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Orlestone

Orlestone is a mid-sized civil parish in Ashford District, Kent, England, with a population of 1,407. The centre of the parish is Hamstreet village which falls almost entirely within it but has a small fraction in the parish of Warehorne.  The civil parish here reflects the very longstanding dominance of Orlestreet as its ecclesiastical parish boundary and provides a third alternative to most residents of Hamstreet to their village name, other than 'Ham Street'. Hamstreet is bypassed by the A2070 road, six miles south of Ashford.

Description
Most of the population live in a cross-civil parish settlement at the middle and edge of Orlestone, which is Hamstreet.

Orlestone itself is a small hamlet with a typical short street number of houses and the medieval parish church of St Mary the Virgin, parts of which date to the 11th century. Much of the population moved to Hamstreet (originally known as Ham) when the Ashford to Hastings railway opened in 1853; there was also a better source of water at the newer place.

Eponymous places in the civil parish are Orlestone Forest, and buildings such as Orlestone Grange and Orlestone Riding Centre (near Shadoxhurst). Also a neighbourhood of Hamstreet built in 2006 has been named Orlestone View.

As with Warehorne the north of the area is forested.

Transport
Ham Street railway station is central to Hamstreet and is also in approximately the midpoint of this parish.

Hamstreet is also served by the 11/11A/11B bus, which is operated by Stagecoach and runs from Ashford to Lydd and New Romney.

References

External links

 Parish Council website
 Statistical civil parish overview - map

Borough of Ashford
Civil parishes in Ashford, Kent
Bernie Fabiosa

Bernie Fabiosa (born July 23, 1954) is a retired Filipino professional basketball player and actor. He spent most of his playing days with the Crispa Redmanizers in the PBA.  During his heyday, he is tops in career steals, earning for himself the monicker The Sultan of Swipe.

Playing career
Fabiosa played 17 seasons in the PBA from 1975 to 1991. In 1981, he led the league in assists, tallying 8.4 points, 3.6 assists and 1.6 steals across his name. He also led the league in steals for seven seasons.

Bernie remained as one of Crispa's starters and kept his place as the Redmanizers' top assist man. When Crispa disbanded at the end of the 1984 PBA season, he was acquired by newcomer Shell Azodrin. He played two seasons for Shell before being traded and reunited with Crispa's old pals and former coach Baby Dalupan at Great Taste.

A dislocated shoulder caused by a nasty fall midway through the 1988 PBA season drastically affected his marketability. He had no takers when the 1989 season opened and Bernie played briefly for Crispa 400 in the PABL before being recalled by his former team Presto Tivoli. Fabiosa's comeback was unsuccessful as he suited up for only five games during the season.

In 1990, the Purefoods Hotdogs signed him up as coach Baby Dalupan believes he could still get some mileage from the veteran and one of the six remaining pioneers of the league. The following year, he suited up for Diet Sarsi and played 22 games in the All-Filipino Conference before retiring for good.

He finished his career with 6,597 points, 2,853 assists and 1,235 steals in 788 games. He converted 1,414/1,876 FTs for a career average of 75.4%. He is ranked No. 3 in all-time steals behind only Johnny Abarrientos and Ramon Fernandez.

In 2000, he was inducted to the all-time PBA 25th anniversary team.

Retirement and later career
After his playing days were over, Fabiosa dabbled into acting together with former Crispa teammate Atoy Co, where he took minor supporting roles in action movies.

Filmography

Source: Bernard Fabiosa - IMDb

Personal life
Fabiosa was previously married to former beauty queen Marilyn Manansala, with whom he has two children, Magnolia and Byron. He was also in a relationship with singer Malu Barry, with whom he has a child named Bernice.

Among his friends, he considered Philip Cesar and Atoy Co as his bestfriends. They called themselves PBA back in the old times, which stands for Philip, Bernard and Atoy.

He migrated to the United States in 2005 and now lives in Northridge in the northern California valley with his wife, Dr. Almi Valenzuela, a dentist.

References

1954 births
Living people
Filipino men's basketball players
Basketball players from Bohol
Male actors from Bohol
Point guards
Crispa Redmanizers players
Shell Turbo Chargers players
Great Taste Coffee Makers players
Magnolia Hotshots players
Pop Cola Panthers players
USJ-R Jaguars basketball players
Terry McDermott (speed skater)

Richard Terrance McDermott (September 20, 1940 – May 20, 2023), nicknamed The Essexville Rocket, was an American gold and silver medal-winning Olympic speed skater.

McDermott was a surprise winner in the 500 m at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck when he beat the favorite in that distance, reigning Olympic champion Yevgeny Grishin, by half a second. His coach at the time was Leo Freisinger, the 500 m bronze medal winner of the 1936 Winter Olympics. McDermott's international career consisted exclusively of the 500 m at the Olympic Winter Games of 1960, 1964 and 1968. In 1968 he skated in unfavorable conditions, late in the day when the sun melted the ice. Yet he finished only 0.2 seconds behind the winner.

McDermott was inducted in the National Speedskating Hall of Fame on June 4, 1977. At the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, McDermott took the Olympic Oath representing the judges.

McDermott worked as a barber from 1963 to 1967, and after that as a manufacturer's representative in the Detroit area. In parallel he served as a speed skating official. On February 9, 1964, he was a guest on The Ed Sullivan Show, an appearance that was overshadowed by the first U.S. performance of The Beatles. He resided in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. He was married to Virginia, and has five children and an elder sister Marilyn.

McDermott died on May 20, 2023, at the age of 82.

References

External links

 Eng, Trond. All Time International Championships, Complete results 1889–2002. Askim, Norway, WSSSA Skøytenytt, 2002.
 Terry McDermott at SkateResults.com

1940 births
2023 deaths
American male speed skaters
Speed skaters at the 1960 Winter Olympics
Speed skaters at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Speed skaters at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Sportspeople from Michigan
Olympic gold medalists for the United States in speed skating
Olympic silver medalists for the United States in speed skating
Olympic officials
Medalists at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Oath takers at the Olympic Games
People from Bay County, Michigan
Arumana no Kiseki

Arumana no Kiseki is a platform game by Konami for the Family Computer Disk System. It was released in Japan on August 11, 1987. In 2012, reproduction cartridges of the game were created for the NES under the title of 'Miracle of Almana'.

Synopsis
A magic red jewel, known as the Arumana, is stolen from an unnamed village. A thief runs off with the jewel and turns the entire village into stone. In order to restore the village to its former glory, the game's hero (Kaito) must track down the thief and recover the stolen jewel.

Gameplay

The player takes the role of a hero named Kaito, who bears a resemblance to Indiana Jones, and must travel through six cavernous levels in search of the stolen jewel, Arumana. The player begins with thirty throwing knives as his weapon of attack. As they venture through the levels they can find various other weapons. These include bombs, a handgun, bolas, a crystal ball that destroys everything on screen, and mines. He must destroy various cave dwelling creatures as well as soldiers, who sometimes drop weapons.

Kaito's main source of transportation is unique. Besides just walking and jumping, like most platform games, he must also use a special grappling hook to reach platforms that are too high. To make things a little more difficult, the grappling hook can only be launched from a diagonal direction and not just straight above.

The game itself is very reminiscent to Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. The appearance of Kaito is not only nearly identical to the series' adventurer, but the game's cave environments and plot, which revolves around the main character recovering a jewel that grants life to a village, are very similar to his explorations.  The game also borrows heavily from an earlier Konami release, Roc 'N Rope, with the main character firing ropes at platforms to cross wide chasms.

Notes

References

External links
Arumana no Kiseki at Atari HQ

1987 video games
Famicom Disk System games
Japan-exclusive video games
Konami games
Famicom Disk System-only games
Platformers
Single-player video games
Video games scored by Kinuyo Yamashita
Video games developed in Japan
Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1995–1998

This is a list of members of the 48th Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1995 to 1998, as elected at the 1995 state election held on 15 July 1995.

 The Labor member for Mundingburra, Ken Davies, was initially declared re-elected at the 1995 election by a margin of 16 votes, but the result was overturned by the Court of Disputed Returns on 8 December 1995. Liberal candidate Frank Tanti won the resulting by-election on 3 February 1996, resulting in the Goss Ministry being defeated on the floor of the Assembly.
 On 16 May 1996, the Labor member for Lytton, Tom Burns, resigned. Labor candidate Paul Lucas won the resulting by-election on 5 October 1996.
 On 17 March 1997, the Labor member for Kurwongbah, Margaret Woodgate, resigned. Labor candidate Linda Lavarch won the resulting by-election on 24 May 1997.

See also
1995 Queensland state election
Goss Ministry (Labor) (1989–1996)
Borbidge Ministry (National/Liberal) (1996–1998)

References

Members of Queensland parliaments by term
20th-century Australian politicians
Sergio Vigil

Sergio Vigil (born 11 August 1965 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine former field hockey player, who later became a coach in his sport. In 1997 he was appointed as the head coach of the Argentine Women's Team, that won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney under his guidance.

Besides that, Vigil coached Las Leonas to gold medals at the 2002 Women's Hockey World Cup, 2001 Champions Trophy and at the 1999 Pan American Games. Under his guidance, Las Leonas have also won the silver medal at the 2002 Champions Trophy and the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Sergio has also coached Argentina men's national field hockey team from 2004 to 2008.

He won the Konex Award Merit Diploma in 2010 as one of the five best coaches of the last decade in Argentina.

References

1965 births
Living people
Argentine male field hockey players
Argentine field hockey coaches
Field hockey players from Buenos Aires
Pan American Games medalists in field hockey
Pan American Games silver medalists for Argentina
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile
Field hockey players at the 1987 Pan American Games
1990 Men's Hockey World Cup players
Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games
This Is Such a Pity

"This Is Such a Pity" is a song by the American alternative rock band Weezer. It is the fourth single from the band's fifth album, Make Believe. It was released to the radio on March 6, 2006. This marks the first time that Weezer has ever released a fourth single from one of their albums.

The liner notes of Make Believe credit Rivers Cuomo as the sole writer of the song, yet Brian Bell came up with the dueling guitar solo. All the keyboards on the song were done using a $75 Casio keyboard. The band tried demoing the song with more expensive Moog keyboards, but ended up being most satisfied with the Casio sound.

Cuomo claims "This is Such a Pity" to be his favorite song from Make Believe. Julian Casablancas of The Strokes has also said it is his favorite Weezer song.

Track listing
Radio Only Promo Single
 "This is Such a Pity" (Radio Version) - 3:27

Mash-up video and controversy
The song only enjoyed modest success on modern rock radio, partly because the song doesn't have an official accompanying music video. 

However, a mash up music video featuring footage from the 1984 breakdancing-themed movie Breakin' was uploaded to YouTube shortly after the song was announced as the fourth single off Make Believe. The clip was created by Rafael Sans, a theology student at Oral Roberts University and become an Internet phenomenon both among the band's hardcore fan base and throughout the online blogging community. The clip was even featured on the weezer.com homepage. 

Yet, soon after its success, the video was banned from YouTube because, as Julie Supan, the site's senior director of marketing explained, "it was likely that the user did not have the proper authorization to upload the video, and the rights-holder contacted YouTube." Despite this, Sans later uploaded the video on Vimeo in 2009.

Personnel
Rivers Cuomo – lead guitar, lead vocals
Brian Bell – rhythm guitar
Scott Shriner – bass guitar
Patrick Wilson – drums, percussion
Rick Rubin – production

References

External links
'Such A Pity': YouTube Pulls Homemade Weezer Video, on MTV.com

Weezer songs
2006 singles
Songs written by Rivers Cuomo
Song recordings produced by Rick Rubin
2004 songs
Aigo

Beijing Huaqi Information Digital Technology Co., Ltd, trading as Aigo (stylized as aigo), is a Chinese consumer electronics company. It is headquartered in the Ideal Plaza () in Haidian District, Beijing.

History
Beijing Huaqi Information Digital Technology Co Ltd (北京华旗资讯科技发展有限公司) is a consumer electronics manufacturer headquartered in Beijing. It was founded by Féng Jūn, who is the current president, in 1993. The company initially produced keyboards. aigo may be participating in a trend that sees Chinese nationals preferring to purchase locally produced durable goods.

Products
aigo's products include MIDs, digital media players, computer cases, digital cameras, cpu cooling fans, computer peripherals, and monitors.

Subsidiaries
aigo has 27 subsidiaries and several R&D facilities. An incomplete list of aigo's subsidiaries can be found here.

aigo Music
Established in 1993 and located in Beijing, aigo Music operates a digital music service much like iTunes. The first of its kind in China, it is, as of 2009, the biggest portal for legal downloading of music in the country. Strategic partnerships with Warner Music, EMI and Sony allow a wide range of music to be offered at 0.99 yuan per song.

Beijing aifly Education and Technology Co Ltd
aigo set up this English as a Second Language brand with help from Crazy English founder Li Yang.

Beijing aigo Digital Animation Institution
An aigo subsidiary that specializes in 3D animated films.

Huaqi Information Technology (Singapore) Pte Ltd
Set up in October 2003, it operates two official aigo outlet stores in Singapore.

Shenzhen aigo R&D Co Ltd
Established in 2006, this Shenzhen-based research and development facility focuses on the development of mobile multimedia software.

Sponsorships

aigo is a sponsor of a number of sporting events, the majority involving automobile racing.

Motorsport
aigo was an official partner of the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Formula One team.

As of 2008, aigo sponsors Chinese driver "Frankie" Cheng Congfu, in A1GP racing.

aigo was an  official partner of the 2007 race of champions, a racing competition that uses a variety of different vehicles.

aigo was one of the sponsors of Bryan Herta Autosports during Indianapolis 500.

Football
aigo, as of 2009, has a global strategic cooperation effort with Manchester United.

Notes

References

External links

Aigo
Aigo 
aigo tagged posts @ gizmodo.com
aigo tagged posts @ engadget.com

Electronics companies of China
Chinese brands
Consumer electronics brands
Companies established in 1993
Computer storage companies
Manufacturing companies based in Beijing
Privately held companies of China
1993 establishments in China
Japan at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Japan was the host nation for the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.  It was the second time that Japan has hosted the Winter Games, after the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, and the third time overall, after the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Medalists

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Alpine skiing

Men

Men's combined

Women

Women's combined

Biathlon

Men

Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay

Women

Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay

 1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
 2 One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Cross-country skiing

Men

 1 Starting delay based on 10 km results. 
 C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Women

 2 Starting delay based on 5 km results. 
 C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Curling

Men's tournament

Group stage
Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.

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Tie-breaker

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Contestants

Women's tournament

Group stage
Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.

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Contestants

Figure skating

Men

Women

Pairs

Ice dancing

Freestyle skiing

Men

Women

Ice hockey

Men's tournament

Preliminary round
Top team (shaded) advanced to the first round.

Consolation round

Team roster
Akihito Sugisawa
Shin Yahata
Tsutsumi Otomo
Matt Kabayama
Ryan Kuwabara
Ryan Fujita
Atsuo Kudo
Toshiyuki Sakai
Takeshi Yamanaka
Hiroyuki Miura
Yuji Iga
Dusty Imoo
Shinichi Iwasaki
Tatsuki Katayama
Makato Kawahira
Takayuki Kobori
Kunihiko Sakurai
Takayuki Miura
Steve Tsujiura
Chris Yule

Women's tournament

Group stage
The first four teams (shaded green) advanced to medal round games.

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Luge

Men

(Men's) Doubles

Women

Nordic combined 

Men's individual

Events:
 normal hill ski jumping
 15 km cross-country skiing 

Men's team

Four participants per team.

Events:
 normal hill ski jumping
 5 km cross-country skiing

Short track speed skating

Men

Women

Ski jumping 

Men's team large hill

 1 Four teams members performed two jumps each.

Snowboarding

Men's halfpipe

Women's giant slalom

Women's halfpipe

Speed skating

Men

Women

References
Japan Olympic Committee database
 Olympic Winter Games 1998, full results by sports-reference.com

Nations at the 1998 Winter Olympics
1998
Winter Olympics
Sri Lankan cricket team in Bangladesh in 2005–06

The Sri Lankan cricket team toured Bangladesh for cricket matches during the 2005–06 season. The Sri Lankans rested many senior players on this tour, like Chaminda Vaas, Muttiah Muralitharan (Muttiah was only left out of the ODI squad) and the captain Marvan Attapatu. The role of the captain for this series was taken over by Mahela Jayawardene. The first match of the ODI series was the last game for veteran fast bowler Khaled Mahmud.

Squads

ODI series

1st ODI

2nd ODI

3rd ODI

Test series

1st Test

2nd Test

2006 in Bangladeshi cricket
2005-06
Bangladeshi cricket seasons from 2000–01
2006 in Sri Lankan cricket
International cricket competitions in 2005–06
Paul Brennan (Canadian musician)

Paul Brennan is a Canadian musician. A drummer, Brennan has been a member of Big Electric Cat, the Animal Slaves, Odds and Big Sugar. He has also contributed as a guest musician on albums by Meryn Cadell, Sarah McLachlan, Taste of Joy, Julie Ann Bertram and Mae Moore. He is currently playing with Alannah Myles and Ellis Meek and performing locally in Toronto.

Career
Brennan was a founding member of the Vancouver band Odds in 1987; the same musicians also performed cover tunes locally under the name Dawn Patrol. Odds recorded their first album, Neapolitan, in 1991; a single from the album, "Love is the Subject", appeared on local radio charts. In 1992 the band toured as the backup band for American rock singer Warren Zevon.

By 1994, Brennan had left the odds, although he continued to perform in Dawn Patrol. He contributed percussion to Mae Moore's 1995 album Dragonfly.

Brennan moved to Toronto and joined the band Big Sugar in 1996. He was the drummer for their album Hemi-Vision, which was nominated for a Juno Award in 1997. The band toured in western Canada in support of the album.

In 1997 Brennan drummed on Meryn Cadell's album Blocks 6.

Brennan performed with Luke Doucet as part of the NXNE festival in Toronto in 2002. He was the drummer for Doucet's 2004 album Outlaws

In 2018 Brennan continues to perform locally in Toronto with the band The Two Fours and hosts an open mic at the Relish Bar and Grill.

References

Canadian rock drummers
Canadian male drummers
Living people
Canadian alternative rock musicians
Year of birth missing (living people)
Ratilal Kalidas Varma

Ratilal Kalidas Varma (born 30 June 1948) is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Dhandhuka constituency of Gujarat and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is one of the tallest MPs of India at 6 feet 6 inches. Ratilal Varma also served as National Vice President of Schedule Caste Cell, BJP

External links
 Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website

People from Ahmedabad district
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Gujarat
1948 births
Living people
India MPs 2004–2009
Lok Sabha members from Gujarat
India MPs 1989–1991
India MPs 1991–1996
India MPs 1996–1997
India MPs 1998–1999
India MPs 1999–2004
Harin Pathak

Harin Pathak (born 20 July 1947) is an Indian politician who was a member of the fourteenth Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Ahmedabad East constituency of Gujarat and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Phatak was denied a ticket to contest the 2014 Loksabha Elections by BJP. He was replaced by Bollywood actor Paresh Rawal.

Pathak was Minister of State for Defence Production in Atal Bihari Vajpayee's third cabinate from October 1999 to November 2000. Pathak was forced to resigned along with Gujarat Health Minister Ashok Bhatt in a case of instigating a mob leading to the lynching of Head Constable Laxman Desai during an anti-quota agitation in Gujarat in April 1985.

He was an English teacher in Nalanda Vidhyalay at Ahmedabad. He was a corporator in Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation for several years. He was one of the rare politician who worked in municipal corporation and directly elected as member of parliament in Loksabha.

References

External links
 Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website

Politicians from Ahmedabad
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Gujarat
Living people
1947 births
India MPs 2004–2009
India MPs 2009–2014
People from Panchmahal district
Lok Sabha members from Gujarat
India MPs 1989–1991
India MPs 1991–1996
India MPs 1996–1997
India MPs 1998–1999
India MPs 1999–2004
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh members
Mahesh Kanodia

Mahesh Kanodia (27 January 1937 – 25 October 2020) was a singer and a politician from Gujarat state in India.

Biography 
Mahesh Kanodia was born on 27 January 1937, at Kanoda village (now in Patan district, Gujarat), India. He completed his primary education from Shahpur School in Ahmedabad. He worked in Gujarati cinema for four decades as a musician, singer and composer. He performed with his actor-singer brother Naresh Kanodia.

He represented the Patan constituency in Lok Sabha four times (10th, 11th, 12th and 14th) as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, 1991–1999, and 2004–2009.

Sauna Hridayma Hammesh: Mahesh-Naresh, an autobiographical Gujarati book on brothers was published in 2011.

He died on 25 October 2020, in Gandhinagar from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in India. He had paralysis for six years before his death.
His younger brother Naresh Kanodia died two days later, also from Covid.

Awards
Mahesh Kanodia received the following details among the awards given by Gujarat Government to Gujarati film artists.
 Award for Best Music for the film Jigar and Ami (1970–71) (as a composer)
 Award for Best Music for the film Tanariri (1974–75) (as a composer)
 Award for the second best film for the film Jog Sanjog (1980/81) (as a producer)
 Award for the best music for the film Jog Sanjog (1980/81) (as a composer)
 Award for Best Playback Singer for the film Akhand Chudlo (1981/82)
 Award for the best music for the film Laju Lakhan (1991/92) (as a composer)

Personal life
He married Uma on 1 January 1960. Their daughter Pooja, a singer, died in 2015. His nephew Hitu Kanodia is an MLA in Gujarat assembly.

References

 https://news4gujarati.com/famous-gujarat-singer-mahesh-kanodia-passes-away-news4-gujarati/

Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Gujarat
1939 births
2020 deaths
India MPs 2004–2009
Indian actor-politicians
People from Mehsana district
People from Patan district
India MPs 1991–1996
India MPs 1996–1997
India MPs 1998–1999
Lok Sabha members from Gujarat
Kanodia family
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in India
I Want to Be Gay

"I Want to Be Gay" is the fourth single released by singer and comedian Julie Brown. It was released 18 years after her last single. The single was originally released on Compact Disc only in a cardboard sleeve and made available exclusively through her website, or through eBay (via her own sales representative). As of 2008, it is available on iTunes and other digital music retailers as a digital download.  The title track is a cheeky pop song about how Brown wishes she were a gay man because (based on stereotype) it would be easier to get laid. It features a dance remix of the song and a new, previously unreleased dance remix of her hit "The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun".

The single was originally not tied to a full-length album, but was later included on her 2011 album Smell the Glamour. There was no music video released. The cover art features an outtake photo from the session used to create the cover to her single "Girl Fight Tonight!".

References

2005 singles
Julie Brown songs
2005 songs
LGBT-related songs
Babubhai Khimabhai Katara

Babubhai Khimabhai Katara (born 1 January 1961) was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India until suspended. He represented the reserved (Scheduled Tribe) Dohad constituency of Gujarat and was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. In the elections in 2004, he had won over the candidate from the Indian National Congress with a margin of 0.07% of the popular vote; he had also won in 1999 from the same seat.

Participation in Gujarat Riots, 2002 

In February–March 2002, Babubhai Katara along with his son Bhavesh Katara are
alleged to have participated in the large scale looting of Muslim establishments in Jhalod, Gujarat, during the Gujarat Riots of 2002.  A number of people were stabbed and killed, and Bhavesh Katara is alleged to have shot and killed one Yunus Yusuf Patel.

Arrested on charges of human trafficking 
On 18 April 2007, Babubhai Kitara was arrested at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi as he was boarding an Air India flight 187 to Toronto.  
He was using his family's diplomatic passports to smuggle a woman, Paramjeet Kaur, of Kapurthala, Punjab, to Canada on his wife Sharadaben Katara's passport, along with her 16-year-old son Amarjeet who was posing as his younger son Rajesh.  He had initially used his official clout to avoid any checking at the immigration counters, but airline officials detected that the faces did not match and CISF police personnel stationed at the airport detained him and he was arrested after interrogation.

Senior police officers told journalists
that a deal of Rs 3 million (about USD 70,000) was struck for Babubhai to smuggle Paramjeet and her son to Canada.  During interrogation by immigration officials, she allegedly stated that Rs. 1.5 million had already been paid to Mr. Katara's secretary Rajender, who 
had come to see off the three at the airport.

Apparently Paramjeet was hoping to join her husband Paramjit Singh, who was living as an 
illegal immigrant in Canada, according to her mother Mohinder Kaur in the
Feroz Sangawal village near Jalandhar
. She had earlier been refused a visa, and was then trying through some influential travel agents in her area.

Subsequently, police officers alleged that on an earlier occasion also, he had taken a
woman with him on his wife's passport. 
In court, when he was asked whether he had escorted other such people on his two previous visits to UK and Canada, Babubhai kept quiet. Also, Paramjeet stated in court that the boy Amarjeet was not her son.

The fact that even members of parliament with diplomatic privileges can be approached for such purposes is seen as opening a Pandora's box on corruption in the Indian political system. (See also Operation Duryodhana).

On 18 April 2007, Babubhai was suspended from the BJP political party by the party president L K Advani for indulging in Human trafficking. This will possibly imply that he also loses his parliamentary seat.

References 

Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Gujarat
India MPs 2004–2009
1961 births
Living people
India MPs 1999–2004
Lok Sabha members from Gujarat
Bhupendrasinh Prabhatsinh Solanki

Bhupendrasinh Prabhatsinh Solanki (born 26 March 1954) was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Godhra constituency of Gujarat and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

External links
 Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website

1954 births
Living people
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Gujarat
India MPs 2004–2009
People from Panchmahal district
India MPs 1999–2004
Lok Sabha members from Gujarat
Mansukhbhai Vasava

Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava (born 1 June 1957) is an Indian politician associated with Bharatiya Janata Party and former Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs (till July 5, 2016) in the Government of India under the Prime Ministership of Narendra Modi. He is a senior leader of the bharatiya janata party. He first got elected to 12th Lok Sabha in a by-election held on 25 November 1998 from the Bharuch Parliamentary Constituency of Gujarat, once a stronghold of Congress President Sonia Gandhi's political advisor Ahmed Patel. He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1998, 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2014 from the same constituency (renamed as Bharuch in 2008); five times in a row. He also served in the Government of Gujarat in 1994 as a Deputy Minister. He holds a master's degree in Social Work (M.S.W.) from Gujarat Vidyapith, Ahemadabad and was graduated (B.A.) from
South Gujarat University.

Political career 
He served as Minister of State from May 2014 to 5 July 2016.

1994-96         Member, Gujarat Legislative Assembly

                     Deputy Minister, Government of Gujarat

1998              Elected to 12th Lok Sabha

1998-99         Member, Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme

                     Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

1999              Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

1999-2000     Member, Committee on Labour and Welfare

                     Member, Committee on Private Members` Bills and Resolutions

                     Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Rural Development

2004             Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 3rd term)

                    Member, Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers

                    Member, Committee on Petitions

5 Aug. 2007 Member, Committee on Chemicals & Fertilizers

2009             Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (4th term)

31 Aug. 2009     Member, Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests

Address 
Permanent Address:

Rajendra Nagar Society,

Jalaram Road

At & Po. Rajpipla

Ta. Nandod

Distt. Narmada

Gujarat

Tel. (02640) 224300

Delhi Address

55, North Avenue,

New Delhi - 110 001

Tels. (011) 23093670

(M) 9868180050, 9427110866

Notes

External links
 Detailed profile: Mansukhbhai D. Vasava in india.gov.in website

1957 births
Living people
India MPs 1998–1999
India MPs 1999–2004
India MPs 2004–2009
India MPs 2009–2014
India MPs 2014–2019
Lok Sabha members from Gujarat
People from Bharuch
Narendra Modi ministry
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Gujarat
India MPs 2019–present
Kashiram Rana

Kashiram Rana (7 April 1938 – 31 August 2012) was an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of India. In 1989, he was elected to the 9th Lok Sabha from Surat constituency in Gujarat. He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1991, 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2004 from the same constituency. He served as a union cabinet minister in the department of textiles, twice, in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee led NDA govt during 1998–2004. He died on 31 August 2012.

Rana was being increasingly sidelined within the BJP and recently he had sided with Keshubhai Patel and played a pivotal role in forming the Gujarat Parivartan Party.

Early life and education

His Father's Name was Shri Chhabildas and mother's Name was	Smt. Kashiben. He was born on 07 Apr 1938 at Surat (Gujarat). his Spouse's Name was	Late Smt. Pushpa. He has 2 sons and 4 Daughters. He did B.Com., LL.B. from South-Gujarat University, Surat (Gujarat).
By Profession he was an	Advocate and Social Worker.

Positions Held

1. 1975-80	Member, Gujarat Legislative Assembly
2. 1977-80	Chairman, Committee on Public Undertakings, Gujarat Legislative Assembly
3. 1983-84 and 1987	Mayor, Municipal Corporation, Surat
4. 1985-87 and 1993-96	President, Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.), Gujarat
5. 1989	Elected to 9th Lok Sabha
6. 1990-91	Member, Rules Committee
7. Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways
8. 1991	Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
9. 1991-92	Member, Public Accounts Committee
10. Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Industry
11. 1996	Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
12. 1996-97	Member, Estimates Committee
13. Member, Committee on Commerce
14. Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Broadcasting Bill
15. 1998	Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (4th term)
16. 1998-99	Union Cabinet Minister, Textiles
17. 1999	Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (5th term)
18. 13 Oct. 1999 - 23 May 2003	Union Cabinet Minister, Textiles
19. 24 May 2003- May 2004	Union Cabinet Minister, Rural Development
20. 2004	Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 6th term)

References

External links
 Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website

2012 deaths
People from Surat
India MPs 2004–2009
1938 births
India MPs 1989–1991
India MPs 1991–1996
India MPs 1996–1997
India MPs 1998–1999
India MPs 1999–2004
Mayors of Surat
Lok Sabha members from Gujarat
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Gujarat
Gujarat Parivartan Party politicians
Politicians from Surat
Jens Gad

Jens Gad is a German producer, songwriter and guitarist of Danish parents. He started making music at a young age.

Gad produces music for many artists (Sandra Cretu / Sandra Gambino) and was previously co-producer for the musical project, Enigma. In the past he has released albums under the name of "Enigmatic Obsession", "Jens Gad Presents" for his new instrumental work, and also under the name of "Achillea", for his new world-influenced music which features different female vocalists on each album, singing in different languages.

Gad works from his 007 music studio in the city of Avalon on Catalina Island, off the coast of Los Angeles. Jens is the older brother of Toby Gad.

In 2019, Gad was featured in the Visual Collaborative Polaris catalogue for the creative sector, he was interviewed alongside people such as; Remi Vaughan-Richards, Bahia Shehab and Yvonne Sangudi.

In 2019 Jens worked with Sandra Gambino on her debut album "Shades of Love".

Projects
Jens Gad's own musical project, Achillea, has released two albums: The Nine Worlds (2005) in collaboration with singer Helene Horlyck and Amadas Estrellas (2007) in collaboration with Spanish singer Luisa Fernandez.

Discography

Albums
 1986: Contact – Fancy
 1988: All or Nothing – Milli Vanilli
 1989: NRG. – Q
 1989: Love Is No Science – Münchener Freiheit
 1991: Welcome to the Soul Asylum – Angel X
 1993: The Cross of Changes – Enigma
 1993: Sliver: Music from the Motion Picture – Enigma / BSO
 1995: Will I Be Faithful? – Slavik...Kemmler
 1995: Fading Shades – Sandra
 1998: The Energy of Sound – Trance Atlantic Air Waves
 1999: Snowin' Under My Skin – Andru Donalds
 1999: My Favourites – Sandra
 2000: The Screen Behind the Mirror – Enigma
 2000: Freiheit Die Ich Meine – Münchener Freiheit
 2001: Let's Talk About It – Andru Donalds
 2001: Love Sensuality Devotion: The Greatest Hits – Enigma
 2001: Love Sensuality Devotion: The Remix Collection – Enigma
 2002: The Wheel of Time – Sandra
 2003: Zeitmaschine – Münchener Freiheit
 2003: Voyageur – Enigma
 2005: Secrets of Seduction – released under the group name Enigmatic Obsession
 2005: The Nine Worlds – released under the group name Achillea
 2006: Le Spa Sonique – released under the recording artist name  Jens Gad Presents
 2007: Amadas Estrellas – released under the group name  Achillea
 2007: The Art of Love – Sandra
 2009: Back to Life – Sandra
 2021: ''Shades of Love – Sandra Gambino

References

External links
 JensGad.com 
  Jens Gad en EnigmaMusica.com
 (Russian) Q NRG.

German electronic musicians
German guitarists
German male guitarists
German people of Danish descent
Living people
Musicians from Munich
Enigma (German band) members
1966 births
German emigrants to the United States
Gregorio Panzani

Gregorio Panzani (died 1662) was an Italian Catholic priest, who became Bishop of Mileto and a papal emissary to England during the reign of King Charles I of England.

Life
Gregorio Panzani received a Doctorate in utroque iure (in both Civil Law and Canon Law) at the Archiginnasio di Roma on 7 March 1625.   He joined the Congregation of the Oratory, becoming a priest, but, on account of ill-health, he resigned and became a secular priest of the diocese of Arezzo. In 1634 he was chosen by Cardinal Antonio Barberini for the important and delicate task of a secret agency in London. He is described by the writer of his memoirs as a man:

Barberini was keen to gain more information about the progress of Catholics in England and Panzani's commission was to gain first-hand information as to the state of English Catholics. English Catholics were then much divided on the question of the oath of allegiance and the appointment of a vicar Apostolic and moves were afoot to settle the differences that had arisen on these points between the seculars and regulars and to establish informal relations between Barberini's uncle Pope Urban VIII and the Government.

Panzani himself realized that the appointment of a bishop was necessary, and he resented the efforts of the Jesuits to hinder this. Though he was successful in reconciling seculars with the Benedictines and other Catholics, the Jesuits were left out of the settlement, and Panzani's subsequent efforts to bring them in were fruitless.

He had repeated interviews with Windebank and Lord Cottington, the secretaries of state, enjoyed (like Rossetti) the confidence of the Queen, Henrietta Maria, and was admitted to secret audience with King Charles. He was also in communication with Richard Montagu, the Anglican Bishop of Chichester on the subject of corporate reunion.

He was recalled in 1634 when a scheme of reciprocal agency was established between Pope Urban VIII and the Queen. Returning to Rome he was made a canon of S. Lorenzo in Damaso, and obtained a judicial position in the civil courts. On 13 August 1640, he was elected Bishop of Mileto, in the Province of Catanzaro.

Account of his mission

An account of his English mission was written in Italian by someone who had access to his papers, and a copy of this was used by Charles Dodd, who, however, thought it imprudent to publish these memoirs in full. But in 1793 the Rev. Joseph Berington published a translation of them with an historical introduction and supplement. Their authenticity was immediately called in question by Father Charles Plowden, S.J., who regarded them as a forgery by Dodd. The subsequent researches by M. A. Tierney, however, conclusively proved that the Memoirs were genuine. The original manuscript, then in the possession of Cardinal Filippo Antonio Gualterio, was purchased by the British Museum in 1854 (Add. Manuscripts 15389).

References

External links
The Memoirs of Gregorio Panzani; giving an account of his agency in England (1788).

Attribution

1662 deaths
17th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops
Bishops in Calabria
17th-century Italian diplomats
Year of birth unknown
England–Holy See relations
Gabriele Salvatores

Gabriele Salvatores (born 30 July 1950) is an Italian Academy Award-winning film director and screenwriter.

Biography
Born in Naples, Salvatores debuted as a theatre director in 1972, founding in Milan the Teatro dell'Elfo, for which he directed several avant-garde pieces until 1989.

In that year, he directed his third feature film, Marrakech Express, which was followed in 1990 by Turné. Both films shared a group of actor-friends, including Diego Abatantuono and Fabrizio Bentivoglio, who will be present in many of his later movies. Turné was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival.

In 1991, Salvatores received international praise for Mediterraneo, which won an Academy Award as best foreign film. It also won three David di Donatello, the most important award for Italian cinema, and a Nastro d'Argento.

In 1992, he released Puerto Escondido, from the eponymous novel by Pino Cacucci, in which Abatantuono and Bentivoglio were joined by another standard actor for Salvatores, Claudio Bisio. The following year he directed Sud, featuring Silvio Orlando, an attempt to denounce the political and social situation of the Mezzogiorno of Italy seen from the point of view of the unemployed and those at the margins of society.

The main themes of Salvatores' screenplays are escape from a reality that cannot be accepted or understood, nostalgia for friends, and voyages that never end. A new experimental period, however, started in 1997 with Nirvana, a science fiction/cyberpunk attempt which received mixed reviews. This was followed by the surreal Denti (Teeth, 2000), and Amnèsia (2002). Both featured Sergio Rubini.

A good success was I'm Not Scared of 2003, from the Niccolò Ammaniti novel. In 2005 he directed the noir Quo Vadis, Baby?. His 2008 film As God Commands was entered into the 31st Moscow International Film Festival.

Filmography
Sogno di una notte d'estate (1983)
Kamikazen - Ultima notte a Milano (1987)
Marrakech Express (1989)
On Tour (Turné, 1990)
Mediterraneo (1991)
Puerto Escondido (1992)
Sud (1993)
Nirvana (1997)
Denti (2000)
Amnèsia (2002)
I'm Not Scared (Io non ho paura, 2003)
Quo Vadis, Baby? (2005)
As God Commands (Come Dio comanda, 2008)
Happy Family (2010)
Siberian Education (Educazione siberiana, 2012)
Italy in a Day (2014)
The Invisible Boy (Il ragazzo invisibile, 2014)
The Invisible Boy: Second Generation (2018)
Volare (2019)

References

External links

1950 births
Italian film directors
Living people
Film people from Naples
Nastro d'Argento winners
Directors of Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award winners
Alloxylon

Alloxylon is a genus of four species in the family Proteaceae of mainly small to medium-sized trees. They are native to the eastern coast of Australia, with one species, A. brachycarpum found in New Guinea and the Aru Islands. The genus is a relatively new creation, being split off from Oreocallis in 1991. The name is derived from Ancient Greek allo- "other" or "strange" and xylon or "wood" due to their unusual cell architecture compared with the related genera Telopea and Oreocallis. In Australia, they are known as tree waratahs due to similarities in the inflorescences between them and the closely related Telopea.

Classification
Together with Telopea, Oreocallis and Embothrium, Alloxylon makes up a small group of terminal often red-flowering showy plants scattered around the southern edges of the Pacific Rim. Known as the subtribe Embothriinae, this is an ancient group with roots in the mid Cretaceous, when Australia, Antarctica and South America were linked by land.

Cultivation
They are grown for their incredibly showy flowers. Their large size and, in some cases, lengthy time to flower from seed, has limited their availability as garden plants. However Alloxylon flammeum has proven adaptable and hardy, while the others are more exacting in their requirements. All do best in a well-drained soil rich in organic material but low in phosphorus
with some shelter when small.

Species
 Alloxylon brachycarpum 
 Alloxylon flammeum  (type species) (previously Oreocallis wickhamii)
 Alloxylon pinnatum 
 Alloxylon wickhamii

References

External links
Photo of A. pinnatum in flower

 
Proteaceae genera
Ornamental trees
Taxa named by Michael Crisp
Australasian realm flora
Proteales of Australia
Lester Quitzau

Lester Quitzau (born September 21, 1964) is a Canadian folk and blues guitarist from Edmonton, Alberta.

In addition to his own albums, he also collaborates with the roots trio Tri-Continental with Bill Bourne and Madagascar Slim, and tours and records with his wife, folk-pop singer Mae Moore.

Discography

 Keep on Walking (1994)
 A Big Love (1996)
 Tri-Continental (2000)
 So Here We Are (2001)
 Live (2002, with Tri-Continental)
 Let's Play (2003, with Tri-Continental)
 Oh My! (2004, with Mae Moore)
 Drifting (2004, with Tri-Continental)
 The Same Light (2009)
 Dust Dance (2018, with Tri-Continental)

References

External links
 Lester Quitzau
 
 

1964 births
Living people
Canadian blues guitarists
Canadian male guitarists
Canadian folk guitarists
Canadian people of Danish descent
Canadian people of Dutch descent
Windebank

Windebank may refer to:

Sir Francis Windebank (1582–1646) was an English politician who was Secretary of State under Charles I of England
Sir Thomas Windebank, 1st Baronet (born c. 1612), M.P. for Wootton Bassett and supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. He was made a baronet in 1645. He was Clerk of the Signet from 1641 until 1645 and again from 1660 to 1674
Francis Windebank (Royalist soldier) (died 1645), supported the Royalist cause during the English Civil War. He was court-martial and shot for failing to defend Bletchingdon House, near Oxford.
Christopher Windebank (born 1615), an Englishman who lived in Madrid and worked as guide and interpreter for English ambassadors.
John Windebank (1618–1704), an English physician who was admitted an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 1680 and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
Windebank (Hampshire cricketer) was an English professional cricketer.

See also
Windebank baronets, of Haines Hill (1645) extinct 1719
Efisio Melis

Efisio Melis (1890–1970) was a Sardinian folk musician, and noted to have been one of the greatest launeddas players in the world.

He was born in Villaputzu near the southeastern tip of the island of Sardinia, the same town of fellow noted launeddas player Antonio Lara. Melis was a child prodigy, performing in public at the age of eleven. His career fell into decline in the 1920s, but revived in the mid-1930s when he made a number of recordings on the launeddas that have since been reissued and serve as important documentation of his skill. He was praised by the Danish musicologist, Andreas Fridolin Weis Bentzon, as having a talent comparable to that of Bach and Mozart (cited in Leydi, 1990). His life ended in Cagliari.

See also
Music of Sardinia

References

 Leydi, Roberto. "Efisio Melis" in Le tradizioni popolari in Italia; canti e musiche popolari, Milano: Electa, 1990.

External links
Sardinian Music - Buy Sardinian Music

1890 births
1970 deaths
People from the Province of Cagliari
Italian folk musicians
Music in Sardinia
20th-century Italian musicians