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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam%20Sandler%3A%20Love%20You
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Adam Sandler: Love You
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Adam Sandler: Love You is a 2024 Netflix comedy special starring Adam Sandler and directed by Josh Safdie.
Ventriloquist Willie Tyler and his puppet Lester appeared in the special.
Reviews
Slate magazine said "It is not brainy material, but these stories are delivered amicably, in a stream-of-consciousness blabber, without a shred of grievance or any discernible political posture bleeding in from the margins. Sandler is unapologetic about the things he finds funny. That was true in 1995, and it’s still true in 2024."
Vulture wrote "It’s almost too sweet to bear, too naked in its appeal to love and life and the healing power of a good dick joke. But Love You is not just a long windup toward a thesis about laughter being the best medicine. It is also a film directed by Josh Safdie, and it has a classic Safdie-esque drive of suspense and barely contained chaos."
References
External links
Adam Sandler: Love You on Netflix
Netflix original programming
2024 television specials
Netflix specials
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abor%20%26%20Tynna
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Abor & Tynna
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Abor & Tynna are an Austrian music duo consisting of siblings Attila and Tünde Bornemisza. They specialise in pop, hip-hop and electronic music. The duo are set to represent Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song "Baller".
History
The siblings grew up in a family of artists from Hungary and Romania. Their father Csaba Bornemisza has been a cellist with the Vienna Philharmonic, the orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, since 1993.
In 2016, Abor & Tynna recorded their first song together. In 2024, they appeared as a support act on Nina Chuba's tour. In 2025, they successfully applied for the German preliminary round Chefsache ESC 2025 - Wer singt für Deutschland? and went on to win with their song Baller from their debut album Bittersüß, which was broadcast by ARD on 1 March 2025. With Baller, Tünde Bornemisza sings the only purely German-language song remaining in the competition; her brother accompanies her on the cello.
References
External links
Austrian musical duos
Austrian people of Hungarian descent
Austrian people of Romanian descent
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alma%20Knows%20His%20Gun%20McCormick
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Alma Knows His Gun McCormick
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Alma Knows His Gun McCormick, a member of the Apsáalooke (Crow) Indian Tribe, is a founder and the Executive Director of the non-profit Messengers for Health, and a member of the Crow Environmental Health Steering Committee (CEHSC). An educator, mentor, and advocate, McCormick has been nationally recognized for her development of community-based research programs that have improved Indian women's health.
Early life and education
After her mother's death, McCormick was traditionally raised by her grandparents. As a result, she became fluent in the Crow language as well as English.
McCormick earned her bachelor’s degree in health and wellness from Montana State University Billings.
Career
In 1985, one of McCormick's twin daughters died of neuroblastoma, a type of cancer. Her loss led McCormick to become involved in cancer outreach and advocacy.
From 1996-2000 McCormick served as the Outreach Coordinator for the Montana Breast and Cervical Health Program, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Also in 1996, she helped to found the non-profit Messengers for Health, of which she is Executive Director. Working with Montana State University, Messengers for Health is nationally recognized for its community-based research programs. McCormick initially focused on issues of women's health and wellness such as preventative cancer screenings. She worked to provide culturally sensitive information to Indian women at reservations and urban clinics throughout Montana. Her work at Messengers for Health now addresses a range of health and wellness issues for both men and women. She has had a significant impact on local health patterns.
McCormick is also a member of the Montana Cancer Coalition and the Montana American Indian Women’s Health Coalition. During 2020- 2023, she served on the Advisory Panel on Patient Engagement of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI).
Awards and honors
2024, Outstanding Community Partner Award, Mountain West CTR-IN (Clinical & Translational Research Infrastructure Network)
2022, Named an “extraordinary, ordinary” woman, Montana State University
2019, Bette Bohlinger Leadership Award, Montana Cancer Coalition
2019, Dr. Frank Newman Rural Health Leadership Award, Montana Office of Rural Health & Area Health Education Center
2018, RWJF Award for Health Equity, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (with Suzanne Held)
2017, Local Impact Award, National Indian Health Board
Selected Publications
References
Women's health
Crow people
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis%20Oliva
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Luis Oliva
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Luis Oliva may refer to:
Luis Oliva (runner)
Luis Oliva (Puerto Rican actor)
Luis Oliva (Guatemalan actor)
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79360488
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978%20Southern%20League%20season
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1978 Southern League season
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The 1978 Southern League was a Class AA baseball season played between April 13 and September 3. Ten teams played a 144-game schedule, with the top team in each division in each half of the season qualifying for the post-season.
The Knoxville Sox won the Southern League championship, as they defeated the Savannah Braves in the playoffs.
Team changes
The Memphis Chicks join the league as an expansion team and play in the West Division. The team began an affiliation with the Montreal Expos.
The Nashville Sounds join the league as an expansion team and play in the West Division. The team began an affiliation with the Cincinnati Reds.
The Columbus Astros move from the West Division to the East Division.
The Chattanooga Lookouts ended their affiliation with the Oakland Athletics and began a new affiliation with the Cleveland Indians.
Teams
Map of teams
Regular season
Summary
The Knoxville Sox finished the season with the best record in the league for the first time in franchise history.
Standings
League Leaders
Batting leaders
Pitching leaders
Playoffs
The Knoxville Sox earned a bye in the division finals, as they won the division in both halves of the season.
The Knoxville Sox won their second Southern League championship, defeating the Savannah Braves in three games.
Playoff bracket
Awards
See also
1978 Major League Baseball season
References
External links
Minor League Baseball official website
Southern League season
1978 in sports in Alabama
1978 in sports in Florida
1978 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state)
1978 in sports in North Carolina
1978 in sports in Tennessee
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolito%20Ltd
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Evolito Ltd
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Evolito Ltd is a British aerospace technology company that builds electric propulsion systems for aviation applications. Evolito operates a 3,716-sq-m (40,000-sq-ft) manufacturing and testing facility in Bicester, Oxfordshire. The company aims to accelerate the adoption of sustainable aviation, targeting applications in electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, airships, and other advanced air mobility platforms.
History
Evolito was established in June 2021 when YASA Limited, a pioneer in axial-flux electric motor technology, was acquired by Mercedes-Benz. As part of the acquisition, YASA spun off its aerospace division into a separate entity, Evolito, with exclusive rights to develop the technology for aviation markets.
In November 2023, Evolito became the first UK company to receive a Design Organisation Approval (DOA) from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) for electric propulsion systems, a milestone that validated its engineering capabilities and regulatory compliance.
In 2022, it purchased Gloucestershire-based aerospace battery developer Electroflight.
In 2025 French company Flying Whales airship startup selected the company's technology. They planned to use 32 motors on each airship.
Leadership and culture
Marc Holme as Chief Technology Officer oversees technical development. Matthew Farides is Vice President of Business Development.
Evolito was recognized for its workplace culture, listed in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work list in 2023. In 2024, engineers Katie Tidd and Natalia Narożańska were named among the Women's Engineering Society's Top 50 Engineers.
Markets
Competitors include magniX, Rolls-Royce Electrical, and Joby Aviation. The global aircraft electric motor market, valued at $6.5 billion in 2022, is projected to grow to $14.5 billion by 2032. Evolito's focus on rate-manufactured systems aligns with this trend, aiming to reduce costs and scale production for commercial operators.
Technology
Evolito's core technology is its proprietary axial-flux electric motors, which are characterized by high torque density, small size, light weight, and efficiency. Unlike traditional radial-flux motors, axial-flux designs deliver power through a disc-shaped rotor, enabling compact packaging and reduced weight—critical factors for aviation applications. The company pairs these motors with power electronics, including inverters and motor controllers, to create complete electric propulsion units (EPUs). Multiple motors can be stacked together to provide greater power.
Evolito's motors are designed for scalability, supporting aircraft ranging from small eVTOLs to giant airships. The company emphasizes rate-manufactured production.
Evolito integrates high-performance Electroflight battery packs optimized for aviation safety and energy density, forming complete propulsion systems.
Products
Axial flux motors
The company focuses on axial flux motors (AFM) for their superior power to weight ratios. Compared to the far more common radial flux motors, AFMs flip the magnetic field by 90 degrees, directing the motor's magnetic flux in parallel to the motor axis. The associated rotor is flat, allowing the motor to be slimmer and lighter.
AFMs have been plagued by problems with materials, consistent operation, durability and cost-effective manufacturing.
It is working to supply motors to Cranfield for its hydrogen-electric demonstrator.
D250
Evolito claims that its D250 motor is the smallest and lightest in its class. It offers 240 kW (322 hp) peak power and weighs 13 kg (28.7 lb), giving it a peak power density of 18.5 kW/kg, greater than any other aviation motor, including the 15.8-kW/kg Donut Lab hub motor and the 13.4-kW/kg H3X HPDM-250 e-aircraft motor.
A later iteration of the D250 is claimed to offer 28 kW/kg peak power density, creating 230 kW (308 hp) for only 8.3 kg (18.3 lb). That unit is able to run continuously at 90% peak power, providing continuous power at 25 kW/kg. Torque numbers are nearly identical at 230 Nm (170 lb-ft) peak and 208 Nm (153 lb-ft) continuous.
Applications
Evolito's propulsion systems target the emerging advanced air mobility (AAM) sector, which includes eVTOL aircraft for urban air taxis, regional transport, and logistics. The company is also targeting traditional aviation segments, such as fixed-wing aircraft and rotorcraft.
See also
YASA Limited
Axial flux motor
Flying Whales
Electric aircraft
Advanced air mobility
References
External links
Electric motors
Aviation technology
British aviation pioneers
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna%20Korre
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Anna Korre
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Anne Korre is Professor of Environmental Engineering and heads the Minerals Energy and Environmental Engineering Research Group at Imperial College London. She is also a co-director of the college's energy institute. The overall aim of her work is to reduce the environmental impact of mining for raw materials. Her work has led to a risk model now used internationally in mining operations and by regulators. Her current research focuses on storage of carbon dioxide below the ground.
Early life and education
Anne Korre grew up in Athens, Greece. Her father was a builder who had moved from Naxos island to Athens and her mother a housewife. She studied geology at the National University of Athens in 1987, followed by doctoral studies in environmental geochemistry, investigating the effect of mining of lead, zinc and silver in antiquity and the early twentieth century on a region south of Athens. From 1993 until 1995 Korre had a fellowship in Imperial College London to continue her analyses of metals in soils. She then returned to Greece to work in a desk-based role for a company but felt very unfulfilled.
Career
Korre was able to return to Imperial College and began to work on a methodology of life-cycle holistic assessment for materials. This methodology has been developed to be suitable for the energy industry, such as for coal, oil and gases. This required extensive fieldwork. She subsequently moved on to consider possibilities and needs for storage of carbon dioxide from industrial flue gases to remove it from the atmosphere, as a complement to reducing carbon dioxide production by industry. The aim is to trap the gas underground so that it will eventually be mineralised and so immobilised. This requires that the location and movement of the carbon dioxide underground can be detected and measured to ensure that it does not return to the surface. Some suitable rock formations are under the sea around the UK.
In 2015 Korre was promoted to professor. She is a co-director of the Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre and specifically the Energy Futures Lab at Imperial College.
Publications
Korre is the author of over 150 scientific publications, conference contributions and reports including:
Laura Lander, Evangelos Kallitsis, Alastair Hales, Jacqueline Sophie Edge, Anna Korre and Gregory Offer (2021) Cost and carbon footprint reduction of electric vehicle lithium-ion batteries through efficient thermal management. Applied Energy 289 116737.
Rajesh J. Pawar, Grant S. Bromhal, J. William Carey, William Foxall, Anna Korre, Philip S. Ringrose, Owain Tucker, Maxwell N. Watson and Joshua A. White (2015) Recent advances in risk assessment and risk management of geologic CO2 storage. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control 40 pages 292–311.
Al-Ansari, T., Korre, A., Nie, Z. and Shah, N (2015) Development of a life cycle assessment tool for the assessment of food production systems within the energy, water and food nexus. Sustainable Production and Consumption 2 pages 52–66.
Korre A., Nie Z. and Durucan S. (2010) Life cycle modelling of fossil fuel power generation with post-combustion CO2 capture. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control 4 (2) pages 289–300.
Sevket Durucan, Anna Korre and Gabriela Munoz-Melendez (2006) Mining life cycle modelling: a cradle-to-gate approach to environmental management in the minerals industry. Journal of Cleaner Production 14 (12–13) pages 1057–1070.
Imrie CE, Durucan S. and Korre A. (2000) River flow prediction using artificial neural networks: generalisation beyond the calibration range. Journal of Hydrology 233 (1–4) pages 138–153.
References
Academics of Imperial College London
Living people
Environmental engineers
Greek women engineers
Engineers from Athens
21st-century Greek women scientists
21st-century women engineers
Greek emigrants to England
Expatriate academics in the United Kingdom
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens alumni
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen%20White%20case
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Karen White case
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Karen White, originally from the Manchester area in England, is a rapist who later identified as a woman while on remand at HMP New Hall for other offences. White spent time in HM Prison Wakefield and during this time was accused of four sexual assaults against female prisoners within a 3 month period. White pleaded guilty to two charges of sexual touching within the prison, as well as to two rapes committed prior to being sent to the prison, and was moved to a male prison after sentencing.
Background
White was assigned male at birth and committed a number of offences under the birth name Stephen Terence Wood: indecent assault, indecent exposure and gross indecency involving children, violence and dishonesty. Then, in August 2017, after being arrested for a knife attack on a 66-year-old neighbour in Mytholmroyd, was remanded to HM Prison New Hall. White began transitioning while at New Hall, wearing a wig, make-up and fake breasts.
Two rape charges surfaced after White wrote to one of the victims from prison. The first charge was from a woman who said she had violently raped her multiple times in 2016, after they met at a psychiatric unit in West Yorkshire. The second was from 2003, where White was accused of spiking a woman's drink and raping her. She was arrested at the time, but ultimately not prosecuted.
Sexual assaults while on remand
White began gender re-allignment - wearing a wig, make-up and false breasts - while at New Hall and became friendly with a female inmate until an incident in a queue during which the complainant felt something hard press against the small of her back. When she turned around, she saw White's erect penis.
Trial
In October 2018, White pleaded guilty at Leeds Crown Court via video link from HMP Leeds, to two counts of rape, one offence of wounding and two sexual assaults while on remand for previous offences. In passing a sentence of life with a minimum term of 9 and a half years before parole could be considered, Judge Christopher Batty told the defendant: “You are a predator and highly manipulative and in my view you are a danger. You represent a significant risk of serious harm to children, to women and to the general public.”
Aftermath and impact
The Karen White case was raised in Parliament in February 2019 in an oral question and Edward Argar, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice, answered to explain that as a result of the case, the Government was reviewing policy and its application. Thereafter, the Ministry of Justice created a special unit for transgender inmates. A spokesperson said, "Prisoner safety is our biggest concern and any decisions we take will seek to best manage the risks posed by each offender. The wider management of transgender offenders is a highly sensitive issue which poses unique and complex challenges... That's why we are reviewing the way we manage all transgender offenders."
Dr Sarah Lamble, Reader in Criminology and Queer Theory at Birkbeck, University of London, has argued that, from a queer feminist transformative justice perspective, the White case was successfully deployed by anti-trans forces.
In 2023, White wrote a letter to a women's rights activist where she stated trans women should be kept out of female prisons.
See also
Isla Bryson case, Scottish rapist who later self-identified as female
Amber McLaughlin, an American sex offender, rapist and murderer who later self-identified as female while incarcerated and was finally executed for her crimes
References
2018 in British law
2018 in LGBTQ history
2018 in England
2010s trials
LGBTQ history in the United Kingdom
Prisoners and detainees of England and Wales
Rape in England
Rape in the 2010s
Trials in England
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rukaia%20Al-abadi
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Rukaia Al-abadi
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Rukaia Al-abadi is a Syrian investigative journalist.
Biography
Al-abadi began her career in Syria, documenting human rights violations faced by women during the Syrian Civil War. She worked covertly in Deir ez-Zor, an area under the control of ISIS.
In 2022, she was co-awarded a Samir Kassir Award for Freedom of the Press, for the investigation “The Mahdi Scouts: A chronicle of child recruitment into Iranian militias” which was cowritten with Lebanese journalist Fatima Al-Othman.
As of 2023, she works with the Syrian Female Journalists Network as a mentor on the "Empowering a New Generation of Female Journalists" project.
References
Living people
Syrian women journalists
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super%20Bloom%3A%20A%20Benefit%20for%20Los%20Angeles%20Fire%20Relief
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Super Bloom: A Benefit for Los Angeles Fire Relief
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Super Bloom: A Benefit for Los Angeles Fire Relief is a compilation album by various artists that was released on January 28, 2025, to raise relief money for people affected by the January 2025 California wildfires.
The album was organised by the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund.
Proceeds from the album's sale went to Sweet Relief, Direct Relief, the Anti-Recidivism Coalition, and Pasadena Humane.
Many of the tracks on the album are demos, live versions, or completely unreleased material.
The album was one of several raising money in response to the fires, with others including Los Angeles Rising and Good Music To Lift Los Angeles.
Several benefit concerts raising money for people affected by the fires took place around the time of the album's release.
Track listing
Personnel
Mastering – William Carroll
Artwork – Robbie Simon
References
2025 compilation albums
Charity albums
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke%20McKenzie
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Luke McKenzie
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Luke McKenzie may refer to:
Luke McKenzie (triathlete) (born 1981), Australian long distance triathlete
Luke McKenzie (actor), Australian actor and filmmaker
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes%20Williams
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Agnes Williams
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Agnes Lydia Williams (1855–1940) was a New Zealand artist and a member of the families of Henry Williams and James Busby.
Biography
Agnes Lydia Williams was born in the Bay of Islands on 9 July 1855. She was the daughter of Sarah Williams (née Busby) and John William Williams, and granddaughter of Henry Williams and James Busby.
In 1882, Williams married Thomas Sydney Williams, her cousin, and son of Edward Marsh Williams. They lived in Kaharau, near Ruatoria. Together, they established the Kaharau Church. She is also recorded as being the medical advisor for the area.
In December 1940, she died as "probably the oldest surviving settler on the East Coast" and was buried alongside her husband in their Kaharau home's garden cemetery.
Several of her drawings, largely of landscapes in the Bay of Islands, are in the Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, including Tapeka (Bay of Islands), Waitangi and Islands off Paihia & entrance to Kawakawa River, Waitangi. Her letters and other papers are also within the National Library's archive.
References
1855 births
1940 deaths
New Zealand women artists
Williams family (New Zealand)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolfo%20Atienza
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Adolfo Atienza
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Adolfo Atienza Landeta (1 December 1927 – 9 July 2008), also known as Atienza I, was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward for Celta de Vigo, Real Madrid, and Las Palmas in the 1950s. His brother Ángel also played for Real Madrid.
Playing career
Ealry career
Born in Madrid on 1 December 1927, Atienza began playing football in his hometown, first informally for teams based in the Tetuán de las Victorias neighborhood, and then officially with the Cuatro Caminos Sports Club, where he played until 1942, the year his family moved to Galicia, after his parents, both professors, were assigned to the University of Santiago de Compostela.
In 1943, the 15-year-old Atienza was already playing in the top local regional league with Club Arenal, a team composed mainly of students, with whom he played for four years, until 1947, when he was signed by Club Santiago, then in the Tercera División. In December 1947, after only five official matches for Santiago, all in the Copa Galicia, he was signed by First Division club Celta de Vigo, then coached by Ricardo Zamora. After the first training sessions, however, it became clear that he was ready to make the jump to the top division, so the coaching staff decided to loan him to the Third Division Club Berbés de Vigo, along with Juanín and Eduardo Sobrado, where he played the second half of the 1947–48 season.
Vigo and Madrid
On 24 October 1948, the 20-year Atienza made his La Liga debut, against FC Barcelona, showing great promise as a center forward, and helping his side to a 2–2 draw. He was a member of the great Celta team of the early 1950s known as "The Blue Devils", which also included Francisco Roig, Yayo Sanz, and Hermidita. He stayed loyal to Vigo for five years, from 1948 to 1953, during which he stood out for his goal-scoring prowess, netting an impressive 45 goals in 109 games. He thus eventually drew the attention of Real Madrid, who signed him in the summer of 1953, with Celta receiving 600,000 pesetas as well as the winger Antoni Gausí on loan.
Atienza played for Los blancos between 1953 and 1955, scoring 8 goals in 25 matches, and playing an active role in the team that won back-to-back La Liga titles in 1953–54 and 1954–55, as well as a Latin Cup in 1955. During his two years in Madrid, he coincided not only with Alfredo Di Stéfano, but also with his brother Ángel Atienza. In order to distinguish them in the press, the local newspapers started referring to them as Atienza I and Atienza II.
Later career
After leaving Madrid in 1955, Atienza played two seasons at Las Palmas (1955–57), and another one at Real Jaén (1957–58), before returning to Celta in 1958. His first season back with the Galician club, however, ended in relegation to the Segunda División, and he ended up leaving the club in the following season, after failing to return to the top flight. He played his last season of football at third division side Ponferradina in 1960–61. In total, he scored 67 goals in 192 La Liga matches for Celta, Madrid, Las Palmas, and Real Jaén.
International career
During his first stint at Vigo, Atienza's impressive goal-scoring form earned him six call-ups for the training of the Spanish national team, but he failed to leave the bench in any of those occasions. He was also called up for Spain B's opening match of the 1953–58 Mediterranean Cup, but once again remained as an unused substitute as the Spanish claimed a 2–0 win over France B. Spain eventually won the tournament.
Death
Atienza died in Madrid on 9 July 2008, at the age of 80.
Honours
Real Madrid
La Liga:
Champions (2): 1953–54 and 1954–55
Latin Cup:
Champions (1): 1955
See also
List of Real Madrid CF players
List of La Liga hat-tricks
References
1927 births
2008 deaths
Footballers from Madrid
Spanish men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
RC Celta de Vigo players
Real Madrid CF players
UD Las Palmas players
Real Jaén footballers
SD Ponferradina players
La Liga players
Segunda División players
Tercera División players
20th-century Spanish sportsmen
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro%20Acha
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Alejandro Acha
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Alejandro Acha Bárcena (22 July 1878 – 16 December 1917) was a Spanish footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Athletic Club. He was one of the most important footballers in the amateur beginnings of Athletic Bilbao, being among the 7 founders of the club in 1898, and then serving the club as a secretary and as its first goalkeeper, winning the 1903 Copa del Rey, the first official national championship.
In addition to football, he also excelled in cycling.
Playing career
Alejandro Acha was born in the Biscayan town of Abando on 22 July 1878, and like so many other youngsters from that region, he began playing football games at Hippodrome of Lamiako, which at the time was the home of organized football in Biscay. In 1898, he was one of the 7 Basque football enthusiasts belonging to the Gimnásio Zamacois who began to organize football matches against the British workers in Lamiako, thus founding the Athletic Club. Although the club was founded in 1898, Athletic was not officially established until 5 September 1901, in the infamous meeting held at the Café García, in which Acha was one of the 33 members who signed the documents that officially established the Athletic Club.
Acha was the club's first-ever goalkeeper, being described as an "iron herculean" and "giant". with whom he played several friendly matches against city rivals Bilbao Football Club at the Hippodrome of Lamiako, starting their rivalry on 1 December 1901, which ended in a draw, so a replay took place two weeks later, on 15 December, where he helped his side to keep a clean-sheet in a 1–0 victory. He thus played a pivotal role in this historic rivalry that served as one of the drivers of football as a mass phenomenon in Bilbao since their duels aroused great expectation.
In 1902, the two rivals agreed to combine the best players of each club to face the Bordeaux-based side Burdigala; this temporary merge became known as Club Bizcaya, but Acha never played for this team, having been ousted by Bilbao FC's goalkeeper Luis Arana, who went on to help Bizcaya win the first national championship disputed in Spain, the 1902 Copa de la Coronación, the forerunner of the Copa del Rey. In 1903, Arana became a member of the Athletic board, of which Alejandro Acha was secretary.
In that same year, Acha was able to reclaim his spot between the posts, in which he played a crucial role in the Athletic team that won the 1903 Copa del Rey, helping his side to a 3–2 comeback win over Madrid FC (now known as Real Madrid) in the final, where he played alongside the likes of Alejandro de la Sota, and club founders Juan Astorquia and Eduardo Montejo. He was also part of the team for the 1904 Copa del Rey, which Athletic won without playing a single match since their opponents failed to turn up.
Death
In the mid-1910s, creditors seized Athletic's clubhouse on Calle Nueva, where the precious trophy was located, but Acha got there first and took it with him. The cup was missing until Acha died on 16 December 1917, at the age of 39, when Athletic asked his family to search his house, finding the trophy inside an old trunk; the cup never again left the trophy room.
Honours
Athletic Club
Copa del Rey:
Champions (2): 1903 and 1904
References
1878 births
1917 deaths
Spanish men's footballers
Athletic Bilbao footballers
Men's association football goalkeepers
Footballers from Bilbao
20th-century Spanish sportsmen
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325%20UCI%20Gravel%20World%20Series
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2024–25 UCI Gravel World Series
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The 2024–25 UCI Gravel World Series was the 4th edition of UCI Gravel World Series. It was a season-long series of 33 gravel cycling events organized by the UCI that took place between and . The top 25% riders in each category in each event qualified for that category in 2025 UCI Gravel World Championships.
Calendar & Results
In total there were 33 World Series events held during the season, including the 2024 European Gravel Championships.
References
Gravel cycling
Current cycling seasons
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke%20Norris
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Luke Norris
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Luke Norris may refer to:
Luke Norris (footballer)
Luke Norris (actor)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akhter%20Hossain
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Akhter Hossain
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Akhter Hossain () is a Bangladeshi politician and activist, currently serving as the Member Secretary of the National Citizen Party (NCP).
Early life and education
Akhter Hossain pursued higher education at the University of Dhaka, where he studied law.
Political activism and student movement
Hossain first gained national attention in 2015 when he staged a solo hunger strike protesting against the question paper leak in university admission tests. In 2018, he played a key role in the Bangladesh quota reform movement, demanding fair policies in government job recruitment. In 2019, he was elected as the Social Services Secretary of the Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU), further cementing his position as a student leader. In 2024, he was one of the coordinators of the Anti-discrimination Students Movement, which led the initial quota reform movement, opposing quotas in government jobs and evolved into broader anti-government movement opposing the Hasina's government. He was the founder of Gonotantrik Chhatra Shakti. He was also the member secretary of the Jatiya Nagorik Committee.
Formation of the National Citizen Party (NCP)
Following the mass uprising in July 2024, which led to significant political shifts in Bangladesh, the need for a youth-led political platform became evident. On February 28, 2025, the National Citizen Party (NCP) was officially launched, with Akhter Hossain as its Member Secretary.
References
External links
Dhaka Tribune
bdnews24
The Business Standard
Observer BD
Living people
Bangladeshi activists
Bangladeshi anti-fascists
National Citizen Party politicians
University of Dhaka alumni
Coordinators of Anti-discrimination Students Movement
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sion%20Hill%20Hall
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Sion Hill Hall
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Sion Hill Hall is a historic building in Kirby Wiske, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.
The hall is built on the site of the village's manor house. The building was commissioned by Percy Stancliffe, designed by Walter Brierley, and was completed in 1913. It is in the neo-Georgian style, and was inspired by Edwin Lutyens' Middlefield House. Historic England describe it as being "generally regarded as one of Brierley's most successful country houses". It was grade II* listed in 1987.
The house is built of handmade red brick, with Portland stone dressings, quoins, a floor band, and hipped tile roofs with oversailing eaves. It has two storeys, a central range of three bays, and projecting wings with six bays on the left and four on the right, and a four-bay service wing on the left. The middle bay of the central range is in Portland stone, and contains an Ionic doorcase, and a doorway with an architrave, a fanlight, keystones, and an open round-headed pediment containing the date, and above it is a window with an architrave, scrolled at the bottom. The doorway is flanked by Venetian windows in segmental arches, and most of the other windows are sashes. The garden front has twelve bays, and contains four French windows. The attached courtyard wall is in brick with stone coping and wooden railings, and in the centre are brick gate piers with stone cornices and ball finials. Inside, many of the rooms have 18th-century fireplaces, brought from the former manor house.
The grade II-listed lodge is contemporary with the house, and was also designed by Brierley. It is built of red brick, with a dentilled and moulded floor band, and a swept pantile roof. There is one storey and an attic, and two bays. In the centre is a gabled porch on timber columns. It is flanked by horizontally-sliding sash windows, and in the returns are casement windows.
The hall has five acres of gardens, which include large stone sculptures moved from the stables at Fountains Abbey. The gardens were restored in the early 21st century, to include a parterre, Long Walk, woodland Lower Walk, kitchen garden and rose garden.
See also
Grade II* listed buildings in North Yorkshire (district)
Listed buildings in Kirby Wiske
References
Country houses in North Yorkshire
Grade II* listed buildings in North Yorkshire
Houses completed in 1913
Walter Brierley buildings
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-country%20skiing%20at%20the%202025%20Asian%20Winter%20Games%20%E2%80%93%20Men%27s%2010%20kilometre%20freestyle
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Cross-country skiing at the 2025 Asian Winter Games – Men's 10 kilometre freestyle
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The men's 10 kilometre freestyle at the 2025 Asian Winter Games was held on 10 February 2025 at Yabuli Ski Resort in Harbin, China.
Schedule
All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)
Results
Legend
DNS — Did not start
References
External links
Results Book
Men interval start
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20Nations%20Security%20Council%20Resolution%202773
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 2773
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 2773 was unanimously passed on 21 February 2025. It reaffirmed the commitment of the council to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in light of the support by Rwanda for the military campaign by the rebel March 23 Movement (M23).
Resolution
The resolution called on M23 to stop all of its offensives and to reverse the creation of parallel state institutions in the DRC, while Rwanda was called on to end all support for M23 and to withdraw its troops from the DRC immediately. The DRC was asked to end its support for certain militia groups, specifically the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), and both governments were urged to resume the peace negotiations that were previously held in Luanda, Angola, and Nairobi, Kenya.
The French permanent representative to the United Nations, Nicolas de Rivière, thanked the council for the resolution and expressed the support of France for the peace process to resolve the conflict and for the sovereignty of the DRC. He emphasized the humanitarian impact of the Kivu conflict on the population.
See also
List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 2701 to 2800 (2023–present)
References
External links
Text on Undocs
United Nations Security Council resolutions concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo
2773
February 2025
M23 offensive (2022)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025%20Eastern%20Michigan%20Eagles%20football%20team
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2025 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team
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The 2025 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team will represent Eastern Michigan University in the Mid-American Conference during the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Eagles are led by Chris Creighton in his twelfth year as the head coach. The Eagles will play their home games at Rynearson Stadium, located in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
Schedule
References
Eastern Michigan
Eastern Michigan Eagles football seasons
Eastern Michigan Eagles football
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grupo%20Frontera%20political%20controversy
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Grupo Frontera political controversy
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The Mexican-American regional Mexican band Grupo Frontera has been involved in a controversy due to an alleged endorsement to the politician and current US president Donald Trump since early 2025, after the viralization of the Village People's "Y.M.C.A" dance video by the vocalist's relatives. Fans and Mexican users considered it as an endorsement to Trump, and discovered a TikTok deleted video dancing the same song and interviews to some band members. Considering them as clear evidences of the accusations, they started to boycott and cancel the band, including a cancellation petition to one festival through Change.org, and calling them traitors.
The band responded twice to the controversy within February through Instagram denying the alleged endorsement, responding to other accusations and declaring their support to Mexican community, declarations which received mainly negative reactions from public, arguing they were only an attempt to maintain the group's reputation among fans. The controversy also received attention from Pepe Aguilar's sons, Emiliano and Leonardo Aguilar, and online media press.
Background and backlash
In early 2025, a video went viral on social media, wherein Grupo Frontera's vocalist Adelaido "Payo" Solís' grandmother, alias "", dances the Village People's "Y.M.C.A" with other relatives, a song used by the American politician and president Donald Trump for his 2024 presidencial campaign. After considering it as an endorsement to Trump, Mexican users related it directly as a political support from the band. In addition, the "La Abuela Frontera" 's account disappeared on TikTok. During the viralization, the user in the same platform, Sarah Jasmine (@sarahjasmine_), affirmed the band deleted many videos wherein endorsed explicitly the politician and sympathized with his politics. As a result, they received massive followers losses, hate comments and accusations of being Latinos for Trump, considering the alleged endorsement as a "betrayal of the Mexicans" due to Trump's mass deportation of immigrants during his second presidency.
Therefore, fans called for a digital cancel to the band (boycott), rejecting their presence in Mexico and refraining from consuming any content related to them, including songs, videos and live performances. A video of a massive booing at one of their recent concerts also went viral. Furthermore, some users noticed they deleted a TikTok video dancing the same song as Solís' grandmother, as well as videos of interviews to some of the members, wherein they encourage to vote for the politician, considering them as an explicit evidence of a "not so sutble" endorsement. On February 11, a petition at the American website Change.org was published by alias "" to cancel the Grupo Frontera's participation at the 2025 edition of the Chicago Latin music festival Sueños. The petition accumulated over 9,700 signatures the next day. Sueños co-founder Christopher Den Uijl affirmed on Instagram the festival's support to the Latino community and stated none of the co-founders are supporters of the president, without mentioning anything related to the group.
Band's response
After a long time without any communication on the subject and publishing a video of a US crowd singing "Bebé Dame", described by media press as an indirect response, on February 7, the band published a statement through Instagram stories, arguing "[they] do not have affiliation or alliance with any political party that is against inmigrants and the Latino community". In addition, they clarified they and their families are immigrants and come from the frontier, as well as their support to Mexicans and "relatives and friends' opinions do not represent [the band]". Furthermore, in an interview by EXA FM, the group highlighted the delivery of toys to immigrant children and their pride in Mexican culture. On February 22, the band published a video post on Instagram confirming the statement declarations. In the same video, one of the members, Alberto "Beto" Acosta, said their silence was for the huge "fake news" spread on Internet, therefore they did not know how to answer. In addition, they clarified the dance video was just a backstage routine during their past concert tour, Jugando a Que No Pasa Nada Tour, wherein they danced songs from their primary school period.
Reactions, analysis and aftermath
In a positive view, other fans reacted against the massive cancellation and supporting the band's freedom of speech, arguing "the cancel culture should not spread to those with different political opinions", according to Infobae Mexico's Víctor Cisneros. Periódico ABC's Juan Garza praised the way the band managed the controversy and spoke against the backlash, condemning the information spread on the networks as "erroneous". On the other hand, both fans and some online newspapers categorized the concert booing as fake and audio-altered. Around the TikTok dance video, "Espíritu" denied any explicit reference of an endorsement there, but he said it was implicit, while Chicago Sun-Times's staff opined "[Donald Trump] and [Grupo Frontera] [...] [could] simply have similar tastes in music". The February 7 statement polarized fans' opinions, some applauding it and others arguing it is not authentic and was only an attempt to maintain their reputation; however, a representative of the group confirmed its autenticity. Something similar, fans reacted negatively to the February 22 video, accusing it of the same as the statement and complaining the band never rejected directly Trump. Leonelys Gomez of the Latin Times named the controversy as one of the band's biggest ones during their three-year career. Marca's staff linked it with Banda MS and Fuerza Regida's situation, emphasizing the personal opinions of some members of the respective bands. Many fans compared it with the American band Yahritza y su Esencia's 2023 backlash, when they visited Mexico and the vocalist Yahritza Martinez confessed controversial preferences despising the country and Mexican cuisine, therefore they stopped performing there.
Aguilar family conflict
After releasing "Ilegal", a protest song against the Trump's mass deportation, which received public acclaim and supports deported immigrants calling them hardworking, the Pepe Aguilar's son, Emiliano Aguilar, reacted through a series of Instagram stories in favor of the cancellation to the band, saying, "Fuck [Grupo Frontera]. ". His younger stepbrother, Leonardo, expressed his support to the band after they published the video, writing in the post comments, "". Emiliano, who has conflicts with his family, commented at the same video with many Mexican flags and answered Leonardo: "". After that, he published another series of Instagram stories confirming his hatred to the band and exploding against Leonardo (referring to him as "Gallito Fino"), relating his sympathy with an indifference to immigrant community, saying "". He finished saying they talked about the problem peacefully in private, but he worsened the situation because "". According to TVNotas' Jessica Luna, he may have deleted the stories chain speedly, after a possible scolding from his father due to the overwhelming attacks.
Notes
References
Protests against Donald Trump
2025 in Internet culture
Music controversies
Mass media rivalries
2025 controversies
Hispanic and Latino American-related controversies
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbari%20house
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Mbari house
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Mbari house
Native to the Owerri-Igbo community in Southeast Nigeria, Mbari houses are temporary, spacious, open-sided, square-shaped designed shelters, constructed as sacrifices for decay rather than for worship and built to placate specific deities, such as Ala, a deity in Igbo mythology . They were built in reaction to natural calamities said to be caused by unfavorable supernatural occurrences; they were not designed as shrines. They were built out of anthill clay with the goal of eventually decomposing and returning to Ala, the earth goddess of productivity, who was thought to be placated after consuming these constructions .
History
British colonists first formally documented Mbari dwellings at the beginning of the 20th century. The symbolism of their ritual of disintegration has since led to the extinction of these sacred monuments . The tragedy of the loss of Mbari homes was also exacerbated by the Biafran and Nigerian civil wars. Modern Mbari buildings are composed of cement, which preserves these buildings and their history while removing the symbolic of decay .
Etymology
The Igbo people of southeast Nigeria are the ones who used the term "Mba-ari." The Mbari houses, which are places constructed to honor the earth goddess Ala and other deities, are linked to traditional cultural and religious practices. In the Igbo language, the word "mbari" means "creation" or "building," especially in the context of art and spirituality . The community's perspective and concerns are reflected in these intricate buildings, which are adorned with symbolic clay sculptures of humans, animals, deities, and legendary creatures. Mbari is more than just building; it is a kind of creative and religious expression that is frequently carried out as a sacred obligation to preserve peace between the spiritual and human realms The building is still a representation of Igbo cultural history, even though the tradition has diminished.
Demographics
The Mbari house, located in the eastern states of Nigeria (Imo, Anambra, and Abia), was constructed by indigenous people and was painted by "white walkers" to depict the people's progress and contemporary situation. The White Walkers were chosen specifically to paint; they had relationships with the gods. An Mbari house construction, art work, painting, and creative embellishments were done by both men and women .
Attraction
Tourism
Before parts of the buildings were destroyed by climate change and other human activity, the Mbari mansion served as a hub for tourism in eastern Nigeria.
Folklore
Built as an offering to deities like Ala, the Mbari house is a sacred architectural folklore of the Igbo people that combines art, mythology, and spirituality. Its vibrant, symbolic, and transient structures preserve Igbo beliefs, history, and communal identity. Its clay sculptures and murals depict gods, humans, and spirits . the folklore also involves the various local vernacular styles of building the Mbari house, how the materials were prepared and the construction method, the Mabari house was constructed informally.
Mbari Art
Clay sculptures and paintings in Mbari homes, which are constructed to worship deities like the soil goddess Ala, are examples of Mbari art, a revered Igbo tradition in southeast Nigeria. Igbo cosmology is reflected in these buildings, which show people, animals, spirits, and legendary creatures. Often depicted as spirits, white-painted figures represent purity or ancestry . Mbari serves as both religious gifts and cultural documentation, promoting spiritual harmony, creative innovation, and community cohesion. Despite being transient, its vivid hues, symbolic imagery, and collective meaning uphold Igbo culture, creating a singular blend of art, spirituality, and narrative that still inspires people today. The edifice included life-sized clay creatures with exaggerated heads and necks and elongated limbs devoid of muscles, all colorfully painted, making each one unique. The sculpted figurines comprised deities like Ala, Amadioha and Alusi, Europeans, animals, craftsmen, and fictional beasts .
Community Centers
When the Mbari home was constructed, it served as a common area for gatherings, festival celebrations, and the worship of the goddess of productivity. These establishments promoted cultural values like folktales, music, and dances .
Architectural style
The Mbari house is one form of courtyard-style vernacular architecture that the Igbo people of southeast Nigeria use. It is an example of traditional building techniques, with clay used for the walls and sculptures and a thatch roof for shade. These days, aluminum roofs and cements are sometimes used to improve durability by protecting the structure from bad weather and precipitation . The design incorporates perforations to enhance natural ventilation and indoor and outdoor air quality. Despite occasionally being mistaken for a shrine, the Mbari house is a revered place because of the presence of deities and symbolic art. The square perimeters and roofs that extended past the four corners of the houses accentuated the Mbari house's expansive open-sided design.
Architectural Legacy
The preservation of Igbo spirituality, art, and architecture is what makes Mbari houses valuable. They influence modern African art by showcasing traditional craftsmanship, storytelling, and group participation. Even though fewer are constructed now, their cultural components, creative methods, and symbolism encourage contemporary interpretations, guaranteeing their continued significance.
References
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz-Gerd%20Klostermann
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Heinz-Gerd Klostermann
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Heinz-Gerd Klostermann (22 October 1944 – 9 August 2021) was a German footballer. Nicknamed Kalle, he played as a forward for Alemannia Aachen and Westwacht Aachen throughout the 1960s and the 1970s, notably playing for the former during their brief stint at the Bundesliga.
Career
The fast attacker on the wing finished 10th in the Verbandsliga Mittelrhein in the 1962–63 season with his hometown club . He caught the eye of the scouts of Alemannia Aachen alongside fellow forward Karl-Heinz Krott and was brought to the Tivoli for the 1963–64 Regionalliga alongside Herbert Gronen from Borussia Brand, Willi Krieger from SG Düren 99 and goalkeeper Gerhard Prokop from Sportfreunde Gladbeck. In his first year in the second-tier Regionalliga West, he did not make a competitive appearance. Under coach Oswald Pfau, Klostermann made his debut on the opening day of the 1964–65 season on 9 August 1964 in a 2–0 away defeat at Eintracht Gelsenkirchen in the Regionalliga West. Coach Pfau had brought the forward to the start in the formation of Klostermann, Franz-Josef Nacken, Josef Martinelli, Gronen and Rainer Schönwälder. At the end of the season, Klostermann had scored five goals in 24 league appearances and Aachen reached the runner-up position behind champions and BL newcomers Borussia Mönchengladbach.
He played as a striker from 1964 to 1970 in the Bundesliga and the Regionalliga West for Alemannia Aachen. With Alemannia, he reached the final against Borussia Dortmund in the 1965 DFB-Pokal final. Klostermann played in the 3–1 victory against VfL Osnabrück, the 1–0 victory against Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, the 2–1 victory against Hannover 96 and in the semi-finals on 17 April 1965 at Old Tivoli in front of 32,000 spectators, the 4–3 win against FC Schalke 04 but was unable to play in the final. In the 1966–67 season, Klostermann and his teammates became champions of the Regionalliga West with Aachen and secured promotion following the promotion playoffs to the Bundesliga. He played a total of 59 Bundesliga games with 16 goals and 79 games in the Regionalliga West, in which he scored 21 goals. He also scored nine goals in 22 cup appearances.
Klostermann's most successful period was the 1968–69 season where he was runner-up with Aachen and also played a strong season personally, being one of two players to play all 34 games of the season under coach Michael Pfeiffer alongside Josef Thelen. With 12 goals, he led the internal scorer list ahead of Erwin Hermandung with 11 goals, Roger Claessen with 9 and Ion Ionescu with 7. For the 1969–70 season, however, he injured his cruciate ligament in a pre-season game which rendered him unable to play for the season. Without him, the reigning runners-up Aachen were relegated to the second division as the bottom of the table.
Following his tenure with Alemannia, he was still an amateur at Westwacht Aachen and Stolberger SV as a player and coach. He lived in Büsbach as he would late return to Alemannia Aachen as a talent scout and from 1999 to 2001, as commercial director.
References
External links
Statistik 1965–66 Regionalliga statistics
Alemannia Aachen player archive
1944 births
2021 deaths
Sportspeople from Eschweiler
German men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Oberliga (football) players
Bundesliga players
Regionalliga players
Alemannia Aachen players
Westwacht Aachen players
20th-century German sportsmen
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indrajit%20Sawant
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Indrajit Sawant
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Indrajit Sawant is an Indian historian specializing in the history of the Maratha Empire, particularly focusing on Chhatrapati Shivaji, Chhatrapati Sambhaji, and Chhatrapati Shahu. Based in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, Sawant is known for his research and publications on Maratha history.
Controversies
Indrajit Sawant has been involved in several controversies related to his historical claims:
2016 Attack
In 2016, Sawant faced threats and an attack in Ichalkaranji for his historical assertions.
Wagh Nakh Authenticity
In 2024, Sawant questioned the authenticity of the 'wagh nakh' (tiger claws) being brought from London's Victoria and Albert Museum, claiming the original was still in Satara.
Chhava film criticism
In 2025, Sawant criticized historical inaccuracies in the film "Chhava," leading to threats against him.
Publications
Parnalparvat Panhalgad (पर्णालपर्वत पन्हाळगड)
Pratapgadchi Jivangatha (प्रतापगडची जीवनगाथा)
Rajarshi Shahu Chhatrapati Chitramay Charitra (राजश्री शाहू छत्रपती चित्रमय चरित्र)
Shri Bhosale Kulacha Vansh Vruksha (श्री भोसले कुलाचा वंशवृक्ष)
References
Indian historians
People from Kolhapur
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur%20E.%20Hill
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Arthur E. Hill
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Arthur Edward Hill (1881–1939) was an American chemist and academic.
Early life and education
Born in Newark, New Jersey, Hill was a descendant of early American settlers, including John and Priscilla Alden who settled in Maine during the seventeenth century. He earned a B.S. degree from New York University in 1901, an M.S. in 1903, and completed a Ph.D. at the University of Freiburg in 1904.
Career
Hill began his academic career at New York University in 1904, eventually becoming a full professor of chemistry. He later served as head of the chemistry department in the graduate school and held leadership roles within the American Chemical Society.
His research primarily dealt with the solubility of gases, liquids, and solids in liquid solvents. He also served as an associate editor for the Journal of the American Chemical Society. During World War I, Hill worked as a chemist for the Chemical Warfare Service in Washington, D.C.
Personal life
Hill was married first to Grace Kent Hill, who died in 1924, and subsequently to Bess Talmadge Hill from 1925 until his death in 1939.
References
1881 births
1939 deaths
20th-century American chemists
Scientists from Newark, New Jersey
New York University alumni
University of Freiburg alumni
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%20Peter%27s%20Church%2C%20Kirk%20Smeaton
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St Peter's Church, Kirk Smeaton
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St Peter's Church is the parish church of Kirk Smeaton, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.
The church was originally built in the 12th century, from which period the tower and chancel arches survive, although the chancel arch may have been heightened in the 13th century. The building was altered in the 14th and 15th centuries, but was largely rebuilt in 1864. The church was grade II* listed in 1968.
The church is built of magnesian limestone with a Welsh slate roof, and consists of a nave, a north aisle, a south porch, a chancel with a north chapel and vestry, and a west tower. The tower has two stages, a chamfered plinth, diagonal buttresses, two two-light west windows, a chamfered band, two-light bell openings with a hood mould, a west clock face, a moulded string course with gargoyles, and an embattled parapet with crocketed finials. There is a 15th-century plank door, a triple sedilia, and a Norman tub font.
See also
Grade II* listed churches in North Yorkshire (district)
Listed buildings in Kirk Smeaton
References
12th-century church buildings in England
Church of England church buildings in North Yorkshire
Grade II* listed churches in North Yorkshire
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davis-White%20Northeast%20Neighborhood%20Park
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Davis-White Northeast Neighborhood Park
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Davis-White Northeast Neighborhood Park is a public space along Walnut Creek, located at 6705 Crystalbrook Dr. Austin, TX 78724. Renamed in 2007 after two Austin public safety heroes, Captain Willie Ray Davis and Captain Louie White, the park received a new playground in February 2025.
References
Parks in Austin, Texas
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-country%20skiing%20at%20the%202025%20Asian%20Winter%20Games%20%E2%80%93%20Men%27s%204%20%C3%97%207.5%20kilometre%20relay
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Cross-country skiing at the 2025 Asian Winter Games – Men's 4 × 7.5 kilometre relay
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The men's 4 × 7.5 kilometre relay at the 2025 Asian Winter Games was held on 12 February 2025 at Yabuli Ski Resort in Harbin, China.
Schedule
All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)
Results
References
External links
Results Book
Men relay
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehdi%20Mohsennejad
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Mehdi Mohsennejad
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Mehdi Mohsennejad (; born 9 December 1998) is an Iranian Greco-Roman wrestler competing in the 60 kg division.
Career
In November 2018 in Bucharest, defeating Armenian Armen Melikyan, he won a bronze medal at the World Under-23 Championships. A year later in Budapest at the Under-23 World Championships he again won the bronze medal, this time defeating Krisztian Kecskemeti of Hungary in the fight for third place.
Mohsennejad won his first medal at a major international competition on 19 February 2020 in New Delhi at the Asian Championships, defeating Kazakhstan's Aidos Sultangali in the 3rd place bout, becoming the bronze medallist. In April 2021 in Alma-Ata, he faced Aydos Sultangali in the final of the Asian Championships, this time he lost, winning the silver medal.
On 20 April 2022 in Ulan Bator at the Asian Championships, he reached the final, in which he lost to Zholaman Sharshenbekov from Kyrgyzstan, becoming the silver medallist.
On 22 September 2023, he lost to Zholoman Sharshenbekov in the semifinals of the World Championship in Belgrade, the next day he lost to Islomzhon Bakhromov of Uzbekistan in the fight for the bronze medal, but in the bout for the Olympic licence he defeated Gevorg Garibyan of Armenia.
References
External links
1998 births
Living people
Iranian male sport wrestlers
Asian Wrestling Championships medalists
Sportspeople from Khuzestan province
Wrestlers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Olympic wrestlers for Iran
21st-century Iranian sportsmen
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ora%20o%20mai%20pi%C3%B9
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Ora o mai più
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may refer to:
Music
"Ora o mai più" (song), 1965 song by Mina
"Ora o mai più", 2015 song by Don Joe featuring Emma
"Ora o mai più (Le cose cambiano)", Dolcenera's entry to the Sanremo Music Festival 2016
"Ora o mai più", 2021 song by Cicco Sanchez and Casadilego
Film and television
Ora o mai più (film), 2003 film by Lucio Pellegrini
Ora o mai più, 2018 Italian talent show brodcast on Rai 1
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minorikawa
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Minorikawa
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Minorikawa may refer to:
(御法川学), Japanese ingeneer and businessman
(御法川英文) (1936–2003), Japanese politician
(御法川正男) (1912/13-2005), Japanese businessman
Nobuhide Minorikawa (御法川 信英) (born 1964), Japanese politician
(御法川直三郎) (1856–1930), Japanese inventor in silk industry
Norio Minorikawa (御法川 法男) (1944–2025), Japanese television presenter
(御法川修) (born 1972), Japanese film director
Japanese-language surnames
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination%20of%20Ehud%20Sadan
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Assassination of Ehud Sadan
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On 7 March 1992, a car bombing at a market in Ankara, Turkey, killed Ehud Sadan, the security chief of the city's Israeli embassy. Three others were injured in the explosion, including a 9-year-old boy. The attack, in retaliation to the assassination of Hezbollah secretary-general Abbas al-Musawi, was claimed by the Lebanese Shia militias Islamic Jihad Organization and Islamic Revenge Organization. Israel linked Hezbollah to the attack, although the group denied involvement.
Ehud Sadan
Ehud Sadan was born in kibbutz Merhavia on 23 March 1955. He was enlisted in the Israel Defense Forces and served in the Combat Engineering Corps, being discharged as a lieutenant. In 1977, he joined the Israel Police as an assistant explosives officer, and later joined the criminal identification unit. He became the head of the police's Forensic Science Department. During his police service, he also attended Bar-Ilan University and graduated with a bachelor's degree in criminology and sociology. In 1990, Sadan became the security chief at the Israeli Embassy in Ankara. He had a wife and three daughters.
Attack
At around 3:00p.m. EEST on 7 March 1992, a bomb exploded Sadan's Renault sedan in Ankara's Çankaya District after shopping at a fruit and vegetable market, killing him instantly. The explosion took place in a residential area as Sadan started his engine. The bomb was either planted inside or under the vehicle. According to Turkish police, the attacker likely planted the bomb on Sadan's car while he was shopping. Police official Mustafa Aldan was quoted by Israeli Army Radio stating that Sadan "turned the key and was crushed in the car." The explosion caused a 16-inch crater under the car and scattered clothing, blood, and human remains over a large area. Debris was thrown over a 50-meter area, damaging six nearby parked cars and destroying all of the windows of three 13-story buildings. Three nearby Turkish citizens were injured, including a nine-year-old boy who was helping people park their cars in exchange for tips and a 20-year-old taxi driver. A third victim was unable to be identified due to the extent of their wounds.
The attack occurred two days after diplomatic relations were fully established between Israel and Turkey. Earlier that week, a Jewish man was injured in a grenade attack on the Neve Shalom Synagogue in Istanbul, which was blamed on Hezbollah. Sadan's assassination was the first attack on an Israeli official in Turkey since the killing of an El Al director in Istanbul in 1980, and the first killing of an Israeli embassy official since the killing of the wife of a diplomat in Cairo in 1986.
Perpetrators
Immediately after the bombing, the Islamic Jihad Organization and the previously unknown Islamic Revenge Organization claimed responsibility in phone calls to several Turkish newspapers, including the Anadolu Agency and Milliyet. The Islamic Revenge Organization stated: "We have given an answer to the Israelis." Despite their claims, Haaretz reported that Israeli officials blamed the attack on Hezbollah, suspecting that it was in response to the assassination of its leader, Sheikh Abbas al-Musawi, and his family on 16 February by Israel, although the group denied involvement. Ariel Merari, an Israeli terrorism expert, said on Israeli Army Radio that pro-Iran Shiites were likely responsible for the attack.
Two Turkish citizens who were responsible for the bombing, named Farhan Osman and Nejadt Yoksal, were arrested by Turkish authorities in May 2000. They were tried beginning in August 2000 alongside 23 other Islamic extremists suspected of several murders in Turkey. The court accused them of attempting to undermine the secular Turkish government. Turkey also accused them of receiving assistance from Iran, which Iran denied. Osman and Nejadt belonged to an Islamist movement responsible for several other murders, and it was unclear if Sadan's murder was among the charges brought against them. In January 2002, an Ankara court sentenced Osman and Nejadt to death alongside a third unrelated man.
Response
Sadan's body was transported to Israel on 8 March 1992, where a ceremony was held at Ben Gurion Airport. The body was then taken to Jerusalem on 9 March, where a state funeral was held. Sadan was buried in Mount Herzl.
Reactions
Barukh Binah, the spokesman for the Israeli Foreign Ministry, stated: "We express our shock and horror at this terrorist attack which took place only a very short time after a terrorist attack on the Jewish synagogue in Istanbul." Israel issued an appeal to protect Israeli personnel overseas.
Turkish premier Süleyman Demirel expressed "deep regret" over the attack in a statement to Israeli foreign minister David Levy, and vowed that Turkey's foreign minister would supervise the investigation.
See also
1992 Buenos Aires Israeli embassy bombing, an attack on the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires ten days later
Assassination of Efraim Elrom
References
1992 in international relations
1992 in Israeli politics
Assassinated Israeli diplomats
Assassinations in Turkey
Çankaya District
Car and truck bombings in Turkey
Deaths by person in Turkey
Improvised explosive device bombings in Ankara
Israel–Turkey relations
March 1992 in Turkey
Murder in Ankara
South Lebanon conflict (1985–2000)
Terrorist incidents in Ankara
Terrorist incidents in Turkey in 1992
1990s murders in Turkey
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%20Mary%27s%20Church%2C%20Pulborough
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St Mary's Church, Pulborough
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St. Mary's Church, Pulborough, also known as The Parish Church of St Mary is a Grade I listed building in Pulborough, West Sussex.
The chancel dates from the 13th or 14th centuries and the nave and tower from the 15th.
References
External Links
St Mary's at A Church Near You
13th-century church buildings in England
Church of England church buildings in West Sussex
Grade I listed churches in West Sussex
Horsham District
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ART%2BCOM
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ART+COM
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Art+Com (stylized as ART+COM) is a German design agency based in Berlin. The company describes itself as a studio for media communication in space and creates interactive installations, media spaces, and architectures.
History
Foundation and artistic beginnings
The agency was founded in 1988 by artists, designers, scientists, and IT specialists from the Berlin University of the Arts and the Berlin section of the Chaos Computer Club as an to explore the computer as a medium of communication. Initially, the research focus was in the area of virtual reality and interface design. The work presented at Ars Electronica in 1992, the Zerseher (Disviewer), promoted the computer as a new artistic medium and interaction as one of its outstanding features. The painting Boy with a Child's Drawing in His Hand by Giovanni Francesco Caroto "dissolved" wherever the viewer looked. The longer the digital image was viewed, the more abstract it became. The viewer's gaze was tracked using eye tracking technology and a generative algorithm controlled the change of the image in real-time.
Terravision
From 1991, a planet browser was conceptualized and developed with funding from Deutsche Telekom's subsidiary Berkom, which visualized information based on location. In 1994, it was publicly presented for the first time under the name TerraVision at the ITU conference in Kyoto. Terravision combined aerial photography, satellite images, elevation and weather data of the Earth, through which one could navigate in real-time. The system was also used to visualize the then still developing plans for the new Berlin city center.
After a presentation at SIGGRAPH in 1995, the installation was showcased at SGI's demonstration center in Mountain View. Developers present there subsequently developed a very similar application called Earth Viewer, which later became Google Earth. According to Art+Com, Earth Viewer was a replica of Terravision that violated a patent filed by Art+Com in the US in 1996. However, a patent lawsuit filed against Google in the US in 2014 was dismissed in 2017.
The story of Terravision and the subsequent legal dispute was dramatized in the 2021 Netflix miniseries The Billion Dollar Code.
Conversion to a corporation and further projects
In 1995, the association was transformed into a private limited company, which three years later was converted into a non-publicly traded joint-stock company.
In 1999, the Urban Jungle Pack—a 10 kg "data backpack" tested by Radio Fritz during the Love Parade for live transmission of images, sounds, and texts—failed due to the inadequate performance of the mobile network at that time. In the following years, 3D visualizations of archaeological research were successfully presented. TrojaVR allowed a tour through virtual Troy, and as part of the EU project The Neanderthal Tools, three-dimensional representations of the then known and collected Neanderthal findings were made available to researchers worldwide via Nespos, based on MRI and CT scans.
In 2004, the installation floating.numbers at the Jewish Museum Berlin introduced a multi-touch table for the first time, depicting the power of numbers and their significance. With the design of Berlin's Museum of Natural History and the Jurascopes—digital binoculars that place the dinosaur exhibits in their original environment—the exhibition The New Austria at the Belvedere in Vienna in 2005, as well as numerous showrooms for corporate and product presentations, the company shifted its focus to interactive installations in space.
The media design of the BMW Museum in Munich with the Mediatektur—an inner square that is illuminated across more than 700 m2 with over 1.7 million LEDs and can respond to visitors via camera tracking—and the multi-award-winning kinetic sculpture, which visualizes the creative process in automotive development using 714 individually suspended and controlled metal balls, was realized by Art+Com in collaboration with the architectural firm Atelier Brückner. The exhibition Level Green in the Autostadt and the Otto Bock Science Center, for which the interactive exhibits and the media facade were designed and developed, were completed in 2009. The following year, the Boulevard der Stars (Boulevard of Stars) at Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, designed in collaboration with Graft, was opened.
In 2019, the permanent exhibition of the Futurium in Berlin, designed by Art+Com and Schiel Projekt, opened. The following year, it was awarded a Golden Nail by the Art Directors Club and received the European Museum Prize.
Awards (selection)
Art Directors Club: Kinetic Sculpture (various Gold national and international), Futurium (Gold in Experience Design)
Cannes Lion: Kinetic Sculpture, Mediatektur (Gold)
Clio Awards: Kinetic Sculpture (Gold), Mediatektur (Silver)
D&AD Awards: Kinetic Sculpture (Black Pencil, 2× Yellow Pencil), Duality, Jurascope (each Bronze)
Red Dot Design Award: including Duality, Jurascope, The Football Experience, floating.numbers
BAFTA Interactive Environment Award: The Famous Grouse Experience
iF Design Award: The New Austria, documenta mobil
Literature
Jürgen Christ: Die Daten-Jongleure (The Data Jugglers). In: Focus. Vol. 3, No. 12 (March 20, 1995), , pp. 162–165.
Joachim Sauter, Susanne Jaschko, Jussi Ängeslevä: ART+COM : Medien, Räume und Installationen (ART+COM: Media, Spaces and Installations). Die Gestalten Verlag, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-89955-386-4.
See also
Media in Berlin
External links
References
Design companies
Companies based in Berlin
Companies established in 1988
Digital art
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponikve%2C%20Karlovac%20County
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Ponikve, Karlovac County
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Ponikve is a village in Karlovac County, Croatia. It is located in the municipality of Ogulin.
History
In late June or early July 1941, the priest in Ponikve was arrested. In early July, he had not yet been sent away. As of a 15 July document, all he had been sent to a concentration camp.
Demographics
References
Populated places in Karlovac County
Serb communities in Croatia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No%20Gods%2C%20No%20Monsters
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No Gods, No Monsters
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No Gods, No Monsters (2021) is a science fiction/fantasy novel written by American author Cadwell Turnbull. It tells the story of monsters making their existence known to find protection in visibility. The story is told from multiple perspectives giving readers a variety of viewpoints. The novel tackles issues of societal and political unrest, and explores themes of identity, power, and community. The book was first published by Blackstone Publishing on September 7, 2021.
Awards
Winner of the Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ Speculative Fiction in 2022.
Named Best Book of 2021 by the New York Times, NPR, the New York Public Library, Audible, Tor.com, Book Riot, Library Journal, and Kirkus.
References
2021 science fiction novels
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325%20Kuwait%20Crown%20Prince%20Cup
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2024–25 Kuwait Crown Prince Cup
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The 2024–25 Kuwait Crown Prince Cup is the 31st edition of the Kuwait Crown Prince Cup.
Round of 16
References
Kuwait Crown Prince Cup seasons
Kuwait Crown Prince Cup
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward%20Lee%20Harper%20Jr.
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Edward Lee Harper Jr.
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Edward Lee Harper Jr. (February 17, 1949 – May 25, 1999) was an American convicted murderer found guilty of killing his adoptive parents in Louisville, Kentucky. On February 19, 1982, Harper shot and killed Alice and Edward Lee Harper Sr. with a .38-caliber handgun to inherit an $86,541 life insurance policy on his father. He was sentenced to death and executed by lethal injection on May 25, 1999, after waiving his remaining appeals and volunteering for execution. Harper became the first inmate in Kentucky to be executed by lethal injection following the state's resumption of capital punishment.
Murders of Alice and Edward Harper Sr.
On February 19, 1982, 33-year-old Edward Lee Harper Jr., also addressed as Eddie Harper, committed the double murder of his adoptive parents.
Before the double murder, Harper, who was adopted as an infant, plotted to kill his adoptive parents, Edward Lee Harper Sr. (May 14, 1921 – February 19, 1982) and Alice Lee Harper (née Long; November 8, 1917 – February 19, 1982), in order to inherit a $86,541 insurance policy on his father's life. At that time, Harper, who was married twice with one son, was laid off from his job as a machinist three months before the murders of his parents.
After purchasing a .38-caliber handgun and some ammunition on the day of the murders, Harper first went to a bar before he returned home that same night, and he entered the bedroom of his parents with the gun, and shot the both of them to death while they were asleep. He subsequently disposed of the gun and other pieces of incriminating evidence at a river and ditch, and also made a mess in the bedroom to make it look like a burglary had taken place in his parents' bedroom.
After the police became involved into the case, Harper lied to the officers that his father had kept a .38-caliber gun in his closet and he helped buy the bullets. However, after it was discovered that Harper had bought a gun on the day of the killings, and the seller, Vernon Priddy, had identified Harper based on the description of the buyer, Harper was arrested for the killings of his parents, to which he later confessed despite his initial denials. The gun was also recovered by divers at the river where Harper disposed of the evidence.
Trial and sentencing
After his arrest, Harper was charged with two counts of capital murder, which warrants the death penalty under Kentucky state law.
Harper stood trial before a Jefferson County jury at the Jefferson County Circuit Court, and in his defence, Harper claimed he suffered from a schizophrenic disorder that affected his state of mind when killing his parents, as he heard voices telling him to shoot his father, who was depressed by the increasingly violent nature of his mother towards his father, and he thus shot the both of them. Despite the defence of insanity, Harper was convicted in October 1982 of both charges of capital murder for fatally shooting his parents.
After the conviction of Harper, the prosecution sought the death penalty for Harper, stating that Harper wanted to engineer the deaths of his parents to gain insurance money and inheritance of $250,000 from their estate.
On October 13, 1982, Harper was sentenced to death by the trial court upon the jury's unanimous recommendation for capital punishment.
Appeal process
In March 1985, Harper expressed his wish to be executed and forgo his rights to appeal.
On May 2, 1985, the Kentucky Supreme Court rejected Harper's appeal and affirmed his murder conviction and death sentence.
On May 3, 1985, Harper asked for a rehearing of his appeal by the Kentucky Supreme Court.
On September 3, 1998, the Kentucky Supreme Court rejected Harper's appeal, in which he claimed that he was represented by ineffective legal counsel at his trial and appeal.
Execution
On April 21, 1999, 17 years after he killed his adoptive parents, Governor Paul E. Patton signed the death warrant for Edward Harper Jr., who received an execution date of May 25, 1999.
Even though Harper did not wish to appeal, his lawyers went on to appeal to the federal courts to dismiss his death sentence, and stated that their client was mentally incompetent to give up his remaining appeals. A mental competency hearing was conducted before U.S. District Judge Joseph McKinley in May 1999, and McKinley dismissed the appeal.
On May 24, 1999, the eve of Harper's execution, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the appeal of Harper's lawyers for a stay of execution.
Despite the intention of Harper's lawyers to continue fighting for his life (on the basis that Harper was mentally incompetent to waive his appeal), Harper repeatedly proclaimed that he would not want to appeal and rather be executed than to spend the rest of his life in jail, and he also fired all his lawyers that lodged the appeals for a stay. Harper's intention to die without continuing to appeal his death sentence brought sadness to other condemned inmates on Kentucky's death row, with most disagreeing with Harper's decision and some of them had fruitlessly tried to convince him to change his mind.
On May 25, 1999, 50-year-old Edward Lee Harper Jr. was put to death by lethal injection at the Kentucky State Penitentiary. For his last meal, Harper ordered three bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwiches, a bag of potato chips, a piece of pecan pie with vanilla ice cream and an RC Cola. In his last statement, Harper apologised to the family of his mother and expressed his regret for killing his parents, and he also apologised to his 27-year-old son, telling him that he loved him. Several opponents of capital punishment gathered outside the prison to conduct a vigil for Harper prior to his execution.
On that same day, in Missouri, another convicted murderer named Jessie Lee Wise was also executed for the 1988 murder of 49-year-old Geraldine McDonald.
Harper was the first death row inmate in Kentucky to be executed by lethal injection in the state, after the method of lethal injection was first introduced and signed into law on March 31, 1998, with Harper and other prisoners sentenced before the date given the right to select between the electric chair and lethal injection (Harper chose the latter option). Prior to Harper's execution, the last inmate to be executed by electrocution was Harold McQueen Jr. in 1997; McQueen was additionally the first inmate to be executed in Kentucky since 1962.
For the following nine years after his execution, Harper remained the last person executed in Kentucky, until Marco Allen Chapman, who similarly gave up all his rights to appeal and volunteered to be executed, became the third person to be put to death in the state, also by lethal injection. Since the execution of Chapman, all executions in Kentucky were indefinitely suspended due to a 2010 court order, which was handed down due to an unresolved lawsuit filed against the state's lethal injection protocols.
See also
Capital punishment in Kentucky
List of people executed in Kentucky
References
1949 births
1999 deaths
20th-century executions by Kentucky
20th-century executions of American people
American people executed for murder
Executed people from Kentucky
People convicted of murder by Kentucky
People executed by Kentucky by lethal injection
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José Castelo Branco
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José Alberto Castelo Branco da Silva Vieira (born in Tete, Mozambique) is a Portuguese socialite, influencer and former art dealer. He has become best known for his activities as a television personality, namely through his participation in reality shows. He also works and performs as a singer.
Biography
José Castelo Branco is the son of Francisco José Joaquim Frutuoso da Silva Vieira (Reis Magos, Bardez, Goa, 14 August 1905 - 1988) - who was the paternal grandson of Caetano Diogo Óscar da Silva Vieira and great-grandson of Julião José da Silva Vieira. His mother was Inês Paulina Castelo Branco (Tete, 24 December 1921 - Lisbon, 16 December 2014), whose mother was a native Mozambican. José Castelo Branco was the youngest of three children. His brothers include Sérgio Vieira, a Mozambican politician and poet. José Castelo Branco also has family ties to former Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa.
He was born and raised in the city of Tete, in northern Mozambique, then a Portuguese overseas province, where he spent his childhood until the age of twelve. He then moved to Lisbon, living in Santo António dos Cavaleiros. He became known in Lisbon's nightlife, having created his alter-ego Tatiana Romanov. In the 1990s, he became friends with the socialite Lili Caneças, already a very popular figure in the Portuguese jet-set. At the beginning of the decade, he became an art dealer at a gallery in Cascais.
In Loures, on 19 March 1986, he married his first wife, Maria Arlene Ferreira Pólvora (1 August 1960), with whom he had his only son, Guilherme Pólvora Castelo Branco Vieira, born on 25 November 1988. The couple divorced in 1990 and she married for the second time. In Loures, on 27 November 1996, Castelo Branco remarried, in a registry office, to the American widow Betty Grafstein, born Elizabeth Larner. They shared their home between Sintra and New York until the mid-2010s, when they lived almost exclusively in the US city.
Castelo Branco was approached by El Mundo and appeared on a programme on the Antena 3 television station in Madrid, where he revealed previously unknown facts about his life. In June 2010 he released his autobiography, José Castelo Branco - The Whole Truth.
Television
José Castelo Branco became better known through his participation in the first edition of Quinta das Celebridades, a reality TV show on TVI, along with other public figures who are more or less known to the Portuguese public, including Brazilian actor Alexandre Frota, who kissed him on camera at the end of the programme, when Castelo Branco was named the winner.
In 2005, following the media success he achieved with his participation in Quinta das Celebridades, he presented the programme Bon Chic on TVI, in a setting that suited his personal taste. However, the weekly programme presented by the socialite was far from a ratings success. In the same year, he shared the lead role in Trio Maravilha (TVI), a comedy series based on sketches, with Alexandre Frota and another contestant from the first edition of Quinta das Celebridades, businessman Jorge Monte Real.
Later that year, he took part in another TVI reality show, 1ª Companhia, along with other public figures, including Alexandre Frota once again. The following year, he took part in another reality show, Circo das Celebridades. During these three reality shows, José Castelo Branco was involved in arguments with Alexandre Frota, Ana Maria Lucas, Cinha Jardim, Pedro Ramos e Ramos, Sara Aleixo, Miguel Melo and Nuno Homem de Sá. He also took part in a number of other reality TV shows.
In 2008, José Castelo Branco joined the panel of the Calor da Tarde programme - a space dedicated to celebrity issues - on SIC's Contacto afternoon programme.
In April 2011, Castelo Branco was one of the contestants on another TVI reality show, Perdidos na Tribo. Castelo Branco travelled to Namibia to settle with the Himba tribe, along with Marta Cardoso (presenter and former Big Brother 1 contestant), Vera Ferreira (former Casa dos Segredos 1 contestant) and Sérgio Vicente (former Big Brother 2 contestant). The group headed to the tribe on 4 April 2011 to start recording the programme.
In 2013, a reality show focusing on José Castelo Branco's day-to-day life, As Aventuras do Zé, was broadcast on the subscription channel MVM. In the same year, José Castelo Branco was tipped to be one of the main contestants on Big Brother VIP on TVI, but ended up taking part in Splash! Celebridades, on SIC. In the same year, he took part in SIC's Olé programme, where he was a pitchfork. He will continue at SIC until 2015, as an outdoor reporter for the entertainment programme Portugal em Festa.
At the beginning of 2015, he took part as a guest in Secret Story - Casa dos Segredos: Luta pelo Poder. In that reality show, he was assaulted by Zezé Camarinha, another television personality. It was also on this reality show that José Castelo Branco met Vera Ferreira, a contestant from his Lost in the Tribe team.
Television projects
Music career
Castelo Branco prepared to enter the music world with the release of his first album, mostly in English - including a few in Portuguese - in the first quarter of 2008. The album was produced by Luís Jardim, who is known among big musical stars such as Cher and the Rolling Stones. José Castelo Branco also had Rui de Matos as his singing teacher. Initially, Castelo Branco released a five-song album (published by iPlay), which was successfully sold in conjunction with Caras magazine.
On 7 November 2008, the album Oui, C'est Moi was officially launched at the Worten shop in Centro Comercial Vasco da Gama, at an autograph session where José Castelo Branco was accompanied by his son, Guilherme, his wife, Betty Grafstein, his mother, Nini Castelo Branco, and some friends. The music video for the single ‘In the City’ was shot in New York by some of Madonna's production team and renowned producers.
In June 2011, José Castelo Branco released a music video for a remix of the song Patapata - a cover of the song ‘Pata Pata’ (1967) by Miriam Makeba -, one of the tracks on his album. Later, in 2013, the remix would become the opening and closing theme of José Castelo Branco's reality TV show on the MVM channel, As Aventuras do Zé.
Online presence
Since the mid-2010s - after taking up residence almost exclusively in New York and, as such, ceasing to be a regular presence on Portuguese television - Castelo Branco has also made a name for himself as an influencer on Instagram, where he advertises various brands, of which Prozis is one example. On 5 June 2024, the socialite's Instagram profile was followed by more than 430,000 accounts. José Castelo Branco's number of Instagram followers rose considerably in the weeks following the revelation of Betty Grafstein's accusations of marital violence against her husband.
In September 2019, Castelo Branco created a YouTube channel, which was especially active during the peak of the CoViD-19 pandemic, with Castelo Branco starting to post videos regularly in July 2020. On the channel, among other things, the socialite tells stories about his life and the TV shows he's been on, as well as playing a character, Dr Zezé.
Political ambitions
In October 2012, José Castelo Branco announced that he would run for Sintra Town Council as an independent in the local elections the following year. However, the candidacy did not go ahead in the end.
On 1 June 2019, Castelo Branco announced in a video on the social network Instagram that he would be running in the 2019 Portuguese legislative elections. The following day, he gathered a team to help collect signatures for the creation of his political party, whose name would be ‘MJP - Portuguese Justice Movement’. The socialite justified his candidacy with his indignation about abstention in the 2019 European elections in Portugal and the various cases of corruption that have been uncovered, and planned to return to Portugal to campaign. However, in mid-August 2019, he announced that he had given up his candidacy due to his wife's health complications, which forced him to return to the USA.
In 2022, José Castelo Branco said that he was on a par with Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and that he would be an excellent choice to replace him as President of Portugal.
Social issues
José Castelo Branco addressed the bullying he was subjected to during his youth in a video he recorded in 2012 for the Tudo Vai Melhorar/It Gets Better Portugal campaign, which aimed to raise awareness about bullying perpetrated against LGBTQ young people.
Incidents with the courts
2003
In November 2003, both Castelo Branco and Betty Grafstein were arrested at Lisbon Airport for carrying more than 100 pieces of jewellery of undeclared origin. After being brought before the judge of the Lisbon Criminal Investigation Court, Grafstein was released, while Castelo Branco remained in detention, to be heard the following day at the Department of Investigation and Criminal Action. The art dealer was eventually released that same day.
2005
In 2005, Castelo Branco allegedly assaulted a contractor who was doing work on his house, claiming that the man had taken 20,000 euros from him and had not completed the work. Because of this, in 2011, the Sintra court sentenced the socialite to 90 hours of community work.
2009
In 2009, José Castelo Branco was accused of assault by public relations officer Daniel Martins after an argument in a Lisbon restaurant. In court, he was sentenced to nine months in prison with a suspended sentence for the offences of insulting physical integrity, defamation and libel, and had to pay compensation of 1,000 euros to the plaintiff. However, the payment was never made and, on 13 November 2018, two solicitors were sent to José Castelo Branco's house in Sintra to assess possible assets for seizure and payment of the debt.
2022
In September 2022, he was ordered to pay a fine of 550 euros for having stolen a Dior perfume from the duty-free shop at Lisbon Airport. The socialite, who had previous convictions for offences against the memory of a deceased person, threats, offences against physical integrity and defamation, was absent using a doctor's certificate.
Domestic violence allegations (2024)
On April 20, 2024, his wife, Betty Grafstein, was admitted to CUF Cascais hospital, after an alleged fall, with injuries to her body, including a fractured femur. However, on May 2, 2024, the socialite reported her husband to health professionals for alleged acts of domestic violence. As a result of the accusations, Castelo Branco was arrested by the GNR in the Estoril area and taken to the Sintra Court on the morning of May 7, 2024, shortly before being directed to TVI, to be interviewed on Dois às 10, a morning format where he would be talking to Cristina Ferreira and Cláudio Ramos about the matter. Castelo Branco was legally prevented from being less than a kilometer away from where his wife was and from contacting her. On May 24, an electronic ankle bracelet was placed.
In early June 2024, Grafstein's son Roger Basile took his mother back to the United States. Therefore, later in the same month, the electronic ankle bracelet was removed from the defendant.
In June 2024, it was notified that after reviewing the coercive measures applied to Castelo Branco due to suspicions of domestic violence, with a view to handing over his three passports (Portuguese, Mozambican and North American) to the authorities, presenting himself at the police station in the area of residence once a week and prohibiting contact, by any means, with the victim. Subsequently, the defendant's defense announced that it would appeal this decision.
In July of the same year, the Court of Sintra changed the coercive measures attributed to the accused, ceasing to be mandatory weekly meetings at a GNR station and maintaining the others already applied. In October 2024, the press revealed that in the proceedings relating to the contentious divorce request between Grafstein and José Castelo Branco, it was stated that the violence exercised by Castelo Branco against Grafstein and the former's infidelity were the main arguments supporting that divorce request.
According to TV7Dias magazine, the British-born socialite claims that she began to be a victim of regular physical and psychological violence by Castelo Branco a year after their marriage, which began in 1996.
On November 4, 2024, José Castelo Branco was accused of domestic violence by the Public Prosecutor's Office, which detailed that it was indicted "that, since the beginning of the marriage, the accused physically and verbally assaulted the victim". The complaint specifies that "the accused forced the victim to wear clothes that he had escorted, to have his makeup applied and to wear shoes that caused her pain" and that the accused (...) "acted with the specific purpose of mistreating the victim, aged 95, harassing her body and mental health, insulting her and frightening her (...) being aware of her age". Before the Public Prosecutor's Office's statement, José Castelo Branco had denied all the accusations made against him since Grafstein was admitted to CUF in Cascais.
Other controversies
In 2012, when talking about the traumatic rape he suffered at the age of eight - at the hands of a cousin's boyfriend -, José Castelo Branco told Nova Gente magazine that, if that hadn't happened, he would be homosexual.
In 2021, the socialite said the following on Instagram: ‘Most of the rapes that happen in Portugal, especially to so-called “minor” children, from the age of 13/14, are provoked by the girls themselves (...) and kids. The television personality and influencer also added the following statement: ‘Poor supposed “rapists” who are not to blame... I mean, they're to blame too, because they should know who they're messing with...".
In May 2023, the day before Betty Grafstein's accusations of marital violence against Castelo Branco were revealed to the public, the socialite took part in an online debate on Cdk, organised by the controversial businessman Miguel Milhão - known for his conservative political positions and owner of Prozis (whose products Castelo Branco promotes online) - on the subject of homosexuality. In this debate, which also included far-right and anti-LGBT activist Afonso Gonçalves - who in 2023 had disrupted LGBT events in Évora and Lisbon by shouting with a megaphone.
Castelo Branco again made controversial statements regarding the sexual abuse of minors, claiming that ‘[a] child is sensual, a child likes to sit on an adult's lap.’
Before that, José Castelo Branco was called a ‘paedophile’ by another far-right figure, former judge Rui Fonseca e Castro, who didn't provide any justification or evidence for the accusation.
In 2011, José Castelo Branco's name was involved in a sex scandal, in what became informally known as the ‘orgies case’: it was revealed that in 2006 the socialite took part in a sexual act, which was recorded and ended up on pornographic websites, with a couple whose female member complained that her husband coerced her into taking part in sexual acts with other people, and also accused him of domestic violence. In January 2012, José Castelo Branco - who stated several times that in this recording (which shows José Castelo Branco having sex with both members of the couple) he was ‘on drugs’ - testified at the Famalicão Court in the context of this case. The male member of the couple was eventually sentenced to six years and six months in prison for domestic violence and possession of illegal weapons. The male member of the couple was also sentenced to six years and six months in prison.
Also in 2011, at a Portuguese golden Globes after party in Lisbon, José Castelo Branco pushed - as he himself admitted - Daniel Martins‘ head with his forehead, having confronted the PR man - with whom he already had disagreements - claiming that the latter had “put” José Castelo Branco's mother “in a wheelchair”, referring to his opinion that a stroke his mother had suffered was due to Daniel Martins’ ‘intrigues’. Martins filed a complaint at a police station in Lisbon.
In April 2024, in a restaurant in Bairro Alto, José Castelo Branco put his hands around another customer's neck and made xenophobic remarks, after allegedly hearing comments about Betty Grafstein in the restaurant that he found unpleasant, claiming that he had been the victim of bullying.
In May 2024, following the revelation of Betty Grafstein's accusations of marital violence against José Castelo Branco, the Feira Group, owner of the Feira dos Sofás brand, announced a few days later that it had broken off its advertising partnership with the socialite due to these same accusations. The day after these same accusations reached the media, a video was published in which José Castelo Branco slaps Pedro Pico, a public figure who is currently the tenant of the Sintra house belonging to Grafstein and where she lived for several years with José Castelo Branco. This happened after Pedro Pico said that José Castelo Branco had hit Betty Grafstein.
Family
José Castelo Branco has a granddaughter called Constança, born in December 2021. Constança is the daughter of his only son, Guilherme. The socialite is a Catholic and often mentions his faith. José told Vanity Fair that because he was a Catholic, he would never commit suicide.
Queer impact in Portugal
According to Isabel Coutinho, from the newspaper Público, ‘with José Castelo Branco, discussions about gender and sexual identity have entered the national mainstream, in the middle of prime time’.
For André Murraças' Queerquivo project, Gonçalo Cota wrote that José Castelo Branco's visibility “was fundamental (...) in showing the multiplicity of identity arrangements”, also highlighting that it was with the socialite that he first heard the word “queer” “being inverted from its negative meaning and contributing to a somewhat politicised stance of self-determination”.
In December 2024, Google revealed that, when it came to Portuguese personalities, José Castelo Branco's name was the fastest-growing search term on the company's search engine in 2024 compared to the previous year. This happened in the year that the socialite was accused of marital violence by what was, at the time of the accusation, his wife of more than 27 years, Betty Grafstein.
References
1962 births
Queer artists
Queer men
Portuguese socialites
Reality television participants
Reality television series by country
Portuguese-American culture in New York City
Living people
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FilmQuest
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FilmQuest
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FilmQuest is an international film festival for genre films held annually in Provo, Utah, United States. It premieres and awards both feature and short films, and hosts celebrities, artists, filmmakers, industry reps and press from the fantastic, sci-fi and horror genres.
It is frequently cited as one of the most important genre festivals in the United States, being named twice as one of MovieMaker Magazine's 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World (2024 and 2023), 50 Bloody Best Genre Fests in the World (2021 and 2019), and six times named one of their Top 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2017, 2015), as well as one of Dread Central's Best Horror Festivals in the World in both 2022 and 2021.
History
FilmQuest was founded in 2013 by filmmaker Jonathan Martin, who has been serving as festival director.
Awards
An international jury awards the following categories:
BEST FEATURE FILM
GRAND PRIZE BEST SHORT FILM
BEST COMEDY SHORT
BEST FANTASTIC & BEYOND SHORT
BEST FANTASY SHORT
BEST FOREIGN SHORT
BEST HORROR SHORT
BEST MICRO SHORT
BEST MINI SHORT
BEST MIDNIGHT SHORT
BEST SCI-FI SHORT
BEST STUDENT SHORT
BEST UTAH SHORT
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
BEST FOUND FOOTAGE FEATURE
BEST FOUND FOOTAGE SHORT
THE MINERVA AWARD
BEST DIRECTOR – FEATURE
BEST SCREENPLAY – FEATURE
BEST ACTOR – FEATURE
BEST ACTRESS – FEATURE
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – FEATURE
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – FEATURE
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST – FEATURE
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – FEATURE
BEST EDITING – FEATURE
BEST SOUND – FEATURE
BEST SCORE – FEATURE
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN/ART DIRECTION – FEATURE
BEST COSTUMES – FEATURE
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS – FEATURE
BEST MAKEUP – FEATURE
BEST DIRECTOR – SHORT
BEST SCREENPLAY – SHORT
BEST ACTOR – SHORT
BEST ACTRESS – SHORT
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – SHORT
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – SHORT
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST – SHORT
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – SHORT
BEST EDITING – SHORT
BEST SOUND – SHORT
BEST SCORE – SHORT
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN/ART DIRECTION – SHORT
BEST COSTUMES – SHORT
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS – SHORT
BEST MAKEUP – SHORT
BEST UN-PRODUCED SCREENPLAY – FEATURE
BEST UN-PRODUCED SCREENPLAY – SHORT
References
External links
Fantasy and horror film festivals
Film festivals in Utah
Fantasy and horror film festivals in the United States
Festivals established in 2013
Short film festivals in the United States
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio%20Amor%C3%B3s
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Antonio Amorós
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Antonio Amorós López (9 January 1927 – 3 August 2004) was a Spanish athlete who specialized in long-distance events and cross country running.
Early life
Antonio Amorós was born in Caudete, Albacete, on 9 January 1927, as the son of local farmers who owned vineyards and land on which they lived. When the Spanish Civil War broke out in 1936, the 9-year-old Amorós had to leave school to help his father with the farm work.
Sporting career
When the War ended, Amorós joined Centuria Pedro Gil, where he practised swimming, cycling, and football, standing out in the latter, where he played as a midfielder. However, football ended up not working out for him, so he continued with his parents' vineyards and orchard until 1948, when he was asked to take part in a 7-kilometre foot race to form a team to represent Albacete in the Spanish Championships of the Youth Front, which he won, thus going to the Championship, where he finished in seventh place. In the 1949 Spanish Championship, held at the Montjuïc Stadium, he had a very strong start, but got tired halfway through the race and ultimately abandoned the race.
After winning the Grand Prix of the Frente de Juventudes, Amorós began to receive offers to participate in various races around Spain, becoming a highly valued runner sought after by the big clubs, but in the end, he signed for the athletics section of Real Madrid, which, in addition to money, offered him an orderly position at the Banco Mercantil y Industrial, where he had to be on his feet for a long time, which affected his athletic life and resulted in a knee injury, so he left Madrid in 1951.
Amorós then joined the athletics section of RCD Espanyol, where he spent most of his sporting career, with many people believing that he was Catalan due to both his surname and the fact that he spent most of his sports career in Catalonia. Together with Gregorio Rojo and Constantino Miranda, he was a member of the pro-Civil War generation that was raised amidst hardships and thus molded by them for long-distance events. At one point, he managed to hold all three Spanish records in long-distance running at the same time (3,000, 5,000, and 10,000 meters), becoming the first Spanish citizen to break the half-hour barrier in the latter.
In addition to long-distance running, Amorós also excelled in cross-country running, especially on muddy circuits, which are now nearly extinct; for instance, in the 1961 edition of the Cross of Nations, held in Nantes, the 34-year-old Amorós achieved a surprising second place on a completely muddy circuit.
Honours
Former Spanish record holder in the 3000, 5000, and 10000 meters
Spanish 5000-meter champion: 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956
Spanish 10,000-meter sprint champion: 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956
Spanish Cross Country Champion: 1954, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1961
Spanish runner-up in the 10,000-meter dash: 1951, 1958.
Catalan Cross Country Championship: 1954, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1961
Catalan 5000-meter champion: 1954, 1955, 1956
Catalan 10,000-meter sprint champion: 1954, 1956, 1957
International awards
70 times international
Runner-up in the cross-country world.
8th at the 1958 Stockholm European Championships in the 10,000-meter race.
References
1927 births
2004 deaths
Spanish male long-distance runners
Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Spain
20th-century Spanish sportsmen
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81ngel%20Arzanegui
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Ángel Arzanegui
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Ángel Arzanegui Uribe (14 July 1917 – 3 January 1975) was a Spanish footballer who played as a defender for Real Madrid and Real Oviedo in the 1940s.
Playing career
Born on 14 July 1917 in Guernica, Biscay, Arzanegui began playing football with his friends at the Jesuit school of Indautxu. After the Spanish Civil War ended in 1939, some of the school's former students, including Arzanagui, decided to form a football team called SD Indauchu as a means to pass the time, since the post-war period was naturally lacking in means of entertainment.
In the summer of 1940, Arzanegui joined another Biscay-based club, Barakaldo, then in the Segunda División, and his good performances there earned him a move to Real Madrid in 1941. He remained loyal to the club for five years, playing a total of 47 official matches, including 41 in La Liga and 6 in the Copa del Rey, and even though he failed to score a single goal, he helped Madrid win the 1946 Copa del Generalísimo, although he did not play in the final.
On 28 September 1946, Arzanegui signed for Real Oviedo, then coached by Manuel Meana; he made his official debut for the team two weeks later, on 13 October 1946, in a league fixture against Celta de Vigo at the Balaídos, which ended in a 3–3 draw. He played with Oviedo for four years, until 1950, when he decided to retire, at the age of 33. In total, he played 88 matches in La Liga for both Madrid and Oviedo.
Later life and death
Arzanegui died on 3 January 1975, at the age of 57.
Honours
Real Madrid
Copa del Rey:
Champions (1): 1946
References
1917 births
1975 deaths
Footballers from Biscay
Spanish men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
La Liga players
Segunda División players
Real Madrid CF players
Real Oviedo players
20th-century Spanish sportsmen
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79360846
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur%20Joseph%20Hill
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Arthur Joseph Hill
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Arthur Joseph Hill (1888–1964) was an American organic chemist and academic who served as Whitehead Professor Emeritus at Yale University.
Biography
Born in Meriden, Connecticut, Hill earned a B.A. from Yale University in 1910 and a Ph.D. there in 1913. He joined Yale's faculty shortly thereafter, became a full professor by 1925, and later chaired the chemistry department.
In 1942, while directing Yale's Sterling Chemistry Laboratory, he was appointed to the newly established Whitehead Chair, created through Conkey P. Whitehead's 1940 bequest to support chemistry research. Hill became professor emeritus in 1956.
During World War I, Hill served with the Yale chemical warfare unit of the U.S. Army, and during World War II he worked with the Manhattan Project Office of Scientific Research and Development.
Hill was a member of the New York Academy of Science, American Chemical Society, American Institute of Chemists, Electrochemical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, and Sigma Xi. He also served as a trustee of the American Journal of Science and was on the editorial board of the Journal of Organic Chemistry.
References
1888 births
1964 deaths
American organic chemists
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koblet%20%28surname%29
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Koblet (surname)
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Koblet may refer to :
Hugo Koblet (1925–1964), Swiss champion cyclist
Kalle Koblet (born 1997), Swiss snowboarder
(1891/92-1954), Swiss footballer
(1904–1983), Swiss plant scientist
Surnames of Swiss origin
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caenoplana%20sulphurea
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Caenoplana sulphurea
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Caenoplana sulphurea is a species of land planarian found in southeastern Australia and since introduced to New Zealand.
Caenoplana sulphurea was originally described under the name Geoplana sulphurea in the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales in 1888.
C. sulphurea is yellow with stripes ranging in colour from greenish grey to black. There are two sets of stripes, one outer and one inner, the latter being wider and darker than the former. The species is found in New South Wales and Victoria, as well as being introduced to New Zealand.
Notes
References
Geoplanidae
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79360871
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5-MeO-NET
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5-MeO-NET
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5-MeO-NET, also known as 5-methoxy-N-ethyltryptamine, is a serotonin receptor agonist and serotonin releasing agent of the tryptamine family. It is a potent full agonist or near-full agonist of the serotonin 5-HT1A, 5-HT2A, 5-HT2B, and 5-HT2C receptors. The drug is a relatively weak serotonin releasing agent. It does not produce the head-twitch response (HTR), a behavioral proxy of psychedelic effects, in rodents, suggesting that it would not be hallucinogenic in humans. However, 5-MeO-NET does produce the HTR if it is coadministered with a serotonin 5-HT1A receptor antagonist like WAY-100635, suggesting that its serotonin 5-HT1A receptor agonism masks or blocks its own serotonin 5-HT2A receptor-mediated HTR induction. 5-MeO-NET was first described in the scientific literature by at least 1994.
See also
5-MeO-NMT
LSM-775
References
External links
5-MeO-NET - Isomer Design
5-HT1A agonists
5-HT2B agonists
5-HT2C agonists
Mexamines
Non-hallucinogenic 5-HT2A receptor agonists
Serotonin receptor agonists
Serotonin releasing agents
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79360911
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selma%20Ekrem
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Selma Ekrem
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Hadije Selma Ekrem Bulayir (August 23, 1902 – June 7, 1986) was a Turkish-American writer and lecturer. She published hundreds of essays in The Christian Science Monitor between 1942 and 1973; her books included a memoir and a book of Turkish folk tales for children.
Early life and education
Ekrem was born in Istanbul, the daughter of Ali Ekrem Bolayır. Her father was the Ottoman governor general of Jerusalem from 1906 to 1908, and governor general of the Greek Archipelago Islands from 1908 to 1910; he also taught literature at Istanbul University. Her grandfather was poet Namik Kemal. Her family was Muslim. She graduated from the American College for Girls in Istanbul.
Career
Ekrem first visited the United States in 1924, when she spoke at a meeting of the American Association of University Women (AAUW). She lectured throughout the United States and Canada, especially in the 1920s and 1930s, about Turkey and about women's lives in the Middle East. She spoke at the World Conference of Women in Chicago in 1933. In 1940 she spoke in Portland, Oregon and in Los Angeles, and in 1941 she addressed audiences in Fresno and Santa Barbara, California. In 1942 she spoke about World War II in San Bernardino and Stockton, California.
Publications
Ekrem published a memoir in 1930, and a book about Turkey in 1947. She wrote almost 300 essays for the Christian Science Monitor between 1942 and 1973. She also wrote a book of Turkish fairy tales, published in 1964.
Unveiled: The Autobiography of a Turkish Girl (1930, reprinted 2005)
Turkey Old and New (1947)
"The Stone Hearth Ovens of Istanbul" (1956)
Turkish Fairy Tales (1964)
Personal life
Ekrem was described in 1929 as having "boyish bob" and a "boyish swagger". Another headline called her a "Turkish flapper". She kept her hair short, and she wore tailored jackets, shirts, trousers, hats and neckties. She also smoked cigarettes. In 1940 and 1950 she lived with her friend Elizabeth Anderson in New Canaan, Connecticut. She died in 1986, at the age of 83, in Manomet, Massachusetts. Her 1930 memoir was reprinted in 2005.
References
1902 births
1986 deaths
People from Istanbul
Turkish women writers
American women writers
Robert College alumni
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Wood%20%28fiddler%29
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Richard Wood (fiddler)
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Richard Wood (born May 20, 1978) is a Canadian fiddler and stepdancer from Prince Edward Island. Wood began step dancing under instruction from Senator Libbe Hubley at age 7, before taking up the fiddle at age 11. After only a year of instruction, he won the Don Messer Trophy at the Maritime Fiddle Festival in 1990. Wood won the trophy again, as well as the Open Class of the Maritime Fiddle Festival in 1994.
As a teenager Wood began touring internationally.
In 2002 Wood performed at Canada's gala for Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee at the Roy Thompson Hall.
In 2023 Wood was awarded the Stompin Tom Connors Award at the East Coast Music Awards for his longterm contribution to the musical culture of Atlantic Canada.
Wood maintains an active presence locally on Prince Edward Island, participating in community events and benefits. His has taught at over 20 fiddle camps throughout North America, and has established a fiddle scholarship at the College of Piping and Celtic Performing Arts of Canada.
Discography
Studio Albums
Unbroken (2018)
A Change of Reasons (2009)
Infectious (2003)
Come Dance With Me (1999)
Fire Dance (1997)
The Celtic Touch (1995)
All Fired Up! (1993)
Cutting the Bow (1991)
Live Albums
Richard WOOD Live! An Evening of Celtic Music (2024)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellipes
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Ellipes
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Ellipses is a genus of tiny mole-cricket like insects in the family Tridactylidae.
Species
Ellipes californicus Günther, 1985 - occurs in California (Anza Borrego), and Baja California Norte (Mexico)
Ellipes deyrupi Woo, 2021 - occurs in central Florida (northern Lake Wales Ridge)
Ellipes eisneri Deyrup, 2005 occurs in central Florida (Brooksville Ridge).
Ellipes gurneyi Günther, 1977 occurs in California and apparently most of the southern U.S.
Ellipes minuta Scudder, 1863 is widespread in eastern and central North America.
Ellipes monticolus Günther, 1977 occurs in mountains of the southwestern U.S.
References
Tridactylidae
Caelifera genera
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor%20Kraemer
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Taylor Kraemer
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Taylor Kraemer-Hopkins (born October 5, 1998) is an American singer, songwriter and musician. She is the bassist, keytarist, lyricist, and one of the three singers for the punk rock band VIAL.
She had met her future bandmates KT Branscom and Grey Kanfield at an after school music club while in high school. She texted the two a few years after high school, wanting to start a punk band, and the two agreed. Kraemer, Kanfield and Branscom met their drummer, Katie Fischer, through Tinder.
Kraemer was just the singer and keytarist of the band until Kanfield's departure of the band in 2022, making Kraemer the band's bassist thereafter.
References
Living people
1998 births
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79360975
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellipes%20gurneyi
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Ellipes gurneyi
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Ellipes gurneyi is a species of tiny mole-cricket like insect found in the family Tridactylidae.
Description and range
Ellipes gurneyi is a very small insect (4–5 mm) found in California as well as the southern United States.
References
Insects described in 1977
Tridactylidae
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79360988
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hondo%20Crouch
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Hondo Crouch
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John Russell "Hondo" Crouch (pen name Peter Cedarstacker; December 4, 1916– September 27, 1976) was a Texas rancher-folklorist-humorist and one of the owners who founded and made famous the town of Luckenbach, Texas.
Early life
Crouch was born in Hondo, Texas to Ione and Harry Crouch. A self-taught swimmer, Hondo was named an all-American swimmer at the University of Texas (UT) and in 1939, was elected captain of the swimming team. He attended UT until 1941, when he graduated with a bachelor's degree in physical education. He was a swimming coach at various Texas children's camps from the 1930s until the 1970s. In 1964, he was president of the Hall of Fame for UT athletes. In 1975, he played a major role in persuading the university to build the Texas Swimming Center.
Career
Using the pen name Peter Cedarstacker, Crouch wrote hundreds of "Cedar Creek Clippings" for The Comfort News. His characters in the mythical town of Cedar Creek presented satirical takes on politics, government, ecology, deer hunters, social life, everyday country problems and small town celebrations.
Crouch took part in a Folklife Festival for Texas at the Smithsonian Institution in 1964. That year the Saturday Evening Post ran a photograph of Crouch with a story called “LBJ Country.”
In 1971, he, his wife, and actor Guich Koock bought the town of Luckenbach, a small community in the Texas Hill Country that was first established as an Indian trading post by Albert Luckenbach, a German immigrant, in 1849. The town included a post office, general store, bar, and dance hall. Acting as the town's mock mayor, he established a series of farcical celebrations, including the Luckenbach World's Fair, the first Texas "women only" chili cook-off, and the Return of the Mud Daubers. It was a well-known gathering space for songwriters, musicians, and artists in central Texas.
Crouch was interviewed on Our Fellow Americans, a Canadian documentary television miniseries which aired on CBC Television in 1976. The eight-episode series featured interviews with various people in the United States in recognition of that nation's bicentennial. Crouch received coverage for urging the Non-Buy Centennial, to protest the commercialization of the bicentennial of the U.S. Declaration of Independence.
Personal life
He was married to Helen Ruth "Shatzie" Stieler. They had four children. In 1979, his daughter Becky Crouch Patterson published his biography called Hondo, My Father. Their daughter Cris and her husband established a restaurant and live music hall in Fredericksburg, Hondo's on Main, in a historic stone building that once produced and housed plows, wagons, and guns.
Crouch died of a heart attack in 1976.
References
External links
https://www.hondosonmain.com/hondocrouch
Hondo Crouch: Mayor of Luckenbach (1977) (documentary) Texas Archive of the Moving Image. https://texasarchive.org/2019_00972
1916 births
1976 deaths
Texas Longhorns men's swimmers
American swimming coaches
Sportspeople from Texas
People from the Texas Hill Country
University of Texas at Austin alumni
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicero%20%28surname%29
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Cicero (surname)
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Cicero is the surname of:
Antonio Cicero (1945–2024), Brazilian lyricist, poet, literary critic, philosopher and writer
Chic Cicero (born 1936), founder and co-Chief of the modern Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
David Cicero (born 1970), Scottish singer and keyboardist
Frank Cicero Jr. (1935–2024), American lawyer and historian
Joe Cicero (1910–1983), American baseball player and scout
Nando Cicero (1931–1995), Italian director and actor
Padre Cícero (1844–1934), Brazilian priest Cícero Romão Batista
Roger Cicero (1970–2016), German singer
Tabatha Cicero, co-chief of the modern Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
See also
Andrea Lo Cicero (born 1976), Italian rugby player
Lisa LoCicero (born 1970), American actress
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicero%20%28given%20name%29
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Cicero (given name)
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Cicero is a masculine given name. People bearing the name include:
Cícero Braga (born 1958), Brazilian chess International Master
Cícero João de Cézare (born 1980), known as Cicinho, Brazilian footballer
Cícero Lucena (born 1957), Brazilian politician and businessman
Cícero Moacir Martins Júnior (born 1980), known as Cícero Júnior, Brazilian football coach
Cicero Mitchell (), American politician
Cícero Nobre (born 1992), Brazilian Paralympic javelin thrower
Cícero Ramalho (born 1964), Brazilian footballer
Cícero Santos (born 1984), known as Cícero (footballer), Brazilian footballer
Cícero Semedo (born 1986), Guinea-Bissauan footballer in Portugal
Cícero Tortelli (born 1967), Brazilian swimmer
Masculine given names
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79361038
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tubuca%20arcuata
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Tubuca arcuata
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Tubuca arcuata, the bowed fiddler crab, is a species of fiddler crab in the family Ocypodidae. It can be found in China, Taiwan, Korea, and Japan.
Size
Large carapace breadth: 25.3 mm ± 5.84 (sd), 95% range: 13.9–36.8 mm
Referencs
Crustaceans described in 1835
Crustaceans of China
Crustaceans of Korea
Crustaceans of Japan
Crustaceans of Taiwan
Ocypodoidea
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanna%20Hinnerfeldt
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Nanna Hinnerfeldt
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Nanna Hinnerfeldt Andersen is a Danish handball player, who plays for Ringkøbing Håndbold.
In the 2023-24 season she was included in the league all-star team as the pivot.
In 2025 she was called up for the Danish national team for the Golden League matches in March.
References
1999 births
Living people
Danish female handball players
21st-century Danish sportswomen
Sportspeople from Silkeborg
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79361087
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karamatullah%20Khan
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Karamatullah Khan
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Ustad Karamatullah Khan (17 May 1917 – 3 December 1977) was an Indian tabla player who specialized in the Farrukhabad tradition of Hindustani Classical music. He is known as an icon of the Farrukhabad gharana, a prolific creator of tabla compositions, a soloist (which was novel at the time), and an accompanist to many celebrated instrumentalists and vocalists of the 20th century.
Background
Khan was born to an extensive family of musicians from the Farrukhabad gharana and represented its thirty-second generation. His father and guru was acclaimed tabla maestro Masit Khan.
After formative years in Rampur, where his family were court musicians, Khan became the court musician to the Maharaja of Raigarh.
Legacy
Khan is credited with popularizing tabla in West Bengal.
He was conferred the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1976 for his contributions to music.
Personal life
Khan's son and disciple, Sabir Khan, is also a tabla maestro.
References
1917 births
1977 deaths
Farukhabad gharana
Hindustani instrumentalists
20th-century Indian Muslims
Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
Tabla players
Indian drummers
20th-century drummers
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chihen-ji
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Chihen-ji
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is an archeological site with the ruins of a Heian period Buddhist temple located in the Ikegami neighborhood of the city of Kumamoto, Japan. The temple no longer exists, and its ruins were designated a National Historic Site in 1997.
History
Chihen-ji was located on a spur at an elevation of 130–140 meters, extending southeast from Mount Kinpu, which, at 665 meters, towers over the western part of the city. The history of the temple is uncertain. The Ikebeji Engi Emaki, which is said to have been copied from earlier sources during the Bunka era (1804–1817), states that the temple was founded by a monk from Yamato who built a temple after subduing an evil dragon, based on a legend that is recorded in the Shoku Nihongi. On the middle of Nishihirayama, northwest of the temple ruins, there is a stone stupa erected in 1337. It is commonly known as the "Kaneko Pagoda" and tells the history of Chihen Temple. According to the inscription, Chihen-ji, was founded in the Wadō era (708–713), burned down in 976 and was eventually relocated, but its original location was in a place called "Hundred Pagodas." The first on-site archaeological excavation was carried out in 1958, and in 1986, full-scale excavation work revealed the appearance of a Heian period temple site.
The buildings were placed on a stepped, rubble-built foundation measuring approximately 22 meters north-to-south and 18 meters east-to-west, in the center of the flat surface created by developing the slope. It consists of a central building and three buildings surrounding it on its east, south, and north sides, as well as a corridor connecting the three buildings, with a group of stone pagodas arranged on the slope behind them. The foundation of the central building is the highest, with the foundations of the buildings on the north and south sides being 0.35 meters lower, and the foundations of the building on the east side and the corridor being approximately one meter lower. The central building was a three by three bay structure with a foundation of cut tuff stones. The building on the south was a five bay by one bay structure, and the building to the east was a three by two bay structure. The building on the north is not fully understood due to leveling, but is estimated to be the same size and structure as the building on the south side. The compound was surrounded by stone ramparts on the south and west sides, and a stone wall on the east side to a height of approximately one meter above the flat surface survives. Within the compound, there are 100 pagodas made of piled up pebbles the size of a human head, measuring 2.4 meters on a side and estimated to be 0.6 meters high, neatly arranged in ten rows on each side from east-to-west and north-to-south, at 2.4 meter intervals. However, only 98 of these remain today.
Excavated remains include Haji ware pottery, a large number of roof tiles, and carved stone fragments; the pottery dates from the early 9th century to the 10th century. The roof tiles include a round roof tile with a nine-petal lotus motif and a flat roof tile with arabesque motif, both from the early 9th century.
See also
List of Historic Sites of Japan (Kumamoto)
References
External links
Kumamoto city home page
Historic Sites of Japan
Higo Province
Buddhist archaeological sites in Japan
Kumamoto
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79361111
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy%20Drew%3A%20Mystery%20of%20the%20Seven%20Keys
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Nancy Drew: Mystery of the Seven Keys
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Mystery of the Seven Keys is the 34th installment of the Nancy Drew point-and-click adventure game series by HeR Interactive. The game takes on the first-person view of Nancy Drew and must solve the mystery by questioning suspects, solving puzzles, and discovering clues. The game has two levels of difficulty: Amateur sleuth and Master sleuth. The Amateur sleuth's difficulty offers a task list and gives the possibility of hints in-game, compared to the Master sleuth option which has no task list, no hints, and more challenging puzzles. This is the first game of the series that offers a dual navigation system: point-and-click and free-roam. It has an ESRB rating of E10+ for moments of mild violence. It is loosely based on the 83rd novel from the Nancy Drew Files series, Diamond Deceit.
Plot
Nancy Drew is tasked with uncovering the truth behind the theft of a client's heirloom necklace in Prague, Czech Republic. Players will navigate and sleuth through the city's mysterious old-world environments. Challenging puzzles, riddles, and clues are entwined with medieval legends, alchemy, and lore. As the investigation deepens, Nancy uncovers a web of cybercrime. She must outwit devious suspects and use her detective skills to unravel a mystery threatening the city's Bohemian heritage.
Characters
Nancy Drew - Nancy Drew comes from a small town in River Heights, United States. She was brought to Prague by Adela Čzerná's letter that was sent to her.
Adela Čzerná - Adela is a woman who knows more than she tells. Her studies and business dealings have allowed her to travel the world, leading many to believe she is of noble blood. Adela prefers a rather simple, low-key lifestyle, and cares deeply for her home country of Czechia.
Patricie Vítkovci - Patricie owns the Hungerkünstler Café, which has been in her family for generations. She seems to know a bit about everything and everyone. She has a habit of making her customers help around the café. She privately wishes for a more glamorous lifestyle but is committed to maintaining her family's legacy.
Oskar Dvořák - Oskar is a specialty exhibit curator. He works with valuable collections at prestigious museums that has earned him the role of director at Prague Castle's newest exhibit. He is a perfectionist whose pride and arrogance often make him disagreeable.
Vladéna Zlatý - Vladéna is an expert in gemology and appraisals with a long family history in Prague's gem business. She owns Zlatý Custom Jewelry, a prestigious store where she crafts branded jewelry. As the first woman in her family to be a store owner, she has little patience for those who may question her.
Eliška “Elka” Strojník - Elka is a computer science student with a strong sense of conviction. She runs half of Aparát alongside her grandfather, which she has turned into an electronics shop. She is fond of Radek but doesn't understand his devotion to bygone marionette theater.
Marek Strojník - Marek is an elderly craftsman and tinkerer who runs the other half of Aparát. Contrary to his granddaughter Elka, he has no interest in modern technology as his passions are deeply rooted in Prague's past. Most people have to earn his respect before he is willing to talk to them.
Radek Nepovím - Radek is a spirited actor and puppeteer who runs the pop-up marionette theater in Prague Castle's courtyard. Radek's personality comes to life when he can share his passion for Prague's culture and historical marionette arts. His charismatic disposition makes him popular with kids and tourists.
Leo Sokol - Leo Sokol of St. Vitus Cathedral is a compassionate older gentleman who is well respected by government officials and locals alike. He cares deeply about Prague, its people, and its history. He is always willing to advise those who need it. Leo is an avid player of the trick-taking card game Mariáš.
Zane Garrett - Zane is an international cybersecurity agent based in Africa working for the ICA that specializes in gems. He is authoritative and formal while working, but he is an easygoing man with a lighthearted sense of humor in his personal life.
Reception
Christina Rohlf from Room Escape Artist mentions "The graphics and new movement style are excellent, the dialogue enhanced the story, and the game was lengthy and filled with puzzles of a wide variety of types. However, the inclusion of illogical or unclear puzzles makes it clear that the Nancy Drew franchise still has room to improve to get back to the quality of Sea of Darkness". Hoover Richard from Adventure Game Hotspot rates the game 70% mentioning that "The pendulum has swung back from the greater focus on story and character interaction in the previous installment, but fans of the classic series will doubtless welcome the renewed emphasis on puzzle solving this time around".
References
Single-player video games
Video games based on Nancy Drew
Video games set in Prague
Her Interactive games
2024 video games
Detective video games
Point-and-click adventure games
Windows games
MacOS games
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katie%20Fischer
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Katie Fischer
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Katie Fischer (born October 15, between 1998 and 2002) is an American singer, songwriter and drummer. She's the drummer, lyricist and one of the three singers in the punk rock band VIAL. Fischer uses She/They pronouns.
Fischer met her bandmates KT Branscom, Taylor Kraemer and Grey Kanfield in late 2018 or early 2019, through Tinder, after the other three had met in an after school music club.
References
2000 births
Living people
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancaster%20House%2C%20Pulborough
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Ancaster House, Pulborough
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Ancaster House in Ancaster Place, Pulborough, West Sussex is a Grade II listed building.
The range dates from the 18th century, though the front, of ashlar and red brick dressing, dates from 1900.
References
Grade II listed buildings in West Sussex
Horsham District
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ming%20Joo%20Koh
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Ming Joo Koh
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Ming Joo Koh is a Singaporean academic and organic chemist who is the Dean's Chair Professor and Deputy Head of Research in the Department of Chemistry at the National University of Singapore.
Early life and education
Ming Joo Koh was born and raised in Singapore. He earned a Bachelor of Science with first-class honours in chemistry and biological chemistry from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in 2012, where he conducted research under Philip Chan on gold‐catalyzed cycloisomerization reactions for heterocycle formation.
After completing his undergraduate degree, Koh pursued doctoral studies in organic chemistry at Boston College under Amir H. Hoveyda. During his Ph.D., he collaborated with Richard R. Schrock at MIT on developing stereoselective olefin metathesis catalysts, focusing on methods to control alkene stereochemistry in natural products and pharmaceutical synthesis. He continued as a post-doctoral fellow in the same laboratory, shifting his research to catalytic stereoselective transformations of organofluorine compounds.
Career
Koh returned to Singapore in June 2018 to join the Department of Chemistry at the National University of Singapore (NUS) as a President's assistant professor. During his early tenure at NUS, he developed a research program in sustainable catalysis and organic synthesis. He was promoted to tenured associate professor in 2023, and in 2024 he assumed the role of Deputy Head (Research) of the Chemistry Department and was appointed as a Dean's Chair Professor for 2024–2027.
Koh also serves as an Adjunct Senior Principal Investigator at A*STAR's Institute of Sustainability for Chemicals, Energy and Environment (ISCE²) from 2024 and is a principal investigator with the Cambridge Centre for Advanced Research and Education in Singapore (CARES) in a sustainable chemistry programme.
Research
Koh's research centers on sustainable catalysis in organic and organometallic chemistry. He develops catalytic methods using abundant base metals such as iron, nickel, and copper in place of precious metals to reduce environmental impact and lower costs. His work includes creating catalyst systems that perform multi-step reactions in one operation, for example, nickel-catalyzed tandem Heck coupling with alkene isomerization to produce stereochemically defined olefins. He has also developed a metal-free photochemical method for glycosylation using visible light and an iron-catalyzed remote protoboration technique for selective boron installation on alkenes.
Selected publications
Awards and recognition
2021: MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35 Asia Pacific Award
2021: TCI-SNIC Industry Award in Synthetic Chemistry
2022: Thieme Chemistry Journals Award
2022: C&EN Talented 12
2022: President's Science and Technology Awards
2023: Asian Scientist 100
2023: Novartis Early Career Award in Chemistry
2023: NUS Researcher Award
2024: Mitsui Chemicals Catalysis Science Award
References
Living people
Academic staff of the National University of Singapore
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5-MeO-NiPT
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5-MeO-NiPT
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5-MeO-NiPT, also known as 5-methoxy-N-isopropyltryptamine, is a serotonin receptor agonist and serotonergic psychedelic of the tryptamine family. It has been encountered as a novel designer and recreational drug.
The drug is a full agonist or near-full agonist of the serotonin 5-HT1A, 5-HT2A, 5-HT2B, and 5-HT2C receptors. It is inactive as a serotonin releasing agent and is very weak as a serotonin reuptake inhibitor.
Unlike most other N-monoalkylated tryptamines, 5-MeO-NiPT produces the head-twitch response (HTR), a behavioral proxy of psychedelic effects, in rodents, albeit relatively weakly. It also produces hypolocomotion and hypothermia in rodents. In combination with the serotonin 5-HT1A receptor antagonist WAY-100635 however, 5-MeO-NiPT instead produces hyperlocomotion.
5-MeO-NiPT is an active metabolite of 5-MeO-MiPT and 5-MeO-DiPT.
See also
N-Isopropyltryptamine (NiPT)
5-MeO-NMT
5-MeO-NET
References
External links
5-MeO-NiPT - Isomer Design
5-HT1A agonists
5-HT2A agonists
5-HT2B agonists
5-HT2C agonists
Designer drugs
Human drug metabolites
Mexamines
Psychedelic tryptamines
Serotonin receptor agonists
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasa
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Metasa
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Mercury Tabacos S.A., also known as Metasa, is a Paraguayan company known for the production of cigarettes.
History
Metasa was created on 28 January 2004 in the city of Asunción by Roberto W. Escobar González. Their headquarters are located in Ciudad del Este.
Products
Metasa fabricates the following cigarette brands: Classic, Ouro Fino, Polo Club and Silver. They export much of the fabricated cigarettes. In the United States, the company owns the brands Rainbow and Suave. They have international factories, including in the city of Alto Paraná, Brazil.
Metasa buys cigarettes from Tabesa, company once owned by the president Horacio Cartes, and it was it's main client from 2017 to 2021.
Irregularities
In 2009, their tobacco package health warning was invalidated due administrative reasons, but the matter was solved with the change of the package pictures.
Metasa is allegedly one of the biggest companies profting with cigarette smuggling in countries such as Brazil and Argentina. Multiple cases of cigarette apprehensions have happened since Metasa creation.
Metasa was tied to Rubens Catenacci, convicted in 2008 for laundering money in the doleiro Alberto Youssef scheme. He controlled 80% of the company's assets. In 2022, Metasa was tied to the senator Erico Galeano, accused of laundering money from narcotraffic. According to the Paraguayan Secretariat of Money and Goods Laundry, on 10 March 2022, Metasa received ₲ 852.537.303 as compensation for the exit of Galeano from the company. He controlled 1% of the company's assets. The Paraguayan Public Prosecutor's Office accused Metasa of smuggling and money laundry.
See also
Tobacco industry
List of multinational corporations
References
Tobacco companies of Paraguay
Paraguayan brands
Cigar manufacturing companies
Companies established in 2004
Multinational companies headquartered in Paraguay
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian%20Breuer%20%28footballer%29
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Christian Breuer (footballer)
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Christian Breuer (24 April 1939 – 7 September 2017) was a German footballer. He played as a midfielder for various clubs in the Bundesliga including 1. FC Köln, Alemannia Aachen and Hannover 96 throughout the 1960s and the 1970s.
Career
1. FC Köln (1958–62)
Together with his cousin Christian Müller, Breuer moved in the summer of 1958 from SC Fliesteden to 1. FC Köln in the Oberliga West, where (no relation) had been playing since the early 1950s. He was a versatile player as he played as both a forward as well as a midfielder. However, due to the sharp transition from amateur football to the level of the Oberliga as well as the performance of the Köln team squad meant that he did not play in the Oberliga association round in the first season of the 1958–59 Oberliga. In the final round of the German championship, however, he made his official debut by coach Péter Szabó on 20 June 1959 in Köln in a match against FK Pirmasens alongside teammates Fritz Breuer, Fritz Ewert, Josef Röhrig, Hans Schäfer and Karl-Heinz Schnellinger. From the 1959–60 season to the 1961–62 season he belonged to the respective Köln championship teams in the Oberliga West and represented the "Geißbockelf" in 17 games in the final round of the German championship and scored one goal. In the 1959–60 finals, he reached the final of the Oberliga for the first time with Köln but lost the final with his teammates on 25 June in Frankfurt with 2–3 goals against Hamburger SV. The highlight of his playing career was the title win in the championship finals in 1962, when the team of President Franz Kremer replaced the defending champions 1. FC Nürnberg. Despite this success, Breuer joined Oberliga rivals Alemannia Aachen for the 1962–63 season. From 1959 to 1962, he played 63 games for Köln in the Oberliga West, scoring eleven goals. In Europe, he had represented the colors of Köln in the Messecup against AS Roma and 1. In total, Breuer played one hundred competitive games for 1. FC Köln and scored thirteen goals.
Alemannia Aachen (1962–66)
With the 1962–63 Oberliga being the last edition of the old German top-flight, Christian Breuer played all 30 round-robin games for the Tivoli team under coach Oswald Pfau and finished fifth with Alemannia. Against his former team and renewed title holder in the West, 1. FC Köln, he scored 3–1 points with his teammates Alfred Glenski, Josef Martinelli and Branko Zebec. With the offensively strong "Jupp" Martinelli and the Yugoslavian ex-national player Zebec as defensive chief, he formed a line of runners in a class of its own. Surprisingly, Aachen, a continuous member of the Oberliga West from 1947 to 1963, was not nominated for the new Bundesliga for the inaugural 1963–64 season, Breuer and his colleagues played in the second division of the Regionalliga West from the start of the Bundesliga, competing with Eintracht Duisburg 1848 and Preußen Münster for promotion. As hoped, Alemannia won the championship in 1964 and moved into the promotion playoffs. There, however, the West champions finished third behind Hannover 96 and KSV Hessen Kassel and thus remained in the Regionalliga. In the second Bundesliga attempt in 1965, Breuer and colleagues were runners-up behind Borussia Mönchengladbach and failed in the promotion round against Bayern Munich. During the 1964–65 DFB-Pokal, Alemannia had previously fought their way into the cup final with a 4-3 semi-final victory against FC Schalke 04 after extra time with the powerful Christian Breuer scoring the winning goal in the 100th minute of the game. They later lost 2–0 to old Oberliga West rivals Borussia Dortmund in Hanover on 22 May. In the 1965–66, Aachen would remain in third place behind Fortuna Düsseldorf and Rot-Weiss Essen and did not reach the promotion playoffs. Even a change of coach in October 1965 from Pfau to Williberth Werth did not bring any success. At the age of 27, Breuer accepted the offer of the Bundesliga club Hannover 96 in the summer of 1966 after 103 regional league appearances with 31 goals for Aachen and was thus in the squad of the "Reds" in Hanover for the 1966–67 season.
Hannover 96 (1966–70)
In four seasons of Bundesliga football from 1966 to 1970, the new signing from Aachen experienced turbulence in the coaching area in Hannover alongside the signings of Horst Buhtz, Zlatko Čajkovski, Jupp Heynckes and Josip Skoblar but the club still no saw advance to the top of the table. Breuer was always part of the starting XI for the four years with consistent unsatisfactory placements even with managerial changes. In the Bundesliga, the 96ers fell from ninth in the 1966–67 season to 13th place by the 1969–70 season and in the Messecup against SSC Napoli, B 1909 Odense, AIK Stockholm, Leeds United, Ajax, they wouldn't any further success. On 3 May 1970, Breuer played his last game for Hannover 96 in the 4–2 home win against 1. FC Kaiserslautern. After 122 Bundesliga games with 11 goals for the Lower Saxon team, Breuer returned to Alemannia Aachen in the Regionalliga West for the 1970–71 season.
Alemannia Aachen (1970–75)
In his first season following his return from Hanover, he finished sixth in the 1970–71 Regionalliga with his teammates Herbert Gronen, Erwin Hermandung, Werner Scholz and Horst Schauß under the management of Hermann Lindemann but was replaced by Volker Kottmann from the second half of the season. With VfL Bochum, Fortuna Düsseldorf and Wuppertaler SV at the top of the table, the immediate return to the Bundesliga wasn't a feasible goal for Aachen. Until the final season of the old Regionalliga during the 1973–74 season, Breuer was named captain of the team as he played with his teammates Georg Marwig, Karl Del'Haye, Hans-Jürgen Ferdinand, Willi Haag, Joaquín Montañés, Christoph Walter and coach Michael Pfeiffer but would ultimately fail to qualify for promotion due to competition from other clubs such as Wattenscheid 09, Rot-Weiß Oberhausen and Bayer 05 Uerdingen and finished seventh in 1974. In his two tenures for the club, Breuer played 238 games for Aachen in the Regionalliga West, scoring 52 goals.
At the age of 35, the senior also tackled the inaugural season of the 1974–75 2. Bundesliga. Coach Pfeiffer was replaced by Horst Witzler in September 1974 and Rolf Kucharski scored 20 goals for Alemannia. In the final season with Aachen, the captain experienced the fight against relegation in the new league. With 30–46 points, the Black and Yellows finished in 15th place, nearly facing relegation. On 15 June 1975, in the 2–0 away defeat against Arminia Bielefeld, Breuer played his last game in the 2. Bundesliga with fellow defenders Gerhard Prokop, Josef Bläser, Peter Stollwerk and Franz Pavlak, ending his career as a professional footballer. He had played another 31 round-robin games with one goal.
Later life
The trained locksmith ran a stationery shop in the Aachen district of Richterich and had also made himself at home there. He took over for the 1975–76 season as a player-coach for the amateur club and from 1977 to 1979, for , where he held on to the coaching office until 1982.
His appearances in the 1976–77 and 1977–78 seasons, which are still attributed to Christian Breuer, were played by Franz-Josef Breuer, who came from SC Jülich 1910.
References
1939 births
2017 deaths
People from Bergheim, North Rhine-Westphalia
Footballers from Aachen
German men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Oberliga (football) players
Bundesliga players
2. Bundesliga players
Regionalliga players
1. FC Köln players
Alemannia Aachen players
Hannover 96 players
20th-century German sportsmen
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s%20Graphic%20Center
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Women's Graphic Center
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The Women's Graphic Center (WGC) was a print workshop located in the Woman's Building in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 1973 by Sheila Levrant de Bretteville. The workshop provided the tools for typesetting, printing, and bookbinding. The WGC had exhibition space, as well as offering classes and renting studio time. The WGC evolved into the Women's Graphic Center Typesetting and Design, a business providing design and printing service. It closed in 1991 along with The Woman's Building.
The archives of the workshop are in the Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution. and the Los Angeles Public Library.
References
Further reading
Clearing the Haze: Prologue to Postmodern Graphic Design Education through Sheila de Bretteville
Democracy of Feeling: Auratic Artists' Books at the Women’s Graphic Center
1973 establishments in California
Arts organizations based in Los Angeles
Arts organizations established in 1973
Organizations based in Los Angeles
Printmaking groups and organizations
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singing%20%28meeting%29
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Singing (meeting)
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A singing (also known as a church singing or a hymn singing) is a Christian meeting in which church members gather together to sing hymns. These are often held on Sunday afternoons or Sunday evenings, being seen as a way to sanctify the Lord's Day. Singings are common in churches of Conservative Anabaptism such as the Apostolic Christian Church, as well as those of Methodist denominations such as the First Congregational Methodist Church. The attendance of singings is seen as a way for youth to meet those of the opposite gender to pursue a courtship that will eventually lead to Christian marriage; there are singings for different age groups, however, and certain singings are for married couples to worship God together. These singings bring together many Christians and in some areas, range from sixty to eighty people.
See also
Congregational singing
References
External links
Video of a Conservative Mennonite Youth Singing
Singing held at a congregation of the Apostolic Christian Church
Old Harp Singing at Wear's Valley Methodist Church
Conservative Anabaptists
Methodism
Holiness movement
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316%20Raja%20CA%20season
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2015–16 Raja CA season
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The 2015–16 season is Raja CA's 66rd season in existence and the club's 58th consecutive season in the top flight of Moroccan football. They are competing in Botola, the Throne Cup and the UNAF Club Cup. It was the first season since 2004–05 without Rachid Soulaimani and since 2006–07 without Yassine Salhi.
The team's home matches were played at Stade Mohammed V until its closing for renovation on 26 March 2016.
Raja CA kicked off the season with 0–1 loss against JS El Massira in the first round of the Throne Cup.
Squad list
Players and squad numbers last updated on 31 January 2016.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Transfers
In
Out
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions
Overview
Botola
League table
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Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Throne Cup
Round of 32
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
UNAF Club Cup
Squad information
Goals
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.
Assists
Notes
References
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1848%20United%20States%20Senate%20election%20in%20Wisconsin
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1848 United States Senate election in Wisconsin
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The 1848 United States Senate election in Wisconsin was held in the 1st Wisconsin Legislature on This was the first U.S. Senate election held in Wisconsin after it was admitted to the Union on Former Wisconsin Territory legislator Isaac P. Walker and former Wisconsin Territory governor Henry Dodge were elected to Wisconsin's Class 3 and Class 1 seats, respectively, on a single ballot in which each Wisconsin legislator voted for two candidates.
In the 1848 legislative term, Democrats held large majorities in both chambers of the Wisconsin Legislature, so had more than enough votes to elect two Democratic United States senators.
Major candidates
Democratic
Isaac P. Walker, former speaker of the Wisconsin Territory House of Representatives.
Henry Dodge, former governor of the Wisconsin Territory and former delegate to the from the Wisconsin Territory
Whig
Alexander L. Collins, village president of Madison, Wisconsin, and former member of the Wisconsin Territory Council.
Edward V. Whiton, former speaker of the Wisconsin Territory House of Representatives, and former member of the Wisconsin Territory Council.
Results
The 1st Wisconsin Legislature took one vote for U.S. senators on the fourth day of the legislative session, Each member was allowed to vote for two candidates, with 79 members voting, five absent, and one vacant seat.
Notes
References
1848
Wisconsin
United States Senate
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey%20Kanfield
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Grey Kanfield
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Grey Kanfield (born August 11, between 1998 and 2002) was an American singer, songwriter, and bassist. He was the lyricist, singer and bassist for the punk rock band VIAL. Grey uses He/They pronouns.
Kanfield met Taylor Kraemer and KT Branscom at an after school music club in high school. Kraemer and Branscom came to Kanfield a few years later, proposing a band idea, Kanfield had agreed to join and the band met their drummer, Katie Fischer, through Tinder.
After releasing one EP and one album with VIAL, Kanfield decided to depart from the band in August 2022. It was over creative differences and desire to focus on his mental health.
References
Living people
2000 births
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old%20Place%2C%20Pulborough
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Old Place, Pulborough
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Old Place is a Grade II* listed building in Pulborough, West Sussex.
This building was originally part of Old Place Manor, though the exact role is unclear.
References
Grade II* listed buildings in West Sussex
Horsham District
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Druze%E2%80%93Syria%20clashes%20%282025%E2%80%93present%29
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Druze–Syria clashes (2025–present)
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Beginning on 28 February 2025, violent confrontations erupted between security forces affiliated with Syria's transitional government and local Druze gunmen in Jaramana, a Damascus suburb with significant Druze and Christian populations. These clashes have resulted in one fatality and nine injuries among Jaramana residents, and triggered threats of military intervention from the Suwayda Military Council and Israel.
Background
The clashes occurred approximately three months after the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024. Following this change in leadership, interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa worked to establish security and governmental authority throughout the country. The new administration, led by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a group with historical ties to al-Qaeda but which had subsequently moderated its positions, had pledged to protect Syria's ethnic and religious minorities.
The Druze, who constitute approximately three percent of Syria's population, had largely maintained neutrality during the country's civil war that began in 2011. Druze communities exist in neighboring Lebanon, Israel, and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
In February 2025, local sources in Syria's Quneitra Governorate reported to Saudi news network Al-Arabiya alleging that that the IDF had extended "tempting offers" of employment opportunities to residents of southern Syria. According to these reports, the IDF proposed arrangements that would allow Syrian Druze to work in Israel during daytime hours and return to their homes in Syria each evening, similar to employment models previously implemented for Palestinian workers from Gaza prior to 7 October 2023.
Timeline
February 2025
On 28 February 2025, unidentified armed individuals fired upon a vehicle carrying Druze civilians traveling on a road leading to Damascus International Airport within Jaramana. Two elderly individuals suffered injuries in this attack, and were both hospitalized.
Tensions escalated further as a result of a fatal confrontation at a local checkpoint near Jaramana in Rif Dimashq Governorate. Jaramana is a densely populated suburb near Damascus primarily inhabited by members of the Druze and Christian communities. According to Colonel Hossam al-Tahhan, the local security chief quoted by Syria's official news agency SANA, the incident began when checkpoint personnel stopped Ministry of Defence staff who were entering Jaramana to visit relatives. After surrendering their weapons as required, the Ministry personnel reportedly came under direct gunfire following a verbal disagreement, resulting in the death of one security force member and injuries to another.
In response to these incidents, the General Security Service initiated a comprehensive security operation throughout Jaramana beginning on 28 February. Security forces reinforced positions at city entry points and deployed substantial personnel numbers around Jaramana to pursue suspected individuals considered responsible for the violence. Reports indicated that security forces intended to storm into Jaramana.
March 2025
The following day, on 1 March, clashes broke out between Syrian transitional government forces and local Druze armed groups responsible for community protection in Jaramana, during the security operation launched by Syrian authorities on the suburb. Members of the Jaramana Shield brigade were involved in the clashes. During a violent altercation erupted in Al-Seuof Square between two General Security Service members and local armed residents, one local gunman sustained serious injuries requiring hospitalization, while authorities took the two security personnel into custody.
Following the confrontation at Al-Seuof Square confrontation, the injured local gunman was transported to Al-Mujtahed Hospital for medical treatment. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), the attending physician contacted security forces requesting intervention due to intimidation from two individuals accompanying the wounded man. Upon arrival of security personnel at the medical facility, a verbal dispute ensued between them and the patient's companions. The situation escalated when one of the wounded man's escorts allegedly made blasphemous remarks about Allah. This prompted members of HTS present at the hospital to physically assault and subsequently detain the companions.
The violence on 1 March would result in at least one confirmed fatality and approximately nine wounded individuals. The SOHR was unable to confirm whether the single fatality in this second day of fighting was a civilian or a member of local defense forces.
By 2 March, the violence had largely subsided as Syrian security forces were deployed across Jaramana.
Reactions
Domestic
In response to the attacks on 1 March in Jaramana, the Suwayda Military Council issued an official statement declaring a state of high alert. The council announced that all combat units under its command had been placed on high readiness status, prepared for immediate intervention if deemed necessary to protect civilians.
Several members of Jaramana's Druze community issued a public statement declaring they would "withdraw protection from all offenders and outlaws" within their community. They further committed to surrendering anyone proven responsible for the violence to "the relevant authorities to face justice".
Once the unrest settled, Druze spiritual leaders in Jaramana blamed the fighting on "an undisciplined mob that does not belong to our customs, nor to our known monotheistic traditions or customs" and strongly rejected threats of intervention by Israel.
International
On 1 March 2025, Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Minister of Defense Israel Katz jointly ordered the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to prepare for potential military intervention to protect the Druze population in Jaramana. In an official statement, they warned: "We will not allow the terrorist regime of radical Islam in Syria to harm the Druze. If the regime harms the Druze, it will be harmed by us." The statement further emphasized Israel's commitment "to our Druze brothers in Israel to do everything to prevent harm to their Druze brothers in Syria," adding that they would "take all necessary steps to maintain their security." The statement also called for the "complete demilitarization" and the removal of new Syrian regime forces from southern Syria, including the Quneitra, Suwayda, and Daraa Governorates.
This directive followed an earlier Israeli warning from the previous weekend cautioning Syria's new government against entering areas south of Damascus. The 1 March statement implied that Israeli forces might extend operations further into Syrian territory after establishing positions in a buffer zone and on strategic Mount Hermon. Local Israeli sources reported that the IDF was preparing to either conduct direct military strikes against Syrian forces if the situation in Jaramana deteriorated, or use the threat of intervention as a deterrent to pressure Syrian forces to withdraw from the area.
Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt warned against "the plots of Israel" and accused Netanyahu of attempting to create sectarian division and chaos in Syria.
See also
Hezbollah–Syria clashes (2024–present)
Israeli invasion of Syria (2024–present)
References
Druze in Syria
Military operations of the Syrian civil war in 2025
Rif Dimashq Governorate in the Syrian civil war
Aftermath of fall of the Assad regime
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilie%20Ciocan
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Ilie Ciocan
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Ilie Ciocan (born 10 June 1913) is a Romanian supercentenarian, who is currently the oldest living person in Romania and the Balkans, as well as the oldest living World War II veteran in the world and the oldest living European man. He is also the oldest Romanian ever documented. His age is verified by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).
Biography
Ilie Ciocan was born in Galicea, Vâlcea County, Romania on June 10, 1913. He had a difficult life, having been orphaned first by his father at 6 years old, and then by his mother at the age of 12. He had to start working as a child to survive. He worked as a shepherd in the village.
At 18, he married Floarea Obogeanu, who was seven years older than him, and they were officially married on January 28, 1932, in the Romanian Orthodox Church. Together they had six children, three daughters and three sons.
He was drafted into the army at the age of 22, then he was drafted into the 6th Artillery Regiment Pitești in 1935 and went to the war fronts in 1941. He participated in the World War II as a machine-gunner and courier, on the Eastern Front, in Odessa and the Don elbow, but also went to the Western Front and even as far as Czechoslovakia.
Following orders of general promotion issued after 1990 by the Ministry of National Defense of Romania, Ciocan reached the rank of major.
In 1992, his wife Floarea died, aged 87.
He could ride a bicycle until 90 years old. At the age of 93, he slipped in the snow and broke his leg, and successfully recovered, despite refusing to let the doctors put his leg in a cast.
On February 15, 2021, following the death of 108-year-old Ioan Lașcău, he became the oldest known living man in Romania.
On March 15, 2021, following the death of 108-year-old Stelios Fragiadoulakis, from Greece, he became the oldest known living old man in the Balkans.
On February 28, 2023, following the death of 109-year-old Constantin Hertoiu, he became the last known surviving person from Romania born before 1915 and the last known Balkan man born before the outbreak of World War I.
On April 5, 2023, following the death of Ioanna Proiou-Dimitriadou of Greece, aged 111, he became the oldest known living person from the Balkans.
In May 2023, he celebrated his 110th birthday and became a supercentenarian.
Nowadays, he lives in Galicea, Vâlcea County.
References
1913 births
Living people
People from Vâlcea County
Men supercentenarians
Romanian men centenarians
Romanian military personnel of World War II
Wheelchair users
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas%20v.%20Texas
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Arkansas v. Texas
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Arkansas v. Texas, , was a United States Supreme Court case decided in 1953. It was brought in the Supreme Court directly under the Court's original jurisdiction, as a suit filed by the state of Arkansas against the state of Texas. The suit concerned a contract between the Texas-based William Buchanan Foundation and the University of Arkansas which provided that the Foundation would provide $500,000 to the university's Arkansas State Medical Center for construction of a new floor. Arkansas submitted a motion for leave to file a complaint with the Supreme Court, alleging that Texas was interfering with its contract.
In a 5-4 decision, the Court ultimately held that the underlying suit was between two states, and that the Foundation was not an indispensable party to the suit. The Court also held that the University of Arkansas was an "official state instrumentality" under Arkansas law, and that as a result, "for purposes of our original jurisdiction, any injury under the contract to the University is an injury to Arkansas." Accordingly, the Court continued the motion filed by Arkansas to permit the ongoing litigation regarding the legality of the William Buchanan Foundation providing funding to the Arkansas hospital under Texas law. Justice William O. Douglas delivered the majority opinion, and Justice Robert H. Jackson authored a dissenting opinion.
References
External links
1953 in United States case law
United States Supreme Court cases of the Warren Court
United States Supreme Court cases
United States corporate case law
United States tort case law
United States Supreme Court original jurisdiction cases
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential%20standard%20of%20Syria
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Presidential standard of Syria
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The presidential standard of Syria () is the flag that represents the President of Syria in their capacity as the head of state and commander-in-chief of Syria.
History
The use of such a standard in Syria dates back to 1941. The original version was in a similar version, but with smaller stars and equal spacing that was consistent with the Original independence flag of Syria. It was relinquished after the formation of the United Arab Republic, but was readopted in 1961, following the formation of the Second Syrian Republic. It was relinquished again following the 1963 Syrian coup d'état and was subsequently replaced with a presidential coat of arms and a new, unofficial standard in 1980. It was de facto restored in 2025.
See also
Flag of Syria
Coat of arms of Syria
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet%20of%20841%E2%80%93842
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Comet of 841–842
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Comet X/841 Y1, also called the Comet of Nithard, was a comet that was visible in China and Europe between December 841 and February 842. The Japanese monk Ennin and the Frankish historian Nithard provide contemporary records of the comet from opposite ends of Eurasia. The comet is recorded in several other Chinese and European sources.
The comet appeared around the time of the winter solstice in the constellation Piscis Austrinus and it disappeared almost two months later in Camelopardalis. As its appearance coincided with a Frankish civil war, several European sources imbue it with ominous significance.
Primary sources
Asian sources
The Japanese monk Ennin, during a stay in the Chinese city of Chang'an, recorded in his diary the appearance of a comet during the winter solstice festival on 17 December, noting that "several days later the comet gradually grew larger" and that "officials asked the various monasteries to read scriptures". He records that from 23 January 842, "the comet gradually disappeared". The Zoku Nihon goki mentions the appearance of the comet on 22 December and notes that it was seen again on 6 January.
Three Chinese histories—Jiu Tangshu (945), Tang Huiyao (961) and Xin Tangshu (1060)—record the appearance of a "broom star" on 22 December 841 (Huichang era). The comet appeared next to the star Fomalhaut (α Piscis Austrini) low in the southwest sky. It later moved into the constellation Shi and then the Zigong enclosure. It "went out of sight" after 56 days on 9 February 842. The comet is cataloged in the Wenxian Tongkao of Ma Duanlin.
The Dai Nihonshi, a Japanese work completed in 1715, reads: "On the sixth day in the 11th month of the eighth year of the Shōwa reign-period a comet appeared lasting until the 26th day." This gives the appearance of the comet as lasting from 22 December to 11 January, that is, from the 6th to the 26th day of the 11th month, which would mean that the comet vanished from view a month earlier in Japan than China. It is possible that the text should be corrected to say the 26th day of the 12th month, which matches the data given by Ennin.
European sources
The Frankish historian Nithard, writing his Four Books of Histories around 843, records that a comet appeared in the sky from December 841 until February 842. It disappeared after the "conference of dignitaries", that is, the meeting between Kings Charles the Bald and Louis the German whereat they swore the Oaths of Strasbourg on 14 February. Of its path, Nithard writes that it "ascended through Pisces at the center, and disappeared after the end of this meeting between the constellation which is called Lyra by some and Andromeda by others and the darker Arcturus." It is more likely that it passed through Andromeda than Lyra. Piero Sicoli, Marilina Cesario and Roberto Gorelli interpret the reference to Arcturus as indicating that the comet vanished near the north celestial pole.
While Nithard is the most detailed, several other sources from the Frankish Empire record the comet. Nithard's contemporary, Florus of Lyon, in his poem Querela de divisione imperii, mentions "terrible comets ... forboding disaster", one of which "shining brightly with a tail of flame, gleamed for almost an entire month with its grim light". This is almost certainly the same comet as reported by Nithard. The Annales Fuldenses record a comet as appearing in Aquarius on Christmas Day 841. According to the Annales Fontanellenses, the comet was visitble for 37 days from 7 January to 13 February. The Annales Xantenses, written around 873, place the comet ("a star ... in the west with a longer than usual ray towards east") somewhat later, during Lent, which began on 15 February. In his Chronica from 1111, Sigebert of Gembloux, probably drawing on earlier sources, notes the appearance of a comet in Aquarius under 842.
Interpretations
Contemporary
In Europe, the comet appeared during the Carolingian civil war and was widely viewed as an omen, an interpretation which owed much to classical writings, such as Virgil's Georgics. Nithard does not explicitly treat the comet as an omen. He notes the coincidence that the comet disappeared after the Oaths of Strasbourg but does not comment on it. In Florus' poem, the comet is clearly a portent of the division of the empire as a result of the civil war. The Annales Xantenses, mostly written by a certain Gerward, juxtaposes celestial events with wordly events in his short annals in such a way as to strongly imply a connection. After noting the comet of 842, the continuation of the civil war is noted.
Ennin records Chinese views of the portentous nature of comets and attempts to mitigate the danger in conjunction with the comet of 838. Of that of 841–842, he notes that scriptures were ordered to be read in the monasteries.
Modern
The X in the conventional comet name X/841 Y1 "denotes a well-documented comet that does not have enough information to allow a reliable orbital calculation". Nevertheless, Sicoli, Cesario and Gorelli have attempted to approximate its orbit. The comet appeared in the constellation Piscis Austrinus and then travelled through Aquarius, Pisces, Andromeda, Perseus and Camelopardalis, where it disappeared from view. The Chinese references to Shi cannot be synchronized with Nithard's account. Sicoli, Cesario and Gorelli reject the view that the comet entered Pegasus, preferring to read the Chinese reference to Shi as referring to the celestial longitude of the comet.
The apparent magnitude of the comet has been estimated. It was at its maximum between about 30 December and 5 January, with an apparent magnitude slightly less than 1.
No clear reference to the comet of 841–842 has been found in sources from the Islamic world. The al-Mubarqaʿ launched a rebellion in Palestine against the Abbasid Caliphate in early 842, however, and the historian David Cook has tentatively linked his messianic movement to the appearance of the comet.
It has been suggested that the comets reported for 20 March 840 in the Xin Tangshu and for July–August 841 in the Xin Tangshu and Jiu Tangshu are erroneously catalogued doublets of the comet of 841–842.
Notes
Bibliography
Comets
841
842
Astronomical objects discovered in the Middle Ages
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gansuyaena
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Gansuyaena
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Gansuyaena is an extinct genus of proteline hyaenid that lived during the Miocene epoch.
Distribution
Gansuyaena megalotis is known from fossils found in the Linxia Basin.
References
Miocene mammals of Asia
Monotypic prehistoric mammal genera
Fossil taxa described in 2021
Hyenas
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jen%C5%91%20Vadas
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Jenő Vadas
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Jenő Vadas also as Eugen Vlkolínsky-Vadas (2 April 1857 – 21 July 1922) was a Hungarian forester and silviculturist who established the first forestry experimental station in 1897 at Selmecbánya in Austria-Hungary (present-day Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia). He also founded the forestry research journal Erdészeti Kísérletek in 1899. He was also a botanist and ornithologist.
Vadas was born in Hámor (Felsőhámor) near Miskolc, the original family name being Vlkolinszky (until 1882). His mother Franciska Hermann was the sister of the ornithologist Ottó Herman. After the early death of his father, his uncle had a role in his education as a naturalist. He went to secondary school in Miskolc and at the Evangelical Lyceum in Selmecbánya before studying forestry from 1874 at the Selmecbánya Academy. He then joined the directorate at Máramarossziget (today Sighetu Marmației, Romania). He moved to the forestry department under the Ministry of Agriculture, Industry and Trade in 1881. In 1882 he worked as a forester in Óvár (Olováry) and in 1885 he headed the forest ranger school in Vadászerdő near Temesvár (Timișoara). In 1886 he became director and in 1891 he taught silviculture at the Selmecbánya Forest Academy. In 1897 he established the forestry experimental station and became its first director. In 1899 he founded the journal Erdészeti Kísérletek. He was a corresponding member of the Hungarian ornithological center. He contributed to forestry topics in the Pallas Nagy Lexikon. He died in Budapest and was buried in Farkasréti Cemetery.
A street in Hámor was named after him and a statue was erected at Sopron in 1930.
References
External links
Memorial at Felsőhámor
1857 births
1922 deaths
Hungarian botanists
Hungarian foresters
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Tooley%20Jr.
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James Tooley Jr.
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James Tooley Jr. (1816–August 10, 1844) was an American artist who was born and raised in the Natchez District and is considered one of the best painters produced by the lower Mississippi River valley before the American Civil War. His father, Henry Tooley, was a physician and naturalist who had his own telescope observatory. His mother was likely Mary Dromgoole, the second of Dr. Tooley's four wives. Tooley initially trained as a physician but quickly showed such aptitude for the visual arts that he turned to it full time. He painted portrait miniatures and full-size portraits in oil, and studied in Philadelphia with Thomas Sully. His travels yielded landscapes of Tennessee, Georgia, and Texas. His work has been described as "careful" and "luminous." He died of pulmonary consumption and chronic dysentery at his father's house in Natchez in 1844.
References
1816 births
1844 deaths
People from Natchez, Mississippi
19th-century American artists
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982%20Maryland%20county%20executive%20elections
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1982 Maryland county executive elections
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The Maryland county executive elections of 1982 took place on November 2, 1982. Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County, Harford County, Howard County, Montgomery County, and Prince George's County elected county executives.
Anne Arundel County
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
John R. Hammond, Annapolis alderman
Eliminated in primary
Raymond G. Boileau, consultant
Withdrawn
Robert R. Neall, state delegate (ran for re-election)
Results
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
O. James Lighthizer, state delegate
Eliminated in primary
George F. Bachman, chair of the Anne Arundel County Council
William H. Brill, county councilmember
John T. Cecil, former deputy secretary of the Maryland Department of Agriculture
Elmer E. Dunn Sr., accountant and nominee for county executive in 1978
H. Erie Schafer, state senator
Results
General election
Results
Baltimore County
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
Donald P. Hutchinson, incumbent county executive
Eliminated in primary
Joseph Weir, General Motors employee
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
John Brandau, businessman
Eliminated in primary
Leonard Kraus, businessman
Results
General election
Results
Harford County
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
Habern W. Freeman, former county councilmember
Eliminated in primary
Donald W. Androsky, executive director of the Harford County Chamber of Commerce
J. Thomas Barranger, incumbent county executive
Charles Boutin, former member of the Harford County Board of Education
William O. Carr, mayor of Bel Air
John A. Kennedy, candidate for U.S. Senate in 1980
Frank Soltis, real estate consultant and perennial candidate
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
C. Joseph Bernardo, former county councilmember
Results
General election
Results
Howard County
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
J. Hugh Nichols, incumbent county executive
Results
General election
Results
Montgomery County
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
Charles W. Gilchrist, incumbent county executive
Eliminated in primary
Wade Dunn, businessman
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
Joseph McGrath, banker
Eliminated in primary
John Hewitt, former campaign treasurer for county executive Charles W. Gilchrist
Luiz R. S. Simmons, state delegate
Results
General election
Results
Prince George's County
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
Ann Shoch, commissioner of the Maryland-National Capital Park
Eliminated in primary
William J. Goodman, C&P Telephone manager
Declined
Lawrence Hogan, incumbent county executive (ran for U.S. Senate)
Results
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
Parris Glendening, county councilmember
Eliminated in primary
John Lee Ball Jr., newspaper ad salesman and candidate for county executive in 1978
Kenneth W. Cutlip, police officer
Arthur B. Haynes, schoolteacher
Results
General election
Results
References
County executives
Maryland county executives
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Malaysian%20states%20by%20mean%20wage%20and%20median%20wage
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List of Malaysian states by mean wage and median wage
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This article contains lists of Malaysian states and federal territories by annual mean wage and annual median wage.
The first table contains a list of Malaysian states and federal territories by annual mean wage. The second table contains a list of Malaysian states and federal territories by annual median salary.
, 1 Malaysian ringgit (symbol: RM, currency code: MYR) was equivalent to 0.21 US dollar or 0.20 Euros. In 2023, Malaysia's mean wage stood at RM3,441 (US$). Median salary in Malaysia within the same year was RM2,602 (US$).
Mean salary map
Map of Malaysian states and federal territories by annual mean wage .
Mean wage by state and federal territory
Median wage by state and federal territory
See also
Economy of Malaysia
References
Wage
States and federal territories of Malaysia
Malaysia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lietuva%20%28daily%29
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Lietuva (daily)
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Lietuva () was a Lithuanian-language daily newspaper published in Kaunas from 11 January 1919 to 31 January 1928. It was the official publication of the Lithuanian government. In this function, the newspaper replaced and was replaced by Lietuvos aidas. Its circulation was 18,000 copies in 1923.
Supplements
The newspaper published several supplements, including:
Sekmoji diena in 1920–1921 edited by
Krivulė in 1925–1928 edited by
Iliustruotoji Lietuva in 1926–1928 edited by
Editors
The newspaper was edited by:
– 1919
Vilius Gaigalaitis – 1919–1920
– 1921–1922 and 1927–1928
Balys Sruoga – 1921–1923
Mykolas Biržiška – 1923
– 1923–1925 and 1926–1927
Juozas Purickis – 1925–1926
– 1926
– 1926 and 1928
References
External links
Full-text archives of Lietuva
Newspapers established in 1919
1919 establishments in Lithuania
Publications disestablished in 1928
1928 disestablishments in Lithuania
Newspapers published in Kaunas
Defunct Lithuanian-language newspapers
Daily newspapers published in Lithuania
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandre%20Villa
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Alexandre Villa
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Antônio Alexandre Villa (born 13 June 1983), better known as Alexandre Villa or Villa, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.
Career
Revealed by Comercial de Ribeirão Preto, Villa played his first years for the club, in addition to spells at União São João, Santa Cruz, América-SP and Noroeste. In 2009 he played for Romanian football, for FC Urinea Urziceni. From 2012, when he was hired by SER Caxias, he started to play for several clubs in Rio Grande do Sul.
In the 2019 season, Villa defended the Guarani de Venâncio Aires, Barra-SC and Caçador clubs, becoming champion of Série C of Santa Catarina. In 2020 he returned to Rio Grande do Sul football once time to play for São José.
After four seasons at EC São José, Villa arrived at Barcelona de Ilhéus to compete in the 2023 Campeonato Baiano. He later defended FC Santa Cruz as part of the Serie A2 champion squad, guaranteeing his stay for the 2024 season. He later played for Inter de Santa Maria, and in December 2024 he was announced as a reinforcement for Concórdia for the following year.
On 27 February 2025, Villa stood out in his performance in the penalty shoot-outs against Ponte Preta, in the first stage of the Copa do Brasil. Interviewed after the match, the goalkeeper confided that his own son was a Ponte Preta fan and asked him to miss the match.
Honours
Caçador
Campeonato Catarinense Série C: 2019
Santa Cruz-RS
Campeonato Gaúcho Série A2: 2023
References
External links
Alexandre Villa at ogol.com.br
1981 births
Living people
Men's association football goalkeepers
Brazilian men's footballers
Comercial Futebol Clube (Ribeirão Preto) players
União São João Esporte Clube players
Santa Cruz Futebol Clube players
América Futebol Clube (SP) players
Esporte Clube Noroeste players
FC Unirea Urziceni players
Sertãozinho Futebol Clube players
Botafogo Futebol Clube (SP) players
Sociedade Esportiva e Recreativa Caxias do Sul players
Cerâmica Atlético Clube players
Funorte Esporte Clube players
Esporte Clube Avenida players
Esporte Clube Passo Fundo players
Esporte Clube Guarani players
Barra Futebol Clube (SC) players
Esporte Clube São José players
Futebol Clube Santa Cruz players
Esporte Clube Internacional players
Concórdia Atlético Clube players
Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players
Campeonato Brasileiro Série D players
Footballers from São Paulo (state)
Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Romania
Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
Liga I players
21st-century Brazilian sportsmen
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old%20Swan%20Bridge%2C%20Pulborough
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Old Swan Bridge, Pulborough
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The Old Swan Bridge, also known as Pulborough Bridge is a stone bridge and Grade II listed building in Pulborough, West Sussex.
The bridge was built in 1787 in a mediaval style. It has four arches, though the fourth was built in 1834.
References
Stone bridges in England
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20Tooley%20%28physician%29
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Henry Tooley (physician)
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Henry Tooley (June 27, 1774–June 18, 1848) was an American physician, meteorologist, astronomer, pastor, and local politician who served as mayor of Natchez, Mississippi in 1837–1838. In addition to serving as mayor, he was a justice of the peace and the president of the board of county police. Tooley was born in Craven County, North Carolina. He worked as a doctor in Tennessee for some time before moving to Adams County, Mississippi. Based on a slave sale ad, in 1815 he and his brother lived near the territorial capital of Washington, Mississippi. He had his own astronomical–meteorological observatory, stocked with "practically the only" telescope in the state. He created daily meteorological records for 27 years and documented all visible solar and lunar eclipses. Dr. Tooley published monographs on the 1823 yellow fever outbreak in Natchez and the 1840 Natchez tornado. He was a Methodist Episcopal clergyman. Tooley was treasurer and lecturer of a Masonic lodge that in 1817 initiated Joseph E. Davis, brother of Jefferson Davis. Tooley was the first Grand Master of a Mississippi Masonic lodge organized in 1818. Younger Masonic brothers called him "Granda Toolep." The cause of Tooley's death was listed as "general debility." The portrait painter James Tooley Jr. was his son.
References
1848 deaths
1774 births
People from Craven County, North Carolina
People from Natchez, Mississippi
American meteorologists
American physicians
Mayors of places in Mississippi
American slave owners
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20New%20Bioethics
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The New Bioethics
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The New Bioethics is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering bioethics. The editor is Matthew James of St Mary's University, Twickenham and is published by Taylor & Francis. The journal has a 2023 impact factor of 1.4
References
External links
Quarterly journals
Bioethics journals
English-language journals
Taylor & Francis academic journals
Academic journals established in 1995
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bader%20Alomair
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Bader Alomair
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Bader Alomair is a Saudi Arabian attorney and fixer employed by the Saudi embassy in Washington, D.C.. He is known for his participation in the extradition of Saudi citizens from the United States.
Background
In 2017, Alomair was quoted in Arab News as an embassy spokesman in response to an assault on a Saudi student in the United States.
A 2021 investigation by The Washington Post described Alomair as the "working-level point man" for Saudis with legal issues in the United States. Alomair, who was reportedly "not a senior official" but a "mid-level bureaucrat who answers to higher authorities," coordinated legal representation for Saudi citizens but, beyond the legally accepted boundaries of consular assistance, also helped Saudi citizens engage in bail jumping and arranged transport for Saudi fugitives from justice.
In March 2023, Alomair was identified by multiple news outlets as the Saudi attorney who had taken custody of Eden Knight, a transgender woman who was lured back to Saudi Arabia by her family and subsequently died by suicide. Alomair, who had been hired by Eden's parents alongside the American private investigator Michael Pocalyko, falsely told Eden that she needed to return to Saudi Arabia in order to apply for asylum in the United States, and per Eden's suicide note coerced her into detransitioning.
A 2025 investigation by the BBC World Service noted that Alomair was Harvard-educated, registered with the District of Columbia Bar, drove a vehicle with Saudi diplomatic license plates, owned real estate in the DC area, and as of August 2024 was the named partner in a Virginia law firm.
References
Living people
21st-century Saudi Arabian diplomats
21st-century Saudi Arabian lawyers
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan%20Wills
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Ryan Wills
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Ryan A. Wills (born September 27, 1987) is an American professional baseball umpire. He has been an umpire in Major League Baseball since 2020, and was promoted to the full-time umpiring staff in 2024. Wills wears uniform number 20, previously worn by Tom Hallion.
Career
A graduate of the Jim Evans umpiring school, Wills began his Minor League career working in the Gulf Coast League, Appalachian League, South Atlantic League, California League, Texas League, Eastern League and International League, in addition to the Florida Instructional League and Arizona Fall League. His first major league game was between the and Miami Marlins and Washington Nationals at Nationals Park on August 22, 2020. He worked the game with Ron Kulpa, Chris Segal and Ramon De Jesus.
Wills was promoted to full-time staff alongside Clint Vondrack in February 2024. They filled spots left by the retirements of Ed Hickox and Jeff Nelson.
See also
List of major league baseball umpires
References
1987 births
Living people
Baseball people from Virginia
Major League Baseball umpires
People from Williamsburg, Virginia
Sportspeople from Virginia
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79361932
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025%20Miami%20RedHawks%20football%20team
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2025 Miami RedHawks football team
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The 2025 Miami RedHawks football team will represent Miami University in the Mid-American Conference during the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The RedHawks are led by Chuck Martin in his twelfth year as the head coach. The RedHawks played their home games at Yager Stadium, located in Oxford, Ohio.
Schedule
References
Miami
Miami RedHawks football seasons
Miami RedHawks football
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79361950
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality%20and%20Mennonites
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Homosexuality and Mennonites
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Mennonite perspectives on homosexuality range from complete acceptance to the prohibition of homosexual behavior among its community members as it is considered a sin.
Overview
Certain Mennonite communities, guided by their pacifist, simple living principles and following thorough theological analysis and discussions regarding the intersection of homosexuality and Christianity, have chosen to embrace and support same-sex couples. Within the Mennonite movement there are different positions on sexual morality, with Conservative Mennonite sectors that defend religious marital union only between a man and a woman, while certain congregations in mainline Mennonite denominations consider that although sex within marriage is a divine mandate as established by the Bible as the sacred text for them, it should also be open to same-sex couples, so they do not fall into sinful acts.
In 2016, the mainline Mennonite Church Canada assembly held in Saskatoon allowed each congregation to explore the possibility of allowing same-sex unions, whether through a blessing or through marriage.
In 2022, the Mennonite Church USA, a mainline Mennonite denomination, released a resolution acknowledging the harm it has caused to the LGBT community, particularly to couples who share a genuine love for one another. In various parts of the world, some Mennonite communities view the imposition of celibacy on individuals who identify as homosexual or bisexual as a form of sexual violence, resulting in the cessation of such practices.
See also
Anabaptist/Mennonite Church sexual misconduct cases
References
Further reading
LGBTQ and Mennonitism
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacksonia%20spinosa
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Jacksonia spinosa
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Jacksonia spinosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is an erect, spindly, compact or spreading shrub with dull green branches with about twenty very sharply pointed end branches long, leaves reduced to dark brown, broadly egg-shaped scales, yellow-orange flowers with red markings, and woody, densely hairy pods.
Description
Jacksonia spinosa is an erect, spindly, compact or spreading shrub that typically grows up to high and wide. It has dull green branches, the end branches short, straight, very sharply-pointed up to 20 on each branch, long. Its leaves are reduced to dark brown, broadly egg-shaped scales long and wide. The flowers are scattered along the branches on pedicels long, with broadly egg-shaped bracteoles long and wide on the upper part of the pedicels. The floral tube is long and the sepals are membranous, with lobes long and wide. The standard petal is yellow-orange with red markings, long and deep, the wings are yellow orange with red markings, long, and the keel is yellow-orange with red markings, long. The stamens have pink filaments and long. Flowering occurs throughout the year, and the fruit is a woody, densely hairy pod long and wide.
Taxonomy
This species was first formally described in 1805 by Jacques Labillardière who gave it the name Gompholobium spinosum in his Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen. In 1811, Robert Brown transferred the species to Jacksonia as J. spinosa in Abraham Rees's Rees's Cyclopædia. The specific epithet (spinosa) means 'spiny'.
Distribution and habitat
This species of Jacksonia grows in coastal shrubland or woodland on sand over granite, limestone or laterite, from north-east of Walpole to Cape Arid National Park and inland as far as the Porongupup and Stirling Range National Parks, in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee,Swan Coastal Plain and Warren bioregions of southern Western Australia.
Conservation status
Jacksonia spinosa is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
References
Fabales of Australia
Rosids of Western Australia
spinosa
Taxa named by Jacques Labillardière
Plants described in 1805
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79361983
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chequers%20Hotel%2C%20Pulborough
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Chequers Hotel, Pulborough
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Chequers Hotel is a hotel and Grade II listed building.
The buildings is 18th century or earlier, but with modern additions.
References
Grade II listed buildings in West Sussex
Hotels in West Sussex
Horsham District
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79361989
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiwan%20Ram
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Jiwan Ram
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Jiwan Ram (fl. 1820 – ca.1850) was an Indian artist active in the 19th century. He was a Delhi-based painter who worked with oil-on-canvas techniques but was a versatile artist who could work in other methods and mediums, such as miniature portraits on board and ivory. He worked as an independent painter without a patron rather than as an employee of the British East India Company, facing no competition from British artists in upper India in this period. He copied the techniques and style of European portraits. He mostly painted portraits of army officers, especially after the Bharatpur war of 1826.
Jiwan Ram had accompanied Lord William Bentinck to Ropar to meet with Maharaja Ranjit Singh of the Sikh Empire in 1831. On 26 October 1831, he was tasked with making a faithful depiction of Ranjit Singh by Bentinck. According to Sohan Lal Suri's Umdat-ut-Tawarikh, during a pause in the meeting Jiwan Ram presented paintings of English women to Ranjit Singh and followed that by preparing an outline sketch of Ranjit Singh on paper. Ranjit Singh paid the painter 100 rupees before dismissing him. In the 1830s, Jiwan Ram was employed by Begam Samru of Sardhana, with around twenty paintings by him adorning the walls of her palace.
In 1834, Jiwan Ram was tasked with preparing a portrait of the Mughal emperor Akbar II. In early 1838, Jiwan Ram shifted to Meerut. However, other sources claim he had shifted to Meerut earlier in around 1827.
Emily Eden, writing on the 13th of February, had the following to say about him during her stay in Meerut with Lord George Auckland and Fanny in 1838:
Gallery
Notes
References
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79362018
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaylin%20Lane
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Jaylin Lane
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Joshua Jaylin Lane is an American football wide receiver. He played college football for the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders and Virginia Tech Hokies.
Early life
Lane attended Clover High School in Clover, South Carolina. As a senior, he had 76 receptions for 1,611 yards and 30 touchdowns. He committed to Middle Tennessee State University to play college football.
College career
Lane played at Middle Tennessee from 2020 to 2022. He played in 30 games with 19 starts and had 124 receptions for 1,528 yards and touchdowns. After the 2022 season, Lane transferred to Virginia Tech. In his two years at Virginia Tech he started 20 of 24 games, recording 79 receptions for 1,004 yards and eight touchdowns.
References
External links
Virginia Tech Hokies bio
Living people
Players of American football from South Carolina
American football wide receivers
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football players
Virginia Tech Hokies football players
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Da%20Real%20Makoy
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Da Real Makoy
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Da Real Makoy (lit. The Real Macoy) is a 1977 Philippine propaganda documentary film follows the tenth president of the Philippines, Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr., sets a field trip to Ilocos Norte, Marcos's hometown, with his eldest daughter Imee Marcos. Shot entirely in Sarrat, Ilocos Norte with some animation sequences, the film was produced by National Media Production Center (NMPC) under her leadership Imee, who serves as a producer, and was written and directed by cartoonist Nonoy Marcelo in his directorial debut.
Da Real Makoy was originally released on September 21, 1977, on local theaters to commemorate the 5th anniversary of Martial Law. Despite its obscurity after the People Power Revolution in 1986, it was re-released on September 11, 2023, on Facebook to commemorate the 106th birthday of Ferdinand Marcos by the Kabataan Kontra Droga at Terorismo Ilocandia Incorporated (KKDAT) for educational purposes.
Plot
The film starts on a coastline of Ilocos Norte with Paoay Church silhouetted in Javanese efflorescence, onto the region's fishermen and farmers meditative in their immemorial sea and soil.
It closes up on a light plane descending into Laoag International Airport, Marcos gets off with his eldest daughter Imee to the welcome of an Ilocano march and a gaggle of graders and high school kids, everyone boarding a bus fare stickered on its doors in signature anachronism.
During the board, Marcos takes on the narration himself, rambling on about how the road they were traversing, unpaved in his youth, now ran through more thickly populated towns; how he was first baptized as an Aglipayan; how his grandfather was a master brewer of basi; how his father lost their lands when he entered politics at a time, details of a much-mythified tale were difficult to verify.
Production
Produced during a time when Marcelo was invited to join NMPC, owned by New Society Movement, in Christmas season of 1976 to make his first film as a documentary, describes a film promotion as a "smiling martial law".
The film about Marcoses going on a trip to his hometown, with Marcelo and Edgardo "Egay" Navarro are the only crew members to participated in the film; Navarro, he was in the 20s, wanted to make shots for the Ilocano residents as well as Marcos itself in a style of cinéma vérité.
Some animation sequences were provided by Marcelo, being used with quirky, sly satire of the kind of blatant hagiography being created at the time by the regime.
References
1977 films
1970s documentary films
Philippine documentary films
Philippine propaganda films
Films about Filipino families
Films set in Ilocos Norte
Propaganda films
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79362055
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulborough%20Signal%20Box
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Pulborough Signal Box
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Pulborough Signal Box is a signal box and Grade II listed building.
The box was build in 1878 and was a Saxby and Farmer type 5 design. This design was used from 1876 to 1896. This particular box has two stories, with the locking room on the ground floor and the operations room on the floor above. It is rectangular, two bays long by one bay wide.
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Horsham District
Rail infrastructure
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79362059
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saeed%20Qazaz
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Saeed Qazaz
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Saeed Qazaz also known as Saeed al-Qazaz was a leading politician from Iraq's noble class. He was born in 1904 into a aristocratic family of land barons in the Khurmatu District of Iraq. In 1924 he became a Secretary to Captain Lane, Mufti of the British Administration in Sulaymaniyah until the Fourteenth of July Revolution. He has held several administrative positions, including the director of Tanjaro district, governor of Halabja and Zakho, governor of Erbil, Kut, Kirkuk and Mosul. He was also the Iraqi Interior Minister during the monarchy. After the revolution, Abdulkarim Qasim surrendered to the revolution and was taken prisoner.
His famous saying is often repeated in Iraq: “When he walks towards the gallows and death is near, he sees many people under his feet who do not deserve to live”. Saeed Qazaz did not publicly belong to any political party or group.
Biography
Saeed al-Qazzaz held various positions throughout his life, including serving as an officer in the Administrative Inspection Directorate in Sulaymaniyah and as the director of Tanjaro district. He was later transferred to Erbil, where he also served as the district director. Following this, he was appointed the mayor of Zakho district. He was then transferred to Baghdad, where he became the Director general of the local administration. Qazzaz later served as the Mutasarrif (governor) of the Erbil Brigade, followed by the Kut Brigade and the Kirkuk Brigade. He then became the Mutasarrif of the Mosul Brigade.
In 1952, Qazzaz was appointed Minister of Social Affairs, and in 1953, he became the first Iraqi to hold the position of director of Iraqi ports, a role that had been occupied by the British since 1919. He remained in this position until February 28, 1954. Qazzaz then served as the Minister of the Interior in successive government ministries until the last government of the Kingdom of Iraq.
After the July 14, 1958 revolution, Qazzaz voluntarily surrendered and was charged with various crimes, including stripping a number of Iraqis of their citizenship and ordering the shooting of those who protested against electoral fraud. Prior to his conviction in court, he reportedly stated:
"I know you're going to sentence me to death, but when I go to the gallows, I see people under my feet who don't deserve to live."
Reactions
On September 20, 1959, Saeed al-Qazzaz was executed by hanging. Before his execution, his wife reportedly told him that he intended to divorce her and would send her a letter instructing her to prepare for widowhood. She also claimed that he stated she should divorce him if she attempted to reduce the sentence that had been imposed on him.
Reports
Saeed Qazzaz reported to Parliament that subversive groups, with a diplomatic mission in Iraq, were actively working against the Baghdad Pact. He specifically pointed out that an Arab nation, which he clarified to be Egypt, was assisting extremists in planning an assassination.
Roles
Saeed Qazzaz, along with some members of the local population, played an influential role in the community. After approximately a month, Mr. Qazzaz, a native of Sulaymaniyah, became involved in the local school system. He was an English teacher in the primary schools, contributing significantly to the educational development of the region.
Saeed Al-Qazaz was a former minister in the government of the deposed king. He was put on trial for high treason. Known for his valor and bravery, Al-Qazaz earned high regard among the local population. However, his actions ultimately led to his downfall, and he was sentenced to death.
Political career
The Ministry of Social Affairs in Iraq had a short-lived tenure under the government headed by Nureddin Mahmud. The position was briefly held by Qazzaz from 21 December 1952 to 22 January 1953, with Maijd Mustafa both preceding and succeeding him, indicating a brief shift in leadership during this time.
In the first term of the Minister of Interior of Iraq, from 8 March 1954 to 7 June 1957, the role saw considerable shifts under three different heads of government: Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali, Arshad al-Umari, and Nuri as-Said. This period involved overseeing national security, public order, and administrative functions vital to Iraq's governance. The individual in this role replaced Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali and was succeeded by Sami Fattah at the end of the term.
The second term of the Minister of Interior occurred from 3 March 1958 to 14 July 1958, during a period of significant political upheaval just before the 1958 Iraqi Revolution. Serving under the leadership of Nuri as-Said and Ahmad Mukhtar Baban, the individual in this role replaced Sami Fattah. Following the revolution, the individual was succeeded by Abdul Salam Arif as Iraq's political landscape dramatically shifted. The Ministry of the Interior had critical responsibilities in overseeing law enforcement, security, and political stability during this volatile period in Iraq's history.
Mam Jalal in the description of Saeed Qazaz
'Saeed Qazaz was a conservative Kurdish figure known for his strong personal beliefs and intellectual independence. He was self-educated in the fields of political and social work, despite the support he received from his uncle, Tofiq Qazazi, who assisted him in various aspects of his life, including personal matters. While Qazaz is often associated with pro-British sentiments, there is no substantial evidence to suggest that he acted as a spy or foreign agent. Rather, he held the view that the British played a critical role in Kurdish political development.
Qazaz believed that education was the key to social progress for the Kurdish people. He advocated for the importance of learning and intellectual growth, viewing education as essential for achieving political and social advancement. His ideas were rooted in the conviction that the Kurds’ future depended on their ability to educate themselves and engage in the political process, regardless of external influences.'
References
Governors of Erbil Governorate
Iraqi nobility
Iraqi politicians
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihan%20Singh
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Mihan Singh
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Mihan Singh (died 17 April 1841) was the Sikh governor (nazim) of Kashmir province from 1834 to 1841. He was the commander of a Sikh infantry battalion, which led to him being bestowed with the Kumedan title. After the death of Maharaja Ranjit Singh in 1839, Mihan Singh advocated for the partial independence from Lahore. In the aftermath of his failed proposal, he was killed by rebellious troops on 17 April 1841.
Mihan Singh had taken on the position of governor of Kashmir at a dire time for the region but was able to rehabilitate Kashmir during his governorship. Mihan Singh enacted many popular reforms that addressed hunger, poverty and unemployment in Kashmur during his tenure as governor. He was assisted in his administration by a Kashmiri Pandit named Pandit Ganesh Dhar and a Punjabi Muslim named Mohammad Afzal Qazi. He was the founder of Qila Mihan Singh, which was named after him.
Background
Kashmir had been conquered by the Afghan Durranis in 1752, having taken it from its previous Mughal rulers. In 1819, an invading Sikh force under the command of Misr Diwan Chand and Raja Gulab Singh annexed the region to the Sikh Empire. The city of Srinagar came under the Sikhs on 5 July 1819. Whilst initially the local Kashmiri residents welcomed their new Sikh overlords as liberators, this hope was shattered due to seemingly oppressive policies the Sikh administrators enacted onto the Kashmiris. The total annual amount of revenue expected from Kashmir was fixed and the ijaradars (revenue farmers) were given free-reign to extract funds from the mostly Muslim populace in the Kashmir Valley through the levying of large sums, which enriched the ijaradars. Mihan Singh's brother, Gurmak Singh, had acted as the governor of Kashmir in 1825.
Governance of Kashmir
Mohan Lal Kashmiri recorded words praising the martial abilities of Mihan Singh in his diary on 14 February 1832. Before the appointment of Mihan Singh to the governorship of Kashmir, there were mixed successes and failures of previous governors of the region. The predecessory acting governors under nominal governor Sher Singh consisted of two Sikhs (Khushal Singh and Gurmukh Singh) and one Muslim (Sheikh Ghulam Mohiuddin), with there being instances of corruption amongst them. Prior to the trio, the former acting governor Wasakha Singh had also engaged in corruption. In 1833, a serious famine in Kashmir erupted with the Sikh state sending food supplies to relieve the populace.
Mihan Singh succeeded the nominal governor Sher Singh and the acting governors Shaik Gholam Muhyi Addin and Jamadar Kushal Singh as governor of Kashmir in July 1834. Other sources claim he became the governor in October 1834. Pandit Ganesh Dar was appointed as Mihan Singh's Chief Minister and had experience in revenue and administration. A Punjabi Muslim named Mohammad Afzal Qazi, an officer of Mihan Singh, also assisted the administration. Mihan Singh was appointed to his post by the maharaja in Lahore. Mihan Singh was the first Sikh nizam (governor) of Kashmir to receive a salary. The region of Kashmir was in a poor-state due to previous mismanagement, thus Mihan Singh's administration took-on new measures to recover the industrial and agricultural economy of Kashmir. Incentives were given to agriculturalists and horticulturists, improving the shawl economy. Thus, due to these reforms Kashmir had for the first-time since Afghan-rule become self-sufficient in food. It is said that Mihan Singh himself would pay visits to shops and ghats of Kashmir to inspect weights and measures an delve out punishments to violators. The administrative treasury managed to get replenished during his tenure.
The following reforms and measures were undertaken during his governorship of Kashmir:
Abolishment of duties on grain and other essential items of daily consumption
Imported large amounts of grain and poultry from Punjab
Doled-out harsh punishments on black-marketers
Gave relief in land revenue to encourage cultivation, such as by granting taqavi loans generously to cultivators
Promotion of trade by lowering tariff duties
Loans were given to shawl factory owners to improve production
Development of a trade network consisting of imports and exports with Ladakh, Punjab, British India, Afghanistan, and Central Asia
Construction of serais at convenient places for traders and travellers
Facilities of credit and correspondence through state postal service were provided
Suppression of the Galwans led by Khaira Galwan, an organized body of bandits or thugs who roamed around committing dacoities, and abducted women and girls
Construction and planting of a garden known as the Basant Bagh, which partly consisted of chinar trees
Ending tribal revolts harshly
Compilation of the Tarikh-i-Kashmir
Promotion of religious and cultural freedom
Mihan Singh did not support Zorawar Singh's invasion of Ladakh due to disputes over the trade of shawl wool. Mihan Singh went as far as tampering with the peace-talks between the Ladakhis and Dogras. Mihan Singh had originally wanted to be the one to lead a Sikh invasion of Ladakh but instead the task was given to Gulab Singh, who appointed general Zorawar Singh to accomplish the feat, with Mihan Singh merely being instructed to assist the Dogras with their invasion of Ladakh. When the Ladakhis later rebelled, Mihan Singh was blamed for it. The shawl industry in Kashmir had been severely weakened due to Gulab Singh diverting the supply of wool from Ladakh to Jammu via the newly acquired Kishtwar, which opened a shorter albeit more difficult route for the supply of wool. According to Jia Lal Kalam, Sunni-Shia rivalry and riots led to many shawl weavers and merchants, who were mostly Shiites, to leave the Kashmir Valley for Amritsar, Ludhiana, and Jammu. Thus, the shawl economy in Kashmir declined, increasing poverty. Mihan Singh's initial attempts at writing to the Sikh maharaja were intercepted by Dhian Singh Dogra. When word finally reached the maharaja, the Sikh ruler ordered for the supply of wool to Kashmir be restored.
Mihan Singh established some gardens in Kashmir. In 1835, he established and planted the Basant Bagh, with it being planted by Chinar trees. He is also responsible for planting the Mandir Bagh.
In 1836, Mihan Singh introduced a new silver rupee to Kashmir, known as the Hari Singhi, to either boost exports or to meet the shortage of silver. The rupee had a value reduced by 1–2 annas (from 11 annas to 9 annas) and was 50% silver in-content.
The Sikh governors of distant provinces, such as Kashmir, were suspected of harbouring secessionist sentiments by the Lahore court. After the death of Maharaja Singh in 1839, Mihan Singh pushed for partial-independence of Kashmir from Lahore, being supported by Gulab Singh of Jammu. Shortly after the enthronement of Maharaja Sher Singh in early 1841, two battalions of the Sikh army stationed in Kashmir rose up in rebellion. On 17 April 1841, rebelling soldiers murdered Mihan Singh at his personal residence in Srinagar at night, leading to the failure of the proposal. The soldiers who killed him were against his secessionist aims. Shortly after the death of Mihan Singh, his official Pandit Ganesh Dar was also murdered.
Order was restored in Kashmir by Gulab Singh after Mihan Singh's death. Mihan Singh was succeeded as governor of Kashmir by Sheikh Ghulam Mohiuddin, who appointed Pandit Tilak Chand Munshi as his Chief Minister. They continued to carry-out effective and popular reforms, similar to Mihan Singh and Pandit Ganesh Dar before them. Kashmir would later fall into the hands of Gulab Singh, who obtained it through the Treaty of Amritsar, signed on 16 March 1846 between Gulab Singh and representatives of Sir Henry Hardinge.
Legacy
Sir Walter R. Lawrence stated the following about Mihan Singh in his 1895 work The Valley of Kashmir:
Pearce Gervis in his 1954 book titled This is Kashmir praised Mihan Singh for being an enlightened ruler who brought relief to the Kashmir Valley. Qila Mihan Singh, located around ten kilometres from Gujranwala, is named after him and is believed to have been founded by him.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025%20Women%27s%20South%20Island%20League%20%28New%20Zealand%29
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2025 Women's South Island League (New Zealand)
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The 2025 Women's South Island League is the first full season, fourth season in total, of the second level of women's football in New Zealand, and the third season under the name Women's South Island League.
This year the South Island League goes straight to the league phase with out the qualifying leagues. The is the culmination of the two regional federations, each of which provide teams to the Women's South Island League. The league will be a double round robin, with each team having a home and away tie against each other.
Teams
This year, all six teams are back in the league with three team joining this season. Joining them from Mainland Football will be Halswell United, Nomads–Waimakariri United (NW United for short) and University of Canterbury. This is Halswell United and NW United's first season in the league and University of Canterbury's second season after not making the qualification in 2024
Personnel
Managerial changes
Note: Some cases use first/last match coached
Table
Results table
References
External links
New Zealand Football official website
Southern Football official website
Mainland Football official website
Women's association football in New Zealand
Women South Island
Women South Island
New Zealand, Women South Island
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