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Kiambu

Kiambu is a town in Kiambu County, Kenya. It is  from the capital Nairobi. It is the capital of the Kiambu County, which bounds the northern border of Nairobi. Other proximate towns are Ruiru, Gatundu, Limuru and Kabete.

Administration 

Apart from central Kiambu, there are villages such as Ndumberi, Riabai, Kihingo, Ngegu, Kanunga and Kangoya among others. The town's administration is under the County Government of Kiambu, which came into force with the promulgation of Kenya's constitution in 2010. Kiambu is also centre of Kiambaa, an administrative division and electoral constituency of Kiambu District.

Infrastructure
The town is a favoured location for real estate development with projects such as Migaa by Home Afrika, Riverside estate, Edenville estate, Runda Palm estate, Runda paradise 1 estate, Tatu City, Village of Kenya estate, Hidden creek estate of Kenya and Four Ways Junction.

Kiambu Club, opened in 1916, is one of the oldest nine-hole golf courses in Kenya. The club also has other facilities like tennis courts and swimming pools. The club's main lounge is in honour of Kenya's first First Lady, also an honorary member of the club, Mama Ngina Kenyatta.

Education

In the outskirts of Kiambu town is Kiambu High School, a nationally recognized boarding school for its performance in academics and sports.

Other high performance schools are ACK St.James Academy inside the town's metropolitan and St.Ann Gichocho

There is also a science college i.e. Kiambu Institute of Science and Technology.

Other upcoming colleges are Pettans Driving and Computer College and Dykaan College

Religion

Churches in the town include ACK St.James Cathedral Kiambu, St.Peter and Paul Catholic church, PCEA Kiambu church, Word of Faith Kiambu church, AIC Kiambu church etc.Most of the population in Kiambu are Christians and a small percentage are either Muslims,Massais,Njemps and Arabs

References 

Kiambu County
Populated places in Central Province (Kenya)
County capitals in Kenya
André Joseph Guillaume Henri Kostermans

Dr. André Joseph Guillaume Henri 'Dok' Kostermans (Purworejo, 1 July 1906 – Jakarta, 10 July 1994) was an Indonesian botanist of Dutch ancestry. He was born in Purworejo, Java, Dutch East Indies, and educated at Utrecht University, taking his doctoral degree in 1936 with a paper on Surinamese Lauraceae.

He spent most of his professional life studying the plants of southeastern Asia, settled at Buitenzorg, later Bogor, Indonesia. At an early stage in his career he also contributed a number of family treatments to Pulle's Flora of Suriname. Kostermans was especially interested in Lauraceae, Malvales (Bombacaceae and Sterculiaceae), and Dipterocarpaceae. In later years he turned his attention to Asian Anacardiaceae. He was a productive worker and published extensively on these and other groups.
The genus Kostermansia Soegeng, of the family Bombacaceae, and over 50 species were named in his honour.

Kostermans suffered a heart attack in March 1991, but his letter to his friend written in April 1991 stated "some writing (including) putting the finishing touch to a fat manuscript on the Mango species (69 species) ... If I am lucky I shall have a chance to see it." Kostermans did live to see it published by Academic Press in 1993. He died in Indonesia in 1994.

References

 ASPT NEWSLETTER 9(1) January 1995 URL accessed 26 March 2006.

External links
Nationaal Herbarium Nederland: André Joseph Guillaume Henri Kostermans
Image of grave

1906 births
1994 deaths
Deaths in Indonesia
20th-century botanists
20th-century Dutch botanists
Indonesian people of Dutch descent
Dutch people of Indonesian descent
Dutch expatriates in Indonesia
People from Purworejo Regency
People from the Dutch East Indies
Utrecht University alumni
Edwin (company)

Edwin or often capitalized, EDWIN, is a Japanese clothing brand founded in 1947 as 'Tsunemi Yonehachi shop'. Edwin Co. Ltd., (株式会社エドウイン) mainly focuses on jeans manufacture.

Their most popular line of clothing is the 503 jeans model which was first sold in 1997. Actor Brad Pitt has been an official spokesman and model for the brand, appearing in many of its advertisements in the past. The company has flagship concept stores in Japan in Harajuku, Tokyo and Minami-Horie, Osaka.

History
Established in Tokyo, Japan, in 1947, the EDWIN brand is known for its authenticity, innovation and craftsmanship. Founder Tsunemi Yonehachi was amongst the first merchants to bring vintage American jeans to Japan in the postwar era, setting off a national obsession with denim.

In 1961, inspired by a growing demand, EDWIN (whose company name comes from a creative rearrangement of the letters found in the word "denim") debuted the first made-in-Japan jeans.

By the 1970s, EDWIN had established itself as a pioneer in denim manufacturing, experimenting with wash techniques in the EDWIN Wash House that impacted denim wash processes around the globe. Innovations included ONE WASH, a prewash process to eliminate shrinkage prior to purchase, and OLD WASH, a precursor to stone wash that reproduces faded colors through careful abrasion techniques for a lived-in denim look.

Today, EDWIN continues to set the gold standard in Japanese denim production, priding itself on the use of exclusive fabrics, revolutionary production technologies, state-of-the-art finishing and advancements in design and fit.

Owned Brands 
 EDWIN

 SOMETHING

C17

Ladiva by EDWIN

Licensed Brands 
Lee (jeans)

Wrangler (jeans)

Alpha Industries

Maui and Sons

References

External links
  EDWIN Official site
  EDWIN EUROPE EDWIN USA
 
 
 
 

Clothing companies of Japan
Clothing brands of Japan
Jeans by brand
Itochu
Japanese companies established in 1969
Manufacturing companies based in Tokyo
Retail companies based in Tokyo
Masoko

Masoko may refer to:
 Masoko, Ward, Rungwe District, Mbeya Region, Tanzania
 Kilwa Masoko, the administrative center of Kilwa District, Lindi Region, Tanzania
Live at Yoshi's (Dee Dee Bridgewater album)

Live at Yoshi's is a 1998 live album by Dee Dee Bridgewater, recorded at Yoshi's Jazz Club in Oakland, California.

Bridgewater sings several songs from her previous album, Dear Ella (1997), a tribute to the jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, who had died a year previously, and this live album was partly recorded on what would have been Fitzgerald's 81st birthday.

Reception
Robert Christgau commented, "After fruitlessly sampling whatever Bridgewater albums came my way for 25 years, I harbored few hopes that this one would escape decorum, delusions of grandeur, and/or commercial confusion just because it was live. But it does, and then it keeps on going. It's funny, it's sexy, it swings like crazy. Long workouts on 'Slow Boat to China' and 'Love for Sale' show off her fabled chops without dwelling on them. The many extended scats are worthy of Ella herself. Even the gaffe proves her heart is in the right place when she's out there working the crowd--James Brown's 'Sex Machine'." All About Jazz review stated, "Power. Dee Dee Bridgewater is as formidable a vocalist as anyone singing. She is the Jackie Joiner of jazz vocalists. Her athletic style is infectious and she proves she is one of the few who jazz vocalists who can effectively scat and use other Betty Carter-like fireworks."

Track listing
 "Undecided" (Sid Robin, Charlie Shavers) – 8:57
 "(I'd Like to Get You on a) Slow Boat to China" (Frank Loesser) – 6:09
 "Stairway to the Stars" (Matty Malneck, Mitchell Parish, Frank Signorelli) – 7:56
 "What a Little Moonlight Can Do" (Harry M. Woods) – 5:13
 "Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine" (James Brown) – 2:32
 "Midnight Sun" (Sonny Burke, Lionel Hampton, Johnny Mercer) – 7:08
 "Cherokee" (Ray Noble) – 6:14
 "Love for Sale" (vocal melody: Cole Porter, music: Herbie Hancock) – 14:06
 "Cotton Tail" (Duke Ellington) – 9:42

Personnel
 Dee Dee Bridgewater - vocals
 Thierry Eliez - Hammond organ, piano
 Thomas Bramerie - double bass
 Ali Muhammed Jackson - percussion, drums

Chart positions

References

Dee Dee Bridgewater live albums
2000 live albums
Verve Records live albums
Samuel Ramos

Samuel Ramos Magaña, PhD (1897 – June 20, 1959), was a Mexican philosopher and writer.

Ramos was born in Zitácuaro, Michoacán, and in 1909 entered the Colegio de San Nicolás Hidalgo (Michoacán's state university). He published his first works in the school's student publication Flor de Loto. In 1915 he began to study philosophy under the tutelage of his mentor, José Torres Orozco.

He spent 1915, his first year of medical school in Morelia, and his second and third years at the Military Medical School in Mexico City. In 1919 he became part of the faculty of higher learning and taught introductory philosophy at the National Preparatory School and logic and ethics at the National Teachers School.

He pursued specialized degrees at the Sorbonne, the Collège de France, and a University in Rome. Upon his return to Mexico, he continued to teach and served in the Ministry of Public Education.

In 1944 he earned his doctorate in philosophy from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and became head of the Faculty of Philosophy and Literature there. On July 8, 1952 he began a lifelong term as a member of the prestigious Colegio Nacional.

Philosophy
His work concerns itself with the ontology of the Mexican nation. He sees the pelado, the "urban bum" of the 1920s and 1930s, as "the most elemental and clearly defined expression of national character". The machismo of the pelado, he argues, is the result of an inferiority complex (based on Alfred Adler's concept) and, since the pelado represents the entire country, the "character study" is extended to all of Mexico, and was one of the first post-Revolutionary attempts to define and assess the national character.

Bibliography
Filosofía de la vida artística. Buenos Aires: Espasa-Calpe Argentina, 1950.
Philosophy of the Artistic Life translation, 2018.
Hacia un nuevo humanismo. Mexico City: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1962 (second edition).
El perfil del hombre y la cultura en México. Buenos Aires: Espasa-Calpe Argentina, 1952 (second edition). Translated by Earle, Peter G. as Profile of man and culture in Mexico. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1962.

External links
Samuel Ramos; trayectoria filosófica y antología de textos. Monterrey: Centro de Estudios Humanísticos de la Universidad de Nuevo León, 1965.
 

20th-century Mexican philosophers
Mexican male writers
Members of El Colegio Nacional (Mexico)
Writers from Michoacán
People from Zitácuaro
National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni
University of Paris alumni
1897 births
1959 deaths
53rd World Science Fiction Convention

The 53rd World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon), also known as Intersection, was held on 24–28 August 1995 at the SEC Centre and the nearby Moat House Hotel in Glasgow, United Kingdom.  Evening social events also took place at the  Central and Crest Hotels.

The organising committee was co-chaired by Vincent Docherty and Martin Easterbrook.

The convention was the first Worldcon to be held in Scotland and was also the 1995 Eurocon.

Participants 

Attendance was 4,173, out of 6,524 paid memberships.

Guests of Honour 

 Samuel R. Delany (writer)
 Gerry Anderson (media)
 Les Edwards (artist)
 Vin¢ Clarke (fan)
 Mike Jittlov (special guest)
 Diane Duane and Peter Morwood were Toast Mr & Mrs (toastmasters)

Awards

1995 Hugo Awards 

 Best Novel: Mirror Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold
 Best Novella: "Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge" by Mike Resnick
 Best Novelette: "The Martian Child" by David Gerrold
 Best Short Story: "None So Blind" by Joe Haldeman
 Best Non-Fiction Book: I.Asimov: A Memoir by Isaac Asimov
 Best Dramatic Presentation: "All Good Things..." - Star Trek: The Next Generation Written by Ronald D. Moore & Brannon Braga and directed by Winrich Kolbe
 Best Professional Editor: Gardner Dozois
 Best Professional Artist: Jim Burns
 Best Original Art Work: Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book by Brian Froud and Terry Jones
 Best Semiprozine: Interzone edited by David Pringle
 Best Fanzine: Ansible edited by Dave Langford
 Best Fan Writer: David Langford
 Best Fan Artist: Teddy Harvia

Other awards 

 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer: Jeff Noon

Notes 

The British science fiction writer John Brunner died of a stroke on 25 August 1995, while attending the convention. 

A Channel 4 magazine programme about the event and Science Fiction in Scotland, ‘Beam Me Up, Scotty!’, was filmed at the convention and presented by Craig Charles.

See also 

 Hugo Award
 Science fiction
 Speculative fiction
 World Science Fiction Society
 Worldcon

References

External links 

 Homepage of Intersection
 World Science Fiction Society

1990s in Glasgow
1995 conferences
1995 in Scotland
History of Glasgow
Science fiction conventions in the United Kingdom
Scottish science fiction
Worldcon
Michael Schmidt (bowling)

Michael Schmidt (born 26 October 1980 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian Ten-pin bowler, best known for his performances in the QubicaAMF World Cup.

In 2005 he won the 7th Bowling World Cup title for Canada defeating Or Aviram of Israel in the men's final of the 41st QubicaAMF World Cup to give Canada its seventh Bowling World Cup title and a tie with the Philippines for the second most wins. He finished third in the 2006 QubicaAMF World Cup at Caracas, Venezuela. In the 2007 QubicaAMF World Cup in St. Petersburg, Russia, he finished fourth. In the 2009 QubicaAMF World Cup in Melaka, Malaysia, he lost in the men's final to Choi Yong-Kyu. In 2010, he won the QubicaAMF World Cup again defeating England's Matt Miller. With this victory, Schmidt became one of three men to win the QubicaAMF World Cup at least twice. In the 2011 QubicaAMF World Cup in Johannesburg, South Africa, Schmidt finished in 13th place. In the 2012 QubicaAMF World Cup in Wroclaw, Poland, Schmidt finished 10th.

Schmidt has won the Bowling World Cup Canadian 10 pin National Championships eight times (2005-2007, 2009–2012, 2014). The winners of the Bowling World Cup Canadian 10 pin National Championships represents Canada in the QubicaAMF World Cup.  Not to mention he is an all around good guy and one hell of a Pro Shop Operator currently at LaVerendrye Lanes in Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

References

1980 births
Living people
Canadian ten-pin bowling players
Sportspeople from Winnipeg
ZZ (band)

ZZ is a Japanese band.

Members 

 Sotaro (vocals)
 Erichi (keyboards)
 Matsuura (drums)
 Kohsuke (guitarist)
 Kyama (bassist)
 Rey (Guitarist)

Discography

Albums 
 Definitive Energy Flow (2003)
 Universal ZZ (2004)
 A to ZZ - Complete Single Collection (CD and DVD) (2004)
 Generation Hip Innocence (2005)
 ZZB (2005)
 A to ZZ2 (2007)

Singles 
2003
 "No Way Out"
 "Rhythmist"
 ""
 "A to Z (Normal Edition)"
2004
 "Nobody Knows2"
 "Pride Yourself"
 "Just Only One/Samurai Crew"
2005
 "Samurai Crew"
2006
 "" - Song done in support of the Japan national football team. The team's nickname is Samurai Blue.

References 
 Official homepage
 ZZ profiles

External links 
ZZ Self Report of concerts in San Jose and Toronto 
ZZ database — Upcoming informations 
REPORT:ZZ Self Report of concerts in San Jose and Toronto

Avex Group artists
Japanese rock music groups
Musical groups established in 2003
Musical groups from Shizuoka Prefecture
Mariangelo Foggiato

Mariangelo Foggiato (Possagno, 19 April 1954) is a Venetist politician.

Having joined Liga Veneta–Lega Nord, he was elected to the Regional Council of Veneto in 1995. However, he left the party in 1998, when he founded Liga Veneta Repubblica (LVR) along with Fabrizio Comencini. He was national president of LVR until 1999, when he left the party, together with Senator Antonio Serena, founding the Liga dei Veneti, in dissent on the alliance with Forza Italia prospected by Fabrizio Comencini, LVR national secretary.   

Foggiato then abandoned politics until 2004, when returned to political activity as member of North-East Project (PNE), of which he was a founder (along with Giorgio Panto) and secretary. He was elected again to the Regional Council in 2005. The new party performed well in the Province of Treviso, where it won 15.6% of the vote. After Panto's death, he became the leader of the party. In 2010 he was re-elected to the Council with the North-East Union, a coalition comprising PNE, LVR and other Venetist parties.

In August 2014 Foggiato announced he was leaving the Regional Council because of "strictly private matters, involving me and my family". This did not stop him to be one of the main proponents and supporters of the Independence We Veneto coalition in the 2015 regional election.

In his three terms as regional councillor, Foggiato was actively involved in the efforts of transforming Veneto into an autonomous region.

References

Venetist politicians
Living people
Members of the Regional Council of Veneto
Lega Nord politicians
20th-century Italian politicians
21st-century Italian politicians
Year of birth missing (living people)
Kate Fisher

Kate Fisher  may refer to:
 Big Nose Kate
Kate Fisher (model)

See also
Catherine Fisher (disambiguation)
Nivå

Nivå is a town with a population of 8,325 (1 January 2023) in the municipality of Fredensborg on the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in Denmark. Nivå is a residential town on the coast of the Øresund.  It has a stop on the Copenhagen – Helsingør Kystbanen rail line.

The town is the site for Nivaagaard museum, a marina and a desolated shopping center by the railway station, which includes only a library and a Netto supermarket. The town possesses two schools; Nivå Skole Syd (formerly known as Nivå Centralskole) and Nivå Skole Nord (formerly known as Niverødgaardskolen), whilst a golf course lies to the West. Its landscape is varied and ranges from marshland to suburban habitations. 20% or more of the inhabitants have a foreign background mostly muslims with middle eastern origin.

History

For several hundreds of years (until 1980), the town and the surrounding areas and villages, lay ground to three brickyards. Today, the landscape are marked with former clay pits, which now serves as lakes and a marina bassin.

The oldest known ring oven in the world (1870) has been preserved. It used to be a part of the oldest brickyard, Nivaagaard Brickyard (in Danishg: Nivaagaard Teglværk). The brickyard is regularly open for visits each summer.

Music
Nivå Musiklaug holds an annual festival at the Kalvehaven: many talented young musicians play. One of the performers playing at the 2006 event was Danish singer-songwriter Tobias Trier.

Nivaagaards Malerisamling
Nivaagaards Malerisamling was opened by Johannes Hage in 1908. The house is situated in an extensive park featuring many different varieties of rhododendron.
The museum houses art from the Italian and North European renaissance, Dutch and Danish Baroque, Danish Golden Age, as well as special exhibitions.

Notable people 
 Alfred Hage (1803–1872) a Danish merchant, politician, landowner and philanthropist; in 1859 he purchased Nivaagaard and several other farms at Nivå 
 Hans-Georg Tersling (1857 in Karlebo near Nivå – 1920) a Danish architect who lived and worked on the French Riviera
 Marie Hammer (1907–2002) a Danish zoologist and entomologist, brought up on a farm in Nivå
 Lars Knutzon (born 1941) a Danish actor in the TV-series Borgen
 Lotte Bundsgaard (born 1973 in Nivå) a Danish schoolteacher, journalist and politician
 Anders Heinrichsen (born 1980 in Nivå) a Danish actor  
 Cecilie Wellemberg (born 1994) a Danish model and Miss Universe Denmark 2015, lives in Nivå.

External links

Nivaagaards Museum
Galleri Fensmark - Quality art on the internet
Fredensborg Kommune
Nivaagaard Ringovns Teglværksmuseum
Nivå Golf
Nivå Centralskole

References

Cities and towns in the Capital Region of Denmark
Fredensborg Municipality
Tomas Leandersson

Tomas Leandersson (11 April 1966 – 2 November 2021) was a Swedish ten-pin bowler.

Biography 
Leandersson was from Degerfors, Sweden.

Leandersson was a member of Team Sweden for over ten years, and was a member of the team that won the gold medal in the 1990 Nordic Bowling Championships. His team also won the 1994 World Tenpin Team Cup and the 1999 International Bowling Federation WTBA World Tenpin Bowling Championships.

Individual records and awards include the following:

 Winner of men's singles at the 1993 World Games and the 1999 European Championships
 Bronze medal, 1991 FIQ/WTBA World Championships Masters and 1999 All Events
 World Bowling Writers World Bowler of the Year in 1993
 Won the Bowling World Cup in 2000
 Elected to the World Bowling Writers  International Bowling Hall of Fame in 2000

References

External links
Super Series Profile

1966 births
2021 deaths
Swedish ten-pin bowling players
People from Degerfors Municipality
Sportspeople from Örebro County
World Games gold medalists
World Games medalists in bowling
Giorgio Vido

Giorgio Vido (born 1 April 1941 in Padua) is an Italian politician. Elected to the Italian Chamber of Deputies for the Liga Veneta-Lega Nord, he left the party in 1994.

In 2000 he contributed to the foundation of the Fronte Marco Polo with Fabio Padovan. After a dismal result in the 2000 regional elections (1.2%) he managed to merge his party with the Veneti d'Europa. The new party was called Liga Fronte Veneto and Giorgio Vido was national secretary from 2001 to 2003.

References

1941 births
Living people
Politicians from Padua
Venetist politicians
Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Italy)
Lega Nord politicians
20th-century Italian politicians
21st-century Italian politicians
Bodies

Bodies may refer to:

 The plural of body
 Bodies (2004 TV series), BBC television medical drama 
 Bodies (2023 TV series), a Netflix British crime thriller limited series
 "Bodies" (Law & Order), 2003 episode of Law & Order
 Bodies: The Exhibition, exhibit showcasing dissected human bodies in cities across the globe
 Bodies (novel), 2002 novel by Jed Mercurio
 Bodies, 1977 play by James Saunders (playwright)
 Bodies, 2009 book by British psychoanalyst Susie Orbach

Music
 Bodies (album), a 2021 album by AFI
 Bodies (EP), a 2014 EP by Celia Pavey
 "Bodies" (Drowning Pool song), 2001 hard rock song by Drowning Pool
 "Bodies" (Sex Pistols song), 1977 punk rock song by the Sex Pistols
 "Bodies" (Little Birdy song), 2007 indie rock song by Little Birdy
 "Bodies" (Robbie Williams song), 2009 pop song by Robbie Williams
 "Bodies", a song by Megadeth from Endgame
 "Bodies", a song by The Smashing Pumpkins from Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Wim van der Veen

Wim van der Veen from the Netherlands, is a Tenpin bowler. He finished in 24th position at the 2006 AMF World Cup and played in the 2006 World Tenpin Masters.

Van der Veen is not related to Auke van der Veen, a Dutch TV host.

References

Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Dutch ten-pin bowling players
Sportspeople from Emmen, Netherlands
Oscilloquartz

Oscilloquartz,  a company of ADVA Optical Networking, is a manufacturer of frequency sources, such as GPS& GLONASS receivers or caesium clocks for telecommunications applications and has been producing similar products for about 60 years. It also  providers   synchronization solutions for turnkey synchronization projects in e.g. PDH, SDH, SONET and all kind of mobile telecom networks e.g. GSM, X-CDMA, TETRA, 2.xG, 3G, 4G, UMTS, WiMAX.

It also  offers a wide range of technology, including its proprietary SyncView management software and including, as SyncView agents or embedded solutions, Q3, SNMP, TL1 interfaces.

It also manufactures a  range of products including single oven and double oven oscillators, targeted at the synchronisation of mobile base stations and other telecommunication equipment.
The company headquarters is in Saint-Blaise, Switzerland.

History 
 Oscilloquartz began its operations as a department of Ebauches SA in 1949, during the pioneering days of time and frequency measurement.
 In 1950, Oscilloquartz equipped the Observatory of Neuchâtel where the first quartz clocks were installed. Further quartz clocks were delivered to the Observatory of Paris in 1955.
 In 1958, Oscilloquartz began their activity in atomic frequency standards. An ammoniac maser designed by the LSRH, was built and shown at the Universal Exhibition of Brussels. Subsequently a hydrogen maser was developed and, until 1988, nine units were manufactured and delivered to several observatories and institutes worldwide.
 In 1962, it developed of a complete redundant frequency generating system for Swisscom (formerly named Swiss PTT) of which more than 50 were delivered in the 1960s and 1970s.
 In 1964, it focussed on the field of caesium frequency standards and in 1966 delivered its first commercial atomic clock to the ESRO, the predecessor of the European Space Agency (ESA).
 In 1967, The Swiss atomic clock "OSCILLATOM" was shown at Expo 67, Montreal. During that same year, transport and transfer of precise time was carried out in the United States, Canada, Far East and South America.
 In 1971, Oscilloquartz SA was officially registered as a corporation.
 In 1978, Swisscom (formerly Swiss PTT) commissioned Oscilloquartz to supply a new generation of plesiochronous and synchronous equipment for hierarchy levels I and II of their digital communications network. Over thirty similar synchronization systems were subsequently installed worldwide.
 In 1988, In a joint venture with SERCEL, France, Oscilloquartz developed the new European Digital Caesium Standard, EUDICS, with fully digital control loops and remote capabilities via RS-232 interface.
 In 2014, ADVA Optical Networking acquired Oscilloquartz SA from the Swatch Group.

References

Manufacturing companies of Switzerland
Saudi Advanced Industries Company

Saudi Advanced Industries Company is an industrial investment vehicle of the U.S. Peace Shield defense offset program. The company was formed in 1987, and invests in technology companies in Saudi Arabia. It also holds interests in AlSalam Aircraft Company and the Aircraft Accessories & Components Company, both in Saudi Arabia.

Activity 
Transfer of advanced technology to the Kingdom through participation in the Economic Balance Program and other industrial projects. The company is currently investing in the following projects: Al-Salam Aircraft Company Limited, Arab Industrial Fibers Company (Ibn Rushd), Manufacturing and Energy Services Company, National Petrochemical Company (Yansab), Obeikan Glass Company, and Deutsche Gulf Finance Company.

References

External links
 Official website

Companies of Saudi Arabia
Technology companies established in 1987
Companies based in Riyadh
Companies listed on Tadawul
Investment companies of Saudi Arabia
Technology companies of Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabian companies established in 1987
Oakleigh House School

Oakleigh House School is a co-educational private primary school in Swansea, Wales. The school is owned and operated by the Cognita Group, and is situated in the Uplands area of the city.

History

Oakleigh House School was established in 1919. In 1995, it became part of the Ffynone House School Trust, and in 2007 it joined the Cognita Group of Schools.

In 2016, the School received the NACE Cymru Challenge Award.

Facilities 

Facilities in Oakleigh House include a hall, outdoor areas, a nursery, ICT rooms and on site catering.

Pupils follow a defined curriculum which incorporates key elements of the Foundation Phase but is not bound by it.

Sport
Oakleigh House offers a variety of sports along, with fixtures against other schools taking place on a regular basis, and team sports being represented at all levels.

From Year 3 pupils travel to Swansea University for their twice-weekly games lessons, where they have exclusive use of the indoor track and outdoor pitches. They also have swimming lessons at Wales National Pool.

Notable former pupils

Prominent former pupils of the school include:
 Michael Heseltine
 Eddie Izzard
 Alun Wyn Jones

References

External links 
 Oakleigh House School

Private schools in Swansea
Preparatory schools in Wales
Educational institutions established in 1919
1919 establishments in Wales
Cognita
Lars Molin (filmmaker)

Lars Fredrik Molin (6 May 1942 – 7 February 1999) was a Swedish writer and movie director who won an Emmy Award for The Tattooed Widow in 1999. Molin was born in Järpen, Sweden, and died in Sundbyberg Municipality.

Awards 

 Prix Futura  1989
 Thaliapriset 1991
 Club 100 Prize 1989

Selected filmography 

 Buddies (Polare) (1976)
 Höjdhoppar'n (1981)
 Sommarmord (1994)

References

External links 

 

1942 births
1999 deaths
People from Åre Municipality
Swedish film directors
Sommar (radio program) hosts
Lei (surname)

Lei is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname  (Léi). It is the 69th name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem.

Additionally, the very common Chinese surname Li () is pronounced Lei in Standard Cantonese, and is sometimes romanized as "Lei", particularly among the Macanese.

Romanization
The surname is also romanized as Lui or Looi in Hokkien and Teochew; Lui, Looi, or Loi in Cantonese; Louie or Louis in Taishanese; Lūi in Gan.

Sino-Xenic pronunciations include Lôi in Vietnamese; Roe () or Noe () in Korean; and Rai in Japanese.

Distribution
雷 is the 79th-most-common surname in mainland China but not included among the 100 most common surnames on Taiwan.

In the United States, Lei is an uncommon surname, ranking 14,849th during the 1990 census and 6,583rd during the year 2000 census. In order, "Roe", "Louis", "Noe", "Louie", and "Lui" were all more common than the pinyin name; Loi and Rai were quite uncommon; and Leoi was held by fewer than 100 US residents and left unlisted by the Census Bureau.

In Canada, Lei and Lui were among the 200 most common peculiarly Chinese-Canadian surnames found in a 2010 study by Baiju Shah & al, which data-mined the Registered Persons Database of Canadian health card recipients in the province of Ontario. Rai was found, but among the most common surnames of the Indian-Canadian community.

Origin
雷 is the Chinese character for "thunder".

In Old Chinese, its pronunciation has been reconstructed as *C.rˤuj; and in Middle Chinese, as Lwoj.

Persons with the surname
Lei Chen (1897–1979), Taiwanese politician
Lei Feng (1940–1962), Chinese soldier
Lei Jiayin (born 1983), Chinese actor
Lei Jieqiong  (1905–2011), Chinese sociologist, activist, and politician
Lei Jun (born 1969), Chinese billionaire entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Xiaomi
Lei Sheng (born 1984), Chinese foil fencer
Lei Tingjie (born 1997), Chinese chess player
Lei Yanjun a.k.a. "Clifford Louie" (1914–1999), Chinese-American pilot and military officer in the Republic of China
Lei Yixin (born 1954), Chinese sculptor
Lei Zhengfu (born 1958), Chinese politician

See also

The Hundred Family Surnames
List of common Chinese surnames

References

Chinese-language surnames
Individual Chinese surnames
John William Bell

John William Bell (March 18, 1838 – July 5, 1901) was a farmer and Ontario political figure. He representing Addington in the House of Commons of Canada as a Conservative member from 1882 to 1891 and from 1896 to 1901.

He was born in Camden Township in Upper Canada in 1838. He obtained a teaching certificate and taught for a number of years and then began farming. He continued to teach religious school and hold a weekly Bible class for the local Methodist church. Bell served as reeve in the township and, in 1879, served as warden for Lennox and Addington counties. In 1889, he supported a motion by William Edward O'Brien which opposed the Jesuits' Estates Act. This legislation was opposed by the Orange Order, of which Bell was a member, because the pope would be involved in resolving the disposition of these properties in Quebec. Bell also opposed legislation restoring school rights for Roman Catholics in Manitoba. In 1900, Bell was elected president of the World Council in New York City for the Orange Order.

He died on his farm in Camden Township in 1901 while still in office as an MP.

External links
Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
 

1838 births
1901 deaths
Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario
Chile Chico

Chile Chico (Spanish for  Little Chile) is a town in General Carrera Province, Aisén Region, Patagonia, Chile. It is located on the south shore of General Carrera Lake. Chile Chico, which has around 3,000 inhabitants, is the eponymous capital of the commune and capital of the General Carrera Province of the Aysén Region.

The town is  west of the border with Argentina and 8 km from the Argentine town of Los Antiguos, with which it is connected by a paved road.  A car ferry connects the town with Puerto Ingeniero Ibáñez on the north shore of the lake.

Since 2017 Chile Chico has produced the world's southernmost wine. This wine is produced at the experimental vineyard of Undurraga that is part of Instituto de Investigación Agropecuaria.

Climate
Its rain shadow location gives Chile Chico a mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csb), unusually dry for its latitude with only half the rainfall of Balmaceda nearby and less than a tenth that received at many coastal locations in the Aisén region. Its moderate climate is sometimes compared to Middle Chile but is most similar to that of places like Sequim which lie in a similar westerly wind rain shadow. The record high is  in January 2013 and the record low was  in July 1982.

Demographics
According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Chile Chico spans an area of  and has 4,444 inhabitants (2,378 men and 2,066 women). Of these, 3,042 (68.5%) lived in urban areas and 1,402 (31.5%) in rural areas. The population grew by 18.3% (687 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.

Administration
As a commune, Chile Chico is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a municipal council, headed by an alcalde who is directly elected every four years. The 2008-2012 alcalde is Luperciano Muñoz González (PPD).

Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Chile Chico is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by René Alinco (PDC) and David Sandoval (UDI) as part of the 59th electoral district, which includes the entire Aisén Region. The commune is represented in the Senate by Antonio Horvath Kiss (RN) and Patricio Walker Prieto (PDC) as part of the 18th senatorial constituency (Aisén Region).

References

External links
  Municipality of Chile Chico

Communes of Chile
Populated lakeshore places in Chile
Populated places established in 1929
Populated places in General Carrera Province
Capitals of Chilean provinces
Hmong

Hmong may refer to: 

 Hmong people, an ethnic group living mainly in Southwest China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand
 Hmong cuisine
 Hmong customs and culture
 Hmong music
 Hmong textile art
 Hmong language, a continuum of closely related tongues/dialects
 Hmong–Mien languages
 Pahawh Hmong, an indigenous semi-syllabic script
 Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong, a modern alphabetic script
 Hmong Americans, Americans of Hmong descent

See also
 Hmong folk religion
 Hmong in Wisconsin
 Hmong American Peace Academy
 Hmong Studies Journal
 Hong (disambiguation)
 Miao people
 Mong (disambiguation)

Language and nationality disambiguation pages
Bei Yan

Bei Yan may refer to:

Northern Yan (407–436), one of the Sixteen Kingdoms  
Bei Yan (卑衍,  238), a general under the warlord Gongsun Yuan, see Sima Yi's Liaodong campaign
Ray Abruzzo

Ray Abruzzo (born August 12, 1954) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Little Carmine Lupertazzi in The Sopranos, Detective Michael McGuire in The Practice (1998–2004), and Tony Giuliano in Night Court (1989–1991).

Early life
Abruzzo was born in Queens, New York City on August 12, 1954. He is a graduate of Christ the King Regional High School in Middle Village, Queens, New York.

Career
Abruzzo played police sergeant John Zorelli in 20 episodes of Dynasty from 1988 to 1989; Detective Michael McGuire in 44 episodes of The Practice from 1998 to 2004; and "Little" Carmine Lupertazzi in 16 episodes of The Sopranos from 2002 to 2007. He also played the part of Tony Guiliano, Christine Sullivan's fiancé, husband, and then ex-husband in several episodes of the sitcom Night Court.

Other television credits include a 1989 episode of Empty Nest, where he played cardiologist Dr. Leonard, NCIS, Murder, She Wrote, L.A. Law, House M.D., NYPD Blue, Lois and Clark, Law & Order: SVU, The Nanny, CSI: NY, Criminal Minds, Bones, Weinerville (head writer, stage manager, and performed as the puppet chef Pops), In Plain Sight and Mad Men.

He was seen on the stage of the Pasadena Playhouse in the play, Mauritius, by Theresa Rebeck. He also played the title role in Lombardi.

Abruzzo starred in the longest single shot movie in American film history, Somebody Marry Me, written and directed by John Asher.

He is a supporter of SENS Research Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to researching and treating the causes of aging.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

1954 births
Living people
American male television actors
American people of Italian descent
Fan Jian

Fan Jian ( 250s–263), courtesy name Changyuan, was a Chinese politician of the state of Shu Han in the late Three Kingdoms period. He served briefly in the state of Cao Wei after the fall of Shu in 263.

Life
Fan Jian was from Yiyang Commandery (), which is around present-day Zaoyang, Hubei. He served as an official in the state of Shu Han in the Three Kingdoms period. The highest positions he reached in the Shu government were Palace Attendant () and Prefect of the Masters of Writing (). Along with Zhuge Zhan and Dong Jue, Fan Jian was one of the leading figures in the Shu government in the 250s and 260s. Despite his best efforts, he was unable to curb the negative influence of Huang Hao, an imperial eunuch highly favoured by the Shu emperor Liu Shan. After the fall of Shu in 263, Fan Jian served under Shu's rival state Cao Wei and travelled to the Wei imperial capital, Luoyang. He first served as an Army Adviser to the Chancellor of State () and was subsequently given the additional appointment of a Regular Mounted Attendant (). The Wei government sent him back to the former Shu territories to comfort the people. He was later promoted to the position of an Official Who Concurrently Serves in the Palace ().

See also
 Lists of people of the Three Kingdoms

References

 Chen, Shou (3rd century). Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi).
 Pei, Songzhi (5th century). Annotations to Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi zhu).

2nd-century births
Year of death unknown
Cao Wei government officials
Politicians from Hubei
Shu Han government officials
Tadun

Tadun (died 207) was a leader of the Wuhuan tribes during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He was an ally of the warlord Yuan Shao and Yuan Shao's son and successor Yuan Shang.

Life
Tadun was a younger relative of the Wuhuan chieftain Qiuliju, and he was well-known for his wisdom, command skills, strength and ferocity among the Wuhuan people. After Qiuliju died sometime in the early 190s, Tadun succeeded him as the new Wuhuan leader because Qiuliju's son, Louban (樓班), was too young at the time. Tadun not only ruled over the Wuhuan tribes in Liaoxi Commandery (遼西郡; around present-day Lulong County, Hebei), but also those in Youbeiping (右北平; around present-day Tangshan, Hebei), Yuyang (漁陽; around present-day Miyun District, Beijing) and Shanggu (上谷; around present-day Yanqing District, Beijing) commanderies.

Throughout the 190s, Tadun supported the warlord Yuan Shao in his power struggle against Gongsun Zan for supremacy in northern China. In return for Tadun's support, Yuan Shao awarded imperial seals and honours to Tadun and the Wuhuan chieftains in the name of Emperor Xian, the figurehead emperor of the Eastern Han dynasty. After Louban had grown up, Tadun gave the reins of power to him but continued to remain in charge of the Wuhuan tribes in Liaoxi Commandery. The other Wuhuan chieftains, such as Nanlou (難樓), Supuyan (蘇僕延) and Wuyan (烏延), pledged allegiance to Louban as their new leader.

Following Yuan Shao's death in 202, his son and successor Yuan Shang continued maintaining friendly ties with the Wuhuan. When Yuan Shang was defeated by his father's rival Cao Cao and forced to flee further north, he took shelter under Tadun and the Wuhuan tribes. Tadun attempted to help Yuan Shang regain control over the territories in northern China but to no avail. In 207, Cao Cao personally led his forces on a campaign against Yuan Shang and the Wuhuan tribes. By the time the Wuhuan realised that Cao Cao was on his way to attack them, it was a little too late but they still managed to muster thousands of horsemen to fight the enemy. Both sides clashed at the Battle of White Wolf Mountain near Liucheng (柳城; southwest of present-day Chaoyang, Liaoning). During the battle, Tadun was captured by the "Tiger and Leopard Cavalry" (虎豹騎) unit led by Cao Cao's cousin Cao Chun and was later executed by Zhang Liao, a general under Cao Cao.

See also
 Lists of people of the Three Kingdoms

References

 Chen, Shou (3rd century). Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi).
 Pei, Songzhi (5th century). Annotations to Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi zhu).

2nd-century births
207 deaths
2nd-century Chinese people
3rd-century Chinese people
People during the end of the Han dynasty
Wuhuan
Executed Han dynasty people
People executed by the Han dynasty
Chañaral

Chañaral is a small coastal city and commune in the Atacama Region, Chile and capital of the Chañaral Province. Despite it being coastal, it is not a seaside resort, partly because the ocean is contaminated by the copper mining industry. Situated a short distance to the north is the Pan de Azúcar National Park.

History
In 1824, Diego de Almeyda discovered large natural deposits of copper in the area, and was the first in the mining industry in Chile to export it. For this reason, the town was founded in October 26, 1833 as Chañaral de las Ánimas ("Chañar field of the Souls"). A few years later, Pedro Lujan discovered ore at El Salado where a mine was built. In 1836, a shipping port promising raw material was constructed. The great boom Chañaral began in 1860 when A. Edwards & Company was settled where an inn exists today.

Demographics
According to the 2002 census by the National Statistics Institute (INE) the commune of Chañaral spans an area of  and had 13,543 inhabitants (6,968 men and 6,575 women). Of these, 13,180 (97.3%) lived in urban areas and 363 (2.7%) in rural areas. The population fell by 2.8% (393 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.

The demonym for a person from Chañaral is Chañaralino for a man and Chañaralina for a woman.

Administration
As a commune, Chañaral is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a municipal council, headed by an alcalde who is directly elected every four years. Since June 2021 the alcalde is Margarita Flores Salazar (PR), and the council has the following members:
 Diego Vargas P.
 Sebastián González G.
 Quintina Galleguillos G.
 Ema Arnello T.
 Joice Tabilo P.
 John Silva M.

Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Chañaral is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Daniella Circardini Milla (PS), Sofia Cid Versalovic (RN), Jaime Mulet Martinez (FREVS), Juan Santana Castillo (PS) and Cristián Tapia Ramos as part of the 4th electoral district, (together with Diego de Almagro, Copiapó, Caldera, Tierra Amarilla, Freirina, Huasco, Vallenar and Alto del Carmen). The commune is represented in the Senate by Rafael Prohens Espinosa (RN) and Yasna Provoste Campillay (PDC) as part of the 4th senatorial constituency (Atacama).

References

External links
  Municipality of Chañaral

Communes of Chile
Port settlements in Chile
Populated places established in 1833
Populated places in Chañaral Province
Capitals of Chilean provinces
1833 establishments in Chile
Coasts of Atacama Region
Bigambul

The Bigambul people are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Northern Tablelands and Border Rivers regions of New South Wales and Queensland.

Name
In the traditional language, the name of this group is derived from the Bigambul word biga or pika which translates in English to yes. The Bigambul are bounded to the south–east by the Ngarabal, the Kamilaroi to the south, the Kooma to the west, the Mandandanji and Kabi to the north, and the Baruŋgam to the north–east.

Country
Norman Tindale ascribed to the Bigambul a traditional territory spreading over  east of Nindigully, on the Weir and Moonie rivers, north to Tara; at Talwood; on the Macintyre River from east of Boomi to Texas; at Yetman, Boggabilla, and at Middle Creek.

Alternate names

 Bigabul
 Pikambul
 Bigambal
 Bigambel
 Bee-gum-bul
 Bigumble
 Pikumbul,'Pikumpal, Pikambal
 Pikum-bul, Pickum-bul, Pickimbul
 Pickumble, Picumbul, Pikumbil
 Begumble
 Peekumble
 Pickumbil
 Picumbill
 Preagalgh
 Wigal-wollumbul
 Wee-n' gul-la-m' bul

Source:

Clans
The Bigambul have a cultural connection with the northern Kamilaroi people and these people regularly participated in joint ceremonies at Boobera Lagoon.

Language
The Australian Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies states that the Bigambul language was used by the Bigambul people, with Gambuwal and Kwiambal (or Gujambal) known dialects.
However, it is more likely that the Gamilaraay (or Yuwaaliyaay) language was used by those peoples living in southern Bigambul territory.

History of contact
The Bigambul people actively opposed European colonisation of their territory. From the early 1840s they mounted a 14–year guerrilla campaign to expel the settlers. The Bigambul leadership understood the importance of economics in warfare and they specifically targeted horses and cattle rather than just the settlers themselves. The campaign was initially successful with 17 selections being abandoned in Macintyre region in 1843, of which only 13 were re-occupied when Europeans returned 3 years later. The economic war was so successful that it is recorded that one selection was making a loss of £150 per year until 1849. The tide of the campaign turned in 1848 when the Governor set aside £1000 to form the Native Police and appointed Frederick Walker to command them. Walker took the battle to the Bigambul, attacking them in their camps with his stated objective being their annihilation. By 1851 the economic war was effectively over, land values in the area doubled and the wages paid by settlers to employees were halved. Most of the work done on selections in the area was performed by Aborigines in return for food rations. By 1854 only 100 of the Bigambul people were left alive.

Native title
On 23 February 2001 the Bigambul people lodged a successful native title claim over  in South Western Queensland.

Notable Bigambul people
 Chris Sandowa professional rugby league footballer

Notes

Citations

Sources

External links 
 Bibliography of Bigambul people and language resources, at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

Aboriginal peoples of New South Wales
Aboriginal peoples of Queensland