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# The New Improved Sun

The New Improved Sun: An Anthology of Utopian S-F is an anthology of science fiction stories edited by American writer Thomas M. Disch, published in hardcover by Harper & Row in 1975. Second edition published by Hutchinson in 1976. Many of the stories are original to the volume.

## Contents

* "Introduction: Buck Rogers in the New Jerusalem", Thomas M. Disch
* "Heavens Below: Fifteen Utopias", John Sladek (original)
* "Repairing the Office", Charles Naylor (original)
* "What You Get for Your Dollar", Brian W. Aldiss (from The Shape of Further Things, 1970)
* "The People of Prashad", James Keilty (Quark/2 1971)
* "A Few Things I Know About Whileaway", Joanna Russ (The Female Man 1975)
* "Drumble", Cassandra Nye (original)
* "A Clear Day in the Motor City", Eleanor Arnason (New Worlds 6 1973)
* "Settling the World", M. John Harrison (original)
* "Instead of the Cross, the Lollipop", B. F. Skinner (from Walden Two 1948)
* "I Always Do What Teddy Says," Harry Harrison (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine 1965)
* "Pyramids for Minnesota: A Serious Proposal", Thomas M. Disch (Harper's Magazine 1974)
* "The Zen Archer", Jonathan Greenblatt (original)
* "The Hero as Werwolf", Gene Wolfe (original)
* "The Change", H. G. Wells (from In the Days of the Comet, 1906)
Each of the vignettes in Sladek's "Fifteen Utopias" carries an individual subtitle. "Cassandra Nye" is a pseudonym of Charles Naylor.

## Reception

In The New York Times, Gerald Jonas notes that while the anthology's contents contradicted its subtitle, being mostly satires and dystopias, "Disch knows exactly what he is doing: he points out in a brief introduction that prescriptive Utopias tend to be not only dull but also silly and repugnant."
# 1998 in Norwegian television

This is a list of Norwegian television related events from 1998.

## Events

* Unknown – Toril Moe, performing as Celine Dion wins the third series of Stjerner i sikte. She was the first woman to have won.

## Television shows
### 1990s

* Sesam Stasjon (1991–1999)
* Stjerner i sikte (1996–2002)

## Networks and services
### Launches

| Network | Type | Launch date | Notes | Source |
| MTV | Cable television | 1 June | | |
| Discovery Travel & Living Europe | Cable television | Unknown | | |

### Conversions and rebrandings

| Old network name | New network name | Type | Conversion Date | Notes | Source |
| [] | | Cable television | | | |

### Closures

| Network | Type | End date | Notes | Sources |
| Nyhetskanalen | Cable television | 30 January | | |

## Births

* 25 February – Andrea Berntzen, actress and student

## Deaths

* 8 August – Bjarne Bø, 91, actor.
# Shams (name)

Shams (Persian: شمس, Arabic: شمس) is an Arabic origin word which is used as a unisex given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:

## Given name
### Female

* Shams (singer) (born 1980), a Saudi-Kuwaiti singer
* Shams Abbasi (1924–2011), Pakistani scholar
* Shams al-Baroudi (born 1945), Egyptian actress
* Shams C. Inati, American scholar
* Shams Pahlavi (1917–1996), member of the Iranian royal family
* Shams un Nisa Memon, Pakistani politician

### Male

* Shams Badran (1929–2020), Egyptian military officer
* Shams Buneri (1946–2023), Pakistani poet
* Shams Charania (born 1994), American television presenter
* Shams Langeroodi (born 1950), Iranian poet
* Shams Mulani (born 1997), Indian cricketer
* Shams Sumon, Bangladeshi actor
* Shams Tabrizi (1185–1248), Iranian Sufi mystic

## Surname

* Ajmal Shams (born 1972), Afghan politician and engineer
* Ibrahim Shams (1917–2001), Egyptian Olympic weightlifter
* Fatemeh Shams (born 1983), Iranian poet and literary scholar
* Hossein Shams (born 1961), Iranian futsal coach and football player
* Kalimuddin Shams (1939–2013), Indian politician
* Ladan Shams, American psychologist
* Mohammad Shams (born 1954), Iranian musical artist
* Noorena Shams (born 1997), Pakistani sportsperson
* Randy J. Shams, American musical artist
* Siavash Shams (born 1963), Iranian musical artist
* Sumera Shams (born 1991), Pakistani politician
* Wahid Shams Kolahi (born 1965), Iranian German engineer

## Arabic-based compound names with Shams as an element

* Shamsul Alam, meaning Sun of the world
* Shams al-Din, meaning Sun of the religion/faith
* Shams ul Huda, meaning Sun of the guidance
* Shams ul Haq, meaning Sun of Al Haqq
* Shamsul Islam, meaning Sun of Islam
* Shamsuzzaman, meaning Sun of the era
* Shams ud Duha, meaning Sun of the dawn
* Shamsunnahar, meaning Sun of the morning
* Shamsur Rahman, meaning Sun of the Most Merciful
* Shamsi (name), meaning Sunny
# Wrocław Dwarfs

Wrocław Dwarves or Wrocław Gnomes (Polish: Wrocławskie krasnale) are small figurines (20–30 cm) that have appeared in the streets of Wrocław, Poland since 2005. The dwarves are a major tourist attraction for the city, which is the third largest in Poland. Tourists often walk around the city with a map trying to find all of them.
As of 2024, there were over 800 dwarves in the city. Six of them are located outside the city at the LG plant in Biskupice Podgórne.

## History

In 2001, a monument of a dwarf was placed on Świdnicka Street to commemorate the Orange Alternative, a Polish anti-communist movement, and its symbol. In 2003, the mayor of Wrocław, in an attempt to continue the new tradition, unveiled a small plaque on the door of The Dwarves’ Museum. It is found at knee height on the wall of a historic tenement called Jaś, which is situated between the Market Square and St. Elizabeth’s Church.
The dwarf figures, which are smaller than the Orange Alternative monument on Świdnicka Street, were placed in various locations throughout the city. The first five, designed by Tomasz Moczek, a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław, were installed in August 2005. These included the Fencer near the University of Wrocław, the Butcher in Stare Jatki arcade, two Sisyphuses on Świdnicka Street, and the Oder-Washer-Dwarf, near the Piasek Bridge. The last dwarf's name is related to Pracze Odrzańskie, a district on the outskirts of the city. The number of figures has continued to grow since then.
On June 18, 2008, a ceremony was held to unveil two new dwarves on Świdnicka Street, next to W-skers. The figures represent two disabled dwarves: the Deaf-Mute and the Blind. They are part of the Wrocław Without Barriers campaign, which aims to draw attention to handicapped people living in Wrocław. Five days later, another dwarf was erected at the Hematology and Pediatric Oncology Clinic in Wrocław. The design for this third female dwarf, Marzenka, was based on the logo of the Mam marzenie charity.
The Dwarves' Festival takes place in Wrocław every year in September.

## Gallery

* Automator
* ATMers
* Snorer
* Programmer Capgeminiusz
* Long One
* Printer Kacper
* Florianek
* Gazuś
* Exchanger
* Pigeoner
* Player and Melomaniac
* Janinek
* Couchman
* Coffee Lover
* Smith
* Mailman
* Helper
* Recycler
* Croissant Eater
* Souvenir Vendor
* Sisyphuses
* Troszka and Adoratorek
* Tourist
* Ursus
* Prisoner
* Papa Dwarf
* Veteran
* Fan of WKS Śląsk Wrocław
* WrocLovek
* Wrocklik
* Wrocław dwarfs are bundled up during the winter.
* Roszek (Roch) the veterinarian

## Wrocław Dwarfs in other cities

As a sign of friendship, sculptures of a dwarf are installed in Berlin, Kaunas and Lviv.
# Nu2 Coronae Borealis

Nu$^2$ Coronae Borealis is a solitary, orange-hued star located in the northern constellation of Corona Borealis. It is faintly visible to the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude of +5.4. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 5.72 mas, it is located roughly 571 light years from the Sun. At that distance, the visual magnitude is diminished by an extinction of 0.1 due to interstellar dust.
This is an evolved red giant star with a stellar classification of K5 III. The measured angular diameter of Nu$^2$ Coronae Borealis is 2.53±0.16 mas. At its estimated distance, this yields a physical size of about 64 times the radius of the Sun. Nu$^2$ Coronae Borealis is radiating 880 times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 3,940 K.
The star ν$^1$ Coronae Borealis lies 6′ borth of ν$^2$. ν$^1$ is also a red giant with almost the same apparent magnitude, but is a more luminous asymptotic giant branch star.
# Robert H. Whittaker (politician)

Robert H. Whittaker or Robert H. Whitaker (died September 7, 1905) was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates in the U.S. state of Virginia, from 1874 - 1877.

## Biography

Whittaker was born enslaved sometime between 1830 and 1845 based on the 1870 and 1900 census recorded ages and was probably a native of Brunswick County.
He was elected justice of the peace of the Totaro Magisterial District in May 1871.
He was selected by the Brunswick County Republican party to be the nominee for the Virginia House of Delegates in August 1873. The newspapers described him as a Radical Republican while he was campaigning. Whittaker was duly elected to the House of Delegates in November 1873 defeating by 1448 to 961 the white conservative candidate. He was thus elected to serve in the 1874 general assembly representing Brunswick County as a Republican. Thomas E. Chambliss contested the seat on the basis that Whittaker was "ignorant and incapable of performing the duties", sources described Chambliss as a "chronic campaigner" and no official receipt of a challenge has been found to be recorded.
During this first session Whittaker served as a low ranking seat on the low importance Committee on Public Property. In August 1875 he attended a state convention to "discuss the economic inequalities faced by African Americans in Virginia".
Whittaker was re-elected in November 1875 again beating the white conservative opponent by a strong margin of 1227 to 827. He was again nominated to run for a third term in October 1877 but he did not run.
In 1881 he went to a Convention of African American Republicans in Petersburg.
Around 1884 he married a Minerva Ann of unknown maiden name (which may have been his second marriage) and together they had a child that did not live into adulthood.
Whittaker won the first of his three two year terms to the office of Brunswick County Board of Supervisors from Totaro Magisterial District in May 1887. Towards the end of his service he was in serious financial issues that resulted in the courts ordering that his land be sold at a public auction to pay his debts around 1902.
He died September 7, 1905 described as about seventy.
# Amie Boal

Amie Kathleen Boal is an American chemist. She is an associate professor of chemistry, biochemistry, and molecular biology at Pennsylvania State University. In 2020, Boal was the recipient of the Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry from the American Chemical Society.

## Early life and education

Boal is a native of Portland, Oregon. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in chemistry from Pomona College and her PhD in the same subject from the California Institute of Technology. Boal wrote her thesis, DNA-Mediated Charge Transport in DNA Repair, which won the Herbert Newby McCoy Award, in 2008 under the guidance of Jacqueline Barton.
Following this, Boal accepted a post-doctoral position in Amy Rosenzweig's laboratory at Northwestern University where she studied interactions between platinum-based anticancer therapeutics and human copper homeostasis proteins. During her post-doctoral fellowship, Boal was awarded a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Pathway to Independence Award and an NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award.

## Career

Boal remained at Northwestern until 2013 when she joined the Departments of Chemistry and of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Pennsylvania State University. Her research focused on understanding the structural basis for mechanism and function in diverse families of metalloenzymes. Upon joining the faculty, she was named a Searle Scholar to support her independent research into understanding how microorganisms acquire and use metal ions. Following this, she collaborated with Squire Booker to determine the three-dimensional structure of the RlmN protein from the bacterium. As a result of her collaborative research, Boal was the recipient of a Maximizing Investigators' Research Award for Early Stage Investigators at the NIH.
Prior to her promotion to associate professor, Boal was the senior author of a study that showed that a new subclass of ribonucleotide reductase (RNR) was able to use a modified amino acid instead of a metal ion as the oxidizing agent. In the same year, she was recognized with a Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award for being a young chemist who has "created an outstanding independent body of scholarship, and are deeply committed to education."
Boal and her research team later solved an x-ray crystal structure of SznF, showing that the protein contains two different active sites. As a result, she teamed up with Emily Balskus from Harvard University to explore how the bacterium that lives in soil produces streptozotocin. Prior to the start of the 2019–20 academic year, Boal was promoted to the rank of associate professor.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Boal was the recipient of the Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry from the American Chemical Society.

## Awards

* 2020 – Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry
* 2018 – Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards
* 2014 - Searle Scholars Program
* 2012 – NIH Pathway to Independence Award
# Asháninka Communal Reserve

The Asháninka Communal Reserve (Reserva Comunal Asháninka) is a protected area in Peru located in the Junín Region, Satipo Province, Río Tambo District.
According to the government of Peru, the reserve is 712.24 square miles in size.
# 1993 in Belgian television

This is a list of Belgian television related events from 1993.

## Events

* 8 March - Barbara Dex is selected to represent Belgium at the 1993 Eurovision Song Contest with her song "Iemand als jij". She is selected to be the thirty-eighth Belgian Eurovision entry during Eurosong held at the Knokke Casino in Knokke.
* Unknown - Wim Dekoker, performing as John Denver wins the fifth season of VTM Soundmixshow.

## Debuts
### Domestic

* 31 August - Wittekerke (1993-2008)

### New International Programming

* Noddy's Toyland Adventures

## Television shows
### 1980s

* VTM Soundmixshow (1989-1995, 1997–2000)

### 1990s

* Samson en Gert (1990–present)
* Familie (1991–present)
* Jambers

## Networks and services
### Launches

| Network | Type | Launch date | Notes | Source |
| [] | Cable and satellite | | | |

### Conversions and rebrandings

| Old network name | New network name | Type | Conversion Date | Notes | Source |
| Tele 21 | Arte/21 & Sports 21 | Cable and satellite | Unknown | | |

### Closures

| Network | Type | End date | Notes | Sources |
| [] | Cable and satellite | | | |
# Wayda

Wayda is a Bollywood film. It was released in 1940.
# Sikandar

Sikandar (sometimes Sikander) is Persian for "defender" or "warrior". When Alexander of Macedonia conquered Persia, the Persians called him Sikandar lidi, a variant of Iskandar.

## People
### Rulers

* Alexander the Great (BC 356–323), also known as Sikandar-i-Azam
* Alauddin Khalji (1266–1316), Sultan of Delhi, who minted coins using the title Sikandar-e-Sani (The Second Alexander)
* Sikandar Khan Ghazi (14th century), Vizier of Sylhet
* Abul Mujahid Sikandar Shah (died 1390), Sultan of Bengal
* Sikandar Shah Miri Butshikan (1353–1413), Sultan of Kashmir
* Sikandar Shah, Sultan of Bengal (1358–1390)
* Nuruddin Sikandar Shah (15th century), Sultan of Bengal
* Sikandar Khan Lodi (1458–1517), Sultan of Delhi
* Sikandar Shah of Gujarat, ruler of Gujarat Sultanate (died 1526)
* Sikandar Shah Suri (died 1559), Sultan of Delhi
* Sikander Jah, Asaf Jah III (1768–1829), Nizam of Hyderabad

### Other people

* Sikandar Hayat Khan (1892–1942), politician in British India
* Sikandar Abu Zafar (1918–1975), Bangladeshi journalist and poet
* Sikander Bakht (1918–2004), Indian politician
* Sikander Bakht (born 1957), Pakistani cricketer
* Sikandar Kher (born 1982), Indian actor
* Sikandar Sultan, Pakistani businessman
* Sikandar Raza (born 1986), Pakistani-Zimbabwean cricketer.

## Places

* Secunderabad, a city in Telangana, India, named after Sikandar Jah
* Sekandar, Markazi, a village in Markazi Province, Iran
* Sikandar, Iran, a village in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran
* Sikandar Bagh, a fortified villa and garden in Lucknow, India, a sepoy stronghold during the Indian Mutiny

## Media

* Sikandar (1941 film), an Indian film by Sohrab Modi about Alexander the Great
* Sikandar (2009 film), an Indian Hindi-language film directed by Piyush Jha
* Sikander, a 2013 Indian Punjabi-language film
** Sikander 2, its sequel film by Manav Shah
* Sikandar (2025 film), an Indian Hindi-language film directed by AR Murugadoss
# Kalyan Banerjee (politician)

Kalyan Banerjee (Bengali: কল্যাণ বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়; born 4 January 1957) is an Indian politician belonging to the Trinamool Congress. He is Senior Advocate of Supreme Court of India and Calcutta High Court. He is a four-time Member of Parliament. He has won the 2009, 2014, 2019 and 2024 Indian general elections from Serampore (Lok Sabha constituency).

## Career

He was earlier elected for the 16th Lok Sabha from the same constituency.
Kalyan Banerjee's education qualification is B.Com. and LL.B. He is a well known advocate, who has been frequently taking up numerous cases for Trinamool Congress. He has been practicing in Calcutta High Court since 1981. Some of the cases he handled are of Rizwanur Rahman Case, matters relating to Nandigram, Chhota Angaria Case, Bhikari Paswan Case, Imposition of Sec-144 in Singur and different land acquisition cases.

## Criticism

Banerjee was criticised for his comments on protesting junior doctor during RG Kar rape and murder case.
# Brandon "Scoop B" Robinson

Brandon Robinson, known professionally as Brandon "Scoop B" Robinson, is an American Television Host, Executive Producer, Sportswriter & NBA Insider. He is also the Co-Founder of Scoop B Radio, a media, marketing and production entity. As a journalist, he's had stops as a host at Spotify, a columnist at CBS and a television analyst at Bally Sports Network.

## Early life and education

Born in Newark, New Jersey, Robinson grew up in both Essex County, New Jersey and in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. He is an alum of Don Bosco Preparatory High School, where he was sports editor of the Ironman newspaper. He completed his Bachelor of Arts (BA) from Eastern University and graduated with a master's degree in journalism from Hofstra University. He was sports editor of Eastern's Waltonian newspaper and public address announcer of Eastern's soccer, volleyball, basketball and lacrosse teams.

## Career

Robinson began his career at the age of 12, co-hosting Nets Slammin' Planet on the now-defunct Radio AAHS (later AAHS World Radio).
Over the years, Robinson contributed as a writer to sports and entertainment magazines such as Regal Sports Radio's D & Davis Show, Slam magazine, The Source, Billboard, CBS Local Sports, Respect., Vibe, Jet, Ebony. He's appeared regularly as a sports contributor on television and radio programming, including Sirius XM radio Arise News, Complex and ESPN.
After leaving The Source in 2015, he hosted a sports show on CBS Radio called Brown and Scoop and also served as a sports columnist for the network.
Robinson became the Managing Editor & Columnist at Respect Magazine where his writing tackled the intersection of sports, entertainment, lifestyle and politics. In March 2018, he became a senior writer at Basketball Society. He also contributed to Heavy as a senior sports writer.
In May 2021, he joined Bally Sports Network as a National NBA Insider.
Robinson's interest in sports began in the 1990s while working in his family's shoe businesses, Men's Walker and The Athlete’s Foot, in Harlem, New York City.
# Manolis Bikakis

Manolis Bikakis (Greek: Μανώλης Μπικάκης; March 10, 1954 – October 22, 1994) was a Greek commando during the Turkish invasion of 1974.

## Biography

Manolis Ioannis Bikakis was born on 10 March 1954 in Amygdalos, Heraklion, Crete. He completed primary school in the village of Stoli in Heraklion. After fulfilling his military service, he worked as a construction worker. He was married with two children when he had died on 22 October 1994.

## Turkish Invasion of Cyprus

Bikakis served with the Greek Alpha Raider Squadron (Later renamed to 35th Raider Squadron) which was secretly airlifted to Cyprus with Operation Niki during the night of 21st July 1974 and in the early morning of 22nd. The Alpha Raider Squadron had the objective to reinforce the ELDYK and Cypriot National Guard units the island and was assigned to the Nicosia International Airport. During the second phase of invasion launched on August 14, 1974, the Squadron was dispersed confronting the invading Turks in the area of Ayios Dhometios (Battle of Agios Dometios) where Bikakis had been ordered to provide anti-tank cover with a 90-mm M67 recoilless rifle. During the clashes, he was separated from his teammates who presumed him dead. Repeatedly changing his position, Bikakis fought against the enemy with his rocket. After the engagement, he was lost and tried to find the remains of his unit for 4 days, which he eventually found after a phone call he made with his unit commander.

## Later life

Bikakis died in a car accident in 1994, while driving on the Athens-Patra National Highway.
The Greek government claimed that he knocked out 6 Turkish tanks and posthumously awarded him with the Medal of Gallantry in 2015, 41 years after the war had ended.
# Anthony Williams

Anthony or Antony Williams may refer to:

## Government

* Anthony Williams (diplomat) (1923–1990), former British Ambassador to Cambodia, Libya and Argentina
* Anthony Williams (Medal of Honor) (1822–?), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
* Anthony Williams, candidate in the United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, 2010
* Anthony A. Williams (born 1951), mayor of Washington D.C., 1999–2007
* Anthony D. Williams (politician) (1799–1860), Liberian politician
* Anthony H. Williams (born 1957), Pennsylvania State Senator

## Others

* Anthony Ratliff-Williams (born 1997), American football player
* Anthony Williams (bishop) (1892–1975), Anglican bishop in the Caribbean
* Anthony Williams (comics), Welsh artist
* Anthony Williams (footballer) (born 1977), Welsh former goalkeeper
* Anthony Williams (musician) (1931–2021), Trinidadian music pioneer and inventor of the steel pans
* Anthony Williams or Roc Raida (1972–2009), American turntablist and hip hop deejay
* Anthony D. Williams (author) (born 1974), co-author of Wikinomics
* Antony John Williams (born 1960), Welsh chemist, president of ChemSpider
* Anthony Williams (criminal), British criminal known as 'Lord Williams of Tomintoul'
* Anthony Williams-Kenny, British car designer