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# Mary White (textile designer)

Mary Lillian White later Mary Dening (22 January 1930 – 20 May 2020) was an English textile designer known for several iconic textile prints of the 1950s. Her designs were very popular and extensively copied in many 1950s homes, as well as in cabins aboard the RMS Queen Mary and at Heathrow Airport. She was also a commercial potter and ceramist, who in the 1960s founded Thanet Pottery, in partnership with her brother David White.

## Biography

White was born in 1930, in the town of Margate in Kent. She was trained as a textile designer and studied textile design at the Thanet School of Art and Crafts. She married Claude Irving Dening in January 1951 and often used her married name for commercial work.

### Textiles

Mary White enjoyed a reputation in the 1950s as one of the leading mid-century fabric, textile and pattern designers of the era. She was prolific in her design creation between 1950 until 1957. In the 1950s she worked as a textile designer contracted with the design studio of David Whitehead, which included other designers and artists such as John Barker, Afro Basaldella, Eileen Bell, Gerald Downes, J. Feldman, Barbara Pile, Humphrey Spender, Robert Tierney, Lisa Gronwall and Maj Nilsson. White was designing during the same period as British textile designer, Lucienne Day.
To create her designs White drew on the work of William Morris, images of flowers and of the countryside where she grew up and lived throughout her life. In turn her work has influenced leading fashion designers such as Mary Quant, Laura Ashley and Sir Terence Conran. White created hundreds of designs in her career, some of her most famous creations are Coppice, Cottage Garden and Zinnia which were best sellers in outlets such as Liberty and Heals. The design Cottage Garden was made available by Heals in 1955, at a price of 10s 9d per yard, coming onto the market at a time when a greater number of people than ever were accepting "contemporary" design.
White's Coppice patterned textile print was reproduced as a rug and sold in John Lewis as recently as 2010.
Examples of White's designs are held by several British museums including the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Warner Textile Archive in Essex and the Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester. White's textiles were used on the RMS Queen Mary ocean liner and, as curtains and coverings, at Heathrow Airport. White's design work is included in books on the subject of 1950s textile design, such as 20th Century Pattern Design (2002) by Lesley Jackson.

### Pottery

White was also involved in Thanet Pottery, having also studied pottery at Thanet School of Art and Crafts. Thanet Pottery was a collaboration between White (then using her married name of Dening) and her brother, David White. Thanet Pottery made hand painted slip cast earthenware pottery and their items were sold to High Street chains in the early 1960s.
Mary White was interviewed and included in the BBC One show The 1952 Show, Episode 2 which aired on 27 March 2012.
# Stokovna Kukja NaMa Skopje

Stokovna Kukja NaMa (Macedonian: Стоковна Куќа) is a department store built in 1960, it represents an early example of modernist architecture in North Macedonia. The building is centrally located in Macedonia Square, Skopje in the very heart of the city centre of Skopje. The building is a work of High modernism. The buildings facade was damaged by the reconstruction for Skopje 2014. It was designed by architect Slavko Brezoski prior to the 1963 Skopje earthquake.
# In the Vortex

In the Vortex (Russian: В водовороте, romanized: V vodovorote) is a novel by Alexey Pisemsky written in 1870 and first published in Beseda magazine's Nos. 1-6, 1871, issues. Initially dismissed by critics of the democratic camp as just another "anti-nihilist novel" (alongside Daniil Mordovtsev's Sign of the Times and Nikolai Bazhin's The History of One Community, both 1869) aimed at discrediting the revolutionary movement, later it came to be recognized as one of Pisemsky's most sophisticated works.
Lev Tolstoy praised In the Vortex for its compositional intricacy, while Nikolai Leskov considered it to be the best of Pisemsky's novels.
# George W. Ford

George W. Ford (c. 1844 – November 29, 1883) was an Irish soldier who fought in the American Civil War. Ford received the United States' highest award for bravery during combat the Medal of Honor, for his action during the Battle of Sayler's Creek in Virginia on 6 April 1865. He was honored with the award on 10 May 1865.

## Biography

Ford was born in Ireland in about 1844. He joined the 88th New York Infantry as a sergeant in September 1861. He was commissioned as a first lieutenant in July 1864, and mustered out with his regiment in June 1865. He was a companion of the New York Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States.
Ford died on 29 November 1883 and his remains are interred at the Calvary Cemetery in Woodside, New York.

## Medal of Honor citation

   The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to First Lieutenant (Infantry) George W. Ford, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 6 April 1865, while serving with Company E, 88th New York Infantry, in action at Deatonsville (Sailor's Creek), Virginia, for capture of flag.
# Sosnovskoye Rural Settlement, Leningrad Oblast

Sosnovskoye Rural Settlement (Russian: Сосновское сельское поселение) is an administrative and municipal division (a rural settlement) of Priozersky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia. Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Sosnovo. Population: 10,830 (2010 Census);
# Taisiya Bekbulatova

Taisiya Lvovna Bekbulatova (Russian: Таи́сия Льво́вна Бекбула́това) is a Russian journalist. In 2019 she founded her own on-line magazine Holod Media which won awards. In 2020 she was arrested on the same day as Ivan Safronov. She was labelled as a foreign agent in Russia and she moved herself and her fellow journalists out of Russia when "fake" news became illegal. In 2022 she was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women.

## Life

Bekbulatova studied journalism at Moscow State University. She was an intern at the Kommersant Russian daily newspaper in her fourth year. Her journalism professor, Lyudmila Resnyanskaya, encouraged her to be a political journalist.
In 2012 she began working as a correspondent for the politics department at Kommersant. In 2017 she became a special correspondent for the online publication Meduza, where she wrote and edited concerning both political and non-political subjects until 2019.
She launched her own on-line magazine Holod Media in 2019. The first major story was the coverage of her three month long investigation of a serial murderer and rapist who had evaded capture. Dmitry Lebed was a taxi driver from Abakan in the remote region of Khakassia and he had been arrested several times and then released to continue his crimes. Women who had survived his attacks were turned away by the police and denied justice and their ability to implicate him. The "Road to Askiz" story was published in August 2019 and it won Holod's first award from Redkollegia. She soon gathered a team of other journalists.
Russian officials who were investigating Ivan Safronov searched her home in July 2020. Safronov had been arrested on the same day because he was suspected of being a traitor. Pavel Chikov who had been contacted by her when the officials arrived said that she was taken in for questioning and her lawyer, Nikolai Vasilyev, was not allowed to be present. At the end of 2021 she was labelled as a foreign agent by the Russian Ministry of Justice and she moved to Tbilisi.
Her magazine published news about the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. In 2022 the Russian state passed new laws that made it illegal to publish "fake" news. Her journalists would face prison terms of up to fifteen years for infringing these laws. The Committee to Protect Journalists said that journalists were emigrating in "droves" to avoid the new censorship. Bekbulatova estimated that 150 had gone and about twelve of her staff had already left the country. She said that they were breaking contact with journalists who decided to stay in Russia to support their safety.
In 2022 the BBC included her with two other Russian women in their 100 Women. The BBC cited her coverage of women's rights and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. She was quoted saying "...And women's rights are usually the first to vanish."
# Henry T. Johns

Henry T. Johns (April 8, 1828 - May 13, 1906) was a Union Army soldier in the American Civil War who received the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.
Johns was born in Philadelphia on April 8, 1828. He joined the 49th Massachusetts Infantry from Hinsdale, Massachusetts in September 1862, and mustered out with this regiment one year later. He was commissioned as an officer of the 61st Massachusetts Infantry in September 1864, and mustered out with this regiment in June 1865.
Johns was awarded the Medal of Honor, for extraordinary heroism on May 27, 1863, while serving as a Private with Company C, 49th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, at Port Hudson, Louisiana. His Medal of Honor was issued on November 25, 1893. He died at the age of 78, on May 13, 1906, and was buried at the Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, California.

## Medal of Honor citation

   The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Private Henry T. Johns, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 27 May 1863, while serving with Company C, 49th Massachusetts Infantry, in action at Port Hudson, Louisiana. Private Johns volunteered in response to a call and took part in the movement that was made upon the enemy's works under a heavy fire there from in advance of the general assault.
# BC Centre of Excellence

The "Champs International Skating Centre of British Columbia" (formerly known as the 'BC Centre of Excellence') is one of two major figure skating training centers in Canada. Located in Burnaby, British Columbia, it is home to many great national and international skaters. The programs there are overseen by a staff, including Joanne McLeod, who coaches 3-time Canadian men's national champion Emanuel Sandhu; Bruno Marcotte, who competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics; Victor Kraatz, the 2003 World Champion in ice dancing, and Maikki Uotila, who was a national champion in Finland. The center operates out of Canlan Ice Sports Burnaby 8 Rinks. Notable skaters who train there include Emanuel Sandhu, Mira Leung, Allie Hann-McCurdy & Michael Coreno, Jessica Millar & Ian Moram, Jeremy Ten, and Kevin Reynolds. This skating school is sometimes known as a training site for international competitors to practice for competitions in Vancouver. Champs International hosts its annual competition known as the BC/YK SummerSkate Competition every August.
# Seyyed Khan

Seyyed Khan (Persian: سيدخان) may refer to either of two villages in Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran:
* Seyyed Khan, Jahanabad
* Seyyed Khan, Qorqori
# Qalehchi

Qalehchi (Persian: قلعه چي), also rendered as Qalachi, may refer to:
* Qalehchi, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari
* Qalehchi-ye Bala, Markazi Province
* Qalehchi-ye Pain, Markazi Province
* Qalachi, alternate name of Kalleh-ye Nahr Mian, Markazi Province
# Aleksey Bortkov

Aleksey Aleksandrovich Bortkov Russian: Алексей Александрович Бортков, born (1976-07-26)26 July 1976 in Irkutsk) is a Russian weightlifter. He competed in the 62 kg category and represented Russia at international competitions. He participated at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the 62 kg event.

## Major results

| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank |
| Year | Venue | Weight | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Summer Olympics |||||||||||||
| 2000 | Sydney, Australia | 62 kg | 130 | 130 | 130 | — | --- | --- | --- | — | 0 | --- |
# Jangal, Tajikistan

Jangal (Tajik: Ҷангал) is a village in north-west Tajikistan, part of the city of Panjakent in Sughd Region. It is a western suburb of Panjakent, located on the river Zeravshan on the border with Uzbekistan. It lies on the road from Panjakent to Samarkand.
The economy is primarily based on fishing and using the resources of the river.
# Nuora

The Nuora (Russian: Нуора; Yakut: Нуора) is a river in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia, a right tributary of the Tumara, of the Aldan basin, part of the Lena basin. It has a length of 110 kilometres (68 mi) and a drainage basin area of 3,120 square kilometres (1,200 sq mi).
The Nuora flows across an area of the Kobyaysky District that is wholly mountainous and desolate. Segyan-Kyuyol village, the closest inhabited place, lies to the south of its confluence with the Tumara. The river is a destination for rafting. The name of the river comes from the Yakut language.

## Course

The Nuora is a mountain river that originates south of the Arctic Circle near the Arkachan Plateau, central part of the southern Verkhoyansk Range. In the uppermost stretch of its course the river flows southwards. As it meets the Kelter Range, it bends roughly southeastwards, flowing below the northeastern slopes of the range within a deep valley. Finally the Nuora meets the right bank of the Tumara River, a little upstream from where it cuts southwards across the Kelter Range, 146 kilometres (91 mi) from its mouth in the Aldan.
The Nuora has numerous tributaries that are longer than 10 km (6.2 mi). The longest are the 27 km (17 mi) long Kelter, the 34 km (21 mi) long Burgavli and the 34 km (21 mi) long Munilchan from the right and the 20 km (12 mi) long Taal from the left.

## Fauna

In the same manner as the upper course of the neighboring Tumara, the Nuora has fast-flowing clear waters fed by rain and snow. Taimen, lenok, whitefish, grayling, pike, ide and perch are found in the waters of the river.
# Diplogrammus goramensis

Diplogrammus goramensis, or Goram dragonet is a species of tropical marine fish in the dragonet family, Callionymidae. It is native to the western Pacific Ocean from China to Fiji.

## Description

A small fish, with maximum recorded size of about 6 cm. There is a longitudinal fold of skin along the side below the lateral line, and the operculum has a free flap of skin. In Males the first dorsal spine is an elongated filament. The head has brown bars and blue vertical lines. The sides are brown mottled irregularly with white and have brown bars that extend to the belly. The first dorsal fin has oblique bands and the other fins are mottled with brown and white spots.

## Distribution

China to Fiji.

## Habitat

This is a species which is associated with reefs and occurs in a depth range of 5–40 metres (16–131 ft).
# Mikhlif Alshammari

Mikhlif Alshammari (Arabic: مخلف الشمري; born 21 February 1955) is a Saudi Arabian Sunni writer and human rights activist. He was sanctioned on several occasions by the Saudi government for his pro-Shia sympathy. He was born in Baq'a, Ha'il.

## Education

Alshammari holds a BBA in Business Administration from Armstrong College (California), Berkeley, California, United States 1987. SPM 2003.

## Work experience

Mikhlif Alshammari was one of the leaders of the Shammar tribe. He was a writer and critic for several Saudi newspapers. After being banned from writing, he continued to publish his articles on the internet.
He was well known as a human rights defender and advocate of reforming democracy. Also, he was one of the promoters to unite the Sunni with the Shiites under one umbrella. He was trusted by international organizations like by Human Rights Watch, Human Rights Council, Front Line Defenders, Amnesty International and ALKarama HR Org. He was self-employed as a director of his own contracting company "DAHAMCO".
In 2007, Mr. Alshammari’s company went bankrupt as a result of his arrest without charge by the General Investigation in Dammam. After he was released from that arbitrary detention and tasted the injustice, he changed his career totally. He became a human rights defender and worked a full-time human right defender to help oppressed people, men and women, Saudis and non-Saudis at all levels.
Due to his activities and his writings, Alshammari was detained three times in four years. The last arrest took place on 15 June 2010, accused of "annoying others."
In 2013, he was sentenced to five years in prison for exposing human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia.
In 2015, he was sentenced to two years in prison and 200 lashes for "associating with Shia Muslims".

## Activities

* Founder of Environment's Friends organization in the Eastern Province.
* Founder and Chairman of Shammar Tribe Board in the Eastern Province.
* Was invited as an independents activist by the High Commissioner to the United Nations to report on the status of women in Saudi Arabia.
* Attended several human rights training workshops.
* Arranged and participated in the first Friday prayer between Shiites and Sunnis in Qatif area.
* Worked to resolve many family and tribal disputes including the revenge disputes.

## Memberships

* Member and collaborator with the Saudi Human Rights Commission (until his latest arrest)
* An active member of the National Family Safety Program, Riyadh
* Member of WHO's WHO OF professional international
* Member of the Saudi Management Association
* Member of the Saudi Cancer Society

## Awards

* Shield trophy from the Forum Dialogue between different Cultures
* Shield trophy of trust from "Shammar" Tribe
# Zoran Alimpić

Zoran Alimpić (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Алимпић; born 20 October 1965) is the former chairman of the Assembly of the City of Belgrade.
He was born in Pančevo. He has lived in Belgrade since 1968, where he finished primary school, secondary architectural-engineering school, and Faculty of Forestry at the University of Belgrade.
After the Mayor of Belgrade, Nenad Bogdanović, died in September 2007, Zoran Alimpić served as the acting mayor until the election of Dragan Đilas.
He was a councilor of the Municipal Assembly of Čukarica in three terms, from 1994 to 2004 and has been a councilor of the City of Belgrade Assembly since 1996. He was the chairman of the Municipal Assembly of Čukarica in two terms – from 1997 to November 2004. Since July 2004 he has been a Member of the National Assembly of Serbia. He is currently a councilor of the Assembly of the City of Belgrade.
He is currently the Deputy Chairman of the City Board of the Democratic Party.
# The Battered Bastards of Baseball

The Battered Bastards of Baseball is a 2014 documentary film about the Portland Mavericks, a defunct minor league baseball team in Portland, Oregon. They played five seasons in the Class A-Short Season Northwest League, from 1973 through 1977. Owned by actor Bing Russell, the Mavericks were an independent team, without the affiliation of a parent team in the major leagues. The title is from a line in Jim Bouton's 1970 book Ball Four: "Us battered bastards of baseball are the biggest customers of the U.S. Post Office, forwarding-address department."

## Development

The film was directed by Chapman Way and Maclain Way, grandsons of Russell, and features Russell's son Kurt Russell, who played for the Mavericks and worked as a vice president. It also includes batboy Todd Field, Frank "The Flake" Peters, Joe Garza, Jim Bouton, and Joe Garagiola. The film premiered to a standing ovation at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2014. Netflix, initially one of several interested buyers, acquired the rights to the film and premiered it as an Original Documentary on July 11, 2014.
After a bidding war between Fox Searchlight, Columbia Pictures, and DreamWorks, filmmaker Justin Lin acquired the rights to adapt the documentary into a feature film. Oscar-nominated Field was attached to write and direct the adaptation.

## Reception

The Battered Bastards of Baseball received positive reviews from critics and has a score of 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Scott Foundas of Variety, said in his review that "So rife with underdog victors and hairpin twists of fortune that, if it weren't all true, no one would believe it." Duane Byrge in his review for The Hollywood Reporter praised the film by saying that "The Battered Bastards of Baseball is not just about baseball. It transcends the game and is a charming anti-establishment yarn that should delight audiences who don't even know an RBI from a balk."
Dustin Krcatovich, from Esquire, wrote "easily one of the most raucously entertaining films to come out this year, and the best sports documentary in a while." Katie Walsh of Indiewire graded the film B+ by saying that "The Batterered Bastards of Baseball is an entertaining celebration of the independent spirit and the love of the game."
The New York Daily News listed the documentary as one of the 10 best films of 2014.
# MS Veendam

MS Veendam is a cruise ship operated by Holland America Line from 1996 to 2020 and named after the municipality of Veendam in the Netherlands. In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the vessel was sold to Seajets, Greece, renamed Aegean Majesty, and has remained laid up.

## Holland America Line

Veendam was the fourth S-class/Statendam-class ship, ordered following the success of her three sister ships. Her keel was laid by Fincantieri as Hull Number 5954 in 1994. The ship was launched on 24 June 1995 and completed in May 1996. Actress Debbie Reynolds became the ship's godmother, and sailed on her maiden voyage on 15 May 1996. The ship was the fourth Holland America Line ship to be named after the town of Veendam, Netherlands. Her registered owner was Wind Surf Ltd, and she was registered at Nassau, Bahamas.
Veendam was transferred to the Netherlands flag in 2006 and to the ownership of HAL Nederland NV, Rotterdam, continuing under Holland America operation. In April 2009, the ship underwent dry dock renovations at Grand Bahama Shipyard in Freeport, Grand Bahama which included significant changes to her stern. Two new decks of verandah accommodation were added which necessitated the removal of a portion of her upper decks, and the bridge wings were extended. To structurally support the resulting change in weight, a ducktail was added to her hull.
During winter months Veendam operated from South American ports and, during the summer season, sailed from New York.
On 25 January 2015, Veendam was called by the United States Coast Guard to rescue a pilot who had ditched his plane after experiencing a mechanical failure 225 nautical miles (417 km; 259 mi) from the coast of Maui, Hawaii. Coordinating with the U.S. Coast Guard, Veendam launched Lifeboat 2 in a successful rescue operation.

## Later history

The ship was sold in July 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, to Greek ferry operator Seajets along with sistership Maasdam. After delivery in Katakolon, Greece in August, Veendam was renamed Aegean Majesty by registered owner Mediterranean Dream Inc, reflagged from Netherlands to Bermuda, and berthed at Corinth. In the early morning of 7 November 2020, in strong winds, the ship broke its moorings in Corinth and grounded on a sandbank in the harbour. Two days later she was refloated, undamaged.
# Carol Klimpel

Carol Klimpel (born March 30, 1963) is a female former freestyle swimmer from Canada, who was chosen to represent her native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, but did not participate because of the United States-led boycott. She did compete at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, and won a silver medal at the 1979 Pan American Games with the women's relay team. At the 1978 Commonwealth Games, she won gold medals in the 100-metre freestyle and 4×100-metre freestyle and 4×100-metre medley relays.
In 2019 Klimpel and her husband John appeared on the home show Property Brothers featuring their purchase and remodelling of a lakefront house on Old Hickory Lake near Nashville, Tennessee.
# Qeshlaq-e Khalillu

Qeshlaq-e Khalillu or Qeshlaq-e Khalilu (Persian: قشلاق خليل لو) may refer to:
* Qeshlaq-e Khalillu Aziz
* Qeshlaq-e Khalillu Gholam
* Qeshlaq-e Khalilu Heydar