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Efapel Cycling () is a Portuguese UCI Continental cycling team established in 2022.
Team roster
References
UCI Continental Teams (Europe)
Cycling teams based in Portugal
Cycling teams established in 2022 |
Renate Schimkoreit (born October 18, 1954) is a German diplomat. She was ambassador of Germany to Ghana (2012–2014) and now ambassador of Germany to Senegal since 2016 till date.
Background
Renate Schimkoreit began studying political science, economics and Islamic studies in 1973, graduating in 1979 with a master 's degree from the Albert Ludwig University in Freiburg.
References
German diplomats
Women ambassadors
1954 births
Living people |
SmartGuide s.r.o is a Czech company founded in Prague, Czech Republic, in July 2018. It's main technology is the SmartGuide app which provides users with a multilingual digital guided tour services on their mobile devices. It is only available on App Store, Google Play Store and Huawei app store. EU Startups reported the company as one of the promising Czech startups in 2022.
History
In 2018, the idea for SmartGuide was started by a Harvard alumni at the Harvard alumni startup competition in the same year.
In 2019, the project was awarded by Seedstars as winner for Best Czech Startup. In that same year, SmartGuide was also awarded by Deutsche Bahn's startup competition out of 90 startups
In 2020, the project participated in the Singapore Tourism Board Accelerator and emerged one of the winners in global startups
In 2021, SmartGuide launched a crowdfunding campaign on the equity crowdfunding platform, Seedrs, with a target to raise £400,000. They closed their funding round in April 2021 raising £685,030 from 378 investors, despite COVID-19's impact to the travel and tourism industry. This project was also recognised as top 3 Global innovators in Covid recovery by the World Travel Forum Lucerne 2021 Switzerland Tourism partnered with SmartGuide and published 24 Swiss City self guided walking tours on the platform.
References
Internet |
Charles Edward Kirby Jr. (born November 27, 1974) is a former American football fullback who played one season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He played college football at the University of Virginia.
College career
Kirby played with the Virginia Cavaliers from 1994 to 1997, lettering in all four years. He carried the ball 34 times for 116 yards and caught 12 passes for 126 yards, recording one touchdown. While at Virginia, Kirby was a teammate of Ronde Barber, who he later played with as a Tampa Bay Buccaneer.
Professional career
Indianapolis Colts
Kirby played with the Indianapolis Colts in 1998, though he spent the whole season on the injured reserve list due to an Achilles injury.
Kansas City Chiefs
Kirby was signed to the Kansas City Chiefs' practice squad in the second half of the 1999 season, never playing a game with the Chiefs.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
On September 12, 2000, Kirby was signed to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' practice squad. He was promoted to the active roster on November 9 and played six games with the team in 2000, two of which he started. Prior to the 2001 season, Kirby suffered another Achilles injury, which proved to be season-ending.
After football
In 2010, Kirby pledged to donate his brain and spinal cord tissue to the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy at the Boston University School of Medicine.
References
1974 births
Living people
American football fullbacks
Indianapolis Colts players
Kansas City Chiefs players
Players of American football from North Carolina
Tampa Bay Buccaneers players
Virginia Cavaliers football players |
Nicos Christofides (born 1942 in Cyprus; died 2019) was a Cypriot mathematician and professor of financial mathematics at Imperial College London.
Christofides studied electrical engineering at Imperial College London, where he also received his PhD in 1966 (dissertation: The origin of load losses in induction motors with cast aluminum rotors). He was briefly with Associated Electrical Industries and then again at Imperial College.
In 1976, he devised Christofides algorithm, an algorithm for finding approximate solutions to the travelling salesman problem. Christofides algorithm is considered "groundbreaking" and has collected over 2200 citations.
In 1982 he became professor of operations research. In 1990, he was the co-founder and director of the Centre for Quantitative Finance (now the Institute for Financial Engineering). Christofides became Professor Emeritus of Quantitative Finance at Imperial College London in 2009. He passed away in 2019.
References
1942 births
2019 deaths
Cypriot mathematicians
Greek Cypriot people |
The March of the Kings or The March of the Wise Men (in French La Marche des rois or La marche des Rois mages, in Provençal La Marcho di Rèi) is a popular Christmas carol of provençal origin celebrating the Epiphany and the Wise Men. The notoriety of the theme spread outside Provence when Georges Bizet used it in his Arlésienne.
History
Origin and attributions
The precise origins of both the tune and the lyrics are uncertain and debated.
The lyrics are regularly attributed to Joseph-François Domergue, (born in 1691, died on April 2, 1728, in Avignon), priest-dean of Aramon, in the Gard, from 724 to 1728, whose name appears on the first manuscript copy of the lyrics, dated 1742 and preserved in the library of Avignon.
The text was published in Paris in 1759 in the Recueil de cantiques spirituels provençaux et françois gravés par le Sieur Hue. Subsequently, the work was added to the various (expanded) editions of the Provençal Christmas collection by the poet and composer of the seventeenth century Nicolas Saboly (1614-1675), to which it has often, and erroneously, been attributed.
According to the 1742 document, the text can be sung on the tune of a Marche de Turenne ("March of Turenne"). This mention corresponds to the established practice of christmasists consisting of placing their texts on "known" French songs spread by the printing press. One hypothesis is that this Marche de Turenne would be a military march dating back to the 17th century, in honor of the victories of Marshal Turenne, Such a "Marche de Turenne" has however not been found. Some authors wanted to attribute it to Lully, although no document corroborates this attribution.
An Avignon tradition rather dates the Marche de Turenne back to the fifteenth century, at the time of King René (1409-1480), while some authors from the late nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth leaned towards a reference to Raymond de Turenne (1352-1413), known as The Scourge of Provence, grand-nephew of Pope Clement VI and nephew of Pope Gregory XI.
In the 21st century, several American scholars think that the March of the Kings has a medieval origin dating back to the 13th century. It could then be one of the oldest Christmas carols listed with Veni redemptor gentium and one of the first entirely composed in vernacular, and not in Latin.
According to research carried out by the scholar Stéphen d'Arve (Edmond de Catelin) at the end of the nineteenth century, the only known score is that of Étienne-Paul Charbonnier (1793-1872), organist at the Aix Cathedral, who, perhaps taking it from the chain of its predecessors, had reconstructed it from memory by modifying its orchestration as new instruments were introduced. Henri Maréchal, an inspector of the Conservatoires de France having done research at the request of Frédéric Mistral, thought, for his part, that "La Marcha dei Rèis" must have been composed by Abbé Domergue himself.
Epiphany Celebration
Every year, the Epiphany feast gives rise in certain towns and villages of Provence to popular parades, the "Marches des Rois", where citizens sumptuously dressed as Biblical Magi progress towards the local church to the sound of the March and other traditional music, accompanied by inhabitants dressed according to local folklore. Particularly at Aix-en-Provence , from the beginning of the nineteenth century, a sumptuous popular ceremony celebrates the visit of the kings: a traditional procession of characters dressed in Provençal costumes (shepherds, horsemen, drummers, trades, etc.) accompanies the Magi and their camels to Saint-Sauveur Cathedral where the organist, accompanied by drummers, performs the air of the “March of the Kings” at the arrival of the procession, passing from “pianissimo” to “fortissimo” to evoke the approach of the procession. A large star is then lit on the main altar, symbolizing the star that guided the Magi to Bethlehem. The ceremony ends as the tune plays descrescendo when the Kings leave.
Joseph d'Ortigue wrote in 1837:
Covers and adaptations
The March of the Kings is one of the themes of the overture of l'Arlésienne (1872 ), incidental music composed by Georges Bizet for a drama on a Provençal subject by Alphonse Daudet. According to musicologist Joseph Clamon, Bizet could find the melody of this march in a book published in 1864. After the failure of the drama, Bizet drew from the incidental music a suite for orchestra (Suite n° 1) which was an immediate success. In 1879, four years after the composer's death, his friend Ernest Guiraud produced a second suite (Suite n° 2) in which the March of the Kings is repeated in canon in the last part of the revised work.
Certain passages are also found in the operetta Gillette de Narbonne by Edmond Audran, created in 1882. The words of a song "M'sieu d'Turenne", which can be sung to the tune of the March of the Kings, are due to :fr:Léon Durocher (1862-1918).
The March of the Kings has become a traditional chanson de France and one of the most common Christmas carols in the repertoire of French-speaking choirs. It has been performed several times by performers such as Tino Rossi, :fr:Les Quatre Barbus, Marie-Michèle Desrosiers or, in English, Robert Merrill. The piece has been adapted many times, notably by the organist Pierre Cochereau through an improvised toccata in 1973 for the Suite à la française sur des thèmes populaires.
Lyrics
The words of Abbé Domergue's original poem mention a
traveler who observes a sumptuous convoy accompanying three Kings surrounded by guards who protect their gold, without the traditional incense and myrrh being mentioned. While following the star, the Kings praise God with such beautiful voices that the traveler accompanies them on their journey which ends in front of the Christ-child.
Notes and references
Christmas carols
Epiphany (holiday)
Compositions for organ |
Yoskar Galván-Mercado is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Union Omaha.
Early Life
Galván-Mercado was born in Lexington, Nebraska. Both of his parents are from Guatemala, where his father used to play and coach. Galván-Mercado would eventually play for Lexington High School's boys soccer team, who finished runners-up in the 2021 Nebraska Class B state championship during his senior year.
Career
Galván-Mercado signed an academy contract with Union Omaha of USL League One in the summer of 2021, also making two appearances for the first-team during the 2021 season. He had previously participated in a USL Academy tournament for the team in the fall of 2019, before the start of the club's first season. In 2022, he signed with Union Omaha on a full professional contract.
Career statistics
Club
References
American soccer players
Union Omaha players
2003 births
People from Lexington, Nebraska
Living people |
Judas is a comic book mini-series published by BOOM! Studios, written by Jeff Loveness, illustrated by Jakub Rebelka, and lettering done by Colin Bell.
Background
The comic book is a piece of biblical fiction that follows the story of Judas Iscariot. The book focuses on the conflict between free will and predestination. Bible verses are interspersed throughout the book. The four part mini-series was begun in December of 2017 and released its final part before Easter. The story provides a backstory for Judas and provides a motivation for his betrayal of Jesus. Loveless used the Bible and the Gospel of Judas as inspirations for the story.
Part one dives into Judas's reasons for betraying Jesus and shows Judas enter hell after committing suicide. In part two, Judas speaks with Lucifer who explains his reasons for his own actions and why he thinks God has sent various Biblical figures to hell. The series concludes with part four, where Judas finds Jesus in the depths of hell.
See also
The Harrowing of Hell
References
External links
2017 comics debuts
2017 comics endings
American comics |
The Great Plains short-horned lizard (Phrynosoma brevirostris) is a horned lizard species native to Canada and the United States.
References
Phrynosoma
short-horned lizard, Great Plains
short-horned lizard, Great Plains
Reptiles described in 1858
Taxa named by Charles Frédéric Girard |
Hisonotus vespuccii is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is a freshwater species native to South America where it occurs in the São Francisco River and three of its tributaries: the Das Velhas River, the Paraopeba River, and the Formoso River. It is found in areas with marginal vegetation and reaches SL. The species was named after the Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci.
References
Loricariidae
Fish described in 2015 |
Ashawari () is an upcoming Sri Lankan Sinhala romantic film directed and produced by Theja Iddamalgoda for Media Vision Films in his directorial debut. The film stars Hemal Ranasinghe and newcomer Ishatka Jahanvi in lead role whereas Saranga Disasekara, Jayani Senanayake and Bimal Jayakody made supportive roles. It is the last film acted by veteran dramatist Jayalath Manoratne.
Plot
The film revolves around Ranesh Singhawansha, a young man from a very wealthy family in the upcountry. While training at the Diyatalawa Military Academy, he started a love affair with the youngest daughter of the Ohio Station Master called "Ashavari". The film flows with the conflict between the two families.
Cast
Hemal Ranasinghe as Ranesh Singhawansha
Ishanka Jahanvi as Ashawari
Jayalath Manoratne as Station master, Ashawari's father
Jayani Senanayake as Rajini Subramanium, Ashawari's mother
Saranga Disasekara as Ranesh's father
Semini Iddamalgoda as Ranesh's mother
Bimal Jayakody
Priyankara Rathnayake
Daya Wayaman
Dinithi Walgamage
Lasantha Udukumbura
Ruvi Lakmali
Danushka Dias
Rohan Ranatunga
Production
The Muhurath ceremony of the film was held in 2018 and shooting commenced from October 2018. This is the directorial debut for Theja Iddamalgoda who is more popular in advertising design. The film features several songs sung by Nirosha Virajini, Surendra Perera, Sanka Dineth and Upeka Nirmani. Lyrics penned by Kelum Srimal and Nandana Wickramage. In the film, art direction done by Sunil Premaratne, costume design by Lasantha Udakumbura and makeup by Indika Udara. Daminda D. Madawala and Indunil Deraniyagala are the assistant directors. The film was shot in Diyatalawa, Ohiya, Idalgashinna, Nuwara Eliya, Ambewela areas and Ranminitenna drama village.
Release
The trailer of the film and the first song sung by Sanka Dineth have been released online in January 2022.
The film was earlier set to released in January 2022, but later confirmed to screen in theaters on March 3, 2022. Then the film is set to release in Canada, England, Australia, New Zealand and the United States in late March.
References
External links
Official trailer
Sri Lankan films
2022 films
Sinhala-language films
2022 romantic drama films
Sri Lankan romantic drama films |
Yelisey Pletenetsky (1550 – 29 October 1624), also known as Elizeusz Pletenecki, was a Ukrainian archimandrite. He served as archimandrite of a monastery in the Pinsk region from 1595 to 1599, and of Kyiv Pechersk Lavra from 1599 until his death. During the latter tenure he worked hard at reforming the monastery, and secured the right of stauropegion for it. He established a hospital for the poor, a printing house, and the Radomysl paper mill.
References
1550 births
1624 deaths
Archimandrites |
Hōkōshū (奉公衆) were high-ranking samurai guard-officials and close retainers (gokenin) to the Ashikaga shogun in Muromachi period Japan. The hōkōshū were made up from five guard groups, and thus were also known as gobanshū (五番衆) or simply banshū (番衆). Their role was to restrict the power of powerful regional shugo daimyo and increase their dependence on the central government.
Overview
The hōkōshū served the shogun directly as close retainers (gokenin), as opposed to the retainers of daimyo, and ranked above the omemie, a samurai retainer with the right to hold an audience with the shogun.
The hōkōshū were organized into five guard groups called gobanshū, and were headed by a head of guards (bantō). Their daily duties included various duties inside the shogunal palace and accompanying the shogun when he went out. During wartime, the hōkōshū departed to the front as close bodyguards to the shogun.
They were also appointed as managers to regional territories under shogun's direct control (goryōsho), and were given the right of no-entry by shugo governor authorities (shugo funyū no ken) as well as the right collect field tax and to pay taxes straight to Kyoto (kyōsei) without paying tax to the shugo. The territories of hōkōshū were mainly located in Tōkai and western Tōsandō. As the hōkōshū were independent from the shugo, they were a nuisance to the territorial formation of the shugo daimyo. However, there were also hōkōshū who were under the governance of the shugo while simultaneously supporting the shogunate.
The hōkōshū were appointed from branches of shugo daimyo families, close retainers, members of the Ashikaga clan, and regional lords (kokujin ryōshū). According to an analysis by Toyohiko Fukuda, many hōkōshū were appointed from the more rural regions, such as Mikawa, Hokuriku, San'yō and San'in, and the number of appointees from the capital region Kinai was surprisingly low.
History
In the beginning of the Muromachi period, the shugo daimyo of the newly established Ashikaga shogunate were at a constant political dispute against each other, and in 1379, the shogunal deputy (kanrei) Hosokawa Yoriyuki fell amidst the chaotic situation. After this during the Ōei era, in an attempt to restrict the power of the shugo, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (1368–1394) established a new system of shogunal horse guards, the umamawari.
At the time of the Ashikaga Yoshimochi (1394–1423), the shogunate was still largely dependent on the military power of two powerful samurai families, the Hatakeyama clan and Ōuchi clan. Although there already was a system of close shogunal guards (tōsanhōkō), during the rule of Ashikaga Yoshinori (1428–1441), the shogun began to strengthen his power against the shugo daimyo who had gradually become more and more independent, and thus, a new system of shogunal guards called hōkōshū was established during the rule of Ashikaga Yoshihisa (1474–1489). In the beginning of the Ashikaga shogunate, the hōkōshū took on the duties of the inner palace guards (gosho uchiban) of the Kamakura shogunate.
The hōkōshū existed until the Ōnin War (1467-1477) when Ashikaga Yoshitane departed to Kawachi Province, but effectively collapsed during the political change of Meiō. After this, a new different system of shogunal guards, the tsumeshū was established.
Notable hōkōshū
Nikaidō clan
Soga clan
Kobayakawa clan
See also
Hatamoto
Ashikaga shogunate
References
Ashikaga shōguns
Muromachi period |
"Freaky Deaky" is a song recorded by American rappers Tyga and Doja Cat for the former's upcoming studio album. It was released as a single on February 25, 2022. It is a pop-driven rap track featuring a lullaby-like hook and theme of sexual preferences. It was written by the performers, Alyssa Cantu, Suzanne Vega, and the song's producers: Brandon Hamlin, Dr Luke, Mike Crook, and Ryan Ogren. An accompanying music video of the song was directed by Christian Breslauer, and features Tyga being seduced by a sultry dressed Doja Cat. The single marks the second collaboration between the rappers since 2019, when Tyga was featured on the remix of Doja Cat's "Juicy".
Background and release
On February 21, 2022, Tyga and Doja Cat posted a photo of them together on social media with the caption "Friday", alluding to a possible collaboration. Four days later, "Freaky Deaky" was released on digital retrailers and streaming services as the first single of Tyga's upcoming eighth studio album. The song is also set to impact the US rhythmic contemporary radio on March 8. In an interview with Zane Lowe for Apple Music, Tyga said that he chose to collaborate with Doja Cat hence she finds her as a "true artist", additionally admitting that working with her was easy. "Freaky Deaky" marks the second collaboration between the two, since Tyga was featured in the remix of Doja Cat's "Juicy" which was included in her second studio album Hot Pink (2019).
Music and lyrics
Musically, "Freaky Deaky" is a pop-driven rap song discussing sexual inclinations. It begins with the hook sang by Doja Cat, which was described as a "breezy lullaby" by Brenton Blanchet of Complex, while Hypebeasts Dylan Kelly opined it is "cheeky". It is followed by three verses by Tyga, in which he describes his sexual sexual preference. Additionally, the track contains an "energetic" and "fierce" rap verse by Doja Cat. The song has been dubbed as "catchy" by Erika Marie from HotNewHipHop; whereas writing for Uproxx, Wongo Okon called the track "flirtatious".
Critical reception
Blanchet wrote that "Freaky Deaky" feels like a "proper collaboration" with "nough vocal flourishes and backing runs". In an article published on Rap-Up, it was opined that both rappers have an "undeniable chemistry".
Music video
"Freaky Deaky" music video premiered on February 25, 2022, alongside the single. On the previous day, Tyga posted an 18-second snippet of the visual. It was directed by Christian Breslauer. In the visual, Tyga and Doja Cat are depicted as casual lovers. The video begins with the Internet conversation between the rappers, after which Tyga chose a "simple bright pink" outfit for an appointment with Doja Cat. He is later seen riding through neon-lit city. When they meet, he falls through a trap door to Doja Cat's cat-filled lair. It is preceded by a scene, where the performers are in plastic packaging, while the visual ends with Tyga being tied up by his company. Doja Cat wears various sultry lingerie and colorful PVC outfits, while Tyga plays a role of a voyeur. The music video was dubbed as "flirtatious" in an article published on Rap-Up; whilst Mackenzie Cummings-Grady of HipHopDX called it "colorful".
Credits and personnel
Tyga – songwriting, rap
Doja Cat – songwriting, vocals
Alyssa Lourdiz Cantu – songwriting
Suzanne Vega – songwriting
Brandon Hamlin – songwriting, production
Dr Luke – songwriting, production
Mike Crook – songwriting, production
Ryan Ogren – songwriting, production
Grant Horton – production assistant
Kalani Thompson – engineering
Tyler Sheppard – engineering
John Hanes – mixing
Release history
References
2022 singles
2022 songs
Tyga songs
Doja Cat songs
Songs written by Tyga
Songs written by Doja Cat
Songs written by Dr. Luke
Songs written by Ryan Ogren
Songs written by Suzanne Vega
Song recordings produced by Dr. Luke
Kemosabe Records singles
RCA Records singles |
Hisonotus vireo is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Jacuí River basin and the Lagoa dos Patos system in Brazil. The species reaches 4 cm (1.6 inches) SL.
References
Loricariidae
Fish described in 2011 |
The 2022 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Volleyball Tournament is an upcoming postseason men's volleyball tournament for the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation during the 2022 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. It will be held April 20 through April 23, 2022 at the #1 seeds home arena. All games will be streamed live on FloVolleyball.
The winner will receive The Federation's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Volleyball Tournament.
Seeds
All seven teams are eligible for the postseason, with the #1 seed receiving a bye to the semifinals. Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The #1 seed will play the lowest remaining seed in the semifinals.
Should a team be unable to play a match due to COVID-19, it will count as a loss in the conference standings, and it will be used to determine MPSF Tournament seeding.
Schedule and results
Bracket
Game summaries
All times will be Mountain or Pacific. The field will be filled in once start times and matches are finalized.
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Championship
All-Tournament Team
To be filled in at the tournament's conclusion.
References
2022 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball season
Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Volleyball Tournament
2022 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season |
John F. St. Cyr (January 8, 1936 – January 27, 2022) was an American politician and judge.
St. Cyr was born in North Adams, Massachusetts and graduated from St. Joseph High School in North Adams. He graduated from the College of the Holy Cross in 1957 and from Georgetown University Law Center in 1963. St. Cyr was admitted to the Massachusetts bar and practiced law in Millis, Massachusetts. St. Cyr served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1967 to 1972 and was a Republican. He then served as a Massachusetts District Court judge from 1972 to 1997. He died in Norton, Massachusetts.
References
1936 births
2022 deaths
People from Millis, Massachusetts
People from North Adams, Massachusetts
College of the Holy Cross alumni
Georgetown University alumni
Massachusetts lawyers
Massachusetts state court judges
Members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Massachusetts Republicans |
Ukraine is scheduled to compete at the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing, China which takes place between 4–13 March 2022.
On 24 February 2022, the first day of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, IPC President Andrew Parsons described transporting the Ukrainian team to Beijing as being an enormous challenge.
See also
Ukraine at the Paralympics
Ukraine at the 2022 Winter Olympics
References
Nations at the 2022 Winter Paralympics
2022
Winter Paralympics |
The Blue Springs Formation is a geologic formation expoed in the Los Pinos Mountains of central New Mexico.
Description
The formation consists of almost of metasedimentary rock. The lower beds are massive gray to red slate and siltstone, while the central portion mostly is greenish sericite schist with occasional slate and siltstone beds. The uppermost beds are again red to gray slate. The formation is underlain by the Sais Quartzite and overlain by Phanerozoic units. The middle schist is interpreted as a metarhyolite (a metamorphosed rhyolite).
The crystallization age of the formation is placed at 1588 ± 7 million years (Ma), corresponding to the earlist Calymmian period of the Mesoproterozoic.
History of investigation
The formation was originally described as the Blue Springs schist by J.T. Stark and E.C. Dapples in 1946 and named for Blue Springs, a seepage area just north of Highway 60. The formation was first assigned to the Manzano Group in 2006.
See also
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in New Mexico
Paleontology in New Mexico
References
Geologic groups of New Mexico
Permian formations of New Mexico
Precambrian formations of New Mexico |
Kristján Pálsson (born 1 December 1944) is an Icelandic former politician. He was a member of parliament from 1995 to 2003 for the Independence Party. In 2003, he resigned from the party and served out the remineder of his term as an independent.
References
External links
Biography at Alþingi
1944 births
Living people
Kristjan Palsson |
Willard Watson, aka “The Texas Kid”, (1921–1995) was an African-American folk artist from Caddo Parish, Louisiana.
Personal life
Watson was born on June 17, 1921, in Caddo Parish, Louisiana. He was the son of L. T. and Mary Liza (née. Frazier) Watson. His paternal grandparents were once slaves in Louisiana. His maternal relations came to Louisiana via Mississippi after their emancipation from slavery in Virginia. His parents were sharecroppers in Louisiana. In 1928, he and his family moved to Dallas.
While in Dallas, until fourteen years old, Watson attended the B. F. Darrell School. As he became a young man, he frequented Elm Street's east end, an area known as “Deep Ellum,” which at that time was a major center of African American activity. Watson was nearly shot and stabbed multiple times.
In 1942, during World War II, Watson was in the United States Army and was in the southwestern Pacific area. He was discharged as a disabled veteran in 1944.
During Watson's life, he was married seven times. On April 1, 1967, he married his last wife, Elnora, and they were married for about twenty-eight years.
In 1968, Watson started his nickname as the “Texas Kid”. The start of this was from trips to visit relatives in Louisiana and Oklahoma. The Watsons attended Frontier Days, where all guests wore traditional Western gear. Watson said, "I would make a new outfit every year for us to wear; I’d sew them myself. They would be really showy and attention-getting; when I’d walk up, Elnora’s people would shout: ‘Here comes the Kid from Texas."
Career
Watson based his folk on his "memory, dreams, spirituality, and life circumstances". This provided the inspiration for his crafting, collecting, and art. He was "not formally trained and used objects and materials sourced directly from his daily life". Watson's work started when, as a child, he carved figures from collected wood, and he began to create folk art during his teen years. He learned to sew from his mother and customized clothing and domestic textiles into one-of-a-kind fashions. He produced drawings and paintings on paper. He used tableaus with text as his form of storytelling. He also remolded "natural forms like wood pieces and rocks into sculpture".
By 1975, he used his front lawn to display his works, such as sculptures of animals. His 1968 Ford truck was an art object itself with horns and photographs adhered to the side. This truck grabbed the attention of a local art dealer who started the later wider acclaim. Watson's original intent for art creation was self-expression. He became locally known for his yard art and people passed by to view the art.
in 1976, Watson and Bob “Daddy-O Wade built "a three-dimensional, football-field-size map of the United States near the LBJ freeway.
Legal Controversy
As time passed, a neighbor complained about the “junk” in his yard led to a charge of “illegal open storage” by the City of Dallas Department of Housing and Urban Rehabilitation. Watson was supported by most of his neighbors and was found not guilty of the charge. In addition, he would give tours of his home, accepted donations of art materials, and hosted an annual cookout.
Popular Cultural Impact
In 1985, Watson's house was used as the filming location. for David Byrne's movie, True Stories. Watson did not appear in the movie; however, his wife, Elnora, and one of their grandsons had roles.
Death
Willard Watson died, on June 12, 1995, in Dallas. His funeral was held at Missionary Park Baptist Church and his burial was in Lincoln Memorial Park in Dallas. He was survived by a daughter.
Awards
Watson was featured in Time, Texas Monthly, D magazines, and PM Magazine television program for his art.
A children's fund was established in his honor.
Dallas Museum of Art held an exhibit—Willard Watson: In Memorium, 1921–1995, as a tribute.
Texas Native Artists, Witte Museum in San Antonio, 1978.
The Eyes of Texas: An Exhibition of Living Texas Folk Artists, University of Houston, 1980.
Rambling on My Mind: Black Folk Art of the Southwest.
Museum of African-American Life and Culture, Dallas, 1987.
References
1921 births
1995 deaths
20th-century African-American artists
American male artists |
Swan pharmacy or Svaneapoteket in Bergen, Norway is the oldest pharmacy in Norway. It was established in 1595. The original building burned down in a fire in 1916 and it was rebuilt by the architects Fredrik Arnesen and Darre Kaarbø. A replica of the metal swan at the entrance still stands above its entrance in Strandgaten.
Bergen was a pioneer town where people went to make wealth by fishing or working in the timber or fur industry. The first pharmacist to work there was the Dutchman Lambert Gregerson Friis and he was shortly joined by another Dutch apothecary Nicolas de Freundt who also had no formal training but applied for a permit to Christian IV. The permits was received in December 13, 1595 by Freundt who was given the right to start two pharmacies which were sold some years later but only the Swan pharmacy remained and moved to Danish hands. A second Swan apothecary was opened in Oslo by Dane Baltsar Brabant in 1628. The swan was a symbol of intelligence and purity and was widely used symbols by medieval apothecaries in Finland and Denmark. The building is now a part of the pharmacy chain Apotek 1.
References
Bergen |
Phalaenopsis thailandica is a species of orchid native to Thailand.
It was described by Olaf Gruss and Jürgen Roeth, after differences from the type description were noticed in cultivated plants labeled as Phalaenopsis gibbosa. The specific epithet thailandica refers to this species native range in Thailand.
Confusion with Phalaenopsis gibbosa
This species closely resembles Phalaenopsis gibbosa H.R.Sweet. It differes from Phalaenopsis gibbosa in the petail and sepal colouration, which lacks greenish suffusion in Phalaenopsis thailandica, which also has larger yellow areas on the lateral lobes of the labellum. In cultivation most plants under the category of Phalaenopsis gibbosa are in fact Phalaenopsis thailandica.
Conservation
This species is protected unter the CITES appendix II regulations of international trade.
References
thailandica
Orchids of Thailand
Aeridinae |
Kherson (U210) was a Grisha I-class anti-submarine corvette of the Ukrainian Navy. Prior to joining the Ukrainian Navy she was a former Soviet Navy corvette named MPK-52.
Development and design
The 1124P project corvette (NATO reporting name: Grisha I class, Soviet classification: MPK-147 class ) were intended to counter enemy submarines in nearby area of naval bases, ports and scattered berths, on the deployment of naval forces to carry out anti-submarine surveillance and protection of ships and vessels at sea.
Project 1124 of the first series were armed with SAM Osa-M in the bow of the hull. One twin AK-725 gun was located in the stern. Control of firing AK-725 was carried out by the MR-103 Leopard radar with a maximum detection range of 40 km, which was also located on the stern superstructure. The MR-302 Rubka radar was installed as a radar for detecting air and surface targets on the ship's mast. The basis of the sonar consisted of submersible GAS MG-322 Argun (operated in echo direction-finding mode) and lowered GAS MG-339 Shelon in the stern superstructure, which operated only in the "stop" mode. The basis of anti-submarine weapons were located two twin torpedo tubes for DTA-5E-1124 and two RBU-6000 on the bow of the ship's superstructure.
Construction of small anti-submarine ships on Project 1124 began in 1967 at the Zelenodolsk Shipyard. A total of twelve ships of this project were built, after which they were replaced by the corvettes of Project 1124 of the second series (Grisha-III according to NATO reporting name).
Construction and career
The corvette MPK-52 was laid down on 30 October 1968 at the Kuznya na Rybalskomu, Kyiv. The ship was launched on 30 May 1971. The corvette was commissioned on 31 December 1971.
MPK-52 was a member of the 400th division of anti-submarine ships of the 68th brigade of ships of the Black Sea Fleet, which took an active part in training and combat activities of the fleet. Navy of the USSR for anti-submarine training. On 13 March 1987, as a result of a three-day search of the CPUG (MPK-52, and ), the MPK-52 discovered an underwater target at a distance of . As a result of almost a day of persecution, the Turkish submarine was forced to enter the territorial waters of Turkey and ascend.
During the division of the Black Sea Fleet of the USSR, the ship was intended to be handed over to the Ukrainian Navy, which was why it was stolen in a short period of time.
Despite the unsatisfactory technical condition, on 1 August 1997, the ship was handed over to the Ukrainian Navy. Few years later due to lack of funds for repairs, the corvette could not be put in service. On 8 September 1999, MPK-52 was expelled from the Ukrainian Navy and disposed of.
Pennant numbers
References
Grisha-class corvettes
Kherson
1971 ships
Kherson
Ships built in the Soviet Union |
Antonio T. Kho Jr. (born June 29, 1966) is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He was appointed by president Rodrigo Duterte to replace justice Rosmari Carandang.
Early life and education
Kho was born in 1966 in Sulu, Jolo. He received his Bachelor of Laws degree from the San Beda College of Law in 1991, where he was part of the Lex Talionis Fraternitas fraternity.
Legal career
Kho served as an undersecretary in the Depeartment of Justice under former secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II. In July 2018, Kho was appointed to COMELEC by president Rodrigo Duterte and he retired from the organization on February 2, 2022.
Supreme Court appointment
On February 23, 2022, president Rodrigo Duterte appointed Kho to the Court, to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of justice Rosmari Carandang. He took the oath of office on February 24, 2022. He will retire from the court on June 29, 2036.
References
1966 births
Living people
Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
Commissioners of constitutional commissions of the Philippines
Filipino lawyers
People from Sulu
San Beda University alumni |
George Buckstaff may refer to:
George H. Buckstaff, Canadian American immigrant, lumberman, and politician in Wisconsin
George A. Buckstaff, his nephew, American lawyer, businessman, and politician in Wisconsin |
Aldrees Industrial and Trading Company (), better known by its English acronym ALITCO (), is a closed joint stock company based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, offering services in the construction industry. It was established as an independent firm in 2004 as a result of the split-up of Mohammed Saad Aldrees and Sons Company Limited.
References |
Marcin Piotr Kierwiński (born 22 August 1976 in Warsaw) is a polish politician, local government official, Deputy Marshal of the 3rd and 4th term of Mazovia from 2010 to 2011, Member of Parliament of the 7th, 8th and 9th term, secretary of state in the Prime Minister's Chancellery and head of the political cabinet of Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz in 2015 and general secretary of the Civic Platform from 2020
References
1976 births
Living people |
The Aid Organization of the Ulema (AOU), formerly known as the Al Rashid Trust is an NGO based in Pakistan. Beginning in 1996, it supported "charity and welfare projects in Afghanistan and Pakistan" while also providing "financial and legal support to Muslim militants around the world." According to the United States Department of the Treasury, it began raising funds for the Taliban in 1999. It was established by Islamic scholar and jurist Rashid Ahmed Ludhianvi.
According to Alms for Jihad, the organization "provided financial and legal assistance to Islamists in jail, established a network of madrasas and mosques in Afghanistan, and coordinated its activity with the Wafa Khairia, an Afghan charity 'largely funded by bin Laden.'" Its activities also included supporting publications that were "promoting and directly praising the Arab suicide bombers who attacked the twin towers and the Pentagon."
It has been listed by the UN as a financial facilitator of terrorists in September 2001.
Although its bank accounts were frozen by Pakistan after 9/11, it continued its activities in 2001 by opening new accounts under different names.
Despite UN Security Council sanctions against it, the group continued to operate openly in Pakistan until at least 2020.
References
External links
"Al Rashid Trust" page published by United Nations
"Al Rashid Trust" page published by Institute for Conflict Management (New Delhi)
Non-profit organisations based in Pakistan
1996 establishments in Pakistan
Taliban
Al-Qaeda propaganda
Deobandi organisations |
Janou Levels (born 30 October 2000) is a Dutch footballer, who plays for PSV and the national team. She previously played for .
Club career
Levels started playing football at the age of five for SHH Herten. At the age of 14, Levels started playing for in Eindhoven.
In April 2018, Levels signed for PSV ahead of the 2018–19 Eredivisie. She was part of the PSV team that lost the 2020 Eredivisie Cup Final to FC Twente. In April 2020, she signed a new contract with PSV, and in April 2021, she signed a new three-year contract with the club. In the 2020–21 KNVB Women's Cup Final against ADO Den Haag, Janou conceded a penalty for handball after complaining to the referee about an opponent for the same offence. PSV won the match 1–0, and it was their first major honour.
International career
In October 2021, Levels was first selected for the Netherlands women's national football team. The next month, she made her senior debut in a match against Japan. She was in the Dutch squad for three matches in February 2022.
Personal life
Levels is from Herten, Netherlands. She is the daughter of Jo Levels, who played for VVV-Venlo. In March 2021, Levels tested positive for COVID-19.
References
External links
2000 births
Living people
Dutch women's footballers
Netherlands women's international footballers
Footballers from Limburg (Netherlands)
PSV (women) players
Women's association football defenders |
The Hustyn Chronicle is a 17th-century chronicle detailing the history of Ukraine until 1598. It was likely written by Zacharias Kopystensky.
The Chronicle covers Ukraine's relationship with the Grand Duchy of Moscow and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the impact of the Turks and Tartars, and the origin of the Cossacks. It ends with the introduction of the Gregorian calendar (1582), and the Union of Brest (1596).
See also
East Slavic letopis
References
17th-century works
East Slavic chronicles
Early Modern history of Ukraine
History books about Ukraine
Medieval Ukraine |
The Sais Quartzite is a geologic formation expoed in the Los Pinos Mountains of central New Mexico.
Description
The formation consists of up to of massive gray quartzite beds, thick, interbedded with thinner sericite-bearing quartzite beds. A few beds are greenish to white. The individual grain size in the beds is generally less than 1mm. The formation is underlain by the Estadio Schist and unconformably overlain by the Blue Springs Formation.
Detrital zircon geochronology a minimum age of 1670 million years (Ma), corresponding to the Statherian period of the Paleoproterozoic.
History of investigation
The formation was originally described as the Sais quartzite by J.T. Stark and E.C. Dapples in 1946 and named for the Sais station of the Santa Fe Railroad near Abo Pass. The formation was first assigned to the Manzano Group in 2006.
See also
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in New Mexico
Paleontology in New Mexico
References
Geologic groups of New Mexico
Permian formations of New Mexico
Precambrian formations of New Mexico |
Marcelaria benguelensis is a tropical species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) and crustose lichen in the family Trypetheliaceae. It is found in continental southeast Asia.
Taxonomy
The lichen was first formally described in 1885 by Swiss botanist Johannes Müller Argoviensis as a species of Bathelium. The type specimen was collected in India. In 1922, Alexander Zahlbruckner transferred it to the genus Laurera. The taxon was one of three species transferred to the newly circumscribed genus Marcelaria in 2013.
The taxon Laurera subbenguelensis described in 1987 by Dalip Kumar Upreti and Ajay Singh from specimens found in Kerala, was later determined to be synonymous with Marcelaria benguelensis.
Description
Marcelaria benguelensis has an olive-green, crustose thallus with a surface that often has an orange pruina. The ascomata resemble warts on the thallus surface; they are 0.6–1 mm in diameter, and cluster together in groups of 2 to 6. The ascospores, which number 8 per ascus, are muriform (divided into chambers) with 15 to 23 septa running transversely through the spore and 3 to 7 that are longitudinal; the spores measure 50–80 by 17–23 μm and have a gelatinous sheath that is 3–12 μm thick.
Marcelaria benguelensis contains the secondary compounds parietin and teloschistin (both anthraquinone pigments) and lichexanthone. The latter substance causes the thallus to fluoresce a yellow colour when shone with a UV light. Laboratory tests have shown that extracts of the lichen have antimicrobial properties, which are attributed to the presence of lichexanthone.
Distribution
The lichen has been recorded from Cambodia, India, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Thailand.
References
Trypetheliaceae
Lichens described in 1885
Lichens of Asia
Taxa named by Johannes Müller Argoviensis |
Kathuru Mithuru () is an upcoming Sri Lankan Sinhala comedy film directed by Giriraj Kaushalya and produced by Basuru Siriwardena for Alankulama Films. The film stars Jayalath Manoratne and Mahendra Perera in lead role whereas Rodney Warnakula and Priyantha Seneviratne made supportive roles.
Plot
Wilson and Samson are best friends that bond goes beyond blood ties. Wilson is a traditional barber. Samson is a traditional tailor. Wilson has a daughter. Samson has a son. Both of them come to the village after completing their university education due to lack of employment opportunities for their education. Finally they try to get involved in their fathers' jobs. But Wilson and Samson's intention is to see their daughter and son do a highly regarded job in the administrative service. In time, the son and daughter finally turned to barber and tailor careers like their fathers. Unlike their fathers, the daughter and son begin to follow a different path, changing tradition.
Cast
Jayalath Manoratne as Samson, the tailor
Mahendra Perera as Wilson, the barber
Rodney Warnakula as Wilson's assistant
Priyantha Seneviratne as Samson's assistant
Maureen Charuni
Jayani Senanayake
Mihira Sirithilaka
D. B. Gangodathenna
Gihan Fernando
Sahan Ranwala
Sandani Hettiarachchi as Wilson's daughter
Rasanjana Nandasiri as Samson's son
Wasantha Vittachchi
Ananda Athukorala
Sampath Jayaweera
Lalith Jayakantha as Money lender
Chandrasoma Binduhewa
Daya Wayaman
Nimal Yatiwella
S. I. Samarakkody
Saman Hemaratne
Upatissa Balasuriya
Shiromika Fernando
Sudara Randini
Gamini Ambalangoda
Rupa Pathirana
Nimal Jayasinghe
Production
Basuru Siriwardena has produced the film for Alankulama Films as his maiden film production. Creative design and sponsorship for film was given by Jayaprakash Sivagurunathan. The song lyrics penned by Bandara Eheliyagoda, Nilar N. Kasim, Achala Solomons whereas songs sung by Amarasiri Peiris, Amandya Uthpali, Tharaka Gunaratne, Jayalath Manoratne, Mahendra Perera, Rodney Warnakula, and Priyantha Seneviratne. Rasanjana Nandasiri, the son of late actor Vijaya Nandasiri also made his film debut. The film has been shot in and around Mawanella.
Release
Even though the film was scheduled to release in December 2020 in CEL theatres, it was delayed due to sudden illnesses caused for lead actor Jayalath Manoratne and director Giriraj Kaushalya. The trailer for the film has been released online in March 2020. The film had a special screening on the 5 September 2020 at the Liberty Cinema Hall, Colombo during the second day of the Scope Film Festival.
The film received positive reviews from critics for acting, plot and background. However, the love song scenario and the fight scene received negative reviews.
References
External links
Official trailer
Sri Lankan films
Sinhala-language films
Sri Lankan romantic drama films |
The MacBook Pro with Apple silicon is a line of Macintosh notebook computers introduced in November 2020 by Apple Inc. It is the higher-end model of the MacBook family, sitting above the consumer-focused MacBook Air, and is currently sold with 13-inch, 14-inch, and 16-inch screens. All models from the current lineup use variants of the Apple-designed M1 system on a chip.
The first machine that was part of this family was a revision to the fourth generation of MacBook Pros; it featured the Apple M1.
The fifth-generation MacBook Pro MacBook Pro was released in October 2021 in 14- and 16-inch sizes. Powered by either M1 Pro or M1 Max chips, they are the first to be available only with an Apple silicon system on a chip. In addition to being Apple Silicon-only, this generation re-introduced elements from the previous models which were removed at some point, such as MagSafe and function-keys.
4th generation (Touch Bar, Apple silicon)
On November 10, 2020, Apple introduced a new generation of two-port 13-inch MacBook Pro with a brand new Apple-designed Apple M1 processor, launched alongside an updated MacBook Air and Mac Mini as the first Macs with Apple's new line of custom ARM-based Apple silicon processors. The MacBook Pro with Apple silicon retains the same form factor/ design while adding support for Wi-Fi 6, USB4, and 6K output to run the Pro Display XDR. The number of supported external displays was reduced to one, as the previous generation Intel-based models supported two 4K displays. The FaceTime camera remains 720p but Apple advertises an improved image signal processor for higher quality video.
Technical specifications
5th generation (M1 Pro and M1 Max)
Apple announced a new 14-inch MacBook Pro, replacing the high-end 13-inch Intel MacBook Pro, and a redesigned 16-inch MacBook Pro during an online event on October 18, 2021. They are equipped with the new Apple Silicon chips, M1 Pro and M1 Max, Apple's second ARM-based systems on a chip and their first professional-focused chips. This release addressed many criticisms of the previous generation by reintroducing hard function keys in place of the Touch Bar, an HDMI 2.0 port, a SDXC reader and MagSafe charging. Other additions include a Liquid Retina XDR display with thinner bezels and an iPhone-like notch, ProMotion supporting 120 Hz variable refresh rate, a 1080p webcam, Wi-Fi 6, 3 Thunderbolt 4 ports, and a six-speaker sound system supporting Dolby Atmos. The M1 Pro chip supports up to two external displays, both at 6K resolution, while the M1 Max chip supports up to four displays: three at 6K resolution, and one at 4K resolution. The 16-inch version is bundled with a 140 W GaN power supply that supports USB-C Power Delivery 3.1, though only MagSafe supports full-speed charging as the machine's USB-C ports are limited to 100 W.
Design
The M1 Pro and M1 Max MacBook Pro models feature a thicker and more-squared design than their immediate Intel-based predecessors. The keyboard features full-sized function keys, with the keyboard set in a "double anodized" black well. The MacBook Pro branding has been removed from the bottom of the display bezel and is engraved on the underside of the chassis instead. The models' appearance has been compared to the Titanium PowerBook G4 produced from 2001 to 2003. The choice between silver or space gray color introduced in the fourth generation continues in the fifth.
Reception
Reception to the 2021 MacBook Pro was generally positive. Online personalities such Justine Ezarik (iJustine), Anthony Young of Linus Tech Tips and Marques Brownlee praised the new design, the larger function keys, the new screen and M1 Pro and M1 Max. The Verge gave the models a 9.5/10 score, praising the increased speed and battery life, improved displays and speakers, and the removal of the Touch Bar, but criticized memory upgrade costs as "absurd" and noted only Apple's own apps seemed optimized for the GPUs.
iFixit gave the models a repairability score of 4/10, saying battery replacements are likely easier as it is no longer glued in, and the display and most ports appear modular, though noted speakers are glued in and solid-state storage is permanently soldered.
Technical specifications
Software and operating systems
The macOS operating system has been pre-installed on all Apple silicon MacBook Pro computers since release, starting with version macOS Big Sur.
See also
Comparison of current Macintosh models
MacBook (12-inch)
MacBook Air
Notes
References
External links
– official site
Computer-related introductions in 2020
MacBook
ARM Macintosh computers |
Marina Alekseyevna Litvinovich (, born 19 September 1974) is a Russian opposition activist and politician.
Life
Litvinovich became active in politics in 1996. In the late 1990s she created Russia's first political website for Boris Nemtsov, at that point deputy prime minister. Nemtsov later became a highly visible opponent of Vladimir Putin's regime, until he was shot and killed in Moscow in 2015. For two years Litvinovich herself worked for Putin, helping his campaign in the 2000 Russian presidential election:
Though she considered running for political office as early as 2003, Litvinovich continued working as a political consultant for other people's campaigns. She was a consultant for Mikhail Khodorkovsky,who was Russia's richest tycoon until he was jailed for a decade after falling foul of the Kremlin. She later worked as an assistant to opposition politician Garry Kasparov, acting as a spokesperson for his United Civil Front. In April 2007 she complained of Kasparov's questioning by the FSB, the Russian state security agency:
In July 2007 Litvinovich highlighted the case of opposition activist Larisa Arap, who had been forced into a psychiatric clinic. In November 2007 she reported Kasparov's beating by police as he attempted to lead a protest rally. In December 2007 she announced that Kasparov would not be running for the presidency, as his supporters had been unable to rent a hall for his nomination gathering.
From 2019 to 2021 Litvinovich served on the Moscow Public Monitoring Commission (ONK), a watchdog monitoring the condition of inmates in Russian prisons. In March 2021 Litvinovich was excluded from the ONK, on the grounds that she had disclosed information relating to a probe into Lyubov Sobol, a lawyer for the jailed opposition politician Aleksei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation. Litvinovich disputed the allegation, claiming the exclusion was due to her activism on behalf of people detained in Lefortovo detention center.
In 2021 Litvinovich ran in Russia's parliamentary elections as a candidate for the Duma:
On 24 February 2022, as Russia invaded Ukraine, Litvinovich called for antiwar protests in Russian cities. She was detained by Russian police as she left her house.
References
1974 births
Living people
Russian human rights activists
Russian anti-war activists
21st-century Russian politicians
Russian women activists
Women human rights activists
21st-century Russian women politicians |
The Maryland Terrapins baseball team is a baseball team that represents the University of Maryland, College Park in the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Terrapins are members of the Big Ten Conference and play their home games at Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium in College Park, Maryland. They are led by fifth-year head coach Rob Vaughn.
Previous season
The Terrapins finished the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season 30–18 overall (28–16 conference) and second place in conference standings, as the season was limited to only conference games for all Big Ten teams due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Following the conclusion of the regular season, the Terrapins were selected to play in the 2021 NCAA Tournament, beginning in the Greenville Regional. The Terrapins would eventually lose in the second round of the Greenville Regional to East Carolina by a score of 6–9.
Preseason
Pitching coach Corey Muscara left the team to become the pitching coach of the Wake Forest. The Terrapins promoted Anthony Papio from volunteer assistant to full-time assistant. The then hired Mike Morrison to complete their coaching staff.
For the 2022 Big Ten Conference poll, Maryland was voted to finish in fourth by the Big Ten Coaches.
Roster
Schedule
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| 1 || February 18 || || at || Baylor Ballpark • Waco, Texas || 4–0 || Dean (1–0) || Thomas (0–1) || None || 1,704 || 1–0 || –
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| 2 || February 19 || || at Baylor || Baylor Ballpark • Waco, Texas || 9–5 || Ramsey (1–0) || Helton (0–1) || None || 2,138 || 2–0 || –
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| 3 || February 20 || || at Baylor || Baylor Ballpark • Waco, Texas || 8–4 || Savacool (1–0) || Jackson (0–1) || None || 2,097 || 3–0 || –
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| 4 || February 23 || 22 || || Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium • College Park, Maryland || 3–2 || Mrotek (1–0) || Leffler (0–1) || None || 1,072 || 4–0 || –
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| 5 || February 25 || 22 || at || Jim Perry Stadium • Buies Creek, North Carolina || 4–0 || Dean (2–0) || Harrington (0–1) || Heine (1) || 623 || 5–0 || –
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| 6 || February 26 || 22 || at Campbell || Jim Perry Stadium • Buies Creek, North Carolina || 3–1 || Ramsey (2–0) || Kuehler (0–2) || Belgrave (1) || 690 || 6–0 || –
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| 7 || February 26 || 22 || at Campbell || Jim Perry Stadium • Buies Creek, North Carolina || 9–2 || Savacool (2–0) || Beymer (0–1) || None || 690 || 7–0 || –
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| 16 || March 13 || || at Georgetown || Shirley Povich Field • Washington, D.C. || – || – || – || – || – || – || –
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| 17 || March 15 || || at Delaware || Bob Hannah Stadium • Newark, Delaware || – || – || – || – || – || – || –
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| 19 || March 19 || || Siena || Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium • College Park, Maryland || – || – || – || – || – || – || –
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| 21 || March 22 || || at UMBC || The Baseball Factory Field at UMBC • Catonsville, Maryland || – || – || – || – || – || – || –
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| 22 || March 25 || || at || Horner Ballpark • Dallas, Texas || – || – || – || – || – || – || –
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| 28 || April 2 || || Penn State || Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium • College Park, Maryland || – || – || – || – || – || – || –
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| 30 || April 5 || || George Mason || Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium • College Park, Maryland || – || – || – || – || – || – || –
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| 37 || April 16 || || Ohio State || Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium • College Park, Maryland || – || – || – || – || – || – || –
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Rankings
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Big Ten Conference Players of the Week
References
Maryland
Maryland Terrapins baseball seasons
Maryland |
Yasmeen Hassan is a Pakistani attorney and international women's rights activist. She has served as the Global Executive Director of Equality Now since 2011.
Background
Hassan was born and raised in Pakistan. In 1987, she moved to the United States to attend Mount Holyoke College, earning a BA, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa in Political Science in 1991. She obtained her J.D. magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1994.
Hassan was inspired to become an advocate for women and girls when, at 10 years old, she saw how a change in Pakistan's laws effectively reduced women to second-class citizens.
Career
Hassan is the author of "The Haven Becomes Hell: A Study of Domestic Violence in Pakistan," the first study on domestic violence in the country. The report was submitted to the [[World Conference on Women, 1995|]. She has clerked on the D.C. Court of Appeals and previously worked at Davis Polk & Wardwell.
Hassan's commentary has featured on CNN, Al Jazeera, and in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Sunday Times, and The Huffington Post.
Hassan became involved with Equality Now in 1999 when where she consulted on the organization's first Words and Deeds report as part of the 1995 Beijing Platform for Action. Her other projects at the U.N. included global workshops on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.
Hassan is has been a member of the advisory board for Gucci's Chime For Change campaign since 2013. Hassan was previously a member of the advisory circle for the Women's Building in New York City.
Awards and recognition
Sakhi for South Asian Women Gender Justice Award, 2017
Stanford Law School National Public Service Award, 2019
Forbes' 50 over 50 women, 2021
References
External links
The Haven Becomes Hell: A Study of Domestic Violence in Pakistan"
Living people
Pakistani women's rights activists
Mount Holyoke College alumni
Harvard Law School alumni |
Valeriy Anatoliyovych Holovko (Ukrainian: Валерій Анатолійович Головко; born on 14 December 1965), is a Kazakh-born Ukrainian politician who had served as the 10th Governor of Poltava Oblast from 2014 to 2019.
He had also served as a member of parliament from 2012 to 2014.
Biography
Valeriy Holovko was born on 14 December 1965.
In 1989, he graduated from Poltava Cooperative Institute with a degree in economics. He continued his education at the Ukrainian Institute of Market Relations and Entrepreneurship as a manager of foreign economic activity and at the Kharkiv Regional Institute of Public Administration of the National Academy of Public Administration under the President of Ukraine, obtaining a master's degree in public administration.
He has a PhD in economics.
He started working in 1989 as a senior engineer in the Trade Department of the Poltava City Executive Committee.
From 1991 to 1992, he was the deputy director of the Poltava Legend Society.
From 1992 to 2002 he was the manager of the Ukrainian-German Joint Venture Polimpex.
Between 2002 and 2012 he was the director of PJSC "Central Department Store".
In 2010, Holovko joined the Front for Change party and remained there until 2012. In 2012, together with other members (in order to consolidate opposition forces), he suspended his membership in the party in order to run in the parliamentary elections on the Batkivshchyna list as an independent.
He was elected a deputy of the Poltava Oblast Council of the fifth (Our Ukraine faction) and sixth convocation (Front for Change faction). He worked as a member of the Standing Committee on Budget, Entrepreneurship and Property Management.
In the 2012 parliamentary elections, he was elected a member of parliament, the People's Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada on the list of the All-Ukrainian Union Batkivshchyna party, No. 56 on the electoral list. He worked as the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Ensuring the Activities of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and People's Deputies of Ukraine of the Committee on the Rules of Procedure, Deputy Ethics and Ensuring the Activities of the Verkhovna Rada.
On 26 December 2014, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko appointed Holovko as the 10th Governor of Poltava Oblast by Decree No. 965/2014.
On 12 March 2019, President Poroshenko initiated the dismissal of Holovko from the post of the Governor due to suspicions of involvement in many corruption schemes, which probably led to significant losses to the State Budget of Ukraine.
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau has opened a series of criminal proceedings on suspicion of committing particularly serious crimes by Valery Golovko, his first deputy, and his other associates.
On 15 March, Holovko was dismissed as governor, and replaced by Roman Tovsty.
Family
He is married to his wife, Svitlana, and has sons Volodymyr and Oleksandr.
References
Ukrainian politicians
1965 births
Living people |
Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King is an upcoming Netflix original documentary film directed by Luke Sewell. Its story follows a group of cryptocurrency investors who investigate the untimely death of their exchange's founder, Gerry Cotten as well as the $250 million that they suspect he stole from them. The film is scheduled to be released on March 30, 2022.
References
External links
2022 films
2022 documentary films
English-language films
True crime
Documentary film stubs
English-language Netflix original films |
Fish Sauce is a Vietnamese restaurant in Portland, Oregon.
Description
Named after the condiment of the same name, Fish Sauce is a Vietnamese restaurant at the intersection of 17th and Flanders in northwest Portland's Northwest District. The space seats approximately 45 people, and the interior features lights in Mason jars hanging from the ceiling. The menu includes bánh mì, fish sauce wings, Hainese chicken, grilled Korean short ribs, Bo Bia (fried rolls of jicama, basil, egg, and Chinese sausage in peanut sauce), pho, and vermicelli-stuffed rice paper rolls. Drinks include the Elephant Parade (Pueblo Viejo tequila, Lustau East India sherry, strawberry vinegar), the Renegade (Teachers Whiskey, tamarind, ginger syrup), the Two Birds (Sobieski vodka, orange liqueur, lemon), and the Wicked Games (pear brandy, pineapple, honey).
History
Owner Ben Bui opened the restaurant in August 2012. A fire forced Fish Sauce to close for a month in 2017.
Fish Sauce's drink menu was designed by Tommy Klus, and KJ DeBoer was the bar manager, as of 2016–2017.
Reception
In 2013, Portland Monthly Benjamin Tepler wrote, "Fish Sauce's most attractive angles are its impressive, thoughtful cocktail list and its role as an under-the-radar neighborhood bargain, offering affordable happy hour bites." He opined, "You can find better versions of these Southeast Asian staples elsewhere around town. The fish sauce wings lack a potent, fermented punch, the Hainese chicken is dry and the sauce too sweet ... and the pho has more personality down 82nd street." Tepler described the happy hour menu as "dirt-cheap" and said the cocktails "are the main event here". Michael C. Zusman of Willamette Week said of the restaurant: "It's not remote, dingy or flawless, but there are enough attractive offerings to make Fish Sauce a worthwhile stop, especially for those hankering for chao tom on the West Side." Krista Garcia included Fish Sauce in Eater Portland 2020 overview of "Where to Find Steamy Bowls of Pho in Portland".
See also
List of Vietnamese restaurants
References
External links
Fish Sauce at Zomato
2012 establishments in Oregon
Asian restaurants in Portland, Oregon
Northwest District, Portland, Oregon
Restaurants established in 2012
Vietnamese restaurants in the United States
Vietnamese-American culture in Portland, Oregon |
'Leopoldo "Leo" Velarde Laroya' is a Filipino Admiral who served as the 28th Commandant of the Philippine Coast Guard. Prior to his promotion as commandant, he also served as the Deputy Commandant for Operations, and led three commands: the Maritime Safety Services Command, the Coast Guard Education, Training and Doctrine Command and the Maritime Security and Law Enforcement Command.
Early life and Education
Laroya was born in Quezon City on February 11, 1966, and served as a second child among three male siblings. Laroya came from a military family, wherein both his grandfather and his father are graduates from the Philippine Military Academy (PMA). Laroya's grandfather, Brigadier General Nicanor Velarde Sr., graduated the PMA in 1929 and served the United States Army, before being moved to the Philippine Army, and served during World War 2, while his father, Brigadier General Protacio Laroya, graduated in 1956, and served the Philippine Constabulary. His mother, Elenita Laroya, also worked at the Philippine Veterans Bank and the AFP Retirement and Separation Benefits System. Laroya studied at the Colegio San Agustin – Makati, the Don Bosco Technical Institute of Makati, and became an exchange student in Conger, Minnesota, where he finished high school, and became an engineering student at the University of the Philippines Diliman before he entered the PMA in 1983, and graduated as a member of the PMA "Maringal" class of 1988. Laroya graduated with honors as he was in 12th place within his classmates, and was awarded the Engineering Sciences Award.
Laroya finished his postgraduate degree at the World Maritime University in Malmö, Sweden, where he earned his master's degree in Maritime Safety and Environmental Protection (MSEP) and also entered various courses locally and abroad, such as the Naval Officer Candidate Course.
Career
Laroya served aboard ships within the Philippine Navy and the Coast Guard as an officer aboard the BRP Badjao (AE-59), the BRP Catanduanes (PG-62), and the BRP Tirad Pass (AU-100), until he skippered two ships, the BRP Nueva Vizcaya (SARV-3502), and the BRP Batangas (SARV-004) as well as the BFAR MCS 3010, which earned him his Command-at-Sea Badge. Laroya served under the Department of Transportation for a combined term of 4 years, where he was named as the executive assistant to then-Secretary of Transportation Amado S. Lagdameo, and was also designated as the head executive assistant to then-Secretary of Transportation Arturo Enrile, and in 1998, he held his post as the chief of staff under then-DOTC undersecretary Arturo Valdez, and as the head of the Coast Guard Liaison Office, under then-Secretary of Presidential Communications Office Herminio Coloma Jr.. Laroya was posted within other commands and staff positions, such as the Assistant Chief of Staff for Maritime Safety, until he served under the Coast Guard Intelligence Force, wherein he served for five years under the command until he was named the commander of the Coast Guard Intelligence Force for two years, and also served as the Deputy Commander and Acting Commander of the Marine Environmental Protection Command. Laroya also became the Station Commander: the Coast Guard Station Bacolod, and Coast Guard Station Manila and became the District Commander in five Coast Guard Districts: Coast Guard District Bicol, Coast Guard District NCR - Central Luzon, Coast Guard District Southwestern Mindanao, Coast Guard District Northwestern Luzon, and Coast Guard District Western Visayas, where he was promoted to the rank of commodore in 2012.
Laroya was named as the chief of staff in the PCG Headquarters, before being commander of the Maritime Security and Law Enforcement Command, and the Coast Guard Education, Training and Doctrine Command, where he was promoted to rear admiral in 2018, before being named as the commander of the Maritime Safety Services Command. Laroya was promoted to vice admiral in 2019 where he was named as the Deputy Commandant for Operations, before being named as the Commandant of the Philippine Coast Guard, and was promoted to the rank of admiral in November 2021. Laroya retired from service on February 10, 2021, and was replaced by Vice Admiral Eduardo D. Fabricante as the Coast Guard's Officer in Charge.
Personal life
Laroya is married to Rowena Laroya, and they have a son, Lionel Zachary "Zach" Laroya.
References
1966 births
Living people |
The 22nd Annual WhatsOnStage Awards concert and ceremony took place on Sunday 27th February at the Prince of Wales Theatre. It was hosted for the third year in a row by theatre star Jodie Prenger and Tom Read Wilson. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting shut-down of UK theatres due to lockdowns, the 2021 edition of the show was cancelled and was replaced by an online event which celebrated twenty one members of the public who had supported the theatre industry during the pandemic. The 2022 ceremony returns to awarding creative talent involved in West End theatre and is fully voted for by the British theatergoing public, who voted for their winners on WhatsOnStage.com.
The stage adaptation of Disney's blockbuster film Frozen received the most nominations with thirteen, equaling the record set by & Juliet at the 2020 ceremony, while The Tragedy of Macbeth was the most nominated play, with five nods. Due to the large volume of eligible productions, the number of nominations in each category was raised from five to six for the first time. The performance categories were changed to be gender-neutral in an effort to be more inclusive.
Winners and nominees
The nominees for the 22nd WhatsOnStage Awards were announced on 9 December 2021 by James Graham and Gabrielle Brooks in a livestream from The Other Palace.
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
! width="50%" |Best New Play
! width="50%" |Best New Musical
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2:22 A Ghost Story
J'ouvert
Leopoldstadt
Magic Goes Wrong
Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of)
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
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Back to the Future: The Musical
Cinderella
Frozen
Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical
Pretty Woman: The Musical
Moulin Rouge!
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! width="50%" |Best Play Revival
! width="50%" |Best Musical Revival
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Cyrano de Bergerac
Constellations
My Night with Reg
The Normal Heart
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Uncle Vanya
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Anything Goes
Cabaret
Carousel
Rent
South Pacific
West Side Story
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! width="50%" |Best Performer in a Male Identifying Role in a Play
! width="50%" |Best Performer in a Female Identifying Role in a Play
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James McAvoy for Cyrano de Bergerac
Richard Armitage for Uncle Vanya
Ben Daniels for The Normal Heart
Omari Douglas for Constellations
Hadley Fraser for 2:22 A Ghost Story
Henry Lewis for Magic Goes Wrong
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Lily Allen for 2:22 A Ghost Story
Gemma Arterton for Walden
Sheila Atim for Constellations
Emma Corrin for Anna X
Patsy Ferran for Camp Siegfried
Saoirse Ronan for The Tragedy of Macbeth
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! width="50%" |Best Performer in a Male Identifying Role in a Musical
! width="50%" |Best Performer in a Female Identifying Role in a Musical
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Eddie Redmayne for Cabaret
Roger Bart for Back to the Future: The Musical
Olly Dobson for Back to the Future: The Musical
Arinzé Kene for Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical
Julian Ovenden for South Pacific
Ivano Turco for Cinderella
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Carrie Hope Fletcher for Cinderella
Aimie Atkinson for Pretty Woman: The Musical
Samantha Barks for Frozen
Jessie Buckley for Cabaret
Beverley Knight for The Drifters Girl
Steph McKeon for Frozen
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!Best Supporting Performer in a Male Identifying Role in a Play
!Best Supporting Performer in a Female Identifying Role in a Play
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Jake Wood for 2:22 A Ghost Story
Stephen K. Amos for My Night with Reg
Dino Fetscher for The Normal Heart
Nathaniel Parker for The Mirror and the Light
Richard Rankin for The Tragedy of Macbeth
Jonathan Sayer for Magic Goes Wrong
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Akiya Henry for The Tragedy of Macbeth
Michelle Fox for Shining City
Penny Layden for The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Isobel McArthur for Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of)
Nancy Zamit for Magic Goes Wrong
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!Best Supporting Performer in a Male Identifying Role in a Musical
!Best Supporting Performer in a Female Identifying Role in a Musical
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Hugh Coles for Back to the Future: The Musical
Blake Patrick Anderson for Be More Chill
Robert Lindsay for Anything Goes
Cedric Neal for Back to the Future: The Musical
Oliver Ormson for Frozen
Obioma Ugoala for Frozen
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Carly Mercedes Dyer for Anything Goes
Joanna Ampil for South Pacific
Gabrielle Brooks for Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical
Victoria Hamilton-Barritt for Cinderella
Millie O'Connell for Rent
Rebecca Trehearn for Cinderella
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!Best Direction
!Best Musical Direction
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Michael Grandage for Frozen
Clint Deyer for Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical
Yaël Farber for The Tragedy of Macbeth
Rebecca Frecknell for Cabaret
Jamie Lloyd for Cyrano de Bergerac
Katy Rudd for The Ocean at the End of the Lane
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Stephen Oremus for Frozen
Leo Munby for The Last Five Years
Tom Deering for Carousel
Sean Green for Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical
Justin Levine for Moulin Rouge!
Katy Richardson for Rent
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!Best Choreography
!Best Sound Design
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Rob Ashford for Frozen
Drew McOnie for Carousel
Kathleen Marshall for Anything Goes
Shelley Maxwell for Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical
Sonya Tayeh for Moulin Rouge!
Ann Yee for South Pacific
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Gareth Owen for Back to the Future: The Musical Adam Cork for Leopoldstadt
Adam Fisher for The Last Five Years
Paul Groothuis for South Pacific
Peter Hylenski for Moulin Rouge!
Ben Ringham and Max Ringham for Cyrano de Bergerac
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!Best Set Design
!Best Costume Design
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Christopher Oram for Frozen Fly Davis and Samuel Wyer for The Ocean at the End of the Lane Jamie Harrison for Bedknobs and Broomsticks Tim Hatley for Back to the Future: The Musical Derek McLane for Moulin Rouge! Tom Scutt for Cabaret| valign="top" |
Christopher Oram for Frozen Lisa Duncan for Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical Tom Scutt for Cabaret Gabriella Slade for Bedknobs and Broomsticks Gabriela Tylesova for Cinderella Catherine Zuber for Moulin Rouge!|-
!Best Lighting Design
!Best Graphic Design
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| valign="top" |
Tim Lutkin for Back to the Future: The Musical
Neil Austin for Frozen Charles Balfour for Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical Isabella Byrd for Cabaret Bruno Poet for Cinderella Justin Townsend for Moulin Rouge!| valign="top" |
Frozen (Bob King Creative) Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical (Michael Nash Associates)
RE:EMERGE Season (Muse Communication)
Rent (Feast Creative)
Romeo & Juliet (Feast Creative)
The Wiz (Christopher D Clegg)
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!Best Video Design
!
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Finn Ross for Frozen Nina Dunn for The Shark is Broken Akhila Krishnan for What's New Pussycat? Mikaela Liakata and Tal Yarden for Anna X Finn Ross for Back to the Future: The Musical Tal Yarden for Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical|-
!Best Off-West End Production
!Best Regional Production
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| valign="top" |My Son's A Queer (But What Can You Do?) Anything is Possible if You Think About it Hard Enough Old Bridge Pippin Saving Britney The Last Five Years| valign="top" |Rent Bedknobs and Broomsticks Bloody Elle South Pacific West Side Story What's New Pussycat?|-
! colspan="2" |Best West End Show
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Six Come from Away Hamilton Les Misérables The Play That Goes Wrong Wicked|}
Productions with multiple wins and nominations
Multiple wins
TBA
Multiple nominations
13 nominations: Frozen10 nominations: Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical9 nominations: Back to the Future: The Musical7 nominations: Cabaret, Cinderella, Moulin Rouge!6 nominations: Rent, South Pacific, The Tragedy of Macbeth5 nominations: Anything Goes, West Side Story4 nominations: 2:22 A Ghost Story, Magic Goes Wrong, Cyrano de Bergerac, The Ocean at the End of the Lane3 nominations: Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Carousel, Constellations, The Last Five Years, The Normal Heart2 nominations: Anna X, Leopoldstadt, My Night with Reg,Pretty Woman: The Musical,Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of), Uncle Vanya, What's New Pussycat?''
References
British theatre awards |
Toxteth Town Hall, formerly known as Toxteth Park Public Offices, is a municipal building in High Park Street, Toxteth, Merseyside, England. The structure, which currently operates as a community centre, is a grade II listed building.
History
Following significant population growth, largely associated with the proximity of the township to the Liverpool Docks, an improvement act for Toxteth Park, which contemplated the construction of public offices, was enacted in 1842 and a local board of health was formed in 1856. One of the first actions of the new board was to commission purpose-built public offices: the site they selected in High Park Street was in the midst of an extensive developing residential area.
The new building was designed by Thomas Layland in the Italianate style, built in red sandstone at a cost of £6,500 and opened as the Toxteth Park Public Offices in 1866. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with nine bays facing onto High Park Street; the central section of three bays, which slightly projected forward, featured a tall round headed window with an architrave flanked by pilasters and brackets supporting an open segmental pediment. The outer bays of the central section contained smaller round headed widows and the whole section was surmounted by an entablature, a modillioned cornice and a modillioned pediment. There was a round headed doorway with a fanlight and a lion mask keystone in the right-hand bay of the left-hand section; the other bays in the two outer sections were fenestrated with sash windows. Internally, the principal room was the main assembly hall which featured decorative plasterwork involving garlands and a plaque depicting a stag which was donated by the Earl of Sefton.
The building continued to serve as the meeting place of the parish council until it was abolished in 1922. The building was used as a registry office for the remainder of the first half of the 20th century: births registered in the building included that of Ringo Starr in July 1940. The building was then used by the Liverpool Police during the Second World War and was subsequently occupied by the Department of Health and Social Security until it fell vacant in 1994.
In July 1997, a long leasehold interest in the building was sold to a specially-formed charity, the Dingle Multi Agency Centre. The charity then initiated a programme of refurbishment works, financed by the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Pilgrim Trust, in 2003. After the building had re-opened as the Toxteth Town Hall Community Centre, the Prince of Wales toured the building during his visit to Liverpool in April 2007.
See also
Grade II listed buildings in Liverpool-L8
References
Government buildings completed in 1866
City and town halls in Merseyside
Toxteth
Grade II listed buildings in Merseyside |
The Cedros Island horned lizard (Phrynosoma cerroense) is a horned lizard species native to Cedros Island in Mexico.
References
Phrynosoma
horned lizard, Cedros Island
Reptiles described in 1893
Taxa named by Leonhard Stejneger |
Ihor Kostezkyj (), also known by the pen name Iwan Mersljakow (), was a Ukrainian writer, playwright, translator, literary critic and publisher. Born 14 May 1913 (1 May 1913 O.S.) in Kyiv, Russian Empire, Kostetskyj grew up in his Kyiv and Vinnytsia. During the 1930s, he studied stage directing and acting Leningrad and Moscow, spending two years as an actor in the Ural Mountains. Kostetskyj began his literary career at this time authoring Russian-language reviews of theatrical performances; his first publication, signed with his pen name incorporating his mother's maiden name, was written in Vinnytsia in 1941. In the early 1940s, following the outbreak of the Second World War, he returned to German-occupied Vinnytsia and lived there until the autumn of 1942, when he was deported to Germany for forced labor. Kostetskyj continued an active literary career in the displaced persons camps after the war in West Germany, continuing to write and publish works in a combined traditional and modernist style, briefly publishing a short-lived artistic and literary journal, and becoming one of the founders of the Artistic Ukrainian Movement (MUR, ).
From 1949 to 1969, Kostetskyj was the editor of Ukraine and the World (, Ukraïna i svit), a journal of cultural, literary, scholarly, and political affairs published by Ilia Sapiha in Hannover, West Germany. With his wife, German poet and translator Elisabeth Kottmeier, Kostetskyj established the Na Hori ( On the Mountain) publishing house in the mid-1950s, publishing several dozen books including Ukrainian translations of literary classics.
Notable Works
Tales about the Victors (1946)
There, Where the Miracle Begins (1948)
Soviet Theater Policy and Stanislavsky's System (1956)
The Theater on Your Doorstep (1963)
The Whole World Belongs to You (2005) [posthumously published]
Further reading
Kostetsky, Ihor in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine; updated 2008
Ukraïna i svit in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, Vol. 5, 1993
1913 births
1983 deaths
Ukrainian diaspora
Ukrainian writers
Ukrainian translators
Ukrainian dramatists and playwrights
Ukrainian directors
German people of Ukrainian descent
Translators of William Shakespeare |
The following is a timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Colombia.
Summary
Timeline
2020
March
On 6 March 2020, the Ministry of Health and Social Protection confirmed Colombia's first case of coronavirus, a 19-year-old female patient who had recently travelled to Milan, Italy.
On 9 March, two more cases were confirmed.
On 11 March, six more cases were confirmed, three in Medellín, two in Bogotá and one in Cartagena. Later on the same day, three more cases were confirmed, bringing the total to 9.
On 12 March, four more cases were confirmed, two in Bogotá and two in Neiva. Authorities declared a health emergency, suspending all public events involving more than 500 people, as well as implementing measures intended to keep cruise ships from docking in any national port.
On 13 March, three new cases were reported, one in Bogotá, one in Palmira and the other in Villavicencio. President Iván Duque announced that as of 16 March, entry to Colombia will be restricted for visitors who have been in Europe or Asia within the past 14 days. Colombian citizens and residents who have been in Europe or Asia can be admitted into the country, but must undergo a 14-day self-quarantine as a precaution.
Additionally, Duque announced Colombia would shut down all of its border crossings with Venezuela, effective as of 14 March. Associated Press reported that experts are worried that the Venezuelan refugee crisis could boost the spread of the virus.
On the night of 15 March, the Health Ministry announced 11 new cases, bringing the total up to 45. Of those 11, 6 were in Bogotá, 4 in Neiva and 1 in the town of Facatativá. Additionally, President Iván Duque, along with the Ministries of Health and Education, announced suspension of classes for all public and private schools and universities in the country.
On the morning of 16 March, nine new cases were reported in Bogotá. Later that same day, three additional cases were also reported in Bogotá, bringing the total to 57. President Iván Duque declared all land and sea borders be closed in conjunction with the governments of Ecuador, Peru and Brazil. Córdoba, Meta and Santander Departments issued curfews to avoid the spread of the virus.
On the morning of 17 March, Colombia's Health Ministry confirmed 8 more cases. Later the same day, they confirmed another 10 cases, bringing the total to 75. Cartagena's mayor extended the curfew, which previously applied only to the tourist city center from 10:00 p.m. to 4:00 am, to the whole city from 6:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. during weekdays, and for 24 hours during weekends. Bogotá mayor Claudia López, announced a mandatory isolation drill for the extended weekend, from 20 to 23 March. The Bogotá drill allowed exceptions for the elderly and disabled and delivery personnel to move around. Pet owners were authorized to take animals outside for 20 minutes and one person per family could leave to purchase supplies.
On 17 March, at 9:00 pm local time (UTC–5), President Iván Duque spoke to the Colombians and declared a state of emergency, announcing that he would take economic measures that were announced the following day. The first measure taken seeking the protection of the elderly was to decree mandatory isolation from 7:00 am on 20 March to 31 May for all adults over 70 years of age. They had to stay in their residences except to stock up on food or access health or financial services. Government entities were instructed to make it easier for them to receive their pensions, medicines, healthcare or food at home.
On the evening of 20 March, President Iván Duque announced a 19-day nationwide quarantine, starting on 24 March at midnight and ending on 12 April at midnight.
On 21 March, the Ministry of Health confirmed the first death from coronavirus in Colombia, a 58-year-old man who worked as a taxi driver in Cartagena who died on 16 March and reportedly carried Italian tourists on his taxi on 4 March. According to authorities, the person started presenting symptoms two days later. Initially, COVID-19 had been dismissed as the cause of his death as he had tested negative for coronavirus, however, his sister had tested positive for the disease. After the patient's decease, the National Health Institute (INS) analyzed two tests from him, both of which were negative with one of those being taken improperly, but decided to keep the investigation open owing to his sister's condition. Eventually, the INS concluded that the taxi driver was her only possible source of contagion, therefore attributing his death to the new virus in spite of the laboratory evidence stating otherwise.
On 22 March, the Ministry of Health confirmed the second death linked to the virus, a 70-year-old woman from Yumbo whose daughter had returned from Cuba on 2 March and reported to have had contact with two people from the United States, one of which had tested positive for coronavirus. In addition to this, 21 new cases were reported, bringing the total up to 231.
On 26 March, only 21 new positive cases were confirmed, which represented a decrease from previous days when over 90 positive cases were reported. According to the INS, this decrease was due to damage to the machine that prepared the samples for processing and subsequent diagnosis of COVID-19, which affected the speed at which results were being produced.
April
On 6 April, President Iván Duque announced in his daily broadcast an extension of the nationwide lockdown until 27 April to curtail further transmission of the coronavirus. During said broadcast Health Minister Fernando Ruíz revealed that infection numbers were lower than initially expected. While the country was expected to have over 5,700 cases by 4 April according to initial estimates, the actual number by that day was just over 1,400. At the same time it was announced that businesses affected by the lockdown would benefit from up to COP 12 trillion (US$2.9 billion) in credits.
On 9 April, Bogotá mayor Claudia López announced gender-based quarantine measures, known as Pico y género, to reduce circulation of the population. Under this rule, women can go out for essential tasks, like grocery shopping, on even-numbered days, while men can go out on odd-numbered days. The rule explicitly allows for self-designation of gender identity where it mentions the existence of transgender people; nonetheless, the rule has had a harmful impact on the transgender community. Informal workers who rely on daily labor for wages have also been harmed by the quarantine. In other departments and municipalities, transit-restriction measures such as Pico y cédula, which allow people to go out for essential tasks on specific days of the week according to the last digit of their ID (cédula) were implemented.
On 10 April, INPEC reported the first death of a prisoner by COVID-19: a 63-year-old man who had been held in the Villavicencio prison until 1 April and died six days later at the city's local hospital. The following day, a 78-year-old inmate at the same prison died as well and another one was confirmed to have tested positive for coronavirus, who would die on 17 April. That same day, 13 inmates and seven guards were reported to be active COVID-19 cases. By 23 April, the outbreak at Villavicencio prison was reported to have extended to 109 cases.
On 20 April, President Iván Duque announced a further extension of the nationwide lockdown until 11 May, but allowed the construction and manufacturing sectors to reopen starting from 27 April, under specific protocols. International and domestic commercial flights would remain suspended until the end of May, as would inter-municipal transport. On the other hand, public transport within cities was required to operate at a maximum of 35% capacity. Individual exercise was also allowed.
May
On 5 May, President Iván Duque announced a further extension of the nationwide lockdown for two weeks, until 25 May at midnight. He also announced that more economic sectors would be allowed to re-open under strict protocols starting from 11 May: automobile, furniture, and clothing manufacturing industries, wholesale trade and certain retailers such as laundries, bookstores and stationeries. Children aged 6–17 would be allowed to go outside three times a week for 30 minutes, with those aged 14 and under required to be accompanied by an adult who does not belong to a high-risk group (people over 70 years old or with underlying medical conditions). In addition to that, municipalities without confirmed COVID-19 cases would also be able to start re-opening their economic sectors, in coordination with mayors, governors and the national government. Bars, dine-in restaurants, gyms, and clubs would remain closed, and massive events would remain forbidden.
On 8 May, Bogotá mayor Claudia López announced new measures regarding the planned reactivation of the economy. All permitted construction works with safety protocols in place could resume by 11 May, working from 10 a.m. to 7 pm. Manufacturing companies with safety protocols in place could request permission to resume operations as early as 18 May, between 10 a.m and 5 a.m. (for this sector, which may have more than one work shift, business hours will depend on the size of the company), while wholesale traders and retailers may resume beginning 25 May, from noon to midnight. As the economic reactivation would make the pico y género measure unworkable, given that more people would need to leave their homes to go to work regardless of gender, this restriction was lifted on 11 May. An "orange alert" was declared for some neighborhoods in Kennedy, the locality with the most COVID-19 cases in the city. Residents of those sectors would be subject to a strict quarantine, only able to go out for essential tasks. Street sales and outside physical activity were prohibited in the area. These zones were to be monitored by health authorities for two weeks.
That same day, the National Health Institute reported 595 new confirmed cases on its daily report, raising the total of confirmed cases to 10,051. Bogotá was the region with the highest number of new cases, with 225. 21 new deaths were reported, raising the total to 228, and 2,424 people had recovered. Moreover, the institution reported that 4,387 tests were processed that day, and over 123,700 tests had been processed since the start of the outbreak in March.
With Mother's Day in Colombia being celebrated on the second Sunday of May (10 May in 2020) and given that the holiday is considered a critical one by authorities due to the high consumption of alcohol, gatherings and brawls, several departments and municipalities decreed curfews and prohibition of the sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages (ley seca) within their jurisdictions for the weekend between Friday night and Monday morning to prevent further spread of coronavirus as well.
On 14 May the National Government, through a decree issued by the Ministry of Interior, ordered the governor of the Amazonas Department as well as the mayor of Leticia the closure of every opened economic activity in the municipality and the department except for the ones strictly necessary for health, supply and essential services and declared a lockdown for that specific zone of the country until 30 May. This decision was reached due to the fast spread of coronavirus in the Amazonas Department since the confirmation of the first positive case in the department on 17 April, with 924 confirmed cases and 90 out of every 10,000 inhabitants being diagnosed with COVID-19. According to the reports by the INS, it was the highest rate in the country, ahead of Bogotá with 5.5 infected people per 10,000 inhabitants as of that day.
On 17 May, a humanitarian flight arrived in Colombia with 366 Colombian nationals. Due to travel restrictions, they had been stranded in other countries on four continents. Upon returning to Colombia, they were required to isolate for 14 days.
On 19 May, President Iván Duque announced a fourth extension of the national lockdown until 31 May, as well as the extension of the national health emergency until 31 August. Starting from 1 June, the country would enter a new stage in which reactivation of museums, libraries and domestic service activities would be evaluated, schools and universities were confirmed to continue under the modality of virtual education until August, when universities would be allowed to reopen under a model of alternation between classroom and virtual classes. People over 70 would have to remain isolated until 30 June.
On 23 May, the INS reported a total of 20,177 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 1,046 new cases on its daily report, being this the first time the country reported over 1,000 infected people in 24 hours since the confirmation of the first case on 6 March.
On 28 May, a further extension of the national lockdown in place since March until 1 July was announced. At the same time, more businesses such as hairdressers and barbers, as well as malls would be allowed to reopen from 1 June, at the discretion of local mayors, while allowing more freedom of movement in some parts of the country. However, local authorities of cities with high rates of infection such as Bogotá, Cali (where an "orange alert" was declared), Barranquilla and Cartagena had already announced that movement restrictions would remain in place and reopening of economic activities would be delayed for at least two more weeks.
On 30 May, Bogotá mayor Claudia López announced a total lockdown for the Kennedy locality for two weeks starting from 1 June and extending to 14 June at midnight. The decision was reached given that the zone had over 2,000 positive cases for COVID-19, the highest number of cases in the city. All exemptions to leave the locality were rescinded, except for essential tasks. All economic sectors that had resumed activities in Kennedy were also suspended, as well as every outside physical activity.
June
On 2 June Colombia reported 40 new deaths, with which the country exceeded the figure of 1,000 deaths from COVID-19, reaching a total of 1,009. Up to that day, Bogotá reported the highest number of total deaths with 258. On the evening of that day, the Ministry of Education issued guidelines to regional and local education authorities as well as private schools and kindergartens stating that students would remain studying from home until 31 July, and inviting them to arrange for protocols for the gradual return of students to classrooms under a model of alternation starting from 1 August, in coordination with health authorities. This announcement was not well received by parents, who expressed their concerns over the health of their children. On 16 June, associations of private schools stated their intention to not return to classroom classes and finish the school year with virtual education.
In its daily report for 7 June, the Health Ministry confirmed the first positive case in the Guaviare Department, with which every department of Colombia has reported at least one case of COVID-19.
On 15 June, Bogotá mayor Claudia López declared an "orange alert" for the city's hospital system, considering that occupation of intensive care units in the city had surpassed 54%. The alert meant that, starting from 16 June, the District through its Regulatory Center for Urgencies and Emergencies (CRUE in Spanish) would officially take over administration and control of all ICU units in both public and private hospitals, and would refer COVID-19 patients requiring a unit to them according to proximity and availability criteria. López also announced the introduction of the Pico y cédula measure to control access to commercial and service establishments, such as banks, supermarkets, and notaries, as well as a two-week total lockdown for zones in the Ciudad Bolívar, Suba, Engativá, and Bosa localities. In Barranquilla, an "orange alert" with similar measures for the city's hospital system was declared by mayor Jaime Pumarejo due to the steady increase of positive cases in the city, which reported 798 new cases on 15 June, over twice the number of new cases recorded in Bogotá that day.
On 16 June, it became known that a group of twenty-five personalities over the age of 70, led by former Minister of Finance Rudolf Hommes, former Minister of Interior and Vice-president Humberto De la Calle, former Minister for Employment and acting mayor of Bogotá Clara López Obregón and politician Álvaro Leyva, as well as former mayor of Cali Maurice Armitage, nicknamed the Rebelión de las canas ("Gray hair rebellion"), lodged a tutelage action against the National Government as they considered their fundamental rights were being violated by the mobility restrictions set in place for the elderly population during the pandemic. They also argued they were being discriminated by the Government by being singled out as a special group and protecting them against their own will, thus negating their autonomy to make decisions regarding their own protection. In response to that, President Iván Duque stated that they were not being discriminated, and that the measures in place were aimed at taking care of them and protecting their lives.
On 21 June, the Health Ministry reported 111 deaths in the last 24 hours, being the first time Colombia recorded 100 daily deaths since the start of the pandemic. By that day, over half of the municipalities in the country (575 out of 1,122) had reported cases of COVID-19 compared to only 196 in April, meaning that each day six new municipalities were reporting positive cases. Five municipalities concentrated 65.2% of all positive cases: Bogotá, Barranquilla, Cartagena, Cali, and Soledad in the Atlántico Department, while that department as well as San Andrés had reported cases in all of their municipalities. On the other hand, 129 municipalities were already without active cases, those having either recovered or died. During the previous week, the pandemic had accelerated with the country reporting 10,000 cases in just four days, having taken two months to report that same amount at the start of the pandemic. Moreover, the case fatality rate per million inhabitants increased fourfold from 8 May, going from 9 to 39.
On 23 June, President Iván Duque announced a sixth extension of the nationwide lockdown until 15 July, with the same restrictions and exceptions that were in place up to that moment. The reopening of economic sectors would still be subject to the discretion of local authorities, while pilot programs to test the reopening of additional sectors such as restaurants and places of religious worship were announced to be held in municipalities with low numbers of coronavirus infections.
July
On 1 July the Ministry of Health reported 4,163 new cases out of 18,054 processed samples, with which Colombia exceeded the figure of 100,000 positive cases for COVID-19, reaching a total of 102,009. 136 deaths and 1,334 recoveries were also reported on that day, for a total of 3,470 and 43,407, respectively.
On 3 July it was revealed that a judge of Bogotá ruled in favour of the tutelage action lodged by the "Rebelión de las canas" group, ordering the Government to allow the elderly population to leave their homes for outdoor physical exercise two hours every day instead of an hour thrice a week as they were being allowed. In response to this ruling, President Iván Duque said that he would comply with the ruling, but exhorted the elderly population to stay at home on account of the evidence of the lethality of the virus in this segment of the population. Based on this, he announced that the Government would lodge an appeal against the ruling.
On 7 July, a further extension of the nationwide lockdown until 1 August was announced by President Iván Duque, who also confirmed that municipalities with no coronavirus infections or with low infection rates would be allowed to open restaurants, theaters and gyms under strict protocols at the request of mayors. According to the President, as of that day 490 out of the country's 1,122 municipalities had not reported any COVID-19 cases, while 100 had low infection rates and a further 295 had not reported cases in the last three weeks. It was also announced that a pilot for reactivation of domestic flights was authorized to be carried out in the route between Bucaramanga and Cúcuta, with the date for the first flight to be decided by mutual agreement with the authorities of both cities. On 16 July, Duque confirmed that this first pilot would be held on 21 July.
On 9 July, mayor of Cali Jorge Iván Ospina announced that ivermectin would start being used experimentally to treat patients with COVID-19 in the city who are in the early stages of the disease with the aim of preventing the symptoms from worsening and curtail the viral load, thus reducing the number of severe cases that would require admission to intensive care units. The medication, primarily used to treat parasite infestations, was reported to have been used in Ecuador, Peru, and Cuba with positive results. Despite having pointed out that there was no scientific evidence on the effectiveness of ivermectin to treat patients with COVID-19, the National Institute for Food and Drug Surveillance (Invima) greenlit the conduct of a clinical study in Cali with 400 patients for 28 days to determine its effectiveness as a treatment. After the announcement by mayor Ospina, it was reported that citizens in Cali headed to drugstores to buy ivermectin, leading authorities and health experts to tell citizens to not self-medicate themselves.
On 10 July, mayor of Bogotá Claudia López announced a series of 14-day sectorized lockdowns to be enforced from 13 July as a measure to cope with the peak of the pandemic, which was expected to occur in the city by early August. Fifteen out of the city's 20 localities were split into three groups, with the first of those comprising the Ciudad Bolívar, San Cristóbal, Rafael Uribe Uribe, Chapinero, Santa Fe, Usme, Los Mártires and Tunjuelito localities being under lockdown from 13 to 26 July. The second group, comprising the Bosa, Kennedy, Puente Aranda and Fontibón localities, would be under lockdown from 27 July to 9 August, while the last group, comprising the Suba, Engativá and Barrios Unidos localities would be under lockdown from 10 to 23 August.
On 13 July, and due to the steady increase of COVID-19 cases in Medellín and the Antioquia Department, mayor of Medellín Daniel Quintero declared a "state of total care" (Estado de cuidado total) in coordination with department and national governments. The declaration implied that strict lockdowns would be enforced in Medellín and the other municipalities making up the Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley every weekend, with four days of opening and three days (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) of closure per week. In case of a holiday falling on Monday, that day would also be included in the periods of closure. Mayor Quintero would confirm on 28 July that he had tested positive for the disease, being asymptomatic.
By 16 July, and despite the expansion of hospital capacity that had been carried out since the onset of the pandemic to strengthen the country's health system, several cities were already reporting high percentages of ICU occupancy: 91% in Bogotá, 86% in Medellín, 95% in Cali, and 82% in Montería, while Riohacha and Quibdó reported less than 10 units still available in each city. In Barranquilla, where an orange alert was declared in mid-June and had ICU occupancy peak at 90%, occupancy was reported to have lowered to 73%.
On 28 July, Health Minister Fernando Ruiz stated in an interview with W Radio that Colombia had signed confidentiality agreements with two pharmaceutical companies for the acquisition of a vaccine for COVID-19. The companies with which those agreements had been signed were reported to be Pfizer and AstraZeneca, which at the time was developing a vaccine along with the University of Oxford. According to the minister's estimate, six million people were expected to be vaccinated in a first stage, and in addition to twose two agreements, Ruiz stated that the country would be looking to reach agreements with at least three other companies. That same day, the daily number of new positive cases surpassed 10,000 for the first time since the onset of the pandemic, with 10,284 new cases being reported by the National Health Institute. During his daily broadcast, President Iván Duque announced a further extension of the nationwide lockdown for one month until 30 August, stating that municipalities with none or low COVID-19 infections would continue with the reopening of economic sectors avoiding large gatherings, while areas with high infection rates would continue under more stringent restrictions.
August
On 5 August, former President of Colombia Álvaro Uribe was confirmed to have tested positive for COVID-19, being asymptomatic. His two sons Tomás and Jerónimo were also reported to have tested positive.
On 11 August, it was announced that the Ministries of Health and the Interior greenlit pilot plans for operation of six routes from José María Córdova International Airport in Rionegro, which serves Medellín. The routes authorized to operate, starting from 18 August, were the ones from Rionegro to Bucaramanga, Cúcuta, Pereira, Manizales, Armenia, and San Andrés Island. By 13 August, it was confirmed that 15 airports had been enabled to resume operations with pilot flights: in addition to Bucaramanga, Cúcuta and Rionegro, Palmira (serving Cali), Soledad (serving Barranquilla), Cartagena, Santa Marta, Armenia, Pereira, Manizales, Medellín, Montería, Bogotá, Chachagüí (serving Pasto) and San Andrés were all approved to resume operations upon agreement between local authorities of their respective cities, with Villavicencio also expected to present a proposal for resumption of flights to and from said city. Mayor of Bogotá Claudia López stated that flight operation from Bogotá would be resumed as of 1 September with flights to Cartagena, Leticia and San Andrés, destinations approved by the Ministry of Health considering that by then they would have passed the peak of the pandemic and that, in addition, meet epidemiological criteria. Additionally, it was announced that a negative COVID-19 test would be required to enter San Andrés Island, which travellers would have to take two days before the flight.
On 12 August the authorities of Caquetá Department and its capital Florencia made a decision to put the entire department under lockdown for 10 days starting on 15 August and ending on 25 August due to the exponential growth of COVID-19 cases, which saw the number of total cases in the department go up from 300 to 2,794 in the three most recent weeks. After an analysis by the Caquetá branch of the Colombian Medical College, a strict quarantine was seen as a possible efficient measure to lower both the contagion curve as well as the pressure on the medical services of the department, with ICU occupation surpassing 90% and delays of up to 10 days in the delivery of test results.
On 13 August, mayor of Bogotá Claudia López announced that over 1.2 million people living in the localities of Usaquén, Chapinero, Santa Fe, La Candelaria, Teusaquillo, Puente Aranda, and Antonio Nariño would be under a two-week lockdown from 16 to 30 August as these zones still had high speed of virus transmission and affectation. While Puente Aranda, Chapinero, Santa Fe, and Antonio Nariño had already experienced the sectorized lockdown model, those zones were once again quarantined since the aforementioned factors had not been lowered. This announcement was met with mixed reactions: while citizens from some of the localities to go under lockdown praised the decision, other citizens, as well as traders and entrepreneurs voiced their disagreement and staged protests against the measure.
On 20 August, an outbreak at a nursing home in Manizales was discovered with 74 elderly people testing positive for COVID-19 following an index case detected on 17 August, with the ensuing epidemiological fence and quick tests also confirming 11 residents testing negative, 12 positive cases among the place's workers, and nine others pending a result. One of the infected adults had to be taken to an intensive care unit while others had to be isolated in hotels at the city.
On 24 August, President Iván Duque announced that the lockdown that was in force in the country since March would end on 1 September, and starting from that day and for at least one month, the country would enter into a new stage named "selective isolation", aimed at isolating only specific cases of people infected or suspected to be infected with the virus and their inner circle while also lifting most restrictions on mobility for the remainder of the population. According to the Colombian government, this decision was reached since most of the country's main cities were experiencing a plateau in their contagion curves and some others had already started a downwards trend in their numbers of new cases and deaths, which would allow to accelerate the economic reactivation of the country. Concerts, sporting events, and others that can cause massive crowds of people would remain forbidden, as well as the consumption of alcohol in public places, while local rulers would be able to retain the power to maintain some control measures, mainly in the cities with the greatest impact. However, President Duque pointed out that the health emergency which was also in place in the country would be extended until 30 November.
That same day, Health Minister Fernando Ruiz confirmed the participation of Colombian volunteers in the Phase III trials of the Ad26.COV2.S vaccine, developed by Janssen Pharmaceuticals. The clinical trials were scheduled to take place in September 2020, once the report on the previous stages of the vaccine was available. In this announcement, Ruiz added that a confidentiality agreement to allow the country access to the vaccine had already been signed.
On 26 August, a new decree in Bogotá specifically prohibited indoor entertainment including bars, dance clubs, gambling casinos, and video game arcades. It remained unclear whether outdoor amusement parks would be legally permitted. The Colombian Association of Attractions and Amusement Parks (Acolap), which has six open-air parks in Bogotá, planned to reopen.
September
On 8 September, it was revealed that a 41-year man who had traveled from Bogotá to Cartagena by plane on 2 September on business matters, and had passed all screening and biosafety filters at both airports died of COVID-19. The passenger started showing symptoms in the evening of the same day of the trip, and was admitted to a hospital three days later as his condition worsened, testing positive and passing away shortly afterwards. Following the discovery, health authorities in Cartagena proceeded to track all passengers of the flight as well as all possible close contacts who might have been within 2 metres of the patient to perform an epidemiological fence and further tests if required.
By that day, there was a sharp drop in the number of confirmed daily infections, despite the fact that the average number of daily tests carried out was maintained (between 20,000 and 25,000 PCR and between 7,000 and 10,000 antigen ones), with the health authority reporting on 7 September 5,327 new infections in the last 24 hours, after 21,856 PCR tests and 8,760 antigen tests were processed, while in the previous three days over 8,000 infections were reported on average, thus signaling a decreasing trend. Daily deaths also dropped, going down to 203 that day and going back to levels reached one or two months prior.
On 10 September, Health Minister Fernando Ruiz made an analysis of the situation of the pandemic in the country six months after its onset. According to Ruiz, the pandemic had developed in the country in a similar way to that of the rest of the world, and identified four moments according to the degree of affectation of the different cities of the country. A first moment, with a very quick, high and severe impact was experienced in Leticia, with affectation in said city being more similar to the situation in Brazil, and later a second moment in coastal cities such as Barranquilla, Cartagena, Buenaventura and Tumaco, as well as Quibdó. The third wave, which was being experienced at the moment, involved peaks in the main cities such as Bogotá, Medellín, and Cali, while a fourth wave was being expected in middle cities such as Bucaramanga, Cúcuta, Popayán, Pasto and others with a slower growth of cases such as Manizales in which positive cases were already starting to spike. Finally, there would be a last moment involving very dispersed areas of the country as well as small municipalities where the impact had been very low until then.
In mid-September, it was known that Senator Carlos Fernando Motoa petitioned the National Institute of Health to explain the reasons for the decline on the number of daily tests taken, which were sharply decreasing in the most recent weeks in spite of the fact that the country had the capability to perform 50,000 daily tests. In response to this petition, INS director Martha Ospina explained, in a document sent to the Senate's Seventh Commission, that processing by laboratories was not being delayed as they were reading all samples and releasing results within 30 hours, with some of them within 9 hours, and that the decrease in the number of tests was due to several factors including the decrease in the number of hospitalized and ICU patients due to COVID-19, changes in testing guidelines, decrease in massive screening, non-compliance of some laboratories with the rate defined by decree for tests, and refusal of people to take the test.
On 21 September, mayor of Bogotá Claudia López announced the lifting of several restrictions that were in place in the city to be able to mobilize or access commercial products and services which were part of the measures implemented to contain the pandemic, such as the pico y cédula, which restricted access to commercial establishments, while also allowing restaurants and other economic sectors to open every day, instead of some days per week as it was being enforced. The only restrictions that were left in place were those regarding entry times by sectors, to prevent thousands of people from converging in the city's public transport system at peak hours.
On 28 September, President Iván Duque announced the extension of the selective isolation stage in force since 1 September until the end of October, keeping the restrictions that were in place for such stage.
October
On 2 October, it was known that three people arriving by humanitarian flights from Madrid, Lima and Mexico City in the evening of 30 September entered the country while being positive for COVID-19. According to Migración Colombia, the passengers were allowed to board the flights despite showing the positive tests and after doing the same upon arrival to Colombia, the biosecurity protocol was activated and the three citizens were isolated. In addition to that, the other passengers of those flights were now compelled to isolate and test themselves. It was also reported that in the evening of 4 October a woman with her baby, both also positive for COVID-19, entered the country from Cancún, Mexico in a flight operated by the airline Wingo.
On 5 October, in a flight from Medellín to Bogotá operated by Avianca, a group of musicians of the Medellín Philharmonic Orchestra offered a concert to the passengers using wind instruments such as trumpets, which generated widespread criticism against the airline for breaching biosecurity protocols as those instruments have been considered by experts to help spread the virus in closed spaces such as an aircraft cabin. The following day, Migración Colombia director Juan Francisco Espinoza informed that up to that day, 70 passengers had been refused entry into the country for failing to present a negative PCR test result, while the Civil Aeronautics announced the opening of investigations against both Wingo and Avianca in response to the incidents involving both airlines.
On 7 October, the Phase III clinical trials of the vaccine developed by Janssen Pharmaceutica began, with the application of the first dose to a volunteer in Floridablanca. The trials of this vaccine were being carried out in 10 medical centers throughout the country, however, on 12 October Johnson & Johnson announced it would pause temporarily the trials since one volunteer became ill with "an unexplained disease".
On 19 October, the Colombian government reported that 242 medical teams were attacked between January and September 2020, a 63 percent increase over 2019. Attacks ranged from threats and discrimination to injuries to health personnel. According to the Health Ministry of Colombia, about 38 per cent of the cases of aggression against health workers occurred in a context related to the pandemic, with nurses, doctors, ambulance drivers, technicians and assistants being accused of medical negligence or discriminated against for being considered a source of contagion.
On 20 October, the Colombian government announced a ban on public Halloween celebrations on 31 October. According to Health Minister Fernando Ruiz, the decision was reached since there was scientific evidence that parties and gatherings have been the main cause of new COVID-19 infections in Europe, while the high rate of population at risk in the country did not allow to make way for situations in which their lives could be endangered. Moreover, candy-picking tours on streets and shopping malls were deemed to generate supercontagators, spreading the virus as they go from door to door. Lastly, the country was on a downwards yet still fragile trend in the epidemic curve, and celebrations such as Halloween could cause troubles to keep said trend. In addition to this, territorial entities were free to set curfews for the weekend, with several departamental capital cities and intermediate towns such as Bucaramanga, Ibagué, Tunja, Manizales, Armenia, Pereira and Neiva applying the measure.
On 23 October, Vice-president Marta Lucía Ramírez was confirmed to have tested positive for COVID-19, albeit asymptomatic and in good health. The Colombian government stated she had taken the test on Thursday ahead of a planned conference with local governors, and that she was carrying out the corresponding isolation. President Iván Duque, who had her appear on his nightly television broadcast on Monday, was also tested on Thursday, with the result being negative.
On 24 October the country reached 1 million confirmed coronavirus cases, becoming the second country in Latin America to report that number in less than a week, after Argentina, as well as the eighth country in the world to have reached that number. On that day, 8,769 new cases, 198 new deaths, and 5,727 new recoveries were reported for a total of 1,007,711 confirmed cases, 30,000 deaths and 907,379 recoveries.
On 28 October, President Iván Duque announced the extension of the selective isolation stage until 30 November, with the same permissions and restrictions being kept in place through November.
November
A poll conducted from 9 November to 10 December by the National Administrative Department of Statistics (Dane) found that only half of Colombians wanted to be vaccinated against coronavirus. In Quibdó, 72 percent said they wanted the vaccine, but in Cali, only 43 percent wanted it. Among those who said they did not want the vaccine, most said they feared side effects.
On 25 November, President Iván Duque extended the state of health emergency for 90 additional days until 28 February 2021. The decision was reached since Tunja and cities in the Coffee Axis such as Manizales and Pereira were still going through their first peak of infection, and prevention measures needed to be reinforced ahead of the start of December. The extension of the health emergency also implied the extension of the selective isolation stage for the same period of time, with its involved restrictions.
On 28 November, the National Health Institute (INS) released the preliminary findings of its seroprevalence study aimed at determining a more accurate estimate on the percentage of Colombian population that had already had contact with the novel coronavirus, with or without symptoms. The study was being performed in 10 cities through strategies such as mass, random sampling and blood test analysis on over 20,000 people, with the first findings revealing that nearly 60% of screened people in Leticia (59%) and Barranquilla (57%) had developed coronavirus antibodies, which could indicate they could have already been infected, while in Medellín antibodies were found in nearly one in three people (27%). While those results showed that the country has taken steps heading to a potential herd immunity given that the seroprevalence findings were higher than in other countries, it was also evident that the proportion of the population still susceptible to infection was still high and the containment strategies of the virus were not the best.
December
On 2 December, former senator Juan José García Romero died of COVID-19 at age 76.
On 18 December, the Colombian government announced the plan for COVID-19 vaccination to be carried out during 2021, after having secured 40 million doses from Pfizer and AstraZeneca. According to the schedule presented by the government, mass vaccination would begin in February and would be divided into five stages. The first stage will cover all front-line health and support workers, as well as people aged over 80, who are considered the segment of the population at the highest risk. The second stage will cover health workers in the second and third lines of attention, as well as people aged 60 to 79, while the third stage will cover inhabitants aged 16 to 60 with comorbidities as well as the entirety of elementary and high school teachers, to ensure the return of students to face-to-face classes. The first three stages will make up the first phase, in which the objective will be reducing mortality and severe case incidence rates from COVID-19, as well as protecting health workers. The second phase, comprising the last two stages, will be aimed at reducing infection rates to reach herd immunity and will cover institutional caregivers and population involved in risky occupations and situations, as well as the people aged 16 and 60 without comorbidities. To achieve herd immunity, the government expects to vaccinate roughly 70% of the Colombian population, or 35,734,649 people. People who have already suffered the disease, nearly 1.5 million as of that day, will not be included in the vaccination plan, nor will be children under 16 as vaccine tests performed until now have not covered that segment of the population. In all, around 34 million Colombians will be eligible to be vaccinated.
On 21 December, the National Health Institute (INS) released additional findings of its seroprevalence study in five cities, where about one-third of sampled residents had developed coronavirus antibodies: Bogotá (30%), Bucaramanga (32%), Cúcuta (40%) and Villavicencio (34%). Out of the 10 cities chosen by the INS to carry out this study, the results for Cali, Ipiales, and Guapi were still to be reported. An additional study performed by the University of Córdoba found a 59% seroprevalence in Montería. Considering the seroprevalence reports for these cities, along with the findings for Leticia, Barranquilla, and Medellín that were reported in late November, an estimate of 4.6 million Colombians could have already been infected by coronavirus, half of those in Bogotá and thrice more than the cases found by testing and official records.
2021
January
While there had been 5,539 intensive care beds in Colombia at the beginning of 2019, by the beginning of 2021 hospitals had increased this to 11,905 beds specifically to address the expected needs of COVID-19 patients. In January 2021, three-quarters of these intensive-care beds were occupied. The department of Quindío, with 74% occupancy, was representative of the national average. Bogotá had a higher rate (92% overall occupancy, and 93% occupancy of the beds designated for COVID patients).
On 20 January, a spokesperson for OPS said that Colombia was in the first group of eligible countries for vaccine distribution through the COVAX strategy as it met the criteria for inclusion due to its preparation and readiness, with distribution likely starting from the first week of February.
On 21 January, the total number of confirmed deaths in Colombia during the pandemic reached 50,000, with the number of confirmed cases surpassing 2 million two days later.
On 28 January, Colombia's response to the pandemic was described as the third worst out of a group of 98 countries according to the Lowy Institute, an independent think tank in Australia, only ahead of Brazil and Mexico.
On 29 January, President Iván Duque announced that the process of mass vaccination in Colombia would begin on 20 February, and also signed the decree for the National Plan of Vaccination which had been announced in December as the country's guideline for mass vaccination. Duque also confirmed the purchase of 10 million doses of the Moderna vaccine and 2.5 million doses of the vaccine by Sinovac, which added to 10 million doses from Pfizer–BioNTech, 10 million doses from Oxford–AstraZeneca, 9 million doses from Janssen, and 10 million doses through COVAX would be able to cover the 34 million Colombians eligible for vaccination.
On 30 January, the National Institute of Health confirmed the detection of the new P.1 variant of SARS-CoV-2 (later to be known under the name "Gamma") which had already been identified in Brazil, in a 24-year-old patient from Tabatinga, Amazonas state of Brazil who crossed the border to seek medical care in Leticia. As a preventive measure to avoid the spread of that new strain into the country, starting from 29 January passenger flights to and from Leticia were suspended for 15 days while flights between Colombia and Brazil were suspended for 30 days. An older adult in Bogotá had already died of COVID-19 caused by P.1 on 28 January, though this was not reported until weeks later.
February
On 11 February, Bogotá's District government announced that the temporary policy initiative of "cielo abierto" (open-air operating businesses) would be made permanent. To achieve this, the city will consider adjusting existing restrictions on the use of public space.
Two hundred international tourists were trapped in Leticia after the highly-contagious Brazilian variant of COVID-19 virus was discovered in the city on 30 January. Two weeks later the Colombian government agreed to fly the tourists out of Alfredo Vásquez Cobo International Airport if the individuals were willing to pay. Regularly scheduled flights to and from the city were due to resume on 2 March.
On 15 February, the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines manufactured by Pfizer and BioNTech, containing 50,000 doses, arrived at El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá where it was received by President Iván Duque, Vice President Marta Lucía Ramírez, and Minister of Health Fernando Ruiz. Duque said that this first batch of vaccines will be destined for front-line health and support personnel, while also confirming that the Colombian government expected the arrival of 1,600,000 additional doses within the following 30 days. That same day, Minister Ruiz confirmed that an intensive care nurse from Sincelejo's University Hospital and another nurse from the National Cancerology Institute in Bogotá would be the first two people to be vaccinated in the country, on 17 February.
As announced by Minister of Health Fernando Ruiz, the Colombian vaccination plan started in the city of Sincelejo on the morning of 17 February with the vaccination of intensive care nurse Verónica Machado, under widespread media coverage.
On 19 February, the Ministry of Health confirmed that at least 45,000 doses out of the first shipment of 192,000 doses of the vaccine by Sinovac, which were expected to arrive to the country the following day, would be sent to the municipalities of Leticia, Puerto Nariño, Mitú, and Inírida in the departments of Amazonas, Vaupés, and Guainía to immunize the entirety of the population aged over 18. With this decision, the Colombian government intended to build in those three departments, which border Brazil, an epidemiological blockade to contain the Brazilian variant and prevent its arrival in other areas of the country. This exceptional measure did not cover pregnant women nor people with a COVID-19 positive test result earlier than 90 days.
On 25 February, President Iván Duque announced on his daily broadcast a further extension of the state of health emergency for three months until 31 May 2021. The health emergency was slated to expire on 28 February.
March
During the first two weeks of the vaccination program, 191,480 first doses were administered. Public health expert Luis Jorge Hernández said the distribution was operating under a scarcity mentality given that only 509,724 doses had arrived in Colombia (including the ones already administered), whereas the Health Ministry had expected to have 850,000 by that point.
President Duque announced that new curfews would be implemented beginning 26 March. Areas where ICU occupancy was over 50% would have a midnight curfew, and, where the ICU occupancy was over 70%, the curfew would begin two hours earlier. The government was most concerned about the regions of Magdalena, Antioquia, Valle del Cauca, and Atlántico, all of which had occupancy rates of 70–79%.
April
On 4 April, the Colombian government issued new measures aimed at curtailing the third wave of the pandemic as well as the increase of new cases in several cities of the country. Starting from 5 April and until 19 April, the government instructed mayors to implement night curfews in cities with ICU occupancy over 50%, with start times varying depending on the occupancy rate of ICUs. Cities with ICU occupancy above 85% should start their curfew at 6:00 pm, cities with occupancy between 80% and 84% should start at 8:00 pm, the ones with occupancy between 70% and 79% should start at 10:00 pm, while the ones with ICU occupancy ranging from 50% to 69% should begin at midnight. For all cases, curfews will end at 5:00 a.m. the following day. The government also suggested the implementation of the pico y cédula measure to restrict individual mobility, with hotels, restaurants, and parks being exempted from the measure. Medellín and Barranquilla, which had ICU occupancy around 90%, additionally planned to implement prohibition. Police in Cali broke up dozens of parties on 10 April, one of which was attended by over 200 people.
Bogotá's mayor announced on 13 April that, since the city's ICU occupancy had risen to 75%, quarantine rules would be stricter than originally planned through 19 April and would also be in effect during the weekend of 23–26 April.
On 16 April, the National Health Institute confirmed the detection of the Alpha variant of SARS-CoV-2, finding it in two out of the 637 virus genomes sequenced up to that date, which were confirmed to come from samples taken in the Caldas Department. That variant, still of non-predominant circulation in the country, is considered to be more transmissible than the original versions of the SARS-CoV-2 virus but no more lethal than those. The next day, the Public Health Laboratory of Bogotá and the University of Los Andes confirmed the circulation of that variant as well as the Gamma one in the capital, finding six genomes corresponding to the Alpha variant and five genomes to the Gamma variant.
Martha Ospina, director of the National Institute of Health (INS), gave several reasons for the April 2021 wave which by the end of the month already showed an increase in mortality. According to the official, people had relaxed their personal biosecurity habits and begun to gather again; many people, especially in Bogotá and Medellín, had never been infected and were thus more susceptible to infection; and extra risk was posed by new variants including B.1.111 (the second most common type in Colombia, which was a more infectious type) and recent detection of the Gamma (P.1) and Alpha (B.1.1.7) variants.
May
By the second week of May, 96% of the ICU beds in Bogotá were full. Mayor Claudia López warned that the hospital system was near collapse due to the occupancy rate. She identified Suba, Engativá, Kennedy, Bosa, and Barrios Unidos as the most contagious areas of the city at that time. On 14 May, López confirmed she had tested positive for COVID-19 and appointed Bogotá's Health Secretary Alejandro Gómez as deputy District Mayor for the duration of her period of isolation.
With nearly 15,000 confirmed deaths and over 500,000 new COVID-19 cases, May 2021 became the deadliest month of the pandemic in Colombia as the third wave that came from the Holy Week holidays in April was considered to have reached a plateau and extended into May with a daily average of 20,000 new cases and 500 deaths during that month. With ICU occupancy in the main cities around 95%, the Colombian Association of Emergency Specialists (Asociación Colombiana de Especialistas en Urgencias y Emergencias - ACEM) warned about shortages of oxygen, medicines and supplies for the care of critical patients. According to ACEM, emergency rooms were also under heavy pressure, with occupancy over 160%.
The 2021 Colombian protests, which started on 28 April, were also believed to be a factor that could have influenced the steady increase of new cases in May, with the week between 10 and 16 May (two weeks after the first demonstrations) presenting 115,668 infections (6% increase from the previous week) and 3,446 deaths (9% increase). In the following two weeks, the number of new cases was 114,000 and 150,823, while deaths remained above 3,400 per week (3,424 and 3,558). According to experts such as PhD in Public Health Luis Jorge Hernández, the pandemic curve did not start going down in the second half of May for several reasons: the impact of crowding at demonstrations during the ongoing social unrest in the country, the circulation of variants of concern, the poor results of the testing and tracing strategy (Prass) and the increase of positivity levels which reached 30–40%, as well as the still low pace of the vaccination process.
June
On 2 June, the Ministry of Health issued Resolution 777 by which criteria for the economic reactivation of the country were established. While self-care measures continued being encouraged as a general guideline, municipalities with ICU occupancy below 85% were authorized to open nightclubs and dance venues as well as holding mass events to 25% capacity. Moreover, municipalities with vaccination stage coverage above 70% would be able to increase capacity in events to 50% and could later move up to 75% depending on their epidemiological index scores. It was also announced that students will return to schools and universities once teachers receive their second vaccine dose, which was estimated to happen around 15 July according to the schedule of the national plan of vaccination, as well as the removal of the requirement of a negative PCR test to enter the country and the CoronApp application for domestic flights.
July
On the morning of 24 July President Iván Duque confirmed the detection of the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2, in a patient in the city of Cali who had travelled to the United States and presented symptoms after returning to the country. The patient was confirmed positive for COVID-19 following a PCR test and was reported to be in isolation and in good health condition.
August
By 10 August, the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 was confirmed to have been detected in Bogotá as well as the departments of Valle del Cauca and Santander. Four cases were confirmed in the Colombian capital on 4 August while in Bucaramanga, capital city of the Santander Department, the city's Health Secretary confirmed another one the next day. The Delta variant further extended to Antioquia, with four confirmed cases in Medellín, one in Segovia, and two in Envigado, as well as the Huila Department.
On 30 August, the World Health Organization (WHO) named lineage B.1.621 Mu variant and designated it as a variant of interest (VOI). Mu was first detected in Colombia in January 2021 and was also the most extended variant in the country, accounting for 39% of sequences identified and 53% of infections according to the National Health Institute (INS).
October
On 26 October 2021, the WHO announced the launch of its Solidarity Vaccine Trial, cosponsored by the governments of Colombia, Mali and the Philippines. The two vaccine candidates in this trial are “a protein subunit vaccine from Medigen, and a DNA vaccine encoding the spike protein from Inovio.” More countries are expected to join the program.
December
The first cases of the Omicron variant were reported by the government on 20 December. The carriers had recently traveled from the United States and Spain. Over the next several days, new cases and active cases in Bogotá sharply increased, though the city had not yet officially confirmed an Omicron case. Bogotá did not have tests that could detect Omicron. Luis Ernesto Gómez, Bogotá's acting mayor while Mayor Claudia López had COVID for the second time, said before Christmas that the public should assume and behave as if Omicron were already spreading in Bogotá.
By 30 December, Omicron was officially confirmed to be circulating in Bogotá with 15 cases, and the Antioquia department with one case. Moreover, Health Minister Fernando Ruiz stated that the country was entering a fourth wave of infections, with positive cases spiking in the four most important cities: Bogotá, Medellín, Cali, and Barranquilla.
2022
January
By the start of the year, Omicron was already nearly the most common variant in the country. It was officially confirmed as the dominant variant by Minister of Health Fernando Ruiz on 6 January, stating that Omicron accounted for 60% of Colombia's genomic surveilliance map by 2 January.
On 28 January, the antiviral medication Molnupiravir was granted an emergency use authorization (EUA) by the National Institute for Food and Drug Surveillance (Invima) to treat those infected with COVID-19, under special conditions. According to Invima, the drug should be used for treatment of mild to moderate disease in patients with COVID-19 diagnosis confirmed by PCR or antigen test, as well as unvaccinated older adults who have not been previously infected by the virus but have at least one risk factor to develop severe COVID, such as obesity, heart conditions, chronic kidney disease or cancer. However, the use of Molnupiravir was not recommended for patients who require hospitalization, nor patients who begin treatment five days after the onset of symptoms. Likewise, it should not be used for longer than five days nor in patients who had previously presented the disease.
February
On 23 February, the Colombian government announced that municipalities with at least 70% of their population fully vaccinated (not counting booster doses) would no longer require mandatory use of face masks in open spaces, starting immediately. As of that day, 451 municipalities, including the capital Bogotá as well as Medellín and Barranquilla, met the 70% coverage threshold. This measure did not extend to public transportation systems, offices, classrooms and other closed spaces gathering several people without an adequate ventilation, where people would still have to use face masks.
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HMS Scourge was a designed by Sir William Symonds, Surveyor of the Navy. Originally she was ordered as a , however, under Admiralty Order of 26 December 1843 she was directed to be built to a new specification. She was initially commissioned for service with the Channel Squadron before moving to the North America and West Indies Station. She then served in the Mediterranean
then the west coast of Africa. Her final service was in the Mediterranean. She was broken in 1865.
Scourge was the sixth named vessel since it was used for a 14-gun brig-sloop, launched by Allin of Dover on 26 October 1779, purchased on the stocks and foundered off the Dutch coast on 7 November 1795.
Construction
She was ordered on 18 March 1841 from Portsmouth Dockyard though her keel was not laid until February 1844. She was launched on 9 November 1844. Following her launch she was towed to the East India Docks to have her boilers and machinery fitted. She was then towed back to Portsmouth and was completed for sea on 13 May 1846 at an initial cost of £55,002 including the hull at £21,328, machinery at £20,390 and fitting at £13,284.
Commissioned Service
First Commission
She was commissioned on 26 November 1845 under Commander Jamea Crawford Caffin, RN for service with the Channel Squadron at Portsmouth. The 13-inch mortar was removed while with the Channel Squadron. On 1 October 1847 Commander Henry Edward Wingrove, RN took command for service on the North America and West Indies Station.Then in October 1849 Commander Lord Frederick Herbert Kerr, RN took command for service in the Mediterranean. She returned to Home Waters and paid off on 27 November 1852. While in steam reserve her armament was increased to six guns
Second Commission
She was commissioned in April 1854 under Commander John Adams, RN for the West Coast of Africa as Flag Ship of the Squadron. She return to pay off on 28 November 1857.
Third Commission
She was commissioned for the last time on 28 June 1858 under Commander H.S.H. Prince Victor of Hohenlobe-Langenberg for service in the Mediterranean. Commander William Gore Jones, RN took command on 13 December 1859. She returned and paid off on 8 February 1862.
Disposition
She was broken in 1865.
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References
Lyon Winfield, The Sail & Steam Navy List, All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815 to 1889, by David Lyon & Rif Winfield, published by Chatham Publishing, London © 2004,
Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail (1817 – 1863), by Rif Winfield, published by Seaforth Publishing, England © 2014, e, Chapter 11 Steam Paddle Vessels, Vessels acquired since November 1830, Stromboli Class
Colledge, Ships of the Royal Navy, by J.J. Colledge, revised and updated by Lt Cdr Ben Warlow and Steve Bush, published by Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley, Great Britain, © 2020, e (EPUB)
The New Navy List, conducted by Joseph Allen, Esq., RN, London: Parker, Furnivall, and Parker, Military Library, Whitehall, MDCCCXLVII
The Navy List, published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London
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Anish Khan (25 July 1993 – 18 February 2022) was an Indian left-wing student activist. Anish Khan was one of the leader of several protests like against No NRC movement, No NPR movement, Citizenship Amendment Act protests and No vote to Bjp movements. Anish Khan was also a student leader of Aliah University in his student life.
Anish Khan died on 18 February 2021. Three policemen were suspect for the death of Anish Khan. On 22 February, Trinamool led West Bengal Government suspend two policemen.
Anish's death has sparked series of protests for justice throughout West Bengal. Justice for Anish Khan protests are being particularly held by the students of colleges and opposition parties.
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This is the discography of British singer Barbara Dickson.
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Kobe Jae Chong (born 28 June 2001) is an English-born professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL Championship club Peterborough United.
Club career
At 9 years of age, without undergoing a trial period, Chong signed for West Bromwich Albion academy. Two years later, Chong and his father flew out to Portugal for a two-week trial at Sporting CP. This trial was unsuccessful and on his return to West Brom, he was told he wasn't welcome, following his 'AWOL' nature of leaving the club to go to Portugal. For the coming years, Chong spent time playing for Kidderminster Harriers in the Junior Premier League (JPL). While playing for Kidderminster, he was again invited out to Portugal for another trial with Sporting CP, but was yet again unsuccessful and returned to the UK.
Kobe was again noticed by a foreign club, this time Cagliari in Italy. He was invited over to a tournament and was coached by Inter Milan legend David Suazo. Chong spent three years at Cagliari, representing both the u16 and u17 sides. He made his Cagliari debut in a 5–1 away win versus Lazio academy, playing 32 minutes. He found life in Italy difficult and returned to England at the age of 18, without an agent.
Kobe Chong spent a year on Solihull's full-time footballing course, before deciding to attend a Non-league gems showcase event. Here, he was offered trials from Middlesbrough, Huddersfield and Brentford. Brentford offered Chong a contract, however the plug was pulled on the deal at the last minute. Chong joined non-league Banbury in October 2019 and appeared five times for the club, before moving to Redditch United.
Chong signed professional terms for EFL Championship side Peterborough United from Sutton Coldfield Town in August 2021. His signing was confirmed after scoring a brace for the Peterborough United first team in a 3–2 win verus Spalding United.
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Elena Chernenko (Елена Черненко) is a Russian journalist and antiwar activist. She is a special correspondent and head of the foreign desk at the Moscow daily newspaper Kommersant.
Chernenko holds a PhD from Moscow State University. She has worked for Russian Newsweek, the Voice of Russia and the Moskauer Deutsche Zeitung.
On 24 February 2022, as Russia invaded Ukraine, Chernenko launched an anti-war petition, gathering over 100 journalists' signatures.
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Samuel Johnson (January 28, 1845 - November 24, 1915) was an American soldier and recipient of the Medal of Honor who received the medal for his actions in the American Civil War.
Biography
Johnson was born in Springfield Township, Pennsylvania on January 28, 1845. He enlisted as a private in Company C of 9th Pennsylvania Reserve Regiment on July 27, 1861. He earned his medal in action the Battle of Antietam, Maryland on September 17, 1862. He was wounded in battle and was bound to hospital for nine months. Following Antietam, Johnson was granted the Medal of Honor and a promotion to second lieutenant. He was transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps in 1863 as stated in General Order No.160 on May 30, 1863. The order was unique as it was the only general order to award a Medal of Honor to a soldier in the Union Army. Johnson died in West Fork, Arkansas. on November 24, 1915, and is now buried in Baker Cemetery, Onda, Arkansas.
Medal of Honor Citation
For extraordinary heroism on 17 September 1862, in action at Antietam, Maryland, for individual bravery and daring in capturing from the enemy two colors of the 1st Texas Rangers (Confederate States of America), receiving in the act a severe wound.
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Reactions to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine included both condemnation from world leaders, with some specifically condemning Russian President Vladimir Putin for authorizing military action, and approval, with some others also blaming it on NATO provocation.
Nations
Africa
– The Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that it was "following developments in the situation in the Republic of Ukraine". It also called for Algerians in Ukraine to adhere to instructions given by the Algerian embassy.
– Botswana was one of the 87 signatories to the UN letter condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
– The Prime Minister of Cabo Verde José Ulisses Correia e Silva condemned in a Facebook post the invasion of Ukraine and called for the search for solutions through diplomatic channels and dialogue.
– Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly stated his government is monitoring the crisis, and he expressed his desire for the situation to be resolved soon.
– The Ethiopian Embassy in Berlin urged Ethiopians in Ukraine to cross the border into Poland.
– Gabon participated in the United States led Joint Statement following a vote on a UN Security Council resolution on Russia's aggression toward Ukraine.
– Gambia cosponsored in the Albanian-American led statement at the UN Security Council resolution condemning Russia.
– Foreign Minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchway condemned the invasion.
– Kenya participated in the United States led Joint Statement following a vote on a UN Security Council resolution on Russia's aggression toward Ukraine.
– Lesotho participated in the United States led Joint Statement following a vote on a UN Security Council resolution on Russia's aggression toward Ukraine.
– Liberia condemned the invasion.
– Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush condemned Russia's military intervention in Ukraine as a violation of international law, and called on Moscow "to calm and retreat."
– President Lazarus Chakwera urged Russia to withdraw.
– Mauritian government has called for a peaceful resolution of the conflict and joined the call to return to peaceful dialogue between the conflicting parties.
– Morocco reiterated its support for the territorial integrity of all UN states.
– Namibia called upon the United Nations to peacefully resolve the situation. The Namibian Government also looked to evacuate 100 Namibians in Ukraine, should it become necessary.
– Niger was one of the 87 signatories to the UN letter condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
– On 24 February 2022, an initial statement from the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs acknowledged Russia's invasion of Ukraine, describing the situation as a "surprise". It announced plans to assist in the evacuation of Nigerian citizens from Ukraine. However, it avoided condemning the actions of Russia, and it reaffirmed Russia's claims that the attacks in Ukraine "have been confined to military installations". On 26 February 2022, after Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama met with Ukrainian ambassador to Nigeria, Kirdoda Valerii; Russian ambassador to Nigeria, Alexey Shebarshin; and envoys from the G7 countries, he officially condemned Russia's invasion and urged for Russian troops to be withdrawn from Ukraine.
– Naledi Pandor, Minister of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation, released a statement blaming neither Russia nor Ukraine, calling for "inclusive talks led by the UNSC" and "enhanced diplomacy".
– The South Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs requested diplomats in European countries to tally the amount of South Sudanese citizens in Ukraine, stating they were "very much concerned about the situation in Ukraine".
– Sudan coordinated an evacuation of Sudanese citizens in Ukraine with authorities in Poland and Romania.
– Tunisia has called on all parties concerned by the recent events in Ukraine to "work on settling the conflict through peaceful means, based on dialogue between states. Tunisia is following with "great concern" the rapid development of events in Ukraine and the aggravation of tension in the region." Tunisia called on its nationals in Ukraine to not leave the country without prior coordination.
– In response to questions from a MP, Vice president Mutale Nalumango stated that Zambia could not make an unilateral decision regarding the conflict, and that they would "not make a position as an individual country but as a grouping to various bodies that the country belongs to". The country also made plans to evacuate all known Zambians present in the country.
– Zimbabwe started to evacuate 256 nationals from Ukraine, advising nationals to leave Ukraine if safe to do so.
Asia
– The Taliban issued a statement in which it expressed its concern about the crisis in Ukraine, and called for "resolving the crisis through dialogue and peaceful means".
− The Armenian government expressed "hope that the existing problems between the two friendly states will be resolved through diplomatic dialogue", and declared its readiness to accept refugees.
− President Ilham Aliyev has offered to organize talks between Ukraine and Russia. and Azerbaijan sent humanitarian aid to Ukraine
– Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has reiterated Bangladesh's calls for the ongoing military conflict between Russia and Ukraine to be peacefully resolved in line with the Charter of the United Nations. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked all the concerned persons to observe the Russia-Ukraine war situation. Russia is building one of the biggest megaprojects in Bangladesh which is Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant. Russia is giving all the funding and logistics for this project but experts suspect that the war could disrupt the flow of the work. Even though 77% of the construction work is already done, it is still believed that the war situation could prolong the rest of the construction. Russia which was once a part of Soviet Union helped Bangladesh gain independence from Pakistan in the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. The neutral stance which the country took during the invasion of Ukraine was believed by observers to be related to concerns that Bangladesh itself did not want to be threatened by larger neighbours.
– Foreign Minister Tandi Dorji said that the foreign ministry is "studying and assessing the impacts the war will have on Bhutan"; adding that there are no Bhutanese in Ukraine.
– Brunei condemned the invasion, calling for the situation to be resolved without resorting to the threat or use of force.
− Prime Minister Hun Sen has weighed in on the Russia-Ukraine issue, echoing his long-held belief that it is only through peaceful negotiation, and not another war, that any disagreements between belligerent parties can be resolved.
– Chinese leader and General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xi Jinping spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin on 25 February, that China supported Russia and Ukraine to resolve the issue through negotiation. President Putin told Paramount leader Xi that "Russia is willing to conduct high-level negotiations with Ukraine." China's UN Ambassador Zhang Jun said that "We believe that all countries should solve international disputes by peaceful means in line with the purposes and principles of the UN Charter." The Chinese government refused to give a "yes/no" answer to whether the Russian military operation is an invasion on 24 February press release, but does compare it with the 2001 American invasion of Afghanistan, a neighbor of China. The spokeperson confirmed its praise on France and Germany's "a lot of efforts through diplomatic mediation in order to ease the tension" and accused the United States of agitating for war. In a statement released on 25 February, China said that Ukraine's territory and sovereignty should be respected and urged talks between Ukraine and Russia as soon as possible. Shortly after, PRC Foreign Minister and State Councilor Wang Yi stated that China has a clear position respecting the territorial integrity and sovereignty of all countries, including Ukraine. Various state media in Beijing quoted Scholz' description of the day of invasion as "a terrible day for Ukraine and a dark day for Europe."
– Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed for an immediate cessation of violence in Ukraine in a phone call to Putin on 24 February. He also raised concern for the safe exit and return of 18,000 Indian students in Ukraine. The Indian government has refrained from taking a stand on the issue. Earlier that day, the Ministry of External Affairs had announced that "India is closely following the development of events in the region". India is also considering setting up a mechanism to trade with Russia using rupees to avoid the effects of sanctions on trade between the two countries. Russia provides about 70% of Indian arms and has had close relations since the Cold War. India was the only member of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue not to ban Russian exports. However, India also needs U.S. assistance to counter China, which it regards as its biggest threat. An analyst from the Centre for Policy Research noted, "India has never been caught in this kind of an either-or situation. It's the biggest diplomatic challenge since the Cold War." The Ukrainian ambassador to India, Igor Polikha, told reporters in India that he is "deeply dissatisfied" with India's position. India abstained from the United Nations Security Council resolution condemning the Russian invasion.
– The spokesperson for the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Teuku Faizasyah, expressed Indonesia's concern for the escalation of the conflict. Indonesia urged Russia to respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. Official press release by the Ministry said that the attack of Ukraine by Russia is "unacceptable". The Indonesian President, Joko Widodo, also tweeted "Stop war. War brings suffering to mankind and endangers the world." On 24 February 2022, it was announced that the Indonesian government considered sanctions against Russia for Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The People's Representative Council also issued a condemnation statement.
– Although the I.R. Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs rooted the war on NATO provocation, they do not see resorting to war as a solution. They believed that establishing a ceasefire and focusing on a political and democratic solution is a necessity. The Iranian President, Ebrahim Raisi, phoned Putin and supported guaranteeing the stopping of NATO's expansion. Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian tweeted, "The #Ukraine crisis is rooted in NATO's provocations. We don't believe that resorting to war is a solution. Imperative to establish ceasefire & to find a political and democratic resolution." Mohammad Javad Larijani, the secretary of the High Council for Human Rights in Iran, told IRNA that the Islamic Republic has not backed military operation against Ukraine, but at the same time Tehran has not closed eyes on the plots hatched by the US and its allies.
– Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett stated that "our hearts are with the civilians of eastern Ukraine who were caught up in this situation." He called for a halt to the violence and offered to provide humanitarian aid to Ukraine. Foreign Affairs Minister and Alternate Prime Minister Yair Lapid stated that the "Russian attack on Ukraine is a grave violation of the international order. Israel condemns the attack, and is ready and prepared to provide humanitarian assistance to the citizens of Ukraine. Israel is a country that has experienced wars, and war is not the way to resolve conflicts." On 27 February 2022, Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked decided to automatically extend a two-month visa extension for Ukrainian tourists in Israel, so they can receive temporary asylum from the war in Ukraine.
– Prime Minister Fumio Kishida condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine and announced that it will be cooperating with the United States on further sanctions against Russia. On 25 February, Japan implemented new sanctions, including an export ban on semiconductors and other high-tech products as well as freezing the assets of three Russian banks. It has also considered extending sanctions to Belarus, because of its support to the invasion. On 26 February, Japan agreed to increase deterrence efforts with the U.S., with Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi stating that the "impact of this will not stop in Europe." Japan–Russia relations had previously been characterized by Japanese attempts to avoid antagonizing Russia, particularly as that the Kuril Islands dispute is Russia's only territorial dispute in Asia. However, Japan is increasingly concerned about the geopolitical implications of Ukrainian territorial annexation on China and Taiwan.
− Minister of Foreign Affairs of Jordan released a statement urging the international community and the related parties to spare no effort to promote restraint and de-escalation. The statement also called for a peaceful settlement of the conflict through dialogue to restore security and stability in the region during this "critical" moment.
– Kazakhstan, a neighbor and ally of Russia, has reportedly denied a request for its troops to join Russian forces in their invasion of Ukraine. The former Soviet republic also said it is not recognizing the Russia-created breakaway republics, the Luhansk People's Republic and the Donetsk People's Republic, NBC News reported Friday, citing officials. Kazakhstan has avoided criticising Russia's move to invade a fellow ex-Soviet republic but at the same time has not sided with Russia in recognising the independence of Moscow-backed separatist statelets in eastern Ukraine.
– North Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs published a commentary on 26 February titled "The United States must not undermine the foundation of international peace and stability" North Korea on Saturday ascribed the armed conflict in Ukraine to the United States' "high-handedness and arbitrariness," accusing Washington of having pursued "military supremacy" in disregard of Russia's security concerns. In a post on the North's foreign ministry website, Ri Ji-song, a researcher at the Society for International Politics Study, made the remarks—the North's first public mention of the conflict following Russia's invasion of Ukraine earlier this week. "The root cause of the Ukrainian crisis also lies in the high-handedness and arbitrariness of the U.S. which has held on solely to the unilateral sanction and pressure while pursuing only global hegemony and military supremacy in disregard of the legitimate demand of Russia for its security," Ri wrote. The Yonhap News Agency quoted a North Korean studies professor at Ewha University in Seoul as analyzing the information posted on the website of North Korea's foreign ministry as a "cautious" official response from Pyongyang because it was released in the name of an individual.
– President Moon Jae-in said that South Korea would join international sanctions against Russia in the crisis and expressed regret over Russia's invasion of Ukraine. He said: "The use of armed forces causing human casualties cannot be justified under any circumstances". The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that: "The Korean government strongly condemns Russia's armed invasion against Ukraine as a violation of the principles of the UN Charter" and "the Korean government will support and join the international community's efforts, including economic sanctions, to curb armed invasion".
– Kuwait participated in the United States led Joint Statement following a vote on a UN Security Council resolution on Russia's aggression toward Ukraine.
– The Foreign Ministry of Kyrgyzstan has called on Russia and Ukraine to resolve the conflict at the negotiating table. "We're following the development of the situation in Ukraine with dismay and concern. Proceeding from our historically friendly relations with the peoples of Russia and Ukraine, we hope that the parties will achieve peace promptly, including by means of creating new formats and mechanisms of the conflict settlement at the negotiating table to prevent further casualties and damage," the Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry said on Friday.
− Lao PDR government calls on all parties concerned to exercise utmost restraint and pursue efforts in deescalating the tension that may undermine international peace and security. Also, Lao PDR supports ongoing efforts to find a peaceful settlement to the situation through diplomatic means.
– The Lebanese Foreign Ministry on Thursday condemned Russia's military invasion of Ukraine and called on Moscow to "immediately halt military operations." Russia's embassy in Lebanon expressed surprise at this condemnation, releasing a statement that "The statement... surprised us [the Russian embassy] by violating the policy of dissociation and by taking one side against another in these events, noting that Russia spared no effort in contributing to the advancement and stability of the Lebanese Republic".
– Prime Minister Ismail Sabri, via a statement released by the Prime Minister's Office, had stated that it is concerned over the "escalation of conflict in Ukraine". It also calls for dialogue and promoting "peace and security". Independent news portal Malaysiakini noted that the statement released by the Prime Minister lacked forceful language and did not mention Russia nor characterised the conflict as an "invasion", prompting a response by the Press Secretary of the Prime Minister, who accused the news portal of diverting from "the gist of the press statement". On 27 February, the Malaysian Foreign Ministry denied a report by the South China Morning Post that it had "bungled" the evacuation of Malaysian nationals from the Ukraine by forcing them to travel to Poland by road on private vehicles in order to escape the Russian invasion after reports that the chartered bus scheduled to pick them up failed to arrive and allegations that the Malaysian government dismissed the possibility of a Russian invasion as a "Western narrative".
– Maldivian Deputy of Foreign Affairs, Abdulla Humaid, outlined plans to evacuate Maldivians in Ukraine.
– Amarsaikhan Sainbuyan, Mongolia's deputy prime minister, and Battsetseg Batmunkh, Mongolia's foreign minister, have spoken to the press about Russia's invasion of Ukraine. They outlined plans to repatriate Mongolian nationals from Ukraine but did not condemn Russia's action. Both described the invasion as a military operation and an armed struggle in Ukraine.
– The spokesperson for Myanmar's State Administration Council, Zaw Min Tun, supported Russia's decision, stating that "Russia was acting to protect its sovereignty" and praised Russia's role in balancing global power. The Minister of International Cooperation of the exiled National Unity Government of Myanmar, Dr. Sasa, said "The unprovoked, unjustified attacks on Ukraine by Russia are inexcusable and unacceptable."
– Nepal opposed the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity must be fully respected: Foreign Ministry.
– Pakistan's Prime Minister, Imran Khan, expressed regret regarding the current situation and said that conflict was not in anyone's interest. He had hoped that military conflict between the two countries could have been avoided through diplomacy. Khan also underlined Pakistan's belief that disputes should be resolved through dialogue and diplomacy.
– The Philippines Department of Foreign Affairs released a statement on 25 February that it is urging the international community to reaffirm its commitment to resolve international disputes through peaceful dialogue and "more than words" and cited the UN General Assembly's Manila Declaration on the Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes. Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. has committed to going to the Ukrainian border to personally oversee the repatriation of Filipinos in Ukraine. The Philippines later expressed its intent to vote to condemn Russia invasion of Ukraine in the emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly.
– Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday called on all parties with regard to the Russia-Ukraine crisis to exercise restraint and resolve the dispute through constructive dialogue and diplomatic methods. He reiterated the settlement of international disputes by peaceful means and cautioned against actions that would lead to further escalation.
– Saudi Arabia's Deputy Foreign Minister Waleed El Khereiji and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman on Thursday discussed building a "strong international response to support Ukrainian sovereignty", the U.S. Department of State website said. Saudi Arabia remains committed to OPEC+ agreement, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told French President Emmanuel Macron 27 Feb, in an endorsement for the bloc's alliance with Russia amid that nation's invasion of Ukraine.
– Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Singapore "strongly condemns any unprovoked invasion of a sovereign country under any pretext," and that "the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine must be respected." "All parties concerned should continue to pursue dialogue, including diplomatic means, towards a peaceful settlement of the dispute, in accordance with international law, and avoid action that will further raise tensions in the region." Local news outlets reported that Singapore may join international sanctions on Russia, and was unlikely to take a direct economic hit from export curbs on Russia. On 28 February 2022, Singapore announced sanctions against Russia by imposing export controls on items "that can be used directly as weapons in Ukraine to inflict harm or to subjugate the Ukrainians" and moved to "block certain Russian banks and financial transactions connected to Russia". The move was a first by a Southeast Asian country and a departure from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' refusal to condemn the invasion.
– The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the Government of Sri Lanka is deeply concerned about the recent escalation of violence in Ukraine and called upon all parties concerned to exercise maximum restraint and work towards the immediate cessation of hostilities, in order to maintain peace, security and stability in the region, while emphasising the need for concerted efforts by all parties concerned to resolve the crisis through diplomacy and sincere dialogue.
– Syrian President Bashar al-Assad praised the Russian invasion as a "correction of history" and accused Western nations of using "dirty methods to support terrorists in Syria and Nazis in Ukraine".
– President Tsai Ing-wen stated, "our government condemns Russia's violation of Ukraine's sovereignty and urges all parties to continue to resolve the disputes through peaceful and rational means." The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that Taiwan will join international sanctions against Russia and expressed regret over Russia's decision to "use force and intimidation in bullying others instead of resolving disputes through peaceful diplomatic negotiations."
– Thailand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed "deep concern" and said that it supported "ongoing efforts to find a peaceful settlement to the situation through dialogue."
– Timor-Leste was one of the 87 signatories to the UN letter condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
– Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs have stated that Russian actions are "unacceptable" and strongly condemned Russia over its "grave violation of international law", while reiterating "support for Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity". Furthermore, a commercial Turkish-owned vessel was hit by a Russian bomb off the coast of Odessa, for which Turkish authorities stated there were no casualties and the ship safely arrived in the territorial waters of Romania, a NATO ally. On 27 February, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu referred to the invasion as a "war," rhetorically bringing the conflict under the 1936 Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits and permitting Turkey to prohibit Russian warships in the Bosporus and Dardanelles. On 28 February, Erdoğan publicly confirmed that the straits would be closed to prevent an escalation of the war, while also pledging to maintain relations with both Ukraine and Russia.
– The United Arab Emirates abstained from the vote on the U.N. Security Council resolution on Friday that would have deplored Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
– The Press Secretary to the President of Uzbekistan Sherzod Asadov stated in a Facebook post: "The President of Russia informed the head of our state on the reasons and circumstances of the decision to launch a special operation. In his turn, the leader of Uzbekistan expressed hope that the parties will soon find mutually acceptable ways to resolve the situation and prevent its further escalation. I would like to emphasize that Uzbekistan takes a balanced, neutral position on this matter." The Embassy of Uzbekistan in Poland is evacuating its citizens from Ukraine through Poland, Foreign Ministry of Uzbekistan said.
– The spokesperson for the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lê Thị Thu Hằng, stated Vietnam "calls on parties concerned in the Ukraine crisis to exercise self-restraint, enhance dialogue efforts and step up diplomatic measures to peacefully settle differences with respect for the United Nations Charter and fundamental principles of international law, thus contributing to ensuring peace, security, and stability in the region and the world."
Europe
– President Aslan Bzhaniya stated that Russia's invasion of Ukraine was "absolutely justified."
– President of Albania Ilir Meta convened a National Security Council on 24 February and issued a statement to "strongly condemn Russia's military attack on Ukraine" as an "unprovoked and unjustifiable escalation" which "constitutes a violation of international law, the UN Charter, the Minsk Agreement, the Budapest Memorandum, and undermines security and peace throughout Europe", while expressing sorrow for lives lost and "full solidarity with the people of Ukraine, and its democratic institutions", with similar statements issued earlier in the day by Prime Minister Edi Rama on Twitter, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Olta Xhaçka, and Ambassador to the UN Ferit Hoxha at the Security Council meeting, later joining the United States in calling for a UN vote on a resolution condemning Russian actions with the intention of forcing Russia to resort to a veto. After a NATO summit, Rama said that Albania would be ready to welcome a few thousands of Ukrainian refugees fleeing the war.
– The government of Andorra condemned the invasion and the Prime Minister Xavier Espot appealed for peace, saying that "war should be no recourse".
– Chancellor of Austria Karl Nehammer claimed that "There is war in Europe again", condemned Russia's attack and declared Austria's solidarity with Ukraine.
– Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said EU needs "Russian sanctions that bite", especially against the "ruling elite".
Tripartite Presidency Member Željko Komšić said Bosnia would support Ukraine within its capacity.
Whereas the Croat and Bosniak members of the tripatartite presidency, Željko Komšić and Šefik Džaferović, issued their own separate statements condemning the Russian invasion, the Serb member Milorad Dodik did not, instead stating that Bosnia and Herzegovina was neutral, having stated the previous day that the events showed it was a good decision for Bosnia and Herzegovina to not enter NATO, and that the country would not support sanctions.
Foreign Minister Bisera Turković stated: "Bosnia and Herzegovina remains firmly committed to Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and we call for an immediate end to fighting and shelling! OSCE principles, security and international law are under attack today. Hostility and suffering of innocent civilians must end immediately," she said. Minister Turković called on Russia and Belarus to refrain from using force in the interests of peace, regional and global stability.
– Bulgaria condemned the invasion and Prime Minister Kiril Petkov stated: "We see that this aggression was not provoked by the Ukrainian side and such actions in Europe are inadmissible".
The Bulgarian Minister of Defence Stefan Yanev was sacked for insisting it was wrong to describe it as a War, He said it was an "operation." He also said there was no need Bulgaria — a member of both the EU and NATO — to adopt a "pro-Russian, pro-American or pro-European position."
– Prime Minister Andrej Plenković released a statement on Twitter, saying: "We strongly condemn Russia's aggression and invasion on Ukraine. This unprovoked attack is a gross violation of Ukraine's sovereignty and international law". Plenković also met with the Ukrainian Ambassador to Croatia, noting that Croatia will support the EU sanctions package, and stands ready to provide humanitarian and technical assistance to Ukraine.
– President Nicos Anastasiades tweeted his condemnation "in the strongest possible terms" and that "I must say that we witness with great disappointment what is happening in violation of international law and we cannot but condemn as a country similar actions that violate the sovereignty and territorial integrity of an independent country". Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulidis called for a ceasefire and said that "these are military operations within Europe, something we have avoided since the end of WWII".
President Miloš Zeman called, in an address to the nation on 24 February, the invasion "an unprovoked act of aggression" and that "Russia has committed a crime against peace", calling for harsh sanctions against Russia. He also said that he had been "wrong" in his insistence until a few days prior that Russia would not invade Ukraine.
Prime Minister Petr Fiala said his government had withdrawn their agreement for operation of the Russian consulates in Karlovy Vary and Brno, had suspended the operation of the consulates of the Czech Republic in St. Petersburg and Yekaterinburg, and had stopped issuing visas for Russian citizens. He also announced that the republic would insist on adoption of the strictest anti-Russian sanctions and development of the harshest possible position towards Russia.
– Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said that it was a "dark day for peace around the world", while stating that her government was ready to accept Ukrainian refugees.
– Comment from the Prime Minister, Bárður á Steig Nielsen: "It's a sad day and our thoughts are with the Ukrainian people. This is not only an attack on the Ukraine, but also on European peace. The Faroe Islands strongly condemn the Russian invasion of the Ukraine. The attack is a clear violation of international law, which is meant to maintain justice, security and stability."
– Prime Minister Kaja Kallas called Russia a "threat to the whole of Europe".
President Sauli Niinistö condemned Russia's attack and President Vladimir Putin, saying "the mask has now come off and only the cold face of war is visible".
Prime Minister Sanna Marin said Russia's invasion of Ukraine would change the debate around NATO membership within her country, and wrote on Twitter that "The attack is a grave breach of international law and threatens the life of numerous civilians. Finland expresses its solid support to Ukraine and Ukrainians and we are looking for ways to increase this support". On 25 February 2022, a Russian foreign ministry spokesperson threatened "military and political consequences" if Finland attempts to join NATO.
– President of France Emmanuel Macron said that he had spoken with Putin "to stop the fighting and talk to the Ukrainian president" and demanded "an immediate halt to Russian military operations in Ukraine".
President Salome Zourabichvili stated that her nation was "shocked" by Russian aggression in Ukraine. She affirmed her "solidarity with the Ukrainian people" and called for a halt in military operations.
Prime Minster Irakli Garibashvili said that Georgia's government does not intend to join any sanctions effort against Russia.
On 24 February, Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia, Shalva Papuashvili expressed his solidarity with Ukraine and called on international community to take steps to "stop Russia escalating into a full-scale conflict and ensure the protection of international norms."
Vice Prime Minister/Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, David Zalkaliani stated that "Military aggression launched by Russia against Ukraine is totally intolerable". He called on international partners to give a strict response to the violation of the international law by Russia and ensure the de-escalation of the situation.
The Ministry of Foreign affairs of Georgia expressed extreme concern about the developments in Ukraine. According to statement, Russia's military actions undermine Ukraine's territorial integrity and sovereignty as well as the UN Charter and fundamental principles of the international law.
– Annalena Baerbock, minister of foreign affairs, said that the world woke up in a different world. She announced massive sanctions against Russia. Chancellor Olaf Scholz called the invasion a "serious mistake" of Putin's. Germany initially ruled out sending weapons to Ukraine and prevented Estonia from sending German-made howitzers to Ukraine. Germany said it was sending 5,000 helmets and a field hospital to Ukraine, to which Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko responded, "What will they send next? Pillows?" On 26 February, in what was seen by observers as a reaction to mounting pressure from allies in NATO and EU, Germany reversed its course by allowing the sending of nine German-made howitzers from Estonia and 400 rocket-propelled grenade launchers from the Netherlands, and additionally agreed to send 1,000 anti-tank weapons and 500 Stinger anti-aircraft defense systems to Ukraine. At an emergency parliamentary sitting on 27 February, Scholz spoke of a "new era" that had begun with the Russian invasion. Germany would from now on invest more than the NATO target of two percent of gross domestic product in defence. 100 billion euros would be made available for investments in the army during 2022.
President Katerina Sakellaropoulou stated that "we strongly condemn the Russian attack on an independent country" because it's "a clear violation of international law and our values".
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis condemned the "revisionist" actions of Russia against Ukraine.
President János Áder strongly condemned the Russian invasion, which "Hungary was also forced to endure a similar one in 1956". Áder added that "we [Hungary] have done everything we could to urge the leadership in Moscow to remain level-headed and exercise restraint. Unfortunately we could not succeed because, as it has now become clear, Russia was carrying out a premeditated plan which was followed by the conscious deception of its international partners".
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stated that "together with our EU and NATO allies, we condemn Russia's military attack", adding that sending either troops or military equipment to Ukraine was "out of the question, though we will, of course, provide humanitarian aid".
– Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine as "an unacceptable breach of international law."
– Prime Minister Mario Draghi promised "whatever it takes to restore Ukrainian sovereignty" and that it was "impossible to have meaningful dialogue with Moscow", demanding Russia to unconditionally pull its forces back to the internationally established borders.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin condemned the "outrageous" actions of Russia in Ukraine and promised "severe sanctions from EU", while saying: "Our thoughts must be with the innocent people of Ukraine at this, their most difficult hour."
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar stated that whilst Ireland is militarily neutral, "in this conflict, Ireland is not neutral at all", acknowledging the country's "unwavering and unconditional" support for Ukraine. He compared the invasion of Ukraine to the invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1939, calling Putin "the Hitler of the 21st century."
– Prime Minister Albin Kurti condemned the Russian invasion as "the largest military aggression, not only in Europe, since the end of the Second World War", stating "we stand in solidarity with the people of Ukraine and stand together with the EU, NATO, the US, and the UK for state sovereignty, territorial integrity, the country's independence and the right of self-determination for the people of Ukraine", alongside condemnations by the Kosovar parliament. Meanwhile, President Vjosa Osmani said that the people of Kosovo support Ukrainians "as they face an unprovoked war as a result of Russian aggression", stating on Twitter that "we will work with our allies... Russian hegemony will not triumph. Freedom and democracy will win". A joint statement by Kosovo's president, prime minister and senior ministers furthermore condemned attempts to draw parallels to Kosovo's own declaration of independence from Serbia: "Dictator Putin's effort to refer to the Kosovo case and draw parallel are totally unstable, abusive and an attempt to camouflage the lack of any base or reason for the barbarous attack of its forces against a sovereign state."
– Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš approved on Thursday a plan for the reception and accommodation of refugees developed by the Ministry of the Interior, readying 10,000 places for refugees from Ukraine and the cancellation of visas being issued to Russian citizens.
Liechtenstein condemned the invasion in a statement published on the government's official website.
The government of Liechtenstein promised to devote CHF 500,000 from its existing International Humanitarian Cooperation and Development Budget towards humanitarian projects to help those affected by the war.
– President of Lithuania Gitanas Nauseda declared the state of emergency in the nation following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, telling the NATO country's army to deploy along its borders in response to "possible disturbances and provocations due to large military forces massed in Russia and Belarus".
– Prime Minister Xavier Bettel condemned the invasion in a statement on Twitter.
– Prime Minister Robert Abela said that during the meeting of European leaders Malta had "spoken in favour of peace in Ukraine", adding that doing so "did not compromise Malta's position of neutrality", as Malta's constitution affirms the island as a neutral state adhering to a policy of non-alignment.
– President Maia Sandu condemned the act of war by Russia against Ukraine, saying, "a blatant breach of international law and of Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity." She added that Moldova was ready to accept tens of thousands of people fleeing Ukraine after the Russian attack and vowed to keep the borders open to help.
Prince Albert II affirmed his support for Ukraine in a statement "The Principality reaffirms its support of international laws, and to the sovereignty, the integrity and the independence of states." and "Monaco is at the side of the Ukrainian population and human rights."
Minister of State Pierre Dartout announced his concerns for the invasion and stated that Monaco was on the side of the Ukrainian people. He moreover urged the Russians to cease their military operation immediately and for dialogue to resume.
The Monaco Royal Palace said in a statement "The Principality has adopted and implemented, without delay, procedures for freezing funds and economic sanctions identical to those taken by most European States."
– President Milo Đukanović condemned the Russian invasion, saying it "violates all fundamental principles of international law, undermines European security, and endangers its stability. We join the calls of EU leaders for Russia to urgently end hostilities, withdraw forces from Ukraine and respect the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine." Deputy Prime Minister Dritan Abazović also tweeted that Montenegro stands with NATO and EU partners.
– Prime Minister Mark Rutte condemned Russia's actions in the "strongest possible terms", saying that "one country and one man are responsible", while calling for "maximum sanctions" against Russia. King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima stated that their "hearts go out to the people of Ukraine and everyone affected by the violence."
President Stevo Pendarovski condemned the Russian invasion as "an attack on the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine, blatant violation of the basic principles of international law, attack on the democratic order and a threat to the stability of Europe."
Prime Minister Dimitar Kovačevski announced his government's readiness to receive refugees from Ukraine if the situation there deteriorates further.
– The Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly recommends all Turkish Cypriots within Ukraine to take all possible safety measures as well as services for those looking to leave Ukraine.
– Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre assured that Norway "condemns Russia's military attack on Ukraine in the strongest possible terms".
– Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki wrote on Twitter that "We must immediately respond to Russia's criminal aggression on Ukraine Europe and the free world has to stop Putin", and its government announced that the country was "ready to accept migrants and has prepared hospitals and a train to transport Ukrainians wounded in the assault". The National Broadcasting Council banned the Russian state-controlled television network RT on 24 February.
– Prime Minister António Costa "vehemently condemns the military action triggered by Russia today on Ukrainian soil" at a press statement following a meeting with the minister of state and foreign affairs, the minister of defence, and the chief of the general staff.
– President Klaus Iohannis condemned Russia's military aggression against Ukraine via Twitter. He more precisely stated that "Romania, together with the entire international democratic community, strongly rejects this irresponsible behavior that undermines the foundations of international relations and the current order of international law", that "the Russian Federation has once again shown that it is not is interested in the constructive and responsible dialogue offered by the European and Euro-Atlantic community" and that Romanian citizens should leave Ukraine as soon as possible.
– The San Marino Secretary for Foreign Affairs issued a statement saying that "the military escalation in Ukraine is a great wound for all the people and nations who strongly believe in the values of peace and strongly condemn war" and "the San Marino institutions and government are in deep shock at this time".
While condemning Ukraine invasion, Serbia refuses to back sanctions against Russia. Serbia respects Ukraine's territorial integrity and considers Russia's military action against it to be "wrong", but will not impose sanctions against Moscow, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said on 25 February. Vučić said the National Security Council concluded the Republic of Serbia considers "very wrong the violation of territorial integrity of a number of countries including Ukraine." Vučić also said that he will condemn Russia's recognition of the independence of separatist regions in eastern Ukraine only if Zelenskyy condemns the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999 on public television.
Serbian Foreign Minister Nikola Selaković said that "Russia was Serbia's biggest support in its battle to preserve its territorial integrity and sovereignty and avoid the stigmatisation of the entire Serb people." While there was no agreement on sanctions on Russia, Serbia nevertheless expressed regrets over the events, describing both Russia and Ukraine as friendly states and underlining full support for the territorial integrity of Ukraine.
After the military assault started, some Serbian pro-government newspapers have hailed Russia's invasion of Ukraine, praising that Russia "overran" Ukraine, Moscow's troops "reached Kyiv in a day" and that the Russian attack on Ukraine was a "response to NATO threats". Serbian Parliament Speaker Ivica Dačić said that Serbia will never impose sanctions on its friend Russia, despite the pressure that it faces. Dačić also added that "Russia is our most influential ally for preserving our territorial integrity and sovereignty in Kosovo." The initial weak response by the government was criticised by multiple commentators in the country and the region.
The Serbian organization Women in Black organised anti-war demonstrations in Belgrade, and the Serbian Orthodox Church organised the collecting of humanitarian aid.
– Prime Minister Eduard Heger stated that "The Russian imperialism has been restored in front of our eyes in its aggressive, militant form" and about Russian president Vladimir Putin added "All victims of this war will be his victims and he will be responsible for them in the eyes of the global public." On 24 February 2022, Bratislava Castle and the seat of President of Slovakia Grassalkovich Palace in Bratislava was light up in blue and yellow in solidarity with Ukraine.
– Prime Minister Janez Janša condemned Russia's "unprecedented military aggression against Ukraine" and demanded that Russia must immediately withdraw its military and fully respect Ukraine's territorial integrity, reaffirming Slovenia's support of Ukraine. Janša is due to visit Ukraine on 25 February 2022 for talks with his Ukrainian counterparts. The national flag of Ukraine was also hung from the Slovenian Parliament in Ljubljana as a symbol of solidarity and brotherhood between the two countries.
– The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement in support of the Invasion of Ukraine. "The Republic of South Ossetia expresses its support for the decision of the Russian Federation to conduct the special military operation to protect the residents of Donbass from current nationalist regime of Kiev."
– In a press release, the Sovereign Military Order of Malta announced that they were supplying Ukraine refugees with "emergency relief, food and psychosocial support.".
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez condemned the "intolerable military actions of the Russian government in Ukrainian soil" via Twitter after holding a meeting of the Spanish National Security Council presided by King Felipe VI.
Minister of Foreign Affairs José Manuel Albares called the Russian attack "unjustifiable" and a "blatant violation of international law", while announcing that Spain was coordinating with EU partners and NATO allies. Minister of Defence Margarita Robles asked for "really severe" sanctions against Russia after calling Russian actions "of an extraordinary gravity" but stated that there would be no NATO troops on Ukrainian soil as the country "is not a NATO member".
On 27 February, Spanish Defence Minister Margarita Robles announced the shipment of 20 tons of defense military equipment to Ukraine and advanced the request to send the frigate Blas de Lezo in conjunction with a NATO mission.
– Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson stated that "Sweden condemns in the strongest terms Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Russia's acts are also an attack on the European security order. It will be met by a united and robust response in solidarity with Ukraine. Russia alone is responsible for human suffering.".
– The Swiss foreign ministry issued a statement considering Russia's actions to be an "invasion" and a "gross violation of international law", while Swiss President Ignazio Cassis announced that the country would support EU sanctions in the areas of travel and finance but would still not impose sanctions of its own. However, the Swiss Federal Council would reverse course on 28 February, announcing that Switzerland is imposing identical sanctions on Russian assets as the European Union. Exempt from these sanctions are payments for energy raw materials. According to Cassis, the decision was unprecedented but consistent with Swiss neutrality.
– On 26 February, Vadim Krasnoselski, the president of the breakaway state of Transnistria internationally recognized as part of Moldova, in response to what he called rumors and false information according to which Transnistria would attack Ukraine, said that Transnistria is a peaceful state, that it never had plans to attack its neighbors and that those who spread these claims were people without control over the situation or provocateurs with malicious intentions. Krasnoselski also made reference to the large ethnically Ukrainian population in Transnistria and how Ukrainian is taught in Transnistrian schools and is one of the official languages of the republic.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson stated that he was "appalled by the horrific events in Ukraine" and decried that "President Putin has chosen a path of bloodshed and destruction by launching this unprovoked attack".
During a visit to Southend-on-Sea, the Prince of Wales condemned the Russian invasion, stating "What we saw in the terrible tragedy in Southend was an attack on democracy, on an open society, on freedom itself. We are seeing those same values under attack today in Ukraine in the most unconscionable way. In the stand we take here, we are in solidary with all those who are resisting brutal aggression."
The royal household of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge issued a statement via Twitter in which the couple said "In October 2020 we had the privilege to meet President Zelenskyy and the First Lady to learn of their hope and optimism for Ukraine's future. Today we stand with the President and all of Ukraine's people as they bravely fight for that future."
Secretary of State for Defence Ben Wallace described Russia's actions as "naked aggression against a democratic country".
– "Today's actions by Russia, launching a full-scale invasion of a sovereign, democratic nation without any provocation or reasonable excuse, is nothing short of appalling. None of us expected to witness such unforgivable aggression in Europe in our lifetimes. Gibraltar therefore joins with the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, leaders of other nations and people around the World in condemning this action in the most strident terms", said Chief Minister Fabian Picardo. Picardo called for a ban of the Russian state-controlled television network RT on 25 February; television providers in Gibraltar agreed to suspend broadcasts of RT.
– "Guernsey follows the UK's sanctions regime and UK foreign policy, and will continue to do so. Some of the announced measures will apply automatically and this has already been communicated to industry. Some of the other sanctions announced yesterday may require new legislation in the UK and, if so, the States will move in step with the UK to ensure that all new sanctions will apply and be enforced uniformly."
– The Isle of Man government is in close contact with the UK government and will remain so regarding the unfolding situation in Ukraine. "We will take action in line with the UK government."
– The Deputy (Acting) Chief Minister, Senator Lyndon Farnham, has issued the following statement: "We are fully alongside the United Kingdom in its condemnation of this aggressive action, and we will act promptly in line with the UK's response. The UK is ultimately responsible for our foreign relations as a matter of international law, and we implement both U.K. and UN sanctions.
– Pope Francis has stated that the events in Ukraine have caused, "great pain in his heart". The Pope has called for 2 March, Ash Wednesday, to be a day of prayer and fasting for peace. In an unprecedented departure from diplomatic protocol, the Pope went to the Russian embassy to the Holy See on Friday, 25 February, to relay his concern over Russia's invasion of Ukraine to Moscow's ambassador.
North America
– Minister of Foreign Affairs Paul Chet Greene condemned the Russian invasion and urged for diplomatic talks to take place.
– Bahamas denounced the invasion and Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell stated "The invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation and led by its President Vladimir Putin is wrong, unlawful and should end and be reversed."
– Prime Minister Mia Mottley urged Russia to withdraw and described the invasion as a violation of Ukrainian territorial integrity.
– Belize condemned the 'illegal Russian invasion' and uttered their solidarity for Ukraine.
– Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned "in the strongest possible terms Russia's egregious attack on Ukraine". Many Canadian cable providers, including Rogers, Bell, Shaw and Telus, have removed the RT network from carriage, with Rogers opting to replace all RT broadcasts with a display of the Ukrainian national flag.
– President Carlos Alvarado released a statement on Twitter, rejecting and condemning the "use of force and the violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine", mentioning that peace is the "only way".
– The Cuban government blamed the United States for the crisis in Ukraine and backed Russia's right to "self-defense", but said the conflict should be resolved diplomatically.
– Dominica condemned the invasion and called for an end to the 'aggression'.
– Dominican President Luis Abinader released a statement urging Russia to withdraw from Ukraine and furthermore stated that Russia was violating the political, cultural and territorial identity of Ukrainians.
– Grenada condemned the invasion.
– President Alejandro Giammattei released a statement on Twitter, condemning the Russian invasion.
– Haiti expressed their concerns on the situation in Ukraine and urged the two countries to find a diplomatic solution. Haiti cosponsored a UN Security Council resolution condemning Russia.
– Honduras condemned the Russian invasion.
– Prime Minister Andrew Holness condemned Russia, stating "Jamaica is consistent in its support for the universal respect and adherence to the principles of international law, the respect for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of all nations. We, therefore, cannot support, and, in fact, we condemn the invasion of Ukraine".
– The Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico Marcelo Ebrard, on behalf of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, issued a statement on Twitter, rejecting and condemning the Russian invasion. He demanded a cessation of hostilities to achieve a peaceful resolution.
– President Ortega supports Putin's deployment of troops to Ukraine after recognizing separatist regions.
– Panama lamented the invasion and stated their support for Ukrainian sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity.
– Saint Lucia uttered their concerns about the invasion and supported the CARICOM statement condemning Russia.
– Foreign Minister Amery Browne condemned the invasion.
– President Joe Biden released a statement condemning the Russian invasion as "unprovoked and unjustified" and accused Putin of starting a "premeditated war that will bring a catastrophic loss of life and human suffering". Biden stated the US would not dispatch its own forces to protect Ukraine, however, Biden did authorize sanctions directly targeting Putin and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
South America
– President Alberto Fernández lamented the invasion and asked "the Russian Federation to put an end to the military action and return to dialogue". Earlier, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship rejected the use of force and called on Russia to respect the charter of the United Nations and international law. Before the UN, Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero condemned "the invasion of Ukraine as illegitimate and military operations on Ukrainian soil," and said that the world "does not tolerate more deaths or wars".
– At first, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that, as "a pacifist state", the Bolivian government urged Russia and Ukraine to avoid the use of force and seek diplomatic de-escalation "within the framework of International Law and the Charter of the United Nations". However, it did not explicitly condemn the Russian invasion, instead citing a "lack of dialogue and understanding" as having caused further escalation in the conflict. Two days later, on February 28, before the UN General Assembly, Bolivia rejected the "invasion and unilateral actions" of Russia. Bolivia also voted against Russia at the UN Human Rights Council and decided to stand with Ukraine.
– President Jair Bolsonaro declined to condemn Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, while departing from his government's official stance at the United Nations to say Brazil would remain neutral. Brazil will support a resolution condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine at a United Nations Security Council meeting on 25 February, two sources close to the talks told Reuters. "We will support the Security Council resolution and we will condemn the invasion," said one of the sources, who requested anonymity. "Russia broke the U.N. rules by invading another country. That fact cannot go without a condemnation," the official said. Vice-president Hamilton Mourão suggested use of force against Russia in the context of military crisis. However, on 27 February, President Jair Bolsonaro said that he won't condemn the invasion and that Brazil will remain neutral with regards to this conflict.
– President Sebastián Piñera said that "Russia's act of aggression and violation of Ukraine's sovereignty" violated international law., while President -elect Gabriel Boric "condemn[ed] the invasion of Ukraine, the violation of its sovereignty and the illegitimate use of force".
– President Iván Duque stated that Colombia "categorically rejects the attacks against Ukraine by Russia" and considers the invasion a violation of international law and the United Nations charter.
– President Guillermo Lasso said that Ecuador would support the position of the United Nations and the Organization of American States in condemning the invasion. "The aggression is a violent intrusion and a violation of our principles for worldwide peace," he said. He added, however, that Ecuador has no plans to suspend diplomatic relations with Russia.
– Guyana condemned the invasion and urged Russia to respect Ukrainian sovereignty.
– Paraguay condemned the invasion.
– Foreign Affairs Minister said in a statement: "Faced with the violation of [the] sovereignty, territory, and integrity of Ukraine, Peru rejects the use of force and states its opinion through the Foreign Affairs Ministry, invoking respect for international law."
– Suriname condemned the invasion.
– President Luis Lacalle Pou condemned Russia's "actions contrary to international law", and declared that Uruguay "is a country that is always committed to peace", for which he encouraged the return of negotiations for a "civilised resolution" of the conflict. In an official statement from the Ministry of Foreign Relations, the government stated that the principles of the Charter of the United Nations were "notoriously violated" after the Russian military attacks; and announced that four Uruguayan citizens were evacuated from Ukraine to Cyprus, and that it is monitoring the situation, attending to the situation of its "compatriots" in order to provide them with the proper assistance.
– The country blamed NATO and the United States for the crisis in Ukraine, stating that they had violated the Minsk agreements. Nicolás Maduro said before the invasion was launched that Venezuela was with Putin, but also urged a diplomatic dialogue to avoid an increase in the conflict.
Oceania
– Prime Minister Scott Morrison denounced the invasion of Ukraine and imposed export controls and travel bans on Russia, arguing there must be a price for the "unprovoked, unlawful, unwarranted, unjustified attacks and threats and intimidation that has been imposed by Russia on Ukraine" and reaffirmed Australia's "unwavering commitment to Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity". However, Morrison suggested that he did not expect an autocratic leader like Putin to be deterred by any Australian sanctions. In response to Russia's claim of peacekeeping, Australia replied "They're not peacekeepers. They're invaders". On 25 February, Morrison condemned the easing of import restrictions on Russian wheat by China while other countries ratcheted up sanctions as "inexplicable" and "completely unacceptable", and that the measure provided a "lifeline to Russia [...] while they're invading another country". Minister for Communications Paul Fletcher called for a suspension on broadcasts of two Russian state-controlled TV networks, RT and NTV Moscow, on 25 February; two Australian TV services suspended broadcasts of RT, one of which also suspended broadcasts of NTV Moscow.
– The Federated States of Micronesia severed diplomatic relations with Russia on 25 February 2022. "The FSM aligns itself with the international rules-based order and the rule of law. The FSM reaffirms its commitment to our first and foremost ally, the United States of America, as codified through our Compact of Free Association, as Amended. The FSM affirms its stalwart support of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the United Nations, who correctly condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The FSM supports the removal of the Russian Federation in its capacity as president of the United Nations Security Council; Russia remaining there is a façade, as they need to be upholding the international rules-based order instead of undermining it."
– Acting Prime Minister Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum condemned Russia's actions in Ukraine, calling for an end to all hostilities and violation of international law and urging Russia to "return to the diplomatic table".
– Kiribati cosponsored a UN Security Council resolution condemning Russia.
– Marshall Islands cosponsored a UN Security Council resolution condemning Russia.
– Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine and called for Russia to immediately withdraw from Ukraine in a bid to avoid a "catastrophic and pointless" loss of life. New Zealand has suspended high-level diplomatic engagements with Russia and introduced travel bans and export controls.
– In a statement, the Cook Islands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration said: "The Cook Islands join with others in condemning Russia's unprovoked invasion of the Ukraine. We call on Russia to end the hostilities and violations of the international rule of law."
– Palau participated in the United States led Joint Statement following a vote on a UN Security Council resolution on Russia's aggression toward Ukraine.
– Papua New Guinea cosponsored a UN Security Council resolution condemning Russia.
Intergovernmental and international organizations
– Secretary-General António Guterres stated that the Russian invasion was "the saddest moment in my tenure" and called on Putin to withdraw his troops "in the name of humanity". On 25 February, the U.N Security Council failed to adopt a draft resolution which would have "deplored, in the strongest terms, the Russian Federation's aggression" on Ukraine. Of the 15 member states on the Security Council, 11 were in support, whilst 3 abstained from voting. The draft resolution was voted down through Russia's veto.
– Chairman of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki and Chair of the African Union and Senegalese president Macky Sall called on Russia and "any other regional or international actor to imperatively respect international law, territorial integrity and national sovereignty of Ukraine" and urged both parties to the conflict to establish an immediate ceasefire and start political negotiations without delay.
– Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) expressed grave concern over Russia-Ukraine tensions and urged maximum restraint and dialogue.
Baltic Assembly – The Baltic Assembly published a statement in which it "firmly condemns the Russian invasion of Ukraine".
– A statement issued on behalf of the Caribbean Community condemned the invasion of Ukraine and demanded an "immediate and complete withdrawal" of Russia's military from Ukraine.
– The Committee of Ministers passed a resolution that "condemned in the strongest terms the armed attack on Ukraine," called for Russia to "immediately and unconditionally cease its military operations," and that it would consider "measures to be taken in response to the serious violation by the Russian Federation of its statutory obligations as a Council of Europe member State."
– President Ursula von der Leyen tweeted; "We will not let President Putin tear down Europe's security architecture" and Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell called on Putin to stop the "senseless aggression". President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola called for "immediate, quick, solid and swift action" and convened an extraordinary session of Parliament for 1 March.
International Criminal Court – Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Karim Ahmad Khan issued a statement warning that "any person who commits such crimes, including by ordering, inciting, or contributing in another manner to the commission of these crimes, may be liable to prosecution before the Court, with full respect for the principle of complementarity. It is imperative that all parties to the conflict respect their obligations under international humanitarian law."
– Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg condemned the attack and called it a "grave breach of international law". A separate statement announced the intention to deploy defensive forces and condemned Belarus for enabling the attack.
– President Erkki Tuomioja condemned the invasion as "completely unjust" and stated that it was "contrary to both international law and the order of European security."
– The OAS issued a statement condemning the attack as an affront to mankind and an attack on civilised international relations.
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development - The OECD Council formally terminated accession negotiations with Russia and ordered the closure of OECD offices in Moscow.
– In a statement, the Pacific Islands Forum condemned the invasion, saying "observed from afar the violation of Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as Russia's blatant disregard for international law."
Political parties, opposition politicians and other political groups
Asia
Maryam Rajavi, head of the People's Mujahedin of Iran, had appealed to the countries that bordered Ukraine for immediate facilitation in the relocation of Iranian refugees from Ukraine.
Kazuo Shii, chairman of the Japanese Communist Party stated that Russia's actions are in violation of the basic principles of the United Nations Charter and international law, and that he resolutely condemns this. He further stated that it is totally unacceptable for President Putin to boast Russia's nuclear weapons to intimidate the countries of the world.
The Democratic Party for the People released a comment condemning the Russia's military invasion into Ukraine and demanded that Russia "immediately cease its armed incursion".
The Leader of the Opposition of the Dewan Rakyat, Anwar Ibrahim, had called for "end of the attacks" by Russia before more loss of lives occurred.
The Malaysian Parliament's Select Committee for International Affairs had described the situation as a "brutal invasion" by Russia, and had condemned Russia for invading Ukraine. It had also seeks to invite the Ministry of Foreign Affairs during its next session for a briefing on Malaysia's stance on the issue. It had also pledged to make a courtesy call to the Ukrainian Ambassador to Malaysia to express the Committee's 'deepest concern' surrounding the invasion.
A number of candidates in the 2022 Philippine presidential election have taken varying positions on Russia's invasion of Ukraine. During a presidential debate organized by CNN Philippines on 27 February 2022, six of the ten presidential candidates said that the Philippines should not be neutral in the conflict, with three voting for neutrality and one, former Senator Bongbong Marcos, not attending the debate at all.
Senator Panfilo Lacson condemned the invasion, saying that the Philippines should join the rest of the world in condemning Russia's actions despite the country only having a "small voice" in the international community.
Isko Moreno, the mayor of Manila, said that the Philippines should focus on getting Filipinos out of Ukraine while remaining neutral in the conflict.
Labor leader Leody de Guzman, chair of the Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino, slammed the invasion and called Russia an "imperialist" power, later declaring that all forms of invasion and incursion into another sovereign nation are "unacceptable", but otherwise said that the Philippine government should remain non-aligned. However, his running mate, Walden Bello, blamed the invasion on NATO expansion, and called on the United Nations to immediately conduct peace negotiations between the two countries.
The main opposition party in Singapore, Workers' Party, stated that it was "gravely concerned" with Russia's military operations in Ukraine. The party affirmed "the right of all peoples to determine their own destiny", and expressed its hope for a peaceful settlement of the crisis in accordance with international law.
National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces condemned Russia's military intervention in Ukraine and emphasizing solidarity with the Ukrainian people.
The Taiwanese opposition party Kuomintang condemned the attack against Ukraine. The party stated that it stands by the international community to take actions in order to restore peace. The party also reiterated its commitment to self-defence and to maintain peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.
Pita Limjaroenrat, leader of the opposition Move Forward Party, called for Russia's immediate pull-out of its troops from Ukraine, and criticised the Thai Government's position as being "two-face".
Houthi's Supreme Political Council recognized both Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states.
Europe
Belarusian opposition
Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya condemned Russia and Belarus's involvement in the invasion of Ukraine. Tsikhanouskaya decried that "Russia, with the participation of the Lukashenko regime, launched a groundless and shameless military aggression against Ukraine." Tsikhanouskaya asked the international community to impose the strongest sanctions against the Belarus regime as soon as possible, and called them "accomplices of Russia's brutal assault on Ukraine". She argued "It's evident that Lukashenka fully shares the responsibility for this unnecessary war."
The Republicans attended a French Senate reading of a message from President Emmanuel Macron, tweeting later that the party retains its full solidarity with Ukraine. The next day, leader Valérie Pécresse recommended Nicolas Sarkozy help negotiate an end to the conflict.
The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) condemned "the imperialist war in Ukraine" by issuing an appropriate appeal, which was also signed by the communist parties of Spain (PCE), Turkey (TKP), and Mexico (PCM).
Jailed opposition politician Alexei Navalny condemned Putin's attack, claiming the war "will cause a great number of casualties, destroy lives and will further impoverish Russian citizens."
Voice – Social Democracy party issued a statement of "unanimous condemnation of Russian invasion".
Leader of the Serbian Radical Party, Vojislav Seselj said that Washington manipulated the Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and pushed him into a conflict with Russia.
Boris Tadić, former President of Serbia and Social Democratic Party leader called the invasion "an act of aggression of Russia against Ukraine" and added that "Serbia cannot accept the recognition of Donetsk and Lugansk, because it is contrary to its own interests because of Kosovo and Metohija".
Second Deputy Prime Minister Yolanda Díaz, Minister of Consumer Affairs Alberto Garzón and Minister of Social Rights Ione Belarra, all of them members of Unidas Podemos, a coalition which includes the PCE, condemned Russian attack on Ukraine. Díaz expressed her solidarity "with the Ukrainian people, victims of this irresponsible escalation". Garzón affirmed that the "Ukrainian working people" were "suffering from imperialist aggression by Russia".
Keir Starmer, Labour Party leader and Leader of the Opposition in the British Parliament, stated that "Vladimir Putin's attack on Ukraine is unprovoked and unjustifiable", adding: "All those who believe in the triumph of democracy over dictatorship, good over evil, freedom over the jackboot of tyranny must now support the Ukrainian people."
Ahmet Davutoğlu, former Prime Minister and Future Party leader, condemned invasion.
Temel Karamollaoğlu, Felicity Party leader, condemned the invasion and stated that "efforts to resurrect the Soviet Union are a very serious threat to world peace."
Doğu Perinçek, Patriotic Party leader, praised the invasion and stated that "it is the weapon that Russia is currently using that brings peace and tranquility."
North America
Conservative Party leader Candice Bergen condemned the invasion on Twitter, saying the party stands ready to defend Ukraine and that it deems Putin's actions "despicable".
New Democratic Party (NDP) leader Jagmeet Singh issued a statement condemning Russia's flagrant aggression against Ukraine and urging the federal government to expand economic sanctions, target the wealth of Russian oligarchs and reiterated the Party's call since 2018 for Ukrainians to be granted visa-free access.
Mexico's National Action Party and Institutional Revolutionary Party each condemned Putin's invasion, with National Action Party member Santiago Creel blaming Putin for starting a world war.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy criticized the invasion as "reckless and evil", and vowing that the US will stand with Ukraine against attempts to "rewrite history" and "upend the balance of power in Europe".
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell urged the US government to provide aid to Ukraine, saying the government needs "to do everything we can to make this Russian incursion painful on the Russians who are engaged in it."
Former president Donald Trump praised Putin, calling his invasion smart, and attacked the Biden administration, claiming Russia's invasion was due to the result of the United States' withdrawal from Afghanistan and because of alleged election fraud in the 2020 United States presidential election. Trump also called Putin "savvy".
South America
The opposition Juntos por el Cambio condemned the Russian invasion, repudiated the difficult situation and made a call to respect the United Nations and international laws. Also some of their politicians went to protests at the local Russian embassy.
Former president and opposition leader Carlos Mesa decried the Russian invasion as "imperialist" and demanded that the Bolivian government release an official condemnation.
Former president Evo Morales blamed U.S. "interventionism" for triggering Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Former president Jorge Quiroga urged 21st century socialists and Chavistas, "who for years stirred up ghosts of U.S. invasions that NEVER materialized", to now condemn Russia's breach of Ukrainian sovereignty.
Former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from the Workers' Party, said, "It is regrettable that, in the second decade of the 21st century, we have countries trying to settle their differences, whether territorial, political or commercial, through bombs, shots, attacks, when they should have been settled at the negotiating table".
Candidates for the presidency Ciro Gomes (Democratic Labour Party), João Doria (Brazilian Social Democracy Party), Sergio Moro (Podemos) and Simone Tebet (Brazilian Democratic Movement) have condemned the invasion of Ukraine.
Manuel Cuesta Morúa, Cuban dissident and spokesperson of the Arco Progresista, questioned on Twitter the support of Western Hemisphere's leftist regimes for Russia. Morúa said, "What does the revolutionary left in this hemisphere say in the face of #Putin's criminal attempt to destroy and appropriate #Ukraine? Does the right to national existence depend on ideology? Behind anti-Americanism, this left hides its weakness for #China and #Russia".
Cuban journalist Yoani Sánchez also criticized the Cuban government's "double standards on invasions of other nations". Sánchez decried that "In 1968 Fidel Castro applauded the entry of Soviet tanks into Prague; now Miguel Díaz-Canel does not condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine… and the official press justifies it based on 'security' reasons."
The Broad Front, main opposition party in the country, released a statement expressing their preoccupation regarding the conflict's escalation while lamenting that, if the conflict continued, it could have grave consequences for both countries and the international community as well. The statement also called for "restraint, reciprocal respect, dialogue and diplomacy between the involved parts in order to reach a prompt resolution of the conflict, all within the framework of the principles stated in the Charter of the United Nations and all norms of international law".
Disputed President and opposition leader Juan Guaidó condemned "the unjustifiable and heinous military invasion perpetrated" by Russia of Ukraine and accused the president, Nicolás Maduro, of supporting it. In a statement, "We express our support for the Ukrainian people and President (Volodymir) Zelensky after the unjustifiable and heinous military invasion perpetrated by President Putin, backed by the dictatorship of Nicolás Maduro".
Oceania
Opposition leader Anthony Albanese from the Australian Labor Party stated that it was "a grave moment for humanity" and that Australia and its allies must hold Russia to account for their "shameful act of aggression".
Acting Prime Minister Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum condemned Russia's action in Ukraine, tweeting "Fijians are praying for the people of Ukraine and for peace. We call for an end to all hostilities and any violations of the international rule of law and urge a return to the diplomatic table, in line with the call from the UN Secretary-General."
International human rights organizations
Amnesty International Secretary General Agnès Callamard stated that the invasion "is likely to lead to the most horrific consequences for human lives and human rights" and called for "all parties to adhere strictly to international humanitarian law and international human rights law."
International Committee of the Red Cross President Peter Maurer stated that the "intensification and spread of the conflict risk a scale of death and destruction that are frightening to contemplate" and that "our teams now in Ukraine will continue their work to repair vital infrastructure, support health facilities with medicines and equipment, and support families with food and hygiene items."
Médecins Sans Frontières, who were already operating in Ukraine prior to the invasion, have stated that the rapid changes in the context have necessitated reduction and cessation of certain previously offered medical services, but that the organization is rapidly re-deploying to focus on the providing general emergency care to those who may need it.
Memorial described the invasion as "a crime against peace and humanity" and said that it "will remain a shameful chapter in the Russian history."
Reporters Without Borders Eastern Europe and Central Asia desk head Jeanne Cavelier stated that "We are familiar with Russia's methods... Journalists are prime targets, as we have seen in Crimea since its annexation in 2014, and in the territories controlled by Kremlin-backed separatists in the Donbass region" and called for "Russian and Ukrainian authorities to respect their international obligations regarding the protection of journalists during conflicts."
Non-governmental organizations, non-political groups and individuals
Venezuelan Sakharov Prize recipient and human rights activist, Lorent Saleh, expressed his support for Ukraine, saying that "It is an ethical issue to support those who stand up to great tyrannies" and that Putin "will always try to expand his regime using violence, blackmail and terror".
Servare et Manere – the Slovak non-governmental organization, which is with the support of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic implementing the international Tree of Peace initiative, condemned the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. On 26 February, the organization categorically condemned the evils, injustices, gross violations of international law and the principles of the UN Charter. In 2018 and 2021, the ideas of the Tree of Peace were also implemented in the Russian Federation.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex spoke out against the attacks on the website of their foundation, Archewell, saying "Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex and all of us at Archewell stand with the people of Ukraine against this breach of international and humanitarian law and encourage the global community and its leaders to do the same". As they collected an award at the 53rd NAACP Image Awards ceremony on 26 February, the Duke also acknowledged the people of Ukraine and supported them.
Greenpeace posted a picture depicting the statement "No War" and a peace symbol.
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. The ICRC deployed one of its largest contingencies to Ukraine, where the organization is active since 2014, working closely with the Ukrainian Red Cross Society. The ICRC was active primarily in the disputed regions of the Donbas and Donetsk, assisting persons injured by armed confrontations when open hostilities between Russian and Ukrainian armed forces broke out on 24 February 2022. Thereafter the fighting moved to more populated areas in the Eastern Ukraine. The head of the ICRC delegation in Kyiv warned on 26 February 2022 that neighborhoods of major cities are becoming the frontline with significant consequences for their populations, including children, the sick and elderly. The ICRC urgently called on all parties to the conflict not to forget their obligations under international humanitarian law to ensure the protection of the civilian population and infrastructure, and respect the dignity of refugees and prisoners of war.
The Georgian Wikipedia changed its logo to reflect the blue and gold coloring of Ukraine's flag.
The Wikimedia Foundation released a statement on March 1, calling for "continued access to free and open knowledge" and for "an immediate and peaceful resolution to the conflict."
Corporations
Apple halted all product sales in Russia, stating it was "deeply concerned" with the invasion of Ukraine. Apple services, such as Apple Pay and Apple Maps, have been limited.
Delta Air Lines announced on 25 February that was suspending ties with Russian carrier Aeroflot, following the U.K.'s barring Aeroflot from its airspace.
Disney, Sony, and Warner Bros. suspended the release of new feature films within Russia.
Elon Musk announced on 26 February that SpaceX's Starlink satellites had become active over Ukraine after a request from the Ukrainian government to replace internet services destroyed by the Russian invasion.
FedEx and United Parcel Service halted all shipments to both Ukraine and Russia upon the invasion. UPS stated all packages en route to Russia and Ukraine would be returned to the sender free of charge, if possible. FedEx made a similar announcement, but recommended consumers look up individual tracking numbers.
Google initiated a widespread blocking of Russian state media sources from advertising on their sites as well as freezing ad revenue for Russian state media YouTube channels. In an effort to prevent Ukrainian armed forces and civilians from being tracked on public platforms, Google also disabled tools in Google Maps relating to live traffic.
Meta Platforms, along with Google, halted advertising sales to Russian state media, such as RT.
Tesla, Inc. announced that select Tesla Supercharger stations near Ukraine for its electric vehicles would be free.
Twitter, which had already paused all advertisements from all state media sources in 2019, paused all ads on Ukraine and Russia to ensure "critical public safety information is elevated and ads don't detract from it".
Oil and Gas Companies
BP announced it was pulling out of a $14 Billion USD stake in Russian oil company Rosneft; current CEO Bernard Looney and former CEO Bob Dudley would also resign from the board of Rosneft.
ExxonMobil announced it was pulling out of Sakhalin-I, it's only Russian investment, and further announced it would temporarily halt all further investments into the Russian Federation. The company publicly announced it was complying with all sanctions against Russia, and in such statement, the oil giant blasted Russia's actions in a statement that deemed the invasion as "violating the territorial integrity of Ukraine and endangers its people".
Shell announced on 28 February that they ended partnerships with Russia's Gazprom after the Russia-Ukraine invasion, Shell's (RDSA) CEO, Ben van Beurden said in an interview "We are shocked by the loss of life in Ukraine, which we deplore, resulting from a senseless act of military aggression which threatens European security".
TotalEnergies condemned the invasion and openly supported all sanctions against Russia. However, Total did not sell its 19.4% stake in Gazprom, the largest Russian natural gas company. Shares of the energy comapny closed down nearly 3% on European stock markets.
Former politicians
Gerhard Schröder, former chancellor of Germany, chairman of Russian energy company Rosneft, and friend of Putin, called for an end of the hostilities and to the suffering of Ukrainians, blaming both sides for past errors. In turn, Saskia Esken, co-leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, of which Schröder is a member, called on him to give up his mandates for Rosneft and Gazprom, companies that she named "infrastructure of a bloody war of aggression". A few days later, Schröder's chief of staff and three other employees resigned from their positions following Schröder's refusal to relinquish their posts.
Former President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko appeared on TV with a Kalashnikov rifle together with the civil defense forces on the streets of Kyiv. He also stated that he believed that "Putin will never conquer Ukraine, no matter how many soldiers he has, how many missiles he has, how many nuclear weapons he has... We Ukrainians are a free people, with a great European future. This is definitely so."
Former Prime Minister of France François Fillon, former Prime Minister of Italy Matteo Renzi, former Finnish Prime Minister Esko Aho and former Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern resigned from their positions on the boards of Russian companies as a form of protest.
Former President of Bolivia Eduardo Rodríguez Veltzé stated that the Bolivian government's refusal to condemn the Russian invasion constituted a violation of the country's Constitution.
Former Presidents of the United States Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump have condemned the invasion. Jimmy Carter said "I condemn this unjust assault on the sovereignty of Ukraine that threatens security in Europe and the entire world, and I call on President Putin to halt all military action and restore peace." Bill Clinton said "I stand with President Biden, our allies, and freedom-loving people around the world in condemning Russia's unprovoked and unjustified invasion of Ukraine." Barack Obama said "People of conscience around the world need to loudly and clearly condemn Russia's actions and offer support for the Ukrainian people. And every American, regardless of party, should support President Biden's efforts, in coordination with our closest allies, to impose hard-hitting sanctions on Russia — sanctions that impose a real price on Russia's autocratic elites," George W. Bush said "Russia's attack on Ukraine constitutes the gravest security crisis on the European continent since World War II. I join the international community in condemning Vladimir Putin's unprovoked and unjustified invasion of Ukraine." Donald Trump called the invasion "an atrocity that should never been allowed to occur" but placed the blame of the invasion on Biden's administration and said that the invasion would not have happened if he was President.
Former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe has condemned the invasion: "It is a serious challenge to the international order we have created after the war, and we cannot forgive it." and said Japan should arrange for Nuclear Sharing with the US, similar to NATO
Former Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper has condemned the invasion: "No matter how long it takes, this territorial conquest of a peaceful neighbor must never be recognized.... They must be sanctioned, excluded, and punished at every turn"
Science
NASA said that American astronauts and Russian cosmonauts currently aboard the International Space Station (ISS) would continue normal operations despite the invasion.
The European Space Agency Director General Josef Aschbacher tweeted that he was sad and worried about the aggression and the organization would continue to monitor the "evolving" situation, but would continue to work on all programs including the ISS and ExoMars launch campaigns along with Russia.
The International Congress of Mathematicians was scheduled to host the 2022 Conference in St. Petersburg in July 2022. Many mathematical societies called for it to be canceled and withdrew delegates. On 26 February, the International Mathematical Union announced the conference would be moved online.
The led by the German Research Foundation DFG and including the German Rectors' Conference issued a statement to freeze all collaborations with Russian institutions and business companies and to stop all joint scientific events, new collaborations should not be initiated either. Moreover, they will continue cooperation with Ukrainian institutions and support students and scientists who have to leave their country because of the Russian invasion.
In a meeting of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the Russian head of delegation Oleg Anisimov, a scientist at the State Hydrological Institute, apologized on behalf of the Russian people, denounced the invasion as unjustified, and expressed admiration toward the Ukrainian delegation for continuing to participate in conferences. The comments came after his Ukrainian counterpart Svitlana Krakovska made a speech connecting the war to climate change and called for an end to fossil fuel dependency. Anisimov's declaration was described as a rare rebuke of the invasion by a Russian government official, although he clarified to AFP that his statements "expressed my personal opinion and attitude," and should not be taken as an "official statement of the Russian delegation".
Religious institutions
The Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine Epiphanius I (Orthodox Church of Ukraine) condemned the invasion and exhorted Ukrainians to fight against the Russian aggression, invoking God's help to win the battle. The Major Archbishop of Kyiv and Halych Sviatoslav Shevchuk (Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church) also condemned the invasion and wrote in the Ukrayinska Pravda that protecting the Motherland was a natural right and a civic duty. Metropolitan Onufriy of Kyiv, primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), stated that Russia had started military actions against Ukraine urged Ukrainians to show love for their homeland and each other. He also appealed directly to Putin to ask for an immediate end to the "fratricidal war".
A communiqué from the Vatican Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, without naming Putin, said that while the worst case scenario was unfolding, "there is still time for goodwill, there is still room for negotiation, there is still room to exercise a wisdom that prevents partisan interests from prevailing, that protects the legitimate aspirations of all and spares the world the folly and horrors of war". The previous day Pope Francis urged politicians to make an exercise of conscience before God for their actions over Ukraine and declared 2 March, Ash Wednesday, as an international day of fasting and prayer for peace.
The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I condemned the invasion, expressing deep sorrow, as well as his support for Ukraine and stated that "he prays to the God of love and peace to enlighten the leadership of the Russian Federation, in order to understand the tragic consequences of its decisions".
Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' (Russian Orthodox Church) expressed "heartfelt pain" at "events taking place" after Russia launched the attack and called "on all parties to the conflict to do everything possible to avoid civilian casualties". He added that he "call[s] on all parties to the conflict to do everything possible to avoid civilian casualties" and asks the Moscow Patriarchate "to raise a deep and fervent prayer for the rapid restoration of peace". Kirill also appealed to the bishops, pastors, monastics, and laity to "provide all possible assistance to all victims, including refugees and people left homeless and without means of livelihood". Despite calling for the "speedy restoration of peace", Patriarch Kirill also referred to Moscow's opponents in Ukraine as "evil forces", stating "we must not allow dark and hostile external forces to laugh at us." Kirill's statements on the invasion have been seen as pro-Putin and providing historical and religious justification to the war.
In a joint statement, the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and the Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell defined the invasion as a "great evil", calling for a public decision to choose the path to peace and an international conference to formulate agreements for long-term stability and peace while supporting the Pope's proposal for a global day of prayer and fasting for peace.
Metropolitan Hilarion Kapral, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, issued a statement where he did not acknowledge the war but inviting the faithful to "refrain from excess watching of television, following newspapers or the internet" and "close their hearts to the passions ignited by the mass media." In the statement, he used the term the Ukrainian land instead of Ukraine, a move seen as a deliberate denial of Ukraine's independence and sovereignty. Hilarion has close ties to the Kremlin and to Valdimir Putin, from whom he was awarded the Order of Honour and the Order of Alexander Nevsky.
Patriarch of Serbian Orthodox Church Porfirije announced that Serbian Orthodox Church will be sending help ,,to our brothers in Ukraine'' and that all donations in the temples that are collected these days will be sent to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and its Metropolitan, who will help deliver them where needed
The umbrella organizations and the European Humanist Federation also issued statements condemning the invasion and calling for peace.
Hacking groups
Anonymous
The hacking group Anonymous has condemned the invasion; the group tweeted on 24 February that it is "currently involved in operations against the Russian Federation", and declared on Twitter less than an hour later that it was "officially in cyber war against the Russian government". The group later, in its set of two tweets, claimed "while people around the globe smash your internet providers to bits, understand that it's entirely directed at the actions of the Russian government and Putin." Furthermore, they had hacked several Russian websites and industrial control systems such as Modbus devices and emphasized that "Anonymous is not a group, not a country, but an amorphous idea. It flows like air, like water, like everything. Let it be known that since its inception, Anonymous never have restrictions that say that only homo sapiens can be part of it."
In a defaced Russian website, Anonymous threatened that any further cyber attacks will be "precipitated by Russia's continued failure in recognizing the territorial aggression in itself is nothing but a relic of dark ages in the distant past."
On 26 February 2022, several accounts on Twitter claiming to be affiliated with Anonymous stated the group hacked and took down the Kremlin's official websites in a series of cyber attacks. Some of the websites hit by the attacks included the Russian Center for the Protection of Monuments, which was turned into a rogue page which included Ukrainian colors and the pop-up message "WE ARE ANONYMOUS! WE ARE LEGION! WE DO NOT FORGIVE! WE DO NOT FORGET! EXPECT US!". On such page, Anonymous claimed to commence "Operation Samantha Smith", which involved hacking a Russian Linux terminal and a gas control system in North Ossetia, almost succeeding. Anonymous stated that by changing the dates, the gas pressure almost caused an explosion (which the group phrased as "turning into fireworks"), but did not because of a fast-acting human worker at the gas control system. The page, which has been archived on the Internet Archive, contained a long line of text in English and Russian proposing a neutral security belt composed of Ukraine, Finland, and Georgia, among other countries, as well as YouTube videos of President Zelenskyy, screenshots of the gas controller during the hack, clips from the ending of the movie The Matrix, a video message from Anonymous itself mirroring some of the details posted to the website, and the "WE ARE ANONYMOUS" pop-up message repeated. The Russian government denied it was hacked by the group.
That same day, RT was attacked by Anonymous by a Distributed Denial-of-service attack involving over 100 million mostly American devices. RT acknowledged the attack, unlike the Kremlin, and states that the attack occurred after Anonymous "declared war" on Russia.
Anonymous is also believed to be responsible for hacking several Russian state TV channels; many people on Twitter and TikTok uploaded videos showing channels playing Ukrainian music and displaying pro-Ukraine images, flags, and symbols.
Culture
Cultural heritage organization Europa Nostra, the European Association of Archaeologists, the European Union National Institutes for Culture and the Network of European Museum Organisations also issued statements condemning the invasion and calling for peace.
Broadcast media
The European Broadcasting Union initially stated that Russia would still be allowed to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, but that it would "continue to monitor the situation closely." Finland had threatened to boycott the competition should Russia be allowed to participate. However, on 25 February, the EBU announced that Russia would not be allowed to compete, stating that "the inclusion of a Russian entry in this year's Contest would bring the competition into disrepute."
American actor/director Sean Penn is currently in Ukraine filming a documentary about the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. On 25 February 2022 Penn stated "If we allow it [Ukraine] to fight alone, our soul as America is lost."
American sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live opted to forgo the show's usual comedic cold open, instead cast members Kate McKinnon and Cecily Strong introduced the Ukrainian Chorus Dumka of New York, who performed "Prayer for Ukraine". The cold open ended with McKinnon and Strong solemnly saying the show's opening catchphrase behind a table with candles spelling out "Kyiv". This was only the sixth time the show has broken format for the cold open in light of recent events, after the September 11 attacks in 2001, the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012, the November 2015 Paris attacks, Donald Trump's victory in the 2016 United States presidential election, and the 2017 Las Vegas shootings.
Dance
The Royal Opera House in London canceled a planned summer tour by Moscow's Bolshoi Ballet. Russian Semyon Bychkov, music director of the Czech Philharmonic, issued a statement critical of Putin. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Berlin Philharmonic dedicated performances in light of the invasion.
Lighting of landmarks
The landmarks lit up in Ukrainian colors included: The Empire State Building, the New York State Assembly, the Pennsylvania State Capitol, the Niagara Falls, CN Tower, 3D Toronto sign, downtown Dallas skyline including Reunion Tower and Omni Dallas Hotel, Calgary Tower, the Memorial Bridge, the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge, the Acosta Bridge, the Terminal Tower, the Obelisco de Buenos Aires, the London Eye, the Eiffel Tower, the Colosseum, Brandenburg Gate, the Fisherman's Bastion, the Palazzo Marino, Cybele Palace, Nelson's Column, the Ludwigsburg Palace, the Øresund Bridge, St Andrew's House, Wembley stadium, the Crown Buildings, the Senedd building, the SIS Building, 10 Downing Street, St George's Hall, the Royal National Theatre, Ely Cathedral, Blackpool Tower, Somerset House, the Oxo Tower, Bratislava Castle, Grassalkovich Palace, Petřín Lookout Tower, Sarajevo City Hall, the Mole Antonelliana, the Belém Palace, Stenbock House, Palace of Culture and Science, Cotroceni Palace, Vukovar water tower, Tokyo Skytree, Sebitseom, the N Seoul Tower, Taipei 101, Kaohsiung Music Center, numerous landmarks in Melbourne including Flinders Train Station, as well as ministries of foreign affairs in Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, and the United Kingdom.
Music
Russian rapper Oxxxymiron announced he would cancel six concerts in Moscow and St. Petersburg in response to the invasion.
Mayor of Munich Dieter Reiter stated on 25 February that he would remove Valery Gergiev as conductor of the Munich Philharmonic unless Gergiev publicly condemned the Russian invasion before 28 February. Gergiev has previously been vocal in support of Russian President Putin. Similarly, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra said that it would drop Gergiev from its September festival if he did not stop supporting Putin. Milan's La Scala also sent a letter to Gergiev asking him to declare his support for a peaceful resolution in Ukraine or he would not be permitted to complete his engagement conducting Tchaikovsky's "The Queen of Spades." This followed an announcement by New York City's Carnegie Hall that it had canceled two May performances by the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra that were to be conducted by Gergiev and the Vienna Philharmonic dropped Gergiev from a five-concert tour in the U.S. that was to start on 25 February. Gergiev did not comply with the ultimatum from the mayor of Munich, who dismissed him on 1 March.
Green Day announced on 27 February that they were canceling the Moscow concert scheduled for 29 May on the grounds that "we are aware that this moment is not about stadium rock shows, it's much bigger than that."
Video games
11 Bit Studios, a Polish video game company , creators of the 2014 war survival video game This War of Mine, where the player controls civilians during a military siege of the fictional city of Pogoren in the equally fictional eastern European country of Graznavia, announced on 24 February 2022 that in responsive to the invasion, all money raised from sales of the game (which costs US Dollar $4.99 on Steam) from 24 February 2022 to 3 March 2022 will be donated to the Ukrainian Red Cross to directly help victims of the invasion.
Similarly, Ukrainian game company GSC Game World, the creators of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series made a tweet urging fans and game journalists to donate to the Ukrainian Armed Forces and provided a special account that would handle donations.
Frogwares the Ukrainian based studio, on Twitter stated that they will not tolerate the aggression on their Homeland were the studio was founded.
Yet another Ukrainian game studio The Serpent Rogue have commented on Russia invading Ukraine on their Twitter account and stated that they will not be able to answer or help with their games at the moment.
TALLBOYS, also Ukrainian studio have Tweeted on the day of invasion their experience of waking up during a war and helplessness and anger they feel.
Vostok Games, a Ukrainian studio, have Tweeted on the day of invasion Ukrainian flag and hashtag "#StandWithUkraine"
The Farm 51, another Polish game company, made a tweet that included links to Polish Humanitarian Action and the Ukrainian Red Cross in solidarity.
Ubisoft released a Twitter statement on 26 February stating "all of our hearts are with our teams and their loved ones in Ukraine". The company, which operates development studios in Kyiv and Odessa, provided its Ukrainian workforce with additional funds, paid salaries in advance to accounts that may be subject to disrupted banking systems, and encouraged its Ukrainian workforce to either take shelter or relocate.
Bungie, the Destiny 2 developing studio, on Twitter expressed their solidarity and monetary support to Ukraine and it's people on 25 February. They stated that they will be donating 100% of the proceeds of the first 48 hours of our Game2Give drive to humanitarian aid efforts. CEO of Bungie independently have came out with solidarity to Ukraine.
Raw Fury tweeted on February 25 their statement. They expressed their solidarity and vowed to donate to Ukrainian Red Cross in support of victims of war.
CD Projekt Red a Polish game studio, known for The Witcher game franchise and Cyberpunk 2077, have Tweeted on 25 February that they will stand in solidarity with Ukrainian people and that they will donate 1 million PLN to Polska Akcja Humanitarna (PAH), Poland-based humanitarian organization.
Techland also a Polish game studio, known for Dying Light games, have Tweeted similar statement as CD Projekt Red on February 26 that they have been left devastated and heartbroken due to events on Ukraine. in supporting their neighbors from Ukraine by 1 million PLN PAH.org
SCS Software on 28 February have put out the statement that they stand in solidarity with Ukraine and will give monetary support in form of via releasing the DLC package with Ukrainian pain jobs and donating 100% of revenue to the ones in need in Ukraine. The studio also stated that they are in touch with charities and already donated 20,000€.
The war broke out when the Intel Extreme Masters Season XVI in Katowice was taking place. Ukrainian player S1mple made a speech and called for peace. Many e-sports organizations have also expressed support for Ukraine.
Sports
Following the invasion, multiple events were either moved, suspended, or cancelled. UEFA, the European association football governing body, announced that the 2022 UEFA Champions League Final would be moved from Saint Petersburg to Paris. The Russian Grand Prix for the 2022 Formula One Championship was suspended. The International Federation of Sport Climbing announced the suspension of the Boulder and Speed World Cup in Moscow, 1–3 April, with intent to relocate and reschedule the event. The International Ski Federation announced that all remaining events in Russia were cancelled. The World Curling Federation announced that the 2022 European Curling Championship, scheduled for 19–26 November, will no longer be held in Perm. The ATP chose to move the St. Petersburg Open tournament. On 1 March 2022 the International Volleyball Federation withdraws Russia's hosting rights of the 2022 Men's World Championship scheduled for August and September.
Individual athletes and teams
The invasion has affected Ukraine's participation at the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing, China, with International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons describing transporting the Ukrainian team to Beijing as being an enormous challenge. The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) team Jokerit, based in Helsinki, announced their decision to leave the KHL in response to the invasion and return to SM-liiga for the 2022–23 season. Three days after Jokerit left, Dinamo Riga, based in the capital of Latvia, also decided to leave the KHL for the same reason.
The invasion raised concern from Formula One drivers; among the concerned drivers are Red Bull Racing driver and reigning champion Max Verstappen, Aston Martin driver and four-time champion Sebastian Vettel, and Scuderia AlphaTauri driver Pierre Gasly. With Vettel threatening to boycott the race in Sochi should the race go as planned. The invasion also left Russian Haas driver Nikita Mazepin's future in limbo due to possible visa restrictions; team principal Guenther Steiner admitted that Mazepin's future had been left uncertain due to the ongoing events and will resolve the issues shortly. Mazepin's position is also in limbo due to his father Dmitry Mazepin, being a Russian oligarch tied to President Vladimir Putin.
Australian aerial skier Danielle Scott announced that she will boycott in the 2021–22 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup final scheduled to be held in Russia. The announcement was followed by the cancellation of remaining events in Russia.
The NBA's two Ukrainian players, Alex Len of the Sacramento Kings and Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk of the Toronto Raptors, both condemned the invasion.
Russian athletes made deliberately ambiguous statements for peace without directly mentioning the Russian invasion. Russian NHL player Alex Ovechkin, the captain of the Washington Capitals, pleaded for "no more war". However, former Detroit Red Wings and Ottawa Senators goaltender Dominik Hašek responded to Ovechkin and criticised him for his past support of Putin, stating "What!? Not only an alibist, a chicken shit, but also a liar!", while also calling on the NHL to suspend all Russian players. Former center and hockey legend Wayne Gretzky called on the IIHF to not allow Russia to participate at the rescheduled World Juniors tournament in Alberta, Canada. Figure skater Evgenia Medvedeva called for "this all [to end] as soon as possible, like a bad dream". Russian tennis players Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev has called for peace between nations. Chess player Ian Nepomniachtchi made a more concrete statement, tweeting: "History has seen many Black Thursdays. But today is blacker than the others. #saynotowar". His teammate Sergey Karjakin supported the invasion and released a message approving of Putin's actions, and he will face FIDE's Ethics and Disciplinary Commission for his comments.
Poland have announced that they are boycotting their 2022 World Cup play-off against Russia in Moscow and the Polish FA says: "No more words, it's time to act. This is the only right decision." Czech and Swedish team joined the boycott later after Poland announced the boycott.
Sweden and Finland announced that they will boycott the 2020–22 Bandy World Championship in Irkutsk which is scheduled to be held in October 2022. Both countries have also boycotted the World under-17 Championships set to be held in Kemerovo in March 2022.
Roman Abramovich, owner of Chelsea F.C, relinquished running of the club to the trustees of the club charitable foundation following calls for him to be sanctioned due to his links with Putin and the Russian state, while still retaining ownership of the club.
The Football Association says England teams at all levels and age groups will not compete against Russian opponents due to the war in Ukraine. They said the following statement: "Out of solidarity with the Ukraine and to wholeheartedly condemn the atrocities being committed by the Russian leadership, The FA can confirm that we won't play against Russia in any international fixtures for the foreseeable future. This includes any potential match at any level of senior, age group or para football." And the boycott of matches will be "for the foreseeable future"
The Ukrainian Fencing team was disqualified from the Fencing World Cup in Cairo, after refusing to face Russia in the quarter-finals.
Various high-profile boxers have also joined the fight against the Russian invasion. On 25 February 2022, Ukrainian brothers Wladimir Klitschko and Vitali Klitschko, both former heavyweight champions, announced their intent to join and take arms alongside the Ukrainian army. On 27 February 2022, after travelling back to Ukraine, former world champion in three weight classes Vasiliy Lomachenko joined the territorial defense battalion of his hometown of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi. Shortly after, Ukrainian heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk also announced his joining of a territorial defense battalion on 28 February 2022.
FC Lokomotiv Moscow's coach Markus Gisdol quit in protest of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and labelled Putin 'responsible for war of aggression'. Gisdol said in an interview, "I cannot stand on the training field in Moscow, coaching the players, demanding professionalism, and a couple of kilometres away orders are being issued which bring great suffering to an entire people." Gisdol was appointed only five months ago by then-sporting director Ralf Rangnick.
Sponsorship
German football club Schalke 04 announced that it would remove the logo of Gazprom, its main sponsor, from its uniforms.
Formula One team Haas announced the removal of the Uralkali sponsorship during the third day of pre-season testing in Barcelona, while also modifying the livery on their Haas VF-22 cars to remove a design that bears resemblance to the Russian flag.
English football club Manchester United announced that it would withdraw the sponsorship rights of Aeroflot.
Sports organizations
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) condemned a "breach of the Olympic Truce adopted by the UN General Assembly". Although the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing concluded four days prior to the events in Ukraine, the truce lasts until seven days after the 2022 Winter Paralympics conclude in mid-March. The President of the IOC, Thomas Bach, reiterated his calls for peace. The IOC stated they are greatly concerned about the Olympic community in Ukraine. Following the Executive Board meeting, the IOC Executive Board has proposed to sanction Russia and Belarus by stripping both countries' rights to host sporting events and ban the use of their national flags and anthems. The IOC later released a statement, calling individual federations to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes from participating in any international events until further notice. The IOC also withdrew the Olympic Order from Vladimir Putin.
The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) announced that the 2022 UEFA Champions League Final, due to be held in St. Petersburg, would be moved out of Russia in response to the invasion. UEFA and the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) later confirmed that they had suspended all Russian clubs and national teams from all of their competitions.
The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) suspended the 2022 edition of the Russian Grand Prix in Sochi, initially scheduled for 25 September, stating that "it is impossible to hold the Russian Grand Prix in the current circumstances". The Ukrainian Automotive Federation, Leonid Kostyuchenko has plead to the President of FIA Mohammed bin Sulayem to ban all Russian license holders from any FIA sanctioned-events, including Formula One after receiveing a solidarity message from Sulayem. The federation also ask the FIA to deprive Russia and Belarus rights to host FIA-sanctioned events. FIA will hold the extraordinary meeting of the World Motor Sport Council to decide the fate of Russian license holders.
The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) decided to temporarily move the 2022 St. Petersburg Open tournament from Saint Petersburg to Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, presumably due to the political situation in Russia.
Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) has cancelled one of the 2022 Speedway Grand Prix event, FIM Speedway GP of MFR - Togliatti that was supposed to be held in Tolyatti on 9 July, stating that "in the current circumstances it is not possible to hold the FIM Speedway GP of MFR Togliatti."
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) announced that the 44th Chess Olympiad, originally planned to be held in Moscow, will not take place in Russia due to the "rapidly deteriorating geopolitical situation".
The International Ski Federation (FIS) announced that six World Cup events originally planned in Russia in the 2021–22 season will be cancelled or moved to another location.
The International Federation of Sport Climbing announced the suspension of the Boulder and Speed World Cup in Moscow, 1–3 April, with intent to relocate and reschedule the event.
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) announced to cancel "all ITF events taking place in Russia indefinitely" and to postpone the ITF World Tennis Tour M15 event due to take place in Ukraine.
The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) announced that "all FIG World Cup and World Challenge Cup events planned to take place in Russia and Belarus are cancelled, and no other FIG events will be allocated to Russia or Belarus until further notice.". FIG also announce that Russian and Belarusian flag will not be displayed at their event
The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) acted similarly, cancelling all events planned to take place in those two countries until at least the end of the year.
The International Biathlon Union (IBU) announced that no Russian or Belarussian flags shall be displayed at their sport events.
The International Judo Federation (IJF) suspended Vladimir Putin's status as Honorary President and ambassador.
Following IOC recommendation, Badminton World Federation (BWF) cancelled all BWF-sanctioned events in Russia and Belarus and decided to ban all Russia and Belarus national flag and symbol to be displayed on any BWF-sanctioned event until further notice.
World Taekwondo revoked Vladimir Putin's honorary black belt and condemned the violence and said that Russia's action already against the sporting vision . The sporting body also stated none of their event will be hosted in Russia and Belarus during current circumstances.
The National Hockey League (NHL) condemned the invasion and stated that all Russian business deals, social media, website, and promotional posts would be paused indefinitely, with the league also saying that they would no longer consider Russia as a host for future league related events. They also stated that they would not take action on the Russian players in the league and would let them finish the season.
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) banned Russia and Belarus from team events in tennis after Ukraine invasion. The ITF has excluded both countries from international team events, which include the Davis Cup, the Billie Jean King Cup and the ATP Cup, but it has refused to yield to international pressure to ban individual players from competition. Players will carry on but play under a neutral flag.
See also
Protests against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Reactions to the 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis
Notes
References
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The Intel-based MacBook Pros were a line of Macintosh notebook computers introduced in January 2006 by Apple Inc. and discontinued in November 2020. It was the higher-end model of the MacBook family, sitting above the consumer-focused MacBook Air, and was sold with 13-inch to 17-inch screens.
The first-generation MacBook Pro used the design of the PowerBook G4, but replaced the PowerPC G4 chips with Intel Core processors, added a webcam, and introduced the MagSafe power connector. The 15-inch model was introduced in January 2006; the 17-inch model in April. Later revisions added Intel Core 2 Duo processors and LED-backlit displays.
The second-generation model debuted in October 2008 in 13- and 15-inch variants, with a 17-inch variant added in January 2009. Called the "unibody" model because its case was machined from a single piece of aluminum, it had a thinner flush display, a redesigned trackpad whose entire surface consisted of a single clickable button, and a redesigned keyboard. Updates brought Intel Core i5 and i7 processors and introduced Intel's Thunderbolt.
The third-generation MacBook Pro was released in 2012: the 15-inch in June 2012, a 13-inch model in October. It is thinner than its predecessor, made solid-state storage (SSD) standard, added HDMI, and included a high-resolution Retina display. It eliminated Ethernet and FireWire ports and the optical drive.
The fourth-generation MacBook Pro, released in October 2016, adopted USB-C for all data ports and power and included a shallower "butterfly"-mechanism keyboard. On all but the base model, the function keys were replaced with a touchscreen strip called the Touch Bar with a Touch ID sensor integrated into the power button.
A November 2019 revision to the fourth-generation MacBook Pro introduced the Magic Keyboard, which uses a scissor-switch mechanism. The initial 16-inch model with a screen set in narrower bezels was followed by a 13-inch model in May 2020.
First generation (Aluminum), 2006–2008
The original 15-inch MacBook Pro was announced on January 10, 2006, by Steve Jobs at the Macworld Conference & Expo. The 17-inch model was unveiled on April 24, 2006. The first design was largely a carryover from the PowerBook G4, but uses Intel Core CPUs instead of PowerPC G4 chips. The 15-inch MacBook Pro weighs the same as the 15-inch aluminum PowerBook G4, but is deeper, wider, and thinner. Other changes from the PowerBook include a built-in iSight webcam and the inclusion of MagSafe, a magnetic power connector designed to detach easily when yanked. These features were later brought over to the MacBook. The optical drive was shrunk to fit into the slimmer MacBook Pro; it runs slower than the optical drive in the PowerBook G4 and cannot write to dual-layer DVDs.
Both the original 15- and 17-inch model MacBook Pro computers come with ExpressCard/34 slots, which replace the PC Card slots found in the PowerBook G4. Initial first-generation 15-inch models retains the two USB 2.0 ports and a FireWire 400 port but drops the FireWire 800, until it was readded in a later revision, the 17-inch models have an additional USB 2.0 port, as well as the FireWire 800 port missing from the initial 15-inch models. All models now included 802.11a/b/g. Later models include support for the draft 2.0 specification of 802.11n and Bluetooth 2.1.
Updates
Apple refreshed the entire MacBook Pro line on October 24, 2006, to include Intel Core 2 Duo processors. Memory capacity was doubled for each model, up to 2GB for the high-end 15- and 17-inch models. FireWire 800 was added to the 15-inch models and hard drive capacity was also increased. The MacBook Pro line received a second update on June 5, 2007, with new Nvidia Geforce 8600M GT video cards and faster processor options. LED backlighting was added to the 15-inch model's screen, and its weight was reduced from to . Furthermore, the speed of the front-side bus was increased from 667 to 800MHz. On November 1, 2007, Apple added the option of a 2.6GHz Santa Rosa platform Core 2 Duo CPU as well as reconfigured hard drive options.
On February 26, 2008, the MacBook Pro line was updated once more. LED backlighting was added as an option for the 17-inch model. Processors were updated to "Penryn" cores, which are built on the 45nm process (65nm "Merom" cores were previously used), and hard drive and memory capacities were increased. Multi-touch capabilities, first introduced with the MacBook Air earlier that year, were brought over to the trackpad.
The original case design was discontinued on October 14, 2008, for the 15-inch, and January 6, 2009, for the 17-inch.
Reception
Some reviewers applauded the MacBook Pro for its doubling or tripling the speed of the PowerBook G4 in some areas. For example, the 3D rendering program Cinema 4D XL was 3.3 times as fast (2.3 times faster), and its boot-up time was more than twice as quick. The MacBook Pro generally outperformed the PowerBook G4 in performance analyzer utility tests XBench and Cinebench. Reviewers lauded the screen's maximum brightness, 67% brighter than the PowerBook G4; the excellent horizontal viewing angles; the matte options; and the bright, crisp, and true colors. Although the screen offered fewer vertical pixels ( in the MacBook Pro instead of in the PowerBook), one reviewer called the screen "nothing less than stellar". Reviewers praised the new MagSafe power adapter, although one reviewer said it disconnected too easily in some instances. They also praised the backlit keyboard, large trackpad, and virtually silent operation of the machine. The new notebook also offered better wireless performance.
One reviewer criticized the decision to underclock the ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 graphics card by about 30% its original speed. The notebook was also noted for running hot. Users complained that upgrading system memory was harder than in older Apple notebooks. Since the dimensions for the 15-inch MacBook Pro were tweaked slightly from the 15-inch PowerBook G4, older accessories such as notebook sleeves did not work with the new models. Some users noted a slight flickering when the screen was on lower brightness settings. Apple increased the battery capacity by 10Wh, going from 50 in the PowerBook G4 to 60, but the more powerful Core Duo CPU required more power. Battery life therefore remained about the same as in previous models, at three-plus hours.
2007–2008 model GPU problems
Models of the MacBook Pro built from 2007 to early 2008 (15") / late 2008 (17") using the Nvidia 8600M GT chip reportedly exhibited failures in which the GPU die would detach from the chip carrier, or the chip would detach from the logic board. The issue has been mitigated by some users by keeping the notebook cooler by means of less intensive use or alternative fan settings. Apple initially ignored reports, before admitting to the fault and replacing logic boards free of charge for up to 4 years after the purchase date. NVIDIA also confirmed the issue, and previously manufactured replacement GPUs, which some users have replaced themselves.
Technical specifications
Second generation (Unibody), 2008–2012
On October 14, 2008, in a press event at company headquarters, Apple officials announced a new 15-inch MacBook Pro featuring a "precision aluminum unibody enclosure" and tapered sides similar to those of the MacBook Air. Designers shifted the MacBook Pro's ports to the left side of the case, and moved the optical disc drive slot from the front to the right side, similar to the MacBook. The new MacBook Pro computers had two video cards that the user could switch between: the Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT with either 256 or 512MB of dedicated memory and a GeForce 9400M with 256MB of shared system memory. Although the FireWire 400 port was removed, the FireWire 800 port remained. The DVI port was replaced with a Mini DisplayPort receptacle. The original unibody MacBook Pro came with a user-removable battery; Apple claimed five hours of use, with one reviewer reporting results closer to four hours on a continuous video battery stress test. Apple said that the battery would hold 80% of its charge after 300 recharges.
Design
The unibody-construction MacBook Pro largely follows the styling of the original aluminum iMac and the MacBook Air and is slightly thinner than its predecessor, albeit wider and deeper due to the widescreen display. The screen is high-gloss, covered by an edge-to-edge reflective glass finish, while an anti-glare matte option is available in the 15- and 17-inch models in which the glass panel is removed. The entire trackpad is usable and acts as a clickable button. The trackpad is also larger than that of the first generation, giving more room for scrolling and multi-touch gestures. When the line was updated in April 2010, inertial scrolling was added, making the scrolling experience much like that of the iPhone and iPad. The keys, which are still backlit, are now identical to those of Apple's now-standard sunken keyboard with separated black keys. The physical screen release latch from the previous generation is replaced with a magnetic one.
Updates
During the MacWorld Expo keynote on January 6, 2009, Phil Schiller announced a 17-inch MacBook Pro with unibody construction. This version diverged from its 15-inch sibling with an anti-glare "matte" screen option (with the glossy finish standard) and a non user-removable lithium polymer battery. Instead of traditional round cells inside the casing, the lithium-ion polymer batteries are shaped and fitted into each notebook to maximally utilize space. Adaptive charging, which uses a chip to optimize the charge flow to reduce wear and tear, extends the battery's overall life. Battery life for the 17-inch version is quoted at eight hours, with 80 percent of this charge remaining after 1,000 charge-discharge cycles.
At Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on June 8, 2009, it was announced that the 13-inch unibody MacBook would be upgraded and re-branded as a MacBook Pro, leaving only the white polycarbonate MacBook in the MacBook line. It was also announced that the entire MacBook Pro line would use the non-user-removable battery first introduced in the 17-inch MacBook Pro. The updated MacBook Pro 13- and the 15-inch would each have up to a claimed 7 hours of battery life, while the 17-inch would keep its 8-hour capacity. Some sources even reported up to eight hours of battery life for the 13- and 15-inch MacBook Pro computers during casual use, while others reported around six hours. Like the 17-inch MacBook Pro, Apple claims that they will last around 1,000 charging cycles while still containing 80% of their capacity. Graphics card options stayed the same from the previous release, although the 13-inch and the base model 15-inch, came with only the GeForce 9400M GPU. The screens were also improved, gaining a claimed 60 percent greater color gamut. All of these mid-2009 models also included a FireWire 800 port and all except the 17-inch models would receive an SD card slot. The 17-inch model would retain its ExpressCard/34 slot. For the 13-inch MacBook Pro, the Kensington lock slot was moved to the right side of the chassis. In August 2009, Apple extended the "matte" anti-glare display option to the 15-inch MacBook Pro.
On April 13, 2010, Intel Core i5 and Core i7 CPUs were introduced in the 15- and 17-inch models, while the 13-inch retained the Core 2 Duo with a speed increase. The power brick was redesigned and a high-resolution display (of ) was announced as an option for the 15-inch models. The 13-inch gained an integrated Nvidia GeForce 320M graphics processing unit (GPU) with 256MB of shared memory, while the 15- and 17-inch models were upgraded to the GeForce GT 330M, with either 256 or 512MB of dedicated memory. The 15- and 17-inch models also have an integrated Intel GPU that is built into the Core i5 and i7 processors. The 15-inch model also gained . Save for a third USB 2.0 slot, all the ports on the 17-inch MacBook Pro are the same in type and number as on the 15-inch version. All models come with 4GB of system memory that is upgradeable to 8GB. Battery life was also extended further in this update, to an estimated 10 hours for the 13-inch and 8–9 hours on the 15- and 17-inch MacBook Pro computers. This was achieved through both greater power efficiency and adding more battery capacity. One reviewer reported about 6 hours of battery life through a continuous video battery stress test in the 15-inch and another, who called the battery life "unbeatable", reported nearer to 8 in the 13-inch through their "highly demanding battery drain test".
Thunderbolt technology, Sandy Bridge dual-core Intel Core i5 and i7 (on the 13-inch model) or quad-core i7 (on the 15- and 17-inch models) processors, and a high definition FaceTime camera were added on February 24, 2011. Intel HD Graphics 3000 come integrated with the CPU, while the 15- and 17-inch models also utilize AMD Radeon HD 6490M and Radeon HD 6750M graphics cards. Later editions of these models, following the release of OS X Lion, replaced the Expose (F3) key with a Mission Control key, and the Dashboard (F4) key with a Launchpad key. The chassis bottoms are also engraved differently from the 2010 models. The Thunderbolt serial bus platform can achieve speeds of up to 10Gbit/s, which is up to twice as fast as the USB 3.0 specification, 20 times faster than the USB 2.0 specification, and up to 12 times faster than FireWire 800. Apple says that Thunderbolt can be used to drive displays or to transfer large quantities of data in a short amount of time.
On June 11, 2012, Apple showcased its upgraded Mac notebooks, OS X Mountain Lion, and iOS 6 at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco. The new MacBook Pro models were updated with Ivy Bridge processors and USB 3.0 ports, and the default RAM on premium models was increased to 8GB. Following this announcement, the 17-inch model was discontinued. After a media event on October 22, 2013, Apple discontinued all second-generation MacBook Pro computers except for the entry-level 2.5GHz 13-inch model. Apple discontinued the 13-inch second-generation MacBook Pro on October 27, 2016. Prior to its discontinuation it was Apple's only product to still include an optical drive and a FireWire port, and only notebook with a hard disk drive and Ethernet port. It is also the only MacBook Pro to support 9 versions of MacOS X/MacOS, from Mac OS X Lion 10.7 through MacOS Catalina 10.15.
Reception
Some reviewers praised the new notebook's performance and compact size, the quality of the screen, and sturdy unibody build, which allowed easier upgrading of internal components as compared to the original models. Some reviewers also noted that the new MacBook Pro ran more quietly and at cooler temperatures than first-generation machines. Others, however, criticized the amount of heat generated by the new design.
The Reviewers lamented the loss of a matte screen option for the 2008 unibody MacBook Pro, noting the reflectiveness of the screen in sunlight, even when its brightness was turned all the way up. CNET's Dan Ackerman commented of the mid-2009 models: "According to Apple, the new display offers a wider color gamut, and the screen certainly looks bright and colorful, but we wish the same matte-screen option offered on the 17-inch MacBook Pro was available across the line... While the LED screen means a thinner lid and some battery life benefits, the edge-to-edge glass covering the entire display panel grabs stray light rays with ease, making the glossy screen hard to see in some lighting conditions." By 2011, matte screens were offered for both the 15" and 17" models. Furthermore, the addition of Mini DisplayPort instead of the more popular HDMI was criticized. The relatively low number of ports and lower end technical specifications when compared to similarly priced laptops from other brands were also bemoaned.
Laptop Magazines Michael Prospero praised the 2010 15-inch model's display, calling it "bright and crisp". He further commented, "While reflections from the glossy display weren't overwhelming, it's also nice to know there's an antiglare option—though only for the higher resolution display. Still, colors were bright, blacks were deep and dark, and viewing angles were excellent both vertically and horizontally." He also lauded the quality of the iSight webcam, the responsiveness of the trackpad, the microphone and speakers, as well as the performance of the new CPUs for the 15" model and the long battery life. Complaints included the price of the notebook, the low number of USB ports, and the lack of HDMI.
CNET praised the automatic graphics switching features of the 15- and 17-inch 2010 models as well as the graphics cards themselves. Acclaim was also given to the Core i5 and i7 CPUs, the multi-touch trackpad, and the addition of audio capabilities to the Mini DisplayPort video output. They also called for the addition of HDMI and the Blu-ray optical disc format, saying that most other computers in the MacBook Pro's price range possessed these features. CNET also criticized the option of a higher-resolution screen in the 15-inch model, saying that "the higher-resolution screen should be included by default."
Technical specifications
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|-
! colspan="9" | Comparison of second-generation MacBook Pro models
|-
! Component
! colspan="3" | Intel Core 2 Duo
! Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i5, Core i7
! colspan="4" | Intel Core i5, Core i7
|-
! style="background:#gray; width:10%"| Model
! style="background:#FF9999; width:10%"| Late 2008
! style="background:#FF9999; width:10%"| Early 2009
! style="background:#FF9999; width:10%"| Mid 2009
! style="background:#FF9999; width:10%"| Mid 2010
! style="background:#FF9999; width:10%" | Early 2011
! style="background:#FF9999; width:10%" | Late 2011
! style="background:#ffDDDD; width:10%" | Mid 2012
! style="background:#FF9999; width:10%" | Mid 2012
|-
| Release date
| October 14, 2008
| January 6, 2009 (17")March 3, 2009 (15")
| June 8, 2009
| April 13, 2010
| February 24, 2011
| October 24, 2011
| colspan="2" | June 11, 2012
|-
| Apple order number(s)
| MB470*/A or MB471*/A
| MB470*/A, MC026*/A, MB604*/A
| MB990*/A, MB991*/A, MC118*/A, MB985*/A, MB986*/A, MC226*/A
| MC374*/A, MC375*/A, MC371*/A, MC372*/A, MC373*/A, MC024*/A
| MC700*/A, MC724*/A, MC721*/A, MC723*/A, MC725*/A
| MD311*/A, MD313*/A, MD314*/A, MD318*/A, MD322*/A, MD385*/A
| MD101*/A, MD102*/A
| MD103*/A, MD104*/A
|-
| Model number(s)
| A1286 (15")
| A1286 (15"), A1297 (17")
| colspan="4" | A1278 (13"), A1286 (15"), A1297 (17")
| A1278 (13")
| A1286 (15")
|-
| Model identifier(s)
| MacBookPro5,1 (15")
| MacBookPro5,1(15")MacBookPro5,2(17")
| MacBookPro5,1(15")MacBookPro5,2(17")MacBookPro5,3(15")MacBookPro5,4(15")MacBookPro5,5(13")
| MacBookPro6,1(17")MacBookPro6,2(15")MacBookPro7,1(13")
| colspan="2" | MacBookPro8,1 (13")MacBookPro8,2 (15")MacBookPro8,3 (17")
| MacBookPro9,2 (13")
| MacBookPro9,1 (15")
|-
| rowspan="3" | LED-backlit widescreen glossy display (16:10)
| colspan="2"
| colspan="5" | 13.3",
|
|-
| colspan="2" | 15.4",
| 15.4", Optional matte screen
| colspan="3" | 15.4", Optional (glossy or matte)
|
| 15.4", Optional (glossy or matte)
|-
|
| colspan="5" | 17", Optional matte screen
| colspan="2"
|-
| Video camera
| colspan="4" | iSight (480p)
| colspan="4" | FaceTime HD (720p)
|-
| rowspan=2| Processor
| colspan=2
| 2.26GHz (P8400) or 2.53GHz (P8700) Intel Core 2 Duo Penryn with 3MB on-chip L2 cache
| 2.4GHz (P8600) or 2.66GHz (P8800) Intel Core 2 Duo Penryn with 3MB on-chip L2 cache
| 2.3GHz (2415M) Intel Core i5 Sandy Bridge with 3MB on-chip L3 cache or 2.7GHz (2620M) Intel Core i7 Sandy Bridge with 4MB on-chip L3 cache
| 2.4GHz (2435M) Intel Core i5 Sandy Bridge with 3MB on-chip L3 cache or 2.8GHz (2640M) Intel Core i7 Sandy Bridge with 4MB on-chip L3 cache
| 2.5GHz (3210M) Intel Core i5 Ivy Bridge with 3MB on-chip L3 cache or 2.9GHz (3520M) Intel Core i7 Ivy Bridge with 4MB on-chip L3 cache
|
|-
| 2.4GHz (P8600) with 3MB on-chip L2 cache or
2.53GHz (T9400) Intel Core 2 Duo Penryn with 6MB on-chip L2 cacheOptional 2.8 GHz (T9600) with 6MB on-chip L2 cache
| 2.4GHz (P8600) with 3MB on-chip L2 cache (15" only) or 2.53GHz (T9400) with 6MB on-chip L2 cache (15" only) or 2.66GHz (T9550) (17" only) Intel Core 2 Duo Penryn with 6MB on-chip L2 cache Optional 2.8 GHz (T9600) with 6MB on-chip L2 cache (15" only) or 2.93GHz (T9800) with 6MB on-chip L2 cache (17" only)'| 2.53GHz (P8700) or 2.66GHz (P8800) (15" only) with 3MB on-chip L2 cache or 2.8GHz (T9600) (15" and 17" only) Intel Core 2 Duo Penryn with 6MB on-chip L2 cacheOptional 3.06 GHz (T9900) with 6MB on-chip L2 cache (15" and 17" only)
| 2.4GHz (520M) (15" only) or 2.53GHz (540M) (15" and 17" only) with 3MB on-chip L3 cache or 2.66GHz (620M) (15" and 17" only) Intel Core i7 Arrandale with 4MB on-chip L3 cacheOptional 2.8 GHz (640M) with 4MB on-chip L3 cache (15" and 17" only)
| 2.0GHz quad-core (2635QM) (15" only) or 2.2GHz quad-core (2720QM) (15" and 17" only) Intel Core i7 Sandy Bridge with 6MB on-chip L3 cacheOptional 2.3 GHz (2820QM) with 8MB on-chip L3 cache (15" and 17" only)
| 2.2GHz quad-core (2675QM) (15" only) or 2.4GHz quad-core (2760QM) (15" and 17" only) Intel Core i7 Sandy Bridge with 6MB on-chip L3 cacheOptional 2.5 GHz (2860QM) with 8MB on-chip L3 cache (15" and 17" only)
|
| 2.3GHz quad-core (3615QM) (15" only) or 2.6GHz quad-core (3720QM) (15" only) Intel Core i7 Ivy Bridge with 6MB on-chip L3 cacheOptional 2.7 GHz (3820QM) with 8MB on-chip L3 cache (15" only)
|-
| rowspan="2" | System bus| colspan="2"
| colspan="2" | 1,066MHz front-side bus (13")
| rowspan="2" colspan="4" | DMI 5 GT/s
|-
| 1,066MHz front-side bus
| colspan="2" | 1,066MHz front-side bus (15" and 17")
| Intel DMI2.5 GT/s (15" and 17")
|-
| rowspan=2| Memory(two slots)| 2GB (two 1GB) or 4GB (two 2GB)Expandable to 4GB by default, expandable to 8GB with the latest EFI update
| 4GB (two 2GB)Expandable to 8GB. 2.66 and 2.93GHz models expandable to 8GB
| 2GB (two 1GB) or 4GB (two 2GB)Expandable to 8GB
| 4GB (two 2GB)Expandable to 8GB16GB on 13" models
| colspan="2" | 4GB (two 2GB)Expandable to 16GB
| colspan="2" | 4GB (two 2GB) or 8GB (two 4GB)Expandable to 16GB
|-
| colspan="4" | 1066MHz PC3-8500 DDR3 SDRAM
| colspan="2" | 1333MHz PC3-10600 1.5V DDR3 SDRAMExpandable to 16GB of 1600MHz PC3-12800 DDR3 SDRAM
| colspan="2" | 1600MHz PC3-12800 1.35 V DDR3 SDRAM
|-
| rowspan="2" | Graphics| colspan="2"
| Nvidia GeForce 9400M with 256MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory (13" and some 15" models)
| Nvidia GeForce 320M with 256MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory (13" models only)
| colspan="2" | Intel HD Graphics 3000 with 384MB (512MB with 8GB of RAM installed) DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory (13" models only)
| Intel HD Graphics 4000 with DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory
|
|-
| colspan="2" | Nvidia GeForce 9400M with 256MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory and Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT with 256 or 512MB of GDDR3 SDRAMCan switch between the two (but cannot use both)
| Nvidia GeForce 9400M with 256MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory and Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT with 256MB or 512MB of GDDR3 SDRAM (some 15" or 17" models)Can switch between the two (but cannot use both)
| Intel HD Graphics with 256MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory and Nvidia GeForce GT 330M with 256MB or 512MB of GDDR3 SDRAM (15" and 17" models)Automatically switches between graphics hardware when running OS X
| Intel HD Graphics 3000 with 384MB DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory(15" and 17" models) and AMD Radeon HD 6490M with 256MB GDDR5 memory (15" models) or AMD Radeon HD 6750M with 1GB GDDR5 memory (15" and 17" models)Automatically switches between graphics hardware when running OS X
| Intel HD Graphics 3000 with 384MB DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory(15" and 17" models) and AMD Radeon HD 6750M with 512MB GDDR5 memory (15" models) or AMD Radeon HD 6770M with 1GB GDDR5 memory (15" and 17" models)Automatically switches between graphics hardware when running OS X
|
| Intel HD Graphics 4000 with DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory and Nvidia GeForce GT 650M with 512MB GDDR5 memory (base 15" model) or 1GB GDDR5 memoryAutomatically switches between graphics hardware when running OS X
|-
| rowspan="2" | Storage| 250 or 320GB SATA at 5,400RPMOptional 250 or 320GB at 7,200 RPM, 128GB SSD
| 250 or 320GB SATA at 5,400RPMOptional 250 or 320GB at 7,200 RPM, 128 or 256GB SSD
| 160, 250, 320 or 500GB SATA at 5,400RPMOptional 320 or 500GB at 5,400 or 7,200 RPM (15" and 17" only) or 128 or 256GB SSD
| 250, 320, or 500GB SATA at 5,400RPM.Optional 320 or 500GB at 5,400 RPM or 7,200 RPM, or 128, 256, or 512GB SSD.
| 320 (13" only), 500, or 750GB SATA at 5,400RPM.Optional 500 or 750GB at 5,400 RPM or 500GB at 7,200 RPM (15" and 17" only), or 128, 256, or 512GB SSD
| 500 or 750GB SATA at 5,400RPM (13" and base 15" models) or 750GB SATA at 5,400RPM (high-end 15" and 17" models)Optional 750GB at 5,400 or 7,200 RPM (15" and 17" only), or 128, 256, or 512GB SSD
| colspan="2" | 500 or 750GB SATA at 5,400RPM Optional 750GB at 5,400 or 7,200 RPM or 1TB at 5,400 RPM or 128, 256, 512GB SSD
|-
| colspan="4" | SATA 3 Gbit/s
| colspan="4" | SATA 6 Gbit/s
|-
| Optical disc drive| colspan="8" | SuperDrive: 4× DVD±R DL writes, 8× DVD+/−R read/write, 8× DVD+RW writes, 6× DVD-RW writes, 24× CD-R, and 16× CD-RW recording
|-
| rowspan="3" | Connectivity| colspan="4" | Integrated AirPort Extreme (802.11a/b/g/draft-n) (Broadcom BCM4322 chipset, up to 300Mbit/s)
| colspan="4" | Integrated AirPort Extreme (802.11a/b/g/n) (Broadcom BCM4331 chipset, up to 450Mbit/s)
|-
| colspan="6" | Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
| colspan="2" | Bluetooth 4.0
|-
| colspan="8" | Gigabit Ethernet
|-
| rowspan="4" | Peripheral connections| colspan="2" | ExpressCard/34
| colspan="4" | SDXC card slot (13" and 15") or ExpressCard/34 (17")
| colspan="2" | SDXC card slot
|-
| colspan="6" | USB 2.0 (two ports on 13" and 15", three ports on 17")
| colspan="2" | USB 3.0 (two ports)
|-
| colspan="3" | Mini DisplayPort (without audio support)
| Mini DisplayPort (with audio support)
| colspan="4" | Thunderbolt port
|-
| colspan="8" | Firewire 800
|-
| rowspan="2" | Audio| colspan="8" | Built-in stereo speakers
|-
| colspan="8" | Audio line-in/out
|-
| Minimum operating system| colspan="3" | Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
| colspan="2" | Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
| colspan="3" | Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
|-
| Latest release operating system| colspan="3" | OS X 10.11 El Capitan
| colspan="3" | macOS 10.13 High Sierra
| colspan="2" | macOS 10.15 Catalina
|-
| rowspan="3" | Battery (lithium polymer, non-removable except in original 15")
| colspan="2"
| 58 Wh (13")
| colspan="4" | 63.5 Wh (13")
|
|-
| colspan="2" | 50 Wh removable lithium-polymer (15")
| 73 Wh (15")
| colspan="3" | 77.5 Wh (15")
|
| 77.5 Wh (15")
|-
|
| colspan="5" | 95 Wh (17")
| colspan="2"
|-
| rowspan="3" | Weight| colspan="2"
| colspan="5" | (13")
|
|-
| colspan="3" | (15")
| colspan="3" | (15")
|
| (15")
|-
|
| colspan="5" | (17")
| colspan="2"
|-
| rowspan="3" | Dimensions (widthdepththickness)'''
| colspan="2"
| colspan="5" | (13")|
|-
| colspan="6" | (15")|
| (15")|-
|
| colspan="5" | (17")| colspan="2"
|}
Since the RAM and the hard drive on some generations of MacBook Pro are user-serviceable parts, there are aftermarket modifications to enhance the system with up to 16GB of DDR3-1600 RAM (although maximum capacity and frequency depend on the hardware in question), 7200RPM hard drives or third-party SSDs. A third-party caddy was also made, allowing the internal optical drive to be replaced with a second internal SATA 2.5-inch hard drive.
Early and late 2011 model GPU problems
Early and late 2011 models with a GPU; 15" & 17"; reportedly suffer from manufacturing problems leading to overheating, graphical problems, and eventually complete GPU and logic board failure. A similar but nonidentical problem affected iMac GPUs which were later recalled by Apple. The problem was covered by many articles in Mac-focused magazines, starting late 2013 throughout 2014. In August 2014 the law firm Whitfield Bryson & Mason LLP had begun investigating the problem to determine if any legal claim exists. On October 28, 2014, the firm announced that it has filed a class-action lawsuit in a California federal court against Apple. The lawsuit will cover residents residing in both California and Florida who have purchased a 2011 MacBook Pro notebook with an AMD graphics card. The firm is also investigating similar cases across the United States. On February 20, 2015, Apple instituted the This "will repair affected MacBook Pro systems, free of charge". The program covered affected MacBook Pro models until December 31, 2016, or four years from original date of sale.
Third generation (Retina), 2012–2016
On June 11, 2012, at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, Apple introduced the third generation MacBook Pro, the 15-inch in June 2012, a 13-inch model in October, marketed as the "MacBook Pro with Retina display" to differentiate it from the previous model. The new model includes Intel's third-generation Core i7 processors (Ivy Bridge microarchitecture). It made solid-state storage (SSD) standard, upgraded to USB 3.0, added an additional Thunderbolt port, added HDMI, and included a high-resolution Retina display. The 15-inch model is 25% thinner than its predecessor. The model name is no longer placed at the bottom of the screen bezel; instead, it is found on the underside of the chassis, similar to an iOS device and is the first Macintosh notebook to not have its model name visible during normal use. It eliminated Ethernet, FireWire 800 ports, but Thunderbolt adapters were available for purchase,, Kensington lock slot, the battery indicator button and light on the side of the chassis, and the optical drive, being the first professional notebook since the PowerBook 2400c, but brought a new MagSafe port, dubbed the "MagSafe 2". Apple also claims improved speakers and microphones and a new system for cooling the notebook with improved fans.
The MacBook Pro with Retina display was one of only two Macs that feature a built-in HDMI port (the other being the Mac Mini). Apple introduced a 13-inch version on October 23, 2012, with specifications similar but slightly inferior to the 15-inch version's, such as less powerful processors.
The Retina models also have fewer user-accessible upgrade or replacement options than previous MacBooks. Unlike in previous generations, the memory is soldered onto the logic board and is therefore not upgradable. The solid state drive is not soldered and can be replaced by users, although it has a proprietary connector and form factor. The battery is glued into place; attempts to remove it may destroy the battery and/or trackpad. The entire case uses proprietary pentalobe screws and cannot be disassembled with standard tools. While the battery is glued in, recycling companies have stated that the design is only "mildly inconvenient" and does not hamper the recycling process. In any case, Apple offers a free recycling service via any of their stores and has no problem with separating the materials.
On February 13, 2013, Apple announced updated prices and processors and increased the memory of the high-end 15-inch model to 16GB.
On October 22, 2013, Apple updated the line with Intel's Haswell processors and Iris Graphics, 802.11ac Wi-Fi, Thunderbolt 2, and PCIe-based flash storage. The chassis of the 13-inch version was slightly slimmed to to match the 15-inch model. The lower-end 15-inch model only included integrated graphics while the higher-end model continued to include a discrete Nvidia graphics card in addition to integrated graphics. Support for 4K video output via HDMI was added but limited the maximum number of external displays from three to two. On July 29, 2014, Apple announced new models with updated prices and processors.
On March 9, 2015, the 13-inch model was updated with Intel Broadwell processors, Iris 6100 graphics, faster flash storage (based on PCIe 2.0 × 4 technology), faster RAM (upgraded from 1600MHZ to 1866MHZ), increased battery life (extended to 10 hours), and a Force Touch trackpad. On May 19, 2015, 15-inch model added Force Touch and changed the GPU to AMD Radeon R9 M370X, SSD based on PCIe 3.0 × 4 technology, the battery life was extended to 9 hours, and the rest of the configuration remained unchanged. The higher-end 15-inch model also added support for dual-cable output to displays. The 15-inch models were released with the same Intel Haswell processors and Iris Pro graphics as the 2014 models due to a delay in shipment of newer Broadwell quad-core processors. Apple continued to sell the 2015 15-inch model until July 2018.
Reception
The Retina MacBook Pro received positive reviews of the Retina Display, flash storage and power. It was criticized, however, for its high price and lack of an Ethernet port and optical drive. Roman Loyola of Macworld said that the Retina MacBook Pro was "groundbreaking" and made people "rethink how they use technology". He praised the inclusion of USB 3.0 and the slimmer body. Dan Ackerman of CNET commented "I've previously called the 15-inch MacBook Pro one of the most universally useful all-around laptops you can buy. This new version adds to that with HDMI, faster ports, and more portability. But it also subtracts from that with its exclusion of an optical drive and Ethernet port, plus its very high starting price. The Pro and Retina Pro are clearly two laptops designed for two different users, and with the exception of all-day commuters who need something closer to a MacBook Air or ultrabook, one of the two branches of the MacBook Pro family tree is still probably the most universally useful laptop you can buy."
Joel Santo Domingo of PC Magazine gave the MacBook Pro an "Editor's Choice" rating. He praised its "brilliant Retina display", the thin design, port selection and speedy storage, and highlighted the expandability via Thunderbolt ports which support up to seven devices each. David Pogue of The New York Times praised the 15-inch model's screen, keyboard, sound, start-up time, cosmetics, battery life, storage, and RAM capacity. They criticized the lack of a SuperDrive, pricing, and the MagSafe 2 power connector's lack of backwards compatibility with the older MagSafe design.
The Retina Display on the MacBook Pro have been criticized for "image retention", specifically for displays manufactured by LG. Many users also complained the anti-reflective coating on their screens could wear off easily, which is an issue known as "staingate".
In 2017, one year after the introduction of the fourth generation of the MacBook Pro, the original lead developer of Tumblr Marco Arment wrote an evocative article in which he declared the Retina MacBook Pro the best laptop ever made. The sentiment was shared by many users of various social platforms.
Repairability and environmental concerns
Apple was criticized for gluing the battery into the case, making it harder to be recycled (ease of disassembly is an EPEAT criterion), but some recycling companies have stated that the design is only "mildly inconvenient" and does not hamper the recycling process. Greenpeace spokesman Casey Harrell said Apple "has pitted design against the environment—and chosen design. They're making a big bet that people don't care, but recycling is a big issue." Wired also criticized Apple's recyclability claims in 2012: "[t]he design may well be 'highly recyclable aluminum and glass'—but my friends in the electronics recycling industry tell me they have no way of recycling aluminum that has glass glued to it like Apple did with both this machine and the recent iPad."
Battery problems
In June 2019, Apple announced a worldwide recall for certain 2015 15" MacBook Pro computers after receiving at least 26 reports of batteries becoming hot enough to produce smoke and inflict minor burns or property damage. The problem affected some 432,000 computers, mostly sold between September 2015 and February 2017. The company asked customers to stop using their computers until Apple could replace the batteries.
In September 2019, India's Directorate General of Civil Aviation said MacBook Pro computers could dangerously overheat, leading the national carrier Air India to ban the model on its flights.
Technical specifications
Fourth generation (Touch Bar), 2016–2020
Apple unveiled fourth-generation 13- and 15-inch MacBook Pro models during a press event at their headquarters on October 27, 2016. All models, except for the baseline 13-inch model, featured the Touch Bar, a new multi-touch-enabled OLED strip built into the top of the keyboard in place of the function keys. The Touch Bar is abutted on its right by a sapphire-glass button that doubles as a Touch ID sensor and a power button. The models also introduced a "second-generation" butterfly-mechanism keyboard whose keys have more travel than the first iteration in the Retina MacBook. The 13-inch model has a trackpad that is 46% larger than its predecessor while the 15-inch model has a trackpad twice as large as the previous generation.
All ports have been replaced with either two or four combination Thunderbolt 3 ports that support USB-C 3.1 Gen 2 and dual DisplayPort 1.2 signals, any of which can be used for charging. The MacBook Pro is incompatible with some older Thunderbolt 3-certified peripherals, including Intel's own reference design for Thunderbolt 3 devices. Furthermore, macOS on MacBook Pro blacklists (prevents from working) certain classes of Thunderbolt 3-compatible devices. Support for Thunderbolt 3 external graphics processing units (eGPU) was added in macOS High Sierra 10.13.4. Devices using HDMI, previous-generation Thunderbolt, and USB need an adapter to connect to the MacBook Pro. The models come with a 3.5mm headphone jack; the TOSLINK functionality of older-generation MacBook Pro computers has been removed.
Other updates to the MacBook Pro include dual- and quad-core Intel "Skylake" Core i5 and i7 processors, improved graphics, and displays that offer a 25% wider color gamut, 67% more brightness, and 67% more contrast. All versions can output to a 5K display; the 15-inch models can drive two such displays. The 15-inch models include a discrete Radeon Pro 450, 455 or 460 graphics card in addition to the integrated Intel graphics. The base 13-inch model has function keys instead of the Touch Bar, and just two USB-C ports. The flash storage in the Touch Bar models is soldered to the logic board and is not upgradeable, while in the 13-inch model without Touch Bar, it is removable, but difficult to replace, as it is a proprietary format of SSD storage.
On June 5, 2017, Apple updated the line with Intel Kaby Lake processors and newer graphics cards. A 128GB storage option was added for the base 13-inch model, down from the base 256GB storage. New symbols were introduced to the control and option keys. On July 12, 2018, Apple updated the Touch Bar models with Intel Coffee Lake quad-core processors in 13-inch models and six-core processors in 15-inch models, updated graphics cards, third-generation butterfly keyboards that introduced new symbols for the control and option keys, Bluetooth 5, T2 SoC Chip, True Tone display technology, and larger-capacity batteries. The 15-inch model can also be configured with up to 4TB of storage, 32GB of DDR4 memory and a Core i9 processor. In late November the higher-end 15-inch model could be configured with Radeon Pro Vega graphics. On May 21, 2019, Apple announced updated Touch Bar models with newer processors, with an eight-core Core i9 standard for the higher-end 15-inch model, and an updated keyboard manufactured with "new materials" across the line. On July 9, 2019, Apple updated the 13-inch model with two Thunderbolt ports with newer quad-core eighth-generation processors and Intel Iris Plus graphics, True Tone display technology, and replaced the function keys with the Touch Bar. macOS Catalina added support for Dolby Atmos, Dolby Vision, and HDR10 on 2018 and newer models. macOS Catalina 10.15.2 added support for 6016x3384 output on 15-inch 2018 and newer models to run the Pro Display XDR at full resolution.
The 2019 MacBook Pro was the final model that could run macOS Mojave 10.14, the final MacOS version that can run 32-bit applications such as Microsoft Office for Mac 2011.
Design and usability
The fourth-generation MacBook Pro follows the design of the previous two generations, with an all-metal unibody enclosure and separated black keys. A few of the apparent design changes include a thinner chassis and screen bezel, a larger trackpad, the OLED Touch Bar, and the shallower butterfly-mechanism keyboard with less key separation than the previous models. The speaker grilles have been relocated to the sides of the keyboard on the 13-inch variant. Tear downs show that the speaker grilles on the 13-inch model with Touch Bar are "largely cosmetic", and that sound output mostly comes through the side vents. The fourth generation MacBook Pro comes in two finishes, the traditional silver color and a darker "space gray" color. The MacBook Pro model name returns to the bottom of the screen bezel in Apple's San Francisco font after being absent from the second generation with Retina display. As with the Retina MacBook, the new models replace the backlit white Apple logo on the rear of the screen, a feature dating back to the 1999 PowerBook G3, with a glossy metal version.
MagSafe, a magnetic charging connector, has been replaced with USB-C charging. Unlike MagSafe, which provided an indicator light within the user's field of view to indicate the device's charging status, the USB-C charger has no visual indicator. Instead, the MacBook Pro emits a chime when connected to power. The Macintosh startup chime that has been used since the first Macintosh in 1984 is now disabled by default. The notebook now boots automatically when the lid is opened.
Battery life
The battery life of the new models also got a mixed reception, with outlets reporting inconsistent battery life and inaccurate estimates of time remaining on battery by the operating system. After the latter reports, Apple used a macOS update to hide the display of estimated battery time. Consumer Reports did not initially recommend the 2016 MacBook Pro models, citing inconsistent and unpredictable battery life in its lab testing (which involves the consecutive loading of multiple websites). However, Apple and Consumer Reports found that the results had been affected by a bug caused by disabling caching in Safari's developer tools. Consumer Reports performed the tests again with a patched macOS, and retracted its original assessment.
Repairability
iFixit scored the models 1 out of 10 for repairability, noting that memory, the processor, and flash storage are soldered to the logic board, while the battery is glued to the case. The entire assembly uses proprietary pentalobe screws and cannot be disassembled with standard tools.
Keyboard reliability
A report by AppleInsider has claimed that the updated "Butterfly" keyboard fails twice as often as previous models, often due to particles stuck beneath the keys. Repairs for stuck keys have been estimated to cost more than $700. In May 2018,
two class action lawsuits were filed against Apple regarding the keyboard problem; one alleged a "constant threat of nonresponsive keys and accompanying keyboard failure" and accusing Apple of not alerting consumers to the problem. In June 2018, Apple announced a Service Program to "service eligible MacBook and MacBook Pro keyboards, free of charge". The 2018 models added a membrane underneath keys to prevent malfunction from dust. As of early 2019, there were reports of problems with the same type of keyboards in the 2018 MacBook Air. In May 2019, Apple modified the keyboard for the fourth time and promised that any MacBook keyboard with butterfly switches would be repaired or replaced free of charge for a period of four years after the date of sale.
Thermal throttling PC Magazine said "the Core i9 processor Apple chose to use inside the MacBook Pro (i9-8950K) has a base clock frequency of 2.9GHz, which is capable of bursting up to 4.8GHz when necessary. However, testing carried out by YouTuber Dave Lee showed that the Core i9 couldn't even maintain 2.9GHz, let alone 4.8GHz. And it ended up running at 2.2GHz due to the heat generated inside the chassis forcing it to throttle. Lee found the 2018 i9 MacBook Pro was slower than the 2017 MacBook Pro and stated, "This isn't a problem with Intel's Core i9, it's Apple's thermal solution." When Lee put the i9 MacBook Pro inside a freezer, the render times were over 30% faster.
On July 24, 2018, Apple released a software fix for the new 2018 MacBook Pro computers which addressed the thermal throttling problem. Apple said "there is a missing digital key in the firmware that impacts the thermal management system and could drive clock speeds down under heavy thermal loads on the new MacBook Pro".
Other problems
A "limited number" of 13-inch MacBook Pro units without Touch Bar, manufactured between October 2016 and October 2017, saw the built-in battery swell. Apple created a free replacement program for eligible units.
A "limited number" of 128 and 256GB solid-state drives used in 13-inch MacBook Pro (non-Touch Bar) units can lose data and fail. 13-inch MacBook Pro units with affected drives were sold between June 2017 and June 2018. This resulted in Apple launching a repair program for those affected – the repair involves the update of firmware.
Some users are reporting kernel panics on 2018 models, because of the T2 chip. Apple is already aware of the problem and performing an investigation. There are also user reports about the speaker crackling problems on the 2018 models.
Users have reported malfunctioning display cables, causing uneven lighting at the bottom of the screen and ultimately display failure. Customers of Apple have named this issue "Flexgate". The problem has been tracked to a cable, stressed from opening and closing the notebook. The entire display needs to be replaced in affected units. In May 2019 Apple initiated a program to replace the display on affected 13-inch models made in 2016 for free, and the cable on the 2018 models and onwards was made 2mm longer than on prior models, thus reducing the likelihood of display failure. Apple has been criticized for not extending the replacement program to the 15-inch models which are also affected by this issue.
Reception
The fourth-generation MacBook Pro received mixed reviews. The display, build quality, and audio quality were praised but many complained about the butterfly keyboard; the little-used Touch Bar; and the absence of USB-A ports, HDMI port, and SD card slot.Ars Technica noted that the second-generation keyboard with firm keys was a "drastic departure" from previous Retina MacBook keyboards. It further noted that resting palms may brush the trackpad occasionally, causing inadvertent cursor jumps onscreen as the notebook interprets this as input, without one's hands or wrists actually resting on it. Bandwidth increased; the flash storage was about 40 percent faster. Engadget praised the thinner, lighter design; improved display and audio; and increased speed of the graphics and flash storage, but criticized the lack of ports and the price. Wired praised the display, calling it "the best laptop display I've ever seen", as well as praising the Touch Bar, though it criticized the need of adapters for many common connectors. Likewise, The Verge concluded that "using [the new MacBook] is alienating to anyone living in the present. I agree with Apple's vision of the future. I'm just not buying it today."
Engadget voiced their concerns that "by doing things like removing full-sized USB ports, the memory card reader and even the Function row, Apple seems to have forgotten how many of us actually work". Heavy keyboard users criticized the Touch Bar, noting that command-line tools like Vim rely on keyboard usage, and the Touch Bar does not provide the tactile feedback necessary for "blind" usage of Function keys. Miriam Nielsen from The Verge said: "When I tried to intentionally use the Touch Bar, I felt like a kid learning how to type again. I had to keep looking down at the bar instead of looking at the images I was actually trying to edit." She also said that after learning the Touch Bar one cannot work as efficiently on any other computer. Developers have their share of headaches because they cannot rely on the Touch Bar being present on every machine that runs their software. Even if Apple makes the Touch Bar an integral part of macOS, it will take "many years" for it to become ubiquitous, in the meantime, anything in the Bar needs to be available through another part of the interface.
Also criticized were non-compatibility between Thunderbolt 2 and 3 devices. Some found unpleasant the fan whine on the 15" model, where the two integrated fans run all the time by default, thanks to the coprocessor powering the Touch Bar and higher TDP of the stronger CPU models.
In 2016 and 2017, the Touch Bar caused concern among American state bars that the predictive text could be used to cheat on bar exams. The responses varied state by state: New York State Bar Association banned the use of the MacBook Pro on bar exams; while North Carolina Bar Association allowed students to take the state bar exam with the computer once a proctor verified that the predictive text feature had been disabled.
Technical specifications
Magic Keyboard revision
Apple unveiled the fifth revision of the fourth generation MacBook Pro in 2020, the 16-inch MacBook Pro on November 13, 2019, replacing the 15-inch model. Similar in size to the 15-inch model, it has a larger 16-inch 3072x1920 Retina display set in a narrower bezel, the largest MacBook screen since the 17-inch unibody MacBook Pro that was discontinued in 2012. It has a physical Escape key, a Touch Bar, and a now-separate sapphire-glass-covered Touch ID sensor at the right end of the Touch Bar that doubles as a power button. It uses a scissor mechanism keyboard almost identical to Apple's wireless Magic Keyboard, providing more travel than the previous revision's "Butterfly" keyboard.
Like its predecessor, the 16-inch MacBook Pro has four combined Thunderbolt 3 ports that support USB-C 3.1 Gen 2 and dual DisplayPort 1.4 signals, providing 6016×3384 output to run the Pro Display XDR at full resolution. Any port can be used for charging, it includes a 96W USB-C power adapter. At launch only the included adapter and the Pro Display XDR provide full host power. Peripherals that delivered 87W for the 15-inch model, such as LG Ultrafine displays, are recommended to be used with a separate power supply. It also has a 3.5mm headphone jack.
It uses the same Coffee Lake CPUs as the 2019 15-inch model. Purchasers can choose between AMD Radeon Pro 5300M or 5500M GPUs with up to 8GB of GDDR6 memory (or from June 2020 onwards, a 5600M GPU with 8GB of HBM2 memory), up to 64GB of 2667MHz DDR4 memory, and up to 8 TB of SSD storage. It includes better speakers, a better three-microphone array, and a 100 Wh battery, the largest that can be easily carried onto a commercial airliner under U.S. Transportation Security Administration rules.
On May 4, 2020, Apple announced an updated 13-inch model with the Magic Keyboard. The four Thunderbolt port version comes with Ice Lake processors, updated graphics, up to 32GB of memory and 4TB of storage, and supports 6K output to run the Pro Display XDR. The two Thunderbolt port version has the same Coffee Lake processors, graphics, and maximum storage and memory as the 2019 two Thunderbolt port models. The 2020 13-inch models also gain 0.02 inches (0.6mm) in thickness over the 2019 models.
Reception
Reception to the 16-inch MacBook Pro was generally positive. LaptopMag called the keyboard "much-improved". The Verge praised the new keyboard, microphones, and speakers, but criticized the lack of peripherals such as an SD card slot. 9to5Mac criticized the use of a 720p webcam and older 802.11ac Wi-Fi standard, noting that Apple's iPhone 11 family included a 4K front-facing camera and faster Wi-Fi 6. MacWorld'' also noted the lack of Face ID. Another review noted that the 2020 two Thunderbolt port 13-inch model is unable to run Apple's Pro Display XDR at full resolution, while the lower-priced 2020 MacBook Air can.
There are numerous reports of cracked screens caused by closing the unit with a third-party physical webcam cover due to reduced clearance compared to previous models.
Technical specifications
Software and operating systems
The macOS operating system has been pre-installed on all MacBook Pro computers since release, starting with version 10.4.4 (Tiger). Along with OS X, iLife has also shipped with all systems, beginning with iLife '06.
The Intel-based MacBook Pro comes with the successor to BIOS, Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) 1.1. EFI handles booting differently from BIOS-based computers, but provides backwards compatibility, allowing dual- and triple-boot configurations. In addition to OS X, the Microsoft Windows operating system is installable on Intel x86-based Apple computers. Officially, this is limited to 32-bit versions of Windows XP, Vista, and 7, and 64-bit versions of Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, and 10 with the necessary hardware drivers included with the Boot Camp software. Other x86 operating systems such as Linux are also unofficially supported. This is made possible by the presence of the Intel architecture as provided by the CPU and the BIOS emulation Apple has provided on top of EFI.
macOS Big Sur, the seventeenth major release of macOS, will work with Wi-Fi and graphics acceleration on unsupported MacBook Pro computers with a compatible patch utility.
See also
Comparison of Macintosh models
MacBook (12-inch)
MacBook Air
Notes
References
External links
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Computer-related introductions in 2006
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Aleksandar Jovanović (; born 1960/1966), commonly known by his nickname Ćuta, is a Serbian environmental activist.
Born in Belgrade, Ćuta often travelled to Stara Planina, and was interested into rock music, football, and chess during his youth. He founded the "Defend the Rivers of Stara Planina" organization in 2017, which primarily centered on combating the construction of small hydros in the Stara Planina region, although over the time, Ćuta has shifted his presence over other regions of Serbia. He has gained media presence since then, and has been noted as one of the representatives of environmental activism. Over the period, Ćuta has organized protests and gatherings around Serbia, and has managed to stop the construction of several projects, in order to preserve the nature.
In 2021, Ćuta organized the "Environmental Uprising" protests, which set off the beginning of the 2021–2022 environmental protests, in which he has played a key role, and has been noted as one of the leaders of the protests. He later formed a movement, and a coalition with Nebojša Zelenović and Dobrica Veselinović, which was formalized in January 2022 under the name We Must. Ćuta is the ballot representative of the coalition in the upcoming general elections.
Early life
Ćuta was born in Belgrade, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia, although sources differ for his year of birth. He grew up in the Žarkovo neighborhood, and attended a primary school in Košutnjak and Banovo Brdo, later attending the Faculty of Dramatic Arts at the University of Arts in Belgrade.
Activism
Early period
During his youth, Ćuta often travelled to Stara Planina, where his grandparents lived. His activist career began in 2016, and a year later, he founded the "Defend the Rivers of Stara Planina" organization, in order to combat the construction of small hydroelectric power plants in the Stara Planina region. Since then, Ćuta has been a notable representative of the group of activists that opposes the construction of small hydros. Over the course of his activist career, he has managed to stop the construction of several small hydros across Serbia.
In early 2018, Ćuta and other members of the his organization formed a Facebook group in order to post their activities regarding their activism, which quickly gained popularity. Due to his activism, in June 2018, the government of Serbia decided to send a thank-you note to Ćuta, although he ended up refusing the note. Ćuta has also been a critic of the Serbian government due to their approaches to environmental protection. In September 2018, Ćuta organized mass protests in Pirot, and the protests were participated by a couple of thousand demonstrators, in demand to prohibit the construction of small hydros. He and his organization managed to send a case regarding the construction of a small hydro on Visočica river to the Supreme Court of Cassation, which ended up prohibiting the decision of constructing a small hydro in November 2018.
Over the course of 2019, Ćuta organized environmental protests across cities in Serbia, initially beginning in January. Another series of protests were held in April. A month later, Ćuta and other activists from his organization were sent a verdict after they cleaned the riverbed of the river in Rakita, and later that month they organized protests in front of the UniCredit headquarters in Belgrade. Two months later, they called for the institutions to react regarding the situation in Rakita. Ćuta organized protests in Belgrade on 21 September, and a week later, environmental activists held talks with president Aleksandar Vučić, during which Ćuta demanded for the total prohibition of constructing small hydros across Serbia, although Vučić rejected his request.
Ćuta called for protests to be held in June 2020, after accusing the government of not respecting the regulations on environmental protection. Activists, politicians, scientists, and professors had participated in the protests. Ćuta gave a speech during the protests, and had announced a revolt to be held in Rakita. In August, the government had decided to invoke a ban of constructing small hydros in the Stara Planina region, and during mid-August, a group of citizens, led by Jovanović, managed to break two pipes, which disabled the pipeline in the river. The event gained national media coverage. The government mortgaged the river in Rakita in February 2022. Later that month, another protest was organized by Ćuta and Savo Manojlović. In November, Ćuta and other activists requested a talk to be held between them and Rio Tinto, in order to discuss about the Project Jadar, although the talk was not held in the end.
2021–2022 period
Protests which were dubbed as "Protests for Harmless Air", were organized in early January 2021. Ćuta, as a representative of his "Defend the Rivers of Stara Planina" organization, participated in the protests and gave a speech criticizing Rio Tinto and Linglong Tire. During the protest, he has stated that "air, water, and our country are non-negotiable". Ćuta was invited to the Utisak nedelje show on 7 March, where he expressed his pro-conservation views, and has stated that "environmental activists in Serbia are labeled as enemies of the state". Two days after the show, he was detained by the police, and he was released shortly after. Later that month, Ćuta said that he is preparing to organize an "Environmental Uprising" protest on 10 April. The protest gained attention, and around 60 environmental organizations participated in the protests. Thousands of demonstrators gathered in front of the House of the National Assembly, and Jovanović demanded the government to suspend all projects harmful to the environment, as well as to adapt regulations to the highest environmental standards. Following the April protests, which he deemed to be successful, Ćuta stated that he might form an environmental movement, and that it would cooperate with other green movements in Serbia. During May, Ćuta and other environmental activists organized gatherings and protests at the Reva bog, which is located next to Krnjača. In June, he confirmed his ambition to form a movement, and stated that he is ready to cooperate with Nebojša Zelenović and the Do not let Belgrade drown movement.
In August 2021, Ćuta and his newly-formed "Environmental Uprising" organization have announced that protests would be held on 11 September. These protests marked the beginning of the 2021–2022 environmental protests, which have been held since then. Ćuta has played a key role in the protests, and has been noted as one of the de facto leaders. During the protests, Ćuta received criticism from government officials, while the pro-government media has spread misinformation about his career and views. He has also stated the demands of the protests, which were mainly centered on Rio Tinto. In November, Ćuta called for the radicalization of the protests, which led to roadblocks being organized across Serbia in late November and early December. During that period, he signed a coalition agreement with Zelenović's Together for Serbia (ZZS) party, and announced his participation in the 2022 general election. The coalition was formalized in January 2022, under the name We Must. Ćuta will appear first on the We Must ballot list.
Personal life
Jovanović is often known and referred by his nickname Ćuta. He resides in Belgrade. Ćuta showed his interest into rock music during his youth, when he learned to play the guitar. He had also often played football and chess. Ćuta was married twice, and has two children. He took part in the The Weight of Chains 3 documentary film, which aired in 2019.
Political affiliation
Some opposition politicians from the Party of Freedom and Justice have previously criticized Jovanović due to the alleged claim that he participated in the foundation of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), which he denied. During an interview for Vreme, Ćuta stated that "he was offered to create a green party that would cooperate with SNS", although he rejected the offer. Ćuta is registered as independent.
References
External links
Facebook profile
1960 births
Serbian activists
Environmentalism in Europe
Serbian politicians
Serbian rock musicians
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Dufei class dispatch boat is a class of little known dispatch boat (YFL) built in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) for the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN).The exact domestic Chinese type designation remain unknown, and this class is identified by its NATO reporting name Dufei class,or 渡费 in Chinese, meaning Crossing Toll. Dufei in PLAN service is designated by a combination of two Chinese characters followed by a two-digit number. The second Chinese character is Jiao (交), short for Jiao-Tong-Ting (交通艇), meaning dispatch boat (ferry) in Chinese, because these ships are classified as dispatch boats. The first Chinese character denotes which fleet the ship is service with, with East (Dong, 东) for East Sea Fleet, North (Bei, 北) for North Sea Fleet, and South (Nan, 南) for South Sea Fleet. However, the pennant numbers are subject to change due to the change of Chinese naval ships naming convention, or when units are transferred to different fleets. As of 2022, only a single unit has been positively identified:Specification:
Length: 57 meter
References
Auxiliary ships of the People's Liberation Army Navy
Ships of the People's Liberation Army Navy |
Marian T. Place was an American author who wrote nonfiction, fiction and juvenile fiction books as well as essays relating to the American West. She wrote more than 40 books under her own name and several pseudonyms.
Personal life and education
Marian Whitinger Templeton was born in 1910 in Gary, Indiana to Clarence Ray and Lillian R. Templeton. In 1931, she earned a B.S. from the University of Minnesota, followed in 1935 with a B.A. from Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. Templeton subsequently earned her Masters of Library Science at the University of Minnesota. Shortly after completing her education, Templeton met Howard Thirloway Place while working for the Glasgow Courier and married him in 1936 in Glasgow, Montana. They went on to have two children, David and Nancy. Place and her husband moved to Portland, Oregon in 1962 where she resided until her death in 2006.
Professional life
Place published works under her own name and two pseudonyms, Dale White and R.D. Whitinger. When writing about hunting, fishing, the Forest Service, and other science and nature related topics, Place published under Dale White, while R.D. Whitinger was used only briefly when Place dabbled with writing Westerns. She was the recipient of several awards under one of her pseudonyms and her own name, including the Mark Twain Award. Place was a prolific writer, publishing over 40 children's books in addition to magazine articles for Montana: The Magazine of Western History, and books under her pseudonyms.
Published materials
The following list contains some of Place's writing, both magazine articles and books.
Published under Marian T. Place
"The Kid's Corral." Montana: The Magazine of Western History, Autumn 1956, 1957.
"The Endless Debate Rages: Historical Fictionalizing Versus Fact." Montana: The Magazine of Western History, Spring 1955.
The Boy Who Saw Bigfoot
The Witch Who Saved Halloween
On the Track of Bigfoot
Nobody Meets Bigfoot
Bigfoot All Over the Country
Cariboo Gold: The Story of the British Columbia Gold Rush
The Resident Witch
Mount St. Helen's: A Sleeping Volcano Awakes
The First Astrowitches
Marcus and Narcissa Whitman: Oregon Pioneers
The Copper Kings of Montana
Westward on the Oregon Trail
Gold Down Under
Mountain Man
Comanches and Other Indians of Texas
The Frontiersman: The True Story of Billy Dixon
American Cattle Trails East and West
The Yukon
Published under Dale White
The Singing Boones
Is Something Up There?
Young Deputy Smith
Hold Back the Hunter
The Johnny Cake McNe
Vigilantes, Ride!
Steamboat Up the Missouri
Gifford Pinchot, The Man Who Saved Forests
Bat Masterson
Thunder in his Mo
Published under R.D. Whitinger
High Trail
Bitterroot Basin
Awards
Under the pseudonym Dale White, Place was awarded the Spur Award from the Western Writers of America two times. The first was for Steamboat Up the Missouri in 1958 and the second was for Hold Back the Hunter in 1959.
Under her own name, Place received the Mark Twain Award for The Boy Who Saw Bigfoot in 1982. She also was awarded the Garden State's Children Book Award in 1977 for On the Track of Bigfoot. Place was nominated for the California Young Reader Medal for The Boy Who Saw Bigfoot in 1982–1983.
Legacy
There are several archival collections of Marian T. Place's work, including at Montana State University's Merril G. Burlingame Archives and Special Collections, at the Arizona State University Archives, and at the University of Wyoming.
References
External links
Collection 095, Marian T. Place Papers, 1951-1963. Held at Montana State University's Archives and Special Collections.
Marian T. Place Papers, 1931-1991. Held at Arizona State University Archives.
Arizona Archives Online.
Buckskins and Buffalo: The Story of the Yellowstone River. Manuscript held by the University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center.
Mystery of the Wild Horse Trap. Held at Montana State University's Archives and Special Collections.
American children's writers
1910 births
2006 deaths |
The Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation (CAWF) is an influential animal welfare organisation in the United Kingdom. According to The Daily Telegraph, "it is one of the most powerful lobbying groups in the Tory Party."
Its patrons have included Conservative Party politicians such as David Amess, Zac Goldsmith, Carrie Johnson, Stanley Johnson, Dominic Raab, Henry Smith, and Theresa Villiers. It organised a World Animal Day event at the 2021 Conservative Party Conference.
History
The organisation was founded in 2016 by Lorraine Platt and her husband Chris Platt from Surrey. A lifelong Conservative, Lorraine Platt decided to start the CAWF when she and her husband were campaigning in their constituency of Esher and Walton, and some residents said that they would not vote for the Conservative Party because local MP Ian Taylor supported fox hunting. Platt wanted to counter the perception that conservatives don't care about animals and to give voice to a conservative pro-animal-welfare perspective in Parliament. Though the CAWF began as just a website, it has grown with support from MPs and has had an impact on bills in Parliament.
However, support for the organisation within the Conservative Party has not been universal: Patrick McLoughlin wrote a letter asking the CAWF to stop using the Conservative Party logo. A Conservative Party spokesperson said that the organisation was not affiliated with the party, but CAWF patron Suzy Gale, wife of Conservative MP Roger Gale, said that the organisation and the party did have ties. Lorraine Platt said that the organisation was "voluntarily redesigning its logo".
Positions
The organisation lobbies Parliament to improve animal welfare protections. Its areas of focus have expanded from fox hunting to a variety of other issues such as live exports, gestation crates, and cage-free eggs. Other concerns include foie gras and trophy hunting.
In 2021, the CAWF argued that the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill should include invertebrates such as lobsters and octopuses. The CAWF published a report estimating the quantity of invertebrates killed by UK fishing boats. The report said that discussions about animal welfare often fail to take into account invertebrates' sentience because of an "anthropocentric view [that] fails to capture what it means for an animal to be sentient". Lorraine Platt described octopuses as "highly intelligent, sentient animals" and said that the foundation hoped that people would choose not to eat them.
The organisation has also supported reforms for more humane slaughter. Along with the British Veterinary Association, it has argued for "an end to slaughter without stunning", and it published a report finding that the UK supply of meat from animals killed without stunning is greater than demanded by consumers. The CAWF has also argued that legal protections for farmed animals should apply to farmed fish, and it has worked to make fish slaughter more humane.
See also
Animal Welfare Party
References
External links
Official site
Animal welfare organisations based in the United Kingdom
Conservative political advocacy groups in the United Kingdom
Organisations associated with the Conservative Party (UK)
2016 establishments |
Samuel A. Countee (April 1, 1909–September 11, 1959) was a painter and sculptor. SSG Samuel A. Countee Hall at Fort Leonard Wood is named in his honor.
Early life and education
Countee was born in Marshall, Texas to Thomas Countee and Nannie Salina Yates Countee. He attended Booker T. Washington High School from 1924 to 1928.
Countee graduated in 1934 with a degree in art from Bishop College. While in college, he painted portraits of faculty and administrators to raise money for tuition.
Countee graduated from college in 1934 after which he earned a scholarship to the Boston Museum of Arts where he served as an artist-in-residence.
Career
Countee's work depicted African-American life.
From 1933-1935, Countee exhibited his art in a number of shows. In 1933, his piece, Little Brown Boy, was exhibited by the William E. Harmon Foundation. He also exhibited at Howard University, Atlanta University, Smith College, Institute of Modern Art in Boston, and the 1936 Texas Centennial's Hall of Negro Life.
Countee was drafted into the United States Army in 1942 where he served in the 436th Engineer General Service Dump Truck Company. While in the Army, he was commissioned to create a mural for the African-American Officers’ Club at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri. He also painted sets for USO shows.
Countee moved to New York after being discharged from the military. He became known among New York artists and went on to paint portraits of Lucille Armstrong, Harry Belafonte, and Marian Anderson.
Personal life
Countee settled in Long Island, New York. He married Mary Miner in 1955.
Countee died of cancer on September 11, 1959.
Legacy
In 2019, the Fort Leonard Wood African-American Officers’ Club that houses Countee's mural was renamed SSG Samuel A. Countee Hall.
Countee's niece, Sammie Witing-Ellis, helped to attribute the mural to her uncle after finding matching work in his sketchbook.
References
1909 births
1959 deaths
African-American artists
Artists from Texas
Artists from New York City
Artists from New York (state)
External link
Mural, SSG Samuel A. Countee Hall, Fort Leanord Wood |
Darong class transport (AP)/troopship (APT) is a class of little known auxiliary ship built in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) for the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN).
The exact domestic Chinese type designation remain unknown, and this class is identified by its NATO reporting name Darong class.Specification:
Length: 68 meter
Diplacement: 5,000 ton
Darong class in PLAN service is designated by a combination of two Chinese characters followed by a three-digit number. The second Chinese character is Yun (运), meaning transport in Chinese. The first Chinese character denotes which fleet the ship is service with, with East (Dong, 东) for East Sea Fleet, North (Bei, 北) for North Sea Fleet, and South (Nan, 南) for South Sea Fleet. However, the pennant numbers are subject to change due to the change of Chinese naval ships naming convention, or when units are transferred to different fleets. As of 2022, a total of two ships have been identified:
References
Auxiliary ships of the People's Liberation Army Navy
Ships of the People's Liberation Army Navy |
The Sonoran horned lizard (Phrynosoma goodei) is a horned lizard species native to Arizona in the United States and Mexico.
References
Phrynosoma
horned lizard, Sonoran
Reptiles described in 1893
Taxa named by Leonhard Stejneger |
Mitchell Fraboni is an American football long snapper for the Pittsburgh Maulers of the United States Football League (USFL). He played college football at Arizona State and went undrafted in the 2018 NFL Draft. He was signed and released from the Houston Texans of the NFL in the 2021 offseason.
Early life and education
High school
Fraboni attended Mountain Pointe High School where he played football. He played multiple positions including tight end, defensive end, and long snapper. He helped Mountain Pointe win their first ever Arizona State Football championship. He finished with 49 solo tackles, 10 sacks and 68 total tackles during high school.
College career
Mitchell was a long snapper and defensive end for the Sun Devils from 2014 to 2017. He had 13 total tackles and one fumble recovery in 4 seasons as a defensive end. He tied for the most special team tackles on the Sun Devils in his sophomore season at ASU. He was injured in his junior season, but came back and showed he was one of the most accurate/athletic long snappers in the PAC-12. In his senior season he was named to Phil Steele's all Pac-12 team and was one of ten Sun Devils to earn All Pac-12 Academic Honors.
He and kicker Zane Gonzalez and punter Matt Haack (both current NFL players) formed one of the best kicking units in the country. He was praised for being a good locker room presence by special teams coach Shawn Slocum. As a senior, he was a key component in helping the Sun Devils special teams flourish after Gonzales and Haack left for the NFL. Slocum also said that he was half player, half coach for the younger players.
College statistics
Professional career
The Spring League
He was a part of The Spring League's Alphas and Conquerors for one season in 2020.
National Football League
Fraboni was signed and cut by the Houston Texans in the 2021 offseason and worked out for the Bears. He was invited to the Texans mini camp in 2018 and the Arizona Cardinals mini camp in 2019.
United States Football League
Mitchell Fraboni was selected in the 35th round of the 2022 USFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Maulers.
References
Living people
1998 births
Date of birth missing (living people)
American football long snappers
Pittsburgh Maulers players
Arizona State Sun Devils football players
Players of American football from Phoenix, Arizona
The Spring League players |
Vasiliy Egorovich Tairov (or Vasyl or Vasil; 1859-1938) was a Soviet and Armenian viticulturist and scientist. After studying winemaking in France, he and his cousin Nerses Tairan opened the first brandy factory in Armenia. Tairov founded the Winemaking Bulletin, a journal, in Odessa, Ukraine in 1892. In 1905, he founded what would become the V.Ye. Tairov Institute of Viticulture and Winemaking. It was the first scientific winemaking institution in Odessa. A memorial in his honor was erected in Odessa to celebrate his 185th birthday.
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Viticulturists
1859 births
Place of birth missing
Year of death missing |
Thames was a schooner launched in 1786 on the Thames. She sailed between London and Africa; she was last listed in 1790. Thames, Figes, master, sailed from Gravesend for Africa on 28 September 1786, and from Southampton on 11 October. On 27 December 1787, Thames, Spears, master, sailed from London for Africa; on 12 January 1788 she sailed from Plymouth. She was next reported at the Iles de Los. There is no clearly identifiable voyage in 1789–1790 in Lloyd's Lists ship arrival and departure data.
Thames apparently was not involved in the triangular trade in enslaved persons; she may simply have been a trader. It is also possible that she was employed as a tender supporting the colony in what is now Sierra Leone that the Committee for the Relief of the Black Poor attempted to establish in 1786.
Lloyd's Register
Thames first appeared in Lloyd's Register in 1786.
Citations & references
Citations
References
1786 ships
Age of Sail merchant ships of England |
The Artistic Ukrainian Movement (), or MUR (), was a literary and artistic organisation of Ukrainian writers living in displaced persons camps in post-war West Germany from 1945 until 1948. The MUR was founded in September 1945 in Fürth near Nuremberg, by a committee headed by Ulas Samchuk and comprising Ivan Bagryany, Viktor Petrov, Yuri Kosach, Ihor Kostetskyi, Ivan Maistrenko and Yuri Sherekh. During its existence, three congresses were held in 1945, 1947 and 1948, and several additional conferences were held. The MUR's work largely focused on modernisation and globalisation of Ukrainian culture, and had 61 members at its height.
Further reading
MUR in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, Vol. 3, 1993
Literary societies |
The Canjuers Lagerstätte is a remarkable paleontological site with exceptionally preserved fossils. It is a Konservat-Lagerstätte. It is located inside the military camp of Canjuers, in Haute Provence, in the Var department in South-East France.
Geology and stratigraphy
From a stratigraphic point of view, this fossil deposit is located inside the Calcaires blancs de Provence geological formation, a 200 meters thick limestone assemblage. The lithographic limestone of Canjuers, who bears almost every significant fossils from the Lagerstätte, are a thin interval (around 6 meters) at the basis of the Biomicrites de Sainte-Croix member, the later member of the Calcaires blancs de Provence. This interval has been dated by ammonite analysis to the Lower Tithonian (Neochetoceras mucronatum biozone), around 150 Ma.
The Canjuers site facies outcrop in the Petit Plan de Canjuers plateau, and a quarry was exploited in the locality "Les Bessons". They correspond to deposits inside a sub-circular depression whose area is estimated to be only 1 km2. Their total thickness is around 12 m. They are divided in three lithologic units, from bottom to top :
The lithographic limestone per se, made of thin limestone, finely laminated, around 6 m thick. Those bears almost every remarkable fossils from the site (Lagerstätte).
Bioclastic limestone 4.5 m thick. Those are packstone or grainstone limestone, with chert nodule levels. Their bioclasts are made of corals, sea urchins, bivalves, brachiopods and sponges fragments, with burrows and some plant remains. The banks show quasi-planar oblique surface.
The sub-lithographic limestone with chert nodule levels, 1.5 m wide, in thick banks perforated by burrows attributed to the ichnotaxon Tubularina lithographica.
Paleoenvironment
The lithographic limestone deposit environment was protected from the Tethys Ocean open sea by a more or less continuous reef barrier. The lithograpic limestone were deposited in a large lagoon whose various parts were successively above and below water, and where several small corallian islands were emerged. Meteoritic water supplies are likely.
Paleontology
Actinopterygians
Sarcopterygians
Chondrichthyans
Reptiles
Echinoderms
Brachiopods
Molluscs
Crustaceans
References
Geologic formations of France
Jurassic System of Europe
Jurassic France
Tithonian
Fossiliferous stratigraphic units of Europe
Paleontology in France
Var (department)
Lagoonal deposits
Limestone formations |
is a Japanese retired professional wrestler best known for his tenure with the Japanese promotions Kaientai Dojo and All Japan Pro Wrestling.
Professional wrestling career
Independent circuit (2012-2022)
Nagai is known for competing in multiple promotions of the Japanese independent scene. At Koji Doi & Kumagoro Produce New Year Fighting Festival, an event promoted by Wrestle-1 on January 25, 2017, Nagai teamed up with his "Magatsuki" tag partner Yuki Sato to defeat Seigo Tachibana and Shotaro Ashino. At TAKA & Taichi Produce TAKATaichi House In Yokohama, an independent event produced by Taka Michinoku and Taichi on December 22, 2018, Nagai competed in a 16-person battle royal won by Saori Anou and also involving Ayame Sasamura, Natsumi Maki, Rina Shingaki, Tomoaki Honma, Yoshinobu Kanemaru and others. At BASARA 182 ~ Koo ~, an event promoted by Pro-Wrestling Basara on January 25, 2022, hewent into a time-limit draw against Isami Kodaka.
Nagai often competed in joshi promotions as a guest. He wrestled in various matches for Ice Ribbon, the last of them taking place at New Ice Ribbon #1026 ~ RE:BORN on February 24, 2020, where he teamed up with Hamuko Hoshi to unsuccessfully face Hiragi Kurumi and Minoru Tanaka, and Orca Uto and Risa Sera in a three-way intergender tag team match. At WAVE Sunday WAVE Vol. 38, an event promoted by Pro Wrestling Wave on June 28, 2020, he faced Hiragi Kurumi and Sakura Hirota in two three-way matches on the same night with Kurumi being the winner in the both bouts.
All Japan Pro Wrestling (2014-2019)
Another promotion in which Nagai competed is All Japan Pro Wrestling. He made his first appearance at AJPW Chiba Extra Dream on March 16, 2014, where he teamed up with Kaji Tomato to defeat Menso-re Oyaji and Sushi. He is known for participating in various of the promotion's signature events. One of them is the World's Strongest Tag Determination League, making his first appearance at the 2014 edition where he teamed up with Kengo Mashimo and scored a total of four points after going against the teams of Kento Miyahara and Go Shiozaki, Jun Akiyama and Takao Omori, Akebono and Yutaka Yoshie, Joe Doering and Suwama, The Bodyguard and Zeus, Atsushi Aoki and Hikaru Sato, and Kenso and Mitsuya Nagai. He marked his last appearance at the 2016 edition of the event where he teamed up with Kenho Mashimo again, placing themselves in the Block A and scoring a total of six points after going against the teams of Jake Lee and Kento Miyahara, Atsushi Aoki and Suwam, Osamu Nishimura and Yutaka Yoshie, Rikiya Fudo and Ryoji Sai, and Black Tiger VII and Mitsuya Nagai.
Kaientai Dojo/Active Advance Pro Wrestling (2012-2022)
The promotion for which Nagai is best known for competing in for a decade until his retirement was Kaientai Dojo (became Active Advance Pro Wrestling in 2019). He made his professional wrestling debut at Taka Michinoku's 20th Anniversary on October 14, 2012, where he fell short to Ayumu Honda. At FREEDOMS/2AW VersuS, an event produced in partnership with Pro Wrestling Freedoms on February 21, 2021, Nagai teamed up with his "Toll Glänz" tag partner Ayato Yoshida to defeat Jun Kasai and Kenji Fukimoto.
Big Japan Pro Wrestling (2012-2022)
Kaientai Dojo has held numerous events in partnership with Big Japan Pro Wrestling, shows in which Nagai has also competed. At BJW/ZERO1/2AW 3 Groups Joint Performance ~ Tokyo Delta, an event produced also in partnership with Pro Wrestling Zero1 on August 11, 2020, Nagai teamed up with Towa Iwasaki and Takuya Nomura in a losign effort against Ayato Yoshida, Daisuke Sekimoto and Masato Tanaka as a result of a six-man tag team match. His last match in this kind of events occurred on January 16, 2022, at BJW/2AW Big Advance where he teamed up with Kotaro Yoshino to defeat Hideyoshi Kamitani and Kazuki Hashimoto.
Personal life
In September 2015, Mio Shirai announced she was getting married the following month. Shirai later revealed her fiancé being Nagai. The wedding ceremony took place on October 16, 2015. On December 31, 2016, Shirai announced she was pregnant with the couple's first child. She gave birth on June 18, 2017.
Championships and accomplishments
Active Advance Pro Wrestling/Kaientai Dojo
Strongest-K Championship (2 times)
Strongest-K Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Yuki Sato (1), Isami Kodaka (1) and Ayato Yoshida (1)
Chiba Six Man Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Ayato Yoshida and Tatsuya Hanami (1) and Ayato Yoshida and Kotaro Yoshino (1)
2AW Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Ayato Yoshida (1) and Kotaro Yoshino (1)
Kaioh Tournament (2015, 2016)
K-Survivor Tournament (2015)
References
1984 births
Living people
Japanese male professional wrestlers
People from Chiba Prefecture |
Rónán McGregor (born 1983) is an Irish former hurler. At club level he played with Na Piarsaigh and was also a member of the Cork senior hurling team. McGregor usually lined out in defence or at midfield.
Career
McGregor first came to hurling prominence at juvenile and underage levels with Na Piarsaigh. He simultaneously lined out with the North Monastery in the Harty Cup before progressing onto the Na Piarsaigh senior team. He won a Cork SHC title in 2004 after beating Cloyne in the final. McGregor also represented University College Cork in the Fitzgibbon Cup competition and was eventually noticed by inter-county selectors. He was included on the Cork under-21 hurling team in 2004 before earning inclusion on the senior team the following year. McGregor made a number of the National League appearances and was an unused substitute when Cork beat Galway in the 2005 All-Ireland final. He was released from the Cork panel in February 2006.
Career statistics
Honours
Na Piarsaigh
Cork Senior Hurling Championship: 2004
Cork
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: 2005
Munster Senior Hurling Championship: 2005
References
2001 births
Living people
UCC hurlers
Na Piarsaigh hurlers
Cork inter-county hurlers |
Longma class dive tender is a class of little known diving support vessel (YDT) built in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) for the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN).The exact domestic Chinese type designation remain unknown, and this class is identified by its NATO reporting name Longma class,or 龙马 in Chinese, meaning Dragon Horse. As of mid 2010s, a total of four ships have been identified,and one of them Nan-Jiu (南救) 509 has been retired at the end of 2018.
Longma class in PLAN service are designated by a combination of two Chinese characters followed by a three-digit number. The second Chinese character is Jiu (救), meaning Rescue in Chinese, because these ships are classified as rescue ship. The first Chinese character denotes which fleet the ship is service with, with East (Dong, 东) for East Sea Fleet, North (Bei, 北) for North Sea Fleet, and South (Nan, 南) for South Sea Fleet. However, the pennant numbers are subject to change due to changes of Chinese naval ships naming convention, or when units are transferred to different fleets. The inclusion of the Chinese character Rescue in its designation indicates that in addition to diving tender, this class also functions as rescue ships (ARS).
References
Auxiliary ships of the People's Liberation Army Navy
Ships of the People's Liberation Army Navy |
Dukou class dispatch boat is a class of little known dispatch boat (YFL) built in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) for the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN).The exact domestic Chinese type designation remain unknown, and this class is identified by its NATO reporting name Dukou class,or 渡口 in Chinese, meaning Crossing Wharf. Dukou class in PLAN service is designated by a combination of two Chinese characters followed by a two-digit number. The second Chinese character is Jiao (交), short for Jiao-Tong-Ting (交通艇), meaning dispatch boat (ferry) in Chinese, because these ships are classified as dispatch boats. The first Chinese character denotes which fleet the ship is service with, with East (Dong, 东) for East Sea Fleet, North (Bei, 北) for North Sea Fleet, and South (Nan, 南) for South Sea Fleet. However, the pennant numbers are subject to change due to the change of Chinese naval ships naming convention, or when units are transferred to different fleets. As of mid 2010s, a total of five ships have been identified:
References
Auxiliary ships of the People's Liberation Army Navy
Ships of the People's Liberation Army Navy |
Yanjiu class survey ship is a class of little known survey vessel (AGS) built in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) for the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN).The exact domestic Chinese type designation remain unknown, and this class is identified by its NATO reporting name Yanjiu class,or 研究 in Chinese, meaning Research. Yanjiu class in PLAN service is designated by a combination of two Chinese characters followed by a three-digit number. The second Chinese character is Ce (测), meaning Survey in Chinese. The first Chinese character denotes which fleet the ship is service with, with East (Dong, 东) for East Sea Fleet, North (Bei, 北) for North Sea Fleet, and South (Nan, 南) for South Sea Fleet. However, the pennant numbers are subject to change due to the change of Chinese naval ships naming convention, or when units are transferred to different fleets. As of mid 2010s, a total of two ships have been identified:
References
Auxiliary ships of the People's Liberation Army Navy
Ships of the People's Liberation Army Navy |
Bandai Namco Entertainment Australia Pty, Ltd. is a video game distributor that serves Australia and New Zealand. The company is well known for trading under the name Ozisoft throughout its lifespan, and being the distributor for Sega products in these territories.
History
Ozisoft was established in 1982 in Sydney (Australia) and Los Angeles (California) by Kevin Bermeister and partner Mark Dyne. Ozisoft was one of the first interactive multimedia companies. In 1987, Ozisoft began representing Sega Enterprises Japan (now formally known as Sega Corporation) in Australia and New Zealand. During this period, Ozisoft released a variety of Sega consoles, including the hugely successful Sega Mega Drive. By 1990 Ozisoft was Australia's largest international software distributor.
Sega-Ozisoft distributed home entertainment and educational products and software in Australia and New Zealand such as Sega products plus software for PCs, Nintendo and Sony PlayStation. Mastertronics Group, distributed Sega video games in Europe. PF Magic is another Contender. Radica Games and Jakks Pacific notwithstanding. Pactronics & Imagineering. Sega Ozisoft owns 8 percent.
On 6 May 1992, Sega Ozisoft Pty Ltd was established by Bermeister and Dyne. Sega Ozisoft has exclusively represented in Australia and New Zealand the world's largest and most foremost publishers including Virgin, Sierra, Viacom, Ocean, Accolade, Time Warner, Acclaim, MicroProse and Starwave. The Sega Ozisoft franchise is one of the most successful in the multimedia area. On the 31 March 1998, Sega relinquished its controlling share and the company reverted to the name Ozisoft Pty Ltd. On the 15 December 1998, Infogrames Entertainment SA acquired majority shareholding in Ozisoft Pty Ltd and On 15 April 2002, Infogrames acquired 100% ownership, and renamed OziSoft to Infogrames Australia Pty Ltd. On 8 May 2003, Infogrames Australia Pty Ltd changed to its most incarnation, Atari Australia Pty Ltd. Atari Australia's head office is located in Alexandria, Sydney.
Atari Australia has released industry leading titles including Metal Gear Solid, Tomb Raider, Colin McRae Rally, Driver, Unreal Tournament and Resident Evil.
In 2008, Atari Australia's ownership was moved to Distribution Partners S.A.S., a new joint-venture between Infogrames and Namco Bandai Holdings, to which the latter acquired a 30% share in Atari Australia and Atari New Zealand.
On 7 July 2009, following the 34% purchase of Atari Europe's operations, Namco Bandai Holdings completely acquired Atari's Asian operations as well as Atari Australia and Atari New Zealand. The company was soon renamed as Namco Bandai Partners Australia, but would still distribute Atari's titles in Australia.
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Olga Johanne Budtz (21 September 1915 – 5 March 2004) was an Danish Conservative People's Party politician and lawyer who served as an elected member of the Folketing from 1953 to 1973. She worked as an assistant solicitor at Nykøbing Falster before becoming secretary at the Directorate of Patents and Trademarks and the Directorate of Commodity Supply. Budtz was national chair of the Danish Women's Society from 1951 to 1956 and focused on single mothers, child allowances, part-time work and the end of joint taxation. In the Folketing, she focused on children's, family and women's rights, and was chair of the Conservative People's Party's Women's Committee from 1964 until 1974. Budtz was appointed Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog in 1965 and was upgraded to Knight First Class of the Order of the Dannebrog six years later.
Early life
On 21 September 1915, Budtz was born in Maribo. She was the daughter of the tanner Carl Peter Poulsen and Anne Kirstine Elisabeth Bramsen. Budtz had five siblings and her parents were conservative in business. She became interested in the cause of women through her mother who worked for the Danish Women's Society. In 1933, Budtz became a student at , and graduated with a Candidate of Law degree from University of Copenhagen six years later.
Career
Following graduation, she worked as an assistant solicitor at Nykøbing Falster in 1939. In 1940, Budtz was secretary at the Directorate of Patents and Trademarks and was later secretary of the Directorate of Commodity Supply between 1942 and 1945 as well as its assistant lawyer in 1943. She was appointed a district court lawyer lawyer in Copenhagen in 1945, and was permitted to sit in the Supreme Court as one in her position could from 1947. Budtz was afflicated with the Student Legal Aid and the DK Counselling Office from the late 1940s, sharing an office with lawyer Lizzi Moesgaard starting from 1951 that allowed Budzt to have more freedom to pursue her political and women's rights goals.
Between 1951 and 1956, Budtz was the national chairman of the Danish Women's Society, taking over from fellow lawyer and conservative Erna Sørensen. She contended with major agenda issues such as single mothers, child allowances, part-time work and the end of joint taxation. From 1950 to 1959, Budtz was a consultant for Statsradiofonien, specially the women's afternoon programme. She was a government delegate at the international working conferences in Geneva every year from 1951 to 1953. Budtz was a member of the board of and was a member of Frederiksberg Municipal Council between 1958 and 1964 and again from 1974 to 1978. She served on the and on its program committee from 1959 to 1968.
At the 1950 Danish Folketing election, Budtz unsuccessfully stood for election in the Folketing constituency of Nørrebro as a member of the Conservative People's Party but gained election to the seat at the 1953 Danish Folketing election on 21 April 1953. She focused on children's, family and women's issues, did lectures on family polic,y and was chair of the Conservative People's Party's Women's Committee from 1964 until 1974 as well as being a member of the Women's Commission between 1965 and 1974. Budtz was the party's spokesperson on legislation on marriage in an era when marriage was threatened by youth rebellion and sexual liberalisation. She argued for the importance of women to select their own names when the Names Act of 1961, that entitled women to retain their maiden names upon being married, was being debated. Budtz opposed the party leader and future Minister of Finance Poul Møller's position on taxation, believing it would discourage marriage and be unfair to women. She lobbied for free abortions and improved education; Budtz was chair of the committee of the Termination of Pregnancy Act 1970 that eased access for select groups to get an abortion.
Budtz was an advocate of breaking up the state monopoly and allowing for competition, separating radio and television and introducing democratic representation to go alongside listeners' associations. She argued for more broadcasts of modern drama and boxing matches; Budtz was critical of some anti-American broadcasts. She believed that the makers of programmes take responsibility for their own broadcasts and that the Radio Council should only decide on matters of principle and political transmissions. Budtz began debates about the broadcast of election messages on radio and she argued for the need for pre-election curfews. She was an advocate for liberalisation and free competition in the cinema and other forms of entertainment. From 6 February 1968 to 13 December 1973, Budtz was a Member of the Bureau of the Folketing and she was a state auditor between 8 October 1969 and 30 September 1974. She lost her seat in the Folketing on 4 December 1973, when the Conservative People's Party lost 15 seats at the 1973 Danish general election. From 1974 to 1980, Budtz was a member of the . She wrote the family law handbooks The Rights of Women in Marriage – and of Men in 1968 and About Deaths in 1984.
Personal life
From 23 August 1945 to 6 June 1972, she was married to the engineer Otto Johan Budtz. Budtz was appointed Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog in 1965 and was upgraded to Knight First Class of the Order of the Dannebrog six years later. She died on 5 March 2004 and was given a burial at Maribo Cemetery.
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2004 deaths
People from Lolland Municipality
20th-century Danish women politicians
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Danish women lawyers
University of Copenhagen alumni
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Members of the Folketing 1971–1973
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Stop-Zemlia (Ukrainian: Стоп-Земля) is a 2021 Ukrainian romance, coming-of-age and drama film directed and written by Ukrainian director Kateryna Gornostai, and starring Maria Fedorchenko, Arsenii Markov, Yana Isaienko and Oleksandr Ivanov. The feature film portrays a teenage coming of age story. All the depicted events are fiction, but creative team attempted to portray them as improvisations. The characters had a set of activities when the script was written, but they gained traits once the actors were found. The film was first released on May 3, 2021 in Berlin International Film Festival, and received Crystal Bear for the Best Film in the Generation 14plus competition. The film received positive reviews from critics. Later the film appeared at the 12th Odesa International Film Festival (OIFF) on August 19, 2021, where the film received the main award of the festival - the Grand Prix. Also Kateryna Gornostai became the winner of Duke in the nomination Best Full-Length Film.
The film's director, Kateryna Gornostai, opened the presentation by stating that the title 'Stop-Zemlia' is important to the film's success, and that the team is working to find a good English translation to express the attached material. Kateryna spent about a year looking for real people to play the heroine and the class of students, and then she taught acting skills to a chosen group of students.
Plot
16-year-old Masha is studying in an ordinary high school in Kyiv. Her close friends Yana and Senia help her not to feel strange and detached in the team, living in their own way through busy school days. In addition to future exams, Masha is forced to leave her comfort zone by falling in love with her classmate Sasha. She understands that if she does not dare to ask, she will never know whether her love for a guy is mutual.
Cast
Maria Fedorchenko as Masha Chernykh
Arsenii Markov as Senia Steshenko
Yana Isaienko as Yana Bratiychuk
Oleksandr Ivanov as Sasha Hanskyi
Andrii Abalmazov as Andrii Klymyshyn
Rubin Abukhatab as Rubin Zhuravlov
Release
The German company Pluto Film acquired the international distribution rights to Stop-Zemlia in February 2021. Altered Innocence purchased the film's American distribution rights in March 2021. The Ukrainian Arthouse Traffic had already bought the film's Ukrainian distribution rights prior to that.
On March 1, 2021, the film was released via online digital access during the 71st Berlin International Film Festival's (a.k.a. Berlinale) Generation 14plus competition. The film was physically presented at the Berlinale on June 9, 2021.
On November 4, 2021, the film will be released in limited theaters in Ukraine.
Box office
Film's budget was 25.72 million hryvnia, approximately, €829,000. Currently, 92 percent of the tape's funding comes from the sponsorship of Ukrainian state film agency with the remainder of the budget being covered by partnerships. It grossed and took a worldwide total of $143,434.
Reception
"The film convincingly covers a variety of important topics which appeal to us as young people. Platonic love, queerness, solidarity and psychological stress reinforce the effect of the film as an authentic coming-of-age story. By virtue of creative visualisation techniques, it becomes clear in an artistic manner how our generation dreams, feels and experiences life. The message is conveyed that it is part of life to face certain fears in order to be able to enjoy the most exciting years of youth" - Statement of the Youth Jury, Berlinale.
"Emotional and subjective realism takes precedence in this otherwise naturalistic and observational film" - Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times.
"Gornostai’s strengths are also evident in her recreations of adolescent egoism" - Elizabeth Weitzman, The Wrap.
See also
55th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
List of LGBT-related films of 2021
References
External links |
The 2002 Subway 400 was the second stock car race of the 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 37th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, February 24, 2002, in Rockingham, North Carolina, at North Carolina Speedway, a permanent high-banked racetrack. The race took the scheduled 393 laps to complete. At race's end, Matt Kenseth, driving for Roush Racing, would dominate the late stages of the race and win under caution when NASCAR determined oil and debris had made racing conditions unsafe with five to go. The win was Kenseth's second career NASCAR Winston Cup Series win and his first win of the season. To fill out the podium, Sterling Marlin of Chip Ganassi Racing and Bobby Labonte of Joe Gibbs Racing would finish second and third, respectively.
The win came under controversy after it was found that Kenseth's car was determined to be lower than minimum height requirements. Penalties were announced on Tuesday, February 26. Kenseth's crew chief, Robbie Reiser, was fined $30,000, but the win for Kenseth would stand. In a radio interview with, "Fast Talk with Benny Parsons", Kenseth stated that a dent in the roof, possibly from victory lane celebrations, had caused the car to fail minimum height requirements.
Background
North Carolina Speedway was opened as a flat, one-mile oval on October 31, 1965. In 1969, the track was extensively reconfigured to a high-banked, D-shaped oval just over one mile in length. In 1997, North Carolina Motor Speedway merged with Penske Motorsports, and was renamed North Carolina Speedway. Shortly thereafter, the infield was reconfigured, and competition on the infield road course, mostly by the SCCA, was discontinued. Currently, the track is home to the Fast Track High Performance Driving School.
Entry list
Practice
First practice
The first practice session was held on Friday, February 22, at 11:20 AM EST, and would last for two hours. Kyle Petty of Petty Enterprises would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 23.816 and an average speed of .
Second practice
The second practice session was held on Saturday, February 23, at 9:30 AM EST, and would last for 45 minutes. Rusty Wallace of Penske Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 24.311 and an average speed of .
Third and final practice
The third and final practice session, sometimes referred to as Happy Hour, was held on Saturday, February 23, at 11:15 AM EST, and would last for 45 minutes. John Andretti of Petty Enterprises would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 24.249 and an average speed of .
Qualifying
Qualifying was held on Friday, February 22, at 3:05 PM EST. Each driver would have two laps to set a fastest time; the fastest of the two would count as their official qualifying lap. Positions 1-36 would be decided on time, while positions 37-43 would be based on provisionals. Six spots are awarded by the use of provisionals based on owner's points. The seventh is awarded to a past champion who has not otherwise qualified for the race. If no past champ needs the provisional, the next team in the owner points will be awarded a provisional.
Ricky Craven of PPI Motorsports would win the pole, setting a time of 23.468 and an average speed of .
Three drivers would fail to qualify: Dick Trickle, Randy Renfrow, and Carl Long.
Full qualifying results
Race results
References
2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
NASCAR races at Rockingham Speedway
February 2002 sports events in the United States
2002 in sports in North Carolina |
The 2022 Gran Canaria Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which was part of the 2022 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Las Palmas, Spain between 28 February and 6 March 2022.
Singles main draw entrants
Seeds
1 Rankings as of 21 February 2022.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
Roberto Carballés Baena
Pablo Llamas Ruiz
Pol Martín Tiffon
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Miguel Damas
Carlos López Montagud
Johan Nikles
Matthieu Perchicot
Oriol Roca Batalla
Pol Toledo Bagué
Champions
Singles
vs.
Doubles
/ vs. /
References
Gran Canaria Challenger
2022 in Spanish tennis
February 2022 sports events in Spain
March 2022 sports events in Spain |
Protests against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine occurred spontaneously and simultaneously in many places worldwide.
Russia
In the four days from 24 to 27 February, a total of 5,794 people in 53 cities across Russia have been detained by police for protesting against the invasion.
In violation of the Russian Constitution and international human rights law, Putin has made peaceful public protest without permission of the authorities illegal.
This background information is necessary to understand the extreme intimidation caused by the large number of arrests and by the seemingly reasonable warning of the authorities to not take part in "unsanctioned" protests. Russian authorities warned Russians of legal repercussions for joining anti-war protests. Over 60 Russian activists and journalists have been arrested.
On February 27, another 2,063 people were detained at street protests against the war.
On 27 February, a van with markings that read "People, wake up!", "This is war", "Putin is a scum!" crashed and caught fire in Pushkinskaya Square.
More than 10,000 technology workers, 6,000 medical workers, over 3,400 architects, more than 2,000 actors, directors and other creative figures, and 1,500 teachers signed petitions calling for Putin's government to stop the war.
147,000 Russians have signed a petition to impeach Putin.
Academics
Troitsky variant (also known as TrV-Nauka), an independent Russian popular science newspaper, published an open letter against war signed by more than 4750 Russian scientists including many famous academician and members of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Oleg Anisimov, a scientist delegate from Russia, apologized to his colleague from Ukraine at the UN climate conference. Mikhail Gelfand, bioinformatician and a member of the Academia Europaea, also made a statement against war.
Activists
On 24 February, human rights activist Lev Ponomaryov started a petition to protest the invasion, garnering 289,000 signatures by the end of the day.
Celebrities
The invasion was condemned by television presenter Ksenia Sobchak, pop star Valery Meladze, writer Dmitry Glukhovsky, journalist and YouTuber Yury Dud, film director Roman Volobuev, rapper Noize MC, Dynamo Moscow striker Fyodor Smolov, actress Chulpan Khamatova and the television host Ivan Urgant. Urgant’s late-night show subsequently disappeared from the scheduled programs on the state-owned TV station Channel One. Opera singer Anna Netrebko also spoke out against the war. Dozens of other Russian artists, TV presenters and other celebrities spoke out on social networks against Russia's military actions in Ukraine.
Russian rapper Oxxxymiron cancelled six sold-out concerts in Moscow and St. Petersburg, stating, "I cannot entertain you when Russian missiles are falling on Ukraine. When residents of Kyiv are forced to hide in basements and in the metro, while people are dying."
Sports
NHL hockey player Alexander Ovechkin criticized Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Tennis players Medvedev, Rublev and Kafelnikov and other Russian sportsmen also made statements against the war.
Military
A commander of Russia's 74th Motorized Rifle Brigade was reportedly quoted as saying; "We were not going to fight - we were collecting information" after the entire platoon was reportedly captured in Chernihiv.
Organizations
The founders of the "Immortal Regiment" commemoration movement, in which ordinary Russians carry photographs of veteran family members in marches around Russia held annually to mark WWII Victory Day on May 9, called on the Putin "to cease fire", describing the use of force as "inhuman".
Olga Larkina, the director of Russia's Committee of Soldiers' Mothers, raised concerns to Russian investigative news outlet Meduza that many of the soldiers in Ukraine had been forcibly sent to Ukraine. Larkina alleged that Russian conscripts had been pressured or forced into signing contracts to become soldiers, sent to Ukraine and family members have lost contact with them.
Politicians
Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny condemned Russia's attack on Ukraine and called those who launched the war "bandits and thieves." Russian opposition activist and politician Marina Litvinovich called for anti-war protests in Russian cities. She was detained by Russian police as she left her house.
State Duma deputy Mikhail Matveev voted in favor of the recognition of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics but later denounced the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, stating "I voted for peace, not for war. I wanted Russia to become a shield so that Donbas would not be bombed, not for Kyiv to be bombed." State Duma deputy Oleg Smolin said he was "shocked" by the invasion. Liza Peskova, daughter of Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov, shared an image with the "No to war" hashtag on Instagram.
More than 100 Russian municipal deputies signed a letter against the war with Ukraine.
Press
Russian Nobel Peace Prize winner Dmitry Muratov announced that the Novaya Gazeta newspaper would publish its next edition in both Ukrainian and Russian. Muratov, journalist Mikhail Zygar, director Vladimir Mirzoyev, and others signed a document stating that Ukraine was not a threat to Russia and calling for Russian citizens "to say no to this war." Elena Chernenko, a journalist at Kommersant, circulated a critical open letter that was signed by 170 journalists and academics.
Other professional communities
Open letters against the war were also published by professional associations of doctors and healthcare workers, NGO workers, lawyers, psychologists and psychiatrists, teachers, students, economists, employees of IT companies, workers of culture and art, comedians, workers in the beauty and fashion industry, film makers, advertising and gaming industries, designers, animators, and architects.
Outside Russia
Pro-Ukrainian protests have occurred at several of Russia's embassies and consulates abroad, including those in:
Unable to protest at the Russian embassy in Tehran, Iranian protests took place at the Ukrainian embassy instead.
During a constitutional referendum vote, Belarusian protestors in Minsk chanted "No to war" at polling stations. According to Ministry of internal affairs of Belarus, 800 people were detained on that day.
Protests were also held in Amman, Bern, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Luxembourg City, Nicosia, Sydney, Tokyo, and Vienna. In Valencia, Venezuela, a group of students held a protest.
On 25 February, the Slovak tabloid Nový čas published Putin's photo edited to look like Hitler with the term 'Putler' on its cover. Similar photos were also published by the British tabloid Daily Star (which called Putin "bloody Vlad") and by the Italian newspaper La Ragione.
On 25 February, climate activist Greta Thunberg protested outside the Russian embassy in Stockholm.
On 26 February, Ukrainians gathered at in Mapo District, Seoul, South Korea, praying for the peace of their motherland. After the prayer, they went out the church and raised the Ukrainian flag and protesting signs. In the next day, around 300 people, including Ukrainians living in South Korea and their supporters, protest against Russia's invasion near the Russian Embassy in Seoul.
On 27 February, more than 100,000 gathered in Berlin to protest against Russia's invasion of Ukraine. On 28 February, instead of the traditional Carnival parade , which had been cancelled due to COVID-19 a few days earlier, more than 250,000 (instead of the anticipated 30,000) gathered in Cologne in a peace march to protest against the Russian invasion.
On 27 February, Taras Ostapchuk, a Ukrainian mechanic, appeared in Mallorcan court on charges of partially sinking the $7 million superyacht that he worked on. He stated that his boss ran a Russian state-owned supplies of military products and that he had gotten angry at the thought that his boss's company has supplied the missile that had struck a Kyiv apartment building that he had watched on his cellphone. Ostapchuk stated, "What do I need a job for if I don't have a country?", telling the court, "I don’t regret anything I've done, and I would do it again."
Protest gallery
Buildings lit up in the Ukrainian colours
Several landmarks around the world were illuminated in the colours of the flag of Ukraine as a statement of solidarity.
See also
International reactions to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
References
Anti-war protests
Opposition to Vladimir Putin
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Russo-Ukrainian War
2022 protests |
Janou is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Janou Lefèbvre (born 1945), French equestrian show jumper
Janou Levels (born 2000), Dutch footballer
Janou Saint-Denis (1930-2000), Canadian poet, writer, actress, and director |
Liaocheng railway station () is a railway station in Dongchangfu District, Liaocheng, Shandong, China. It is an intermediate stop on the Beijing–Kowloon railway.
History
The station opened in 1996. At opening, there was around seven trains in each direction per day. By 2009, this had increased to around 31.
On 9 January 2012, a new station building was opened.
In 2016, the service level was around 54 trains in each direction per day.
See also
Liaocheng West railway station
References
Railway stations in Henan
Railway stations in China opened in 1996 |
Casel may refer to:
People
Ayodele Casel (born 1975), American actress and dancer
Nitanju Bolade Casel, American singer
Odo Casel (1886–1948), also known as Johannes Casel, German Catholic theologian and monk
Other uses
CASEL, the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning, American education institute
Schloss Casel, a manor house in Kasel-Golzig, Brandenburg, Germany
See also
Casal (disambiguation)
Cassel (disambiguation) |
Damen class target ships is a class of little known target ship/range support vessel (AGT ) built in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) for the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN).The exact domestic Chinese type designation remain unknown, and this class is identified by its NATO reporting name Damen class,or 大门 in Chinese, meaning Big Gate. Specification:
Length: 62 meter
Damen class in PLAN service is designated by a combination of two Chinese characters followed by a three-digit number. The second Chinese character is Yun (运), meaning Transport in Chinese, indicating that in addition to range support and targeting missions, this class is also used as transports (AP), though some modification work is required to remove onboard range support and targeting equipments before it can be used to transport cargoes. The first Chinese character denotes which fleet the ship is service with, with East (Dong, 东) for East Sea Fleet, North (Bei, 北) for North Sea Fleet, and South (Nan, 南) for South Sea Fleet. However, the pennant numbers are subject to change due to changes of Chinese naval ships naming convention, or when units are transferred to different fleets. As of 2022, a total of nine ships have been identified:
References
Auxiliary ships of the People's Liberation Army Navy
Ships of the People's Liberation Army Navy |
Carlos Gimeno Valero is the defending champion.
Seeds
Draw
Finals
Top half
Bottom half
References
Main draw
Qualifying draw
Gran Canaria Challenger - 1 |
Dachou class target ships is a class of little known target ship/range support vessel (AGT) built in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) for the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN).The exact domestic Chinese type designation remain unknown, and this class is identified by its NATO reporting name Dachou class,or 大筹 in Chinese, meaning Big Plan. Specification:
Length: 68 meter
Dachou class in PLAN service is designated by a combination of two Chinese characters followed by a three-digit number. The second Chinese character is Yun (运), meaning Transport in Chinese, indicating that in addition to range support and targeting missions, this class is also used as transport (AP), though some modification work is required to remove onboard range support and targeting equipments before it can be used to transport cargoes. The first Chinese character denotes which fleet the ship is service with, with East (Dong, 东) for East Sea Fleet, North (Bei, 北) for North Sea Fleet, and South (Nan, 南) for South Sea Fleet. However, the pennant numbers are subject to change due to changes of Chinese naval ships naming convention, or when units are transferred to different fleets. As of 2022, a total of four ships have been identified:
References
Auxiliary ships of the People's Liberation Army Navy
Ships of the People's Liberation Army Navy |
Background
The tour started on September 16, 2021, in San Francisco, with an intimate club show as warm up for larger festival appearances.
Setlist
The following setlist was performed at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, and is not intended to represent all of the shows on tour.
"Whiplash"
"Ride the Lightning"
"The Memory Remains"
"Seek & Destroy"
"Holier Than Thou"
"One"
"Sad but True"
"Moth Into Flame"
"No Leaf Clover"
"For Whom the Bell Tolls"
"Fuel"
"Fade to Black"
"Master of Puppets"
Encore
"Blackened"
"Nothing Else Matters"
"Enter Sandman"
Tour dates
Personnel
James Hetfield – vocals, rhythm guitar
Lars Ulrich – drums
Kirk Hammett – lead guitar
Robert Trujillo – bass
References
Metallica concert tours
2021 concert tours
2022 concert tours |
Enzo Couacaud and Manuel Guinard were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.
Seeds
Draw
References
Main draw
Gran Canaria Challenger - Doubles |
Stanley Morgan (born 1955) is a retired American football player who played most of his career for the New England Patriots.
Stanley Morgan may also refer to:
Stanley Morgan (politician) (1870–1951), British clergyman and politician
Stanley Morgan (author) (1929–2018), British author and actor
Stanley Morgan Jr. (born 1996), American football player, currently playing for the Cincinnati Bengals
See also
Morgan Stanley |
The 2021 Patriot League Men's Soccer Tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the Patriot League held from November 6 through November 13, 2021. The tournament was held at campus sites, with the higher seeded team hosting. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the American Eagles. They were unable to defend their crown, after losing to Loyola (MD) in the Final. The conference championship was the first for the Loyla men's soccer program, and the first for head coach Steve Nichols. As tournament champions, Loyola earned the Patriot League's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament.
Seeding
Six of the ten Patriot League men's soccer programs qualified for the 2021 Tournament. Teams were seeded based on their regular season records. Tiebreakers were used to determine the seedings of teams who finished with identical conference records. A tiebreaker was required to determine the fourth and fifth seeds for the tournament as Lehigh and Navy finished with identical 5–4–0 records. Lehigh earned the fourth seed by virtue of their 3–2 overtime victory over Navy on October 23. Navy was the fifth seed for the tournament.
Bracket
Schedule
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
Statistics
Goalscorers
All-Tournament Team
Source:
MVP in bold
References
Patriot League Men's Soccer Tournament |
Mitakinskaya is a stanitsa in the Tarasovsky District of Rostov Oblast, Russia.
Geography
The stanitsa is located on the left bank of the Donets, bordered by Ukraine to the west.
History
Mitakinskaya was founded in 1549 by the Don Cossacks people and was formally part of the in Don Host Oblast. In 1917 the village had 28,000 people.
On 21 February 2022, during the War in Donbass, Russia claimed that five Ukrainian saboteurs were killed by Russian soldiers in Mitakinskaya.
References
External links
Mityakinskaya (village) (Archive)
Objects of cultural heritage on the territory of the Tarasovsky district
Rostov Oblast geography stubs
Rostov Oblast articles missing geocoordinate data |
There are ongoing anti-war demonstrations and protests in Russia against the Russian invasion of Ukraine which began on 24 February 2022. The invasion sparked immediate daily protests in cities across Russia. In violation of the Russian Constitution and international human rights law, Putin has made peaceful public protest without permission of the authorities illegal. This explains the intimidation caused by the seemingly neutral statements of the authorities warning of legal repercussions from participating in the anti-invasion protests and caused by the total of 5,794 arrests in the four days from 24 to 27 February.
Street protests
On the afternoon of the invasion, the Investigative Committee of Russia issued a warning to Russians that they would face legal repercussions for joining unsanctioned protests related to "the tense foreign political situation". The opposition activist Marina Litvinovich called on Instagram for street protests on the evening of 24 February but was detained by police as she left her house. That evening, thousands took to the streets in cities across Russia to protest the war. The largest demonstrations were in Moscow, where 2,000 protesters gathered near Pushkin Square, and Saint Petersburg, where up to 1,000 protesters gathered. Hundreds demonstrated in Yekaterinburg, and there were also demonstrations in Chelyabinsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk and Perm. By the end of the evening of the day of the invasion, according to the OVD-Info monitor, there had been 1,820 arrests in 58 cities, of which 1,002 were carried out in Moscow. Russia's interior ministry justified these arrests with continued "coronavirus restrictions, including on public events".
On the following day, Friday 25 February, further protests continued in Moscow, Saint Petersburg and other cities. In Saint Petersburg several hundred people gathered in the city center, chanting 'No to war!'. OVD-Info reported 437 detentions in 26 Russian cities on that day, including 226 in Moscow and 130 in Saint Petersburg.
On Saturday 26 February, some Russian protestors chose to reduce the chances of arrest by staging single-person protests in Moscow and other city squares. Others gathered in small groups in order to move more nimbly around the streets. In Yekaterinburg hundreds gathered, shouting 'No to war!'. Throughout the day at least 469 people were arrested in 34 cities, of which around half in Moscow, bringing the total number of arrests to over 3,000.
Protests continued on Sunday 27 February. The protests coincided with the seventh anniversary of the murder of the opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, and arrests took place at an improvised memorial outside the Kremlin where Nemtsov was shot. Around 1,000 people gathered for a spontaneous anti-war rally near Great Gostiny Dvor in Saint Petersburg. According to OVD-Info, by early Sunday evening, police had detained at least 900 Russians in 44 cities, bringing the total number of arrests to over 4,000 since the war began. By the end of the day, that number had grown to around 2,710 arrests (at least 5,844 in total since the beginning of the war), including at least 1,269 arrests in Moscow and 1,034 in Saint Petersburg. KPRF (Communist Party of the Russian Federation), People's Freedom Party, and Yabloko, spoke out against the invasion.
Van crash
On 27 February, a van with markings that read "People, wake up!", "This is war", "Putin is scum!" crashed and caught fire in Pushkinskaya Square.
Petitions and open letters
In the weeks preceding the invasion, there were signs that anti-war feeling was growing in Saint Petersburg. At the beginning of February, over 150 prominent Russian activists, authors, and academics signed an open letter, 'If Only There Is No War!', protesting against the "party of war in the Russian leadership" and state media.
Russian Nobel Peace Prize winner Dmitry Muratov announced that the Novaya Gazeta newspaper would publish its next edition in both Ukrainian and Russian. Muratov, the journalist Mikhail Zygar, the film director Vladimir Mirzoyev, and others signed a document stating that Ukraine is not a threat to Russia and calling for Russian citizens "to say no to this war." The Kommersant reporter Elena Chernenko launched an anti-war petition, which was signed by over 250 journalists. Another letter condemning the war was signed by over 250 scientists, and a third open letter was signed by almost 200 municipal council members in Moscow and other cities. On 24 February, human rights activist Lev Ponomaryov started an online petition to protest against the invasion, garnering 289,000 signatures by the end of the day. By 28 February, the petition gathered more than 947,000 votes. On 26 February, a petition for the impeachment of Putin was published by a Russian citizen on the Change.org website, gathering more than 200,000 signatures by the end of February 27. On 27 February 2022, an antiwar petition of Russian-speaking people of the world was published on the Change.org website ("Русскоязычный мир против войны с Украиной!"), pointing out “the inadmissibility of the association of Russian-speaking people of the world with the criminal Russian regime” and calling for an end to the war.
More than 10,000 technology workers; at least 15,000 medical workers; over 3,400 architects; more than 2,000 actors, directors, and other creative figures; 1,500 teachers; and 12,240 students and teachers signed open letters calling for Putin's government to stop the war.
Social media protests
Statements against the war by public figures
After the invasion began on 24 February, several Russian celebrities, including pop star Valery Meladze, television host Ivan Urgant and television presenter Ksenia Sobchak, unambiguously criticized it on social media. The comedian and television presenter Maxim Galkin, singer Valery Meladze and television comedian Alexander Gudkov also condemned the war. Vlogger Yury Dud received a million 'likes' for a post criticising the war:
Eurovision popstar Svetlana Loboda asked "How is this possible? Lord, stop all this!" Figure skater Evgenia Medvedeva called for "this all [to end] as soon as possible, like a bad dream". Chess player Yan Nepomniachtchi tweeted in protest: "History has seen many Black Thursdays. But today is blacker than the others. #saynotowar". Tennis world number one Daniil Medvedev and world number seven Andrey Rublev both spoke out in favour of peace on the day of the invasion. On the following day Rublev wrote "No war please" on the camera after winning his match. The hip-hop artist Oxxxymiron cancelled upcoming shows and called for mass protest, calling the invasion "a crime and a catastrophe". Yelena Kovalskaya resigned her position as director of the state-owned Meyerhold Theater Center, writing that it was "impossible to work for a murderer and receive salary from him".
On Friday 25 February the ice hockey star Alex Ovechkin, an ardent Putin supporter, made an ambiguous statement against the war without mentioning Ukraine or Russia. On Saturday 26 February Georgian basketball player Tornike Shengelia announced he was prematurely terminating his contract with CSKA Moscow "in protest against Russia's invasion of Ukraine". Citing the club's historical links to the Red Army, Shengelia said: "I do not consider it possible to continue playing for the Russian army club".
On 26 February Mikhail Matveyev, a State Duma representative for the CPRF called for an immediate end to offensive operations in the war, saying he voted for the recognition of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics "to shield them, not to bomb Kiev." State Duma deputy Oleg Smolin said he was "shocked" by the invasion. Liza Peskova, the daughter of Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov, shared an image of the "No to war" hashtag on her Instagram story. Russia's richest billionaire, Mikhail Fridman, called for the "bloodshed to end". Another oligarch, Oleg Deripaska, called for peace talks to begin "as fast as possible." An anonymous Russian billionaire told Reuters, "It is going to be catastrophic in all senses: for the economy, for relations with the rest of the world, for the political situation."
Statements by organisations
The founders of the "Immortal Regiment" commemoration movement, in which ordinary Russians carry photographs of veteran family members in marches around Russia held annually to mark WWII Victory Day on 9 May, called Putin to stop, describing the use of force as "inhuman".
Memorial, the oldest human rights organisation in Russia, described the invasion as "a crime against peace and humanity" in a statement, adding that it "will remain a shameful chapter in the Russian history."
The Left Bloc, a left-wing social movement, condemned the Russian aggression and described it as "a war declared for the sake of increasing its own rating, without regard for the lives and suffering of ordinary people."
The Russian political party "New People" has stated that it is against the war.
Reactions
A spokesperson for the United Nations condemned the "arbitrary arrests" of protestors, and called for their immediate release. Human Rights Watch stated that videos of the crack down it analysed showed "brutal arrests of peaceful activists by police officers" and stated that "authorities' actions to prevent people from participating in peaceful public protests and freely expressing their opinions violate fundamental rights."
In a recorded speech released on Friday 25 February, the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked the Russian anti-war protesters, addressing them directly in Russian:
Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of Russian state-controlled news agencies RT and Rossiya Segodnya, spoke out against the protests, stating that "If you are ashamed of being Russian now, don't worry, you are not Russian."
See also
International reactions to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Protests against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
References
External links
Anti-war protests
Opposition to Vladimir Putin
Protests in Russia
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
2022 protests
Russo-Ukrainian War |
Datuo class rescue & salvage ship is a class of little known rescue rescue and salvage ship (ARS) built in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) for the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN).The exact domestic Chinese type designation remain unknown, and this class is identified by its NATO reporting name Datuo class,or 大拖 in Chinese, meaning Big Tug. Specification:
Length: 60 meter
Datuo class in PLAN service is designated by a combination of two Chinese characters followed by a three-digit number. The second Chinese character is Tuo (拖), meaning Tug in Chinese, because these ships are rescue tugs, and thus can also be used as tugs. The first Chinese character denotes which fleet the ship is service with, with East (Dong, 东) for East Sea Fleet, North (Bei, 北) for North Sea Fleet, and South (Nan, 南) for South Sea Fleet. However, the pennant numbers may have changed due to the change of Chinese naval ships naming convention. As of 2022, a total of four ships have been identified, plus several more units under costruction:
References
Auxiliary ships of the People's Liberation Army Navy
Ships of the People's Liberation Army Navy |
The Torino Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour. It is held in Turin, Italy. It is organized by NEN Events.
Past finals
Singles
Doubles
References
ATP Challenger Tour
Hard court tennis tournaments
Tennis tournaments in Italy
Recurring sporting events established in 2022 |
The Siege of Samarkand (1220) took place in 1220 A.D. after Genghis Khan, founder of the Mongol Empire, had launched a multi-pronged invasion of the Khwarazmian Empire, ruled by Shah Muhammed II. The Mongols had laid siege to the border town of Otrar, but finding its defences obdurate, a large force commanded by Genghis and his youngest son Tolui detached from the vanguard and set off southwards, towards Transoxiana.
Samarkand was the Shah's capital and the pivot of his defence — the city's garrison was large and its battlements were one of the strongest in the empire. Genghis, however, managed to isolate it by capturing and destroying Bukhara in a surprise manoeuvre, and then laying waste to the nearby Transoxianan towns. After repelling relief forces, the Mongol army, now reinforced after the capture of Otrar, ambushed and massacred a sortie by the town's defenders. The citizens of the city soon surrendered at the instigation of the Muslim clergy; most were however enslaved or conscripted in traditional Mongol fashion.
A small force held out in the citadel for around one month, after which around half managed to break through the Mongol lines and escape over the Amu Darya. Although the city was then comprehensively looted and pillaged, it revived slowly under the Pax Mongolica, and then, in the late 14th-century, returned to worldwide prominence as the capital of the Timurid Empire.
Background
Forces
While medieval chroniclers have attributed huge forces to both sides, modern historians are more conservative in their estimates, but precise numbers are still widely disputed; the only certainty is that the total Mongol force was larger than the Shah's army. The Shah, who distrusted his commanders and had not yet implemented his desired methods of administration, decided on a strategy of distributing troops inside his major cities, such as Samarkand, Balkh and Otrar. It is likely that he expected only a "normal-sized" Mongol raid, which would devastate the countryside but leave the cities unharmed. The Khwarazmids would only previously have fought nomads such as the Kangly, who had no knowledge of siege warfare; that these invaders were bringing a veritable army of engineers who were skilled in siege warfare came as a great shock. In any event, estimates for the city's garrison vary widely.
Prelude
The first attack on the Khwarazmian Empire made by the Mongols was at the town of Otrar, whose governor had made the grievous mistake of insulting the Khan. This border city, however, was able to hold out for a surprising length of time, and so Genghis made the decision to split his forces to try to outmanoeuvre the Shah. He had learnt of the strength of Samarkand's defences at Otrar, and thus made the decision to march through the Kizil Kum desert to Bukhara. The city was stunned by the Mongol approach, which had been through an area previously thought impassable, and, after a sortie was annihilated along the Amu Darya, the lower town surrendered and was promptly pillaged. The inner citadel held out for less than two weeks, but after the Mongols breached the walls, all inside were massacred. Unlike during later campaigns, the Mongols were comparatively lenient with the citizens of Bukhara; however, a large number were conscripted to be used in the following sieges.
Events
By capturing Bukhara, Genghis Khan had split the forces of the Khan, which were located at Samarkand, Balkh, and Urgench.
The Mongols, having encircled the city, were engaged by the Turko-Iranian defenders. The sortie, which consisted of twenty war-elephants and a large body of cavalry, was ambushed and driven back. A sizeable section of the Samarkand garrison surrendered shortly afterwards, and were promptly executed, but the citadel, as in Bukhara, had to be taken by force. It held out for one month, before a small force managed to cut their way through the Mongol lines and escape over the Amu Darya. The Mongols released the elephants, which had survived, into the surrounding countryside, where they quickly died due to lack of food.
Timur would restore the city after he made it his capital in 1370. He rebuilt the palaces and the city walls, which were still in ruins, and commissioned numerous mosques, gardens and pavilions to re-establish Samarkand's importance on an international level.
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Haijiu (Hai Jiu) 101 class rescue & salvage ship is a class of little known rescue rescue and salvage ship (ARS) built in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) for the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN).The exact domestic Chinese type designation remain unknown, and this class is identified by its NATO reporting name Haijiu 101 (Hai Jiu 101) class,or 海救 101 in Chinese, meaning Sea Rescue 101, because this class is the navalized civilian version of the rescue tug, with the first unit having pennant number 101 when first entering civilian service.Specification:
Length: 110 meter
Haijiu 101 class in PLAN service is designated by a combination of two Chinese characters followed by a three-digit number. The second Chinese character is Jiu (救), meaning rescue in Chinese, because these ships are classified as rescue ship. The first Chinese character denotes which fleet the ship is service with, with East (Dong, 东) for East Sea Fleet, North (Bei, 北) for North Sea Fleet, and South (Nan, 南) for South Sea Fleet. However, the pennant numbers may have changed due to the change of Chinese naval ships naming convention. As of 2022, more than six ships have been identified, plus several more units under construction:
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Auxiliary ships of the People's Liberation Army Navy
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The 2022 Torino Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2022 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Turin, Italy between 28 February and 6 March 2022.
Singles main draw entrants
Seeds
1 Rankings as of 21 February 2022.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
Francesco Maestrelli
Luca Potenza
Matteo Viola
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Gijs Brouwer
Antoine Escoffier
Arthur Fils
Michael Geerts
Filip Jianu
Ryan Peniston
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Jonathan Eysseric
Champions
Singles
vs.
Doubles
/ vs. /
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Torino Challenger
February 2022 sports events in Italy
March 2022 sports events in Italy
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Teresa Arkel (1861 or 1862 – July 1929), born Therese Blumenfeld, was a Ukrainian-born, Austrian-trained opera singer, based in Milan.
Early life
Therese Blumenfeld was born in Lemberg, now Lviv, Ukraine, the daughter of Emanuel Blumenfeld. Her family was Jewish; her father was a prominent lawyer and community leader. She trained as a singer in Vienna with Luise Dustmann. Her nephew was radiologist .
Career
Arkel, a dramatic soprano know for her impressive range and technique, made her operatic debut in 1884, in Les Huguenots. In 1885 she was on the opera stage in Warsaw, appearing in Aida, Il trovatore, and L'Africaine. She sang throughout Europe, from Bilbao and Paris to Prague and Budapest. In 1890 she was the first to perform the lead role in Emilio Serrano's Doña Juana la Loca, in Madrid. She also sang in Buenos Aires, in 1894, in Otello and Lohengrin. In 1898, she was the first to perform the lead role in Zygmunt Noskowski's Livia Quintilla, in her hometown.
After her stage career, she taught voice in Milan. and made several early recordings between 1903 and 1905. Her students included Phyllis Wolfe, Tina Desana, Nina Gale, Inez Wilson, Nina Morgana, and Rosa Ponselle.
Personal life
Therese Blumenfeld married Sigmund Arkel. They had two children. Arkel died in Milan in 1929, in her late sixties. Her voice was included on The Record of Singing, a compilation of early recordings published in 1977.
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External links
A 1905 recording of Teresa Arkel singing, at the Library of Congress, National Jukebox
A 1905 recording of Teresa Arkel singing, at Internet Archive
1860s births
1929 deaths
Year of birth uncertain
Ukrainian operatic sopranos
Musicians from Lviv
Voice teachers
Jewish Ukrainian musicians
20th-century Ukrainian Jews
Ukrainian emigrants to Italy
20th-century Ukrainian women opera singers |
Absalom Koiner (August 5, 1824 – December 31, 1920) was an American lawyer and politician who served in the Virginia House of Delegates and Virginia Senate.
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1824 births
1920 deaths
Virginia Democrats
Virginia state senators
19th-century American politicians
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Chance was launched in 1786 at St John's Newfoundland. On 31 March 1787, Chance, James Millbanke, master, sailed from Liverpool as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. In August, Lloyd's List reported that Chance, Milbank, master, had arrived at the Gambia. She was condemned on the coast of Africa as unfit for service.
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Age of Sail merchant ships of England
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