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Odd Solumsmoen (6 June 1917 – 30 April 1986) was a Norwegian novelist and literary critic.

Biography
Solumsmoen was born at Hamar in Hedmark, Norway. His parents were Torger Solumsmoen (1886-1923) and Mathilde Gren (1885-1967). His father died when he was only six years old. He graduated in 1939 from Hamar Cathedral School. In 1946,  he was appointed  to a position  at  Hamar ligningskontor, a post he held until retirement and  which he combined with his work as an author and critic. He became a regular contributor to Arbeiderbladet  from the early 1950s  until the 1980s.

He debuted as a fictional author in 1943 with the novel Barn i søndagsskolen. The book attracted considerable attention in his hometown since the stories so clearly started from recognizable events and models. His later works also had an autobiographical starting point. Solumsmoen's biographic works include a monograph on  writer and painter  Cora Sandel (Cora Sandel. En dikter i ånd og sannhet, 1957)  and on  poet and author Kristofer Uppdal (Kristofer Uppdal – domkirkebyggeren, 1959). Both are characterized by the personalization of the two authors. Among his other works  was the novel Hjem, kjære hjem from 1955. Solumsmoen was awarded the Mads Wiel Nygaards Endowment in 1972.

References

1917 births
1986 deaths
People from Hamar
20th-century Norwegian novelists
20th-century Norwegian poets
Norwegian male poets
20th-century Norwegian dramatists and playwrights
Norwegian male novelists
Norwegian male dramatists and playwrights
20th-century Norwegian male writers
Biggs was an unincorporated community in northeast Douglas County, Missouri, United States.

The community was located above the west bank of the North Fork River just south of the confluence of Indian Creek approximately two miles south of Topaz on County Road E-277. Missouri Route 181 is two miles east along County Road 284. The prominent Round Valley Knob rises approximately 160 feet above the surrounding North Fork floodplain adjacent to the east side of the community site.

The community had a post office from 1894 until 1920 and was named for local mill operator, Monroe Biggs.

References

Unincorporated communities in Douglas County, Missouri
Unincorporated communities in Missouri
Otofaciocervical syndrome, also known as Fara Chlupackova syndrome, are a small group of rare developmental disorders of genetic origin which are characterized by facial dysmorphisms, long neck, preauricular and/or branchial pits, cervical muscle hypoplasia, hearing loss, and mild intellectual disabilities. Additional findings include vertebral anomalies and short stature.

Types 

There are two types of OFC:

Otofaciocervical syndrome type 1 

It is characterized by facial dysmorphisms, low-set cup-shaped ears, preauricular sinus or cyst, hearing loss, branchial and skeletal anomalies, low-set clavicle bones, winged scapulae, sloping shoulders and mild intellectual disabilities. It is caused by autosomal dominant mutations in the EYA1 gene in chromosome 8. Only 11 cases have been reported in medical literature.

Otofaciocervical syndrome type 2 

It is characterized by the same symptoms in type 1, this disorder is different from type 1 because of its genetic cause and because of its additional features: thymus development alterations with T-cell immunodeficiency and recurrent infections which may turn fatal. It is caused by autosomal recessive mutations in the PAX1 gene in chromosome 20. Only 13 cases have been described in medical literature.

References 

Autosomal dominant disorders
Autosomal recessive disorders
Genetic syndromes
The men's synchronized 3 metre springboard diving competition at the 2015 European Games in Baku took place on 20 June at the Baku Aquatics Centre.

Results
The final was held at 19:00.

References

Women's 3 metre synchronized springboard
St. John's Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church located at Cape Vincent in Jefferson County, New York. It was built in 1841 and consists of a one-story main block and a lower side wing in the Federal style.  A three-story entry tower projects from the central bay of the front facade.  The tower features an eight sided spire.  Also on the property is the parish cemetery with the earliest gravestones dating to 1852.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

References

Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
Episcopal church buildings in New York (state)
Federal architecture in New York (state)
Churches completed in 1841
19th-century Episcopal church buildings
Churches in Jefferson County, New York
National Register of Historic Places in Jefferson County, New York
John Ostell (7 August 1813 – 6 April 1892) architect, surveyor and manufacturer, was born in London, England and emigrated to Canada in 1834, where he apprenticed himself to a Montreal surveyor André Trudeau to learn French methods of surveying. In 1837 he married Eleonore Gauvin, a member of a prominent French Catholic family in the city. His marriage ensured entry to French Canadian society, he was appointed diocesan architect for Montreal. In 1849 he formed a partnership with his nephew Henri-Maurice Perrault (1828–1903), this was the formation of one of the first architectural dynasties in Canada.

He mostly worked in the Greek Revival style of architecture. His first work in Montreal was the city's original Custom House, completed in 1836. This was followed by the McGill University Arts Building, 1839–1843, the oldest building on the McGill campus, extended 1860-1862 (formerly known as the McGill College Building, today renamed the McCall MacBain Arts Building); Asile des Soeurs de la Providence (aka Asile de la Providence), 1842 (demolished); High School of Montreal, 1845 (demolished); Protestant Orphan Asylum, 1848 (demolished); Palais episcopal (Episcopal Palace) 1849, burnt 1852; Eglise de Notre-Dame-de-Toutes-Graces, 1851; Church of St Anne, 1853 (demolished); Grand séminaire de Montréal, 1854; and the Old Montreal Court House, now known as the Édifice Lucien-Saulnier.1856-1859. Ostell submitted designs for the new St. James Cathedral in Toronto in 1849, placing second in the competition to Frederick William Cumberland. The only residential home left standing built by Ostell is the former home of Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine in downtown Montreal at 1395 Overdale Ave. The house, which was abandoned for the past 30 years and falling apart, was restored recently (2019) to its original appearance by the real estate developer of the condominium complex now surrounding it.

In 1859 he largely abandoned architecture having established a successful lumber business in 1852. The factory made doors and windows for export to Upper Canada (Ontario), Australia, the US and Britain. By 1856 the factory covered  and employed 75 workers and had a turn over of goods worth £18,750 per annum.

There are two adjacent streets in Montreal's Côte-des-Neiges burough named after him: Ostell Street and Ostell Crescent.

References

External links 
 Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
 Historic Places in Canada

Architects from London
1813 births
1892 deaths
History of Montreal
Neoclassical architects
Greek Revival architects
 
19th-century Canadian architects
English emigrants to Canada
Burials at Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery
Qarah Tappeh (, also Romanized as Qareh Tapeh and Qareh Tappeh; also known as Ghareh Tappeh, Kara Tepe, and Qar Tepe) is a village in Chaybasar-e Jonubi Rural District, in the Central District of Maku County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 874, in 218 families.

References 

Populated places in Maku County
Dean John Douglas Alston (born 1950) is an Australian cartoonist who became the editorial cartoonist of The West Australian newspaper in 1986.

Biography
Dean Alston was born in South Perth, Western Australia. He grew up in Mount Pleasant and attended Applecross Senior High School. In 1967 he started a cadetship in cartography with Western Australia's Lands and Surveys Department. In 1980, he bought into the Carine Glades Tavern. He travelled to London via New Zealand and the US, working for British Gas as a cartographer, illustrator and caricaturist. In 1985, Alston was employed by The West Australian. He took over as editorial cartoonist the following year. , he is estimated to have published over 14,000 cartoons. He has won numerous awards, including a Walkley Award for Best Cartoon in 1991 and Stanley Awards for Best Single Gag cartoon in 2003 and 2012.

Controversy

In September 1997 The West Australian published an Alston cartoon entitled Alas Poor Yagan, which criticised the fact that the return of Yagan's head had become a source of conflict among the Indigenous Australians of Western Australia, instead of fostering unity. The cartoon could also be interpreted as casting aspersions on the motives and legitimacy of named indigenous people who were humorously identified with mixed racial heritage. The content of the cartoon offended many Aboriginal people. The elder Robert Bropho levelled accusations of racism against The West Australian. Eventually the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission ruled that the cartoon made inappropriate references to Noongar beliefs but did not breach racial discrimination law. This ruling was upheld on appeal by the Federal Court of Australia.

Notes

References
 Scourfield, Stephen (2005), His Nibs, The West Magazine, 3 December 2005.
 Another selection of Alston: cartoons from The West Australian / by Dean Alston (1991, )
 Alston's back: cartoons from The West Australian / by Dean Alston (1992, )
 Chocolate nipples and other delights Selected columns of Michele Phillips with illustrations by Dean Alston (1992)

External links

 Dean Alston's Alas Poor Yagan cartoon from The West Australian (Saturday 6 September 1997).

Australian editorial cartoonists
Artists from Perth, Western Australia
1950 births
Living people
People educated at Applecross Senior High School
The West Australian
Gregory Cusack (born May 6, 1943) is an American politician who served in the Iowa House of Representatives from the 81st district from 1973 to 1981.

References

1943 births
Living people
Democratic Party members of the Iowa House of Representatives
The women's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2007 Summer Universiade was held on 12 August.

Results

References

3000
2007 in women's athletics
2007
Manor Park, a northern suburb of Lower Hutt City, lies in the south of the North Island of New Zealand. The suburb separates the western bank of the Hutt River from  State Highway 2.

History
At the end of 1925, W.H. George auctioned his Manor Park Estate, which at the time was part of Haywards. Much of it was subdivided and sold as township sections. Part of the land was purchased by Karori Golf Club, which renamed itself to Manor Park Golf Club after moving there and opening a course in 1926.

A flood in April 1931 swept away Manor Park Bridge, a private bridge that connected the suburb with Stokes Valley. The flood also caused damage to the Manor Park Golf Course.

The suburb was previously home to Manor Park School, which has admission records dating back to 1962. The school was declared closed on 15 February 1996.

Landmarks
Manor Park is home to the Manor Park Golf Club. The suburb is mostly residential, other than the aforementioned golf club and a small private hospital. Over recent years new houses have been built at the southern end of the suburb.

Demographics
Manor Park statistical area covers . It had an estimated population of  as of  with a population density of  people per km2.

Manor Park had a population of 417 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 27 people (6.9%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 36 people (9.4%) since the 2006 census. There were 135 households, comprising 219 males and 198 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.11 males per female. The median age was 45.8 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 57 people (13.7%) aged under 15 years, 75 (18.0%) aged 15 to 29, 180 (43.2%) aged 30 to 64, and 102 (24.5%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 82.7% European/Pākehā, 12.2% Māori, 5.0% Pasifika, 12.9% Asian, and 1.4% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

The percentage of people born overseas was 23.0, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 50.4% had no religion, 32.4% were Christian, 0.7% had Māori religious beliefs, 2.9% were Hindu, 2.2% were Buddhist and 4.3% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 60 (16.7%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 66 (18.3%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $31,400, compared with $31,800 nationally. 72 people (20.0%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 162 (45.0%) people were employed full-time, 36 (10.0%) were part-time, and 9 (2.5%) were unemployed.

References

External links
Manor Park Golf Club website

Suburbs of Lower Hutt
Populated places on Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt River
Al Palladini (December 24, 1943 – March 7, 2001) was a politician in Ontario, Canada.  He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2001, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Mike Harris.

Background
Palladini was born in Prossedi, Italy. He was the owner of Al Palladini's Pine Tree Lincoln Mercury automobile dealership in Woodbridge, Ontario becoming locally famous for the slogan, "Any Palladini is a pal of mine" in a series of ads conceived by CHUM Radio's Larry MacInnis, and voiced by a young Rick Moranis when he was an announcer at CHUM FM radio in Toronto. He was named Canadian World Auto Marketer of the Year in 1994, and was the Vaughan Outstanding Business Achievement Award the same year. Palladini also served as Chair of the York-Finch General Hospital Foundation, and was a Director of the York University Scholarship Alliance Board.

Politics
He was elected in the riding of York Centre in the provincial election of 1995, defeating Liberal Mario Ferri by more than 8,000 votes (the riding had previously been held by high-profile Liberal Greg Sorbara).  On June 26, 1995, he was named Minister of Transportation.  Following a cabinet shuffle on October 10, 1997, he was named Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Tourism.

Palladini was re-elected in the provincial election of 1999, defeating Liberal Tony Genco by about 7,500 votes in the redistributed riding of Vaughan—King—Aurora.  After the election, his portfolio was renamed  "Economic Development and Trade".

In office, Palladini presented himself as a populist while presenting legislation which reduced government services. He was often accused of anti-intellectualism. When he cut back on snowplowing budgets for provincial highways, he suggested that stranded drivers could simply use their cell phones to call for help.

Cabinet posts

Resignation and death
Palladini resigned from cabinet on February 7, 2001, citing personal difficulties. One month later, he unexpectedly died of a heart attack on a golf course while vacationing in Mexico.

Legacy
His son Franco and family continued to operate his car dealership for several years until bankruptcy in 2009. There is a community centre named Al Palladini Community Centre in Woodbridge, in his honour.

Ontario's Minister of Education, Stephen Lecce, gives Al Palladini credit for launching his political career through his effort on his 1999 re-election campaign.

References

External links

1943 births
2001 deaths
Italian emigrants to Canada
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs
People from Vaughan
Members of the Executive Council of Ontario
21st-century Canadian politicians
Automobile salespeople
Trans-Eurasia Logistics, AKA CHINA RAILWAY Express, is a joint venture between German rail company Deutsche Bahn  and Russian RZhD, China Railway Corporation from China operating container freight trains between Germany and China via Russia. The first such train arrived in Hamburg from Xiangtan on 6 October 2008, taking 17 days to make the trip. Intermodal companies Polzug, Kombiverkehr, and TransContainer are also involved in the project.
Since end of 2020, Up to 60 trains per week run between Shenzhen and Duisburg (rhine harbour).

Container trains travel from China to Germany via the Trans-Mongolian and Trans-Siberian Railways, and then via Belarus and Poland - the route collectively known as the "Eurasian Land Bridge". A break of gauge needs to be crossed when entering Mongolia from China (or Russia directly from China, if traveling via Manzhouli/Zabaykalsk), and then another one when leaving Belarus for Poland.

Trans-Eurasia Logistics operates the Yiwu - Madrid Railway line, which is the longest goods railway line in the world and connects China, Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany, France and Spain.

Locomotives Being Used

China 
DF4 (Diesel)

DF4D (Diesel)

DF7C (Diesel)

HXN5 (Diesel)

HXN3B (Diesel)

SS3B (Electric)

HXD1(Electric)

HXD2 (Electric)

Mongolia 
M62 (Diesel)

Kazakhstan 
VL80 (Electric)

KZ8A (Electric)

Russia 
VL80 (Electric)

Europe 
Belarus: BCG-1 (Electric) 

Poland & Germany: ES64F4 (Electric)

Austria: ER20 (Diesel)

UK: Class 92 (Electric)

See also
 AH1

External links
Trans-Eurasia Logistics

References

Rail transport in Europe
Rail transport in Asia
Alfredo Lemus (born 1 April 1952) is a Venezuelan boxer. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics. He finished in third place at the 1975 Pan American Games in the light-middleweight division.

References

External links
 

1952 births
Living people
Venezuelan male boxers
Olympic boxers for Venezuela
Boxers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Boxers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Boxers at the 1975 Pan American Games
Pan American Games bronze medalists for Venezuela
Pan American Games medalists in boxing
Place of birth missing (living people)
AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists
Light-middleweight boxers
Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games
20th-century Venezuelan people
21st-century Venezuelan people
The Regional Council of Nouakchott (, ) is the elected assembly of the city of Nouakchott, Mauritania. It has been led since its creation by Fatimetou Mint Abdel Malick, of El Insaf.

History
Regional councils were first elected in Mauritania in 2018 following a 2017 constitutional referendum that abolished the Senate, replacing it with regional councils in every wilaya, with the city of Nouakchott (which is subdivided in three wilayas) getting a single regional council replacing the Urban Community of Nouakchott.

Election system

After creation
Regional councils in Mauritania were previously elected using the proportional representation system of the largest remainder method with two rounds. In the first round, voters chose from one of several lists running. If one list obtained an absolute majority of votes, the council seats were then distributed proportionally. If not, a second round was to be held between the two largest lists. The president of the Regional Council was elected by the Regional Council from one of their members.

After 2023
On 26 September 2022 all Mauritanian political parties reached an agreement sponsored by the Ministry of Interior and Decentralisation to reform the election system ahead of the upcoming elections after weeks of meetings between all parties.

In this election, regional councils are elected in a single round using proportional representation through the largest remainder method, with no threshold being applied. The head of the list that gets the most votes automatically becomes president of the regional council.

List of presidents

Historic composition of the regional council

References

Regional councils of Mauritania
Nouakchott
Tavares (, ) is a Portuguese surname. The Spanish version of this name is Tavárez. This surname was adopted by Sephardic Jews as well.

Notable people with the surname

General
Alda Bandeira Tavares Vaz da Conceição (born 1949), São Toméan politician
António Raposo Tavares (1598–1658), Portuguese explorer and bandeirante
Aureliano Cândido Tavares Bastos (1839–1875), Brazilian politician, writer and journalist
Aurélio de Lyra Tavares, Brazilian general
Carlos Tavares (born 1958), Portuguese businessman
Charmaine Tavares (born 1943), American politician
Chelsea Tavares, American actress and singer
Daniel Tavares (born 1966), American serial killer
Gonçalo M. Tavares (born 1970), Portuguese writer
Eugénio Tavares (1867–1930), Cape Verdean writer
Fernanda Tavares (born 1980), Brazilian supermodel
Freddie Tavares (1913–1990), American musician and inventor
Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver, United States musician and composer
Kibwe Tavares, British film maker and architect
Miguel Sousa Tavares (born 1952), Portuguese journalist and writer
Patrícia Tavares (born 1977), Portuguese actress
Rui Tavares (born 1972), Portuguese politician
Stafford Tavares, Canadian cryptographer
Tatiana Silva Braga Tavares, Belgian model
Urbano Tavares Rodrigues (1923–2013), Portuguese writer and journalist

Sports
André Luiz Tavares (born 1983), Brazilian footballer
Brad Tavares (born 1987), American mixed martial arts fighter
Clodoaldo Tavares de Santana, Brazilian footballer
Diogo Tavares (born 1987), Portuguese footballer
D'Jamila Tavares (born 1994), São Tomé and Príncipe runner
Jimmy Tavares (born 1984), French figure skater and actor
John Tavares (ice hockey) (born 1990), Canadian ice hockey player
John Tavares (lacrosse) (born 1968),Canadian lacrosse player
Marcos Tavares (born 1984), Brazilian footballer
Manuel José Tavares Fernandes, Portuguese footballer and manager
Mickaël Tavares (born 1982), Senegalese footballer
Mikoyam Tavares (born 1981), Cape Verdean-Portuguese footballer
Nuno Tavares (born 2000), Portuguese footballer
Stopira (born 1988), real name Ianique Santos Tavares, Cape Verdean footballer basketball player
Thiago Tavares (born 1984), Brazilian martial arts fighter
Tony Tavares, American sports executive
Walter Tavares (born 1992), Cape Verdean basketball player

Portuguese-language surnames
Mautern in Steiermark is a municipality in the district of Leoben in Styria, Austria.

Twin towns
Mautern in Steiermark is twinned with:

  Mautern an der Donau, Austria (1983)
  Tipperary, Ireland (2006)

References

Cities and towns in Leoben District