El Crack (1960 film)
El Crack is a 1960 Argentine film produced by José Martínez Suárez.
The script was written by José A. Martínez Suárez, Carlos Alberto Parrilla and Solly Schroder, based on the book by Jose A. Gerino.
The music was done by Ástor Piazzolla and Víctor Schilchter; and the production company was Alithia Cinematográfica.
Photography by Humberto Peruzzi.
David Ji
David Longfen Ji is an American businessman who co-founded Apex Digital, an electronics manufacturer.
In 2004, he was arrested in China following a dispute with Sichuan Changhong Electric, a supplier owned by the city of Mianyang and the province of Sichuan.
Changhong accused him of defrauding them through bad checks.
Ji was taken, according to an account by his lawyer, to the senior management and told, "I decide whether you live or die."
He has been held in China without charges.
Ji's case highlighted an "implicit racism" in dealings with American businessmen.
As a U.S. citizen he was not granted the same treatment by authorities as non-ethnically Chinese businessmen sharing the same nationality.
Café International
Café International is a 1989 board game created by It is a simple game for 2 to 4 players in which the players take on the role of waiters in the famous "Cafe International".
Their goal is to seat customers of various nationalities with other customers from the same nationality, and also to keep the numbers of men and ladies at the tables even.
Café International won the Spiel des Jahres award in 1989.
Bryan Wynter
Bryan Herbert Wynter( 8 September 1915 – 2 February 1975) was one of the St. Ives group of British painters.
His work was mainly abstract, drawing upon nature for inspiration.
Born in London, he was educated at Haileybury.
In 1933 he began work as a trainee in his family's laundry business.
In 1937- 38 he studied at Westminster School of Art, and 1938- 40 at the Slade School of Fine Art in London and Oxford.
In the Second World War he was a conscientious objector, first working on land drainage in Oxfordshire, then looking after monkeys being studied by the zoologist Solly Zuckerman.
He settled in Zennor, Cornwall in 1945, and in 1946 was co-founder of the Crypt Group.
He married Suzanne Lethbridge, daughter of the writer Mabel Lethbridge whom he met in Cornwall.
He taught at Bath Academy of Art, Corsham, 1951- 56.
He was a member of the London Group of artists, and of the Penwith Society of Arts.
He died at Penzance, Cornwall.
His auction record is £ 131,000 for his painting" In the Streams Path"( 1958), set at Sotheby's on 11 November, 2016.
The work had been acquired by the pop star David Bowie in 1995 at the sale of the collection of Sir John Moores.
In 2001 he was the subject of" Bryan Wynter: A Selected Retrospective" at Tate St Ives.
Some of his most remarkable works are constructions which he titled IMOOS( Images Moving Out Onto Space).
Using a parabolic mirror, he would hang contrasting pairs of painted shapes, which rotated freely.
Their reversed reflections enlarged, appearing to move in opposite directions.
Zuckerman helmet
The Zuckerman helmet, officially designated the Civilian Protective Helmet, was a British helmet designed for use by civil defence organisations and the general public during World War II.
It was researched and designed by Solly Zuckerman, Derman Christopherson and Hugh Cairns.
Defence Research Policy Committee
The Defence Research Policy Committee, or DRPC, was a British Cabinet- level standing committee formed in 1947 that advised and directed military research in the United Kingdom.
It was the equivalent of the US's National Defense Research Committee or the Canadian Defence Research Board.
Among its better known chairmen were Henry Tizard, John Cockcroft and Solly Zuckerman.
It s advice was" typically ignored" and the committee was reformed in 1963.
Solly Zuckerman, Baron Zuckerman
Solomon" Solly" Zuckerman, Baron Zuckerman( 30 May 1904 – 1 April 1993) was a British public servant, zoologist and operational research pioneer.
He is best remembered as a scientific advisor to the Allies on bombing strategy in the Second World War, for his work to advance the cause of nuclear non-proliferation, and for his role in bringing attention to global economic issues.
Bouzid Mahiouz
Bouzid Mahiouz( born 13 January 1952) is a former Algerian international footballer.
He played as a right back.
He represented Algeria in the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Derman Christopherson
Sir Derman Guy Christopherson
( 6 September 1915 – 7 November 2000) was a British engineering science academic.
He was born the son of a clergyman, Derman Christopherson( the vicar of Plumstead in southeast London), and Edith Frances Christopherson.
Soon afterwards, the Christopherson family moved to Porlock in Devon, where his father was vicar of Clovelly.
As a boy, Christopherson suffered from asthma.
He was educated privately until, at age 14, he was sent to Sherborne School in Dorset.
He gained a scholarship at University College, Oxford, initially to read Mathematics.
Later, in 1937, he achieved a first class degree in Engineering Science.
The following year he went to Harvard University in the United States as a Henry Fellow, gaining an SM master's degree in 1938.
He returned to Oxford University as a research assistant to Sir Richard Southwell FRS, working on numerical methods for applied mechanics.
He contributed to Southwell's relaxation method.
Christopherson was the first to apply the method in the solution of field differential equations, which later became the most important application.
He gained his DPhil in 1941.
In 1941, during World War II, Christopherson was appointed as a Scientific Officer in the Ministry of Home Security, working in the research and experimental department with Sir Reginald Stradling.
His work involved investigating the effects of explosives on buildings, shelters, and firefighting( he worked with Solly Zuckerman and Hugh Cairns on researching helmet designs.
Most of Christopherson's research was conducted at the University of Oxford( 1937 – 41), the University of Cambridge( 1945 – 49), and the University of Leeds( 1949 – 55).
He contributed to lubrication research especially.
He was a lecturer in engineering at Cambridge.
Christopherson was then appointed Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Leeds and became the head of the department in 1949.
He left Leeds to become Professor of Applied Science with special reference to Engineering at Imperial College, London until 1960.
Christopherson was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1960.
He was a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.
He was Vice- Chancellor and Warden of the University of Durham( 1960 – 1979) and then Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge( 1978 – 1985).
In 1983 he became the second Chairman of the Standing Committee on Structural Safety, succeeding The Rt. Hon. the Lord Penney.
He served as such until 1988.
Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour
The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour( ASAB) is a British organization founded in 1936 to promote ethology, and the study of animal behaviour.
ASAB holds conferences, offers grants, and publishes a peer- reviewed journal," Animal Behaviour", first published in 1953.
ASAB also recognise excellence in teaching and research with awards including the ASAB medal and Christopher Barnard Award.
The annual Tinbergen Lecturer is invited by ASAB Council, and gives an invited presentation at the ASAB Winter Meeting held in London each year.
ASAB was founded in London on 13 March 1936 as the Institute for the Study of Animal Behaviour.
Julian Huxley was the first president and Solly Zuckerman the first editor of its earlier publication," Bulletin of Animal Behaviour", which began publishing in October 1938.
Other past presidents include Geoffrey Matthews( 1971 – 1974) and Christopher J. Barnard( 2004 – 2007) and Jane Hurst.
Pat Monaghan, Regius Professor of Zoology at the University of Glasgow, is President of the ASAB Council as of October 2017.

Question: Are Bouzid Mahiouz and Solly Zuckerman, Baron Zuckerman of the same nationality?
Answer: no