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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramayana%20circuit
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Ramayana circuit
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The Ramayana circuit (Devnagari: रामायण सर्किट) is a tourism circuit developed by the Government of India to promote tourism at the destinations related to Ramayana in the Indian subcontinent. It is developed under the Swadesh Darshan scheme of Ministry of Tourism. Initially, the ministry of tourism identified fifteen destinations for the Ramayana circuit in India. They are Ayodhya, Nandigram, Shringverpur & Chitrakoot in Uttar Pradesh, Sitamarhi, Buxar & Darbhanga in Bihar, Chitrakoot in Madhya Pradesh, Mahendragiri in Odisha, Jagdalpur in Chattisgarh, Nashik & Nagpur in Maharashtra, Bhadrachalam in Telangana, Hampi in Karnataka and Rameshwaram in Tamil Nadu. It also include the city of Janakpur in Nepal.
Description
The Ramayana circuit includes major pilgrim sites in the two neighbouring nations India and Nepal which are related and cited in the Ramayana. It connects Ayodhya in India to Janakpur in Nepal including all major pilgrim sites related to Ramayana in the two nations. In 2024, IRCTC launched tourist train to boost tourism on the Ramayana circuit.
According to the scheme of the Ramayana circuit, all the identified fifteen destination cities will be connected by rail, road and air.
References
Tourism
Tourism in India
Tourism in Nepal
Indian subcontinent
Cultural heritage
Hinduism
Hindu pilgrimage sites
Ramayana
Places in the Ramayana
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jingle%20All%20the%20Slay
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Jingle All the Slay
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Jingle All the Slay is an upcoming Christmas film. It is directed by Bradley Stryker and co-written by Charley McDougal with Stryker. It is starring Nick Sagar, Ricky Norwood, Alexa Adeosun and Julio Cesar Cedillo.
Premise
A wanted hitman has to fend off assassins whilst trying to save his marriage with a luxury Christmas break.
Cast
Nick Sagar
Ricky Norwood
Alexa Adeosun
Julio Cesar Cedillo
Adam Korson
Montana Manning
Bradley Stryker
Florence Hall
Eloise Lovell Anderson
Mark Fleischmann
Vas Blackwood
Gabriela Ochoa Perez
Tim Cullingworth-Hudson
Production
The film is produced by Empire Studios and Stryke-Force Films, with 8th Law Pictures and Everly Entertainment Production. It is co-written by Charley McDougall and Bradley Stryker, who is also the director. Producers are Jamie McLeod-Ross, McDougall, and Nick Sagar, with Arthur Corber executive producing.
The cast is led by Sagar, Ricky Norwood and Alexa Adeosun. The cast also includes Julio Cesar Cedillo, Adam Korson and Montana Manning, as well as Stryker, Florence Hall, Eloise Lovell Anderson, Mark Fleischmann, Vas Blackwood, Gabriela Ochoa Perez and Tim Cullingworth-Hudson. The film was in post-production by February 2025.
Release
The film is being aimed for a Christmas 2025 release.
References
External links
British Christmas films
English-language Christmas films
Upcoming films
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Rob Cerjanec
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Robert Cerjanec is a Canadian politician who has served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario (MPP) since 2025. A member of the Ontario Liberal Party, he represents the riding of Ajax. He was previously a business consultant for the Durham District School Board.
Political career
Cerjanec was first elected in the 2025 Ontario general election, defeating incumbent Progressive Conservative MPP Patrice Barnes by a margin of 0.8% of the vote.
Electoral history
References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
Ontario Liberal Party MPPs
People from Ajax, Ontario
21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd%20Wessinger
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Todd Wessinger
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Todd Kelvin Wessinger (born November 28, 1967) is an American convicted murderer sentenced to death for the murders of two restaurant employees in Louisiana. On November 19, 1995, Wessinger committed an armed robbery at a local Baton Rouge restaurant, where Wessinger used to work as a dishwasher, and during the robbery, Wessinger shot and killed two of his former co-workers, David Breakwell and Stephanie Guzzardo. Wessinger was found guilty in 1997 of two counts of first-degree murder and sentenced to death, and he is currently imprisoned on death row at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, awaiting his execution, which has yet to be scheduled.
Baton Rouge restaurant shootings
On November 19, 1995, 27-year-old Todd Kelvin Wessinger, a former dishwasher, committed a mass shooting at a restaurant where he had once worked, resulting in the deaths of two of his former colleagues.
On the day in question, Wessinger entered the restaurant with a .380 semi-automatic pistol after arriving at the restaurant on a bicycle. Wessinger and the bartender, Mike Armentor, greeted each other and immediately after entering the restaurant, Wessinger fired two shots at Armentor from the back and Armentor collapsed on the ground with severe abdominal injuries. Afterwards, Wessinger held the dishwasher, Alvin Ricks, at gunpoint and wanted to shoot him in the head, but the gun jammed and failed to discharge, and Ricks quickly escaped the restaurant, with Wessinger misfiring the gun while trying to aim for Ricks's leg. Ricks and Willie Grigsby, another employee, ran across the street after their escape to call the police, with Ricks informing Girgsby that he identified the shooter.
Meanwhile, back at the restaurant, Wessinger continued his shooting spree. He pointed his gun at the restaurant manager, Stephanie Guzzardo, who was about to call the police. Guzzardo pleaded for her life but Wessinger shot and killed the 27-year-old manager. After he removed approximately $7000 from the office, Wessinger found the 46-year-old cook David Breakwell hiding inside the cooler. Despite Breakwell's pleas for mercy, he was shot by Wessinger.
After murdering Guzzardo and shooting both Breakwell and Armentor, Wessinger fled the restaurant on his bicycle. Both Armentor and Breakwell were subsequently found by paramedics responding to the scene, but Breakwell died on the way to the hospital. Despite the severity of his wounds, Armentor survived with timely medical intervention.
Trial and sentencing
On November 28, 1995, nine days after he killed both Stephanie Guzzardo and David Breakwell, Todd Wessinger was arrested in Garland, Texas, and extradited back to Louisiana, where he was charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the Baton Rouge restaurant shootings, and if convicted of first-degree murder, Wessinger faced the death penalty.
On June 24, 1997, after a trial lasting two days, a East Baton Rouge Parish jury found Wessinger guilty of first-degree murder on both counts, and his sentencing hearing began the next day.
On June 26, 1997, the jury returned with their verdict on sentence, unanimously recommending two deaths sentences for both the murder charges preferred against Wessinger.
On September 17, 1997, Wessinger was formally sentenced to death by the trial judge in accordance with the jury's recommendation.
Appeals
On May 28, 1999, the Louisiana Supreme Court dismissed Todd Wessinger's appeal against his death sentence and murder conviction.
On September 4, 2003, District Judge Richard Anderson rejected Wessinger's request for a new trial.
Nine years later, Wessinger was issued a death warrant, and his execution date was set as May 9, 2012. On April 14, 2012, Wessinger appealed for a new trial in his case. Two weeks after Wessinger filed the appeal, on April 25, 2012, a stay of execution was granted to Wessinger while pending his appeal for a new trial. A hearing was granted by a federal judge in May 2012.
On July 29, 2015, U.S. District Judge James Joseph Brady ordered a new sentencing hearing for Wessinger, whose death sentence was vacated but with his murder conviction upheld. Brady ruled that Wessinger's trial counsel was deficient in their conduct and this violated the constitutional rights of Wessinger. In response to the reprieve, Stephanie Guzzardo's father called the ruling a "stab in the back" and accused Brady of having no compassion for the victims' families. Prior to the ruling, Guzzardo's father affirmed that he would not want Wessinger to be given life imprisonment for murdering his daughter and sought to have the death penalty carried out in Wessinger's case.
In July 2016, Wessinger and another condemned killer Shedran Williams (who killed a policeman in 2004) applied to join a 2012 federal lawsuit filed by Jessie Hoffman Jr. and Christopher Sepulvado against the constitutionality of the state's lethal injection protocols. The lawsuit itself was concluded in 2022.
On July 20, 2017, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals revived the death sentence of Wessinger.
On January 8, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Wessinger's appeal and confirmed his death sentence for the Baton Rouge restaurant shooting.
Another appeal was filed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Wessinger's lawyers argued in this appeal that the jury presiding Wessinger's original trial did not hear mitigating evidence from his trial counsel, which included the child abuse and brain damage caused by a stroke suffered by Wessinger during his childhood, factors that would have allowed him to be spared the death penalty. The petition was likewise rejected by a near unanimous vote of 8–1 on March 5, 2018. Guzzardo's father reportedly applauded the decision by stating, "It’s one step closer to justice."
On December 20, 2022, Wessinger's petition for habeas relief was granted by U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles, who ordered Wessinger to undergo a new sentencing trial, and the state prosecutors had since filed an appeal against the ruling.
Clemency petition
In 2023, as Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards approached the end of his term, he publicly announced his opposition to the death penalty and his support for its abolition in the state. Despite this, on May 24, 2023, the Louisiana legislature voted down a bill that aimed to abolish capital punishment. Stephanie Guzzardo's father testified in opposition to the abolition of capital punishment, stating that he supported the execution of Wessinger and emotionally recounted during a legislature hearing about how his daughter was gunned down despite her plea for mercy, and was offended by those who cited the expensive costs of death penalty cases, claiming that this was like an insult to "put a price tag" on his daughter's life.
A month later, in June 2023, 56 out of the 57 death row inmates in the state filed clemency petitions in hopes of having their death sentences commuted to life imprisonment by Edwards before his term ended. Wessinger was one of those 56 prisoners that petitioned for clemency, and their applications were referred to the Louisiana Board of Pardons and the Committee on Parole. In response to the clemency petition of Wessinger, Stephanie Guzzardo's father expressed that he wanted Wessinger to be executed for murdering his daughter, and he promised to oppose the commutation of Wessinger's death sentence, and was critical of Wessinger's multiple attempts to escape his execution.
In July 2023, the Board rejected all 56 petitions, citing that the inmates were ineligible because their filings came too soon after recent judicial rulings on their appeals. According to the rules, clemency petitions could only be filed at least one year after the final appeal decision. In October 2023, the Board also denied further clemency requests from five death row inmates, including the state's only female condemned prisoner Antoinette Frank.
Eventually, the Louisiana Board of Pardons and Parole decided to conduct a clemency hearing for Wessinger. Wessinger's lawyers argued that their client suffered from mental deficiencies induced by a pediatric stroke, and this information was not presented before the jury.
On November 27, 2023, Wessinger was denied clemency.
Other developments and current status
Public call for revive executions (2018–2019)
In 2018, Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry publicly criticised the state's governor John Bell Edwards for not resolving the pause on executions in Louisiana, and claimed that the governor and his administration was prolonging the moratorium on purpose. In response to Landry's claims, Edwards said that the state was unable to proceed with future executions due to the continued shortage of lethal injection drugs required to execute criminals (lethal injection was the only legal method deployed to carry out death sentences in Louisiana). After the issue broke out, the surviving kin of Stephanie Guzzardo expressed their hope for Todd Wessinger's execution and criticised the governor for his unclear stance towards capital punishment and called for Edwards and his administration to ensure that justice was served. Guzzardo's father also wrote a letter to local newspaper The Advocate, expressing his grief and disappointment in the repeated delays of Wessinger's execution and the governor's lack of action in this issue.
At that point in time, Louisiana had observed an informal moratorium on executions since the last one in 2010, when Gerald Bordelon was executed for the rape and murder of his stepdaughter. This moratorium was due to difficulties in obtaining lethal injection drugs, compounded by pharmaceutical companies' refusal to provide them for execution purposes.
In March 2019, Attorney General Jeff Landry and the families of murder victims, whose killers remain on death row in Louisiana, were allowed to testify before the House Criminal Justice Committee. Guzzardo's father advocated for the state to restart executions and execute Wessinger, and stated that his family was still waiting for closure and justice to be fulfilled, and he was not satisfied with Edwards's inaction in resolving the issues surrounding the resumption of executions. Landry rounded up the opinions of the families (most of whom agreed with the death penalty) and urged Edwards to take further action to ensure the ends of justice be served and allow a resolution to the moratorium on capital punishment in the state. In a separate interview, a friend of Guzzardo described the victim as the "sweetest person" she ever knew and she found it extremely heartbreaking and devastating to lose Guzzardo, and she was still waiting for Wessinger's sentence to be carried out.
Despite the testimony from Guzzardo and other family members of the victims, a bill to abolish capital punishment was approved in May 2019 and advanced to the House, but it ultimately failed to materialize that same month due to the House rejecting it by a majority vote.
Approval of electric chair and nitrogen hypoxia executions
In March 2024, Attorney General Jeff Landry, who became the new governor following the conclusion of Edwards's term, signed a law allowing nitrogen hypoxia and reintroduce the electric chair as alternative methods of execution, in addition to lethal injection, which remained the primary method. This legislation came in the wake of the 2024 execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith in Alabama, the first ever use of nitrogen hypoxia for execution, both in the United States and globally. Louisiana State Representative Nicholas Muscarello Jr., who first filed the bill, stated that he did so with hopes to ensure closure and bring justice for the families who lost their loved ones to murder, and cited the case of Wessinger, recalling the vocal calls by Guzzardo's father for Wessinger to be put to death.
Some families of murder victims whose killers were still on death row voiced their support for the bill, which could pave the way for the executions of Wessinger and 56 others on Louisiana’s death row. Stephanie Guzzardo's father was vocal in supporting the Bill and stated that he and his wife wanted Wessinger's death sentence to be carried out soon and pointed out that Wessinger had the benefit of seeing his family members during prison visits but they themselves could only see their daughter in the cemetery. In his public efforts to seek justice for his daughter, Guzzardo's father built up a close friendship with Landry, who described Guzzardo's father as a "guiding light" for the families who lost their loved ones to murder and shared the same purpose as him and cited their support as a driving force for him to further affirm his resolve to maintain capital punishment, while Guzzardo and the many other murder victims' surviving kin described Landry as their saviour for his efforts to seek justice and execute the condemned killers of their loved ones. Guzzardo's father also defended his stance in Landry's special crime session, stating that the families were not seeking revenge against the death row inmates but justice and closure for their loved ones.
In April 2024, merely a month after Louisiana legalise nitrogen gas executions in the state, a bill was proposed to remove nitrogen hypoxia as an execution method in the state. Stephanie Guzzardo's father opposed to the removal of nitrogen hypoxia, stating that approving this bill was an affront to murder victims' surviving family members. Ultimately, the bill failed to pass after the House committee rejected it by a 8–3 vote (with all Republicans opposing to the bill).
2025 execution schedule
In February 2025, Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill announced the state would resume executions using nitrogen hypoxia, a method previously used by Alabama to execute four prisoners between January 2024 and February 2025. Governor Jeff Landry supported the decision to resume executions, underscoring the state's commitment to delivering justice to crime victims after the long delay.
Wessinger was not among the first batch of prisoners to have their executions scheduled. Three condemned inmates: Christopher Sepulvado, Jessie Hoffman Jr. and Larry Roy received confirmed execution dates of March 17, March 18 and March 19, 2025, but currently, only Hoffman is left awaiting his scheduled execution as Sepulvado died of natural causes weeks before the execution while Roy's death warrant was cancelled due to his appeals were left unresolved.
As of 2025, Todd Wessinger remains on death row at the Louisiana State Penitentiary.
See also
Capital punishment in Louisiana
List of death row inmates in Louisiana
List of people scheduled to be executed in the United States
References
1967 births
Living people
1995 murders in the United States
20th-century American criminals
American male criminals
American people convicted of murder
American prisoners sentenced to death
People convicted of murder by Louisiana
Prisoners sentenced to death by Louisiana
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riddick%20Bowe%20vs.%20Pierre%20Coetzer
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Riddick Bowe vs. Pierre Coetzer
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Riddick Bowe vs. Pierre Coetzer was a professional boxing match contested on July 18, 1992.
Background
24–year old Riddick Bowe, having amassed a 28–0 record, had risen to become a top contender in the heavyweight division and was in negotiations in early 1992 to face undisputed heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield after Holyfield's planned next opponent Mike Tyson was convicted of rape and sent to prison in March, forcing Holyfield to seek a new opponent. Holyfield's manager Shelly Finkel had offered Bowe around $7,000,000 to challenge Holyfield, but fight fell through for the time being when Bowe's manager Rock Newman requested more money for Bowe, leading to Holyfield facing ageing former heavyweight champion Larry Holmes instead.
Bowe would win his next two fights against unheralded opponents to bring his record up to 30–0 before a deal was reached in May that would see Bowe meet Pierre Coetzer, the WBA's number-one ranked heavyweight contender, in an eliminator bout set for July 18, 1992. The winner would then meet Holyfield that fall provided he get past Holmes in June. Holyfield would defeat Holmes by unanimous decision, officially setting up a title fight between himself and either Bowe or Coetzer.
As Coetzer was largely unknown in the United States and Bowe was still an up-and-comer in the heavyweight division, HBO sports head Seth Abraham paired the Bowe–Coetzer fight with an IBF junior welterweight title fight between champion Rafael Pineda and challenger Pernell Whitaker. Though the Bowe–Coetzer fight was the featured bout, the Pineda–Whitaker fight was given the main event slot on the basis of it being a championship fight.
The fights
Bowe vs. Coetzer
The fight was a slugfest as both fighters landed big punches and traded heavy blows throughout the fight. Though Coetzer was a game opponent and absorbed a lot of punishment, Bowe got the better of most of their exchanges, opening cuts below both of Coetzer's eyes and badly bruising his face.
By the seventh round, Bowe had built up a lead on all three scorecards, winning 58–55 on two of them and holding a narrow 57–56 lead on the third. The two fighters continued to land punches on one another before the fight ended suddenly and with controversy during the waning seconds of the seventh round. With the two fighters fighting in close quarters, Bowe landed a right-handed low blow which caused Coetzer to turn away with his hands down in anticipation that referee Mills Lane would step in and penalize Bowe for the infraction as he had the previous round, however, Lane would not step, leaving Coetzer defenseless as Bowe scored consecutive blows that sent Coetzer crashing into the ropes. As Coetzer was slumped against the ropes, Bowe landed several more blows before Lane stepped in an ended the fight with a single second remaining in the round.
Pineda vs. Whitaker
The main event saw Rafael Pineda make the 2nd defence of his IBF light welterweight title against No. 1 contender and former undisputed lightweight champion Pernell Whitaker.
Whitaker was a 6-1 on favorite to win.
The fight
Pineda had points deducted in round 6 and 8 for low blows. Whitaker would score a knockdown in round 8 with a right hook to the body.
Whitaker would defeat Pineda by wide unanimous decision, with two scores of 117–108 and one of 116–109.
Whitaker landed 321 of 787 total punches (40.8%), while Pineda connected on 206 of 700 (29.4%)
Fight card
Confirmed bouts:
Broadcasting
References
1992 in boxing
1992 in sports in Nevada
July 1992 sports events in the United States
Boxing matches at The Mirage
Coetzer
Boxing matches refereed by Mills Lane
Boxing on HBO
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke%20Dennison
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Luke Dennison
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Luke Dennison (born August 21, 1996) is an American professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for League of Ireland Premier Division club Drogheda United.
Early life
Dennison was born on August 21, 1996 in California, United States. The son of Irish parents Paul Dennison and Fiona Convery, he attended Pinole Valley High School in the United States the California State University, Chico in the United States, where he studied public relations and marketing.
Club career
Dennison started his career with American side San Francisco Glens in 2018 and trialed with Irish side Shamrock Rovers in 2019. The same year, he signed for Irish side Longford Town, but did not make a league appearance as the club achieved promotion from the League of Ireland First Division to the League of Ireland Premier Division. In 2021, he signed for First Division side Galway United on loan before returning to Longford Town in 2022. Ahead of the 2023 season, he signed for Premier Division side Bohemians. Subsequently, he signed for fellow Premier Division side Drogheda United in 2024, helping the club win the 2024 FAI Cup.
Career statistics
Honours
Bohemians
Leinster Senior Cup (1): 2022–23
Drogheda United
FAI Cup (1): 2024
References
External links
1996 births
Living people
American people of Irish descent
American men's soccer players
American expatriate men's soccer players
American expatriate sportspeople in Ireland
21st-century American sportsmen
Men's association football goalkeepers
Expatriate association footballers in the Republic of Ireland
Bohemian F.C. players
Drogheda United F.C. players
Galway United F.C. players
Longford Town F.C. players
San Francisco Glens players
League of Ireland players
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pongseng%20Marak
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Pongseng Marak
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Pongseng Marak (born 1985) is an Indian politician from Meghalaya. He is an MLA from Bajengdoba Assembly constituency, which is reserved for Scheduled Tribe community, in North Garo Hills district. He won the 2023 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election representing the National People's Party.
Early life and education
Marak is from Bakenang Nalsa, Bajengdoba post, North Garo Hills district, Meghalaya. He is the son of Projendro Momin. He married Arek Marak. He completed his graduation in arts in 2007 at Tura Government College, Tura, which is affiliated with North Eastern Hill University.
Career
Marak won from Bajengdoba Assembly constituency representing the National People's Party in the 2023 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election. He polled 9,900 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Brigady Napak Marak of the Indian National Congress, by a margin of 2,316 votes. He first became an MLA winning the 2018 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election. In 2018, he polled 11,648 votes and defeated the then sitting MLA, Brigady Napak Marak of Congress, by a margin of 1,964 votes.
References
1985 births
Living people
National People's Party (India) politicians
People from North Garo Hills district
Meghalaya MLAs 2018–2023
Meghalaya MLAs 2023–2028
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20awards%20and%20nominations%20received%20by%20Rema
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List of awards and nominations received by Rema
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Nigerian singer-songwriter Rema has received numerous awards and honorary accolades.
Awards and nominations
References
Lists of awards received by Nigerian musician
Nigerian music-related lists
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little%20Sir%20Nicholas%20%281990%20TV%20series%29
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Little Sir Nicholas (1990 TV series)
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Little Sir Nicholas is a 1990 directed by David Benedictus and starring Rachel Gurney, Bernice Stegers and Jonathan Norris.this Series Based on the novel by CA Jones, Little Sir Nicholas is a story set in the Victorian era about heritage, identity and family rivalries
plot
The story follows young Nicholas Tremaine, the heir to the wealthy Tremaine family estate. When Nicholas, along with his parents, Sir Walter and Lady Tremaine, are presumed lost at sea after their ship sinks in a storm, the family believes they have perished. However, unbeknownst to them, Nicholas survives the shipwreck and is washed ashore in a small fishing village in France, where he is taken in and raised by a kind French family.
Years later, back in England, the Tremaine estate is left without a clear heir. Nicholas's grandmother, Lady Tremaine, is determined to find a legitimate successor to preserve the family legacy. Meanwhile, Joanna Tremaine, the ambitious mother of Gerald—a boy who has been raised as the temporary heir—wants to secure the inheritance for her son. When Nicholas is eventually discovered alive and brought back to England, his return threatens Gerald’s position, sparking tension and conflict within the family. Lady Tremaine warmly welcomes Nicholas and seeks to restore his rightful place as "Little Sir Nicholas," but Joanna Tremaine schemes to undermine him, creating a dramatic struggle over the inheritance.
Cast
Rachel Gurney as Lady Tremaine
Bernice Stegers as Mrs. Tremaine (Joanna Tremaine)
Jonathan Norris as Gerald Tremaine
Louisa Milwood-Haigh as Margaret Tremaine
Christopher Villiers as William Randle
Jack Watson as Robinson
David Rickard as Joe Snell
Max Beazley as Sir Nicholas Tremaine
Catherine Shipton as Dulcie
Julian Paull as Tom Austen
Julian Fellowes as Apted
James Ellis as Penfold
Paddy Ward as Baker
Jenny McCracken as Mere Annette
Veronica Clifford as Mrs. Snell
Philip Whitchurch as Bootle
Olivia Gillan as Lucie
Emma Hunt as Peggy Austen
Noel Johnson as Sir Nicholas Tremaine
Barry Jackson as Nolan
Jacki Webb as Shop proprietress
Roger Adamson as Fisherman
James March as Capt. Tremaine
Chrissy Monk as Elizabeth
References
External links
Little sir nicholas on tvmaze
British English-language television shows
BBC children's television shows
1990 British television series debuts
1990 British television series endings
British children's television series
1990s British children's television series
1990s British television miniseries
British television shows based on children's books
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feast%20of%20Saint%20Agatha
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The Feast of Saint Agatha is an annual liturgical commemoration of Saint Agatha of Sicily (c. 231 – c. 251 AD), a Christian virgin martyr, celebrated on February 5 in the Roman Catholic Church and other Christian traditions. Rooted in the Roman Rite, the feast features a Mass and Divine Office enriched with Gregorian chant, honoring Agatha’s martyrdom under the Decian persecution and her enduring legacy as a protector against fire, earthquakes, and bodily afflictions. One of the seven women named in the Canon of the Mass, her feast has evolved from early Christian veneration into a major cultural and religious event, particularly in Catania, Sicily, where it ranks among the world’s largest religious festivals.
Historical Background
Saint Agatha, born in Catania or Palermo, Sicily, suffered martyrdom around 251 AD during Emperor Decius’ persecution of Christians (250–253). According to her Passio (5th–6th century), she rejected the advances of Roman prefect Quintianus, who tortured her by excising her breasts before her execution. Miraculously healed by Saint Peter in a vision, she died in prison, cementing her status as a symbol of purity and resilience. Her cult emerged soon after, with evidence of veneration in the Martyrologium Hieronymianum (c. 450) and the Carthaginian Synaxarion (c. 530). By the 6th century, Pope Symmachus (r. 498–514) dedicated a basilica to her in Rome, reflecting her widespread fame.
Agatha’s intercessory power grew through reported miracles, notably halting Mount Etna’s eruptions (e.g., in 252 AD, a year after her death, when her veil was said to stop lava). This protective role fueled her popularity across the Mediterranean, from Sicily to Constantinople, where Byzantine Empress Zoe (11th century) sought her relics. Her inclusion in the Roman Canon alongside saints like Lucy and Cecilia underscores her prominence in early Christianity.
The feast’s liturgical shape took form as Gregorian chant developed under Pope Gregory I (r. 590–604) and Carolingian reforms (8th–9th centuries), integrating her story into the Roman Rite’s sanctoral cycle.
Her cult spread widely by the 6th century, evidenced by her inclusion in the Martyrologium Hieronymianum and the Carthaginian Synaxarion (c. 530). The development of Gregorian chant, traditionally attributed to Pope Gregory I (r. 590–604), standardized the music of the Roman Rite, including Masses for saints like Agatha. Already a small Catholic chapel in her honour existed in Rome; but a larger church was held there by the still numerous Arian Goths, under the same patronage. Now, it was Gregory who annexed to the papal patrimony Saint Agatha of the Goths, made the solemn dedication (around 591-592), and inserted the name of the martyr in the Roman canon. On the other hand, the very particular warmth of the liturgical chants in honour of Saint Agatha struck the musicians, and the introit was supposed, with great probability, to be the Latin adaptation of a Greek troparion, borrowed perhaps from a liturgy of Sicily.
By the late 8th and 9th centuries, under Carolingian influence, her feast day liturgy was formalized with chants preserved in medieval manuscripts like the Graduale Romanum. Sicily’s Norman rulers (11th–12th centuries) further amplified her cult, blending Latin and local traditions.
The 1570 Missale Romanum standardized her Mass, preserved until 1969. Vatican II simplified the liturgy, but Catania resisted, retaining elaborate traditions for Saint Agatha.
Liturgical Office
The Feast of Saint Agatha comprises the Mass and Divine Office (Liturgy of the Hours), traditionally celebrated with Gregorian chant in the Roman Rite). It has been suggested that this ordinary may have been an adaptation to the papal ritual of the Arian liturgy of Saint Agatha of the Goths.
Mass of Saint Agatha
The Mass Proper for February 5 includes:
Introit: Gaudeamus omnes (Mode I, Dorian) – "Let us all rejoice in the Lord, celebrating a feast day in honor of the blessed Agatha..." Its bright tritone (F–B♮, often flattened to B♭) evokes triumph. Gradually its melody become a popular and its use was extended to other celebrations, and in the 11th century the identical introit with only the saint's name changing was part of the liturgy of at least seven other different memorials of saints and feasts of Mary. (St. Benedict on July 11 ; Assumption of the Virgin Mary on August 15 (optional alternative); Solemnity and feasts of the Blessed Virgin Mary (ad libitum); and All Saints November 1). Gaudeamus influenced an even large group of introits in the first mode with a characteristic incipit: a leap of a fifth from the final D to the dominant A to then settle on B flat and again on A. This figure is found for example in the introits Rorate, Factus est Dominus, Inclina Domine, Statuit ei Dominus, Suscepimus Deus, Justus est; in the offertories Jubilate, Confitebor; in the communio Amen dico vobis; in the antiphon Ave Maria.
Gradual: Adjuvabit (Mode V, Lydian) – "Grace is poured abroad in thy lips..." (Psalm 44:3), a reflective chant on her sanctity. The gradual response is, with some Roman formulas, quite extraordinary in the range of the melodic movements and the use of absolutely special formulas which evoke the liturgical origin in Constantinople of this ordinary received from the Arian Goths.
Tract: Qui seminant in lacrimis (Mode VIII, Hypomixolydian) – "Who sows in tears..." is the first feast of the liturgical year in which the tract replaces the Alleluia, as the liturgy goes from Septuagesima to Lent.
Offertory: Afferentur regi (Mode I, Dorian) – "The daughters of kings..." (Psalm 44:15) honors her witness and is borrowed from the feast of Saint Agnes.
Communion: Qui me dignatus est (Mode VI, Hypolydian) – "He who deigned to heal me..." recalls her healing miracle.
The Ordinary (e.g., Kyrie, Gloria) varies by custom, often from simpler Kyriale settings like Missa XI (Orbis Factor).
Divine Office of Saint Agatha
The Office, sung in monasteries and cathedrals, features:
Antiphons: Drawn from her Passio, e.g., "Agatha virgo gloriosa" ("Agatha, glorious virgin"), typically in Mode VII (Mixolydian) for a regal tone. An older antiphon for the Magnificat “Mentem sanctam, spontaneam, honorem Deo, et patriae liberationem.” was removed from the Roman Breviary in the Tridentine reform, which also no long mentions the plaque or the angel which buried Agatha according to Jacques de Voragine's Golden Legend formerly included in the Matins lessons; this narrative and antiphon was retained, however, by the Dominicans and Cistercians. The motive for this change may have been that the story itself was thought to be unlikely, and it is certainly true that the acts of Saint Agatha are not considered to be historically reliable; or it may have been simply because it is a grammatical fragment. The Antiphon of the Benedictus recalls how Saint Agatha repeatedly delivered the city of Catania where she was martyred from the dangers posed by the eruption of Mount Etna, a fact to which the Golden Legend also refers. "The multitude of pagans, fleeing to the to the virgin’s grave, and took her veil against the fire; that the Lord might prove that he delivered them from the dangers of the fire by the merits of the blessed Agatha, His Martyr."
Hymns: Jesu corona virginum ("Jesus, crown of virgins"), adapted for Agatha, sung in Mode VIII, celebrates her virginity.
Responsories: "Ego sum ancilla Christi" ("I am the handmaid of Christ"), in Mode IV (Hypophrygian), echoes her defiance of Quintianus.
Readings: Excerpts from her legend, paired with Psalm 45 ("God is our refuge"), emphasize divine protection.
These chants, preserved in manuscripts like the Antiphonale Missarum and Graduale Romanum (11th century), reflect Carolingian standardization, using just intonation for a pure, modal sound.
Celebration
Sant'Agata de' Goti, Rome
The patronal feast is still celebrated annually in the church of Sant'Agata de' Goti in Rome under the presidence of its titular cardinal Raymond L. Burke.
Catania, Sicily
In Catania, Agatha’s hometown, the feast spans February 3–5, attracting over a million participants annually, rivaling Venice’s Carnevale in scale. It was described in detail by Bayard Taylor after his trip to Sicily in the 1850s. Key rituals include:
Procession: A silver reliquary bust of Agatha, containing her relics, is paraded on a 40,000-pound fercolo (float), pulled by devotees in white sacco robes. The route covers Via Etnea and sites tied to her martyrdom (e.g., the Cathedral of Saint Agatha, built 1070–1093).
Candles: Massive candelore (candle towers), weighing up to 2,000 pounds, are carried by guilds, symbolizing her light against darkness.
Fireworks and Music: Nightly displays honor her protection from Etna, with folk songs supplementing the Mass’s chants.
Relics: Her veil, arms, and breast relics are venerated, linking the liturgy to tangible history.
The Mass, once fully Gregorian, now blends chant with Sicilian hymns like O Virginedda bedda in the Novus Ordo, though traditionalists maintain the Tridentine form.
San Marino
The commemoration of Saint Agatha is also a bank holiday in the Repbublic of San Marino where she is honored as co-patroness of the Republic after the country was liberated from foreign rule on her feast day in 1740.
Global Observance
Beyond Sicily, the feast is quieter. Since Vatican II, the feast of Saint Agatha has become an optional memorial, often in vernacular. Agatha appears in some other Christian calendars (e.g., February 18 in Byzantine Rite), with adapted offices but no unified chant tradition. In Malta and Spain, her protection against fire inspires smaller feasts, while her patronage of breast cancer patients resonates globally.
References
Sources
Hiley, David (1993). Western Plainchant: A Handbook. Oxford University Press.
Kirsch, Johann Peter (1912). "St. Agatha." Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
Graduale Romanum (1974). Solesmes: Abbaye Saint-Pierre.
Russo, Gaetano (2001). La Festa di Sant’Agata a Catania. Catania: Edizioni Greco.
See also
Saint Agatha of Sicily
Gregorian chant
Festival of Saint Agatha (Catania)
Agatha
Culture of Sicily
Catania
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Valley Farm, East Bergholt
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Valley Farm, East Bergholt is a farmhouse in Flatford, Suffolk. The building is a Grade 1 listed building parts of which date back to the 15th century.
Architecture
It has a late fifteenth century open hall with some fourteenth century elements incorporated in a cross wing.
References
Grade I listed buildings in Suffolk
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidelaxia%20falciformis
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Epidelaxia falciformis
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Epidelaxia falciformis is a species of spider belonging to the genus Epidelaxia. It was described from the state of Kerala in India. The species name refers to the sickle shaped embolus tip of this spider.
References
Salticidae
Spiders described in 2025
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025%20California%20Golden%20Bears%20baseball%20team
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2025 California Golden Bears baseball team
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The 2025 California Golden Bears baseball team represents the University of California, Berkeley in the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Golden Bears play their home games at Evans Diamond. This is their first season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They are led by head coach Mike Neu, in his 8th season at Cal.
Previous season
The 2024 California Golden Bears baseball team posted a 36-19 (17–13) season record. The Bears swept No. 5 Oregon State at home, and finished the regular season by winning 8 of their last 9 games. The Bears also made it to the semi-finals in the 2024 Pac-12 Conference baseball tournament, but did not earn a berth into the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
Preseason
Coaches poll
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Offseason
2024 MLB Draft
Game log
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California Golden Bears baseball seasons
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023%20Caribbean%20Baseball%20Cup
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2023 Caribbean Baseball Cup
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The 2023 Caribbean Baseball Cup was the fourth edition of the Caribbean Baseball Cup, an international baseball tournament organized the Caribbean Baseball Confederation (COCABE), a division of WBSC Americas. The championship was held from 2 to 8 October 2023 in Puerto Rico and was contested in a round-robin format between four national teams: hosts Puerto Rico, Cuba, Curaçao and the United States Virgin Islands.
The schedule initially included six games per team; however, due to heavy rains, only four games per team were played. All games were played over seven innings instead of the usual nine.
Cuba won the championship undefeated with a 4–0 record. Curaçao and Puerto Rico both finished with a 2–2 record, but since Curaçao defeated Puerto Rico 3–0, they secured the silver medal, while Puerto Rico settled for bronze. The U.S. Virgin Islands lost all their games, finishing fourth with a 0–4 record.
Venues
Round robin
Results
Statistical leaders
Batting
Source: COCABE
Pitching
Source: COCABE
References
External links
WBSC Americas - V Caribbean Baseball Cup 2023 - V Copa del Caribe de Béisbol 2023
Caribbean Baseball Cup
Caribbean Baseball Cup
Caribbean Baseball Cup
International sports competitions hosted by Puerto Rico
Caribbean Baseball Cup
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyothi%20Rai
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Jyothi Rai
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Jyothi Rai is an Indian actress known for her work in Kannada/Telugu television serials and films. She was born in Madikeri, Karnataka, India
Career
Jyothi Rai gained recognition for her performances in various Kannada and Telugu television serials and films. She has also appeared in Kannada films. She made her acting debut in Kannada Soap, Jogula, which gave her recognition, following with another soap Kinnari and Mooru Gantu, also she made her first debut in Telugu Soap called Guppedantha Manasu, where she acted in the role called Jagati.
Filmography
Television
Films
References
Living people
21st-century Indian actresses
Actresses in Kannada television
Actresses in Telugu television
Actresses in Kannada cinema
Actresses in Telugu cinema
External Links
Tulu actresses
People from Karnataka
Indian television actresses
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2cDM%20model%20of%20dark%20matter
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2cDM model of dark matter
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The 2cDM model, or two-component dark matter model, is a theoretical framework in cosmology that proposes the existence of two different types of dark matter components. Unlike the standard cold dark matter (CDM) model, which assumes a single type of dark matter particle, the 2cDM model suggests that dark matter may consist of two distinct particle species, each with its own properties and interactions.
Features of the 2cDM model
Two components
The model posits that dark matter is made up of two different types of particles, which may have different masses, interactions, and other properties. This allows for a more complex and potentially richer structure of dark matter in the universe.
The two components used can differ depending on the approach. One example of a two-component dark matter model uses a neutral fermion (a particle similar to a neutrino but much heavier)and a real singlet scalar (a particle that interacts with the Higgs boson)
In this model, the scalar particle interacts with ordinary matter through the Higgs boson, while the fermion particle only interacts with the scalar.
Some other two-component theories have proposed the use of two scalar fields to model dark matter.
Motivation
The 2cDM model is motivated by the need to address certain discrepancies and challenges in cosmology and astrophysics that cannot be fully explained by the Standard CBM model. For instance, it may help in explaining the distribution of dark matter in small-scale structures, such as galaxies and galaxy clusters.
Interactions
The two components in the 2cDM model might interact with each other or with ordinary matter in different ways. These interactions can influence the formation and evolution of cosmic structures.
Flexibility
By allowing for two types of dark matter, the model provides greater flexibility in fitting observational data, such as the cosmic microwave background radiation, galaxy rotation curves, and large-scale structure of the universe.
References
Astrophysics
Dark matter
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidelaxia%20palustris
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Epidelaxia palustris
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Epidelaxia palustris is a species of spider belonging to the genus Epidelaxia. It was described from a specimen collected from the Myristica swamps of Kerala in India. The species phrase palus was derived from the Latin name for swamp, the habitat type from where this spider was first collected.
References
Salticidae
Fauna of India
Spiders described in 2025
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipoota
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Lipoota
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Lipoota was a Luganda weekly newspaper published by Lipoota Publications between 1993 and 1997.
The newspaper paper was founded by Tamale Mirundi who served as its editor-in-chief for all the time it was in publication. The paper was known for investigative journalism
See also
List of newspapers in Uganda
Tamale Mirundi
References
External links
Africa Newspaper Union List
Mass media in Kampala
1993 establishments
1993 establishments in Uganda
Newspapers established in 1993
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Fox%20%28yoga%20teacher%29
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Paul Fox (yoga teacher)
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Paul Fox is a British yoga teacher. He became chair of the British Wheel of Yoga, and then chief executive officer of the Yoga in Healthcare Alliance. He was responsible for enabling National Health Service doctors to prescribe yoga in lieu of medicines.
Life
Career
Fox decided to practise yoga in 1995. To find out more he trained as a teacher with the British Wheel of Yoga. He gained the British Wheel of Yoga's teaching diploma in 1999. He earned the two-year Ashtanga Yoga teaching diploma in 2006, and Yoga Sports Science's yoga sports coach diploma in 2011.
He holds a postgraduate certificate in education, and worked for some time as a yoga teacher trainer. He has taught yoga to Taunton Town football club and Cambridge United football club. He became chair of British Wheel of Yoga Qualifications, recognised by the government regulator Ofqual as Britain's awarding body for yoga. He helped to found the Yoga in Healthcare Alliance, and became its chief executive officer.
Regulation of yoga teaching
In 2016, Fox, while chair of the British Wheel of Yoga, ran a one-year consultation on the regulation of yoga teaching and the introduction of national occupational standards. Fox stated that there was an issue with poor or dangerous yoga teaching, which risked causing injuries to pupils. He added that at the first meeting to discuss the proposals, the mood among yoga teacher trainers was "rather un-yogic". in his view, given that there was no governing body for yoga, anyone could "call themselves a yoga teacher". Genevieve Roberts, writing in The i Paper, noted that Fox had said the minimum benchmark of competence and knowledge for yoga teachers" would not be compulsory. She stated that the proposals had "angered many yogis, upset at the idea of benchmarking the ancient spriritual practice". She questioned whether it was possible to "benchmark spirituality". The yoga author Matthew Remski wrote in The Guardian that Fox's statements about yoga's benefits "via expert instruction" and injury from poor instruction sounded "reasonable" but were based on "thin" evidence. In Remski's view, practitioners should trust their instincts and those of other practitioners, rather than rely on bureaucratic rules.
Dispute with British Wheel of Yoga
In 2018, Fox resigned from his position in the British Wheel of Yoga (as did his deputy, Shelagh Mackenzie) following "repeated clashes" with the body's national executive committee. Fox cited the committee's desire to relax yoga teacher qualifications, especially at the highest grade, called Level 4 qualifications. He further stated that the committee held "illegal meetings" to which he and Mackenzie were not invited.
Fox was "expelled" from the British Wheel of Yoga in 2022 after what he states was a "four-and-a-half-year complaints process". A motion to expel him, put to the National Executive Committee in 2019, was defeated but the process continued. The dispute concerned Fox's signing an agreement between the British Wheel of Yoga and the National Health Service to hold an award of £250,000 given to the Yoga in Healthcare Alliance for a "yoga social prescribing pathway" for NHS doctors to provide to patients in lieu of medicines. Fox became a project manager at the Yoga in Healthcare Alliance four months later.
On 30 January 2024, the British Wheel of Yoga issued a statement to its members explaining that it had decided to expel Fox from its membership, and giving reasons. On 2 February 2024, Fox replied that every claim in that statement was "either wholly or partially inaccurate." In particular, Fox stated that the claim of "financial impropriety during his time as Chair" was false, "defamatory and libellous", and that the "governance consultant’s review" of the matter made no mention of financial impropriety. Fox denied that the consultant carried out a "thorough investigation", stating that the consultant was only given "selected documents", omitting "critical information" that would have given a different picture of events. Fox also denied that he was given an opportunity to participate; he replied that the investigation was "secret" and he was only informed when it had finished. Further, he doubted that the Charity Commission had as claimed "approved" the outcome. The vice-chair of the British Wheel of Yoga, Gillian Osborne, handled the complaints against Fox. She stated that the British Wheel of Yoga hired a solicitor, who "found that none of the complaints could be upheld and this was accordingly communicated to Mr Fox." Osborne stated that her experience of the British Wheel of Yoga's National Executive Committee was that its "governance falls significantly below acceptable standards", and for that reason she was "no longer a member" of the British Wheel of Yoga.
In May 2024, a motion calling for an independent mediator to review Fox's "expulsion" resulted in a 58.5% majority, falling short of the 75% needed to achieve the desired action. The CEO recognised that the result could be "disappointing for some members of our community".
The yoga teacher trainer Theo Wildcroft commented that Fox had "gambled his position on a whole raft of reforms he wanted to make at the [British] Wheel [of Yoga]".
A founder of the Brighton Yoga Festival, Davy Jones, explaining his resignation from the British Wheel of Yoga, described its decisions as "disgraceful", both for expelling Fox and for ignoring the majority vote at the annual general meeting, and called the conduct of the review "deeply flawed".
Books
2016 Yoga Quest. Amazon Self Publishing Partnership. ASIN 1785450956.
2022 (with Heather Mason) Yoga on Prescription: The Yoga4Health Social Prescribing Protocol. Jessica Kingsley Publishers. ISBN 978-1787759756.
References
Yoga teachers
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9E%C3%B3runn%20%C3%9E%C3%B3r%C3%B0ard%C3%B3ttir%20HF%20300
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Þórunn Þórðardóttir HF 300
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Þórunn Þórðardóttir HF 300 is the research vessel belonging to the Marine and Freshwater Research Institute in Iceland. It replaces Bjarni Sæmundsson HF 30 which served as their marine research vessel from 1970 until 2025.
The ship was built in Spain and was launched in January 2024. It underwent navigation and equipment tests in November 2024.
The ship was named after Þórunn Þórðardóttir, who was a marine biologist who pioneered research on planktonic algae and primary production in the seas around Iceland.
The ship is 69.80 meters long and 13.20 meters wide.
References
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microtonic
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Microtonic
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Microtonic is the third studio album by British band Bdrmm, released on 28 February 2025 through Rock Action Records. Like its predecessor I Don't Know it was produced by Alex Greaves and received positive reviews from critics.
In it the band departed from their previous shoegaze sound to focus more on electronic music.
Track listing
References
2025 albums
Bdrmm albums
Rock Action Records albums
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamunye
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Kamunye
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Kamunye is a local newspaper in Uganda that was first issued in 2006. Kamunye is a Luganda language word that can be used to mean a bird (kite), local herbs or a passenger taxi.
History
It is a sister paper to The Red Pepper, a tabloid in Uganda, and it has 74 bound volumes.
This paper has been closed on two occasions, with the first one happening during the Buganda riots in 2009. In this case, the Scene of crime law was massively applied and this led to the closure Daily Monitor and its sister radio stations, KFM and Dembe FM, plus Red Pepper and sister publications Hello and Kamunye.
In 2017, The Red Pepper was closed down in November alongside Kamunye. Their directors and editors were jailed after publishing a story alleging that President Museveni was training Rwanda rebels to topple the government of President Kagame. The president of Uganda later on gave a directive for them to be reopened after 3 months following a meeting with them at state house in Uganda.
References
Newspapers
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kishor%20Kawathe
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Kishor Kawathe
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Kishor Namdeo Kawathe (born on December 9, 1978) his birth place is Wirur station village. He is Marathi poet, columnist, short story writer. February 2024, he presided over the first Youth Literary Conference organized by Gondwana University Gadchiroli. He is a good narrator and lecturer. He has a grasp on rural literature and thought. He has held the post of president of Kavi Samelan of Sahitya Movement of various thoughts.
Kishor Kawathe poetry anthologies such as Pasarat geleli Shaai (पसरत गेलेली शाई), Gavsukt (गावसूक्त), Dagan (दगान), Veerani (विराणी) spread widelyare famous. He has edited the Abhang book Aisa Chetala Abhang (ऐसा चेतला अभंग). Although Disha Andharalya Jari (दिशा अंधारल्या जरी) is famous for this Lalitsangraha.
Writings
Collections of poems
Pasarat geleli Shaai (पसरत गेलेली शाई)
Gavsukt (गावसूक्त)
Dagan (दगान)
Veerani (विराणी)
Edited collections of poems
Aisa Chetala Abhang (ऐसा चेतला अभंग)
Collections of lalit sangraha
Disha Andharalya Jari (दिशा अंधारल्या जरी)
See also
Marathi Language Day
List of Indian writers
References
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlsruhe%20West%20station
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Karlsruhe West station
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Karlsruhe West station is a railway station in the Grünwinkel district in the municipality of Karlsruhe, located in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
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Karlsruhe West
Buildings and structures in Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe Stadtbahn stations
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus%20Marterbauer
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Markus Marterbauer
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Markus Marterbauer (born 26 February 1965) is an Austrian economist who has been nominated to serve as minister of finance in the government of Christian Stocker. He is the vice president of the Fiskalrat and has served as head of economics and statistics at AK Vienna since 2011. He worked as an economic consultant at the Austrian Institute of Economic Research from 1994 to 2011, and previously worked as an assistant at the Vienna University of Economics and Business.
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1965 births
Living people
Academic staff of the Vienna University of Economics and Business
20th-century Austrian economists
21st-century Austrian economists
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popeye%27s%20Revenge
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Popeye's Revenge
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Popeye’s Revenge is a 2025 British slasher revenge horror film written by Harry Boxley and E.C. Segar directed by William Stead. It stars Steven Murphy, Emily Mogilner, Connor Powles, Danielle Ronald and Bruno Cryan. When the character became public domain in the United States horror retelling spun like Shiver Me Timbers and ''Popeye the Slayer Man.
Synopsis
Popeye haunt a group of counselor as they tring to open a summer camp in Popeye's area.
Cast
Steven Murphy as Popeye
Emily Mogilner as Tara
Connor Powles as Dylan
Danielle Ronald as Donna
Bruno Cryan as Nick
Atlanta Moreno as Sky
Karolina Ugrenyuk as Kathy
Fyn Phoenixx as Max (Beanie)
Kyle Jordan as Alan
Eva Ray as Cherry
Danielle Scott as Mia
Amanda Jane York as Lora
Oliver Mason as George
Kathi DeCouto as Jane
Paul Frost as Fisherman
Kelly Rian Sanson as Olive Oyl
Max Arlott as Body on boat
Release
The film was released theatrically in France on February 12, 2025, and was released at the United States in VOD on February 13, 2025, and released in Prime Video on February 19, 2025, under ITN Studios.
Reception
Jeff Ewing of Collider gave the film a rating of 3 out of 10 and wrote; The performances are inconsistent almost across the board, and the sound mix makes certain lines difficult to understand.
Greg Archer of Movie Web gave the film a 1 over 5 rating and he said; The violence and kills should definitely please gore-hounds and horror fans, Unfortunately awful acting, and incredibly amateurish direction.
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2020s slasher films
English-language independent films
Films based on adaptations
Horror films based on children's franchises
2025 horror films
2025 independent films
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Pyotr Averyanov
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Pyotr Ivanovich Averyanov (; 5 October 1867 – 13 October 1937) was a Russian general who served as the chief of staff of the general headquarters (stavka) of the Imperial Russian Army from August 1916 to May 1917.
Biography
He entered the service in October 1885. In 1888 he graduated from the Nikolayev Engineering School. He was promoted to second lieutenant to the 1st Caucasian Engineer Battalion. In 1894 he graduated from the Nikolayev Academy of the General Staff as staff captain. He was stationed at the Petersburg Military District. From 1894 to 1898 he was Chief officer for assignments at the headquarters of the Caucasian Military District. In 1897 he was on a foreign mission, mostly at the Russian embassy in Turkey. In 1898-1900 he was chief officer for special assignments to the Commander of the Caucasus Military District. In 1898-1899 he served as censor of a company in the 4th Caucasus combat battalion. In 1900-1901 he served Staff officer for special assignments to the Commander of the Caucasus Military District. In 1901 to 1905 he served as secretary of the Russian Consulate General in Erzurum. In 1905-1906 he served as Chief of Staff of the Libau Fortress and from June 1906 to April 1908 he was clerk of the Main Directorate of the intelligence department of the General Staff. From April 1908 to June 1910 he was commander of the 16th Mingrelian Grenadier Regiment of the Caucasus Grenadier Division. In 1908 he travelled to Erzincan, collecting valuable information about the state of the Military of the Ottoman Empire, the mood among officers, and the policy of the Turkish government towards the Christian population of Asia Minor. From June 1910 to March 1914 he was the chief Quartermaster of the GUGSh. From March 1914 he was Chief of Staff of the Irkutsk Military District.
World War I
From November 1914 he was the acting Chief of the Mobilization Department of the Main Directorate of the General Staff. From August 1916 for the duration of the war, acting Chief of the General Staff. He organized a loan for Serbia in the amount of 60 million gold rubles. On 2nd of April 1917, during the purge of the apparatus of the Ministry of War, he was confirmed in the position, but on 15th of May that year he was transferred to the disposal of the Minister of War. From that date he became Chief of Supplies of the Caucasian Front. In 1917 he was appointed General Commissar and Governor-in-Chief of the Turkish regions occupied by Russian troops during the war.
Later life
On May 14, 1918, he was appointed Chief of Supplies of the Caucasian Front and Assistant to the Chief of the Caucasian Military District. In 1918-1920, he was at the disposal of the Commander-in-Chief of the Volunteer Army, then the Armed Forces of South Russia. For some time, he replaced the Assistant to the Chief of the Military Directorate of the Armed Forces of South Russia, General V. E. Vyazmitinov. After the evacuation of the Russian Army from Crimea in 1920, he left for Turkey, and from there to Yugoslavia (Kingdom of Serbia), served in the garrison of the Serbian Army in Velika Gradista as a garrison commander, later taught at the Military Academy of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, and retired in 1936. He died in Belgrade on October 13, 1937. He was buried at the New Cemetery. He published a number of essays.
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1867 births
1937 deaths
Imperial Russian lieutenant generals
Russian military personnel of World War I
People of the Russian Civil War
White Russian emigrants to Yugoslavia
Burials at Belgrade New Cemetery
Diplomats of the Russian Empire
Russian military attachés
Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class
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Recipients of the Order of Saint Stanislaus (Russian), 2nd class
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Explorers of Asia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LED%20controller
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LED controller
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An LED controller (short for light-emitting diode controller), also known as LED lighting controller, or simply referred to as LEDC, is an electronic device that operates an LED. Its basic functions are to regulate the current and voltage fed to the LED, as well as its light-emitting pattern, brightness and color. The device is different from an LED driver.
An LED controller, which has up to 16 channels, is a light controller equipped with an LED driver. The device has all the control capabilities of the generic LED driver with additional features including communication and temperature monitor.
LEDCs can be categorized into various types, such as Wi-Fi LED controllers, Bluetooth LED controllers, DALI and DMX LED controllers. The units can be used in the fields of automotive lighting, bicycle lighting, and residential lighting. The representative manufacturers of such devices include Analog Devices, MiBoxer, and Texas Instruments.
History
The LT3756, launched by Linear Technology in 2008, is one of the early LED controllers. In 2012, TI introduced the industry's first LEDC with constant power regulation.
In March 2014, Marvell Technology rolled out the 88EM8189, which is touted as the smart AC/DC LED controller that offers I²C control interface.
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American inventions
Consumer electronics
Light-emitting diodes
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehanna
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Mehanna
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Mehanna is a surname, and may refer to:
Hassan Mehanna (born 1997), Lebanese soccer player
Lary Mehanna (born 1983), Lebanese soccer goalkeeper
Magdi Mehanna (1956–2008), Egyptian journalist
Rashad Mehanna (1909–1996), Egyptian army officer
Tarek Mehanna, American pharmacist and convicted conspirator
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025%20GT%20America%20Series
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2025 GT America Series
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The 2025 GT America Series will be the fifth season of the SRO Motorsports Group's GT America Series, an auto racing series for grand tourer cars. The races will be contested with GT2-spec, GT3-spec and GT4-spec cars. The season begins on March 28th at Sonoma Raceway and ends on October 19th at Indianapolis.
Calendar
The initial calendar was revealed during the 2023 24 Hours of Spa featuring eight rounds.
Series news
Race lengths got extended from 40 minutes to 50 minutes, in order to give drivers more track time.
GT3 and GT2 classes now allow for two car driver lineups, and are split into Pro-Am and Am classes.
Entry list
References
External links
GT America Series
GT America Series
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barak%20bin%20Abdul%20Mohsen
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Barak bin Abdul Mohsen
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Barrak Abdul Mohsen Al-Sardah Al-Ubaidullah is the thirteenth prince of Bani Khalid Emirate and the last ruler. He was able to control the rule after the dispersal of Al-Urayir, but he fled after the arrival of the Wahhabi armies in front of the castles of Al-Ahsa. He was one of the leaders of The Ottoman Campaign 1797 that was recruited by Thuwaini bin Abdullah Al-Saadoun against Al Saud, but he regretted that participation after he saw Thuwaini heading towards Al-Urayir, his cousins. After Thuwaini was killed, he joined the Wahhabis, who appointed him governor of Al-Ahsa until the year 1210 AH/1796 AD. In the year 1212 AH/1798 AD, Barak was with the army of Saud Al-Kabir bin Abdul Aziz bin Muhammad Al Saud in his war against the Al-Jarba in the Samawah desert, and he was killed in that battle.
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1798 deaths
Year of birth unknown
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C6H10N2
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C6H10N2
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The molecular formula C6H10N2 (molar mass: 110.16 g/mol) may refer to:
2-Pyrrolylethylamine
3-Pyrrolylethylamine
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krish%2C%20Trish%20and%20Baltiboy
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Krish, Trish and Baltiboy
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Krish, Trish, and Baltiboy is an Indian animated series that aired since 2009 produced by Graphiti Multimedia. Created and Directed by Munjal Shroff and Tilak Raj Shetty of Graphiti Studios, the series aims to introduce audiences to various regional art forms, folk tales, and musical traditions. It was first aired in 2009 on Cartoon Network and later at Pogo in India. There are total 8 episodes in the first season of the series. In 2023, the animation was renewed for second season Krish, Trish & Baltiboy: Bharat Hain Hum.
Plot
The animation series explores the India's diverse cultural heritage through the narratives of three animal characters: Krish the monkey, Trish the cat, and Baltiboy the donkey. The series stands out for its unique approach to storytelling, blending traditional narratives with vibrant animation styles. Each episode showcases a different folk art form, such as Mughal miniatures, Madhubani, Warli, Pattachitra, and many other Indian arts had been adapted seamlessly into the animation.
The eight episodes of the animation series feature a total of 24 Indian folk tales with each presents three distinct stories. It showcased through the traditional Indian folk art styles and music, drew inspiration from various Indian regions like Rajasthan, Bengal, Bihar, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, and Kerala.
Dubbing artists
Main
Damandeep Singh Baggha/ Tarun Ratnani as Krish: He is a monkey who is always messing with Baltiboy and he makes everyone laugh with his humor.
Smita Malhotra as Trish: She is a cat who is well behaved, disciplined and the most intelligent character.
Baba Sehgal/ Deepak Chachra as Baltiboy: He is a donkey who is very slow but he’s not completely dumb. He is just a simple character.
Broadcast & Reception
The films have been broadcast on various platforms, including Cartoon Network India, and have been made available on home video formats. The series has been lauded for its innovative approach to storytelling, effectively blending traditional Indian art forms with contemporary animation to educate and entertain. Critics and audiences have praised its role in preserving and promoting India's rich cultural heritage, making it accessible to younger generations. The educational value of the series has been highlighted, with particular emphasis on its ability to introduce children to diverse regional art forms, music, and folklore.
Krish, Trish & Baltiboy 2 received a nomination at 21st Cairo International Film Festival for the category under Best Children's Animation Film in 2012.
Krish, Trish & Baltiboy: Bharat Hain Hum
On 15th August 2023, Graphiti Multimedia announced the second season of the series as Krish, Trish & Baltiboy: Bharat Hain Hum. It was jointly produced by Central Bureau of Communication, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and Graphiti Studios. In this series, the trio of Krish, Trish & Baltiboy relates the stirring history of The Freedom Struggle of India through real-life tales of courage and sacrifice of Indian Freedom Fighters of 1500s to 1947.
On 11th October 2023, Union Minister Anurag Singh Thakur launched the trailer of KTB- Bharat Hain Hum.
In November 2024, during the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting unveiled the second season of the animated series as Krish, Trish, and Baltiboy 2: Bharat Hain Hum. The event was graced by superstar Nagarjuna, who emphasized the importance of educating the younger generation about India's unsung heroes.
All episodes were aired at DD National and All India Radio. Later it were digitally streamed at Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Prasar Bharati's OTT platform, Waves available in 12 Indian languages and seven international languages, reaching audiences in over 150 countries.
In 2024, Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, praised Krish, Trish & Baltiboy: Bharat Hain Hum in his Mann Ki Baat programme. He said that:
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2009 Indian television series debuts
2000s animated television series
Indian comedy-drama television series
Indian children's animated comedy television series
Indian children's animated fantasy television series
Pogo (TV channel) original programming
2010s Indian television series
Television shows adapted into comics
Television shows adapted into films
Cartoon Network (Indian TV channel) original programming
Cartoon Network (Indian TV channel)
Lists of Indian television series
Cartoon Network-related lists
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna%20Sporrer
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Anna Sporrer
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Anna Sporrer (born 7 July 1962) is an Austrian jurist who has been serving as vice president of the Supreme Administrative Court since 2014. She has been nominated to serve as minister of justice in the government of Christian Stocker.
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1962 births
Living people
21st-century women judges
Austrian women judges
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanna%20Alchevska
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Hanna Alchevska
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Hanna Oleksiivna Alchevska (, married , Beketova) (1868, Kharkiv, Kharkiv Governorate, Russian Empire – 1931, Alushta, Crimean ASSR, RSFSR, USSR) was a Ukrainian artist, teacher, and public figure. She was a representative of the Alchevsky-Beketov family.
Biography
Born in Kharkiv in 1868, Hanna was the eldest daughter of Oleksiy and Khrystyna Alchevsky. She graduated from the . She had a talent for painting and graduated with honors from the . She also improved her artistic skills at the Maria Raevska-Ivanova School of Painting. Maria Raevska-Ivanova turned to the rich experience and pedagogical talent of Dmytro Bezperchy, inviting Bryullov Karl's student to create the charter of the Kharkiv City School of Drawing. Hanna Alchevska (Beketova) and her husband provided financial assistance to this art school, as reported by the newspaper "Kharkiv Governorate Gazette". Later, O.M. Beketov taught the theory of architectural skill at the school for free.
Together with her mother, she participated in the work of the . She taught at the , a well-known educator.
In 1889, she married a promising and talented Ukrainian architect, Oleksiy Mykolaovych Beketov. The wedding took place on September 17 at the of Kharkiv University. She lived happily with him for 42 years, and they had 4 children. A well-known portrait of Hanna Alchevska was painted in watercolor by her husband Oleksiy Beketov in 1900. For many years, she served as the architect's secretary.
She died in Alushta on August 5, 1931. She is buried in the old cemetery of this city near Mount Demerdzhi.
Children
Khrystyna Oleksiivna Beketova (married Yurkovska) (1890-1972) — graphic artist, specialized in etching. Author of memoirs about her uncle, the outstanding tenor .
Mykola Oleksiyovych Beketov (1891-1964) — by profession a sailor, died in Canada;
Maria Oleksiivna Beketova (1893-1921) — died in Central Asia during an infectious epidemic.
(married Rofe) (1895-1990) — served as her father's secretary and assistant, was the keeper of the archives of the Alchevsky and Beketov families. Buried in the .
Gallery
See also
Alchevski family
Beketov family
Oleksiy Mykolaovych Beketov
Oleksiy Kyrylovych Alchevskyiy
Khrystyna Danylivna Alchevska
Sources
Book-calendar for 2017 "Great fellow countrymen: Alchevsky and their environment". Consulting group "Rubanenko and partners".
Lensky O. V. The Alchevsky family. Sumy.- Own publishing house of Lensky- 2012, - 40 p.
Portrait of the wife [Visual material] / O. M. Beketov // O. M. Beketov, academician of architecture: research. and materials / [edited by A. P. Buryak; comp.: I. R. Akmen, A. Yu. Kornev]. - Kharkiv: Rarities of Ukraine, 2012. - P. 20. - (Kharkiv architectural).
Belov Yu. E.. Alchevsky: According to the publications of city newspapers [Text] / Yu. Belov - Alchevsk: S. A. Bondarenko [publisher], 2008. - 160 p. : ill., photo. - (Pages of history). - 1000 copies. - ISBN 978-966-2167-01-6 P.157
Miloslavsky, K. E. [in co-authorship] // Ivan Alchevsky: Memories. Materials. Correspondence / Intro. article "Giant of the opera stage", arrangement and notes by I. Lysenko, K. Miloslavsky. - K.: Muz. Ukr., 1980. - 294 p.
Raevskaya's Drawing School - Ivanova // Kharkiv Governorate Gazette - 1895 - November 19
References
Ukrainian women painters
Ukrainian educational theorists
Ukrainian women activists
1931 deaths
1868 births
Artists from Kharkiv
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9E%C3%B3runn%20%C3%9E%C3%B3r%C3%B0ard%C3%B3ttir
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Þórunn Þórðardóttir
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Þórunn Þórðardóttir mag.scient. (15. May 1925 - 11. December 2007) was a pioneer in research on planktonic algae and primary productivity in the ocean around Iceland. Þórunn worked her entire career at the Marine and Freshwater Research Institute in Iceland.
Education
Þórunn graduated from Reykjavík Junior College in 1944. After that, she began studying biology at Lund University in Sweden, but then moved to the University of Oslo, Norway, where she enrolled in a specialist course in marine biology with Trygve Braarud, a university professor at University of Oslo, with an emphasis on phytoplankton. Þórunn's research project and final thesis dealt with studies of phytoplankton growth in the sea off northern Iceland. In 1950 and 1953, Þórunn went on expeditions with the Icelandic coast guard ship Mária Júlía and collected samples for her final project. Þórunn received a Master’s in Science degree in marine biology with a specialization in phytoplankton from the University of Oslo in 1956.
Þórunn thus became the first Icelandic woman to receive a university degree specializing in marine research, and thereby broke new ground in the history of marine science in Iceland.
Career
In 1956, Þórunn joined the Marine and Freshwater Research Institute (MFRI), known at the time as the Faculty of Business Administration, Department of Fisheries, at the University of Iceland. Þórunn spent most of her career as the department head at the MFRI. She both instigated and directed Icelandic phycological research over the course of 40 years.
Research in the seas around Iceland was often primitive in her early years of work when only the coast guard ship, Mária Júlía, was available, which, in addition to being a patrol ship, was equipped for research. Research could only be conducted when the ship was not otherwise in use by the coast guard, nonetheless Þórunn collected data onboard over many years. She published results on the annual productivity of phytoplankton in multiple scientific articles along with information on the progress of spring blooms.
Þórunn distinguished herself as a pioneer in research on algae, plankton, and primary productivity in the seas around Iceland. Early in her career, she met the Danish scientist Steemann Nielsen, who encouraged her to apply his new method for studying the primary productivity of planktonic algae, the so-called radiocarbon method. Þórunn adopted this approach and adapted it to be employed under local Icelandic conditions. Þórunn's research became the seminal study of primary productivity in the ocean around Iceland. She presented her findings underlining the high fertility of Icelandic waters in both lectures and publications, which were well received.
One of Þórunn's main research projects was to monitor the spring bloom of planktonic algae around Iceland, examine variation from year to year, and look for possible underlying causes. In addition to research on fertility and spring bloom of planktonic algae, she participated in research related to spawning and survival of commercial stocks.
Þórunn had a keen interest in her work and was always ready to discuss, listen, and dig into a subject. She was an exceptional teacher and educator, having produced a body of written work that is useful both for classroom teaching as well as public education about the seas around Iceland.
Þórunn was also a keen observer. When shellfish began to be farmed off Iceland and sold for consumption, Þórunn attended a course in Naples, Italy, to better identify species of planktonic algae, including those classified as toxic algae. She took an active part in shaping the monitoring of shellfish farming and fishing areas off the coast of Iceland in order to ensure consumer safety.
Many employees of the Marine and Freshwater Research Institute began their careers under Þórunn’s leadership and guidance. Her colleagues quickly got to know her burning interest and her tireless dedication to her projects; this great passion of hers captivated people around her.
Family
Þórunn Þórðardóttir was born in Einarsstaðir, Grímsstaðaholt, Reykjavík, on May 15, 1925. She was the daughter of Katrín Pálsdóttir, a housewife and city councilmember in Reykjavík (1889-1952), and Þórður Þórðarson, a farmer and later manager of the guest house Tryggvaskáli in Selfoss (1882-1925). Þórunn was the youngest of 12 siblings.
Þórunn's husband was Odd Didriksen, a high school/junior college instructor (1927-1995). Their children are Katrín Didriksen, a goldsmith and designer, and Einar Oddsson, a biologist and musician.
Additional details
Þórunn served on multiple working committees of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), maintained good collaborations with foreign and domestic colleagues, attended meetings and courses widely to maintain and expand her knowledge, and gave lectures to her studies. During her long career, Þórunn continually published articles and reports on her research, providing a valuable body of work that has significantly benefited Icelandic marine research.
In 1997, Þórunn received an honorary award from the Icelandic parliament’s Republic Fund for her contribution to research in the oceans around Iceland.
The new marine research vessel of the Marine and Freshwater Research Institute was named Þórunn Þórðardóttir HF 300, honoring the memory and work of Þórunn.
Publications
Þórunn published a number of scientific and review articles and published educational materials about planktonic algae:
Calkins J, Þórunn Þórðardóttir (1980) The ecological significance of solar UV-radiation on aquatic organisms. Nature, 283, 563-566.
Eyjólfur Friðgeirsson, Sólmundur Tr. Einarsson, Erlingur Hauksson, Jón Ólafsson, Þórunn Þórðardóttir (1979) Environmental conditions and spring spawning off south and southwest Iceland 1976-1978. ICES/ELH Symposium, 1979/DA:5.
Eyjólfur Friðgeirsson, Sólmundur Tr. Einarsson, Erlingur Hauksson, Jón Ólafsson, Þórunn Þórðardóttir (1981) Environmental conditions and spring spawning off south and southwest Iceland 1976-1978. Rapports et Procès-Verbaux, 178, 244-245.
Guðrún G. Þórarinsdóttir, Þórunn Þórðardóttir (1997) Vágestir í plöntusvifinu. Náttúrufræðingurinn 67, 67-76.
Jónas Bjarnason, Ólafur Karvel Pálsson, Unnsteinn Stefánsson, Þórunn Þórðardóttir (1977). Lesarkir Landverndar (2. bindi). Vistfræði hafsins. Reykjavík: Landvernd.
Kristinn Guðmundsson, Þórunn Þórðardóttir, Garðar Jóhannesson (1996) Estimation of assimilation numbers in Icelandic waters. ICES C.M. 1996/L:30, 25 s.
Kristinn Guðmundsson, Þórunn Þórðardóttir, Gunnar Pétursson (2004) Computation of daily primary production in Icelandic waters; a comparison of two different approaches. Hafrannsóknastofnunin. Fjölrit 106, 24 s.
Svend-Aage Malmberg, Þórunn Þórðardóttir, Hjálmar Vilhjálmsson (1966) Report on the joint meeting on the Atlanto-Scandian herring distribution, held at Akureyri, June 12–14, 1966. ICES C.M. 1966/H:18.
Svend-Aage Malmberg, Þórunn Þórðardóttir, Jakob Jakobsson (1972) Environmental variations and herring migration in North Icelandic waters in recent years. Iceland. A human environment sensitive to climatic changes. A contribution to the U.N. Conference on the Human Environment. Stockholm, June 9–12.
Unnsteinn Stefánsson, Þórunn Þórðardóttir (1965) Nutrient-productivity relations in Icelandic waters in June 1964. ICES C. M. 1965/170.
Unnsteinn Stefánsson, Þórunn Þórðardóttir, Jón Ólafsson (1987) Comparison of seasonal oxygen cycles and primary production in the Faxaflói region Southwest Iceland. Deep-Sea Research, 34: 725-739.
Þórunn Þórðardóttir (1956) Undersökelser av fytoplankton-forholdene i fire snitt ut fra Islands nordkyst, 31/7 - 9/8 1950. Mag. sci. thesis Oslo Universitet.
Þórunn Þórðardóttir (1957) Um plöntusvifið í sjónum. Náttúrufræðingurinn, 27, 1-14.
Þórunn Þórðardóttir (1960) Measurements of primary production in Icelandic waters. Ann. Biol. 15, 50-52.
Þórunn Þórðardóttir (1963) Primary productivity in Icelandic waters in May–June 1959. ICES C. M. no 131, 15pp.
Þórunn Þórðardóttir (1963). Þörungasvifið í sjónum. Í: Úr ríki Ránar. Rv. Ferskfiskeftirlitið, s. 1-7.
Þórunn Þórðardóttir (1969) Vorrannsóknir á þörungasvifi norðan lands og vestan. Hafrannsóknir 1, 20-50.
Þórunn Þórðardóttir (1970) Rannsóknir á þörungasvifi fyrir norðan og norðaustan Ísland 1969. Hafrannsóknir 2, 37-44.
Þórunn Þórðardóttir (1973) Successive measurements of primary production and composition of phytoplankton at two stations west of Iceland. Norw. Jour. Bot. 20, 257-270.
Þórunn Þórðardóttir (1976) Preliminary assessment of the annual production in the shelf areas around Iceland. ICES C. M. 1976/l:32, 4 pp.
Þórunn Þórðardóttir (1976) The spring primary production in Icelandic waters 1970-1975. ICES C. M. 1976/l:31 21 pp.
Þórunn Þórðardóttir (1977) Framleiðni þörungasvifsins í sjónum við Ísland. Fæðubúskapurinn. In Vilhjálmur Lúðvíksson (ed.), Rit Landverndar 5, 33-42.
Þórunn Þórðardóttir (1977) Primary production in north Icelandic waters in relation to recent climatic changes. In M. J. Dunbar ed. Polar oceans, proc. SCOR/SCAR conf. 655-665.
Þórunn Þórðardóttir (1980) Breytingar á frumframleiðni í hafinu norðan íslands 1970 - 1979. Sjávarfréttir 8, 18-25.
Þórunn Þórðardóttir (1980) Phytoplankton investigations during spring in Icelandic waters. Nordic Council for Ecology. Newsletter 12, 12-13.
Þórunn Þórðardóttir (1984) Primary production north of Iceland in relation to water masses in May–June 1970 - 1980. ICES C.M. 1984/L:20.
Þórunn Þórðardóttir (1986) Timing and duration of spring blooming south and southwest of Iceland. In S. Skreslet ed. The role of Freshwater Outflow in Coastal Marine Ecosystems. NATO, ASI Series 7, 345-360.
Þórunn Þórðardóttir (1994). Plöntusvif og framleiðni í sjónum við Ísland. Í: Unnsteinn Stefánsson (ritstj.) Íslendingar, hafið og auðlindir þess. Vísindafélag Íslendinga. Ráðstefnurit, 4, 65-88.
Þórunn Þórðardóttir, Agnes Eydal (1994) Phytoplankton at the ocean quahog harvesting areas Off the southwest coast of Iceland 1994. Svifþörungar á kúfiskmiðum út af norðvesturströnd Íslands 1994. Hafrannsóknastofnun. Fjölrit 51, 28 s.
Þórunn Þórðardóttir, Kristinn Guðmundsson (1998) Plöntusvif. Lífríki sjávar. Námsgagnastofnun, Hafrannsóknastofnunin 12 s.
Þórunn Þórðardóttir, Kristinn Guðmundsson, Gunnar Pétursson (1991) Computations for estimating daily primary production from incubator measurements of 14C uptake at light saturation. ICES C.M. 1991/L:64.
Þórunn Þórðardóttir, Ólafur S Ástþórsson (1986) Chlorophyll a and zooplankton distribution in Icelandic waters in spring 1982, 1983 and 1984. Ann. Biol. 41, 63-66.
Þórunn Þórðardóttir, Unnsteinn Stefánsson (1977) Productivity in relation to environmental variables in the Faxaflói region 1966-1967. ICES C. M. 1977/l 34, 1-25.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025%20disease%20outbreak%20in%20the%20Democratic%20Republic%20of%20the%20Congo
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2025 disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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In early 2025, there have been a series of disease clusters in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) involving an unidentified pathogen(s). The outbreaks, which affected multiple villages in the Province of Équateur and have so far resulted in at least 1,000 cases and at least 60 fatalities, were marked by rapid progression from symptom onset to death.
Outbreak
The outbreak was first documented in early January 2025. By late February 2025, health authorities had documented nearly 1,100 cases and at least 60 fatalities across at least two distinct geographic clusters in the northwestern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, separated by about 180 kilometres. It is unclear whether the two locations are facing the same cause.
The World Health Organization (WHO) African Regional Office released multiple bulletins tracking the situation. Preliminary investigations suggested a possible connection between the initial cases and consumption of a bat carcass in Boloko by three children, who subsequently became ill and died between January 10 to 13. By the end of January, four more fatalities among victims aged between five and 18 were reported in the village, with another death on January 22 reported in the neighboring village of Danda. A second outbreak was recorded in Bomate on February 9.
The outbreaks were concentrated in two primary clusters both in the Province of Équateur: the Bolomba Cluster, which was the initial outbreak site with at least 12 cases with eight deaths, and the larger Basankusu Cluster, with at least 943 reported cases and 52 fatalities. Both clusters are situated in the northwestern region of the DRC, characterized by dense tropical forest and limited transportation infrastructure. According to the WHO, the geographical isolation of these communities, combined with inadequate healthcare resources, created significant challenges for containment efforts and tracking the spread of the disease.
The overall case fatality rate across both clusters was approximately 6.3%. Children under five years of age represented approximately 18% of total cases and 15.5% of recorded deaths. Laboratory testing of 571 samples from the Basankusu cluster revealed that 54.1% were also positive for malaria. Health experts noted that while malaria was clearly present in many patients, the severity and rapid progression of illness raised questions about whether additional factors might be involved, such as particularly virulent malaria strains, co-infections, or complications like sepsis.
Symptoms and testing
Patients affected by the mystery illness exhibited several symptoms which included fever, chills, cough, headaches, vomiting (including hematemesis), abdominal pain, diarrhea (in some cases bloody diarrhea), epistaxis, neck stiffness, and hemorrhagic fever. Medical officials reported that the majority of fatal cases progressed from symptom onset to death within 48 hours. Some patients succumbed to the disease within hours of developing symptoms.
Medical experts noted that while these symptoms could be consistent with various infectious diseases, the presence of bleeding manifestations initially raised concerns about viral hemorrhagic fevers such as Ebola or Marburg virus disease. However, 18 cases tested negative for Ebola and Marburg; other hemorrhagic fevers are being investigated. About half of the cases have tested positive for malaria, which is common in the region.
Response
The WHO African Regional Office issued regular situation updates and deployed personnel to assist with field investigations. Local health authorities established monitoring systems at regional facilities like the Bikoro Hospital, with laboratory testing being mobilized to rule out high-consequence pathogens. Public health officials emphasized that the remoteness of the affected communities and limited healthcare resources complicated containment efforts. The WHO indicated that "immediate high-level intervention" was necessary to prevent further spread of the illness.
Health workers established treatment centers in affected areas, though local healthcare infrastructure was limited. Multiple accounts from affected communities indicated medication shortages in the initial response phase. One resident reported going two weeks without access to proper medication for her child until WHO teams arrived with additional supplies. Fear of the illness prompted some residents to flee affected villages.
See also
West Africa Ebola virus epidemic
Mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
2024 Kwango province malaria outbreak
2019–2020 measles outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
2016 Angola and DR Congo yellow fever outbreak
2008 Democratic Republic of the Congo cholera outbreak
References
Disease outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
February 2025 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
2025 disease outbreaks
Province of Équateur
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria%20Malo
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Maria Malo
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Maria Malo Juvera Raimond Kedilhac is a Mexican model and beauty pageant titleholder who represented her country in the Miss Grand International 2019 pageant in Caracas, Venezuela, where she placed as firts Runner-Up.
Early life and education
Malo born on 2 December 1996 in Mexico City, to an mother of French descent and a Mexican father. She subsequently raised in Huixquilucan, State of Mexico, along with her younger sister, Alexia. She graduated with a degree in Fashion Design and Marketing.
Pageant career
Maria began her pageantry career in 2017, after she was selected to represent State of Mexico at Miss México 2018, which was held at Villa Toscana, Sonora on 5 May 2018, where she placed in the Top 5. Vanessa Ponce of Mexico City won the title at the end of the event.
A year later, she competed once again at Miss Mexico 2019. The contest was divided into 2 phases. Maria participated in the Miss Grand Mexico competition held in the Teatro Hermanos Dominguez, Chiapas on 1 June 2019, where she emerged as the winner.
As Miss Grand Mexico 2019, Malo was the representative of Mexico at the Miss Grand International 2019. The final night was held on 25 October 2019 at Caracas, Venezuela, where finished as the 1st Runner-Up, making her the first Mexican to reach the highest placement for the first time at this pageant.
References
1996 births
Living people
Mexican beauty pageant winners
Mexican female models
Models from Mexico City
Miss Grand International 2019 delegates
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroda%20Cricket%20Association%20Stadium
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Baroda Cricket Association Stadium
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The Baroda Cricket Association Stadium (BCA Stadium) or Kotambi Stadium, also known as the Vadodara International Cricket Stadium, opened on 22 December 2024 through organised three one day international series between India and West Indies women's teams in Vadodara, Gujarat. This stadium is the home ground for Baroda Cricket Association in the domestic circle.
The ground hosted international cricket for the first time during West Indies women's tour of India in 2024. All three ODIs of the tour were played at this Stadium.
History
In January 2015, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Government of Gujarat and Baroda Cricket Association for the stadium which will be located at Kotambi on the outskirts of Vadodara with a cost of ₹200 crores to develop 29 acres of land. The stadium was constructed under the executions of Mr. Amit Parikh, a member of the Baroda Cricket Association and Leadership of Mr. Pranav Amin, the President of the Baroda Cricket Association.
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Cricket grounds in Gujarat
Sport in Vadodara
Buildings and structures in Vadodara
Stadiums under construction
Proposed sports venues in India
Proposed stadiums
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Bozbük, Milas
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Bozbük is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Milas, Muğla Province, Turkey. Its population was 598 in 2019.
References
Neighbourhoods in Milas District
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La%20solita%20commedia%3A%20Inferno
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La solita commedia: Inferno
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La solita commedia: Inferno is a 2015 Italian comedy film directed by and starring Francesco Mandelli and Fabrizio Biggio and co-directed by Martino Ferro.
Plot
Cast
Francesco Mandelli
Fabrizio Biggio
Giordano De Plano
Tea Falco
Marco Foschi
Walter Leonardi
Paolo Pierobon
Marco Ripoldi
Massimiliano Loizzi
Gianmarco Tognazzi
Daniela Virgilio
References
External links
2010s Italian films
2010s Italian-language films
Italian comedy films
Warner Bros. films
Films produced by Lorenzo Mieli
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Burgaz, Milas
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Burgaz is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Milas, Muğla Province, Turkey. Its population was 6,182 in 2019.
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Neighbourhoods in Milas District
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Ammonium pentaborate
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Ammonium pentaborate is a chemical compound with the chemical formula .
Synthesis
The compound can be prepared by a controlled reaction of ammonia, boric acid, and water.
Physical properties
The compound forms white crystals soluble in water.
Ammonium pentaborate forms a tetrahydrate and an octahydrate .
Uses
The compound is used to inhibit heat, flame, and corrosion in a variety of industrial applications.
References
Ammonium compounds
Borates
Boron compounds
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Cumhuriyet, Milas
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Cumhuriyet is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Milas, Muğla Province, Turkey. Its population was 9,700 in 2021.
References
Neighbourhoods in Milas District
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Anon Matsufuji
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Anon Matsufuji (松藤 藍夢 Matsufuji Anon; born October 18, 2003) is a Japanese competition climber who specializes in competition bouldering.
Climbing career
Competition climbing
Matsufuji made her senior international competition climbing debut in 2022. She placed fifth at the World Cup event in Brixen, Italy. Matsufuji subsequently won her first title at the IFSC Asia - Continental Cup in November 2022.
In April 2023, Matsufuji finished on the podium at the World Cup event in Hachioji, Japan, collecting the bronze medal in her second-ever World Cup final.
In 2024, Matsufuji won the gold medal in the women's boulder final at the IFSC Asian Championships Tai'an 2024.
Rankings
World Cup
Japan Cup
References
External links
2003 births
Living people
Japanese female climbers
Sportspeople from Kanagawa Prefecture
Boulder climbers
Japanese competition climbers
21st-century Japanese sportswomen
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyaenasuchus
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Hyaenasuchus
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Hyaenasuchus is a dubious genus of therocephalian therapsids from the middle Permian (Capitanian) of South Africa. It includes the type and only species, H. whaitsi, named by Scottish-born South African palaeontologist Robert Broom in 1908 from a single weathered but largely complete skull and lower jaws of an indeterminate lycosuchid therocephalian from the Karoo Basin. The skull is very similar to that of Lycosuchus, and Broom distinguished them only on the basis of different tooth counts. Hyaenasuchus was informally synonymised with Lycosuchus in 1987, and this proposal was upheld in subsequent literature up until 2014 following the re-identification of Simorhinella as another lycosuchid. The holotype of Hyaenasuchus cannot be reliably distinguished from either Lycosuchus or Simorhinella and so cannot be confidently synonymised with either one. As such the sole specimen is now identified as Lycosuchidae incertae sedis, and the name Hyaenasuchus is regarded as a nomen dubium.
History of study
The holotype specimen, SAM-PK-1079, was collected by the Reverend J. H. Whaits on the farm Rietfontein 56 in Prince Albert, South Africa, from deposits belonging to the middle-Permian (Capitanian) aged Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone in exposures the Abrahamskraal Formation. Although largely complete, the specimen is badly weathered, with portions of the top of the front and snout missing, and is encased in a very hard rock matrix that makes further preparation difficult.
Broom diagnosed Hyaenasuchus as a new species for having six upper incisors in each premaxilla, two pairs of functional upper canines (so called "double canines"), and four postcanines in each maxilla. This was in contrast to Lycosuchus, with five upper incisors and only one or two postcanines. Notably, this was the first time Broom identified the two pairs of canines as being simultaneously functional in a lycosuchid, after initially believing one set to be a replacement pair in Lycosuchus.
In 1987, palaeontologist Juri van den Heever re-interpreted the dentition of Hyaenasuchus (and so their diagnostic validity) in his unpublished PhD thesis on early therocephalian systematics. He noted there is an inconsistent number of incisors in each premaxilla, with only five in the better preserved right premaxilla that occupy the entire toothrow, while six as described by Broom are only suggested in the more damaged left premaxilla. Further, although Broom believed Hyaenasuchus to have two pairs of simultaneously functional upper canines, only one on each side is definitively fully erupted, with the first canine on the right being broken at the root while the second canine on the left side is not fully grown. Van den Heever interpreted this pattern instead as recording the alternating position of the functional canine and its replacement (as seen in other lycosuchids), with the rear canine having functionally replaced the first on the right side and the left rear canine growing in ready to replace the older first canine. Finally, he also identified up to three postcanines in the holotype of Lycosuchus, but also dismissed postcanine count as a useful diagnostic tool due to their potential variability relating to body size and growth of the canines.
Description
Apart from the teeth, the skull of Hyaenasuchus as preserved is otherwise identical to Lycosuchus in general structure. Among the features that identify it as a lycosuchid are a deep suborbital bar (the bridge of bone beneath the eye sockets) and palatal teeth on the transverse processes of the pterygoid bones. A notable feature shared with Lycosuchus is a thin flange of bone projecting from the bottom of the maxilla that houses the postcanines with a prominent horizontal ridge of bone above it (although the ridge is not as strongly developed as it is in the holotype of Lycosuchus). SAM-PK-1079 is a reasonably large lycosuchid, with a skull measuring long, of which is the snout.
In his initial 1908 reconstruction, Broom illustrated Hyaenasuchus with a low intertemporal bar without a raised sagittal crest sloping down from behind the eyes to the occiput. He revised his reconstruction in 1932 when redescribing Hyaenasuchus (and other lycosuchids) in his book The Mammal-like Reptiles of South Africa and the origin of mammals, reconstructing the skull with a more elevated sagittal crest as in other lycosuchids.
Taxonomy
Some confusion surrounded the taxonomy of Hyaenasuchus during the 20th century, as its name was often misspelt by various authors as "Hyaenosuchus". This misspelling was first introduced as early as the 1911 edition of German palaeontologist Karl Alfred von Zittel's book Grundzüge der Paläontologie, and the mistake was later repeated by Watson in 1917 and 1921, and Broili in 1923. The mistake was most notably made by Broom himself in 1932 in his monograph The mammal-like reptiles of South Africa and the origin of mammals. This error was then subsequently propogated in many later publications by several other authors as late as into the 1960s, including the fossil catalogues of Kuhn in 1937 and 1965, von Huene in 1938 and 1956, Romer in 1945 and 1956, Boonstra in 1963 and Vjuschkov in 1964. Many of these errors were made in taxonomic lists and faunal reviews of early therocephalians and the Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone, respectively. Von Huene made a further mistake in 1956 when, in addition to using the spelling "Hyaenosuchus", he also mislabelled an image of the whaitsiid therocephalian Hyenosaurus (a junior synonym of Theriognathus) as "Hyaenosuchus".
Regardless of spelling, Hyaenasuchus was consistently recognised as closely allied to Lycosuchus. In 1908, Broom proposed a non-cladistic phylogeny of early therocephalians, in which he recognised a lineage of "double canined" forms (i.e. Lycosuchidae). Broom based his early therocephalian relationships on tooth count, believing they started with many teeth and gradually reducing them in several lineages. Consequently, Hyaenasuchus was regarded as the most primitive member of the "double-canined" lineage, followed by the loss of one pair of incisors in Trochosuchus and finally the supposed reduction of the postcanines in Lycosuchus. The taxonomy of this group has its own complicated history, with multiple equivalent names introduced during the 20th century (e.g. Lycosuchidae, Trochosuchidae, Trochosauridae), but regardless Hyaenasuchus was consistently recognised as a core member of the family.
In his 1987 PhD thesis, van den Heever synonymised Hyaenasuchus with Lycosuchus due to their similar anatomy, especially as he regarded the ventral maxillary flange and associated ridge as specifically diagnostic of L. vanderietti. This synonymy was complicated in 2014 by the discovery of a new specimen of Simorhinella and the recognition that it was a lycosuchid. Simorhinella and Lycosuchus are also very similar, but they are distinguishable by features of the palate. The palate of SAM-PK-1079 is almost entirely inaccessible due to the hard matrix surrounding the fossil, and portions of the palate are only visible at a pair of breaks that cut across the skull—one between the pterygoids and one across the canine region of the snout. As such, SAM-PK-1079 cannot be reliably identified as either a specimen of Lycosuchus or Simorhinella, or differentiated from both, and so the specimen only represents Lycosuchidae incertae sedis and consequently Hyaenasuchus is rendered a nomen dubium.
Notes
References
Therocephalia genera
Permian synapsids of Africa
Fossil taxa described in 1908
Taxa named by Robert Broom
Nomina dubia
Therocephalia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Kleisova
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Battle of Kleisova
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The Battle of Kleisova was a military event of the Greek Revolution of 1821 that took place in 1825 on the islet of Kleisova in the Lagoon of Missolonghi.
In December 1825, the Turks, led by Kütahı, besieged Missolonghi without much success, then Ibrahim arrived and took over as leader of the operation without result.
In order to make the conquest of Missolonghi easier, Kleisova, a small island located one mile southeast of Missolonghi, had to be occupied in order to cut off the city's supply. The islet was guarded by 130 men, all from the Missolonghi garrison.
Kütahı, in order to surprise Kleisova so that he could conquer it more easily, decided to make a diversion. He pretended to attack Missolonghi, but he abruptly changed course and turned towards Kleisova. Then the chieftain of Soulio, Kitsos Tzavelas, launched a daring raid: he left Missolonghi with eight men, crossed the enemy fleet and reached the island with his boats, sharing almost certain death with all its defenders. He was determined for everything and proved it in every way in the hours that followed.
Kütahı made six unsuccessful attacks, having lost a lot of his army, he was forced to retreat. Kütahı himself participated in the last attack to encourage his warriors, but was wounded in the leg and forced to withdraw from the conflict. The departure of the Turkish commander caused panic among his soldiers and they began to retreat. According to estimates, more than 1,500 Turks were killed or wounded.
After Kütahı unsuccessful attempt, Ibrahim took over and attacked Kleisova with a large army. Ibrahim had three battalions consisting of 3,000 men led by his son-in-law Hussein Bey. On 25 March/6 April, Kitsos Tzavelas and Panagiotis Sotiropoulos repelled an Albanian attack on the small island of Kleisova with heavy losses. The same forces put 500 Egyptians out of action, who, under pressure from Ibrahim, who was determined to prove that his men were better than Kütahı, attempted three times to capture the island without success. The Egyptian ships circled the island and the soldiers rushed against the only fortress of the Holy Trinity.
Kitsos Tzavelas, however, had planned to strike when the enemy felt very sure that he had come close. Hussein made five successive assaults without any result. The Greek shots were so accurate that the fighters had become emboldened. Thus they massacred everyone they approached. When the sea was filled with corpses, Hussein stood up in his boat to encourage his soldiers. However, he did not have time to give new orders because Sotiropoulos spotted him, shot him and threw him dead. The death of Ibrahim's son-in-law destroyed any trace of discipline that was left in his men. A heroic raid by the Greek guard led by Tzavelas followed, who pursued the opponents into the lagoon and exterminated them en masse.
The Turks attacked the Greeks six times without success. 131 Greek fighters successfully defended a 300-meter islet against two armies with a total strength of 6,000 men. They repelled 11 consecutive attacks and wrote history. The battle of Kleisova may have been won by the Greeks, but this did not change the fate of Missolonghi.
References
Sources
Dakin,D. Ο αγώνας των Ελλήνων για την ανεξαρτησία 1821-1833 , μτφρ. Ρ. Σταυρίδη-Πατρικίου 2η έκδοση, ΜΙΕΤ, Αθήνα, 1989
Battles of the Greek War of Independence
Conflicts in 1826
Battles involving Greece
1826 in Greece
March 1826
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wijk%20%28surname%29
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Wijk (surname)
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Wijk is a Swedish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Andreas Wijk (born 1993), Swedish singer and model
Anna Wijk (born 1991), Swedish former floorball player
Carl Wijk (1906–1972), Swedish football player and coach
Erik Wijk (born 1963), Swedish journalist and writer
See also
Van Wijk (and variants), a Dutch toponymic surname with a list of people bearing that name
Swedish-language surnames
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Bridges%20Family
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The Bridges Family
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The Bridges Family is an 1804 portrait painting by the British artist John Constable. Now best-known for his landscapes, Constable began his career largely producing portraits. Based in his native Suffolk after completing his studies at the Royal Academy, he produced paintings of local notables. His mother Ann may have helped him secure this major commission.
George Bridges was a wealthy banker who owned wharves at nearby Mistley. The group portrait of him and his family was large in scale and designed for a wall at his country house at Lawford Place. Constable was reportedly in love with Jane Bridges, the banker's daughter, who is shown seated at the harpsichord looking towards the viewer. The setting of the painting is the dining room at Lawford Place, with St Mary's Church seen through the window. Today it is in the collection of Tate Britain in Pimlico, having been acquired in 1952.
References
Bibliography
Charles, Victoria. Constable. Parkstone International, 2015.
Gayford, Martin & Lyles, Anne. Constable Portraits: The Painter and His Circle. National Portrait Gallery, 2009.
Hamilton, James. Constable: A Portrait. Hachette UK, 2022.
1804 paintings
Oil on canvas paintings
Paintings by John Constable
19th-century portraits
Paintings in the Tate galleries
Musical instruments in art
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Rajesh More
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Rajesh Govardhan More (born 1969) is an Indian politician from Maharashtra. He is an MLA from Kalyan Rural Assembly constituency in Thane district. He won the 2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election representing the Shiv Sena Party (Shinde faction).
Early life and education
More is from Kalyan, Thane district, Maharashtra. He is the son of Govardhan Ghuttya More. He completed his BA in 2021 at Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University, Nasik. He is into transport business and his wife also runs the family business.
Career
More won from Kalyan Rural Assembly constituency representing Shiv Sena in the 2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election. He polled 141,164 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Pramod Ratan Patil of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, by a margin of 66,396 votes.
References
1969 births
Living people
Shiv Sena politicians
People from Kalyan, India
Maharashtra MLAs 2024–2029
Marathi politicians
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965%20NSW%20First%20Division%20season
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1965 NSW First Division season
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The 1965 NSW First Division season was the ninth season of soccer in New South Wales under the administration of the NSW Federation of Soccer Clubs since its breakaway from the NSW Soccer Football Association in January 1957. In a truncated season compared to the previous year, the home and away regular season comprised of 18 rounds, beginning in March and ending in August. South Coast United finished first on the ladder to become regular season premiers for the second time.
The finals series was primarily held throughout September with a four-team playoff series. APIA Leichhardt reached the grand final against St George-Budapest when they eventually defeated Yugal after three minor semi final replays and defeat of South Coast in the preliminary final. The club recorded their second consecutive championship with a 2–0 victory over St George, with Johnny Watkiss and Johnny Wong scoring in the decider.
The pre-season Ampol Cup was won for a fifth time by Sydney FC Prague, defending the title from the previous season.
Clubs
Changes from last season:
The division was contracted to a ten-team league, reducing its number from 12 teams.
Canterbury, Bankstown SC and first time participants Corinthian BESC were relegated to NSW Second Division.
Polonia-North Side were promoted from NSW Second Division.
Notes
Table and results
Results
Finals series
Semi-finals
Preliminary final
Grand Final
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Statistics and awards
Top Star Award
Soccer World reporters awarded stars out of six to players throughout the 18 rounds. The player with the highest stars was Jimmy Kelly with 4.28, very narrowly beating Polonia-North Side halfback Ginter Gawlik. 15 players averaged four points or more. Below left is the list of all fifteen players and below right is the team of the year:
Top scorers
John Giacometti was the season's top goalscorer with 23 goals. Below is a list of the top ten goalscorers for the season:
Attendances
Below is a list of attendances by club:
Other competitions
Ampol Cup
The season began with the ninth edition of the floodlit pre-season night series (eigth as the Ampol Cup), culminating with the double-header third place playoff and Final on Friday, 19 February in front of 5,800 spectators.
Finals series
Final
See also
1965 in Australian soccer
1965 NSWSF season
1965 NSW Federation Cup
References
New South Wales Federation of Soccer Clubs seasons
NSW First Division season
NSW First Division season
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2025 Team TotalEnergies season
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The 2025 season for is the 26th season in the team's existence and the 16th as a UCI ProTeam.
Team roster
All ages are as of 1 January 2025, the first day of the 2025 season.
Riders who joined the team for the 2025 season
Riders who left the team during or after the 2024 season
Season victories
References
External links
Team TotalEnergies
2025
Team TotalEnergies
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Chakma Kingdom
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The Chakma Kingdom, was a semi-autonomous polity that ruled in the present-day Chittagong Hill Tracts. The polity was variously called as a chiefdom, kingdom or simply by the ruler as the Chakma Raja. The Chakma rulers, known as Chakma Rajas or Deb Rajas paid tribute to these powers in exchange for retaining control over internal governance. The Chakma rajas exercised authority strategically over the significant region, maintaining diplomatic ties with neighboring states while resisting external conquests. Historical records indicate that the Chakmas paid tributes to the Mughal Empire but remained largely autonomous.
Origin & Early History
The Chakma people trace their origins to the Arakanese Kingdom, with historical records suggesting that they migrated to the Chittagong Hill Tracts in the late medieval period. According to Chakma historians in the chronicle Bijok, the Chakma Kingdom traces to Sambuddha, a 6th century ruler of Anga in modern-day Bihar and West Bengal. After Sambuddha's younger son usurped the throne of Anga, the older son Bijoy Giri (also known as Vijaygiri) conquered parts much of what is now Northeast India, including the Twipra Kingdom. In 645, he would establish the Chakma Kingdom but the rulers of Chakma were based outside of the area. It took until 1118 for Raja Kamal Chega to reunite the Chakma Kingdom and establish it permenantly as a polity separate from Tripura and Arakan.
The earliest outside mention of Chakma settlements in Bengal appears in Portuguese and Mughal records from the 16th century, describing them as ‘Joom cultivators’ (shifting agriculturalists) inhabiting the forested highlands between Bengal and Burma. British colonial accounts also indicate that the Chakmas established a structured monarchy by the early 1600s.
Timeline (c. 1500–1947)
The Kingdom flourished as a powerful highland polity in the 16th and 17th centuries, maintaining autonomy while engaging in diplomatic relations with neighboring empires. By the mid-1600s, the Chakma Raja Shukdev Roy entered into a formal arrangement with the Mughal Empire, agreeing to pay an annual cotton tribute in exchange for protection and self-rule. During the British expansion in Bengal, the Chakma Raja signed the 1787 Anglo-Chakma Treaty, solidifying Chakma autonomy under British India.
Mughal Incursions
Before the arrival of the British, the Chakma Kingdom faced continuous invasions from the Mughal Empire during the 17th century. The Mughals, after consolidating their power in Bengal, sought to extend their control into the Chittagong Hill Tracts. In 1666, Mughal Governor Shaista Khan defeated the Arakanese by conquering Chittagong, and renamed it Islamabad. However, Mughal rule was initially limited to the plains, leaving the Chakmas in the hills largely unaffected. A trade dispute later led the Mughals to demand tribute from the Chakmas.
The Chakma kings adopted a dual strategy of military resistance and diplomacy. While some regions saw intense battles, Chakma rulers also engaged in negotiations to ensure their continued autonomy. Eventually, a treaty was reached where the Chakmas agreed to provide gifts and tributes in exchange for being left undisturbed by Mughal forces.
Anglo-Chakma Conflict (1777–1787)
British administration in the Chittagong District acknowledged the Chakma Raja as an autonomous ruler, historically distinct from Mughal administrations while engaging in tributary relations with the Mughals.
In 1777, the British East India Company, having gained control of Bengal, demanded annual revenue payments from the Chakma Kingdom. However, the Chakma Raja, Jan Baksh Khan, refused to comply, considering it an infringement on their sovereignty. This led to a series of conflicts between the Chakmas and British forces, where the Chakmas, despite being outnumbered, used guerrilla warfare tactics and the dense forests of the Chittagong Hill Tracts to their advantage.
After a decade of resistance, the British realized that completely subjugating the Chakmas was neither cost-effective nor feasible. In 1787, a peace settlement was negotiated, wherein the Chakma Raja agreed to pay a nominal tribute while maintaining de facto autonomy. This agreement allowed the Chakmas to continue governing themselves with minimal interference from the British administration.
Annexation and Decline (1947–1964)
Following Partition in 1947, the Chakma Kingdom was incorporated into East Pakistan, despite efforts by its rulers to align with India. In 1964, the Pakistan government formally abolished the Chakma monarchy, ending centuries of traditional rule.
Governance and Society
The Chakma Kingdom operated under a hereditary monarchy, where the Raja governed with the assistance of village chiefs. The economy was based on wet rice cultivation, forest trade, and cotton production, which was a key export commodity during Mughal and British rule. The kingdom was predominantly Buddhist, with cultural influences from Bengal, Northeast India and Burma.
List of Rulers
Below is the list of rulers of the Chakma Kingdom from its early formation to the present titular heads.
Legacy and Modern Status
Although the Chakma Kingdom ceased to exist in 1964, the Chakma people continue to preserve their distinct cultural identity, with the former royal family playing a symbolic role in their community affairs.
See Also
Chakma people
Chittagong Hill Tracts
Chakma District
References
Former countries in South Asia
Former monarchies of Asia
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2024–25 USL Dunkerque season
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The 2024-25 season will be USL Dunkerque 116th season in the clubs history.During this season the club will participate in the following competitions: Ligue 2, Coupe de France.
Current squad
Non-competitive
Club Friendlies
Competitive
Ligue 2
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
The league fixtures were unveiled on 29 June 2024.
Coupe de France
References
External links
Football clubs in France
Association football clubs established in 1909
Usl
1909 establishments in France
Football clubs in Hauts-de-France
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listed%20buildings%20in%20Kirkby%20Fleetham%20with%20Fencote
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Listed buildings in Kirkby Fleetham with Fencote
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Kirkby Fleetham with Fencoteis a civil parish in the former Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England. It contains eight listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, two are listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the village of Kirkby Fleetham and the surrounding countryside. The listed buildings consist of a church, a country house and associated structures, farmhouses and a vicarage.
Key
Buildings
References
Citations
Sources
Lists of listed buildings in North Yorkshire
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20D%27Angelo%20%28activist%29
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David D'Angelo (activist)
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David Delano D'Angelo is a Filipino environmental advocate, social reformist, and senatorial candidate for the 2025 Philippine elections. Running under the Partido Lakas ng Masa (PLM), D'Angelo has focused his campaign on environmental sustainability, social justice, and governance reforms. He is part of the senatorial slate of Leody de Guzman, the standard-bearer of PLM.
Early life and advocacy
David D'Angelo was born on October 16, 1977, in the Philippines. He is a graduate of Bachelor of Science in Accountancy from Fernandez Colleges in Baliuag, Bulacan. During his academic years, he was a consistent honor student in elementary and high school. He also held editorial positions in the school paper and served as student council president in both high school and college.
D'Angelo traces his roots to the Delanoy (later Delano) family, a family of Nordic origin. He is the only Delano living in the Philippines and is a distant relative of former U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, whom he regards as one of the greatest U.S. presidents.
2025 Senate election
D'Angelo officially filed his Certificate of Candidacy (COC) for the 2025 senatorial elections under the Bunyog Party. His campaign platform centers on three key areas: environmental sustainability, social justice, and governance reforms. He has emphasized the importance of addressing climate change, protecting natural resources, and ensuring that development policies benefit all Filipinos, especially the poor and marginalized.
Political stances
D'Angelo has been critical of political maneuvers that prioritize personal gain over public service. In February 2025, he expressed hope that Senate President Francis Escudero would not use the impeachment process as a stepping stone to the vice presidency, emphasizing the need for integrity and accountability in public office.
Partido Lakas ng Masa
D'Angelo is running under the banner of Partido Lakas ng Masa (PLM), a political party known for its progressive and pro-people agenda. He is part of the complete senatorial slate announced by Leody de Guzman, the party's standard-bearer, in March 2022. The party advocates for labor rights, social justice, and environmental protection, aligning with D'Angelo's campaign priorities.
Personal life
D'Angelo is a single father to three children. He is also an organizer of cosplay events.
References
External Links
David D'Angelo Profile on Rappler
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Filipino activists
Partido Lakas ng Masa politicians
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben%20Hasbach
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Ben Hasbach
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Ben Hasbach (born 22 June 2005) is a field and indoor hockey player from Germany.
Personal life
Ben Hasbach was born and raised in Bremen, Germany.
He is a student at the University of Mannheim.
Field hockey
Domestic league
In the German national league, the Bundesliga, Hasbach represents Mannheimer HC. He has also previously represented Harvestehuder THC.
Under–18
Hasbach first debuted on the international scene at under–18 level. He made his debut for the national U–18 side at the 2023 EuroHockey U–18 Championship in Krefeld. At the tournament, he finished as highest goalscorer and won a gold medal.
Under–21
The month after making his under–18 debut, Hasbach was included in the German U–21 side for the first time in 2023. He made his first appearances for the team during a Four–Nations Tournament in Düsseldorf. He then went on to held the team secure a gold medals at both the Sultan of Johor Cup in Johor Bahru, and the FIH Junior World Cup in Kuala Lumpur.
In 2024 he competed at the EuroHockey U–21 Championship in Terrassa.
Honamas
Hasbach made his senior international debut in 2024, during a test series against India in New Delhi.
Indoor hockey
In addition to field hockey, Hasbach also represent the German Indoor team in international competitions. He made his debut for the side at the 2025 FIH Indoor World Cup in Poreč, where he won a gold medal. At the conclusion of the tournament, he was awarded as the best young player.
References
External links
2005 births
Living people
German male field hockey players
German male indoor hockey players
21st-century German sportsmen
2025 FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup players
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levan%20Papava
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Levan Papava
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Levan Papava () is a Georgian footballer who plays as a forward for Erovnuli Liga club Gareji.
He is the four-time best goalscorer of the Erovnuli Liga 2 with three different clubs.
Career
Papava started his professional career at Mark Stars in Meore Liga. In 2013–14, he displayed his goalscoring abilities for the first time, netting 21 times in 29 games during a season in which his team slipped up at the very end of a long promotion battle and finished just one point behind group leaders Borjomi.
In the summer of 2015, Papava moved to second-division side Gagra where he remained for next four seasons. His first success came a year later. With 13 goals scored in 14 league games, Papava became the top scorer of the 2016 season. He was a member of the squad that reached the cup final in 2018.
Following a year-long tenure at Guria, Papava joined Liga 3 club Spaeri in 2020. In his first season, he scored nearly half of the team goals (15 out of 31) while wearing a captain's armband. The next year saw Spaeri winning the league with Papava
leading the goalscorers list with 23 goals in 26 matches. On 18 November 2021, he netted four in a 5–0 win over Kolkheti Khobi.
The player continued to extend his record as the most prolific marksman in 2022. As Spaeri came second in their debut season in Liga 2, Papava beat his rivals in a goalscoring race again with 18 goals. In a decisive play-off game held on 12 December 2022, Papava scored twice, added another in penalty shootout, although Spaeri failed to overcome Gagra.
Since early 2023, Papava has been a member of Gareji. The club managed to make a historic achievement by winning the top-flight promotion in 2024. As a team captain, Papava took part in all 72 league games during this two-year period, bagging 50 goals in total. It included 13 goals in ten successive league games in the autumn of 2024. In addition, he played a key role in knocking out two Erovnuli Liga clubs, Samtredia and Dila, from the cup competition, scoring a hat-trick in a 5–0 demolition of the former.
After three consecutive individual achievements as a topscorer in the 2nd tier, Papava and his club are both set to make their Erovnuli Liga debut in 2025.
Statistics
Honours
Club
Gareji
Erovnuli Liga 2 winner: 2024
Spaeri
Liga 3 winner: 2021
Individual
Pirveli Liga / Erovnuli Liga 2 topscorer: 2016, 2022, 2023, 2024
References
External links
Profile on Erovnuli Liga
1993 births
Living people
Men's association football forwards
Men's footballers from Georgia (country)
FC Gagra players
FC Guria Lanchkhuti players
Erovnuli Liga players
Erovnuli Liga 2 players
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Meerut%20%281767%29
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Battle of Meerut (1767)
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The Battle of Meerut took place in May, 1767 between the Sikh Misls and the Durrani Empire.
Background
In May 1767, the Sikhs crossed the Jamuna River at Buriya Ghat and sacked Najib’s districts of Saharanpur, Ambeta, and Nanauta. Their attack then shifted to the Sadaat-e-Bara settlement—a cluster of twelve Sayyid villages surrounding Miranpur in the Muzaffarnagar district—before they finally stormed Meerut. A contemporary diary, quoted by G.R.C. Williams, records: "Indeed, this slave of God himself lost some property on the occasion; it was the very month of Shams-ud-Din's marriage, and Sheikh Allah Yar Khan, son of Muhammad Khan, attained the crown of martyrdom at the hands of the infidels"
Battle
In response to these events, Najib ad-Dawlah immediately sought Ahmad Shah’s assistance against the Sikhs. Acting on this request, the Durrani ordered General Sardar Jahan Khan to punish the Sikhs. Accompanied by Najib’s son, Zabita Khan, Jahan Khan set out on a forced march and, covering a distance of about 300 kilometers, reached Meerut in three days. The Sikhs received news of Jahan Khan’s approach about an hour and a half before his arrival, causing most of them to retreat quickly across the Jamuna. Those who did not flee were all killed, and their booty was captured.
Another group of Sikhs had reached the banks of the Ganga. However, when they learned that the Afghans and the Rohillas were pursuing them, they hurriedly turned back toward the Jamuna. They were overtaken between Shamli and Kairana, two important towns on the western side of the Muzaffarnagar district. In that confrontation, the Sikh leader—such as Dasaundha Singh—was slain, Baghel Singh was wounded, and most of the Sikhs were killed, with only a few managing to escape. Subsequently, in the same manner, the Afghan detachment returned to Ahmad Shah Abdali’s halting place.
References
Meerut 1767
1767 in India
1760s in the Durrani Empire
Meerut 1764
Battles involving the Sikh Confederacy
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepal%20national%20under-23%20football%20team%20results
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Nepal national under-23 football team results
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Nepal national under-23 football team 2004–present results.
Results
Keynotes
* Malaysia's score always listed first
(H) Home country stadium
(A) Away country stadium
(N) Neutral venue stadium
1 Non FIFA 'A' international match
2010s
Results accurate up to 10 December 2019.
2000s
* Nepal score always listed first
References
Asian national under-23 association football teams
U-23
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDNA%204
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RDNA 4
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RDNA 4 is a GPU microarchitecture designed by AMD, released with the Radeon RX 9000 series on February 28, 2025.
Navi 4x dies
Products
Gaming
Desktop
References
AMD microarchitectures
Computer-related introductions in 2025
Graphics microarchitectures
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge%20Language%20Research%20Unit
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Cambridge Language Research Unit
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The Cambridge Language Research Unit (CLRU) was founded by Margaret Masterman in 1954 to bring together researches from different academic backgrounds to study the possibility of machine translation. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology publication Machine Translation published a special issue in 1956 dedicated to the CLRU noting that mechanical translation was, at that time an area of study unexplored within the official curriculum of any English university. Based in Millington Road, Cambridge the unit picked up on the conjectural role of an intermediate language which antecedents in the seventeenth century work of John Wilkins and George Dalgarno.
Origins
Masterman (also known as Mrs Braithwaite) met Richard Hook Richens in 1948. Richens was a botanist specialising in research on [[elms]. He had also, however, published a booklet, The New Genetics in the Soviet Union], written with P.S. Hudson in 1946. In this booklet he discusses Dialectical Materialism, using Lenin's Materialism and Empirio-criticism in particular, to criticise the methodology used in Soviet scientific publications. He was also developing an interest in machine translation. He was approaching the problem from a mechanical perspective. While he had developed a kind of "Mechanical pidgin" he was on the verge of giving up. But then he met Masterman, a former pupil of Ludwig Wittgenstein, (indeed she had taken the notes form some of his lectures for subsequent publication) whose approach was rooted in language. The both realised that together they both had some prospect of addressing the problems each had encountered. They were able to raise £250 form six supporters which they invested in "Adie's Museum", a somewhat ramshackle building in Millington Road (since demolished) owned by Walter Sibbald Adie.
References
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel%20Ekpe%20Adamu
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Samuel Ekpe Adamu
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Samuel Ekpe Adamu (born 13 December 1989) is a Nigerian businessman, banker, and real estate developer known for his contributions to the housing sector in Nigeria.
Early life and education
Samuel Ekpe Adamu was born in Kaduna, Kaduna State, Nigeria, and was raised in a family of eight children. His family hails from Benin City, Edo State. In 2000, his family was displaced due to the Sharia crisis, leading to their temporary relocation to a military barracks before eventually returning to their ancestral village.
Adamu began his education at Army Children School in Kaduna. Due to regional unrest, his family moved to Abuja, where he continued his studies at Lucy Memorial Nursery and Primary School. For secondary education, he attended Model Government College in Suleja before completing his West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WAEC) at Talent International College in Kaduna.
Career
Adamu started his professional journey in the banking sector, where he developed financial expertise that later guided his transition into real estate. His initial involvement in the construction industry included working as a mason and selling building materials such as sand and stones. In addition to his business endeavors, he briefly pursued a career in music, which ended in 2007 following an incident during his first major performance. Encouraged by his father, he shifted his focus towards education and professional growth. As a real estate developer, Adamu has concentrated on creating secure and legally compliant housing projects. His work aims to provide stable residential environments, inspired by his personal experiences with displacement.
Philanthropy
Adamu has been actively engaged in philanthropic initiatives, particularly in education and community development. His notable contributions include:
Community Housing Initiative': A program aimed at providing affordable housing for displaced families.
Educational Support Program: A scholarship initiative designed to assist underprivileged students in accessing quality education.
References
Living people
1989 births
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan%20Founding%20Alliance
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Sudan Founding Alliance
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The Sudan Founding Alliance () also known as Tasis or Tasees (), is an alliance of Sudanese anti-governmental political factions and paramilitary forces formed in February 2025 in Nairobi, Kenya.
Background
Following the ousting of long time president, Omar al-Bashir in April 2019, Sudan entered a period of political transition which abruptly ended with a further coup by the Sudanese Armed Forces led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in October 2021. A civil war between the al-Burhan led Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo broke out in April 2023. As Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council, Al-Burhan announced plans to form a new transitional government and amended Sudan's transitional constitution to remove references to the RSF and the Forces of Freedom and Change in February 2025.
Sudan Founding Charter (Nairobi Charter)
Drafting
The Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, announced plans for the formation of a civilian led transitional government on 10 February 2025. In response, the RSF held a meeting at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre in Nairobi, Kenya on 18 February 2025 to establish a Sudan Founding Alliance and draft a Sudan Founding Charter, also known as the Nairobi Charter, to pave the way for the formation of a rival Government of Peace and Unity to administer territory under RSF control. The signing of the charter was later postponed, initially to 21 February 2025 and it was finally signed at 2am on 23 February 2025 at the Edge Convention Centre in Nairobi.
Signatories
In addition to the Rapid Support Forces, the character was also supported by 23 political factions including Abdelaziz al-Hilu of the SPLM-N (al-Hilu), Fadlallah Baramah Nasser of the National Umma Party, Al-Hadi Idris of the Sudan Revolutionary Front, and Ibrahim al-Mirghani of the Original Democratic Unionist Party.
The National Umma Party subsequently removed Fadlallah Burma Nasir as its acting leader following him signing the Nairobi Charter. However, Nasir rejected his dismissal and ordered the dissolution of the party's Presidential Institution instead.
Provisions
The charter calls for “a secular, democratic, decentralised state based on freedom, equality, and justice, without bias toward any cultural, ethnic, religious, or regional identity”, and outlines plans for a “new, unified, professional, national army”.
Members
The alliance includes 23 political and military factions including:
Rapid Support Forces (Janjaweed)
Sudan People's Liberation Movement–North (al-Hilu)
National Umma Party
Sudan Revolutionary Front
Original Democratic Unionist Party
See also
Tagadum
References
External links
Sudan Founding Alliance on Facebook
Sudan Founding Alliance on Twitter
Rapid Support Forces
Sudan People's Liberation Movement–North (al-Hilu)
2025 establishments in Sudan
Organizations established in 2025
Political opposition alliances in the Arab world
Political organisations based in Sudan
Political party alliances in Sudan
Rebel alliances
Sudanese civil war (2023–present)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Hanke
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Peter Hanke
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Peter Hanke (born 28 March 1964) is an Austrian politician who has been nominated to serve as minister of infrastructure in the government of Christian Stocker. He has served as executive city councillor of finance in the government of Vienna since 2018.
References
1964 births
Living people
Social Democratic Party of Austria politicians
21st-century Austrian politicians
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave%20%28Dom%20Dolla%20and%20Tove%20Lo%20song%29
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Cave (Dom Dolla and Tove Lo song)
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"Cave" is a song by Australian record producer Dom Dolla and Swedish singer Tove Lo released on 11 October 2024.
The song polled at number 14 on the Triple J Hottest 100, 2024.
Critical reception
Peter Volpe from EDM Maniac said "Complete with silky rolling drums and swollen low-end sub-bass, the liquid drum & bass tune marks a departure from the tech house and pop music stylings the Aussie house artist and superstar Swedish singer-songwriter are respectively known for, as global demand for the high-speed genre continues to swell."
Chad Downs from Cultr said "The track fuses pop and drum & bass, creating something raw and new for both artists."
Versions
Digital download
"Cave" – 3:00
"Cave" (Partyboi69 & X CLUB mix) – 3:11
Charts
References
2024 singles
2024 songs
Dom Dolla songs
Tove Lo songs
Song recordings produced by Dom Dolla
Songs written by Dom Dolla
Songs written by Tove Lo
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warlito%20Cajandig
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Warlito Cajandig
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Warlito Itucas Cajandig (born January 30, 1944) is a Filipino prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, who has served as the Apostolic Vicar of Calapan from 1989 to 2022.
Early Life and Education
Born on January 30, 1944, in Dumarao, Capiz, Warlito Cajandig received his primary education at Dumarao Elementary School. He pursued secondary studies at Our Lady of Snows Academy from 1950 to 1956, followed by a brief period at Iloilo High School in 1956–1957. He later entered St. Pius X Seminary, where he completed both his high school and college-level philosophy studies. His theological formation took place at St. Vincent Ferrer Seminary in Jaro, Iloilo City, where he studied from 1962 to 1966. Furthering his pastoral education, he took a pastoral course at the East Asian Pastoral Institute from 1966 to 1970.
Priesthood
Cajandig was ordained a priest for the then Diocese of Capiz on March 21, 1970, at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Roxas City. His pastoral ministry included assignments in various parishes. He began as a parochial vicar in Dumalag, Capiz, from 1970 to 1971 before taking on the role of parish priest in Calatrava, Romblon, from 1971 to 1978. He later served as the parish priest of San Agustin, Romblon, from 1981 until his appointment as bishop in 1989.
Episcopacy
On April 17, 1989, Pope John Paul II appointed Cajandig as the Apostolic Vicar of Calapan and Titular Bishop of Ausafa. He received his episcopal consecration on June 21, 1989, at the Manila Cathedral, with Jaime Cardinal Sin as his principal consecrator.
Health and Retirement
In September 2018, Bishop Cajandig suffered a mild stroke, which resulted in a coma and required subsequent brain surgery. Due to his declining health, Pope Francis appointed Fr. Nestor Adalia as the apostolic administrator of the vicariate in November 2018.
On November 7, 2022, the Holy See formally announced that Pope Francis had accepted Bishop Cajandig's resignation due to health concerns. Following his retirement, Pope Francis appointed Moises M. Cuevas as the new Apostolic Vicar of Calapan on June 29, 2023.
References
External links
Bishop Warlito Cajandig at Catholic-Hierarchy
1944 births
Living people
People from Capiz
Roman Catholic bishops in the Philippines
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Philippines
21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Philippines
Bishops appointed by Pope John Paul II
Roman Catholic bishops of Calapan
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moises%20Cuevas
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Moises Cuevas
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Moises Magpantay Cuevas (born November 25, 1973) is a Filipino prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, currently serving as the Apostolic Vicar of Calapan in Oriental Mindoro, Philippines. Before assuming this role, he served as the Auxiliary Bishop of Zamboanga and later as its Apostolic Administrator.
Early Life and Education
Cuevas was born in Cuenca, Batangas, Philippines. He pursued his priestly formation at the Pastor Bonus Seminary in Zamboanga City, where he began his journey toward the priesthood. His theological studies continued at the Regional Major Seminary in Davao City.
Priesthood
Cuevas was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Zamboanga on December 6, 2000. In the years that followed, he took on various responsibilities, including serving as vicar at the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Zamboanga from 2001 to 2003. He later became the rector of the Sanctuary Nostra Signora del Pilar and was entrusted with the role of chancellor of the archdiocese from 2003 to 2009. From 2005 to 2007, he was appointed administrator of the archdiocesan pastoral center. He served as parish priest of Santa Maria Parish from 2009 to 2015. Since 2017, he has been serving as director of the Commission on the Clergy for the archdiocese.
Episcopal Ministry
On March 19, 2020, Pope Francis appointed Cuevas as Auxiliary Bishop of Zamboanga and Titular Bishop of Maraguia. He was consecrated on August 24, 2020, with Archbishop Romulo Tolentino de la Cruz as principal consecrator and Bishops Martin Jumoad and Julius Tonel as co-consecrators.
In August 2021, he was appointed Apostolic Administrator sede plena of the Archdiocese of Zamboanga, while Archbishop Romulo de la Cruz was recovering from a stroke. He managed the affairs of the archdiocese until the appointment of a new archbishop.
On June 29, 2023, Pope Francis appointed him as the Apostolic Vicar of Calapan, succeeding Bishop Warlito Cajandig. Bishop Cuevas was installed on September 6, 2023, at the Sto. Niño Cathedral in Calapan City.
At the time of his appointment, Cuevas was considered one of the youngest bishops in the Philippines.
Advocacy
Bishop Cuevas has consistently emphasized the importance of simplicity and humility in the life of the clergy. He has spoken against material excess and has urged priests to remain dedicated to their pastoral mission. In February 2023, he addressed concerns over clergy members who displayed extravagant lifestyles, calling such behaviors a "blinding addiction" that distracted them from their spiritual responsibilities.
Bishop Moises Cuevas advocates for the protection of the Verde Island Passage (VIP), emphasizing its ecological importance and the threats it faces, such as overfishing, pollution, and climate change. Citing Pope Francis’ Laudato si', he stresses that preserving VIP is crucial for biodiversity and the livelihoods of millions of fishermen, warning that its degradation could lead to displacement and food insecurity.
References
1973 births
Living people
Roman Catholic bishops of Calapan
Roman Catholic bishops of Zamboanga
Bishops appointed by Pope Francis
People from Batangas
21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Philippines
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T18%20%28TV%20channel%29
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T18 (TV channel)
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T18, also referred to by its project names Réels TV and CMI TV, is an upcoming French free-to-air television channel, set to begin broadcasts on 6 June 2025 on channel 18.
This channel is owned by the Czech Media Invest (CMI) group, the main shareholder of which is Daniel Křetínský, who notably controls famous French press magazines, including the weeklies Elle, Télé 7 jours, Marianne, Public, France Dimanche, Ici Paris, Franc-Tireur and Version Femina as well as a stake in the Le Monde Group. The Loopsider media also owned by CMI must participate in the launch of the channel.
History
In July 2024, Arcom decided not to renew the TNT frequencies of C8 and NRJ 12 and to grant one of these two frequencies to Réels TV. The other is attributed to OFTV, a project presented by the SIPA Ouest-France press group.
On 23 September 2024, Christopher Baldelli was appointed president of the channel.
On 12 December 2024, Arcom formalized the allocation of a frequency, the name of the channel became CMI TV. On December 20, 2024, Réels TV announced that TF1 PUB would take care of its advertising management.
During the renumbering of the TNT channels on January 13, 2025, Arcom allocated channel no. 18, until then occupied by Gulli, by a draw with the OFTV channel, which inherits channel 19. On January 15, 2025, the chairman of the supervisory board of CMI France, Denis Olivennes, announced that the definitive name of the channel would be “T18”.
References
Television stations in France
Television channels and stations established in 2025
French-language television stations
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle%20Cooper%20%28politician%29
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Michelle Cooper (politician)
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Michelle Cooper is a Canadian politician who has served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario (MPP) since the 2025 Ontario general election. A member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, she represents the riding of Eglinton—Lawrence.
Prior to her election she served as executive director of the PC Ontario Fund.
References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs
Politicians from Toronto
Jewish Canadian politicians
Jewish women politicians
21st-century Canadian women politicians
21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Women MPPs in Ontario
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malan%20Masi%20Balaji%20Temple
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Malan Masi Balaji Temple
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Malan Masi Balaji Temple is an ancient Hindu temple located in Bundi, Rajasthan, India. The temple is dedicated to the deity Hanuman, also known by his childhood name Balaji, and is considered a significant place of worship in the region. It attracts thousands of devotees, especially on Tuesdays and Saturdays.
Location
The temple is the closest to the old city of Bundi, which is outside the Taragarh Fort of Bundi. It is located at approximately 1 km from District H.Q. of Bundi district.
History
The temple is one of the ancient temples of the city. According to the locals, many years ago a group of saints was passing near the Malanmasi Balaji temple location. They stayed here to rest. They were looking for a rock to cook food on it. They found a stone but on cleaning it, saw thatit was resembling deity Hanuman, and the group of saints installed that stone as an idol of Hanuman at this place. A woman named Masi, who belongs to Mali caste used to come here to collect cow dung. While leaving, the saints asked that woman to worship the idol. This is how the temple got its name Malan Masi Balaji.
Architecture and idol
The temple architecture follows the Indian architecture style, featuring intricate carvings. The idol of deity Hanuman is adorned with Sindoor (vermilion) and Vark. The temple premises also include smaller temples dedicated to other Hindu deities such as Rama, Lakshmana, Sita and Shiva.
Festivals and rituals
The temple hosts various religious events, with Tuesdays and Saturdays being special days for worship. Devotees participate in Bhajans, Arti, and recitations of the Sundara kand from Ramcharitmanas. Special festivals like Hanuman Jayanti and Navratri are celebrated and thousands of devotees visits.
See also
Charbhuja Nath Temple, Bundi
References
Hindu temples in Rajasthan
Hanuman temples
Tourist attractions in Bundi district
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed%20Firin
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Mohamed Firin
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Mohamed Firin is a Canadian politician who has served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario (MPP) since the 2025 Ontario general election. A member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, he represents the riding of York South—Weston.
Prior to his election he served as a community opportunities advocate. He was appointed to this role by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario. He was also Special Advisor to the Premier of Ontario.
References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs
Politicians from Toronto
21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Canadian people of Asian descent
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris%20Scott%20%28politician%29
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Chris Scott (politician)
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Chris Scott is a Canadian politician who has served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario (MPP) since the 2025 Ontario general election. A member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, he represents the riding of Sault Ste. Marie. Scott was personally selected for the seat by Doug Ford. In the election he beat the NDP candidate Lisa Vezeau-Allen by 118 votes — the closest result in the Sault Ste. Marie riding for 120 years. Scott is a graduate of Carleton University.
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs
21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
People from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Carleton University alumni
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zarin%20Hainsworth
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Zarin Hainsworth
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Zarin Hainsworth (born August 1959) is a British women's rights activist and entrepreneur. She has contributed to gender equality and human rights discussions at the United Nations and within the UK government.
Early life and education
Hainsworth was born in Kampala, Uganda, to Phillip and Lois Hainsworth. She earned a bachelor's degree in English and Drama from Aberystwyth University in 1983.
Career
In 1997, Hainsworth founded Serene Communications, a firm that provides training for civil organizations and corporations. She has held leadership positions in several women's rights organizations.
In 2004, she became chairperson of the National Alliance of Women's Organizations (NAWO). Hainsworth served as president of Widows Rights International (WRI) and co-founded Advance, a social enterprise focused on justice, entrepreneurship, and education for women and girls.
A member of the Baha'i community in the United Kingdom, Hainsworth represented the Baha'i International Community as a delegate to the United Nations 54th Commission on the Status of Women. She has worked as a gender expert for the British Council, a member of UN Women UK, and chaired UNIFEM UK from 2005 to 2010. She also chaired the Stroud Business Women's Network (SBWN) and served as an ambassador for the Women's Entrepreneurs Group.
In 2010, Hainsworth founded Naserian, a Tanzanian NGO providing legal awareness training and economic empowerment programs for Maasai widows. That same year, she became a member of Ethical Business Building the Future (EBBF).
She has consulted for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in 2012 and founded Impact Travels, a travel firm, in 2019.
Hainsworth has also chaired the UK Civil Society Women's Alliance and led the UK NGO CSW Alliance, representing civil society organizations in discussions with the United Nations and the UK Government Equalities Office.
Advocacy and policy influence
Hainsworth has participated in United Nations discussions, advocating for women's inclusion in global policymaking. She has spoken at events addressing gender-based violence, economic empowerment, and civil society's role in promoting gender equality.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, she highlighted the crisis's impact on women, particularly regarding employment, unpaid caregiving, and domestic violence. Hainsworth has supported policies addressing gender-based violence, economic empowerment, and social protection measures.
Hainsworth has participated in UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) sessions, working on gender-based violence, women's participation in decision-making, and the ratification of the Istanbul Convention. At the 2008 UN Commission on the Status of Women, Hainsworth discussed the phrase 'the girl child' and its role in advancing girls' rights. In 2013, she co-led an evaluation of the 'Building Women's Movements in Iraq' program for the Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation. The evaluation examined violence, political participation, economic empowerment, and security sector reform in conflict-affected regions.
In 2016, Hainsworth co-signed an open letter to Boris Johnson, urging action for Amina Al-Jeffery, a British citizen detained in Saudi Arabia. She has also worked to strengthen legislation against human trafficking and advocated for victim protection.
Hainsworth has contributed to human rights and sustainability discussions, including forums like the Zaragoza Expo 2008 on water and sustainability. She has conducted training seminars on international gender equality mechanisms through organizations such as the Kurdish Human Rights Project (KHRP).
In 2017, she appeared on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour to discuss women's roles in Brexit negotiations.
Recognition
Hainsworth was listed among 100 Women: The Unseen Powerful Women Who Change the World in 2010. She received recognition from Cambridge Who’s Who for her leadership in training services. In 2012, she was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the Queen's Birthday Honours for her contributions to women's rights and gender equality.
Personal life
Hainsworth is married to Soroush Fadaei. The couple have four children: Iman, Iqan, Erfan, and Anisa.
References
1959 births
Living people
British women activists
British human rights activists
Women's rights activists
Social justice activists
Officers of the Order of the British Empire
Alumni of Aberystwyth University
United Nations officials
British businesspeople
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi%20School%20of%20Journalism%20%28DSJ%29
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Delhi School of Journalism (DSJ)
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Delhi School of Journalism (DSJ) is a premier journalism institution established in 2017 under the University of Delhi. Located in North Campus, New Delhi, DSJ offers undergraduate and postgraduate programs in journalism, with a unique focus on English and Hindi media. The institution aims to provide comprehensive training in news writing, reporting, media ethics, digital journalism, and multimedia production.
The school was inaugurated by the then Vice President of India,M. Venkaiah Naidu, marking its official entry into the educational landscape. DSJ's curriculum emphasizes both theoretical knowledge and practical skills, incorporating hands-on experience through internships, fieldwork, and live projects. It also focuses on technological advancements in the media industry.
References
Education in Delhi
Universities and colleges in Delhi
Journalism schools in India
Delhi University
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabagan%E2%80%93Santa%20Maria%20Bridge
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Cabagan–Santa Maria Bridge
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The Cabagan–Santa Maria Bridge is a bridge crossing the Cagayan River connecting the municipalities of Cabagan and Santa Maria in Isabela, Philippines.
History
The municipalities of Cabagan and Santa Maria in Isabela province has been linked by an overflowing concrete bridge. A new bridge was proposed in 2014 to replacing the old structure which is usually rendered impassible during heavy rains.
The Cabagan–Santa Maria Bridge was constructed besides the old structure. The bridge's "aesthetic design" is meant to fulfill the structure's role as a landmark. It also intended to replace an older concrete bridge.
The bridge was planned to be completed by 2019 but was finished in 2021. Structural defects were detected within the year. Light vehicles and bicycles are allowed to use it in times of emergencies such as flooding which submerges the old bridge.
In 2023, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) awarded R.D. Interior Junior Construction the implement the final retrofitting of the bridge. The bridge was then formally completed on February 1, 2025. The bridge costed .
On February 27, the third span from Cabagan side of the bridge collapsed after a 102-ton truck attempted to cross over it. The incident injured six people.
Specification
The newer Cabagan–Santa Maria Bridge is long with twelve arch spans measuring each; and nine pre-stressed concrete girder spans. The approaches are 664.1 linear meters (2,179 ft) long.
References
Buildings and structures in Isabela (province)
Bridges in the Philippines
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seil%20Amman
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Seil Amman
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Seil Amman () was a water stream that flowed in the valley of Amman, Jordan. Starting from Ras Al-Ein with water from springs and rainfall, it flowed northeast for about six kilometers towards Ayn Ghazal, where it fed into Jordan's second largest river, the Zarqa River, as a tributary.
Several archaeological sites were located along the banks of the Seil, including the neolithic site of Ayn Ghazal in its northernmost part, as well as later Roman ruins consisting of the Nymphaeum and a forum adjacent to the theater in its southern part. The abundance of water resources led Amman to being historically called the "city of waters."
The areas surrounding the Seil were among the first to be inhabited after the modern resettling of Amman by Circassians in the 1880s. In the 1960s, the Amman municipality roofed the Seil with concrete, in an effort to address its rising levels of pollution, drying up of its springs, frequent flooding, and traffic in the downtown area. A street currently runs along the course of the former stream, which is informally known as Saqf Al-Seil, meaning the roofed stream, and formally as Quraysh Street.
Etymology
During biblical times, the water course was called the Upper Jabbok, in reference to its function as tributary of the Zarqa River. Western visitors to Amman in the 19th century, such as Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, referred to it as Moiet Amman (), meaning Amman's water, or as Nahr Amman (), Amman's river. Later, it was known as Seil Amman, meaning Amman's stream, as it continues to be referred to today.
Geography
The stream is located in the Amman valley, known today as the downtown area, which is surrounded by several mountains. It starts in the Ras Al-Ein area (meaning "source of the spring"), with water from springs and rainfall flowing northeast for about six kilometers before reaching the Ayn Ghazal area. There, it contributes to the Zarqa River, Jordan's second-largest river, as a tributary. The abundance of water resources led Amman to being historically called the "city of waters."
History
The springs that gave the Amman valley its water supply had made the area a site of human habitation since at least 10,000 BC, as evidenced by Paleolithic remains there. The point where the Seil meets the Zarqa River is home to the archaeological site of Ayn Ghazal, where the oldest human statues of the human form dating to the 8th millennium BC were found. During the Iron Age in the first millennium BC, the Ammonites constructed a citadel on top of the hill overlooking the valley from the north, known today as Jabal Al-Qal'a (citadel hill), which was expanded by the Romans in the first century AD. The Hebrew Bible describes the Seil, which it called the Upper Jabbok, as having been the Ammonites' boundary.
The Amman valley was cut by the Seil into two banks. In the Roman era, the northern bank contained a colonnaded street, an east-west road known as Decumanus that no longer exists, while the southern bank contained a forum (in the location of today's Hashemite Plaza), a Roman Theater, an Odeon Theater, and a fountain and baths known as the Nymphaeum. Rainwater rushing from the surrounding hills into the valley led to flooding, leading the Romans to construct a series of vaults and arches as well as a network of underground channels to control the flow. Several of these constructions for the Seil were damaged in the past century.
Muslim scholar Yaqut al-Hamawi described the stream in the 12th century AD as:
ِAfter the modern resettlement of Amman by Circassians in the 1880s, the areas surrounding the Seil were among the main spots to be inhabited, such as the Shabsough and Al-Muhajireen areas.
In the 1960s, the Amman Municipality began roofing the Seil, an effort it said was due to its worsening sanitary and health conditions, and flooding during the winter which damaged nearby shops and houses. It also stated that it aimed to increase capacity of roads to address increasing traffic in the downtown area. Costing around 3 million dinars, the municipality gradually roofed the Seil's course, in the years 1964–1971. Today, the street that runs along the course of the old stream is informally known as Saqf Al-Seil, meaning the roofed Seil, and officially as Quraysh Street.
See also
Zarqa River
Ayn Ghazal
Ammon
Downtown Amman
Citadel Hill
Nymphaeum
References
Geography of Amman
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defiant%20%28album%29
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Defiant (album)
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Defiant is the twenty-first studio album by Scottish-born, Australian musician Jimmy Barnes, announced on 25 February 2025 and scheduled for release on 6 June 2025.
About the title, Barnes said "It's no secret that this has caused me some problems over the years, but I've finally learned how to turn my stubborn Scottish streak into something positive – something that helps me survive. I didn't set out to do it deliberately, but now that the album is finished, I can see there's a recurring theme about the satisfaction you can get from fighting back. That's why it's called Defiant"
The album will be supported with a six-date national tour, commencing in June 2025 in Adelaide. The support act will be Taylor Sheridan.
Singles
Upon announcement of the album, Barnes released the two lead singles "New Day" and "Beyond the River Bend".
Track listing
"That's What You Do for Love"
"New Day" - 3:42
"Beyond the River Bend" - 4:29
"Never Stop Loving You"
"Defiant"
"The Long Road"
"Damned if I Do, Damned If I Don't"
"Dig Deep"
"Nothing Comes for Nothing"
"Sea of Love"
Release history
References
2025 albums
Jimmy Barnes albums
Mushroom Records albums
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand%202025%20%28disambiguation%29
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Thailand 2025 (disambiguation)
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Thailand 2025 may refer to:
2025 in Thailand, a list of events and scheduled events in the year
2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship, the women's indoor volleyball championship in Bangkok and other three provinces
2025 SEA Games, the multi-sport event in Bangkok, Chonburi province, and Songkhla province
2025 ASEAN Para Games, the multi-sport event for the disabled in Nakhon Ratchasima province
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syed%20Omar%20Aljunied
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Syed Omar Aljunied
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Syed Omar Aljunied (1792–1852), full name Syed Omar bin Ali Aljunied (Arabic: السيد عمر بن علي الجنيد; transliterated as Sayyid ʿUmar bin ʿAlī al-Junayd) was an Arab Singaporean merchant and philanthropist from Hadhramaut. He built the Masjid Omar Kampong Melaka, the oldest mosque in Singapore. Syed Omar Aljunied is regarded as an important figure in the history of Singapore.
Biography
Syed Omar bin Ali Aljunied was born in 1792 in the Aljunied family which hailed from Hadhramaut. He was reportedly a Sayyid and hence claimed descent from the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Syed Omar set up a business in Palembang, which was under the control of the Dutch East Indies at the time. He also traded in Penang. He then migrated to Singapore in the 1820s along with his family to set up another business in Singapore. The reasons for his migration are either because of Singapore being a free port (hence making it attractive and profitable) or because he was invited by Sir Stamford Raffles to set up his business there and improve Singapore's economy.
Life in Singapore
During his residence in Singapore, Syed Omar became one of the most prominent Arab merchants in Singapore. In 1823, a rival trader from Pahang named Yassin attempted an assassination on Syed Omar, which he escaped from unscathed, but the attack resulted in the British Resident William Farquhar being stabbed by Yassin instead. Yassin was then incarcerated and executed afterwards, and received a small cult following in the form of his grave being turned into a holy site, or keramat shrine until it was demolished by local authorities.
In 1851, Syed Omar was appointed by the British authorities to work alongside fellow merchant Tan Kim Seng to represent the Straits Settlements for a business exhibition held in London. As a philanthropist, Syed Omar donated land and properties to construct buildings to benefit the local community, for example donating a large portion of his land for Tan Tock Seng to establish a hospital, which still stands to this day.
Being a Muslim, Syed Omar Aljunied provided waqf (inalienable charitable foundations) through donations to benefit the Muslims of Singapore, such as the Masjid Omar Kampong Melaka and a plot of land within the historic Jalan Kubor Cemetery. He also funded a complete reconstruction of the Indian-origin Masjid Bencoolen in 1845. Aside from Muslim religious sites, Syed Omar also donated land to be used for the construction of St. Andrew's Cathedral which was completed in 1836.
Death
Syed Omar died on 6 November 1852. He was buried in Jalan Kubor Cemetery. In the early 2000s, the graves of Syed Omar and the rest of his family at Jalan Kubor were exhumed and interred within the courtyard grounds of the Masjid Omar Kampong Melaka.
Legacy
Syed Omar Aljunied was remembered as a prominent figure in Singapore's early history during colonial rule. Omar Road was named after him that led to his mosque at what is now the Clarke Quay area; this street was demolished during modern redevelopment. Aljunied Road was also named after him.
The name of Syed Omar is also present on textile products produced in the Toko Aljunied store located along Arab Street. An annual congregational prayer for Syed Omar, known as Haul Akbar, is celebrated in the oldest mosque in Singapore which he established.
An illustration of him was displayed at Paya Lebar MRT station as part of the The Paya Lebar Story public art display.
See also
Aljunied
Arab Singaporeans
References
Hadhrami people
Yemeni emigrants to Singapore
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra%20Jakob
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Alexandra Jakob
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Alexandra Jakob is an Australian director and founder known for her contributions in the education and personal care sectors.
Education and career
Jakob completed her Business Management degree in 2006 and an MBA in 2012 from the University of Sydney. She founded BondiBoost, a haircare brand, and Little Learning School with a focus on providing quality childcare and developmental programs for children's.
References
Australian founders
Australian directors
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Kasur%20%281965%29
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Battle of Kasur (1965)
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The Battle of Kasur was one of the largest battles of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. It took place on 6–7 September in the Pakistani city of Kasur, as part of India's multi-pronged advance towards Lahore, the second largest city of Pakistan and provincial capital of Punjab. Main fighting lasted for over a day, ending with the Indian retreat on 7 September, though minor raids and skirmishes continued till the ceasefire on 23 September.
Background
Kasur is a Pakistani city located 6 kilometers from the border with India, and 49 kilometers (37 miles) south-east of Lahore. In 1965, it had a population of over 100,000, making Kasur the only major city directly involved in a battle during the war.
The Indian plan was to attack and capture Kasur and advance to Lahore from there. This advance took place parallel to the Indian thrusts from Burki and Wagah.
Strength
Pakistani defenses
Pakistan's 11th Infantry Division, with 15 Lancers (45 tanks) and 32nd TDU Squadron (15 tanks), was responsible for the defense of the Kasur sector. 52 Brigade and 106 Brigade were positioned along the BRB canal, while 21 Brigade was located at Luliani (north-west of Kasur, along the Lahore-Kasur road) and was 11 Division's reserve for the counter-attack.
The Bambawali-Ravi-Bedian (BRB) Canal was Pakistan's main defensive line along this front. It was approximately five metres deep and 45 metres wide and was a “complete water obstacle”, formidable in terms of the South Asian subcontinent where attack across water obstacles was regarded as a risky and difficult operation.
The western banks of the canal were higher than the eastern banks, designed specifically to give the Pakistani defenders a good firing view and to make crossing difficult for the attacking Indians.
Indian attack
India's 4th Mountain Division, consisting of 7 and 62 Mountain Brigades, and supported by Deccan Horse and the 2nd Independent Armored Brigade, were tasked with capturing Kasur. The 7 Mountain Brigade attacked Kasur from the north while the 62 Mountain Brigade attacked from the south. Both attacks were supported by the Deccan Horse, while the independent armored brigade was held in reserve. In total, India's attacking strength in the Kasur sector was close to 17 battalions.
Battle
In the early morning hours of September 6, Indian forces crossed the border and advanced to within 2 miles of Kasur. At around 0500 hours, Pakistani 11 Division units hurried up to occupy their defensive positions along the BRB canal just as the Indian offensive was gaining momentum. The battle began with a seven hour long artillery bombardment and numerous airstrikes, after which India launched their main assault on the city. The battle witnessed some of the heaviest fighting in the war, which continued throughout the day.
The 7 Mountain Brigade, advancing from the north, attacked the outskirt village of Ballanwala and the bridges to its north, but failed to capture them. To the south, the 62 Mountain Brigade saw initial success, and captured its designated targets of Sehjra salient and Rohi Nullah bund, both along the BRB Canal. However, an effective Pakistani counterattack managed to recover these positions and throw the Indians back.
By the end of 6 September, India's 7 Grenadiers (from 7 Mountain Brigade) and 13 Dogra (62 Mountain Brigade) had suffered such heavy casualties that they ceased to exist as effective units altogether. These losses forced the 4th Mountain Division to abandon the main attack on Kasur and retreat back to the border on 7 September. According to Pakistani accounts, the withdrawal of the 4th Mountain Division was 'a debacle', and a large cache of ammunition and weapons was left behind which was seized by Pakistan.
Small Indian raids and airstrikes on Kasur continued till the ceasefire, though the city remained firmly in Pakistani hands.
Aftermath & Casualties
The Battle of Kasur saw some of the heaviest fighting in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. According to Pakistani sources, Indian casualties were nearly 1100 including killed, wounded, captured or missing. At least 2 Indian battalions (7 Grenadiers and 13 Dogra) ceased to exist as functional units following the battle. India also lost 30 tanks in the battle, while Pakistani losses were 12-17 tanks and an unknown number of infantry.
On September 7–8, Pakistan's 1st Armored Division launched a large counterattack and captured Khem Karan, a prominent Indian trading town located 5 kilometers from the Pakistani border. Further Pakistani advance was checked at the Battle of Asal Uttar.
Civilian casualties
Indian artillery and aerial bombing inflicted heavy casualties on the civilian population of Kasur. On September 7, Indian air raids caused a mosque to collapse on its worshippers, and a US Protestant mission school was badly damaged. In the ensuing chaos, many people were trampled by stampeding buffalos. On September 14, an Indian Canberra bomber blew up a two-block area and a factory complex with thousand-pound bombs. The city was hit almost daily by Indian jets firing 20-mm shells. In total, an estimated 1200 civilians were killed, and tens of thousands fled to the Punjabi countryside.
See also
Battle of Chawinda
Battle of Asal Uttar
Operation Gibraltar
References
Battles of Indo-Pakistani wars
Indo-Pakistani war of 1965
Tank battles involving Pakistan
Tank battles involving India
Battles in 1965
Military history of Pakistan
Military history of India
20th-century battles
Mass murder in 1965
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessie%20Landale%20Cumberland
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Jessie Landale Cumberland
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Jessie Landale Cumberland (1861–1935) was a British suffragette.
Biography
Cumberland was born in 1861 at Nainital, Uttarakhand, British India.
Cumberland became active in the women's suffrage movement, as a member of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) and the Church League for Women's Suffrage. She participated in the Black Friday suffrage protest on 18 November 1910 as a member of the WSPU deputation, but was not arrested on that occasion.
Cumberland was arrested again in November 1911 and in 1914. After her 1914 arrest, she was sentenced to imprisonment at Holloway Prison and went on hunger strike. She was awarded the Hunger Strike Medal.
She died in Wimbledon, London, England, in 1935.
In 2023, Cumberland's Hunger Strike Medal sold for £18,270 at auction.
References
1861 births
1933 deaths
British suffragettes
Women's Social and Political Union
Hunger Strike Medal recipients
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxicator
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Toxicator
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Toxicator is a top spin style ride which is to open on the 15th March 2025 at Alton Towers, UK. It is the first top spin to be built in the UK since Ripsaw in 1997, and the first Suspended top spin in the country.
History
In February 2024, Alton Towers submitted a planning application for a new tall ride in the Forbidden Valley, dubbed 'Project Ocean', on the site previously occupied by Funk ‘n’ Fly (originally occupied by Ripsaw). Planning permission was approved in April 2024, and construction began in May 2024.
Ride experience
The ride is located above a pathway connecting Galactica to the rest of Forbidden Valley. It contains green-lit fountains which interact with the ride system. The gondola has a maximum height of 78ft, due to a 16ft elevated platform.
References
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/View%20on%20the%20Stour%20near%20Dedham
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View on the Stour near Dedham
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View on the Stour near Dedham is an 1822 landscape painting by the British artist John Constable. It portrays a view on the River Stour near Dedham on the border between Essex and Suffolk. Constable produced many landscapes depicting the area, now known as Constable Country. It was one of the large "six-footers" he produced and was his principal exhibit at the Royal Academy's Exhibition of 1822 at Somerset House. It was displayed again at the British Institution the following year, then made a sensation when it was exhibited along with The Hay Wain at the Salon of 1824 at the Louvre in Paris.
The painting is in the collection of the Huntington Library in San Marino, California. A full-scale study was at one point owned by Royal Holloway.
See also
List of paintings by John Constable
References
Bibliography
Bailey, Anthony. John Constable: A Kingdom of his Own. Random House, 2012.
Noon, Patrick & Bann, Stephen. Constable to Delacroix: British Art and the French Romantics. Tate, 2003.
Reynolds, Graham. Constable's England. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1983.
Thornes, John E. John Constable's Skies: A Fusion of Art and Science. A&C Black, 1999.
Paintings by John Constable
1822 paintings
Landscape paintings
Oil on canvas paintings
Rivers in art
Collection of the Huntington Library
Bridges in art
Ships in art
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025%20FIVB%20Volleyball%20World%20Championship
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2025 FIVB Volleyball World Championship
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2025 FIVB Volleyball World Championship may refer to:
2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship, the women's indoor volleyball championship in Thailand
2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship, the women's indoor volleyball championship in the Philippines
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova%20Kr%C5%A1lja
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Nova Kršlja
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Nova Kršlja is a village in Croatia.
History
In the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, the gendarmerie of the Drežnik Grad općina was not in Drežnik but in Nova Kršlja, farther away from Drežnik than the gendarmerie of the Rakovica općina. This was to ease the monitoring of peripheral areas like Kordunski Ljeskovac and Mašvina. In 1941, shortly after the establishment of the NDH, the forces disarmed the gendarmerie of Nova Kršlja on their own initiative, replacing its commander Stojan Borojević with a Croat commander Mirko Frković, and dismissing all Serb members.
In 1941, Nikola Crnković was designated as its Ustaša zbirnik.
Following this, a number of Serbs were arrested for possession of arms and held captive at the arms depot in Nova Kršlja, only released thanks to the intervention of Franjo Rajković of the općina administration in Rakovica.
Demographics
References
Populated places in Karlovac County
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sten%20Str%C3%B6mholm
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Sten Strömholm
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Sten Daniel Strömholm (10 July 1930 – 25 March 1997) was a Swedish diplomat. Strömholm served in various diplomatic roles, starting his career at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1959. He was stationed in Brussels and Madrid, later working as first secretary in Cairo and Paris. In 1979, he became the Swedish ambassador to Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War, where he was involved in securing the release of a kidnapped Swedish citizen and assisting in the evacuation of Swedes from Baghdad. Throughout the war, Strömholm faced significant danger, with his embassy in Beirut being evacuated, but he continued to assist remaining Swedes. He later served as ambassador to Islamabad, deputy head of Sweden's UN mission, and ambassador to Budapest, before advising the Latvian government in the 1990s.
Early life
Strömholm was born on 10 July 1930 in Boden, Sweden, the son of Major Fredrik Strömholm, and his wife Gerda (née Janson). He was the brother of Professor Stig Strömholm and the half-brother of photographer Christer Strömholm. In 1934, when Strömholm was four years old, his father died by suicide, reportedly due to chronic headaches caused by a riding accident many years earlier.
Strömholm completed his secondary education at Högre allmänna läroverket in Uppsala in 1949. He then studied at Union College in Schenectady, New York, from 1949 to 1950 and earned a Candidate of Law degree from Uppsala University in 1957. During his time at Uppsala University, he was a member of Uplands nation, served as president of the Uppsala Student Union, and chaired the university's International Committee.
Career
Strömholm completed his court service from 1958 to 1959 before joining the Ministry for Foreign Affairs as an attaché in 1959. He was stationed in Brussels from 1960 to 1962 and in Madrid in 1962. From 1963 to 1966, he served as an administrative officer (kanslisekreterare) in the legal department of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. He then worked as first secretary at the Swedish embassies in Cairo (1966–1971) and Paris (1971–1976). Returning to the ministry, he became deputy director (kansliråd) in the legal department from 1976 to 1978 and was later appointed deputy director-general (departementsråd) in 1978.
In 1979, Strömholm was appointed ambassador to Beirut, with additional accreditations in Damascus and Amman. He arrived in Beirut in the midst of the Lebanese Civil War. During his first year in Beirut, he was involved in securing the release of Swedish citizen Hans Ehn, who had been kidnapped by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in early January. Ehn was freed in July of that year. In late September 1980, Strömholm worked at the Swedish evacuation center in Amman, assisting in the evacuation of 250 Swedes from war-torn Baghdad, which had come under Iranian airstrikes.
In May 1982, just weeks before the outbreak of the Lebanon War, discussions arose about the possible closure of the Swedish embassy in Beirut. The TCO division at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs urged the ministry to weigh the benefits of keeping four Swedish staff members in place against the risks they faced in the city's escalating violence. An evacuation plan was in place, and embassy operations had already been scaled down to a minimum. Strömholm had been caught in crossfire multiple times. The embassy, located on the western side near the dangerous Green Line, overlooked Beirut's devastated center. Some operations had already been transferred to Amman, where Strömholm was also accredited in Jordan and Syria.
At the start of the war, the Swedish embassy in Beirut was evacuated. Strömholm and embassy secretary Marie-Elise Gunterberg monitored the conflict from the city's eastern districts. On 10 June, Strömholm sent a telex to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs reporting that columns of smoke from bomb explosions were rising over western Beirut, where the Swedish embassy was located. The ministry had given Strömholm and Gunterberg the freedom to leave Lebanon whenever they deemed it necessary, but escape routes had been cut off. That same day, the two Swedish diplomats worked from the honorary consul's office to assist the few Swedes still in Beirut. On 14 June 1982, the Siege of Beirut began. In the following days, Strömholm helped evacuate 22 women and children by ship to Cyprus.
In July 1982, he became entangled in matters concerning the "," a criminal organization involved in drug smuggling and trafficking. During the pretrial detention hearing for one of the group's leaders, Salim Chaaban, Swedish investigators received threats that both Ambassador Strömholm and a Swedish UN soldier in Lebanon would be kidnapped. However, these threats were never carried out.
In 1983, Strömholm was appointed ambassador to Islamabad, with additional accreditation in Malé. He later served as deputy head of Sweden's permanent mission to the United Nations in New York City (1985–1989) and as ambassador to Budapest (1989–1993). From 1994, he worked at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and, between 1994 and 1996, acted as an advisor to the Latvian government in establishing their Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Riga.
Personal life
On 12 December 1959, in Uppsala, Strömholm became engaged to Elvy Nilsson from Boden. Their engagement reception was held on 12 June 1960 at Ringgatan 20D in Uppsala. They married on Midsummer's Eve, 24 June 1960, at Maria Church in Stockholm. Elvy Nilsson was the daughter of Bertil Nilsson and his wife, née Johansson, from Kiruna.
On 5 January 1965, in Stockholm, Strömholm became engaged to Kerstin Rantzén, daughter of director Allan Rantzén and his wife, Meggy, née Kritz, from Stockholm. Their marriage banns were published on 14 February 1965, and they were married on 10 April 1965 at Gustaf Adolf Church in Stockholm. Their son was born on 19 January 1966 at Allmänna BB in Stockholm, and their daughter was born on 30 December 1967 at Karolinska Hospital in Stockholm.
On 17 November 1979, Strömholm married Kerstin Stenfeldt (born 1945) at the in Malmö. She was the daughter of Wide and Inez Stenfeldt. Together they had one son.
Death
Strömholm passed away on 25 March 1997 in , Kävlinge Municipality, Skåne County. His funeral was held on 11 April 1997 at in Kävlinge Municipality, Scania.
Bibliography
References
1930 births
1997 deaths
Ambassadors of Sweden to Lebanon
Ambassadors of Sweden to Syria
Ambassadors of Sweden to Jordan
Ambassadors of Sweden to Pakistan
Ambassadors of Sweden to the Maldives
Ambassadors of Sweden to Hungary
Uppsala University alumni
People from Boden Municipality
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crepidosceles
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Crepidosceles
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Crepidosceles is a genus of moths of the family Oecophoridae. It occurs in Australia.
Species
There are eleven recognized species:
References
Oecophorinae
Moths of Australia
Endemic fauna of Australia
Taxa named by Edward Meyrick
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20J.%20Flemm
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John J. Flemm
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John James "Jack" Flemm (July 31, 1896 – March 13, 1974) was an American industrialist, politician, and Navy veteran who founded the Flemm Lead Company. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a member of the Highlands, New Jersey Borough Council from 1950 to 1951 and as chair of the Monmouth County Democratic Party Executive Committee.
Early life and military service
Flemm was born on July 31, 1896, in New York City, to Albert and Anna Carrie Flemm. He attended the New York Institute of Technology before enlisting in the Navy.
From 1913 to 1918, Flemm served in the United States Navy and fought the Central Powers during World War I.
Business career
In 1927, Flemm established the Flemm Lead Company in Long Island City and served as its president until his death. He also owned the Detroit Lead Pipe Works Company, which had operations in Michigan and Puerto Rico. Flemm was a member of the Lead Industries Association and the Queens Chamber of Commerce.
In 1943, the Red Cross awarded Flemm the American Red Cross Award for contributions to the 1943 American Red Cross War Fund.
In 1948, Flemm funded the construction of an pile-and-timber pier, by the New York Corps of Army Engineers, that extends a total of into the Shrewsbury River, south of Route 36 in Highlands.
In 1949, Flemm purchased $29,000 in bonds, unanimously approved by the borough council, to cover repairs to the Highlands public water system.
Political career
After declaring his candidacy, Flemm won the primary election in April 1949. In November 1949, Flemm was elected to the Highlands Borough Council for a one-year unexpired term, in a gain for Democrats, becoming the only Democrat elected to the council that year. He was sworn into office on January 1, 1950, succeeding Republican Richard Parker. He was appointed to serve on the Police Committee (as chair), the Water and Sewer Committee and the Finance and Public Buildings Committee.
During his tenure, Flemm proposed the construction of a low-rent housing project near Huddy Park, built by borough employees. He also drafted and led the effort to pass new zoning laws, increasing regulation on the size of new homes built and dividing the borough into four districts: two residential, one business, and one business/industrial.
After winning the primary, Flemm was defeated for re-election in November 1950 by Republican Matthew F. Horan.
In March 1950, Flemm was appointed to the Highlands Public housing authority for a four-year term. In December 1951, he resigned from the board citing "business requirements".
In April 1950, Flemm was elected chair of the Monmouth County Democratic Party Committee, defeating incumbent chair James N. Kinlan. In accepting the position, Flemm named Michael S. Mendes as co-leader due to "business obligations".
In 1950, Flemm was considered as a potential candidate for sheriff or freeholder of Monmouth County, but was persuaded to run for re-election by the local Democratic Party.
Personal life and death
Flemm was married to Paulyne Colbert. They had two children: a son, John Jr., who married Marion G. Wells, and a daughter, Ruth. Flemm and Paulyne divorced and he went on to marry Edith Dooley. Edith served as president of the local Ladies Democratic Social Club. Flemm was commonly known as "Jack" and later "John Sr." after the birth of his namesake. John Jr. served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and was wounded fighting in the Pacific theatre.
Flemm died on March 13, 1974, in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, and was buried at St. Michael's Cemetery in East Elmhurst, Queens.
References
1896 births
1974 deaths
Businesspeople from New Jersey
People from New York City
New York Institute of Technology alumni
New Jersey city council members
New Jersey Democrats
People from Highlands, New Jersey
Politicians from Monmouth County, New Jersey
United States Navy personnel of World War I
20th-century American businesspeople
20th-century New Jersey politicians
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary%20Theresa%20King-Myers
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Mary Theresa King-Myers
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Mary Theresa King-Myers was a Canadian politician who served as the first female municipal councillor in rural Canada.
Career
King-Myers was first elected to Halifax County council in 1938, retiring in 1949 before successfully re-offering in the 1950s. She continued to serve on council until 1967.
During the 1939 royal visit, King-Myers was presented to King George VI as representative of the women of Halifax County. She gave a ceremonial gift of a bouquet plucked from the Halifax Public Gardens to Queen Elizabeth.
On March 4, 1938, King-Myers moved an amendment to establish a poor section in the county; however, the motion was not supported by other councillors. Work to establish a poor section, or county home, had been underway since 1927 when the initial plan for the building was submitted. King-Myers voiced her support of the county home plan in 1939, stating it had been delayed and moving an amendment to include the issue as a plebiscite during the next election. This amendment found no support from other councillors.
In 1945, King-Myers supported a proposal to create a physical education program and increase teacher salaries in Halifax County schools. During a meeting of council on March 4, she stated she was "strongly in favour of anything designed to improve health and education". The proposal moved forward with approval of all councillors.
King-Myers was a supporter of the shopmobile program, a government-funded initiative to provide mobile industrial education workshops to students in rural Nova Scotia. The workshops were constructed on trucks and equipped to teach woodworking, metalworking, leatherworking, and blacksmithing. Two mobile workshops were launched in 1942 in Antigonish and Kings County, and the project proved to be successful. During a meeting of council on March 15, 1946, King-Myers stated that she was "very much interested in the shopmobile service, and is anxious that it be established."
King-Myers voted in favour of adopting the Department of Education's rural high school program and establishing a rural high school in the Musquodoboit Valley area during a council meeting on March 12, 1947. The school opened in 1951 as Musquodoboit Rural High School.
Personal life
King-Myers was of the fifth generation to live in the King house in Wellington. She was the granddaughter of William Michael King, and the daughter of William James King, who had served on council from 1923 to 1938.
See also
Women in Canadian politics
Maxine Cochran (1926–2014), first female cabinet minister in Nova Scotia
Moira Leiper Ducharme, first female mayor of Halifax
Gladys Porter (1893–1967), first woman to be elected mayor in the Maritimes and first female MLA in Nova Scotia
References
External links
Halifax County Council Minutes 1880-1996
Politicians from Halifax, Nova Scotia
Women municipal councillors in Nova Scotia
20th-century Canadian women politicians
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Follies%20Trust
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The Follies Trust
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The Follies Trust is an architectural conservation and preservation organisation established in 2006 with a focus on Follies. The trust operates in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
The organisation is registered as a charity in Northern Ireland.
The trust has restored more than thirty buildings with a folly elements over the past 20 years across the island of Ireland.
The organisation provides direct funding and repair services as well as partnering with other bodies to provide information, expertise and funding.
Notable projects
Notable projects include the repair of the arches and obelisks at Gloster House and restoring the pyramid at Maudlins Cemetery in Naas, County Kildare.
See also
Irish Landmark Trust
Mausolea and Monuments Trust
References
Conservation in the Republic of Ireland
Cultural heritage of Ireland
National trusts
Archaeological organisations based in the Republic of Ireland
Non-profit organisations based in the Republic of Ireland
2006 establishments in Ireland
Architecture in Ireland
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda%20Johnson
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Matilda Johnson
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Matilda Alica Cynthia Johnson (born 7 August 1958 in Bathurst, now Banjul) is a Gambian librarian and writer.
Education and Career
In 1984, Johnson studied at Loughborough College where she pursued a Dip (HE) Library course. Later, She obtained a bachelor's degree in Librarianship and Information Studies from the City of Birmingham Polytechnic (now Birmingham City University) in June 1988, thereafter she received a master's degree in the subject.
In the mid-1980s, she worked as a librarian for the Gambian National Library and was a librarian at the Management Development Institute (MDI) until about 2004. Sometime in 2014, she was Deputy Director General of the Gambia National Library Service Authority (GNLSA) which later becomes the Gambian National Library.
Johnson took over the post of Director General of the National Library in 2015. She is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals. She is married to James Johnson and has two sons and two daughters with him.
Other activities
Johnson served as a UN Volunteer in 1999 during the independence referendum in East Timor. In addition to her professional activities, Johnson has been involved in the Methodist Church since at least 2003. In 2009, she was elected chair of the Albion Methodist Lower Basic School Board and has been on the board of the Wesley Methodist Contemporary Nursery School Board since 2012. She is also active in the Gambia Christian Council and the Education Advisory Council.
Around 2010/2011 she was president of the Gambian Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA). And was elected vice president of the World Federation of Methodist and Uniting Church Women (WFMUCW) with responsibility for West Africa in 2011.
From 2010 to 2013, she was chair of the organization PRO-HOPE International The Gambia (PHIN Gambia). During the same period, she was active for the Network on Gender Based Violence (NGBV).
Publications
Johnson published literary works in various newspapers and magazines by the late 1990s. In 2005, she published poems in the anthology The Repeal and other poems which Hassoum Ceesay described as the most important Gambian feminist publication since Augusta Jawara's rebellion (1968).
Works
2005: The Repeal and Other Poems (anthology with works by Johnson, Ann Therese Ndong-Jatta and Juka Jabang) Fulladu Publishers, Fajara.
References
1958 births
Living people
Alumni of Birmingham City University
Gambian librarians
Gambian writers
Gambian women writers
YWCA leaders
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20universities%20in%20Sindh
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List of universities in Sindh
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Higher education in Sindh, Pakistan, has seen significant growth, with numerous public and private universities offering a variety of academic programs. Karachi, the provincial capital, is home to some of the country's top institutions, such as the University of Karachi and Aga Khan University. The province has focused on expanding access to higher education, improving research facilities, and enhancing educational quality. While institutions in Sindh contribute to national development, challenges like financial constraints and regional disparities persist. The government continues to invest in education to address these issues and promote innovation and academic excellence.
List of universities
See also
Education in Pakistan
List of universities in Pakistan
List of universities of Punjab, Pakistan
List of universities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
List of universities of Balochistan
List of universities of Azad Kashmir
List of universities of Gilgit-Baltistan
References
Lists of universities and colleges in Sindh
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adhadhu
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Adhadhu
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Adhadhu is an online news website based in Malé, Maldives. Adhadhu's journalists has received many awards from the Maldives Media Council.
History
Adhadhu was registered with the Ministry of Home Affairs on 22 February 2022.
On 20 March 2023, Editor-in-chief Hussain Fiyaz Moosa was sent text messages which contained death threats after publishing an article about organized crime and religious extremism.
In 2024, Adhadhu won the politics, sports, video documentary, investigative journalism (audio and video) categories at the Journalism Awards.
Controversies
Adhadhu produced a documentary called "Skeelan", which is about president Mohamed Muizzu's stepmother. The documentary says that Skeelan was deported and blacklisted from the Maldives and that Muizzu's family had cut ties with her. Muizzu denied all the allegations.
Adhadhu produced a documentary called "Bailakka", where it shows that PNC MPs of the People's Majlis were getting monthly payouts by Mohamed Muizzu. The government and the MPs denied this and threatened legal action and the President's Office filed a complaint with the Maldives Media Council about the documentary.
References
Newspapers published in the Maldives
Newspapers established in 2021
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natsuki%20Tanii
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Natsuki Tanii
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Natsuki Tanii (谷井 菜月 Tanii Natsuki; born September 23, 2003) is a Japanese competition climber who specializes in competition lead climbing.
Climbing career
In 2019, Tanii finished on the podium at the World Cup event in Briançon, France, collecting the bronze medal in her third-ever World Cup final. Tanii was a consistent finalist for the majority of the season, securing third place in the overall 2019 Lead World Cup ranking in her first senior year.
In 2022, Tanii won the silver medal in the women's lead final at the World Games.
In 2023, Tanii placed third at the final 2023 Lead World Cup event in Wujiang, China.
In 2024, Tanii won her first senior title in the women's lead final at the Asian Championships.
Rankings
World Cup
World Youth Championships
Japan Cup
References
External links
2003 births
Living people
Japanese female climbers
Sportspeople from Nara Prefecture
Japanese competition climbers
21st-century Japanese sportswomen
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977%20Bridgestone%20Doubles%20Championships
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1977 Bridgestone Doubles Championships
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The 1977 Bridgestone Doubles Championships was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo in Japan that was part of the Colgate Series of the 1977 WTA Tour. It was the third edition of the tournament and was held from April 4 through April 10, 1977.
Final
Doubles
Martina Navratilova / Betty Stöve defeated Françoise Dürr / Virginia Wade 7–5, 6–3
See also
1977 Colgate Series Championships
References
1977
1977 in Japanese women's sport
1977 in Japanese tennis
1977 in Tokyo
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris%20Cantelmo
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Chris Cantelmo
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Sage Christopher Cantelmo (19 June 1962 - 24 November 2019) was a biochemist, and founder of Cantelmoism.
Early life and career
Chris Cantelmo was born on 19 June 1962 somewhere in Oregon. Very little is known about Cantelmo's early life. He was a high school valedictorian and he graduated from Yale University. He has said that he tried hallucinogens as a teenager. He spent 35 years in the pharmaceutical industry. Cantelmo ran three HPLC companies; the last one was called GL Sciences. Cantelmo has claimed that he suffered from depression and anxiety his whole life. He owned a ranch in Los Angeles and has also mentioned having two kids.
Cantelmoism
In 2013, Cantelmo was diagnosed with brain cancer and had supposedly cured himself by vaping Dimethyltryptamine, a powerful hallucinogenic compound.
Cantelmoism, the spiritual movement founded by Cantelmo, was rooted in the belief that DMT had the potential to cure illnesses such as brain cancer and unlock higher states of consciousness. Cantelmo promoted his ideas through online platforms, particularly Reddit, where he gained a small but devoted following (often by givng away money) and gained thousands of followers.
The core tenets of Cantelmoism revolved around the use of DMT as a sacrament and a pathway to divine insight. Cantelmo claimed that his own experiences with the substance allowed him to access profound spiritual truths and heal his own mental and physical ailments. He described these revelations as proof of the interconnectedness of all life and the existence of a higher universal consciousness. Cantelmo's teachings mostly centered around the spiritual, psychical, and psychological benefits of DMT but also included other radical beliefs, such as a belief that certain laws of physics were incorrect, aliens are already on earth and predictions about the future.
Cantelmo's movement attracted significant attention but also considerable skepticism and criticism. Critics accused him of promoting pseudoscience and exploiting vulnerable individuals seeking alternative treatments for serious illnesses. His online presence often became a battleground between supporters, detractors, and concerned observers.
List of claims made by Chris
Cantelmo believed schizophrenia should be encouraged and that schizophrenic's hallucinations are real.
Cantelmo claimed that DMT is the cure for "all your diseases," including cancer and atheism.
Cantelmo promoted sungazing.
Cantelmo said that Einstein's Mass–energy equivalence formula, , is incorrect, and that it is supposed to be , and that the second law of thermodynamics is also incorrect.
Cantelmo claimed that there will be an upcoming apocalyptical war.
Cantelmo claimed that DMT and ayahuasca are vaccines to protect people from an imminent extraterrestial attack.
Cantelmo is allegedly God and a messiah in Cantelmoism.
Cantelmo claimed to have special access to the spiritual world.
Death and legacy
On November 24 2019, Cantelmo was found dead on a hiking trail in LA with stab wounds, his death was ruled a suicide.
While Cantelmoism did not achieve mainstream acceptance, it sparked discussions about the intersection of science, spirituality, and the potential therapeutic uses of psychedelics. Cantelmo remains a polarizing figure, remembered both as a visionary by his supporters and as a controversial promoter of unscientific ideas by his critics.
Bibliography
DMT GOD: Prepare Yourself in 8 Days (2019).
See also
List of messiah claimants
Religion and drugs
Religion and schizophrenia
Terry A. Davis
References
1962 births
2019 deaths
2019 suicides
Self-declared messiahs
Psychedelics and religion
Psychedelic drug advocates
American people of Italian descent
American biochemists
Reddit people
Chemists from Oregon
Religious leaders from California
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/65th%20Kurentovanje%20%282025%29
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65th Kurentovanje (2025)
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Kurentovanje 2025 is the 65th edition of Ptuj carnival, organized by Ptuj Public Institute cooperating with Urban Municipality of Ptuj, being held between 22 February and 4 March in Ptuj, Slovenia.
Around 6,800 participants from nine countries are expected at all public events, with 14 foreign groups to be hosted. They also increased the cash fund for carnival groups to 6,300 € (4,200 last year).
The President of Slovenia Nataša Pirc Musar, is this year's honorary patronage of Kurentovanje.
19th prince of the carnival (the second year in a row), is Francesco Guffante, city judge.
Schedule
Introduction
Main traditional events
Accompanying events
Evening display of indigenous characters
Main events
25th Kurent's jump (2.2.–3.2)
Zvonko Križaj (Prince Matevž Zoki II) wanted to revive an old tradition, when his father and neighbors first put on bells at Candlemas at midnight.
It is a ceremonial dance of kurents by the fire, always exactly at midnight on the transition from February 2 to 3, introduced by the 2nd Carnival Prince Matevž Zoki II in 2001, or rather revived an old custom from his home area. Therefore, ever since then, this event has traditionally been held annually on his homestead in Budina, just below Lake Ptuj. It also gathers several hundred kurents and is an introduction (albeit unofficial) to the entire carnival event, as it is a completely independent and separate folk event, not connected to the official carnival. What is characteristic of this event is that the kurents do not wear fur coats and masks, only bells, hedgehogs and leggings. This year, over 500 kurents gathered.
28th Opening Ethnographic Parade (22.2.)
The intercontinental meeting of ethnographic carnival characters has been held since 1998, always on the pre-carnival Saturday morning at 11 a.m., as the opening procession of the 11-day carnival carnival event. It features only traditional ethnographic carnival characters from several European countries. In addition to our local characters such as kurents (korants), baba nosi deda, Whip-Crackers, Ploughmen, Cockerels, Bears, ploughmen, Fairies and carnival dancers, there are also traditional carnival schemes from abroad such as Austria, Italy, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Croatia...
On February 22, at the opening procession, there were total 2,463 performers from total 81 groups from a wide variety of societies from four different countries: Italy, Croatia, Bulgaria and Slovenia. Of these, a record 1,076 kurents (never before in an ethnographic procession) and 967 ethnographic masks from Ptuj and Drava fields, 303 masks from other parts of Slovenia and 157 masks from abroad. The ethnographic procession was also visited by a record 17,000 people from near and far, a good number of people from abroad as well. For the second year in a row, the 19th Carnival Prince Francesco Guffante, Ptuj city judge, "took over" power for 11 days.
1. Ptuj Brass Orchestra
2. The Prince of the Carnival (Francesco Guffante, city judge)
3. The Prince's Merchants
4. Kurents and Korants
5. Whip-Crackers (Župečja vas, Tržec, Pobrežje)
6. Spearmen (Markovci)
7. Fairies (Markovci)
8. Cockerels (KUD Baron Muretinci)
9. Jürek and Rabolj (Dolena)
10. Bears (Markovci)
11. Cirkovce Log-Haulers (Cirkovce)
12. Pobrežje Dancers (Pobrežje)
13. The Old Woman Carrying The Old Man (Soviče-Dravci)
14. Ploughmen (Leskovec, Podlehnik, Podvinci, Mali Okič, Markovci, Rogoznica, Kicar)
15. Miners (Sodinci)
16. Serfs (Spuhlja)
17. Herbalists (Draženci)
18. Škoromats (Hrušica, Ilirska Bistrica)
19. Šjme Vrbovo (Vrbovo)
20. Liški pustje (Kanal ob Soči)
21. Sevski potecini (Selšček)
22. Obrški prutarji (Veliki Obrež)
23. Butalci (Cerknica)
24. Koši Šoštanjski (Šoštanj)
25. Pust Mozirski (Mozirje)
26. Krampusi Ankestein (Cirkulane)
27. Kungoški parklji (Kungota)
28. Coprnice izpod Resenika (Žetale)
29. Baranjske buše (Draž)
30. Brežanski zvončari (Matulji)
31. Srakarski zvončari (Sračinec)
32. Lafre, pikači, čaplje in cimeri (Čakovec)
33. Urthos E Buttudos (Sardinija)
34. Survakari-Kukeri (Sofija)
35. Gypsies (TED Lükari in ED Cigani Dornava)
OPENING ETHNOGRAPHIC PARADE STATISTICS;
2.463 participants (from 81 groups in total)
1.076 kurents (from 38 groups of kurents and korants)
927 participants (from 26 local ethnographic groups from Ptuj area)
303 participants (from 11 other ethnographic groups from other parts of Slovenia)
157 participants (from 6 foreign ethnographic groups from Croatia, Italy and Bulgaria)
20th Obarjada (22.2.)
Since 2006, on pre-Shrove Saturday, together with opening ethnographic parade, in Novi trg square (formerly in the courtyard of Ptuj Cellar, Minorite Monastery and Mestna tržnica), a charity chicken stew "Obarjada" is held, where Obara is cooked, organised by the Lions Club. The proceeds from the sale of sold stoves go exclusively to charity, originally intended mainly for the blind and visually impaired. The record is 8,000 people.
The 20th Obarjada took place under the title "More than soup". A record 24 teams cooked and collected a record 39,420 euros, of which 20,300 euros were contributed by the visitors (about the same as last year) and the rest by various donors. They cooked approximately 6,000 servings of stew.
9th Day of Kurent and Korant groups (26.2.)
The Day of Kurent's (Korant's) groups is a relative novelty. It has been held since 2017, originally held on pre-Shrove Tuesday and moved to Shrove Wednesday, is organized by the Association of Kurent Societies. It is exclusively an evening performance of the kurents and korants, when hundreds of them gather in the old town. This year the event was canceled a day earlier due to rain forecast and was not rescheduled.
12th Saturday Carnival Promenade (1.3.)
The Saturday carnival promenade has been held anually since 2013 on Shrove Saturday, as it was revived after a long time on the 140th anniversary of the first recorded Ptuj city corso from 1873. It features Romans, medieval merchants and townspeople in carnival costumes.
10th Night Spectacle (1.3.)
It has been held since 2015, this year on Carnival Saturday, where only demonic masks such as Krampus, devils, hooves, zombies...
65th International Carnival Parade (2.3.)
It is the highlight each year, which takes place on Shrove Sunday afternoon. It features several thousand ethnographic and other carnival masks, both domestic and numerous schemes from other European countries, the best masks are also awarded. It attracts an average of 50,000 visitors from all over Slovenia, as well as from abroad. It is one of the largest and most important processions in Europe and the world.
In 2011, record 65,000 people gathered at the main international Sunday event, an absolute record that has not been surpassed to this day.
13th Children's Parade (3.3.)
On Shrove Monday, there will be the 13th edition of Children's parade at the old town, the biggest procession of Slovenian kindergartens.
65th Shrove Tuesday Burial (4.3.)
In Ptuj, the farewell from the carnival season is especially festive. People stop working there at noon and meet at numerous parties in the old town that last into late night. The "handover of power of Prince of the carnival" to the mayor will happen along with the Burial of the Carnival at 1 PM.
Carnival hall
Between 7 February and 1 March 2025 commercial part of the carnival with different, mostly music events, but also traditional student and children parade, is being held in Arena Campus Sava Ptuj carnival hall (separated from ethnographic and carnival parades).
Arena Campus Sava Ptuj
Sponsors
Ptuj carnival Kurentovanje is under the patronage of UNESCO intagible cultural heritage.
Main organisers and co-participants
Public Institute Ptuj
Urban Municipality of Ptuj
Javne službe Ptuj
FECC
Association of Kurent Societies
Council of carnival princes
I Feel Slovenia
Partners
Adriaplin
NLB Skupina
Perutnina Ptuj
Talum
Javne službe Ptuj
Zavarovalnica Triglav
Cestno podjetje Ptuj
Dravske elektrarne Maribor (DEM)
Sava Hotels & Resorts
Ptujske pekarne
Ptujska klet
Intera
Casino Admiral Ptuj
Reseda
Tenzor
Telekom Slovenije
Petrol
McDonald's
PSS Ptuj d.o.o.
Geoplin Petrol
Telemach
Jager
Gostilna Ribič
IVD
Komunala Ptuj
Drava d.o.o.
Awards
Carnival groups
Tptal prize money is 6,300 euros.
Indigenous characters
Indigenous characters (masks) from Ptuj wider area including Ptuj field, Drava field and from Haloze:
"Kurent" or "Korant" (the main character)
"The Whip Crackers" (for happiness and well-being)
"Carnival dancers" (from Pobrežje, Videm)
"the Spearman" (marital character)
"Ploughmen" (draw a magic circle)
"Log-Haulers" (to enchant fertility)
"The Devil" (fear, fear, is coming)
"The Trough" (the straw bride)
"Old Woman Carrying Her Man" (spirits of heaven)
"The Mischievous Bear" (from Ptuj field)
"Kurike and Piceki" (for a good harvest)
"Jürek and Rabolj" (from Haloze)
"Fairies" (Zabovci)
"Rusas" (from Ptuj field)
"Gypsis" (from Dornava)
1st Kurent Fair. Newǃ (Shrove weekend)
This year's novelty is the "Kurent's Fair", which will be held during Shrove Saturday and Sunday (March 1 and 2) at the market square from 10 a.m. on. There will be a rich entertainment and animation program. A corner where you can enjoy the flavors of culinary delights including famous Ptuj donats, find souvenirs from the Kurentovanje festival, experience a great atmosphere with a DJ, and have fun on a bouncy house with the little ones.
Music animation with DJ
Souvenirs from Kurentovanje
flavors of culinary delights with Ptuj donats
Playground for the youngest with bouncy house and animation
– 1 March (from 2 to 5 PM)
– 2 March (from 4 to 6 PM)
19th Prince of the carnival
Francesco Guffante, city judge (Marko Šamperl), the 19th official prince of Ptuj carnival with two-year mandate (2024–2025), was by the tradition inaugurated on St. Martin's Day (2023) at 11.11 AM. For the second year in a row he took over the keys of the city hall from the mayor Nuška Gajšek at the carnival opening (22.2.) to "rule" the town for 11 days. He will give the keys back at the Burial of the Carnival on Shrove Tuesday.
Route
Opening Ethnographic Parade (22.2.)
Zadružni trg (start) – Pešmost – Cankarjeva – Prešernova – Slovenski trg – Slomškova – Miklošičeva – Mestni trg – Krempljeva – Minoritski trg – Dravska – Mihelič gallery (finish)
Day of Kurent and Korant Groups (26.2.)
Kurent House (start) – Murkova – Mestni trg – Miklošičeva – Slomškova – Slovenski trg – Prešernova – Kurent House (finish)
Saturday Carnival Promenade (1.3.)
Mestni trg (start) – Miklošičeva – Slomškova – Slovenski trg – Murkova – Mestni trg (finish)
International Carnival Parade (2.3.)
Potrčeva (start) – Trstenjakova – Vinarski trg – Lackova – Mestni trg – Krempljeva – Minoritski trg – Dravska – Mihelič gallery (finish)
Children's Parade (3.3.)
Muzejski trg (start) – Prešernova – Slovenski trg – Murkova – Mestni trg – Krempljeva – Minoritski trg – Dravska – Mihelič gallery (finish)
Nearby parades
Around Ptuj
References
External links
Kurentovanje Official
Slovenian folklore
Cultural heritage of Slovenia
Slavic carnival
Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
2025 in Slovenia
sl:65. Kurentovanje (2025)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen%20Gaillard
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Karen Gaillard
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Karen Gaillard (born 29 June 2001 in Fribourg) is a Swiss racing driver competing for Schumacher CLRT in Porsche Carrera Cup France.
Career
Beginnings (2019–2023)
After being a finalist in the AutoScout24 and CUPRA Young Driver Challenge 2019, Gaillard made her touring car racing debut in the 2019 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship, racing at the Nürburgring round as a guest driver. In her maiden TCR outing, Gaillard scored her first top-ten finish in race two by finishing ninth. At the end of the year, Gaillard won the AutoScout24 and CUPRA scouting programs, earning her a drive in the 2020 24H TCE Series. In the pandemic-affected season, Gaillard made her debut in the third round of the season at Monza Circuit, and scored a class podium in the following round at Hockenheim.
Returning to the 24H Series for 2021, Gaillard switched to the GTX class alongside Lionel Amrouche, her first incursion into sportscar racing. In the three races contested by Gaillard, she scored her first podiums in GTX with a runner-up finish at Dubai and a third at Mugello. In 2022, Gaillard switched to the Mitjet Series, joining Racing Spirit of Léman for her first full-time season in motorsports. The Swiss driver scored a best result of sixth at Barcelona and finished 18th in the standings.
In 2023, Gaillard competed in the NP02 class of the European Endurance Prototype Cup, joining DIMAB Motorsport by ANS alongside Grégory de Sybourg. Despite not taking a win throughout the season, Gaillard scored three pole positions and four podiums to finish runner-up in her maiden season in the championship.
Iron Dames (2024–present)
2024 was a landmark season for Gaillard, as she joined the Iron Dames for her GT3 debut in the Le Mans Cup, sharing a Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 alongside Célia Martin. Racing on an equal footing against several Gold-rated drivers, Gaillard showcased pace, scored regular points and achieved a maiden podium at Paul Ricard, on her way to sixth in the standings. Alongside her Le Mans Cup campaign, Gaillard returned to the NP02 class of the European Endurance Prototype Cup, scoring a best finish of fourth at the season-ending Paul Ricard round.
In late 2024, Gaillard won the Porsche Carrera Cup France shootout, becoming the first woman to win the selection and earning her a drive in the 2025 Porsche Carrera Cup France season with Schumacher CLRT. In preparation for her rookie season, Gaillard competed in select rounds of the Porsche Sprint Challenge Southern Europe.
In 2025, Gaillard also made her debut with the main Iron Dames quartet in the IMSA SportsCar Championship, racing a 992-spec Porsche 911 GT3 R in that year's 24 Hours of Daytona. Despite falling three laps down due to a long pit stop under green, Gaillard played a role in the team's charge to an eighth place finish in GTD.
Racing record
Racing career summary
Complete Le Mans Cup results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
* Season still in progress.
References
External links
2001 births
Living people
Swiss racing drivers
Le Mans Cup drivers
Iron Lynx drivers
21st-century Swiss sportswomen
Sportspeople from Fribourg
Swiss female racing drivers
24H Series drivers
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers
Porsche Carrera Cup France drivers
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