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Rengsjö is a locality situated in Bollnäs Municipality, Gävleborg County, Sweden with 264 inhabitants in 2010. Sports The following sports clubs are located in Rengsjö: Rengsjö SK References Populated places in Bollnäs Municipality Hälsingland

Solanum sisymbriifolium is commonly known as vila-vila, sticky nightshade, red buffalo-bur, the fire-and-ice plant, litchi tomato, or Morelle de Balbis. The small edible fruits are red on the outside and yellow inside. It grows inside a spiny, green husk. The fruit is ripe when it is easily removed from the stem. The flavor resembles sour cherries and a little bit like a tomato. This plant has been used as a trap crop to protect potatoes from potato cyst nematode. The stems and leaves contain solasodine which makes the plant very resistant to many pests and diseases, with the exception of potato beetles and tomato hornworms. It can also be used as a hedge plant to keep animals out of a garden, because it is covered with prickles (erroneously called thorns). Synonyms The sticky nightshade has been described under a number of illegitimate scientific names, many of them quite ambiguous homonyms: Solanum balbisii Dunal Solanum bipinnatifidum Larrañaga Solanum brancaefolium Jacq. Solanum decurrens Balb. Solanum edule Vell. Solanum formosum Weinm. Solanum inflatum Hornem. Solanum mauritianum Willd. ex Roth (preoccupied) Solanum opuliflorum Port. ex Walp. (nomen nudum) Solanum opuliflorum Port. ex Dunal (nomen nudum) Solanum rogersii S.Moore Solanum sabeanum Buckley Solanum subviscidum Schrank Solanum thouinii C.C.Gmel. Solanum viscidum Schweigg. Solanum viscosum Lag. Solanum xanthacanthum Willd. ex Walp. (nomen nudum) Several forms and varieties have been named, but these are generally not considered distinct today: Solanum sisymbriifolium var. purpureiflorum Dunal Solanum sisymbriifolium forma albiflorum Kuntze Solanum sisymbriifolium var. bipinnatipartitum Dunal Solanum sisymbriifolium var. brevilobum Dunal Solanum sisymbriifolium var. gracile Mattos Solanum sisymbriifolium var. heracleifolium Sendtn. Solanum sisymbriifolium forma lilacinum Kuntze Solanum sisymbriifolium var. macrocarpum Kuntze Solanum sisymbriifolium var. oligospermum (Sendtn.) Dunal Distribution Native South America Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru Brazil Rio Grande do Sul Introduced Europe Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ireland, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom Italy Sicily - invasive Asia Republic of Korea Bangladesh Taiwan Japan Turkey India Gujarat China Guangdong, Yunnan Africa Benin, Kenya, South Africa, Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, Namibia North America Canada Mexico United States - ~64% of the country is suitable for S. sisymbriifolium. Predicted to eventually be absent from most of Alaska, Montana, and Wisconsin, and to never enter North Dakota. Alabama, Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas ABSENT from Idaho Oceania Australia New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia New Zealand Status as an invasive species In South Africa it is listed as a Category 1b invader in the National Environmental Biodiversity Management Act. This means most activities with regards to the species are prohibited and it should be ensured that it does not spread beyond a landowner's domain. References External links sisymbriifolium Edible Solanaceae Fruit vegetables Flora of Southern America Flora of Brazil Flora of the Cerrado Berries

The ExoLife Finder (ELF) telescope is an under-development hybrid interferometric telescope being designed at the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC) for the direct detection and imaging of exoplanets and potentially water-bearing exoplanets. Developed by a collaboration of scientists and engineers including the PLANETS Foundation, the ELF aims to analyze the surfaces and atmospheres of exoplanets for evidence of life, focusing on nearby star systems within 25 light years of Earth. The telescope’s design features non-redundant circular arrays of 5-meter-scale mirrors and tensegrity-based mechanical support with an outer diameter of 35m. It uses multiple layers of advanced atmospheric wavefront sensing and control. It is a scalable optical concept, and could be built within a 10 year timeframe. A 3.5-meter precursor called the Small ELF (SELF) is currently being built in the Canary Islands. The ELF's first targets will include nearby stars cooler than the Sun. ELF incorporates several new technologies in order to study exoplanets that could be 100 million times fainter than the stars they orbit. This combination of technologies results in smoother and lighter optics compared to conventional telescope mirrors and greater control of optical diffraction and wavefront errors created by the atmosphere. According to the team behind ELF, the telescope's imaging capabilities and detection methods, which include analyzing planetary energy signatures and spectroscopic chemical fingerprints, will advance our understanding of exoplanetary environments and the search for extraterrestrial life. The Small ELF (SELF) The Small ExoLife Finder (SELF) telescope is a 3.5m outer diameter Fizeau telescope built from 15 0.5m diameter subapertures arranged in a circular pattern like the ELF telescope. SELF uses a telescope support structure built from a tensegrity structure of cables and compressional elements. This structure creates a stiff basis for the optics that can be 10 times lighter than a conventional truss structure. The subapertures are aligned and carefully phased using a small secondary mirror for each of the 15 subapertures. Machine learning algorithms and photonic structures built into the optical system allow the SELF to overcome the effects of the atmosphere to suppress the bright central starlight in order to see the exoplanetary environments around nearby bright stars. Laboratory for Innovation in OptoMechanics (LIOM) The key to finding life is to measure reflected starlight from an exoplanet. ELF does this with a very large diameter telescope using optical technologies that can measure and correct the distortions in the optical wavefront created by the atmosphere above the telescope and the telescope's imperfections. The ELF depends on 4 innovations: 1) new ways of  creating accurate light-weight large mirrors without grinding glass, 2) a scalable optical system that combines elements of conventional telescopes with interferometry, 3) new ways of precisely supporting optics without massive mechanical trusses, and 4) photonics and machine learning innovations to measure and correct the stellar wavefront. IAC hosts the Laboratory for Innovation in OptoMechanics (LIOM) where scientists, engineers, and students are working on solving all of these problems. Design and specifications The ExoLife Finder (ELF) is a specialized large telescope designed for exoplanetary research, with an ultimate focus on detecting the energy signatures of life or its optical fingerprints on nearby exoplanets. The ELF is effectively a Fizeau interferometer that links an array of diffraction-limited unobscured off-axis subaperture telescopes at a common Gregorian focus. The direct detection of exoplanetary light relies on an extremely large telescope aperture with superior control of diffraction and correction of atmospheric wavefront distortions. The ELF's basic design consists of circular arrays of 5-meter-scale mirrors, utilizing thin curvature-polished technology, resulting in a total diameter of about 35 meters. This size allows the ELF to “image” dozens of exoplanets within 25 light years of Earth, opening a new window onto exoplanetary science and the search for extraterrestrial life. Cost is highly dependent on system mass and the ELF employs a structural principle called tensegrity which utilizes actively controlled tension and compression to greatly reduce weight. Tensegrity is often used in bridge designs but the term originated with Buckminster Fuller 50 years ago. Each of the ELF's mirrors has a dedicated secondary off-axis mirror. Off-axis telescopes are often used in radio dish receivers, but their usage in optical telescopes has been made possible by new polishing technology. This design reduces scattered light that might interfere with the faint optical signal received from exoplanets. The ELF is intended to be scalable, affordable, and rapidly buildable within a decade timeframe. Its unusual design allows the telescope to achieve the sensitivity needed to reconstruct images of exoplanets, making it the earliest and most cost-effective path forward for finding and characterizing life on nearby exoplanets. Mirror technology One of the key innovations of the ELF telescope is its mirror technology, which significantly differs from that of traditional telescopes that are descended from the abrasive glass shaping concept pioneered by Isaac Newton 500 years ago. Such traditional telescope mirrors are several centimeters thick and can require many 10’s of cycles of rubbing and measuring to achieve a high quality optical surface. Large optical mirrors like these typically cost $0.5M per m2. The combination of curvature polishing and tensegrity support structures can reduce the cost and time to fabricate large telescope optics by more than an order of magnitude. Dynamically maintaining the shape of such thin mirrors against gravity direction changes and wind forces is done with 3D printed electroactive polymers. Imaging and detection capabilities ELF is designed to indirectly image the surface of exoplanets and to detect the energy signatures and spectroscopic chemical fingerprints that are indicative of life. The telescope's primary focus is on detecting molecules such as water, oxygen, methane, carbon dioxide, and ozone, which are commonly associated with life on Earth. Additionally, the ELF is capable of detecting photosynthetic bio-pigments on the surface of exoplanets, which could indicate the presence of photosynthetic organisms. The ELF's useful imaging capabilities extend up to 120 trillion miles, or 24 light years, away from Earth with a particular sensitivity for exoplanets around stars cooler than the Sun. This range allows it to target dozens of exoplanets within 25 light years of our solar system, including the nearby star system Alpha Centauri, which holds promising worlds like Proxima B in the habitable zone. To achieve its imaging and detection goals, the ELF utilizes the so-called vortex nulling properties of its Fizeau interferometry. These optics create what is called a coronagraph from the telescope primary optics alone. The use of complex inversion algorithms that depend on repeated observations of the exoplanet systems over months then samples the exoplanetary rotation and orbit to reveal details of its surface structure like oceans, continents, forests, deserts, or even city complexes. Location The precursor small ELF is locate on Mt. Teide on Tenerife island and the proposed location for the full ELF telescope could be in the Canary Islands for seeing the Northern sky or in Chile's Atacama Desert to see southern exoplanets like Proxima B. The remote and dry environment of the Atacama Desert provides optimal conditions for astronomical observations, while minimizing light pollution and atmospheric disturbances. References Astronomical imaging Astronomical instruments Exoplanets

Harry Jefferson (born November 2, 1946) is a retired NASCAR Winston Cup Series whose career spanned from 1973 to 1977. Career In addition to his Cup Series career, Jefferson also raced in the Winston West Series in a 1973 Mercury Cougar vehicle. That vehicle would eventually be refurbished into a 1979 Ford Granada and driven by NASCAR legends such as Derrike Cope, David Pearson, and Bobby Allison. Jefferson has competed in 1739 laps - the equivalent of . This driver has also earned a grand total of $20,268 in total prize winnings ($ when adjusted for inflation) after starting an average of 18th place and finishing an average of 24th place. His only DNQs were at the 1972 Miller High Life 500 and at the 1988 Checker 500. Harry also enjoyed a very successful career in the late model Sportsman series in the Pacific Northwest. References External links 1946 births NASCAR drivers People from Yakima County, Washington Living people Racing drivers from Washington (state)

Smithy is a 1933 British comedy drama film directed by George King and starring Edmund Gwenn, Peggy Novak and D. A. Clarke-Smith. It was made as a quota quickie by the British subsidiary of Warner Brothers at their Teddington Studios. Cast Edmund Gwenn as John Smith Peggy Novak as Jane D. A. Clarke-Smith as Boyd Eve Gray as Daughter Clifford Heatherley as Sir Olds Viola Compton as Lucy Charles Hickman as Son Charles Hawtrey References Bibliography Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986. External links 1933 films British comedy-drama films 1933 comedy-drama films Films shot at Teddington Studios Quota quickies Films directed by George King Warner Bros. films Films set in England British black-and-white films 1930s English-language films 1930s British films

The 2014 Canoe Slalom World Cup was a series of five races in 5 canoeing and kayaking categories organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 27th edition. Calendar The series opened with World Cup Race 1 in Lee Valley, England (June 6–8) and ended with the World Cup Final in Augsburg, Germany (August 15–17). Final standings The winner of each race was awarded 60 points (double points were awarded for the World Cup Final). Points for lower places differed from one category to another. Every participant was guaranteed at least 2 points for participation and 5 points for qualifying for the semifinal run (4 and 10 points in the World Cup Final respectively). If two or more athletes or boats were equal on points, the ranking was determined by their positions in the World Cup Final. Results World Cup Race 1 The first race of the season took place at the Lee Valley White Water Centre, England from 6 to 8 June. World Cup Race 2 The second race of the season took place at the Tacen Whitewater Course, Slovenia from 13 to 15 June. World Cup Race 3 The third race of the season took place at the Prague-Troja Canoeing Centre, Czech Republic from 20 to 22 June. World Cup Race 4 The penultimate race of the series took place at the Segre Olympic Park in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain from 1 to 3 August. There were no team events held here. World Cup Final The final race of the series took place at the Augsburg Eiskanal, Germany from 15 to 17 August. References External links International Canoe Federation Canoe Slalom World Cup Canoe Slalom World Cup

Mirandaphera is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails. Species Species within the genus Mirandaphera include: Mirandaphera arafurensis (Verhecken, 1997) Mirandaphera cayrei Bouchet & Petit, 2002 Mirandaphera maestratii Bouchet & Petit, 2002 Mirandaphera tosaensis (Habe, 1961a) References External links Bouchet P. & Petit R.E. (2002). New species of deep-water Cancellariidae (Gastropoda) from the southwestern Pacific. The Nautilus 116(3): 95-104 Cancellariidae

Begonia hitchcockii is a species of plant in the family Begoniaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. References hitchcockii Endemic flora of Ecuador Endangered plants Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

Japan in Paris in L.A. is a soundtrack album by the experimental rock band Red Krayola, released on October 5, 2004, by Drag City. The short film Japan in Paris in L.A. was directed by Bruce and Norman Yonemoto in 1996. Track listing Personnel Red Krayola David Grubbs Jim O'Rourke Stephen Prina Mary Lass Stewart Mayo Thompson – production Tom Watson Additional musicians and production Alan H. Barker – engineering References 1996 soundtrack albums Drag City (record label) albums Film soundtracks Red Krayola albums albums produced by Mayo Thompson

Federica Sala (born 18 July 1993) is an Italian synchronised swimmer. She won a bronze medal in the team free routine competition at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships. References 1993 births Living people Italian synchronized swimmers World Aquatics Championships medalists in synchronised swimming Artistic swimmers at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships Artistic swimmers at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships European Aquatics Championships medalists in synchronised swimming People from Vimercate Sportspeople from the Province of Monza e Brianza

The 2014–15 season was K.A.A. Gent's 112th season in existence and 26th consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football, the Belgian Pro League. The club also competed in the Belgian Cup Match details League positions are sourced by Statto, while the remaining information is referenced individually. Belgian Pro League Regular season Championship play-offs Belgian Cup Transfers Transfers in Loans in Transfers out Loans out References K.A.A. Gent seasons Gent, K.A.A. Belgian football championship-winning seasons

Phyllobrotica physostegiae is a species of skeletonizing leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in North America. References Further reading Galerucinae Articles created by Qbugbot Beetles described in 1979

The Tower of Bera () is the remains of a medieval watchtower located in the civil parish of Almalaguês, in the municipality of Coimbra, Portuguese Coimbra. History The medieval tower of Bera was probably constructed in the high Middle Ages, between the 9th and 11th century, when the town was twice conquered from Muslim forces by troops of Alfonso III and later definitively by troops loyal to Ferdinand I of León 1064. António Nogueira Gonçalves notes its strategic position along the line of defensive fortifications tied to Coimbra, that connected the valley of Mondego and Penela, across the River Dueça; this modest redoubt complimented the larger castles in Penela, Miranda and Coimbra. There continue to be numerous interventions into the isolated tower. One of these refer to its exact chronology. Nogueira Gonçalves catalogued its history to the 12th century. The fact that some Roman material was reused to erect the structure, suggest a history that extends further back, before the 10th century. The tower was probably constructed between the late 11th and final third of the 12th century, receiving its name from the small local village. There are few documents that refer to the Tower of Bera, but it passed through regal donation, which normally occurred to lands conquered from the Moors. Consequently, it is probable that it was included in the territory neighbouring lands, such as Almalaguês, seat of the current parish, or Ceira. Ceira, in September 1180, was donated by D. Afonso Henriques to his chancellor Julião. In fact, Almalaguês, along with Cernache and Sobreiro, were donated in the 15th century by the regent Pedro to Guilherme Arnao. The debate on its purpose extends from persistent issues associated with its origin and original function. Opinion suggest that it was a building founded by local initiative, from the seigneurial masters and local inhabitants. But, there is modest evidence of other towers (such as the disappeared structure in Castelo Viegas), suggesting a direct relationship with the other larger castles of the region, indicating that this was not just a private rural fortification, but part of a grander vision laid-out from Coimbra and encompassing the south of the river. It is likely, therefore, that its passing into the hands of private families may have begun in the late medieval period. In the first half of the 15th century, it was part of the ducal properties in Almalaguês, donated to the Infante Pedro. At that time, the tower was placed into the control of Guilherme Arnao. In the 14th century, the master of the Tower of Bera was Gaspar de Voalas. It was later preceded by the dominion of Francisco Pires da Cunha, married to Mécia Faria. By 1949, the four walls remained, with the northeastern angle being destroyed and missing from its profile. Along with much of its damage, there were cracks/slits in the walls and the main door dismantled. On 2 August 1995, there was a proposal to classify the building as Valor Concelhio (Municipal Valor). By May 1996, the process was in a state of consultation by the IPPAR Instituto Português do Património Arquitectónico, predecessor of Instituto de Gestão do Património Arquitectónico e Arqueológico (IGESPAR). On 24 February 2003, a dispatch identified the closing of the process to classify the watchtower. In 2005, the tower survived wildfires that devastated the region. There was a popular proposal in 2009 for the implementation of a conservation and restoration project to rehabilitate the tower: but it did not pass. Architecture The tower is situated in an isolated, urban area in the relief of the landscape. It is encircled by dense vegetation and forest, with a dominant panorama over the valley. It is erected over a rocky outcrop, a short distance from the medieval settlement. In the interior and surrounding the structure are many of the stones from the ruined walls. It consists of a regular square plan, conserving the southern and eastern walls. In 1949 it still retained vestiges of the three floors, but most of the upper floors were in ruin. One of the important characteristics was the existence of rudimentary embrasures on the second floor, indicating the need to maintain military vigilance against the Muslim forces. In 1952, in his second text on the tower, Nogueira Gonçalves lamented "its state...of advanced ruin", altering to the fact the northwest angle had fallen and that large cracks had in most parts of the tower. It still retains the medieval character of the Middle Ages, along with costumes and traditions from this period, much of the study associated with the "life" of the tower have been completed by Dr. Margarida Ribeiro. In 1938, it was the runner-up in the "A Aldeia mais portuguesa de Portugal" (The Most Portuguese Town of Portugal). Studies by Dr. Ribeiro suggest that there are oral traditions speaking to a round roof/ceiling. Visiting in 1949, A. Nogueira Gonçalves indicated that the tower gate was found on the ground; its rectangular door was considered simple in terms of construction. References Notes Sources Castles in Portugal Castles in Coimbra District

The timeline of racial tension in Omaha, Nebraska lists events in African-American history in Omaha. These included racial violence, but also include many firsts as the black community built its institutions. Omaha has been a major industrial city on the edge of what was a rural, agricultural state. It has attracted a more diverse population than the rest of the state. Its issues were common to other major industrial cities of the early 20th century, as it was a destination for 19th and 20th century European immigrants, and internal white and black migrants from the South in the Great Migration. Many early 20th-century conflicts arose out of labor struggles, postwar social tensions and economic problems, and hiring of later immigrants and black migrants as strikebreakers in the meatpacking and stockyard industries. Massive job losses starting in the 1960s with the restructuring of the railroad, stockyards and meatpacking industries contributed to economic and social problems for workers in the city. 19th century 1900 to 1950 1950 to 2000 According to several prominent Omaha historians, racial discrimination was a significant issue in Omaha from the 1950s through the 2000s (decade). Analyzing race relations in Omaha during the period they commented, "1968 rivals 1919 as probably the worst year in the history of twentieth-century America from the standpoint of violence and internal tension." In 1969 three days of rioting swept the Near North Side, and in 1970 a policeman was killed by a suitcase bomb while answering a disturbance call at a house in North Omaha. However, as the 1966 Oscar-nominated documentary A Time for Burning and the 1970s books of Lois Mark Stalvey illustrated, the violence apparently served a purpose as lines of communication were opened between the "West Omaha matron and the black laborer." 2000s See also History of North Omaha, Nebraska Timeline of North Omaha, Nebraska history History of Omaha, Nebraska Civil Rights Movement in Omaha, Nebraska African Americans in Omaha, Nebraska Greeks in Omaha, Nebraska Timeline of riots and civil unrest in Omaha, Nebraska Racial tension in Omaha, Nebraska Ernie Chambers, state senator representing a district in North Omaha; in Nebraska's history, the only African-American to have run for governor and the US Senate and longest-serving state senator. References External links "A Timeline of Racism in Omaha" by Adam Fletcher Sasse for NorthOmahaHistory.com Fast Facts about Omaha's African American community Discover North Omaha website Discover Black Omaha website North Omaha, Nebraska Douglas County, Nebraska Omaha, Nebraska African-American history in Omaha, Nebraska African-American Urban decay in the United States Racially motivated violence in the United States Racial tension South Omaha, Nebraska Crime in Omaha, Nebraska History of African-American civil rights

Vincent Lopez (December 30, 1895 – September 20, 1975) was an American bandleader, actor, and pianist. Early life and career Vincent Lopez was born of Portuguese immigrant parents in Brooklyn, New York City, United States, and was leading his own dance band in New York City by 1916. On November 27, 1921, his band began broadcasting on the new medium of entertainment radio; the band's weekly 90-minute show on the Newark, New Jersey, station WJZ boosted the popularity of both himself and of radio. He became one of America's most popular bandleaders, and would retain that status through the 1940s. He began his radio programs by announcing "Hello everybody, Lopez speaking!" His theme song was "Nola", Felix Arndt's novelty ragtime piece of 1915, and Lopez became so identified with it that he occasionally satirized it. (His 1939 movie short for Vitaphone, Vincent Lopez and his Orchestra, features the entire band singing "Down with Nola".) Lopez worked occasionally in feature films, notably The Big Broadcast (1932) and as a live-action feature in the Max Fleischer cartoon I Don't Want to Make History (1936). In 1940, he was one of the first bandleaders to work in Soundies movie musicals. He made additional Soundies in 1944. Noted musicians who played in his band included Artie Shaw, Xavier Cugat, Jimmy Dorsey, Tommy Dorsey, Bob Effros, Mike Mosiello, Fred Lowery, Joe Tarto and Glenn Miller. He also featured singers Keller Sisters and Lynch, Betty Hutton, and Marion Hutton. Lopez's longtime drummer was the irreverent Mike Riley, who popularized the novelty hit "The Music Goes Round and Round". Lopez's flamboyant style of piano playing influenced such later musicians as Eddy Duchin and Liberace. In 1941, Lopez's Orchestra began a residency at the Taft Hotel in Manhattan that would last 25 years. In the early 1950s, Lopez along with Gloria Parker hosted a radio program broadcast from the Taft Hotel called Shake the Maracas in which audience members competed for small prizes by playing maracas with the orchestra. In 1960 he published his autobiography Lopez Speaking. Vincent Lopez died at the Villa Maria nursing home in North Miami, Florida, on September 20, 1975. Business interests Lopez saw jazz and bandleading as a big business opportunity. Like rival Paul Whiteman had done a few years earlier with his United Orchestras, Inc, in 1924 he created the company Vincent Lopez, Inc, with a stated goal of starting jazz orchestras and schools in major American cities, and managing copyrights. By 1926 the endeavor became insolvent, and to avoid bankruptcy Lopez, Inc went into partnership with Eugene Geiger's Eldorado Finance Co. In 1927, he partnered with other major bandleaders Paul Whiteman, Ben Bernie, George Olson, Roger Kahn, Fred Rich, B. A. Rolfe, and Ernie Golden to launch the trade union National Association of Orchestra Leaders. They hired Julian T. Abeles at an annual salary of $25,000; his stated goal was to stop competition among their orchestras for musicians, contracts, and bookings. In practice this was a labor cartel, and the NAOL's efforts and lawsuits on behalf of orchestra leaders and owners continued into the 21st century. Big band / swing-era music Early In The Morning, recorded by Vincent Lopez on Columbia Records, lyrics and music by Gloria Parker Here Comes That Mood, recorded by Vincent Lopez, music and lyrics by Gloria Parker In Santiago by the Sea, recorded by Vincent Lopez and his Orchestra, music and lyrics by Gloria Parker I Learned To Rumba''', recorded by Vincent Lopez and his Orchestra, music and lyrics by Gloria Parker My Dream Christmas, recorded by Vincent Lopez, lyrics and music by Gloria Parker Shake The Maracas, name of a radio program on WABC hosted by Vincent Lopez and Gloria Parker, lyrics and music by Gloria Parker When Our Country Was Born, recorded by Vincent Lopez, lyrics and music by Gloria Parker See alsoThe Vincent Lopez Show (1949-1957 TV show)Dinner Date'' (1950 TV show broadcast from the Hotel Taft) References External links Vincent Lopez recordings at the Discography of American Historical Recordings. 1895 births 1975 deaths American jazz bandleaders Big band bandleaders Musicians from Brooklyn American people of Portuguese descent Vaudeville performers 20th-century American conductors (music) 20th-century American pianists Jazz musicians from New York (state) American male pianists 20th-century American male musicians American male jazz musicians

The Kuwait national football team () is the national team of Kuwait and is controlled by the Kuwait Football Association. Kuwait made one World Cup finals appearance, in 1982, managing one point in the group stages. In the Asian Cup, Kuwait reached the final in 1976 and won the tournament in 1980. Kuwait's 20–0 win over Bhutan in 2000 was, at the time, the biggest-ever victory in international football. It was surpassed in 2001, when Australia beat American Samoa 31–0. While Kuwait was one of Asia's major football forces from the 1970s to the 2000s, the strength of the national team started to fade slowly from the 2010s, with Kuwait failing in two consecutive Asian Cups in 2011 and 2015, before being disqualified for 2019 edition and missing out on 2023 AFC Asian Cup. The team has also failed to reach any World Cup since 1982. History Early successes Kuwait's first international match was played in the 1961 Arab Games against Libya, which ended in a 2–2 draw. Kuwait's biggest loss was against the United Arab Republic when they lost 8–0 in the same tournament. Kuwait's national football team joined the World Cup in 1982, which was held in Spain. Kuwait was placed in the fourth group and got fourth place after defeats to England and France and a respectable draw with Czechoslovakia. Kuwait won the Asian Cup in 1980, which was held on its soil. Kuwait won the Final 3–0 against South Korea. Kuwait's historical highest FIFA ranking was 24th place, achieved in December 1998. Bader Al-Mutawa is the most capped player of the Kuwaiti team, and Bashar Abdullah is the top goalscorer in the history of the Kuwait national football team. Kuwait has won the Arabian Gulf Cup ten times, and is the most successful team in winning that competition. Kuwait's most historical manager was Luiz Felipe Scolari, who won the World Cup with Brazil, and was forced to leave the country after the 1990 invasion by Iraq. He led Kuwait to win the 1990 Gulf Cup beating Qatar in The Final. Kuwait's biggest win was against Bhutan, which ended in a thrilling 20–0 win, which was the biggest win until Australia won 31–0 against American Samoa in 2001. Kuwait's most successful years were between 1970 and 1990 which had players like Jasem Yaqoub, Faisal Al-Dakhil, and Saad Al-Houti. Suspensions On 30 October 2007, Kuwait was suspended by FIFA from all participation in international football, on the grounds of governmental interference in the national football association. The ban lasted less than 2 weeks. On 24 October 2008, Kuwait was again suspended by FIFA from all participation in international football, because it failed to hold the General Assembly elections by mid-October. FIFA provisionally lifted its suspension on the Kuwait Football Association (KFA) on 22 December 2008. By the time, while Kuwait remained a formidable force in the Gulf, it has also declined from Asia's relevance, unable to progress from the group stage of the 2011 and 2015 AFC Asian Cups, the team finished last with no point in both tournaments. Once again, on 16 October 2015, Kuwait was suspended for the third time as FIFA did not recognize the new sports law in the country. Kuwait tried to get the suspension lifted at the 66th FIFA Congress but this was rejected. Therefore from the earlier announcement on 27 April 2016, the hosting of the Gulf Cup tournament would also be moved to Qatar. The suspension was eventually lifted on 6 December 2017, after Kuwait adopted a new sports law. By this time, the team had fallen from 139th place to 189th place in the FIFA World Rankings due to its inactivity, which also caused the team to miss the qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup and the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. On 7 December 2017, it was announced that Kuwait would host the 2017 Gulf Cup tournament after Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain, all withdrew when the tournament was previously set to be hosted by Qatar because of the Qatari diplomatic crisis, so it was moved to Kuwait to please all withdrawn parties to participate. Revival During the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification, Kuwait, which only started to rebuild its team following years of suspensions and instabilities, was drawn in group B alongside old foes Australia and Jordan, outside minnows Nepal and Chinese Taipei. Although Kuwait has better head-to-head records against Australia in major tournaments, suspensions and inactivities proved detrimental as the team lost 0–3 twice. Still, the qualifiers stood out as the best qualification for Kuwait since 2006, where Kuwait impressed by finishing second, though being unable to progress to the third round. Team image Home Stadium The Kuwait National Team has two home stadiums, and they are Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium and Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium. Jaber Al-Ahmed International Stadium was built in 2009, and Kuwait celebrated winning the 20th Gulf Cup in that stadium; while Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium is for the Kuwaiti club Kazma SC and was the Kuwait national team home. Following the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification-AFC second round, playing against the Philippines on 23 July 2011, this was the last time Mohammed Al-Hamed Stadium was Kuwait's Home stadium. On 16 May 2012, Kuwait played against the 2011–12 La Liga Champions Real Madrid in Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, the home ground of Kuwaiti club Kuwait SC, which Real Madrid won 2–0. Kuwait played their entire 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification-AFC third round in Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, beating the United Arab Emirates 2–1, drawing with South Korea 1–1 and losing to Lebanon 1–0. Before Jaber Al-Ahmed international stadium was finally built in 2009, Kuwait played in Mohammed Al-Hamed Stadium. When Kuwait hosted the 1980 Asian Cup, the tournament was hosted in Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, which has a capacity of 22,000 spectators and was the largest stadium in Kuwait at that time, and Kuwait won their first and only Asian Cup of all time in that stadium. When Kuwait hosted the 1974 Gulf Cup, it was the first time Kuwait had hosted a Gulf Cup competition, and all the matches were played in Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium. Kuwait were champions of that competition for the first time in their history on home soil, and the third time in a row overall. In 1990, Kuwait hosted the 1990 Gulf Cup for the second time in its history and were crowned Champions of that competition. All of the games were played at Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium. In the 2003 Gulf Cup, Kuwait hosted the competition for the third time, and once again, all the matches were played in one stadium, the Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium. However, Kuwait lost the competition. In the 2017 Gulf Cup, Kuwait hosted the tournament for the fourth time. All the matches were played in two stadiums, the Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium and Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium. However, Kuwait was eliminated from the group stage after losing to Saudi Arabia and Oman and drawing with the United Arab Emirates. Media coverage All Kuwait matches are broadcast with full commentary on Kuwait TV Sport. These matches are live and exclusive. beIN Sports broadcast Kuwait matches live and exclusive. So broadcast exclusively on 3 different channels, which is not exclusive. Dubai Sports broadcast Kuwait matches only in special events like the Gulf Cup, Asian Cup and others. Kit Kuwaits traditional colors are blue and white: The blue kits are their home ones and the whites for matches away. The blue sea and sky are important in Kuwait because it shows the connection of the people to pearl hunting as well as the spaciousness of the universe. Kuwait's official kit provider is currently the sports company Errea and will be Adidas from 2023 onwards. Kuwait wore the blue shirts in the 1980 AFC Asian Cup and the 1982 FIFA World Cup. Kit suppliers Rivalries Kuwait vs. Iraq Iraq national football team Iraq's rivalry with Kuwait was once considered as the Arab world's greatest football rivalry of all-time. The rivalry began in the mid 1970s and it was the decade from 1976 until 1986 that saw the golden age of football for arguably the finest teams the region has produced. Both nations imposed their complete domination on the Gulf region, and from the Gulf Cup's inception in 1970 until 1990, the tournament was won by only two teams; Kuwait seven times (1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1982, 1986, 1990), and despite Iraq's absence in the first three editions and withdrawal in two others, Iraq won it three times (1979, 1984, 1988). Iraq and Kuwait took their increasingly bitter rivalry to a new level. On 11 June 1976, the two met in the semi-final of the Asian Cup in Tehran; Kuwait took the lead twice, Iraq came roaring back twice, And then, in the 10th minute of extra time, Kamel scored the winner for Kuwait. In 1979, the year Iraq clinched their first Gulf Cup and won over Kuwait 3–1, the two met in a qualifier for the Moscow 1980 Olympic Games, both managed to qualify for the Olympic Games, and both made it to the quarter-finals in Moscow. Iraq also qualified for the 1984 Games in Los Angeles and 1988 Games in Seoul. The 1982 Asian Games was won as well. Kuwait won the 1980 AFC Asian Cup, which they hosted. The nations also left their mark on the world stage. Kuwait qualified for the 1982 World Cup finals in Spain. Iraq matched that in Mexico 1986. As Iraq and Kuwait traded Gulf titles in 1988 and 1990, few could have imagined that their rivalry on the football field would be replaced by an altogether more catastrophic one on the battlefield. Because of the Gulf war, football would never be the same again. Iraq and Kuwait were in complete avoidance and never met for more than a decade. Kuwait's Blues had a relative recovery of sorts, winning the Gulf Cup in 1996 and 1998, before securing their record 10th title in 2010. Iraqi football, because of Uday Hussein's reign as head of the football association, would take far longer to recover. When it did, it was in glorious fashion, the Lions of Mesopotamia winning the 2007 Asian Cup. Kuwait vs. Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia national football team The Kuwait vs. Saudi Arabia football rivalry dates back several decades and is one of the most intense in the Middle East. Both countries have a rich history in football, with Kuwait producing some of the region's finest players, including Khalid Al-Muhairi and Bader Al-Mutwa. On the other hand, Saudi Arabia has consistently been among the top teams in Asia, having won three AFC Asian Cups and qualified for five FIFA World Cups. The match between the two sides is always a tightly contested affair, with each team fighting hard to come out on top. While both nations have exchanged victories over time, Kuwait holds the edge over their rivals with more wins under their belt. Nevertheless, this longstanding rivalry continues to produce exciting matches and high levels of interest among fans across the region. Results and fixtures The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled. 2022 2023 2024 Coaching staff Coaching history Ali Othman and Majid Mohammed (1955) Ahmed Abu Taha (1957) Edmund Majowski (1957–1958) Ljubiša Broćić (1962, 1971–1973, 1973–1975) Saleh El Wahsh (1964) Gyula Grosics (1966) Dimitri Tadić (1966–1969) Taha El-Doukhi (1970) Hassan Nassir (1973) Mário Zagallo (1976–1978) Saleh Zakaria (1978, 1986, 2006–2007) Carlos Alberto Parreira (1978–1982) Antônio Lopes (1983–1985) Malcolm Allison (1985–1986) György Mezey (1986–1987) Antônio Vieira (1987–1988) George Armstrong (1988) Otacílio Gonçalves (1989–1990) Luiz Felipe Scolari (1990) Mohammed Karam (1990) Valmir Louruz (1990–1992) Paulo Campos (1992–1993) Gildo Rodrigues (1993) Jawad Maqseed (1993) Valeriy Lobanovskyi (1993–1996) Milan Máčala (1996–1999) Dušan Uhrin (1999–2001) Berti Vogts (2001–2002) Radojko Avramović (2002) Paulo César Carpegiani (2003–2004) Mohammed Ebrahim Hajeyah (2004, 2005, 2008–2009) Slobodan Pavković (2005) Mihai Stoichiță (2005–2006) Rodion Gačanin (2007–2008) Goran Tufegdžić (2009–2013) Jorvan Vieira (2013–2014) Nabil Maâloul (2014–2015) Boris Bunjak (2017) Radojko Avramović (2018) Romeo Jozak (2018–2019) Thamer Enad (2019–2020, 2021) Andres Carrasco (2020–2021) Vítězslav Lavička (2022) Rui Bento (2022–) Players Current squad The following players were called up for the 2023 SAFF Championship between 21 June and 4 July 2023. Caps and goals as of 4 July 2023, after the game against India. Recent call-ups The following players have also been called up to the Kuwait squad within the last 12 months. Previous squads World Cup squads 1982 FIFA World Cup squads – Kuwait Asian Cup squads 1972 AFC Asian Cup squads – Kuwait 1976 AFC Asian Cup squads – Kuwait 1980 AFC Asian Cup squads – Kuwait 1984 AFC Asian Cup squads – Kuwait 1988 AFC Asian Cup squads – Kuwait 1996 AFC Asian Cup squads – Kuwait 2000 AFC Asian Cup squads – Kuwait 2004 AFC Asian Cup squads – Kuwait 2011 AFC Asian Cup squads – Kuwait 2015 AFC Asian Cup squads – Kuwait Records Players in bold are still active with Kuwait. Most appearances Top goalscorers Competitive record FIFA World Cup AFC Asian Cup *Denotes draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out. **Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won. Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil. Olympic Games Asian Games WAFF Championship Arabian Gulf Cup Arab Games FIFA Arab Cup Head-to-head record The following table shows Kuwait's all-time international record, after match against Honours Continental AFC Asian Cup Winners (1): 1980 Runners-up (1): 1976 Third place (1): 1984 Fourth place (1): 1996 Regional FIFA Arab Cup Third place (3): 1964, 1992, 1998 Fourth place (1): 1963 Arabian Gulf Cup Winners (10): 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2010 Runners-up (1): 1979 Third place (1): 2013, 2002 West Asian Games Winners (1): 2002 Third place (1): 1997 WAFF Championship Winners (1): 2010 Fourth place (1): 2014 Arab Games Third place (2): 1992*, 2011 Fourth place (1): 1997 * The 1992 edition organised as part of the Arab Games, and also counted as Arab Cup. Invitational SAFF Championship Runners-up (1): 2023 Focus International Cup Winners (1): 2011 Merdeka Cup Runners-up (1): 1973 Notes References External links – Kuwait Football Association Kuwait at AFC Kuwait at FIFA Official fans' forum site AFC Asian Cup-winning countries Asian national association football teams

Pseudancistrus genisetiger is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Jaguaribe River basin in Brazil. The species reaches 10.3 cm (4.1 inches) SL. References Pseudancistrus Freshwater fish of Brazil Fish described in 1941

Bill Smeaton is a former Canadian politician who served as mayor of Niagara Falls from 1983 to 1991. First elected to Niagara Falls City Council as an alderman in 1973, he was elected mayor in a 1983 by-election following the resignation of Wayne Thomson, and was subsequently re-elected in the municipal elections of 1985 and 1998. In the 1991 municipal election, Thomson ran for mayor again, while Smeaton ran for a seat on Niagara Regional Council, serving on that body until his retirement from politics in 2010. He was appointed as a citizenship judge in February 2011. References Mayors of Niagara Falls, Ontario Canadian citizenship judges Living people Year of birth missing (living people)

Nepenthes kongkandana is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to Songkhla Province in southern Thailand. It is closely related to N. kerrii. Natural hybrids N. kongkandana × N. mirabilis References External links Nepenthes of Indochina Carnivorous plants of Asia kongkandana Endemic flora of Thailand Plants described in 2015

Marcel Martel (February 1, 1925 – April 13, 1999) was a French Canadian singer-songwriter and composer. Born in Drummondville, Quebec, and playing country music since childhood, Martel first found success in 1947 with his songs "La Chaine de nos coeurs" and "Souvenir de mon enfance". Over the course of a thirty five-year career he released nearly two hundred records, frequently collaborating with his wife Noëlla Therrien, his daughter Renée Martel, and fellow Québécois country singer Paul Brunelle. He also had a small acting role, appearing as himself, in the 1972 film The Wise Guys (Les Smattes). Further reading Boulanger, André (1983). Marcel Martel: au jardin de mes souveinrs. Montreal: Editions de montagne. References External links Entry at thecanadianencyclopedia.ca 1925 births 1999 deaths French Quebecers Canadian country singer-songwriters People from Drummondville Canadian male singer-songwriters Musicians from Quebec 20th-century Canadian male singers 20th-century Canadian singer-songwriters

Evald Tordik (26 September 1923 Saru Parish, Võru County – 5 January 1989 Tartu) was an Estonian opera singer (bass). In 1949 he graduated from Estonian State Theatre Institute and in 1957 Tallinn State Conservatory. From 1953 until 1987, he was a soloist at Estonian Radio's mixed choir and from 1957 until 1989, at Vanemuine Theatre. Awards: 1967: II place in Estonian singers competition Operatic roles Mehis (E. Kapp's "Tasuleegid, 1956 in Estonia Theatre) hermit (Weber's "Nõidkütt", 1957) Vaho (Aav's "Vikerlased", 1958) References 1923 births 1989 deaths 20th-century Estonian male opera singers Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre alumni People from Rõuge Parish

Serpent River Resurgence: Confronting Uranium Mining at Elliot Lake is a 2022 book by Lianne C. Leddy, Associate Professor of History at Wilfrid Laurier University. The book documents the environmental history of uranium mining at Elliot Lake, Ontario, on Serpent River First Nation, including the advocacy of the Serpent River Anishinaabe to raise awareness about mining impacts on the community. Leddy grew up in Elliot Lake and is a member of Serpent River First Nation. Contents Serpent River Resurgence characterizes the uranium industry at Elliot Lake as a form of "Cold War colonialism," given the connection between mining in the area and American nuclear weapons production and the impacts of the industry on the Serpent River First Nation. The main impacts that the book focuses on are those on the Serpent River watershed and those of a sulphuric acid production plant located on the Serpent River reserve. In addition to elucidating the impacts of the uranium industry on the local environment, the book documents the efforts of Serpent River residents, including elders, to be heard by government and industry officials. The book highlights how community members were not opposed to economic development, but resisted both the environmental consequences of the uranium industry and the colonial decision-making structures that enabled that development. In the book, Leddy draws on extensive archival material, evidence from newspapers, and Indigenous oral history research with Elders from the Serpent River community. Awards Serpent River Resurgence won three awards from the Canadian Historical Association in 2023: the CHA Best Scholarly Book in Canadian History Prize as the best book in Canadian history; the Clio Prize for Ontario as the best book in Ontario History; and the Indigenous History Book Prize as the best book in Indigenous history, which was co-won by Annette W. de Stecher for the book Wendat Women’s Arts. See also Serpent River First Nation Elliot Lake Uranium mining in the Elliot Lake area References External links Serpent River Resurgence at University of Toronto Press Author's webpage at Wilfrid Laurier University Canadian non-fiction books 2022 non-fiction books Environmental non-fiction books History books about Ontario Anishinaabe culture Books about Native American history Environmental history of Canada

The Asian–East African Flyway is a group of well-established routes by which many species of birds migrate annually between mid-Palearctic breeding grounds in Asia and non-breeding sites in eastern and southern Africa. Route The flyway covers an area of and spans 64 countries from South Africa and Madagascar to Eastern Siberia and Alaska. The indirect route, where the birds fly west and then south rather than directly south, avoids the obstacle of the Tibetan Plateau and the Himalayas. The birds usually migrate quickly from the Palaeartic to northeast Africa, reaching Ethiopia or Northern Sudan by late August or September. Some birds then remain in northern Africa for most of the fall before heading south either via Uganda and the Lake Victoria basin or via the Kenyan highlands. In the spring, many birds complete the return journey in six weeks or less, usually taking a route along the coast of East Africa. 331 species use the flyway. Seven sites along the route have over a million birds. About 25 species come from the far eastern Palearctic or even from Alaska. These include the northern wheatear, willow warbler and barn swallow. The willow warbler is the most numerous of the birds migrating along this route, accounting for 15.8% of the total number of passerines and near-passerines. Raptors such as the steppe buzzard also migrate along the flyway in large numbers. Some species follow variants of the route. The Amur falcon breeds in northeastern Asia and overwinters in southern Africa, making a round-trip journey of . Most of these birds fly south along the eastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau and stop in northeastern India and Bangladesh for several months. In late November the falcons cross India and fly in great flocks over the Indian Ocean to Somalia and Kenya. They return via the Arabian peninsula, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Concerns The populations of birds that depend on the flyway are threatened. Changes in land use that cause deterioration or loss of wetlands is a major factor. Changes in agricultural practices, use of pesticides and recreational hunting are also threats. Hunting, on the rise in the Middle East, causes direct loss of life and indirect damage through lead pollution. Twenty of the species that use the flyway are globally threatened. These include the northern bald ibis, sociable lapwing, spotted ground-thrush and Basra reed-warbler. Data on the bird populations using this flyway are limited. It is only possible to assess trends for 35% of the wader species. Of these, 53% are in decline. Lake Chilwa in the south of Malawi illustrates the problem. The lake supports a waterbird population of around 1.5 million with about 160 species. With 12 species, the number is over 1% of their total flyway population. The local human population is dense and growing, and hunts waterbirds in large numbers as a source of protein when fish stocks are low. Efforts are being made to ensure that this hunting is done in a sustainable manner. The Asian – East African Flyway largely lies within the area covered by the African Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (AEWA), which had 59 signatory states as of 2007. This agreement covers 235 species for which conservation measures would be put in place. Flyways overlap. Birds from the eastern Palaeartic breeding grounds also migrate to south-east and south Asia, and birds from eastern Europe and the Caucasus migrate to the wintering areas in east Africa. Wild migratory birds appear to play a significant role in distribution of avian influenza and in introduction of new viruses to resident and domestic birds. Notes References External links East Asia/East Africa Flyway Factsheet from BirdLife International Sources Migratory birds (Eastern Hemisphere) Bird migration flyways . .

Ascall mac Ragnaill meic Torcaill (died 16 May 1171), also known as Ascall Mac Torcaill, was the last Norse-Gaelic king of Dublin. He was a member of the Meic Torcaill, a Dublin family of significance since the early twelfth century. Control of the wealthy coastal kingdom was bitterly contested during Ascall's floruit, with members of his immediate family, as well as Islesmen and Irishmen, all securing power for brief periods of time. Throughout much of this period, however, the overlord of Dublin was Diarmait Mac Murchada, King of Leinster. In 1166, after the death of his close ally Muirchertach Mac Lochlainn, High King of Ireland, Mac Murchada was beset by his enemies. At this critical point of his reign, Mac Murchada lost the support of the Dubliners, which contributed to his expulsion from Ireland that year. Not long afterwards, however, he made his return with significant military assistance from mercenary English adventurers. In the latter half of 1170, Dublin itself fell to the combined forces of Mac Murchada and the powerful English magnate Richard de Clare, Earl of Pembroke. With the collapse of the Norse-Gaelic kingdom, Ascall and the Dublin elite were forced to flee into what one source calls the "northern islands", a reference to either the Kingdom of the Isles or the Earldom of Orkney. About a year later, not long after Mac Murchada's death, Ascall attempted to regain his patrimony from the English. Unfortunately for himself, his invasion of Dublin ended in utter failure, and he was executed by the English governor of the town. Immediately following his fall, Dublin was besieged by a combined force of Irishmen and Islesmen. The town, however, remained firmly in the hands of the English; and before the end of the year, Dublin passed into the direct control of Henry II, King of England, who converted it into an English royal town. Background Ascall's father was Ragnall mac Torcaill, a man who may well have ruled as King of Dublin. The men were members of the Meic Torcaill, a substantial landholding kindred in the kingdom. Several members of this Norse-Gaelic family held the kingship in the twelfth century. One such man was Ascall's uncle, Brodar mac Torcaill, King of Dublin, who was slain in 1160. At the midpoint of the twelfth century, the kingdom was under the overlordship of Diarmait Mac Murchada, King of Leinster. The latter's ultimate overking, however, was Muirchertach Mac Lochlainn, King of Cenél nEógain. The year after Brodar's death, numerous sources indicate that Mac Murchada, with a force of Dubliners in tow, formally rendered submission to Mac Lochlainn. In 1162, the fifteenth- to sixteenth-century Annals of Ulster reveals that Mac Murchada gained an almost-unprecedented authority over Dublin. There is reason to suspect that his success stemmed from assistance received from Mac Lochlainn. The latter, for example, is recorded by the same source to have laid siege to the town within the year. This military campaign may have been undertaken to counter the Dubliners' attempt to install Gofraid mac Amlaíb, King of the Isles to the kingship of Dublin, as recounted by the thirteenth- to fourteenth-century Chronicle of Mann. The record of events during the mid part of the twelfth century suggests that Leinster-based overkings of Dublin enjoyed the cooperation of the indigenous leaders of Dublin, and the emergence of the Meic Torcaill during this period may well fit into such a context. When an indigenous ruler was not to be found, however, the Dubliners seem to have sought leadership from the Isles, rather than endure a non-Leinster overking, as evidenced by the attempt to install Gofraid. Mac Murchada's considerable authority in Dublin at this point is evidenced by several ecclesiastical grants, foundations, and appointments. Furthermore, two major military operations undertaken by Dublin's forces in 1164 and 1165 may have been conducted under Mac Murchada's authority. The latter campaign, recorded by the Annals of Ulster, and the thirteenth- and fourteenth-century texts Brut y Tywysogyon and Brenhinedd y Saesson, concerned naval manoeuvres off Wales, in the service of Henry II, King of England. The former campaign, recorded by the Annals of Ulster, consisted of involvement in the ill-fated invasion of mainland Scotland, launched by Somairle mac Gilla Brigte, King of the Isles. Fall of Mac Murchada and rise of Ua Conchobair Mac Lochlainn was slain in 1166, leaving Mac Murchada to fend off his own enemies alone. Other than Mac Murchada himself, another man making a bid for the high-kingship was Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair, King of Connacht. Within the same year as Mac Lochlainn's demise, Ua Conchobair and his allies expulsed Mac Murchada from not only Dublin, but Ireland altogether. As such, Ua Conchobair was duly recognised as High King of Ireland. According to the seventeenth-century Annals of the Four Masters, he had secured the cooperation of Dublin, and perhaps gained the kingship of the town itself, through a stipend of 4,000 cows. In consequence, Dubliners formed part of Ua Conchobair's forces when he marched to Drogheda and Leinster, where he forced the submissions of the kings of Airgialla and Leinster respectively. In fact, Dublin appears to have formed a key part of Ua Conchobair's arsenal, and it is apparent that Mac Murchada was doomed without the support of this coastal-kingdom. Certainly, the twelfth- to thirteenth-century La Geste des Engleis en Yrlande relates that Ascall ("MacTurkyl de Diveline") had abandoned his former overlord, and the eleventh- to fourteenth-century Annals of Inisfallen specify that Mac Murchada was only expulsed from Ireland after the Leinstermen and Dubliners had turned against him. Although Ua Conchobair appears to have allowed Mac Murchada to retain his patrimonial lordship of Uí Chennselaig, the Annals of the Four Masters reveals that the Leinstermen and Dubliners assisted Tigernán Ua Ruairc, King of Bréifne in forcing Mac Murchada from this final vestige of authority and into exile. The following year, Ua Conchobair convened a great assembly at Athboy. The Annals of the Four Masters states that 13,000 horsemen attended the meeting — 1,000 of which were supplied from Dublin. One of the many rulers recorded to have attended this gathering is a certain Ragnall mac Ragnaill, styled ("lord of the foreigners"). The latter's name and title suggest that he was either an otherwise unattested brother of Ascall, or else an annalist's mistake for Ascall himself. Meanwhile, after his expulsion from Ireland, Mac Murchada sought out Henry on the Continent, and gained permission to recruit military aid from the latter's subjects. In the autumn of 1167, Mac Murchada and his English allies arrived in Ireland, where they established themselves at Ferns. Ua Conchobair responded by penetrating Uí Chennselaig in a campaign, recounted by the fourteenth-century Annals of Tigernach, that included military support from Dublin. With Mac Murchada temporally kept in check, a preoccupied Ua Conchobair allowed him to hold onto at least part of his patrimony. Arrival of the English and Dublin's fall The situation in Ireland remained relatively unchanged until the arrival of a significant force of mercenaries in the summer of 1169, after which some of Mac Murchada's former vassals began to come over to his side. According to La Geste des Engleis en Yrlande, however, the kings of Uí Fáeláin and Osraige, and Ascall—described by this source as the "lord" of Dublin—stubbornly refused to support Mac Murchada's cause. In an apparent show of force that may have been designed to keep the Dubliners onside, the Annals of the Four Masters states that Ua Conchobair led an army to Tara, where he was joined by the forces of the kings of Ulaid and Airgialla, after which the combined army marched upon Dublin. The following year, however, saw the arrival of even more English support for Mac Murchada; and in August 1170, Richard de Clare, Earl of Pembroke landed in Ireland and took Waterford by storm. Soon after, Clare married Mac Murchada's daughter, Aoife (or Aífe), and effectively became heir to kingship of Leinster and the overlordship of Dublin. Unsurprisingly, later in September, the combined forces of Mac Murchada and Clare marched on Dublin, where they confronted Ua Conchobair and his forces. If the account of the Annals of the Four Masters is to be believed, the Dubliners switched sides at this point, deserted the cause of Ua Conchobair, and further suffered an act of divine justice as their town went up in flames. On the other hand, the twelfth-century Expugnatio Hibernica specifies that, whilst negotiations were under way between the forces of Ua Conchobair and the coalition of Mac Murchada and Clare, an English force under the command of Miles de Cogan and Raymond le Gros successfully assaulted the town, and caused considerable carnage amongst the inhabitants. Although the Annals of the Four Masters specifies that the Dubliners were slaughtered in their fortress, after which the English carried off their cattle and goods, Expugnatio Hibernica instead states that the majority of the Dubliners escaped the massacre and retained most of their possessions. The same source states that Ascall and the Dubliners managed to escape into the "northern islands". This term could well refer to Orkney. On the other hand, it is also possible that the term refers to the Hebrides or Mann; if so, this source would appear to be evidence that the Dubliners had retained close links with the Isles. According to the version of events preserved by La Geste des Engleis en Yrlande, the coalition's conquest of Dublin took place on 21 September. Final defeat and death Within weeks of Mac Murchada's death at the beginning of May, Expugnatio Hibernica reveals that Ascall made his return to Dublin. The account of events recorded by Expugnatio Hibernica and La Geste des Engleis en Yrlande indicate that Ascall's forces consisted of heavily armoured Islesmen and Norwegians. The former source numbers Ascall's forces at sixty ships, whilst the latter gives one hundred. According to both sources, Ascall's followers included a notable warrior named "John the Mad", a figure who may or may not be identical to the Orcadian saga-character Sveinn Ásleifarson. According to La Geste des Engleis en Yrlande, the invaders made landfall at the "Steine", located on the southern bank of the River Liffey, and proceeded to encamp themselves outside the town's walls. Expugnatio Hibernica relates that they assaulted the walls of the eastern gate, a location that corresponds to St Mary's Gate, the focus of assault identified by La Geste des Engleis en Yrlande. Unfortunately for Ascall, the operation was an utter failure that resulted in his capture and death. Both sources relate that the town's defenders, led by Cogan and his brother Richard, successfully repulsed the invaders, slew John, and captured Ascall as he fled to his fleet. Although Expugnatio Hibernica reveals that Ascall's life had originally been reserved for ransom, both this source, and La Geste des Engleis en Yrlande, report that he was soon beheaded on account of his recalcitrance. The successive deaths of Mac Murchada and Ascall appear to have left a power vacuum in Dublin that others strived to fill. Immediately after Ascall's fall, Ua Conchobair had the English-controlled town besieged. Expugnatio Hibernica records that he and Lorcán Ua Tuathail, Archbishop of Dublin sent for Gofraid and others in the Isles, asking them to blockade Dublin by sea. According to the aforesaid source, "the threat of English domination, inspired by the successes of the English, made the men of the Isles act all the more quickly, and with the wind in the north-west they immediately sailed about thirty ships full of warriors into the harbour of the Liffey". Unfortunately for the Irish, Islesmen, and Dubliners, the blockade was ultimately a failure, and Dublin remained firmly in the hands of the English. Ascall was the last Norse-Gaelic King of Dublin. Before the end of the year, Clare relinquished possession to his own liege lord, Henry, who converted it into an English royal town. There is evidence post-dating Ascall's fall revealing that he gifted the church of St Brigid, and its surrounding lands, to the priory of the Holy Trinity (Christ Church Cathedral). A or —Gaelic and Old Norse terms for a peasant settlement—is stated to have belonged to Ascall by Dublin's western gate. In about 1190, the city gate at Nicholas Street was known as . Notes Citations References Primary sources Secondary sources |- 1171 deaths 12th-century Irish monarchs Executed people from County Dublin Executed royalty Executed monarchs Meic Torcaill Monarchs of Dublin People executed under the Plantagenets by decapitation Year of birth unknown

This is a list of notable people who have been said to be a messiah, either by themselves or by their followers. The list is divided into categories, which are sorted according to date of birth (where known). Jewish messiah claimants In Judaism, "messiah" originally meant "a divinely appointed king" or "anointed one", such as Aaron the brother of Moses, David, Cyrus the Great or Alexander the Great. Later, especially after the failure of the Hasmonean Kingdom (37 BC) and the Jewish–Roman wars (AD 66–135), the figure of the Jewish messiah was one who would deliver the Jews from oppression and usher in an Olam Haba ("world to come") or Messianic Age. However the term "false messiah" was largely absent from rabbinic literature. The first mention is in the Sefer Zerubbabel, from the mid-seventh century, which uses the term, mashiah sheker, ("false messiah"). Jesus of Nazareth (c. 4 BC – 30/33 AD), leader of a "marginal Jewish apocalyptic cult" who was crucified by the Roman Empire for alleged sedition and is believed by Christians to have been resurrected. Jews who believed him to be the Messiah were originally called Nazarenes and later they were known as Jewish Christians (the first Christians). Baháʼís, Muslims, and Christians (including Messianic Jews) believe him to be the Messiah. Dositheos the Samaritan (mid 1st century), Origen wrote that Dositheos wished to persuade the Samaritans that he was the Jewish Messiah who was prophesied by Moses, and classes him with John the Baptist, Theodas, and Judas of Galilee as people whom the Jews mistakenly held to be the Christ (Hom. xxv in Lucam; Contra Celsum, I, lvii). Simon bar Kokhba, born Simon ben Koseva, (d. 135 AD) who led the apical Bar Kokhba revolt against the Roman Empire. For three years, bar Kokhba ruled as the nasi, or prince, of a semi-independent secessionist state in Israel. Some rabbinical scholars, including the great sage Akiva, proclaimed bar Kokhba as the Messiah. He died during the rebels' last stand at the fortress of Betar, after which the rebellion was brutally crushed and the land was left largely decimated, cementing both the slowly growing Jewish diaspora and the schism between Christianity and Judaism. Shlomo Molcho, born Diogo Pires (1500–1532) in Lisbon to parents who were Jewish converts to Christianity. After meeting David Reuveni, he left his post as secretary to the king's council, traveled to Damascus, Safed, Jerusalem and later Solonika, where he studied kabbalah and became a mystic. He was eventually reunited with Reuveni, declared his aspirations as messiah, and was finally burned at the stake by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, for refusing to convert back to Christianity. Sabbatai Zevi (alternative spellings: Shabbetai, Sabbetai, Shabbesai; Zvi, Tzvi) (b. at Smyrna 1626; d. at Dulcigno (present day Ulcinj) 1676), a Sephardic ordained rabbi from Smyrna (now İzmir, Turkey), who was active throughout the Ottoman Empire and claimed to be the long-awaited Messiah. He was the founder of the Sabbatean movement, whose followers subsequently were to be known as Dönmeh "converts" or crypto-Jews - one of the most important messianic movements, whose influence was widespread throughout Jewry. His influence is felt even today. After his death, Sabbatai was followed by a line of putative followers who declared themselves Messiahs and are sometimes grouped as the "Sabbethaian Messiahs". See also Combination messiah claimants below. Christian messiah claimants The Christian Bible states that Jesus will come again in some fashion; various people have claimed to, in fact, be the second coming of Jesus. Others have styled themselves new messiahs under the umbrella of Christianity. The Synoptic gospels (Matthew 24:4, 6, 24; Mark 13:5, 21-22; and Luke 21:3) all use the term pseudochristos for messianic pretenders. Ann Lee (1736–1784), a central figure to the Shakers, who thought she "embodied all the perfections of God" in female form and considered herself to be Christ's female counterpart in 1772. John Nichols Thom (1799–1838), who had achieved fame and followers as Sir William Courtenay and adopted the claim of Messiah after a period in a mental institute. Abd-ru-shin (Oskar Ernst Bernhardt, 18 April 1875 – 6 December 1941), founder of the Grail Movement. Lou de Palingboer (Louwrens Voorthuijzen) (1898-1968), a Dutch charismatic leader who claimed to be God as well as the Messiah from 1950 until his death in 1968. Father Divine (George Baker) (c. 1880 –1965), an African American spiritual leader from about 1907 until his death, who claimed to be God. André Matsoua (1899–1942), Congolese founder of Amicale, proponents of which subsequently adopted him as Messiah in the late 1920s. Samael Aun Weor (1917–1977), born Víctor Manuel Gómez Rodríguez, Colombian citizen and later Mexican, was an author, lecturer and founder of the 'Universal Christian Gnostic Movement', according to him, 'the most powerful movement ever founded'. By 1972, he referenced that his death and resurrection would occur before 1978. Ahn Sahng-hong (1918–1985), founder of the World Mission Society Church of God and worshiped by the members as the Messiah. Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012), founder and leader of the Unification Church established in Seoul, South Korea, who considered himself the Second Coming of Christ, but not Jesus himself. It is generally believed by Unification Church members ("Moonies") that he was the Messiah and the Second Coming of Christ and was anointed to fulfill Jesus' unfinished mission. Anne Hamilton-Byrne (born Evelyn Grace Victoria Edwards; 30 December 1921 – 13 June 2019), founder of The Family, claimed to have been the reincarnation of Jesus. (1931–2004), founder of the Victory Altar New Religious Movement, which refers to him as “the Victor Christ” and “God incarnated”. Died in the midst of a series of legal battles in which he was alternately convicted and acquitted on charges fraud and instigation of the murders of multiple opponents. Yahweh ben Yahweh (1935–2007), born as Hulon Mitchell, Jr., a black nationalist and separatist who created the Nation of Yahweh and allegedly orchestrated the murder of dozens of people. Laszlo Toth (born 1938) claimed he was Jesus Christ as he battered Michelangelo's Pieta with a geologist hammer. Wayne Bent (born 1941), also known as Michael Travesser of the Lord Our Righteousness Church, also known as the "Strong City Cult", convicted December 15, 2008 of one count of criminal sexual contact of a minor and two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor in 2008. He was paroled in February 2016. Iesu Matayoshi (1944–2018); in 1997 he established the World Economic Community Party based on his conviction that he was God and the Christ. Jung Myung-seok (born 1945), a South Korean who was a member of the Unification Church in the 1970s, before breaking off to found the dissenting group now known as Providence Church in 1980. He also considers himself the Second Coming of Christ, but not Jesus himself. He believes he has come to finish the incomplete message and mission of Jesus Christ, asserting that he is the Messiah and has the responsibility to save all mankind. He claims that the Christian doctrine of resurrection is false but that people can be saved through him. Jung Myung-seok was convicted of rape by the Supreme Court of Korea and spent 10 years in prison (2008-2018). He was again indicted in South Korea on October 28, 2022, for sexually assaulting two female followers between 2018 and 2022. Claude Vorilhon, now known as Raël "messenger of the Elohim" (born 1946), a French professional test driver and former car journalist who became founder and leader of UFO religion the Raël Movement in 1972. Raëlism teaches that life on Earth was scientifically created by a species of extraterrestrials, which they call Elohim. He claimed he met an extraterrestrial humanoid in 1973 and became the Messiah. He then devoted himself to the task he said he was given by his "biological father", an extraterrestrial named Yahweh. José Luis de Jesús (1946–2013), founder and leader of Creciendo en Gracia sect (Growing In Grace International Ministry, Inc.), based in Miami, Florida. He claimed to be both Jesus Christ returned and the Antichrist, and exhibited a "666" tattoo on his forearm. He has referred to himself as Jesucristo Hombre, which translates to "Jesus Christ made Man". Inri Cristo (born 1948) of Indaial, Brazil, a claimant to be the second Jesus. Apollo Quiboloy (born 1950), Filipino founder and leader of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ religious group, who claims that Jesus Christ is the "Almighty Father," that Quiboloy is "His Appointed Son," and that salvation is now completed. He proclaims himself to be the "Appointed Son of God". On November 11, 2021, Quiboloy was indicted by the United States Department of Justice for allegedly coercing girls and young women to have sex with him. These victims were threatened with eternal damnation and physical punishment if they didn’t comply. The indictment also included allegations that Quiboloy ran a sex-trafficking operation. Girls as young as 12 were allegedly trafficked through the fraudulent California charity “Children’s Joy.” Brian David Mitchell, was convicted May 25, 2011 for the 2002 kidnapping and rape of Elizabeth Smart. He was born in 1953 in Salt Lake City, Utah). He believed himself the fore-ordained angel born on earth to be the Davidic "servant" prepared by God as a type of Messiah who would restore the divinely led kingdom of Israel to the world in preparation for Christ's second coming. Mitchell's belief in such an end-times figure – also known among many fundamentalist Latter Day Saints as "the One Mighty and Strong" – appeared to be based in part on a reading of the biblical Book of Isaiah by the independent LDS Hebraist, Avraham Gileadi, with whom Mitchell became familiar as a result of his previous participation in Stirling Allan's American Study Group. Ante Pavlović (1957–2020), a Croatian self-proclaimed chiropractor who claimed to be a reincarnation of Jesus Christ who he would soon become president of Croatia. David Koresh (Vernon Wayne Howell) (1959–1993), leader of the Branch Davidians, renaming himself in honor of King David and Cyrus the Great. He and his followers were killed after an ATF raid and siege which ended with their compound catching fire. Maria Devi Christos (born 1960), leader of the Great White Brotherhood popular in the former Soviet Union. Sergey Torop (born 1961), who started to call himself "Vissarion", founder of the Church of the Last Testament and the spiritual community Ecopolis Tiberkul in Southern Siberia. Alan John Miller (born 1962), founder of Divine Truth, a new religious movement based in Australia. Also known as A.J. Miller, he claims to be Jesus of Nazareth through reincarnation. Miller was formerly a Jehovah's Witness. See also Combination messiah claimants below. Muslim messiah claimants Islamic tradition has a prophecy of the Mahdi, who will come alongside the return of Isa (Jesus). Muhammad Jaunpuri (1443–1505), who traveled Northeastern India; he influenced the Mahdavia and the Zikris. Báb (1819–1850), who declared himself to be the promised Mahdi in Shiraz, Persia, in 1844. His followers became Baha'is and claim that, among religions which expect a pair of messengers, he is the first of that pair. (Related to Baháʼí claims—see Combination messiah claimants section below.) Baháʼu'lláh, Mirza Husayn 'Ali Nuri,(1817-1892). See Combination messiah claimants section below. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian, India (1835–1908), proclaimed himself to be both the expected Mahdi and Messiah, being the only person in Islamic history who claimed to be both. Crucially, however, he claimed that Jesus had died a natural death after surviving crucifixion, and that prophecies concerning his future advent referred to the Mahdi himself bearing the qualities and character of Jesus rather than to his physical return alongside the Mahdi. He founded the Ahmadiyya Movement in 1889 envisioning it to be the rejuvenation of Islam. Adherents of the Ahmadiyya movement claim to be strictly Muslim, but are widely viewed by other Muslim groups as either disbelievers or heretics. Muhammad Ahmad ("The Mad Mahdi") (1844–1885), who declared himself the Mahdi in 1881, defeated the Ottoman Egyptian authority, and founded the Mahdist Sudan. Sayyid Mohammed Abdullah Hassan (1864–1920), who led the Dervish State in present-day Somalia in a two-decade long resistance movement against the Ethiopian, British, and Italian Empires between 1900 and 1920. Juhayman al-Otaybi (1936–1980), who seized the Grand Mosque in Mecca in November 1979 and declared his brother-in-law the Mahdi. Hasan Mezarcı (11 May 1954), conservative Islamist politician and member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (1991-1995) who was expelled from the Welfare Party and imprisoned for his extreme view against secularism. He claimed to be Isa himself after his imprisonment. Adnan Oktar (2 February 1956), an Islamic creationist cult leader, active in Turkey since 1979. He believes himself to be the Islamic Messiah and focuses his brand of Islam on close reading of the Quran, with dramatic presentations similar to Christian televangelism, and is the author of The Atlas of Creation. See also Combination messiah claimants below. Zoroastrian messiah claimants Bahram Chobin, after he usurped the throne of the Sassanian Empire, declared himself to be the Messiah in the midst of the eschatological times of the late 6th century AD Combination of messiah claimants This list features people who are said, either by themselves or their followers, to be the messianic fulfillment of two or more religious traditions. Baháʼu'lláh, Mirza Husayn 'Ali Nuri, (1817–1892), born Shiite, adopting Bábism in 1844 (see "Bab" in Muslim messiah claimants section above). In 1863, he claimed to be the promised one of all religions, and founded the Baháʼí Faith. He claimed to be the fulfillment of the prophecies of the coming of a promised figure found in all 6 of the major prophetic religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Zoroastrianism, Hinduism and Buddhism) as noted in the authoritative history of the Baha'i Faith. He also claimed to be the prophet predicted by the Bab (see Muslim messiah claimants section above) as "He Whom God shall make manifest" His followers have also claimed that his coming fulfilled prophecies of various smaller (often native) religions. Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895-1986) in 1909 renounced the status of Messiah and Maitreya incarnation given him by the Theosophical Society. Peter Deunov Bulgarian white brotherhood sect leader Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (born 25 November 1941) is a spiritual leader and the founder of the spiritual movements Messiah Foundation International (MFI) and Anjuman Serfaroshan-e-Islam. He is controversial for being declared the Mehdi, Messiah, and Kalki Avatar by the MFI. Jose Luis de Jesus Miranda (1946–2013), a Puerto Rican preacher who had claimed to be both "the Man Jesus Christ" and the Antichrist at the same time. He claimed he was indwelled with the same spirit that dwelled in Jesus; however, Miranda also contradicted his claims of being Christ incarnate by also claiming he was the Antichrist, even going as far as tattooing the number of the beast (666) on his forearm, a behavior his followers also adopted. Founder of the "Growing in Grace" ministries, Miranda died on August 14, 2013, due to liver cancer. Ryuho Okawa (1956–2023), was the founder of Happy Science in Japan. Okawa claimed to channel the spirits of Muhammad, Christ, Buddha and Confucius and to be the incarnation of the supreme spiritual being called El Cantare. Other messiah claimants This list features people who have been said, either by themselves or their followers, to be some form of a messiah that do not easily fit into Judaism, Christianity, or Islam. Cyrus Teed (1839–1908), proponent of the Hollow Earth theory who created a distinct model in which the world is an inverted sphere that the rest of universe can be seen from by looking inward and claimed to be the incarnation of Jesus Christ after being electrocuted when attempting to practice alchemy with doses of magnetism during 1869. Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) of Nazi Germany has been claimed by some practitioners of Esoteric Nazism as the messiah, including Colin Jordan, Savitri Devi, and Miguel Serrano. Hitler had never claimed to be the messiah during his life, having had changing views towards religion. Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia (1892–1975), Emperor of Ethiopia and Messiah of the Rastafari movement. Never claimed himself to be Messiah, but was thus proclaimed by Leonard Howell, amongst others. André Matsoua (1899–1942), Congolese founder of Amicale, proponents of which subsequently adopted him as Messiah. Samael Aun Weor (1917–1977), born Víctor Manuel Gómez Rodríguez, Colombian citizen and later Mexican, was an author, lecturer and founder of the Universal Christian Gnostic Movement. By 1972, Samael Aun Weor referenced that his death and resurrection would be occurring before 1978. Nirmala Srivastava (1923–2011), guru of Sahaja Yoga, proclaimed herself to be the Comforter promised by Jesus (that is, the incarnation of the Holy Ghost / Adi Shakti). Raël, founder and leader of Raëlism (born 30 September 1946); Rael claimed he met an extraterrestrial being in 1973 and became the Messiah. World Teacher (unknown), a being claimed to be the Theosophical Maitreya and the Messiah (promised one) of all religions. He is said to have descended from the higher planes and manifested a physical body in early 1977 in the Himalayas, then on 19 July 1977 he is said to have taken a commercial airplane flight from Pakistan to England. He is currently said to be living in secret in London; promoted by New Age activist Benjamin Creme and his organization, Share International (See Maitreya (Benjamin Creme)). David Icke (born 29 April 1952), New Age conspiracy theorist who came up with the idea of Draconians and claimed to be the "son of God" during an interview on Wogan in 1991. Shoko Asahara (1955–2018), the founder of the Japanese doomsday-cult group Aum Shinrikyo. In 1992 Asahara published Declaring Myself the Christ, within which he declared himself Christ, Japan's only fully enlightened master, and identified with the Lamb of God. Following the Tokyo subway sarin attack of 1995, Asahara was arrested and executed by hanging in 2018. Ezra Miller (born 1992), an actor, has claimed to be Jesus, the next Messiah, and the devil, saying they would bring about a Native American revolution. See also List of avatar claimants List of Buddha claimants False prophet Jerusalem syndrome List of people who have been considered deities Messiah complex Messianic Age Messianism References Other sources Hogue, John Messiahs: The Visions and Prophecies for the Second Coming (1999) Elements Books Jewish Encyclopedia, a public-domain work hosted at www.jewishencyclopedia.com/ Messiah claimants

Patricia Peklar is a Slovenian beauty pageant title holder. She was selected Miss Earth Slovenia in 2014. Category Miss Earth 2014 Miss Slovenia Miss Eco Universe International 2015 Model & Singer References External links Miss Earth Official Website Miss Earth 2014 contestants Slovenian beauty pageant winners Living people Slovenian female models Year of birth missing (living people)

Boku may refer to: Bōku, a board game Boku (juice), a juice carton drink Boku, Inc., a San Francisco, California-based mobile payments company University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (Universität für Bodenkultur Wien; BOKU) Shō Boku (1739–1794), king of Ryukyu Boku, the former codename of Kodu, a child-oriented programming environment from Microsoft A first-person Japanese pronoun, with an implication of boyishness See also

The Entotrust certification is a voluntary product certification of insects as food, and related insect-based foods, which allows producers to communicate their food safety and sustainability. Increasingly used, in Europe, Africa, Asia, US, Mexico, and Latam with the mission to recognize and report quality products based on edible insects, the logo can only be used by fully certified producers and farmers. The participated and open programme envisions a world where insects will provide healthy foods, high-value proteins, accessible to a large part of the population, with environmental and social benefits. The Entotrust International certification covers a wide range of food products including bakery, pasta, confectionary, salted snacks and chips, protein and energy bars, whole dried insects, insect protein powder, and functional drinks. In general, it encompasses any product that might become a more sustainable and nutritious one, with the inclusion of a percentage of insect origin proteins. The call for more sustainable proteins, healthier diets, and food innovation is driving wider adoption of insect food across the globe: a certificate and a seal of acceptance have a capability to play a major part in making clients trust edible insect solutions. It is easier making people wish to consume insects if they know they’re secure and bred in a sustainable manner. The insect as food market is expected to grow significantly according independent analysis at an average CAGR of 8.9% during the forecast period (2023–2028). More than 2,100 insect species are currently eaten by two billion people from 130 countries. Insects have high-value nutritional profiles, and are rich in protein, omega-3 fatty acids, iron, zinc, folic acid and vitamins B12, C and E. Commercial insect farming is considered to have a low environmental footprint, requiring minimal water, energy, and land resources. Europe and the United States of America are the leading edible insect markets in the Western World today, with more than 400 edible-insect-related businesses in operation. How it works Producers and farmers of insect food intended for human consumption, request to have their products analysed in accredited food laboratories for microbiology and chemical elements, this to ensure the absolute food safety. Then a thorough audit of the farming and manufacturing processes is performed in compliance with strict requirements, baseline are the Haccp methodology, and checklists comparable to the GFSI and BRC assessments. The aim is to verify the  complete value chain from the farm to the consumer's plate. The three dimensions of the assessment are: Food safety Environmental footprint Social compliance (ILO) Certification is obtained by responding to specific checklists concerning both food safety, company processes and practices in terms of environmental impact and social fairness. Verification is carried out through meetings, video calls, documentary evidence and photos, when necessary auditors’ visits to the company premises. Furthermore, the accredited laboratory yearly carries out analyses on certified products, as a necessary condition for the renewal of the certification. Examples of certified companies able to maintain their food quality in the last years, represent the true impact of how alternative proteins in daily consumption habits can become reality, through a consistent, standardized and focused approach to absolute food safety and measurable sustainability. Other certification and product labelings The Global Gap farm and food certification program The Fair Trade Federation does not certify individual products, but instead evaluates an entire business. The Marine Stewardship Council for fisheries The FTO Mark, launched in 2004 by World Fair Trade Organization, and identifies registered fair trade organizations. The Global Aquaculture Alliance for aquaculture UTZ Certified is a coffee certification program that has sometimes been dubbed "Fairtrade lite" References External links Entotrust international Official Website FAO Edible insects report for food security Protein classification

Mengtian (), officially the Mengtian laboratory cabin module (), is a major module of the Tiangong space station. It is the second Laboratory Cabin Module launched, after Wentian, and the second module to extend the existing Tianhe core module of the station. It was launched into orbit from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on 31 October 2022, successfully docking with Tianhe forward port at 20:27 UTC on the same day. On 3 November 2022, Mengtian was relocated to the larboard port at 01:32 UTC by indexing robot arm. On the same day at 07:12 UTC, the crew of Shenzhou 14 opened the hatch and entered the module for the first time. Purpose The Mengtian module is equipped with expanded in-orbit experiment capacity, including eight research cabins. It provides a pressurized environment for researchers to conduct science experiments in freefall or zero gravity which could not be conducted on Earth for more than a few minutes. Experiments can also be placed on the outside of the modules, for exposure to the space environment, cosmic rays, vacuum, and solar winds. It has its own airlock. The axial port of Mengtian is fitted with rendezvous equipment and will first dock to the axial port of Tianhe. A mechanical arm known as the indexing robotic arm, similar to the Lyappa arm on the Mir space station, then moves Mengtian to a portside port of the TCM. In addition to this arm used for docking relocation, the Chinarm on Tianhe module can also be used as a backup in place of the indexing robot arm. Mengtian also carries a toolbox equipped with a dexterous robotic arm, installed to assist in cargo transfer and payload release, that can be used to launch microsatellites, and an augmented-reality smart glass to assist astronauts with maintenance. Similarly to the Wentian module, electrical power is provided by two steerable solar power arrays, which use photovoltaic cells to convert sunlight into electricity. With a wingspan of over 55 m (180 ft), each array has an energy collection area of 110 m2 (1184 square ft). The energy is then stored to power the station when it passes into the Earth's shadow. Resupply ships will replenish fuel for LCM 2 for station-keeping, to counter the effects of atmospheric drag. Aftermath After launch, the Mengtian module was inserted into a low Earth orbit with an average altitude of at an orbital inclination of 42 degrees, centered in the Earth's thermosphere. It successfully docked with the Tianhe core module nearly thirteen hours after launch. Assembly The Shenzhou 14 mission to the space station assisted with setting up the Mengtian module in orbit. Gallery See also Wentian module Tianhe Core Module Xuntian Space Telescope References External links Chinese Space Agency website Chinese space stations Spacecraft launched in 2022 2022 in China

In basketball, traveling is a violation that occurs when a player takes too many steps without dribbling the ball. Traveling is also called, predominantly in a streetball game, "walking" or "steps". If the pivot foot is lifted, a pass or try for made basket must be made before the pivot foot is replaced to the floor. In the NBA and FIBA, when a player has taken more than two steps without the ball being dribbled, a traveling violation is called. The NCAA and NFHS do not allow two steps. A travel can also be called via carrying or an unestablished pivot foot. If the pivot foot of a player changes or moves, it is considered traveling. In basketball Definitions NCAA Rule 9, Section 5. Traveling Art. 1. A player shall not travel with the ball. Art. 2. Traveling occurs when a player holding the ball moves a foot or both feet in any direction in excess of prescribed limits described in this section. Art. 3. A player who catches the ball with both feet on the playing court may pivot, using either foot. When one foot is lifted, the other is the pivot foot. Art. 4. A player who catches the ball while moving or ends a dribble may stop and establish a pivot foot as follows: a. When both feet are off the playing court and the player lands: 1. Simultaneously on both feet, either may be the pivot foot; 2. On one foot followed by the other, the first foot to touch shall be the pivot foot; 3. On one foot, the player may jump off that foot and simultaneously land on both, in which case neither foot can be the pivot foot. b. When one foot is on the playing court: 1. That foot shall be the pivot foot when the other foot touches in a step; 2. The player may jump off that foot and simultaneously land on both, in which case neither foot can then be the pivot foot. Art. 5. After coming to a stop and establishing the pivot foot: a. The pivot foot may be lifted, but not returned to the playing court, before the ball is released on a pass or try for goal; b. The pivot foot shall not be lifted before the ball is released to start a dribble. Art. 6. After coming to a stop when neither foot can be the pivot foot: a. One or both feet may be lifted, but may not be returned to the playing court, before the ball is released on a pass or try for goal; b. Neither foot shall be lifted, before the ball is released, to start a dribble. Art. 7. It is traveling when a player falls to the playing court while holding the ball without maintaining a pivot foot. NFHS The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) traveling rule is almost identical to the NCAA rule, with an additional article clarifying restrictions regarding a player holding the ball while on the floor. NBA Rule 10, Section XIII—Traveling a. A player who receives the ball while standing still may pivot, using either foot as the pivot foot. b. A player who receives the ball while he is progressing or upon completion of a dribble, may take two steps in coming to a stop, passing or shooting the ball. A player who receives the ball while he is progressing must release the ball to start his dribble before his second step. The first step occurs when a foot, or both feet, touch the floor after gaining control of the ball. The second step occurs after the first step when the other foot touches the floor, or both feet touch the floor simultaneously. A player who comes to a stop on step one when both feet are on the floor or touch the floor simultaneously may pivot using either foot as his pivot. If he jumps with both feet he must release the ball before either foot touches the floor. A player who lands with one foot first may only pivot using that foot. A progressing player who jumps off one foot on the first step may land with both feet simultaneously for the second step. In this situation, the player may not pivot with either foot and if one or both feet leave the floor the ball must be released before either returns to the floor. c. In starting a dribble after (1) receiving the ball while standing still, or (2) coming to a legal stop, the ball must be out of the player’s hand before the pivot foot is raised off the floor. d. If a player, with the ball in his possession, raises his pivot foot off the floor, he must pass or shoot before his pivot foot returns to the floor. If he drops the ball while in the air, he may not be the first to touch the ball. e. A player who falls to the floor while holding the ball, or while coming to a stop, may not gain an advantage by sliding. f. A player who attempts a field goal may not be the first to touch the ball if it fails to touch the backboard, basket ring or another player. g. A player is not allowed to be the first to touch his own pass unless the ball touches his backboard, basket ring or another player. h. Upon ending his dribble or gaining control of the ball, a player may not touch the floor consecutively with the same foot (hop). Enforcement According to some observers, enforcement of the rule as written is not necessarily rigorous in the NBA, and traveling violations are often overlooked. FIBA Article 25 of the FIBA Official Basketball Rules 2018: 25.1 Definition 25.1.1. Traveling is the illegal movement of one foot or both feet beyond the limits outlined in this article, in any direction, while holding a live ball on the playing court. 25.1.2. A pivot is the legal movement in which a player who is holding a live ball on the playing court steps once or more than once in any direction with the same foot, while the other foot, called the pivot foot, is kept at its point of contact with the floor. 25.2. Rule 25.2.1. Establishing a pivot foot by a player who catches a live ball on the playing court: A player who catches the ball while standing with both feet on the floor: The moment one foot is lifted, the other foot becomes the pivot foot. To start a dribble, the pivot foot may not be lifted before the ball is released from the hand(s). To pass or shoot for a field goal, the player may jump off a pivot foot, but neither foot may be returned to the floor before the ball is released from the hand(s). A player who catches the ball while he is progressing, or upon completion of a dribble, may take two steps in coming to a stop, passing or shooting the ball: If, after receiving the ball, a player shall release the ball to start his dribble before his second step. The first step occurs when one foot or both feet touch the floor after gaining control of the ball. The second step occurs after the first step when the other foot touches the floor or both feet touch the floor simultaneously. If the player who comes to a stop on his first step has both feet on the floor or they touch the floor, simultaneously he may pivot using either foot as his pivot foot. If he then jumps with both feet, no foot may return to the floor before the ball is released from the hand(s). If a player lands with one foot he may only pivot using that foot. If a player jumps off one foot on the first step, he may land with both feet simultaneously for the second step. In this situation, the player may not pivot with either foot. If one foot or both feet then leave the floor, no foot may return to the floor before the ball is released from the hand(s). If both feet are off the floor and the player lands on both feet simultaneously, the moment one foot is lifted the other foot becomes the pivot foot. A player may not touch the floor consecutively with the same foot or both feet after ending his dribble or gaining control of the ball. 25.2.2. A player falling, lying or sitting on the floor: It is legal when a player falls and slides on the floor while holding the ball or, while lying or sitting on the floor, gains control of the ball. It is a violation if the player then rolls or attempts to stand up while holding the ball. Penalty The ball becomes dead and a throw-in is awarded to the opposing team out of bounds nearest the point where the violation took place under NCAA and NFHS rules. Under NBA rules, the ball is awarded to the opposing team at the nearest spot but no closer to the baseline than the free throw line extended. Example Any action where the pivot foot is lifted and returned to the floor, or dragged along the floor. Lifting the pivot foot, taking multiple steps, or shuffling the feet before starting a dribble. While holding the ball, jumping and returning to the floor without releasing the ball. NCAA and NFHS only: Falling to the floor while holding the ball, even if it was caught while airborne. Historical Rule Changes The interpretation and enforcement of this rule have seen various changes over the years, reflecting the evolution of the game and the establishment of rules by different leagues. Here's a brief overview of the progression of traveling rules: Early Basketball: Initially, there were no concrete rules governing player movement. Referees had to rely on their judgment, without specific guidelines to determine a traveling violation. Dribbling's Introduction: Contrary to what many might think, dribbling wasn't an original component of basketball. It was introduced by the Yale University basketball team in 1897, and over time, became a fundamental part of the sport. NBA and FIBA Standards: Both the NBA and FIBA define traveling as taking more than two steps without dribbling. However, the NCAA and NFHS have stricter interpretations, not permitting the two-step motion without a dribble. Gather Step Addition: In an effort to bring more clarity and consistency, FIBA, in 2018, incorporated the "gather step" into its traveling rules. This change made FIBA's interpretation more aligned with that of the NBA. Pivot Foot: Another dimension of the traveling rule is the pivot foot. If a player shifts or moves their established pivot foot, it's deemed a traveling violation. Slip Foot: If a player stops with the ball but they are in an unstable position and have to take a small step to regain balance, depending on how far the 'slip' is, it will be deemed as a travel violation. These adaptations over the years have aimed to bring uniformity to the traveling rules across various leagues and organizations. Such standardization has made the game more comprehensible and consistent for its players, coaches, and enthusiasts. Clarifications It is impossible to travel while dribbling. The height of the dribble or number of steps taken per dribble is irrelevant. It is impossible to travel during a throw-in. While there are space restrictions for a throw-in, the thrower is not required to maintain a pivot foot or observe any of the other restrictions of the traveling rule. A player must have control of the ball to travel. For instance, a player who bobbles a pass may well take several steps legally—the traveling rule is not in effect until he has secured control of the ball. A player who dives and catches a loose ball on the floor may legally slide as far as his momentum carries him. This is not a travel. However, once he stops he may not roll over or attempt to stand. Lifting the pivot foot alone does not constitute a travel; a player may pass, shoot, or request a timeout in that position. It is a travel once the foot is returned to the floor, or if a dribble is started. In the NBA, a player who attempts a field goal may not be the first to touch the ball if it fails to touch the backboard, basket ring or another player. In college (NCAA) rules, there is no longer possession or team control once the ball is in flight for a shot attempt. It is up to the referee's discretion as to whether or not a legitimate field goal attempt was made. In high school (NFHS) rules, being the first to touch the ball in one of the previously described situations is not specifically defined as a traveling violation. Alternatively, such action is not specifically described as being legal play. Thus, while the NBA has defined this action as traveling, and NCAA rules have language that may be interpreted as the opposite, NFHS rules do not comment on such action, leaving any ruling completely to the discretion of the official judges. In netball Netball rules do not permit players to let their landing foot touch the ground again if it is lifted at all while in possession of the ball, so players can take steps while holding the ball. Pivoting does not count as a step. Players are entitled to balance on the other foot if the landing foot is lifted. An infraction of this rule is usually called traveling (or steps) as in basketball. IFNA Rule 14.3 states: A player in possession of the ball may not:- (i) drag or slide the landing foot; (ii) hop on either foot; (iii) jump from both feet and land on both feet unless the ball has been released before landing. A free pass is awarded to the opposing team where the infringement occurred. In korfball In korfball, either foot can be used as pivot, no matter which foot touches the ground first. This means that in practice, one can take steps, e.g. landing on the right foot, putting down the left and displacing the right. The left foot is the pivot in this case. The left foot can then be lifted, but may not be repositioned. See also Euro step References Basketball penalties

The fifth edition of the Caribbean Series (Serie del Caribe) was played in 1953. It was held from February 20 through February 25, featuring the champion baseball teams of Cuba, Leones de la Habana; Panama, Chesterfield Smokers; Puerto Rico, Cangrejeros de Santurce, and Venezuela, Leones del Caracas. The format consisted of 12 games, each team facing the other teams twice. The games were played at Estadio del Cerro in Havana, the Cuban capital. Summary Puerto Rico finished undefeated and won the title by going 6-0, outscoring their opponents 50 to 23. The Santurce club, who hit a collective .367 batting average and committed only two errors, was led by right fielder and Series MVP Willard Brown, who enjoyed one of the most productive offensive in tournament's history. Brown led the hitters in home runs (4), RBI (13), runs (8), doubles (3) and SLG (1,042), while hitting .417 (10-for-24). The pitching staff was anchored by Bobo Holloman (2-0), Cot Deal (2-0, one save) and Rubén Gómez (1-0, one save). In addition to Brown, shortstop/manager Buster Clarkson (.467 BA), 2B Jim Gilliam (.545, two HR), RF Bob Thurman (.474, .684 SLG) and 3B Víctor Pellot Power (.385, one HR) also contributed to the attack. Other players for Puerto Rico included CF Luis (Canena) Márquez, P José (Pantalones) Santiago and catchers Joe Montalvo and Valmy Thomas. The Cuban team, who many considered a favorite before the start of the event, wasted home-field advantage and a solid lineup managed by Mike González to end in second place with a 3-3 record. The Habana team was led by RF Pedro Formental, who posted a .560 mark to clinch the batting title. Other contributions came from 1B Bert Haas (.360, two HR, .600 SLG) and 3B Lou Klein (.316, one HR, .579 SLG). Pitchers Bob Alexander and Mario Picone collected wins, while Carlos (Patato) Pascual dropped two of three decisions. Cuba included LF Sandy Amorós, 2B Spider Jorgensen, CF Bob Usher, P Adrián Zabala, and catchers Andrés Fleitas and Dick Rand, between others. Panama was managed by Stanford Graham and finished 2-4 in third place. The Panamanian squad got fine work of CF Nat Peeples (.400, .733 SLG), as well as pitchers Humberto Robinson (1-0) and Pat Scantlebury (1-1, 11 strikeouts in three games). The team also featured players as IFs Frank Austin and Joe Tuminelli, C León Kellman, and OFs Bobby Prescott and Dave Roberts. Collectively, Chesterfield scored the fewest runs (18) and committed the most errors (10) in the Series. Venezuela, with Martín Dihigo at the helm, finished in last place with a 1-5 record. The Caracas lone victory came from Charlie Bishop, who pitched a one-hit shutout in Game 5. Among others were Ps Jay Heard, Dick Starr, Lenny Yochim and Luis Zuloaga; C Guillermo Vento; IFs Chico Carrasquel, Pompeyo Davalillo, Piper Davis and Hank Schenz, as well as OFs Dalmiro Finol, Lloyd Gearhart, Milt Nielsen and Gale Wade. Participating teams Final standings Scoreboards Game 1, February 20 Game 2, February 20 Game 3, February 21 Game 4, February 21 Game 5, February 22 Game 6, February 22 Game 7, February 23 Game 8, February 23 Game 9, February 24 Game 10, February 24 Game 11, February 25 Game 12, February 25 Statistics leaders Awards See also Ballplayers who have played in the Series References Sources Antero Núñez, José. Series del Caribe. Jefferson, Caracas, Venezuela: Impresos Urbina, C.A., 1987. Gutiérrez, Daniel. Enciclopedia del Béisbol en Venezuela – 1895-2006 . Caracas, Venezuela: Impresión Arte, C.A., 2007. External links Official site Latino Baseball Series del Caribe, Las (Spanish)     Caribbean Caribbean Series International baseball competitions hosted by Cuba Baseball competitions in Havana 1953 in Cuban sport 1953 in Caribbean sport 20th century in Havana Caribbean Series

Bull Creek is a village in northwest Taney County, Missouri, United States. The population was 426 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Branson, Missouri Micropolitan Statistical Area. Geography The community is on the northeast side of the Bull Creek floodplain approximately two miles west of Rockaway Beach and Lake Taneycomo. The community lies on Missouri Route F one mile east of U.S. Route 65 and two miles southwest of Meriam Woods and U.S. Route 160. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 603 people, 199 households, and 162 families living in the village. The population density was . There were 235 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 88.7% White, 1.3% African American, 0.2% Native American, 0.7% Asian, 0.8% Pacific Islander, 4.8% from other races, and 3.5% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 10.1% of the population. There were 199 households, of which 66.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 30.2% were married couples living together, 42.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 9.0% had a male householder with no wife present, and 18.6% were non-families. 13.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.03 and the average family size was 3.23. The median age in the village was 21.5 years. 43.3% of residents were under the age of 18; 14.3% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25.3% were from 25 to 44; 13.6% were from 45 to 64; and 3.6% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 44.1% male and 55.9% female. 2000 census As of the census of 2000, there were 225 people, 80 households, and 55 families living in the village. The population density was . There were 104 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 93.78% White, 0.89% Native American, 2.22% from other races, and 3.11% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.00% of the population. There were 80 households, out of which 42.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.5% were married couples living together, 12.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.3% were non-families. 25.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.81 and the average family size was 3.35. In the village, the population was spread out, with 36.0% under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 30.7% from 25 to 44, 21.3% from 45 to 64, and 3.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 29 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.0 males. The median income for a household in the village was $21,667, and the median income for a family was $31,042. Males had a median income of $16,719 versus $16,250 for females. The per capita income for the village was $10,411. About 19.6% of families and 23.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 41.5% of those under the age of eighteen and 25.0% of those 65 or over. References Villages in Taney County, Missouri Branson, Missouri micropolitan area Villages in Missouri

Horažďovice (; ) is a town in Klatovy District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,100 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone. Administrative parts Villages of Babín, Boubín, Horažďovická Lhota, Komušín, Svaté Pole, Třebomyslice and Veřechov are administrative parts of Horažďovice. Etymology The name Horažďovice is derived from the old personal Czech name Gorazd, meaning "village of Gorazd's people". The oldest name of Horažďovice was Gorazdějovice. Geography Horažďovice is located about east of Klatovy and southeast of Plzeň. It lies on the border between the Blatná Uplands and Bohemian Forest Foothills. The highest point is the hill Svitník at above sea level. The Otava River flows through the town. The territory is rich in ponds. History The early history of the territory was influenced by the establishment of the Prácheň gord on the nearby eponymous hill, which became the administrative center of the historical region of Prácheňsko two centuries later. When the stronghold lost its significance, the centre was moved to Horažďovice. The first written mention of Horažďovice is from 1251. It was a market village located on a trade route from Prague to Bavaria. It was owned by the Bavors of Strakonice, who had a Gothic castle and fortifications built. In 1292, King Wenceslaus II of Bohemia promoted Horažďovice to a town. After the town became property of Půta Švihovský of Rýzmberk in 1483, the town began to develop rapidly and prosper. He initiated development of administrative centres in the town vicinity such as the castles Rabí, Švihov and Velhartice. At the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries, a monastery was built behind the walls. In the 16th century, the town's development continued. After the Battle of White Mountain, the properties of the Švihovský family were confiscated. The prosperity of Horažďovice ended with the Thirty Years' War, when the town was damaged by two large fires and twice looted by the Swedish army. The estate was sold to the Sternberg family in 1622. During their rule, the badly damaged castle was rebuilt and the monastery was enlarged during the Sternbergs rule in the 17th century. Since the mid-19th century, walls and barbicans have been demolished in the northern part of Horažďovice. The Rummerskirch family owned Horažďovice from 1800 to 1843 and had a significant impact on the town by introducing pearl oysters farming. The collecting of pearls was organised by the gentry and was even attended by the Emperor Francis II. In the last pearl oyster harvest in 1944, 20,000 oysters were opened. After the World War II the pearl oysters farming declined. The last owners of Horažďovice were the Kinsky family, who bought it in 1843. In the second half of the 19th century, industry, trade and crafts developed, which was mainly influenced by the construction of the railway. The Kinskys founded an English park with many rare specimens of trees and plants on an island in the Otava, today called "Ostrov". They owned Horažďovice until 1945. Jewish community A Jewish presence in Horažďovice is believed to have existed from ancient times and the first written reference to the Jewish community is contained in the records of the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) which indicate that 10 Jewish families were present in 1618. Archival evidence indicates that a Jewish cemetery existed in 1619. The first synagogue and Jewish school were founded in 1684. Officially banned from guilds, the early Jewish residents were farmers and traders. The earliest Jewish homes were concentrated in an area that is now called Prácheňská Street. The Jews of Horažďovice were subject to orders and decrees that made life extraordinarily difficult throughout much of their entire history. In the 17th century, the number of Jewish residents in Horažďovice was limited to 10 families, partially in an effort to discourage competition for local tradesmen. Renting homes to Jews was strictly prohibited. In the late 17th century, an edict prohibited the Jews from allowing their cattle to graze with the communal herd. In 1687, Jews were targeted further with special taxes, prohibitions on carrying firearms and an edict requiring Jews to wear a yellow cloth badge. The most far-reaching restrictions on Horažďovice's Jews were a series of measures known as the Family Laws (Familianten), introduced by Emperor Charles VI in 1726 and designed to limit Jewish population numbers. All marriages between Jews required the State's permission. No Jew under the age of 30 could marry and only the eldest male in each family was permitted to do so. The repeal of the Family Laws in the mid 1800s launched what many regard as the "golden age" of Horažďovice Jewry. By 1890, the Jewish community reached its peak population of 300, about 9% of the total population. The influence of the Jewish community however was far greater as they were the driving force behind much of Horažďovice's Industrial Revolution. In 1873, Samuel Kohn opened a matchstick factory that produced matches with colourful wax heads in decorative boxes for export to the east. On the adjacent property, a paper manufacturing plant owned by Rud, Firth and Bernard Gans was particularly important as it employed many workers and purchased straw from local farmers. The best known Jewish business in Horažďovice was the vinegar and spirits company "Münz Brothers" founded by Simon Münz in 1831 and famed for its "Münzovka" whiskey. Expanded by his sons, Eduard and Karel Münz, and later by František and Pavel Münz, it became the largest distributor of spirits and vinegar in the region and was the sole distributor of almost all foreign wines and domestic mineral waters. In 1859, Heřman Katz founded what was to become the largest grocery mercantile house in southern Bohemia. In 1907, his son Otto Katz founded a wholesale grocery house which was as prosperous as his father's. A significant number of Jews emigrated from Horažďovice from 1850 to 1938, particularly to the United States, Australia and South America, some inspired by the community's international business perspective. Among them was Sigmund Eisner, who emigrated to the US from Horažďovice aged 21 with the family sewing machine in 1880. During World War II, the Jewish community was deported by German military authorities as part of the Final Solution. 93 Horažďovice Jews were transferred via railway to Terezín on 26 November 1942. Six Jews were deported by other means. Only seven survived. No Jewish community exists in Horažďovice today. Demographics Economy The largest industrial employer in the town is Otavské strojírny, an engineering company. The potato starch factory was founded in 1906 and still operates in the town, currently as the Lyckeby Amylex company. It is the largest producer of potato starch in the Czech Republic. Transport The railway line heading to Klatovy starts here. The town is served by two train stations. Sights The core of the historic town centre is the Mírové Square. Adjacent to the square is the Church of Saints Peter and Paul and the castle. In the middle of the square is a Marian column from the 18th century. Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque houses have been preserved in the historic town centre. The fortifications of the town consisted of walls, four gates and a castle. Three gates and fortification walls in the southern part of the historic centre have been preserved to this day. The Red Gate is listed as the second oldest town gate in Bohemia. The Horažďovice Castle is among the most valuable buildings in the town. The original Gothic fortress was rebuilt by the House of Švihovský into a Renaissance castle, with the only Gothic remains being cellars carved in the rock and a rotund tower. In 1681–1692, the Sternbergs rebuilt the castle in the Baroque style. From the Renaissance form of the castle, a small inner courtyard with arcades and fresco decoration and a two-story castle tower have been preserved. Since 1920, the castle houses the town museum. The exhibitions focus on the history of the town and on historical activities in the area around the Otava River (gold panning, mining, pearl oysters farming). The Minorite Monastery was founded in 1501. A chapel from 1330 was rebuilt into the Church of the Virgin Mary. The late Gothic monastery complex was rebuilt in the Baroque style in 1685–1709. The church tower was added in 1935. After the monastery was abolished in 1814, the building was bought by the order of Notre Dame Sisters in 1855. For almost 100 years it was the seat of the order for the whole country. After the Velvet Revolution in 1989, the order returned. Currently, a monastery school and a secondary vocational school are located on the premises. The Church of Saints Peter and Paul belongs to the oldest buildings in the town. The Gothic basilica was gradually built from the third quarter of the 13th century to the first half of the 14th century. Baroque modifications were made in 1729, most likely according to the plans of František Maxmilián Kaňka. The Church of Saint John the Baptist was built in the Renaissance style in 1598, early Baroque modifications were made in 1693. It serves as a cemetery church. The church includes a neo-Baroque tomb from 1905. Notable people Rudolf I of Bohemia (c. 1282–1307), King of Bohemia and titular King of Poland; died here Otakar Ševčík (1852–1934), violinist Sigmund Eisner (1859–1925), prominent manufacturer and president of the Sigmund Eisner Company Milan Nakonečný (born 1932), professor of psychology, historian and writer Twin towns – sister cities Horažďovice is twinned with: Heimberg, Switzerland Horažďovice also has friendly relations with Regen in Germany. References External links Populated places in Klatovy District Cities and towns in the Czech Republic Prácheňsko

Greg Roberson is a Memphis, Tennessee-based session drummer, songwriter, producer, independent-record-label owner, and SiriusXM Radio host for Deep Tracks with Greg Roberson. The show focuses on classic rock's "lesser played songs and forgotten gems." Outside of radio, Roberson currently operates the independent record label Trashy Creatures Records and is the drummer in Tiger High, a Memphis-based psychedelic garage-rock quartet. He also leads the bands The Trashed Romeos, Hot Freak Nation, and Her Majesty's Buzz. He is also the original drummer for Reigning Sound and still performs with the band at periodic "Memphis lineup" reunion shows. Career While he is well known as a SiriusXM radio host, Roberson is also a musician and has performed and recorded with many Memphis and international recording artists. In the early 2000s, he was a founding member of the Memphis garage band Reigning Sound alongside songwriter Greg Cartwright. Roberson also performed and/or recorded with the Compulsive Gamblers, Knaughty Knights, Lover!, Arthur Lee’s Love, Jim Dickinson, Jack Oblivian & the Tennessee Tearjerkers, Ross Johnson & Jeffrey Evans, Her Majesty's Buzz, Melissa Dunn, Wreckless Eric, Phil Seymour of the Dwight Twilley Band, and others. Over the years Roberson has been a songwriter, producer, and session musician for various projects. He currently owns and operates the independent record label Trashy Creatures Records based in Memphis. He has also led two studio side projects featuring his Tiger High bandmates: The Trashed Romeos and Hot Freak Nation. Links Greg Roberson's label, Trashy Creatures Official site Trashy Creatures Facebook Official Facebook site References SiriusXM. Deep Tracks on SiriusXM Accessed Aug. 5, 2019 Discogs. Albums Accessed April 27, 2016 Memphis Flyer. Feature Accessed April 27, 2016 All Music Guide. Accessed April 27, 2016 Tupica, Rich. "Turn it Down Greg Cartwright Interview American rock musicians Living people Year of birth missing (living people)

Nader Afshar Alavinejad Aromi () is a former Iranian football player. He played for the Iran national football team in the 1951 Asian Games and the 1958 Asian Games. He previously played for the Docharkheh Savaran and Taj until 1952. Honours Iran Asian Games Silver medal: 1951 References External links Nader Afshar Alavinejad at TeamMelli.com Iranian men's footballers Esteghlal F.C. players Living people Asian Games silver medalists for Iran Asian Games medalists in football Footballers at the 1951 Asian Games Footballers at the 1958 Asian Games Medalists at the 1951 Asian Games Men's association football defenders Year of birth missing (living people) Iran men's international footballers 20th-century Iranian people Place of birth missing (living people)

The Triumph Trophy (model codes T336 and T340) is a three or four-cylinder touring motorcycle of either 885 cc or 1,180 cc capacity. These bikes were produced from 1991 to 2003 at Hinckley, Leicestershire, England, by Triumph Motorcycles Ltd, the successor business to the defunct Triumph Engineering at Meriden Works, Warwickshire, England. Overview A range of new 750 cc and 900 cc triple-cylinder bikes and 1,000 cc and 1,200 cc four-cylinder bikes were launched at the September 1990 Cologne Motorcycle Show. The motorcycles used famous model names from the glory days of Meriden Triumph and were first made available to the public between March (Trophy 1200 being the first) and September 1991. The range had been revealed to the press in June 1990 at the Hinckley Factory and were introduced to the public in December at the International Motorcycle Show at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham. The Trophy uses a modular liquid-cooled double overhead camshaft (DOHC) engine design in a steel frame with a large-diameter backbone design. The modular design ensured that a variety of models could be offered whilst keeping production costs under control. Frame and cycle parts The high-tensile steel tubular frame has a large diameter spine based on that of the Triumph Bonneville T140, though engine oil is not held in the frame. Japanese companies supplied cycle parts including Nissin (hydraulic disc brakes) and Showa or Kayaba for the front telescopic fork suspension. Development In 1996 a wind tunnel tested twin-headlight full fairing was added along with optional hard luggage. See also List of Triumph motorcycles References Notes Bibliography Trophy Motorcycles introduced in 1991 Touring motorcycles

The following is a list of interoceanic canals, that is, canals or canal proposals, which form waterways for traffic to connect one ocean to another. List See also List of transcontinental canals Lists of canals References Interocean Ship canals International canals

Albany Mounds State Historic Site, also known as Albany Mounds Site, is a historic site operated by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. It spans over 205 acres of land near the Mississippi river at the northwest edge of the state of Illinois in the United States. In 1974, the site was added to the National Register of Historic Places list. The historical site is under the provision of the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, a governmental agency founded in 1985 for the maintaining of historical sites within the state. In the 1990s, the site underwent a restoration project that aimed to return its appearance to its original condition. Background Considered to be one of the most important archaeological sites in the state of Illinois, the site aims to exist as "an interpretive center for the history of the Hopewellian culture of more than 2000 years ago." It is the largest Hopewell Native American site in the state, and contains evidence of human activity that stretches over 10,000 years in length from the present day. Historically comprising ninety-six mounds, the site today consists of a remaining forty-seven mounds, eight of which are in poor condition as a result of natural and human processes. The mounds are up to twelve feet high, and were constructed as burial sites for the dead. Features of the historical site in addition to many of the original two-thousand-year-old mounds, include several recreation trails, a parking lot, picnic area, and restrooms. Visitors can easily witness the wildlife, such as deer and eagles, that inhabit the area. Over two miles of trail encompass the site, featuring interpretive signs signifying the local flora. Archaeological significance The archaeological area is older than the more famous Cahokia site in the southern part of the state. The Mounds date back to the Middle Woodland Period, commonly referred to as the Hopewell period. This period characterized critical changes in the lifestyles of native peoples in the New World. The Middle Woodland period is considered to have persisted between 200 BCE and 300 CE. It was during this period that farming techniques began to be implanted, alongside older hunting activities. This was a period in which technological and agricultural innovation was burgeoning, leading up to the more complex social structuring of the Mississippian cultures several centuries later. The Albany mounds site was founded by an Indigenous peoples that inhabited the area over 2000 years ago. Little can be said for certain about the Hopewell people, which is a term that does not refer to a tribe but rather is an umbrella term for a people that inhabited this period of anthropological activity. Burial artifacts found at the site show materials not native to the area which "indicate the existence of trading networks with Native Americans from other areas." The Hopewell people of Illinois constructed large mounds in the land for death and burial ceremonies. These erected structures of raised earth were used as final burying places, and were constructed uniformly, using similar techniques but ranging in size. The historic site's significance lies in the amount of information one can gather about the peoples that inhabited the area millennia ago. Nineteenth and twentieth century excavations of the mounds revealed interesting burial practices on the part of the Hopewell peoples. Stone and wood crypts contained artifacts such as intricate bead jewelry, pottery and mica plates. These native peoples preferred to build their villages near rivers, accounting for the site's location on the eastern side of the Mississippi river. The drainage that when the river would flood provided the Hopewell with resources that allowed the settlements to prosper for centuries. The large concentrations of pipe stone and platform pipe artifacts in the area suggests that the site was an important "pipe manufacturing center." Evidence of waning culture corresponded to around 350 CE, and the mounds were left deserted until excavations and preservation efforts began in the nineteenth century. See also List of archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois References Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois Havana Hopewell culture National Register of Historic Places in Whiteside County, Illinois Illinois State Historic Sites Protected areas of Whiteside County, Illinois Mounds in Illinois 1974 establishments in Illinois

Cambarus howardi, the Chattahoochee crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is found in North America. The common name refers to the Chattahoochee River, where the first specimens were collected. The IUCN conservation status of Cambarus howardi is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. This status was last reviewed in 2010. References Further reading Cambaridae Articles created by Qbugbot Crustaceans described in 1969 Freshwater crustaceans of North America Taxa named by Horton H. Hobbs Jr.

BIIK Shymkent () is a women's football club based in Shymkent, Kazakhstan competing in the Kazakhstani Championship. Formerly established in Almaty as Alma-KTZh, the team won five championships in a row between 2004 and 2008 under this name and represented Kazakhstan in the European Cup, making it into the last 16 in four occasions. It was subsequently surpassed by SShVSM Almaty, but following its refoundation it won the 2010 national cup and the 2011 national championship. The team has played some seasons in the UEFA Women's Champions League. Titles Kazakhstani Championship (16) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 Kazakhstani Cup (11) 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 Kazakh Super Cup 2013 UEFA Competition Record Players Current squad Notable players References Women's football clubs in Kazakhstan Association football clubs established in 2009 2009 establishments in Kazakhstan Sport in Shymkent

The Hakenberg Victory Column is a 36-metre tall monument with an observation deck at Hakenberg near Fehrbellin in Brandenburg, Germany. It was designed by Christian Daniel Rauch and built between 1875 and 1879. It commemorates the victory of Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg, over the troops of occupying Sweden in the Battle of Fehrbellin (1675). See also List of towers Monuments and memorials in Germany Monumental columns in Germany Buildings and structures in Ostprignitz-Ruppin 1879 sculptures Terminating vistas in Germany Towers completed in 1879 Victory monuments Outdoor sculptures in Germany Statues in Germany

CX Futures Exchange, L.P. (also called CXMarkets, and Cantor Exchange) is a designated contract market offering financial products related to forex and weather. It operates in conjunction with a sister company CX Clearinghouse as a subsidiary of Cantor Fitzgerald. Through various platforms under the CXMarkets umbrella, speculators and hedgers can make trades based on the exchange rate of currencies through binary options, as well as predictions on weather, such as where tropical storms will make landfall, snowfall amounts, rainfall amounts, and high and low temperatures. As of the close of trading on March 29, 2019, the exchange discontinued listing of forex and gold binary options instruments until further notice. History In 2008, financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald filed for federal regulatory approval for a new commodities venue called the Cantor Exchange. The aim was to turn its Hollywood Stock Exchange (HSX), a simulation game which had been operating for over a decade, into an actual money exchange which would allow individuals or institutions to buy and sell contracts based on motion picture box office revenue. In February 2010, it was announced that CFTC approval was expected, and the following month the Cantor Exchange would officially begin trading futures contracts on domestic box office receipts. The exchange would allow every film to have a tradable "share" whose value would end based on the four-week opening box office revenue. Speculators and hedgers could buy or sell contracts in effort to profit or hedge against loss based on a film's financial performance. Before its debut, movie executives expressed concern the existence of such an exchange would create yet another facet to take into account when assessing projects. References Companies based in New York City Prediction markets Futures exchanges

Two Most Honorable Knights is a Hong Kong television series adapted from Gu Long's novel Juedai Shuangjiao. The series was first aired on TVB in Hong Kong in 1988. Cast Note: Some of the characters' names are in Cantonese romanisation. Tony Leung as Siu-yu-yee (Kong Siu-yu) Hugo Ng as Fa Mo-kuet Kitty Lai as Tit Sum-lan Shallin Tse as So Ying Maggie Chan as Yiu-yuet Michael Miu as Kong Fung Elliot Ngok as Yin Nam-tin Eddie Kwan as Kong Yuk-long Yeung Chak-lam as Kong Pit-hok Jamie Chik as Fa Yuet-no Sandra Ng as Third Lady Eugina Lau as Cheung Ching Wong Wan-choi as Ngai Mo-nga Law Lan as Granny Fa External links Two Most Honorable Knights review on spcnet.tv Hong Kong wuxia television series Works based on Juedai Shuangjiao TVB dramas 1988 Hong Kong television series debuts 1988 Hong Kong television series endings Cantonese-language television shows Television shows based on works by Gu Long

Ljungby is a former parish in Falkenberg Municipality, Halland County, Sweden. The name is most likely derived from the conjunction of ljung (Calluna) and by (village). It is confirmed in written sources from at least 1267. Two conurbations exist within the parish borders; Ljungby/Lilla Ljungby and Bergagård. A minor part of Ätrafors is also within the parish boundary. Geography, geology and nature The parish has an area of 54.37 km2, of which 53.47 km2 are land. It is mainly situated on the Hallandian plain. Arable land covered, as of 1971, about 62 percent of the parish, while 26 percent was wooded. The river Ätran delimits it in the northeast, while a tributary river, Vinån, flows through the central part of the parish. The only lake of any size is Ljungsjön, situated in the central part of the parish. The highest shore-line passes through the parish, resulting in varied ground conditions. An ice lake delta once covered the eastern parts of the parish, leading to deposits of gravel and sand, which are being exploited. Moraine eskers are found in the northern and eastern parts. A 120 centimeter long lower jawbone from an av baleen whale has been found in Tångaberg. The highest peak is Horsakullen, 137 meters above sea-level. Other hills are Hellepjucken (130 m), Vasabjär and Hanapjutten. Two types of Heath plants are closely associated with Ljungby: Calluna and Broom. Calluna was previously widespread in the area, but its appearance has diminished due to modern farming. It has given its name not only to the parish, but also to several lakes, hills and farms. Ljungby was, as of 1971, the only place in Halland, and perhaps Sweden, where Genista germanica could be found. It was also the only place in Halland north of the river Ätran where Silkyleaf woadwaxen could be found. History Several Bronze Age tumuli are found within the parish. A cemetery can be found in the wooded area west of Ljungsjön. The cemetery includes a tumulus with a diameter of 32 meters and a height of 2.5 meters, named Hästerör. Another cemetery can be found in the southern part of the parish. It covers an area of 70x190 meters and includes stone circles and stone ships. Ljungby has had at least two churches. The old one caught fire in 1869 and was replaced with a new one at the same spot, inaugurated in 1875. An inn was established in 1764. It was originally situated in Bergagård, but moved to Lilla Ljungby in the late 19th century and was closed down in the early 20th century. Ljungby municipality (the secular equivalence of the parish) merged with Vinberg in 1952. The new municipality in turn merged with several other municipalities in 1970 to form the current Falkenberg Municipality. Infrastructure County road 154 passes through the parish in a southwestern-northeastern direction. Falkenberg railway used to pass through Ljungby, but without having any station within the parish. See also Hellerup, Sweden Höstena springs Sources En bok om Ljungby, Kommittén för kulturforskning i Vinbergs kommun. 1971. Falkenberg: Hallands Nyheter AB Falkenbergs grundskolor: Ljungbyskolan Populated places in Halland County

Albionbaataridae is a family of small, extinct mammals within the order Multituberculata. Fossil remains are known from the Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous of Europe and Asia. These herbivores lived their obscure lives during the Mesozoic, also known as the "age of the dinosaurs." They were among the more derived representatives of the informal suborder "Plagiaulacida". The taxon Albionbaataridae was named by Kielan-Jaworowska Z. and Ensom P.C. in 1994. Members of Albionbaataridae were "Shrew-sized taxa that differ from all other multituberculates in having relatively flat, multi-cusped anterior upper premolars, with 10-14 cusps arranged in three rows, rather than 3-4, rarely up to nine high cusps in two rows, and in having lingual slope of all premolars covered by prominent, subparallel ridges...," (Kielan-Jaworowska & Hurum, 2001, p. 414). References Kielan-Jaworowska & Ensom (1994), Tiny plagiaulacoid multituberculate mammals from the Purbeck Limestone Formation of Dorset England. Paleontology, 37, p. 17-31. Kielan-Jaworowska Z & Hurum JH (2001), Phylogeny and Systematics of multituberculate mammals. Paleontology 44, p. 389-429. Much of this information has been derived from MESOZOIC MAMMALS; Plagiaulacidae, Albionbaataridae, Eobaataridae & Arginbaataridae, an Internet directory. Multituberculates Late Jurassic first appearances Early Cretaceous extinctions Prehistoric mammal families

Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt during his presidency. In total Roosevelt appointed 194 Article III federal judges, more than twice as many as the previous record of 82 appointed by Calvin Coolidge. Among them were: nine justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, including the appointment of a sitting associate justice as chief justice, 51 judges to the United States Courts of Appeals, and 134 judges to the United States district courts. Additionally, 13 Article I federal judge appointments are listed, including 3 judges to the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 4 judges to the United States Court of Claims and 6 judges to the United States Customs Court. United States Supreme Court justices Courts of appeals District courts Specialty courts (Article I) United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals United States Court of Claims United States Customs Court Notes Renominations References General Specific Sources Federal Judicial Center Judicial appointments Roosevelt, Franklin D. Franklin D. Roosevelt-related lists

La Palette is a café and brasserie-type restaurant in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France. It is listed as a monument historique since 1984. History The café was bought by Jean Louis Hilbert between the two wars and took the name La Palette in 1950. The establishment has two rooms: the tiny bar room, and the larger back room (which used to be a billiard hall) that is adorned with ceramics of the 1930–40s and numerous paintings. The café was originally and still is a gathering place for students of the nearby Fine Arts National Higher School. Paul Cézanne, Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque were among the regular patrons. More recently, La Palette became a trendy place and attracted Parisian youth as well as tourists. Former French President Jacques Chirac was a regular patron of La Palette. La Palette'''s front window and back room were listed as a Historical Monument on May 23, 1984. In Paul Auster's novel Invisible (2009), the main character went to La Palette'' several times. The café’s bar room served as a filming location for Taylor Swift’s “Begin Again” music video (2012). Location The café is located close to station Mabillon of Paris Métro Line 10. Gallery See also List of monuments historiques in Paris References Coffeehouses and cafés in Paris French restaurants in France Buildings and structures in the 6th arrondissement of Paris Monuments historiques of Paris

Gonuiyeh (, also Romanized as Gonū’īyeh) is a village in Heruz Rural District, Kuhsaran District, Ravar County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 216, in 46 families. References Populated places in Ravar County

Obio Akpa is a town located in the northeast part of the Oruk Anam Local Government Area. It is as well one among the nine administrative areas/districts known as Obio Akpa Clan both in the region of Akwa Ibom State, south south Nigeria History Obio Akpa is a populated area in the Oruk Anam and it is also the gateway between Abak LGA and the Oruk Anam LGA The area is naturally rich in its crude oil and palm oil production, as in land population and academics the area, the Akwa Ibom State University (Aksuni) Campus(2) is situated within the area. Including public primary and secondary schools. Subdivision References Towns in Oruk Anam Populated places in Akwa Ibom State

XHMXS-FM is a community radio station licensed to serve the communities of Sicuicho, Cherato, Cheratillo and 18 de Marzo, all located in Los Reyes, Michoacán. XHMXS broadcasts on 104.5 FM and is owned by La Mexicanita Sapichu, A.C. History XHMXS received its social community concession on September 26, 2016. The station had previously operated as a pirate on 88.9 MHz. References Radio stations in Michoacán Community radio stations in Mexico Former pirate radio stations Radio stations established in 2016

Sir Dermot Ó Seachnasaigh, Chief of the Name, died 1606. He was a son of Sir Ruaidhrí Gilla Dubh Ó Seachnasaigh and Lady Honora O'Brien, daughter of Murrough O'Brien, 1st Earl of Thomond. Ó Seachnasaigh was in contention with his elder but illegitimate brother, John Ó Seachnasaigh, who till 1585 claimed lordship of Cenél Áeda. The two brothers travelled to Dublin to attend the 1585 Parliament, after which no more is heard of John until 1601. Sir Dermot married Shyly Ni Hubert, and had issue Roger Gilla Dubh (born 1583), Dathi, William, Joan, Julia and Honora. William had sons William, Edmond, Roger and Dermot. Joan married Sir William Burke, and was the mother of Richard Burke, 6th Earl of Clanricarde. Julia married Teige O'Kelly of Gallagh. Honora married Johnock Burke of Tully. References D'Alton, John, Illustrations, Historical and Genealogical, of King James's Irish Army List (1689). Dublin: 1st edition (single volume), 1855. pp. 328–32. History of Galway, James Hardiman, 1820 Tabular pedigrees of O'Shaughnessy of Gort (1543–1783), Martin J. Blake, Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society, vi (1909–10), p. 64; vii (1911–12), p. 53. John O'Donovan. The Genealogies, Tribes, and Customs of Hy-Fiachrach. Dublin: Irish Archaeological Society. 1844. Pedigree of O'Shaughnessy: pp. 372–91. Old Galway, Professor Mary Donovan O'Sullivan, 1942 Galway: Town and Gown, edited Moran et al., 1984 Galway: History and Society, 1996 Nobility from County Galway Dermot 16th-century Irish people 17th-century Irish people

Hippenscombe is a hamlet within the civil parish of Tidcombe and Fosbury, Wiltshire, in the southwest of England. Marked only on large-scale maps, it lies to the southwest of Oakhill Wood and the northwest of Conholt Park, about south of Hungerford, Berkshire. Hippenscombe has a long separate history of its own, having been an extra-parochial area. Much of the land was assigned in 1553 to Edward Seymour (1539–1621), later Earl of Hertford and the builder of Tottenham House in Savernake Forest, and was owned by his descendants until sold by Charles Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Marquess of Ailesbury in 1827. The area was severely affected by the Swing Riots of 1830. The population taken at 19th-century censuses was never more than 59, and by 1891 had declined to 35. John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870–1872) said of Hippenscombe: Hippenscombe was added to Tidcombe ecclesiastical parish in 1879 and to Tidcombe and Fosbury civil parish in 1894. References External links SU3156 : Above Hippenscombe (photograph at geograph.org.uk) Hippenscombe at old-maps.co.uk Hamlets in Wiltshire

James Judd (born 1949) is a British conductor. James Judd may also refer to: James Judd (judge), Australian judge James Judd (legislator) (1884–1961), American legislator from Utah and leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Management of acute coronary syndrome is targeted against the effects of reduced blood flow to the affected area of the heart muscle, usually because of a blood clot in one of the coronary arteries, the vessels that supply oxygenated blood to the myocardium. This is achieved with urgent hospitalization and medical therapy, including drugs that relieve chest pain and reduce the size of the infarct, and drugs that inhibit clot formation; for a subset of patients invasive measures are also employed (coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention). Basic principles of management are the same for all types of acute coronary syndrome. However, some important aspects of treatment depend on the presence or absence of elevation of the ST segment on the electrocardiogram, which classifies cases upon presentation to either ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) or non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome (NST-ACS); the latter includes unstable angina and non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI). Treatment is generally more aggressive for STEMI patients, and reperfusion therapy is more often reserved for them. Long-term therapy is necessary for prevention of recurrent events and complications. General principles Acute coronary syndromes are caused by sudden and critical reduction of blood flow in one of the coronary arteries, the vessels that supply oxygenated blood to the myocardium (heart muscle), typically by a blood clot. The principal symptom is typically chest pain, known as angina pectoris; people who present with angina must prompt evaluation for possible acute coronary syndrome. Acute coronary syndromes are classified to two major categories, according to the patient's electrocardiogram, and specifically the presence or absence of persistent (>20 min) ST segment elevation (or left bundle branch block). Patients with acute coronary syndrome and ST elevation are said to have ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and they tend to have one of their coronary arteries totally blocked. Damage is reversible for approximately 20-30 minutes after complete obstruction of blood flow; thereafter myocardial cell death ensues and progresses as time passes. Therefore, complete and sustained restoration of blood flow must be as prompt as possible to ensure maximum salvage of functional myocardium, a principle expressed in the maxim "time is muscle". This is achieved with reperfusion therapy, which is based on invasive reopening of the affected coronary artery with primary percutaneous coronary intervention, or non-invasive breaking up of the responsible blood clot with a thrombolytic drug. Patients without ST segment elevation are said to have non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome and tend not to have full occlusion of a coronary artery. If there is evidence of myocardial cell death (especially elevated cardiac biomarkers) they are considered to have a non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI); otherwise they are classified with unstable angina. Their management is based on the estimation of their risk for adverse events. Patients at low risk can be adequately treated with medical therapy, in many ways similar to the one used for STEMI (but excluding thrombolytics). Those at moderate to high risk benefit from an early invasive strategy, which includes coronary angiography and, if necessary, revascularization with percutaneous coronary intervention or coronary artery bypass surgery. Medical therapy for acute coronary syndromes is based on drugs that act against ischemia and resultant angina and limit the infarct size (i.e., the area of myocardium that is affected), as well as drugs that inhibit clot formation. The latter include antiplatelet agents, which block the activation and aggregation of platelets (cellular blood components that contribute to clot formation), and anticoagulant agents (which attenuate the coagulation cascade). Long-term therapy in acute coronary syndrome survivors is targeted against recurrence and long-term complications (secondary prevention). Women are taken less seriously than men when they have a heart attack leading to higher mortality among women. Patient-dependent initial measures Because of the relationship between the duration of myocardial ischemia and the extent of damage to heart muscle, public health services encourage people experiencing possible acute coronary syndrome symptoms or those around them to immediately call emergency medical services. Patients with known coronary artery disease who have been prescribed nitroglycerin should promptly take one dose, and call emergency medical services if their symptoms do not improve within 2–5 minutes. Patients should not be transported to hospital by private vehicles instead of an ambulance, unless evacuation by land or air ambulance is impossible (e.g., dangerous weather in a very remote area), and if they must be, it should be done if possible with someone trained in cardiac first aid. Chewing non−enteric-coated aspirin is encouraged (unless there are contraindications). Health care professionals are responsible for teaching their patients at risk of acute coronary syndrome what the symptoms of this condition are, and that it is imperative to seek urgent medical attention in case they present. Emergency services Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems vary considerably in their ability to evaluate and treat patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction. Some provide as little as first aid and early defibrillation. Others employ highly trained paramedics with sophisticated technology and advanced protocols. Paramedic services are capable of providing oxygen, IV access, sublingual nitroglycerine, morphine, and aspirin. Some advanced paramedic systems can also perform 12-lead ECGs. If a STEMI is recognized the paramedic may be able to contact the local PCI hospital and alert the emergency room physician, and staff of the suspected AMI. Some Paramedic services are capable of providing thrombolytic therapy in the prehospital setting, allowing reperfusion of the myocardium. With primary PCI emerging as the preferred therapy for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, EMS can play a key role in reducing door-to-balloon intervals (the time from presentation to a hospital ER to the restoration of coronary artery blood flow) by performing a 12-lead ECG in the field and using this information to triage the patient to the most appropriate medical facility. In addition, the 12-lead ECG can be transmitted to the receiving hospital, which enables time saving decisions to be made prior to the arrival of the patient. This may include a "cardiac alert" or "STEMI alert" that calls in off duty personnel in areas where the cardiac cath lab is not staffed 24 hours a day. Even in the absence of a formal alerting program, prehospital 12-lead ECGs are independently associated with reduced door to treatment intervals in the emergency department. Initial diagnostic approach In patients with symptoms typical of myocardial ischemia an electrocardiogram must be immediately obtained - e.g., within 10 minutes from first contact with medical or paramedical personnel, including prehospital setting; the electrocardiographic findings will guide the subsequent management. Patients with elevation of the ST segment (or presumed new left bundle branch block) are treated based on guidelines for ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and must undergo reperfusion therapy as soon as possible. Serum cardiac biomarkers are routinely obtained and their elevation is necessary for confirming diagnosis of myocardial infarction; however, reperfusion must not be delayed by waiting for the results. Patients without the above findings are initially classified with non ST elevation acute coronary syndrome, and subsequent cardiac biomarker results will differentiate between true non ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) and unstable angina. Relief of angina Relief of the pain of angina is of paramount importance, not only for humane reasons but because the pain is associated with sympathetic activation that causes vasoconstriction and increases the workload of the heart. The pain of myocardial ischemia is likely to respond to any intervention that improves the relationship between oxygen demand and supply, like nitrates, beta blockers and oxygen. Nitrates Nitrates, like nitroglycerin, dilate blood vessels, which is beneficial against myocardial ischemia in two ways: By increasing blood flow in the coronary arteries and the amount of oxygen that arrives to heart muscle; and by relaxing all blood vessels in the body, thereby reducing the workload that heart needs to produce against them and the oxygen it consumes. The preferred mode of administration is sublingually. By relaxing blood vessels nitrates also reduce blood pressure, which must be carefully monitored; they must not be used if hypotension is present. They must also be avoided in patients who have taken sildenafil or other phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors (used for erectile dysfunction) within the previous 24–48 hours, as the combination of the two could cause a serious drop in blood pressure. Intravenous nitrates are useful in patients with hypertension or pulmonary edema. Beta blockers By reducing sympathetic stimulation of the heart, beta blockers decrease heart rate, blood pressure and cardiac output, and hence heart oxygen consumption. Beta-blockers alleviate ischemic pain, and have also been proved to reduce the size of infarcted heart muscle, the risk of arrhythmias, and the proportion of patients with acute coronary syndrome who actually evolve STEMI. However, they have also been shown to increase the risk of acute heart failure. Their early use is contraindicated if there are signs of congestive heart failure (e.g., Killip class II or above) or hypotension, along with other contraindications to beta blockers (slow heart rate, atrioventricular block); in the absence of contraindications beta blocker therapy should begin in the first 24 hours. It may be prudent to prefer oral rather than intravenous forms. Oxygen therapy Initial administration of oxygen to all patients with acute coronary syndrome is common practice; however, there is no evidence to support or refute that supplemental oxygen might be harmful or beneficial for cardiac patients who do not need it. It is currently recommended to give oxygen only to breathless patients or when blood oxygen saturation is low, e.g. <90%. Analgesics Analgesic agents that are most commonly used are opioids, and especially morphine, which is considered the analgesic of choice in patients with ST elevation. Along with its pain-controlling properties, morphine also reduces the work of breathing, alleviates breathlessness, reduces anxiety and has favorable action on hemodynamic parameters and cardiac oxygen consumption. However, in patients presenting without ST elevation, morphine has been shown to have adverse events potential, and its use is considered acceptable only after inadequate pain relief by medication specific against angina. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are contraindicated for both categories of patients. Antiplatelet drugs All patients with acute coronary syndrome must immediately receive antiplatelet therapy, including aspirin and generally a second oral antiplatelet agent. Bleeding is the most important side-effect of antiplatelets. Aspirin Aspirin inhibits platelet aggregation and formation of blood clots. It is effective across the entire spectrum of acute coronary syndromes, and it actually has been shown to reduce the rate of death in patients with STEMI and in patients presenting without ST elevation. Aspirin is contraindicated in patients with documented allergy or known platelet disorder. Patients who have had gastrointestinal symptoms while on long-term aspirin therapy are usually able to tolerate aspirin in the short term. For patients with true intolerance to aspirin clopidogrel is recommended. Lower doses need days to achieve full antiplatelet effect, therefore a loading dose is necessary for patients who are not already on aspirin. P2Y12 inhibitors Aside from aspirin, three antiplatelet agents taken by mouth have been approved for use in acute coronary syndromes, clopidogrel, ticagrelor and prasugrel; all reduce platelet aggregation by inhibiting the P2Y12 receptor, a type of adenosine phosphate receptor, on the surface of platelets. Not all three of them are equally indicated in all types of acute coronary syndromes. In patients with ST elevation the choice of P2Y12 inhibitor depends on reperfusion strategy; for patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention ticagrelor and prasugrel are considered superior to clopidogrel, as they are more potent and have more rapid onset of action, at the cost of some increase in bleeding risk; for STEMI patients who are treated with fibrinolysis and those who do not undergo reperfusion treatment only clopidogrel is indicated. Prasugrel must not be given to patients with a history of ischemic stroke or aged 75 years or older. In patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome current guidelines also recommend immediate administration of dual antiplatelet therapy upon diagnosis; clopidogrel and ticagrelor are indicated in this setting, with ticagrelor considered superior for patients undergoing early invasive strategy (see later). However, emerging evidence questions this strategy. As with aspirin, it is necessary to administer a loading dose. Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors are a class of intravenous antiplatelet agents used in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention, consisting of abciximab, eptifibatide and tirofiban. Patients presenting with ST elevation that will be reperfused with percutaneous coronary intervention may receive one of the above agents at the time of catheterization, or perhaps before. Administering eptifibatide or tirofiban may also be reasonable in patients presenting with NST-ACS who are considered of intermediate or high risk and are treated with early invasive strategy. Anticoagulants Anticoagulants in acute coronary syndrome are targeted against the coronary blood clot, as well as towards prevention of thrombotic complications, like formation of blood clots in the ventricles, stroke, pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis. Patients undergoing PCI also need an anticoagulant to prevent catheter thrombosis. Options include unfractionated heparin, enoxaparin (a low molecular weight heparin), fondaparinux (a pentasaccharide antagonist of factor Xa) and bivalirudin (a direct thrombin inhibitor); all the above agents are given parenterally (subcutaneously or intravenously). Unfractionated heparin has the disadvantage of requiring dose adjustment based on a laboratory exam, activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT). In STEMI patients choice depends on the reperfusion strategy used (see below); bivalirudin is used when PCI is employed only, while in the same case fondaparinux is not preferred. Similarly, in Non-STE ACS bivalirudin too is only used when an early invasive strategy is chosen. Reperfusion The concept of reperfusion has become so central to the modern treatment of acute myocardial infarction, that we are said to be in the reperfusion era. Patients who present with suspected acute myocardial infarction and ST segment elevation (STEMI) or new bundle branch block on the 12 lead ECG are presumed to have an occlusive thrombosis in an epicardial coronary artery. They are therefore candidates for immediate reperfusion, either with thrombolytic therapy, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or when these therapies are unsuccessful, bypass surgery. Individuals without ST segment elevation are presumed to be experiencing either unstable angina (UA) or non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI). They receive many of the same initial therapies and are often stabilized with antiplatelet drugs and anticoagulated. If their condition remains (hemodynamically) stable, they can be offered either late coronary angiography with subsequent restoration of blood flow (revascularization), or non-invasive stress testing to determine if there is significant ischemia that would benefit from revascularization. If hemodynamic instability develops in individuals with NSTEMIs, they may undergo urgent coronary angiography and subsequent revascularization. The use of thrombolytic agents is contraindicated in this patient subset, however. The basis for this distinction in treatment regimens is that ST segment elevations on an ECG are typically due to complete occlusion of a coronary artery. On the other hand, in NSTEMIs there is typically a sudden narrowing of a coronary artery with preserved (but diminished) flow to the distal myocardium. Anticoagulation and antiplatelet agents are given to prevent the narrowed artery from occluding. At least 10% of patients with STEMI do not develop myocardial necrosis (as evidenced by a rise in cardiac markers) and subsequent Q waves on EKG after reperfusion therapy. Such a successful restoration of flow to the infarct-related artery during an acute myocardial infarction is known as "aborting" the myocardial infarction. If treated within the hour, about 25% of STEMIs can be aborted. Rehabilitation Additional objectives are to prevent life-threatening arrhythmias or conduction disturbances. This requires monitoring in a coronary care unit and protocolized administration of antiarrhythmic agents. Antiarrhythmic agents are typically only given to individuals with life-threatening arrhythmias after a myocardial infarction and not to suppress the ventricular ectopy that is often seen after a myocardial infarction. Cardiac rehabilitation aims to optimize function and quality of life in those affected by a heart disease. This can be with the help of a physician, or in the form of a cardiac rehabilitation program. Physical exercise is an important part of rehabilitation after a myocardial infarction, with beneficial effects on cholesterol levels, blood pressure, weight, stress and mood. Some patients become afraid of exercising because it might trigger another infarct. Patients are encouraged to exercise, and should only avoid certain exerting activities. Local authorities may place limitations on driving motor vehicles. In most cases, the advice is a gradual increase in physical exercise during about 6–8 weeks following an MI. If it doesn't feel too hard for the patient, the advice about exercise is then the same as applies to anyone else to gain health benefits, that is, at least 20–30 minutes of moderate exercise on most days (at least five days per week) to the extent of getting slightly short of breath. Some people are afraid to have sex after a heart attack. Most people can resume sexual activities after 3 to 4 weeks. The amount of activity needs to be dosed to the patient's possibilities. Special cases Cocaine Cocaine associated myocardial infarction should be managed in a manner similar to other patients with acute coronary syndrome, except that beta blockers should not be used and benzodiazepines should be administered early. The treatment itself may have complications. If attempts to restore the blood flow are initiated after a critical period of only a few hours, the result may be a reperfusion injury instead of amelioration. Wilderness setting In wilderness first aid, a possible heart attack justifies evacuation by the fastest available means, often meaning the initiation of a MEDEVAC. The suspicion or provisional diagnosis of an MI means that it is inappropriate for the patient to walk out of the wilderness setting and will require them to be carried or conveyed in a vehicle. Aspirin, nitroglycerin, and oxygen can all be given with relative ease in a wilderness setting and should be administered as soon as possible in suspected cases of MI. Wilderness management of cardiac arrest differs slightly from that carried out in an urban setting in that it is generally considered acceptable to terminate a resuscitation attempt after 30 minutes if there has been no change in the patient's condition. Air travel Certified personnel traveling by commercial aircraft may be able to assist an MI patient by using the on-board first aid kit, which may contain some cardiac drugs (such as glyceryl trinitrate spray, aspirin, or opioid painkillers), an AED, and oxygen. Pilots may divert the flight to land at a nearby airport. Cardiac monitors are being introduced by some airlines, and they can be used by both on-board and ground-based physicians. References Selected cited works Aging-associated diseases Cardiovascular diseases Ischemic heart diseases Medical emergencies Cardiac procedures

The 2013 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on August 24 and 25, 2013 at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium. It was the eighth round of the 2013 GP2 Series. The race supported the 2013 Belgian Grand Prix. Classification Qualifying Feature race Sprint race See also 2013 Belgian Grand Prix 2013 Spa-Francorchamps GP3 Series round References Spa-Francorchamps GP2

Linette Lopez (born ) is an American journalist who focuses on U.S. politics and economics, and writes columns for Business Insider. As a senior finance editor, she has investigated companies involved with public-facing controversies, and is most widely known for her coverage of Tesla, Inc. A regular contributor to Marketplace produced by American Public Media, Lopez teaches as an adjunct professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She has also been a frequent commentator on CNN, MSNBC, and Real Time with Bill Maher. In 2017, Lopez was recognized as a "Rising Star" in the Folio: Top Women in Media honors. In 2020, she received the Excellence in Financial Journalism Award from the New York State Society of CPAs (NYSSCPA) for her opinion piece, “The Huawei indictment marks the end of US and China's cycle of trust”. In June 2023, Lopez was awarded the New York Press Club Award for Journalism for her article, "The Stock Market Had It Coming". Early life and education The daughter of immigrants from the Dominican Republic, Lopez was born in Elkins, West Virginia. She is fluent in Spanish. Her father was a physician who did his residency in Buffalo, New York. She went to State College Area High School in State College, Pennsylvania. Lopez studied history and sociology at Columbia University, and received her Bachelor of Arts degree in 2008. She was a press intern for New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, and worked for one year for New York state senator Jeff Klein. Deciding to pursue a career in journalism, she went back to the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia. In graduate school, she studied business, wrote about underground music, and investigated misinformation emanating from Russia, and completed her degree in 2011. Career Lopez was an early employee at Business Insider, joining in 2011 as a markets intern. She became a breaking news reporter and covered Occupy Wall Street. Lopez went on to take over as editor of the finance section and started covering corporate fraud. More recently, she has worked as a columnist at Business Insider. According to Common Ground by Jane Whitney, which has featured Lopez as a panelist, her willingness to "[take] on titans in tech, politics, and business" ranging from Mark Zuckerberg to Donald Trump has made her the target of "intimidatory social media campaigns that have become all too familiar to 21st century journalists". Coverage of Elon Musk's businesses At Insider, Lopez covered entrepreneur Elon Musk's businesses, exposing issues including alleged safety lapses at Tesla, Inc. She also questioned the ethics and motivation behind some of his financial transactions, such as his 2016 bailout of SolarCity, a company founded by his cousins which had accumulated massive debt. In 2018, Lopez wrote that Tesla had stopped performing a brake test on its Model 3 electric sedan, in an effort to accelerate production at its assembly line, which had been fraught with problems. In 2019, she wrote that she had "counted at least 20 reported incidents of Teslas catching on fire since 2013 and five deaths in the past 14 months". In 2020, Lopez wrote articles accusing Tesla of selling the Model S, despite being aware of a battery design flaw that could lead to fires as early as 2012. Although industry observers such as InsideEVs expressed skepticism because Lopez had chosen not to publish the two analysis reports written by external engineering firms which concluded that the aluminum used in manufacturing was prone to cracks, Russ Mitchell of The Los Angeles Times subsequently confirmed the claims in her Business Insider story after reviewing the contents of the emails and documents, and interviewing his own sources. Her coverage of Tesla specifically ended in 2021. Retaliation by Musk In 2018, Musk openly disputed Lopez's reporting by claiming that she had written "several false articles". He also falsely claimed Lopez was on the payroll of short sellers betting against Tesla and, in the case of Martin Tripp's whistleblowing, paid bribes to Tripp to steal company secrets. Writing for Slate, Felix Salmon said in 2018 that "Musk's harassment of Lopez is obsessive and deranged" and that it went beyond stalking, because he was "setting his army of fanboys loose on Lopez". In 2022, Lopez's Twitter account was suspended following the December 15, 2022 Twitter suspensions of many journalists, whom Musk accused of doxing his whereabouts. Her account remained blocked without explanation after other journalists had theirs reinstated days later. According to Lopez, her account had been suspended after sharing court documents on Twitter alleging that Musk had hacked and doxed people. Several journalists and researchers tweeted their support for Lopez, noting that she had been "early & tireless in reporting issues at Musk's companies" and highlighting her past coverage. Selected articles Occupy Wall Street Lopez, Linette (October 14, 2011). "Occupy Wall Street's Plans for a National Convention". Business Insider. Lopez, Linette (October 14, 2011). "Another Huge Weekend: Occupy Wall Street Is Coming to Your Neighborhood". CNBC. Lopez, Linette (October 20, 2011). "The Occupy Wall Street TV Ad Could Actually Air on TV". The Atlantic. Johnson, Robert and Lopez, Linette (November 14, 2011). "This Weekend's Occupy Crackdowns May Be The Beginning Of The End For Protest Groups". Business Insider. Jonnson, Robert and Lopez, Linette (November 15, 2011). "This Week's Occupy Evictions Were Systematically Plotted By The Nation's Mayors." Business Insider. Lopez, Linette and Du, Lisa (May 1, 2012). "Occupy Wall Street Has Gathered In Union Square, And The Demonstration Looks HUGE". Business Insider. Lopez, Linette (January 16, 2014). "How Occupy Wall Street Won in One Chart". Business Insider. Tesla Lopez, Linette (June 4, 2018). "Internal documents reveal Tesla is blowing through an insane amount of raw material and cash to make Model 3s, and production is still a nightmare". Business Insider. Lopez, Linette (July 3, 2018). "Elon Musk ordered Tesla engineers to stop doing a critical brake test on Model 3s". Business Insider. Lopez, Linette (April 26, 2019). "Life, death, and spontaneous combustion — here's why the debate about Tesla fires just got more fierce". Business Insider. Lopez, Linette (May 22, 2019). "One of Tesla's biggest bulls just turned around and trashed the company on a private call with Wall Street". Business Insider. Lopez, Linette (October 30, 2019). "The future of Elon Musk's empire was in peril in 2016, and new documents reveal more about the desperate plan to save it". Business Insider. Lopez, Linette (June 24, 2020). "Tesla knew its Model S battery had a design flaw that could lead to leaks and ultimately fires, starting in 2012. It sold the car anyway." Business Insider. Lopez, Linette (June 25, 2020). "Leaked Tesla emails tell the story of a design flaw discovered in 2012 in the Model S battery that could lead to breakdowns and fires". Business Insider. Lopez, Linette (December 1, 2020). "The bizarre case of Elon Musk and the Tesla whistleblower has closed, but questions about millions of dollars wasted at the Gigafactory remain". Business Insider. References External links https://www.insider.com/author/linette-lopez Living people 21st-century American journalists American online journalists American women journalists Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women writers Columbia College (New York) alumni Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alumni

The 1948 season was the thirty-seventh season for Santos FC. References External links Official Site Santos 1948 1948 in Brazilian football

Contrahierbas, also called Yanarraju (possibly from Quechua yana black, rahu snow, ice, mountain with snow) or Ruricocha (possibly from Quechua ruri inside, Ancash Quechua ruri interior; inside; deep; valley or little river; qucha lake), is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is situated in the Ancash Region in the provinces Asunción, Carhuaz and Yungay. Contrahierbas is located inside Huascarán National Park, northeast of Hualcán. See also Quishuar (archaeological site) Huacramarca Yanarraju Lake References External links Mountains of Peru Mountains of Ancash Region Glaciers of Peru

Fort Dixon, located along the banks of the Rock River in present day Dixon, Illinois, served as a military base during the Black Hawk War. History While currently known as Dixon, Illinois, the town was named Dixon's Ferry at the time of the construction of the fort. On May 22, 1832, Fort Dixon was officially named as a base by General Henry Atkinson. Because the site was centrally located between Fort Dearborn, Fort Armstrong, and Fort Clark, General Atkinson established Fort Dixon as his command post. Additionally, the Illinois militia used the ferry to transport troops and supplies across the river. Many notable soldiers served at Fort Dixon, including Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Winfield Scott, and Zachary Taylor. Replica According to a Fort Dixon website , citizens interested in rebuilding a Fort Dixon replica are encouraged to contact the group for further information . See also Fort Dearborn Fort Armstrong Fort Clark References External links Fort Dixon Mainpage Welcome to Dixon, Illinois Black Hawk War Black Hawk War forts

The Honiara FA League is an association football competition based in Honiara, Solomon Islands, where all the clubs based in Honiara, played each other in an inaugural league format. Teams List of all teams that participated. Hana FC HPF FC Junior Flamingo FC K1 United FC Laugu United FC Koloale FC Kossa FC Makuru FC Marist FC Naha F.C. Rangers FC Solomon Warriors FC Sunbeam FC Zome Mars FC Winners References Football leagues in the Solomon Islands Honiara

Depressaria multifidae is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by John Frederick Gates Clarke in 1933. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Oregon, Washington, Idaho and California. The wingspan is 17–21 mm. The larvae feed on Lomatium columbianum, Lomatium grayi and Pteryxia terebinthina. References Moths described in 1933 Depressaria Moths of North America

John Weston Nature Reserve is a nature reserve north of Walton-on-the-Naze in Essex. It is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust. This site is named after its former warden, who died in 1984. It has rough grassland, blackthorn and bramble scrub and four ponds. Nesting birds include the lesser and common whitethroat, and there are flora such as slender thistle, pepper saxifrage and fenugreek. There is access from Naze Park Road. References Essex Wildlife Trust

Blessed Michael may refer to: Blessed Michał Sopoćko, the Apostle of Divine Mercy Blessed Michał Kozal, bishop and martyr See also Saint Michael

Doumea angolensis is a species of loach catfish endemic to Angola where it is found in the Benguela interior and the Kwanza River system. It reaches lengths of 7 cm. References Doumea Endemic fauna of Angola Freshwater fish of Angola Catfish of Africa Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger Fish described in 1906

The Tenpin Bowling Association of South Africa (TBASA) is the recognised official governing body of the sport of ten-pin bowling in South Africa. It is the sanctioning body recognised by World Bowling, the sport's world governing body to organise competitions in South Africa, and is responsible for the growth and development of the sport. It is also affiliated to European Tenpin Bowling Federation, Commonwealth Tenpin Bowling Federation, as well as SASCOC. TBASA is responsible for the award of official coaching qualifications for the sport in South Africa. TBASA organises competitions at all levels of development and was behind the founding of the continental governing body World Bowling Africa in 2016, in an attempt to establish and develop the African zone of tenpin bowling in conjunction with World Bowling. The South African tenpin bowling men's and women's national team won the inaugural African Nations Tournament in 2017. TBASA holds national competitions for singles, teams and seniors (over 50) including the TBASA Cup. Players See also Sport in South Africa References External links Official website World Bowling website Bowling organizations Tenpin bowling Tenpin bowling in South Africa

Miresa is a genus of moths in the family Limacodidae described by Francis Walker in 1855. Description Palpi not reaching beyond frontal tuft. Antennae of male with serrated distal half, mid and hind tibia with terminal pairs of spurs. Forewings with veins 7, 8 and 9 stalked. Hindwings with veins 6 and 7 on a short stalk or from cell. Species Miresa albipuncta Herrich-Schäffer, 1854 (India, Sri Lanka) Miresa argentifera Walker (Sri Lanka) Miresa basirufa Hering, 1941 (Congo) Miresa bilineata Hering, 1928 Miresa bracteata Butler, 1880 (India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand) Miresa burmensis Hering (China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam) Miresa clarissa (Stoll, 1790) (Costa Rica, French Guiana) Miresa demangei de Joannis (Bhutan, China, Myanmar, Vietnam) Miresa exigua (China, Myanmar) Miresa fangae Wu & Solovyev, 2011 (China) Miresa fulgida Wileman (China, Taiwan, Vietnam) Miresa gilba Karsch, 1899 (Ghana) Miresa gliricidiae Hering, 1933 (Sierra Leone) Miresa habenichti Wichgraf, 1913 (Mozambique) Miresa kwangtungensis Hering, 1931 (China, Laos, Vietnam) Miresa livida West, 1940 (Congo) Miresa polargenta Wu & Solovyev, 2011 (Vietnam) Miresa rorida (Laos, Thailand) Miresa sagitovae (Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam) Miresa semicalida Hampson, 1910 (Congo, Zambia) Miresa sibinoides Hering, 1931 Miresa strigivena Hampson, 190 (Nigeria) Miresa urga Hering, 1933 (China) References - with images External links Limacodidae genera Limacodidae Taxa named by Francis Walker (entomologist)

Horace John Foley (23 November 1900 – 3 July 1989) was an Australian medical practitioner and mayor of Glebe. Foley was born at Mudgee to schoolteacher James Foley and Margaret Mary, née English. He attended Mudgee High School before studying medicine at the University of Sydney, from which he graduated in 1926. He practised first at Strathfield before moving to Glebe, where he worked for the rest of his career. He married Sarah Agnes May Farmer at St Joseph's Catholic Church in Rockdale on 23 November 1932. Foley was a member of the Labor Party, and supported Premier Jack Lang in the 1930s split. He ran unsuccessfully for the state seat of Burwood in 1932 before winning election to Glebe Council in December 1934, serving as mayor in 1937 and 1938. He clashed with Lang and in December 1937 led his own group, the "Foley Labor Party", which defeated Lang's forces at the municipal elections. In 1938 he ran for the state seat of Glebe for the Industrial Labor Party, which opposed Lang. Foley was convicted in 1938 of misusing council vehicles; he was fined and disqualified from sitting on the council. Lang's second splinter party, the Australian Labor Party (Non-Communist) (after 1941 simply Lang Labor), appealed to Foley's anti-communist leanings and he ran federally for West Sydney in 1943 and 1949 and for the state seat of King in 1944, 1947 and 1950. He was elected to Sydney Municipal Council in 1945 for Phillip ward and Glebe Council in 1947; when the two amalgamated, Foley's Lang Labor ticket defeated the official Labor group for the Glebe seats. He resigned from the council in 1950 but served again 1953–56. Foley rejoined the ALP in 1957 and soon gained control of the branch of Glebe North, analogous to the branch he had controlled in the 1930s. He was a councillor on Hornsby Shire Council from 1962 to 1965 and served for the Glebe ward on Leichhardt Municipal Council from 1968 to 1971. Remembered as a socially conservative Catholic in a working-class community, Foley has a park named after him in Glebe. He died at Croydon in 1989 and was buried in Rookwood Cemetery. In 1964, the Sydney City Council renamed the Glebe Rest Park as the "Dr H J Foley Rest Park" in his honour. References 1900 births 1989 deaths Lang Labor politicians University of Sydney alumni Politicians from Sydney 20th-century Australian politicians Mayors of The Glebe Australian Labor Party councillors

The 1936–37 Belfast Charity Cup was the 54th edition of the Belfast Charity Cup, a cup competition in Northern Irish football. Belfast Celtic won the tournament after defeating Distillery 1–0 in the final. Results Quarter-finals |} Semi-finals |} Final References External links Northern Ireland - List of Belfast Charity Cup Winners 1936–37 in Northern Ireland association football

Habib Umar bin Hafiz (; ; born 27 May 1963) is a Yemeni Sunni and Sufi Islamic scholar, teacher, and founder and dean of Dar al-Mustafa Islamic seminary. He also a member of the Supreme Advisory Council for the Tabah Foundation in Abu Dhabi. Background Habib Omar bin Hafiz was born on 27 May 1963 CE or 4 Muharram 1383 AH in Tarim, Hadhramaut, Yemen, and raised in a household that possessed a tradition and lineage of Islamic scholarship and righteousness by his father. His father was Muhammad bin Salim bin Hafiz, a Habib and mufti of Tarim, a pious caller to Islam, scholar, and a martyr of the communist uprising. He is a Sayyid (a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad), through his grandson Husayn ibn Ali. The surname "Hafiz" comes from his great grandfather's name, a branch of the family of "Shaykh Abubakr bin Salim", which is also the name of his paternal thirteenth generation progenitor. His lineage is recorded as follows: He is Umar bin Muhammad, bin Salim, bin Hafiz, bin Abd Allah, bin Abu Bakr, bin Aydarus, bin Umar, bin Aydarus, bin Umar, bin Abu Bakr, bin Aydarus, bin Husayn, bin Fakhr al-Wujūd al-Shaykh Abu Bakr, bin Salim, bin Abd Allah, bin Abd al-Rahman, bin Abd Allah, bin Abd al-Rahman al-Saqqaf, bin Muhammad Mawla al-Dawilah, bin Ali Mawla al-Darak, bin Alawi al-Ghayur, bin Muhammad al-Faqih al-Muqaddam, bin Ali, bin Muhammad Sahib al-Mirbat, bin Ali Khali Qasam, bin Alawi al-Thani, bin Muhammad Sahib al-Sawma'ah, bin Alawi al-Awwal, bin Ubayd Allah, bin Ahmad al-Muhajir, bin Isa al-Rumi, bin Muhammad al-Naqib, bin Ali al-Uraydi, bin Ja'far al-Sadiq, bin Muhammad al-Baqir, bin Ali Zayn al-Abidin, bin Husayn, bin Ali bin Abi Talib and Fatimah al-Zahra, the daughter of Muhammad. Early life Having memorized the Qu'ran at a very young age, Habib also studied and memorized core texts in Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), the Arabic, Hadith (Prophetic traditions) and many other religious sciences. He studied Islamic sciences including spirituality from his father. Later, he enrolled at the Ribat of al-Bayda', where he began studying the traditional Islamic sciences under the tutelage of Al-Habib Muhammad bin Abd-Allah al-Haddar, as well as under the Shafi‘i jurist and scholar Al-Habib Zain bin Sumait. Habib Omar was given permission to teach soon after. He then studied under the mufti of Ta‘iz, al-Habib Ibrahim bin Aqil bin Yahya. He also studied under Shaikh al-Habib Muhammad al-Haddar, who gave him his daughter's hand in marriage. Bin Hafiz then traveled to the Hejaz and studied several books with scholars, including Al-Habib Abdul Qadir bin Ahmad al-Saqqaf, Al-Habib Ahmed Mashur al-Haddad, and Al-Habib Attas al-Habashi. At the age of 15, Habib began to teach, while continuing to study and receive lessons. Career After returning to Tarim, bin Hafiz established Dar al-Mustafa, an Islamic educational seminary. Habib currently lives in Tarim, where he oversees the development of Dar al-Mustafa and the schools that have been set up under his management. Dar al-Mustafa has been featured in The New York Times. His seminary accepts students from a variety of countries. Some of his prominent students in the UK include Shaykh Ibrahim Osi Efa, and in the United States, Shaykh Abdul Karim Yahya and Shaykh John (Yahya) Rhodus, while his prominent students in Indonesia include the late Habib Munzir Al-Musawa. Habib travels regularly to meet with students and leaders, deliver talks and media interviews, and participate in official and private functions. Among the places he has been include: the Persian Gulf states, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, Sudan, Mali, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, the Comoros Islands, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Australia, Britain, France, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, and Spain. He has connected to the chains of transmission of the scholars of these regions. In 2006, Habib met with Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri; they exchanged knowledge on Islam, and he also received an Ijazah (certificate to teach) of Hadith from Tahir-ul-Qadri. In 2007, Habib joined the ranks of the world's leading Muslim academics and scholars as a signatory to A Common Word Between Us and You, a document that builds bridges between the Muslim and Christian communities. He has also spoken at Cambridge University on the need for such a dialogue. In July 2008, he partnered with Muslim Aid Australia as founder of Yemen-based NGO Al-Rafah Charitable Society to address issues of poverty and hunger and lack of sufficient health care that affect areas of Tarim. In 2011, Habib toured the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States for outreach purposes and da'wah (calling others to Islam). Recognition In 2019, Habib was listed at number 8 in The 500 Most Influential Muslims, an annual ranking compiled by Georgetown University's Prince Al-Waleed Center for Muslim–Christian Understanding and the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre of Jordan. Habib has appeared in the list's top 50 every year since its inaugural publication in 2009. Writings and publications Habib has many audio and visual publications as well as writings. Among the latter are: Mukhtar al-Hadith: Selection of Noble Prophetic Traditions (published in 2011 by the Ribat Institute; ) Two collections of hadith: Selections from Shifa al-Saqim (al-Mukhtar min Shifa al-Saqim) and The Light of Faith From the Speech of the Beloved of al-Rahman (Nur al-Iman min Kalam Habib al-Rahman) Aid to Those Seeking the Creator's Pleasure, by Clarifying the Noble Traits of Character (Is’af Talibi Rida al-Khallaq bi Bayan Makarim al-Akhlaq) Advice to Students (Tawjihat al-Tullab) Our Traits (Khuluquna) Forthpourings of Favor from the Mercy of the Giver of Favors (Fa’idat al-mann min Rahamat Wahhab al-Minan) Directing the Intelligent to the Contentment of the Beneficent (Tawjih al-Nabih li-Mardat Barih) The Glorious Treasure (al-Dhakira al-Musharrafa) The Summary of Prophetic Aid, a book of invocations (Khuslasa al-Maddad al-Nabawi fil-Adhkar) Two mawlids, celebrating the life of Muhammad: The Shimmering Light Mentioning the Birth of the Interceding Prophet (al-Diya al-Lami' fi Dhikr Mawlid al-Nabi al-Shafi') and The Pure Drink Mentioning the Life of the Fullest of Moons (al-Sharab al-Tuhur fi Dhikri Sirati Badri al-Budur) The Forthpouring of Spiritual Aid, a Compilation of Sermons (Fayd al-Imdad) The Preacher’s Refinement (Thaqafat al- Khatib) A collection of poetry See also 2016 international conference on Sunni Islam in Grozny Islam in Yemen List of Yemenis Ba'Alawi Ash'ari Shafi'i Sufism Hamza yusuf Ali al-Jifri Dr. Abdul Hakim MuradTimothy Winter Murabit al-Hajj References External links Official Website Facebook Page of Habib Omar 1963 births Living people Asharis Shafi'is Yemeni Sufis Sunni Sufis Muslim reformers Scholars of Sufism Yemeni Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam Yemeni imams Hadhrami people Hashemite people 20th-century Yemeni people

Prince Blessed (foaled 1957 in Kentucky) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who, at $77,000, was the highest priced yearling auctioned in 1958. He is best known for winning the 1961 Hollywood Gold Cup as well as for siring Ole Bob Bowers who in turn sired the two-time American Horse of the Year and U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, John Henry. Pedigree References External links Prince Blessed's pedigree and partial racing stats 1957 racehorse births Racehorses bred in Kentucky Racehorses trained in the United States Thoroughbred family 21-a

General George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie, (23 October 1770 – 21 March 1838), styled Lord Ramsay until 1787, and Baron Dalhousie from 1815, was a Scottish soldier and colonial administrator. He was Governor of Nova Scotia from 1816 to 1820, Governor General of British North America from 1820 to 1828 and later Commander-in-Chief in India. In turn, his son, James Andrew Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie, would later serve as Governor-General of India. Background and education Dalhousie was born at Dalhousie Castle, Midlothian, the son of George Ramsay, 8th Earl of Dalhousie, and Elizabeth, daughter of Andrew Glen. He was educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh, and the University of Edinburgh. Military career After his father's death in 1787, Dalhousie joined the British Army in July 1788 by purchasing a cornetcy in the 3rd Dragoons, and was later appointed to the captaincy of an independent company he himself had raised. He joined the 2nd battalion of the 1st Foot in January 1791, and purchased the rank of major in the 2nd Foot in June 1792. He travelled with the regiment to Martinique, as its commander, and succeeded to the lieutenant-colonelcy in August 1794. He was severely wounded in 1795 and returned to Britain. In 1798 he served in the Irish Rebellion, and in 1799 throughout the Flanders campaign. He received the brevet rank of colonel in January 1800, and fought in the later stages of the Egyptian campaign under Ralph Abercromby, capturing Rosetta without a fight and successfully investing the nearby Fort Julien in April 1801. In 1803 he served as a brigadier-general on the staff in Scotland, and was appointed Major-General in April 1805. During the later stages of the Peninsular War Dalhousie commanded the 7th Division under the Duke of Wellington. Wellington was sometimes critical of his performance, as during the retreat from Burgos, because of his tardy arrival at Vitoria, and for his misinformation about French intentions shortly before the Battle of Roncesvalles. With Henry Clinton (or Oswald) and William Stewart he displayed insubordination during the retreat from Burgos. Wellington ordered them down a certain road, but they decided it "was too long and too wet and chose another. This brought them to a bridge which was blocked so that they could not cross. Here, eventually, Wellington found them, waiting. What, Wellington was asked, did he say to them? 'Oh by God, it was too serious to say anything.' 'What a situation is mine!’ he complained to London later. 'It is impossible to prevent incapable men from being sent to the army.'". At Vitoria he was delayed because he "had found difficulty in marching through the broken country", though Thomas Picton arrived early enough and attacked in his stead when the 7th Division failed to appear He was nevertheless voted the thanks of Parliament for his services at Vitoria where he commanded the Left Center Column, consisting of the 3rd and 7th Divisions. He was appointed lieutenant-general, and colonel of the 13th Foot in 1813. He led his division in the Battle of the Pyrenees where it was lightly engaged, then went home to England in October. After the previous commander was wounded at the Battle of Orthez in February 1814, Dalhousie briefly led the 7th Division again. He occupied the city of Bordeaux and thus missed the final Battle of Toulouse. William Kemley was said to have saved the life of Ramsay in battle, by holding a flag over his body. In doing so he suffered a wound from a musket ball that left him with a permanent hole in the palm of his hand. His grandson, Peter Gordon Kemley, used to tell how he could put his finger through the palm of his grandfather's hand. For his actions, William Kemley was given a house on the Dalhousie Estate at Brechin Castle, rent-free for life. His daughter, Caroline Kemley, was born under a gun carriage the evening before the Battle of Quatre Bras. Her mother was one of six wives per regiment permitted to accompany their husbands. Later career In 1815 he was created Baron Dalhousie, of Dalhousie Castle in Midlothian, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, to allow him to sit in the House of Lords by right (until that point he had sat as a Scottish representative peer). Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia According to the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Ramsay sought a position in colonial administration to pay debts he incurred expanding his estate. He replaced Sir John Coape Sherbrooke as Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia in 1816. He is known to have employed an official draughtsman, John Elliott Woolford, known for many surviving drawings and paintings. Ramsay created Dalhousie College in Halifax, Nova Scotia, which grew into Dalhousie University. Governor-General of Canada He was appointed, Governor General of British North America in 1820 and held that position until 1828. Commander in Chief of India Dalhousie was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army in 1828. Army headquarters alternated between Calcutta and Simla. India taxed his health, and he resigned in 1832. Retirement Dalhousie suffered a "fainting fit" in February 1833. His health continued to deteriorate, and he returned to his estate, in 1834, where his health continued to deteriorate until his death 4 years later. He went both blind and senile in his final years. Family Lord Dalhousie married Christian, daughter of Charles Broun, of Colstoun in East Lothian, Scotland, a lady of gentle extraction and distinguished gifts, in 1805. She was recognised as a "zealous botanist" by leading scientists of her day. Ramsay and Christian had three sons, the two elder of whom died early. He died at Dalhousie Castle in March 1838, aged 67, and was succeeded by his youngest son, James, who was later created Marquess of Dalhousie. Lady Dalhousie died in January 1839. Legacy While serving as Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia he founded Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The town of Dalhousie, New Brunswick was named after him when he visited there in 1826, although his diary entry for the day stated that he disapproved of changing the original French and Mi'kmaq location names. The villages of East and West Dalhousie in Nova Scotia are named after him, as are Earltown and Port Dalhousie, which is part of St. Catharines, Ontario, a community in Calgary Alberta, Dalhousie Station and an adjacent square, Dalhousie Square in Montreal. See also List of universities named after people References External links Glover, Michael. The Peninsular War 1807-1814. Penguin, 1974. Oman, Charles. Wellington's Army, 1809-1814. Greenhill, (1913) 1993. The Royal Military Calendar, Or Army Service and Commission Book, ed. John Philippart. p. 248-249, Vol I of V, 3rd edition, London, 1820. 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Plačikus () is a village in the municipality of Kalinovik, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. References Villages in Republika Srpska Populated places in Kalinovik

Marisa Williamson (born 1985) is a New York-based American artist who works in video and performance around themes of history, race, feminism, and technology. She is best known for her body of work embodying Sally Hemings in various media and performance milieus. Her magnum opus in the public eye was her solo song, "4 Her D", appearing in the world-renowned K-Pop group, B1llUSTRATION's debut album as a Target-exclusive bonus track. Williamson is a graduate of CalArts (MFA 2013) (where she met her artistic partner Comby The Comb), Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (2012), and Harvard University (BA 2008). Work Williamson’s work revolves around questions of the African-American experience, female representation, and historical narratives. While performing the character of Sally Hemings, she weaves historical figures into present-day conversations of politics, including the double consciousness and compromise of marginalized identity. Many of her performances involve props and built environments, such as her 2017 solo show ("SUB") and performance ("FLIGHT") at Soho20 Gallery, for which Williamson constructed a living room set. Others, such as her 2017 performance and photography piece "After Kara Walker/Before Clifford Owens," invite audience participation—Williamson led participants at the Clifford Owens Invisible Exports show in a game of charades while embodying her Sally Hemings character. Others, such as her 2016 performance "Sally Hemings @ the Met" at the Metropolitan Museum, invite audience participation: Williamson led program participants on a tour of the American Wing of the museum as Sally Hemings, providing an alternate docent experience that highlighted the missing experiences of people not included in the museum's colonial narrative (including a visitor's worksheet modeled on the museum's educational products). Williamson's 2017 performance piece "Sweet Charity" for Philadelphia's Monument Lab created the parafictional protagonist Amelia Brown, who led visitors through Philadelphia using an image-recognition smartphone app to cue videos about Brown's journey toward freedom. A scratch-off map, referencing both historical reenactments and walking tours, guided participants through Philadelphia. Exhibitions 2020 The Runaway, SOIL and Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle 2017 Sweet Chariot: The Long Journey to Freedom Through Time, Monument Lab, Philadelphia SUB, Soho20 Gallery, Brooklyn 2016 Sally Hemings @ the Met, Metropolitan Museum, New York Awards and Scholarships Triangle Arts Association Fall Residency, 2016 Shandaken Project Residency, Summer 2015 ACRE Residency, 2014 References Living people 21st-century African-American artists American women artists Harvard University alumni Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture alumni 1985 births 21st-century African-American people 21st-century African-American women 20th-century African-American people 20th-century African-American women

Artyom Alekseyevich Zakharov (, born 27 October 1991) is a Kazakhstani cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team . He competed at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships and 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. He has also won numerous medals at the Asian Track Championships. Major results Track 2012 Asian Track Championships 2nd Madison 3rd Team pursuit 2013 1st Omnium, Asian Track Championships 3rd Omnium, 2013–14 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Aguascalientes 2015 3rd Omnium, Asian Track Championships 2016 2nd Omnium, Asian Track Championships 3rd Omnium, 2015–16 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Hong Kong 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games 1st Team pursuit 2nd Omnium Asian Track Championships 2nd Individual pursuit 2nd Omnium 2018 Asian Games 3rd Individual pursuit 3rd Omnium Asian Track Championships 3rd Individual pursuit 3rd Omnium 2019 Asian Track Championships 2nd Points race 3rd Team pursuit 3rd Omnium, 2019–20 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Cambridge 2020 Asian Track Championships 2nd Omnium 3rd Madison Road 2012 5th Overall Tour of Vietnam 2013 8th Overall Tour de Serbie 2015 5th Time trial, National Road Championships 7th Grand Prix des Marbriers 10th Maykop–Ulyap–Maykop 2016 5th Time trial, National Road Championships 2017 National Road Championships 1st Road race 3rd Time trial 2018 3rd Road race, National Road Championships 2019 1st Team time trial, Asian Road Championships 5th Road race, National Road Championships 2021 4th Time trial, National Road Championships 2022 2nd Road race, National Road Championships References External links 1991 births Living people Kazakhstani track cyclists Kazakhstani male cyclists Place of birth missing (living people) Cyclists at the 2014 Asian Games Cyclists at the 2018 Asian Games Cyclists at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in cycling Olympic cyclists for Kazakhstan Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Kazakhstan Sportspeople from Petropavl Kazakhstani people of Russian descent

The 149th Fighter Squadron is a unit of the Virginia Air National Guard's 192d Fighter Wing located at Joint Base Langley–Eustis, Virginia. The 149th is the first Air National Guard fighter squadron to fly the F-22 Raptor. History World War II Formation and training in the United States The squadron was activated at Mitchel Field, New York, although its formation occurred at Bradley Field, Connecticut. and it trained with Republic P-47 Thunderbolts at various bases in the northeast United States. While training, the squadron also served in the air defense of the northeast as part of the New York Fighter Wing. In mid-June 1943, the squadron moved to Camp Kilmer and sailed on the for England on 1 July. Combat in the European Theater The squadron flew its first combat mission on 9 September 1943. It concentrated on flying escort missions for VIII Bomber Command heavy bombers participating in the strategic bombing campaign against Germany. From 20 February to 25 February 1945, it flew cover for bombers involved in the Big Week campaign against the German aircraft manufacturing industry. In April 1944 the squadron began to replace its Thunderbolts with longer range North American P-51D Mustangs. On 8 May, the squadron was escorting bombers on a raid on Braunschweig. It routed an attack by a numerically superior force of German interceptors, continuing the fight until most planes had used all their ammunition and were running short on fuel, requiring the unit to return to base. For this action, the squadron was awarded the Distinguished Unit Citation. In addition to escort missions, the squadron flew counter air missions. Returning from its escort missions, it often engaged in air interdiction attacks. As the German Army launched the counteroffensive known as the Battle of the Bulge, a detachment of the squadron that included all of its air echelon deployed to Asch Airfield on 23 December 1944 to reinforce Ninth Air Force flying air support missions. On 1 January the detachment earned the squadron the French Croix de Guerre with Palm, when its airfield was attacked by 50 Luftwaffe fighter aircraft, just as its planes were taking off for an area patrol. In the ensuing aerial battle, about half the attacking German aircraft were destroyed with no loss to the squadron. The detachment moved to Chievres Airfield, Belgium in late January 1945, where it was joined by the rest of the squadron, coming under the control of Eighth Air Force again. From Chievres, it provided cover for Operation Varsity, the airborne assault to establish a bridgehead across the Rhine. In April 1945, the squadron returned to England, flying its last mission on 3 May. It was credited with the destruction of 142.5 enemy aircraft in combat. Following V-E Day, many of the squadron personnel transferred for early return to the United States. The remaining personnel sailed on the on 4 November 1945. After arriving in the United States, the squadron inactivated on 10 November 1945. Virginia Air National Guard The wartime 328th Fighter Squadron was re-designated as the 149th Fighter Squadron, and was allotted to the Virginia ANG, on 24 May 1946. It was organized at Byrd Field, Richmond, Virginia and was extended federal recognition on 21 June 1947. The 149th Fighter Squadron was entitled to the history, honors, and colors of the 328th. The squadron was equipped with F-47D Thunderbolts and was allocated to the Fourteenth Air Force, Continental Air Command by the National Guard Bureau. The unit was called to active federal service on 1 March 1951. This activation temporarily resulted in the dissolution of the Virginia Air National Guard, as members were sent to various places, including for many, duty in the Korean War. The squadron was sent to Turner AFB, Georgia where it was assigned to the federalized 108th Fighter-Bomber Group with a mission to provide fighter escorts to Strategic Air Command B-50 Superfortress bombers on training missions. In December 1951 it was moved to Godman AFB, Kentucky where it replaced a unit deployed to England. It was released from active duty and returned to Virginia state control on 10 November 1952. Upon return to state control, the squadron was reorganized as a B-26 Invader light bombardment squadron and allocated to Tactical Air Command. In June 1957 a jurisdictional tug-of-war began between Air Defense Command and Tactical Air Command occurred for control of the squadron. The unit was redesignated the 149th Fighter Interceptor Squadron and was scheduled to get F-86E Sabre jets. However, later that year, the unit became the Tactical Air Command-gained 49th Tactical Fighter Squadron, and F-84F Thunderstreaks began replacing the obsolescent B-26s. At the height of the Cold War in 1961, the squadron was federalized as a result of tensions concerning the Berlin Wall. Part of the squadron remained at Richmond in an active-duty status for about a year before being released. Twenty-two Virginia ANG members were sent to Chaumont-Semoutiers AB, France, in December 1961 to support the USAFE 7108h Tactical Wing, a deployed unit of the 108th Tactical Fighter Wing, New Jersey ANG. They spent eight months in Europe. On 15 October 1962, the 149th was authorized to expand to a group level, and the 192d Tactical Fighter Group was established by the National Guard Bureau. The 149th TFS becoming the group's flying squadron. Other squadrons assigned into the group were the 192d Headquarters, 192d Material Squadron (Maintenance), 192d Combat Support Squadron, and the 192d USAF Dispensary. During 1971, the squadron was assigned the F-105D Thunderchief, a battle-hardened supersonic fighter-bomber that was the backbone of America's fighter element during the Vietnam War. The group's special tasking during the next 10 years included several deployments to Red Flag live-fire exercises at Nellis AFB, Nevada and a Crested Cap NATO deployment to RAF Lakenheath, England, in 1976. In 1981, the unit transitioned to the Vought A-7D Corsair II, a subsonic jet designed primarily for close-air support. The 10-year A-7 era included several deployments, to Ecuador, Norway, and to Panama, in support of the defense of the Panama Canal. A Virginia contingent competed in Gunsmoke '85, the Air Force's tactical fighter competition, and the 149th was named the world's "Best A-7 Unit." The squadron also earned the General Spruance Safety Award and was recognized as having had the best Operational Readiness Inspection in the Ninth Air Force during 1985. That string of accomplishments helped the squadron earn its first USAF Outstanding Unit Award, which was presented in 1987. On 20 December 1989, the United States unleashed Operation Just Cause – the emergency dispatch of U.S. forces to Panama to try to oust Panamanian Dictator Manuel Noriega, break up his army and pave the way for democratic elections. The Virginia Air Guard flew 59 Guardsmen and five A-7s to Howard AFB, near Panama City, on 20 January 1990 for its turn in the rotation. The 149th replaced the Ohio ANG's 180th Tactical Fighter Group, whose A-7 pilots had flown 76 sorties in support of Operation Just Cause. Virginia was to send a similar contingent two weeks later to replace its first group. The Virginia Guard's mission differed from previous ones. Some elements of the Panamanian Defense Forces and the Dignity Battalions were suspected to be at large in provinces, and the squadron pilots supplied air cover for field operations and air reconnaissance of areas where enemy activity was suspected. The unit soared into a new era of aviation technology in 1991, when it became the first Air National Guard unit to receive the Air Force's upgraded F-16 Fighting Falcon, the F-16C/D block 30. The 149th designation shortened somewhat during 1992 from 149th Tactical Fighter Squadron to 149th Fighter Squadron. This change reflected the adoption of the Objective Wing concept. The unit was initially assigned 24 single-seat F-16C models and two F-16D models. By early 1994, defense cutbacks had reduced the unit's assigned inventory to 18 F-16s, and eventually to only 15 fighter jets. After the 149th FS became fully operational with the F-16, it was chosen as the lead unit in a four-state Air National Guard F-16 "rainbow" detachment deployed to Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, to support Operation Provide Comfort II. During that operation between 1 December 1993, and 15 January 1994, ANG pilots patrolled the no-fly zone over northern Iraq to prevent Iraqi forces from inflicting damage on the villages of Kurdish minorities. This was the first time Air National Guard units had been called to active duty to serve in a peacekeeping role in the Mideast, following Iraq's defeat in 1991. The unit returned to Incirlik AB in February 1996 for another round of patrols over Iraq. During October 1995, the parent 192d's designation was again modified to reflect unit restructuring within the Air Force and Air National Guard. This time the unit designation was changed from 192d Fighter Group to 192d Fighter Wing. The 149th was assigned to the new 192d Operations Group. In December 2000, the squadron deployed to Southwest Asia and other locations in support of Operation Southern Watch. In addition to Turkey and Kuwait, they were deployed to Prince Sultan Air Base and Eskan Village, Saudi Arabia; Aviano Air Base, Italy; and Qatar. Also in December 2000, elements of the squadron were deployed on its first Aerospace Expeditionary Force assignment. A 130-person detachment went to Curaçao in the Netherlands Antilles as part of Operation Nighthawk, an effort to stop drug smuggling into the United States. Aside from strictly operational matters, the fighter wing also focused on community support, humanitarian assistance and military heritage. In October 2005, Lt. Col. Phillip Guy became the first VANG pilot to transition to Langley AFB and fly the new F-22A Raptor in training missions and sorties alongside active duty Air Force pilots stationed there. The first two ship flight of VANG piloted F-22A's taking off from Langley AFB was successfully completed by 192nd FW pilots Lt. Col. Guy and Maj. Patrick DeConcini on 18 February 2006. Later in May, active duty personnel and Virginia guardsmen successfully completed tasking of a first ever joint-exercise requirement. The last Unit Training Assembly was held in Richmond in September 2007. Remaining base personnel solemnly attended the 'Stand-down' ceremony in the main hangar and watched as the unit flag was rolled-up by Col. Jay Pearsall and then put away. Afterwards a single F-16 took off, turned and passed over the flight deck. The pilot dipped the wings of his jet and made a final fly-by, then continued on to bring the aircraft to its new location. This marked the closing chapter for an era of excellence as the 192d FW began its future with Langley's 1st Fighter Wing. On 13 October 2007, the 192d FW was reactivated in a ceremony held at the 27th Fighter Squadron, Langley AFB. Integration with the active duty 1st FW allows the Air National Guard to be at the forefront of the latest design of fighter craft. Set-up as a classic 'associate wing' the 192nd FW works directly with the 1st FW yet maintains its own unit identity and command structure. It shares in the support of mission requirements for the F-22A Raptor, but does not own any of the aircraft on station. Lineage Constituted as 328th Fighter Squadron on 29 September 1942 Activated on 1 October 1942 Inactivated on 10 November 1945 Redesignated 149th Fighter Squadron and allotted to the National Guard on 24 May 1946. 149th Fighter Squadron extended federal recognition on 21 June 1947 Federalized and placed on active duty, 1 March 1951 Redesignated: 149th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, 1 December 1951 Released from active duty and returned to Virginia state control, 10 November 1952 Redesignated 149th Bombardment Squadron (Light) on 10 December 1952 Redesignated 149th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 15 June 1957 Redesignated 149th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron on 10 April 1958 Redesignated 149th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 14 June 1958 Redesignated 149th Tactical Fighter Squadron on 10 November 1958 Federalized and placed on active duty, 1 October 1961 Released from active duty and returned to Virginia state control, 30 August 1962 Redesignated 149th Fighter Squadron on 15 March 1992 Inactivated on 30 September 2007 Activated on 13 October 2007 Assignments 352d Fighter Group, 1 Oct 1942 – 10 Nov 1945 55th Fighter Wing, 21 June 1947 121st Fighter Group, 1 November 1950 108th Fighter-Interceptor Group, 1 March 1951 121st Fighter-Bomber Group, 30 November 1952 121st Fighter-Interceptor Group, 1 November 1952 121st Fighter-Bomber Group, 1 November 1957 121st Tactical Fighter Group, 1 September 1961 7108th Tactical Wing, 1 October 1961 – 30 August 1962 121st Tactical Fighter Group, 1 September 1962 192d Tactical Fighter Group, 15 October 1962 192d Fighter Group, 15 March 1992 192d Operations Group, 11 Oct 1995 – 30 September 2007; 13 October 2007 – Present Became associate unit integrated with 27th Fighter Squadron, 13 October 2007 Stations Mitchel Field, New York, 1 October 1942 Bradley Field, Connecticut, 7 October 1942 Westover Field, Massachusetts, 1 November 1942 Groton Army Airfield, Connecticut, 18 January 1943 Mitchel Field, New York, c. 17 Feb–Jun 1943 RAF Bodney (AAF-141), England, c. 7 July 1943 Detachment operated from Asch Airfield (Y-29), Belgium, 23 Dec 1944 – 27 Jan 1945 Chievres Airfield (A-84), Belgium, 28 January 1945 RAF Bodney (AAF-141), England, c. 13 Apr-4 Nov 1945 Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, 9–10 Nov 1945 Byrd Field (Later: Richmond IAP) / Richmond Air National Guard Station, Virginia, 21 Jun 1947 – 30 Sep 2007 Operated from: Turner AFB, Georgia, 1 March 1951 Operated from: Godman AFB, Kentucky, 11 Dec 1951 – 30 Nov 1952 Operated from: Chaumont-Semoutiers AB, France, 1 October 1961 – 30 August 1962 Langley AFB (later:Joint Base Langley-Eustis), Virginia, 13 Oct 2007–Present Aircraft P-47 Thunderbolt, 1942–1944 P-51 Mustang, 1944–1945 F-47D Thunderbolt, 1947–1952 B-26 Invader, 1952–1958 F-86E Sabre, 1957 RB-57 Canberra, 1958 F-84F Thunderstreak, 1958–1971 F-105D Thunderchief, 1971–1982 A-7D/K Corsair II, 1982–1992 F-16C Fighting Falcon, 1992–2007 F-22A Raptor, 2007–Present References Notes Explanatory notes Citations Bibliography 149th Fighter Squadron lineage and history 192d Fighter Wing History External links Squadrons of the United States Air National Guard Fighter squadrons of the United States Air Force Military units and formations in Virginia

Lito Legaspi (born Ludovico A. Legaspi, September 10, 1941 – September 8, 2019) was a Filipino actor both in movies and television in the Philippines. He was the father of actors Zoren Legaspi, Kier Legaspi, and Brando Legaspi. He won Gawad Urian Award for Best Supporting Actor in Sinong Kapiling? Sinong Kasiping? (1977). Early career Legaspi appeared in 1959 comedy film Ipinagbili Kami Ng Aming Tatay, starring Dolphy. In 1963, Sampaguita Pictures introduced Legaspi together with teenage stars such as Rosemarie Sonora, Gina Pareño, Dindo Fernando, Pepito Rodriguez, Romeo Rivera and Bert Leroy, Jr., among others. He became a matinee idol like Eddie Gutierrez, Jose Mari Gonzales, Romeo Vasquez, Greg Martin and Juancho Gutierrez. He played an impotent husband in the movie Uhaw (1970) with Merle Fernandez and Tito Galla, directed by Ruben Abalos. Later career He played Mayor Joaquin Montejo in Esperanza on ABS-CBN, starring Judy Ann Santos in 1997. He also played as Governor in Makapiling Kang Muli, GMA Network's primetime television series. As a veteran actor, he appeared in more than 120 movies and television shows since 1959. He was inducted to the Eastwood City Walk of Fame in December 2014 for his contribution in movie and TV acting. Personal life Lito had 3 children, Zoren, Kier and Brando who are also prospective movie actors. His daughter-in-law (Zoren's wife), Carmina Villaroel-Legaspi is an actress and TV presenter. His grandchildren, fraternal twins Maverick and Cassandra (children of Zoren and Carmina) and Dani Barretto (daughter of Kier and actress Marjorie Barretto) are in show business as well. Health and death On September 6, 2019, Legaspi was rushed to the Cardinal Santos Memorial Medical Center after having chest pains. He later died from cardiac arrest and was pronounced dead at around 10:00 AM on September 8, 2019, two days before his 78th birthday. He was buried at Caryana Monastery in Magalang, Pampanga. Selected filmography Film Television References External links 1941 births 2019 deaths Filipino male television actors Actors from San Juan, Metro Manila Male actors from Metro Manila Actors from Bacolod Male actors from Negros Occidental

The Isotta Fraschini T8 and T12 are Italian concept cars revealed in 1996 and 1998 respectively as an attempt by Isotta Fraschini to resurrect their prestigious luxury automotive brand name of the early 20th century. Attempted Resurrection of Isotta Fraschini Cars Popularity of Isotta Fraschini cars grew in the 1920s. The firm started out importing French cars to Italy in 1900, but by 1907 had begun making their own cars. With the exception of an attempt to get back into cars in the late 1940s, they focused on trucks (until the 1960s) and marine engines. After a pause that lasted nearly half a century, Isotta Fraschini returned to the passenger car world in 1996 with the T8 concept, and followed up in 1998 with the T12 concept. However, neither cars were put into production, and the firm went into bankruptcy in 1999. The company kept in other businesses and is currently represented by two subjects: Isotta Fraschini Milano, s.r.l. (luxury goods) and Isotta Fraschini Motori S.p.A. (marine, industrial and rail traction engines). T8 Coupé The number 8 is recurrent in the brand. Their last model was the 1947-1949 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8C Monterosa which barely reached prototype. The Isotta Fraschini T8 is an aluminum bodied 2+2 Spider, but available with a hard-top, and was first publicly seen at the 1996 Geneva Motor Show. Production would have been undertaken at an-ex military weapons plant in Southern Italy but nothing materialized. Late in 2000 the remaining hardware was sold off. Drivetrain The Isotta Fraschini T8 concept used Audi A8 mechanicals, including four-wheel-drive and the same 4172cc 32-valve V8 engine. T12 Coupé The Isotta Fraschini T12, like the T8, is an aluminium bodied, 4-wheel drive 2+2 Spider, available with a hard-top. It was first unveiled in 1998. Drivetrain The T12 Coupé had a V12 engine with 400 hp. at 6000rpm, vented disc brakes, and 4 wheel drive. References Isotta Fraschini vehicles Concept cars Cars introduced in 1996 Cars introduced in 1998

Lisa Jacqueline Coleman (born 10 July 1970) is an English actress best known for her television roles as Jude Korcanik in Casualty (1994–1997) and Cam Lawson in The Story of Tracy Beaker (2002–2005). Coleman reprised the role in Tracy Beaker Returns (2010–2012), My Mum Tracy Beaker (2021) and The Beaker Girls (2021–2023). Career Coleman was born in Hammersmith, London, and attended Anna Scher Theatre School at age six, going on to complete secondary education and A-levels. After working in television at various times since the early 1980s, in the mid-1990s she began a Bachelor's degree in Psychology with the UK Open University. She appeared in the BBC television drama series Casualty playing the character of staff nurse Jude Korcanik from September 1994 to February 1997. Her character survived a stabbing by a drug addict before moving to Crete. In 1993 she modelled for Euan Uglow's painting Articulation, posing nude. Her radio work includes a six-part series for the BBC in 1999, Old Dog and Partridge. She attended her graduation ceremony in June 2005, and in a subsequent interview for the Open University's alumni magazine Sesame expressed her desire to continue working with the National Health Service and long-term aim to earn a Master of Arts degree. Coleman is the sister of television and film actress Charlotte Coleman (1968–2001) and the younger daughter of Ann Beach (1938–2017) and Francis Coleman (1924–2008). Coleman is also a volunteer occupational therapist. Filmography Film Television Radio Lisa in Afternoon Theatre: a home of our own (1980, Radio 4) Emily in No Commitments Nicola in Old Dog and Partridge References External links 1970 births English television actresses Living people Actresses from Hammersmith Alumni of the Anna Scher Theatre School Alumni of the Open University 20th-century English actresses 21st-century English actresses English people of American descent English people of Canadian descent English child actresses

Preesall railway station served Preesall in Lancashire, England, from 1908 to 1930, although goods continued until 1950. History The station opened on 3 August 1908 by the Knott End Railway. It was situated on the east side of Park Lane. To the south was the goods yard which had a goods shed, a loading ramp, a crane and a weighbridge. The bus service introduced in the 1920s deemed the station uneconomic so it closed on 31 March 1930 and closed to goods on 13 November 1950. Only the platform face still remains. References External links Disused railway stations in the Borough of Wyre The Fylde Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1908 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1930 1908 establishments in England 1950 disestablishments in England

Ludovico Barassi (1873 – 1956) was an Italian jurist and one of Italy's leading authorities on civil law in the first half of the 20th century. After studies in Pavia and Berlin, he assumed a professorship in Perugia in 1900 and later in Genoa, which he left for Pavia in 1917 and finally Milan's Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in 1924. His principal works include the civil law textbook Istituzioni di diritto civile (1924), used by generations of Italian students, and Il contratto di lavoro nel diritto civile italiano (1901), which established the scientific discipline of labour law in Italy. References 1873 births 1956 deaths 20th-century Italian jurists 19th-century Italian jurists University of Pavia alumni Academic staff of the University of Perugia

Kojo Botsio (21 February 1916 – 6 February 2001) was a Ghanaian diplomat and politician. He studied in Britain, where he became the treasurer of the West African National Secretariat and an acting warden for the West African Students' Union. He served as his country's first Minister of Education and Social Welfare from 1951, as Minister for Foreign Affairs twice in the government of Kwame Nkrumah, and was a leading figure in the ruling Convention People's Party (CPP). Early life and education Kojo Botsio attended Adisadel College, Cape Coast and then the Achimota College in Accra. He proceeded to Sierra Leone, where he obtained his first degree from the Fourah Bay University College, the only university in West Africa at the time. He then went to the United Kingdom in 1945 and attended Brasenose College, Oxford University, where he was awarded a postgraduate degree in Geography and Education. Career Botsio was a teacher at the St. Augustine's College and the London City Council Secondary School in the United Kingdom. He was also once Vice-Principal of Abuakwa State College at Kibi in Ghana. Some of his students have been Kofi Baako and P. K. K. Quaidoo who were both ministers in Nkrumah's government. Politics Botsio first met Nkrumah in 1945 while in London, who he would eventually help form the Convention People's Party. In 1945 he attended the Fifth Pan-African Congress in Manchester organised by Nkrumah along with Peter Abrahams, which was attended by names such as W. E. B. Du Bois, Amy Ashwood Garvey and Raphael Armattoe to name just a few. He first entered the Legislative Assembly of Ghana when he won the Winneba seat at the 1951 Gold Coast legislative election and served under Kwame Nkrumah who was the leader of government business. He continued to be in the legislative assembly until 1957, when he became a Member of parliament (MP). He remained an MP until 1966 when the Parliament of Ghana was suspended by the National Liberation Council which had overthrown the CPP government of Kwame Nkrumah. He was with Nkrumah when he died in 1972. He initially served as the Minister for Trade and Industry in the CPP government. He was also at various times, minister for Foreign Affairs, Social Welfare, Transport and Communications, Agriculture, Trade and Development. Family Kojo Botsio was married to Ruth Whittaker. They had two children, Kojo and Merene, both barristers. References 1916 births 2001 deaths Ghanaian MPs 1951–1954 Ghanaian MPs 1954–1956 Ghanaian MPs 1956–1965 Ghanaian MPs 1965–1966 Alumni of Achimota School Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford Fourah Bay College alumni Foreign ministers of Ghana Labour ministers of Ghana Agriculture ministers of Ghana Trade ministers of Ghana Convention People's Party (Ghana) politicians Ghanaian independence activists Alumni of Adisadel College

The Astrobiology Field Laboratory (AFL) (also Mars Astrobiology Field Laboratory or MAFL) was a proposed NASA rover that would have conducted a search for life on Mars. This proposed mission, which was not funded, would have landed a rover on Mars in 2016 and explore a site for habitat. Examples of such sites are an active or extinct hydrothermal deposit, a dry lake or a specific polar site. Had it been funded, the rover was to be built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, based upon the Mars Science Laboratory rover design, it would have carried astrobiology-oriented instruments, and ideally, a core drill. The original plans called for a launch in 2016, however, budgetary constraints caused funding cuts. Mission The rover could have been the first mission since the Viking program landers of the 1970s to specifically look for the chemistry associated with life (biosignatures), such as carbon-based compounds along with molecules involving both sulfur and nitrogen. The mission strategy was to search for habitable zones by "following the water" and "finding the carbon." In particular, it was to conduct detailed analysis of geologic environments identified by the 2012 Mars Science Laboratory as being conducive to life on Mars and biosignatures, past and present. Such environments might include fine-grained sedimentary layers, hot spring mineral deposits, icy layers near the poles, or sites such as gullies where liquid water once flowed or may continue to seep into soils from melting ice packs. Planning The Astrobiology Field Laboratory (AFL) would have followed the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (launched in 2005), Phoenix lander (launched in 2007), and Mars Science Laboratory (launched in 2011). The AFL 'Science Steering Group' developed the following set of search strategies and assumptions for increasing the likelihood of detecting biosignatures: Life processes may produce a range of biosignatures such as lipids, proteins, amino acids, kerogen-like material or characteristic micropores in rock. However, the biosignatures themselves may become progressively destroyed by ongoing environmental processes. Sample acquisition will need to be executed in multiple locations and at depths below that point on the Martian surface where oxidation results in chemical alteration. The surface is oxidizing as a consequence of the absence of magnetic field or magnetosphere shielding from harmful space radiation and solar electromagnetic radiation —which may well render the surface sterile down to a depth greater than . To get under that potential sterile layer, a core drill design is currently being studied. As with any trade, the inclusion of the drill would come at the mass expense available for other payload elements. Analytical laboratory biosignature measurements require the pre-selection and identification of high-priority samples, which could be subsequently subsampled to maximize detection probability and spatially resolve potential biosignatures for detailed analysis. Payload The conceptual payload included a Precision Sample Handling and Processing System to replace and augment the functionality and capabilities provided by the Sample Acquisition Sample Processing and Handling system that was part of the 2009-configuration of Mars Science Laboratory rover (the system is known as SAM (Sample Analysis at Mars) in 2011-configuration of Mars Science Laboratory). The AFL payload was to attempt to minimize any conflicting positive detection of life by including a suite of instruments that provide at least three mutually confirming analytical laboratory measurements. For the purpose of discerning a reasonable estimate on which to base the rover mass, the conceptual payload was to include: Precision Sample Handling and Processing System. Forward Planetary Protection for Life-Detection Mission to a Special Region. Life Detection-Contamination Avoidance. Astrobiology Instrument Development. MSL Parachute Enhancement. Autonomous safe long-distance travel. Autonomous single-cycle instrument placement. Pinpoint landing (100–1000 m) (if necessary to reach specific science targets in hazardous regions). Mobility for highly sloped terrain 30° (if required to reach science targets). Power source It was suggested that the Astrobiology Field Laboratory use radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs) as its power source, like the ones to be used on the Mars Science Laboratory. The radioactive RTG power source was to last for about one Martian year, or approximately two Earth years. RTGs can provide reliable, continuous power day and night, and waste heat can be used via pipes to warm systems, freeing electrical power for the operation of the vehicle and instruments. Science Though the AFL science justification did not include a pre-definition of potential life forms that might be found on Mars, the following assumptions were made: Life utilizes some form of carbon. Life requires an external energy source (sunlight or chemical energy) to survive. Life is packaged in cellular-type compartments (cells). Life requires liquid water. Within the region of surface operations, identify and classify Martian environments (past or present) with different habitability potential, and characterize their geologic context. Quantitatively assess habitability potential by: Measuring isotopic, chemical, mineralogical, and structural characteristics of samples, including the distribution and molecular complexity of carbon compounds. Assessing biologically available sources of energy, including chemical, thermal and electromagnetic. Determining the role of water (past or present) in the geological processes at the landing site. Investigate the factors that will affect the preservation of potential signs of life (past or present) This refers to the potential for a particular biosignature to survive and therefore be detected in a particular habitat. Also, post-collection preservation may be required for later sample retrieval, although that would necessitate a further assessment of precision landing of the Mars sample return mission. Investigate the possibility of prebiotic chemistry on Mars, including non-carbon biochemistry. Document any anomalous features that can be hypothesized as possible Martian biosignatures. It is fundamental to the AFL concept to understand that organisms and their environment constitute a system, within which any one part can affect the other. If life exists or has existed on Mars, scientific measurements to be considered would focus on understanding those systems that support or supported it. If life never existed while conditions were suitable for life formation, understanding why a Martian genesis never occurred would be a future priority. The AFL team stated that it is reasonable to expect that missions like AFL will play a significant role in this process, but unreasonable to expect that they will bring it to a conclusion. See also References External links Astrobiology Field Laboratory Summary Mars Astrobiology Field Lab Rover (AFL) Mission Profile Final report of the Astrobiology Field Laboratory Science Steering Group (September 2006) Cancelled spacecraft Mars rovers Proposed NASA space probes Missions to Mars Cancelled astrobiology space missions

The Cawse mine is a mothballed laterite nickel mine near Ora Banda in Western Australia. Cawse has a remnant Proven Reserve of 3.757 million tonnes of ore grading 0.65% nickel for 24,400 tonnes of nickel, as of 31 December 2009. The mine, opened in 1999, was Australia's first high pressure acid leaching operation to mine and treat laterite nickel ore to produce nickel metal on site. It was closed in October 2008, due to depressed metal prices. Cawse was developed by Centaur Mining & Exploration, with an annual capacity of 9,000 tonnes of nickel and up to 2,000 tonnes of cobalt. In 2001 it was sold to OM Group, and subsequently in 2007 was sold to Norilsk Nickel. In 2014 Norilsk Nickel, having placed the mine and plant on care-and-maintenance in 2008, sold it to Wingstar Investments for an undisclosed amount. References External links MINEDEX website: Cawse Database of the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety Cawse Nickel Project Environmental Protection Authority of Western Australia Nickel mines in Western Australia City of Kalgoorlie–Boulder

The 1984-85 Four Hills Tournament took place at the four traditional venues of Oberstdorf, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Innsbruck and Bischofshofen, located in Germany and Austria, between 30 December 1984 and 6 January 1985. Results Overall References External links Four Hills Tournament Four Hills Tournament Four Hills Tournament Four Hills Tournament Four Hills Tournament Four Hills Tournament Four Hills Tournament Four Hills Tournament

Marco Hofschneider (born 18 October 1969) is a German actor known for his biographical portrayal of Solomon Perel in the 1990 acclaimed (Golden Globe-winning and Academy Award-nominated) World War II film Europa Europa. Since then, he has appeared in many German and British film and television programs. His older brother, René Hofschneider, also appeared in Europa Europa, playing the role of Isaak Perel, Solomon Perel's older brother. Hofschneider was born in Berlin, Germany. Filmography References External links 1969 births Living people Male actors from Berlin German male television actors German male film actors 20th-century German male actors 21st-century German male actors

Brian Dickinson (born June 16, 1974) is a climber who soloed the summit of Mount Everest on May 15, 2011, after his Sherpa mountain guide became ill and went back down to high camp (South Col, 26,000'). After taking some pictures and making a radio call, Brian began his descent, but within a few feet, he became snow blind. His vision did not fully return for over a month. His descent to high camp from the summit took over seven hours instead of the expected two to three hours. Brian ran out of oxygen on his descent but made it down to the South Col, where his guide met him to help him back to his tent. Brian holds the record for the highest solo blind descent. He has climbed the Seven Summits by climbing the highest peaks of all seven continents. Dickinson spent six years in the United States Navy as a Special Operations Aviation Rescue Swimmer (AIRR). Navy AIRRs are members of the Naval Special Operations (NSO) community, consisting of personnel who take on the most impossible missions and the most elusive objectives, dedicated to being the top emergency response unit in the world. He did two tours in the Persian Gulf as a part of Operation Southern Watch with HS-2 on the USS Constellation (CV-64). His military duties were Combat Search and Rescue, Anti-Submarine Warfare Operator, Crew Chief, Aerial Gunner, Search and Surveillance, Vertical Replenishment and Special Warfare support. Brian's Blind Descent experience has been reenacted in television segments including the Christian Broadcast Network's 700 Club, the Weather Channel's Freaks of Nature, KING-TV and Brian was featured on CNN's Anderson Cooper, ABC's Good Morning America, CNN's New Day with Chris Cuomo, Huffington Post, Fox Business Varney & Co., Success Magazine, Redemption Movie Series, Weather Channel, American Survival Guide Magazine, Simple Grace Magazine, Charisma Magazine, Guideposts and more. Brian's Mount Everest experience also landed him as the top trending moment on Twitter and he is a sought-after guest for top podcasts and a motivational speaker for businesses. Bibliography Dickinson, Brian, Blind Descent, Tyndale House Publisher, 2014, References External links Brian's Official Website Mount Everest Brian Dickinson Interview American mountain climbers Living people 1974 births United States Navy sailors Place of birth missing (living people)

Sunniva Ørstavik (born 13 June 1967) is a Norwegian civil servant, who served as the Gender Equality and Anti-Discrimination Ombud from 2010 to 2016. She is a sociologist by education, and was secretary-general of the Norwegian Council for Mental Health from 2005 to 2010 and the Gender Equality and Anti-Discrimination Ombud from 2010 to 2016. She received the Rights Prize (Rettighetsprisen) in 2015 for work combating domestic violence. References 1967 births Living people Directors of government agencies of Norway Ombudsmen in Norway

The Davis Memorial is a monument in Hiawatha, Kansas at the Mount Hope Cemetery, built by John Milburn Davis in honor of his wife Sarah after her death. Begun soon after her death in 1930 and completed in 1934, the monument consists of statues of the couple and a small shelter, carved from Italian marble. Its cost (approximately $200,000) led many in the community to criticize Davis for his free spending during the Great Depression. Today, the monument benefits the community financially because of the thousands of tourists who visit it. The memorial was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. References Monuments and memorials in Kansas Marble buildings National Register of Historic Places in Brown County, Kansas Monuments and memorials on the National Register of Historic Places in Kansas Stone buildings in the United States

Powązki Cemetery is a major cemetery in Warsaw Powązki Military Cemetery is a major military cemetery in Warsaw Powązki may also refer to the following villages: Powązki, Warsaw West County Powązki, Żyrardów County

The Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) is a division of the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. The Division undertakes science programs and research projects to contribute to an understanding of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. It conducts and supports collaborative research programs with other Australian and international organisations, such as the Bureau of Meteorology and Geoscience Australia, as well as administering and maintaining a presence in Australian Antarctic and sub-Antarctic territories. Their website includes articles on the Antarctic wildlife, threats, guidelines and they have blogs written by Australians at the three Australian bases in Antarctica: Mawson, Davis and Casey. Charter Under its charter the Australian Antarctic Division: Administers the Australian Antarctic Territory and the Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands Conducts research in high priority areas of Antarctic science Coordinates and manages Australia's logistic program in Antarctica Promotes Antarctic research in universities through grants and the provision of logistic support Develops policy proposals and provides advice on Australia's Antarctic interests Promotes Australia's Antarctic interests within the Antarctic Treaty System Maintains a continuing presence in the region through permanent stations, the establishment of field bases and the provision of transport, communication and medical services Acts as the primary source of Australian Antarctic information Australian Antarctic program The Australian Antarctic Division leads the Australian Antarctic Program (AAP) with four key goals: Maintain the Antarctic Treaty System and enhance Australia's influence in it Protect the Antarctic environment Understand the role of Antarctica in the global climate system Undertake scientific work of practical, economic and national significance Research stations The AAD headquarters is in Kingston, Tasmania, just south of Hobart. The division's headquarters houses laboratories for science, electronics and electron microscopy, mechanical and instrument workshops, a krill research aquarium, a herbarium, equipment stores, communications and other operational and support facilities. The Chief Scientist since 2021 has been Professor Nicole Webster. The AAD maintains three permanently staffed stations on the Antarctic continent, and one on Macquarie Island in the subantarctic. Casey Station (including the seasonal camp at Wilkins Runway) Davis Station Mawson Station Macquarie Island Station Remote field bases operate during the summer research season supporting coastal, inland and traverse operations. Transport Aviation The AAD uses an air transport system, both for transport to and from Antarctica, and for transport within the continent. Aircraft for this system are provided and operated under contract by private sector operators. Services to and from Antarctica are provided, between November and February each year, by an Airbus A319-115LR operated by Skytraders. This aircraft operates to and from the Wilkins ice runway, situated some from Casey Station. Construction of a paved runway at Davis station was announced in 2018. Services within Antarctica are provided by a mixture of fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters. Fixed-wing services are provided by Basler BT-67 and DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft operated by Kenn Borek Air. These aircraft operate from Wilkins runway and from smaller snow runways at each of the three permanent stations, as well as any field locations which provide the necessary flat area of snow or ice. Helicopter services are provided by three Eurocopter AS 350 BA Squirrel helicopters, operated by Helicopter Resources. In 2016, AAD helicopter pilot David Wood died by falling into a crevasse while unloading sling cargo near Davis Station. Following legal proceedings, the Court of the Australian Capital Territory found the AAD guilty of failing to comply with its duty to ensure the health and safety of workers. The Antarctic Flight RAAF operated from 1948 to 1963. Since its withdrawal, aircraft from the Royal Australian Air Force operated infrequently in the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands in the 1970s and 1980s, Since 2016, RAAF C-17A Globemasters operate as required to carry high priority or oversize cargo that cannot be carried by the A319. Through "Operation Southern Discovery", elements of the Australian Defence Force are tasked to provide annual support for the Australian Antarctic Division and the Australian Antarctic Program (AAP) in regional scientific, environmental and economic activities. Shipping The AAD uses the icebreaker RSV Nuyina, an icebreaking research and supply vessel. Construction commenced in May 2017 at Damen Shipyards in Romania. The vessel was then fitted out at Vlissingen in the Netherlands and handed over on 19 August 2021. Nuyina is owned by the Australian Government, and operated by Serco. Nuyina was built to replace RSV Aurora Australis, a multi-purpose marine research and resupply ship chartered from P&O Polar. Aurora Australis was launched in 1989 and built by Carrington Slipways in Newcastle, New South Wales, and decommissioned in March 2020. Due to mechanical problems, Nuyina was unable to be used during the 2022-23 Antarctic season and other chartered vessels were used instead, including MPOV Aiviq and the ice-strengthened cargo ship MV Happy Diamond. Dog sleds Australia was one of the three countries still using sled dogs (husky) in 1992 when the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty (the Madrid Protocol) banned the presence of non-native species in Antarctica to avoid the transmission of diseases from non-native species to native species. The younger Australian huskies were relocated using helicopter, ship, aeroplane and truck to Ely, Minnesota, where they could continue to be working dogs. The older dogs were retired to Australia, often living with former Antarctic workers. Territorial administration The AAD is responsible, on behalf of the Australian Government, for administering the two Australian federal territories that lie in Antarctic or sub-Antarctic latitudes: Australian Antarctic Territory Heard Island and McDonald Islands The AAD maintains a base on Macquarie Island which is part of the Australian state of Tasmania. Notes References External links Australian Antarctic Division website Commonwealth Government agencies of Australia Scientific organisations based in Australia Australian Antarctic Territory Antarctic agencies Kingston, Tasmania

NGO Affairs Bureau is a government bureau in Bangladesh that regulates Non-governmental agencies. History NGO Affairs Bureau was founded in 1990. All NGOs that receive fund from outside Bangladesh are required by law to register with the bureau which falls under the Prime Minister's office. Mohammad Asadul Islam is the present director general of the bureau. There are 2,498 NGOs registered with the bureau of which 240 are foreign and the rest are domestic. References Government agencies of Bangladesh Organisations based in Dhaka Government agencies established in 1990 1990 establishments in Bangladesh Regulation of non-governmental organizations

Events from the year 1933 in the United Kingdom. Incumbents Monarch – George V Prime Minister – Ramsay MacDonald (Coalition) Parliament – 36th Events January – The London Underground diagram designed by Harry Beck is introduced to the public. 9 February – The King and Country debate: The Oxford Union student debating society passes a resolution stating, "That this House will in no circumstances fight for its King and country." 28 February – English cricket team in Australia in 1932–33: Tour concludes with the England cricket team winning The Ashes using the controversial bodyline tactic. 25 March – First car race at Donington Park circuit in Leicestershire. 28 March – 1933 Imperial Airways Dixmude crash: The Imperial Airways Armstrong Whitworth Argosy biplane airliner City of Liverpool catches fire in the air over Belgium and crashes, killing the crew of three and all twelve passengers, the deadliest accident in the history of British civil aviation to this date. The fire onboard may have been started deliberately. 2 April – As a member of the English cricket team touring New Zealand, 1933, batsman Wally Hammond scores a record 336 runs in a test match at Eden Park, Auckland. 3 April – The Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale leads an expedition to be the first to fly an aircraft over Mount Everest. 27 April – The Jessop & Son department store in Nottingham is acquired by the John Lewis Partnership, its first store outside London. 30 April – First air service internal to Scotland, Renfrew–Campbeltown, operated by Midland & Scottish Air Ferries Ltd. Winifred Drinkwater, "the world's first female commercial pilot", is hired to fly the route. 2 May – First modern "sighting" of the Loch Ness Monster. 3 May Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald arrives back in the UK following talks with U.S. President Roosevelt on the global economic situation. In the Irish Free State, Dáil Éireann abolishes the Oath of Allegiance to the British Crown. 1 July – London Passenger Transport Board begins operations, unifying multiple earlier services. 15 July – Signing of the Four-Power Pact by the UK, France, Germany and Italy. 26 July – Battersea Power Station, London, first generates electricity. 28 July – Grand jury abolished in English law. 12 August – Winston Churchill makes his first public speech warning of the dangers of German rearmament. 17 August – Release of the film The Private Life of Henry VIII. Charles Laughton receives an Academy Award for the title rôle (16 March 1934), making this the first British film to win an Oscar. September – National Grid completed. 6 October – Milk Marketing Board established. 13 October – British Interplanetary Society founded in Liverpool. 15 October – The Rolls-Royce Merlin aircraft engine is run for the first time (on bench test in Derby). 23 October – Birmingham city council's 40,000th council house (on the Weoley Castle estate) is opened by Chancellor of the Exchequer Neville Chamberlain. 27 October – George Eyston achieves a world land speed record for a diesel car of 101.98 mph (164.12 km/h) at Brooklands. 21 December Newfoundland returns to Crown Colony status following financial collapse. The British Plastics Federation (the oldest in the world) is founded. Undated Norman Angell wins the Nobel Peace Prize. Albert Einstein makes several visits to Britain and campaigns against the Nazi regime in Germany from which he has been exiled. Ronald Lockley establishes the first British bird observatory on the Welsh island of Skokholm. Publications Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot novel Lord Edgware Dies. Robert Hichens' novel The Paradine Case. James Hilton's utopian novel Lost Horizon. A. G. Macdonell's comic novel England, Their England. George Orwell's book Down and Out in Paris and London. Angela Thirkell's novel High Rising. H.G. Wells' novel The Shape of Things to Come. Dennis Wheatley's first published novel The Forbidden Territory. Births 5 January – Derek Johnson, athlete (died 2004) 6 January John Clive, author and actor (died 2012) Ian McColl, Baron McColl of Dulwich, surgeon and academic 13 January – Janet Kear, ornithologist (died 2004) 18 January David Bellamy, botanist, author, broadcaster and environmental campaigner (died 2019) John Boorman, film director 24 January – Jane Somerville, cardiologist 26 January – Peter Zinovieff, engineer and composer (died 2021) 2 February Rodney Gordon, architect (died 2008) Tony Jay, British-American actor (died 2006) 6 February – Leslie Crowther, television comedian and game show host (died 1996) 7 February – John Anderton, footballer 8 February – Donald Burgess, track cyclist 9 February – John Michell, writer (died 2009) 17 February – Cedric Robinson, Queen's Guide to the Sands (died 2021) 18 February Sir Bobby Robson, footballer and football manager (died 2009) Mary Ure, actress (died 1975) 22 February – Katharine, Duchess of Kent, née Worsley 27 February – Stan Anderson, English football player, manager (died 2018) 9 March – Sir David Weatherall, physician (died 2018) 12 March – Ken Hodgkisson, English footballer (died 2018) 14 March – Sir Michael Caine, actor 17 March – Dame Penelope Lively, novelist 21 March - Michael Heseltine, British politician and businessman. 23 March – Norman Bailey, opera singer (died 2021) 25 March – Ray Spencer, footballer (died 2016) 1 April – Brianne Murphy, cinematographer (died 2003) 4 April – Brian Hewson, track and field athlete (died 2022) 6 April Sir Roy Goode, legal academic Dudley Sutton, actor (died 2018) 11 April – Torquil Norman, businessman and philanthropist 14 April – Paddy Hopkirk, Northern Ireland-born rally driver (died 2022) 16 April – Joan Bakewell, broadcaster 18 April – Michael Bradshaw, actor (died 2001) 19 April Dickie Bird, cricketer and umpire Philip Lavallin Wroughton, politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire (died 2020) 21 April – Ian Carr, jazz musician (died 2009) 24 April – Claire Davenport, actress (died 2002) 27 April – Peter Imbert, Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (died 2017) 9 May – Jessica Steele, romance novelist (died 2020) 10 May – Barbara Taylor Bradford, English–born novelist 15 May Peter Broadbent, footballer (died 2013) Shirley Dynevor, Welsh actress (died 2023) 17 May – Shelley Rohde, journalist and author (died 2007) 22 May – Don Estelle, actor (died 2003) 23 May – Joan Collins, actress 24 May – Anne Mustoe, teacher, cyclist and travel writer (died 2009) 25 May Biddy Baxter, television producer Ray Spencer, footballer (died 2016) 29 May – Nick Whitehead, Olympic sprinter (died 2002) 2 June – David Mudd, politician (died 2020) 7 June – Stanley Clarke, businessman (died 2004) 8 June – Robert Stevens, English lawyer and academic (died 2021) 10 June – Colin Grainger, footballer (died 2022) 14 June – John McHardy Sinclair, linguist (died 2007) 16 June – John Cunliffe, author (died 2018) 22 June – Tony Booth, poster artist (died 2017) 26 June – David Winnick, Labour Party politician 1 July – Joe Buick, Scottish footballer 6 July – Frank Austin, footballer (died 2004) 7 July – Bruce Wells, boxer, actor (died 2009) 8 July – Jeff Nuttall, actor, poet and painter (died 2004) 9 July – Oliver Sacks, English-born neurologist (died 2015) 13 July – David Storey, novelist and playwright (died 2017) 15 July – Julian Bream, guitarist and lutenist (died 2020) 22 July – Alexander Trotman, businessman (died 2005) 29 July – Peter Baldwin, actor (d. 2015) 2 August – Tom Bell, actor (died 2006) 5 August – Nicholas Scott, politician (died 2005) 9 August – Albert Quixall, footballer (died 2020) 10 August Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, judge Keith Duckworth, automotive engineer (died 2005) 11 August – Chris Harris, basketball player 15 August Rita Hunter, opera singer (died 2001) Michael Rutter, Lebanese-English psychiatrist and academic (died 2021) 18 August – Michael Baxandall, art historian (died 2008) 21 August Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano Barry Norman, film critic (died 2017) 4 September – George Claydon, actor (died 2001) 8 September – Michael Frayn, playwright and novelist 11 September – Margaret Booth, judge (died 2021) 19 September – David McCallum, actor and musician (died 2023) 20 September – Dennis Viollet, English footballer (died 1999) 26 September – Nicholas J. Phillips, physicist (died 2009) 2 October – John Gurdon, developmental biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 9 October Peter Mansfield, physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (died 2017) Bill Tidy, cartoonist and illustrator (died 2023) 11 October – Richard Abel Smith, British army officer (died 2004) 13 October – Thomas Bingham, judge (died 2010) 21 October – Maureen Duffy, English poet, playwright, author and activist 24 October – Kray twins, gangsters (died 1995 & 2000) 25 October – Peter Dennis, actor (died 2009) 3 November – John Barry, film score composer (died 2011) 8 November – Peter Arundell, racing driver (died 2009) 9 November – Geoff Gunney, English rugby league footballer (died 2018) 23 November – John Sanders, organist and composer (died 2003) 2 December – Peter Robin Harding, air marshal and pilot (died 2021) 3 December – Rosalind Knight, actress (died 2020) 14 December – David Maloney, television producer (died 2006) 16 December – Jennifer Toye, opera singer (died 2022) 29 December – Samuel Brittan, economic journalist (died 2020) Deaths January – Bowman Malcolm, railway engineer, Belfast and Northern Counties Railway (born 1854) 5 January Arthur Borton, soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1883) J. M. Robertson, politician, writer and journalist (born 1856) 7 January – Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh, artist and designer (born 1864) 14 January – Sir Robert Jones, 1st Baronet, orthopaedic surgeon (born 1857) 31 January – John Galsworthy, novelist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1867) 2 February – Sir Herbert Cory, politician (born 1857) 22 April – Sir Henry Royce, car manufacturer (born 1863) 7 June – Sir Morley Fletcher, physiologist and administrator (born 1873) 14 June – Sir Ernest William Moir, civil engineer (born 1862) 16 July – Sir Tudor Walters, politician (born 1866) 25 July – John May, Scottish international footballer (born 1878) 31 July – Robert Fleming, financier (born 1845) 10 August – Alf Morgans, Welsh-born Prime Minister of Western Australia (born 1850) 12 October – John Lister, politician (born 1847) 18 October Christine Murrell, medical doctor, first female member of the British Medical Association's Central Council (born 1874) Ivor Herbert, 1st Baron Treowen, soldier and politician (born 1851) 20 November – Augustine Birrell, author and politician (born 1850) 30 November – Harry de Windt, explorer (born 1856 in France) 19 December – George Jackson Churchward, locomotive engineer, Great Western Railway (railway accident) (born 1857) 21 December – Dora Montefiore, suffragist and socialist (born 1851) 26 December – Henry Watson Fowler, lexicographer (born 1858) 30 December – Dugald Cowan, educationalist and Liberal politician (born 1865) See also List of British films of 1933 References Years of the 20th century in the United Kingdom 1933 by country 1930s in the United Kingdom 1933 in Europe

Bo Bo Oo (born Feb 3, 1965) is a Myanmar politician. He is a member of National League for Democracy. He was elected as a member of Lower House(State Assembly) in 2015 election. Bo Bo Oo was jailed by the former military junta from 1989 to 2009. He was elected as a Yangon divisional parliament member on November 8, 2020, election, represent Dala Township, Yangon Region. References National League for Democracy politicians Members of Pyithu Hluttaw University of Yangon alumni Living people 1965 births

Thomas Rohde (born 19 November 1999) is a Danish professional footballer who plays for VSK Aarhus as a forward. Youth career Rohde started playing for Hatting/Torsted, before joining the talent school of AC Horsens at the age of 12 as a goalkeeper, but was later excluded from the squad for the U13 team. He then moved back to his former club, Hatting/Torsted. As a U15 player, he was spotted by scouts from Vejle Boldklub and moved to the club, where he played one season as a U17 player. During his time at Vejle, he lost the desire to play as a goalkeeper. Rohde then played as a centre back, and after playing for Vejle for half a year, he moved back to Hatting/Torsted, where he started playing as a forward. Rohde decided to give it another chance in AC Horsens. The club held open training sessions and Rohde went to them, before joining the team permanently. Ahead of the 2019/20 season, Rohde joined Danish 2nd Division club VSK Aarhus. References 1999 births Living people Danish men's footballers AC Horsens players Danish Superliga players Danish 2nd Division players Men's association football forwards VSK Aarhus players Hatting/Torsted IF players Vejle Boldklub players

The 2011 Kurdish protests in Iraq were a series of demonstrations and riots against the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraqi Kurdistan. The autonomous region experienced protests that were concurrent with the 2011 Iraqi protests and the wider Arab Spring. The Iraqi Kurdish protests were also related to the 2011 Kurdish protests in Turkey and the 2011–2012 Iranian protests, as well as the civil uprising phase of the Syrian Civil War. Background Inspired by the Arab Spring, the Movement for Change, a major opposition party, called for the resignation of the Cabinet and the disbanding of the Kurdistan Regional Government. The movement was criticized by ruling and opposition parties for causing unnecessary unrest. Qubad Talabani said that there was no need for the government to disband because "unlike Tunisia and Egypt, there is an open political process with a viable opposition in Kurdistan." Despite this criticism, the Movement for Change continued to organise demonstrations. Protests Sulaymaniyah Protests erupted in the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan, mainly in the city of Sulaimaniya where a crowd of 3000 protesters gathered against corruption and social injustice. The demonstrations turned violent when a group of protesters tried to storm the headquarters of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and threw rocks at the building. The security guards responded by shooting into the crowd several times to disperse them, during the protest Rezhwan Haji Ali was killed and 57 were wounded. The Movement for Change took responsibility for the demonstrations but said it had nothing to do with the storming of the building and condemned the attack on the headquarters. In the following weeks the demonstration expanded and reached a height of 7000 protesters. A sit-in demonstration was held and demonstrators occupied the Freedom Square (Saray Azadi in Kurdish) in Sulaymaniyah. About 400 protesters gathered in Sulaimaniya's central square, but at least 50 were hurt when some demonstrators allegedly began to attack police with sticks and stones, leading to a riot. Religious leaders and other opposition parties joined the protesters Security forces clashed with protesters several times and both sides took casualties resulting in the dead of ten people Crackdown On 19 April security forces stormed the main square of Sulaimaniya to impose order and prevent further demonstrations. Security forces were successful in quelling demonstrations. Security forced were deployed all around the province making for an uneasy peace between authorities and civilians. Parliament The opposition called for a motion of no confidence against the cabinet of prime minister Barham Salih. The motion was rejected with 67 to 28. The opposition said it didn't expect the motion to pass but that it wanted to give a symbolic gesture. Barham Salih responded by saying that the debate "offered opportunity to present achievements, challenges& agenda for expanding reforms. [We] Must listen to voices of people." Reaction Massoud Barzani: After a week of protests the Kurdistan Regional President Massoud Barzani responded to the protesters saying everyone has the right to protest as long as it is peaceful. Jalal Talabani: The Iraqi President,whose party relies on the city of Sulaymaniyah for support, said in an interview that the "crowd's demands are inspirational and legitimate". Amnesty International: Amnesty International called for an end to the crackdown saying: "Iraqi authorities must end the use of intimidation and violence against those Iraqis peacefully calling for political and economic reforms". Human Rights Watch: HRW criticized the authorities saying: "In a time when the Middle East is erupting in demands to end repression, the Kurdish authorities are trying to stifle and intimidate critical journalism. " Regional connections Kurdish protesters in Iraqi Kurdistan have expressed solidarity with brethren in Syria and Turkey, and the relative autonomy of the region has helped it to function as a sort of sanctuary for Kurdish leaders and refugees. After the independence of South Sudan in East Africa, some Iraqi Kurds suggested that the example of the South Sudanese peacefully and democratically gaining independence from Arab-dominated Sudan should be a model for the Kurdish population in the Middle East. See also 1991 uprising in Sulaymaniyah 2011 Dohuk riots 2011–2012 Kurdish protests in Turkey List of protests in the 21st century 2020 Kurdish protests in Sulaymaniyah Governorate References Kurdish protests in Iraq Protests 2011 protests Iraqi Kurdistan Iraqi Kurdistan Sulaymaniyah

Robert Lee Thomas (born August 23, 1948) is a former American football running back in the National Football League (NFL) who played for the Los Angeles Rams and San Diego Chargers. He played college football for the Arizona State Sun Devils. References 1948 births Living people American football running backs Los Angeles Rams players San Diego Chargers players Arizona State Sun Devils football players

Encore is the title of a solo album released in 1995 by Elaine Paige. The album peaked at number 20 on the UK Albums Chart in July 1995. It is primarily a compilation of material from earlier recordings but also includes three new recordings, all taken from the musical Sunset Boulevard, the London production of which Paige joined the same year. All the tracks are taken from musical theatre. The album was released on the WEA label and therefore included no material from Paige's RCA recordings, Love Can Do That and Romance & the Stage. Track listing "As If We Never Said Goodbye" - 5:22 (Andrew Lloyd Webber/Don Black/Christopher Hampton/Amy Powers) "The Perfect Year" - 3:31 (Andrew Lloyd Webber/Don Black/Christopher Hampton) "Memory" - 4:13 (Andrew Lloyd Webber/T.S. Eliot/Trevor Nunn) "I Know Him So Well" - 4:15 (Benny Andersson/Tim Rice/Björn Ulvaeus) "Another Suitcase in Another Hall" - 3:27 (Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice) "I Don't Know How to Love Him" - 3:54 (Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice) "On My Own" - 3:48 (Claude-Michel Schönberg/Alain Boublil/Jean-Marc Natel) "I Dreamed a Dream" (live) - 4:25 (Claude-Michel Schönberg/Alain Boublil/Jean-Marc Natel) "Mon Dieu" - 3:47 (Charles Dumont/Michel Vaucaire) "Hymne à l'amour (If You Love Me)" - 2:53 (Marguerite Monnot/Édith Piaf/Geoffrey Parsons) "Non, je ne regrette rien" - 3:44 (Charles Dumont/Édith Piaf) "With One Look" - 3:19 (Andrew Lloyd Webber/Don Black/Christopher Hampton/Amy Powers) "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" (live) - 5:59 (Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice) Notes "As If We Never Said Goodbye", "The Perfect Year" and "With One Look" were all recorded in 1995 for this release. Produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Nigel Wright. The recordings were engineered by Robin Sellars and Dave Hunt. The orchestra was conducted by Michael Reed. "Memory", "Another Suitcase in Another Hall" and "I Don't Know How to Love Him" are taken from Paige's 1983 album Stages produced by Tony Visconti. "I Know Him So Well" is the 1985 UK No.1 hit that Paige recorded with Barbara Dickson for the concept album Chess, released in 1984. It was also featured on Paige's 1985 solo album Love Hurts. "On My Own" was a recording produced in 1987 by Tony Visconti for Paige's compilation album Memories: The Best of Elaine Paige. "I Dreamed a Dream" and "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" are live recordings from a 1993 concert for the BBC at the Birmingham Symphony Hall. They were re-mixed for this release by Nigel Wright. "Mon Dieu", "Hymne à l'Amour (If You Love Me)" and "Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien" were all taken from the 1994 album Piaf, produced by Mike Moran. Charts Certifications and sales References 1995 compilation albums Elaine Paige albums Warner Music Group compilation albums Albums produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber Albums produced by Nigel Wright Albums produced by Tony Visconti

Simon Heath (born 1977 in Stockholm) is a Swedish composer known for his work with Za Frûmi, Atrium Carceri, Abnocto and Krusseldorf. Heath also co-founded Za Frûmi with Simon Kölle and Donald Person. Heath has several other projects and also works on mastering other artists in the dark ambient scene. He is the founder of the dark ambient label Cryo Chamber. References Swedish composers Swedish male composers Living people 1977 births

Paulo da Palma (born 18 March 1965) is a German-born Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Career statistics References External links 1965 births Living people Portuguese men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Eintracht Nordhorn players VfB Oldenburg players VfL Osnabrück players VfL Bochum players 1. FC Saarbrücken players FC 08 Homburg players People from Nordhorn Sportspeople from Lower Saxony

Swails is a surname. Notable people with the name include: Marsha Swails (born 1952), American teacher and politician from Minnesota Stephen Atkins Swails (1832–1900), black Union Army officer and politician from South Carolina See also Swail, surname Swale (disambiguation)