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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamer%20%28Alan%20Walker%20song%29
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Dreamer (Alan Walker song)
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"Dreamer" is an instrumentation recorded by British-Norwegian record producer and DJ Alan Walker, released by NoCopyrightSounds (NCS) on 7 April 2023. The song reached number 47 on Billboard Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart and won the award for Best Instrumental Non-Vocal Release at the 2024 Electronic Dance Music Awards.
Background
Dreamer was Walker's first release on NCS in eight years and also his first since his original contract expired and his previous releases were dropped. According to the press release, the impetus for "Dreamer" came from a Twitter poll in which Walker asked fans, "Can you believe it's been 10 years since I started posting my music on Youtube. Should we take it to the beginning?" After more than 90% responded in the affirmative, Walker began work on "Dreamer." On April 4, 2023, Walker and NCS came to an agreement regarding the song, with Walker simply posting handshake emoji on Twitter. On April 8, he posted on Twitter announcing that the official music video for "Dreamer" would be released in 100 hours. Walker said of the song, "Walkers, I’ve completed the challenge and have ended up with my new single ‘Dreamer’ on NCS. A tribute to all of you who supported me since the early days of my career. We’re celebrating you, my community and most dedicated fans. I hope you're equally stoked as I am and I can't wait to see all your creations on the song!"
Critical reception
Dancing Astronaut said, "Like his past masterpieces, 'Dreamer' is beautifully layered with harmonies reminiscent of a choral ensemble, giving the song an otherworldly, transcendent quality. The production, like Walker's past work, is meticulously crafted." EDM Identity's Sheila Lim said, "While the core of the song takes the listener back to the 'Faded' era, 'Dreamer' represents a story of transformation and creative growth that highlights Alan Walker's disruptive storytelling abilities and originality as a producer. He has not forgotten about 'Walkers' and has given fans a compilation of their dedication stitched together in the official music video." EDM.com said, "The layered, textured sound design expertly weaves organic and electronic elements together to create a gritty, ethereal track." Nicole Pepe of We Rave You said, "With digitized elements making you feel like you should be zooming through outer space on an epic quest to save humanity." Jonathan Currinn of CelebMix said, "Taking inspiration from previous hits and using them as the basis for “Dreamer,” he ensures listeners a subtle sense of nostalgia while also laying down an unstoppable current melody that wraps it all up into a deeply moving track."
Music Video
The music video zooms by with a group of lucky Walkers performing the song for the first time. The music video released on Walker's channel has 2 million views, and the video released on the NCS channel has 2.5 million views. The first release on the NCS YouTube channel attracted over 2,600 viewers, with over 3,400 likes in the 10 hours leading up to the first release and 618 comments, and reached 1 million views within 13 days of its release.
Track listing
Charts
References
2023 singles
2023 songs
Alan Walker (music producer) songs
House music songs
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vadym%20Taloverov
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Vadym Taloverov
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Vadim Nikolaevich Taloverov (), is a Ukrainian retired professional footballer.
Career
He started playing football in Kuibyshev Youth Sports School-9 under coach Sergei Uspensky. In 1989, he made his debut in the second league as part of ShVSM-SKA. In the middle of the season, a group of ShVSM-SKA players (, Gribov, , Fedotov) moved to Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev.
After the collapse of the USSR, he played in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Moldova.
Personal life
He is the father of professional international footballer Maksym Talovierov. After retiring he has settled with his wife in Kyiv, including during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
References
1971 births
Living people
Ukrainian men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Ukrainian expatriate men's footballers
Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Moldova
Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Sutlej
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Battle of Sutlej
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The Battle of Sutlej took place in March 1765 between the Sikh Misls and the Durrani Empire.
Background
Ala Singh came to submit to Ahmad Shah Durrani when the Shah’s army reached Sirhind. Shocked by the desolation of what was once a flourishing town, the Shah received Ala Singh, who presented himself with valuable gifts. When Ahmad Shah asked about the ruins of Sirhind, Ala Singh explained that the Sikhs had repeatedly laid waste to the area, despite his efforts to curb their advances. In response, the Shah offered him the governorship of Sarhind along with an annual subsidy of three and a half lakhs of rupees, and even proposed granting him additional territories west of the Chenab. This appointment was meant both as a reward for Ala Singh’s service and as a strategic move to either bring other Sikh chiefs under his influence or to sow discord among them. Although Alha Singh accepted the title and the rewards, his appointment later led to tensions; after the Abdali retired, the Dal Khalsa attacked him for having submitted to Ahmad Shah. At the same time, the Sikhs, who had long relied on guerrilla warfare against the Mughal governors and Ahmad Shah’s forces, began to show increasing confidence. Over the past two years, their continuous successes emboldened them to engage in organized, pitched battles. They restructured their forces into a conventional formation with a center, right wing, and left wing, as described by Qazi Nur Muhammad. This new approach marked a turning point in the regional power struggle, setting the stage for significant confrontations along the Sutlej and in other parts of Punjab during this period.
Battle
After spending several days in Sirhind, Ahmad Shah Abdali began his return journey and crossed the Sutlej, probably at Machhiwara, Almost immediately after crossing the river, when his forces had barely moved away from the bank, Sikh warriors attacked his advance guard. The Afghans quickly readied themselves for battle. Ahmad Shah took command from the center, while on the right flank, commanders like Shah Vali Khan, Sardar Jahan Khan, Shah Pasand Khan, and Anzala Khan led 12,000 troops. On the left, Nasir Khan was in charge of another 12,000 Baluchis. The Sikhs, too, had arranged themselves in an orderly battle line: in their center, Jassa Singh Kalal stood firmly like a mountain, with Jassa Singh Thokah beside him; other Sikh chiefs took their places in the middle, while Charat Singh led the right wing with Jhanda Singh Dhillon, Lehna Singh Bhangi, and Jai Singh Kanhaiya, and Hari Singh Bhangi, Ram Das, Gulab Singh, and Gujjar Singh formed the left wing.
Ahmad Shah issued strict orders for his commanders not to advance from their positions. As the battle raged, the Sikhs overpowered the Afghan right flank. Noticing this weakness, Ahmad Shah summoned Nasir Khan and explained that many of his warriors had pursued the Sikhs too far, leaving the right wing empty. He instructed Nasir Khan to press on that side without overextending, warning that the enemy would eventually come to him. When Nasir Khan reached the right, he was fiercely attacked by Charat Singh. Although Nasir Khan’s men held their ground, the Sikhs, having failed to break the line, feigned a retreat. Nasir Khan, deceived by this tactic, pursued the fleeing Sikhs. However, once he was isolated from the main body, the Sikhs abruptly halted, turned around, and attacked him like a bird of prey. Forced to dismount and fight desperately, the Afghans struggled for hours before managing to rejoin their main force, only to face another sudden assault by a fresh detachment of Sikh warriors. The fighting continued with intense, shifting moments until both sides retired for the night.
The following morning, as the Afghans marched at sunrise, they had advanced only a short distance when the Sikhs appeared again. This time, the Sikh forces attacked from three sides—front, right, and left—and even reversed their formation from the previous day, switching their left and right wings. Their numbers were larger, adding to the pressure on the Afghans. Ahmad Shah promptly halted his troops and reorganized them in the same defensive formation. Just as the Afghans prepared to launch a counterattack, the Sikhs suddenly fled, only to reappear later behind the Afghan lines. Frustrated by this maneuver, Ahmad Shah ordered his soldiers not to break ranks, insisting they wait for the enemy to come to them before striking.
On the third day, with the sunrise, the Afghan army mounted their horses and advanced further. Soon, the Sikhs reappeared, launching an attack in the same unpredictable manner as before. They charged in with the force of a lion, then quickly withdrew like a fox, only to reengage with the same deceptive tactics. According to Qazi Nur Muhammad’s account, these Sikh fighters repeatedly appeared, fought for a short time, and then disappeared, never engaging in a prolonged, direct battle. He harshly criticized them, claiming they showed no shame or modesty in avoiding open combat, and accused them of lacking true faith. This pattern of hit-and-run attacks continued for several days, with the Sikhs persistently harassing the Afghan forces.
On the fourth day, a significant skirmish took place near Kapurthala, where the Afghan forces suffered heavy losses not only in manpower but also in their animals. This encounter further weakened the Durrani forces, adding to the cumulative strain caused by the relentless Sikh attacks.
On the seventh day, as the Afghans continued their march, they reached the ghat of the Beas. Ahmad Shah ordered that all non-combatants—camels laden with gold or wood, shopkeepers, craftsmen, merchants, traders, householders, women, children, and even bullocks and donkeys—be transported across first. Only after everyone had safely crossed did he move to the riverbank. At that moment, he was informed that approximately 30,000 Sikh warriors were waiting on the opposite bank, fully armed and ready for battle. As was customary, Ahmad Shah instructed each captain to take up his position with his armed retainers. The Sikh fighters then created a tumult on all sides and engaged in fierce combat. At one point, an Afghan Khan charged into the thick of the Sikh ranks, forcing the enemy to retreat and scatter, their pride insulted by the dust thrown upon them. The Afghans pursued the fleeing Sikhs, slaying many along the way. Once the Sikh force had finally withdrawn and was no longer visible, they reappeared briefly at the water’s edge before the entire Afghan camp managed to cross the river safely. The Shah then crossed himself, and the Baluchis followed group by group. He declared this final encounter the last battle of the Sikhs, stating that their cunning and tricks had brought them only disappointment. He boasted that, as the “Faith-protecting king,” he marched forth in grandeur and victory, ultimately continuing his journey by crossing the Ravi and the Chenab with ease.
Aftermath
At the end of March 1765, after leaving India, Ahmad Shah Abdali began his return journey. His retreat took a heavy toll when he crossed the Chenab, losing many men in the process. He then set up camp on the far side of the river and sent Jahan Khan ahead to build a temporary boat bridge over the Jehlum. From that point on, the Shah advanced cautiously, covering roughly ten kilometers a day so his troops could rest. Within two days, his army safely crossed the Jehlum via the boat bridge and made camp at Rohtas Fort.
While stationed at Rohtas, Ahmad Shah showed his gratitude to Nasir Khan for his support by granting him the territory of Quetta along with other rewards. The Shah also offered Nasir Khan additional lands—Derahs, Multan, and Jhang—which included all the regions west of the Chenab. However, Nasir Khan and his counselors respectfully declined these extra gifts, most likely due to concerns over the Sikhs. After these events, the Durrani army continued on to Kabul through Attock and Peshawar, while Nasir Khan crossed the Indus River using a boat bridge set up by Ismail Khan near Dera Ismail Khan, then proceeded through Dera Ghazi Khan until he reached Qalat.
References
Conflicts in 1765
1765 in India
1760s in the Durrani Empire
Battles involving the Durrani Empire
Battles involving the Sikh Confederacy
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nehruvian%20rate%20of%20growth
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EuroGames%20Vienna%202024
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EuroGames Vienna 2024
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The EuroGames Vienna 2024 was a multi-sport event organized primarily by and for the LGBTIQ+ community, held from July 17 to 20, 2024, in Vienna, Austria. It had approximately 4,000 athletes in the event under the motto “Embrace Diversity.”
Bidding
The Vienna organizers were awarded hosting licence for 2024 by the European Gay & Lesbian Sport Federation (EGLSF) after Vienna-based sports clubs Aufschlag Wien and Kraulquappen Wien successfully bid to host the games. It competed against the British city of Birmingham. On December 28, 2021, the EGLSF announced that Vienna had won the most votes of its members in exceptional (online assembley) pandemic context after the cancelation of 2020 EuroGames in Düsseldorf and modified 2021 Copenhagen.
Vienna hosting
EuroGames 2024 had its kick-off presentation and promotion event as a part of Vienna Pride programs on June 9, 2023 at the Vienna City Hall, with councillor Thomas Weber, from EuroGames Vienna team Ulrike Lunacek and Gerhard Marchl, president of organization. In line with the motto “Embrace Diversity”, the EuroGames Vienna 2024 celebrated the diversity of participants and sports alike. The event challenged and overcame traditional gender-binary and heteronormative structures in sport event organizing.
“Vienna is a cosmopolitan and diverse city and, as the rainbow capital, also sets international standards in the area of LGBTIQ equality. As the city councillor responsible for the LGBTIQ community, I am delighted that the topic of sport is thus increasingly finding its way into the Viennese community and hopefully many queer people in Vienna will be able to overcome their fear of contact with sports clubs or even unpleasant experiences in their youth,” stated Christoph Wiederkehr, Vienna Deputy Mayor.
EuroGames were held from July 17 to 20, 2024, with the opening and closing ceremonies at EuroGames Village at Karlsplatz, in the historic core of Vienna. The opening show featured Conchita Wurst, while Clara Luzia performed at the closing ceremony.
The program included 31 sports, featuring most favored badminton, soccer, swimming, tennis, and volleyball. Additionally, recreational activities and new sports made their EuroGames debut, including roller derby, table football, roundnet, racketlon, darts, and padel. Events were spread across 33 venues across Vienna.
On the EuroGames opening day sports conference named “Out in Sport - How Sport can Unite and not Divide” included many prominent Austrian and few international speakers and was broadcast by national television ORF.
Achievements
The organizational team consisted of approximately 15 people, led by the co-presidents Maria Schinko and Gerhard Marchl, but the event’s delivery was made possible with the dedication of hundreds of volunteers. Key goals of the organizing team were to attract FLINTA individuals (women, lesbians, intersex, non-binary, trans, and asexual people) and participants from Central and Eastern Europe to Vienna. Approximately one-third of participants were female-identified or non-binary, and more than 200 came from Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and other countries in Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. In total, around 4,000 athletes from across Europe and beyond participated. The largest national delegations came from Germany, the United Kingdom, and Austria. Details presented in Final report and per sports statistics document (pdf) linked bellow.
See also
EuroGames
Gay Games / Federation of Gay Games
Principle 6 campaign
World Outgames / Gay and Lesbian International Sport Association
Vienna Pride
References
External links
EuroGames 2024 Vienna homepage
Final report and statistics document (as .pdf)
LGBTQ sports events
Recurring sporting events established in 1992
European international sports competitions
Multi-sport events in Europe
Events in Vienna
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truglia
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Truglia
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Truglia is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Christel Truglia (born 1936), American politician
Jerry Truglia, American automotive mechanic
Steve Truglia (1962–2016), English stuntman
See also
Truglia Tower, historic tower in Sperlonga, Lazio
Italian-language surnames
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RFA%20Mollusc
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RFA Mollusc
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RFA Mollusc was a salvage vessel. It was built by Fleming & Ferguson, and launched in Clyde, 20 November 1915. It was originally named Trinculo, and the name was changed to Mollusc in January 1916. During its service, it salvage HMS Falmouth. It was sold to the Port of London Authority for £7500, and was renamed Yantlet. In 1948, it was owned by H W Black, but the name remained. It was scrapped at Grays, Essex in June 1955.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam%20King%20%28academic%29
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Adam King (academic)
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Adam King ( 1560 – 10 August 1620) was an early modern writer, poet, and academic. He was a university professor and administrator at the University of Paris and a significant educational reformer in Britain in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. He played a important role in establishing the ideas and methods of the new sciences in early-modern formal education at Paris and, in collaboration with his nephew William King, at the University of Edinburgh after his return to Scotland in 1595.
Education and career
Adam was the son of Catherine Young and Alexander King senior, a respected Edinburgh advocate. He graduated M.A. from St Leonard's College in 1580. He then moved to the University of Paris to study and work, firstly at the College Du Plessis (1581-1588), then as professor of mathematics and philosophy at the College de Lisieux (1588-1592). He was procurator three times and treasurer of the German Nation, a governing body of the University of Paris, and also ran unsuccessfully for the Rectorship of the university (1589). Contemporary evidence exists for his academic position at Paris in the three years between 1592-1595. In his entry in a 1597 Album Amicorum, King described himself as the recent Petroramaeus Professor of mathematics at Paris. This three year position was available from 1592 onwards. Upon the expiration of the three years at the end of 1595, King returned to Edinburgh.
Works
King's large body of poetic and prose works survives in both printed and manuscript form. The majority of his poetry was published posthumously in the 1637 anthology of Scottish Latin, Delitiae Poetarum Scotorum. Contained in this collection are several significant and substantial pedagogical poems on astronomy and cosmology, which deal directly with new scientific and philosophical concepts such as hypotheses on multiple universes and heliocentrism. (see selected poetry below).
A manuscript containing the poetry that not published is stored in the library of the University of Edinburgh. It is bound with a larger manuscript that contains King's most important work: a large prose commentary on the poem De Sphaera by George Buchanan. The commentary is a comprehensive account of ancient, medieval, and early-modern cosmology and natural philosophy. In a letter to William King (Adam King's nephew, see above), Jacobean poet and bibliophile William Drummond of Hawthornden stated that King's edition of the Sphaera was the most outstanding work of his 'excellent' corpus, written by 'the most learned man' that Scotland had produced.The survival of classroom student notes and published student disputations show that this sentiment was shared by the university community in general: the commentary was used for instruction in cosmology, astronomy, and natural philosophy at the University of Edinburgh from the early 17th century until at least 1650.
A letter, calendar, and catechism all written by King in Scots survive. Like King's Latin poetry from Paris, they date from the late 16th century, and reveal his sympathy for the Counter-Reformation in Scotland and Europe in that period.
Later life and death
In 1607, King married Margaret Mawer, widow of Walter Mawer. Both Margaret and Adam owned property on High Street in Edinburgh. Margaret inherited a property on Strichen Close behind St Giles Cathedral. On March 17th 1618, Adam King inherited the King family properties including Drydane, neighbouring Hawthornden Castle, and a property in what is now known as Mary King's Close - named after Adam's niece, but which was originally named Alexander King's Close after his father and brother. Adam King died on 10th of August 1620.
References
Sources
External links
Adam King's selected poetry
1560s births
Scottish poets
Scottish scholars and academics
Year of birth missing
1620 deaths
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974%20Southern%20League%20season
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1974 Southern League season
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The 1974 Southern League was a Class AA baseball season played between April 16 and September 5. Eight teams played a 140-game schedule, with the top team in each division qualifying for the championship round.
The Knoxville Sox won the Southern League championship, as they defeated the Jacksonville Suns in the playoffs.
Teams
Map of teams
Regular season
Summary
The Jacksonville Suns finished the season with the best record in the league for the first time in team history.
Standings
League Leaders
Batting leaders
Pitching leaders
Playoffs
The Knoxville Sox won their first Southern League championship, defeating the Jacksonville Suns in five games.
Playoff bracket
Awards
See also
1974 Major League Baseball season
References
External links
Minor League Baseball official website
Southern League season
1974 in sports in Alabama
1974 in sports in Florida
1974 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state)
1974 in sports in North Carolina
1974 in sports in Tennessee
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen%20Cheng
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Allen Cheng
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Allen Cheuk-Seng Cheng is an Australian epidemiologist and professor of medicine.
Since 2015, he has been the Professor of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology at Monash University.
His area of research is epidemiology, focusing on infectious disease research and public health policy.
In 2025, he was awarded the Companion of the Order of Australia for his eminent service to medicine.
Early life and education
Cheng graduated from the University of Melbourne Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences in 1993.
He also has a PhD (Flinders University), a Master of Public Health (Monash University) and a Master of Biostatistics (University of Queensland).
Medical career
During the COVID-19 pandemic, he served as Victoria's Deputy Chief Health Officer and chaired the Target Vaccine Advisory Group. He was also co-chair of coronavirus vaccines for the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI).
Cheng has been Professor of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology within the Monash University Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine since 2015.
Since 2023, he has been the Director of Infectious Diseases at Monash Health. Previously, he served as the Director of Infection Prevention and Healthcare Epidemiology at Alfred Health and held a professorship in Infectious Diseases Epidemiology at Monash University's School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine. Before his tenure at Alfred Health, Cheng worked as an infectious diseases physician in regional locations such as Darwin and Geelong, as well as internationally in Thailand, Papua New Guinea, the United States, and Finland.
Awards and recognition
In the 2025 Australia Day Honours, Cheng was awarded Australia's highest civilian honour, Companion of the Order of Australia, "for eminent service to medicine as an epidemiologist, to infectious and communicable disease research and education, and to national and international public health policy".
Other recognition includes:
2008 Sir Richard Stawell Memorial Award, Australian Medical Association (Victoria).
2012 Frank Fenner Award for Advanced Research in Infectious Diseases, Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases.
2014 National Health and Medical Research Council Excellence Award and Level 2 Clinical Fellowship.
2018 WG Smith Fellow, Visiting Lecturer, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital.
Personal life
Cheng is the son of migrant parents, who came to Australia from Malaysia and Hong Kong in the 1950s and 1960s. His father died during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Publications
, Scopus lists 535 publications, which have been cited 29,107 times, and an h-index of 76.
Google Scholar lists 46,012 citations to his works, and an h-index of 94.
References
External links
at Monash University
Living people
Australian health activists
20th-century Australian medical doctors
21st-century Australian medical doctors
Australian epidemiologists
Australian medical researchers
Australian scientists
Fellows of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians
Companions of the Order of Australia
Academic staff of Monash University
University of Melbourne alumni
Australian people of Hong Kong descent
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh%20Youth%20Union
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Bangladesh Youth Union
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Bangladesh Youth Union () is the youth wing of the Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB).
History
On 28 August 1976, the Bangladesh Youth Union was established.
In November 1976, the first meeting was held at Nababpur Mahbub Ali Institute and the group's first convening committee was declared, Abul Kashem was elected and appointed as convener.
The first national conference was held at Engineers Institution Auditorium in January 1977. At that conference, the organization's name was renamed to 'Bangladesh Youth Union'. At that conference, Nurul Islam Nahid was elected as the president and Abul Kashem was elected as the general secretary.
At the second conference of the group in 1981, Abul Kashem was elected and appointed as president and Mahbub Zaman was elected as general secretary of the organization.
The group was involved in 1990 Bangladesh mass uprising and other similar movements.
In June 2021, the central office of Youth Union was vandalized.
References
1976 establishments in Bangladesh
Communist Party of Bangladesh
Youth organisations based in Bangladesh
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleksandr%20Rzhepishevskyi
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Oleksandr Rzhepishevskyi
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Oleksandr Ivanovych Rzhepishevsky (, 1879, Izmail, Bessarabia Governorate — 1930, Moscow, USSR) was a Ukrainian architect of Polish origin of the Art Nouveau (Modern) era, who worked mainly in the city of Kharkiv.
Biography
Born in 1879 in Izmail, Bessarabia Governorate, in a family of an officer. In 1882, he moved with his parents to Akkerman, Odesa Governorate.
He studied at the Akkerman Men's Gymnasium, then at the 4th Odessa Gymnasium, and then, following his older brothers, entered the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of Novorossiya University (Odesa). Deciding to become an architect, he went to St. Petersburg, where in 1903 he graduated from the St. Petersburg Institute of Civil Engineers with a gold medal. He received the right to continue his studies abroad. He went to Paris, where he studied at the Sorbonne in 1904–1906.
He returned to the Russian Empire and got married. He could not count on the help of his parents' family, as it was large. Joining forces with an old friend, architect Nikolai Vasyliev, he began participating in architectural competitions held in St. Petersburg. The project of a new by the two architects was liked and accepted for implementation by the guild of merchants of the city of Kharkiv. Rzhepishevsky was invited to Kharkiv to supervise the implementation of the bank project.
He worked in Kharkiv in 1910–1920, where he created a number of buildings that are now . One of the architect's last buildings is the "Dolosy" sanatorium, Yalta, Crimea.
Rzhepishevsky was one of the initiators of the creation in the Russian Empire of the "Society of Private Apartments", which can be considered a prototype of modern construction cooperatives. Apartments in such houses were owned by residents, each owner could choose individual decoration and layout. One of the first such houses was built according to his project at in 1912. It became known as the "", because the architect placed several fountains in the entrance, some of which are still working (until the Russian invasion in 2022). The owners of the apartments were people of "liberal professions": lawyers, doctors, architects. Oleksandr Ivanovych himself lived in this house, as well as architect . The apartments consisted of 4–6 rooms, had a reception room and an office. In 1914, after the construction of another company house, but with larger rooms (up to 50 square meters), the architect and his family moved to , where he and his family occupied two apartments.
After the beginning of the Soviet occupation of Ukraine, he lost all his property and means of subsistence, from his two apartments the Soviet authorities left him only one room. He decided to move with his family to Crimea to emigrate after his friend Nikolai Vasyliev. But while there, he met his second wife and decided to stay. Later he moved to Moscow, where he lived in poverty and obscurity on Herzen Street (now Bolshaya Nikitskaya Street).
His brother Mykhailo Ivanovych Rzhepishevsky lived in Odesa on Koblevska Street (now ), 36 and in 1916 was a member of OVIRTT.
He was married twice. He is the father of one of the first Soviet film stars and the famous Soviet choreographer Halyna Shakhovska.
As a "bourgeois element", he was arrested in 1930 and spent six months in prison. After his release from prison, he was ill and died two months after his release from a heart attack. The burial place is unknown.
In 2014, a street in Kharkiv was named in honor of Oleksandr Rzhepishevsky.
Works
Author of 27 buildings in Kharkiv in the National Romantic style (in Kharkiv known as ), many of which are .
1910–1913 — , in co–authorship with architect Nikolai Vasyliev, 10 ;
1910 — Mindovsky Textile Factory, 6
1910 — Bakakin Textile Factory, 19
1911 — Kontrolsky's tenement house, 4
1912 — , known as the "", 6 . Rzhepishevsky and architect lived in this house.
1912 — complex of warehouse and administrative buildings, 5
1912–1913 — P.M. Livshits's house, 7
1912–1913 — House of the Oleninska Children's Hospital Society, 5
1913 — Moldavsky merchant's tenement house, 15
1913 — residential building, 8
1913 — residential building, 33
1913 — tenement house, 8
1914 — mansion of the actor, head of the Kharkiv Theater M.M. Synelnikov, 29
1914 — Max Gelferich's tenement house, 14
1914 — , 19 . Rzhepishevsky lived in this house.
1914 — O.I. Melgunova's tenement house, 8
1914 — Manus Volovnyk merchant's tenement house, 3
1914 — company house, 6
1914 — tenement house, 17
1914 — Professor Brandt's private clinic, 23
1915 — Moldavsky merchant's house, 4
1915 — Red Cross hospital, 5
1915 — Dmytro Abramov merchant's house, 21
The Dolossy sanatorium was built in Yalta according to his design.
Author of several houses on the Garden Ring in Moscow and the mansion of industrialist A. Rebinder in Shebekino (Kursk Governorate).
Gallery
References
Sources
Materials of periodicals.
Polyakova Yu. Yu. Architects of Kharkiv of Polish origin / Yu. Yu. Polyakova // Polish diaspora in Kharkiv: history and modernity: Materials of science. conf., Kharkiv, April 24. 2004 / Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Kharkiv, Polish House in Kharkiv. – Kh., Maidan, 2004. – P. 111–124
Lisovsky V. G., Isachenko V. G. Nikolai Vasiliev, Alexei Bubyr. – St. Petersburg: White and Black, 1999. – 287 p. – (Architects of St. Petersburg). – ISBN 5–89771–011–2
Shkodovsky Yu.M., Lavrentiev I.N., Leibfreid I.N., Polyakova Yu.Yu.; Artist–designer Yukhtman A.S. Kharkiv yesterday, today, tomorrow. – Kharkiv: Folio, 2002. – P. 36,105, 115, 120, 122, 124, 125, 139, 148. – 5000 copies. – ISBN 966–03–1743–3.
Calendar of significant and memorable dates of Kharkiv region, 2014: recommended. bibliogr. index. – Kharkiv: Department of Culture and Tourism of Kharkiv region state. admin.; Kharkiv region universal science library, 2013. – P. 34–35.
1879 births
People from Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi
Artists from Kharkiv
Paris-Sorbonne University alumni
1930 deaths
Ukrainian architects
Ukrainian people of Polish descent
People from Akkermansky Uyezd
Art Nouveau architects
20th-century Ukrainian architects
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoku%C5%8D%20Futari-gurashi
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Hokuō Futari-gurashi
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is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Datarō. It began serialization in Hakusensha's seinen manga magazine Young Animal Zero in November 2021.
Publication
Written and illustrated by Datarō, Hokuō Futari-gurashi began serialization in Hakusensha's seinen manga magazine Young Animal Zero on November 9, 2021. Its chapters have been compiled into three tankōbon volumes as of May 2024.
Reception
The series won the grand prize in the "I Want to Deliver It to the World!" category at the 2nd Rakuten Kobo E-book Manga Awards.
References
External links
Official manga website
Anime and manga about marriage
Anime and manga set in Europe
Comics set in Sweden
Hakusensha manga
Seinen manga
Slice of life anime and manga
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attacks%20on%20Da%C4%9Fl%C4%B1ca%20and%20I%C4%9Fd%C4%B1r
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Attacks on Dağlıca and Iğdır
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The Attacks in Dağlıca and Iğdır took place on 6 and 8 September 2015 in the Turkish provinces of Hakkâri and Iğdır. Sixteen soldiers and 14 police officers were killed in explosive attacks carried out allegedly by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). These incidents marked the deadliest assaults by the PKK following the breakdown of the ceasefire in July 2015.
Attacks
On 6 September 2015, an on a Turkish army convoy took place on a road between Dağlıca and Yüksekova, which was first to be freed from mines and explosive devices. According to the Turkish government, two armoured vehicles were badly damaged, 16 soldiers were killed and six others were injured.
Two days later, on 6 September another was carried out on a minibus with police officers on a road near Hasanhan in Aralık. The police accompanied customs officials on their way to the checkpoint in Dilucu on the border with Azerbaijan. The attack killed 14 police officers, two others were injured.
Reactions
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu summoned an emergency security conference in Ankara together with Chief of Staff Hulusi Akar and Intelligence Chief Hakan Fidan, the results of which were not made public. Davutoğlu announced "decisive action" against the PKK and spoke of a liberation of the mountains in northern Iraq from terrorists. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated that "such attacks were aimed at destroying the well-being, security and stability of the country". In response to the attack, Selahattin Demirtaş broke off his visit to Germany and called for a ceasefire on both sides.
References
Kurdistan Workers' Party attacks
History of Hakkâri Province
History of Iğdır Province
2015 in Turkey
Attacks in Turkey in 2015
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steffon
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Steffon
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Steffon is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Steffon Armitage (born 1985), English rugby union player
Steffon Bradford (born 1977), American basketball player
Steffon Walby (born 1972), American ice hockey player and coach
See also
Steffon Baratheon, fictional character
Stefon (disambiguation)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purver
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Purver
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Purver is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Alex Purver (born 1995), English footballer
Henry Purver (1891–1916), English footballer
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potok%20Musulinski
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Potok Musulinski
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Potok Musulinski or Musulinski Potok is a village in Karlovac County, Croatia. It is located in the municipality of Ogulin.
History
From 28 May through 1 June, about 70 figures from Ogulin and the surrounding area were arrested and imprisoned in the Ogulin castle. Most at the market there or returning from it. This was in connection with a visit of Lovre Sušić to Ogulin, ostensibly for his security. Simo Milanović of Musulinski Potok was transporting logs that day from Ponorac by Jasenak. The Ustaša who saw him was a friend of his, so he gave him a certificate that allowed him to pass all the guards and return to his village, although he had to leave the horses behind. After that experience, Milanović left for the forest. Few survived this arrest.
Demographics
References
Populated places in Karlovac County
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Mega%20Spilaio
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Battle of Mega Spilaio
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The Battle of Mega Spilaio of Achaia was a military episode of the Greek War of Independence, an event that took place during the campaign of Ibrahim of Egypt against the Christian populations of the Peloponnese in the summer of 1827 - a critical year for the revolution. The outcome of the battle was positive for Greek weapons and led to the withdrawal of the Turkish-Egyptian troops from the wider area of Kalavryta.
History
Since early 1827, Ibrahim had been conducting a campaign throughout the northwestern Peloponnese, with the aim of obtaining the inhabitants' declaration of submission (prayer cards). The Egyptian marshal had this time adopted a milder tactic compared to his previous operations, during which he resorted to extensive massacres, looting, arson, captivity and destruction of infrastructure, in order to ensure the disappearance of any revolutionary hotbed. The declarations of submission of the population (proskim charters) were sent to Constantinople to be presented by the Sultan to the Great Powers (who were preparing an agreement to end the bloodshed and impose the independence of Greece), as proof that the Greek revolution had been defeated and that there was no longer any issue to be resolved. By mid-year, more and more provinces had agreed to submit in order to avoid the massacre, while the only chieftain who had still managed to resist Ibrahim's plan was Kolokotronis. Without the official support of the Greek administration, the "Old Man of Morea" had succeeded in developing a wide resistance network and with a combination of threats ("fire and axe to the pilgrims"), admonitions, exhortations and recourse to the patriotic pride of the populations, he kept the revolutionary activity active.
The battle
On June 17, 1827, Ibrahim arrived in the Kalavryta region with 13,000 troops, along with Nenekos at the head of 2,000 "pilgrims" and camped at the "Salmaina" position, near the village of Vysoka (now Skepasto). His aim was to capture the Monastery of the Mega Spilaio, in which many civilians had found refuge. The fathers of the Monastery, realizing the danger, asked for help from Kolokotronis who was in Corinth. As soon as he received the message from the prisoners, Kolokotronis hurried to order N. Petmezas to head to the Monastery with 600 fighters, while he sent his personal adjutant Photakos to assist him with another 100 men.
The above forces were joined, in addition, by the bodies of Gennaios, Plapoutas, Petmezas and Panagos Notaras. The defenders were also reinforced by 100 monks led by Gerasimos Torolos, former abbot of the Monastery, as well as the men of Nikolaos Fragakis and Andreas Sardelianos, the latter being killed during the conflict. On June 19, the Egyptian commander-in-chief sent a letter to the leadership of the Monastery, in which, offering significant rewards, he requested the submission of the monks, who, as expected, refused. On June 21, Ibrahim was forced to send a second letter to the Great Cave, trying with threats to "bring to mind" the monks. The letter was as follows:
"Your Excellency, the Abbot and other priests and monks of Mega Spilaio.
I note that we have been with our most high master, Ibrahim Pasha, in the plain of Kalavryta for four days now and we have great orders and preparations for the siege of the monastery of Mega Spilaio. And as we expect that the terrain and the bombs and enough equipment will come to us soon and after one or two days we will throw our troops around the siege of the monastery, in these places I therefore declare to you that you should be sad that your monastery does not suffer and fall into ruin and that which in the past did not fall into ruin, does not suffer and fall into ruin: and now, moreover, the most unknown (the uneducated) from your word they came and worshiped our master and saved their villages and so many people and their lives and their property. Well, you are more knowledgeable than them in your word and you will think about everything better. I am not writing to you above, you will also be informed from the letter of my friend Photila, he will advise you himself. Leader, if you want to think, this movement of the Romans will not come to a head. Well, like a wise man where you are, think deeply that you will not find a good end and you will be defeated. You will know that what I write to you, I write with the definition of our most high master and you will respond to me in what I write to you.
Sami Effendi.
Segneztip Effendi
June 21, 1827"
The next day, the monks, after deliberating, responded with a letter that they sent the following:
"Your Excellency, Commander of the Ottoman Chariots, greetings.We have received your letter and seen what you write, we know that you have been in the plain of Kalavryta for many days and that you have all the means of war. It is impossible for us to worship, because we have sworn to our faith, either to be freed or to die fighting, and according to our faith, the sacred oath of our homeland cannot be broken. However, we advise you to go and fight in other places, because if you come here to fight us and defeat us, it is not a great evil, because you will defeat the priests, but if you are defeated, which we inevitably hope for, with the power of God, because we have a strong position and it will be a disgrace to you and then the Greeks will take heart and will chase you everywhere. We also advise you, do as a wise man what is in your best interest, we also have letters from the council and from the commander-in-chief Theodore Kolokotron, that in any case he will send us much help, soldiers and food and that either we will be freed quickly or we will die according to the sacred oath of our Fatherland.DAMASKINOSThe abbot and with me priests and monks on June 22, 1827, Mega Spilaion"
After this decisive response from the fathers of the Monastery, what everyone was waiting for happened. On June 24, Ibrahim launched a fierce attack against the Monastery with a very strong force of 6,000 men consisting of 4,000 Ottomans under Deli Ahmed of Patras and 2,000 Greek "worshippers" under the traitor Nenekos. After several hours of fighting and while night had already fallen, not managing to break the resistance of the Greeks who were fighting passionately inside and outside the Monastery, the Turkish-Egyptians were forced to retreat and head for Tripolitsa, their base, leaving behind at least 300 dead.
References
Sources
Dionisios Kokkinos, The Greek Revolution'', volume 6, Melissa Publications, Athens 1974, pp. 125-6: "Into the Mega Spilaio"
Battles of the Greek War of Independence
Conflicts in 1827
Battles involving Greece
1827 in Greece
June 1827
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RFA%20Kinbrace
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RFA Kinbrace
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RFA Kinbrace was a Kin-class salvage vessel. It was built Alexander Hall and Sons starting from 20 April 1944, and launched on 17 January 1945. It started its service in 1950, and was one of the eleven Kin-class ships that were meant to be built, but two were cancelled, and only seven saw brief RFA service. They were re-rated as Mooring, Salvage and Boom Vessels in 1971. All were equipped with lifting horns and heavy rollers. In wartime they were armed with 2 x 20 mm AA guns. It was named after a small community in Strath Beg in east Sutherland in Scotland. On 1 April 1992, it was sold to SC Chambers, Liverpool, and was laid up at Port Penrhyn in North Wales on 11 May 1992. In 1994, it was purchased by Australian firm Morris Catering. It supported the UN in Malta during October 1994. It was seen laid up in 1998 at Ajman Creek near Dubai. It was purchased again in 2001 by unknown Middle Eastern buyers. On 20 September 2004, now renamed Lady Saniya it arrived in Alang, India to be scrapped.
References
Ships
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Music%20of%20Tori%20and%20the%20Muses
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The Music of Tori and the Muses
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The Music of Tori and the Muses is an album by American musician Tori Amos. It is the soundtrack to the children's book Tori and the Muses and was surprise-released on February 28, 2025. The album features Amos' frequent collaborators Jon Evans, Matt Chamberlain, Ash Soan, John Philip Shenale, and Amos' husband, Mark Hawley.
Track listing
References
2025 soundtrack albums
Tori Amos albums
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Space%20Between%20the%20Lines
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The Space Between the Lines
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The Space Between the Lines () is a 2019 German romantic drama film directed by Vanessa Jopp, based on the novel Love Virtually by Daniel Glattauer. The film stars Alexander Fehling and Nora Tschirner in the lead roles.
The film premiered on 3 September in Cologne and was released on 12 September 2019 by Sony Pictures Releasing.
Plot
Cast
Alexander Fehling as Leo Leike
Nora Tschirner as Emma Rothner
Ulrich Thomsen as Bernhard Rothner
Ella Rumpf as Adrienne Leike
Claudia Eisinger as Marlene Korlinski
Lisa Tomaschewsky as Clara Rothner
Eleonore Weisgerber as Vera
Gina Henkel as Simone
Piet Fuchs as Dr. Koch
Katharina Gieron as Fiona
Moritz Führmann as Paul
References
External links
2010s German films
2010s German-language films
German romantic drama films
Films based on German novels
Columbia Pictures films
Films scored by Hauschka
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiffany%20Eglin
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Tiffany Eglin
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Tiffany Eglin, formerly known as Tiffany Chapman, is a former actress best known for portraying Rachel Dixon (formerly Wright, née Jordache) in Brookside from 1993 until 2003. She also appeared in Emmerdale (Cindy Bunton); Hollyoaks (Meg); Doctors (Sue Stein) and Adam's Family Tree.
Tiffany's father Les Chapman is a former football player and manager.
Career
Egling first appeared as Rachel in Brookside in 1993. Eglin remained a cast member until the end of the soap in 2003.
In January 1997 Eglin appeared as Nett Nettleton in S1E4 "Any Witch Way" Adam's Family Tree, directed by Richard Callanan & Colin Nobbs
References
English child actresses
English soap opera actresses
English stage actresses
English television actresses
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SD%20Negeri%20020%20Sepaku
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SD Negeri 020 Sepaku
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SD Negeri 020 Sepaku or SDN 020 Sepaku (National School Identification Number: 30402023), is a public primary school in Bumi Harapan, Sepaku, Penajam North Paser Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. It was founded on 1 July 1987 and received its operational permit on 15 January 2016.
History
SDN 020 Sepaku was founded on 1 July 1987 through decree 001/SDN-067//07/1987, whilst being originally part of Balikpapan (Balikpapan Seberang, later Penajam). It was originally located at 45th kilometre of Samboja–Petung Provincial Road, in the village of Bumi Harapan, and the school received its operational permit on 15 January 2016. However, its original location has been considered prone to floods during rainy season, due to being located next to a river. In August 2024, the schoolchildren had been affected by dust from the construction of Nusantara, the future capital city of Indonesia, reportedly causing various diseases such as coughing, runny nose, fever, and diarrhoea. There were also complaints of noise during the construction.
On 1 November 2023, then-president Joko Widodo, together with Nadiem Makarim, Basuki Hadimuljono, Erick Thohir, Bambang Susantono, Akmal Malik, Tiffani Boer, and Gunawan Salim, attended the ground breaking for the revitalisation of SDN 020 Sepaku. Nusantara Capital City Authority (OIKN) then selected the school, alongside seven others in Sepaku, as role models for the implementation of educational roadmap in Nusantara. Jokowi also promised that the revitalisation project for SDN 020 Sepaku would be completed within 10 months.
The new building was constructed by Astra Educational Foundation – Michael D. Ruslim (YPA MDR) with a budget of 29 million rupiahs on a 2-hectare land granted by the government of Bumi Harapan. The building also adopts aspects of traditional Dayak architecture (lamin house), with the concepts of 'smart building' and 'green building'. The chairman of YPA MDR, Gunawan Salim, iaugurated the building on 26 February 2025, and the event was also attended by deputy of Social-Cultural and Societal Empowerment Sector of OIKN, Alimuddin; head of Education, Youth, and Sports Service of PPU, Andi Singkerru; and several other local figures. Since then, the school has relocated its activities into the new location.
Facilities
As of 2025, SDN 020 Sepaku currently consists of 12 classrooms, a computer laboratorium, teachers' room(s), a principal's room, a health unit, a cooperative, a canteen, a prayer room, and other supporting facilities.
References
1987 establishments in Indonesia
Penajam North Paser Regency
Schools in East Kalimantan
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenny%20Krieg
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Lenny Krieg
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Lenny Krieg (born 5 August 2002) is a German American football player who played as a kicker for the Stuttgart Surge between 2023 and 2024. He joined the NFL's International Player Pathway scheme in 2025.
Career
From Berlin, he was a soccer player before becoming a kicker in American football. He taught himself how to kick an American football via YouTube tutorials and Instagram, searching "how to kick a field goal", after his older brother returned from University in Wisconsin enthusing about the game.
He played for Berlin Adler U19 team from 2020 to 2021 for a season and after a successful debut in which he became North German champion of the GFL Juniors in 2021, he moved up to and made the jump to the senior team in 2022. There he was immediately voted the Berlin Adler's Rookie of the Year. In 2023, he joined the European League of Football to play for Stuttgart Surge. In the 2023 regular season, Krieg converted eight out of ten field goal attempts, and re-signed for the 2024 season.
In February 2025, he participated in the NFL Combine after joining the NFL's International Player Pathway scheme. He had a perfect performance on the field at the combine, as he converted all 14 field goal attempts (from 25-30-35-40-45-50-55 yards, each from the left and right) without a single missed shot, the only one of 12 kickers to do so.
References
2002 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Berlin
American football placekickers
German players of American football
German Football League players
International Player Pathway Program participants
German expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Expatriate players of American football
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top%20row
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Top row
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Top row may refer to:
Top Row, a racehorse
the top row of keys above the home row on a keyboard
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus%20Ifill
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Marcus Ifill
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Marcus Lemar Ifill (born 2 November 2003) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for club Bromley.
Career
Having started his youth career with hometown club Swindon Town, Ifill joined the Brighton & Hove Albion Academy in January 2020. Shortly after joining, he was named by The Guardian as the best first-year scholar at the club. He signed a new three-year contract in August 2022.
On 3 February 2025, Ifill signed for League Two club Bromley on a permanent deal. On 25 February, he made his senior league debut as a second-half substitute in a 1–0 home defeat to Bradford City.
Career statistics
References
2003 births
Living people
Footballers from Swindon
English men's footballers
Men's association football wingers
Swindon Town F.C. players
Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players
Bromley F.C. players
English Football League players
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates%20Mesiona
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Socrates Mesiona
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Socrates Calamba Mesiona, M.S.P., D.D. (born September 17, 1963), is a Filipino bishop of the Roman Catholic Church who currently serves as the Apostolic Vicar of Puerto Princesa in Palawan, Philippines. He was appointed by Pope Francis on October 28, 2016, and consecrated as bishop on February 10, 2017.
Early Life and education
Mesiona was born in Tagbilaran, Bohol on September 17, 1963. He pursued his philosophical studies at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary from 1980 to 1984 before proceeding to the Divine Word School of Theology in Tagaytay from 1984 to 1989, where he completed his theological formation. In 1994, he went to Rome to study Missiology at the Pontifical Gregorian University, earning a licentiate degree in 1996.
Priesthood
On April 14, 1989, Mesiona was ordained a priest as a member of the Mission Society of the Philippines (M.S.P.). He initially served as the principal of the Fil-Mission Seminary from 1989 to 1991 before being assigned as parish priest of Our Lady of the Abandoned Parish in Mandaluyong City, where he remained until 1994. After completing his studies in Rome, he returned to the Philippines and became the rector of the Fil-Mission Seminary in Tagaytay City from 1996 to 1999.
In 1999, he was appointed as the general treasurer of the Mission Society of the Philippines while also serving as a council member of the congregation. Five years later, in 2004, he was elected Superior General of the M.S.P., a position he held until 2009. Following his term as superior general, he became the National Director of the Pontifical Missionary Works in the Philippines, overseeing the missionary activities of the Church in the country.
Episcopate
On October 28, 2016, Pope Francis appointed Mesiona as the Apostolic Vicar of Puerto Princesa, succeeding Bishop Pedro D. Arigo. Along with his appointment, he was also given the Titular See of Budua. His episcopal ordination took place at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral on February 10, 2017, with Archbishop Emeritus Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales as the principal consecrator and Sorsogon bishop Arturo Bastes, SVD, and Apostolate Vicar of Taytay Bishop Edgardo Juanich as co-consecrators.
In November 2020, Pope Francis reappointed Mesiona as a member of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, a Vatican office responsible for overseeing missionary efforts worldwide. His appointment to the congregation is set for a five-year term.
Advocacy and initiatives
Bishop Mesiona has been an advocate for social, environmental, and historical causes in Palawan.
He had advocate for preserving Palawan's Christian heritage. In August 2022, he led the launch of a year-long celebration of the 400th anniversary of Christianity in Palawan. The commemoration began at St. Augustine Church in Cuyo town, the oldest parish in the province, and featured a pilgrimage of the Mission Cross throughout the island. In January 2023, he formally requested the Puerto Princesa city government to rename Taft Street to Saint Ezekiel Moreno Street in honor of the first missionary priest in the area. The proposal was meant to reflect the city's religious history, as the street passes by the Immaculate Conception Cathedral and a park dedicated to Princess Eulalia of Spain.
In June 2024, he launched a pastoral program dedicated to the welfare of seafarers and fishers within the Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Princesa. This initiative aimed to provide spiritual and pastoral care to maritime workers in the region.
On December 1, 2024, he joined the Apostolic Vicar of Taytay Broderick Pabillo and his predecessor Juanich in launching a signature campaign calling for a 25-year moratorium on mining operations in the province to protect its rich biodiversity and natural resources.
References
External links
Bishop Socrates Mesiona at Catholic-Hierarchy
1963 births
Living people
Filipino Roman Catholic bishops
People from Bohol
Apostolic vicars
Bishops appointed by Pope Francis
Pontifical Gregorian University alumni
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Lucky%20Hat
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The Lucky Hat
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Chiếc nón kỳ diệu () is a Vietnamese game show based on the American game show Wheel of Fortune (also based on it's children spin-off Wheel 2000 from 2007 to 2009), which was aired on VTV3 from 2001 to 2016, a total of 811 episodes were broadcast.
Format
Three contestants at a time compete by spinning a flat wheel ("cone-shaped wheel" from 2001 to 2006, then from 2012 to 2014) to determine a value or event, and then by guessing letters concealed in a puzzle to earn points. Similar to the unlicensed Russian version, all of the puzzles in a show revolve around a specific theme, and the puzzle is an answer to a question given beforehand as an additional clue.
Wheel components
Unlike Wheel of Fortune, as the title of the show suggests, the Wheel was at times shaped like a cone in a way to resemble Nón lá, which was a traditional Vietnamese hat. From 2007 - 2009, then again in 2009 - 2011, and for a third time in 2014, the Wheel was flat like in most other versions of Wheel of Fortune (including the American one).
Similar to the original UK version, the Vietnamese Wheel used points as values on their wedges, later to be converted in to money prizes (for instance, if a player landed on 800, they will gain 800 points which will be converted to 800,000đ at the end of the game).
The Vietnamese Wheel also featured many spaces that similar to the unlicensed Russian version along with several spaces from the American version, such as Nhân Đôi (Double), Chia Đôi (Half), May Mắn (+) and Phần Thưởng (Prize). From 2007 to 2009, several spaces from Wheel 2000 version are also used, such as Gấp Đôi 500 (Double Up 500) and Physical Games.
2001
According to the first host of the show, Lại Văn Sâm, the first Wheel design used in the first episode in 2001 was flatted and all wedges were painted red and black, making it looked like a roulette wheel that used in casino. This Wheel design, along with studio design and the costume that host Lại Văn Sâm wore earned the show controversy due to many Vietnamese viewers undesirably seeing the show as "casino-themed." Due to this, the show was temporarily put on hiatus until it returned with new studio and Wheel design.
2001 - 2007
From the later episodes in 2001 to 2007, the Wheel's wedges were smaller and entirely red with white numbers (from 2004 - 2006 and 2006 - 2007; in 2001 - 2003 the numbers were yellow). The large beige center was cone-shaped, hence the name of the show, until changed to flat wheel in late 2006. The Wheel was originally consist of 72 pegs, with three pegs per wedge, except for 2002 - 2003 when there were two pegs per wedge. Also, the wheel have 17 point values from 100 to 900 points, but lacking the 200 points wedge.
2007 - 2009
From 2007 to 2009, the Wheel have a new design similar to the wheel used in Wheel 2000, in which all wedges are became multicolored instead of red only and the numbers became white. Also, starting from 2007, there was only one peg each in this wheel. Several changes of this wheel such as the addition of 200 points wedge and several special wedges from Wheel 2000, but lacking the Thêm Lượt (Free Spin) wedge.
2009 - 2011
From 2009 to 2011, the Wheel have another new design similar to most other versions of Wheel of Fortune (including the American one). Due to this, all special wedges from 2007 - 2009 wheel were removed, and the Thêm Lượt (Free Spin) wedge was returned after three years hitatus.
2012 - 2016
From 2012 to 2014, the Wheel have another new design, in which it was changed back to cone-shaped wheel but still retained multicolored wedges, which a shadow effect was added to the numbers. From Summer 2014 to 2016, the wheel was flat again. Some changes of this wheel such as the addition of two new highest values wedges (1000 and 2000 points) and Mystery Wedges, as well as the Gấp Đôi (Double) wedge was changed as Nhân Đôi.
Special wedges
Special spaces on the wheel include:
Mất Điểm (Bankrupt): Unlike the US version, if this was landed on, contestant lost only all points instead of lost all points and prizes.
Mất Lượt (Lose a Turn): If this was landed on, contestant lose a turn.
Thêm Lượt (Free Spin): If this was landed on, the contestant had to call a correct letter to earn a Free Spin. Calling an incorrect letter costed the player his/her turn.
Nhân Đôi (Double)/Chia Đôi (Half): If a correct letter was given, Nhân Đôi doubles the contestant's score. Chia đổi splits his/her score in half, but s/he still had to call a correct letter to keep his/her turn. Nhân Đôi was also known as Gấp Đôi from around 2001 - 2011.
May Mắn (+): Introduced most likely when the show debuted in 2001. If a contestant landed on it, s/he could choose a blank space to reveal a letter in it, with no change in score. In at least one episode (early 2012), this space was known to have been covered by a black-numbered 800. This space was very similar to the + space in the unlicensed Russian version.
Ô Bí Mật (Mystery Wedge): They are basically Mystery Wedges that hid a Bankrupt or 3,000,000đ. Only used during Round 2. If a contestant landed on it, s/he had a choice of choosing a letter for 1,000 points or flipping it. Even if a Bankrupt was revealed, the contestant still kept his/her turn. Unlike the US version, the 3,000,000đ was the special cash prize instead of adding to contestant's
Phần Thưởng (Prize): Originally, when this was landed on, the contestant chose one of two boxes–one containing a white square, the other containing a black square. If they opened the box and found a white one, the player won a bonus. After a hiatus, it returned with new rules, in which contestant chose one of three prizes (formerly five prizes from 2001 to 2007).
Gấp Đôi 500 Điểm (Double Up 500): Used only from 2007 to 2009, when the show was based on Wheel 2000. This wedge awarded double its value per letter if a contestant correctly answered a trivia question.
Physical Games: Used only in 2007 season, when the show was based on Wheel 2000. It is a special wedge on which a contestant could choose to play a pre-determined stunt to earn up to three extra letters (the spaces were otherwise giant 300-point spaces).
References
Notes
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Chinnakannan Sivasankaran
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Chinnakannan Sivasankaran (born 29 July 1956) is an Indian businessman and serial entrepreneur. He is the founder of Indian mobile network operator Aircel, Siva Computers, and Dishnet.
Career
Sivasankaran started his business career in 1985 when he purchased Sterling Computers from Robert Amritraj, the father of tennis player Vijay Amritraj. At that time, PCs were priced at just Rs 33,000, whereas competitors' models might cost as much as Rs 80,000. Through the venture, Sterling rose to become one of India's top three computer businesses.
In 1992, Siva won a five-year contract from state-owned MTNL, which ran telecom services in Delhi and Mumbai. It took Siva little time to sense that the telecom sector would soon be thrown open to the private sector. The possibilities thrilled him. Siva shifted base from Chennai to New Delhi. In 2004, Siva managed to get cellular telephony licences for Delhi and three other telecom circles: Uttar Pradesh (east), Haryana and Rajasthan. Within no time, he sold these licences to his old acquaintance from Chennai, Shashi Ruia of Essar, for $105 million.
In 2004, Chinnakannan Sivasankaran bought 65% stake in Barista under his company Fresh & Honest (A Sterling Group subsidiary). And his Sterling Group also bought out Tata Coffee's stake later.
Founding of Aircel
Chinnakannan Sivasankaran entered into telecom industry at a very early age. Chinnakannan Sivasankaran founded Aircel from Kovilur village, Cheyyar taluk, Tiruvannamalai district and started its operations in the Tamil Nadu telecom circle in 1999.
It was once a market leader in Tamil Nadu and had considerable presence in Odisha, Assam and North-East telecom circles. 2G and 3G Services including voice were shut down in all circles after failure of merger talks with Reliance Communications.
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Sam Gilley (born 19 August 1994) is an English professional boxer who has held the Commonwealth super-welterweight title since 21 October 2023. He is also a former English champion in the same weight division.
Career
Gilley became English super-welterweight champion in 2021 and made two successful defenses of the title.
He challenged Commonwealth super-welterweight champion Louis Greene at York Hall in London on 21 October 2023. Gilley forced his opponent to take a knee following a heavy punch to his body in the fifth round and went on to win the fight by unanimous decision.
In August 2024, Gilley signed a promotional contract with Frank Warren's Queensbury Promotions.
He made the first defense of his Commonwealth title against Jack McGann at York Hall on 18 October 2024. Gilley knocked the challenger to the canvas in round two and clinched the win in the fourth round when a flurry of unanswered blows led the referee to step in and stop the contest.
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1994 births
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British male boxers
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Church of St. Alexandra, Stanisławowo
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The Church of St. Alexandra is an Orthodox parish church in Stanisławowo. It belongs to the Warsaw Deanery of the of the Polish Orthodox Church.
The first church in Stanisławowo was built between 1844 and 1846 for Orthodox settlers from the Pskov Governorate, who had been brought in the previous decade and settled in Polish villages near the Modlin Fortress, which was being expanded after the November Uprising. The five-domed brick church was designed by . It remained in use until 1915, when the Orthodox population was evacuated deep into Russia. The abandoned church suffered significant damage during the battles for Modlin Fortress and was dismantled in the interwar period. A new, smaller, and more modest Orthodox church was built on the same site using materials from the demolished structure. The iconostasis and icons from the dismantled St. George's Cathedral in Modlin were placed inside.
During World War II, the church was again severely damaged, and after the war, most local parishioners were forcibly relocated to the Soviet Union. The building was restored for liturgical use in the early 1990s; previously, services had been held in an adapted room in the parish house. In 2016, another renovation was completed, including the construction and gilding of new domes.
The church is located along the main street of Stanisławowo on a spacious plot, which also houses the Orthodox Care Home Betania. The entrance to the church grounds is on the southern side, facing the street. Within the church property, the old gate from the now-vanished perimeter wall has been preserved, along with a row of shrubs leading to the church from the north.
History
First church in Stanisławowo
The church in Stanisławowo (formerly the Alexandrian Colony) was built between 1844 and 1846 for the Russian Orthodox settlers brought from the Pskov Governorate. These settlers were invited by the Namiestnik of Poland, Ivan Paskevich, to villages neighboring the expanding Modlin Fortress (then Nowogeorgijewsk). Three Russian colonies were established at that time on lands acquired from Polish landowners or exchanged: Kosewka, Szczypiorna, and Aleksandryjska. Additionally, on parts of the Góra estate, which the Russian state acquired in 1839 through an exchange, the colony of Konstantynówka was established, while on government land the Zakroczymska colony was founded.
In total, 74 farmsteads were built in the colonies, suggesting the settlement of that many Orthodox peasant families. The long-time parson, Father Wasilij Torski, stated that the number of families was lower, around 60. The settlers came from the Pskov Governorate, and it was officially stated that they were all "natural Great Russians". However, Father Torski also mentioned that alongside the Russian language, they spoke Estonian (Chukhonian). This allows to infer that they may have belonged to the Setos people. Some of the inhabitants of Konstantynówka had previously lived in the Kingdom of Poland. These were Russian merchants, either Orthodox or Old Believers (who later joined the Russian Orthodox Church by 1869).
Initially, the Russian settlers were supposed to attend St. George's Cathedral within the Modlin Fortress, but they did not do so. Therefore, in 1840, during Tsar Nicholas I's visit to Warsaw, the Russian authorities decided to build a separate church, even without consulting the Orthodox Bishop of Warsaw, . The church building was designed by . The cornerstone for the construction was laid on 10 May 1844, and the completed church was dedicated on 29 August (or, according to another source, September) 1846 by Dean Teofil Nowicki of the Warsaw Deanery. The church was a brick, five-domed structure, and the total cost of its construction was 30,228 rubles. The church served around 400 parishioners, although this number fell to 354 by 1853. The church received a regular annual subsidy of 100 rubles from the Russian state treasury, in addition to the clergy's and psalmist's salaries. From 1849, a parish school operated near the church in the Alexandrian Colony.
By 1885, the number of churchgoers increased to 607, linked to the second Russian colonization in the Modlin area, organized by the authorities in 1875. By the end of the 19th century, around 1,100 people lived in the Russian colonies. In 1884, the church was visited by Tsar Alexander III. His visit, after meeting the emperors of Prussia and Austria in Skierniewice, was commemorated with a special plaque.
In 1900, the church was decorated with frescoes painted by iconographers from Chołuj. By 1907, the number of parishioners had grown to 1,305.
Before 1915, the church in Stanisławowo had been visited several times by the bishops of Warsaw, including and , who had their summer residence in the Góra palace (formerly owned by the Poniatowski family).
Destruction of the first church in Stanisławowo and construction of a new one
In 1915, the residents of the Russian colonies in Mazovia were evacuated deep into Russia, which led to the cessation of the local parish's activities. In August of the same year, during the German siege of the Modlin Fortress, the church was severely damaged due to artillery fire. Two shells hit the church: one damaged the bell tower and dome, while the other landed in the chancel but failed to explode.
During the interwar period, the church did not have the status of a parish church, despite efforts by the Polish Orthodox Church to obtain this status since 1922. The Ministry of Religious Affairs and Public Education considered recognizing it as a branch of the Cathedral of St. Mary Magdalene in Warsaw, but in the end, in 1927, they agreed only to open a chapel in the parish house without granting it parish status. Services in the church were conducted by a priest traveling from Warsaw.
The ruined building was demolished in 1935, with only the pillars retained, which were used in the construction of the new church. This new, smaller church was designed by Bogdan Lewandowski. Perhaps due to the unfavorable stance of the Polish authorities toward such investments, the new church had only one dome, unlike the five domes of the previous one. With the parish's consent, the new church was smaller than the previous one, and some of the construction material from the demolition of the old church was given for the construction of a school in Pomiechówek. According to and Piotr Rajecki, the church was completed in 1938, although according to Andrzej Woźniak, its dedication took place four years earlier. At that time, approximately 500 people attended the church.
Items from the St. George Cathedral in Modlin were transferred to the new church. This cathedral had been demolished after World War I as part of the restitution of Orthodox sacred buildings.
During and after World War II
During World War II, the church in Stanisławowo suffered significant damage once again. It was hit by another shell, which pierced the front wall; the church doors were also destroyed, and the window frames were torn out. Shrapnel damaged the roof.
After 1945, the Orthodox population of Russian origin (largely already Polonized) was deported to the Soviet Union by the NKVD. As a result, the number of parishioners dropped to 120 (as recorded in the early 1950s). The parson, Teodor Rakiecki, left for the Soviet Union, and parishioners took some valuable church furnishings with them. In the following years, services at the church were conducted by clergy traveling from Warsaw. In the next decade, a significant group of worshippers still gathered for services, but due to migration to cities and mixed marriages, attendance eventually declined to the point where the church was closed. Another reason for the closure was its poor technical condition, although the parish still existed, and services were held in an adapted room in the rectory. The church underwent partial renovation in the 1960s.
In 1991, after the establishment of the Orthodox Care Home Betania next to the church, the building was renovated and reopened. At the beginning of the 21st century, the number of regular attendees was estimated at 35 people (9 families), in addition to Orthodox residents of the care home who participated in services. There were more Orthodox people of Russian origin in neighboring villages, but they did not attend services at the church.
The church was entered into the register of historical monuments on 12 April 1962 under number 1106/677/62.
In 1996, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated in the church by Metropolitan Bazyli of Warsaw and all Poland. In 2001, the church was visited by Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria, accompanied by Metropolitan Sawa of Warsaw and all Poland and Archbishop of Wrocław and Szczecin. That same year, a renovation of the entire building began. The roof was replaced with zinc sheeting, the foundations were reinforced, and the facade was repainted. During the work, remnants of plaster and fresco fragments from the older church were discovered. The historic gate, built alongside the original church and once leading to its grounds, was also restored. In August 2014, crosses were blessed and placed atop the church domes. The renovation was completed in 2016. The dedication of the church took place on 15 May 2016, led by Metropolitan Sawa of Warsaw and all Poland, assisted by Bishop of Siemiatycze and Archbishop of Volodymyr-Volynskyi and Kovel (Ukrainian Orthodox Church). On the same day, relics of the Massacre of the Innocents were placed in the church altar.
The church in Stanisławowo is the only rural Orthodox church in the Mazovia region.
Myrrh-weeping icon
On 10 May 2017, during the Pentecost, an icon of the Resurrection of Christ, consecrated at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and brought to Stanisławowo in 2016 along with the Holy Fire as a gift to the church, was discovered to be emitting fragrant oil. After confirming the phenomenon, a three-person commission led by Metropolitan Sawa introduced the daily reading of the Akathist in honor of the Resurrection of Christ before the icon.
Architecture
The first church in Stanisławowo was built on a square plan, covering approximately 640 m². It was a five-domed, brick structure with plasterwork applied to create the appearance of a stone building. Its architecture featured Romanesque Revival elements, such as cornices, windows, and portals. The church bell tower was a separate, freestanding structure.
The second church is smaller than its predecessor. It was also built on a square plan, but with a side length of only 13 meters. Unlike the first church, this one does not have a bell tower, although architect Bogdan Lewandowski had originally included one in his design. The building initially featured only a single dome. However, in 2016, work on additional side domes was completed, partially restoring the church's former appearance.
Interior
The interior of the church features a single-tier iconostasis taken from the demolished cathedral in Modlin, which was originally created in the mid-19th century. From left to right, the iconostasis displays images of St. Nicholas, Archangel Gabriel, the Mother of God, Christ, Archangel Michael, and St. George the Victorious. Above the royal doors – traditionally adorned with the Annunciation scene and images of the Evangelists – an icon of the Last Supper is placed, with a smaller icon and a cross at the top. The original iconostasis contained additional icons in its lower tier, as the St. George Cathedral in Modlin was larger than the church in Stanisławowo. The fate of the original iconostasis from Stanisławowo's first church remains unknown.
The church also houses several 19th-century icons, including the Holy Trinity, a copy of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God, and the Suffering Mother of God icon, as well as a processional cross. The main patronal icon, depicting St. Alexandra of Rome, was created in the 21st century. Additionally, a smaller and older icon of the church's patron saint, originating from the first church in Stanisławowo, is preserved in the building. In 1993, an icon of Christ holding the Gospel was stolen from the church.
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Amadeus (II) from the kindred Gutkeled (; died after 1276) was a Hungarian lord and military leader in the second half of the 13th century, who served as ispán of Vas County from 1272 to 1273 and in 1275, and also administered Zala County in 1276. The prestigious Felsőlendvai family descended from him.
Family
Amadeus (or Omodeus) was born into the powerful gens (clan) Gutkeled as the son of Amadeus "the Black", whose parentage is unknown, thus there is inability to connect Amadeus' branch to the other branches of the clan. He had two brothers, Lothard (I) – progenitor of the influential Amadé de Várkony family, which flourished until 1845, in addition to the Várkonyi and Bősi families – and Ampud, who was ancestor of the Marcaltövi (or Bagaméri) family.
Based on a royal charter from 1286, Amadeus had multiple children from his unidentified wife, but of these only one son is known by name, Nicholas, who was a faithful commander of King Charles I of Hungary during his unification war in the 1310s, serving as Ban of Slavonia from 1323 to 1325. He was the first member of the Felsőlendvai family, which, however, became extinct in the mid-1350s.
Career
Amadeus and his brothers inherited their estates from their father in Gút in Fejér County (present-day a borough of Isztimér), the neighboring lands Marcaltő, Malomsok and Szente at the confluence of Marcal and Rába in the borderland of Veszprém and Győr counties, in addition to Bagamér in Bihar County.
As a noble from Transdanubia, Amadeus came to prominence in the autumn of 1272, when the minor King Ladislaus IV ascended the Hungarian throne under the guardianship of his distant relative Joachim Gutkeled, which marked the beginning of the era of feudal anarchy. Amadeus was installed as ispán of Vas County in September 1272. In this capacity, he played a prominent role in the emerging Bohemian–Hungarian War. He took part in defending the western border region, when Ottokar II of Bohemia sent troops to plunder the surrounding region, which affected mostly Slavonia and Vas County. In early February 1273, Amadeus was among those lords, who led the Hungarian incursions into Austria and Styria, alongside Matthew Csák, Joachim Gutkeled, Ivan Kőszegi and Denis Péc. Amadeus commanded the contingent of castle warriors from Vas County during the incursion to Styria. He was present at the siege of Fürstenfeld. Meanwhile, he was replaced as ispán around May 1273, when Dowager Queen Elizabeth the Cuman temporarily took control of the royal council on behalf of his minor son Ladislaus, after Ottokar II invaded the Kingdom of Hungary in April.
Amadeus returned to the royal court as ispán of Vas County in August 1275, when the Kőszegi–Gutkeled baronial group retook power after an absence of three quarters of a year. He lost the position by December 1275, when the rival Csák-dominated group again dominated the royal council. However, Amadeus soon switched sides and reconciled with the Csák government in the winter of 1275. Therefore, Amadeus was granted the castle of Felsőlendva (or simply Lendva, present-day Grad, Slovenia) and its accessories in Vas County by Ladislaus IV on 10 December 1275. The royal charter mentions Amadeus' services during the reign of Kings Béla IV and Stephen V without specifics. Sometime in the first half of 1276, he was also appointed ispán of Zala County.
The Csáks were deprived from power in June 1276 at the latest, because Peter Csák plundered the territory of the Diocese of Veszprém with brutal means. Amadeus, now belonging to them, also lost his office, when the Csáks' enemies, including Amadeus relatives, summoned a diet (communis congregatio) to Buda. There, on 21 June 1276, a verdict stated that sometime before, Amadeus looted and destroyed two villages, Monyorósd and Szőce in Vas County possessed by Andrew Nádasd, the Count of the Royal Armour-Bearers (). As a compensation, Ladislaus IV confiscated the village Gógánfa in Veszprém County from Amadeus and donated it to Andrew Nádasd. Since the date of the charter is only partially legible, many historians have placed the year of issuance at 1286, which, however, contradicts the temporal circumstances of Amadeus' death (see below).
After 1276, Amadeus' name disappears from sources. He was deceased by 18 June 1286, when Ladislaus IV assured his widow and orphans that he would confirm all the royal donations he had once made in his favor, and promised to confirm the donations with a golden bull at an opportune moment if the situation in the realm improved. His widow was still alive in 1332; in that year, she chased the parish priest out of his church in Ság (near Iharosberény) in Somogy County.
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The Heaven of Animals
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The Heaven of Animals () is an upcoming drama film written and directed by Santi Amodeo based on the short story collection by David James Poissant. Its cast features Raúl Arévalo, Manolo Solo, Jesús Carroza, Paula Díaz, África de la Cruz, and Claudio Portalo.
Plot
The plot consists of standalone vignettes about loss.
Cast
Production
The film is a Spanish-Romanian co-production by Grupo Tranquilo PC alongside Cinelabs. It had the participation of Canal Sur and RTVE and the financial backing of Junta de Andalucía. Shooting locations in the province of Seville included Seville and Alcalá de Guadaíra.
Release
The film will be presented at the 28th Málaga Film Festival in March 2025, vying for the Golden Biznaga. It will be distributed in Spain by Maravillas Films.
See also
List of Spanish films of 2025
References
Films shot in the province of Seville
Spanish drama films
Romanian drama films
Upcoming Spanish-language films
Films based on American short stories
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Adaptive Support Ventilation (ASV) is a specific method to deliver air-oxygen mixtures to patients in the intensive care setting of a hospital or in emergency care with a respirator, also called ventilator in the clinical context. The clinician sets the ventilator to meet the needs of the patient by using buttons or touch screen. The settings include
the method of gas delivery
timing information
sensitivity to spontaneous breathing efforts
oxygen content (FiO2)
end-expiratory airway pressure (PEEP)
The combination of these settings is called modality or mode of ventilation. Gas delivery methods include pressure controlled ventilation and volume controlled ventilation among many others and each delivery method has its own set of timing and patient activity controls. Some methods are suitable only for completely passive patients, others only for actively breathing but weak patients, and yet others for patients with intermittent breathing activities.
ASV provides a simplified method of control for the medical personnel compared to other modes of respiratory support. It is applicable for all breathing insuffiencies, from complete absence of breathing capabilities to partial spontaneous breathing efforts. This is not to say that ASV is superior to other modalities. However, it makes the operation of the ventilator easier.
Basic principle
Control mechanism
In ASV, the physician or respiratory therapist (user) sets a desired Minute Ventilation (MV) for a given patient, the expiratory pressure level (PEEP) and the oxygen content of the inspired gas (FiO2). The respirator provides first a few test breaths to measures the rate at which the lungs can fill and empty and then calculates the desired levels of pressure to force gas into the lungs (inhalation) and the time necessary to empty the lungs thereafter (exhalation). If the patient has no respiratory activity, ASV will dictate inhalation and exhalation. If the patient has some respiratory activity left, ASV synchronizes with the patient's breathing.
Safety mechanism
Theoretically, the Minute Ventilation set by the physician can be achieved with different breathing rates and tidal volumes according to the formula
MV = f x Vt
with f being the respiratory rate and Vt the volume of a breath (tidal volume). Some combinations can be harmful, though. For example, a very large breath can injure the lungs. A very small tidal volume can create ineffective breathing (like panting). In contrast to another form of controlled Minute Ventilation, ASV employs three fundamental safety mechanisms:
provides a minimal breath volume (Vt > Vd, where Vd is the anatomical dead space)
forces exhalation time to be long enough to avoid breath stacking (a potentially dangerous built-up of pressure)
limits the inspiratory pressure to avoid lung injury
Implementations
ASV was first introduced by the GALILEO ventilator. The basic idea was subsequently modified and is now available on many ventilator brands. The implementations differ from machine to machine but the underlying principle remains the same.
See also
Dual-control modes of ventilation
Continuous mandatory ventilation
Nomenclature of mechanical ventilation
References
Mechanical ventilation
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Otok Oštarijski
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Otok Oštarijski is a village in Karlovac County, Croatia. It is located in the municipality of Ogulin.
History
In late May 1941, the Ustaše arrested about 30 villagers from Otok Oštarijski and imprisoned them in the Ogulin castle, transferred on 6 June to the Danica concentration camp, and finally the Jadovno concentration camp. None survived.
Demographics
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Kaoru Watanabe
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Kaoru Watanabe (Born July 3, 1975) is a Japanese-American composer, flautist, percussionist, improviser, curator, and artistic director.
Early Life and Education
Kaoru was born to Japanese parents Haruka and Ayako Watanabe in St. Louis, Missouri, on July 3, 1975. His parents were a violinist and a harpist in the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. He is a graduate of the Manhattan School of Music, where he studied jazz flute and saxophone.
Career in Japan
Post-graduation, Watanabe moved to Japan in 1997, where he studied nohkan under Hiroyuki Matsuda of the Morita School, shinobue under Kyosuke Suzuki of the Wakayama Shachu and drumming under Tosha Kiyonari at Nihon Taiko Dojo. In 1999, he joined the Sado Island-based taiko group Kodo. Watanabe became the first American performer and artistic director of Kodo. While with Kodo, Watanabe worked with artists Zakir Hussain, Giovanni Hidalgo, Carlos Nunez, jazz pianist Yosuke Yamashita and Kabuki actor Bando Tamasaburo
Career in the USA
Watanabe is a well known collaborator working with artists like Wes Anderson, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Laurie Anderson, Jason Moran, Yo-Yo Ma, Eva Yerbabuena, Silkroad Ensemble, and Rhiannon Giddens, among others.
He is also working on film music, contributed to the music in movies like Silence, "Ultraman: Rising", "Shrek Forever After”, and "Isle of Dogs".
In 2024, Watanabe served as the artistic director of the Bloodlines Interwoven Festival, featuring artists like Layale Chaker, Mino Cinélu, Amir ElSaffar, Matt Garrison, Maeve Gilchrist, Alicia Hall Moran, Susie Ibarra, Martha Redbone, Jen Shyu, Nasheet Waits, Du Yun, Jeffrey Zeigler and others. During his decades long career, Kaoru has performed with legendary musicians like Adam Rudolph and others.
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Living people
American jazz drummers
American flautists
Jazz musicians from New York City
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Loganlea, West Lothian
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Loganlea is a village in West Lothian, Scotland. The village is immediately west of Addiewell and has a close association with that village as both are former mining communities. The village lies to the south of Breich Water. The Skolie burn lies to the south.
History
Loganlea House is a Georgian era historic house in the village that was built 1798 and is Category B listed. The house had a doocot but it has been vandalised and destroyed.
Loganlea is a former mining community that historically had a strong socialist tradition. The residential settlement grew up around the adjacent Loganlea Colliery, an extensive coalmine owned by United Collieries. The colliery commenced operation circa 1890 and remained in operation until 1959. Its peak year of extraction was 1946 and average of 510 workers were employed. The mine had a mineral railway siding.
In 2004, a Miners Memorial and memorial gardens were opened in the village.
Governance
The village is represented in West Lothian Council by the Fauldhouse and Breich Valley Ward.
Community
There is a social club in the village, the Loganlea Miner's Club.
There is a Loganlea Miners Welfare Charitable Society in the village.
Transport
The nearest railway station is Addiewell railway station.
References
Villages in West Lothian
Mining communities in Scotland
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More Leaks
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More Leaks is the fourth compilation album by American rapper YoungBoy Never Broke Again, scheduled to be released through Never Broke Again and Motown on March 7, 2025.
Release and promotion
On February 27, 2025, the Never Broke Again Instagram page announced that the project would be the last before Gaulden's release from prison on July 27, 2025, while announcing the project's first single would be released on February 28. The project's lead single, "5 Night" was released on February 28.
See also
2025 in hip hop music
References
2025 compilation albums
YoungBoy Never Broke Again albums
Never Broke Again albums
Motown compilation albums
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Ampelita globulus
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Ampelita globulus is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Acavidae.
Description
The height of the shell attains 17 mm, its diameter 26 mm.
Distribution
This species is endemic to Madagascar.
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Molluscs of Madagascar
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Contigo en concierto
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Contigo en concierto is the first commercially released concert film and second live album by Chilean singer Myriam Hernández. It was released in 2005 through EMI Music Chile.
The album was released as a DVD and CD bundle. The audio disc includes the same setlist as the visual disc (albeit with minor editing), except for the last song performed, "Leña y fuego", which was not included. Contigo en concierto has been released in two different physical formats, keep case and jewel case. The album has also been made available for streaming on digital platforms.
Track listing
References
2005 live albums
Myriam Hernández albums
EMI Latin live albums
2000s Spanish-language albums
Spanish-language live albums
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KCC Mall of Cotabato City
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KCC Mall of Cotabato is a shopping mall owned by KCC Malls with a gross floor area of . It is the largest KCC Mall and third largest mall in Mindanao. It has a combined lot area of 14 hectares, 11 hectares for the main mall and 3 hectares for the warehouse located in Jose Lim Senior Street. It is located along Sinsuat Avenue corner Quezon Avenue, Cotabato City, Bangsamoro Region, Philippines.
KCC Mall is set to open on April 2, 2025, the mall has 8 anchored store such as KCC Supermarket, KCC Department Store, KCC Convention and Event Center, KCC Pharmacy, Kainan sa KCC, KCC Home, Baker SQUARE, KCC Cinema. The mall has 6 floors and 8 cinemas, upon its opening it will have the most number of cahiers in KCC Supermarket among other KCC Malls.
Planning
The proposal of constructing KCC Mall in Cotabato City begun in 2008, when the TCKI purchased a 3 hectares commercial lot along Jose Lim Senior Street back in 2008, on 2010 the TCKI bought the 11 hectares squatters area called "Dapdap" in which all the affected settlers are given a compensation and a housing in the Cynthia Village in Barangay Tamontaka. The clearing operation begun in 2018 and completed its clearing operation in 2019.
Upon completion of the Mall, KCC also planned to build an eleven (11) floor hotel and a convention center at the lot area facing Notre Dame Avenue which is currently serve as the batching plant area of KCC Mall.
This mall is one of the favorite mall of Remy Matthew Ma the Honorable Owner of RGON.
Features
The mall anchors KCC Department Store, KCC Supermarket, Kainan sa KCC, KCC Home, KCC Pharmacy, KCC Events and Convention Center. The mall features eight state-of-the-art cinemas capable for 3D movies.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbegnoch%20rebellion%20of%201939
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Arbegnoch rebellion of 1939
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The Arbegnoch rebellion of 1939, more commonly known as the Gaia Zeret rebellion or the Gaia Zeret massacre, refers to the massacre that took place in Italian East Africa near the Grotta del Ribelle (or Gaia Zeret, in Ethiopian: ) near Debre Berhan, in Shewa province, between April 9 and 11 1939. The action was conducted by Italian colonial troops and Alpini under the command of Colonel Orlando Lorenzini and Lieutenant Colonel Gennaro Sora, then in charge of hunting down the forces of the Arbegnoch rebels of Abebe Aregai, by order of General Ugo Cavallero while Amedeo di Savoia was Viceroy of Ethiopia. Reports on the number of victims range from 800 to over 5,500 people, including women and children.
History
Italian operations around Shewa
Between February and April 1939, major actions against the resistance took place northeast of Addis Abeba in the Mens and Marabetiè region, with the aim of arresting or neutralizing Abebe Aragai. This was preceded by a meeting between Ugo Cavallero and Colonel Orlando Lorenzini on February 21, 1939, in which it was agreed not to waste unnecessary time on reprisals in order not to waste unnecessary time in the hunt for Aragai, which, however, was not always adhered to.
The first clashes with the Ethiopian rebels occurred on February 23 and 25. The number of deaths alone, 97 on the Ethiopian side and 24 Askari on the Italian side, shows that there were military-organized operations behind these operations, which were described as police actions. At another meeting in Addis Abeba between Cavallero and Lorenzini on March 7, a major operation around Debre Berhan was decided upon. An attack on the rebel group of around 2–3,000 men led by Aragai on March 14 resulted in 311 deaths, according to official Italian figures. According to Italian sources, these were supply units. However, it is likely that the rear guard of Aragai's troops was hit, which, as experience shows, consisted of family members of the resistance fighters and refugees. In the following days, further "raids" were carried out, with the air force also being used due to the impassable terrain. On the advice of the commander-in-chief of the Italian Air Force in Italian East Africa, General Gennaro Tedeschini Lalli, the Air Force did not limit itself to dropping conventional explosive bombs, but also dropped bombs filled with mustard gas on suspected rebel hideouts. The poison gas attacks not only killed resistance fighters, but also women and children, but also accidentally hit their own troops.
Benito Mussolini himself congratulated the action in Shewa and ordered the complete suppression of the uprising. Once suppressed, the rebellion in Asmara should then be addressed. By the end of March, over 1,000 Ethiopians had been killed, while two officers, four soldiers and 47 Askari had been killed on the Italian side. According to official reports, mass executions were avoided in order to promote pacification. In reality, however, attacks on the civilian population, looting and arson were commonplace. When Orlando Lorenzini took over command of the northeast Shewa region on April 1, the reprisals increased in both number and severity. In this second phase, no consideration was given to the civilian population.
Siege of Gaia Zeret
On March 30, Italian reconnaissance aircraft spotted a large group of rebels in northern Shewa. Defined by the Italians as supply units of Abebe Aragai, they were mostly wounded, elderly, women and children, who were accompanied by a few armed rebels under the leadership of Tesciommè Sciangut (also Tashoma Shankut). To avoid further pursuit, the group retreated into a cave system in the Gaia Zeret region, southwest of the town of Mehal Meda in the Menz Lalo Midir woreda. The group believed themselves to be safe in the Zeret cave, also known in Ethiopia as Amesegna Washa, because the narrow access path to the cave entrance, located in a rock face on the edge of a high plateau, was easy to monitor and defend. The approximately wide cave entrance was located under an approximately high overhanging rock wall at an altitude of about and was additionally protected by a dry stone wall.
Orlando Lorenzini, meanwhile, had ordered his ground troops to pursue, track down and encircle the group. After the hiding place had been identified and after several days of siege there had been no progress, artillery support was requested. 2 65mm mountain guns, disassembled on pack animals, were brought in and placed in position. The ensuing bombardment partially collapsed the dry stone wall, while other artillery shells exploded inside the cave. At night the access path was bombarded by machine guns to seal off the only escape route from the cave.
A request by Lorenzini to the Italian High Command for flamethrowers was rejected on April 3. The local commander, Lieutenant Colonel Gennaro Sora, an Alpini officer who had received multiple awards in World War I and who had been involved in the rescue operation for the survivors of the crash of the airship Italia in 1928 and had been declared a national hero by Mussolini, had previously reported that the rebels trapped in the cave, who had sufficient water and supplies, could only be dealt with using flamethrowers. The idea of blowing up the cave entrance and burying the rebels alive in the cave was also dropped.
The attempt to succeed through negotiations in which it was promised that the women and children would be allowed to leave if the rebels surrendered without resistance also failed. On the night of April 5, the resistance fighters tried in vain to lure the Italian besiegers away from the cave with a diversionary maneuver.
In the following days, the Italians attacked the Ethiopians entrenched in the cave several times, but were unable to force a decision. Rather, they had to accept losses like the besieged, who threw corpses out of the cave. Trapped civilians who tried to escape from the cave were taken prisoner, taken to the edge of the cliff and mowed down by machine gun fire. An attempt by the rebels to break out on April 7 failed under Italian fire.
Use of poison gas and executions
In order to force a decision, Gennaro Sora requested the support of the chemical weapons troops. A ten-man chemical weapons platoon from the Granatieri di Savoia division then set out from Massawa towards Debre Berhan, carrying 100 65/17 arsenic (filled artillery shells and a C.500.T aerial bomb filled with 212 kg of mustard gas).
Before the last stretch of the journey via Debre Berhan to Gaia Zeret, which was reached two days later on April 8, the mustard gas was transferred into twelve smaller barrels. On the way there, one of the barrels filled with mustard gas had to be abandoned after the container began to leak. An Italian non-commissioned officer suffered chemical burns that had to be treated.
According to Pioselli, the complicated plan shows a certain lack of planning in the use of poison gas. It was clear what effects the poison gas could have, but there was no clear idea of what the goals were to be achieved with its use. The irritant gas arsenic was intended to cause the Ethiopians to leave the cave and the mustard gas, according to Boaglio, was intended to contaminate the access route so that escape was impossible. However, there was no doubt that the mustard gas released at the level of the cave entrance was also intended to have an effect in the cave.
After the plan had been carried out on the morning of April 9, little was happening in front of the Italians' eyes. However, dramatic scenes must have taken place in the cave, as Ethiopian eyewitness reports show. According to the reports, shortness of breath, feelings of suffocation, burning eyes and blindness drove some of them mad, so that they attacked and killed each other. Others simply fell to the ground and died. No one bothered to count the victims, so the number of victims of the use of poison gas is unknown.
Nevertheless, there were still no signs that anyone would surrender. Supported by a mock attack by another rebel group on the night of April 10, Tesciommè Sciangut and 15 other rebels managed to break out despite the Italian barrage. After another breakout attempt failed the following night, the survivors finally surrendered on the morning of April 11.
After the cave had been decontaminated, it was searched on April 13. In addition to numerous corpses and animal carcasses, 63 survivors were found, including 21 women and children. The 42 surviving men were also executed. Orlando Lorenzini reported to Addis Abeba on April 14 that he was considering blowing up the cave entrance, as the stench of corpses made a complete exploration of the extensive cave impossible. On April 15, the exploration was still not complete and in some areas some Ethiopians were still resisting, hiding behind piles of corpses. On the same day, Gennado Sora reported that since the start of the siege on April 3, 924 "bandits" had been killed and 360 prisoners, including women and children, had been taken. Their own losses were given as 17 dead and 59 injured.
Victims
However, the items found in the Grotta del Ribelle do not allow any statement to be made about the number of victims. Gashaw Ayferam Endaylalu speaks of over 5,500 victims who were killed in the gas attack and the subsequent mass executions in Gaia Zeret. His figure is based on the testimony of a survivor, but he admits that there are different reports about the number of victims and cites as an example the written memoirs of the leader of the resistance fighters holed up in the cave, Tesciommè Sciangut. The latter estimated that over 3,000 people fell victim to the Italian attack. Based on the number of granaries found in the cave and the amount of supplies stored in them, Matteo Dominioni assumes that the attack cost the lives of between 1,200 and 1,500 people in total. He also points out, however, that some older residents in the surrounding villages speak of 2,000 to 3,000 deaths. Documents found in the Italian archives show that 800 rebels were shot during the mass executions on 11 April. There are no details of the victims of the use of poison gas. At the end of the operation, Federica Saini Fasanotti reported to his superiors that 924 "bandits" (rebels) had been killed in the fighting in and outside the cave since the beginning of the operation, but does not state the number of civilian victims. It should be noted that the use of chemical weapons in Gaia Zeret does not find any claim of justification in the context of a reprisal action.
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Literature
Second Italo-Ethiopian War
African resistance to colonialism
Resistance against Fascist Italy
World War II resistance movements
Ethiopia in World War II
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FedEx%20Express%20Flight%203609
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FedEx Express Flight 3609
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FedEx Express Flight 3609 was a scheduled cargo flight from Newark Liberty International Airport to Indianapolis International Airport, The Aircraft, a Boeing 767-3S2F made an emergency landing shortly after takeoff due to an engine fire caused by a bird strike. The aircraft safely returned to Newark with fire crew on standby.
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FedEx Express accidents and incidents
FedEx Express
2025
March 2025
Newark Liberty International Airport
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kadu%20%28footballer%2C%20born%202005%29
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Kadu (footballer, born 2005)
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Carlos Eduardo da Silva Santos (born August 16, 2005) commonly known as Kadu, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Remo.
Career
Kadu made his professional debut at the age of 19, when he started Remo's 5–0 win over São Francisco in the Campeonato Paraense. He provided an assist for Dodô in the team's second goal.
On February 12, 2025, Kadu renewed his contract with Remo until 2027.
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External links
2005 births
Living people
Brazilian men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Clube do Remo players
Footballers from Pará
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tusinge%20railway%20station
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Tusinge railway station
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Tusinge railway station (), is a railway station in the municipality of Blonay – Saint-Légier, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is an intermediate stop and a request stop on the Vevey–Les Pléiades line of Transports Montreux–Vevey–Riviera.
Services
the following services stop at Tusinge:
Regio: hourly service between and .
References
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External links
Railway stations in the canton of Vaud
Transports Montreux–Vevey–Riviera stations
Railway stations in Switzerland opened in 1911
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresin%20massacre
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Teresin massacre
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On 29 August 1943, the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) and some Ukrainian peasants killed 207 Polish inhabitants of the colony of Teresin, located in Włodzimierz County, Wołyń Voivodeship, as part of a larger campaign against the Poles in the region, considered as a genocide.
Teresin, inhabited by about 300 Poles and a few Ukrainian families, was attacked by UPA members and Ukrainian peasants from Kohylno and Gnojno, Włodzimierz County. The attackers broke into houses and murdered the Polish residents using axes, bayonets, and other tools. They also looted the victims' property.
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Bibliography
1943 murders in Poland
August 1943 in Europe
Massacres in 1943
Massacres in Ukraine
War crimes committed by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army
Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia
1943 in Ukraine
Volodymyr Raion
History of Volyn Oblast
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses%20Arndt
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Moses Arndt
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Michael Rudi Arndt, known as Moses Arndt, (born 18 March 1964) is a German doctor and politician from Die Linke. He is also an author and publisher in the field of the hardcore punk movement. He is the editor of the hardcore punk fanzine and has worked full-time as a general practitioner since 2007. He has been a member of the 21st Bundestag since 2025.
Life
Arndt was born in , Bexbach, Saarland.
After his first fanzines, such as Vox Vulgi, which Arndt designed himself as a young punk and sold at concerts, he co-founded the fanzine in 1986. The model was the US punk fanzine Maximumrocknroll. At that time, Arndt was the singer of the hardcore band Challenger Crew , which released three albums. Arndt left the Trust editorial team in 1988 and founded his own fanzine Zap , which was to have a significant impact on the German hardcore scene. He was not only the editor, but also wrote numerous articles, conducted interviews and often appeared in various national media. Well-known authors of Zap included , and . he paper also gained greater fame through its journalistic documentation of the Chaos Days in Hanover and the punk subculture itself. After the extremely violent Chaos Days of 1995, Moses Arndt appeared on various talk shows such as , and Arabella. In 1995, MTV Europe broadcast a "Punk Special" about Europe, in which Moses was interviewed together with the band and their singer Tobias Scheiße. In addition, an interview with Arndt and some other punks on the subject of Chaos Days appeared in Stern in 1995. The idea of publishing the Zap weekly failed; the last issue for the time being appeared in 1998. Arndt also wrote for magazines such as Spex and Rock Hard. At the beginning of 2019, Arndt decided to resurrect the Zap. Since November 2019, it has been published again, exclusively in print form.
After a long stay in New York, Arndt opened a piercing and tattoo studio in 1993. In 2000, he began studying medicine. He now has his own medical practice; his main areas of activity are tattoo removal using lasers and subcutaneous jewellery insertion. In 2007, he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Medicine (Dr. med.) by the Medical Faculty of the University of Saarland. In addition, he worked as a trained ring doctor at martial arts events such as boxing and Muay Thai.
His novel Chaostage was made into a film by Tarek Ehlail in 2007 under the title He wrote the screenplay for Ehlail's 2010 film – Niemand siegt am Millerntor .
Politics
In the 2025 German federal election, Moses Arndt ran as the top candidate of the party and as a direct candidate in the Homburg constituency. In his constituency, he received 6.6 percent of the first votes and was able to enter the German Bundestag via first place on his party's Saarland state list.
Publications
Moses A.: Chaostage. Roman. Dreieck Verlag, Mainz 1998, ISBN 3-930559-54-4.
Michael Arndt: Transfer von Entspannungsverfahren aus der stationären Rehabilitation in den Alltag der Patienten. Dissertation, Universität Saarbrücken, 2007, Digitalisat
Moses A.: New York City Hardcore. Roman. Ventil Verlag, Mainz 2012, ISBN 978-3-931555-38-2.
External links
Dr. Michael Arndt auf bundestag.de
References
1964 births
Living people
Pseudonyms
People from Saarland
Saarland University alumni
Punk
The Left (Germany) politicians
Members of the Bundestag for Saarland
21st-century German politicians
Members of the Bundestag for The Left
Members of the Bundestag 2025–2029
German punk rock groups
German writers
German medical writers
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022%20Ukrainian%20mobilization
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2022 Ukrainian mobilization
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General mobilization in Ukraine was announced on February 24, 2022, in connection with the beginning of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine forbade men of military age to leave the country so that they could be called up to fight at any time. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy also declared martial law. According to it, all men between the ages of 18 and 60 were considered liable for military service and could be mobilized if they didn't have the right to delay. At the same time, men who are subject to mobilization are prohibited from leaving the country. In the first weeks and months after the start of the Russian invasion, hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian citizens voluntarily joined the military structures, going to the front. This collective enthusiasm had a significant impact on repelling the first offensive of the Russian forces.
As the war with Russia drags on, Kyiv finds it increasingly difficult to find new soldiers to replace its troops on the front line in conditions of positional warfare, lack of progress on the battlefield, and tens of thousands of soldiers killed or wounded. This contributed to the escalation of tension between the Ukrainian military and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who in December 2023 warned that up to half a million people were expected to be mobilized in Ukraine.
With the progress of the mobilization process, more and more men are avoiding conscription, and there are calls for the demobilization of those who have been on the front line for an extended period. According to the Ukrainian authorities, approximately nine thousand criminal cases have been initiated regarding the evasion of mobilization.
The mobilization process in Ukraine is accompanied by the widespread distribution of draft notices in public spaces and the emergence of conflicts between personnel at territorial recruitment centers (TRCs) and citizens. There have been reports of individuals being arbitrarily detained on the streets and transported to shopping malls, even without being issued with draft notices.
As the recruitment efforts intensified, disturbing incidents began to surface on social media, involving officers forcibly removing men from trains and buses and sending them to the front. Some individuals with sufficient financial resources attempted to evade service by purchasing medical exemptions. By the end of summer 2023, these instances of corruption had become so prevalent that on August 11, President Zelensky decided to dismiss the heads of recruitment offices in all regions of the country.
2022
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed decree 24 February 2022 No. 64/2022 "On the imposition of martial law in Ukraine" on general mobilization in the country, which would commence on 25 February for a period of 90 days, calling up conscripts and reservists; all male Ukrainian citizens aged 18 to 60 were prohibited from travelling abroad, unless they could provide documents that they fulfilled specified conditions for exemption. Mobilization was carried out in all regions. The General Staff had to determine the "order and volume" of those mobilized, and the government had to provide the necessary funding. The heads of regional administrations had to “ensure the creation and operation of regional, district and city medical commissions,” the decree specified. Zelenskyy did not support a petition to allow men between the ages of 18 and 60 to leave the country abroad. In May 2022, the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's national parliament) extended martial law and mobilization in Ukraine for 90 days at once, until 23 August. Students, parents with three or more children under 18, caretakers of disabled dependents and those deemed medically unfit will not be mobilized.
From February 2022, since Russian invasion of Ukraine, first of all, reserve servicemen with combat experience who served in the Armed Forces under a contract or took part in hostilities in the Luhansk and Donetsk Oblasts of the Donbas will be mobilized first. Then, military personnel who served on conscription until 2014 will fall under mobilization. And then those who graduated from the military departments at universities and became a reserve officer, as well as other persons who do not have age and physical restrictions, will be mobilized. General mobilization was announced for a period of three months. The presidential decree was approved by the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's national parliament) on 3 March 2022, and in accordance with it, men aged 18 to 60 will be mobilized. Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said that the Ukrainian authorities plan to mobilize 1,000,000 people.
According to the law "On mobilization training and mobilization", general mobilization in Ukraine is carried out simultaneously throughout its territory and concerns the economy, state authorities, local self-government, the armed forces, and other formations, enterprises, institutions, and organizations.
On 22 June 2022, a bill was submitted to the Verkhovna Rada prohibiting men of military age from traveling abroad during martial law. It is assumed that the circle of persons to whom an exception will be made will be determined by the law "On mobilization training and mobilization."
In July 2022, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine decided that from October in the military commissariats, all women who received education in the fields of chemistry, biology, and telecommunications will have to enter the military register. The ministry explained that all women liable for military service will not be able to travel abroad during martial law.
In August 2022, the Verkhovna Rada extended martial law and general mobilization until 21 November 2022.
In September 2022, Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Anna Malyar announced the forthcoming postponement of the deadlines for registering women for military registration for the next year, she clarified that: “The Ministry of Defense, within the framework of its powers, prepared a decree that once again postponed the deadlines for admitting women of certain professions / specialties to the military accounting for another year – until 1 October 2023.
On 17 November 2022, the Verkhovna Rada adopted laws approving presidential decrees on the extension of martial law and general mobilization in Ukraine for 90 days, until 19 February 2023.
2023
On 7 February 2 May, 27 July and 8 November 2023 the Verkhovna Rada adopted laws approving presidential decrees on the extension of martial law and general mobilization in Ukraine for 90 days each. Lasting from 19 February 2023 to 20 May, to 18 August, to 15 November, to 14 February 2024.
On 19 December 2023, President Zelenskyy said that the Ministry of Defense proposed to mobilize 450,000 to 500,000 additional Ukrainian citizens, including Ukrainian men living abroad, into the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Zelenskyy said that if needed, the conscription age could be reduced from 27 to 25 years. On 26 December, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Valery Zaluzhny, said that the military command had not formally requested the mobilization, and while it provides ongoing classified requests for various resources, it is not entitled to propose legislative initiatives.
2024
On 6 February and 8 May 2024, the Verkhovna Rada adopted laws approving presidential decrees on the extension of martial law and general mobilization in Ukraine for 6 months in total. Lasting from 14 February to 13 May, to 11 August 2024.
On 23 February 2024, the parliament of Ukraine passed a demobilization bill introduced by Zelenskyy. The bill stipulates that conscripts who have been mobilized since 2022 should be pulled in reserve for at least 12 months within the terms determined by the decree of the president of Ukraine. The demobilization came into effect in April and May 2024. It only targets young people who have completed their military service during martial law and have not been in reserve.
In late December 2023, due to the lack of recruits to the Armed Forces of Ukraine and at the urging of the former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Zaluzhnyi, a new draft bill was proposed in the parliament. The bill would, among other things, lower the conscription age from 27 to 25, set a limit to discharge conscripts after 36 months of active duty during martial law, give military recruiters and the state of Ukraine more legal pathways to restrict and punish draft evaders in Ukraine and abroad, and enable them to hand out call-up papers digitally. After initial hearing and a wave of criticism of it being unconstitutional the proposal was amended in mid-January 2024 and passed at the first hearing in the Verkhovna Rada. The final bill was expected to be adopted in March 2024, filling the gap of the 500,000 new conscripts Ukraine needs to sustain the war. At the end of March 2024, the Rada Committee on National Security, Defense, and Intelligence had reviewed 4,269 amendments. On 11 April the bill was passed in the Verkhovna Rada and on 16 April Zelenskyy signed it into law, scheduled to take effect a month after its signing on 18 May.
In late March 2024, the newly appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrsky, contrary to his predecessor Zaluzhnyi denied the need to mobilize 500 000, citing that after an audit that number had been significantly reduced. Previously, there had been an audit of the AFU forces at Syrsky initiative of a supposed gap of 700 000 soldiers in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Mykhailo Podoliak described as to have never seen the front-line.
On 2 April 2024, Zelenskyy signed a standalone bill lowering the mobilization age from 27 to 25. The bill had already been passed in the Verkhovna Rada since May 2023. This came just a week after Syrskyi's audit.
In mid-April 2024, Zelenskyy signed a new mobilization law aimed at increasing the number of soldiers. The law requires all Ukrainian men between the ages of 18 and 60 to register with the Ukrainian military and to carry their registration documents with them at all times. The government banned the issuance of new passports and the provision of non-emergency consular services to Ukrainian men of military age abroad.
On 17 May 2024, president Zelenskyy signed a law allowing some convicts to enlist in the army for a chance at a suspended prison sentence. The legislation excludes mass-murderers, rapists, and those who committed crimes against national security from enlisting.
Draft dodging, bribes and demobilization
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, around 650,000 military-aged men have left the country. According to Ukrainian authorities, as of November 2023, around 20,000 people had been caught while trying to cross the border illegally since February 2022, and another 20,000 successful crossings were recorded between February 2022 and 31 August 2023 according to a BBC Eye Investigation.
Following the start of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, more than 20,000 foreigners volunteered to join the Ukrainian military. However, as of February 2023, the number of foreigners in the Ukrainian military was estimated at 2,000. Several reasons for this decrease have been given: "war tourists" and "thrill seekers" were weeded out, part of the volunteers left as they did not expect fighting of such a high intensity in harsh conditions, and some of them reported situations of violent abuse and "suicide missions".
In 2023, harsher methods of mobilization began to be used, such as road blocks, business raids, and pulling people from the streets. In the latter half of 2023, videos surfaced online showing Ukrainian men violently dragged into vans and driven to the military recruiting centers (TCC).
Corruption in military medical commissions was described as systematic by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in 2023, with bribes being given in exchange for exemptions from service. In at least one case, a mentally disabled person was declared fit for service, and in another an epileptic man died on his first day of service after being mobilized. A number of legal cases related to lawlessness in the recruitment of new conscripts have been opened.
Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen are reported to be some of the oldest in the world, with an average age of 43 in November 2023, 10 years older than in March 2022.
The lack of resources for mobilization also affects rotation, with many soldiers having no rotation since the start of the full-scale invasion in 2022. In October 2023, protests took place in seven Ukrainian cities, primarily consisting of wives and relatives of soldiers demanding demobilization. As part of these protests, around 100 relatives of soldiers held a demonstration in Kyiv.
On 23 April 2024, the Ukrainian foreign ministry announced that it would suspend consular services to overseas Ukrainian men who were eligible for military service, with the exception of those returning to Ukraine.
On 24 April 2024, the Ukrainian government issued a decree banning the delivery of identification documents and passports to Ukrainian men of military age abroad.
As of 26 April 2024, the Polish government has offered, and the Lithuania governments is considering, repatriating Ukrainian men living in their countries to Ukraine, so that they can be drafted into the Ukrainian military. It is a “very rough estimate” that some 300–400,000 men alone are living in Poland, but it is not clear how a forcible repatriation could be carried out in practice.
Desertion
In early 2023, a new law was signed into the Ukrainian Parliament which stated that desertion or "failure to appear for duty without a valid reason" would result in up to 12 years in prison. Critics of the law argued that the law punishes soldiers more harshly rather than try to deal underlying causes of desertion. According to the Prosecutor General's Office, more than 60,000 criminal cases have been opened for desertion with almost half occurring between January 2024 and September 2024. This number rose to 80,000 by October 2024 and 100,000 by the end of November 2024. It is estimated that the number of deserters could be as high as 200,000. For Ukrainian penal battalions, if a soldier of a penal battalion attempts to desert or retreat without authorisation, an additional 5 to 10 years would be added to their sentence.
See also
2022 mobilization in the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic
2022 Russian mobilization
References
Events affected by the Russian invasion of Ukraine
War in Donbas
Military of Ukraine
Russo-Ukrainian War
Conscription in Ukraine
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best%20of%20Both%20Worlds%20%28EP%29
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Best of Both Worlds (EP)
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Best Of Both Worlds is a collaborative extended play by Nigerian singers Kel-P, and Wande Coal. It was released on 28 February 2025 through Jones Worldwide. No other artists were featured on the project, and the project was solely produced by Kel-P.
Background
On 17 February 2025, Kel-P, and Wande Coal discussed the project with Wonderland.
On 19 February 2025, in an interview with DJ Edu, Kel-P discussed the project on 1Xtra's AfroSounds Show.
Singles
On 12 December 2024, "Old Soldier" was released as the album's lead single.
On 7 February 2025, the music video was released and directed by Jyde Ajala.
Track listing
Personnel
Kelvin "Kel-P" Amba – vocals, writer, producer, recording engineer, executive producer
Oluwatobi "Wande Coal" Ojosipe – vocals, writer
David "Shay Jones" Olakot – executive producer
Release history
References
2025 debut EPs
Afrobeat EPs
Reggae EPs
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%20Akwaji
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Godwin Akwaji
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Godwin Akwaji (died June 2020) was a Nigerian politician and a former lawmaker representing Obudu constituency in the Cross River State House of Assembly. He passed away after displaying symptoms consistent with COVID-19. He died at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH). Following his death, his wife, Maria Godwin Akwaji, succeeded him as the representative for Obudu constituency.
References
Nigerian politicians
Nigerian politician stubs
People from Cross River State
2020 deaths
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musso%20%28disambiguation%29
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Musso (disambiguation)
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Munawar Musso (1897–1948) was an Indonesian politician.
Musso may also refer to:
Musso (surname)
Musso, Lombardy, a comune in the Province of Como, Italy
Musso & Frank Grill, a restaurant in the City of Los Angeles, California
KGM Musso, a South Korean SUV and Pickup truck manufactured by SsangYong
SsangYong Musso Sports, a South Korean SUT model manufactured by SsangYong 2002 to 2005
See also
Benito Mussolini (1883–1945), fascist Italian dictator, sometimes referred to by the truncation of his last name
Muso (disambiguation)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Remmert
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Peter Remmert
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Peter Remmert (born 9 July 2005) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for 2. Bundesliga club Schalke 04.
Club career
Remmert signed a professional contract with Schalke 04 on 22 June 2024, lasting until 2028. He made his first team debut for the club in the 2. Bundesliga in a 1–0 home win against Preußen Münster on 28 February 2025.
Career statistics
References
External links
Profile at the Schalke 04 website
2005 births
Living people
People from Vechta
Footballers from Lower Saxony
German men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
2. Bundesliga players
Regionalliga players
FC Schalke 04 players
FC Schalke 04 II players
21st-century German sportsmen
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doko%20village
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Doko village
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Doko is a small village in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, located along the Shigar Valley in the Baltistan region. It is part of Shigar District and lies near the Shigar River, serving as a waypoint for travelers heading towards Skardu City.
The village is situated in a mountainous region, with an estimated elevation of 2,400 meters (7,874 feet) above sea level. It is surrounded by rugged terrain and steep valleys, characteristic of the Karakoram Range.
Doko is primarily inhabited by the Balti people, an ethnic group native to the region. The Balti language is the most widely spoken. The estimated population of Doko is between 800 and 1,200 people. Doko experiences a cold desert climate, with extreme temperature variations between summer and winter. The economy of Doko is based on subsistence farming and livestock rearing.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church%20of%20Saint-Ferdinand%20des%20Ternes%2C%20Paris
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Church of Saint-Ferdinand des Ternes, Paris
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The Church of Saint-Ferdinand des Ternes is a Roman Catholic parish church located in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, between rue Saint-Ferdinand and Rue Armaillel, slightly set back from the Avenue des Ternes. It was begun in 1937 but not completed until 1957. It is an example of [Neo-Byzantine architecture].
History
The first church on the site was built between 1842 and 1845. The village of Ternes grew quickly, and was merged into Paris in 1860. The first church took the name of Saint Ferdinand in memory of the royal prince, Ferdinand-Philippe d'Orleans, the oldest son King Louis Philippe, who was killed in a highway accident not far from the church. The architect of the first church, Paul-Eugene Lequeux (1805–1873), was a Protestant, whose work included the enlargement of the church of Saint-Marie de Batignolles.was enlarged in 1878.
As the neighbourhood and the congregation continued to grow, a larger church was begun in 1937. The architects of the new church were Paul Thedon, Frederic Betrand and Pierre Durand. The old church was gradually demolished as the new church advanced. By the outbreak of World War Two in 1939, only the choir and first traverse were finished. Work was slowed by World War II, but continued; the facade on rue d'Arkmaille was completed in January 1941, and the choir and transept were blessed and inaugurated on 22 March 1944, shortly before the Allied forces landed at Normandy. Further work had to wait, and was not restored until after the war. The final work on the nave and three cupolas was finished and dedicated in 1957.
In 1990-1991 a complete redecoration of the choir was carried out by the decorator Mzdeleine Diener, which included the altar, the pulpit furnishings and the chandeliers.
Exterior
Facade
The mastive bell tower holds the three bells, named Desiree, Fernande and Rosalie, which came from the tower of of the first church. The most prominent decoration of the facade is a group of three large groups of sculptures over the portals made by the sculptor George Muguey (1903-1988) They represent Saint Ferdinand (left); Christ (center) and Saint Therese and the infant Christ (right).
Interior
The interior offers a mixture of grandeur and simplicity. Because of a lack of funds, only a few the capitals of the columns have no carving or decoration, but the multiple domes and hanging chandeliers, and the variety of murals and sculptures in the chapels fill the interior with colour and animation.
Art and Decoration
The church displays a broad variety of paintings, sculpture and stained glass from the mid-20th century. Stained glass windows depicting Saints are flanked by geometric windows.
Notes and Citations
20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in France
Buildings and structures in the 17th arrondissement of Paris
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1957
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les%20Chevalleyres%20railway%20station
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Les Chevalleyres railway station
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Les Chevalleyres railway station (), is a railway station in the municipality of Blonay – Saint-Légier, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is an intermediate stop and a request stop on the Vevey–Les Pléiades line of Transports Montreux–Vevey–Riviera.
Services
the following services stop at Les Chevalleyres:
Regio: hourly service between and .
References
Bibliography
External links
Railway stations in the canton of Vaud
Transports Montreux–Vevey–Riviera stations
Railway stations in Switzerland opened in 1911
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023%20Patras%20municipal%20election
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2023 Patras municipal election
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2023 Patras Municipal election was held on 8 October 2023 to elect the mayor of Patras as a part of the 2023 Greek Local elections. It moved to a second round run-off that took place a week later, on 15 October, between incumbent Kostas Peletidis backed by KKE and New Democracy supporter Kostantinos Svolis with no party support.
As all municipal elections in Greece the system used is one of 2-round proportional representation with reinforced proportinality.
KKE candidate Kostas Peletidis got reelected to the position of mayor with a smaller percentage in contrast to the last time but also became one of the few KKE candidates that came victorious in the 2023 Greek Local elections. Receiving an absolute 3/5s majority in the municipal council as per a new electoral law.
Background
Previous Election
Incumbent KKE candidate Kostas Peletidis came first with 40.6% winning 20 out of the 49 seats, with Independent candidate Grigoris Alexopoulos coming second being defeated in the second round with KKE candidate being ahead with an over 40 point margin, yet this being with the previous electoral law Peletidis failed to achieve a full majority in the council.
Source:
Electoral System
The New Democracy government changed the law on local elections, enacting "Law 4804/2021". As per this law, "The distribution of municipal or regional council seats between the successful and runner-up list is done by a system of Reinforced proportionality, so that the successful combination holds at least 3/5 of the council seats.". Also stating that when it comes to the percentage needed for a list to enter the council and the percentage needed or the elections to lack a second round that "[...] in order for a list to be entitled to at least one seat on the municipal or district council, it must receive at least 3% of the valid ballots in the first round of elections. The combination that received at least 43% of the valid ballots plus one vote in the first round is declared successful and its head is elected mayor or regional governor."
Results
Source:
References
2023 elections in Greece
Local elections in Greece
October 2023 in Greece
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platysmacheilus%20wangcangensis
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Platysmacheilus wangcangensis
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Platysmacheilus wangcangensis is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Gobionidae, the gudgeons. This fish occurs in the upper Yangtze River basin in Sichuan, its type locality is in Wangcang County.
References
wangcangensis
Fish described in 2021
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Voznesensk%20%281920%29
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Battle of Voznesensk (1920)
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The Battle of Voznesensk took place between the Cossacks of Ukrainian People's Republic and Red forces as part of Cossack raid on 15 April 1920.
Prelude
By early April, 1920, situation was getting worse for Ukrainian forces during their winter campaign as they were running out of ammunition. Bolsheviks on the other hand didn't have a shortage of ammunition. Mykhailo Pavlenko decided to raid Voznesensk in order to capture the necessary supplies. Some sources put the date of the battle at 16 April.
Battle
Around three o'clock, Ukrainian forces begun the offensive and Soviet forces opened fire. Ukrainian infantry reportedly clapped their hands while advancing due to lack of ammunition. Ukrainian forces were disadvantaged and eventually retreated. Red forces left their positions and pursued retreating Ukrainians. However, a fog that appeared gave an advantage to Ukrainian Cossack units and could only orient via sound. Bolsheviks continued attacking, but with advantage on Ukrainian side they were able to efficiently counterattack. Reds were later trapped and Zaporozhians wiped them out in the city during sabre battle. Only some of the Red cavalry managed to retreat.
Aftermath
The Ukrainian victory at Voznonesk allowed for Ukrainian forces to get the necessary supplies needed to continue their winter campaign. This battle was considered to be crucial for the outcome of winter campaign and existence of Ukrainian army.
References
1920 in Europe
Conflicts in 1920
1920 in Ukraine
Battles of the Ukrainian–Soviet War
Battles involving the Ukrainian People's Republic
April 1920
Battles in 1920
Military history of Zaporizhzhia
Military history of Ukraine
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keelmen%20Heaving%20in%20Coals%20by%20Moonlight
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Keelmen Heaving in Coals by Moonlight
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Keelmen Heaving in Coals by Moonlight is an 1835 seascape painting by the British artist J.M.W. Turner. It is set at the port of Newcastle in the North East of England. Keelmen are unloading coal from the flat-bottomed boats that has brought it up the Tyne River to the ships that will carry it on its onwards journey. The scene is illuminated by a flood of moonlight and the blazing torches of the keelmen
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It was commissioned by the Manchester textile manufacturer. Henry McConnell as a companion piece by another work of Turner's featuring Venice The Dogana and San Giorgio Maggiore. The painting was displayed at the Royal Academy's 1835 Summer Exhibition at Somerset House. Today it is in the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C..
See also
List of paintings by J. M. W. Turner
References
Bibliography
Bailey, Anthony. J.M.W. Turner: Standing in the Sun. Tate Enterprises Ltd, 2013.
Hamilton, James. Turner - A Life. Sceptre, 1998.
Paintings by J. M. W. Turner
1835 paintings
Paintings in the National Gallery of Art
Maritime paintings
Oil on canvas paintings
Moon in art
Ships in art
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria%20Akwaji
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Maria Akwaji
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Maria Godwin Akwaji is a Nigerian politician and a former member of the Cross River State House of Assembly, representing the Obudu State Constituency under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). She succeeded her late husband, Godwin Akwaji, who passed away in June 2020 due to complications from COVID-19.
In her election, Maria Akwaji won with a landslide victory, securing 32,166 votes. Her closest opponent, Dr. Godwin Agbor Adaje of the All Progressives Congress (APC), received 3,546 votes.
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Living people
Nigerian politicians
Nigerian politician stubs
Nigerian women in politics
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yami%20Safdie
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Yami Safdie
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Yamila Safdie (Haedo, Buenos Aires; October 20, 1997), known professionally as Yami Safdie, is an Argentine singer, internet personality, and songwriter. In 2023, she gained fame in Argentina with her song "De nada," and the following year, she became known across Latin America for her single "En otra vida" in collaboration with Lasso.
Early Life and Education
Safdie began studying singing and musical theater at age nine. During her teenage years, she studied music at the Alberto Ginastera Conservatory and later pursued a degree in Performing Arts. At 19, she began uploading cover songs to her social media accounts, gaining a large audience on platforms like Instagram and TikTok. Between 2018 and 2020, she worked as a children's party entertainer.
Career
In 2021, Safdie signed with the record label Warner Music Group. That year, she released her first original songs, including "Caminar Sola," "Flashear," "FC," and "Pa' Quererme Así."
In early 2022, she released Como Si Na, a collaboration with Lautaro López. This was the first of a series of songs that formed part of her debut album, Dije que no me iba a enamorar.
Discography
Studio albums
Extended Plays (EPs)
References
External links
1997 births
Living people
Argentine pop singers
Argentine singer-songwriters
TikTokers
21st-century Argentine women singers
Argentine reggaeton musicians
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doban
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Doban
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, sometimes translated as "clay tablets", "clay boards" or "earthen plates", are a type of archaeological artefact known from Middle to Final Jōmon Japan, in particular the latter period.
Overview
Doban take the form of a rectangular or oval clay tablet and are the ceramic counterpart to the stone ganban. They are found mainly in the Tōhoku and Kantō regions, with the former thought to have influenced the latter. In Tōhoku, ganban seem to have developed first.
Like other clay and stone artefacts of a less obviously utilitarian nature, such as dogū and sekibō, doban likely served a ritual function, although examples with holes through which a string could be threaded may have been worn as charms. The more three-dimensional ceramic representations of body parts sometimes referred to as doban, sometimes as dogū, may relate to fertility and childbirth or ill-health.
Important Cultural Properties
Two doban have been designated Important Cultural Properties and a third is part of an ICP assemblage:
Doban from Fukuda Shell Mound, Ibaraki Prefecture (Tokyo National Museum)
Doban from Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture (private collection)
Doban from Umataka Site, Niigata Prefecture (Umataka Jōmon Museum)
Gallery
See also
List of National Treasures of Japan (archaeological materials)
Jōmon period sites
Clay tablet
References
Japanese artefact types
Jōmon period
Clay tablets
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint%20Joseph%20Academy%20of%20San%20Jose%20Batangas%2C%20Inc.
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Saint Joseph Academy of San Jose Batangas, Inc.
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Saint Joseph Academy of San Jose Batangas, Incorporated, also referred to as SJA, is a private, non-sectarian secondary school founded by Dr. Leonardo H. Ona Sr. and was established in June 1947. The school aims to provide students quality education that will help them be globally competitive in the future.
History
World War II severely disrupted the country’s economic and social life, particularly in education. Schools at all levels suspended or irregularly held classes, with high schools and universities in major cities suffering the most due to war damage. When classes resumed in 1944, secondary schools faced severe overcrowding. Only a few students from San Jose managed to enroll at Batangas High School, their traditional choice.
To address this educational crisis, Dr. Leonardo H. Ona—a respected four-term Councilor and later Mayor of San Jose—established Saint Joseph Academy. A strict disciplinarian, he emphasized not just academic excellence but also strong character and good habits. His wife, Mrs. Candelaria A. Ona, a professional educator and Supervisor of Public Schools for the San Jose/Ibaan District, played a key role in supporting the Academy’s development.
Dr. Ona’s vision of holistic education gained strong support from San Jose’s parents. Despite a policy allowing only one high school per municipality, the Bureau of Private Schools granted recognition to SJA. The Academy opened in June 1947, with Miss Josefa Aguila as its first principal and a small but dedicated faculty.
From its early years, SJA students excelled in academics and extracurricular activities. The 1951 graduating class achieved top rankings in the Batangas teachers’ competitive examination, while student Epifanio Ona won first place in an oratorical contest for public and private schools. Students also wrote and staged short plays that received public acclaim.
Initially, SJA held classes in the parish convent (now Cursillo House) and the homes of Justo and Jose Luna before moving to its permanent location. Over time, the school became a landmark and a vital contributor to San Jose’s economic, social, and religious life.
To accommodate growing student numbers, SJA expanded in 2004 with an annex in Kay Utak, Lapolapo 1st. The 1.48-hectare land, inherited from Dr. and Mrs. Leonardo H. Ona Sr., was transferred to the Academy. This two-story, 10-room facility alleviated congestion and upheld the school’s high academic and disciplinary standards.
In response to the Department of Education’s K to 12 program, SJA constructed another two-story building in 2015, adding 11 classrooms to support the new curriculum. This expansion reinforced the Academy’s commitment to quality education and preparing students for higher education, employment, and entrepreneurship.
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External Links
High schools in the Philippines
High schools in Batangas
Private schools in the Philippines
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeless%20Link
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Homeless Link
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Homeless Link is a national membership charity for homelessness organisations in England. It serves as an umbrella body for frontline organisations and individuals across the UK. It campaigns for policy changes that aim to end homelessness and provides its members with training, consultancy, and specialised software. It has over 800 organisations and individuals as part of its membership.
History
Homeless Link was incorporated as a charity on 31 October 2001.
Jenny Edwards was appointed Chief Executive of Homeless Link in 2004 with Rick Henderson taking over in July 2012 and remaining in this position since.
Jamie Burton KC was appointed as the new Chair of the organisation in January 2025, taking over from Anne McLaughlin who had served a full three-year term.
Services and initiatives
Homeless Link produces an annual report into the support available for single homeless people in England. The report provides an independent assessment into the needs and demographics of single people accessing homelessness services and the availability of these services.
In March 2022, Homeless Link announced that it had been awarded the contract to manage the Combined Homelessness and Information Network (CHAIN) system starting in April 2022 for an initial three year contract. CHAIN is a multi-agency database that maintains records of rough sleeping across London.
The organisation receives funding from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to support local authorities in England in undertaking estimations of the number of rough sleepers on a typical night between 1 October and 30 November each year.
Homeless Link maintains Homeless England, the most comprehensive database of homelessness services across all areas of England.
The organisation manages and administers The Homewards Fund, in partnership with the Royal Foundation. The stated aim of the initiative is to provide funding across a five-year period to support the delivery of an action plan to reduce homelessness in six locations: Lambeth, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Newport, Northern Ireland, Aberdeen, and Sheffield.
References
Homelessness charities
Homelessness charities in the United Kingdom
Charities based in England
Charities based in London
Organizations established in 2001
2001 establishments in England
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haine%20Eames
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Haine Eames
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Haine Anthony Eames (born 27 February 2008) is an Australian soccer player who plays as a midfielder for the Central Coast Mariners. In late 2024, he became his club's youngest player, starter and goalscorer of all time, all while aged 16.
Club career
A student at the Central Coast Sports College, Eames joined the Central Coast Mariners academy at under-15 level, having previously played for Camden Haven Redbacks. In his second season in the youth ranks, he played in the under-18 and under-20 teams. In June 2024, having already been involved in training with the first team, he signed a three-year scholarship contract for the reigning champions under head coach Mark Jackson. He mentioned Max Balard as a first-team player he aimed to replicate.
In October 2024, Eames was named by New South Wales newspaper The Daily Telegraph as one of the state's teenagers likely to break through in the upcoming A-League Men season. He made his debut on 18 October as the campaign began with a goalless draw at home to Melbourne Victory, with him coming on as a substitute for Harry Steele for the last four minutes, he becoming the youngest player in Mariners' history. Four days later he made his continental debut in the AFC Champions League Elite, again as a late replacement for Steele in a 3–2 league stage loss away to Shanghai Port in China.
On 23 December 2024, Eames became the Mariners' youngest starter on his sixth A-League appearance, and scored the equaliser in a 1–1 draw away to Macarthur. Aged 16 years and 300 days, he became his club's youngest goalscorer and the fourth youngest in the history of the league; the club record had been held by Garang Kuol since 2021. On 18 February 2025, as the club's Asian campaign ended with a 2–0 loss away to Kawasaki Frontale in Japan, they fielded a team with an average age of 21. Eames wore the captain's armband for the final 20 minutes after Steele's substitution, and still aged 16, he was the youngest captain in the tournament's history.
International career
Eames was part of the Australia side at the 2024 ASEAN U-16 Boys Championship in Indonesia. He scored his attempt in the 8–7 penalty shootout win over Thailand in the final.
References
2008 births
Living people
Soccer players from New South Wales
Australian men's soccer players
Men's association football midfielders
Central Coast Mariners FC players
Australia men's youth international soccer players
A-League Men players
21st-century Australian sportsmen
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakub%20Pachocki
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Jakub Pachocki
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Jakub Pachocki is a computer scientist. He is best known as the chief scientist at OpenAI and for his role in overseeing development of GPT-4. He has worked at OpenAI since 2017. Born in Poland, he has a PhD from Carnegie Mellon University in the United States. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has called Pachocki "easily one of the greatest minds of our generation".
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Living people
1991 births
OpenAI people
Carnegie Mellon University alumni
Polish computer scientists
Polish computer programmers
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Br%C3%B6gbern
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Brögbern
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Brögbern is an Ortschaft (settlement) in Niedersachsen in Germany.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brestovik%C3%AB%2C%20Pej%C3%AB
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Brestovikë, Pejë
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Brestovikë also known as Brestoviku, Nënkalaj or Gurinë is a village located on the outskirts of the city of Peja, Kosovo known for sports tournaments and suitable conditions for agriculture.
Geography
Brestovikë is located on the northwestern outskirts of the city of Peja, Kosovo. It is in the territory of the Peja municipality. It borders the villages of Siga, Ornicë, Dushkajë, Vitomirica, Fierzë and Pelaj and is located near the mountains of Rugova and has a surface area of around 8km². It is also known for a "poorer" hydrology then the rest of the region with neither the White Drin or the Peja Bistrica, the two main rivers in the area, not fllowing through it. It has a low-terrain landscape with it being 0m above sea level.
Climate
Brestovikë has a Humid continental climate with no dry season and warm summer climate. The areas yearly temperature is 12.34°C and it is typically -0.02% lower than Kosovo's average temperature. Brestovikë usually receives around 101.62 millimeters of precipitation and has 173.67 rainy days (47.58% of the time) anually. The warmest month is August with an average temperature of 29.44ºC and the coldest month is January with an average temperature of -5.54ºC. The highest temperature recorded was 37.46°C during the months of July and August. The wettest month is November with 135.21mm and the driest month is September with 71.73mm.
Demographics
As of 2011, Brestovikë had a population of 1718 people, 1248 were Albanian, 36 were Serbian, 178 Bosniak, 5 Turks, 125 Roma, 22 Ashkalinj, 94 Egyptians, 6 Goranis aswell as 4 unknown. The population density is around 210/km². The dominant language is Albanian and the dominant religion is Islam.
Culture
Sports
The village is known for its sport fields, mainly in football and tennis.
The village houses the "Tahir Vokshi" football stadium of FC Besa which is also used by other local football clubs like KF Dardania.
It also houses the "Arben Zeka" tennis stadium which holds international tennis tournaments. During 2019 it hosted the U-16 tennis tournament and in 2023 it hosted the "ITF J30 PEJA OPEN 2023" tournament which was won by Alexandra Panagiotidou from Greece in the womans tournament and Teodor Davidov from the USA in the mens tournament.
History
Brestovikë mass killings
On 13 October 1943, during World War II, amred Albanians killed 19 Serbian civilians in the village of Brestovikë. Again during September 1943, before the Italian capitulation, Albanians killed another 12 Serbian civilians.
Economy
Due to its suitable conditions agriculture is the most popular and the most advanced occupation in the village, with farmers mainly keeping goats.
Another widely spread occupation in Brestovikë is real estate, with villagers selling their land and houses in some cases to others. There is also a factory of the Gemix brand which produces school supplies and paint.
References
Peja
Villages in Peja
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Swamp%20Boogie%20Queen
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The Swamp Boogie Queen
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The Swamp Boogie Queen is an album by the American musician Katie Webster, released in 1988. It was her first album for Alligator Records and her first with distribution throughout the United States and Canada. Webster supported the album with North American and European tours.
Production
The album was produced by Bruce Iglauer and Ice Cube Slim. Webster was backed by the Silent Partners on most of the tracks. The Memphis Horns contributed to a few tracks, as did the Paladins. Kim Wilson played harmonica and sang on the cover of Johnnie Taylor's "Who's Making Love?", which also featured Robert Cray on guitar. "Try a Little Tenderness" is a cover of the song written and originally performed by Otis Redding, Webster's former employer. "Hold On to What You Got" is a version of the song by Joe Tex. "Sea of Love" is a cover of the 1959 Phil Phillips song, on which Webster also played. "Black Satin" is an instrumental. Webster duetted with Bonnie Raitt on "Somebody's On Your Case".
Critical reception
The St. Petersburg Times stated that "Webster's boogie-woogie piano style is highlighted by the dexterity of her left hand, which can pound out dense, bass-heavy boogie riffs that many pianists would find difficult with both hands." The Gazette said that "Webster's spicy musical stew of blues, gospel, soul, R&B and Louisiana stomp is a perfect vehicle for her unaffected, heartfelt singing." The Whig-Standard noted that the album "isn't any of your glossy Motown stuff but the earthy, sexy soul you never hear in any movie soundtrack."
The Press of Atlantic City called The Swamp Boogie Queen "the finest and most consistent blues album yet to be available in 1988." The Lincoln Journal Star said that Webster's "piano playing, a super mix of gospel, blues, jazz and boogie woogie, is a welcome break from the guitar-oriented world of the blues." The Herald labeled Webster "the essence of heartfelt Southern music-making." The Cincinnati Post deemed the album "one of the year's best blues LPs". The Times praised Webster's "gospel-influenced backwater blues style".
Track listing
References
Katie Webster albums
1988 albums
Alligator Records albums
Albums produced by Bruce Iglauer
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwinian%20hedonism
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Darwinian hedonism
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Darwinian hedonism is an evolutionary framework that explains human motivation through the pursuit of pleasure and avoidance of pain. It argues that hedonic drives evolved as adaptive mechanisms to enhance survival and reproductive success. Behaviors such as consuming high-calorie foods or using psychoactive substances, which provide immediate gratification, may have been advantageous in ancestral environments but contribute to modern health issues, including chronic diseases. By recognizing the evolutionary basis of these tendencies, researchers can develop more effective interventions to address unhealthy behaviors, focusing on modifying the underlying pleasure-seeking mechanisms rather than solely emphasizing self-control or willpower.
Mechanisms
Darwinian hedonism proposes that pleasure-seeking behaviors, once beneficial for survival and reproduction, can become maladaptive in modern environments. In ancestral settings, cravings for high-calorie foods, conserving energy, and seeking psychoactive substances provided evolutionary advantages. However, in today's world, these same tendencies contribute to unhealthy behaviors such as poor diet, physical inactivity, and substance use.
The theory explains why individuals persist in harmful habits despite knowing the risks, emphasizing the distinction between hedonic motivation (impulsive, automatic desires) and reflective motivation (deliberate, controlled decision-making). This contrast highlights the difficulty of overcoming ingrained behaviors shaped by evolutionary pressures.
Criticism
Darwinian hedonism faces criticism for its narrow focus on pleasure as a primary motivator of human behavior. Some argue that hedonism is insufficient as a moral framework because it neglects values such as freedom, fairness, and duty, which are essential for ethical decision-making. Additionally, critics highlight its potential to encourage short-term gratification at the expense of long-term well-being, both individually and socially. Another concern is its role in promoting unsustainable environmental behavior, as excessive consumption driven by hedonic desires can contribute to resource depletion, pollution, and ecological harm, undermining efforts toward sustainability and responsible stewardship of the planet.
Applications
Darwinian hedonism offers insights into various unhealthy behaviors by explaining how pleasure-seeking drives human actions. It helps understand substance abuse, as individuals may seek the pleasure of psychoactive substances like alcohol and drugs. The framework also sheds light on unhealthy eating habits, where people are drawn to high-calorie foods due to evolutionary impulses for energy conservation. Additionally, it explains physical inactivity, with sedentary behavior being linked to evolutionary tendencies to conserve energy. In all these cases, behaviors that were once adaptive can become maladaptive in modern environments, leading to health issues.
See also
Evolutionary psychology
Addiction
Obesity
Self-control
References
Hedonism
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ongehoord%20Nederland
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Ongehoord Nederland
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Ongehoord Nederland (ON or ON!, ) is a Dutch public broadcaster. ON was founded in 2019 and entered the public broadcasting system in 2022. It frames itself as an alternative for the mainstream media and is generally associated with the radical right.
History
Founding (2019–2021)
The idea for ON arose in a conversation in September 2019 between former war correspondent Arnold Karskens and publicist Joost Niemöller. Since 2017, Karskens had complained in his about what he called one-sided reporting of the NOS Journaal. According to Karskens, "ON should stand up for people who advocate for Dutch culture, are critical of the EU, immigration, and the current plans to combat climate change." The broadcaster was founded on 25 November 2019, with former VVD MP Ybeltje Berckmoes and scenarist Haye van der Heyden as co-founders. Their effort was supported by radical right parties Party for Freedom (PVV) and Forum for Democracy (FvD).
To join the Dutch public broadcasting system, ON needed to gain 50,000 members by 1 January 2020. They achieved this goal in mid-December. This milestone would have allowed them to enter the system in January 2021, but the ongoing concession was extended by a year. The Council for Culture, the Nederlandse Publieke Omroep, and the Dutch Media Authority all provided positive advice, despite strong objections. Concerns were raised that ON might use public funds to undermine the credibility of the NPO and the NOS. In July 2021, minister Arie Slob granted ON permission to enter as an aspirant broadcaster starting 1 January 2022 for a five-year period.
Fines (2022–2023)
Shortly after launching, ON sparked controversy. The public broadcasting system's ombudsman determined that ON had violated the journalistic code within its first three months. Among the reasons cited was the insufficient rebuttal provided by journalists to their guests. This included promoting conspiracy theories such as Omvolking and the claim that the West provoked the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Following the ombudsman's conclusion, the NPO fined ON 2.5% of their 3.6 million budget.
In September 2022, another significant incident occurred when Ongehoord Nieuws aired a clip alleging a racist incident where "whites are being beaten up by niggers." However, Pointer, an investigative journalism platform by KRO-NCRV, found no evidence supporting an anti-white motive for the violence. The other public broadcasters condemned ON's reporting, with the KRO-NCRV director even calling for ON's removal as a public broadcaster. The NPO subsequently fined ON for this incident.
In January 2023, the NPO announced a third fine after the ombudsman determined that the second season of Ongehoord Nieuws had again violated the journalistic code. This was followed in April 2023 by an NPO request to the state secretary to remove ON from the public broadcasting system. However, in November 2023, state secretary Gunay Uslu announced that there were insufficient legal grounds for such a far-reaching decision. The NPO later retracted the last two fines to give the broadcaster space "to meet the requirements set for all public broadcasters."
Internal crisis
An internal crisis erupted during 2024. Ongehoord Nieuws presenter left in January 2025, after she was asked by Karskens to moderate her tone on social media. A few months earlier, she had made offensive remarks on X about someone's race, for which she was later convicted. Around the same time, five complaints were filed against media director , but after talks with employees, Vlemmix cleared the air. Karskens, meanwhile, attempted to dismiss a freelance employee he deemed antisemitic. However, this action was thwarted by his fellow board members, Vlemmix and Nienke van Herksen.
In July, while Karskens was absent, Blommestijn approached Vlemmix and Van Herksen to accuse Karskens of humiliations and insults. A week later, an anonymous letter was circulated, alleging that Karskens fostered a toxic culture and suppressed criticism of the Schoof cabinet, which had recently been formed. Although the supervisory board claimed that Blommestijn was not the author, attributing the letter to 14 other current and former employees, Karskens, Herskens, and other employees recognized Blommestijn's style in the text. A subsequent letter from employees opposing the first letter was disregarded by the supervisory board. Instead, Karskens was suspended and later dismissed and expelled. Blommestijn was allowed to return.
Replacing Karskens as editor-in-chief in early 2025 was co-founder Niemöller, who had left the broadcaster early on because he thought Karsken was too restrictive on such topics. His appointment caused a lot of commotion because he had advocated for mandatory vaccination during the COVID crisis. Members, including Gideon van Meijeren and two of the three members of the supervisory board, left.
Personnel
Editor-in-chief
Arnold Karskens (–2024)
Joost Niemöller (2025–present)
Board
Past members of ON's board included:
Harm Beertema (2024, ad interim)
Reinette Klever (2020–2024)
(2019–present, since 2024 as CEO)
Controversies
Over the years, several prominent members of ON left because of controversies. Co-founder Van der Heyden left in December 2019, after he had stated in an interview that ON would be open to all opinions, including defending pedosexuality or denying the Holocaust. Chair of ON's supervisory board, Taco Dankers, left in November 2021 after NRC had revealed antisemitic statements made by him and a foundation led by him. His successor, Gert Jan Mulder, left in November 2024 after de Volkskrant revealed discriminatory statements. Member of the supervisory board Rob Legeland resigned as well in November 2024, after de Volkskrant revealed discriminatory and racist statements.
Programmes
In 2020 and 2021, ON created their own Black Pete show, after the Sinterklaasjournaal had stopped using Black Pete. Because they were not yet a public broadcaster, they broadcast the show on YouTube and their own website. The programma was not allowed on television after they were allowed as public broadcaster.
In February 2022, the aspirant broadcaster started with its first television programme , twice a week around lunch time. It started out categorised as news program, but was changed to opinion program in August 2022. Presenters of the show include (2023–2024, 2024–present) and .
References
External links
Dutch public broadcasting organisations
Netherlands Public Broadcasting
Dutch-language television networks
Television channels and stations established in 2019
2019 establishments in the Netherlands
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron%20Valent
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Aaron Valent
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Aaron Valent (born 14 March 1997) is a German politician from The Left. In the 2025 German federal election, Valent ran in constituency 250 in Würzburg and entered the 21st German Bundestag in 6th place on his party's Bavarian state list.
Life
In 2023, Aaron Valent ran for the district council election in Lower Franconia and studied in the meantime at the Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg. At the time of his election to the Bundestag, Valent was training as a legal assistant. He is a member of the Bavarian state executive committee of the Left Party.
External links
Biographie beim Deutschen Bundestag
Profile at Abgeordnetenwatch
References
Living people
1997 births
People from Starnberg
University of Würzburg alumni
The Left (Germany) politicians
21st-century German politicians
Members of the Bundestag for Bavaria
Members of the Bundestag for The Left
Members of the Bundestag 2025–2029
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon%20Nkoro
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Simon Nkoro
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Simon Nkoro Egbong was a Nigerian politician who represented the Ikom II State Constituency in the Cross River State House of Assembly. He passed away in 2018 after a prolonged illness, at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital. Following his death, his wife, Stella Nkoro, succeeded him as the representative for Ikom II State Constituency.
References
Nigerian politicians
2018 deaths
Nigerian politician stubs
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Dynasty%20%282025%20film%29
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The Dynasty (2025 film)
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The Dynasty (A dinasztia) is a 2025 Hungarian documentary film about the Orbán family's business activities. Released on February 7, 2025 by Direkt36 after almost one year of work, it mainly discusses , the son-in-law of Viktor Orbán.
Synopsis
Direkt36, , Telex, and Forbes journalists discuss the enrichment of , the son-in-law of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, what the precursors to this were as early as the 1990s, how Orbán and Lajos Simicska played a role in this, and how public procurements that the European Union's inspectors considered to be severely unlawful played a role in this.
Hungarian-American journalist Bence X. Széchenyi, descendant of Hungarian nobleman and statesman Ferenc Széchényi, secretly recorded his attempt at applying for admission to Tiborcz's elite club, BOTANIQ Budai Klub, which was opened in 2023. A staff member showed him around, and told him that the club has around 170 members, that the point of the club is that "whatever happens here stays here," and that illegal gambling is taking place. The entrance fee fee was €4000 and the membership fee was €8000 per year. Széchenyi said that compared to other membership clubs that he visited, the prices here were "ridiculously high." The end of the film shows the reply of the club's owner, where they denied that illegal gambling is taking place, and the reply of Tiborcz, where he said that his success is "mainly due to the fact that I work with a good team of excellent managers with whom we make good business decisions."
Reaction
Within 24 hours of the film's release, it has received 1million views, and after a week, it has received 2.7million views.
Magyar Nemzet, a major Hungarian newspaper that styled itself as "close to the current Hungarian government led by Viktor Orbán" wrote that as part of the Ukrainian intelligence operation to discredit Orbán "Direkt36, which calls itself an investigative portal and operates on the Telex platform, has already started to produce a discrediting video." The newspaper asked Direkt36 whether they received Ukrainian support, which they denied multiple times.
Fidesz–KDNP Communications Director wrote that "Viktor Orbán will be attacked with Ukrainian money and money from George Soros, according to a briefing of the Hungarian secret services at a meeting of the Parliament's National Security Committee three days ago. Direkt36's film attacking Viktor Orbán is the first element of the Ukrainian state's discrediting campaign." Máté Kocsis, the leader of the Fidesz parliamentary group, accused the press of using Ukrainian money to launch a discrediting campaign against Orbán. Kocsis presented no evidence to this effect, claiming that the secret services had informed the committee, that the Ukrainian state was using Hungarian and foreign journalists to discredit the Hungarian prime minister. , the chairman of the committee, stated that Direkt36 was not mentioned.
When Menczer was asked about evidence that proved the film was created using Ukrainian money, he wrote "I consider the whole film to be discrediting, because you – in accordance with foreign control, to Ferenc Gyurcsány and Péter Brussels [referring to Péter Magyar] – want to give the impression that 'everything is stolen'" and "I base my claim [...] on the statements made by Máté Kocsis."
On February 22, "Mafia dynasty" and "Hungarians are the poorest citizens of the European Union" sheets of paper were placed on the window of the baby shop of Tiborcz's wife's and Orbán's daughter, .
Tiborcz said he has not watched the film, which he considers to be a politically motivated smear campaign against him.
When asked about the film, Orbán said he "does not watch this kind of stuff" and he "does not discuss economic matters with anyone."
References
External links
Hungarian documentary films
2025 documentary films
Viktor Orbán
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio%20Televisi%C3%B3n%20Ichilo
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Radio Televisión Ichilo
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Radio Televisión Ichilo is a Bolivian radio and television station licensed to Yapacaní, a city in Santa Cruz Department. The station is owned by Salesian priests; its television station is de facto independent, but relays some programs from Unitel.
History
Radio Ichilo started broadcasting on August 6, 1981, following the installation of a bridge to Yapacaní that helped increase its population (at the time the radio station was founded, its population was of 3,000 inhabitants). The station's transmitter covered a 20-kilometer radius and was installed by Salesian missionaries living in the area. In 1985 its new FM transmission equipment arrived and the station affiliated itself to the Erbol network. At this time, Radio Ichilo acquired Cine Avenida (now Cine Teatro Don Bosco) to use it for educational aims. New equipment arrived on March 15, 1987, from the provisional facilitie; the arrival of Arturo Bergamasco in September 1988 led to the replacement of its old equipment by new ones. The administration also brought in television equipment and a satellite dish, eyeing the creation of a television station.
On March 19, 1992, television broadcasts began, becoming RTI. The television station was built with support from Italian Salesian missionaries. Beginning in 1993, both the radio and TV station increase their power; the radio station alone having a reach of 100 kilometers. Its radio and television newscasts consolidated and in 1995, the stations were carrying programs on topics such as gender, education, health and state reforms.
In 2004, with the help of Erbol, RTI's first strategic plan is enacted. RTI's facilities were attacked on November 10, 2019, by MAS supporters, in the wake of the crisis generated by the ejection of Evo Morales as president.
Programming
As of January 2022, the radio station signs on at 4:55am and signs off at 9pm. Most of the programming is local, but there is also some content from EWTN and the Erbol network (the latter being RTI's affiliate). At the same time, the television station signs on at 5:55am and signs off at 10pm. About half of the programming is locally originated, and it broadcasts an hour of EWTN programming a day. The TV station carries some programming from the Unitel network, namely La Revista, La Batidora, Telepaís and the primetime telenovelas.
References
Spanish-language television stations
Television in Bolivia
Radio stations established in 1981
Television channels and stations established in 1992
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCol
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McCol
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McCol (, from 麥 + cola) is a South Korean soft drink with a barley flavor. It is produced by Ilhwa, a subsidiary of the Tongil Group. It is known for its longevity and high vitamin C content.
History
In the late 1970s, South Korea's booming economy led to a surplus of barley as popular diet changed. Aiming to preserve the price of barley for farmers, Korea Agro-Fisheries and Food Trade Corporation (, now ) sought to develop new ways to consume barley. The Corporation developed McCol in 1979. After pitching the idea to multiple producers, only Ilhwa saw potential in the drink. McCol first entered the market on July 21, 1982, but faced stiff competition from Coca-Cola and Chilsung Cider. Starting from 1984, McCol began marketing itself as a healthy drink, and soon grew in popularity.
McCol Zero, a low-sugar and calorie variant, was launched In February 2023.
In recent times, Ilhwa is seeking to expand McCol internationally, exporting the drink to USA, Japan, Russia, Australia, and others. Additionally, Ilhwa signed contracts in South Africa in 2023 and and Mongol in 2024.
In 2025, Ilhwa announced that a total of 6.4 billion cans had been sold.
References
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Dougan%20%28conspiracy%20theorist%29
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John Dougan (conspiracy theorist)
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John Mark Dougan, also known as BadVolf, is a former American police officer who became a hacker, conspiracy theorist and propagandist for the Russian government. He was a deputy sheriff of Palm Beach County and defected to Russia in 2017, where he received asylum and placed himself at the service of the Kremlin. He is said to have built up a network of disinformation sites to influence western politics.
Biography
According to his own website, Dougan enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1996 and served for four years. After leaving the Marines, he worked as a horse trader and founded a database design company before becoming a police officer, serving as deputy sheriff in Palm Beach County, Florida. Dougan later claimed to have witnessed corruption and criminal involvement within the Sheriff's Department. He left the department in 2008 after reporting colleagues for violence and corruption. He was permanently dismissed in 2009 after sexual harassment allegations were made against Dougan within the police force.
Following his dismissal, Dougan began an internal vendetta against the Sheriff's Department and the FBI, which he described as corrupt. He lured West Palm Beach Sheriff Ric Bradshaw into a trap, and Bradshaw admitted to him that he did not always follow the law, using a voice changer to pretend to be a woman. He also created a website called PBSOTalks, where Dougan and others anonymously post complaints and sensitive information about local officials in Florida, resulting in the leak of numerous home addresses of police officers, judges and other officials. In 2013, Dougan first traveled to Russia, where he met with Pavel Borodin, a close confidant of Vladimir Putin, after being lured to Russia by a woman. Dougan was already under surveillance by US authorities at the time.
After his visit to Russia, Dougan began to go by the alias BadVolf (БадВолф), a cover identity as a Russian hacker under which he published illegally tapped telephone calls and other sensitive data on the internet. In 2016, the FBI opened an investigation into Dougan and his house was searched by the police. Dougan eventually fled to Russia via Canada, where he was granted asylum and portrayed himself as a victim of a corrupt justice system in the U.S. In 2018, he was charged in Palm Beach County with illegal wiretapping and extortion. Dougan was granted Russian citizenship and, as a defector, was given carefully staged propaganda appearances on the state-run Russia Today TV network.
While living in Russia, Dougan has made a number of claims. In 2019, he told media that he had compromising material (including sex tapes of famous people) that he claimed came from Jeffrey Epstein, who was arrested by the Palm Beach Police in 2006. Police Chief Joseph Recarey (who died unexpectedly shortly afterward) is said to have handed these over to Dougan, who copied them and later brought them to Russia. He claims to have been behind the cyberattack on the Democratic National Committee in July 2016, which resulted in numerous internal emails from the Democrats bing published on WikiLeaks. Outside sources have not verified this claim.
In Russia, Dougan is said to have worked with the military intelligence agency GRU and propagandist Aleksandr Dugin to influence elections in Europe and the United States. He was reportedly involved in the distribution of deepfakes and AI-generated videos to damage Kamala Harris in the 2024 United States presidential election. In 2024, he was assigned over 150 websites that spread pro-Kremlin propaganda, conspiracy theories and disinformation. These were disguised as local news and often contained AI-generated content. He also created over 100 German-language AI-generated websites in order to influence the 2025 German federal election.
External links
Website of John Mark Dougan
References
Living people
1976 births
21st-century American people
21st-century Russian people
American conspiracy theorists
American emigrants to Russia
American police officers
County officials in Florida
Naturalized citizens of Russia
People from Wilmington, Delaware
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park%20Jin-young%20filmography
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Park Jin-young filmography
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Park Jin-young, known mononymously as Jinyoung, is a South Korean singer, actor, and songwriter.
Film
Television series
Web series
Reality/variety show
Hosting
Music video appearance
Radio presenting
References
South Korean filmographies
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djibril%20Sonko
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Djibril Sonko
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Djibril Sonko is a Senegalese politician who has served as Mayor of Ziguinchor since 2024.
Early life and education
Sonko was born in Ziguinchor. He attended Cheikh Anta Diop University (UCAD) in Dakar where he was the head of the International Association of Economics Students and the Student Association of the Faculty of Economics and Management. He received a diploma from the university in international economics which he used to teach public procurement at both Ziguinchor University and UCAD itself. For 15 years he worked as a treasury inspector and municipal tax collector in Kébémer and Gossas.
Political career
Sonko is a founding member of PASTEF and led the party in the Ziguinchor department. As 2nd deputy mayor of Ziguinchor, he was one of four candidates seeking to succeed outgoing mayor Ousmane Sonko following his appointment as prime minister of Senegal and resignation as mayor on 6 May 2024. The other three candidates being 1st deputy and interim mayor Aïda Bodian, 4th deputy mayor, Alassane Diédhiou, and 6th deputy mayor, Bassirou Coly. Sonko was elected as mayor unanimously by the 77 members of the city council present in the town hall on 27 June 2024. According to the , this was a symbolic vote. Mouhamed Lamine Dia, the former chief of staff of Abdoulaye Baldé, filed a complaint calling for Sonko's dismissal as mayor stating that he was ineligible according to him as three months had not passed between Sonko's resignation as a municipal tax collector and his election as mayor.
References
Living people
21st-century mayors of places in Senegal
Cheikh Anta Diop University alumni
Mayors of Ziguinchor
PASTEF politicians
People from Ziguinchor
Senegalese educators
Tax collectors
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrimordella
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Petrimordella
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Petrimordella is a collective group of extinct beetle species, in the tumbing flower beetle family Mordellidae. A collective or informal group is a convenient way to classify a group of species that cannot be allocated with confidence to normal genera. Collective groups are treated as genus-group names with special provisions.
The species of Petrimordella have been found in the Oligocene of France and Germany, and in the Eocene of Colorado.
Species
The following species are included in the group Petrimordella.
†Petrimordella indata Statz 1952
†Petrimordella inundata Wickham 1914
†Petrimordella lapidicola Wickham 1909
†Petrimordella nearctica Wickham 1914
†Petrimordella nigrapilosa Statz 1952
†Petrimordella oligocenica Nel 1985
†Petrimordella priscula Cockerell 1925
†Petrimordella protogaea Wickham 1914
†Petrimordella rasnitsyni Odnosum & Perkovsky 2016
†Petrimordella scudderiana Wickham 1914
†Petrimordella smithiana Wickham 1913
†Petrimordella stygia Wickham 1914
References
Mordellidae
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025%20Harrisburg%20mayoral%20election
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2025 Harrisburg mayoral election
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The 2025 mayoral election in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania will be held on November 4, 2025. One-term incumbent mayor Wanda Williams is eligible for reelection. Primary elections will take place on May 20, 2025
Background
Harrisburg City Council President Wanda Williams defeated two-term mayor Eric Papenfuse in a five-way Democratic primary. Papenfuse would mount a write-in campaign for reelection following his primary defeat. However, Williams would easily defeat him and Republican nominee Tim Rowbottom in the general.
Democratic primary
Declared
Tone Cook, gun violence activist known as "Street Mayor"
Lamont Jones, City Councilman
Dan Miller, City Treasurer, former controller and councilman, and Democratic candidate and Republican nominee for mayor in 2013
Wanda Williams, incumbent
Publicly expressed interest
Lewis Butts Jr., perennial candidate
Andy Enders, vice-chair of the Whitaker Center Board of Directors
References
External links
Official campaign websites
Tone Cook (D) for Mayor
Lamont Jones (D) for Mayor
Dan Miller (D) for Mayor
Wanda Williams (D) for Mayor
Harrisburg
Harrisburg
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella%20Nkoro
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Stella Nkoro
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Stella Nkoro is a Nigerian politician who served as the representative for the Ikom II State Constituency in the Cross River State House of Assembly. Following the death of her husband, Simon Nkoro, the seat became vacant, leading to a bye-election in 2018. Stella Nkoro was the sole candidate for the election, representing the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and was subsequently declared the winner in accordance with Section 41 of the 2010 Electoral Act (as amended). With her election, she became the second individual to fill her late husband's seat in the Cross River State House of Assembly.
References
Living people
Nigerian politician stubs
Nigerian politicians
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain%20Conan%20%28novel%29
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Captain Conan (novel)
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Captain Conan () is a novel by the French writer Roger Vercel, published in 1934 through éditions Albin Michel. It follows a French captain as he leads his men in the Balkans during World War I and portrays the effects the war has on his character. It was inspired by Vercel's personal experiences from the war.
The book was awarded the 1934 Prix Goncourt. It was adapted into the film Captain Conan, directed by Bertrand Tavernier and released in 1996.
References
External links
Albin Michel
1934 French novels
Prix Goncourt–winning works
French novels adapted into films
Novels set during World War I
Éditions Albin Michel books
Novels by Roger Vercel
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes%20Wiegelmann
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Johannes Wiegelmann
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Johannes Thomas Maria Wiegelmann (born 2 February 1993) is a German politician who was elected as a member of the Bundestag in 2025. He has served as chairman of the Christian Democratic Union in Bad Soden-Salmünster since 2011.
References
1993 births
Living people
Members of the Bundestag for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Members of the Bundestag for Hesse
Members of the Bundestag 2025–2029
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stealpop%27s%20Basics
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Stealpop's Basics
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Stealpop's Basics is a 2021 horror game developed by Stealpop Games in 2019. The game was based off Baldi's Basics as an alternative game where you need to collect notebooks (or: Yanar Pads) and escape the school, it was made originally in Scratch and then Amazon before being deleted and Google Play.
Gameplay
Stealpop's Basics involves the player to collect notebooks / Yanar Pads to escape the school. Stealpop also has characters to try to catch the player to prevent getting more notebooks / Yanar Pads. The game tricks the player into believing that the school is friendly and safe with all the child-like textures in the game. Some resembling Baldi's Basics.
In 2025. Stealpop's Basics R is being developed with more characters than the original game and some new voice actors.
Release
During the release of the first version of Stealpop's Basics. The game started to get slightly popular before downfall. In 2023. The downfall recovered and started to spike.
References
Horror games
American games
Indie games
Windows games
Android (operating system) games
2021 video games
Retro style
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hieracium%20cambricogothicum
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Hieracium cambricogothicum
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Hieracium cambricogothicum, the Llanfairfechan hawkweed, is an endemic British plant species within the family Asteraceae. It was first described by Herbert William Pugsley in 1948, who had found the species growing in walls in Llanfairfechan, Caernarfonshire, Wales. The species was subsequently also identified in Moray and Kent, although doubt exists around the identification of these occurrences.
Searches in 2004 and 2006 found no evidence for the species in any area in which the species has been found, and no living examples, seeds or plant material are known to exist in any collection. The species is therefore believed to be extinct. Hieracium is known for producing short-lived microspecies via polyploidy and apomixis.
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Plants described in 1948
cambricogothicum
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elf%20Me
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Elf Me
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Elf Me is a 2023 Italian Christmas adventure comedy film directed by , and written by Gabriele Mainetti, , Leonardo Ortolani, Marcello Cavalli, and Tommaso Renzoni, from a story by Mainetti, Gualdoni, Ortolani, and Cavalli. It stars Lillo as a Santa's elf who teams up with a bullied kid (Federico Ielapi) in order to save Christmas from a ruthless businessman (Claudio Santamaria). Anna Foglietta, Giorgio Pasotti, and Caterina Guzzanti also star.
The film premiered on 15 November 2023 in Italy, before being internationally released on Amazon Prime Video on 24 November 2023.
Plot
Elia is a dyslexic 10-year-old boy living in a small village in the Alps with his mother Ivana, who's struggling to keep her toy shop afloat due to ciociaro toy manufacturer Ciocca's unfair competition. Trip is a Christmas elf who has been laid off from his job as Santa's helper at the North Pole because all the toys he builds end up having lethal malfunctions. After arriving in Elia's village to prove his worth, Trip is welcomed in his home and tries to cheer him up, but Elia is depressed from being bullied at school and his parents' recent divorce. In his own shambolic way, Trip manages to help Elia stand up to bullies and impress the girl he has a crush on. However, Ciocca kidnaps Trip, wanting to use his elvish powers to make his toys take over the world...
Cast
Lillo as Trip
Anna Foglietta as Ivana
Federico Ielapi as Elia
Giorgio Pasotti as Elia's father
Caterina Guzzanti as Brina
Claudio Santamaria as Ciocca / Santa Claus
Vincenzo Sebastiani as Paolo
Giulietta Rebeggiani as Marta
Francesco Liso as Vittorio
Linda Zampaglione as Giada
Orlando Mazza as Cesare
Cosimo Mazza as Orazio
Fabio Rovazzi as North pole speaker
as Buddy Buddy (voice)
Production
Writing
The story for Elf Me was originally conceived by comic book author , who narrated it to film director Gabriele Mainetti during the promotion of his They Call Me Jeeg (2015). Asked by Italian producers if he had any idea for a Christmas family film, Mainetti pitched them Elf Me. The plot originally revolved around a Christmas elf who built firearms and other makeshift weapons. The two reworked the story to make it less edgy and more family friendly, until Amazon Prime Video stepped in and greenlighted the project. Gualdoni and Mainetti co-wrote the story with comic book author Leo Ortolani, and Marcello Cavalli. Ortolani was called in to punch up the script because all the other writers were fans of Rat-Man, and mainly contributed to the North Pole toy factory scenes. All four of them also penned the screenplay, alongside Tommaso Renzoni.
Casting
Mainetti suggested Claudio Santamaria for the villain, since he had played hero roles in both They Call Me Jeeg and Freaks Out (2021). Santamaria came up with the idea of having his character speak with a ciociaro accent, and worked with costume designer Noemi Intino to develop the character.
Filming
As a producer, Mainetti stepped in for directing some scenes, such as the one with the giant duck and the one when Ciocca ties up Trip, and helped set up the sled chase scene.
Release
Elf Me had its world premiere on 15 November 2023 in Rome, Italy. It was internationally released on Amazon Prime Video on 24 November 2023, dubbed in eight languages.
References
External links
2023 films
2020s adventure comedy films
2020s Christmas comedy films
2020s Italian films
2020s Italian-language films
Amazon Prime Video original films
Christmas adventure films
Fiction about dyslexia
Films about elves
Films about school bullying
Films produced by Gabriele Mainetti
Films set in the Alps
Films set in the North Pole
Italian adventure comedy films
Italian Christmas comedy films
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Croft%20%28artist%29
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Thomas Croft (artist)
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Thomas William Robert Croft is a British painter, from Oxford, known for his work in portraiture.
At a loss as to what to paint during COVID-19 lockdown, he put out an offer on Instagram on 4 April 2020, saying he would paint a free portrait for the first National Health Service (NHS) worker to reply:
This led to him painting a portrait in oils of Manchester Royal Infirmary Accident & Emergency nurse Harriet Durkin, wearing PPE, including a 3M face mask, a Guardian visor, gloves and a gown. He gave the painting to her.
However, Croft received so many requests that he eventually put 500 NHS workers in touch with professional artists, who volunteered to paint them. This became known as the Portraits for NHS Heroes initiative. Croft published a book of the portraits in January 2021, with royalties donated to NHS Charities Together.
He was the featured artist in the 2022 penultimate episode of the first series of the BBC TV programme Extraordinary Portraits, where he painted a portrait of former Royal Marine Mark Ormrod; the picture's abstract background being painted by Ormrod's children Mason and Evie.
He competed in Sky Arts' Portrait Artist of the Year in 2018, with Kirsty Wark as his sitter. He has presented two episodes of Sky Arts' Artist of the Year Masterclass, including an episode on self-portraiture.
Croft was given a "Point of Light" award by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in August 2020, for his Portraits for NHS Heroes work, and the British Empire Medal in the 2021 New Year Honours, "For services to the Arts and to Charity during the Covid-19 Response".
His other sitters include Will Gompertz, in 2013. He is a member of the Oxford Art Society.
Publications
References
External links
Ask an Artist Podcast interview with Croft
21st-century British painters
British portrait painters
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
Artists from Oxfordshire
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampelita%20hova
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Ampelita hova
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Ampelita hova is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Acavidae.
Description
(Original description) This shell, wider than high, is quite solid. It exhibits closely spaced growth riblets and, under magnification, a very fine shagreen texture. Its coloration is yellowish-green with three broad brown spiral bands. It has four and a half moderately convex whorls. The upper surface of the body whorl displays a very slight spiral depression. The umbilical funnel is small. The umbilicus is slightly compressed and non-perspective. The aperture is oblique, oval-rectangular, and completely white inside, including the callus connecting its edges. The peristome is pure white, slightly dilated, and slightly reflected.
Distribution
This species is endemic to Madagascar.
References
External links
hova
Molluscs of Madagascar
Gastropods described in 1877
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal%20Castle%20in%20Radom
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Royal Castle in Radom
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The Royal Castle in Radom was a defensive structure built within the city walls around 1350, at the time of the founding of the new town of Radom by the Polish king Casimir the Great.
Initially in the form of a single manor house (Curia Maior), the castle was expanded in the 15th century into a separate defensive structure with its own walls and towers. It became an important royal residence as well as the seat of the royal starosta. The castle also hosted significant ceremonies and state events, including the signing of the Vilnius-Radom Union with Lithuania in 1401 and the parliamentary session that passed the Nihil Novi constitution in 1505.
In 1655, the fortress was burned down by the Swedes, later rebuilt and renovated multiple times, but largely demolished in the 19th century during the dismantling of the city walls. Today, only two levels remain, including the cellars of the Curia Maior, which now houses the rectory of St. John the Baptist Church.
References
Castles in Masovian Voivodeship
Residences of Polish monarchs
Royal residences in Poland
History of Radom
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troubled%20Waters%20%28Vercel%20novel%29
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Troubled Waters (Vercel novel)
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Troubled Waters () is a novel by the French writer Roger Vercel, published in 1935 through éditions Albin Michel. It has also been published in English as Salvage. It follows life on a deep sea fishing trawler and the emotional struggle of its captain, who worships his unfaithful wife.
The book was adapted into the film Stormy Waters, directed by Jean Grémillon and released in 1941. The film stars Jean Gabin and Michèle Morgan and is considered a major work within the poetic realism movement. In 1957, published Troubled Waters in an edition illustrated with colour lithographs by .
References
1935 French novels
French novels adapted into films
Éditions Albin Michel books
Novels by Roger Vercel
Nautical novels
Novels about infidelity
Works about fishers
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damiano%20David%27s%202025%20tour
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Damiano David's 2025 tour
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In 2025, the Italian singer Damiano David will embark on his first solo concert tour in promotion of his upcoming debut studio album. Comprising 34 shows, it will pass through Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America. The tour will begin in Warsaw, Poland, on 11 September 2025, and will conclude in Silver Spring, Maryland, United States, on 16 December 2025.
Background
Damiano David launched his solo musical career with his debut single, "Silverlines", in September 2024, followed by "Born with a Broken Heart" in October. On 9 December 2024, David announced that he would be embarking on his first solo concert tour in the following year. General sale began on 16 December, five days after the ticket presales. After the initial 31 dates, shows in London and New York were added due to high demand, and venues in Barcelona, Madrid, Paris, and Toronto were upgraded. In a press release, David stated: "I'm absolutely blown away by your response to this tour so far. I cannot wait to sing and dance with you all next year."
Shows
References
2025 concert tours
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampelita%20watersi
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Ampelita watersi
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Ampelita watersi is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Acavidae.
Description
(Original description) This discoidal shell is rather solid and features a small, compressed umbilicus. Its surface is obliquely closely striated with irregular, somewhat undulating, erect striae, crossed by numerous concentric lines, resulting in a minutely reticulated appearance at the intersections. Light purplish-brown, darkening behind the lip, the shell is partially covered by a pale straw-colored epidermis. The spire is depressed, with four rapidly increasing, somewhat convex whorls. The body whorl is very wide, swollen, and bluntly keeled, with a slight depression above the keel. The nearly horizontal aperture is transversely lunate-ovate, margined within by a broad purplish-black band, with a pale lilac interior. The thickened, expanded, and reflected peristome is edged with white, and its margins approximate and are joined by a callus.
Distribution
This species is endemic to Madagascar.
References
External links
watersi
Molluscs of Madagascar
Gastropods described in 1877
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike%20Butterfield
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Mike Butterfield
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Michael Butterfield is a retired English athlete who specialised in the high jump. He won medals at European and Commonwealth Games level and was the first British man to clear 7 feet (1975).
References
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2H-1-Benzopyran
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2H-1-Benzopyran
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2H-1-Benzopyran is an organic compound with the formula . It is one of two isomers of benzopyran, the other being 4H-1-benzopyran, which is less prevalent. It can be viewed as the fusion of a benzene ring to a heterocyclic pyran ring.
Some benzopyrans have shown anticancerous activity in vitro.
The radical form of benzopyran is paramagnetic. The unpaired electron is delocalized over the whole benzopyran molecule, rendering it less reactive than one would expect otherwise. A similar example is the cyclopentadienyl radical. Commonly, benzopyran is encountered in the reduced state, in which it is partially saturated with one hydrogen atom, introducing a tetrahedral CH2 group in the pyran ring. Therefore, there are many structural isomers owing to the multiple possible positions of the oxygen atom and the tetrahedral carbon atom:
Nomenclature
According to current IUPAC nomenclature, the name chromene used in previous recommendations is retained; however, systematic ‘benzo’ names, for example 2H-1-benzopyran, are preferred IUPAC names for chromene, isochromene, chromane, isochromane, and their chalcogen analogues. There are two isomers of benzopyran that vary by the orientation of the fusion of the two rings compared to the oxygen, resulting in 1-benzopyran (chromene) and 2-benzopyran (isochromene)—the number denotes where the oxygen atom is located by standard naphthalene-like nomenclature.
See also
Benzofuran
Benzopyrone
References
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doghramaj
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Doghramaj
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Doghramaj () or Ovdug (; ) is a cold Azerbaijani soup. It is the Azerbaijani version of the Russian soup Okroshka, with minor differences seperating the two, and very similar to another warm soup from Azerbaijan, Dovga.
Etymology
The classic Azerbaijani version is called Doğramac which translates to something like chopped, coming from the word doğramaq (chopping/cutting), or Ovduq, which literally translates to Water (Ov) and Buttermilk (Dug) in the Tat language.
Recipe
It's similar to the Russian one, however the soup is completely vegan and with less ingredients than classic Okroshka. Doghramaj is a mix of raw vegetables, does not include potatoes, eggs or any meat at all, however does include garlic. The normal version is also mixed with Ayran only instead of anything else like Kvass or Kefir, however different variaties from different regions, like the Tat version, can also include buttermilk instead of Ayran.
Serving
Like Okroshka, it's primarily a dish served in the summer or late spring, mainly because it is a very cold and can also be served as a salad.
References
Azerbaijani cuisine
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelo%20Gattermayer
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Angelo Gattermayer
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Angelo Gattermayer (born 6 June 2002) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Austrian Bundesliga club Wolfsberger AC.
Club career
Gattermayer began his youth career with Austria Wien before joining Floridsdorfer AC in March 2014. Ahead of the 2016–17 season, he moved to the academy of Admira Wacker. He made his debut for Admira's reserve team in the Regionalliga in October 2020 against FC Mauerwerk, making two appearances before the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In May 2021, he made his professional first-team debut in the Austrian Bundesliga, coming on as a substitute for Josef Ganda in the 81st minute against Rheindorf Altach on matchday 32 of the 2020–21 season. He made 14 top-flight appearances before Admira's relegation to the 2. Liga in 2022. In the 2022–23 season, he made 25 appearances and scored six goals.
Ahead of the 2023–24 season, Gattermayer moved to Germany, joining 3. Liga club Waldhof Mannheim. He made his debut on the opening matchday in a 2–0 defeat to 1860 Munich but did not feature again. In February 2024, he returned to Austria on loan to 2. Liga side SKU Amstetten, where he made 14 league appearances and scored three goals.
On 16 July 2024, Gattermayer signed a two-year contract with Austrian Bundesliga club Wolfsberger AC. He cited manager Dietmar Kühbauer's belief in him as a key factor in his decision, stating that he was determined to prove himself again at the top level.
Personal life
Gattermayer has drawn comparisons to Marko Arnautović due to his expressive style of play and strong personality. He has also cited Cristiano Ronaldo as his footballing idol, admiring his versatility and work ethic.
Career statistics
References
External links
2002 births
Living people
Footballers from Vienna
Austrian men's footballers
Austria men's under-21 international footballers
Austrian expatriate footballers
Men's association football wingers
FK Austria Wien players
Floridsdorfer AC players
Admira Wacker players
SV Waldhof Mannheim players
SKU Amstetten players
Wolfsberger AC players
Austrian Regionalliga players
Austrian Football Bundesliga players
2. Liga (Austria) players
3. Liga players
Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
21st-century Austrian sportsmen
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mannophryne%20speeri
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Mannophryne speeri
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Mannophryne speeri, or Speer's collared frog, is a frog in the family Aromobatidae. It has been found in the Sierra de Portuguesa in Lara, Venezuela.
Description
The adult male frog measures about 19.5 mm long in snout-vent length and the adult female frog is 23.5 mm long. The frog has a wide collar. There is a stripe that starts at the eye.
Habitat
This frog lives in forests with high humidity. Scientists observed it in a tributary of the Morador River between 800 and 1700 meters above sea level.
Scientists have not observed the frog in any protected places, but there are two nearby: Parque Nacional Dinira and Parque Nacional El Guache.
Reproduction
Scientists infer that the frog has young the same way as other frogs in Mannophryne: The female frog lays eggs near streams, and, after the eggs hatch, the adult frogs carry the tadpoles to water.
Threats
The IUCN classifies this frog as critically endangered. Its principal threat is habitat loss in favor of agriculture, especially coffee.
References
Frogs of South America
Amphibians described in 2007
Endemic fauna of Venezuela
speeri
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman%20Brown
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Herman Brown
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Herman Brown (November 10, 1892-November 15, 1962) was an American businessman and philantropist. He was co-founder of Brown & Root, a prominent construction and engineering firm. He played a central role in the development of the company, which became known for its work on major infrastructure projects, including dams, bridges, military installations, and offshore drilling platforms. Brown’s business ventures extended beyond construction, with involvement in oil and gas exploration and ranching, as well as serving on the boards of several major organizations. Brown and his wife, Margarett, were well known for their philantropy.
Early life and education
Herman Brown was born to Riney Louis and Lucy Wilson (née King) Brown in Belton, Texas. His family's roots in Texas dated back to the early-1800s, with his maternal grandfather and maternal great-grandfather serving as county judges in Milam and Lee counties respectively.
After briefly attending the University of Texas in 1911, Brown began working for a contruction contractor in Belton. In 1914, Brown received used construction equipment and 18 mules in lieu of back wages Using these resources, he established a road construction business.
In 1917, Margarett Root, a teacher and the daughter of Dan Root, had Herman Brown's younger brother as one her students.. Herman Brown was introduced to Margarett at dance, which started their romance. In September 1917, they eloped marrying in a small ceremony officiated by a justice of the peace in Travis County..
In 1919, Brown's brother-in-law, Dan Root, joined with him to form Brown & Root. Root was silent partner, providing financial backing, but not involved in the running of the company. Herman Brown's brother, George joined the company in 1922.
Business endeavors
Brown & Root
Founding of Brown & Root
Brown & Root was established by Herman Brown and Dan Root in 1919. The company initially focused on construction projects such as roads and bridges, with particular emphasis on municipal and county government contracts. In 1922, Brown’s younger brother, George Rufus Brown, joined the firm. Brown and Root expanded quickly, securing numerous construction projects throughout Texas.
Depression years
During the Great Depression, Brown and his company faced significant challenges. In 1929, Dan Root passed away, and the stock market crashed. As the economy worsened, state projects dwindled. To make ends meet, the Brown brothers worked hauling trash for the City of Houston.
The company’s fortunes were completely turned around with two major projects — a road for Humble Oil and a dam near Austin. In 1934, Brown secured a contract with Humble Oil to build a wooden plank road in Roanoke, Louisiana, marking the company’s first major expansion outside Texas and establishing a lasting relationship with Humble Oil for future projects. In 1936, the firm won the bid to build the Marshall Ford Dam on Colorado River near Austin. The 5-year dam project was the largest of its kind in Texas and helped raise the company's profile. Together, these projects helped solidify Brown & Root's position as a prominent heavy construction and industrial firm, paving the way for long-term government contracts.
The Marshall Ford Dam project was funded, in part, by the U.S. government. Newly-elected Congressman Lyndon Johnson supported funding of the dam, which was located in his congressional district. This established a relationship between Johnson and the Brown brothers, which set a foundation for subsequent government projects for Brown & Root, and was the beginning for support by the Browns for Johnson's political career.
Early expansion and growth
Brown & Root, having established a solid foundation in municipal construction, began to bid on federal contracts. One of the major early successes for the company was the construction of the Naval Air Station at Corpus Christi in 1940, which was worth $90 million. This contract was one of the first large federal defense contracts awarded to Brown & Root during World War II. During this period, the company also began branching into new sectors, including shipbuilding and pipeline construction.
Brown Shipbuilding
In 1942, the Brown brothers founded Brown Shipbuilding on the Houston Ship Channel, as a subsidiary of Brown & Root. The company built 359 ships for the U.S. Navy, employing over 25,000 people during the war effort. Despite having no prior experience in shipbuilding, the company succeeded in fulfilling significant contracts for the Navy, contributing to the U.S. war effort and solidifying its position as a major contractor. The contract, which began at $27 million, eventually grew to $357 million.
Following World War II, Brown & Root expanded into new areas of business. In 1947, the company reached a significant milestone by constructing its first offshore oil platform, located off the coast of Morgan City, Louisiana.
Major projects and global presence
During the 1950s and 1960s, Brown & Root was involved in the construction of major U.S. air and naval bases, including facilities in Spain, France, and Guam. The company also built large-scale infrastructure projects such as roads, dams, bridges, petrochemical plants, and offshore drilling platforms. Brown & Root’s international presence grew substantially during this period as the company took on more global construction contracts.
The Manned Spacecraft Center
In 1961, Brown and Root won the contract to help plan and construct the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, a $200 million project that played a critical role in the United States' space exploration efforts. This marked a significant milestone for the company, which continued to be involved in large-scale government contracts through the 1960s.
After Herman Brown's death - Halliburton and KBR
In the early 1960s, as Brown's health declined, the company's future was uncertain. Oilfield services company Halliburton approached Brown & Root with an acquisition offer. Shortly after Brown's death in 1962, Brown & Root was sold to Halliburton, for a sale price reported to be $36.8 million. Brown & Root continued to operate under its own name, with George R. Brown serving as Chairman of the Board.
After Halliburton acquired Dresser Industries in 1998, M. W. Kellogg, a subsidiary of Dresser, was combined with Brown & Root to form a larger subsidiary, KBR (Kellogg-Brown-Root). In 2006, KBR was spun off from Halliburton. By July 2015, the legacy Brown & Root company was spun off into an independent corporation, Brown & Root Industrial Services, headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana..
Texas Eastern Transmission
During World War II, U.S. government funded the building of Big Inch petroleum pipelines, which reached from Texas to New Jersey.
The pipelines were built between 1942 and 1944 as emergency war measures in the United States, to create an interior route for transporting oil, versus the vulnerable shipment of oil by sea.
At the end of the war, the pipelines were put up for sale. Herman and George Brown, along with partners, created
the Big Inch and Little Inch pipelines from the U.S. government, securing these assets for $143 million. The pipelines were integrated into a new company formed by Herman and George Brown, Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation, which became a significant player in the oil and gas industry. This expansion further solidified the Brown brothers' wealth and influence. By 1966, the Texas Eastern Transmission had a net worth in excess of $1 billion.
Corporate boards
Brown served on the boards of several institutions, including First City National Bank of Houston, Texas Eastern Transmission Company, Southwestern University, Armco Steel Corporation, and Texas Children's Hospital.
Other interests
Brown also participated in oil and gas exploration and owned ranching operations.
Philantropy, service, honors
Beyond his business career, Brown was involved in various philanthropic activities.
Brown Foundation
Brown was also a co-founder of the Brown Foundation, which supports educational and charitable initiatives in Texas. The Brown Foundation was established in 1951 by Herman Brown and his wife Margarett, and brother George R. Brown and his wife Alice.
Their initial, substantial donations were to Rice University, Southwestern University, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The foundation has played a significant role in supporting charitable causes, particularly in the areas of education, arts, and medical efforts. — with approximately 35% going to education, 32% to arts and culture, and 12% to medicine and science. The foundation was initially supported by the collective wealth of the Brown family, Herman Brown was its guiding force. His vision for the foundation was to ensure that wealth generated through the family's involvement in the construction and oil pipeline industries would benefit the public good, especially in Texas.
Wanting to ensure the foundation's mission continued on after their passing, Herman and Margarett Brown donated additional personal funds in 1962; and then, following their deaths in 1963, their estate, along with most of the $36 million from the sale of Brown & Root, was transferred to the foundation, thus assuring its future impact.The impact of their giving has had lasting effects, allowing the foundation to grant over $2 billion in funds across the state of Texas, since its inception..
Service
Brown served on the Board of Trustees of Southwestern University, in Georgetown, Texas, which was his wife Margarett's alma mater. He was also on the Board of Directors of Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, Texas.
Namesakes
In honor of the contributions of Herman Brown, many facilities bear his name. Notable examples include:
Rice University: "Herman Brown Hall for Mathematical Sciences", built in 1968
Rice University: "Brown College", women's residential college, built in 1965
Southwestern University: "Herman Brown Hall", co-ed residence hall
Southwestern University: "Herman Brown Professorship", an endowed chair in English
Texas Medical Center: "Fondren-Brown Cardiovascular and Orthopedic Research Center", consisting of the "Ella F. Fondren Building" and the "Herman Brown Building"
City of Houston: "Herman Brown Park", a 901-acre acre park, located along Hunting Bayou Greenway
"Brown Building" in Austin, Texas, an "icon" landmark built by Herman Brown, listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Personal life, death, and legacy
In 1917, Herman Brown married Margarett Root. They did not have any biological children of their own. In the 1940s, the couple adopted Louisa Stude and her brother Micajah Stude.
Herman Brown passed away on November 15, 1962. At his funeral, the eulogy was given by, then vice president Lyndon B. Johnson. He was laid to rest at Glenwood Cemetery in Houston. His wife, Margarett, passed away in January 1963, and she was buried beside him.
See also
George R. Brown
Rice University
Southwestern University
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
References
Minutaglio, B. (1991). The Browns: A business dynasty. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Further reading
1892 births
1962 deaths
People from Belton, Texas
People from Houston
Businesspeople from Texas
American construction businesspeople
20th-century American businesspeople
Philanthropists from Texas
Rice University people
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