannuru Suguna's political journey is a testament to her unwavering commitment to public service and her ability to overcome adversity. Despite facing setbacks, she has demonstrated resilience and perseverance, earning the respect and admiration of her constituents and political peers alike. She is recognised as ‘MLA at people’s doorstep’ by ensuring accessibility to the general public 24/7 in Tirupati. Instrumental Achievements a. Securing sanctions for over 10,000 houses under the "NTR Gruha Kalpa Programme" for disadvantaged sections, demonstrating a commitment to social welfare b. Garnering prestigious accolades for Tirupati in initiatives such as the Swacch Sarvekshan Award, Clean City, Smart City, and Best Living Place, resulting in substantial funds allocated for the city's development. References Politician

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%C3%B6%C3%9Fensee%20Bridge

Stößensee Bridge

The Stößenseebrücke is a steel truss bridge over the Stößensee and the Havelchaussee in the Berlin district of Spandau. The listed bridge from 1908/1909 is part of Heerstraße (federal highway 2/5) and connects the Spandau district of Wilhelmstadt with the Westend district of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. The biggest technical and financial problem during the construction of the Heerstraße was bridging the Havel lowland, which includes the Stößensee, an old arm of the Havel. From several options, including an additional 250-meter-long bridge over the Scharfe Lanke, the planners opted for a route that could manage with two bridges - over the Havel and the Stößensee. With regard to the variants of the Stößensee bridge, the "small" solution with a dam embankment and a bridge around 100 meters long was chosen instead of a bridge over the entire lake. The bridge consists of a system of cantilever girders with connected towing girders and has a span of around 50 meters. It was designed by civil engineer Karl Bernhard. Bridging the Havel lowlands Together with the Frey Bridge 800 meters to the west, which crosses the Havel, which was canalized in this area in 1880/1881, the Stößensee Bridge spans the waters of the Havel lowlands. The Stößensee is a bulge of old Havel arms, the remains of which are preserved in the area of the Tiefwerder Wiesen with the Faulen See, the Hohlen Weg and the main ditch. The eastern shore of Stößensee rises towards Grunewald, the western shore towards Pichelswerder - both part of the north-western foothills of the Teltow Plateau, which borders the Havel to the west. The original soft-ice glacial Rinnsee lake, or the later Havel branch, had dug into the edge of the plateau, so that the bridge height of around 25 meters, which is unusual for Berlin conditions, had to be built. For landscape planning reasons and to save costs and avoid having to bridge the entire 350-meter-long Stößensee, the Stößensee was filled in with a dam from the Pichelswerder and divided in two except for a channel that was kept open. Beyond the division of the lake, the embankment and the bridge connected the former island of Pichelswerder to the western land and turned the Werder into today's peninsula. Planning Part of the Döberitzer Heerstraße, Bauherr The bridge was part of the overall Döberitzer Heerstraße project, which was built between 1903 and 1911 as an extension of Kaiserdamm as a direct link from Berlin Palace via the towns of Charlottenburg and Spandau, which were independent until their incorporation into Greater Berlin in 1920, to the Döberitz military training area. The east–west road comprises today's streets Unter den Linden, Straße des 17. Juni, Bismarckstraße, Kaiserdamm, Heerstraße and, after the Berlin city limits, Hamburger Chaussee in Dallgow-Döberitz. The road, built for military reasons, was public from the outset and opened up the western Grunewald forest and Pichelswerder for Berlin excursion traffic. At the time of construction, the site of the bridge belonged to the Grunewald-Forst estate district (partly merged into the Heerstraße estate district in 1914) in the district of Teltow. While the military, finance and forestry treasury as well as Berlin, Charlottenburg, Spandau, the district of Teltow, the district of Osthavelland and some municipalities were financially involved in the overall project, the Stößensee Bridge was largely financed by the forestry treasury, which the Berlin Monument Database lists as the bridge's builder. Variants and costs The otherwise dead straight east–west axis of the entire street makes a single bend and turns slightly to the northwest at Scholzplatz. The route supposedly drawn by Kaiser Wilhelm II using a ruler could not be adhered to for cost reasons, which were due to the difficulties of bridging the Havel lowlands. The dead straight continuation would not only have required bridging the Havel and Stößensee, but also the Scharfe Lanke. A 250-metre-long bridge would have had to be built here. The costs for this variant were estimated at 16.9 million marks, ten million of which were accounted for by the Scharfe Lanke bridge alone. A slimmed-down version with embankments in all the waterways touched and shorter bridges would still have cost 11.2 million marks. The chosen variant with the slightly bent route left the Scharfe Lanke to the south untouched. Although the road, which simply continued straight ahead after the bend, reached the Döberitz military training area at a different point than planned, the deviation seemed justifiable to everyone involved in view of the significantly reduced costs and other advantages. The Stößensee Bridge including the dam and the Frey Bridge cost a comparatively low 2.54 million marks. The Stößensee Bridge accounted for 850,000 marks and the dam for 550,000 marks. Both the planners involved in the road construction and the bridge engineers endeavored to make the impact on nature as gentle as possible and to affect the landscape as little as possible. According to Adolf Frey, the decision in favor of the small Stößensee bridge with the dam instead of a large bridge over the entire lake was made for landscape planning reasons, after the senior civil engineer Hoßrat had made sketches showing the effects of the variants on the landscape. According to these sketches, a "dam, if it was built in the style of the adjacent banks with foreshore and planted accordingly, seemed to have less of an impact on the landscape than a [large] bridge." Excavated material from the army road and from the widening of a nearby valley was used for the dam, which was around 350 meters long and 125 meters wide. Problems with dam construction The above information comes from articles published in 1911 by the bridge designer Karl Bernhard and the head of Heerstraße construction, the Charlottenburg Privy and Chief Building Councillor Adolf Frey (the neighboring Frey Bridge, which until then had been called the Havel Bridge, was named after Frey in 1913). There appear to have been problems with the construction of the dam that the two parties involved in the project did not mention. The morning edition of the Berliner Tageblatt reported on March 1, 1907:"Fifty meters of dam sunk. The construction of the Döberitzer Heeresstraße seems to have found an unfathomable opponent in the Stößensee. The gravel embankment built in this swampy recess of the Havel had already sunk repeatedly." - Berliner Tageblatt, morning edition, March 1, 1907. Four years after the dam was completed, the local politician, historian and local historian Ernst Friedel noted that the planners might have opted for a longer bridge if they had known about the problems and the actual costs of backfilling: "They were thoroughly mistaken about the subsoil conditions of this ancient, rotten and overgrown lake. If one had known that solid ground could only be found at the enormous depth of 35 meters, and that the burdened embankment on both sides had been constantly rising for months before one could stop and tame the escape of the pressed up mud masses with pile and fascine works, one might have preferred a longer bridge as cheaper." - Ernst Friedel: Döberitzer Heerstraße, 1913. In total, the embankment required around one million m³ of soil. The digested sludge masses were mixed with water to form a flowing slurry and pushed through hoses into the northern, silted-up part of the lake. Construction and maintenance Bridge system Inspired by the road bridges in Paris during his visit to the 1900 World Exhibition, Karl Bernhard went on to design "pleasing iron bridges without architects", the lines of which were to be created only "through the interaction of static and aesthetic aspects". For the Treskow Bridge in 1903, he developed a trussed arch with a tie beam and suspended central span, which formed the supporting members of the bridge with iron girders under the side arches. While he also used this system for the Stubenrauch Bridge and the neighboring Frey Bridge, Kaiser Wilhelm II chose a different variant for the Stößensee Bridge from several of Bernhard's proposals: a system of cantilever girders with connected towing girders."The opening on the land side was spanned by a truss girder, which rests on a masonry pier on the land slope and on a pier founded on a pile grid in the shoreline and extends a cantilever girder over the opening on the sea side. A towing beam is suspended at the end of this cantilever beam, which can follow the lowering of the embankment and can later be screwed back up to the correct position as required via its embankment-side support. When the cantilever girder is fully loaded, low tensile stresses arise on the landside support; almost the total bridge load [...] then rests on the middle support." - Adolf Frey: Döberitzer Heerstraße, 1911. Construction The bridge support on the Grunewald and embankment side resulted in a height of around 20 meters above mean water level for the upper edge of the carriageway, so that the supporting structure could be arranged under the carriageway, which has a one-sided gradient of 1:200. The fixed bearings of the central girder are designed as tilting bearings and consist of an upper saddle piece and the lower bearing body with the spherical trunnion. The height of the embankment support can be adjusted by up to 20 cm if the fill should settle. The designers used a finger construction to adjust the Grunewald support for changes of up to ± 14 cm due to the expected movements of the embankment support. The cantilever is 29.17 meters, resulting in a span of 20.83 meters for the towing girders. The four main girders run parallel to the roadway as truss girders in the upper chord and only in the middle section of the lower chord. The infill consists of strut trusses. The lower chord is strongly curved for "aesthetic reasons". "The eye of the beholder" should follow its clear lines. The mighty Grunewald pillar consists of four supporting pillars stiffened by reinforced concrete vaults, which in turn support the earth. The pillar is largely clad with rough embossed granite and partly paved with boulders. At the bridgehead, it widens out into a viewing platform. The end piers on the embankment are in three parts, carry the bridge bearings and support the backfill. As the sandy embankment side does not form a fixed support point, the main load falls on the central pillar, which stands in the middle of the approximately 100-metre-long section next to the open shipping channel. It carries a total load of 3,900 tons, which is distributed over piles set into the ground at one-metre intervals, each carrying a load of 20 tons. The foundation base rests on the piles, which are around 3.14 meters below mean water level (29.81 m above sea level) and around 2.30 meters below low water level (28.97 m above sea level). The bank has a height of two meters and the round support stones, whose upper edge is 1.09 meters above high water (31.25 m above sea level), have a diameter of 2.43 meters. Brickwork on the central pillar was out of the question in order to protect the natural surroundings and keep the view clear. It was therefore formed from four cage arches with three centers, which initially rise steeply from the low-lying bearing and then merge tangentially into the lower chords of the truss girders, which rise slightly at the ends. The four main girders are spaced 5.85 meters apart. The outer main girders support the footpaths on cantilever arms, while the roadway is suspended from the inner main girders on short cantilever arms. The total road width is 24 meters, four of which are for the footpaths and 16 for the carriageway. For the main girders, Bernhard originally assumed a load of 500 kg/m2 for the carriageway and footpaths. The supporting structure was made of river iron, the bearings, joints and expansion devices of cast iron. The substructure was built by Aktiengesellschaft für Hoch- und Tiefbau, Frankfurt/Main, the superstructure by the Berlin company Belter und Schneevogel. Construction of the bridge began in 1908 and was completed a year later. On the two sidewalks on the Charlottenburg side, two massive granite gates announce the bridge. They open up steep steps that lead down the slope to the Havelchaussee and the lake (there is a narrow sliding lane for bicycles next to the southern steps). The Havelhöhenweg also begins at the southern portal. Bernhard also retained his concept of achieving aesthetics without architectural additions for the Stößensee Bridge. The structural "design of the cantilevers in connection with the main girders, the edge girders with the railings, i.e. the entire footpaths projecting over the main girders" illustrates, as Bernhard writes, the "uniform architectural effect of the pure iron construction without architectural additions". Reconstruction, repairs and transit traffic The bridge was destroyed during the Second World War. Like the Freybrücke, it was most likely blown up by the German Wehrmacht in 1945 to prevent the Soviet troops from advancing further towards Berlin. Reconstruction took place between 1948 and 1951. According to the entry in the state monument list, the bridge was rebuilt in 1959. From July to October 2001, the state of Berlin carried out repair work because the south-western base had started to lean. In addition, the paved embankment cone in this area showed settlement cracks and deformations. Traffic on the bridge was able to continue during this time, albeit somewhat restricted. At the time of the division of Germany, transit traffic to Hamburg flowed over the Stößensee Bridge. Before the expansion of the Autobahn 24, the connection was also the only transit route in the form of a country road, so that it could also be used by cyclists between West Berlin and the former federal territory. Today, Heerstraße is one of many entry and exit roads that connect Berlin city center with the western districts and the surrounding areas of Brandenburg, including the Havelpark shopping center in Dallgow-Döberitz and the factory outlet center in Elstal, as well as the Berlin freeway ring (junction 26 - Berlin-Spandau). The continuation of the Heerstraße as the B 5 in the federal state of Brandenburg is called Hamburger Chaussee. It leads into Havelland, crosses the Berlin ring road and runs via Hamburg to the Danish border. Currently (as of 2010) around 70,000 vehicles cross the Stößensee Bridge every day. Climbing Climbers use the 20-metre-high stone wall of the Landpfeil for practice. Although the sport is not permitted, it was tolerated, at least as recently as 2011. However, climbing groups and clubs are advised to register at the Spandau police station. The grippy natural stone offers routes from 4 to 7+. Climbing in the lead is only possible to a limited extent due to the small number of pitons. There are rings at the bridgehead for top-rope belaying. Literature Karl Bernhard: Stößensee and Havel bridges in the course of the Döberitzer Heerstraße. No. 4, 1911, pp. 321–358 (zlb.de). Adolf Frey: Döberitzer Heerstraße. No. 1, 1911, pp. 69-86. Döberitzer Heerstraße. In: Ernst Friedel (ed.): Groß Berliner Kalender, Illustriertes Jahrbuch 1913. Verlag von Karl Siegismund, Königlich Sächsischer Hofbuchhändler, Berlin 1913, pp. 291-295. Arne Hengsbach: The Berlin Army Road. A chapter in planning history. In: Der Bär von Berlin, Berlin 1960, F. 9, pp. 87-112. Peter Rode, Michael Günther: Berliner Verkehrsorte im Wechsel der Zeiten: The Pichelswerder and its bridges. 38th volume, issue 6 (November/December 2011), pp. 157-167. Werner Lorenz, Roland May, Hubert Staroste, with the assistance of Ines Prokop: Ingenieurbauführer Berlin.'' Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2020, ISBN 978-3-7319-1029-9, pp. 80–81. External links Entry 09085599 in the Berlin State Monument List Stößensee bridge. In: Der Grunewald im Spiegel der Zeit, forst-grunewald.de References Bridges in Berlin Steel bridges 1900s architecture Road bridges in Germany Steel bridges in Germany

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Akysis microps

Akysis microps is a species of fish belonging to the family Akysidae. The fish is endemic to Malaysia, specifically Johor. The length of Akysis microps is 2.9 centimeters SL (Standard Length) long. Akysis microps is found in large streams with sandy bottoms 50 centimeters deep. Status As of 2019, the IUCN has listed Akysis microps as Data Deficient. References Akysidae Fish of Malaysia Endemic fauna of Malaysia

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St Asaph Rural District

St Asaph Rural District (known as St Asaph (Flint) Rural District until 1934) was a rural district in the administrative county of Flintshire, Wales, from 1894 to 1974. The district was created by the Local Government Act 1894 from the parts of St Asaph Rural Sanitary District (RSD) in Flintshire. The remainder of the RSD formed St Asaph (Denbigh) Rural District, which was abolished in 1934. The district comprised nine civil parishes: Bodelwyddan Bodfari Chirk Cwm Dyserth Meliden Rhuddlan St Asaph Tremeirchion The rural district was abolished in 1974 and its area added to the new Borough of Rhuddlan. References Rural districts of Wales History of Flintshire

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Prabhat Pattan

Prabhat Pattan is a village and a Tehsil in Betul District of Madhya Pradesh, India. References Cities and towns in Betul district

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clube%20do%20Com%C3%A9rcio

Clube do Comércio

Clube do Comércio (English: Commerce Club) is based in the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Founded in 1896, it is one of the city's most traditional clubs. The headquarters, located on Andradas Street, was listed as a landmark site by the Porto Alegre City Hall in 1996. History Clube do Comércio was founded on June 7, 1896, on the initiative of 52 merchants, mostly of German origin and educated in Germany. Upon creation, it incorporated the former Clube Comercial. The preparatory session minutes were signed by Emílio da Silva Tavares, then president of the Clube Comercial. The first president was Vítor Barreto de Oliveira and the first headquarters were located in Sete de Setembro Street, where Santander Cultural is currently located. On May 1, 1902, the Rio-Grandense Academy of Letters was installed in its premises. Journalist Carlos Augusto de Bissón described the club as "very traditional" and "the most prestigious society in Porto Alegre". It became one of the most important meeting places for influential politicians and businessmen, hosting large balls and banquets. Literary soirees, concerts and art exhibitions were held in the halls, adorned with paintings and gilding. An article in the magazine Máscara in 1919 describes the great Peace Ball:At the door of the Club, a crowd had parked, forming lines for the passage of luxury cars, from which disembarked elegant ladies and gentlemen. The entrance to the club, illuminated with exquisite taste, featured fairytale symbols that faded and rekindled in different colors, as if blown by a gust of wind. [...] Once the concert was over, the rooms began to fill up with beautiful and elegant people, ladies and gentlemen of impeccable line. The most representative figures of our aristocracy were present, displaying a dazzling luxury, with the glitter of jewels, the discreet nudity of necklines and the magnetism of gallantry. On November 7, 1930, the Centro da Indústria Fabril do Rio Grande do Sul, predecessor of Federação das Indústrias do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul (FIERGS), was founded on the site. The construction of the former Banco da Província building, now Santander Cultural, forced the members to find a new location for their own headquarters. The new building on Andradas Street, opposite Alfândega Square, surpassed in height all the other constructions in Porto Alegre. On April 19, 1937, the contract was awarded to Dahne, Conceição e Cia.; the foundation stone was laid on June 23, 1938, and the inauguration occurred on December 16, 1940. The eclectic style building with strong Art Deco predominance was called Rosado Palace. The Clube do Comércio was Revista do Globo's favorite place to show the sociability of Porto Alegre's bourgeoisie. In 1943, a sports and leisure center was acquired with the incorporation of the Clube Excursionista e Esportivo. In the same year, the first debutante ball in the state was held at the venue, which launched a trend that attracted the maidens of high society and continues to this day. A small crowd used to gather in front of the entrance to watch the debutantes arrive. Between the 1940s and 1950s, the club practically monopolized the social life of Porto Alegre's elite. An artistic and cultural program continued to be developed, including art and antiques exhibitions and charity events. Prominent poets, chroniclers and novelists met in the salons. In 1955, one of the salons hosted the first public television demonstration in the city. From the 1960s onwards, concerts were held with Brazilian popular music stars such as Elis Regina, Vinícius de Moraes, Toquinho, Wanderléia and Erasmo Carlos. The salons also gathered influential politicians. Between the 1970s and 1980s, it was one of the city's main art galleries, managed by Fábio Coutinho. Currently, the clubhouse has a complete structure for holding events of different kinds, including a garage, several lounges, a library, a restaurant and games and lounge rooms. The sports complex, located on Bastian Avenue, offers a sports and leisure infrastructure with four outdoor and two indoor tennis courts, two children's swimming pools, a semi-Olympic swimming pool, a futsal court, a beauty salon, a gym, a sauna, a restaurant, barbecue facilities and a cable TV system. It also runs a Tennis School, a Futsal School, swimming lessons, aqua aerobics, weight training, gymnastics, yoga, samba and capoeira. Historic building The clubhouse in Andradas Street is one of the richest and best-preserved examples of the Art Deco style in the city. The building comprises 13 floors clad externally in pink sirex, but only the first four are used by the club. The first floor is occupied by small stores covered by a plain porch, bordered by a round arched doorway with two granite Corinthian columns and a wrought iron door. On the upper floor there are two series of small windows, the lower ones with ornamental grilles and the upper ones with wooden frames. A portico rises above with a pair of large Corinthian columns that cross two floors and frames two groups of windows, the lower rectangular and the upper arched, with two similar superimposed windows on either side of the portico. This is followed by a large cornice decorated with small corbels. Six floors up, the arrangement consists of a central block with two double windows and doors opening onto balconies with blind balustrade parapets. The final block consists of two floors with double windows on the sides and two groups of double windows in the central block, with the upper ones arched between prominent Corinthian pilasters. A plain cornice completes the ensemble. The following spaces stand out: Vestibule: a long corridor with marble floors and Art Deco chandeliers that leads to the main lobby with a black and white marble staircase on the left with large stained glass windows on the wall, a geometric floor, a reception desk and the elevators, framed in a black marble box; First floor: lobby with decorated parquet floors and leather furniture from the 1940s. It includes the former French Billiards Room, now occupied by the Exhibition Hall, and the Board Room, with 19th century furniture; Second floor: includes the Reading Room and the library, furnished with Art Deco objects, works of art and wooden mosaic floors. The Winter Garden has hydraulic tile flooring; Third floor: the old Dancing Room, now known as the Crystal Room, features a series of gold-engraved black crystal panels imported from Europe depicting scenes of aristocrats dancing, a large door under a circular frame and a star-embossed ceiling. It also features the Ballroom with a ceiling in the shape of a ribbed ellipsoidal dome, large antique chandeliers, recessed lights, mirrors on the walls and a mezzanine, as well as semicircular nooks and a checkroom. The building has been listed as a landmark site by Porto Alegre City Hall since 1996. A restoration program began in 2002 with funds from the Monumenta Program and finished in 2008. See also History of Porto Alegre Architecture of Porto Alegre References External links Official website of the Clube do Comércio 1896 establishments in Brazil Buildings and structures completed in 1896 Buildings and structures in Porto Alegre Porto Alegre History of Rio Grande do Sul Clubs and societies Clubs and societies in Brazil Buildings and structures in Rio Grande do Sul

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Sona Nuriyeva

Sona Nuriyeva (; 15 December, 1915 – 1986) was Soviet aviator, deputy of the 1st convocation of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, one of the first Azerbaijani female aviators. Biography Sona Nuriyeva was born on December 15, 1915, in the village of Amirjan in Baku city. In 1930, she graduated from high school and enrolled in the Baku Aero Club. Nuriyeva graduated from the Baku Pilots Club in 1932. From 1932 to 1934, she worked as an instructor at the Baku Aero Club. In 1936, she graduated from the Bataysk Flying School, where she enrolled in 1934. Since 1945, Nuriyeva was a member of the CPSU and a member of the Baku Pilots Club. Sona Nuriyeva was one of the first Azerbaijani female aviators and one of also the first woman deputy from the Azerbaijan SSR. She worked as a pilot in the civil aviation administration of the Azerbaijan SSR. From 1936 to 1937, she was a pilot in the 222nd Aviation Squadron of the Transcaucasian Civil Air Fleet Directorate of the USSR. From 1937 to 1943, Nuriyeva served as a pilot in the 19th Aviation Squadron of the Azerbaijani Aviation Group, and from 1943 to 1945, she was a pilot in the 9th Transport Aviation Squadron of the Azerbaijani Civil Air Fleet Directorate of the USSR. She participated in the "Great Patriotic War", carrying out special missions with flights to Tehran. Since 1945, she switched to flights on international air routes (Germany, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Poland, etc.). From 1949 to 1968, she worked at the Zabrat Airport. Since 1968, she has been a personal pensioner of republican significance, and since 1978, she has been a personal pensioner of union significance. She was elected as a deputy of the 1st convocation of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. She was awarded the Order of Lenin (January 27, 1936) and the Order of the Badge of Honour as well as various medals. Several essays and poems are dedicated to Nuriyeva. Additionally, Sona Nuriyeva was awarded the Honorary Diploma of the Azerbaijani SSR. References Literature Нуриева С. Речь на приеме делегации Советского Азербайджана руководителями партии и правительства в Кремле //Бакинский рабочий. — 1936. — 24 января.- С.2. Сона Пири кызы Нуриева, летчица гражданского воздушного флота, орденоносец: [Трудящимися Закатальского избирательного округа выдвинута кандидатура Соны Нуриевой в депутаты Совета Национальностей Верховного Совета СССР] //Бакинский рабочий. — 1937. — 24 ноября. — С.3. Кагальницкий Г. Сона Нуриева: Кандидат в Депутаты Верховного Совета СССР //Авиационная газета. — 1937. — 5 декабря. Алиев Ф. Первые лётчицы Азербайджана: [Лейла Мамедбекова, Сона Нуриева, Зулейха Сеидмамедова] //Вышка. — 1996. — 8 марта. — С.5. 1915 births 1986 deaths Communist Party of the Soviet Union members

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ%20Church%2C%20Cangxia

Christ Church, Cangxia

Christ Church is a Protestant place of worship in Cangxia, Fuzhou, Fujian, China. Upon its completion in 1927, it became the cathedral of the Diocese of Fukien (Fujian) of the Anglican Church in China. It was closed during the Cultural Revolution and reopened in 1985. History Anglicanism first entered Fujian in 1830, during the Qing dynasty. The congregation of Christ Church was first established in 1870. In 1882, the Church of England purchased an old tea storage house at 1 Yixiaqiao () and turned it into a church building. In 1906, the Diocese of Fukien (Fujian) was established within the Church of England, with Horace MacCartie Eyre Price as its inaugural bishop. In 1919, the diocesan synod resolved to rebuild the church into its cathedral. John Hind laid the foundation stone on 1 November 1924, and Sa Zhenbing, governor of Fujian, gave an address. The new cathedral was completed on 13 November 1927. The construction cost was . According to Frances Slater, the cathedral was also built to commemorate John Richard Wolfe, an Anglican missionary in Fuzhou. After the People's Republic of China was established in 1949, members of the Diocese of Fukien (Fujian) first signed "The Christian Manifesto" in 1950 at the cathedral. On 30 July 1951, at an evening gathering at the cathedral, the diocese declared to severe its ties with the Church of England. In 1956, Howard Mowll, the Anglican Primate of Australia, led an Australian Anglican delegation to visit the church and attend worship. Parts of the church site was occupied by a local pharmaceutical factory in 1958, and all Christian services halted after the Cultural Revolution began in 1966. During the Cultural Revolution, the church site was entirely used by the pharmaceutical factory. After the 3rd Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party in 1978, the church was returned to Christian use. It was reopened on 11 August 1985. In 1989, it had a congregation of about 2,000. Architecture The church occupies a site of about . The site has an entrance at its southeastern corner, and is surrounded by civil housing. The church building is long and wide, with a total area of . It can host a congregation of 1,500 people. It is in Latin cross form, facing 30 degrees to the west of south. The church is in Neo-Gothic style. It is built with bricks and timber. It has two -tall bell towers, featuring windows with pointed arches in triplets. Above the main entrance, three Chinese characters "" ( "Christ Church") are engraved in stone. The roof of the church is supported by triangular frames, but it used to have English hammer beams. The roof frame is from the floor. The foundation stone is at the southeastern corner of the church. It bears the inscription: Notes References Citations Academic theses Book chapters Books Anglican cathedrals in China Churches in Fuzhou Gothic Revival church buildings in China 20th-century Anglican church buildings in China Former Anglican churches in China

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh%20Yba%C3%B1ez

Josh Ybañez

Joshua Ybañez born (March 25, 2003) is a Filipino volleyball player. He is currently playing for the UST Golden Spikers in the UAAP. Career Collegiate Ybanez is currently playing for the Golden Spikers of the University of Santo Tomas in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP). He made his first appearance in the UAAP men's volleyball with Golden Spikers in UAAP Season 85, where they bagged the silver medal. He also awarded as the Rookie of the Year and Season's Most Valuable Player. Awards Individuals Collegiate References Filipino men's volleyball players University Athletic Association of the Philippines volleyball players Living people 2003 births

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Whose War Is It? (film)

Whose War Is It? is a 1943 Australian propaganda film from the Department of Information. It was released theatrically. The film was a short to raise money for War Loans. It was made by Commonwealth Film Laboratories and starred Jack Allen from the DOI while Peter Finch provided the commentary. Other war shorts for the Australian government from Commonwealth Film Laboratories included: Australia Has Wings (1941) It's the Navy (1941) Forgotten Men (1942) - directed by Ralph Smart Grumblens (1943) with Muriel Steinbeck, Wilfrid Thomas, and Lloyd Lamble Back to Attack (1943) References 1940s Australian films Australian documentary films 1943 films

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Genoese fortress, Sudak

The Genoese fortress (, , ) or Sudak fortress is a fortress in Sudak, Crimea, Ukraine, built by the Genoese in 13th–14th centuries. The total area of the fortress is 27.9 ha. History First fortifications near Sudak were built by the Romans in 3rd–4th centuries. Bosporans had their own fortifications in Sougdaia (Sudak) as well. In 13th century, the Genoese started settling in Sougdaia. In late 13th to early 14th century, stone fortifications were built around the city center. In the first half of 14th century, the Mongols invaded the city, and as the result, the original Genoese fortifications were ruined. After the death of Khan Berdi Beg, the Republic of Genoa retook Sougdaia (then named Soldaia), and a new fortress was built around the city. This period of the fortress's history is most well-researched thanks to inscriptions left on the walls by the Genoese. In 1475, Sudak came under the control of the Ottoman Empire. In 1771, Sudak got occupied by armed forces of the Russian Empire. The fortress lost its importance and strategic value under Imperial Russian reign, and therefore the Genoese buildings and parts of the fortress were dismantled, and the bricks were used for new construction. In 1925, a historical and archaeological museum was established on the territory of the Genoese fortress, which in 1926 became a part of the Moscow State Historical Museum. In 1958, after the transfer of Crimea to Ukrainian SSR, the fortress became a part of National Sanctuary "Sophia of Kyiv". Restoration works have been ongoing since 1959. The Genoese fortress was nominated for Seven Wonders of Ukraine. The fortress became a Tentative World Heritage Site in 2007 and joined a larger transnational nomination of Genoese fortresses on the Black and Mediterranean seas in 2010. Structure The Genoese fortress is located on a mountain, surrounded by the Black Sea to the south and a moat to the north. The fortress is divided into two parts: the upper tier and the lower tier. Lower tier The lower tier constitutes the northern half of the fortress. The wall of the lower tier is 6–8 m tall and 1.5–2 m wide. It includes fourteen 15 m towers and the main gate. Upper tier The upper tier constitutes the southern half of the fortress near the sea. It includes the Consul's Castle and a number of towers. Notable towers of the upper tier are the Watch Tower, the Corner Tower, and George's Tower. City There are multiple buildings on the territory surrounded by the Genoese fortress, such as storage buildings, a water cistern, Padişah Cami Mosque, Church of the Twelve Apostles, as well as the remains of barracks built by Russian Imperial army. Gallery See also Genoese colonies Genoese towers in Corsica References Forts in Ukraine Forts in Russia Castles in Ukraine Buildings and structures in Crimea Tourist attractions in Crimea

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamiko%20Tanaka

Mamiko Tanaka

is a Japanese former professional basketball player. She played four seasons for the Fujitsu Red Wave of the Women's Japan Basketball League from 2019 to 2023. Early life Tanaka was born in Mitaka, Tokyo. Her brother, , is a professional rugby player. She started playing basketball at Hino Daiichi Junior High School and played in high school at . She played college basketball at Waseda University. Professional career Tanaka joined the Fujitsu Red Wave of the Women's Japan Basketball League (W League) in April 2019. She was converted to play as a forward after previously playing the center position. She said her strengths included offensive rebounding and making plays and wanted to improve her three-point shooting in the new position. In her 12 games that season, she averaged 9.4 minutes per game, 3.3 points, and 3.6 rebounds as the team went 13–3 overall. In the 2021–22 season, she averaged 6.8 points and 4.2 rebounds in 18.8 minutes, playing every game as the team went 13–6. Tanaka averaged 4.2 points and 2.9 rebounds in 13.3 minutes per game in 2021–22. She was invited to her first W League All-Star Game to take part in the event's 3x3 match and was added to the main game as a reserve. The Red Wave went 17–3 in the regular season and reached the playoff finals but were swept by the Toyota Antelopes. Tanaka averaged 24 minutes per game, 7.8 points, and 6.0 rebounds in 2022–23. She earned a spot in the W League All-Star Game for a second time, and Red Wave coach BT Toews said she was the team's most improved player that season. She recorded a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds in the final game of the regular season. In the playoffs, the Red Wave lost to the Eneos Sunflowers in the quarterfinals. Tanaka retired at the end of the season. International career Tanaka represented Japan at the international youth level at the 2011 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship, the 2012 FIBA Under-17 World Championship, and the 2014 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship. While in college, she played with the national under-24 team and won silver for Japan at the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taiwan, where she averaged 20.8 minutes per game, 8.2 points, and 4.8 rebounds. She competed again at the 2019 Summer Universiade. She trained with the national 3x3 team in preparation for the 2021 FIBA 3x3 Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament but did not make the final roster, though she traveled with the team to the event. Personal life Tanaka is married to professional baseball player Shohei Ohtani. Ohtani announced on Instagram in February 2024 that he had married "a normal Japanese woman" but did not disclose her identity. He revealed her identity the next month by posting a photograph of himself with Tanaka. References External links Mamiko Tanaka at the Fujitsu Red Wave (archive) Living people 1996 births Basketball players from Tokyo Japanese women's basketball players Japanese women's 3x3 basketball players Fujitsu Red Wave players Waseda University alumni

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romana%20Schlesinger

Romana Schlesinger

Romana Schlesinger (born 28 July 1986) is a Slovak LGBT rights activist. Between 2010 and 2017 she was the main organizer of the annual Bratislava Pride march. Biography Romana Schlesinger was born on 28 July 1986 in Trenčín in a family of Jewish origin. Her ancestors were Holocaust survivors. She has self-identified as lesbian from the age of 16. In her youth, she faced bullying due to her Jewish origin, which had made her hide her sexual orientation. Schlesinger studied journalism at the Comenius University, graduating in 2010. As a student she became a leading figure of the LGBT activist organizations Queer Leaders Forum and Q-centrum. In 2010 she became the chief organizer and spokesperson of the Bratislava pride march and one of the most outspoken defenders of LGBT rights in the Slovak public sphere. In 2013 Schlesinger was approached by the Member of the National Council of Slovakia Martin Poliačik with an offer to join his Freedom and Solidarity party, which at the time aimed to portrait itself as a champion of civil rights. Although she turned down the initial offer, she eventually decided to join the party in the summer of 2014. Nonetheless, in 2015 she left the party over her disagreement over nationalistic rhetoric of the party leader Richard Sulík in the 2015 European migrant crisis and her conviction that the party might sacrifice the civil rights agenda to enable cooperation with conservative parties after the elections. In 2015 Schlesinger was among the most outspoken opponents of the unsuccessful effort of conservative organizations to enshrine the ban of same-sex marriage in the constitution through a referendum. As one of the most visible LGBT rights activists, Schlesinger became a target of hate speech and threats from anti-LGBT rights groups and individuals. Schlesinger cited this pressure and the associated mental stress as a reason for abandoning activism and withdrawing from public life in 2019. Personal life Schlesinger practices Buddhism. References Living people 1986 births Comenius University alumni People from Trenčín Slovak LGBT rights activists‎ Slovak lesbians Slovak people of Jewish descent

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ow%20Chin%20Hock

Ow Chin Hock

Ow Chin Hock is a Singaporean educator and former politician. Ow was a member of the People's Action Party (PAP) and served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leng Kee Single Member Constituency from 1976 to 1997 and MP for the Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency, representing the Leng Kee division, from 1997 to 2001. Early life Ow went to Catholic High School. Ow was a graduate of the University of Singapore and received a doctorate in economics at Vanderbilt University. Career Academic career From 1967 to 1971, Ow worked as a research and teaching assistant at Vanderbilt University. Afterwards, he worked as a lecturer at the University of Singapore in the Department of Economics. From August 1974 to June 1975, he was the research advisor to the National Productivity Board. Political career In 1976, Ow made his political debut with the People's Action Party (PAP) at the 1976 Singaporean general election. He contested in the Leng Kee Single Member Constituency and became it's Member of Parliament (MP) after he won with 76.76% of the vote against Ng Lep Chong of United Front's (UF) 23.24%. In 1979, Ow was appointed as the first chairman of the Speak Mandarin Campaign. In 1980, Ow opened the Singapore Historical Photographs Exhibition by the Ministry of Culture and the National Archives and Records Centre. During the 1980 Singaporean general election, Ow remained as the MP representing Leng Kee Single Member Constituency when he was elected unopposed. In 1981, Ow was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Education. In the 1984 Singaporean general election, he remained as the MP representing Leng Kee Single Member Constituency after he won against Workers' Party's (WP) George Benjamin Armstrong's 33.16% with his 66.84% of the vote. In the next general election, Ow was the MP for Leng Kee Single Member Constituency again after he won against WP's Chua Chwee Huat Peter with 64.96% of the vote against Chua's 35.04%. Ow remained as the MP for Leng Kee Single Member Constituency once more after beating Independent G. K. Niddy with 76.57% of the vote in the 1991 Singaporean general election against Niddy's 23.43%. In 1997, after the dissolution of Leng Kee Single Member Constituency, Ow contested in the 1997 Singaporean general election for Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency with Chay Wai Chuen, Koo Tsai Kee, Lee Kuan Yew, Lim Swee Say, and S. Vasoo. He represented the Leng Kee division. In 2001, he retired from politics. References 20th-century Singaporean politicians Date of birth missing (living people) Singaporean economists Members of the Parliament of Singapore Vanderbilt University alumni Vanderbilt University faculty University of Singapore alumni Catholic High School, Singapore alumni 21st-century Singaporean politicians

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melravanthavadi

Melravanthavadi

Melravanthavadi is a village and Gram Panchayat located in Chengam district in the larger Tiruvannamalai district of Tamil Nadu, India. This panchayat falls under Chengam Assembly Constituency and Thiruvannamalai Lok Sabha constituency. This panchayat has a total of seven panchayat constituencies. Seven Panchayat Council members are elected from these. According to the 2011 India Census, the total population is 2354. Among them are 1170 females and 1184 males. Basic Facilities The following information has been compiled according to the 2015 data of the Tamil Nadu Rural Development and Panchayat Department. Villages List of villages located in this panchayat: Old Kondam Chettithangal Irular Colony Nadarapattu Ramapuram Mel rawanthawadi Melakarachi Kuttai Reference Villages in Tiruvannamalai district

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20Order%20of%20the%20Arrow

History of the Order of the Arrow

The Order of the Arrow (OA), previously known as Wimachtendienk Wingolauchsik Witahemui (WWW) is the Honor Society of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). It was started in 1915 as a Camp Fraternity and became an Official Program of BSA in 1948. Founding and development In 1915, E. Urner Goodman, a newly hired field executive for the Philadelphia Council, was assigned to serve as director of the council's summer camp at Treasure Island Scout Reservation on the Delaware River. He believed that the summer camp experience should do more than just teach proficiency in Scoutcraft skills; rather, the principles embodied in the Scout Oath and Scout Law should become realities in the lives of Scouts. Along with his assistant camp director, Carroll A. Edson, he started an experimental honor society to acknowledge those campers he felt best exemplified these qualities, calling the program, Wimachtendienk, or "Brotherhood" in one of the Lenape dialects. The full original name for the organization was Wimachtendienk Wingolauchsik Witahemui (Brotherhood of Those Who Serve Cheerfully). It is still referred to via the inclusion of the letters "W W W" on most lodge patches. Goodman and Edson decided that a "camp fraternity" was the way to improve the summer camp experience and to encourage older Scouts to continue attending Scout summer camp. In developing this program they borrowed from the traditions and practices of several other organizations. Edward Cave's Boy's Camp Book (1914) was consulted for the concept of a camp society that would perpetuate camp traditions. Inspired by Ernest Thompson Seton's previous Woodcraft Indians program, American Indian motifs were used to make the organization interesting and appealing to youth. Other influences include the Brotherhood of Andrew and Phillip, a Presbyterian church youth group with which Goodman had been involved as a young man, and Freemasonry. Goodman and Edson ultimately devised a program where troops chose, at the summer camp's conclusion, those boys from among their number who they felt best exemplified the ideals of Scouting. Those elected were acknowledged as having displayed, in the eyes of their fellow Scouts, a spirit of unselfish service and brotherhood. Edson and Goodman said they "based the OA's lore and ceremonies on the lore of the Lenni Lenape Indians who had occupied Treasure Island in earlier times" and based the group's structure "on a loose interpretation of Hiawatha and Last of the Mohicans", both popular works of fiction by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and James Fenimore Cooper, respectively. The Scouts considered this move a success, and went on to repeat this pattern the following summer at Treasure Island. Those Scouts honored at Treasure Island in 1915 and 1916 would become members of what is now Unami Lodge. In 1916, the levels of membership were Pledge, First Degree and Second Degree. Pledges were candidates who took part in the initiation ceremony similar to today's Ordeal Honor. The first degree was for candidates who completed the initiation during the October annual "member's only" meeting similar to the Brotherhood Honor today. By 1920, the term Pledge was dropped and the Degrees moved down to become First Degree, Second Degree and Third Degree. National organization By 1921, Goodman had spoken to Scout leaders in surrounding states about their honor society, which resulted in multiple lodges being established by Scout councils in the northeastern United States. First Grand Lodge Meeting On October 7 and 8, 1921, the First Grand Lodge Meeting took place in Philadelphia and hosted by the Unami and Unalachtgo Lodges. The organization was ready to have a national structure. Inspired by the Freemasons, all the "known" lodges would become members of the Grand Lodge. Eight of the eleven known lodges. Edson was selected to chair this first meeting. Four committees were formed at this meeting including two to frame the Grand Lodge Constitution and re-write, provide further revisions of the ceremonies, devise insignia, and plan future development. At the end of the first day, the delegates gathered at Camp Biddle to hold a re-dedication ceremony. Officers were also elected with E. Urner Goodman becoming the Grand Chieftain (Eluwak Kittakima). Dr. William Hinkle was part of the Committee on Ordeals and Ritual and was the primary person responsible for the re-writing of the ceremonies. According to the report of the committee, "meddlesome outsiders" had accessed to the Ritual in the Summer of 1920 at Treasure Island and therefore "it was decided to revise that both the ritual for the ordeals and for the different degrees". As a result of this report, consistent written versions of the First and Second Degree ceremonies were provided to the chartered Lodges. A Pre-Ordeal was introduced. Changes were also brought to the characters of the First Degree and Second Degree: Medeu became Gegeyjumhet, the Supreme Chief of the Fire Medicine Man became Meteu Nischeneyit Sakima was introduced as the Senior Vice Chief Pow-wow became Kittakima, the Chief of the Fire Sakima (Chief) and Nutiket (Guard/Guide) remained the same. A closing ceremony was added to the First Degree and the Second Degree's ceremony was re-written with the content of the ceremony remaining the same. The name of the society was changed to Order of the Arrow Committees were organized to formulate a constitution, refine ceremonial rituals, devise insignia, and plan future development. The traditions and rituals of Freemasonry were a major source of inspiration for the Order of the Arrow in the first decade. The Order of the Arrow acknowledges on its website that familiar terms such as "lodge", "obligation", and "degree" were borrowed from Masonic practice and similarities are evident in the ceremonial structures and ritual formulae still in use today. Even the early national meeting was called a "Grand Lodge", a clear Masonic reference as the Order of the Arrow acknowledges in its official history. Goodman joined the Robert A. Lamberton Lodge No. 487, Free and Accepted Masons of Philadelphia on March 5, 1918, only a few years after the first ceremonies of the Order of the Arrow took place and before the First Grand Lodge Meeting of 1921 that saw a formalization of the OA's structures and a rewrite of the ceremonies. BSA's concerns about camp fraternities In the early 1920s, many Scout executives were skeptical of what they called "secret camp fraternities". Less than a year after the First Grand Lodge Meeting took place, concerns regarding these fraternities officially made their way to BSA. Between September 12 and 19, 1922, the Second Biennial Conference of the Boy Scout Executives took place in Blue Ridge, NC. The Commission on Camping met on the first day of the event discussed the topic as visible in their report. One of the Scout Executive, A.W. Beeny from Stamford, CT made "a motion that camp fraternities be discouraged in connection with Boy Scout camps". The commission was divided on the issue. Goodman argued against the motion: In spite of these concerns, the WWW was welcomed with two other Camp Fraternities to be "Official Experiments" of the Boy Scouts of America. The other two groups were the Tribe of Gimogash and Ku-Ni-Eh who were active in as many if not more councils than the WWW. However, the WWW was only opened to Scouts and its leadership was composed only of professional Scouters. This appears to have been essential to the Order of the Arrow becoming an official program of the Boy Scouts of America later on. Becoming an official BSA program By the 1930s, the Boy Scouts of America had become a powerful national organization with 1,181,227 scouts and scouters in 1929. It had proven itself to the Americans public and received the support of many in Congress and the President (President Hoover was Honorary President of BSA). It had also received the support of Churches. The following Protestant Churches supported the movement: the Northern Baptist Convention, the United Lutheran Church in America and the Presbyterian Church (USA) in 1918, The Congregational Churches and Methodist Church in 1919 and the Southern Baptist Convention in 1923. Support from the Catholic Church started in 1917, when several archbishops endorsed Scouting. Jewish support was slow but also increased over the years. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) were among the first to support the new Scouting organization. According to the 1929 Annual Report of the Boy Scouts of America: "[..]49.4% of the scout troops in America were affiliated with churches as parent institutions at the time. National and local church organizations of all faiths have given liberal support to the extension of scouting and the promotion of a more effective correlation of the scout program with the church program." Throughout the 1930s, the Order of the Arrow worked diligently to remove the offending terminology from its early years that could offend religious groups (specifically Christian churches) and replace it with words associated with Native American lore instead. This was an essential step on the path to become an official program of the Boy Scouts of America who wished to maintain its close relationship with Churches. Every part of the program was reviewed including the obligation. An updated version of the 1921 Ordeal was issued in 1931. The most significant word change was as sacred and binding switched to as binding to satisfy religious groups objecting to sacred rituals performed by their members. The Ordeal Ceremony characters went from six to four ceremonialists. It also saw the introduction of Allowat Sakima and Kitchkinet while Meteu and Nutiket remained. A new booklet containing the ceremony was entitled Ritual for the Ordeal (first) Degree and had the words "Carefully Safeguard This Ritual" on the cover. At the 1931 Grand Lodge Meeting, a motion was unanimously passed by the delegates to change the Third Degree (now the Vigil Honor) Symbol from a triangle to an arrowhead with an arrow superimposed on it with the totem of the local lodge on top. That totem does not appear to have ever been used or produced. The decision was revered at the next meeting in 1933. This would become the basis of the design of the Distinguished Service Award nine years later. In 1933, the National Council (BSA) finished a systematic analysis of various programs like the Order of the Arrow and concluded that such programs enhanced scouting. The Order of the Arrow had been assured that it would become an official program of the organization but some issues related to structures, Arrowmen who had aged out of the program, and adjustments of the vocabulary where needed. The Grand Lodge issued a document in August 1933 titled A Statement of Principles Applying in the Case of National Approval of the Order of the Arrow guided the transition. One section listed the tasks of a committee to review the Rituals of the Order to remove: "Any words or phrases, which may cause offense to religious bodies" "Any performance or expressions, which may be interpreted as acts of religious worship" "Any employment of the element of secrecy as in obligation, which may prove inconsistent with the policies of Scouting." This process continued until early 1935 and many changes took place: Meteu (the Medicine Man)'s prayers were completely rewritten Gitchee Manitou, a reference to a deity, was dropped from all ceremonies The Password was replaced with Admonition Before 1933, the words altar and sacred had already been replaced and the word Fraternity replaced with Brotherhood. It is also around that time that Degree was replaced with Honor. The vocabulary used in the Order went through a revision at the request of BSA "to avoid confusion with other usages of these same terms" and to avoid being labeled a Masonic organization. This process was, in essence, the removal of all terminology common to Freemasonry while keeping the program itself unchanged to make it acceptable to the religious groups. On August 23, 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt was inducted in the Order of the Arrow. He is the first and only President of the United States be inducted. This took place at Camp Man of Ten Mile River Scout Camp and was conducted by the Suanhacky Lodge. President Roosevelt was an important advocate of Scouting in the early years of the Boy Scouts of America. Finally, on June 1, 1934, the Order of the Arrow along with several other new programs was officially approved the Order of the Arrow to be used nationally. The National Council would not take over the Order but incrementally would charter the Grand Lodge and its structure. The change took effect on January 1, 1935. The word "secret" in the Ordeal was dropped in 1935 to read "I will always and faithfully preserve unbroken the rites, mysteries, signs and symbols of the Order of the Arrow". In 1936, five new pamphlets containing all the changed were printed including: A red cover for the Ordeal A green cover for the Brotherhood A blue cover for the Vigil Honor (printed in 1940) Brown ink was used for the Local Lodge Manual cover Black ink was used for the Constitution and By-Law cover One of the terms that was changed in the process was Lodge. It was replaced by the term Tribe. However, this did not last long and in March 1936, after only 14 months, BSA reverted to using the world Lodge. The official reason given is that term was also used in the Lone Scouts of America which had merged with BSA on June 16, 1924, and was by then officially part of BSA. As a result, all the local tribes reverted to their old Lodge names. The Grand Lodge had become the National Tribe and was now the National Lodge. The National Lodge Chief Thomas Cairns said at the time that "many of us seem happy to have again the use of the word 'lodge'". The Ceremony pamphlet was redone to incorporate that and was approved on January 31, 1936. The Ordeal Honor and Brotherhood remained unchanged until 1948. Official program of the BSA By 1948, about two-thirds of the BSA's councils had established OA lodges. That year, it was announced at the 1948 NOAC that the Order of the Arrow was integrated as an official part of the Scouting program. This change was the final step to a long process that had started in 1921. This also required that the leadership positions in lodges, and later area and region be transferred to youth leaders with adult adivsers as in the rest of Boy Scouts of America. It also simplified the management of the Order and servicing the local lodges as it leveraged the National Supply of BSA. At the same time, the National Executive Committee that had governed the OA disbanded and was replaced by the National Committee on Order of the Arrow who now reported to the Director of Camping at BSA. That same year, it was determined that as part of the Boy Scouts of America, an Order of the Arrow Handbook was needed. J. Rucker Newbery, the National Lodge Treasurer was tasked with the responsibility to edit this first edition. It contained primarily: the Constitution and the By-Laws pamphlet the Local Lodge Manual pamphlet the Indian Ritual Costumes pamphlet the Selection of Candidates and the Ordeal pamphlet the "Dramatization of the Legend of the Lenni Lenape" by the Tomkita Chara Lodge the song of the Order In 1950, the Second National Jamboree was held at Valley Forge, PA from June 27 to July 6. This was the first time that the OA Service Troop (today's Service Corps). In 1956, the "Blood-rite" was removed from the Brotherhood Ceremony. The National OA Committee had consulted with medical advisors and determined that "it was no longer safe to draw and exchange blood between two people. It was officially replaced by a symbolic draw of blood. However, the change was slow to take place in the lodges and this practice was reported to have continued well into the 1960s. The script for the ceremony in 1956 was changed from "...draw drops of blood..." to "...symbolically draw 'blood' so that you may mingle your 'blood'..." Unchanged ceremony, different booklets March 1968, saw the arrival of the Ordeal Ceremony booklet with a new cover. The red ink color code disappeared and a new copyright was used. The Pre-Ordean and Ordeal rituals did not change. However a section title "Conducting of the Election", "Suggested Election Ceremony" and "Training Ceremonial Teams" were added. New covers were produced for 1973, 1977 and 1979 but the content remained the same. In 1981, a new cover was produced and the content of the "Manual for the Ordeal" saw its format and contents changed. It became a "how to" manual with every detail of the administration of the Ordeal mapped out, from the Call Out to the Investiture. Changes also were implemented in the new Pre-Ordeal and symbols used that each principal ceremonialist had to explain and use in the candidate's preparation. 1988 saw a new cover but the content remained the same. The ceremony of the Ordeal was split in two booklets in 1990. The "Administration Guide for the Ordeal" contained the information to administer the Ordeal while the "Ceremony for the Ordeal" contained the actual Pre-Ordeal and Ordeal rituals. Despite this split, the content of the two was essentially the 1981 copyrighted rituals using the 1988 cover. These booklets remained in use until 1999 when the two were brought back together in one 30-page ceremony book 8.5x11 inches in size. This was the last change to the Ordeal. 21st century Over the century since the Order of the Arrow's founding, more than one million Scouts and Scouters have worn the OA sash on their uniforms, denoting membership in the Brotherhood. The four stated purposes of the Order of the Arrow are: "(1) Recognize those who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law in their daily lives and through that recognition cause others to conduct themselves in a way that warrants similar recognition; (2) Promote camping, responsible outdoor adventure, and environmental stewardship as essential components of every Scout's experience, in the unit, year-round, and in summer camp; (3) Develop leaders with the willingness, character, spirit and ability to advance the activities of their units, our Brotherhood, Scouting, and ultimately our nation; and (4) Crystallize the Scout habit of helpfulness into a life purpose of leadership in cheerful service to others. In a new program of national service conducted from June through August 2008, the OA offered ArrowCorps5 to both youth and adult Arrowmen. Described as "one of the largest conservation efforts in Scouting's history" by the Boy Scouts of America, approximately 3,500 Arrowmen converged on five national forests to work on various conservation projects such as building new trails and helping preserve nearly extinct species, as well as removing invasive species, in cooperation with the U.S. Forest Service. The five national forests are: Mark Twain National Forest, Manti-La Sal National Forest, George Washington and Jefferson National Forests, Shasta-Trinity National Forest and Bridger-Teton National Forest. With the introduction of the Scouts BSA program on February 1, 2019, unit elections are now permitted in Scouts BSA, Venturing and Sea Scouting units. References Boy Scouts of America Order of the Arrow

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton%20Herndon

Milton Herndon

Milton Herndon (March 9, 1908 – October 13, 1937) was an African-American U.S. national guardsman, steelworker, labor organizer and volunteer in the Spanish Civil War where he was section leader of the Mackenzie–Papineau Battalion in the Abraham Lincoln brigade. He was killed in action along with his entire machine gun company while supporting their advance into Fuentes de Ebro, a small town southeast of Zaragoza. Early life and career Milton Herndon was born into a working-class family in Wyoming, Ohio., a majority white area, where they were subjected to racial discrimination. His father Paul Herndon was a coal miner who died of black lung disease when Milton was a child, and his mother Hattie Herndon was a housemaid for white families. Milton and his siblings attended public schools, and after completing just two years of high school, he began a career as a steelworker to help provide for his family, and served one and a half years in the U.S. National Guard. After joining the Communist Party in 1934, he decided to move to Chicago, Illinois and become a labor organizer. In 1936 he joined the Young Communist League Family In 1932 Milton's younger brother Angelo Herndon was arrested for attempting to organize workers in Atlanta, Georgia and possessing "communist literature", for which the death penalty was being discussed. Angelo was sentenced to 18 to 20 years of hard labor. Milton supported his brother throughout and greeted him at the jail when he was released on bail on December 7, 1935. The U.S. Supreme Court would on April 26, 1937 rule in favor of Angelo and strike down Georgia's insurrection statute because it violated the First Amendment. It was during this time Milton volunteered to help the Spanish loyalists defend against the fascists in the Spanish Civil War. Spanish Civil War On May 8, 1937, Herndon departed for Spain aboard the American Importer to join the International Brigades, going by the alias "Milton Braxton". Herndon joined the Mackenzie–Papineau Battalion machine gun company, which was a newly formed battalion at the time to accommodate an influx of Canadian volunteers.. Due to his former military experience, Herndon became section leader In October 1937 the Mackenzie–Papineau Battalion set out on their first mission in the Aragon Front to capture a small town southeast of Zaragoza called Fuentes de Ebro, hoping this would lead them to capture Zaragoza next.. On October 13th, Herndon received an order to position a machine gun to support his Battalion's advance into the town. While executing this command, Herndon and his entire team were killed by a hail of long-range machine gun fire. The battalion as a whole suffered heavy losses during the attack and were unsuccessful in taking the town References 1908 births 1937 deaths

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lover%27s%20Plea

Lover's Plea

Lover's Plea is an album by the American musician W. C. Clark, released in 1998. It was his third album for Black Top Records. Clark supported the album with a North American tour. The album was nominated for a W. C. Handy Award for "Soul Blues Album" of the year. Production The album was coproduced by Mark "Kaz" Kazanoff. Clark was backed by Double Trouble on several tracks; the Kamikaze Horns appeared on a few. "Are You Here, Are You There?" is about Clark's late fiancée, who died in an accident when Clark lost control of his tour van; his drummer was also killed. "Pretty Little Mama" is dedicated to Clark's daughter. "I'm Hooked on You" is a cover of the Al Green song. "Sunshine Lady" employed a gospel choir. Critical reception The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette wrote that "sensuous falsettos and gritty stylings melt into a rich, soulful voice with hints of Al Green and O.V. Wright... It's just the right blend of elegance and grit for this album, a rumination about the joys and sorrows of love." The Advocate noted that "soul meets the blues in the Austin, Texas-bred, horns-blessed sound." The Chicago Tribune called the album "a perfect 7-10 split of tough, shuffling Lone Star blues and punchy Stax-style soul driven home with taut, tart fretwork and molasses rich vocals." The Age concluded that, "like Albert King, Clark is a gifted crooner and, like Syl Johnson, he can inject his material with the strongest whiskey-toned voice around." The Daily Herald said: "A bright but sly guitar player himself, Clark laces his playing smoothly through his songs so the feeling isn't tromped, merely accented with a punch." The Los Angeles Times determined that "Clark's voice mesmerizes on songs about girls that made him happy and those that did not—the blues in a nutshell." AllMusic wrote that "Clark's vocals here are nothing short of eloquent while his guitar stings and stabs with the best of them." Track listing References 1998 albums Black Top Records albums W. C. Clark albums

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albina%20Mali

Albina Mali

Albina Mali-Hočevar (12 September 1925 - 24 January 2001) was a Slovenian member of the Yugoslav Partisans, serving as a soldier during the Second World War and later served various political roles in the Yugoslav Communist Party. Biography Albina Mali was born 12 Septiember 1925 in the Slovenian village of Vinica in Črnomelj Municipality, to a working-class family with eight children. Her father was a shoemaker and her mother was a general worker. Mali began her studies in Črnomelj but in her third year, her father became ill and the family moved to Jurka Vas, where he would die in 1934. Due to this, Mali would leave school to join the work force to support the family, originally in Vrh pri Šmihel and two years later in Brezova Reber pri Dvoru. It was while living with family in Brezova Reber pri Dvoru that Mali attended the school of Dolnji Ajdovec, where she graduated in 1941. Following the beginning of World War II in Yugoslavia, Mali joined the National Liberation Movement and was trained under Herman Heningman, a partisan from Dolenjske Toplice. Mali maintained communication between Novo Mesto and Brezova Reber, where the activists and the partisan encampment were located. In December 1941 Mali left Brezova Reber and, on Heningman's orders, got a job in Novo Mesto. Operating out of the hotel where she worked, Mali disseminated leaflets and flyers and kept contact with incoming couriers. Three months later, Mali moved in with her mother in Češča Vas. During this time, she coordinated contact between Novo Mesto, Češča Vas, Brezova Reber and Prečna. In June 1942, a company of guards from the West Lower Carniola detachment was liberated and transferred from Vrezovo Rebro to Jošt. As the Italian counterassault on liberated partisan territory continued, the detachment was split into several smaller groups, reforming into a single unit in Podstenice following the end of the offensive. It was in Podstenice, in August 1942 that Mali was admitted into the Young Communist League of Yugoslavia. In December 1942, Mali became a soldier in the movement, serving in the 3rd Company of the 3rd battalion of the 1st national liberation Slovenian proletarian strike brigade “Tone Tomšič”. Mali worked as a nurse, first in a brigade, then later in a company, and a battalion, where she became battalion secretary for the Young Communist League. Mali was unhappy in her role as a nurse, crying from the frustration caused by the job. Mali fought in military campaigns across Slovenia through 1942 and 1943. She was wounded three times during this campaign; on the battlefield in September 1942 near Suvoj, on 21 January 1943 in a battle against a White Guard redoubt near Zagorica pri Čatežu, and on 15 September 1943 near Veliki Osolnik during the battle for Turjak, when a mine exploded next to her. Following this injury, Mali was moved to Jelendol Partisan hospital in Kočevski Rog, and later to Črmošnjice and then Žumberak in Croatia. In 1944 she became a member of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia. Mali left Žumberak at the end of 1944 and returned to White Carniola, where she participated in battles with the local Partisan detachment. She attended the communist party school from May to July of 1944 in Kočevski Rog. Following the end of her studies, Mali worked as a nurse transporting wounded Italians in Bari, Gravina, Barletta until November 1944 when she worked in Split. Mali fought with the 8th Dalmatian Shock Troop Corps as a nurse until 14 January 1945 when she was transferred to an orphanage in Novigrad. At the end of the war, Mali moved first to Zadar, Trieste and later to Novo Mesto, Pag, Poreč, Kobarid, and Ilirska Bistrica before finally settling in Maribor in December 1955. In Ljubljana she became a member of the Krsko and Maribor committees of the League of Communists of Slovenia. Mali died on 24 January 2001 at the age of 75 years old. Awards Among other Yugoslav decorations, Mali was awarded the Commemorative Medal of the Partisans in 1946 and in 1953 was awarded the Order of the People's Hero. References Female military personnel Yugoslav communists Yugoslav military personnel of World War II Slovenian military personnel 1925 births 2001 deaths Recipients of the Order of the People's Hero People from Črnomelj

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Scarus spinus

Scarus spinus, the Greensnout parrotfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a parrotfish from the family Scaridae. Description Scarus spinus can reach a total length of about 30 cm (in males). These fishes have 10 dorsal soft rays, 3 anal spines and 9 anal soft rays. Males show a bright yellow head underwater, while females are drab with white teeth and some pale spots. Caudal fin is moderately to deeply emarginate in terminal phase. Lips largely cover dental plates. Distribution and habitat This species can be found on Christmas Island and from the Philippines to Samoa, the Ryukyu Islands and the southern Great Barrier Reef. The Greensnout parrotfish inhabits coral-rich areas of outer lagoon and seaward reefs, at a depth range 0 - 30 m. Biology It appears specialized in scraping crustose coralline algae withl jaw. It can change gender from female to male (hermaphroditic). Bibliography This article has been expanded using, inter alia, material based on a translation of an article from the Spanisch Wikipedia, by the same name. Fenner, Robert M.: The Conscientious Marine Aquarist. Neptune City, New Jersey,: T.F.H. Publications, 2001. Helfman, G., B. Collette y D. Facey: The diversity of fishes. Blackwell Science, Malden, Massachusetts, 1997. Hoese, D.F. 1986. A M.M. Smith y P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlín, Maugé, L.A. 1986. A J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse y D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB Bruselas; MRAC, Tervuren, Flandes; y ORSTOM, París, France. Vol. 2. Moyle, P. y J. Cech.: Fishes: An Introduction to Ichthyology, 4a. edición, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. 2000. Nelson, J.: Fishes of the World, 3rd. ed. New York: John Wiley and Sons. 1994. Wheeler, A.: The World Encyclopedia of Fishes, 2nd. edición, London: Macdonald. External links ITIS AQUATAB.NET References spinus

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian%20Jackson%20%28basketball%29

Ian Jackson (basketball)

Ian Jackson is an American basketball player who plays for JellyFam of Overtime Elite. Early life and high school Jackson grew up in The Bronx, New York and initially attended Cardinal Hayes High School. He was named the National Sophomore of the Year by MaxPreps after averaging 19.8 points, five rebounds, and four assists per game. Jackson transferred to Our Saviour Lutheran School before the start of his senior year. He also announced he would simultaneously compete in Overtime Elite (OTE) as a non-professional player. Jackson was named first-team All-OTE at the end of the season. He was selected to play in the 2024 McDonald's All-American Boys Game. Recruiting Jackson is a consensus five-star recruit and one of the top players in the 2024 class, according to major recruiting services. He committed to play college basketball at North Carolina over offers from Kentucky, Arkansas, LSU, and Oregon. National team career Jackson played for the United States national under-16 team at the 2021 FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship. The following summer, he played for the under-17 team at the 2022 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup. Jackson was also named to the United States' roster for the 2023 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup. References Living people American men's basketball players Basketball players from the Bronx Shooting guards

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rehbachiella

Rehbachiella

Rehbachiella is a genus of Cambrian crustacean comprising the only species Rehbachiella kinnekullensis. It is possibly a branchiopod from the Orsten of Sweden. Description Rehbachiella is roughly 1.7 mm long, with three pairs of cephalic appendages with curved spines pointing towards the mouth and eight to nine pairs of postmandibular appendages roughly identical to each other except for size and exopod length, together forming a filter apparatus. Unusually, Rehbachiella had over 30 larval stages and the most developed specimens found are still seemingly immature. Its thin carapace covers all limb-bearing segments, however there are five limbless segments extending past it, the most posterior bearing a furca alongside two protrusions that resemble undeveloped appendages. Rehbachiella has two compound eyes similar to its larval stages, as well as a large labrum. As many of its traits resemble those of Branchiopoda, it is tentatively placed as a stem-group branchiopod and may be a member of stem-Anostraca alongside Lepidocaris. Etymology Rehbachiella is named in honour of Mrs. Helga Rehbach-Lenz, who helped with the most difficult preparation. Its specific name kinnekullensis comes from the fact the original fossils were found at Kinnekulle. Distribution Rehbachiella is known from over 130 specimens of varying growth stages, most from Kinnekulle. References Cambrian Europe Prehistoric crustacean genera Paleozoic crustaceans Cambrian arthropods Pancrustacea

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemma%20Royo

Gemma Royo

Gemma Royo Lorte (born 20 March 1975) is a retired Spanish rhythmic gymnast. She was World champion in 1991 and two-time European champion in 1992. The generation of gymnasts that she was part of is known by the nickname "Primeras Chicas de Oro". Biography Gemma tool up the sport in 1982 at Club Escuela de Gimnasia Rítmica of Zaragoza. Trained by Chus Garcés, she would participate in several Spanish Championships in different categories: children, pre-junior, junior and first category. In 1987 she got bronze i ex aequo with Rosabel Espinosa in Palma de Mallorca. That same year she also became champion of Aragon and soon after, in the Spanish Group Championships held in Onteniente won another bronze in the children category. In 1988 she was called up for a selection of young promises "Barcelona 92", among them there were some future stars of the Spanish rhythmic gymnastics as Ada Liberio, Edi Moreno, Carmen Acedo, Carolina Pascual, Eider Mendizábal, Rosabel Espinosa, Noelia Fernández or Montse Martín, teammate with whom she would maintain a close friendship. In 1989 she was called up by the Spanish national team to join the junior group, trained by Rosa Menor, Paqui Maneus, Cathy Xaudaró and Berta Veiga. She participated in the Junior European Championships in Tenerife, winning the bronze medal together to the rest of the team, made up of Carmen Acedo, Noelia Fernández, Ruth Goñi, Eider Mendizábal and Montserrat Martín, with Cristina Chapuli and Diana Martín as substitutes. In late 1989 she was incorporated into the senior group, training about 8 hours a day at the Moscardó Gymnasium in Madrid under the direction of Emilia Boneva and Ana Roncero, who since 1982 had been national group coach and head coach. She would also live with all the members of the team in a house in La Moraleja. She began as a substitute gymnast for the group and would debut as a starter at the 1990 Stuttgart Gymnastic Masters due to a last-minute injury to Montserrat Martín, who three days before the start of the competition, broke a leg when stepping on a ball. Later, again as a substitute, at the European Championships in Gotheburg she won the bronze medal in both the All-Around and with 3 balls & 3 ropes, and the silver with 12 clubs. At the World Cup Final, held that year in Brussels, the group (made up of Montse Martín, Beatriz Barral, Lorea Elso, Teresa Fuster, Arancha Marty and Vanesa Muñiz, with Marta Aberturas as the other substitute) won all three bronze medals. At the Wacoal Cup tournament in Tokyo, held in November, they won overall silver. In 1991 Gemma became a starter, the two exercises for groups were 6 ribbons for the single-apparatus exercise and 3 balls and 3 ropes for the mixed-apparatus one. Their ribbon exercise used "Tango Jalousie", composed by Jacob Gade, for the music, while their mixed-apparatus one used the song "Campanas" by Víctor Bombi. To choreograph the dance steps of the 6 ribbons exercise, they had the help of Javier "Poty" Castillo, then a dancer with the National Ballet, although the team's usual choreographer was the Bulgarian Georgi Neykov. Before the World Championships, they won gold at the Karlsruhe tournament (ahead of the USSR and Bulgaria) and three bronzes at the Gymnastic Masters in Stuttgart. On 12 October 1991, the Spanish team (consisting of Gemma, Débora Alonso, Isabel Gómez Pérez, Lorea Elso, Teresa Fuster and Montserrat Martín, with Marta Aberturas and Cristina Chapuli as the substitutes) won gold in the all-around at the World Championships in Athens. This medal was described by the media as historic, since it was the first time that Spain had won the World Championship in rhythmic gymnastics. The next day, they would also win silver in both of the two apparatus finals. After this achievement, at the end of 1991 they would tour in Switzerland. In 1992 they won silver in a tournament in Karlsruhe, and later they were invited to give an exhibition at one in Corbeil-Essonnes. In June, with new exercises, they participated in the European Championships in Stuttgart, where they shared the gold medal in the all-around with the Russian team, in addition to winning another gold in the 3 balls and 3 ropes final and bronze in 6 ribbons. Gemma did not compete in the 1992 Olympic Games because rhythmic gymnastics was an individual-only sport at the Olympics at that time, although she participated with the rest of her teammates in the opening ceremony, leading the parade of participating nations. Shortly after, they won gold at both the Asvo Cup in Austria and the Alfred Vogel Cup in the Netherlands, where they also won silver in 6 ribbons and gold in 3 balls and 3 ropes. Fuster and Gómez were injured before the World Championships in Brussels, which took place in November 1992. They were kept on the team as substitutes, but in the competing lineup were replaced by Alicia Martín, Cristina Martínez and Bárbara Plaza. In this competition, the team won silver in the All-Around, with their score just one tenth of a point away from allowing them to retain the world title they had won the previous year. In addition, on November 22 they won bronze in the 6 ribbons final and were 8th with 3 balls and 3 ropes. After this, Gemma retired from competition, as would the rest of the group that had been world champion in Athens the previous year. In 1992, Gemma also received the Medal of Sports Merit from the General Council of Aragon along with his former teammate Marta Aberturas. After her retirement, she focused on her telecommunications engineering studies while collaborating with her club in Zaragoza as a school and national level coach, winning the bronze medal in the children category at the Spanish Championships of Sets held in Alicante in 1993. After graduating Gemma abandoned rhythmic gymnastics. She currently works at an international telecommunications company in Madrid. In September she traveled with several former gymnasts from the Spanish team to the World Championships in Sofia to meet again with the former national team coach Emilia Boneva, and a tribute dinner was also organized in her honor. After Boneva's death on 20 September 2019, Gemma and other former national gymnasts gathered to pay tribute to her during the Euskalgym held on 16 November 2019. The event took place before 8,500 attendees at the Bilbao Exhibition Center de Baracaldo and was followed by a dinner in Boneva's honor. References 1975 births Living people Spanish rhythmic gymnasts Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispanic%20Scholarship%20Fund

Hispanic Scholarship Fund

The Hispanic Scholarship Fund is a nonprofit organization aiming to prepare Hispanic young people to become professionals in the future. The HSF was founded in 1975 with the purpose to identify students of Latino or Hispanic origin and assisting them in attending college and graduate school. The HSF selects 10,000 designated scholars each year and assists them in finding a university, help to source financing, search for internships, and with HSF's business partnerships, place them in jobs. The HSF was founded in 1975 by Korean War veteran Oscar Robles and his wife, Dora, who took out a $30,000 second mortgage on their home. Initially focused on assisting Latino college students ton complete college, the fund now assists students throughout their education and career development. Through 2022, the HSF has provided over $700 million in scholarships to Latino students. Requirements Be of Hispanic descent. Be a U.S. citizen, legal permanent resident, or recipient of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Have a minimum GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale (or equivalent) for high school students. Have a minimum GPA of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale (or equivalent) for undergraduate and graduate students. References American education awards Scholarships in the United States

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ararat%20%26%20District%20Football%20Association

Ararat & District Football Association

The Ararat & District Football Association was an Australian rules football League based around Ararat in Western Victoria. History The ADFA was the minor league in Ararat with clubs named after churches, mills and mines. The major club in town, the Ararat Football Club played in the Wimmera Football League. The league finished in 1999 which saw team splitting into the Horsham & District Football League and Mininera & District Football League. Final Clubs in Previous Clubs References Australian rules football clubs in Victoria (state) Defunct Australian rules football clubs

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitchener%20Memorial

Kitchener Memorial

The Kitchener Memorial is a 48 ft tower war memorial in Birsay, Orkney Islands, erected after the sinking of British battleship HMS Hampshire. History In June 1916, battleship HMS Hampshire was on her way to Russia on a diplomatic mission, by orders of Lord Horatio Hebert Kitchener, field marshal of the British Army. While passing Birsay, Hampshire struck a mine laid by Germany U-Boat U-75 at 19:40 on 5 June, sinking her, with a loss of 737 on board, including Lord Kitchener. There were only 12 survivors. After the First World War, the people of Orkney raised funds to construct a monument to honour Kitchener, and the other crew members onboard Hampshire who were lost that evening. The monument was named Kitchener Memorial, and was completed in 1926. On 5 June 2016, 100 years after the sinking of Hampshire, a commemorative wall was unveiled at the base of the tower with the names of all servicemen lost in the disaster inscribed along it. In 2020, the Kitchener Memorial was listed as one of the targets during the 'Topple the Racists' protests, however it was never touched. References Buildings and structures completed in 1926 World War I memorials in Scotland Buildings and structures in Orkney Museums in Orkney Towers completed in 1926

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount%20Harper%20%28disambiguation%29

Mount Harper (disambiguation)

Mount Harper may refer to: Mount Harper in the Ogilvie Mountains, Yukon Territory, Canada Mount Harper / Mahaanui in Canterbury, New Zealand Mount Harper (Antarctica) in the Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipta%C5%88%20Tragedy

Liptaň Tragedy

Liptaň Tragedy () is an event that occurred in Liptaň in Czechoslovakia on 22 September 1938 when Radicalized German villagers attacked the gendarmerie station and murdered all six Czech members of the State Defense Guard. Event The local events started when men of the Sudeten German Free Corps (Sudetendeutsches Freikorps) in nearby towns gained control over police stations Město Albrechtice (Olbersdorf) and Zlaté Hory (Zuckmantel), therefore cutting both main routes from Liptáň with the rest of the Czech inland. Later in the evening, local Freikorps members opened a secret stash of German army rifles and submachine guns that had been previously smuggled across the border and stored within a railway station. Then a mob of 150–180 men, most of them armed, proceeded towards the local gendarme station. The mob leaders compelled Chief Constable Rudolf Mokrý to call to the nearby station in Mokrá where gendarmes already had surrendered. Gaining information that several nearby stations were handed over without any violence and with Czechoslovak official mostly being allowed to withdraw inland, still under orders preventing use of firearms and facing armed mobs, the station chief agreed to surrender the station. The Germans took the officers' firearms and held them captive inside the building while someone was sent to procure a car that could be used to transport the captives (it is unknown whether inland or to Germany). Shortly after the officers within the station building were disarmed, two gendarme officers driving on a motorcycle arrived to town. As they were nearing the station a firefight erupted. In the general confusion, the Germans started shooting not only at the officers but also at each other; it is not known whether the officers managed to fire their weapons. The officers used the chaos and attempted to reach the station not knowing that it was already fully under German control. Both gendarme officers Inocenc Dostál and Vítězslav Hofírek were shot dead immediately after entering the station. Outside of the station, most of the mob dispersed, leaving behind three dead bodies and several angry Freikorps members. The remaining disarmed gendarme officers Chief Constable Rudolf Mokrý, Constable Vilém Leher and Constable Ludvík Svoboda were dragged outside of the station and lynched to death.Constable František Čech, station's messenger, was also lynched to death either with the three other officers or elsewhere in the town's vicinity. The gendarme officers' bodies were transported over the border to the German town Leobschütz where they were buried in an unmarked mass grave. Their fate remained unknown until the March 1939 Nazi German takeover of the remainder of Czechoslovakia, when Nazi German authorities acknowledged their deaths. The victims' bodies were later exhumed and ceremonially buried in Czechoslovakia. The perpetrators were never captured (although having been identified, as with Alfred Selig), however, three other Germans that took part in the attack were arrested, tried and executed by hanging in October 1946. Since then the murdered officers have been commemorated in Liptaň with a statue and signs explaining the events, as well as with different activities of remembrance, including reinactment. References 1938 in Czechoslovakia

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gething%20government

Gething government

The Gething government is the Labour-led government of Wales due to be formed following the appointment of Vaughan Gething as First Minister on 20 March 2024. History Following the resignation of Mark Drakeford, Gething was elected Leader of the Labour party on 16 March 2024 and appointed First Minister on 20 March. He became the first black leader of any European country. Cabinet Deputy ministers See also Shadow Cabinet (Wales) Members of the 6th Senedd References Gething Welsh governments Cabinets established in 2024 2024 establishments in Wales

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS%20Fort%20Battle%20River

SS Fort Battle River

SS Fort Battle River was a Canadian-owned Fort ship that saw service as a cargo ship during World War II. It was torpedoed by U-410 on 6 March 1943 and sank on 9 March. Description Fort Battle River was a North Sands-type cargo ship with a tonnage of . It was given the hull number 105. It was equipped with a triple expansion engine that 505 nominal horsepower for a speed of 11 knots. The crew was entirely British, and ranged in size from 48 in September 1942 to 45 in March 1943. History The ship was completed by North Vancouver Ship Repair on 29 July 1942. On 6 March 1943, the ship departed Glasgow, Scotland, for Bone, Algeria, as part of the merchant convoy KMS-10. Later that day, the German submarine U-410 attacked the convoy while it was off the coast of Portugal, striking Fort Battle River and Fort Paskoyac with torpedoes. The damage to Paskoyac was minimized by a torpedo protection net, but Battle River was crippled. The ship's full complement of 45 crew, 10 gunners, and 9 passengers were rescued by HMCS Shediac and SS Empire Flamingo and taken to Gibraltar. Three days later, on 9 March, the ship fully sank. References Maritime incidents in March 1943 Cargo ships of Canada Ships sunk by German submarines in World War II

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu%20Taher%20%28academic%29

Abu Taher (academic)

Md. Abu Taher () is a Bangladeshi academic and the 19th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Chittagong. He is also a full-time member of the University Grants Commission (Bangladesh). Previously, he served as Pro-Vice Chancellor of Southeast University and Treasurer of Bangladesh Open University. Early life Md. Abu Taher was born at Madarsha Union of Satkania Upazila in Chittagong. Education life Md. Abu Taher completed his primary education at Babunagar Government Primary School of Madarsha Union, his secondary education at Amilaish Kanchana Banga Chandra Ghosh Institute, and his higher secondary education at Chittagong College. Later, he completed his higher education at University of Chittagong, Inha University, South Korea, and Texas A&M University, USA. Career Md. Abu Taher started his career by joining Government Commerce College after passing the BCS examination. In 1995, he joined Chittagong University as a teacher of the Department of Management, and in 2004, he became a professor of the department. Earlier, he served as the Pro-Vice Chancellor of Southeast University and Treasurer of Bangladesh Open University. In addition to teaching, he worked in important positions in various local and foreign organisations and projects, including the World Bank, the ILO, and the British Council. Publication More than 70 articles written by Professor Abu Taher have been published. His 10 books on business administration are being read as undergraduate and postgraduate-level texts. He has presented 28 papers at various international conferences. References University of Chittagong alumni Vice-Chancellors of the University of Chittagong Academic staff of the University of Chittagong Bangladeshi academics Living people Date of birth missing (living people) People from Satkania Upazila Chittagong College alumni Inha University alumni Texas A&M University alumni Academic staff of Bangladesh Open University

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movimiento%20Archipi%C3%A9lago%20Soberano

Movimiento Archipiélago Soberano

The Movimiento Archipiélago Soberano (Sovereign Archipelago Movement) is a non-governmental organization that champions the autonomy and cultural identity of the Chiloé Archipelago. Founded in 2020, the movement is dedicated to promoting the rights and sovereignty of the Chiloé communities. It has been actively involved in environmental conservation and sustainable development initiatives, aiming to address the unique challenges faced by the archipelago. Aims The Movimiento Archipiélago Soberano aims to: Promote the cultural identity and autonomy of the Chiloé Archipelago. Advocate for environmental conservation and sustainable development within the region. Address the challenges of centralism and advocate for regional autonomies. Collaborate with local communities and institutions to defend territorial rights. references Political parties in Chile

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmundo%20Pinto

Edmundo Pinto

Edmundo Pinto de Almeida Neto (21 June 1953 – 17 May 1992) was a Brazilian lawyer and politician who served as governor of Acre from 1991 to his murder in 1992. Life and career Son of Pedro Veras de Almeida and Angelina Veras de Almeida, after obtaining a Bachelor's degree in Law from the Federal University of Acre he began his political career in the ARENA party, being defeated as a candidate for state deputy in 1974 and for councilor of Rio Branco in 1976. After the end of bipartisanship during the dictatorship thanks to a political reform approved by the João Figueiredo government, Pinto joined the PDS and in 1982 was elected councilor in Rio Branco and state deputy for Acre in 1986. In the Legislative Assembly of Acre he was an opponent of the Flaviano Melo and Édison Cadaxo governments, both from the PMDB and in 1990 he was elected governor of Acre in a dispute where he beat Jorge Viana (PT) in the second round, and was sworn in on 15 March 1991. Murder In the early hours of 17 May 1992, Pinto was shot dead by three men in apartment 707 of the Hotel Della Volpe Garden on Frei Caneca Street in São Paulo. The criminals stole Cr$500,000 from the apartment he had occupied since 14 May and also stole US$1,500 from John Franklin Jones, a guest in apartment 714 and an employee of the North American bank Northeast. Jones told the police that the robbers were three mulattoes, and his testimony allowed the criminals to be arrested. The murder occurred less than 48 hours before Pinto was set to testify in a CPI (Comissão Parlamentar de Inquérito, Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry) that would investigate suspicions that governor Pinto was responsible for misappropriating funds for the construction of the Maternity Canal with resources from the Fundo de Garantia do Tempo de Serviço (FGTS) in a case where former minister Antônio Rogério Magri was mentioned, but whose involvement was never confirmed. There were also suspicions about Acre party disputes and even "archive burning". The police concluded that it was a latrocínio (robbery followed by death), as there was evidence of a physical fight between Pinto and his murderers, as Pinto was glanced by a bullet to the head before being shot in the heart. There were new investigations into the case in 1993 and 2003, and it was the target of a CPI of its own in 1992 when Gilson José dos Santos, one of the accused in the killing of Pinto, said that he had received money to commit the crime. Personal life Pinto was married to Fátima Barbosa de Almeida, with whom he had three children: Pedro Veras de Almeida Neto, Rodrigo Barbosa de Almeida Pinto and Nuana Naira Barbosa de Almeida. References 1953 births 1992 deaths Democratic Social Party politicians National Renewal Alliance politicians Assassinated Brazilian politicians Governors of Acre (state) Members of the Legislative Assembly of Acre Federal University of Acre alumni

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brera%20Tchumene%20FC

Brera Tchumene FC

Brera Tchumene FC is a professional football club from Matola, Mozambique, currently competing in the Moçambola, the highest level of football in the country. Brera Tchumene is one of four clubs under the Brera Holdings umbrella. History In March 2023, it was announced that Brera Holdings had created the club as the third club under the Brera umbrella, along with Brera Calcio of Italy and Brera Strumica of North Macedonia. Initially the club would compete in the Segunda Divisấo with the goal of earning a quick promotion to the Moçambola. The club would call the Estádio da Matola home. On 30 April 2023, the club played its first-ever match in an away fixture against AD Ximanganine. Under head coach Hassane Rachide, the team finished its first season with a 13-2-1 record over the sixteen-match season, becoming champions of the Provincial II Divisão Championship, also known as the Maputo Championship, and earning a right to participate in the promotion playoffs. In September 2023, seven Brera Tchumene players, including head coach Hassane Rachide were selected for the Mozambique U20 national team for a friendly against Eswatini. In November of that year, Brera Tchumene FC went on to earn promotion to the top flight for the 2024 season, winning six of six matches in the play-off round then defeating Desportivo da Matola 4–1 over the two-leg series. Domestic history Key Honours Campeonato Nacional de Futebol da Segunda Divisão (1) Winner: 2023 References External links Official website Soccerway profile Football clubs in Mozambique 2023 establishments in Mozambique Association football clubs established in 2023 Sport in Maputo

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%20OFC%20Women%27s%20Champions%20League%20knockout%20stage

2024 OFC Women's Champions League knockout stage

The 2024 OFC Women's Champions League knockout stage is being played from 20 to 23 March 2024. A total of four teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2024 OFC Women's Champions League. Qualified teams The winners and runners-up of each of the two groups in the group stage advanced to the semi-finals. Format The four teams in the knockout stage played on a single-elimination basis, with each tie played as a single match at National Stadium. Schedule The schedule of each round was as follows. Bracket The bracket was determined as follows: </onlyinclude> Semi-finals Final In the final, the two semi-final winners played against each other. The final will be played on 23 March 2024. References External links OFC Women's Champions League 2024, oceaniafootball.com 2

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaishawn%20Barham

Jaishawn Barham

Jaishawn Barham (born February 2, 2004) is an American football linebacker for the Michigan Wolverines. He previously played for the Maryland Terrapins. Early life and high school Barham grew up in District Heights, Maryland and attended high school at Saint Frances Academy. Coming out of high school, Barham was rated as a four-star recruit the number 108th overall prospect, and the eighth-best linebacker in the class of 2021. Additionally, Barham held offers from schools such as Penn State, South Carolina, Maryland Oklahoma, Arizona State, Arkansas, Baylor, Florida, Florida State, Notre Dame, and Texas A&M. Ultimitly, Barham decided to commit to play for the South Carolina Gamecocks. However, Barham decided to flip his commitment to play for the Maryland Terrapins. College career Maryland In week six of the 2022 season, Barham notched five tackles, two sacks, and a forced fumble against Purdue. For his performance versus Purdue, Barham was named the Big Ten Co-Freshman of the week. In Barham's freshman season in 2022, he totaled 59 tackles with six and a half being for a loss, four sacks, a pass deflection, and a forced fumble. For his performance in his freshman season, Barham was named honorable mention all Big-Ten, and was named a Freshman All-American. During week 13 of the 2023 season, Barham recorded seven tackles and an interception against Michigan. Barham finished the 2023 season notching 37 tackles with three being for a loss, three sacks, a pass deflection and an interception. For his performance in the 2023 season, Barham was named honorable mention All Big-Ten. After the conclusion of the 2023 season, Barham decided to enter the NCAA transfer portal. Michigan Barham decided to transfer to play for the Michigan Wolverines. References External links Maryland Terrapins bio Michigan Wolverines bio Living people 2004 births Players of American football from Baltimore Players of American football from Prince George's County, Maryland People from District Heights, Maryland American football linebackers Saint Frances Academy (Baltimore) alumni Maryland Terrapins football players Michigan Wolverines football players

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bromo%28chloro%29fluoro%28iodo%29silane

Bromo(chloro)fluoro(iodo)silane

Bromo(chloro)fluoro(iodo)silane is a complex inorganic compound of bromine, chlorine, fluorine, iodine, and silicon with the chemical formula . This is a chiral molecule. Preparation Prolonged heating of a mixture of fluoride-chloride-dibromide of silicon and triiodosilane at 100 °C, followed by separation of the halide mixture by fractional distillation. Physical properties The compound is a colorless solid, reacts with water. References Silicon compounds Chlorine compounds Fluorine compounds Bromine compounds Iodine compounds Inorganic chlorine compounds Interhalogen compounds

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert%20Pulis%20House

Albert Pulis House

The Albert Pulis House is located at 322 Pulis Avenue in the borough of Franklin Lakes in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The historic stone house was built around 1805 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 9, 1983, for its significance in architecture. It was listed as part of the Early Stone Houses of Bergen County Multiple Property Submission (MPS). See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey National Register of Historic Places listings in Bergen County, New Jersey References National Register of Historic Places in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey Stone houses in New Jersey Houses completed in 1805 1805 establishments in New Jersey Houses in Bergen County, New Jersey New Jersey Register of Historic Places

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangkok%20Tigers

Bangkok Tigers

Bangkok Tigers Basketball Club, for sponsorship reasons known as Cooly Bangkok Tigers, is a Thai professional basketball team based in Bangkok. Founded in 2015, the Tigers play in the Thailand Basketball League (TBL) and internationally in the ASEAN Basketball League. The team's president was founded by president Chuthigran Dongird, who was approached by the TBL to establish a new team. Home games are played at the Nimibutr Stadium. References External links Instagram Sport in Bangkok Basketball teams established in 2018 Basketball teams in Thailand

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaman%20Narayan%20Joshi

Vaman Narayan Joshi

Vaman Narayan Joshi (1889 14 January 1964) also known as Daji was an Indian freedom fighter and revolutionary from Maharashtra. He is known for his involvement in the assassination of Nashik's district collector, A. M. T. Jackson, as Joshi trained Anant Laxman Kanhere, who carried out the killing of Jackson. Following Jackson's assassination, Joshi was arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment. He became a prominent figure in the revolutionary movements of his time. Early life Joshi was born into a poor family in 1889 in the village of Samsherapur in the Akole tehsil of Ahmednagar, Maharashtra. After his father's death, Joshi and his elder brother resorted to begging to support their family due to severe financial difficulties. He worked as a teacher in a Panchayat Union school. Role in the Independence movement At the age of 15, Joshi took a pledge to boycott foreign goods, a commitment he upheld throughout his life. In 1907, when he was in Nashik, he became actively involved in revolutionary organisations such as Mitra Mela and Abhinav Bharat, founded by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. Joshi played a major role in the assassination of Arthur Mason Tippetts Jackson, the British collector of Nasik. He trained Anant Laxman Kanhere for the assassination, orchestrating the plan that led to Jackson's death. He provided firearms training to Anant Kanhere and assisted him in identifying Jackson for the assassination. Joshi drafted the entire assassination plan in a letter, sending it to Kanhere at his residence in Aurangabad. Upon comprehending the plan from Joshi's letter, Kanhere tore it into fragments and disposed of them in a corner of the room. Later, the British authorities reconstructed the 28 torn pieces of this letter and presented them as evidence against Vaman Narayan Joshi in court. Imprisonment On 29 December 1909, Vaman Narayan Joshi was arrested for his involvement in the assassination of Jackson. He was taken from his ancestral home in Samsherapur in handcuffs and ropes. Despite a search of the house, nothing incriminating was found. British authorities paraded him before the public, marching him 40 kilometres from Samsherapur to Nasik to instill fear among the people. In Nasik Jail, Joshi faced brutal treatment for several days by a police sub-inspector named Ali Khan. He was offered leniency in exchange for confessing to the crime and implicating his fellow revolutionaries, particularly mentioning Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. However, Joshi bravely faced the torture and calmly stated, "I accept death, but I will not disclose any information about my comrades." In 1918, he was transferred from Cellular Jail to Yerwada Jail in Pune, where he was kept for four years and subjected to unbearable hardships, including forced labour, before his release in 1922. After serving his sentence, Joshi returned to his village and found his family scattered and facing continued harassment from British authorities. Death Vaman Narayan Joshi died on January 14, 1964. References Bibliography 1889 births 1964 deaths Indian independence activists from Maharashtra Indian revolutionaries People from Ahmednagar Prisoners and detainees of British India

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANiMAZiNG%21%21%21

ANiMAZiNG!!!

is a late-night anime programming block planned and produced by ABC Animation of Asahi Broadcasting Group (production committee participation), was launched by Asahi Broadcasting Television and is affiliated with TV Asahi. The block airs nighttime anime every Sunday from 2:00 to 2:30 (late Saturday night from 26:00 to 26:30) from October 4, 2020. History The name of the slot was given when a single 30-minute slot of late-night anime programming was broadcast in the October 2020 reorganization. In the same month, NUMAnimation, which originally aired locally in the Kanto region on TV Asahi, was expanded to the 24 stations of the entire ANN network, becoming an hour-long anime slot in Japan on the same network. The name of the frame is a combination of the words "anime" and "Amazing", dandi the message of "Amazing anime from this block". The slogan of the block is "An anime frame that jumps out of the frame!". As an anime box produced by Asahi Broadcasting TV, it went on to air on Japan's national network after the 8:30 a.m. Sunday anime programming (currently Pretty Cure) produced by the same station, and the first late-night anime programming broadcast by TV Asahi in 14 years since Glass Fleet (formerly on Asahi Broadcasting). The Anisata!!! block was renamed ANiMAZiNG2!!! and began airing 20 minutes later than it did originally. As a result, on Asahi Broadcasting Television, an anime broadcasting slot of 1 hour and 30 minutes was formed in accordance with the Sunday morning time zone (Saturday midnight), and it is the first time in history that three different blocks broadcast anime. Subtitle broadcasting is implemented in the NUMAnimation block, but is not implemented in this block. When a network station is suspended due to special programs or maintenance of broadcasting equipment, the station responds with a delayed network, for example, before dawn the next day. During the summer season, broadcasting time may be significantly reduced or suspended in conjunction with NUMAnimation due to the Nekuto Koshien High School baseball recap program (produced by Asahi Broadcasting Corporation Television, except when canceled due to rain) and live sports broadcasts. References External links ANiMAZiNG!!! official website ANiMAZiNG!!! Asahi Broadcasting Corporation All-Nippon News Network TV Asahi 2020 establishments in Japan 2020 in Japanese television Anime television

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyle%20McCann

Kyle McCann

Kyle McCann (born December 2, 1997) is an American baseball catcher, first baseman, and designated hitter in the Oakland Athletics organization. He was drafted in the fourth round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft by Oakland after three seasons at Georgia Tech. Following his junior season, Baseball America named him a second team All-American as a designated hitter. He was also named all-ACC first team catcher. Amateur career McCann attended Lambert High School in Suwanee, Georgia. He played college baseball for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets from 2017-19. During his first two seasons at Georgia Tech, he played first base as Joey Bart was already established at catcher. Following his sophomore season, he was named to the all-ACC third team. Following the season, he played for the Chatham Anglers in the Cape Cod League. For the 2019 season, he moved to catcher. Following the season, he was named to the all-ACC first team and a second-team All-American by Baseball America. He was also one of three finalists for the Buster Posey Award, which honors best catcher in NCAA Division I. Professional In the 2019 Major League Baseball draft, he was selected in the 4th round by the Oakland Athletics. He was then assigned to Vermont Lake Monsters. Appearing in 55 games, McCann hit only .192. In five games with the Arizona Complex League Athletics, he made an impression with coaches and hit two home runs with .400 average. Following the cancellation of the 2020 minor league season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, McCann was named to the A's 60 player training pool. To start his first full professional season in 2021, McCann was assigned to the Double A Midland RockHounds, where he hit .166 over 93 games at both first base and catcher. In 2022, he started the season at Midland but appeared in 7 games for the Triple A Las Vegas Aviators. He hit 21 home runs while batting .234 for the season across both teams. In 2023, McCann was a non-roster invitee to the team's spring training. During that time, observers noted that McCann had significantly improved from the prior season, with the San Francisco Chronicle calling McCann "the A's most improved player in spring training." He was believed to be the most likely back-up catcher on the main roster. However, he was leapfrogged during the final week of spring training by veteran Carlos Perez. He subsequently played the entire season in Las Vegas, hitting .270 with 17 home runs in 97 games. Defensively, he played primarily at catcher (60 games) while making 10 appearances at first base. He also appeared in 27 games at designated hitter. He spent much of the year sharing catching duties with top prospect Tyler Soderstrom. In 2024, McCann was again a non-roster invitee to the spring training roster competing for a back-up spot behind Shea Langeliers. References 1997 births Living people People from Suwanee, Georgia Baseball players from Gwinnett County, Georgia Baseball catchers Baseball first basemen Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets baseball players Chatham Anglers players Vermont Lake Monsters players Arizona Complex League Athletics players Midland RockHounds players Las Vegas Aviators players Baseball designated hitters

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death%20of%20Jailyn%20Candelario

Death of Jailyn Candelario

In June 2023, Jailyn Candelario, a 16-month-old American child from Cleveland, Ohio, died in her home after being abandoned for eight days by her mother, Kristel Candelario, who had been vacationing in Puerto Rico and Detroit. Death On June 6, 2023, Kristel Candelario left Jailyn alone and unattended at their home in West Boulevard, Cleveland, and did not return until June 16, 2023, early in the morning. Candelario had left with Jailyn with a few bottles of milk alone in the home in her playpen. A neighbors doorbell camera recorded Jailyn screaming multiple times including early in the morning about two days after Candelario had left. Candelario posted on social media during her time out of the state, posting a picture of herself smiling, barefoot on a beach captioned with; "The time that is enjoyed is the true time lived." Upon her discovery Jailyn was found to be extremely dehydrated and was found in a play pen that consisted of soiled blankets and a bottom liner that was saturated with urine and feces. Kristel reportedly called 911, and prior to first responders arriving at the home, Candelario had changed Jailyn into a clean outfit. Responding Cleveland Division of Police found Jailyn unresponsive with medics pronouncing her dead at the scene, and noted that her appearance was emaciated with sunken eyes, dry lips and fecal matter in her mouth and under her fingernails. Excluding that Jailyn had been left alone for 10 days, she otherwise showed no signs of physical trauma according to the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiners office. Her death was determined to be due to starvation and severe dehydration and weighed seven pounds less then she had at a doctors visit in April 2023. Neighbors recounted that Candelario had a history of abandoning her child, with one reporting that a weekend quickly turned into a month and a half in one instance, with Candelario refusing to pick up the phone or Jailyn. It was later reported that Candelario had left Jailyn alone for two days in the home just prior to the trip that began on June 6. Legal After Jailyn's autopsy, Candelario was charged with murder, with prosecutors not shelving the option of the possibility of the death penalty. Candelario pled guilty to two counts; aggravated murder and child endangerment, as part of a plea deal in February 2024. Additional charges of felonious assault and two murder counts were dismissed as part of the plea deal. Her attorney stated that she had struggled with mental health issues and had attempted to kill herself in 2023, which resulted in a prescription of antidepressants that she chose to stop taking shortly before abandoning Jailyn. Candelario's parents claimed in court proceedings that they were unaware of the abandonment of Jailyn and asked the judge for mercy in sentencing claiming that Candelario's ability to make sound decisions was impeded by medication prescribed to control her mental health. References 2023 deaths 2023 in Ohio June 2023 events in the United States Child abuse in the United States Child abuse resulting in death Crimes in Cleveland Deaths by starvation

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tallianti%20Tower

Tallianti Tower

The Tallianti Tower () is a medieval tower located in Ivrea, Italy. History The tower and its adjoining palazzo were erected between the 12th and 13th centuries by the ancient Tallianti family of Ivrea, which became extinct in 1740. The tower underwent restoration works in 2015. Description The building is structured around an inner courtyard, on the eastern side of which rises the actual tower, in a square plan. The tower itself is two levels higher than the roof of the palazzo reaching a height of 24 meters, and features small pointed arch openings on its façades. Constructed of exposed stone and bricks, the tower is adorned in its upper section by a band consisting of three rows of hanging arches; the same decoration can be found in other instances on the palazzo's façade. References External links Towers in Italy Buildings and structures in Ivrea

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%20Paul%27s%20Building%2C%20Glasgow

St Paul's Building, Glasgow

The St Paul's Building (formerly St Paul's (Outer High) Parish Church), is a deconsecrated church building located at 104 John Street in the Townhead area of Glasgow, Scotland. Originally constructed in 1904, it has been part of the University of Strathclyde (and its predecessor institution the Royal College of Science and Technology) since 1953, when it was converted for use as the Chaplaincy Centre, and other student welfare organisations. The building now forms part of the John Anderson Campus. Since 1998, it has been protected as a Category B listed building History Origin The original St Paul's (Outer High) Parish Church was opened in 1836 on a site on adjacent George Street to house the Outer High congregation that previously had occupied part of Glasgow Cathedral, however, the rapidly expanding Royal Technical College was proposing to construct a new building on the same site which also had been the location of its founding institution - the Andersonian Institute. The College compensated the Church by purchasing a nearby site at the corner of Martha Street and John Street for £5000, with a further £10000 contribution towards the construction of a replacement. An architectural competition was launched in 1904 to design the new church, which was won by the Edinburgh-based architect John McIntyre. THe new church was completed in 1907. Post-war (1953-2018) With the church's nearby congregation rapidly dwindling as a result of the Royal College's relentless expansion as well as slum clearances in Townhead as a whole - multiple properties on John Street and nearby Montrose Street had already been given over to the College in the 1930s by Glasgow Corporation, the church was eventually closed. The Royal College purchased the building in 1953 with a view to converting it into a multi-denominational Chaplaincy Centre and to provide a hub for other student welfare services. Alterations and extensions were built in 1957-58, designed by the local architectural firm Wylie, Shanks and Underwood. Following the Royal College's elevation to university status in 1964 to become the University of Strathclyde, the St Paul's Building (as it was now known), continued its function as the Chaplaincy Centre for many decades afterwards (the University employed two full-time Chaplains - both Church of Scotland and Roman Catholic), as well as providing accommodation for parts of the Student's Union which could not be accommodated in the adjacent 90 John Street building - these were housed in a separate section of the building known as "The Annexe", which was accessed from the 4 Martha Street entrance. Present (2018-) In line with the University of Strathclyde's long term plans to consolidate and renew the John Anderson Campus, much of the university's presence in the John Street area has gradually diminished, with the student's union moving to a new location and the Chaplaincy Centre moving into the Graham Hills Building in 2018, with only the Muslim Student's Association still occupying the St Pauls. The demolition of the adjacent registry office by Glasgow City Council in 2014, and its replacement with a hotel and a student housing block in 2023 has changed the use of the area to being largely residential again. It is speculated that the former church will eventually be sold and repurposed. References Category B listed buildings in Glasgow Listed churches in Glasgow Former churches in Scotland University of Strathclyde

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K.%20R.%20L.%20Thangavel

K. R. L. Thangavel

K.R.L. Thangavel is an Indian politician from AIADMK belongs to Karur District. Before joining the AIADMK, Mr. Thangavel was with the MDMK. He held the post of K. Paramathi Union secretary of the party for several years. Shortly after joining AIADMK in 2018, Mr.Thangavel was appointed as secretary of M.G.R. Mandram. He took part in various agitations organized by the party. He belongs to the Kongu Vellalar community. He also owns a Textile manufacturing unit in Karur. He was selected as an AIADMK candidate to contest from Karur Lok Sabha Constituency for 2024 Indian General Elections. References Living people All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians People from Karur district

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mois%C3%A9s%20Ferreira

Moisés Ferreira

Moisés Ferreira may refer to: Moisés Ferreira (politician) (born 1985), Portuguese politician Moisés Ferreira (footballer) (born 1990), Portuguese footballer

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%20OFC%20Women%27s%20Champions%20League%20final

2024 OFC Women's Champions League final

The 2024 OFC Women's Champions League final was the final match of the 2024 OFC Women's Champions League, the 2nd edition of the OFC Women's Champions League, Oceania's premier women's club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC). The final is a single match between Papua New Guinea's Hekari United and New Zealand's Auckland United. The match will take take place at National Stadium in Honiara on 23 March 2024. This is the first OFC Women's Champions League final as the first edition was a round-robin competition. Teams Venue National Stadium was the venue for the final. This is the first time that the stadium hosted an OFC Women's Champions League final. Road to the final Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away; N: neutral). Format If the match is level at the end of 90 minutes of normal playing time, extra time will be played (two periods of 15 minutes each), where each team would be allowed to make a fourth substitution. If still tied after extra time, the match will be decided by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winners. Match Details References External links 3

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belsize%20Road

Belsize Road

Belsize Road is a street in the London Borough of Camden. It runs west to east from Kilburn High Road to close to Finchley Road in the Swiss Cottage area of Hampstead. It is part of the B509 route which continues eastwards as Adelaide Road to Chalk Farm tube station. Despite its name it is located to the west of Belsize Park in the South Hampstead area. Much of its route runs parallel to the Midland Main Line and Kilburn High Road station is at its eastern end. It meets a number of streets including Loudoun Road, Abbey Road and Priory Road. It was the route from Kilburn to the old Belsize House estate, hence its name, although a stretch of it was initially called Adelaide Road North. Laid out in the mid-Victorian era many of the early buildings were designed by Robert Yeo, an assistant of Samuel Cuming. Kilburn Priory was located at what is now the junction between Belsize Road and Kilburn High Street. The western stretch of Belsize Road is the oldest and was marked on a map of 1702 and formed the approach road to the Priory estate. The old Priory was closed down during the Tudor Dissolution of the monasteries but the name is still commemorated in the Victorian-built Priory Tavern and the nearby Priory Road. Later Kilburn Wells, a well-known spa, was located in the area during the eighteenth century. References Bibliography Bebbington, Gillian. London Street Names. Batsford, 1972. Cherry, Bridget & Pevsner, Nikolaus. London 4: North. Yale University Press, 2002. Thompson, Francis Michael Longstreth. Hampstead; Building a Borough, 1650-1964. Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1974. Wade, Christopher (ed.) The Streets of West Hampstead. Camden History Society, 1992. Streets in the London Borough of Camden Hampstead Kilburn Swiss Cottage

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filipe%20Sousa

Filipe Sousa

Filipe Sousa may refer to: Filipe Sousa (politician) (born 1964), Portuguese politician Filipe Sousa (footballer) (born 1991), Portuguese footballer

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alicia%20Mart%C3%ADn

Alicia Martín

Alicia Martín Jurado (born 30 October 1975) is a retired Spanish rhythmic gymnast. She is a two-time European champion (Stuttgart 1992) and world runner-up (Brussels 1992), in addition to winning numerous other international medals. Biography She began doing rhythmic gymnastics at the age of 7 at the Vallisoletano Club in Valladolid. She remained there until 1991, having as main coaches Teresa de Isla, Sonia Conde, Marga de Isla and Virginia Manzanera. In 1989 she won a gold medal at the Spanish Group Championships held in Torrelavega , in 1990 the silver medal at the Spanish Individual Championships in Palencia, and 7th place in senior category in the Spanish Championships held in Torrevieja in 1991. At the end of the competition of the Spanish Group Championships in December 1990, her coach told her that she had been selected to go to a selection camp with the national team in Madrid. In 1991 she became part of the national senior group, training about 8 hours a day at the Moscardó Gymnasium in Madrid under the direction of Emilia Boneva and Ana Roncero, who since 1982 had been national group coach and head coach. In 1993 her coach became María Fernández Ostolaza. Although from the summer of 1991 she was already part of the group, she was not called up to the competitions until the following year. In 1992 they won silver in a tournament in Karlsruhe, and later they were invited to give an exhibition at one in Corbeil-Essonnes. In June, with new exercises, she was a substitute at the European Championships in Stuttgart, where Spain shared the gold medal in the All-Around with the Russian team, in addition to winning another gold in the 3 balls and 3 ropes final and bronze in 6 ribbons. Alicia did not compete in the 1992 Olympic Games because rhythmic gymnastics was an individual-only sport at the Olympics at that time, although she participated with the rest of her teammates in the opening ceremony, leading the parade of participating nations. Shortly after, they won gold at both the Asvo Cup in Austria and the Alfred Vogel Cup in the Netherlands, where they also won silver in 6 ribbons and gold in 3 balls and 3 ropes. Fuster and Gómez were injured before the World Championships in Brussels, which took place in November 1992. They were kept on the team as substitutes, but in the competing lineup were replaced by Alicia, Cristina Martínez and Bárbara Plaza. In this competition, the team won silver in the All-Around, with their score just one tenth of a point away from allowing them to retain the world title they had won the previous year. In addition, on November 22 they won bronze in the 6 ribbons final and were 8th with 3 balls and 3 ropes. In 1993, Ana Roncero became national head coach and María Fernández Ostolaza joined as coach of the group. After many of the previous group members retired Alicia, Carolina Borrell, Cristina Martínez, Maider Olleta, Bárbara Plaza and Pilar Rodrigo, with María Álvarez, Regina Guati, Lorena Barbadillo, Paula Cabo and Eva Velasco as substitutes, constituted the new national group. At the European Championships in Bucharest, the Spanish group won the bronze medal in the All-Around and with 4 hoops & 4 clubs, taking 6th place with 6 ropes. In September 1993 they competed at the Gymnastic Masters in Stuttgart, where they were 4th in both the All-Around and in the final of 4 hoops & 4 clubs, winning bronze with 6ropes. In the Group Masters of Alicante were silver in the All-Around and gold in the two apparatus finals. In Alicante the group was already made up of Alicia, María Álvarez, Lorena Barbadillo, Paula Cobo, Regina Guati, Cristina Martínez, Maider Olleta and Eva Velasco. At the Wacoal Cup in Tokyo they won the bronze medal. She retired in November 1993, following the Wacoal Cup. She took the course to be a licensed national rhythmic gymnastics' coach, working as a school-level coach. Alicia graduated in speech therapy from the University of Valladolid, and in psychology from the National University of Distance Education. After working several years as a speech therapist she specialized in clinical psychology at the University Hospital of Burgos. Alicia currently works as a clinical psychologist in a public hospital in Castilla y León. After Boneva's death on 20 September 2019, Alicia and other former national gymnasts gathered to pay tribute to her during the Euskalgym held on 16 November 2019. The event took place before 8,500 attendees at the Bilbao Exhibition Center de Baracaldo and was followed by a dinner in Boneva's honor. References 1975 births Living people Spanish rhythmic gymnasts Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%203000

NGC 3000

NGC 3000 is a double star located in the constellation Ursa Major. It was first discovered and observed by Bindon Stoney (William Parsons' assistant) on January 25, 1851 and catalogued as a nebula-type object. It has been monitored by multiple different telescopes since its discovery. Discovery Stoney first described NGC 3000 as a "very faint, small, irregularly round, mottled but not resolved" galaxy. The position of NGC 3000 precesses to RA 09 49 02.6, Dec +44 08 46, but there is nothing there. However, all of Stoney's positions for objects in this region are about 2 arcmin east northeast of the actual object, and a correction for that apparently consistent error falls almost exactly on the pair of stars listed. References External links 3000 Ursa Major Astronomical objects discovered in 1851

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puleng

Puleng

Puleng is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: Puleng LenkaBula, South African academic and university administrator Puleng Mabe, known as Pule Mabe (born 1980), South African politician Puleng Mashangoane, South African politician N.S. Puleng, writer in the Northern Sotho language

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peruchazhi%20%28soundtrack%29

Peruchazhi (soundtrack)

Peruchazhi is the soundtrack to the 2014 film of the same name directed by Arun Vaidyanathan and produced by Friday Film House starring Mohanlal, Sean James Sutton, Ragini Nandwani, Mukesh, Baburaj, Aju Varghese and Vijay Babu. The film's original soundtrack composed by Arrora featured six original songs with lyrics written by Rajeev Nair, R. Venugopal, and Blaaze. It was released by Think Music on 30 July 2014. Background Arrora composed the film's musical score and soundtrack in his second feature film composition after Kalyana Samayal Saadham (2013) and also his maiden venture in Malayalam cinema. Vaidyanathan recommended Arrora to the producers Vijay Babu and Sandra Thomas after his association as a producer for Kalyana Samayal Saadham and eventually hired for the film. He composed around five tunes for the film during early 2014. The soundtrack consists of six tracks sung by Karthik, Arrora, Bombay Jayashri, Blaaze, Jyotsna Radhakrishnan, and Andrea Jeremiah. Rajeev Nair, R. Venugopal, and Blaaze wrote the songs' lyrics. "Po Mone Dinesha" was a song that came from Mohanlal's popular catchphrase "Ni Po Mone Dinesha" from Narasimham (2000). The song had two versions, one sung by Jyotsna Radhakrishnan, the other by Andrea Jeremiah. It was picturised with a dance sequence featuring Poonam Bajwa in belly dance attire. "Enthu Cheiyyan" is a romantic song sung by Bombay Jayashri and penned by R. Venugopal, the only melody on the soundtrack. "United States of Adipolica" and "Don't Mess With Me" are rap songs, both written and rendered by Blaaze. Release A video of the first song "Adichu Polikkam", sung by Karthik and Arrora, was released on YouTube on 28 July 2014. The song showcases the principal characters getting ready to travel to the U. S. The soundtrack to the film was released by Think Music on 30 July, with the video song of "Po Mone Dinesha" was also unveiled on the same date. Track listing Reception Writing for The Times of India, Akash Prakash opined that the soundtrack contains "trendy, danceable tracks". The highlight of "Adichu Polikkam" is "its singer, Karthik, and the track, which alternates between a soft anthem and a fast track, makes good use of his versatile voice." The review described "Enthi Cheiyyan" as a "soothing song...quite addictive ... [that] ends with a classical bit." It noted both versions of "Po Mone Dinesha" are "energetic and upbeat with a catchy beat all through but Andrea's version sounds more robust," and said "Don't Mess With Me" was "stylish and catchy". Karthik Srinivasan of Milliblog stated that "Arrora resurfaces in Malayalam with his form intact". Vipin Nair of Music Aloud described the soundtrack as "unabashedly massy though, and clearly for Lalettan fans" praising Arrora's "adeptness at arrangement". References 2014 soundtrack albums Malayalam film soundtracks

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic%20Stuttig

Frederic Stuttig

Frederic Stuttig (29 August 1861 – 12 December 1947) was a wood carver, wood worker, and teacher. He was a longtime professor at The Central School of Arts and Crafts and with fellow designers of the Arts and Crafts movement was described as bringing "new life into the decaying traditions of carved and gilded picture and mirror frames". Life Louis Frederic Auguste Stuttig was born in Paris on 29 August 1861. By 1891, he was working in London, the business partner of an antique furniture dealer in Wardour Street. He studied art at the Regent Street Polytechnic Art School. Sometime before 1903, Stuttig became a wood carving teacher at The Central School of Arts and Crafts, founded in 1896 by the London County Council. His connection may have been initiated by W.R. Lethaby, the School's first principal. With George Jack, Stuttig ran the School of Architecture and Building Crafts. They were also responsible for the School of Cabinet work and Furniture. Stuttig was a professor at the School for 30 years. Stuttig began exhibiting work in various Arts & Crafts Exhibitions in London from around 1899, as a carver and wood worker, and in association with his pupils and contacts from the Central School of Arts and Crafts. Over the course of seven exhibitions between 1899 and 1916, he was recorded as part of more than 50 exhibits. Stuttig worked closely with a number of well known female carvers and gilders of the period, including Jessie Bayes, Emmeline Bayes, Kathleen Figgis, and Gwendoline Cox. Stuttig married Mione Violet Cooke. He died on 12 December 1947. References 1861 births 1947 deaths French woodworkers People from Paris British woodcarvers British woodworkers

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tremelloscypha

Tremelloscypha

Tremelloscypha is a genus of fungi in the family Sebacinaceae. The genus was first established by Derek Reid in 1979 when he described the first species Tremelloscypha australiensis. Description They commonly produce conspicious basidiocarps, typically with the hymenium or subhymenium with basidia being located on the lower part of the fruiting bodies. The texture of their hyphae is dry and loose. Ecology Tremelloscypha are mycorrhizal symbionts and they mark the transition from saprobic to mycorrhizal nutritional modes in Sebacinales, with the latter likely persisting in all subsequent evolved taxa. References External links Sebacinales Agaricomycetes genera

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanitarian%20aid%20in%20conflict%20zones

Humanitarian aid in conflict zones

Humanitarian aid in conflict zones is the provision of emergency assistance and support to individuals and communities affected by armed conflict, with the aim of alleviating suffering, maintaining human dignity, and preserving life. This type of aid encompasses a wide range of services, including but not limited to, the delivery of food, water, shelter, medical care, and protection services, and is delivered amidst challenging and often dangerous conditions, with the goal of reaching those most in need regardless of their location, political affiliation, or status. Criticism around humanitarian aid has persisted to claim that the distribution of aid in conflict zones poses significant ethical, legal, and operational challenges, particularly when it comes to the inadvertent support of terrorist organizations in regions controlled or influenced by terrorist groups. There have been several incidents where aid convoys were hijacked and looted to the terrorist groups in control. Humanitarian actions in conflict zones risk legal implications, potentially being construed as support for terrorism or criminal complicity. Conflict zones requiring humanitarian aid Syria Since the outbreak of the Syrian Civil War in 2011, millions of Syrians have been displaced, and countless lives have been lost. Humanitarian aid organizations, such as the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC), have been active in providing medical care, food, water, and shelter. The Syrian conflict has left approximately 70% of the population in need of humanitarian assistance, reflecting the vast scale of the crisis as described by senior UN officials. Human Rights Watch's World Report 2023 outlines the persistent challenges in delivering humanitarian aid and addressing the rights implications of the ongoing economic crisis. Indiscriminate attacks by Syrian-Russian military forces have continued, affecting civilians and critical infrastructure. Northeast Syria has faced threats of military incursion and mutual bombardment, exacerbating the humanitarian situation. The report also notes that 90% of Syrians live below the poverty line, with over 12 million food insecure, showcasing the dire economic conditions and the critical need for continued international support​​. One of the primary complications in delivering the aid has been negotiating access across front lines in a highly fragmented conflict with multiple armed groups. The risk of aid convoys coming under attack or being looted is significant. Furthermore, obtaining permissions from all parties to deliver aid in contested or besieged areas can be incredibly complex and time-consuming, delaying critical assistance to those in need. In addition, during its control over large swathes of territory in Syria, ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and Syria) significantly interfered with humanitarian operations. The group seized control of aid convoys, stole supplies intended for civilians, and imposed strict regulations on aid organizations. ISIS's occupation of critical infrastructure, such as water and electricity facilities, allowed the group to manipulate the provision of essential services to civilians, using humanitarian needs as a weapon of war. Yemen The Yemeni Civil War, which escalated in 2015, has created one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world. Organizations like the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), Save the Children, and the ICRC have been instrumental in delivering aid, including food supplies, healthcare, and support for displaced families. In Yemen, the Houthi rebels have been accused of obstructing humanitarian aid efforts in areas under their control. This includes diverting aid supplies, imposing heavy taxes on aid shipments, and restricting the movements of humanitarian workers. Such actions have complicated the already dire humanitarian situation, with millions of Yemenis relying on international aid for survival. In addition, the blockade imposed by the Saudi-led coalition and the destruction of infrastructure, including ports, roads, and bridges, have severely hampered the delivery of aid in Yemen. These actions have led to fuel shortages, increased costs for transportation, and prolonged delivery times, exacerbating the humanitarian crisis by limiting access to food, clean water, and medical supplies. Gaza The Gaza Strip has witnessed several conflicts and military operations over the years due to the Israel-Gaza conflict. The humanitarian efforts in the Gaza Strip, coupled with the security challenges faced by Israel, highlight a complicated situation requiring innovative responses from all involved parties. Organizations such as the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), the Palestine Red Crescent Society, and international NGOs like Médecins Sans Frontières have been all involved in providing humanitarian assistance. These efforts include emergency medical care, psychological support, education, food assistance, and infrastructure repair to ensure access to clean water and electricity. Growing concerns over the potential for famine in parts of Gaza, underscoring the critical need for ongoing aid deliveries and improved access​​. In response to the crisis and the international call for increased humanitarian assistance, Israel has committed to enhancing the flow of aid into Gaza from various entry points. This initiative involves a combination of land, air, and sea deliveries. The blockade on the Gaza Strip, enforced by Israel and Egypt citing security concerns following the takeover of the Gaza strip by Hamas, has significant implications for the flow of goods and the movement of people. This includes a wide range of essential items such as medical supplies, food, and fuel, which are crucial for supporting the basic needs of the population. The limitations on these goods have notable effects on the availability of healthcare, nutrition, and energy resources within the Gaza Strip. The restrictions extend to the movement of humanitarian personnel, impacting the ability of aid organizations to efficiently deliver assistance and execute operations within the region. On several occasions, Hamas has been accused of diverting humanitarian aid supplies meant for the civilian population in Gaza for its own use or for the benefit of its supporters. The diversions include international assistance, which has been redirected towards constructing terror tunnels and rocket factories. In addition, Hamas's activities have extended to exploiting the delivery of humanitarian aid and resources, including fuel, for military rather than civilian purposes. Evidence has been presented showing Hamas's control over the distribution of fuel in Gaza, including instances where fuel intended for hospitals has been redirected to the organization's operations​​. Hamas imposes regulations and restrictions on international and local aid organizations operating in Gaza. This includes the requirement for these organizations to coordinate with Hamas authorities, which can complicate the delivery of aid and the operations of these organizations. South Sudan South Sudan, the world's youngest nation, has been plagued by civil conflict since its independence in 2011. Humanitarian aid in South Sudan is vital due to a complex crisis exacerbated by prolonged conflict, food insecurity, and the impact of the climate crisis, affecting an estimated 9.4 million people, including 4.9 million children and over 300,000 refugees primarily from Sudan. The country struggles with violence against civilians, with documented cases of attacks, sexual violence, and impunity contributing to the humanitarian challenges. Humanitarian organizations, including the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), WFP, and Oxfam, have worked tirelessly to provide emergency food aid, clean water, healthcare, and protection services, especially to children and vulnerable populations. In South Sudan, the combination of conflict and environmental factors, such as seasonal flooding, creates significant logistical challenges for delivering aid. The lack of infrastructure, such as roads and bridges, which are often targeted or neglected during the conflict, means that organizations frequently resort to expensive and less efficient means of transport, like air drops, to deliver food and supplies to remote areas. Afghanistan Afghanistan has endured decades of conflict, affecting millions of lives. The ICRC, WFP, and the Afghan Red Crescent Society, among others, have focused on delivering emergency aid, supporting healthcare facilities, providing mental health support, and facilitating access to clean water and sanitation. In 2024, Afghanistan continues to face one of the world's worst humanitarian crises, with over 23.7 million people in need of life-saving assistance. Prior to their return to power in 2021, the Taliban imposed restrictions on humanitarian operations in Afghanistan, particularly affecting the delivery of aid to areas under their influence. The group enforced rules on the activities of aid organizations, including imposing limitations on female workers, and sometimes demanded that aid operations be conducted under their supervision. The Taliban's interference has made it challenging for aid organizations to operate freely and reach those in urgent need of assistance. The humanitarian crisis is compounded by severe restrictions on women's rights and widespread violence. The Taliban's imposition of rules has drastically limited women and girls' access to education, employment, and even basic freedom of movement, contributing to a deepening crisis of gender apartheid. Such policies not only undermine fundamental human rights but also severely impact the delivery and effectiveness of humanitarian aid, as women are crucial in assessing and addressing the humanitarian needs of communities. Moreover, the ongoing violence, including attacks by the Islamic State of Khorasan Province (ISKP) and internal restrictions by the Taliban, continues to exacerbate the challenges faced by civilians and aid workers alike​​. Aid workers in Afghanistan face direct threats to their safety, including kidnappings and attacks by armed groups. These security risks are compounded by administrative hurdles, such as visa restrictions for international staff and regulations that limit the operations of non-governmental organizations. Such challenges can delay or disrupt the provision of urgently needed humanitarian assistance. Ukraine The conflict in Eastern Ukraine, which began in 2014, has resulted in significant humanitarian challenges, with approximately 40% of Ukraine's population requiring humanitarian assistance. Organizations such as the ICRC, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), and local NGOs have been active in providing food, medical care, shelter, and support for internally displaced persons. The conflict in Eastern Ukraine has resulted in extensive mine contamination and shifting frontlines, making many areas dangerous or inaccessible for humanitarian operations. Mines and unexploded ordnance pose a constant threat to both civilians and aid workers, complicating the delivery of assistance and the assessment of needs in affected areas. Complications in aid delivery The distribution of humanitarian aid in conflict zones is fraught with ethical, legal, and operational challenges, particularly due to the risk of inadvertently supporting terrorist organizations. Ethical Humanitarian aid can inadvertently benefit terrorist groups through diversion, taxation, or theft. This raises ethical dilemmas about contributing to the sustenance of these groups while trying to aid civilians. For example, there have been instances where aid organizations, under duress, have been coerced into redirecting assistance directly to terrorist groups, as was the case in Syria with Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, a successor to the al-Qaeda-affiliated group Jabhat al-Nusra. Legal Legally, organizations face the challenge of complying with international laws and sanctions that prohibit material support to designated terrorist organizations. This includes the complex landscape of counter-terrorism legislation that varies by country and can affect the flow of funds, the procurement of supplies, and the movement of personnel. U.S. material support laws pose significant legal hurdles, making it nearly impossible for humanitarian groups to operate in conflict zones without the risk of violating these laws. The broad interpretation of what constitutes "material support" to terrorist organizations complicates efforts to provide humanitarian assistance, with organizations risking prosecution even when their intent is purely to aid civilians. Operational Violence and insecurity, including attacks on aid workers and essential infrastructure, severely restrict access to those in need. Between 2014 and 2017, there were over 660 attacks on aid workers, with the majority targeting local staff. Such security risks not only endanger aid workers but also impede the delivery of aid to affected populations. Bureaucratic hurdles and sanctions further complicate the delivery of aid. In conflict zones, governments or armed groups may impose restrictions that hamper humanitarian efforts, such as curbing the import of aid equipment or exploiting aid organizations through excessive taxes and fees. Additionally, international sanctions, while intended to pressure terrorist organizations, often make it difficult for humanitarian agencies to operate effectively, particularly when these sanctions lack clear humanitarian carve-outs. Solutions for aid delivery Addressing the complexities of delivering humanitarian aid in conflict zones, especially when dealing with the interference of terrorist groups and governing entities like Hamas in Gaza, requires innovative and adaptable solutions. Organizations have developed several strategies to mitigate risks and ensure that aid reaches those in need. Here are some examples of solutions that have been implemented: Airdrops In areas where ground access is either too dangerous or blocked, airdrops have become a vital method of delivering food, medical supplies, and other essentials directly to those in need. This approach was notably used in Syria and South Sudan, where the UN World Food Programme and other agencies have conducted airdrops to bypass conflict lines and reach besieged or remote communities. Increased negotiations Humanitarian organizations often engage in increased negotiations with all parties to a conflict, including government forces, rebel groups, and entities like Hamas. These negotiations aim to secure safe passage for aid convoys and establish ceasefires that allow for the delivery of humanitarian assistance. The success of these negotiations can depend on a variety of factors, including leveraging international diplomatic support and ensuring neutrality. Use of technology Technology plays a crucial role in modern humanitarian aid delivery, significantly enhancing the ability to respond to crises with greater efficiency and impact. This includes using satellite imagery to map routes and identify needs, employing drones for small-scale deliveries and assessments, and utilizing secure communication channels to coordinate aid distribution in real-time. Technology can help navigate around the restrictions imposed by groups like Hamas in Gaza or in areas with a high risk of interference from terrorist organizations. MIT's Lincoln Laboratory is at the forefront of developing technology solutions to address humanitarian, climate, and health challenges. Their work includes initiatives to accelerate national and global responses to climate change through systems analysis and architecture. This approach aims to create a comprehensive roadmap for resilience against climate change by implementing known solutions, such as wind and solar energy, and identifying gaps where further research and development are needed. The Laboratory also emphasizes the importance of using regional proving grounds for evaluating climate-related prototypes under real-world conditions, thereby facilitating the transition of new technologies across different regions. Cash-based assistance In conflict zones, the deployment of cash-based assistance (CBA) programs, including cash and vouchers, offers several benefits over traditional in-kind aid, but it also introduces unique challenges and considerations. Beneficiaries can use cash or vouchers to purchase what they need most, supporting local markets and reducing the logistical challenges of transporting and distributing goods. This approach requires a functioning market and banking system, which may not be available in all locations. While there are many benefits of cash programming, as discussed in a research conducted by the Humanitarian Research Center in partnership with the International Rescue Committee, protection risks associated with cash programming in conflict-affected settings need careful consideration. These risks can be related to the targeting process, delivery mechanisms, and ongoing participation in cash programs. Enhanced security measures For the protection of aid workers and convoys, enhanced security measures are sometimes necessary. This can include using armed escorts in the most dangerous areas, although it raises ethical questions about the neutrality of humanitarian aid. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) emphasizes the importance of adhering strictly to the principles of humanitarian action, such as humanity, impartiality, neutrality, and independence. While the ICRC generally opposes the use of armed escorts, acknowledging that their presence could potentially harm the perception of humanitarian organizations as neutral entities, it also recognizes that in some extreme situations where the collapse of state structures leads to rampant banditry threatening relief deliveries, the use of armed escorts cannot be entirely ruled out to ensure the security of humanitarian convoys and the safety of the population they serve​​. In high-risk environments like Syria, humanitarian organizations have had to adapt by employing various operational compromises, such as clandestine operations, to continue providing aid. These adaptations can include operating without the knowledge of state and non-state actors involved in the conflict, which may compromise the quality of aid due to barriers in access, resupply difficulties, and reduced coordination. MSF, for instance, has provided support to underground and improvised medical facilities in government-controlled areas of Syria, adapting to the harsh realities of operating in such environments​​. In delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza, for example, security measures are crucial due to the complex environment shaped by ongoing conflict and the presence of armed groups. According to reports, numerous aid convoys have been canceled due to security risks in Gaza. In order to protect aid workers and ensure the safe passage of aid, coordinating with all relevant parties to mitigate risks and maintain the integrity of humanitarian missions​​​ to prevent incidents that could endanger aid workers or impede humanitarian operations. The presence and actions of Hamas, along with the ongoing conflict with Israel, create significant security risks for humanitarian workers in Gaza. Incidents of violence, including airstrikes and clashes, pose dangers to those attempting to deliver aid and conduct humanitarian operations. See also Humanitarian aid war List of designated terrorist groups References Humanitarian aid Humanitarian aid organizations 2000s conflicts 2010s conflicts 2020s conflicts Syrian civil war Houthi Movement Gaza Strip Taliban Yemeni civil war (2014–present)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persistence%20studies

Persistence studies

Persistence studies is scholarship in the social sciences that links, usually through quantitative causal inference, historical events with later political, economic and social outcomes. It is particularly prevalent in economics, economic history, political science, and sociology. The scholarship emerged in the early 2000s. Early landmark studies include two studies by economists Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James Robinson in 2001 and 2002 that linked colonial institutions to variations in contemporary economic outcomes. According to Alexandra Cirone and Thomas Pepinsky, there are typically five steps in persistence scholarship: "Define and measure a causal variable of interest." "Characterize its assignment mechanism." "Define and measure a relevant outcome variable." "Estimate the effect of the causal variable on the outcome variable using a research design that is appropriate given the proposed assignment mechanism." "Characterize the causal mechanisms that link the causal variable and the outcome." According to Nathan Nunn, persistence studies usually take the following form,[Scholars] begin by collecting new data, often from archival sources, that measure aspects of the historical episode of interest. These data are then connected to contemporary outcomes of interest, matched through populations, societies, or locations, to test whether the historical factor has a causal effect on the contemporary factors being examined. Statistical analysis is undertaken, studying variation across individuals, ethnicities, or countries and using empirical techniques (such as instrumental variables, regression discontinuity, difference-in-difference, or natural experiments) that are aimed at distinguishing causal relationships from mere correlation. Having established the importance of a historical factor or episode for outcomes today, an attempt is then made to understand the exact causal mechanisms that account for the observed relationship. This generally requires the collection of additional data and additional statistical analysis, as well as an integration of the historical literature and descriptive evidence.What distinguishes persistence research from broader comparative research on historical legacies is the use of precise causal inference methods. Critics of persistence studies argue the pitfalls of the approach lie in a "failure to recognize institutional change ("anti-persistence"), vague mechanisms, the insufficient use (or misuse) of historical sources and narratives, the compression of history, and a failure to account for the effects of geography." References Political science terminology Subfields of political science Institutionalism Economic history Economic history studies

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot%20Girl%20Summer%20Tour

Hot Girl Summer Tour

The Hot Girl Summer Tour is the upcoming first headlining concert tour by American rapper Megan Thee Stallion in support of her upcoming unannounced third studio album. The tour will begin on May 14, 2024, in Minneapolis, United States and will conclude in Washington, D.C. on July 27, 2024, at the Broccoli City Festival. It will take place across cities in North America and Europe, comprising of 32 shows. GloRilla will serve as opening act for the North American leg. Background On March 20, 2024, Thee Stallion formally announced the tour, with 32 shows across North America and Europe spanning from May through July 2024. Tickets will go on sale on March 22, 2024, with an artist presale running on March 21. Tour dates Notes References 2024 concert tours Concert tours of Europe Concert tours of North America Concert tours of the United Kingdom Concert tours of the United States Upcoming concert tours

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utrecht%20Post%20Office

Utrecht Post Office

The Utrecht Post Office (Dutch: Hoofdpostkantoor Utrecht, Post Neude or Post Utrecht) building is situated on Neude square, Utrecht, the Netherlands. Since 2020 it has served as the headquarters of the Utrecht Public Library. History On the site, a convent dedicated to St. Cecilia was built around 1400 for the nuns of the third order of Francis of Assisi. After the reformation the building was possessed by the municipality and continued to exist until 1647. Afterwards, the state mint was located here until its move to Leidseweg 90, Utrecht, in 1911. In the hall of the present building a commemorative plaque recalls this predecessor. The plaque was donated by the Utrechtsche Philatelistenvereeniging (Utrecht Philatelist Society) and commemorates the First Dutch stamp issued here on December 27, 1851. The plaque was designed by Dutch artist Maarten Pauw. The state mint was demolished and in 1919-1924 the main post office was constructed, which in 2011 became the last Dutch post office to close. The headquarters of the Utrecht public library has been located in this building since 2020. This Neude library was scheduled to open to the public on March 13, 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this happened only in phases starting from May 11, 2020. On April 23, 2020, the new shop of Broese Booksellers in the rear of the old post office on the Neude was opened by Utrecht novelist Ronald Giphart. Description The former Main Post Office was designed by architect Joseph Crouwel jr. (1885–1962) in the style of the Amsterdamse School. Construction began in 1919 and was finished in 1924. The hall of the building is impressive due to the high parabolic supporting arches. Six large art deco statues of Belgian Petit Granit decorate the walls of the main entrance hall. Five of these are human figures represent the five continents (Africa, America, Asia, Australia and Europe) with a corresponding animal, while a sixth statue symbolises trade and prosperity. The statues and ornaments are made by Hendrik van den Eijnde, who also created the pair of lion statues outside the front entrance, which were added later at the request of the people of Utrecht. They were not initially part of the design. The large clock at the north end in the large entrance hall was produced by the De Porceleyne Fles company. Richard Roland Holst created the stained glass work above the entrance representing the Dutch Maiden in the garden of the provinces. In the 1970s, the building was renovated under the direction of René van Raalte. In 2008, it was announced that Fortis Vastgoed (now ASR Nederland real estate development) would take over the building from the Dutch telecommunications company KPN. On October 28, 2011, Utrecht Post closed as the very last independent post office in the Netherlands. For some years the former post office could not be repurposed. After 2016, the building was converted into a cultural centre combining a library, cinema, auditorium, brasserie, café with exhibition spaces, workplaces and a large bicycle parking area. A modern extension to the rear of the building (Oudegracht side) was added to accommodate a book shop, open to the public from 11 May 2020. PTT Telecom The national state telecommunication service PTT Telecom has been a long-time co-user of this building. The various floors housed offices and telephone exchanges. The building housed an amplifier station as well where long-distance connections converged. At PTT Telecom, this building was known as UT1. In the 1990s, much of the telephone traffic of the province of Utrecht and the Betuwe was handled via this building. This was done through the Ericsson AXE traffic centre UT1F. In addition, there was a 5ESS centre UT1D serving the Culemborg (0345), Tiel (0344) and Woerden (0348) telephone areas. The 5ESS switchboard UT-C1G handled telephone traffic in parts of the city of Utrecht and surrounding towns such as Maarssen and Breukelen (0346). In the cellar underneath the building were stored the extensive telephone cables connecting Utrecht city. Gallery See also National monument list for Utrecht city (nl) References External links Photographs and other relevant can be retrieved from the Utrecht municipal and provincial archive (Het Utrechts Archief, HUA) by querying its database, Literature 1924 establishments in the Netherlands Former post office buildings Government buildings completed in 1924 Infrastructure in the Netherlands Postal system of the Netherlands U Rijksmonuments in Utrecht (city) Telecommunications in the Netherlands

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%20Frontier%20League%20season

2024 Frontier League season

The 2024 Frontier League season is the 31st season of professional baseball in the Frontier League (FL). The regular season began on May 9, 2024, when the Florence Y'alls hosts the Québec Capitales at Thomas More Stadium. The Québec Capitales entered the season as defending champions, having defeated the Evansville Otters, three games to two, in the league's 2023 championship series. Season schedule and team changes After the 2023 season, the league announced a new expansion team had been awarded to Brockton, Massachusetts, and the team would play in Campanelli Stadium. On December 15, 2023, the expansion team was named the Knockouts. As a result of the league announcing the New England Knockouts as the new expansion franchise, the Empire State Greys would not return for the 2024 season and would be dormant. The 16 teams in the league are split evenly between two divisions, East and West. The season will be played with a 96-game schedule; teams will play four series, two home and two road, against their seven division rivals. Each team will visit two clubs from the opposite division while hosting two different teams. The top three teams in each division will qualify for the 2023 playoffs, with the first-place team already qualifying for the division championship, and the second and third-place teams playing each other in a wild card game. Regular season standings y – Clinched division x – Clinched playoff spot e – Eliminated from playoff contention Statistical leaders Hitting Pitching Awards All-star selections East Division West Division All-star game MVP — TBD End of year awards Playoffs Format The second-place team will host the third-place team from their division in a wild-card game. The winner of these games will face their division winners in a best-of-three divisional series, with the division winners hosting games 2 and 3 (if necessary). The championship playoffs shall be scheduled to begin on the second day following the scheduled completion of the division playoffs. The championship series will be a best-of-five format. The team advancing with the best regular-season record will host games 3, 4, and 5 (if necessary). In the event of a tie, tie-breaking procedures as outlined in league rules will be utilized. Playoff bracket See also 2024 American Association season 2024 Major League Baseball season 2024 Pecos League season References Frontier League season Frontier League seasons 2024 in Canadian sports

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30%20Year%20Itch

30 Year Itch

30 Year itch is a live album by British rock band The Wildhearts. Recorded during 2019 tours to promote Renaissance Men and Diagnosis, it was produced by Dave Draper and released by Round Records on 25 September 2020 (digital) and 4 December 2020 (physical). The album reached number 51 on the UK Albums Chart and registered on several other UK charts. A separate EP entitled 30 Year Itch Bonus Tracks was released free to people who pre-ordered the album. Background In promotion of the band's ninth studio album Renaissance Men, the Wildhearts embarked on a short UK tour starting on the day of its release, 3 May 2019. After a string of shows and festival appearances across Europe and Japan in the summer, the group toured the UK again on the Renaissance Men Tour Part II in October. Ahead of the second part of the tour, the Wildhearts released the EP Diagnosis as a follow-up to Renaissance Men. 30 Year Itch was recorded and produced by Dave Draper, who had previously worked on the Wildhearts' last live album, 2016's Never Outdrunk, Never Outsung: PHUQ Live. The digital download version of the album was released on 25 September 2020; the physical version was delayed to the issues arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. It was eventually released on 4 December 2020. People who pre-ordered the album were sent four extra live tracks called 30 Year Itch Bonus Tracks. Reception Commercial 30 Year Itch was the Wildhearts' first live album to register on the main UK Albums Chart, reaching number 51. It also reached number 24 on the Scottish Albums Chart, number 2 on the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart, number 8 on the UK Independent Albums Chart, number 20 on the UK Vinyl Albums Chart, and number 33 on the UK Albums Sales and Physical Albums Charts. Critical 30 Year Itch received positive reviews from critics. Writing for Classic Rock magazine, Essi Berelian described the album as "loud, atmospheric and buzzing with furious energy", and claimed that "the joyful racket of these 17 tracks is something to behold". Similarly, MMH Radio writer Simon Kidd described 30 Year Itch as "an essential purchase", suggesting that "This is not only a truly great live record; it is absolutely the best live album of the past 20 years". A review published by Get Ready to Rock! dubbed 30 Year Itch "a must play", with the author claiming that "you won't be disappointed, but it may leave you hankering to be in that crowd". Track listing Personnel The Wildhearts Ginger Wildheart – lead vocals, guitar C. J. Wildheart – guitar, backing vocals Danny McCormack – bass, backing vocals Ritch Battersby – drums Additional personnel Dave Draper – production, engineering, mixing, mastering Elliot Vaughan – engineering Oli Scoble – engineering Rich Jones – design, layout Alan Kerr – cover illustration Adrian Hextall – photography Gordon Armstrong – photography Joachim Ljungh Stenström – photography Matthew Radford – photography Neil Vary – photography Sam Ryan – photography Tony Woolliscroft – photography Trudi Knight – photography Charts References External links 2020 live albums The Wildhearts live albums

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodwa

Zodwa

Zodwa is a given name. Notable people with the name include: Zodwa Dlamini (born 1963), South African scientist Zodwa Dlamini (biochemist), South African biochemist Zodwa Mkandla, Zimbabwean businesswoman Zodwa Nsibande, South African activist Zodwa Nyoni (born c. 1988), Zimbabwean-born poet and playwright Zodwa Wabantu, South African media personality

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiago%20L%C3%B3pez%20%28soccer%2C%20born%202005%29

Santiago López (soccer, born 2005)

Santiago López López (born 10 June 2005) is a professional soccer player who plays as a forward for UNAM. Born in Mexico, he is a youth international for Canada. Career López joined the youth academy of UNAM in 2019 at the age of 13. He was the top scorer for the UNAM U18s in Apertura 2018 with 10 goals. He made his senior and professional debut with UNAM as a substitute in a 3–1 Liga MX win over Pachuca on 29 January 2024. International career Born in Mexico, López lived in Canada from the age of 4 to 10 and has dual Mexican and Canadian citizenship. In August 2023, he was called up to the Mexico U18s for a set of friendlies. In February 2024, he was called up to the Canada U20s for 2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying matches. He scored 3 goals in his first 3 games with the Canada U20s. References External links 2005 births Living people Footballers from Morelia Canadian men's soccer players Canada men's youth international soccer players Mexican men's footballers Mexico men's youth international footballers Mexican emigrants to Canada Canadian people of Mexican descent Men's association football forwards Club Universidad Nacional footballers Liga MX players

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argylle%20%28soundtrack%29

Argylle (soundtrack)

Argylle (Soundtrack from the Apple Original Film) is the soundtrack to the 2024 film of the same name directed by Matthew Vaughn. It comprises of 28 tracks, with two original songs—"Electric Energy" by Ariana DeBose, Boy George and Nile Rodgers, and "Get Up and Start Again" by DeBose—and the remainder consisted instrumental tracks from the film score composed by Lorne Balfe. The former was released as a single on January 26, 2024 and the soundtrack in its entirety released on February 2, 2024 through Platoon and Marv Music. Development Before he was officially confirmed as the film's composer in October 2022, Balfe met Vaughn during late-2020 and eventually co-wrote the themes together, due to the director and composer's similar tastes in music, particulary that of the 1980s. The score was eventually recorded at the Abbey Road Studios in London during late-2022 and completed prior to the film's release. Balfe's score is interwoven with the needledrops throughout the script which were handpicked by Vaughn. He described at as an "enjoyable" process as Vaughn's filmography being "iconic" with the needledrops being woven into the script. For Argylle, the music supervisors Ian Neil and Danny Wareing curated around 40 songs. Lee Garrett's 1976 single "You're My Everything" is played in the dance sequence featuring Aubrey Argylle (Henry Cavill) and LaGrange (Dua Lipa) in the beginning. The Beatles' 2023 single "Now and Then" was used in the film. The song, originally wrote and recorded by John Lennon in 1977, was left unfinished after Lennon's death in 1980 and eventually shelved for three decades. Balfe acquired the song over a year even though which laid the foundation of the film as well as the story. The song was used as a trigger for Elly Conway (Bryce Dallas Howard) being representative of her life. He described the song as "nostalgic" being "reminiscent of love and the past, and it just fit Elly's path so beautifully". Leona Lewis covered Snow Patrol's 2004 song "Run" which was featured in the action sequence between Conway and Aidan Wylde (Sam Rockwell). Balfe initially wanted to re-record the song with Lewis but after previous unsuccessful version of re-recording "Danger Zone" for Top Gun: Maverick (2022) with Lewis, he decided against it. Track listing Release Argylle's soundtrack was announced on January 24, 2024 that featured 28 tracks: two original songs and 26 tracks from Balfe's score. The song "Electric Energy" performed by DeBose, Boy George and Nile Rodgers was released two days later. An accompanying music video featuring the principal cast members also released on the same date. The soundtrack was released on February 2, 2024 alongside the film. It was distributed by Apple Inc.-acquired music distribution and A&R platform Platoon along with Marv Studios' music division Marv Music. Reception Filmtracks.com praised the arrangement of the main title theme, however, "the rest lacks the cohesive sense of stylish pizzazz to make it a successful parody score while also failing to achieve convincing coolness to be taken seriously". Zanobard Reviews described it as an "endlessly fun action score" where "the way that exquisite motif is then weaved to impeccable enjoyment through thunderous action highs and heartfelt lows makes this soundtrack well worth a listen". Anton Smit of Soundtrack World described it as an "outstanding score by Lorne Balfe for a very entertaining film." Music critic Jonathan Broxton wrote "Argylle really is a perfect example of what a good excellent contemporary action score can be. It uses large orchestral and choral forces blended with an appropriate amount of electronic enhancements, acknowledges the familiar espionage movie soundtrack tropes without being a slave to them, contains at least three memorable recurring thematic ideas, and engages in some creative, propulsive, exciting action music that uses elements of one or more of those themes in a variety of interesting ways." Johnny Oleksinski of New York Post criticized it as a "cliched musical score that never pipes down". Pete Hammond of Deadline Hollywood described it as "terrific and atmospheric". References 2024 soundtrack albums Lorne Balfe soundtracks

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Blau-Weiß Lohne

Blau-Weiß Lohne is a football club based in Lohne, Lower Saxony. As of 2024, the club has over 4,000 members and offers multiple sports including basketball, gymnastics, martial arts, and swimming. The club's football team currently competes in the fourth tier Regionalliga Nord. History Blau-Weiß Lohne was founded in 1894. The club won the amateur path of the 2021-22 Lower Saxony Cup against Heeslinger SC, qualifying them for the following year's DFB Pokal. In the same season, Lohne won promotion from the fifth-tier Oberliga Niedersachsen to the fourth-tier Regionalliga Nord with an 8:1 win over Arminia Hannover. Lohne faced FC Augsburg in the first round of the 2022-23 DFB-Pokal and lost 0:4. Colours and badge Blau-Weiß means "Blue-White" in German, and the clubs' colours are accordingly blue and white. Stadium Lohne plays its home matches at Heinz-Dettmer-Stadion in Lohne. The first stand was constructed at the ground in 1983 and had a capacity of 600. The ground was renovated in 2013 and currently has a capacity of 6,000. Honours References External links Football clubs in Germany 1894 establishments in Germany Football clubs in Lower Saxony Association football clubs established in 1894

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Ptelea aptera

Ptelea aptera, the wingless ptelea, is a small flowering shrub native to Baja California Norte, Mexico. It is neighbored by the more northern Ptelea crenulata, the western hoptree. It seemingly has the smallest distribution of the three species. This species is located almost entirely within the Baja area and is predicted to be at risk of extinction. References Zanthoxyloideae

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Mont de la Dives

Mont de la Dives is the highest mountain in Amsterdam Island, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Indian Ocean. Geography This high peak rises in the Plateau des Tourbières above the western shore of Amsterdam Island. The mountain has a cliff dropping steeply to the waters of the Indian Ocean off its western side less than from the peak. See also List of islands by highest point Topographic isolation References External links Île Amsterdam Mountains of France Landforms of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands

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Anele

Anele is a given name. Notable people with the name include: Anele Lungisa (born 1992), South African rugby union player Anele Mdoda (born 1984), South African television presenter Anele Ngcongca (1987–2020), South African footballer

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Rachel Salzmann

Rachel Salzmann (born 8 December 1981) is a Swiss businesswoman and politician. Having obtained a Master of Business Administration from the Bern University of Applied Sciences specialized in Public Management, she worked at the Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications from 2012 to 2018, where she served as a personal advisor to Federal Council member Doris Leuthard. She then became head of Public and Regulatory Affairs at a Credit Suisse subsidiary, the Credit Suisse Energy Infrastructure Partners AG, before becoming chief of staff to the CEO of Swiss health insurance company CSS. She was named Vice-Chancellor of Switzerland by the Federal Council on 8 March 2024 and will replace Jörg De Bernardi on July 1, who held the role ad interim after the election of Viktor Rossi as Federal Chancellor of Switzerland. References Living people 1981 births

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Palazzo del Governatore, Parma

The Palazzo del Governatore (Palace of the Governor) is a monumental building located in Piazza Garibaldi in the historical centre of Parma, region of Emilia Romagna, Italy. The building still houses municipal offices, as well as hosting cultural and social events. History A brick palace at the site was first erected in 1283, consisting of two wings separated by an alleyway. The palace housed formerly the lord, and then Governor of the town. Over the years it was occupied by various magistrates and legates for the commune. In 1606, after the collapse of a central bell-tower, the structure underwent reconstruction. The present bell-tower was erected in 1673 by the engineer Giovanni Battista Barattieri. On the facade, below the clock, is a niche with a statue depicting the Madonna being crowned by the child Jesus by Jean-Baptiste Boudard. Surrounding the statue are three sundials commissioned in 1829 by the Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma. Previously the niche held a 16th-century fresco depicting the crowned Virgin painted by Jacopo Bertoia. To the right of the door is affixed a plaque with the name of seven members of the Antifascist resistance who were executed on September 1, 1944, by a firing squad in this Piazza by the local Black Brigade. The brigade shot the prisoners in retaliation for the assassination of Brenno Monardi, local fascist leader by partisans. The present appearance of the facade is due to a Neoclassical refurbishment in the late 18th-century by E.A. Petitot. The piazza in front of the palace once held a Monument to the Ara Amicitiae (1769), also designed by Petitot, but it has been substituted by a statue of Giuseppe Garibaldi, by Davide Calandra. References Buildings and structures in Parma Governatore Museums in Parma