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# Jiang Kun (comedian)

Jiang Kun (Chinese: 姜昆; pinyin: Jiāng Kūn; born October 19, 1950) is a Chinese comedian, specializing in the xiangsheng trade. A native of Beijing, he was a disciple of another renowned comedian, Ma Ji. Jiang Kun currently acts as deputy chairman of the Association of Chinese Folk Art.

## Biography

Jiang was born in Beijing, on 19 October 1950. His grandfather Jiang Zongli (姜宗礼) was born in Yantai, Shandong. In order to escape famine, he came to Beijing and set up a steamed bread shop. Later he opened a restaurant called "Tong Fu Zhai" (同福斋). Jiang's father Jiang Zuyu (姜祖禹; 1924–1989) was a calligrapher, he studied calligraphy under Zhang Boying (张伯英) and Hua Shikui (华世奎). Jiang Kun has two uncles and one sister, Jiang Zuming (姜祖明), Jiang Zuyuan (姜祖元) and Jiang Shuzhen (姜淑珍).
In 1976, he was transferred to the Central Radio Broadcasting Backstage Rap Group, whilst studying under Ma Ji. In 1985, Jiang Kun was elected vice-chairman of the Chinese Ballad Singers Association. In the same year, he replaced his mentor Ma Ji, and took on the duties as the Head of the China Radio Broadcasting Rap Group, and was also elected a member of the Standing Committee of the China Youth Federation. In recent years, Kun has been a regular performer on prominent events such as the CCTV New Year's Gala, the largest annual television event in the world (by viewership).

## Personal life

Jiang married Li Jingmin (Chinese: 李静民), the couple has a daughter named Jiang Shan (Chinese: 姜珊; born 1979).

## Famous works

* "Drunken"
* "Injections"
* "Anxious"
* "Learning to sing"
* "Elevators Adventure"
* "Poetry and Love"
* "So Camera"
* "I am a little dizzy"
* "Big News"
* "Best Network"

## Awards

On February 11, 2007, Jiang Kun was awarded the World Outstanding Chinese Award.

## Filmography

He has starred in the 2008 Chinese documentary, "震撼世界的七日" (loosely translated as The World Shook in 7 Days).
* The Galaxy on Earth (2014)
# Grevillea confertifolia

Grevillea confertifolia, commonly known as Grampians grevillea or dense-leaf grevillea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the Grampians in Victoria, Australia. It is a spreading, often dense shrub with linear to narrowly oblong leaves, and reddish-purple flowers.

## Description

Grevillea confertifolia is a spreading, often dense shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in). Its leaves are linear to narrowly oblong, 10–45 mm (0.39–1.77 in) long and 0.7–2.0 mm (0.028–0.079 in) wide with the edges turned down or rolled under, obscuring all but the mid-vein on the lower surface. The flowers are usually arranged in groups of more than thirty on the ends of branchlets and are reddish-purple, the pistil 10.5–12.5 mm (0.41–0.49 in) long with a pink to reddish-mauve style. Flowering occurs from August to December and the fruit is a glabrous, oblong follicle 11–12 mm (0.43–0.47 in) long.

## Taxonomy

Grevillea confertifolia was first formally described in 1854 by Ferdinand von Mueller in Transactions of the Philosophical Society of Victoria from specimens collected between the summit of Mount William and rocky ridges towards Mount Zero. The specific epithet (confertifolia) means "crowded-leaved".

## Distribution and habitat

Grampians grevillea grows on rocky sites in woodland, or the shrub layer near streams, and is endemic to the Grampians Range in Victoria.

## Conservation status

The species is listed as "endangered" in Victoria under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 and as "rare" in the Victorian Government Department of Environment and Primary Industries "List of rare or threatened plants in Victoria - 2014".

## Use in horticulture

Grevillea confertifolia is commercially available, can be grown in a variety of soil types, is frost-tolerant and drought-tolerant when established. It can be propagated from seed or from semi-hardwood cuttings using rooting hormone solution.
# Royal Canadian Air Force Academy

The Royal Canadian Air Force Academy (RCAF A, French: École de l'Aviation royale canadienne) is a Canadian Forces training establishment for non-commissioned members who serve with units of the Royal Canadian Air Force. Based at CFB Borden in central Ontario, it is a unit of the RCAF's 16 Wing. It also reports to the 2 Canadian Air Division, which is itself dedicated to the training of RCAF personnel. The RCAF A has five training flights in Borden as well as one flight in a detachment within Camp Aldershot, Nova Scotia.
The RCAF A consists of more than 1,800 students who led by an administrative team consisting of approximately 50 regular force, reserve force, and civilian personnel. The school itself is currently (2024) headed by Lieutenant-Colonel Tan Nguyen and Chief Warrant Officer Fred Nolin.
In the early 1990s, the Canadian Forces Air Command became interested in establishing educational facilities to enhance its effectiveness in commissioning officers. As a result, three Junior Leadership schools based in Summerside, Prince Edward Island and Penhold, Alberta were closed and reassigned to the Air Command Professional Development and Training Centre (ACPDTC) in Borden, Ontario. The RCAF Academy began its operations in renovated post-World War II barracks. In addition, the Air Force Indoctrination School Detachment in St-Jean, Quebec, as well as the Canadian Forces School of Air Reserve Training in Penhold also saw their cadets move to Borden. The ACPDTC was officially opened in 1994, and was renamed the Air Command Academy in October 2004.
The motto of the RCAF A is Discimus ducere (Latin for 'Learn to lead').

## Academy crest

In 1994, the ACPDTC adopted the crest of the former Junior Leader School (JLS) Penhold. It was retained by the unit when it was renamed to the RCAF Academy in 2004. The eagle on a blue field is significant of the Junior Leader School's affiliation with RCAF. The rising sun represents the new horizons and goals attainable by the student, which lead to a brighter future.
# Historia Argentina

Historia Argentina (in English, History of Argentina) in an encyclopedia of three volumes by Diego Abad de Santillán, published in 1965 by TEA (Tipográfica Editora Argentina).

## Content

The encyclopedia is devoted to the history of Argentina. The first chapters, however, talk about the origin of the human race, the early migrations that populated America, the Pre-Columbian populations in modern Argentina, and the voyages of Christopher Columbus to América.
History of Argentina itself begins to be narrated from the discovery of the Río de la Plata by Juan Díaz de Solís, and follows to the sanction of the Sáenz Peña Law and the first presidential mandate of Hipólito Yrigoyen.
# Charles Donckier de Donceel

Charles Donckier de Donceel (1802 in Chératte, Liège – 29 June 1888, in Brussels) was a Belgian entomologist mainly interested in Lepidoptera. He wrote (1882) Catalogue des Lépidoptères de Belgique. Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique 26: 5-161 and many short papers on insects in the same journal. He was a Member of the Royal Belgian Entomological Society.
Donckier de Donceel was born at Chératte near Liege. He collected extensively from the region of Huy and was particularly interested in the Lepidoptera which had been neglected in that region.

## Family

Charles' son, Henri Donckier de Donceel (3 March 1854, in Liège – 24 October 1926, in Paris), was also an entomologist, an insect dealer in Paris, and a member of the Société entomologique de France. He was mainly interested in Coleoptera, but also published some studies on Lepidoptera and Hymenoptera.
# Lagoão

Lagoão is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. As of 2020, the estimated population was 6,461.
# Julian Alfred Steyermark

Julian Alfred Steyermark (January 27, 1909 – October 15, 1988) was a Venezuelan American botanist. His focus was on New World vegetation, and he specialized in the family Rubiaceae.

## Life and work

Julian Alfred Steyermark was born in St. Louis, Missouri as the only child of the businessman Leo L. Steyermark and Mamie I. Steyermark (née Isaacs). He studied at the Henry Shaw School of Botany at Washington University in St. Louis, where he completed his Ph.D. in 1933. His distinguished career included the Field Museum of Chicago, the Instituto Botánico of Caracas, and he was with the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis from 1984 until his death. Steyermark's major works were his Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana, Flora of Missouri, and his Flora of Guatemala.
During his life, Steyermark collected over 130,000 plants in twenty-six countries, which earned him an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records. He made the initial descriptions of 2,392 taxa of plants, including one family, 38 genera, and 1,864 species.
The standard author abbreviation Steyerm. is used to indicate Steyermark when citing a botanical name.

## Honours

Julian Alfred Steyermark is honoured in several genera of South American plants;
* Steyermarkina is a genus of plants within the Asteraceae family,
* Steyermarkochloa is a genus of plants in the Poaceae family.
* Steyerbromelia in the family Bromeliaceae, published also in 1987,
* Steyermarkia (in the family Rubiaceae) was also named in his honor in 1940.
* Stanmarkia published in 1993, which is a genus of flowering plants from Mexico and Guatemala, belonging to the family Melastomataceae. The name also honours another American botanist Paul Carpenter Standley (1884–1963).
Steyermark is also commemorated in the scientific name of a species of South American snake, Atractus steyermarki.

## Major works

* Flora of Missouri (1963) Ames, Iowa: The Iowa State University Press. ISBN 0-8138-0655-0.
* Bromeliaceae of Venezuela with Francisco Oliva-Esteva (1987) Caracas, Venezuela: Graficas Armitano, C. A. ISBN 978-980-216-020-4
# Mikheil Babunashvili

Mikheil Babunashvili (Georgian: მიხეილ ბაბუნაშვილი; born 31 May 1996) is a Georgian rugby union player who plays as a lock and flanker for Black Lion and RC Aia Kutaisi.

## Club career
### RC Aia Kutaisi

He began playing at Aia Kutaisi as a kid, where his father Guga Babunashvili, who was also a Georgian International, played. After for playing for Tarbes Pyrénées Espoirs in France, Babunashvili moved back to his home town to play for Aia Kutaisi in the Didi 10.

### Black Lion

He was named in the initial Black Lion squad for the inaugural Rugby Europe Super Cup. In the following season he was named in the Team of the Pool Phase.

## International career
### Georgia under-20

He helped Georgia under-20 earn promotion to the 2016 World Rugby U20 Championship, winning the 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy, starting and scoring in the final against Canada.

### Georgia

He made his debut against Portugal, starting in a 23–14 win. He was called up to the Georgia squad for the 2023 Rugby World Cup replacing Lasha Jaiani due a knee injury. However Babunashvili never featured in the competition. In the 2024 Rugby Europe Championship he was nominated for the Player of the Pool Stage.

## Honors
### Georgia under-20

* World Rugby U20 Trophy
** Champions: (1) 2015

### Georgia

* Rugby Europe Championship
** Champions: (2) 2023, 2024

### RC Aia Kutaisi

* Didi 10
** Champions: (2) 2020–21, 2023–24
** Runners up: (1) 2017–18

### Black Lion

* Rugby Europe Super Cup
** Champions: (3) 2021–22, 2022, 2023
# Micropolix

Micropolix is a privately held Spanish family entertainment center company currently operating in San Sebastian de los Reyes, Madrid, based one edutainment (education + entertainment). It's main attractiveness is that Micropolix presents kids the opportunity to play and learn how to be adults, playing different activities based on values and allowing them to work in adult jobs and earn currency to then be able to play other activities and learn about them too. Micropolix has received more than 2.5 million guests since its opening, making it the most well known edutainment brand in Spain.

## Overview

Every Micropolix is themed as a child-sized replica of a real city, including buildings, shops and theaters, as well as vehicles and pedestrians moving along its streets. In this city, children aged 4 through 16, work in branded activities from retail El Corte Ingles, investigating in a I+D*i food lab Pascual or even learning how to be a responsible driver at Renault circuit. More than 40 different activities counting on one hundred roles. The children earn Eurix (Micropolix’s currency) while performing the tasks, and the money is kept in the Micropolix bank for children to spend on the activities.
Four years after its opening more than 2.5 million visitors had visited the site. Along these years Micropolix has been featured in many print and TV media, spotlighting its blending of creativity, entrepreneurship and education.

## History

Micropolix was created and developed by Spanish entrepreneur Joe L. Garrigo, starting operations in December 2008 after several years of ardouos design, development and preparation. He was its main designer and General Creative Director until he divested from the company to start news projects in 2012.

## Awards and recognition

Micropolix has been awarded from various organizations that -aware of their uniqueness- have highlighting its educational values: "Childhood 2009 Award"; "Protagonist of Education 2012 Award".
# Arturo Boiocchi

Arturo Boiocchi (Italian pronunciation:; 7 October 1888 – 1964) was an Italian professional footballer who played as a striker.
At club level he played for U.S. Milanese for 15 years.
At international level he played in the first ever game of the Italy national football team on 15 May 1910, against France.
# Magic Shell

Magic Shell is a dessert product produced by Smucker’s in the US, originally created as Ice Magic by Cottee's in Australia, and sold in the UK as Bird's Ice Magic. It is a syrup that quickly hardens into a crispy shell when poured onto a cold surface, which is the origin of the product's name. The syrup is primarily designed for use on ice cream. It comes in several flavors, including chocolate, caramel, chocolate fudge, cupcake, cherry, and smores in addition to two unique flavours—One with chocolate, caramel, and pecans, which the company calls "Turtle Delight", and a flavor based upon the candy bars Twix, Hershey's, and Reese's. Cherry flavored magic shell has been discontinued.

## History

In Australia, where the product was first invented, it is made by Cottee's and called Ice Magic. It is sold in chocolate, mint chocolate, honeycomb chocolate, and strawberry flavors. It is not to be stored in a refrigerator, as it may harden and will not pour.
In the UK, the product was available as Bird's Ice Magic.
The "shell" effect in Magic Shell is due to the presence of coconut oil and sunflower oil, both of which contain high amounts of saturated fat, and sugar, which produces a chocolate mixture which is solid at higher temperatures than would otherwise be the case with normal ice cream topping.
# Ontario Federation of Labour

The Ontario Federation of Labour is a federation of labour unions in the Canadian province of Ontario. The original OFL was established by the Canadian Congress of Labour in 1944. It was merged with the rival Ontario Provincial Federation of Labour in 1957 (now considered the modern OFL's founding date), one year after the merger of the CCL and the Trades and Labour Congress (the OPFL's parent federation). It is now the provincial federation of the Canadian Labour Congress.
Elroy Robson was the original OFL's first president and William Sefton was its first secretary-treasurer. Policy conventions are held every two years. Today, the federation represents 54 unions and a million workers who belong to its affiliated trade unions.

## Officers of the OFL since 1957
### Presidents

* Cleve Kidd (1957–1958)
* David Archer (1958–1976)
* Cliff Pilkey (1976–1986)
* Gord Wilson (1986–1997)
* Wayne Samuelson (1997–2009)
* Sid Ryan (2009–2015)
* Chris Buckley (2015–2019)
* Patty Coates (2019–2023)
* Laura Walton (2023 - present)

### Secretary-Treasurer

* Douglas Hamilton (1957–1970)
* Terry Meagher (1970–1984)
* Wally Majesky (1984–1986)
* Sean O'Flynn (1986–1988)
* Julie Davis (1988–1995)
* Ethel Birkett-LaValley (1995–2005)
* Irene Harris (2005–2009)
* Marie Kelly (2009–2011)
* Nancy Hutchison (2011–2015)
* Patty Coates (2015-2019)
* Ahmad Gaied (2019–present)

### Executive Vice-Presidents

* Julie Davis (1986–1988)
* Ken Signoretti (1988–1997)
* Irene Harris (1997–2005)
* Terry Downey (2005–2011)
* Irwin Nanda (2011–2015)
* Ahmad Gaied (2015-2019)
* Janice Folk-Dawson (2019–2023)
* Jackie Taylor (2023 - present)

## Campaigns

The OFL's primarily helps coordinate and support labour actions, strikes, and bargaining of Ontario's labour unions. Where the law impedes this work the OFL has historically campaigned to have such legislation repealed. Where the law is lacking, the OFL has historically campaigned for new legislation to be introduced. The following are some of the campaigns the OFL has run since establishment:
* Campaign challenging the provincial Judicature Act (1965)
* Day of protest challenging Pierre Trudeau's use of federal powers to interfere in collective bargaining (1976)
* I Care About Medicare (1979)
* Ontario Can Work (1980)
* Affirmative Action, Equal Pay, Pay Equity, Employment Equity (1980-1990)
* New ERA (Economic Recovery Alternative) (1982)
* Scrap Bill 162 (1987)
* A Job To Die For (1990s)
* Positive Space (1999)
* Keep Your Promises, Dalton (2004)
* Jobs Worth Fighting For (2005)
# Fenton and surrounds

Fenton and surrounds is a heritage-listed house at 8 Albert Street, Edgecliff, Municipality of Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia. The house was designed by Robin Dods in 1919. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. The property is privately owned.

## History

The site was originally part of the Orielton Estate, which had been built in Edgecliff in the 1860s. Following subdivision in 1918, Dods purchased the largest of the 4 allotments and built his most important house. It drew on his years of practice and, as his own house, it was presumably an opportunity to realise much more of his vision. Whether Dods knew Fenton would be his last house is uncertain, but during its construction he became progressively weaker and eventually, around the time of its completion, had ceased work altogether. The home was passed down to Dod's son and pioneering Australian pediatrician, Sir Lorimer Fenton Dods.

## Heritage listing

Fenton and surrounds was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.

## Description

Fenton is set on 1,410 square metres (15,177 sq ft). Situated down a long brick paved driveway planted with tall Cypress pines, the drive opens into a walled garden. The home sits modestly elevated on sandstone dressings, with a recessed entrance porch framed by simple columns. The main entrance door sits between elegant carved jambs with sidelights and an elaborate leaded fanlight of Georgian derivation above.
# Armand Berton (politician)

Armand Berton (12 March 1859, Genté - 4 March 1916, Crozant, Creuse) was a French politician.
Initially working as an avoué, he then became a farmer in Crozant. A militant radical, he edited the journal La Creuse radicale. He was mayor of Crozant and conseiller d'arrondissement before becoming deputy for Creuse between 1898 and 1902 with the radical-socialist grouping. Beaten in 1902, he became president of the tribunal de première instance in Vigan, then in Tournon and Ancenis.

## Sources

* "Armand Berton", in Dictionnaire des parlementaires français (1889-1940), Jean Jolly (ed.), PUF, 1960
* ↑ Bertrand, Alphonse (1899). La chambre des députés: 1898-1902 : biographie des 581 députés (in French). May. p. 115. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
* ↑ "Armand, Oscar Berton - Base de données des députés français depuis 1789 - Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
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# Curtis P. Smith

Curtis Pendleton Smith (October 21, 1863 – February 20, 1919), attorney and civic leader, was mayor of Dallas, Texas, in 1917–19.

## Biography

Curtis Pendleton Smith was born October 21, 1863, in Vincennes, Indiana, to Dr. Hubbard Madison Smith and Nannie Willis Pendleton. He married Anna Elizabeth Renick, daughter of William H and Martha Renick on October 9, 1891, in Bourbon County, Kentucky. They had one son: William Renick Smith
C. P. Smith came to Dallas in 1887 where he practice law. His civic involvement included service on the school board, as assistant city attorney, as a member of the board of aldermen, and as judge of the city court. He resigned the judgeship to run for mayor in 1906. During his term as office modern street paving began.
He wrote Texas notarial manual and form book: A handy manual for notaries public, conveyancers, banks, business men and attorneys in the state of Texas and other books. He was a Mason, Odd Fellow and a member of Delta Tau Delta.
He died February 20, 1919, in Dallas, Texas and was interred at the Paris Cemetery, Paris, Kentucky.
# Shahrak-e Vazireh

Shahrak-e Vazireh (Persian: شهرك وزيره, also Romanized as Shahrak-e Vazīreh) is a village in Rizab Rural District, Qatruyeh District, Neyriz County, Fars province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 685, in 172 families.
# Edward A. Grouby Jr.

Edward Arthur Grouby Jr. (November 22, 1927 – January 2, 2020) was an American politician from the state of Alabama.

## Personal life

Edward Jr was born on November 22, 1927. He was the son of judge and state representative Edward Arthur Grouby Sr. and Rose Saunders Grouby. He graduated from Troy State University, and attended the University of Alabama for graduate school. He was a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy, and after retiring from the Navy he joined the family business, Grouby Furniture Company. Edward Jr died on January 2, 2020. He was 92 years old.

## Political career

He served in the Alabama House of Representatives from 1978 to 1990, losing renomination in 1990.

## Electoral history

Source:
1990 Alabama 71st District State Representative Democratic Primary Runoff
* Horace W. Powell (D) 52.0%
* Edward A. Grouby Jr. (D) (inc.) 48.0%
1990 Alabama 71st District State Representative Democratic Primary
* Horace W. Powell (D) 45.2%
* Edward A. Grouby Jr. (D) (inc.) 41.4%
* Ray Watson (D) 13.4%
1990 Alabama 71st District State Representative Democratic Primary Runoff (result thrown out)
* Horace W. Powell (D) 50.1%
* Edward A. Grouby Jr. (D) (inc.) 49.9%
1990 Alabama 71st District State Representative Democratic Primary (result thrown out)
* Edward A. Grouby Jr. (D) (inc.) 42.3%
* Horace W. Powell (D) 28.6%
* Ray Watson (D) 16.6%
* Gene Hall (D) 12.5%
1986 Alabama 71st District State Representative General Election
* Edward A. Grouby Jr. (D) (inc.) 66.0%
* Frank Thiemong (R) 34.0%
1986 Alabama 71st District State Representative Democratic Primary
* Edward A. Grouby Jr. (D) (inc.) 72.7%
* Ballard B. Wainwright (D) 27.3%
1983 Alabama 71st District State Representative General Election
* Edward A. Grouby Jr. (D) (inc.) 49.2%
* Jack Crawford (I) 24.3%
* Paul McNeese (R) 21.6%
* Mack M. Wainwright Jr. (I) 5.3%
1982 Alabama 82nd District State Representative General Election
* Edward A. Grouby Jr. (D) (inc.) 100.0%
1982 Alabama 82nd District State Representative Democratic Primary
* Edward A. Grouby Jr. (D) (inc.) 50.5%
* Phillip Wood (D) 32.3%
* William T. Carter (D) 17.2%
1978 Alabama 82nd District State Representative General Election
* Edward A. Grouby Jr. (D) 100.0%
1978 Alabama 82nd District State Representative Democratic Primary
* Edward A. Grouby Jr. (D) 54.4%
* James J. Plaster (D) (inc.) 45.6%