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# Arpraziquantel

Arpraziquantel ((R)-praziquantel) is the eutomer (the biologically active enantiomer) of praziquantel, and is a medication which is currently under investigation for the treatment of schistosomiasis in young children since it has less side effects than the usual racemic mixture formulation of praziquantel.

## Society and culture
### Legal status

In December 2023, the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency adopted a positive opinion in accordance with Article 58 of Regulation (EC) No 726/20041 for the medicinal product arpraziquantel, intended for the treatment of schistosomiasis in young children. The applicant for this medicinal product is Merck Europe B.V. It is intended exclusively for markets outside the European Union.

### Names

Arpraziquantel is the International nonproprietary name.
# Speed skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Speed skiing was a demonstration sport at the 1992 Winter Olympics. The venue was in Les Arcs, about 60 km from the host city, Albertville. Michael Prufer, a 31-year-old medical doctor from Savoie, improved his own 1988 world record by 5.558 km/h. Philippe Goitschel, the nephew of French ski champion Marielle Goitschel, was second and the American Jeffrey Hamilton was third. The competition was, however, marred by the death of Nicolas Bochatay from Switzerland, who died while free skiing the morning of the finals.
Tarja Mulari from Finland achieved a top speed of 219.245 kilometres per hour (136.233 mph), breaking the previous women's world record of 214.723 km/h (133.423 mph).

## Men's event

| Place | Athlete | Speed |
| 1 | Michael Prufer (FRA) | 229.299 km/h (142.480 mph) |
| 2 | Philippe Goitschel (FRA) | 228.717 km/h (142.118 mph) |
| 3 | Jeff Hamilton (USA) | 226.700 km/h (140.865 mph) |
| 4 | Laurent Sistach (FRA) | 225.000 km/h (139.809 mph) |
| 5 | Claude Basile (FRA) | 223.464 km/h (138.854 mph) |
| 6 | Petr Kakes (TCH) | 223.325 km/h (138.768 mph) |
| 7 | James Morgan (USA) | 222.910 km/h (138.510 mph) |
| 8 | Franz Weber (AUT) | 222.222 km/h (138.082 mph) |
| 9 | Silvano Meli (SUI) | 222.085 km/h (137.997 mph) |
| 10 | John "C.J." Mueller (USA) | 221.811 km/h (137.827 mph) |

## Women's event

| Place | Athlete | Speed |
| 1 | Tarja Mulari (FIN) | 219.245 km/h (136.233 mph) |
| 2 | Liss Pettersen (NOR) | 212.892 km/h (132.285 mph) |
| 3 | Renata Kolarova (SUI) | 210.526 km/h (130.815 mph) |
| 4 | Anna Morin (SWE) | 209.790 km/h (130.357 mph) |
| 5 | Melissa Dimino-Simons (USA) | 203.620 km/h (126.524 mph) |
| 6 | Lark Frolek (CAN) | 195.865 km/h (121.705 mph) |
| 7 | Francoise Beguin (FRA) | 195.972 km/h (121.771 mph) |
| 8 | Jacqueline Blanc (FRA) | 199.115 km/h (123.724 mph) |
| 9 | Lisa Powell (NZL) | 193.966 km/h (120.525 mph) |
| 10 | Kirsten Culver (USA) | 193.548 km/h (120.265 mph) |
# Radical 159

Radical 159 or radical cart (車部) meaning "cart" or "car" is one of the 20 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 7 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 361 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
车, the simplified form of 車, is the 68th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China, while the traditional form 車 is listed as its associated indexing components. 车 is derived from the cursive form of 車.

## Evolution

* Oracle bone script character
* Bronze script character
* Large seal script character
* Small seal script character

## Derived characters

| Strokes | Characters (車) | Characters (车) |
| +0 | 車 | 车$^{SC}$ (=車) |
| +1 | 軋 | 轧$^{SC}$ (=軋) |
| +2 | 軌 軍 轨$^{SC}$ (=軌) |
| +3 | 軎 (=轊) 軏 軐 軑 軒 軓 軔 軕 | 轩$^{SC}$ (=軒) 轪$^{SC}$ (=軑) 轫$^{SC}$ (=軔) |
| +4 | 軖 軗 軘 軙 軚 軛 軜 軝 軞 軟 軠 軡 転$^{JP}$ (=轉) 軣$^{JPnonstandard}$ (=轟) | 转$^{SC}$ (=轉) 轭$^{SC}$ (=軛) 轮$^{SC}$ (=輪) 软$^{SC}$ (=軟) 轰$^{SC}$ (=轟) |
| +5 | 軤 軥 軦 軧 軨 軩 軪 軫 軬 軮 軯 軰 軱 軲 軳 軴 軵 軶 (=軛) 軷 軸 軹 軺 軻 軼 軽$^{JP}$ (=輕; also variant form of 輊) | 轱$^{SC}$ (=軲) 轲$^{SC}$ (=軻) 轳$^{SC}$ (=轤) 轴$^{SC}$ (=軸) 轵$^{SC}$ (=軹) 轶$^{SC}$ (=軼) 轷$^{SC}$ (=軤) 轸$^{SC}$ (=軫) 轹$^{SC}$ (=轢) 轺$^{SC}$ (=軺) 轻$^{SC}$ (=輕) |
| +6 | 軭 軾 軿 輀 輁 輂 較 輄 輅 輆 輇 輈 載 輊 輋 輌$^{JP}$ (=輛) | 轼$^{SC}$ (=軾) 载$^{SC}$ (=載) 轾$^{SC}$ (=輊) 轿$^{SC}$ (=轎) 辀$^{SC}$ (=輈) 辁$^{SC}$ (=輇) 辂$^{SC}$ (=輅) 较$^{SC}$ (=較) |
| +7 | 輍 輎 輏 輐 輑 輒 輓 輔 輕 | 辄$^{SC}$ (=輒) 辅$^{SC}$ (=輔) 辆$^{SC}$ (=輛) |
| +8 | 輖 輗 輘 輙 (=輒) 輚 輛 輜 輝 輞 輟 輠 輡 輢 輣 輤 輥 輦 輧 輨 輩 輪 輫 輬 | 辇$^{SC}$ (=輦) 辈$^{SC}$ (=輩) 辉$^{SC}$ (=輝) 辊$^{SC}$ (=輥) 辋$^{SC}$ (=輞) 辌$^{SC}$ (=輬) 辍$^{SC}$ (=輟) 辎$^{SC}$ (=輜) |
| +9 | 輭 (=軟) 輮 輯 輰 輱 輲 輳 輴 輵 輶 輷 輸 輹 輺 (=輜) 輻 輼$^{HK/GBTC}$ (=轀) | 辏$^{SC}$ (=輳) 辐$^{SC}$ (=輻) 辑$^{SC}$ (=輯) 辒$^{SC}$ (=轀) 输$^{SC}$ (=輸) 辔$^{SC}$ (=轡) |
| +10 | 輽 (=軬) 輾 輿 轀 轁 轂 轃 轄 轅 | 辕$^{SC}$ (=轅) 辖$^{SC}$ (=轄) 辗$^{SC}$ (=輾) |
| +11 | 轆 轇 轈 轉 轊 轋 轌 | 辘$^{SC}$ (=轆) |
| +12 | 轍 轎 轏 轐 轑 轒 轓 轔 | 辙$^{SC}$ (=轍) 辚$^{SC}$ (=轔) |
| +13 | 轕 轖 轗 轘 轙 轚 | |
| +14 | 轛 轜 轝 轞 轟 | |
| +15 | 轠 轡 轢 | |
| +16 | 轣 轤 | |
| +20 | 轥 | |

## Sinogram

The radical is also used as an independent Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan. It is a first grade kanji.
# 2006 New York Film Critics Circle Awards

72nd NYFCC Awards
January 7, 2007
Best Film:
United 93
The 72nd New York Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2006, were announced on 11 December 2006 and presented on 7 January 2007.

## Winners

* Best Actor:
** Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland
** Runners-up: Ryan Gosling – Half Nelson and Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
* Best Actress:
** Helen Mirren – The Queen
** Runners-up: Judi Dench – Notes on a Scandal and Meryl Streep – The Devil Wears Prada
* Best Animated Feature:
** Happy Feet
** Runners-up: A Scanner Darkly and Cars
* Best Cinematography:
** Guillermo Navarro – Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno)
** Runners-up: Xiaoding Zhao – Curse of the Golden Flower (Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia) and Emmanuel Lubezki – Children of Men
* Best Director:
** Martin Scorsese – The Departed
** Runners-up: Stephen Frears – The Queen and Clint Eastwood – Letters from Iwo Jima
* Best Film:
** United 93
** Runners-up: The Queen and The Departed
* Best First Film:
** Ryan Fleck – Half Nelson
** Runners-up: Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris – Little Miss Sunshine and Dito Montiel – A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
* Best Foreign Language Film:
** Army of Shadows (L'armée des ombres) • France/Italy
** Runners-up: Volver • Spain and The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Moartea domnului Lăzărescu) • Romania
* Best Non-Fiction Film:
** Deliver Us from Evil
** Runners-up: 49 Up, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, and An Inconvenient Truth
* Best Screenplay:
** Peter Morgan – The Queen
** Runners-up: William Monahan – The Departed and Michael Arndt – Little Miss Sunshine
* Best Supporting Actor:
** Jackie Earle Haley – Little Children
** Runners-up: Eddie Murphy – Dreamgirls and Steve Carell – Little Miss Sunshine
* Best Supporting Actress:
** Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls
** Runners-up: Shareeka Epps – Half Nelson and Catherine O'Hara – For Your Consideration
# Turzynek

Turzynek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Raciążek, within Aleksandrów County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.
# Only

Only may refer to:

## Music
### Albums

* Only (album), by Tommy Emmanuel, 2000
* The Only, an EP by Dua Lipa, 2017
* The Only (EP), by The Boyz

### Songs

* "Only" (Anthrax song), 1993
* "Only" (Nine Inch Nails song), 2005
* "Only" (Nicki Minaj song), 2014
* "Only" (Lee Hi song), 2021
* "The Only", by Static-X, 2003
* "Only", by Ass Ponys from Lohio, 2001
* "Only", by Fuse ODG, 2015
* "Only", by Imagine Dragons from Origins, 2018
* "Only", by NF from The Search, 2019
* "Only", by Sarah Vaughan from Sarah Slightly Classical, 1963
* "Only", by Sampha from Lahai, 2023
* "The Only", a song by Raiden featuring Irene, 2019
* "The Only", by Sasha Alex Sloan from Loser, 2018

## Other uses

* Only (film), a 2019 post-apocalyptic romance film
* Only (magazine), a 2000s Canadian news and entertainment magazine
* Only, Tennessee, US
* Jerry Only (born 1959), American punk rock bassist and singer
# Church of the Transfiguration on Ilyina Street

The Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior (Russian: Церковь Спаса Преображения на Ильине улице) is a former Russian Orthodox Church that stands on Ilyina (Elijah) Street in Veliky Novgorod just east of the Marketplace. The current building was built in 1374 and frescoed by Theophanes the Greek (Feofan Grek or Феофан Грек in Russian) in 1378. Substantial portions of those frescoes still remain, including the Christ Pantocrator in the dome, a number of saints inside the south entrance, and The Old Testament Trinity in the western vestry, as well as others. The current building is now a museum, part of the Novgorod State Museum-Preserve.

## History

A church stood on the site since at least the 12th century. The Icon of Our Lady of the Sign was originally housed there. According to a famous legend, in 1169, Archbishop Ilya brought the icon out of the church and across the Volkhov River to the Detinets during a siege of the city by the Suzdalians. The icon is said to have miraculously saved the city. Because of this, the icon and the broader episode came to symbolize the city and its independence, and were depicted in several icons of the battle, one of which is on display in the Novgorod Museum in the Detinets. The icon itself was later transferred to the Church of Our Lady of the Sign, which was built in the latter 17th century next to the Church of the Transfiguration especially to house the icon. It was kept in a museum during the Soviet period and is now housed in the Saint Sophia Cathedral where it is displayed just in front of the main iconostasis.
In addition to being something of a pilgrimage site for the famous icon, the chronicles also note that the Church of the Transfiguration on Ilin Street, which stood just inside the eastern gates of the city, was often the place where the Novgorodians met their archbishop or other dignitaries upon their arrival in the city from Moscow (for instance, after the archbishop's consecration or following other trips to that city, or when Byzantine or other church dignitaries such as the metropolitan visited the city.) It was one of the first places a traveler would come to in the city as he passed down Ilyin Street to the market or passed over the great bridge into the Detinets. Thus, the clergy and the people, displaying icons and crosses, often met their archbishop there and then processed with him through the market and over the bridge to the cathedral and archiepiscopal palace in the Detinets.
# Von Krusenstierna

von Krusenstierna, also Krusenstjern, Krusenstjerna, Krusenstiern, is Swedish surname belonging to the noble family von Krusenstierna [sv]. Notable people with the surname include:
* Adam Johann von Krusenstern
* Agnes von Krusenstjerna
* Edvard von Krusenstjerna [sv] (1841–1907), Swedish civil servant and politician
* Henning von Krusenstierna
* Isac von Krusenstierna
* Johann Philipp von Krusenstjerna
* Fredrik von Krusenstjerna [sv] (born 1958), Swedish filmmaker, producer and documentary filmmaker
* Maurits Peter von Krusenstierna [sv] (1766–1813), Swedish naval officer
* Philip von Krusenstiern [sv] (1597–1676), German-born diplomat in Holstein , Austrian and Swedish service
# Nandikeshwari Temple

Nandikeshwari Temple, also known as Nandikeshwari Tala, is located in Sainthia city of West Bengal. This temple is part of the famous Shakti Peethas in Indian Subcontinent.

## Name

The name of Goddess is derived from 'Nandi', the mascot and follower of Shiva, and 'Ishwari' (Goddess), meaning ‘one who is worshiped by Nandi, the divine bull.

## History

The history of the Nandikeshwari Temple is linked with the event of Sati's self-sacrifice at the Yajna Sabha of her father Daksha, because Daksha insulted Sati and her husband, Shiva. It is believed that the necklace of Sati's corpse fell here to form the Shakti Peetha when the Sudarshan Chakra of Lord Vishnu mutilated the corpse of Sati from the arms of Lord Shiva to reduce his rage.
The present temple was built in 1913, the Bengali year of 1320.

## Idol

The main idol in the temple is a black stone, which is now almost red, as devotees use sindur to pray the holy stone as Nandikeshwari. The idol is adorned with a silver crown and three golden eyes.

## Temple Premises

There are several temples within the boundary among which Ram-Sita temple, Shiva temple, Maha Saraswati temple, Maha Laxmi-Ganesha temple, Laxmi-Narayana temple, Radha Govinda temple, Bhairav Nandikeshwari temple, Hanuman (Bajrangbali) temple deserves special mention. There is a huge sacred banyan tree where the devotees bind red and yellow threads to fulfill their wishes.
# Cercosaura parkeri

Cercosaura parkeri, known commonly as Parker's many-fingered teiid, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is endemic to South America.

## Etymology

The specific name, parkeri, is in honor of English herpetologist Hampton Wildman Parker.

## Geographic range

C. parkeri is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru.

## Reproduction

C. parkeri is oviparous.
# Hay Internment and POW camps

The Hay Internment and POW camps at Hay, New South Wales, Australia were established during World War II as prisoner-of-war and internment centres, due in part to the isolated location of the town. Three high-security camps were constructed in 1940. The first arrivals were 2,542 internees from Nazi Germany and Austria, most of whom were Jewish; they had been interned in the United Kingdom as enemy aliens when the possibility of an Axis invasion of Britain was at its highest.
These internees were transported to Australia on board the British passenger ship HMT Dunera. The internees were kept in poor conditions on Dunera, which prompted a public outcry after news of their conditions became public. The internees arrived at Hay on 7 September 1940 by four trains from Sydney. They were interned in Camps 7 and 8 (located near the Hay showground) under the guard of the 16th Garrison Battalion of the Australian Army. In November 1940 the other compound at Hay, Camp 6 (near the Hay Hospital), was occupied by Italian civilian internees. Camps 7 and 8 were vacated in May 1941 when the Dunera internees left Hay; some were sent to Orange (NSW), others to Tatura in Victoria, and others to join the Pioneer Corps of the Australian Army.
After the Dunera internees departed, Italian prisoners of war were placed in Camps 7 and 8. In December 1941, Japanese internees (some from Broome and from islands north of Australia) were conveyed to Hay and placed in Camp 6. In April 1942 the River Farm began operating on the eastern edge of the township, enabling market gardening and other farm activities to be carried out by the Italian internees and POWs. In February 1945, in the wake of the Cowra POW break-out, a large number of Japanese POWs were transferred to Hay and placed in the three high-security compounds. On 1 March 1946 the Japanese POWs departed from Hay in five trains, and were transferred to Tatura. During 1946 the Italians who remained at Hay were progressively released or transferred to other camps. The Hay camps were dismantled and building materials and fittings sold off by June the following year. Hay Military Post Office was open from 4 December 1940 until 29 June 1946, defining the main period of use of the facility.
The first group of internees at Hay became known as the ‘Dunera Boys’. The internment at Hay of this assemblage of refugees from Nazi oppression in Europe was an important milestone in Australia’s cultural history. Just under half of those interned at Hay eventually chose to remain in Australia. The influence of this group of men on subsequent cultural, scientific and business developments in Australia is difficult to overstate: they became an integral and celebrated part of the nation’s cultural and intellectual life. The 'Dunera Boys' are still fondly remembered in Hay: every year the town holds a 'Dunera Day' in which many surviving internees return to the site of their former imprisonment. Of the 900 'Dunera Boys' who remained in Australia after being sent to the camp, approximately 50 survived into 2010.
# Valentin Bontus

Valentin Bontus (born 1 February 2001) is an Austrian kitesurfer. He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the inaugural men's Formula Kite event, where he reached the finals and won the gold medal.

## Biography

Bontus was born on 1 February 2001 in Perchtoldsdorf, Austria. He was introduced to kitesurfing at age six, competing in freestyle and big air events. He also played football as a youth, being a member of the club UNION Soccerclub Perchtoldsdorf through the U15 level. In 2020, he suffered two torn ligaments in his knee, which led to him switching to racing as the landings when doing tricks in freestyle and big air hurt his knees.
Bontus, a member of the Yacht Club Podersdorf, began the switch to racing in 2021: "I called the Austrian Federation in the summer of 2021 and said I was interested in aiming for the Olympics. At my first event I had no clue about anything to do with racing. I didn't even know how to press 'start' on my watch, and as for laylines, what were they! I actually Googled 'laylines' to find out what the coach was talking about."
Initially competing with the Levitaz foil package, Bontus switched to Chubanga and his performances improved. He began being coached by Luca Bursic in 2022 and in 2023, he placed fourth at the World Championships, thus qualifying for the inaugural men's Formula Kite event at the 2024 Summer Olympics. At the European Championships in March 2024, he took fourth place. He won the bronze medal at the World Championships in May 2024, becoming the first medalist for Austria at the competition since 2018. At the Olympics, Bontus won the opening race, the first in Olympic history, and later won the finals with 3 consecutive victories to win the gold medal.
# Multi-function Unmanned Helicopter (Georgia)

The Multi-function Unmanned Helicopter "Black Widow" is a type of unmanned aerial vehicle developed in Georgia by STC Delta. The system is intended for both military and civil purposes. Its spheres of usage are border policing, weapon aiming, signals intelligence, disaster monitoring and other roles. Armament of the UAV helicopter is 2 X M-134 minigun and 8 X unguided rocket missiles or 2 X M-134 minigun and 2 laser guided AT rockets. The vehicle is based on the Exec 162F. It was presented to the public on the Independence Day of Georgia in 2015.

## Specifications

Data from STC Delta
General characteristics
* Crew: 0
* Capacity: 238 kg (525 lb)
* Length: 6.71 m (22 ft 0 in)
* Wingspan: 7.62 m (25 ft 0 in)
* Height: 2.44 m (8 ft 0 in)
* Empty weight: 442 kg (974 lb)
* Max takeoff weight: 680 kg (1,499 lb)
* Powerplant: 1 × RotorWay RI 162F flat-four piston engine, 110 kW (150 hp)
Performance
* Maximum speed: 185 km/h (115 mph, 100 kn)
* Cruise speed: 152 km/h (94 mph, 82 kn)
* Combat range: 150 km (93 mi, 81 nmi)
* Endurance: 2 hours
* Service ceiling: 3,048 m (10,000 ft)

## External sources

Multi-function Unmanned Helicopter - Official web site of DELTA
# Eau Claire station

Eau Claire station is a planned and approved CTrain light rail station in Calgary, Alberta, part of the Green Line. Construction is expected to begin in 2022 and complete in 2027 as the northern terminus of construction phase one. The station is named for and located in the high density urban community of Eau Claire, immediately north of downtown Calgary.
The station will be underground, integrated into the future Eau Claire Market redevelopment site. Similar to Calgary's Central Library, the redeveloped market will have a tunnel portal on the north end of the building where the line will exit the station and enter an S-curved elevated guideway over Prince's Island Park.
This station will provide access to Chinatown, as well the Bow River Pathway, Princes Island Park, the Peace Bridge, the Chinese Cultural Centre and numerous office, residential, and commercial towers.
# Tłuchówek

Tłuchówek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tłuchowo, within Lipno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.
# Battle of Ganzak

The Battle of Ganzak was a clash between the Byzantine and Sasanian armies. The emperors of both empires personally took part in this battle. The Persians suffered a crushing defeat, and Khosrow fled leaving his army. As a result of this, Heraclius was able to move deeper into Persia.

## Background

After Khosrow refused the peace treaty, sending an insulting letter in response, Heraclius marched on Caucasus, using Khosrow's letter as a tool of inspiration and propaganda for his army. Already on the way, he learned that Khosrow was with 40,000 soldiers in Ganzak. Khosrow's letter looked like this:
   Khosrow, honored among the gods, lord and king of all the earth, offspring of the great Aramazd, to Heraclius, our senseless and insignificant servant. You have not wished to submit yourself to us, but you call yourself lord and king. My treasure which is with you, you spend; my servants you defraud; and having collected an army of brigands, you give me no rest. So did I not destroy the Greeks? But you claim to trust in your God. Why did he not save Caesarea and Jerusalem, and the great Alexandria' from my hands? Do you not know that I have subjected to myself the sea and the dry land? So is it only Constantinople that I shall not be able to erase? However, I shall forgive you all your trespasses. Arise, take your wife and children and come here. I shall give you estates, vineyards, and olive-trees, whereby you may make a living. And we shall look upon you with friendship. Let not your vain hopes deceive you. For that Christ who was not able to save himself from the Jews - but they killed him by hanging him on a cross - how can the same save you from my hands? 'For if you descend into the depths of the sea,' I shall stretch out my hand and seize you. And then you will see me in a manner you will not desire.

## Battle

Heraclius sent the faithful Arabs forward, who defeated the guards of the Sasanian king. After this, Khosrow fled to the south, and Heraclius killed the remnants of his troops.

## Aftermath

Khosrow fled south to Dastagard, where his army finally dispersed. At this time, Heraclius took Ganzak, and after that he burned the famous temple Takht-e Soleymān. Heraclius raided the region of Atrpatakan, as far as the King's residence at Gayshawan and continued his campaign.
# Giorgio Farroni

Giorgio Farroni (born 28 September 1976) is an Italian Paralympic cyclist who has won three medals at the Summer Paralympics.
# Cricothyroid

Cricothyroid may refer to:
* Cricothyroid muscle
* Cricothyroid ligament
# Charles Preece

Charles Richard Preece (15 December 1888 – 5 February 1976) was an English cricketer, who played 88 first-class games for Worcestershire in the 1920s. He also made one appearance for HK Foster's XI in 1919.
Almost all of Preece's matches for Worcestershire came in the period between 1920 and 1924. Although he played quite regularly during this period, he never had more than moderate success, his highest season's aggregate of wickets being 42 (at 30.11) in 1920. He claimed five wickets in an innings on four occasions, the best of these being the 7-35 he achieved against Essex at Leyton in 1921. It was to prove in vain, however: Essex, having been bowled out for 90 in their first innings, reached 560 in their second and won by 132 runs.
Preece ceased to play regular first-class cricket after the 1924 season, but after a five-year gap, he returned to the Worcestershire side in 1929 for a one-off appearance against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge. He did little of note in this match: in a heavy defeat to a side containing Larwood and Voce, he scored 10 and 11 near the bottom of the order, bowled three wicketless overs for 24 and held a single catch.