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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vele%C4%8Devo

Velečevo

Velečevo is a village in the municipality of Ključ, Bosnia and Herzegovina. References Populated places in Ključ

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra%20Henao

Alexandra Henao

Alexandra Henao is a Venezuelan cinematographer and film director who studied at the National Film and Television School in the United Kingdom. In 2011, she shot The Rumble of the Stones, which was selected as the Venezuelan entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards At the 28th Goya Awards in 2014, the film she shot Blue and Not So Pink won the prize for Best Foreign Film in the Spanish Language. Filmography Dirección Opuesta (feature) La Noche De Las Dos Lunas (feature) (2018) Blue and Not So Pink (feature) (2013) Buenos, Bellas y Democráticos - The Good, The Beautiful and the Democratic (short) (2012) (written and directed) Er relajo der Loro (feature) (2012) Between Shadows and Whispers (documentary) (2011) Debaixo d'água (short) The Rumble of the Stones (El rumor de las piedras) (feature) (2011) Cortos Interruptus (2011) La uva (short) (2009) (directed) Puras joyitas (2007) La librería (short) (2007) La tarea (short) (2007) Atenea y Afrodita (short) (2005) El chancecito (short) (2004) La tranca (documentary) (2004) I Nocturno (short) (2003) 900 pánico (short) (2003) References External links Living people Venezuelan cinematographers Alumni of the National Film and Television School Year of birth missing (living people)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looting%20of%20the%20Eastern%20Mausoleum

Looting of the Eastern Mausoleum

The Looting of the Eastern Mausoleum was an incident in which some of the major mausoleums of the Chinese Qing dynasty in the Eastern Qing Tombs were looted by troops under the command of the warlord Sun Dianying. Prelude In the early hours of June 8, 1928, warlord Sun Dianying led his army into the Eastern Mausoleums of the Qing dynasty in Malanyu, northwest of Zunhua, Hebei. This was the final resting place of the Qing emperors and empresses, and was about 120 kilometers (75 miles) from the Forbidden City of Peking. The 78-square-kilometer (30.1-square-mile) burial site was for five emperors, 15 empresses and 136 imperial concubines within 15 tombs, including the Shunzhi Emperor (1638–1661), the Kangxi Emperor (1654–1722), the Qianlong Emperor (1711–1799) and Empress Dowager Cixi (1835–1908). Looting operation On June 12, 1928, Sun Dianying ordered a large-scale graverobbing operation that removed almost all the underground funeral objects of the Huifeiling and Yuling Mausoleums and the underground palace of Puxiangyu East Dingling. Ma Futian, Regimental Commander in the 28th Army of Zhang Zuolin, had quietly occupied Malanyu. Sun Dianying ordered Tan Wenjiang, one of his division commanders, to capture the tomb area. At dawn on July 2, Ma Futian was driven away and Tan's army looted the mausoleums in Malanyu. After that, Sun's army went straight to the area of the Eastern Qing Tombs, pretending to engage in war exercises in the area. Tan Wenjiang placed policemen all around, denying access to the area and signs declared the army was "protecting the Tombs" to prevent interference. The looting operation was directed by Sun Dianying from his car. Trucks were on hand to speed away with the loot as soon as they were loaded. At midnight the engineering corps blew up the entrance, opening the passage leading to the underground palace. The stone door was pried open to give access to the rear room of the grave. Sun gave first priority to officers above battalion commander level to collect treasure for themselves. Ordinary soldiers were eventually allowed to take the leftovers. The robbers first took the large treasure objects placed around the remains of Empress Dowager Cixi, such as jadeite watermelons, grasshoppers and vegetables, jade lotus and coral. They snatched objects found beneath the body and ravaged the corpse itself, taking her imperial robe; tearing off her undergarments, shoes and socks, and taking all the pearls and jewels on her body. The looters even pried open her jaws and took the rare pearl from her mouth. Ultimately, they looted the objects under the coffin that had been favorites of Cixi when she was alive. While Tan Wenjiang was robbing Cixi's tomb, Han Dabao, a brigade commander under Sun Dianying, led another group to the Yuling Mausoleum and declared his intention to conduct a war exercise. They blew the entrance and doorways of the underground palace and rushed into the tomb. The coffins of the Qianlong Emperor and his two empresses and three concubines were pried open, all the valuables looted and the skeletons thrown into the mud. The soldiers then rushed to the Yuling Mausoleum and the underground palace of Puxiangyu East Dingling and looted what they could. Newspapers reported the graverobbing and the news spread throughout China and around the world. People were outraged. China's dethroned last emperor Puyi, who had dismissed Sun from his post, sent telegrams to Chiang Kai-shek; Yan Xishan, Commander of Garrison Force in Beijing; the Central Committee of Kuomintang and local newspapers asking them to punish Sun Dianying severely. Many others also called for punishment. However, Sun Dianying bribed those who were in a position to discipline him and nothing was done. After removing the treasures from the graves, Sun and his army sealed the empty chambers with stones. They carted off some of China's greatest treasures, but some things could not be easily removed and the imposing buildings of the mausoleum still survive. References Warlord Era Qing dynasty Eastern Mausoleum 1928 in China 1928 crimes in China

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Nels Wold

Nels T. Wold (December 24, 1895 – September 26, 1918) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War I. Military service The son of Norwegian immigrants, Wold joined the Army from Minnewaukan, North Dakota, and served as a private in Company I, 138th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division. At the start of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive on September 26, 1918, his battalion was tasked with capturing the French village of Cheppy. Wold's platoon, at the battalion's far left flank, was to act as a communication link between the battalion and the neighboring 137th Infantry Regiment. However, thick fog caused the platoon to lose contact with both the 137th and its own battalion immediately after the advance on Cheppy began. The platoon continued forward as a combat patrol until encountering a group of American scouts led by Lieutenant John Wingate. Wingate combined the two groups and led them behind German lines, with the intention of attacking the Germans from the rear and thus clearing the way for the American advance. Upon reaching the German rear outside Cheppy, with the fog lifted, the group began destroying enemy positions one at a time. One well-placed machine gun nest, located in a clump of bushes, was deemed too dangerous to attack head-on. Wold asked for and received permission to crawl up to the position and investigate. While the rest of the group took cover, he crept up to the rear of the emplacement, killed two occupants, and captured the remaining three. As the group continued on, clearing ambuscades, sniper posts, and gun emplacements, Wold volunteered four more times to single-handedly attack machine gun nests. He was successful each time except the last. He was killed by machine gun fire while penetrating a camouflage screen which concealed the fifth emplacement. His comrades then charged the position, killed the occupants and recovered Wold's body. Wold, aged 22 at his death, was buried at Elim Cemetery in his birthplace of Winger, Minnesota. Medal of Honor citation Private Wold's official Medal of Honor citation reads: He rendered most gallant service in aiding the advance of his company, which had been held up by machinegun nests, advancing, with 1 other soldier, and silencing the guns, bringing with him, upon his return, 11 prisoners. Later the same day he jumped from a trench and rescued a comrade who was about to be shot by a German officer, killing the officer during the exploit. His actions were entirely voluntary, and it was while attempting to rush a 5th machinegun nest that he was killed. The advance of his company was mainly due to his great courage and devotion to duty. See also List of Medal of Honor recipients Notes References 1895 births 1918 deaths Military personnel from Minnesota American military personnel killed in World War I United States Army Medal of Honor recipients People from Polk County, Minnesota United States Army soldiers World War I recipients of the Medal of Honor American people of Norwegian descent United States Army personnel of World War I Deaths by firearm in France

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imran%20Ahmad%20Khan%20%28British%20politician%29

Imran Ahmad Khan (British politician)

Imran Nasir Ahmad Khan (born 6 September 1973) is a suspended Conservative Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wakefield since 2019. Born and educated in Wakefield in West Yorkshire, Ahmad Khan studied at the Pushkin Institute in Moscow and King's College London. He worked for the United Nations as special assistant for political affairs in Mogadishu and as a senior consultant for M&C Saatchi. A supporter of Brexit, he was elected in the 2019 general election and attributed his victory to voters' support for leaving the European Union in 2016. In 2021, he was charged with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy, contrary to section 3 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003. In a statement, Ahmad Khan said he denied the accusation "in the strongest terms". Early life and career Ahmad Khan was born in Pinderfields Hospital, Wakefield, where both his parents worked. His father, Dr Saeed Ahmad Khan, was born in the North-West Frontier Province of British India (modern-day Pakistan), and worked as a consultant dermatologist. His English mother was a State Registered Nurse and midwife. His grandmother, Joyce Reynolds, also worked at Pinderfields Hospital as a staff sister. His grandfather was a miner. Ahmad Khan attended the local, independent Silcoates School. He studied the Russian language at the Pushkin Institute in Moscow, and earned a bachelor's degree in war studies at King's College London. He worked for the United Nations as special assistant for political affairs in Mogadishu and as a senior consultant for the advertising agency, M&C Saatchi. Having worked as a counter-terrorism expert prior to becoming an MP, he joked his experience in conflict zones such as Somalia and Afghanistan gave him what would be needed to build bridges between warring parties in the Brexit battle. Political career Member of Parliament Ahmad Khan defeated the incumbent Labour MP, Mary Creagh, to become the first Conservative MP for the constituency in 89 years. Wakefield voted almost 2-to-1 in favour of leaving the European Union in the 2016 referendum and was a target seat for the Conservatives. He was selected after the withdrawal of a candidate whose racist and sexist social media posts were uncovered. Labour's Creagh said: "Will the next candidate they parachute in be any better? Don’t hold your breath." Ahmad Khan responded by taking part in a skydive over the town and retorted he was "a local lad born and bred in Wakefield, of Wakefield stock. I couldn't figuratively parachute in—and I didn't want to disappoint her—so I decided I would literally parachute in." The LGBT+ Conservatives group incorrectly described Ahmad Khan as 'openly gay' and he made news worldwide for becoming the first openly gay Muslim to be elected. They subsequently clarified that Ahmad Khan "fully endorses" the group's aims "but is not an out LGBT MP". The confusion arose after a mistaken application to a fund to help LGBT+ Conservative candidates. In his maiden speech in January 2020, Ahmad Khan paid tribute to his predecessor and spoke of his pleasure at being part of "a vibrant and dynamic pack of Yorkshire MPs". He called for equality of opportunity to be made real, and for more patriotism: "I see perhaps more clearly than most the deep and enduring importance of core British values such as compassion, tolerance and fairness, especially at a time when those values are perceived as under threat in many parts of our world." Ahmad Khan is a member of the Backbench Business Committee. COVID-19 pandemic response Ahmad Khan organised a shipment of 110,000 reusable face masks through connections with the charity Solidarités international and the Vietnamese Government. Most of the masks were for the Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust's Pontefract, Pinderfields and Dewsbury and District Hospitals and 10,000 were distributed by the trust to local care homes and hospices. He launched 'Wakefield Together' to co-ordinate local efforts to tackle difficulties arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. Ahmad Khan helped secure £2.9 million for Wakefield's art hubs, including Theatre Royal Wakefield, the Creative Art House, and the West Yorkshire Theatre Dance Centre, via the Culture Recovery Fund. Political positions Brexit Ahmad Khan supported Britain's departure from the European Union. In an interview with Channel 4 he attributed his success in the 2019 general election to "Islington Remainers" who branded Leave voters "stupid, uneducated, racist or wrong". He has stated that he decided to stand in the election because he came to believe British democracy was "under threat". In September 2020, in a debate about the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill, Ahmad Khan declared: "I am an ardent supporter of Brexit and look forward eagerly to the opportunity to bolster the United Kingdom's position by becoming an independent, self-governing nation, possessed of the confidence that flows from our vision and principled values". In his speech, he went on to explain his concerns over the Internal Market Bill before backing the legislation. National Trust coverage of slavery Following an interim report on the connections between colonialism and properties now in the care of the National Trust, including links with historic slavery, Ahmad Khan was among the signatories of a letter to The Telegraph from the "Common Sense Group" of Conservative Parliamentarians. The letter accused the National Trust of being "coloured by cultural Marxist dogma, colloquially known as the 'woke agenda'". Yorkshire Devolution Movement Ahmad Khan supports the Yorkshire Devolution Movement and called for the devolved West Yorkshire authority to be based in Wakefield. In Rishi Sunak's 2020 Budget, West Yorkshire was allocated £1.8bn with a £317m investment in transport and the election of a Mayor of West Yorkshire, a position which in addition to budgetary control will assume the powers of the West Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner. Personal life Ahmad Khan is a member of the Ahmadiyya Community and describes himself as a "proud Yorkshireman". He has two brothers. Karim Ahmad Khan QC, a barrister specialising in international human rights law, is an assistant secretary-general of the United Nations, appointed by the UN Security Council to lead an investigation into alleged crimes committed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Iraq. Khalid Ahmad Khan, a lawyer based in Oman, won the Middle East General Counsel of the Year Award in 2017 and was named one of the most influential lawyers in the Middle East in Legal 500's GC Powerlist 2019. Sexual offence allegation In June 2021, it was reported that Ahmad Khan had been charged for an alleged historical sexual offence. It is alleged that in 2008 he groped a 15-year-old boy in Staffordshire. In a statement, Ahmad Khan said he denied the accusation "in the strongest terms". In response to the charge, the Conservative Party suspended the whip pending the outcome of the prosecution. On 10 September 2021 he pleaded Not Guilty at the Old Bailey. Ahmad Khan's trial is scheduled to start on 21 March 2022. References External links Official website 1973 births Living people People educated at Silcoates School Alumni of King's College London UK MPs 2019–present Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies British politicians of Pakistani descent British Ahmadis People from Wakefield Politicians affected by a party expulsion process

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1997–98 Athletic Bilbao season

The 1997–98 season was the 97th season in Athletic Bilbao's history and their 67th consecutive season in La Liga, the top division of Spanish football. Season summary The previous season, Luis Fernández's first as head coach, was a successful one for Athletic, as their 6th-place finish in La Liga gained them a place in the 1997–98 UEFA Cup first round after a two-year exile from European competition. The Frenchman's second La Liga campaign yielded even greater success: Bilbao finished as runners-up, behind only Barcelona, and qualified for the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League. This was their highest league finish, and first qualification for Europe's premier competition, since their last La Liga triumph in 1984. They also had a good run in the Copa del Rey, reaching the quarterfinals for the first time since 1994–95. They were eliminated on away goals by eventual runners-up Mallorca. Athletic's UEFA Cup first round opponents were Sampdoria of Italy. The Spaniards took a valuable 2–1 win in the first leg in Genoa, and secured passage to the second round with a 2–0 victory at San Mamés. Their reward was a second round tie against Aston Villa of England, with the first leg in Bilbao finishing goalless. The Birmingham side took a 2–0 lead just after half time at Villa Park, and a late goal from Javi González was not enough to prevent Athletic's elimination. Squad statistics Appearances and goals |} 1. Tabuenka was transferred to SD Compostela during the season. Results La Liga League table UEFA Cup First round Athletic Bilbao won 4–1 on aggregate Second round Aston Villa won 2–1 on aggregate See also 1997–98 La Liga 1997–98 Copa del Rey 1997–98 UEFA Cup External links References Athletic Bilbao Athletic Bilbao seasons

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross%20Greer%20%28disambiguation%29

Ross Greer (disambiguation)

Ross Greer may refer to: Ross Greer (footballer) (born 1967), Australian/Hong Kong footballer Ross Greer (politician) (born 1994), Scottish politician

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Superliga

Superliga may refer to: Sports Superliga can refer to different sports leagues: Association football Albanian Superliga, the Albanian top-flight men's division Danish Superliga, the Danish top-flight men's division Liga Super Indonesia, Indonesian top-flight division Football Superleague of Kosovo, the Kosovar top-flight men's division Malaysia Super League, the Malaysian top-flight men's division Argentine Superliga, the Argentine top-flight men's division North American SuperLiga, a tournament among top North American clubs Primeira Liga, the current name for Portuguese SuperLiga, the Portuguese top-flight men's division Romanian Superliga (women's football), the Romanian top level league for women Serbian Superliga, the Serbian top-flight men's division Slovak Superliga, the Slovak top-flight men's division Superliga Colombiana, Colombian official tournament between Apertura and Finalización champions Superliga Femenina, the Spanish top-flight women's division Süper Lig, the Turkish top-flight men's division Super Liga Timorense, the East Timor top-flight division Volleyball Superliga Brasileira de Voleibol, Brazilian men's and women's top-flight volleyball division Superliga de Voleibol Masculina, the Spanish men's volleyball top league Superliga Femenina de Voleibol, the Spanish women's volleyball top league Philippine Super Liga, Filipino men's and women's volleyball league Other sports Polish Superliga, Polish men's top-flight handball league Romanian Superliga, the Romanian top-flight men's water polo division Russian Hockey Super League, Russian top-flight ice hockey division Swedish Super League, Swedish men's top floorball league Swedish Super League, Swedish women's top floorball league Ukraine Rugby Superliga, Ukrainian top-flight men's rugby division SuperLiga (rugby), Romanian top-flight men's rugby division Other uses "Superliga" (song), by Danish rock band Nephew See also Liga (disambiguation) Super League (disambiguation)

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Magued Osman

Dr. Magued Osman () is the CEO and Director of the Egyptian Center for Public Opinion Research "Baseera," which ran the only transparent public opinion surveys by phone for the first Egyptian Presidential elections in 2012. Baseera implemented also the first exit poll in the middle east. Dr. Osman is a member of Egypt National Council for Women. Dr.Osman is acting as the chairman of Telecom Egypt (we), the main landlines service provider in Egypt, since 2016. He is the former Minister of Communications and Information Technology in Egypt from February to July 2011 in the caretaker government. Before being appointed as a minister, Dr. Osman was the Chairman of the Egyptian Cabinet of Ministers' Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC). Dr. Osman is one of the Pioneers of Statistics and national information in Egypt; He is a Professor, at the Department of Statistics, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University. In 2012, he led the World Values Survey in Egypt. He has an extensive technical and consultancy experience in the fields of poverty targeting, statistical policies, and public policy for a number of prestigious local, regional institutions, and international organizations; such as Ministry of Urban and Rural Development, Saudi Arabia, the Economic Research Forum (ERF), UNIEF, the Canadian International Development Research Centre, UNDP, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Dr. Osman is the editor and lead author of 2016 Human Development Report (HDR). The report discusses social justice in Egypt. National committees Ministerial Group for Human Development. Advisory Committee – Ministry of Higher Education. Fund of the Civil Affairs System – Sector of the Civil Affairs Authority –Ministry of Interior. Board of Directors of the National Authority for Remote Sensing. Board of Directors of the Authority of Standardization and Production Quality Control. Board of trustees - Egypt's International University. National Committee for Information Development – Scientific Research Academy. Research Council of Population and Social Sciences – Academy of Scientific Research. Executive committee of the National Population Council. Advisory Council of the Post Graduate Education Department – Cairo's Arab Academy of Financial and Banking Sciences Advisory Committee for Planning and Statistical Coordination – Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) The Permanent Scientific Committee – National Council for Social and Criminal Research. Board of Directors of the Center for Information and Computer Systems – Faculty of Economics and Political Science – Cairo University. Information and Communication Committee of the National Committee of Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO – ELISCO - ESISCO). Family Born in Cairo on November 4, 1951. He has two brothers Hussein Osman and Amr Osman. He is married to Dr. Fadia Elwan Professor of Psychology at Cairo University with three sons Hesham Osman, Walid Osman and Tarek Osman. Education 1984-1987 Ph.D., Biostatistics - Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. 1982-1984 M.S., Biostatistics - Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. 1977-1980 M.Sc., Applied Statistics - Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. 1970-1974 B.Sc., Statistics - Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. 1967-1970 High School Diploma - Collège de la Sainte Famille (French Language School), Cairo, Egypt. Publications I. Publications in refereed journals: Osman, M. A note on: the human sex ratio and factors influencing family size in Japan. Journal of Heredity 1985; 76: 143. Luria, M., Debanne, S., and Osman, M. Long-term follow-up after recovery from acute myocardial infarction: observations on survival, ventricular arrhythmias and sudden death. Archives of Internal Medicine 1985; 145: 1592-1595. Osman, M. and Yamashita, T. A model for evaluating the effect of son or daughter preference on population size. Journal of Heredity 1987; 78: 377-382. Osman, M. Pattern of family sex composition preference in Egypt. Studies in African and Asian Demography, Research Monograph Series 1988; 18: 87-96. Osman, M. Differentials of sex preference in Egypt. Studies in African and Asian Demography, Research Monograph Series 1989; 19: 335-345. Osman, M. Birth spacing and nutritional status of child, in Egypt, 1988. Studies in African and Asian Demography, Research Monograph Series 1990; 20: 87-96. Gawad, M. and Osman, M. Effect and safety of Sertraline. The Egyptian Journal of Psychiatry 1991; 14:145-168. Ashoor, A., Osman, M., and Parashar, S. Head and neck and oesophagus cancers in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Medical Journal 1993;14:209-212. Osman, M., Magbool, G., and Kaul, K. Hegira adaptation of the NCHS weight and height charts. Annals of Saudi Medicine 1993; 13:170-171. Magbool, G., Kaul, K., Corea, J., Osman, M., and Al-Arfaj, A. Weight and height of Saudi children 6–16 years from the eastern province. Annals of Saudi Medicine 1993; 13:344-349. Sebai, Z. and Osman, M. Teaching medicine in Arabic. Journal of Family and Community Medicine 1994; 1:3-9. Abdel Shafy, M. and Osman, M. The compound Gompertz as a lifetime distribution. The Egyptian Statistical Journal 1995; 39:89-105. Osman, M. Teaching biostatistics using Epi Info. Journal of Family and Community Medicine 1995; 2:49-62. Osman, M. Exploring mixture of distributions using Minitab. Computers in Biology and Medicine 1997; 27:223-232. Al-Hussaini, E. and Osman, M. On median of finite mixture. Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation 1997; 58: 121-142. Mangoud, A. et al. Utilization pattern of health care facilities in a selected Thana in Bangladesh. Journal of Preventive and Social Medicine 1997; 16:87-91. El-Bassiouni, M., Zayed, A. and Osman, M. An empirical study of the UAE job market expectations from business education. Arab Journal of Administrative Sciences 1999; 6: 295-311. Rashad, H., Osman, M., and Roudi, N. Marriage in the Arab World. Population Reference Bureau 2005. Osman, Magued and Shahd, Laila (2003) "Age-discrepant marriages in Egypt". In Nicholas Hopkins (eds) The New Arab Family. Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press, pp. 51–61. Rashad, Hoda and Osman, Magued (2003) "Nuptiality in Arab countries: Changes and implications". In Nicholas Hopkins (eds) The New Arab Family. Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press, pp. 20–50. II. Publications in conference proceedings: Osman, M. and McClish, D. Survival analysis for heterogeneous populations. American Statistical Association proceedings 1985, Social Statistics, 1985; 235-240. Osman, M. and McClish, D. A model for survival in the presence of heterogeneity. American Statistical Association proceedings 1986, Social Statistics, 1986; 234-236. Osman, M. Simulation experiment of a family building model. Proceedings of the First Conference on Computer Modeling System in Human Social Sciences 1989; 83-108. Center for Information and Computer Systems, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University. Osman, M. Sensitivity of fertility parameters used in population projection using ESCAP/POP. Proceedings of the Second Conference on Statistics and Computer Modeling in Human and Social Sciences 1990; Center for Information and Computer Systems, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University. Osman, M. The mixture of distributions as a model for analyzing anthropometric data. In: IRD/Macro International, Inc. Proceedings of the Demographic and Health Surveys World Conference, Washington, D.C. 1991, Vol 2, Columbia, Maryland, USA 1991:1101-1113. Osman, M. Modeling height-for-age data in Egypt: compound vs. finite mixture normal distributions. Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Statistics, Computer Science and Applications. 1994. El-Bassiouni, M. and Osman, M. Using Minitab in teaching statistical distributions. Proceedings of the International Conference for Teaching Statistics and Information Sciences. July 1994, pp. 219–232, 1994. Osman, M. Modeling height for age data in developing countries. Paper presented in the Fifth Islamic Countries Conference on Statistical Sciences, Malang, Indonesia, August 1996. Osman, M. Nutritional status in Egypt: Results from the 1992 Egypt Demographic and Health Survey. Paper presented in the Arab Regional Meeting of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, Cairo, December 1996. Osman, M. Population policies in Egypt, Jordan and Yemen. Paper presented in the Second ESCWA (UN) Meeting of Heads of National Population Councils in The Arab Countries on Population Policies and Sustainable Development, Amman, December 1997. Al Segeny, M., Ismaeil, S., and Osman, M. Egyptian 2000 Growth Reference Centiles for Weight, and Height Fitted by LMS Method. Proceedings of the Conference on Statistics and Computer Modeling in Human and Social Sciences 2005; Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University. III. Books: Sayed, H. and Osman, M. Pregnancy, Fertility and Family Planning Practice. Ministry of Health, The Health Profile of Egypt, 1987 Cairo. Sayed, H., Osman, M., El-Zenaty, F. and Way, A. Egypt Demographic and Health Survey 1988. Columbia, Maryland: Institute for Resource Development, Macro System, Inc., 1989. Osman M. Health surveys - error in data analysis. Case Studies in Community Medicine. Ed. Z. Sebai. pp 71–81. Osman M. Population and Labor Force in Egypt. Cairo, Egypt: Merit Publishing, 2002. Osman M. Demographic Profile of the United Arab Emirates. National Research Project for Manpower Development and Education Planning, United Arab Emirates University, Emirates, 1991. El-Shamsy, M., Hegazi, M. and Osman, M. Women and Employment in Emirates. United Arab Emirates University, Emirates, 1996. Osman, M. Stunting among Egyptian children: Differentials and risk factors. In: Perspectives on the Population and Health Situation in Egypt. Ed. Mahran, M. et al. pp. 95–112. Demographic and Health surveys, Macro International Inc. Maryland, USA. Co-Author of Egypt Human Development Report 2004. Co-Author of Egypt Human Development Report 2005. IV. Working papers: Osman M. Sex preference in Egypt. Working Paper # 18, Cairo Demographic Center, 1990. El-Bassiouni, M. and Osman, M. Using computers in teaching survey methodology course. Occasional Paper # 9, Cairo Demographic Center, 1997. See also List of national leaders Egypt Collège de la Sainte Famille References External links Profile at the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology Profile at ITIDA Profile at IDSC Profile at UN Cairo University faculty Living people 1951 births Case Western Reserve University alumni Cairo University alumni

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Norfleet, Kentucky

Norfleet is an unincorporated community in Pulaski County, in the U.S. state of Kentucky. History A post office called Norfleet was established in 1906, and remained in operation until 1962. The community has the name of Wyatt Norfleet, a local merchant. References Unincorporated communities in Pulaski County, Kentucky

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2020–21 US Biskra season

In the 2020–21 season, US Biskra is competing in the Ligue 1 for the 4th season, It is their 3rd consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football.. Squad list Players and squad numbers last updated on 15 November 2020.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Pre-season Competitions Overview {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !rowspan=2|Competition !colspan=8|Record !rowspan=2|Started round !rowspan=2|Final position / round !rowspan=2|First match !rowspan=2|Last match |- ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! |- | Ligue 1 | | To be confirmed | In progress | In progress |- | League Cup | Round of 16 | To be confirmed | In progress | In progress |- ! Total Ligue 1 League table Results summary Results by round Matches On 22 October 2020, the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 fixtures were announced. Algerian League Cup Squad information Playing statistics |- ! colspan=10 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers |- ! colspan=10 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders |- ! colspan=10 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders |- ! colspan=10 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards |- ! colspan=10 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season Goalscorers Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal. Transfers In Out Notes References 2020-21 Algerian football clubs 2020–21 season

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St Oswald's Church, Preesall

St Oswald's Church is an Anglican church in Preesall, a town on the Fylde coastal plain in Lancashire, England. It is an active parish church in the diocese of Blackburn and the archdeaconry of Lancaster. It was built 1896–1898, designed by Hubert Austin, and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. History and administration St Oswald's was designed by Hubert Austin of the Lancaster architectural firm Austin and Paley in 1896, and building of the church was completed in 1899. Austin's signed architectural plans for the building hang inside the church. It was originally a chapel of ease to St James' Church at nearby Stalmine. The church cost about £3,450 (). St Oswald's was designated a Grade II listed building on 3 October 1984. The Grade II listing, the lowest of the three grades, is for buildings that are "nationally important and of special interest". An active church in the Church of England, St Oswald's is part of the diocese of Blackburn, which is in the Province of York. It is in the archdeaconry of Lancaster, the Deanery of Garstang and the benefice of the Waterside Parishes of Hambleton, Out Rawcliffe and Preesall. Architecture The church is constructed of red brick with sandstone dressings; the roofs are slate. The church plan consists of a nave and chancel, with a south aisle, transepts and bell turret (covered in shingles and with a short spire) towards the west end. There is a porch to the south. The windows are two-light, pointed headed, with quatrefoils. There is a three-light west window and a four-light east window with cusped ogees. The internal walls of the nave are of red brick, and the chancel is faced with Runcorn sandstone. The four-bay aisle has octagonal arcade piers. Stained glass in the church includes work from the 1970s by J. Fisher and H. Harvey of Shrigley and Hunt. See also Listed buildings in Preesall List of ecclesiastical works by Austin and Paley (1895–1914) References Citations Sources Church of England church buildings in Lancashire Diocese of Blackburn Grade II listed churches in Lancashire The Fylde Oswald, Preesall Austin and Paley buildings

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2020 European Judo Championships – Men's 66 kg

The men's 66 kg competition at the 2020 European Judo Championships was held on 19 November at the O2 Arena. Results Final Repechage Top half Bottom half References External links M66 European Judo Championships Men's Half Lightweight

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Japan%20Aviation

New Japan Aviation

, also known as or NJA, is a Japanese aviation services company that operates scheduled air service between Niigata and Sado Island, as well as flight training and other services from its headquarters at Kagoshima Airport. History NJA began scheduled service between Niigata and Sado in February 2011. NJA suspended the route for eleven days in July 2012 after its Islander aircraft struck a car while taxiing at Niigata Airport. NJA suspended the route again in February 2013 due to a faulty generator indicator on its Islander aircraft, which could only be fixed by importing special components. The service resumed in August 2013. It is the only airline currently providing scheduled service to Sado Island, although other scheduled operators have served the airport in the past. Scheduled destinations Niigata Airport Sado Airport Non-scheduled destinations / Charter flights Kagoshima Airport Satsuma Iōjima Airport Miyazaki Airport Kumamoto Airport Amakusa Airport Kitakyushu Airport Nagasaki Airport Oita Airport Fleet Four Cessna 172 One Britten-Norman Islander References External links Official website Airlines of Japan 1969 establishments in Japan

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen%20Dodd%20Law

Stephen Dodd Law

Stephen Dodd Law (June 25, 1820 – October 22, 1886) was an American lawyer and author. Biography Law, fourth son of Samuel Andrew Law—who graduated from Yale College in 1792—and Sarah Sherman Law, was born in Meredith, Delaware County, N. Y., June 25, 1820. He graduate from Yale in 1841. After his graduation, he taught an academy for a while, was town clerk of Meredith, captain of militia, etc. He studied law at Delhi, N. Y, and at Albany, N Y, was admitted as solicitor and counselor in chancery in June, 1845, and as Attorney at law in January, 1846. He commenced practicing in Albany, but in 1848 removed his office to New York City. In July, 1848, he went to Washington, D. C, as Law-clerk in the office of the Solicitor of the Treasury; but in 1849 returned to New York, where he continued to practice law, making a specialty of patent cases, until the time of his death. In 1852 he published a Treatise on the Jurisdiction of the United States Courts ; in 1862, a Digest of all Cases decided in the American Courts in respect to Copyright, Patents for Inventions, and Trademarks; and in 1866, The Statute Laws of the United States respecting Copyrights and Patents for Inventions. New editions of the last two works have been frequently printed. He gave much attention to the study of the works of Shakespeare, and wrote several articles on the plays and characters of that poet, some of which it is intended to publish. His collection of books was quite large, and related mostly to editions of Shakespeare and works respecting that author. He was fond of his books, and when at home in the country spent most of his time in his library. He resided in Brooklyn, N. Y., before 1869, and after that date in Tarrytown. He died at his home in Tarrytown, October 22, 1886, in his 67th year. He married, December 22, 1851, Josephine Tewksbury, of Philadelphia, Pa., who died March 22, 1859. He had two sons, of whom the younger died in infancy; his elder son, named James Tewksbury Law (1852-1917), practiced law with his father in New York, but died unmarried and without issue. His posthumous portrait was painted by Carl Ludwig Brandt in 1893. References External links Books by Law 1820 births 1886 deaths People from Delaware County, New York Yale College alumni New York (state) local politicians New York (state) lawyers United States Department of the Treasury officials Patent attorneys American legal writers American male non-fiction writers 19th-century American politicians 19th-century American lawyers

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Vexillum daedalum

Vexillum (Costellaria) daedalum is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters. Description The shell size varies between 9 mm and 30 mm Distribution This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Mozambique and in the Pacific Ocean along Fiji; References MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp. External links daedalum Gastropods described in 1845

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Inkerman Bridge

The Inkerman Bridge was a railway bridge over the Burdekin River between McDesme and Home Hill, both in the Shire of Burdekin, Queensland, Australia. It was in operation between 1913 and 1957 after which it was replaced by the Burdekin Bridge (also known as the Silver Link). History The Inkerman Bridge was built as part of the North Coast railway line along the Queensland coast that ultimately linked Brisbane to Cairns by rail. Construction commenced in 1912 and the bridge officially opened on Monday 8 September 1913. The bridge was low-lying and the Burdekin River frequently flooded. As a result, the bridge was frequently closed due to water over the bridge or because the bridge was damaged by floods leading to months of closure while it was repaired. On 8 March 1945 a goods train was swept off the bridge in a sudden surge of flood water. Two people drowned, while four others survived by freeing the cattle on board and then "rode" down the river holding onto the steers until they were rescued downstream at various locations as far as Rita Island. The bridge went at least under water in that flood. The disaster renewed demands that a higher-level bridge be built. In 1947 a project commenced to build a high-level road-and-rail bridge to replace the Inkerman Bridge, but owing to the sandy soil without any rock to provide foundations for a higher bridge, it took ten years to design and construct the Burdekin Bridge which opened on 27 March 1957. Remnants Some remnants of the old bridge are still visible downstream (east) of the Burdekin Bridge. References External links Railway bridges in Queensland Burdekin River Shire of Burdekin Former railway bridges in Australia

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%20Is%20Beautiful%20%28Dean%20Blunt%20and%20Inga%20Copeland%20album%29

Black Is Beautiful (Dean Blunt and Inga Copeland album)

Black Is Beautiful is a studio album by Dean Blunt and Inga Copeland of the electronic duo Hype Williams, released in 2012 on Hyperdub. Track listing Critical reception The album received positive reviews. References 2012 albums

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lasopole

Lasopole

Lasopole is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chynów, within Grójec County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. References Lasopole

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusiate%20Matarerega

Rusiate Matarerega

Rusiate Matarerega (born 17 January 1993) is a Fijian footballer who plays as a forward for Nadi in the Fijian National Football League. Club Cup: Fiji Football Association Cup Tournament, Inter-District Championship, Battle of the Giants and Champion versus Champion International career International goals Scores and results list Fiji's goal tally first. Private life Matarerega is the son of former Lautoka, Nadi and Fiji national rep, Watisoni Voli. References 1993 births Living people Fijian footballers Nadi F.C. players Suva F.C. players Fiji international footballers 2016 OFC Nations Cup players Association football forwards

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List of Anaheim Ducks records

This is a list of franchise records for the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League. Regular season All players Points Goals Assists Games played Penalty minutes Game-winning goals Power-play goals Short-handed goals Defensemen Points Goaltenders Games played Wins Shutouts Goals against average *minimum 25 games played Save percentage *minimum 25 games played Playoffs All players Points Goals Assists Games played Penalty minutes Game-winning goals Power play goals Short-handed goals Defensemen Points Goaltenders Games played Wins Goals against average *minimum 100 minutes played Save percentage *minimum 100 minutes played Shutouts Franchise records Franchise single season † Ties are no longer an official NHL statistic since the 2005–06 NHL season ‡ Overtime losses became an official NHL statistic in the 1999–2000 NHL season and replaced the 'tie' statistic beginning in the 2005–06 NHL season Franchise single game Franchise streaks Streaks Individual records Career leaders † At the end of the 2007–08 NHL season § Andy McDonald was traded on December 14, 2007, the day of the Ducks' following game. †† Minimum 50 games played ‡ Minimum 500 shots against Single season leaders Individual single game leaders References Career Leaders of the Anaheim Ducks. Records National Hockey League statistical records

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group%209%20Rugby%20League

Group 9 Rugby League

Group 9 is a rugby league competition based in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, and surrounding areas. The competition is played in five grades, with these being Under 17s, Under 19s, Women's League-Tag, Reserve-Grade and First-Grade. Currently a home and away season consisting of sixteen rounds is played. The best four teams then play-off according to the Page-McIntyre system, culminating in the Group 9 Grand final, which is traditionally held at McDonald's Park in Wagga Wagga. History Group 9 Rugby League was formed at a meeting at the Grand Hotel, Harden, following a four-hour meeting on 26 April 1923, which finished at 12:20 am the following morning. The foundation clubs were Harden, Murrumburrah, Binalong, Young, Wambanumba, Monteagle, Bendick Murrell, Cootamundra, Junee, Wagga Wagga, Gundagai, Tumut, Adelong, West Wyalong, Barmedman, Griffith, Temora, Leeton, Ariah Park and Mildil. Competition in the early years of Group 9 consisted of various challenge type matches, and it was not until 1933 that regular inter-club competition commenced. Current clubs Previous clubs First Grade Grand Finals Team Performance Reserve Grade Grand Finals Team Performance Under 18/19s Grand Finals Group Nine has run two under-age competitions since 1971. Clubs in the older division compete for the Weissel Cup. This is not to be confused with the Weissel Medal, an award for the First Grade Player of the Year. Both awards are named in honour of the late Eric Weissel, an Australian representative who played and coached several clubs in the region. Team Performance Under 16/17s Grand Finals Team Performance Ladies League Tag Grand Finals Team Performance Juniors Albury Thunder Adrian Purtell Cootamundra Bulldogs Mark Bryant Les Boyd Glen Buttriss Jack De Belin Paul Beath Luke Berkrey Dennis Luck Junee Diesels Laurie Daley Jason Lidden Rick Keast Adam Perry Michael Dobson Craig Breen Phil Crowe South City Bulls Nick Skinner Temora Dragons Mark Stimson Trent Barrett Todd Payten Josh McCrone Steve Reardon Ryan Hinchcliffe Mark Nicholls Ben Hampton Trevor Barnes Peter Wynn Graeme Wynn Brendon Reeves Peter Stimson Gavin Price-Jones Steve Reardon Joe Stimson Liam Martin Zac Lomax Wagga Wagga Brothers Jack Littlejohn Wagga Wagga Kangaroos Peter Sterling Steve Mortimer Steve Martin Greg Watt Geoff Lawson Jeff Case Paul Upfield Marc Glanville Luke Priddis Jamie Soward Nigel Plum Cameron King Young Cherrypickers Rod Slater Peter Spring Brett Mullins Simon Woolford Jordan McLean Angus Crichton See also Rugby League Competitions in Australia References External links Group 9 Homepage Sport in Wagga Wagga Rugby league competitions in New South Wales

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Coreen Shire

Coreen Shire was a local government area in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. Coreen Shire was established in 1906 and its offices were based in the town of Corowa. Localities in the Shire included Balldale, Buraja, Coreen, Daysdale, Lowesdale, Hopefield, Rennie, Savernake and Warragoon. In 1955 Coreen Shire was merged with the Municipality of Corowa to form Corowa Shire. References Former local government areas of New South Wales 1906 establishments in Australia 1955 disestablishments in Australia

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20E.%20Moss

John E. Moss

John Emerson Moss (April 13, 1915 – December 5, 1997) was an American politician of the Democratic Party, noted for his championing of the federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) through multiple sessions of the United States House of Representatives where he served from 1953 to 1978. Biography Moss was born in Hiawatha, Carbon County, Utah, in 1915, and moved with his family to Sacramento, California in 1923 where he attended public school and Sacramento Junior College. He held various sales, credit executive, and retail jobs from 1938 and 1943. In 1935 he married Jean Kueny, the daughter of Joseph and Winnefred (née West) Kueny of Galt, California. Together they had two daughters, Jennifer Afton (dob 3/14/1946) and Allison Effie, (dob 10/17/1949). In 1938 he joined the California Democratic State Central committee where he remained until 1980. He died in San Francisco, California in 1997. Moss served in the United States Navy during World War II and was elected to the California State Legislature in 1949, where he served as the Democratic floor leader until 1952. U.S. House of Representatives Moss served in the US House of Representatives for California's 3rd congressional district for 13 terms from 1953 until he retired in 1978. He was nominated by both the Democratic and Republican parties in 1958 and ran unopposed in 1960. Moss earned the distinction of never being defeated in an election for public office. Moss held the chair for the following subcommittees in the House of Representatives: Special Subcommittee on Government Information Foreign Operations and Government Information Subcommittee of the House Government Operations Committee Commerce and Finance and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittees of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce He also served on the following committees: Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans Subcommittee on Government Information and Individual Rights Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security Committees on Post Office and Civil Service and House Administration Joint Committee on Atomic Energy Tenure His legislative record includes: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), which he authored and sponsored through several iterations Consumer Product Safety Act, which he authored and advocated Federal Trade Commission Improvements Act, also known as the Magnuson-Moss Act Deregulatory legislation to establish NASDAQ Consumer protection legislation, including protection against hazards related to automobiles, toys, tires, flammability standards for children's clothing, and toxins. Moss also played an active role in furthering legislative oversight, chairing hearings related to the World Uranium Cartel, FBI foreign security surveillance during the Vietnam War, abuse in federal contracting, GAAP, defensive medicine, pricing and supply of natural gas, passive restraint systems for passenger cars, regulation of pesticides, and amendments to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Congressman Moss is considered the father of modern legislative oversight. On May 1, 1973 Moss was also the first to call for the House to set up procedures for a bill of impeachment during the Watergate scandal. Freedom of Information Act Moss has been noted for his determination in passing the Freedom of Information Act into law. As chairman of the Government Information Subcommittee it took Moss 6 congressional sessions (over 12 years) to get the Freedom of Information Act through Congress successfully. Much of the desire for government transparency stemmed from the Department of Defense and Congressional committees evaluation of the nation's classification system in the late 1950s. They determined that the misuse of government classification of documents was causing insiders to leak documents that were marked "confidential". The Moss Committee took it upon itself to reform confidentiality policy and implement punishments for the overuse of classification by officials and departments. The landmark bill was signed into law by a reluctant Lyndon B. Johnson on July 4, 1966. References Further reading External links John E. Moss Foundation web site Members of the United States House of Representatives from California 1915 births 1997 deaths Members of the California State Assembly People from Carbon County, Utah California Democrats Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives 20th-century American politicians Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from California

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Paolaura kenyaensis

Paolaura kenyaensis is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Granulinidae. The species was first described by Smriglio and Mariottini in 2001. References Granulinidae Gastropods described in 2001

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolando%20L%C3%B3pez%20Salinas

Rolando López Salinas

Rolando López Salinas (1948/1953 – September 2018), also known as El Rolis, was a Mexican suspected drug lord and former high-ranking member of the Gulf Cartel, a criminal group based in Tamaulipas, Mexico. López Salinas started his criminal career as the right-hand man of his cousin Edelio López Falcón and was in charge of his security services, and later became involved in drug trafficking operations. During his criminal career, López Salinas survived two assassination attempts—one in 1999 and another in 2000—which were reportedly triggered by his differences with Gilberto García Mena, a former cartel boss. After López Falcón came into conflict with the cartel's leadership, both he and López Salinas broke ties with the cartel and forged alliances with rival criminal groups. López Salinas eventually joined the Beltrán-Leyva Cartel, a criminal group that arose from the remnants of the Sinaloa Cartel, and became one of its senior members. In 2015, law enforcement agencies identified him as the head of the cartel in Monterrey and San Pedro Garza García. On 4 September 2018, gunmen kidnapped López Salinas in San Pedro Garza García; his corpse was found a few days later, bearing visible signs of torture. His assassins left a sign at the crime scene warning other cartel members that they would be killed if they did not surrender. Investigators suspect he was murdered by members of his own cartel. Career Rolando López Salinas, also known by his nickname "El Rolis", was born in Tamaulipas, Mexico between 1948 and 1953. In the 1990s, he was reportedly a member of the Gulf Cartel, a criminal group based in Tamaulipas, and worked under his cousin Edelio López Falcón ("El Yeyo") as his top enforcer and his personal bodyguard, and was responsible for managing his security services. Although López Salinas reported directly to his cousin, murder operations conducted by López Salinas and his faction were ordered directly by the drug lord Gilberto García Mena ("El June"), to whom both reported. López Falcón allowed this because he preferred to not be linked to that part of the business. In the late 1990s, however, López Falcón and García Mena entered into conflict with one another. The conflict started after López Falcón began diversifying the Gulf Cartel's portfolio and smuggling cocaine to the U.S. from Tamaulipas, a corridor through which García Mena primarily smuggled marijuana. García Mena sought support from Osiel Cárdenas Guillén, the leader of the Gulf Cartel, to try to oust both López Salinas and López Falcón, both of whom sought the support of rival organized crime groups. In mid-2000, López Salinas and López Falcón met with members of the Sinaloa Cartel and brokered a drug deal without the Gulf Cartel's approval. Both men eventually left the Gulf Cartel and formed an alliance with the Sinaloa Cartel, which promised them larger profits in exchange for allowing them to smuggle drugs in Tamaulipas. This prompted García Mena and the Gulf Cartel to fully cut ties with López Salinas and his group. At that time, the Sinaloa Cartel operated as a triangle organization and had an alliance with the Milenio and Juárez Cartels, criminal groups that rivaled the Gulf Cartel. In 2001, López Salinas was accused of collaborating with three military personnel based in Tamaulipas: General Ricardo Martínez Perea, Infantryman Javier Antonio Quevedo Guerrero, and Captain Pedro Maya Díaz. The investigation against López Salinas began in January 2001, when residents from Miguel Alemán complained to federal authorities that several drug traffickers based in the area were receiving protection from the Mexican Armed Forces. An anonymous fax was sent to the Secretariat of National Defense (SEDENA); the fax provided details of the Gulf Cartel's use of the military for their drug-trafficking activities. López Salinas was accused of receiving information to prevent his drug shipments from being seized he was notified of the movements of law enforcement personnel in the area. The Mexican military sent undercover troops to the area to investigate the incident. Upon gathering information from Miguel Alemán residents, they were made aware that López Salinas reportedly owned a health clinic in the city and that Quevedo, Maya, and other military officials were hospitalized there sometime between June and July 2000 after overdosing on cocaine. Assassination attempts In February 1999, Cárdenas Guillén met with his enforcer Arturo Guzmán Decena ("Z-1"), the head of the Gulf Cartel's former paramilitary group Los Zetas, at a safe house in Reynosa and ordered him to gather twenty of his henchmen to kill López Salinas. Cárdenas Guillén and López Salinas had been friends but the former wanted to kill him because of his conflict with García Mena. According to government files, Cárdenas Guillén's gunmen arrived at López Salinas' home in Miguel Alemán and surrounded it. Only Guzmán Decena and his associate Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano ("Z-3") entered the premises. The rest of the henchmen, including Juan Carlos de la Cruz Reyna ("Z-36"), Braulio Arellano Domínguez ("Z-20"), Hugo Ponce Salazar ("Z-4"), Mateo Díaz López ("Z-10"), Rogelio García García ("El Roger"), and Baldomero González Ruiz ("El Viejo Fox"), remained outside. A shootout between them and López Salinas' gunmen broke out at the property. During the shootout, Lazcano shot at a gas tank, causing an explosion that killed several people inside. Guzmán Decena and Lazcano fled the scene shortly thereafter. González Ruiz suffered a gunshot wound on his jaw. According to a government protected witness, multiple gunmen died inside the house but he stated that the Tamaulipas State Police covered up the incident. The Gulf Cartel failed to reach López Salinas, their intended target. After the operation, the gunmen returned to the safe house in Reynosa and notified Cárdenas Guillén of what occurred. After learning of López Salinas' defection from the Gulf Cartel, García Mena plotted to kill him. On 22 September 2000, López Salinas was nearly killed in a drive-by ambush in Miguel Alemán. He was traveling in an armored Escalade vehicle with his chauffeur and bodyguard Héctor Arias when the attack occurred. As they turned at a street corner, they noticed two vehicles with their hoods raised as though they had engine problems blocking the road. Arias put the vehicle into reverse but two more vehicles corralled behind them to prevent them from escaping. Arias and López Salinas reached for their weapons as they saw several gunmen exiting their vehicles. The assailants fired at López Salinas' vehicle using a number of firearms but the bullet-proof windows prevented any gunshots from penetrating it. López Salinas and Arias then lowered their side windows and fired back. During this exchange, Arias was shot on the elbow. Both of them were able to drive away from the scene shortly thereafter. Aftermath To protect himself from future attacks, López Salinas hired six assassins from the state of Sinaloa. On 27 September 2000, however, the hitmen were arrested at Colonia Infonavit Rinconada in Miguel Alemán; they initially resisted arrest and fired at the police officers when confronted but they surrendered after the Tamaulipas State Police surrounded them and ordered them to turn themselves in. According to police reports, the gunmen were posing as state policemen and were arrested after authorities received an anonymous tip. In their confession, they stated they were in Tamaulipas to protect López Salinas, and that their center of operations was in Nuevo León. The police suspected López Salinas was planning to use the gunmen to carry out an attack against García Mena's forces. After learning the gunmen were working for López Salinas, the PGR confirmed they were joining state officials in the investigation. Two agents and a commander from the Tamaulipas State Police were under investigation for allegedly providing support to López Salinas and his gunmen. In addition, Nuevo León authorities were also investigating the gunmen for their alleged involvement in the homicide of three people in Apodaca on 22 September. After waiting several days for a warrant, judge María Guadalupe Gómez Núñez granted the Mexican Army and the Federal Judicial Police (PJF) permission to raid López Salinas' home in Miguel Alemán on 30 September 2000. Security forces suspected his house was being used as a safe house for the cartel's operations. At the scene, authorities found six AK-47s, two handguns, 871 rounds of ammunition, a grenade, and twenty packages of marijuana weighing . They also seized two vehicle air bags, which investigators suspected López Salinas removed from his vehicles to hide grenades. The grenades were intended to be used during shootouts and were retrieved by operating a sophisticated electronic system. Authorities also confirmed the six gunmen arrested days prior had been staying in this house and that they were probably preparing for an attack against López Salinas' rivals. Manhunt and resurgence On 9 April 2001, the Mexican Army arrested García Mena after a week-long manhunt in Guardados de Abajo, Camargo. The Gulf Cartel suspected López Falcón plotted against García Mena and informed Mexican authorities on his whereabouts. The Gulf Cartel thus carried out a search to kill him and those aligned with his faction. About a month after the arrest, López Falcón was subject to an assassination attempt in Guadalupe, Nuevo León. On 13 May 2001, several gunmen from Los Zetas stormed into a cockfighting arena and music concert that López Falcón was attending. He left the arena unharmed by merging with the rest of the concert-goers, but the incident spawned national headlines and catapulted López Falcón to fame. Both he and his cousin became top priorities for law enforcement. In June 2001, an anonymous citizen issued a memo to the PGR and the Monterrey-based newspaper El Norte with pictures of López Salinas and López Falcón; the memo accused López Salinas of being in public places in Miguel Alemán with armed men and that local authorities reportedly did nothing to stop him. Authorities suspect this memo was submitted by López Salinas' rivals. To increase law enforcement and media attention against López Salinas and several of his accomplices, Cárdenas Guillén's lawyer Juan Jesús Guerrero Chapa leaked a fake rumor that López Salinas and López Falcón were part of a new Nuevo León-based criminal group known as the Monterrey Cartel (Spanish: Cártel de Monterrey) to the national press in mid-2001. This media strategy was also used to help ease the increasing law enforcement pressure the Gulf Cartel was experiencing in Tamaulipas following the arrest of García Mena and to help refocus their efforts against Cárdenas Guillén's turf competitors. The rumors prompted the PGR to investigate López Salinas' links with members of the PJF and the Nuevo León State Police. Federal and state officials later stated that the Monterrey Cartel did not exist. On 31 July 2001, the Specialized Unit Against Organized Crime (UEDO), one of the PGR's former branches, carried out a joint operation with the Mexican military to arrest López Salinas in Miguel Alemán and Camargo. Security forces believed López Salinas and his associate Mario Ramírez ("La Gata") were trying to become the leading cocaine traffickers in the area. Both López Salinas and Ramírez reportedly formed an alliance to defend themselves from the Gulf Cartel in the border area known as La Frontera Chica. They said this was due to the leadership void resulting from García Mena's arrest and López Falcón's assassination attempt, which forced him to leave Tamaulipas. The UEDO carried out this operation after U.S. authorities seized two tons of cocaine that were reportedly owned by López Salinas and Ramírez. The military was withdrawn from the area on 28 July. On 4 August, a shootout between López Falcón's and López Salinas' gunmen broke out outside a cockfighting arena in Reynosa. According to police reports, the gunmen argued in the arena's parking lot following a Bobby Pulido music concert. Three people were injured in the attack. Authorities drew similarities with the shootout in Nuevo León months prior when López Falcón was targeted. On 1 October, security forces raided another of López Salinas' properties in Rancherías, a rural community in Camargo. The property was described as a field house and had a football field. Authorities seized a grenade, six rifles, two handguns, and slightly over of marijuana inside. The PGR did not dismiss the possibility of raiding more properties owned by López Salinas. On 3 May 2003, López Falcón was murdered by two gunmen inside a restaurant in Guadalajara, Jalisco. According to investigators, the attack was likely carried out by Los Zetas under Cárdenas Guillén's orders. The police stated that López Salinas was the natural successor to his cousin but that he was at risk of a similar fate. After leaving the Gulf Cartel, López Salinas sided with the Beltrán-Leyva Cartel, a criminal group that formed from the remnants of the Sinaloa Cartel. In 2015, authorities suspected López Salinas had been appointed as head of the Beltrán-Leyva Cartel in Monterrey and San Pedro Garza García by his boss Héctor Huerta Ríos ("La Burra"). He was reportedly appointed to the position to help defeat the forces of Eleazar Medina Rojas ("El Chelelo"), a leader of the Northeast Cartel faction of Los Zetas. According to a source within Mexico's organized investigatory agency SEIDO, López Salinas was referred to by his code name "El 8" in the Beltrán-Leyva Cartel. In San Pedro Garza García, the Beltrán-Leyva Cartel also had a lieutenant known as Eleazar Palomo Castillo ("El Cochi"), who reportedly worked under López Salinas. Kidnapping and death On 4 September 2018, López Salinas was kidnapped at the intersection of San Agustín and Monte Everest streets in San Pedro Garza García. Municipal authorities were unsure whether he lived in the city. According to eye-witnesses, the abductors arrived at the scene in three vehicles and forcibly took López Salinas and the car he was driving. López Salinas remained missing for several days. His body was found at around 2:15 a.m. on 15 September after state authorities discovered an abandoned corpse at a parking lot in the neighborhood Colonia Fuentes del Valle. His body was found wrapped in a black plastic bag. On a fence at the scene, his assassins had hung a written message warning other members of his criminal group they would also be killed if they did not surrender. Authorities stated that López Salinas' corpse had visible signs of torture and three gunshot wounds to the head. He suffered asphyxia and had multiple cuts and bruises on his face, neck, legs, and back. After disposing of his body, the assassins were captured driving away by two municipal surveillance cameras. The police did not reveal the car's description to the press. Initially, authorities were uncertain the deceased was López Salinas; preliminary reports identified the man as an "old-school" crime boss from Miguel Alemán and a border area known as La Ribereña. His body was taken to a hospital in Monterrey without being fully identified. His family officially confirmed his identity upon viewing the corpse. López Salinas was between 65 and 70 years old when he was killed. The police suspected López Salinas was murdered as a result of a turf dispute between cells of the Beltrán-Leyva Cartel in San Pedro Garza García. The message his killers left at the scene identified López Salinas as a member of the faction headed by the cartel leaders Huerta Ríos and Jorge Barrera Lozano ("El Izquierdo"). The message also mentioned several other suspected cartel members, including Ray García, Jaime Garza, and three people referred to by their aliases; "El Negro", "El Veneno", and "El Sonrics". According to the police, the murder was likely ordered by José Rodolfo Villarreal Hernández ("El Gato"), another cartel leader and rival to López Salinas' faction. The city's mayor Mauricio Fernández Garza spoke to the press the following day and expressed his opinion of the incident. He warned the press López Salinas' murder was likely the start of a turf dispute between factions of the Beltrán-Leyva Cartel for the control of San Pedro Garza García. He also said it was probably linked to changes in the municipal government because it was his last month as mayor, which possibly provoked the Beltrán-Leyva Cartel into reorganizing its leadership structure and to kill López Salinas. He expected the city would likely experience more drug-related violence under the new administration. Fernández declined to give details about the murder. The mayor-elect Miguel Bernardo Treviño de Hoyos declined to speak to the press about the murder and its possible aftermath. See also Mexican Drug War Notes References Bibliography Further reading Gulf Cartel members 2018 deaths People from Miguel Alemán, Tamaulipas Victims of the Mexican Drug War

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WFYC

WFYC (1280 AM) is a radio station licensed to Alma, Michigan, United States, broadcasting a mainstream country music format. Prior to mid-2016, the station carried a sports radio format from ESPN Radio and the Michigan IMG Sports Network. However, according to http://www.wqbx.biz/wfyc-1280-am.html, WFYC is now Fox Sports. Sources Michiguide.com - WFYC History External links Fox Sports 1280 Facebook WQBX Online FYC Country radio stations in the United States

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Vestfjellet

Vestfjellet is a mountain in Hof, Vestfold, Norway. It is located one kilometer south of Skibergfjellet, Vestfold County's highest mountain. At Vestfjellet, which has an elevation of 621 meters, there are panoramic views of Gaustatoppen, Styggemann, Lågen, Eikeren, and lakes such as Hajeren and Øksne. See also List of highest points of Norwegian counties References Mountains of Vestfold og Telemark Hof, Vestfold

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Marc Barbé

Marc Barbé (born 6 May 1961) is a French film actor. He has appeared in more than fifty films. Selected filmography References External links 1961 births Living people People from Nancy, France French male film actors

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Foja Range languages

The Foja Range languages, or Tor–Kwerba in more limited scope, are a family of about two dozen Papuan languages. They are named after the Foja Mountains of western New Guinea. Languages All the languages had been part of Stephen Wurm's 1975 Trans–New Guinea proposal, but he did not recognize them as a unit, retaining Kwerba within Capell's 1962 Dani–Kwerba proposal, for example. Foley (2018) classifies the Orya–Tor and Kwerbic languages together, as Tor–Kwerba. Usher (2020) adds Nimboran and Mawes, naming the expanded family Foja Range, after the Foja mountain range that passes through all four branches of the family. Orya–Tor Nimboran Mawes West Foja Range (Greater Kwerbic) Isirawa Masep Kapauri–Sause Apauwar–Kwerba (Kwerbic) Apauwar Coast Kwerba Typological overview Even though grammatical gender is present in Tor-Kwerba languages, there is no overt gender marking on nouns. Pronouns Reconstructed proto-Tor-Kwerba independent pronouns are: {| |+ Proto-Tor-Kwerba independent pronouns ! !! sg !! pl |- ! 1 | * ~ *|| * |- ! 2 | *|| * |} Cognates Reconstructed proto-Tor-Kwerba words that are widely distributed throughout the family (Foley 2018): * 'eye' * 'leg' * 'louse' * 'sky' * ~ * 'tree' References External links Tor-Kwerba languages database at TransNewGuinea.org Northwest Papuan languages Language families

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2010 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2010 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix was the final round of the 2010 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 5–7 November 2010 at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Cheste, Valencian Community. It was Valentino Rossi's last race during his first stint at Yamaha before moving to Ducati Corse in 2011 and the last race at Ducati Corse for the rider he replaced, Casey Stoner who moved to Repsol Honda for 2011. MotoGP classification Moto2 classification 125 cc classification Championship standings after the race (MotoGP) Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eighteen has concluded. Riders' Championship standings Constructors' Championship standings Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix Valencian Valencian motorcycle 21st century in Valencia

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Restiello

Restiello is one of 28 parishes (administrative divisions) in the municipality of Grado, within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain. The population is 46 (INE 2009). Villages and hamlets include: Restiello, La Vega and Villahizoy. References Parishes in Grado

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Jofre

Jofre or Jofré may refer to the following people Given name Jofre de Foixà (died c. 1300), Catalan poet, musician and abbot Jofré Llançol i Escrivà (c.1390–c.1436), Spanish noble Jofre, Jofre Mateu González (born 1980), a Spanish football player Surname Éder Jofre (born 1936), Brazilian boxer Joan Gilabert Jofré (1350–1417), Spanish priest Juan Pablo Jofre (born 1983), Argentinian musician, composer and arranger Oscar Jofre (born 1965), Canadian entrepreneur and technology specialist Sara Del Carmen Jofre González (1935–2008), Cuban-American businesswoman See also Porto Jofre, a settlement in southern Brazil Gioffre

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Goniorhynchus calamitalis

Goniorhynchus calamitalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Snellen in 1898. It is found in Indonesia (Lombok, Java). References Moths described in 1898 Spilomelinae

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John Wheatley (disambiguation)

John Wheatley (1869–1930) was a Scottish politician. John Wheatley may also refer to: John Wheatley (cricketer) (1860–1962), cricketer from New Zealand John Laviers Wheatley (1892–1955), Welsh painter and printmaker John Wheatley, Baron Wheatley (1908–1988), Scottish politician John Wheatley, Lord Wheatley (born 1941), Scottish lawyer and judge John Wheatley (physicist) (1927–1986), American experimental physicist John Wheatley (actor), British actor active since the 1970s

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Luis Caballero

Luis Caballero may refer to: Luis Caballero (comedian), comedian and writer Luis Caballero (footballer) (born 1962), Paraguayan footballer Luis Caballero (painter), (1943 - 1995), Colombian painter Luis Nery Caballero (born 1990), Paraguayan footballer

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayragul%20Sauytbay

Sayragul Sauytbay

Sayragul Sauytbay (; born 1977) is a Chinese doctor, headteacher and whistleblower for the Kazakh Chinese people. In 2018, she left China illegally and then told the media about the Xinjiang internment camps resembling modern-day concentration camps where people are "re-educated" in China. She became one of the first victims in the world to speak publicly about the Chinese repressive campaign against Muslims, igniting a movement against these abuses. Sweden offered her political asylum after Kazakhstan refused, and she subsequently emigrated there. She was chosen as an International Woman of Courage in March 2020. Life China Sayragul was born in 1977 in the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture in China. She is an ethnic Kazakh Chinese national. She married Uali Islam, with whom she has two children. After finishing a medical degree at a university in China, she subsequently worked as a doctor, teacher, education director, and headmaster in several preschools. In 2016 she and her family attempted to emigrate to Kazakhstan but were denied permission to do so by the Chinese authorities. Subsequently she was reassigned from teaching in a kindergarten to a new job in a detention camp. From November 2017 to March 2018, Sayragul was forced by the Chinese authorities to teach Chinese to Kazakh detainees there, and during that time she witnessed numerous instances of abuse of detainees, including rape. While working at the camp she was not allowed to contact her family. The camp she worked in held about 2,500 ethnic Kazakhs. She herself was also subject to torture during her stay in the camps. Her family was able to leave during the summer of 2016; they received Kazakh citizenship within a year. That angered the authorities who told her that she had to convince them to return to China; her passport was confiscated and she was told by the authorities she would never be allowed to leave China, as well as that she would face internment in the camps herself for several years. She was also accused by the authorities of spying for Kazakhstan. In March 2018, to avoid being sent back to the camps, where she feared she would die, Sayragul decided to flee to Kazakhstan, where her family had already found refuge shortly before. Kazakhstan She crossed the Chinese-Kazakh border on 5 April 2018 using false documents. Following a report by the Chinese authorities, she was arrested on 21 May by agents of the National Security Committee (Kazakh security and intelligence agency) for illegally crossing the border. On 13 July, Sayragul appeared in a court in the city of Zharkent, Kazakhstan accused of illegally crossing the border from China, facing $7,000 in fines or a one-year jail sentence. During the trial she revealed extensive information about the maltreatment of prisoners at the camp which garnered the attention of the international public. She also said that revealing that information made her subject to the death penalty in China as it was considered to be state secrets. Her lawyer argued that if she were extradited to China, she would face the death penalty for exposing internment camps in Kazakh court. Her testimony on the internment camps became the focus of the court case in Kazakhstan, which also tested the country's ties with Beijing; the Kazakh government was said to be facing a difficult choice of angering a powerful neighbour or displaying its inability to protect the Kazakh people. Some Kazakh activists described her as a hero for revealing the fate of the mistreated Kazakh minority in China. While China officially did not comment about the trial and her claims, Sayragul received information that members of her family and friends still in Xinjiang had been arrested and possibly sent to a camp by Chinese authorities, which she interpreted as an attempt to cow her into silence. On 1 August 2018, Sayragul was released with a six-month suspended sentence and direction to regularly check in with police. After the trial, she was also subject to pressure to stay silent under threats to her family's safety. During the trial she also submitted a request for aid to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. She also applied for asylum in Kazakhstan to avoid being deported to China. Eventually, however, Kazakhstan refused to grant her asylum because she had crossed the border illegally. Sweden On 2 June 2019 she flew to Sweden, after the intercession of the United Nations, where she was given political asylum. Sayragul was chosen as an International Woman of Courage on 4 March 2020 by the US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo. German-language book Die Kronzeugin, which appeared in mid 2020, was written by Alexandra Cavelius on the basis of interviews with Sayragul. An English translation of the book, in which Sayragul describes her experiences in a Xinjiang province internment camp, was published by Scribe in May 2021 under the title, The Chief Witness: Escape from China's Modern-day Concentration Camps. The book details how officials would leave documents around showing China's plans to achieve world domination by invading and occupying Europe. In 2020, Sayragul said that she was being constantly harassed by the "long arm of China", receiving "death threats from Chinese callers". In 2021 she said that her family in China was subject to constant surveillance and unable to contact her. In early 2021, Sayragul won the Nuremberg International Human Rights Award. A jury member noted that the reason for this was that "despite constant threats and attempts at intimidation, she gave fearless testimony and stood up for the Muslim minorities in China with admirable courage"; the jury also wanted to draw public attention to the persecution of minorities and to recognize the advocacy of women for human rights. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the award ceremony was delayed to 15 May 2022. Reaction by China Chinese authorities denied the claims by Sayragul, stating that she had fled abroad after being suspected of fraud, that she had never worked in or been detained in any "vocational education and training center" (which is the Chinese term for the Xinjiang internment camps), and that "her words about seeing people tortured cannot be true". See also Uyghur genocide References 1977 births Living people 21st-century Chinese physicians Kazakhs in China Women who received the International Women of Courage Award Chinese whistleblowers Chinese women physicians 21st-century women physicians Chinese Muslims

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Lennart Rönnberg

Major General Erik Lennart Rönnberg (born 21 November 1938) is a retired Swedish Army officer. His senior commands include postings as Chief of the Army Staff and of the General Staff Corps (1990–1994) and Chief of Staff of the Middle Military District (1994–1995). Career Rönnberg was born on 21 November 1938 in Fjällsjö Parish, Strömsund Municipality, Sweden, the son of Albin Rönnberg and his wife Hilda (née Viklund). Rönnberg became an officer candidate in Västernorrland Regiment on 28 August 1960 and he graduated from Military Academy Karlberg in 1961 and was then commissioned as an officer with then rank Fänrik and assigned to Västernorrland Regiment on 1 September 1961. Rönnberg was promoted to Lieutenant on 1 September 1963 and to Captain on 1 September 1969. Rönnberg attended the Swedish Armed Forces Staff College in 1971 and he was promoted to Major on 1 October 1972. Rönnberg attended the British Army Staff College in 1976 and was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel on 1 October 1977. He attended the Swedish National Defence College in 1981 and he was promoted to Colonel and appointed regimental commander of Västernorrland Regiment on 1 October 1982. On 1 April 1987, Rönnberg was promoted to Senior Colonel and was appointed Inspector of the Lower Norrland Military District. On 1 April 1990, Rönnberg was promoted to Major General and assumed the position of the last Chief of the Army Staff and of the General Staff Corps. On 1 July 1994, Rönnberg assumed the position of Chief of Staff of the Middle Military District. Rönnberg then served as head of the Swedish Delegation to the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission (NNSC) from 1 January 1997 to February 1998. Personal life In 1967, he married Iréne Hellman (born 1946), the daughter of P.K. Hellman and Lotten (née Valberg). Dates of rank 1961 – Fänrik 1963 – Lieutenant 1969 – Captain 1972 – Major 1977 – Lieutenant Colonel 1982 – Colonel 1987 – Senior Colonel 1990 – Major General Bibliography Honours Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (1982) References 1938 births Living people Swedish Army major generals People from Strömsund Municipality Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences

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Voldemārs Veiss

Voldemārs Veiss (7 November 1899 – 17 April 1944) was a Latvian officer and prominent Nazi collaborator, who served in the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany. When Riga, the capital of Latvia, fell to the Wehrmacht on 1 July 1941, the Germans began forming self-defence and police forces. Veiss was appointed the commander of such a Self Defence organization. On 20 July the Nazis disbanded this organization and ordered the formation of auxiliary police forces instead, with Lt. Col. Veiss being appointed Chief of the Latvian Auxiliary Police. At the end of 1941, he became First Deputy Director General of the Director General of the Interior when the Latvian Self-Administration was reorganized. As early as autumn 1941 Latvian auxiliary police units, temporarily attached to the Wehrmacht, were first used in front line duties. This occasional employment continued until the 2nd Latvian Brigade was formed from six Latvian battalions, four of which had combat experience. At the end of April 1943 a three battalion formation fighting under name of Latvian Legion was withdrawn from the front line and renamed 1st Volunteer Regiment of the SS (Latvian), with a change of Wehrmacht ranks to those of Waffen-SS. Voldemārs Veiss was given command of this regiment, which was a part of the 2nd Latvian Brigade, and received a rank of Legion-Obersturmbannführer. In January 1944, Veiss became the first Latvian to receive the Knight's Cross. On 17 April 1944, Veiss died from wounds he had suffered seven days prior. Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 9 February 1944 as Waffen-Standartenführer and commander of SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Regiment 42 (lett. Nr. 4). References Citations Bibliography Lumans, Valdis O. - Latvia in World War II, , , Fordham University Press 2006 1899 births 1944 deaths Military personnel from Riga Latvian military personnel of the Latvian War of Independence SS-Standartenführer Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Latvian Waffen-SS personnel German military personnel killed in World War II

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QCD matter

Quark matter or QCD matter (quantum chromodynamic) refers to any of a number of hypothetical phases of matter whose degrees of freedom include quarks and gluons, of which the prominent example is quark-gluon plasma. Several series of conferences in 2019, 2020, and 2021 are devoted to this topic. Quarks are liberated into quark matter at extremely high temperatures and/or densities, and some of them are still only theoretical as they require conditions so extreme that they cannot be produced in any laboratory, especially not at equilibrium conditions. Under these extreme conditions, the familiar structure of matter, where the basic constituents are nuclei (consisting of nucleons which are bound states of quarks) and electrons, is disrupted. In quark matter it is more appropriate to treat the quarks themselves as the basic degrees of freedom. In the standard model of particle physics, the strong force is described by the theory of QCD. At ordinary temperatures or densities this force just confines the quarks into composite particles (hadrons) of size around 10−15 m = 1 femtometer = 1 fm (corresponding to the QCD energy scale ΛQCD ≈ 200 MeV) and its effects are not noticeable at longer distances. However, when the temperature reaches the QCD energy scale (T of order 1012 kelvins) or the density rises to the point where the average inter-quark separation is less than 1 fm (quark chemical potential μ around 400 MeV), the hadrons are melted into their constituent quarks, and the strong interaction becomes the dominant feature of the physics. Such phases are called quark matter or QCD matter. The strength of the color force makes the properties of quark matter unlike gas or plasma, instead leading to a state of matter more reminiscent of a liquid. At high densities, quark matter is a Fermi liquid, but is predicted to exhibit color superconductivity at high densities and temperatures below 1012 K. Occurrence Natural occurrence According to the Big Bang theory, in the early universe at high temperatures when the universe was only a few tens of microseconds old, the phase of matter took the form of a hot phase of quark matter called the quark–gluon plasma (QGP). Compact stars (neutron stars). A neutron star is much cooler than 1012 K, but gravitational collapse has compressed it to such high densities, that it is reasonable to surmise that quark matter may exist in the core. Compact stars composed mostly or entirely of quark matter are called quark stars or strange stars. QCD matter may exist within the collapsar of a gamma-ray burst, where temperatures as high as 6.7 x 1013 K may be generated. At this time no star with properties expected of these objects has been observed, although some evidence has been provided for quark matter in the cores of large neutron stars. Strangelets. These are theoretically postulated (but as yet unobserved) lumps of strange matter comprising nearly equal amounts of up, down and strange quarks. Strangelets are supposed to be present in the galactic flux of high energy particles and should therefore theoretically be detectable in cosmic rays here on Earth, but no strangelet has been detected with certainty. Cosmic ray impacts. Cosmic rays comprise a lot of different particles, including highly accelerated atomic nuclei, particularly that of iron. Laboratory experiments suggests that the inevitable interaction with heavy noble gas nuclei in the upper atmosphere would lead to quark–gluon plasma formation. Quark matter with baryon number over about 300 may be more stable than nuclear matter. This form of baryonic matter could possibly form a continent of stability. Laboratory experiments Even though quark-gluon plasma can only occur under quite extreme conditions of temperature and/or pressure, it is being actively studied at particle colliders, such as the Large Hadron Collider LHC at CERN and the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider RHIC at Brookhaven National Laboratory. In these collisions, the plasma only occurs for a very short time before it spontaneously disintegrates. The plasma's physical characteristics are studied by detecting the debris emanating from the collision region with large particle detectors Heavy-ion collisions at very high energies can produce small short-lived regions of space whose energy density is comparable to that of the 20-micro-second-old universe. This has been achieved by colliding heavy nuclei such as lead nuclei at high speeds, and a first time claim of formation of quark–gluon plasma came from the SPS accelerator at CERN in February 2000. This work has been continued at more powerful accelerators, such as RHIC in the US, and as of 2010 at the European LHC at CERN located in the border area of Switzerland and France. There is good evidence that the quark–gluon plasma has also been produced at RHIC. Thermodynamics The context for understanding the thermodynamics of quark matter is the standard model of particle physics, which contains six different flavors of quarks, as well as leptons like electrons and neutrinos. These interact via the strong interaction, electromagnetism, and also the weak interaction which allows one flavor of quark to turn into another. Electromagnetic interactions occur between particles that carry electrical charge; strong interactions occur between particles that carry color charge. The correct thermodynamic treatment of quark matter depends on the physical context. For large quantities that exist for long periods of time (the "thermodynamic limit"), we must take into account the fact that the only conserved charges in the standard model are quark number (equivalent to baryon number), electric charge, the eight color charges, and lepton number. Each of these can have an associated chemical potential. However, large volumes of matter must be electrically and color-neutral, which determines the electric and color charge chemical potentials. This leaves a three-dimensional phase space, parameterized by quark chemical potential, lepton chemical potential, and temperature. In compact stars quark matter would occupy cubic kilometers and exist for millions of years, so the thermodynamic limit is appropriate. However, the neutrinos escape, violating lepton number, so the phase space for quark matter in compact stars only has two dimensions, temperature (T) and quark number chemical potential μ. A strangelet is not in the thermodynamic limit of large volume, so it is like an exotic nucleus: it may carry electric charge. A heavy-ion collision is in neither the thermodynamic limit of large volumes nor long times. Putting aside questions of whether it is sufficiently equilibrated for thermodynamics to be applicable, there is certainly not enough time for weak interactions to occur, so flavor is conserved, and there are independent chemical potentials for all six quark flavors. The initial conditions (the impact parameter of the collision, the number of up and down quarks in the colliding nuclei, and the fact that they contain no quarks of other flavors) determine the chemical potentials. (Reference for this section:). Phase diagram The phase diagram of quark matter is not well known, either experimentally or theoretically. A commonly conjectured form of the phase diagram is shown in the figure to the right. It is applicable to matter in a compact star, where the only relevant thermodynamic potentials are quark chemical potential μ and temperature T. For guidance it also shows the typical values of μ and T in heavy-ion collisions and in the early universe. For readers who are not familiar with the concept of a chemical potential, it is helpful to think of μ as a measure of the imbalance between quarks and antiquarks in the system. Higher μ means a stronger bias favoring quarks over antiquarks. At low temperatures there are no antiquarks, and then higher μ generally means a higher density of quarks. Ordinary atomic matter as we know it is really a mixed phase, droplets of nuclear matter (nuclei) surrounded by vacuum, which exists at the low-temperature phase boundary between vacuum and nuclear matter, at μ = 310 MeV and T close to zero. If we increase the quark density (i.e. increase μ) keeping the temperature low, we move into a phase of more and more compressed nuclear matter. Following this path corresponds to burrowing more and more deeply into a neutron star. Eventually, at an unknown critical value of μ, there is a transition to quark matter. At ultra-high densities we expect to find the color-flavor-locked (CFL) phase of color-superconducting quark matter. At intermediate densities we expect some other phases (labelled "non-CFL quark liquid" in the figure) whose nature is presently unknown,. They might be other forms of color-superconducting quark matter, or something different. Now, imagine starting at the bottom left corner of the phase diagram, in the vacuum where μ = T = 0. If we heat up the system without introducing any preference for quarks over antiquarks, this corresponds to moving vertically upwards along the T axis. At first, quarks are still confined and we create a gas of hadrons (pions, mostly). Then around T = 150 MeV there is a crossover to the quark gluon plasma: thermal fluctuations break up the pions, and we find a gas of quarks, antiquarks, and gluons, as well as lighter particles such as photons, electrons, positrons, etc. Following this path corresponds to travelling far back in time (so to say), to the state of the universe shortly after the big bang (where there was a very tiny preference for quarks over antiquarks). The line that rises up from the nuclear/quark matter transition and then bends back towards the T axis, with its end marked by a star, is the conjectured boundary between confined and unconfined phases. Until recently it was also believed to be a boundary between phases where chiral symmetry is broken (low temperature and density) and phases where it is unbroken (high temperature and density). It is now known that the CFL phase exhibits chiral symmetry breaking, and other quark matter phases may also break chiral symmetry, so it is not clear whether this is really a chiral transition line. The line ends at the "chiral critical point", marked by a star in this figure, which is a special temperature and density at which striking physical phenomena, analogous to critical opalescence, are expected. (Reference for this section:,). For a complete description of phase diagram it is required that one must have complete understanding of dense, strongly interacting hadronic matter and strongly interacting quark matter from some underlying theory e.g. quantum chromodynamics (QCD). However, because such a description requires the proper understanding of QCD in its non-perturbative regime, which is still far from being completely understood, any theoretical advance remains very challenging. Theoretical challenges: calculation techniques The phase structure of quark matter remains mostly conjectural because it is difficult to perform calculations predicting the properties of quark matter. The reason is that QCD, the theory describing the dominant interaction between quarks, is strongly coupled at the densities and temperatures of greatest physical interest, and hence it is very hard to obtain any predictions from it. Here are brief descriptions of some of the standard approaches. Lattice gauge theory The only first-principles calculational tool currently available is lattice QCD, i.e. brute-force computer calculations. Because of a technical obstacle known as the fermion sign problem, this method can only be used at low density and high temperature (μ < T), and it predicts that the crossover to the quark–gluon plasma will occur around T = 150 MeV However, it cannot be used to investigate the interesting color-superconducting phase structure at high density and low temperature. Weak coupling theory Because QCD is asymptotically free it becomes weakly coupled at unrealistically high densities, and diagrammatic methods can be used. Such methods show that the CFL phase occurs at very high density. At high temperatures, however, diagrammatic methods are still not under full control. Models To obtain a rough idea of what phases might occur, one can use a model that has some of the same properties as QCD, but is easier to manipulate. Many physicists use Nambu-Jona-Lasinio models, which contain no gluons, and replace the strong interaction with a four-fermion interaction. Mean-field methods are commonly used to analyse the phases. Another approach is the bag model, in which the effects of confinement are simulated by an additive energy density that penalizes unconfined quark matter. Effective theories Many physicists simply give up on a microscopic approach, and make informed guesses of the expected phases (perhaps based on NJL model results). For each phase, they then write down an effective theory for the low-energy excitations, in terms of a small number of parameters, and use it to make predictions that could allow those parameters to be fixed by experimental observations. Other approaches There are other methods that are sometimes used to shed light on QCD, but for various reasons have not yet yielded useful results in studying quark matter. 1/N expansion Treat the number of colors N, which is actually 3, as a large number, and expand in powers of 1/N. It turns out that at high density the higher-order corrections are large, and the expansion gives misleading results. Supersymmetry Adding scalar quarks (squarks) and fermionic gluons (gluinos) to the theory makes it more tractable, but the thermodynamics of quark matter depends crucially on the fact that only fermions can carry quark number, and on the number of degrees of freedom in general. Experimental challenges Experimentally, it is hard to map the phase diagram of quark matter because it has been rather difficult to learn how to tune to high enough temperatures and density in the laboratory experiment using collisions of relativistic heavy ions as experimental tools. However, these collisions ultimately will provide information about the crossover from hadronic matter to QGP. It has been suggested that the observations of compact stars may also constrain the information about the high-density low-temperature region. Models of the cooling, spin-down, and precession of these stars offer information about the relevant properties of their interior. As observations become more precise, physicists hope to learn more. One of the natural subjects for future research is the search for the exact location of the chiral critical point. Some ambitious lattice QCD calculations may have found evidence for it, and future calculations will clarify the situation. Heavy-ion collisions might be able to measure its position experimentally, but this will require scanning across a range of values of μ and T. Evidence In 2020, evidence was provided that the cores of neutron stars with mass ~2M⊙ were likely composed of quark matter. Their result was based on neutron-star tidal deformability during a neutron star merger as measured by gravitational-wave observatories, leading to an estimate of star radius, combined with calculations of the equation of state relating the pressure and energy density of the star's core. The evidence was strongly suggestive but did not conclusively prove the existence of quark matter. See also Sources and further reading Aronson, S. and Ludlam, T.: "Hunting the quark gluon plasma", U.S. Dept. of Energy (2005) Letessier, Jean: Hadrons and quark-gluon plasma, Cambridge monographs on particle physics, nuclear physics, and cosmology (Vol. 18), Cambridge University Press (2002) References External links Virtual Journal on QCD Matter RHIC finds Exotic Antimatter Particle physics Quantum chromodynamics Phases of matter Plasma physics Unsolved problems in physics

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On%20My%20Skin

On My Skin

On My Skin (, also known as Upon My Skin) is a 2003 Italian crime-drama film written and directed by Valerio Jalongo. It was screened in competition at the 2003 Turin Film Festival. Plot Cast Ivan Franek as Tony Donatella Finocchiaro as Bianca Vincenzo Peluso as Alfonso Mario Scarpetta as Cesare Boccia Stefano Cassetti as Sauro See also List of Italian films of 2003 References External links 2003 films Italian films Italian crime drama films 2003 crime drama films

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total%20Decay

Total Decay

Total Decay is an EP from American post-punk band the Soft Moon. It was released on November 7, 2011 by Captured Tracks. In an interview with The Bay Bridged, frontman Luis Vasquez characterized the EP as sonically "more radical in terms of expression and versatility" than the group's prior record. Speaking with Fact, Vasquez explained: "Total Decay was a chance for me to write something more radical and express some versatility without the pressure that comes with writing a full-length". As of 2018 the EP holds a score of 74 on the aggregate review site Metacritic, indicating "generally favorable reviews" by music critics. Track listing References 2011 EPs Captured Tracks albums The Soft Moon albums

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le%20Roy%20Froom

Le Roy Froom

Le Roy Edwin Froom (October 16, 1890 – February 20, 1974) was a Seventh-day Adventist minister and historian whose writings and interpretations are a cause of much debate in the Adventist Church. He also was a central figure in the meetings with evangelicals that led to the producing of the theological book, Questions on Doctrine which easily qualifies as the most divisive book in Seventh-day Adventist history. Life Froom studied at Pacific Union College and Walla Walla College (now Walla Walla University), before graduating from Washington Training Center, now Washington Adventist University. Froom was the first associate secretary of the General Conference Ministerial Association from 1926 to 1950. He was also the founding editor of Ministry Magazine. From 1950 until his retirement in 1958 he was a field secretary of the General Conference assigned to research and writing. He was part of the developments in the ministerial institutes during the 1920s, emphasizing the Holy Spirit as a person, rather than a divine influence, and authoring the first book in the church on the Holy Spirit as the Comforter. Publications Froom is best known for his apologetic writings and his attempts to help non-Adventists understand his own denomination. The most famous resulted in the publication of Questions on Doctrine in 1957. The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers His best known work was the Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers consists of four volumes published from 1946 to 1954 (III 1946, II 1948, I 1950, IV 1954), and covers the Christian Era, are the result of more than sixteen years of intensive research including three extensive trips to Europe as well as in America. This work analyzes the understanding of Bible Prophecy by Christian theologians and scholars beginning in the 1st century AD to the late 19th century. Critical reception to The Prophetic Faith Of Our Fathers In this work Froom argued that the "historicist" interpretation of Bible prophecy had been the earliest and most extensively used throughout history, and that other schemes were not only novelties in comparison but had emerged as the result of attempts to deflect the condemnation of the Roman Catholic Church which typically accompanied historicist exposition. Froom spent over 20 years compiling a collection of documentation which numbered over 1,000 works. Each volume of Froom's work has a bibliography which typically runs to over 30 pages and cites hundreds of sources. Although largely substantiating the Adventist understanding of prophecy (which is historicist in nature), the work received some favorable reviews from non-Adventist scholars. When published, the first volume was praised for its value for money, the scope of its research, and its documentation. Another contemporary review of the first volume noted "An astounding amount of reading, traveling, compilation, and patient research has gone into the preparation of this book", characterizing it as "a rich summary of an enormous lot of materials". An early review of the second volume described it as "a quarry of information on the subject which will be useful to scholars in many fields", though it was noted that "The historical picture is curiously distorted" due to the Adventist focus on specific prophetic interpretations. This limited focus is a commonly found criticism of the work. A 1952 review of the first two volumes complimented their breadth of research, but lamented "The scope of the work is seriously delimited, however". Despite criticism of the work's limited focus, the reviewer also noted "Specialists can find here a wealth of material", and praised the care with which the research had been undertaken and presented. In a review of the first volume, the same author spoke highly of the work's contribution to scholarship, though again criticizing its narrow focus. Early reviews noted Froom's skill as a historian, and predicted that the work would become recognized as a standard reference on the subject. In recent years Froom's work is still praised for its extensive review and analysis of the history of prophetic interpretation, and is referred to as the classic work on the subject by theological scholars (as well as by secular scholars). Ernest R. Sandeen, in commenting on this "monumental" work, nonetheless drew attention to the "pitfalls" facing those who follow "Froom's guidance uncritically". While "useful as a reference work [and] astonishingly accurate", it is "virtually without historical merit when Froom lifts his eyes above the level of the catalog of the British Museum". Primary publications The Coming of the Comforter Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers (4 volumes, 1946–54) Volume 1: Early Church Exposition, Subsequent Deflections, and Medieval Revival Volume 2: The Historical Development of Prophetic Interpretation Volume 3 Volume 4 Movement of Destiny The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers (2 volumes, 1965–1966). Described as "a classic defense of conditionalism" by Clark Pinnock Volume 1 Volume 2 Controversy Adventist historian George Knight has noted that Questions on Doctrine "easily qualifies as the most divisive book in Seventh-day Adventist history". and M. L. Andreasen, a theologian and author on the sanctuary doctrine, saw the book as "the most subtle and dangerous error" and "a most dangerous heresy." Death Froom died on February 20, 1974, at age 83 while working on his final book, The Holy Spirit – Executive of the Godhead and was buried in plot 860 of the George Washington Cemetery in Adelphi, Maryland. See also 28 Fundamental Beliefs Adventist Adventist Review Conditional Immortality Historicism (Christianity) History of the Seventh-day Adventist Church Inspiration of Ellen White Investigative judgment The Pillars of Adventism Prophecy in the Seventh-day Adventist Church Questions on Doctrine Sabbath in seventh-day churches Second Coming Seventh-day Adventist Church Seventh-day Adventist eschatology Seventh-day Adventist theology Seventh-day Adventist worship Teachings of Ellen White Three Angels' Messages Ellen G. White References External links Articles by Froom as cataloged in the Seventh-day Adventist Periodical Index (SDAPI) 1890 births 1974 deaths Seventh-day Adventist religious workers American Seventh-day Adventists American Seventh-day Adventist ministers Seventh-day Adventist administrators History of the Seventh-day Adventist Church 20th-century American historians American male non-fiction writers 20th-century American writers 20th-century American male writers

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H5N1%20flu

H5N1 flu

H5N1 flu See : Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Influenza_vaccine#H5N1 H5N1 clinical trials Transmission and infection of H5N1

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elachorbis%20subtatei

Elachorbis subtatei

Elachorbis subtatei is a minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tornidae. It is known only from New Zealand. References Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 Tornidae Gastropods of New Zealand Gastropods described in 1907

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1908%20Manchester%20North%20West%20by-election

1908 Manchester North West by-election

The Manchester North West by-election was a Parliamentary by-election. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system. Vacancy Winston Churchill had been Liberal MP for the seat of Manchester North West since the 1906 general election when he gained it from the Conservatives. He was obliged to submit to re-election in after his appointment as President of the Board of Trade, as the Ministers of the Crown Act required newly appointed Cabinet ministers to re-contest their seats. Electoral history Before Churchill had gained the seat it had been Conservative since it was created in 1885. So it was a tough assignment to retain the seat given the result was in 1906; Candidates The local Liberal Association re-selected 34-year-old Winston Churchill to defend his seat. His political career to date was Member of Parliament for Oldham from 1900–1906, Member of Parliament for Manchester North West since 1906, Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1905–1908, and newly appointed President of the Board of Trade. The Conservatives retained 43-year-old William Joynson-Hicks as their candidate. This was his third election to parliament, having contested neighbouring Manchester North in 1900, losing by 26 votes. He was a London solicitor. Although there was no Labour Party candidate, the rival Social Democratic Federation parachuted in a 54-year-old Branch Secretary, Dan Irving to contest the seat. Burnley was one of the SDF's strongest branches due to the activities of their leader Henry Hyndman. In 1902, Irving had won election to Burnley Town Council. At the 1906 general election, Irving had contested Accrington finishing a poor third. Campaign Polling Day was fixed for the 24 April 1908. Manchester had been a key battleground at the 1906 general election. It was known to favour Free trade and oppose the protectionist policies of Joseph Chamberlain. Conservatives defeats in Manchester in 1906 were blamed on Tariff reform policies. Many Manchester Conservatives opposed Tariff reform, including Joynson-Hicks. His position helped to neutralise the issue in the by-election and promote local Conservative unity. However, Churchill still received endorsement from the Free Trade League. Suffragettes harassed Churchill, over his refusal to support legislation that would give women the vote. This opposition was led by the Women's Social and Political Union and suffragettes Constance Markievicz, Eva Gore-Booth, and Esther Roper. There was Jewish hostility to Joynson-Hicks over his support for the controversial Aliens Act. A number of Roman Catholic priests urged their congregation to vote Conservative after Joynson-Hicks attacked Liberal education policy for undermining the autonomy of Roman Catholic Schools. Result The Conservatives regained the seat. The following day, the Daily Telegraph ran a front page headline "Winston Churchill is OUT! OUT! OUT!" The Lancashire and Cheshire Women's Suffrage Society, who had supported Churchill during the by-election, were angered by the actions of the WSPU, stating that they were "actively assisting to return men to the House of Commons who are the sworn enemies of the people." and saying that the WSPU members were "Tories of the most pronounced type". Aftermath Although Churchill lost his seat he was soon back, on 9 May 1908, after winning the 1908 Dundee by-election. Joynson-Hicks gained personal notoriety in the immediate aftermath of this election for an address to his Jewish hosts at a dinner given by the Maccabean Society, during which he said "he had beaten them all thoroughly and soundly and was no longer their servant." This act may have contributed to him losing his seat back to the Liberals at the next election. At the January 1910 general election, Irving stood for the SDF at Rochdale, coming third. References Manchester North West by-election Manchester North West by-election North West Ministerial by-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom 1900s in Manchester Manchester North West by-election

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petzval%20field%20curvature

Petzval field curvature

Petzval field curvature, named for Joseph Petzval, describes the optical aberration in which a flat object normal to the optical axis (or a non-flat object past the hyperfocal distance) cannot be brought properly into focus on a flat image plane. Field curvature can be corrected with the use of a field flattener, designs can also incorporate a curved focal plane like in the case of the human eye in order to improve image quality at the focal surface. It is not to be confused with flat-field correction, which refers to brightness uniformity. Analysis Consider an "ideal" single-element lens system for which all planar wave fronts are focused to a point at distance f from the lens. Placing this lens the distance f from a flat image sensor, image points near the optical axis will be in perfect focus, but rays off axis will come into focus before the image sensor, dropping off by the cosine of the angle they make with the optical axis. This is less of a problem when the imaging surface is spherical, as in the human eye. Most current photographic lenses are designed to minimize field curvature, and so effectively have a focal length that increases with ray angle. Lenses of short focal lengths (ultra wide, wide and normal) below 50 mm typically suffer more from field curvature. Telephoto lenses typically have very little or no visible field curvature. The Petzval lens is one design which has significant amount of field curvature; images taken with the lens are very sharp in the centre, but at greater angles the image is out of focus. Film cameras, may be able to bend their image planes to compensate, particularly when the lens is fixed and known. This also includes plate film, which could still be bent slightly. Digital sensors are difficult to bend, although experimental products have been produced. By 2016 the only consumer cameras featuring curved sensors were "selfie" Sony Cybershot KW-1 and KW-11. Large mosaics of sensors (necessary anyway due to limited chip sizes) can be shaped to simulate a bend over larger scales. The Petzval field curvature is equal to the Petzval sum over an optical system, where is the radius of the i th surface and the n s are the indices of refraction on the first and second side of the surface. Petzval curvature of a spherical mirror is double of its curvature and Petzval radius of a mirror is equal to its focal length. Reduction of field curvature aberration One method to reduce this aberration is to insert an aperture stop (iris) in order to remove edge light rays. This method, however, greatly decreases the light collecting power of the lens. See also Field flattener lens References Geometrical optics Science of photography de:Abbildungsfehler#Bildfeldwölbung

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slap%20tonguing

Slap tonguing

In music, the term slap tonguing refers to a musician playing a single-reed instrument such as a clarinet or a saxophone employing a technique to produce a popping sound along with the note. The technique The sound is created as a result of the release of suction in the mouth and the popping sound that the reed produces which amplifies as it travels through the horn. To create this effect, lay your tongue against a lot of the reed. Gently push upward so that the tip and rail of the reed is closed. Get rid of as much air in the oral cavity as you can and seal off the lip so that you have an airtight fit. The tongue is quickly released in a downward motion. When you release the tongue downward, you also drop your jaw and open your mouth in a "popping" motion. This is all done very quickly. Do not pull the tongue back towards your throat. It needs to pop downward away from the roof of the mouth to get the most volume, do not blow air through the horn and do not inhale when you release your tongue. Players The first recorded appearance was by Stump Evans, the C melody saxophone player in the King Oliver band. Other famous players who used the technique were Rudy Wiedoeft, Coleman Hawkins and Fess Williams. Contemporary exponents include Sam Newsome. External links A PDF with pictures explaining the technique Video of Marco Mazzini explaining the slap tongue in the clarinet Woodwind instruments

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma%20Library%20Association

Oklahoma Library Association

The Oklahoma Library Association (OLA) is a non-profit organization that promotes libraries and library services and provides professional development for library personnel in the state of Oklahoma. OLA is a chapter of both the American Library Association and the Mountain Plains Library Association. OLA hosts workshops throughout the year and holds an Annual Conference. OLA is the official sponsor of the Sequoyah Book Award, the third oldest U.S. state children's choice award. History OLA was formed on May 16, 1907 by a small group of librarians from the University of Oklahoma and nearby normal schools as well as public libraries. The meeting was hosted by the now-defunct Carnegie Library in downtown Oklahoma City. These librarians were interested in forming a statewide library association to ensure the "statewide extension of tax-supported library service" and "to explore a more economical way of transporting...books." OLA has sponsored the Read Y'all celebrity poster literacy campaign and the Mildred Laughlin Festival of Books. OLA used to publish a newsletter called Oklahoma Librarian, which ceased in 2018. Notable Members Ruth Brown (librarian) Ruby Canton, daughter of lawman and former outlaw Frank M. Canton Milton J. Ferguson Allie Beth Martin Pat Woodrum External links Oklahoma Library Association Read Y'all References Library-related professional associations Library-related organizations Library associations in the United States Professional associations based in the United States Organizations established in 1907 Organizations based in Oklahoma

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%20357

NGC 357

NGC 357 is a barred lenticular or spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered on September 10, 1785 by William Herschel. It was described by Dreyer as "faint, small, irregularly round, suddenly brighter middle, 14th magnitude star 20 arcsec to northeast." See also List of NGC objects (1–1000) References External links SEDS 0357 3768 17850910 Cetus (constellation) Discoveries by William Herschel Barred lenticular galaxies

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lothar%20Warneke

Lothar Warneke

Lothar Warneke (15 September 1936 – 5 June 2005) was a German film director, screenwriter and actor. His 1977 film The Incorrigible Barbara was entered into the 10th Moscow International Film Festival. His 1981 film Our Short Life was entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival. In 1982 his film Apprehension was entered into the main competition at the 39th edition of the Venice Film Festival. In 1986 his film Blonder Tango won both the Grand Prix and the Findling Award of the 4th National Feature Film Festival of the GDR. In 1988 he again won the Findling Award, this time for his Einer trage des anderen Last. His 1988 film Bear Ye One Another's Burden was entered into the 38th Berlin International Film Festival, where co-stars Manfred Möck and Jörg Pose won the Silver Bear for Best Actor. Selected filmography Dr. med. Sommer II (1970) The Incorrigible Barbara (1977) Our Short Life (1981) Apprehension (1982) Bear Ye One Another's Burden (1988) References External links 1936 births 2005 deaths German male film actors Film people from Leipzig Recipients of the Heinrich Greif Prize

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul%20Samad%20Rabiu

Abdul Samad Rabiu

Abdul Samad Isyaku Rabiu CON (was born 4 August 1960 in Kano, Nigeria) is a Nigerian billionaire businessman and philanthropist. His late father, Khalifah Isyaku Rabiu, was one of Nigeria's foremost industrialists in the 1970s and 1980s. Abdul Samad is the founder and chairman of BUA Group, a Nigerian conglomerate concentrating on manufacturing, infrastructure and agriculture and producing a revenue in excess of $2.5 billion. He is also the chairman of the Nigerian Bank of Industry (BOI). On July 7, 2020, Forbes estimated Abdul Samad's wealth at $3.2 billion, putting him 716th in the global billionaire's club. In January 2022, Rabiu was reported to be the second richest man in Nigeria. On October 12, 2021, Dangote and Rabiu Abdulsamad made a combined N30.4b in eight hours as recorded at the end of the capital market for the day. Early life Abdul Samad Rabiu was born and raised in Kano in the north-western part of Nigeria. He attended Capital University in Columbus, Ohio and returned to Nigeria at the age of 24 to oversee the family business. This was when his father Isyaku Rabiu was being detained by the administration of General Muhammadu Buhari for allegedly not paying rice import duties. Business Abdul Samad Rabiu established BUA International Limited in 1988 for the sole purpose of commodity trading. The company imported rice, edible oil, flour, and iron and steel. In 1990, the government, which owned Delta Steel Company, contracted with BUA to supply its raw materials in exchange for finished products. This provided a much-needed windfall for the young company. BUA expanded further into steel, producing billets, importing iron ore, and constructing multiple rolling mills in Nigeria. A few years later, BUA acquired Nigerian Oil Mills Limited, the largest edible oil processing company in Nigeria. In 2005 BUA started two flour-milling plants, in Lagos and in Kano. By 2008, BUA had broken an eight-year monopoly in the Nigerian sugar industry by commissioning the second-largest sugar refinery in sub-Saharan Africa. In 2009 the company went on to acquire a controlling stake in a publicly-listed Cement Company in Northern Nigeria and began to construct a $900 million cement plant in Edo State, completing it in early 2015. Philanthropy Abdul Samad Rabiu uses the BUA Foundation for his philanthropic activities. These include the construction of a 7,000-square-meter paediatric ward at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital and the construction of the Centre for Islamic Studies at Bayero University Kano amongst several others. Personal life Abdul Samad is married with children: Isyaku Rabiu, Junaid Rabiu, Rukkayah Rania Rabiu and Khadijah Rabiu. He has 42 siblings including Nafiu Rabiu and Rabiu Rabiu, the chairman of IRS Airlines. See also List of Hausa people References 1960 births Living people Nigerian billionaires People from Kano Capital University alumni 20th-century Nigerian businesspeople 21st-century Nigerian businesspeople People from Kano State Businesspeople from Kano

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olyushino%2C%20Vozhegodsky%20District%2C%20Vologda%20Oblast

Olyushino, Vozhegodsky District, Vologda Oblast

Olyushino () is a rural locality (a village) in Tiginskoye Rural Settlement, Vozhegodsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The population was 18 as of 2002. Geography Olyushino is located 40 km northwest of Vozhega (the district's administrative centre) by road. Ogibalovo is the nearest rural locality. References Rural localities in Vozhegodsky District

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1892%20United%20States%20presidential%20election%20in%20Florida

1892 United States presidential election in Florida

The 1892 United States presidential election in Florida took place on November 8, 1892. All contemporary 44 states were part of the 1892 United States presidential election. Florida voters chose four electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. Background This election marks the end of Reconstruction and the beginning of Jim Crow-era politics in Florida. This change had been proposed as early as 1884, but the anti-Southern animus of the Harrison regime meant that Florida's large landowners felt the disfranchisement of blacks had become urgent. A poll tax was introduced in 1889 as were the so-called “Myers” and “Dortch” laws which required voters in more populous settlements to register their voting precincts. This dramatically cut voter registration amongst blacks and poorer whites, almost halving the number of votes cast. Since Florida completely lacked upland or German refugee whites opposed to secession, its Republican Party between 1872 and 1888 was entirely dependent upon black votes. Thus this disfranchisement of blacks and poor whites by a poll tax introduced in 1889 left Florida as devoid of Republican adherents as Louisiana, Mississippi or South Carolina. Thus, Florida's few remaining Republicans decided not to put up presidential electors and urged their supported to back Populist James B. Weaver, creating the first case where an incumbent President standing for re-election has not been on all state's ballots. Weaver thought he had “magnificent” chances in the impoverished South, and campaigned heavily there. but as it turned out the halving of the electorate meant he could gain very little support. Weaver was not helped by his controversial decision to take a woman – Mary Lease – on his campaigns, as the South thought any political involvement degraded womanhood. Weaver did nonetheless win counties in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, and Texas. Vote Florida was won in a landslide by the Democratic nominees, former President Grover Cleveland of New York and his running mate Adlai Stevenson I of Illinois in what remains as the best performance in Florida as of 2022. Weaver took what remained of the Negro Republican vote, but gained less than 14%; nonetheless this is one of only five times in Florida that a candidate other than a Republican or Democrat got over 10% of the vote. Results Results by county Notes References Florida 1892 1892 Florida elections

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literary%20agent

Literary agent

A literary agent is an agent who represents writers and their written works to publishers, theatrical producers, film producers, and film studios, and assists in sale and deal negotiation. Literary agents most often represent novelists, screenwriters, and non-fiction writers. They are paid a fixed percentage (usually twenty percent on foreign sales and ten to fifteen percent for domestic sales) of the sales they negotiate on behalf of their clients. Advantages Literary agents perform various services for authors. They connect the author's work with appropriate publishers, negotiate contracts, ensure royalty payments, and mediate problems between author and publisher. Agents can help new authors get public recognition. Agents also help publishing houses and others expedite the process of review, publication, and distribution of authors' works. Many well-known, powerful, and lucrative publishing houses (such as the Big Five) are generally less open than smaller publishers to unrepresented submissions, at most times prohibiting unsolicited submissions. A knowledgeable agent knows the market, and can be a source of valuable career advice and guidance. Being a publishable author doesn't automatically make someone an expert on modern publishing contracts and practices—especially where television, film, or foreign rights are involved. Many authors prefer to have an agent handle such matters. This prevents straining the author's working relationship with the editor with disputes about royalty statements or late checks. An agent can also function as an adviser, showing an author the various aspects of how to make a living writing. Literary agents often transition from jobs in other aspects of the publishing industry. Though self-publishing is becoming much more popular, literary agents still fulfill a useful role as gatekeepers to publishing houses. Diversity Literary agencies can range in size from a single agent who represents perhaps a dozen authors, to a substantial firm with senior partners, sub-agents, specialists in areas like foreign rights or licensed merchandise tie-ins, and clients numbering in the hundreds. Most agencies, especially smaller ones, specialize to some degree. They may represent—for example—authors of science fiction, mainstream thrillers and mysteries, children's books, romance, or highly topical nonfiction. Very few agents represent short stories or poetry. Legitimate agents and agencies in the book world are not required to be members of the Association of Authors' Representatives (AAR), but according to Writer's Market listings, many agents in the United States are. To qualify for AAR membership, agents must have sold a minimum number of books and pledge to abide by a Canon of Ethics. Effective professional agents often learn their trade while working for another agent, though some cross over to agenting after working as editors. Cost Legitimate agents do not charge reading or other upfront fees (e.g., retainers), or bill authors for most operating expenses. They also do not offer to place work with a vanity or subsidy press. Querying A client typically establishes a relationship with an agent through querying, though the two may meet at a writers' conference, through a contest, or in other ways. A query is an unsolicited proposal for representation, either for a finished work or unfinished work. Various agents request different elements in a query packet, and most agencies list their specific submission requirement on their Website or in their listing in major directories. It typically begins with the author sending a query letter (1-2 pages) that explains the purpose of the work and any writing qualifications of the author. Some agencies want a synopsis or outline as part of the query. Often, the author sends the first three chapters (typically around 50 pages) of their work. For paper queries, the author must include a self-addressed stamped envelope to receive a response, though email submissions are increasingly common. If an agency rejects a written query, they send the response—typically a form letter—in the self-addressed stamped envelope. A rejection that is not merely a form letter, or has hand-written comments (especially a message to the effect of "query me for other projects") is typically a good sign. Notable agents The first literary agents appeared around the year 1880 (Publishing). Gerald Drayson Adams Gillon Aitken Carmen Balcells Georges Borchardt George T. Bye Barthold Fles Giles Gordon Rod Hall Kurt Hellmer Morton L. Janklow Otis Adelbert Kline Esperanza López Mateos Toni Mendez Harold Ober Deborah Rogers Larry Shaw Toni Strassman Virginia Kidd (1921–2003) Stephen Slesinger H. N. Swanson Amanda Urban Ed Victor Andrew Wylie See also Writer's Market List of UK literary agencies References Further reading Curtis, Richard (2003) How To Be Your Own Literary Agent: An Insider's Guide to Getting Your Book Published. Herman, Jeff (2005) Jeff Herman's Guide To Book Publishers, Editors & Literary Agents, 2006. . Fisher, Jim (2004) Ten Percent of Nothing: The Case of the Literary Agent from Hell. Glatzer, Jenna (2006) The Street Smart Writer. Williams, Sheri (2004) "An Agent's Point of View". Reiss, Fern (2007) "The Publishing Game: Find an Agent in 30 Days". External links AgentQuery: Another searchable database of literary agents 10 Editing checklists: Checklist for authors Occupations in literature Entertainment occupations

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Style%20drift

Style drift

Style drift occurs when a mutual fund's actual and declared investment style differs. A mutual fund’s declared investment style can be found in the fund prospectus which investors commonly rely upon to aid their investment decisions. For most investors, they assumed that mutual fund managers will invest according to the advertised guidelines, this is however, not the case for a fund with style drift. Style drift is commonplace in today’s mutual fund industry, making no distinction between developed and developing markets according to studies in the United States by Brown and Goetzmann (1997) and in China as reported in Sina Finance. When style drift presents in mutual fund, the investment information about the fund becomes misleading. Given that in reality, style drift is generally undetected, the information asymmetry of investment information has important consequences for fund investors seeking to maximize fund returns. Researchers such as Brown, Harlow and Zhang (2012) demonstrate that deviated fund tends to become another fund product of different risk returns profile that is not aligned with investor’s initial investment goal. This is supported by a most recent study by Chua and Tam (2020), researchers find that style drift behavior prevents fund managers from picking superior stocks to meet investors' expectation for fund performance. In the same study, Chua and Tam (2020), finds that fund managers have a tendency to use style drift to maximize compensation, which is a demonstration of agency problem in mutual fund industry. Active portfolio and style investing It is widely acknowledged that style drift is a common practice particularly by active mutual funds in the financial markets. While passive funds (often called "index fund) employ a buy and hold strategy often following an index, active funds take on an active investment approach by picking stocks that move in and out of the market. It is therefore common for active funds to embrace different investment styles and consequently, investors of active mutual funds need to keep an eye on their fund's risks exposure since style drift can impact risk exposure. The rise of funds’ investment styles can be traced back to studies on market anomalies (see Market anomaly). Researchers on market anomalies view that stock returns are driven by factors related to “size”. and “valuation” effects other than a single factor exposure of market risk under the assumptions of Capital Asset Pricing Model (“CAPM”) developed by Sharpe-Lintner-Mossin in the 1960s. The findings that stocks have distinctive characteristics exist eventually give rise to the rise of investment style. This stock style has prompted the creation of numerous style indexes to track various stock market segments, for example, Standard &Poor’s (S&P) style indices 500 (S&P 500) to represent large-cap market, mid-cap market is represented by S&P mid-cap 400, small-cap market is represented by S&P small-cap 600, growth and value indices. Depending on a fund's investment objective, fund manager must adopt various investment strategies (see Investment strategy) in its portfolio construction to add value to fund returns. Strategies can be categorized into: technical analysis – contrarian or momentum approach; and/or anomalies/stock attributes—calendar effect, stock characteristics with respect to size, value or growth. It is an industrial-wide practice that mutual funds are categorized into investment styles that reflect the investment objectives and the underlying strategy of funds. The practice is brought about by a market anomaly in a financial market demonstrating that different investment styles have dissimilar risk and return characteristics that serves important implications on fund performance attribution and outcome. Style drift definition and metrics Style drift is often referred to as “portfolio/style tilt”, “style volatility”, and “style shifting” by researchers and practitioners to broadly account for the divergence of a fund’s actual investment style from its declared contractual investment strategy in the fund prospectus. To determine the investment style of an active fund, and subsequently to detect style drift, two methods are commonly used. They are: Returns-based style analysis Holdings-based style analysis Returns-based style analysis Returns-based approach is a simpler approach to determining the investment style of an active funds. It is done by regressing fund returns against the returns of a set of passive style indexes or some constructed portfolios. While returns-based method is a low-cost approach, it has a few disadvantages in respect of its measurement. Specifically, it is advantageous to use a returns-based style technique if investment style of a mutual fund is stable over time; the technique also assumes factor exposures are constant. Holdings-based style analysis In contrast to returns-based technique, holdings-based approach better reflects the true investment style of an active fund but analysis requires more time and is more costly to execute. Essentially, holdings-based technique examines the actual stock characteristics in the portfolio holdings. Fund portfolio holdings offer knowledge on the characteristics of the stocks which needs be assessed individually. Example of these stock style attributes are size, value and growth dimensions. Style drift on fund returns The outcome of how an active mutual fund is managed is of great importance to fund investors. One of the key conclusions in the existing literature is that some funds perform worse than others due to larger portfolio risk exposure and higher trading costs which are found to be correlated with greater volatility in investment style. In another study by Chua and Tam (2020), fund managers engage in style drift are found to have weaker stock picking abilities. This risk taking through style drift can thus cause a possible loss of confidence in the fund market. See also Portfolio (finance) Asset allocation Investment style Active management Active risk References

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1936–37 Czechoslovak Extraliga season

The 1936–37 Czechoslovak Extraliga season was the first season of the Czechoslovak Extraliga, the top level of ice hockey in Czechoslovakia. Eight teams participated in the league, and LTC Prag won the championship. Standings External links History of Czechoslovak ice hockey Czechoslovak Extraliga seasons Czech 1936 in Czechoslovak sport 1937 in Czechoslovak sport

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Seoni district

Seoni District is a district of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The town of Seoni is the district headquarters. History The district was formed on 1 November 1956. The name of the district originated from the word 'Seona' (Gudina arborea), a species of tree commonly found in the area. An early copper inscription found in Seoni is a land grant from Vakataka king Pravarasena II in the 3rd century CE. Although the region where the land grant was given is not indicated, more copper plates found in Nagpur, Chhindwara and the Ajanta Caves also indicate the region would have been under Vakataka rule. Later it was speculated the Satpura range was briefly part of the Gaur kingdom. Afterwards the region most likely passed to the Kalachuris with capital at Tewar in Jabalpur district, who ruled from the 9th to 12th centuries. The Chandels of Mahoba then most likely ousted the Kalachuris, evidence being oral histories that cite Chandel generals as having captured Seoni region to take a Kalachuri princess. The first recorded historical records begin with the Gond Garha-Mandla kingdom. The forts of Ghansor, Chauri and Dongartal and the territory around them, which make up the majority of modern-day Seoni district, were included in the territory of Sangaram Shah in 1530. The Gonds fought against the Mughals and retained their independence, but paid tribute to the Mughals regardless. In the late 17th century, the Raja of Mandla Narendra Shah asked fellow Gond king Bakht Buland Shah of Deogarh to help suppress a rebellion of two Afghan captains, Azim Khan and Lunde Khan. At Pratappur near Seoni, the two kings defeated the adventurers and Narendra Shah ceded the territory now part of Seoni district to Bakht Buland Shah. Bakht Buland Shah gave the Dongartal region to Raj Khan, an Afghan adventurer, as governor. He also put his relative Raja Ram Singh in charge of Seoni region, who built a fort at Chhapra. Raj Khan took part of modern Bhandara district, preseumably at the instigation of Bakht Buland Shah. In 1743, Raghoji Bhosle of Nagpur took over Deogarh kingdom, including Seoni district. Raj Khan died the same year, but his son Muhammad continued to hold Seoni in the name of the Raja of Deogarh for three years. Raghoji offered Khan the entirety of Seoni to govern if he relinquished the part of Bhandara he conquered, which he accepted. Khan moved to Chhapara and administered the region as a diwan until his death in 1759. During one of his absences in Nagpur, the Raja of Mandla took over Chhapara but Khan quickly drove him out and established the Wainganga and Thanwar as borders of the two kingdoms. In 1774 his grandson Md. Amin Khan moved headquarters to Seoni. Chhapara was twice sacked by the Pindaris and greatly reduced in size. Gonds also regularly attacked the district, and due to his inability to control them Amin's son Md. Zamin was recalled as diwan and replaced by Bengaji Bhatoni. Although he tried to regain his hereditary land in Dongartal, Zamin died and his widow received a village near Seoni. A Kharak Bharti Gosain was then given the government of the region by Raghoji but proved to be so oppressive the revenue fell and many areas were depopulated. In 1818, after the Battle of Sitabuldi in the Third Anglo-Maratha War, Seoni was given to British control. At first the district was administered by officers reporting to Jabalpur, then to the British resident at Nagpur. The British raised a police force to counter Gond attacks and made landlords responsible for security of the roads. During the 1857 rebellion, a Lodhi landlord in the north of the district rebelled. However the most part of the landlords, including the erstwhile Diwan family of Khans, supported the British. Geography Seoni is in southeastern Madhya Pradesh in the Mahakoshal region and is bordered by Jabalpur district on the north, Narsinghpur and Chhindwara districts to the west, Nagpur district of Maharashtra to the south and Balaghat and Mandla districts to the east. Seoni district forms part of the Satpura tableland. It is largely covered with forest. The district is remarkable for the beauty of its scenery and the fertility of its valleys. The northern and western portions include the plateaus of Lakhnadon and Seoni; the eastern section consists of the watershed and elevated basin of the Wainganga; and in the south-west is a narrow strip of rocky land known as Dongartal. The plateaus of Seoni and Lakhnadon vary in height from 1,800 to 2,000 ft.; they are well cultivated and clear of jungle, and their temperature is always moderate and healthy. Geologically the north part of Seoni consists of trap hills and the south of crystalline rock. The soil of the plateaus is the rich black cotton soil formed by disintegrated trap, of which about two-thirds of the district are said to consist; but towards the south, where cliffs of gneiss and other primitive formations occur, the soil is siliceous and contains a large proportion of clay. The chief river is the Wainganga, with its affluents the Sagar, Theli, Bijna and Thanwar; other streams are the Timar and the Sher, tributaries of the Narmada. The annual rainfall averages 53 in. The main crops grown in Seoni are rice, wheat, maize, chickpea (gram), and soybean. It extends over an area of 8,758 km2. Pench Tiger Reserve The River Bainganga's source is located beneath the village Mundara, where it includes for example the Pench Tiger Reserve within 10 km. The Pench Tiger Reserve is named after the Pench River, which flows from north to south through the reserve, and is located in the southern reaches of the Satpura hill ranges in the Seoni and Chhindwara districts. The terrain is undulating, with most of the area covered by small hill ranges, steeply sloping on the sides. The Pench National Park is named after the Pench River, which flows from north to south through the park. This river constitutes the district boundary of Seoni and Chhindwara districts of Madhya Pradesh in the upper region and State boundary with Maharashtra State in the lower region. This area became the 19th tiger reserve of India in 1992. The tourist traffic is experiencing fast growth in this park. The Pench National Park which constitutes the core of the tiger reserves was notified in the year 1983. The total area of the park is 292.85 km2. The total area of the Pench Tiger Reserve is 757.85 km2. The reserve is situated in an area that holds a significant place in the natural history of Central India. Descriptions of its flora and fauna have appeared in wildlife books dating back to the 17th century. Books written in the 19th and early 20th century by naturalists like Captain J. Forsyth and Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book cover the panorama of nature's abundance in this tract. A forest belt extends in three directions: north, east and south, covering forest tracts of Seoni, Balaghat and Nagpur districts. The contiguous forest on the southern side in the Maharashtra state of India, initially named Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru National Park has been recently included in the Project Tiger network under the same name as this reserve. A dam was constructed on the Pench River on south-eastern boundary of the reserve. The area is criss-crossed by numerous seasonal streams and "nalas". The Pench River flowing through the central line of the reserve is dry by the end of April but a number of water pools locally known locally as "dohs" are found, which serve as waterholes for wild animals. A few perennial springs also exist in this area. However, the water sources are not suitably distributed, hence large area remains unused by the wild animals. The Pench reservoir at the center of the reserve is the only major water source during pinch period. As the prey concentration is high along the Pench River, tigers usually inhabit this belt. Leopards, though, generally operate in the peripheral areas but are occasionally seen in deep forests also. Jungle cats are commonly seen. Leopard cats, small Indian civet and palm civet are common but seen very rarely. Wild dogs are commonly seen in packs of 12 to 15, near Chhedia, Jamtara, Bodanala and Pyorthadi areas of the reserve. Wild boars are ubiquitous. Sloth bears occupy the hilly, rocky outcrops and favour mahul bel-infested forest. Chinkara are present in very small numbers and are found in open areas around Turia, Telia, and Dudhgaon villages. Jackals are seen occasionally near Tekadi, Alikatta and Chhindimatta villages. Administration Seoni district is divided into 8 tehsils: Barghat Chhapara Dhanora Ghansaur Keolari Kurai Lakhnadon Seoni Rural Seoni Nagar There are a total of 1579 villages in the district under 645 Gram Panchayats. There are also 6 revenue divisions: Seoni, Lakhanadon, Ghansaur, Keolari, Barghat, Kurai. Economy In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Seoni one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640). It is one of the 24 districts in Madhya Pradesh currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF). Demographics According to the 2011 census Seoni District has a population of 1,379,131, roughly equal to the nation of Swaziland or the US state of Hawaii. This gives it a ranking of 355th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 18.2%. Seoni has a sex ratio of 984 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 73.01%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 9.48% and 37.69% of the population respectively. Gonds make up nearly 90% of the ST population and are 33.71% of the population. Hindus make up 83.03% of the population, Muslims are 5.78%. Other religions (mainly various names for traditional Adivasi religion like Koya Punem) make up 9.81% of the population. Other significant populations are 7,300 Buddhists and 4,900 Jains. At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 86.76% of the population in the district spoke Hindi, 6.91% Gondi, 1.83% Powari, 1.77% Marathi and 1.36% Urdu as their first language. As per 2001 census, Seoni district had a total population of 1,165,893, out of which 588,135 were males and 577,758 were females. During the decade 1991-2001 population growth rate was 16.49 per cent. Sex ratio was 982. Density of population was 133 / km2. Culture Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book is set in the Seoni district (spelled Seeonee in the books). References External links MPforest Tiger Reserve Booking Districts of Madhya Pradesh

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Přemysl Vojta

Přemysl Vojta (born 1983) is a Czech horn player. Life Born in Brünn, Vojta received horn lessons from the age of 10 and studied at the Prague Conservatory with Bedřich Tylšar from 1998 to 2004 and then at the Berlin University of the Arts with from 2004 to 2010. He was then principal horn with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin and since 2015 with the WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln. Since his success at the ARD Music Competition in 2010, he has also performed as a concert soloist and chamber musician. His repertoire includes works with piano accompaniment and horn concertos by Joseph and Michael Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Richard Strauss and composers of the modern era. Prize 1st prize, audience award and prize for the best interpretation of the commissioned composition at the ARD International Music Competition (2010) Recordings Johannes Brahms: Piano trios (including clarinet trio and horn trio) with the Smetana Trio. CD published by Supraphon, 2012 Music for Horn & Piano "French Horn in Prague" (works by Kofron, Sestak, Slavicky, Hlobil) with Tomoko Sawano, piano. CD published by Supraphon, 2012 Music for horn & piano "Metamorphosis" (works by Beethoven, Schumann, Giselher Klebe) with Tobias Koch, piano. CD published by CAvi, 2017 Michael & Joseph Haydn, Horn Concertos, Haydn Ensemble Prague under Michael Petrák. CD released by CAvi, 2018 References External links Classical horn players Czech musicians 1983 births Living people Musicians from Brno

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Angela Sorby

Angela Sorby is an American poet, professor, and literary scholar. Biography She was born in Seattle, Washington and teaches at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Her main teaching areas are American literature and creative writing and main academic interests are American poetry, popular culture, and children's literature. She is particularly interested in how poetry engages with children and childhood. Selected works Distance Learning (New Issues Press, 1998); Schoolroom Poets: Childhood, Performance, and the Place of American Poetry (University Press of New England, 2005) Bird Skin Coat (University of Wisconsin Press, 2009). Over the River and Through the Wood: An Anthology of Nineteenth-Century American Children's Poetry, co-edited with Karen Kilcup. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013 The Sleeve Waves] (poems). Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 2014 Literary awards Felix Pollak Prize John Fiske Poetry Prize, University of Chicago Midwest Book Award Brittingham Prize in Poetry Lorine Niedecker Award Fulbright fellowship Honor Book Prize from the Children's Literature Association Discovery/The Nation Prize Lorine Niedecker Prize References External links Marquette University Faculty Page http://www.pw.org/content/angela_sorby_1 http://uwpress.wisc.edu/books/4555.htm http://poems.com/poem.php?date=14654 Writers from Seattle Marquette University faculty Living people American women poets 20th-century American writers 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American writers 21st-century American women writers Year of birth missing (living people) American women academics

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Packera

Packera is a genus of about 64 species of plants in the composite family, Asteraceae. Its members were previously included in the genus Senecio (where they were called aureoid senecios by Asa Gray), but were divided out based on chromosome numbers, a variety of morphological characters, and molecular phylogeny. Species Packera anonyma (Wood) W.A. Weber & A. Löve − Small's ragwort Packera antennariifolia (Britt.) W.A. Weber & A. Löve − shalebarren ragwort Packera aurea (L.) A.& D. Löve − golden ragwort Senecio aureus L. Packera bernardina (Greene) W.A. Weber & A. Löve − San Bernardino ragwort Packera bolanderi (Gray) W.A. Weber & A. Löve − Bolander's ragwort Packera breweri (Burtt-Davy) W.A. Weber & A. Löve − Brewer's ragwort Senecio breweri Burtt-Davy Packera cana (Hook.) W.A. Weber & A. Löve − woolly groundsel Packera cardamine (Greene) W.A. Weber & A. Löve − bittercress ragwort Packera castoreus (Welsh) Kartesz, comb. nov. ined. − Beaver Mountain ragwort Packera clevelandii (Greene) W.A. Weber & A. Löve − Cleveland's ragwort Senecio clevelandii Greene Packera contermina (Greenm.) T.M. Barkl., comb. nov. ined. Packera crocata (Rydb.) W.A. Weber & A. Löve − saffron ragwort Packera cymbalaria (Pursh) W.A. Weber & A. Löve − dwarf arctic ragwort Packera cymbalarioides (Buek) W.A. Weber & A. Löve − cleftleaf groundsel Packera cynthioides (Greene) W.A. Weber & A. Löve − White Mountain ragwort Senecio cynthiodes Greene Packera debilis (Nutt.) W.A. Weber & A. Löve − weak groundsel Packera dimorphophylla (Greene) W.A. Weber & A. Löve − splitleaf groundsel Packera eurycephala (Torr. & Gray ex Gray) W.A. Weber & A. Löve − widehead groundsel Packera fendleri (Gray) W.A. Weber & A. Löve − Fendler's ragwort Packera flettii (Wieg.) W.A. Weber & A. Löve − Flett's ragwort Packera franciscana (Greene) W.A. Weber & A. Löve − San Francisco Peaks ragwort Senecio franciscanus Greene − San Francisco Peaks groundsel Packera ganderi (T.M. Barkl. & Beauchamp) W.A. Weber & A. Löve − Gander's ragwort Packera glabella (Poir) C. Jeffrey − butterweed Senecio glabellus Poir. Packera greenei (Gray) W.A. Weber & A. Löve − flame ragwort Packera hartiana (Heller) W.A. Weber & A. Löve − Hart's ragwort Packera hesperia (Greene) W.A. Weber & A. Löve − western ragwort Packera hyperborealis (Greenm.) A.& D. Löve − northern groundsel Packera indecora (Greene) A.& D. Löve − elegant groundsel Packera insulae-regalis R.R. Kowal − Isle Royale ragwort Packera ionophylla (Greene) W.A. Weber & A. Löve − Tehachapi ragwort Packera layneae (Greene) W.A. Weber & A. Löve − Layne's ragwort Packera macounii (Greene) W.A. Weber & A. Löve − Siskiyou Mountain ragwort Packera malmstenii (Blake ex Tidestrom) Kartesz, comb. nov. ined. − Podunk ragwort Packera millefolia (Torr. & Gray) T.M. Barkl., comb. nov. ined. − piedmont ragwort Packera millefolium (Torr. & A. Gray) W.A. Weber & A. Löve Senecio millefolium Torr. & Gray Packera millelobata (Rydb.) W.A. Weber & A. Löve − Uinta ragwort Packera moresbiensis (Calder & Roy L. Taylor) J.F. Bain – Cleftleaf ragwort Packera multilobata (Torr. & Gray ex Gray) W.A. Weber & A. Löve − lobeleaf groundsel Senecio multilobatus Torr. & Gray ex Gray Packera musiniensis (S. L. Welsh) Trock Packera neomexicana (Gray) W.A. Weber & A. Löve − New Mexico groundsel Packera obovata (Muhl. ex Willd.) W.A. Weber & A. Löve − roundleaf ragwort Senecio obovatus Muhl. ex Willd. Packera ogotorukensis (Packer) A.& D. Löve − Ogotoruk Creek ragwort Packera pauciflora (Pursh) A.& D. Löve − alpine groundsel Packera paupercula (Michx.) A.& D. Löve − balsam groundsel Packera plattensis (Nutt.) W.A. Weber & A. Löve − prairie groundsel Senecio plattensis Nutt. Packera porteri (Greene) C. Jeffrey − Porter's groundsel Packera pseudaurea (Rydb.) W.A. Weber & A. Löve − falsegold groundsel Packera quaerens (Greene) W.A. Weber & A. Löve − Mogollon Mountain ragwort Senecio quaerens Greene Packera quercetorum (Greene) C. Jeffrey − Oak Creek ragwort Packera sanguisorboides (Rydb.) W.A. Weber & A. Löve − burnet ragwort Packera schweinitziana (Nutt.) W.A. Weber & A. Löve − Schweinitz's ragwort Senecio schweinitzianus Nutt. Packera serpenticola Boufford, Kartesz, S.H. Shi & Renchao Zhou − serpentine ragwort Packera spellenbergii (T.M. Barkl.) C. Jeffrey − Carrizo Creek ragwort Packera streptanthifolia (Greene) W.A. Weber & A. Löve − Rocky Mountain groundsel Packera subnuda (DC.) D.K. Trock & T.M. Barkley – Buek's groundsel Packera tampicana (DC.) C. Jeffrey − Great Plains ragwort Packera tomentosa (Michx.) C. Jeffrey − woolly ragwort Packera tridenticulata (Rydb.) W.A. Weber & A. Löve − threetooth ragwort Packera werneriifolia (Gray) W.A. Weber & A. Löve − hoary groundsel Sources: NRCS References Asteraceae genera

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Hammarbyhöjden

Hammarbyhöjden is a city district in Stockholm, Sweden. The district is split across two boroughs: Most of it is located in Skarpnäck borough, the subdistrict Blåsut is located in the Enskede-Årsta-Vantör borough. As of December 31, 2007, Hammarbyhöjden had 8,143 inhabitants. The Stockholm metro station Hammarbyhöjden is an elevated station opened in 1958. The station is served by the green line 17. History Together with Traneberg, a district west of the historical city centre, Hammarbyhöjden was one of the centrally located, hilly terrains bought by the city of Stockholm in 1917. The terrain made it unsuitable for the kind of garden cities built during the 1910s and 1920s. Furthermore, by the early 1930s the city authorities had realised the successful small-scale projects of the past could not solve the ramping shortage of dwellings the city was experiencing. In both these districts the ideals of Functionalist architecture — multi-family buildings in a natural scenery — were therefore implemented. A plan for the area was adopted in 1930, featuring 15 metres thick buildings 3–4 stories tall. The early 1930s saw few construction projects realized, and when a builder willing to carry the project out finally appeared, he demanded that the plan should be redrawn in accordance to a proposal by Ragnar Östberg — a plan featuring buildings 10 m wide arranged in an unmistakably classicist manner. These negotiations foundered, however, and the city redrew the plans again — now with a programmatically functionalist plan. Construction finally started in 1935, but, due to the stalled negotiations, Hammarbyhöjden lost its pioneering role to Traneberg which had its 1932 city plan quickly realised. Nevertheless, more than 4.000 flats had been built in Hammarbyhöjden by the 1950s, 92 per cent of which were two room-flats with a kitchen or smaller. Construction was small-scale and artisanal. The three story buildings had only two stairwells, which made them easy to deploy in the uneven terrain, while the flats reaching through the buildings made it easy to orient the buildings in different directions. The heights were used for panoramic views, and the roads were made to follow the terrain. On its completion, the district was described as an "ideal society" and named "The White city" (Den vita staden), but its first inhabitants were more sceptical, complaining on inadequate services, high rents, and the long distance to the city centre. Many of those who did move in did, however, end up living their entire lives in Hammarbyhöjden. Notes References See also Hammarby Districts of Stockholm Housing in Sweden

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Tiberias Football Stadium

Tiberias Municipal Stadium (, HaItztadion HaIroni Shel Tverya), is a football stadium currently being built in Tiberias for Ironi Tiberias F.C., the football team of the town, and will replace the old stadium located downtown. Once completed, the new stadium will include 7,554 seats. It is located at the southern entrance to the city, near the junction of Poriya Hospital as a part of a sports complex also including a multi-purpose 2,500-seat sports hall, a training field and a swimming pool. As of late 2020, the project was frozen due to lack of funds. Gallery See also High-tech architecture References New design: The turtle stadium of Tiberias, StadiumDB.com 17.4.2016 L'Ironi Tiberias FC va s'offrir un nouveau stade 1.2.2015 (in Français) עירוני טבריה משתדרגת: אצטדיון חדש יוקם בעיר 5.12.2014 (in Hebrew) Tiberias Municipal Stadium in the Youtube אצטדיון עירוני טבריה החדש (in Hebrew) 4.12.2014 לפעמים חלומות מתגשמים: אצטדיון חדש יוקם בטבריה Best ball (in Hebrew) 4.12.2014 External links List of High-tech Buildings Multi-purpose stadiums in Israel Football venues in Israel Stadiums under construction Sports venues in Northern District (Israel) Sport in Tiberias

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KFMQ

KFMQ (106.1 FM) is a commercial active rock radio station licensed to Gallup in the U.S. state of New Mexico. The station is currently owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. References External links FMQ Active rock radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1987 IHeartMedia radio stations

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute%20advantage

Absolute advantage

In economics, the principle of absolute advantage is the ability of a party (an individual, or firm, or country) to produce a good or service more efficiently than its competitors. The Scottish economist Adam Smith first described the principle of absolute advantage in the context of international trade in 1776, using labor as the only input. Since absolute advantage is determined by a simple comparison of labor productiveness, it is possible for a party to have no absolute advantage in anything. Origin of the theory The concept of absolute advantage is generally attributed to the Scottish economist Adam Smith in his 1776 publication The Wealth of Nations, in which he countered mercantilist ideas. Smith argued that it was impossible for all nations to become rich simultaneously by following mercantilism because the export of one nation is another nation’s import and instead stated that all nations would gain simultaneously if they practiced free trade and specialized in accordance with their absolute advantage. Smith also stated that the wealth of nations depends upon the goods and services available to their citizens, rather than their gold reserves. Because Smith only focused on comparing labor productivities to determine absolute advantage, he did not develop the concept of comparative advantage. While there are possible gains from trade with absolute advantage, the gains may not be mutually beneficial. Comparative advantage focuses on the range of possible mutually beneficial exchanges. Examples Example 1 According to Figure 1, the UK commits 80 hours of labor to produce one unit of cloth, which is fewer than Portugal's hours of work necessary to produce one unit of cloth. The UK is able to produce one unit of cloth with fewer hours of labor, therefore the UK has an absolute advantage in the production of cloth. On the other hand, Portugal commits 90 hours to produce one unit of wine, which is fewer than the UK's hours of work necessary to produce one unit of wine. Therefore, Portugal has an absolute advantage in the production of wine. If the two countries specialize in producing the good for which they have the absolute advantage, and if they exchange part of the good with each other, both of the two countries can end up with more of each good than they would have in the absence of trade. In the absence of trade, each country produces one unit of cloth and one unit of wine, i.e. a combined total production of 2 units of cloth and 2 units of wine. Here, if England commits all of its labor (80+100) for the production of cloth for which England has the absolute advantage, England produces (80+100)÷80=2.25 units of cloth. On the other hand, if Portugal commits all of its labor (90+120) for the production of wine, Portugal produces (90+120)÷90=2.33... units of wine. The combined total production in this case is 2.25 units of cloth and 2.33 units of wine which is greater than the total production of each good had there been no specialization. Assuming free trade this will lead to cheaper prices for both goods for both countries. Example 2 You and your friends decided to help with fundraising for a local charity group by printing T-shirts and making birdhouses. Scenario 1: One of your friends, Gina, can print 5 T-shirts or build 3 birdhouses an hour. Your other friend, Mike, can print 3 T-shirts an hour or build 2 birdhouses an hour. Because your friend Gina is more productive at printing T-shirts and building birdhouses compared to Mike, she has an absolute advantage in both printing T-shirts and building birdhouses. Scenario 2: Suppose Gina wasn't as agile with the hammer and could only make 1 birdhouse an hour, but she took a screen printing class and could print 10 T-shirts an hour. Mike on the other hand takes woodworking and so he can build 5 birdhouses an hour, but he doesn't know the first thing about making T-shirts so he can only print 2 T-shirts an hour. While Gina would have the absolute advantage in printing shirts, Mike would have an absolute advantage in building birdhouses. Further reading . See also Comparative advantage Economies of scale Gains from trade Global labor arbitrage Heckscher-Ohlin model Intra-industry trade New trade theory On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation, by David Ricardo Real wage Relative price Revealed comparative advantage Ricardian model Supply and demand Trade References External links Absolute Advantage, University of Washington International trade theory

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Frontiers in Biology

Frontiers in Biology was a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering the field of biology. It was established in 2006 and was published by Higher Education Press and Springer Science+Business Media, supervised by the Ministry of Education of China. The editor-in-chief is Hongjun Song (Johns Hopkins University). The journal ceased publication at the end of 2018. Abstracting and indexing The journal is abstracted and indexed in Chemical Abstracts Service, ProQuest databases, Chinese Science Citation Database, and EMBiology. References External links Biology journals Publications established in 2006 Bimonthly journals Springer Science+Business Media academic journals English-language journals

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocyllus

Ocyllus

Ocyllus is a genus of spiders in the family Thomisidae. It was first described in 1887 by Thorell. , it contains 2 species, both found in Myanmar. References Thomisidae Araneomorphae genera Spiders of Asia

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Pacific sharpnose shark

The Pacific sharpnose shark (Rhizoprionodon longurio) often migrates along the Pacific coast of Mexico. They are most commonly caught in the artisanal fishery of Mazatlán. When a large sample of Pacific sharpnose sharks were observed scientists concluded that this type of shark was a "viviparous shark of small size which is born at an average length of 31 cm." Their gestation period is between ten and eleven months. There was found to be no statistical relationship between the number of embryos to the average length as a result of cientific reaserch. Specialists David Corro, Leonardo Castillo Geniz and J. Fernando Marquez-Farias, found that the sex ratio of this specific Shark is one to one with the average number of embryos per female, being around 7.4. Habitat and location The Pacific sharpnose shark inhabits the coastal waters of the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. They can be found from southern California to all the way to Peru (Compagno, 1984). The shark is fished commercially in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico from the Gulf of California to Puerto Madero, Chiapas. The Pacific sharpnose likes muddy bottom areas, however it is not known whether it utilizes coastal lagoons as nursery areas or if it utilizes only open waters. Migration During the winter to spring period, the Pacific sharpnose shark has movements of the population from southern Isla Tiburón in the central Gulf of California to the southern region of the state of Nayarit along the eastern shore of the Gulf. From the summer to autumn period, the species moves in the opposite direction, either through the central axis of the Gulf of California or along the Sonora coast line until reaching its place of origin. Commercial fishing The catch of Pacific sharpnose sharks in southern Sinaloa is seasonal, from November to April, with the maximum peak in February. This is due to the change of several factors, including sea temperature, which causes a massive movement of the species. It has been found that the species is very susceptible to being caught by gillnets and bottom long lines. Berglass boats of 22-25 feet are typically used to catch Pacific sharpnose sharks with a workday of 12 to 24 hours and a crew of 2 to 3 members. Each boat has a capacity of up to 1.5 tons. Size It has been found that females typically grow larger than males. In one study, there were two modal groups of adults, one at 96 cm and the other at 108 cm. The maximum length recorded was a female specimen at 129.5 cm. Reproduction There are reports of nurseries in the Upper Gulf of California. The reproductive season goes from March to June with a peak in April. It is estimated that the gestation period of Pacific sharpnose is 10-12 months. However, due to the great migratory movements of the species, this estimation was taken without the complete cycle of embryonic growth being observed. Diet In one study done with the stomach contents of 82 specimens examined, about 36% of the stomachs were empty. In the sharks with stomach contents, it was found that the diet consisted mainly of crustaceans and fish. References Rhizoprionodon Viviparous fish Fish described in 1882

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Maureen G. Banavige

Major General Maureen G. Banavige (born c. 1969) is a United States Air Force officer who has been serving as the Mobilization Assistant to the Commander, Air Force Materiel Command, since February 2019. Before this assignment, she served as the mobilization assistant to the commander of Air Force Sustainment Center from August 2018 to February 2019. Banavige was commissioned in 1991 through the Air Force ROTC program at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Massachusetts. She served on active duty in various logistics roles at the field and program office levels before she joined the Air Force Reserve in 1996. She is a career logistics and maintenance officer who has commanded twice at the squadron level and once at the group level. Education 1991 Bachelor of Science, Applied Mathematics, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts 1992 Transportation Officer Course, Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas 1994 Master of Business Administration, Boston University, Boston 1994 Logistics Plans Officers Course, Lackland AFB, Texas 1999 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence 2004 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence 2004 Aircraft Maintenance Officers Course, Sheppard AFB, Texas 2007 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence 2008 Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. 2008 Master of Science, National Resource Strategy with special concentration in supply chain management, National Defense University, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. 2016 LOGTECH Program for Executives in Logistics and Technology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 2017 CAPSTONE, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington D.C. Military assignments August 1992 – January 1994, transportation officer, 36th Transportation Squadron, Bitburg Air Base, Germany January 1994 – July 1994, integrated logistics support manager, Navy programs, Joint Tactical Information, Distribution System, Joint Program Office, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass. July 1994 – June 1995, chief of software maintenance, Joint Tactical Information Distribution System, Joint Program Office, Hanscom AFB, Mass. June 1995 – August 1996, chief of resource management, Joint Tactical Information Distribution System, Joint Program Office, Hanscom AFB, Mass. August 1996, left active duty and joined the Air Force Reserves August 1996 – April 1999, transportation officer, 934th Logistics Readiness Squadron, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Air Reserve Station, Minn. April 1999 – December 2000, commander, 934th LRS, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport ARS, Minn. December 2000 – December 2003, deputy commander, 934th Maintenance Group, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport ARS, Minn. December 2003 – June 2007, commander of 934th Maintenance Squadron, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport ARS, Minn. (December 2005 – June 2006, Program Manager, Iraqi Air Force Mobility Programs (C-130 and helicopter platforms) Multinational Security Transition Command-Iraq/Coalition Air Force Transition Team, Baghdad) August 2007 – June 2008, student, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. August 2008 – February 2011, individual mobilization assistant to the Chief, Logistics Operations Division, Directorate of Logistics, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott AFB, Ill. February 2011 – December 2012, commander, 459th Maintenance Group, Joint Base Andrews, Md. January 2013 – April 2015, mobilization assistant to the Commander, Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex, Tinker AFB, Okla. April 2015 – October 2017, mobilization assistant to the director of Logistics, Engineering and Force Protection, Air Combat Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va. October 2017 – August 2018, mobilization assistant to the Commander, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. August 2018 – February 2019, mobilization assistant to the Commander, Air Force Sustainment Center, Tinker AFB, Okla. February 2019 – present, mobilization assistant to the Commander, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio Effective dates of promotion Second lieutenant (May 18, 1991) First lieutenant (November 25, 1993) Captain (November 25, 1995) Major (June 2, 2000) Lieutenant colonel (September 30, 2004) Colonel (August 15, 2008) Brigadier general (March 26, 2015) Major general (December 12, 2018) References Living people Worcester Polytechnic Institute alumni Boston University alumni Recipients of the Legion of Merit United States Air Force generals Year of birth missing (living people)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C.T.%20Fletcher

C.T. Fletcher

C.T. Ali Fletcher (born June 8, 1959) is an American vlogger, media personality, actor, personal trainer, and former powerlifter and bodybuilder. He is a three-time World Bench Press Champion and three-time World Strict Curl Champion. Early life Fletcher was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, on June 8, 1959, the son of Ogie Rea and Walter Fletcher. He has an older brother named Walt. At the time of his birth, his mother was a housewife and his father was a field worker. When he was one year old, he and his family moved to Los Angeles County, California, where they settled in Watts and later Compton. He grew up with an abusive father who, at the time, was preaching in a four-car garage. When he began junior high, they had moved to nearby Lakewood, where his father invested in his own church. At age 12, Fletcher acquired a job at a gas station. In 1977, aged 18, he joined the U.S. Army and was stationed in Germany. While there, he became interested in martial arts. In 1979, he started to take Karate classes and earned a second degree black belt. In 1980, he began weightlifting and bodybuilding. At first, he was interested in bodybuilding, but then powerlifting caught his interest. Career In 2013, Fletcher started his YouTube channel. In 2016, he opened his own gym called Iron Addicts Gym. Personal life Fletcher resides in Signal Hill, California. He was previously married to his high school sweetheart, with whom he had children. The marriage ended in the early 1990s, and he later married a woman he had met while working at the post office. In 1995, they had a child named Samson. In total, he and his wife have seven children. Health In 2001, Fletcher received a phone call from his doctor regarding his hypertension and how it could be life-threatening. His body had taken a major hit and he was disabled at age 42. In 2004, his mother died from congestive heart failure. The following year, he was admitted to a hospital in Long Beach, California; from there, he was transported to UCI Medical Center for open-heart surgery. He inherited a heart condition from his mother that has heavily impacted his life; his mother and all nine of her siblings died from heart problems. In 2005, he underwent life-saving open heart surgery. On an episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, he revealed that he had suffered another heart attack in June 2017, and was hoping to get on the waiting list for a heart transplant. On May 5, 2018, he announced via Twitter that a heart had been found for him. The next day, he underwent a heart transplant surgery that lasted for over 11 hours. Filmography 2002 — Gangster Party as Sam 2004 — I Accidentally Domed Your Son as Ray Ray 2004 — Bank Brothers as Clarence's Father 2007 — The Hit as Big G Rock 2013 — Just Kidding Films as CT 2015 — CT Fletcher: My Magnificent Obsession as CT Fletcher 2016 — Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice as Inmate Thug 2017 — Maxx Yeager: Black Ops as Big Rich See also List of world championships medalists in powerlifting (men) Powerlifting at the World Games Bibliography American powerlifters American Internet celebrities American bodybuilders American male film actors Video bloggers Living people 1959 births Male bloggers

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enjoy%20Yourself%20%28Billy%20Currington%20album%29

Enjoy Yourself (Billy Currington album)

Enjoy Yourself is the fourth studio album by American country music artist Billy Currington. It was released on September 21, 2010 via Mercury Nashville. Four singles were released from the album, including the Number Ones "Pretty Good at Drinkin' Beer" and "Let Me Down Easy." Background In an interview with The Boot, Currington talked about the album, and how if reflects who he is as a person. “It’s a great mix, it reflects who I am. I’m definitely not just one thing. I’m the beach guy, I’m the country guy, I love my dirt roads and fishin’, but I love New York City and L.A. and Miami, too. "It's been a process for this particular project for like five years when I go back through my songs. I've been stashing all these songs that I get pitched every year in this one little spot on my computer – it's probably been more like 10 years of songs now – and so I feel like I'm so stashed up with songs that I didn't need to write or look for them." Recording Currington explained the recording behind Enjoy Yourself, saying "This record was about recording songwriter’s songs, I could have gone back and recorded a bunch of mine that I’ve written, but there were a lot of writers I wanted to record, like Shawn and Troy. I had to put their songs on this album.” Reception Commercial The album debuted at number nine on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart after selling 45,000 copies, becoming his first Top 10 album on that chart. It also peaked at number two on the U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums chart. As of the chart dated June 25, 2011, the album has sold over 329,489 copies in the United States. Critical Upon its release, Enjoy Yourself received generally positive reviews from most music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 68, based on 4 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". Matt Bjorke with Roughstock gave it a three and a half out of five star rating, saying that Currington "has perfected his formula; Enjoy Yourself is a mostly jovial affair that really feels like a tight collection of escapist, feel-good music. Stephen Thomas Erlewine with Allmusic also gave it a three and a half out of five star rating, saying "Everything rolls just a little bit too easily [...] its mellow vibes and occasional soft romantic touch feel true to Currington." Greg Victor with Parcbench gave it a 3½ rating, commenting "This album is full of music makes you want to dance and laugh and sing along; this album is the one I put on for my own enjoyment." The Associated Press' Michael McCall said that "[on] Enjoy Yourself he zeroes in on an easy-going soul vibe, a sound that brings out a likable quality in Currington's Georgia-raised tenor." Bill Friskics-Warren with The Washington Post gave it a mixed review, saying that "[Currington] can pride himself on having made a record with the sort of warmth and intimacy that gives the work of neo-traditionalist elders such as George Strait and Alan Jackson such staying power." He also called the track "Like My Dog" "The only real misstep". Jessica Phillips with Country Weekly gave it three stars, commented saying that it is "a perfect sleepy and summery soundtrack; this collection largely falls headlong into leisurely tales of drinking and fishing rather than the more spirited or smouldering fare that spurred earlier hits." Blake Boldt with Engine 145 gave it two and a half stars out of five, calling it a "pretty bland modern country album" and said that Currington "is a little too spic-and-span. None of these ten songs is even remotely suspenseful; conflicts and concerns are neatly wrapped up within four minutes." Dave Heaton with PopMatters gave it five out of ten stars, and criticized the songwriting on the album, saying " on a songwriting level, Currington has dropped any real storytelling emphasis or attention to specific details. Track listing Personnel Production Maggie Berry – Design Darryl Bowslaugh – Groomer Jason Campbell – Production Coordination Carson Chamberlain – Producer Billy Currington – Producer Joe Fisher – A&R Luellyn Latocki Hensley – Art Direction John Kelton – Engineer, Mixing Ken Love – Mastering Lee Moore – Wardrobe Karen Naff – Art Direction Kate Powers – Photography Matt Rovey – Engineer Brian Wright – A&R Stephanie Wright – A&R Additional musicians J. T. Corenflos – Electric Guitar (all tracks) Billy Currington – Lead Vocals (all tracks), Background Vocals (track 2) Smith Curry – Lap Steel Guitar (track 10) Paul Franklin – Steel Guitar (all tracks except 8 and 10), Pedabro (track 8) Barry Green – Trombone (track 2) Wes Hightower – Background Vocals (tracks 2,3,5,8,9,10) Paul Leim – Drums (all tracks) Brent Mason – Electric Guitar (all tracks) Steve Patrick – Trumpet (track 2) Gary Prim – Hammond B3 Organ (tracks 1,7), Keyboards (track 4), Piano (tracks 1,2,3,5,8,10), Wurlitzer (tracks 6,9) Chris Rodriguez – Background Vocals (tracks 1,2,4,6,7) W. David Smith – Bass guitar (all tracks except 8), Upright Bass (track 8) Biff Watson – Acoustic Guitar (all tracks) Chart performance Weekly charts Year-end charts Singles ADid not enter the Hot 100 but charted on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles. Certifications References 2010 albums Billy Currington albums Mercury Nashville albums Albums produced by Carson Chamberlain

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No%20Secrets%20%28No%20Secrets%20album%29

No Secrets (No Secrets album)

No Secrets is the only studio album by American girl group No Secrets. It was released on August 6, 2002, through Jive Records. The album spawned two singles, "Kids in America" (a cover of the Kim Wilde classic and also from the Nickelodeon original movie Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius) and "That's What Girls Do" (from the end credits of the Cartoon Network original movie The Powerpuff Girls Movie, later featured on the soundtrack for The Hot Chick). No Secrets received poor reviews from critics and was a commercial disappointment. Despite the album topping the US Billboard Top Heatseekers chart, the album only charted at No. 136 on the Billboard 200 and only stayed on the chart for three weeks. Track listing Leftover tracks "Baby It Works for Me" "Comes Back" "Friends Forever" "Janet" "Little Angel of Mine" "No Experience Required" "When We Kiss" "Whole Again" "Worthless" "Trilogy" Singles "That's What Girls Do" - June 18, 2002 "Kids in America" Chart performance Notes 2002 debut albums No Secrets (musical group) albums Albums produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gornje%20%C5%A0tiplje

Gornje Štiplje

Gornje Štiplje is a village in the municipality of Jagodina, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 190 people. References Populated places in Pomoravlje District

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44 Kent Street, Millers Point

44 Kent Street, Millers Point is a heritage-listed terrace house located at 44 Kent Street, in the inner city Sydney suburb of Millers Point in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. History Millers Point is one of the earliest areas of European settlement in Australia, and a focus for maritime activities. Terrace housing built during the 1860s. First tenanted by NSW Department of Housing in 1982. Description A simple well-proportioned two-storey Victorian terrace house with four bedrooms. Features include a cantilevered balcony over footpath, a corrugated iron verandah painted in wide stripes, two french doors on upper storey, panelled front door with fanlight and two sash windows with slab sills on ground floor. Storeys: Two; Construction: Painted rendered masonry. Corrugated galvanised iron roof. Timber balcony structure and cast iron column supports for verandah roof. Iron lace balustrading. Style: Victorian Filigree. The external condition of the property is good. Modifications and dates External: Doors replaced. Some iron railing removed. Last inspected: 19 February 1995. Heritage listing As at 23 November 2000, this 1860s terrace forms part of a cohesive streetscape element. It is part of the Millers Point Conservation Area, an intact residential and maritime precinct. It contains residential buildings and civic spaces dating from the 1830s and is an important example of 19th century adaptation of the landscape. 44 Kent Street, Millers Point was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. See also Australian residential architectural styles References Bibliography Attribution External links New South Wales State Heritage Register sites located in Millers Point Victorian architecture in Sydney Terraced houses in Sydney Articles incorporating text from the New South Wales State Heritage Register 1860s establishments in Australia Millers Point Conservation Area

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Syed Abdul Salam Shah

Syed Abdul Salam Shah (born November, 1897) was an Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress (INC), and a well-known freedom fighter. He belonged to Kaimganj, Farrukhabad. He served INC for more than 40 years till his death. Career Syed Abdul Salam Shah was a soldier in Indian army and was posted in Iran. He was Minister of State of Food and Civil Supplies, Uttar Pradesh (1969–1971). Prior to this, he was elected as Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council (1958–1962). Thereafter, he came out as a winner in Kamalganj Constituency Election for Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (1969–1974) by defeating Babu Ram of Bhartiya Jana Sangh (BJS). He served as President of District Board Farrukhabad. He was District President of INC, Farrukhabad for the longest term (more than 30 years). He actively participated in Non-cooperation Movement (Asahiyog Andolan) led by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi in 1921–1922. He also participated in Quit India Movement in 1942. He was awarded for his great contribution to Indian National Congress by the Government in 1992, just few days before his death. Syed Abdul Salam Shah died on 6 December 1992, the day when Babri Masjid was demolished. References Election Commission of India Report on General Election, 1969 to the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. External links Election Commission of India 1897 births 1992 deaths Members of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1969–1974 People from Farrukhabad district

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke%20Xuan

Duke Xuan

Duke Xuan may refer to the following rulers during the Zhou dynasty: Duke Xuan of Wey (died 700 BC) Duke Xuan of Qin (died 664 BC) Duke Xuan of Chen (died 648 BC) Duke Xuan of Qi (died 405 BC) See also Marquis Xuan of Cai (died 715 BC)

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Dark Past

Dark Past is the third and final studio album by Seattle-based band Brite Futures, released on November 1, 2011 through Turnout, LLC. It was available for purchase through various formats - CD, vinyl, and digital download. The album also came with an optional package of merchandise, which included a t-shirt, sunglasses, and a poster. Track listing "Baby Rain" – 3:37 "Kissed Her Sister" – 3:34 "Too Young to Kill" – 3:08 "Jag In a Jungle" – 3:18 "Best Party Ever (So Far)" – 2:25 "Winterlude" – 0:55 "Tell It to Me" – 3:11 "Cosmic Horn" – 5:09 "Test of Time (feat. Pearl Dragon)" – 3:39 "Black Wedding" – 3:52 "Too Young to Kill" and "Test of Time (feat. Pearl Dragon)" were released as singles through VEVO. "Best Party Ever (So Far)" was featured in the trailer for the 2012 movie Fun Size. "Jag in a Jungle" is included in the LEGO Movie (2014) soundtrack. References 2011 debut albums

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1947%E2%80%9348%20Northern%20Rugby%20Football%20League%20season

1947–48 Northern Rugby Football League season

The 1947–48 Rugby Football League season was the 53rd season of rugby league football. Season summary Warrington won their first Championship when they beat Bradford Northern 15-5 in the play-off final. Wigan had ended the regular season as the league leaders. The Challenge Cup Winners were Wigan who beat Bradford Northern 8-3 in the final. Wigan's 1948 Challenge Cup Final victory over Bradford Northern was the first ever televised Rugby League match and Cup Final - although it was shown in the Midlands only. Warrington won the Lancashire League, and Bradford Northern won the Yorkshire League. Wigan beat Belle Vue Rangers 10–7 to win the Lancashire County Cup, and Wakefield Trinity beat Leeds 7–7 (replay 8–7) to win the Yorkshire County Cup. Championship Play-offs Challenge Cup Wigan beat Bradford 8-3 in the final played at Wembley in front of a crowd of 91,465. This was the first Rugby League match ever attended by the reigning monarch, HM King George VI, who presented the trophy. This was also the first televised rugby league match. This was Wigan’s third Cup Final win in seven Final appearances including one loss during World War II. Frank Whitcombe, Bradford Northern's prop forward was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy for man-of-the-match. References Sources 1947-48 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website 1947 in English rugby league 1948 in English rugby league Northern Rugby Football League seasons

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Folliott Wingfield, 1st Viscount Powerscourt

Folliott Wingfield, 1st Viscount Powerscourt (2 November 1642 – c. 5 February 1717), was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer. He was the son of Richard Wingfield and Elizabeth Folliott, a daughter of Henry Folliott, 1st Baron Folliott and Anne Strode. William Ponsonby, 1st Viscount Duncannon, was his younger half-brother. Wingfield served in the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Wicklow County between 1661 and 1665. On 22 February 1665, he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Viscount Powerscourt and assumed his seat in the Irish House of Lords. He married Lady Elizabeth Boyle, daughter of Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, and Lady Margaret Howard, in September 1660. Upon his death his titles became extinct. A descendant of his uncle was created Viscount Powerscourt in 1743 to revive the title. References 1642 births 1717 deaths 17th-century Anglo-Irish people Irish MPs 1661–1666 Members of the Irish House of Lords Viscounts in the Peerage of Ireland Peers of Ireland created by Charles II Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Wicklow constituencies

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actias%20laotiana

Actias laotiana

Actias laotiana is a moth in the family Saturniidae. It is found in Laos. References Laotiana Moths described in 1936 Moths of Asia

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.%20Larry%20Nichols

J. Larry Nichols

John Larry Nichols (born July 6, 1942) is the co-founder and former chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Devon Energy. Nichols is a member of the board of directors of Baker Hughes and Sonic Drive-In. Early life and education In 1960, Nichols graduated from Casady School in Oklahoma City. In 1964, he received a B.A. in Geology from Princeton University. In 1967, he received a JD from University of Michigan Law School. Career After graduating, he served as a law clerk to both Associate Justice Tom C. Clark and Chief Justice Earl Warren of the Supreme Court of the United States. He also worked for William Rehnquist when Rehnquist was the United States Assistant Attorney General. In 1971, along with his father, John Nichols, an oilman, J. Larry Nichols co-founded Devon Energy. He served as chief executive officer of the company from 1980 to 2010, was president from 1976 until 2003, was chairman from 2000 to 2012, and was executive chairman from 2013 to 2016. In 2001, he was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame. Personal life In 1972, Nichols married Polly. They have 2 children: a daughter, Sally, and a son, Tyler. Politics Nichols is a Republican. In the third quarter of 2014, just before the midterm elections, Nichols made a $136,000 contribution to the Republican "Targeted State Victory" committee. In 2015, Nichols agreed to lead the energy steering committee of Florida Senator Marco Rubio and made a $50,000 contribution to the political action committee supporting Rubio. Nichols stated that "excessive regulation squashes" energy innovation. Nichols has contributed to Oklahoma Strong, the political action committee supporting Scott Pruitt. Philanthropy Nichols is the namesake of the J. Larry Nichols Community Foundation Scholar Award by the Oklahoma City Community Foundation. References Further reading Burke, Robert. Deals, Deals, and More Deals: The Life of John W. Nichols. Oklahoma Heritage Association. 2004. . External links Voices of Oklahoma interview with Larry Nichols; March 1, 2012. 1942 births Businesspeople from Oklahoma City Law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States Lawyers from Oklahoma City Living people Princeton University alumni University of Michigan Law School alumni

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nootka%20Sound

Nootka Sound

Nootka Sound () is a sound of the Pacific Ocean on the rugged west coast of Vancouver Island, in the Pacific Northwest, historically known as King George's Sound. It separates Vancouver Island and Nootka Island., part of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It played a historically important role in the maritime fur trade. History The inlet is part of the traditional territory of the indigenous Nuu-chah-nulth people. They called it Mowichat. John R. Jewitt is an Englishman who describes the area in some detail in a memoir about his years as a captive of chief Maquinna from 1802 to 1805. European exploration and trade On August 8, 1774, the Spanish Navy ship Santiago, under Juan Pérez, entered and anchored in the inlet. Although the Spanish did not land, natives paddled to the ship to trade furs for abalone shells from California. Pérez named the entrance to Nootka Sound Surgidero de San Lorenzo. The word surgidero means "source". When Esteban José Martinez arrived in 1789 he gave Nootka Sound the name Puerto de San Lorenzo de Nuca. To the Spanish establishment at Friendly Cove he gave the name Santa Cruz de Nuca. In March 1778, Captain James Cook of the Royal Navy landed on Bligh Island and named the inlet "King George's Sound". He recorded that the native name was Nutka or Nootka, apparently misunderstanding his conversations at Friendly Cove/Yuquot; his informant may have been explaining that he was on an island (itchme nutka, a place you can "go around"). There may also have been confusion with Nuu-chah-nulth, the natives' autonym (name for themselves). It may also have simply been based on Cook’s mis-pronunciation of Yuquot, the native name of the place. The earlier Spanish and British names for the Sound swiftly went out of use. At the time, the Spanish monopolized the trade between Asia and North America, and had granted limited licenses to the Portuguese. The Russians had established a growing fur trading system in Alaska. The Spanish began to challenge the Russians, with Pérez's voyage being the first of many to the Pacific Northwest. The British also became increasingly active in the region. The next European to visit Nootka Sound after James Cook was the British trader James Hanna in August 1785. Hanna traded iron bars for furs. He sold the furs in China for a handsome profit, beginning an era of the Maritime Fur Trade. In 1786 another maritime fur trader, James Strange, visited Nootka Sound. One of his crew, John Mackay, volunteered to remain at Nootka and work to establish relationships until Strange returned the next year. But Strange never returned. When the trader Charles Barkley arrived at Nootka in the summer of 1787, he was surprised to find John Mackay who, over the year, had learned the Nuu-chah-nulth's language and customs, adapted himself to their ways, and married a young native girl. At first Mackay was welcomed and befriended by Maquinna, but after unknowingly breaking a taboo he was exiled from Maquinna's house and forced to survive on his own. Barkley took Mackay on board his ship, Imperial Eagle. Nootka Crisis Starting in 1774 Spain sent several expeditions to Alaska to assert its long-held claim over the Pacific Northwest which dated back to the 16th century. During the decade 1785–1795 British merchants, encouraged by Sir Joseph Banks and supported by their government, made a sustained attempt to develop British fur trade in the area, despite Spain's claims and navigation rights. The endeavours of these merchants did not last long in the face of Spain's opposition. The challenge was also opposed by a Japan holding obdurately to national seclusion. In 1789 Spain sent Sub-Lieutenant Esteban José Martinez, commanding Princesa and San Carlos, to enforce Spanish sovereignty and defend its claims. He arrived in February 1789 and established a settlement and built Fort San Miguel. The ship , under Captain William Douglas and owned by John Meares, was impounded and the Spanish navy seized two other British ships, including . Two American ships in the area were allowed to sail as the United States was Spain's ally (Spain had helped the US in its War of Independence). However, the American ship , under Thomas Humphrey Metcalfe, was seized and taken to San Blas, before being released. The capture of the British ships led to the Nootka Crisis and near war between Britain and Spain. The British challenged Spanish claims to allegedly "un-colonized" land on the Pacific coasts of North and South America. The first Nootka Convention (1790) gave both countries the right to settle along the Pacific coasts, interrupting the Spanish monopoly for the first time in over two centuries. The British quickly sponsored the Vancouver Expedition of exploration. Difficulties in implementing the terms led to a second, and then a third Nootka Convention (1794). The Nootka Sound controversy also played a part in the French Revolution. The Spanish Bourbon monarchy asked for French support in the dispute in the event that it led to war between Spain and Great Britain. The French Bourbon king Louis XVI wanted to back Spain against Great Britain, but his right to enter France into an alliance on his own prerogative was disputed by the National Assembly. The Assembly maintained that the King's right to determine foreign policy and declare war was subject to the sovereignty of the people. Eventually the Assembly ruled that a proposal for a declaration of war could be initiated by the king, but had to be ratified by the Assembly; this was a major blow to the monarchy. Thomas Muir The Scottish political reformer Thomas Muir had been banished to Port Jackson in Botany Bay in Australia for 14 years for the crime of sedition in 1793. He managed to escape having only spent 13 months there, on board the American merchant ship . After a highly adventurous voyage across the as yet largely uncharted Pacific Ocean to Vancouver Island, Otter finally dropped anchor in Nootka Sound on 22 June 1796. In conversation with José Tovar, the piloto (master) of , a Spanish vessel at anchor in the Nootka Sound, Muir learned to his dismay of the presence in neighbouring waters of , the British sloop-of-war under William Robert Broughton. This vessel had visited Port Jackson in Australia shortly before Muir’s escape and, since Broughton had almost certainly become acquainted with the captain or members of the crew, his life was now in real danger. To be captured while under sentence of transportation meant immediate execution. Once again Muir’s extraordinary luck held out. While a student at Glasgow, he had acquired a fluent command of Spanish and he was now able to persuade Tovar to break his regulations regarding the admission of foreigners into Spanish territory. Changing vessels he sailed with Tovar down the Pacific West Coast to the port of Monterey in Spanish Las Californias. The chronicles of Pierre François Péron describe Muir's escape from Australia and the voyage across the Pacific to Nootka Sound, and then as far as Monterey, California. Nootka Sound has not been the scene of any major international disagreements in modern history. It is mentioned in the former unofficial national anthem of English-speaking Canada, "The Maple Leaf Forever", to represent the western extent of Canada's "fair dominion". Climate Luna, the orca In 2001, a two-year-old male orca, later named Luna, was seen in Nootka Sound alone as far inland as the marina at Gold River. Presumed to be an orphan separated from his pod, Luna became a local and international celebrity by his playful and curious behavior with tug boats and recreational watercraft on Nootka Sound, and with people, including young children, on the Gold River dock. The popularity of Luna made Nootka Sound and Gold River an international attraction from early 2002 through March 2006 when Luna was killed in an accidental collision with the propeller of the Vancouver-based tugboat, General Jackson, on Mooyah Bay in Nootka Sound. In popular culture Nootka Sound is referred to in the 2017 BBC One drama Taboo. See also Nootka Convention History of the west coast of North America Spanish expeditions to the Pacific Northwest Vancouver Expedition Bligh Island Marine Provincial Park References Bibliography Harboard, Heather. Nootka Sound and the Surrounding Waters of Maquinna. Surrey: Heritage House Publishing Company Limited, 1996. . Jones, Laurie. Nootka Sound Explored. Campbell River: Ptarmigan Press, 1991. . Manning, William Ray. The Nootka Sound Controversy. Part XVI of the Annual Report of the American Historical Association for the Year 1904, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1905, pp. 279–478. Reprint: Ann Arbor: University Microfilms Inc., 1966. Available online through the Washington State Library's Classics in Washington History collection King, Robert J. "'A regular and reciprocal System of Commerce' — Botany Bay, Nootka Sound, and the isles of Japan", The Great Circle (Journal of the Australian Association for Maritime History) vol.19, no.1, 1997, pp. 1–29. King, Robert J. "William Bolts and the Austrian Origins of the Lapérouse Expedition", Terrae Incognitae, vol.40, 2008, pp. 1–28; presented at the Canadian Nautical Research Society Conference, Churchill, Manitoba, 2–7 August 2007. Sounds of British Columbia British colonization of the Americas Fur trade Spanish history in the Pacific Northwest

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Heart of America Council

Heart of America Council serves Scouts in Missouri and Kansas. This council was formed on July 1, 1974 with the merger of the former Kansas City Area (Kansas City, Missouri) and Kaw (Kansas City, Kansas) Councils. History The Heart of America Council has grown from a fledgling organization in 1910 to a council serving over 30,000 youth in 2015. There are 14,813 trained leaders volunteering their time and talent to serve the youth in the nineteen counties making up the council. In 2015 Scouts provided over 196,000 hours of service to residents and organizations in the council. There were 16,905 rank advancements and 32,279 merit badges earned during that calendar year. Over 18,000 Scouts camped at one of the camps run by the Heart of America Council during 2015. Camps H. Roe Bartle Scout Reservation H. Roe Bartle Scout Reservation is a Boy Scouts of America reservation located in of woodland outside of Osceola, Missouri, and bordering on Truman Lake in the Heart of America Council (HOAC) Lone Bear district. It is one of two Scout reservations operated by the Heart of America Council. It is also 2½ miles away from Iconium, Missouri. It was named after former Kansas City, Missouri mayor and Boy Scout council executive H. Roe Bartle. The reservation is divided into three camps named Lone Star (previously Wigwam), Sawmill, and Piercing Arrow (previously Frontier). Bartle is one of two Boy Scout camps to participate in the leadership program named Mic-O-Say. Theodore Naish Scout Reservation Theodore Naish Scout Reservation is an 850-acre Boy Scout camp located in Bonner Springs, Kansas. The camp was named after Kansas City civil engineer and draftsman Theodore Naish, who was killed in the sinking of the RMS Lusitania in 1915. The first of the land were donated to the Boy Scouts in 1926 by Naish's wife, Belle Saunders Naish. Camp Naish is run by the Heart of America Council and is one of two camps sponsored by the council. Naish is home to the Tamegonit Lodge of the Order of the Arrow Order of the Arrow Tamegonit Lodge is a Lodge of the Order of the Arrow located at Theodore Naish Scout Reservation in Bonner Springs, Kansas. At the 2006 NOAC, the Ceremonial Team was chosen to represent the plains tribes with their Cheyenne set of regalia in a living museum. There were only 5 areas of the Plains Indians to represent. The Ceremonial Team also has been recognized as one of the best in the country. They have won many awards at Section Conclave, including the most recent Section C-5B Conclave for 2018, and even were the National champions in 1983 – one of the last years champions were named. Seven members of the Lodge have also been recognized with the Distinguished Service Award, a National Award to individual Arrowman based on their ongoing service to Scouting and the Order. The most recent recipient of the Distinguished Service Award was at the National Order of the Arrow Conference in 2012. Tamegonit Lodge has also been honored with the E. Urner Goodman Camping Award and the Quality Lodge award (as recent as 2011). Tamegonit Lodge has most recently received a JTE Lodge level of Bronze for 2018, and Silver for 2016. Tamegonit Lodge also made history by becoming one of the first Lodge's to induct female Venturers into the Order of the Arrow. The Winter Induction, which was nicknamed #Winter1 to gain popularity, was hosted at Camp Naish in Bonner Springs, Kansas. The Induction weekend was held on February 1st-3rd, 2019 and a Klondike event was held on February 2nd. The last Ordeal candidate was sashed at exactly 8:00 pm CST on Saturday, February 2nd. Tamegonit Lodge ended 2015 as the largest Lodge in the Nation with 4,541 dues paying members. See also Scouting in Missouri References External links http://www.hoac-bsa.org Local councils of the Boy Scouts of America Central Region (Boy Scouts of America) Youth organizations based in Missouri 1974 establishments in Missouri

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Hope Torture

Hope Torture is the debut single album of South Korean singer Song Ji-eun, a member of South Korean girl group Secret. The album was released on September 30, 2013 with the song "Hope Torture" serving as the lead track. The album contains three songs. It also contains the first song Jieun helped write and compose for in Date Mate. Release On September 24, Jieun released her mv teaser. On September 29, Jieun released the whole mv. On September 30, Jieun released the whole album. Promotion Song Jieun promoted the single Hope Torture (False Hope) in music shows in September and October 2013 on KBS's Music Bank, MBC's Show! Music Core, SBS's Inkigayo and Mnet's M! Countdown. She also held a MelOn showcase on the day of her album release where she also sang Vintage with B.A.P's Zelo. Track listing Charts Album Chart Singles chart Sales Release history References External links Official website 2013 EPs TS Entertainment albums

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Wilson das Neves

Wilson das Neves (June 14, 1936 – August 26, 2017) was a Brazilian percussionist and singer from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was a key figure in the history of Brazilian music, having played with many of Brazil's greatest musicians across many decades and featured on numerous important recordings. Wilson was a very important artist specially for Brazilian popular music as a sambista, composer and instrumentalist, with over 50 years dedicated to music. He can be heard in over 600 records from major Brazilian artists. Life and career Early life Das Neves grew up in Rio de Janeiro in the 1940s and by the age of 14 was already learning his trade as a percussionist, studying under Moacir Santos. At the age of 21 he went on tour with "Orquestra de Permínio Gonçalves" and in 1959 he played with the Ubirajara Silva's group. In 1962 he got a place on National Radio where he stayed for a year before being offered to play with the Orquestra Sinfônica do Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro, with whom he stayed until 1964. He then worked for the TV stations, spending time at Excelsior, Globo and Rede Tupi. He also contributed to recordings by Astor Silva and the Conjunto Ed Lincoln. Career In 1964, Wilson das Neves recorded with Os Ipanemas, a band with Astor Silva (trombone) Marinho, Rubens Bassini (percussion) and Neco (guitar). They released only one album in the 1960s which has achieved cult status. It was released in 1964 and features a mix of bossa nova, Brazilian samba, African rhythms and jazz. During his career das Neves worked with many great international artists including Sarah Vaughan, Toots Thielemans, Sy Oliver and Michel Legrand. In Brazil he played with key musicians from the MPB movement such as Roberto Carlos, Chico Buarque, Eumir Deodato, Elizeth Cardoso, Clara Nunes, Elza Soares, Elis Regina, Alcione and Beth Carvalho. He also appeared alongside Copinha at the Monte Carlo Casino. Wilson das Neves released his first album in 1968 Juventude 2000 and went on to record Som Quente É o Das Neves (1969 and 1976), Samba-Tropi – Até aí Morreu Neves (1970) and his first real solo album O Som Sagrado de Wilson das Neves (1997). Wilson appeared on Tyler, The Creator's "Lone" in 2013. His song "Jornada" was the instrumental to the track, while Tyler rapped over it. Recently Wilson das Neves recently appeared as a member of the 19 piece Gafieira Orquestra, Orquestra Imperial playing on their 2006 album Carnaval Só Ano que Vem. He also played with his former band Os Ipanemas. The band reformed in 2001 with some of the original line up and released three albums on London based Far Out Recordings The Return of The Ipanemas followed by 2003's Afro Bossa and Samba Is Our Gift (O Samba É Nosso Dom) in 2006 with another album planned for 2008. In 2011 he released his third and praised album as a singer-songwriter named 'Pra Gente Fazer um Samba' in Brazil and Europe. He was nominated as the best singer at the "Prêmio da Música Brasileira 2011" and winner as the best Samba album. American musician Tyler, The Creator rapped over Neves's song "Jornada" on his song "Lone" from his album Wolf, released on April 2, 2013. In 2016, he appeared in a segment of Rio 2016 opening ceremony with Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and Anitta. Death In the later years, although still active he battled cancer. He died at Hospital da Ilha do Governador, in Rio de Janeiro. Discography (S/D) Juventude 2000 • LP (2013) Se me chamar, ô sorte • MP,B Discos/ Universal Music • CD (2010) Pra gente fazer mais um samba • MP,B/ Universal • CD (2010) Que Beleza (c/ grupo Ipanema) • Far Out (Inglaterra) • CD (2006) Samba de Gringo 2 (Bina & Ehud) (2004) Brasão de Orfeu • Selo Acari Records/Biscoito Fino • CD (2001) Quintal do Pagodinho • Universal Music • CD (2001) Brasileira • Independente • CD (2001) Nome sagrado-Beth Carvalho canta Nelson Cavaquinho • Jam Music • CD (2001) Coisa de chefe • Carioca Discos/Rob Digital • CD (1999) The return of The Ipanemas • Far Out (Inglaterra) • CD (1996) O som sagrado de Wilson das Neves • CID • CD (1976) O som quente é o das Neves • Underground/Copacabana • LP (1970) Samba Tropi-Até aí morreu Neves • Elenco/Philips • LP (1969) O som quente é o das Neves • Polydor • LP (1968) Baterista: Wilson das Neves (Elza Soares) • Odeon • LP (1964) Os Ipanemas • LP References External links Biscoito Fino Acari Records Wilson das Neves Discogs entry The Ipanemas Discogs entry Far Out Recordings Brazilian percussionists Brazilian jazz percussionists 2017 deaths 1936 births Musicians from Rio de Janeiro (city) Brazilian drummers Samba musicians Brazilian singer-songwriters Far Out Recordings artists Deaths from cancer in Rio de Janeiro (state) Tambourine players Timbaleros Snare drummers Maracas players Triangle players Orquestra Imperial members

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List of Madrid parks

A list of parks in Madrid, Spain, sorted by district, is presented as follows: Arganzuela ; 45.8 ha. Parque Madrid Río (also in Centro, Carabanchel, Usera, Latina, Moncloa-Aravaca and Villa de Vallecas); 121.1 ha. Barajas Parque del Capricho; 17.6 ha. Parque Juan Carlos I; 210.38 ha. Centro Campo del Moro; 24.51 ha. Parque Madrid Río (also in Arganzuela, Carabanchel, Usera, Latina, Moncloa-Aravaca and Villa de Vallecas); 121.1 ha. Carabanchel Parque de las Cruces (also in Latina); 37 ha. Parque Emperatriz María de Austria (aka Parque Sur); 42 ha. Centro Parque Madrid Río (also in Arganzuela, Centro, Usera, Latina, Moncloa-Aravaca and Villa de Vallecas); 121.1 ha. ; 27 ha. Chamartín , 4.79 ha. Fuencarral-El Pardo ; 19,5 ha. Hortaleza ; 470 ha. Latina ; 16 ha. Parque del Cerro Almodóvar; 18.5 ha. Parque de las Cruces (also in Carabanchel); 37 ha. Parque de la Cuña Verde de Latina; 52.41 ha. Parque Madrid Río (also in Arganzuela, Carabanchel, Centro, Usera, Moncloa-Aravaca and Villa de Vallecas); 121.1 ha. Moncloa-Aravaca Casa de Campo; 1,508.97 ha. ; 65.55 ha. ; 12.71 ha. Parque Madrid Río (also in Arganzuela, Carabanchel, Centro, Usera, Latina and Villa de Vallecas); 121.1 ha. Parque del Oeste; 61.41 ha. Puente de Vallecas Parque Lineal del Manzanares (also in Usera); 97.3 ha in the municipality of Madrid. Parque Lineal de Palomeras; 38.4 ha. ; 17 ha. Retiro El Retiro; 120.67 ha. Jardín Botánico; 8.09 ha. Parque de Roma; 11.54 ha. Salamanca ; 8.12 ha. San Blas-Canillejas ; 12.9 ha. Pinar de la Elipa; 15.19 ha. Tetuán Parque Agustín Rodríguez Sahagún; 13,84 ha. Parque de la Ventilla; 8.36 ha. Usera Parque Lineal del Manzanares (also in Puente de Vallecas); 97.3 ha in the municipality of Madrid. Parque Madrid Río (also in Arganzuela, Carabanchel, Centro, Latina, Moncloa-Aravaca and Villa de Vallecas); 121.1 ha. ; 42.4 ha. Villa de Vallecas ; 88.84 ha. Parque Forestal M-40; 11.6 ha. Parque Madrid Río (also in Arganzuela, Carabanchel, Centro, Usera, Latina and Moncloa-Aravaca); 121.1 ha. Parque Santa Eugenia; 13.9 ha. Villaverde Parque de Plata y Castañar; 23.3 ha. References Citations Bibliography

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ukraine)

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine () is the ministry of the Ukrainian government that oversees the foreign relations of Ukraine. The head of the ministry is the Minister of Foreign Affairs. History Originally the Ministry was established as the General Secretariat of Nationalities as part of the General Secretariat of Ukraine and was headed by the federalist Serhiy Yefremov. Due to the Soviet intervention the office was reformed into a ministry on December 22, 1917. About the same time another government was formed, the Soviet, that proclaimed the Ukrainian government to be counter-revolutionary. The Ukrainian Soviet government also reorganized its office on March 1, 1918. In 1923 the office was liquidated by the government of Soviet Union and reinstated in 1944, twenty years later. The first Soviet representatives were not much of a notice until the appointment of the Bulgarian native Christian Rakovsky in 1919. General overview The ministry is located in Ukraine's capital Kyiv in the city's historic uppertown district, located in close proximity to the recently rebuilt St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery. The building of the ministry is also located on the Mykhailivska Square, named for the monastery and next to the park Volodymyrska Hill. The nomination of the Foreign Minister is done by the President of Ukraine, unlike most nominations of Cabinet Minister which are done by the Prime Minister of Ukraine. All minister nominations have to be approved by the Ukrainian Parliament. Office of National Commission of Ukraine For UNESCO Ukraine has been a member of UNESCO since May 12, 1954. From December 1962 Ukraine had established its permanent representation in the organization currently served by the Ambassador of Ukraine to France. The National Commission of Ukraine for UNESCO was created as part of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by the Presidential decree #212/1996 on March 26, 1996. The Chair of the National Commission of Ukraine for UNESCO is Sergiy Kyslytsya. The permanent representative of Ukraine to UNESCO is the Ambassador to France Kostiantyn Tymoshenko. Ukraine has 14 academic departments cooperating with UNESCO as well as 63 schools associated with the organization. List of Ministers Officials before 1924 General Secretary of Nationalities (June 28 - December 22, 1917) Serhiy Yefremov (Socialist-Federalist) (June 28 - July 17, 1917) Oleksandr Shulhin (Socialist-Federalist) (July 17 - December 22, 1917) People's Secretary of Nationalities (December 14, 1917 - March 1, 1918) Sergei Bakinsky (Bolshevik) (December 14, 1917 - March 1, 1918) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (December 22, 1917 - May 1920) Oleksandr Shulhin (Socialist-Federalist) (December 22, 1917 - January 24, 1918) Vsevolod Holubovych (Socialist-Revolutionary) (January 24 - March 3, 1918) Mykola Liubynsky (Socialist-Revolutionary) (March 3 - April 28, 1918) Mykola Vasylenko (Association of Ukrainian Progressionists) (April 30 - May 20, 1918) Dmytro Doroshenko (Socialist-Federalist) (May 20 - November 14, 1918) Georgiy Afanasyev (November 14 - December 14, 1918) Volodymyr Chekhivsky (Ukrainian Menshevik) (December 26, 1918 - February 11, 1919) Kostiantyn Matsiyevych (February 13 - March 1919) Volodymyr Temnytsky (Social Democrat) (April - August 1919) Andriy Livytskyi (Ukrainian Menshevik) (August 1919 - May 1920) People's Secretaries of Foreign Affairs (March 1, 1918 - July 1923) Volodymyr Zatonsky (Bolshevik) (March 1–4, 1918) Mykola Skrypnyk (Bolshevik) (March 8 - April 18, 1918) Christian Rakovsky (Bolshevik) (January - July 1919) Christian Rakovsky (Bolshevik) (March 1920 - July 1923) State Secretaries of Foreign Affairs of Western Ukraine (November 1918 - February 1923) Vasyl Paneiko (National Democrat) (November 1918 - January 1919) Lonhyn Tsehelsky (National Democrat) (January - February 1919) Mykhailo Lozynsky (March - April 1919) Stepan Vytvytskyi (National Democrat) (April 1919 - February 1920) Kost Levytsky (National Democrat) (1920 - February 1923) Officials after World War II People's Commissars of Foreign Affairs Oleksandr Korniychuk (February - July 1944) Dmitry Manuilsky (July 1944 - March 15, 1946) Ministers of Foreign Affairs Dmitry Manuilsky (March 15, 1946 - 1952) Anatoliy Baranovsky (June 10, 1952 - June 17, 1953) Luka Palamarchuk (June 17, 1953 - May 11, 1954) Luka Palamarchuk (May 11, 1954 - August 13, 1965) Dmytro Bilokolos (March 16, 1966 - June 11, 1970) Georgiy Shevel (August 10, 1970 - November 18, 1980) Volodymyr Martynenko (November 18, 1980 - December 28, 1984) Volodymyr Kravets (December 28, 1984 - July 27, 1990) Anatoliy Zlenko (July 27, 1990 - August 24, 1991) Ministers of Foreign Affairs (post-Soviet) Anatoliy Zlenko (August 24, 1991 - August 25, 1994) Hennadiy Udovenko (August 25, 1994 - September 16, 1994) Hennadiy Udovenko (September 16, 1994 - April 17, 1998) Borys Tarasiuk (April 17, 1998 - September 29, 2000) Anatoliy Zlenko (October 2, 2000 - September 2, 2003) Kostyantyn Gryshchenko (September 2, 2003 - February 3, 2005) Borys Tarasiuk (February 4, 2005 - December 1, 2006) Borys Tarasiuk (December 5, 2006 - January 30, 2007) Volodymyr Ohryzko (January 31, 2007 - March 21, 2007) Arseniy Yatseniuk (March 21, 2007 - December 18, 2007) Volodymyr Ohryzko (December 18, 2007 - March 3, 2009) Petro Poroshenko (October 9, 2009 - March 11, 2010) Kostyantyn Gryshchenko (March 11, 2010 - December 24, 2012) Leonid Kozhara (December 24, 2012 - February 23, 2014) Andrii Deshchytsia (February 27, 2014 - June 19, 2014) Pavlo Klimkin (June 19, 2014 - 29 August 2019) Vadym Prystaiko (29 August 2019 - 4 March 2020) Dmytro Kuleba (4 March 2020 - ) MFA of Ukraine Spokespersons Ihor Dolhov (2001—2002) Markiyan Lubkivsky (2003—2005) Vasyl Filipchuk (2005—2006) Andrii Deshchytsia (2006—2008) Vasyl Kyrylych (2008—2009) Oleksandr Dykusarov (2010-2013) Yevhen Perebyinis (2013-2015) Mariana Betsa (2015—2018) Kateryna Zelenko (2018—2020) Oleh Nikolenko (2020-) See also Diplomatic missions of Ukraine List of national leaders of Ukraine Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations Public diplomacy of Ukraine References External links Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine on YouTube Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine on Facebook Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine on VK Foreign affairs Foreign relations of Ukraine Ukraine National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Foreign Affairs

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USL Breakaways

USL Breakaways is a sports television series hosted by Gerry Fall airing on the Fox Soccer Channel and sponsored by the United Soccer League (USL). External links 2006 American television series debuts 2010s American television series American sports television series

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Kraków District

Kraków District (German: Distrikt Krakau, Polish: Dystrykt krakowski) was one of the original four administrative districts set up by Nazi Germany after the German occupation of Poland during the years of 1939–1945. This district, along with the other three districts, formed the General Government. It was established on October 12, 1939 by Adolf Hitler, with the capital in occupied Kraków – the historic residence of Polish royalty. The Nazi Gauleiter Hans Frank became the Governor-General of the entire territory of the General Government. He made his residence in Kraków at the heavily guarded Wawel castle. Frank was the former legal counsel to the Nazi Party. Administration The Kraków District was divided up into 12 Kreise (counties). Each of these Kreise was ran by a district chief (German: Kreishauptmann). The 12 Kreise that made up the district included Dębica, Jarosław, Jasło, Krakauland, Krosno, Miechów, Neumarkt, Neu- Sandez, Przemyśl, Reichshof, Sanok, and Tarnow. The fifth district, District of Galicia, was incorporated into the General Government after the beginning of German invasion of the Soviet Union during Operation Barbarossa. The main administrative leader was the district governor. The first governor was SS Major General Otto Wächter, who would be succeeded in the following order: Richard Wendler, Ludwig Losacker, and finally Kurt von Burgsdorff. The first German SS and Police Leader (SSPF) was Hans Walter Zech, succeeded by SS Oberführer Julian Scherner, and finally by SS Sturmbannführer Will Haase. The SSPF oversaw various police agencies, such as the Security Police (German: Sicherheitspolizei) and the Order Police (Ordnungspolizei). The Order Police consisted of the Schutzpolizei (Schupo), which handled policing activities in larger cities, and Gendarmerie, which handled policing activities in smaller towns and rural areas. Lastly, the Jewish Police (Jüdischer Ordnungsdienst) oversaw the inner activities of the various ghettos set up throughout the district. Polish Blue Police and the Order Police were responsible for external patrolling of the ghettos. The Commander of local Order Police battalions and SD for District Kraków was SS-Lieutenant Colonel Max Grosskopf. Once the military gave control over to the German civil administration, various antisemitic laws were passed to strip Jews of their rights and began forced labor for those that were able. Jewish councils (Judenräte) were created by the civil administration to enforce Jewish-related policies that were signed into law. The members of these councils were responsible for the implementation of any orders given to them. The Jewish councils were responsible for organization of forced labor, the collection of taxes and contributions, registration, the enforcement of sanitary regulations, and the organization of welfare and medical services. The Jewish councils were accused to treating refugees horribly and corruption. Members of the councils often tried to bribe German officials into delaying an order. This did not work over the long term as Jewish funds began to dry up fairly quickly. The Jewish Social Self-Help (JSS) eventually took over control of welfare from the Jewish councils. Branches were set up in major Jewish populations throughout the district. The services they provided include setting up soup kitchens, distributed food and clothing that was given to them, and provided care for the elderly and children. Their efforts were not enough to fix all the issues facing the Jewish ghettos. A little over two months after the invasion of Poland, the new Gestapo chief of Kraków Bruno Müller had launched his Sonderaktion Krakau, shutting down all universities and high schools, and arresting leading academics; eventually killing President of Kraków Dr. Stanisław Klimecki. Ghettoization The occupation of Kraków by Nazi Germany began on September 6, 1939. Many Jews and civilians alike tried to flee when the German army came, but many were forced to return to the city. The Kraków Ghetto was established on March 3, 1941, followed by a wave of further ghettoization in other towns throughout the district. German statistics estimated that there about 200,000 Jews within the district. This was likely a low estimate as it failed to take in to account the Jews that came from Germany after Poland was incorporated into the Reich. Kraków became the headquarters of Security Police (SIPO) and the SD intelligence agency for Operation Reinhard which marked the most deadly phase of the "Final Solution". The majority of deportations of Jews came within a three-and-a-half month period from June 1 to mid-September 1942. All ghettos were liquidated by February 1944, with Jews either being sent to labor camps or to Bełżec extermination camp. Of the 60,000 Jews that were in Kraków before the war began, around 2,000 survived. There was organized resistance within the Kraków ghetto. They participated in activities both inside and outside the ghetto. Many pre-war youth groups remained in contact and began to train with weapons, implemented assistance programs, and other various underground activities. The resistance conducted raids in which they killed Gestapo informants, stole uniforms that were produced in factories in the ghetto, and other activities. Outside the ghetto, they assassinated German officers and attacked checkpoints. Forced Labor in the Kraków District Much of the forced labor in the Kraków District occurred at Nazi-run concentration camps. Labor was generally coordinated by the Judenrat (Jewish Council). This included separating Jews by able-bodiedness for forced labor and handling any social issues that arose. It was not uncommon for laborers to be sent from labor camps to Nazi extermination camps, particularly to nearby Auschwitz-Birkenau or Bełżec. By 1942, about 37,000 Jews remained in the Kraków District; all of which were confined in either the remaining ghettos, or major labor camps such as Płaszów, Biesiadka, and Pustków, according to the Korherr Report. The Kraków Ghetto was divided in early December 1942 into Ghetto "A" and Ghetto "B", the former being for laborers, and the latter being for others. This step was a direct preparation for the eventual liquidation of the ghetto. Aktion Krakau (Operation Reinhard in Kraków), led by Amon Göth, carried out the final liquidation in mid-March 1943. Forced labor varied in purpose, but was typically civil, industrial, or agricultural in nature. Many Jews were enslaved in factories or on construction projects, generally under horrible conditions and provided with meager rations. Two German companies notably utilized Jewish forced labor, Organisation Todt (OT) and Kirchhof, both of which were known to provide inadequate food supplies and wages. Kirchhof had a reputation for mistreating Jewish laborers. The labor performed for both companies often included paving roads, building tunnels, quarrying stone, unloading freight, constructing roads, removing tombstones from Jewish cemeteries, and leveling said cemeteries to create paved public spaces."The greatest tragedy of the Polish state, was the impossibility of providing its own citizens with protection against the occupiers’ terror. Poland was helpless against the construction of a network of concentration camps within the territory occupied by the Germans. It was not capable of preventing the citizens of the Republic of Poland – Jews and Poles alike – from a slave-like ordeal in the German death factories and Soviet labor camps." Płaszów Concentration Camp The Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp, the second largest camp in the Kraków District, after Auschwitz, was originally constructed as an extension of the Kraków Ghetto, located about five kilometers southeast of the city center. Wilhelm Kunde, a commander of the SS guard detail, was the overall manager of the Aktion process to liquidate the Kraków Ghetto, and eventually become one of two commandants of the Płaszów camp. Approximately 10,000 Jews were sent to Płaszów immediately after the liquidation of the ghetto. The Jewish management and police kept their significance and hierarchy within the camp, maintaining ghetto systems and power structures. Guards in Płaszów frequently beat the Jews. Along with laborers being transferred from the ghetto to the camp, many other logistical transfers took place, such as moving machines, raw materials, and equipment for workshops. In both Płaszów and Mielec, the letters KL (German: Konzentrationslager—concentration camp) were tattooed on the hands of Jews. Biesiadka Labor Camp The Biesiadka labor camp was located about 150 kilometers east of Kraków, not far from Mielec. Not incredibly urban in nature, it has been noted that the majority of the laborers, many from Rzeszów and Jawornik, engaged in more agriculture-based labor, such as cutting down trees. Jews and Poles were separated from each other in Biesiadka. Upon arrival, they cut beech trees for the German Fischer company and assisted the Müeller company, which was responsible for transporting the trees to Mielec via truck. Similar to many other camps, laborers are Biesiadka received modest meals before and after their work and were treated as prisoners under the supervision of guards. The commander of the camp, Kolis, was known to shoot individual laborers with little warning. Pustków Concentration Camp In April and May 1940, the Waffen-SS established a military training camp in Pustków utilizing Jewish labor. Jews and Poles were enslaved and exploited as forced laborers until 1944 in this camp and many smaller labor camps that were established in its proximity. The Judenrat was required to provide blankets and food for the inmates, and this helped many to survive. Jews in the Pustków camp originated from both small and large towns and villages in Poland, notably Dębica, Brzesko, Brozstek, Kolbuszowa, Ropczyce, and Wieliczka. Some of those sent to Pustków were then transferred to Auschwitz. While not common, some forced laborers were able to return to Dębica from Pustków, enabled by bribes to the Judenrat. The members of the Judenrat allegedly tried to spare as many Jews as possible from forced labor efforts. Small workshops and factories were established to employ several Jews, which consequently left them exempt from labor conscription. The amount of young, capable, Jewish men who were captured by Germans and sent to Pustków or neighboring Dulcza Mała continued to increase in 1940 despite these efforts. During March 1942, similar to the fate of other Jewish communities in the Kraków District, all Jews were completely expelled from Mielec. About 750 people were sent to Pustków, and about 500 were murdered in and around the town. In addition, another 3,000 were deported to the Lublin area. In some cases, like the town of Błażowa, several Jews had connections to "fake jobs" that exempt them from being sent to Pustków during the spring of 1942. Some of those sent to the camp, however, were murdered or died from harsh conditions along the way. Governors of the Kraków Galizien References 20th century in Kraków General Government World War II occupied territories Holocaust locations in Poland

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Georges Fontenis

Georges Fontenis (27 April 1920 – 9 August 2010) was a school teacher who worked in Tours. He is more widely remembered on account of his political involvement, especially during the 1950s and 1960s. A libertarian communist and trades unionist, he was a leading figure in the anarchist movement. Life Early years Described by one authority as "the son and grandson of militant socialists", Georges Louis Albert Fontenis was born into a working-class family in Paris and grew up in the city's suburbs. As a young teenager he devoured his father's revolutionary socialist and trades union journals and newspapers and other Trotskyite and pacifist literature. He became involved with the libertarian movement during the strikes of June 1936. When he was 17 he joined the Anarchist Union, "discovered" Bakunin and Kropotkin, and started selling Le Libertaire on street corners. Activism and teaching France was invaded by Germany during May/June 1940. Political and trades union activity was banned, with the result that various political organisations, including the Trades Union Confederation ("Confédération générale du travail" / CGT) itself, "went underground", becoming progressively incorporated into the wider French Resistance movement. Fontenis joined the "clandestine CGT", also participating actively in local syndicalist groups. By this time he was working as a primary school teacher in the north-eastern part of Paris. He was also involved after the war with Marcel Pennetier and Maurice Dommanget in a relaunch of another sort of school, the École émancipée, a revolutionary syndicalist grouping of (sometimes) like-minded activists. After the teachers' strike in the Seine department in November–December 1947 Georges Fontenis briefly joined the National Labour Confederation ("Confédération nationale du travail" / CNT-F), but then returned to the more mainstream National [primary] teachers' union ("Syndicat national des instituteurs" / SNI) in which he continued to press the militant agenda of École émancipée. After he was arrested by the security services and his sentencing in 1957, which was part of a broader crack-down on the anarchist movement, he was reinstated into the teaching profession in 1958 and enrolled at the École normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud, a large primary school in the western part of Paris. He became a primary schools inspector in a rural zone between 1962 and 1967 and then, in September 1967, a teacher of Psychopedagogy at the teachers' training academy in Tours. Secretary General of the Anarchist Federation (France) After the war ended Georges Fontenis was one of the founders of the Anarchist Federation. Others included Robert Joulin, Henri Bouyé, Maurice Joyeux, Suzy Chevet, Renée Lamberet, Georges Vincey, Aristide and Paul Lapeyre, Maurice Laisant, Maurice Fayolle, Giliana Berneri, Solange Dumont, Roger Caron, Henri Oriol et Paul Chery. Over the next few years his life was closely aligned with that of the libertarian movement till 1957. That was the year in which he was arrested by the security services because of his support for Algerian separatists. In 1946 he was elected secretary general of the Anarchist Federation. For many in the movement his was a relatively new face which made it easier for him to find consensus because he was not a member of any existing faction. In reality, however, Anarcho-communist and Individualist anarchist tendencies did not sit comfortably with the federation's priorities. The individualist anarchists, led by the Lapeyre brothers and Jean-René Saulière, organised a "letter-writing lobby". As Maurice Joyeux put it, "It was not really a structured group intended to exclude those who thought differently from them from the Anarchist Federation, but a network of letter-writing across the country which led to an identical set of results. Which is to say they pre-primed the congress in respect of the proposals they set out, outside the congress meeting". In 1948 George Fontenis teamed up with a group of exiled CNT and FAI militants to attempt the assassination of General Franco. The plan involved purchasing an aircraft, which could not be done successfully by a Spanish passport holder. Fontenis provided his name and nationality for the purchase of a small aeroplane, intended to be used to bomb a pleasure boat occupied by the "Causillo" in San Sebastián Bay. The attempt failed. In February 1951 Fontenis was briefly arrested in connection with the affair, but soon released because alleged (but fictitious) links to the plotters could not be demonstrated. Libertarian Communist Federation ("Fédération communiste libertaire") At the start of 1950 a group of militants around Serge Ninn and Georges Fontenis set about establishing a communist libertarian group - described by Maurice Joyeux as a "clandestine party inside the Anarchist Federation", and by another commenter as "a kind of secret ginger group" - which they called the Organisation of Battle Planning ("Organisation Pensée Bataille" / OPB), as a tribute to Camillo Berneri and his 1936 book "Pensée et bataille". OPB members decided to keep their organisation's existence secret. In May/June 1952, at the Anarchist Federation congress at Bordeaux, they moved to expel the Lapeyre brothers, Maurice Joyeux and Maurice Fayolle. The bitterness engendered and Georges Fontenis' centrality to the acrimonious affair meant that for many years afterwards he would be singled out for demonisation in the speeches and writings of traditionally more mainstream anarchists. At the congress in Paris in May 1953 the libertarian communist faction prevailed. The congress adopted the "Declaration of Principles" project which asserted the libertarian communist objectives of the organisation. Unable to agree on a new name for the relaunched organisation at the time, it was only after a members' referendum in December 1953 that the French "Anarchist Federation" became the "Libertarian Communist Federation", with 11 of the 16 regional groups (comprising between 130 and 160 individual activists) under the direction of the OPB. The Individualist anarchists and some of the communist libertarians regrouped separately around Maurice Joyeux who had found the tactics adopted by the OPB unacceptable, and set about creating a new "breakaway" Anarchist Federation. It was also in 1953 that George Fontenis wrote "Manifesto of libertarian communism - essential problems", which has been described variously as "Leninist", "avant gardist" and/or "Bolschevist". In August 1954 the "Kronstadt" libertarian-communist group published a memorandum condemning the secretive structure and the Leninism of the wider "Libertarian Communist Federation", and were, in 1955, expelled. During 1954 Fontenis himself had increasingly diverted his focus and that of the federation to political and "logistical" support for the "Algerian insurrection". In January 1956 the Libertarian Communist Federation submitted a list of ten "revolutionary candidates" for the national legislative elections. Georges Fontenis was one. The next year the Libertarian Communist Federation was destroyed by state authorities. Several leading figures in it were arrested and detained as part of an attack on the survival of the "Poujadist Movement". Georges Fontenis was one. The next year he was released as part of a wider amnesty enacted by President de Gaulle. There followed a dozen years during which very little was heard either of the libertarian communist movement or of Georges Fontenis. After the "May '68 events" In 1968 Georges Fontenis was a co-founder of the "Communist Libertarian Movement" ("Mouvement communiste libertaire" / MCL) which shortly afterwards became the "Communist Libertarian Organisation" ("Organisation communiste libertaire". OCL) but then, in the words of one source, "with the growth of a widespread social apathy in the years following 1974", was dissolved in 1976. In 1979 he joined the Union of Libertarian Communist Workers (, UTCL). Georges Fontenis remained a member of the successor organisation, "Alternative libertaire", but in his later years he wrote less and less. He died at his home in Reignac-sur-Indre (a little to the south-east of Tours) on 9 August 2010. In 1990 he issued his memoirs under the title "L'Autre communisme, histoire subversive du mouvement libertaire" ("The other communism: a subversive history of the Libertarian Movement"). An expanded and re-edited version appeared in 2000, something that happened again in 2008. The title changed, too, becoming "Changer le monde, histoire du mouvement communiste libertaire (1945-1997)" ("Changing the world: A history of the Communist Libertarian Movement (1945-1997)") Works (selection) Manifeste du communisme libertaire, Problèmes essentiels, 1953, Éditions L, 1985. L'autre communisme : histoire subversive du mouvement libertaire, Éditions Acratie, 1990. Changer le monde : histoire du mouvement communiste libertaire, 1945-1997, Éditions Le Coquelicot/Alternative libertaire, 2000. with Gilbert Estève, Non-conforme, Édition Bénévent, 2002. with André Marty, Claude Bourdet, Daniel Guérin, Jacques Danos, Un homme, une cause, Pierre Morain un prisonnier d’État, 1956. References External links Daniel Goude, Guillaume Lenormant, Une résistance oublié. Des libertaires dans la guerre d'Algérie (1954-1957), 32 min, 2001, view online. Franck Wolff, Parcours libertaire, 45 min, 2008, view online. French anarchists Anarcho-communists Anarcho-syndicalists Members of the General Confederation of Labour (France) People from Tours, France Members of the French Anarchist Federation 1920 births 2010 deaths

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Fifth Element

Fifth Element may refer to: Elements Aether (classical element), the mythical fifth classical element, also known as quintessence Boron, the (modern) element with atomic number 5 on the periodic table Arts and entertainment The Fifth Element, a 1997 film by Luc Besson starring Bruce Willis and Milla Jovovich The Fifth Element (video game), a 1998 video game based on the film The Fifth Sacred Thing, which has also been referred to as The Fifth Element, is a novel by Starhawk Music The 5th Element (Tynisha Keli album), 2010 The 5th Element (Kellee Maize album) Fifth Element (Pathfinder album) 5th Element, the 1999 album by reggae and dancehall artist Bounty Killer "5th Element", 2005 hip-hop song by Nova Scotia rapper Classified See also Five elements (disambiguation)

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Mummy Punjabi

Mummy Punjabi ()is the 2011 film written and directed by Pammi Somal starring Kiron Kher, Kanwaljit Singh and Jackie Shroff in lead roles. Synopsis Mummy Punjabi is a New Age Mother India, with today's grandeur, intensity, humour & emotions. A complete family entertainer, wherein a Punjabi urban mother balances tradition with her own value system. Cast Kirron Kher as Baby Kaur Kanwaljit Singh as Rajinder Singh Jackie Shroff as Kanwal Sandhu Anju Mahendru as Kanwal's Sister Divya Dutta as Muniya - Maidservant Sachin Sharma as Karan R. Arora Viraf Patel as Dr. Arjun R. Arora Simran Vaid as Simran R. Arora Supriya Shukla as Bittu Urwashi Gandhi as Jeena W. Puri Michael Joseph as Sid Freddy Daruwala as Sexy Sam Manav Vij as Vikramjit Singh Kashif Khan as DJ Abraham Gurdas Maan as Dancer / Singer (as Gurdas Maan) Satish Kaushik as Rajeev Bhalla Rohit Roy as Salman Khan / Rahul Sharma Soundtrack Reception Mummy Punjabi received generally negative reviews from critics. Nikhat Kazmi of The Times of India gave the film a 2 star rating out of 5 saying, "The problem with Mummy Punjabi lies in the fact that it is neither a comedy nor a serious film, just something in-between. Wonder who is the target audience!". Daily Bhaskar gave the film a single star out of five and said, "Nothing sums up ‘Mummy Punjabi,’ better than a brain-numbing movie with a mayhem stirring family drama. Add to this, outrageously bad acting by the supporting cast. This one's not recommended at all." References External links Official website 2011 films Indian films 2010s Hindi-language films Punjabi-language films 2010s Punjabi-language films

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An Essay on Liberation

An Essay on Liberation is a 1969 book by the Frankfurt School philosopher Herbert Marcuse. Summary Marcuse argues that advanced industrial society has rendered the traditional conception of human freedom obsolete, and outlines new possibilities for contemporary human liberation. Publication history An Essay on Liberation was first published by Beacon Press in 1969. Reception The author Brian Easlea writes that Marcuse, having in the past been attacked by Marxists for his "quite unambiguous indictment of science and perhaps feeling that he had directed too much attention away from the rulers of advanced industrial society", apparently "reversed direction" in An Essay on Liberation by endorsing science and technology as "great vehicles of liberation". References Bibliography Books 1969 non-fiction books Beacon Press books Contemporary philosophical literature English-language books Frankfurt School Social philosophy literature Works by Herbert Marcuse

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Andranovory

Andranovory is a town and commune () in Madagascar. It belongs to the district of Toliara II, which is a part of Atsimo-Andrefana Region. The population of the commune was estimated to be approximately 31,000 in 2001 commune census. Primary and junior level secondary education are available in town. The majority 60% of the population of the commune are farmers, while an additional 35% receives their livelihood from raising livestock. The most important crops are maize and cotton; also cassava is an important agricultural product. Services provide employment for 5% of the population. Geography Andranovory is situated at the route nationale No. 7 (Tuléar-Fianarantsoa) at 70 km from Tuléar and 64 km from Sakaraha and its intersection with Route nationale 10. References and notes Populated places in Atsimo-Andrefana

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Coussarea

Coussarea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found from southern Mexico to tropical America. There are about 120 species. They are shrubs and trees with oppositely arranged leaves and large, showy white flowers with four lobes. The flowers are often fragrant. Species Coussarea accedens Müll.Arg. Coussarea acuminata (Ruiz & Pav.) Zappi Coussarea albescens (DC.) Müll.Arg. Coussarea amapaensis Steyerm. Coussarea ampla Müll.Arg. Coussarea amplifolia C.M.Taylor Coussarea andrei M.S.Pereira & M.R.V.Barbosa Coussarea antioquiana C.M.Taylor Coussarea auriculata Standl. Coussarea bahiensis Müll.Arg. Coussarea bernardii Steyerm. Coussarea biflora (Vell.) Müll.Arg. Coussarea bocainae M.Gomes Coussarea brevicaulis K.Krause Coussarea brevipedunculata C.M.Taylor Coussarea capitata (Benth.) Müll.Arg. Coussarea caroliana Standl. Coussarea catingana Müll.Arg. Coussarea cephaeloides C.M.Taylor Coussarea cerroazulensis Dwyer & M.V.Hayden Coussarea chiapensis Borhidi Coussarea coffeoides Müll.Arg. Coussarea congestiflora Müll.Arg. Coussarea contracta (Walp.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Müll.Arg. Coussarea cuatrecasasii Standl. ex Steyerm. Coussarea curvigemma Dwyer Coussarea duckei Standl. Coussarea dulcifolia D.Neill Coussarea duplex C.M.Taylor Coussarea durifolia Dwyer Coussarea ecuadorensis C.M.Taylor Coussarea enneantha Standl. Coussarea evoluta Steyerm. Coussarea fanshawei Steyerm. Coussarea flava Poepp. Coussarea friburgensis M.Gomes Coussarea frondosa S.Moore Coussarea garciae Standl. Coussarea graciliflora (Mart.) Müll.Arg. Coussarea grandifolia Rusby Coussarea grandis Müll.Arg. Coussarea granvillei Delprete & B.M.Boom Coussarea hallei Steyerm. Coussarea hirticalyx Standl. Coussarea hyacinthiflora Standl. Coussarea hydrangeifolia (Benth.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Müll.Arg. Coussarea ilheotica Müll.Arg. Coussarea imitans L.O.Williams Coussarea impetiolaris Donn.Sm. Coussarea insignis Ducke Coussarea janeirensis Standl. Coussarea japurana Standl. Coussarea klugii Steyerm. Coussarea krukovii Standl. Coussarea lagoensis Müll.Arg. Coussarea lanceolata (Vell.) Müll.Arg. Coussarea lasseri Steyerm. Coussarea latifolia Standl. Coussarea leptoloba (Spreng. ex Benth. & Hook.f.) Müll.Arg. Coussarea leptophagma Müll.Arg. Coussarea leptopus Müll.Arg. Coussarea liesneri Steyerm. Coussarea liliiflora Standl. Coussarea linearis C.M.Taylor Coussarea locuples Standl. Coussarea loftonii (Dwyer & M.V.Hayden) Dwyer Coussarea longiacuminata Standl. Coussarea longiflora (Mart.) Müll.Arg. Coussarea longifolia Müll.Arg. Coussarea longilaciniata Delprete Coussarea machadoana Standl. Coussarea macrocalyx Standl. Coussarea macrophylla (Mart.) Müll.Arg. Coussarea mapourioides Bremek. Coussarea megalocarpa Standl. Coussarea megistophylla Standl. Coussarea meridionalis (Vell.) Müll.Arg. Coussarea mexicana Standl. Coussarea micrococca Bremek. Coussarea moritziana (Benth.) Standl. Coussarea nodosa (Benth.) Müll.Arg. Coussarea obliqua Standl. Coussarea obscura Müll.Arg. Coussarea ovalis Standl. Coussarea paniculata (Vahl) Standl. Coussarea penetantha Standl. Coussarea petiolaris (Benth.) Standl. Coussarea pilosiflora Standl. Coussarea pilosula C.M.Taylor Coussarea pittieri Steyerm. Coussarea platyphylla Müll.Arg. Coussarea procumbens (Vell.) Müll.Arg. Coussarea rafa-torresii Borhidi Coussarea regnelliana Müll.Arg. Coussarea resinosa C.M.Taylor Coussarea revoluta Steyerm. Coussarea rudgeoides Rusby Coussarea sancti-ciprianii C.M.Taylor Coussarea schiffneri Zahlbr. Coussarea sessilifolia Standl. Coussarea speciosa K.Schum. ex Glaziou Coussarea spicata Delprete Coussarea spiciformis C.M.Taylor Coussarea strigosipes Müll.Arg. Coussarea surinamensis Bremek. Coussarea talamancana Standl. Coussarea tenuiflora Standl. Coussarea terepaimensis Steyerm. Coussarea tortilis Standl. Coussarea tricephala Standl. Coussarea triflora Müll.Arg. Coussarea uniflora Gardner Coussarea urbaniana Standl. Coussarea urophylla Standl. Coussarea vallis Standl. ex Steyerm. Coussarea venosa Standl. Coussarea veraguensis Dwyer Coussarea verticillata Müll.Arg. Coussarea violacea Aubl. Coussarea viridis Müll.Arg. References Rubiaceae genera Coussareeae Flora of South America

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Gilda Olvidado

Gilda Olvidado (born 9 August 1957 in Cebu City, Cebu) is a Filipina movie and television writer, and melodrama novelist. Her novels have been turned into live-action movies by VIVA Films, and also been remade for television through Sine Novela. Family Olvidado's parents are Gregorio Tan and Guarda Olvidado. She lived and received early education in Maranding, Lanao del Norte, Northern Mindanao. Olvidado is the wife of Ruben Marcelino, a former editor-in-chief of the Atlas Publishing Company, with whom she had two children. Education She was a student of Chemistry at Adamson University. For two years, she took units of Journalism at the Manuel L. Quezon University. Influences Olvidado had been influenced by Carlo J. Caparas, particularly in the field of writing for Philippine comics. Career Philippine comics Olvidado's first serial in Philippine comics was Cha Lee's Angels, a comedy. Her second serial was Kapag Puso ang Nagsasakdal, a drama. Olvidado decided to focus on writing drama in Philippine comics after the satisfactory acceptance of Kapag Puso ang Nagsasakdal by readers. Olvidado authored other Philippine comics novels such as Sinasamba Kita (1982), Dapat Ka Bang Mahalin? (1984), Kung Mahawi Man Ang Ulap (1984), Ina, Kasusuklaman Ba Kita? (1985), Huwag Mo Kaming Isumpa (1986), Huwag Mong Itanong Kung Bakit (1986), Pinulot Ka Lang sa Lupa (1987), Saan Nagtatago ang Pag-ibig (1987), Magkano ang Iyong Dangal (1988), and Babangon Ako at Dudurgin Kita (1989). Olvidado wrote the Philippine comics novels entitled Mirasol for Gwapo Komiks, Kumurap ang Buwan for Klasik Komiks, and The Babe and the Beast for Super Funny Komix. Paperbacks She proceeded to authoring Tagalog romance paperbacks for Valentine Romances, Twin Hearts, and Gemini pocketbooks. In 1993, Olvidado published her own line of Tagalog pocketbook novels. Newspaper column Olvidado wrote in the erotica genre in the Brilgint section of the tabloid newspaper Abante. Screenplays Olvidado wrote the screenplays for Filipino films such as Tayo na sa Dilim (1990), Maya (1990), and Bakit Kay Tagal ng Sandali (1990). Television Olvidado co-wrote the Filipino telenovelas for Sinasamba Kita (2007), Kung Mahawi Man ang Ulap (2007), Babangon Ako’t Dudurugin Kita (2008) and Dapat Ka Bang Mahalin (2009). She co-wrote the melodrama television shows such as My Only Love (2007-2008) and Kaputol ng Isang Awit (2008). Olvidado is currently a resident writer of GMA Network. Radio Olvidado wrote for the radio serial Dahlia aired over the DWWW radio station. Awards Olvidado was awarded Best Story for the film Saan Nagtatago ang Pag-ibig during the 36th FAMAS Awards ceremonies in 1987. FAMAS nominated her for Best Story for the movies entitled Sinasamba Kita (1982), Kung Mahawi Man ang Ulap (1984), at Huwag Mong Itanong Kung Bakit (1988). Works The following is an enumeration of Olvidado's works: Film Huwag Mo Kaming Isumpa (1981, novel) Sinasamba Kita (1982, novel) Kung Mahawi Man Ang Ulap (1984, novel) Ina, Kasusuklaman Ba Kita (1985, novel) Pinulot ka lang sa Lupa (1987, novel) Saan Nagtatago Ang Pag-Ibig (1987, novel and screenplay) Magkano Ang Iyong Dangal (1988, screenplay) Kung Kasalanan Man (1989, novel and screenplay) Babangon Ako't Dudurugin Kita (1989, novel and screenplay) Tayo Na Sa Dilim (1990, screenplay) Maya (1990, screenplay) Bakit Kay Tagal ng Sandali (1990, screenplay) Television GMA Network Sinasamba Kita (2007, novel and co-writer) Kung Mahawi Man Ang Ulap (2007, novel and co-writer) My Only Love (2007-2008, co-writer) Kaputol ng Isang Awit (2008, co-writer) Babangon Ako't Dudurugin Kita (2008, novel and co-writer) Dapat Ka Bang Mahalin? (2009, novel and co-writer) Ina, Kasusuklaman Ba Kita? (2009, novel) Temptation of Wife (2012 TV series) (2012–present, writer,co-producer) The Half Sisters (2014-2016, writer) ABS-CBN Magkano Ang Iyong Dangal? (2010, novel) See also Lualhati Bautista References External links Filipino columnists Filipino comics writers Filipino novelists Filipino screenwriters Filipino television writers 1957 births Living people Filipino women novelists Women columnists Women erotica writers GMA Network (company) people ABS-CBN people Filipino radio writers Women radio writers Tagalog-language writers Adamson University alumni Manuel L. Quezon University alumni People from Cebu City Writers from Cebu 20th-century novelists 21st-century novelists 20th-century Filipino writers 21st-century Filipino writers 20th-century Filipino women writers 21st-century Filipino women writers Women television writers Female comics writers

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The Silent World: A Story of Undersea Discovery and Adventure

The Silent World (subtitle: A story of undersea discovery and adventure, by the first men to swim at record depths with the freedom of fish) is a 1953 book co-authored by Captain Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Frédéric Dumas, and edited by James Dugan. Background Although a French national, Cousteau wrote the book in English. Cousteau and Émile Gagnan designed, built, and tested the first "aqua-lung" in the summer of 1943, off the southern coast of France. In the opening chapters, Cousteau recounts the earliest days of scuba diving with his diving companions Frédéric Dumas and Philippe Tailliez. The aqualung allowed for the first time untethered, free-floating extended deep water diving, and ushered in the modern era of scuba diving. Later chapters include excursions diving to shipwrecks. It was the basis of the Academy Award-winning documentary The Silent World (1956). It has been very successful; as of the book's 50th anniversary, it has been translated into some 22 languages and sold over 5 million copies, and is still in print, notably as a 2004 hardcover edition published by the National Geographic Society. The book contains 48 pages of black-and-white photos by various photographers, and 16 pages of color photos, made available by National Geographic Magazine. The hand-held work in Ektachrome "is the first ever made in significant depths, using artificial light and scientific color correction." References External links Book review, C. H. Blickenstorfer, scubadiverinfo.com 1953 non-fiction books Underwater diving books Harper & Brothers books Jacques Cousteau Collaborative non-fiction books

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Hurd discography

This is a discography of the Mongolian heavy metal band Hurd. Studio albums The Best Collection I The Best Collection I is Hurd's debut album. Recorded between the years of 1993-1995, and released along with The Best Collection II, it is considered to be one of the first heavy metal albums in Mongolian music history. It contains such hit songs as , and Eejdee, which are hugely popular among Mongolian music lovers, and are frequently included in the live set. 5 songs from The Best Collection I were re-arranged and played acoustically during the 1998 Unplugged concert. Hurd released their first music video for Chono, where the band is seen playing the song near an abandoned factory. It also contains numerous battle scenes from a 1945 movie about Tsogt Taij. It is told that the band members grew quickly tired and behaved impatiently during the filming, as they were not yet familiar with the process. Mongolian traditional music instruments were used for the recording of Bakharkhal, most notably the Morin khuur. This song is among the first in a long list of patriotic songs written by Hurd. Track listing Additional personnel S.Ishkhüü - keyboards Kh.Bayarbold - technician A.Bayarmagnai - technician The Best Collection II The Best Collection II is Hurd's second studio album. It was recorded and released in conjunction with The Best Collection I, and as a result the two albums are sometimes seen together as a double album. Compared to its counterpart, the style and lyrical theme of The Best Collection II is somewhat darker (dealing with night, darkness, fear, cemetery, ...), and the songs are rather fast paced, with Khar darsan züüd being one of the fastest songs in Hurd's repertoire. The hugely successful Tsergiin bodol ("Soldier's Thoughts") is considered a classic and allowed the band to reach celebrity. The song was written by Dambyn Ganbold in 1978, while he was in military service, his fellow soldiers helping him up on the lyrics. It is told that, during a performance in an all-star concert, Hurd had a 3 song setlist that included Tsergiin bodol, but under popular demand they ended up playing the song three times in a row. Other famous songs from the album include Baga nas, Zurag shig büsgüi and Nulimsaa tevch'ye. Hurd's 1998 Unplugged acoustic concert includes no less than 8 songs from The Best Collection II. Track listing Additional personnel S.Ishkhüü - keyboards Kh.Bayarbold - technician A.Bayarmagnai - technician Ödör Shönö Ödör Shönö (, "day and night") is Hurd's third studio album. It is the only album where the band has changed its name to "Erel-Hurd", the album being the beginning of their 8-year partnership with Erel company. The name "Erel-Hurd" also appears on the compilation cassette Shildeg duu from that same era. was written by D. Ganbold, who also authored the hugely successful from The Best Collection II. The track contains a recording from 1978 of D. Ganbold singing . was not listed on the original release of the album, leading fans to give it the title (Өнө эртний үеэс) before the release of the Black Box boxset in 2013, where the official name of the song was finally revealed. On the original 1999 release, the track was track 4, but it was moved to the end of the album on the Black Box. Track listing Myangan Jild Gants Myangan Jild Gants (, "once in a thousand years") is Hurd's fourth studio album. In this album, besides their usual rock ballads and heavy metal songs, Hurd has made their first attempts of writing nu metal material. That can be attested by such songs as Üg sons or Gar utas, as some of the singing is rapped and there is some use of turntables. Khelekh n' khegjüün is the fastest and also the shortest song in all of Hurd's catalog. Shine jil is an outtake from the Best Collection sessions and previously appeared on The Best Collection 3. Track listing Additional personnel Kh.Nergüi - engineering, mixing Kh.Bayarbold - technician B.Batbayar - technician B.Bat-Erdene - technician N.Byambadorj - technician Mongold Törsön Mongold Törsön (, "born in Mongolia") is Hurd's fifth studio album. According to the band's comments in the Enhanced CD section, they wanted to make a softer sounding album and try out different rock music genres. For the first time, Hurd has written songs in rock and roll style. Also notable is the collaboration with hip-hop artists Ice Top, Digital and 2 Khüü on Sain muu. Nutag min' ünertdeg features two famous Mongolian wrestling champions G. Ösökhbayar and D. Mönkh-Erdene. The band also comments that Mongold Törsön was specially dedicated to all the mongolians living abroad. Indeed, the overarching theme of the album is family, homeland, and national pride. In 2004, Hurd's tour supporting Mongold Törsön in Inner Mongolia was cancelled, as reportedly the Chinese authorities feared civil unrest. The song Rock n' roll was later retitled to Namaig toogoogüi büsgüid bayar khürgeye (Намайг тоогоогүй бүсгүйд баяр хүргэе). Track listing Züirlekh Argagüi Züirlekh Argagüi (, "uncomparable") is Hurd's sixth studio album. Nüüdliin kino teatr bears a resemblance to the song "Turn Things Around" by the Australian singer-songwriter Ana Christensen, originally released in 1990 on her album Brave New World. Track listing Additional personnel D.Lkhagvaa - technician N.Bondoo - technician Khairyn Salkhi In November 2009, the band has announced through their official website the upcoming release of their seventh studio album, Khairyn Salkhi (, "wind of love"). The album took 1 year to be finished and contains 12 songs that revolve around the theme of love. Its cover was uploaded, but only a few homemade cassette and CD-R copies of the album circulated. At least one (semi-)official silver CD pressing was done in Inner Mongolia, although it is very rare and the only copy located does not have any identifying marks on it. The album was finally given an official release in 2013 in the Black Box boxset. The songs Nogoon shugüi and Chamaig zorino date back to at least 1998, being recorded at the concert at Top Ten nightclub in Ulaanbaatar that was immortalised on the 1999 album Unplugged. On the initial tape copies, Nogoon shugüi was labeled as Durlaj üzsengüi. Track listing Narlag Divaajin Narlag Divaajin (, "sunny paradise") is Hurd's eighth studio album, released as a double album in 2016. Track listing 7 000 000 000 7 000 000 000 is Hurd's ninth studio album, released in 2021. Compilation albums The Best Collection III The Best Collection III is an album by Hurd, composed of various B-sides and previously unreleased songs. Ekh oron features late B.Damchaa, a famous mongolian actor. Khamag Mongol features pop singer Sarantuya and former Chingis Khaan singer D.Jargalsaikhan. Ekh oron, Manlailan devegchiin duu and Bi Mongoltoigoo adilkhan were released as a single in 1999. Züüdend irsen eej was released in 1999 as a B-side to the Aavdaa bi khairtai/Bayangol düüregtee örgökh duu single, while Shine jil was released later in 2001 on Myangan Jild Gants. Track listing Live albums Unplugged In the fall of 1998, Hurd played a series of sold-out acoustic concerts at a now-defunct Ulan Bator nightclub, Top Ten. One of these concerts was recorded and released as Unplugged. The album features 8 songs from The Best Collection II, 5 from The Best Collection I and 3 previously unreleased songs. Chamaig zorino is the only Hurd song written by singer D.Tömörtsog. Eejdee örgökh duu is a well known mongolian folk song. Chamaig zorino and Nogoon shugüi were recorded in the studio a decade later for Khairyn Salkhi. When the album was originally released, Chamaig zorino and Kharankhui were indexed as one track. When the album was reissued in the Black Box boxset in 2013, the two songs were separated. Track listing Additional personnel S.Ishkhüü - vocals on Eejdee S.Nergüi - engineering Kh.Bayarbold - mixing Video albums Talarkhalyn Kontsert Talarkhalyn Kontsert or "The Gratitude Concert" was one of Hurd's biggest outdoor shows, which took place at the Sükhbaatar Square on Naadam day. It was a free concert celebrating the band's 10th anniversary, held before a crowd of 80,000 to 100,000 people, which is a record for Mongolia. On June 26, 2009, the band released a DVD of this show and organized a release party at the Grand Khan pub in Ulan Bator. Track listing Additional personnel D.Ganbayar - percussion, drums Mönkh-Erdene - keyboard Unplugged II In December 2005, Hurd played a second acoustic concert, dubbed Unplugged II, at The Cultural Palace of Ulan Bator. In 2009, a DVD with the video footage of that concert was released. A previous lower quality version of this DVD was released in 2006 for promotional purposes only, but had a limited distribution. In 2012, the audio from this concert was released on iTunes. Track listing Additional personnel D.Ganbayar - mandolin, melodica, percussion Amgalan - classical guitar Mönkh-Erdene - keyboard Buyan-Arvijikh, D.Navaantseren - accordion Nyamtuya, Saranchimeg, Odontsetseg - backing vocals References Heavy metal group discographies Discographies of Mongolian artists

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1952 Coorg Legislative Assembly election

The 1952 Coorg Legislative Assembly election was held to constitute the Coorg Legislative Assembly, electing members of legislature for 18 constituencies of the erstwhile Indian State of Coorg. It took place on 27 March 1952 and a total of 87,947 people voted 24 out of 60 candidates to power. This was the only election to the assembly before the State was merged into Mysore (later renamed as Karnataka) as per the States Reorganisation Act in 1956. Constituencies A total of 24 seats were up for election from 18 constituencies; six two-member constituencies and twelve single-member constituencies. No seats were reserved for Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes. Contestants Sixty candidates contested the election. The Indian National Congress presented candidates in all 24 constituencies. There were also 34 independent candidates. The Takkadi Party, which campaigned against merger into Mysore State, contested as independents. The Takkadi Party was led by Pandyanda Belliappa, a veteran Gandhian. A third force in the election was the Communist Party of India, that only presented two candidates (C.B. Monniah in Hudikeri and B.N. Kuttappa in Siddapur). No female candidates were in the fray. Results The Indian National Congress (INC) emerged victorious, winning 15 out of the 24 seats. The INC leader C. M. Poonacha won his seat from the Berriathnad constituency, with 1,969 votes (71.37 per cent of the votes polled in the constituency). Nine independent candidates won the remaining seats. Belliappa won his seat Ammathi Nad with 1,667 votes (57.25 per cent of votes polled). INC candidates got 55.54 per cent of the votes polled statewide, independents 42.88 per cent and the two communist candidates 1.58 per cent. The candidate with the highest percentage of votes polled in his favour was G. Lingarajayya, the INC candidate in Fraserpet, who polled 2,375 votes (71.64 per cent). !colspan=8| |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;" ! class="unsortable" | ! Political party !! Flag !! Candidates !! Won !! % of Seats !! Votes !! Vote % |- style="background: #90EE90;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Indian National Congress | | 24 || 15 || 62.50 || 48,845 || 55.54 |- | | | 34 || 9 || 37.50 || 37,716 || 42.88 |- | | style="text-align:left;" |Communist Party of India | | 2 || 0 || || 1,386 || 1.58 |- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" !colspan=3|Total ! ! 24 !colspan=3|Voters: 138,440 Turnout 87,947 (63.53%) |} Members of the Coorg Legislative Assembly, 1952 Keys: After the election, Poonacha formed a two-member cabinet, consisting of himself as Chief Minister and Kuttur Mallapa (elected to the assembly from the Sanivarsanthe constituency) as Home Minister. See also 1951–52 elections in India 1952 Mysore Legislative Assembly election 1957 Mysore Legislative Assembly election References Elections in Coorg State State Assembly elections in Karnataka Coorg March 1952 events

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Magyargéc

Magyargéc () is a village in Nógrád County, Hungary with 895 inhabitants (2014). Populated places in Nógrád County