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A list of roads in Tajikistan. Systems The highways in Tajikistan are divided into two groups, based on the level of their significance whose names differ by a code letter. РБ – highways of international significance (, Rohi Baynalmilaly); РБ01 to РБ19 РҶ – highways of republic significance (, Rohi Jumhuriyavy); РҶ001 to РҶ095 International Highways Republic Highways Asian Highways Several of the highway of the Asian Highway Network cross Tajikistan. These include the following: РБ15 Road: Khavast - Zarafshon - Istaravshan РБ01 Road : Istaravshan - Dushanbe РБ09 Road : Dushanbe - Qizilqala - Bokhtar - Panji Poyon РБ07 Road : Karamyk - Vahdat РБ04 Road : Vahdat - Dushanbe - Tursunzada РБ02 Road : Dushanbe - Tursunzada Kulma Pass - Murghab - Khorugh - Kalaikhumb - Vahdat - Dushanbe E-Roads Several of the highway of the International E-road network cross Tajikistan. These include the following: РБ02 Road: Tursunzoda - Dushanbe (E123) РБ04 Road: Dushanbe - Vahdat РБ07 Road: Vahdat - Obi Garm - Vahdat (Jirgatol) РБ15 Road: Border of Uzbekistan - Zarafshon - Istaravshan РБ01 Road: Istaravshan - Spitamen - Ayni - Dushanbe РБ09 Road: Dushanbe - Qizilqala - Bokhtar - Panji Poyon РБ01 Road: Ayni (E 123) - Dehmoy - Khujand РБ14 Road: Dehmoy - Ghafurov - Konibodom - Border of Uzbekistan РБ04 Road: Dushanbe - Vahdat - Kulob - Khorugh - Murghob - Kulma - Border of China РБ07 Road: Vahdat (Jirgatol) - Gharm (Rasht) - Labi Jar РБ03 Road: Labi Jar - Qal'ai Khumb РБ04 Road: Qal'ai Khumb - Khorugh РБ06 Road: Khorugh - Ishkoshim - Langar - Border of Afghanistan References Full list in English and Tajiki (2021), World Bank, https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/545481624287902413/pdf/Assessment-of-Economic-Impacts-from-Disasters-Along-Key-Corridors.pdf (Archive) See also Full list in Russian (2009), UNECE, https://unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/hlm/prgm/cph/experts/tajikistan/Documents/draft.stateprogram.transport.devt.2010.2025.ru.pdf (Archive) 2011 law, and list of "International roads" http://bamap.org/information/news/2011/08/01/15115/print/ See also Roads in Armenia Roads in Azerbaijan Roads in Georgia (country) Roads in Kazakhstan Roads in Kyrgyzstan |
The 2023–24 season will be the 99th season in existence of Olympiacos and the club's 65th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. In addition to the Greek Super League, Olympiacos will be participating in this season's Greek Cup, UEFA Champions League. The season covers the period from June 2023 to late May 2024. Players First team Out on loan Backroom staff Coaching staff Transfers In Total Spending: €0.0M Out Total Income: €0.0M Net Income: €0.0M Friendlies Competitions Overview Super League Greece League table Results summary Results by matchday Regular season matches Greek Football Cup Round of 16 Quarter-finals UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round Squad statistics Appearances Goalscorers Own goals: 1 References External links Olympiacos F.C. seasons |
Ethmostigmus pachysoma is a species of centipede in the Scolopendridae family. It is endemic to Australia and was first described in 1983 by L. E. Koch. Distribution The species has been recorded from the Western Plateau in Western Australia. Behaviour The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter, soil and rotting wood. References pachysoma Centipedes of Australia Endemic fauna of Australia Fauna of Western Australia Animals described in 1983 |
Edward Vollrath (June 28, 1858 – January 21, 1931) was an American attorney and military officer from Bucyrus, Ohio. A veteran of the Spanish–American War, Pancho Villa Expedition, World War I, and Occupation of the Rhineland, he was most notable for his command of the 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry in Cuba during the war with Spain and on the Mexican border during the Villa expedition, and his First World War command of the 82nd Infantry Brigade, a unit of the 41st Division. A native and lifelong resident of Bucyrus, Ohio, Vollrath attended the local schools and Wittenberg College, then graduated from Princeton University with bachelor's (1883) and master's (1886) degrees. He studied law with a Bucyrus attorney, attained admission to the bar in 1885, and practiced in Bucyrus. Vollrath was also active in the Lutheran church and several civic and fraternal organizations, in addition to taking part in several business ventures. Active in politics as a Republican, he was an unsuccessful candidate for offices including prosecuting attorney and city solicitor. From 1904 to 1906 he filled by appointment a seat on Ohio's Third Circuit Court, and he was an unsuccessful candidate for a full term. Vollrath was a longtime member of the Ohio National Guard. Beginning his career as a private in 1884, he soon received his commission as a captain, and he advanced through the ranks as he served in the Spanish–American War, Pancho Villa Expedition, and World War I. During the First World War, he commanded several brigades in the 41st Division as a brigadier general and he acted as division commander on several occasions. After the war, Vollrath maintained his military membership by joining the Organized Reserve Corps. Following his wartime service, Vollrath continued to practice law, and he maintained an active caseload until becoming ill just a few days before his death. He died in Bucyrus on January 21, 1931, and was buried at Oakwood Cemetery in Bucyrus. Early life Charles Edward Vollrath was born in Bucyrus, Ohio on June 28, 1858, the son of Charles Franklin Vollrath and Eva Elizabeth (Hocker) Vollrath. Vollrath's parents were German immigrants, and he spoke both English and German. He was educated in the public schools of Bucyrus, and graduated from Bucyrus High School in 1878. Vollrath's father was a master woodworker, and during his high school years, Vollrath trained under him as a joiner and cabinetmaker. Vollrath attended Wittenberg |
College from 1879 to 1881, then transferred to Princeton University. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Princeton in 1883, and his Master of Arts in 1886. After receiving his bachelor's degree, Vollrath began to study law in the Bucyrus office of attorney Ebenezer B. Finley. He was admitted to the bar in 1885 and began to practice in Bucyrus. Career Legal and political career In addition to practicing law in Bucyrus, Vollrath was active in politics as a Republican. In 1884, he was elected secretary of the Republican committee in Crawford County, and he later served as chairman. Vollrath was a delegate to numerous local, county, and state party conventions, and was frequently selected for leadership roles including secretary and credentials committee member. In 1886, he was the Republican nominee for city solicitor. In 1887, he was the party's candidate for prosecuting attorney of Crawford County. In 1891, Vollrath was the Republican nominee judge of the court of common pleas. In 1899, he was again the Republican nominee for county prosecutor. In 1902 he was his party's nominee for city solicitor. In 1904, he was the Republican nominee for common pleas court judge. In December 1904, Governor Myron T. Herrick appointed Vollrath to fill a vacancy as Judge of the Ohio Circuit Court for the Third Circuit. According to Lieutenant Governor Warren G. Harding, Herrick made the appointment because he was favorably impressed with Vollrath's conduct as judge advocate (prosecutor) during the courts-martial of several Ohio National Guard members following the Springfield, Ohio riots that took place after the Lynching of Richard Dickerson earlier in 1904. He was an unsuccessful candidate to complete the term in November 1905, and served until February 1906. In 1906, he was the Republican nominee for a full term, and lost again to Donnelly. In 1912, Vollrath was his party's nominee for county prosecuting attorney. In 1920, he was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court. Vollrath was an alternate delegate to the 1924 Republican National Convention. Business career Vollrath was also active in several business ventures, including serving as secretary and a member of the board of directors for the Bucyrus Silver Plate Company. In addition, he served on the board of directors of the Peoples' Savings, Building, and Loan Company. With his brothers, he was the owner and operator of a lumber mill |
that specialized in the manufacture of red cedar shingles. Vollrath also became one of the owners of the Bucyrus Telegraph newspaper, and served as its corporate secretary and treasurer. In addition, he dealt in real estate, including building lots, homes, and commercial buildings. Civic and fraternal career Throughout his life, Vollrath was active in civic and fraternal organizations. In the 1880s, he was one of the managers of the city's opera house. He served as secretary of the Shakespeare Circle in Bucyrus, as well as taking a leading role in the city's Chautauqua Circle. He was also a longtime member of the Knights of Pythias, American Legion, Military Order of Foreign Wars, and Reserve Officers Association. Following his service in Cuba, Vollrath became active in the United Spanish War Veterans. Vollrath was also a member of the Society of the Army of Santiago de Cuba, and authored for the organization a history of the 8th Ohio's Spanish–American War service. Vollrath was a devout Lutheran, and held leadership positions in the Bucyrus church throughout his life, including Sunday school superintendent, elder, and deacon. He was an active member of the National Guard Association of Ohio, and held leadership roles including first vice president and president. In 1902, Vollrath was elected to the Wittenberg College board of directors. In 1902, he was elected president of the Bucyrus YMCA. Military career Early career In April 1884, Vollrath joined the Ohio National Guard's Company A, 8th Infantry Regiment as a private. In June, he was promoted to regimental sergeant major. In June 1886, he received his commission as a captain when he was appointed to command the regiment's Company A. In March 1888, he was a candidate for the regiment's junior major position and was defeated by Charles W. F. Dick. In June 1892, he was again a candidate for a vacant major's position, and he was easily elected. After his promotion, Vollrath was assigned to command the 8th Regiment's 2nd Battalion. Vollrath was called to active duty at the start of the Spanish–American War and was appointed as assistant adjutant general of the Ohio National Guard. He was subsequently assigned as provost marshal on the staff of the Second Army Corps at Camp Alger, Virginia. He rejoined his regiment shortly before it departed for Cuba, and he took part in combat including the Siege of Santiago. At the end of hostilities, the 8th |
Ohio Infantry was transported to Camp Wickoff, New York for demobilizing. The regiment traveled to Wooster, Ohio in October, and was mustered out in November. In July 1899, Dick was elected commander of the 8th Ohio with the rank of colonel, and Vollrath was elected to succeed him as the regiment's lieutenant colonel and second-in-command. Continued career In December 1899, Dick was promoted to brigadier general as commander of the Ohio National Guard's 2nd Brigade, and Vollrath was promoted to colonel and commander of the 8th Ohio Infantry. In the summer of 1900, Vollrath volunteered his regiment for federal service during the U.S. response to the Boxer Rebellion. The 8th Ohio was not called up, and attended its August summer encampment as scheduled. The 8th Ohio was nicknamed "McKinley's Own" because it included units from President William McKinley's hometown of Canton, Ohio and surrounding communities. In March 1901, the regiment traveled to Washington, D.C. under Vollrath's command so it could participate in the Second inauguration of William McKinley. The regiment participated in the inauguration at its own expense, but in 1902, the Ohio legislature passed a law to reimburse members who had contributed to the effort. Vollrath continued to command the 8th Ohio, and became Ohio's senior regimental commander. His regiment was called out several times in response to violence during labor strikes, including Bridgeport in December 1909. In March 1913, Vollrath was in command when his regiment was called to active service as part of the state's response to flooding in and around Dayton. In June 1916, he led his command when it was mobilized for service on the Mexican border during the Pancho Villa Expedition. In the fall of 1916, the 8th Ohio traveled to Texas, where it was assigned to Camp Pershing near El Paso. The regiment continued to be based at Camp Pershing while soldiers performed guard and patrol duties along the border with Mexico. In October, Vollrath suffered a broken arm in an auto accident, but he continued in command. The 8th Ohio completed its federal service in March 1917 and returned to Ohio. Later career In August 1917, units of the Ohio National Guard, including the 8th Ohio Infantry Regiment, were mobilized for World War I, and Vollrath was promoted to brigadier general. He was subsequently assigned to command the 66th Depot Brigade at Camp Fremont, California, a unit of the 41st Division, which |
was responsible for the mobilization and training of soldiers activated for wartime service. In September he was assigned to command the division's 66th Artillery Brigade. He was subsequently appointed to command the 41st Division's 82nd Infantry Brigade, which he led in France. Vollrath also acted as commander of the 41st Division on several occasions, including August 3 to 19, 1918, October 24 to 29, 1918, and December 27 to 29, 1918. The 41st Division did not enter combat as a unit, instead providing replacement soldiers for other divisions, and Vollrath oversaw the training of numerous soldiers subsequently sent to the front lines. After the end of the war in November 1918, Vollrath remained in Europe as part of the U.S. Occupation of the Rhineland, and he returned to the United States in February 1919. In August 1919, he transferred his military membership to the Organized Reserve Corps, in which he was commissioned as a brigadier general. In March 1920, the government of France awarded him the Order of the Black Star (Commander) to recognize his wartime service and achievements. In August 1929, Vollrath was commissioned as a brigadier general in the Auxiliary Reserve. Death and burial Vollrath continued to practice law until he became ill with pneumonia a few days before his death. He died at his home in Bucyrus on January 21, 1931. Vollrath was buried at Oakwood Cemetery in Bucyrus. Family In 1888, Vollrath married Permilla Kate "Millie" Wise (1861–1910) of Bucyrus. They remained married until her death and were the parents of five children: Jeanne, Edna, Carroll, Victor, and Edward Jr. Dates of rank The effective dates of Vollrath's promotions were: Private, April 30, 1884 Sergeant Major, June 24, 1884 Captain, June 30, 1886 Major, July 5, 1892 Lieutenant Colonel, August 14, 1899 Colonel, December 23, 1899 Brigadier General, August 5, 1917 Notes References External links 1858 births 1931 deaths People from Bucyrus, Ohio Princeton University alumni National Guard (United States) colonels American military personnel of the Spanish–American War United States Army generals United States Army generals of World War I Ohio Republicans Ohio state court judges Burials in Ohio |
Orbiting Vehicle 5-3 (also known as OV5-3 and ERS 20 ), was a materials science microsatellite launched on 28 April 1967 and still in orbit as of 2020. Carrying a variety of metal and plastic samples, it conducted friction tests on them in the vacuum of space to help determine their usability in space equipment. OV5-3 was the second satellite in the OV5 series of the United States Air Force's Orbiting Vehicle program. Background The Orbiting Vehicle satellite program arose from a US Air Force initiative, begun in the early 1960s, to reduce the expense of space research. Through this initiative, satellites would be standardized to improve reliability and cost-efficiency, and where possible, they would fly on test vehicles or be piggybacked with other satellites. In 1961, the Air Force Office of Aerospace Research (OAR) created the Aerospace Research Support Program (ARSP) to request satellite research proposals and choose mission experiments. The USAF Space and Missiles Organization created their own analog of the ARSP called the Space Experiments Support Program (SESP), which sponsored a greater proportion of technological experiments than the ARSP. Five distinct OV series of standardized satellites were developed under the auspices of these agencies. The OV5 program was a continuation of the Environmental Research Satellite (ERS) series developed by Space Technology Laboratories, a subdivision of TRW Inc. These were very small satellites launched pick-a-back with primary payloads since 1962—a natural fit under the Orbiting Vehicle umbrella. The primary innovation over the earlier ERS series was a command receiver, allowing instructions to be sent from the ground, and a Pulse-code modulation digital telemetry system, versus the analog transmitters used on prior ERS missions. Like prior ERS, the OV5s were spin-stabilized and heat was passively controlled. All of the OV5 series were built by TRW with the exception of OV5-6, built by AFCRL, and OV5-9, built by Northrop Corporation. In contrast to the space environmental missions of most of the other OV probes, including OV5-3's rocket-mate, OV5-1, OV5-3 carried an engineering experiment. With a cargo of 16 samples of metals and Teflon, each of these materials was tested for friction for use in future spacecraft systems. Spacecraft design The OV5 satellites resembled their ERS predecessors. OV3-3 was made of aluminum struts outlining a tetrahedron in width, with 816 solar cells generating 5.5 Watts distributed over the eight triangular faces. The bottom vertex housed the fitting that attached to the |
launch vehicle; the other vertices were used for mounting experiments. Power was stored in a nickel–cadmium battery. An on-board timer was designed to shut off the satellite after 18 months of operation. OV5-3 had no attitude control or propulsion system, but it set spinning by a coiled spring system upon ejection from the launch vehicle for more even solar cell activation and for improved communications reliability. Passive thermal control kept the inside of the spacecraft at around . Telemetry broadcast on 136.260 MHz while the command receiver transmitted at 149 MHz. These frequencies were compatible with NASA Spacecraft Tracking and Data Acquisition Network (STADAN) stations. Experiments Two identical experiment packages were mounted outside the satellite on opposite vertices, each with 16 samples of metal and Teflon. They included a sealed electric motor, which drove a cam linked through a flexible bellows. These in turn were attached to sixteen wiper arms that slid across the samples while the satellite was in communication with a STADAN station, and only on the command of a ground controller. This minimized wear on the samples as well as gave more flexibility to the tester. Mission OV5-3 was launched via Titan IIIC rocket on 28 Apr 1967 at 10:01 UTC from Cape Canaveral LC-41, mounted pick-a-back with Vela 4A and Vela 4B. These three satellites, along with OV5-1 and ERS 18, were placed in a highly elliptical orbit that took them more than above the Earth. Friction tests began 48 hours after orbital insertion and continued for twelve months (but only when the satellite was within } of a STADAN station. Legacy and status These results were compared to friction tests conducted in vacuum on the ground, produced by two different methods, over the next several years. Extended ion pumped data correlated more closely to OV5-3 data than data obtained from oil pumped ultrahigh vacuum tests. Though the satellite was supposed to turn itself off after one year, OV5-3 was still transmitting on 136.260 Mhz as of 2020. There were seven orbited satellites in the OV5 series launched between 1967 and 1969, six of them successful. References Spacecraft launched in 1967 |
Edward D. Wynot, Jr. (1943-2020) was an American professor of Russian and East European history at Florida State University. He has authored several books and dozens of academic articles, primarily concerned with the topic of the history of Poland. Reviewing his Caldron of Conflict: Eastern Europe, 1918–1945, Sabrina P. Ramet noted that "Wynot made his reputation as a specialist in Polish affairs". Works The Ukrainians and the Polish regime 1937-1939 (1970) Polish Politics in Transition: The Camp of National Unity and the Struggle for Power, 1935-1939 (1974) Warsaw Between the World Wars: Profile of the Capital City in a Developing Land, 1918-1939 (1983) Caldron of Conflict: Eastern Europe, 1918–1945 (1999) The Polish Orthodox Church in the twentieth century and beyond: prisoner of history (2015) References 1943 births 2020 deaths Florida State University faculty 20th-century American historians Historians of Poland |
Ethmostigmus parkeri is a species of centipede in the Scolopendridae family. It is endemic to Australia and was first described in 1983 by L. E. Koch. Distribution The species has been recorded from the north-west coast and Western Plateau of Western Australia. Behaviour The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter, soil and rotting wood. References parkeri Centipedes of Australia Endemic fauna of Australia Fauna of Western Australia Animals described in 1983 |
Argentine electropop band Miranda! has received 79 nominations and 23 awards, including twenty MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica, seven Premios Gardel, one MTV Europe Music Awards, one Los 40 Music Awards, two nominations for the Latin Grammy Awards, one for the Martín Fierro Awards, two for the Nickelodeon Argentina Kids' Choice Awards, and one Silver Seagull, two Golden Tourch and two Silver Tourch at the Viña del Mar International Song Festival. The band was formed in 2001 in Buenos Aires by musicians Alejandro Sergi, Juliana Gattas, Leonardo Fuentes and Bruno De Vincenti. They have released eight studio albums — Es Mentira (2002), Sin Restricciones (2004), El Disco de Tu Corazón (2007), Miranda Es Imposible! (2009), Magistral (2011), Safari (2014), Fuerte (2017) and Souvenir (2021), and two extended plays — Quereme! Tributo a las Telenovelas (2006) and Precoz (2019). They also released the compilation albums El Templo del Pop (2008) and El Templo del Pop 2 (2016), which include the band's biggest hits such as "Don", "Yo Te Diré", "Perfecta", "Prisonero", "Ya Lo Sabía", "Mentía", among others. They have achieved gold and platinum certifications in countries such as Argentina, Colombia, Chile and Spain. Awards and nominations Other accolades Listicles Notes References External links Official Website Lists of awards received by musical group |
Alexandre Gomes de Argolo Ferrão Filho was a Brazilian Marshal of the Balaiada and the Paraguayan War. He commanded the 1st Division of the Imperial Brazilian Army and primarily participated in the Battle of Tuyutí and the Battle of Ytororó. He was one of the main figures behind the Pikysyry maneuver and is often credited for the maneuver along with the Duke of Caxias but he would die months later after the war's conclusion from his injuries during service. Origins Alexandre was born out of wedlock as the son of Alexandre Gomes de Argolo Ferrão on August 8, 1821. Argolo is of Spanish descent as his descendants can trace their origins to the initial colonization of Brazil under Tomé de Sousa and they had historically settled in Salvador, Bahia. Military career He entered military service on December 2, 1837, as a cadet within the 1st Artillery Battalion and was promoted to Second Lieutenant by the next year. His first active military service was during the repression of the Balaiada in 1840. After this, he was promoted to captain in 1844 and awarded the Order of the Rose as a Knight in 1847. He was also awarded the Knight of the Order of Aviz in 1849 and promoted to Major in 1852. He was then given command of the Bahia National Guard from 1854 to 1855 and was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in 1859. When the Paraguayan War broke out, he was given command of the 2nd Army Corps under the order of the Duke of Caxias. During his service in the war, the Duke of Caxias ordered the Argolo Ferrão Battalion to construct the Grão-Chaco Road which would improve Brazilian navigation within the Gran Chaco. When asked about the probability of such a task, Argolo responded with: "Marshal! If it's possible, it's done! If it's impossible, we'll do it!" Around this time, he participated in the Battle of Tuyutí and the Battle of Ytororó where he would be wounded in the latter. Antônio Loureiro de Souza, referring to the Viscount's bravery, stated: In 1869, he left Paraguay and on June 23, 1870, he died as a result of the wound he suffered during the Battle of Ytororó. At the time of his death, Argolo had reached the rank of Marshal. Currently, in the city of Barreiras, Bahia, the 19th Hunters Battalion named after him. References 1821 births 1870 deaths 19th-century |
Brazilian military personnel Brazilian people of Spanish descent Brazilian military personnel of the Paraguayan War Brazilian military personnel killed in action People from Salvador, Bahia Brazilian nobility |
Cornufer paepkei is a species of frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae, endemic to rainforest habitat. Scientitsts know it exclusively from the type locality: the Fakfak Mountains in Indonesia, between 400 and 860 meters above sea level. The adult frog measures 21.6 to 31.4 mm in snout-urostyle length. Its voice sounds like a "low, short creak." There a small amount of webbed skin on its feet. The frog is yellow-brown in color with dark brown or black patterning. There are two yellow-white lines from its nose to its hind legs. The backs of the legs are red-brown in color. Other parts of the legs are almost purple. The ventrum is off-white. References Frogs of Asia Endemic fauna of Indonesia Amphibians described in 2015 papekei |
Stand-Up Spotlight was a VH1 stand-up comedy television series. References External links American television series |
The 75th Primetime Emmy Awards will honor the best in American prime time television programming from June 1, 2022, until May 31, 2023, as chosen by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The ceremony will be held on September 18, 2023, and will be broadcast in the United States on Fox, with the Creative Arts Emmys to be presented on September 9 and 10. Nominations will be announced on July 12, 2023. Category and rule changes In June 2022, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, also known as the Television Academy, announced the elimination of the "hanging episode" rule for the 2023 ceremony. In previous years, episodes that aired after the May 31 eligibility deadline but before nominations voting began could be placed on a Television Academy platform for viewing. Following the rule change, all episodes must air for a national audience by May 31, or those episodes will be moved to the following ceremony; if the program does not air a new season in that following year, the episodes would be eligible for individual achievement awards only. Following a realignment between the Primetime Emmy Awards and Daytime Emmy Awards for the 2022 ceremonies, the Television Academy and the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced in August 2022 that game shows would move to the primetime ceremony. New categories include Outstanding Game Show and Outstanding Host for a Game Show. To accommodate the change, the eligibility window for game shows will span from January 1, 2022, to May 31, 2023. Additionally, to avoid confusion over where programs qualify, Outstanding Competition Program was renamed to Outstanding Reality Competition Program. Game shows featuring children as contestants are eligible for the Children's and Family Emmy Awards only. More rule changes were announced in December 2022. Most notably, the variety categories were rearranged, with Outstanding Variety Talk Series and Outstanding Variety Sketch Series becoming Outstanding Talk Series and Outstanding Scripted Variety Series. The first category covers programs focused on "unscripted interviews or panel discussions between a host/hosts and guest celebrities or personalities", while the second covers those that "consist of discrete scenes, musical numbers, monologues, comedy stand-ups, sketches, etc." The move was seen as an attempt to resolve the dwindling number of variety sketch series and to separate news-focused programs from more variety-focused talk shows; the existing categories were initially merged in late 2020 before being split again a few |
months later. Other changes included caps on nominations-round voting and changes to tracked categories. References External links Academy of Television Arts and Sciences website September 2023 events in North America 2023 awards in the United States 2023 in American television 2023 in Los Angeles 2023 television awards 2023 television specials 075 |
The 2022 season was the seventh season in the existence of Kelantan United Football Club. The participated in Malaysia Premier League, Malaysia FA Cup and Malaysia Cup. Coaching staff Players First-team squad Transfers in Transfers out Statistics Appearances and goals |- ! colspan="18" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Goalkeepers |- ! colspan="18" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Defenders |- ! colspan="18" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Midfielders |- ! colspan="18" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Forwards |- ! colspan="18" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Players transferred out during the season |- Competitions Malaysia Super League Malaysia FA Cup Malaysia Cup Round of 16 References 2022 Kelantan United |
The Felix Award for Indigenous Artist of the Year () is an annual Canadian music award, presented as part of the Félix Awards to honour music by First Nations and Inuit musicians in Quebec. The award was presented for the first time in 2019. Winners and nominees References Indigenous First Nations music Inuit music Music awards honoring indigenous people |
The following companies owned land in the Greater Toronto Area Greenbelt at the time that the Ontario Government proposed to develop the greenbelt: Richmond Hill area Seven companies owned by Vaughan-based construction family De Gasperis family, owners of Tacc Developments, Tacc Construction. Arista Homes, Opus Homes and Decast Ltd. Companies include Tacc Developments (Block 41) Inc, Leslie Elgin Developments Inc. King Township Green Lane Bathurst GP Inc. owns five parcels of land. Green Lane Bathurst GP's president is president Michal Rice, owner of Rice Group. Stouffville Torca II Inc (president Marcelo Perez-Hassaf) A numbered company with the same directors as Torca II Inc 2502536 Ontario Limited (president: Weixiang Wang) Markham Three numbered companies, also with the president Weixiang Wang) Flato Upper Markham Village Inc. (president: Shakir Rehmatullah) Minotar Holdings Clarington Nash Road Developments (president: Peter Tanenbaum) Ajax A numbered company (president elect: Yuchen Lu of Fuyang, China) See also Premiership of Doug Ford References Lists of companies of Canada Lists of companies Nature conservation in Canada |
Sylvester Wallace Barnes (May 23, 1824October 24, 1862) was an American lawyer, engineer, and politician. He was a member of the Wisconsin Senate, representing Jefferson County during the 1856 and 1857 sessions. In contemporary documents, his name was almost always abbreviated as . He died of disease due to service in the American Civil War. Biography S. W. Barnes was born in 1824, in the town of Turin, New York. He moved to Wisconsin sometime before 1853, and settled in Watertown, in Jefferson County. In Watertown, he was deeply involved in establishing the Watertown & Madison Railroad. Barnes was elected to the Wisconsin Senate in 1855, running on the Democratic Party ticket. He represented Jefferson County in the 1856 and 1857 sessions. Barnes' political and financial interests intersected in the plan to extend the Watertown & Madison Railroad to the Mississippi River. This ambitious plan was wrecked by the Panic of 1857, which led to the failure of the Watertown & Madison Railroad and Barnes' financial ruin. Following his failures in Wisconsin, Barnes returned to New York. He was at Troy, New York, at the outbreak of the American Civil War, and volunteered for service in the Union Army. He was enrolled as first lieutenant of Company H in the 30th New York Infantry Regiment. While serving with the regiment around Washington, D.C., in the early months of the war, he became severely ill. He was sent back to his family in Utica, New York, where he died on October 24, 1862. Sixty years after his death, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to upgrade him to an honorable discharge. Personal life and family Barnes was the son of Abraham A. and Lucinda (née Topping) Barnes. The Barnes were descended from Thomas Barnes, a signatory of the New Haven Colony constitution of 1644. His maternal ancestors traced their lineage back to Thomas Topping, who represented Wethersfield in the Connecticut General Court in the 1630s and was a signatory of the Hempstead Convention in 1665. S. W. Barnes married Cornelia Augusta Chevalier. They had one daughter. References 1824 births 1862 deaths People from Utica, New York People from Jefferson County, Wisconsin Democratic Party Wisconsin state senators 19th-century American politicians Burials in New York (state) Union Army officers People of New York (state) in the American Civil War People of Wisconsin in the American Civil War |
Stethaspis is a genus of beetles in the family Scarabaeidae, subfamily Melolonthinae. Description Like other Melolonthinae, adult Stethaspis are oval and robust in shape. The antennae are relatively short and have the last few segments flattened and finger-like. The elytra leave the end of the abdomen exposed. Stethaspis are green in colour and range from 13 to 24 mm in length. Larvae are creamy white with a prominent head, relatively large legs and a darkened posterior end (this darkening is due to the gut contents showing through the body wall). The body is curled up into a C-shape. When mature, Stethaspis larvae can be up to 45 mm long. Ecology Similar to other melolonthines, Stethaspis beetles feed on plant foliage as adults and plant roots as larvae. Adults are known to damage Douglas fir. Larvae of S. longicornis are eaten by Polynesian rats. Additionally, Stethaspis larvae are potential hosts for the introduced scoliid wasp Radumeris tasmaniensis, an ectoparasitoid of scarab larvae. Life cycle Stethaspis follow the usual beetle life cycle of egg, larva, pupa and adult. The life cycle takes two years. Adults emerge en masse in summer. Species Stethaspis contains the following species: Stethaspis convexa Stethaspis discoidea Stethaspis intermediata Stethaspis lineata Stethaspis longicornis Stethaspis prasinus Stethaspis pulchra Stethaspis simmondsi Stethaspis suturalis Gallery References Scarabaeidae genera Melolonthinae Insects of New Zealand |
Dr. S Shivaraj Patil (born 8 May 1970) is an Indian politician serving as member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly since 2013. He was re elected to Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Raichur City in the 2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election to the house as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Early life and education Shivaraj Patil was born on 8 May 1970, in Raichur, Karnataka. He completed his schooling at Tagore Memorial School in 1989. And later he completed his MBBS from Government Medical College Bellary in 1944. Political career In 2013 he joined Jantha Dal Secular Party. And in the 2013 Vidhan Sabha elections, he triumphed over Syed Yasin of the Congress party by a margin of 7871 votes. In 2018 he joined Bharatiya Janata Party, and won again against Syed Yasin of the Congress party in the 2018 Vidhan Sabha elections by a margin of 10,991 votes by representing the Bharatiya Janata Party. References People from Raichur Members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly Bharatiya Janata Party politicians 1970 births Living people |
The Iraqi Turkmen genocide refers to a series of killings, rape, executions, expulsions, and sexual slavery of Iraqi Turkmen by the Islamic State. It began when ISIS captured Iraqi Turkmen land until they lost all their land in Iraq. In 2017, the ISIS persecution of Iraqi Turkmen was officially recognized as a genocide. Background and lead-up Iraqi Turkmen Iraqi Turkmen are the third largest ethnic group in Iraq. They are of Turkic descent and live in the Turkmeneli historical region, surrounded by Arabs to the south and Kurds to the north. They are divided almost evenly between Sunni and Shia which played a big part in their persecution. They have previously been the targets of massacres such as the Altun Kupri massacre, Gavurbağı massacre, 1959 Kirkuk massacre, and 1924 Kirkuk massacre. Lead-up During the June 2014 Northern Iraq offensive, ISIS captured many lands that are Turkmen-majority or have significant Turkmen populations, such as Mosul, Talafar, Tikrit and parts of Kirkuk and Diyala provinces. Genocide In June 2014, when ISIS first captured Talafar, they abducted 1,300 Iraqi Turkmen, around 700 men, 470 women and 130 children. The ITF stated that only 42 of the 1,300 have returned, with the rest never being seen again. A year later during August 2015 in Mosul, ISIS did a public mass execution of 2,000 people, accusing them of apostasy, then ISIS themselves stated that around 700 of them were Iraqi Turkmen. On June 16, 2014, ISIS massacred 40 Turkmen from 4 different locations, all near the city of Kirkuk. On June 23, 2014, ISIS abducted at least 75 Turkmen from the areas of Guba, Shrikhan, and Tal Afar. Only 2 bodies were found, in a valley north of Guba. 950 Turkmen families fled the areas after ISIS demanded them to leave. Since the attacks, around 90 percent of Talafar's Turkmens have fled, according to residents and local activists. A single 2015 ISIS car bombing in Saladin province took the lives of 40 Turkmen. The ITF stated that the ISIS attacks on Iraqi Turkmens was a strategic ethnic cleansing campaign. Around 200,000 total Turkmen were displaced from their homes. ISIS were also again accused of targeting Turkmens for their ethnicity. 540 Turkmen civilians from Tal Afar went missing, including 125 women, again at the hands of ISIS, and only 22 of them were found again. An estimated 600 Turkmen women total were captured and used as |
sex slaves by ISIS. Around 400-500 of them were sent to ISIS makeshift prisons in Syria. In February 2018, a group of women protested outside of a UN Human Rights Office in Kirkuk. They held signs and demanded the Iraqi government to do something to recover around 450 missing Turkmen women, although the protest was ignored. Hasan Turan, leader of the ITF, feared that if the Turkmen women were to return, they would likely become victims of honor killings by their families. He stated that "Many girls won’t return, and I can only hope their families still accept them if they return. They are the victims." Later in 2018, the UN finally recognized the sexual slavery of Turkmen women. An unnamed Turkmen woman, from the small town of al-Alam near Tikrit, who survived ISIS, told BBC Turkish that ISIS separated the single girls from the married women, and began to rape the single girls in front of everyone. ISIS also raped the town's Turkmen-language teacher to the point that she died as a result. References Genocides in Asia Contemporary slavery Ethnic cleansing by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Anti-Turkish sentiment Sexual slavery Genocidal rape Massacres of ethnic groups People killed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Racism in the Arab world 21st-century mass murder Ethnic cleansing Ethnic cleansing in Asia Islam and slavery |
The 2023 Nigerian Senate elections in Zamfara State will be held on 25 February 2023, to elect the 3 federal Senators from Zamfara State, one from each of the state's three senatorial districts. The elections will coincide with the 2023 presidential election, as well as other elections to the Senate and elections to the House of Representatives; with state elections being held two weeks later. Primaries were held between 4 April and 9 June 2022. Background In the previous Senate elections, none of the three incumbent senators were returned as Kabir Garba Marafa (APC-Central) and Ahmad Sani Yerima (APC-North) retired while Tijjani Yahaya Kaura (APC-West) was disqualified alongside all other Zamfara APC nominees. With the disqualification, PDP runners-up—Hassan Muhammed Gusau (Central), Sahabi Alhaji Yaú (North), and Lawali Hassan Anka (West)—were declared victors by court ruling. The ruling also overturned APC victories in the gubernatorial, House of Representatives, and House of Assembly elections before awarding those offices to the PDP runners-up. Overview Summary Zamfara Central The Zamfara Central Senatorial District covers the local government areas of Bungudu, Gusau, Maru, and Tsafe. The seat is vacant as Senator Hassan Muhammed Gusau (APC), who was elected in 2019 as a member of the PDP, resigned from the Senate on 23 February 2022 to become Deputy Governor of Zamfara State. General election Results Zamfara North The Zamfara North Senatorial District covers the local government areas of Birnin Magaji/Kiyaw, Kaura Namoda, Shinkafi, Talata Mafara, and Zurmi. Incumbent Sahabi Alhaji Yaú (APC), who was elected in 2019 as a member of the PDP, is seeking re-election. General election Results Zamfara West The Zamfara West Senatorial District covers the local government areas of Anka, Bakura, Bukkuyum, Gummi, and Maradun. Incumbent Lawali Hassan Anka (APC), who was elected in 2019 as a member of the PDP, is opted not to seek re-election. General election Results Notes See also 2023 Nigerian Senate election 2023 Nigerian elections 2023 Zamfara State elections References Zamfara State senatorial elections 2023 Zamfara State elections Zamfara State Senate elections |
is a regional radio and television broadcaster headquartered in Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan that serves Kumamoto Prefecture. RKK was founded in 1953, commenced radio broadcast in October 1953, and television in April 1959. RKK is affiliated with the JNN (TV), JRN and NRN (radio). It is the only commercial broadcasting that provides both TV and radio services in Kumamoto prefecture. On December 1, 2006, RKK started broadcasting digital terrestrial television. References External links Official site Japan News Network Television stations in Japan Television channels and stations established in 1959 1959 establishments in Japan |
Gun laws in Georgia regulate the sale, possession, and use of firearms and ammunition in the state of Georgia in the United States. Gun laws in Georgia may also refer to: Gun laws in Georgia (country) See also Georgia (disambiguation) |
David Rabkin (1948 – November 22, 1985) was an anti-apartheid activist known for publishing subversive pamphlets. He served seven years of a ten-year sentence for his anti-apartheid activities. After his accidental death during military training in Angola, he received a hero's burial in Luanda. Life He was born in Cape Town South Africa in 1948, but his family immigrated to Britain following the Sharpeville massacre. He received a PhD in literature from the University of Leeds after a study on Black South African writers. He moved back to Cape Town with his wife, Susan and started working at Cape Argus in 1972. At the time of his arrest in September 1976, Rabkin and his wife, Susan had distributed around 15 different pamphlets supporting the African National Congress (ANC) and South African Communist Party (SACP). Imprisonment In September 1976, he pled guilty to charges related to the terrorism and internal security act promoting the aims of the ANC and the SACP. The court found him guilty of publishing pamphlets calling for the overthrow of law and order. Rabkin was sentenced to ten years imprisonment for "furthering the aims of banned organizations". His wife, Susan, was eight months pregnant and was sentenced to a year, eleven months of which were suspended. During the trial, he stated: The course of action laid out by the ANC and its sister organisations, including the SACP, offered the hope of releasing for the benefit of all South Africans, the energies, talents and aspirations of all our people. From the liberation of the African people, the most oppressed section of our population, would flow a just and democratic society, a South Africa that belonged to all who live in it, black and white. After he pled guilty and was sentenced by judge Marius Diemont he gave the clenched-fist black power salute to the courtroom gallery. He was mistreated in prison, but helped those in the 1979 Pretoria Central Prison break. He allowed Denis Goldberg to purposefully break his loudspeaker to have an excuse to get a soldering iron, which allowed them to solder a makeshift key to facilitate an escape. Following the prison break he was questioned by prison authorities, but international attention led the punishments to be moderate for him and the other conspirators. He served seven years of his ten-year sentence and was released in 1983. Personal life He was married to Susan and they |
had two children, Jobe and Franny. Following his release from prison in 1983, he continued working in journalism, and he moved to Maputo to continue reporting. His wife Susan was exiled after her one month prison sentence and after David's release from prison he too was exiled. Death He was killed in an UMkhonto we Sizwe military training accident in Angola November 22, 1985, and was buried in Luanda. He received a hero's burial and an armed guard of Umkhonto we Sizwe stood guard at his coffin, which was draped in the two flags: the ANC and Sacp. At his funeral South African politician Joe Slovo and anti-apartheid activist Chris Hani, gave speeches about Rabkin's qualities, courage and contributions. Legacy In 2007 South African politician Ronnie Kasrils gave a speech to South African parliament. He dedicated his speech about Israeli aggression to the memory of David Rabkin. References External links David Rabkin doctoral thesis 1948 births 1985 deaths People from Cape Town Anti-apartheid activists Jewish activists |
A disease outbreak was first reported in Equatorial Guinea on 7 February 2023 and, on 13 February 2023, it was identified as being Marburg virus disease. It was the first time the disease was detected in the country. As of 25 February 2023, there is one confirmed case and 24 suspected cases, including nine deaths, in Equatorial Guinea. Background Marburg virus disease is a viral hemorrhagic fever caused by the Marburg virus, with a case fatality ratio of up to 88 percent. Symptoms are similar to Ebola virus disease. There are no vaccines or antiviral treatments for Marburg. Outbreak An outbreak of an unidentified illness was first reported on 7 February 2023 and linked to people who took part in a funeral ceremony in Kié-Ntem province's Nsok-Nsomo district. Eight deaths were reported by 10 February 2023, prompting a local lockdown, while Cameroon introduced border restrictions. Reported symptoms included nose bleeds, fever, joint pain and other ailments. On 13 February 2023, the World Health Organization and Equatorial Guinea's health ministry announced that one of the samples sent to the Pasteur Institute laboratory in Senegal had tested positive for Marburg virus. At that time, there were 25 suspected cases, including 9 deaths. The condition of the confirmed case was not reported. Neighbouring Cameroon detected two suspected cases of Marburg virus disease on 13 February 2023., but they were later ruled out. On 25 February 2023, a suspected case of Marburg was reported in the Spanish city of Valencia, however this case was subsequently discounted. On 28 February 2023, Equatoguinean Health Minister Mitoha Ondo'o Ayekaba reported that there has been two more deaths of people with symptoms of the disease. See also List of epidemics List of other Filoviridae outbreaks References Further reading 2023 in Equatorial Guinea 2023 disease outbreaks February 2023 events in Africa Marburgviruses Disease outbreaks in Equatorial Guinea |
Ganesh Chandrasekaran is an Indian composer. He composes music primaril for Tamil films, but has also scored for independent music albums. Career Ganesh Chandrasekaran made his debut in composing film music for Ezhumin (2018). Earlier, he has composed independent (non-film) music for Sony Music India. Discography References |
Hassan Saajin is an Maldivian fisherman, activist known as Zuvaan Masveriya (young fisherman). He has been featured as the brand ambassador by Ooredoo Maldives along with the global brand ambassador Lionel Messi. Hassan generally raises his voice against the challenges in fishermen lives in Maldives, he has registered a foundation by the name “Dhivehi Masverin”. President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has praised his work being done for the fishermen in Maldives and also Hassan encourages youth to go for sustainable fishing Hassan started the campaign #AnhenehVeema (or “Because She’s A Woman”) to raise awareness on the types of hate that women experience online. Hassan received the Youth Leader of the Year award at the Professional and Career Women Awards 2022, Young Fisherman. References Activists Fishers Year of birth missing (living people) Living people |
Q052 is the stage name of Quentin Condo, a Mi'kmaq rapper from Gesgapegiag, Quebec. He is most noted as a Felix Award nominee for Indigenous Artist of the Year at the 43rd Félix Awards in 2021. His stage name is derived from his first initial and the government bureaucratic code for Gesgapegiag. He released his debut album, Rez Life, in 2018, and followed up in 2019 with Qama'si. He released several singles in 2020 and 2021 before releasing three full-length albums, ImagiNation (March), The Storm (April), and The Calm (May), in 2022. ImagiNation received a nomination for Best Rap/Hip Hop Album at the 2022 GAMIQ awards. References 21st-century Canadian rappers Canadian male rappers Musicians from Quebec Mi'kmaq people First Nations musicians People from Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine Living people Year of birth missing (living people) |
Fowzia Karimi is an Afghan-American author and illustrator who won the Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award in 2011. Early life and education Karimi was born in Kabul and relocated to the United States in 1980. She has a masters in fine arts degree from Mills College at Northeastern University, in California. Career Karimi won the Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award in 2011. She illustrated Micheline Aharonian Marcom's 2017 book The Brick House. She illustrated the Zsuzsanna Ozsváth and Frederick Turner's translation of Goethe's Faust, published by Deep Vellum Books, in 2020. Karimi is the author of the illustrated book Above us the Milky Way: An Illuminated Alphabet, published by Deep Vellum, in 2020). The book was Karimi's first, is autobiographical, and incorporates family photographs and watercolour paintings. The book follows the stories of five sisters, who are born in Afghanistan and relocate to the United States. It was described by D Magazine as "gorgeous". It was re-released in audiobook format in 2021. The book inspired the 2022 exhibit Above Us the Milky Way in Void Gallery, Belfast. She was a Neustadt International Prize for Literature jury member in 2022. Personal life Karimi lives in Denton, Texas. References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people People from Kabul 21st-century American women writers Afghan emigrants to the United States Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award winners Mills College alumni People from Denton, Texas |
Haji Rabri () is an old rabri maker based in Shahi Bazaar, Hyderabad, Sindh. Along with Bombay Bakery cakes, Haji Rabri is considered as an identity of Hyderabad. History Haji Rabri was founded in 1948 by Haji Bashiruddin in Hyderabad, Sindh. The Haji family are from India and they migrated to Hyderabad from Rewari after the partition of India. They founded their first shop in Shahi Bazaar, Hyderabad. In 2012, Haji Rabri shop was opened in Karachi. See also Bombay Bakery References 1948 establishments in Pakistan Tourist attractions in Hyderabad, Sindh Pakistani confectionery |
Raketny Kreyser (Russian for "missile cruiser"), subtitled "Tactical Naval Combat, 1975-1999", is a naval board wargame published in 1977 by Simulations Canada (SimCan) that simulates hypothetical naval battles in the latter part of the twentieth century. Description Raketny Kreyser is a two-player tactical naval wargame involving naval armaments considered modern in 1977, as well as hypothesized armaments and ship capabilities in the 1980s and 90s. The scenarios are drawn from geo-political troubles of the 1970s such as the Cold War, and oil shipments through the Straits of Hormuz. Ships and aircraft are drawn from the U.S., the U.S.S.R., the U.K., China, Canada, Turkey, Greece, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, West Germany, East Germany, Poland, Finland, Iraq, Iran, North and South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Italy, India, and France. Gameplay The game has 255 die-cut counters, but only a few are used in each scenario. The rulebook is only 12 pages long, and the rules have been characterized as "simple." Publication history In 1977, Steve Newberg founded Simulations Canada in 1977 and released three of his own games: Dieppe; The Peloponnesian War; and Raketny Kreyser. All three games were packaged in ziplock bags. Newberg characterized Raketny Kreyser as "the simple game of the three." Only 550 copies of the game were printed, and those quickly sold out. Newberg later admitted the game was too simple, and he reworked the modern naval combat concept in order to produce a similarly themed SimCan game titled Battle Stations in 1984. Reception Two reviews of this game appeared in Issue 10 of Fire & Movement. Although John Vanore found some minor flaws in the rules, he summarized them by calling the game "both playable and realistic. Once you become accustomed to rolling for systems reliability, you'll find the game moves quickly. Don’t let my elaborating on a few minor technical flaws deter you from this excellent game." Cliff Sayre also liked the game, commenting, "The game system is easy to learn and yet involves some innovative features which add interest without penalizing playability." In The Guide to Simulations/Games for Education and Training, Martin Campion called it, "A broad spectrum survey of the naval and naval air units that would be engaged in any major world conflict from now until the turn of the century." In a retrospective review in Issue 10 of Simulacrum, Chris Nelson found several major flaws, pointing out that No ships smaller than frigates were |
included in the game when several scenarios involved places where smaller ships would have been used. Several scenarios involve nations exchanging nuclear missiles strikes on land, but noted "the game does not include any rules for nuclear combat at sea." The scenarios with American aircraft carriers "are implausible since it is very unlikely that Soviet warships would be able to get so close without being engaged by the carriers' tactical aircraft." "The ranges of various weapons are too great and the lack of ammunition limits for ships or planes is unrealistic." Nelson concluded, "Although a simple and quick playing game, it fails to capture the flavor of modern naval combat." References Board wargames set in Modern history Cold War board wargames Simulations Canada games Wargames introduced in 1977 |
Magnolia vazquezii is a species of flowering plant in the family Magnoliaceae. It is endemic to the Sierra Madre del Sur of Guerrero state in southern Mexico. Description Magnolia vazquezii is a tree that grows between 14 and 18 meters tall at maturity. It flowers and fruits from March to May, and has been found with fruit as late as November. Magnolia vazquezii is distinct from other Magnolia species in having clustered flowers rather than solitary ones, with the terminal flower more mature than the interior ones. It has four sepals rather than the typical three. The species was classed as Magnolia schiedeana, which is native to the Sierra Madre Oriental, until being recognized as a distinct species. Range and habitat Magnolia vazquezii is endemic to the municipality of San Luis Acatlan in the Sierra Madre del Sur of Guerrero state in southern Mexico. The species' estimated extent of occurrence (EOO) is less than 500 km2. It is a montane cloud forest species, growing at elevations between 2,150 and 2,342 meters. It grows in soils with abundant leaf litter, associated with the trees Clethra mexicana and species of pine, oak, and Oreopanax. Conservation Magnolia vazquezii has a small range, and a decreasing population estimated at 300 mature individuals. The species' conservation status is assessed as endangered. References vazquezii Endemic flora of Mexico Trees of Guerrero Flora of the Sierra Madre del Sur Cloud forest flora of Mexico Plants described in 2008 |
Anjali Sivaraman (born 17 October 1997) is an Indian actress and singer known for starring in the Netflix film Cobalt Blue (2022) and series Class (2023). Early life Anjali is the daughter of Indian singer Chitra Iyer and Vinod Sivaraman, a veteran Indian Air Force pilot. Career After getting her start in television commercials, Sivaraman gained recognition through modeling for Sabyasachi and playing the lead role in Netflix's Class, an adaptation of Spanish series Elite. Filmography Films Television References 1997 births Living people Indian models Indian female models Indian actresses |
On April 27, 1964, a one-day old infant, Paul Joseph Fronczak was kidnapped from Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. A woman dressed as a nurse had entered the hospital room of Dora Fronczak and told her the doctor needed to examine the baby, and Dora handed the baby to the unknown woman, who left the hospital with the baby and never returned. Two years later, the FBI told the baby's parents that they believed they may have found Paul in New Jersey. The parents met the New Jersey child and said it was their child, and the child was raised as Paul Fronczak. Paul Fronczak doubted his identity as both a child and an adult, and after taking a DNA test in 2012, discovered that he was not related to his raised parents, Dora and Chester Fronczak. In 2015, he was identified as Jack Rosenthal, who had disappeared in 1965. Additionally, he had a twin sister named Jill Rosenthal who also disappeared. The original 1964 kidnapping victim was found alive in Michigan in 2019, now named Kevin Ray Baty. Baty died from cancer in 2020. The woman who kidnapped the baby has never been identified. Jill Rosenthal has never been located, but Paul Fronczak believes that their parents, Gilbert and Marie Rosenthal may have killed Jill around the same time they abandoned him, as witnesses told Paul Fronczak that Jack and Jill had been abused as children. However, investigators believe there is still a solid possibility that Jill is still alive. The 2021 documentary The Lost Sons showed Paul Fronczak exploring details of his case. Kidnapping of Paul Fronczak Baby Paul Joseph Fronczak was born on April 26, 1964, at Michael Reese Hospital. One day later, a woman dressed as a nurse entered the room of Dora Fronczak, baby Paul's mother, and told her that the doctor wanted baby Paul examined. Dora handed baby Paul to the unknown woman, and the woman left the hospital with baby Paul and was never seen again. The investigation was the largest manhunt in Chicago history up to that point, involving 175,000 postal workers, 200 police officers, and the FBI. 600 homes were searched by midnight that night, but there was no trace of baby Paul. Abandonment of Jack Rosenthal On July 2, 1965, a male toddler with a black eye, later known to be Jack Rosenthal, was found abandoned in a pushchair |
in a busy shopping center in Newark, New Jersey. Law enforcement expected the case to be solved quickly, but no one came forward to claim the toddler. He was then put into foster care, and given the name Scott McKinley. FBI later notified the Fronczaks and said that they believed Scott McKinley may be baby Paul Fronczak, as McKinley was the only child they reviewed whom they could not fully rule out as baby Paul. The Fronczaks traveled to New Jersey, and said that McKinley was baby Paul. McKinley was later adopted and raised him as Paul Joseph Fronczak. Today, it is generally believed that Jack Rosenthal was abandoned by his parents, Gilbert and Marie Rosenthal. Later developments When Paul Fronczak was 10, he entered the crawlspace in his home looking for Christmas presents, and instead found newspaper clippings about the kidnapping of baby Paul. He brought the newspapers to his mother, who scolded him and said, "Yes, you were kidnapped, we found you, we love you, and that's all you need to know." Fronczak said that since then he had always wondered if he were actually his parents' child. He did not bring the subject up to his parents for almost 40 years. In 2012, Fronczak decided to take an IdentiGEN DNA test. He asked his parents, and they were surprised, but agreed and met him in Chicago so they could take DNA samples together. Their meeting ended and Paul returned home to Las Vegas, then his parents changed their minds and told him by phone that they did not want him to send in the DNA kit. After struggling with the decision, Fronczak decided he would send in the samples anyway. He later received a phone call from IdentiGEN, and the caller told him there was "no remote possibility" that he was his parents' biological child. Identification as Jack Rosenthal Fronczak then wanted to find out his true identity, and also wanted to find out what happened to baby Paul. A group of genealogist volunteers called the DNA Detectives offered to take up his case free of charge in 2013. On June 3, 2015, the group told Fronczak that they had identified him as Jack Rosenthal of Atlantic City, New Jersey, who had seemingly vanished in 1965. They informed him that he also had a twin sister who had disappeared named Jill. Fronczak later met biological relatives, some |
of whom informed him that they had seen him and Jill as children, and suddenly stopped seeing them, and that his biological parents, Gilbert and Marie Rosenthal would come up with excuses as to why the twins would no longer be there at family meetings. Biological family members also recalled that they had seen Jack and Jill badly abused and neglected, and one family member said they witnessed Jack and Jill sitting "in a cage". Gilbert was described as "an angry man" after returning from the Korean War with PTSD, and Marie was described as a heavy alcoholic. Susan Wohlert, who had babysat the Rosenthals' older children, later told Fronczak that when she had babysat, Gilbert and Marie Rosenthal had told her "not to bother" with the twins upstairs. She went upstairs out of curiosity, where she found Jack and Jill in a room which was empty besides them in their cribs. She said that Jack had a black eye, that him and Jill were dirty, and that the room reeked of urine because their sheets had not been changed. She spent the whole night with Jack and Jill, and Gilbert and Marie were furious the next morning when they found her in Jack and Jill's room. Wohlert stated that she got the impression that Gilbert and Marie had been partying and that they smelled like alcohol. Gilbert and Marie both died in the 1990s from cancer. Fronczak said that he believes Jill may have been killed or "something tragic" may have happened to her, and that his parents then decided to get rid of him because "they couldn't explain just one twin". He said, however, that he believes Jill could still be alive, and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children created a composite reconstruction image of what Jill may look like if she is still alive. No pictures of Jill as a child exist. The investigation into her disappearance is ongoing. Discovery of baby Paul In 2019, a Michigan man named Kevin Ray Baty was identified as the baby Paul Fronczak who had been kidnapped from a Chicago hospital in 1964, though his identity was not revealed to the public until 2020, when Ray died of cancer on his 56th birthday. Before his death, he spoke multiple times on the phone with his biological mother, Dora Fronczak, but they were never able to meet in person. Baty |
had been raised by Lorraine Fountain, who had been dating a doctor from Chicago when she suddenly moved to Arkansas for a year and then returned with baby Paul, who was raised as Kevin Baty. Fountain died in 2004. It is unclear how Kevin got the last name Baty. The perpetrator of his kidnapping has not been identified to this day. The FBI investigation into the kidnapping remains open. References 1964 in Illinois 1965 in New Jersey 1960s missing person cases Atlantic City, New Jersey Newark, New Jersey April 1964 events in the United States July 1965 events in the United States Missing American children Missing person cases in Illinois Missing person cases in New Jersey 1964 crimes in the United States 1965 crimes in the United States Formerly missing people History of Chicago Kidnapped American children Kidnappings in the United States |
Emily S. Patterson is an American ergonomist and academic. She is a professor in the Ohio State University College of Medicine. Patterson's research is in the field of human factors engineering, with a focus on its application to health informatics and macrocognition to improve patient safety, and quality in healthcare. She co-edited the book Macrocognition Metrics and Scenarios: Design and Evaluation for Real-World Teams and is the recipient of the Alexander C. Williams, Jr., Award. Education Patterson studied at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and graduated with a BS in industrial engineering. She then undertook research in human factors at the Ohio State University and earned her MS in industrial and systems engineering in 1996, followed by a Ph.D. in 1999. Career Patterson joined the Ohio State University College of Engineering as a visiting scholar in 2003 and held an appointment as a research scientist there from 2005 till 2009. In 2010, she was appointed as an assistant professor in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at Ohio State University and was promoted to associate professor in 2015, and professor in 2021. Previously, she was a research scientist at the Getting at Patient Safety (GAPS) Center at the Veteran's Administration Medical Center in Cincinnati. Patterson was a scientific advisor on patient safety for the Joint Commission, the National Board of Medical Examiners, and the Society of Hospital Medicine. Research Patterson has authored journal articles, conference papers, and book chapters. Her research has contributed to developing a national standard for summative usability testing for electronic health records in the United States, as well as accreditation standards for hospitals, medical residency programs, and shift change handovers. Health informatics Patterson's early work at NASA Johnson Space Center, resulting in a paper titled "Handoff strategies in settings with high consequences for failure: lessons for health care operations", provided insights on the characteristics of an effective patient handover. Much of her health information technology research focuses on improving patient safety in healthcare by utilizing human factors engineering, emphasizing streamlining workflows in hospital settings. Her work identified side effects from implementing health information technology, i.e., bar code medication administration, highlighting the significance of human factors engineering in workarounds. She extended this research with Kelly Neville and colleagues from The MITRE Corporation to create a conceptual framework for work system resilience to support Resilience-Aware Development and Transition. Patterson is a key contributor to the technical reports |
published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). She co-authored the national standard for summative usability testing for electronic health records (NIST 7804), that has been cooperatively published by the FDA and (NISTIR 7804–1). Patterson worked on formulating a certificate for educating health science students regarding the use of methods in NIST technical reports and introduced it as an approved certificate program known as "Usability and User Experience in Healthcare" at the Ohio State University in 2020. Concentrated on addressing the telemetry alarm problem in the medical center, her joint work applied human factors engineering to the alarm problem. Her team developed an alarm classification system based on priority, an increased positive predictive value (PPV), and information content. Macrocognitive communication Another area of Patterson's work is communication during the transition of care. She conducts qualitative research using macrocognition as a conceptual framework, which has ramifications for health informatics. Together with Janet E. Miller, she has conducted research on the theoretical foundations of macrocognition, discussed a new set of macrocognitive metrics, and elaborated on how the metrics can be used in different approaches. In her 2016 ethnographic observational research, she investigated the differences in how the patient handovers were conducted by attending and resident physicians and later put an emphasis on the use of a macrocognition framework in the healthcare-built environment (HCBE). Research on HCBE has contributed to recommendations for more patient-centered and family-centered design of hospital rooms. Patterson has also used macrocognition for conducting formative usability tests at the VHA, resulting in software changes for increased usability and patient safety. Her early research works have evaluated the patient handoff tool (PHT) for improving patient handoffs, showed how the technology-supported handovers could be optimized, and examined the influence of the computerized decision support on the ability to evaluate and supervise resident physician sign-outs. Patterson has also conducted research on medical education accreditation. In a collaborative work with Ingrid Philibert from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), she defined high-quality patient handovers at the University Otolaryngologists/Otolaryngology Program Directors Organization meeting, and in a related effort, developed an online training course for resilient communication during the shift handovers. Awards and honors 2003 – Merit Review Entry Program (MREP) Career Development Award, Veteran's Administration Health Services Research and Development 2004 – Alexander C. Williams, Jr. Design Award, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 2022 – HFE WOMAN Mentor of the Year, |
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Bibliography Books Macrocognition Metrics and Scenarios: Design and Evaluation for Real-World Teams (2012) ISBN 9781138072084 Articles Patterson, E. S., Cook, R. I., & Render, M. L. (2002). Improving patient safety by identifying side effects from introducing bar coding in medication administration. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 9(5), 540–553. Woods, D. D., Patterson, E. S., & Roth, E. M. (2002). Can we ever escape from data overload? A cognitive systems diagnosis. Cognition, Technology & Work, 4, 22–36. Ebright, P. R., Patterson, E. S., Chalko, B. A., & Render, M. L. (2003). Understanding the complexity of registered nurse work in acute care settings. JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration, 33(12), 630–638. Patterson, E. S., Roth, E. M., Woods, D. D., Chow, R., & Gomes, J. O. (2004). Handoff strategies in settings with high consequences for failure: lessons for health care operations. International journal for quality in health care, 125–132. Patterson, E. S., & Wears, R. L. (2010). Patient handoffs: standardized and reliable measurement tools remain elusive. The joint commission journal on quality and patient safety, 36(2), 52–61. References University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumni Ohio State University alumni American academics Ohio State University faculty Living people Year of birth missing (living people) |
Shahi Bazaar () is a bazaar situated in Hyderabad, Sindh. It is one of the longest bazaar in Asia. The market begins from Pacco Qillo and concludes at Market Tower. References Bazaars in Sindh Tourist attractions in Hyderabad, Sindh |
Přítelkyně z domu smutku ( is a 1992 four-part Czech miniseries starring Ivana Chýlková. It was based on a book of the same name by Eva Kantůrková. The book has autobiographical features - the author was imprisoned for almost a year in the detention prison Prague-Ruzyně when she was accused of a crime of subversion of the republic. In the end, she was released and the trial never took place (it was just another of the Communist regime's tricks to keep people inconvenient to it in check). In the series, the main character does not directly bear the author's name. Instead, she is referred to as Mrs. Marta. Series was awarded at the MTF in Cannes by the Grand Silver Prize in the series category and by the Grand Gold Prize for the acting performance of Ivana Chylková. The series, filmed in an authentic prison environment, has episodes: 1. House of Sorrow. 2. The Andes. 3. Helga. 4. Girlfriend from the house of sorrow. The story depicts life in a remand prison and the fate of female inmates – why they got into prison, what crime they committed, if they committed any at all, what kind of environment they come from, etc. Their purely criminal offenses contrast with the "criminal activity" of the main character, who goes to prison she got only for publishing her books abroad, but which the other female inmates think is a big case against them. Both the book and the series describe in detail the author's feelings in prison; in the series, more emphasis is placed on describing the interrogations with the investigator. However, through the description of individual characters and their fates and behavior after imprisonment, the reality of life under socialism in the 1970s and 1980s in the Czechoslovak Republic, including the unequal position of women in society and the manipulation of the truth by law enforcement agencies, is presented in detail. Cast Ivana Chýlková – Marta Veronika Žilková – dozorkyně Yvetta Blanarovičová – Majka Aňa Geislerová – Líba Pavel Nový – manžel Marty František Řehák – kněz Jaroslav Šmíd – bachař Michal Dlouhý – vyšetřovatel Bohuslav Čáp – otec Majky Blažena Holišová – matka Majky Václav Vydra Otakar Brousek ml. – vězeň Michaela Kuklová – Evička Ilona Svobodová – lékařka ve věznici Jiřina Bohdalová – Helenka References External links Official website 1992 television series debuts Czechoslovak television series Czech Television original programming |
Czech drama television series Czech television miniseries |
An inverter-based resource (IBR) is a source of electricity that is asynchronously connected to the electrical grid via an electronic power converter ("inverter"). The devices in this category, also known as converter interfaced generation (CIG), include the variable renewable energy generators (wind, solar) and battery storage power stations. These devices lack the intrinsic behaviors (like the inertial response of a synchronous generator) and their features are almost entirely defined by the control algorithms, presenting specific challenges to system stability as their penetration increases, for example, a single software fault can affect all devices of a certain type in a contingency (cf. section on Blue Cut fire below). IBRs are sometimes called non-synchronous generators. The design of inverters for the IBR generally follows the IEEE 1547 and NERC PRC-024-2 standards. Grid-following vs. grid-forming A grid-following (GFL) device is synchronized to the local grid voltage and injects an electric current vector aligned with the voltage (in other words, behaves like a current source). The GFL inverters are built into an overwhelming majority of installed IBR devices. Due to their following nature, the GFL device will shutdown if a large voltage/frequency disturbance is observed. The GFL devices cannot contribute to the grid strength, dampen active power oscillations, or provide inertia. A grid-forming (GFM) device partially mimics the behavior of a synchronous generator: its voltage is controlled by a free-running oscillator that slows down when more energy is withdrawn from the device. Unlike a conventional generator, the GFM device has no overcurrent capacity and thus will react very differently in the short-circuit situation. Adding the GFM capability to a GFL device is not expensive in terms of components, but affects the revenues: in order to support the grid stability by providing extra power when needed, the power semiconductors need to be oversized and energy storage added. Modeling demonstrates, however, that it is possible to run a power system that almost entirely is based on the GFL devices. Features Compliance with IEEE 1547 standard makes the IBR to support safety features: if the sensed line voltage significantly deviates from the nominal (usually outside the limits of 0.9 to 1.1 pu), the IBR shall disconnect from the after a delay (so called ridethrough time), the delay is shorter if the voltage deviation is larger. Once the inverter is off, it will stay disconnected for a significant time (minutes); if the voltage magnitude is unexpected, the inverter |
shall enter the momentary cessation state: while still connected, it will not inject any power into the grid. This state has a short duration (less than a second). Once an IBR ceases to provide power, it can come back only gradually, ramping its output from zero to full power. The electronic nature of IBRs limits their overload capability: the thermal stress causes their components to even temporarily function at 1-2 times the nameplate capacity, while the synchronous machines can briefly tolerate an overload as high as 5-6 times their rated power. Vulnerabilities New challenges to the system stability came with the increased penetration of IBRs. Incidences of disconnections during contingency events where the fault ride through was expected, and poor damping of subsynchronous oscillations in weak grids were reported. One of the most studied major power contingencies that involved IBRs is the Blue Cut Fire of 2016 in Southern California, with a temporary loss of more than a gigawatt of photovoltaic power in a very short time. Blue Cut fire The Blue Cut fire in the Cajon Pass on August 16, 2016, has affected multiple high-voltage (500 kV and 287 kV) power transmission lines passing through the canyon, throughout the day thirteen 500 kV line faults and two 287 kV faults. The faults themselves were transitory and self-cleared in a short time (2-3.5 cycles, less than 60 milliseconds), but the unexpected features of the algorithms in the photovoltaic inverter software triggered multiple massive losses of power, with the largest one of almost 1,200 megawatts at 11:45:16 AM, persisting for multiple minutes. The analysis performed by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) had shown that: 700 MW of loss were caused by the poorly designed frequency estimation algorithm. The line faults had distorted the AC waveform and fooled the software into a wrong estimate of the grid frequency dropping below 57 Hz, a threshold where an emergency disconnect shall be initiated. However, the actual frequency during the event had never dropped below 59.867 Hz, well above the low limit of the normal frequency range (59.5 Hz for the Western Interconnection). Additional 450 MW were lost when low line voltage caused the inverters to immediately cease to inject current, with gradual return to operative state within 2 minutes. At least one manufacturer had indicated that injecting the current when the voltage level is below 0.9 pu would involve a major redesign. |
As a result of the incident, NERC had issued multiple recommendations, involving the changes in inverter design and amendments to the standards. References Sources Electrical engineering |
Anna Sui Hluan () is a Burmese linguist, researcher, Christian preacher, and social activist. She is the current Second Lady of Myanmar and wife of Henry Van Thio, the incumbent Vice President of Myanmar. Early life and education Anna Sui Hluan was born in Chin State, Burma, into a family of Christian pastors, and grew up in Yangon. Her father, Rev. Ral Buai, was a preacher who founded the Apostolic Christian Bible College (ACBC). In 1988, many schools were closed due to nationwide protests, so she enrolled in a nearby Bible college instead. She is married to Henry Van Thio and has three children. When she gained a scholarship to study theology at the University of Otago, the family moved to New Zealand to live in the Dunedin suburb of North East Valley in 2011. Career In her years of research, social activism, and women leadership, Anna Sui Hluan has developed a vision for a progressive and prosperous Myanmar. She is a lecturer at the Myanmar Evangelical Graduate School of Theology. She worked as an assistant pastor and women's commission member of the Myanmar Evangelical Christian Fellowship for twelve years before becoming its president. She is the patron of the Dingdi Dream Organization that dedicated to assisting individuals and communities in Chin State. On 30 March 2016 She became Second Lady of the country when her husband Henry Van Thio was sworn in as Second Vice President of Myanmar under the Constitution of Myanmar. She led the first Myanmar Women Leaders Program, which was held in Europe in 2019. She was named one of the most influential and talented Burmese women of the year 2019. She published the "Silence" in Translation in 2022. Works "Silence" in Translation (2022) References Burmese women activists Burmese human rights activists 21st-century Burmese women politicians People from Chin State Burmese people of Chin descent Year of birth missing (living people) Living people University of Otago alumni |