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1932 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships

The 1932 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships were organized by the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) and served as the national championships in indoor track and field for the United States. The men's edition was held at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York, and it took place February 22. The women's meet was held separately at the Newark Armory in Newark, New Jersey, taking place March 12. At the men's championships, three world records were broken. Gene Venzke's mile win was described as a "walk-over", with only two rivals challenging him instead of the originally expected ten. Unlike in previous championships, the standing high jump was dropped from the program. Medal summary Men 60 yards Emmett Toppino 6.2 300 yards Horace Whitney 32.8 600 yards 1:13.0 Edwin Roll 1000 yards Dale Letts 2:13.0 Mile run Gene Venzke 4:15.0 3 miles George Lermond 14:26.4 70 yards hurdles Percy Beard 8.7 2 miles steeplechase Joseph McCluskey 9:46.4 High jump George Spitz 2.01 m Pole vault Fred Sturdy 4.11 m Long jump Everett Utterback 7.21 m Shot put Herman Brix 15.66 m Weight throw Leo Sexton 15.48 m 1 mile walk Michael Pecora 6:27.2 Women 40 yards Mary Carew 5.6 220 yards Catherine Capp 28.6 50 yards hurdles Nellie Sharka 7.8 High jump Jean Shiley 1.57 m Standing long jump Kay Ungenach 2.46 m Shot put Margaret "Rena" MacDonald 11.74 m Basketball throw Carolyn Dieckman References Results 1932 Category:February 1932 sports events Category:March 1932 sports events USA Indoor Track and Field Championships Category:Sports competitions in New York City Category:Sports competitions in Newark, New Jersey USA Indoor Track and Field Championships USA Indoor Track and Field Championships Category:Track and field in New York City Category:Track and field in New Jersey Category:Events at Madison Square Garden

Louise Stockton

Louise Stockton (1838–1914) was an American author, journalist, and club organizer. Early in life, she became associated with local newspapers and for many years contributed as editorial writer, her musical and book criticisms attracting wide attention at the same time. She achieved fame through her untiring efforts in spite of a lifelong deformity. Early life and education Louise Stockton was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 12, 1838. She came of a distinguished family of Philadelphia writers. Her parents were William Smith, an author and reformer, and Emily Hepzibeth (Drean) Stockton. Louise had several siblings from this marriage, including Francis Richard and John Drean, as well as several half-siblings from her father's earlier marriage, including the writer, Frank R. Stockton. She was educated at home, and began to write as a child. Career Stockton was engaged as editorial writer, book and music editor (1867–71) upon the Philadelphia Post. She edited the "Woman's Edition" of the Philadelphia Press, November 27, 1875. In 1876, she was one of the editors of the New Century for Women, a Centennial newspaper published on the exposition grounds at Philadelphia. In 1878, she was leader-writer for John Weiss Forney's Progress. She had charge of the "Reading Club" department in Scribner's Book Buyer, 1896–97. Subsequently, Stockton was associated with various leading journals as editorial writer, book editor, and music critic. Stockton was president of the West Philadelphia Centre University Extension, 1894–97. She was a co-founder of the New Century club, the Browning society and the Contemporary clubs. Stockton was the originator and president of the Round Robin Reading clubs, a national correspondence organization. The club was an outgrowth of the literature class of the New Century Club, of Philadelphia. It became an independent enterprise of the former chair, Louise Stockton, and was carried on largely by correspondence, and later through the pages of Scribner's Magazine. The purpose of the Round Robin was to furnish outlines and programmes to the literary and study clubs. This work was initiated and carried on for Massachusetts by Susan Ticknor, of Boston. Stockton broadened its scope and tool in a larger area. The courses were found particularly valuable to teachers and leaders of classes. Round Robin had no textbooks, but used standard literature. Its members selected their own subjects, endeavoring to make them acquainted with whatever illustrates or elucidates their work, and to interest them in the best books, and thus assist in the proper use of public libraries. The membership fee was , the cost of the courses according to the number of persons using them. Stockton was the author of Dorothea, a novel (1882) ; A Sylvan City (1883); republished as Quaint Corners; Apple Seed and Briar Worn (1887), and of several novelettes, many short stories, and historical essays in magazines. Personal life She was residing in Philadelphia in 1903. Louise Stockton died in Buffalo, New York, on June 12, 1914. Selected works Novels The Christmas Thorn, and Other Stories (1881) (text) Dorothea, a novel (1882) (text) Apple Seed and Briar Worn (1887) (text) Short stories Kirby's Coals of Fire (December 1875, Atlantic). A Dead Vashti (April 1877, Galaxy). Sylvia's Suitors (August 1880, Atlantic). The Occultation of a Honeymoon (January 1881, Lippincott's). Caspipina, the Story of a Mother Church (A Sylvan City, 1883) (text) The Old Philadelphia Library (A Sylvan City, 1883) The Bettering-House and Other Charities (A Sylvan City, 1883) Stephen Girard, Mariner and Merchant (A Sylvan City, 1883) Her Lover (April 1884, Lippincott's). A Devil's Passage (December 1888, Atlantic). References Category:1838 births Category:1914 deaths Category:Writers from Philadelphia Category:Journalists from Philadelphia Category:19th-century American writers Category:19th-century American women writers Category:19th-century American journalists Category:19th-century American women journalists Category:Clubwomen Category:Women founders

Gonzalo Brenes

Gonzalo Brenes, sometimes given as Gonzalo Brenes Candanedo, (May 18, 1907, David, Chiriquí – January 5, 2003, Chiriquí Province, Panama) was a Panamanian composer, musicologist, civil servant, politician and educator. He was known for his work collecting and publishing Panamanian folk music. His compositions blended Panamanian folk songs with European classical musical. He served a term in the National Assembly of Panama, and from 1953 to 1960 he was Panama's Secretary of Culture. He taught at several institutions in Panama, including serving as the Advisory Director of Panama's National Institute of Music. Early life and education The son of Don Agustín Brenes and Aurora Candanedo Gutiérrez, Gonzalo Brenes Candanedo was born on May 18, 1907, in David, Chiriquí, Panama. He studied piano is his youth with a variety of teachers and began his higher education studies in music at the after winning a music scholarship through a performance competition in 1923. There he was a pupil of Dr. José Dolores Moscote with whom he studied music until he graduated in 1927. He pursued further studies at the Leipzig Conservatory (now the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig) in Germany where he was a pupil of composer Sigfrid Karg-Elert. He studied for four years at the conservatory from 1927 until his graduation in 1931. There he learned to speak German, and was heavily influenced by the music at St. Thomas Church, Leipzig which he attended regularly while in that city. He also made the acquaintance of composers Richard Strauss and Igor Stravinsky during his time in Germany. Composer and researcher Brenes was highly impacted by his studies with Karg-Elert who emphasized the importance of using folk music as a source of inspiration for music composition in keeping with his own ideas of nationalism as it impacted music composition. Karg-Elert encourgaged Brenes to examine the music of his own people and culture to inspire his music composition writing, and accordingly his music composition writing while studying under Karg-Elert embraced Panamanian music forms like saloma, cumbia, and tamborito in combination with classical European music. This interest in Panamanian music blossomed further in Brenes's later career as a musicologist and folk song collector. His passion for Panamanian music was further reinforced after Brenes returned to Panama in 1931 when he read Narciso Garay’s Tradiciones y cantares de Panamá. Brenes did extensive musicology research in the Los Santos and Herrera provinces of Panama. He collected folk music of that region which led to the publication of his book Desarrollo musical de Panamá a partir de la República (Panama City) and the folk song collection Tondas del trópico niño (Panama City, 1955) which included 70 of the Panamanian songs from his research. This latter work became widely used in public school music education programs in Panama, and some of these songs were performed and recorded by professional musicians. His research also influenced his composition writing, including his opera La cucarachita mandinga which used a libretto by Rogelio Sinan. Educator and politician In addition to his work as a researcher, Brenes was also active as an educator and politician. He began his teaching career on the staff of the Instituto Panamericano in his native city in 1931 where he taught both music and history for one year. He then taught at both the Normal School of Teachers (Spanish: La Escuela Normal de Institutoras) and the National Institute of Panama after being appointed to the faculties of those schools by Panama's president Harmodio Arias Madrid. Those positions were obtained partly through his political connections as an active member of the Agrarian Party. When Juan Demóstenes Arosemena succeeded Arias Madrid as Panama's president, Brenes's employment changed, and he taught at the from 1938 to 1940. From 1940 to 1943 he again taught in his native city of David, and from 1943 to 1947 he worked as a music educator in Costa Rica. At the request of Costa Rican writer and politician he founded and served as music director of a choir made up of Costa Rican laborers and Costa Ricans living in poverty. In 1948 he taught in Mexico where he befriended musicologist Adolfo Salazar and composers Rodolfo Halffter, Luis Sandi, and Manuel Ponce. In 1949 Brenes returned to his hometown of David after being offered a position as associate editor of the newspaper Ecos del Valle. He was elected first as member of the National Assembly of Panama, and then as Panama's Secretary of Culture. He held the latter position from 1953 to 1960. After this he worked as the Advisory Director of the . Up into the last years of his life he continued to teach on the faculty of the Centro Regional Universitario de Chiriquí. Gonzalo Brenes died on January 5, 2003, in Chiriquí Province, Panama. References Citations Bibliography Category:1907 births Category:2003 deaths Category:Folk-song collectors Category:Musicologists Category:Opera composers Category:Panamanian composers Category:Panamanian politicians Category:People from David District Category:University of Music and Theatre Leipzig alumni

Mud sports

thumb|People doing martial arts in the mud Mud sports are sports that take place in, or heavily incorporate, mud. List of mud sports Mud bogging thumb|An example of mud bogging Mud bogging, or mudding, is a form of off-road motorsport popular in Canada and the United States in which the goal is to drive a vehicle through a pit of mud or a track of a set length. Winners are determined by the distance traveled through the pit. However, if several vehicles are able to travel the entire length, the time taken to traverse the pit will determine the winner. Mud run Mud runs are a popular activity involving mud. Participants run a distance of to as long as , while crawling through mud bogs, and battling other obstacles. A notable example is Tough Mudder. In the United States, U.S. Mud Sports also organizes events. Mud wrestling thumb|A man and a woman mud wrestling Mud wrestling is a form of wrestling that takes place in mud. Dirt biking Dirt biking involves biking through muddy tracks and courses. Swamp football thumb|A swamp football tournament Swamp football is a variation of association football played in bogs and swamps, originating from Finland. Mud volleyball United States towns and cities such as Albuquerque, New Mexico, Gillette, Wyoming and Anchorage, Alaska hold yearly events in which participants play volleyball in a giant mud pit. Mud Olympics The Mud Olympics (German: Wattolümpiade) was a mud sports event in the German town of Brunsbüttel, first held in 2004. It featured sports including mud handball, mud football and mud sled racing. Money was raised for cancer patients. The final edition took place in 2024. Risks A 2019 study published in the Sports Medicine – Open journal found that there was a meaningful risk of infection from mud sports events. The study recommended shifts in practice and policy, such as site condition monitoring, improved messaging about the risks of infection, and implementation of pre- and post-event wash stations. References Category:Sports by type

2024 Girls' U19 South American Volleyball Championship

The 2024 Girls' U19 South American Volleyball Championship was the 23rd edition of the Girls' U19 South American Volleyball Championship, a biennial international youth volleyball tournament organised by the Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol (CSV) for the girls' under-19 national teams of South America. It was held in Araguari, Brazil from 28 August to 1 September 2024. Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the CSV qualifiers for the FIVB Volleyball Girls' U19 World Championship. The top three teams qualified for the 2025 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U19 World Championship as the CSV representatives. Brazil won their 17th title by beating the two-time defending champions Argentina 3–0 in the final. Peru completed the podium after defeating Chile in the third-place match. Champions Brazil, runners-up Argentina and third-place Peru qualified for the 2025 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U19 World Championship. Host and venue Araguari Ginásio PoliesportivoGeneral Mário Brum Negreiros Capacity: 2,200150px Araguari, Brazil was confirmed as host city of the tournament during the 76th CSV Annual Congress held on 13 July 2024 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. This was the fourth time that Brazil hosted the tournament having previously done so in 1980, 2008 and the previous 2022 edition. The competition was entirely played at the Ginásio Poliesportivo General Mário Brum Negreiros. Teams Five of the twelve CSV member associations entered the tournament. Team Previous best performance (holders)22nd (1996, 2018, 2022) (hosts)23rd (16 times, most recent 2016)22nd (2022)10th (1986, 1996, 2014, 2016, 2018)9th (1978, 1982)23rd (1978, 1980, 2012)18th (1994, 2002, 2004, 2008) Squads Each national team had to register a squad of a minimum of 12 and a maximum of 14 players players. Players born on or after 1 January 2007 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Competition format The competition format depends on the number of participating teams. With 7 teams two groups were formed, one of three teams and the other of four, which were played on a single round-robin basis. The group standing procedure was as follows: Number of matches won; Match points; Match won 3–0: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser Match won 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match point for the loser Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match points for the loser Sets ratio; Points ratio; If the tie continues between two teams: result of the last match between the tied teams; If the tie continues between three or more teams: a new classification would be made taking into consideration only the matches between involved teams. Classification phase All match times are local times, BRT (UTC-3). Group A |} Group B |} Final phase Bracket Semi-finals |} 5th place match |} 3rd place match |} Final |} Final standing Qualified for 2025 FIVB Girls' U19 World Championship. RankTeam4567 Luanna Markus, Giovanna Micaelli, Júlia Fernandes (L), Giovana Pires, Mikaela Hestmann, Lorena Rezende, Nayla Letícia, Maria Júlia Hildebrand, Sophia Bom, Alyce Vasconcelos (L), Lara Gabriele, Luize Tavares, Isabela Vieira, Morgana Uberbacker, Individual awards The following individual awards were presented at the end of the tournament. Most valuable player (MVP) Best middle blockers Best setter Best opposite spiker Best outside spikers Best libero See also 2024 Boys' U19 South American Volleyball Championship References External links Tournament results at FIVB Live Center Category:2024 in volleyball Category:Volleyball in Brazil Volleyball Girls Girls Category:International volleyball competitions hosted by Brazil Volleyball Volleyball

Jyrki Ahola

Jyrki Ahola (born 29 November 1971) is a Finnish football scout and a former manager. He is currently working as a scout for Veikkausliiga club Ilves. Ahola has obtained a UEFA Pro -coaching license. Career Ahola started his coaching career in his hometown club Riihimäen Palloseura (RiPS) in 1987. In 2001, he joined HJK Helsinki organisation. He has worked as a coaching director of Kuusysi in 2017, and as an assistant coach for Mikko Mannila in HJK Klubi 04 in 2018–2019.MTV3: Valmentaja Jyrki Ahola oli kuolla talvella harjoituskentällä, Etelä-Suomen Sanomat, 29 July 2022 Ahola was named the manager of AC Oulu in late 2019 on a two-year deal with a one-year option,Jyrki Ahola on AC Oulun uusi päävalmentaja – "Yritän vaikuttaa siihen, mihin voin eli tulevaisuuteen", Yle, 24 September 2019 starting in the 2020 Ykkönen season in Finnish second-tier.Vahva viesti jouk­kueel­le, Kaleva, 21 August 2020 He managed the club to win the Ykkönen title and earn a promotion to Veikkausliiga. The next season in the top-tier was difficult for the team and eventually he was dismissed in September 2021.Jyrki Aholalle lyötiin eteen lohduton valinta: eroa tai tulee kenkää – tyly ”jäähyväislahja” kertoo tilanteesta kaiken, Ilta-Sanomat, 29 September 2021 Later in the same year, he returned to his hometown Riihimäki and was named the coaching director and the first team head coach of his former club RiPS in the fourth-tier Kolmonen.Jyrki Ahola RiPSin uudeksi valmennuspäälliköksi, riihimaenpalloseura.fi, 22 November 2021Riihimäkeläinen kaipasi kotiin ja RiPS tarvitsi valmennuspäällikön – tarpeet kohtasivat ja RiPS sai Jyrki Aholasta kovan osaajan palvelukseensa, Aamuposti, 22 November 2021 In the early 2022, while coaching a training session for the team, Ahola suffered a life-threatening heart attack, surviving a 48-minute-long resuscitation.Suomalaisvalmentaja joutui kuoleman porteille – "Elvytys kesti kaikkiaan 48 minuuttia", mtvuutiset.fi, MTV Oy, 29 July 2022 He was named the head coach of Järvenpään Palloseura (JäPS) for the 2023 Ykkönen season,Jyrki Ahola on JäPSin uusi päävalmentaja, japsedustus.fi, 13 October 2022 winning a pre-season league cup, Ykköscup, title. However, he was forced to leave the club in the late May, for personal health reasons.Jyrki Ahola siirtyy syrjään JäPSin päävalmentajan tehtävistä, japsedustus.fi, 27 May 2023 Since November 2023, Ahola has worked in the scouting team of Veikkausliiga club Ilves.Ilveksen urheilujohdon toimintaa tukeva scouting-tiimi vahvistui Henri Määtällä, ilvesfootball.com, 28 August 2024 Managerial statistics TeamNatFromToRecordPWDLGFGAGDW%AC Oulu1 January 202025 September 2021RiPS1 January 202231 December 2022JäPS1 January 202328 May 2023Total Honours AC Oulu Ykkönen: 2020 JäPS Ykköscup: 2023 References External links Category:1971 births Category:Living people Category:Finnish football managers Category:Veikkausliiga managers Category:AC Oulu managers Category:Association football coaches Category:Association football scouts

2024 Taiwan Football League Division 2

The 2024 Taiwan Football League Division 2 is the fifth season of Taiwan Football League Division 2. The season began on 24 August 2024 and scheduled to end on 7 December 2024. Teams Promotions and relegations There are 6 teams in the league, including 3 teams from the 2023 season, 1 team relegated from the TFPL, 1 team from the qualifier and 1 team via receiving the playing spot transference. Incoming teams Taipei Dragons finished last place in the 2023 Taiwan Football Premier League and was relegated automatically. Taipei Dragons was renamed to Taipei Elite for the 2024 season. MCU Desafio, a combined team of Ming Chuan University and Desafio, qualified from the 2024 qualifiers. Taichung Rock had received a playing spot from Land Home NTUS. Outgoing teams Vikings–PlayOne, the champions of the second division in 2023 earned automatic promotion to the Taiwan Football Premier League. Vikings–PlayOne was renamed to Taipei Vikings for the 2024 season. Saturday Football International, finishing 6th in 2023 season didn't sign up for this season. Land Home NTUS had transferred their playing spot to Sports Agglomerate Company Limited, who had later created Taichung Rock. Incoming teams Outgoing teams MCU DesafioTaichung RockTaipei Elite Land Home NTUSSaturday Football InternationalVikings–PlayOne Teams and locations + Team Chinese Based in Seasons in Division 2 First season in Division 2 Inter Taoyuan 桃園國際 Taoyuan City 5 2020 MCU Desafio 銘傳Desafio Taipei City 1 2024 NUK Kuo Kuang 高大國光 Kaohsiung City 2 2023 Sunny Bank AC Taipei Reserves 陽信北競預備隊 Taipei City 2 2023 Taichung Rock 台中磐石 Taichung City 1 2024 Taipei Elite 臺北菁英 Taipei City 2 2022 Venues Taiwan Football League Division 2 teams currently don't have their own home grounds. Matches were mainly played in Yingfeng Riverside Park. Stadium Chinese Location Capacity Ming Chuan University Taoyuan Campus 銘傳大學龜山校區 Taoyuan City 5,000 National University of Kaohsiung 國立高雄大學 Kaohsiung City 0 Xitun Football Field 西屯足球場 Taichung City 0 Yingfeng Riverside Park 迎風河濱公園 Taipei City 100 Personnel and sponsorship Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Main kit sponsorInter Taoyuan Lin Hsin-yu Hsu Hung-chihKappaTaoyuan City GovernmentMCU Desafio Liu Cheng-he Yutaro TakagiAthletaASRockNUK Kuo Kuang Chen Chien-chih Huang Chao-chungKickerCPC CorporationSunny Bank AC Taipei Reserves Abel Lorenzo Tsai Meng-tzuUcanSunny BankTaichung RockSubkarmaTaipei Elite Oliver HarleyKelme League table Results Qualifiers Regular season Statistics Scoring First goal of the season: Lee Chun-chi for NUK Kuo Kuang against Sunny Bank AC Taipei Reserves (24 August 2024) Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Yang Chao-jingTaichung Rock42 Gerardo RabreInter Taoyuan1 Lee Hung-chunTaichung Rock Lee Chun-chiNUK Kuo Kuang Rodrigo CalderonTaipei Elite Hat-tricks PlayerForAgainstScoreDateRound Yang Chao-jing4Taichung RockTaipei Elite1–6 (A)24 August 20241 4 – Player scored four goals. See also 2024 Taiwan Football Premier League 2024 Taiwan Mulan Football League References External links Chinese Taipei Football Association Category:Taiwan Second Division Football League Category:Professional sports leagues in Taiwan Taiwan 2024 in Taiwanese football

Sea of Dreams (novella)

"Sea of Dreams" (Chinese: 梦之海, Pinyin: mèng zhī hǎi) is a science-fiction novella by Chinese writer Liu Cixin. It was published in Science Fiction World in 2002, Asimov's Science Fiction in January/February 2018 and in the collection To Hold Up the Sky published by Bloomsbury Publishing in October 2020. A graphic novel illustrated by JOK and adapted by Rodolfo Santullo was published by Bloomsbury Publishing in August 2021. An adaption of the novella as a series by Youku produced by Liu Cixin and starring Huang Jingyu is planned to be released in 2025. Plot During an ice sculpting festival at the Songhua River, a frozen ice ball arrives from the sky. It initiates contact with the artists, revealing itself to be an alien of ungraspable shape to humans enclosed in the ice ball and calls itself a low-temperature artist. Only one of the works sparks its interest, which is from Yan Dong who froze water on thin membranes to get a unique shape of ice crystals. She hence becomes a colleague and friend of the low-temperature artist, but it only wants to talk about art with her. While the low-temperature artist begins a new creation by lifting frozen blocks out of the oceans into orbit, Yan Dong instead asks questions about physics and raises concerns about human survival. At first, the low-temperature artist answers them, explaining to come from an extremely cold cloud of dark matter in intergalactic space and believing, that only art can be a reason to exist as a highly advanced civilization will eventually reach the end of science making even survival trivial. As Yan Dong continues, the low-temperature artist gets enraged and calls her trivial as well and to just be jealous. After every single ocean has been transported, Yan Dong indeed spends days without eating or drinking to look at the marvelous ring of ice around Earth, naming it Sea of Dreams. After a last exchange, the low-temperature artist leaves forever. Humanity begins a project to launch rockets in space to pull the ice back onto Earth with Yan Dong and others also proposing shooting lasers onto the ice to evaporate and move it. The first meteors to land cause great joy due to finally brining rain again, but further meteors don't fully burn up and crash into cities or swirl up dust, causing a little ice age. Ten years later, eighty percent of the oceans have been restored with the rest having evaporated into space. Humanity also begins a project spanning multiple generations to bring water from Jupiter and Saturn to Earth, even planning to pull Europa into orbit around Earth as a new moon. Yan Dong returns to the Songhua River, where the ice sculpting festival was started again. Exited, the group cuts out the first ice cube from the frozen surface. Reception Rachel Cordasco, writing for World Literature Today, says that Liu "carefully contrasts this cosmic creative act with the suffering and destruction that the lack of water causes on Earth." Nicole Beck, writing in Strange Horizons, thinks that "Yan Dong certainly has guts, as many of Liu's protagonists do." But she adds that "if you're looking for a deeply nuanced portrait of an individual psyche, this is not the place. Liu is writing from his love of science and technology. Characterization is the weakest point of his craft." References External links (English) (Chinese) Category:Speculative fiction short stories Category:Short stories by Liu Cixin

1933 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships

The 1933 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships were organized by the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) and served as the national championships in indoor track and field for the United States. The championships were held at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York, taking place February 25. The women's meet was held at the same venue and date as a "preliminary" to the men's contests. It would be the only time that the men's and women's championships were held together until the 1965 edition. At the championships, Gene Venzke won the feature men's 1500 m. He ran shoulder-to-shoulder with Glenn Cunningham for the final two laps, and both fell across the finish line. About 15,000 spectators attended the men's meet. Medal summary Men 60 m Ralph Metcalfe 6.7 600 m Milton Sandler 1:25.6 1000 m Glen Dawson 2:27.4 1500 m Gene Venzke 3:55.4 5000 m George Lermond 15:08.8 65 m hurdles Percy Beard 8.6 3000 m steeplechase Joe McCluskey 9:01.1 High jump George Spitz 2.04 m Pole vault Keith Brown 4.11 m Frank Pierce Long jump Theodore Smith 7.29 m Shot put Leo Sexton 15.45 m Weight throw Mort Reznick 15.49 m 1500 m walk William Carlson 6:15.8 Women 50 m Pearl Young 6.8 200 m Annette Rogers 26.8 50 m hurdles Evelyne Hall 7.6 High jump Annette Rogers 1.55 m Standing long jump Dorothy Lyford 2.61 m Shot put Margaret "Rena" MacDonald 11.53 m Basketball throw Nan Gindele References Results Notes 1933 Category:February 1933 sports events USA Indoor Track and Field Championships Category:Sports competitions in New York City USA Indoor Track and Field Championships Category:Track and field in New York City Category:Events at Madison Square Garden

Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metres T12

+ Men's 100 metres T11 · T12 · T13 · T34 · T35 · T36 · T37 · T38 · T44 · T47 · T51 · T52 · T53 · T54 · T63 · T64 The men's 100 metres T12 event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, took place on 30 and 31 August 2024. Records Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows: Area Time Athlete Location Date Africa 10.75 Adekunle Adesoji Athens America 10.50 Noah Malone Paris Asia 10.91 Li Yansong London Europe 10.43 Salum Ageze Kashafali Tokyo Oceania 12.18 Fuata Faktaufon Busan Results Round 1 First in each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) advance to the Final. The 3 heats were held on 30 August 2024. Heat 1 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes17Noah Malone10.7525Jaco Smit11.1233Marcos Vinícius11.61 Wind: -0.2 m/s Heat 2 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes17Zac Shaw11.1521Kesley Teodoro11.1635Abdul Razzag Abdul Samad14.463Fernando Vázquez Wind: -0.6 m/s Heat 3 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes11Serkan Yıldırım10.8927Joeferson Marinho11.0133Roman Tarasov11.0745Mouncef Bouja11.14 Wind: 0.0 m/s Final The final took place on 31 August 2024. Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 3 Noah Malone 10.71 1 Joeferson Marinho 10.84 7 Zac Shaw 10.94 5 Serkan Yıldırım DQ (10.70) Wind: -0.3m/s Yıldırım Disqualification Serkan Yıldırım was initially prohibited from competing due to his T12 classification being under review by World Para Athletics prior to the event. An injunction was approved by a Bonn regional court on 30 August 2024, allowing Yıldırım to compete. On 3 September 2024. This injunction was lifted on appeal by World Para Athletics, leading to his disqualification. References Men's 100 metres T12 Category:2024 in men's athletics

Moustapha Ould Limam Chafi

Moustapha Ould Limam Chafi is a Mauritanian politician who served as a shadow advisor of various African presidents, and ran the "good offices" of Burkinabe president Blaise Compaoré. Chafi was also close with Malian president Amadou Toumani Touré, Nigerien president Mahamadou Issoufou, Guinean president Alpha Condé, Senegalese president Macky Sall, Togolese president Faure Gnassingbé, Bissauan president Umaro Sissoco Embaló, Rwandan president Paul Kagame, and Ivorian president Alassane Ouattara. Early life Chafi was born into a Tadjakant family, a nomadic group from Assaba Region, and was born in the town of Guerou. Many Tadjakant, including some of Chafi's family, emigrated to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola in search of work. Chafi's father Limam Chafi was a marabout and goldsmith who was close to the regime of Nigerien dictator Hamani Diori. Limam Chafi was strongly suspected of supporting a coup against Diori's successor Seyni Kountché. In an interview, Moustapha Ould Limam Chafi stated that he started his diplomatic career very early with Armenian friends. Political career Chafi became an advisor of Burkinabe president Blaise Compaoré in the early 1990s. In 2003, Chafi was allegedly behind the 2003 Mauritanian coup attempt against Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya. Chafi escaped a kidnapping attempt by Mauritanian services in 2005 in Lomé for his role in the coup attempt. Chafi spearheaded negotiations with Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) to secure the release of hostages Robert Fowler and his assistants in April 2009. He also participated in negotiations to release three Spanish aid workers captured by AQIM in November 2009. Chafi participated in negotiations to release Michel Germaneau, although Germaneau was killed by AQIM. Chafi also helped evacuate Guinean dictator Moussa Dadis Camara to Rabat after an assassination attempt against him in 2009. During the 2014 Burkina Faso uprising, Chafi was flown to Abidjan on a plane chartered by the Ivorian presidency. Chafi's family now lives in Rabat, and he himself lives in Abidjan and Rabat. Chafi is a fierce opponent of Mauritanian president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who he criticized for Aziz's strategy of fighting AQIM in 2012. Chafi served as an advisor to former Mauritanian president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, and disliked Aziz's overthrow of Abdallahi in 2008. In 2011, Mauritanian authorities launched an investigation into four Mauritanian nationals including Chafi who they suspected of financing terrorism and communicating with terrorist groups. In 2021, Nigerien president Mohamed Bazoum took on Chafi as an advisor. Chafi's role was to organize the Inclusive and Sovereign National Dialogue committee put on by the Chadian junta. Chafi participated in the council alongside several opponents to the junta, including Burkinabe Djibril Bassolé, Qatari Bin Ahmed Al Misnad, and Chadian Foreign Affairs Minister Mahamat Zene Cherif. References Category:Living people Category:People from Assaba Region Category:Mauritanian politicians Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

Anthoula Stathopoulou-Vafopoulou

Anthoula Stathopoulou-Vafopoulou (; 1908 – April 16, 1935) was a Greek poet and playwright of the interwar period. Biography Anthoula Stathopoulou was born in Thessaloniki, Greece, in 1908. In her youth she attended the city's High School for Girls and its French School. In 1924, at only 15 years old, she met the poet Georgios Vafopoulos, then in his early 20s. The two would marry later, in 1931, when they were 22 and 28. It was then that she took on the surname Stathopoulou-Vafopoulou. Stathopoulou-Vafopoulou worked for a short period at the Thessaloniki City Hall, then became interested in the theater and attended the School of Dramatic Arts at the State Conservatory of Thessaloniki. She began writing poetry and plays, which she published in literary magazines in Thessaloniki (such as Makedonikes Imeres) and Athens (such as Nea Estia). Her plays were performed at the School of Dramatic arts, under the direction of . In 1932, she published her first and only book of poems, titled Sleepless Nights (). In 1935, Stathopoulou-Vafopoulou died of tuberculosis, like her poetic contemporaries Maria Polydouri and , at only 26 years old. She spent her final months at the sanatorium in Asvestochori. Shortly after her death, the poet published a review of her book of poetry in Nea Estia. Her husband collected her writings the following year in a volume titled Works (), with a prologue by Gregorios Xenopoulos. It was reviewed in Nea Estia by . In the 1940s, the songwriter Vassilis Tsitsanis honored her by borrowing from her writing in one of his pieces. A play based on her life and death was produced in Greece in 2024. Works alt=A page with the Greek title of Anthoula Stathopoulou-Vafopoulou's book "Sleepless Nights," and an illustration of an ouroboros |left|thumb|The title page of Sleepless Nights Poetry Sleepless Nights [Νύχτες αγρύπνιας] (1932) In its 55 poems, this collection radiates sensitivity, the sensation of sleeping awake and the poet's romantic sorrow. In its lyricism, using rhetorical questions and similes, the work conveys a great emotional weight to the reader. Some scholars have characterized her writing as "post-symbolic." Complete works Works [Έργα· Ποιήματα – Διηγήματα - Δράματα] (1936) References Category:1908 births Category:1935 deaths Category:People from Thessaloniki Category:Greek women poets Category:Greek women dramatists and playwrights Category:Tuberculosis deaths in Greece Category:Modern Greek-language writers

1934 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships

The 1934 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships were organized by the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) and served as the national championships in indoor track and field for the United States. The men's edition was held at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York, and it took place February 24. The women's meet was held separately at the Second Battalion Naval Militia in Brooklyn, New York, taking place April 14. At the championships, Stella Walsh broke women's 200 metres world record while Rena MacDonald set a world record in the indoor shot put. Medal summary Men 60 m Ralph Metcalfe 6.7 600 m Milton Sandler 1:22.8 1000 m Charles Hornbostel 2:28.8 1500 m Glenn Cunningham 3:52.2 5000 m John Follows 15:01.5 65 m hurdles John Collier 8.8 3000 m steeplechase Joe McCluskey 8:50 High jump Walter Marty 2.02 m George Spitz Pole vault William Graber 4.19 m Long jump Jesse Owens 7.70 m Shot put Thomas Gilbane 15.11 m Weight throw Henry Dreyer 16.35 m 1500 m walk Charles Eschenbach 6:14.8 Women 50 m 7.0 Louise Stokes 200 m 26.0 Annette Rogers 50 m hurdles 8.2 Evelyne Hall High jump Alice Arden 1.55 m Standing long jump Dorothy Lyford 2.57 m Shot put Margaret "Rena" MacDonald 12.47 m Basketball throw Nan Gindele References Results Notes 1934 Category:February 1934 sports events Category:April 1934 sports events USA Indoor Track and Field Championships Category:Sports competitions in New York City USA Indoor Track and Field Championships Category:Track and field in New York City Category:Events at Madison Square Garden

John B. Parkin Associates

John B. Parkin Associates was a Canadian architectural firm based in Toronto that operated from 1947 to 1969. During its life, it was the largest architectural practice in Canada and today is recognised as the country's leading proponent of modern architecture in the post-war era.Harold Kalman, A History of Canadian Architecture, (Oxford University Press, 1994), 797. The partnership was formed between John Burnett Parkin, his brother Edmund T. Parkin, and the younger, unrelated John Cresswell Parkin. John Burnett served as the firm's principal, while John Cresswell served as partner-in-charge of design. The Parkin firm modelled itself after the office of Albert Kahn, and used an industrial production system to produce its commissions.Michael J. McMordie, "John B. Parkin Associates and Albert Kahn Inc.: An Industrial View of Architecture," in John C. Parkin, Archives, and Photography: Reflections on the Practice and Presentation of Modern Architecture, (University of Calgary Press, 2013), 31-52. The firm operated from a factory-like office in Don Mills where its staff of nearly 200 was based. In contrast to many other architects of the era, the firm was fastidious about costs and deadlines. In August 1968, John B. Parkin Associates opened merger discussions with Smith Carter Searle of Winnipeg, which had offices also in Toronto, Brandon, and Thunder Bay."Designing firms in building field joining forces," Globe and Mail, (21 December 1968), B8. The merger was completed in March 1969. On 4 March, John B. Parkin, John C. Parkin, Ernest J. Smith, and James Searle held a press conference on the top floor of the Toronto-Dominion Centre to announce the merger. Later that day they flew to Winnipeg, where they held a second press conference.Kenneth B. Smith, "Honest design urged by new Parkin group," Globe and Mail, (4 March 1969), B13. The Toronto office would work under the name of Parkin Architects, Engineers, Planners, while the Winnipeg office would operate under the name of Smith Carter Parkin. Shortly after the move, John B. Parkin moved to Los Angeles, where he operated a practice under the name of John B. Parkin Associates. In January 1971, John C. Parkin sold his share in the partnership and left to form his own practice, John C. Parkin Architects Planners. At this time, the name of Parkin Architects, Engineers, Planners was changed to Searle Wilbee Rowland."John C. Parkin establishes his own firm," Globe and Mail, (30 January 1971), B2. Searle Wilbee Rowland continued to work under that name, until 15 November 1974, when it became Neish Owen Rowland & Roy."Report on business," Globe and Mail, (8 November 1974), B3. The firm, known since 1985 as NORR, remains in existence today, with offices in Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary, and Edmonton. Meanwhile, John C. Parkin continued to operate his own practice, which later was renamed Parkin Architects Planners, and then Parkin Partnership Architects Planners. It received several important commissions in the 1970s and 1980s, including the Art Gallery of Ontario addition, the Phoenix Building, and Bell Trinity Square. In 1986, Harland C. Lindsay and two partners acquired the assets of the firm, and on 17 December that year incorporated Parkin Architects Limited. This firm remains in operation today, with offices in Toronto, Ottawa, and Vancouver. Works Among the most notable works the firm produced were Ottawa Station, the Ortho Pharmaceuticals Building, Bata Building, Sheraton Centre, Simpson Tower, Sun Life Building, and Ontario Association of Architects Building. The firm served as the associate architect for Toronto City Hall and the Toronto-Dominion Centre. Archives The archives of John B. Parkin Associates and its successor firms are held at the University of Calgary in the Canadian Architectural Archives. The records, which were donated through the 1970s and 1980s, comprise the John B. Parkin Associates fonds. Additional records of John C. Parkin are held at the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal. These records were donated by John C. Parkin's daughter after his death, and make up the John C. Parkin fonds. References Category:1947 establishments Category:1969 disestablishments Category:Architecture firms of Canada Category:Canadian architects Category:History of Toronto

De Unde Vii la Ora Asta?

"De Unde Vii la Ora Asta?" (; (Where are you coming from at this hour?)) is a single by Romanian singer Smiley from the album Confesiune released on April 10, 2017. The song peaked at number one in the Romania Top 20 charts, spending twenty-one weeks there, and four weeks in the most-broadcast songs on Romanian radio stations in the 2010s (and Top 100), topping them with number one on one occasion. The song also peaked List of Airplay 100 number ones at number one on one occasion, spending a total of five weeks in the respective top. The song won the 2017 Romanian Music Awards category of "Fastest Number One" song. Music video The music video of the song was released alongside the song itself on April 10, 2017, and was directed and produced by Smiley alongside HaHaHa Production staff. The video was shot at the historical landmark of Manasia Estate in Urziceni. The video starts by showing main artist Smiley inside a mansion cellar. He takes a glass of wine waiting for his loved one in the dining room, visibly becoming frustrated over her being late and still away from home. Smiley then rushes to the main door and opens it, just to find himself and the mansion itself on a rooftop of an apartment block from Bucharest. Melancholic, Smiley walks the rooftop as he sings the lyrics of the song, still waiting for his loved one who seemingly had an affair as he was imagining. Smiley enters the mansion and waits a little more, then opens the main door again, this time finding himself in the middle of Bucharest Old Town. As the lyrics hint the appearance of his missing loved one as being "with a messy coat and hairstyle", he finds a random woman on the street matching the exact description, however mistaking her for his lover. The video then shows his true loved one exiting the mansion's cellar with a glass of wine in her hand, while Smiley is still strolling the streets of the Old Town. While the girl was waiting for him inside the mansion, Smiley apparently walked all the way from the Old Town to the real location of the Mansion in Urziceni. The reality shows that, in fact, as a turn of events, the girl was the one who thought Smiley was away having an affair, portraiting the exact state he was imagining at first. The video ends with him falling into disbelief as the situation concluded him as the true missing link of the story. Song concept The song was created to portray jealousy as one of the darkest sides of love as the video shows what overthinking can lead one person to do. Reception The song was the second from a series of ten tracks released on the course of ten months to celebrate ten years of Smiley's career as a solo artist. Just 24 hours after its release, the song recorded remarkable performances as it had established a suite of records such as collecting over 1 million views on YouTube, placing itself on the first place on iTunes and reaching the top 10 radio Romanian broadcasts. Charts Chart (2017) Peakposition Romanian top 20 1Romania Airplay 100 1 Personnel Smiley – vocals, production, arrangements Music – Smiley, Florin Boka, Marius Pop, Vladimir Coman-Popescu, Șerban Cazan Text – Smiley, Alexandru Stancu Video – HaHaHa Video Production (Iura Luncasu, Liviu Marghidan) Release history 2017 Romania: CD (as part of Confesiune) Cat Music 101 2838 2 2017 Romania: CD (as part of Confesiune) HaHaHa Production 101 2838 2 References External links De Unde Vii la Ora Asta? on YouTube De Unde Vii la Ora Asta? on SoundCloud De Unde Vii la Ora Asta? on Spotify Category:Smiley (singer) songs Category:2017 songs Category:2017 singles Category:Number-one singles in Romania

Kroustalenia Monastery

The Kroustalenia Monastery (Greek: Μονή Κρουσταλλένιας) is an Orthodox monastery located in the Community of Saint Konstantinos of the Municipality of Oropedio Lasithi, in eastern Crete, near the village of Saint Konstantinos. It is dedicated to the Dormition of the Virgin. It is 41km from Agios Nikolaos. The monastery is built on a small mound on the Lasithi plateau. Historical facts It is not known when the monastery was founded exactly. Vasileios Psilakis reported that revolutionaries gathered in the monastery in 1272 to pray before the Lasithi plateau became a base for the revolution. Nikos Psilakis states that this information implies that the monastery existed from the second Byzantine period. The old agiothyrido of the monastery is dated 1241. However, the Venetians, in the context of suppressing revolutions, prohibited access to the plateau from 1293 to 1543, with severe penalties for violators, even death. With the resettlement of the population in the 16th century, the nuns Palantia and Theokliti, from the Peloponnese, arrived on the plateau. The nun Palantia, from the monastery of Panagia tou Spileio, founded the monastery of Krustallenia, while the nun Theokliti founded the monastery of Saint Pelagia, of which only the temple is now preserved. After the conquest of Crete by the Ottomans, male monks settled in the monastery. During the Ottoman years, the monastery became a meeting place for the captains of the area. It was also a place of hospitality for foreigners, such as the traveler Siber in 1817. During the revolution of 1821, the monastery was looted and set on fire by the Turkish-Egyptian troops in January 1823. In 1834, A. Frabreguettes visited the monastery, which, he notes, had not yet been restored. During the revolution of 1866, the monastery was the seat of the Revolutionary Committee of the Eastern Provinces and had ammunition depots. So during the Battle of Lasithi (May 20-30, 1867) the monastery was destroyed again by the Ottoman forces. After the revolution, most of the buildings of the monastery were built from scratch. A school operated in the monastery from the middle of the 19th century until 1926. References Category:Greek Orthodox monasteries in Greece Category:Christian monasteries established in the 13th century Category:1241 establishments in Europe

Paranacaiman

Paranacaiman is an extinct genus of large caiman from the Late Miocene Ituzaingó Formation of Argentina. The holotype, a skull table, was part of the hypodigm for "Caiman lutescens", which was later found to be a nomen dubium. Since a lectotype had been erected for "C. lutescens", the skull table was not name-bearing and was thus used to erect Paranacaiman. The genus is monotypic, meaning it only contains a single species: Paranacaiman bravardi. History and naming thumb|left|MACN PV 13551 is a well preserved skull table initually used in the hypodigm of Caiman lutescens and would later become the holotype of Paranacaiman. The type specimen of Paranacaiman is the isolated skull table designated MACN-Pv 13551, which has historically been tied to the now dubious taxon "Caiman lutescens". "Caiman lutescens" was described in 1912 by Italian paleontologist Gaetano Rovereto as "Alligator lutescens" on the basis of various fragmentary skull and postcranial remains found within the layers of the Ituzaingó Formation in Argentina. However, Rovereto did not designate a holotype specimen among his finds, rendering the entire collection of bones including the skull table MACN-Pv 13551 the syntype of his species. In 1933 an attempt was made to bring better stability to the taxon, with a partial snout being elected to become the lectotype of the taxon. Subsequently, the validity of the taxon rested on this specimen being diagnostic while the remaining fossils of the syntype were no longer fundamental to the deffinition of the species. "Alligator lutescens" eventually came to be considered a species of the genus Caiman by Wann Langston, with some authors even declaring it a synonym of Caiman latirostris. in 2012, Paula Bona and colleagues argued that the lectotype was indeed referrable to Caiman latirostris, but argued for the validity of "Caiman lutescens" by erroneously considering the diagnostic skull table the holotype. Bona would return to the matter in 2024 with another publication, ammending the mistake of considering the skull table the holotype. They reinforce the notion that the "Caiman lutescens" was a nomen dubium, although rather than assigning the lectotype to Caiman latirostris they highlight that the lack of diagnostic features means it cannot be identified to anything more specific than Jacarea. Since the diagnostic and distinct skull table was no longer tied to any specific name, the genus and species Paranacaiman bravardi was coined for it. In addition to the holotype, another skull table and two isolated frontals were also assinged to the taxon. There's the possibility of a third skull table belonging to Paranacaiman, but said specimen belonged to a juvenile that cannot be confidently assigned to the genus. The name Paranacaiman means "Caiman from Paraná" in reference to the banks of the Paraná River where the fossil material was discovered. The species name meanwhile honors Auguste Bravard, a French geologist and paleontologist who was the first to study the Cenozoic fossils of the region. Description Paranacaiman is only known from very limited skull material, chiefly a largely complete skull table and the still attached prefrontal bones. The prefrontals possess rounded edges, both those facing outwards as well as the medial margins, which sets them apart from any modern caiman species. The paired elements slightly contact each other along the midline and connect with the frontal bone, with which they form a prominent V-shaped shelf not seen in other large contemporary caimans like Paranasuchus. Typically in modern caimans the frontal has a long anterior process that often extends forward beyond the beginning of the eyesockets, however, in Paranacaiman the anterior process is very short, only beginning behind the orbital margins. thumb|Though no precise estimates are given, Paranacaiman is described as a "huge" animal. The skull table of Paranacaiman is noted for the fact that the edge at the back of the skull is concave to a point that it's almost V-shaped. This already distinguishes it from most crown caimans with the exception of some individuals of Acresuchus as well as some black caimans. The rims of the eyesockets are well developed and raised, creating a prominent groove that stretches across the skull table. Paranacaiman lacks the well-developed squamosal "horns" most prominently seen in Acresuchus but also present in Purussaurus and Mourasuchus. As with most crocodilians, two openings can be seen piercing the skull table, the supratemporal fenestra, though while they tend to be round to sub-circular in most modern caimans, they are very narrow and small in Paranacaiman. Broadly speaking, the upper surface of the skull table is formed by five bones: the frontal bone that extends between the eyes and connects to the prefrontals, two postorbital bones on either side forming the anterior corners of the element, the paired squamosals that project backwards and form the posterior corner, giving the skull table its V-shaped indentation, the singular parietal bone which in the case of Paranacaiman is entirely enclosed and the supraoccipital bone that forms the central part of the hind-most edge of the element. The squamosal bones that form the edges of the skull table are unassuming and do not form prominent swollen crests as seen in Acresuchus, Purussaurus and Mourasuchus. The supraoccipital is a prominent element of the skull table, well exposed and responsible for the parietal bone not contributing to the edges of the skull table. Notably, its deeply concave and depressed relative to the surrounding squamosals and parietal, which forms a continuation of the groove that stretches across the skull table. While a concave skull table is seen in some modern caimans, this effect is usually achieved by the fact that the squamosal bones are inclined, while this is not the case in Paranacaiman. Size Paranacaiman is described as "huge" by Bona and colleagues, but the type description offers no precise size estimates. Phylogeny Phylogenetic analysis has recovered Paranacaiman as forming a clade with the contemporary Paranasuchus as well as several large-bodied Miocene caimans, namely Mourasuchus, Purussaurus and Acresuchus. Within this clade, the two Parana species form a trichotomy with Mourasuchus, while Purussaurus and Acresuchus were recovered as each others closest relatives. Overall, this group seems to be the sister clade to Jacarea, the group that includes the modern genera Caiman and Melanosuchus as well as their closest extinct relatives. The recovery of Paranacaiman as a close relative to Mourasuchus and Paranasuchus supports the results previously recovered by Rio and Mannion in 2021. In their study, they scored Caiman lutescens based on the holotype of Paranacaiman and found it to clade with Caiman gasparinae and Mourasuchus much like Bona and colleagues would in 2024. However, the two studies differ in that Bona and colleagues found them to clade with Purussaurus and Acresuchus, whereas Rio and Mannion placed the latter within Jacarea while the former were merely the sister group to crown caimans. Paleobiology Paranacaiman is exclusively known from the Late Miocene Ituzaingó Formation of Paraná, Argentina. Like other Miocene localities of South America, the Ituzaingó Formation preserves a high diversity of crocodilians, including the gulp-feeding Mourasuchus, the narrow-snouted gharial Gryposuchus and the large macropredator Purussaurus, although the presence of Purussaurus has been called into question by Bona and colleagues. A key difference between the Ituzaingó and more northern localities like those of the Urumaco and Solimões Formations concerns both the absence of durophageous caimans (hard-shelled prey specialists) and the abundance of generalists. The latter are represented not only by Paranacaiman but also by Paranasuchus and Caiman australis. References Category:Alligatoridae Category:Miocene crocodylomorphs Category:Miocene reptiles of South America Category:Neogene Argentina Category:Fossils of Argentina Category:Fossil taxa described in 2024

12th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic

The 12th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic () ran from 20 October 2011 to 22 October 2015. The composition of the Assembly of the Republic, the legislative body of Portugal, was determined by the results of the 2011 legislative election, held on 5 June 2011. Election The 13th Portuguese legislative election was held on 5 June 2011. In the election, the Social Democratic Party (PPD/PSD) became the largest party but fell short of a majority, rellying on the CDS – People's Party (CDS–PP) to form a majority coalition government.Official Results — National Election Commission Party Assembly of the Republic Votes % Seats +/−PPD/PSD 2,159,181 38.66 108 +27PS 1,566,347 28.05 74 -23CDS–PP 653,888 11.71 24 +3 CDU 441,147 7.90 16 +1 BE 288,923 5.17 8 -8 Others/blanks/invalids 475,143 8.49 0 ±0 Total 5,585,054 100.00 230 ±0 Composition (2011–2015) Party Parliamentary group leaderElected Seats % Luís Montenegro (Aveiro)10847.0 Maria de Belém Roseira (Lisbon) (2011)Carlos Zorrinho (Évora) (2011–2013)Alberto Martins (Porto) (2013–2014)Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues (Lisbon) (2014–2015)7432.2 Nuno Magalhães (Setúbal)2410.4 (Lisbon) (2011–2013)João Oliveira (Évora) (2013–2015)146.1 Luís Fazenda (Lisbon) (2011–2012)Pedro Filipe Soares (Aveiro) (2012–2015)83.5PEVHeloísa Apolónia (Setúbal)20.9  Total230100.0 Election for President of the Assembly of the Republic To be elected, a candidate needs to reach a minimum of 116 votes. The Social Democratic Party (PSD) proposed Fernando Nobre as their candidate for president. The CDS – People's Party (CDS–PP) announced that they would abstain from voting for Fernando Nobre, citing concerns that the party didn't consider Nobre to be worthy of being the second most important state figure. The first ballot occurred on 20 June 2011, where Fernando Nobre failed to be elected: Election of the President of the Assembly of the Republic Ballot → 20 June 2011 Required majority → 116 out of 230 Fernando Nobre (PPD/PSD) Blank ballots Invalid ballots Absentees Sources: Following the first ballot, a second ballot was required to take place in the same day. Fernando Nobre was once again the only candidate on the ballot, failing once again to achieve a majority: Election of the President of the Assembly of the Republic Ballot → 20 June 2011 Required majority → 116 out of 230 Fernando Nobre (PPD/PSD) Blank ballots Invalid ballots Absentees Sources: A third ballot was scheduled for the next day, 21 June. Fernando Nobre decided to withraw his candidacy, and the PSD proposed Assunção Esteves as their candidate for president, this time with the support of the CDS–PP. Assunção Esteves was easily elected, becoming the first woman President of the Assembly of the Republic: Election of the President of the Assembly of the Republic Ballot → 21 June 2011 Required majority → 116 out of 230 Assunção Esteves (PPD/PSD) Blank ballots Invalid ballots Absentees Sources: References Category:2011 establishments in Portugal Category:Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) Category:2015 disestablishments in Portugal

Martin Lacko

Martin Lacko (Born in 1976 in Piešťany) is a Slovak historian. He specialises in modern Slovak history, particularly the period of the Slovak state from 1939 to 1945. Originally regarded as a renowned historian with internationally acclaimed and cited works, Lacko has been considered controversial since 2014 due to his historical revisionist positions and his open support for the far-right ĽSNS party. Life Lacko studied history and philosophy at the Comenius University. He completed his doctorate at the Historical Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava. Lacko worked as a member of the scientific research section of the National Memory Institute in Bratislava. He specializes in Slovak history during the Second World War and has published over 30 academic studies on this topic in Slovakia and abroad. In 2002–2004, he organised the conference Slovenská republika 1939-1945 očami mladých historikov (The Slovak Republic 1939–1945 in the Eyes of Young Historians) three times. Lacko was regarded (see section Controversies) as one of the most renowned Slovak historians of the so-called ‘young generation of historians’, who in their assessment of Slovak history, especially the Slovak state, see themselves as a middle way between the ‘glorifying works’ of exiled Slovak historians such as Milan Stanislav Ďurica and František Vnuk and the ‘strongly negative works’ of Slovak historians still active under the communist regime such as Ivan Kamenec and Dušan Kováč. Reception Lacko was originally regarded as a renowned historian in Slovakia.Martin Šimovec: Historik Martin Lacko: Šanca, že sa nájde Smoradov hrob, je mizivá. In: www.sme.sk, 3 April 2010, last check 7. April 2015. (in Slovak) Lacko's work also attracted international attention. For example, the German historian Tatjana Tönsmeyer (2011) wrote in her review of Lacko's 2008 monograph on the Slovak National Uprising: However, the internal Slovak disputes about the significance and the ability of the state of the war years to maintain its traditions for the Slovak self-image continue and have come to a head in the debate about the ‘national’ uprising. A further contribution to this debate is to be presented here by a younger Slovak historian, who has already made a name for himself with several works, especially on the military history of the Slovak state, as well as with several highly regarded editions of sources, including situation reports from the security services from January to August 1944. Martin Lacko has recently published an easy-to-read book for a wider audience, which is attractively designed with selected illustrations. In contrast to earlier accounts, it is also positive that aspects that have been less focussed on to date are also taken into account. Not only are the various groups involved in the resistance presented in detail, but everyday life in the area of the uprising is also discussed and it is impressively shown that at the end of 1944 and beginning of 1945, Slovakia was also included in the history of violence that is known from many regions, especially in Eastern Europe under German occupation.Recension from Tatjana Tönsmeyer, published in: Bohemia, Vol. 51 (2011), p. 529–530, on Martin Lacko (2008): Slovenské národné povstanie 1944 [The Slovak National Uprising 1944]. Slovart: Bratislava. (online) The picture of the uprising painted by Lacko is much more multifaceted than earlier accounts, but Tönsmeyer is critical of the fact that Lacko does not take into account the results of international research and, in Tönsmeyer's opinion, pursues a ‘historical-political intention’. Lacko constructs an image of history for Slovak society for which he claims ‘truth’, offers military ‘heroes’ in particular and hopes that his readership will take a positive view of Slovak statehood. The German historian Martin Zückert also comments on Lacko's monograph on the Slovakian National Uprising. In his essay (2011) on the Slovakian resistance against the Tiso regime, Zückert categorises Lacko's work among those accounts that ‘critically assess the role of the partisans and the Soviet Union’ and have recently caused controversy in Slovakia.Martin Zückert (2011): Slowakei: Widerstand gegen das Tiso-Regime und nationalsozialistische Vorherrschaft. In: Gerd R. Ueberschär, ed.: Handbuch zum Widerstand gegen Nationalsozialismus und Faschismus in Europa 1933/39 bis 1945. Walter de Gruyter: Berlin/New York, pp. 250–251. The Czech historian Lenka Šindelářová (2013), on the other hand, writes about Lacko's account of the history of Slovakia from 1939 to 1945, also published in 2008, that Lacko's work and that of Ivan Kamenec and Ján Korček in particular proved to be helpful for an overall picture of developments in the Slovak state.Lenka Šindelářová (2013): Finale der Vernichtung: Die Einsatzgruppe H in der Slowakei 1944/45. Darmstadt, p. 16. In 2014, a controversy broke out in Slovakia over Lacko. The ultra-nationalist Slovakian website www.29august1944.sk, which criticised the Slovak National Uprising against the National Socialists and the Slovak collaborationist regime as an ‘anti-national betrayal’, named Martin Lacko as one of the historians supporting it.Soňa Pacherová, Jana Trebulová: SNP ako sprisahanie? Samozvaným historikom sa zaoberá polícia. In: www.pravda.sk, 21 July 2014, last check on 7 April 2015 (in Slovak). Since then, he has been cited in Slovakian media as a ‘controversial historian’.Martin Krno: Verejnoprávna televízia ukázala ľudácke usmievavé Slovensko. In: www.pravda.sk, 4 September 2014, last check on 7. April 2015 (in Slovak). At the end of October 2015, Lacko signed a declaration supporting Marian Kotleba's far-right party against the backdrop of the ongoing election campaign for the 2016 parliamentary elections.Dušan Mikušovič: Šéf ÚPN nevie, čo s historikom, ktorý otvorene agituje za Kotlebovu stranu. In: dennikn.sk, 17 December 2015, last check on 22 December 2015, 02:32. (in Slovak) In early September 2016, Lacko was dismissed as an employee of the ‘Institute of the Memory of the Nation’ (Slovak: Ústav pamäti národa, ÚPN), which investigates the crimes of both the National Socialists and the Communists in Slovakia.Nation’s Memory Institute sacks historian Lacko. In: spectator.sme.sk, 5 September 2016, last check on 10 September 2016, 21:24. (in Slovak) In 2017, it became known that Lacko was now officially working as an assistant to MP Natália Grausová from the Kotleba party.Z ÚPN ho vyhodili, historik Martin Lacko už oficiálne pracuje pre ĽSNS. In: aktuality.sk, 3 April 2017, last check on 21 January 2019, 00:26. (in Slovak) Selected works Document collections Zrod Slovenského štátu v kronikách slovenskej armády [= The birth of the Slovak state in the chronicles of the Slovak army]. Ústav pamäti národa: Bratislava, ISBN 978-80-89335-19-0. (2010) Dotyky s boľševizmom. Dokumenty spravodajstva slovenskej armády 1940–1941 [= Contact with Bolshevism. Documents of the Intelligence Service of the Slovak Army 1940-1941]. Ústav pamäti národa: Bratislava, ISBN 978-80-89335-11-4. (2009) Proti Poľsku. Odraz ťaženia roku 1939 v denníkoch a kronikáck slovenskej armády [= Against Poland. Effects of the campaign in 1939 in the diaries and chronicles of the Slovak army]. Ústav pamäti národa: Bratislava, ISBN 978-80-89335-00-8. (2007) Monographs Slovenskí generáli 1939–1945 [= Slovak Generals 1939–1945]. Ottovo nakladatelství: Prag, ISBN 978-80-7451-246-9. (2013, together with Peter Jašek und Branislav Kinčok) Dwuramienny krzyż w cieniu swastyki. Republika Słowacka 1939–1945 [= The double cross in the shadow of the swastika. The Slovak Republic 1939-1945]. EL-Press: Lublin, ISBN 83-86869-32-1. (2012, Polish) Slovenské národné povstanie 1944 [The Slovak National Uprising 1944]. Slovart: Bratislava, ISBN 978-80-8085-575-8. (2008) Slovenská republika 1939–1945 [The Slovak Republic 1939–1945]. Perfekt: Bratislava, ISBN 978-80-8046-408-0. (2008) Dezercie a zajatia príslušníkov zaisťovacej divízie v ZSSR v rokoch 1942–1943 [Desertions and captures of members of the Security Division in the USSR in the years 1942-1943]. Ústav pamäti národa: Bratislava, ISBN 978-80-969699-4-4. (2007) References Category:1976 births Category:20th-century Slovak historians Category:Comenius University alumni Category:People from Piešťany Category:Living people Category:Historians of the Holocaust Category:Historians of Slovakia Category:21st-century Slovak historians

Panagia Varnakova Monastery

The Panagia Varnakova Monastery (Greek: Μονή Παναγίας Βαρνάκοβας) is one of the most historic monasteries in Greece.Αν. Κ. Ορλάνδος (1922). Η Μονή Βαρνάκοβας (σελ. 3: «τήν παναρχαίαν ταύτην μονήν»)Συγκλονιστικό οδοιπορικό του Mega στη Μονή Βαρνάκοβας («ένα από τα πέντε αρχαιότερα μοναστήρια της Ελλάδας»), Τα Νέα, 18 Ιουνίου 2020Βασίλης Κατσαρός, «Ένα χρονικό της Μονής Βαρνάκοβας (ΧΦ 1 Μονής Βαρνάκοβας», Κληρονομία, τομ. 11 (1979), σελ. 358 It was founded during the mid-Byzantine period, in the year 1077, by Saint Arsenius the Varnakovite and quickly emerged as a religious center of great influence, a position it maintains to this day, called "the Holy Lavra of Roumeli". Its characteristic name "Varnakova" probably comes from an older Slavic toponym.Ι.Μ. Παναγίας Βαρνάκοβας (2014), Ιστορία και Θεομητορικά Θαύματα της Παναγίας Βαρνάκοβας The Monastery is located at the southwestern end of the Phocis, in the former Municipality of Efpalio, approximately 25 km northeast of Nafpaktos, on the old road of Lidoriki. It is built on a small hill on the outskirts of the Vardousia Mountains and at an altitude of about 750 meters, in a dense forest of oak and horse chestnut trees, with a magnificent view towards the mountainous Nafpaktia, Doris, Mount Giona and the Mornos river. The top relic of the monastery was the miraculous icon of Panagia Varnakova. The icon bore an obvious crack along the face of the Virgin, which according to eyewitnesses was created by a local earthquake on August 15, 1940, at the time of the torpedoing of the Elli in Tinos. It was destroyed by fire on Sunday, June 14, 2020, along with other historical relics. References Sources Αν. Κ. Ορλάνδος (1922). Η Μονή Βαρνάκοβας, Έκδοσις της εν Αθήναις Δωρικής Αδελφότητος. Κωνσταντίνος Δυοβουνιώτης (1923). «Θεοδόσιος Ζυγομαλάς», Θεολογία, τομ. 1, σελ. 141–266. Π. Π. Καλονάρος (1957). Η Ιερά Μονή της Υπεραγίας Θεοτόκου, η Επιλεγομένη Βαρνάκοβα. Ι. Γιαννόπουλος (1970). Ανέκδοτα ενετικά έγγραφα της εν Δωρίδι μονής Βαρνακόβας (1688-1698) Βασίλης Κατσαρός (1979). «Ένα χρονικό της Μονής Βαρνάκοβας (ΧΦ 1 Μονής Βαρνάκοβας)», Κληρονομία, τομ. 11, σελ. 347–390. Ιερά Μητρόπολις Φωκίδος (1997). Ιερά Μονή Παναγίας Βαρνάκοβας. Ευ. Λέκκος (1997). Τα Μοναστήρια του Ελληνισμού, τόμος Α΄, Εκδόσεις Ιχνηλάτης. Γεωργιάδης (2004). Η Πολυώνυμος Δέσποινα και τα Επώνυμα Προσκυνήματά Της, τόμος ΣΤ΄. Publications of the Holy Monastery Ι.Μ. Παναγίας Βαρνάκοβας (1997), Όσιος Αρσένιος ο Βαρνακοβίτης. Ι.Μ. Παναγίας Βαρνάκοβας (1997), Αρχείο Θαυμάτων της Παναγίας Βαρνάκοβας. Ι.Μ. Παναγίας Βαρνάκοβας (1999), Τα Θαυμάσια της Υπεραγίας Θεοτόκου, της Επονομαζόμενης Βαρνάκοβας. Ι.Μ. Παναγίας Βαρνάκοβας (2000), Ηρωικά Χρόνια της Βαρνάκοβας. Ι.Μ. Παναγίας Βαρνάκοβας (2004), Ο Όσιος Δαυίδ και Καλογεροδάσκαλοι της Βαρνάκοβας επί Τουρκοκρατίας. Ι.Μ. Παναγίας Βαρνάκοβας (2007), Νεώτερα Θαύματα της Παναγίας στη Βαρνάκοβα. Ι.Μ. Παναγίας Βαρνάκοβας (2009), Εκφράσεις του Πνευματικού Κόσμου - Ουράνια μηνύματα, Θαυμαστά γεγονότα. Ι.Μ. Παναγίας Βαρνάκοβας (2011), Μαρτυρικά και Ηρωικά Νιάτα. Ι.Μ. Παναγίας Βαρνάκοβας (2014), Ιστορία και Θεομητορικά Θαύματα της Παναγίας Βαρνάκοβας. External links Το Μοναστήρι της Παναγιάς της Βαρνάκοβας Η Ιερά Μονή της Παναγίας της Βαρνακόβης Category:Greek Orthodox monasteries in Greece Category:Christian monasteries established in the 11th century

1935 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships

The 1935 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships were organized by the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) and served as the national championships in indoor track and field for the United States. The men's edition was held at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York, and it took place February 23. The women's meet was held separately at the St. Louis Coliseum in St. Louis, Missouri, taking place March 22. At the championships, high schooler Helen Stephens upset pre-race favorite Stella Walsh in the 50 metres. Stephens had reportedly only began training ten days before the championships. About 3,500 spectators attended the women's meet with most coming to see Walsh run. Medal summary Men 60 m Ben Johnson 6.6 600 m Milton Sandler 1:21.9 1000 m Glen Dawson 2:30.0 1500 m Glenn Cunningham 3:50.5 5000 m John Follows 15:18.8 65 m hurdles Percy Beard 8.6 3000 m steeplechase Joe McCluskey 9:07.1 High jump Cornelius Johnson 2.01 m Pole vault Ray Lowry 4.06 m Eldon Stutzman Oscar Sutermeister Long jump Jesse Owens 7.84 m Shot put Jack Torrance 15.11 m Weight throw Henry Dreyer 16.86 m 1500 m walk 6:07.3 Charles Eschenbach Women 50 m Helen Stephens 6.6 200 m 26.1 Mary Jane Santschi 50 m hurdles Evelyne Hall 8.1 High jump Alice Arden 1.52 m Standing long jump Helen Stephens 2.64 m Shot put Helen Stephens 12.07 m Basketball throw Nan Gindele References Results Notes 1935 Category:February 1935 sports events USA Indoor Track and Field Championships Category:Sports competitions in New York City Category:Sports competitions in St. Louis USA Indoor Track and Field Championships USA Indoor Track and Field Championships Category:Track and field in New York City Category:Track and field in Missouri Category:Events at Madison Square Garden Category:March 1935 sports events

Over My Dead Body (2023 film)

Over My Dead Body () is a 2023 Hong Kong black comedy film directed by Ho Cheuk Tin and co-written by Amy Chin and Kong Ho Yan. Starring Teresa Mo, Ronald Cheng, Wong You-nam, Jennifer Yu, Edan Lui, Yeung Wai Lun, Lau Kong, and Bonnie Wong, the film revolves around a group of apartment residents trying to dispose of a mysterious corpse that has appeared on their floor to prevent their homes from becoming stigmatized properties and losing value. The screenplay began development in March 2019 and was greenlit in October 2021, with Ho Cheuk Tin joining the project that same year, marking his second feature film after The Sparring Partner (2022). Filming commenced in May 2022 and wrapped in June, primarily taking place in Tai Wai, Sha Tin District. The film had its world premiere as the closing film of the 18th Osaka Film Festival on 15 March 2023, followed by a theatrical release in Hong Kong on 4 April. It received two nominations in the 42nd Hong Kong Film Awards, with Jiro Lee nominated for Best Supporting Actor. Synopsis Ming returns to his mother-in-law Meghan's apartment 14A in high-end private estate Seaside Heights after work, where he lives with his wife Yana and brother-in-law Kingston. Later that night, after Ming takes out the garbage, he discovers a male body lying at the door of their apartment. Nervously, he alerts everyone inside. Without thoroughly checking whether the man is dead, Ming suggests calling the police, but Meghan immediately rejects this option, fearing their apartment will become stigmatized property, significantly losing value and complicating their already debt-ridden lives. She proposes moving the corpse to their neighboring apartment 14B, and the four residents of 14A push the body next door with mops to avoid leaving any traces. However, they accidentally make noise, alerting the 14B residents, an elderly couple named Boron and Betty. Boron sees the 14A residents moving the corpse through the peephole and immediately opens the door to confront them. Concerned that their apartment's devaluation will affect their planned migration and retirement savings, the old couple bursts into an argument with them. Soon, they all agree to move the corpse to 14C, where Mary, a taciturn woman rumored to be associated with sorcery, lives and might know how to handle the situation. When they move the corpse to her door, it breaks open, and a pet dog runs out, revealing that her strange behavior is due to her secretly keeping a pet. Meghan immediately accuses the dog of having bitten the man to death, but Mary denies it, claiming that the dog is a Buddhist, and such an accusation of it taking a life could prevent it from reincarnating. A man steps out of the elevator, introducing himself as Bear, who lives in 14D. Everyone then falsely claims they have seen a corpse lying outside of his apartment, insisting it belongs to him. Arguments ensue, with threats to call the police, but none actually take action. Then, a man walks out of 14D, alerted by the loud commotion, and introduces himself as Bear's son Messi. To ease the hostility, Meghan brings up the public housing estate next to Seaside Heights known for suicides. Everyone, except Messi, agrees to move the corpse there since it is a public estate and will not affect property prices. As Ming, Kingston, Boron, and Bear move the corpse downstairs, they encounter their apartment's security guard Lee. They try but fail to fool him, and after he discovers the body, they subdue him and lock him up in 14D under the reluctant supervision of Messi. Realizing that all exits of the building have CCTV, they decide to drop the corpse down the garbage chute and retrieve it from the refuse chamber. However, a group of workers cleans the pipe, forcing them to retrieve the body and find an alternative plan. Their actions catch the attention of a girl smoking nearby, who introduces herself as Sue, a resident of 13A. She is getting married the next day and doesn't want any bad luck in the building, so she offers her help. Lee manages to escape while luring Messi to drink beer and gets drunk. He pursues the residents of the 14th floor, who are moving the corpse to the rooftop, using a suspended working platform to transport it out of the building on Sue's advice. Boron kicks Lee down the stairs, but he then suffers a heart attack and dies. The platform jams when it reaches the 14th floor, and everyone starts making excuses to stall the corpse from entering their home. With no other options, they seek Sue's help again. She offers to smuggle the corpse under her bridal gown during her tea ceremony the next day. Although the residents of the 14th floor manage to sneak past Sue's relatives and friends, they are blocked again by Lee on the road. Messi hands Lee a red envelope, and he happily moves out of the way. They bury the corpse on a nearby hill. However, the corpse is actually still alive and has only been stung by a bee. Hearing his moans as he recovers, the residents begin to dig him out of the grave. Cast Teresa Mo as Meghan So, a materialistic matriarch and resident of 14A Ronald Cheng as Bear Cheung, a grumpy taxi driver and resident of 14D Wong You-nam as Ming To, the underemployed husband of Yana who resides in his mother-in-law's 14A Jennifer Yu as Yana Chung, Ming's wife and resident of 14A Edan Lui as Messi Cheung, a football coach and the son of Bear who resides in 14D Yeung Wai Lun as Kingston Chung, the autistic son of Meghan and Yana's brother who resides in 14A Lau Kong as Boron Chan, a retired teacher and resident of 14B Bonnie Wong as Betty Chan, Boron's wife and a resident of 14B Also appearing in the film are Hanna Chan as Sue Yu, a soon-to-be-married resident of 13A who offered help to the 14th floor residents; Hang Sang Poon as Sue's father; Jiro Lee as S.G. Lee, a "believably priggish" security guard of Seaside Heights; Grace Wu as Mary Tse, a resident of 14C who lives alone with her pet dog; and Kenneth Cheung as Mr. Si, the new resident of 15A who was presumed dead throughout the film. Cameo appearances include Jer Lau as Sue's fiancé; Sunny Chan as a pundit; Mak Pui Tung as a security guard; and members of YouTube channel Pomato as Sue's bridesmaids and groomsmen. Louisa So and Jan Lamb, who previously starred in Ho Cheuk Tin's The Sparring Partner (2022), provide voice-overs as the narrator and for the advertisement of Seaside Heights respectively. Fruit Chan was slated to cameo as a garage owner, but his scenes were cut from the final version. Production Development Writer Kong Ho Yan was approached by producer Amy Chin, with whom he had previously collaborated on The Midnight After (2014) and the unreleased Goodbye UFO, to produce a comedy film. Kong presented several ideas, including one centered on the Hong Kong property market that follows a group of residents driven to madness by inflated property prices. The duo developed the screenplay from March 2019 and completed it by the end of that year. Chin then began searching for suitable directors and was advised by filmmaker Philip Yung and actor Yeung Wai Lun to consider Ho Cheuk Tin, who had worked with them on the then-unreleased The Sparring Partner (2022). Ho accepted the invitation in 2021, despite The Sparring Partner being a dark thriller that contrasts with the comedic tone of Over My Dead Body, marking his second feature film. He also cited The Seventh Seal (1957) and Shanghai, Shanghai (1990) as significant influences on the film. The main cast was handpicked by Chin, and potential cameos began to be arranged once the cast was finalized. In October 2021, the film was greenlit and received funding from the Film Development Fund of the Hong Kong Film Development Council, with Yeung Wai Lun and boy group Mirror member Ian Chan reported to be part of the main cast. Chan later denied being cast on Telegram. The film has a total production budget of 18.8 million HKD, with the Development Fund consisting of 7.6 million HKD. In April 2022, Teresa Mo, Ronald Cheng, and another Mirror member Edan Lui were announced as the main cast. Mo, who resided in Canada, returned to Hong Kong for filming earlier in January. In May, it was announced that the film would be jointly produced by One Cool Film Production, 852 Films, and Icon Group, with Josie Ho attached as a producer, and Jer Lau, Wong You-nam, Jennifer Yu, Hanna Chan, Lau Kong, and Bonnie Wong revealed to star. A teaser poster and release date were announced in January 2023, while the official trailer was released in March. Filming Principal photography began on 21 May 2022, with the first day of filming focused on a wedding scene. Approximately two-thirds of the film was shot in a studio, while most of the location shooting took place in Tai Wai, Sha Tin District. Director Ho Cheuk Tin chose to set the film in Tai Wai, as it is a new town and logical to have a new housing estate as the setting, with the town only bisected by the canals of Shing Mun River instead of being situated near the sea, which serves as a sarcastic irony to the name of the housing estate, "Seaside Heights", featured in the film. Filming wrapped up on 15 June. Music The film's theme song "Salted Fish Game" was composed by Tsui Chin Hung, with lyrics by Wyman Wong and performed by Jer Lau. Director Ho Cheuk Tin deemed Lau's role, which was a cameo appearance in the film, too minor, so he also invited him to perform the theme song. Release Over My Dead Body had its world premiere as the closing film of the 18th Osaka Film Festival on 15 March 2023, followed by a theatrical release on 4 April in Hong Kong. The film was also showcased at the 25th Taipei Film Festival on 6 July. Reception Box office Over My Dead Body grossed over 5.83 HKD during Easter, and reached 10 million in its opening weekend. The film received 17 million in its second week, and accumulated over 20 million by its third week on 28 April, making it the second highest-grossing Hong Kong film of 2023 at that time. As of mid-May, the film's box office total stood at over 30 million. Critical response Edmund Lee of South China Morning Post gave Over My Dead Body 3.5/5 stars, praising director Ho Cheuk Tin's raw talent and confidence in crafting a conceptually adventurous and aesthetically considered comedy-drama out of an unlikely but clever premise revolving around a political pun and the absurdities of Hong Kong's inflated property market. Keith Ho, writing for HK01, praised the film as a surprising black comedy filled with incisive absurdity, acknowledging the relevant themes, sharp dialogue, and the excellent direction and performances, which perfectly reflect the beauty and tragedy that Hong Kong people face in dealing with the absurdities of the real estate market. Jonathan Hung, in his review for am730, praised the film as a hilarious yet poignant black comedy that showcases the young director's bold and insightful approach to tackling the absurdities of Hong Kong society, with Hung noting the standout performances, particularly from actors Jiro Lee and Kenneth Cheung in minor roles, as well as the exceptionally written script and applaudable humour. Leaf Arbuthnot of The Guardian gave the film 2/5 stars and offered a rather negative review, criticizing the film's frustrating attempt at delivering goofy comedy, which falls short with jokes that are unfunny, characters that are overly stereotypical, and an overall inane feeling, despite its promising premise about the madness of the Hong Kong property market. Kwok Ching-yin of Esquire focused on the auteur approach of the filmmaker, noting the similarity between this film and Ho Cheuk Tin's previous entry The Sparring Partner in their exploration of generational and political conflict in Hong Kong through metaphors, introspection scenes, and word puns, but whereas The Sparring Partner had a tragic ending, Over My Dead Body offered a more optimistic resolution where the generations reconciled. Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominee Result Ref.202442nd Hong Kong Film Awards Best Supporting Actor Jiro Lee Best Costume Make Up Design Stephanie Wong References External links Category:2023 films Category:2023 black comedy films Category:Hong Kong black comedy films Category:2020s Hong Kong films Category:2020s Cantonese-language films Category:Films set in Hong Kong Category:Films shot in Hong Kong

Kayleigh Haggo

Kayleigh Haggo (born 1 February 1999) is a Scottish boccia player, frame runner, and para swimmer. She is scheduled to represent Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris in boccia in the women's individual and mixed team events. Early life and education Haggo was born in Irvine and grew up in Ayr. Although she attended a mainstream school growing up, Haggo was not involved in school sports, as school staff were unsure how to accommodate her cerebral palsy. She attended Ayrshire College, where she studied Coaching and Developing Sport. Athletic career As of 2024, Haggo works as a Disability Inclusion Trainer for Scottish Disability Sport, and runs trainings for PE teachers on how to accommodate disabled students. She previously worked in South Ayrshire, where she was an Active Schools coordinator beginning in 2021. She also runs Inspire, an organization which serves disabled children and young adults involved with sport. Para athletics Haggo began frame running at age 12, and would travel to Glasgow weekly to train. By age 13, she was competing internationally in the sport. At the 2012 European Para Youth Games in Brno, Czech Republic, Haggo won three gold medals. She also attended the 2012 Summer Olympics in London as a spectator, which sparked her goal of competing at the Paralympics. After several years as a para swimmer, Haggo returned to frame running in 2018, when the sport was taken up by World Para Athletics. She represented Great Britain at the 2018 European Para Athletics Championships. In 2019, she won the inaugural women's 100m RR3 event at the World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai with a time of 18:32. In 2021, she won a gold medal in frame running at the Para-athletics European Championships in Poland. Haggo hoped to attend the Paralympics as a frame runner, but the event was not included in the 2024 Summer Paralympics lineup. As of 2024, she remains the world record holder for frame running in the 100, 200, 400, 800, 1500 and 5000 metre events. Para swimming Haggo took up para swimming for four years between 2014 and 2018, in part because the discipline was not included in World Para Athletics' program. Boccia Haggo began playing boccia in February 2022, driven by the desire to compete at the Paralympics after frame running was announced to not be included in the event's 2024 lineup. She competed in the Scottish Championship a few months later. She first competed internationally in Poznan in August 2022. She became a full-time player in 2023 as part of the United Kingdom's World Class Programme, which provides funding to athletes, allowing them to train full-time. That year she competed in the Montreal World Cup, where she won bronze in the BC1/2 team event. In 2024, Haggo won gold medals in the women's individual event and the BC1/2 Team event at the Lahti Challenger in Finland. She was named to Great Britain's Paralympic boccia team in June 2024. Honours In 2017, YMCA Scotland named her on their list of 30 most inspiring women under 30. In 2020, Haggo was nominated for Sports Personality of the Year at the South Ayrshire Sports Awards. She received the Young Scot Health & Wellbeing Award in 2021. In 2022 she was inducted into Ayrshire College's College Hall of Fame. Personal life Haggo has quadriplegic cerebral palsy with dystonia. In 2015, changed Department for Work and Pensions disability benefit rules meant Haggo might lose her motability vehicle. Around 2,900 people signed a Change.org petition in support of Haggo. She lived in Maybole with her mother as of 2020. During the COVID-19 pandemic, town residents raised money to buy Haggo equipment so she could train at her home. Haggo plans to marry her fiancé, Kevin, in late 2024. References Category:Living people Category:1999 births Category:21st-century British sportswomen Category:21st-century Scottish people Category:21st-century Scottish women Category:Boccia players at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Category:Paralympic boccia players for Great Britain Category:People from Maybole Category:Scottish female athletes Category:Scottish female swimmers Category:Scottish Paralympic competitors Category:Sportspeople from Ayr Category:Sportspeople with cerebral palsy

Francisco Chilche

Chilche (1497–1586) was a kuraka of the Cañari tribe. He was a courtier of Inca emperor Huayna Capac, surviving the civil war between his successor Huáscar and Atahualpa before allying with Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro. He converted to Christianity under the name of Francisco Zaraunanta Chilche and became Pizarro's leading native supporter, eventually becoming governor of the valley of Yucay. Although obscure in modern historiography, he has been deemed one of the most powerful kuraka of Peruvian history. Early life According to Mestizo chronicler Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, who treated him personally, Chilche became a page for Huayna Capac thanks to his rank as a prince of the Cañari. Although he kept his royal status during the reign of Emperor Atahualpa, he seems to have secretly opposed him, as he quickly pledged himself to Francisco Pizarro in 1533 after Atahualpa's capture in Cajamarca. Chilche was the leader of a faction of Cañari and Chachapoya noblemen within the Cusco nobility, and offered their services to the conquistador.Arana Bustamante, L. (2009) Un incidente en la vida de Francisco Chilche, kuraka del valle de Yucay (1555). Investigaciones sociales, Vol.13 N°23, pp.171-186 Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire Chilche acted as a general of Indian auxiliaries in Pizarro's composite army. He faced personally the Atahualpist general Chalcuchima, whom Chilche defeated and forced to retreat in Jauja. His most distinguished moment came during the 1536 siege of Cusco by the revolted Inca army of Manco Inca, of whom Chilche had been a former friend. One of Manco's captains approached the city's walls to challenge the defenders to a duel of champions, to which Chilche asked and obtained permission from Hernando Pizarro to accept the challenge. He armed himself with a chuqui (lance) and a champí (an axe-bladed mace) and fought the Inca, eventually killing him and taking his head as a trophy. The Spanish acclaimed Chilche for the victory, while the Inca considered it a bad omen due to the Cañari having been previously an ethnicity despised under Inca rule. The siege was later lifted by reinforcements by Diego de Almagro. His role in Pizarro's entourage was instrumental to gain the loyalty of the majority of the Cañari resident in Cusco, who except by Chilche's aides had declined to pick a side in order to wait to see which would take the advantage during the conquest. For his political and military prowess, Chilche was rewarded with the rich valley of Yucay, replacing the former Atahualpist governor, Huallpa Túpac. Francisco Pizarro and his mestizo son Gonzalo retained the titular ownership of the valley, but they passed its management to Chilche, making him de facto one of the most powerful men in the Inca Empire under Spanish rule. Governor of Yucay thumb|Corpus Christi in Cuzco, with the Cañari parade at the left. In 1548, Chilche was sued by García Quispi Capi, a descendant of the deposed Huallpa Túpac. The Cañari was forced to hand over lordship over the local aillu while retaining the mitma and the job of governor, but he later gathered an army and attacked García, recovering by force everything he had given away. This attracted complaints from other native landowners and from the very Spanish administration, which went largely unaddressed due to his influence. Chilche was at the peak of a practically feudal network of influence, attracting many native noblemen as clients and receiving women from their families as concubines in order to secure their deals. Only the progressive regularization of the Spanish rule would make his power gradually decline, although he retained a lot of it thanks to his relationship with the Pizarro family. During the native parade of Corpus Christy in June 1555, Chilche featured a notorious incident evidencing the political tensions between Inca and Cañari factions. He arrived in a litter decorated with scenes of the Spanish conquest, after which he stripped down to his loincloth in warlike fashion and showed the crowd the shrunken head of the Inca killed in 1537. The gesture was clearly meant to glorify his role in the conquest and to offend the present Inca, causing that four of them attacked him and a fracas erupted. When the brawl was broken up, the teniente de corregidor Juan Luis de Monjaraz reprimanded Chilche for the scandal and confiscated the head. In 1558, Sayri Túpac was installed as new kuraka of Yucay as a consequence of political changes in the Spanish crown, but he died suddenly, after which Chilche was accused of poisoning him to recover his domains. He spent one year in prison between trials, but was freed as no evidence of the crime was found, although Garcilaso and Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala believed he was guilty. Chilche then forced the late Sayri's favorite concubine, Inés Coya, to marry him. This chapter of his life was followed by a last military tenure against the rebel Túpac Amaru as captain general of the Indian auxiliaries. Chilche died in 1586, after which his son Hernando Guatanaula, the first of eight siblings, inherited Yucay. References Category:1497 births Category:1586 deaths Category:Inca Empire people Category:Spanish Indian auxiliaries

1936 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships

The 1936 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships were organized by the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) and served as the national championships in indoor track and field for the United States. The men's edition was held at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York, and it took place February 22. The women's meet was held separately at the St. Louis Coliseum in St. Louis, Missouri, taking place February 12. At the women's championships, the "Fulton Flash" Helen Stephens broke the U.S. record in the 50 meters. About 1,000 spectators attended the women's meet despite inclement weather. Medal summary Men 60 m Ralph Metcalfe 6.7 600 m Edward O'Brien 1:21.0 1000 m Charles Hornbostel 2:29.0 1500 m Gene Venzke 3:49.9 5000 m Norman Bright 15:00.0 65 m hurdles Sam Allen 8.7 3000 m steeplechase Joe McCluskey 8:57.1 High jump Ed Burke 2.05 m Pole vault David Hunn 4.14 m Long jump 7.39 m Ed Gordon Shot put Dimitri Zaitz 15.86 m Weight throw Irving Folwartshny 17.71 m 1500 m walk Charles Eschenbach 6:18.1 Women 50 m Helen Stephens 6.4 200 m Annette Rogers 27.9 50 m hurdles Tidye Pickett 7.9 High jump Annette Rogers 1.56 m Standing long jump Helen Stephens 2.55 m Shot put Helen Stephens 12.67 m Basketball throw Nan Gindele References Results Notes 1936 Category:February 1936 sports events USA Indoor Track and Field Championships Category:Sports competitions in New York City Category:Sports competitions in St. Louis USA Indoor Track and Field Championships USA Indoor Track and Field Championships Category:Track and field in New York City Category:Track and field in Missouri Category:Events at Madison Square Garden

Ade Mustikaningrat

Gusti Raden Ayu R. V. Mustikaningrat (born 15 November 1961), often referred to as Ade Mustikaningrat, was an Indonesian retired military general and cultural person. Her highest position in the military was as the Director for European and American Affairs in the State Intelligence Agency. Early life and education Mustikaningrat was born in Jakarta, on 15 November 1961, as the daughter of Suffri Jusuf and his wife R.A. Garmini Jusuf. She came from a family of government officials, as her grandfather, Soeria Danoeningrat, who gave her name, was the former regent of Sukabumi. Her father, Suffri Jusuf, would later become Indonesia's ambassador to Laos and to Sri Lanka, and her brother, Gary Jusuf, followed his father's footstep in foreign service and became ambassador to Fiji. Her family has ties to the ancient Sumedang Larang Kingdom. Mustikaningrat pursued most of her education overseas due to her father's occupation. She studied sinology at the University of Indonesia and graduated in 1986. She later pursued a master's degree in counterterrorism from the National Defense University and graduated in 2013. Career Upon completing her undergraduate education, Mustikaningrat applied to join the army. She underwent a preparatory military training in 1987 and was assigned to the army's intendance unit as part of the women's corps. She also received training from Kopassus's 81st Detachment. During her early career, Mustikaningrat became the master of ceremony for Kamera Ria, a TV programme managed by the armed forces information services and broadcast by TVRI. She hosted the show around the late months of 1989. She travelled to East Timor, where she entertained soldiers who were being stationed there. Mustikaningrat continued her career as part of the intendance unit and rose through the ranks. She served as the Chinese interpreter for the first lady and as the aide-de-camp to Diana, Princess of Wales and Fahd of Saudi Arabia during their visit to Indonesia. She was later appointed as assistant defense attaché at the Indonesian embassy in China. She studied at the Army Command and General Staff College in 2003 and was promoted to the rank of colonel on 1 October 2010. Prior to 2019, Mustikaningrat was the chief of the liaison subdirectorate in the State Intelligence Agency. In March 2019, Mustikaningrat was appointed as the director for European and American affairs in the agency. In accordance to her new office, she was promoted to the rank of brigadier general on 2 May 2019. She served in the position until June 2019 and retired from the military on the same year. Upon retiring from the military, Mustikaningrat focused herself on cultural work and became the chief advisor to the Sumedang Prince Foundation (YPS, Yayasan Pangeran Sumedang). In 2023, Mustikaningrat protested a video published by the community service program of the Telkom University, which claimed that Sumedang Larang is a Muslim kingdom, and that the foundation is a direct continuation of the kingdom itself. Mustikaningrat demanded the university to take down the video. Mustikaningrat was nominated by Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle as the running mate for Irwansyah Putra in the 2024 Sumedang regency election. References Category:1961 births Category:University of Indonesia alumni Category:Indonesian generals Category:Indonesian politicians Category:Sundanese people Category:Indonesian Muslims Category:Living people

2024–25 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team

The 2024–25 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team will represent the University of Notre Dame during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Fighting Irish will be led by fifth-year head coach Niele Ivey and will play their home games at Purcell Pavilion in Notre Dame, Indiana as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Previous season The Fighting Irish finished the season 28–7 overall and 13–5 in ACC play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. As the fourth seed in the ACC tournament, they earned a bye into the Quarterfinals where they defeated fifth seed Louisville. They defeated first seed Virginia Tech in the Semifinals and second seed NC State to win the title. It was their sixth overall title and first since 2019. They received the ACC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, marking the third straight time the Fighting Irish qualified for the tournament. As the second seed in the Albany 1 region they defeated fifteenth seed Kent State in the First Round and seventh seed Ole Miss in the Second Round before losing to third seed Oregon State in the Sweet Sixteen to end their season. Offseason Departures Departures Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for Departure 0 G 5'10" Atlanta, Georgia Graduated 10 F 6'2" Menifee, California Graduated 13 G 5'8" Cumberland, Maine Graduated 15 F 6'5" Queens, New York Transferred to Miami (FL) Incoming Transfers Incoming Transfers Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous School 20 F 6'0" Washington, D.C. Pittsburgh 32 F 6'2" Saint Paul, Minnesota Marquette 2024 recruiting class Source: Roster Schedule and results Source: |- !colspan=9 style=| Exhibition |- !colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season |- !colspan=9 style=| ACC regular season |- !colspan=9 style=| ACC Women's Tournament Rankings References Category:Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball seasons Notre Dame Notre Dame Fighting Irish Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Juancho Miguel Besana

Juancho Miguel Eserio Besana (born August 18, 2003) is a Filipino artistic gymnast. He is the 2023 SEA Games champion on vault as well as the 2024 Pacific Rim vault bronze medalist. Early life Besana was born in Pasig in 2003 to mother Maru Eserio and father Junn Besana. He has been friends with fellow Filipino gymnasts Carlos Yulo and John Ivan Cruz since childhood. Gymnastics career 2022 Besana competed at the postponed 2021 Southeast Asian Games where he helped the Philippines win silver as a team. Individually he won bronze on vault behind compatriot Carlos Yulo and Tikumporn Surintornta of Thailand. At the 2022 Asian Championships Besana finished twenty-third in the all-around and helped the Philippines finish ninth as a team. 2023 In early 2023 Besana competed at the Cottbus World Cup where he finished eighth on vault. At the 2023 Southeast Asian Games Besana once again helped the Philippines win silver. Individually he won gold on vault. In June Besana competed at the 2023 Asian Championships where he helped the Philippines finish seventh as a team and individually he finished twenty-third in the all-around and qualified to the vault final. During the vault final he finished eighth. Although Besana had qualified as an individual to compete at the 2023 World Championships, he opted instead to compete at the postponed 2022 Asian Games. While there he only competed on vault where he finished tenth during qualifications and was the second reserve for the final. 2024 Besana competed at the Doha World Cup but finished nineteenth on vault during qualifications and did not advance to the final. In April he competed at the 2024 Pacific Rim Championships. While there he helped the Philippines finish sixth as a team and individually he finished eighth in the all-around and qualified to the floor exercise, pommel horse, vault, and horizontal bar event finals. During event finals he won bronze on vault. Competitive history YearEventTeamAAFXPHSRVTPBHB 2022 Southeast Asian Games 9 5 4Asian Championships 9 23 2023 Cottbus World Cup 8 Southeast Asian Games 6 4 Asian Championships 7 23 8 Asian Games 2024 Asian Championships 6 14 4 Pacific Rim Championships 6 8 7 8 8 References Category:Living people Category:2003 births Category:People from Pasig Category:Filipino male artistic gymnasts Category:Asian Games competitors for the Philippines Category:SEA Games gold medalists for the Philippines Category:SEA Games silver medalists for the Philippines Category:Competitors at the 2021 SEA Games Category:Competitors at the 2023 SEA Games Category:SEA Games medalists in gymnastics

List of Canadian films of 2025

This is a list of Canadian films slated for release in 2025: Title Director Cast Notes Ref Any Other World Ben Pickles Bruce Greenwood Jamie Casemore, "Tilt 9 Entertainment wraps Any Other World in Vancouver". Playback, August 15, 2024. Fanny Cloutier Yan England Milya Corbeil Gauvreau, Adélaïde Schoofs, Léokim Beaumier-Lépine, Éric Bruneau, Magalie Lépine-Blondeau, Claude Legault, Hubert Proulx, Marilyse Bourke, Tanya Brideau Charles-Henri Ramond, "Yan England tourne « Fanny Cloutier »". Films du Québec, August 19, 2024. Foreigner Ava Maria Safai Rose Dehgan, Chloë Macleod Kim Izzo, "Teen horror film Foreigner to shoot in Vancouver". Playback, August 2, 2024. L'Habit du héros Léa Pool Mehdi Meskar, Alexandre Landry, Aron Archer, Céline Bonnier, Sascha Ley, Jérôme Varanfrain, Joël Delsaut Charles-Henri Ramond, "Léa Pool tourne L’habit du héros". Films du Québec, July 30, 2024. Ivan Damian Fannon Kelly Townsend, "Artificial intelligence horror film Ivan wraps in Ottawa". Playback, August 16, 2024. Little Lorraine Andy Hines Stephen Amell, J Balvin, Sean Astin Kim Izzo, "Little Lorraine crime film wraps in Nova Scotia, Ontario". Playback, August 26, 2024. Menteuse Émile Gaudreault Anne-Élisabeth Bossé, Antoine Bertrand, Catherine Chabot, Luc Senay, Véronique Le Flaguais, Didier Lucien, Rémy Girard, Pierrette Robitaille, Martin Drainville Taimur Sikander Mirza, "Production wraps on Émile Gaudreault’s Menteuse". Playback, June 24, 2024. Mile End Kicks Chandler Levack Juliette Gariépy, Barbie Ferreira, Devon Bostick, Stanley Simmons Charles-Henri Ramond, "Mile End Kicks en tournage". Films du Québec, September 4, 2024. Northbound William Scoular Bruce Dern Kim Izzo, "Production wraps on William Scoular’s Northbound". Playback, August 21, 2024. Place of Ghosts Bretten Hannam Forrest Goodluck, Blake Alec Miranda, Glen Gould, Brandon Oakes Kim Izzo, "Bretten Hannam feature Place of Ghosts underway in Halifax". Playback, August 28, 2024. Plan C Scott Cavalheiro Claire Cavalheiro, Vivica A. Fox, Daniel DeSanto, Jamie Spilchuk, Joris Jarsky, Kris Holden-Ried Kelly Townsend, "Actor Scott Cavalheiro turns director for gritty thriller Plan C". Playback, July 26, 2024. Révolté Noël Mitrani Camile Foley, Elliott Mitrani, Mélanie Elliott, Émilie Massé, Natacha Mitrani, Veronika Leclerc Strickland, Pierre-Luc Brillant Charles-Henri Ramond, "Noël Mitrani tourne « Révolté »". Films du Québec, July 17, 2024. Une Splendeur de vivre Marianne Métivier Camille Rutherford, Garance Marillier, Victor Andrés Trelles Turgeon, Émile Schneider, Amaryllis Tremblay Kim Izzo, "Marianne Métivier’s debut feature to film in Quebec, Philippines". Playback, August 21, 2024. Steal Away Clement Virgo Angourie Rice, Mallori Johnson, Lauren Lee Smith, Idrissa Sanogo Bamba Kim Izzo, "Clement Virgo’s Steal Away wraps principal photography in Belgium". Playback, July 19, 2024. #Vanlife Trevor Cameron Michelle Thrush, Justin Derickson, Dakota Ray Hebert, Tahmoh Penikett, Joel Montgrand Kim Izzo, "Trevor Cameron embarks on scripted film debut with #Vanlife". Playback, August 14, 2024. See also 2025 in Canadian television 2025 in film References External links Feature Films Released In 2025 With Country of Origin Canada at IMDb 2025 Canada *

Jeffery Young Jr.

Jeffery (Jay) Young Jr. (born 1986) is a Democratic politician and member of the City Council of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 2023, he was elected to represent the Fifth District which extends from the western side of Center City up though North Philadelphia to Temple University's campus and then up to Hunting Park. Early life and education Young attended high school at Girard College. Needing an internship to graduate, he found three opportunities in city government working in City Councilmember Darrell L. Clarke’s and Blondell Reynolds Brown’s offices, and the Managing Director's Office during Mayor John Street’s administration. Young earned a B.A. from Temple University and during college had internships with Mayor Michael Nutter and Councilmember Curtis J. Jones Jr. He attended Rutgers Law School graduating with a JD in 2012. During this time he interned with U.S. Senator Bob Casey's Washington office, the Philadelphia Register of Wills Office, and Community Legal Services. Career Young passed the bar exam in 2013 and joined Clarke's Council office as an attorney until 2019. During his time in Clarke's office he gained experience in legal matters related to development. While there he was involved in a contentious deal where city-owned properties near Temple University were sold to a developer for $125,000 below the appraised value. In 2019 he joined the Legis Group, specializing in real estate, government affairs and business law. Young started gathering signatures to appear on the May 2023 primary ballot for the Philadelphia City Council 5th District race before Clarke announced he wouldn't seek reelection. Meanwhile, six potential challengers only began collecting signatures after Clarke's retirement announcement but were disqualified from running due to problems with their nominating petitions, as they had less than two weeks to gather signatures. Although Young's petitions were also questioned, with all other candidates disqualified, the lawyer for one of his disqualified opponents chose not to pursue the issue, leaving Young as the sole candidate on the primary ballot. During the primary it came to light that Young posted some offensive tweets about women, Asians, and other groups when he was in his mid-twenties, which he attributed to his youth. He went on to win primary and ran unopposed in the general election which he also won. Legislative focus and positions Young is a proponent of councilmanic prerogative, the unwritten rule that district council members have final say over all manner of land use decisions within their district, because it helps prevent unwanted development in neighborhoods. Soon after taking office he announced plans to pursue a lawsuit initiated by former City Council President Darrell L. Clarke against the Zoning Board of Adjustment (ZBA), contending that the board unlawfully granted a variance for a proposed apartment building on North Broad Street. Regarding climate change issues, Young said that natural gas can help fuel the economy until clean energy becomes more widely available. As of 2024 he does not support a ban on natural gas hookups in new construction but is open to it in the future. He said the city should incentivize more Philadelphians to use SEPTA through tax credits or other benefits, emphasizing the need to equip the public transit system with the infrastructure required to support a low-emission future. Young has identified his top priorities as reducing gun violence, improving educational outcomes, increasing investment in youth, reforming public safety institutions, creating economic opportunities, and promoting sustainable and equitable development. See also List of members of Philadelphia City Council since 1952 References External links Councilman Jeffery Young Jr. District 5 - Philadelphia City Council website Category:Living people Category:1986 births Category:Temple University alumni Category:Rutgers Law School alumni Category:21st-century African-American politicians Category:African-American city council members in Pennsylvania Category:Pennsylvania Democrats Category:Philadelphia City Council members

Thomas Harper (American football)

Thomas Harper (born November 5, 2000) is an American professional football safety for the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oklahoma State Cowboys and Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Early life Harper was born on November 5, 2000, in Knoxville, Tennessee. He grew up playing basketball before trying out for the Karns High School football team as a sophomore. With the Karns football team, he became a top wide receiver and defensive back. He was an all-district, all-region and team MVP selection while being the first player in school history with over 1,000 receiving yards. Harper totaled 1,086 receiving yards and 11 touchdowns as a junior, being named all-state, and then had 1,279 receiving yards and 18 touchdowns as a senior, also ending his high school career with 155 tackles, 16 passes defended and three interceptions. A two-star recruit, he committed to play college football for the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the only Power Five program to give him an offer, which allowed him to join his brother Devin, a linebacker. College career Harper appeared in 12 games as a true freshman in 2019, mainly on special teams, recording 13 tackles. The following year, he appeared in all 11 games, one as a starter, and recorded 31 tackles while earning second-team Academic All-Big 12 Conference honors. In 2021, he played 12 games and totaled 20 tackles with 1.5 tackles-for-loss (TFLs). He won a starting role in 2022. That year, he made 30 tackles and 1.5 TFLs while appearing in seven games. In 2023, Harper transferred to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish for his final season of eligibility. With Notre Dame, he appeared in 11 games and posted 39 tackles, six TFLs, three passes defended and two sacks. He opted out of the team's 2023 Sun Bowl victory over Oregon State due to injury. College statistics Year Team Games Tackles Interceptions Fumbles GP GS Total Solo Ast Sack PD Int Yds TD FF FR TD 2019 12 0 13 9 4 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2020 11 1 30 26 4 0.0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 2021 12 0 20 12 8 0.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2022 7 7 30 17 13 0.0 2 1 11 0 0 0 0 2023 11 10 39 25 14 2.0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0Career 53 18 132 89 43 2.0 9 2 11 0 2 1 0 Professional career Los Angeles Chargers After going unselected in the 2024 NFL draft, Harper signed with the Los Angeles Chargers as an undrafted free agent. He was waived on August 27, as part of the team's roster cuts. Las Vegas Raiders On August 28, 2024, Harper was claimed off waivers by the Las Vegas Raiders. References Category:2000 births Category:Living people Category:American football safeties Category:Players of American football from Knoxville, Tennessee Category:Oklahoma State Cowboys football players Category:Notre Dame Fighting Irish football players Category:Los Angeles Chargers players Category:Las Vegas Raiders players

Brenden Bates

Brenden Bates (born October 17, 1999) is an American professional football tight end for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Kentucky Wildcats and was signed by the Chicago Bears as an undrafted free agent in . Early life Bates was born on October 17, 1999, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Both his parents, his two siblings, and his grandfather each played collegiate sports. He attended Moeller High School in Cincinnati where he played football, basketball, and competed in track and field. In football, he was twice named first-team All-Greater Catholic League and caught 17 receptions for 305 yards and 11 touchdowns as a senior. Bates was selected for the national team at the International Bowl. He was ranked a four-star recruit and one of the top tight ends nationally. In addition to his pass catching abilities, he was also considered a top blocker; he told the Lexington Herald-Leader that "I take pride in blocking. I just love moving people against their will." He committed to play college football for the Kentucky Wildcats. College career As a true freshman at Kentucky in 2018, Bates redshirted, appearing in two games. The following season, he appeared in 13 games on the special teams unit. He played in only six games in 2020 due to injury, making his first career catch that year. In 2021, he was a starter in six games and totaled 11 catches for 70 yards, including his first collegiate touchdown. He recorded 10 receptions for 99 yards and one touchdown during the 2022 season. He returned for a final season in 2023, as all players were given an extra year of eligibility due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In his final year, he caught four passes for 89 yards. He finished his collegiate career having recorded 26 catches for 272 yards and two touchdowns, while having started 25 of the 58 games in which he appeared. He was invited to the 2024 Hula Bowl all-star game. Professional career Chicago Bears After going unselected in the 2024 NFL draft, Bates signed with the Chicago Bears as an undrafted free agent. He was a standout performer in preseason, catching six passes for 100 yards. He was waived on August 27, as part of the roster cuts. New York Jets One day after being waived by the Bears, Bates was claimed off waivers by the New York Jets. References Category:1999 births Category:Living people Category:Players of American football from Cincinnati Category:American football tight ends Category:Moeller High School alumni Category:Kentucky Wildcats football players Category:Chicago Bears players Category:New York Jets players

2024 Southern Illinois 100

The 2024 Southern Illinois 100 was the 16th stock car race of the 2024 ARCA Menards Series season, and the 44th iteration of the event. The race will be held on Sunday, September 1, 2024, at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Racetrack in Du Quoin, Illinois, a 1-mile (1.6 km) permanent oval-shaped dirt track. The race took the scheduled 100 laps to complete. Brent Crews, driving for Venturini Motorsports, would hold off pole winner William Sawalich. To fill out the podium, Sawalich, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing and Andrés Pérez de Lara, driving for Rev Racing, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively. Report Background left|thumb|DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Racetrack, the circuit where the race was held. DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Racetrack is a one-mile (1.6-km) clay oval motor racetrack in Du Quoin, Illinois, about southeast of St Louis, Missouri. It is a stop on the ARCA Menards Series, USAC Silver Crown Series and American Flat Track. The DuQuoin "Magic Mile" racetrack was constructed on reclaimed stripmine land in 1946 by W.R. Hayes. The track's first national championship race was held in September 1948. In the second race on October 10, popular AAA National driving champion Ted Horn was killed in the fourth turn when a spindle on his championship car broke. The national championship race for the USAC Silver Crown dirt cars is held in his honor. Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. #DriverTeamMakeSponsor0Nate MoellerWayne Peterson RacingFordOcean Pipe Works2Andrés Pérez de LaraRev RacingChevroletMax Siegel Inc.03Alex ClubbClubb Racing Inc.FordRace Parts Liquidators4Dale Quarterley1/4 Ley RacingChevroletVan Dyk Recycling Solutions / Motul06Austin VaughnWayne Peterson RacingToyotaSafford Equipment Company6Lavar Scott (R)Rev RacingChevroletMax Siegel Inc.7Eric CaudellCCM RacingFordCCM8Sean CorrEmpire RacingChevroletNESCO Bus Sales10Daylan HairstonFast Track RacingFordMemory of Ron Hutcherson11Cody Dennison (R)Fast Track RacingToyotaTimcast12Tim MonroeFast Track RacingChevroletIllinois Trucking Association15Kris WrightVenturini MotorsportsToyotaFNB Corporation16Kelly KovskiKelly Kovski RacingChevroletBRANDT / Schluckebier Farms18William SawalichJoe Gibbs RacingToyotaStarkey / SoundGear20Brent CrewsVenturini MotorsportsToyotaJBL22Amber BalcaenVenturini MotorsportsToyotaICON Direct25Toni BreidingerVenturini MotorsportsToyotaSunoco31Brayton LasterRise MotorsportsChevroletAC-Cages.com / Goat Locker Racing32Christian RoseAM RacingFordWest Virginia Department of Tourism48Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsFordSki's Graphics55Taylor ReimerVenturini MotorsportsToyotaBuzzBallz69Will KimmelKimmel RacingFordWeddington Custom Homes86Brian ClubbClubb Racing Inc.FordRace Parts Liquidators99Michael Maples (R)Fast Track RacingChevroletDon Ray Petroleum LLCOfficial entry list Practice The first and only practice session was held on Sunday, September 1, at 4:30 PM CST, and lasted for 30 minutes. Taylor Reimer, driving for Venturini Motorsports, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 34.997, and a speed of . Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed155Taylor ReimerVenturini MotorsportsToyota34.997102.866220Brent CrewsVenturini MotorsportsToyota35.018102.804369Will KimmelKimmel RacingFord35.566101.22Full practice results Qualifying Qualifying was held on Sunday, September 1, at 6:00 PM CST. The qualifying system used is a single-car, one-lap based system. Drivers will be on track by themselves and will have one lap to post a qualifying time, and whoever sets the fastest time will win the pole. William Sawalich, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 35.432, and a speed of . Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed118William SawalichJoe Gibbs RacingToyota35.432101.603 Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1220Brent CrewsVenturini MotorsportsToyota100100Running2118William SawalichJoe Gibbs RacingToyota1000Running342Andrés Pérez de Lara Rev RacingChevrolet1000Running4515Kris WrightVenturini MotorsportsToyota1000Running5316Kelly KovskiKelly Kovski RacingChevrolet1000Running666Lavar Scott (R)Rev RacingChevrolet1000Running7855Taylor ReimerVenturini MotorsportsToyota1000Running81232Christian RoseAM RacingFord1000Running91525Toni BreidingerVenturini MotorsportsToyota1000Running101312Tim MonroeFast Track RacingChevrolet1000Running11922Amber BalcaenVenturini MotorsportsToyota1000Running121411Cody Dennison (R) Fast Track RacingToyota960Running131731Brayton LasterRise MotorsportsChevrolet950Running141699Michael Maples (R)Fast Track RacingChevrolet800Running152303Alex ClubbClubb Racing Inc.Ford770Accident161806Austin VaughanWayne Peterson RacingChevrolet460Accident17108Sean CorrEmpire RacingChevrolet380Accident18769Will KimmelKimmel RacingFord310Accident519114Dale Quarterley1/4 Ley RacingChevrolet250Accident420210Nate MoellerWayne Peterson MotorsportsFord100Accident3212010Daylan HairstonFast Track RacingFord50Accident2221948Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsFord40Accident1232286Brian ClubbClubb Racing Inc.Ford30Accident0 Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 Andrés Pérez de Lara 764 10px 2 Lavar Scott 716 (-48) 10px 3 Kris Wright 697 (–67) 10px 4 Christian Rose 664 (–100) 10px 5 Toni Breidinger 659 (–105) 10px 1 6 Amber Balcaen 632 (–132) 10px 7 Cody Dennison 585 (–179) 10px 8 Michael Maples 582 (–182) 10px 1 9 Alex Clubb 562 (–202) 10px 4 10 Greg Van Alst 535 (–229) Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings. 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Shemar Bartholomew

Shemar Bartholomew (born June 6, 2000) is an American professional football cornerback for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Northwestern State Demons and Georgia Southern Eagles and was previously a member of the New York Jets. Early life Bartholomew was born on June 6, 2000, in New Orleans, Louisiana, and has six siblings. He attended Cypress Ranch High School in Texas, being a cornerback for three years on the varsity football team. He helped the school win playoff games in his final two years and totaled 40 tackles, five interceptions and 12 pass breakups as a senior. He graduated from Cypress Ranch with a grade-point average (GPA) of 4.34 and committed to play college football for the NCAA Division I FCS Northwestern State Demons. College career As a freshman at Northwestern State in 2018, Bartholomew appeared in eight games, three as a starter, and recorded 14 tackles, three pass breakups and two interceptions. He played in nine games, six as a starter, during the 2019 season, recording 26 tackles and four interceptions, including one returned 96 yards for a touchdown. He was named a third-team All-Southland Conference (SLC) performer and an honorable mention sophomore All-American by HERO Sports. He appeared in three games, posting three tackles and an interception, in the spring 2021 season. He started nine games in the fall 2021 season and led the team with six pass breakups, being named second-team All-SLC at the end of the season. Bartholomew redshirted after having appeared in one game during the 2022 season, then transferred to the Georgia Southern Eagles for the 2023 season. He appeared in 13 games, five as a starter, and made 38 tackles, 2.5 tackles-for-loss (TFLs), 14 pass breakups and one interception, being named second-team All-Sun Belt Conference. Professional career New York Jets After going unselected in the 2024 NFL draft, Bartholomew was signed by the New York Jets as an undrafted free agent. He was a standout in preseason, allowing no receiving yards on nine targets. He was waived on August 29, 2024. Carolina Panthers On August 28, 2024, Bartholomew was claimed off waivers by the Carolina Panthers. He had been the most in demand player on waivers, with four teams putting in a claim for him. References External links Northwestern State Demons bio Georgia Southern Eagles bio Carolina Panthers bio Category:2000 births Category:Living people Category:Players of American football from New Orleans Category:Northwestern State Demons football players Category:Georgia Southern Eagles football players Category:New York Jets players Category:Carolina Panthers players

Jamie Sheriff

Jamie Lee Sheriff II (born August 18, 2000) is an American professional football linebacker for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Mississippi Gulf Coast Bulldogs and South Alabama Jaguars and was signed by the Seattle Seahawks as an undrafted free agent in . Early life Sheriff was born on August 18, 2000, in Jackson, Mississippi. He grew up in Terry, Mississippi, a small town with a population of about 1,300. He attended Terry High School and played for the football team, recording 60 tackles, seven tackles-for-loss (TFLs), five sacks and three safeties as a senior. He received little attention as a recruit and walk-on to play college football for the Mississippi Gulf Coast Bulldogs, a junior college team. College career Sheriff recorded 26 tackles and six sacks as a freshman at Mississippi Gulf Coast in 2018. In 2019, he helped the school compile an undefeated 12–0 record while winning the national championship. He made 50 stops, 12 TFLs and eight sacks, being named second-team All-Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges (MACJC) while being ranked a three-star junior college prospect and a top 25 strongside defensive end nationally. Sheriff transferred to the South Alabama Jaguars for the rest of his collegiate career. In his first season with the Jaguars, 2020, he appeared in all 11 games, six as a starter, and recorded 21 tackles and a sack. He missed the entire 2021 season due to injury. He returned in 2022 and appeared in 13 games, posting 34 tackles, 7.5 TFLs and six sacks. Using an extra year of eligibility granted to all players due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Sheriff opted to return for a final season in 2023. In his last season, Sheriff totaled 45 tackles, 8.5 TFLs and three sacks; he was named the Defensive MVP in his final game, as he helped South Alabama to a win in the 2023 68 Ventures Bowl, the program's first-ever bowl game win. Professional career Seattle Seahawks After going unselected in the 2024 NFL draft, Sheriff attended the rookie minicamp of the Seattle Seahawks, but was not signed. While a free agent, he worked as a beer deliveryman in Ridgeland, Mississippi. He quit his job on August 4, and on August 6, he signed with the Seahawks as an undrafted free agent. Although signed late into the offseason, Sheriff was a standout in preseason, recording eight tackles, three sacks and five quarterback hits in three preseason games. He was waived on August 27. Carolina Panthers On August 28, 2024, one day after being waived by the Seahawks, Sheriff was claimed off waivers by the Carolina Panthers. References External links Mississippi Gulf Coast Bulldogs bio South Alabama Jaguars bio Carolina Panthers bio Category:2000 births Category:Living people Category:People from Terry, Mississippi Category:Players of American football from Jackson, Mississippi Category:American football linebackers Category:Mississippi Gulf Coast Bulldogs football players Category:South Alabama Jaguars football players Category:Seattle Seahawks players Category:Carolina Panthers players

Haupt v. United States

Haupt v. United States, 330 U.S. 631 (1947), was a Supreme Court case in which the Court affirmed the conviction of Hans Max Haupt—father of Herbert Hans Haupt— for treason, and that after the Constitution's Treason Clause's two witness requirement is satisfied, it does not preclude the prosecution from entering out-of-court confessions into evidence. Historical Context On September 4, 1942, Hans Max Haupt, along with Erna Emma Haupt, Walter Otto Froehling, Lucille Froehling, Otto Richard Wergin, and Kate Martha Wergin, were indicted by a grand jury in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois for treason against the United States. District Court Decisions The indictment against the defendants alleges that they, "were to carry out requests and instructions from Herbert Haupt and employ the use of false information in concealing the identity of Herbert Haupt...[and] conceal the property and funds of Herbert Haupt so that he would be able to successfully use the same, and all of these activities engaged in by the defendants were with the knowledge that they were aiding and comforting the enemies of the United States including said Herbert Haupt and the German government." "The overt acts may be briefly described as follows: Harboring and giving sustenance to the enemy; accepting money from the enemy; safeguarding and concealing money belonging to the enemy; harboring Herbert Haupt and concealing him in their respective homes; conferring, counselling and advising the enemy; giving false and misleading information which aided the enemy; permitting meetings to be held in their homes for the purpose of aiding the enemy; transporting and conveying the enemy; procuring and purchasing a vehicle of transportation for the enemy; giving money to the enemy; securing lodging for the enemy; furnishing a mailing address for the enemy; concealing the ownership of money belonging to the enemy and giving false and misleading information to the agents and officials of the United States government."In an order by District Judge William J. Campbell, he held that the indictment was in proper order and fulfilled the Constitution's Treason Clause, and denied the all of the defendant's demurrers. On November 24, 1942, Judge Campbell found each of the defendants guilty, per the judgement of the jury. He sentenced Erna Max Haupt (Hans' wife), Lucille Froehling, and Kate Martha Wergin to 25 years in prison and imposed a $10,000 fine. He sentenced Haupt, Walter Otto Froehling, and Otto Richard Wergin to death by electric chair, to be carried out on January 22, 1943. Court of Appeals Decisions All of the convicted defendants appealed their convictions to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. The circuit court held oral arguments on issues about the indictment, certain statements from the defendants which were admitted into evidence, the court's decision to deny a motion for severance, and the jury instructions made by the court. On July 23 the court released its decision, written by Circuit Judge James E. Major, in which it reversed all of their convictions and ordered a second trial. A new trial commenced, and Haupt was once again found guilty of treason, to which Judge John P. Barnes sentenced him to life imprisonment and imposed a $10,000 fine. Haupt appealed once more, and the circuit court released its decision on January 24, 1946. Written by Circuit Judge Evan A. Evans, the court affirmed Haupt's conviction. Circuit Judge Otto Kerner Sr. concurred in the judgement but "but not in all that is said in the opinion", and the aforementioned Circuit Judge Major filed a dissenting opinion to both the judgement and the court's decision to deny a rehearing. Haupt then filed a petition for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court. Supreme Court Decision The Supreme Court granted Haupt's petition, and held oral arguments on November 21 and 22, 1946, and released its opinion on March 31, 1947. Justice Robert H. Jackson writing for a 8-1 court, affirmed the circuit court's decision and affirmed Haupt's conviction. On the main issue of whether various out-of-court statements made by Haupt and his associates were admissible, the court states,"It is also urged that errors were made in admission of evidence. Some of this concerned conversations and occurrences long prior to the indictment which were admitted to prove intent. They consisted of statements showing sympathy with Germany and with Hitler and hostility to the United States. Such testimony is to be scrutinized with care..[b]ut, having found the legal basis for the conviction laid by the testimony of two witnesses, we find nothing in the text or policy of the Constitution to preclude using out-of-court admissions or confessions."Justice Frank Murphy wrote a dissenting opinion. 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Greater Graz (National Council electoral district)

Greater Graz (), also known as Electoral District 6A (), is one of the 39 multi-member regional electoral districts of the National Council, the lower house of the Austrian Parliament, the national legislature of Austria. The electoral district was established in 2012 following the re-organisation of the regional electoral districts in Styria to reflect the new administrative district structure and came into being at the following legislative election in 2013. It consists of the city of Graz and the district of Graz-Umgebung in the state of Styria. The electoral district currently elects nine of the 183 members of the National Council using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2019 legislative election the constituency had 317,873 registered electors. History Greater Graz was established in 2012 following the re-organisation of the regional electoral districts in Styria to reflect the new administrative district structure. It consisted of the city of Graz and the district of Graz-Umgebung in the state of Styria. The district was initially allocated eight seats in April 2013. Electoral regulations require the allocation of seats amongst the electoral districts to be recalculated following each national census and in June 2013 the number of seats allocated to Greater Graz was increased to nine based on the population as at the 2011 national census. Electoral system Greater Graz currently elects nine of the 183 members of the National Council using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. The allocation of seats is carried out in three stages. In the first stage, seats are allocated to parties (lists) at the regional level using a state-wide Hare quota () (valid votes in the state divided by the number of seats in the state). In the second stage, seats are allocated to parties at the state/provincial level using the state-wide Hare quota (any seats won by the party at the regional stage are subtracted from the party's state seats). In the third and final stage, seats are allocated to parties at the federal/national level using the D'Hondt method (any seats won by the party at the regional and state stages are subtracted from the party's federal seats). Only parties that reach the 4% national threshold, or have won a seat at the regional stage, compete for seats at the state and federal stages. Electors may cast one preferential vote for individual candidates at the regional, state and federal levels. Split-ticket voting (panachage), or voting for more than one candidate at each level, is not permitted and will result in the ballot paper being invalidated. At the regional level, candidates must receive preferential votes amounting to at least 14% of the valid votes cast for their party to over-ride the order of the party list (10% and 7% respectively for the state and federal levels). Election results Summary Election CommunistsKPÖ+ / KPÖ Social DemocratsSPÖ GreensGRÜNE NEOSNEOS People'sÖVP FreedomFPÖ colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats2019 4,157 1.76% 0 39,701 16.82% 1 51,718 21.91% 1 23,219 9.84% 0 76,008 32.20% 2 34,487 14.61% 12017 4,859 1.95% 0 64,789 26.02% 2 12,290 4.93% 0 18,569 7.46% 0 71,375 28.66% 2 59,011 23.70% 22013 6,040 2.68% 0 45,054 19.99% 1 39,800 17.66% 1 13,409 5.95% 0 39,887 17.70% 1 49,486 21.96% 1 Detailed 2019 Results of the 2019 legislative election held on 29 September 2019: Party Votes per district TotalVotes % SeatsGrazCity Graz-Umge-bung Votingcard Austrian People's Party ÖVP 40,705 34,853 450 76,008 32.20% 2 The Greens – The Green Alternative GRÜNE 38,580 12,407 731 51,718 21.91% 1 Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ 23,252 16,221 228 39,701 16.82% 1 Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ 16,921 17,392 174 34,487 14.61% 1 NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum NEOS 15,782 7,083 354 23,219 9.84% 0 JETZT JETZT 3,936 1,561 78 5,575 2.36% 0 KPÖ Plus KPÖ+ 3,174 960 23 4,157 1.76% 0 Der Wandel WANDL 788 373 13 1,174 0.50% 0Valid Votes 143,138 90,850 2,051 236,039 100.00% 5Rejected Votes 957 791 9 1,757 0.74% Total Polled 144,095 91,641 2,060 237,796 74.81% Registered Electors 196,811 121,062 317,873 Turnout 73.21% 75.70% 74.81% The following candidates were elected: Personal mandates - Werner Kogler (GRÜNE), 12,991 votes. Party mandates - Juliane Bogner-Strauß (ÖVP), 5,274 votes; Ernst Gödl (ÖVP), 5,670 votes; Axel Kassegger (FPÖ), 634 votes; and Verena Nussbaum (SPÖ), 1,733 votes. Substitutions: Juliane Bogner-Strauß (ÖVP) resigned on 18 December 2019 and was replaced by Martina Kaufmann (ÖVP). Werner Kogler (GRÜNE) resigned on 7 January 2020 and was replaced by Heike Grebien (GRÜNE) on 9 January 2020. Martina Kaufmann (ÖVP) was reassigned to the Styria seat vacated by Karl Schmidhofer and was replaced by Kurt Egger (ÖVP) in Greater Graz on 1 October 2021. 2017 Results of the 2017 legislative election held on 15 October 2017: Party Votes per district TotalVotes % SeatsGrazCity Graz-Umge-bung Votingcard Austrian People's Party ÖVP 41,050 29,777 548 71,375 28.66% 2 Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ 41,402 22,824 563 64,789 26.02% 2 Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ 29,267 29,497 247 59,011 23.70% 2 NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum NEOS 12,958 5,281 330 18,569 7.46% 0 Peter Pilz List PILZ 11,041 3,874 204 15,119 6.07% 0 The Greens – The Green Alternative GRÜNE 9,467 2,649 174 12,290 4.93% 0 Communist Party of Austria KPÖ 3,952 865 42 4,859 1.95% 0 My Vote Counts! GILT 1,440 889 24 2,353 0.94% 0 Free List Austria FLÖ 184 173 1 358 0.14% 0 The Whites WEIßE 178 132 5 315 0.13% 0Valid Votes 150,939 95,961 2,138 249,038 100.00% 6Rejected Votes 826 656 6 1,488 0.59% Total Polled 151,765 96,617 2,144 250,526 78.86% Registered Electors 197,958 119,731 317,689 Turnout 76.67% 80.70% 78.86% The following candidates were elected: Party mandates - Ernst Gödl (ÖVP), 7,177 votes; Karin Greiner (SPÖ), 832 votes; Axel Kassegger (FPÖ), 1,351 votes; Martina Kaufmann (ÖVP), 3,393 votes; Günther Kumpitsch (FPÖ), 818 votes; and Verena Nussbaum (SPÖ), 2,542 votes. 2013 Results of the 2013 legislative election held on 29 September 2013: Party Votes per district TotalVotes % SeatsGrazCity Graz-Umge-bung Votingcard Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ 26,293 23,027 166 49,486 21.96% 1 Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ 25,242 19,595 217 45,054 19.99% 1 Austrian People's Party ÖVP 23,222 16,340 325 39,887 17.70% 1 The Greens – The Green Alternative GRÜNE 29,574 9,691 535 39,800 17.66% 1 Team Stronach FRANK 9,895 9,326 84 19,305 8.57% 0 NEOS – The New Austria NEOS 9,568 3,656 185 13,409 5.95% 0 Alliance for the Future of Austria BZÖ 5,172 3,568 71 8,811 3.91% 0 Communist Party of Austria KPÖ 4,627 1,389 24 6,040 2.68% 0 Pirate Party of Austria PIRAT 2,186 718 36 2,940 1.30% 0 Christian Party of Austria CPÖ 339 295 0 634 0.28% 0Valid Votes 136,118 87,605 1,643 225,366 100.00% 4Rejected Votes 1,570 1,136 21 2,727 1.20% Total Polled 137,688 88,741 1,664 228,093 72.80% Registered Electors 196,557 116,758 313,315 Turnout 70.05% 76.00% 72.80% The following candidates were elected: Personal mandates - Gerald Klug (SPÖ), 6,711 votes. Party mandates - Mario Kunasek (FPÖ), 3,618 votes; Bernd Schönegger (ÖVP), 1,227 votes; and Judith Schwentner (GRÜNE), 1,985 votes. Substitutions: Gerald Klug (SPÖ) resigned on 16 December 2013 and was replaced by Michael Ehmann (SPÖ) on 17 December 2013. Mario Kunasek (FPÖ) resigned on 15 June 2015 and was replaced by Günther Kumpitsch (FPÖ) on 16 June 2015. Michael Ehmann (SPÖ) resigned on 18 May 2016 and was replaced by Gerald Klug (SPÖ) on 19 May 2016. Notes References Category:2013 establishments in Austria Category:Constituencies established in 2013 Category:Electoral districts of the National Council (Austria) National Council electoral district

Conquest of Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera

The conquest of peñón de Vélez de la Gomera by the Hispanic Monarchy happened in 1564. It succeeded a failed expedition the previous year, and resulted in Spain taking control of the as a plaza fuerte, which continued up to present day.Enciclopedia Universal Ilustrada, pg. 693-696 Background Spain conquered Vélez de la Gomera for the first time in 1509 during the reign of Ferdinand II, when an army captained by Pedro Navarro took it. Moor forces attempted to retake it multiple times, finally achieving it in 1522 from the hands of governor Juan de Villalobos. The Kingdom of Badis was so established, turning the peñón into a base of Barbary pirates and privateering for the Ottoman Empire. New Spanish attempts to conquer it happened in 1522 and 1563, heavily burdened by Spain's involvement in the Italian Wars against France, an ally of the Ottomans. In 1563, the same year as Sancho Martínez de Leiva Jr. failed to capture Vélez de la Gomera, King Philip II ordered to repeat the enterprise.Historia general, p. 22 The new expedition would include again Leiva and Álvaro de Bazán the Younger, who had distinguished himself in the first despite his tactic advice went unheeded. Allied troops from the Papal States, the Order of Malta and the Grand Duchy of Tuscany joined them, gathering 6000 soldiers from the Tercio de Nápoles, 2000 German landsknecht and 1200 Italian soldiers. Through this large contingent Philip wanted to take no more risks. The expedition formed in Malaga, commanded by García de Toledo Osorio, and sailed off on August 29, reinforced by an additional Portuguese fleet on route. Battle On August 31 they landed and attacked the nearby Torres de Alcalá, which they fortified. Leyva took command of the disembarked land army and headed for Vélez de la Gomera. They were forced to carry their artillery on hand due to the rugged terrain, but managed to reach the location and place artillery pieces in the Cantil and Baba hills. For his part, Turk corsair Kara Mustafa (not to mistake with the posterior Kara Mustapha) had supplied the fortress in anticipation of the attack and left for Fez, where he gathered a relief army from the local Wattasid kingdom, while his lieutenant Ferret stayed to guard Vélez de la Gomera with 200 men, believing its defensive positions would compensate the forces. The Spaniards surrounded the fortress and started bombarding it while repealing guerrilla attack from local Muslim bandits. Deliberation was unnecessary, as Kara Mustafa didn't arrive in time, and judging impossible to resist, Ferret opted to abandon Vélez de la Gomera by night and in small bands in order not to be detected. Only 27 Turk soldiers refused to follow him, whose captain handed himself over to Giovanni Andrea Doria and told him the situation. The Spanish obtained their promise of surrender and the fortress was occupied shortly after, finishing the siege after six days of fighting. The Maltese and Portuguese fleets left, after which García de Toledo left 1600 men as a garrison while the fortress was repaired and prepared to leave himself. He delayed his departure to fight off Kara Mustafa and his relief army, who arrived at that moment only to be routed. Aftermath Vélez de la Gomera was added to the rest of Spanish strongholds in Africa, and Toledo was granted the Viceroyalty of Sicily for his services. Vélez de la Gomera would be attacked many times, with notable expeditions being Muley Amet with 10,000 men in 1680 and Muley Sidam with 14,000 in 1701, but they were all defeated. Indignation rose in the Ottoman Empire for the defeat, adding to Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent's plans of a grand expedition against the Christian positions in the Western Mediterranean. After considering either Sicily or Malta, the latter was chosen, leading to the Great Siege of Malta the following year, where Toledo and a freed Álvaro de Sande commanded the Spanish relief army. References Bibliography Enciclopedia General del Mar. Garriga, 1957. Enciclopedia Universal Ilustrada - tomo 67, Espasa, 1929. Historia general de España desde los tiempos primitivos hasta la muerte de Fernando VII. 1883. Cesáreo Fernández Duro (1851), La Armada Española desde la unión de los reinos de Castilla y Aragón. Agustín R. Rodríguez González (2017), Álvaro de Bazán, Capitán general del Mar Océano. Category:Sieges involving Spain Category:Sieges involving Portugal Category:Sieges involving the Ottoman Empire Category:Conflicts in 1564 Category:Ottoman–Spanish conflicts Category:1564 in Spain Category:1564 in the Spanish Empire Category:16th century in the Ottoman Empire

Timothy O. E, Lang

Timothy O.E Lang (born 1966), is a Canadian not-for profit leader and former politician.  Since 2015, he has been the president and chief executive officer of Youth Employment Services, (Canada), known as YES, based in Toronto, Canada. Career Since 2015, Lang has held the position of President & CEO at Youth Employment Services (Canada) – YES, which serves hundreds of thousands of at risk youth and works with service providers across Canada and the world.  Lang authors papers and speaks regularly to media and at events regarding employment and trends. Previously Lang held executive and senior management positions at St. Francis Xavier University,  Energy Savings Income Fund, Bell Canada and Xerox. At StFX University Lang worked closely with former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney on the $100 million Mulroney Institute.  Lang was the Liberal candidate in the 2004 federal election in the riding of Clarington-Scugog-Uxbridge – (now Durham), and was defeated narrowly by Bev Oda.   Early life Timothy Lang was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and was raised in Ottawa while his father, Otto Lang, served in the Cabinet of Prime minister Pierre Trudeau. Lang's stepfather, Donald Stovel Macdonald, was also a federal Liberal Cabinet member.  Lang lived in Winnipeg before attending St. Francis Xavier University (B.A.) and University of Manitoba (Master's Degree).  Lang is one of six siblings including sister, Amanda Lang, who is a leading Canadian television personality, journalist and author. Publications - The Youth Employment Solution: From Universal Healthcare to Universal Employment, Osgood Hall Law Journal - Liberal In Manitoa: provincial decline and resurgence:  University of Manitoba Political Timothy Lang ran as candidate for the Liberal Party of Canada in the 2004 Federal Election under Prime Minister Paul Martin and lost narrowly to Bev Oda in the riding of Clarington-Scugog-Uxbridge (Durham) Election Results Clarington—Scugog—Uxbridge, 2003–2004 Activities Lang sits on several Boards, including the HRPA (Human Resources Professionals Association) and Rotary Club of Toronto. Lang was an Ontario Government Order in Council Appointee to the HRPA. Lang received the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal in 2012 for outstanding contributions to the community. References Category:Living people Category:1966 births

Counties 1 Essex

Counties 1 Essex is an English level 7 rugby union regional league for rugby clubs in London and the south-east of England including sides from Essex and Greater London. Administration of the leagues is divided between Essex Rugby and the London & SE RFU.. Structure and format The twelve teams play home and away matches from September through to April, making a total of twenty-two matches each. The results of the matches contribute points to the league as follows: 4 points are awarded for a win. 2 points are awarded for a draw. 0 points are awarded for a loss. In addition: 1 losing (bonus) point is awarded to a team that loses a match by 7 points or fewer 1 additional (bonus) point is awarded to a team scoring 4 tries or more in a match There is one automatic promotion place and two relegation places. The first-placed team at the end of season wins promotion to Regional 2 South East. The last two placed clubs are typically relegated to Counties 2 Essex. Teams for 2024-25 Departing were Wanstead, promoted to Regional 2 Anglia, and Stanford-le-Hope relegated to Counties 2 Essex. In their place came Burnham-on-Crouch (promoted from Counties 2 Essex (North) and Basildon (promoted from Counties 2 Essex (South) . TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season Basildon Gardiners Close Basildon, Essex Promoted from Counties 2 Essex (South) (champions) Braintree Robbswood Braintree, Essex 2nd Burnham-on-Crouch Dengie Hundred Sports Centre Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex Promoted from Counties 2 Essex (North) (champions) Campion Cottons Park Romford, London 9th Chingford Lea Valley Playing Fields Chingford, London 11th East London Memorial Park West Ham, London 4th Epping Upper Clapton Upland Road Thornwood, Epping, Essex 3rd Maldon Drapers Farm Playing Fields Heybridge, Essex 7th Mavericks Warley Playing Field Warley, Brentwood, Essex 5th Old Cooperians Coopers' Company & Corborn School Upminster, London 10th Romford & Gidea Park Crowlands Romford, London 6th Upminster Hall Lane Upminster, London 8th Teams for 2023-24 Departing were Dagenham and Harlow, promoted to Regional 2 Anglia, and South Woodham Ferrers relegated to Counties 2 Essex (North). In their place came Chingford (relegated from Regional 2 Anglia, Stanford-le-Hope and Maldon promoted from Counties 2 Essex. TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season Braintree Robbswood Braintree, Essex 4th Campion Cottons Park Romford, London 6th Chingford Lea Valley Playing Fields Chingford, London relegated from Regional 2 Anglia (12th) East London Memorial Park West Ham, London 5th Epping Upper Clapton Upland Road Thornwood, Epping, Essex 7th Maldon Drapers Farm Playing Fields Heybridge, Essex Promoted from Counties 2 Essex (champions) Mavericks Warley Playing Field Warley, Brentwood, Essex 9th Old Cooperians Coopers' Company & Corborn School Upminster, London 10th Romford & Gidea Park Crowlands Romford, London 8th Stanford-le-Hope Stanford Recreation Ground Stanford-le-Hope, Essex Promoted from Counties 2 Essex (runners-up) Upminster Hall Lane Upminster, London 11th Wanstead Centenary Fields Wanstead, London 3rd Teams for 2022–23 This was the first season following the RFU Adult Competition Review. The league was substantially similar to London 3 Essex with the teams finishing 1st-10th returning. Kings Cross Steelers and Canvey Island, who finished 11th and 12th respectively, were placed in Counties 2 Essex. The line-up was supplemented by the addition of Wanstead and South Woodham Ferrers (who finished 12th in London 2 North East). TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season Braintree Robbswood Braintree, Essex 8th London 3 Essex Campion Cottons Park Romford, London 5th London 3 Essex Dagenham Central Park Dagenham, London 1st London 3 Essex East London Memorial Park West Ham, London 7th London 3 Essex Epping Upper Clapton Upland Road Thornwood, Epping, Essex 9th London 3 Essex Harlow Latton Park Harlow, Essex 2nd London 3 Essex Mavericks Warley Playing Field Warley, Brentwood, Essex 8th London 3 Essex Old Cooperians Coopers' Company & Corborn School Upminster, London 4th London 3 Essex Romford & Gidea Park Crowlands Romford, London 3rd London 3 Essex South Woodham Ferrers Saltcoats Playing Field South Woodham Ferrers, Essex 12th London 2 North East Upminster Hall Lane Upminster, London 10th London 3 Essex Wanstead Centenary Fields Wanstead, London 10th London 2 North East See also Essex RFU London & SE Division RFU Hampshire RFU Kent RFU Surrey RFU Sussex RFU English rugby union system Rugby union in England References 7 2 Category:Sports leagues established in 1987 Category:1987 establishments in England Category:Rugby union in Essex

2024 FIS Nordic Combined Grand Prix

The 2024 FIS Nordic Combined Grand Prix, organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS), is the 26th FIS Nordic Combined Grand Prix season for men, and 6th season for women as the most important series of nordic combined competitions in the summer of 2024. The season started on 23 August in Tschagguns, Austria and will conclude 1 September in Chaux-Neuve, France. Johannes Rydzek from Germany (men's) and Ema Volavšek from Slovenia (women's) are the reigning champions from the previous season. To be eligible for the overall win a competitor has to compete in all 4 individual events. Map of Grand Prix hosts Europe Men Calendar +G – Gundersen / C – CompactDatePlace (Hill)DisciplineWinnerSecondThird1 Tschagguns(Montafoner Schanzenzentrum HS103) 10 km G Einar Lurås Oftebro Jens Lurås Oftebro Kristjan Ilves 228 August 2024 Oberstdorf(Schattenbergschanze HS137) 7,5 km C Johannes Rydzek Kristjan Ilves David Mach 331 August 2024 Chaux-Neuve(La Côté Feuillée HS118) 10 km G Johannes Rydzek Manuel Faißt Laurent Muhlethaler 41 September 2024 7,5 km C Overall leaders No. Holder link=|alt=|18px Date gained Place Date forfeited Place Number of competitions 1. Einar Lurås Oftebro 25 August 2024 Tschagguns 28 August 2024 Oberstdorf1 2. Kristjan Ilves 28 August 2024 Oberstdorf 31 August 2024 Chaux-Neuve1 3. Johannes Rydzek 31 August 2024 Chaux-Neuve1 Standings Overall Rankafter 3 of 4 eventsPoints link=|alt=|18px Johannes Rydzek 200 2 Laurent Muhlethaler 187 3 Kristjan Ilves 170 4 David Mach 150 5 Manuel Faißt 139 6 Jens Lurås Oftebro 136 7 Einar Lurås Oftebro 130 8 Terence Weber 130 9 Stefan Rettenegger 125 10 Matteo Baud 103 Nations Cup Rankafter 4 of 5 eventsPoints link=|alt=|18px 1176 2 710 3 598 4 548 5 336 6 328 7 170 8 160 9 96 10 71 Best Jumper Trophy Rankafter 3 of 4 eventsPoints link=|alt=|18px Kristjan Ilves Thomas Rettenegger 190 3    Pascal Müller 184 4 Laurent Muhlethaler 166 5 Johannes Rydzek 152 6 David Mach 150 7 Martin Fritz 129 8 Oleksandr Shumbarets 126 9 Espen Bjørnstad 116 10 Manuel Faißt 113 Best Skier Trophy Rankafter 3 of 4 eventsPoints link=|alt=|18px Matteo Baud 162 2 Laurent Muhlethaler 157 3 Johannes Rydzek 155 4 Raffaele Buzzi 146 5 Manuel Einkemmer 112 6 Einar Lurås Oftebro 136 7 Aaron Kostner 136 8 Jens Lurås Oftebro 133 9 Edgar Vallet 125 10 Julian Schmid 116 Women Calendar +G – Gundersen / C – CompactDatePlace (Hill)DisciplineWinnerSecondThird1 Tschagguns(Montafoner Schanzenzentrum HS103) 5 km G Jenny Nowak Ida Marie Hagen Ema Volavšek 228 August 2024 Oberstdorf(Schattenbergschanze HS137) 5 km C Ida Marie Hagen Nathalie Armbruster Jenny Nowak 331 August 2024 Chaux-Neuve(La Côté Feuillée HS118) 4 km G Jenny Nowak Ema Volavšek Minja Korhonen 41 September 2024 6 km C Nathalie Armbruster Ema Volavšek Jenny Nowak Overall leaders No. Holder link=|alt=|18px Date gained Place Date forfeited Place Number of competitions 1. Jenny Nowak 25 August 2024 Tschagguns 28 August 2024 Oberstdorf1 2. Ida Marie Hagen 28 August 2024 Oberstdorf 31 August 2024 Chaux-Neuve1 3. Jenny Nowak 31 August 2024 Chaux-Neuve1 Standings Overall Rankafter 2 of 4 eventsPoints link=|alt=|18px Ida Marie Hagen 190 2 Jenny Nowak 180 3 Nathalie Armbruster 160 4 Ema Volavšek 150 5 Veronica Gianmoena 109 6 Léna Brocard 107 7 Marte Leinan Lund 95 8 Maria Gerboth 84 9 Teja Pavec 80 10 Alexa Brabec 79 Best Jumper Trophy Rankafter 2 of 4 eventsPoints link=|alt=|18px Jenny Nowak 152 2 Ida Marie Hagen 150 3 Annalena Slamik 140 4 Maria Gerboth 126 5 Léna Brocard 116 6 Svenja Würth 100 7 Ema Volavšek 95 8 Nathalie Armbruster 92 9 Lisa Hirner 90 10 Anne Häckel 90 Best Skier Trophy Rankafter 2 of 4 eventsPoints link=|alt=|18px Nathalie Armbruster 190 2 Ema Volavšek 170 3 Ida Marie Hagen 145 4 Jenny Nowak 140 4 Veronica Gianmoena 140 6 Marte Leinan Lund 119 7 Joanna Kil 101 8 Alexa Brabec 88 9 Léna Brocard 87 10 Teja Pavec 84 Mixed team Calendar DatePlace (Hill)DisciplineWinnerSecondThird124 August 2024 Tschagguns(Montafoner Schanzenzentrum HS103)2 x 5 km + 2 x 2.5 km Relay Provisional competition rounds Men #PlaceProvisional roundCompetitionWinner1 Tschagguns23 August24–25 August Thomas Rettenegger 2 Oberstdorf27 August28 August Simon Mach 3 Chaux-Neuve30 August31 August–1 September Johannes Rydzek Women #PlaceProvisional roundCompetitionWinner1 Tschagguns23 August24–25 August Jenny Nowak 2 Oberstdorf27 August28 August Lisa Hirner 3 Chaux-Neuve 30 August 31 August–1 September Svenja Würth Podium table by nation Table showing the Grand Prix podium places (gold – 1st place, silver – 2nd place, bronze – 3rd place) by the countries represented by athletes. Points distribution Place1 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 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Individual 100 90 80 70 60 55 52 49 46 43 40 38 36 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 200 176 150 124 100 76 50 24 References Category:Nordic combined competitions Category:2024 in Austrian sport Category:2024 in German sport Category:2024 in French sport FIS FIS FIS FIS Category:Sport in Oberstdorf Category:Skiing in Austria Category:Skiing in Germany Category:Skiing in France

Henry S. Dogin

Henry Stanley Dogin is an American lawyer and law enforcement administrator, and has been involved in many organizations in the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal government of the United States. Early life In 1956, Dogin graduated from Cornell University with a bachelor's degree. In 1961, he obtained an LL. B. from the Columbia School of Law. Dogin served in the U.S. Navy from 1956 to 1958. Career in the federal government From 1961 to 1967, Dogin was Assistant District Attorney for New York County. From 1967 to 1971, he was assistant counsel to the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor. From 1971 to 1973, he served as Deputy Regional Administrator of the New York Regional Office of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA). From 1973 to 1975, Dogin was Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division. While in this position, Dogin oversaw the United States Organized Crime Strike Force. On May 30, 1975, Dogin was appointed Acting Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), where he worked in a transitionary period for the DEA. The first Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, John R. Bartels Jr., had resigned amid scandal after being forced out of the administration by Attorney General Edward H. Levi. Dogin remained at DEA for only 6 months, leaving the agency on January 23, 1975. Peter B. Bensinger became the 2nd Administrator of the DEA shortly afterward. From 1976 to 1978, he was deputy commissioner of the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS). From 1978 to 1979, he was Deputy Administrator of LEAA for Policy Development and served as Acting Administrator. In 1979, Dogin was confirmed by the Senate as Administrator of the LEAA. While serving in this position, LEAA published a document addressing police brutality in the United States. Dogin wrote: "LEAA will continue to assist police administrators, lawmakers, and city administrators as they strive to formulate clear direction and guidance to our Nation's law enforcement officers charged with the awesome responsibility of determining the need and degree of force and ultimately the use of deadly force in violent situations. Intensive and continuous training, appropriate guidelines, practices and controls must be addressed in order to reduce and restrict the use of force and deadly force by police without risking and jeopardizing their lives." In 1980, LEAA was merged into the Office of Justice Assistance, Research, and Statistics (JARS). On February 8, 1980, President Jimmy Carter nominated Henry S. Dogin as Director of JARS. Dogin was in the 1990s and 2000s an immigration judge in the Newark Immigration Office of the United States Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review. References Category:1934 births Category:Law Category:Judges Category:Drug control law Category:History of drug control in the United States Category:Lawyers Category:Cornell University alumni Category:Living people

1937 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships

The 1937 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships were organized by the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) and served as the national championships in indoor track and field for the United States. The men's edition was held at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York, and it took place February 27. The women's meet was held separately at the St. Louis Coliseum in St. Louis, Missouri, taking place April 23. Archie San Romani's win in the 1500 m was considered the "greatest upset of the 1937 indoor track and field season". About 16,000 spectators attended the men's edition. Medal summary Men 60 m Ben Johnson 6.8 600 m Edward O'Brien 1:23.0 1000 m Elroy Robinson 2:29.4 1500 m Archie San Romani 3:51.2 5000 m Norman Bright 14:45.8 65 m hurdles Sam Allen 8.8 3000 m steeplechase Thomas Deckard 8:48.6 Joe McCluskey Harold Manning High jump Ed Burke 2.06 m Pole vault Earle Meadows 4.34 m Long jump 7.50 m Anson Perina Shot put Dimitri Zaitz 15.66 m Weight throw Irving Folwartshny 17.49 m 1500 m walk Nat Jaeger 6:20.2 Women 50 m Helen Stephens 6.5 200 m Helen Stephens 28.5 50 m hurdles Jane Santschi 7.7 High jump Loretta Murphy 1.46 m Standing long jump Claire Isicson 2.49 m Shot put Helen Stephens 13.45 m Basketball throw Evelyn Ferrara Catherine Fellmeth Marie Bean References Results Notes 1937 Category:February 1937 sports events Category:April 1937 sports events USA Indoor Track and Field Championships Category:Sports competitions in New York City Category:Sports competitions in St. Louis USA Indoor Track and Field Championships USA Indoor Track and Field Championships Category:Track and field in New York City Category:Track and field in Missouri Category:Events at Madison Square Garden

G. R. Pantouw

Godlief Rudolf Pantouw (born 30 October 1910) was an Indonesian politician and businessman of Minahasan descent. He served in the cabinet of the State of East Indonesia as minister of social affairs and minister of information in 1947. He was also active in the Indonesian nationalist movement, having been a member of various youth organizations. He later became a lecturer at Hasanuddin University. Early life and career Godlief Rudolf Pantouw was born in Manado, a city in present-day North Sulawesi, on 30 October 1910. He was active in the youth organization and was one of its delegates to the second Youth Congress held on 27–28 October 1928. Pantouw was also active in the association. During the 1930s, he worked as a teacher at the Pergoeroean Rakjat-School () in Makassar. However, he was suspended and later banned from teaching by the Dutch East Indies government for having disturbed security and order. In 1938, he stood for a seat in the Manado Gemeenteraad (municipal council). Independence struggle Pantouw joined another organization in Makassar, Syukai Gi In, before it changed its name to Sumburan Darah Rakyat (Sudara, ) following the surrender of Japan and the proclamation of Indonesian independence. Despite being active in organizations like Sudara and the People's Sovereignty Party, Pantouw decided to collaborate with the Dutch after realizing an inability to achieve much with the former. He joined the first cabinet of the Dutch-backed State of East Indonesia (Negara Indonesia Timur, NIT) in 1947, becoming minister of information under Prime Minister Nadjamuddin Daeng Malewa, a fellow nationalist. As a minister, Pantouw was mainly concerned with tackling the social problems facing the Indonesian people. He was aware of the NIT's reputation as a Dutch puppet state, but was determined to use the state as a tool to push the Dutch into abandoning colonialism. He argued that "it was impossible for the newly proclaimed Republic of Indonesia — which had no power, no army, and no weapons in this part of the country — to fight the Dutch effectively" therefore joining the NIT was essential to advance the cause of Indonesian independence given the political conditions at the time. The revolution eventually came to an end in 1949, but nationalists continued their goal of disbanding the NIT and re-establishing a unitary state. The Makassar Uprising accelerated reunification talks and the NIT was dissolved into the republic in 1950. Later career Pantouw became a lecturer at the Djakarta Journalist Academy in the 1950s, together with Parada Harahap and Sitor Situmorang. During the 1960s, he taught at the newly created College of Press and Publication, a private college for journalistic education, which was merged into Hasanuddin University. Thereafter, he served as head of the university's journalism study program. Notes References Category:1910 births Category:Minahasa people Category:Politicians from the State of East Indonesia Category:People of the Indonesian National Revolution Category:People from North Sulawesi

Starting 5

Starting 5 is an American television documentary series developed for Netflix. It stars National Basketball Association (NBA) players Jimmy Butler, Anthony Edwards, LeBron James, Domantas Sabonis, Jayson Tatum. Set to release on October 9, 2024, the series is produced by James' production company Uninterrupted, as well as Omaha Productions and Higher Ground Productions. James' business partner and friend Maverick Carter serves as an executive producer on the series, as does Omaha's Peyton Manning and Higher Ground's Barack and Michelle Obama. Development and release The series is produced by Uninterrupted, a media production company founded by LeBron James and Maverick Carter. Omaha Productions and Higher Ground Productions also helped produce Starting 5. Executive producers for the series include Carter, Jamal Henderson, Philip Byron, and Randy Mims (through Uninterrupted); Barack and Michelle Obama, Vinnie Malhotra, and Ethan Lewis (through Higher Ground); and Peyton Manning, Jamie Horowitz, and Sam Pepper (through Omaha). The series was developed for Netflix, which has worked with Uninterrupted and Omaha before on similar sports documentary series such as The Redeem Team and Quarterback. Higher Ground, while having worked with Netflix before, will have Starting 5 be its first sports-related programming to stream on the service. Susan Ansman, Trishtan Williams, and Peter J. Scalettar serve as directors on the series, with the latter also being the series' showrunner. Set during the 2023–24 NBA season, the series will consist of ten 45-minute episodes. James, playing for the Los Angeles Lakers, is one of the five players followed throughout the series. The other players followed throughout the series are Jimmy Butler of the Miami Heat, Anthony Edwards of the Minnesota Timberwolves, Domantas Sabonis of the Sacramento Kings, and Jayson Tatum of the Boston Celtics. It will be released on October 9, 2024. References Category:2020s American documentary television series Category:2023–24 NBA season Category:2024 American television series debuts Category:American English-language television shows Category:Boston Celtics Category:Documentary television series about sports Category:LeBron James Category:Los Angeles Lakers Category:Miami Heat Category:Minnesota Timberwolves Category:NBA on television Category:Netflix original documentary television series Category:Sacramento Kings Category:Television series by Higher Ground Productions Category:Television series by Omaha Productions Category:Television series by Uninterrupted

Thor (protocol)

Thor According to u-boot's md/Kconfig the communication protocol is named Thor. is a communication protocol which is mainly used to communicate with the Bootloader of Samsung devices to make it write files into various partitions of the device. It is also possible to list the partitions or to reboot the phone through this protocol. Beside being implemented in the bootloader of various smartphones and tablets made by Samsung, an implementation is also available in Das U-Boot, a Free software bootloader. To use the protocol, users typically need to put the phone needs to be in Download mode. To do this, the device first need to be powered off, and then some key combination need to be pressed during boot, such as Power + Volume Down + Home, Power + Volume Up + Home, or Power + Volume Down + Bixby for later models. It is also possible to reboot the phone in download mode either through the commandline (for instance with ADB and root access to the phone) or through a menu if the Android distribution has it. Then users need a computer, software like Odin or Heimdall and an USB cable to interact with the bootloader (and either list partitions, overwrite them or reboot the phone). Security On Samsung devices that are allow users to unlock the bootloader (to install alternative Android distributions or operating systems) that use the Thor protocol, users typically need to go through some procedure to unlock the bootloader. Then since the Thor implementation in the bootloader of Samsung devices typically doesn't allow users to download the partition content, they have to overwrite some partitions to install these alternative distributions or operating systems. But some bootloaders like Samsung's S-Boot 4.0 used on the Galaxy SIII (GT-I9300) have known exploitable bugs in their Thor implementation that let users execute code inside the bootloader. This has for instance been used to repair devices with broken internal storage. See also Odin (firmware flashing software) Heimdall Fastboot DFU (Device Firmware Upgrade mechanism) References Category:Communications protocols

Rafael Calzada school shooting

On 4 August 2000, 19-year-old Javier Romero, opened fire at Secondary School No. 9, located in Rafael Calzada, Buenos Aires, killing one student and injuring another, as retaliation for the frequent bullying which he suffered. After years of psychiatric evaluations, he was declared not guilty by reason of insanity in 2003 and was interned for a further 15 years before being released. The incident has since been recognized as one the first fatal school shootings in Latin America. Background The first documented case of a school shooting in Argentina occurred in May 1997, when 14-year-old Leonardo Aguirre stole his father's Argentine National Gendarmerie service weapon and shot his classmate, Cristian Fernández, to death. The perpetrator was not persecuted due to his young age falling under the Argentine age of criminal responsibility of 16. Perpetrator Javier Ignacio Romero was the youngest of four siblings born to Bernardino Romero and Luisa Gómez. His father died in July 1983 from a hepatic disease, when Romero was just two years old. A student at Secondary School No. 9, he frequently suffered bullying, with classmates often calling him "Pantriste" (lit. Sadbread) in reference to the titular character of the 2000 animated Argentine film Heart, the joys of Pantriste, which had just been released the previous summer. Events On 4 August 2000, after classes had ended for the day, Romero was leaving the school when a student yelled out "Hey, Pantriste!" from outside. Romero then took a .22 Bagual snubnosed revolver (which reportedly was legally owned by his mother as a means of self-defense) from his backpack, held the weapon in both hands, and opened fire at the school entrance gate three times. The first bullet missed completely, the second one grazed the ear of 18-year-old Gabriel Alfredo Ferrari, and the third one landed in the skull of 16-year-old Mauricio Ariel Salvador. Both victims had gone to the same class as Romero. During the shooting, he reportedly yelled "Now you will respect me! I'm going to fuck you up!". Romero fled the scene and ran back to his older sister's apartment, where he was staying during the weekdays due to its proximity to the school. He ate lunch with her before going to sleep. Five hours later, his mother showed up with a police squad, who arrested him. The wounded were interned to Fiorito Hospital, where Salvador died three days later. Ferrari was let go that same day. Aftermath After the incident, the perpetrator expressed his apologies to the victims' families. The case brought national attention to the subject of bullying and how schools should deal with it. Five years after the events, Argentina was subject to the Carmen de Patagones school shooting, which killed 3 students and injured another 5. It remains as the deadliest school shooting in Argentina. The legal case was presided by Judge Lomas de Zamora Marisa Salvo. According to psychological evaluations, he suffered from Schizoid personality disorderand experienced a brief psychotic episode, thus rending him innocent by reason of insanity on 8 April 2003. Despite this, he was still considered a danger to society and was as such interned in four different prisons along with one psychiatric hospital before being finally discharged in 2018. After the shooting, two of Romero's classmates (including Ferrari) dropped out of high school. References Category:School shootings committed by pupils Category:2000 murders in Argentina Category:History of Buenos Aires Province Category:Education in Buenos Aires Province Category:August 2000 events in South America Category:School shootings in Argentina Category:Attacks in South America in 2000 Category:Attacks on buildings and structures in 2000

29th Naval Surface Ships Division (Ukraine)

28th Surface Ships Division formerly called as the 5th Naval Surface Ship Brigade is a division of the Ukrainian Navy based at Ochakiv. It was established in 1996 at the Southern Naval Base in Balaklava but was transferred following the Russian Invasion of Crimea. History On March 22, 1996, it was established as 8th Brigade of Surface Ships at the Southern Naval Base, based in Balaklava, Sevastopol and was transferred to Ochakiv following the Russian Invasion of Crimea. In 2018, it was reformed into the 29th division of surface shipsХід реформування ВМС ЗС України у 2018 році On 21 March 2014 Yuri Olefirenko was surrendered to unmarked Russian naval personnel at Lake Donuzlav and was returned on April 19.U-401 Середній десантний корабель «Кіровоград» On March 23, 2014, Henichesk engaged the Russian warships during the Russian Invasion of Crimea trying to break through the encirclement but was captured the next day and was returned on May 20.Кораблі ВМС України On December 15, 2015, at 10:15 a.m, the brigade's ship Pereyaslav approached the Russian self-elevating floating drilling rig "Tavrida" and asked it to explain the purpose of its presence to which it showed no response. On March 20, 2017, the brigade's warship Henichesk participated in PASSEX exercise with NATO warships in the Black Sea. In August 2019, the Pereyaslav transported the 503rd Separate Marine Infantry Bataillon to the port of Poti in Georgia for exercise "Agile Spirit". After leaving Ukrainian waters it was followed by a Russian warship"Kasimov" and while returning two Russian ships"Zheleznyakov" and "Naberezhnye Chelny" tailed it back to Ukrainian waters.http://texty.org.ua/pg/news/textynewseditor/read/97186/Jak_ukrajinski_morpihy_plyvly_do_Gruziji_ In November 2019, the Ukrainian gunboat "Nikopol" which had been captured by Russia during the Kerch Strait incident was returned to Ukraine and the regiment's ship Pereyaslav escorted it to Ochakiv along with two Willard-type speedboats. On July 7, 2020, the division's Svatov of the Naval Forces took part in naval exercises with the 88th Separate Marine Infantry Battalion. On June 23, 2022, during the Russian Invasion of Ukraine, the division was awarded the honorary award For Courage and Bravery.https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/4352022-42969 In April 2022 the ship was claimed by Russian media to have again been captured by Russia at the port of Berdyansk and that she may have been moved to Novorossiysk. However, on 3 June 2022 the division's ship Yuri Olefirenko was spotted in Ukrainian control near Ochakiv, Ukraine under fire by Russian artillery. The ship is believed to have survived the strikes and that it had not been captured at Berdyansk as previously claimed by Russian media. In June 2022, the brigade's ship Henichesk was sunk by a Russian missile strike in the Black Sea.Володимир Зеленський вручив високі державні нагороди людям, завдяки яким Україна зберігає свою незалежністьРаз на сайті Офісу Президента про то написали, то можна не приховувати On October 29, 2022, a video was published showing the division's ship Yuri Olefirenko firing the BM-14 at ground targets in the Kinburn Spit. Russia's Defense Ministry said on 31 May 2023 that the division's ship had been destroyed two days prior. Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov claimed that the division's ship Yuri Olefirenko had been hit with "high-precision weapons" - a term he often uses to describe missiles. The Ukrainian Navy refused to comment. Vessels 25px Pereyaslav (Reconnaissance Ship) Svatov (Amphibious warfare ship) 25px Yuri Olefirenko (Logistical Ship) 25px Henichesk (Minesweeper) Commanders Vitaly Zvyagintsev (2012–2014)Замовлення корабелам: і на ремонт, і на будівництво… на http://www.golos.com.ua/ Військова прокуратура оприлюднила список офіцерів-зрадників із Криму Dmytro Kovalenko (2014-) Sources Військово-Морські Сили УКРАЇНСЬКА КУМЕДІЯ НАД ЯКОЮ СМІЮТЬСЯ В США: 13 адміралів на 2 бригади кораблів ВМС! Військово-морські бази ВМС Тактичні навчання кораблів ВМС ЗС України. УКРАЇНА:ШЛЯХ ДО МОРЯ Готовий наклад нарукавних знаків для 5 бригади надводних кораблів Внезапная проверка готовности ВМСУ: морской десант, артиллерийские стрельбы и уничтожение условных диверсантов В Донузлаве заблокирована вся 5-я бригада надводных кораблей В Николаеве День ВМС отпраздновали с кораблями и самолетами Notes References Category:Ukrainian Navy Category:Military of Ukraine Category:Military units and formations of Ukraine Category:1996 establishments in Ukraine Category:Military units and formations of Ukraine in the war in Donbas Category:Military units and formations established in 1996

13th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic

The 13th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic () ran from 23 October 2015 to 24 October 2019. The composition of the Assembly of the Republic, the legislative body of Portugal, was determined by the results of the 2015 legislative election, held on 4 October 2015. Election The 14th Portuguese legislative election was held on 4 October 2015. In the election, the Portugal Ahead coalition (PàF), composed by the Social Democratic Party (PPD/PSD) and the CDS – People's Party (CDS–PP) remained as the largest party, but fell short of a majority.Official Results — National Election Commission The Socialist Party (PS), the Left Bloc (BE), the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) and the Ecologist Party "The Greens" (PEV) managed to form a minority government led by PS with the support of BE, PCP and PEV. Party Assembly of the Republic Votes % Seats +/−PàF 2,085,465 38.56 107 –25PS 1,747,730 32.32 86 +12 BE 550,945 10.19 19 +11 CDU 445,901 8.25 17 +1 PAN 75,170 1.39 1 +1 Others/blanks/invalids 502,881 9.29 0 ±0 Total 5,408,092 100.00 230 ±0 Composition (2015–2019) Party Parliamentary group leaderElectedDissolution Seats % Seats % Luís Montenegro (Aveiro) (2015–2017)Hugo Soares (Braga) (2017–2018)Fernando Negrão (Setúbal) (2018–2019)8938.78938.7 Carlos César (Azores)8637.48537.0 Pedro Filipe Soares (Lisbon)198.2198.2 Nuno Magalhães (Setúbal)187.8187.8 João Oliveira (Évora)156.5156.5PEVHeloísa Apolónia (Setúbal)20.920.9 André Silva (Lisbon)10.410.4 Independent (Setúbal)00.010.4  Total230100.0230100.0 Election for President of the Assembly of the Republic To be elected, a candidate needs to reach a minimum of 116 votes. The Socialist Party (PS), backed by the Left Bloc (BE) and the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP), proposed Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues as their candidate, while the Social Democratic Party (PSD) proposed Fernando Negrão, who was backed by the CDS – People's Party (CDS–PP). Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues was elected: Election of the President of the Assembly of the Republic Ballot → 23 October 2015 Required majority → 116 out of 230 Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues (PS) Fernando Negrão (PPD/PSD) Blank ballots Invalid ballots Absentees Sources: References Category:2015 establishments in Portugal Category:Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) Category:2019 disestablishments in Portugal

Vila de Gràcia Trophy (women)

The Vila de Gràcia Trophy (Catalan: Trofeu Vila de Gràcia), officially the Trofeu Vila de Gràcia Memorial Fina Serrano, is an annual pre-season football tournament in the Vila de Gràcia, Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain). The tournament is organized by the Catalan football club CE Europa, played in the Nou Sardenya, and disputed between the women's team of CE Europa and an invited team. Moreover, it serves as the official presentation of CE Europa's first women's team. From 2003 to 2013 the tournament was called Torneig Caliu Gracienc, given that it was organised by the supporter group with the same name. In 2023 it was announced that the tournament would honour Fina Serrano Gallardo, an ex-player of CE Europa and a pioneer of women's football in Catalonia. Editions Edition Year Champion Result Runner-up Organised as Torneig Caliu Gracienc 1st 2003 CE Europa 1–0 FC Barcelona B 2nd 2004 CE Sant Gabriel 2–0 CE Europa 3rd 2005 CE Sant Gabriel 2–1 CE Europa 4th 2006 CE Europa 3–1 FC Barcelona B 5th 2007 UE Lleida 3–0 CE Europa 6th 2008 CD Blanes 2–2 (pp) CE Europa 7th 2009 CE Europa 6–0 Unificació Bellvitge 8th 2010 RCD Espanyol B 3–2 CE Europa 9th 2011 FC Barcelona B 3–1 CE Europa 10th 2012 UE Sant Andreu 1–1 (pp) CE Europa 11th 2013 CE Europa 5–1 EF Bonaire 2014 – 2016 Was not organised Organised as Trofeu Vila de Gràcia 12th 2017 CE Seagull 2–1 CE Europa 13th 2018 CE Europa 4–2 FC Barcelona B 14th 2019 CE Europa 5–2 RCD Espanyol B 2020 Not organised because of the COVID-19 pandemic 15th 2021 AEM Lleida 3–1 CE Europa 2022 Not organised because of the installation of a new field in the Nou Sardenya 16th 2023 Villarreal CF 4–2 CE Europa 17th 2024 CD Atlético Baleares 2–2 (pp) CE Europa (pp): winner after penalties Titles by club 6 trophies: CE Europa 2 trophies: CE Sant Gabriel 1 trophy: UE Lleida, CD Blanes, RCD Espanyol B, FC Barcelona B, UE Sant Andreu, CE Seagull, AEM Lleida, Villarreal CF, CD Atlético Baleares See also Vila de Gràcia Trophy References Sources External links Oficial web page of CE Europa Category:CE Europa Category:Spanish football friendly trophies

Chitsen Aphaiwong

Chitsen Aphaiwong () or formerly Mew Aphaiwong ( แสวง อภัยวงศ์ (พ.ศ. ๒๔๕๓-๒๕๑๕). พูนพิศ อมาตรยกุล (เรียบเรียงจาก คำให้สัมภาษณ์ของ นิภา อภัยวงศ์.). Mahidol University Library and Knowledge Center. (1905–1963) is a Thai architect with prominent works in Art Deco and international styles. He was regarded as one of the most important pioneers of such architectures in Thailand. Some of his prominent works are Suphatchalasai Stadium, Sala Chaloem Thai, Bangkok General Post Office, and buildings on Ratchadamnoen Avenue including the and Bangkok City Library. A member of the House of Aphaiwong, Chitsen was born to and Mom Thanom. His two other siblings were Khru Sawaeng Aphaiwong; a prominent figure in Thai classical music, and Phean Aphaiwong. Former Prime Minister of Thailand Khuang Aphaiwong was his older half-brother. Chitsen was married to Mary Ericsson, a Thai-Swedish.มณี สิริวรสาร, คุณหญิง. ชีวิตเหมือนฝัน ตอนที่ 1 และ ตอนที่ 2. กรุงเทพฯ : ชวนพิมพ์, มมป. , หน้า 86 He graduated school from Assumption College in Bangkok (in the French-language department) and went on to study architecture at École des Beaux-Arts in France.บทความ "โดมธรรมศาสตร์และการเมือง" โดย ชาตรี ประกิตนนทการ หน้า 68 อ้างถึงใน พิพิธภัณฑ์อัสสัมชัญ (28 ม.ค. 2562) นายหมิว จิตรเสน อภัยวงศ์ Works Chitsen Aphaiwong had worked closely with the People's Party, incorporating elements of Art Deco architecture and the party's values into his designs. The style with such unique elements is termed . His contribution includes the buildings on the Ratchadamnoen Klang Avenue (which includes the Bangkok City Library and ) and the now-demolished Sala Chaloem Thai. The British Consulate, later Bangkok General Post Office in Bang Rak district was designed by Aphaiwong and Sarot Sukkhayang - another prominent pioneer of modern architect in Thailand - in international style. Details included to reflect the ideology of the People's Party include the number of pillars on each wing that add up to six to illustrate the six core values. Aphaiwong and Sukkhayang had worked together on other projects, including Suphatchalasai Stadium. Some of his recognised works are: , Thammasat University Tha Phra Chan campus, Bangkok Bangkok General Post Office, Bangkok – jointly designed with Sarot Sukkhayang Suphatchalasai Stadium, Bangkok – jointly designed with Sarot Sukkhayang Series of buildings on the Ratchadamnoen Klang Avenue, Bangkok – jointly designed with Sarot Sukkhayang and ML Bangkok City Library Sala Chaloem Thai (demolished) Chitsen's house at 4 Soi Yen Akat, Bangkok (now a private commercial property) , Lopburi Songkhla District Court, Songkhla Notes References Category:Thai architects Category:Abhaiwongse family Category:Alumni of Assumption College (Thailand) Category:Art Deco architects Category:École des Beaux-Arts alumni Category:1905 births Category:1963 deaths

Uran Sawada

is a Japanese para-athlete competing mainly in category F12 long jump and 100 metres events. She holds the Japanese record in both. Early life and education Her parents had noticed that Sawada had poor eyesight since she was six years old, but her eyesight deteriorated rapidly after she entered junior high school, and it was discovered that she had retinitis pigmentosa. After graduating from junior high school, she went on to Tokyo Metropolitan Bunkyo School for the Blind, where she began training in athletics after participating in the Tokyo qualifying round for the National Sports Championships for the Disabled as part of her physical education classes. Sporting career In 2008, Sawada participated in the 2008 Summer Paralympics at the age of 17, the youngest member of the team. Although she was eliminated in the qualifying round for the 100 metres, she placed ninth in the long jump with a record of 4.93 meters, improving her personal best by about 30 centimeters. After graduating from Rikkyo University, she left athletics for a while and got a job at a beverage manufacturer. However, she resumed training after that, and again set the Japanese record at the 2017 Japan Para Athletics Championships (5.03 meters). At the 2018 Beijing Grand Prix, she won the 100m and also broke the Japanese record in the long jump with a jump of 5.70 metres. In 2021, at the age of 30, Sawada competed in the delayed 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo. She lost in the semifinals of the 100m (T12), but placed 5th in the long jump (T12) with a record of 5.15 meters. In addition, she participated in the new Paralympic event, the Universal Relay, with Kengo Oshima, Yuki Takamatsu, and Tomoki Suzuki, and served as the first runner with guide runner Ryuhei Shiokawa. In the final on September 3, Japan finished 4th in a time of 47.98 seconds, but China, which finished 2nd, was disqualified, so she was promoted to 3rd place and won the bronze medal. Sawada is ranked 1st in the world in the long jump (T12) and 6th in the world in the 100m (T12) (as of the end of 2018). On January 31, 2022, Sawada left Mash Holdings Co., Ltd., where she had been affiliated since June 1, 2017, and joined Entry Co., Ltd. on February 1, 2022. She won bronze medals in the women's long jump (T12) at the 2023 and 2024 World Para Athletics Championships. References External links Uran Sawada at the International Paralympic Committee Category:1990 births Category:Living people Category:Paralympic athletes for Japan Category:Paralympic long jumpers Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Category:Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Category:Paralympic bronze medalists for Japan Category:Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Category:Sportspeople from Saitama Prefecture Category:Visually impaired long jumpers Category:Japanese female sprinters Category:Japanese female long jumpers Category:Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships Category:World Para Athletics Championships winners Category:21st-century Japanese sportswomen

Govan Municipal Buildings

Govan Municipal Buildings is a former local authority building on Orkney Street in Govan, Scotland. The building, which was the meeting place of the local burgh council in the 19th century, is a Category B listed building. History Following significant population growth, largely associated with the shipbuilding industry, the area became a police burgh in 1864. The new police commissioners initially met in Hinshelwood's hall in Greenhaugh Street but, after finding this arrangement inadequate, decided to commission dedicated municipal buildings for the burgh. The site they chose, on the west side of Albert Street (since renamed Orkney Street), was occupied by a goods shed for the Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway. The foundation stone, incorporating a time capsule, for the new building was laid in 1866. It was designed by John Burnet in the Greek Revival style, built in ashlar stone and was completed in 1867. The design involved a broadly symmetrical main frontage facing onto Albert Street. The central bay contained a round headed doorway with an architrave. The other four bays on the ground floor were fenestrated with sash windows. On the first floor, there was a Corinthian order pilastrade involving seven recessed sash windows and, at roof level, there was a modillioned cornice and a central roof lantern. Internally, the principal room was an assembly hall on the first floor which could accommodate 600 people. A major fire caused considerable damage in 1882. The building was subsequently restored and extended in the same style by four extra bays to the south, to create extra accommodation for the fire service and police force, in 1899. A new cell block stretching back at the rear was added at around the same time. The building ceased to be the local seat of government when the burgh council relocated to the new Govan Town Hall in Govan Road in 1901. It is claimed that the German Deputy Führer, Rudolf Hess, was briefly held in the building after his flight to Scotland in May 1941 during the Second World War. This seems likely as Orkney Street is on the route between Waterfoot, where he was captured, and Maryhill Barracks where he was interrogated. However, other sources claim that he was held at Giffnock Police Station. After being charged with breach of the peace, the footballer, Frank McAvennie, was held in the building in November 1987: he was found not guilty at the subsequent trial. The building continued to serve as a police station, until the police service moved to the new Helen Street police station in 1998. Following a major refurbishment at a cost of £3.6 million in 2008, the building has operated as the Orkney Street Enterprise Centre; the cell block at the rear was converted for use as serviced office space for small businesses. See also List of listed buildings in Glasgow/4 References External links Govan Category:Government buildings completed in 1866 Category:1866 establishments in Scotland Category:Govan Category:Category B listed buildings in Glasgow Category:Listed government buildings in Scotland

Tatari (platform)

Tatari is a convergent TV ad platform that allows the creation, management, and measurement of advertisements across linear TV, streaming TV, and online video platforms. In March 2022, Tatari acquired TheViewPoint, a CTV SSP monetization platform. In April 2022, Tatari launched Similar Inventory, which provides suggestions for linear and streaming TV inventory based on existing campaigns. A year later, in June 2023, Tatari launched Vault, a sister company that creates "tokens" by matching first-party data from publishers and advertisers with Experian identifiers. Tatari, TheViewPoint, and Vault are three separate subsidiary companies under a parent company called Infra. History 2016–2019 Tatari was established in 2016 by Mike Swinson and Philip Inghelbrecht. 2020–2022 In 2020, Tatari launched an automated next day metric tool, which promises to provide advertisers with next-day return on ad spend (ROAS) insights for linear TV campaigns. This tool utilizes data from more than 21 million households to offer advertisers detailed performance metrics and audience behavior analysis shortly after a campaign airs. In 2020, AdAge named Tatari best place to work. In the following year 2021, Tatari formed a partnership with Clearco, a TV advertising analytics firm. Clearco, a funding provider, assisted new brands with access to up to $10 million in funding for TV advertising. In March 2022, Tatari acquired TheViewPoint to enhance its connected TV (CTV) advertising capabilities. In April 2022, it launched Similar Inventory to help advertisers scale their TV advertising campaigns more efficiently. In October 2022, Tatari licensed its media buying software to advertising agencies, to expand its reach and impact in the TV advertising space. In October 2022, Tatari announced that over 200 direct brands have adopted their platform for purchasing and analyzing TV advertising. Tatari also partnered with Samba TV to integrate Samba TV's extensive viewership data. In October 2022, Shopify announced Tatari as the exclusive TV App Partner in Shopify's Plus Certified App Program. In 2022, according to Inc Magazine, Tatari was named a Best Workplace in the Advertising & Marketing category. 2023-present In February 2023, Tatari announced the integration of Experian's marketing data into the platform. In October 2023, the company was named the Most Innovative TV Advertising Technology according to the 2023 AdExchanger awards. In December 2023, Tatari was recognized as a "Hottest Ad Tech Company" by Business Insider. In 2023, Tatari was also named Programmatic Power Player by AdExchanger. In March 2024, Tatari improved its TV ad measurement tools by adding multi-touch attribution models and real-time analytics. In July 2024, Tatari released its AI-driven Planning Engine, a fully AI-powered campaign management platform. References Category:Television advertising Category:Advertising agencies of the United States Category:American companies established in 2016 Category:Companies based in San Francisco Category:2016 establishments in California

Carl Andersen (politician)

Carl Andersen (born 27 January 1995) is a Danish politician who has been a member of the People's Parliament for the Liberal Alliance in the South Jutland since July 2024. He took office on 16 July 2024 as a deputy for Henrik Dahl who had been elected to the European Parliament at the 2024 European Parliament election in Denmark. Carl Andersen was chairman of the Liberal Alliances Ungdom 2018–19, where he was ousted after accusations of not having handled the investigation of allegations of sexual abuse in the youth party satisfactorily. In addition, he is city council member for the party in Vejen Municipality and since 2018 member of the Liberal Alliance's Main Board. Early life Carl Andersen grew up on a farm near Rødding in Vejen Municipality. In 2016, he started studying for agricultural economist. Since 1 May 2019, he has been employed by Dansk Erhverv, first as a student and now as a political consultant for family-owned companies. Political career Andersen has been an active member of Liberal Alliance and Liberal Alliances Ungdom since 2009. City Council Member Andersen won with 300 personal votes elected for the Liberal Alliance to the city council in Vejen Kommune as an 18-year-old high school student in 2013. It was the first time the Liberal Alliance was represented in the city council. He resigned from the city council again before the end of the election period in June 2016, when he moved to Albertslund in connection with his studies . From May 2020 he lives in Herlev.Herlev Blandet At the Municipal election in Herlev Municipality 2021 Andersen was the party's lead candidate in Herlev Municipality. Chairman of Liberal Alliances Ungdom Andersen was chairman of the Liberal Alliance's Youth Political Committee in 2015 and 2016 and national deputy chairman 2017–18. In 2018, he became national chairman of Liberal Alliances Ungdom after a closely fought election, where he got 107 votes against the sitting chairman's 105 votes. The following year, he himself was overthrown in a new contested election, after former chairman of LAU Ramus Brygger, immediately before the national meeting, published a series of accusations of rape, assault and offensive comments against a total of seven girls and women in the Liberal Alliance's Ungdom committed of several male members, some of whom held leading positions in the youth party. Brygger called on both Carl Andersen and the rest of the management to resign for failing to clear up the case. Carl Andersen subsequently obtained in the presidential election at the national meeting 78 votes against 101 votes for the challenger Signe Bøgevald Hansen. Subsequently, it became known that Carl Andersen and the other management had had greater knowledge of the cases than Andersen had initially mentioned. Liberal Alliance main board At the Liberal Alliance's National Meeting in March 2019, Carl Andersen was elected to the party's main board with the second most personal votes.Liberal Alliance's National Meeting 2019, Live 2021-2022 he was a member of the party's executive committee. Folketing In 2022, Andersen ran for the general election in the South Jutland Storkreds, where he became 1st deputy with 821 votes. When Henrik Dahl was elected to the European Parliament at the 2024 European Parliament election in Denmark and therefore resigned from the Folketing, Andersen took over on 16 July 2024 Dahl's mandate as a deputy. References Category:1995 births Category:Living people Category:Members of the Folketing 2022–2026 Category:Liberal Alliance (Denmark) MEPs

East Styria (National Council electoral district)

East Styria (), also known as Electoral District 6B (), is one of the 39 multi-member regional electoral districts of the National Council, the lower house of the Austrian Parliament, the national legislature of Austria. The electoral district was established in 2012 by the merger of Styria East and Styria South East following the re-organisation of the regional electoral districts in Styria to reflect the new administrative district structure and came into being at the following legislative election in 2013. It consists of the districts of Hartberg-Fürstenfeld, South East Styria and Weiz in the state of Styria. The electoral district currently elects six of the 183 members of the National Council using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2019 legislative election the constituency had 217,383 registered electors. History East Styria was established in 2012 by the merger of Styria East and Styria South East following the re-organisation of the regional electoral districts in Styria to reflect the new administrative district structure. It consisted of the districts of Hartberg-Fürstenfeld, South East Styria and Weiz in the state of Styria. The district was initially allocated six seats in April 2013. Electoral system East Styria currently elects six of the 183 members of the National Council using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. The allocation of seats is carried out in three stages. In the first stage, seats are allocated to parties (lists) at the regional level using a state-wide Hare quota () (valid votes in the state divided by the number of seats in the state). In the second stage, seats are allocated to parties at the state/provincial level using the state-wide Hare quota (any seats won by the party at the regional stage are subtracted from the party's state seats). In the third and final stage, seats are allocated to parties at the federal/national level using the D'Hondt method (any seats won by the party at the regional and state stages are subtracted from the party's federal seats). Only parties that reach the 4% national threshold, or have won a seat at the regional stage, compete for seats at the state and federal stages. Electors may cast one preferential vote for individual candidates at the regional, state and federal levels. Split-ticket voting (panachage), or voting for more than one candidate at each level, is not permitted and will result in the ballot paper being invalidated. At the regional level, candidates must receive preferential votes amounting to at least 14% of the valid votes cast for their party to over-ride the order of the party list (10% and 7% respectively for the state and federal levels). Election results Summary Election CommunistsKPÖ+ / KPÖ Social DemocratsSPÖ GreensGRÜNE NEOSNEOS People'sÖVP FreedomFPÖ colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats2019 1,106 0.67% 0 22,422 13.57% 0 15,157 9.18% 0 9,013 5.46% 0 79,887 48.36% 3 35,216 21.32% 12017 874 0.49% 0 31,150 17.63% 1 3,540 2.00% 0 7,059 4.00% 0 68,912 39.00% 2 58,476 33.10% 22013 1,512 0.89% 0 29,801 17.62% 1 12,798 7.57% 0 4,680 2.77% 0 49,312 29.16% 1 40,757 24.10% 1 Detailed 2019 Results of the 2019 legislative election held on 29 September 2019: Party Votes per district TotalVotes % SeatsHart-berg-Fürst-enfeld SouthEastStyria Weiz Votingcard Austrian People's Party ÖVP 28,611 26,772 24,400 104 79,887 48.36% 3 Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ 12,583 11,631 10,940 62 35,216 21.32% 1 Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ 7,196 6,204 8,985 37 22,422 13.57% 0 The Greens – The Green Alternative GRÜNE 4,963 3,941 6,146 107 15,157 9.18% 0 NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum NEOS 2,947 2,738 3,276 52 9,013 5.46% 0 JETZT JETZT 596 556 678 19 1,849 1.12% 0 KPÖ Plus KPÖ+ 285 324 493 4 1,106 0.67% 0 Der Wandel WANDL 180 140 212 6 538 0.33% 0Valid Votes 57,361 52,306 55,130 391 165,188 100.00% 4Rejected Votes 663 562 669 5 1,899 1.14% Total Polled 58,024 52,868 55,799 396 167,087 76.86% Registered Electors 74,303 70,451 72,629 217,383 Turnout 78.09% 75.04% 76.83% 76.86% The following candidates were elected: Party mandates - Reinhold Lopatka (ÖVP), 2,424 votes; Walter Rauch (FPÖ), 1,870 votes; Christoph Stark (ÖVP), 7,270 votes; and Agnes Totter (ÖVP), 1,778 votes. Substitutions: Reinhold Lopatka (ÖVP) resigned on 2 July 2024 and was replaced by Kerstin Fladerer (ÖVP) on 3 July 2024. 2017 Results of the 2017 legislative election held on 15 October 2017: Party Votes per district TotalVotes % SeatsHart-berg-Fürst-enfeld SouthEastStyria Weiz Votingcard Austrian People's Party ÖVP 24,319 23,295 21,173 125 68,912 39.00% 2 Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ 20,766 19,136 18,476 98 58,476 33.10% 2 Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ 10,178 8,776 12,087 109 31,150 17.63% 1 NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum NEOS 2,309 2,090 2,618 42 7,059 4.00% 0 Peter Pilz List PILZ 1,481 1,237 1,654 34 4,406 2.49% 0 The Greens – The Green Alternative GRÜNE 1,132 974 1,406 28 3,540 2.00% 0 My Vote Counts! GILT 453 428 619 9 1,509 0.85% 0 Communist Party of Austria KPÖ 247 257 363 7 874 0.49% 0 Free List Austria FLÖ 170 158 138 0 466 0.26% 0 The Whites WEIßE 93 109 81 2 285 0.16% 0Valid Votes 61,148 56,460 58,615 454 176,677 100.00% 5Rejected Votes 609 493 504 0 1,606 0.90% Total Polled 61,757 56,953 59,119 454 178,283 81.89% Registered Electors 74,366 70,779 72,553 217,698 Turnout 83.04% 80.47% 81.48% 81.89% The following candidates were elected: Personal mandates - Christoph Stark (ÖVP), 9,914 votes. Party mandates - Klaus Uwe Feichtinger (SPÖ), 1,399 votes; Reinhold Lopatka (ÖVP), 6,217 votes; Walter Rauch (FPÖ), 2,631 votes; and Christian Schandor (FPÖ), 790 votes. 2013 Results of the 2013 legislative election held on 29 September 2013: Party Votes per district TotalVotes % SeatsHart-berg-Fürst-enfeld SouthEastStyria Weiz Votingcard Austrian People's Party ÖVP 18,505 17,774 12,957 76 49,312 29.16% 1 Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ 13,501 14,088 13,116 52 40,757 24.10% 1 Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ 10,106 9,111 10,526 58 29,801 17.62% 1 Team Stronach FRANK 6,950 6,994 8,709 30 22,683 13.41% 0 The Greens – The Green Alternative GRÜNE 3,956 3,532 5,238 72 12,798 7.57% 0 Alliance for the Future of Austria BZÖ 2,052 1,930 1,941 14 5,937 3.51% 0 NEOS – The New Austria NEOS 1,604 1,555 1,481 40 4,680 2.77% 0 Communist Party of Austria KPÖ 387 444 671 10 1,512 0.89% 0 Pirate Party of Austria PIRAT 304 277 306 2 889 0.53% 0 Christian Party of Austria CPÖ 293 261 196 4 754 0.45% 0Valid Votes 57,658 55,966 55,141 358 169,123 100.00% 3Rejected Votes 1,030 1,047 954 8 3,039 1.77% Total Polled 58,688 57,013 56,095 366 172,162 78.28% Registered Electors 73,732 73,883 72,324 219,939 Turnout 79.60% 77.17% 77.56% 78.28% The following candidates were elected: Party mandates - Reinhold Lopatka (ÖVP), 4,365 votes; Walter Rauch (FPÖ), 1,812 votes; and Sonja Steßl (SPÖ), 1,977 votes. Substitutions: Sonja Steßl (SPÖ) resigned on 16 December 2013 and was replaced by Klaus Uwe Feichtinger (SPÖ) on 17 December 2013. Klaus Uwe Feichtinger (SPÖ) resigned on 18 May 2016 and was replaced by Sonja Steßl (SPÖ) on 19 May 2016. References Category:2013 establishments in Austria Category:Constituencies established in 2013 Category:Electoral districts of the National Council (Austria) National Council electoral district

Cambridge Cottage

thumb|Portico entrance to Cambridge Cottage facing Kew Green thumb|Rear of Cambridge Cottage from Kew Gardens thumb|Portrait of Augusta, Duchess of Cambridge by William Beechey, 1818 Cambridge Cottage is a former royal residence in Kew in London. It is located on the west side of Kew Green, very close to St Anne's Church; the rear of the house is in Kew Gardens, where it is known as the Duke's Garden. Historically it is associated with Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge and his son Prince George, Duke of Cambridge, from whom it takes its name. thumb|Cambridge Cottage in 1865 The connection of the House of Hanover with the area dates back to the acquisition of Richmond Lodge by the future George II from the attainted Jacobite Duke of Ormonde in the 1710s. His grandson George III occupied Kew Palace as his summer residence and his children partly grew up in the area. In 1806 he granted Cambridge Cottage to his seventh and youngest surviving son Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge while his brother Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland took over King's Cottage next door.Desmond p.287 Adolphus spent a number of years away from England as Viceroy in Hanover following its 1813 liberation from French occupation.Harding p.263 He lived at Cambridge Cottage with his wife Princess Augusta, who continued to live there for many years after her husband's death in 1850.Desmond pp.287-88 It later passed to their son George, Duke of Cambridge, a first cousin of Queen Victoria and long-standing Commander in Chief of the British Army. On his death in 1904 it was given to Kew Gardens by his cousin Edward VII.Allison & Riddell p.445 Subsequently it was used as a museum of forestry.Desmond p.288 Despite the building's name it is a not a cottage but a mansion. The building dates back to the early nineteenth century and features a portico entrance facing onto Kew Green. It has been a Grade II listed building since 1950. References Bibliography Allison, Ronald & Riddell, Sarah. The Royal Encyclopedia. Macmillan Press, 1991. Desmond, Ray. Kew: The History of the Royal Botanic Gardens. Random House, 1998. Harding, Nick. Hanover and the British Empire, 1700-1837. Boydell & Brewer, 2007 Category:Country houses in London Category:Houses in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Category:Grade II listed houses in London Category:Grade II listed buildings in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Category:Kew Green Category:Kew, London Category:Royal residences in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Category:Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Saint Ephraim Monastery, Nea Makri

The Saint Ephraim Monastery (Greek: Μονή Αγίου Εφραίμ) is a women's monastery on Mount Amomon, Attica. It is located in the area of ​​Xilokeriza east of Mount Pentelicus. The old monastery that was destroyed and was in the same location was a male monastery and had been in operation since the 10th century. In that century many hermitages are counted on that "mountain of the pure". The monastery celebrates on January 3rd the day of finding the relics of Saint Ephraim, on March 25th the Annunciation and on May 5th the day of the Saint's last martyrdom. The monastery belongs to the Metropolis of Kifissia, Amaroussion and Oropos, while in its courtyard there is also the tomb of Fotis Kontoglou (20th century). Abbess is the nun Theodosia. History It was already operating since 1576 when it irregularly got the name "Saint Paraskevi". As "Nativity of the Theotokos" and "Patriarchical Stavropigian Monastery" the monastery is said to be recorded in the Patriarchal Seal of May 10, 1611 of the then Ecumenical Patriarch Neophytos. This manuscript is in the National Library of Athens. In 1945, it was reconstructed by the abbess Makaria Desypri as "Nativity of the Theotokos", on January 3, 1950, the shroud of Saint Ephraim was found by her, while in 1975, by ministerial decision, it took the name "Annunciation of the Theotokos", as it was originally and it is worth noting that according to sources the name was miraculously revealed to her. In 1945 the nun Makaria found herself in the ruins of the old monastery of Annunciation and built her cell there. It is said that this was done after divine enlightenment, as was the fact that he began to clean the temple in order to rebuild it. Most illustrations are donations and tributes. The so-called "portable icon of Saint Ephraim" located to the left of the church entrance is the work of Fotis Kontoglou, which he did not have time to finish. In 1950, the remains of the Saint were found where 524 years had passed since his death. References Category:Greek Orthodox monasteries in Greece Category:Christian monasteries established in the 10th century

Boccia at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Mixed team BC1–2

The mixed team BC1–2 boccia event in the 2024 Summer Paralympics will be played between 2 and 4 September 2024 at the South Paris Arena. 36 athletes from 12 nations, each team containing 3 athletes, will participate in the competition. The BC1 and BC2 classifications are described as follows: Team rosters The following are the 12 rosters for the teams in Mixed Team BC1-2 event. TeamAthletesTeamAthletes Andreza de OliveiraMaciel SantosIuri Tauan Silva Aurelie AubertAurelien FabreFaycal Meguenni Kayleigh HaggoDavid SmithClaire Taggart Muhamad Afrizal SyafaFelix Ardi YudhaGischa Zayana Hiromi EndoTakayuki HiroseHidetaka Sugimura Marco DekkerDaniel PerezChantal van Engelen Zhijian LanZhiqiang YanQi Zhang David AraujoCristina GoncalvesAndre Ramos Soyeong JeongSungjoon JungMinkyu Seo Eliska JankechovaTomas KralRobert Mezik Witsanu HuadpraditSatanan PhromsiriWatcharaphon Vongsa Maha AounallahAyed Ben YoubAchraf Tayahi Results Pools The pool stage will be played between 3 and 4 September where the top 2 teams in each pool will qualify for the quarterfinals. Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Elimination stage The final stage (or knockout stage) will be played between 4 and 5 September. Elimination Matches Quarterfinals Match QF1:Player/End1 2 3 4 56ResultReport 1 0 0 0 03 4*Report 0 1 1 1 10 4Match QF2:Player/End1 2 3 4 56ResultReport 3 2 2 0 01 8 Report 0 0 0 3 10 4Match QF3:Player/End1 2 3 4 56ResultReport 1 0 2 0 01 4 Report 0 2 0 2 21 7Match QF4:Player/End1 2 3 4 56ResultReport 2 2 0 1 02 7* Report 0 0 3 0 40 7 Semifinals Match SF1:Player/End1 2 3 4 56ResultReport 1 1 2 1 22 9 Report 0 0 0 0 00 0Match SF2:Player/End1 2 3 4 56ResultReport 3 1 3 0 00 7 Report 0 0 0 1 11 3 Finals Bronze medal match:Player/End1 2 3 4 56ResultReport 0 0 3 0 00 3 Report 1 3 0 1 21 8Gold medal match:Player/End1 2 3 4 56ResultReport 1 3 2 1 00 7 Report 0 0 0 0 33 6 References Mixed team BC1-2

2024–25 Pau FC season

The 2024–25 season is Pau FC's 66th season in existence and fifth consecutive in the Ligue 2. They are also competing in the Coupe de France. Players First-team squad Out on loan Reserves and Academy Transfers In PlayerTransferred fromFeeDateSource La Berrichonne de ChâteaurouxFree Stade lavalloisFree RWD MolenbeekFree Nîmes OlympiqueFree Stade Brestois 29€600,000 Stade de ReimsFree AS Saint-PriestFree Chamois NiortaisFree Montpellier HSCFree Le Havre ACLoan (Option to Buy) Out PlayerTransferred toFeeDateSourceN/AContract Terminated Clermont FootFree Apollon LimassolFree Saint-Pryvé Saint-Hilaire FCFree US AvranchesFreeN/AFree FC Lorient BFreeN/AFree Clermont FootFree FC SionFree FC Schalke 04€2,500,000N/ARetired Dijon FCOFree Toulouse FCReturn from Loan AS Saint-ÉtienneReturn from Loan Girondins de BordeauxFree Apollon LimassolFree Loan in PlayerLoaned fromFeeDateSource Le Havre ACLoan (Option to Buy) Pre-season and friendlies Pau FC resumed training on July 1, 2024. Initially, the club planned a training camp in Chalosse, but Hagetmau served as a base camp for the Paraguayan Olympic team during this period. As a result, the team relocated to Loudenvielle in the Pyrenees for an altitude camp from July 22 to 26. With Henri Saivet's departure, Bingourou Kamara is now the captain. Seven National 3 players start the pre-season with the professional squad: Massiré Sylla, Tidjan Diaby, Khalifa Sylla, Tom Gomes, and Alexandre Fernandes, players who were already with the reserve team last season. Two additional players are involved, Salif Lebouath and Fidèle Bongelo. Here is the list of friendly matches planned for Pau FC in 2024: July 13, 2024: vs. Iraq Olympic team in Anglet, behind closed doors for security reasons. July 20, 2024: vs. Toulouse FC (Ligue 1) in Blagnac (Haute-Garonne). July 27, 2024: vs. Niort (National) in La Brède (Gironde). August 3, 2024: vs. Rodez in Blagnac (Haute-Garonne). August 10, 2024: vs. the reserve team of Real Sociedad in Hagetmau. Changes in preparation The match against the Iraq Olympic team was canceled due to logistical reasons by the Lions of Babylon. In replacement, Nicolas Usaï scheduled an internal match on training ground no. 2 at Nouste Camp. At the end of their camp in Loudenvielle, from July 22 to 26, they did not play against Chamois Niortais Football Club in La Brède as initially planned, but traveled to Marseille to face Olympique de Marseille on July 27 at the Robert-Louis-Dreyfus Training Center. The match against FC Martigues, initially scheduled for Tuesday, July 30, was canceled at the request of the promoted team, which will visit Nouste Camp on the 4th day of Ligue 2 on September 14. Martigues preferred to avoid two close encounters in the schedule, and Pau FC ended up facing Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol at Estadio José Zorrilla on July 31. Competitions Overall record Ligue 2 League table Results summary Ligue 2 2024-2025 Coupe de France References External links Category:Pau FC seasons Pau

Wagnalls Memorial Library

Wagnalls Memorial Library is an American public library in Lithopolis, Ohio. Dedicated by Mabel Wagnalls Jones in the memory of her parents, Adam and Anna Willis Wagnalls, who were both born in Lithopolis, Mabel gifted it to the perpetual use of the people of Lithopolis and Bloom Township, Fairfield County, Ohio. History Adam Willis Wagnalls never forgot the modest village and the humble home of his childhood in Lithopolis. It was his desire to build here a memorial there that might testify to the people of this city his interest in their welfare and his desire to afford to others opportunities for education and culture that he did not have in his childhood. The building was approaching completion at the time of his death in September 1924. In this work, he had the sympathy and assistance of his daughter, Mabel Wagnalls Jones. Completed in 1925, Mabel dedicated the building to her parents, Adam and Anna Willis Wagnalls, who were both born in Lithopolis. The building and its contents were gifted to the perpetual use of the people of Lithopolis and Bloom Township, Fairfield County. It was free from all encumbrances. An ample endowment provided for its perpetual maintenance. It imposes no financial obligation upon the local community or the state. In the 1920s, Bloom Township school officials eliminated reading of the prescribed pupils' reading circle books from the course because of the great abundance of children's books that the library furnishes. The educational influence was evidenced in the growing ease and familiarity with which students made their selections, observed the rules in their behavior, and adapted themselves to the regulations of a well-ordered library. Architecture and fittings thumb|left|Architectural rendition The building was designed by Ray Simms. It is of Tudor-Gothic architecture, constructed of native Lithopolis freestone. The cost was . thumb|upright|Reading room Initially, the library held 10,000 volumes with shelving space for about 20,000 volumes. Life-size paintings of Anna and Adam Wagnalls were hung on the walls. Massive oak tables, comfortable chairs, restful furnishings and artistic decorations are part of the reading room. The tower contains paintings, valuable manuscripts, and autograph letters from people eminent in various fields of activity. The collection of O. Henry letters, reproduced in Letters to Lithopolis, from O. Henry to Mabel Wagnalls, are permanently preserved there. The manuscript collection left by Mr. Wagnalls is also permanently preserved in the tower. The four walls of the Edwin Markham room are covered with framed manuscripts of him. Another room in the tower honors John Ward Dunsmore. Memorial Hall has a seating capacity of 500 chairs. The massive oak-beamed ceilings, mellow-toned walls, and lit interior provide a setting for the stage. The rostrum is high, overlooking the organ console, with a large Welte Philharmonic reproducing pipe organ. The proscenium arch is a work of stucco, resembling carved oak. Curtains, floor covering, and walls are in brown and tan. The reproducing grand piano occupies the central right side, with antique furnishings to complete the setting. On the rear wall Mozart at the piano, a painting by Dunsmore, is flanked on either side by tall torchieres. The Welte-Mignon reproducing piano either plays or responds to the touch. A film projection room is in the rear of the hall. The basement floor is large social room, equipped with tables, chairs, dishes, kitchen and accessories for the holding of community social meetings. References External links Category:Library buildings completed in 1925 Category:Public libraries in Ohio Category:Buildings and structures in Fairfield County, Ohio Category:National Register of Historic Places in Fairfield County, Ohio Category:Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio

Battle of Alcácer do Sal (1161)

The Battle of Alcácer do Sal in 1161 was an armed encounter between the troops of King Afonso Henriques and the Almohads commanded by Abu Mohammed Abdallah Ben Hafs, known to the Portuguese as Benafece. After conquering the eastern Maghreb, the Almohad caliph Abd al-Mu'min decided to intervene in the Iberian peninsula to unite the Muslim states under his authority, by force if necessary, and prevent the advance of the Christian kingdoms. In the early months of 1160, the Caliph ordered the Wali of Granada to restore and improve the fortifications of Gibraltar and, once these were completed, Abd al-Mu'min crossed the strait at the head of a large army of 18,000 men and settled in the city.Henry Morse Stephens, p. 55Alexandre Herculano, p. 397 Informed of the conquests of Afonso Henriques or Ibn Errik, who had recently conquered Alcácer do Sal in 1158, among other settlements in the Alentejo interior, the Caliph sent a detachment under the command of Abu Mohammed Abdallah Ben Hafs or Benafece to the west to recover them.Alexandre Herculano, p. 397 When they entered the territory of Alcácer do Sal, King Afonso Henriques summoned his troops and took to the field to confront the Muslims. However, the Portuguese were unsuccessful against such a large enemy and were defeated in a pitched battle. More than 6,000 Portuguese died and a large number of combatants were captured.Alexandre Herculano, p. 397 As a result of this battle, the Portuguese lost a large number of settlements they had recently conquered in the Alentejo to the Almohads.Alexandre Herculano, p. 397 Beja, conquered by the Portuguese in December of the previous year, was abandoned and reoccupied by the Muslims. Alcácer do Sal, however, remained in Portuguese hands, as a bastion of Christian defense.S. Lay, p. 127 The Muslims did not advance further north and after the successful campaign, Benafece withdrew when the Caliph ordered him to return to base; the following year, Abd al-Mu'min returned to North Africa and, in December, the Portuguese resumed the war against the Muslims of Andalus, beginning with an attack by the Santarém militia against Beja, led by Fernão Gonçalves.Alexandre Herculano, p. 397S. Lay, p. 127 References Category:Battles of the Reconquista Category:Battles involving Portugal Category:Battles involving Morocco Category:Battles involving the Almohad Caliphate Category:Conflicts in 1161 Category:12th century in Portugal Sources Henry Morse Stephens (1895) The Story of Portugal. Alexandre Herculano (1846) História de Portugal, volume I. S. Lay (2009) The Reconquest Kings of Portugal.

Carmen Platero

María del Carmen Platero (August 3, 1933 – March 16, 2020), known as Carmen Platero, was an Afro-Argentine playwright and actress who worked to promote Afro-descendant culture in Latin America. In 1987, she co-founded the theater group Comedia Negra de Buenos Aires. Early life and education Carmen Platero was born in 1933 in La Plata, Argentina. She was one of seven children born to Tomás Nemesio Platero and Ana Francisca Prola, who moved the family to Tandil when Carmen was 3 years old. Her family was descended from enslaved Africans brought to Argentina, and her grandfather was the prominent Afro-Argentinian Tomás Platero IV. Platero attended the normal school in Tandil, and then, starting in 1959, continued her studies at the Escuela de Teatro La Plata, where she found her true passion. After graduating from the theater school in 1964, she worked to improve her craft under and Carlos Gandolfo. Career Platero is known for her work as a playwright and actress. Her first major performance, in Roberto Habegger's one-woman show Tango para solo de mujer, came in the early 1970s. Across her career, she worked to study and share Afro-Argentine culture, often in partnership with her sister Susana. One of their first major projects together was Afroamérica 70, a show that incorporated work by the likes of Nicomedes Santa Cruz and Nicolás Guillén. Their 1975 piece, Calunga Andumba, more directly paid homage to Afro-Argentine culture, rather than Afro-Latin culture broadly; performances of the show were shut down after the 1976 Argentine coup d'état. A few months after the coup, in December 1976, Platero and her family went into exile in Spain. In 1979, they moved to Costa Rica, where she continued her work to promote Afro-descendant culture in Limón. The year after Argentina returned to democracy in 1983, she returned to her home country. Once back in Argentina, with Susana, she founded the Comedia Negra de Buenos Aires in 1987. With the theater company, they staged an updated version of Calunga Andumba to great success. In 2017, she worked to co-organize the Afro-Argentine studies summit Afrotandil. Platero also taught acting from Tandil to Costa Rica and Spain. She wrote various other plays, including Epilogo, Rastros, Vigilia, and Memoria mayor. Her first novel, Tango con acento en la o, was published in 2017. Personal life and death Carmen Platero was married to the journalist Tomás Saraví, with whom she had four children. She died in 2020, in Tandil, at age 86. References Category:1933 births Category:2020 deaths Category:Argentine women dramatists and playwrights Category:Argentine actresses Category:Afro-Argentine people Category:Afro-Argentine actors Category:People from La Plata Category:Argentine women novelists

1939 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships

The 1939 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships were organized by the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) and served as the national championships in indoor track and field for the United States. The men's edition was held at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York, and it took place February 25. There was no corresponding women's meet in 1939. The 1939 championships ended the U.S. experimentation with the metric system, with all future indoor events expected to use imperial distances. Because of this, the championship records in many events from this edition would stand until the return to metric system at the 1987 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships. Medal summary Men 60 m Herbert Thompson 6.6 600 m Charlie Beetham 1:21.6 1000 m John Borican 2:28.6 1500 m Glenn Cunningham 3:54.6 5000 m Don Lash 14:30.9 65 m hurdles Allan Tolmich 8.4 3000 m steeplechase Thomas Deckard 8:49.4 Joseph McCluskey George De George High jump Mel Walker 2.03 m Pole vault Cornelius "Dutch" Warmerdam 4.27 m Long jump Ed Gordon 7.26 m Shot put Frank Ryan 15.52 m Weight throw Henry Dreyer 16.59 m 1500 m walk Otto Kotraba 6:23.0 References Results Notes 1939 Category:February 1939 sports events USA Indoor Track and Field Championships Category:Sports competitions in New York City USA Indoor Track and Field Championships Category:Track and field in New York City Category:Events at Madison Square Garden

Gustav Graben-Hoffmann

thumb Gustav Graben-Hoffmann (March 7, 1820, Bnin, Kórnik – May 20, 1900, Potsdam) was a German composer, singer, and music educator. He is best known for authoring two influential works on vocal pedagogy: Das Studium des Gesangs nach seinen musikalischen Elementen (Leipzig, 1872) and Praktische Methode als Grundlage für den Kunstgesang und eine allgemeine musikalische Bildung (Dresden, 1874). His best known composition was the ballad 500,000 Teufel. Life Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffmann was born on March 7, 1820, in Bnin, Kórnik. He began his musical training under his father and with other teachers in the city of Posen. In his early career he taught in various locations in Eastern Germany Graben-Hoffmann relocated to Berlin where he trained as a vocalist and composer and had a career as a concert singer from 1844 to 1848. Illness ended his singing career, and in 1850 he established a music academy for women, Musikakademie fur Damen, in Potsdam. He left this school to complete his education in music composition at the Leipzig Conservatory (now the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig) under Moritz Hauptmann where he graduated in 1857. He worked as a voice teacher in Dresden from 1858 to 1868. After this he relocated to Berlin where in 1870 he established a vocal music school for women. He returned to Dresden in 1873 where he resumed teaching. One of his vocal students was Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. He returned to Potsdam in 1885 and spent the last years of his life in financial difficulty. He died in 1900 at the age of 80. Compositions As a composer, Graben-Hoffmann's output included lieder, vocal duets, and choral music. His music successful work was the ballad 500,000 Teufel. A collection of his personal papers are held in the Berlin State Library. Vocal pedagogy Graben-Hoffmann is best known for his contributions to vocal pedagogy; publishing three works on the topic: Die Pflege der Singstimme und die Gründe von der Zerstörung und dem frühzeitigen Verlust derselben (Dresden, 1865), Das Studium des Gesangs nach seinen musikalischen Elementen (Leipzig, 1872), and Praktische Methode als Grundlage für den Kunstgesang und eine allgemeine musikalische Bildung (Dresden, 1874). Of these the latter two were particularly influential and were adopted by many voice teachers of his era. His vocal pedagogy included an original method for teaching rhythm to singers. He also advocated for educating singers with the fundamentals of music theory, and cautioned against straining the voice through the use of virtuosic music (i.e. coloratura). References Category:1820 births Category:1900 deaths Category:19th-century German male singers Category:German male classical composers Category:Voice teachers Category:University of Music and Theatre Leipzig alumni

XPeng Mona M03

The XPeng Mona M03 () is a battery-powered liftback manufactured by Chinese electric car company XPeng. It is the first product under the Mona product line, which focuses on lower-priced vehicles in the mainstream segment as opposed to the premium positioning of previous XPeng vehicles. In China, it occupies the A-class segment, equivalent to the global C-segment. The vehicle was previewed with a set of images in June 2024, then introduced in July 2024 and went on sale in August 2024 ahead of the Chengdu Auto Show. Mona stands for "Made Of New AI". The company's CEO, He Xiaopeng, mentioned that the alphanumeric name "M03" was chosen as a tribute to the Tesla Model 3. Overview During launch, the Mona M03 is available in three variants called 515, 620 and 580 Max, denoting its CLTC ranges. The 515 version is powered by a 51.8 kWh battery, while the 620 and 580 Max uses a 62.2 kWh pack. Both are LFP batteries produced by FinDreams. It is powered by a front-mounted single motor with a acceleration figure of 7.8 seconds for the entry version and 7.4 seconds for the 620 and 580 Max. XPeng was focused on reducing drag on the car, claiming that the model has lowest drag coefficient among the world's mass-produced fully electric hatchbacks at Cd 0.194. The Mona M03 underwent 10 wind tunnel tests of more than 100 hours each, which shaved off Cd 0.085 from the wind resistance leading to a claimed range increase. The Mona M03 only has a large floating central infotainment screen with a size of 15.6 inches. The system is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8155 chip with 16 GB RAM. The car has no physical buttons except for two scroll wheels on the steering wheel. A pluggable instrument panel screen behind the steering wheel is optional. The model also has option of a rear entertainment screen. As standard, the Xpeng Mona M03 is equipped with 2 millimeter wavelength radars, 12 ultrasonic sensors and 7 cameras to support its L2 intelligent driving ability. References External links Mona M03 Category:Cars introduced in 2024 Category:Compact cars Category:Hatchbacks Category:Front-wheel-drive vehicles Category:Production electric cars Category:Cars of China

Oleh Kiper

Oleh Kiper is a Ukrainian politician who has served as the Governor of Odesa Oblast since May 30, 2023. Previously, he served as the Deputy Chief Prosecutor and then Chief Prosecutor for the Kyiv City Prosecutor's Office. In 2023, he was appointed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as Governor of Odesa Oblast, replacing acting governor Boris Voloshenkov. Kiper has served during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Career Kiper began working at the Kyiv City Prosecutor's Office in 2001. On June 9, 2020, he was appointed the city's Deputy Prosecutor by Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova. Prior to the appointment, he worked as a freelance advisor to Andriy Yemark. Soon afterwards, he was made the city's Chief Prosecutor. In May 2021, Kiper announced that the office was taking action against businesses illegally operating in underground tunnels below the center of Kyiv. In February 2022, Russia began an invasion of Ukraine. Kiper controversially took a trip abroad with his wife from December 29, 2022, to January 8, 2023; there was speculation that they had visited Russia. Kiper said they visited a foreign country for a family emergency, but would not specify the country out of concern for his wife's safety. He said that his wife once had a Russian passport, but she renounced it in July 2022. In February 2023, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported his wife still had a valid Russian passport as of writing. On January 23, 2023, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy "banned state officials from leaving the country during martial law except for official business trips". thumb|Kiper meeting Josep Borrell in 2023 On May 29, 2023, Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers approved Kiper to replace Boris Voloshenkov as Governor of Odesa Oblast. (Voloshenkov was acting governor.) The next day, Zelenskyy appointed Kiper in a decree, and he visited Kiper in Odesa Oblast on the 31st. After an attack on Odesa Oblast on the night of March 1 and 2, 2024, Kiper declared March 3 to be a day of mourning. References Category:Governors of Odesa Oblast Category:Ukrainian prosecutors Category:Politicians from Kyiv Category:1980 births Category:Living people

2024–25 Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs men's ice hockey season

The 2024–25 Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs men's ice hockey season will be the 81st season of play for the program and 12th in the NCHC. The Bulldogs will represent the University of Minnesota Duluth in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, play their home games at AMSOIL Arena and be coached by Scott Sandelin in his 25th season. Season Departures Blake Biondi Forward Graduate transfer to Notre Dame Darian Gotz Defenseman Graduation (signed with Aalborg Pirates) Luke Johnson Forward Transferred to Alaska Kyler Kleven Forward Transferred to Niagara Luke Loheit Forward Graduation Connor McMenamin Forward Graduation (signed with Reading Royals) Quinn Olson Forward Graduation (signed with Ontario Reign) Cole Spicer Defenseman Left program (mental health) Ben Steeves Forward Signed professional contract (Florida Panthers) Zach Stejskal Goaltender Graduation (signed with Hokki) Matthew Thiessen Goaltender Graduation (retired) Recruiting Callum Arnott Forward 20 King City, ON Blake Bechen Forward 19 Dubuque, IA Harper Bentz Forward 19 Moorhead, MN Adam Gajan Goaltender 20 Poprad, SVK; selected 35th overall in 2023 Ty Hanson Defenseman 19 Hermantown, MN Adam Kleber Defenseman 18 Chaska, MN; selected 42nd overall in 2024 Klayton Knapp Goaltender 20 Sylvania, OH Joey Molenaar Forward 24 Minnetonka, MN; graduate transfer from St. Cloud State Max Plante Forward 18 Hermantown, MN; selected 47th overall in 2024 Zam Plante Forward 20 Hermantown, MN; selected 150th overall in 2022 Jayson Shaugabay Forward 19 Warroad, MN; selected 115th overall in 2023 Trevor Stachowiak Forward 21 Dallas, TX Roster As of August 20, 2024. Standings Schedule and results |- !colspan=12 style=";" | Regular Season Scoring statistics Rankings PollWeekPre 1 234567891011121314151617181920212223242526 (Final) USCHO.com USA Hockey References Category:Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs men's ice hockey seasons Minnesota Duluth Minnesota Duluth Minnesota Duluth Minnesota Duluth

1940 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships

The 1940 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships were organized by the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) and served as the national championships in indoor track and field for the United States. The men's edition was held at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York, and it took place February 24. There was no corresponding women's championships in 1940. At the championships, the University of Notre Dame's Greg Rice ran a world record time of 13:55.9 for 3 miles indoors. He ran the race minutes after Taisto Mäki raced in an exhibition at the same venue, and commentators viewed Rice's performance as a response to Finnish distance running dominance of the time. About 15,000 spectators attended. Medal summary Men 60 yards Mozelle Ellerbe 6.2 600 yards Charles Belcher 1:11.6 1000 yards John Borican 2:13.0 Mile run Charles Fenske 4:08.8 3 miles Greg Rice 13:55.9 70 yards hurdles Allan Tolmich 8.4 2 miles steeplechase Joe McCluskey 10:03.4 High jump Arthur Byrnes 1.94 m Pole vault Earle Meadows 4.35 m Long jump Anson Perina 7.21 m Shot put Al Blozis 16.98 m Weight throw Niles Perkins 17.08 m 1 mile walk Charles Eschenbach 6:51.7 References Results Notes 1940 Category:February 1940 sports events USA Indoor Track and Field Championships Category:Sports competitions in New York City USA Indoor Track and Field Championships Category:Track and field in New York City Category:Events at Madison Square Garden

Gazi Group

Gazi Group () is a Bangladeshi diversified conglomerate based in Dhaka. The founding chairman of Gazi Group is Golam Dastagir Gazi, former Textile and Jute Minister of the Awami League government. Gazi Group owns the cricket teams Gazi Group Cricketers, Gazi Tyres Cricket Academy and Rupganj Tigers, all of which play List A cricket in the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League. History Golam Dastagir Gazi founded Gazi Group in 1974 with the production of plastic and rubber products. In 2002, Gazi Tyre factory started production making tires for commercial vehicles. It was the first tire company to produce large tires in Bangladesh. Gazi Television received its license to broadcast from the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission, along with several other privately owned Bangladeshi television channels, on 20 October 2009. It officially began broadcasting on 12 June 2012. In 2014 this channel bought television broadcasting right from BCB for for 6 years (from 2014 to 2020). In 2016 it also bought broadcasting rights of BPL from BCB. In 2015, Gazi Group expanded production facilities for uPVC pipe purchasing equipment from Rajoo Bausano. Gazi Group donated medical equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh in July 2020 to Narayanganj 300 Bed Hospital. It donated Personal Protective Equipment to six hospitals in Dhaka. 2024 fire After the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the fall of Awami League government, five factories of Gazi Group were vandalized and looted in Rupganj Upazila, Narayanganj District. On 25 August 2024, the chairman of the group Golam Dastagir Gazi was arrested and detained at Detective Branch. Following his arrest Gazi Auto Tyre factory was set ablaze. Bangladesh Police did not respond to calls for help while a team of Bangladesh Army came and left after ten minutes. Ten thousand workers were employed in those five factories. The fire at Gazi Tyre factory had been burning for more than 62 hours despite the Fire Service and Civil Defence claiming it had extinguished the fire in 22 hours and then 32 hours. 126 to 176 people are missing in the fire. Businesses Daily Sarabangla and sarabangla.com Gazi Home Appliance Gazi Communication Limited Gazi Door Gazi Food Gazi Group Cricketers (renamed to Legends of Rupganj) Gazi Group Chattogram cricket team Gazi Networks Limited Gazi Pipe factories Gazi Pump Gazi Renewable Energy Limited Gazi Tank Gazi Tank Cricketers Gazi Television Limited Gazi Auto Tyres Gazi Tyre Cricket Academy Rupgonj Tigers References Category:1974 establishments in Bangladesh Category:Organisations based in Dhaka Category:Conglomerate companies of Bangladesh

List of golf courses in South Africa

This is a list of notable golf courses in South Africa by province. Eastern Cape Golf course LocationAlexander Golf ClubEast LondonEast London Golf ClubEast LondonGonubie Golf Club GonubieHumewood Golf ClubGqeberhaKirkwood Golf ClubKirkwoodMthatha Country ClubMthathaPort Elizabeth Golf Clubhttps://pegc.co.za/GqeberhaUitenhage Golf ClubUitenhageWalmer Golf Club (Little Walmer)GqeberhaWedgewood Golf ClubGqeberhaWest Bank Golf ClubEast LondonWild Coast Sun Country ClubNear Port Edward Gauteng Golf course LocationAkasia Golf ClubAkasiaBenoni Country ClubBenoniBronkhorstspruit Golf ClubBronkhorstspruitBryanston Country Club SandtonCenturion Country Club CenturionCMR Golf ClubRoodepoortCullinan Golf ClubCullinanDainfern Golf CourseSandtonEagle Canyon Country Club RoodepoortEbotse Links Golf Course BenoniERPM Golf ClubBoksburgGermiston Golf ClubGermistonGlendower Golf ClubEdenvaleGlenvista Country ClubJohannesburgIrene Country ClubCenturionJackal Creek Golf ClubRoodepoortKempton Park Golf ClubKempton ParkKillarney Country Club Johannesburg Kimiad Golf CoursePretoriaKrugersdorp Golf ClubKrugersdorpKyalami Country ClubMidrandModderfontein Golf ClubModderfonteinPretoria Country ClubPretoriaPretoria Golf ClubPretoriaRandpark Golf Club RandburgReading Country ClubAlbertonRoyal Johannesburg & Kensington Golf Club Johannesburg Royal Oak Country Club BrakpanRuimsig Country ClubRoodepoortSerengeti Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf CourseKempton ParkServices Golf ClubPretoriaSilver Lakes Golf ClubPretoriaState Mines Country ClubBrakpanThe Club at Steyn CityMidrandThe Country Club JohannesburgSandtonThe Els ClubCenturionThe Lake Club BenoniBenoniThe Presidential Golf Course PretoriaThe River Club Golf CourseSandtonWaterkloof Golf ClubPretoriaWingate Park Country ClubPretoriaWoodhill Country ClubPretoriaZwartkop Country ClubCenturion KwaZulu-Natal Golf course LocationAmanzimtoti Country ClubeManzimtotiBeachwood Country ClubDurbanBluff National Park Golf Club DurbanBosch Hoek Golf CourseBalgowanCamelot Golf ClubHillcrestCato Ridge Country ClubCato RidgeCotswold Downs Country ClubHillcrestDarnall Country ClubDarnallDurban Country ClubDurbanEmpangeni Country ClubEmpangeniEstcourt Golf ClubEstcourtGowries Farm Golf CourseNottingham RoadGreytown Country ClubGreytownHarding Country ClubHardingHowick Golf ClubHowickKloof Country ClubKloofKokstad Golf ClubKokstadLadysmith Country ClubLadysmithMaidstone Golf CluboThongathiMargate Country ClubMargateMaritzburg Golf ClubPietermaritzburgMooi River Country ClubMooi RiverMtunzini Country ClubMtunziniMount Edgecombe Country ClubMount EdgecombeNewcastle Golf ClubNewcastlePapwa Sewgolum Golf Course DurbanPongola Golf CluboPhongoloPort Edward Country ClubPort EdwardPort Shepstone Country ClubPort ShepstonePrince's Grant Golf Estate KwaDukuzaRichards Bay Country ClubRichards BayRichmond Country ClubRichmondRoyal Durban Golf ClubDurban Sakabula Golf CourseHowickSan Lameer Country ClubSouthbroomScottburgh Golf ClubScottburghSelborne Golf ClubPenningtonSimbithi Country ClubBallitoSouthbroom Golf ClubSouthbroomUmdoni Park Golf ClubPenningtonUmhlali Country Club UmhlaliUmkomaas Golf ClubeMkhomaziUnderberg Country ClubUnderbergVictoria Country ClubPietermaritzburgVryheid Golf ClubVryheidWindsor Park Golf CourseDurbanZimbali Country ClubBallito Limpopo Golf course LocationDrakensig Golf ClubHoedspruitEuphoria Golf CourseMookgophongFairview Golf CourseTzaneenHans Merensky Golf ClubPhalaborwaKameeldoring Golf ClubMokopaneKoro Creek Bushveld Golf EstateModimolleMogol Golf ClubLephalaleNaboomspruit Golf ClubMookgophongPolokwane Golf ClubPolokwaneSoutpansberg Golf ClubLouis TrichardtThe Ranch Golf Course PolokwaneTzaneen Country ClubTzaneenZebula Golf CourseBela-Bela Mpumalanga Golf course LocationBankenveld Golf ClubeMalahleniBarberton Golf ClubBarbertonKambaku Golf ClubKomatipoortLeopard Creek Country Club MalalaneMalelane Golf Club MalalaneMbombela Golf ClubMbombelaSabi River Sun Golf ClubHazyviewSabie Country ClubSabieWhite River Country ClubWhite RiverWitbank Golf ClubeMalahleni North-West Golf course LocationGary Player Country ClubSun City Western Cape Golf course LocationArabella Golf Course KleinmondAtlantic Beach LinksMelkbosstrandBellville Golf ClubBellvilleClovelly Golf ClubFish HoekDevonvale Golf & Wine EstateStellenboschDe Zalze Golf ClubStellenboschDurbanville Golf ClubDurbanvilleErinvale Golf ClubSomerset WestFairview Golf EstateGordon's BayGeorge Golf ClubGeorge Greenways Golf EstateStrandGoose Valley Golf ClubPlettenberg BayHermanus Golf ClubHermanusKing David Mowbray Golf ClubCape TownKingswood Golf CourseGeorgeKnysna Golf ClubKnysnaKuilsrivier Golf ClubKuilsrivierMalmesbury Golf ClubMalmesburyMetropolitan Golf ClubCape Town Milnerton Golf ClubMilnertonMontagu (Fancourt)George Mossel Bay Golf ClubMossel BayOubaai Golf ClubHerolds BayOuteniqua (Fancourt)George Paarl Golf ClubPaarlParow Golf ClubParowPearl Valley Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf CoursePaarlPezula Championship Golf CourseKnysnaPinnacle Point Golf ClubMossel BayPlettenberg Bay Country ClubPlettenberg BayRondebosch Golf ClubCape TownRoyal Cape Golf Club Cape TownSimola Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf CourseKnysnaSomerset West Golf ClubSomerset WestSteenberg Golf Club Cape TownStellenbosch Golf ClubStellenbosch Strand Golf ClubStrandThe Links (Fancourt) GeorgeWellington Golf ClubWellingtonWestlake Golf ClubCape Town References Category:Lists of golf clubs and courses

NCAA Season 100 basketball tournaments

The NCAA Season 100 basketball tournaments are the basketball tournaments of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines) for its 2024–25 season. The tournament is being hosted by Lyceum of the Philippines University. The opening day will be held at the SM Mall of Asia Arena on September 7, 2024, while the rest of the first-round games will be hosted at the Filoil EcoOil Centre. Tournament format The NCAA is expected to follow the Final Four format used since 1997. Unlike in the past two seasons, while men's gamedays are held five days a week, all gamedays will have doubleheaders, except for the final playing day of the first round of eliminations, which shall be a single game involving last year's finals participants. Teams All ten schools are participating. +Men's teamsTeamCollegeCoachArellano ChiefsArellano University (AU)Chico ManabatLetran KnightsColegio de San Juan de Letran (CSJL)Allen RicardoBenilde BlazersDe La Salle–College of Saint Benilde (CSB)Charles TiuEAC GeneralsEmilio Aguinaldo College (EAC)Jerson CabiltesJRU Heavy BombersJosé Rizal University (JRU)Louie GonzalezLyceum PiratesLyceum of the Philippines University (LPU)Gilbert MalabananMapúa CardinalsMapúa University (MU)Randy AlcantaraSan Beda Red LionsSan Beda University (SBU)Yuri EscuetaSan Sebastian StagsSan Sebastian College – Recoletos (SSC–R)Arvin BonleonPerpetual AltasUniversity of Perpetual Help System DALTA (UPHSD)Olsen Racela Coaching changes TeamOutgoing coachManner of departureDateReplaced byDatePerpetual AltasMyk SaguiguitDemoted to assistant coachJanuary 11, 2024Olsen RacelaJanuary 11, 2024San Sebastian StagsJohn KallosFiredFebruary 9, 2024Arvin BonleonFebruary 9, 2024Letran KnightsRensy BajarFiredFebruary 16, 2024Allen RicardoMay 30, 2024Letran SquiresAllen RicardoSigned by Letran KnightsMay 30, 2024Willie Miller Venues For the men's tournament, the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay will host opening day, while Filoil EcoOil Centre in San Juan will host the remainder of the elimination round. ArenaLocationCapacityFiloil EcoOil CentreSan Juan6,000SM Mall of Asia ArenaPasay20,000 Squads Each team can have up to 15 players on their roster, with an additional up to three players in the injured reserve list. +Men's rostersArellanoLetranBenildeEACJRULyceumMapúaSan BedaSan SebastianPerpetualRenzo AbieraJovel BalilingJesse ArciagaBrianne AngelesShawn ArgenteGenesis AvilesSherfrazkhan AbdullaYukien AndradaNikko AguilarJohn AbisAnthony BorromeoVince CuajaoJhomel AncietaJethro BacuoMart BarreraJohn BarbaNoel AgemenyiJC BonzalidaRafael AreJP BoralYuan CamayCJ DelfinoJoseph CajucomJude BagayLance BenitezJM BravoJelo BancaleRichi CalimagKhit BarrogaRalph CauguiranJL CapulongCharles DimaanoGene CarilloJoshua DevaraMarj de LeonKhen CaduyacYam ConcepcionRC CalimagFranz ChuidianRuvic DanagAndrei de LeonJimboy EstradaGab CometaAxel DoromalCyrus FerrerJD CulanayCyrus CuencoJoe CelzoClarence CruzAngelo GelsanoJoseph dela CruzEdzel GaloyAnton EusebioKing GurtizaJoshua GuiabGreg CunananClint EscamisIsmael CuldoraRaymart EscobidoMark Gojo CruzJoseph EspirituRafael GoIrele GalasMac Chester JacobJustin LozanoDesmond Ronald Colian Jr.Aaron FerminPenny EstacioTristan FelebricoAxlrose JavierXander EstacioPaolo JavillonarZenric JarqueGelo LoristoJonathan MedinaJonathan DailegJoaquin GarciaZedjay EtulleRalph GabatAxl ManuelJoseph HernalJames Jumao-asAllen LiwagAldeo LuceroSidney MosquedaOmar GordonChris HubillaNygel GonzalesReggz GabatBryan ManuelCJ LibangKobe MonjeJohn MoralesJC LucianoIvan PanapanaanMclaude GuadañaMarc IglianeZane JalbuenaJelo LintolBryle MascariñasDre MillerNathaniel MontecilloMatthew OliJherald ManachoPatrick RamosGyle MontañoJohn JaboneteBismarck LinaJames MaliwatInigo MontemayorT-Mc OngotanJoseph NunagRoger OnodaKyle OchavoMarvin RaymundoNeil MoralejoLawrence MangubatJames PayosingMigs PascualRIchard MovidaBasti ValenciaJames PradellaJustine SanchezWilmar OftanaRalph SamontanesLyon PallingayanArjay PantaleonJomel PunoKyle RamiloJearico NunezMaverick VinoyaKevin SantosMark SangcoHarvey PagsanjanVince SarmientoJD PaneloJC RectoAaron RoyoChristian RicioShawn OrgoAndrei Acop*Mark SarzaEdson SerranoRico PostanesRenz Bernardo*Dave PauloEdward Ryan IIIAdrian SollanoVince SuicoChristian PagaranKarl Flores*Klein TagotonganIan TorresNico QuinalBench de Jesus*Simon PeñafielResty Fornis*Bryan SajoniaLeo VelascoEmmanuel PizarroBryan Rosalin*Christian VergaraPaul TurcoErlan UmpaoDarrel Garcia*Michael VersozaJoshua Pabilona*Menard SongcuyaNathaniel SevillaJace Miller-AquiningocWinston YnotRenz VillegasBrix Reyno*Joshua TagalaJustin ThompsonEmmanuel TagleIñigo TorresHead coachChico ManabatAllen RicardoCharles TiuJerson CabiltesLouie GonzalezGilbert MalabananRandy AlcantaraYuri EscuetaArvin BonleonOlsen Racela *Reserves Men's tournament The men's tournament will start on September 7, 2024, with the traditional host vs. defending champion opening game featuring the Lyceum Pirates and the San Beda Red Lions in the SM Mall of Asia Arena. Elimination round Team standings Match-up results Results Results on top and to the right of the dashes are for first-round games; those to the bottom and left of it are second-round games. See also UAAP Season 87 basketball tournaments References External links GMA official coverage website 100 Category:2024–25 in Philippine college basketball Category:Current basketball seasons

1941 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships

The 1941 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships were organized by the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) and served as the national championships in indoor track and field for the United States. The men's edition was held at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York, and it took place February 22. The women's meet was held separately at Atlantic City Convention Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, taking place April 12. At the women's meet, the world indoor record for 200 metres was broken three times. It was first broken by Stella Walsh and then by Jean Lane in their respective qualifying heats. In the finals, Lane broke her own record to defeat Walsh and become national champion. Medal summary Men 60 yards Herbert Thompson 6.2 600 yards Jim Herbert 1:12.0 1000 yards John Borican 2:11.5 Mile run Walter Mehl 4:10.9 3 miles Greg Rice 13:51.0 70 yards hurdles Allan Tolmich 8.4 2 miles steeplechase Joe McCluskey 9:35.4 High jump Mel Walker 1.99 m Pole vault Earle Meadows 4.38 m Long jump Lockhart Rogers 7.22 m Shot put Al Blozis 16.77 m Weight throw Henry Dreyer 16.97 m 1 mile walk Nat Jaeger 7:12.1 Women 50 m Jean Lane 6.8 200 m Jean Lane 25.1 50 m hurdles Lillie Purifoy 8.1 High jump Alice Coachman 1.52 m Standing long jump Lucy Newell 2.48 m Basketball throw Marian Twinning References Results Notes 1941 Category:February 1941 sports events Category:April 1941 sports events USA Indoor Track and Field Championships Category:Sports competitions in New York City Category:Sports competitions in Atlantic City, New Jersey USA Indoor Track and Field Championships USA Indoor Track and Field Championships Category:Track and field in New York City Category:Track and field in New Jersey Category:Events at Madison Square Garden

Operation Pretense

Operation Pretense was a sting operation conducted by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the mid-1980s that resulted in convictions against 71 people, including 55 county supervisors, on corruption-related charges such as bribery and extortion in the state of Mississippi. The investigation began in March 1984 and lasted until late 1987, with the first indictments being issued on February 13 of that year. In the early 1980s, each of Mississippi's 82 counties were divided into five districts, each overseen by an elected supervisor who was responsible for almost all government functions within their district, including financial activities regarding county infrastructure. This system, which allowed supervisors unchecked control over almost all routine purchases with no requirement for records-keeping or inventorying, led to abuses on the part of the supervisors who benefitted from payoffs and kickbacks from vendors operating in their district. In 1982, businessman John Burgess contacted the FBI after a salesman for a pipe company he had recently bought a stake in told him that he had been required to give a kickback to a supervisor in order to do business in that district. The FBI began an investigation which they named "Operation Pretense", a shortening of "Operation Preacher's Ten Percent Supervisors' Expense", which was a reference to Burgess's other career as a Pentecostal minister. Burgess agreed to open a front organization for the FBI and worked with special agents who posed as salesmen, recording testimony from supervisors and other vendors and gaining evidence on the corruption. In total, 57 supervisors from 25 counties were indicted, and 55 were found guilty, of at least one felony charge. Additionally, the investigation resulted in guilty charges against 13 vendors, two commissioners for the Mississippi State Highway Commission, and one county road foreman. Following the indictments, Mississippi State Auditor Ray Mabus announced his candidacy for the governorship of Mississippi, winning election on a reform platform. In 1988, the state government passed legislation requiring counties to institute central purchasing authorities and to hold referendums on whether to maintain the current supervisor system or replace it with a new manager system, with over half of the state's counties opting for the new system. Regarding the operation, historian James R. Crockett of the University of Southern Mississippi wrote, "Operation Pretense devastated lives, derailed political careers, and resulted in significant reforms in county government. However, those reforms were far from perfect or complete". Background thumb|306x306px|A map of Mississippi's 82 counties In the early 1980s, the U.S. state of Mississippi was divided into 82 counties for local government. Per the laws of the state, each of these counties was further subdivided into five districts, which was widely known as the "beat system". Under the system, each district elected a supervisor who oversaw almost all county government functions, including purchases regarding road construction and maintenance within their district. In routine matters, these supervisors were directly responsible for overseeing purchases, and counties were not legally required to maintain records on inventory or the assets being purchased. These conditions allowed some supervisors to abuse the system by accepting payoffs and kickbacks from vendors who, in some cases, provided no assets to the district. Additionally, with regards to nonroutine purchases that required a bidding process from vendors, supervisors could often influence the process for their benefit. Concerning the situation with the county districts, Mississippi historian Dennis J. Mitchell said that the system "[made] each supervisor ruler of his or her little fiefdom, where he or she ordered materials and paid for them without oversight". While many within government at the local and state level were either suspicious of the system or fully aware of the abuses, no solid action was taken to prosecute those responsible. In the case of county attorneys and sheriffs, many did not want to prosecute supervisors who were in control of their departments' funding, while many district attorneys did not want to create political enemies out of the supervisors. Additionally, the attorney general of Mississippi lacked the power to subpoena. Concerning local voters, Mitchell states that many overlooked the corruption and in some cases even benefitted from it, as the supervisors, often considered "good ole boys" by some within their districts, sometimes used their political power to do things for their constituents like gravel private drives and excavate graves using county-owned backhoes. According to Mitchell, "Mississippians had grown accustomed to graft, and while they knew it to be illegal, they did not consider it to be wrong". Investigation Initial investigation The investigation traces its origins to 1982, when John Burgess, a Pentecostal minister and businessman from Carthage, Mississippi, invested in Polk Concrete, a pipe company based south of the state capital of Jackson, Mississippi. After investing in the company, Burgess discovered that salesmen who worked for the company were required to pay kickbacks to some supervisors in order to do business in their counties. Additionally, Burgess alleged that he had been involved in a shakedown by supervisors who required ten percent of all the money made by the company through its sales of pipes to the county. Burgess notified the federal government of the United States through the local office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The operation into investigating the supervisors officially commenced in March 1984, roughly two years after Burgess first notified the FBI. The operation was spearheaded by Weldon L. Kennedy, a special agent of the FBI. Kennedy was the agent in charge in Jackson, who had become aware of the supervisor corruption issue in 1985 after talking to many sheriffs and chiefs of police in the state. Kennedy discussed the issue with United States Attorneys George Phillips of Jackson and John Hailman of Oxford, Mississippi. According to Hailman, Phillips told Kennedy about Burgess, and after meeting with Kennedy and Phillips, Burgess agreed to get involved in the FBI's statewide sting operation. Because of Burgess's profession as a preacher, the FBI codenamed their investigation "Operation Preacher's Ten Percent Supervisors' Expense", which was abbreviated as "Operation Pretense". As part of his cooperation, Burgess agreed to open a front organization for the bureau named the Mid-State Pipe Company. Burgess, posing as an employee of Mid-State, also secretly recorded conversations he had with multiple supervisors, including discussions of kickbacks that the two parties engaged in. In addition to Burgess, FBI special agents Cliff Chatham and Jerry King conducted multiple sting operations with supervisors while posing as salesmen for Mid-State. After some time working with the operation, Burgess "sold" the company to his salesmen, the undercover agents. Prosecution According to Hailman, under U.S. Attorney and FBI guidelines, the investigation could not target many of the suspected supervisors until predication had been obtained. Hailman stated that, after they caught one salesman on tape involvd in corruption, they "hotboxed" him until he agreed to give predication on several dozen county supervisors who he had paid bribes to. The salesman also agreed to wear a wire and cooperate with the FBI's investigation in exchange for a lighter sentence. After predication was gained, Hailman says that the FBI faced an issue where they did not have enough funds to finance the kickbacks being asked by every supervisor they had planned on targeting. As a result, the FBI decided to only focus on supervisors who were asking for bribes of at least several hundred dollars. Additionally, the U.S. attorneys would only prosecute supervisors to whom at least three payoffs had been made, as the attorneys believed that criminal defense lawyers could portray a one-time payment as an isolated incident that the supervisor engaged in under pressure from the undercover agents. In several counties, such as George and Marshall, the evidence collected by the FBI against supervisors there proved inadequate to file charges. At the state level, the federal government was assisted by Mississippi State Auditor Ray Mabus, who provided staff and helped collect documentation to prosecute the supervisors. Mabus had been elected state auditor in 1983 on an anti-corruption reform platform and, once in office, had visited each of the state's counties, warning supervisors that he would enforce state law regarding the use of public funds for private projects. While some supervisors bemoaned Mabus's actions, his efforts to crackdown on corruption is estimated to have saved the government millions of dollars in man-hour and gravel costs. Within several months of the operation beginning, the federal agents had gathered enough evidence to issue indictments against about 50 supervisors in both the Northern and Southern District of Mississippi, with the first indictments being issued on February 13, 1987. The prosecutions were carried out by Hailman and James Tucker, attorneys from the Northern District and Southern District, respectively. According to Hailman, they decided to start by indicting only ten supervisors in each district, in order to keep the caseloads manageable. The first trial, that of Supervisor Trudie Westmoreland of Perry County, ended in a conviction. In the Northern District, the first few cases saw all five supervisors from Pontotoc County plead guilty. Legal outcomes In total, criminal charges were filed against 57 supervisors in 25 counties, constituting roughly one-eighth of all of Mississippi's supervisors. Of the accused, 55 were convicted on at least one felony count. Only seven supervisors had their cases go to trial, of which only one supervisor was found innocent. Additionally, one supervisor was found mentally incompetent to stand trial and another supervisor died after being indicted but before his case's disposition. In addition to the supervisors, the investigation resulted in charges and felony convictions against 13 vendors, two commissioners for the Mississippi State Highway Commission, and one county road foreman. Only one vendor contested the charges brought against him, and he was found guilty by the jury in his case. Charges leveled against the accused included bribery, extortion, mail fraud, rigging bids, and paying out expenses for goods not received by contractors, among other things. Sentences handed to those found guilty included restitution, fines, and prison sentences up to ten years in length. Plea bargains substantially reduced the financial charges, lowering the average fine amount for a guilty supervisor from $527,259 to $4,463 and the average restitution amount from $2,252 to $1,532. During the indictments, several supervisors continued to engage in illegal activities, with one supervisor caught threatening to kill an undercover agent. Additionally, the brother of an indicted vendor was caught offering to engage in jury tampering if the case made it to trial. Aftermath In total, the federal investigation lasted roughly three years, ending sometime in late 1987. The operation as a whole was part of a larger wave of anti-corruption sting operations conducted by the FBI in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal, occurring around the same time as another FBI investigation concerning the Oklahoma county commissioner scandal, a similar incident involving county-level government officials engaging in illegal financial activities. According to Hailman, Kennedy had planned to conduct a second sting operation following Operation Pretense that would have targeted members of the Mississippi Legislature. Hailman stated that the FBI would have set up a fake lobbying firm to accept bribe requests from some state politicians, and while the FBI had predication on several members of government, the federal government never approved of the plan, which Hailman said would have been comparable to the Abscam operation that targeted federal legislators. Following the indictments, Mabus announced his candidacy for governor, winning election largely on a reform platform and buoyed by support from his work with the federal investigation. The following year, the state government passed legislation requiring counties to have central purchasing authorities and to hold referendums on whether they wanted to maintain their current supervisor system or institute a new unit system, whereby managers would be in charge of the county's expenses. However, Mabus's efforts to continue fighting supervisor corruption saw only limited success. Only 48 of Mississippi's counties, primarily urban ones, voted to adopt the new system, and two counties, Jones and Lincoln, later voted to go back to the beat system. In the cases of supervisors who had been found guilty and were removed from their office, some boards of supervisors appointed relatives of the convicted to their former posts. Speaking of the federal investigation in an article for the Mississippi Encyclopedia, historian James R. Crockett of the University of Southern Mississippi wrote, "Operation Pretense devastated lives, derailed political careers, and resulted in significant reforms in county government. However, those reforms were far from perfect or complete". Notes References Sources Further reading Category:1980s in Mississippi Category:County government in Mississippi Category:Federal Bureau of Investigation operations Category:Political corruption investigations in the United States Category:Political scandals in Mississippi

Victoria Siddall

Victoria Siddall (born 1977) is a gallerist, environmental activist, and inaugural director of Frieze Masters art fair. She was appointed director of the National Portrait Gallery in London in August 2024. She is a co-founder of environmental campaign groups the Gallery Climate Coalition and Murmur. Early life and education Siddall was born in Northern Ireland, and as her father was in the army, the family lived in several countries. She was educated at boarding school from the age of 8. Siddall earned a bachelor's degree in English and Philosophy from the University of Bristol. Career After university, Siddall worked for British auction house Christie's for over three years. In 2004, she joined London's Frieze Art Fair, and in 2012 was the founding director of Frieze Masters art fair, before becoming Global Director, overseeing all of Frieze's art fair operations, in London and New York, from 2014, and launching Frieze Seoul in 2022. She joined the trustee board of Studio Voltaire, London, in 2012, and served as chair of the board of trustees between 2012–2024. In August 2024 she was appointed the thirteenth director of London's National Portrait Gallery, the first woman to be appointed to the role. She previously served as a trustee from July 2023 to August 2024. She takes up her post in autumn 2024, succeeding interim director Michael Elliott, who was appointed after Nicholas Cullinan left in June to become director of the British Museum. Environmental campaigning In October 2020 Siddall co-founded the Gallery Climate Coalition. In 2024, Siddall co-founded the green campaign group Murmur, that encourages arts and music organisations to reduce their carbon footprint and 'cut ties' with fossil fuel companies. With Thomas Dane and Christie’s, Siddall launched Artists for ClientEarth in 2021 which raised over $6.5 million for the environmental charity through donations of works by artists like Cecily Brown, Rashid Johnson, Xie Nanxing, and Beatriz Milhazes. Personal life She lives in Lambeth SE1, with her long-term partner François Chantala and their daughter. They met in 2000 while they were both working at Christie's. Chantala is a gallerist from Limoges, France, and a director at Thomas Dane in London. References Category:Living people Category:Directors of the National Portrait Gallery, London Category:Alumni of the University of Bristol Category:1977 births Category:Christie's people Category:21st-century women from Northern Ireland Category:21st-century people from Northern Ireland Category:People from Lambeth Category:Environmentalists from Northern Ireland Category:British art directors

Amlakit Plateau

thumb|Amlakit Plateau (September 2012) Amlakit Plateau also known as Hamlakit Plateau, is a plateau located in Çamlıhemşin District of Rize Province, Turkey. The plateau is famous for its Varvator festivals. A source from 2005 stated that there was 1 coffeehouse, 1 grocery store, 1 mosque, 1 guesthouse and around 50 wooden plateau houses on the plateau, which were mostly active during the summer months. There are 4 waterfalls, 50 cows and 200 sheep on the plateau as of 2021. Location Elevation of the plateau varies between 1900 and 2200 meters. Positioned below Palovit Plateau, adjacent to the pine groves in the valley descending to Zilkale. The plateau is one of the plateaus that is easier to reach compared to other plateaus in the region. The plateau, which is 55 kilometers from Çamlıhemşin town center and 83.8 kilometers from Rize-Artvin Airport. Palovit Stream divides the plateau into two parts. Demography Amlakit Plateau is regularly used by the residents of Aşağı Çamlıca neighborhood (A. Vice), Yukarı Çamlıca neighborhood (Y. Vice), Boğaziçi village (Tumaslı-Pogina and Ovaklı neighborhoods), Ortan village, Hala village, Aşağı Şimşirli neighborhood (Çuklanut) and Bahçeli Konaklar neighborhood (Habak - Citne). In the plateau used by the Hemshin people, men and women were dancing horon together even in the 1970s. A type of horon is named after the plateau. Upper Amlakit Plateau To the west of the Amlakit plateau is the Kotençur Plateau, also known as the Upper Amlakit Plateau, at an elevation of 2250–2300 meters. This plateau, which was visited frequently during the animal husbandry period, is not used anymore as the number of animals in plateau has decreased to the point of extinction. Tourism and facilities The plateau is a popular destination for camping and is one of the preferred locations for tourists. There were 300 visitors to the plateau in 1991, 400 in 2002 and 750 in 2009. The plateau is considered suitable for nature walks and ecotourism activities. Villagers has an electricity since 2001. According to 2014 data, phones generally do not have signal in the region. Flora Plant species such as Cystopteris fragilis, Pteridium aquilinum, Dryopteris dilatata, Dryopteris remot, Dryopteris filix-mas, Dryopteris × initalis, Dryopteris expansa, Polystichum aculeatum, Polystichum lonchitis, Equisetum arvense, Equisetum palustre, Botrychium lunaria, Polypodium vulgare, Cryptogramma crispa, Thelypteris (Oreopteris) limbosperma, Phegopteris connectilis, Isothecium holtii, Scilla monanthos, Riccardia palmata, Blepharostoma trichophyllum and Rhododendron caucasicum live in the plateau. References Category:Rize Province Category:Plateaus of Turkey

Slough House (novel series)

Slough House is a series of spy novels by the British Author Mick Herron. He began writing the first volume, Slow Horses, in 2008, and published it in 2010. The series follows River Cartwright and his coworkers, a group of humiliated MI5 agents, who have been relegated to pushing paper in a desk job. They serve under a crude aging Cold War era agent, Jackson Lamb, and will do anything to get back into the game. Inspiration and writing Genre Herron has been referenced as having a broad range of influences from John le Carré, Len Deighton, Charles Dickens to Reginald Hill and P. G. Wodehouse. Herron began reading le Carré at the age of 14 and stated he "gave me permission to become a writer ... He showed me you could invent an entire world, invent its language too." Herron stated that le Carré's A Perfect Spy, was the only "masterpiece" by one his influences that he was able to read as a newly released publication. Herron has stated that one of the series' protagonists Jackson Lamb, was influenced by Reginald Hill's Andy Dalziel. While Herron has denied intentionally making Lamb's name a homage to le Carré, he has acknowledged he certainly read the character's initials "J. Lamb" in Smiley's People. While many of England's famous espionage writers like le Carré and Ian Fleming had previously been members of the secret service, Herron has had no militiary or intelligence experience. When speaking about his previous experience working in a legal department of an employment research centre, Herron said "People say write what you know... So I wrote about people who are failures." Derived works TV series Slow Horses is a British spy thriller television series based on the Slough House series of novels. The series premiered on Apple TV+ on 1 April 2022. The second series, Dead Lions, premiered on 2 December 2022. In June 2022, the series was renewed for a third and fourth series. The third series premiered on 29 November 2023. The fourth series is set to premiere on 4 September 2024. In January 2024, it was renewed for a fifth series, which will be based on the fifth book in the series, London Rules. References Category:British spy novels Category:Novels set in London Category:MI5 in fiction Category:Book franchises Category:Book series introduced in 2010

Artūras Orlauskas

Artūras Orlauskas (born 21 April 1962) is a Lithuanian comedian, actor, politician, one of the leaders of the Lithuanian Family Movement, and water polo player. He is the leader of the electoral list of the People and Justice Union in the 2024 Lithuanian parliamentary election. Biography Orlauskas was born in Kaunas in 1962. He graduated from Kaunas Polytechnic Institute as a technological engineer in 1986. He also claimed that he graduated from the Lithuanian University of Agriculture in 2006, however, in 2023, the university administration informed that he was struck out from the student list in 2011 as he did not return from student sabbatical leave. Orlauskas became a water polo player in his youth and participated in several competitions, and was invited to the Soviet Union junior national team, but was forbidden to participate by his parents. With the Alytus team "Dzūkija", he became the champion of the Lithuanian Water Polo Championships in 2004. He was the president of the Lithuanian Water Polo Federation from 2007 to 2014. In 2010, he became a world water polo vice-champion with the Lithuanian veteran national team. Orlauskas began a career in television in 1992, starting with the sitcom Bentski šou. He acted in or directed in several TV shows and sitcoms, including Kaimynai, Šeštadienio šou and Šou bulvaras. He cooperated with the internationally famous Russian comedian and actor Efim Shifrin in his March of Humor in 1998. He is the author of 36 commercially released songs, and acted in several movies, including Out of the Ashes and Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God. He is the director of Komiko teatras (Lithuanian: "Comedian Theatre"). Political career Early career In 2015, Orlauskas claimed that he was a member of New Union (Social Liberals) from 2000 to 2009 and Social Democrats from 2009 to 2011. In 2024, he claimed that he was only a member of New Union from 2002 to 2010. With the New Union, he participated in the 2004 European Parliament election in Lithuania and parliamentary elections in 2004 and 2008, but was unsuccessful. From 2002 to 2011, he was a member of the municipal council of Kaunas District Municipality, and vice-mayor of the municipality from 2005 to 2007. In 2011, he was elected to the municipal council of Kaunas city on the Social Democratic list. In August 2011, Orlauskas advanced Eduardas Vaitkus, then a member of the Labour Party and closely connected to Orlauskas, to become the temporary director of Kaunas Red Cross Hospital. He also personally participated when Vaitkus and representatives of the municipality physically breached into the locked director's office of the hospital. A few days later, the Kaunas City District Court ruled that the appointment of Vaitkus was illegal. In November 2011, the Presidium of the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania ruled that with such actions Orlauskas had undermined the party's reputation and expelled him from the party. As an independent, Orlauskas ran with Order and Justice in the 2012 parliamentary election and with Lithuanian Freedom Union (Liberals) in 2016, both times unsuccessfully. "Family March" activism In 2020, Orlauskas began publicly promoting misinformation about Bill Gates and the efficacy of vaccines. After the 2020 parliamentary election, and the first proposal to legalize same-sex unions in Lithuania, Orlauskas announced his intention to organize the Great Family Defense March (Lithuanian: "Didysis šeimos gynimo maršas"), an automobile march from Klaipėda to Vilnius which would promote family values, oppose same-sex partnerships and "gender ideology", and protest plans to ratify the Istanbul Convention. Orlauskas claimed that the March would "fucking sweep away the whole Seimas" (Lithuanian: "nušluosim nafig visą tą Seimą") and would besiege the parliament until their demands are met. The march was held on 15 May 2021 in Vingis Park and saw over 10 thousand people attending. The march was greeted with a pre-recorded speech by President Gitanas Nausėda. The organizers of the march established the Lithuanian Family Movement on 27 June 2021 to promote their causes. Orlauskas continued to organize similar marches and protests, including on 10 September 2021, the anniversary of the original march on 15 May 2022, and on 22 October 2022, but none managed to reach the same level of turnout. On 3 February 2024, the Lithuanian Family Movement merged with the Christian conservative Christian Union. Orlauskas, who had joined the party in 2023, was elected to the party's executive committee. The unified party adopted a Christian right, soft Eurosceptic platform. In 2023, nominated by the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, Orlauskas ran for Mayor of Kaunas District Municipality. He was put forward as the leader of the electoral list of the People and Justice Union in the 2024 Lithuanian parliamentary election. References Category:Living people Category:1962 births Category:21st-century Lithuanian politicians Category:Kaunas University of Technology alumni Category:Politicians from Kaunas Category:Lithuanian water polo players Category:Lithuanian entertainers

Soft power of India in Africa

In response to the limitations of hard power, some countries, including India, have increasingly incorporated soft power into their foreign policy, particularly in relations with developing nations. Muhidin J. Shangwe, "India's Soft Power in East Africa: Opportunities and Challenges," published online by Cambridge University Press, Published online: 26 May 2022. In 1950, Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru advocated for the integration of the Indian diaspora into African nations; however, in the 1990s, following the end of the Cold War, India's foreign policy underwent a fundamental reassessment of the diaspora's role, utilizing these expatriate communities as a key element of soft power to elevate its global image.Abdessalam Jaldi, "The Indian Diaspora in Africa: An Instrument of New Delhi’s Soft Power in the Continent," Published: October 12, 2021. Indian Cinema Since the early 20th century, Indian films have helped communities, especially in Africa, connect with their culture, offering insights into social values, fashion, and food at a time when travel to India was expensive. Scholars like Daya Kishan Thussu and Shashi Tharoor discuss Indian cinema as a form of 'soft power,' using culture to engage with international audiences. This approach has been used in India's foreign policy to strengthen ties with African countries and share Indian culture.Shehina Fazal, "The ‘Soft Power’ of Indian Cinema in Africa," Published online. The Indian Diaspora in Africa Between 1829 and 1924, around 769,437 Indians migrated to Mauritius, South Africa, Reunion, Seychelles, and East Africa. Today, the Indian diaspora spans 46 African countries, representing 12.48% of India's total diaspora population. The widespread presence of the Indian diaspora in Africa has played a role in shaping India's influence in the region.Rajneesh Gupta, "Indian Diaspora in Africa: Historical Roots and Current Strength," Published online. From 2002 to 2012, around $64 billion in investment flowed from Africa to India, with Mauritius—a nation with over 60% of its population of Indian descent—being the largest direct investor in India due to its favorable tax legislation and strong ties to the Indian diaspora. Indian-origin professionals hold important decision-making positions in African governments and businesses, such as Pravin Gordhan in South Africa and Navinchandra Ramgoolam in Mauritius, illustrating the involvement of the diaspora in New Delhi's African policy and bilateral relations.Abdessalam Jaldi, "The Indian Diaspora in Africa: An Instrument of New Delhi’s Soft Power in the Continent," Published online: October 12, 2021. Cultural Diplomacy thumb|This image shows a woman practicing Gorakshasana in a garden, highlighting the practice of Yoga in Africa. India's cultural heritage includes traditional medicine, such as Ayurveda and yoga, which are practiced in various countries.Sh. Kiren Rijiju, "Promoting Ayush Practice in the International Sphere," Press Information Bureau, Government of India, February 9, 2021, (https://pib.gov.in/Pressreleaseshare.aspx?PRID=1696430). India's soft power includes the global promotion of Yoga, reflecting its cultural heritage and contributing to international relations. The establishment of International Day of Yoga by the UN highlights Yoga's role in India's cultural diplomacy efforts. Yoga has been used in India's cultural diplomacy and recognized in both regional and international contexts. Amb (Retd) Bhaswati Mukherjee, "India's Culture Diplomacy and Soft Power," Ministry of External Affairs, https://www.mea.gov.in/distinguished-lectures-detail.htm?855, October 18, 2019. See Also References Category:Power (social and political) theories Category:Foreign relations of India Category:Cultural diplomacy

Embassy of Sweden, Beirut

The Embassy of Sweden in Beirut is Sweden's diplomatic mission in Lebanon. The Embassy of Sweden in Beirut has a complex history, reflecting the turbulent political landscape of Lebanon. Sweden recognized Lebanon as an independent state in 1945 and established diplomatic relations in 1947. The Swedish legation in Beirut was established in 1957 and was elevated to an embassy in 1960. The embassy faced multiple closures due to the Lebanese Civil War, particularly during intense conflicts like the Battle of the Hotels in 1975 and the 1982 Lebanon War. Despite temporary closures, the embassy resumed operations intermittently. It was permanently reopened in 2016, focusing on political reporting and aid, particularly in response to the Syrian civil war and its spillover in Lebanon. History 1945–1982: Early Diplomatic Relations and Crisis Management Sweden recognized Lebanon and Syria as independent states on 2 November 1945. Sweden and Lebanon established diplomatic relations in 1947. In the council on 7 February 1947, Sweden's minister in Cairo, Envoy Widar Bagge, was appointed as envoy to both Beirut and Damascus, while remaining stationed in Cairo. In 1957 a Swedish legation was established in Beirut. In June of the same year, Åke Sjölin was appointed as Sweden's first resident envoy there. In March 1960, an agreement was reached between the Swedish and Lebanese governments on the mutual elevation of the respective countries' legations to embassies. The diplomatic rank was thereafter changed to ambassador instead of envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary. In connection with this, Sweden's newly appointed envoy to Beirut, Gösta Brunnström, was designated as ambassador. In early 1967, a permanent representation was established in Saudi Arabia's commercial center of Jeddah under the direction of an acting chargé d'affaires. The office was subordinated to the head of mission in Beirut, Lebanon. thumb|left|Martyrs' Square in Beirut in 1960 On 16 April 1975, three days after the start of the Lebanese Civil War, a bomb exploded outside the Swedish embassy in Beirut, shattering all the windows in the building. No Swedes were injured, according to a message from the embassy to the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. The bomb explosion was described in the report as part of the street fighting and was not directed at the embassy. At the end of October 1975, the event known as the Battle of the Hotels began. As the fighting drew closer to the residential area for foreigners, on 27 October, the Swedish, American, and British embassies urged all who could to evacuate the city. Two female Swedish embassy secretaries were to be sent home. Remaining at the embassy were Ambassador , First Secretary of Foreign Affairs Håkan Damm, and Foreign Ministry trainee . On 29 October 1975, an SAS flight left Beirut for Sweden with 18 Swedes on board. At that time, about 30 Swedes remained in Beirut. The two Swedish embassy secretaries and a trade secretary were sent home on the SAS plane. According to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, this was not considered a general evacuation of Swedes, but Swedes were advised to leave due to the unrest in Beirut. For over a week, neither Ambassador von Dardel nor anyone else had been able to reach the Swedish embassy, which was then located on the seventh floor of an office building on Rue Clemenceau. Von Dardel subsequently attempted to manage the work from his residence in the hills 7-8 km southeast of the combat zone. Secretary Håkan Damm and Foreign Ministry trainee Lennart Båge stayed at the Holiday Home Hotel in another part of the city. A shell had landed in Ambassador von Dardel's garden. On 5 November 1975, it was planned for Håkan Damm and Lennart Båge to return to Sweden, while Ambassador von Dardel and his wife remained in Beirut. In mid-December 1975, the Swedish embassy in Beirut was closed indefinitely. Embassy secretary Lennart Båge and secretary Håkan Damm planned to attempt to drive to Damascus. They assessed the situation in Beirut as too dangerous to remain. The recent days of fighting had resulted in a large number of casualties. No visitors had been able to reach the Swedish embassy's premises. The embassy had only been open for about a week after previously being closed during the fighting between Christians and Muslims. On 10 December 1975, the two embassy officials managed to leave Beirut. They were to attempt to drive to Damascus, where Ambassador Jean-Jacques von Dardel was already located. The Swedish Consul General also left Beirut. After that, Lebanon was managed from the Swedish embassy in Damascus. Ambassador von Dardel left Beirut on 14 December 1975 on the last SAS flight after the fighting between Christians and Muslims had worsened. In mid-January 1976, he traveled to Damascus to await a suitable opportunity to return to Beirut. In September 1978, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and Deputy Director General traveled to Beirut to assess the political situation in Lebanon and the working conditions at the Swedish embassy. The embassy was located in central Beirut. During the fighting, it was isolated, and telex and telephone connections with the outside world were cut off. 1982–1986: The Lebanese Civil War and Embassy Closures thumb|The Green Line in 1982. The embassy was then located on the west side near this line, overlooking its devastated center. In May 1982, a few weeks before the outbreak of the 1982 Lebanon War, it was reported that Sweden's embassy in Beirut might be closed. The TCO division at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs believed that the ministry needed to consider whether the advantage of keeping the four Swedes there on duty outweighed the risk that they might fall victim to the violence in Beirut. An evacuation plan for the staff in Beirut was in place, and the staffing was already as minimal as it could be. The ambassador in Beirut, , had found himself in the line of fire several times in Beirut. The embassy was located on the western side, near the dangerous Green Line, with a view of its completely devastated center. Some of the operations had been transferred to Amman. Ambassador Strömholm was also accredited in Jordan and Syria. The Swedish embassy in Beirut was evacuated at the beginning of the war. Ambassador Sten Strömholm and secretary Marie-Elise Gunterberg followed the fighting in Beirut from the eastern districts. On 10 June, Strömholm telex messaged the Ministry for Foreign Affairs that smoke columns from bomb explosions were rising over western Beirut. The Swedish embassy was located in the western parts of central Beirut. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs had given Strömholm and Gunterberg the freedom to leave Beirut and Lebanon whenever they deemed it necessary. However, escape routes were cut off. On 10 June, the two Swedish diplomats worked from the honorary consul's office to try to manage the situation for the few Swedes who were in Beirut. On 14 June 1982, the Siege of Beirut began. thumb|left|West Beirut in 1983 At the beginning of February 1984, the Swedish embassy in Beirut was preparing for the evacuation of the Swedes in the city. At that time, there were just over ten people. On 11 February, three Swedes traveled from Beirut to Cyprus via the port city of Jounieh, north of Beirut, according to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. This left only about twenty Swedes remaining in Beirut. At the embassy, only the official Mait Kawas was present. She had determined through a round of calls that those who remained wanted to continue doing so and did not currently need assistance from the embassy. Therefore, Ambassador stayed in Damascus to monitor the situation from there. On 10 February 1984, 14 Swedes arrived in Cyprus from Beirut with the help of the embassy. The Swedish embassy in Beirut reopened on 10 September 1984, with chargé d'affaires Lars Bjarme as the head of mission. Eleven days later it was reported that the Swedish embassy in Beirut was under siege by Palestinians seeking visas to Sweden. The Lebanese newspaper Al Fasir had claimed that Sweden would accept 50,000 Palestinian refugees within a few years. This newspaper article was unfounded. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs denied the newspaper's claims. At that time, Sweden was already dealing with significant problems related to the illegal immigration of Palestinians to Scania. First Secretary Lars Bjarme, who was Sweden's chargé d'affaires in Lebanon, could not leave the embassy as corridors, stairs, and the street outside the embassy were surrounded by prospective refugees heading to Sweden. The embassy staff did everything they could to explain to the Palestinians that they had no possibility of obtaining residence permits in Sweden. The officials had to spend all their time refuting the erroneous newspaper reports that Sweden was willing to accept 50,000 Palestinians. Posters at the embassy informed visitors about the rules for obtaining residence permits in Sweden, including the requirement of having close family ties. A couple of weeks later, it was reported that the embassy was trying in various ways to curb the influx of Lebanese who were already en route to Sweden or planning to travel there. Rumors had portrayed Sweden as a wealthy and peaceful country where refugees were welcomed with open arms. The Swedish embassy advertised in the largest newspapers in Beirut, emphasizing that immigration to Sweden was highly restricted and that there were very strict rules for obtaining asylum. The number of visa applicants dropped from 247 to 24 within a few days. At the embassy, besides chargé d'affaires Lars Bjarme, there was a secretary and a representative from the National Swedish Immigration and Naturalization Board in Norrköping, who assisted with visa matters. On 3 May 1985, threats against the Swedish embassy were received from the Palestinian terrorist organization Black September Organization. Surveillance of the embassy was increased, but the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs reported that it was not yet necessary to recall staff. Black September had threatened to carry out actions against the Swedish embassy unless Sweden returned the Palestinians residing in Sweden by 31 May. By the end of May, a man called the embassy and introduced himself as a representative of the terrorist organization "Black September." He stated that several Swedish diplomatic missions in various countries would be targeted for terrorist attacks. The call did not include any demands from Sweden or an explanation for why the Swedish missions would be targeted, only that actions would be carried out after 1 June. The threat might have been related to the fact that a group of Palestinians was scheduled to be deported from Sweden the following week. In November 1985, the decision was made to temporarily close the Swedish embassy in Beirut. This decision was made by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in consultation with the three employees at the embassy. The embassy would remain closed until the situation stabilized. At that time, the Swedish embassy was located in the Muslim-dominated area of western Beirut, where intense fighting had recently been ongoing. The embassy was subsequently closed in 1986. 1987–1997: Period of Intermittent Operations In August 1987, it was reported that the Swedish embassy in Beirut was closed due to the unstable situation. The embassy in the neighboring country, Syria, had taken over most of the consular duties in Lebanon. Ambassador Ingemar Stjernberg was stationed in West Berlin. During his latest visit to Beirut in April of that year, he attempted to ascertain how many Swedes were in the country. On 5 February 1988, during the Lebanon hostage crisis, two Scandinavians working for UNRWA, the Swede Jan Stening and the Norwegian William Jørgensen, were kidnapped. Sweden's accredited ambassador in Beirut, Ingemar Stjernberg, was put on standby to travel to Beirut and negotiate with the kidnappers. They were released on 1 March. In April 1989, Sweden's accredited ambassador in Beirut, Ingemar Stjernberg, reported on the situation at the Swedish embassy in Beirut following a visit to the city. The kitchen in the residence had been badly damaged by grenades, and the copying room in the chancery was filled with bullet holes. From 1991, the Swedish ambassador in Damascus, the capital of Syria, had also been accredited in Beirut. In August 1994, it was reported that the Swedish embassy in Beirut had been closed since the civil war, and Swedish interests in Lebanon were instead being managed by the Swedish embassy in Damascus. However, in the autumn of 1994, the embassy was reopened but with locally employed staff. On 19 September 1996, the Swedish government decided that the Swedish embassy in Beirut would be staffed again with Swedish personnel during the autumn. The first Swedish diplomat to be stationed at the embassy in Beirut that autumn was Embassy Counsellor Leif Rensfeldt. 1997–2001: Renewed Diplomatic Presence and Closure thumb|Beirut in December 2000 The State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Jan Eliasson visited Jordan on 30-31 January 1997. There, he was scheduled to meet with Prince Hassan bin Talal and Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Abdul Karim Kabariti. Eliasson then traveled to Lebanon to mark the reopening of the Swedish embassy in Beirut. In Lebanon, he was to meet with, among others, Foreign Minister Farès Boueiz. Leif Rensfeldt was appointed as chargé d'affaires and head of mission in Lebanon. In August 1999, the Swedish government appointed Sweden's former UN Ambassador, 83-year-old Sverker Åström, as chargé d'affaires in Lebanon. He was to lead the Swedish embassy in Beirut during the autumn of 1999, while awaiting the new ambassador, who could not assume the position until January 2000 due to family reasons. In January 2000, Ambassador Ann Dismorr succeeded Åström in Beirut, and Sweden once again had a resident ambassador in Lebanon after a 15-year absence. When the new ambassador to Beirut, Anne Dismorr, presented her credentials to the President of Lebanon in the autumn of 1999, it became a front-page news story in the country's newspapers. To top off the newly revived Swedish-Lebanese relations, Foreign Minister Anna Lindh made a visit to Beirut in the spring of 2000. During the first year after the reopening of the Swedish embassy in Beirut, 3,000 consular cases were handled by the embassy. On 26 April 2001, the Swedish government decided to close the embassy in Beirut, along with the embassies in Lima, Tunis, Kuwait City, and the Holy See. The reason was that the foreign service was running a deficit and needed to save money. The embassies were to be closed after Sweden completed its Presidency of the Council of the European Union at the end of June. From 2001, the Swedish ambassador in Damascus was also accredited to Beirut. From the same year, Hubert Fattal served as the Swedish Honorary Consul General in Beirut. From 2007, Bertrand Fattal served. 2016–present: Reopening and Recent Developments On 14 July 2016, the Swedish government decided to reopen the embassy in Beirut. The establishment of the embassy was to be fully completed by 2017. The embassy's activities would focus on political reporting and aid work, with particular attention to the Syrian civil war and its spillover in Lebanon. On the night of 10 August 2023, an unknown individual threw a Molotov cocktail-like bomb at the embassy's main entrance. However, the bomb did not detonate and was removed by police bomb technicians. At the time, the embassy was housed in a high-rise office building, which provided a barrier that made it difficult to reach the embassy itself. A police source told the newspaper Expressen that there were strong indications that the motive behind the attack was related to the 2023 Quran burnings in Sweden. In August 2024, it was reported that the embassy was to temporarily close, and the staff had been advised to travel to Cyprus due to the security situation in the region caused by the Israel–Hezbollah conflict. This involved six individuals who were now leaving Beirut. Staff and tasks The Ambassador of Sweden to Lebanon is also the chargé d'affaires of Sweden to Syria. Due to the conflict in Syria, the work of the Swedish embassy in Damascus is primarily managed out of Beirut. The embassy’s role is to represent Sweden as well as to follow and promote Swedish interests in Lebanon and Syria. The embassy's operations after the reopening in 2017 would focus on political reporting and aid activities, with a particular focus on the Syrian civil war including its spillover in Lebanon. In 2022, the embassy was staffed by a team responsible for various areas: Political Affairs: The embassy manages political relations, communication, and promotion efforts. Security: The embassy has dedicated officers overseeing security matters. Administration and Consular Affairs: This section handles administrative tasks, consular services, including passport and citizenship issues, and support for Swedish citizens. Swedish Development Cooperation: The team manages Sweden’s development cooperation initiatives in the region. Migration Section: This section processes migration-related matters, including residence permit applications. Buildings Chancery Sweden's first resident ambassador was appointed in 1957. In 1958, the chancery of the legation was located in the Bisharat Building on Rue du Parlement in Downtown Beirut before moving to another location. From 1959 to 1966, the chancery was situated in the Farra Building on Rue Bliss. Between 1967 and 1972, the chancery was located in the Moukarzel/Rebeiz Building on Rue Clemenceau. From 1973 to 1975, it was situated in the Bank of Beirut and the Arab Countries Building on Rue Clemenceau. The embassy closed in mid-December 1975, and from 1976, only a postal address was listed (P.O. Box 114560, Beirut). After the embassy reopened in 1997, the chancery was located at Rue Clemenceau 34 from 1997 to 1999. Between 2000 and 2001, the chancery was located on the 7th floor of the 812 Tabaris Building on Avenue Charles Malek in the Achrafieh area of eastern Beirut. In 2017, the embassy was reopened. Since at least 2020, the chancery has been located at 1347 Minet el Hosn, French Avenue (next to Beirut Souks), French Avenue Building, 6th floor, Downtown Beirut. Residence From 1959 to at least 1968, the ambassador's residence was located in the Abboud Building on Rue Jenah.> References External links Beirut Sweden Category:Lebanon–Sweden relations Category:1957 establishments in Lebanon

Pharmacy Museum, Lisbon

The Pharmacy Museum of Lisbon is a museum dedicated to the history of pharmaceutical activity. It was established in the building of the National Association of Pharmacies, in the Santa Catarina district of the Portuguese capital, and was inaugurated in June 1996. A branch of the museum was created in the city of Porto in 2010. The first pieces that formed the Lisbon museum were those donated from the private collection of Dr. Salgueiro Basso. These were followed by several donations from other pharmacists and institutions, following a request sent out by the association, and augmented by purchases worldwide. The collection represents over 5,000 years of health history. Collection The collection consists of over 15,000 pieces from various locations together with recreations of three pharmacies from Portugal and one from the former Portuguese colony of Macau, the only authentic Chinese pharmacy displayed in the western world. There is also a military pharmacy, and portable pharmacies used by King Carlos on his yacht, the Portuguese racing driver Carlos Sousa in the 2006 Dakar Rally, Roald Amundsen on his 1911 expedition to the North Pole, and by American astronauts on the Space Shuttle. Items include those from the Pre-Columbian era, which identified analgesic and hallucinogenic plants; Egypt, Mesopotamia and the Arab world, which introduced pharmaceuticals that included syrups and other confections that used sugar or honey; the Tibetan approach that valued having a thorough knowledge of the human body; the Middle Ages, which saw the separation of the medical and pharmaceutical professions; and the modern age, which saw the emergence of instruments such as microscopes and thermometers. There are also exhibitions devoted to African medicine, which has developed rituals for the treatment of the body and spirit of patients, using sacrifices and dances as healing methods, as well as traditional Chinese medicine. thumb|250px|One of the recreated pharmacies at the museum Specific items on display include tools used by pharmacies to manufacture medicines, such as mortars and scales, as well as many storage vessels and bottles, including ancient Greek storage jars, Roman glass ointment bottles, and Ottoman carafes. A major exhibit is an Egyptian sarcophagus. Products sold in early Portuguese pharmacies in the 18th and 19th centuries, such as Água de Inglaterra a cure for malaria, are exhibited. The museum has a good display of laboratory equipment such as distillers, a furnace, scales, copper and cast-iron pots and retorts. Another display shows embalmed animals or animal parts, tiger bones, snake venom and other items used to prepare remedies. Notable in the exhibition of storage vessels are pictures on the containers that enable us to identify the usage of the various medicinal powders that they contained. A collection of household remedies is stored in drawers that show the relevant parts of the human body for treatment with the cure contained inside. Other items to be seen include chastity belts and early condoms. In addition, the museum focuses on important Portuguese chemists, such as Odette Ferreira who played a significant role in identifying the HIV-2 virus. Awards received The Pharmacy Museum in Lisbon has won numerous awards, including: Best Portuguese Museum in 1996, 1997, 1998 Best Pharmaceutical Project in 1999 Premio Almofariz 1999 National Design and Communication Award in 2002 Nominated for the European Museum of the Year Award in 2004 Best Cultural Extension Service Award in 2008 References Category:Museums in Lisbon Category:Buildings and structures in Lisbon Category:Pharmacy museums Category:Tourist attractions in Lisbon

Battle of Hill 383

The Battle of Hill 383 was a military engagement between the armies of Austria-Hungary and Italy on the Italian front of World War I, lasting from June 1915 to July 1917. The battle took place on a hill later called Mount Prižnica (italian Poggio Montanari), located near the town of Plave in present Slovenia. The Italian and Austro-Hungarian armies clashed for two years in an attempt to occupy it; the bloodiest clash occurred on 17 June 1915 when General Luigi Cadorna wanted to offer king Victor Emmanuel III a conquest which he could witness in person. This "demonstration" caused the death of over 8,000 men who were massacred in a frontal attack against Austrian machine guns. The fighting was continuing for the next two years, until Mount Prižnica was took by Italians during the Tenth Battle of the Isonzo. Background After 23 May 1915, when Austro-Hungarian empire declared war on Italy, Italian High Command led by general Luigi Cadrona planned the first offensive actions on the hard mountain terrain on the Austro-Hungarian-Italian border. As one of the targets they chose Austrian-held Poggio Montanari hill on the border aerea with south Austria. To impress the Italian king Victor Emmanuel III, Cadrona invited the monarch for a visit on the front, where he could present him a spectacular Italian victory. Forces chosen for attack were also from 2nd Army Corps commanded by General Gustavo Reisoli. Battle On the evening of June 9, 1915, two battalions of the Ravenna Brigade of the 3rd Division crossed the Isonzo river on a pontoon bridge, establishing a bridgehead on the eastern bank, and began the climb up the hill on wooded terrain manned by a single company of 200 Austrian riflemen from the 1st Mountain Brigade of the 18th Infantry Division. The Italian assault was quickly crushed by accurate rifle and machine gun fire, and the assault was postponed until the next day. On June 10, the Italian artillery began a heavy bombardment of the enemy area; at 9:30 pm after sunset the entire Ravenna Brigade (6 companies) of the 3rd Division composed of 6000 men gave the assault on the hill 383, but the Austro-Hungarian defense, now reenforced and composed of an entire battalion of about 1000 men, Dalmatian soldiers commanded by Major General Guido Novak von Arienti, managed to repel the assault with a counter-assault, which forced the Italian soldiers to break ranks and retreat towards the starting positions on the river bank. On June 12, the Italians tried to attack again with two battalions to challenge the Austro-Hungarian resistance; the soldiers reached the slopes of the mountain undisturbed and while they were crossing the first line of wire fences, they were surprised on open ground by machine guns and were forced to a hasty retreat towards the river. Having reached the banks of the Isonzo, the Italian soldiers were surprised by an fire support of the Austro-Hungarian armored train brought from Gorizia, which targeted them with its cannons and machine guns; under this crossfire the Italian units left over a thousand dead on the ground. During an inspection of the front lines by the king, General Cadorna decided to offer him the spectacle of the conquest of altitude 383, so he prepared an observatory set up on Mount Korada at altitude of 800 meters. On June 17 he had 6 regiments of veterans of the "Ravenna" and "Forlì" brigades and of the "La Spezia" special corps brigade transferred beyond the Isonzo, watched by Cadorna, Victor Emmanuel and the other members of Italian General Staff. Cadorna declared to the king, then Italians will take this height at any cost. The following assault on a completely exposed and uphill terrain against the Austrian machine gun nests caused thousands of Italian soldiers found death in relentless actions. Aftermath After 4 of the 6 regiments having completely lost in the clash, Cadorna decided to interrupt the assault and contented himself with digging his most advanced line about 300 meters from the Austrian lines. In a few days, officially on 23 June 1915, the First Battle of the Isonzo started, as the first main military acton on the Italian World War I theatre. Battle also de facto opened the so-called White War warfare, where Austro-Hungarians and Italians were fighting in a steep and high-altutude terrain of the Alps and the Dolomites. The fight for the conquest of Hill 383 and the surrounding territories resumed in the following months of 1915, including the First and the Second Battle of the Isonzo, and also the following clashes on this river line. The Italian army finally managed to occupy the hill only following the Tenth Battle of the Isonzo on 5 July 1917. See also White War First Battle of the Isonzo Citations Bibliography External links Hill 383 Hill 383 Hill 383 Hill 383 Hill 383 Hill 383 Hill 383 Category:1915 in Italy Category:1915 in Austria-Hungary Category:1916 in Italy Category:1916 in Austria-Hungary Category:1917 in Italy Category:1917 in Austria-Hungary Category:June 1915 events Category:July 1917 events Category:Battles involving Slovenia

Justin Koduah

Justin Frimpong Koduah(born 14 November 1982) is a Ghanaian lawyer, Politician and member of the New Patriotic Party. He is the Party's General Secretary, having contested and won the position in 2022 at a national delegates conference. Before that, he was the Chief Executive Officer of the Youth Employment Agency. Early life and education Born in Kumasi, Koduah attended Opoku Ware Secondary School after which he travelled to London where he studied for the City and Guilds Certificate in ICT at the Hackney Community College. After his studies abroad, he returned to Ghana to enroll at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science of Technology where he obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Land Economy in the year 2002. He learned law at the same University before proceeding to the Ghana School of Law from where he was called to the bar. He also holds a diploma in financial management from the Institute of Commercial Management in Bournemouth, UK. Career As a lawyer, Kodua specialises in Corporate and commercial arbitration and litigation. Until his appointment as a Chief Executive Officer of the Youth Employment Agency in 2017, he practiced as a lawyer at Adomako Kwakye Law Consult, a private legal firm based in Kumasi, Ashanti region. He is a former employee with Supersport UK and the experience he gathered made working with the sports broadcasting network made him instrumental in the organisation of the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations which was held in Ghana. As a member of the Local Organisation Committee, he provided administrative support and also managed inbound and outbound correspondence between the committee and its stakeholders. Youth Employment Agency Upon the assumption of power of the NPP in 2017, President Nana Akufo-Addo appointed him as Chief Executive Officer of the Youth Employment Agency. Shortly after assuming office, he declared that he was going to work and restore honour to the YEA which had been in the news for the wrong reasons following corruption scandals in the previous NDC regime. He therefor called on young people in the country to unite behind him to revolutionise the Agency. He served as head of the Agency for six years and was replaced in 2022 after he won the national executive election to become the General Secretary of the NPP. He reportedly created 170,000 jobs for young people before exiting office. Politics As a member of the New Patriotic Party, Koduah as served the party in various capacities. In the 2008 election, he was a member of the Ashanti Regional Campaign team. In 2010, he was made deputy Ashanti regional youth organiser of the party, helping to restructure the youth wing including the various branches of the party's students wing, TESCON. In 2018, Koduah was elected the Ashanti regional youth organiser of the NPP. In 2020, he was a member of the Strategic Communication team of the NPP in the Ashanti Region. He also served as a member of the legal team of the party's national youth wing. After the 2020 election, Koduah was thought to be already planning and working towards contesting as General Secretary of the NPP at the 2022 National Delegates Conference. However, it took until May 2022 for him to officially declare his interest in his Party's Chief scribe's position.on 15 June 2022, he completed his nomination papers and returned them to the election committee of the party.Four other persons filed to contest the GS position, among them was John Boadu, the incumbent who as acting General Secretary administered the party to winning to election 2016 before being made the substantive secretary at the 2018 National Delegates Conference and he managed to secure another victory for the party in the 2020 elections. In July 2022, Koduah was elected the General Secretary after obtaining 2837 votes to beat off competition from incumbent John Boadu who got 2524 votes. A former Mayor of Tamale, Iddrisu Musah Superior managed a 104 votes, Frederick Opare Ansah got 50 votes and Ramseyer Agyeman Prempeh had just 8 votes.In his victory speech, he vowed to work the party to victory in election 2024, but called for unity, saying victory could only be achieved if the members put aside their differences and work to deliver success for the party. References Category:Living people Category:1982 births Category:Ghanaian lawyers Category:New Patriotic Party politicians

Artillerie Prüfungskommission

thumb|Former offices of the Artillerie Prüfungskommission The Artillerie Prüfungskommission, (Artillery Test Commission) was founded in 1809 as part of the artillery of the Prussian Army. It was responsible for answering technical questions, testing the quality of new artillery materiel, and excuting experiments. The Artillerie Prüfungskommission later became part of the Imperial German Army. Other nations had equivalent authorities, e.g. the Austro-Hungarian was called Artilleriekomitee. The former headquarters of the Artillerie Prüfungskommission on the Bundesallee in Berlin are still standing. History In 1808, the Prussian Artillery was reorganized and put under the command of Prince August of Prussia. On 17 March 1809, King Frederick William III ordered the establishment of a special commission for Artillery affairs. Prince August became its first president. That same year, Johann Christian von Pontanus got in charge. The government also wanted Gerhard von Scharnhorst to become in involved, but he declined because of having too much work. On 29 February 1816 the kommission was renamed Artillerie Prüfungskommission (APK). The Artillerie Prüfungskommission (APK) consistited of senior Prussian officers. In 1871, it consisted of: The president; Those who were members on account of their office; The of the Artillery; The director of the Spandau gun foundry; The first teacher of the united artillery and engineering schools; and some special appointees. The APK had to answer all artillery questions that were laid before it. It also had to test materiel and execute experiments regarding new developments. Therefore, a testing department was founded from the APK's staff. In 1869, the testing department got a special artillery company to conduct these tests. After the German unification, the APK became part of the Imperial German Army. By 1881 there were also Bavarian, Saxon, and Württemberg artillery officers sent to the APK. In Saxony, there was still a separate Artillerie Kommission. The eponymous Bavarian Artillerie Prüfungs Kommission was disbanded in 1878. In April 1883, the APK was split in two departments: Abteilung I (Feldartillerie) and Abteilung II (Fußartillerie). The department chiefs had the rank and pay of a regimental commander. The APK also had a depot authority, an artefact collection and an . In 1909, the APK celebrated its centennary. After World War I, the APK was disbanded in late October 1919. It was replaced by the Inspektion für Waffen der Reichswehr. This was led by general Karl Becker. In the mid-1920s this led to the 'Inspektion für Waffen und Gerät' of the Heereswaffenamt(HWA). Significance The Artillerie Prüfungskommission (APK) played a significant role in the development of the Prussian (Krupp) rifled breechloading field guns, which were so important during the 1870/1 Franco-Prussian War. The APK was also important in promoting the development of the German naval guns. In general, the private arms industry of Germany was also content with the APK. (Artillery) ranges Jungfernheide/Tegel As of 1824, the exercise grounds in Jungfernheide included an (artillery) range. In 1828 the Reinickendorfer Artillerie-Schießplatz was moved to this location. The range then became known as the Tegel Range (). The range was in use till about 1875. Berlin Tegel Airport is now in this location. The Königliche Preußische Gewehrfabrique and Spandau gunpowder factories were near this location. The increased effective range of guns, security concerns, and the increased population density made the establishment of a new range at Kummersdorf necessary. Jüterbog In 1864 an artillery range was taken into use in Jüterbog. In 1886 the APK started large scale exercises against a mock fortress target made after Prussian and French examples. Kummersdorf In about 1875, the range at Kummersdorf was taken into use. After World War I, the Heeresversuchsanstalt Kummersdorf was built here. With the end of World War II, shooting at this range ended. Some notable presidents Heinrich von Diest 25 July 1832 - 8 November 1847 Karl von Strotha 29 September 1850 - 17 February 1850 Leopold von Puttkamer 10 July 1860 - 18 November 186 Ludwig Sieger 4 April 1910 - 1 August 1914 Notable members thumb|Otto Schulz: Monument for the fallen of the APK 1914–1918 In alphabetic order Max Bauer (1869–1929), Colonel and departmental chief of the Oberste Heeresleitung, Military author, Orden Pour le Mérite mit Eichenlaub, Member of the APK 1899–1902. Max Born (1882–1970), Physicist and Mathematician, Nobel Prize in Physics, participated in a commission that researched artillery sound ranging. Prince Kraft of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (1827–1892), Prussian general of Artillery, military author, member of the APK as of 1868 Walter Jellinek (1885–1955), served at the APK as of 1917. Leo Löwenstein (1879–1956), German physicist and chemist, army captain, Considered to have been the inventor of Artillery sound ranging. In 1913 he presented a method to locate sound-producing artefacts to the APK. This was called: 'Auffindung des Ortes von schallerzeugenden Gegenständen'. The APK then executed tests to perfect the method at the Kummersdorf range. Johann Emanuel Ludwig (1758–1823), Prussian Lt-Colonel member of the APK since 1810. Ludger Mintrop (1880–1956), worked on artillery sound ranging at the APK. Joseph von Radowitz (1797–1853), Prussian general and statesman, 1814 first teacher of mathematics and the science of war at the Cadet Corps at Kassel. In 1823 mmilitary teacher of the Prussian Prince Albrecht. In 1828 member of the obersten Militärstudienbehörde, teacher at the Kriegsschule and member of the APK. Since 1830 Chied of the general staff of the artillery. Julius Schuster, is seen as the first commissioned () paid German science historian. Scientific employe in 1915. Wilhelm Schwinning (1874–1955), German metallurgist. Member since 1909 Daniel Friedrich Gottlob Teichert (1796–1853), Major in the artillery, representative in the Frankfurter Nationalversammlung 1848/49, later Lt-colonel in the Prussian Ministry of War. Richard Wille (1841–1911), Major-General, military author. In 1865 with the Ministry of War and the APK. Director of the artillery factory in Spandau and president () of the artillery design office in Spandau. Offices Between 1893 and 1895 the military construction office Berlin VII headed by the Geheimen Oberbaurates Bernhardt and the architect Josef Wieczorek built a new office for the APK on what was then named Kaiserallee, and is now named Bundesallee. The APK used the building until 1918. The officers Erich Hoepner and Henning von Tresckow, who participated in the 1944 20 July plot, worked in the former APK office. There is a monument to them in the courtyard of the building. After World War II, the damaged building was renovated. On 17 April 1950 it was reopened as the Bundeshaus. Until 1990 this housed the plenipotentiary of the German federal government as well as the representatives of several German ministeries. Gallery Notes External links Register of listed buildings information about the APK and some images References Category:Weapon testing Category:Prussian Army

Juha Kärkkäinen

Juha Matti Kärkkäinen (born 31 March 1967) is Finnish businessman and publisher the one who owns the Kärkkäinen chain of stores. In addition to this, he publishes the KauppaSuomi free-distribution magazine. In 2013, he was found guilty of incitement against an ethnic group for his antisemitic writings. He is also a supporter of the neo-Nazi Nordic Resistance Movement and the neo-fascist Blue-and-Black Movement. Life and career Kärkkäinen, born into a farming family in Kiuruvesi, started his business career in 1988 as a travelling merchant. He opened his first store in Ylivieska in 1991. Today, Kärkkäinen Oy is the fourth largest supermarket chain in Finland. In addition, Kärkkäinen owns restaurants, car service centres, a real estate development company and free-distribution magazine. Kärkkäinen acts as an investor. His investment partners include the former prime minister Juha Sipilä. Views Helsingin Sanomat described Kärkkäinen's view as "extreme right". He was radicalized in the United States, and once he returned to Finland he founded the Magneettimedia newspaper whose editor-in-chief he was. Later, he began to work together with neo-nazis. In 2013, Kärkkäinen was sentenced to a fine for incitement against an ethnic group due to anti-Jewish writings published in Magneettimedia. At the Rovaniemi Court of Appeal, Kärkkäinen's witness was Juuso Tahvanainen, the leader of the Finnish resistance movement at the time. With the verdict, Kärkkäinen gave up Magneettimedia and founded a new KauppaSuomi free distribution magazine instead, which has also published anti-Jewish articles. Magneettimedia continued as an online publication, and in 2015 Kärkkäinen handed over its rights to the Finnish resistance movement. Due to the verdict, Kärkkäinen also resigned from his company's CEO position for four months, but returned again in October 2013 after the new CEO fired himself. In January 2017, it was revealed that Kärkkäinen had delivered products from different manufacturers for sale to the online store of the Finnish resistance movement. Kärkkäinen's department stores have sold the well-known propaganda book Jewish supremacism by the American anti-Semite and supporter of white supremacy David Duke. Israel's ambassador to Finland and the American Simon Wiesenthal Center, which studies anti-Semitism, have also taken a stand on the anti-Jewish texts published by Kärkkäinen, who demanded a statement from the President of the Republic of Finland, Sauli Niinistö. In 2021, Kärkkäinen urged his department store employees in an internal email not to take the coronavirus vaccine. The same year, he also publicly denied the Holocaust and claimed that President of Finland Sauli Niinistö was affiliated with the New World Order. Awards In 2014, the city of Ylivieska awarded Kärkkäinen for his merits with the Pro Ylivieska medal. References Category:Finnish Holocaust deniers Category:Finnish publishers (people) Category:Finnish businesspeople Category:Finnish neo-Nazis convicted of crimes Category:1967 births Category:Living people

Listed buildings in Filey

Filey is a civil parish in the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire, England. It contains 26 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, one is at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the seaside town of Filey, and most of the listed buildings are houses and associated structures, including terraces with three or four storeys, basements and attics. The others include churches, a farmhouse and farm buildings, a public house, and a war memorial archway. __NOTOC__ Key Grade CriteriaI Buildings of exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally importantII* Particularly important buildings of more than special interestII Buildings of national importance and special interest Buildings Name and locationPhotographDateNotesGradeSt Oswald's Church100px|centreThe church has been altered and extended through the centuries, in particular between 1885 and 1886 by William S. Barber. It is built in sandstone with roofs of slate and lead, and consists of a nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, north and south porches, north and south transepts, a chancel, and a tower at the crossing. The tower has two stages, clock faces, two-light pointed bell openings under round arches, a sill band, and an embattled parapet. The body of the church is also embattled, and the windows are lancets. The south doorway has a round arch with four orders, and a later stoup.43 and 45 Church Street100px|centreA house, later divided, in whitewashed stone, with a pantile roof. There are two storeys and three bays. On the front are two doorways with plain surrounds, and the windows are sashes with wedge lintels and raised keystones.Dovecote, Church Cliff FarmThe dovecote is in limestone on a chamfered plinth, with quoins, a chamfered band, and a hipped slate roof with a timber glover. There is a square plan and two stages. The doorway has chamfered quoined jambs and a chamfered lintel, and there is an opening with a landing platform high in the south wall. Inside, there are nesting boxes and platforms on all walls.8 and 10 Queen Street100px|centre1696A house, later a museum, in whitewashed stone with a pantile roof. There are two storeys and three bays. Above the original doorway is a crudely carved datestone with a coat of arms and a religious inscription. To the left of the doorway is a fire window with a blocked round head and a hood mould, and further to the left is a later doorway with a rectangular divided fanlight. The windows are horizontally-sliding sashes.13 Church StreetThe house is in sandstone, and has a pantile roof with a coped gable and a shaped kneeler on the left. There are two storeys and two bays. The doorway is in the centre, the windows are sashes, and all the openings have wedge lintels with raised keystones.35 Church StreetThe house is in red brick on a stone plinth, with limestone on the sides and rear, stone dressings, quoins, and a pantile roof. There are two storeys and an attic, and three bays. The main doorway and the passage doorway to the left have fanlights, the windows are sashes, and all the openings in the ground and upper floors have wedge lintels and grooved keystones; the ground floor windows also have decorative ironwork. Above the doorway is a blocked window containing a re-set initialled datestone.82 Queen StreetA pair of fishermen's cottages later combined into a house. It is rendered with a dentilled eaves course and a pantile roof. There are two storeys, two bays and a continuous rear outshut. In each bay is a doorway on the right and a sash window in each floor on the left, and at the rear are flat-roofed dormers.41 Church Street100px|centreThe house is in red brick on a stone plinth, with sandstone at the rear, and a tile roof. There are three storeys at the front, two at the rear with a catslide roof, and two bays. The doorway on the left has pilasters, panelled reveals, a fanlight and a cornice, and to the right is a square bay window. The windows in the upper floors are sashes, those in the middle floor with grooved wedge lintels, and decorative keystones.The Foords Hotel100px|centreThe public house is in whitewashed brick on a stone plinth, with stone dressings, a modillion eaves cornice and a slate roof. There are three storeys, three bays and a rear wing. The central doorway has attached Doric fluted columns, an entablature and a cornice, above which is a two-storey canted bay window. In the ground floor are tripartite windows, and above are sash windows, those in the middle floor with wedge lintels and keystones.Church Cliff FarmhouseTwo houses at right angles in light red brick with painted stone dressings, slate roofs, and two storeys. The south range has five bays, paired eaves modillions, a central porch with fluted pilasters, and a doorway with a radial fanlight. The east range has six bays, and a round-arched doorway with a flat hood on consoles, above which is a round-headed staircase window. The other windows in both ranges are sashes with wedge lintels.Farm buildings, Church Cliff FarmThe farm buildings are in red brick with pantile roofs, and form a U-shaped plan, with three ranges around a yard. They have two storeys, or one storey with a loft, and include cart and implement sheds, barns, cowsheds and a smithy. The openings have brick quoined surrounds.8–14 The Crescent100px|centre1840A terrace of seven houses, later converted into flats, in stuccoed brick, with a rusticated ground floor, a sill band, a moulded eaves cornice, and a slate roof. There are three storeys, a basement and an attic. Each house has three bays, the three bays at the ends projecting. On the front, and on the returns, are Doric porches with fluted columns approached by steps, the middle two porches paired. The doorways have fanlights, the windows are sashes, and in the attic are dormers. Along the middle floor is a continuous wrought iron balcony on iron brackets.27–41 West Avenue and railings100px|centreA terrace of eight town houses in red brick with Welsh slate roofs. There are three storeys, a half-basement and attics, and each house has two bays and a double depth plan. The doorways are approached by steps flanked by railings, and each has Doric columns, a rectangular fanlight, an entablature and a cornice. The windows are sashes with gauged brick flat arches, there are four canted bay windows, and two roof dormers. The roof of No. 41 has been replaced by a mansard roof.Langford VillaThe house, later divided, is stuccoed, and has a hipped slate roof. There are two storeys, three bays, and a later extension on the left at the rear. The central doorway has pilasters, a rectangular fanlight and a cornice, and the windows are sashes with stone sills.Filey railway station100px|centre1846The station was built for the York and North Midland Railway and designed by G. T. Andrews. It is in red brick on a stone plinth, with dressings in brick and sandstone, and a slate roof. The entrance range has a single storey and seven bays, the middle bay projecting with chamfered quoins. The doorway has a quoined surround, a radial fanlight, and a gauged brick arch with a keystone. The windows are sashes, most with round heads, gauged brick arches and keystones. There are moulded sill and impost bands, a moulded overhanging eaves course, and a parapet. The canopy is in timber and glass on iron brackets, the train shed roof is in slate, and the platforms are connected by a footbridge.24–38 Rutland Street100px|centre1847A terrace of eight houses, later converted into flats, in stuccoed brick, some colourwashed, with a rusticated ground floor, quoins on the left, giant pilasters, a string course and a sill band, a moulded eaves course, and a slate roof. There are three storeys, a basement and an attic. Each house has two bays and a full height bow window. The recessed doorways are approached by steps, and have fanlights, the windows are sashes, and in the attic are dormers. The windows at the rear have gauged brick wedge lintels.1–7 The Crescent and railings70px|centre1850–51A terrace of houses, later flats, in stuccoed brick, with a rusticated ground floor, string courses and a slate roof. There are three storeys, a basement and attics, and each house has two bays. The doorways are approached by steps flanked by iron railings. The windows are sashes, tripartite in the ground floor, with bracketed cornices in the middle floor, and eared architraves in the top floor The end bays have giant Corinthian pilasters, and the middle floor windows have bracketed pediments. One house has a three-storey bow window, and in the attics are 20th-century dormers.15–21 The Crescent100px|centreA terrace of seven houses, later converted into flats, in stuccoed brick, with a rusticated ground floor, moulded bands, a bracketed cornice on the end bays, and a slate roof. There are four storeys, a basement and an attic, and twelve bays. On the front are five round-arched doorways, two converted into windows. The windows are sashes, those in the first floor with eared and shouldered architraves, segmental heads and keystones, and those in the end bays with a segmental pediment. In the attic are dormers, and on the right return are two four-storey bow windows.Royal Crescent Court, railings and lamp standards100px|centre1853A hotel, later flats, in stuccoed brick, with a sill band, a modillion cornice, a moulded eaves cornice, and a hipped slate roof. There are four storeys, a basement and attics, and five bays, the middle and outer bays projecting. In the centre is a portico with paired Doric columns and a balustrade, above which is a Venetian window with a keystone, and a tripartite window. Flanking the portico are continuous wrought iron balconies. The windows in the first floor have cornices with detached consoles. In the returns are four-storey bow windows. In front of the building, and on the sides, are cast iron railings on a low stone plinth, and there are four cast iron lamp pedestals.23–28 The Crescent100px|centreA terrace of flats and a hotel in stuccoed brick, with a rusticated ground floor, giant pilasters, a moulded string course, a sill band, a moulded eaves cornice, and a slate roof. There are three storeys, a basement and attics. Each house has two bays, and a doorway with a keystone. The windows are sash windows, tripartite on the ground floor, those in the middle floor with a cornice on scrolled consoles and in the top floor with architraves and moulded sills. The end bays project and have continuous wrought iron balconies. The left return has three bays, with a three-storey bow window on the left and a single-storey bow window on the right. Between them is a doorway with a cornice on scrolled consoles, and at the top is a pedimented gable containing a round-headed window.Northcliffe Cottage1891–93A gardener's cottage, later a private house, designed by Walter Brierley in Jacobethan style, it is in sandstone, with a moulded floor band, overhanging bracketed eaves, and a tile roof with coped gables and plain kneelers. There is one storey and an attic, and a front of three bays. In the centre is a gabled porch containing a basket arched doorway. The windows are mullioned, the window on the left corner corbelled out. In the attic is a gabled half-dormer with a hood mould.Northcliffe House100px|centre1891–93A large house designed by Walter Brierley in Jacobethan style, it is in sandstone, with a moulded floor band, and a tile roof with coped gables and ball finials. There are two storeys and attics, and a front of five bays. The porch has a basket arch, over which is a dated cartouche and an embattled parapet. The right bay is gabled and contains a canted bay window with an embattled parapet. The windows are mullioned, those in the ground floor also with transoms, and there are 20th-century dormers. At the rear is a three-storey embattled tower, and a three-storey canted bay window. The former service range includes a kitchen with a conical roof.Gates and gate piers,Northcliffe House100px|centre1893At the entrance to the grounds of the house are three gate piers, designed by Walter Brierley, flanking a carriage entrance and a pedestrian entrance to the left. The piers are in sandstone with a square plan and are about high. Each pier has a recessed shaped panel with a blank cartouche on each side, and a heavy cornice stepped up to a ball and pedestal finial. Over the pedestrian entrance is a round arch with the name of the house painted on the tympanum.St Mary's Church100px|centre1906The church is built in red Ruabon brick, with white rendered panels, and a buff tiled roof. It consists of a nave, a west chapel, a chancel, a long south transept, and a north porch and campanile. The campanile is in Italianate style, and has panels with symbols, an open bell stage, and a pyramidal roof with a pineapple finial. The nave windows are round-arched with imposts and keystones, and the tracery is in cast concrete. On the front are buttresses with panels containing symbols. The east end has brick diapering and rendering, and contains a mosaic roundel.War Memorial Archway100px|centre1921The archway at the entrance to the memorial garden is in Portland stone, and contains wrought iron gates. The arch is round, with a keystone, and is flanked by piers. On the front of the piers are bronze plaques with the name of those lost in the two World Wars, and above them are wreathed shields containing dates. Inside the piers are plaques with the names of those lost in later conflicts. Above the arch is a parapet with an inscription.The Lodge and The Coach houseUndatedThe coach house and stables, later two dwellings, were designed by Walter Brierley in Jacobethan style. They are in sandstone with a moulded floor band, overhanging bracketed eaves, and a tile roof with coped gables and plain kneelers. There is one storey and lofts, with two ranges at right angles. The middle bay of the main range projects and is gabled, and contains a doorway. The windows in the ground floor are mullioned and transomed, and there is a half-dormer above. In front is a glass canopy on iron struts, and in the gable is a pigeon loft. In the centre of the main range is a bell cupola. References Citations Sources Category:Lists of listed buildings in North Yorkshire listed

Karin Gaardsted

Karin Gaardsted (born 19 October 1955, in Ørre) is a Danish politician. She was a member of the Folketing for the Social Democratic Party. She was elected into parliament at the 2011 Danish general election and then reelected again in the 2015 Danish general election. She was then temporary member of the Folketing for The Social Democratic Party in Western Jutland greater constituency as substitute for Anne Paulin in 2021. She entered Parliament again on 1 March 2024 when Annette Lind resigned her mandate to become consul general in Flensburg. From 1 January 2010 until her entry into the Folketing in 2011, she was deputy mayor of Viborg Municipality. Early life Karin Gaardsted, born October 19, 1955, in Ørre Parish, Herning, daughter of farmer Børge Gaardsted Rasmussen and Anna Rasmussen. She is mother of Nana Cecilie Gaardsted Bøvling, born in 1991. She trained as a schoolteacher at Herning Teacher Training College, from 1975 to 1979. She was a primary school teacher, Houlkær School in 1990. Political career Karin Gaardsted was elected to the municipal board in Viborg Municipality (Viborg Combination Committee) at the election 15 November 2005. She got 228 personal votes. This was the first time she was elected to a political post. At the municipal elections in 2009, she had replaced the incumbent mayor Johannes Stensgaard as the Social Democrats' mayoral candidate. She got the election's biggest personal vote with 6561, against Ib Bjerregaard's (V) 5050 votes and Søren Pape Poulsen's (C) 3244 personal votes . There were a total of 47,772 votes counted. After an constitution agreement between Social Democracy, SF, Danish People's Party and Conservative People's Party, the conservative Søren Pape mayor and Karin Gaardsted deputy mayor for Viborg Municipality. In addition, Karin Gaardsted became chairman of the municipality's largest committee area, the Children and Youth Committee. Folketing In May 2010, she was elected as a parliamentary candidate for the Social Democrats in the Viborg Vestkredsen, replacing member of the Parliament, Jens Christian Lund. At the 2011 Danish general election, she was elected to the Danish Parliament for the Social Democrats. In the Danish Parliament, in 2011 she became chairman of the Business, Growth and Export Committee. In the same year, she also became deputy chairman of the Nordic Council. On 13 August 2013, she was appointed as IT- and telecoms rapporteur and innovation rapporteur for the Social Democrats, an area that she didn't have much insight into. In one of her first interviews after the appointment, she spoke positively about Denmark joining the EU's patent court. In June 2015, she was re-elected as a member of parliament for the Social Democrats in the Viborg West constituency. Since the 2015 election, Karin has held the following positions in the Folketing, rapporteur for the IT and Telecom area, rapporteur for the consumer area, rapporteur for Greenland and rapporteur for the Faroe Islands. In 2019, she was not elected. She entered Parliament again on 1 March 2024 when Annette Lind resigned her mandate to become consul general in Flensburg. References Category:1955 births Category:Living people Category:Members of the Folketing 2011–2015 Category:Members of the Folketing 2015–2019 Category:Members of the Folketing 2022–2026 Category:Social Democrats (Denmark)

1932 in American television

This is a list of American television-related events in 1932. Events March 9 - The Federal Radio Commission granted an operating license for the television station W9XAK to the Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas. It was the first television station in Kansas. April 22- A technical problem in the broadcast of the musical television series Harry Fries and His Musical Saw was reported in the radio section of several newspapers. The eponymous star Harry Fries was wearing a red necktie against a white shirt. The red tie photographed as white on the early TV equipment, resulting in a phone call from a viewer to ask why the performer wasn't dressed properly.http://www.fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%205/Brooklyn%20NY%20Daily%20Eagle/Brooklyn%20NY%20Daily%20Eagle%201932%20Grayscale/Brooklyn%20NY%20Daily%20Eagle%201932%20Grayscale%20-%204737.pdf http://www.fultonhistory.com/Newpapers%20Disk2/Auburn%20NY%20Citizen%20Advertiser/Auburn%20NY%20Citizen%20Advertiser%201932%20pdf/Newspaper%20Auburn%20NY%20Citizen%20Advertiser%201932%20-%203015.PDF http://www.fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%2023/Rome%20NY%20Daily%20Sentinel/Rome%20NY%20Daily%20Sentinel%201932/Rome%20NY%20Daily%20Sentinel%201932%20-%201402.pdf http://www.fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2018/Troy%20NY%20Times/Troy%20NY%20Times%201932/Troy%20NY%20Times%201932%20-%201516.pdf September 17- The day's edition of The New York Sun contained an announcement for the then-new television series Television Magic. The newspaper article stated that "Edwin Howard will bring vaudeville magic to television" and "card tricks and the difficult needle stunt will be given their initial trial over television". Specific date unknown - In 1930, the United States Department of Justice had brought antitrust charges against RCA, General Electric (GE) and the Westinghouse Electric Corporation, arguing that their cross-licensing agreements had in effect created illegal monopolies. "Government Starts Anti-Trust Suits", Gettysburg Times, May 14, 1930, page 2. In 1932, after much negotiation, the Department of Justice accepted a consent agreement that removed the restrictions established by the cross-licensing agreements, and also provided that RCA would become a fully independent company. As a result, GE and Westinghouse gave up their ownership interests in RCA, while RCA was allowed to keep its factories."The Consent Decree", Big Business and Radio by Gleason L. Archer, 1939, pages 364-386. To give RCA a chance to establish itself, GE and Westinghouse were required to refrain from competing in the radio business for the next two and one-half years."RCA and Associates Separate Under Consent Decree Terms", Broadcasting, December 1, 1932, page 16. In 1932, the inventor Vladimir K. Zworykin first presented his iconoscope to RCA. Zworykin did not present the iconoscope to the general public until June 1933. The iconoscope was the primary camera tube used in American television broadcasting from 1936 until 1946, when it was replaced by the image orthicon tube. In 1932, RCA was granted a trademark for the cathode-ray tube (CRT) under the term "Kinescope". It continued to hold rights over the device until it voluntarily released the term to the public domain in 1950. Broadcast of the mechanical television series Hair Fashions in New York City. Featuring Ferdinand Graf, it was a 15-minute program about hair fashions which aired on W2XAB (now WCBS-TV). Births Deaths References *

Skalat Castle

Skalat Castle () is located in Skalat, Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine. The castle was built around 1630, by , the swordbearer of Halych, and an architectural monument of national importance.Лист Тернопільської ОДА від 23 червня 2021 року № 02-5124/42. History The castle was destroyed during the Cossack wars and was not rebuilt until the 18th century. The stronghold was completely destroyed during World War I. Owners The castle successively passed into the hands of the Chodkiewicz, Korecki and Wichrowski families. Wichrowski's daughter Weronika married Sanok castellan Jan Firlej. Then: Firlej's, Scipio del Campo, Kalinowski's, Anna Kalinowska (née Lanckorońska), and Poniatowski. In the 18th century it was owned by Maria née Wodzicki Scypionowa, and from 1869 the castle was ruled by Suesskind Rozenstock and his sons, who held it until World War I. Architecture The castle was founded on a quadrilateral plan with five-sided towers at the corners. The entrance to the castle led through a stone gate with two wickets on the sides, on which were placed stone slabs with the history of the building and also a sculpture of a knight standing on top of the gate. This knight is leaning on a shield bearing the coats of arms of Jelita, Rawicz, Leliwa and Scypion. This part of the castle dates back to 1795. By the end of the 19th century there were defensive moats and ramparts, as well as a brick entrance gate, the top of which is decorated with three stone figures. A residential house stood inside the ramparts; the current owners erected a beautiful and spacious brick house here. Everything that exists today is the result of reconstruction carried out in the interwar period. References Bibliography Filip Sulimierski, Bronisław Chlebowski]], Władysław Walewski, Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, t. X, Warszawa, 1880–1902, s. 664. External links Category:Castles in Ternopil Oblast Category:Ruined castles in Ukraine Category:National Landmarks in Ternopil Oblast

West Tarr Mediaeval House

West Tarr Mediaeval House is a historic site south of the village of St Florence, in the community of Penally, Pembrokeshire, Wales. The site consists of two structures, the remains of the house and an ancillary building. The house is a Grade I listed building and a Scheduled monument. The outbuilding is listed at Grade II. History and description The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales suggests that West Tarr has elements of both a hall house and a tower house. Their Coflein database record draws comparison with such house types in Ireland. The Gatehouse Gazetteer suggests similarities to a Bastle house, a type more commonly found in the Scottish Borders. In a paper for the Pembrokeshire Historical Society Gerralt Nash considers another such medieval house identified in Haverfordwest and, noting similar types of near-coastal fortified dwellings in the vicinity such as Carswell Medieval House and Whitewell Ruins, suggests that the defensive nature of such structures was a response to piracy. Cadw, in contrast, does not identify any defensive features at West Tarr. In their Pembrokeshire volume in the Buildings of Wales series, Thomas Lloyd, Julian Orbach and Robert Scourfield suggest that the defensive nature of the house was passive in character, i.e. it provided a place of refuge rather than offering offensive opportunities. The greater prevalence of such structures in the richer south of the county, particularly in locations proximate to the coast, indicates a need for the inhabitants to protect themselves from pirates making excursions along the navigable rivers. The earliest documented evidence for the building is a roll of 1324 which identifies the smallholding as equivalent in value to a tenth of a knight's fee. Such fees were payable to the Earls of Pembroke, the major landowners and the primary power in the area. The house consists of two vaulted rooms, an upper storey and a lower undercroft. The construction material is mainly limestone rubble with some larger stones used for structural integrity. The structure is 7.5m long, 5m wide and 6.5m high. There is evidence of fireplaces at both levels and a small section of stair connecting the two. Cadw has undertaken restoration of the building's roof. West Tarr is a Grade I listed building and a Scheduled monument. The ancillary building is listed at Grade II. See also Carswell Medieval House Whitewell Ruins Notes References Sources Category:Grade I listed buildings in Pembrokeshire Category:Scheduled monuments in Pembrokeshire

Panjapatti Lake

Panjapatti Lake is located in the Karur district of Tamil Nadu, India. Spanning 1,300 acres, this lake was constructed during British colonial rule in 1837. Panjapatti Lake, situated in the Krishnarayapuram region, is the third largest lake in Tamil Nadu, following Veeranam and Kaveripakkam lakes. It has a storage capacity of 1.8 TMC (thousand million cubic feet), which surpasses the storage capacity of the nearby Mayanur Barrage, and it has the potential to irrigate approximately 40,000 acres of farmland. The water feeding into Panjapatti Lake originates from the hilly regions of Kadavur and flows through several villages, including Palaviduthi, Tharagampatti, and Mailampatti, filling around 24 lakes and 124 ponds along its route. The surplus water eventually reaches Panjapatti Lake at the tail end. When the lake fills to capacity, any excess water flows through the southern aqueduct and merges with the Cauvery River near Kudamuruti in Trichy. Historically, more than 30,000 acres of farmland across 25 villages, including Velliyanai, Metupatti, Panjapatti, Tharasampatti, Kadavur, and others, relied on Panjapatti Lake for irrigation and drinking water. Until 2001, the lake was a vital water source for these communities. However, since then, the lake has gone dry due to the encroachment of seemai karuvelam (Prosopis juliflora) trees and a significant reduction in rainfall. In recent years, the local farming community and residents have urged the district administration to channel water from the Mayanur Barrage, which is just 15 kilometers away, into the lake via pipelines or pumping stations. However, officials have stated that this plan is not feasible due to the lake's higher elevation (27 meters above ground level) compared to the barrage. During the tenure of former Chief Minister K. Kamaraj, a proposal was made to divert water from the Jotharpalayam Cauvery River to Panjapatti Lake. Unfortunately, this plan was never implemented and remained on paper. References Category:Lakes of India Category:Karur

Al Eaton

Al Eaton (born Alfred Eaton; also known as Al "Baby Jesus" Eaton) is an American music producer, songwriter, and engineer based in Oakland, California. He is known for his influential work in the hip-hop and rap genres, spanning from the late 1970s through the 2000s. Eaton is the owner of One Little Indian Studios and has been involved in numerous prominent projects in the industry. Career Eaton began his music career in the late 1970s. His early work established him as a significant player in the development of West Coast hip-hop. In the 1980s, Eaton made his mark on the hip-hop scene with pioneering work. He collaborated with Too Short on seminal albums such as Life Is... Too $hort and Freaky Tales. His innovative use of sampling and beat production helped define the sound of early West Coast rap. During the 1990s, Eaton continued to influence the genre with a diverse range of projects. Notable collaborations include Kid Rock's Grits Sandwiches For Breakfast, as well as contributions to various No Limit Records releases. Eaton also worked with prominent artists like The Click, Rappin' 4-Tay and Spice 1. In the 2000s, Eaton's career continued to flourish. He contributed to George Benson's Absolute Benson and worked with Spice 1 on The Last Dance. Eaton operates One Little Indian Studios in Oakland, California, where he continues to be active in the music industry. Discography Eaton's discography includes a wide array of roles: Production: Life Is... Too $hort (Too Short), Grits Sandwiches For Breakfast (Kid Rock), Deep N2 The Game (E-40) Technical Engineering: Contributions to albums like The Mail Man (Too Short) and various No Limit Records releases Remix and Additional Contributions: Work on tracks for artists including Queen Latifah and Zhané References Category:Living people Category:21st-century American songwriters Category:21st-century American engineers Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Songwriters from California Category:Rappers from Oakland, California Category:American rappers

Serhii Deineko

Serhii Vasyliovych Deineko (; born 5 April 1975) is a Ukrainian Lieutenant General who has served as the head of Ukraine's State Border Guard Service (SBGS) since June 13, 2019. In 2014, at the start of the Russo-Ukrainian War, Deineko was in charge of the Luhansk Border Guard Detachment, fighting Russia in Luhansk Oblast. The detachment had to retreat, and Russia partially occupied the oblast. He later worked as deputy director of the Operational Department of the SBGS. In 2019, he was appointed head of the SBGS, replacing Petro Tsyhikal. Deineko has served during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which started in 2022. In the prelude to the invasion, he told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that Russian troops would invade Ukraine from Belarus and through the Chernobyl exclusion zone, which was correct. The SBGS made plans to prepare for an invasion, which started on February 24, 2022. Deineko has continued to serve in the SBGS, and was promoted from Major General to Lieutenant General in 2024. Career Russo-Ukrainian War At the beginning of the Russo-Ukrainian War in 2014, Deineko was in charge of the Luhansk Border Guard Detachment, which started fighting Russian terrorists in June of that year in Luhansk Oblast. His troops had to retreat, and Russia partially occupied part of Luhansk Oblast in the subsequent years. Deineko then worked for the deputy director of the Operational Department of the SBGS. On June 13, 2019, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appointed him to head of the SBGS, replacing Petro Tsyhikal. Starting in early 2021, Russia began a buildup of troops near Ukraine's border. There was second buildup later in the year. Using the SBGS' and other Western countries' intelligence, the SBGS concluded by 2022 that Russia was planning an invasion. In early February 2022, Deineko told Zelenskyy that Russia would go to war with Ukraine, and that Russia would attack Ukraine from Belarus (a Russian satellite state) and through the Chernobyl exclusion zone. The SBGS then "completely evacuated all secret documentation of personal and housing files of our staff" from multiple cities across the country, and prepared for a different Russian troop movement to surround Ukrainian soldiers currently fighting in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts. Despite Russian troops amassing in Crimea, Deineko did not believe Russia would invade from there, predicting it to be a false flag attack. On February 19, Deineko went to the head of the Belarusian Border Guard Service, Anatoly Lapo, and informed him of Ukraine's intelligence findings, asking him to pass the information onto Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. Lapo said this was not possible, which Deineko concluded was a lie; Deineko did not directly speak to him after this. On February 21, Deineko informed all Ukrainian higher authorities that there would be an invasion. Russian invasion of Ukraine On February 24, Russia invaded Ukraine. The invasion began at 3:40 a.m. in Luhansk Oblast. At 4:00, Deineko received reports of the invasion. He then told Minister of Foreign Affairs Denys Monastyrskyi that Ukraine was being fought on three fronts; Monastyrskyi, who had been reporting to Zelenskyy, delivered this information to him. Over the next hour, almost the entire Ukrainian border was being invaded. At 5:17, Deineko again notified Zelenskyy of the invasion via text: As Deineko predicted, Russia invaded through Chernobyl. On February 26, Deineko sent a message to Anatoly Lapo through Deineko's Facebook page: thumb|Deineko (second from the right) in a ceremony honoring Ukraine's troops in August 2022 After the invasion started, the SBGS fell under the Ukrainian Armed Forces' control. In July 2023, Zelenskyy held a meeting with Deineko and the rest of the president's Staff on the situation on the front lines, the security of nuclear power plants, and the pace of production of military equipment and ammunition. In December 2023, Deineko visited Kharkiv Oblast to inspect and discuss the positions of his troops on the front lines. On April 30, 2024, Zelenskyy marked Border Guard Day by promoting three SBGS officials to higher ranks, including promoting Deineko from Major General to Lieutenant General. On May 23, Deineko sent an intelligence report on the situation in Chernihiv, Kharkiv, and Sumy Oblasts to Zelenskyy, who discussed the findings in a meeting Deineko and the rest of the president's Staff. References Category:Lieutenant generals of Ukraine Category:State Border Guard Service of Ukraine Category:1975 births Category:People from Birobidzhan Category:Uzhhorod National University alumni Category:Living people

Luck Inside 7 Doors World Tour

Dreamcatcher 2024 World Tour Luck Inside 7 Doors is the seventh world tour held by the South Korean girl group Dreamcatcher. The first show was held on January 13, 2024, at Yes24 Live Hall in Seoul, South Korea and the tour will conclude on November 24, 2024, in Atlanta. Background On December 12, 2023, Dreamcatcher announced their 2024 World Tour titled Luck Inside 7 Doors, with the date for the opening show in Seoul, South Korea on January 13, 2024, at Yes24 Live Hall. On December 27, 2023, the European leg of the tour was announced. Additional dates were added on January 30 and February 6, 2024. On June 3, 2024, Dreamcatcher announced that they will perform in Latin America with four different dates in Mexico City, Mexico on September 11, in São Paulo, Brazil on September 15 and in Santiago, in Chile on September 17. On July 3, the group announced the dates for the United States leg of the tour. Set list Notes Siyeon was absent from the Kaohsiung show due to health issues. Tour dates DateCityCountryVenueAttendanceAsiaJanuary 13, 2024SeoulSouth KoreaYes24 Live Hall rowspan="1" EuropeFebruary 17, 2024BarcelonaSpainSant Jordi Clubrowspan="9" February 19, 2024WarsawPolandProgresjaFebruary 21, 2024LondonUnited KingdomTroxyFebruary 23, 2024OffenbachGermanyStadhalleFebruary 25, 2024ParisFranceZénith Paris – La Villette February 28, 2024MilanItalyMagazzini GeneraliMarch 1, 2024BrusselsBelgiumCirque RoyaleMarch 3, 2024LisbonPortugalLisboa ao Vivo, Sala 1 March 7, 2024HelsinkiFinlandHelsinki Ice HallAsiaMarch 30, 2024TaipeiTaiwanZEPP New Taipeirowspan="3" April 1, 2024Hong KongChinaStar Hall, 3/F KITECJuly 27, 2024KaohsiungTaiwanKaohsiung Music Center Latin AmericaSeptember 11, 2024Mexico CityMexicoPepsi Center WTCrowspan="3" September 15, 2024Sao PauloBrazilTerra SPSeptember 17, 2024SantiagoChileTeatro Coliseo North AmericaNovember 2, 2024New York CityUnited StatesKing's Theatrerowspan="10" November 4, 2024Washington, D.C.Warner TheatreNovember 6, 2024ChicagoChicago TheatreNovember 10, 2024DenverFilmore AuditoriumNovember 13, 2024SeattleMcCaw HallNovember 15, 2024Los AngelesDolby TheatreNovember 17, 2024OaklandParamount Theatre OaklandNovember 20, 2024Houston713 Music HallNovember 22, 2024St. PetersburgDuke Energy Center for the Arts - Mahaffey TheaterNovember 24, 2024AtlantaCoca-Cola Roxy References Category:Dreamcatcher (group) Category:2024 concert tours Category:Concert tours of Asia Category:Concert tours of Europe Category:Concert tours of North America

Kryvche Castle

250px|thumb|right|The castle in the early 20th century. Kryvche Castle () is located in Kryvche, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine. It was built in the first half of the 17th century by the Kątski family, and an architectural monument of national importance.Лист Тернопільської ОДА від 23 червня 2021 року № 02-5124/42. Location The castle is located in the center of the village of Kryvche in Podolia, on the top of a hill dominating the area, between two valleys through which the tributaries of the flow. History A private castle of the Kącki family built in 1639. During the uprising of 1648, the castle was captured by the troops of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi. In 1672 it was captured by the Turks (Sultan Mehmed IV spent the night under it). Then in 1675 it was recaptured by John III Sobieski. In 1684–1699 the castle served as a base for the Polish Crown troops taking part in the war with Turkey and a stronghold blocking Kamianets-Podilskyi, which lay 40 km away occupied by the Turks. At that time, in 1687, one of the Polish flags repulsed a Turkish attack in the castle. The castle was inhabited until the mid-19th century by the Golejewski family, who owned the local estate. After 1848, the castle passed into the hands of the Jewish Seidmann family, who demolished it in the second half of the 19th century for building material. The remaining two towers were protected from demolition thanks to the intervention of heritage enthusiasts. Partial reconstruction began during the Second Polish Republic, when a tourist hostel of the Podolia Tourist Society was placed in one of the towers. Subsequent demolitions were carried out after 1946. In 1990, the wall connecting the two surviving towers was rebuilt. Only two towers with loopholes and a fragment of the walls have survived to date. Architecture The castle was built on a regular plan of an elongated quadrilateral – a rectangle with four three-story towers at the corners. The sides were 78 by 53 meters long. There was an entrance gate in the eastern curtain of the walls, demolished in 1946 to obtain building materials in connection with the construction of a road. References Category:Castles in Ternopil Oblast Category:Ruined castles in Ukraine Category:National Landmarks in Ternopil Oblast

List of historians, classicists and writers associated with Balliol College, Oxford

This is a list of notable historians, classicists and writers associated with Balliol College, Oxford. Historians Political, social and economic historians ImageNameJoin DateField of workCommentsRefs Maxine Berg2009Industrial RevolutionFBA, Warwick University Professor Arthur Marwick1957Historiographer"The New Nature of History" 1971Balliol College Register (Sixth Edition) Raphael Samuel 1952Working Class” one of the most outstanding, original intellectuals of his generation “R. M. Hartwell1948Industrial Revolution "The Rising Standard of Living in England, 1800–1850" (1961) Hugh Stretton 1946Urban history "one of Australia's leading public intellectuals" Fin Crisp1938Political scienceRhodes Scholar, “The Parliamentary Government of the Commonwealth of Australia” 1949Sir Denis Brogan1923 History of the United States government “The American Political System 1933100pxSir Lewis Namier1908 The History of Parliament The Structure of Politics in the C18thHistory of Parliament Balliol College Register (Third Edition)100px R. H. Tawney1899 Christian socialism Protestantism and the rise of capitalism"Tawney exercised the widest influence of any historian of his time, politically, socially and, above all, educationally" 100pxSir O. M. Edwards1884History of WalesChief Inspector of Schools for WalesMP for Merionethshire European history ImageNameJoin DateField of workCommentsRefsLyndal Roper2002GermanyRhodes Scholar, FBA, Fellow Regius Professor of History, Oxford100px Timothy D. Snyder1995Central EuropeMarshall Scholar, FBA, Fellow, Yale Professor Frank McDonough 1985Second World War100px Anthony Teasdale 1975History of the European Union Philip Nord 1971History of France Jeremy Lawrance 1971History of SpainFBALAWRANCE, Prof. Jeremy Norcliffe Haslehurst', in Who's Who 2014 (London: A. & C. Black), online edition by Oxford University Press, December 2013, accessed 3 May 2014 (subscription site) Geoff Eley 1967History of Germany100px James H. Billington1950 History of RussiaRhodes Scholar, 13th Librarian of Congress Colonial historians ImageNameJoin DateField of workCommentsRefs Ronald Robinson1971British EmpireFBA, FellowC. A. Bayly 1963British Empire100px Tapan Raychaudhuri 1953History of India Manning Clark 1938History of Australia"Australia's most famous historian"100pxDaniel J. Boorstin 1934History of America12th Librarian of Congress John La Nauze 1932History of AustraliaRhodes Scholar"Political Economy in Australia" 1949100pxSir Keith Hancock1921 British Empire Chichele Professor of Economic History, “The British War Economy” 1949 Thomas Lionel Hodgkin1928History of AfricaFellowHusband of Nobel Prize winner Dorothy Hodgkinson of historian Robert Howard Hodgkin and grandson of historian Thomas Hodgkindid "more than anyone to establish the serious study of African history" Floreat Domus 2015, May 26, 2015 Max Crawford1927 History of Australia first secretary to the Australian legation in the Soviet Union WW2100px Donald Creighton1925History of CanadaWarned against American domination Modern historians ImageNameJoin dateField of workCommentsRefss100pxDan Snow1998popular historianson of Peter Snow 1958100pxDominic Sandbrook1992history podcaster"The Rest is History"Peter Hayes1968The HolocaustBernard Wasserstein1966Jewish History Early modern historians ImageNameJoin DateField of workCommentsRefs100px Suzannah Lipscomb 2009Tudor dynasty"Not Just the Tudors"Sir Keith Thomas 1952History of ReligionFBA, Hon Fellow"Religion and the Decline of Magic" Gerald Aylmer 194317th CenturyFBA, Fellow"Rebellion or Revolution?" 1986Christopher Hill1931English Civil WarFBA, Master of Balliol, Marxist"Intellectual Origins of the English Revolution" 1965 rev 1996Vivian Hunter Galbraith1910Domesday BookRegius Professor of Modern History Medievalists ImageNameJoin DateField of workCommentsRefsPatrick Wormald1966Anglo-Saxons"The Making of English Law: King Alfred to the Twelfth Century" Jeremy Catto1958History of EducationFellow at Oriel College"The History of the University of Oxford" Maurice Keen1954ChivalryFBA, Fellow"English Society in the later Middle Ages" 1990 100pxRodney Hilton1935FeudalismFBA, Fellow, Marxist"Class Conflict and the Crisis of Feudalism" 1985R. H. C. Davis1937Medieval EuropeFBA, Fellow at Merton CollegeProfessor at BirminghamSon of H. W. C. Davis 1891"The Normans and their Myth" 1976Richard Southern1929Middle AgesFBA, FellowChichele Professor of Modern History"The Making of the Middle Ages"F. M. Powicke1899 13th CenturyFBA, Fellow of Merton CollegeRegius Professor of Modern History"The Loss of Normandy" 1913Robert Howard Hodgkin1895 Anglo-SaxonsFellow at Queen's Collegefather of Thomas Lionel Hodgkin""Elizabeth of Bohemia" 1901H. W. C. Davis1891 Medieval EuropeEditor of the Dictionary of National BiographyRegius Professor of Modern History"History of Balliol College" 1899 father of R. H. C. Davis Classicists ImageNameJoin DateField of workCommentsRefs Oliver Lyne1971Latin poetryFellowProfessor of Classical Languages and LiteratureJonathan Barnes1961AristotleFBA, Fellow, Professor of Ancient Philosophy at Oxford from 1989-94 and at the Sorbonne 2002-6, who revised the Oxford Aristotle, universally recognised as the standard English version, in light of modern scholarshipThe Complete Works of Aristotle, 2 vols, 1984; reprinted with corrections, 1995Timothy Barnes1960 History of ChristianityFBA, Professor Toronto University Glen Bowersock1957 Ancient history Rhodes Scholar, Honorary Fellow Jasper Griffin 1956 ClassicsFBA, Fellow, Public OratorMartin Litchfield West 1955 Ancient GreekOM, FBA,"a man of few words in seven languages" Robin Nisbet 1947 Classical LatinFBA, Snell ExhibitionerCorpus Christi Professor of Latin Russell Meiggs1939Ancient history Fellow" Trees and timber in the ancient Mediterranean world " 1982Sir Kenneth Dover1938Ancient Greek Fellow, President British Academy“Greek Homosexuality” 1978 William Watt 1933 ClassicsFBA, FellowRegius Professor of Humanity, AberdeenRichard William Hunt 1927 PaleographyFellowKeeper of the Western Manuscripts at the Bodleian LibrarySir Roger Mynors 1922Classical LatinFBA, FellowCorpus Christi Professor of Latin"Catalogue of the Manuscripts at Balliol College, Oxford" 1963 1919 PhilologyVirgil, Professor, Liverpool UniversityEdgar Lobel 1907 Classical Philology Hon Fellowdeclined knighthoodOxyrhynchus PapyriH. J. Rose 1904 Greek mythologyRhodes Scholar, FBA chess player"A Handbook of Greek Mythology"Sir John Beazley1903ArchaeologyCH, FBAOxford Professor of Classical ArchaeologyAttic VasesSir George Macdonald1883ArchaeologyFBANumismaticsAntonine WallWilliam Hardie 1880 ClassicsFellowProfessor of Humanity at Edinburgh UniversityRobert Scott1835 PhilologyMaster"A Greek-English Lexicon"David Binning Monro 1854HomerFBA Vice-ChancellorRobinson Ellis 1852 Classical LatinCatullusCorpus Professor of LatinWilliam Young Sellar 1842 Latin poetryFRSEProfessor of Humanity at Edinburgh University Writers Novelists, playwrights and screenwriters ImageNameJoin DateThemeCommentsRefs100pxRana Dasgupta1990globalisationTokyo Cancelled 100pxZia Haider Rahman1987trustIn the Light of What We Know 100pxAmit Chaudhuri1987creative writing"A Strange and sublime address" Charlotte Jones1986playwrightThe HalcyonWW2 period drama TV series100pxIan Watson1960science fictionWarhammer 40,000 trilogyRobert Barnard1956crime fiction"Death of an Old Goat"Kyril Bonfiglioli1955comedy thrillerMortdecaiW. J. Burley1950detective storyWycliffeDan Davin1936New ZealandRhodes Scholar, Fellow"Cliffs of Fall"100pxRobertson Davies1935trilogyOne of Canada's best-known and most popular authors and one of its most distinguished "men of letters". His prize-winning novels and trilogies explore Jungian psychology, magic and classical myth.The Deptford TrilogyAnthony Powell1923book seriesHis famous series A Dance to the Music of Time (ranked 36th on the BBC list of 100 greatest British novels Ciabattari, Jane (7 December 2015). "The 100 greatest British novels". BBC. Retrieved 8 December 2015.) earned him the title 'The English Proust'. 100pxGraham Greene1922thrillerOne of the leading novelists of the 20th century, shortlisted for the Nobel Prize in Literature several times. Best known for his 'Catholic novels' exploring moral and political conflicts, especially the contest between the socialist state and private morality. Awarded OM. The Power and the Glory100pxNevil Shute1918dignity of workHis novels A Town Like Alice, Trustee from the Toolroom and On the Beach featured on the 1998 list of the Modern Library 100 Best Novels of the 20th century100pxBeverley Nichols1916emotions"Down the Garden Path"100pxL. P. Hartley1915family relationshipswrote of morality, society and the loss of innocence The The Go-Between was made into a film.100pxAldous Huxley1913dystopian fictionauthor of Brave New World and The Doors of Perception, widely acknowledged as one of the foremost intellectuals of his time, nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature nine times, and elected Companion of Literature by the Royal Society of Literature in 1962100pxSir Anthony Hope Hawkins1881adventure fictionThe Prisoner of Zenda Biographers including auto-biographers ImageNameJoin DateThemeCommentsRefs100pxHoward Marks1964cannabis dealerMr NiceVed Mehta1956authorFellow, blindautobiographer in several booksWarren Rovetch 1949travel writerFulbright ScholarThe Creaky Traveler Nicholas Mosley1946novelistpeer, wrote critical biography of his father, the fascist Sir Oswald Mosley Francis King1941novelistYesterday Came Suddenly, 1993 autobiography Peter Quennell1923historical writer"the last genuine example of the English man of letters"'Sir Peter Quennell', in The Times, 29 October 1993, p. 23. John Stewart Collis1918biographerbiography of George Bernard ShawThe Worm Forgives the Plough about working the land in WWII100pxSir Sidney Lee1878man of letterseditor, Dictionary of National BiographyBalliol College Register (Second Edition)100pxJohn Addington Symonds1857biographerwrote on Percy Bysshe Shelley, Michelangelo et al.Balliol College Register (Second Edition)100pxJohn Gibson Lockhart1809novelistbiographer wrote standard biography of Sir Walter Scott, his father-in-law100pxJohn Evelyn1637diaristFRSdid not graduate References Category:Lists of people associated with the University of Oxford

National Task Force for Safety of Medical Professionals

The National Task Force (NTF) for safety of medical professionals at the workplace was set up by the Supreme Court of India in the aftermath of the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, West Bengal. On 20 August 2024, a three-judge bench led by the Supreme Court Chief Justice of India D. Y. Chandrachud and including Justice J. B. Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra constituted a 10-member task force to work out modalities for safety of medical professionals at the workspace. Background A post-graduate trainee doctor was raped and murdered at R. G. Kar Medical College in Kolkata on 9 August 2024, which sparked protests across India. The case was first investigated by Kolkata Police and then, on the order by Calcutta High Court, by the Central Bureau of Investigation. On 18 August 2024, the Supreme Court of India took suo moto cognizance of the case. A three-judge Supreme Court bench headed by the Chief Justice of India D. Y. Chandrachud heard the matter on 20 August 2024 and constituted a National Task Force (NTF) to ensure workplace safety for medical professionals. The NTF was asked by the Supreme Court to submit its interim report within three weeks and the final report within two months. Members The Supreme Court of India appointed the members of the National Task Force which includes medical professionals in India and the office holders of several Indian medical organisations. Source: Surgeon Vice Admiral Aarti Sarin AVSM VSM Dr. D. Nageshwar Reddy: Chairman of the Asian Institute of Gastroenterology and AIG Hospitals, Hyderabad Dr. M. Srinivas: Director of the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi Dr. M. V. Padma Srivastava: Chairperson of Neurology at Paras Healthcare, Gurugram Dr. Pratima Murthy: Director and a senior professor of psychiatry at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore Dr. Goverdhan Dutt Puri: Executive Director of the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Jodhpur Dr. Saumitra Rawat: Chairperson of the Institute of Surgical Gastroenterology, GI and HPB Onco-Surgery, and Liver Transplantation at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi Dr. Anita Saxena: Vice-Chancellor of Pandit B D Sharma Medical University, Rohtak Dr. Pallavi Saple: Dean, Grant Medical College and Sir J J Group of Hospitals, Mumbai Ex-officio members Cabinet Secretary to the Government of India Union Home Secretary Union Health Secretary Chairperson, National Medical Commission (NMC) President, National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) References Category:Task forces Category:Supreme Court of India Category:Law of India Category:Laws regarding rape

Gray Whiskers

Gray Whiskers is a summit in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. Description Gray Whiskers is situated southwest of the Monument Valley visitor center on Navajo Nation land and can be seen from Highway 163. Precipitation runoff from this butte's slopes drains to Mitchell Butte Wash and Oljeto Wash which are part of the San Juan River drainage basin. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises over above the surrounding terrain in 0.15 mile (0.24 km). The nearest higher neighbor is Mitchell Mesa, to the east. The landform's toponym has been officially adopted by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names. The toponym is a translation of Navajo "dághaa' libáí" which means gray whiskers.William Bright, Native American Placenames of the United States, University of Oklahoma Press, 2004, , p. 157. The butte is named after a Navajo Hataałii (medicine man) who was instrumental in creating the Monument Valley Tribal Park in 1958.Monument Valley, City of Aztec, aztecnm.com, Retrieved 2024-08-27.Guiding tourists in Monument Valley, Los Angeles Times, July 28, 2014. Geology Gray Whiskers 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.Geology and Uranium-vanadium Deposits of the Monument Valley Area, Apache and Navajo Counties, Arizona, Irving Jerome Witkind, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1963, p. 139. The rock ranges in age from Permian at the bottom to Triassic at the top. 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 2024-08-27. Climate Spring and fall are the most favorable seasons to visit Gray Whiskers. 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 forecast: Gray Whiskers Gray Whiskers (photo): Flickr Monument Valley Tribal Park 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

David Bolen (cinematographer)

David Bolen is a cinematographer based out of Los Angeles, California. He is best known for his work on feature films, television and documentaries. Career Bolen graduated from the University of Southern California in 2013. He is a member of the International Cinematographers Guild (IATSE Local 600). He has worked on music videos for Camila Cabello, Lil Nas X, Kendrick Lamar and more. Bolen is best known for his work on Netflix's Delhi Crime, Untold, Trial by Media and Disney+'s Marvel's 616. Selected filmography Film 2024 – Thelma 2022 – Gone in the Night 2019 – 1BR 2018 – Soni Television 2022 – Delhi Crime (5 episodes) 2022 – The Deep End (4 episodes) 2021 – Untold: Deal with the Devil 2021 – Untold: Caitlyn Jenner 2020 – Trial by Media (1 episode) 2020 – Marvel's 616 (3 episodes) 2019-2020 – I Was A Teenage Felon (7 episodes) 2019 – Deadly Cults (3 episodes) 2015 – Haven: Origins Documentary 2024 – Spermworld 2023 – The Ringleader: The Case of the Bling Ring 2023 – The Lionheart 2023 – Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones 2021 – A Spark Story 2020 – Some Kind of Heaven 2020 – The Con (1 episode) 2018 – A Concerto Is a Conversation 2018 – When Lambs Become Lions 2015 – The Drop Box Music video 2024 – Wallows : "Your Apartment" 2023 – Dominic Fike : "Dancing in the Courthouse" 2022 – Camila Cabello : "Bam Bam" 2021 – Alessia Cara : "Sweet Dream" 2021 – Alessia Cara : "Shapeshifter" 2021 – Lil Nas X : "Sun Goes Down" 2019 – Galantis & Yellow Claw : "We Can Get High" 2019 – Next Town Down : "Wonderin" 2019 – Next Town Down : "Easy feat. 6lack" 2019 – Doja Cat : "Rules" 2018 – Lauren Jauregui : "Expectations" 2018 – Wallows : "1980s Horror Film" 2018 – Jay Rock : "Es Tales" 2015 – Jay Rock : "Money Trees Deuce" 2015 – Kendrick Lamar : "For Free? (Interlude)" 2015 – Jay Rock Feat. Black Hippy : "Vice City" 2015 – Jay Rock : "The Ways" Awards and nominations YearResultAwardCategoryWorkRef.2024 NominatedDaytime Emmy AwardsOutstanding CinematographyLive to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones2022 NominatedMTV Video Music AwardsBest Cinematography"Bam Bam"2021 WonWebby AwardsVideo - DocumentaryBlood Rider2020 NominatedCamerimageDocumentary shorts Competition References External links Category:Living people Category:Canadian cinematographers Category:University of Southern California alumni Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

Succession, continuity and legacy of the Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, commonly known as the Soviet Union was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. It was a founding member of the United Nations as well as one of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (Soviet Union and the United Nations). Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, its UN seat was transferred to the Russian Federation, the continuator state of the USSR. Background The Treaty on the Formation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics officially created the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union. The Treaty was approved on 30 December 1922 by a conference of delegations from the Russian SFSR, the Transcaucasian SFSR, the Ukrainian SSR and the Byelorussian SSR. The Treaty and the Declaration were confirmed by the First All-Union Congress of Soviets and signed by heads of delegations Voted Unanimously for the Union Mikhail Kalinin, Mikhail Tskhakaya, and Grigory Petrovsky, Alexander Chervyakov Creation of the USSR at Khronos.ru respectively on December 30, 1922. The treaty provided flexibility to admit new members. Therefore, by 1940 the Soviet Union grew from the founding four (or six, depending on whether 1922 or 1940 definitions are applied) republics to 15 republics. On 8 December 1991, Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian leaders signed the Belovezha Accords. The agreement declared the dissolution of the USSR by its remaining founder states (denunciation of the Treaty on the Creation of the USSR) and established the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). On 10 December, the accord was ratified by the Ukrainian and Belarusian parliaments. On 12 December, the agreement was ratified by the Russian Parliament, therefore the Russian SFSR renounced the Treaty on the Creation of the USSR and de facto declared Russia's independence from the USSR. On 26 December 1991, the USSR was self-dissolved by the Council of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, the upper house of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (the lower house, the Soviet of the Union, was without a quorum). General agreements UN membership On December 21, 1991, the Council of Heads of State decided that the member states of the Commonwealth, referring to Article 12 of the Agreement on the Establishment of the Commonwealth of Independent States, based on the intention of each state to fulfill obligations under the UN Charter and participate in the work of this organization as full members, taking into account that the original members of the UN were the Republic of Belarus, the USSR and Ukraine, expressing satisfaction that the Republic of Belarus and Ukraine continue to participate in the UN as sovereign independent states, decided that "the Commonwealth States support Russia in continuing the membership of the USSR in the UN, including permanent membership in the Security Council, and other international organizations."https://cis.minsk.by/reestrv2/doc/5#text The document entered into force for 11 countries on December 21.https://cis.minsk.by/reestrv2/doc/5#documentCard On December 23, Russia officially received the USSR's seat on the UN Security Council. The international community recognized it as continuator state to the Soviet Union. International relations, treaties and organizations The "Guidelines on the Recognition of New States in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union", adopted by Ministers of the EC on 16 December 1991.https://www.dipublico.org/100636/declaration-on-the-guidelines-on-the-recognition-of-new-states-in-eastern-europe-and-in-the-soviet-union-16-december-1991/ The Declaration of the Twelve on the future status of Russia and other former Soviet Republics was published on 23 December 1991, according to which "The European Community and its Member States have noted with satisfaction the decision of the participants at the Alma Ata meeting on 21 December 1991 to establish a Commonwealth of Independent States. They note that the international rights and obligations of the former USSR, including those arising from the Charter of the United Nations, will continue to be exercised by Russia. They note with satisfaction the acceptance by the Russian Government of these commitments and responsibilities and will continue to deal with Russia on this basis, taking into account the change in its constitutional status. They are prepared to recognise the other Republics constituting the Community as soon as they receive assurances from those Republics that they are prepared to fulfil the requirements set out in the "Guidelines on the Recognition of New States in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union", adopted by Ministers on 16 December 1991. They expect, in particular, that those Republics will give them assurances that they will fulfil their international obligations arising from treaties and agreements concluded by the Soviet Union, including the ratification and implementation of the CFE Treaty by the Republics to which it applies, and that they will establish a single control over nuclear weapons and their non-proliferation." Thus, the 12 countries (Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom) do not need to recognize Russia's independence from the Soviet Union and establish new relations with Russia as a new state, because relations have already been established with the Soviet Union, of which Russia has become the continuator in international relations. Recognition of the independence of other 11 countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan) occurs on the condition that they assume the obligations under the treaties signed by the Soviet Union, including respect for the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations and the commitments subscribed to in the Final Act of Helsinki and in the Charter of Paris, guarantees for the rights of ethnic and national groups and minorities, respect for the inviolability of all frontiers and acceptance of all relevant commitments with regard to disarmament and nuclear non-proliferation as well as to security and regional stability. https://www.dipublico.org/100636/declaration-on-the-guidelines-on-the-recognition-of-new-states-in-eastern-europe-and-in-the-soviet-union-16-december-1991/ Nuclear weapons On December 21, 1991, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation (RSFSR) and Ukraine signed the Agreement on Joint Measures Regarding Nuclear Weapons, according to which "until the complete elimination of nuclear weapons in the territories of the Republic of Belarus and Ukraine, the decision on the need to use them shall be taken in agreement with the heads of state participating in the Agreement by the President of the RSFSR", "the Republic of Belarus and Ukraine undertake to accede to the 1968 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons as non-nuclear states and to conclude an appropriate safeguards agreement with the IAEA", "by July 1, 1992, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan and Ukraine will ensure the removal of tactical nuclear weapons" and "the Governments of the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation (RSFSR) and Ukraine undertake to submit the START Treaty for ratification to the Supreme Councils of their states".https://cis.minsk.by/reestrv2/doc/3#text Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan have ratified the agreement, but since Ukraine has not ratified it, it has not entered into force.https://cis.minsk.by/reestrv2/doc/3#documentCard On December 25, M.S. Gorbachev announced his resignation as President of the USSR and handed over the "nuclear briefcase" to the President of the RSFSR B.N. Yeltsin.https://web.archive.org/web/20160813154411/http://constitution20.ru/ckeditor_assets/attachments/197/1991_12_25_ukazprez_sssr.pdf On December 30, 1991, 11 countries signed the Agreement between the participant states of the Commonwealth of Independent States on Strategic Forces, according to which "the member states of the Commonwealth recognize the need for a unified command of the Strategic Forces and the maintenance of unified control over nuclear weapons", "For the period until their complete destruction, nuclear weapons deployed on the territory of Ukraine are under the control of the unified command of the Strategic Forces with the aim of not using them and dismantling them by the end of 1994, including tactical nuclear weapons - by July 1, 1992", "The process of destroying nuclear weapons deployed on the territory of the Republic of Belarus and Ukraine is carried out with the participation of the Republic of Belarus, the Russian Federation and Ukraine under the joint control of the Commonwealth states".https://cis.minsk.by/reestrv2/doc/9#text The document entered into force for 11 countries on December 30.https://cis.minsk.by/reestrv2/doc/9#documentCard Debts and assets On December 4, 1991, 12 republics (except the Baltic states) signed an agreement on joint liability for repaying the USSR's debt to external creditors, according to which Russia's share was 61% of the Soviet debt. In order to leave the agreement on joint liability in the past, Russia proposed a "zero option". On April 2, 1992, it declared itself the sole legal successor to all debts of the former USSR and pledged to repay them in full, while receiving rights to all financial and material assets of the USSR. The remaining former Soviet republics could start with a "clean slate". In this case, they would have neither debts nor assets. On December 30, 1991, 11 countries signed the Agreement of the Heads of State of the Commonwealth of Independent States on the property of the former USSR abroad, according to which "the member states of the Commonwealth mutually recognize that each of them has the right to an appropriate fixed fair share in the property of the former USSR abroad and will facilitate the implementation of this right."https://cis.minsk.by/reestrv2/doc/7#text The document entered into force for 11 countries on December 30.https://cis.minsk.by/reestrv2/doc/7#documentCard On July 6, 1992, 11 countries signed the Agreement on the distribution of all property of the former USSR abroad, according to which "the termination of the existence of the USSR as a state-subject of international law dictates the need for the earliest possible settlement of a set of issues related to the property of the former USSR abroad between the successor states represented by the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Republic of Kyrgyzstan, the Republic of Moldova, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, the Republic of Uzbekistan and Ukraine." Movable and immovable property of the former USSR outside its territory and investments located abroad are subject to division and shall pass to the Parties in accordance with the following scale of fixed shares in the assets of the former USSR based on a single aggregate indicator. The share (in percent) is as follows: Republic of Azerbaijan 1.64 Republic of Armenia 0.86 Republic of Belarus 4.13 Republic of Kazakhstan 3.86 Republic of Kyrgyzstan 0.95 Republic of Moldova 1.29 Russian Federation 61.34 Republic of Tajikistan 0.82 Turkmenistan0.70 Republic of Uzbekistan 3.27 Ukraine 16.37 TOTAL 95.23 because "The combined share of Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, amounting to 4.77 percent, is not covered by this Agreement."https://cis.minsk.by/reestrv2/doc/121#text The document entered into force for 11 countries on 6 July 1992.https://cis.minsk.by/reestrv2/doc/121#documentCard Domestic property and organizations Legacy of the Russian Empire References Category:Foreign relations of the Soviet Union Category:Post-Soviet states Category:Commonwealth of Independent States Category:Aftermath of the dissolution of the Soviet Union