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Devdas (disambiguation)

Devdas is a Bengali novel by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, first published in 1917 and adapted as a film many times.

Devdas may also refer to:
 Devdas (1928 film), silent film version of the novel. directed by Naresh Mitra
 Devdas (1935 film), Bengali version of the novel, directed by Pramathesh Barua
 Devdas (1936 film), Hindi version of the novel, directed by Pramathesh Barua
 Devdas (1937 film), Assamese version of the novel, directed by Pramathesh Barua
 Devdas (1955 film), Hindi version of the novel, directed by Bimal Roy
 Devdas (1965 film), Urdu film
 Devdas (1979 film), Bengali version of the novel, directed by Dilip Roy
 Devdas (1982 film), Bengali version of the novel, directed by Chashi Nazrul Islam
 Devdas (2002 Hindi film), Hindi version of the novel, directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali
 Devdas (soundtrack)
 Devdas (2002 Bengali film), Bengali version of the novel, directed by Shakti Samanta
 Devdas (2013 film), Bengali version of the novel, directed by Chashi Nazrul Islam
 Devdas (2018 film), a Telugu language film directed by Sreeram Aditya

Persons
 Devdas Gandhi (1900–1957), Indian journalist, son of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
 Devdas Chakraborty (1933–2008), Bangladesh artist
 Devdas Apte (born 1934), Indian politician
 Devdas Chhotray (born 1955), Indian writer
 Mujibur Rahman Devdas (1929/30-2020), Bangladesh activist

See also 
 Dev.D, a 2009 postmodern take on the novel by director Anurag Kashyap starring Abhay Deol, Mahi Gill and Kalki Koechlin
 Devadas (disambiguation)
 Devadasu (disambiguation)
 Devadasi, female temple servants in India
 Devadasi (1948 film), 1948 Indian film
Kontoret för särskild inhämtning

Kontoret för särskild inhämtning (KSI), "The Office for Special Acquisition", is part of the Swedish Military Intelligence and Security Service (MUST) and also one of the most secret parts of the Swedish Armed Forces. The previous names until 1994 were: T-kontoret (1946–1964), IB (1965–1973), Gemensamma byrån för underrättelser (GBU) (1973–1982) and Sektionen för särskild inhämtning (SSI) (1982–1994).

The main task of the office is that of liaison with foreign intelligence organizations and espionage through HUMINT.

References

Swedish intelligence agencies
Scott Adams (disambiguation)

Scott Adams (born 1957) is the American creator of the Dilbert comic strip.

Scott Adams is also the name of:
 Scott Adams (game designer) (born 1952), American game designer
 Scott Adams (skier) (born 1971), Australian Paralympic skier
 Peggy Scott-Adams (1948–2023), American R&B and soul singer
 Scott Adams (American football) (1966–2013), American football player

See also
Adam Scott (disambiguation)
Adams (surname)
Uromyrtus

Uromyrtus is a genus of plants in the myrtle family Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1941. The greatest diversity of species are found in New Caledonia and the remainder are found in Australia, New Guinea and Borneo.

The flowers occur singly in the axils of the leaves and typically point downwards.  In this respect the genus superficially resembles the neotropical genus Ugni, but evidence from DNA sequencing studies suggests the genera are not closely related.

Uromyrtus australis A.J.Scott - an Australian species that is endangered and restricted to a small location in northern New South Wales. This plant is known as the peach myrtle due to the colour and shape of its fruit.

Species

References

External links
 Photograph of flowers of U. australis

Myrtaceae
Myrtaceae genera
Taxa named by Max Burret
Lačni Franz

Lačni Franz (meaning Hungry Franz) is a rock band from Slovenia that was also popular in the 1980s in Yugoslavia. While they were inspired by another Slovenian radical band Buldožer known for utilizing sheer madness in the social and political satire, their lyrics are more self-ironic. The band was formed in Maribor in June 1979. Their name, meaning Hungry Franz, is a pun on the name of a character from the novel Catch-22, Hungry Joe, and describes a hunger for rock music.

The band's music and attitude were in a sense laid back, and they portrayed themselves as a local band from a provincial town. Zoran Predin's lyrics ranged from disturbing ballads (Ne mi dihat za ovratnik, Lipa zelenela je), through love songs (Čakaj me, Naj ti poljub nariše ustnice), to social and political satire (Praslovan, Naša Lidija je pri vojakih).

The key band members were frontman and songwriter Zoran Predin, and guitarist Oto Rimele. The band had the most creative success towards the end of the 1980s, with classical albums such as Ikebana, Adijo pamet, Ne mi dihat za ovratnik, and Na svoji strani (the last one made with the original crew).  Their last studio album was released in 1994. Lačni Franz officially ceased to exist in 1997 after a series of compilation albums.

Zoran Predin continued a solo career after the Franz disbanded. Many of the band's hits, such as Praslovan, Bog nima telefona, Vaterpolist, Ne mi dihat za ovratnik, Čakaj me and Naj ti poljub nariše ustnice, have remained in his concert repertoire.

The band briefly regathered in the winter of 2005 - 2006, and held a series of concerts in Slovenia, Belgrade, and Zagreb.

Members
Current Members
 Zoran Predin, vocal
 Anej Kočevar, bass guitar
 Luka Čadež, drums
 Boštjan Artiček, keyboards
 Tine Čas, lead guitar

Past members
 Oto Rimele, lead guitar (1979–1985)
 Milan Prislan, lead guitar (1985-)
 Sašo Stojanovič, bass guitar (1979–1983)
 Zoran Stjepanovič, bass guitar
 Mirko Kosi, synthesizer
 Damjan Likavec, drums (1979–1982)
 Andrej Pintarič, drums
 Nino Mureškič, congas (1987–1989)
 Klemen Lombar, lead guitar (2014)

Discography

Albums
 Ikebana (1981)
 Adijo pamet (1982)
 Ne mi dihat za ovratnik (1983)
 Slišiš, školjka poje ti! (1983)
 Slon med porcelanom (1984)
 Na svoji strani (1986)
 Sirene tulijo (1987)
 Tiha voda (1989)
 Kaj bi mi brez nas (1989)
 Ilegalni pubertetniki (1991)
 Zadnja večerja (1994)
 Nasvidenje na plaži (1995)
 Petnajstletnica v živo (1995)
 Kaj bi mi brez nas (9 CD–box) (2000)
 Starši vaših radosti (CD+DVD) (2005)
 Ladja norcev (2016)
(All albums were issued by Helidon, except Petnajsletnica 1995 live album, which was a self-release and Ladja norcev, issued by Sedvex Records

External links

Zoran Predin's official site
Fan site
 Lačni Franz Videos

References

Slovenian new wave musical groups
Yugoslav rock music groups
Musical groups established in 1979
Musical groups disestablished in 1997
Barrel Full of Monkees

Barrel Full of Monkees is a compilation album of songs by the Monkees, released by Colgems Records in 1971. The double album was produced and marketed for children, after the success of the Monkees' television show being rebroadcast on Saturday mornings by CBS, and was the last LP ever issued by Colgems.

Despite being issued by Colgems, the album was part of a mid-priced RCA 2-LP series called the "This Is..." series. Popular RCA artists such as Chet Atkins, Harry Belafonte and Perry Como had discs in the series and the RCA LP releases carried a VPS prefix and listed for $5.98, which was the list price for "full line" single LP records at the time. The Monkees' double set also listed for $5.98 and carried a then-new "SCOS" prefix and new numbering series, "1001," making it unrelated to any other previous Colgems issue or pricing series.

The 20-song collection included 13 of the 14 tracks found on The Monkees' first Greatest Hits compilation, the missing exception being "Zor and Zam."

After the closing of Colgems in 1971, Barrel Full of Monkees was deleted, with the next Monkees compilation, Re-Focus, being issued by Colgems' successor, Bell Records.

Track listing

Side 1

Side 2

Side 3

Side 4

References

The Monkees compilation albums
1971 compilation albums
Colgems Records compilation albums
The Blue and White

The Blue and White is a magazine written by undergraduates at Columbia University, New York City. Founded in 1890, the magazine has dedicated itself throughout its existence to providing students an outlet for intellectual and political discussion, literary publication, and general parody.

History
Founded in 1890, the magazine disbanded for unknown reasons in 1893.  It was not until 1998 that a handful of undergraduates revived the journal based on the original format.  The staff has since grown to several dozen writers and contributors.  In switching to a monthly in 2005, the magazine affirmed its place as a campus fixture. Recently, the magazine has begun to focus more on pieces of "hard" journalism, in contradistinction to its former, less serious, and more literary character. The Blue and White staff meets in the crypt of St. Paul's Chapel.

Bwog

In 2006, The Blue and White established Bwog, an online blog counterpart to the magazine. Bwog aims to bring its readership gossip and other Columbia news around the clock. It first gained national recognition for its coverage of a violent protest against the Minutemen illegal immigration group that occurred at Columbia in 2006 and for Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's controversial visit to the university in 2007. Years later, in December 2010, Bwog gained national media attention again for its reactive coverage of Operation Ivy League, a notorious campus drug bust.

Past editors
Claire Shang
Dominy Gallo
Sam Needleman
Ufon Umanah
Caroline Hurley
Alex Swanson
Channing Prend
Hallie Swanson
Torsten Odland
Conor Skelding
Brian Wagner
Mark Hay
Liz Naiden
Jon Hill
Juli Weiner

Alumni

Christopher Beam, writer for Slate
Michael Yates Crowley, playwright
Telis Demos, writer for the Wall Street Journal
Franklin Foer (Honorary), Editor of the New Republic
Kate Linthicum, writer for the Los Angeles Times
Anna Phillips, writer for The New York Times''' School Book
Dave Plotz, Senior Editor at Bloggingheads.tv
Marc Tracy, staff writer at The New York TimesJuli Weiner, blogger for Vanity FairGideon Yago, correspondent for MTV News
Avi Zenilman, executive editor for The National Memo''

References

External links
The Blue and White
The Blue and White on WikiCU
Bwog
Mention in The New Yorker
Blue & White magazine at UNC-Chapel Hill

Columbia University publications
Magazines established in 1890
Magazines published in New York City
Monthly magazines published in the United States
Student magazines published in the United States
JPCC

JPCC may refer to:
Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Scott Adams (skier)

Scott Adams (born 17 March 1971 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian Paralympic skier. He was from Toongabbie and lives in Kimberley, British Columbia, Canada. He is a below-knee amputee (LW4 classification).

At the 2002 Winter Paralympics, he competed in four events - 12th in the Men's Downhill LW4, 9th in the  Men's Slalom LW4 and did not finish in the Men's Giant Slalom LW4 and Men's Super-G LW4. At the 2006 Winter Paralympics, he competed in four events - 40th in the Men's Downhill standing, 40th in the Men's Giant Slalom standing, 38th  Men's Slalom standing and 46th in the Men's Super-G standing.

References 

1971 births
Australian male alpine skiers
Alpine skiers at the 2002 Winter Paralympics
Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Paralympics
Paralympic alpine skiers for Australia
Sportsmen from New South Wales
Living people
Skiers from Sydney
Happiness & Disaster

Happiness & Disaster is the first full-length album by Canadian indie rock band Stabilo. The album debuted at #6 on the digital album chart and #20 on the Soundscan Top 200.

The first single and video is "Flawed Design", which has been played live since at least May 2004. The second single and video is "Kidding Ourselves", which was released in July 2006. The song "Beautiful Madness" is a re-recording of the song that is found on The Beautiful Madness EP which was independently released in 2002 under their original name, Stabilo Boss. Also featured as a bonus track is a new version of their hit "Everybody" re-recorded during the Happiness & Disaster recording sessions in late 2005.

This album has been released with the Copy Control protection system in some regions.

Track listing
"Don't Look in Their Eyes" – 4:12
"Habit" – 3:15 
"Kidding Ourselves" – 4:25
"Don't Be So Cold" – 4:31
"Flawed Design" – 3:47
"Delivering Idiots" – 4:15
"Happiness & Disaster" – 3:37
"Coffee Spills" – 3:54
"Rain Awhile" – 5:01
"Ordinary" – 4:23
"Beautiful Madness" – 5:06  
"If It Was Up To Me" – 5:09  
"Everybody" – 3:35

Members: Jesse Dryfhout, Christopher John, Nathan Wylie, Karl Williaume

Stabilo (band) albums
2006 albums
Albums produced by Brad Wood
Zoran Predin

Zoran Predin (born 16 June 1958) is a Slovenian singer-songwriter from Maribor. In the 1980s, he was the front man of the new wave rock band Lačni Franz. He also writes music for film, television, and theatre.

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, he went on several tours with the rock singers Pero Lovšin and Vlado Kreslin. Among others, they composed the anthem of the Slovenia national football team for the 2000 European Football Championship.

He has also been active in public life. In the late 1990s, he publicly supported the Liberal Democracy of Slovenia.

Solo discography 
Albums:
Svjedoci-Priče (1989)
Gate na glavo (1992)
Napad ljubezni (1994)
Mentol bonbon (1996)
Ljubimec iz omare (1998)
All-purpose lover (1999)
Tretji človek (2000)
Lovec na sanje (2001)
V živo gre zares (2002)
Praslovan MP3 (2002)
Strup za punce (2003)
Na krilih prvega poljuba (2003)
Žarnica za boljši jutri (2005)
Čas za malo nežnosti (2006)
Za šaku ljubavi (2007)
Pod srečno zvezdo (2008)
Inventura (2008)

References

External links

Official website

1958 births
Slovenian singer-songwriters
Slovenian male singer-songwriters
Yugoslav male singers
Musicians from Maribor
Living people
20th-century Slovenian male singers
Hayat Production artists
21st-century Slovenian male singers
Austromyrtus

Austromyrtus is a genus of shrubs in the myrtle family Myrtaceae. Three species are found along the east coast of Australia in Queensland and in New South Wales, and A. lotoides is endemic to New Caledonia. The fruits of A. dulcis have a hint of cinnamon flavouring. The species under this generic name in New Caledonia are being taxonomically revised and will be transferred to another genus.

Many species formerly classified in Austromyrtus are now placed in the genera Gossia and Lenwebbia.  The species formerly known as Austromyrtus lasioclada, which is common in northern New South Wales and south-eastern Queensland, is now known as Lenwebbia lasioclada.

Species include:

Austromyrtus dulcis 
Austromyrtus glabra
Austromyrtus lotoides
Austromyrtus tenuifolia

References

 
Myrtaceae genera
HNoMS Ellida (1880)

HNoMS Ellida was a 1. class gunboat built for the Royal Norwegian Navy. Like the other Norwegian gunships of her era, she carried a reasonable heavy armament on a diminutive hull. A distinct feature of Ellida was that her funnel could be raised and lowered as needed. The vessel was built at the Naval Yard at Horten, and had yard number 59.

It is unclear from the sources if the listed armament is the original armament, or if Ellida originally was armed with a much heavier main gun like the slightly older 1. class gunboat Sleipner. Ellida, like Sleipner, carried an underwater torpedo tube in her bow for firing Whitehead torpedoes, and she was the second vessel in the Royal Norwegian Navy equipped with this weapon.

Ellida underwent a refit in 1896, and was reclassified as a steam corvette. From 1898 she was used as a training vessel for cadets. In 1914 Ellida was refitted once more, and became the mother ship and support vessel for the early Norwegian submarines (the A class). She was decommissioned and sold off in 1925.

References

Ships built in Horten
1.-class gunboats
1880 ships
Training ships of the Royal Norwegian Navy
Vasyl Verkhovynets

Vasyl' Mykolayovych Verkhovynets' (1880 - 1938) was an actor, conductor, composer, voice teacher, amateur musicologist, balletmaster, choreographer and dance ethnographer He is credited for fundamentally altering the course of Ukrainian dance by devising a method of transcribing dance to paper, recording traditional dances and steps from numerous villages, setting dances on a stage, and fostering generations of Ukrainian dance researchers and practitioners. He was also the founder of the modern three-part hopak.

Vasyl' Verkhovynets' was born "Vasyl' Kostiv" in Myzun, on January 5, 1880.

References

In English:
 Shatulsky, Myron (1980). The Ukrainian Folk Dance, Kobzar Publishing Co. Ltd. .
 Zerebecky, Bohdan (1985). Ukrainian Dance Resource Booklets, Series I-IV, Ukrainian Canadian Committee, Saskatchewan Provincial Council.

In Ukrainian:
 Avramenko, Vasyl (1947). Ukrainian National Dances, Music, and Costumes, National Publishers, Ltd.
 Humeniuk, Andriy (1962). Ukrainian Folk Dance, Academy of Sciences Ukrainian of the SSR.
 Humeniuk, Andriy (1963). Folk Choreographic Art of Ukraine, Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR.
 Verkhovynets’, Vasyl’ (1912). Ukrainian Wedding.
 Verkhovynets’, Vasyl’(1919). Theory of Ukrainian Folk Dance.
 Verkhovynets’, Vasyl’ (1925). Vesnyanochka State Publishers of the Ukraine.
 Verkhovynets’, Yaroslav (1963). Biographical outline of Vasyl' Verkhovynets' in the third edition of Theory of Ukrainian Folk Dance, State Publishers of Pictorial Art and Musical Literature.

Ukrainian male dancers
Ukrainian dancers
Dance teachers
Ukrainian choreographers
1880 births
1938 deaths
Ukrainian musicologists
Ukrainian ethnographers
Ukrainian music educators
Folk dancers
20th-century musicologists
Ukrainian folklorists
Alberte Pullman

Alberte Pullman (née Bucher, 26 August 1920  – 7 January 2011) was a French theoretical and quantum chemist. She studied at the Sorbonne starting in 1938. During her studies she worked on calculations at Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS). From 1943 she worked with Raymond Daudel. She completed her doctorate in 1946. On his return from war service in 1946, she married Bernard Pullman. She and her husband worked together until his death in 1996. Together they wrote several books including Quantum Biochemistry, Interscience Publishers, 1963. Their work in the 1950s and 1960s was the beginning of the new field of Quantum Biochemistry. They pioneered the application of quantum chemistry to predicting the carcinogenic properties of aromatic hydrocarbons.

Pullman was born in Nantes, France. She was a member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science and a member and former President of  The International Society of Quantum Biology and Pharmacology.

References

External links
An interview with Mme Prof. Dr. Alberte Pullman

1920 births
20th-century French chemists
2011 deaths
University of Paris alumni
Members of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science
Theoretical chemists
Scientists from Nantes
Federación Mexicana de Esgrima

The Mexican Fencing Federation (Federación Mexicana de Esgrima) is the ruling body of all kinds of fencing in Mexico and operates under the aegis of CONADE (Comisión Nacional de Cultura Física y Deporte). Jorge Castro Rea is the current president of the federation.

Mexico
Fen
Fencing organizations
Fencing in Mexico
Hu Weide

Hu Weide () (1863 – 24 November 1933) was a Chinese politician and diplomat during the Qing dynasty and the Republic of China.

Biography
Though related by marriage to the Qing dynasty, he accepted the creation of the Republic and served in its foreign ministry, having previously been the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Qing Dynasty as a member of Yuan Shikai's Cabinet. He served as ambassador to Russia, Japan, and France; and was a rival of Wu Tingfang. He was also a judge of the Permanent Court of International Justice.

After Duan Qirui was ousted from Beijing in 1926, Hu served briefly as acting president and premier.

Hu Weide's political career is unique in that his career did not end with the passage of power from one form of government to another. He was a prominent politician and diplomat in the late Qing Dynasty as well as the early Republic of China. His role in the Chinese diplomacy history is immense, although he is also considered by many as being responsible for the feeble diplomacy practiced by China. Hu was truly one of the first Chinese politicians with a strong grasp of global affairs. He graduated from the Shanghai Interpreters' College. His proficiency in English, French and Russian allowed him to pursue the study of these countries, which made him a specialist in these nations.

Hu Weide's stature in the Chinese and international diplomatic sphere can be gauged from the fact that he was a member of the Chinese delegation at the Treaty of Versailles and at The Hague Peace Conference. Although he did not receive praise for his work to bring democracy in China, he played a vital role in persuading the late Qing Government to relinquish power in favor of the new Republic.

References

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1863 births
1933 deaths
Presidents of the Republic of China
Premiers of the Republic of China
Ambassadors of the Republic of China
Permanent Court of International Justice judges
Politicians from Huzhou
Republic of China politicians from Zhejiang
20th-century Chinese heads of government
Ambassadors of China to France
Chinese judges of international courts and tribunals
Mark Merenda

Mark Merenda (born 29 October 1975) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Merenda began his career with the West Perth Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL).

Debuting in 1994 with the Richmond Football Club, he was noted as a midfielder or small forward. At the end of the 2000 season, after being out of action at Richmond from Round 2 onwards, he was moved to his home state to play with the West Coast Eagles after 75 games with the Tigers. In 2001 he kicked the Goal of the Year in Round 3 against St Kilda.

Back injuries plagued Merenda throughout his career and he was forced to retire at the end of the 2002 season. He is now involved with coaching at Claremont Football Club.

Mark Merenda is of Sicilian descent.

References

 Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996

External links

Living people
West Perth Football Club players
Richmond Football Club players
West Coast Eagles players
1975 births
Australian rules footballers from Western Australia
Australian people of Sicilian descent
Western Australian State of Origin players
Manuel dos Santos (footballer)

Manuel dos Santos Fernandes (born 28 March 1974), known as Dos Santos, is a former professional footballer who played as a left back. Born in Cape Verde, Dos Santos represented France internationally.

Football career
Born in Praia, Cape Verde one year before the nation gained independence from Portugal, Dos Santos migrated to France at a very young age, and started his professional career at AS Monaco FC. He then played for Montpellier HSC and Olympique de Marseille, spending four Ligue 1 seasons with the latter: with L'OM, he appeared in nine complete matches in the 2003–04 UEFA Cup, including the 0–2 final loss against Valencia CF which would be his last match for the club.

In the summer of 2004, Portuguese Primeira Liga side S.L. Benfica bought Dos Santos for an undisclosed fee, and he signed a three-year contract. The first-choice during his debut campaign, as the Lisbon-based side ended an 11-year drought in the league, he appeared rarely in the following season, and left in the January 2006 transfer window.

Dos Santos then returned to former club Monaco, where he replaced Manchester United-bound Patrice Evra after signing a -year link. After 46 competitive games during this stint, a new deal was not agreed and he was released.

In July 2007, Dos Santos moved to RC Strasbourg, where he spent one year before announcing his retirement from the game in February 2009, aged 35. Shortly after, however, he signed with amateurs Rapid de Menton, close to where he had fixed his residence in Monaco.

Dos Santos returned to Monaco in 2010, going on to be in charge of its youth teams for several years.

Honours
Monaco
Ligue 1: 1996–97

Montpellier
UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1999

Marseille
UEFA Cup runner-up: 2003–04

Benfica
Primeira Liga: 2004–05
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2005
Taça de Portugal runner-up: 2004–05

References

External links

1974 births
Living people
Footballers from Praia
French men's footballers
Cape Verdean men's footballers
Cape Verdean emigrants to France
Men's association football defenders
Ligue 1 players
AS Monaco FC players
Montpellier HSC players
Olympique de Marseille players
RC Strasbourg Alsace players
Primeira Liga players
S.L. Benfica footballers
Cape Verdean expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in France
Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
Cape Verdean expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
French sportspeople of Cape Verdean descent
AS Monaco FC non-playing staff
Vesselowskya

Vesselowskya is a genus of 2 species of shrub to small tree in the family Cunoniaceae endemic to New South Wales, Australia.  They are found in cool, temperate mountain ranges, normally in country dominated by Nothofagus moorei forests. The common name for these plants is marara.

Cunoniaceae
Oxalidales genera
Oxalidales of Australia
Flora of New South Wales
Vera Sessina

Vera Valeryevna Sessina (, born 23 February 1986) is a Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2007 World All-around silver medalist, the 2006 European All-around Champion, two time (2006, 2005) Grand Prix Final All-around champion and three time (2008, 2007, 2003) Grand Prix Final All-around silver medalist. She was known for her high releve during her pivot.

Career 
Sessina began training in rhythmic gymnastics in 1993 and eventually moved to the Russian training center in Novogorsk. At the 2002 European Championships in Granada, she performed only one routine, but was noticed because of her flexibility, stability and clean performance. The same year, she took part in an international event in Thiais (France) and won some medals on various apparatus. In 2003, she performed well on the Grand Prix circuit.

In 2005, Sessina competed at the 2005 World Championships. She placed fifth in all-around qualifications but did not advance into the finals because teammates Olga Kapranova and Irina Tchachina placed ahead of her. She was also sent to the 2005 European Championships.

In 2006, Sessina won the all-around competition at the 2006 European Championships in Moscow, beating teammate and Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva. She won the 2006 Grand Prix Final all-around in Innsbruck and won three events of the FIG World Cup Final in Mie, Japan.

Sessina continued to do well in 2007, winning the all-around silver medal at the World Cup series in Ljubljana as well as silver in all-around at the 2007 Grand Prix Final. At the 2007 European Championships in Baku, she won the gold medal in clubs, a silver for rope, a pair of bronze medals for ribbon and hoop for the individual event finals. At the 2007 World Championships, Sessina won the all-around silver medal behind Ukrainian Anna Bessonova and then took the all-around bronze medal at the 2007 Summer Universiade behind Bessonova and Kapranova.

Sessina competed for a spot at the 2008 Olympics but struggled due to injury and was beaten by compatriots Evgenia Kanaeva and Olga Kapranova. She won a gold medal in rope and bronze in hoop at the 2008 World Cup Final in Benidorm and ended her season with silver in the all-around at the 2008 Grand Prix Final.

Sessina won silver medals in All-around, rope, hoop and ribbon at the 2009 European Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan. She retired from competition following the event.

After her retirement, Sessina was elected to the FIG Athletes Commission as a rhythmic gymnastics representative.

Routine music information

References

External links
 
  

Russian rhythmic gymnasts
1986 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Yekaterinburg
Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships
Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships
World Games gold medalists
World Games silver medalists
World Games bronze medalists
Competitors at the 2005 World Games
Universiade medalists in gymnastics
Universiade silver medalists for Russia
Universiade bronze medalists for Russia
Azone

Azone  () is a term in mythology anciently applied to gods and goddesses that were not the private divinities of any particular country or people. Azones were acknowledged as deities in every country, and worshipped in every nation. The word is etymologically derived from Greek for "without" and "country". The azones were to a degree above the visible and sensible deities, which were called zonei (), who inhabited some particular part of the world, and never stirred out of the district or zone that was assigned them.

The Greek philosopher Damascius discusses the azones in his commentary on Plato's Parmenides.

References

Sources

Greek deities
Ancient Greek religion
Nate DiCasmirro

Nate DiCasmirro (born September 27, 1978) is a Canadian-born Italian former professional ice hockey right winger who was born in Atikokan, Ontario, but grew up in Burnsville, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis. He most notably played in the American Hockey League and for the Italian national team.

Personal life 
He holds dual Canadian and U.S. citizenship and is of Italian descent.

Career 
DiCasmirro left home as a teenager to play midget AAA hockey in Marquette, Michigan, and later played for St. Cloud State University.  He was signed as a free agent in 2002 by the Edmonton Oilers and was sent to play in the minor leagues. In 2006, he signed as an unrestricted free agent with the Boston Bruins and was assigned to play right wing for the Providence Bruins of the American Hockey League (AHL).  On December 6, 2007, he was traded to the Phoenix Coyotes along with a 5th round draft pick in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft for goaltender Alex Auld.

He played several seasons in the AHL and then with Bolzano HC in the Italian Serie A, before being released on December 25, 2008. DiCasmirro then signed a short-term contract to play with Swedish team Timrå IK on January 6, 2009. Having played ten games for the Elitserien team, he continued his visit to Sweden by signing for HockeyAllsvenskan newcomers Örebro HK on September 11, 2009.  He moved later in the season to the Austrian Hockey League for EC VSV and in 2010 he signed for Brunico in Serie A.

On August 23, 2015, DiCasmirro returned to the Austrian EBEL, signing for a second stint with Italian club, HC Bolzano, as a free agent on a one-year contract.

Following his seventeenth professional season at the conclusion of the 2018–19 campaign playing with EC KAC second tier Alps Hockey League team, DiCasmirro opted to conclude his career with the intention to remain within EC KAC as a junior coach on March 25, 2019. In 2021, he was hired by the Minnesota Wild to be an assistant coach with their AHL affiliate, the Iowa Wild.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

Awards and honors

References

External links 
 

1978 births
American men's ice hockey right wingers
American people of Italian descent
Bolzano HC players
Brunico SG players
Canadian emigrants to the United States
Canadian ice hockey right wingers
Canadian sportspeople of Italian descent
Italian ice hockey right wingers
Naturalised citizens of Italy
Edmonton Road Runners players
EC VSV players
Grand Rapids Griffins players
Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL) players
Ice hockey people from Ontario
Living people
North Iowa Huskies players
Örebro HK players
Sportspeople from Burnsville, Minnesota
Ice hockey people from Dakota County, Minnesota
People from Rainy River District
Providence Bruins players
San Antonio Rampage players
St. Cloud State Huskies men's ice hockey players
Sheffield Steelers players
Syracuse Crunch players
Timrå IK players
Toronto Roadrunners players
HC Valpellice players
Italian expatriate ice hockey people
HDD Jesenice players
EC KAC players
Naturalised sports competitors
Chris Egan (footballer)

Chris Egan (born 26 October 1986) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Career 
Egan was picked up by Collingwood with their first round draft pick, tenth overall, in the 2004 AFL draft. He had represented Victoria Country in the 2004 AFL National Under 18 Championships.

Egan made his debut for Collingwood against Richmond in round 8 of the 2005 AFL season, and only missed two games for the remainder of the year.

He played a total of 24 games for 21 goals in 2005 and 2006, but only played three games in the following two seasons before being delisted in September 2008.

In early 2010, Egan signed with the Echuca Football Club which plays in the Goulburn Valley Football League.

Personal life 
Chris Egan is the nephew of Phil Egan, who played for Richmond and Melbourne, and also Les Bamblett who played for Footscray and Melbourne.

References

External links
Chris Egan at the Collingwood Football Club website

1986 births
Collingwood Football Club players
Living people
Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Murray Bushrangers players
Echuca Football Club players
Melanie Marquez

Mimilanie Laurel Marquez-Lawyer (born 16 July 1964), popularly known as Melanie Marquez (), is a Filipino actress and former beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned as Miss International 1979. She is the youngest winner of Miss International in history at the age of 15 when she competed in Miss International 1979.

Career

Pageant career

Marquez won a local beauty pageant competition when she was 15 years old, and the 1979 Miss International pageant.

In 1985, Marquez became the "Face of the 80s" winner in New York, USA. And in 1986, was the First Runner-up in the "Supermodel" competition. In 2000, she was voted the "Most Beautiful Miss International Winner" and in 2005, was one of the 6 Finalists in "Mrs. World" pageant held in India. She has appeared in the Binibining Pilipinas "World of BC 2004" and "World of Canada 2004" pageants.

Post-pageantry
Marquez became a fashion and commercial model and was featured in the local and international magazine covers. She toured Europe and the United States of America. As an actress, she has played parts in action and dramatic films, including the title role in her own bio-picture. Later, she has become a TV host, film producer, and celebrity endorser.

Marquez is also a modeling and image-enhancement coach. She trained Ruffa Gutierrez (Miss World 1993 Second Princess); Charlene Gonzales (Miss Universe 1994 - Top 6 Finalist); and Miriam Quiambao (Miss Universe 1999 First Runner-up). She has been a judge, coach, commentator, or host in beauty pageants, modelling contests, and talent-search competitions.

Personal life
Mimilanie Laurel Marquez was born in Mabalacat, Pampanga. She is a convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after her marriage to an American in Utah named Adam Lawyer, her fifth husband. Melanie was involved in her church's 50th foundation anniversary in the Philippines.

In 2006, Marquez graduated with a bachelor's degree in business administration from the International Academy of Management and Economics.

Marquez has six children: two of whom have special needs, one being the son of Filipino actor and politician Lito Lapid, and her daughter—a model—with businessman Frederick Dee, Michelle, who is the Miss World Philippines 2019 and Miss Universe Philippines 2023.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards

References

External links
Melanie Marquez's college graduation

1964 births
Living people
Actresses from Pampanga
Binibining Pilipinas winners
Converts to Mormonism
Filipino child actresses
Filipino female models
Filipino film actresses
Filipino Latter Day Saints
Filipino people of Indian descent
Filipino television actresses
Kapampangan people
Miss International 1979 delegates
Miss International winners
Participants in Philippine reality television series
People from Mabalacat
Xiphilinus

Xiphilinus may  refer to:

 John VIII of Constantinople (c. 1010–1075), a Byzantine intellectual and the 104th Patriarch of Constantinople
 John Xiphilinus (late 11th century AD), a Byzantine historian and the nephew of Patriarch John VIII of Constantinople
X.32

X.32 is an old ITU-T standard published in 1984 for connecting to an X.25 network by dial-up. It defines how the network identifies the terminal for billing and security purposes.

Further reading

External links
ITU-T Recommendation X.32

ITU-T recommendations
ITU-T X Series Recommendations
X.25
Ceratopetalum

Ceratopetalum is a genus of nine species of shrub and tree in the family Cunoniaceae. They are found along the eastern coast of Australia and extend north to New Guinea. Two Australian species are among the best known, one being C. apetalum or coachwood, renowned as a timber tree, and C. gummiferum, the New South Wales Christmas bush.

Both New South Wales Christmas bush (C. gummiferum) and coachwood (C. apetalum) are widespread from south-east Queensland to the south coast of New South Wales, whereas the other extant Australian species are largely confined to high-altitude montane habitats in north-east Australia. These restricted distributions have been hypothesised to be refugia from cycles of changing climate during the Pleistocene.

Species 
Ceratopetalum apetalum D.Don (Coachwood)
Ceratopetalum corymbosum C.T.White
Ceratopetalum gummiferum Sm. (NSW Christmas bush)
Ceratopetalum hylandii Rozefelds & R.W.Barnes
Ceratopetalum iugumensis Rozefelds & R.W.Barnes
Ceratopetalum macrophyllum Hoogland
Ceratopetalum succirubrum C.T.White
Ceratopetalum tetrapterum Mattf.
Ceratopetalum virchowii F.Muell.
†Ceratopetalum suciensis (Campanian)

Fossil evidence
Fossil evidence for Ceratopetalum species has been found in Eocene deposits in South Australia. Named fossil species include Ceratopetalum maslinensis and Ceratopetalum westermannii.

References

 
Oxalidales genera
Stabilo Boss (album)

Stabilo Boss is the self-titled first full-length album by Stabilo Boss (now Stabilo). This album was produced and engineered by Northern Californians Matthew J Doughty (sometimes credited as Matt Doughty) and Chris Davies, and was released independently across Canada and the USA.
After the success of their single "Everybody", Stabilo Boss was the only indie band nominated in the Best New Rock Band category at the 2003 Canadian Radio Music Awards.

Track listing
"One More Pill" – 5:12
"Middle Of The Night" – 5:00
"Thing" – 5:41
"Penny Pass" – 4:38
"Everybody" – 3:58
"Gateway" – 6:07
"Into The Blind" – 3:56
"Donovan" – 7:27
"Breathe A Lot" – 4:43
"Tumble" – 4:58

Stabilo (band) albums
2001 albums
X.445

The X.445 is an ITU-T standard for sending X.400 traffic over standard telephone lines, a method known commonly as dial-up. It is also known as the Asynchronous Protocol Specification (APS).

See also
ITU-T, a list of current ITU-T standards

References

ITU-T recommendations
ITU-T X Series Recommendations
2006 June rugby union tests

The 2006 June rugby union tests (also known as the summer tests in the Northern Hemisphere) were rugby union Test matches played during between June in 2006. It saw several tests between touring Northern Hemisphere sides and home Southern Hemisphere sides, including a test series between Australia and England, Argentina and Wales, New Zealand and Ireland and South Africa and Scotland. France played Romania and the Springboks, while Italy played Fiji and Japan. 

Most of the fixtures acted as end-of-season tours of the Northern Hemisphere nations, and pre season matches for the Tri Nations Series and Pacific 5 Nations for the Southern Hemisphere nations.

Overview

Series

Other tours

Fixtures

The scoreline belied the closeness of the contest, as Ireland were 20 minutes away from a first-ever win over the All Blacks, holding a 23–15 lead halfway through the second half.

This was Scotland's largest-ever defeat in South Africa.

 This was Argentina's first-ever Test in Patagonia. Puerto Madryn was the site where the first Welsh colonists arrived in Argentina, leading to the establishment of Y Wladfa in the 1860s.

 Argentina win a Test series against Wales for the first time.

 This was England's fifth consecutive Test defeat, their worst streak since 1984. Australia's George Gregan made his 120th international appearance, setting an all-time record for the sport.

 Fiji claim a Six Nations scalp for the first time since 2000, when they defeated Italy (then newly admitted to the Six Nations), the last time the Azzurri visited Churchill Park.

 Fullback Percy Montgomery became the first Springbok to score 600 Test points.

 South Africa suffered their first defeat at home since 2003. The result meant that the teams switched places in the world rankings, with France overtaking South Africa for second.

See also
2006 IRB Churchill Cup
2006 end-of-year rugby union tests
2006 France rugby union tour
2006 IRB Pacific 5 Nations
2006 IRB Nations Cup
Mid-year rugby union test series

References

External links
2006 Bundaberg Rum Rugby Series at Rugby.com.au
2006 All Blacks fixtures at AllBlacks.com
2006 Springboks fixtures at SARugby.co.za

2005
2006–07 in European rugby union
2005–06 in European rugby union
2006 in Oceanian rugby union
2006 in South American rugby union
2006 in South African rugby union
2005–06 in Japanese rugby union
Rugby tests
Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Bantamweight

The bantamweight boxing competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held from 17 to 29 August at Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall. This is limited to those boxers weighing between 51 and 54 kilograms.

Competition format
Like all Olympic boxing events, the competition was a straight single-elimination tournament. This event consisted of 27 boxers who have qualified for the competition through various tournaments held in 2003 and 2004. The competition began with a preliminary round on 17 August, where the number of competitors was reduced to 16, and concluded with the final on 29 August. As there were fewer than 32 boxers in the competition, a number of boxers received a bye through the preliminary round. Both semi-final losers were awarded bronze medals.

Schedule 
All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)

Qualifying Athletes

Results

Notes
 David Munyasia (Kenya) was ejected from the 2004 Athens Games four days before the draw after he tested positive for cathine.
 Petit Ngnitedem (Gabon) replaced Mohamed Abdelsayed (Egypt) at the last moment winner for the second African qualification.

References

External links
 Official Olympic Report

Bantam
Du Xigui

Admiral Du Xigui (; November 12, 1875 – December 28, 1933) was a Chinese naval officer during the late Qing dynasty and the Warlord Era.

Biography
Born in Fuzhou, he graduated from the Nanjing naval college in 1902. In July 1911, Du was appointed as the commander of a vessel. His crew followed orders from Yuan Shikai to sail up the Yangtze and help put down the Wuchang Uprising later that year. However, when he saw that the Qing empire was collapsing, Du and his sailors mutinied, joining the Republican government. The uprising was what forced the Qing naval minister Sa Zhenbing to resign his post. After Yuan became the head of the government in Beijing, Du continued to serve him.

In 1922, he was made chief of the navy and helped the Zhili clique defeat Zhang Zuolin. In the spring of 1923, Shanghai's fleet rebelled and Du took responsibility by resigning but was recalled in November.  In 1924, he commanded the Yangtze fleet of Jiangsu and defeated the Anhui clique's Zhejiang fleet led by Lin Jianzhang.  Several ships defected to his side giving him control of Shanghai's waters.

In 1926, he served concurrently as acting president, premier, and minister of the navy. The Nanjing-based Nationalist government later employed him and sent him on an inspection tour of foreign navies.

Gallery

See also

 List of premiers of the Republic of China
 List of presidents of the Republic of China

References 

1875 births
1933 deaths
Politicians from Fuzhou
Presidents of the Republic of China
Republic of China Navy admirals
Qing dynasty admirals
Premiers of the Republic of China
Republic of China politicians from Fujian
Generals from Fujian
Electoral district of Cunningham

Cunningham was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1888 to 2009.

Prior to its abolition, the district occupied an area of the Darling Downs, south and west of Toowoomba. Historically it was centred on the town of Clifton. The eastern portion of Cunningham drew voters from the southern suburbs of Toowoomba. There were also a number of small rural towns in the electorate, including Pittsworth, Millmerran and Cambooya, but no major centres.  It was solidly conservative for its entire existence, and was held by the National Party without interruption from 1920 until the Nationals merged into the Liberal National Party of Queensland.

In 2008, Cunningham was abolished—with effect at the 2009 state election—following a redistribution undertaken by the Electoral Commission of Queensland. Its former territory and voters were split between the districts of Toowoomba South, Southern Downs and the new seat of Condamine.

Members for Cunningham

Election results

See also
 Electoral districts of Queensland
 Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by year
 :Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by name

References

External links
West Queensland, Cunningham
Results of the 2004 State Election
Stuart Copeland's Biography from the Queensland Parliament website.

Darling Downs
Toowoomba
Former electoral districts of Queensland
Constituencies established in 1888
Constituencies disestablished in 2009
1888 establishments in Australia
2009 disestablishments in Australia
Ces Podd

Cyril Casey Marcel Podd (born 7 August 1952) is a former professional footballer who played as a right-back. An international for Saint Kitts and Nevis he spent his professional career in England. He was one of the first black players to establish themselves in English football.

Club career
A student at the Bradford College of Art, Podd made his professional debut in September 1970 for Bradford City. Over the next 14 years Podd made a total of 565 appearances for City in all competitions - a club record. He signed for Halifax Town in August 1984, and later played with Scarborough – with whom he secured promotion to the Football League – and Ossett Town.

International career
Podd played internationally for Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Coaching career
Podd coached the Saint Kitts and Nevis national side between 1999 and 2002. He went on to coach the underprivileged in Leeds.

Podd is technical director of the Saint Lucia Football Association.

Outside football
Podd owns a salsa-dancing company called X-ces.

Honours
Scarborough
 Football Conference: 1986–87

References

External links
 

1952 births
Living people
People from Basseterre
Saint Kitts and Nevis men's footballers
Saint Kitts and Nevis men's international footballers
Bradford City A.F.C. players
Halifax Town A.F.C. players
Scarborough F.C. players
Ossett Town A.F.C. players
English Football League players
National League (English football) players
Saint Kitts and Nevis football managers
Saint Kitts and Nevis national football team managers
Men's association football fullbacks
Expatriate men's footballers in England
Saint Kitts and Nevis expatriate men's footballers
Discovery Bay Tunnel

The Discovery Bay Tunnel () is a toll tunnel that links Discovery Bay Road at Yi Pak Au to  at Siu Ho Wan beside the North Lantau Highway. It was built for the Discovery Bay residential development on the north-eastern coast of Lantau Island, Hong Kong.

It is open 24 hours everyday to vehicles approved by the Transport Department; including residents' coaches, goods vehicles for goods delivery and servicing functions, and Hong Kong Government vehicles are allowed to use the tunnel. The toll charge ranges between HK$ 50.00 to 250.00 depending on the type of vehicle.

As the development is car-free, private vehicles are discouraged from entering. Private cars or private delivery vans can only enter with special permits issued in advance, between the hours of 09:00 and 18:00 every day.

The tunnel is managed by HKR International Limited.

External links
The tunnel website on HKR

Road tunnels in Hong Kong
Discovery Bay
Tunnels completed in 2000