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Mukazye River

The Mukazye River () is a river in southeastern Burundi, a tributary of the Malagarasi River. Course The Mukazye River originates in Ruyigi Province and flows south into Rutana Province, then turns east and joins the Malagarasi River. Environment The surroundings of Mukazye are mainly savannah forest. The area had 70 inhabitants per square kilometer as of 2016. The average annual temperature is . The warmest month is September, when the average temperature is , and the coldest is May, with . Average annual rainfall is . The wettest month is March, with an average of of precipitation, and the driest is July, with of precipitation. Marshes The marshes in the watershed of the Mukazye and the north of the Malagalazi cover of which or 35% are cultivated. This excludes the basin of the upper Malagarazi and its tributaries, the Mutzindozi River and Muyovozi River, and excludes the Malagarazi's downstream tributaries the Rumpungwe River and Rugusye River. The Mukazye flows through three marshes in the Commune of Kinyinya, Ruyigi Province, none of which are managed. These are the Mucankende Marsh, the Ntanga Marsh and the Nyakagege Marsh. In 2015 work was underway to develop the Mukazye marsh in the Commune of Giharo, Rutana Province. In March 2023 it was decided to expropriate rice farmers in the Mukazye, Mazimero, Gatonga, Kinwa and Nyamikungu marshes of the Commune of Giharo, and transfer the fields to SOSUMO to grow sugar cane. This plan was later suspended. However, as of October 2023, 800 rice farmers in the Mukazye marsh had lacked irrigation water for three months. They said the head of their association had blocked the pipes and sold two irrigation machines owned by the association. Conservation The Mukazye Managed Nature Reserve (Réserve Naturelle Gérée de Mukazye) contains papyrus groves on the lower course of the Mukazye River and the banks of the Malaragazi River in the Commune of Giharo. It has rich biodiversity. People live in the riparian zone and engage in fishing and harvesting grasses. The management plan aims to preserve undisturbed habitats for biodiversoty, maintain favorable conditions for resident and migratory birds, support tourism and educational visits, while allowing sustainable fishing and harvesting of papyrus and other marsh grasses by the local people where compatible with the other objectives. See also List of rivers of Burundi References Sources Category:Rivers of Burundi

Condor Electronics

Condor Electronics is an Algerian company that manufactures and distributes consumer electronics. Founded in 2002, the company is headquartered in Bordj Bou Arréridj, Algeria. Condor Electronics sells its products throughout the world Beyond selling its various products on the Algerian market, where the company is a leader with a 35% market share in home appliances and 55% in mobile phones, Condor aims for an 80% export rate of its production to 35 countries (including France, Jordan, Mauritania, Benin, Senegal, and Tunisia). Primarily focused on consumers, the company has also expanded into B2B solutions such as lighting for large infrastructures and centralized climate control. Condor regularly participates in trade shows for information technology and electronics in general, such as CeBIT, IFA, and MWC. History and growth Condor Electronics, a subsidiary of the Benhamadi Group, was established in 2002, specializing in electronics and home appliances. By 2012, Condor Electronics announced it had captured 35% of the Algerian market for computers and home appliances. In 2013, marking its 10th year of operation, Condor reported that exports to Tunisia and Jordan had generated approximately five million euros, boosting its turnover by 25%. In June 2013, the company launched its first smartphone, the Condor C-1, followed by the more powerful C-4 in September of the same year. The C-6, a high-end smartphone, was released in April 2014. This was followed by the C-8 and the C-4+ in various colors. In 2014, Condor allocated $100 million to investments, and its profit margin increased between 20% and 40%. In June 2015, after declaring its intention to enter the European market, Condor announced that 30,000 units of its new smartphone, the Griffe W1, had been sold in France. According to Jeune Afrique's ranking of the 500 largest African companies in 2015, Condor ranked 15th among Algerian companies and 281st overall in Africa. That same year, the company's turnover reached 93 billion dinars. In January 2017, Condor became the first manufacturer in Africa and the MENA region to develop 8K technology. On April 20, 2017, Condor opened its first showroom in Tunisia. In February 2018, at the MWC 2018, Condor Electronics' African market director announced that the company was expanding its presence in Europe, particularly in France, with the Allure M3 smartphone as its flagship product. However, in August 2019, Condor's CEO, Abderrahmane Benhamadi, was placed in pre-trial detention following a corruption investigation. He was temporarily released in April 2020 but was later sentenced to four years in prison, with two years suspended, for illegal contracts and obtaining undue advantages. Activities Condor offers a variety of mobile devices, ranging from high-end smartphones to entry-level feature phones. In February 2016, Condor launched the Unique U1, a flip phone with two screens, running on the Android KitKat operating system and primarily targeting a female audience. Condor Electronics also offers a range of touchscreen tablets. Typically targeting the general public, Condor launched a dedicated tablet for children in June 2015, called the Tab Kids (model TGW-709). References Category:Algerian companies established in 2002 Category:Manufacturing companies of Algeria Category:Smartphones Category:Home appliance manufacturers of Algeria

Tatyana Lebrun

Tatyana Lebrun (born 9 December 2004) is a Belgian Paralympic swimmer.. Paris 2024 Paralympic Games – Lebrun Tatyana She competes in classification S10 (S10, SB9 and SM10). Biography Lebrun, like her mother and grandmother, was born with Larsen syndrome, a congenital disorder that affects bones and joints and that in her case a.o. has left her without a patella in the right knee. Although initially doctors announced that she would probably never be able to walk, after undergoing multiple surgeries at feet and knees, she now swims at the highest level. After initially competing in the valid circuit, a disqualification for a bad breaststroke movement made her turn to the disabled circuit. Personal Lebrun studies physiotherapy at the University of Liège, Belgium, a vocation largely inspired by the team that surrounds her on a daily basis. Competitions Upon her arrival in the Francophone Handisport League, Lebron won four medals, including two gold and two bronze, at the European Para Youth Games. Having received a wild card for the 2020 Summer Paralympics, at age 16, Lebrun was the youngest member of Team Belgium in Tokyo. At those Olympics, she was disappointed to finish 6th in her heats and 11th overall of the 200 metres breaststrike SB9. A year later, in June 2022, after posting a personal best of 1:18.45 in the heats, she took a bronze medal, and Belgium's first medal at the World Para Swimming Championships since 2017, at the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, in the 200 metres breaststroke SB9. Immediately after these championships, she won another 2 gold medals at the 2022 European Para Youth Games in Lahti, Finaland, one in her favorite discipline, the 100 meter breaststroke, and another one in the 50 metres freestyle. In April 2024, she won her first European medals by winning two medals at the 2024 World Para Swimming European Open Championships in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal: a silver medal in the 200 metres individual medley SM10 and a bronze medal in the 100 metres breaststroke SB9. Awards In 2020 Lebrun was winner of the ENGIE "Talent of the Year award". References External links Category:2004 births Category:Living people Category:Belgian female breaststroke swimmers Category:Belgian female medley swimmers Category:Paralympic swimmers for Belgium Category:Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Category:Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Category:People from Stavelot Category:Medalists at the World Para Swimming European Championships Category:S10-classified para swimmers Category:Sportspeople from Liège Province Category:21st-century Belgian sportswomen

Reyhan Taşdelen

Reyhan Taşdelen (born 29 September 2007) is a Turkish Paralympian athlete. She competes in the T20 disability class of mainly long jump and sprint events, sometimes also in normal athletics competitions. She is owner of world and European champion titles in various para-athletics disciplines. Sport career Taşdelen started athletics with the encouragement of her teacher in 2019. After her champion titles in the 200 m and 300 m events at the Turkish U16 Championships, she was admitted to the Olympics Preparation Centers of Turkey. She is a member of Samsun ÖY GSK, where she is coached by Aytunç Göz. 2024 Taşdelen became Turkish champion in the 100 m and 200 m events. She won the silver medal in the 400 m event at the 2024 World Para Athletics Grand Prix in Dubai, United Arab Emirates., At the 2024 Virtus World Indoor Athletics in Reims, France, she won the e bronze medal in the 200 m and the silver medal in the 800 m event while setting a new national record. She captured the gold medal in the 4x200 m relay event with teammates Önder, Bayrak and Altın setting a world record with 1:46.82, which replaced the 2007-record of 1:49.13 from Poland. Further, she took the silver medal in the 4x400 m relay with Önder, Yıldırım and Altın. Taşdelen competed at the 2024 World Para Athletics Championships in Kobe, Japan, and finished both events long jump and 400 m on the fourth place. She competed at the national team selection championships in İzmir for the Balkan Athletics U18 Championships, and won the gold medal in the 100 m event. She so was admitted to the national normal athletics team as a first in the country's history. At the 2024 Virtus Open European Athletics Championships in Uppsala, Sweden, she claimed the gold medal in the 400 m She won the gold medal in the 400 m hurdles event at the 2024 Virtus Open European Athletics Championships in Uppsala, Sweden. Moreover, she claimed gold medals in the 4x100 m relay with 49.92 and 4x400 m relay events with 4:09.91 along teammates Bayrak, Önder and Altın. In the long jump, she took the bronze medal with 5.45 m. Taşdelen competed as a normal athlete at the 2024 European Athletics U18 Championships in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia, and set a national record. She received a quota for participation in the long jump T20 event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France. Personal life Reyhan Taşdelen was born on 29 September 2007. In 2022, she moved from Ankara to Samsun upon invitation of Melik Kılıç Göz, sports coordinator of the Uğur Schools. Taşdelen is student of Uğur Schools in Canik, Samsun. References Category:2007 births Category:Living people Category:People from Canik Category:Sportspeople from Ankara Category:Sportspeople from Samsun Category:Turkish female long jumpers Category:Turkish female sprinters Category:21st-century Turkish sportswomen Category:Female competitors in athletics with disabilities Category:Long jumpers with disabilities Category:Paralympic athletes for Turkey Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Mary Jane Jackson

Mary Jane Jackson (born 1836 – disappeared 1863) was an American serial killer, prostitute, and criminal active in New Orleans, Louisiana, from the 1840s to 1860s. She was nicknamed "Bricktop" due to her bright red hair. Early life Jackson was born in 1836 on Girod St. in New Orleans. She became a prostitute at the age of 13 and, at 14, the mistress of a local saloon owner. After he split with her three years later, she beat him to the point of hospitalization, leaving him with a broken nose and without an ear. After this, she bounced around different brothels, as she could not get along with other prostitutes. Murders Jackson committed her first murder in 1856 at the age of 20, beating a man to death after he called her a "whore." The following year, she fatally stabbed a man nicknamed Long Charley (due to his height of almost 7 feet). On November 7, 1859, Jackson went to a saloon on Rampart St. with two other women, Ellen Collins and America Williams. After a blacksmith named Laurent Fleury, who was seated nearby, asked her to stop cussing, she continued to do so louder out of spite. Laurent got up and slapped Jackson across the face, after which Jackson and the two other women stabbed him to death. When police arrived, they found Fleury's pants pocket and money in Jackson's possession. She was brought to Parish Prison but was released after an autopsy failed to establish Fleury's cause of death. While imprisoned, Jackson fell in love with a jailer, criminal, and fight manager named John Miller (b. 1829 in Gretna), who himself had murdered several people in New Orleans. After her release, they committed robberies together in the French Quarter. On the night of December 5, 1861, Miller told neighbors outside of their home in Gretna that Jackson "needed a thrashing" and went inside; the subsequent altercation ended with Miller being fatally stabbed. Jackson received a ten-year prison sentence for the murder but was released nine months later, after George F. Shepley emptied the local prisons due to the ongoing American Civil War. After her release, Jackson left New Orleans and was never heard from again. See also List of serial killers before 1900 List of serial killers in the United States References Category:1836 births Category:19th-century American criminals Category:19th-century American women Category:American female prostitutes Category:American female serial killers Category:American prostitutes Category:Criminals from Louisiana Category:Serial killers from Louisiana Category:Year of death unknown

Aeroflot Flight 205

Aeroflot Flight 205 was a crash involving an Aeroflot passenger aircraft Il-14P that occurred on 18 January 1959, near Stalingrad (now Volgograd). The crash resulted in the deaths of all 25 people on board. Aircraft The Il-14P with factory number 146000701 and serial number 07-01 was manufactured by the "Banner of Labor" factory (Moscow) on June 28, 1956. It was subsequently sold to the Main Directorate of Civil Air Fleet under the Council of Ministers of the USSR. The aircraft was registered with the number CCCP-Л1863 and assigned to the 107th (Baku) aviation detachment of the Azerbaijan territorial administration of the civil air fleet. In 1959, following re-registration, the tail number changed to CCCP-41863. At the time of the crash, the aircraft had accumulated 3,922 flight hours. Crew The crew from the 107th flight detachment consisted of 5 members: Captain – Ivan Sergeyevich Mandrykin Co-pilot – Kim Leonidovich Mareev Flight Engineer – Maggerm Mukhtarovich Ibragimov Radio Operator – Vitaly Ivanovich Kaurov Stewardess – Nelli Yemelyanovna Piskunova Crash The aircraft was operating flight 205 from Moscow to Baku with intermediate stops in Voronezh and Stalingrad. At 23:30 on January 17, it departed from Vnukovo Airport (Moscow) and landed at Voronezh Airport at 01:00 on January 18. After a 45-minute layover, the aircraft, carrying 5 crew members and 20 passengers, departed for Stalingrad. During the flight, at 02:07, the crew received a weather forecast for Gumrak Airport indicating continuous stratiform rain clouds and fracto-rain clouds with a lower boundary of 250 meters, snow, and visibility of 2 kilometers. At 02:25, the aircraft entered the Stalingrad Air Traffic Control Center's zone, flying above the clouds. At 03:07, the aircraft reported entering the airport's airspace at an altitude of 2,400 meters between cloud layers and requested approach and landing conditions. Permission was granted to perform an approach at 1,200 meters. Gumrak Airport was equipped with a landing system (OSP) only on the eastern side with a landing course of 243°. However, a northeast wind (60°) blew on that day, making a tailwind for the 243° landing course, which made landing from the eastern side impossible. In such conditions, the crew had to follow a rectangular route and penetrate the cloud cover, descend to 150 meters, align with a course of 243°, then make the fourth turn and pass the OMP with the IMP, perform a visual approach on course 63° to runway 24 by a left-hand circuit. When the crew reported reaching 1,200 meters, the dispatcher permitted descent to 900 meters, to which the crew responded: Seeing it visually. Soon, clearance was given for 400 meters, which the crew confirmed. When asked by the dispatcher if they had the runway threshold in sight, the response was negative. Then, from aircraft 41863, it was reported that they were passing the OMP at 400 meters on a course of 153° and proceeding to the second turn. The crew successively reported passing the second, third, and fourth turns at 400 meters. After the report of completing the fourth turn, the flight leader inquired about the possibility of visual flight, to which an affirmative answer was given. However, contact with the aircraft was lost afterward. There was also no report on passing the OMP. At 03:33, flying on a course of 315° with a right bank of 15—20° and a pitch of 9—12°, the Il-14, traveling at approximately 300 km/h, crashed into a snow-covered field 4,025 meters from the OMP and about 5,000 meters from the runway 24 threshold. The right wing struck the ground first and broke apart upon impact, causing the aircraft to overturn and sever the tail section. The wreckage was scattered over 300—350 meters, and no fire ensued, but all 25 people on board perished. Investigation From the outset, the crash was noted for its strange nature: performing a visual flight, the aircraft began a strong deviation to the right between the fourth turn and the OMP as if the crew were not in control. At this time, there was continuous stratiform rain cloud cover at 163 meters, mist, and visibility of up to 4 kilometers, meaning that the weather conditions given the crew's training could not have caused the crash. It was also established that 19 tickets were sold for the flight, but there was an additional stowaway passenger on board. Moreover, one of the passengers traveling from Moscow to Baku was sent a telegram to Stalingrad Airport with a suspicious text: Everyone is healthy in Moscow; I find it advisable to return by train. This raised a theory of a possible attack on the crew. However, the commander's pistol found at the crash site was discovered fully loaded. Examination of the wreckage showed that the engines were running at the time of impact and the aircraft was under control. When the bodies of the crew members were examined, a round wound 5 centimeters deep with burn marks around the edges was found on the left thigh of the commander, Mandrykin. Initially, the forensic examination concluded that the wound resulted from electric shock, although it could not determine whether the wound was inflicted before or after death. However, a more detailed examination of the wreckage revealed five round holes, 10 and 35 millimeters in diameter, located in the skin and partition of the cockpit and the left control panel of the engine management. The commission noted that between 3 and 5 in the morning, in the area of the GUMRAK settlement near the crash site, a military unit conducted firing exercises. Additionally, in the following three months, about ten reports were received from aircraft commanders of various planes stating that during approaches from the west side from the fourth turn to the OMP, when planes flew over the military range, tracer rounds and shell bursts were observed dangerously close to them. In April, an exhumation of the commander's body was conducted. A re-examination found small metal fragments in the left thigh in the burn area and a cylindrical metal object measuring 11×5 millimeters. Thus, the initial conclusion that the wound resulted from an electric shock was refuted. The commission decided to conduct an examination to prove that the metallic objects found in the commander's body were a bullet fired from a firearm. Based on these findings, a petition could be filed with the Ministry of Defense of the USSR to close the military range located in the rectangular approach route area on course 243°, as regular firing drills, both day and night, were held there, creating a clear threat to the safety of aircraft flying over the range. However, the commission made no final conclusion, leaving the cause of the crash officially undetermined. Notes Category:January 1959 events Category:Accidents and incidents involving the Ilyushin Il-14 Category:Airliner shootdown incidents

Snehdeep Singh Kalsi

Snehdeep Singh Kalsi is a Mumbai-based Indian singer known for his multilingual rendition of the popular song "Kesariya" from the 2022 Bollywood film Brahmastra. Kalsi's version of "Kesariya" featured performances in five different languages: Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam. This display of linguistic and musical versatility was praised for its flawless pronunciation and cultural sensitivity. Early life and background Snehdeep Singh Kalsi was born and raised in Mumbai, India. He completed his education in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, where he attended the Charusat University's Chandubhai S. Patel Institute of Technology (CSPIT). He earned a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) degree from CSPIT. After completing his undergraduate studies, Kalsi relocated to Bengaluru to pursue a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Marketing at the Symbiosis Institute of Business Management. During his academic years, Kalsi actively participated in music gatherings and competitions, where he showcased his vocal talents. His passion for music, combined with his diverse linguistic abilities, laid the foundation for his later success in the Indian music industry. Musical career Breakthrough with "Kesariya" Kalsi's breakthrough came with his rendition of "Kesariya," which garnered widespread attention when it was released online. The over-a-minute video of him singing the song in five different languages went viral on social media, earning him accolades from audiences and prominent figures. Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised the performance, describing it as a "great manifestation of the spirit of ‘Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat’." Industrialist Anand Mahindra also commended the rendition, highlighting it as an example of a united India. The multilingual version of "Kesariya" was widely covered by various major media outlets in India, including India Today, NDTV, The Times of India, and Hindustan Times, among others. "Shuru Karein? with Snehdeep Singh Kalsi" Following the success of "Kesariya," Snehdeep Singh Kalsi embarked on a musical tour titled "Shuru Karein? with Snehdeep Singh Kalsi." The tour included performances in four major Indian cities, where Kalsi delivered a blend of classical tunes, ghazals, Sufi music, and popular songs, paying homage to legendary artists like Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Ghulam Ali. Recognition and Impact Kalsi's ability to sing fluently in multiple languages has been celebrated as a symbol of India's linguistic diversity and unity. His work has been recognized for promoting cultural integration and fostering a sense of national pride. Discography +YearSong NameRef.2023"Kesariya - Multilingual Mix" References Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Living people Category:Singers from Mumbai Category:21st-century Indian singers Category:21st-century Indian songwriters

Melissa Sinfield

Melissa Sinfield (; born 23 March 1977) is an Australian former professional basketball player. She played 13 seasons in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL), including 11 with the Perth Breakers/Lynx. She also played in the State Basketball League (SBL), where she won five championships with the Perry Lakes Hawks. Early life Sinfield grew up in Horsham, Victoria, where she played basketball as a youth but often in boys teams due to the lack of girls competition. She represented Victoria Country in under-16s and under-18s. Basketball career WNBL In 1994 and 1995, Sinfield attended the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) in Canberra and played for the AIS in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). In 1996, Sinfield joined the Perth Breakers. She helped the Breakers reach the WNBL Grand Final in 1999, where they lost to the AIS. Following the departure of Tully Bevilaqua in 2000, Sinfield became captain of the Breakers. She was captain of the Breakers in 2001 when the owners handed back the licence and the team almost folded. Basketball WA took over the licence and renamed the team the Perth Lynx, but the organisation lacked money to pay players. Sinfield retired in 2006 having played in only 15 wins from her last 105 games, all without being paid. Sinfield was a defensive-minded player, and led the league for steals in the 2001–02 season. She was often given the task of guarding the opposing team's most dangerous shooter. In 191 WNBL games, Sinfield finished with totals of 1,652 points, 1,043 rebounds, 436 assists, 281 steals and 133 blocks. As of 2019, she was the club leader for rebounds and blocks, second for steals, third for points, and fourth for assists. Her number 13 jersey was retired by the Lynx in 2016. SBL Between 1996 and 2003, Sinfield played for the Perry Lakes Hawks in the State Basketball League (SBL) and won SBL championships in 1998, 2001, 2002 and 2003. She returned for a final season in 2007 and won a fifth championship. She was named SBL Most Valuable Player in 1999 and SBL Grand Final MVP in 2003. In 189 games, she averaged 15.2 points, 8.7 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 3.7 steals per game. In 2008, Sinfield was a member of the Hawks' championship-winning team as an assistant coach. Accolades In September 2013, Sinfield was named in the 25 Year WSBL All Star team. In August 2019, Sinfield was included in a 'Culture of Champions' mural at Horsham Basketball Stadium, a permanent display featuring 14 Horsham players who had national and international success. She was Horsham's first national female basketballer. In August 2021, Sinfield was inducted into the Basketball WA Hall of Fame. In 2023, Sinfield was inducted into the Perry Lakes Hawks Hall of Fame. Personal life Sinfield has two brothers. Sinfield's husband, Peter Sinfield, also played in the SBL for the Perry Lakes Hawks. The couple have three children. As of 2021, she spent her time balancing a nursing career with coaching her son's basketball team and serving on the NBL1 West commission. References External links Australiabasket.com profile Category:1977 births Category:Living people Category:Australian Institute of Sport basketball (WNBL) players Category:Australian women's basketball players Category:Forwards (basketball) Category:Perth Lynx players Category:Sportswomen from Victoria (state)

MyRadar

MyRadar is a free weather forecasting application developed and run by CEO Andy Green and his Orlando, Florida-based company ACME AtronOmatic (ACME). Beginning operations in 2008, the app for its first decade ran solely on free government-provided weather and radar data, but still became popular. To publish improved predictions of ongoing weather unique to the app, the first of many personal satellites was launched by the app in 2019. With funding to improve the apps radar and imaging notably coming from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the Office of Naval Research (ONR), ACME was able to create a weather data satellite constellation named "Hyperspectral Orbital Remote Imaging Spectrometer" (HORIS), which runs off of machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) to create a current weather map. With the introduction of additional of features including the detection of wildfires and illegal fishing, the app has more broadly become an environmental intelligence app since 2022. In 2024, the app partnered with the Total Traffic and Weather Network (TTWN) to provide traffic flow and incident data for users with paying subscriptions via CarPlay and Android Auto, becoming one of the first weather apps to do so. The app has received both positive and negative criticism since its launch, with positive criticism revolving around a number of the app's features, and negative criticism revolving around the selling of users data. History The creator of the app, Andy Green, had created internet tech since the 1980s. His first major project was the development of a public access internet service company based in Rhode Island, which he later sold to finance the creation of ACME AtronOmatic ("ACME" for short), based in Orlando, Florida. The first major app created by ACME was called "Flightwise", which provided users with flight tracking information. In the summer of 2008, Green had the idea to use the animated location tracker already built-in to Flightwise to make a stand-alone weather forecasting app after wondering if a meal he was eating outdoors would get rained out. Despite running solely off of free government-provided weather and radar data for the first decade after launch, Green said the app "took off like wildfire" in downloads. In December 2017, the app partnered with "TripIt" to provide users with information about flight delays and gate changes, eliminating the need for a separate app like Flightwise. thumb|left|200px|alt=A small metal cube covered in electrical equipment|A close-up of a PocketQube satellite, which were launched by MyRadar and entered the atmosphere on 2 May 2022 In 2019, ACME launched their first personal satellite for the app, a small prototype from New Zealand, as part of an effort to provide detailed imagery and improved predictions of ongoing weather unique to the app. More satellites were eventually launched by ACME to create a weather data satellite constellation named "Hyperspectral Orbital Remote Imaging Spectrometer" (HORIS), monitored by ground stations maintained by Kongsberg Satellite Services. HORIS operates MyRadar by taking the environmental data and imagery it collects and pairing it with machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) to create a real-time weather map. Some AI elements of HORIS were taken from EndpointAI Inc., which ACME purchased in September 2020. In 2022, HORIS was expanded upon after ACME won approval from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to improve their satellite constellation to including 250 satellites or more. Main batch of satellites were PocketQubes, which entered the atmosphere on 2 May 2022 by Rocket Lab Electron launched also from New Zealand, with the additional purpose to test and validate the existing satellites in orbit. On 20 July 2022, the app partnered with the Allstate-owned company "Arity" to provide information about road conditions for drivers who share their location data. In October 2022, ACME received a research grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to improve the app's wildfire detection and air quality measurement technology to better detect smoke, aerosols, fire hotspots using satellites and aerial drones. On 20 July 2023, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) accepted a proposal by ACME to partner with the Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) to create a tool which more accurately predicts cloud representations for the app, which likewise was meant to benefit the Navy. On 18 August 2023, phase two of the NOAA grant was approved, providing an additional to aid in the app's aforementioned goals by launching a pair of CubeSat satellites to provide high definition infrared imagery. On 8 September 2023, the app secured another in crowd funding to aid accomplishing the goals of the NOAA grant by expanding the app's workforce from 35 to 100 employees by the end of 2024. In January 2024, MyRadar partnered with Total Traffic and Weather Network (TTWN) to provide comprehensive traffic data overlayed with its pre-existing weather graphics for users in the United States. The partnership allowed for the app to additionally become a tool for navigation. This officially became a feature days later on 8 January 2024, when the app was made compatible with Apple's CarPlay, becoming one of the first weather apps to gain this ability. On 7 February 2024, the Android equivalent Android Auto also gained the ability to display the app on car interfaces. In March 2024, the app launched a "meteorological wedding planning service" in the United States and Canada for prices between and , in which users can request a personal meteorologist to provide an in-person meeting about the best dates for a wedding, and on-call local weather updates the day of. Also in March 2024, the app sponsored Kyle Weatherman and had a custom decal created for his No. 91 Chevy Camaro for the Focused Health 250 taking place in Austin, Texas. In July 2024, the app launched a sweepstakes for one user to join a team of two professional storm chasers during the 2025 tornado season. Features and general information thumb|200px|alt=The central dashboard of a car displaying a screen with multiple apps on it|MyRadar became one of the first weather apps able to be used hands-free on CarPlay The app's primary function is to provide weather forecasting and prediction to users. The app includes toggleable options to track and send alerts to users for rain, wind patterns, earthquakes, tornadoes, tropical cyclones, wildfires, and more. In early 2020, a feature was added to track orbital objects such as the International Space Station. In May 2022, with the imagery improvement of HORIS, the app gained the secondary abilities to better monitor algae blooms, coral reefs, illegal fishing, and wildfires. In July 2022, a feature called "MyDrives" was added which provides drivers with weather conditions on the road, and likewise routes to avoid inclement weather. In January and February 2024, the ability to display traffic flow and incident data in a feature called "RouteCast" was added, and can be displayed in video and 3D options via CarPlay and Android Auto for users with paying subscriptions. The app also provides annual tropical storm and tornado outlooks for their respective seasons, gathered through satellite and ariel drone data, as well as through on the ground storm chasers. The app is free, but does offer in-app purchases for additional material like some of those listed above. The app is headquartered on 111 W. Jefferson Street, Suite 200 in Orlando, Florida. The founder and CEO is Andy Green, the Chief Scientist and Chief Technology Officer is Sarvesh Garimella, and the senior meteorologist is Matthew Cappucci. Users are only able to download the app in Australia, Canada, Japan, and the United States, but the app is available in nine languages: being Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish. Reception and criticism The app has more than fifty million downloads, and has an active userbase of around fifteen million across iOS, Android, and Windows devices in 2024. In 2020, the app was regarded by the newspaper Florida Trend as "one of the top radar and weather prediction smartphone apps". In 2024, the New York Post criticized the app for sending user data to the AllState-owned company Arity, who MyRadar had partnered with in 2022, which uses data such as speeding and sudden braking to impact car insurance rates of the user. References Category:Free application software Category:Geographic data and information software Category:Mobile applications Category:Weather forecasting

Javier Sánchez Serna

Javier Sánchez Serna (Murcia, 23 July 1985) is a Spanish politician, who has served as a deputy for Murcia in the Congress during the 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, and 15th legislatures. He was the Third Secretary of the Congress of Deputies and is currently the Regional Coordinator of Podemos Region of Murcia. Biography Sánchez Serna holds a degree in Philosophy and a master's degree in Applied Sociology. He has worked as a substitute teacher in Secondary Education specializing in Philosophy. From the age of 18, he has been involved in various political and social movements related to youth, housing, and the student struggle against the so-called "Bologna Process". For two years, he coordinated the research group "Postmodernity, Crisis, and the Commons" at the Center for Advanced Studies in Contemporary Art in Murcia. He is the Regional Coordinator of Podemos Region of Murcia and a member of the State Citizens Council of Podemos. In the 2015 Spanish general election, Sánchez Serna was elected as a deputy for Murcia in the Congress, and was re-elected in 2016, where he served as the spokesperson for the Education and Sports Committee, the Science Committee, and as deputy spokesperson for the Universities Committee until the end of the 13th legislature. In 2019, he once again led the Unidas Podemos list for the Congress of Deputies in Murcia, retaining his seat in both the April 2019 Spanish general election and the November 2019 Spanish general election. Since September of that year, he has also led the Podemos Region of Murcia's interim executive after the previous leadership stepped down, becoming the Regional Coordinator of the party following internal primaries. On 3 December 2019, Sánchez Serna was elected as the Third Secretary of the Congress of Deputies and serves as the spokesperson for the Education and Vocational Training Committee, as well as the Science, Innovation, and Universities Committee. Following the 2023 Spanish general election, he was elected as a deputy for the 15th Cortes Generales as the head of the Sumar list for Murcia, and later joined the Mixed Parliamentary Group along with other Podemos deputies. References Category:1985 births Category:Living people Category:Members of the 11th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Category:Members of the 12th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Category:Members of the 13th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Category:Members of the 14th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Category:Members of the 15th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Category:Podemos (Spanish political party) politicians Category:People from Murcia Category:Spanish politicians

Enrique Yarza

Enrique Yarza Soraluce (21 October 1930 – 1 August 2001) was a Spanish footballer who played as a goalkeeper. After his university studies and military service, he spent his entire professional career at Real Zaragoza, playing 332 games across all competitions from 1953 to 1969. He was the club's most successful captain, winning the Copa del Generalísimo in 1964 and 1966, and the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1964. Early life Born to a well-off family in San Sebastián in the Basque Country, Yarza excelled academically, in 1948 he joined the Faculty of Chemical Sciences at the University of Zaragoza. During this time, he played as a left winger and took penalty kicks for a university team touring the local area. Yarza's performances for the university team earned him attention from clubs, and he signed for regional first division side Celta de Zaragoza, whom he helped to promotion to the Tercera División. During this time, he was conscripted for compulsory military service in Tarragona, which was spread out due to his university course; he rose to the rank of reserve second lieutenant. then signed Yarza, who moved on to Arenas de Zaragoza in a deal that would see Celta de Zaragoza have access to the latter club's facilities. Arenas de Zaragoza had connections with professional club Real Valladolid, but Yarza had instead committed to Real Zaragoza despite only being offered half as much salary there. Career Yarza arrived at a Real Zaragoza side in the Segunda División, and made his debut on 13 September 1953 as the season began with a 3–2 loss away to Baracaldo. On 3 October 1954, he scored an own goal and made several errors in a 4–2 home loss to Cultural Leonesa on the fourth matchday, leading to criticism from journalists who highlighted his comparatively short height for a goalkeeper of 1.73 m. He asked manager Edmundo Suárez for a break and was subsequently replaced by , known as Lasheras. Yarza did not recover a place in the team until 1959–60, with the team now in La Liga. The return of Suárez to the bench and frustration around Lasheras's failed negotiations with Real Madrid gave an opportunity to the 29-year-old. He captained the team in the Copa del Generalísimo final on 23 June 1963, a 3–1 loss to Barcelona at the Camp Nou. Real Zaragoza won their first trophy on 24 June 1964, lifting the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup with a 2–1 final win over compatriots Valencia. This was followed on 5 July with the Copa del Generalísimo, after defeating Atlético Madrid 2–1 in the final. With another domestic cup win two years later against Atlético Bilbao, he was the club's most successful captain of all time. In September 1966, the team lost the Fairs Cup final to Barcelona; having won 1–0 away in the first leg, Real Zaragoza fell 4–2 after extra time at La Romareda in the second leg, with Lluís Pujol scoring a hat-trick against Yarza. The Real Zaragoza side of this decade were known as Los Magníficos. Limited by an Achilles tendon rupture in his later career, Yarza played his final match aged 39 on 18 September 1968, a 3–1 loss away to Trakia Plovdiv of Bulgaria in the first round of the Fairs Cup, and was criticised by the press for his performance. Having played under four presidents and 16 managers, he was given a testimonial match on 1 May 1969 against Wiener Sport-Club of Austria. Yarza was never called up by the Spain national football team, in an era when José Ángel Iribar was the dominant goalkeeper. He was called up to the B-team in 1960, but was not capped. Later life and death Yarza returned to his hometown after football, and ran a bar with Zaragoza teammate . He died of liver cancer on 1 August 2001, aged 70. References External links Category:1930 births Category:2001 deaths Category:Footballers from San Sebastián Category:Spanish men's footballers Category:Men's association football goalkeepers Category:University of Zaragoza alumni Category:Real Zaragoza players Category:La Liga players Category:Segunda División players Category:Tercera División players Category:Deaths from liver cancer in Spain

Ultra-Ganges Missions

The Ultra-Ganges Missions were the London Missionary Society (LMS) outposts in Southeast Asia in the early 1800s. They were established as a way to develop missionary activities in China, before the Opium Wars permitted foreigners to enter the Chinese mainland. History The first Protestant missionary to China, Robert Morrison on the LMS in 1807, was only able to reach the edge of China in either the port of Canton or Macao. However, as China was closed to foreigners at the time, subsequent LMS missionaries established in the British and Dutch colonial region of the "Ultra Ganges" (literally, beyond the Ganges River), the Southeast Asian territories of Melaka (Malacca), Penang, Singapore, and Batavia (Jakarta). This created a complex situation, with competing centers of authority between the LMS directors in London and Morrison in Canton, as well as rivalries between missionaries and various colonial enterprises. William Milne established the Melaka station in 1815, which became one of the major locations for the work of the LMS. Milne established the first Protestant Christian academy in Southeast or East Asia, the Anglo-Chinese College in 1818. It was an educational center and the location for the LMS printing press, where many missionary translations, Christian tracts, and other materials were printed. Milne's Anglo-Chinese College focused on Chinese children, and saw some of the first Protestant baptisms, such as Liang Fa in 1816, a Chinese printer who later became an important pastor and evangelist in China. The mission also worked with indigenous Malay people. After the First Opium War and the Treaty of Nanking was signed in 1842, the LMS missionaries convened a meeting in 1843 in Hong Kong to discuss plans for the future of the Ultra-Ganges Missions. It was decided that all stations, with the exception of Singapore, was to move their work to Hong Kong or other parts of China. In 1843, the Anglo-Chinese College was re-established in Hong Kong. In 1846, the final missionaries in Singapore, John Stronach and Benjamin Keasberry were ordered to close the work and move to Hong Kong. Keasberry disagreed with this choice, resigned from the LMS, and stayed to continue work in Singapore. References Category:Protestantism in China Category:Protestantism in Indonesia Category:Protestantism in Malaysia Category:Protestantism in Singapore

Epoidesuchus

Epoidesuchus is an extinct pepesuchine peirosaurid from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian to Maastrichtian) Adamantina Formation of Brazil. Like other members of the Pepesuchinae and unlike the closely related members of Peirosaurinae, Epoidesuchus had long and gracile jaws, which may indicate that they were semi-aquatic animals more similar to modern crocodilians. The genus is monotypic, meaning it only contains a single species, Epoidesuchus tavaresae. History and naming The holotype specimen of Epoidesuchus were found in 2011 in outcrops of the Adamantina Formation in the Brazilian municipality of Catanduva. The specimen; which consists of a nearly tubular snout, a partial skull roof, parts of the mandible and a single rib; was recovered from a road cut and subsequently sent to the Museu de Paleontologia Professor Antonio Celso de Arruda Campos. The material was first identified as a peirosaurid that same year by Fabiano Iori. The animal was eventually fully described in 2024 and recognized as a distinct species and genus by Juan V. Ruiz and colleagues, who coined the name Epoidesuchus tavaresae. The name Epoidesuchus is a combination of the Ancient Greek "epoide" meaning "enchanted" and "souchus", a commonly used suffix among crocodilians that harkons back to the Egyptian god Sobek. The use of "epoide" is a reference to the city of Catanduva, which is also known as the "Magic Spell City". The species name on the other hand honors Sandra Simionato Tavares, a paleontologist and the director of the museum that houses the type specimen. Description Cranium The skull of Epoidesuchus is known from various incomplete remains, including much of the skull table, a piece of a lacrimal and a skull fragment that preserves parts of the region that sits before the eyes. Unlike modern crocodiles, Epoidesuchus possessed a small opening in the skull before the eyes, known as the antorbital fossa. The fossa is separated from the eyesocket by the lacrimal bone, with the distance between it and the eyesocket being longer than the fossa itself is high. The skull table is dominated by two large openings, the supratemporal fenestra, the rims of which are on level with the rest of the skull roof rather than raised. The skull roof extends the furthest back with the squamosal bones, which project back and upward even after their lateral processes connect to the parietal bone. Notably, beyond this point the bones lack the ornamentation that is present across most the rest of the skull. Lower jaw Another largely complete element of Epoidesuchus is the left hemimandible, which preserves most of the dentary bone. The size and shape of the mandible suggests that Epoidesuchus had a long and narrow snout, with the preserved portion alone measuring . It's roughly constant in height safe for a small increase towards the back of the skull. The dentaries are also not compressed mediolaterally but have a convex outer surface, which supports the placement of Epoidesuchus within Pepesuchinae. The edges of the lower jaw seem to run subparallel to the length of the skull as a whole and don't display noticeable narrowing towards the tip nor widening towards the back. However, there is a noticeable notch in the lower jaw close to the fourth dentary tooth, which might accommodate an enlarged maxillary tooth when the jaws were closed. Dentition The lower jaw preserves a total of 14 teeth of varying size and diameter, with the individual teeth and alveoli separated by prominent gaps that likely serve to allow the teeth of the upper and lower jaw to interlock. The distance between the individual teeth or alveoli is relatively consistent throughout the lower jaw, with the exception of the region between the sixth and ninth dentary teeth. The sixth and seventh tooth are very closely spaced, as are the eight and ninth, with prominent diastemas separating them from each other as well as the fifth and tenth dentary teeth. The eight tooth also happens to be the smallest tooth in the lower jaw, whereas the 11th and 13th are the largest. All teeth are laterally compressed, but unlike other peirosaurids they lack the serrations or crenulations that would make them ziphodont or pseudo-ziphodont, something that Epoidesuchus shares with the African Stolokrosuchus. Size The size of the lower jaw indicates that Epoidesuchus was at least 50% larger than other peirosaurids that inhabited the Adamantina Formation, which includes Itasuchus, Pepesuchus, Roxochampsa and Montealtosuchus. Phylogeny The phylogenetic analysis conducted during the description of Epoidesuchus recovers a tree that alligns with the so-called "Sebecia hypothesis", meaning that peirosaurids are found to clade with the families Sebecidae and Mahajangasuchidae. This hypothesis stands opposed to the "Sebecosuchia hypothesis", in which sebecids are most closely related to baurusuchids while peirosaurids clade with mahajangasuchids and uruguaysuchids. Within Peirosauridae, Ruiz and colleagues recovered a clear split between two distinct lineages, peirosaurines and pepesuchines. While the former are described as semi-aquatic to terrestrial animals with oreinirostral snouts (meaning their snouts appeared tall and domed) and includes taxa like Hamadasuchus, Uberabasuchus and Montealtosuchus, the later consists primarily of animals that are hypothesized to be more aquatic, possessing elongated or flattened snouts as seen in Caririsuchus, Roxochampsa and Pepesuchus. Though the name Pepesuchinae is used by Ruiz and colleagues to describe the clade, they do note that following the terminology of Pinheiro et al. 2018 Peirosauridae would be restricted to the clade they dub Peirosaurinae. Their version of Pepesuchinae meanwhile would be separated into the clade Itasuchidae (which would be composed of Pepesuchus and the recovered polytomy) and various more basal taxa. Subsequently, following this taxonomy Epoidesuchus would not be regarded as a pepesuchine nor an itasuchid, eventhough its position would not change. Furthermore, the description of Epoidesuchus does not take into account the 2024 nomenclature published by Leardi and colleagues, in which they coin the clade Peirosauria, which consists of peirosaurids, itasuchids and mahajangasuchids. Within Peirosauria, Peirosauridae and Itasuchidae are roughly equivalent to the clades Peirosaurinae and Pepesuchinae as recovered by Ruiz and colleagues. Paleobiology Like several other members of Pepesuchinae, Epoidesuchus had elongated and narrow jaws that are wildly different from the tall, deep skulls seen in peirosaurines. Such a skull shape is unique among notosuchians, but much more widespread among neosuchians like goniopholidids and modern crocodilians, which may suggest a similar semi-aquatic lifestyle. Pepesuchines are however not perfect anatomical analogues to neosuchians, as they still have some adaptations seen in more terrestrial groups. Rather than having eyes located atop the head, as would be useful for laying in ambush with the body submerged, the eyes of Epoidesuchus faced towards the side of the skull. Considering both these similarities and differences might suggest that though more semi-aquatic than their relatives, pepesuchines such as Epoidesuchus were still less dependent on water than modern crocodilians. Semi-aquatic habits have also been reported from mahajangasuchine notosuchians, which includes Mahajangasuchus and Kaprosuchus, as well as the sebecid Lorosuchus, with the latter being much closer in anatomy to pepesuchines. This might suggest some degree of convergence between pepesuchines and Lorosuchus specifically. Ruiz and colleagues note that pepesuchines often occur in units were neosuchians are rare or even absent. Epoidesuchus for example was native to Brazil's Adamantina Formation, which is part of the Bauru Group. Though the Bauru Group is renown for its diverse notosuchian fauna, only a single neosuchian has been recovered from any of the formations that are part of the unit. Said neosuchian is Titanochampsa, which has so far only been found within the sediments of the Marilia Formation. References Category:Late Cretaceous crocodylomorphs of South America Category:Adamantina Formation Category:Prehistoric pseudosuchian genera Category:Fossil taxa described in 2024 Category:Fossils of Brazil Category:Peirosaurids

Yulia Ovchynnykova

Yulia Yuriyivna Ovchynnikova (Ukrainian: Юлія Юріївна Овчинникова; born in 24 March 1985); is a Ukrainian politician who is serving as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from the "Servant of the People" party. Early life and education Yulia Ovchynnikova graduated from Donetsk National University in 2007 with a degree in biology. She pursued her postgraduate studies in ecology at Donetsk National University from 2007 to 2010. In July 2019, she defended her dissertation at the Institute of Agroecology and Nature Management of the NAAS of Ukraine, earning her candidate of biological sciences degree in ecology. Career Professionally, Yulia Ovchynnikova began her career as Deputy Head of the Student and Postgraduate Trade Union Organization at Donetsk National University in 2011. From 2011 to 2014, she served as the Head of the Laboratory for Methodological Support of Interdisciplinary Education and Internship at Donetsk National University. From 2014 to 2018, she was an Associate Professor in the Department of Zoology and Ecology at Donetsk National University named after Vasyl Stus in Vinnytsia. From 2016 to 2019, she served as Acting Dean of the Faculty of Biology at Donetsk National University named after Vasyl Stus. Political activity In addition to her professional work, Yulia Ovchynnikova has been active in public activities. She was a Presidential Scholar of Ukraine from 2009 to 2010. From 2011 to 2020, she led the Donetsk Regional Youth NGO "Youth Initiative of Cities". She participated in EU youth projects (Youth in Action, Erasmus+) in the UK, Germany, Poland, and Azerbaijan, and was elected Coordinator of the Interdisciplinary Working Group of the European Council of Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers in Brussels. Since 2013, she has been managing the "Volunteer Movement of Donetsk". From 2015 to 2017 and in 2019, she was a delegate from Ukraine to the European Council of Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers (Eurodoc), and was elected to the Council of Young Scientists under the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine. Since 2019, Ovchynnikova has been a Member of Parliament from the "Servant of the People" party. She is a member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Environmental Policy and Nature Management, and she chairs the Subcommittee on Forest Resources, Biodiversity, Natural Landscapes, Protected Areas, and the Adaptation of Ukrainian Legislation to EU Law. She is also a member of the delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, the co-chair of the Interparliamentary Relations Group with the Republic of Lithuania, and part of the Ukrainian delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee. thumb|right|Ocvhannykova with Governor of Vynnistia Oblast Serhiy Borzov, 9 April 2021 Before 2022, she chaired the Subcommittee on Forest Resources, Wildlife, Natural Landscapes, and Protected Areas. Since December 12, 2019, Ovchynnikova has been the co-chair of the "Humane Country" association, created by UAnimals to promote humane values and protect animals from cruelty. As a member of the delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, she joined the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group and became a member of the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development, and the Committee on Culture, Science, Education, and Media. She is also a member of the International Alliance of Parliamentarians for the Recognition of Ecocide. In December 2022, she was part of the Ukrainian delegation to the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in Montreal. Awards and Honors Yulia Ovchynnikova has received numerous awards and honors for her contributions. She is a laureate of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Award for Special Achievements of Youth in Developing Ukraine for 2018, recognized for her cultural, artistic, and scientific activities, as well as for the preservation and promotion of historical and cultural heritage. In 2019, she received the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Award for Youth Contribution to Parliamentary Development and Self-Government. She was also a Presidential Scholar of Ukraine from 2009 to 2010 and won the "Young Person of the Year" competition in the "Best Youth Leader" category in 2013. References Category:Living people Category:Ukrainian women in politics Category:Ninth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada Category:1985 births Category:Servant of the People (political party) politicians

Natalia Bobro

Natalia Sergiivna Bobro (Ukrainian: Наталія Сергіївна Бобро; born August 8, 1984, Kharkiv, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian entrepreneur, scientist, and director of the Digital Department at the European University. She is also the CEO and founder of Edutechmant, ETM Global, and Release Education. Bobro leads the Noosphere Laboratory and is a member of the expert group at the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, working on amendments to the Law of Ukraine on Extracurricular Education. Early life and education Natalia Bobro was born on August 8, 1984, in Kharkiv, Ukraine. In 2000, Bobro enrolled at the Faculty of Economics at the V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, majoring in Organizational Management. Simultaneously, she studied Modern Choreography at the Kharkiv State Academy of Culture. While pursuing higher education, she led the dance ensemble "Mriya" (Fantasy). In 2006, she continued her studies at Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts, graduating in 2007 with a master's degree in Directing and Choreography. In 2017, Bobro attended the European University, earning a Ph.D. in Economics and pursuing postdoctoral research. In 2022, she began studying for a master's degree in management at WSM University in Poland, while simultaneously studying Computer Science and Marketing at the European University. Career European University and WSB University From 2011 Natalia Bobro works at the European University. In 2011, she initiated the creation of the Institute of Show Business at the university. Since 2018, she has held the position of Director of the Digital Department. In 2022, she became the head of the Noosphere Laboratory for the study of the Human Brain at the university. Bobro also serves as the chief operating officer at Academia WSB University. ETM and Release Education In 2007, Natalia Bobro founded the company ETM, which specializes in consulting, digital marketing (Edutechmant), business process automation (ETM CRM), and researching innovative technologies (ETM Global). The same year, she established the development studio Release Education. In 2010, she opened the Release Academy in Malta, followed by the Release Dance Complex across the Sport Life fitness centers network in Ukraine in 2011. From 2007 to 2019, Bobro served as the CEO of Release Education, where she established a network of centers and implemented a franchise model. The Release brand received recognition from the Effie Awards. In 2015, she founded the "Mr. Leader" kindergarten. In 2018, she became a partner at Novopecherska School, where she also established a branch of Release Education. References Category:Ukrainian businesspeople Category:1984 births Category:Living people Category:Ukrainian women in business

Skillhub Online Games Federation

Skillhub Online Games Federation (SOGF) is a non-governmental organization that convenes the India's esports (or competitive video gaming) community. It was established in 2023, and is headquartered in Delhi. It promotes and regulates the online gaming industry in India. SOGF is deemed to be first federation in India to comply with the National Sports Development Code 2011 and the guidelines of International Olympic Committee and International Paralympic Committee of India. Carrying forward the vision of Digital India and Youth Development given by Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, SOGF aims to motivate and inspire the young talent of India to see the potential of online gaming as career opportunities to attract global recognitions for national growth. The federation was launched by thethen Union Minister Anurag Thakur and group coordinator and senior director Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology Dr. Sandip Chatterjee. SOGF, as an industry body for Online Gaming in India, has constituted its executive framework as was mentioned in the Government of India's IT Laws 2023. SOGF is renowned for its groundbreaking initiatives in the online gaming sector, notably the launch of the Online Skill Games Olympiad, a first-of-its-kind competition aimed at elevating skill games such as Rummy, Chess, Poker, and Ludo to national prominence. The Olympiad comprises zonal and national tournaments designed to nurture and develop gaming talent across India. Board Members Advisor in Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan (37th Chief Justice of India & Former Chairman NHRC India) Chairperson of Ethics Committee Justice Gyan Sudha Misra (Former Judge, Supreme Court of India) President Shri Shankar Aggarwal (Retd. IAS, Former Union Secretary for Ministry of Women and Child Development, Additional Secretary for Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Govt. of India Vice President Shri Satpal Singh (Wrestling Coach and Former Wrestler of India) Shri Ashok Dhyanchand (Olympic Medalist, Arjuna Awardee and Former International Hockey Player) Smt. Sudha Singh (Indian Olympic Athlete) References Category:Esports governing bodies Category:2023 establishments in India Category:Organizations established in 2023 Category:International organisations based in India

Renz Palma

Emil Renz Palma (born March 16, 1992) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Negros Muscovados of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL). A UE Red Warrior in college, Palma was selected with the 15th overall pick by the Blackwater Elite in the 2017 PBA draft. In 2021, Palma moved to the Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup and played for the Kapatagan Buffalo Braves before moving to the Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards franchise later that year. He won two professional championships with the team. In 2024, he moved to the Negros Muscovados. College career In college, Palma played for the UE Red Warriors. Professional career Blackwater Elite (2017–2019) In 2017, after playing for the Tanduay Light Rhum Masters in the PBA D-League, Palma was selected by the Blackwater Elite with the 15th pick of the 2017 PBA draft. He played with the Blackwater franchise for two seasons. Kapatagan Buffalo Braves (2021) In 2021, he played for the Kapatagan Buffalo Braves of the newly founded Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup. Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards franchise (2021–2023) On March 3, 2020, Renz Palma signed a deal with the Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL). The COVID-19 pandemic suspended league play for over a year and Palma wouldn't make his debut with his hometown team until the 2021 MPBL Invitational. During his time with Nueva Ecija, Palma won two championships, one during FilBasket's 2022 Summer Championship and the other during the 2022 MPBL finals. Negros Muscovados (2024–present) In 2024, Palma moved to the Negros Muscovados. Career statistics PBA As of the end of 2019 season Season-by-season averages |- | align=left | | align=left | Blackwater | 21 || 0.9 || .436 || .333 || .696 || 1.8 || .7 || .8 || .3 || 3.3 |- | align=left | | align=left | Blackwater | 6 || 7.0 || .348 || .000 || .000 || 1.3 || — || 1.0 || .2 || 2.7 MPBL As of the end of 2023 season Season-by-season averages |- | align=left | 2022 | align=left | Nueva Ecija | 31 || 8 || 14.5 || .387 || .156 || .552 || 2.6 || 2.6 || 1.4 || .1 || 4.5 |- | align=left | 2023 | align=left | Nueva Ecija | 24 || 11 || 13.7 || .523 || .290 || .615 || 2.9 || 1.9 || .8 || .3 || 5.4 References External links Emil Renz Palma Player Profile - RealGM Renz Palma via Genius Sports (MPBL) Category:1992 births Category:Living people Category:Filipino men's basketball players Category:UE Red Warriors basketball players Category:Blackwater Bossing draft picks Category:Blackwater Bossing players Category:Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards players Category:Negros Muscovados players Category:Shooting guards Category:Small forwards

Kaito Takahashi

is a Japanese singer, actor, and manga artist. He is a member of boy band King & Prince and Mr. King. Born in Kanagawa Prefecture. His agency is King & Prince K.K., and he has a group agent contract with Starto Entertainment. Biography He started dancing when he was older in his preschool. He says he started to learn dancing because his elder sister was learning Yosakoi, and his parents encouraged him to begin dance. Takahashi's father was very rigorous in his instruction at home and Takahashi sometimes ran away from home because of his strictness. He formed a dance group in 2008 to participate in contests. He has won several competitions with his dance group and has also toured with SMAP as a backup dancer. He then left the dance group and studied dance for about two years with dancer Noppo (Shit Kingz) from the first year of junior high school. In 2013, His parents sent Johnny's a resume, and told him to audition for Johnny & Associates, but Takahashi, who wished to live as a dancer in the future, protested and quarreled with them. But his mother convinced him, "Who do you think has paid for you to learn to dance so far?" and he decided to audition. After an audition, he joined Johnny's in July 2013. In June 2015, as an official supporter of TV Asahi's summer event TV Asahi Roppongi Hills Summer Festival Summer Station, a limited time group Mr. King vs. Prince was formed as an official supporting group, and he was chosen as a member of Mr. King. After the event, it was announced that the group would continue, and he would continue as a member of Mr. King from 2016 onward. On May 23, 2018, he made his CD debut as King & Prince with the single Cinderella Girl. From the May issue of the same year, he began a series in Shogakukan's Betsucomi comic magazine, Idol, Sometimes Shōjo manga artist, in which he learns how to draw manga by interviewing manga artists and aspires to become a manga artist. As the culmination of his work, he published a 14-page newly drawn girls' manga in the May 2019 issue of the same magazine, My super love story! Prince and boys are a very fine line!. He was the first Johnny's to debut as a shōjo manga artist. On January 1, 2022, in the Nippon Television variety show King & Prince Ru., he challenged the "longest time running on a non-Newtonian fluid" and set a new record of 1 minute 6.49 seconds, becoming the Guinness World Records holder. On August 24, 2023, he won the 116th The Television Drama Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in the TV series Passion for Punchlines. Currently, he is also using his talent for dancing to choreograph songs for King & Prince and Travis Japan. Awards YearsAwardsworkdepartment 2023 116th The Television Drama Academy Award Passion for Punchlines Best Actor Filmography TV series Year Title RoleNotes2018Club activities, I have to like it, right?Nishino 2019Black School RulesNakaya Tsukioka 2020Our Sister's SoulmateKazuki Adachi2021Dragon Zakura 2nd seriesTeruki Seto202210 Counts to the FutureKaito IbaBoyfriend Calling!Asahileading role2023Passion for PunchlinesMasayasu Wakabayashileading role202495Akihisa Hiroshigeleading role Movie Year Title RoleNotes2019Black School RulesNakaya Tsukioka2022Akira and AkiraRyoma KaidoDr. Coto's Clinic 2022Hantou Oda Stage Dream Boys Jet (September 5 - 29, 2013, Imperial Theatre) Johnnys' 2020 World -Johnny's Tonitoni World- (December 7, 2013 - January 27, 2014, Imperial Theatre) Johnnys Ginza 2014 (May 24, 25, 31, June 1, 2014, Theatre Creation) Dream Boys (September 4 - 30, 2014, Imperial Theatre) 2015 New Year Johnnys' World (January 1 - 27, 2015, Imperial Theatre) Johnny's Ginza 2015 (April 24 - 26 and May 30 - June 1, 2015, Theatre Creation) Dream Boys (September 3 - 30, 2016, Imperial Theatre) - as Johnnys'5 Johnnys' IsLand (December 8, 2019 - January 27, 2020, Imperial Theatre) Other activities Commercials Mikakuto "Tokuno Milk 8.2 Candy" (October 16, 2021) Honda "Honda Heart" (August 6, 2022) Universal Music Japan "Our summer songs campaign" (July 4, 2024) Supporter The Dance Day (2024) - Convention Supporter (Dance competition broadcast on Nippon Television affiliate from 2022) Music Video Sexy Zone "Bye Bye Dubai (See You Again)" / "A My Girl Friend" (2013) Event Shit Kingz Fes 2024 Momotaro (July 27 & 28, 2024, Yokohama Buntai) - secret guest Choreography King & Prince "Bubbles & Troubles" "Body Paint" "Nanana" (co-choreography with Sho Hirano) song of Travis Japan Travis Japan +81 Dance Studio "SHAKE" song of SMAP References External links King & Prince - Universal Music Japan Starto Entertainment - King & Prince Category:Living people Category:1999 births Category:21st-century Japanese male actors Category:21st-century Japanese male singers Category:Male actors from Kanagawa Prefecture Category:Singers from Kanagawa Prefecture Category:Manga artists Category:Starto Entertainment

Cho Il-sin

Cho Il-sin (; ? – November 12, 1352) was a Goryeo civil official. A close confidant of King Gongmin while the future king was a Yuan hostage in Dadu, Cho became an official of the Goryeo court after Gongmin's return to Goryeo and ascension to the Goryeo throne. His political rivalry with the influential pro-Yuan Ki family, the kin of Yuan Empress Ki culminated in the Cho Il-sin rebellion in 1352. Cho attempted to eliminate the Ki family but failed, and was executed by King Gongmin. Biography Given the childhood name of Cho Hŭng-mun, Cho was born into the Pyongyang Cho clan. He was the son of Cho Wi (), and the grandson of Cho In-gyu. His mother was Lady Na of the Naju Na clan. Cho would later marry the daughter of Hong T'ak () and changed his name from Hŭng-mun to Il-sin. In 1340, Cho went to the Yuan dynasty and would end up serving the future King Gongmin, when he was a royal hostage in the Yuan court. In 1351, King Gongmin ascended to the Goryeo throne after returning to his native home. Cho Il-sin was given the position of Assistant Executive in Political Affairs (). When Cho also returned to Goryeo, he was promoted to assistant chancellor (). Cho asked King Gongmin to re-establish the Personnel Authority (), which had been recently abolished, to appoint civil officials, with the king appointing officials based on Cho's recommendations. The king denied Cho's request. The following month, two censors from the Censorate brought charges against Cho Il-sin. Cho, who had an ally in the censor-in-chief of the Censorate, was able to suppress the charges and remove the two censors from office. Cho would also make enemies of the Ki family who were the relatives of the Yuan empress, Empress Ki. On November 6, 1352, Cho Il-sin and his followers, which included Chŏng Ch'ŏn-gi (), Ch'oe Hwa-sang (), Chang Sŭng-ryang (), and Ko Ch'ung-jŏl (), attempted to eliminate the members of the Ki family and their political allies, such as Empress Ki's brother Ki Ch'ŏl, Ki Ryun (), Ki Wŏn (), Ko Yong-bo () and Yi Su-san (). However, only Ki Wŏn was killed with the rest escaping. Cho and his forces then went to the king's royal villa in Sŏngiptong () and killed some of the king's guards. The next day, on November 7, using the king's royal seal, Cho appointed himself as the Chancellor of the Right (), and his follower, Chŏng Ch'ŏn-gi as the Chancellor of the Left (). Cho ordered his men to find Ki Ch'ŏl and the rest of his family and allies. They managed to catch the mother of Ki Ch'ŏl and Empress Ki, as well as Ki Ch'ŏl's wife, but not Ki Ch'ŏl himself. On November 8, Cho attempted to pass the blame onto some of his subordinates. Inviting Ch'oe Hwa-sang to his home, he slew Ch'oe with Ch'oe's own sword. He then advised King Gongmin to put down the rest of the "rebels", who were Cho's ex-followers. Eight to nine of Cho's former subordinates were captured and executed, including Chang Sŭng-ryang. Chancellor of Left Chŏng Ch'ŏn-gi was stripped of his position and imprisoned, and Chŏng's son was executed. On November 9, with the post of Chancellor of the Left vacant, Cho himself took the post as well as other posts in the ministry of war and the censorate. Cho was also titled as the "Meritorious Minister who Assists in Stabilizing the Realm" (). Cho also rewarded his remaining followers with posts, such as Ko Ch'ung-jŏl, who was appointed as a vice director of the Royal Secretariat (). The following day, on November 10, Cho Il-sin allowed King Gongmin to stay at the residence of his royal kinsman, Grand Prince Danyang. The king summoned an advisor, Yi In-bok (), and asked him how he should deal with Cho. Yi suggested the king eliminate Cho. On November 12, at the Branch Secretariat for Eastern Campaigns, the king executed Cho Il-sin and captured 28 of his associates. Notes References Category:Year of birth unknown Category:1352 deaths Category:14th-century Korean people Category:Executed Korean people Category:Korean rebels Category:14th-century executions Category:Pyongyang Cho clan

Organized Crime and Racketeering Section

The Organized Crime & Racketeering Section (OCRS) supervised efforts of the United States Department of Justice Criminal Division against organized crime, and oversaw enforcement of statutes often associated with racketeering activities, disrupting the income base for crime syndicates. OCRS had specific supervisory authority over the "extortionate credit provisions" of the Consumer Credit Protection Act of 1968, the Gambling Devices Act of 1962, the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970 and other laws relating to gambling, extortion, bribery, racketeering and liquor control. OCRS was a section of the United States Department of Justice Criminal Division until its split and merger in 2010 into the Violent Crime and Racketeering Section (VCRS) and the Organized Crime and Gang Section (OCGS). In the words of Attorney General Dick Thornburgh; the "Organized Crime and Racketeering Section... coordinates all federal enforcement against organized crime." Thornburgh would ultimately prove the slow death of the OCRS, when in 1989 he merged the Strike Forces with the AUSAs. History The early half of the twentieth century in the United States saw the continued rise of international criminal syndicates, and their continued growth in American cities. Plethora federal agencies were created to combat this growth of crime, whereas in the nineteenth century, the majority of investigations into organized crime had been performed by the private detective agency, The Pinkertons. At one point, the Pinkertons had more reserve officers than the standing Army of the United States, and this was seen as a potential hostile force. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was created early in the new century, and other agencies followed. With the new century seeing the majority of investigations falling into the hands of federal agents, the investigating authority into criminal networks no longer belonged to the highest bidder, but to the Executive and Legislative branches. After the successful efforts of the Kefauver Committee to investigate organized crime in the United States, the Department of Justice, the Department of the Treasury, and others in law enforcement saw the importance of establishing specifically dedicated efforts to combat the growing influence of the Cosa Nostra and other crime syndicates. Special Rackets Unit (1951 - 1954) In 1951, in response to the Kefauver hearings, the Criminal Division created the Special Rackets Unit. This unit would eventually become the OCRS. Creation of the Organized Crime and Racketeering Section (1954 - 1957) California had been a rare exception to the growing criminal influence, and by 1953, both Warren Olney III and Earl Warren - who had been two key figures in California's anticrime fight - were now working for the federal government. Warren was assigned to the Supreme Court, and he brought Olney with him to run the Criminal Division for Attorney General Herbert Brownell Jr. When the OCRS was created in 1954 under the direction of Criminal Division Chief Warren Olney III and Attorney General Herbert Brownell Jr., it had no legislative mandate, but it still began to organize information on criminal networks. According to Brownell, when it was created it was a "small intelligence function." However, it did not take long for the section to make progress against racketeering and labor racketeering, with the cooperation of the Special Anti-Crime Section (SACS). In this early era, with only a few attorneys, OCRS gathered and analyzed information on organized crime and racketeering, while also acting as a clearinghouse for information from various investigative agencies. By 1957, the OCRS was beginning to coordinate with federal agencies to map crime families and syndicates to geographical areas. Brownell's time was too focused on other areas of criminal justice, however: the fight to create a Civil Rights Act in opposition to the Southern coalition, and combatting internal security penetrations in the federal government were more pressing to him. Brownell retired from federal service in 1957, after a tireless fight alongside Olney to create the Civil Rights Division. Olney was appointed Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts in 1958. However, the section they fostered into existence remained after their departure. Strike Forces (1966 - 1989) The United States Organized Crime Strike Force was first created as the "Buffalo Project," and operated as the first "field force," of the OCRS in Buffalo, New York, and would later be known as the Buffalo Strike Force. The Buffalo Strike Force coordinated the efforts of the OCRS and federal law enforcement agencies. More than 30 people were on this team, under the direction of Bob Peloquin. This team was composed of members from the Bureau of Customs, the Internal Revenue Service, the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and others. By 1989, there were 14 Strike Forces across the country, operating as independent prosecutorial and investigative teams coordinated against organized crime. The Strike Forces were expanded after this first experiement for the purpose of finding and prosecuting illegal racketeering. They were formed partially in a congressional effort led by Senator Robert F. Kennedy, alongside the efforts of Ramsey Clark. 1989 In 1989, Attorney General Dick Thornburgh presented a proposal to the Director to begin the process of merging and consolidating certain efforts of the Criminal Division, including the Strike Forces. on December 26, 1989, U.S. Attorney General Order 1386-89 was signed by Attorney General Thornburgh, and the Strike Forces were merged with the AUSAs. The name "Strike Forces" at this time was changed to Organized Crime Strike Force Units (OCFSU). Within the next six months, over 25% of the organized crime prosecutors in the Department of Justice tendered their resignations. Further resignations followed. 2010 The OCRS merged in 2010 into the Violent Crime and Racketeering Section (VRCS) and the Organized Crime and Gang Section (OCGS). References Category:Law enforcement Category:Defunct law enforcement agencies of the United States Category:History of law enforcement in the United States Category:History of criminal justice

2024–25 Cypriot First Division

The 2024–25 Cypriot First Division is the 86th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. APOEL are the defending champions, having won their 29th title in the 2023–24 season. Stadiums and locations Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order. TeamLocationStadiumCapacityAEK LarnacaLarnacaAEK Arena7,400AEL LimassolLimassolAlphamega Stadium10,700Anorthosis FamagustaLarnacaAntonis Papadopoulos Stadium10,230APOELNicosiaGSP Stadium22,859Apollon LimassolLimassolAlphamega Stadium10,700Aris LimassolEnosis Neon ParalimniParalimniParalimni Stadium5,800Ethnikos AchnasAchnaDasaki Stadium7,000KarmiotissaPano PolemidiaStelios Kyriakides Stadium9,394Nea Salamis FamagustaLarnacaAmmochostos Stadium5,500Omonia AradippouAradippouAntonis Papadopoulos Stadium10,230OmoniaNicosiaGSP Stadium22,859Omonia 29MNicosiaMakario Stadium16,000PafosPaphosStelios Kyriakides Stadium9,394 Structure The structure of the competition remains unchanged from the previous season. 14 teams will participate in the league. In the first round, known as Regular Season, all teams play each other home and away, for a total of 26 games each. In the second round, the league splits into two groups: Teams ranked 1–6 enter the Championship Playoffs, where they compete for the league title and places leading to European football, while teams ranked 7–14 enter the Relegation playoffs, where they compete to avoid relegation. The teams in each group play each other home and away, for a total of 10 or 14 games, depending on the group. Criteria such as points, goal difference, and head to head records are retained during the transition from first to second round. The team ranked first in the Championship Playoffs are declared champions, while the bottom three teams in the Relegation Playoffs are relegated to the Second Division. Regular season League table Results Season statistics Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals1 Saidou AlioumAC Omonia2 Nicolás AndereggenEthnikos Achna Daniil LesovoyAEL Limassol Pedro MarquesApollon Limassol Mariusz StępińskiAC Omonia6 Julián BonettoEthnikos Achna1 Charalampos CharalampousAC Omonia Boris CmiljanićKarmiotissa JairoPafos Marius CorbuAPOEL Godswill EkpoloAEK Larnaca Rafael LopesAnorthosis Famagusta Willy SemedoAC Omonia Aleksandr KokorinAris Limassol Giorgi KvilitaiaAris Limassol Andreas MakrisAEL Limassol Anderson SilvaPafos Dylan OuédraogoAEL Limassol Giorgos PapageorgiouNea Salamis Famagusta Iasonas PikisOmonia 29M Zakaria SawoAris Limassol Luka StojanovićKarmiotissa Miłosz MatysikAris Limassol Ivan TrichkovskiAEL Limassol Nikola TrujićOmonia 29M Apostolos VelliosNea Salamis Famagusta Bruno GamaAEK Larnaca Jaromír ZmrhalApollon Limassol Clean sheets RankPlayerClubClean sheets1 Giorgi LoriaOmonia Aradippou1 Živko ŽivkovićAnorthosis Famagusta FabianoAC Omonia VanáAris Limassol Devis EpassyKarmiotissa Victor BragaAEL Limassol Neofytos MichailPafos Discipline Red cards References Category:Cypriot First Division seasons Cyprus Category:2024–25 in Cypriot football Cyprus

Jan H. Spaas

Jan H. Spaas (born January 6, 1986, in Bilzen, Belgium) is a Belgian veterinarian and researcher in veterinary science. Early life and education Jan H. Spaas was born into a family with a strong background in equestrian activities. His father, Michel Spaas, was a renowned horse breeder and stallion owner (Non Stop, Jus de Pomme, Landetto, Perhaps, Flamengo, Vancouver, Takashi van Berkenbroeck, etc.), and his mother, Hilde Berghs, worked as an ergotherapist specializing in the care of disabled individuals. Jan developed a passion for horseback riding at an early age, winning multiple bronze medals at the Junior European Championships and Belgian Championships in show jumping. Spaas pursued his high school education at Biotechnicum Bocholt and Sint-Augustinus Institute Bree, where he majored in Latin and Mathematics. He studied Veterinary Medicine at Ghent University, earning a bachelor's degree in 2007, followed by a master's degree in 2010. He completed his PhD in Veterinary Science in 2013 at the Department of Comparative Physiology and Biometrics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University. Career In 2012, Jan Spaas co-founded Global Stem Cell Technology (GST) alongside his wife, veterinarian Sarah Broeckx. GST focused on developing regenerative therapies for musculoskeletal injuries in animals. The company quickly gained recognition, ranking among the top 10 global startups in animal health in 2018 and winning the Animal Pharm Award for Best Start-Up of the Year. Spaas also founded Pell Cell Medicals in 2013, which specialized in stem cell treatments for skin wounds in mammals. Both GST and Pell Cell Medicals were acquired by Boehringer Ingelheim in 2020, marking a significant milestone in Spaas' career. He raised €9.4 million for stem cell research, building a GMP production facility, and securing EU marketing authorization for two medicinal products developed under his leadership. In 2020, Spaas was recognized as one of the top 30 entrepreneurs under 30 by Trends magazine and was appointed visiting professor at the Department of Morphology, Imaging, Orthopedics, Rehabilitation, and Nutrition at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University. He has served as a promotor for several PhD students and is the inventor of 16 patent families encompassing over 40 patents. Spaas has also authored more than 40 peer-reviewed scientific publications and is an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Veterinary Science. In 2018, Spaas co-founded Via Nova Equine Hospital with veterinarian Marc Suls. The hospital was acquired by the Altano Gruppe in 2022. In 2022, Spaas was appointed Director of Global Innovation Development at Boehringer Ingelheim in Athens, Georgia, and later as Global Head of Research for Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health in Germany in 2023. In 2024, Spaas returned to Belgium, where he became chairman of the Board of Animab, a veterinary biotech company, and a board member of Intibio and Ventribio. He also serves as the managing director of Berkenbroek NV and Virtus Bonarum Cellarum BV. His current work includes leading research and development efforts in veterinary orthobiologics, animal feed supplements, and developing scientifically based food supplements. Personal life Jan Spaas is married to veterinarian Sarah Broeckx, with whom he has two daughters, Julie (born in 2016) and Charlotte (born in 2018). The family resides in Belgium, where Spaas manages his family estate, Berkenbroek NV, which spans nearly 200 hectares and has been in the family since 1897. Publications Spaas JH, Chiers K, Burvenich C, Van de Walle GR (2012). "The influence of lactation on equine mammary stem/progenitor cells." Stem Cells and Development, 21(16):3055-3067. Broeckx S, Deprez P, Govaere J, Spaas JH, Christiaens J, Maes D (2011). Relationship between the housing of and physical health deficiencies in horses: a survey of horse owners and their perception. Vlaams Diergeneeskundig Tijdschrift, 80: 240–247. References Category:1986 births Category:Living people Category:Belgian veterinarians Category:Ghent University alumni Category:Stem cell researchers Category:People from Bilzen

Paul Varilla

Paul Varilla (born August 10, 1993) is a Filipino-American professional basketball player for the TNT Tropang Giga of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). College career Varilla played his college career with the UE Red Warriors. Amateur career In 2017, Varilla was part of the Tanduay Light Rhum Masters of the PBA D-League during the 2017 Foundation Cup. In 2018, he joined another Tanduay-backed team in the Batangas City Athletics of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League, where he won a championship with the team. Professional career NLEX Road Warriors (2019–2022) Varilla was selected 13th overall by the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters during the 2018 PBA draft, but did not suit up for the team. He would instead end up with the NLEX Road Warriors. TNT Tropang Giga (2023–present) On January 18, 2023, Varilla was part of a three-team trade between NLEX, the Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters, and TNT Tropang Giga that sent him and teammate Justin Chua to TNT. On March 15, 2023, he signed a two-year deal with TNT. In his first conference with TNT, Varilla won his first professional championship after the Tropang Giga won the 2023 Governors' Cup finals. Career statistics PBA As of the end of 2023–24 season Season-by-season averages |- | align=left | | align=left | NLEX | 19 || 10.7 || .455 || .524 || .800 || 1.3 || .4 || .3 || .1 || 2.4 |- | align=left | | align=left | NLEX | 9 || 12.1 || .231 || .273 || 1.000 || .9 || 1.0 || .3 || — || 1.2 |- | align=left | | align=left | NLEX | 11 || 10.5 || .533 || .500 || .333 || 1.2 || .5 || .2 || — || 1.8 |- | align=left rowspan=2 | | align=left | NLEX | rowspan=2|39 || rowspan=2|15.5 || rowspan=2|.310 || rowspan=2|.156 || rowspan=2|.448 || rowspan=2|2.0 || rowspan=2|.7 || rowspan=2|.2 || rowspan=2|.2 || rowspan=2|1.9 |- | align=left | TNT |- | align=left | | align=left | TNT | 8 || 3.9 || .429 || .000 || .000 || 1.0 || .1 || — || — || .8 |-class=sortbottom | align="center" colspan=2 | Career | 86 || 12.3 || .361 || .282 || .488 || 1.5 || .6 || .2 || .1 || 1.8 MPBL As of the 2018–19 season, December 6, 2018 Season-by-season averages |- | align=left | 2018 | align=left | Batangas City | 17 || 17 || 24.4 || .417 || .087 || .691 || 5.2 || 1.4 || 1.1 || .6 || 7.4 |- | align=left | 2018–19 | align=left | Batangas City | 17 || 15 || 23.8 || .369 || .300 || .581 || 5.7 || 1.7 || .5 || .5 || 7.0 |- References External links Paul Varilla Player Profile - RealGM Paul Varilla - Genius Sports (MPBL) Category:1993 births Category:Living people Category:Filipino men's basketball players Category:UE Red Warriors basketball players Category:Batangas City Tanduay Rum Masters players Category:Rain or Shine Elasto Painters draft picks Category:NLEX Road Warriors players Category:TNT Tropang Giga players Category:Small forwards

Wasl (company)

Wasl (Arabic: وصل ,lit. 'connection') is a semi-government real estate management and development company based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is one of the largest real-estate development and management companies in Dubai. History Wasl is a semi-government entity established on May 25, 2008, by the Dubai Real Estate Corporation (DREC) to oversee the development and management of its assets. It was created following the merger of two public sector organisations: Dubai Development Board and Real Estate Department. Sheikh Maktoum Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, deputy ruler of Dubai, deputy prime minister and minister of finance was named chairman of Wasl. Hesham Abdulla Al Qassim was appointed vice chairman and chief executive officer. In 2017 Wasl entered into a joint venture with the Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority to develop Dubai CommerCity. In 2021, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, announced Food Tech Valley, a UAE-government-led global food security initiative. Wasl is developing the project in partnership with the UAE's Ministry of Climate Change and Environment. Subsidiaries Wasl Properties Wasl Asset Management Group established Wasl Properties in 2008. At the time of inception, Wasl Properties had 25,000 residential and commercial properties within older areas of Dubai city, including Deira, Bur Dubai, Al Karama, Muhaisnah, Al Barsha, Jumeirah, Al Wasl, Jebel Ali, Al Quoz and Ras Al Khor. In 2014, Wasl entered Dubai's freehold real estate sector with the Hyatt Regency Creek Heights project, which consists of two towers. The company develops residential, commercial and mixed use projects across Dubai, including Wasl Village, Tiara United Towers, Wasl Green Park, Wasl Gate, Wasl1, seven community malls across Dubai: Dar Wasl, Wasl Vita, Wasl51, Wasl Port Views, Wasl Square, and more. References External links Official website Category:Real estate companies of the United Arab Emirates Category:Companies based in Dubai Category:Emirati companies established in 2008

Willy Santos

Willy Monolato Santos (born ) is a Filipino-American professional skateboarder and entrepreneur, specializing in street skateboarding. He was one of the original skaters with Tony Hawk's Birdhouse Skateboards team. In 1992, he was the TransWorld Skateboarding skater of the year. He won the Munster World Cup Street Contest in Germany in 1997. Thrasher Magazine calls him "one of the best street skaters during the dark early 90s." Early life Willy Monolato Santos was born in a military base in Subic Bay, Philippines around 1975. His father is a United States Navy engineer from Manila and his mother is Kapampangan. When his father was transferred by the Navy, his family moved to Corpus Christi, Texas when he was one year old and to San Diego, California when he was two. The family moved back to Subic Bay when he was in the second grade. They returned to San Diego when Santos was in fifth grade. Santos took up skateboarding after seeing youths in his area who were also into the sport. He started participating in amateur contests in San Diego when he was thirteen years old. Career Santos was one of the first Filipino professional skaters. He turned professional when he was fifteen years old, and was first sponsored by G&S Skateboards. G&S released a Santos skateboard. When he was in the eleventh grade, he was heavily recruited and was asked to join skateboarding teams by Tony Hawk, Plan B Skateboards, Rodney Mullen, Steve Rocco and Mike Ternasky of World Industries. He joined Tony Hawk as one of the original riders for Birdhouse Skateboards in 1992 and was given a used Honda Accord as part of his sponsorship deal. Santos suggested then-amateurs Andrew Reynolds and Matt Beach for the Birdhouse team. Later, he discovered Jim Greco and recruited him to the team. Santos is regarded by Thrasher Magazine as "one of the best street skaters during the dark early 90s." In 1992, he was the TransWorld Skateboarding skater of the year. In June 1997, he was ranked fifth in the world. He placed third in the first X Games Street Contest in Rhode Island in 1997, competing against Tony Hawk. He then won the Munster World Cup Street Contest in Germany in 1997. In 1998, he won the New Jersey Vans Triple Crown Street Contest. He also won the Gravity Games Best Trick Street in 2000. Santos appeared in several skate videos for the team such as Feasters (1992) and The End (1998). He was known for his "nollie nosegrind down handrails". He used a dog graphic on his skateboards in the 1990s and early 2000s. He also was sponsored by Vans and had a signature shoe in 1997. After almost 25 years, he left Birdhouse to form his own skateboard company, Willys Workshop in Rancho Peñasquitos, San Diego, California. where he now coaches skaters for his brand. He uses Filipino imagery on his products. In 2012, HBO featured Santos in its East of Main Street series. Media appearances Santos appears as one of the playable pro skaters in Grind Session for the PlayStation. Personal life Santos lives in Mira Mesa, San Diego, California. He has two children with his wife Shelly. Filmography Films and videos Year Title Role NotesReferences 1992 Feasters Himself1993RaversHimself 1994 The Skateboard Kid 2 Mike Roads 1996Europe 1996Himself1996Balance In The World of ChaosHimself 1998 The End Himself 2000Tampa 2000Himself 2001 Destroying America Himself 2007The BeginningHimself2007Transworld Skateboarding Presents Trick Tips with Willy Santos: Instructional Video Number TwoHimself2009It's Always Sunnies In AustraliaHimself2010East Coast TourHimself2011Tour Du MondeHimself2020SK8MAFIA 2020Himself Video games Year Title Role NotesReferences 2000 Grind Session Himself Playable skater See also List of Filipino American sportspeople References External links East of Main Street: Willy Santos (HBO) Transworld Tricktips with Willy Santos Category:1975 births Category:Living people Category:American people of Kapampangan descent Category:American skateboarders Category:American sportspeople of Filipino descent Category:Filipino skateboarders Category:Kapampangan people Category:Sportspeople from Olongapo Category:20th-century American businesspeople Category:21st-century American businesspeople Category:X Games athletes

Viliam Žingor

Viliam Žingor (30 July 1912 – 18 December 1950) was a Slovak partisan, one of the leaders of the Slovak National Uprising. Early life Viliam Žingor was born on 30 July 1912 in the village of Bystrička, Turóc County, Austria-Hungary to a Lutheran family. He started his education at the local school and in 1930 he graduated from a Gymnasium in the town of Martin. Žingor studied for two years, but did not graduate, at the Mendel University in Brno. Instead of finishing his studies, he married young, had four children and helped at the family farm. Later he held several clerical and sales jobs. In his early adulthood, Žingor received basic military training during his military military service with the artillery regiment in Žilina. At this time, he supported the Slovak National Party and advocated for autonomy of Slovakia within Czechoslovakia, but not its independence. When Slovakia declared independence as a satellite of Nazi Germany, Žingor joined the fascist militia Hlinka Guard. He later explained this association as a part of the effort of the antifascists in his village to sabotage the organization from within. He briefly studied at the officer school in Bratislava and reached the rank of lieutenant. Afterwards, Žingor worked as a manager of a bookstore confiscated by the writer Ľudo Ondrejov from the Steiners, a Jewish family. Partisan activities Žingor fought with the Slovak army in the short Slovak–Hungarian War in 1939 and in 1941 on the Eastern Front near the Ukrainian city of Lypovets as an artillery commander. According to his later testimony, Žingor fought the Hungarians in 1939 but avoided direct combat against Soviet troops and used his time in the Soviet Union to learn about the insurgency against Nazi troops. After several months at the front, he returned to Slovakia. On 4 July 1943, Žingor received an order to return to the front as a part of a Slovak forces detachment set to reinforce the Axis troops at the Eastern Front. This time, Žingor ignored the order and instead hid in the mountains close to his home village. Over the course of the spring of 1944, he organized fellow deserters into a partisan group. During the following the summer, the newly formed group trained new recruits and gathered weapons and supplies. In August 1944, Žingor's group made contact with another partisan group established in the vicinity of a nearby village of Sklabiňa by the Soviet officer Pyotr Alexievich Velichko. Velichko was dispatched to Slovakia by the command of the Soviet Army to organize resistance in Slovakia. Žingor was tasked by the resistance command to support Velichko. As a result of these developments, Žingor was given command of the Slovak unit within the 1st Czechoslovak Brigade. Nonetheless, relations between the two commanders quickly deteriorated. The cooling of relations was largely caused by the incident when partisans under the command of Velichko raided Sklabiňa and massacred over 140 locals suspected of being of German nationality of otherwise supporting the regime. The partisan group under Žingor's command continued growing in size. At its peak it counted about 1,500 men. Among the new fighters was number of French captives who formed a unit under the Brigade under the command of captain Georges Barazer de Lannurien. As the time passed Žingor formed a close bond with de Lannurien. At the same time, Žingor's relationship with Velichko reached a critical point, in particular due to the Soviet commander's brutal methods and tolerance for looting. To ease the tensions, the resistance command ordered the creation of a separate 2nd Czechoslovak Brigade under Žingor's command. After the outbreak of the Slovak National Uprising, the Brigade was in charge of the defense of the Rajec basin. The Brigade fought valiantly, being the only partisan grouping capable of holding ground against German forces without the assistance from insurgent units from the regular army. Nonetheless, the Brigade suffered massive casualties, which included Žingor's brother Bohuš. Following the defeat of the Uprising, the remains of the brigade, consisting of about 300 men, retreated to the mountains and limited its activities to defensive operations due to the critical shortage of equipment. The survivors eventually joined the advancing Soviet forces. After the war After the end of the war, Žingor was awarded the Order of the Slovak National Uprising, 1st class and repeatedly promoted eventually reaching the rank of Mayor. He accepted the invitation of Karol Bacílek to became a member of the Communist Party of Slovakia. In the 1946 Czechoslovak parliamentary election he was elected MP. Until 1947 he also served as the deputy commander of the newly formed police force, Sbor národní bezpečnosti, for Central Slovakia and the chair of the Union of Slovak Partisans. During the trial of the fascist president of Slovakia Jozef Tiso he was a part of delegation of former partisans threatening to cause disorder if Tiso is not sentenced to death. In spite of his career rise, Žingor quickly became dissatisfied with the political developments. He was politically upset by sidelining of former partisans at the expense of various well-connected individuals, who were unknown to the resistance movement during the war but suddenly claimed they had played crucial role in the anti-fascist struggle. Politically, he found himself in agreement with the opposition Democratic Party, rather than the Communists. In 1947 he left the Communist party. Persecution and death Žingor's persecution started right after the 1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état in February 1948. The new communist regime was irritated by Žingor's popularity as a partisan commander and his closeness to the Democratic Party as well as his insistence on keeping the Union of Slovak Partisans apolitical. On 5 March 1948, he was stripped of his parliament mandate. He was also relieved from all his official function. In response to the prosecution, Žingor hid in a woods cabin owned by a fellow partisan Vlastislav Kováč together with Elena Lamošová, a woman Žingor got involved with after the breakdown of his marriage, who was pregnant with twins and her son from a previous relationship. Nonetheless, they were betrayed by the midwife they called to assist with the birth of the twins. Žingor was arrested on 27 November 1947 and accused of being a "mercenary in service of Capitalism" as well as a follower of Titoism, a common accusation at the time of the Tito–Stalin split. According to the usual practice imported from the Soviet Union, the trial with Žingor was proceeded by organized letters of his friends, co-workers. The Ministry of Justice published a pamphlet Red Hemingway written by Ladislav Mňačko, a fellow partisan, in which he accused Žingor of being a traitor to the Slovak National Uprising. Other formed partisan commanders also joined the ranks of the accusers, although some later claimed their signatures under a letter denouncing Žingor were fake. Žingor himself was tortured and forced to admit all his crimes and ideological sins. Žingor was sentenced to death for treason and espionage after a three-day show trial on 21 October 1950. He stood accused alongside about 30 other "capitalists, landlords and traitors", including two other commanders of the 2nd Czechoslovak Brigade, Samuel Bibza and Ladislav Nosák, who also received death sentences. The execution by hanging took place on 18 December 1950 in Bratislava. Žingor's last hours were later described by the Lutheran pastor Ondrej Bartko who tended to him before the execution. Rehabilitation and legacy The process of Žingor's rehabilitation was started in 1968, due to the shifting political climate caused by the Prague Spring. A court in Banská Bystrica ruled Žingor and his fellow accused were innocent. Nonetheless, the process was put on hold after the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia. Only after the return to democracy following the Velvet Revolution was Žingor fully rehabilitated, posthumously promoted to the rank of Brigadier General by the president Václav Havel and awarded the Milan Rastislav Stefanik Order, 3rd class. References Category:1912 births Category:1950 deaths Category:People executed by the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic by hanging Category:Executed Slovak people Category:Communist Party of Czechoslovakia politicians Category:Slovak partisans Category:Slovak generals Category:People from Martin District

Triacanthodinae

Triacanthodinae is a subfamily of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Triacanthodidae, the spikefishes. This subfamily comprises nine genera and a total of nineteen species and all, except one species, are found in the tropical and subtropical waters of the Indo-Pacific. The exception is found in the western Atlantic Ocean. Taxonomy Triacanthodinae is the nominate subfamily of the family Triacanthodidae, a taxon name first proposed by the American biologist Theodore Gill in 1862. In 1968 the American ichthyologist James C. Tyler proposed that the family Triacanthodidae be split into two subfamilies, establishing the subfamily Hollardiinae for the genera Hollardia and Parahollardia. The 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies the family Triacanthodidae in the suborder Triacanthoidei along with the family Triacanthidae, the triplefins. Etymology Triacanthodinae is a name based on its type genus Triacanthodes. which appends -odes, meaning "is similar to", onto Triacanthus, a genus these fishes were thought to be clsoley related to. Genera and species Triacanthodinae contains the following genera and species: Atrophacanthus Fraser-Brunner, 1950 Atrophacanthus japonicus (Kamohara, 1941) Bathyphylax Myers 1934 Bathyphylax bombifrons Myers, 1934 Bathyphylax omen Tyler, 1966 Bathyphylax pruvosti Santini, 2006 Halimochirurgus Alcock, 1899 Halimochirurgus alcocki Weber, 1913 Halimochirurgus centriscoides Alcock, 1899 Johnsonina Myers, 1934 Johnsonina eriomma Myers, 1934 Macrorhamphosodes Fowler, 1934 Macrorhamphosodes platycheilus Fowler. 1934 Macrorhamphosodes uradoi (Kamohara, 1933) Mephisto Tyler, 1966 Mephisto albomaculosus Matsuura, Psomadakis & Tun, 2018 Mephisto fraserbrunneri Tyler, 1966 Paratriacanthodes Fowler, 1934 Paratriacanthodes abei Tyler, 1997 Paratriacanthodes herrei Myers, 1934 Paratriacanthodes retrospinis Fowler, 1934 Triacanthodes Bleeker, 1857 Triacanthodes anomalus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) Triacanthodes ethiops Alcock, 1894 Triacanthodes indicus Matsuura, 1982 Triacanthodes intermedius Matsuura & Fourmanoir, 1984 Tydemania Weber, 1913 Tydemania navigatoris Weber, 1913 Characteristics Triacanthodinae spikefishes are distinguished from the taxa in the subfamily Hollardiinae by the possession of a low, thin crest on the front of the supraoccipital and in having a flat, horizontal basin-like projection to the plevic bone. The largest species in the subfamily is Halimochirurgus alcocki with a maximum published standard length of while the smallest is Atrophacanthus japonicus which has a maximum published standard length of . Distribution and habitat Triacanthodinae spikefishes are mainly found in the Indo-Pacific region, with one species Johnsonina eriomma in the Western Atlantic Ocean. These benthic fishes are found in deeper water. References Category:Triacanthodidae Category:Taxa named by Theodore Gill Category:Fish subfamilies

Decolonization of public space

alt=The empty pedestal of the statue of Edward Colton in Bristol, the day after protesters felled the statue and rolled it into the harbour in 2020.|thumb|The empty pedestal of the statue of Edward Colston in Bristol, the day after protesters felled the statue and rolled it into the harbour in 2020. The decolonization of public space is a movement that appeared at the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century in several nations around the world, in the face of the persistence of colonialist symbols such as place names and statues. The movement and its actions emanate from anti-racist and anti-colonial associations, or from descendants of communities that suffered from European colonization (e.g. Māori community in New Zealand, Native American and African-American communities in the United States, and the Congolese diaspora in Belgium). It is the most publicized example of de-commemoration. This process began in the former colonies after they gained independence in the second half of the 20th century. From there, it then spread to the Western world at the beginning of the 21st century. This demand reached its peak among the Māori in New Zealand in the 2010s. It did not reach its peak in North America, in Belgium, or the United Kingdom until 2020 in the wake of the demonstrations against racism and police brutality following the murder of George Floyd, who was killed by the police on May 25, 2020, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. History of the movement The questioning of the public markers of European colonial history began in the 1960s, during the independence of many formerly colonized regions. Initially occurring in the former colonies, this movement would spread to Europe itself as a result of the advancement and spread of postcolonial studies. This protest is particularly important in 2020, when the emotion aroused by the death of George Floyd in the United States spread in the Western world, relaunching the Black Lives Matter movement. As a result, there were then many militant depredations, destructions, and removals of statues that activists expressed a desire to de-commemorate, such as those of Christopher Columbus in the United States (contested by the Native Americans), of the explorer James Cook, and of the British naval commander John Hamilton in New Zealand (contested by the Māori people), of the Confederate President Jefferson Davis, of the slave traders Edward Colston and Robert Milligan in Bristol, England, of Queen Victoria, of the former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (whose remarks on racial issues sparked controversy) and of Robert Baden-Powell, founder of world-wide Scout Movement, after being accused of racism, homophobia, and links with the Nazi regime. Modes and fields of action Modes of action The decolonization of public space can be achieved through spontaneous removals, during popular demonstrations (such as with the statue of Edward Colston in Bristol), or through long negotiations or awareness campaigns (as with the statue of Hamilton in New Zealand). Similarly, intermediate solutions can be found such as the installation of explanatory plaques (streets named after slave traders in Bordeaux). Some activists cover monuments and statues with militant inscriptions or spray them with red paint, a symbol representing blood. The activists of this movement, who refute the term "vandalism", consider their actions as a form of strongly symbolic street art. Fields of action In the public space, colonialist references and the memory of atrocities are made up of very diverse elements. These may be statues or monuments, names of public roads (odonyms) or places (toponyms), national symbols (anthems, flags, currencies), cultural elements (names of works of art, gastronomic specialties, carnivals, etc.) or even commercial signs (Café du négro in Bayonne, Pharmacie de la Négresse in Biarritz, and Au Nègre joyeux in Paris). Former colonies South Africa alt=Statue of Cecil John Rhodes being removed by a crane from the University Of Cape Town on 9 April 2015 following the Rhodes Must Fall movement.|thumb|Statue of Cecil John Rhodes being removed from the University Of Cape Town on 9 April 2015 following the Rhodes Must Fall movement. alt=The bust of Cecil Rhodes at Rhodes Memorial in Cape Town, South Africa after being decapitated by a grinder.|thumb|The bust of Cecil Rhodes at Rhodes Memorial in Cape Town, South Africa after being decapitated by a grinder. Within the University of Cape Town in South Africa, the Rhodes Must Fall movement broke out in 2015. This collective, composed of students and staff members, demanded and obtained the removal of a statue of Cecil Rhodes that stood at the entrance to the campus. Erected in 1934 in gratitude for the land he left to the university, the monument paid tribute to Cecil John Rhodes, former prime minister of the Cape Colony, white supremacist, and symbol of British imperialism at the end of the 19th century. Subjects of discontent were invoked by the collective, such as the under-representation of non-whites within the management and teaching staff, and the supposed persistence of institutional racism, notably via the numbers of registration or tuition fees, or the housing conditions of non-white students. Although unorganized, the Rhodes Must Fall movement spread throughout the country. Julius Malema, founder of the Economic Freedom Fighters, called for the destruction of all monuments related to the history of white South Africa. Other statues symbolizing white domination were vandalized over several weeks, including the Statue of Queen Victoria in Port Elizabeth, the equestrian statue of Louis Botha and the Rhodes Memorial in Cape Town, the statue of King George V at the University of Durban, the statue of Johannes Strijdom in Krugersdorp, several statues of Paul Kruger (one located in Pretoria, another in Rustenburg, and the third in Krugersdorp ), as well as various monuments commemorating the Second Boer War such as the Uitenhage War Memorial and the Horse Memorial in Port Elizabeth. At the University of the Free State, it was against a backdrop of violent racial and social tensions that the statue of Charles Swart, president during the apartheid era, was set on fire, toppled, and thrown into a pond. The protests were rekindled in July 2020, following the death of George Floyd in the United States. Colonialist monuments were once again targeted in the country. The bust of Cecil Rhodes, located in his memorial in Cape Town, was then decapitated with a grinder. Democratic Republic of Congo alt=Equestrian statue of Leopold II in Kinshasa, 2018|thumb|Equestrian statue of Leopold II in Kinshasa, 2018 A statue of Leopold II, inaugurated in 1928 by Albert I, was installed in Kinshana (named Leopoldville in his honor until 1966) in front of the Palais de la Nation, the current presidential building. The monument was torn down in 1967 on the orders of Zairean President Mobutu Sese Seko, at the height of his policy of a "return to African authenticity", and then forgotten for nearly 40 years. In 2005, Congolese Minister of Culture Christophe Muzungu decided to put the statue back in place, arguing that colonial history should not be forgotten "so that this does not happen again". Initially re-installed near Kinshasa's main train station, it was removed less than a day later. The statue finally joined the heights of the park of the National Museum of Kinshasa. Rehabilitated in 2010 with the help of the United Nations Mission in Congo (MONUSCO), it is accompanied by the statue of his successor Albert I, of founder of Leopoldville Henry Morton Stanley, as well as a sculpture in memory of the Congolese soldiers of the colonial army. According to the historian Isidore Ndaywel, "The idea was to make an open-air museum". Zambia alt=The Rhodes Colossus : Caricature of Cecil John Rhodes, after he announced plans for a telegraph line and railroad from Cape Town to Cairo.|thumb|British Africa "From Cairo to the Cape" according to Cecil Rhodes. The term "Rhodesia" refers to the possessions of the British South Africa Company (BSAC) in Southern Africa within the Limpopo-Zambezi basin region (present-day Zambia and Zimbabwe). This toponym was made official by the BSAC in May 1895, and by the United Kingdom in 1898. It pays tribute to Cecil Rhodes, British businessman, Prime Minister of the Cape Colony, and the founder and administrator of the BSAC. In 1911, the colonies of North-Western Rhodesia and North-Eastern Rhodesia merged to become Northern Rhodesia (today Zambia), administered under royal charter by the British South Africa Company until 1924, then as a protectorate by the government of the United Kingdom.Roland Pichon, The Rhodesian Drama: Resurgence of Zimbabwe, Paris, L'Harmattan, 1975, 248 pp.Odette Guitard, What do I know? The Rhodesias and Nyasaland, Presses universitaire de France, 1964, 128 pp.Robert Badouin, Odette Guitard, The Rhodesias and Nyasaland (report), Tiers Monde Review, 1965. In 1953, the British founded the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, grouping together three of their colonies: Nyasaland (today Malawi), Northern Rhodesia, and Southern Rhodesia (today Zimbabwe). This colonial experiment, which aimed to create a multi-racial society where political collaboration between the races would reign, had the objective of taking back control of the territory by London in the face of the rise of the Afrikaners from the Union of South Africa, the economic development of this region of southern Africa, and was to delay the desires of independence among the African population. The establishment of the federation granted certain political rights to blacks, but the white minority continued to dominate political life. The arrangement met with opposition from the majority of the inhabitants, both the small white settlers and the African leaders who were violently hostile to it. The election of a segregationist party in Southern Rhodesia led to the breakup of the Federation of Rhodesia-Nyasaland, which was dissolved on 31 December 1963. Southern Rhodesia remained in the hands of white settlers, and became the only "Rhodesia". Nyasaland declared its independence and took the name Malawi. Finally, Northern Rhodesia, which also gained independence, abandoned its reference to Cecil Rhodes as a symbol of British imperialism at the end of the 19th century, and became Zambia in 1964. Zimbabwe Country name When Zimbabwe gained independence in April 1980, its new authorities led a major campaign to decolonize its public space, both in its monuments and in its toponymy. This began in particular with the change of the country's name. Formerly called Southern Rhodesia in reference to the British colonizer and businessman Cecil Rhodes, the country was renamed Zimbabwe ("stone house" in the Shona language). Monuments toppled alt=Statue of Cecil Rhodes, formerly located on Jameson Avenue, removed in 1980 and now located in the National Archives Garden.|thumb|Statue of Cecil Rhodes, formerly located on Jameson Avenue, removed in 1980 and now located in the National Archives Garden. In May 1980, the portrait of Cecil Rhodes was removed from the reception room of the Government House and sent to the National Gallery in Salisbury (renamed Harare two years later). In July, his statue, erected in 1928 on Jameson Avenue, was removed by the government a few hours before the official visit of Mozambican President Samora Machel to carry out ceremonies for the inauguration of the avenue bearing his name (formerly Jameson Avenue). The statue has since been on display on the grounds of the National Archives of Zimbabwe. This was followed in 1981 by another statue of Rhodes, then located on Main Street in Bulawayo which was relocated to Centenary Park, near the city's National Museum. Famous places The capital Salisbury, named after the British Prime Minister Lord Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, was renamed after its main township, Harare, on the second anniversary of independence in April 1982, thus paying tribute to the Harawa tribal leader (the township was then renamed Mbare). In 1984, Rhodes-Matopos National Park, where Cecil Rhodes' grave is located, was renamed Matobo National Park. Similarly, Rhodes' Rhodes-Inyanga National Park in eastern Mashonaland was renamed Nyanga National Park in the early 1980s. Europeanized countries Latin America Race Day alt=Celebration of Race Day, October 12, 1929, in Buenos Aires, with a figure of Christopher Columbus. |thumb|Celebration of Race Day, October 12, 1929, in Buenos Aires. In countries with Spanish culture or language, October 12 is an official date of commemoration of the landing of Christopher Columbus in the Bahamas in 1492, marking the beginning of the European colonization of the Americas. Its name of "" or "Race Day" since 1917, referring to the Ibero-American "race". The homage paid to Christopher Columbus during the holiday, increasingly perceived as one of the figures of the genocide of the Native Americans, provoked reluctance around this commemorative date. A large number of countries have renamed this holiday: "National Day of Spain" (Spain), "Day of the Pluricultural Nation" (Mexico), "Day of American Cultural Diversity" (Argentina), "Day of the Discovery of the Two Worlds" (Chile), and "Day of the Indigenous Resistance" (Venezuela). Argentina In 1921, the significant Argentine-Italian community offered Buenos Aires a monument to Christopher Columbus on the occasion of the centenary of the May Revolution of 1810. Made by Arnaldo Zocchi, the statue is made of a piece of Carrara marble six meters high and weighing 24 tons. It was left in very poor condition at the beginning of the 21st century, and presents structural deteriorations caused by the impacts of bullets of the Navy during the anti-Peronist bombings of June 1955, and by the blast of a bomb in April 1987: "His beret is split, separated from the head, and there is a crack around both arms", the specialists specify. In March 2013, the Bolivian government of Evo Morales approved the donation of just over a million dollars to Argentina to erect a statue of the Bolivian Juana Azurduy de Padilla, a heroine of the Latin American wars of independence who fought alongside the Argentines, in Buenos Aires. Following this, Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner then announced the removal of the statue of Columbus, which had stood on a pedestal in the Parque Colón near the Casa Rosada, to replace it with the statue of Juana Azurduy de Padilla. The Italians of Mar del Plata, who constitute the largest Italian community in the country, then requested that the monument to Christopher Columbus be moved to the Plaza Colón in Mar del Plata, opposite to the casino. However, on April 5, 2013, the civil association "Basta de Demoler" presented an injunction to prevent the transfer of the monument to Mar del Plata and, on April 23, 2013, Italian community organizations demonstrated in the Plaza Colón in Buenos Aires against the transfer project. A double legal battle ensued, opposing, on the one hand, Italian associations to the authorities and, on the other, the city to the State: an agreement was finally signed in 2014 between the City and the State and ratified by Parliament, which also determined the sea wall located in front of the Jorge Newbery airport as the new site for the statue. In 2016, the monument to Christopher Columbus was replaced by the monument to Juana Azurduy, to the great displeasure of Italian community organizations who went so far as to send a letter to the Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi explaining the situation and asking him to intercede with the Argentine President Mauricio Macri. The lawyer of these associations denounced the lamentable state of the monument: "It is on the sea wall of Puerto Argentino, in front of the airport, broken into pieces. There has been damage to the pieces, they have not been properly maintained, there are broken pieces". Finally, in November 2017, the reassembly of the monument to Christopher Columbus on the Costanera Norte was completed. Bolivia On October 12, 2020, during a rally in the center of the Bolivian capital La Paz, activists placed a traditional Andean skirt on the statue of Isabella the Catholic (1451–1504), Queen of Castile and Aragon, who had financed Christopher Columbus's expeditions, to re-dress the statue as a cholita. The protesters intended to say "that colonization was a genocide, that America did not have to be discovered, that America already had formed societies." In August 2021, indigenous groups commemorating the Day of Indigenous Rurality tried to unbolt the statue of Christopher Columbus in the center of La Paz, but they only managed to break his nose and paint his face black. The mayor of La Paz decided to prosecute the leader of the group, who was part of the Aymara community, but the young man warned: "I challenge Mayor Ivan Arias to put me in jail! History repeats itself, they will always try to show their supposed power. But what they don't know is that we are rebelling again, this is a warning". Brazil In 2020, while anti-racist protesters tore down the statue of Edward Colston and threw it into the water in Bristol, the statue of Portuguese slave trader Joaquim Pereira Marinho (1782–1854?) still stood in the centre of the city of Salvador, the port where almost a third of the Africans brought to Brazil arrived.  Historian Carlos da Silva Jr. pointed out that Pereira Marinho entered the slave trade after it was banned in Brazil in 1831 by the Feijó Law. The slave trader is estimated to have transported around 11,000 slaves, and at least 10% of them died during the voyage. Later, "in 1858, he created the African Union Company, to carry out legal trade with Africa, but, thanks to the contacts he had in Cuba, where the purchase and sale of slaves was still legal, he maintained the activity". Historian Moreno Pacheco told the BBC: "Here we don't even have an idea of ​​the monuments dedicated in our cities to figures from the past who have links to the oppression of black people, indigenous people or to political emancipation movements. From time to time we have this debate among colleagues, especially when the discussion explodes in other countries, as happened in the United States in 2017 and now in England." But things changed in July 2021 when a group called "Revolução Periférica" ​​(Peripheral Revolution) set fire to a statue of the bandeirante Manuel de Borba Gato (1649–1718) located in São Paulo. Historian and political scientist Boris Fausto explained that the bandeiras were expeditions characterized by torture, murder, and rape of indigenous people that headed into the interior of Brazil in search of indigenous people who were captured and sold into slavery.  Most of the bandeirantes, the white men who led the bandeiras, were from the state of São Paulo, where many streets, avenues, monuments, and squares are named after leading bandeirantes such as Manuel de Borba Gato, Antônio Raposo Tavares, and Domingos Jorge Velho. During the Rio 2022 carnival, the Beija-Flor school paraded at the end of the procession with a float on which stood the bronze-coloured statues of three "invaders, slave traders and propagators of racism" which were then symbolically toppled: Admiral Pedro Alvares Cabral, "discoverer" of Brazil, the writer considered by many to be racist Monteiro Lobato, and Borba Gato symbolically placed higher than the others. Chile In Chile, the Mapuche, who constitute the largest indigenous population in the country and represent 10% of the national population, have many grievances against the state and government due to deforestation, pollution, inequalities in land ownership, and their limited political representation. One of their main goals is for Chile to become a "plurinational state" like neighboring Bolivia, granting indigenous peoples greater political autonomy, as well as official status for their languages. These demands are shared by smaller aboriginal groups such as the Diaguita, a people of the Andean desert. In March 2017, the bust of Chilean general Cornelio Saavedra Rodríguez, known for leading the bloody "pacification" of the heart of the Mapuche country in the 19th century, was destroyed by unknown persons and later replaced. On October 20, 2019, at La Serena in the north of the country, protesters tore down and burned a statue of the conquistador Francisco de Aguirre, who was accused of being a rapist of indigenous women and committing genocide against the indigenous peoples who inhabited the Coquimbo and Atacama regions, and replaced it with a statue of "Milanka", a woman who represents the Diaguita people. On October 31, unknown persons destroyed the statue of Milanka, which had been made of cardboard and papier-mâché by students from the La Nuez school and installed after a ceremony by the Diaguita community, in homage to the women who maintained the customs, traditions and languages ​​of the indigenous peoples. On October 29, 2019, in the center of Temuco in the Araucanía Region, a group of Mapuche militants overthrew the bust of the Spanish conquistador Pedro de Valdivia (1497–1553), lieutenant of Pizarro in the war of conquest and extermination in Peru, and governor of Chile from 1541 to 1547. Not far away, another group demolished the statue of the politician Diego Portales (1793–1837) and hung a Mapuche flag in the hand of the statue of the naval officer Arturo Prat Chacón (1848–1879). On the same day, in the city of Concepción, which Pedro de Valdivia founded in 1550, demonstrators tore down his bust, grilled it, and impaled it at the foot of the statue of his historic enemy, the Mapuche leader Lautaro. Also on October 29, 2019, in Temuco, the statue of the aviator Dagoberto Godoy (1893–1960) was decapitated and his head was hung from the statue of the Mapuche leader Caupolicán. On the night of October 29–30, 2019, in the town of Collipulli, the bronze bust of General Cornelio Saavedra Rodríguez, founder of the town, was overthrown using ropes. In August 2020, protesters tore down the statue of General Cornelio Saavedra Rodríguez (1759–1829) in the municipality of Lumaco in the Araucanía Region, as part of protests against the repression and persecution of the Mapuche ethnic group by the Chilean state.  According to Radio Habana Cuba, Saavedra is considered one of the greatest military genocidaires during the occupation of Mapuche territories by the army, the oligarchy, and the political class in the 19th century. On March 5, 2021, in Santiago, Chile, a group of protesters attempted to set fire to the statue of Chilean General Manuel Baquedano (1823–1897). Three days later, the protesters attempted to unbolt the statue and, on March 12, 2021, the statue was removed from its pedestal by the authorities to the sound of trumpets played by a row of soldiers. The statue of General Baquedano, a hero of the War of the Pacific that pitted Chile against Peru and Bolivia at the end of the 19th century, was not a specific target of the protesters but, since October 2019, had become the object of a symbolic quarrel between the protesters and the authorities for control of the square, the epicenter of the demonstrations during the social crisis in Chile. Conservative President Sebastián Piñera assured that the monument, erected in 1928, would be restored and reinstalled quickly "because we want to show our gratitude and respect to our heroes". Colombia On September 16, 2020, in Popayán in southwestern Colombia, the equestrian statue of the Spanish conquistador Sebastián de Belalcázar, erected in 1937, was pulled down with ropes by a group of several dozen Colombian Amerindians following a call for mobilization by the indigenous Misak, Nasa, and Pijao peoples, in order to protest against the "cultural and physical extermination of the indigenous peoples" of the department of Cauca. For the Misak people, the conquistador "was one of the main peoples responsible for the servitude and extermination of indigenous peoples and African slaves in the region". On May 7, 2021, in the capital Bogotá, protesters from the Misak community, originally from the southwest of the country, overthrew the statue erected in 1960 of the Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, founder of Bogota: "Historically, he was the greatest murderer, torturer, thief and rapist of our women and children" declared the group in a statement. On June 11, 2021, Colombian authorities moved the bronze statues of Christopher Columbus and Spanish Queen Isabella the Catholic that stood in the center of the capital Bogota, after two days of standoff with protesters from the indigenous Misak people who planned to topple them. Mexico In March 2019, in a letter to Spanish King Felipe VI and Pope Francis, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador demanded an apology for the abuses committed against indigenous peoples in Mexico during the Spanish conquest. The Spanish government responded in a statement that "the arrival of the Spanish in present-day Mexican territory 500 years ago cannot be judged by contemporary considerations." On October 10, 2020, the statue of Christopher Columbus, erected on the Paseo de la Reforma, the main artery of the center of Mexico City, was removed from its pedestal by the authorities in order to submit the monument "to an examination and possible restoration". However, on September 5, 2021, the mayor of the Mexican capital Claudia Sheinbaum declared that the statue of the Genoese navigator would be stored in the Park of the Americas, in a room of the city hall of Miguel Hidalgo, one of the sixteen territorial divisions of Mexico City. Venezuela In 2020, during the celebration of the 528th anniversary of the "Indigenous Resistance" (formerly "Race Day") commemorating the beginning of the Spanish colonization of America, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro declared that he was initiating a process of decolonization: "I have decided (...) to initiate in a progressive, gradual, organized and disciplined manner a process of decolonization and reconquest of all public spaces bearing the name of the colonizers, conquerors and genocidaires". On this occasion, he announced that the Francisco Fajardo highway , whose name pays homage to conquistador Francisco Fajardo, would now bear the name of "Grand Cacique Guaicaipuro", named after an Indigenous resistance fighter against colonization. North America Canada Change of place names In 2015, the Commission de la toponymie du Québec announced the name change of eleven places containing the word "negro", in French or English, considering that they were likely to "undermine the dignity of members of the black community". Statues of Queen Victoria On the night of March 15, 2018, two statues of Queen Victoria located in downtown Montreal— the first at Victoria Square and the second in front of McGill University on Sherbrooke Street— were sprayed with green paint by activists who considered them "racist" since the Queen's monuments symbolized the legacy of the British Empire for them. These actions were claimed by the Delhi-Dublin Anti-Colonial Solidarity Brigade. The same group vandalized the statue at McGill University again in 2021. Statue of John A. Macdonald On August 29, 2020, protesters tore down the statue of Canada's first Prime Minister, John A. Macdonald, at Place du Canada in Montreal, with the statue's head coming off as it fell. The statue of John A. Macdonald had already been sprayed with red paint in November 2017. The removal of the statue provoked mixed reactions, even dividing representatives of the indigenous populations. Thus, David Chartrand, vice-president of the Métis National Council, strongly condemned the activists who toppled the statue: "I do not support them in any way. I think it was absolutely the wrong approach. However, if anyone can say that they suffered because of John A. Macdonald, it is us." Similarly, Konrad Sioui, Grand Chief of the Huron-Wendat Nation, emphasized: "That is not our approach, that is not how we operate." On the other hand, Constant Awashish, Grand Chief of the Atikamekw Nation, notes that the incident has the merit of recalling that John A. Macdonald was a notorious oppressor, who adopted policies with disastrous effects for the First Nations, played an important role in the establishment of the residential school system for Aboriginal children and refused in 1885 to allow an appeal of the condemnation of the Métis leader Louis Riel to hanging. The Quebec political sphere broadly deplored the action. Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante "firmly" deplored the unbolting. Quebec Premier François Legault called for the statue to be restored: "Whatever one may think of John A. MacDonald, destroying a monument in this way is unacceptable. We must fight racism, but destroying parts of our history is not the solution. Vandalism has no place in our democracy". Jean-François Lisée, former leader of the Parti Québécois, reacted by stating: "I am not a fan of John A. Macdonald (who was not a fan of Quebecers). I could even be convinced that his statue should not have a place of honour. But it is not up to a group of protesters to decide whether his statue should be destroyed". The Canadian Conservatives went even further with their contempt. Erin O'Toole, leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, declared: "We will not build a better future by disfiguring our past. It is time for politicians to stop kowtowing to radical activists." Alberta Premier Jason Kenney declared: "If the City of Montreal decides not to restore the statue [...], we would be happy to receive it for installation on the grounds of the Alberta Legislative Assembly." Statues of Queens Victoria and Elizabeth II in Winnipeg During July 1, 2021 on Canada Day, Native American protesters tore down statues of Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II in Winnipeg, near the Manitoba Legislature. The statues of the two queens, seen as symbols of the country's colonial history, were targeted amid tensions over the discovery of children's remains near residential schools in Canada in May and June 2021. United States Statues of Christopher Columbus Beginnings from 2006 alt= Statue of Christopher Columbus at Columbus Waterfront Park in Boston's North End prior to its beheading in June 2020.|thumb|Statue of Christopher Columbus in Boston prior to its beheading in June 2020. alt=The statue of Christopher Columbus in Richmond, Virginia before its destruction in June 2020.|thumb|The statue of Christopher Columbus in Richmond, Virginia before its destruction in June 2020. alt=Christopher Columbus Statue torn down at Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, Minnesota on June 10, 2020|thumb|Christopher Columbus Statue torn down at Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, Minnesota on June 10, 2020. Long presented as the "Discoverer of America" and as a symbol of the contribution of Italians to American history, Christopher Columbus is generally denounced in the 21st century as one of the figures of the genocide of the Native Americans because, during his four voyages to the Caribbean and the northern coast of South America, he enslaved and killed thousands of indigenous people. He has become a controversial figure in history for the way he treated the indigenous communities he encountered and for his role in the violent colonization at their expense. Native American activists oppose the idea of ​​honoring Christopher Columbus, claiming that his expeditions to the Americas led to the colonization and genocide of their ancestors. The statue of Christopher Columbus in Boston's Little Italy neighborhood was vandalized as early as 2006, when his head was missing for several days, and vandalized again in 2015 with red paint. In the 2010s, many cities and states replaced Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day, in recognition of the pain and terror caused by Columbus and other Europeans. Peak in 2020 In June 2020, the actions of Native American activists increased in the wake of the demonstrations against racism and police brutality following the death of George Floyd, who was killed by the police on May 25, 2020, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. On June 9, 2020, the statue of Christopher Columbus located in Boston's Little Italy neighborhood was decapitated similarly to in 2006. After this action, the City of Boston removed the statue and the mayor announced "We will take the time to evaluate the historical significance of the statue". On the same day, the Columbus statue in Richmond, Virginia was torn down, sprayed with paint, set on fire, and thrown into a lake. The Richmond Indigenous Society tweeted ahead of the rally that "We are gathering at Byrd Park to protest another racist monument. Christopher Columbus murdered Indigenous people and embedded the genocidal culture against Indigenous people that we still see today." "This continent is built on the blood and bones of our ancestors," said Vanessa Bolin, a member of the Richmond Indigenous Society. The day after June 10, the statue of Columbus erected in front of the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul was thrown to the ground. Mike Forcia, an activist with the American Indian Movement, a civil rights movement for Native Americans in the United States who organized the rally, said he negotiated for years with the Capitol occupiers and received the same response over and over again: "You have to wait; there is a process that you have to follow." But Forcia stated that, "the time for complacency is over" and "the paradigm shift is underway." That same evening, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said he used to teach his students that many Minnesotans saw the Columbus statue as a "legacy of genocide," and added that it was time to "take a hard look at the outdated symbols and injustices around us." But he stressed that "removing the statue was wrong because the protesters could have gone through the proper process," before concluding, "Even in pain, we must work together to make changes, legally." Southern Monuments Since the 2010s, monuments glorifying the Confederate States and their leaders have been regularly criticized and torn down. In particular, following the Charleston shooting in June 2015, when nine black people were shot dead in a South Carolina church by a white gunman flying the Confederate flag, the University of Texas at Austin decided to remove the monumental statue of Jefferson Davis located in the heart of the campus on August 30, 2015. It was then installed in a more discreet part of the university, a research center dedicated to the history of the United States. On April 23, 2017, the municipality of New Orleans began remove its monuments glorifying the Confederate States (Lee, Beauregard, Davis, Liberty Place obelisk). Then, on June 10, 2020, following the death of George Floyd, a black individual who was the victim of a violent arrest by white police officers, protesters used ropes to unbolt the monumental statue of Jefferson Davis in Richmond, Virginia, the former capital of the Confederate States. The next day, Democrat Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives, called for the removal of the 11 statues in the United States Capitol that represent Confederate soldiers and officials. Statue of Thomas Jefferson in New York alt=The New York City Council Chamber before the removal of the Thomas Jefferson statue.|thumb|The New York City Council Chamber before the removal of the Thomas Jefferson statue. On October 18, 2021, New York City Hall unanimously voted to remove the bronze statue of Thomas Jefferson, which had stood in the City Council Chambers for over a century. Jefferson, a founding father of the United States, was also a slave-owning planter who owned 600 slaves. According to New York City Councilwoman Adrienne Adams, the statue represented "some of the most shameful pages in our country's long and nuanced history." The city remains the owner of the statue, but is lending it for a period of 10 years to the New York Historical Society, "to protect the work and provide the opportunity to exhibit it with historical and educational context". Last public pillory in Delaware alt=A pillory in Delaware, the last American state to ban the practice in 1972.|thumb|A pillory in Delaware, the last American state to ban the practice in 1972. In July 2020, following the Black Lives Matter protests following the death of George Floyd, the US state of Delaware decided to comply with a request made for several years to remove the last vestige of public pillories (whipping posts). Pillories are associated with racial discrimination in the United States inherited from slavery, with Delaware being the last US state to have banned their practice in 1972. Between 1900 and 1945, 1,600 people were pilloried there, two-thirds of whom were black, while they represented only one-sixth of the state's population. Minnesota Seal and Flag The Minnesota state flag has featured a "seal" since 1893 that is considered racist toward Native Americans. It shows a white farmer plowing his field, his rifle resting against a stump, while in the background a Native American rides off into the sunset. Interpreted as a representation of a Native American being driven from his land, this symbol has been criticized for its negationist vision of the violence committed against indigenous peoples during the European colonization of Minnesota. In 2023, the Minnesota State Legislature created a commission to redesign the flag and seal of Minnesota. The commission selected a flag on December 19, 2023, to replace the previous flag starting on May 11, 2024. The new navy and sky blue banner features an eight-pointed star in white for "L'Étoile du Nord", the French symbol and motto of the state. In a statement released on December 19, 2023, Andrew Prekker, the designer of the new flag, said he hoped that "all Minnesotans, regardless of their background, including Indigenous communities and tribal nations that have been historically excluded, can look at our flag with pride and honor, and identify with it." For the new seal, the commission unanimously adopted a design by Ross Bruggink, depicting a loon, Minnesota's state bird, and the North Star. The new seal also contains the Dakota phrase "Mni Sóta Makoce" which translates to "the land where the waters reflect the sky." Oceania Australia Statue of William Crowther in Hobart A bronze statue of William Crowther, the state's colonial premier and controversial racialist surgeon, had stood in Franklin Square in Hobart, Tasmania, since 1889. On August 23, 2023, the Hobart municipality voted to move the statue to the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery as a gesture of reconciliation with the Aborigines. This was the first time in Australia that such a decision had been taken. Statues of James Cook and Queen Victoria in Melbourne During January 25, 2024 on the eve of Australia Day, statues of James Cook and Queen Victoria were damaged in Melbourne by Aboriginal protesters. The statue of British explorer James Cook was pulled down, cut at the shins, and its base was covered with the words "The colony will fall". The statue of Victoria, Australia's first queen in 1901, was defaced with red paint. New Zealand National flag The national flag of New Zealand, which features the Union Jack in the canton, has been criticized for many years for its reference to the former British Empire. A number of people have proposed alternative designs. In 1979, Foreign Minister Allan Highet suggested creating a new flag with a silver fern on its right side. In 1998, Prime Minister Jenny Shipley supported her Minister of Cultural Affairs Marie Hasler in proposing the quasi-national silver fern flag as an alternative, which features a white fern on a black background, similar to the Canadian flag which features a maple leaf. Canada is frequently cited as an example of a Commonwealth nation that has replaced its flag based on the traditional Union Jack in the canton. On 22 September 2014, after Prime Minister John Key's party, the National Party, won the general election, he declared that "it was high time to remove the Union Jack from the national flag, which symbolizes the former British colonizer". A two-round referendum was held in 2015–2016.Official results of the first stage of the referendum, New Zealand Electoral Commission. In the second round, 56.6% of citizens voted to keep the existing flag. OptionPercentageleft|75x75pxExisting flag56.6%75x75pxAlternative flag43.1% Victorian Statuary New Zealand is rich in monuments that celebrate colonial figures, with comparatively little regard for Māori heritage. The controversy over colonial statues in New Zealand predates the Black Lives Matter movement (2013), and has occurred since 1995. First attacks on Victorian statues in 1995 The Māori indigenous rights movement is as old as the European settlement of the island, but emerged in its modern form in the early 1970s, culminating in the 1975 Māori Land March, a protest march in which 5,000 marchers travelled the length of the North Island to Wellington, and presented a petition signed by 60,000 people to Prime Minister Bill Rowling."Whina Cooper leads land march to Parliament", New Zealand History, October 13, 1975 A new phase of activism took place in the mid-1990s, with symbolic acts including the attack on Victorian statues. For example, in 1995, Māori activists decapitated the statue of Prime Minister John Ballance in Whanganui during the Moutoa land occupation. Ballance was Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1891 to 1893 and was involved in a number of land reforms, some of which came at great cost to Māori. The statue was replaced in 2009. Peaked during the 2010s In 2016 in Auckland, anti-colonial activists attacked the "Zealandia Memorial" which commemorated the imperial and colonial soldiers who fought for Britain during the New Zealand Wars between 1845 and 1872, which killed 2,154 anti-government Māori according to historian James Cowan. The activists stole the palm and bronze flag that Zealandia held in her left hand. Also in 2016, a statue of Captain James Cook in Gisborne was repeatedly defaced with red paint, sparking vigorous debate about the legacy of colonialism in New Zealand. Kaiti Beach in Gisborne is where the British explorer first landed in New Zealand with the Endeavour in 1769. His voyage led to the European colonization of New Zealand, a process that resulted in decades of death, disease and cultural degradation for the Māori people. Another monument in Auckland commemorates Colonel Marmaduke Nixon for his actions during the New Zealand Wars. Nixon was considered a hero by settlers when, in 1864, his troops attacked the unfortified village of Rangiaōwhia, home to elderly men, women and children, and set fire to the church, killing 12 people hiding there. In September 2017, Maori activist Shane Te Pou proposed the removal of his statue. The mayor of Auckland and the activist spoke and agreed not to remove the statue but to "ensure that the events of that time are explained and that the victims of the war are properly acknowledged... There could be a plaque on or next to the monument explaining what happened on both sides. At the moment, what the monument represents is not a very pretty picture". On January 11, 2018, the "Zealandia Memorial" was again vandalized by activists, who stuck an axe to the statue's head and a poster on the base of the monument, which read "Fascism and White Supremacy are not Welcome Here". After this action, the activist group sent a statement to the press claiming that the memorial was an "ode to the violent and brutal occupation of Māori lands; it celebrates the continued colonization of Aotearoa, its lands and its peoples". In May 2019, a controversial statue of James Cook was moved from Tītīrangi Hill in Gisborne to a local museum. In November of the same year, a statue of Queen Victoria was graffitied in Dunedin, with the words "Return stolen wealth Charles" and "Uphold Te Tiriti" ("Uphold the Treaty") painted in red on the base of the monument. Statue of John Hamilton (2020) On June 12, 2020, the city council of Hamilton, New Zealand, removed the statue of John Fane Charles Hamilton, the British commander for whom the city is named after. The council acknowledged that the removal is part of an effort to rid public spaces of heritage items "seen as representing cultural discord or repression." "More and more people see this statue as a personal and cultural insult," said Mayor Paula Southgate. Hamilton was a British naval commander who fought against the indigenous Māori defending their lands against British colonial expansion in the 19th century, and was killed in 1864 at the Battle of Pukehinahina. The removal of the statue had been requested by the Waikato-Tainui Maori tribe, who have also discussed the idea of ​​returning the town to its original Maori name Kirikiriroa, and who are careful to identify street names that are offensive to their people. Scientific field Natural sciences alt=McCown's longspur, renamed to large-billed longspur in 2020 as to no longer refer to the Southern general, and to have its name be more descriptive.|thumb|McCown's longspur, renamed to large-billed longspur in 2020 as to no longer refer to the Southern general, and to have its name be more descriptive. Since the early 2020s, many American scientists have been calling for a review of the common names chosen to designate plant and animal species when they pay homage to racist or misogynistic figures. In 2020, for example, the American Ornithological Society renamed the "McCown's longspur" to "thick-billed longspur" to remove the reference to Confederate General John Porter McCown. In November 2023, it expanded its approach and announced that it would rename about a hundred bird species, at a rate of ten per year. Another reason given was the lack of scientific effectiveness of choosing human surnames to name species. In order to be more descriptive and inclusive, the new names focused "on the unique characteristics and beauty of the birds themselves." In June 2021, the Entomological Society of America launched the Better Common Names Project. This effort aims to target and change invasive species that refer to groups of individuals, or that inappropriately ignore the names that indigenous communities might give. According to American entomologists, "these problematic names perpetuate harms to people of diverse ethnicities and races, create an unwelcoming and non-inclusive entomological and cultural environment, disrupt communication and outreach, and defeat the very purpose of common names." Astronomy In September 2023, a collective of astronomers called on the International Astronomical Union to change the names of the two galaxies named the Large Magellanic Cloud and Small Magellanic Cloud. Their name pays homage to the navigator Ferdinand Magellan, criticized for having enslaved indigenous populations and violently colonized several southern countries. Moreover, it was only in the 19th century that his name was associated with these star clusters. See also De-commemoration Decolonization Decolonization of knowledge Decolonizing the Mind Black Lives Matter Rhodes Must Fall Postcolonialism Woke Cancel culture Native American mascot controversy References Category:Postcolonialism Category:Decolonization Category:Slavery Category:21st-century social movements Category:2010s controversies in the United States Category:2020s controversies in the United States Category:Human rights Category:Human rights abuses Category:Transitional justice Category:History of colonialism Category:Nonviolent resistance movements Category:Vandalism Category:Removed statues

King-on-his-Throne

King-on-his-Throne is a summit in San Juan County, Utah, United States. Description King-on-his-Throne is situated north-northeast of the Monument Valley Tribal Park Visitor Center, on Navajo Nation land. It is an iconic landform of Monument Valley and can be seen from Highway 163. Precipitation runoff from this landform's slopes drains into the San Juan River drainage basin. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises above the surrounding terrain in 0.2 mile (0.32 km). This landform's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names. It is so named because the butte resembles a king sitting on a throne looking south to the valley.Monument Valley, City of Aztec, aztecnm.com, Retrieved 2024-08-28. The first ascent of the summit was made in 1967 by Fred Beckey, Marlene Dalluge, Joe Brown, and Don Liska.First Ascent Timeline, deserttowersbook.com, Retrieved 2024-08-28. Geology King-on-his-Throne is composed of two principal strata. The bottom layer is slope-forming Organ Rock Shale and the upper stratum is cliff-forming De Chelly Sandstone. The rock was deposited during the Permian period. The buttes and mesas of Monument Valley are the result of the Organ Rock Shale being more easily eroded than the overlaying sandstone.Monument Valley, Arizona, Arizona Geological Survey, Retrieved 2024-08-24. Climate Spring and fall are the most favorable seasons to visit King-on-his-Throne. According to the Köppen climate classification system, it is located in a semi-arid climate zone with cold winters and hot summers. Summers average 54 days above annually, and highs rarely exceed . Summer nights are comfortably cool, and temperatures drop quickly after sunset. Winters are cold, but daytime highs are usually above freezing. Winter temperatures below are uncommon, though possible. This desert climate receives less than of annual rainfall, and snowfall is generally light during the winter.Climate Summary for Kayenta, Arizona Gallery See also List of appearances of Monument Valley in the media References External links Weather: King-on-his-Throne Category:Colorado Plateau Category:Landforms of San Juan County, Utah Category:North American 1000 m summits Category:Geography of the Navajo Nation Category:Sandstone formations of the United States Category:Buttes of Utah

Vern McCaskill

Vern McCaskill (January 1, 1902 – March 23, 1992) was a nurseryman active in southern California for much of the 20th century who specialised in breeding Camellia and Azalea cultivars. He was the father of the botanist and herbarium curator June McCaskill. Early life In June 1918, McCaskill was recruited from Missouri, and admitted to the United States Naval Academy at the age of 16. While enrolled he met Billie Lee Nowlin, then a student at Drury University and they soon married. This led to his dismissal from the academy in March 1919, "since a midshipman at the Academy could not have a wife, a horse, or a beard," and it ended his military career. The newlyweds went to California for their honeymoon, and initially returned to Missouri before relocating in the early 1920s. Vern and Billie found work at the Coolidge Rare Plant Gardens, which their daughter June attributed to cultivating their love of exotic garden plants. Horticultural legacy Billie Lee and Vern built their home, and opened a nursery on South Michillinda Avenue in Pasadena, California, in 1932. Specialising in Camellias and Azaleas, the business became the largest Camellia nursery in the southern California region. Over his horticultural career, between 1930 and 1988, McCaskill developed 72 Camellia japonica cultivars and eight non-reticulata hybrids between 1930 and 1988. In the 1970s, due to the long periods of time needed to create new Camellia cultivars and hybrids, McCaskill switched to Iris ser. Californicae, and started to sell Iris cultivars. As an accredited Camellia judge, McCaskill also became the director of the Southern California Camellia Society. He was the editor of the first Camellia nomenclature book in 1942. Entitled Classification of Camellias it listed 196 varieties. He also edited the first Camellia taxonomy work in 1947 with William E. Woodroof and O.L. Eakin, with 911 cultivars, as The Camellia, Its Culture and Nomenclature. Vern is credited as hybridisers of the following irises: Iris 'Hidden Shadows' Iris 'Kaweah Maiden' Iris 'Kaweah Sunrise' Iris 'Showers of Flowers' References Category:Camellia Category:Nurserymen Category:Southern California Category:People from Missouri Category:United States Naval Academy alumni

Beby Tsabina

Beby Tsabina (born 27 October 2002) is an Acehnese-Indonesian actress, model, and singer. She first gained recognition for her role as Santi in the television series Anak Jalanan and received widespread acclaim for her role as Ruby in the television series Mermaid in Love. Beby made her feature film debut in 2017 by acting in Dear Nathan and landed her first leading role in a feature film in 2020, playing Gita Savitri in . Early life and education Beby was born with the name Cut Putri Tshabina in Banda Aceh on 27 October 2002. She is the second of three siblings of H. Teuku Darmawan and Eny Marlinda. Her mother was a model in Aceh. She has an older brother named Teuku Atha and a younger sister named Cut Keysha. Beby completed her secondary education through homeschooling and pursued higher education in Management at Jakarta International College. She completed her undergraduate at Western Michigan University, graduating with summa cum laude honors and earning a bachelor's degree in Business Administration degree. Career Initially, Beby participated in a casting selection in her hometown, Aceh, when she was in the fourth grade. She was selected for a role, but the production of the project was canceled. Later, a director invited her to attend several more casting calls in Jakarta when she was 12 years old. She was offered a supporting role in the television series for one episode and in in 2015. Beby started to be famous when she portrayed the character Santi in the popular television series Anak Jalanan. Beby gained widespread recognition as an actress after playing the role of Ruby in the television series Mermaid in Love in 2016. In 2017, she ventured into the film industry, playing the roles of Afifah in Dear Nathan and Jessie Qirasasmita in . The following year, she starred in three films titled #TemanTapiMenikah, , and , as well as one television series, .Beby landed her first leading role in 2020, playing Gita Savitri in the biopic film, . This role earned her two favorite categories and one best category at the , marking her first award in the acting world. Throughout 2021, she remained quite active, starring in four films, three of which were leading roles. Additionally, she appeared in the web series , portraying the character Zea, which was commercially successful and continued for a second season. Filmography Film YearTitleRoleNote2017Dear NathanAfifahJessie Qirasasmita2018#TemantapiMenikahMilaMandyMeira2020Gita Savitri2021PaulaLayla MajnunNarminaRaraNares2022Monaga2023Karenina Kurnia / KarinCherishAngel2024Warkop DKI KartunVoiceFilm ketiga trilogi Buya HamkaRaham remajaSetetes Embun Cinta NiyalaNiyalaRompis 2 the MovieMeira Note Short film YearTitleRoleNote2021Quoi de Neuf Teleivison series YearTitleRoleNote2015Anak JalananSantiDebut work2016Bebyone episode Pacar AldiMermaid in LoveRubySinema IndosiarRinduEpisode: Ayahku Menghalalkan Segala Cara Demi Uang2017AlmiraEpisode: Ibuku Kuli Bangunan Merah SaraswatiBest Friends ForeverTari2018Luna Web series YearTitleRoleNote2018RompisMeira2021Zeanne Queensha BratadikaraJessieEpisode 62022Zeanne Queensha Bratadikara2023Caramel2024Alexa Hermawan / Alena Television film Satu Kakak, Dua Cinta (2017) Sudah Jatuh, Tertimpa Cinta (2017) Satu Pertanyaan untuk Mantan (2017) Me & Enyak Go to Korea (2020) Clip video "Terlalu Berharap" — Rossa (2022); theme song Love Knots Discography Single "Cause You" (2018, theme song Rompis) "Muda" (2022, theme song Naga Naga Naga'') Awards and Nominations YearAwardsCategoryNominated WorksResult2021Best Actress Most Favorite Actress Best Couple (with Donny Damara) Most Favorite Couple (with Donny Damara) 2022Best Supporting Actress in the Comedy Film Genre References Category:People from Banda Aceh Category:Indonesian models Category:Indonesian actresses Category:Living people Category:2002 births Category:Western Michigan University alumni

IRS Aero Flight 9601/02

IRS Aero Flight 9601/02 was a charter flight operated by an Il-18V aircraft of the airline "IRS Aero" on the route Moscow—Khatanga—Krasnoyarsk—Khatanga—Novosibirsk—Khatanga—Moscow. On November 19, 2001, during the last leg of the route (Khatanga—Moscow), the aircraft suddenly went into a dive and crashed into the ground near Kalyazin (Tver Oblast). All 27 people on board were killed, including 18 passengers and 9 crew members. After this accident, passenger operations on the Il-18 in Russia were discontinued. Aircraft The Il-18V (registration number USSR-75840, factory number 182005301, serial number 053-01) was manufactured by the "Banner of Labor" plant (MMZ "Znamya Truda") approximately in September 1962. On September 29 of the same year, it was delivered to the Main Directorate of Civil Air Fleet ("Aeroflot"), which initially assigned the airliner to the Vnukovo Separate Air Squadron of the Moscow Territorial UGA. On February 10, 1965, it was modified to become an Il-18RT (with an Aircraft measuring station, used for communication with space vehicles), and assigned to the aviation of the USSR Navy. In 1988, it was reconverted into an Il-18V. On February 8, 1999, it was purchased by the airline "IRS Aero". It was equipped with four turboprop engines AI-20 produced by ZMK "Progress" named after A. G. Ivchenko. By the day of the accident, the 39-year-old airliner had completed 5,582 cycles of "takeoff-landing" and had flown 11,617 hours; the service life of most units and assemblies had been almost completely exhausted. Crew The crew of flight LDF-9601/02 consisted of: Captain (PIC) — Alexander Nikolaevich Sominsky. First Officer — Vladislav Vyacheslavovich Mikhailov. Navigator — Vladimir Fyodorovich Fedorishin. Flight mechanic — Alexey Petrovich Kozhevin. Stewardesses: Lyudmila Alekseyevna Solovchuk, Oksana Anatolyevna Yakovleva. Also part of the crew were: Senior AT Maintenance Engineer — Gennady Ivanovich Kolupaylo. Senior AT Maintenance Engineer (A and REO) — Yuri Andreyevich Kibets. Flight Manager — Sergey Vladimirovich Yefremov. Accident The Il-18V, tail number RA-75840, was operating a charter passenger flight LDF-9601/02 on the route Moscow (Domodedovo Airport)—Khatanga—Krasnoyarsk—Khatanga—Novosibirsk—Khatanga—Moscow (Domodedovo) that day. At 20:53 MSK (17:53 UTC), while the airliner was on the final leg of the route (Khatanga—Moscow), the crew contacted the radar control dispatcher and reported the estimated time of passing the next compulsory reporting point. Flight 9601/02 was flying on a magnetic heading of 200° at FL255 (7,750 meters) at a speed of 410 km/h. On board, along with 9 crew members, were 18 passengers. The flight was proceeding normally until 21:17 MSK (18:17 UTC) when, with the autopilot engaged, the elevator suddenly transitioned to a dive position, directing the aircraft downward. The airliner pitched towards the ground at an angle of 40-42°, with a temporary negative g-force of 0.5 g, which impeded the pilots from fully exerting their physical abilities on the control yoke. When the g-force returned to normal (1 g), the pilots finally exerted a combined force on the control yokes of about 120-160 kilograms, attempting to pull them "towards themselves" to try to level the aircraft, which at this point had already exceeded a speed of 580 km/h. While attempting to pull the yokes, one of the pilots likely accidentally pressed the left pedal (controlling the rudder), causing the aircraft to bank to the left. At an altitude of 6,300 meters, the airliner was plunging towards the ground at a vertical speed of 120 m/s with a left bank of 19°, and its forward speed had already exceeded the maximum permissible and reached 610 km/h. The pilots' efforts were insufficient to pull the aircraft out of the dive, and at 21:19 MSK (18:19 UTC), at an angle of about 12° and with a left bank of 43°, flight LDF-9601/02 crashed into the ground at a speed of 850 km/h and was completely destroyed. The wreckage of the aircraft was found 15 kilometers southeast of Kalyazin (Tver Oblast), and all 27 people on board were killed. Investigation Causes During the checks, the commission discovered several violations regarding the technical condition of the crashed aircraft: All four AI-20 engines had expired storage periods. The duplicate logbooks for two engines were created at the 123 ARZ of the Russian Ministry of Defense with violations and deviations from the established requirements — specifically, one logbook did not specify the date of repair, and the signatures of the shop manager and the senior master of the Quality Control Department on the inserts to the duplicate logbook were falsified. The duplicate of another logbook lacked the date of its creation, the date of the engine release did not match the actual date, the operating time from the start of operation did not match the actual time, the number of repairs and the date of the last repair were not indicated, there was no record of the engine conservation periods after repair, and the inserts with a list of parts replaced during the repair, control test parameters of the engine, and a list of units installed during the repair were not attached. The logbook for the APU TG-16M No. AM 041050 was missing. The installation date of one of the propellers on the aircraft did not match reality, and its installation on the aircraft was not entered in the aircraft logbook. The logbooks of the aircraft, engines, passports of units and products in the "IRS Aero" airline were filled out irregularly and untimely. Records of monthly independent flight hours of the command flight personnel and the performance of independent approaches and landings by the second pilots were not kept. The monitoring and analysis of flight quality performance based on flight data were carried out with violations of the regulations, and requests from the flight service for comprehensive decryption of flight data were not submitted. The flight quality indicators logbook was not maintained in the flight service. The schedule for flight RA-75840 during the execution of flight LDF-9601/02 was developed by the airline's management with an exceedance of working time norms, as the working time of the crew lasted 14 hours 45 minutes with a norm of 11 hours 30 minutes. Conclusions The commission could not precisely determine the cause of the accident. It is most likely that a combination of several factors led to the accident: Failure of the AT-2 trimming machine, which caused the spontaneous deflection of the elevator trim tab from the neutral position to the extreme dive position with electric control, resulting in the creation of a hinge moment on the elevator, leading to the rotation of the control cable drum of the RM-913 rudder machine of the longitudinal control channel of the autopilot AP-6EM-3P and the deflection of the elevator to the dive position with the autopilot engaged. The AT-2 trimming machine's protection system against spontaneous deflection of the elevator trim tab, which, upon the appearance of certain (threshold) forces in the elevator control linkage generated by the deflecting trim tab, should have disabled the UTM-2 trimming actuator before the elevator began to dive, but in this case, it did not work. The presence of an uncompensated hinge moment on the elevator due to its trim tab being in the −4...-4.5° position at the moment the autopilot was disengaged, which caused a sharp movement of the elevator to the dive position, in turn leading to a rapid descent with a fast increase in vertical and forward speeds. Due to the rapid transition of the aircraft into a dive, a negative vertical load factor arose, lasting up to 6 seconds, and a vertical load factor of less than 1 persisted for a total of 12 seconds, which resulted in the pilots being unable to timely exert sufficient effort to recover the aircraft to level flight. The aircraft quickly entered a dive and accelerated to an excessive speed, which required excessive effort from the pilots to pull it out into level flight. In the given situation, the crew did not resort to the manual control of the elevator trim tab indicated in the Il-18 RLE, which could have significantly reduced the control yoke effort during recovery to level flight. The most likely cause of the spontaneous deflection of the elevator trim tab to dive and the failure of the AT-2 system to protect against a dangerous level of spontaneous trim tab deflection could have been malfunctions in the relay magnetic amplifier RMU-5066D and the phase discriminator FD-2007. However, due to the complete destruction of the aircraft, it was impossible to definitively determine where and why the failure occurred. Aftermath of the accident After the accident, severe restrictions were imposed on the "IRS Aero" airline. Regarding Il-18 aircraft, it was noted that during their many years of operation, there had been numerous instances of longitudinal control failures, and in no case could the exact cause be determined. As of 2001, 18 Il-18 airliners were still in operation in civil aviation in Russia, with 14 of them in commercial airlines. After the crash near Kalyazin, it was decided to cease commercial passenger operations on Il-18 aircraft: See also ČSA Flight 511 Aeroflot Flight 630 Aeroflot Flight 6551 References Category:Accidents and incidents involving the Ilyushin Il-18 Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in Russia in 2001

Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metres T64

The women's 100 metres T64 event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, was on the 5 and 6 September 2024. It was won by Fleur Jong. Classification T64 is for athletes with movement moderately affected in one lower leg or the absence of one or both legs below the knee, who have difficulty accelerating evenly out of the blocks and maintaining an even stride, particularly in the drive phase of the race. T44, T62 and T64 athletes compete together. Records Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows: T44 Records T62 Records T64 Records Results Round 1 First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final Heat 1 Rank Lane Class Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 9 T64 Kimberly Alkemade 12.61 , 2 2 T64 Marlene van Gansewinkel 12.68 3 3 T44 Irmgard Bensusan 13.20 4 6 T64 B Hatz 13.28 5 4 T44 Annie Carey 13.39 6 5 T64 Yaimillie Marie Diaz Colon 13.62 7 7 T64 Giuliana Chiara Filippi 13.73 (.722) 8 8 T64 Fiona Pinar Batalla 13.73 (.728) Source: Wind: -0.2 m/s Heat 2 Rank Lane Class Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 4 T62 Fleur Jong 12.48 , 2 7 T64 Femita Ayanbeku 12.98 , 3 8 T62 Abassia Rahmani 13.06 , 4 9 T62 Sara Andres Barrio 13.20 5 3 T64 Marissa Papaconstantinou 13.24 6 6 T64 Saki Takakuwa 13.85 7 5 T64 Amaris Sofia Vazquez Collazo 15.57 Source: Wind: -0.3 m/s Final Rank Lane Class Athlete Nation Time Notes 7 T62 Fleur Jong 12.54 6 T64 Kimberly Alkemade 12.70 4 T64 Marlene van Gansewinkel 12.72 4 2 T62 Sara Andres Barrio 13.03 5 8 T62 Abassia Rahmani 13.10 6 5 T64 Femita Ayanbeku 13.15 7 9 T64 Marissa Papaconstantinou 13.258 3 T44 Irmgard Bensusan 13.31 Source: Wind: -0.2 m/s References Women's 100 metres T64 Category:Women's events at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Megadromus speciosus

Megadromus speciosus is a species of ground beetle (family Carabidae), endemic to New Zealand and of high conservation interest. Distribution and habitat Megadromus speciosus (Picton ground beetle) is found in just a few forest remnants, in northern South Island New Zealand. The species is typically found under stones and logs, and in areas with deep leaf litter. The habitat is heavily influenced by the presence of wild pigs, which have caused extensive damage to the soil surface and understorey vegetation, particularly at Port Underwood. The species also shows a preference for undisturbed native vegetation. As of 2010 Megadromus speciosus has the conservation status of 'relic' in the category 'At Risk' in the NZTCS. The species is confined to isolated populations in the Marlborough Sounds, northern South Island, New Zealand. Specifically, it is found at Port Underwood Saddle and Arapawa Island. The Arapawa Island population appears to be more secure, while the Port Underwood population is under threat from habitat degradation. A historical report suggested the presence of the species on Blumine Island, but this was not confirmed in recent surveys. Niche modelling used to study the distribution of this genus found that 50% of the predicted range of Megadromus speciosus is within the New Zealand protected areas network. Morphology Megadromus speciosus is described as a large, stout-bodied beetle with a length of 23-26 mm. The dorsal surface of the head and pronotum is greenish, while the elytra have a coppery-purple sheen. Male genitalia are distinct, with an enlarged mesotibia and a forked left paramere. The morphological conservatism within the genus makes species identification challenging without examining genitalia. Taxonomy Megadromus speciosus was described in 2007 by Peter Johns from specimens collected from Nothofagus forest near Picton (Port Underwood). The genus Megadromus is part of the Carabidae family, which comprises large, flightless beetles. Genetic analysis of mitochondrial DNA sequences (COI and ND1 genes), show that M. speciosus is distinct from other related species, with significant sequence divergence. Conservation status Megadromus speciosus is classified as range-restricted and conservation-dependent under the New Zealand threat classification system.. The species is formally protected under the Wildlife Amendment Act (1980) and has been included in various conservation ranking systems due to its vulnerability to habitat modification and introduced predators. The primary threat to Megadromus speciosus is habitat degradation caused by wild pigs, especially at Port Underwood Saddle. The pigs have extensively damaged the soil surface and understorey vegetation, which are critical for the species' survival. References Category:Carabidae Category:Endemic beetles of New Zealand Category:Insects described in 2007

Priocnemis conformis

Priocnemis conformis is a medium-sized species of pepsine spider wasp found in New Zealand. It has a widespread distribution, occurring within the North Island, South Island, and Stewart Island. Description North Island populations of both female and male P. conformis have red bodies, while South Island populations have increasing melanism associated with higher latitudes. In the northern South Island, the thorax and head are black, with the metasoma red; in latitudes south of 44°S. the whole body is black. Wings are typically subhyaline with a reddish tint and black tips, although populations found on Stewart Island may also have blackened appendages and wings. Pedipalps and antennae also shorten and thicken with increasing latitude. alt=Priocnemis conformis with black colouration on the body|thumb|Priocnemis conformis adult from the South Island showing black colouration on the body.|left Behaviour Priocnemis conformis females predominantly prey on the early instars of mygalomorph spiders, including Stanwellia species, Cantuaria spp., and the black tunnelweb Porrhothele antipodiana. Prior to digging their nests, females sting and paralyse the spider for up to fourteen hours, often hiding the spider under twigs, logs, and leaves while digging their nest. Nests are largely made of solitary cells within burrows, typically within loose soil although they may also use sand in coastal areas or utilise pre-existing burrows. Spiders are placed within the nest, and a single egg is laid across the mid-dorsum of the paralysed spider, with positioning unique for Priocnemis in New Zealand. Nests of P. conformis females are typically closed and covered with leaves, twigs, berries, and soil (or sand in coastal areas). The female may also make between three and nine additional burrows to act as a false nest, often arranged in an arc formation. As a result of temporary paralysis, recovered spiders may spin a thick web matting on the cell floor. Young feed until days 15–25, after which they spin a cocoon, and emerge days 17–27. Males often emerge 4–10 days prior to females. The robber fly Saropogon extenuatus acts as a mimic of female P. conformis, predating on males it attacks. References External links Category:Hymenoptera of New Zealand‎ Category:Endemic insects of New Zealand Category:Pepsinae

Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metres T54

The women's 100 metres T54 event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, will take place on 4 September 2024. Records Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows: Area Time Athlete Location Date Africa 15.84 Noemi Alphonse Nottwil America 15.35 Tatyana McFadden Indianapolis Asia 15.80 Zhou Zhaoqian Tokyo Europe 15.36 Amanda Kotaja Nottwil Oceania 16.21 Eliza Ault-Connell Arbon Results Round 1 First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final. Heat 1 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 6 Tatyana McFadden 15.55 , , 2 3 Amanda Kotaja 16.00 3 5 Marie Perrine 16.46 4 2 Zhou Zhaoqian 16.57 5 8 Licia Mussinelli 16.95 6 4 Hannah Bablola 17.39 7 7 Katrin Kohl 20.39 Source: Wind: -0.3 m/s Heat 2 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 2 Léa Bayekula 15.87 2 4 Noemi Alphonse 16.07 3 5 Hannah Dederick 16.64 4 3 Alexandra Hiebling 16.90 5 6 Shauna Bocquet 17.00 6 9 Jessia Soares Giacomelli 17.04 - 7 Fatou Sanneh Source: Wind: -0.7 m/s Final Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 7 Léa Bayekula 15.50 , 4 Tatyana McFadden 15.67 6 Amanda Kotaja 15.77 4 5 Noemi Alphonse 16.11 5 2 Zhou Zhaoqian 16.44 6 8 Hannah Dederick 16.50 7 9 Alexandra Hiebling 16.91 8 3 Marie Perrine 16.98 Source: Wind: -0.1 m/s References Women's 100 metres T54 Category:Women's events at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Category:2024 in women's athletics

Bulkeley Hotel

The Bulkeley Hotel stands on the seafront in Beaumaris, Anglesey, Wales. It was designed by the architectural partnership of Joseph Hansom and Edward Welch for the Beaumaris Corporation. The development was a central part of the corporation's plans to reposition Beaumaris as a fashionable seaside resort in response to its declining maritime trade. It is designated a Grade I listed building, and remains in operation. History The town and castle of Beaumaris were created in the late 13th century as part of the Conquest of Wales led by Edward I. Planned in the 1280s, and constructed from 1295 by Edward's master builder, James of St George, the settlement replaced the historic Welsh capital of Llanfaes. Beaumaris's location, and natural harbour, encouraged maritime trade and in the Middle Ages the town flourished as a port and the customs hub for North-West Wales. By the early 19th century this trade was in decline and the town's council sought to reinvent Beaumaris as a seaside resort. A visit to the town by Princess Victoria in 1832 saw the Victoria Terrace named in her honour and the princess and her mother, the Duchess of Kent, stayed at the Bulkeley Hotel. Later additions to the hotel were made by P. Shearson Gregory at the very end of the 19th century, and in the 1930s the architect Sidney Colwyn Foulkes extended the building. Architecture and description The hotel is a five bay, three-storey block in a Neoclassical design. The construction material is limestone ashlar. Richard Haslam, Julian Orbach and Adam Voelcker, in their 2009 edition Gywnedd, in the Buildings of Wales series, call it "the finest of its date in Wales". The hotel is a Grade I listed building. The forecourt wall and gate piers are separately listed at Grade II. Notes References Sources External links Category:Grade I listed buildings in Anglesey Category:Grade I listed hotels Category:Hotels in Anglesey

Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metres T47

The women's 100 metres T47 event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, took place on 3 September 2024. Classification The event is open to T45, T46 and T47 athletes. These athletes have varying levels of upper limb/s affected by limb deficiency, impaired muscle power or impaired passive range of movement. Records T46/47 Records Results Round 1 The Heats were held on 3 September, starting at 12:52 (UTC+2) in the morning session. First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final Heat 1 RankLaneClassAthleteNationTimeNotes 1 1 T46 Kiara Rodriguez 12.18 , 2 8 T47 Sheriauna Haase 12.47 , 3 3 T46 Saska Solokov 12.54 , 4 9 T47 Maria Clara Augusto da Silva 12.63 , 5 6 T46 Jule Ross 12.72 6 5 T46 Li Lu 12.87 7 2 T47 Tereza Jakschova 13.21 8 4 T47 Aldana Isabel Ibanez 13.22 9 7 T47 Tinotendo Nicole Bango 13.71 Source: Wind: -0.4 m/s Heat 2 RankLaneClassAthleteNationTimeNotes18T47 Lisbeli Marina Vera Andrade 11.99, 2 4T46 Brittni Mason 12.18, 35T47 Anna Grimaldi 12.23, 46 T46 Maria Ngoussou Ngouyi 12.54, 59T47 Fernando Yara da Silva 12.64 67T47 Sasiriwan Inthachot 12.69 73T47 Sae Tsuji 12.948 2T47 Kim Marie Vaske 13.22 Source: Wind: +0.3 m/s Final The final took place on 3 September, starting at 20:23 (UTC+2) in the evening. RankLaneClassAthleteNationTimeNotes 7 T46 Kiara Rodriguez 12.04 5 T46 Brittni Mason 12.10 8 T47 Anna Grimaldi 12.20 4 6 T47 Sheriauna Haase 12.53 5 3 T46 Saska Solokov 12.56 6 9 T46 Maria Ngoussou Ngouyi 12.58 7 2 T47 Maria Clara Augusto da Silva 12.63 – 4 T47 Lisbeli Marina Vera Andrade Source: Wind: 0.0 m/s References Women's 100 metres T47 Category:Women's events at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Category:2024 in women's athletics

Disappearance of Ilias Ali

The disappearance of Ilias Ali is a high-profile incident in Bangladesh that took place in 2012. Ilias Ali, a former Member of Parliament and the organising secretary of the then-main opposition party Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He along with his driver Ansar Ali, was reportedly abducted from Banani neighbourhood, Dhaka, by individuals claiming to be from law enforcement agencies. In the following days, at least five of his party men died and many were injured as they observed strikes and demonstration programmes in protest of his disappearance. The incident got much media coverage. BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia accused the Awami League government of being responsible, a claim the government denied. Observers express concern that security forces, including the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)—a paramilitary unit established in 2004 under the BNP government—and local police, are engaged in a campaign of intimidation against the opposition to benefit Sheikh Hasina's government. Place and Time On 17 April 2012, at 1:30 AM, Ilias Ali and his driver Ansar Ali were abducted in front of South Point School and College on Road No. 2 in Banani, a neighbourhood in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Background In 1999, the Government of India proposed the construction of the Tipaimukh Dam on the Barak River in the Sipuikawn (Tipaimukh) area of Manipur State. After its approval, a controversy arose over it in Bangladesh. Bangladeshi experts have said the massive dam will disrupt the seasonal rhythm of the river and have an adverse effect on downstream agriculture and fisheries. Later, in 2009, concerns arose among the people of the greater Sylhet region in northeastern Bangladesh that the first impact of the proposed Tipaimukh Dam would be felt there. This led to local protests in Sylhet. Various organizations from Dhaka joined the movement and organized large-scale actions such as long marches. Additionally, the Sylhet Division Development Struggle Council organized a three-day long march. The BNP-led four-party alliance also organized programs including long marches, boat marches, and hunger strikes in the area. Ilias Ali was one of the key organizers of the movement against the construction of the Tipaimukh Dam in Sylhet and a staunch critic of the project. Approximately four months before his disappearance, in December 2011, during an interview with Banglanews24.com, he alleged that a conspiracy was being plotted against him for his leadership in the anti-Tipaimukh Dam movement in Sylhet. He stated, "It was under my leadership that the movement against the Tipaimukh Dam in Sylhet's upstream began. Earlier, I led a long march in the border areas of Bangladesh with Mahmudur Rahman, the editor of Amar Desh. I have always been uncompromising against all conspiracies, including the stock market scandal, economic collapse, and the selling out of the country to India by this government. That is why various cases are being filed against me to take me down." In May 2023, general secretary of BNP Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir made a similar allegation, stating, "Ilias Ali was possibly abducted because of his involvement in the movement against the Tipaimukh Dam." On 17 April 2024, on a press conference held at the BNP's central office in Naya Paltan to mark the 12th anniversary of Ilias Ali's disappearance, the party's senior joint general secretary Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, made a similar allegation. He stated, "Ilias Ali became a major target for the state apparatus and domestic and foreign forces due to his uncompromising struggle against the government and his leadership in the mass movement in Sylhet protesting the Tipaimukh Dam and border aggression. Ilias Ali stood against imperialism. The government, envious of his popularity and organizational skills, failed to confront him politically and has kept him disappeared." Event Tahsina Rushdir Luna, wife of Ilias Ali, in describing her husband's disappearance to Netra News: On 17 April 2012, Ilias Ali returned to Dhaka from Sylhet. Later that evening, he left his home again with the same car. That night, after meeting with supporters at Hotel Sheraton (now InterContinental), he mysteriously disappeared along with his personal driver, Ansar Ali, on his way back home from Banani Road No. 2 in Dhaka. The Officer-in-Charge of Banani Police Station, Mamun Ar Rashid, reported that they found an abandoned car in the Mohakhali, Dhaka around midnight. Upon bringing the car to the police station and examining the documents, they discovered it was the vehicle belonging to prominent BNP leader Ilias Ali. Investigation The day after Ilias Ali went missing, on 18 April, his wife Tahsina Rushdir Luna filed a writ petition in the High Court seeking his return. The following day, on 19 April, in response to the petition, the High Court issued a rule asking law enforcement agencies to explain his disappearance within 10 days. In May 2012, five law enforcement agencies submitted separate reports to the High Court. The reports from the Inspector General of Police (IGP), RAB, CID, Special Branch (SB), and Banani Police Station claimed that they were doing everything possible to locate Ilias Ali. The Attorney General's office later informed The Daily Star that the agencies, in their respective reports, asserted that BNP leader Ilias Ali was not in their custody and that they had neither detained nor apprehended him. Following his disappearance, joint operations were conducted by RAB and police in various locations, including Pubail in Gazipur, but Ilias Ali was not found. At one point, the court ordered Banani Police Station to investigate his disappearance and submit regular investigation reports. Kazi Mainul Islam, the Inspector (Investigation) of Banani Police Station, reported that since the court's directive, they had submitted 25 reports up until 17 April 2013. Reaction Domestic After news of Ilias Ali's disappearance spread, tensions flared across the country, particularly in his home district of Sylhet. From 18 April, a five-day nationwide hartal (general strike) and a six-day hartal in Sylhet were observed. In response, a political organisation named Ilias Mukti Sangram Parishad (Ilias Freedom Struggle Council) was formed in Sylhet. Violence erupted across the country. In Bishwanath, Sylhet, Ilias Ali's birthplace, a protest demanding his return led to a three-way clash occurred between the police, Awami League, and BNP supporters. This led to the deaths of Monowar Hossain, a Jubo Dal leader, Selim Ahmed, a Chhatra Dal leader, and Zakir Hossain, a rickshaw puller and BNP supporter, who were shot dead during the conflict. On 18 April, in Bishwanath, Sylhet, clashes erupted between police and protesters, resulting in over 20 injuries and several individuals were arrested. On 23 April, protesters escalated their actions by attacking the Bishwanath Upazila Parishad, leading to further clashes, vandalism, and arson. As a result, the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development, and Co-operatives ordered the temporary suspension of the chairmen of seven Union Parishad of Bishwanath Upazila, as they were named in the charges related to the incident. Following this, on 2 July, the Upazila Nirbahi Officer carried out the suspension of all seven UP chairmen simultaneously. During the protests over Ilias Ali's disappearance, many senior BNP leaders, including the then-Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, were imprisoned. Three organisations expressed concern over the disappearance of BNP leader Ilias Ali and his driver, calling for a proper investigation. The Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) stated that ongoing disappearances and secret killings threaten human rights and democratic progress. They demanded investigations into all such incidents, including Ali's case, to hold those responsible accountable. The Revolutionary Workers Party of Bangladesh and Jatiya Party (JP) also urged authorities to quickly locate Ali and his driver. On 18 April 2012, in response to Ilias Ali's disappearance, the BNP sent letters to then-UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the United Nations headquarters in New York and to United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the U.S. State Department. The party also sent a letter to Joe Crowley, the co-chairman of the Bangladesh Caucus and an influential U.S. Congressman. International The international human rights organisation Amnesty International expressed concern over the enforced disappearance of Ilias Ali, a prominent opposition leader, as well as the broader issue of extrajudicial killings in Bangladesh. Amnesty International called on the Bangladesh government to conduct an independent investigation into the recent disappearances of several individuals, including Ilias Ali, and the deaths of protesters during subsequent clashes. They suggested that security forces, particularly the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), might be involved in these disappearances. Amnesty International urged the government to hold those responsible for the disappearances and killings accountable. Human Rights Watch (HRW) also voiced deep concern over the disappearance of Ilias Ali and his driver. They highlighted the increasing number of enforced disappearances of opposition leaders and political activists in Bangladesh, calling on the government to immediately initiate an independent and impartial investigation. HRW also demanded an independent investigation into the excessive use of force against protesters following Ilias Ali's disappearance. Additionally, the Parliament of the United Kingdom held a debate on the disappearance of Ilias Ali, where speakers expressed deep concern over recent cases of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances in Bangladesh, including Ilias Ali's case. Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has expressed concern about the disappearance of BNP leader Ilias Ali and the killing of a labour-rights activist leader Aminul Islam, and called for thorough and independent probe into the incidents during a state visit to Bangladesh in 2012. References Bibliography Category:1961 births Category:2010s missing person cases Category:2012 in Dhaka Category:Missing person cases in Bangladesh Category:April 2012 events in Bangladesh Category:Possibly living people Category:Human rights abuses in Bangladesh Category:Torture in Bangladesh Category:Awami League scandals Category:Premiership of Sheikh Hasina

Ōtaki College

Ōtaki College is an intermediate and secondary school located in Ōtaki, in the north of the Kāpiti Coast in New Zealand. With a roll of in , the college has been recognised for achieving success in spite of its Decile 4 ranking. History Before Ōtaki College was established, students from Ōtaki and the surrounding area had to travel north to Horowhenua College to receive education. As New Zealand's school-age population grew markedly after the Second World War, there was growing public pressure to establish a school in the region. The school was founded as Ōtaki District High School on 2 February 1959, and officially opened on 3 March 1960 by Minister of Education Philip Skoglund. By 1961 the roll had grown to 217, and the school was formally incorporated as a college. At this time it also catered to manual training primary school students. Through the 1960s and 1970s, several facilities were constructed including a swimming pool, library, and gymnasium. The assembly hall block was officially opened in 1964 by Governor-general Bernard Fergusson. Demographics and relationship with Māori The school is rated as Decile 4L, meaning a higher-than-average proportion of its students come from low-income households. In 2014, Ōtaki College was one of seven schools in New Zealand identified by the Education Review Office as the highest-performing low decile schools. More than half of students at Ōtaki College are Māori, the majority of whom are from Ngāti Raukawa, the local iwi of Ōtaki. The school engages closely with Ngāti Raukawa, including through the board of trustees, learning plans, and in the college's tikanga and kawa. Each year, new students are welcomed to the college through a pōwhiri at Raukawa Marae. Notable alumni Ōtaki College has produced several national representative sportspeople, including Olympic Kayaker John MacDonald, Commonwealth Games high-jumper Kelley O'Hagan, and Silver Fern Katarina Cooper. References External links School Website Category:Educational institutions established in 1959 Category:Secondary schools in the Wellington Region Category:Kāpiti Coast District Category:Schools in the Kāpiti Coast District Category:1959 establishments in New Zealand

Another Day (Fucked Up album)

Another Day is the seventh studio album by Canadian post-hardcore band Fucked Up. The album was self-released on August 9, 2024. Background and recording The album was primarily written and recorded over the course of 2022 and 2023, with sessions taking place at various studios across Toronto and London. The initial guitar tracks were laid down in May 2022 at Candle Studios in Toronto, and engineered by Alex Gamble. During the same month, drums were recorded at both Palace Studios in Toronto and Fuzzbrain Studios in London, with additional drum recordings taking place at the Total Refreshment Centre in London. Gamble also oversaw these sessions. In October 2022, Sandy Miranda recorded the bass parts at Palmer Stone Studios in Toronto. By July 2022, guitarist Josh Zucker completed his recordings at Candle Studios. The lead vocals, primarily performed by Damian Abraham, were recorded by Dylan Frankland at Foran Sound/Wychwood Sounds in Toronto in November 2023, and was mastered in March 2024. The album was announced in June 2024, about 18 months after their previous album, One Day. Album artwork The album features original cover art by Daniel Murphy, with additional artwork including a hedge photograph by Maksym Kaharlytskyi and a band photo by Colin Medley. Art direction was led by Mike Haliechuk, with layout and design by Daniel Murphy. Critical reception Another Day was well received by contemporary music critics. On review aggregator, Metacritic, Another Day has an average rating of 73 out of 100 indicating "generally favorable reviews". Track listing Personnel Musicians Damian Abraham – vocals (except "Fellow Fine Feeling") Mike Haliechuk – lead guitar, backing vocals (lead vocals on "Fellow Fine Feeling") Josh Zucker – rhythm guitar Sandy Miranda – bass guitar Jonah Falco – drums Jonah Falco – backing vocals Sam Bielanski – backing vocals Pretty Matty – backing vocals Charlie Manning Walker – backing vocals Holden Abraham – backing vocals Dylan Frankland – backing vocals Danko Jones – backing vocals Recording and mastering Alex Gamble – engineering and mixing (Candle Studios, Palace Studios, Fuzzbrain Studios, Total Refreshment Centre) Sandy Miranda – engineering (Palmer Stone Studios) Dylan Frankland – (Foran Sound/Wychwood Sounds) Arthur Rizk – mastering Mike Haliechuk – production Artwork Daniel Murphy – album artwork Maksym Kaharlytskyi – photography Colin Medley – photography Mike Haliechuk – art direction References External links Category:2024 albums Category:Fucked Up albums Category:Self-released albums

Kelsey Stoerzinger

Kelsey Stoerzinger is an American chemist who is an associate professor at the University of Minnesota. Her research considers the design of materials and processes for renewable energy storage. She is interested in the design of sustainable catalysts that make use of earth abundant materials. She was awarded the 2025 American Chemical Society Marks-Ipatieff Prize. Early life and education Stoerzinger is from Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota. She attended Eagan High School, where she became "captivated" by the oboe. She was an undergraduate student at Northwestern University, where she was an oboe major, but decided to switch major after seeing so many leading women scientists. She eventually worked in the laboratory of Teri W. Odom, where she developed surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. She spent a summer interning at Dow Corning and another at General Motors. During her undergraduate studies, she was awarded a Churchill Scholarship to spend a year at the University of Cambridge, where she worked with a spin echo spectrometer. She moved to Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a graduate student, where she studied the catalytic activity of oxides with Yang Shao-Horn. As a doctoral student, she was recognized by the Materials Research Society for her efforts to identify optimized oxides. Specifically, she looked to understand the relationship between the structure and function of oxides. Stoerzinger joined Pacific Northwest National Laboratory as a postdoctoral fellow, where she studied photo-electrochemical and electrochemical interfaces. In 2018 she became a staff scientist at PNNL. Research and career Stoerzinger was an assistant professor at Oregon State University in 2019. She worked on water splitting and the development of chlorine-containing byproducts. She was awarded a United States Department of Energy Early Career Award to design new catalysts for ammonia production. In 2023, Stoerzinger joined the University of Minnesota. Stoerzinger combines X-ray and vibrational spectroscopy to better understand the steady-state and operational properties of electrodes used in electrocatalysis. Awards and honors 2021 National Science Foundation CAREER Award 2021 Intel Rising Star Award 2022 International Society of Electrochemistry Electrochemical Materials Science Award 2022 Materials Research Society Nelson "Buck" Robinson Science and Technology Award 2022 Electrochemical Society Energy Technology Division Supramaniam Srinivasan Young Investigator Award 2025 American Chemical Society Marks-Ipatieff Prize Selected publications References Category:Living people Category:People from Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:21st-century American chemists Category:Alumni of the University of Cambridge Category:Northwestern University alumni Category:Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni Category:University of Minnesota faculty Category:American women chemists

List of towns and cities in Tigray

This is a list of cities and town in Tigray, Ethiopia ordered by size and alphabetically. By population The table below shows cities and towns with more than 40,000 inhabitants (from the projection for 2016 by using the 2007 census data). The population numbers are referring to the inhabitants of the cities themselves, suburbs and the metropolitan area outside the city area are not taken into account. Given the suburbs and the metropolitan area, the number of inhabitants might be much larger in several cases. Mekelle, for example, might have a total population of 4.5 to 5 million if also taking the metropolitan area into account. Order Name Census1984 Census1994 Census2007 Projected Estimate2016 Region Zone/Woreda 1. Mekelle 35,332 120,249 215,914 340,859 Tigray Mekelle Special Zone 24. Adigrat 16,262 37,417 57,58890,658 Tigray Misraqawi Zone 29. Shire (Inda Selassie) 12,846 25,269 47,28474,503 Tigray Semien Mi'irabawi Zone 32. Aksum 17,753 27,148 44,64770,360 Tigray Mehakelegnaw Zone 38. Adwa 13,823 24,519 40,50063,759Tigray Mehakelegnaw Zone 46. Alamata 14,030 26,179 33,21452,435 Tigray Debubawi Zone Alphabetical This listing does not have a threshold for the size of the towns and cities. This listing has 256 cities and towns. A right|thumb|Map of Tigray Region thumb|right|Adigrat thumb|right|Axum thumb|right|Adwa thumb|right|Alamata Abiy Addi Adi Daero Adi Gudom Adigrat Adwa Agula Alamata Ambalage Axum B Bora C Chercher D Dansha E Enticho F Fire Selam Freweyni G Gijet H thumb|right|Humera Humera I Idaga Hamus Inda Aba Guna (Indabaguna) J K Kobo Kombolcha Korem L M thumb|right|Mekelle, the capital of Tigray Maimekden (May Mekdan) Maychew Mek'ele N Negash O R Rama S thumb|right|Shire Selekleka Sheraro Shire T W thumb|right|Wukro Waja Wukro Y Yechila Yeha See also List of cities and towns in Ethiopia List of metropolitan areas in Africa List of cities in East Africa MENA References External links GIS-based search engine for Ethiopian towns Cities in Ethiopia Ethiopia, List of cities in Ethiopia Ethiopia

1970 Batagay An-24 crash

The 1970 Batagay An-24 crash was an aviation accident that occurred on Wednesday, January 28, 1970, in the vicinity of Batagay involving an An-24B aircraft operated by Aeroflot, resulting in the death of 34 people. Description The Antonov An-24B aircraft with tail number 47701 (manufacturer's serial number 59900202, built in 1965) was conducting a flight from Chersky to Yakutsk. It was piloted by a crew that included Captain (PIC) A. I. Tokarev, co-pilot V. V. Kozhushko, navigator N. A. Minin, flight engineer A. I. Zapolskikh, and a checker, the chief navigator of the Yakut Civil Aviation Directorate, Honoured Navigator of the USSR G. O. Shirinyan. On board the cabin was the stewardess S. M. Ignatyeva. On the segment from Chokurdakh to Batagay, the flight was carried out at night at an altitude of 5,700 meters under simple weather conditions. There were 28 passengers on board. Approaching Batagay Airport, the crew contacted the dispatcher and reported the estimated point of descent initiation, to which the dispatcher gave permission to descend to an altitude of 2,700 meters. He also indicated the aircraft's position relative to the airport: 125 kilometers away at an azimuth of 40° (northeast). The duties of the dispatcher at the command-dispatch center (tower) of the airport were performed by the flight supervisor when the An-24 reported reaching an altitude of 2,700 meters. The flight supervisor then clarified with the crew the distance and time of approach and whether they could see the runway. The crew responded affirmatively, intending to make an approach on a magnetic course of 47° straight-in. After receiving the affirmative response about seeing the runway, the flight supervisor allowed a descent to an altitude of 600 meters. The crew confirmed receipt of the information about descending to 600 meters, after which communication with the aircraft was lost. 40 kilometers from the airport, flying at a speed of 340–350 km/h at an altitude of 1,020 meters (808 meters above the airfield level), the An-24 with a slight left bank (2—3°) and a pitch angle of 7° collided with a mountain at an altitude of 1,081 meters in the Adycha River area. The pilots saw the danger at the last moment and pulled the yokes toward themselves, but due to the terrain and continued inertia of descent, they could not avoid the collision. The airliner crashed into a slope with an inclination of 11—12° and was completely destroyed. All 34 people on board perished. Causes Premature descent below the minimum safe altitude at night over a mountainous area, permitted by the dispatcher in violation of GA-66 rules and the flight operation manual at Batagay Airport. Lack of control over the aircraft's descent by the flight supervisor. It is likely the crew confused settlements during visual orientation. References External links Category:January 1970 events Aeroflot Category:Accidents and incidents involving the Antonov An-24 Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving controlled flight into terrain Category:Aviation accidents and incidents caused by air traffic controller error

M35 and X80 buses

The M35 and X80 constitute bus routes between the 125th Street station at Lexington Avenue in Harlem and Randalls and Wards Islands. Route description The M35 and X80 begin at 125th Street and Lexington Avenue. They both continue south until 124th Street, where they turn and run east until turning onto the RFK Bridge before exiting onto Randalls Island. They both then run south on Central Road and they pass Icahn Stadium, where the X80 terminates. The M35 takes a deviation at Rivers Edge Road to serve the Manhattan Psychiatric Center. The route continues south on Central Road as it becomes Hell Gate Circle, taking another deviation at Sunken Garden Loop to serve Sunken Garden and the Charles H. Gay Center. It then continues south on Hell Gate Circle until it loops back around onto Central Road where it heads north and passes by Icahn Stadium, where the X80 joins it as it continues north onto Bronx Shore Road, u-turning at the end of the road before turning right onto the RFK Bridge. They then turn onto 126th Street, where they continue westbound until turning left on Lexington Avenue and terminating there. The X80 only runs during special events, and costs $7.00 for travel towards Randalls/Wards Islands, and is free towards Harlem. History The TB bus route was started on July 11, 1936, by New York Omnibus Company, when the Triborough Bridge opened, after being announced that it would be studied if a shuttle service could be operated on the bridge. The route ran between Harlem, Randalls and Wards Islands, Port Morris and Astoria. In 1974, the TB was split into three routes, with the M34 running between Harlem and Randalls Island, the M35 running between Harlem and Astoria, and the Bx21 running between Astoria and Port Morris. The Bx21 was discontinued on February 18, 1984, due to low ridership. The M34 was combined with the M35 in the 1980s, sometime before the M34 designation was reused for the 34th Street Crosstown service. In September 1992, when the M60 started service, M35 service to Astoria was reduced to rush hours only until 1995, when it was discontinued due to an ongoing budget crisis. The X80 was started sometime in the 2000s as an express shuttle bus to Randalls Island during special events, with the M35 skipping the stop neat Icahn Stadium whenever the X80 operates. On June 28, 2015, westbound M35 buses were rerouted to serve Hell Gate Circle after running on Sunken Garden Loop. References External links M035 035 Category:Transportation in Manhattan

Psammina

Psammina is a fungal genus in the division Ascomycota. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the division is unknown (incertae sedis), and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any class, order, or family. The genus comprises fungi that inhabit various environments, growing on plants, algae, and lichens. These fungi are notable for their unique reproductive structures, which resemble tiny hands or palms when viewed under a microscope. Psammina species play diverse ecological roles: some form partnerships with algae to create lichens, others grow on existing lichens, and some can cause damage to their host organisms. The genus was first proposed in 1890 and currently includes ten recognised species. While Psammina fungi have been found mainly in Europe, with sightings in countries such as the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and France, at least one species has been reported in Brazil, suggesting a potentially wider distribution. Taxonomy The genus was published by Elise Caroline Bommer and Marietta Hannon Rousseau in 1890, based on a description provided by Rousseau and Pier Andrea Saccardo. The taxonomic placement and boundaries of Psammina have been subject to debate. The genus shares similarities with other fungal genera, particularly Cheiromycina and Pycnopsammina. Cheiromycina, like some Psammina species, produces palmate conidia flattened in a single plane, but differs in having conidia that arise from distinctive subglobose, strongly inflated conidiogenous cells. Pycnopsammina was originally described as separate from Psammina due to its reportedly immersed, ostiolate conidiomata. However, a closer examination of the type species, P. lobariae, revealed conidiogenesis details similar to those of Psammina bommeriae. This led Peter Michael Earland-Bennett and David L. Hawksworth (2005) to propose that Pycnopsammina should be treated as a synonym of Psammina. The variation in conidial development among Psammina species has raised questions about whether the genus should be subdivided. Description Psammina is a genus of fungi known for its unique reproductive structures. When visible to the naked eye, Psammina appears as small, scattered dark brown to black spots on its host, each spot measuring about 0.1 to 0.2 millimeters across. These spots may look slightly grainy or almost smooth, depending on the species. The main body of the fungus, the mycelium, grows hidden within the tissue of its host. This mycelium consists of brown, branching threads (hyphae) that are slightly swollen at intervals, giving them a beaded appearance. These hyphae are quite thin, measuring only about 2.5 to 3.5 micrometres (μm) in width. Unlike many fungi, Psammina does not produce enclosed fruiting bodies. Instead, it forms small, cushion-like structures called , from which specialised reproductive cells emerge. These reproductive cells, known as conidiophores, stand upright and are unbranched, smooth-walled, and divided into segments. They typically measure 30 to 50 μm in length and about 3 to 3.5 μm in width. At the tips of these conidiophores, Psammina produces its most distinctive feature: unique spores called conidia. These conidia are dry, pale brown, and remarkably complex in structure. They resemble tiny hands or palms, with multiple arm-like projections radiating outward from a central point. The number of these "arms" can vary greatly between species, ranging from fewer than 20 to over 100 per conidium. The arms of the conidia show considerable variation among different Psammina species. They can be as short as 10 μm or as long as 80 μm, and their width typically ranges from 2 to 4 μm, though some species have arms up to 6 μm wide. The shape of these arms also varies, with some being straight, others curved, some swollen, and others tapering towards the tip. Each arm is divided into segments by cross-walls, with the number of these divisions differing between species. When gently flattened under a microscope, a mature Psammina conidium can span from about 50 to over 160 μm in diameter, depending on the species. These intricate conidia are key to identifying different species within the genus Psammina, as their specific characteristics vary from one species to another. The process of conidium formation (conidiogenesis) in Psammina varies among species, which has implications for the genus's taxonomy. In the type species, P. bommeriae, conidia arise as short lateral branches from the conidiophores. However, in other species, such as P. stipitata and P. palmata, conidia are produced from discrete, elongate, vertical conidiogenous cells. The conidiogenous cells in some species are monoblastic (producing a single conidium), integrated (formed from the same hyphae as the vegetative parts), terminal, and often brown and smooth-walled. In P. palmata, for example, these cells can be markedly swollen below and somewhat eccentrically ampulliform, measuring 6–10 by 1.5–2.5 μm. This variation in conidiogenesis among Psammina species has led to discussions about potential subdivision of the genus. Habitat and distribution Psammina species exhibit a diverse range of ecological roles and habitats. They can be found in various environments, primarily associated with plants, algae, and lichens. The genus includes species that are saprophytic (living on dead organic matter), lichenised (forming a symbiotic relationship with algae to create lichens), lichenicolous (growing on lichens), or algicolous (growing on algae). Psammina palmata was the first lichen-forming fungus identified in the genus. Many Psammina species show a preference for specific microhabitats. They are often found growing on crusts of green algae and lichens that occur on the dry sides of trees and stones. This particular niche seems to be favoured by several species within the genus, including P. stipitata, P. filamentosa, and P. inflata. These species can be observed as small, often somewhat granular black spots on their host organisms. The ecological roles of Psammina species can vary. Some, like P. filamentosa, have been observed to be pathogenic, causing bleaching of their host algae or lichens. This suggests that certain Psammina species may play a role in shaping the microbial communities on tree bark and rock surfaces. In terms of geographical distribution, Psammina species have been reported from several European countries. The genus has been documented in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Luxembourg, and Ukraine. However, at least one species, P. tropica, has been reported from Brazil, indicating that the genus may have a wider distribution than currently known. Species , Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accept 10 species of Psammina: Psammina bommerae Psammina elegiae Psammina filamentosa Psammina inflata Psammina lobariae Psammina mariae-theresiae Psammina palmata Psammina simplex Psammina stipitata Psammina tropica See also List of Ascomycota genera incertae sedis References Category:Ascomycota Category:Enigmatic Ascomycota taxa Category:Monotypic Ascomycota genera Category:Taxa described in 1890

Tuhi Martukaw

Tuhi Martukaw, born 1985 as Jocelyn Ting-Hui Hung Chien () is a Taiwanese Pinuyumayan activist, journalist, diplomat, and educator. She was co-chair of the United Nations' Global Indigenous Youth Caucus from 2010 to 2015 and has represented Taiwan for 10 years at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. The founder and coordinator of LIMA Taiwan Indigenous Youth Working Group, which works to increase Indigenous youth outreach and foster connections with their international counterparts. She was selected as the leading candidate for the Democratic Progressive Party's party list ahead of the 2020 Taiwanese legislative election, but was removed from the list altogether with the party citing her previous associations with the Kuomintang and her lack of political experience. In addition to her work as an activist and diplomat, Tuhi worked as an editor, translator, and anchor for Taiwan Indigenous Television, focusing on international news, as well as a board member for the Taiwan Legal Aid Foundation and as an instructor for the University of Taipei. Early life and education Martukaw was born as Hung Chien Ting-Hui 1985 in , a segment within the city of Taitung to a Hoklo father and a Pinuyumayan mother. In typical Hoklo fashion, she was given a four character Chinese name. Whereas the name "Tuhi Martukaw" honours her maternal grandmother, who had died prior to when she was born. In the Puyuma naming system, names are given from deceased elders and are given to the individual once they have grown up. While raised in an Indigenous community, Tuhi was unable to speak the Puyuma language. Tuhi recalled an instance while attending the UNPFII conference in 2006 where she was unable to speak on any issues regarding her Indigenous background compared to her peers. When she returned to Taiwan, she researched Indigenous movements and spent time in her home community during a period of mourning for her maternal grandfather. Martukaw received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Diplomacy from National Chengchi University and a Master of Arts degree in European Studies at the University of Hamburg. It was through her work at the Department of Diplomacy where she was able to participate in the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and build the framework for the development of the LIMA Taiwan Indigenous Youth Working Group. Career Tuhi works as a board member of the Taipei Legal Aid Foundation and as an instructor at the University of Taipei. A journalist, she works as an editor and news anchor for Taiwan Indigenous Television. She works as an international news translator for the channel, she currently works as a freelance journalist and a member of the Indigenous Media Caucus. Tuhi is recognized as a leader of the Taiwanese delegation to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), having attended meetings for ten years consecutively starting in 2006, she was selected as co-chair of the Global Indigenous Youth Caucus from 2010 to 2015, which was recognized by the UNPFII. She recalled the difficulty in organizing fellow youth, only having the caucus recognized in 2008. At the United Nations, Tuhi works collaboratively with international Indigenous groups to expand international participation for the Indigenous peoples of Taiwan despite Taiwan's complicated legal situation. Oftentimes, the Taiwanese delegation requires "borrowing" from the resources of allied organizations due to the political status of Taiwan. Tuhi is the founder and the coordinator of the LIMA Taiwan Indigenous Youth Working Group. Established in 2013, the group works to train and connect Indigenous youth with their counterparts internationally, to contribute in their struggle of attaining rights, and building up capacity in carrying on cultural heritage, equality, and justice. The group additionally works to boost public understanding and increase visibility of issues related to the Taiwanese Indigenous community. LIMA was involved in the Sunflower Student Movement of 2014, holding Indigenous Youth forums on the site of the protest. Prior to attending annual trips to the UNPFII, Tuhi organizes workshops around the country to enhance awareness of global and local Indigenous rights issues. Activism Tuhi's activism focuses on the areas of climate change, Indigenous feminism, land issues, and the participation of Indigenous youth in global affairs. Tuhi urged the UNPFII's official translation to remove the term "土住" from its name, criticizing China's decision on the matter and the pejorative nature of the term in Indigenous communities. She was critical of the United Nations for failures in reporting on the condition of Taiwanese Indigenous peoples, requesting the UN conduct surveys on the sexual violence on Indigenous Taiwanese women and the self-harm and suicide rates of Indigenous youth. Tuhi urged the body to approach its studies with a purely academic and social science perspective to eliminate political interference. She was critical of Taiwanese activists seeking out Indigenous participation to legitimize their own causes rather than having an understanding of the need to cooperate. She notes the lack of trust among Indigenous communities due to Taiwanese independence activists being opposed to ideas of Taiwanese Indigenous independence. She recalled facing criticism from her relatives for her social activism and opposition to nuclear development, having economically relied on the Taiwan Power Company and the roots of the Kuomintang within her community. Tuhi represented her community in protests against government regulation that denies Indigenous communities recourse in encroachment by private entities. She stressed the lack of free, prior and informed consent and allow for massive developments which split Indigenous peoples' lands. Political career Ahead of the 2020 Taiwanese legislative election, it was announced that Tuhi was to be given the top spot on the Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) party list. Tuhi had previously worked as a legislator's assistant to a Kuomintang member of the Legislative Yuan. Her placement was theorized by New Bloom Magazine to be the result of the New Power Party's choice of Kawlo Iyun Pacidal's top position within their party list. However, when the party list was finalized, she was not given the spot as announced during a November 14 news conference. The DPP claimed that the removal was because of Tuhi's lack of political experience, but it was believed by New Bloom Magazine that her removal was a result of factional deal making. Tuhi was believed to be the pick of Premier Su Tseng-chang. With the DPP removing younger candidates such as Tuhi in order to court older candidates who had left the party for the Formosa Alliance and the Taiwan Independence Action Party. She was additionally criticized for her previous work under a Kuomintang legislator and her work within Premier Su Tseng-chang's Eball Foundation, as well as the spread of a claim that she was involved in a case of fraud. Personal life Among the local Indigenous youth activist community she is called "Sis", overseas Indigenous activist peers refer to her as "Jocelyn", while Indigenous peers and relatives call her "Jinumu". References Category:Living people Category:1985 births Category:Taiwanese activists Category:Puyuma people Category:21st-century Taiwanese women politicians Category:Indigenous rights activists Category:Taiwanese women activists Category:Taiwanese politicians of indigenous descent

Court of Military Honour

The Court of Military Honour () was a drumhead court-martial in Nazi Germany, composed of high-ranking officers of the Wehrmacht, which was formed by a Führer decree () on 2 August 1944. Führererlass „Bildung eines Ehrenhofes zur Überprüfung der Beteiligten am Attentat vom 20.7.1944“, Adolf Hitler, 2. August 1944, dokumentiert in: Martin Moll: Führer-Erlasse 1939–1945. Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 1997. The court had the express task of identifying and expelling officers of the German Army who, according to the Gestapo, Gerhard Weinberg: Rollen- und Selbstverständnis des Offizierskorps der Wehrmacht im NS-Staat In Rolf-Dieter Müller, Hans-Erich Volkmann (Hrsg.): Die Wehrmacht. Mythos und Realität. Verlag Oldenbourg, München 1999. had participated in the 20 July plot against Adolf Hitler. The aim of the decree was to avoid having to bring the leaders of the military resistance to the Nazi regime before a military trial of the Reich Court-Martial (), in accordance with German military law. Instead, they were brought before a show trial of the People's Court (). Composition Hitler appointed the following officers to the court (military rank at the time of the decree): Portrait Name Notes Members 60px GeneralfeldmarschallWilhelm Keitel Chief of the OKW 60px GeneralfeldmarschallGerd von Rundstedt OB West; chairman of the court(as the longest serving officer) 60px GeneraloberstHeinz Guderian Chief of General Staff of the OKH General der InfanterieWalther Schroth 60px GeneralleutnantKarl-Wilhelm Specht Deputies 60px General der InfanterieKarl Kriebel 60px GeneralleutnantHeinrich Kirchheim Manner of proceedings Hitler reserved the right to personally decide on the applications of the Court of Honor. Neither the accused nor the defense attorneys were heard. Between August 4 and September 14, 1944, a total of 55 army officers were expelled from the Wehrmacht and another 29 were dismissed at the suggestion of the Court of Honour. Their expulsion from the Wehrmacht was the prerequisite for them being handed over to the People's Court for trial and not to the Reich Court-Martial, which was actually responsible. See also Sondergericht Kangaroo court Bibliography Arnim Ramm: Der 20. Juli vor dem Volksgerichtshof. Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Berlin, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-86573-264-4 (Schriften zur Rechtswissenschaft 80), (Zugleich: Kiel, Univ., Diss., 2006). Günter Gribbohm: Das Reichskriegsgericht. Die Institution und ihre rechtliche Bewertung. Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-8305-0585-X (Juristische Zeitgeschichte. Abt. 1: Allgemeine Reihe 14). References External links Marion Dönhoff: Der Geist Guderians. Die Zeit, Ausgabe 17/1965, 23. April 1965. Johannes Tuchel: Die Rache des Regimes. Die Zeit, Ausgabe 51/2004, 9. Dezember 2004. Der 20. Juli 1944. Gedenkstätte Plötzensee, 2003. Die Rache des Regimes. Bayerische Landeszentrale für politische Bildungsarbeit, 2004. Category:Military of Nazi Germany Category:Military courts Category:Court-martial Category:Courts in Germany

Sumit Agarwal

Sumit Agarwal is an Indian academic who is the Low Tuck Kwong Distinguished Professor of Finance and a professor of Economics and Real Estate at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He is also managing director of Sustainable and Green Finance Institute (SGFIN) at NUS, as well as President of Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research. Early life and education Agarwal was born in a small town in Uttar Pradesh, India, and spent the first six years of his life there before moving to Africa with his family. His father, an economist working for the World Bank, moved the family to Tanzania and later Uganda. These early experiences influenced his later academic and professional focus on economic policy and consumer protection. After completing his secondary education at a boarding school in India, he moved to the United States to pursue higher education at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer science. He later went on to complete a Master of Arts and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), both in Economics. Career Agarwal began his career in the financial sector, where he held the position of senior vice president and credit risk management executive in the Small Business Risk Solutions Group of Bank of America. During this time, he was involved in creating high-risk financial products that contributed to the 2007–2008 financial crisis. Disillusioned by the lack of response to his warnings about the risks, he left the banking industry and joined the Federal Reserve, where he played a significant role in addressing the crisis. As a senior financial economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, he focused on banking malpractices and consumer protection, helping to shape policies aimed at regulating the financial sector and protecting consumers. In 2012, Agarwal transitioned to academia, joining the National University of Singapore (NUS) as a professor. His research, which spans behavioral economics, consumer finance, and public policy, has been published in top academic journals and has influenced policy decisions worldwide. He has received several awards for his research at NUS, including the institution's Outstanding Researcher Award. His work often explores how government policies can protect socially disadvantaged individuals and improve public welfare. From 2016 to 2018, Agarwal was also a professor of finance at the Business School in Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.. There, he conducted research studies focusing on various issues, including the impact of ObamaCare on unemployment and its broader benefits. He currently serves as a Low Tuck Kwong Distinguished Professor of Finance and a professor of Economics and Real Estate at the National University of Singapore (NUS). Agarwal was appointed as the founding managing director of Sustainable and Green Finance Institute at NUS in July 2022, when the institute was launched as an intelligence hub for the region's sustainable finance community. He is also the President of Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research. Research Agarwal has made contributions to the areas of financial economics, corporate finance, and real estate economics. One of Agarwal's research works is a study on the financial decision-making process over the life cycle, done together with John C. Driscoll from the board of governors of the Federal Reserve System, and Xavier Gabaix and David Laibson from Harvard University (Department of Economics). Here, he explores how aging affects financial sophistication and decision-making. In this study, it was highlighted that financial mistakes are common among consumers, especially older adults. By analyzing a proprietary database, the researchers found that financial mistakes follow a U-shaped pattern, with middle-aged adults making the fewest mistakes. The study discusses various regulatory regimes that could help individuals avoid financial errors, focusing on disclosure, nudges, financial driving licenses, advanced directives, fiduciaries, and asset safe harbors. Agarwal's work in this area underscores the need for regulations that consider the cognitive decline in older adults, influencing policies around consumer financial products. Together with Andrea Presbitero from International Monetary Fund (IMF); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), and André F. Silva and Carlo Wix, Agarwal has investigated the redistribution effects of credit card rewards programs, examining how different consumer segments are affected by these incentives. The study finds that sophisticated consumers, regardless of income, benefit from reward cards, while naive consumers end up paying higher costs. This is due to reward cards encouraging more spending, which can lead to higher unpaid balances for naive consumers who follow sub-optimal repayment strategies. Banks incentivize the use of reward cards by offering lower interest rates. The study estimates an annual redistribution of $15 billion from less educated to more educated, poorer to richer, and high to low minority areas, exacerbating existing disparities. Agarwal has also studied the effects of financial regulation on consumer behavior, particularly in the context of credit cards. His research on the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure (CARD) Act of 2009 provides evidence on how regulatory interventions can influence consumer behavior and market outcomes, and how regulation can protect consumers, especially those with subprime credit. His work showed how the positive impact brought by the CARD Act, such as the reduction in overall borrowing costs, especially for consumers with lower credit scores, due to regulatory limits on credit card fees. The CARD Act is estimated to have saved consumers $11.9 billion per year. Agarwal and a team of researchers have investigated the real-world impacts of mobile payment technologies, big data and machine learning. Their work explores how big data and machine learning are revolutionizing credit scoring, enabling greater financial access for previously underserved populations. Additionally, his research on mobile payments and their impact on economic activities and business creation in Singapore demonstrates how technological advancements are reshaping small business growth and consumer behavior. Agarwal's work on the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) in "Policy Intervention in Debt Renegotiation: Evidence from the Home Affordable Modification Program" assesses the effectiveness of government interventions in mortgage modifications and their role in mitigating foreclosures during the housing crisis. Moreover, his study "Optimal Mortgage Refinancing: A Closed Form Solution" offers insights into the decision-making process behind mortgage refinancing. Research such as "Mortgage Debt, Hand-to-Mouth Households, and Monetary Policy Transmission" investigates the impact of an unexpected interest rate decrease on credit card spending behavior in China. The study sheds light on how macroeconomic policies, like changes in interest rates, affect household consumption and debt decisions, particularly among those with limited liquidity. Agarwal has examined the social and environmental impacts of financial practices. In "Disguised Pollution: Industrial Activities in the Dark," he investigates how firms may obscure their environmental impact, particularly in relation to air pollution in China. This research highlights the intersection of finance, regulation, and environmental policy, showcasing the broader implications of financial decisions on society and the environment. Awards and honours 1995 University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee - J. Walter Elliot Award for Excellence in Macroeconomics 2012 Red Rock Finance Conference, Best Paper Award 2016 National University of Singapore University Outstanding Researcher Award ($15,000) 2016 Society for Financial Studies - Review of Corporate Finance Studies, Best Paper Award ($10,000) 2017 University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee - Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award 2018 American Economic Review - Excellence in Refereeing Award 2017 2024-2022 Research.com - Economics and Finance in Singapore Leader Award Selected publications As of August 2024, Agarwal has published 226 scholarly papers in economics and finance journals among others. References Category:Living people Category:Academic staff of the National University of Singapore Category:University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee alumni

National Institute of Clean-and-Low-Carbon Energy

The National Institute of Clean-and-Low-Carbon Energy (NICE) is a leading clean and renewable energy research institute located in China and affiliated with the China Energy. Established in 2009 and headquartered in the Changping's Future Science Park near Beijing, NICE also has R&D centers in Germany and California. NICE aims to drive innovation and collaboration in clean energy research, contributing to a sustainable future. It is home to the State Key Laboratory of Water Resource Protection and Utilization in Coal Mining. With a team of about 500 researchers, the institute focuses on a range of areas, including carbon emission reduction, carbon neutrality, clean energy, coal chemical industry, hydrogen energy, energy storage technology, energy network, water treatment, environmental protection, global carbon cycle, smart energy, and energy-related applications of artificial intelligence. The advisory board features internationally recognized scientists such as Norman N. Li, Robin John Batterham, Robert Grubbs, Ke-Chang Xie, Uma Chowdhry, and Alexis T. Bell. NICE collaborates closely with partner universities and institutions, including Tsinghua University, Sichuan University, China University of Petroleum, Tianjin University, Zhejiang University, Tongji University, Dalian University of Technology, China University of Mining and Technology, Eindhoven University of Technology, University of Pittsburgh, GE, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and Jacobs Consultancy, among others. Since its inception, NICE has undertaken 68 national-level research projects in China, published 67 national industry standards, and received 61 awards from national, provincial, and industry associations. R&D Centres Beijing R&D Centre The Beijing R&D Centre, which also serves as NICE's headquarters, is located in Changping (30 kilometers to central Beijing), with a campus covering 35 acres on the northern shore of the Wenyu River (and 53 additional adjacent acres shared with the Shenhua Management School that is affiliated to the same China Energy group). This R&D centre specializes in research related to the global carbon cycle, carbon emissions reduction, carbon neutrality, climate change, hydrogen energy, environmental protection, new energy storage technologies, advanced materials, water treatment, coal catalysts, deep earth geology, and energy intelligence that encompasses applied artificial intelligence and data science. European R&D Centre The European R&D Centre, located in Berlin, Germany, concentrates on renewable energy, innovative electric power systems, new chemical materials, carbon reduction technologies, and environmental solutions. American R&D Centre The American R&D Centre is based in the Silicon Valley, California. This centre focuses on shale gas catalysts, energy networks, carbon management, hydrogen energy, and additional related fields. Notable labs, centers, and programmes Postdoctoral programme host, China National Postdoctoral Council State Key Laboratory of Water Resource Protection and Utilization in Coal Mining Industrial Company Quality Management Model Technology Hub of National Energy Clean Coal Conversion and Utilization, China National Energy Administration Beijing Nanostructured Thin Film Solar Cell Engineering Technology Research Center Beijing Engineering Technology Research Center Academic journal The institute operates the open-access academic journal of Clean Energy. References Category:Research institutes established in 2009 Category:Research institutes in China Category:2009 establishments in China

Valentina or the Serenity

Valentina or the Serenity (Spanish: Valentina o la serenidad) is a 2023 Mexican drama film written, co-produced and directed by Ángeles Cruz. Starring Danae Ahuja Aparicio who plays a little girl who will use her imagination to face the premature death of her father. It had its world premiere at the 48th Toronto International Film Festival on 8 September 2023 as part of the Discovery section. Synopsis Valentina is a happy, adventurous, enthusiastic and curious little girl in her environment full of nature, characteristic of the town of Villa Guadalupe Victoria, Oaxaca where she lives. One day, she receives the news that her father died in a river accident in the middle of a stormy night. However, she clings to her imagination and the promise that her father told her to return with a gift, causing discomfort in the rest of her family who don't know how to make her understand that her father will never return. Cast Danae Ahuja Aparicio as Valentina Myriam Bravo as Valentina's mom Alexander Gadiel Mendoza Sanchéz as Pedro Production Development Ángeles Cruz was inspired by her own personal experiences related to death, especially the sudden death of her father when she was 9 years old, which changed the perspective of her world. In 2020, during confinement due to the COVID-19 pandemic, her younger brother died, which forced her to face the death of a loved one again and was the motivation for making the film. That same year the first draft of the script was completed. Filming Principal photography began on August 15, 2022, in Villa de Guadalupe Victoria, Oaxaca, where the director is originally from. Release Festivals It had its world premiere on September 8, 2023, in the Discovery section of the 48th Toronto International Film Festival, then screened on October 23, 2023, at the 21st Morelia International Film Festival, on November 14, 2023, at the 8th International Indigenous Film Festival in Wallmapu, on November 15, 2023, at the 49th Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival, on March, 17, 2024, at the Cinélatino Festival Rencontres de Toulouse, on April 9, 2024, at the 48th Cleveland International Film Festival, on May 17, 2024, at the 50th Seattle International Film Festival, and on May, 22, 2024, at the 77th Cannes Film Festival. Theatrical It is scheduled to be released commercially on September 26, 2024, in Mexican theaters. Accolades YearAward / FestivalCategoryRecipientResultRef.202321st Morelia International Film FestivalBest Feature FilmValentina or the Serenity49th Huelva Ibero-American Film FestivalColón de OroBest PerformanceMyriam BravoMost Supportive Film AwardValentina or the SerenityBroken Heart Award2024Festival Ojoloco du Cinéma Ibérique et Latino-Américain de GrenoblePrix Du Jury Étudiant48th Cleveland International Film FestivalInternational Narrative Competition - Best Feature Film50th Seattle International Film FestivalIbero American Competition - Grand Jury Prize66th Ariel AwardsBest Supporting ActressMyriam BravoBest Breakthrough PerformanceDanae Ahuja AparicioBest Original ScreenplayÁngeles Cruz References External links Category:2023 films Category:2023 drama films Category:Mexican drama films Category:2020s Spanish-language films Category:Films set in Mexico Category:Films shot in Mexico Category:Films about death Category:Films about children Category:Films about father–daughter relationships Category:Films about mother–daughter relationships Category:Mixtec-language films Category:Films about families Category:2020s Mexican films

Mystus malabaricus

Mystus malabaricus, commonly known as the Jerdon's catfish or koori, is a small to medium-sized freshwater fish of the family Bagridae found in the Western Ghats region of India. They are endemic to the hilly streams of Western Ghats. Etymology The generic epithet, Mystus, is probably derived from mystax (Greek; "whiskered", referring to the four pairs of barbels characteristic of the family). The specific epithet malabaricus refers to Malabar, region in southern India, where the type locality is situated. Ecology Members of this genus have been reported as facultative air-breathers. M. malabaricus is amphidromous, meaning they migrate to brackish waters for purposes other than breeding. They have demersal habit, found in shallow hill streams with rocky bottom. Description and diagnosis Nasal barbels never reach occiput, it reaches a middle point between occiput and orbit; outer mandibulars reach to tip of pectorals; occipital process connected to dorsal front by an interneural shield; tip of rayed dorsal reaches to base of adipose dorsal front; any other fins touch each other; dorsal spine smooth both internally and externally; anal fin inserted considerably behind anal opening; upper caudal lobe longer than lower one. Sensory organs distinctly seen on lateral line. Color: body greenish; eyes blackish blue. Diagnosis Body elongate; dorsal and ventral profiles nearly straight; maxillary barbels reach to middle or end of pelvic fins; cephalic fontanel single, shallow and never reach to occiput; occipital process short and it do not reach dorsal front; the former cannot be seen externally as predorsal region is covered by a thick layer of flesh; caudal lobes rounded. Other species from the region include (list incomplete) - Mystus montanus (Jerdon, 1849) ; TL - Mananthawady, Wayanad Mystus armatus (Day 1895) ; TL - 'Cochin Malabar'- Trichur Mystus oculatus (Valenciennes 1840) ; TL - Kuttiady, Malabar Mystus sengtee (Sykes 1839) TL- Dukhun, India Distribution M. malabaricus has been reported from the Western Ghats across Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra. The type locality is assigned as "mountain streams of Malabar" by Jerdon References Category:Bagridae Category:Fish described in 1849

Government of Campo Grande

In Campo Grande, political representation is divided into executive and legislative powers. The municipal organic law governs the political and administrative organization of the municipality. As an administratively autonomous unit, subject to the Constitution of Mato Grosso do Sul and the Brazilian Constitution of 1988, it develops and implements activities that guide the city's daily life, such as the budget and the master plan. The Executive Branch is represented by the Mayor and his Cabinet of Secretaries, following the model proposed by the Federal Constitution. Since 2017, districts have been administered by subprefectures, with their heads appointed directly by the mayor. The city hall is currently made up of ten departments: General Comptroller of Inspection and Transparency (CGM); Social Assistance Secretariat (SAS); Secretariat of Culture and Tourism (Sectur); Secretariat of Economic Development and Science and Technology (Sedesc); Department of Education (Semed); Secretariat of Finance and Planning (Sefin); Management Secretariat (Seges); Secretariat of Government and Institutional Relations (Segov); Campo Grande Municipal Youth Secretariat (Sejuv); Secretariat of Infrastructure and Public Services (Sisep); Secretariat of Environment and Urban Management (Semadur) and Secretariat of Health (Sesau). There is also a special secretariat: the Special Secretariat for Social Security and Defense (Sesde) and four sub-secretariats: Sub-Secretariat for the Defense of Human Rights (SDHU); Undersecretary of Youth Policies (Semju); Undersecretariat for Women's Policies (Semu) and Undersecretariat for Consumer Protection and Defense. In addition to the legislative process and the work of the secretariats, there are also a series of municipal councils, each of them dealing with different themes, compulsorily composed of representatives from the various sectors of organized civil society. The following municipal councils are currently active: Municipal Anti-Drug Council (Comad); of Children and Adolescents (CMDCA); of Education (CME); of the Elderly (CMI) and Health (CMS). With a municipal population larger than states like Acre, Amapá and Roraima, it is not surprising that the Campo Grande elections are very competitive and aimed at newcomers to politics. After two decades of PMDB hegemony (with a mayor elected by the PTB during this period), the city overcame a political crisis after the break of PMDB rule. Since April 4, 2022, vice-mayor Adriane Lopes has taken over as Mayor of Campo Grande. References Category:Government of Mato Grosso

Henry Niemann

Henry Niemann (April 27, 1838 – October 26, 1899) was a German-born pipe organ builder, who spent most of his career in Baltimore, Maryland. Of all the Baltimore organ builders, Niemann produced the most extant organs, some still in very good condition and retaining the tonal essence of his work. His organs were respected for their bold sound, fluid mechanisms, and quality construction Niemann is considered one of Baltimore's premier organ builders. Biography Niemann was born April 27, 1838, in Osnabruck, Germany, he was trained as a cabinetmaker there. In 1857 at the age of 19, Niemann came to America where he found employment with organ builder John Closs in Cincinnati, Ohio. After two years in Cincinnati, he left for England to advance his knowledge of organ building. He worked there for three years with Charles S. Barker, known for his early use of pneumatic pipe organ actions. In 1862 Niemann went to France to work for the most distinguished organ builder of the 19th century, Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, where he stayed five years. Both Barker and Cavaillé-Coll had high praise for Niemann's work. While in Paris, Niemann built several small organs, then left France to build a three-manual organ for the "Parr Kirche" in Meppen, Germany. This was followed by a tour of the leading organ factories in Europe, where Niemann observed the methods of various builders.Organ Historical Society Pipe Organ Database, https://pipeorgandatabase.org Pipe Organ e. Niemann returned to the United States in 1872 and subsequently established his business in Baltimore. For a short time before 1875, Niemann was also employed by the well-respected organ building firm of E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings of Boston. He also serviced organs in the city, including the Thomas Hall instrument in the cathedral (now basilica). New York Times Jun 16, 1878 pg 12. He advertised the opening of his first new American organ (for Zion German Reformed Church on Aisquith Street, Baltimore) in 1875. The Niemann Firm Between 1874 and 1875, Niemann had a partnership with Christopher Doeller. Niemann also had a short-term partnership with Charles J. Tillman, which was dissolved in March 1891. In addition to building new organs, the Niemann firm also performed routine maintenance and renovations of instruments built by others. From time-to-time, Nieman collaborated with other local builders such as Adam Stein. After Niemann's death in October 1899, the firm was continued by his son, Frank", "Niemann (1874−1937), retaining his father's business name. The factory was later sold, and Frank Niemann moved to Philadelphia. The firm was dissolved in February 1907. Death Henry Niemann died suddenly on October 26, 1899, at the age of 62, at his home at 1108 Forrest Place, Baltimore. His obituary states that he died of Bright's disease. During his long business career, he constructed instruments in every part of the country. In Baltimore alone he built about thirty. He was survived by a widow and five children. thumb|Old Otterbein Church, Henry Niemann (1897). Photo: Len Levasseur used with permission Partial List of Organs built by Henry Niemann Niemann name plate.png Unless otherwise noted, each organ was located in Baltimore, MD: St. Matthew Evangelical Lutheran (Fayette St.) ca. 1886. Zion German Reformed Church 1892. Zion Reformed / Waters AME Church 1875. St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Taneytown, MD 1876. Universalist Tabernacle 1877. Eutaw Methodist Church 1878. In the early 2000s it was sold to a Lutheran Church near Lemasters PA, after being restored by organ technician John Johnson. Maryland Institute ca. 1878. Catholic Cathedral of the Assumption 1880. Niemann's largest organ. It was later sold to Associate Presbyterian Church and the facade went to Clark Memorial Methodist Church. Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal Church ca. 1880. Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church, Annapolis, MD 1880. St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys, Baltimore (1880) / Mount Zion AME (Annapolis) / First Unitarian Church Hall, Baltimore (1985) 1880. It was built in 1880 for St. Mary’s, Industrial School for Boys, which opened in 1866. For many years, the organ was in the Mount Zion A.M.E. Church in Annapolis, Maryland. In 1985, it was installed at First Unitarian Hall. This organ was played in recital at the Organ Historical Society Convention in July 2024. Chatsworth Independent Methodist 1881. St. Leo the Great Catholic Church 1881. Organ extant & in use in 2024. This organ was played in recital at the Organ Historical Society Convention in July 2024. St. Joseph Passionist Monastery / Mountain Manor 1884. Organ is extent, but walled-in in a former chapel balcony Trinity Episcopal Church, Easton MD 1886. Christ Episcopal, Cambridge, MD 1887. St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church ca. 1888. This organ was played in recital at the Organ Historical Society Convention in July 2024. Harlem Ave Christian Church 1889. A July 15, 1889 article in the Baltimore Sun mentions a new organ, but makes no mention of builder name. Aisquith Street Presbyterian / 2nd German Reformed Church ca. 1890. Easton Methodist Episcopal Church, Easton, MD ca. 1890. Ebeneezer African Methodist Episcopal Church ca. 1890. Faith Presbyterian Church ca. 1890. A Baltimore Sun article on Feb 5, 1890 mentions new organ cost $4,000. Har Sinai Temple ca. 1890. St. Stanislaus Catholic Church ca. 1890. Organ demolished by contractor in early, 2000s when building was converted to condos. Associate Reformed Church / Greek Orthodox Cathedral ca. 1891. The 3-manual Niemann sanctuary organ of the cathedral was purchased and installed in the balcony of this church. St. John’s Methodist Episcopal South 1891. Sun Paper September 12, 1891, describes this organ. Twelfth Presbyterian Church 1891. Grace English Lutheran Church 1892. New Jerusalem Church 1892. St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church 1892. Extant, in storage. St. Thomas' Evangelical Lutheran Church 1892. [Unitarian Church] (Sanctuary) 1893. Extant in 2024 and in working condition (with several added stops). This organ was played in recital at the Organ Historical Society Convention in July 2024. Greene St. Evangelical Church (AKA Emmanuel) 1893. Appoid Methodist Episcopal Church(AKA Christ Methodist) 1894. Der Deutsche correspondent. 9/3/1894 describes large organ. Pitts Creek Presbyterian Church, Pocomoke City, MD 1894. St. Paul's Catholic Church, Washington, DC 1894. St. Elisabeth's Catholic Church 1895. St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Suffolk, VA 1895. Fourteen Holy Martyrs Catholic Church 1897. Niemann contracted in 1898 for a new $2500 2-manual organ. This replaced or made use of the Pomplitz organ. Articles in The Sun on June 7, 1897 and on June 30, 1897 say organ was 20 stops and 781 pipes. Methodist Church, Chestertown MD 1897. [Otterbein United Methodist Church] 1897. AKA German Evangelical Reformed and Otterbein United Brethren. This organ was played in recital at the Organ Historical Society Convention in July 2024. Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church, Cumberland MD 1898. Holy Rosary Catholic Church 1899. This was probably an Erben organ which was repaired and installed by Niemann. Immanuel Baptist Church 1899. Second English Lutheran Church 1899. Clark Memorial Methodist Church / St. John's Independent Methodist Church 1900. Holy Name Catholic Church, Washington, DC ca. 1900. First Independent Christ Church. Lee St Baptist Church. A Sun article on Sunday September 30, 1901 refers to a concert using the new Niemann organ. North Avenue Baptist / McCormick Memorial Sharon Baptist Church, Catonsville, MD. St. Agnes Catholic Church, Catonsville, MD St. Ann's Catholic Church, Waverly Baltimore, MD St. Barnabas Protestant Episcopal Church Third English Lutheran Church. Named in 1903 Niemann advertisement, but probably Pomplitz & Rodewald, from 1850's Third Universalist Church ca. 1877. References <references> Steven Bartley, “A Short History of Henry Niemann,” Hilbus Chapter OHS Newsletter Where the Tracker Action Is 45, no. 2, (October, 2014). “The Dedication of St. Leo’s Church,” Sun, September 17, 1881, 2. (P 102 source?). “The organ of the cathedral has lately, been, overhauled ., . .,” Sun, December 10, 1874, 4., p114. The Mayor’s Message and Reports of the City Officers Made to the City, Council of Baltimore for the Year 1895 (Baltimore, MD, 1896). “Organ Builder Assigns,” Sun, February 6, !D1907, 9. “The Dedication of St. Leo’s Church,” Sun, September 17, 1881, 2. Illustrated History of the Baltimore Federation of Labor, Baltimore ,1900, 199-202. Thomas S. Eader, “Baltimore Organs and Organ Building,”, Maryland Historical Magazine 65, no.3 (Fall 1970): 280. Raymond J. Brunner, "Baltimore Organs and Organbuilding in the Nineteenth Century," The Tracker (35:2) (Richmond: Organ Historical Society, 1991, 1) pg 11. Raymond J. Brunner, "Baltimore Organs and Organbuilding in the Nineteenth Century," The Tracker (35:2) (Richmond: Organ Historical Society, 1991, 1) pg 9. The Sun Oct 27, 1899 pg 4. Musical Box Society International, International Arcade Museum Library. The Sun ; May 25, 1891 pg 4. The Sun, Feb 2, 1875 . Organ Historical Society Pipe Organ Database, https://pipeorgandatabase.org Pipe Organ. Kerala J. Snyder, (August 2002). "Aristide Cavaillé-Coll: Master of Masters". The Organ as A Mirror of Its Time. Oxford University Press. 54. Retrieved 11 November 2014. Der deutsche correspondent September 15, 1882 . Steven Bartley, "Short Authentification of Niemann opus list City Directory, 1903" email message to author, August 26, 2024. </ref> </references> Category:American pipe organ builders Category:1838 births Category:1899 deaths Category:Musical instrument manufacturing companies of the United States

TTM Technologies

TTM Technologies, Inc. is an American printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturer headquartered in Santa Ana, California. Founded in 1998, the company is one of the top five PCB manufacturers in the world and the largest in North America, and the largest supplier of PCBs to the U.S. military. TTM serves customers in industries including aerospace and defense, medical, industrial, automotive, computing, and networking. History TTM Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1998 by Kent Alder in Redmond, Washington, via an acquisition of Pacific Circuits, Inc., and moved to Santa Ana, California, in 1999, after acquiring Power Circuits, Inc. Alder was previously the president of Lundahl Astro Circuits, Inc. in Logan, Utah, from 1987, and president and CEO of its successor ElectroStar, Inc. from 1994. After ElectroStar was acquired by the Tyco Printed Circuit Group in 1996, Alder served as that company's vice president before departing to found TTM. TTM's original business was manufacturing printed circuit boards (PCBs) used in routers, switches, servers and memory modules, and its customers included General Electric, Motorola, and Solectron. In 2000, the company made its initial public offering (IPO) on the Nasdaq stock exchange. In 2002, TTM acquired Honeywell Advanced Circuits, Inc. for US$2 million, gaining a factory in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin (the largest PCB manufacturing facility in the country) and adding customers including Cisco, Sun Microsystems, and IBM. In 2006, TTM acquired the Tyco Printed Circuit Group for $226 million, expanding its business to specialized PCBs geared to the aerospace and defense sectors. In 2010, TTM acquired the Hong Kong–headquartered Meadville Printed Circuit Group for $521 million, which expanded the company's footprint in Asia and extended its business to PCBs used in smartphones and tablets. In 2013, Tom Edman succeeded Alder as president of TTM, and in 2014 also succeeded him as CEO on Alder's retirement. In 2015, the company acquired Viasystems Group, Inc. for $950 million, marking its entry into the automotive industry and further expanding its presence in aerospace and defense. In 2018, TTM acquired Anaren, Inc. for $775 million, expanding to high-frequency radio and microwave microelectronics used in the space, defense, and telecommunications industries. In 2019, TTM acquired intellectual property assets from i3 Electronics, Inc., citing a particular interest in i3's technology enabling very fine printed lines and spacing down to 25 microns. In 2020, TTM sold its mobile device business unit, comprising four facilities in China, to AKM Meadville Electronics (Xiamen) Co., Ltd., for $550 million. Also in 2020, TTM closed down its commercial assembly business unit, comprising three facilities in China. In 2022, TTM acquired Telephonics Corporation from Griffon Corporation for $330 million, further expanding its operations in aerospace and defense. Operations TTM Technologies manufactures PCBs and radio-frequency and specialty (RF&S) components for industries including aerospace and defense (45% of revenue in 2023); medical and industrial (17%); automotive (16%); data center computing (14%); and networking (8%). The company is one of the world's top five PCB manufacturers by revenue ($2.23 billion in 2023), and the largest PCB manufacturer in North America. As of 2017, TTM was also the largest supplier of PCBs to the U.S. military, primarily as a subcontractor. In 2020, TTM had about 1,600 customers, and its five largest original equipment manufacturer customers (not in order) were Huawei, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, and Bosch. In 2015, the company's five largest customers were Apple, Cisco, Huawei, Juniper Networks, and Bosch, and in 2010 they were Apple, Cisco, Ericsson, Huawei, and IBM. As of 2023, the company employs about 15,800 people and operates 24 manufacturing facilities across North America and Asia. Its PCB facilities in the United States are located in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin; Elizabeth City, North Carolina; Farmingdale, New York; Forest Grove, Oregon; Huntington, New York; Littleton, Colorado; Logan, Utah; North Jackson, Ohio; Salem, New Hampshire; San Diego, California; San Jose, California; Santa Ana, California; Stafford, Connecticut; Stafford Springs, Connecticut; Sterling, Virginia; and Syracuse, New York, and its foreign facilities are in Toronto, Canada; Penang, Malaysia; and Dongguan, Guangzhou, Huiyang, and Zhongshan, China. It operates two RF&S facilities in Syracuse, New York, and Suzhou, China. References External links Category:1998 establishments in Washington (state) Category:Companies based in Santa Ana, California Category:Companies listed on the Nasdaq Category:Electronics companies established in 1998 Category:Manufacturing companies based in Greater Los Angeles Category:Printed circuit board manufacturing

CJ Cansino

Crispin John G. Cansino (born October 27, 1999) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Meralco Bolts of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He initially played for the UST Growling Tigers in college before moving to the UP Fighting Maroons in 2020. Cansino would win a championship with UP in 2022 during UAAP Season 84. Cansino then turned professional in 2024 after joining the Iloilo United Royals of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League. Later that year, he was selected 11th overall by the Meralco Bolts during the PBA season 49 draft. College career Cansino first played for the UST Growling Tigers in college. On August 21, 2020, Cansino moved to the UP Fighting Maroons. Although it was initially reported that he and UST simply parted ways, Cansino released a statement later that day saying that he was removed from the team for undisclosed reasons. Cansino made his debut with UP in UAAP Season 84. At the end of the elimination round, Cansino suferred a bone bruise on his right knee that left him out of the majority of the Final Four. Despite this, he would still play in game 3 of the finals against the Ateneo Blue Eagles, during which he made a three-pointer that forced overtime. UP would go on to win the Season 84 championship. After the season, Cansino underwent knee surgery and would miss Season 85. His final season with UP came in Season 86. Professional career Iloilo United Royals (2024) On January 12, 2024, Cansino entered the professional ranks after signing a deal with the Iloilo United Royals of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League. In seventeen games with Iloilo, he averaged 18 points, 6.4 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1.9 steals, and 0.7 blocks per game. Meralco Bolts (2024–present) On June 19, 2024, Cansino declared for the PBA season 49 draft and was later selected by the Meralco Bolts with the 11th pick. Cansino played a couple more games with Iloilo before signing a two-year deal with Meralco on August 5. Career statistics MPBL As of the 2024 MPBL season, July 30, 2024 Season-by-season averages |- | align=left | 2024 | align=left | Iloilo | 17 || 15 || 27.4 || .410 || .282 || .708 || 6.4 || 3.2 || 1.9 || .7 || 18.0 |-class=sortbottom | align=center colspan=2 | Career | 17 || 15 || 27.4 || .410 || .282 || .708 || 6.4 || 3.2 || 1.9 || .7 || 18.0 |- References External links C.J. Cansino Player Profile, Meralco Bolts - RealGM CJ Cansino - Genius Sports (MPBL) Category:1999 births Category:Living people Category:Filipino men's basketball players Category:UST Growling Tigers basketball players Category:UP Fighting Maroons men's basketball players Category:Iloilo United Royals players Category:Meralco Bolts draft picks Category:Meralco Bolts players Category:Point guards Category:Shooting guards

Museo Civico, Viterbo

Museo Civico di Viterbo (Italian for Civic Museum of Viterbo) is an archeologic and art museum located on Piazza Francesco Crispi #13 in Viterbo, region of Lazio, Italy. The museum is housed in the former 12th-century convent adjacent to the church of Santa Maria della Verità in the center of town. History The museum was founded in 1955, and since 2011 has been dedicated to Luigi Rossi Danielli, an architect from Viterbo. Around the cloister are a series of Etruscan sarcophagi from 4th to 3rd century BCE coming from tombs in Musarna, Cipollaretta, Norchia and Castel d’Asso. In the museum are also terracotta sarcophagi from the Etruscan town of Surina and the sarcophagus of Bella Galiana. There is also an archeologic collection from Musarna, Ferento, and San Giuliano, and donated in 1912 to his native city by Luigi Rossi Danielli. The first floor houses the Pinacoteca or Art Gallery, established in the nineteenth century. It contains the artworks expropriated to the Church as a result of the law applied between 1870 and 1874. Collections thumb|Marmo Osiriano thumb|Decreto di Desiderio thumb|Pieta by Sebastiano del Piombo Among the works on display are:Viterbo Arte Citta. Madonna and Child, painted for the church of Almadiani Sphinx sculpture (1296) realized by Pasquale Romano. Two medieval forgeries, Marmo Osiriano (15th century) and the Decree of Desiderius by Annius of Viterbo Mystical Marriage of St Catherine (15th-century) by Pancrazio Jacovetti da Calvi, painted for the adjacent church of Santa Maria della Verità. Deposition by Costantino di Jacopo Zelli, painted for the adjacent church of Santa Maria della Verità. Pietà (1516 - 1517) and Flagellation (1524) by Sebastiano del Piombo Bust of Saint John the Baptist and lunette with Madonna and Child with Angels by studio of Andrea della Robbia. Nativity with St John the Baptist and St Bartholomew (1488) by Antonio del Massaro (Il Pastura), commissioned for the Guzzi family chapel in the adjacent church of Santa Maria della Verità. Enthroned Madonna and Child by Francesco d’Antonio Zacchi (Il Balletta). Madonna and Child by Antoniazzo Romano Madonna and Child attributed to Vitale da Bologna St Bernardino and Angels by Sano di Pietro. Adoration of the Magi by Cesare Nebbia Death of the Virgin and St Sebastian by Aurelio Lomi Incredulity of St Thomas (1636-37) attributed to Salvator Rosa painted for the Chapel of the Confraternita dell'Orazione e della Morte in Viterbo St Leonardo and Prisoners by Angelo Bonifazi Holy Family adored by Saints by Antonio Ghepardi Rest in Egypt, Assumption of the Virgin, Annunciation and Hercules and Omphale (1657) by Giovanni Francesco Romanelli Presentation of Jesus at the Temple by Antiveduto Grammatica Death of the Virgin by Marco Benefial Sacrifice of Polyxena by Domenico Corvi Sketches of the lost frescoes by Benozzo Gozzoli painted for the church of Santa Rosa, Viterbo, copied by Francesco SabatiniFifty-six sketches of the macchina of Saint Rosa. Notes Category:Buildings and structures in Viterbo Category:Art museums and galleries in Lazio Museo Viterbo Museo Viterbo Category:Italian museum stubs Viterbo

Erinacellus

Erinacellus is a genus of lichen-forming fungi of uncertain familial placement in the order Peltigerales. It consists of two species. These lichens are characterised by their dense, cushion-like growths composed of erect, thread-like branches, which resemble miniature hedgehogs. The genus was established in 2014 and is named after the hedgehog genus Erinaceus, reflecting its appearance. Erinacellus forms a symbiotic relationship with Hyphomorpha, a type of cyanobacteria. While the genus is placed within the order Peltigerales, its exact position within this group remains uncertain. The two species, E. dendroides and E. schmidtii, are found in different parts of the world, with E. dendroides occurring in New Zealand and North America, and E. schmidtii in Thailand and Sri Lanka. These lichens typically grow in moist environments, such as coastal areas and tropical regions, and can be found on both rocks and tree bark. Taxonomy The genus Erinacellus was established in 2014 by the lichenologists Toby Spribille, Lucia Muggia, and Tor Tønsberg. They designated Erinacellus dendroides as the type species, which was previously classified under the genus Spilonema. The genus name Erinacellus is derived from Erinaceus, the scientific name for Eurasian hedgehogs, with the diminutive suffix -ellus. This nomenclature alludes to the dark, cushion-forming thalli characteristic of the genus, which resemble miniature hedgehogs. Phylogenetically, Erinacellus is placed within the order Peltigerales. However, its exact position within this order remains uncertain. Some analyses have placed it within the suborder Peltigerineae, while others suggest a sister relationship to the family Koerberiaceae, albeit with low statistical support. Due to this ambiguity, Erinacellus is currently considered Peltigerales incertae sedis, indicating its precise taxonomic placement is yet to be definitively determined. The use of its sequence in a later molecular analysis of other Peltigerales taxa also did not resolve its incertae sedis placement. Despite its former classification, molecular evidence demonstrates that Erinacellus is not closely related to the genus Spilonema. The two genera can be distinguished by several morphological and symbiotic characteristics. Erinacellus exhibits a distinct branching pattern and branch colouration compared to Spilonema. Moreover, Erinacellus forms a symbiotic association with the cyanobacterial genus Hyphomorpha, whereas Spilonema associates with Stigonema. These differences in both fungal morphology and photobiont partner underscore the separation of Erinacellus as a distinct genus within the Peltigerales. Hyphomorpha is a phenotypically defined algal genus classified in either the Fischerellaceae or the Hapalosiphonaceae. Description Erinacellus is a genus of lichenised fungi that forms a symbiotic relationship with the cyanobacterial genus Hyphomorpha. The thallus of Erinacellus species is characterised by a dense cushion of erect, thread-like branches, giving it a distinctive appearance. The branches of Erinacellus are differentiated into primary, secondary, and tertiary structures. The primary branches are typically light grey or dark brown, while the secondary and tertiary branches are consistently dark brown. This colour differentiation is particularly noticeable in E. dendroides, where the primary 'trunks' are light-coloured and the outer branches are dark. The branching pattern in Erinacellus is nearly dichotomous, especially at the terminal ends of the branches. This means that the branches divide into two roughly equal parts at their tips. The fungal hyphae enclose the photobiont in a continuous sheath, with the sheathing fungal cells being rectangular in shape. However, this sheath does not form a true cellular cortex. Erinacellus differs from the superficially similar genus Spilonema in its ability to produce secondary and tertiary branching. This results in a more complex, dendroid (tree-like) growth habit in Erinacellus, particularly noticeable in E. dendroides. As of 2014, mature ascomata (fungal reproductive structures) and pycnidia (asexual reproductive structures) had not been observed in this genus, limiting the morphological characteristics available for study to primarily vegetative features. Habitat and distribution Species of Erinacellus have been reported from various locations around the world, indicating a widespread but possibly disjunct distribution. Erinacellus dendroides, the type species of the genus, has been recorded from several regions. It was originally described from Stewart Island, New Zealand. In North America, it has been found in Alaska and British Columbia, Canada. In south-eastern Alaska, E. dendroides is reported to be locally common on shore pines (Pinus contorta) in coastal blanket bogs, locally known as muskegs. Erinacellus schmidtii, the other known species in the genus, has a more restricted distribution. It is considered a palaeotropical species, having been recorded from Thailand and Sri Lanka. The ecology of Erinacellus species appears to be linked to high-moisture environments. The presence of E. dendroides in blanket bogs and on shore pines in coastal areas suggests an affinity for humid, possibly cool climates. However, the occurrence of E. schmidtii in tropical regions indicates that the genus can also tolerate warmer conditions, provided there is sufficient moisture. The genus seems to be adaptable in terms of , with records of growth on both rock (as noted for the original Spilonema dendroides specimen from New Zealand) and tree bark (as observed in Alaska). This suggests that Erinacellus species may be able to colonise various surfaces in suitable climatic conditions. References Category:Peltigerales Category:Peltigerales genera Category:Lichen genera Category:Taxa described in 2014 Category:Taxa named by Toby Spribille Category:Taxa named by Tor Tønsberg

Eleventh federal electoral district of Michoacán

thumb|Michoacán's 11th district since 2022 thumb|Michoacán's federal electoral districts since 2022 thumb|Michoacán under the 2017–2022 districting scheme The eleventh federal electoral district of Michoacán (Distrito electoral federal 11 de Michoacán) is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of eleven such districts in the state of Michoacán. It elects one deputy to the lower house of Congress for each three-year legislative session by means of the first-past-the-post system. Votes cast in the district also count towards the calculation of proportional representation ("plurinominal") deputies elected from the fifth region. Suspended in 1930, the district was re-established by the 1977 electoral reforms, which increased the number of single-member seats in the Chamber of Deputies from 196 to 300. Under the reforms, Michoacán's allocation rose from 9 to 13. The restored 11th district elected its first deputy in the 1979 mid-term election. District territory Michoacán lost its 12th district in the 2022 redistricting process. Under the new districting plan, which is to be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections, the 11th district covers 15 municipalities in the centre and south-east of the state: Acuitzio, Carácuaro, Erongarícuaro, Huetamo, Huiramba, Lagunillas, Madero, Nocupétaro, Pátzcuaro, San Lucas, Salvador Escalante, Tacámbaro, Tiquicheo, Turicato and Tzintzuntzan. The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the city of Pátzcuaro. Previous districting schemes 2017–2022 Between 2017 and 2022, the district's head town was at Pátzcuaro but its composition was different. It covered 14 municipalities, with some overlaps with the 2022 scheme: Acuitzio, Ario, Huiramba, Lagunillas, Madero, Nocupétaro, Pátzcuaro, Salvador Escalante, Tacámbaro, Taretan, Tingambato, Turicato, Tzintzuntzan and Ziracuaretiro. 2005–2017 Under the 2005 districting plan, Michoacán lost its 13th district. The 11th district's head town was at Pátzcuaro and it covered 13 municipalities: Acuitzio, Carácuaro, Huetamo, Huiramba, Lagunillas, Madero, Nocupétaro, Pátzcuaro, Salvador Escalante, San Lucas, Tacámbaro, Turicato and Tzintzuntzan. The link contains comparative maps of the 2005 and 1996 schemes. 1996–2005 Under the 1996 districting plan, the district's head town was at the city of Tacámbaro de Codallos and it covered 12 municipalities: Acuitzio, Ario, Carácuaro, Churumuco, Huetamo, Madero, Nocupétaro, Salvador Escalante, San Lucas, Tacámbaro, Tiquicheo and Turicato. 1978–1996 The districting scheme in force from 1978 to 1996 was the result of the 1977 electoral reforms, which increased the number of single-member seats in the Chamber of Deputies from 196 to 300. Under the reforms, Michoacán's allocation rose from 9 to 13. The 11th district's head town was the city of Jiquilpan in the west of the state and it was composed of 13 municipalities. The link provides a list of the constituent municipalities. Deputies returned to Congress + Eleventh federal electoral district of Michoacán Election Deputy Party Term Legislature1916–1917Constituent Congressof Querétaro1917Rafael Cano1917–19181918J. Isaac Arriaga1918–192028th Congress1920Vacant1920–192229th CongressEmigdio Santa Cruz1922–19241924Melchor Ortega1924–192631st Congress1926Melchor Ortega1926–192832nd Congress1928Melchor Ortega1928–193033rd Congress The 11th district was suspended between 1930 and 1979197922px|link=Institutional Revolutionary Party1979–198251st Congress1982Armando Octavio Ballinas Mayés22px|link=Institutional Revolutionary Party1982–198552nd Congress1985Rosalba Buenrostro López22px|link=Institutional Revolutionary Party1985–198853rd Congress1988Pablo García Figueroa22px|link=Popular Socialist Party (Mexico)1988–199154th Congress1991Alfredo Anaya Gudiño22px|link=Institutional Revolutionary Party1991–199455th Congress1994Armando Octavio Ballinas Mayés22px|link=Institutional Revolutionary Party1994–199756th Congress1997Mariano Sánchez Farías22px|link=Party of the Democratic Revolution1997–200057th Congress2000Jesús Reyna García22px|link=Institutional Revolutionary Party2000–200358th Congress2003Israel Tentory García22px|link=Party of the Democratic Revolution2003–200659th Congress2006Francisco Márquez Tinoco22px|link=Party of the Democratic Revolution2006–200960th Congress2009Víctor Manuel Báez CejaJosé Alfredo González Díaz22px|link=Party of the Democratic Revolution2009–201261st Congress2012Antonio García Conejo22px|link=Party of the Democratic Revolution2012–201562nd Congress2015Araceli Saucedo Reyes22px|link=Party of the Democratic Revolution2015–201863rd Congress2018José Guadalupe Aguilera Rojas22px|link=Party of the Democratic Revolution2018–202164th Congress202122px|link=Party of the Democratic Revolution2021–202465th Congress2024Vanessa López Carrillo22px|link=Labour Party (Mexico)2024–202766th Congress Notes References Category:Federal electoral districts of Mexico Category:Geography of Michoacán Category:Government of Michoacán

Operation Zeta

The Operation Zeta was a military action between Portuguese and FRELIMO forces during the Portuguese Overseas War. It took place from June 6 to 11, 1969, in the Malambuage swamp, a wetland region on the south bank of the Ruvuma River, in the current province of Cabo Delgado. More than two hundred paratroopers jumped over the Malambuage swamp, surprised and stormed FRELIMO strongholds; They killed several dozen guerrillas during the fiercest fighting, seized large quantities of war material and surrounded the entire enemy cantonment area. For three days, the paratroopers consolidated their dominant positions, covered the ground between the Ruvuma river and the base of Limpopo, in Balade, south of the swamp, searched and lifted FRELIMO mines/traps and finally, made connections with the FRELIMO combat groups that surrounded the buffer-shaped area to the south, east and west of the Ruvuma river. In those days of intense combat, a company of Commandos took over the logistical camp from the guerrillas, south of the swamp. The two Army Companies, the C. Cav. 2376 of Nangade broke into the woods near the Lidede lake and the Nange river valley and assaulted a guerrilla hospital, collecting various war material, documents and capturing enemy elements. The other Army Company, C. Cav. 2375 from Mocimboa do Rovuma, hit the land west of the swamp and helped the paratroopers to collect the jumping material. During the entire operation, air support was important, with a Dornier Do 27 in operational command, a helicopter armed with heavy machine guns, eight T6 aircraft to attack enemy groups trying to escape the siege, two PV2 bomber aircraft, four Nordatlas and three Dakotas at the paratroopers' launch. The bombing of fugitive guerilla groups helped to weaken their combative momentum and cut off their lines of escape. Due to the meticulous collection of information, carefully tested, and the consequent secrecy in very short-term planning, Operation Zeta was one of the most important military missions carried out in Mozambique. The results attest to the success of Portuguese troops, whose coordination exceeded the best prospects, given the impossibility of accessing an area controlled by the enemy and the distances from any support point without being dismounted. The Commander of the 32nd Parachute Hunter Battalion, based in Nacala, was in charge of coordinating all troops in action, especially air support, marking precursors, means of collecting parachutes, logistics for the auto columns that collected the personnel and the seized material. The paratroopers involved in the actions that culminated in this operation belonged to BCP32 and BCP31. Its high mobility allowed it to inflict a resounding defeat on the guerrillas, dismantling their infiltration lines from bases in Tanzania, namely the logistical command in Nachingwea and the personnel coming from the training center in Mtwara, using the road from Mahuta to Newala , north of the Ruvuma river. The number of hidden paths, trails and hiding places spread across an area larger than twenty football fields was indeed impressive, most of it towards the river crossing point, towards the road that connects to the interior of Tanzania. Seized material The joint action of around 680 determined men, just over a dozen planes and four dozen vehicles arrived to defeat more than two hundred guerrillas, destroying their shelters, dismantling logistical support camps, burning food and barns and driving the livestock into the bush. However, some more “skilled” paratroopers manage to “elude” the sight of the leaders (by keeping them inside their camouflage and in their backpacks) and, in the last day, present a few dozen chickens for a barbecue; is that, after this setback suffered by the enemy, there was nothing more to fear. In addition to the precious documentation on FRELIMO's organization, more than 7,600 kg of valuable war material, bicycles and other means of transport across the Ruvuma river were seized. By the Paratroopers 1723 82mm mortar grenades; 2 complete 82mm mortars and other parts; 182 Simonov rifles and 200,700 cartridges; 1 heavy machine gun and 6 light machine guns; 63 hand grenades and 21 trip traps; Various equipment. By the Army troops C.Cav.2376 from Nangade and C.Cav.2375 from Mocimboa do Rovuma, especially by the Commandos 97 semi-automatic rifles and 18,200 magazines; 8 PPSH automatic rifles; 1 82mm mortar and 93 mortar grenades; 5 heavy machine guns; Dozens of mines and traps; Several defensive grenades; Uniforms and various campaign material. Other means of action Seven transport planes (4 Nordatlas and 3 Dakotas); Ten combat aircraft (8 light T-6s and 2 heavy PV2s); A Dornier DO27, in operational command; A “Heli-cannon” with heavy machine gun; More than thirty car drivers. See also Operation Jove Mozambican War of Independence Operation Gordian Knot References Category:1969 in Portugal Category:Conflicts in 1969 Category:20th-century battles *Mozambican Category:Mozambican War of Independence Category:Portuguese Mozambique

Virovitica killings

The Virovitica killings refers to the disappearances, torture and murder of Croatian Serb civilians in the town of during the Croatian War of Independence. Background By June 1991 tensions between ethnic Serbs and Croats broke out into full-scale war, which lasted until 1995. Virovitica is a town located in Slavonia, along the Drava river, near the Hungarian border. In 1991, the city recorded 16,167 inhabitants of which 11.7% were Serbs. Crimes Unlike in the district of Gospić or in Sisak, the atrocities against Serbs in Virovitica were not as widespread. Beginning in the summer of 1991, however, numerous cases of crimes against civilians were recorded. The most notable instance concerns the case of Bogdan Mudrinić, who was taken from his home by members of the Croatian Army (HV). He was put in the military prison in Virovitica and beaten to death sometime between 11 and 13 December 1991. Afterwards, his body was taken out of the prison, where it was never since found. Ranko Mitrić, a physician, was taken from the hospital where he worked. On 1 November 1991, he was taken into custody by military police, charged with attacking a police officer. After being interrogated, he was handed over to police and then back to Croatian soldiers. The next day, he was killed and his body was thrown into a shaft that was then mined. From July to early September 1991, civilians Ranko Starović, Stevan Radlović, Slobodan Poplašen, and Mićo Petrović went missing. In December 1991, the elderly Milenko Momčilović was killed, his body still not been found. On 11 January 1992, Duško Šaponja was abducted, tortured and killed. He was shot with some 70 bullets, stabbed, disfigured, partially decapitated, then tied to a car and dragged to a local village where his body was found by factory workers. After his murder, one of the two culprits (Darko Pil) returned to the house and raped his wife. In April 1992, Vladimir Grubor was taken away from the village of Majkovac Podravski and never seen again. Apart from Mitrić and Šaponja, the bodies of the victims have never been found. The Serb National Council notes that these are only the documented cases of crimes and that there are more victims. Trials In April 1992, Darko Pil and Ivica Majetić, members of the Croatian Army, were sentenced to 15 and 12 years in prison respectively, by the Military Court in Bjelovar for the crime against Dusko Šaponja and his wife. Pil served six years while Majetić was pardoned by then-Croatian President Franjo Tudjman and sent to fight in the Bosnian War where he wound up losing both of his legs in action. In 2006, Pil was ordered to pay the widow of Šaponja, Dubravka Jagodić, 50,000 Kuna for raping her. Pil and Majetić were also ordered to compensate the family. However, nothing has been paid out Jagodić; Majetić's house was foreclosed in 2011. In turn, Jagodić was ordered to pay the costs of the lost litigation. Jagodić initiated a lawsuit against the state, requesting damages. After two first instance rulings in her favor, the Supreme Court rejected the compensation request, stating that the stature of limitations had run out. In 2001, proceedings against four defendants, Željko Iharoš, Ivan Vrban, Anđelko Kašaj and Luka Perak, were initiated by the County Court in Bjelovar. They were charged for the murders of Mudrinić and Mitrić, as well as the physical assaults of civilians Rade Svorcan and Đuro Svorcan. In March 2006, they were acquitted, which was confirmed by the Supreme Court in 2009. References Category:1991 crimes in Croatia Category:Croatian war crimes in the Croatian War of Independence Category:History of the Serbs of Croatia Category:Mass murder in 1991 Category:Mass murder in 1992 Category:Mass murder in Croatia

Thunderbird Mesa

Thunderbird Mesa is a summit in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. Description Thunderbird Mesa is situated southeast of the Monument Valley visitor center on Navajo Nation land. Precipitation runoff from this mesa's slopes drains to Gypsum Creek which is a tributary of the San Juan River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises above the surrounding terrain in 0.1 mile (0.16 km). The nearest higher neighbor is Rain God Mesa, to the north. The landform's toponym has been officially adopted by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names. The name refers to an outline that is shaped like a thunderbird on the east side of the mesa.Monument Valley, City of Aztec, aztecnm.com, Retrieved 2024-08-29. Geology Thunderbird Mesa is composed of three principal strata. The bottom layer is slope-forming Organ Rock Shale, the next stratum is cliff-forming De Chelly Sandstone, and the upper layer is Moenkopi Formation. The rock ranges in age from Permian at the bottom to Triassic at the top, with a major unconformity between the sandstone and Moenkopi. The buttes and mesas of Monument Valley are the result of the Organ Rock Shale being more easily eroded than the overlaying sandstone.Monument Valley, Arizona, Arizona Geological Survey, Retrieved 2024-08-24. Climate Spring and fall are the most favorable seasons to visit Thunderbird Mesa. According to the Köppen climate classification system, it is located in a semi-arid climate zone with cold winters and hot summers. Summers average 54 days above annually, and highs rarely exceed . Summer nights are comfortably cool, and temperatures drop quickly after sunset. Winters are cold, but daytime highs are usually above freezing. Winter temperatures below are uncommon, though possible. This desert climate receives less than of annual rainfall, and snowfall is generally light during the winter.Climate Summary for Kayenta, Arizona See also List of appearances of Monument Valley in the media References External links Weather forecast: Thunderbird Mesa Thunderbird Mesa (photo): Flickr Category:Colorado Plateau Category:Landforms of Navajo County, Arizona Category:North American 1000 m summits Category:Geography of the Navajo Nation Category:Sandstone formations of the United States

2024–25 Minnesota State Mavericks men's ice hockey season

The 2024–25 Minnesota State Mavericks men's ice hockey season will be the 56th season of play for the program, 29th at the Division I level, and 4th in the CCHA. The Mavericks will represent Minnesota State University, Mankato in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, play their home games at Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center and be coached by Luke Strand in his 2nd season. Season Departures Tanner Edwards Forward Graduate transfer to Alaska Anchorage Connor Gregga Forward Graduate transfer to Long Island Brandon Koch Defenseman Graduation (retired) Tony Malinowski Defenseman Graduation (signed with Reading Royals) Sam Morton Forward Graduation (signed with Calgary Flames) Keenan Rancier Goaltender Transferred to Vermont Lucas Sowder Forward Graduation (signed with Pioneers Vorarlberg) Jordan Steinmetz Forward Graduation (signed with Eaters Limburg) Recruiting Cade Alami Defenseman 23 Bedford, NY; transfer from Arizona State Luke Ashton Defenseman 19 North Vancouver, BC; selected 165th overall in 2024 Luigi Benincasa Forward 21 Edmonton, AB; transfer from Ferris State Ralfs Bergmanis Defenseman 22 Liepaja, LAT; transfer from Vermont Jacob Bonkowski Forward 21 Richmond, BC Eli Pulver Goaltender 21 Vancouver, BC Sam Rice Forward 20 Prior Lake, MN Matthew Syverson Goaltender 21 Apple Valley, MN; transfer from Lindenwood Fin Williams Forward 21 North Vancouver, BC; transfer from Notre Dame Roster As of August 24, 2024. |} Standings Schedule and results |- !colspan=12 style=";" | Regular Season Scoring statistics Rankings PollWeekPre 1 234567891011121314151617181920212223242526 (Final) USCHO.com USA Hockey References Category:Minnesota State Mavericks men's ice hockey seasons Minnesota State Minnesota State Minnesota State Minnesota State

Al-Alam (book)

al-Aʻlām (Arabic: الأعلام), fully known as al-Aʻlām: Qāmūs Tarājim li-Ashhar al-Rijāl wa-al-Nisāʼ min al-ʻArab wa-al-Mustaʻribīn wa-al-Mustashriqīn (Eminent Personalities: A Biographical Dictionary of Noted Men and Women among the Arabs, the Arabists and the Orientalists) is a biographical work by the Syrian Arab historian, Khayr al-Din al-Zirikli. Written in the Arabic language, the work features biographies for more than a hundred influential people of Arabia, both historic and modern. Summary thumb|A portrait of Saad Zaghloul, taken from his biography in al-A'lam al-A'lam is a compilation of biographies of the prominent figures in the Arabian Peninsula from pre-Islamic ancient times until contemporary times (the 19th–20th centuries). The placement of each biography is by alphabetical order and date of death. For example, in the book, the biography of 'Amr ibn 'Abd Allah al-Jumahi (died 625 CE) is directly above that of 'Amr ibn 'Abd Allah (died 745 CE). Among the notable figures mentioned in the book include the pre-Islamic knight Abu Layla al-Muhalhel and the early Muslim revert, Abu Bakr. Publication history The first edition of al-A'lam was published in Egypt between 1926 and 1927. The second edition of al-A'lam was then published again in the 1950s, with added portraits and illustrations, as well as being printed in 10 volumes. A revised of al-A'lam was then printed in 8 volumes and published by the Lebanon-based Dar al-'Ilm lil-Malayin publishing house between the years 1978–1979. The same publishing house also would reprint the work in 7 volumes in 2002. Commentary Ahmad Alawinah, a Jordanian researcher and historian, wrote a commentary on al-A'lam that was titled Tawshīḥ kitāb al-A‘lām li-Khayr al-Dīn al-Ziriklī. In his commentary, he gives criticism and praise of al-Zirikli's writings and also adds on to missing information in the biographies. An annotated version of al-A'lam was later written by the academic Muhammad ibn Abdullah al-Rashid and published in Jordan in the year 2014. Gallery Below is a gallery of portraits and illustrations of individuals that were featured in al-A'lam. See also Al-Baghdadiyun, Akhbaruhum Wa Majalisuhum References Category:History books Category:History books about countries Category:History books about Saudi Arabia Category:Arabic-language books Category:Arabic literature

Henry Niemann

Henry Niemann (April 27, 1838 – October 26, 1899) was a German-born pipe organ builder, who spent most of his career in Baltimore, Maryland. Of all the Baltimore organ builders, Niemann produced the most extant organs, some still in very good condition and retaining the tonal essence of his work. His organs were respected for their bold sound, fluid mechanisms, and quality construction Niemann is considered one of Baltimore's premier organ builders. Biography Niemann was born April 27, 1838, in Osnabruck, Germany, he was trained as a cabinetmaker there. In 1857 at the age of 19, Niemann came to America where he found employment with organ builder John Closs in Cincinnati, Ohio. After two years in Cincinnati, he left for England to advance his knowledge of organ building. He worked there for three years with Charles S. Barker, known for his early use of pneumatic pipe organ actions. In 1862 Niemann went to France to work for the most distinguished organ builder of the 19th century, Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, where he stayed five years. Both Barker and Cavaillé-Coll had high praise for Niemann's work. While in Paris, Niemann built several small organs, then left France to build a three-manual organ for the "Parr Kirche" in Meppen, Germany. This was followed by a tour of the leading organ factories in Europe, where Niemann observed the methods of various builders.Organ Historical Society Pipe Organ Database, https://pipeorgandatabase.org Pipe Organ e. Niemann returned to the United States in 1872 and subsequently established his business in Baltimore. For a short time before 1875, Niemann was also employed by the well-respected organ building firm of E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings of Boston. He also serviced organs in the city, including the Thomas Hall instrument in the cathedral (now basilica). New York Times Jun 16, 1878 pg 12. He advertised the opening of his first new American organ (for Zion German Reformed Church on Aisquith Street, Baltimore) in 1875. The Niemann Firm Between 1874 and 1875, Niemann had a partnership with Christopher Doeller. Niemann also had a short-term partnership with Charles J. Tillman, which was dissolved in March 1891. In addition to building new organs, the Niemann firm also performed routine maintenance and renovations of instruments built by others. From time-to-time, Nieman collaborated with other local builders such as Adam Stein. After Niemann's death in October 1899, the firm was continued by his son, Frank", "Niemann (1874−1937), retaining his father's business name. The factory was later sold, and Frank Niemann moved to Philadelphia. The firm was dissolved in February 1907. Death Henry Niemann died suddenly on October 26, 1899, at the age of 62, at his home at 1108 Forrest Place, Baltimore. His obituary states that he died of Bright's disease. During his long business career, he constructed instruments in every part of the country. In Baltimore alone he built about thirty. He was survived by a widow and five children. thumb|Old Otterbein Church, Henry Niemann (1897). Photo: Len Levasseur used with permission Partial List of Organs built by Henry Niemann Niemann name plate.png Unless otherwise noted, each organ was located in Baltimore, MD: St. Matthew Evangelical Lutheran (Fayette St.) ca. 1886. Zion German Reformed Church 1892. Zion Reformed / Waters AME Church 1875. St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Taneytown, MD 1876. Universalist Tabernacle 1877. Eutaw Methodist Church 1878. In the early 2000s it was sold to a Lutheran Church near Lemasters PA, after being restored by organ technician John Johnson. Maryland Institute ca. 1878. Catholic Cathedral of the Assumption 1880. Niemann's largest organ. It was later sold to Associate Presbyterian Church and the facade went to Clark Memorial Methodist Church. Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal Church ca. 1880. Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church, Annapolis, MD 1880. St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys, Baltimore (1880) / Mount Zion AME (Annapolis) / First Unitarian Church Hall, Baltimore (1985) 1880. It was built in 1880 for St. Mary’s, Industrial School for Boys, which opened in 1866. For many years, the organ was in the Mount Zion A.M.E. Church in Annapolis, Maryland. In 1985, it was installed at First Unitarian Hall. This organ was played in recital at the Organ Historical Society Convention in July 2024. Chatsworth Independent Methodist 1881. St. Leo the Great Catholic Church 1881. Organ extant & in use in 2024. This organ was played in recital at the Organ Historical Society Convention in July 2024. St. Joseph Passionist Monastery / Mountain Manor 1884. Organ is extent, but walled-in in a former chapel balcony Trinity Episcopal Church, Easton MD 1886. Christ Episcopal, Cambridge, MD 1887. St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church ca. 1888. This organ was played in recital at the Organ Historical Society Convention in July 2024. Harlem Ave Christian Church 1889. A July 15, 1889 article in the Baltimore Sun mentions a new organ, but makes no mention of builder name. Aisquith Street Presbyterian / 2nd German Reformed Church ca. 1890. Easton Methodist Episcopal Church, Easton, MD ca. 1890. Ebeneezer African Methodist Episcopal Church ca. 1890. Faith Presbyterian Church ca. 1890. A Baltimore Sun article on Feb 5, 1890 mentions new organ cost $4,000. Har Sinai Temple ca. 1890. St. Stanislaus Catholic Church ca. 1890. Organ demolished by contractor in early, 2000s when building was converted to condos. Associate Reformed Church / Greek Orthodox Cathedral ca. 1891. The 3-manual Niemann sanctuary organ of the cathedral was purchased and installed in the balcony of this church. St. John’s Methodist Episcopal South 1891. Sun Paper September 12, 1891, describes this organ. Twelfth Presbyterian Church 1891. Grace English Lutheran Church 1892. New Jerusalem Church 1892. St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church 1892. Extant, in storage. St. Thomas' Evangelical Lutheran Church 1892. [Unitarian Church] (Sanctuary) 1893. Extant in 2024 and in working condition (with several added stops). This organ was played in recital at the Organ Historical Society Convention in July 2024. Greene St. Evangelical Church (AKA Emmanuel) 1893. Appoid Methodist Episcopal Church(AKA Christ Methodist) 1894. Der Deutsche correspondent. 9/3/1894 describes large organ. Pitts Creek Presbyterian Church, Pocomoke City, MD 1894. St. Paul's Catholic Church, Washington, DC 1894. St. Elisabeth's Catholic Church 1895. St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Suffolk, VA 1895. Fourteen Holy Martyrs Catholic Church 1897. Niemann contracted in 1898 for a new $2500 2-manual organ. This replaced or made use of the Pomplitz organ. Articles in The Sun on June 7, 1897 and on June 30, 1897 say organ was 20 stops and 781 pipes. Methodist Church, Chestertown MD 1897. [Otterbein United Methodist Church] 1897. AKA German Evangelical Reformed and Otterbein United Brethren. This organ was played in recital at the Organ Historical Society Convention in July 2024. Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church, Cumberland MD 1898. Holy Rosary Catholic Church 1899. This was probably an Erben organ which was repaired and installed by Niemann. Immanuel Baptist Church 1899. Second English Lutheran Church 1899. Clark Memorial Methodist Church / St. John's Independent Methodist Church 1900. Holy Name Catholic Church, Washington, DC ca. 1900. First Independent Christ Church. Lee St Baptist Church. A Sun article on Sunday September 30, 1901 refers to a concert using the new Niemann organ. North Avenue Baptist / McCormick Memorial Sharon Baptist Church, Catonsville, MD. St. Agnes Catholic Church, Catonsville, MD St. Ann's Catholic Church, Waverly Baltimore, MD St. Barnabas Protestant Episcopal Church Third English Lutheran Church. Named in 1903 Niemann advertisement, but probably Pomplitz & Rodewald, from 1850's Third Universalist Church ca. 1877. References <references> Steven Bartley, “A Short History of Henry Niemann,” Hilbus Chapter OHS Newsletter Where the Tracker Action Is 45, no. 2, (October, 2014). “The Dedication of St. Leo’s Church,” Sun, September 17, 1881, 2. (P 102 source?). “The organ of the cathedral has lately, been, overhauled ., . .,” Sun, December 10, 1874, 4., p114. The Mayor’s Message and Reports of the City Officers Made to the City, Council of Baltimore for the Year 1895 (Baltimore, MD, 1896). “Organ Builder Assigns,” Sun, February 6, !D1907, 9. “The Dedication of St. Leo’s Church,” Sun, September 17, 1881, 2. Illustrated History of the Baltimore Federation of Labor, Baltimore ,1900, 199-202. Thomas S. Eader, “Baltimore Organs and Organ Building,”, Maryland Historical Magazine 65, no.3 (Fall 1970): 280. Raymond J. Brunner, "Baltimore Organs and Organbuilding in the Nineteenth Century," The Tracker (35:2) (Richmond: Organ Historical Society, 1991, 1) pg 11. Raymond J. Brunner, "Baltimore Organs and Organbuilding in the Nineteenth Century," The Tracker (35:2) (Richmond: Organ Historical Society, 1991, 1) pg 9. The Sun Oct 27, 1899 pg 4. Musical Box Society International, International Arcade Museum Library. The Sun ; May 25, 1891 pg 4. The Sun, Feb 2, 1875 . Organ Historical Society Pipe Organ Database, https://pipeorgandatabase.org Pipe Organ. Kerala J. Snyder, (August 2002). "Aristide Cavaillé-Coll: Master of Masters". The Organ as A Mirror of Its Time. Oxford University Press. 54. Retrieved 11 November 2014. Der deutsche correspondent September 15, 1882 . Steven Bartley, "Short Authentification of Niemann opus list City Directory, 1903" email message to author, August 26, 2024. </ref> </references> Category:American pipe organ builders Category:1838 births Category:1899 deaths Category:Musical instrument manufacturing companies of the United States

Anne Baastrup

Anne Baastrup (born 1952) is a Danish politician and was a member of the Folketing. She has served multiple times: in the 1994 Danish general election and the 1998 general election, serving from 1994 to 2001, and then in the 2007 general election and the 2011 general election, serving from 2007 to 2015. Background Baastrup was born in 1952 in Aalborg, daughter of office manager Jørgen Baastrup and business owner Inger Baastrup. She graduated from Aalborghus Statsgymnasium in 1970 and Candidate of Law from University of Copenhagen in 1976. She is married, has three children and six grandchildren and lives in Copenhagen and Bogense. Baastrup has a career as a civil servant and in the trade union movement. She was employed as a clerk in the Local Government Association from 1976 until 1980, when she moved to a position in the Danish Parliament as committee secretary. In 1987, she moved to a position as an administrator in the Gender Equality Council. Since 1989, she has been union secretary at FTF. Political career Baastrup joined the SF (Socialist People's Party) in 1987. For a number of years she was active in Copenhagen's school politics. She was a member of the SF-Københavns school committee 1988–93, chairman of the school board and member of the board of Bellahøj School 1988–92, chairman of the Joint Council for Public Schools in Copenhagen 1990-92 and of Skole og Samfund's executive committee in Copenhagen 1990–92. She became a member of SF's main board in 1992 and continued as a member until 2001. In 1994, Baastrup was nominated as a parliamentary candidate in the Køge district. In the Parliamentary election of 21 September 1994, she was elected on an additional mandate in Roskilde County with 2,404 personal votes. In 1999 she changed constituency to Odense Østkredsen. In the Danish Parliament, Baastrup was chairman of the Legal Affairs Committee from 2001 to 2005 and again from 2011 to 2012. Between 1998 and 2001, and again between 2005 and 2010, she was its vice-chairman. As chairman of the Legal Affairs Committee, she was responsible for the appointment of former Attorney General Jørgen Steen Sørensen, as the new Ombudsman, replacing Hans Gammeltoft Hansen. Baastrup is the party's social spokesperson. She has previously been health spokesperson, education spokesperson, working environment spokesperson, disability and psychiatry spokesperson, citizenship spokesperson and traffic spokesperson. She has participated in the preparation of various programmes and discussion papers, such as the discussion paper "More Society - Less State", SF's various election programmes and all programmes concerning integration and EF/EU since 1993. In May 2008, in a ballot against mayor Bo Asmus Kjeldgaard, she lost the battle to become the party's lead candidate in Copenhagen Municipality. She then announced that she would not stand for re-election to the Danish Parliament. She later announced that she intended to seek re-election anyway. Baastrup lists "growth, jobs and education", "public transport" and "people with disabilities" as her key issue. She wants "massive investment in education" and the expansion of public transport. References Category:1952 births Category:Living people Category:Members of the Folketing 1994–1998 Category:Members of the Folketing 1998–2001 Category:Members of the Folketing 2007–2011 Category:Members of the Folketing 2011–2015 Category:Socialist People's Party (Denmark) MEPs

Johnny Bush (racing driver)

Johnny Bush (born August 6, 1954) is an American former professional stock car racing driver who competed in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour from 1989 to 2016. Bush has also competed in series such as the SMART Modified Tour, the Modified Racing Series, the Race of Champions Asphalt Modified Tour, and the World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing. Motorsports results NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) Whelen Modified Tour NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Pts Ref 1989 Johnny Bush 68 Chevy MAR TMP MAR JEN STA IRP OSW WFD MND RIV OSW JEN STA RPS RIV OSW TMP TMP RPS OSW TMP POC STA TIO MAR TMP N/A 0 1990 MAR TMP RCH STA MAR STA TMP MND HOL STA RIV JEN EPP RPS RIV TMP RPS NHA TMP POC STA TMP MAR N/A 0 1991 MAR RCH TMP NHA MAR NZH STA TMP FLE OXF RIV JEN STA RPS RIV RCH TMP NHA TMP POC STA TMP MAR 27th 995 1992 MAR TMP RCH STA MAR NHA NZH STA TMP FLE RIV NHA STA RPS RIV TMP TMP NHA STA MAR TMP 20th 2044 1993 RCH STA TMP NHA NZH STA RIV NHA RPS HOL LEE RIV STA TMP TMP STA TMP 30th 689 1994 NHA STA TMP NZH STA LEE TMP RIV TIO NHA RPS HOL TMP RIV NHA STA SPE TMP 30th 876 Hill Enterprises 78 Pontiac NHA STA TMP 1995 N/A 68 Chevy TMP NHA STA NZH STA LEE TMP RIV BEE NHA JEN RPS HOL RIV NHA STA TMP NHA STA TMP TMP N/A 0 1997 N/A 68 Chevy TMP MAR STA NZH STA NHA FLE JEN RIV GLN NHA RPS HOL TMP RIV NHA GLN STA NHA STA FLE TMP RCH N/A 0 2003 N/A 68 Chevy TMP STA WFD NZH STA LER BLL BEE NHA ADI RIV TMP STA WFD TMP NHA TMP N/A 0 N/A 93 Chevy STA 2004 N/A 68 Chevy TMP STA WFD NZH STA RIV LER WAL BEE NHA SEE RIV STA TMP WFD TMP NHA STA TMP N/A 0 2009 Johnny Bush 68 Chevy TMP STA STA NHA SPE RIV STA BRI TMP NHA MAR STA TMP 21st 1162 2010 TMP STA STA MAR NHA LIM MND RIV STA TMP BRI NHA STA TMP 31st 743 2012 Linda Rodenbaugh 38 Chevy TMP STA MND STA WFD NHA STA TMP BRI TMP RIV 26th 149 Charlene Bush 68 Chevy NHA STA TMP 2015 Beth Cole 33 Chevy TMP STA WAT STA TMP RIV 33rd 119 Charlene Bush 68 Chevy NHA MON STA TMP RIV NHA STA TMP Robert Katon Jr. 13 Chevy BRI 2016 Michael Loomis 68 Chevy TMP STA WFD STA TMP RIV NHA MND STA TMP BRI RIV OSW SEE NHA STA TMP 35th 57 References External links Category:Living people Category:NASCAR drivers Category:Racing drivers from New York (state) Category:1954 births

Samding Dorje Phagmo Deqinquzhen

Samding Dorje Phagmo Deqinquzhen (Chinese: 桑顶· 多吉帕姆· 德钦曲珍; born February 8, 1942, according to the Tibetan calendar) is the only living female Buddha in China to have the title of Great Khutuktu. She holds a high status in Tibetan Buddhism's history. The 12th Samding Dorje Phagmo Deqinquzhen is regarded in Tibetan Buddhism as the embodiment of the Buddha mother who gave birth to every Buddha. Birth Deqingquzhen's father, Rendian Jiebu, is a manor housekeeper. Prophecies predicted that a living female Buddha would come to Rendian Jeb's family as early as before her birth. Deqingquzhen got a severe illness shortly after her birth. After begging the gods for help, she was sent to Lhasa Lun Nun Temple. That year, Sangding Monastery came to choose the living Buddha. She recognized the item used by the previous female living Buddha. Then, on February 8, 1947, an auspicious day according to the Tibetan calendar, Deqinquzhen was welcomed into the Samding Monastery by monks and other people dancing and singing Buddhist hymns. Then, the succession ceremony was held, and she formally became the 12th Doje Phagmo Living Buddha. Life Deqinquzhen spent her childhood worshipping the Buddha, chanting sutras, and practicing Buddhism, and many eminent monks have tutored her. However, when the local government of Tibet staged a riot in March 1959, with the Samding Monastery at its center, the rioters intruded into the monastery many times, demanding firearms and food. The Living Buddha and several of her servants escaped from the Samding Monastery and hid on the island in the center of the Yamdrok Tso Lake, but they were found afterward. "Escorted" by the armed rioters, the living Buddha had to leave Tibet. Deqinquzhen was first taken to Bhutan and then to India, and in August 1959, the 12th Dorje Palmo was assisted by a Chinese commercial organization in Kalimpong. She traveled to Pakistan through Afghanistan, Russia, and Mongolia before finally arriving in Beijing at the end of September, just before the National Day Ceremony, completing a six-month migration to a foreign country. When she was abroad, she claimed that she missed her homeland, Tibet, a lot. In the 1980s, Sangding Monastery was rebuilt, and the Deqinquzhen resumed the annual Gangjasa puja. She eventually chose to stay in Lhasa and practice at home, and the yearly grand “Gangjasa” puja was the only chance for the disciples to see her. After leaving Sangding Monastery, Dechen Chögyam established his family and regained a secular life. Once-in-a-lifetime “alchemy” ritual Living female Buddha Deqinquzhen completed her once-in-a-lifetime “alchemy” ceremony in 1994. Living Buddhas preside over the “Flower Dew Pill Ceremony," a common religious activity in Tibetan Buddhist temples. However, the female living Buddha only does it once in each lifetime. In 1994, the female living Buddha in the Sangdeng temple held a grand “flower dew pill alchemy” ceremony, finally completing her long-cherished wish for many years. There are tens of thousands of believers who came from faraway. Female living Buddha's “alchemy” ceremony lasted nearly half a month. People held the precious pills and offered khat to the female living Buddha, wishing her success. References Category:1942 births Category:Living people Category:Chinese Buddhists

LGBT rights in Antarctica

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Antarctica may experience different rights depending on their nationality. As Antarctica has no resident human population, the human presence there is limited to short-term research or sporting expeditions. The Antarctic Treaty System provides that all legal rights in Antarctica are governed by those of the person's home nation, and do not change based on which country's Antarctic territorial claim the person happens to be present in at any given time. Antarctica scored 100/100 on the Equality Index published by Equaldex. Same-sex marriage Seven sovereign states – Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, Norway, and the United Kingdom – have made territorial claims in Antarctica, all of which recognize same-sex marriage. Practical options for achieving this may vary by location. On 13 October 2016, an ordinance was proclaimed by Commissioner Peter Hayes that allowed people of the same sex to marry in the British Antarctic Territory. Marriages are solemnised by marriage officers, who are appointed by the Commissioner, at "any place that the marriage officer considers suitable", either within the territory or on board a ship within territorial waters. The first same-sex marriage in the territory took place on 24 April 2022 between Eric Bourne and Stephen Carpenter on board RRS Sir David Attenborough near the Rothera Research Station on Adelaide Island. The first lesbian marriage occurred on 14 February 2023 between Sarah and June Snyder-Kamen at Bongrain Point, Pourquoi Pas Island. It is possible (though rare) to marry in the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, and the civil code of France applies. France has recognized same-sex marriage since 2013. Public expression Public expression of support for LGBT causes is not restricted, outside of national laws which may affect citizens of certain countries. In 2016, advocacy group Planting Peace traveled across Antarctica with a pride flag as a symbolic gesture. The organization proclaimed Antarctica "the world's first LGBT-friendly continent". Polar Pride, an annual LGBT pride event held in Antarctica since 2018, is celebrated on November 18th. In 2022, transgender mountain climber Erin Parisi planted a transgender flag on the top of Vinson Massif, Antarctica's tallest peak. Also in 2022, what is believed to be the first all-LGBT expedition cruise to Antarctica took place. References See also Antarctic Treaty System LGBT rights by country or territory List of LGBT rights articles by region Category:Government of Antarctica Category:LGBTQ rights by continent

Robert Finster

Robert Finster (born 10 March 1984) is an Austrian actor. He's mostly known for playing Sigmund Freud in Freud. Biography Robert Finster was born to musicians and grew up in Graz. As a child he learned violin and choral singing, later he was a member of the cabaret group Andritzer Treffpünkte and worked independently in the telecommunications industry in field service. Initially he wanted to study acting in Graz, but he didn't pass the selection there. From 2007 he studied acting at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna, graduating in 2011. At the Reichenau Festival he appeared in Fräulein Else in 2011 and in Stefan Zweig's Ungeduld des Herzens in 2012, and from 2011 on he worked at the Vorarlberg State Theatre, starring in Tartuffe, Die verzauberten Brüder, Mutter Courage and Ronja Räubertochter. In 2012, at the Theater am Lend in Graz he was on stage with Cafe deja vu, and he participated in Das Maß der Dinge by Neil LaBute at the Garage X Theater Petersplatz in 2014. In 2015 he worked at the Bosnian National Theatre Zenica in Balkan Requiem, and was also seen at the Vienna Lustspielhaus as Hamlet directed by Adi Hirschal, and played with the Aktionstheater Ensemble in Angry Joung Men and Kein Stück über Syrien. In the 2014 movie Hüter meines Bruders he played the role of Pietschi Mordelt, he then played Karl Hoeller in the 2016 film Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe. In 2017 he appeared in the ORF/ARD television film Dennstein & Schwarz - Sterben macht Erben and the ORF TV series Walking on Sunshine. In 2020 Finster had his breakthrough role when he was cast as Sigmund Freud in the Netflix's show Freud. Since the season 2019/20 he is an ensemble member at the Schauspielhaus Graz. Finster then played Crimson Commander David Vossin in Netflix's Tribes of Europa in2021 Filmography 2011: Wie man leben soll 2012: Vier Frauen und ein Todesfall – Notlügen 2013: CopStories – Bist du deppert 2014: Hüter meines Bruders 2014: Boͤsterreich (TV series, one episode) 2016: Die Hochzeit (short film) 2016: Kästner und der kleine Dienstag 2016: Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe 2017: Krieg 2018: Dennstein & Schwarz – Sterben macht Erben 2018: SOKO Donau – Tod im Taxi 2019: Walking on Sunshine 2019: Kaviar 2019: SOKO Kitzbühel – Alleingelassen 2020: Freud (Fernsehserie) 2020: Die Toten vom Bodensee – Der Wegspuk (TV series) 2021: Tribes of Europa (TV series) 2021: Prey 2021: Mord in der Familie – Der Zauberwürfel (TV movie) 2024: Crooks (TV series) 2024: SOKO Linz – Das Phantom (TV series) External links Robert Finster at the Filmmakers Robert Finster at the Agentur Kelterborn Robert Finster at the filmportal.de Robert Finster at the Crew United References Category:Living people Category:1984 births Category:Male actors from Graz Category:University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna alumni Category:Austrian male actors Category:Austrian male film actors Category:Austrian male television actors

Nina Mingya Powles

Nina Mingya Powles (born 1993) is a New Zealand poet and essayist. Born in Wellington, Powles has spent time living in Shanghai and London. Her poetry and essay collections are inspired by nature and her Chinese-Malaysian heritage, and she has received a number of notable awards including the inaugural Women Poets' Prize in 2018. Life and career Powles was born in Wellington in 1993. She is half Chinese-Malaysian, a granddaughter of ichthyologist Chin Phui Kong, and has said that she aims to address the poetry canon's bias towards white European men in her writing. She holds a master's degree in creative writing with distinction from the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University of Wellington (2015). She received the university's Biggs Prize for Poetry for her master's portfolio, which subsequently became the collection Luminescent published in 2017 by Seraph Press. Powles moved to Shanghai in 2016. The move inspired both her essay collection Tiny Moons: A Year of Eating in Shanghai (published in the UK by The Emma Press in 2020) and poetry collection Magnolia (published in New Zealand by Seraph Press and in the UK by Nine Arches Press in 2020). A review of Tiny Moons by Cha literary journal described it as "at once an intimate, personal account of Chinese food that will make you crave dumplings and noodles, as well as a profound contemplation on the notions of cultural hybridity, emotional landscapes and belonging". Magnolia was shortlisted for the 2021 Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards and for the 2020 Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection. The Guardian described it as being part of a "wave of strong new poetry currently coming from Anglo-Asian voices". She relocated to London in 2018. In 2018 Powles was one of three recipients of the inaugural Women Poets' Prize. The judges commented that her work was of "incredible originality". She also received the Jane Martin Poetry Prize awarded by Girton College. In 2019, she was the joint winner of the Landfall Essay Competition. In 2019, Powles established a small publishing press called Bitter Melon 苦瓜, with a focus on publishing the works of other writers from the Asian diaspora. In 2021 Powles' essay collection Small Bodies of Water was published by Canongate. It was reviewed by the Harvard Review, The Times Literary Supplement, and the Sydney Review of Books amongst other publications. An earlier version of the work received the inaugural Nan Shepherd Prize for nature writing in 2019. Bryony White, writing in the Los Angeles Review of Books, describes it as a "book that offers a kaleidoscopic taxonomy: of plants, colors, landscapes"; "questions about borders and belonging, migration and travel, twist throughout the book". Catherine Woulfe in The Spinoff said: Selected works Girls of the Drift (poetry chapbook, Seraph Press) Luminescent (poetry collection, Seraph Press, 2017) field notes on a downpour (poetry pamphlet, If a Leaf Falls Press, 2019) Tiny Moons: A Year of Eating in Shanghai (essay collection, The Emma Press, 2020) Magnolia (poetry collection, Seraph Press, 2020; UK edition published by Nine Arches Press) Small Bodies of Water (essay collection, Canongate, 2021) References External links Profile at Read NZ Te Pou Muramura "The Safe Zone", essay from Small Bodies of Water published by Granta Category:1993 births Category:Living people Category:Writers from Wellington City Category:New Zealand people of Chinese descent Category:New Zealand people of Malaysian descent Category:21st-century New Zealand women writers Category:21st-century New Zealand poets Category:New Zealand women poets Category:21st-century New Zealand non-fiction writers Category:International Institute of Modern Letters alumni Category:New Zealand essayists Category:New Zealand women essayists

Hokke-ikki

The Hokke-ikki (法華一揆) were a group of rebels who followed Nichiren (Hokke) Buddhism in Kyoto around the year 1532. Followers of the Nichiren sect refer to the rebellions and subsequent suppression of the Nichiren sect as the "Tenmon Persecution" (天文法難). Background When Nichizō, one of the successors of Nichiren, first entered Kyoto in 1293, he was expelled several times by the Imperial Court due to the complaints of the monks at Enryaku-ji on Mount Hiei, but was eventually allowed to enter. He petitioned for the Nichiren sect to be granted official recognition by the Imperial Court, a request that would eventually be granted.Tsuji Zennosuke, History of Japanese Buddhism, Volume 5, Iwanami Shoten, 1970. By the Tenbun Era, the Nichiren sect had spread to many townspeople (machi-shu, 町衆) in Kyoto, and was gaining strength, centering around Nichiren temples such as Honkoku-ji. In 1532, the Ikkō-ikki attacked Kyoto, and the Nichiren sect fought against them alongside Hosokawa Harumoto, Rokkaku Sadayori, and Kizawa Nagamasa, under the command of the shogun Ashikaga Yoshiharu. During the attack several Jōdo Shinshū temples in Kyoto such as the Yamashina Hongan-ji were razed and burned by both the samurai defending the city as well as a group of zealous Nichiren townspeople. After this event, the Nichiren sect gained autonomy in the city of Kyoto, refused to pay land taxes, and expanded its influence in Kyoto over the span of five years. This expansion of the Hokke sect's influence is called the "Hokke-ikki" (法華一揆) by other sects. On March 3, 1536, a debate took place between Nichiren laymen and the Tendai sect, which saw the Nichiren sect successful. When rumors spread that Enryaku-ji monks had been defeated in argument by ordinary Nichiren sect followers, Enryaku-ji felt humiliated and asked the Muromachi Shogunate to stop calling itself the "Hokke sect". However, the Shogunate ruled in favor of Nichiren, citing the imperial charter of Emperor Go-Daigo in 1334, and Enryaku-ji lost the case as well. The historian Akira Imaya has argued that the Shogunate deliberately ruled in favor of Nichiren, thereby fanning the flames of conflict between the two sects. The Rokuon Nichirokuki records that on May 23, rumors spread that the Nichiren sect would take up camp at Shokoku-ji Temple. In response to these rumors, Inryoken's owner met with the shogun and informed him that he would strengthen his defenses. On May 29, the moat around Shokoku-ji Temple was dug. On June 16, a tower was erected in the moat at the east gate. In the midst of this, someone appeared to mediate between the two sides. On May 29, Rokkaku Sadayori of Omi came to Kyoto. In July, Kizawa Nagamasa also tried to mediate. However, no agreement was reached. On June 1, Enryaku-ji Temple held a meeting and resolved to annihilate the Kyoto Hokke sect. The resolution was reported to the Imperial Court and reported to the shogunate. In July, a group of Enryaku-ji's warrior monks set out to destroy the Hokke sect. The masses of the entire Enryaku-ji temple gathered together and demanded that the 21 Nichiren sect temples in and around Kyoto become branch temples of Enryaku-ji and pay tribute . However, the Nichiren sect rejected Enryaku-ji's request. After its request was rejected, Enryaku-ji asked the Imperial Court and the Shogunate for permission to defeat the Nichiren sect, and sought cooperation from the Echizen lord Asakura Takakage, as well as from other sects that were enemies of Enryaku-ji, such as Hongan-ji, Kofuku-ji, Onjo-ji, and To-ji.  All of them refused to send reinforcements to Enryaku-ji, but promised to remain neutral . Hongan-ji sent 30,000 hiki on July 7. The forces of both sides According to the Yuzakki, the number of soldiers of Enryaku-ji Temple was 150,000, according to the Gensuke Ounenki it was 60,000, and according to the Nijō-ji Shuke-ki it was 30,000 including the main temple and its branch temples, plus 30,000 soldiers from the Ōmi daimyo Rokkaku Sadayori and 3,000 soldiers from Mii-dera. In contrast, according to the Yuzakki, the number of soldiers of the Nichiren sect was over 20,000 including soldiers from 21 temples . Tenbun Hokke Rebellion Around July 20, Enryaku-ji Temple stationed tens of thousands of warrior monks from its branch temples in various provinces at the foot of Higashiyama, and 30,000 troops from Omi led by Rokkaku Sadayori and Yoshikata and Gamo Sadahide were deployed in Higashiyama, with 3,000 soldiers from Mii-dera Temple deployed to the north, completely blocking off the north and east of Kyoto. In response, 20,000 to 30,000 followers of the Nichiren sect strengthened their defenses in and around Kyoto. On July 22, the battle at Matsugasaki broke out between the two sides. The Rokuon Nichirokuki records that the Nichiren sect fired first, but some sources say that the Enryakuji sect fired first. Initially, the Nichiren sect had been digging fortified ditches in Kyoto since late May in preparation for an attack on Enryaku-ji Temple, so the Nichiren sect was initially favored in the battle, but on July 27, the Rokkaku army invaded from Shijoguchi and set fire to the temple, burning down all of the 21 Nichiren sect temples except Honkoku-ji Temple. Then, on the 28th, Honkoku-ji Temple was also burned down. It is said that the Nichiren sect's casualties in this battle were as high as 10,000. Furthermore, fires set by the Enryaku-ji and Rokkaku forces led to a major fire that burned down the entire Shimogyo district of Kyoto and about one-third of the Kamigyo district. The scale of damage caused by the fires was greater than that of the Onin War.Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 179-181 Aftermath After the rebellion, the once-prosperous Nichiren sect in Kyoto was annihilated, and its followers were exiled from the capital, with many of them fleeing to Sakai. On October 7, 1536, the shogunate issued a three-article prohibition to the Nichiren sect, which prohibited Nichiren sect monks from wandering around Kyoto and beyond, from returning to secular life and joining other sects, and from rebuilding temples . For the next six years, Nichiren Buddhism was banned in Kyoto. In 1542, with the help of Rokkaku Sadayori, the Imperial Court granted permission for the Nichiren sect to return to Kyoto. In 1543, Enryaku-ji Temple protested against the permission. In response, the Nichiren sect turned to Rokkaku Sadayori, who mediated between the two sides . In 1547, through Sadayori's mediation, a peace agreement was reached between Enryaku-ji and the Nichiren sect.  After that, 15 of the 21 Nichiren sect temples were rebuilt. In addition, Honkokuji Temple rebuilt its main hall on August 10, the year the peace agreement was concluded, and a ceremony to enshrine the main battle was held. References Category:Nichiren Buddhism Category:Muromachi period Category:Japanese rebels Category:16th-century rebellions Category:Nichiren-shū

4th Louisiana Infantry Battalion

The 4th Louisiana Infantry Battalion was an infantry unit recruited from Louisiana volunteers that fought in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. The unit organized as a battalion in July 1861 and initially served as prison guards. In November the battalion served briefly in the Western Virginia campaign. From 1862 to Spring 1863 the battalion guarded Savannah, Georgia, Charleston, South Carolina, and Wilmington, North Carolina, fighting at Secessionville in June 1862. The unit traveled west where it fought at Jackson, Chickamauga, and Missionary Ridge in 1863. The battalion fought in the Atlanta campaign in 1864. Assigned to defend Mobile, Alabama, the battalion fought at Spanish Fort in April 1865. One month later, the remnant of the unit surrendered. Formation and commanders The 4th Louisiana Infantry Battalion organized in Richmond, Virginia on 10 July 1861. Major George C. Waddill was in command of 561 men in five companies. At first, the battalion was detailed to act as President Jefferson Davis' bodyguard and also as prison guards. In December 1861, Waddill resigned and was replaced as major by John McEnery. In April 1862, Company F joined the battalion. On 20 May 1862, McEnery was promoted lieutenant colonel and ten days later Duncan Buie was promoted major. On 18 August 1864, McEnery was detached from the battalion. Buie was detached sometime later, and Samuel L. Bishop became temporary major. The organization was as shown below. +Company information for the 4th Louisiana Infantry Battalion Company Nickname Captains Recruitment Parish A Madison Infantry W. J. Powell Madison B Ouachita Blues John McEnery (p)Frank N. Marks (k)A. B. Hardy Ouachita C Franklin Life Guard Duncan Buie (p) J. Laurence Ward Franklin D Carroll Rebels Edward L. Coleman (k) L. E. Stowers Carroll E Natchez Rebels Alfred V. Davis (r-1861) T. Alex Bisland Mississippi (state) F Ouachita Rebels James H. Walker (r-1863) Thomas N. Conner Ouachita Key: k = killed at Chickamauga, p = promoted, r = resigned. Service 1861–1862 The 4th Infantry Battalion was reorganized on 19 September 1861 before being sent to serve in West Virginia. On 1–10 November 1861, it skirmished with Federal soldiers at Cotton Hill in the Kanawha Valley. After returning to Richmond in December, the unit entrained for South Carolina. It garrisoned Skidaway Island, Georgia, then on 17 March 1862 the battalion occupied the Isle of Hope, Georgia. On 21 April, it moved to Camp Mercer near Savannah where it was joined by Company F. On 4 June, the battalion transferred to James Island near Charleston. On 10 June, the unit skirmished with Union forces. On 16 June, the battalion fought in the Battle of Secessionville and helped repulse the second Federal attack. The unit lost 6 killed and 22 wounded in the battle. From 7 July to 14 December 1862, the battalion garrisoned Savannah before being assigned to defend Wilmington. 1863 thumb|right|upright=0.6|alt=Black and white photo shows a clean-shaven, young man dressed in a gray military uniform with a bright-colored collar.|Claudius C. Wilson In February 1863, the 4th Battalion left Wilmington and returned to Savannah. In May, the unit left Savannah and transferred to Mississippi. Arthur W. Bergeron Jr. stated that the battalion fought in the Battle of Jackson on 14 May. Battles & Leaders and Timothy B. Smith both indicated that it was not engaged in that action. The battalion became part of General Joseph E. Johnston's army and served in the Siege of Jackson from 9–16 July. In August, it became part of the Army of Tennessee. thumb|left|upright=0.6|alt=Painting shows a bearded man wearing civilian dress consisting of a grayish coat with a black vest and a white shirt.|John McEnery At the Battle of Chickamauga, the battalion was assigned to Colonel Claudius C. Wilson's brigade, which was part of Brigadier General States Rights Gist's division in Major General William H. T. Walker's Reserve Corps. At 8:00 am on 19 September, Major General Nathan B. Forrest asked for help but Wilson declined until he could get authorization from Walker. After an hour passed, Wilson's brigade was sent into action against Colonel John T. Croxton's Federal brigade with the 4th Louisiana Battalion on the brigade's left flank. In a fire-fight, Wilson's troops pressed their opponents steadily back in the forest. Hearing the sound of gunfire approaching, Major General George Henry Thomas sent a Union division to assist Croxton. Wilson's brigade soon ran into two fresh Union brigades and was badly mauled. It only escaped annihilation because the Federals became confused in the deep forest, but Wilson's brigade was reduced to less than 450 men. Wilson's brigade reported losing 99 killed, 426 wounded, and 80 missing, for a total of 605 casualties. Every officer present in the 4th Battalion was killed or wounded except one lieutenant, and more than half the men were casualties. Captains Frank N. Marks of B Company and Edward L. Coleman of D Company were both killed. On 12 November 1863, the 4th Louisiana Battalion transferred to Colonel Randall L. Gibson's brigade. Gibson was the temporary commander of Brigadier General Daniel Weisiger Adams's brigade. During the Chattanooga campaign, Gibson's all-Louisiana brigade was in Major General Alexander P. Stewart's division which was part of Major General John C. Breckinridge's corps. During the Battle of Missionary Ridge on 25 November, Gibson's was the right-most brigade in Stewart's defenses on the ridge. Missionary Ridge is an imposing natural feature, but overconfident Breckinridge and army commander General Braxton Bragg completely mismanaged the Confederate defenses. When the Federals attacked the ridge, the brigades to Gibson's right began to break up and scatter. Attacked in front and flank, the soldiers of Gibson's brigade put up a futile resistance, but then had to run for it. Gibson's brigade reported losing 28 killed, 96 wounded, and 233 missing, for a total of 357 casualties. 1864–1865 thumb|right|upright=0.6|alt=Black and white photo shows a man with a moustache and Van Dyke beard. His arms are folded and he wears a gray military uniform.|Randall L. Gibson Gibson's brigade spent the winter of 1863–1864 near Dalton, Georgia. In the Atlanta campaign, the 4th Louisiana Battalion remained in Gibson's brigade, which formed part of Stewart's division in Lieutenant General John Bell Hood's corps. During the campaign, the battalion was commanded variously by Lieutenant Colonel McEnery, Major Duncan Buie, Captain W. J. Powell, and Captain T. A. Bisland. It fought in the Battle of Resaca on 13–16 May 1864, Battle of New Hope Church on 25–28 May, Battle of Ezra Church on 28 July, and Battle of Jonesborough on 31 August. On 15 May at Resaca, Stewart's division was ordered to attack with Gibson's brigade in the second line. The attack failed with 1,000 casualties, but Gibson's brigade was called back before it became seriously involved. However, McEnery was severely wounded at Resaca. At New Hope Church on 25 May, Major General Joseph Hooker's corps attacked Stewart's division. Even though Hooker outnumbered Stewart 16,000 to 4,000, the Confederates repulsed the assault. Part of Gibson's brigade was engaged on the left flank of the division. Gibson's brigade started the campaign with 85 officers and 889 enlisted men. Through 1 June, the brigade lost 4 officers killed and 13 wounded, and 34 enlisted men killed, 150 wounded, and 19 missing. During the Battle of Atlanta on 22 July, Stewart's division, now commanded by Major General Henry DeLamar Clayton was ordered to attack. However, because of interference by another general, Gibson's brigade was left in the rear without orders. At Ezra Church on 28 July, the new corps commander was Lieutenant General Stephen D. Lee. After the initial Confederate attack failed, an aide to Lee ordered Gibson's brigade to attack without notifying Clayton. Gibson's men made the assault, but it was stopped when it encountered entrenched Union troops. Clayton halted the attack when he saw it was not successful. Gibson's brigade suffered 480 casualties in the botched operation. However, the 4th Battalion captured a Federal artillery flag. At Jonesborough on 31 August, the Confederate assault completely failed with heavy losses. Gibson's brigade, which had already lost half its soldiers at Ezra Church, was reduced by half again. During the Nashville campaign in late 1864, the 4th Battalion guarded a pontoon bridge over the Duck River and never came into action. In this campaign, Captain Bisland led the battalion. In February 1865, the battalion consolidated with the 25th Louisiana Infantry Regiment at Mobile, Alabama. The new unit fought at the Battle of Spanish Fort from 27 March to 8 April 1865. In another reorganization, Companies A, B, and D became Company F of the Pelican Regiment while Companies C, E, and F became Company G. The Pelican Regiment surrendered on 8 May 1865 at Gainesville, Alabama. See also List of Louisiana Confederate Civil War units Louisiana in the Civil War Notes References Category:Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from Louisiana Category:1861 establishments in Louisiana Category:Military units and formations established in 1861 Category:1865 disestablishments in Louisiana Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865

Balanops australiana

Balanops australiana, commonly known as pimplebark, is a plant in the family Balanopaceae found only in the coastal regions of northern and central Queensland, Australia. Description Balanops australiana is a tree that may grow to be tall. The trunk is marked with conspicuous pale lenticels which are relatively large, and the roots of mature trees extend horizontally across the ground for some distance. The leaves are obovate to elliptic, are arranged alternately on the twigs and are held on petioles (stalks) between long. The leaves measure up to long by wide, and are somewhat thickened; the leaf edges are mostly entire (smooth), but small teeth may be present toward the apex. The flowers are very small — the tepals (collectively, petals and sepals that are difficult to tell apart) are just long. Flowers are either male or female, and both are surrounded by densely hairy bracts. The fruit is a drupe which is obloid in shape (i.e. somewhat like a Rugby ball). It is yellow or orange, contains one or two seeds and measures about long by wide. Phenology Flowering occurs from December to January, and fruit ripen between August and May. Taxonomy This species was first described in 1877 by the German-born Australian botanist Ferdinand von Mueller, based on a collection made by John Dallachy ad sinum maris (by the bay) at Rockingham Bay. Distribution and habitat This species occurs in rainforests of coastal northeastern Queensland, from about Cooktown southwards to about Eungella. It grows on volcanic soils in rainforest, at altitudes from near sea level to about . Ecology The fruit are eaten by fruit doves (genus Ptilinopus), topknot pigeons (Lopholaimus antarcticus), spotted catbirds (Ailuroedus maculosus), and golden bowerbirds (Prionodura newtoniana). Conservation , this species has been assessed to be of least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and also under the Queensland Government's Nature Conservation Act. Gallery References External links View a map of herbarium collections of this species at the Australasian Virtual Herbarium View observations of this species on iNaturalist View images of this species on Flickriver.com australiana Category:Least concern flora of Australia Category:Endemic flora of Queensland Category:Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller Category:Plants described in 1877

Escrick Park

thumb|right|The house, in 2006 Escrick Park is a historic building and country estate in Escrick, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The estate was formed by Picot de Lascelles in the mid 12th century, and a manor house was first recorded in 1323. It descended through the family until 1668, when Edward Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Escrick sold it to Henry Thompson. Thompson's son, also Henry Thompson, rebuilt the country house at the centre of the estate in the 1680s. It originally resembled nearby Bell Hall. In 1758, and again in about 1765, John Carr of York extended the house, for Beilby Thompson. His work included the north range, more than twice as long as the original house; a detached stable block; and remodelling of the interior. A northwest wing was completed in 1848, and a link to Carr's stable block was built in 1850. In addition, a conservatory was constructed, and the east side was extended, providing a new entrance hall and larger dining room. In 1898, Thompson's descendents purchased to Skipwith Hall, and in 1929 they made it their main residence, converting Escrick Park into flats. 1949, the house was instead leased to Queen Margaret's School, which purchased the building in 1974. The house has been grade II* listed since 1951. The house is rendered with stone dressings. The Carr extension is in brick, and it has a hipped Welsh slate roof. The main block has three storeys and seven bays, flanked by single-storey single-bay extensions, and with two-storey rear wings, the right with three bays and the left with four bays. The entrance on the right has a portico with four Ionic columns, a frieze, a cornice and a balustrade. The main range has floor bands, a moulded modillion cornice, a frieze, and a balustrade with urns on the corners. The windows in the ground floor are casements, above are sash windows, and all have architraves. In the Carr range are canted bay windows. Inside the house, remains of Carr's decorative scheme include the main staircase; plasterwork including half of the ceiling in the entrance hall, and the ceiling, cornice and frieze in the dining room; and the panelling in the dining room. There is a late 18th century fireplace made of yellow and white marble, probably designed by John Fisher, and a library with built-in bookshelves, a gilded ceiling and cornices, which was probably designed by Edward Blore. Carr's coach house and stable block is separately listed at grade II*. It is built of brick with stone dressings, rendered on the front, and with a Welsh slate roof. It has four ranges with a square plan around an open courtyard. The south range has two storeys, and nine bays projecting slightly under a dentilled pediment containing a clock. The range has a plinth, a continuous impost band, a dentilled cornice and a hipped roof. On the front are three recessed arched with moulded heads, and sash windows. On the roof is a cupola with Doric columns and a domed lead roof. The other ranges have a single storey. The grounds of the estate were laid out in the late 18th and early 19th century, and as part of the process, much of the village of Escrick was demolished and rebuilt on new sites. The kitchen garden has been demolished, with houses built on the site in the 1990s, but most of the remainder of the estate survives. Various structures in the grounds are listed, including the Garden Temple, a former cottage, and various gates, lodges, and garden urns. See also Grade II* listed buildings in North Yorkshire Listed buildings in Escrick References Category:Escrick Category:Grade II* listed buildings in North Yorkshire Category:Country houses in North Yorkshire

Bratislavská Street (Pezinok)

Bratislavská Street (, literally Bratislava Street, ), formerly Nová ulica (, ), Sväto-Jurská or Svätojurská ulica ( or Svätojurská Street), is one of main streets in Pezinok, Slovakia and part of the road II/502. It is named after Bratislava. Places of interest In front of the house n. 60, which is located next to one of street bus stops, there is a small column shrine (). Since 2010, a Soviet tank T-72 has been exhibited in the Murat company area at n. 87. Transport Bratislavská Street has two bus stops: "Fándlyho" (formerly panelová škola) "Sídlisko Juh" (formerly TESCO) They are currently served by: Arriva Bratislava and its regional lines n. 506, 520, 521, 526, 527, 528, 540, 550, and 565 public transport (MHD) in Pezinok and its urban lines n. 4 and 44 Reconstructions thumb|Reconstruction of II/502 roadway and new Bratislavská–Drevárska–Komenského traffic light intersection construction in 2024 In autumn 2018, the footpath from Bernolákova to Fándlyho Street was reconstructed. During November 2022, the roadway of the street from the Bratislavská–Drevárska–Komenského intersection to the bridge was reconstructed and created a temporary light intersection. In early June 2024, the road on the bridge was reconstructed as part of the 1st stage and from family houses no. 61 and 70 to Jesenského Street as part of the 2nd stage within the road II/502 reconstruction by Bratislava Self-Governing Region (). Since early July, a new traffic light intersection Bratislavská–Drevárska–Komenského is being built as part of the 5th stage, including construction of new road edges, construction of drains, transshipment of networks, asphalting from houses no. 61 and 70 up to house no. 100 and realization of the intersection island. Events In September 2003, a papal motorcade with Pope John Paul II passed through the street.Týždeň, TV Pezinok, September 2003 Nearby streets Bernolákova Street Jesenského Street Za koničkom Fándlyho Street Nerudova Street Komenského Street Drevárska Street Myslenická Street Okružná Street Gallery References Category:Streets in Slovakia

W School of Journalism and Communication

The W School of Journalism and Communication, or commonly the École W, is a private constituent school of Paris-Panthéon-Assas University, created by the CFJ Graduate School of Journalism, the university's prestigious journalism school, in 2016 and located in Paris, France. The school aims to train students to create content for journalism, communication and the arts industry, inspired by the Danish alternative business school Kaospilot. The W School offers preparation for the French competitive entrance exams to journalism schools, combined with multi-disciplinary, generalist training in the humanities and social sciences (arts, photography, scriptwriting, management, etc.) and in information and communication sciences (journalism, corporate communication, communication and graphic industries, etc.). The school is located in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, on the same campus as its ‘’older‘’ sister school, the CFJ. The school also offers partnership courses leading to national diplomas: a bachelor's degree in science journalism with the Sorbonne Faculty of Science and Engineering, a double International BBA diploma with EDHEC Business School and a master's degree in documentary and fiction film with the Panthéon-Assas University and the French National Audiovisual Institute (INA). The school is also a member, along with the CFJ, of the Information and Networks department of Paris-Panthéon-Assas University, the Google News Initiative University Network of journalism schools and the Cumulus Association, an international alliance of art, design and media universities. History thumb|245x245px|Entrance to the CFJ and W School campus building at 210 rue du Faubourg Saint Antoine in Paris, in May 2021. On 12 January 2016, following in the footsteps of the Académie de École supérieure de journalisme de Lille in 2014, the CFJ announced the creation of W, a bachelor's degree course enabling students to learn about careers in journalism, communication, marketing and digital creation and to prepare for the French competitive exams for journalism schools. On 28 June 2019, EDHEC Business School and W School announced the signing of a double degree agreement to W and BBA EDHEC students. W students will be able to complete their bachelor's degree with a fourth year in the International Business Track in English at BBA EDHEC. BBA EDHEC students, on the other hand, will be able to replace their third year by enrolling in a W course, including journalism, documentary and fiction, or marketing and digital communication.. On 13 April 2021, the French business school Audencia and École W launched a preparatory course for the French journalism school entrance exams in Nantes, with plans to create a double master's degree by the start of the 2022 academic year. On 19 June 2021, the University of Paris-II Panthéon Assas announced a plan to transform its structure into an experimental one, based on a public-private partnership, which would bring together the Institut supérieur d'interprétation et de traduction (ISIT), the École française d'électronique et d'informatique (EFREI), the Centre de formation des journalistes (CFJ) and the École W as constituent schools of the university, and the IRSEM as a partner institute. The new university is created on 1 January 2022. In April 2024, the French National Institute of Sport, Expertise, and Performance (INSEP) and the W School announced the launch at the start of the 2024 academic year of a new bachelor's degree course in journalism and communication, open to high-level sportsmen and women (SHN) and non-SHN, to replace the ‘Sportcom’ course created by the CFJ in 1987. Academic programs The W School of the CFJ delivers a bachelor's degree in digital marketing, mass communication and journalism, which takes place over three years and offers five specializations: the "Journalism, Documentary and Fiction" program: basic writing techniques, storytelling and screenplays, English, new writing, image and sound techniques; the "Marketing and Digital Communication" program: marketing, strategy and business issues, communication, digital strategy, Business English with co-diploma opportunities with EDHEC and Emlyon Business School; the "Sports Journalism" or "Sports Communication and Marketing" program: sports journalism, sports marketing, e-sport issues, sports events, sports law, creation, gaming, sports psychology, in partnership with the Institut National du Sport, de l'Expertise et de la Performance (INSEP). It replaces the CFJ's 'Sportcom' course, launched in 1987; The W School also delivers: a co-diploma bachelor's degree (licence) in 'Scientific Journalism' with the Sorbonne Faculty of Science and Engineering since 2019, and the access to this programme is by selection by the school and the university, through the French national platform for access to the university Parcoursup; a co-diploma master's degree in 'Documentary and Fiction Film' with Paris-Panthéon-Assas University and the Institut National de l'Audiovisuel (INA); a Brevet de Technicien Supérieur diploma in 'Communications Project Management Studies', also accessible on the national Parcoursup platform, since 2024. The W School have academic partnerships with the French business schools and Grande École HEC Paris, EM Lyon Business School and EDHEC Business School. Accreditation The W School is registered in the French Ministry of Employment's National Register of Professional Certifications (RNCP) at level 6 (licence, bachelor's degree) and 7 (master's degree). The bachelor's degree (in Science Journalism) and master's degree (in Documentary Film) programmes offered in partnership with Sorbonne University and Paris-Panthéon-Assas University are delivered by these universities and accredited by the French Ministry of Higher Education. References External links Official website Category:Journalism schools in France Category:Education in Paris Category:Educational institutions established in 2016 Category:Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas University

Adam Muchtin

Adam Muchtin (Velké Rovné near Žilina, December 4, 1908 – Trsat, August 21, 1994), was a Slovak Catholic priest, painter, and translator, and a professor of church art at the Theological Faculty in Rijeka. Early life and education He was born in Velké Rovné, where his father Adam (1880) and mother Veronika (1879) were also from, and was baptized on the same day as his birth in the local parish church of St. Michael. In 1910, the family moved to Croatia and settled in Trsat, where his father opened a tin and wire workshop that survived even after the decline of the cable car industry at the end of World War I. Adam's older brother Josip died as a child in Slovakia, and his younger sister Marija was born in 1911 in Trsat. With the outbreak of World War I, his father was conscripted and served on several fronts. Despite being captured by the Russians, he returned to Trsat after the war. During the war, his mother often traveled to Ogulin and Karlovac, where she sold agricultural products at the Sušak market. From 1915 to 1919, Adam attended primary school in Trsat, then attended the Sušak Real Gymnasium (1919 – 1923) and the Commercial Academy, graduating in 1937. After graduation, he was admitted to the seminary and studied theology at the Theological Faculty in Zagreb (1927 – 1931).Canziani, Theodor de, 2019.: "Adam Muchtin – The Vision and Realization of the Church of St. Thérèse of Lisieux in Podvežica," Rijeka Theological Journal, vol. 52, no. 2, pp. 203-235. Priesthood He was ordained a deacon by the auxiliary bishop of Zagreb Dominik Premuš in the Zagreb Cathedral on March 1, 1931, and later the same year, on June 29, he was ordained a priest by Archbishop Antun Bauer. He celebrated his first Mass at the Church of Our Lady on Trsat on July 5. His priestly ministry began in Senj, where he taught at the women's vocational school.Karlović, Tihana, 2019.: "The Artistic Talent of Msgr. Adam Muchtin," Rijeka Theological Journal, vol. 52, no. 2, pp. 249–275. In May 1932, his younger sister died of tuberculosis. Two weeks before her death, he was appointed chaplain of the Banovina Hospital in Sušak, and he also taught religion at the primary school in Vežica and the women's primary school in Sušak. In March 1935, he was appointed chaplain of the Crusader Brotherhood. Muchtin was the owner of the Sušak Catholic weekly Istina, which was edited by Don Josip Blažina (1938 – 1941).Pinezić, Mirjana, 2019.: "The Human and Moral Profile of Msgr. Adam Muchtin," Rijeka Theological Journal, vol. 52, no. 2, pp. 237–247. The paper was aligned with the Croatian Catholic Movement. To expand Sušak, Don Adam Muchtin initiated the construction of the Church of St. Thérèse of Lisieux and blessed the foundation stone on Easter Monday 1940. The work was completed in September 1942. According to the painter Carmino Butković – Visintini, he enriched the sanctuary with a mural of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, installed a harmonium, and encouraged the development of choir and organ music. To acquire organs for the Vežica church, he sold part of his family house in Trsat in 1964. The organs were built by Jenka according to the specifications of Albe Vidaković. From 1971 to 1983, he was the parish priest of the St. George Parish in Trsat.Popić, Veronika Mila, 2019.: "Msgr. Adam Muchtin and the Nuns," Rijeka Theological Journal, vol. 52, no. 2, pp. 277–289. In August 1993, he was diagnosed with a tumor on the right side of his lung. He was hospitalized again a year later due to exhaustion. He died on August 21, 1994, in the Sušak Hospital. His funeral at the Trsat Cemetery was conducted by Archbishop Msgr. Anton Tamarut in the presence of a large congregation. On the Feast of St. Joseph 2013, his remains and those of his family were moved to the Parish Church of St. Thérèse of Lisieux in Podvežica.Šarić, Ivan, 2020.: "Notes from the Life of Mons. Adam Muchtin," Rijeka Theological Journal, vol. 52, no. 2, pp. 177–184. Legacy For the parish church in Podvežica, he painted a picture of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Joseph, an altar painting of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, and a painting of St. Thérèse of Lisieux as a sacristan. For the church in Bakarac, he created altarpieces of the Holy Family and St. Thérèse of Lisieux. In the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Gorica on the island of Krk, there are fourteen paintings of the Stations of the Cross by Muchtin. He translated the book Christ and Modern Man by Andrej Kliman from Slovak, and several educational and spiritual articles, the Italian book The Life of Saint Louise de Marillac by Angelo Troisio, probably for the Sisters of Charity with whom he worked at the Banovina Hospital in Sušak, and the Slovene book Church Art by Franc Stele. He also translated the play The Sacrifice of the Confession Secret by Josip Spillmann for the Crusader Brotherhood in Sušak. Other translations, from various foreign languages, were related to his work as a professor of church art at the Theological Faculty in Rijeka and several authored manuscripts: Critique of Art, Stone, Wood, Metal, and Color, History of Christian Art, and Church Equipment. He was also the author of a number of lectures, homilies, and several parish memorials. He published journalistic works in the weekly Istina and the monthly Zvona, and also dabbled in landscape and urban photography.Špehar, Milan, 2019.: "The Spirituality of Mons. Adam Muchtin," Rijeka Theological Journal, vol. 52, no. 2, pp. 291–296. References Category:1908 births Category:1994 deaths Category:People from Rijeka Category:Croatian translators Category:Croatian painters Category:People from Žilina

Tenth federal electoral district of Michoacán

thumb|Michoacán's federal electoral districts since 2022 thumb|Michoacán under the 2017–2022 districting scheme The tenth federal electoral district of Michoacán (Distrito electoral federal 10 de Michoacán) is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of eleven such districts in the state of Michoacán. It elects one deputy to the lower house of Congress for each three-year legislative session by means of the first-past-the-post system. Votes cast in the district also count towards the calculation of proportional representation ("plurinominal") deputies elected from the fifth region. Suspended in 1930, the district was re-established by the 1977 electoral reforms, which increased the number of single-member seats in the Chamber of Deputies from 196 to 300. Under the reforms, Michoacán's allocation rose from 9 to 13. The restored tenth district elected its first deputy in the 1979 mid-term election. District territory Michoacán lost its 12th district in the 2022 redistricting process. Under the new districting plan, which is to be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections, the tenth district covers 208 electoral precincts (secciones electorales) in the south-east sector of the municipality of Morelia. The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the state capital, the city of Morelia. Previous districting schemes 2017–2022 Between 2017 and 2022, the district's head town was at Morelia and it comprised 222 precincts in the south-east of the municipality of Morelia. 2005–2017 Under the 2005 districting plan, Michoacán lost its 13th district. The tenth district's head town was at Morelia and it covered 204 precincts in the south and east of the municipality. The link contains comparative maps of the 2005 and 1996 schemes. 1996–2005 Under the 1996 districting plan, the district's head town was at Morelia and it covered the southern portion of the municipality. 1978–1996 The districting scheme in force from 1978 to 1996 was the result of the 1977 electoral reforms, which increased the number of single-member seats in the Chamber of Deputies from 196 to 300. Under the reforms, Michoacán's allocation rose from 9 to 13. The tenth district's head town was at Quiroga to the west of the state capital and it was composed of 15 municipalities in the central part of the state: Acuitzio, Álvaro Obregón, Copándaro, Cuitzeo, Chucándiro, Huandacareo, Huaniqueo, Huiramba, Lagunillas, Morelos, Quiroga, Santa Ana Maya, Tarímbaro, Tzintzuntzan, and the rural portion of the municipality of Morelia. Deputies returned to Congress + Tenth federal electoral district of Michoacán Election Deputy Party Term LegislatureAlberto Alvarado1916–1917Constituent Congressof Querétaro1917Candor Guajardo1917–191827th Congress1918Juan de Dios Avellaneda1918–192028th Congress1920Ignacio Villegas C.1920–192229th CongressIgnacio Villegas C.1922–192430th Congress1924Efraín Pineda1924–192631st Congress1926Efraín Pineda1926–192832nd Congress1928Efraín Pineda1928–193033rd Congress The 10th district was suspended between 1930 and 19791979Genovevo Figueroa Zamudio22px|link=Institutional Revolutionary Party1979–198251st Congress1982Eulalio Ramos Valladolid22px|link=Institutional Revolutionary Party1982–198552nd Congress1985Janitzio Mújica Rodríguez Cabo22px|link=Institutional Revolutionary Party1985–198853rd Congress1988Vicente Luis Coca Álvarez22px|link=Authentic Party of the Mexican Revolution1988–199154th Congress1991Carlos Ávila Figueroa22px|link=Institutional Revolutionary Party1991–199455th Congress1994Victoria Eugenia Méndez Márquez22px|link=Institutional Revolutionary Party1994–199756th Congress199722px|link=Party of the Democratic Revolution1997–200057th Congress2000Salvador López Orduña22px|link=National Action Party (Mexico) 2000–200358th Congress2003Pablo Villanueva Ramírez22px|link=National Action Party (Mexico)2003–200659th Congress2006José Luis Espinosa Piña22px|link=National Action Party (Mexico)2006–200960th Congress2009Laura Suárez González22px|link=National Action Party (Mexico)2009–201261st Congress2012Ernesto Núñez Aguilar22px|link=Ecologist Green Party of Mexico2012–201562nd Congress2015Georgina Paola Villalpando Barrios22px|link=Ecologist Green Party of Mexico2015–201863rd Congress2018Iván Arturo Pérez Negrón Ruiz22px|link=Social Encounter Party2018–202164th Congress2021Omar Francisco Gudiño Magaña22px|link=National Action Party (Mexico)2021–2024202465th Congress2024David Alejandro Cortés Mendoza22px|link=National Action Party (Mexico)2024–202766th Congress Notes References Category:Federal electoral districts of Mexico Category:Geography of Michoacán Category:Government of Michoacán

Pedro Orta

Pedro Clodomiro "Charolito" Orta (31 January 1914 – 12 August 2001) was a Cuban professional baseball infielder and outfielder. He played four seasons in the Cuban League, from 1943 to 1947, before moving to the Mexican League, where he spent eight seasons until 1954. Career Orta was born in Pinar del Río, Cuba on 31 January 1914. He was part of the Cuban team that won the 1940 Amateur World Series and made his professional debut in the Cuban League with the Tigres de Marianao during the 1943–44 season. He played three more seasons with Marianao. In 1946, Orta moved to Mexico to play with the Alijadores de Tampico of the Mexican League. In 1949 he played for the Diablos Rojos del México and Unión Laguna de Torreón. In 1950, he was part of the Torreón team that won the Mexican League championship and he also led the league in stolen bases with 34. In 1954, Orta transferred to the Leones de Yucatán and retired after the end of the season. He finished his Mexican League career with 500 games played, a .301 batting average, 76 doubles, 37 triples and 137 stolen bases. He also played winter baseball in Mexico with the Venados de Mazatlán and Mayos de Navojoa. Orta died on 12 August 2001 in Torreón, Coahuila. A sports complex in Torreón, Unidad Deportiva Aeropuerto Pedro “Charolito” Orta, was named in his honor. Personal life His son Jorge played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball, from 1972 to 1987 with the Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Dodgers, Toronto Blue Jays, and Kansas City Royals, winning the 1985 World Series with the Royals. Career statistics Cuban League Season Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BA 1943–44 Marianao 17 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 .235 1944–45 Marianao 20 3 7 1 1 0 3 0 .350 1945–46 Marianao 74 8 23 1 1 1 9 2 .311 1946–47 Marianao 31 3 6 0 0 0 1 0 .194 Total (4 seasons) 142 15 40 2 2 1 15 2 .282 Source: References External links Category:1914 births Category:2001 deaths Category:Algodoneros de Unión Laguna players Category:Alijadores de Tampico players Category:Cuban expatriate baseball players in Mexico Category:Diablos Rojos del México players Category:Leones de Yucatán players Category:Marianao players Category:Mayos de Navojoa players Category:Sportspeople from Pinar del Río Province Category:Venados de Mazatlán players

Piotr van Montagu

Piotr van Montagu (born 16 October 1988) is a Belgian Paralympic archer of Polish descent. He competes in classification ST and with no arms and an impairment to his right leg has found his own way to becoming one of the best men's compound shooters in the world. Biography van Montagu was born in Poland into a tough familial situation, a Softenon baby without arms and a deformed right leg, and was adopted by a Belgian family at age 4. His first love was wheelchair football. He practiced it for about 13 years, at a high level, participating in several World and European Cups and was even elected the second-best player in the world in 2011 during the World Cup in Paris. Fascinated by the beauty of archery and inspired by fictional characters wielding bow and arrow, notably Legolas in "The Lord of the Rings" film series, he picked up archery in 2016. It took him nearly three years at the archery club Cardinal Mercier in Braine-l'Alleud, Belgium, before being able to shoot alone, with his feet in the manner of his idol and example, the American archer Matt Stutzman. He is a member of "the Compagnie des archers du château Gerpinnes ASBL". Personal van Montagu is single and lives in Montignies-sur-Sambre, a district of the municipality of Charleroi, located in the province of Hainait, Belgium. Competitions van Montagu has participated in multiple World and European championships and two Summer Paralympics.. PARIS 2024 PARALYMPIC GAMES - van MONTAGU Piotr He qualified for the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan by finishing runner-up in the Para-Archery World Ranking Tournament And Final Paralympic Qualification for Tokyo 2021 in Nové Město, Czech Republic. In Tokyo, he finished 9th in the men's individual compound open. His best result at a World Para Archery Championship was 4th place in the Men's Individual Compound Open at the 2023 World Para Archery Championships in July 2023 in Plzeň, Czech Republic, that also offered Belgium a quota spot for the 2024 Summer Olympics. En route to the semi-final, van Montagu eliminated in the round of sixteen his idol and global icon of the sport, Matt Stutzman who had not lost to another armless archer in 13 years. His best result at a European Para-Archery Championships came 3 weeks later, a 5th place in the Men's Individual Compound Open at the 2023 European Para Championships in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. In 2024, he won the Para-Archery European Cup.. PARA-ARCHERY 2024 EUROPEAN CUP The most embarrassing moment of his career came in a match against his very idol Matt Stutzman in Dubai in February 2022, when he shot an arrow in Stutzman's target and obviously lost the match. References External links Category:1988 births Category:Living people Category:Belgian people of Polish descent Category:Paralympic archers for Belgium Category:Archers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Category:Archers at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Category:Sportspeople from Hainaut (province)

The Girl Who Banished Seven Youths (Moroccan folktale)

The Girl Who Banished Seven Youths is a folktale sourced from Morocco and published by Inea Bushnaq in her book Arab Folktales. It deals with a maiden going in search of her elder brothers in the company of a dark-skinned slavewoman who replaces her and passes herself as the youths' sister. The tale is classified, in the international Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index, as type ATU 451, "The Maiden Who Seeks her Brothers" (formerly as tale type AaTh 451A, "The Sister Seeking her Nine Brothers"), and ATU 709A, "The Sister of Nine Brothers". Variants of the first tale type exist in North Africa (among the Berbers), wherein the heroine and a black woman change races in order to trick the heroine's elder brothers into thinking the latter is their sister. Publication The tale was published by author Inea Bushnaq and by author Angela Carter in her book The Old Wives' Fairy Tale Book. Summary A mother insists she will give birth to a daughter every time she is pregnant, but every time she gives birth to a boy, until there are seven sons born to her. On her eighth pregnancy, the mother's sister says she will announce to her nephews their sibling's birth: with a spindle if a girl, and a sickle if a boy. The girl is born, but the aunt brandishes a sickle, signaling the birth of a boy. The seven youths believe another son was born and depart. The girl is given the name Wudei'a who Sent Away Subei'a, or The Girl who Banished Seven. When she is young, Wudei'a learns of her elder seven brothers, and tells her mother she wishes to visit them. The mother sends Wudei'a on a camel with a manservant and a maid. On the road, the manservant tries to convince Wudei's to let the maid ride on the camel, but the girl calls out for her mother, who forbids the maid. This works twice, but on the third time, Wudei'a is too far for her mother to answer her pleas. Thus, Wudei'a is made to walk on foot, while her maid rides the camel. They pass by a caravan, and a merchant directs them to the seven brothers' castle. Before they arrive, the manservant rubs Wudei’a's face with pitch to pass her as a black slave, while the maid is introduced as their sister. Wudei's, as a black slave, is made to delouse the brothers, when her tears fall on her arm, cleaning away part of the pitch. The brothers notice the deception, kill the manservant and the maid, and give her water to wash herself. The brothers welcome Wudei'a as their true sister and they spend time together. On the third day, they warn her to lock up the castle gate, for they will go on a hunt. In the second part of the tale, a cat puts out the fire with urine as payback for Wudei'a not sharing food, which forces the girl to look for fire with a ghoul. The ghoul goes after her, but is killed by her brothers. Wudei'a falls into a death-like state due to the ghoul's nail pricking her finger. Her body is placed on a bier, on a camel. One time, the camel makes a bow, causing the bier to fall to the ground. Robbers try to rob Wudei’a's ring from her finger, and dislodge the ghoul's nail, thus bringing her back to life. Wudei'a wakes up and rides the camel back to her brothers.Bushnaq, Inea. Arab Folktales. New York: Pantheon Books, 1986. pp. 119-124.Maier, John R. Desert Songs: Western Images of Morocco and Moroccan Images of the West. SUNY Press, 1996. pp. 231-235. . Analysis Tale type American folklorist D. L. Ashliman classified the tale in the Aarne-Thompson Index as type AaTh 451, "The Maiden Who Seeks Her Brothers"Ashliman, D. L. A Guide to Folktales in the English Language: Based on the Aarne-Thompson Classification System. Bibliographies and Indexes in World Literature, vol. 11. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1987. p. 95. . - thus, "distantly related" to the European tales The Twelve Brothers, The Six Swans and The Seven Ravens.Stephens, John; McCallum, Robyn. Retelling Stories, Framing Culture: Traditional Story and Metanarratives in Children's Literature. New York and London: Garland Publishing (Taylor and Francis Group), 1998. p. 228. . However, folklorist Hasan M. El-Shamy indexes it under a more precise type, AaTh 451A, "The Sister Seeking her Nine Brothers".El-Shamy, Hasan. Types of the Folktale in the Arab World: A Demographically Oriented Tale-Type Index. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2004. p. 226. The tale type is also one of many types listed in the international index that deal with a brother-sister relationship.El-Shamy, Hasan. "Sister and Brother, Motif P253". In: Jane Garry and Hasan El-Shamy (eds.). Archetypes and Motifs in Folklore and Literature. A Handbook. Armonk / London: M.E. Sharpe, 2005. p. 350. As for the second part of the story, the narrative sequence (sister as brothers' housekeeper; fetching fire from ogre; sister dying and brothers carrying her body) is classified in the revised edition of the Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index (post-2004) as type ATU 709A, "The Sister of Nine Brothers".Uther, Hans-Jörg. The types of International Folktales. A Classification and Bibliography, based on the System of Antti Aarne and Stith Thompson. Volume 1: Animal tales, tales of magic, religious tales, and realistic tales, with an introduction. Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia-Academia Scientiarum Fennica, 2004. p. 384. . This subtype is, thus, related to type ATU 709, "Snow White".Artese, Charlotte. Shakespeare and the Folktale: An Anthology of Stories. Princeton University Press, 2019. p. 250. . Motifs In type AaTh 451A, the sister is replaced by the false sister by changing races with the antagonist, a motif classified in the Motif-Index of Folk-Literature as D30, "Transformation to person of different race".El-Shamy, Hasan. Types of the Folktale in the Arab World: A Demographically Oriented Tale-Type Index. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2004. p. 226. According to professor John R. Maier, the name of the heroine (Udea, Wudei'a and other spellings) is a linguistic pun related to the destiny of her brothers: her name is related to the word wada'a "sends away", which is what happens to the heroine's brothers as soon as she is born.Maier, John R. Desert Songs: Western Images of Morocco and Moroccan Images of the West. SUNY Press, 1996. p. 231. . Variants The Little Sister With Seven Brothers In a Moroccan tale collected by Jilali El Koudia with the title The Little Sister with Seven Brothers, a girl is born as the eighth child of a king, but the seven other princes receive the wrong information that it was a brother and depart from the kingdom. Years later, the girl learns that her brothers became a king and province governors in another realm and decides to visit them. She is accompanied by a pair of black slaves and a magical artifact named mejoun, which gives her instructions on how to avoid being deceived by the slaves. However, the slaves notice the mejoun and break it against a rock. They reach a stop with two fountains, a white one that makes people white, and a black one that makes people black. The pair washes themselves in the white fountain and forces the princess to bathe in the black one. The trio reach the brothers' kingdom and they embrace the false sister as their own. Some time later, the camel herd flees for some reason and the slave (the true sister) is made to herd them. She laments her fate and the camels, out of pity, join in her sorrow and become thin and emaciated. One of the brothers, the sultan, discovers the strange incident and questions the slave herd. She confesses the whole story and the camels begin to eat healthier again. The sultan orders some guard to take the false sister and her companion t the black fountain to restore their true form, and to punish them. The tale continues as another tale type, but with the sisters-in-law as the antagonists.El Koudia, Jilali; Allen Roger. Moroccan Folktales. Syracuse University Press, 2003. pp. 33-39. . The tale was classified as type AaTh 451A.El Koudia, Jilali; Allen Roger. Moroccan Folktales. Syracuse University Press, 2003. pp. 162, 172. . The Youths and the Flag In a Moroccan Arabic tale titled ed-dkūra w el-ʕālām, translated as Los varones y la bandera ("The youths and the flag"), collected from a source in Tanger, seven sons of a couple camp out of their home and announce for his parents to wave a red flag for the birth of a sister, and a white for a boy's. The youths' mother gives birth to a girl and asks a servant to wave a red flag, but she waves a white one, causing the boys to leave home. The girl is raised alone by her parents, and a neighbour tells her about her seven elder brothers. The girl then decides to pay then a visit, and her mother gives her a little bell and orders the servant to accompany her. On the way there, the servant wants the girl to climb down the camel so she can ride for a while, but the girl's mother, communicating from the little bell, forbids her to do so. After a while, the duo reaches a place with two pools, one for white people, and another for black people. The girl takes a bath in the pool for black people and her skin turns black, while the servant washes herself the white one and becomes white. The duo trade places and reach the brothers' house, the servant passing herself off as their sister, while their true sister is made to herd the horses. The true sister sings her laments, which the horses listen to and stop eating. The youngest brother goes to investigate and spies on the girl singing her song. They also notice that the girl has straight hair, instead of curly, like the one who claims to be their sister has. They take both girls to the area of the pools and reverse their transformation by having the servant wash herself in the black pool and their sister in the white pool. The Seven Brothers and Their Sister In a Moroccan tale collected in Ayt Weryaghel, Al Hoceima, Rif, with the title Ḏanfusṯ n sebεa wumaṯen ḏ wečma-ṯsen (French: Les sept frères et leur sœur; English: "The Seven Brothers and Their Sister"), a woman has seven adult children. One day, the brothers ask his mother, who is expecting a child, to wave a white flag to signal a daughter's birth and a red one for a boy's, since they will move out if another son is born to her. The woman gives birth to a girl, but a red flag is waved, causing the seven brothers to leave home. The girl grows up, and is mocked for causing her elder brother to leave the village. She decides to pay a visit to her brothers, and is joined by the family's slave. Her mother gives her a bell for communication, and allows her to go. On the way, the female slave orders the girl to climb down the camel, for she wants to ride the animal, but the mother's bell rings to signal its disapproval. At another leg of the journey, when they reach two pools, the bell does not ring, and the slave seizes the opportunity to have the girl take a bath in the pool for black slaves, becoming a Black person, while the slave washes herself in the pool for white people, and her skin becomes white. This allows her to pass herself off as the sister, and mounts the camel. The duo reaches another village with seven houses, where the seven brothers welcome the false sister and force the girl, disguised as a black slave, to herd their horses. The true sister eats with the dogs and sleeps by the hearth, and sings a sad song to the brothers' seven horses. Six of the horses listen to the song and do not eat, save for one that is deaf. The brothers notice that the horses have not been eating, and chastise the slave. One day, while the girl is singing the song, a neighbour notices the song and the fact that she combs her long hair, and alerts the seven brothers. The youngest brother asks the slave about it, and she confirms her story. The group then sets a trap for the false sister: they invite both girls inside to eat couscous, and ask them to show their hair. The false sister shows her kinky hair, confirming her deception. The true sister asks the slave to be drawn and quartered and her bones used to fashion a doll for her. It is done so. After a while, the group decides to return to their parents, and prepare a caravan with their horses and their seven wives, and their little sister. The girl forgets her doll and goes back to fetch it, but the doll has turned into an ogress. The little sister tries to alert the brothers about the ogress; they hear a scream and check on their little sister, but everything seems fine. At last, the group reach their parents' house, and the girl sleeps with the doll. The next day, they find the girl dead, strangled by the ogress. The story of Sarsara-wedder-sebɛa In an Eastern Moroccan tale from Figuig translated as The story of Sarsara-wedder-sebɛa, a woman has seven sons who ask their mother to bear them a sister. In time, the woman gives birth to a girl, but an enemy tells the boys a brother was born, and they leave their home to another country. As for the girl, named Sarsara-wedder-sebɛa ('Sarsara-that-lost-seven'), she is endlessly mocked in her home village. One day, she asks her mother the reason for her mocking nickname, and the woman reveals about her seven older brothers. Sarsara decides to visit them, and departs with a black servant girl and a necklace, Sarsara riding atop a palanquin. On the way to the desert, the servant girl, Yaya Ambruka orders Sarsara to dismount, but Sarsara's mother's voice, echoing from the necklace, forbids the servant. After a while, Yaya Ambruka snatches Sarsara's necklace and breaks it, then they reach a place with two basins, one of milk and the other of "black honey" (which means 'pitch'). Yaya Ambruka tells the girl to bathe in the black honey basin, lying that Sarsara will become white, while she goes to wash herself in the milk one. It happens thus, and Yaya Ambruka becomes a white person, while Sarsara's skin becomes black. Yaya Ambruka puts on Sarsara's clothes and they ride to the brothers' house, where she passes herself off as their sister, while the true sister is made to pasture their camels. Sarsara, as their servant, sings a lament to the camels, which stop eating, save for a deaf one. A muezzin alerts the brothers about the servant's singing, and the youngest brother questions her about the emaciated camels, but she answers she simply pastures them. The youngest brother, suspecting something, trails behind the servant until she reaches a tree. The servant girl then begins her song, mentioning her father and mother. On listening to her song, the youngest brother recognizes her as their sister, Sarsara, who confirms her substitution by the former slave woman. The brothers bring the case to a judge, who forces both girls to show their chests, proving the replacement. The brothers then take Yaya Ambruka and Sarsara to the basins in the desert, have them take a bath in the correct pools to reverse their transformation, and punish the slave girl. Sarsara is welcomed by her brothers as their true sister with a celebration. As the tale continues, Sarsara's sisters-in-law, their wives, trick her into eating a snake's egg to humiliate her (another tale type). The Black Woman and the Two Yarns In a Berber Moroccan tale collected by French linguist with the title La négresse et les deux pelotes de fil ("The Black Woman and the Two Yarns"), two brothers live with their younger sister. One day, they depart to herd their animals in the mountains and leave the sister in the company of a black servant. The girl wishes to visit her brothers and goes on a journey with provisions and two yarns, one white, another black, on the back of a mule, while the servant walks on foot. At one point, the servant orders the girl to dismount the mule and allow her to climb, but the yarns forbid her. They finally reach a fountain, where the girl wishes to drink some water. The black servant orders her to climb down the mule and fetch water herself, since the girl forbid her from mounting the mule. Obeying the servant, the girl goes to drink water, while the servant takes the two yarns, dips them in water and tosses the black yarn at the girl and places the white one on herself. This makes them change their skin tones: the servant becomes white and the girl becomes black, then they continue their journey until they reach the brothers, who welcome the servant as their sibling. The true sister, for walking barefoot all the way, has injured her feet, so she rests for a day, then is made to pasture their camels. During this task, she cries to camels about her misfortune, and the animals cry for her plight. One day, one of the brothers finds out that they look emaciated and complains to their camel herd, threatening to beat her if she fails again. Once again, she cries for her mother, which the camels listen and bow down in respect, stunning her brother. The youth questions her about it and she reveals she is their sister, not the one they welcomed before, and suggests she tests their identity by having them try opening a chest with a key. The false sister fails, but the true one does it, and the brother force the false sister to reverse the girls' transformation. It is done so, and the brothers rejoice their sister is back, then punish the black servant by having her drawn and quartered by two thirsty camels. Fadma who lost her brothers In a Berber Moroccan (Chleuh) tale titled Fadma qui a perdu ses frères ("Fadma who lost her brothers"), seven brothers are born successively to a woman, but warn her they will leave home if another male sibling is born after them, so they set a method to signal the newborn's birth. A girl is born, but the signals are mixed up and the brothers believe an eighth sibling was born, so they leave home. The girl, named Fadma, grows up and decides to pays a visit to her brothers. She buys seven djellabas and seven pairs of babouches, and locks the gifts in a coffer, making a wish for the coffer to only open by the hand that locked it. Her mother gives her a snail and a black slave to accompany her, and she takes the road on a mule. After walking a long way, the slave finds some boys fighting over two balls, a black and a white. The slave asks the boys about the balls and they reveal that the white ball can change a black person's skin to white, and the black ball does the opposite to a white person. The slave wants to trade Fadma's mule with the boys and tries to force the girl to climb down, but the snail warns her, just like it has warned before. Still, the slave gets her way and obtains the two balls, which she uses on Fadma to make their skins change colours: the slave to a white one, and Fadma to a black one. The pair reach the house of the seven brothers, and the slave passes herself off as the real sister. The real sister is made to herd their camels, and sings a sad song about her situation, mourning her fate. A camel listens to her sad tale and cries for her, forgetting to eat. In time, the animal becomes malnourished, and the elder brother goes to their herd to complain about it. The herd says she has done nothing, but the elder brother decides to investigate. The next day, the youth spies on the herd as she positions two stones, sits on them and cries for her fate by singing a song. The same camel joins her mourning and the elder brother goes back to tell his brothers to each see the event. The following day, another brother goes to spy on the herd and the camel, as the girl cries for her fate in a song and the camel joins her. The third day, the rest of the brothers eavesdrop on the girl's sad song, through which she tells herself, Fadma, about the situation she is in, while the slave "is enthroned" in her brothers' house. The brothers soon weep for their sister, having discovered the truth, and go to embrace her. Fadma shows them that the disguise was not complete, for the skin under her collar is still her own. As the final proof, the brothers force the false sister to open the coffer, which only the real Fadma can open. It happens thus, and the slave is unmasked. The brothers force her to reverse the transformation, and Fadma pronounces the imposter's verdict: drawn and quartered by camels. The slave is punished. Later, the brothers move out to another compound, and bring their sister with them. After they are settled, the girl goes to make a fire, and finds a source in the distance, which belongs to some ogres. Fadma asks for a charcoal, the ogre gives her some, but frightens the girl and she rushes back to her brothers' house, some drops of blood creating a trail for the ogre to follow. The ogre goes to the house and threatens to enter and eat the girl. She asks for a little bird's help, which brings Fadma's comb to her brothers to warn them. They rush back home and find her safe and sound, and dig up a pit to trap the ogre, which they cover with a carpet. They invite the ogre in and he falls into the pit. The brothers then burn the ogre. See also Udea and Her Seven Brothers The Twelve Wild Ducks The Six Swans The Seven Ravens The Twelve Brothers The Goose Girl Footnotes References Further reading Category:African fairy tales Category:Fiction about cannibalism Category:Fiction about shapeshifting Category:ATU 400-459 Category:ATU 700-749

Józef Bem Monument

The Józef Bem Monument (Polish: Pomnik Józefa Bema) is a monument in Warsaw, Poland, placed in the Royal Baths park, within the Downtown district. It consists of a bust of Józef Bem, a 19th-century military officer, who was a leader of the Polish insurgent forcess during the November Uprising. It was designed by Bohdan Święcicki, and unveiled in 1924. Originally it was placed at Dwudziestego Dziewiątego Listopada Street, and it was moved to its current location in 2004. History thumb|left|180px|The monument in 1928. The monument was proposed by the 1st Horse Artillery Division of the Polish Armed Forces, and unvailed at its barracks in 1924, near Dwudziestego Dziewiątego Listopada Street. It was designed by Bohdan Święcicki, and dedicated to Józef Bem, a 19th-century military officer, who was a leader of the Polish insurgent forcess during the November Uprising. In 2004, the monument was moved to its current in the Royal Baths park.Irena Grzesiuk-Olszewska: Warszawska rzeźba pomnikowa. Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Neriton, 2003, p. 69. ISBN 83-88973-59-2. (in Polish) Characteristics The monument is placed in the eastern sidd of the Royal Baths park, at the alley connecting the Royal Baths Amphitheatre and Hunting and Horseriding Museum. It consists of a bronze bust of Józef Bem, in a military coat with epaulette. To his chest are attached the Knight Cross of the Legion of Honour and the Gold Cross of the War Order of Virtuti Militari. The design was based on the 19th-century illustrations of Bem. The bust is placed on a stone pedestal divided vertically into three sections. It bears inspiration "BEM" on it. The monument belongs to the Royal Baths Museum. References Category:Monuments and memorials in Warsaw Category:1924 establishments in Poland Category:1924 sculptures Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1924 Category:Outdoor sculptures in Warsaw Category:Statues in Poland Category:Sculptures of men in Poland Category:Bronze sculptures in Poland Category:Statues of military officers Category:Relocated buildings and structures Category:Ujazdów, Warsaw Category:Busts (sculpture)

Greater Manchester bus route 18 (Stagecoach Manchester)

Greater Manchester Bus route 18 is a Bee Network bus route operating between Manchester Royal Infirmary and Langley. It is operated by Stagecoach Manchester on contract from Transport for Greater Manchester and shares the same intermediate stops between Shudehill Interchange and Middleton bus station with route 17. History thumb|First Greater Manchester Wright Eclipse Gemini bodied Volvo B9TL at Shudehill Interchange in March 2011 The history of the 18 can be traced back into the 1930s, when SELNEC purchased the tram route from High Street to Middleton from Manchester Corporation Tramways and retained its route number 17. In the 1980/90s it was run by GM Buses before First Greater Manchester took over the company. Meanwhile, this route, was introduced, sharing same intermediate stops between Shudehill Interchange and Middleton bus station with the 17. Route 18 is one of the few Manchester routes still using its original number from the original 1914 numbering system.When buses were the only way to go for most people Manchester Evening News 20 April 2010 On 2 June 2019, it was taken over by Go North West,Timetables Go North West followed by Stagecoach Manchester in 2024 prior to Trenche 2 of Bee Network. Current route Full route Full route operates half hourly throughout the day. It starts from Manchester Royal Infirmary, via Shudehill Interchange, Collyhurst, Harpurhey, Blackley and Middleton bus station before teminating at Langley. Part routes Along with the full route, there are 2-4 buses per hour operating between Shudehill Interchange and Langley, making the route operates every 10–15 minutes on this section throughout the daytime. There are also limited part services operating between Queens Park and Langley. At weekdays and Saturday midnight, there is also a service only operates one way between Langley and Middleton bus station. Primary destinations The 18 serves the following locations: Manchester Royal Infirmary Shudehill Interchange Sandhills Queen's Park Harpurhey Blackley Boggart Hole Clough Alkrington Middleton bus station Langley Trivia There's also a route operating between Manchester Airport and Eccles by Arriva North West which bears the same number with this route. References 18

Alexander Freiherr von Wangenheim

Alexander Freiherr von Wangenheim (31 October 1872 – 1 March 1959) was a German Nazi politician. After attending elementary school and the Ernestine Gymnasium, Gotha, he completed an agricultural apprenticeship. Wangenheim later studied history in Marburg and Berlin. In January 1897, he became a career officer. He later worked in agriculture again and was chief editor of various newspapers. In February 1913, Wangenheim joined the press department in the Prussian War Ministry. After the end of the First World War, Wangenheim helped found the Brandenburgischen Bauernhochschule (Brandenburg Farmers' College) in Neuruppin, where he worked until the autumn of 1927. In 1928, von Wangenheim became director of the Märkische Farmers' College (Bauernhochschule Vereins Brandenburgischer Bauern und Bauernhochschüler). He married in 1939. Wangenheim was editor of the Völkischer Beobachter from 1921. He joined the NSDAP for the first time in 1922, then again in 1928 after the ban was lifted (membership number 77,217). In that year he was promoted to SA leader in Brandenburg and the Ostmark  and appointed Gau and Reich speaker of the NSDAP. In the Reichstag election of September 1930, Wangenheim was elected to the Reichstag as a candidate of the NSDAP for constituency 4 (Potsdam I), to which he subsequently belonged without interruption until the end of National Socialist rule in May 1945. In the election of March 1936, Wangenheim exchanged his mandate for constituency 4 for a mandate for constituency 2 (West Berlin). The most important parliamentary event in which Wangenheim participated during his time as a member of parliament was the passing of the Enabling Act in March 1933. From 1933, Wangenheim was head of the Kurmark "Alexander Freiherr von Wangenheim"-Gransee Farmers' School. From 1934 to 1945, von Wangenheim was head of the Reich Farmers' College in Goslar . He was also a member of the Reich Farmers' Council and the Kurmark State Farmers' Council, the Association of Brandenburg Farmers and Farmers' College Students, and the Association of Free German Farmers. The rank held by Wangenheim in the SA at the end of the war was that of SA-Standartenführer . References https://www.reichstag-abgeordnetendatenbank.de/selectmaske.html?pnd=101417004&recherche=ja Category:Sturmabteilung officers Category:1959 deaths Category:German barons Category:20th-century German farmers Category:German newspaper editors Category:Members of the Reichstag 1930–1932 Category:Members of the Reichstag 1932 Category:Members of the Reichstag 1932–1933 Category:Members of the Reichstag 1933 Category:Members of the Reichstag 1933–1936 Category:Members of the Reichstag 1936–1938 Category:Members of the Reichstag 1938–1945 Category:1872 births

2024 World Athletics U20 Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles

The men's 110 metres hurdles at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at the Estadio Atlético de la VIDENA in Lima, Peru on 29 and 30 August 2024. Records U20 standing records prior to the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships were as follows: Record Athlete & Nationality Mark Location DateWorld U20 Record12.72Nairobi, Kenya21 August 2021Championship RecordWorld U20 Leading13.12Eugene, United States13 June 2024 Results Heats The first 2 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 8 fastest (q) qualified to the semi-finals. Heat 1 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes15Andre Korbmacher13.4029Vinicius De Brito13.6833Bojan Novaković13.69, 47Daniel Beckford13.7458Muhammad Mohd Faizal13.9764Angel Lopez13.9972Yu Hashimoto14.0286Philipp Pichler14.41 Wind: -0.7 m/s Heat 2 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes19Ja'Kobe Tharp13.2323Matteo Togni13.6837Werner Bezuidenhout13.9544Gerónimo Canizales14.0955Bogdan Goncharov14.1966Le Cong Fun14.3072Walid Touati14.3681Nikolaos Tsonis14.5298Elior Sopher14.74 Wind: -1.6 m/s Heat 3 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes17Richard Hall13.5829Matheo Boulineau13.6938Paulo Romualdo13.7742Hristyan Kasabov13.82, 55Tahj Brown14.2864Steven Leppoja14.2976Eyal Uziel14.3283William Wong14.85 Wind: -0.9 m/s Heat 4 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes17Daniel Goriola13.4126Zeno Van Neygen13.6039Nils Leifert13.68, 45Yander L. Herrera13.7953Gediminas Kulpavičius14.0168Rashid Kabba14.0671Eui-chan Hwang14.2684Zehr Gasmi14.2792Hariharan Kathiravan15.34 Wind: -0.9 m/s Heat 5 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes15Rasmus Vehmaa13.6021Kyousuke Yamanaka13.7337Even Grannes Pedersen13.9249Serge Taha13.9852Ričards Peders14.0164Tommaso Triolo14.2373Raiko Kahr14.3386Nayan Sarde14.6098Tayshaun Robinson14.69 Wind: -1.1 m/s Heat 6 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes14Yuanjiang Chen13.3725Yuan-Kai Hsieh13.4936Timon Dethloff14.0041Saviola Waithira14.0358Fabrizio Jara14.4467Güercio Pérez14.4572Peter Dávid14.4689Ramón Fuenzalida14.493Wihan Kemp Wind: -0.6 m/s Heat 7 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes16Oumar Abakar13.4624Matyáš Zach13.5533Theo Pedre13.6342Radostin Milenov13.9758Sandun Wijayalath14.0467Rayvon Walkin14.1279Jason Ravelo14.3385Adam Ilgo14.771Keon Rude Wind: -0.1 m/s Heat 8 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes17Noah Hanson13.4623Némo Rase13.4939Daniel Castilla13.5945Farkas Felber13.6952Girts Šenkevics14.0766Rafael Santos14.1378German Quiroz15.134Adrian Rodriguez Wind: -1.1 m/s Semi-finals The first 2 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified to the semi-finals. Heat 1 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes17Andre Korbmacher13.25, 24Némo Rase13.4635Yuan-Kai Hsieh13.6342Farkas Felber13.7153Matheo Boulineau13.7569Daniel Beckford13.8078Kyousuke Yamanaka13.836Daniel Goriola Wind: +0.7 m/s Heat 2 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes17Yuanjiang Chen13.3826Oumar Abakar13.4034Rasmus Vehmaa13.5449Yander L. Herrera13.6252Bojan Novaković13.88 (.871)68Vinicius De Brito13.88 (.873)3Daniel Castilla5Matyáš Zach Wind: +0.6 m/s Heat 3 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes16Ja'Kobe Tharp13.11, 27Richard Hall13.4438Theo Pedre13.6645Noah Hanson13.7053Matteo Togni13.7164Hristyan Kasabov13.8479Nils Leifert13.8882Paulo Romualdo14.76 Wind: -0.6 m/s Final Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes4Ja'Kobe Tharp13.056Andre Korbmacher13.147Yuanjiang Chen13.2145Oumar Abakar13.4459Yander L. Herrera13.46 (.452)63Richard Hall13.46 (.454)78Némo Rase13.542Rasmus Vehmaa Wind: -0.5 m/s References 100 metres hurdles men Category:Sprint hurdles at the World Athletics U20 Championships

Alexandrino Faria de Alencar

Alexandrino Faria de Alencar (12 October 1848 – 18 April 1926) was a Brazilian admiral and politician who served as Minister of the Navy several times during the First Brazilian Republic. During his many tenures as minister of the navy, Alencar carried out substantial reforms and modernizations in the Brazilian Navy. Born to a traditional family in Rio Pardo, Rio Grande do Sul, Alencar joined the Naval School in 1865 and took part in the Paraguayan War as part of the Montevideo Naval Squadron. A convinced republican, Alencar sided with the perpetrators of the military coup d'état that overthrew the Brazilian Empire and installed the First Brazilian Republic in 1889. In the aftermath of the coup, Alencar took part in the Naval Revolts of 1891 and 1893 against presidents Deodoro da Fonseca and Floriano Peixoto. During the second revolt, at the head of the battleship Aquidabã, Alencar took part in the battle of Anhatomirim, during which his vessel was torpedoed by a government warship. The revolt was defeated by the federal government and Alencar went into exile in Montevideo. A defender of heavy capital ships, Alencar headed a movement for the modification of Brazil's 1904 Naval Program, aimed at expanding the country's obsolete fleet, during his first tenure as navy minister. The modifications were approved by Congress in 1907 after the launch of HMS Dreadnought, and included the acquisition of the Minas Geraes-class battleships and several other vessels. This naval expansion sparked a naval arms race between Brazil, Argentina, and Chile. Early life and family The son of Alexandrino de Melo Alencar and Ana Ubaldina Faria de Alencar, Alexandrino Faria de Alencar was born on 12 October 1848 in Rio Pardo, Rio Grande do Sul. From a traditional family, his father was a captain in the Imperial Brazilian Army. He was also a great-grandson of French general Pierre Labatut, who fought in the Brazilian War of Independence, and great-grandnephew of Bárbara de Alencar, who took part in the Pernambuco Revolution of 1817 and the Confederation of the Equator. After finishing his first studies with private tutors, Alencar moved to Rio de Janeiro in the early 1860s in order to prepare to join the Naval School, which he did with the rank of midshipman candidate in 1865. The next year, he volunteered for the Paraguayan War, but was dismissed from service due to his young age. In 1868 he rose to the rank of midshipman and joined the Montevideo Naval Squadron, taking part in the Paraguayan War. With the end of the war, Alencar returned to Brazil, being promoted to the rank of second lieutenant in 1870 and first lieutenant in 1873. During this period, he made trips to Europe and Africa, served as military attaché to a special mission in China, and travelled the United States. In 1877, he became artillery instructor to the Naval Battalion. From 1879 to 1881 he went on a circumnavigation voyage and in 1883 he became an assistant to frigate captain Custódio de Melo. In 1885 he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant captain. From 1887 to 1888, as chief mate to admiral Saldanha da Gama, he took part in the cruiser Barroso'''s missions to North America. Alencar married Amália Murray dos Santos. Together they had one child, Armando de Alencar (b. 1886), who would later become a justice of Brazil's Supreme Federal Court in 1937. Republican coup and naval revolts A convinced republican, Alencar commanded the troops that marched to Campo de Santana on 15 November 1889 during the military coup d'état headed by Deodoro da Fonseca that overthrew the Brazilian Empire. With the coup's success, Alencar was given command of the battleship Riachuelo, tasked with escorting the steamer Alagoas that took the Brazilian imperial family into exile in Europe until the limits of Brazil's territorial waters. In 1890, Alencar was promoted to frigate captain. With Deodoro da Fonseca in power, Alencar opposed his coup that dissolved Congress on 3 November 1891 and established a state of emergency. In response, Custódio de Melo headed a movement to pressure Fonseca to resign on 23 November 1891, which Alencar supported. Fonseca was then succeeded by vice president Floriano Peixoto. thumb|Damage caused to the bow of Aquidabã by the torpedo boat Gustavo Sampaio|left In 1893, in command of the battleship Aquidabã, Alencar sided with the navy rebels headed by admirals Saldanha da Gama, Custódio de Melo, and Eduardo Wandenkolk, against Floriano Peixoto. The rebels wanted for new elections to be held. The Second Naval Revolt, as it became known, lastet from September 1893 to March 1894. During its course, the rebel fleet went South in order to join another revolt: the Federalist Revolution that was raging in Southern Brazil, and capture Santa Catarina's capital, the city of Desterro. On 16 April 1894, Aquidabã was torpedoed by the government warship Gustavo Sampaio in the battle of Anhatomirim, partially sinking. The revolt was defeated by the federal government and Alencar went into exile in Montevideo. Return to Brazil and career advancement Alencar returned to Brazil in 1897, being amnestied and reintregrated into the navy. In 1899 he was promoted to the rank of commisioned captain of sea and war; the following year he was made effective in the same rank and took over the General Command of the Torpedo Boats. In 1902 he was promoted to counter admiral. The following year he assumed command of the Northern Naval Division. In 1904 he became consultant to the Naval Council in Rio de Janeiro and in 1905 he was given command of the Southern Naval Division. Political career thumb|Alencar and the Ministry of the Navy building In 1905, Alencar was elected senator for Amazonas, taking office on May 1906. As senator, he became an advocate for the adoption of a naval program that matched Brazil's foreign policy and the country's naval rearmament. However, with the beginning of president Afonso Pena's government in November, Alencar was appointed minister of the navy by the president - replacing Júlio César de Noronha - and resigned his position as senator. As minister of the navy, Alencar was promoted to vice admiral in 1908. The next year he was appointed justice to Brazil's Superior Miltary Court (STM), an office he occupied for 11 years. Death Alencar died on 18 April 1926 in Rio de Janeiro. Legacy thumb|Sailors at the CIAA in 2023 Alexandrino Faria de Alencar is the patron and lends his name to the Admiral Alexandrino Instruction Center (; CIAA), which trains sailors for the Brazilian Navy. The institution was founded on 22 October 1836 and given its current name on 13 May 1993. Works published Alexandrino Faria de Alencar published the following works: Segredo mecânico do torpedo Witehead (Mechanical secret of the Witehead torpedo) - 1882; Relatório ao ministro da Marinha Antônio de Almeida Oliveira sobre a instalação de uma oficina de torpedos no Arsenal de Marinha de Ladário e um plano para a defesa móvel e fixa do rio Paraguai (Report to the Minister of the Navy Antônio de Almeida Oliveira on the installation of a torpedo workshop at the Ladário Navy Arsenal and a plan for the mobile and fixed defense of the Paraguay River) - 1883; Aquidaban - Histórico do combate de 16 de abril'' (Aquidaban - History of the combat of 16 April) - 1895. 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Manuel Homem

Manuel Gomes da Conceição Homem (born 24 November 1979) is an Angolan engineer and politician. He has been, since September 2022, the provincial governor of Luanda. He is also the 1st Provincial Secretary of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) in Luanda and a member of the 8th Politburo. He had served as the Minister of Telecommunications, Information Technology, and Social Communication prior to that. Biography Homem attended primary school in Cacongo, in his home province of Cabinda, and secondary school in the province of Luanda at the Instituto Médio Normal de Educação "Garcia Neto", specializing in biochemistry. He completed a course in information engineering from the Private University of Angola (UPRA). Afterwards, he completed a master's degree in information systems and project management from the Open University of Lisbon. In 1996, he became a member of the Youth of MPLA (JMPLA), the youth wing of the MPLA, and was a member of their National Committee from 2009 to 2014. He is a member of the 8th Politburo of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola. Homem was the General Director of the National Institute of Growth of the Information Society (INFOSI). He was also the State Secretary for Information Technology. In March 2020, he assumed office as the Minister of Telecommunications, Information Technology, and Social Communication. While minister, he attended the reburial ceremony of Jacob Caetano, a rebel leader during the Angolan War of Independence and Angolan Civil War.Angola: Ossadas de Nito Alves, “Monstro Imortal”, “Sianouk” e Ilídio Ramalhete entregues às famílias. VOA Português. 8 June 2022. In 2022, he was elected the first Party Provincial Secretary in Luanda. In September 2022, he assumed office as the Provincial Governor of Luanda. References Category:1979 births Category:Living people Category:People from Cabinda Province Category:People from Luanda Province Category:Angolan politicians Category:Government ministers of Angola Category:MPLA politicians Category:Governors of Luanda

Honduran art

thumb|Murals in Cantarranas. Honduran art is any artistic piece produced or that resembles the cultural patterns of the Republic of Honduras, which has been a facet that has existed with the very presence of the human being in the Honduran territory.Honduras en su historia y en su arte. 1993Antología de las artes plásticas de Honduras 2002. Universidad de Texas Honduran art today is a mix of various artistic movements over the centuries that mixes both Euro-Western and indigenous elements as well influenbce of afro-caribbean groups such as the Garífuna and many techniques such as realism, surrealism, cubism, abstraction, etc. Pre-columbian art thumb|Estela B of Copán. They oldest presence of artistic pieces we can locate is with the arrival of migrations of human groups, hunters and gatherers who arrived at the isthmus at the end of the last ice age. Some evidence of the oldest presence of artistic expressions in Honduras that we have in Honduran soil are the region of La Esperanza in the department of Intibucá, La Cueva del Gigante in La Paz and the Footprints of Juan. With the passing of the centuries we would see the settlement of sedentary cultures which would form the first population centers of Honduras. These centers, in addition to being dedicated to agriculture, would also become cultural centers, giving shape to more complex artistic expressions than in Past eras, here we can see the formation of the first forms of pottery, carving, and painting, many of these techniques had both eligious and ornamental purposes. Cultural influences eventually arrive from other places, it is worth highlighting the Olmec influence in the pre-classical period on Honduran soil in terms of the art found in vessels as construction techniques for urban centers. thumb|Vessel from Los Naranjos archeological park. From this onwards in Honduras there where stablisehd the two major indigenous cultural influences, Mesoamerican and Circum-Caribbean. When the urban centers began to gain a very important role in terms of trade routes and had a better organized society was when the Pre-Columbian peoples of Honduras developed a more sophisticated and much diverse artistic techniques of pottery, sculpture, painting, muralism, etc. The most emblematic examples of this type of pre-Hispanic Honduran art are found in the ruins of Mayan cities such as Copan and El Puente, due to their high degree of remains of stelae, sculptures, carvings, and decorative ornaments such as jade for use in jewelry. In these Mayan cities, the painting techniques were perfected, which were characterized by using pigments with bright colors. Some Mayan buildings in Honduras still have samples and fragments of the color that painted them in the past, and it is known that there may have been Codex existed in cities like Copán, but until now, none have been found or preserved. thumb|Lenca Pot from Comayagua department. Another Mesoamerican people in Honduras that developed a sophisticated type of art were the Lencas; various museums have diverse pieces of polychrome pottery from this people made during the pre-classical and classical periods. The other indigenous peoples such as the Chorotegas, Pech, Tolupan, and Tawakha developed their own pottery and polychrome styles, adapting to their own styles and cultural reality in Honduran territory before the Spanish conquest. Architecture stood out greatly thanks to the fact that pre-Hispanic people used stone-based construction techniques. In addition to the Mayan cities found in Honduras, there are archaeological remains of other cultures such as the Lencas and the Pech, who also used to build pyramidal structures and plazas. Gallery Colonial art (1539-1821) thumb|294x294px|Main altarpiece of St.Michael archangel Metropolitan Cathedral. Spanish colonial art in Honduras began to develop once the process of conquests and colonization of the territory began to consolidate, although by the middle of the 16th century with the founding of cities by the conquerors, churches began to be built that carried Roman Catholic artistic pieces. It must be noted that colonial art was mainly religious but had indigenous elements as a result of the syncretism between the local culture and the European elements of the Spanish settlers.Cuatro centros de arte colonial provinciano hispano criollo en Honduras Mario Felipe Martínez Editorial Universitaria thumb|Original plan of the Caxa Real, an example of Spanish colonial architecture. The predominant artistic style was baroque as a product of the counter-reformation, the artistic style can be found in most paintings of the time, in addition to artistic pieces such as the altarpieces of the cathedrals and churches placed throughout the country. due to the previously mentioned sicretism Honduras was within the artistic style called new Spanish baroque that was present throughout the viceroyalty of New Spain which was a derivative of the Spanish baroque with American elements.Por las rutas de la plata y el añil desarrollo del arte colonial religioso hondureño. 2000 The baroque style in colonial America was not only considered an influence of the metropolis but also had a significant role in the conversion of indigenous peoples to Christianity. The Catholic Church, together with the colonial authorities, used baroque art and architecture as a tool to attract and evangelize the indigenous populations there because the Spanish-American baroque is characterized by that mixture of elements. When Spanish rule was at its greatest point, it was the time when Hispanic cities would begin to flourish as cultural centers. Honduras was no exception in the sense that in important cities of the region such as Comayagua and Tegucigalpa, it was possible to see how there was a flourishing. artistic and architectural, since there were constructions of various churches, monasteries, and other structures that gave more picturesque character to the cities. On Honduran soil, artistic works such as altarpieces, statues, and paintings were made to decorate religious temples. Several artists were trained in the region and in this way the artistic style of their Spanish teachers was transmitted to them. During the last decades of the Spanish empire during the late 18th century and early 19th century the influences of other artistic styles such as Rococo (a product of French influence since the Bourbon dynasty would begin to reign the empire from the 18th century) and neoclassical, as an alternative style that sought to vindicate the style of the Greco-Roman cultures in Europe that would later be brought to the European possessions in America.Arte colonial regional de Honduras De Alejandro Salomón Sagastume F. · 1987 Gallery Republican art (1823-today) thumb|Statue of Francisco Morazán in Tegucigalpa. After independence, Honduras went through many changes, from being a province of the First Mexican Empire for a very brief time to being part of the Central American Federation, eventually becoming independent from it in 1838. From then on, there was a period of attempted consolidation as a republican state, and in terms of social system and culture, it was not very different from what it had been in colonial times. However, with the arrival of the Liberal Reform, Honduras would see an artistic and literary flourishing thanks to its openness to the world. We would see the arrival of artistic techniques from western Europe and North America in the country and an increasing number of remodeling of public areas that required new statues and monuments that honored national heroes such as General Francisco Morazan. This art, more focused on nationalism, would serve to create a cultural identity to differentiate itself from other countries. 20th Centhury During the dictatorship of General Tiburcio Carias Andino, an attempt was made to create a Honduran identity based on the rescue of elements of the Mayan culture but emphasizing the mestizo character of the country, as a people inherited from the ancient Mayan civilization and in turn descendants of the Spanish colonists, the union of their worlds, this movement promoted by the dictatorships was called the "Mayanization of Honduras." thumb|Mario Zamora Alcántara, one the most famous Honduran sculptors of the 20th century, he worked in Honduras, Mexico and the United States. With the arrival of the coups d'état and the military juntas, protesting artistic movements began. The best known would be the cartoons that criticized the governments of the country during the Cold War, in addition to paintings that rescued the indigenous past of Honduras as well as the working and peasant classes of the country. During this time the most famous sculptor of Honduras Mario Zamora Alcántara would arrive, who would study in Mexico and would create some of the largest monumental works in the country such as The So-Called Cristo del Picacho. Many painters would be recognized in this period for representing the country in a pictorial way. By the beginning of the 21st century Honduras would see an artistic boom in murals, many of them closely related to the political unrest that occurred at that time, seeking to highlight the social character in them. Gallery Music thumb|Old Pipe Organ of The Cathedral of Comayagua. Music has developed since pre-Hispanic times, the ancient Mayans already had their own musical instruments such as aerophones and Yaxchilán clay frogs. During the colonial era, new musical influences were received and after the independence of Central America the cultivation of music continued in Honduras, traditional music and instruments began to be rescued. In 1936, the Francisco R. Díaz Zelaya National Conservatory of Music (public institution) was founded. In 1984, the incorporation of the national music conservatory into the national educational system was approved. Its graduates obtained a bachelor's degree in music, where Students are trained in various string instruments such as violin, viola, cello, double bass, guitar, piano, wind instruments such as flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, tuba, and also in instruments percussion with theoretical-practical classes. Among the various national groups and orchestras we have the National Symphony Orchestra, the Youth Symphony Orchestra, the band of the supreme powers and the national marimba "Alma de Honduras." At an international level, the musical group stood out: 'Banda Blanca'; with his hits "Sopa de Caracol", "Fiesta", "Saben Quien Arrived", among many others. Although the group produces merengue rhythms, calypso and other Afro-Antillean rhythms, its specialty is the 'Punta' rhythm. Which became popular in the 1990s. Honduras has a deep-rooted Rock culture that stated thanks toAmerican inlfuence in the countrey that dates back to the 60s with the birth of groups like "Los Robbins", in later years groups such as Diablos Negros, Delirium, Le Fou, La Pared, Café Guancasco, Horus etc. joined the movement. Cinema thumb|El Xendra is a 2012 sci-fi thriller film, which challenged Honduran cinema for its UFO theme. It could be said that the arrival of cinema was due to the liberal reform and the entry of several foreigners into Honduras, however, the true Honduran cinema began with the filmmaker Sami Kafati, who studied cinematography in Rome in the 1960s. His first cinematographic work was the experimental film Mi Amigo Ángel, produced in 1962 and is the first film in the cinematography of Honduras. Other national productions are "No hay Tierra Sin Dueño" (1984–1996), a feature-length fiction film by Sami Kafati. Currently, the playwrights Hispano Durón Gómez, Mario Jaén, among others, stand out. Some of the most recent films produced in Honduras are: "Anita, la cazadora de insectos", produced by Hispano Durón, "Amor y frijoles" by Guacamaya Films in 2009, "Souls of Midnight" (2001) by Juan Carlos Fanconi, "The Strange Body", by José A. Olay, "El Reyecito", by Fosi Bendeck, "Alto riesgo", by René Pauck, "Angel's Voice", by Francisco Andino, "Lado", by Esaú Adonai, "The Last Kidnapping", by José A. Olay, starring Marianela Ibarra, Nelyi Larice, Glen Lopez, Mario Sarmientos "We Don't Give a damn" by Regina Águila. "A Few with Courage" (The Birds of Bethlehem) by Mario Berrios, produced by Ismael Bevilacqua, directed by Douglas Martin (2010) "Quien paga la cuenta" by Guacamaya Films (2013) with the performances of Jorge Flores, Nelyi Larice, Ozcar Izacas, Sandra Ochoa, Maritza Perdomo, Anuar Vindel "El Xendra" by Juan Carlo Fanconi (2012) "Un lugar en el caribe" by Juan Carlo Fanconi (2017) "La condesa", by Mario Ramos (2021) Honduran cinema has had a boom in the last decade, the growth of filmmakers and the support by institutions and private companies to contests has motivated young students of careers related to communications to create their own short films, documentary shorts and documentaries. The Ícaro Festival is the most important international film festival in Central America and the Caribbean. fter eleven months of discussion and its approval in the National Congress, the Honduran Cinematography Law came into force on December 6, 2019, after being published in the Official Gazette La Gaceta. Photography thumb|Tegucigalpa in 1862, one of the oldest photos of Honduras preserved. Photography in Honduras began in the mid-19th century with the arrival of daguerreotypes. It is worth noting that there are photographs of Honduras that date back to the 1850s, with the first Honduran hero being the priest Jose Trinidad Reyes, who had a daguerreotype made posthumously. The arrival of foreigners to the country led to documentation of the changes in the country over the decades. Many of these foreigners were North Americans who managed to take cameras with them and were able to see what the country was like at that time, and thanks to this, fortography would begin to gain recognition and be taken into account as another art within the culture. One of the first photographers in Honduras was Arnold Theodore Williams, born in Jamaica but migrated to Honduras where he married twice, being in the apis already as a resident this document the life of the Honduran coast in the 20s from the lifestyle of the local people to historical events such as civil wars. Another one of the most famous photographers of Honduras was Juan Pablo Martell, who documented Honduras and its daily life in the 1960s and 1970s.Juan Pablo Martell: fondo documental de fotografía Gallery Honduran painters Among the most influential painters of Honduras through the ages, we find: Santos Arzú Patricia Nieto Silva Roxana Ventura Martha Alegría de Valladares Keyla Morel Victor Lopez Armando Lara Jose Miguel Gomez Ezequiel Padilla Mario Castillo Felipe Burchard Jose Antonio Velasquez Ricardo Aguilar Pablo Zelaya Sierra Virgilio Guardiola Delmer Mejia Lutgardo Molina Pablo Zelaya Sierra Hidalgo Lara See also History of Honduras References Category:Culture of Honduras Category:Honduran-American culture Category:Art by country

Ophionereis annulata

Ophionereis annulata, commonly known as the banded brittle star, is a species of brittle star in the family Ophionereididae. Distribution The banded brittle star occurs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, along the coasts of North and Central America from Santa Barbara, California, to Ecuador, as well the Galapagos Islands.Granja–Fernández R, Herrero-Pérezrul M, López-Pérez R, Hernández L, Rodríguez-Zaragoza F, Jones R, Pineda-López R (2014) Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from coral reefs in the Mexican Pacific ZooKeys 406: 101–145 It dwells in the mid- to low intertidal zone under rocky overhangs, in algae, or in sandy pools. Juveniles are often found in sponge or barnacle beds. Description The banded brittle star has five long, flat arms, or radii. The arms have distinct dark gray-brown bands, with each band flanked by a thin white stripe or blotching on either side. The exact shape and color of the bands can vary depending on the individual; they may appear oval, diamond-shaped, or rectangular, and range in various shades of gray-brown. The central disc is typically circular and light- to medium gray-brown in color, speckled with white dots. The edge of the disc is scalloped between each arm; if the scalloping is more pronounced, the disc may appear pentagonal or star-shaped. Juveniles appear similar to adults, but with thinner, more flexible arms. Ecology Commensalism The banded brittle stars which live in the Mexican Pacific are the preferred hosts of the scale worm Malmgreniella cf. variegate, a small commensal polychaete which climbs the arms of the banded brittle star and attaches itself to its host's central disc. The worm's position on the central disc (whether it is on the aboral or oral side, near the brittle star's mouth) may be determined by the amount of light present in its environment, as observed during research conducted from 2007 to 2013. During this research, the scale worm was shown to greatly prefer the banded brittle star as a host over other similar species in the same genus.Granja Fernández, Rebeca & Hernández-Moreno, Paulina & Bastida-Zavala, Rolando. (2013). First record of the association between Malmgreniella cf. variegata (Polychaeta, Polynoidae) and Ophionereis annulata (Echinodermata, Ophionereididae) in the Mexican Pacific. Symbiosis. 60. 10.1007/s13199-013-0239-x. Feeding and movement The banded brittle star utilizes different methods of feeding depending on the size of a given food particle; if the particle is relatively large, the brittle star grasps it with the tip of its arm and coils its arm to bring it to the mouth, whereas if the particle is relatively small it uses its elongate tube feet to transport food to its mouth. Unlike most Ophiuroid brittle stars, banded brittle stars locomote by taking small "steps" with their tube feet rather than with sweeping movements of the arms. Reproduction and growth The banded brittle star reproduces sexually. In their larval state, banded brittle stars are extremely small and planktonic, like other echinoderm larvae. They are barrel-like in shape. Unlike many larval echinoderms, however, banded brittle star larvae subsist on yolk (making them a type of larvae referred to as vitellariae), rather than using their bands of cilia (hair-like structures) to catch and feed on food particles. As they grow, banded brittle star larvae develop vestiges of skeletal structures typical of feeding (ophiopluteus) larvae, indicating that yolk-subsisting vitellariae like the banded brittle star evolved from ophiopluteus larvae, rather than being distinct and divergent. References Category:Ophionereididae Category:Animals described in 1851

Gaigorou massacre

On April 17, 2021, Fulani militants from the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) attacked the Zarma village of Gaigorou in Tillabéri Region, Niger, killing nineteen civilians. The massacre was part of a series of massacres on Zarma areas by ISGS since the beginning of 2021. Background At the start of 2021, the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara, a predominantly Fulani organization based in the tri-border area between Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso, began attacking civilian areas, especially with non-Fulani populations. The first major attack was the Tchoma Bangou and Zaroumdareye massacres that killed 105 people, and in March 2021 ISGS attacked the villages of Darey-Daye and a cluster of villages in Tillia, killing 66 and 141 people respectively. Gaigorou in particular has come under attack and threat by ISGS multiple times since January 2021, with the fighters seeking zakat from the villagers. Massacre At the time of the attack, villagers in Gaigorou were attending a funeral during Ramadan. A survivor stated to Human Rights Watch that the funeral was interrupted by the jihadists arriving on motorcycles, and many of the attendees ran away, leaving the old and sick to fend for themselves. The jihadists interrogated the remaining attendees, asking them where Nigerien forces were positioned in the area. When the attendees didn't know, the jihadists yelled "Lie down, now!', and counted in Pulaar to 'one, two, three …' until reaching 12. Then they opened fire. One jihadist started walking around, checking to make sure [they] were dead ... When our army fired a few mortar rounds, the jihadists panicked and sped off toward the Mali border." Another group of the detachment of jihadists chased after the attendees that had fled the funeral. The attack lasted for about an hour until the Nigerien forces began shelling the area. Governor of Tillabéri Region Ibrahim Tidjani Katiella stated that the jihadists had surrounded the village before the massacre, and after shooting the funeral attendees began shooting indiscriminately at anyone they saw in Gaigorou. Nineteen people were killed in total during the attack, and two others were injured. References Category:Jihadist insurgency in Niger Category:2021 in Niger Category:ISIL terrorist incidents in Africa Category:Massacres in 2021

Joe Young (footballer)

Joe Michael Young (born 22 September 2002) is an English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL League One club Shrewsbury Town. Career Born in Telford, Young came through the Wolverhampton Wanderers academy, joining as an 8-year-old. He signed his first professional contract with Wolverhampton Wanderers on 18 March 2020. After signing his deal, Young featured for Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 in the EFL Trophy Group stage game against Oldham Athletic in September 2020. In August 2021, Young joined Division One West club Runcorn Linnets on loan until January 2022, and after returning, he joined Matlock Town on loan until the end of the season. In June 2022, Wolves announced that Young had signed a new two-year deal with the club. In August 2022, Young was loaned out to National League South side, Dartford until January 2023, After featuring 15 times for Dartford, he joined Telford United on loan until the end of the season. After making a further two appearances for Wolves U21's in the EFL Trophy during the 2023–24 campaign, in January 2024, Young joined National League North club Buxton on loan until the end of the season. In June 2024, after returning from his loan, Young was released by Wolverhampton Wanderers. On 27 July 2024, after a successful trial period, Young penned a one-year deal with hometown side, Shrewsbury Town, he joined on the same day as Joshua Kayode. International Young represented England at Under 16 and Under 17 level. Career statistics + Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsWolverhampton Wanderers U-21s2020–21————10102021–22————00002022–23————00002023–24————2020Total———3030Runcorn Linnets (loan)2021–22Division One West18050002Appearances in FA Trophy0250Matlock Town (loan)2021–22Premier Division18000001Appearances in Play–Offs0190Dartford (loan)2022–23National League South150———150Telford United (loan)2022–23National League North230———230Buxton (loan)2023–24National League North170———170Shrewsbury Town2024–25League One0000000000Career total9105000601020 References Category:Living people Category:2002 births Category:People from Telford Category:English men's footballers Category:Men's association football goalkeepers Category:Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players Category:Runcorn Linnets F.C. players Category:Matlock Town F.C. players Category:Dartford F.C. players Category:AFC Telford United players Category:Buxton F.C. players Category:Shrewsbury Town F.C. players Category:Northern Premier League players Category:National League (English football) players Category:English Football League players

Ispmanager

Ispmanager is commercial web server and website panel control panel. It permits working with services without using a command line or manual settings. The product supports a wide range of functions and has a visual interface designed with WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines). Ispmanager supports servers based on Linux distributions and can be installed on both physical servers and virtual machines (VPS/VDS). Ispmanager allows managing software installed on the server, such as web server (Apache/Nginx, Open LiteSpeed), database server (MySQL, MariaDB, Percona, PostgreSQL), mail server (Exim/Dovecot), and other related services through a web interface. Product history The first public version of the control panel, ispmanager 4 — was released on March 17, 2004. In 2014, ispmanager 5 was released. It was written on the proprietary COREmanager framework, including a web server, plugin system, and a new theme style orion. The product was packaged in deb/rpm packages, with data storage moved to SQLite or MySQL databases. In 2021, a new version of ispmanager 6 was released with interface optimization, improved software updates, and resource monitoring. The product received updated APS repository and Ansible support. Ispmanager 6 is a web server control panel for website owners and hosting providers. It supports creation of web servers using Apache, Nginx, Open LiteSpeed software, configuration of DNS web servers. It offers the following administrator options: creating an unlimited number of sites, domains, email addresses and users. The control panel enables to work with virtual and dedicated servers. The panel allows for automatic installation of CMS, including WordPress, Drupal, Joomla etc. The service performs scheduled or manual backups. Built-in firewall filters network connections to the server and prevents unauthorized access. It works on-premise and offers 4 license configurations: lite, pro, host, and business. Product versions Features Ispmanager lite For managing a single web server. Supports up to 10 sites. Ispmanager pro For managing a single web server. Supports up to 50 sites and Docker container virtualization. Ispmanager host For managing a single web server. Unlimited number of supported sites. Supports Docker container virtualization. Ispmanager business For shared hosting. Can be installed on a server cluster. Ispmanager features Web server configuration Apache Nginx OpenLiteSpeed Supports PHP, Python, Node.js with a version selector Installation of CMS WordPress Drupal Joomla, etc. SitePro website builder Softaculous integration Databases MySQL MariaDB Percona PostgreSQL Other DB's in Docker (pro/host version only) Security Tools Let's Encrypt SSL auto-issue User and administrator access rights differentiation Configuring backups locally and to external storage Services monitoring and recovery Independent environment for the control panel and sites — sites will continue to work even if the control panel goes down AI powered antivirus and bot protection BitNinja Protection against network attacks Cloudflare integration DDoS-guard integration Fail2ban Firewall configuration VPN Wireguard DNSSEC support CloudLinux integration Mail server Setting up mail domains Creating mailboxes Setting up mail aliases and mail collectors Mail import Built-in mail client Roundcube Settings for external mail clients Spam and virus protection tools Integration and migration API Integration with HostBill, WiseCP, Blesta, ClientExec, WHMCS and BILLmanager Ability to create your own plugins and modules Transfer of users and data between ispmanager control panels Cpanel and Plesk backup files restore supported Supported operating systems Debian 11, 12 Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04 AlmaLinux 8, 9 Rocky Linux 8, 9 The latest current versions are supported. Ispmanager advantages Wide range of supported software User friendly interface by customer feedback Less resources comparable to top panels Free technical support 24/7 It is possible to update the installed software using the operating system's tools Lower price compared to competitors Licenses Ispmanager is commercial panel. The license is purchased per server IP address or (starting with ispmanager 5) is issued with activation key on servers behind NAT. The key / IP address can be changed once a month. License availability and expiration date is controlled by ispmanager's automatic access to the vendor's authorization server. A free trial of the control panel without limitation of functionality is available for 14 days. About the company Ispmanager company is the developer of ispmanager control panel, founded in Irkutsk in 2004 under the name ISPsystem. Now ispmanager now is an independed Cyprus-based IT company. In addition to the ispmanager hosting control panel, the company also provides SSL certificates, modules and professional services. Ispmanager software is widely used in 150 countries around the world. The solution is provided by partners such as Alibaba Cloud, Vultr, DigitalOcean, COLOBRIGE, eApps, mCloud, UltaHost, and others. The company is a regular exhibitor and speaker at the World's #1 Cloud Industry Conference - CloudFest and also local events in Europe and USA. See also Web hosting control panel Comparison of web hosting control panels Similar software cPanel DirectAdmin Plesk Virtualmin References External links ISPmanager review at Interserver Webhostingtalk Wiki: ispmanager Webhosting reviews & Guide: ispmanager Control Panel — The Serious Choice Official ispmanager website Official ispmanager documentation Category:2004 software Category:Web applications Category:Website management Category:User interfaces Category:Web hosting Category:Web server management software Category:WordPress

Daniel Gadegaard

Daniel Gadegaard Andersen (born 31 May 2001) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Danish 1st Division side Esbjerg fB. Career AGF Gadegaard joined AGF from the local club, Stavtrup IF, at the age of 12 and joined the club's U-13 team.Han var set som et stort talent i AGF, men Daniel Gadegaard skal spille seniorfodbold i 2. division: - Jeg ville gerne være blevet i 'GF, stiften.dk, 24 September 2022 He played in all the club's youth teams and already at the age of 16, in early 2018, he started training with AGF's Danish Superliga team.16-årige Daniel træner med Superligaen, aarhus.lokalavisen.dk, 13 February 2018 On April 1, 2018, he was on the bench for the first time in the Danish Superliga for a game against Hobro IK.AGF har 16-årig keeper med til Hobro, bold.dk, 31 March 2018Hobro vs. AGF 1 - 3, soccerway.com, 1 April 2018 In May 2019, he signed his first ever professional contract, signing a deal until June 2022.Tre år til Gadegaard: AGF-talent får fuldtidskontrakt, stiften.dk, 24 May 2019 However, in the following two seasons, Gadegaard primarily played for AGF's U-19 and reserve team. In February 2021, Gadegaard once again extended his contract, this time until June 2023.AGF forlænger med talentfuld målmand, tipsbladet.dk, 17 February 2021 In the following 2021–22 season, Gadegaard became the second goalkeeper in the squad, as a reserve for Jesper Hansen. He also made his official debut that same season when he started in a Danish Superliga match against FC Nordsjælland on May 21, 2022, which ended 2-2.AGF vs. Nordsjælland 2 - 2, soccerway.com, 21 May 2022 Esbjerg fB In search of more playing time, it was confirmed on August 29, 2022, that Gadegaard moved to the recently relegated Danish 2nd Division club Esbjerg fB on a deal until June 2025.EfB henter målmand i AGF, efb.dk, 29 August 2022DANIEL GADEGAARD SKIFTER TIL ESBJERG fB, agf.dk, 29 August 2022 On September 11, 2022, he made his debut in a match against HIK.Gadegaard debuterede for Esbjerg: Fantastisk oplevelse, bold.dk, 12 September 2022 Gadegaard also played in the next two games before suffering an injury and sitting on the bench for the rest of the season. In the 2023–24 season, Gadegaard made just seven appearances - two in the cup and five in the league (the last five games of the season) - and was part of the squad that secured promotion to the 2024-25 Danish 1st Division. After good performances at the end of the 2023–24 season, Gadegaard started the 2024–25 season in the Danish 1st Division as first choice in Esbjerg. Besides that, Gadegaard also got jersey number 1.Trøjenumre til 2024/2025-sæsonen, efb.dk, 16 July 2024 References External links Category:2001 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Aarhus Category:Danish men's footballers Category:Men's association football goalkeepers Category:Aarhus Gymnastikforening players Category:Esbjerg fB players Category:Danish Superliga players Category:Danish 1st Division players Category:Danish 2nd Division players

Zaker Party

Zaker Party () is a Bangladeshi political party founded on the principles of Sufi Islam.The party's advocates for policies aligning with Sufism. It also advocates for the use of blockchain technology and e-voting for elections, which is believes can ensure a free and fair election. Formation The Zaker Party was officially established on 1989. Before this, on 10 September 1987, the organisation was started with the name, "Zaker." The then Piir Hasnat Ullah of Atarshi led and unveiled the formation of this party on 14 October 1989. Organisation Chairman Mostofa Amir Faisal Senior Vice Chairman Sayem Amir Faisal Secretary General Shamim Haydar Members of the National Standing Committee Shariful Islam Masum Billah Robiul Islam Robi Ideology The Zaker Party has called for the use for blockchain technology and e-voting as a means of ensuring free and fair elections. The party has also strongly emphasised on "law and order" and mordernisng law enforcement agencies. It also calls for the introduction of a National Health Insurance scheme, abolishing capital punishment, improving third gender rights, ensuring all political parties get representation in parliament, introduction of referendums in important issues, allowing start-ups to run tax-free for the first three years, ensuring free portable water to all citizens and more. Election symbol The party uses a red rose as its symbol. This acts as its logo and election symbol. Affiliated organisations Male Student wing: Zaker Party Chattra Front Female Student wing: Zaker Party Chattri Front Youth wing: Zaker Party Jubo Front Ulama wing: Zaker Party Ulama Front Young Ulama wing: Zaker Party Jubo Ulama Front Zaker Party Talaba Front Volunteer wing: Zaker Party Swecchaswebak Front Youth Volunteer wing: Zaker Party Youth Volunteer Front Women's wing: Zaker Party Mahila Front Jubo Mahila wing: Zaker Party Jubo Mahila Front Zaker Party Kishore Front Labour wing: Zaker Party Labour Front Hindu wing: Zaker Party Hindu Front Christian wing: Zaker Party Christian Front Zaker Party Bhakta Front Election history The following table shows the election history of the Zaker Party. ElectionLeaderVotes%+/-1991Mostafa Amir Faisal417,7371.221996 FebBoycotted 1.221996 Jun167,5970.40 0.4020011,1810.000.402008134,9330.190.192014Boycotted0.192018109,4400.130.13 See also Bangladesh Awami League Bangladesh Nationalist Party Bangladesh Congress References Category:Sufism in Bangladesh Category:Islamic political parties in Bangladesh Category:Political parties established in 1989 Category:1989 establishments in Bangladesh

Intagamey attack

On February 10, 2023, militants from Islamic State in the Greater Sahara ambushed Nigerien soldiers at Intagamey, Niger, killing at least seventeen people. Background French and Nigerien forces began conducting Operation Almahaou in early 2023 to counter the growing jihadist forces from Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) and Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) that are active in the tri-border area between Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso. The operation was also part of a French propaganda effort to maintain it's image of bolstering counter-terrorism efforts in the region, especially after the deployment of the Wagner Group to Mali following the 2021 Malian coup d'état and the regime of Ibrahim Traoré that took over Burkina Faso in September 2022 and was hostile to French forces. At the time of the attack, Niger was the only country in the tri-border region that allowed French troops to be involved in counter-terrorism efforts. Attack The attack occurred near Intagamey, a village on the Malian border in the Ouallam Department of Niger. Jihadists attacked a convoy of Nigerien vehicles participating in Operation Almahaou, with a provisional death toll mentioning eleven soldiers killed, thirteen injured, and sixteen missing. French planes flew above the attack site shortly afterward, although by that point the jihadists had fled across the Malian border. The Nigerien Ministry of Defense stated on February 17 that seventeen soldiers had been killed in the attack, thirteen were wounded, and twelve were missing. While the losses of the jihadists are unknown, the statement mentioned that five Nigerien vehicles were burned and the jihadists took away several bodies. Aftermath In March 2023, a Nigerian counter-jihadist operation killed 79 fighters mainly from the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara. The operation saw Nigerien troops enter Malian territory to kill the jihadists including their leader Hamakat, who masterminded the Intagamey attack. No Nigerien casualties were reported in the counter-operation. France, Algeria, and the OIC condemned the Intagamey attack. References Category:Jihadist insurgency in Niger Category:Battles in 2023 Category:Battles involving Niger Category:Tillabéri Region

2024–25 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team

The 2024–25 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team represented Penn State University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They are led by second-year head coach Mike Rhoades, and played their home games at Bryce Jordan Center located in State College, Pennsylvania as members of the Big Ten Conference. Previous season The Nittany Lions finished the season 16–17, 9–11 in Big Ten play to finish in a three-way tie for 10th place. As the No. 11 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they defeated Michigan in the first round before losing to Indiana in the second round. Offseason Departures Penn State departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Kayne Clary 0 G 5'11" 192 Sophomore Virginia Beach, VA Dismissed from the team; transferred to Mississippi State Jameel Brown 5 G 6'4" 188 Sophomore Philadelphia, PA Transferred to Temple Bragi Guðmundsson 6 G 6'5" 185 Freshman Grindavík, Iceland Transferred to Campbell Leo O'Boyle 11 F 6'7" 225 GS Senior Scranton, PA Graduated Favour Aire 12 F 6'11" 220 Sophomore Ekpoma, Nigeria Transferred to Bryant Demetrius Lilley 14 F 6'10" 245 Sophomore Philadelphia, PA Transferred to La Salle Dan Conlan 15 G 6'4" 186 Senior Sewickley, PA Walk-on; graduated RayQuawndis Mitchell 21 G 6'5" 195 GS Senior Blaine, MN Graduated Qudus Wahab 22 F 6'11" 245 GS Senior Lagos, Nigeria Graduated/signed to play professionally in Greece with Lavrio Andy Christos 33 G 6'5" 186 Senior Madison, NJ Walk-on; graduated Incoming transfers Penn State incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Freddie Dilione V 4 G 6'5" 180 Sophomore Fayetteville, NC Tennessee Eli Rice 11 G 6'8" 213 Sophomore Bradenton, FL Nebraska Yanic Konan Niederhauser 14 F 6'11" 215 Junior Fräschels, Switzerland Northern Illinois Kachi Nzech 15 C 6'8" 230 Sophomore Upper Darby, PA Xavier Recruiting classes 2023 recruiting class 2025 recruiting class Roster Schedule and results |- !colspan=9 style=|Regular season |- !colspan=9 style=| Big Ten tournament Sources: Rankings Notes References Category:Penn State Nittany Lions basketball seasons Penn State Penn State Penn State

Mithila Farzana

Mithila Farzana, born Mobashwira Farzana Mithila, is a Bangladeshi journalist and counsellor at the Bangladesh High Commission in Ottawa, Canada. She was the Head of Current Affairs at Ekattor Television. Farzana was a lecturer of the Institute of Disaster Management in the University of Dhaka. She was charged with genocide along with 31 other journalists at the International Crimes Tribunal for deaths during protests which removed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from office. However, it was later confirmed that she was not present in Bangladesh when the genocide happened thus the charges against her were untrue. Career Farzana joined Ekattor TV as a news presenter. She had served as the Current Affairs Editor. She had hosted televiosn show Ekattor Journal where panelist Mainul Hosein got into an argument with fellow panelist and journalist Masuda Bhatti. Masuda Bhatti filed a defamation case against Hosein in which he was detained. She spoke on a panel of UNESCO about online violence she has faced as a female journalist. Farzana has criticized Bangladeshi companies having to pay 55 million BDT to telecast TVCs while Indian companies only had to pay 150 thousand. Farzana was appointed director of the Public Diplomacy Wing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in November 2023 with the rank of Deputy Secretary. It was a two-year appointment. After the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the fall of the Awami League government, she and Aparna Rani Pal were recalled to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from their posts at the Bangladesh High Commission in Ottawa, Canada. They were not communicating with the High Commission. On 29 August 2024, a case of genocide was filed by Gazi MH Tamim against 52 of which were 32 journalists including Farzana, at the International Crimes Tribunal. The accused also included former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the journalist were accused of "inciting" her. References Category:Living people Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Bangladeshi television personalities Category:Bangladeshi journalists Category:Academic staff of the University of Dhaka

Aldina Duarte

Aldina Maria Miguel Duarte (born 22 July 1967, in Lisbon) is a Portuguese fado singer, lyricist, and researcher. She has dedicated herself to the traditional Fado repertoire, having been described as a "hardcore fadista". Many fadistas have sang her lyrics, including Camané, Joana Amendoeira, António Zambujo, Pedro Moutinho, and Mariza. Life and work She grew up in the social housing projects at Chelas, Lisbon, during the Estado Novo dictatorship. Her father left to fight in the colonial war, and died when she was 3 years old, never having returned home. Her mother raised her as a single mother with great privations. In an interview, Duarte described her childhood as "having no space for joy": "Facism was the great event of my early childhood. My childhood was sad, cruel, because where there is no food to eat, there is no comfort, there is no respect. That determines everything". Fado did not play a part in her young adult life. She worked in different jobs, including at a newspaper and at a radio station. At some point, she was an instructor on a professional training program at a cerebral palsy centre. She sang on a pop music group called Valdez e as Piranhas Douradas but didn't pursue singing professionally. She also collaborated with the Comuna — Teatro de Pesquisa theatre troupe where she was responsible for organizing their Fado Nights. When Aldina Duarte was 24 years old, she entered a traditional Lisbon fado house in Bairro Alto intending to interview Beatriz da Conceição, which she was asked to do by Jorge Silva Melo, who was working on a documentary. Conceição's singing deeply impressed her and was the reason for her sudden and overwhelming interest in fado. She later said: "I fell in love with everything I heard. I asked her for advice. She talked to me about all the important things in fado. I wanted to be a fadista. I spent many days listening to fado records, many nights listening to many fadistas, many months reading and memorising poems". She dedicated herself entirely to fado, listening to dozens of recordings, memorizing dozens of lyrics, working on research, talking to fadistas, and formming her own repertoire. Duarte married fadista Camané, and worked by his side, selecting a great part of his repertoire and writing lyrics for him to sing. She also worked on the same kind of repertoire-building research for fadista Joana Amendoeira. In addition to working with these fadistas, she worked for record label EMI-Valentim de Carvalho on research, organizing compilations dedicated to Raul Ferrão and Alfredo Marceneiro, among others. Aldina Duarte sang fado publicly for the first time at the cerebral palsy centre at which she worked; and, in 1992, she sang the fado Rua do Capelão on the film Xavier, directed by Manuel Mozos. The performance was recorded in a street in the traditional neighbourhood of Mouraria, and the local residents applauded so intensely she had to sing an encore. From 1995 to 1996 she sang at the fado house Clube de Fado, at guitarist Mário Pacheco's invitation. From 1997, she started singing at Sr. Vinho, a fado house owned by fadista Maria da Fé. She recorded her first album, Apenas o amor, at the age of 37. She wrote the lyrics for most of the tracks herself. The album was well received by the critics, who celebrated both her singing and her poetry. In 2006 she released her second album, Crua. In this album, all tracks were traditional fados with lyrics by João Monge. Duarte was the subject of a documentary released in 2009, Aldina Duarte: Princesa Prometida, directed by Manuel Mozos. Personal life For 10 years she was married to fellow fadista Camané. Discography Apenas o amor (2004) Crua (2006) Contos de fados (2011) Romance(s) (2015) Quando se ama loucamente (2017) Roubados (2019) Mulheres ao espelho Metade metade Filmography Aldina Duarte: Princesa Prometida (2009) References Category:1967 births Category:Fado Category:People from Lisbon Category:Portuguese lyricists Category:Portuguese women singers Category:Living people

George Enescu House

The Memorial House of George Enescu also known as Vila Luminiș is a Historic Monument located in Sinaia, Romania. The building was the home of Romanian composer George Enescu from 1926 until his emigration to Paris in 1946. History The mansion was built between 1923 and 1926 in the Romanian revival architectural style and was designed by architect Radu Dudescu. The famous Romanian composer George Enescu lived and composed here from 1926 until he emigrated to Paris in 1946. Through an act of donation, he inherited the villa to the Romanian state to serve as a rest home for people of culture and art. In this house, Enescu composed the Romanian Rhapsodies, quartet no. 1 for piano, violin sonatas, viola and cello no. 1 in D Major and part of the opera Oedipus. The composer's piano, an "Ibach" made in France in Lausanne, is still kept in the saloon. Enescu's memorial house museum hosted in this villa was opened in September 1995, following the efforts of another master of the violin, Yehudi Menuhin, who was considered the best student of Enescu. It had been renovated and consolidated in the early 1990s, based on a project financially supported by the National Ministry of Culture and the European Cultural Center in Sinaia. Starting in 2007, it became a section of the "George Enescu" National Museum in Bucharest. A marble bust of the George Enescu made by Romanian sculptor Ion Irimescu was placed at the entrance to the villa. The property is featured in the List of historical monuments in Prahova county at position number 789, at address "Aleea Menuhin Yehudi no. 2", Sinaia, with LMI code PH-II-m-A-16695.Lista monumentelor istorice 2015 - Județul Prahova, Monitorul Oficial al României, Partea I, nr.113 bis, 15.02.2016, p.2194 See also List of monumente istorice in Romania References Further reading Mihai Gelelețu, Marian Teodorescu, 101 muzee și case memoriale, și cinci popasuri culturale în Moldova de peste Prut, Editura Agerpress, 2008 External links George Enescu House at CIMEC Category:1926 establishments in Romania Category:Buildings and structures in Prahova County Category:Houses completed in the 20th century Category:Museums established in 1995 Category:Tourist attractions in Romania Category:Museums in Prahova County Category:Historic house museums in Romania Category:Landmarks in Romania Category:Historic monuments in Prahova County Category:Neo-Brâncovenesc architecture Category:Sinaia