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Burnhaupt is the name of two communes in Haut-Rhin:
Bourbach
Bourbach is the name of two communes in Haut-Rhin:
Bouxwiller
Bouxwiller is the name of the following communes in France:
Homberg (disambiguation)
Homberg can mean:
Jura-Nord vaudois (district)
Jura-Nord vaudois District () is a district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The capital is the city of Yverdon-les-Bains. The population (in December 2015) was 89,364.
These municipalities are part of the district:
Lavaux-Oron (district)
Eschenbach (Göppingen)
Eschenbach (Alemannic German: "Eschebach") is a municipality of the district Göppingen in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Sonntag, Austria
Breil/Brigels
Breil/Brigels (, ) is a municipality of the district Surselva of the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.
Brienz/Brinzauls
Brienz/Brinzauls () was a municipality in the district of Albula in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.
On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Brienz/Brinzauls, Alvaneu, Alvaschein, Mon, Stierva, Surava and Tiefencastel merged into the new municipality of Albula/Alvra.
Varzo
Varzo is a "comune" (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont.
Varzo is about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Verbania. It is on the border with Switzerland. As of 2004 about 2,209 people lived there. It has an area of .
Varzo borders the following municipalities: Baceno, Bognanco, Crevoladossola, Crodo, Grengiols (Switzerland), Ried-Brig (Switzerland), Trasquera and Zwischbergen (Switzerland).
Cernay, Haut-Rhin
Cernay is a French commune in the Haut-Rhin department of east France.
It is on the river Thur, 17 km northwest of Mulhouse.
Altafulla is a municipality in the "comarca" of the Tarragonès in Catalonia, Spain.
Granby, Quebec
Cable ferry
A cable ferry (known as chain ferry, swing ferry, floating bridge, or punt) is a ferry that is guided (and in some cases propelled) across a river by cables connected to both shores. Early cable ferries used either rope or steel chains, with the latter resulting in the name "chain ferry". Both of these were replaced by wire cable in the 19th century.
Šiauliai is the fourth-largest city in Lithuania. In 2016 about 102,000 people lived in the city. From 1994 to 2010 it was the capital of Šiauliai County.
Šiauliai is twinned with:
Sogod, Southern Leyte
Sogod is a municipality in the province of Southern Leyte, Philippines.
Sliema
Sliema is a town on the northeast coast of Malta in the Northern Harbour District. It is a major residential and commercial area and a centre for shopping, dining and café life. About 26,000 people lived there in 2013.
Arrondissement of Saint-Claude
The arrondissement of Saint-Claude is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Jura "département" in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. Its capital, and subprefecture of the department, is the city of Saint-Claude.
When the "arrondissements" of Jura were created in 1800, Saint-Claude was one of them in the Jura department.
The "arrondissement" of Saint-Claude is in the southwest of the Jura department; it is the smaller "arrondissement" with an area of . It has a population of 50,909 inhabitants, the "arrondissement" with fewest people living in it, and a population density of inhabitants/km².
The "arrondissement" of Saint-Claude is bordered to the north and west by the "arrondissement" Lons-le-Saunier, to the east by Switzerland and to the south by the Ain department.
In the "arrondissement" of Saint-Claude, there are five cantons and three of them have all their "communes" in the "arrondissement":
The "arrondissement" of Saint-Claude has 60 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes):
Boyd County, Kentucky
Boyd County is a county in Kentucky. Its county seat is Catlettsburg. At the 2010 census, 49,542 people lived in the county.
Arrondissement of Lons-le-Saunier
The arrondissement of Lons-le-Saunier is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Jura "département" in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. Its capital, and prefecture of the department, is the city of Lons-le-Saunier.
When the "arrondissements" of Jura were created in 1800, Lons-le-Saunier was one of them in the Jura department.
The "arrondissement" of Lons-le-Saunier is the largest "arrondissement" of the department, with an area of . It has a population of 126,071 inhabitants, the "arrondissement" with more inhabitants, and a population density of inhabitants/km².
The "arrondissement" of Lons-le-Saunier is bordered to the north by the "arrondissement" Dole, to the east by the Doubs department, to the southeast by the "arrondissement" Saint-Claude, to the southwest by the Ain department and to the west by the Saône-et-Loire department.
In the "arrondissement" of Lons-le-Saunier, there are nine cantons and seven of them have all their "communes" in the "arrondissement":
The "arrondissement" of Lons-le-Saunier has 258 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes):
Norman Dorsen (September 4, 1930 – July 1, 2017) was an American lawyer. He was the Frederick I. and Grace A. Stokes Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Arthur Garfield Hays Civil Liberties Program at the New York University School of Law.
Dorsen specialized in Constitutional Law, Civil Liberties, and Comparative Constitutional Law. He was president of the American Civil Liberties Union from 1976 through 1991. He was also president of the Society of American Law Teachers, 1972–1973, and president of the U.S. Association of Constitutional Law in 2000.
Dorsen successfully argued the case of "In re Gault", 387 U.S. 1 (1967), before the U.S. Supreme Court which held that juveniles accused of crimes in a delinquency proceeding must be afforded many of the same due process rights as adults. He argued Supreme Court cases "Levy v. Louisiana" (1968), ensuring equal protection for out-of-wedlock children, and "United States v. Vuitch" (1971), the first abortion case to reach the Court.
Dorsen died on July 1, 2017 in Manhattan, New York from complications of a stroke, aged 86.
Ayan Sadakov
Ayan Faikov Sadakov () (26 September 1961 – 1 July 2017) was a Bulgarian footballer and a key member of the Bulgarian national team in the 1986 FIFA World Cup.
Sadakov began his club career at the local Lokomotiv Plovdiv. For "The Smurfs" he played eleven seasons, before transferring to Portugal's C.F. Os Belenenses in 1989. Two years later he return in Lokomotiv and played two years, before signed with Botev Plovdiv in summer 1994. Sadakov made 80 appearances for Bulgaria, between 1981 and 1991 and scored 9 goals. He played in four matches for his country at 1986 FIFA World Cup.
Sadakov had been appointed on September 29, 2008 as a manager of Lokomotiv Plovdiv a second time to replace Dragan Kanatlarovski.
In 2014, Sadakov announced he was diagnosed with ALS. He died on 1 July 2017, aged 55.
Eschenbach in der Oberpfalz
Eschenbach in der Oberpfalz () is a town in the Neustadt an der Waldnaab "Landkreis" (district), in Bavaria, Germany.
Smith Hart
Smith Stewart Hart (November 28, 1948 – July 2, 2017) was an American-Canadian professional wrestler and a member of the Hart wrestling family. His parents were Stu and Helen Hart.
Smith was the first of their twelve children, being one of their eight sons, Bruce, Keith, Wayne, Dean, Bret, Ross and Owen followed him.
Hart wrestled for the majority of his career in Canada but also worked shortly in other countries and was best known for his time in Stampede Wrestling and for his appearances for WWE.
On July 2, 2017, Hart died at his Calgary, Alberta home at the age of 68 of prostate and bone cancer. he suffered from cancer since January 2016.
Hömberg
Vladimir Malaniuk
Vladimir Pavlovich Malaniuk (Malanyuk) (Ukraine: Володимир Павлович Маланюк; July 21, 1956 – July 2, 2017) was a Ukrainian chess Grandmaster. He was born in Arkhangelsk, Soviet Union. Thought by many to be one of the more colourful characters on the chess circuit, he was known for rapid chess, which was showed at some of the world's most well known 'speed chess' tournaments.
In 2005, he finished second at the Tallinn (Keres Memorial) rapid event, behind Alexey Shirov but ahead of such luminaries as Anatoly Karpov and Boris Gelfand.
Malaniuk died of kidney cancer in Amsterdam on July 2, 2017 at the age of 60.
Orri Vigfússon
Orri Vigfússon (10 July 1942 – 1 July 2017) was an Icelandic entrepreneur and environmentalist. His work was to "restore the abundance of wild salmon that formerly existed on both sides of the North Atlantic". He was born in Siglufjörður, Iceland.
In 2004 Time Magazine named him a "European Hero". He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2007 for his efforts on saving endangered species.
Vigfússon died on 1 July 2017 in Reykjavik, Iceland of lung cancer at the age of 74.
Silver Donald Cameron
Silver Donald Cameron (June 21, 1937 – June 1, 2020) was a Canadian journalist, author, playwright and university teacher. He was born in Toronto. His writing focuses on social justice, nature and the environment.
His 15 books of non-fiction deal with everything from history and politics to education and community development. An avid sailor, Cameron has written several books about ships and the sea. He is the author of a young adult novel and a thriller, both set in Nova Scotia where he has lived for more than 40 years.
Two of his books, "The Education of Everett Richardson" (1977) and "The Living Beach" (1998) are included in "Atlantic Canada's 100 Greatest Books".
Cameron died of lung cancer in Halifax, Nova Scotia on June 1, 2020 at the age of 82.
Homburg
Homburg or Hombourg may refer to
Hamburg (disambiguation)
Hamburg, officially the "Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg", is Germany's second-largest city and a federated state.
Hamburg may also refer to:
Tatiana Zatulovskaya
Tatiana Yakovlevna Zatulovskaya ( , ) (8 December 1935 – 2 July 2017) was an Israeli (formerly Soviet and Russian) chess player. She held the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) and was twice women's senior world champion. Her last name may also be spelled as "Zatulovskaia" or "Zatulovskaja". Zatulovskaya was a three-time winner of the Women's Soviet Chess Championship (1960, 1962, and 1963).
In 1961, she was awarded by FIDE the title of Woman International Master (WIM). In 1976, Zatulovskaya became a Woman Grandmaster. She represented the USSR at the 1963 and 1966 Women's Chess Olympiads.
In the 1960s and the 1970s she often qualified for Interzonals and Candidates Tournaments for the Women's World Chess Championship.
In 1993, she won the Women's Seniors World Championship with 10 out of 11 points (10 wins, 0 losses, and 2 draws). In 1997, she became again the World Champion among senior women.
In 2000, she emigrated to Israel. As of April 2009, Zatulovskaya's rating was 2034.
Zatulovskaya was born in Baku. She died of liver failure in Tel Aviv at the age of 81.
Hamberg can be the surname of a person. It may also refer to:
Hamberg, North Dakota
Hamberg is a town in Wells County, North Dakota, United States. 21 people lived there in 2010.
2004 Russian Premier League
The 2004 Russian Premier League (Russian: Чемпионат России по футболу 2004, "Chempionat Rossii po futbolu 2004") was the 3rd Russian Premier League season, and the 13th top division football tournament. It was played from 12 March to 12 November 2004. Lokomotiv Moscow won their 2nd title, and Aleksandr Kerzhakov was the top scorer with 18 goals.
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José Luis Cuevas
José Luis Cuevas (February 26, 1934 – July 3, 2017) was a Mexican artist. He was born in Mexico City.
Cuevas was one of the first to challenge the then dominant Mexican muralism movement as a member of the Generación de la Ruptura (Breakaway Generation). He was a mostly self-taught artist, whose styles and influences are moored to the darker side of life, often depicting distorted figures and the debasement of humanity. He had remained a controversial figure throughout his career, not only for his often shocking images, but also for his opposition to writers and artists who he feels participate in corruption or create only for money.
In 1992, the José Luis Cuevas Museum was opened in the historic center of Mexico City holding most of his work and his personal art collection.
Cuevas died on July 3, 2017 in Mexico City at the age of 83.
Russian Football National League
The Russian Football National League (Russian: Первенство Футбольной Национальной Лиги, "Pervenstvo Futbol'noy Natsional'noy Ligi"; previously named the Russian First Division (Russian: Первый дивизион; "Pervyy divizion") is the second level of professional Russian football. The best teams in each season get promoted to the Russian Premier League, while the worst teams in each season get sent to the Professional Football League.
Solvi Stubing
Solvi Stubing (19 January 1941 – 3 July 2017) was a German-Italian actress, model and television personality. She was born in Berlin, Stubing obtained wide popularity in Italy with a commercial for Peroni Beer, and starred in many movies, often of modest value, in several genres of Italian cinema. For many years, between the 1980s and the 1990s, she hosted a number of television programs about cinema. She was known for her roles in "" (1969), "Garringo" (1969), "Blindman" (1971) and "Strip Nude for Your Killer" (1975).
Stubing died on 3 July 2017 at her home in Rome from multiple myeloma at the age of 76.
Paolo Villaggio
Paolo Villaggio (; 30 December 1932 – 3 July 2017) was an Italian actor, voice actor, writer, director and comedian. He was born in Genoa, Liguria.
He was known for the characters he created with paradoxical and rude characteristics: Professor Kranz, the ultra-timid Giandomenico Fracchia, and the comedic Ugo Fantozzi. He authored several books, usually of satirical character. He also acted in dramatic roles, and appeared in several movies.
Villaggio died in Rome of complications from diabetes on 3 July 2017 at the age of 84.
Murmansk State Technical University
The Murmansk State Technical University (Russian: Мурманский Государственный Технический Университет, "Murmanskiy Gosudarstvennyy Tekhnicheskiy Universitet"; abbreviated as MSTU in English and МГТУ in Russian) is a public university in Murmansk. It was founded in 1950 as the Murmansk High Marine School (Russian: Мурманское Высшее Мореходное Училище). There are currently around 6,000 to 8,000 students attending the university.
Ares (DC Comics)
Ares (also known as Mars or War) is a fictional supervillain appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. Based on the Greek mythological figure of the same name, he is the Greek god of war and serves as a major adversary of the superhero Wonder Woman within the DC Universe.
The character has appeared in various forms of media. Alfred Molina voiced him in the 2009 direct-to-video animated movie "Wonder Woman". Ares later made his live-action debut in the 2017 movie "Wonder Woman", where he is portrayed by English actor David Thewlis.
Darkseid
Darkseid (pronounced "Darkside") is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer-artist Jack Kirby, the character made a cameo appearance in "Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen" #134 (Dec. 1970) before making his full first appearance in "Forever People" #1 (Feb. 1971).
As the tyrannical ruler of the planet Apokolips, Darkseid's ultimate goal is to conquer the universe and eliminate all free will. One of the most powerful beings in the DC Universe, the character became a staple Superman villain and a major enemy of the Justice League. Darkseid was ranked number 6 on IGN's top 100 comic book villains of all time and number 23 on Wizard's 100 greatest villains of all time.
The character has been substantially adapted into various forms of media, most notably being voiced by Frank Welker in "" and "", by Michael Ironside in the DC animated universe, and by Andre Braugher in "".
After being referenced multiple times in the DC Extended Universe, Darkseid made his live-action debut in the movie "Zack Snyder's Justice League" with Ray Porter playing him in 2021.
Alfonso Arau
Alfonso Arau Incháustegui (born January 11, 1932) is a Mexican actor, screenwriter and director. He was born in Mexico City. His career began in 1954. He was known for his roles as Captain Herrera in Sam Peckinpah's 1969 western, "The Wild Bunch", chief bandit El Guapo in "Three Amigos" (1986), shady businessman Manuel in the comedy "Used Cars" (1980), and the smuggler Juan in "Romancing the Stone" (1984). He directed the movies "", "Like Water for Chocolate" and "A Walk in the Clouds".
The Wild Bunch is a 1969 American epic Western Technicolor and Panavision movie directed by Sam Peckinpah about an aging outlaw gang on the Texas–Mexico border, trying to exist in the changing modern world of 1913. The movie was controversial because of its graphic violence and its portrayal of crude men attempting to survive by any available means.
The movie, whose screenplay was written by Peckinpah and Walon Green, stars William Holden, Robert Ryan, Ernest Borgnine, Ben Johnson, Alfonso Arau and Warren Oates. It was filmed in Mexico.
Murmansk (Russian: Му́рманск) is a port city in northwestern Russia. It is located within the Murmansk Oblast. As of 2019, the city has a population of 292,465 people.
The first Murmansk settlement was founded in 1915. It was founded during World War I so Russia's allies could send supplies to a port that wasn't blocked by ice. The location soon had a naval base and port. The settlement became an official city in 1916, and was named Romanov-on-Murman (Russian: Рома́нов-на-Му́рмане, Romanov-na-Murmane). The city was given it's current name on 16 April 1917.
From 1918 to 1920, during the Russian Civil War, the city was occupied by the White army and the Triple Entente.
During World War II, the city was an important link to the Western world for the Soviet Union. They traded supplies during the war. In 1941, the German and Finnish forces launched Operation Silver Fox with the goal of capturing Murmansk. The Soviets defeated the invaders, but Murmansk suffered a lot of destruction.
Murmansk is headquarters of the Northern Fleet of the Russian Navy. During the Cold War it was a center for Soviet submarine activity.
In 1974, a large 36 meter (118 feet) tall monument was built in the city. It is called the Alyosha Monument. It was built in remembrance of all who fought for Murmansk in World War II. On 6 May 1985, Murmansk was formally called a Hero City (which is a title awarded to cities in the Soviet Union that performed outstanding heroism during WW2).
The Arctic Hotel opened in 1984, and became the tallest building above the Arctic Circle.
The main industries in Murmansk are fishing, sea transport, rail and road transportation, marine geology, etc.
The city's population has been shrinking since 1992. At it's peak, the city had a population of around 489,000 people in 1989. Between 1989 and 1992, more than 28,000 people left the city. This was because of the sudden deterioration in the economic situation.
According to the 2010 census, the ethnic composition is:
In 2016, 16.5% of the population was under 15 years of age, while 54.7% was between 16 and 56, and 28.7% of the population was older than 56. This means that the city has a older population compared to the entire Murmansk Oblast.
Murmansk has a subarctic climate. This means that the city has long and cold winters and short, cool summers. Murmansk is above the arctic circle, so the city experiences polar nights.
Old Synagogue (Erfurt)
The Old Synagogue (German:"Alte Synagoge") in Erfurt, in central Germany, is one of the best preserved medieval synagogues in Europe. The oldest parts were built in the late 11th century. Most parts of the building are from around 1250 to 1320. In 2015 it was proposed as a World Heritage Site.
It has been a museum of local Jewish history since 2009. The Erfurt Treasure is kept there. This is a collection of medieval coins, jewellery and metalwork found in 1998. The museum also has copies of the Erfurt Hebrew Manuscripts. This is a collection of rare religious manuscripts that belonged to the Jewish community of Erfurt in the middle ages.
The oldest parts of the building date from 1094. About 1270 a larger synagogue, which included parts of the older building, was built. The western wall of the building dates from this time. It has its six original windows. Another storey was added in the early 1300s.
In 1349, many people died from the Black Death disease. People said it was the fault of the Jews. The Jews were murdered and made to leave the city. This pogrom is known as the Erfurt Massacre. The synagogue was damaged and Erfurt City Council took control of the building. They later sold it to a local business man. He used it as a warehouse and made changes to the interior, including building a cellar. For the next 500 years it was used for storing goods.
From the 19th century, the building was used as a ballroom, a restaurant and even a bowling alley. These changes meant that the Old Synagogue was mostly forgotten about. Its history was not recognised, which helped to protect it during the Nazi period.
In the late 1980s there was renewed interest in the old building. The architectural historian Elmar Altwasser began to research it in 1992. Erfurt City Council bought the property in 1998 and researched and conserved it. All stages of the building's history were conserved, not just its use as a Synagogue.
In 2007 a rare and well-preserved Jewish ritual bath, a Mikveh, was discovered not far from the Old Synagogue by archaeologists. It was built about 1250.
In 2015 the Old Synagogue and Mikveh, and a stone house in Erfurt's medieval city centre, also built around 1250 that had belonged to Jews, were proposed as a World Heritage Site. This has been provisionally listed but no final decision has been made.
The Old Synagogue opened as a museum on 27 October 2009.
The Erfurt Treasure is displayed in the museum. This is a collection of coins, jewellery and metalwork that is thought to have belonged to Jews who hid them at the time of the Erfurt massacre in 1349. It was found in 1998 in the wall of a house in a medieval Jewish neighbourhood in Erfurt.
The museum also displays copies of the Erfurt Hebrew Manuscripts. This is a collection medieval manuscripts written from the 12th to the 14th centuries. They came into the possession of the Erfurt City Council after the Erfurt Massacre in 1349. They were kept at the library at St. Augustine's Monastery in Erfurt from the mid 17th century. In 1880 they were sold to the Royal Library in Berlin, which is now the Berlin State Library. The original manuscripts are kept there.
One of the Erfurt Manuscripts is the Tosefta, dating from the 12th century. The Tosefta is a collection of ancient jewish oral laws collected by scholars in the first 200 years AD. Copies of Tosefta were not made very often. The Erfurt Tosefta is the oldest of only three known Tosefta manuscripts. It was written in the 12th century. The other two Tosefta manuscripts are the Vienna Tosefta, made in the late 13th century, held by the Austrian National Library and the London Tosefta, made in 15th century, held by the British Library.
Moses Samuel Zuckermandel was the first person to point out the importance of the Erfurt Tosefta. He published an important study on it in 1876.
Hindu reform movements
Color rendering index
Color rendering index (CRI) is a number rating given to light bulbs or lamps for how "right" they make colors look. This number is usually written on the side of light bulb's box. The CRI number can be as high as 100, or as low as zero; and sometimes it can go under zero. High CRI number is good; it means colors will look right and real. Low CRI number is bad; it means colors will look wrong and weird.
However, there is a limit of what a CRI number can tell. Good CRI number can guarantee correct colors only when the light itself is white. This is because of limits on how science people test them. Candles and incandescent light bulbs have CRI 100 but they are not white, so we cannot rely on them to make stuffs show real colors.
The CRI number of daylight at noon is 100, because this is the natural way people see colors. Good fluorescent tubes or LED lamps have a CRI 80 or more. Anything white with a CRI 80 or more are good enough for homes. The orange sodium vapor lamp has CRI lower than 0, so they are only used as streetlamps.
Kataragama temple
The Kataragamam temple (, ) complex dedicated to Skanda-Kumara is one of the few religious sites in Sri Lanka that is venerated by the majority Sinhala Buddhists, Hindu minority Sri Lankan Tamil people, Sri Lankan Moors and the Vedda people. It is a collection of modest shrines, of which the one dedicated to Skanda-Kumara, is the most important.
It has been considered hallowed ground since almost three hundred years before the birth of Christ, and is one of the sixteen places said to have been consecrated by Gautama Buddha as he meditated. It was built approximately between 1100 - 15th century
Legend has it that this happened during the Buddha's third visit to Sri Lanka, during the reign of the provincial King Mahasena in the sixth century BC.
Kataragama is sacred to Lord Murugan, also familiarly known as Kartikeya. Lord Muruga has many shrines and places of worship. Among them are Alaivai, now known as Tiruchendur, a shrine on the southern coast of India about 36 miles from Tinnevelly; Avinankudi, now called as Palani Malai (Palani Hills), about the same distance from Dindigul; and Tiru-Erakam, now known as Swamimalai, a hill about four miles from Kumbakonam. Three of the shrines are situated amid mountains and forests, the deity is known as the God of the mountaneous regions.
Muruga is worshipped as a deity whom embodies the pure Hindu ideal of God being in all things and manifesting himself wherever he is called to with love.There are many stories about Murugan, or Skanda-Kumara as He is more commonly known there. Skanda-Kumara's place of worship is held dear by many Sri Lankans who consider the Kataragama complex and its temples holy and make annual pilgrimages there.
But perhaps the most unique feature of Kataragama, and what makes it really stand out is its relative unassumingness. Almost all its shrines are unremarkable minor buildings free of any embellishment. There is absolutely no representation of deities decorating the exterior of the buildings.
This is in marked contrast to any other Hindu temple in Sri Lanka or India, that are usually covered with carvings and statues of gods and goddesses in colourful scene. Practically all the shrines are made out of stone with the exception of one dedicated to the Goddess Valli which has been constructed with timber.
Almost 2500 years later, Kataragama still holds a special place in the heart of devotees of Lord Muruga
Quaestor
A (, ) was a public official in Ancient Rome. A quaestor did different jobs at different times in Roman history. In the Roman Kingdom, quaestors were appointed by the king to investigate murders. In the Roman Republic, quaestors supervised the state treasury and conducted audits. It was the lowest ranking position in the public service. Because of this many people wanting to become politicians became quaestors as a first step in their career. In the Roman Empire, quaestors were at first relaced by the "" (prefect). Later quaestors became a position appointed by the emperor to lead the imperial council and deal with petitioners.
In modern Italy and Romania, a quaestor is a senior ranking officer on the police force. In some organizations, a quaestor is in charge of the finances, similar to a treasurer in other organizations.
Moscow Oblast
The Moscow Oblast (Russian: Моско́вская о́бласть, "Moskovskaya oblast") is a federal subject of Russia. It is located in western Russia, and it completely surrounds Moscow. The oblast has no capital, and oblast officials reside in Moscow or in other cities within the oblast. As of 2015, the oblast has a population of 7,231,068 people.
Balashikha is the biggest city in the oblast, with a population of 215,494 people in 2010.
The Battle of Moscow was fought in the oblast.
Below is the religious composition of the city:
FC Spartak Vladikavkaz
Football Club Spartak Vladikavkaz (Russian: Футбольный клуб «Спартак» Владикавказ, "Futbol'nyy klub «Spartak» Vladikavkaz") is a football club based in Vladikavkaz. The club was founded in 1921, and won their first league title in the 1995 Russian Top League.
Water taxi
A water taxi (also known as a water bus or sightseeing boat,) is a watercraft used to provide public or private transport in an urban area. A water taxi might make multiple stops, similar to a bus, or to on-demand locations, similar to a taxi. A boat service going between two points would normally be called a ferry rather than a water bus or taxi.
Daniil Granin
Daniil Alexandrovich Granin () (1 January 1919 – 4 July 2017), original family name German (),
was an author born in the former Soviet Union. Granin started writing in the 1930s. Granin served as a board member of the Leningrad Union of Writers, and he was a winner of many medals and honors including the State Prize for Literature in 1978 and Hero of Socialist Labor 1989.
Chris Roberts (singer)
Chris Roberts (Christian Klusáček; March 13, 1946 – July 2, 2017) was a German Schlager singer and actor. He was married to the singer and actress Claudia Roberts. They often performed on stage together. He was born in Munich.
Roberts represented Luxembourg as a part of a sextet in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 in which they sang "Children, Kinder, Enfants". They got 37 points and came 13th place overall.
The first two singles "Baby's gone" and "Welchen Weg soll ich gehen (One more mountain to climb)" were released with his artist name Chris Robert.
Roberts died in Berlin of pancreatic cancer on July 2, 2017 at the age of 71.
Jack Collom
John Aldridge "Jack" Collom (November 8, 1931 – July 2, 2017) was an American poet, essayist, and pedagogue. His twenty-five books include "Red Car Goes By: Selected Poems 1955-2000," "Situation Sings" (with Lyn Hejinian), and "Second Nature", which won the 2013 Colorado Book Award for Poetry.
In the field of education and pedagogy, he made unique contributions in the subjects of eco-literature, ecopoetics, and creative writing instruction for children.
Collon died in Boulder, Colorado from respiratory failure caused by lung cancer on July 2, 2017, aged 85.
Adriano Galliani
Adriano Galliani (born 30 July 1944) is an Italian entrepreneur and football executive. He served as Deputy vice-chairman and CEO of AC Milan since 1986. During his tenure, Milan have won five European Cup / UEFA Champions League and eight Serie A titles among other achievements.
In 2011, Galliani was inducted into the Italian Football Hall of Fame.
Amala Shankar
Amala Shankar (; 27 June 1919 – July 24, 2020) was an Indian ballerina, actress and artist. She is the wife of Uday Shankar and mother of Ananda Shankar and Mamata Shankar and sister-in-law of Ravi Shankar. Shankar acted in the movie Kalpana directed by Uday Shankar.
Shankar acted in the movie "Kalpana" (1948). The movie was directed by Uday Shankar. Amala played the character of Uma. Amala Shankar attended 2012 Cannes Film Festival where the movie was screened.
Shankar died in Kolkata on July 24, 2020 at the age of 101.
West Ruislip tube station
West Ruislip is a station located on Ickenham Road between Ickenham and Ruislip in the London Borough of Hillingdon in Greater London formerly in Middlesex; it is served by both London Underground (LU) and National Rail trains on independent platforms. It is the western terminus of the LU Central line's West Ruislip branch, with Ruislip Gardens as the next Underground station towards central London. The Central line and Chiltern Railways platforms and ticket office hall are managed by LU. The closest station on the Metropolitan line and Piccadilly line is Ickenham which is 1.1 km from West Ruislip Station.
West Ruislip station is aligned approximately east-west with the main station buildings on the road overbridge across the lines at the western end of the station. The station has four platforms; two each for London Underground and National Rail services. The London Underground tracks are south of the National Rail ones and operate from an island platform whilst the National Rail platforms are outside of their tracks. The National Rail platforms are also served by a separate station building north of the tracks and adjacent to the car park. In a legacy of the original scheme to continue the extension to Denham, the Central line tracks continue for a short distance beyond the station before ending at buffers. The intended alignment of the unbuilt tracks can be seen from the width of the unused railway land south of the existing tracks.
The Central line's Ruislip depot is east of West Ruislip station, and has a connection via a shunting neck to the Network Rail westbound track west of the station to allow rolling stock and material deliveries. The depot also has a connection to the Uxbridge branch tracks of the Metropolitan and Piccadilly Lines which pass under the Central line east of West Ruislip; it is used only for empty stock movements and works train access. Two sidings west of the station to the north of the running lines provide layover facilities for works trains.
There are ticket barriers at the main entrance to the station; these control access to the Central line platforms from the public highway and from the pedestrian walkway linking the car park to the station. The Chiltern platforms can be reached from the car park walkway without tickets, as no ticket barriers are installed to control access
2017 Latvian local elections
Local elections in Latvia were held on 3 June 2017. All 119 municipal councils of the country took part in the elections.
A number of deputies in the council depends on the amount of population in the territory: the bigger the population in the territory is, the more deputies work in the council. The number of deputies can be 9, 13, 15, 17 or 19. The only exclusion is the council of Riga, which is the capital of Latvia. Riga is by far bigger than any other city of Latvia, so its municipal council consists of 60 deputies.
Citizens of Latvia and other countries of the European Union who are over 18 years old have the right to vote in the local elections. In order to vote citizens of other EU countries have to register in the Population Register of Latvia at least 90 days before the election date. Voters take part in the local elections in the territory where they live or where they have real estate. Registration of voters is automatic. People are automatically registered for the local elections on a certain polling station according to the place where they live. However, no later than 18 days before the elections people can change their polling station to any other polling station in the territories where they live or have real estate.
On the election day polling stations work from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Three days prior to the election date early voting is possible: polling stations are usually opened for several hours during these days.
599 lists of candidates were registered to participate in the local elections throughout the country. The number of candidates willing to become deputies was 8945. 465 lists were nominated by political parties individually, 31 lists by coalitions of political parties and 103 lists by unions of voters. 77.46% of all candidates were ethnic Latvians, 3.90% ethnic Russians, 0.48% ethnic Poles, 1.37% all others. 16.99% of candidates refused to state their ethnic identity.
11.6% of all voters, which equals 167 thousand people, took part in the early voting from 31 May to 2 June. The total turnout of the local elections was 50.41% or 727839 people.
The following map shows the results of the local elections in different territories of Latvia. The colour, which each territory has, indicates the party, which received the majority of votes in this territory.
The results of local elections in two biggest Latvian cities (Riga and Daugavpils) are given below.
The coalition of Social Democratic Party "Harmony" and party "Proud to serve Riga" ruled Riga before the elections. The representative of "Harmony" Nils Ušakovs was the mayor of the city and the head of the city council. All other parties which took part in the elections agreed to work together to dismiss Ušakovs form the post of mayor.
According to the elections results the coalition of "Harmony" and party "Proud to serve Riga" lost several deputies in the council but received the majority of 32 places out of 60. On 22 June 2017 Nils Ušakovs was reelected as the head of the city council.
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Before the elections, the representative of the Latgalian party Jānis Lāčplēsis was the mayor of the city and the head of the city council. He was elected to these posts unanimously (with no deputy voted against) in 2013 after local elections of that year.
According to the elections results the Latgalian party increased the number of its deputies in the council, however, did not receive the majority. At the same time, its rivals Social Democratic Party "Harmony" and "Our party" concluded a coalition agreement. On 26 June 2017 Andrejs Elksniņš from "Harmony" was elected as the mayor and the head of the city council while the leader of "Our party" Rihards Eigims became vice-mayor and the deputy head of the city council.
So the Social Democratic Party "Harmony" became the ruling force in municipal councils of two biggest cities in Latvia.
List of places in Kent
Acol, Acrise Place, Acrise, Addington, Adisham, Aldington, Alkham, Allhallows, Allington, Appledore, Arpinge, Ash, Ash, Ashbank, Ashford, Ashley, Ashurst, Aylesford, Aylesham,
8Badgers Mount, Badlesmere, Bapchild, Barfrestone, Barham, Barming, Barnsole, Beachborough, Bean, Bearsted, Bedmonton, Bekesbourne, Beltinge, Beltring, Benenden, Benover, Bessels Green, Bethersden, Betsham, Betteshanger, Beult, Bexon, Bicknor, Bidborough, Biddenden, Bilsington, Bilting, Birchington-on-Sea, Birling, Bishopsbourne, Bladbean, Blean, Blue Bell Hill, Bobbing, Bonnington, Borden, Borough Green, Borstal, Bough Beech, Boughton Aluph, Boughton Green, Boughton Lees, Boughton Malherbe, Boughton Monchelsea, Boughton Street, Boughton under Blean, Boxley, Brabourne Lees, Brabourne, Bramling, Brasted Chart, Brasted, Breach, Bredgar, Bredhurst, Brenchley, Brenzett, Bridge, Broad Oak, Broadstairs, Brogdale, Bromley Green, Brompton, Brook, Brookland, Brooks End, Broomfield, Broomfield, Buckland, Burham, Burmarsh,
Canterbury, Capel (including Somerhill), Capel-le-Ferne, Caring, Chainhurst, Chalk, Challock, Charing, Chart Sutton, Chartham, Chartwell, Chatham, Chattenden, Cheeseman's Green, Chegworth, Cheriton, Chestfield, Chestnut Street, Chevening, Chiddingstone Causeway, Chiddingstone, Chilham, Chillenden, Chilmington Green, Chipstead, Chislet, Church Whitfield, Cliffe Woods, Cliffe, Cliffsend, Cliftonville, Cobham, Coldred, Collier Street, Colliers Green, Conyer, Cooling, Coombe, Conyer, Coursehorn, Cowden, Coxheath, Cranbrook, Crockenhill, Crockham Hill, Crundale, Culverden Down, Culverstone Green, Curtisden Green, Cuxton,
Danton Pinch, Darenth, Dargate, Dartford, Davington, Deal, Denstroude, Denton, Detling, Ditton, Doddington, Dode, Dover, Downswood, Drellingore, Dungeness, Dunkirk, Dunton Green, Dymchurch,
East Barming, East Farleigh, East Langdon, Larkfield, East Malling, East Peckham, East Studdal, East Sutton, Eastchurch, Eastling, Eastry, Eastwell, Ebbsfleet, Ebony, Eccles, Eddington, Edenbridge, Egerton, Elham, Elmley, Elmstone, Elvington, Etchinghill, Ewell Minnis, Eynsford, Eythorne,
Fairbourne, Farningham, Farthingloe, Faversham Without, Faversham, Fawkham Green, Fawkham, Finberry, Finglesham, Five Oak Green, Flete, Folkestone, Fordcombe, Fordwich, Four Elms, Frindsbury Extra, Frindsbury, Frinsted, Frittenden, Frogham, Frogholt,
Garlinge, Gillingham, Godden Green, Godinton, Godmersham, Golden Green, Goodnestone, Goodnestone, Goudhurst, Graveney, Gravesend, Great Chart, Great Mongeham, Greatstone, Greenhill, Greenhithe, Groombridge, Grove Green, Guston,
Hackington, Hacklinge, Hadlow, Hales Place, Halfway Houses, Halling, Halstead, Ham, Hamstreet, Harbledown, Harrietsham, Hartley, Hartley, Hartlip, Harty, Harvel, Hastingleigh, Hawkenbury, Hawkenbury, Hawkhurst, Hawkinge, Hawley, Hawthorn, Headcorn, Heart's Delight, Hempstead, Herne Bay, Herne, Hernhill, Hersden, Hever, Hextable, High Brooms, High Halden, High Halstow, Higham, Highsted, Hildenborough, Hillborough, Hinxhill, Hoaden, Hoath, Hodsoll Street, Hollingbourne, Hoo St Werburgh, Hook Green, Horden, Horsmonden, Horton Kirby, Hothfield, Hougham, Hucking, Hunton, Hythe,
Ickham, Ide Hill, Ightham, Ivy Hatch, Isle of Grain, Istead Rise, Ivychurch, Iwade,
Kearsney, Kemsing, Kemsley, Kenardington, Kennington, Keycol, Kilndown, Kings Hill, Kingsdown, Kingsnorth, Kingston, Kingswood, Kit's Coty, Knockholt, Knowlton,
Lade, Ladingford, Lamberhurst, Langdon, Langley, Langton Green, Leaveland, Leeds, Leigh Green, Leigh, Lenham, Leybourne, Leysdown-on-Sea, Linton, Little Chart, Little Mongeham, Littlebourne, Littlestone-on-Sea, Longfield, Loose, Lordswood, Lower Halstow, Lower Hardres, Luddenham, Luddesdown , Lydd-on-Sea, Lydd, Lydden, Lyminge, Lympne, Lynsted,
Maidstone, Manston, Marden, Margate, Markbeech, Marley, Marley, Marsh Green, Marshborough, Marshside, Martin Mill, Martin, Matfield, Maxton, Meopham Green, Meopham, Mereworth, Mersham, Milebush, Milstead, Milton Regis, Minster, Minster, Mockbeggar, Molash, Monkton, Murston,
Nackington, Nettlestead Green, Nettlestead, New Ash Green, New Barn, New Romney, Newbarn, Newchurch, Newenden, Newingreen, Newington, Newington, Newington, Newnham, Newtown, Nonington, North Street, Northbourne, Northfleet Green, Northfleet, Norton Ash, Buckland, Norton,
Oad Street, Oare, Offham, Olantigh, Old Hawkinge, Old Romney, Orlestone, Ospringe, Otford, Otham, Otterden, Ottinge, Oversland,
Paddlesworth, Paddock Wood, Painters Ash, Painters Forstal, Palm Bay, Park, Park Farm, Park Wood, Park Wood, Patrixbourne, Pedlinge, Peene, Pembury, Penenden Heath, Penshurst , Petham, Pett Bottom, Pineham, Platt, Platts Heath, Plaxtol, Pluckley Thorne, Pluckley, Plucks Gutter, Pollhill, Postling, Preston,
Queenborough,
Rainham Mark, Rainham, Ramsgate, Reading Street, Reading Street, Reculver, Rhodes Minnis, Richborough, Ridley, Ringlestone (suburb), Ringlestone (hamlet), Ringwould, Ripple, River, Riverhead, Rochester, Rodmersham Green, Rolvenden Layne, Rolvenden, Rough Common, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Ruckinge, Rushenden, Rusthall, Ryarsh,
Saltwood, Sandgate, Sandhurst, Sandling, Sandway, Sandwich, Sarre, Seal Chart, Seal (including Stone Street), Sellindge, Selling, Sevenoaks Weald, Sevenoaks, Sevenscore, Sevington, Shadoxhurst, Shatterling, Sheerness, Sheldwich, Shellness, Shepherdswell, Shepway, Shipbourne, Shirkoak, Sholden, Shoreham, Shorne, Singleton, Singlewell, Sissinghurst, Sittingbourne, Small Hythe, Smarden, Smeeth, Snargate, Snave, Snodland, Snowdown, Sole Street, South Darenth, Southborough, Southfleet, Speldhurst, Springhead, St Margaret's at Cliffe, St Mary Hoo, St Mary in the Marsh, St Mary's Bay, St Mary's Island, St Mary's Platt, St Michaels, St Nicholas-at-Wade, St Peter's, Stalisfield, Stanford, Stanhope, Stansted, Staple, Staplehurst, Stelling Minnis, Stockbury, Stoke, Stone Chapel, Stone Cross, Stone in Oxney, Stone, Stonebridge Green, Stourmouth, Strood, Stubbs Cross, Stuppington, Sturry, Sundridge, Sutton Valence, Sutton, Sutton-at-Hone, Swale, Swalecliffe, Swanley Village, Swanley, Swanscombe, SwattendenSwingate,
Tankerton, Temple Ewell, Temple Hill, Tenterden, Teston, Teynham, Thanet, Thanington Without, Thong, Throwley, Thurnham, Tilmanstone, Tonbridge, Tonge, Tovil, Toys Hill, Trottiscliffe, Tunbridge Wells, Tunstall, Twydall, Tyler Hill,
Ulcombe, Underriver, Upchurch, Uplees, Upnor, Upper Harbledown, Upper Hardres,
Vigo,
Wainscott, Waldershare, Walderslade, Walmer, Waltham, Warden, Ware, Warehorne, Waterham, Wateringbury, Weavering, Well Hill, West Brabourne, West Farleigh, West Hythe, West Kingsdown, West Langdon, West Malling, West Peckham, West Studdal, Westbere, Westbrook, Westcliffe, Westenhanger, Westerham, Westgate-on-Sea, Westmarsh, Westwell Leacon, Westwell, Westwood, Whitehill, Whitfield, Whitstable, Wickhambreaux, Wigmore, Willesborough, Wilmington, Wincheap, Wingham, Wingmore, Wittersham, Womenswold, Woodchurch, Woodnesborough, Woolage Green, Woolage Village, Wootton, Wormshill, Worth, Wouldham, Wrotham Heath, Wrotham, Wye,
Yalding, Yorkletts,
ME postcode area
The ME postcode area, also known as the Rochester postcode area, is a group of twenty postcode districts around Medway in Kent, England, the letters in the postcode are derived from. The area is divided into eleven post towns and extends into the districts of Tonbridge and Malling, Swale, Gravesham and Maidstone, as well as all of Medway.
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:
List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom is divided by Royal Mail into postcode areas. The postcode area is the largest geographical unit used and forms the first characters of the alphanumeric UK postcode.
Each postcode area is divided into post towns and postcode districts. The London post town is instead divided into several postcode areas.
The single or pair of letters chosen for postcode areas are generally a mnemonic for the places served.
The Crown dependencies (which are not part of the United Kingdom) did not introduce postcodes until later, but use a similar coding scheme. They are separate postal authorities.
Glasgow, like London, was divided into compass districts: C, W, NW, N, E, SE, S, SW. When postcodes were introduced, these were mapped into the new "G" postcode: C1 became G1, W1 became G11, N1 became G21, E1 became G31, S1 became G41, SW1 became G51, and so on. As NW and SE had never been subdivided they became G20 and G40 respectively.
Norwich and Croydon were used for a postcode experiment in the late 1960s, which was replaced by the current system. The format was of the form NOR or CRO followed by two numbers and a letter, e.g. NOR 07A.
GIR 0AA is a postcode created for Girobank in Bootle.
The BF postcode area was introduced in 2012 to provide optional postcodes for British Forces Post Office addresses, for consistency with the layout of other UK addresses. It uses the national non-geographic post town "BFPO" and, as of 2012, the postcode district "BF1".
The non-geographic postcode area BX has been introduced for addresses which do not include a locality: this allows large organisations flexibility as to where they receive their mail.
Certain British overseas territories have postcodes:
These were introduced to prevent mail being sent to the wrong place, e.g., for St Helena to St Helens, Merseyside and Ascension Island to Asunción, Paraguay, and many on-line companies will not accept addresses lacking a postcode. Such mail is treated as international, not inland, so sufficient postage must be used.
Rudy Rotta
Rudy Rotta (14 October 1950 – 3 July 2017) was an Italian blues guitarist.
Rotta was born in Villadossola, Italy, but was raised in Lucerne, Switzerland where his family emigrated. He began his career in Switzerland at the age of 14, but eventually returned to Verona.
Over his career, he played with a number of well-known blues artists including Brian Auger, John Mayall, Robben Ford and Peter Green.
Rotta died on 3 July 2017 in Verona from pancreatic cancer, aged 66.
Donald Eugene "Gene" Conley (November 10, 1930 – July 4, 2017) was a Major League Baseball pitcher and basketball player of the NBA. He was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma.
Conley played 11 seasons from 1952 to 1963 for four different teams. Conley also played forward in the 1952–53 NBA season and from 1958 to 1964 for two teams in the National Basketball Association.
He was best known for being one of only two people (the other being Otto Graham–1946 NBL and AAFC Championship, plus three more AAFC and three NFL championships) to win championships in two of the four major American sports, one with the Milwaukee Braves in the 1957 World Series and three Boston Celtics championships from 1959–61.
Conley died in Foxborough, Massachusetts on July 4, 2017 at the age of 86.
Joachim Meisner