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The Knānāya, (from Syriac: "Knā'nāya" (Canaanite)) also known as the Southists or Tekkumbhagar, are an endogamous ethnic group found among the Saint Thomas Christian community of Kerala, India. They are differentiated from another part of the community, known in this context as the Northists ("Vaddakkumbhagar"). There are about 300,000 Knanaya in India and elsewhere.
The origins of the division of the Saint Thomas Christians into Northist and Southist groups is traced back to the arrival of the Syrian merchant Thomas of Cana (Knāi Thoma) who led a migration of Syriac Christians (Jewish-Christians) from Mesopotamia to India in the 4th or 8th century. The Knanaya claim descent from Thomas of Cana and those who came with him. The communities arrival was recorded on the "Thomas of Cana copper plates " which existed in Kerala until the 17th century after which point they were taken to Portugal by the Franciscan Order. The ethnic division between the Knanaya and other St. Thomas Christians was observed during the Portuguese colonization of India in the 16th century and was noted throughout the European colonial era.
Today, the majority of Knanaya are members of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church (Kottayam Archeparchy) and the Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church (Knanaya Archdiocese). They became increasingly prominent in Kerala in the late 19th century. Many Knanaya migrated away during the 20th and 21st centuries, largely westward, forming communities in non-Malayalam speaking areas, with a large expatriate community currently living in Houston, Texas and Chicago, Illinois in the United States.
The earliest extensive written evidence for the division of the Christian community of India dates to the 16th century. The St. Thomas Christian tradition defines the division as being both geographical and ethnic, expressing that the Native St. Thomas Christians initially resided on the north side of the Chera Empire's capitol city of Cranganore while the Middle Eastern migrant Knanaya arrived and settled on the south side, which subsequently led to the designations Northist and Southist. Celebrated St. Thomas Christian scholar Dr. Placid J. Podipara wrote the following about the division:
"The Thomas Christians hail the Apostle St. Thomas as the founder of their Church...The first converts of St. Thomas were reinforced by local conversions and by Christian colonizations (migrations) from abroad. Connected with the IV century colonization is the origin of those called the "Southists""
Directional divisions within communities are common in Kerala, including among Hindu groups. A similar north–south division is found among the Nairs, and it historically appears to have been in place in the early Brahmin settlements in the area. The Saint Thomas Christians may have taken this trait from the Brahmins.
The historical rationale for the division between the majority St. Thomas Christians and minority Knanaya traces the divide to the figure of Thomas of Cana, a Syrian merchant who led a group of 72 Jewish-Christian immigrant families, a bishop named Uraha Mar Yausef, and clergymen from Mesopotamia to settle in Cranganore, India in the 4th century (some sources place these events as late as the 9th century). This may reflect a historical migration of East Syrian Christians to India around this time, which established the region's relationship with the Church of the East.In the commonly accepted accounts of this history, the Knanaya are the descendants of Thomas of Cana and his followers, while the Northists descend from the local Christian body which had been converted by Thomas the Apostle centuries earlier. The "Oxford History of the Christian Church" states the following about the division:
"In time, Jewish Christians of the most exclusive communities descended from settlers who accompanied Knayil Thomma (Kanayi) became known as ‘Southists’ (Tekkumbha ̄gar)...They distinguished between themselves and ‘Northists’ (Vatakkumbha ̄gar). The ‘Northists’, on the other hand, claimed direct descent from the very oldest Christians of the country, those who had been won to Christ by the Apostle Thomas himself. They had already long inhabited northern parts of Kodungallur. They had been there even before various waves of newcomers had arrived from the Babylonian or Mesopotamian provinces of Sassanian Persia."
Elements of Thomas of Cana's arrival feature in ancient songs as well as the Thomas of Cana copper plates awarded to his followers by a local Hindu ruler. These plates granted Thomas' followers 72 social, economic, and religious rights from Cheraman Perumal, the Chera king. The plates were present in Kerala during the time of the Portuguese colonization in the early 17th century, but were lost during Portuguese rule. Archbishop Francis Ros notes in his 1604 account "M.S. ADD 9853" that the plates were taken to Portugal by the Franciscan Order. The Knanaya invoke the plates as evidence of their descent from Thomas of Cana's mission.
Translations of the existing Kollam Syrian Plates of the 9th century made by the Syrian Christian priest Ittimani in 1601 as well as the French Indologist Abraham Anquetil Duperron in 1758 both note that the forth plate mentioned a brief of the arrival of Knai Thoma.It is believed that this was a notation of the previous rights bestowed upon the Christians by Cheraman Perumal. The contemporary forth plate however does not mention this paragraph and is believed to be a later copy. Scholar of Early Christian history Istavan Percvel theorizes that at one time the Kollam Syrian plates and the Thomas of Cana plates were kept together.
Knanaya tradition claims that the Syriac Christian migrants who arrived with Thomas of Cana were Jewish-Christians. Community scholars express the historicity of this tradition by noting that Jewish-Christian tribes in Mesopotamia were a major component of the early Church of the East. Additionally, scholars express that both Jewish and Christian merchants of the region took part in the Arabian Sea trade with Kerala.
The community also cites their culture as evidence of their Jewish-Christian heritage, particularly their folk songs first written on palm-leave manuscripts in the 17th century. Many of the historical songs allude to the migrants being of Jewish descent such as the song "Nallor Orosilam" (The Good Jerusalem) which states the migrants prayed at the tomb of the Jewish Prophet Ezra before departing to India. A number of Jewish scholars such as Dr. P.M. Jussay, Dr. Nathan Katz, Dr. Shalva Weil, and Dr. Ophira Gamliel have noted that the Knanaya maintain cultural similarities to the Cochin Jews of India,suggesting historic cultural relations between the two communities.
In 1939, the Knanaya politician and author Joseph Chazhikaden published a book on the community, "Tekkumbhagasamudayam Charitram", in which he included some aspects of the communities Jewish claim. Chazhikaden built upon the Thomas of Cana tradition but asserted that Thomas' followers originated in Judea. According to Chazhikaden, the group converted to Christianity while maintaining their distinct culture and identity. Eventually, they were forced out of their homeland and moved to Cranganore, where they were welcomed by the ruler Cheraman Perumal and lived near, but maintained their separateness from, the indigenous "Northist" Saint Thomas Christians. Many modern Knanaya accept the account as factual, while others reject it. As with other Knanaya origin traditions, some Northists dispute and condemn it.
In many other variants recorded during the colonial era, Thomas of Cana had two wives or partners, one of them being the ancestor of the endogamous Southists, and the other one being the ancestor of the Northist. A number of traditions and stories have emerged to explain the status of either wife, and both Southists and Northists historically used variants of these traditions to claim superiority for their group.
These variants are considered apocryphal and are not the accepted tradition among contemporary Northist and Southist scholars who generally believe them to be the consequence of rivalry between the St. Thomas Christians and Knanaya. In most of these variants, the Southists' ancestor was Thomas' Syrian wife, while the Northists' was an indigenous St. Thomas Christian or Nair woman who became his second wife or concubine, implying that the Southists are Thomas' true heirs. In other variants, both wives were Kerala natives, while the Southists' forebearer was from a higher caste.
Some Northist historically maintained versions which countered this assertion, claiming that the Knanaya descend from a "dobi" (washerwoman); in some versions of this story, she became Thoma's concubine, while in others she married a lower-caste Maaran boy. This assertion is based on the 1676 Portuguese document "M.S Sloane 2748-A", a likely forgery attributed to the Carmelite priest Father Mathew.
Historian of medieval India and Northist priest Pius Malekandathil argues that the two-wives legend was simply a creation of rivalry between the Middle Eastern migrant Knanaya and the Native St. Thomas Christians. Malekandathil expresses that the story originated in the medieval era due to the two ethnic groups of Christians asserting socioeconomic dominance over the other. Furthermore, Malekandathil notes that the two-wives legend is not the accepted tradition among the people of Kerala but instead that the indigenous Saint Thomas Christians got the appellation "Northists" because they were initially located on the northern part of the city of Cranganore, while the migrant Knanaya under the leadership of Thomas of Cana were given the southern side of the city which led to the generic title of "Southists".House of Representatives of Fiji
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225088 Gonggong is a likely dwarf planet of the Solar System. It is a member of the scattered disc. It has a highly eccentric orbit. It is from 34–101 astronomical units (5.1–15.1 billion kilometers; 3.2–9.4 billion miles) from the Sun. It is the sixth-farthest known Solar System object. Gonggong was discovered in July 2007 by American astronomers Megan Schwamb, Michael Brown, and David Rabinowitz at the Palomar Observatory, and the discovery was announced in January 2009.
The surface of Gonggong has an albedo of 0.14. Gonggong is among the reddest trans-Neptunian objects known. Its red color is suprising because it has a lot of water ice on its surface, which are usually neutral in color. Scientists think that there might be methane on its surface which will explain its red color.
Gonggong is estimated to have a diameter of 1,230 km (760 mi). This would make Gonggong the fifth-largest trans-Neptunian object, after Pluto, Eris, Haumea and Makemake. Gonggong is approximately the size of Pluto's moon Charon.
The mass of Gonggong has been calculated to be 1.75×10 kg (3.86×10 lb). It has a density of 1.72±0.16 g/cm.
Gonggong orbits the Sun at an average distance of 67.5 AU (1.010×10 km; 6.27×10 mi). It completes a full orbit in 554 years. It has an orbital inclination 30.7 degrees. Its eccentricity is 0.50.
Gonggong is moving away at a speed of 1.1 kilometers per second (2,500 miles per hour). It is the sixth-farthest known Solar System object from the Sun.
It was calculated by planetary scientist Amanda Zangari that a flyby mission to Gonggong would take a minimum of over 20 years with the rocket we have today. A flyby mission would be launched on 2030 or 2031.
Gonggong is known to have a moon, called Xiangliu. The discovery team thought that the slow rotation of Gonggong was caused by a moon
Sue Devaney
Sue Devaney (born Susan Barber; 2 July 1967) is an English actress. She is known for roles as Debbie Webster in the long-running ITV soap opera, "Coronation Street", from 1984 to 1985, and 2019 onwards; Rita in the BBC One children's kitchen sink realism programme, "Jonny Briggs", from 1985 to 1987; Liz Harker in the long-running BBC One medical drama series, "Casualty", from 1994 to 1997; and Jane in the BBC One sitcom, "Dinnerladies", from 1998 to 2000.
Rachel Leskovac
Rachel Leskovac (born 5 June 1976) is an English actress and singer, known for her roles as hairdresser Natasha Blakeman in "Coronation Street"; and lawyer Joanne Cardsley in "Hollyoaks". She has been nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award.
Angela Griffin
Angela Mellissa Griffin (born 19 July 1976) is a English actress and television presenter, who has been active on British television since the early 1990s.
Between 1992 and 1998, she appeared in the long-running ITV soap opera, "Coronation Street", as hairdresser Fiona Middleton. She made a guest appearance in 2019. Subsequently, she joined the original cast of the BBC medical drama series, "Holby City", as staff nurse Jasmine Hopkins, but left at the end of the third series in 2001, as the next series would be longer. Griffin has also appeared in the BBC dramas, "Cutting It", and "Down to Earth".
From 2006 to 2010, she appeared as Art teacher and head of pastoral care, Kim Campbell, opposite former "Cutting It" co-star Jason Merrells and former "Coronation Street" co-star Denise Welch, in the BBC One school-based drama series, "Waterloo Road". She took a break during the third series in late 2007/early 2008, but returned to the role for the fourth series in 2009. However, she left once again at the end of the fifth series to concentrate on her new daytime show on Sky1.
Griffin was born to an English mother and Caribbean father from St Kitts and Nevis.
Jason Done
Jason Done (born 5 April 1973) is an English actor, who appeared as Mordred in the 1998 TV mini-series, "Merlin", opposite Sam Neill. However he is best known for his roles as Stephen Snow in the ITV drama series, "Where the Heart Is", from 1999 to 2001; and Tom Clarkson in the BBC One school-based drama series, "Waterloo Road", appearing in eight series, from 2006 to 2013. He has also acted in other British television series such as "Peak Practice", "Coronation Street", "Casualty", and "Vera".
Blockade (1938 movie)
Kung Fu Panda 3 is a 2016 computer-animated movie. It is directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson and Alessandro Carloni, written by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger, It stars the voices of Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Lucy Liu, Seth Rogen, David Cross, James Hong and Jackie Chan.
Saigon railway station
The Saigon railway station () is the train station for Ho Chi Minh City. It is the southernmost train station of the North-South railway in Vietnam. It is about 1 km away from the city center.
The Saigon railway station of today is not actually the first train station for the city. The first train station was located across Ben Thanh Market near the city center. Although the city's name was changed from Saigon to Ho Chi Minh City at the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, the name of the train station did not change.
Rico Torres
Jason Steve Torres Rico, known professionally as Rico Torres (born September 19, 1995), is a Latin-American actor, model, producer, author, businessman, and internet personality. Rico was raised in Medellín, Colombia. Some of his roles include spots on "HBO Ballers", "L.A. Rush" with Elijah Wood, "First Day Back" with Loretta Devine, and "Penny Dreadful: City of Angels".
Torres started his modeling career at the age of 19 in fashion campaigns and commercials for JC Penney, Target, Forever 21, Adidas and appeared in the SuperBowl LIV BayCare Commercial. He has collaborated as an ambassador for 1st Phorm, Reign Body Fuel, Sambazon, The Kennedy Forum, and HUGO BOSS.
Torres was featured in the television show "HBO's Ballers", an American comedy-drama television series created by Stephen Levinson and starring Dwayne Johnson as Spencer Strasmore, a retired NFL player who must navigate his new career of choice as the financial manager of other NFL players.
Torres also appeared in BITMAP Magazine for their "Hear Me" movement, "NALUDA" Magazine, Medium's AUTHORITY Magazine, In Touch Weekly Magazine for "Man Candy of the Week", Afterbuzz TV,[5][6] BELLO Magazine, Sports Byline USA, ABQ Journal, The Love of Acting, pARTicipate Magazine, MAUXA.COM, DAILYBLOID.COM, STARCENTRAL MAGAZINE, PARADE.COM, WFLA News Channel 8's "Bloom," "The Garnette Report", The Rogers Revue, VENTS Magazine, The Great Scott Podcast and TV MEGASITE.
At one point in the beginning of his career, Torres was a hand and foot model. He has also been doing voice over work.[12]
Torres's debut book is "Know 'YOUR' Norms".
Torres received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biological Health Sciences (Pre-Med) from the University of South Florida in 2018.
Andrea Torres
Andrea Elizabeth Eugenio Torres (born May 4, 1990) is a Filipina actress, host, and commercial model. She is part of the GMA Network talents.
Her most notable roles include being on the shows Contessa, Victor Magtanggol, and Better Woman.
She was born on May 4, 1990. She graduated from University of Santo Tomas. She was previously in a relationship with her former leading man, Derek Ramsay. Their relationship ended on Nov 19, 2020.
North Korean defectors
North Korean defectors are North Korean people who left North Korea to become citizens in a new country. In North Korea, it is against the law to leave North Korea without permission. North Koreans are also not allowed to change their own citizenship, so anyone born a North Korean must also die a North Korean. The punishment for leaving North Korea without permission is extremely harsh. People who are caught are usually sent a prison camp or put to death in public. Like many other crimes in North Korea, illegally leaving the country may not only punish the accused, but also his or her family up to three generations.
Although the punishments for illegally leaving North Korea are extremely harsh, the number who try to leave the country is still somewhat high. This is because North Koreans are so poor and have so little freedom that defectors believe finding a better life in a new country is worth risking their lives for it. Since the North Korean famine in the 1990s, more than 30,000 North Koreans have successfully left and have come to South Korea. Some sources say that somewhere between 100,000 to 300,000 North Koreans escaped into Russia or China since 1953. Of the defectors who came to South Korea, more than 70% are women.
The goal of most defectors is to get to South Korea because the South Korean constitution allows South Korean citizenship to anyone born in either North or South Korea. However, the way to get to South Korea is so difficult that most defectors never made it there. There are many different ways to get to South Korea, and all are difficult. However, some are more difficult than others.
One possible way is to cross the North-South Korea border through the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). However, most defectors do not take this route because it is extremely deadly. The DMZ has many landmines, tanks, electric wires, machine gun towers, and guards on both sides. In fact, North Korean soldiers have orders to kill any North Korean trying to cross the border. In some cases, South Korean soldiers have actually rescued some North Koreans crossing the border. Only 21 of the 33,000 defectors have crossed the DMZ and lived through it. Almost all of these were North Korean soldiers who had some knowledge of the DMZ.
There were at least two defectors who successfully swam to Japan.
However, most defectors begin their escape through China. This is because the Tumen and Yalu Rivers (the rivers that make up the China-North Korea border) are much easier and safer to cross. However, most defectors do not stay in China because they are still in danger. Most defectors caught by the China government are either sent back to North Korea, where they would most likely be killed, or be sold as a wife or a sex slave in China. This is why most North Korean defectors try to go into second country before finally coming to South Korea. These countries include Mongolia, Russia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand.
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Pamela Tiffin
Pamela Tiffin Wonso (October 13, 1942 – December 2, 2020) was an American actress and model. She was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Tiffin began acting 1960 until 1989. Tiffin was known for his roles as Scarlet in "One, Two, Three" (1961), Nellie in "Summer and Smoke" (1961) and as Miranda in "Harper" (1966).
Tiffin died on December 2, 2020 in New York City at the age of 78.
Pyramid of Neferirkare
The Pyramid of Neferirkare was built for the Fifth Dynasty pharaoh Neferirkare Kakai in the 25th century BC.
It was the tallest structure on the highest site at the necropolis of Abusir, between Giza and Saqqara. It still towers over the necropolis. The pyramid is also significant because its evacuation led to the discovery of the Abusir Papyri.
The Fifth Dynasty marked the end of the great pyramid constructions during the Old Kingdom.
Pyramids of the era were smaller and became more standardized. There was still intricate relief decoration. Neferirkare's pyramid deviated from convention as it was originally built as a step pyramid. That design that had gone out of date after the Third Dynasty (26th or 27th century BC).
The pharaoh's death left the work to be completed by his successors. The remaining works were completed in haste, using cheaper building material. Because of the haste, Neferirkare's monument lacked several basic elements of a pyramid complex: a valley temple, a causeway, and a cult pyramid.
The monuments to Neferirkare's consort, Khentkaus II; and his sons, Neferefre and Nyuserre Ini, are in the surrounds.
Bill Fitsell
John Walter "Bill" Fitsell (July 25, 1923December 3, 2020) was a Canadian sports journalist and historian. He was a columnist for "The Kingston Whig-Standard" from 1961 to 1993.
Fitsell was the founding president of the Society for International Hockey Research in 1991. He was involved with the International Hockey Hall of Fame from 1969 to 2005.
Fitsell died on December 3, 2020 in Kingston, Ontario at the age of 97.
(307261) 2002 MS4
(307261) 2002 MS is a large classical Kuiper belt object. It is a possible dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt. It was discovered in 2002 by Chad Trujillo and Michael Brown.
The Spitzer Space Telescope estimated it to have a diameter of 726±123 km, while the Herschel Space Telescope estimated it to be 934±47 km.
2002 MS does not have any known moons orbiting it, thus an accurate mass estimate cannot be made. Based on its size, Brown lists it as nearly certain to be a dwarf planet, however, its low albedo may imply the opposite: dark, mid-sized bodies such as this, less than about 1000 km in diameter and with albedos less than about 0.2, have likely never collapsed into solid bodies, much less differentiated or relaxed into hydrostatic equilibrium, and thus are unlikely to be dwarf planets.
As of 2019, the rotation period of 2002 MS is unknown. Observations in 2005 and 2011 showed possible periods of either 7.33 hours or its alias 10.44 hours (single-peaked), or twice those values for the double-peaked solution, with a small light curve amplitude of 0.05±0.01 mag. Light curve observations of 2002 MS are difficult because of the dense field of background stars it is crossing. Observations made in June and July 2011 took advantage of 2002 MS moving in front of a dark nebula.
Larry Dixon (politician)
Larry Dixon (August 31, 1942 – December 4, 2020) was an American Republican politician. He was a member of the Alabama Senate from 1983 to 2011. He was a member of the Alabama House of Representatives from 1978 through 1982. Dixon was born in Nowata, Oklahoma.
Dixon died on December 4, 2020 in Montgomery, Alabama at the age of 78.
Terry Everett
Robert Terry Everett (born February 15, 1937) is an American Republican politician, real estate developer and journalist. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama's 2nd congressional district from 1993 to his retirement in 2009.
Everett was born on February 15, 1937, in Dothan, Alabama, the son of Bob and Thelma Everett.
Antonín J. Liehm
Antonín Jaroslav Liehm (March 2, 1924 – December 4, 2020) was a Czech-born writer, publisher, translator, and scholar. He was born in Prague. He was known for the founder of the "Lettre International".
Liehm died on December 4, 2020 in Prague at the age of 96.
Ron Mathewson
Ron Mathewson ( 19 February 1944 – 3 December 2020) was a Scottish jazz double bassist and bass guitarist. He was born in Lerwick, Shetland Isles, Scotland.
Mathewson was best known for his years spent working with Ronnie Scott, but has also done recordings with Stan Getz, Joe Henderson, Joan Armatrading, Ben Webster, Philly Joe Jones, Roy Eldridge, Oscar Peterson and Bill Evans.
Mathewson died on 3 December 2020 from COVID-19 in London at the age of 76.
Noelle (2019 movie)