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Ocland | For | Ocland (, Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania. The commune is composed of three villages: Crăciunel (Karácsonyfalva), Ocland, and Satu Nou (Homoródújfalu). |
Ocland | History | History
Ocland was first recorded in 1546 as Akland, and in 1550 as Okland.Transylvanian Toponym Book The name Karácsonyfalva was first recorded in 1333 in a tithe register when a priest of Karachni was mentioned. In 1453, reference was made of Peter, son of Michael, of Karachonfalwa. Its Romanian name derives from the Hungarian and historically it was Crăciunfăleni.Transylvanian Toponym Book The name of Homoródújfalu was first recorded in 1481 in the form of Wijfalw, in 1861 it was called officially Homoród-Ujfalu. The Romanian name was originally Homorod-Uifalău which was changed to the current official form after World War I.
The villages were part of the Székely Land region of the historical Transylvania province. They belonged to Udvarhelyszék district until the administrative reform of Transylvania in 1876, when they fell within the Homoród district of Udvarhely County in the Kingdom of Hungary. Oklánd was the district seat until after World War II. After the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, they became part of Romania and fell within Odorhei County during the interwar period. In 1940, the second Vienna Award granted the Northern Transylvania to Hungary and the villages were held by Hungary until 1944. After Soviet occupation, the Romanian administration returned and the commune officially became part of Romania again in 1947. Between 1952 and 1960, the commune fell within the Magyar Autonomous Region, and between 1960 and 1968 the Mureș-Magyar Autonomous Region. In 1968, the autonomous region was abolished, and since then, the commune has been part of Harghita County. |
Ocland | Demographics | Demographics
The commune has a Hungarian (Székely) majority. According to the 2011 census, it had a population of 1,257, of which 98.41% or 1,237 were Hungarians. At the 2021 census, Ocland had 1,270 inhabitants; of those, 92.83% were Hungarians. |
Ocland | Landmarks | Landmarks |
Ocland | Ocland | Ocland
The ramparts of the watchtower of a Roman castrum, called by locals as Hagymás castle, can still be seen in the saddle of the Mogyorós and Szilas creeks.
The Kustaly Castle is located east of the village. It was built in the 11th to 12th centuries as part of the Hungarian border defence system.
The Unitarian church of the village is from the Romanesque era and was altered around the turn of the 15th to 16th century in late Gothic style. It received its current form by the constructions works made in 1938. |
Ocland | Crăciunel | Crăciunel
The Unitarian Church. Medieval fresco scenes cover 100 square meters and show the legend of Ladislaus I of Hungary, the birth of Jesus, the homage of the Three Kings, Empress Saint Helen. It has a unique coffered ceiling, painted furniture, sanctuary dating from the Árpád Dynasty of medieval Hungary. The church was already mentioned in 1333. The construction of the gate on the southern side and the enlargement of the windows are thought to have been made in the 14th century. The western gate decorated with a relief representing the Agnus Dei was built in 1496 at the same time with the robust church tower. A Székely runic inscription was found in the wall of the tower. The meaning of the old Hungarian script is still not definitely solved.
The monument to Queen Elisabeth of Hungary was erected outside the wall of the Unitarian church in 1904.
The Roman Catholic church was built in the 18th century, its altar, however, is from the 17th century and it is thought to preserve components from the pre-Reformation era. |
Ocland | Twinnings | Twinnings
As Oklean, Karátsonfalva, and Ujfalu on Josephinische Landaufnahme, 1769–1773|thumb
The commune is twinned with
Csanádalberti, Hungary
Cserépfalu, Hungary
Karácsond, Hungary |
Ocland | References | References |
Ocland | External links | External links
Images of the commune
www.okland.ro
www.homorodkaracsonyfalva.eu
Category:Communes in Harghita County
Category:Localities in Transylvania
Category:Székely communities |
Ocland | Table of Content | For, History, Demographics, Landmarks, Ocland, Crăciunel, Twinnings, References, External links |
Bamburi Cement | short description | Bamburi Cement Limited is an industrial company in Kenya specialising in cement and concrete. The company has operations in Bamburi suburb of Mombasa, it is headquartered in Nairobi and its stock is listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange. |
Bamburi Cement | Overview | Overview
Bamburi Cement is the largest manufacturer of cement in Eastern Africa, with its cement plant in Mombasa being the second largest cement plant in sub-Saharan Africa. This has given it the title of largest manufacturing export earner in Kenya. As of December 2015, the company's total assets were valued at US$420 million, with shareholders' equity of about US$297 million. |
Bamburi Cement | History | History
Bamburi Cement was founded in 1951 by Felix Mandl as a partnership between Cementia Holding and Blue Circle in British Kenya. The company started production from its Mombasa plant in 1954. In 1998, Bamburi opened a clinker grinding plant in Athi River. |
Bamburi Cement | Subsidiaries and investments | Subsidiaries and investments
The companies that comprise Bamburi Cement include, but are not limited, to the following:
Bamburi Cement – Nairobi, Kenya – The flagship company of the group. This unit engages in the production of cement.
Bamburi Special Products – Nairobi, Kenya – 100% shareholding – This subsidiary is dedicated to manufacturing of concrete paving blocks and ready mix concrete.
Lafarge Eco systems – Nairobi, Kenya – 100% shareholding – The environmental and rehabilitation arm of the group.
HimCem Holdings – Saint Helier, Jersey – 100% shareholding – An investment holding company.
East African Portland Cement Company – Athi River, Kenya – 12.5% shareholding – A Kenya-based cement manufacturer listed on the NSE.East Africa Portland Cement 2011/12 Annual Report Page 85 |
Bamburi Cement | Shareholding | Shareholding
The shares of Bamburi Cement are traded on the main market segment of the Nairobi Securities Exchange, under the ticker symbol: BAMB. The shareholding in the company's stock as at 31 December 2016 was as depicted in the table below:
+ Bamburi Cement Limited stock ownership Rank Name of ownerPercentage ownership1 Fincem Holding Limited 29.302 Kencem Holding Limited 29.303 Other investors 41.40 Total100.00
Fincem Holding Limited and Kencem Holding Limited are subsidiaries of LafargeHolcim. This gives LafargeHolcim 58.6% control of Bamburi Cement. |
Bamburi Cement | Environmental concerns | Environmental concerns
During its early years, cement production grew from 1.2 million tons to 25 million tons. This made the Bamburi quarries inhospitable arid wasteland with brackish water. In 1959, the company engaged Rene Haller to beautify the area. In the 1971 Haller embarked on the reforestation project leading to the formation of Haller Park. The park is tourist attraction with a wide range of flora and fauna.
The company has since aimed to convert barren landscape of disused limestone quarries into vibrant and diverse ecosystem of forest, grasslands and ponds. |
Bamburi Cement | Sponsorship | Sponsorship |
Bamburi Cement | Bamburi Rugby Super Series | Bamburi Rugby Super Series
The Bamburi Rugby Super Series is an East African rugby union competition with eight teams in total, five teams from Kenya, two from Uganda and one from Tanzania. It is closely based on the Super Rugby competition in the southern hemisphere. Games take place at the RFUEA Ground in Nairobi, Friedkin Recreation Centre in Arusha and the Kyadondo Grounds, Kampala.http://www.kbc.co.ke/story.asp?ID=64123 |
Bamburi Cement | See also | See also
Cement in Africa
Haller Park |
Bamburi Cement | References | References |
Bamburi Cement | External links | External links
Bamburi Cement at MBendi
Profile of Bamburi Cement at myStocks KE
How Bamburi got top price in Uganda
Category:Cement companies of Kenya
Category:Companies listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange
Category:Companies in the NSE 20 Share Index
Category:Manufacturing companies based in Nairobi
Category:Kenyan brands
Category:1951 establishments in Africa |
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Termo | wiktionary | Termo may refer to:
Anita samson
Termo, California, USA
Leonard Termo (?–2012), American character actor |
Termo | Table of Content | wiktionary |
Coscinodiscophyceae | short description | The Coscinodiscophyceae are a class(s) of diatoms. They are similar to the Centrales, a traditional, paraphyletic subdivision of the heterokont algae known as diatoms. The order is named for the shape of the cell walls (or valves or frustules) of centric diatoms, which are circular or ellipsoid in valve view. The valves often bear radially symmetrical ornamental patterns that can appear as dots when viewed with an optical microscope. Some also bear spines on their valves, which may either increase cell surface area and reduce sinking, or act as a deterrent to zooplankton grazers. Unlike pennate diatoms, centric diatoms never have a raphe.
In terms of cell cycle, vegetative cells are diploid and undergo mitosis during normal cell division. In sexual species, oogamous meiosis produces haploid gametes, either ova or sperm cells. These fuse to produce a zygote which expands in size to develop into an auxospore from which full-sized vegetative cells are produced.
In some taxonomy schemes, the centric diatoms are known instead as order Coscinodiscophyceae, and in some schemes as order Biddulphiales. However, diatom taxonomy is changing due to the development of new molecular and genetical analysis tools. |
Coscinodiscophyceae | See also | See also
Pennales |
Coscinodiscophyceae | References | References |
Coscinodiscophyceae | Further reading | Further reading |
Coscinodiscophyceae | External links | External links
Category:Ochrophyte classes |
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Vallvidrera Funicular | Infobox rail line
| The Vallvidrera Funicular (Catalan and Spanish: Funicular de Vallvidrera) is a funicular railway in the Barcelona district of Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, in Catalonia, Spain. It connects Peu del Funicular station on the Barcelona–Vallès Line with the residential neighborhood of Vallvidrera, in the Collserola mountain range.
Opened on , the funicular has played a key role in the development of Vallvidrera and is the main public transport access to this neighborhood. Although initially privately owned by Ferrocarril de Sarriá a Barcelona (FSB), it was transferred to the Catalan government together with the Barcelona–Vallès Line after FSB's economic collapse. Thus, since , the funicular has been operated by Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC). In 1998, it was entirely rebuilt and upgraded to an automated guideway transit (AGT) system, including the introduction of new rolling stock.
The funicular is integrated as part of the Vallès Metro high-frequency commuter rail scheme. It runs at a basic interval of 6 minutes on weekdays, less frequently on weekends and public holidays, with a journey time of 2 minutes and 50 seconds (without considering any intermediate stops). Besides, it is entirely within fare zone 1 of the Autoritat del Transport Metropolità (ATM) fare-integrated public transport system for the Barcelona metropolitan area. |
Vallvidrera Funicular | History | History
The line was opened in 1906. Its upper station (Vallvidrera Superior) was designed by the architects Bonaventura Conill i Montobbio and Arnald Calvet i Peyronill in the Catalan Modernist style.
The line became part of the FGC network in 1981. It was rebuilt in 1998, with the introduction of new cars, platform screen doors and fully automated operation. The new cars were built by Gangloff of Bern. |
Vallvidrera Funicular | Technical features | Technical features
The funicular has the following technical parameters:
Number of stops3ConfigurationSingle track with passing loopTrack lengthRiseMaximum gradient30.9%Track gaugeNumber of cars2Capacity50 passengers per carMaximum speedTractionElectricityOperationFully automatic |
Vallvidrera Funicular | List of stations | List of stations
The following table lists the name of each station on the Vallvidrera Funicular in ascendent order (from south to north), a photo of the current station, its elevation, its coordinates, remarkable notes and usage figures.
Station Photo Elevation Coordinates Notes Usage Vallvidrera Inferior 100px 192 m 630ft Connects with Peu del Funicular station on the Barcelona–Vallès Line, offering a transfer to Vallès Metro commuter rail lines S1 and S2. 348.9 Carretera de les Aigües 100px 302 m 991ft Serves the popular walking and cycling route known as Carretera de les Aigües. It is a request stop. 20.9 Vallvidrera Superior 100px 359 m 1,178ft Serves the main residential area of the Barcelona neighborhood of Vallvidrera. 390.5 |
Vallvidrera Funicular | Notes | Notes |
Vallvidrera Funicular | References | References |
Vallvidrera Funicular | Bibliography | Bibliography |
Vallvidrera Funicular | External links | External links
Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC) official website
Vallvidrera Funicular at trenscat.cat
Vallvidrera Funicular at Funiculars.net
Video of the funicular's route on YouTube
Category:Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya
Category:Funicular railways in Barcelona
Category:Railway lines opened in 1906
Category:Transport in Sarrià-Sant Gervasi
Category:Metre-gauge railways in Spain
Category:1906 establishments in Spain |
Vallvidrera Funicular | Table of Content | Infobox rail line
, History, Technical features, List of stations, Notes, References, Bibliography, External links |
Bob Malloy (1940s pitcher) | Short description | Robert Paul Malloy (May 28, 1918 – February 20, 2007) was an American professional baseball player and a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played between 1943 and 1949 for the Cincinnati Reds (1943–44, 1946–47) and St. Louis Browns (1949). Malloy batted and threw right-handed. |
Bob Malloy (1940s pitcher) | Biography | Biography
Born in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania on May 28, 1918, Malloy served in the US Army during World War II.
During his five-season, baseball career, Malloy posted a 4–7 record with a 3.26 ERA and two saves in 48 games pitched, including 35 strikeouts, 26 games finished, and 116 innings.
While pitching for Triple-A Indianapolis Indians in 1948, Malloy went 21–7 and led the International League both in wins and ERA. His team ended with a 100–54 mark.
As of 2006, Malloy holds the lowest ERA (3.26) of any major league pitcher coming out of University of Pittsburgh with more than 100 innings. The next are Doc Medich (3.77), Steve Swetonic (3.81), and Johnny Miljus (3.92). |
Bob Malloy (1940s pitcher) | Death | Death
Malloy died in Cincinnati on February 20, 2007. He was eighty-eight. |
Bob Malloy (1940s pitcher) | References | References |
Bob Malloy (1940s pitcher) | External links | External links
Category:1918 births
Category:2007 deaths
Category:People from Canonsburg, Pennsylvania
Category:Baseball players from Washington County, Pennsylvania
Category:Cincinnati Reds players
Category:St. Louis Browns players
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
Category:Major League Baseball pitchers
Category:Pittsburgh Panthers baseball players
Category:Birmingham Barons players
Category:Syracuse Chiefs players
Category:Indianapolis Indians players
Category:Dallas Eagles players
Category:Milwaukee Brewers (minor league) players
Category:San Diego Padres (minor league) players
Category:United States Army personnel of World War II |
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Guthrie's Memorial, Isle of Man | Use dmy dates |
thumb|The memorial
Guthrie's Memorial (previously The Cutting)The Magic of The TT. A Century of Racing over The Mountain page 42 Mac McDiarmid (2004) Haynes Publishing. is a S-bend corner between the 26 and 27 mile road-side markers on the primary A18 Snaefell mountain road, part of the Snaefell Mountain Course known mainly for motorcycle racing, situated in the Isle of Man parish of Lezayre.Isle of Man Green Final page 3 29 April 1939 "Jim Guthrie Memorial" |
Guthrie's Memorial, Isle of Man | A18 Snaefell Mountain Road | A18 Snaefell Mountain Road
The A18 Snaefell mountain road was developed in the mid-nineteenth century from a number of existing roads, carting-tracks and bridle paths. This included installation of a number of sheep-gates, milestones, the building of a series of embankments, revetments, purpose built graded sections which reflected nineteenth century highway and railway building practices.Manx Milestones pages 13–17 by Stuart Slack (1st Edition)(2003)The Manx Experience This included the distinctive road embankments which gave the S-bend corner the previous name of The Cutting. This section of the A18 Snaefell Mountain Road from the Keppel Gate to Park Mooar / Park Llewellyn (North Barrule) was built on common grazing land that were transferred to the UK Crown following the sale of the Islands feudal rights by the Duke of Atholl after the Disafforesting Commission of 1860.Manx Milestones pages 57–58 by Stuart Slack (1st Edition)(2003)The Manx Experience The nearby revetment and embankment at the 27th Milestone is sometimes informally referred to as the Guthrie's Bridge.
The western side embankment at Guthrie's Memorial was removed during the winter of 2004/2005 by the Department of Transport as a road traffic improvement, followed by a small section of the north-eastern embankment in April 2009.
During the winter of 2012/2013 the stone TT Marshall's shelter at Guthrie's Memorial was demolished. |
Guthrie's Memorial, Isle of Man | Motor-Sport Heritage | Motor-Sport Heritage
During the 1937 TT races, Jimmie Guthrie won the Junior race, but retired on lap five of the Senior race at The Cutting section of the course. After crashing fatally during the 1937 German Grand Prix a memorial to Jimmie Guthrie was built in 1939 at The Cutting.Isle of Man Weekly Times page 18 dated 17 June 1939 Funded by public subscription, the memorial was built at the place where he retired in his last TT race.
The inscription on the memorial reads:
A further memorial called the "Guthrie Stone" was established in 1949 at the site of the fatal accident on the Sachsenring road course, near the German village of Hohenstein-Ernstthal. |
Guthrie's Memorial, Isle of Man | Gallery | Gallery |
Guthrie's Memorial, Isle of Man | Sources | Sources |
Guthrie's Memorial, Isle of Man | External links | External links
Prohibited and Restricted Areas for the Isle of Man TT Races, Classic TT and Manx Grand Prix, 26th Milestone, Guthrie's Memorial, 27th Milestone and Mountain Mile
Category:Roads in the Isle of Man |
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Plumley | Short description | Plumley is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It had a population of 643 at the 2011 census.
There are two public houses, The Golden Pheasant and The Smoker. Plumley railway station is on the Mid-Cheshire Line and has regular services to Manchester and Chester. |
Plumley | Plumley salt cavities | Plumley salt cavities
In 1949, following a study carried out in 1947, the ICI Company was commissioned by the Ministry of Fuel and Power to develop a small salt cavity in the ICI Brinefield at Holford near Plumley. It was constructed by leaching out brine and designed to be able to hold approximately 5,000 cubic metres of petroleum. It was filled with gas oil and regularly tested for any deterioration in the quality of the product.
The location for the possible salt cavity site was ideal as it was close to the Stanlow Refinery, a number of existing petroleum storage depots and the government pipeline network.
In 1951 the government decided to build 34 full-sized cavities. They were designed to hold approximately 1.2 million tons of petroleum product giving the site a capacity approximately six times greater than any of the existing government storage depots.
The Ministry of Fuel and Power therefore purchased approximately 200 acres of suitable land from ICI near Plumley. ICI were contracted to excavate the salt cavities while Shell was contracted to carry out all the other associated engineering works. These were extensive and included all the necessary ancillary facilities, connecting the Plumley site to the existing pipeline system, to the Shell refinery at Stanlow and to a new storage depot to be built at Goostrey.
Following the Suez Crisis of 1956, the Ministry of Power decided that the storage capacity at Plumley should be doubled. This was achieved by increasing the volume of each cavity. Work started in January 1959, but could only progress quite slowly as each cavity had to be emptied of product and then leached out and was not completed until July 1963.
The government required that all oil refineries in this country had to keep 90 days' supply of crude oil in Great Britain. To meet that requirement, a number of oil companies stored crude oil in the salt cavities at Plumley. However, they had to enter into an exchange deal with Shell, as the only refinery that could easily use the crude oil was Shell Stanlow. There were also problems with operations at Plumley in the build-up of sludge from the crude oil in the cavities. It was found that sludge was building up at a rate that increased with the movement in and out of the cavities. Therefore, the cavities hired by Shell and the most frequently used for the Stanlow refinery had the largest accumulation of sludge.
A second problem with the cavities used for the storage of crude oil was that the extraction rate, at 7,200 cubic metres per day, was too slow. A system for the removal of fuel from the cavities at a much higher flow-rate of around 25,000 cubic metres per day had been installed as part of the original design. This involved the use of two water-pumping stations at Acton Bridge on the River Weaver connected to Plumley by two water mains. This system, however, could only be used in an emergency as it would wash out some of the cavity until after two such operations it would fail.
During the 1970s the use of the salt cavities declined. In 1975 and 1976 the Department of Energy, at the insistence of the Treasury, considerably increased the charges for the use of Plumley. However, this resulted in three of the oil companies removing their product from the cavities leading to a dramatic drop in income. Around 1980 BNOC, who managed Plumley on behalf of the DoE, concluded that approximately £500,000 would need to be spent over a two-year period to keep it operational. In the early 1980s, as the DoE no longer required the storage of civil ground fuels for use in an emergency, the salt cavities were emptied of product, although they were retained as an asset for possible future usage.Government Pipeline and Storage System Capacity Study June 1984 p.5 |
Plumley | See also | See also
Listed buildings in Plumley |
Plumley | References | References |
Plumley | External links | External links
Category:Villages in Cheshire
Category:Civil parishes in Cheshire |
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Category:Brazilian film editors | CinemaofBrazil | Brazilian
Editors
Film |
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File:Shrouded planet.jpg | Summary | Summary
Dust-jacket by Wallace Wood of The Shrouded Planet, by Robert Randall (Robert Silverberg and Randall Garrett) to illustrate an article |
File:Shrouded planet.jpg | Rationale | Rationale |
File:Shrouded planet.jpg | Licensing | Licensing
Category:Science fiction book cover images |
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Category:Folly buildings in the Republic of Ireland | [[Category:Folly buildings | Ireland
Category:Buildings and structures in the Republic of Ireland by type |
Category:Folly buildings in the Republic of Ireland | External links | External links
Irish Follies (An Taisce - The National Trust for Ireland) |
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André Abujamra | Use mdy dates | André Cibelli Abujamra (born May 15, 1965) is a Brazilian score composer, musician, singer, guitarist, actor, and comedian of Lebanese and Italian origin. Both his father, Antônio Abujamra, and cousin, Clarisse Abujamra, are actors. |
André Abujamra | Film work | Film work
Abujamra has worked on nearly 30 films in his career since entering the Cinema of Brazil in 1988, and has composed the soundtracks to acclaimed Brazilian films such as Durval Discos (2002), Carandiru (2003), and Cafundó (2005). He has also had several minor roles in Brazilian films and has written soundtracks for Brazilian TV channel Eurochannel. |
André Abujamra | Band work | Band work
He was singer and guitar player for a band called Karnak. They have released three CDs: Karnak (1995), Universo Umbigo (1997), and Estamos Adorando Tóquio (2000). Alongside Maurício Pereira he is also part of the experimental rock duo Os Mulheres Negras.
His album Omindá was ranked as the 17th best Brazilian album of 2018 by the Brazilian edition of Rolling Stone magazine and among the 25 best Brazilian albums of the second half of 2018 by the São Paulo Association of Art Critics.
In 2021, his album Emidoinã was nominated for the Latin Grammy Award for Best Portuguese Language Rock or Alternative Album. |
André Abujamra | Awards | Awards
He has won four professional awards in his career to date, and he won the Kikito Award for the soundtrack of "As Rosas não Falam". |
André Abujamra | References | References |
André Abujamra | External links | External links
Category:1965 births
Category:Living people
Category:Male actors from São Paulo
Category:Brazilian male film actors
Category:Brazilian film score composers
Category:Brazilian male film score composers
Category:Brazilian male guitarists
Category:20th-century Brazilian male singers
Category:20th-century Brazilian singers
Category:Brazilian male telenovela actors
Category:Brazilian people of Lebanese descent
Category:Brazilian people of Italian descent
Category:21st-century Brazilian male singers
Category:21st-century Brazilian singers
Category:Brazilian male comedians
Category:Comedians from São Paulo |
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Vindiciae contra tyrannos | italic title | thumb|Vindiciae contra tyrannosVindiciae contra tyrannos (meaning: "Defences [of liberty] against tyrants"University of Wisconsin History Department) was an influential Huguenot tract published in Basel in 1579. Its author remains uncertain, since it was written under the pseudonym of "Stephen Junius Brutus". Likely candidates for its authorship include Hubert Languet and Philippe de Mornay. In 1931, Gerardina Tjaberta van Ysselsteyn conjectured that the tract was a collaboration between Languet and de Mornay.
The work proceeds through four questions concerning the response of the people to their king. The first two questions are treated briskly and concern whether a people are bound to obey or are able to resist their king when he breaks the divine law. The third and longest question considers whether the people can resist a king on the grounds that he is destroying the commonwealth.
The answer to each of these questions is an affirmative. The work is interesting for the grounds that it gives a justification for popular resistance. The work merges the theological view of covenant with the legal understanding of contract to show why resistance can be justified in the eyes of the law. However, it stops short of inviting any individual to judge a king. Rather, individuals could only take up arms if they are led by an inferior magistrate (so termed to distinguish them from the superior magistrate, i.e., the king). This shows considerable restraint in the wake of the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre and in comparison to other Reformed thinkers such as Christopher Goodman and John Knox.
The fourth question considers whether foreign princes can legally support a popular rising against a king on the conditions set out in the first three questions.
Scholars have debated the extent to which the tract was influential to Roman and canon law. |
Vindiciae contra tyrannos | References | References |
Vindiciae contra tyrannos | External links | External links
Vindiciae Contra Tyrannos: A Defence of Liberty Against Tyrants, in its entirety (free PDF download)
Category:1579 works
Category:Works published under a pseudonym
Category:Huguenot history
Category:Pamphlets
Category:Works about monarchy
Category:Political philosophy literature
Category:French Wars of Religion |
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Fragilariophyceae | Short description | Fragilariophyceae is a group of pennate diatoms lacking a raphe. |
Fragilariophyceae | Examples | Examples
It includes the following genera: |
Fragilariophyceae | Fragilariales | Fragilariales
Ardissonea
Asterionella
Asterionellopsis
Catacombas
Diatoma
Fragilaria
Fragilariforma
Grammonema
Hyalosynedra
Neofragilaria
Opephora
Pseudostaurosira
Punctastriata
Staurosira
Staurosirella
Synedra
Synedropsis
Tabularia
Ulnaria |
Fragilariophyceae | Striatellales | Striatellales
Hyalosira
Striatella
Toxarium |
Fragilariophyceae | Other | Other
Climacosphenia
Cyclophora
Delphineis
Protoraphis
Rhabdonema
Rhaphoneis
Tabellaria
Thalassionema |
Fragilariophyceae | References | References
Category:Ochrophyte classes
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S4M | refimprove | The S4M () was a Soviet special service pistol.
It was a simple break-open, two-shot derringer, but the unique features came from its specialized ammunition, designed around a cut-down version of the 7.62×39mm rounds used in the Soviet AK-47. The casings of the round contained a piston-like plunger between the bullet and the powder that would move forward inside the casing when fired. The piston would push the round down the barrel and plug the end of the casing, completely sealing off any explosive gases in the casing. This, combined with the inherently low-velocity round resulted in a truly silent pistol. The nature of the gun and ammunition led to it being wildly inaccurate outside of point-blank range. To add further confusion and throw possible suspicion away from the assassin, the barrel rifling was designed to affect the bullet in such a way that ballistics experts would not only conclude that the round was fired from an AK-47, but that the round was fired from several hundred feet away.
Due to the politically devastating nature inherent in this design, the S4M was kept highly secret. Information on the pistol was not known by western governments until well after the end of the Cold War.
The S4M was succeeded by a less powerful, but otherwise fairly similar, MSP using the newer SP-3 ammunition in 7.62×39mm, which also used in the NRS knife.Maxim Popenker (2008), Special purpose small arms ammunition of USSR and Russia ; updated version of an article first appeared in the March 2005 issue of The Cartridge Researcher, the Journal of ECRA (the European Cartridge Research Association) |
S4M | See also | See also
Derringer
PSS Silent Pistol
TKB-506
List of Russian weaponry |
S4M | References | References |
S4M | External links | External links
S4M silent pistol at Modern Firearms
Category:Pistols of the Soviet Union
Category:Insurgency weapons
Category:Multiple-barrel firearms
Category:7.62 mm firearms
Category:Military equipment introduced in the 1960s |
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ARM Cement Limited | Short description | ARM Cement Limited, formerly Athi River Mining Limited, but commonly referred to as ARM is a mining and manufacturing company in Kenya, the largest economy in the East African Community. The company is headquartered in Nairobi and its stock is listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange. |
ARM Cement Limited | Overview | Overview
ARM Cement is one of the largest manufactures of cement in Eastern Africa, accounting for 2.6 metric tonnes annually in 2014. ARM has operations in Kenya, Tanzania, and South Africa. Products manufactured include cement, fertilizers, quicklime, hydrated lime, sodium silicate and other industrial minerals. A new factory planned in Kitui, Kenya, is expected online in three to four years and will cost an estimated US$400 million to construct. Once operational, Kitui will increase ARM Cement Limited's production capacity to 5 million tonnes annually.
As of December 2013, the company's total assets were valued at US$340 million (KES:29.7 billion), with shareholders' equity of about US$94 million (KES:8.223 billion). Currently the Kenyan Operations Taken over by National Cement Kenya (Simba cement) and the Tanzanian Operations by Huaxin Cement a chinese firm. |
ARM Cement Limited | History | History
ARM was founded in 1974 by the late Harjivandas J. Paunrana as a producer of agricultural lime.
His son, Pradeep Paunrana, is the current Managing Director and CEO of the company. In Kenya, the company has factories in Mombasa and Athi River, where their first cement factory was established in 1994. Cement production at Athi River commenced in 1996. |
ARM Cement Limited | Shareholding | Shareholding
, the major shareholders in the company stock are as displayed in the table below:
+ ARM Cement Limited Stock Ownership Rank Name of OwnerPercentage Ownership1Amanat Investments Limited282Paunrana Pradeep Harjivandas183CfC Stanbic Bank Nominees A/C Nr 0150374ARM Cement Limited ESOP45Standard Chartered Nominees Non-Resident A/C: 931836Tannel World Limited17Standard Chartered Bank a/c Pan African unit linked Fund18Standard Chartered Nominees Account KE 1798419Standard Chartered Nominees non-resident. a/c 967110Anjana Pradeep Paunrama111Others investors35 Total100.00 |
ARM Cement Limited | Company divisions | Company divisions
The company is divided into the following divisions:
Cement
The company brand, "Rhino Cement" is manufactured in Kaloleni and Athi River in Kenya, and at company owned factories in Tanga and Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. ARM Cement maintains shareholding in Kigali Cement Company, a cement company in Rwanda and in a South African cement company.
Mineral and Chemicals
The division is responsible for the manufacture of "Special Building Products, Sodium Silicate and Industrial Minerals.
Fertilizers
This division produces fertilizer at the Athi River factory, under the brand "Mavuno Fertilizer".
Rhino Foundation
Established in 2010, to invest in the communities where ARM Cement has a presence. |
ARM Cement Limited | Financial distress | Financial distress
According to The EastAfrican newspaper, ARM Cement was placed into administration in 2018, due to its inability to service its debts and meet its day-to-day financial obligations. George Weru and Muniu Thoithi of PricewaterhouseCoopers were appointed as joint administrators. The Nairobi Stock Exchange suspended the trading of the company stock, on 8 May 2020.
After the sale of some of the company assets in Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and South Africa, the joint administrators recommended the liquidation of the company, because the company assets could not fetch a price to match the amount owed to secured and unsecured creditors, in addition to shareholders. The liquidation process is expected to start on 30 September 2021. At the time ARM went into "receivership" on 18 August 2018, its total debt burden was approximately US$284 million. |
ARM Cement Limited | See also | See also
List of wealthiest people in Kenya
Economy of Kenya |
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