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76506106 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro%20Serani%20Burgos | Alejandro Serani Burgos | Alejandro Serani Burgos (May 3, 1901 – March 23, 1982) was a Chilean lawyer and politician. He served as an intendant, legislator, and minister of state during the governments of Presidents Arturo Alessandri and Gabriel González Videla. He was a Freemason, serving as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Chile from 1954 to 1957.
Biography
Serani was born in Antuco on May 3, 1901, the son of Ceferino Serani Di Cocco and Magdalena Burgos Binet, both of European descent.
He completed his primary and secondary education at the Liceo de Hombres de Temuco, and pursued higher education at the Pedagogical Institute and the Law School of the University of Chile. He obtained a degree in mathematics in 1924 and received his law degree on November 20, 1928. His thesis focused on Theories on the Investigation of Crimes. During his university years, he held positions as president, vice president, and secretary of the Law and Pedagogy Student Centers. He was also director of the University of Chile Student Federation (FECh).
He worked as a teacher at the Liceos of Los Andes and San Felipe, served as vice-rector of the Night Liceo Federico Hansen, and held the position of rector at the Liceos of Rengo and Los Ángeles.
Among other activities, he was secretary and member of the Ateneo of the Liceo de Temuco; Boy Scouts of Bío-Bío; and a member of the League of Poor Students. He also served as president of the International Labour Conference held in Santiago, Chile.
He was married twice, first to Marta Martelli Devia, with whom he had three children: César, Mario, and Patricio. After being widowed, he married Guilda Mostazal González in Santiago on June 18, 1962, with whom he had two children: Nancy and Jorge Alejandro.
Political career
Serani was a member of the Democrat Party and in 1941, he participated in its merger with the Democratic Party, which was split in 1952 for the presidential elections, during which Serani was part of its leadership, but he did not return to party activity afterward.
During Carlos Dávila's provisional presidency, he was appointed intendant of the Biobío Province on June 30, 1932, but resigned from the position in July of the same year.
In the parliamentary elections of 1932, he was elected as a deputy for the Nineteenth Departmental Group (corresponding to the departments of Angol, Laja, and Mulchén) for the legislative period of 1933–1937. He did not complete his parliamentary term because he accepted the position of minister of state, and in his place, Pedro Hernán Freeman Caris was incorporated on June 25 of the same year.
During the government of liberal President Arturo Alessandri, he was appointed Minister of Labour, a position he held from April 19, 1934, to March 31, 1936. On this date, he was appointed Minister of National Assets, serving until January 15, 1937. Finally, he was appointed Minister of Justice on March 24, 1937, serving until August 6 of the same year.
During the government of radical President Pedro Aguirre Cerda, he was appointed as government delegate director to the Compañía de Teléfonos de Chile, a position from which he resigned on February 3, 1939.
On August 8, 1950, he assumed the position of Minister of Labour for the second time, serving until July 29, 1952, under the administration of fellow radical President Gabriel González Videla.
In the parliamentary elections of 1957, he ran for senator for Atacama and Coquimbo for the 1957-1965 term but was not elected.
Later activities
On May 5, 1956, Serani was appointed professor of civil law at the Law School of the University of Chile, a position he held until 1982. He was also a member of the General Council of the Bar Association, a seat he held until his death.
He worked as a forestry entrepreneur, acquiring the "El Trapiche" estate near Coipue, in the commune of Curepto, in the early 1950s.
He was also a Freemason, elected as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Chile on June 4, 1954, and re-elected for a new term in 1956, but he resigned from the position, which was accepted by the Grand Lodge Council on June 17, 1957. During his tenure, the Masonic Constitution in force since November 1, 1955, was promulgated, and Decree No. 318 of 1955 was issued, establishing the Masonic Instruction Program for the three symbolic degrees.
Serani owned the newspaper El Ideal de Mulchén and received the Order of Isabella the Catholic.
He passed away on March 23, 1982, in Santiago.
References
1901 births
1982 deaths
Chilean politicians
Freemasons |
76506114 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromosome%20theory%20of%20cancer | Chromosome theory of cancer | The chromosomal theory of cancer is a fundamental concept in cancer biology that suggests cancer is caused by genetic changes, particularly alterations in the structure or number of chromosomes in cells. These changes can lead to uncontrolled cell growth, a hallmark of cancer.
Historical background
The theory originated from the work of Theodor Boveri, a German biologist, in the early 20th century. Boveri's studies on sea urchin eggs provided early evidence that abnormal chromosome numbers could lead to developmental defects, leading him to propose a connection between chromosomal abnormalities and cancer.
Further research by scientists such as David Hungerford and Peter Nowell in the 1960s identified specific chromosomal abnormalities in cancer cells, such as the Philadelphia chromosome in chronic myeloid leukemia, providing more support for the chromosomal theory of cancer.
Key concepts
Normal cells have a precise and stable number of chromosomes, which is crucial for proper cell function and division. Chromosomes contain genes that control cell growth, differentiation, and other cellular processes.
Cancer cells often exhibit chromosomal abnormalities, including chromosomal rearrangements (such as translocations), deletions, and duplications. These abnormalities can disrupt the normal function of genes involved in cell cycle regulation, leading to uncontrolled cell growth and tumor formation.
Mechanisms
Chromosomal abnormalities can contribute to cancer development through several mechanisms,
Activation of oncogenes
Chromosomal rearrangements can lead to the fusion of genes, creating oncogenes that promote cell growth and division uncontrollably.
Inactivation of tumor suppressor genes
Chromosomal deletions or mutations can lead to the loss of tumor suppressor genes, which normally inhibit cell growth. Loss of these genes can further promote uncontrolled cell growth and tumor formation.
Genomic instability
Chromosomal abnormalities can cause genomic instability, leading to additional mutations and genetic changes that contribute to cancer progression.
Experimental evidence
Experimental studies using cell lines, animal models, and human cancer samples have provided strong evidence supporting the chromosomal theory of cancer. These studies have demonstrated that chromosomal abnormalities can drive tumorigenesis and are often associated with specific types of cancer.
Clinical relevance
Chromosomal analysis, such as karyotyping and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), is commonly used in cancer diagnosis and prognosis to detect chromosomal abnormalities in cancer cells.
Targeted therapies, such as imatinib for chronic myeloid leukemia and trastuzumab for HER2-positive breast cancer, have been developed based on the specific chromosomal abnormalities associated with these cancers.
Current research and future directions
Current research in cancer genetics is focused on further understanding the role of chromosomal abnormalities in cancer development and progression. Advances in technology, such as next-generation sequencing, are enabling researchers to study chromosomal abnormalities in cancer cells with greater detail and precision.
Future directions include the development of new targeted therapies and personalized medicine approaches based on the specific chromosomal abnormalities present in individual patients' tumors.
See also
How chromosome imbalances can drive cancer
Chromosomal abnormalities in cancer
References
Theory of medicine
Biology theories |
76506198 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariffin%20Abdul%20Wahab | Ariffin Abdul Wahab | Mohammad Ariffin bin Abdul Wahab is a Bruneian nobleman, businessman and retired military officer, who served as the commander of the Training Institute Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) from 1975 to 1979. In 1976, he became one of the first two local personnel to be promoted to lieutenant colonel alongside Sulaiman Damit.
Military career
At the age of 34 in 1962, Ariffin was commissioned into the support unit of the Askar Melayu Diraja Brunei (AMDB) after completing his studies in Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien College and recruit training at the Federation Military College (FMC) in Port Dickson. He would hold several position across different units serving as a platoon commander, intelligence officer, motor platoon commander and commanding officer of 'A' Company. In 1970, he was promoted to the rank of major. Mohammad Daud would be replaced by him as the commander of the training depot in May 1975. He would stay in that capacity until January 1979. In addition, he would also serve as the commanding officer of 'D' Company and training officer of First Battalion AMDB. On 27 January 1976, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel.
Later life
Upon retirement, Ariffin became the primary Proton distributor in Brunei while serving as chairman of United Motors. Additionally, he is also the president of the Ex-Soldiers' Association of Brunei Darussalam (ESAB) and vice president of the Veterans Confederation of ASEAN Countries (VECONAC).
Honours
Ariffin was awarded the manteri title of Pehin Duta Indera Negara. Honours awarded to him are;
Order of Seri Paduka Mahkota Brunei Second Class (DPMB) – Dato Paduka
Order of Paduka Seri Laila Jasa Third Class (SLJ)
Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Medal First Class (PHBS)
Meritorious Service Medal (PJK)
Coronation Medal (1 August 1968)
General Service Medal
Inauguration Medal
References
Living people
Bruneian businesspeople
Bruneian Muslims
Bruneian military leaders
1920s births |
76506214 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell%20Run%20%28Meadow%20Run%20tributary%29 | Bell Run (Meadow Run tributary) | Bell Run is a long first-order tributary to Meadow Run in Greene County.
Course
Bell Run rises about 2.5 miles northwest of Davistown, Pennsylvania and then flows southeasterly to join Meadow Run at Davistown, Pennsylvania.
Watershed
Bell Run drains of area, receives about 43.2 in/year of precipitation, and is about 84.4% forested.
See also
List of rivers of Pennsylvania
References
Rivers of Pennsylvania
Rivers of Greene County, Pennsylvania |
76506226 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neptunium%20tetrachloride | Neptunium tetrachloride | Neptunium tetrachloride is a binary inorganic compound of neptunium metal and iodine with the chemical formula .
Synthesis
The compound can be prepared from the reaction of neptunium mononidride with HCl:
Also, reaction of neptunium sulphide with HCl:
Reaction of carbon tetrachloride with neptunium(IV) oxalate or . Neptunium tetrachloride is formed as a yellow sublimate.
Other reactions are also used.
Physical properties
crystallizes in tetragonal crystal system of space group I4/amd.
Chemical properties
The compound reacts with ammonia to produce neptunium trichloride:
Neptunium tetrachloride can be reduced to neptunium trichloride by hydrogen at 450 °C.
References
Neptunium compounds
Chlorides
Actinide halides |
76506228 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%81rlis%20%C4%8Cukste | Kārlis Čukste | Kārlis Čukste (born on June 17, 1997) is a Latvian ice hockey player and defenseman. Currently (2023), he represents Brynäs IF, the second-strongest league in Sweden, Hockeyallsvenskan.
His father, Ainārs Čukste, is a Latvian basketball coach, while his mother, Baiba Čukste, is the former captain of the Latvian women's ice hockey team.
Biography
He started his career as a member of SK Rīga 16. In its ranks in 2012–13. became the Latvian U-18 champion in the following season. In the following season, he already played in the Latvian U-20 league for the team. 2014–15 spent the season in the MHL unit HK Riga.
After the end of the season, Chuksti was selected by the San Jose Sharks in the 2015 NHL draft. He already spent the next season in North America, with the USHL team Chicago Steel. In the spring of 2016, it became known that next season the defender would play for the Quinnipiac University team in the NCAA Championship. He played in its ranks until 2020.
In the summer of 2020, Chukste signed a contract with the San Jose Barracuda of the American Hockey League. Due to the delay in the start of the hockey season in North America due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020–21 Čukste started the season with the Latvian championship club HK Mogo. 2021—2022. The first part of the season was played by Riga "Dinamo," but it ended with the Finnish team Pelicans Lahti. 2022—2023. In the season of 2008, he represented the Czech Extraliga club Oceláři" of Tršinec, winning the championship title. He joined Brynäs IF in Sweden's second-strongest league, Hockeyallsvenskan, in July 2023.
He played for the Latvian hockey team in 2015. 2014 World Junior Championships, as well as the 2014 and 2015 World Youth Championships. Čukste was included in the Latvian national team to go to 2022. 2018 Olympic Games, but was withdrawn from the squad on the day of departure due to a positive COVID-19 test. The Latvian national team was represented at the World Championship for the first time in 2022. Čukste also played for the Latvian national team at the 2023 World Championship and won a bronze medal.
External links
Olympedia Profile
Eliteprospects profile
Internet Hockey Database Profile
Eurohockey Profile
References
1997 births
Latvian ice hockey players
Latvian ice hockey left wingers
Living people |
76506230 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuya%20Ikeshita | Yuya Ikeshita | Yuya Ikeshita (born 8 May 2002) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays for FC Den Bosch as a midfielder.
Career
Ikeshita began his career with FC Utrecht, making his debut for Jong FC Utrecht in March 2021. Ikeshita signed for FC Den Bosch in summer 2023. He was one of six players to make their debut for the club in a match in August 2023.
Personal life
Ikeshita is of Japanese descent.
References
2002 births
Living people
Dutch men's footballers
FC Utrecht players
Jong FC Utrecht players
FC Den Bosch players
Eerste Divisie players
Association football midfielders
Dutch people of Japanese descent |
76506231 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324%20Liga%20Unike | 2023–24 Liga Unike | The 2023–24 Liga Unike, also known as Liga Unike Lajthiza for sponsorship reasons, was the fourth season of the Liga Unike, a professional basketball league in Albania and Kosovo. It started on 27 November 2024 and ended on 31 November 2024.
Teams
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Notes
ABSL = Albanian Basketball Superleague
KBSL = Kosovo Basketball Superleague
Games
The competetion was organized as Final 8 in Vlorë where the four best teams from the Kosovo Superleague and the four best team from the Albanian Superleague competed for the title.
References
External links
Liga Unike
Liga Unike |
76506241 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte%20%28Trials%20of%20Mana%29 | Charlotte (Trials of Mana) | is a character in the 1995 video game Trials of Mana. She is one of its six protagonists, able to be selected as either the main character or a supporting character to one of the others. She is connected to the character Kevin, who was intended by the design team to have more romantic scenes featured, but were excluded due to a lack of room in the game. Her design was created by Nobuteru Yūki and Koichi Ishii, and in the Trials of Mana remake, she was designed by HACCAN and voiced by Sumire Morohoshi in Japanese.
Reception to Charlotte was mixed, mainly due to how her dialogue was handled, with critics complaining about her tendency to swap Rs and Ls with Ws. Her voice work in the English version of the remake received particular scrutiny, with multiple critics finding that they were uninterested in having her in their party due to the dialogue.
Concept and creation
Charlotte was created for Trials of Mana, her design finalized by manga and anime artist Nobuteru Yūki based on concept art by Koichi Ishii. Her design in the Trials of Mana remake was created by the artist HACCAN. Discussing her design, Ishii conceived Charlotte as a doll wearing an outfit that combined the concepts of an Italian festival costume and baby clothes, aiming to make a "cheerful and energetic young girl." He aimed for players to have a different impression of her cheerful designs after experiencing her story and the "deep sadness inside her." Her dialogue was written by game producer Hiromichi Tanaka. She was initially conceived as a "dependable, serious, down-to-earth character," but due to the art by Yūki, which producer described as "bright and cheerful," they opted to make give her a cuter character and disposition.
In the Japanese version, her dialogue is mostly written in hiragana. Another aspect of her dialogue in Japanese was that she ends her words with "dechi." Ishii clarified that they considered dechi instead of a more common "dechuu" due to how prominent dechuu was. In English, her dialogue replaces her Ls and Rs with Ws as part of a speech impediment. Ishii described Charlotte as going through the worst of the game's main cast, though still retaining her cheer and optimism, comparing her to the character Popoi from Secret of Mana, who was also made by Tanaka. Initially, she was intended to have a "subtle romantic" attraction between Charlotte and the character Kevin, which ultimately had to be left out due to a lack of space. She is voiced in Japanese by Sumire Morohoshi in the remake, who found her relatable due to her similar age, also discussing their similar timidity. She found her lines cute and fun to read.
Appearances
Charlotte appears in the video game Trials of Mana for the Super Famicom as one of its six protagonists, appearing alongside characters Kevin, Riesz, Duran, Angela, and Hawkeye. Players are able to choose from one of these six characters as their main character; if Charlotte is not chosen as the main character, she can instead be selected as one of the player's other two party members that can be encountered later on. If not selected as one of these three characters, she is not involved in the story. Charlotte was born in Dior, a haven for elves, her grandfather being the Priest of Light, who mentors another priest named Heath. Heath is sent to investigate evil influences, and Charlotte follows him, trying to stop him. However, he is ultimately kidnapped, forcing Charlotte to pursue him so she can save him.
Reception
Charlotte has been met with mixed reception from both fans and critics. In an Inside Games poll, Charlotte was the least likely choice as a main character, receiving only 2.5 percent of the vote. However, when polled about who they picked for their two supporting character slots, Charlotte was number one, chosen by almost half of respondents, with Inside Games writer Shingema expressing appreciation for her popularity. In an Inside Games poll about female characters in Trials of Mana, she ranked third behind Angela and Riesz, with staff noting that respondents felt that her version in the remake made her more appealing than she was in the original.
Charlotte's English voice performance in the 2020 remake was the subject of criticism by multiple critics, with Game Informer writer Daniel Tack suggesting that her "childlike intonations" felt out of place and was akin to "nails on a chalkboard." GameSpot writer Steve Watts regretted featuring her in his party, finding her speech impediment obnoxious. He lamented how valuable a character he was, however, and elected to keep playing with her because she was the only dedicated healer in the game. Meanwhile, Kotaku writer Mike Fahey opted to start over when he encountered her in his game after choosing her, finding her vocal dialogue too unbearable. He noted that this was not the fault of the actress, but rather the localization team. He also found the Japanese version to not be a suitable alternative, as the subtitles still had the Rs and Ls switched out with Ws. Hardcore Gamer writer James Cunningham similarly opted to avoid doing her story due to how her dialogue was executed. Eurogamer writer Martin Robinson, meanwhile, suggested not choosing Charlotte even if the player is using the Japanese dub, as he found her voice annoying regardless of whether the Japanese or English dub was used. Screen Rant writer Zak Wojnar found her annoying in the remake, but felt that this was in keeping with how she was in the original, noting how she became the butt of jokes by Mana fans. VG247 writer Nadia Oxford argued that Charlotte has "always sucked," criticizing the decision to give her a lisp. PC Gamer writer James Davenport noted that Charlotte's voice had turned them off from playing the game.
Inside Games writer "Crossing Ryujin Bridge" noted that they weren't surprised that Charlotte was less popular than the other two female Trials of Mana characters Riesz and Angela due to their sexy designs, they nevertheless enjoyed their design and various aspects of her character. They discussed various other aspects of Charlotte's character that may turn people off, including how her dialogue was written in the Super Famicom version of the game. They suggested that most of her lines were written in hiragana to emphasize her childishness, as well as difficult-to-read lines and aggressive personality, questioning whether she was inspired by the character Popoi from Secret of Mana. They went on to discuss how the remake emphasized certain features that made her more appealing, citing improved animation and expressions, which they found cute. They also felt that the voice acting and font were improved in this game, making her easier to understand, and feeling that voice acting benefited Charlotte the most of the main cast. They felt that the voice also helped make her aggressive personality more endearing due to the cute voice.
References
Female characters in video games
Square Enix protagonists
Video game characters introduced in 1995
Mana (series)
Role-playing video game characters |
76506271 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malik%20Sikandar%20Khan%20%28Sindh%20politician%29 | Malik Sikandar Khan (Sindh politician) | Malik Sikandar Khan () is a Pakistani politician who is member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh.
Political career
Khan won the 2024 Sindh provincial election from PS-79 Jamshoro-III as a Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians candidate. He received 42,959 votes while runner up Independent candidate Malik Changez Khan received 7,849 votes.
References
Living people
Pakistan People's Party MPAs (Sindh)
Sindh MPAs 2024–2029
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
Politicians from Sindh |
76506292 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRENDS%20Research%20%26%20Advisory | TRENDS Research & Advisory | TRENDS Research & Advisory is an independent research institution based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It was established in 2014, with an objective to offer in-depth analyses of the different opportunities and challenges, majorly impacting the Gulf.
TRENDS also aims to establish strong partnership with international research centers and think tanks, governments and non-government organizations, while anlysing the geopolitical, economic, and social aspects touching both regional and global developments. Trends also provides various training programs including, training in research fields, media, specialized training, administrative training and customized training, to ensure the exchange of research experiences and expertise regularly.
Research Programs under TRENDS
International Security & Terrorism
The International Security & Terrorism Program provides evidence-based analysis on the reasons of various global/transnational security threats. The program tackles the connections between international, societal, and individual level threats and inspects the means of averting and mitigating them.
Foreign Policy and International Relations
This program covers the most important international diplomatic and geostrategic trends by analyzing international institutions and major powers and how they influence different areas worldwide. The program also identifies and explains the main themes that will outline tomorrow’s world.
Middle East Security
The Middle East Security program focuses on national security challenges and opportunities emerging from the Arab world. This program explains the everchanging balance of power within the Middle East and assesses the United States and Arab states’ responses to manage the changes. The program focuses on the regional player’s perceptions of threats and opportunities and plans adopted to tackle these.
Notable activities and publications
The Changing Role of Think Tanks Discussed at TRENDS Research & Advisory Roundtable
Moshe Dayan Center signed a Memorandum of Understanding with TRENDS Research & Advisory
TRENDS Summit for Dialogue between Think Tanks and the Media
Strategic Trends Series - Contextualizing Biden’s China Foreign Policy
Lecture Paper - Knowledge in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Policy Paper - Global teaching and learning in a post-COVID future
References
UAE Team Emirates
Research institutes by country
Research institutes in the United Arab Emirates |
76506294 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palazzo%20Anguissola | Palazzo Anguissola | Palazzo Anguissola may refer to:
Palazzo Anguissola Antona Traversi, palace in Milan, northern Italy
Palazzo Anguissola di Cimafava Rocca, palace in Piacenza, northern Italy
Palazzo Anguissola di Grazzano, palace in Piacenza, northern Italy
See also
Anguissola |
76506298 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie%20Mabel%20Sandes | Annie Mabel Sandes | Annie Mabel Sandes (3 December, 1881 – 19 June, 1966) was an Australian technical-college superintendent. She was the founding principal of what was later called the Emily McPherson College of Domestic Economy.
Life
Sandes was born in 1881 in Cleveland. Both of her parents Annie Jane (born oudy) and James Sandes were immigrants from Ireland. Her father was in the police and she had two elder siblings and one of them was Francis Percival Sandes who became a Professor of surgery. She studied art and later cookery at Sydney Technical College where she was later employed.
Melbourne's College of Domestic Science (later called the Emily McPherson College of Domestic Economy) was founded in 1906 with Sandes as its superintendant. £1600 had been found to create it after the Australian Institute of Domestic Economy had demonstrated the need with a couple of years of talks. She was appointed in June and the college opened in October. She taught classes in the day and in the evenings and ran all aspects of the college including establishing curriculums, building maintenance and marking examinations. It was not until 1911 that the college began to train domestic science teachers although the college's students had already been selling the meals that they cooked to raise funds for the college. Sandes had her wages increased only after she resigned in protest in 1912, but she was also given additional responsibilities.
She finally left in 1916 to marry and the local paper lauded her contributions to the college. She married another teacher, Stanley Clifton Smith.
"Mrs Clifton Smith" taught at St Catherine's School in Waverley. She taught domestic science and dressmaking from 1938 until she retired in 1944 having increasing problems with her hearing.
Sandes died in Korobosea while travelling in 1966.
References
External links
Biography at ADB
1881 births
1966 deaths
College principals |
76506312 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total%20Gaming | Total Gaming | Ajay, better known online as Total Gaming(born December 13, 1994) or more commonly known as Ajju Bhai by his fans, is an Indian gaming YouTuber who mostly plays the battle royale game Garena Free Fire on YouTube, with over 40.6 million subscribers he is the most subscribed Indian gaming YouTuber.
Indian game players |
76506333 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Greek%20regions%20by%20life%20expectancy | List of Greek regions by life expectancy | The vast majority of European countries achieved best values in life expectancy in 2019, the last year before the COVID-19 pandemic. Greece is rare exception to this pattern - in it, the peak of the average life expectancy occurred in 2018.
Eurostat (2018—2022)
The division of Greece into territorial units 2 level (NUTS 2) coincides with the division of Greece into regions. By default the table is sorted by 2022.
Data source: Eurostat
Charts
See also
List of countries by life expectancy
List of European countries by life expectancy
Administrative divisions of Greece
Demographics of Greece
References
Health in Greece
Demographics of Greece
Greece, life expectancy
Greece
Greece-related lists
Greece |
76506341 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberts%20Run%20%28Meadow%20Run%20tributary%29 | Roberts Run (Meadow Run tributary) | Roberts Run is a long first-order tributary to Meadow Run in Greene County.
Course
Roberts Run rises about 1.5 miles southwest of Willow Tree, Pennsylvania and then flows southwesterly to join Meadow Run at Davistown, Pennsylvania.
Watershed
Roberts Run drains of area, receives about 43.2 in/year of precipitation, and is about 87.0% forested.
See also
List of rivers of Pennsylvania
References
Rivers of Pennsylvania
Rivers of Greene County, Pennsylvania |
76506408 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue%20Diamond%20%28album%29 | Blue Diamond (album) | Blue Diamond is an album by the American musician Sonny Rhodes, released in 1999. The album title refers to Rhodes's nickname. Blue Diamond is dedicated to Johnny Copeland. Rhodes supported the album, his first for Stony Plain Records, with a North American tour.
Production
Produced by Bob Greenlee, the album was recorded at King Snake Studios, in Florida. Rhodes wrote or cowrote 10 of its songs; his writing was influenced primarily by Percy Mayfield. "Beside Myself" is an instrumental. "Too Much Trouble" is about juvenile gun violence. "Life's Rainbow" was written by Copeland. The album concludes with a 20-minute interview with Rhodes.
Critical reception
The Gazette wrote that "Rhodes plays most of his leads on a lap steel guitar, an instrument much more common in country music... In his hands though, the lap steel is about as blue as B.B. King's Lucille." The Star Tribune said that "Rhodes can deliver a big, tender ballad just as well as a funky bar shuffle." The Edmonton Journal praised "the raspy, but at times tender, at times sneering, vocals of Rhodes, and his stinging and slicing lap steel guitar playing."
The Times Colonist opined that "it's the best work in the musician's long recording career, but it only hints at the power of Sonny Rhodes's live show." The Asbury Park Press listed Blue Diamond as the seventh best blues album of 1999, writing that Rhodes "showcases his masterful lyrical ideas and backs it up with blistering guitar playing and intricate lap steel treatments." The Province determined that Rhodes "knows how to put an album together but still sounds like a guy best seen live."
Track listing
References
1999 albums
Stony Plain Records albums
Sonny Rhodes albums |
76506409 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pushyamitra%20Bhargav | Pushyamitra Bhargav | Pushyamitra Bhargav is an Indian politician, lawyer and social activist from Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India. He is a member of Bharatiya Janata party. He is currently serving as the 24th Mayor of Indore. He became Mayor after defeating former Indian National Congress member Sanjay Shukla by a record 1,32,956 votes.He has also served as the youngest Additional Advocate General of the Madhya Pradesh High Court.
References
Living people
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Madhya Pradesh
Indian lawyers
People from Indore |
76506412 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brouillette%2C%20Louisiana | Brouillette, Louisiana | Brouillette is an unincorporated community in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States. The area is home to descendants of early French settlers, Native Americans, and Creoles.
Red River
The Red River of the South along with Levee Road and Preston Road (LA HWY 452) are the primary thoroughfares serving the Brouillette community. The United States Army Corps of Engineers and Red River Waterway Commission operate lock and dams, boat ramps, fishing park, and the Brouillette Recreation Area.
Education
Local public schools are managed by the Avoyelles Parish School Board.
Religion
The area is served by the St. Genevieve Catholic Church of Brouillette, a historic Catholic Church founded in the 1800s. The current structure was built in the 1950s. Notable founding and patron families include Deville, Brevelle, Gaspard, Dupuy, Ponthier, Lacombe, Bordelon, Laborde, and Lachney, whose names appear prominently on the church's entrance, walls, and fencing. The parish church is part of the Diocese of Alexandria and includes an iconic cemetery with above-ground tombs.
See also
Marksville, Louisiana
External links
"Brouillette Water System", Water district serving Avoyelles Parish, City of Marksville
"Red River waterway Commission", Agency overseeing the Red River of the South in Louisiana, River and Harbors Act of 1968
References
Unincorporated communities in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana
Populated places in Ark-La-Tex
Unincorporated communities in Louisiana |
76506414 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline%20of%20the%20Joe%20Biden%20presidency%20%282024%20Q2%29 | Timeline of the Joe Biden presidency (2024 Q2) | The following is a timeline of the presidency of Joe Biden during the second quarter of 2024, from April 1 to June 30, 2024. To navigate between quarters, see timeline of the Joe Biden presidency.
Timeline
April 2024
See also
Presidential transition of Joe Biden
List of executive actions by Joe Biden
List of presidential trips made by Joe Biden (international trips)
Timeline of the 2020 United States presidential election
Notes
References
2024 Q2
Presidency of Joe Biden
April 2024 events in the United States
May 2024 events in the United States
June 2024 events in the United States
Political timelines of the 2020s by year
2024 timelines |
76506416 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%20Hartlepool%20Borough%20Council%20election | 2024 Hartlepool Borough Council election | The 2024 Hartlepool Borough Council election is scheduled to be held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom being held on the same day. One-third of the 36 members of Hartlepool Borough Council in County Durham will be elected following boundary changes.
Background
Hartlepool was a traditionally Labour-controlled council. The party held control of the council from its creation as a unitary authority in 1995 to 2000, from 2004 to 2008, and 2010 to 2019, with periods of no overall control between. Following the 2019 election, the Conservatives, the Independent Union, and the Veterans and People's Party formed a minority coalition, This agreement, minus the VPP, was renewed following the 2021 election on new boundaries.
In the previous election, Labour won 9 seats (up 5) with 44.6% of the vote, the Conservatives won 2 (down 1) with 22.6%, independents won 1 (down 3) with 20.6%, and the Independent Union lost the seat they were defending with 3.1%. Following the election, the Conservatives, the Independent Union, and 5 independents formed a minority coalition. As the 2021 election was for all seats, this election is for the seats held by the first place candidate in each ward. The Conservatives are defending 7 seats, Labour are defending 1, and independents are defending 4.
Previous council composition
Changes:
July 2023: Steve Wallace leaves Labour to sit as an independent
References
Hartlepool Borough Council elections
Hartlepool
May 2024 events in the United Kingdom
2020s in County Durham |
76506425 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa%20Luisa%20P%C3%A9rez-Soba | María Luisa Pérez-Soba | María Luisa Pérez-Soba y Baró (29 June 1930 - 8 February 2021) was the first woman agricultural engineer in Galicia and the fifth in Spain.
Early life
María Luisa Pérez-Soba y Baró was born on 29 June 1930 in Burgos, Spain. Her family called her "Marisina" and she grew up in A Coruña, Galicia where her father, Antonio Pérez-Soba, was stationed as Spanish army commander in charge of the Brigada Obreira e Topográfica do Estado Maior (Labour and Topographical Brigade), in the Comisión Xeográfica de Galicia (Galicia Geographical Commission). Her mother, María Luisa Baró Morón, was a teacher and encouraged her daughter's interest for her studies before her death when Pérez-Soba was 12. Her maternal grandfather Fernando Baró Zorrilla, was a farmer and forestry engineer. As a child she spent a lot of time involved in Galician agriculture, which is thought to have influenced career choice.
Education
María Luisa Pérez-Soba attended primary school at the San Xosé Madres Xosefinas school in A Coruña, then completed her high school and pre-university education at the Sagrado Corazón de Placeres College in Pontevedra.
In 1954 Pérez-Soba moved to Madrid to study for a degree in agricultural engineering at the Escuela Especial de Ingenieros Agrónomos, now called Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Agrónomos, part of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. She was one of two women in the class of 68 students, the other being Mercedes Soler Sanz. Pérez-Soba graduated ninth in the class in 1959. On 11 July 1960 she completed the professional qualification to use the title of Agricultural Engineer. This made her the fifth woman agronomist in Spain and the first Galician agricultural engineer. Isabel Torán Carré, the first Spanish female agricultural engineer, graduated in 1939.
Pérez-Soba was awarded the title of Doctor of Education by Ministerial Order of 15 July 1963.
Career
Pérez-Soba was the Provincial Delegate in the Industrias e Comercialización Agraria (Agricultural Industries and Commercialisation) department in the office of the Delegation of the Consellaría de Agricultura in A Coruña. She was provincial head of Industries and Agrarian Marketing in A Coruña, part of the Ministry of Agriculture.
Through her work she took spoke at and attended international industry technical congresses and conferences on Agricultural Industries and Commercialisation.
Pérez-Soba was one of the driving forces behind the creation of the Colexio Oficial de Enxeñeiros Agrónomos de Galicia (College of Agronomists of Galicia), being acting as Secretary of the organisation between 1962 and 1976.
Personal life
On 10 November 1961 in Madrid, María Luisa Pérez-Soba married Pedro Fernández Rico, a doctor and agricultural engineer at YRIDA in Coruña. The couple had three children: Pedro, a commercial technician; Álvaro, an agricultural engineer and secondary school teacher; and Gonzalo, a journalist.
María Luisa Pérez-Soba died on 8 February 2021 in A Coruña.
Recognition
In 2021, Pérez-Soba was honoured by the gender equality commission of the Escola Politécnica Superior de Enxeñaría e da Facultade de Ciencias of University of Santiago de Compostela.
References
1930 births
2021 deaths
People from Burgos
Agricultural engineers
Agronomists
Spanish agronomists
Spanish women engineers
Women engineers
20th-century women engineers
21st-century women engineers
People from A Coruña
People from Galicia (Spain)
Technical University of Madrid alumni |
76506503 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumpelnacht | Rumpelnacht | Rumpelnacht (translated: Night of Chaos or Night of Transition) is a term used by some Ashkenazi Jews for the night of 22 Nisan (the evening after the seventh day of Passover in Israel) or the night of 23 Nisan (the evening after the last day of Passover outside of Israel).
The expression in German means "Night of Transition", and it refers to the packing and storing of Passover utensils, and simultaneously the return of Chametz utensils into the home for use. The term "Rumpelnacht", which means "Night of Chaos", expresses the end of the Passover holiday in contrast to "Seder Night", which is the beginning of Passover. This night has earned a special nickname because it is characterized by urgency and special swiftness. Many families hurry to store the Passover utensils before bringing any Chametz into their homes. Therefore, on the evening after the holiday, they do not eat Chametz unless they go out to eat outside their home. In Germany, the end of the 'Rumpel' was marked by drinking beer.
References
Ashkenazi Jewish culture |
76506513 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysouffa%20cumingii | Mysouffa cumingii | Mysouffa cumingii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Acteonidae.
Description
(Described as Actaeon cumingii) The oval shell is subcylindrical. it is flesh colored. The spire is exserted. The convex whorls are transversely sulcate, the sulci beautifully cancellated, longitudinally striated. The columella shows a single fold below. The aperture is white inside. The outer lip is acute and subsinuous above.
This differs from Acteon delicatus by its stumpier form, coarser and ruder subcancellate striation, more prominent fold on the columella and particularly by its protoconch which, though small, is swollen and set on the peek of a very acute spire like a swollen terminal bud on a twig. In A. delicatus the protoconch, instead of appearing larger, is considerably smaller than the whorl in front of it, in which it is also partially immersed.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil; in the Caribbean Sea off Panama, Guadeloupe, the Virgin Islands, Antigua and Barbuda.
References
Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
External links
Adams, A. (1855). Monographs of Actaeon and Solidula, two genera or Gasteropodous Mollusca with Descriptions of several New Species from the Cumingian Collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1854) 22(1): 58-62
cumingii
Gastropods described in 1855 |
76506530 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durand%20Jewellers | Durand Jewellers | Durand Jewellers (French: Durand bijoutier) is a 1938 French comedy film directed by Jean Stelli and starring Blanche Montel, Jacques Baumer and Monique Rolland. The screenplay was written by Léopold Marchand, adapted from his play of the same name. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Lucien Aguettand and Raymond Gabutti.
Synopsis
The jeweller Monsieur Durand now finds himself unhappily married and he takes a mistress. However he finds her so tricky that he returns to his wife.
Cast
Blanche Montel as Madame Durand
Jacques Baumer as Monsieur Durand
Jean Wall as Tichmeyer
Monique Rolland as Jessie
Janine Merrey as Madame Sorbier
Maurice Bénard as Monsieur Sorbier
Jean Marconi as Le gigolo
Suzanne Talba as Mademoiselle Bichon
Max Révol as La barman
Yo Maurel as Louise
References
Bibliography
Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
1938 films
French comedy films
1938 comedy films
1930s French-language films
Films directed by Jean Stelli
French black-and-white films
1930s French films
French films based on plays
fr:Durand bijoutier |
76506534 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thandi%20Rameri | Thandi Rameri | Thandi Rameri is a South African track and field athlete and soccer player who plays as a forward for SAFA Women's League club Copperbelt Ladies.
Personal life
She attended Hoërskool Westenburg Secondary School in Polokwane, Limpopo.
Club career
She joined SAFA Women's League side Copperbelt Ladies in 2023. She scored 2 goals for the side in her debut season.
On the 31st of March 2024, she scored her first hat-trick against Thunderbirds Ladies in a 6-1 home win which helped her team to a 6 game unbeaten streak as the team recorded their best start to the league in recent history.
Athletics
In March 2018, Rameri obtained gold medals in the women's long jump and women's triple jump at the Limpopo Regional P1 provincial athletics meeting. Her wins qualified her for the national championship to be held in Cape Town. She joined the SA Athletics Club to help prepare for the national championship.
Honours
Limpopo Regional P1: Long Jump: 2018
Limpopo Regional P1: Triple Jump: 2018
References
Living people
South African women's soccer players
Women's association football forwards
Soccer players from Limpopo |
76506591 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9%20royale%20grand-ducale%20des%20chemins%20de%20fer%20Guillaume-Luxembourg | Société royale grand-ducale des chemins de fer Guillaume-Luxembourg | The or "Royal Grand Ducal William-Luxembourg Railway Company" (also or just or GL), was a Luxembourgish company, with French capital, created in 1857 to operate the 1855 concessions for the railway lines in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg. It constructed a set of lines that made up the railway network called the Guillaume-Luxembourg network. It was never an operating company, transferring this activity to a French company, the Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Est, then to the Imperial Railways in Alsace-Lorraine in 1872, to the Administration des chemins de fer d'Alsace et de Lorraine in 1919, and then to the SNCF in 1938. During the German occupation in World War II, the Deutsche Reichsbahn operated the network until the liberation; the Guillaume-Luxembourg company ceased to exist as such in 1946 with the creation of the Société nationale des chemins de fer luxembourgeois.
History
Creation
The joint-stock company, named the Société royale grand-ducale des chemins de fer Guillaume-Luxembourg, was authorised by the Grand-Ducal decree of 2 March 1857. This decree confirmed the creation of the company and validated its articles of association.
The eleven founding directors were:
Jean-Guigne-Louis-Marie-Alexis Marquis d'Albon
Gaspard-Théodore-Ignace de La Fontaine
Joseph-Antoine-Alfred Prost
Thérèse-Vendelin Jurion
Pierre-André Arjo-Biétrix
Alphonse de Boissieu
Hippolyte-François-Louis Viscount Jaubert
Numa Guilhou
Jean-Marie Suchel
Augustin-Marie-François de Roquenave d'Harmière Baron de Thuret
Count de Vougy
The first president of the board of directors was the Marquis d'Albon, and the vice-presidents were Messrs. de La Fontaine and Prost.
The company received from Messrs. Louis-Antoine-Adolphe Favier, a merchant, and Stéphane Jouve, a public works contractor, both residing in Nancy, the transfer of railway concessions granted by the government of the Grand Duchy. This concerned four lines starting from the city of Luxembourg to head towards: the French border towards Thionville, the Belgian border towards Arlon, the Prussian border towards Trier, and the northern border of the Grand Duchy towards Weiswampach via Diekirch.
Treaty and operating agreements
On 6 June 1857, the Guillaume-Luxembourg Company signed a treaty with the Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Est (Eastern Railway Company). It was agreed that the Chemins de fer de l'Est would undertake, for a period of 50 years, the operation of the lines granted to Guillaume-Luxembourg, in exchange for a share in the network's revenue; it would do so with its own equipment, personnel, and resources. Even before the opening of the first line, GL faced financial difficulties, leading the state to intervene and buy back the shares of Favier and Jouve.
The granted network then had a total length of 159km, consisting of four lines arranged in a star pattern with the city of Luxembourg as the centre:
No. 1: 17.5km from Luxembourg to the French border, towards Thionville
No. 2: 17.5km from Luxembourg to the Belgian border, towards Arlon
No. 3: 34km from Luxembourg to the Prussian border, towards Trier
No. 4: 90km from Luxembourg to the Prussian border, through Weiswampach, in the direction of Schleiden, Aachen, and Cologne (also known as the North line)
In 1862, a convention was signed for the construction of a line connecting Spa (in Belgium) to Ettelbruck and the operation of the concession of the Compagnie du chemin de fer de Pepinster à Spa. This line, completed in 1867, known as the "Grand-Ducal link-up," allowed for the connection of the Liège basin to Luxembourg, competing with the Ourthe Line of the Grande Compagnie du Luxembourg, while also opening up many Luxembourgish localities between Ettelbruck and Troisvierges. It was also operated by the Chemins de fer de l'Est, and its Belgian part was nationalised after 1872.
The conditions set on 6 June 1857, were modified by the treaty of 21 January 1868: henceforth, the Chemins de fer de l'Est took over the Guillaume-Luxembourg network by lease, in exchange for a fixed rent of 3,000,000 francs.
The Guillaume-Luxembourg network was directly affected by the Franco-German War of 1870, which saw France lose Alsace-Lorraine after its defeat. The treaty of 10 May 1871, between France and the German Empire specified that the Imperial Railways in Alsace-Lorraine would take over the management of the lines of the Chemins de fer de l'Est company in the annexed region, which became effective on 9 December 1871. However, it retained control of the Guillaume-Luxembourg network until 11 June 1872, even though it had become almost isolated from the rest, after which it was administered from Strasbourg.
Faced with the insistence of the Imperial Railways in Alsace-Lorraine, within the framework of the Zollverein, the Guillaume-Luxembourg company accepted on 16 July 1902, to affix its signature to an agreement that provided for its leasing in exchange for an annual fee of 3,866,400 gold francs. It thus lost all rights to oversee the management and operation of its railway infrastructure.
The Imperial Railways in Alsace-Lorraine was replaced by the Administration des chemins de fer d'Alsace et de Lorraine on 19 June 1919, when France regained Alsace-Lorraine and consequently its railway infrastructure, which the Compagnie des Chemins de Fer de l'Est did not wish to take back due to the German-standardised infrastructure (including right-hand driving and signaling).
The network was taken over by the SNCF upon its creation in 1938 but, during the Second World War, was integrated into the Deutsche Reichsbahn network by the German occupying forces. After the end of the conflict, it became part of the Société nationale des chemins de fer luxembourgeois ("Luxembourg National Railway Company)", the CFL, established in 1946.
Railway network
The Guillaume-Luxembourg network had various operators until the Second World War and was traversed by numerous types of rolling stock, as the operating companies never had specific equipment for the Luxembourg network:
Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Est (1859-1872)
Imperial Railways in Alsace-Lorraine (1872-1919)
Administration des chemins de fer d'Alsace et de Lorraine (1919-1937)
Société nationale des chemins de fer français (1938-1940)
Deutsche Reichsbahn (1940-1944)
Société nationale des chemins de fer luxembourgeois (since 1946)
Belgian State Railways (1859-1926) and National Railway Company of Belgium (since 1926) for the line Luxembourg-Kleinbettingen-border
On the eve of World War II, the Guillaume-Luxembourg network consisted of the following lines:
Luxembourg — Troisvierges — border line
Ettelbruck — Diekirch line
Luxembourg — Wasserbillig—border line
Luxembourg — Berchem—Oetrange line
Luxembourg — Kleinbettingen—border line
Luxembourg — Bettembourg—border line
Bettembourg — Esch-sur-Alzette line
Bettembourg — Dudelange — Usines line
Noertzange — Rumelange line
Tétange — Langengrund line
Esch-sur-Alzette — Audun-le-Tiche line
Brucherberg — Scheuerbusch connection
Troisvierges-Belgian border section of the Vennbahn
See also
Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Est
History of rail transport in Luxembourg
Footnotes
External links
Rail transport in Luxembourg
History of transport in Luxembourg
1857 establishments in Luxembourg |
76506612 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%27bongiseni%20Vilakazi | S'bongiseni Vilakazi | S'bongiseni Gerald Vilakazi is a South African politician and a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Democratic Alliance (DA).
References
Living people
Members of the National Assembly of South Africa
Democratic Alliance (South Africa) politicians |
76506645 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassan%20Gabo | Hassan Gabo | Hassan Gabo (born January 1, 2003) is a Somalian professional footballer who plays as a defender for USL League One team Greenville Triumph SC. Born in Mogadishu, Gabo represents the Somalia national team at senior level, receiving his first call-up in 2024.
Gabo is a former member of both the Real Salt Lake Academy and VK Cobras FC from 2019-2020.
Club career
On February 24, 2023, Hassan Gabo, who experienced a successful season with Cottonwood High School and Olympus High School, high schools he split time with in Utah, signed with USL League One side Greenville Triumph SC for their upcoming 2023 season at the age of 19. Gabo made his professional debut for Greenville in the 2-0 win over Lexington SC, coming on as a substitute for Tevin Shaw and playing 8 minutes. Gabo played 6 games, making 6 clearances, getting two yellow cards, and starting 1 match.
After a season plagued with injuries, Gabo resigned with Greenville for the 2024 season. Gabo made his first appearance of the 2024 USL League One season against Spokane Velocity, coming off the bench in the 3-1 win.
International career
Gabo represented Somalia's youth team at the 2022 Arab Cup U-20.
In 2024, Gabo received his first ever senior national team call-up, joining the Somalia national football team for their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification game against Eswatini.
Personal life
Gabo is cousins with two Somalia internationals and former Greenville Triumph players, Abdi Mohamed and Omar Mohamed, who trained Gabo early in his career.
References
Living people
2003 births
Greenville Triumph SC players
People from Mogadishu
Somalian footballers
USL League One players |
76506651 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake%201000 | Chesapeake 1000 | Chesapeake 1000 (formerly Sun 800) is a heavy lift crane ship, owned by Donjon Marine Co., capable of lifting . It is the largest such vessel on the eastern seaboard of the United States.
It was built by Sun Shipbuilding in 1972 for their own use in the construction of Glomar Explorer.
It measures .
Since late March 2024, it has been involved in salvage efforts at Baltimore, following the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse.
References
External links
1972 ships
Crane vessels
Ships built by the Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Company |
76506662 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquilegia%20incurvata | Aquilegia incurvata | Aquilegia incurvata, or the Qinling columbine (秦岭耧斗菜), is a perennial species of plant in the family Ranunculaceae, endemic to the Qinling mountain range in China.
Description
Aquilegia incurvata grows to 60cm tall, and has purple flowers which bloom from May to June, and biternate basal leaves.
Distribution and habitat
The species is only found in the Qinling mountain range in southern Gansu, southern Shaanxi, and northeastern Sichuan provinces of China, where it grows on grassy slopes and in grassy places by streams at altitudes between 1000m and 2000m.
References
incurvata
Flora of Gansu
Flora of Shaanxi
Flora of Sichuan
Plants described in 1974 |
76506664 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell%20Gate%20NYC | Hell Gate NYC | Hell Gate NYC (also known as Hell Gate) is an online worker-owned publication focused on local New York City news. The publication is
named after the Hell Gate Bridge, due to the bridge's reputation for tenacity. Hell Gate covers a wide range of topics that include, but are not limited to, political corruption, local street performers, and strange subway advertisements.
History
The founders of Hell Gate, Nick Pinto, Esther Wang, Christopher Robbins, Max Rivlin-Nadler, and Sydney Pereira, began developing the idea for the publication in 2021. Many of them were former coworkers at local publications such as the Village Voice, The New York Times, and Gothamist, as well as non-NYC publications such as Jezebel and The Intercept. Pinto, Robbins, and Rivin-Nadler had all faced job instability as journalists due to companies mismanaging resources, lacking funding, and cutting budgets. In January 2022, they pitched the idea of Hell Gate to fifty local journalists, and recruited Pereira and Wang. The team decided that their publication would have a snarky tone like pre-acquisition Gothamist, and that they would approach stories from a human rights-oriented perspective.
Business model
Hell Gate is a worker-owned cooperative, meaning all of the owners have the job of reporter, editor, and managing the business. They also hire freelancers. As of March 2024, all of the worker-owners were paid $60,000 per year. The company offers three monthly paid tiers: friend ($6.99), supporter ($9.99), and believer ($19.99). They also have annual subscriptions, with the corresponding tiers being $70, $100, and $200. Hell Gate also offers a free newsletter. Advertisements are not a major source of revenue. Half of its revenue comes from donations.
Reception
Hell Gate has been identified by numerous outlets to be part of a resurgence in indie publishing. They have been favorably compared to sites like Defector, Deadspin, and 404 Media.
See also
AM New York Metro
Gothamist
The City
The Indypendent
References |
76506667 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microglyphis%20curtula | Microglyphis curtula | Microglyphis curtula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ringiculidae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 3 mm, its diameter 2 mm.
The small shell is short and subglobular. It is white and not polished. The surface is covered with sharp, deep, close set, spiral grooves minutely punctate at the bottom. The shell contains three whorls, beside the prominent, polished, smooth, globular, sinistral protoconch. The suture is distinct and not channelled. The outer lip is thin and simple. The body of the shell shows a thin wash of callus. The columella is short, thin, very much twisted, so that its outer edge presents a plait-like appearance, while the shell seems almost canaliculate, though the columella is continuous with the basal margin. Above the twisted edge and separated from it by a deep channel is a second less prominent plait.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Chile.
References
External links
curtula
Gastropods described in 1890 |
76506680 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khoshak%20Zakarian | Khoshak Zakarian | Khoshak Zakarian, also Khuashak or Khvashak (born circa 1235, died after 1299), was a female member of the Zakarid dynasty of Armenian Prince in the 14th century CE. She was the daughter of Avag Zakarian, an important Prince, Lord High Constable of Georgia, and Gvantsa, a noblewoman who went on to become queen of Georgia. She was the granddaughter of Ivane I Zakarian (commander of Georgian-Armenian forces in the early 13th century).
After her father died, she was put under the protection of Sadun Artsruni, the powerful Atabeg (Governor General) of Georgia, who acted as a chamberlain to her.
Khoshak was married to Shams al-Din Juvayni, a Persian statesman and member of the Juvayni family in 1269. He was an influential figure in early Ilkhanate politics, serving as Sahib-i divan (vizier and minister of finance) under four Mongol Ilkhans – Hulagu, Abaqa, Tekuder and Arghun Khan. He was the most powerful official of the Il-khanate. They had a girl named Kuandze, who married the Armenian Prince Shahnshah II Zakarian. She went to live to Persia in 1271—72, but to her father’s house with her son Zakaria in 1285, after her husband was behaded by the Mongol ruler in 1284.
Khoshak is known for leaving an inscription in Armenian at Garni Temple. The large Armenian inscription was left on entryway by Princess Khoshak and Khoshak's son, Amir Zakare, in 1291. It records the release of the people of Garni from taxes in forms of wine, goats, and sheep.
References
Sources
Nobility of Georgia (country)
13th-century people from Georgia (country) |
76506715 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildfires%20in%202025 | Wildfires in 2025 | {{safesubst:#invoke:RfD|||month = April
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76506735 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemesis%20at%20Raynham%20Parva | Nemesis at Raynham Parva | Nemesis at Raynham Parva is a 1929 detective novel by the British author Alfred Walter Stewart, published under his pseudonym J.J. Connington. It is the fifth in his series of seventeen novels featuring the Golden Age Detective Sir Clinton Driffield. It was published in the United States by Little, Brown and Company under the alternative title Grim Vengeance.
It is a Country house mystery, a genre at its height during the interwar years. Connington possibly intended this to be the last Driffield novel, because it had shown Sir Clinton briefly crossing over to the other side of the law. Connington switched to a new series character Superintendent Ross for his next two novels, before bringing back Sir Clinton in a fresh story The Boathouse Riddle in 1931. Once again he is a Chief Constable and no mention of the events at Raynham Parva. In the following eleven stories he never behaves so high-handedly as he did in this case. The author later describe it as "rather a poor one" when assessing his works.
Synopsis
Returning from a visit abroad Sir Clinton, recently having resigned from his post as Chief Constable, goes to stay at his widowed sister's rented country estate at Raynham Parva near a small village of the same name. He is concerned to discover that his niece has got married while he was away, not to Rex the likeable young man she has long been involved with but instead to Vicente Francia, a smooth-mannered Argentine. In just six weeks Francia is planning to take his niece away to Buenos Aires for good, taking away with her three other young English woman friends who are to accompany her to help her settle in to the new country.
Sir Clinton is called soon afterwards to give some assistance to Sergeant Ledbury of the local police on what looks like an accidental death in a car crash with the victim having gone headfirst through the windscreen. Sir Clinton quickly establishes that is is in fact a murder cleverly disguised to make it look like an accident. Furthermore the man was another South American, a vague business associate of Francia. Complicating matters is the presence of another Argentine, Doctor Roca staying at the local inn. Sir Clinton recognises him as a man who has worked for the League of Nations tackling people smuggling. Sir Clinton suspects that he has come to England in pursuit of the gang and has taken the law into his own hands and killed a man while disguising it as an accident.
When the doctor is found shot dead at a local megalithic structure, Sir Clinton is confirmed in his view that Francia is one of the smugglers, plotting to take the four young woman and sell them into White slavery across the Atlantic. He is caught in a dilemma of whether to expose Francia in England or in South America, where it may cause less scandal for his niece's reputation, ot take more drastic steps. When Francia is found shot dead in a room at Raynham Parva, it becomes clear that Sir Clinton himself has connived at his murder. Sergeant Ledbury is then steered onto entirely the wrong scent.
References
Bibliography
Barzun, Jacques & Taylor, Wendell Hertig. A Catalogue of Crime. Harper & Row, 1989.
Evans, Curtis. Masters of the "Humdrum" Mystery: Cecil John Charles Street, Freeman Wills Crofts, Alfred Walter Stewart and the British Detective Novel, 1920-1961. McFarland, 2014.
Hubin, Allen J. Crime Fiction, 1749-1980: A Comprehensive Bibliography. Garland Publishing, 1984.
Murphy, Bruce F. The Encyclopedia of Murder and Mystery. Springer, 1999.
Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.
1929 British novels
British mystery novels
Novels by Alfred Walter Stewart
Novels set in England
British detective novels
British crime novels
Victor Gollancz Ltd books
Little, Brown and Company books |
76506762 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die%20Bout%20It | Die Bout It | Die Bout It (stylized in uppercase) is the debut studio album by American rapper Lil Gnar. It was released on May 20, 2022, by Create Music Group and Gnar's own record company Gnarcotic Records. The album features guest appearances from Tory Lanez, Yung Bans, the late Lil Keed, Yak Gotti, Trippie Redd, Germ, D. Savage, Lil Uzi Vert, Ski Mask the Slump God, Chief Keef, DJ Scheme and Lil Skies.
Singles
The lead single to the album was "Diamond Choker" featuring Lil Uzi Vert. The song was released on October 16, 2020 . The album's second single, "Missiles" featuring Trippie Redd was released on February 12, 2021 . The third single, "Not The Same" featuring frequent collaborator Lil Skies, was released April 2, 2021 . The fourth single New Bugatti released May 14, 2021 and features vocals from Chief Keef and Ski Mask the Slump God with production handled by DJ Scheme . The fifth single "No Regular", was released July 16, 2021 and is the only single to not have a feature . The sixth single "No Switches" featuring Canadian singer and rapper Tory Lanez was released April 29, 2022 . The seventh and final single "My Bruddas" features Yung Bans and was released May 6, 2022 .
Track listing
References
Lil Gnar albums
2022 debut albums
Hip hop albums
Trap music albums by American artists
Hip hop albums by American artists |
76506768 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pola%20sunca | Pola sunca | "Pola sunca" is a song by Serbian singer Marija Šerifović taken from her sixth studio album Dolazi ljubav (2023). The song was written by Bane Opačić, produced by Dušan Alagić and the arrangement was finalized by Alagić and Dušan Krsmanović. Croatian singer Matija Cvek serves as a featured artist. It was released as a single on 6 October 2023. Upon its release, it was met with very positive reviews from listeners, some of whom compared Cvek's vocal performance to that of Tose Proeski. It was also commercially successful, peaking at number 3 on the Croatia Songs chart by Billboard.
A music video for the song was directed by Hamper Digital and released on 6 October 2023. It features the duo singing the song, Cvek dressed in white and Šerifović in black. The video quickly became trending and garnered over 1 million views in 2 days on the video-streaming platform YouTube. To further promote the song, each artist spoke about it during their televised appearances on the show Kec na jedanaest.
Background
In late 2023, Matija Cvek was contacted by Serbian singer Marija Šerifović to collaborate on the song "Pola sunca" taken from the latter's sixth studio album Dolazi ljubav (2023). The decision to work together came after Šerifović contacted Cvek on the phone demanding that they meet up. He then travelled to Belgrade where the two met up; following a brief performance of the song by Šerifović and a brief review of each other's repertoire, they decided to proceed with recording the "demanding" song. Cvek found the lyrics to be relatable, its balladry to be reminiscent of the "big Balkan ballads" that harken back to his childhood.
While singing the song, both listeners and Šerifović's fans noted the similarities in his vocal performance to that of Toše Proeski which he himself, also acknowledged during an interview and cited it as a possible influence to being exposed to his music.
Promotion
An accompanying music video directed by Hamper Digital was released on 6 October 2023. For the clip, Cvek appears dressed in a white Marko Feher suit. Throughout, Šerifović is seen dressed in a dark suit and both are seen singing the song looking at the camera. Additionally, one shot of the video features a naked Cvek who is shown from the back with wax and two candles on his skin. The music video was very popular on the video streaming platform YouTube where it garnered over 1 million views in two days. As of April 2024, the music video has over 9.4 million views on the platform, 5 months since its release.
The duo, separately, made televised appearances on the Serbian show Kec na jedanaest.
Chart performance
The single was very commercially successful, peaking at number one in both Croatia and Serbia; discussing his views on the fact that the song, which was slightly different from other trending songs found its way among the audience, Cvek described it as "atypical" and something that caught him by surprise.
The single was very commercially successful, peaking at number three on Billboard Croatia Songs for the week ending 21 October 2023. The following week, it moved to the position of number four.
Charts
References
Croatian songs
2023 songs
2023 singles |
76506790 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynne%20Brydon | Lynne Brydon | Lynne Brydon is a British social scientist with a specialisation in gender studies. She is a senior honorary research fellow in the Department of African Studies and Anthropology at the University of Birmingham, England.
Early life and education
Brydon studied social anthropology at New Hall (now Murray Edwards College, Cambridge), changing to this after one year studying natural sciences. After graduating in 1971 she spent a year teaching in Ghana with VSO, and then returned to Cambridge for her doctoral studies. Her thesis, completed after 16 months of fieldwork, was "Status ambiguity in Amedzofe-Avatime: women and men in a changing patrilineal society" (1976).
Career
Brydon was a junior research fellow at Sidney Sussex College from 1975 to 1977, then a lecturer in social anthropology at the University of Liverpool before moving to the University of Birmingham's Centre of West African Studies (CWAS) in 1996.
CWAS became the Department of African Studies and Anthropology (DASA), and Brydon was its director in 2007-2008 when it became a member of AEGIS, the Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies. She was appointed as senior lecturer in 1998, and in 2008 became head of the School of History and Cultures when the university restructured its departments.
She was co-editor of the journal Ghana Studies, along with Takyiwaa Manuh, from 2003 to 2009, and was on the editorial board of Review of African Political Economy from the mid-1990s until 2008.
Her 1989 book Women in the Third World: gender issues in rural and urban areas, co-authored with Sylvia Chant, was originally compiled as teaching material for Liverpool social science finalists, and covers "a broad range of women' s issues across continents and regions", and covers four main themes of the household, reproduction, production, and policy.
Selected publications
References
External links
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Academics of the University of Birmingham
20th-century women academics
21st-century women academics
Academics of the University of Liverpool
Alumni of New Hall, Cambridge |
76506791 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chetia%20brevicauda | Chetia brevicauda | Chetia brevicauda is a species of fish in the cichlid family. The fish is found in Mozambique. The fish grows up to long (SL).
Status
In 2007, the IUCN evaluated Chetia brevicauda and listed the fish as Least Concern.
References
brevicauda |
76506851 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald%20Allen%20%28disambiguation%29 | Donald Allen (disambiguation) | Donald Allen (1912–2004) was an American editor, publisher and translator.
Donald Allen may also refer to:
Donald Allen (cricketer) (1926–2008), Australian cricketer
See also
Don Allen (disambiguation)
Donald Allan (born 1949), Australian former cyclist
Donald James Allan (1907–1978), British classical scholar |
76506863 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soho%20Suites | Soho Suites | Soho Suites is a two-CD album by guitarist Derek Bailey and percussionist Tony Oxley. The music on disc one was recorded at a studio in Soho, London, during February 1977, while disc two documents a live session at the Knitting Factory in New York City on September 19, 1995. The album was released in 1997 by Incus Records.
Reception
In a review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek wrote: "To play these CDs in sequence is quite remarkable. For those who have followed the careers of both men over the decades, it will be astonishing to hear what has been taken for granted in the development not only of their individual styles and approaches to improvisation, but in the actual evolution of those methods as they reach deeper into the musical muck for a kind of meaning that can only be generated in this type of musical pursuit... This is an awesome set, so strong it's better than 90 percent of what's out there passing for free improvisation. Just get it."
The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings awarded the album a full 4 stars, and stated: "these extraordinary sides roll back the years like nobody's business... these two discs seem to pass by in moments, when in fact they are among the most substantial performances from either man in recent years."
Seymour Wright of The Wire described the music as "an aggregate wealth of rational invention, sonic resources, traditions broached, instrumental control, and dry, tender, wry play." He commented: "Listen to the mix of acoustic and amplified sounds, and almost infinite attacks, combinations and decays of sounds across the Soho Suites... There's a zooming-in-and-out-of sonic proportion, tempers, physicalities, and unfolding of time at play that is remarkable and typical of Oxley and Bailey's work."
A reviewer for Hi-Fi News remarked: "Alternately sentimental and aggressive, this is very serious fun: musicians asking each other what the point is of it all, without relenting. Veteran players who risk more as they age? This bucks the clichés with vengeance. Shattering."
Author Ben Watson contrasted Bailey's "pointillist delicacy" on disc 1 with his "scything metal attack" on the second disc, and noted Oxley's "gorgeously reverberant and organic" sound. He wrote: "the way that time appears to stand still, opening up myriad extra pockets for fountains of variegated guitar and percussion sounds, has a similar quality on both discs, even though the two duos were recorded eighteen years apart."
Track listing
Disc 1
"Carlisle" – 22:04
"Wardour" – 2:49
"Berwick" – 3:15
"Beak" – 17:01
Disc 2
"Rivington" – 17:40
"Kenmare" – 13:00
"Lafayette" – 3:40
"Grand" – 3:30
"Lispenard" – 15:40
"Leonard" – 3:10
Personnel
Derek Bailey – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Tony Oxley – percussion, violin
References
1997 live albums
Derek Bailey (guitarist) live albums
Tony Oxley live albums
Incus Records live albums
Albums recorded at the Knitting Factory |
76506877 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20airplay%20number-one%20singles%20of%202024%20%28Brazil%29 | List of airplay number-one singles of 2024 (Brazil) | The Top 100 Brasil is a record chart that ranks the most-played songs in Brazilian radio stations. Published and compiled by Crowley Broadcast Analysis, the chart is based on each song's weekly airplay.
Chart history
See also
List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2024 (Brazil)
References
Brazil airplay
Airplay number-one
2024 airplay |
76506880 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayden%20Hyde | Hayden Hyde | Hayden Hyde (born 15 September 2000) is an English rugby union player who plays as a centre for Harlequins in the Premiership.
Club Career
After finishing his education at Cranleigh School at 18, Hyde moved to Ulster. Playing for Ulster 'A' in the Celtic Cup, including featuring in the final against Leinster 'A'.
He rejoined Harlequins in 2021 going on to make his debut in the first round of the 2021-22 Premiership Rugby Cup against Saracens. Coming off the bench in a 28-21 loss. He signed a new deal with Harlequins in February 2023. He has also featured on loan for London Scottish in the RFU Championship.
International Career
He qualifies for Ireland through his Mother, who was born in Tallaght. His first taste of international rugby came in 2017 when he was called up to the Ireland under-18 squad for a friendly against Portugal under-18. Hyde opening the scoring for the Irish side, with a try in the 9th minute in the 27-46 win. In 2018 he started at centre in a 56-17 win over Canada under-18 where he scored two tries. He featured for the under-18 side 5 times in total.
He was named in the Irish squad for the 2018 Rugby Europe Under-18 Sevens Championship. With Ireland coming runners up, losing to France in the final. He featured once for Ireland under-19 in a friendly against Australia Schools. While he was with Ireland under-19 he was invited to join the England squad however he declined.
He was named in the Ireland under-20 squad for the 2020 Six Nations Under 20s Championship, featuring twice, starting at inside centre against Scotland under-20 and England under-20.
In 2021 he joined England Sevens and made his debut at the Malaga leg of the World Sevens, and was later named in the England squad for the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
References
Living people
Harlequin F.C. players
Irish rugby union players
English rugby union players
Ulster Rugby players
London Scottish F.C. players |
76506906 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toledonia%20bullata | Toledonia bullata | Toledonia bullata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ringiculidae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 6.25 mm, its diameter 4.16 mm.
The small shell is thin, smooth, whitish and covered with a most delicate straw colored epidermis. The whole surface is marked with regularly arranged, deep, linear, revolving grooves, of which there are about five on the upper whorls, and about sixteen on the body whorl. In some parts the furrows seem to be crossed by delicate bars. The interspaces are flat. There are five whorls, which have a distinct, square shoulder; the body whorl is tumid, the upper one plane. The aperture is lunate, about three-fifths the length of the shell. The columella, about one-third the length of the aperture, is flat,
and divided by a single groove.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Argentina and the Falkland Islands
References
External links
Gould, A. A. (1847). Descriptions of new shells, collected by the United States Exploring Expedition. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 2: 196-198, 200-203, 204-208
bullata
Gastropods described in 1847 |
76506910 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary%20Alice%20Lair | Mary Alice Lair | Mary Alice Lair is an American politician from Kansas. In 1982 she served as the first chairwoman of the Kansas Republican Party, and was a long time Republican national committeewoman, representing southeastern Kansas.
Biography
Lair served as the vice-president of the Kansas Republican Party (KSGOP) from starting in 1980. Lair was named the first chairwoman of the KSGOP for three months, from June to August of 1982. After this, she again served as vice-president until 1988, when she start to serve as a Republican National Committeewoman until 2000. During this period she was a staunch supporter of both George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush. Lair voted in the 1993 Republican National Committee voicing her support of traditional, "broad", Republicans, instead of caving to pressure from the grassroots religious right, stating that being overtly partisan on the issue of religion would hurt elect-ability. Lair also supported Sam Brownback, and helped work on his 2014 re-election bid, stating that although his tax policies were unpopular at the moment, that they where going to be good for Kansas in the long run.
Lair was one of the earliest, and most vocal supporters of Donald Trump during the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries, being one of the few Kansas Republican leaders that backed him over the more traditionally Republican Ted Cruz. Lair stated after the 2016 Kansas Republican presidential caucuses that Trump is "a force to be reckoned with who can absolutely beat out Clinton, which needs to be the Republicans’ focus" and that “Trump stands for everything I do". In 2021, Lair endorsed Derek Schmidt in the 2022 Kansas gubernatorial election, saying that the Democratic party were "far-left" and didn't represent the people of Kansas. Lair is also well known in Republican circles for her attendance of every Republican gubernatorial Inaugural ball, often in flashy, patriotic themed, outfits.
In the mid 1970's, Lair was one of the founding members of the Kansas Fairgrounds Foundation, which organize the Kansas State Fair. In 2023 she was recognized for over 50 years in service to the foundation, and her ability to use political connections to lobby for funding for the fair in it's early years. The foundation stated that without Lair, it is unlikely that the Kansas State Fair would exist in it's present form.
Personal life
The Lair family, including Mary Alice, were named the Kansas State family of the year for 2022, as 21 living members of the family had graduated from the university. The Lair family attended 6 of the 9 colleges, and are one of the original season ticket holders for the Wildcats.
References
Kansas Republicans
Kansas State University alumni |
76506913 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeuwarden%E2%80%93Stavoren%20railway | Leeuwarden–Stavoren railway | The Leeuwarden–Stavoren railway is a railway line in the Netherlands running from Leeuwarden to Stavoren, passing through Sneek, IJlst, Workum and Hindeloopen. The line is located in the province of Friesland and was opened between 1883-1885.
Stations
The stations on the railway are:
Leeuwarden: to Harlingen, Groningen and Stavoren
Mantgum (1883-present)
Sneek Noord (1883-present)
Sneek (1883-present)
IJlst (1885-present)
Workum (1885-present)
Hindeloopen (1885-present)
Koudum-Molkwerum (1885-present)
Stavoren (1885-present)
Train service
Services are operated by Arriva. From Monday to Saturday trains between Leeuwarden and Sneek run 3x per hour. The Stadler WINK entered service in 2021.
References
Railway lines in Friesland
Standard gauge railways in the Netherlands
Railway lines opened in 1883
Railway lines opened in 1885 |
76506934 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownville%E2%80%93Summerville%20Historic%20District | Brownville–Summerville Historic District | The Brownville–Summerville Historic District is a historic district in Phenix City, Alabama. The district covers approximately of mostly residential area to the west and northwest of the city's commercial core. The earliest houses in the district date from circa 1870, and are either Greek Revival or Saddlebag cottages. Beginning in the 1880s, many Victorian cottages were built by employees at the town's cotton mills and iron works. In the 1920s and 1930s, bungalows continued to be built. Several commercial buildings, most brick and dating from the 1920s, are scattered throughout the district.
The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
References
National Register of Historic Places in Russell County, Alabama
Historic districts in Russell County, Alabama
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama |
76506937 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old%20Edinburgh%20Club | Old Edinburgh Club | The Old Edinburgh Club is the local history society of the city of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. The Club is one of the oldest history societies in Scotland, set up in 1908. It organises lectures and visits, publishes an annual journal (The Book of the Old Edinburgh Club) and supports projects to foster interest in Edinburgh's history.
The OEC is a member of the Scottish Local History Forum, and of the British Association for Local History. It is registered as a charity by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator.
References
Historical societies of the United Kingdom
History of Edinburgh
Organisations based in Edinburgh
1908 establishments in Scotland |
76506996 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian%20E.%20Rottman | Marian E. Rottman | Marian E. Rottman Fleming (March 24, 1882 – June 10, 1955) was an American nurse. She was director of nursing at Bellevue and Allied Hospitals in New York, and served overseas in World War I.
Early life and education
Rottman was born in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. She graduated from Bellevue School of Nursing in 1912. In the early 1920s she received further training in hospital administration at Teachers College, Columbia University.
Career
Rottman was assistant to Clara Noyes after finishing her nurse's training. In 1913 she was named assistant supervisor of nurses at the Indiana University School of Nursing, but she returned to New York in 1914, to take charge of nursing in one of Bellevue's new surgical pavilions. She joined the Bellevue Unit to serve overseas in World War I, as chief surgical nurse at U. S. Evacuation Hospital No. 1. She was cited for meritorious service in the war by General John J. Pershing.
From 1919 to 1921, Rottman was superintendent of nursing at the Johnston Emergency Hospital in Milwaukee. She also worked at Milwaukee's Mount Sinai School of Nursing. In 1925, she returned to Bellevue as director of nursing. In 1929 she was named director of the nursing division in the Department of Hospitals for the City of New York, overseeing nursing services at 26 city hospitals and eight nursing schools.
Rottman was treasurer of the National League of Nursing Education from 1924 to 1934. She was president of the New York Counties Registered Nurses Association.
Publications
"High Caloric Feedings for Typhoid Patients" (1912)
"A Health Study in a Nursing School" (1926, with Laura R. Logan)
"Health Education in Schools of Nursing" (1928)
"Distribution of Nursing Service in Hospitals" (1929)
"Affiliations for Nursing Schools: From the Viewpoint of the Receiving Hospital" (1930)
"The Role of the Nursing Service in the Promotion of the Medical and Administrative Aims of the Hospital" (1931)
"Friends of Nursing: Mrs. William Church Osborn" (1932)
Clinical Education in Nursing (1932, with Blanche Pfefferkorn)
"Should a Hospital Close Its Nursing School? And Why?" (1932)
Personal life
Rottman married hospital superintendent Mark Lance Fleming in 1935, and moved to Florida with him. Her husband died in 1947, and she died in 1955, in her early seventies, in Orlando, Florida. Both Flemings are buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
References
1882 births
1955 deaths
People from Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
American nurses
American women in World War I |
76507002 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Javali | Battle of Javali | The Battle of Jawali was a military engagement fought between the forces of the Maratha Empire, led by Shivaji and the Bijapur Sultanate, under the command of Chandra Rao More, in the year 1656.
This battle took place near the town of Jawali, located in present-day Maharashtra, India.
Background
During the 17th century, Shivaji Maharaj emerged as a warrior and leader, establishing the Maratha Empire in the region. The Bijapur Sultanate, one of the dominant powers in the Deccan, sought to curb Shivaji's growing influence and expansionist ambitions. In pursuit of this goal, Chandra Rao More, a general of Bijapur, was tasked with confronting Shivaji's forces.
Jawali Campaign
The exact details of the battle are somewhat obscured by historical accounts, but it is believed to have been a strategically important engagement in Shivaji's early military campaigns. The battle was likely characterized by skirmishes, cavalry charges, and infantry maneuvers typical of warfare during that period.The Battle of Jawali resulted in a decisive victory for Shivaji Maharaj and his forces. The defeat of Chandra Rao More's army significantly weakened the Bijapur Sultanate's hold on the region and enhanced Shivaji's reputation as a military leader. This victory contributed to the expansion of the Maratha Empire and further solidified Shivaji's position as a player in the Deccan.
Legacy
The Battle of Jawali is remembered as a crucial moment in the history of the Maratha Empire, showcasing Shivaji Maharaj's military prowess and strategic acumen. The outcome of this battle played a important role in shaping the political landscape of the Deccan region during the 17th century.
References |
76507007 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngene%20Joshua | Ngene Joshua | Ngene Joshua (Ph.D) is a Nigerian entrepreneur and philanthropist known for contributing to the financial technology (fintech) industry. He is the CEO of Alpha Technologies IT and Communications, MD Onboard Energies, and Managing Partner, of Cultivate Africa. He is recognized for his efforts in promoting innovation and social impact
Early Life and Education
He was born on February 21st, 2000, in Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria. Raised in a family that valued entrepreneurship, he developed a strong work ethic and a passion for making a difference from a young age. His pursuit of education led him to earn a Doctor of Business Administration (PhD) degree, which broadened his understanding of finance, business, technology, and their effects on society.
Career
He kicked off his career in financial services, where he honed his skills in private investment fund management and project management. While working in established financial institutions, he gained valuable industry insights. However, his path took a new turn when he ventured into entrepreneurship. His first private funds investment company faced challenges along the way, but he didn't let setbacks deter him.
Scholarly articles/Books/Publications
1. Sustainable business practices: a strategic imperative for the 21st century
2. Urbanisation trends and real estate investment opportunities: a comprehensive analysis from a Ph.D. Perspective
3. The intersection of fintech and traditional banking: trends and challenges
4. Emerging trends in artificial intelligence: implications for business innovation
5. The role of blockchain technology in transforming financial markets: a comprehensive review
6. Entrepreneurship ecosystems: understanding dynamics, challenges, and opportunities
7. Building a Better Nigeria: The Impact of the Oronsaye Report (Book)
Philanthropy and Social Impacts
In addition to his professional endeavours, Dr. Joshua contributes to philanthropic causes. Through the Dominic Joshua Foundation, he has supported educational initiatives, mentorship programs, and economic empowerment for disadvantaged youth in Nigeria. Notably, the foundation has assisted in covering school fees for 500 students, provided free exercise books, and distributed study materials. Dr. Joshua's commitment to social impact reflects his belief in addressing poverty and fostering opportunities for youth development.
Awards
Dr. Ngene Joshua has been recognized for his contributions to entrepreneurship and philanthropy with awards like the South-South Achievers Awards 2018 and Starz Awards 2019. These awards acknowledge his passion for entrepreneurship and social responsibility.
References |
76507012 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesper%20Reitan-Sunde | Jesper Reitan-Sunde | Jesper Reitan-Sunde (born 31 January 2006) is a Norwegian footballer who plays for Norwegian club Rosenborg.
Club career
In February 2023 Reitan-Sunde signed his first professional contract with Rosenborg. A year later he signed a new contract and became a part of the first team squad.
Reitan-Sunde made his Rosenborg debut 1 April 2024 when he started in the first league match of the season against Sandefjord.
Career statistics
Club
References
External links
2006 births
Living people
Norwegian men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Rosenborg BK players
Eliteserien players |
76507023 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanayrella | Lanayrella | Lanayrella is a genus of small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Acteonidae, the barrel bubble snails.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Tierra del Fuego.
Species
Species within the genus Lanayrella include:
Lanayrella ringei (Strebel, 1905)
Lanayrella vagabunda (Mabille, 1885)
References
External links
Salvador R.B. & Cunha C. (2020). Lanayrella, a new Acteonidae genus (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) from Tierra del Fuego. Journal of Natural History. 54(15-16): 1009-1018
Acteonidae |
76507076 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994%20Thomas%20Cup%20group%20stage | 1994 Thomas Cup group stage | The 1994 Thomas Cup group stage was held at Istora Senayan in Jakarta, Indonesia, from 10 to 15 May 1994.
The group stage was first stage of the tournament where only the two highest-placing teams in each of the two groups advanced to the knockout stage.
Draw
The original draw for the tournament was conducted on 5 March 1994 in London. The 8 teams will be drawn into two groups each containing four teams.
Group composition
Group A
Indonesia vs Finland
China vs Sweden
China vs Finland
Indonesia vs Sweden
Sweden vs Finland
Indonesia vs China
Group B
Malaysia vs South Korea
Denmark vs Thailand
Malaysia vs Thailand
Denmark vs South Korea
Denmark vs Malaysia
South Korea vs Thailand
References
Thomas & Uber Cup
1994 in badminton |
76507091 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerkcurb | Jerkcurb | Jacob Read (born 1992) known professionally as Jerkcurb is an English musician and artist. He has worked as a solo artist and as a member of the English band Horsey.
Biography
Jacob Read was born in 1992 in Denmark Hill, South East London, to artist parents, an American mother and English father. He is Ashkenazi Jewish through his mother but not practicing.
As well as being a musician, Read is an illustrator and animator, having studied at Kingston School of Art from 2011 to 2013. He has worked with the Tate Britain art gallery on two occasions, including being commissioned to create an animation for an exhibition on art in World War 1. His drawings have often been linked to his music as well as serving as the artwork for each of his musical releases.
In 2022 Read collaborated with Danish fashion label Wood Wood to design a clothing line.
Read is a childhood friend and neighbour of London musician Archie Marshall, better known as King Krule. Marshall shouted out Read's name in his song 'Rock Bottom' released in 2021. He began the song with the words: "This next song is dedicated to a Mr. Jacob Read".
Music career
Solo career
Read first released a version of 'Shadowshow', which would later appear on his debut album Air Con Eden', on SoundCloud and Bandcamp under the name Jerkcurb in 2010. He continued to release home recorded music until 2012. He was subsequently signed to Handsome Dad Records. He has since continued to perform under the Jerkcurb moniker.
Jerkcurb's first official release came in 2016 with the release of the single, 'Night on Earth'. The single featured '''Midnight Snack' as a B-Side and was his first to be released through Handsome Dad records. 'Night on Earth' charted for 3 weeks, peaking at 35 in the Official Charts physical single chart. 'Night on Earth' has amassed over 9,800,000 streams on Spotify
He followed up with the single Voodoo Saloon in 2017. Voodoo Saloon also charted, peaking at 43.
In 2019, Jerkcurb released his debut album, Air Con Eden. The mostly self produced album also featured production work from Pulp bassist Steve Mackey as well as Kendrick Lamar producer Tom Carmichael. The album received acclaim from various critics. At Metacritic, which aggregates ratings from critics, Air Con Eden has a score of 80 indicating "generally favourable reviews" Following the release of the album, Jerkcurb completed a tour of the UK.
Jerkcurb's cited influences include 1950s Exotica, Tom Waits, Roy Orbison, Delia Derbyshire and Grouper .
Jerkcurb has also frequently provided support for King Krule, including as part of his 2023 world tour.
With Horsey
In 2016 Jacob Read formed the band Horsey alongside Jack Marshall, fellow artist-musician and brother of musician Archie Marshall, Theo McCabe and George Bass. George Bass would later play drums on Jerkcurb's debut album. The band is a reformation of two previous bands, Words Backwards (2008-2010) and Dik Ooz.
The band released their debut album, 'Debonair', in 2021. The single 'Seahorse' from the album peaked at 69 in the physical singles chart and featured King Krule.
Discography
Solo workStudio AlbumsAir Con Eden (2019)SinglesNight On Earth (2016)
Voodoo Saloon/Little Boring Thing (2017)
Somerton Beach (2017)
Timelapse Tulip (2019)
Air Con Eden (2019)
Devils Catflap (2019)
With HorseyStudio AlbumsDebonair (2021, Untitled Recs)Singles'Everyone's Tongue (2017)Park Outside Your Mother's House (2017)Bread & Butter (2019)Sippy Cup (2020)Seahorse (2021)Lagoon'' (2021)
References
1992 births
Living people
English male singers
English rock singers
21st-century English male singers
People from Southwark
English male singer-songwriters
English singer-songwriters
People from Camberwell
Musicians from Camberwell
Alumni of Kingston University |
76507099 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanayrella%20vagabunda | Lanayrella vagabunda | Lanayrella vagabunda is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Acteonidae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 9 mm, its diameter 5 mm.
The ovate-conic shell is rather thin, solid, shining and dull reddish. It is spirally sulcate with the sulci on first whorls slightly elevated, about 5; on the body whorl 20 or 22, flattened and regularly spaced. The spire is elevated, conic-subpyramidal. The protoconch is large, white, lirate and mammillate. The contains five convex whorls, separated by an impressed suture, especially the earlier ones. The body whorl is large, two-thirds the entire length, slightly swollen, narrowed toward the base, and descending slowly to its termination. The aperture is nearly vertical and semi-ovate. The peristome is nearly straight, slightly thickened, the terminations joined by a very thin white callus. The simple outer lip is well curved. The basal margin is slightly thickened and effuse. The columellar lip is appressed. The columella is white, thickened, twisted, divided by a superficial groove, prolonged to the base of the aperture.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Cape Horn, Chile; in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil and Argentina.
References
External links
Mabille, J. (1885). Descriptions de deux mollusques marins du Cap Horn. Bulletins de la Société Malacologique de France. 2: 207-208.
Salvador R.B. & Cunha C. (2020). Lanayrella, a new Acteonidae genus (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) from Tierra del Fuego. Journal of Natural History. 54(15-16): 1009-1018.
MNHN, Paris: image
Acteonidae
Gastropods described in 1885 |
76507116 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lubom%C3%ADr%20Jedek | Lubomír Jedek | Lubomír Jedek (born 21 June 1962) also known as Lubos Jedek is a Czech former motorcycle speedway rider. He was capped by the Czechoslovak national speedway team.
Career
Jedek came to prominence in 1981 after reaching the final of the 1981 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship. He competed in the individual championships of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic from 1981 until 1998, winning a bronze medal in 1986 and 1991.
He also raced longtrack and competed in the final of the 1987 Individual Long Track World Championship. The same year he represented the Czechoslovak national team during the final of the 1987 Speedway World Team Cup.
Jedek raced in the Team Speedway Polish Championship from 1991 to 1992.
References
1962 births
Living people
Czech speedway riders
Czechoslovak speedway riders |
76507117 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San%20Juan%20de%20Villalobos | San Juan de Villalobos | San Juan de Villalobos is a corregiment in the south of the department of Cauca in the region known as Media Bota Caucana, municipality of Santa Rosa. It is located along National Route 45 a 8 km from the border between the departments of Huila and Cauca. This town is an obligatory passage between Pitalito and Mocoa and has gained relevance after the construction of National Route 45.
History
San Juan de Villalobos is a town of settlers who came to the area mostly from the Caqueta, Huila and Putumayo departments attracted by the timber wealth. The history of the settlement dates back to 1932 when a family named Villalobos entered the area motivated by the extraction of wood. Through this inhospitable place they made their way from Pitalito (Huila) entering the virgin jungle using axes and machetes. Following the largest and mightiest river they were able to open a path and decided to name it with their name. Starting in 1935, motivated by the history of the Villalobos, the first settlers began to arrive and improvised their homes with plastic and boards that they sawed themselves with the aim of exploiting the timber wealth of the place. The inhabitants transported their market on muleback and on foot. In mid-1937, the first hamlet named Santo Domingo was formed, located 5 kilometers from La Línea (or “El Cable”), a bordering place between the departments of Huila and Cauca. . The houses were built with scraps of wood that they sold, they were tiled with straw roofs, which were rustic cardboard that served as Eternit tiles, and the floor was made of dirt.
By 1948 the population had increased considerably as a result of the beginning of the construction of sections of the highway that would connect Pitalito with Mocoa, in the department of Putumayo. In response to constant fights between the inhabitants, a police station was established with 7 active uniformed officers, under the command of Don Pedro Marín, a resident of Santo Domingo, as police inspector. As the construction of the road progressed, new hamlets or villages were also formed, which is how in 1953 the La Petrolera village was founded, 10 kilometers from Santo Domingo. Constructions were established on both sides of the road with a distance of approximately one kilometer per property. In La Petrolera they founded the school with the same name in 1955 and its first teacher was Alicia Castaño Molina 71. 7 kilometers from La Petrolera, the Santa María village was founded in 1958. The school was founded the following year under the leadership of Professor Carlina Hernández. This path was 6 kilometers long with houses far from each other. In 1960, the Capuchin missionary of Spanish origin, Fray Isidore de Montclar 72, arrived in the region from the Apostolic Vicariate of Sibundoy in the neighboring department of Putumayo.
He would have a fundamental impact on the development and knowledge of the area. He ordered and was in charge of building the schools in cement material or adobes manufactured by himself. In the following years and with the progress of the highway, the San Eduardo, Las Palmeras and San Juan villages were founded in 1967. For 19 years the construction of the road was stopped, facilitating the settlement in San Juan. This last village has stood out for its population since its founding. Geographically, it is located in the middle of the road to Mocoa, which is why it functions as a midpoint between the population that lives in the lower area and the upper area of Media Bota. caucana The San Juan school was founded by teacher Aura Helena Ordóñez in 1968. In 1969, the Redemptorist Father José Restrepo López arrived in the region, through the agreement called National Contracted Schools, the schools belonged to the Vicariate at that time. from Sibundoy. He was appointed as parish priest of San Juan and as school inspector for the area. Under the leadership of this priest there were great advances in the region. Due to his profession as a cartographer, he managed to prepare the map of the municipal seat, Municipality of Santa Rosa, highlighting the regions of Villalobos, Mandiyaco (Yanacona de Santa Martha indigenous reservation) and Descanse.
Using the map he got attention in Popayán, capital of the Department, and made the territory have government recognition. In addition to national funds, he raised economic resources from Germany for the construction of churches and schools. With these resources, the churches of Santa María and San Juan were built, and a vehicle was also purchased to transport between paths and carry out masses. He also created school restaurants.
Father Restrepo López also organized the Community Action Boards in each village and guided them in achieving their legal status in the Government Secretariat of the Government of Cauca in Popayán. He had the Santa María and San Juan aqueducts built, with help managed from the Cauca Public Health Institute. Starting in 1987, he founded the towns of Sajonia, Buenos Aires and Betania located between San Juan and the bridge over the Villalobos River, bordering the Mandiyaco sector. He helped the separation of some population that lived in the La Petrolera village and created the La Quebradona village, with its respective school built in material, the first teacher was Alicia Castaño Molina. He also founded Father Restrepo López, the police inspection of San Juan and without a building yet appointed Salomón Silva (the oldest resident of Villalobos) as inspector.
In subsequent years, two more trails were created: La Esmeralda, which emerges from the upper part of Santa María, and La Florida, which emerges from the lower part. In the direction of Pitalito – Mocoa the paths are entirely: Santo Domingo, La Petrolera, La Quebradona, La Esmeralda, Santa María, La Florida, San Eduardo, Las Palmeras, San Juan, Sajonia, Buenos Aires and Betania. On October 5, 1992, the Villalobos Agricultural Educational Institution was founded. Its first rector was Delfa Rosalén Cruz Chanchi, later Javier Murillo took over, who serves as rector to this day. The first health post was founded in 1965. Five years later in 1970, with the help of the mayor of Santa Rosa, the municipal health post was opened in San Juan. Parish priests are very important characters within the community. In addition to social work such as building schools and managing resources, they become cultural managers, since the town festivals are organized by the parish and the community.
Economy
Wood extraction. The large-scale wood extraction was initially the main economic activity of the inhabitants who to settle in the Villalobos. As wood was an abundant resources, the newcomers cut down the trees with which they built their wooden houses roofed with tagua palm leaves, which also grew naturally in the region. The trees were cut down and sold to middlemen who arrived with trucks and loaded them into the interior of the country, to be sold in Cali, Valle del Cauca, to the company Cartones de Colombia, currently owned by the transnational Smurfit Kappa. As a consequence of this long-standing trade, the area was widely deforested, mostly on the banks of the road. At present, this profession is suspended in compliance with laws that prohibit the massive felling of trees for commercial purposes in the interest of protection and conservation of the environment.
The lulo bonanza. The elders say that when they first settled in the territory, it rained for a year straight. The land was not suitable for agriculture. They also did not have the knowledge to work on it. Food was brought from Huila on mule back. Year after year, with the trees decimated, the climate was transformed, and one of the endemic plants that they managed to cultivate was the lulo. The lulo grew wild, it didn’t need fertilizers or pesticides and didn’t require much care. As with wood, they sold their crops to middlemen, who then marketed them in Huila and Valle del Cauca. Economically, the cultivation and harvest of lulo meant the accumulation of capital for the peasant settlers who inhabited the region. With this income, the majority managed to buy the land they lived in, this is the case of some who currently own immense hectares of land; They also managed to build houses with materials, buy dairy cattle, horses and acquire properties in the nearby town of Pitalito, Huila. Also, some of their children were sent to Pitalito to receive quality education. But not everyone managed to make a future with the lulo bonanza. This was a purely masculine occupation, just like wood extraction.he main occupations according to the occupational census are agriculture, private employee, public employee, merchants and loggers, in addition to women housewives who have the largest number with 238, there are also panel workers, recyclers, coffee growers and cane growers.
The region's economy moves in three major sectors: agriculture, livestock and wood extraction. The majority of the population subsists on less than a minimum wage. 90% of families work the soil as farmers. Generally, the crops are for family consumption and barter within the community, called subsistence agricultural activities. Very little production is commercialized due to geographical isolation resulting from the lack of transportation routes 79. The inhabitants denounce the decline of agriculture, as a consequence of three factors: 1. the fumigations against illicit crops in the department of Putumayo in 2004 and 2005, 2. forced displacement and 3. the arrival of pests due to progressive global warming , who did not leave a lulo crop standing. In the 1990s, crops for illicit use such as poppies were planted, which, according to the Life Plan, were not successful due to the fact that the climatic conditions were not optimal, and were replaced by lulo crops.
References
Corregimientos of Colombia |
76507157 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018%20Campeonato%20Paulista%20de%20Futebol%20Feminino | 2018 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Feminino | The Paulista Football Championship of 2018 was the 26th edition of this championship women's football organized by the Paulista Football Federation (FPF). Played between March and October, the competition had thirteen participants.
Format
The 2018 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Feminino will be held in four stages:
In the first, the twelve were divided into 2 groups, one of 6 and other of 7 teams, facing each other home and away, with the four best in each group qualifying to the next round.
In the second, the eight teams were divided into 2 groups of 4 teams, facing each other home and away, with the two best in each group qualifying to the semifinals.
The semifinals and the final were played in home and away eliminatory games.
Teams
Source:
First stage
Group 1
Group 2
Second stage
Group 3
Group 4
Bracket
Semifinals
Semi-finals
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Corinthians won 3-0 on aggregate and advanced to the final.
Santos won 3-0 on aggregate and advanced to the final.
Final
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Top goalscorers
Source: Federação Paulista de Futebol
References
Women's football competitions in Brazil
Campeonato Paulista seasons |
76507159 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant%C3%B3nio%20Sala | António Sala | António Manuel Sala Mira Gomes (born in 1949) is a Portuguese radio and television presenter and journalist, as well as a singer and songwriter. He has worked in various capacities throughout his life, including as a singer, music producer and composer, journalist, radio director, radio host and television presenter. After a quite noteworthy career with the Maranata musical ensemble he achieved nationwide success with Rádio Renascença's "Despertar", the morning radio show that was a Portuguese popularity phenomenon in the 1980s and 1990s. He was once vice-president of Sport Lisboa e Benfica.
Life and career
António Sala was born in 1949 in Vilar de Andorinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, in Northern Portugal. It was on the radio that António Sala stood out the most, making his debut in 1967, at Rádio Ribatejo and Emissores Associados de Lisboa, from where he later moved to Radiodifusão Portuguesa. At the end of the 1960s, he took his first steps in music taking advantage of his studies in choral singing. He came to prominence as a member of the Maranata, a music group founded in 1972.
In 1978, he was voted announcer of the year, in what was the first of many awards he won thanks to his work as a radio presenter and director, mainly on Rádio Renascença's "Despertar" program, which aired for 18 years. Between 1981 and 1994, with the Renascença's "Despertar", the morning radio show that was a popularity phenomenon in the 1980s and 1990s and brought together António Sala in Lisbon and Olga Cardoso from Porto between 7 and 10 am, he completely dominated the national scene in this field, winning awards from Casa da Imprensa, TV Guia magazine and Nova Gente magazine. Some live broadcasts were considered innovative at the time in the country, such as those made in Vienna (Austria), Stuttgart (Germany), Seville (Spain), Macau and Expo'98 (Lisbon), or on board of planes, boats and submarines.
In 1979, he composed the hit song "Zé Brasileiro Português de Braga", in partnership with Vasco Lima Couto, which was performed by Portuguese singer Alexandra at the RTP "Festival da Canção". In 1980, again at the RTP "Festival da Canção", António Sala won the prize for best performer, along with José Cid and Alexandra. At the same time, while working in radio and music, Sala also worked in television, starting in the 1970s with the program "Música Maestro", which was followed by many others, including the competitions "Palavra Puxa Palavra" and "Um, Dois, Três", the Portuguese version of Spanish TV program Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez, in 1994 and 1995, when Sala replaced Carlos Cruz.
In 1984, he began writing jokes, an endeavour he repeated two years later due to the success of the first publishing. In 1987, he published a book of poetry entitled Palavras Despidas de Música (Words Stripped of Music). In 1995 and 1996, António Sala started teaching Journalism and Social and Cultural Communication at the Catholic University of Portugal in Lisbon. Also in 1996, he released a double CD entitled Trinta Anos de Carreira (Thirty Years of Career), featuring his greatest hits. In fiction, he presented the novel Império de Brandos Costumes (2000). Between 1997 and 2000, he was also vice-president of Sport Lisboa e Benfica (SL Benfica). He was responsible for the unsuccessful creation of a club television channel during João Vale e Azevedo's controversial presidency of SL Benfica.
Personal life
António Sala is married to Elizabeth Sala and has a son called Miguel Sala. His father's name was Arlindo Gomes and he played the accordion without knowing music and painted without any training. His mother, Carmen Sala, was a poet. As a boy, Sala dreamed of being a director or a pianist.
References
Portuguese journalists
Portuguese radio presenters
Portuguese singers
Portuguese songwriters
Portuguese television presenters |
76507189 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%203678 | NGC 3678 | NGC 3678 is a spiral galaxy located around 361 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. NGC 3678 was discovered on April 13th, 1831 by the astronomer John Herschel, and its diameter is 127,000 light-years across. NGC 3678 is not know to have much star-formation, and it is not know to have an active galactic nucleus.
References
External links
NGC objects
Spiral galaxies
Leo (constellation)
35177
6443
35177
+05-27-071
Astronomical objects discovered in 1831
Discoveries by John Herschel |
76507191 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%20Pendle%20Borough%20Council%20election | 2024 Pendle Borough Council election | The 2024 Pendle Borough Council election will take place on 2 May 2024 to elect a third of the council for the Borough of Pendle in Lancashire, England, on the same day as other local elections in England.
The council was under no overall control prior to the election. It had been governed by a coalition of Labour and the Liberal Democrats until the entire Labour caucus left the party in April 2024.
Results by ward
Barnoldswick
Barrowford and Pendleside
Boulsworth and Foulridge
Bradley
Brierfield East and Clover Hill
Brierfield West and Reedley
Earby and Coates
Fence and Higham
Marsden and Southfield
Vivary Bridge
Waterside and Horsfield
Whitefield and Walverden
References
2024
2020s in Lancashire
Pendle
May 2024 events in the United Kingdom |
76507235 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petr%20Ku%C4%8Dera | Petr Kučera | Petr Kučera (born 12 May 1953) is a Czech former motorcycle speedway rider. He was capped by the Czechoslovak national speedway team.
Career
Kučera competed in the individual championship of Czechoslovakia and won the silver medal in 1975.
He represented the Czechoslovak national team during the Speedway World Team Cup in 1973, 1975, 1976, and 1982.
References
1953 births
Living people
Czech speedway riders
Czechoslovak speedway riders |
76507271 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial%20Fred%20De%20Bruyne | Memorial Fred De Bruyne | The Memorial Fred De Bruyne is a Belgian cycling race that was organized for the first time in 1951.
The course is situated in the region of East-Flanders, with Berlare as both start and finish place.
The competition's roll of honor includes the successes of Rik Van Looy, Walter Godefroot and Greg Van Avermaet. The record of victories, however, belongs to Oliver Naesen.
For years, the race was named Grote Prijs Berlare. Since 2009, the race has been named after former cyclist and cycling reporter Fred De Bruyne, who was born in Berlare and won the race three times.
Winners
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References |
76507298 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang%20Shuguo | Wang Shuguo | Wang Shuguo (; born October 1958) is a Chinese university administrator and politician, and currently president of Fuyao Institute of Technology.
Wang was a representative of the 10th, 11th, and 12th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and was a member of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress
Biography
Wang was born in Xian County, Hebei, in October 1958. He earned his bachelor's degree, master's degree and doctor's degree, all from Harbin Institute of Technology.
After graduation, Wang stayed for teaching. Wang was a visiting scholar at the Arts et Métiers ParisTech between 1987 and 1989. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in November 1976. Wang was elevated to full professor in 1993 and was promoted again to vice president 1998.
Wang got involved in politics in January 1999, when he was appointed director of the Heilongjiang Provincial Science and Technology Department.
In March 2002, Wang moved back to Harbin Institute of Technology, where he was proposed as president.
In April 2014, Wang was transferred to Xi'an Jiaotong University and appointed president.
In March 2024, Wang recruited as president of Fuyao Institute of Technology by Cao Dewang.
References
1958 births
Living people
People from Xian County
Harbin Institute of Technology
Xi'an Jiaotong University
Fuyao Institute of Technology
Delegates to the 10th National People's Congress
Delegates to the 11th National People's Congress
Delegates to the 12th National People's Congress
Members of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress
People's Republic of China politicians from Hebei
Chinese Communist Party politicians from Hebei |
76507300 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%20Wicklow%20County%20Council%20election | 2024 Wicklow County Council election | An election to all 32 seats on Wicklow County Council will be held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections. County Wicklow is divided into 6 local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
Retiring incumbents
The following councillors are not seeking re-election:
Candidates by LEA
Arklow
Baltinglass
Bray East
Bray West
Greystones
Wicklow
References
Sources
Wicklow
Wicklow County Council elections |
76507315 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994%20Thomas%20Cup%20knockout%20stage | 1994 Thomas Cup knockout stage | The knockout stage for the 1994 Thomas Cup in Jakarta, Indonesia began on 17 May 1994 with the semi-finals and ended on 21 May 1994 with the final.
Qualified teams
The top two placed teams from each of the two groups qualified for this stage.
Bracket
Semi-finals
Semi-final 1
Semi-final 2
Final
References
Thomas & Uber Cup
1992 in badminton |
76507318 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9%20Luis%20de%20Pando%20Villarroya | José Luis de Pando Villarroya | José Luis de Pando Villarroya (born in La Palma (Cartagena), Murcia, in 1937 ), is a Spanish journalist, economist and lawyer.
Biography and professional career
He received his doctorate in Information Sciences from the Complutense University of Madrid . He has published more than seventy books, essays and dictionaries. He has been a TV presenter, a radio announcer, a seaman. He has traveled all over the world, across the five continents, studying their cultures, customs, languages and dedicating his entire career to compiling dictionaries, glossaries and vocabularies of a large number of subjects, including zoology and botany.
Work
Among his more than seventy published books, the following can be highlighted:
Diccionario de voces de la masonería - autor: José Luis de Pando Villarroya, Madrid : Pando Ediciones, 1996.
Pedro de Castejón, marino - autor: José Luis de Pando Villarroya, Madrid Pando Ediciones 1983.
Colón y su cronología - autor: José Luis de Pando Villarroya,, Madrid : Pando, 1987, ©1986.
Pieter van der Does, marino - autor: José Luis de Pando Villarroya, Madrid Pando 1984.
Colón, marino : drama histórico en tres actos - autor: José Luis de Pando Villarroya, Madrid : Pando Ediciones, 1987.
Maimonides - autor: José Luís de Pando Villarroya, Madrid : Pando Ediciónes, 1982.
Colón y el viaje primero - autor: Christopher Columbus, Madrid : Pando Ediciones, 1987, ©1986.
Colón y el viaje tercero autor: Christopher Columbus, Madrid : Pando Ediciones, 1986.
La Intendencia de la Armada - autor: José Luis de Pando Villarroya, Madrid : Pando Ediciones, 1982
Colón y Fernández de Navarrete - autor: José Luis de Pando Villarroya, Madrid : Pando Eds., 1986
See also
José María Martínez-Hidalgo iTerán
Martín Fernández de Navarrete
Christopher Columbus
Geoffrey Parker
References
External links
José Luis de Pando
Spanish journalists
Living people |
76507321 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urszula%20Chowaniec | Urszula Chowaniec | Urszula Chowaniec, also Ula Chowaniec (born 17 May 1976 in Oświęcim - Polish literary scholar, literary critic, professor of humanities.
Biography
She spent her childhood and youth in Oświęcim where she graduated from the Stanisław Konarski High School in Oświęcim, becoming the best graduate in 1995. In 2000, she earned a master's degree in Polish philology from the Jagiellonian University.
She studied philosophy and journalism at the same university. She wrote her doctoral thesis on the emancipatory work of the Jewish writer and feminist, Irena Krzywicka, under the supervision of Professor Stanisław Jaworski. Since 2000, she has lived permanently outside Poland, teaching Polish literature, women's literature and the Polish language in various research centres. In 2017, she received her doctoral degree from the Faculty of Polish Studies at the Jagiellonian University. Since 2018 she has been living in Stockholm where she teaches at Paidea - the European Institute for Jewish Studies in Sweden and at Lund University. She has three children, Alexander, Hana and Max.
Academic work
After completing her PhD, while working at University College London, she went to Finland, where she worked at the University of Tampere. Since 2007, she has been affiliated with the Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Kraków Academy, where she teaches cultural and literary theory and history of literature, and culture of the Polish language.
From 2011 to 2018, she worked in the Department of Slavonic East European Studies at University College London . Since 2020, she has been lecturing on Jewish women's literature in Stockholm at the European Paideia Institute for Jewish Research. In addition, she holds a professorship at the Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Academy and is a lecturer at Lund University. She also holds an Honorary Research Fellowship in the Department of Slavonic and East European Studies at the University College of London.
As part of her scholarly activities, she records with Katarzyna Tubylewicz the literary podcast SNACK: Stockholm Talks,and organises scholarly and artistic events.
She has curated exhibitions and festivals, including One Hundred Years, so What? - an exhibition on the centenary of women's emancipation in Poland organised by the Centrala gallery in Birmingham .
She is currently working on a monograph on the poetry of Irena Klepfisz Her most recent research focuses on Jewish history and Jewish identity in women's literature.
Books
In Search of a Woman: On the Early Novels of Irena Krzywicka , WUJ 2007.
Melancholic Migrating Bodies in Contemporary Polish Women's Writing, Cambridge Scholar Publishing '', 2015
Footnotes
External links
''Foreigners''' - an academic website about publications, meetings and events and projects of Prof. Urszula Chowaniec
Urszula Chowaniec's project Leader. Musical Tributes about women's literature and songwriting
Urszula Chowaniec's courses on women's literature and Jewish literature at the School of Jewish Studies - Paideia
Ula Chowaniec and Katarzyna Tubylewicz's podcasts SNACK: Stockholm Chatter]
Urszula Chowaniec talks about her project of Irena Klepfisz
Interview with Irena Klepfisz, Stockholm, Bait, May 2019
''E-migrating Landcapes. Seminars organized by Urszula Chowaniec at the at University College London, 2013-2018]
Jagiellonian University alumni
1974 births
Feminists
Literary theorists
Contemporary philosophy
Western philosophy |
76507331 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976%20Balestier%20Road%20shooting | 1976 Balestier Road shooting | On 18 October 1976, two armed robbers, Tay Cher Kiang (郑芝强 Zhèng Zhīqiáng) and Chang Bock Eng (庄木荣 Zhuāng Mùróng), held several people hostage at a paint shop in Balestier Road in an attempt to commit armed robbery, and during the holdup, Chang, who wielded a revolver, engaged in a gunfight with the police, injuring a police constable named Neo Koon San (梁坤山 Liáng Kūnshān) during the confrontation. Both Chang and Tay were subsequently arrested and charged under the Arms Offences Act for the unauthorized use of firearms. Both Chang and Tay were found guilty and sentenced to death in August 1977, and they were hanged on 9 May 1980 after exhausting all avenues of appeal, which all ended with failure.
Armed holdup and gunfight
On the evening of 18 October 1976, at a paint shop in Singapore's Balestier Road, an armed hold-up by two gunmen took place at the shop itself, followed by a gunfight that broke out between the gunmen and the police.
On the day in question, at the paint shop, two armed robbers, one wielding a dagger and the other wielding a .38 Colt revolver, barged into the shop and held a total of three people hostage; the hostage trio consisted of the shop's 55-year-old owner Chan Chin Tong (曾振栋 Zēng Zhèndòng), his 57-year-old sister-in-law Kang Geok Hun (康玉云 Kāng Yùyún) and Kang's 41-year-old nephew Chan Tai Peow (曾太宝Zēng Tàibǎo). One of the robbers held the hostages on gunpoint and demanded them to hand over their valuables. While the hostages handed over their money to the robbers, a female passer-by witnessed the hold-up and called the police.
Two patrol cars later arrived at the scene upon the making of the police report. The first police officer to arrive at the scene was 23-year-old Police Constable (PC) Neo Koon San, who drove the first patrol car to the scene. As soon as PC Neo alighted the car, he was shot in the right upper arm and thumb by the gunman, and therefore collapsed on the ground, and the fallen officer's colleague, 34-year-old police sergeant Tan Kah Kiau (陈家健 Chén Jiājiàn), who drove the other patrol car, went inside the shop to confront the gunman. A brief shoot-out therefore took place in the shop between Sergeant Tan and the gunman, who was holding Chan Chin Tong on gunpoint during the shoot-out. Eventually, Sergeant Tan managed to wound the gunman in the stomach and subdued him with the help of several other arriving policemen.
The injured gunman was therefore arrested and taken to Singapore General Hospital for treatment while under police custody, and the second perpetrator, who was also hurt during the gunfight, had fled and police were still tracing his whereabouts, and sent a team of officers to conduct a manhunt for the accomplice in the nearby area; his dagger was abandoned at the scene of crime. As for PC Neo and Chan Chin Tong, the latter who was injured on the shoulder by a stray bullet, they were both rushed to Toa Payoh Hospital for immediate treatment, and both of them survived their injuries. Likewise, the gunman, who was in critical condition when he was first admitted in the hospital, survived after undergoing a surgery, and he was subsequently transferred to Changi Prison Hospital to continue recovering from his gunshot wounds.
In the aftermath of the shoot-out, the police commissioner Tan Teck Khim commended the two police officers present at the scene for their courage and utmost efforts to fulfill their line of duty during the shooting incident, and the member of the public for reporting the matter to the police on time. PC Neo and Chan both later recovered from their injuries.
Investigations
While he was still hospitalized, the injured gunman, identified as 30-year-old Chang Bock Eng, was charged with firing a revolver at Police Constable Neo Koon San three days prior Meanwhile, the police continued to search for Chang's accomplice and they also established his identity. The accomplice, who was a member of a notorious gang of robbers, was arrested less than a week after during a police round-up, which also oversaw the capture of another eight gang members. The accomplice, identified as 29-year-old Tay Cher Kiang, was charged for being an accomplice of Chang with the knowledge that Chang possessed and would use a firearm to commit a crime.
As the death sentence was mandated under the Arms Offences Act for the unlicensed use of firearms in Singapore, both Chang and Tay would be handed the death penalty if found guilty. The two men were remanded to assist in investigations while pending trial for their roles in the shoot-out. Prior to this, the Arms Offences Act was first enacted in 1973 in an attempt by the government of Singapore to reduce the rates of gun-related crime and violence in Singapore.
In November 1976, both Tay and Chang were brought back to court to face additional charges for unrelated crimes they committed prior to the armed hold-up at Balestier Road. Tay and Chang were both accused of robbing a 40-year-old Ng Lee Sing of S$16,300 at MacPherson Road on 20 October 1975, and the both of them were also charged with robbing a 39-year-old Chew Chin Lee of S$3,000 at Ramlai Road on 26 May 1976. On both occasions, Chang was also armed with a revolver while Tay wielded a knife on the second robbery.
Apart from the crimes he and Tay committed together, Chang was also solely responsible for three more criminal cases that occurred before the shoot-out. Chang had stolen a motorcycle worth S$1,500 from a man named Leong Kaw at Geylang in August 1975, and he also committed two robberies in August 1975 and July 1976 respectively, and he made off with a watch worth S$350 and about $5,200 in cash from both these robberies. In total, Chang faced five fresh charges while Tay had another two criminal charges pending against him for the unrelated cases he and Chang got involved in. All the while since October 1976, the pair were remanded in prison while awaiting trial for the shooting incident at Balestier Road.
Trial
In August 1977, Tay Cher Kiang and Chang Bock Eng stood trial at the High Court for their roles in the armed holdup and gunfight. Chang faced one count of unlawful discharge of a firearm with intent to cause harm under Section 4 of the Arms Offences Act, while Tay faced one count of being an accomplice of a person at the scene of a firearm offence under Section 5 of the Arms Offences Act. Although both charges were of a different nature, they both carried the death penalty. The trial, which was presided by both Justice Dennis Cosmos D'Cotta (D C D'Cotta) and Justice Frederick Arthur Chua (F A Chua), was delayed at one point due to one of the defendants, Chang, falling ill during the proceedings and was therefore unfit to stand trial. Throughout the trial, Tay was represented by defence lawyer Lim Chye Huat while Chang was represented by both A Ramanujan and R Doraisamy.
The prosecution, led by Lawrence Ang and Theresa Teh, presented to the court that both men had entered the paint shop with intention to commit armed robbery, and the turn of events that ultimately led to the gunfight. The court was told that after Chang and Tay intruded the shop and held the shop owner Chan Chin Tong and his two other relatives hostage, Chang forced Chan's nephew to go open up the shop's safe, while Tay was told to guard both Chan and his sister-in-law Kang Geok Hun. Kang appeared as a witness and said that she heard Chang threatening to shoot Chan, and she was also forced to hand over her two diamond rings to the two armed men, who also managed to reap S$1,000 from the hostages. Police Constable Neo Koon San, who was promoted to Corporal by August 1977, appeared in court to testify that Chang had threatened to shoot Chan, when the gunman was confronted by the police officers that arrived at the shop, and he also testified how he was being shot at by Chang while he tried to intervene in the situation. PC Ho Yu Chon, another police officer present at the scene, testified that he heard the gunshot coming from inside the shop and Corporal Neo was therefore injured, before Sergeant Tan Kah Kiau (who also became a witness) gunned down Chang and arrested him, after Chang did not heed Sergeant Tan's request to surrender. A 18-year-old clerk Ng Gek Lang, who was the final witness out of 27 prosecution witnesses, testified that she heard a couple of gunshots outside her house, and she also witnessed one man running into the house of her neighbour Chua Hang Piow, and later, she saw police entering Chua's house and came out with a shirt, which the prosecution argued was worn by Tay before he removed it and changed into another shirt prior to his escape.
Based on the statements given by Chang to Inspector R Balasubramaniam, who recorded the statements with the help of a female intepreter Chi Pin Hoon during Chang's hospitalization, Chang denied that he opened fire inside the paint shop. Chang told the inspector that he never meant to shoot the gun and harm anyone, and he claimed that when he held Chan at gunpoint, he was shot on the arm and dropped his gun, and somehow heard another gunshot, and he never knew how Corporal Neo was shot in spite of him not firing the gun throughout the confrontation. As for Tay, he denied that he gave his statements voluntarily, and Tay, who was a self-confessed heroin addict, claimed that during police interrogation, he was suffering from drug withdrawal symptoms and was full of discomfort, and he was not fit to give his account to the police, and sought to have his statements ruled inadmissible as evidence.
At the close of the prosecution's case, the trial court ruled that there was a case for both Chang and Tay to answer, and they both elected to put up their defence after the court told them to enter their defence. Chang, who was the first to testify on the stand, told the court that it was not an intentional shooting. He testified that he never intended to use the gun to harm anyone, and he only used it to threaten the hostages on gunpoint and demand the money from them. Chang said that when he was confronted by the policemen, he never fired the gun and only aimed it at Chan Chin Tong's head, verbally threatening to shoot Chan if any of the policemen came nearer to him. Chang testified that he heard a shot ringing out during a brief struggle between him and the policemen and Chan cried out in pain, while he himself felt his right hand turned numb and he dropped the gun before the police closed in to him and subdued him. As for Tay, he stated that he was unaware of the revolver in Chang's possession, and he only realized that Chang was armed with the revolver but he stayed on out of fear of Chang, and Tay also said his role was only limited to being a look-out and guarding the hostages while Chang did most of the dirty work.
On 26 August 1977, after a trial lasting 11 days, the two trial judges - Justice F A Chua and Justice D C D'Cotta - delivered their verdict. Justice Chua, who pronounced the decision in court, stated that the two judges found that Chang had indeed deliberately fired the revolver at Corporal Neo, and he did so with the intention and motive to cause physical harm to the policeman, and it was therefore not an accidental shooting as what Chang insisted in his defence. Turning to Tay's role in the shoot-out, Justice Chua cited that Tay had the knowledge that Chang was armed with a revolver and he knew that it would be potentially used during the course of armed robbery, and he never took steps to prevent Chang from using the firearm, and he was effectively considered to be in voluntary association with Chang and consorting with a man armed with a firearm. Based on these findings, the two trial judges concluded that there are sufficient grounds to convict both accused of all the respective charges preferred against them.
Therefore, 31-year-old Chang Bock Eng was found guilty of unlawfully discharging his firearm with intent to cause harm under Section 4 of the Arms Offences Act, while 29-year-old Tay Cher Kiang was found guilty under Section 5 of the Arms Offences Act for being an accomplice of Chang during the course of the offence Chang committed. For their respective convictions, both Chang and Tay were sentenced to death by hanging.
Appeal processes
On 21 February 1979, both Chang Bock Eng and Tay Cher Kiang, who were represented by P Suppiah and J B Jeyaretnam respectively, submitted appeals to the Court of Appeal, the highest court of Singapore, to review their convictions and sentences. However, the Court of Appeal's three-judge panel - consisting of Chief Justice Wee Chong Jin and two Supreme Court judges Choor Singh and T S Sinnathuray - dismissed the appeals and upheld the trial ruling.
After the dismissal of their appeals, both Chang and Tay filed legal motions for special leave to appeal to the Privy Council in London against their convictions and sentences, but the Privy Council dismissed the motion on 2 November 1979, and therefore confirming the death penalty for the condemned pair.
As a final recourse to be spared the gallows, both Tay and Chang made a final death row plea for clemency to the President of Singapore with hopes to commute their death sentences to life in prison. However, then President Benjamin Sheares rejected their petitions and finalized their death sentences.
Execution of the robbers
On 9 May 1980, after eating their last breakfast, 34-year-old Chang Bock Eng and 31-year-old Tay Cher Kiang were both hanged in Changi Prison at dawn. Tay and Chang were the eighth and ninth persons to be put to death under the Arms Offences Act since 1973, and before the pair, there were seven people (including "Bakar Negro" Sha Bakar Dawood) executed in four previous cases prosecuted under the Act.
A Singaporean Chinese newspaper Sin Chew Jit Poh published an exclusive article about the case two days after the double executions of Tay and Chang. It was used as a case example to remind readers, especially those of young age, to not commit crimes, especially those that attract capital punishment which might lead to them losing their lives.
See also
Arms Offences Act
Capital punishment in Singapore
List of major crimes in Singapore
References
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1976 crimes in Singapore
Non-fatal shootings
Capital punishment in Singapore
Violence against men in Asia
Incidents of violence against men
20th-century executions by Singapore
Crimes against police officers in Singapore |
76507339 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%20BBL%20Playoffs | 2024 BBL Playoffs | The 2024 BBL Playoffs will be the concluding postseason of the 2023–24 Basketball Bundesliga season. The playoffs will start on 17 May and end on 17 June 2024.
Playoff qualifying
Teams ranked 7 through 10 will participate in the play-in tournament to determine seeds 7 and 8.
Bracket
The first round will be played in a best-of-three and the other three rounds will be played in a best-of-five format.
References
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Official website
Basketball Bundesliga |
76507360 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palasport%20Flaminio | Palasport Flaminio | Palasport Flaminio is an indoor sporting arena located in Rimini, Italy. The seating capacity of the arena for basketball games is 3,118 people.
History
Palasport Flaminio was built in two different sections: the first part, including only the swimming pool and a gym, was completed in 1972, while a second part, that includes the main sports hall, was officially opened on September 25, 1977. It immediately became the new home sports hall of Basket Rimini. The team, which was playing in Serie B at the time, achieved promotion to Serie A2 for the first time in its history at the end of that season.
Among the various disciplines, the arena was used also for handball: two different teams from the town of Rimini (Pallamano Rimini and Handball Club Rimini) were both competing in Serie A in those years.
At the end of the 1983–84 season, Basket Rimini obtained promotion to Serie A1, the highest-tier level of the Italian basketball league system. In the following years, the team continued to play mainly between Serie A1 and Serie A2. Multiple basketball champions played at Flaminio as opponents, such as Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame members Bob McAdoo, Oscar Schmidt, George Gervin, Dino Radja and Dominique Wilkins, as well as some NBA All-Stars including Mike Mitchell, Micheal Ray Richardson and Manu Ginóbili, and other great players like Darryl Dawkins and Toni Kukoč. Between 1998 and 2000, Basket Rimini qualified also for the FIBA Korać Cup, the third-tier level club competition in European basketball.
The arena also hosted concerts, especially during its first decades. James Brown and Ray Charles performed here.
The local basketball team (in the meantime renamed Basket Rimini Crabs) left the Palasport Flaminio in February 2003, moving to the new and more capacious 105 Stadium. They played in Legadue (the new name of Serie A2) at the new arena until 2011, then the club had economic problems and started again from the fourth highest league. Playing in the minor leagues, the team returned to play at the Palasport Flaminio.
A new club was created in 2018 under the name Rinascita Basket Rimini, which subsequently acquired the historic title of the Crabs. Through this new project, the team achieved two promotions in four years, therefore the Palasport Flaminio returned to hosting Serie A2 matches.
See also
List of indoor arenas in Italy
References
Indoor arenas in Italy
Basketball venues in Italy |
76507367 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikel%20Gogorza | Mikel Gogorza | Mikel Johan Gogorza Krüger-Johnsen (born 27 September 2006) is a Danish footballer who plays as a left winger for the U-19 squad of Danish Superliga club FC Midtjylland.
Club career
Early years
Gogorza started playing football when he was four years old at B 1903. After a few years, he switched to local club BSV. Here, the offensive player played until the age of eight before moving on to Lyngby BK's youth department.
He spent five years at Lyngby, after which he returned to the Copenhagen football environment to play at U13, U14 and finally U15 for F.C. Copenhagen. Halfway through his time as an U15 player, Gogorza felt it was time to try something new. He then joined FC Midtjylland at the age of 14. After a good start to his new adventure, where Gogorza had scored four goals for his new club in the U15 league, Gogorza signed his first contract with Midtjylland, putting his signature on a 3-year youth contract in October 2021.
FC Midtjylland
On September 27, 2023, Gogorza was included in the first team squad for the first time when he was selected for a cup match against Næstved Boldklub, but without playing. In November and December 2023, he was also on the bench for two Danish Superligas, again without making his debut.
In January 2024, 17-year-old Gogorza traveled with the first team to Portugal for a training camp and from there, it wasn't long before he made his official debut; On February 18, 2024, Gorgoza came on for the final 11 minutes of the Danish Superliga match against Brøndby IF. At 17 years and 144 days, he became the third youngest Midtjylland player ever to make his debut.
Personal life
Gogorza is of Danish-Basque descent with a mother from Denmark and a father from the Basque Country. Therefore, he has both a Danish and a French passport.
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Living people
Danish men's footballers
Men's association football wingers
Denmark men's youth international footballers
Boldklubben 1903 players
BK Søllerød-Vedbæk players
Lyngby Boldklub players
F.C. Copenhagen players
FC Midtjylland players
Danish Superliga players |
76507389 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950%20Afghan%20invasion%20of%20Balochistan | 1950 Afghan invasion of Balochistan | On September 30 1950, Afghan forces and pro-Pashtunistan tribesmen crossed the Durand line from Afghanistan and thus invaded Pakistan. The invading force penetrated about 20km into Pakistan before being withdrawn by the counteroffensive initiated by Pakistani forces.
Background
Hostilities existed between Afghanistan and the newly independent Pakistan since 1947, when Afghanistan became the only country to vote against the admission of Pakistan to the United Nations. Before Pakistan's independence, Afghanistan advocated the independence of its north-west frontier, although the region's predominant Pashtun population had voted overwhelmingly in favor of Pakistan over India in the referendum held in July 1947. 99.02% votes were cast in favor of Pakistan. Though the proposed Pashtunistan state by Afghanistan fluctuated in size over time, the Balochistan province of Pakistan was also frequently included in the Greater Pastunistan definition to gain access to the Arabian sea in case Pakistan failed as a state, as Afghanistan had expected, but the idea became unpopular.
The International border between British India and Afghanistan was established after the 1893 Durand Line Agreement between British Mortimer Durand of British India and Amir Abdur Rahman Khan of Afghanistan for fixing the limit of their respective spheres of influence. The single-page agreement, which contains seven short articles, was signed by Durand and Khan, agreeing not to exercise political interference beyond the frontier line between what was then the Emirate of Afghanistan and what was also then the British Indian Empire. The Durand Line was reaffirmed as the International Border between Afghanistan and British India in the 1919 Anglo-Afghan War after the Afghan independence. The Afghans undertook to stop interference on the British side of the line in the subsequent Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919 in Rawalpindi.
Pakistan inherited the Durand Line agreement after its independence in 1947, but the Afghan Government has always refused to accept the Durand Line Agreement. Afghanistan has several times tried to seize Pakistan's western provinces of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The then Afghan Prime Minister, Muhammad Hashim, said "if an independent Pashtunistan cannot be set up, the frontier province should join Afghanistan. Our neighbor Pakistan will realize that our country, with its population and trade, needs an outlet to the sea, which is very essential", in an interview with the Statesman. In 1949, Pakistan Air Force bombed the Afghan sponsored militant camps in border areas including an Afghan village to curb an unrest led by Ipi Faqir propagating independent Pashtunistan. Border clashes were reported in 1949–50 for the first time.
Invasion
On 30 September 1950, Afghan forces and allied pro-Pashtunistan tribesmen crossed Durand line and occupied Bogra pass, a strategic pass about 30km north of Chaman with the aim of capturing the Quetta-Chaman railway link. The invading force containing Afghan troops was also supported by Afghan artillery. Although Afghanistan government officially denied it's involvement and asserted that the invaders were pro-Pashtunistan tribesmen.
Counteroffensive
Upon the reception of reports about Afghan invasion, Pakistan Army was rushed to the area to repel the invasion. After 6 days of fighting Pakistani forces retook the control of area and Afghan invading force was pushed back into Afghan territory. Pakistan army was supported by Pakistan Air Force which provided air support.
References |
76507399 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%203396 | NGC 3396 | NGC 3396 is a peculiar barred irregular galaxy in the constellation Leo Minor. The galaxy lies about 80 million light years away from Earth, which means, given its apparent dimensions, that NGC 3396 is approximately 85,000 light years across. It was discovered by William Herschel on December 7, 1785.
Characteristics
NGC 3396 forms an interacting pair with NGC 3395, a spiral galaxy that lies 1.5 arcminutes from NGC 3396. The mass ratio of the two galaxies is about 1.5 to 1, with NGC 3395 being the more massive of the two. The two galaxies appear seperate but a bridge of material is visible between them and tidal tails are observed. Dynamical modelling of the pair suggests that the two galaxies had a first close encounter in the past, which resulting in gas been stripped from NGC 3395 and forming a tidal tail to the south-east. A second close encounter took place about 50 million years ago, resulting to starburst activity. The two galaxies will most likely merge in the next 500 million years.
The galaxy hosts a number of HII regions that are star forming with the region of most intense star formation being in the center of the galaxy. The average size of the knots in NGC 3396 is an order of magnitude larger than those in NGC 3395. The central region of NGC 3396 is estimated to host 1,000 to 2,000 Wolf-Rayet stars and tens of thousands of O-type stars. The star formation rate in the circumnuclear is estimated to be 0.15 per year and in the rest of the galaxy 0.39 .
The nucleus of the galaxy has been found to be active and based on its spectrum it has been categorised as a LINER. Kinematic analysis of the gas indicates there is gas inflow to the centre of the galaxy along its bar and also there is an biconal outflow element that could be galactic wind from a supermassive black hole in the nucleus.
Nearby galaxies
The NGC 3395/3396 pair is part of the NGC 3430 Group or LGG 218. Other members of the group include the galaxies NGC 3381, NGC 3424, NGC 3430, NGC 3442, and IC 2604. IC 2604 lies 14 arcmin to the south-west of the pair and IC 2608 14 arcmin to the south-east. The group is part of the Leo II groups, which is part of the Virgo Supercluster.
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Astronomical objects discovered in 1785 |
76507411 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midsummer%20Night%20%28TV%20series%29 | Midsummer Night (TV series) | Midsummer Night is an upcoming Norwegian language television series by Netflix. The series will be premiered on 11 April 2024 on Netflix. It is co-written and directed by Per-Olav Sørensen. It stars Pernilla August, Dennis Storhøi and Christopher Wollter.
Plot
During a midsummer party, Carina (Pernilla August) and Johannes (Dennis Storhøi) choose to reveal a big secret to their family and friends which sets off a chain of unforeseen consequences.
Cast
Pernilla August as Carina
Dennis Storhøi as Johannes
Christopher Wollter as Hakan
Kadir Talabani as Tabur
References
Netflix
Netflix original programming
Norwegian-language television shows |
76507412 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%204825 | NGC 4825 | NGC 4825 is a lenticular galaxy located around 230 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. NGC 4825 was discovered on March 27th, 1786 by the astronomer William Herschel, and its diameter is 133,000 light-years across. NGC 4825 is not know to have much star-formation, and it does not have an active galactic nucleus.
Nearby and satellite galaxies
NGC 4825 does have one suspected satellite galaxy, J12571108-1339100, a dwarf elliptical galaxy.
Some nearby galaxies are NGC 4823, NGC 4829, and NGC 4820.
References
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Principal Galaxies Catalogue objects
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76507416 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad%20Rahim%20Khan%20Madrasah | Muhammad Rahim Khan Madrasah | The Muhammad Rahim Khan Madrasah (Uzbek : Muhammad Rahimxon madrasasi) is a Madrasah in Itchan Kala, the historic old town of Khiva, Uzbekistan. It is part of the UNESCO world heritage.
Building
The Muhammad Rahim Khan Madrasah is one of the largest in Khiva, and is located directly opposite the Konya Ark citadel. It has a size of 62 meters by 50 meters. It was built in 1871 on behalf of Khan Said Muhammad Rahim II (reign 1863 to 1910), who was also a well-known poet under the pseudonym Feruz Shah.
It was built as the last of the large madrasahs in Khiva. The rectangular building has a courtyard with four iwans. There are also small towers on the corners. The large entrance portal has a complicated vestibule with a five-span arcade. The student quarters of the madrasah are covered with Balkhi type domes. In addition to the living rooms, the madrasah also has utility rooms. There is a domed mosque in the south wing.
Sources
Alexey Arapov: The historical monuments of Uzbekistan. SMI-ASIA, Tashkent 2016, ISBN 978-9943-17-075-9, Chiva, p. 95.
Ouzbékistan, guide Le Petit Futé, edition 2012
Archaeological sites in Uzbekistan
History of Uzbekistan
Khiva
Madrasas in Uzbekistan
World Heritage Sites in Uzbekistan
Schools in Uzbekistan |
76507438 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annelie%20%28film%29 | Annelie (film) | Annelie is a 1941 German historical comedy drama film directed by Josef von Báky and starring Luise Ullrich, Werner Krauss and Käthe Haack. It was shot at the Babelsberg and Tempelhof Studios in Berlin and on location around Königsberg in East Prussia. The film's sets were designed by the art director Emil Hasler. It was based on a play of the same title by Walter Lieck. It was screened at the 1941 Venice Film Festival.
Cast
Luise Ullrich as Annelie Dörensen
Werner Krauss as Katasteramtsrat Reinhold Dörensen
Käthe Haack as Seine Frau
Karl Ludwig Diehl as Dr. Martin Laborius
Albert Hehn as Reinhold Laborius, Sohn
John Pauls-Harding as Gerhard Laborius - Sohn
Axel von Ambesser as Georg
Johannes Schütz as Rudi Laborius, Sohn
Eduard von Winterstein as Sanitätsrat Heberlein
Josefine Dora as Hebamme
Ilse Fürstenberg as Hausmädchen Ida
Claude Farell as Ballettschülerin Helene
Ursula Herking as Kellnerin bei Ballveranstaltung
Agnes Windeck as Schwester Martha
References
Bibliography
Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
Giesen, Rolf. Nazi Propaganda Films: A History and Filmography. McFarland, 2003.
Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1941. Klaus-Archiv, 2006.
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Films of Nazi Germany
German drama films
1941 drama films
1940s German-language films
Films directed by Josef von Báky
German black-and-white films
1940s German films
Films shot at Tempelhof Studios
Films shot at Babelsberg Studios
UFA GmbH films
German historical films
1940s historical films
Films set in the 19th century
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76507445 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish%20Union | Polish Union | The Polish Union (, ZP), also known as the Regional Agreement RdR (, PR-RdR) in 1993, was a Christian-democratic centre-right political party in Poland. The party was founded by defectors from Polish Christian-democratic party Movement for the Republic, who left the party over the dispute regarding forming a possible coalition with Centre Agreement, the party that Movement for the Republic was itself a split from. Shortly after being formed, the Polish Union announced an electoral union with the Centre Agreement in June 1993, known as Centre Agreement – Polish Union.
In the 1993 Polish parliamentary election, Centre Agreement - Polish Union won 609,973 votes which amounted to 4.42%, falling short of reaching the 5% electoral treshold needed in order to gain seats in the Sejm. However, the party did win a single seat in the Senate. After the defeat in the 1993 election, the party left Centre Agreement - Polish Union and re-registered itself as a separate party. The Polish Union then became one of the founding members of the Solidarity Electoral Action (AWS), and 7 of the party members gained seats in the 1997 Polish parliamentary election as part of the AWS. The party then dissolved in 1997 to join the Social Movement.
History
The party has its origins in Centre Agreement, a moderate Christian-democratic party founded in May 1990, which participated in the 1991 Polish parliamentary election as part of the Centre Civic Alliance, a coalition supported by President Lech Wałęsa. After the election, new Sejm disbanded the short-lived cabinet of Jan Krzysztof Bielecki and formed the Cabinet of Jan Olszewski, led by Centre Agreement.
The cabinet of Olszewski as known as the "Agreement of Five", as it consisted of five centre to centre-right parties - Liberal Democratic Congress, Confederation of Independent Poland, Christian National Union, Peasants' Agreement and the Centre Agreement. However, internal infighting between the government members proved paralysing to Olszewski, and in 1992 President Wałęsa officially withdrew his support for Olszewski and his cabinet, prompting its downfall. Waldemar Pawlak became the new Prime Minister of Poland, coming from post-communist Polish People's Party.
Blaming the president as well as leader of Centre Agreement, Jarosław Kaczyński, for the downfall of his cabinet, Olszewski and party members loyal to him left the party to form Movement for the Republic (RdR) in 1992. As the party started preparing itself for the 1993 Polish parliamentary election, a faction of the party led by Andrzej Anusz proposed an electoral agreement with the Centre Agreement, considering it a pragmatic option that is necessary in order for the RdR to cross the electoral threshold and keep its seats in the Sejm.
However, Olszewski strongly opposed this proposal, and the subsequent conflict led Anusz and his faction to leave Movement for the Republic. Those who left founded Regional Agreement RdR, led by Anusz and Barczyk. Anusz and his new party then carried out their plan for an electoral agreement with Kaczyński, forming Centre Agreement – Polish Union. However, the party failed to cross the 5% electoral threshold as it earned 4.42% of the popular vote in the 1993 elections.
The agreement with Centre Agreement was then dissolved, and Polish Union was registered as a separate party under the leadership of Kazimierz Barczyk. The Polish Union continued its strategy of trying to cooperate with fellow centre-right parties, and in the 1995 Polish presidential election the party endorsed Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz for president.
In 1996, the party became on the founding members of the Solidarity Electoral Action. In the 1997 Polish parliamentary election, the party ran as a part of the Solidarity Electoral Action, with 7 of the party members gaining mandates in the Sejm. These were:
Andrzej Anusz;
Kazimierz Barczyk;
Joanna Fabisiak;
Marek Markiewicz;
Bernard Szweda;
Tomasz Wełnicki;
Piotr Wójcik.
The party dissolved in 1998 to join the Social Movement.
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Senate
Ideology
The Polish Union was a Christian-democratic and a centre-right party. It identified with Political Catholicism and argued that the Polish state should take a protective role towards the Catholic Church, protecting it from anti-clerical policies as well as unfair ideological attacks. It particularly condemned the "leftist-post-communist milieu" for its harsh anti-clerical rhetoric, although it made a reference to the existence of few left-wing groupings that were friendly towards the Church. Prominent member of the party, Andrzej Anusz, described the party as "Solidarity-based, pro-independence, Christian democratic, and popular-national".
In administrative matters, the party stated its strong preference for a parliamentary republic over a presidential republic, stating that the Prime Minister should have the power to manage all government ministries, with no presidental interference. The Polish Union also argued that economic crimes, especially those committed by public officials, should be considered the most serious crimes in the Polish criminal code. The party stated: "People who have committed crimes must be punished, their privileges must be stripped and all those who have acted to the detriment of the nation must be removed from state service. Without this, it is impossible to run a healthy state order and a healthy economy." The party also postulated increasing the competences of local governments, believing that local governments should have the power to pursue economic policies best suited for local conditions.
In its economic program, the Polish Union stated its support for social market economy that would be "based on the social teaching of the Church. According to the party, such combination would result in "economic efficiency while ensuring moral values". The party also argued that Polish economy should be based on small businesses, which should be given special state support in forms of lenient credits and subsidies. In contrast, large and foreign corporations were to be strictly regulated and appropiately taxed. It also wanted to maintain healthcare and education completely in the control of the state. The Polish Union also proposed anti-trust regulations that would root out 'unfair competition', and tarriffs on agrarian products in order to protect Polish agriculture.
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1993 establishments in Poland
1998 disestablishments in Poland
Christian democratic parties in Poland
Defunct political party alliances in Poland
Catholic political parties
Defunct Christian political parties
Political parties disestablished in 1993
Political parties established in 1998 |
76507454 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marguerite%20Lamarche | Marguerite Lamarche | Marguerite du Tertre de Lamarche (1638–1706) was a French midwife.
Marguerite Dutertre was born in 1638 to a poor family in Paris, and was orphaned at an early age. She was brought up by a woman named LaTouche, who acted as a mother to her. She was intending to become a nun until meeting a nurse from the Hôtel-Dieu, Paris who inspired her to take up midwifery. She attended classes at the Hôtel-Dieu, studying midwifery, anatomy and medicine. She married Jean Didiot, sieur de Lamarche when she was aged 23, and a year later became the head midwife of the Hôtel-Dieu, teaching students. At the request of the administrators of the Hôtel-Dieu, she produced her book on the principles of midwifery, D'instructions familières et très-faciles, faites par questions et réponses touchant toutes les choses principales qu une sagefemme doit savoir pour Vexercice de son art. (Familiar and very easy instructions, made up of questions and answers, touching on all the main things that a midwife must know to practice her art.) in the form of a series of questions and answers. It was published in 1677 and dedicated to the jurist Guillaume de Lamoignon, marquis de Basville.
Her book D'instructions familières ... has been said to be "the first medical textbook written by a woman in Europe" ("den första medicinska läroboken skriven av en kvinna i Europa"), but Louise Bourgeois, known as La Boursier, has also been described as "the first female author in [France] to publish a medical text", as her Observations diverses sur la stérilité, perte de fruict, foecondité, accouchements et maladies des femmes et enfants nouveaux naiz (Various observations on sterility, loss of fruit, fecundity, childbirth and illnesses of women and newly born children) was published in three volumes from 1609 onwards.
Lamarche's book was divided into three sections:
"les choses que la sage-femme doit savoir, qui précèdent l'accouchement" ("things the midwife needs to know before childbirth")
"les choses qui arrivent dans le temps de l'accouchement, dont la sage-femme doit avoir connaissance" ("things that happen during childbirth, of which the midwife must be aware")
"les choses qui suivent l'accouchement, dont la connaissance est nécessaire à la sagefemme" ("things that follow childbirth, knowledge of which is necessary for the midwife").
It was originally published in 1677, and a second edition, with additional material by Louise Boursier, was published in 1710.
Lamarche died in Paris in 1706.
Publications
D'instructions familières et très-faciles, faites par questions et réponses touchant toutes les choses principales qu une sagefemme doit savoir pour l'exercice de son art. (Familiar and very easy instructions, made up of questions and answers, touching on all the main things that a midwife must know to practice her art.) Published 1677. Second edition, 1710, with additional material by Louise Boursier, printed by Second edition available online via Gallica
References
1638 births
1706 deaths
French midwives
17th-century French women
18th-century French women
French medical writers |
76507457 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas%20Zakos | Andreas Zakos | Andreas Zakos () (12 November 1931 - 9 August 1956), was a Cypriot resistance fighter of EOKA. In december of 1955, he was taken prisoner by the British after a failed ambush at Mersinaki and was subsequently sent to the Central Jail of Nicosia where after a few months, was sentenced to death and killed via hanging.
Biography
Andreas Zakos was born on 12 November 1931 in the village of Linou in the Nicosia District. His parents were Charilaos and Aphrodite Zakou and he had 4 siblings. He went to the primary school of Lefka, the Pancyprian Gymnasium and the school of Solea.
When EOKA started its struggle for the freedom of Cyprus, Zakos worked at a Cypriot mine in Xeros, joining EOKA early, stopping from work and being in the Markos Drakos team. He operated in the Lefka - Pyrgou area, setting up hideouts and recruiting new members, later being placed in the Galini guerilla unit with his orders from EOKA leader Georgios Grivas being reconaissance on future targets and sabotage.
On 15 December 1955, Markos Drakos' team set up an ambush on a British military vehicle in Mersinaki, in the ensuing battle, Charalampos Mouskos was killed, Markos Drakos, although injured, managed to escape, however Zakos alongside his teamate, Charilaos Michail, were captured.
Zakos and Michail were escorted to the central jail in Nicosia where they were both sentenced to death and were hung in the early hours of 9 August 1956, alongside Iacovos Patatsos. They were later buried in the Imprisoned Graves. Later, in 1958, Kyriakos Matsis was also buried there.
References
1931 births
1956 deaths
Cypriot people of the EOKA
Executed Cypriot people
Executed revolutionaries
Greek revolutionaries
People executed by British Cyprus by hanging
People executed by the British military by hanging
People convicted of illegal possession of weapons
People from Nicosia District
People killed in the Cyprus Emergency |
76507472 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris%20Agapov%20%28politician%29 | Boris Agapov (politician) | Boris Nikolayevich Agapov (Russian: Борис Николаевич Агапов; born in 6 February 1946), is a Turkmen-Russian statesman and politician, and former military man who had been member of the Federation Council - representative from the executive authority of the Sakhalin Oblast from 2005 to 2012.
He had also served as a member of the Federation Council - representative from the executive authority of the Altai Repubic from 2002 to 2005.
Agapov had served the Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of Russia from 1997 to 1998.
He was the only vice president of Ingusetia from 1993 to 1997.
He is not to be confused with the Soviet poet Boris Agapov, whom he was the same full name.
Biography
Boris Agapov was born in 6 February 1946.
Between 1963 and 1993, he served in various officer positions in units of border troops in Central Asia and other border districts.
In 1967, he graduated from the KGB Higher Border Command School under the Council of Ministers of the USSR.
In 1973, he graduated from Far Eastern State University.
In 1978, he graduated from the Military Academy. M. V. Frunze.
In 1984, he was serving in Afghanistan.
From 1987 to 1989, he was the deputy commander of the border district.
From 1989 to 1991, he dealt with issues of protecting the state border of the USSR with Afghanistan.
From 1991 to 1993, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the USSR Border Troops - Head of the Main Operations Directorate of Border Troops.
In March 1993, Agapov became the Vice President of Ingushetia.
In 1994, he was elected vice-president of Ingushetia together with President Ruslan Aushev, and held this post until July 1997.
On 9 June 1997, Agapov was the Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of Russia.
Since 4 July 1997, he was a member of the Federal Commission on Problems of the Chechen Republic.
Since 1 August 1997, he was a member of the scientific council under the Security Council of Russia.
Since 20 January 1998 - Deputy Chairman of the Temporary Interdepartmental Commission of the Security Council of the Russian Federation on problems of development of the Chechen Republic and normalization of the situation in the North Caucasus region..
He left the Security Council on 9 June 1998. And on the same day, he had been the Deputy Executive Secretary of the CIS.
In December 1998, he was the co-chairman of the OPON “For Equality and Justice” (RiS).
On 19 February 2002, Agapov became a member of the Federation Council of - representative of the executive authority of the Altai Republic. On 13 March, he was a member of the Federation Council Committee on Judicial and Legal Issues. On 29 March the Committee was reorganized into the Federation Council Committee on Legal and Judicial Issue.
Since 12 October 2005, he became a member of the Federation Council - representative of the executive authority of Sakhalin Oblasy. He was the Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Commission for Interaction with the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation, a member of the Federation Council Committee on Legal and Judicial Issues and member of the Federation Council Commission for Monitoring the Activities of the Federation Council.
On 29 June 2012, he was replaced by his successor Zhanna Ivanova.
References
1946 births
Living people |
76507477 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort%20No.%205 | Fort No. 5 | Fort No. 5 is a historic American Civil War fort in Phenix City, Alabama. It was built in 1863 as one of eight forts for the defense of Columbus, Georgia, which was a major producer of war materiel for the Confederacy. The pentagonal fort is per side, with earthen walls. During the Battle of Columbus on April 16, 1865, the Confederate army was badly undermanned, and Fort No. 5 was left unoccupied as the Union Army captured Columbus.
The fort was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
References
National Register of Historic Places in Russell County, Alabama
Buildings and structures in Russell County, Alabama
Forts on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama
American Civil War forts in Alabama
1863 establishments in Alabama
Military installations established in 1863 |
76507499 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott%20Alexander | Scott Alexander | Scott Alexander may refer to:
Scott Alexander (baseball) (born 1989), American baseball pitcher
Scott Alexander (born 1963), of American screenwriting duo Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski
Scott Alexander (Indiana politician), member of the Indiana Senate
Scott Alexander (Kentucky politician), member of the Kentucky House of Representatives
See also
Alexander Scott (disambiguation) |
76507540 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidmouth%20Lifeboat | Sidmouth Lifeboat | Sidmouth Lifeboat is a charity that provides lifeboat and lifeguard services in Sidmouth in Devon, England. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) previously operated a lifeboat at Sidmouth between 1869 and 1912. The charity's independent service dates from 1968 and since 2019 its principal lifeboat has been an Arctic 24 boat named Peter & Barbara Truesdale.
RNLI Sidmouth Lifeboat Station
The RNLI had established stations at in 1853 and at in 1858. The station at Sidmouth was opened in 1869 to cover the coast between the two earlier stations. A boathouse was built at the end of Ham Lane which housed two lifeboats at different times:
The Sidmouth RNLI lifeboat saved 38 lives but by 1912 it was seldom called out and so the station was closed. The boathouse was later demolished but a stone carved with the initials 'RNLBI' was saved and is now over a doorway of the building that stands on the site.
Independent service
Students at a local secondary school set up a beach lifesaving organisation in 1968 and a rigid inflatable lifeboat was purchased in 1972. The organisation was accredited with the Coastguard as a rescue facility in 1982. A new boathouse was built on The Esplanade when it obtained a new lifeboat in 1991. The lifeboat covers Lyme Bay between Budleigh Salterton and Axmouth.
Inshore lifeboats
The Arctic 24 lifeboats are long and can carry 4 crew with 8 survivors. Sidmouth Lifeboat also operates a MilproAvon Sea Rider boat which is known as Speedy Sid.
See also
Independent lifeboats in Britain and Ireland
List of former RNLI stations
References
External links
Sidmouth Lifeboat
Lifeboat stations in Devon
Sidmouth |
76507551 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elena%20Hartmann | Elena Hartmann | Elena Hartmann (born 12 December 1990) is a Swiss professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam .
Major results
2021
5th Time trial, National Road Championships
2022
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
6th Chrono des Nations
9th Time trial, UEC European Road Championships
2023
National Road Championships
1st Time trial
2nd Road race
1st Tour de Berlin Feminin
4th Chrono des Nations
6th Chrono Féminin de la Gatineau
2024
1st Overall Vuelta a El Salvador
1st Mountains classification
1st Prologue & Stage 1
1st Grand Prix Presidente
4th Grand Prix MOPT
8th Costa De Almería
References
External links
1990 births
Living people
Swiss female cyclists
21st-century Swiss women
21st-century Swiss people |
76507554 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasmus%20Sandberg | Rasmus Sandberg | Rasmus Semundseth Sandberg (born 23 April 2001) is a Norwegian footballer who plays for Norwegian club Rosenborg.
Club career
After several years in the academy at Rosenborg, Sandberg left the club for Stjørdals-Blink in 2021.
In November 2023, Sandberg returned to Rosenborg ahead of the 2024 season.
Sandberg made his debut for Rosenborg against Sandefjord in the first league match of the season.
Career statistics
Club
References
External links
2001 births
Living people
Norwegian men's footballers
Men's association football goalkeepers
Rosenborg BK players
Eliteserien players |
76507559 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EF%20Education%E2%80%93Cannondale | EF Education–Cannondale | EF Education–Cannondale is a women's professional cycling team founded ahead of the 2024 season. The team is based in the United States and competes in elite road bicycle racing. The team's main sponsors are EF Education First and Cannondale.
Team history
In June 2023 EF Education announced a new women's team, EF Education–Cannondale. This was announced after both SVB and Tibco stopped their sponsorship of the team. In August, Veronica Ewers, one of the riders, was announced as signing for the new team.
Team roster
Major wins
2024
Trofeo Felanitx–Colònia de Sant Jordi (Ses Salines), Noemi Rüegg
Trofeo Palma, Magdeleine Vallieres
National Time trial Championships, Kim Cadzow
Omloop van het Hageland, Kristen Faulkner
Overall Trofeo Ponente in Rosa, Kim Cadzow
Stage 1, Kim Cadzow
Stages 2 & 3, Kristen Faulkner
National, continental and world champions
2024
New Zealand Time Trial, Kim Cadzow
References
External links
UCI Women's Teams
Cycling teams based in the United States
Women's sports clubs and teams in the United States
Cycling teams established in 2023 |
76507574 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muth%20%28horse%29 | Muth (horse) | Muth (foaled April 28, 2021) is a multiple Grade I winning American Thoroughbred racehorse. In 2023 the two-year-old colt won the Grade I American Pharoah Stakes at Santa Anita Park. In 2024 he won the Grade I Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park.
Background
Muth is a bay colt who was bred by the Don Alberto Corporation, out of the winning Uncle Mo mare Hoppa. Muth is the mare's first foal. Muth was first sold in 2022 at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale as part of the Hill 'n' Dale Sales Agency consignment for US$190,000 to the Bishop Bloodstock. The following year Muth was auctioned at the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's 2023 March Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training for US$2 million to Amr Zedan and his Zedan Racing Stables.
Muth was named after Aaron Muth, a long time friend and enthusiastic supporter of trainer Bob Baffert and his stable. When it came to naming the horse after owner Amr Zedan purchased him, Baffert asked if the horse could be named after his longtime support and Zedan agreed.
Statistics
Notes:
An (*) asterisk after the odds means Timberlake was the post-time favorite.
Pedigree
References
2021 racehorse births
Racehorses bred in Kentucky
Racehorses trained in the United States
Thoroughbred family 21-a
American Grade 1 Stakes winners |
76507576 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barton%20Sewell | Barton Sewell | Barton Sewell (1915) was an American industrialist, with investments in mining and smelting throughout the Americas. Sewell was instrumental in the funding of the El Teniente copper mine in Chile. Sewell, Chile was named in his honor shortly after his death.
He also served in the American Civil War, enlisting in 1862 as a drummer boy and serving near the Mississippi River. Lake Sewell, the lake created by the original Canyon Ferry Dam, was named in his honor.
See also
Barton Sewell II
References
1915 deaths
American mining businesspeople
People of the American Civil War
1840s births |
76507593 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yerachmiel%20Dov%20Baneth | Yerachmiel Dov Baneth | Yerachmiel Dov (Bernhard) Baneth (; 1815 – October 21, 1871) was a Hungarian rabbi.
Biography
Yerachmiel Dov Baneth was born into a rabbinic ramily in Szécsény or Paks, the youngest son of Ezekiel Baneth. After studing Talmud under his father, he attended for some time the lectures by Rabbi Moses Sofer of Presburg.
In 1840 he married Golde, the daughter of merchant David Stössl of Liptó-Szent-Miklós, and settled in that town. There he dedicated himself to Talmudic study, earning a reputation for scholarship that attracted many devoted pupils. In 1868 he assumed the position of rabbi of the Orthodox congregation of Liptó-Szent-Miklós.
Baneth died in 1871, leaving behind a manuscript volume containing notes on the Talmud.
References
1815 births
1871 deaths
19th-century Hungarian rabbis
Hungarian Orthodox rabbis
People from Liptovský Mikuláš |
76507602 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco%20D%27Attoma | Franco D'Attoma | Franco D'Attoma (February 24, 1923 – May 7, 1991) was an Italian entrepreneur and sportsman. He was the president of the "Perugia of miracles" team that remained unbeaten in the 1978-79 Serie A season.
Biography
Franco D'Attoma, born in Puglia into a wealthy family exporting agricultural products to the United States, attended a high school in Puglia before pursuing a degree in Agriculture at the University of Perugia.
He later entered the management of the renowned clothing industry Ellesse, before entering sports management for AC Perugia. Collaborating with Spartaco Ghini, an industrialist, they laid the foundation for promotion to Serie A. Perugia's peak under his management was reached in the 1978-79 season, where they finished Runners Up behind Serie A champions AC Milan without losing a single game.
D'Attoma introduced the Perugia kit for the 1979-1980 season, marking the debut of jersey sponsorship in Italian football. Together with the introduction of shirt sponsorships, initially banned by the FIGC, he also pioneered the acquisition of players on loan. Finding a loophole in sponsorship regulations, D'Attoma founded a textile company under the guise of a pasta factory, effectively becoming the true sponsor, revolutionizing football economics.
His acquisition of Paolo Rossi showcased D'Attoma's extraordinary abilities. Despite competition from major clubs like Juventus, Milan, and Inter, Perugia secured Rossi on loan for a record fee of 500 million lire.
References
University of Perugia alumni
1923 births
1991 deaths
20th-century Italian businesspeople
Italian football chairmen and investors
AC Perugia Calcio chairmen and investors |
76507651 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All%20Saints%27%20Church%2C%20Risley | All Saints' Church, Risley | All Saints’ Church, Risley is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Risley, Derbyshire.
History
It is likely that the church sits on the site of the chapel of St Osyth or Scytha, which is mentioned in the Valor Ecclesiasticus of 1552 which records 1 bell in the steeple, 1 hand bell, 1 old vestment and 1 surples.
The current church dates from 1593 and was built as a domestic chapel to Risley Hall by Michael Willoughby. The south doorway contains the Willoughby arms, the date of 1593 and the initials W M K.
Originally served by the nearby parish of Wilne, the church was endowed by Elizabeth Gray in 1719 and an additional amount from Queen Anne's Bounty established the incumbent as a Perpetual Curate of Risley and Breaston.
The church was enlarged with the addition of the north aisle and vestry and the rest was repaired by subscription and a small grant from the Derby Diocesan Church Building Society at a cost of £545 in 1841 (). The work was carried out to the designs of the architect Henry Isaac Stevens.
The church was restored in 1897 and a new vestry and heating chamber was added. The chancel was refitted and the old seats were replaced by oak benches. A carved oak altar replaced the old deal one. An organ chamber was added and a new organ obtained. The roof internally was panelled with varnished pine, and the chancel walls and roof was decorated. The external walls and roof were repaired and the drainage was improved. A flagstaff was added to the tower. The work costing £2,000 () was defrayed by Ernest T. Hooley.
Organ
The church contains an 2 manual and pedal 13-stop pipe organ by Brindley & Foster of 1897. It was restored by Henry Groves.& Son in 2005. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.
Bells
The church has 8 bells equipped with an Ellacombe apparatus for chiming. The oldest bells are of 1627 and 1628 by George Oldfield. The remainder are either 1960 or 1964 by John Taylor and Co of Loughborough.
References
Church of England church buildings in Derbyshire
Grade II* listed churches in Derbyshire
Churches completed in 1593 |
76507652 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontus%20Texel | Pontus Texel | Pontus Andy Texel (born 27 February 2004) is a Danish footballer who plays as a right-back for Liga Portugal 2 side C.D. Mafra.
Club career
FC Midtjylland
In the summer of 2019, Texel joined FC Midtjylland's academy as an U17 player. Before the move, Texel played for FC Nordsjælland. Already as a 16-year-old, Texel got his first match for Midtjylland's U-19 team, and he was promoted to the squad halfway through 2021, despite being a U-17 player. In 2021-22, Texel became an important part of the U-19 team and was also captain.
His good performances at U-19 level were rewarded in June 2022 with a professional contract until June 2027, which Texel signed. From there, things went quickly: on October 13, 2022, he was on the bench for the first team in the UEFA Europa League match against Feyenoord, and on October 19, 2022, he made his official debut in the Danish Cup against FA 2000.
After that, he was called up for the first team squad a few times, but he had to wait until June 3, 2023, before he got his chance again: here, he made his Danish Superliga debut against Odense Boldklub, replacing Mads Døhr Thychosen for the last 23 minutes.
CD Mafra
On July 18, 2023, Texel, along with two other teammates, moved to Liga Portugal 2 club C.D. Mafra. Texel made his debut for the club in a league match on August 19, 2023 against F.C. Paços de Ferreira.
References
External links
2004 births
Living people
Danish men's footballers
Danish expatriate men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Denmark men's youth international footballers
Denmark men's under-21 international footballers
FC Nordsjælland players
FC Midtjylland players
C.D. Mafra players
Danish Superliga players
Liga Portugal 2 players
Danish expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal |
76507677 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322%20Harty%20Cup | 2021–22 Harty Cup | The 2021–22 Dr Harty Cup was the 101st staging of the Harty Cup since its establishment by the Munster Council of Gaelic Athletic Association in 1918. The competition ran from 8 November 2021 to 5 February 2022.
St Flannan's College were the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Cashel Community School in round 2.
The Harty Cup final was played on 5 February 2022 at TUS Gaelic Grounds in Limerick, between St Joseph's Secondary School and Ardscoil Rís, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. St Joseph's Secondary School won the match by 1–17 to 1–14 to claim their first ever Harty Cup title.
St Joseph's Secondary School's Seán Withycombe was the top scorer.
Format change
The 2021–22 Dr Harty Cup adopted a change in format. Prior to 2021, the competition began with group stage which the knockout stage commencing after Christmas. The new format saw six first-round games, with three winners moving forward to the quarter-finals while the other three winners, six losers and Gaelcholáiste Mhuire contesting five second-round ties to determine the other last-eight teams.
Results
Round 1
Round 2
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
References
2022 in Irish sport
Harty Cup |
76507678 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%E1%BA%A7n%20%C4%90%C3%ACnh%20Ti%E1%BA%BFn | Trần Đình Tiến | Trần Đình Tiến (born 9 November 1998) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as a winger for V.League 1 club Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh.
Club career
Born in Nghệ An, Đình Tiến was a youth product of Sông Lam Nghệ An. He was promoted to the first team in 2019, but was immediatly loaned to V.League 2 club Cần Thơ for one season. He scored 2 goals and assisted 3 in the 2019 V.League 2 season.
In August 2023, in search for more game time, he left Sông Lam Nghệ An after 4 seasons and signed for their rival Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh.
References
External links
Living people
1998 births
Vietnamese men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
V.League 1 players
V.League 2 players
Hong Linh Ha Tinh FC players
Song Lam Nghe An FC players
Sportspeople from Nghệ An province |
76507710 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurgen%20Hovhannisyan | Gurgen Hovhannisyan | Gurgen Hovhannisyan (born February 19, 1998) is a Armenian professional boxer.
Professional career
Hovhannisyan made his debut in Bakersfield, California on September 18, 2021. He is trained by legendary trainer Joe Goosen. Hovhannisyan was scheduled to face former world champion Charles Martin but had to pull out through injury.
Professional boxing record
References
External links
https://boxrec.com/en/box-pro/856378
1998 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Yerevan
Armenian male boxers
Heavyweight boxers |
76507713 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel%20Grisewood | Daniel Grisewood | Daniel Grisewood or Dan Grisewood BSc (1934–2003), packager and publisher, was the co-founder of Grisewood & Dempsey in 1973, and the founder of Kingfisher Books in 1978. He also managed Éditions Larousse.
He graduated BSc from the University of St Andrews in 1959.
In 1988, he sold Kingfisher Books, and Grisewood & Dempsey, to Groupe de la Cité.
References
John Cornwell. "Dan Grisewood: Innovative publisher of children's books" in "Books". The Guardian. 4 July 2003.
"Dan Grisewood: Publisher and packager specialising in children's encyclopaedias" in "Obituaries". The Independent. 4 July 2003.
"Dan Grisewood: Publisher of children's educational books who had the last laugh on Robert Maxwell". The Times. 12 July 2003.
"Dan Grisewood" in "Obituary" (2003) 250 Publishers Weekly, Issue 30, 28 July 2003, p 17
"Grisewood, Daniel". People of Today. Debrett's. 1995. p 820.
The Bookseller, 24 March 1973, p 1810.
"Grisewood and Dempsey", The Bookseller, 20 July 1974, p 175.
"Bookmarks" (1984) Books and Bookmen 4 and 5
The Bookseller, 2 October 1971, p 1806
1934 births
2003 births
Alumni of the University of St Andrews |