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# Maqlû

The Maqlû, “burning,” series is an Akkadian incantation text which concerns the performance of a rather lengthy anti-witchcraft, or kišpū, ritual. In its mature form, probably composed in the early first millennium BC,$^{:5}$ it comprises eight tablets of nearly a hundred incantations and a ritual tablet, giving incipits and directions for the ceremony. This was performed over the course of a single night in the month of Abu (July/August) when the perambulations of the spirits to and from the netherworld made them especially vulnerable to its spells. It was the subject of a letter from the exorcist Nabû-nādin-šumi and the Assyrian king Esarhaddon. It seems to have evolved from an earlier short-form with only ten incantations to be performed in a morning ceremony, whose first incantation begins: Šamaš annûtu șalmū ēpišiya (“O Shamash, these are the figurines of my sorcerer”).$^{:5}$

## The ritual

The manifestation of witchcraft could take many forms, such as “the grip of the mountain, be it the epilepsy, the offspring of Šulpaea.” The incantations are divided into three sequences.$^{:256}$ During the first of these rites, figurines of the sorcerer were burned, drowned in black liquid, and finally placed face down on the ground and crushed while the first four tablets were recited.
   Pure oven, great daughter of Anu, inside whom the fire of the grave is flaring, inside whom the valiant fire-god has taken up residence, [whose] flames have reached the sky [...], burn, set alight, incinerate my witch! May my warlock's and witch's life swiftly, quickly come to an end!
During the second sequence, the destructive rites against the source of the evil were gradually replaced by the purification and protection of the victim. These rites involved the fumigation of the household and the massaging of the patient while tablets five to seven, line 57, were read out, “May their spells be … peeled away like garlic!” The third and final sequence took place during the early hours of the morning when the remaining incantations were recited while washing the patient. An invocation of the god Nusku, the “protective night light,” was recited at dawn then a greeting to the savior, the sun-god and finally a moment of self recognition in a bowl of pure water: "You are my reflection ... You are mine, and I am yours. May nobody know you, may no evil approach you!" (Maqlû, VIII 127–137)

### Principal publications

* Knut L. Tallqvist (1895). Die assyrische Beschwörungsserie Maqlû nach den Originalen im British Museum. Leipzig: E. Pfeiffer.
* Gerhard Meier (1937). "Die assyrische Beschwörungssammlung Maqlu". Archiv für Orientforschung; Beiheft 2. Berlin.
* Tzvi Abusch (2015). The Witchcraft Series Maqlû. Writings from the Ancient World 37. SBL Press. ISBN 9781628370829.
# Hapsa Khan

Hapsa Khan (Kurdish: حەپسەخان, romanized: Hepise Xan) was an early Kurdish feminist and nationalist leader who founded the first women's school in Iraq. The organisation was called the Kurdish Women's Association.
She was born in 1891 in Sulaymaniyah to a prominent Kurdish family. She was the daughter of Sheikh Marif and Salma Khan. In 1926 she played a significant role in the foundation of the first school for girls in Sulaymaniyah/Silêmanî "by going from house to house with the teachers to register as many girls as possible, and to even convince parents to send their daughters to school". The German photographer Lotte Errell described Hapsa Khan as a woman “whose husband gets up when she enters the room”.
In 1920, Hapsa Khan married the Kurdish leader Sheikh Qadir Hafid, brother of Mahmud Barzanji, who played a leading role in the Kurdish resistance to British occupation. She played a role in the revolt by financing it, convincing others to join it and organising protests in Sulaymaniyah.
In 1930, Hapsa Khan sent a letter to the League of Nations, advocating for Kurdish rights and a Kurdish state. When Qazi Muhammad founded the Republic of Mahabad in 1946, she supported the decision to declare independence.
After her death in 1953, her home became a school. Hapsa Khan continues to be a strong influence on modern Kurdish women. In February 2019, Kurdistan24 reported that the winner of a fashion contest in Sulaymaniyah based her design for a traditional costume on Hapsa Khan's style.
# Italian destroyer Francesco Mimbelli

Francesco Mimbelli (D 561) is the second ship of the Durand de la Penne-class destroyers of the Italian Navy.

## Development

The Durand de Le Penne class are escort and combat class ships, able to operate in every combat condition, and especially devised to survive to heavy missile and aircraft attacks. Its construction is made almost totally with steel; the structure is a continuous deck with a low, large stern, to accommodate the helicopter force. The fore hull is very pointed, with a very pronounced sea-cutter structure. The superstructure consists of two blocks, relatively low and wide, both with a high, antenna mast with a triangular cross-section for all the electronic. The engines exhausts are in two groups, one for each superstructure: the aft has two exhausts flank to flank, slightly inclined. Then there is the Standard missile system and finally the helicopter facilities.

## Construction and career

She was laid down on 15 November 1989 and launched on 13 April 1991 by Fincantieri shipyards initially under the name Ardimentoso, named after the same torpedo boat which served during World War II. Commissioned on 18 October 1993 with the hull number D 561.
Francesco Mimbelli suffered a fire in one of the engine rooms, while it was underway, as part of Operation Safe Sea on 29 December 2019. The fire-fighting teams on board, specially trained to deal with these emergencies, intervened effectively, immediately securing the unit and extinguishing the fire, without any consequences or damage to the crew. The ship continued its navigation autonomously and is now heading towards the port of Augusta, for the necessary checks.

## Gallery

* USS Nimitz and Francesco Mimbelli alongside each other in the Mediterranean Sea on 26 October 2013.
* Bow view of the forward main guns of Francesco Mimbelli on 14 September 2019.
# Peter, Lord of Conches and Mehun

Peter of Courtenay (French: Pierre de Courtenay (c. 1218 – 1249 or 1250 in Egypt) was a French knight and a member of the Capetian House of Courtenay, a cadet line of the royal House of Capet. From 1239 until his death, he was the ruling Lord of Conches and Mehun-sur-Yèvre.

## Life

Peter was the eldest of five sons of Robert of Courtenay, Lord of Champignelles and his wife Matilda of Mehun. From his parents he inherited the castle of Conches and Mehun. On 25 August 1248, he sailed with his cousin, King Louis IX of France, from Aigues-Mortes to Egypt to fight the Seventh Crusade, during which he died.
Most historians think he died during the battle for the city of Al Mansurah on 8 February 1250. On that day, Count Robert I of Artois led a vanguard of Crusaders in a spontaneous attack on the city. The vanguard was caught in a trap set by the defending Mamluks and all attackers were killed. However, the chronicler Jean de Joinville maintains Peter of Courtenay died on an earlier date. After the conquest of the Egytion port city of Damietta in June 1249, a large part of the crusader army camped outside the city wall, until they were ready to march to Al Mansurah in the autumn. The Sultan of Egypt offered a reward of one gold solidus for the head of each crusader. During the night, Saracens would sneak into the Crusader camp, kill sleeping Crusaders in their tents, and steal their severed heads. According to Joinville, Peter of Courtenay was the victim of one such attack. However, Joinville may be mistaken. One should consider that he wrote his chronicle decades after the fact, and that Peter de Courtenay is mentioned twice later in the chronicle, in connection with the Battle of Al Mansurah.

## Marriage and issue

Peter was married to Pétronille (d.1289), a daughter of Gaucher of Joigny and Amicie de Montfort. They had:
* Amicie (d. 1275 in Rome; buried in St. Peter's Basilica), Lady suo jure of Conches and Mehun, married in 1262 to Count Robert II of Artois (d. 1302).
# Poperczyn

Poperczyn is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żółkiewka, within Krasnystaw County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately 6 km (4 mi) east of Żółkiewka, 21 km (13 mi) south-west of Krasnystaw, and 44 km (27 mi) south-east of the regional capital Lublin.
# Andrew Lesuuda

Andrew Lesuuda Papassio (b. 1981-04-15) is a male long-distance runner from Kenya.

## Achievements

| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
| 2011 | Stroud Half Marathon | Stroud | 1st | Half marathon | 1:03:56 |
| 2012 | Nottingham Half Marathon | Nottingham, United Kingdom | 2nd | Half marathon | 1:02:22 |
| 2012 | Cardiff Half Marathon | Cardiff, United Kingdom | 1st | Half marathon | 1:02:21 |
| 2012 | Basingstoke Half Marathon | Hampshire, United Kingdom | 1st | Half marathon | 1:04:09 |
| 2013 | Reading Half Marathon | Reading, United Kingdom | 1st | Half marathon | 1:04:15 |
| 2014 | Bournemouth Marathon | Bournemouth, United Kingdom | 1st | Marathon | 2:21:44 |
| 2014 | Brighton Marathon | Brighton | 8th | Marathon | 2:23:56 |
# Willimantic Freight House and Office

The Willimantic Freight House and Office is a historic railroad freight facility on Bridge Street in the Willimantic section of Windham, Connecticut. Built in 1870, the freight office, a fine example of Second Empire architecture, is now the only surviving element of the city's 19th-century railroad buildings; the freight house has been demolished. The buildings were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 as an important reminder of the city's importance as a major railroad junction in eastern Connecticut.

## Description and history

The former Willimantic Freight Office building is located on the grounds of the Bridge Street Plaza on the west side of Bridge Street south of Main Street. It is located at the western end of the main plaza building, between it and the former railroad right-of-way. The building is 1-1/2 stories in height, with a mansard roof providing a full second story with round-top dormer windows. It is roughly square, with three bays on each side. The main entrance is on the west side, sheltered by a decorative hood. Windows are set in round-arch openings, as is a secondary entrance on the track-facing northern facade. The freight house originally stood just east of the office; it was a long single-story frame structure, 170 feet (52 m) long, covered by a gabled roof. It has since been demolished.
The freight office was built about 1870, and is a prominent local example of Second Empire styling. It is also the last surviving element of what was once a large suite of railroad-related buildings, including passenger, freight, and maintenance operations that populated the city's railyards. At the time, the city served numerous freight trains daily, which were the principal means by which goods were delivered to the city. The freight office and shed would have been a major service and transit point for the city's merchants and economy.
# Midnight Blue (TV series)

Midnight Blue is a sexually-themed public access cable television program that aired on Manhattan Cable Television Channel J in New York City.
The show debuted in 1974, as Screw publisher Al Goldstein parlayed his publishing success into a cable access show, a freeform interview program that played on the late night airwaves of Manhattan cable for more than twenty-five years. He regularly included ads from phone sex companies, brothels, and escorts, the only television show to do so.
Midnight Blue was the subject of controversy when Goldstein testified before a United States District Court in 1995 as part of a lawsuit brought against Time Warner Cable's plan to scramble sexually explicit public access programs unless subscribers gave written consent for them. The Supreme Court ultimately ruled in Goldstein's favor in 2000.
Al Goldstein was the host and producer along with radio personality Alex Bennett. Alex Bennett and Screw editor Bruce David were its creators and original producers.
Seven collections of show excerpts have been released on DVD by Nyaftermidnight and Blue Underground, Inc., together with added info about the actresses and scenes from their movies.
# Severus Gastorius

Severus Gastorius (1646-1682) was a cantor in Jena, Thuringia.
The son of a Weimar school teacher, Severus was born with the family name Bauchspiess (later Latinised to Gastorius) in Oettern, near Weimar. In 1667, he started studying at the University of Jena. From 1670, he deputized for cantor Andreas Zöll in Jena and married his daughter the following year. Gastorius assumed Zöll's position after his death in 1677. One of his friends, Samuel Rodigast, wrote the hymn "Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan" for Gastorius when he was sick (to cheer him up as Rodigast writes in his dedication). Even before he recovered, Gastorius set it to music based on a melody by Werner Fabricius. The cantor's students sang it every week at Gastorius' door, on his request, as well as when they returned home. The hymn became widely known in Germany.
Gastorius was buried on 8 May 1682 in Jena's Johanniskirche cemetery. Gastorius had requested that the hymn "Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan" be sung at his funeral.
Gastorius is also credited with composing music for the funeral motet Du aber gehe hin bis das Ende komme. It was sung at the funeral of the Jena professor of medicine Johann Arnold Friderici on 2 June 1672.
# John Tobias

John Tobias is an American comic book artist, graphic designer, video game designer and writer. Tobias is best known for co-creating the Mortal Kombat series along with Ed Boon, to whom he pitched the game concept.
Tobias became interested in drawing from an early age, inspired by comic books. During high school he took weekend courses at the Art Institute of Chicago. He was an artist for The Real Ghostbusters comic book series before joining Midway Games. Tobias said his original career plan was to be a comic book artist, but the advances in graphics at the time made the video game industry more appealing to him, as well as his mother frequently stating that artists would never support their families. He worked on the original arcade version of Smash TV (1990) prior to the success of Mortal Kombat in 1992. Tobias created the early Mortal Kombat series' storyline, themes, and settings; including the Outworld and Netherrealm. He was also responsible for the design of the entire character roster from the early games in the series through Mortal Kombat 4 (1997). This includes the series' most popular characters including Kano, Kitana, Liu Kang, Raiden, Johnny Cage, Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Sonya Blade, and Goro. Noob Saibot was named after Tobias's and Boon's reversed surnames. This is also elaborated in their Twitter handles, @therealsaibot and @noobde.
Tobias, along with other prominent Midway staff members, including Dave Michicich and Josh Tsui, left Midway in 1999 and formed Studio Gigante in 2000. Tao Feng: Fist of the Lotus, published by Microsoft Game Studios in 2003, was the first game Studio Gigante created, followed by WWE WrestleMania 21 in 2005. Studio Gigante ceased operations in 2005 and Tobias worked as a consultant in the games industry until September 2012, when he joined social games studio Zynga.
Despite being one of the original creators of the Mortal Kombat series, Tobias is not mentioned in commentary or descriptions in the "making of" documentaries for Deadly Alliance and Deception, but was referred to as one of "four people who made" the original Mortal Kombat. However, he can be seen in the commentaries for Mortal Kombat 3 in the collection Midway Arcade Treasures 2. In 2008, Tobias illustrated a pack-in comic with special editions of Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe. Tobias was interviewed at length in episode 5 of the 2020 Netflix documentary miniseries High Score, about Mortal Kombat and the controversies surrounding its release. As part of the Hispanic Heritage Month 2021 Boon tweeted they both are Hispanic.
# Takahama, Fukui

Takahama (高浜町, Takahama-chō) is a coastal town in Fukui Prefecture, Japan, known for its beautiful beaches, scenic mountain views, and rich natural surroundings. Overlooking the tranquil waters of Wakasa Bay, Takahama is a popular destination for swimming, hiking, and enjoying fresh seafood. One of its most iconic landmarks is Mount Aoba, often referred to as the "Mount Fuji of Wakasa" for its elegant silhouette. As of 1 June 2018, the town had an estimated population of 10,490 in 4,278 households, with a population density of 63 persons per km$^2$. The total area of the town is 72.40 square kilometres (27.95 sq mi).

## Geography

Takahama is located in the far southwestern corner of Fukui Prefecture, bordered by Kyoto Prefecture to the west and the heavily indented ria coast of Wakasa Bay of Sea of Japan to the north. Parts of the town are within the borders of the Wakasa Wan Quasi-National Park.

### Neighbouring municipalities

* Fukui Prefecture
** Ōi
* Kyoto Prefecture
** Ayabe
** Maizuru

### Climate

Takahama has a Humid climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm, wet summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Takahama is 14.8 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1930 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 27.3 °C, and lowest in January, at around 3.7 °C.

## Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Takahama has declined slightly over the past 30 years.

## History

Takahama is part of ancient Wakasa Province. During the Edo period, the area was part of the holdings of Obama Domain. Following the Meiji restoration, it was organised into part of Ōi District in Fukui Prefecture. With the establishment of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889, the village of Takahama was established. Takahama was elevated to town status on April 1, 1912. On February 11, 1955, Takahama annexed the neighbouring villages of Aonogō, Wada and Uchiura.

## Economy

The economy of Takahama, previously dependent on commercial fishing and agriculture is now very heavily dependent on the nuclear power industry. The partial closure of the Takahama Nuclear Power Plant since the 2011 Fukushima Nuclear Disaster has adversely affected the local economy.

## Education

Takahama has four public elementary schools and one public middle school operated by the town government. The town does not have a high school.

## Transportation
### Railway

* JR West - Obama Line
** Wakasa-Wada, Wakasa-Takahama, Mitsumatsu, Aonogō

### Highway

* National Route 27

## International relations

* Boryeong, South Chungcheong, Korea, friendship city since November 3, 1990
# The Old Mill Pond

The Old Mill Pond is a 1936 American animated short film in the Happy Harmonies series, directed by Hugh Harman for the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio.
The short was nominated at the 1936 Academy Awards for Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film but lost to Disney's Silly Symphony short, The Country Cousin.

## Summary

Fish and frogs gather at a pond. The performers are caricatures of Cab Calloway, Fats Waller, 'Bill "Bojangles' Robinson', Louis Armstrong, Stepin Fetchit, Ethel Waters and The Mills Brothers.

## Sequel

The Old Mill Pond was followed by sequel, Swing Wedding in 1937.

## Reception

The Film Daily (May 13, 1936): "This musical comedy cartoon is a knockout. Following the opening, which is the song "Down by the Old Mill Stream", the impersonations are Cab Calloway and his band doing "Minnie the Moocher" routine, "Fats" Waller doing his piano number, Bill Robinson his taps, the Mills Bros. their "Hold That Tiger", Stepin Fechit is presented, and a dancing chorus does "Jungle Rhythm". The Technicolor is beautiful, especially in the water numbers. This short is just one load of entertainment all the way through".
The Film Daily (June 1, 1936): "In Technicolor, a swell interpretation by the frogs in the millpond of the famous colored artists of tap dance and orchestra. The leading lights among the colored entertainers are presented in fine imitations, the technique is very clever, and the entire production a real novelty in cartoon with beautiful color and catchy music".
# Manchester Black

Manchester Black is a fictional character in American comic books published by DC Comics, in particular those featuring Superman. He was created by Joe Kelly and Doug Mahnke in Action Comics #775 (March 2001). Introduced as an antihero, the character later becomes a supervillain.
David Ajala portrays Manchester Black in Supergirl.

## Fictional character biography

Manchester Black is the leader of a team of super-powered antiheroes called the Elite, who gain popularity for viciously killing their foes. Superman battles the Elite, beating them and temporarily depowering Black by damaging his brain. Following this, Black's sister Vera assumes leadership of the Elite's remants.
In Our Worlds at War, Black regains his powers and joins the Suicide Squad to recruit Doomsday and battle Imperiex. Later, Black battles Superman before realizing the error of his ways and committing suicide.
Black is resurrected in The New 52 continuity reboot and depicted as a high-ranking S.T.A.R. Labs executive. He later works with Superman to save Earth from the Phantom Zone criminals and uses his powers to erase the public's knowledge of Superman's identity, killing him in the process.

## Powers and abilities

Black is a powerful telekinetic and telepath. He can create detailed illusions on a vast scale, erase memories, and could telepathically control thousands of minds at the same time. While controlling Bizarro and Silver Banshee, he was able to temporarily grant them enough sanity to enable them to communicate and form plans.

## In other media

* Manchester Black appears in Supergirl, portrayed by David Ajala. This version is a Black British man who fell in love with an Empath from Ikthanol named Fiona Byrne (portrayed by Tiya Sircar). After the Children of Liberty capture and kill Byrne, Black seeks revenge by forming the Elite and using a Martian artifact called the Staff of H'ronmeer that grants telepathic powers, only to be killed by Martian Manhunter.
* Manchester Black appears in Superman vs. The Elite, voiced by Robin Atkin Downes as an adult and Grey DeLisle as a child.
* Manchester Black appears as an unlockable playable character in Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham, voiced again by Robin Atkin Downes.
* Manchester Black appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.

## Collected editions

Some of Black's appearances have been reprinted in trade paperbacks:
* Justice League Elite (reprints: Action Comics #775, JLA #100, JLA Secret Files 2004 (lead story), and Justice League Elite #1-4, tpb, 208 pages, 2005, Titan ISBN 1-84576-191-X DC, ISBN 1-4012-0481-3)
* Superman: Ending Battle (reprints 2002's Superman (1986 series) #186-87, Adventures Of Superman #608-09, Superman: Man Of Steel #130-31, and Action Comics #795-96, tpb, 192 pages, 2009, DC, ISBN 1-4012-2259-5)
# Olga Zolina

Olga Zolina (born 6 February 1975) is a climate scientist, member of the European Geosciences Union, German Meteorological Society and the American Geophysical Union. As of 2020, she was working at the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology in Moscow, and at CNRS Institut des Géosciences de l’Environnement, Grenoble.

## Publications

* "Changes in Intense Precipitation in Europe" in Changes in Flood Risk in Europe (2012), ed. Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz
# Empyelocera abstersa

Empyelocera abstersa is a species of fly in the genus Empyelocera of the family Tephritidae.