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Rusia may refer to: Russia, a country in Eurasia known in several languages as Rusia Rusia, Poland, a rural settlement in Poland Magda Rusia, Georgian gymnast See also Rusia Petroleum, a former Russian company Russia (disambiguation) Rusya, Belarusian singer Russya, Ukrainian singer Rosia (disambiguation)
Donald Jackson Strait (April 28, 1918 – March 30, 2015) was a retired major general who served as a career officer in the United States Air Force and was a flying ace with the 356th Fighter Group during World War II. Early life and education Strait was born in East Orange, New Jersey, on April 28, 1918, and was raised in Verona, New Jersey. He played prep baseball at Verona High School, graduating in 1936. In his teens, Strait had an interest in model aircraft and would ride his bicycle to the Caldwell Wright Airport, where he would watch the planes flying and speak to pilots and workers at the facility. He went to work for Public Service Electric and Gas and then Prudential Insurance after graduating from high school. Military career He enlisted with the New Jersey National Guard in 1940, serving with the 119th Observer Squadron, flying observation planes. He entered the United States Army's aviation cadet program in 1942. Commissioned as a second lieutenant in the United States Army Air Force, he completed his training in March 1943 on the P-47 Thunderbolt in Connecticut. Assigned to combat duty in England, he flew with the 356th Fighter Group, flying his first mission in October 1943 in a P-47 Thunderbolt he named the "Jersey Jerk", a reference to the state where he grew up, after finding that the name he had wanted, Jersey Bounce, was already taken; Reluctant to include the word "Jerk" in the name of his plane, he relented after his crew chief told him "Sir, let me tell you why we want to name it that. Any guy that would take off in a single engine airplane, cross the North Sea in the wintertime and take a chance of getting his ass shot off by the Luftwaffe or by anti-aircraft fire has got to be a jerk." He later gave the same name to his newest plane the P-51 Mustang. Based at Martlesham Heath Airfield, he was awarded the Silver Star. He was assigned to lead the 361st Squadron in October 1944 and continues in that role for the remainder of the war. During World War II, he flew 122 missions and earned 13 kills (including 7 Messerschmitt Bf 109s), earning distinction as one of two National Guard pilots to achieve ace status. He was hired by Fairchild-Republic in 1968, where he was involved in the development of the A-10 Thunderbolt II. In 1989, Strait was recognized with induction into the Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum of New Jersey. Death Strait died on March 30, 2015. His wife, the former Louise Lyons, died in 2001, after 55 years of marriage. References 1918 births 2015 deaths Military personnel from New Jersey People from East Orange, New Jersey People from Verona, New Jersey United States Air Force generals Verona High School (New Jersey) alumni United States Army Air Forces pilots of World War II
Krystian Bracik (born 18 March 2001), is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Cracovia. References External links Living people 2001 births Polish footballers Association football defenders KS Cracovia (football) players Ekstraklasa players
The 2021–22 season is A.S. Cittadella's sixth consecutive season in second division of the Italian football league, the Serie B, and the 49th as a football club. Players First-team quad Out on loan Pre-season and friendlies Competitions Overall record Serie A League table Results summary Results by round Matches The league fixtures were announced on 24 July 2021. Coppa Italia References A.S. Cittadella Cittadella
The Battle of Kharkiv is an ongoing military engagement taking place in and around the city of Kharkiv in Ukraine as part of the Eastern Ukraine offensive during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Kharkiv, located just south of the Russia-Ukraine border and a predominately Russian-speaking city, is the second largest city in Ukraine and is considered a major target for the Russian military. Battle On 24 February, Russian forces amassed in Belgorod crossed the border and began advancing towards Kharkiv, meeting Ukrainian resistance. The Russians also fired artillery barrages at the city, killing a young boy. By 25 February, fierce fighting had broken out in the northern suburbs of the city, near the village of Tsyrkuny, where Ukrainian forces were able to hold against the Russians. On 26 February, Oleh Synyehubov, the Governor of Kharkiv Oblast, claimed that the entire city was under Ukrainian control. American officials stated that the heaviest fighting of the entire conflict was occurring at Kharkiv. In the early morning of 27 February, Russian forces destroyed a gas pipeline in Kharkiv. Later in the morning, Russian forces entered Kharkiv, with Synyehubov stating that heavy fighting was occurring within the city, and Ministry of Internal Affairs advisor Anton Herashchenko claiming street fighting was underway in the city center. Russian Ministry of Defense spokesman Igor Konashenkov meanwhile stated that Russian forces had secured the surrender of the Ukrainian 302nd Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment and captured 471 Ukrainian soldiers, a claim that Ukrainian sources have denied. Ukrainian officials meanwhile claimed that Ukrainian forces had destroyed half of Russian military vehicles that had advanced into Kharkiv, including at least 6 GAZ Tigr-Ms. By the afternoon of 27 February, Synyehubov stated that Ukrainian forces had regained full control of the city. He added that dozens of Russian soldiers had surrendered and had complained about demoralization, not understanding what their mission was, and lack of fuel supplies. On 28 February, Ukrainian official Anton Herashchenko stated that Russian rocket strikes on the city had killed dozens of civilians. One Algerian university student was killed by a sniper shot. However, Synyehubov later stated that 11 civilians were killed and dozens wounded. Ihor Terekhov, the mayor of Kharkiv, later stated that nine civilians were killed and 37 were wounded. Later Terekhov stated that Russian forces were beginning to destroy electrical substations in Kharkiv, resulting in some areas of the city being disconnected from power, heating, and water. He also added that 87 homes had been damaged in Russian shelling. On the morning of 1 March, a Russian missile struck the Freedom Square in central Kharkiv, detonating in front of the Kharkiv Oblast administrative building. Nine civilians, including three children, were killed and 37 others were wounded. A 21-year old Indian medical student, Naveen Shekharappa Gyanagoudar from Karnataka, was killed by Russian troops. According to the local Indian student coordinator, he was killed by an airstrike in the morning while he stood in a line-up to buy groceries. Basavaraj Bommai expressed his condolences for Gyanagoudar's family in response. Indian authorities later announced they had evacuated all Indian nationals from the city as part of a wider operation. References External links 21st century in Kharkiv Kharkiv February 2022 events in Ukraine March 2022 events in Europe
The 1934 Southwest Texas State Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Southwest Texas State Teachers College (now known as Texas State University) during the 1934 college football season as a member of the Lone Star Conference (LSC). In their 16th year under head coach Oscar W. Strahan, the team compiled an overall record of 2–7–1 with a mark of 1–3–1 in conference play. Schedule References Southwest Texas State Texas State Bobcats football seasons Southwest Texas State Bobcats football
Aqua Vista is a private residential community on Candlewood Lake located in Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. The association was established in 1930, two years after the completion of the lake. References Populated places in Fairfield County, Connecticut
Hichem Aboud (, born June 15, 1955) is an Algerian journalist and political activist. Aboud was the founder and redactor-in-chief the "Mon Journal" () newspaper. In 2013, the journal was banned in Algeria after reporting on Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika's health. Biography Hichem Aboud was born in a Chaoui family on June 15, 1955, in Bab El Oued, Algiers. Aboud enrolled in the Algerian People's National Army in 1975. Aboud received a Diploma from the Institute of Political Science and Information at Algiers 1 University in 1978. Aboud started his journalism career in 1977 as a freelance writer for Jeunesse Action and La République, He later became the Algiers bureau chief for El-Hadef, a journal specialized in sports. In 1979, Aboud became the redactor-in-chief of El-Djeïch, the People's National Army's official publication. Aboud became Mohamed Betchine's chief of staff in 1987, at the time, Betchine was the director of the Délégation Générale à la Prévention et à la Sécurité, the Algerian military intelligence service. During his work as Betchine's chief of staff, Aboud still contributed to El-Hadef under a pseudonym. He left the army on October 16, 1992. He created an independent journal covering Eastern Algeria named El-Acil, the journal was banned in 1993 for its fierce criticism of the government. After moving to Constantine in 1994, Aboud launched another publication named Le Libre, the publication was banned after five months following criticism of the military and government. In 1995, Aboud became the Algiers correspondent for Le Quotidien de Paris, his accreditation was withdrawn by the Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was granted political asylum in France in 1997 where he released a book in 2002 named "The Mafia of Generals" (). In the book, he denounces the Algerian government as a "political and military mafia". He created two magazines while in France, Racines d'Outre-Méd in 2004 and Repères Maghrébins in 2009. He renounced his political refugee status in 2011 and returned to Algeria. He created a journal named "Mon Journal" () in 2011. The journal was banned in Algeria after a story was published about Abdelaziz Bouteflika's coma and hospitalisation in France. Aboud was banned from exiting Algerian territory by a judge after being found guilty of "undermining national security, territorial integrity and the proper functioning of state institutions". He fled to France through Tunisia on August 10, 2013. He is currently living in France under a ten-year resident card. He created a Swiss-based TV channel in 2018 named Amel TV, the channel broadcast from France through IPTV and Satellite, Amel TV went bankrupt the same year due to lack of funding. He created a YouTube channel named "Aboud Hichem TV" on May 10, 2018. In February 2020, Aboud was sentenced in absentia to 10 years in prison by a court in Tébessa for "illegal immigration" on charges relating to his 2013 escape to France. In April 2021, Aboud was sentenced to seven years in prison by a courtroom in Chéraga for "disclosing confidential information" for reporting on Khaled Nezzar and his arrest warrant in Switzerland for crimes against humanity. A court in Bir Mourad Raïs issued an arrest warrant against Aboud for charges relating to his alleged involvement in the Rachad movement, which the Algerian government named a terrorist group. An international arrest warrant was issued later that year, however, France has refused to extradite him to Algeria. The charges against Aboud caused protest in Algeria, where protestors repeatedly chanted that "Hicham Aboud, [is a] free journalist" (). His name was published on the Algerian government's national list of terrorist entities in February 2022, the list was taken offline from their website the next day. Aboud denies all of these accusations. Aboud alleged that he was the victim of an assassination plot in Brussels, Aboud pressed charges against people he believes were responsible in the plot. Bibliography References 1955 births Living people
Elena Kovalskaya () is a Russian theatre critic, curator, and teacher. She teaches the history of foreign theatre at the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (GITIS), and directs a master's program there in social theatre. Until she resigned in protest at the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, she was artistic director at the Meyerhold Theatre and Cultural Center (TsIM). Life Kovalskaya graduated in theatre science from GITIS. From 1999 to 2012 she was a reviewer for the magazine Afisha, and from 2006 she curated the Lyubimovka New Playwrights Festival. From 2012 she and Victor Ryzhakov created an educational project, 'The School of Theater Leader', at the Meyerhold Center. In 2013 she was appointed art director at the Meyerhold Center. At the start of 2019 Kovalskaya was interviewed about her hopes and fears for the arts in 2019. She looked forward to the official Year of Theater in Russia, and the coming of the Theatre Olympics to Saint Petersburg. "It looks like the government is trying to tame the obstinate theater with carrots and sticks." In 2020 Kovalskaya became director of the . When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Kovalskaya resigned her position as director of the state-owned Meyerhold Center in protest. She wrote that it was "impossible to work for a murderer and receive salary from him". She was replaced by Serbian director Emir Kusturica. Works Novaja drama : [pʹesy i statʹi ; zamoe zametnoe javlenie na sovremennoj russkoj scene. (tr. "New Drama; the most notable statement on the modern Russian stage") Saint Peterburg: Seans, 2008. References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Russian theatre critics Russian curators Russian theatre directors Russian drama teachers Women theatre directors Women curators Women critics 21st-century women educators 21st-century Russian educators
Richard John Koubek is an American engineer and president of Michigan Technological University from 2018 to present. He formerly served as executive vice president and provost at Louisiana State University. Prior to joining LSU, Koubek was professor and head of the Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University and he has held the posts of professor and chair for the Department of Biomedical, Industrial and Human Factors Engineering, and associate dean for research and graduate studies for the College of Engineering and Computer Science at Wright State University. Biography Richard John Koubek was born in Berwyn, Illinois and spent time growing up in California's San Fernando Valley and Farmington Hills, Michigan, before returning to the Chicago area during his high school years. He received a BA from Oral Roberts University in 1981 in biblical literature, with a minor in chemistry. He received a BS in psychology from Northeastern Illinois University in 1982, and then completed his MS and PhD in industrial engineering from Purdue in 1985 and 1987, respectively. Koubek began his academic career as a faculty member in the Wright State University College of Engineering and Computer Science. He later served six years as an assistant and associate professor in the School of Industrial Engineering and at Purdue University and as a full professor and chair of the Department of Biomedical, Industrial and Human Factors Engineering and associate dean of research and graduate studies in College of Engineering and Computer Science at Wright State and head of the Pennsylvania State University Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. He was named executive vice president & provost at Louisiana State University in 2015 until being named President of Michigan Technological University in 2018. Koubek currently serves on the board of directors for the Central Collegiate Hockey Association, the Michigan Association of State Universities and InvestUP and UP Regional Board of Directors for Aspirus Health Care. References External links Official webpage Michigan Technological University American academic administrators American industrial engineers Oral Roberts University alumni Purdue University alumni American engineers Living people Michigan Technological University faculty
Thơm Portland, or simply Thơm, is a Vietnamese restaurant in Portland, Oregon. Description Thơm is a Vietnamese restaurant in northeast Portland's Concordia neighborhood, specializing in pho. Portland Monthly Karen Brooks has described the restaurant, which has a seating capacity of 10, as "tiny" and "casual". She wrote, "The feel is of stepping into a hidden studio in a mid-century home—blonde wood everywhere, painterly shades of green, a trio of hanging Isamu Noguchi Akari light sculptures, and customized wood speakers, four of them, strategically placed around the room." The menu has included Phở Bo (beef noodle), Phở Chay (vegan phở), Bún Thịt Nướng (barbecue pork noodles), and Cơm Gà (chicken and rice), vermicelli, and rice plates. History Brothers Jimmy and Johnny Le opened Thơm in August 2021, in a space which previously housed The Big Egg and Sugar Cube. Reception In 2021, Michael Russell of The Oregonian called Thơm the "second-wave Vietnamese restaurant Portland has been waiting for". He included Thơm in a list of Portland's best new restaurants and the bún thịt nướng in an overview of the year's "most memorable" dishes, writing: Karen Brooks included Thơm in Portland Monthly Best Restaurants list. See also List of Vietnamese restaurants References External links 2021 establishments in Oregon Asian restaurants in Portland, Oregon Concordia, Portland, Oregon Restaurants established in 2021 Vietnamese restaurants in the United States Vietnamese-American culture in Portland, Oregon
Oscar Piantoni (1949 – 20 June 2018) was an Italian professional football manager. Career Piantoni was born in 1949 in Gandino, in the Province of Bergamo, Italy. He most notably coached Alzano Virescit from 1993 to 1997 between the Serie D and the Serie C1, and was AlbinoLeffe's first head coach between 1998 and 2001, helping them to promotion to the Serie C1. Piantoni also coached Alessandria, Monza, Valenzana, Caravaggese and Pergocrema in Italy. He moved to Romania; initially Walter Zenga's assistant at Naţional București, Piantoni then took charge of Divizia B side Liberty Oradea in 2005–06, helping them to promotion to the Divizia A. Personal life Piantoni had a sister, Laura. He and his wife, Raffaella, had two daughters: Alessia and Rossana. On 20 June 2018, Piantoni died aged 69 at the Papa Giovanni XXIII hospital of Bergamo. References 1949 births 2018 deaths Sportspeople from the Province of Bergamo Italian football managers Virtus Bergamo Alzano Seriate 1909 managers U.S. Darfo Boario S.S.D. managers F.C. Lumezzane V.G.Z. A.S.D. managers U.C. AlbinoLeffe managers A.C. Monza managers CF Liberty Oradea managers Valenzana Mado managers U.S.D. Caravaggio managers U.S. Pergolettese 1932 managers Serie D managers Serie C managers Liga II managers Italian expatriate football managers Italian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Expatriate footballers in Romania
is a Japanese artistic gymnast. Competitive history Detailed results See also Japan men's national gymnastics team References External links Tsuyoshi Hasegawa Japanese male artistic gymnasts Sportspeople from Hyōgo Prefecture Living people 2001 births
Jules Monge (25 December 18551 July 1934) was a French painter. Biography He was a pupil of Alexandre Cabanel, Édouard Detaille and . He exhibited in Paris at the Salon des artistes français from 1881 to 1933 and achieved many successes. He also exhibited in provincial towns. He produced numerous portraits and military scenes. During the interwar period he visited Republican China and painted its scenes of everyday life. Gallery References 1855 births 1934 deaths 19th-century French painters 20th-century French painters 19th-century war artists 20th-century war artists French portrait painters French war artists Deaths in Paris
Plakortis communis is a species of marine sponge in the order Homosclerophorida, first described in 2011 by Guilherme Muricy. Distribution The holotype was collected off Cartier Island, Western Australia, and the species is found in the IMCRA regions of "Timor Province", "Southwest Shelf Transition", and "Northeast Shelf Province", that is, off the Queensland coast and the North & South-west coasts of Western Australia. References Homoscleromorpha Animals described in 2011 Sponges of Australia Taxa named by Guilherme Muricy
Thomas Willisel (bapt. 1621 – ) was an English naturalist. Life Thomas Willislel was a native of Northamptonshire, according to Aubrey, or, according to Ray, of Lancashire. He served as a foot-soldier under Cromwell. "Lying at St. James's (a garrison then I thinke), he happened", writes Aubrey, "to go along with some simplers. He liked it so well that he desired to go with them as often as they went, and tooke such a fancy to it that in a short time he became a good botanist. He was a lusty fellow, and had an admirable sight, which is of great use for a simpler; was as hardy as a highlander; all his cloathes on his back not worth ten groates, an excellent marksman, and would maintain himselfe with his dog and his gun, and his fishing-line. The botanists of London did much encourage him, and employed him all over England, Scotland, and good part of Ireland, if not all; where he made brave discoveries, for which his name will ever be remembered in herballs. If he saw a strange fowle or bird, or a fish, he would have it and case it". He was employed by Merret for five summers to make collections for his Pinax. Weld records that in October 1669 Willisel, who had been engaged by the Royal Society to collect zoological and botanical specimens in England and Scotland, returned to London with a large collection of rare Scottish birds and fishes and dried plants. He also prints the sealed commission given by the Society to Willisel. Evelyn, who was present at the meeting of the Royal Society in October 1669, writes: "Our English itinerant presented an account of his autumnal peregrinations about England, for which we hired him". In his Catalogus Plantarum Angliæ, published in 1670, Ray styles Willisel "a person employed by the Royal Society in the search of natural rarities, both animals, plants, and minerals; the fittest man for such a purpose that I know in England, both for his skill and industry". In 1671 the great naturalist took Willisel with him on a tour through the northern counties. Pulteney says: "I believe he was once sent into Ireland by Dr. Sherard. … The emolument arising from these employments was probably among the principal means of his subsistence". As Aubrey records that "all the profession he had was to make pegges for shoes", this last supposition of Pulteney's is highly probable. Aubrey is our authority for all else we know of Willisel. "When", he says, "ye Lord John Vaughan, now Earle of Carbery, was made governour of Jamaica [in 1674], I did recommend him to his excellency, who made him his gardiner there. He dyed within a yeare after his being there, but had made a fine collection of plants and shells, which the Earle of Carbery hath by him; and had he lived he would have given the world an account of the plants, animals, and fishes of that island. He could write a hand indifferent legible, and had made himself master of all the Latine names: he pourtrayed but untowardly". Some plants collected by Willisel were preserved in Sir Hans Sloane's herbarium. References Bibliography Boulger, G. S.; Horsman, F. (2004). "Willisel, Thomas". In Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press. n.p. 1621 births 1675 deaths English naturalists
John W. Considine Jr. (1898–1961) was an American film producer. He joined MGM from Fox in 1932 and remained with the company for the rest of his career. That year he also directed his only film Disorderly Conduct. He was the son of the impresario John Considine and the father of actors John Considine and Tim Considine. Filmography Wild Justice (1925) The Eagle (1925) The Son of the Sheik (1926) Two Arabian Knights (1927) Tempest (1928) The Garden of Eden (1928) Eternal Love (1929) New York Nights (1929) One Romantic Night (1930) Puttin' On the Ritz (1930) Abraham Lincoln (1930) Be Yourself! (1930) The Bad One (1930) Don't Bet on Women (1931) Doctors' Wives (1931) Six Cylinder Love (1931) Skyline (1931) Always Goodbye (1931) She Wanted a Millionaire (1932) Flesh (1932) Disorderly Conduct (1932) Peg o' My Heart (1933) Dancing Lady (1933) This Side of Heaven (1934) Sequoia (1934) Evelyn Prentice (1934) Have a Heart (1934) The Gay Bride (1934) Mad Love (1935) Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935) Three Live Ghosts (1936) Absolute Quiet (1936) Robin Hood of El Dorado (1936) The Voice of Bugle Ann (1936) Personal Property (1937) The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937) Boys Town (1938) Arsène Lupin Returns (1938) Of Human Hearts (1938) Hold That Kiss (1938) Blackmail (1939) Society Lawyer (1939) Stronger Than Desire (1939) Young Tom Edison (1940) Edison, the Man (1940) Third Finger, Left Hand (1940) Married Bachelor (1941) Johnny Eager (1941) Men of Boys Town (1941) Design for Scandal (1941) Jackass Mail (1942) A Yank at Eton (1942) Three Hearts for Julia (1943) Salute to the Marines (1943) References Bibliography Towlson, Jon. The Turn to Gruesomeness in American Horror Films, 1931-1936. McFarland, 2016. External links 1898 births 1961 deaths American film producers People from Spokane, Washington
The Kherson offensive is an ongoing theatre of operation in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine for control over Southern Ukraine. The offensive began on 24 February, after Russian Armed Forces crossed the border into Ukraine and were subsequently engaged by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Background In the aftermath of the Revolution of Dignity in 2014, Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine. Under de facto rule, Russian troops had occupied Crimea for the next eight years. The Russian military presence in the peninsula increased during the 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis by over 10,000 additional troops. Timeline 24 February Shortly after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military operation in Ukraine, the Russian Air Force began to launch cruise and ballistic missiles at targets within several cities in Kherson Oblast. With air support, Russian Armed Forces then crossed into Kherson Oblast through areas of Crimea previously annexed by Russia in 2014. The Russian Navy utilized a naval blockade in the Black Sea to limit Ukraine from providing support to units located near Kherson Oblast, as well as restrict commercial trade and the flow of goods to southern Ukraine. By 3:30 AM local time, Ukraine had closed all commercial shipping in the Sea of Azov, leaving more than 100 ships stuck in ports. By evening, the Russians had reached the city of Kherson and engaged the Ukrainians in the Battle of Kherson. The Russians attempted to cross the Dnieper River over the Antonovskiy Bridge. Despite initial crossing by the Russian army, Ukrainian mechanized forces were able to recapture the Bridge. A Ukrainian battalion was deployed to destroy the Henichesk bridge near the Isthmus of Perekop in order to slow the advance of Russian troops advancing from Crimea. Vitalii Skakun, the combat engineer who planted the explosives on the bridge, did not have enough time to retreat from the bridge, and so detonated the mines, killing himself and destroying the bridge. Skakun was posthumously awarded the title Hero of Ukraine by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. 25 February By the morning of 25 February, Russian forces had encircled and captured the city of Nova Kakhovka. The North Crimean Canal was also unblocked, effectively rescinding a longstanding water blockage imposed on Crimea after the 2014 Russian annexation of the peninsula. Fighting began to spill into Zaporizhzhia Oblast as Russian forces moved through southeastern Kherson Oblast towards Melitopol, which later surrendered to advancing Russian forces after a small skirmish. Later in the day, Russian forces fully captured the Antonovskiy Bridge. 26 February On 26 February, according to Kherson mayor Igor Kolykhaev, a Ukrainian airstrike forced the Russians to retreat from Kherson, leaving the city under Ukrainian control. Ukrainian forces later recaptured the bridge. The Ukrainian Prosecutor General, Iryna Venediktova, claimed that Russian forces killed a journalist and an ambulance driver near the village of Zelenivka, a northern suburb of Kherson. Another Ukrainian official later claimed that a Russian army column was defeated between the towns of Radensk and Oleshky, located just south of Kherson. During afternoon hours of 26 February, 12 tanks managed to break through in Kakhovka on the Dnieper and began heading towards Mykolaiv. Vitaly Kim, the mayor of Mykolaiv, stated that the city has 5 hours to prepare. Artillery and other arms had also been prepared, with an all-round defense being readied for. Russian forces had entered Prymorsk and surrounding settlements by 13:40. A Ukrainian official stated that Russian forces had advanced further towards the city of Enerhodar, located southwest of Zaporzhzhia. The city contains the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. The official also stated that the Russians were deploying Grad missiles and warned of an attack on the plant. The Zaporizhzhia Regional State Administration stated that the Russian forces advancing on Enerhodar had later returned to Bolshaya Belozerka, a village located from the city. By around 18:30, tanks were on the outskirts of Mykolaiv and the mayor ordered citizens to stay indoors, as far away from windows as possible. Shortly after, Russian troops entered the city and a battle on the Southern Bug erupted about 10 minutes later. According to some reports, tanks "passed through the city". There were also sightings of large fires spreading in the city. Russian forces advanced from Melitopol towards Mariupol, where a battle had gone on since 25 February. These forces captured the Berdiansk Airport and surrounded the city of Berdiansk, west of Mariupol. 27 February Russian Ministry of Defense spokesperson Igor Konashenkov announced that the city of Henichesk and Kherson International Airport had surrendered to Russian forces in the morning. Later, Russian forces encircled and captured a part of Kherson. They were eventually able to enter and capture Berdiansk. Ukrainian officials also stated that they had captured parts of Kherson. Later on 27 February, a group of Romani Ukrainian fighters allegedly captured a Russian tank near Kakhovka. 28 February On 28 February, the Russian Ministry of Defense claimed that Russian forces had captured Enerhodar, in addition to the surroundings of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. However, Dmitri Orlov, the mayor of Enerhodar, denied that the city and the plant had been captured. A video later emerged showing local civilians preventing a Russian convoy from entering Enerhodar by barricading the entrance, forcing them to leave. Ukrainian officials accused Russian forces of trying to use civilians gathered from villages around Kherson as human shields to cross the bridge into Kherson. 1 March In the early morning of 1 March, Russian forces began assaulting Kherson from the west, advancing from Kherson International Airport towards the highway to Mykolaiv. They were able to surround the city and reached up to the neighboring village of Komyshany. See also Kyiv offensive (2022) References Battles of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine History of Kherson Oblast
The 2021–22 season is A.C. Perugia Calcio's first season back in second division of the Italian football league, the Serie B, and the 117th as a football club. Players First-team quad Out on loan Pre-season and friendlies Competitions Overall record Serie A League table Results summary Results by round Matches The league fixtures were announced on 24 July 2021. Coppa Italia References A.C. Perugia Calcio seasons Perugia
The Battle of Sumy is an ongoing military engagement which began on 24 February 2022, during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, as part of the Eastern Ukraine offensive. The Russian army nearly captured the Ukrainian city of Sumy, located near the Russia–Ukraine border, with little initial resistance. However, Ukrainian soldiers and militia began engaging the Russian forces within the city, resulting in heavy urban fighting. Battle Russian tanks and units began to move into Sumy on 24 February 2022, and fighting began on the outskirts at 3:00 a.m. There was an extensive amount of urban warfare between the Ukrainian defenders and Russian forces. A church in Sumy was burned down as a result of the battle. The fighting between the two forces continued at about 10:30 p.m. on 24 February near the Sumy State University, where the Ukrainian 27th Artillery Brigade was stationed. At 1:39 a.m. on 25 February, it was reported that the Russian forces had retreated from the city. On 26 February, fighting again broke out on the streets of Sumy. Russian forces were able to capture half of the city; however, by the end of the day, Ukrainian forces had recaptured the entire city. Ukrainian forces also allegedly destroyed a convoy of Russian fuel trucks. Mayor Oleksandr Lysenko reported three civilian deaths on 26 February, including one killed when Russian BM-21 Grad vehicles fired missiles into Veretenivka, a residential area in the eastern part of Sumy. On the morning of 27 February, a column of Russian vehicles advanced into Sumy from the east. A civilian car was shot at, resulting in civilian casualties. Russian forces reportedly ran out of supplies and began attempting to loot markets. On February 28, Ukrainian forces stated that a Ukrainian Baykar Bayraktar TB2 unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) destroyed many Russian vehicles, including 96 tanks, 20 BM-21 Grad vehicles, and 8 oil carriers. References Sumy Sumy
The following is a list of Phalaenopsis species accepted by Plants of the World Online at February 2022: Intergeneric hybrids The following is a list of intergeneric hybrids recognised by the Royal Horticultural Society that includes species of Phalaenopsis as ancestors, as at February 2022: × Aeridopsis (Aerides × Phalaenopsis) × Arachnopsis (Arachnis × Phalaenopsis) × Cleisonopsis (Cleisocentron × Phalaenopsis) × Diplonopsis (Diploprora × Phalaenopsis) × Edeara (Arachnis × Phalaenopsis × Renanthera × Vandopsis) × Ernestara (Phalaenopsis × Renanthera × Vandopsis) × Eurynopsis (Eurychone × Phalaenopsis) × Laycockara (Arachnis × Phalaenopsis × Vandopsis) × Luinopsis (Luisia × Phalaenopsis) × Lutherara (Phalaenopsis × Renanthera × Rhynchostylis ) × Macekara (Arachnis × Phalaenopsis × Renanthera × Vanda × Vandopsis) × Moirara (Phalaenopsis × Renanthera × Vanda) × Parnataara (Aerides × Arachnis × Phalaenopsis) × Phalaerianda (Aerides × Phalaenopsis × Vanda) × Phalandopsis (Phalaenopsis × Vandopsis) × Phalphalaenopsis (Phalaenopsis × Paraphalaenopsis) × Renanthopsis (Phalaenopsis × Renanthera ) × Rhynchonopsis (Phalaenopsis × Rhynchostylis) × Sappanara (Arachnis × Phalaenopsis × Renanthera) × Sarconopsis (Phalaenopsis × Sarcochilus) × Trevorara (Arachnis × Phalaenopsis × Vanda) × Trichonopsis (Phalaenopsis × Trichoglottis) × Uptonara (Phalaenopsis × Rhynchostylis × Sarcochilus) × Vandaenopsis (Phalaenopsis × Vanda) × Yapara (Phalaenopsis × Rhynchostylis × Vanda) × Yeepengara (Aerides × Phalaenopsis × Rhynchostylis × Vanda) The following artificial hybrids are listed at Plants of the World Online, although many of the parent genera are now synonyms of other genera, including Vanda, Renanthera and Phalaenopsis: × Asconopsis (Ascocentrum × Phalaenopsis) × Beardara (Ascocentrum × Doritis × Phalaenopsis) × Bogardara (Ascocentrum × Phalaenopsis × Vanda × Vandopsis) × Bokchoonara (Arachnis × Ascocentrum × Phalaenopsis × Vanda) × Devereuxara (Ascocentrum × Phalaenopsis × Vanda) × Doriellaopsis (Doritis × Kingiella × Phalaenopsis) × Doritaenopsis (Doritis × Phalaenopsis) × Dresslerara (Ascoglossum × Phalaenopsis × Renanthera ) × Hagerara (Doritis × Phalaenopsis × Vanda) × Hausermannara (Doritis × Phalaenopsis × Vandopsis) × Himoriara (Ascocentrum × Phalaenopsis × Rhynchostylis × Vanda) × Isaoara (Aerangis × Ascocentrum × Phalaenopsis × Vanda) × Lichtara (Doritis × Gastrochilus × Phalaenopsis) × Meechaiara (Ascocentrum × Doritis × Phalaenopsis × Rhynchostylis × Vanda) × Nakagawaara (Aerides × Doritis × Phalaenopsis) × Owensara (Doritis × Phalaenopsis × Renanthera) × Paulara (Ascocentrum × Doritis × Phalaenopsis × Renanthera × Vanda) × Pepeara (Ascocentrum × Doritis × Phalaenopsis × Renanthera) × Phaliella (Kingiella × Phalaenopsis) × Pooleara (Ascocentrum × Ascoglossum × Phalaenopsis × Renanthera) × Richardmizutaara (Ascocentrum × Phalaenopsis × Vandopsis) × Rhyndoropsis (Doritis × Phalaenopsis × Rhynchostylis) × Roseara (Doritis × Kingiella × Phalaenopsis × Renanthera) × Sidranara (Ascocentrum × Phalaenopsis × Renanthera) × Sladeara (Doritis × Phalaenopsis × Sarcochilus) × Stamariaara (Ascocentrum × Phalaenopsis × Renanthera × Vanda) × Sutingara (Arachnis × Ascocentrum × Phalaenopsis × Vanda × Vandopsis) × Trautara (Doritis × Luisia × Phalaenopsis) ×Vandewegheara (Ascocentrum × Doritis × Phalaenopsis × Vanda) References Lists of plant species
The 2022 Southeastern Conference Softball Tournament is the postseason softball tournament that will determine the 2022 champion of the Southeastern Conference. It will be held at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium on the campus of the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida from May 10–14, 2022. The tournament will earn the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament. The championship game, as well as the semifinals, will be broadcast on ESPN2, while all other tournament games will be televised on the SEC Network. Format All thirteen teams will be seeded based on conference winning percentage. They then will play a single-elimination tournament, with the top four seeds receiving a single bye, and the bottom two playing the first-round game on May 10. Bracket References SEC Softball Tournament Southeastern Conference softball seasons tournament Southeastern Conference Softball Tournament Southeastern Conference Softball Tournament
The Optimist was a 2013 alternate reality game created by Walt Disney Imagineering as a tie-in to the 2015 film Tomorrowland directed by Brad Bird. The game was set in and around Anaheim, California and the Disneyland theme park and ran for six weeks from July 3, 2013, to August 11, 2013, with a finale event at the 2013 D23 Expo fan convention. The story was about a fictional alternate history of Walt Disney and his involvement in a secret society connected to the 1964 World's Fair and an optimistic vision of the future. Background The game was created by Walt Disney Imagineering. Imagineer Sara Thacher provided creative direction. Fictional Story The game began on July 3, 2013, with the blog of a fictional college student named Amelia whose grandfather Carlos Moreau had worked with Walt Disney. Players learned about a mysterious group called "Plus Ultra", which was founded in 1889 and included Gustave Eiffel, Jules Verne, Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, and Walt Disney. In this alternate history, Carlos Moreau sold a short story called Orbit's Story to Disney and collaborated with Disney's Special Projects team on the 1964 World's Fair. A fictional artist named Wallace shared maps of the park and sent postcards to participants. He had a booth at the 2013 D23 Expo fan convention as part of the game's finale event. Gameplay Clues were revealed through character blogs. Amelia posted scans and articles for her grandfather, including a phone number connected to a fictional construction company. Other clues led to real-world locations, like a scanned napkin that directed players to the real-life Tam O'Shanter Inn, one of Walt Disney's favorite restaurants. Players were also invited to the private restaurant Club 33 to have conversations with the character Wallace to learn more about the history of the secret society. Through Wallace's blog, players found maps and clues that led to hidden clues inside the Disney parks. One clue was hidden on a girder above the "Tomorrowland" monorail platform in an ink that was only visible when using a camera flash. Wallace invited players to a live chat with Imagineer Bob Gurr. For the last event before the game finale, 100 players met for a tour of Walt Disney's private apartment over Main Street, U.S.A.. D3 Expo The finale of The Optimist took place from 9–11 August 2013 at the 2013 D23 Expo fan convention. Tomorrowland co-writers Brad Bird and Damon Lindelof did a presentation in which they shared a fake picture of Walt Disney and a "newly found" animation that described the secret society "Plus Ultra". Players could meet with the fictional character Wallace at his booth at the 2013 D23 Expo fan convention. If they gave him the correct secret code, he would tell them about Walt Disney's vision of the future, and give them a stylized map of Disneyland. Players had to work together inside the theme park by combining their maps, which led to a finale inside the park's cinema. A film inside the cinema revealed a final message from members of the secret society, welcoming the players as its newest members. The players received special commemorative pins. References Transmediation Alternate reality games
The 2021–22 season is F.C. Crotone's first season back in second division of the Italian football league, the Serie B, and the 112th as a football club. Players First-team quad Out on loan Pre-season and friendlies Competitions Overall record Serie A League table Results summary Results by round Matches The league fixtures were announced on 24 July 2021. Coppa Italia References F.C. Crotone seasons Crotone
Decoration for a Thesis in Honor of Saint Francis Solano is a two-piece print created by Italian printmaker Stefano della Bella in 1639, regarding the defense of a theological thesis. The defense occurred in the Franciscan convent of Santa Maria in Aracoeli and was brought forward by the writings of Friar Buenaventura de Salinas y Córdoba. The thesis was dedicated to the Spanish Franciscan friar, Saint Francis Solano for his works with the indigenous communities in the Peruvian Viceroyalty of Spain. Visual description Top sheet Standing in the middle of the piece is Saint Francis Solano dressed in traditional Franciscan garb, his arms encircling a rising sun. Above the sun appears an emblem displaying a cross overlayed by two crossed arms. He is surrounded by an ovular frame made of leaves, also encompassing within a background featuring two major landmarks in colonial Peru, the capital city of Lima and the Silver mines of Potosí, as well as the Pacific Ocean directly behind Solano. Both within the frame and around it lay several inscriptions written in Latin as well as four putti. Two putti sit at either side of Solano holding an inscription regarding Solano across his knees, while the others look down upon the scene from outside the frame each from one of the top corners. Each of the putti are holding individual coats of arms. Those near the feet of Solano are identical copies portraying medieval imagery and short Latin inscriptions. Those of the upper putti are distinct. The upper left is adorned with three crowns underneath a star with an inscription stating, ¨this is the sign of kings¨. The upper right depicts a friar surrounded by a crowd of men, heads adorned with halos, and an inscription stating, ¨pronounce twelve disciples from Peru¨. The space in the bottom corners is filled on both sides with bound books. Latin inscriptions Ovular frame: Left: "The city of Lima for almost unlimited souls converted to the ecclesiastical glory of the Canonization of Solano" Right: "The silver Mount Potosi, after conveying to Spain almost unlimited treasures, begs for the favor of the Beatification of Solano" Center banner: "Solano, the guardian angel of the Peruvians" Bottom sheet In the center of the piece stands 13th century Scottish theologian Friar John Duns Scotus dressed in the same fashion as Solano. Scotus is holding a Latin inscribed banner that flows down past his arms. He is flanked by two putti in the same manner as Solano in the work's top sheet. He stands above a Latin inscription and between two stone columns. The columns in the print show similarity to those in the Sevelli Chapel altar in the right transept of the cathedral. The emblem above the sun in the upper sheet also appears as an element in the altar. Directly to the outside of the columns are two sections of Latin inscriptions. The inscriptions on the side are the sixteen theses that were defended at Santa Maria in Aracoeli. Latin inscriptions Center banner: "The whole doctrine is spread out by the egg of the prince of Scots theologians" Bottom margin: "General treatises of the whole Seraphic religion will be discussed at the convent of Santa Maria of Aracoeli in Rome, celebrated on the first of June 1639" Historical background Steffano della Bella In 1610 Steffano della Bella was born to a Florentine sculptor father, who's early death led to Steffano becoming an apprentice in the arts himself. His career took him through various methods, ultimately landing on the practice of etching. He learned the practice from Remigio Cantagallina, former master of Callot, an important figure in Baroque era printmaking. Steffano produced around one thousand etchings throughout his career, focusing greatly on reproducing events going on in the world around him. In 1633 he would move to Rome, where he would eventually complete the titular piece of the article. St. Francis Solano The honoree of the thesis defense at Santa Maria in Aracoeli was a member of the Franciscan Order and a subset of the organization sent on mission to the Viceroyalty of Peru during the times of the colonial Spanish Empire. Franciscans in Peru were both utilized by the Spanish Crown as well as the Catholic church. The crown sought to seek cooperation with the indigenous populations of the region through religious connection, while the church viewed it as an opportunity to evangelize the people of the new world. St. Francis himself was particularly successful in the attempt to grow close with the indigenous peoples. His ability to communicate in various native dialects allowed him to form significant connections within the communities in which he served. It was for this reason that the thesis described in etching was dedicated to him personally. Buenaventura de Salinas y Córdoba Buenaventura was born of mixed Spanish and Peruvian heritage in 1610, in Lima, Peru. Nephew of former Spanish conquistadors, he attended Spanish academic institutions due to the connections of his family, being named the Secretary of the Interior to the Viceroyalty of Peru. However, in 1616 he abandoned his governmental position in favor of the same Franciscan Order as Solano. Compelled by his mixed heritage, he felt the need to protect the indigenous populations from the intentions of the Spaniards via his newfound position as a friar. Buenaventura took up an academic position within the order, authoring several works regarding the work done in the New World. Most notably, "Memorial de las historias del Nuevo Mundo, Perú", chronicling the efforts of the Franciscan Order in Peru, and arguing for the Canonization of Friar Francis Solano. This work prefaced the 1639 thesis defense in Rome. Bibliography References Wikipedia Student Program
Huallasaurus (meaning "duck lizard") is a genus of saurolophine hadrosaur from the Late Cretaceous Los Alamitos Formation of Patagonia in Argentina. The type and only species is H. australis. Originally named as a species of Kritosaurus in 1984, it was long considered a synonym of Secernosaurus before being recognized as its own distinct genus in a 2022 study, different from other members of Kritosaurini. Etymology The generic name, "Huallasaurus," combines "hualla," the Mapudungun word for "duck," and the Greek "sauros," meaning "lizard." The specific name, "australis," is derived from the Latin "australis," meaning "southern," after the discovery of the holotype specimen in southern Argentina. Phylogeny Depicted below is a reproduction of the phylogenetic tree produced by Rozadilla et al. (2022), including Huallasaurus and Kelumapusaura, which was described in the same study. Paleoecology Huallasaurus is known from the Late Cretaceous Los Alamitos Formation of Río Negro Province, Argentina. Aeolosaurus rionegrinus, a titanosaurian sauropod, has also been named from this formation. References Saurolophines Maastrichtian life Late Cretaceous dinosaurs of South America Cretaceous Argentina Fossils of Argentina Los Alamitos Formation Golfo San Jorge Basin Fossil taxa described in 2022
Kelumapusaura (meaning "red earth lizard") is a genus of saurolophine hadrosaur from the Late Cretaceous Allen Formation in what is now Patagonia in Argentina. The type and only species is K. machi, known from a bonebed of various individuals. Etymology The generic name, "Kelumapusaura," combines "kelumapu," the Mapudungun word for "red earth," and the feminine form of the Greek "sauros," meaning "lizard." The specific name, "machi," is derived from a word from the Mapuche people for "shaman." Description The describing authors estimate that Kelumapusaurus would have been long. Phylogeny Depicted below is a reproduction of the phylogenetic tree produced by Rozadilla et al. (2022), including Kelumapusaura and Huallasaurus, which was described in the same study. Paleoecology Huallasaurus is known from the Late Cretaceous Allen Formation of Río Negro Province, Argentina. Many other dinosaurs, including titanosaurs, hadrosaurids, abelisaurids, dromaeosaurids, and alvarezsaurids have been named from the formation. References Saurolophines Maastrichtian life Late Cretaceous dinosaurs of South America Cretaceous Argentina Fossils of Argentina Allen Formation Golfo San Jorge Basin Fossil taxa described in 2022
is a Japanese artistic gymnast. Competitive history Detailed results See also Japan men's national gymnastics team 2021 Top Scorers in Men's Artistic Gymnastics References External links Tsuyoshi Hasegawa Japanese male artistic gymnasts Sportspeople from Yamanashi Prefecture Living people 1999 births
Chance was a schooner launched in Virginia in 1779, probably under another name. From 1786 she traded between England and Africa, though may have traded in slaves within African waters. A tornado on 28 March 1789 upset her. Her crew were saved, but 22 of 33 slaves onboard died. Career Chance first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1786. In 1787 she reportedly reached the Îles de Los before returning to Portsmouth and then Gravesend on 10 July. On 28 August she again sailed for Africa. By 16 August 1788 she had returned to Gravesend. On 1 October she sailed for Africa. Fate Chance, Proudfoot, master, was off Dixcove when a tornado on 28 March 1789 pushed her on her side. The crew was saved in her boats. When Chance upset she was carrying 33 slaves and 50 ounces of gold dust. All the whites saved themselves by taking to her boats. They expected that Chance would go to pieces, drowning any slaves still alive as the slaves were locked below decks. Chance drifted out to sea. Fifty-seven hours later she was 20 leagues from where she had upset when , Harvey, master, came upon her. Captain Thomas Harvey sent a boat and some men to investigate the hulk. When the men heard groaning they sent for axes and were able to cut holes in Chance through which they were able to rescue 11 still living slaves. Some of these slaves were chained to dead slaves and the sailors had to cut the arms and legs off the dead to free the still living. A few days later Chance drifted on shore between the towns of Exim and Princess. Inhabitants from the two towns salvaged the gold and fought over the wreckage. Citations References 1779 ships Ships built in Virginia Age of Sail merchant ships of England London slave ships Maritime incidents in 1789
Harold Bjorn Sigurdson (July 1, 1932January 16, 2012) was a Canadian sports journalist. He started writing for the Winnipeg Free Press in 1951, then covered the Canadian Football League as a writer, television commentator, and radio host. He became the sports editor of The Albertan in 1964, then served as the assistant sports editor of the Vancouver Sun from 1966 to 1976, where he covered the National Hockey League. He returned to Winnipeg as sports editor of the Free Press from 1976 to 1989, and reported on hockey in Manitoba and the World Hockey Association. He also wrote the "Down Memory Lane" series of sports histories and retired in 1996. He was named to the role of honour of the Manitoba Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association, and was inducted into the media sections of both the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame and the Canadian Football Hall of Fame. Early life Harold Bjorn Sigurdson was born on July 1, 1932, in Churchbridge, Saskatchewan, and had Icelandic heritage. He grew up on the family's farm near Churchbridge, moved to Winnipeg in the 1940s, and attended Daniel McIntyre Collegiate Institute. As a youth, he played rugby football, and basketball. Journalism career Sigurdson began working for the Winnipeg Free Press as a copy boy during the late-1940s, when the paper's sports editor, Maurice Smith, gave Sigurdson the opportunity to report on junior basketball. Sigurdson started his full-time sports writing career in 1951, and began covering Canadian football and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 1957. He was a frequent commentator on televised games for the Canadian Football League, and hosted radio shows on CFWM-FM and CJOB-AM in Winnipeg. In January 1964, The Albertan named Sigurdson its sports editor, where he reported on football games for the Calgary Stampeders. He later served as the assistant sports editor of the Vancouver Sun from 1966 to 1976, and covered both the Vancouver Canucks and the National Hockey League. Sigurdson returned to the Free Press in March 1976, to succeed Maurice Smith as the sports editor, who talked Sigurdson into returning to Winnipeg. He covered junior ice hockey and senior ice hockey in Manitoba, and the World Hockey Association. He also wrote the "Down Memory Lane" series of sports histories, and served on the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum selection committee. He served as the sports editor until 1989, then as a sports columnist until he retired in 1996. He wrote his final sports column in the Free Press on June 28, 1996. Personal life Sigurdson was married to Merelyn, and had two daughters and two sons. In his recreational time, he participated in curling, golf, and ten-pin bowling. He died from Alzheimer's disease on January 16, 2012, in Winnipeg, at the Saint Boniface Hospital. Honours and legacy Sigurdson was known to his colleagues as "Siggy", and often joked that the hockey people he met over the years, spared him "the need of getting a real job". Jeff Blair described him as a good mentor, and that Sigurdson "had a real eye for detail", was "really fair" and was "a guy who stressed pride and craft". Bill Redekop described Sigurdson as "the thinking man's sportswriter, providing insight instead of outrage". The Dow Breweries Canadian Football Reporting Awards twice gave Sigurdson an honourable mention for the best reporter in the country. He was named to the role of honour of the Manitoba Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association in 1991. He was inducted into the media category of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame in 1993, and was inducted into the Football Reporters of Canada section of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1994. References 1932 births 2012 deaths 20th-century Canadian journalists Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductees Canadian Football League announcers Canadian male journalists Canadian people of Icelandic descent Canadian radio personalities Canadian sportswriters Canadian television sportscasters Deaths from Alzheimer's disease Journalists from Saskatchewan Neurological disease deaths in Manitoba Vancouver Sun people Writers from Saskatchewan
Guilherme Muricy (born 1964) is a Brazilian invertebrate zoologist, and Professor of Invertebrate Zoology at the National Museum of Brazil. He is a specialist in sponges and has written over 100 papers on the chemistry, the taxonomy of sponges, and the descriptions of many new sponge species. His zoological author abbreviation is Muricy. Taxa named by Muricy See Taxa named by Guilherme Muricy and taxa in wikidata where Muricy is author. References Brazilian zoologists Living people 1964 births
Several vessels have been named Chance: was launched in 1786 at St John's Newfoundland. She became a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. Circa 1787 she was condemned on the coast of Africa as unfit for service. was a schooner launched in Virginia in 1779, probably under another name. From 1786 she traded between England and Africa, though may have traded in slaves within African waters. A tornado on 28 March 1789 upset her. Her crew were saved, but 22 of the 33 slaves onboard died. was built in India c.1799. She was captured and recaptured before being lost near Saint Mary's Bay, Madagascar in May 1799. See also – two vessels of the British Royal Navy Ship names
Group M was an Australian association of photographers who between 1959 and 1965 mounted exhibitions that advocated for photography to be treated as art, and were formative in a revival of the medium in the nation, the awareness of Australian photography internationally, and its acceptance into mainstream galleries in the 1970s. Moggs Creek Clickers In 1955 Group M originated in the 'Moggs Creek Clickers' named for a locale near the creek of that name, where several members, mostly science and education professionals, had holiday houses and who joined through its association with Melbourne University. A newspaper report of the time numbered the members at 140 and new recruits were invited, but the core group remained around 8–10, initially all men though one woman who joined was Zillah Lee who handled submissions for their exibitons. They issued a newsletter The Last Shot thrice yearly in which they promoted 'creative freedom', rather than the adherence to outmoded 1930s pictorialism then perpetuated by the Melbourne Camera Club. As member John Crook noted in a catalogue of their 1964 touring exhibition;"It would be satisfying to think that the Australian photographer of today has 126 glorious years to draw inspiration from ... over a century of great works, a wonderful photographic heritage . .. But it is not so. We study the past very little. What greatness is there, is hardly known to those practising photography in Australia today. There have been two major periods: straight documentary (the second half of last century), and its antithesis, 'Pictorialism', in the first half of this century. The real, then the romantic [ . . . ] 'Artistic' photography spread [ . . . ] A well organised club and exhibition system supported this academic approach. Pictorialism was in; there was little else for over forty years." Instead they championed ‘straight’, unmanipulated photography that transparently represented its subject, declaring; "We are certain that the majority of people appreciate philosophical thinking and social comment expressed through photography." International influences The Moggs Creek Clickers in their newsletter alerted members to the arrival, in Australia, of Edward Steichen's MoMA exhibition The Family of Man which toured from February to July 1959, opening in Melbourne at the Preston Motors Show Room on February 23, before moving on to Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide. It had a lasting influence on the group and other photographers who saw it in Australia, including John Cato, Paul Cox, and Robert McFarlane as well as Graham McCarter who, seeing the show, was motivated to take up photojournalism. In 1959 the group held their first exhibition, in rented premises in Pink Alley off Little Collins St., Melbourne, naming it, and subsequent shows, Photovision. Considering 'Clickers' not serious enough, they renamed themselves Group M. They mounted six major exhibitions between 1959 and 1965, all titled Photovision, at first open to international photographers, but from 1963 restricted to Australians. Their annual exhibitions moved to John Reed's and Georges Mora's Melbourne Museum of Modern Art in Tavistock Place off Flinders Street. Display of work there followed, in a more modest manner, the innovations of Steichen's designer, the architect Paul Rudolph, with large unframed prints on floating panels, some mural sized, in three-dimensional, walk-through arrangements, and introduced the more recent innovation of projections of colour transparencies with a soundtrack. Also like Steichen's Family, the images and exhibitions were organised into themes. Other influences cited by Crook included photographs of Hiroshima, the grimly apocalyptic 1959 movie On the Beach filmed in Melbourne, and local contemporaries; the painters of urban estrangement, John Brack and Arthur Boyd. He identified a collective photographic consciousness inspired by magazines such as Life, and photographers Henri Cartier-Bresson, W. Eugene Smith, Bill Brandt and Robert Capa; "Important work from before the war, like the documents of the US Farm Security Administration, were also being seen here for the first time. It made us realise the potential of photography." Their photographs, rather than sitting “quietly on the walls”, were used “as a force” to lead an “assault’ on vision of the kind being experienced in public advertising and publicity, exploiting the attention-grabbing potential of blow-ups on panels without glass in a shift away from the camera club reverence for the fine print. Their 1963 show Urban Woman was the most direct response to The Family of Man, attracting a wide audience. Though all the pictures were by men, it documented sociological and psychological aspects of the contemporary urban woman's life, with sympathy for the phenomenon of the house-bound woman, isolated in the suburbs after her military activity or workforce presence during the war. The show toured for four years, to Sydney, Adelaide and Perth, and in 1968 it formed part of Australia's cultural contribution to the Mexico Olympics. However, when the photographs eventually arrived back to Australia in 1971, they were so badly damaged they had to be destroyed. Legacy The central figures in Group M were George W Bell (1920–2008); John Crook, teacher (1927–2012); Albert Brown, industrial chemist (1931–2017); Cliff Restarick, mineral engineer with CSIRO and musician; Roy McDonald, teacher; John Bolton; Richard Woldendorp; Harry Youlden; Fred Mosse; Tony Taylor. The prime mover was John Crook, who with the more artistic George Bell had made contact with John Reed. Albert Brown, a later recruit of the Clickers, promoted the group and documentary photography to galleries, museums, and universities. He corresponded with German-born British-based photographic historian Helmut Gernsheim, who wrote: “You seem to entirely agree with me that documentation is the most important function of photography today.” Director of the National Gallery of Victoria, Eric Westbrook appointed him as an honorary photographic consultant in November 1966 in which position he was instrumental in 1966 in the establishment of the photography collection and he joined Westbrook Allan Martin, M. Marwick and Geoffrey Blainey in persuading the Gallery Trustees to approve the establishment a Department of Photography, and from 1969 was on an advisory Photographic Subcommittee with Dacre Stubbs, Les Gray, Lenton Parr. The photography department's first exhibition was MoMA's The Photographer’s Eye curated by John Szarkowski which Brown helped secure. The conscription of some younger group members to serve in the Vietnam War prompted four Group M members to stage the 1965 Photovision, A Time to Love, an exhibition with works by John Crook, Albert Brown, George Bell and Roy McDonald, which depicted bushfires, old people, handicapped children and the Lake Tyers Aboriginal mission. Roy McDonald, who went on to be a teacher of Latin and classics at Melbourne Grammar exploited the fact that his mother worked in a mental health hospital to go and photograph some of the inmates and nurses, and recorded archaic treatment of mental conditions not only of adults but also of young children who he said were so starved for affection that they clung to him as he tried to take pictures. Albert Brown sent 15 photographs from each section to the University of Texas where they were included in the Gernsheim collection of over 30,000 photographs; John Crook remarked that "The University of Texas is now apparently taking a keen Interest in Australia and Australiana, and is looking to us as a place to collect from. In return for our plotures, the university sent us 100 copy negatives of famous historical pictures." They were printed to form an exhibition of 85 photographs "reflecting war, revolution, technical achievements and human life in the 100 years from 1842 to 1942," selected and sequenced chronologically by Allan Martin, Professor of History at La Trobe University. Funds of their own and sponsors covered the cost of printing the negatives and designer Derrick Watson's lay-out of this their last exhibition, at the Argus Gallery in Latrobe Street in November 1966. The group planned a further exhibition A Portrait of a Nation to record of the “relations of Australians with their environment”, and “nationally important aspects of their life”, but despite their approaches to the Federal government, Reserve Bank and National Library, no funding was forthcoming and the project lapsed. Though Group M was short-lived and its exhibitions rarely reviewed and merely tolerated by, but not embraced into the art world of John Reed, its reach into the Australian photographic community was considerable. Exhibitors included Nigel Buesst (Newsreel cameraman and industrial photographer), Keast Burke (Sydney professional and writer on photography, Gordon De Lisle (High-ranking member of the Melbourne Camera Club), Max Dupain, Margaret ‘Maggie’ Fraser (American advertising photographer), Laurence Le Guay, Zillah Lee, David Moore who was selector and advisor for their shows, Wolfgang Sievers, Marc Strizic, Bob Whitaker, and Brian McArdle, editor of Walkabout. That this effort at advancing serious photography in Australia was so soon forgotten is due to a number of factors; the practical problems the group faced in putting on their exhibitions, especially the demands and costs of making large prints meant that publicity was a further expensive inconvenience . In Crook's view they “never had the time and resources,” and besides, most of the group “had challenging and reasonably enjoyable jobs in science and teaching,” and “the ultimate success was to do what seemed right, not that which made us famous”. Despite John Crook's archive being lost in the Ash Wednesday bushfires of 1983, a retrospective was able to be mounted at New North Gallery 7–30 October 2010. Exhibitions 1961 Photovision, Museum of Modern Art and Design of Australia in Tavistock Place (Flinders Street), Melbourne. Photovision was an annual event between 1959 and 1965. 1963, 27 August–7 September, Group M, Urban Woman, Melbourne Town Hall; two hundred photographs, touring to Geelong Art Gallery (1965), The Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery (1965) and the Perth Town Hall for the 1966 Festival of Perth, then the Australian Embassy in Mexico during and after the 1968 Olympic Games. 1965, 13–30 September, Photovision '65 2010, 7–30 October; Group M, New North Gallery, 15a Railway Place Fairfield References Australian photography organisations Australian photographers Unassessed History of photography articles History of photography
Ghost of Undecimber, known in Japan as , is a manga series created by . Shōdensha serialized it in their josei manga magazine Feel Young from January 8, 2015, to December 8, 2016, and released it across two collected tankōbon volumes in 2016–2017. The story follows a love triangle involving Neri, a woman who dislikes being feminine; Kiri, a cross-dressing man; and Suō, an otherwise heterosexual man who finds Kiri attractive. The series was critically well received for its themes of questioning gender roles, and was selected as one of the recommended works at the Japan Media Arts Festival in 2018. Premise Ghost of Undecimber follows , a woman who dislikes cute things and is uncomfortable with being feminine; , her twin brother who only feels at ease when cross-dressing in cute and feminine outfits; and , Kiri's roommate. A love triangle develops as Neri becomes attracted to Suō, who in turn finds Kiri attractive when wearing women's clothes, despite otherwise not being attracted to men. Production and release Ghost of Undecimber was written and drawn by , and was serialized irregularly by Shōdensha in their josei manga magazine Feel Young from January 8, 2015, until December 8, 2016. They have also released it in two collected tankōbon volumes in 2016–2017 under their imprint Feel Comics Swing, which include an additional chapter each that was not part of the magazine serialization. Takano struggled with the schedule of the serialization, submitting each chapter to the publisher close to the deadline, and then went back to touch up the art for the release of the collected editions; the final chapter was particularly difficult, as one of Takano's family members died while she was in the middle of producing it. Volumes Reception Ghost of Undecimber was critically well received. It was chosen as one of the jury's recommended manga at the 21st edition of the Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs' Japan Media Arts Festival in 2018, it was one of the featured books at the Kumazawa feminist book fair in 2018, and both volumes were included in Kono Manga ga Sugoi! daily recommended manga feature. Kono Manga ga Sugoi found the love triangle and surrounding drama intriguing, and described it as something that kept them reading. They liked the story's portrayal of fashion as not only something fun, but also as a way to deal with reality, and the comparisons it makes to Cinderella. The Kumazawa book fair liked the series for its "deep characters" and discussion of gender roles, something Kono Manga ga Sugoi! also enjoyed, including the complexity and irony surrounding how Neri and Kiri relate to looking nearly identical but having different personalities and genders. Translator Jocelyne Allen also liked many of the series' themes, such as "awkward romance" and questioning of gender roles, as well as the minimalist ligne claire artwork, but did not find it to live up to its potential, wishing that Kiri did not cross-dress only because of past trauma and finding this to work against the story. Kono Manga ga Sugoi! liked the ending, calling it both impactful and hopeful. References Cross-dressing in anime and manga Josei manga LGBT in anime and manga Shodensha manga
The Harrowing of Hell is a comic book written by Evan Dahm and published by Iron Circus Comics. Background The comic book was originally intended to be published in March 2020, but the COVID-19 Pandemic pushed back the publication date to July 2020. The story is a retelling of Jesus's descent into hell, otherwise known as the Harrowing of Hell, which was originally depicted in the Gospel of Nicodemus. The story contains flashbacks to Jesus's life as he descends into hell. Throughout the comic book Jesus answers questions with vague responses and an emphasis on storytelling, which leaves his own story open to interpretation. Dahm used brush drawing to illustrate the book and the colors are limited to black, white, and red. See also Judas (comic book) References External links 2020 comics debuts 2020 comics endings American comics Religious comics Christian comics
Mount Misery is a 284-foot hill and public conservation land in Lincoln, Massachusetts on Route 117 (Great Road) and on the Bay Circuit Trail near the Sudbury River. Containing 227 acres Mount Misery is the largest piece of conservation land in the town and contains seven miles of public hiking trails through hills, wetlands and agricultural fields. History Although it is unknown for certain, Mount Misery may take its name from the death of a pair of oxen or a sheep on the hill in colonial times. By 1667 the Billings family owned land around the brook and eventually operated a saw mill on the Beaver Dam Brook just below what is now the upper pond at the base of Mount Misery. Evidence of this mill remains today near the brook. Concord writer Henry David Thoreau often hiked and recorded his experiences on the hill in his journal in the 1850s. In the 1940s James DeNormandie acquired much of the land around Mount Misery to prevent it from being developed and for his own agriculture uses. He dammed the brook and excavated soil to form the lower pond, as well as re-damming the original upper mill pond, and he built a cabin on the top of Mount Misery which later burned. DeNormandie sold Mount Misery to the town as public conservation land in 1969. The land contains Beaver Dam Brook which is still home to several beavers and Terrapin Lake, a kettle hole, where cranberries were grown until the 1990s. References External links Official website Lincoln, Massachusetts Hills of Massachusetts Landforms of Middlesex County, Massachusetts Protected areas of Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Henri Delauze (born May 6, 1997) is a male sprinter from Freeport, Bahamas who mainly competes in the 400m. He attended Bishop Michael Eldon School on Grand Bahama Island before going on to compete for Miami Hurricanes and Embry-Riddle University. Personal bests References External links World Athletics Bio Embry Riddle Bio Hurricanes Bio 1997 births Living people Bahamian male sprinters People from Freeport, Bahamas Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
Cheluvina Chilipili is a 2009 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film directed by S. Narayan. A remake of the Telugu film Kotha Bangaru Lokam, the film stars his son Pankaj and newcomer Roopika. Mickey J Meyer, who composed the music for the original, reused his tunes. The film released to mixed reviews. The film released at the same time as the film Iniya. The audio launch of the film was attended by Ambarish and Sumalatha. The film bears a similar to title to S. Narayan's film Cheluvina Chittara. Cast Pankaj as Balu Roopika as Swapna Rajendra Karanth as Swapna's father Anant Nag Sumalatha Dwarakish Sundar Production S. Narayan cast in son (in his second film) and newcomer Roopika in the lead roles. Release The film was released on 28 August 2009. Reception A critic from Bangalore Mirror criticised Pankaj's acting and opined that "S Narayan has to extract acting from his son the same way he does with other actors" On the contrary, a critic from The Times of India gave the film a rating of three out of five stars and said that "Pankaj excels in romantic, dramatic and action scenes. Roopika is simply superb. Anant Nag and Sumalata do a commendable job. Mickey Meyer's music is good. Jagadish Wali has done a good job with the camera". A critic from The New Indian Express gave the same review and said that "Cheluvina Chilipili is a good family oriented film with message for college students". R. G. Vijayasarathy of Rediff.com gave the film a rating of two out of five stars and opined that "All in all, Cheluvina Chilipili is an enjoyable film". References External links Indian romantic drama films 2000s Kannada-language films 2009 romantic drama films Films directed by S. Narayan Kannada remakes of Telugu films
Acanthoceramoporella is an extinct genus of cystoporate bryozoans from the Ordovician period. References Bryozoans
Marzette Watts and Company, also known as Marzette and Company, is the debut album by saxophonist and composer Marzette Watts. It was recorded in December 1966 in New York City, and was released by ESP-Disk in 1968. On the album, Watts is joined by saxophonist, flutist, and bass clarinetist Byard Lancaster, cornetist and trombonist Clifford Thornton, guitarist Sonny Sharrock, vibraphonist Karl Berger, bassists Henry Grimes and Juney Booth, and drummer J. C. Moses. The album, which was reissued by ESP-Disk in 2012, was recorded under the supervision of Clifford Thornton. ESP-Disk owner Bernard Stollman stated that he initially knew Watts as an independent engineer who had his own recording studio. He recalled: "When I visited his apartment on Cooper Square, he had a few small paintings on the wall. I didn't know at the time that he had studied at the Sorbonne. He said, 'Bernard, I'm going to do an album.' 'Yourself? Are you a musician?' 'Yes,' he said, 'I taught myself.' He had such aplomb, that when he said something it wasn't halfway. I said, 'All right, Marzette, you will do an album.'" Watts would go on to record only one additional album, The Marzette Watts Ensemble, recorded in 1968 and released by Savoy Records in 1969. Reception In a review for AllMusic, Rob Ferrier wrote: "Like many an album on the ESP label, this one takes work to enjoy... Those into the time and place (i.e., New York in the mid-'60s) can't get enough of this stuff and are sure to enjoy this too. For others with open ears, this is a peek into a chapter of American music that is still criminally underappreciated." John Garratt, writing for PopMatters, stated: "Marzette Watts was caught in the very middle of the civil unrest of 1960s America.... Watts struggled to belong somewhere. The music of Marzette Watts & Company reflects this turmoil and the list of soon-to-be-famous names accompanying him on the album suggests that misery loved company... Half these musicians have passed on, but their 'Backdrop for Urban Revolution' continues to stay in motion, thanks to gut-punching artifacts like this one." Writing for Elsewhere, Graham Reid commented: "Astute observers will note the paralleling to some extent of Ornette Coleman's double-quintet line-up from Free Jazz, but also the inclusion of Sharrock, an incendiary player whose staccato firepower would go on to become a cornerstone of many free jazz albums. That black politics was in the forefront of Watts' thinking is evidenced by the 20 minute 'Backdrop for Urban Revolution', an occasionally explosive piece -- especially when Sharrock starts tossing out shards of sounds which sound like storefront windows breaking." Writer Raul Da Gama remarked: "It takes but one listening of his path-breaking album Marzette Watts & Company and it becomes patently clear that here is a musician gifted in both the aural and spectrally visual nature of music. In other words, Mr. Watts could paint pictures as he set aspects of his experiences to music... This is a marvelous record and ought to be enshrined in a place where historic recording are not only stored but listened to and taught for others to have a sense of history that the men and women of the 60's created." In a review for Offbeat, David Kunian commented: "Here, some of the lesser-known players of the avant-garde perform some great music together. Instead of all-out improvs, there are compositions with great dialogues and harmonies between certain instruments, while others add accents or textures." Guitarist Thurston Moore referred to the album as "one of the heaviest ESP-disk recordings." Track listing All compositions by Marzette Watts. "Backdrop For Urban Revolution" – 19:18 "Ia" – 10:10 "Geno" – 7:34 Personnel Marzette Watts – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet Byard Lancaster – alto saxophone, flute, bass clarinet Clifford Thornton – cornet, trombone Karl Berger – vibraphone Sonny Sharrock – guitar Henry Grimes – bass Juney Booth – bass J. C. Moses – drums References 1968 albums Free jazz albums ESP-Disk albums
Two vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Chance''': was a Jamaican privateer that the Spanish Navy captured in 1797 and named Galgo Inglés (English greyhound), and that the British captured in November 1799. In her brief career she detained, took, or destroyed a number of small prizes before October 1800, when she foundered, with the loss of most of her crew and passengers. The Admiralty had intended to rename her HMS Chance, but she was lost before the change could take effect. was an launched by Associated SB, Seattle, on 27 November 1942. She was transferred to the UK on Lend Lease on 13 November 1943, where she was classified as a Catherine-class minesweeper. The UK returned her to the United States Navy in 1946, who sold her in March to the Turkish Navy as Edremit''. The Turkish Navy withdrew her from service in 1973. Royal Navy ship names
Madam Garsa Fwip is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise in the Disney+ television series The Book of Boba Fett. She is of the Twi'lek species and is first introduced in "Chapter 1: Stranger in a Strange Land" as the owner of the cantina The Sanctuary. She brings her tribute and loyalty to Boba Fett by filling his helmet with gold. When Krrsantan is fighting the Trandoshans she tries to calm him, but fails. She is later killed after the Pykes blow up The Sanctuary while she is inside. Fwip is different from the usual Twi'lek as most female Twi'leks are enslaved, while she is a wealthy owner of a cantina. Garsa Fwip is portrayed by Jennifer Beals, who helped costume designer Shawna Trpcic come up with ideas for Fwip's design. Beals also did not know what show she was part of, but knew it had something to do with Star Wars. Fwip has received generally positive reviews from critics. Some critics even thought that Fwip was going to be the main villain of the series. Appearances Garsa Fwip is the Twi'lek owner of the cantina The Sanctuary in the city Mos Espa on Tatooine. When Boba Fett becomes the new Daimyo of Tatooine, he is the person who looks over Fwip's cantina. Fett and his partner Fennec Shand both come to pay a visit to The Sanctuary to tell Fwip that her business will thrive under their watch. While they are there, Fwip has two of her servants polish their helmets and fill Fett's with coins, giving tribute to him as the new Daimyo. When Fett and Shand leave, they are attacked by Night Wind assassins, but are able to defend themselves. As the Hutt Twins arrive, Fwip explains that they are Jabba the Hutt's cousins who have come to take back Jabba's land from Fett. The Twins try to intimidate Fett with a Wookie named Krrsantan, but Fett does not comply. Later, while Krrsantan is in the cantina, he sees Trandoshans, who are known for hunting Wookies, gambling. Krrsantan attacks them, but is calmed down by Fwip, who reminds Krrsantan of his past as a gladiator telling him he does not need to prove anything. Krrsantan does not listen and rips one the arms off one of the Trandoshans. Fwip tells Krrsantan that he needs to pay for the damage he had caused, and Krrsantan takes some credits from one of the Trandoshans, giving them to Fwip. Watching the whole thing happen, Fett hires Krrsantan as his own bodyguard. Before war breakouts between Fett and the Pyke Syndicates, the Pykes send two of their kind to The Sanctuary. Fwip notices them and has two of her servants attend to them. The Pykes reject their help and leave a container of credits on a table, without having a drink. As a droid tries to remind them they left their container, the container blows up the cantina, subsequently killing Fwip. After the bombing, Fett stated that war had begun and used the remains of The Sanctuary as cover against the Pykes. Characteristics Garsa Fwip is a tan skinned Twi'lek, which are humanoids that have two lekku, tentacular appendages, on the back of there heads. With Twi'lek women being considered attractive, Twi'leks are often depicted as slaves, especially to the Hutt family, but Fwip is a wealthy owner of a cantina. She shows acts of kindness by quickly helping those who come to The Sanctuary and shows her loyalty to Boba Fett by filling his helmet with gold as tribute to him. Jennifer Beals, the portrayer of Garsa Fwip stated, "I mean, Madam Garsa is extraordinary. She is not like any other Twi'lek we've seen. She's enormously wealthy. And the costumes are extraordinary... it's clear that she's no one's slave and that she's no one's master. That is why she's a madam... They have actual plants on a planet where water comes at a premium. That's how wealthy she is." Fwip also shows her kindness and power by calming an angry Krrsantan down. Development Portrayal Garsa Fwip is portrayed by Jennifer Beals, who had previously worked with Jon Favreau, creator of the series, in Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle and Robert Rodriguez, one of the directors of the show, in Four Rooms. Beals' agent told her that John Favreau wanted to talk to her about giving her a part in The Mandalorian, but Favreau was really trying to keep a secret and was talking about The Book of Boba Fett. She later video chatted with Dave Filoni and Robert Rodriguez, and they told her what her character was going to be like. Beals and Robert Rodriguez discussed how Fwip was like was Rick Blain from the film Casablanca. Later, she said that she got the part when her brother had just told her about the show The Mandalorian and later received a phone call telling her she got the job for the part. After getting hired, she said that she binged watched The Mandalorian. Beals later said that when she got on set she had no clue what show she was part of, but said that she knew it was Star Wars, which she admitted she did not no much about, and that her character was a Twi'lek who owned a cantina. Fwip was originally going to be called master, but Beals did not think that was a good idea as Fwip is trying to create a "literal sanctuary of beauty and balance in a world that’s lacking both" so they called Fwip madam. Beals was working on The L Word: Generation Q while she was also working on The Book of Boba Fett. She said that it was two totally different experiences. Costume Beals helped incorporate many of the designs on Garsa Fwip and the costumes she wears. Shawna Trpcic, costume designer for The Book of Boba Fett, talked to Beals about meditation and told her that if she ever had any thoughts about the character's design to tell her about them so she could integrate the ideas into Fwip's costume. Because Beals thought that you could not come out of a battle unharmed, the scar that goes from Fwip's collarbone to her sternum was Beals' idea. One of Fwip's costumes was designed as Fwip's version of a cat eye, which Beals called a nod to a "recognizable sign of beauty, status, health, and makeup". They based the eye makeup off Egyptian lineage. Fwip's lekku were made by Brian Sipe and Alexei Dmitriew, who made sure it balanced and fit perfectly on Beals' head. They made them by measuring Beals' head to see where the most amount of weight would be and how it would affect her spine. After measuring her head, they took pictures of her and made a 3-D rendition of the lekku on their computer. The makeup artist, Alexy Jukic-Prévost, made stencils for the eye makeup to quickly apply the makeup after each episode. Beals said that the makeup for The Book of Boba Fett took less time than for The L Word: Generation Q. Reception Fwip has been received positively by critics. Screen Rant ranked her the 10th best supporting character in The Book of Boba Fett. /Film has put her at the 10th best character in the series, stating, "Jennifer Beals was sadly not given that much to do with her Twi'lek nightclub owner, but what we get of her was promising." Some thought that Fwip was going to be the main villain of the series, saying that she was the one who sent the Night Wind assassins to kill Fett. Comicbook's Jamie Jirak was excited to see Beals as Fwip. Fans were also pleased to see Beals playing Fwip. References External links Female characters in television Fictional bartenders Fictional businesspeople Fictional humanoids Star Wars television characters Television characters introduced in 2021
Orectodictya is an extinct genus of ptilodictyoid bryozoans known from Ordovician fossils found in the U.S. state of Kentucky. References Bryozoans
Carlos González Juárez (born 7 April 1986) is a Spanish football manager who serves as head coach of Canadian club Atlético Ottawa. Early life González was born in Granada. After giving up on his career as a player, he studied sport science at Alfonso X El Sabio University and the University of Granada, which he credited with helping launch his career as a football manager. Managerial career Málaga In 2012, González began working as a coach at the academy of La Liga side Málaga. Atlético Madrid In 2015, he left Málaga to coach in Atlético Madrid's academy system. In 2018, he became manager of the under-19 team and led them to the final of the 2019 Copa del Rey Juvenil, where the team lost to Villarreal. Kuwait On 24 February 2021, González moved to Kuwait to sign as manager of Kuwait SC, his first position as a club first-team manager, and simultaneously as manager of the Kuwaiti national under-23 team. He left Kuwait SC in July of that year, but continued as Kuwait U23 coach at the 2022 U-23 Asian Cup qualifying tournament, guiding Kuwait to qualification for the final tournament. In November 2021, González was appointed manager of the Kuwaiti senior national team, where he coached the team in friendlies against the Czech Republic and Lithuania that month, and a pair of friendlies against Libya in early 2022. Atlético Ottawa On 24 February 2022, González signed as head coach of Atlético Madrid-owned Canadian Premier League side Atlético Ottawa. Managerial statistics References 1986 births Living people Spanish football managers Sportspeople from Granada Spanish expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Kuwait Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait Expatriate soccer managers in Canada Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Canada Málaga CF non-playing staff Atlético Madrid non-playing staff Kuwait SC managers Kuwait national football team managers Atlético Ottawa non-playing staff
Denis Brownell Murphy ( – 1842) was an Irish miniature-painter. Life Denis Brownell Murphy was a native of Dublin. He was a patriot and strong sympathiser with the cause of United Ireland in 1798, but in that year removed for professional reasons to Whitehaven in England with his wife and family. In 1802 they removed to Newcastle-on-Tyne, but in 1803 came to London, settling first at Hanwell. Murphy had considerable practice as a miniature-painter, and was in that capacity attached to the household of Princess Charlotte, being in 1810 appointed painter in ordinary to Her Royal Highness. He copied one or two of Lely's famous Beauties, then at Windsor Castle (afterwards at Hampton Court), and by command of the Princess completed a series of miniature copies of these, adding some from pictures not at Windsor. Murphy had apartments assigned him at Windsor during the progress of this work, which was from time to time inspected and approved by the royal family. The set was not completed at the time of the Princess's death, which put an end to the work and to Murphy's connection with the court. The paintings were sent in to Prince Leopold, with a claim for payment, but to the painter's great disappointment were declined and returned. The set were, however, purchased by a friend, Sir Gerard Noel, and it was suggested that use should be made of them by having them engraved as a series, with illustrative text from the pen of Murphy's daughter, Mrs. Anna Brownell Jameson. This work was successfully completed and published in 1833 under the title of The Beauties of the Court of King Charles the Second. Murphy occasionally exhibited miniatures in enamel or on ivory at the Royal Academy from 1800 to 1827, but his work did not attain any great distinction. The latter part of his life was very closely connected with that of his more famous daughter, Mrs. Jameson. Murphy died in March 1842, leaving by his wife, who survived him, five daughters, of whom the eldest, Anna Brownell, married Robert Jameson, and was the well-known writer on art. Of the others, Camilla became Mrs. Sherwin, and died on 28 May 1886, at Brighton, aged 87, and Louisa became Mrs. Bate, while Eliza and Charlotte Alicia died unmarried, the former at Brighton on 31 March 1874 in her seventy-ninth year, the latter at Ealing on 13 June 1876, aged 71. References Bibliography Caffrey, Paul (2009). "Murphy, Denis Brownell". In Dictionary of Irish Biography. Cambridge University Press, Royal Irish Academy. n.p. Strickland, Walter G. (1968). "Murphy, Denis Brownell". In A Dictionary of Irish Artists. Vol. 2. New York, NY: Hacker Art Books. pp. 157–159. 1745 births 1842 deaths 19th-century Irish painters
Scott Melton (born November 30, 1961) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 69 Ford Fusion for Kimmel Racing. Racing career ARCA Menards Series Melton would begin racing in 2018, driving 4 Cylinder races at Springport Speedway. He decided to race in the ARCA Menards Series, after having talks with Bill Kimmel, the owner of Kimmel Racing. He finished 15th in his first start at Berlin Raceway, and followed with a 25th-place finish at the Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park. He would run half of the season in 2019, earning two top tens, with his best career finish being 9th at Michigan International Speedway, and finishing 15th in the point standings. 2020 would be his breakout season, earning three top tens, with his best finish of 9th at Kansas Speedway. He would follow with a 10th-place finish at Talladega Superspeedway in 2021. Personal life Melton was born and raised in Rockford, Michigan, and has eight children. He currently operates the Melton-McFadden Insurance Agency, an insurance company located in Greenville and Belding, Michigan, and would often sponsor all of his races. Motorsports career results ARCA Menards Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) References External links Official website 1961 births Living people ARCA Menards Series drivers NASCAR drivers Racing drivers from Michigan
Where Romance Rides is a 1925 American silent western film directed by Ward Hayes and starring Dick Hatton, Marilyn Mills and Roy Laidlaw. Synopsis A wealthy New York banker and his daughter take a vacation in the West. While there she is rescued by a local ranch hand acting as a guide. Cast Dick Hatton as Dick Manners Marilyn Mills as Muriel Thompson Roy Laidlaw as Andrew J. Thompson Jack Richardson as Dave Colton Garry O'Dell as Thomas Lapsley Arthur Johnson as Walrus McNutt Archie Ricks as 'Dunk' Gresham Clara Morris as Imogene Harris References Bibliography Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998. Langman, Larry. A Guide to Silent Westerns. Greenwood Publishing Group, 1992. Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997. External links 1925 films 1925 Western (genre) films English-language films American films American silent feature films American Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Films directed by Ward Hayes Arrow Film Corporation films
is a Japanese manga series written by Kenji Saitō and illustrated by Shinshū Ueda. It is a spin-off to Masami Kuramada's original manga series Saint Seiya. The manga started in Akita Shoten's seinen manga magazine Champion Red in December 2020. Plot The story follows an ordinary high school boy that after a certain incident wakes up in the land of the dead. Characters Athena's Army Athena Aries Theseus (牡羊座のテセウス, Ariesu no Teseusu) Taurus Ain (牡牛座のアイン, Taurusu no Ain) Gemini Sōjirō (双子座の惣次郎, Jemini no Sōjirō) Cancer Crematorium (蟹座のクリマトーリオ, Kyansā no Kurimatōrio) Leo Vassilios (獅子座のヴァシリオス, Reo no Vashiriosu) Virgo Renge (乙女座のレンゲ, Barugo no Renge) Libra Kōgetsuki (天秤座の紅月姫, Raibura no Kōgetsuki) Scorpio Eulalia (蠍座のエウラリア, Sukōpion no Euraria) Sagittarius Capricorn Eito (山羊座の詠斗, Kapurikōn no Eito) Aquarius Tritan (水瓶座のトリスタン, Akueriasu no Torisutan) Pisces Alfreid (魚座のアルフリード, Pisukesu no Arufurīdo) Hades's Army Hades Pandora Judges of the Underworld Specters Publication Written by Kenji Saitō and illustrated by Shinshū Ueda, Saint Seiya: Meiō Iden - Dark Wing started in Akita Shoten's seinen manga magazine Champion Red on December 19, 2020. Akita Shoten has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on June 18, 2021. Volume list Chapters not yet in tankōbon format 011. , published on January 19, 2022. 012. , published on February 19, 2022. References Akita Shoten manga Comics spin-offs Isekai anime and manga Saint Seiya Seinen manga
The 1935 Southwest Texas State Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Southwest Texas State Teachers College (now known as Texas State University) during the 1935 college football season as a member of the Lone Star Conference (LSC). In their first year under head coach Joe Bailey Cheaney, the team compiled an overall record of 2–7 with a mark of 1–3 in conference play. Schedule References Southwest Texas State Texas State Bobcats football seasons Southwest Texas State Bobcats football
Badshah Begum is a Pakistani television drama series produced by Rafay Rashdi and Momina Duraid under the banners of Rafay Rashdi Productions and MD Productions, written by Saji Gul and directed by Khizer Idrees. It features Zara Noor Abbas in the titular role with Farhan Saeed, Ali Rehman Khan, Yasir Hussain, Shahzad Nawaz, Komal Meer and Saman Ansari in prominent roles. The series is scheduled to air weekly on Hum TV from 1 March 2022 at 08:00 PM. Cast Zara Noor Abbas Farhan Saeed Ali Rehman Khan Yasir Hussain Shahzad Nawaz Saman Ansari Hamza Sohail Komal Meer Abul Hasan Tanya Hussain Hiba Aziz Reception Production After making his big screen debut as producer and director, Rafay Rashdi started working on his next project in late 2017 which was written by Saji Gul. Saba Qamar was selected to play the titular role. It was then decided to release as a web-series with other actors until early 2019 including Faysal Quraishi, Imran Ashraf, Mohsin Abbas Haider and Gohar Rasheed. Qamar was then replaced by Iman Ali after which the project was shelved due to some unknown reasons. In late 2021, the work on the project restarted with Farhan Saeed revealed to be a part of the project and it was changed to a television series under the banner of MD Productions of Momina Duraid and Rafay Rashdi Production. Zara Noor Abbas was choosed to play the titular role, earlier offered to Ali. In early 2022, it was also announced that Yasir Hussain and Ali Rehman Khan had also joined the cast with other cast members of Saman Ansari, Shahzad Nawaz, Hamza Sohail, Komal Meer, Hiba Aziz and Abul Hassan. The principal photography began in Larkana in October 2021 with a spell of 90 days on the ancestral Haveli of the producer, Rashdi. After that, the filming also took place in Karachi. The first teaser was released on 2 February 2022 while the original soundtrack was released on 24 February 20222. The series will premiere on 1 March 2022 Tuesdays with a timeslot of 08:00pm by succeeding Ibn-e-Hawwa, while Ibn-e-Hawwa will moved to Saturdays, as Qissa Meherbano Ka ends. References 2022 Pakistani television series debuts
Alberto Lembo (28 July 1944 – 22 February 2022) was an Italian politician. A member of the Lega Nord and later the National Alliance, he served in the Chamber of Deputies from 1994 to 2001. He died in Lonigo on 22 February 2022, at the age of 77. References 1944 births 2022 deaths 20th-century Italian journalists 20th-century Italian politicians 21st-century Italian journalists 21st-century Italian politicians Deputies of Legislature XII of Italy Deputies of Legislature XIII of Italy Lega Nord politicians National Alliance (Italy) politicians University of Padua alumni People from the Province of Verona
Quasitrilaminopora is a genus of early Eocene bryozoan of the family Arachnopusiidae, discovered in Chatham Island, New Zealand. References Bryozoans
On 25 February 2022, a strong magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck West Sumatra, Indonesia. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the earthquake struck at a depth of and had an epicenter in Pasaman. At least 13 people died, 388 were injured, and 4 others were missing. Severe damage occurred in Tigo Nagari District, Pasaman. Tectonic setting The west coast of Sumatra is dominated by the Sunda megathrust; a 5,500 km long convergent boundary where the Australian Plate subducts beneath the Burma Plate and Sunda Plate at a rate of per year. Convergence along this plate boundary is highly oblique, severely deforming the overriding Sunda Plate, where it is accommodated by the strike-slip motion along the Great Sumatran fault. The Great Sumatran fault is a -long strike-slip fault system located onshore on the island of Sumatra, which is divided into about 20 segments. The subduction zone offshore Sumatra was responsible for several large earthquakes in 2004 and 2005. Dip-slip faults can rupture within the downgoing Australian Plate as well; the 2009 magnitude 7.6 earthquake near Padang was caused by reverse faulting at a depth of . Occasionally, the subduction plate interface ruptures in earthquakes that reaches the trench, triggering large tsunamis such as in 1907, 2004 and 2010. The Great Sumatran fault was the source of the 1994 Liwa and 1995 Kerinci earthquakes. It produced its largest earthquake during the 1943 Alahan Panjang sequence; measuring 7.8. Earthquake According to the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency (BMKG), the earthquake occurred as a result of right-lateral strike-slip faulting on the Great Sumatran fault. The Earth Observatory of Singapore said that only a small segment of the fault ruptured; likely 10 km long and with an average slip of 10 cm. Four minutes prior, a magnitude 5.2 foreshock occurred. The BMKG stated that the earthquake was felt VI (Strong) in Pasaman Barat, West Pasaman Regency. Its epicenter was located on the slopes of Mount Talakmau. As of 06:00 local time, February 27, 124 aftershocks have been recorded by the BMKG, with the largest measuring 5.1. Early reports by the BMKG stated that the earthquake occurred on the Angkola segment, but further research into the aftershock distribution suggest otherwise. Officials from the BMKG suggest the quake ruptured a newly-discovered segment which has been named Talamau. The Talamau segment is also a right-lateral strike-slip fault. The Angkola segment, according to the BMKG, is capable of generating an earthquake of magnitude 7.6, and the earthquake on 25 February did not release all the seismic strain on the segment. It was responsible for another earthquake in 1892. Another segment of the Grest Sumatran Fault, the Sianok segment, is located nearby. Impact The West Pasaman Regional Disaster Management reported that a total of 1,307 homes and ten government offices were damaged. Earlier that day, the agency expected the number of damaged structures to rise into the hundreds, when at the time, only a few dozen structures were reported damaged. At the West Pasaman Regency, regent's office, severe damage occurred on the third floor, and damage occurred on the roof and ceiling. Bridges, roads and water pipes were reported. Six schools were damaged; two in Ampeknagari and four in Palupuh. An elementary school had also suffered serious damage. In the regency's office, a room partially collapsed. Telecommunication services were disrupted and a mosque collapsed. Cracks formed in the walls of the Talu Pasaman Prison. Rapid groundmass movement was reported in Malampah following the quake. Video footage showed a fast-moving mass of brown soil descending into a village. An official from the Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management (BNPB) said that such phenomena were observed during the 2009 Padang earthquake as well. It is thought to be either a landslide or liquefaction. In Labuah Kaciak, small hot springs appeared from the ground, erupting brown water. A landslide was triggered in Jorong Sungai Siriah, measuring 6 meters in height and 30 meters wide. The BNPB said that the rapid soil movement was a type of flash flood caused by a breached landslide dam. The earthquake triggered a landslide on a river upstream, creating a natural dam and blocking the flow of water. The dam was later breached and a flash flood occurred. An additional 17 landslides were also reported on the slopes of Mount Talakmau. Residents also reported smoke emitting from the volcanic cone. The quake was felt as far away as the Klang Valley of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Some residents and workers rushed to exit their homes and offices. Workers were evacuated from the Bernama headquarters in the city as well. In Port Dickson, a private hospital and government building suffered light damage. Shaking was also felt in Singapore. At approximately 9:40 am Singapore time, residents reported tremors in Punggol, Simei, Redhill, Queenstown, Ang Mo Kio and Kallang. There were reports of shaking in the Marina Bay Financial Centre. Casualties Later in the afternoon, the BNPB stated that two people were killed and 20 were injured. The number of casualties was further updated to seven dead and 60 injured. According to the Ladang Panjang Health Center, three bodies have been removed from the rubble of collapsed buildings. Of the seven people killed, two were elders, and three were minors. Four of the dead were from Pasaman, while the three were from West Pasaman Regency. A total of 85 were injured; 10 seriously, and 50 of them from West Pasaman. Many of the injured were treated at Yarsi Hospital. A further 13,000 people were displaced. On 26 February, the BNPB updated the number of fatalities to ten, while the total number of injured became 86. At least 76 people had minor injuries while 10 others were treated for serious wounds. While most of the victims died from collapsing buildings, some were killed by landslides on Mount Talakmau. Six fatalities were from Pasaman Regency while another four were from West Pasaman Regency and four people are reported missing due to landslides. The number of deaths was updated to 11 on February 27. According to officials, at least 388 people were injured, with 42 suffering serious injuries. The BNPB said search and rescue efforts are still ongoing to locate four people missing due to a landslide. By February 28, at least 12 people have been confirmed dead. During the night of February 28, a disaster relief volunteer suffered a seizure and died. Rescuers managed to safely evacuate five individuals trapped under a landslide which occurred on March 1. At least four cars were buried by the landslide. Response The BNPB stated that residents should stay alert for the potential of flash floods. The head of the BNPB said that rivers in the area have dried up due to blockage upstream caused by ground movement. Residents have been urged to stay away from hilly areas due to the threat of landslides and rockslides from rain. At least 5,000 displaced residents sought refuge across 35 evacuation centers. The BNPB confirmed volcanic activity was present on nearby Mount Talakmau. As a precautionary measure, some residents near the volcano had to be evacuated. Minister of Social Affairs, Tri Rismaharini visited several evacuation centers the following day. According to her, logistics have distributed 2,000 packs of ready-to-eat food. Additional aid including tents and sanitary kits was also transported. The families of victims killed were compensated Rp 15 million as a form of assistance. Homes that were slightly damaged would be repaired by the local government body. Moderate to heavily damaged homes would be rebuilt by the central government. Rescue and recovery efforts on February 27 went on to search for four missing individuals. The BNPB also deployed people to survey the damage. See also List of earthquakes in 2022 List of earthquakes in Indonesia List of earthquakes in Malaysia March 2007 Sumatra earthquakes References External links 2022 disasters in Asia 2022 earthquakes 2022 floods 2022 in Indonesia 2020s disasters in Indonesia 2020s floods in Asia 2022 earthquake 2022 earthquake Earthquakes in Indonesia February 2022 events in Indonesia Floods in Indonesia 2022 earthquake Landslides in 2022 Landslides in Indonesia
Florence Ladd (born 1932) is the Director Emeritus of the Bunting Institute and the author of the novel Sarah's Psalm. Biography Ladd was born on June 16, 1932, in Washington, D.C. Her parents were both educators and she grew up in Washington, D.C. She attended Howard University, graduating in 1953 and then the University of Rochester, earning a Ph.D. in psychology in 1958. Ladd began her academic career teaching at Simmons College in Boston. She then taught at Harvard University's graduate school. In 1977 began working at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where she became involved with administration and served as dean at the MIT School of Architecture. She was the Dean of Students at Wellesley College until 1984. Ladd left academia for a time, working at Oxfam America as well as the South African Education Program for the Institute of International Education and the School for International Training. In 1989 she became the director of the Bunting Institute at Harvard University, a position she held until 1997. She is now Director Emeritus. In 1994 Ladd served on the executive committee for the conference Black Women in the Academy: Defending Our Name 1894-1994 held at MIT. In 1996 Ladd's novel Sarah's Psalm was published by Charles Scribner's Sons. It won the 1997 Black Caucus of the American Library Association's literary award for fiction. In 1998 Ladd was the recipient of a MacDowell fellowship. In 2008 Stephen E. Coit painted Ladd's portrait. It hangs in Lowell House at Harvard. References 1932 births Living people People from Washington, D.C. 20th-century African-American women
Roy Laidlaw (1883–1936) was a Canadian film actor of the silent era. Selected filmography The Darkening Trail (1915) Bullets and Brown Eyes (1916) The Patriot (1916) The Vagabond Prince (1916) Sweetheart of the Doomed (1917) The Gunfighter (1917) With Hoops of Steel (1918) An Alien Enemy (1918) His Robe of Honor (1918) A Law Unto Herself (1918) Honor's Cross (1918) Shackled (1918) The Turn of a Card (1918) Back to God's Country (1919) Are You Legally Married? (1919) The Great Accident (1920) Cupid the Cowpuncher (1920) The Deadlier Sex (1920) Live Sparks (1920) The Ace of Hearts (1921) The Poverty of Riches (1921) Fools and Riches (1923) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) The Gaiety Girl (1924) The Snob (1294) Where Romance Rides (1925) The Splendid Road (1925) The Ridin' Streak (1925) The White Desert (1925) Never Too Late (1925) The Right Man (1925) When the Door Opened (1925) The Devil's Gulch (1926) Bred in Old Kentucky (1926) Is That Nice? (1926) Beyond the Rockies (1926) Cactus Trails (1927) God's Great Wilderness (1927) Not for Publication (1927) The Wild West Show (1928) References Bibliography Katchmer, George A. A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses. McFarland, 2015. Solomon, Aubrey. The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography. McFarland, 2011. External links 1883 births 1936 deaths Canadian male film actors Male actors from Ontario
Britta Schall Caroc Holberg (25 July 1941 – 23 February 2022) was a Danish politician. A member of the Venstre party, she served as Minister of the Interior from 1982 to 1986, Minister for Agriculture from 1986 to 1987, and was a member of the Folketing from 1984 to 1988 and again from 2005 to 2011. She died on 23 February 2022, at the age of 80. References 1941 births 2022 deaths 20th-century Danish women politicians 21st-century Danish women politicians Agriculture ministers of Denmark Danish Interior Ministers Women members of the Folketing Venstre (Denmark) politicians Commanders of the Order of the Dannebrog People from Næstved Municipality
Vitor Hugo Roque Ferreira (born 28 February 2005), known as Vitor Roque, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for Cruzeiro. Club career Born in Timóteo, Minas Gerais, Vitor Roque joined América Mineiro's youth setup at the age of ten, and impressed with the side's youth categories in 2018. In March 2019, he signed a youth contract with Cruzeiro, which led América to sue his new club in the State Labour Department; both clubs only reached an agreement in May, with Cruzeiro retaining 65% of the player's economic rights, and América keeping the other 35%. On 25 May 2021, Vitor Roque signed his first professional contract with Cruzeiro. He made his professional debut on 12 October; after coming on as a second-half substitute for Bruno José in a 0–0 Série B home draw against Botafogo, he played for 18 minutes before being himself replaced by Keké, with manager Vanderlei Luxemburgo saying that he was "unable to keep the pace" but also "praising for his debut". Already a part of the first team for the 2022 season, Vitor Roque scored his first goal on 20 February of that year, netting the club's first in a 2–2 Campeonato Mineiro home draw against Villa Nova. Three days later, he scored a brace in a 5–0 away routing over Sergipe in the Copa do Brasil. Career statistics References 2005 births Living people People from Minas Gerais Brazilian footballers Association football forwards Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players
Osvaldo Eustasio Salas Freire (March 29, 1914 – May 5, 1992), was a Cuban-American photographer, remembered for his famous image of Ernest Hemingway and Fidel Castro in Cuba, circa 1960, and for his prolific documentation of American Major League Baseball—and, in particular, the influx of minority players—during the 1950s, all of which now resides in the collection of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Early life and career Born in Havana, Cuba, Salas was the first of three children raised by Antonio Salas Martinez and Ramona Freyre. Notable photos by Salas Sugar Ray Robinson with training bag (1953) Felix Montemayor, Roman Mejias and Roberto Clemente (May 30, 1955) Archie Moore and Rocky Marciano (1956) Baseball Friction in Cuba (1959) Ernest Hemingway with Fidel Castro after a Fishing Tournament, June 11, 1960 (1960) Exhibitions Group exhibitions of his works include: in 1967, Expo’67, Pabellón Cubano, Montreal; 1985, County Hall, London. 2000, Cuba, A Photographic Journey, The College of Santa Fe; Collections His works are in the collections of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Casa de las Américas, Havana, Cuba; Center for Cuban Studies, New York, NY; Centro Studi e Archivio della Comunicazione, Parma University, Parma, Italy; Fototeca de Cuba, Havana, Cuba; Galleria IF, Milan, Italy; Galleria Il Diafragma Kodak, Milan, Italy; Maison de la Culture de la Seine Saint-Denis, Paris, France; Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba. References Further reading Articles Tweddle, Christine (January 25, 1992). "Man for All Seasons". The Independent Magazine. pp. 38, 40 Munoz, Lorenza (January 28, 1999). "Putting a Human Face on Revolution". The Los Angeles Times Weekend Calendar. pp. 46, 48 Books Salas, Osvaldo; Salas, Roberto (1997). Ernesto Che Guevara: fotografias, 1960-1964. La Habana: Instituto Cubano del Libro. . Salas, Osvaldo; Salas, Roberto (1998). Fidel's Cuba: A Revolution in Pictures. New York: Thunder Mouth's Press. . External links Osvaldo Salas at National Baseball Hall of Fame Osvaldo Salas at Artnet Osvaldo Salas at Smithsonian American Art Museum Osvaldo Salas at Artsy Roberto Salas Photography 1914 births 1992 deaths Cuban emigrants to the United States Cuban photographers Cuban communists Portrait photographers Artists from Havana
The Kyiv offensive is an ongoing theatre of operation in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine for control of the capital city of Ukraine, Kyiv, and the surrounding oblast. On the morning of 24 February, Russian Armed Forces entered the oblast and were engaged by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Ukraine's military command and political government is based in the oblast. Timeline 24 February On the morning of 24 February, Russian artillery and missiles struck targets in Kyiv Oblast including Kyiv's primary airport – Boryspil International Airport. Later that morning, Russian forces crossed the border into Ukraine from Belarus to the north. In the Battle of Chernobyl they captured Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, which is located close to the border. Later in the day, Russian paratroopers landed at Hostomel Airport, beginning the Battle of Antonov Airport. According to Ukrainian officials, Russian paratroopers were later repelled by Ukrainian troops. Russian forces have also attempted landings in and around the Kyiv Reservoir. According to British officials, Russian forces attempted to take the city of Chernihiv on 24 February. After Ukrainian forces held them back, Russian forces laid siege to the city, while some Russian mechanized forces bypassed the city altogether. On the night of 24 February, the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, stated that "subversive groups" were approaching Kyiv. That night, United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said during a conversation with congresspeople that some Russian mechanized infantry units had advanced to within of Kyiv. 25 February On the morning of 25 February, the Russian Air Force continued its bombardment of the capital city, bombing central Kyiv. A Ukrainian Su-27 fighter jet was later shot down over Kyiv; the plane crashed into a nine-story apartment complex, setting the building ablaze. At 06:47 (GMT+2), a Ukrainian army unit detonated a bridge over the Teteriv River near Ivankiv, halting a Russian tank column advancing from Chernobyl. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine later said that Ukrainian airborne assault soldiers have engaged the Russians in a skirmish at Ivankiv and Dymer. At mid-morning, Russian saboteurs dressed as Ukrainian soldiers had entered Obolon District, an area in the northern portion of Kyiv that is about from the Verkhovna Rada. Throughout the day during the Battle of Kyiv, gunfire was heard throughout several wards of the city; Ukrainian officials described the gunfire as arising from clashes with Russian troops. Some Russian soldiers were able to break through the Ukrainian defense at Ivankiv, though that battle continued throughout the day. According to Russia's Ministry of Defense, these Russian forces were able to advance and capture Hostomel Airport after a ground-based assault, creating a key landing zone for Russian forces just from Kyiv. Zelenskyy urged citizens to fight back with Molotov cocktails. The reserve Territorial Defense Forces were activated to defend the capital. 18,000 guns were also distributed to residents of Kyiv who were willing to fight. 26 February In the early morning of 26 February, Russian paratroopers began landing in the city of Vasylkiv, just south of Kyiv, in order to capture the Vasylkiv Air Base. In the ensuing battle, heavy fighting began over control of the city. Ukrainian officials claim that at 01:30, a Ukrainian Su-27 fighter jet shot down a Russian Ilyushin Il-76 carrying paratroopers over Vasylkiv. Later, two American officials said that a second Russian Il-76 had been shot down over the nearby city of Bila Tserkva. Despite Ukrainian anti-aircraft action, elements of Russian paratroopers were able to land to the south of Kyiv around Vasylkiv and made contact with troops of the home guard forces. At 7:30, Ukrainian officials reported that the defenders, supported by airpower, had successfully repulsed the paratroopers. Russian forces began formally assaulting Kyiv later in the early morning, bombarding the city with artillery and attempting to capture a power plant and army base within the city. Ukrainian forces were able to defend both objectives. Mayor of Vasylkiv, Natalia Balasinovich said her city had been successfully defended by Ukrainian forces and the fighting was ending. The Kyiv Hydroelectric Power Plant, located just north of the city in the suburb of Vyshhorod, was captured by Russian forces. On 26 February, Ukrainian forces recaptured the power plant. Ukrainian air defenses also allegedly intercepted a missile aimed for the plant. Interfax stated that if the plant's dam were to fail, flooding could destroy "the entire left bank of Kyiv". 27 February In the early morning of 27 February, a Russian missile struck an oil depot in Vasylkiv, setting the facility ablaze. A radioactive waste disposal site near Kyiv was also hit by airstrikes, but the storage site itself escaped the impact. Concurrently, there were reports of fighting occurring in Kalynivka; however, it is unclear whether this is referring to the Kyivan suburb or the Vasylkivan suburb, as both share the same name. Later in the early morning, the Ukrainian army claimed to have destroyed a Kadyrovtsy convoy of 56 tanks in Hostomel and allegedly killed Chechen General Magomed Tushayev. Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, however, claimed Tushayev was alive and published a video showing him along with Anzor Bisaev, another Chechen commander. In the morning of 27 February, a Russian airstrike struck an apartment building in the small city of Bucha, located just south of Hostomel. Fighting was also reported in Bucha, and Ukrainian forces destroyed a bridge in the city to slow the advance of Russian forces. The mayor of the neighboring city of Irpin, Markushin Alexander, later claimed that Ukrainian forces defeated the Russian forces attacking the city, after destroying the bridge between it and Bucha and trapping them. Videos later emerged on social media showing destroyed armor and several dead soldiers. Later on 27 February, a large Russian convoy was seen on satellite images heading towards Ivankiv. The Russian forces that bypassed Chernihiv on 24 February began approaching Kyiv from the northeast. Kyiv's mayor Vitali Klitschko told the Associated Press that Kyiv had been completely encircled, making evacuation of citizens impossible. He however later backtracked from his comments. His office stated that he was speaking figuratively. According to The Guardian, roads leading out of Kyiv from the south were free of Russian forces. 28 February A Ukrainian official stated that in the early morning of 28 February, a column of Russian military equipment was destroyed in the village of Makariv, located to the west of Kyiv. On 28 February, the Ivankiv Historical and Local History Museum was destroyed during the fighting in Ivankiv, destroying many works by Ukrainian painter Maria Prymachenko. On the night of 28 February, Russian forces fired a 9K720 Iskander missile on a military communications center in the eastern suburb of Brovary, killing one person and injuring five people according to Igor Sapozhko, the mayor of Brovary. More than 70 Ukrainian servicemen were killed when Russian troops shelled a military base in the town of Okhtyrka in Ukraine's northeastern Sumy region on Monday. References Battles of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Battles in 2022 Offensive (2022) Offensive
Sam Corlett (born 23 April 1995) is an Australian actor having had appearances in The Dry, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2020) and Vikings: Valhalla (2022–present). Early life and education Corlette was born and raised on the Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia. Corlett attended the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Acting at the end of 2018. Corlett was a professional model before he became an actor, working for Viviens Models. Career Corlett's first appearance on the big screen was as the young Luke Hadler in the Robert Connolly directed mystery thriller The Dry (film) in 2020, alongside Eric Bana. Also in 2020, Corlett secured a recurring role as Caliban (Prince of Hell) for 14 episodes of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina opposite Kiernan Shipka, which was filmed in Vancouver, Canada. Corlett has been cast in a main role as Leif Eriksson was in History's upcoming Vikings sequel Vikings: Valhalla which is due to be aired on Netflix in February 2022. Corlett teams up with Leo Suter who plays Harald Sigurdsson and Frida Gustavsson as Freydís Eiríksdóttir in the Viking saga, set in a time over a century after the Lothbrok era. Leif Eriksson was believed to be one of the first European's to explore North America. Whilst filming Vikings: Valhalla at Ashford Studios in Wicklow, Ireland, Corlett started his working day with meditation, followed by a seven-kilometre run, then a swim in the very cold Irish Sea and some weight training each evening. Filmography Films Television References External links Sam Corlett - Instagram Living people 1995 births 21st-century Australian actors Actors from New South Wales Australian television actors Australian film actors Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts alumni
Henry Rolle is a Bahamian former athlete and Head Coach at Puma MVP International professional running group based in Boca Raton, Florida. MVP International is a branch off club from the MVP Jamaica Group that has coached Elaine Thompson, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Asafa Powell. He coached St. John's College High School in Nassau, Bahamas before going to the States to serve as an assistant coach at Oral Roberts University. Rolle then went on to serve as the assistant Head coach at Auburn University for twenty years. He is now the Puma SE representative for the Caribbean. Rolle has coached 31 Olympians, 13 World Championship Medalists, Seven Commonwealth Games Medalists, 18 NCAA Champions, and 40 SEC Champions. He also served as Assistant coach for The Bahamas at the 2004 Olympic Games, 2012 Olympic Games and 2016 Olympic Games. See also List of Auburn University people References External links Auburn Bio Linkedin Puma Bahamas Interview Living people People from Freeport, Bahamas People from West Grand Bahama Bahamian male sprinters Bahamian male high jumpers Auburn University alumni coaches Athletics (track and field) coaches Auburn University faculty
David Smith is an American politician serving as a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from the 18th district. He assumed office on November 21, 2018. Early life and education Smith is a native of Pushmataha County, Oklahoma and grew up in the small community of Divide. He earned an associate degree from Cochise College and a Bachelor of Science in business management from the University of Phoenix. Career Smith served in the Military Intelligence Corps of the United States Army for four years. He was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in November 2018. During the 2019–2020 legislative session, Smith served as vice chair of the House Wildlife Committee. In the 2021–2022 session, he is vice chair of the House Veterans and Military Affairs Committee. In February 2020, Smith authored House Bill 3395, which would have implemented a version of stop and frisk in Oklahoma. The bill was criticized by members of the House and did not reach the floor for a vote. References Living people People from Pushmataha County, Oklahoma Oklahoma Republicans Members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives People from McAlester, Oklahoma University of Phoenix alumni
The AN/CPS-1, also known as the Microwave Early Warning (MEW) radar, was a semi-mobile, S band, early-warning radar developed by the MIT Radiation Laboratory during World War II. It was one of the first projects attempted by the Lab and was intended to build equipment to transition from the British long-wave radar to the new microwave centimeter-band radar made possible by the cavity magnetron. This project, led by Luis Walter Alvarez, became the world's first microwave phased-array antenna. Deployed to the European Theater in 1944, the MEW proved to be an extremely effective radar against German V-1 flying bombs and V-2 rockets. After the war, the AN/CPS-1 was adopted for use by civil aviation becoming the first radar used to track aircraft on civil air routes in the United States. Background In 1940, Vannevar Bush, head of the National Defense Research Committee, established the "Microwave Committee" (section D-1) and the "Fire Control" division (D-2) to develop a more advanced radar anti-aircraft system in time to assist the British air-defense effort. In September of that year, a British delegation, the Tizard Mission, revealed to US and Canadian researchers that they had developed a magnetron oscillator operating at the top end of the UHF band (10 cm wavelength/3 GHz), allowing greatly increased accuracy. The magnetron, developed in 1940 by John Randall and Harry Boot at the University of Birmingham, provided a good power source and made microwave radars feasible. Bush organized the Radiation Laboratory (Rad Lab) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to develop applications using it. As one of the lab's first projects it was meant to replace older, longwave, early warning radars such as the SCR-270, SCR-527 and SCR-588 that were proving to be less effective as the Germans increased their radar jamming and deception. In working on the Microwave Early Warning system (MEW), Luis Alvarez invented a linear dipole array antenna that not only suppressed the unwanted side lobes of the radiation field, but also could be electronically scanned without the need for mechanical scanning. This was the first microwave phased-array antenna, and Alvarez used it not only in MEW but in two additional radar systems. The antenna enabled the Eagle precision bombing radar to support precision bombing in bad weather or through clouds. It was completed rather late in the war; although a number of B-29s were equipped with Eagle and it worked well, it came too late to make much difference. Development The original idea for the MEW sprung from a discussion between Alvarez and famed Welsh physicist Taffy Bowen on November 19, 1941, that centered on developing a better radar for bombing. Alvarez's initial idea involved placing a twenty-foot antenna on an aircraft's wings that utilized a waveguide with slots cut into it to create narrow. high-resolution beams. This idea became the catalyst for the ground-based MEW. In the summer of 1943, a set was rushed into production to allow the United States Army Signal Corps to begin testing at the Army Air Force School of Applied Tactics at the Orlando Army Air Base in Florida. At the same time, an office was established at Camp Evans, New Jersey in order to oversee the project. When design was complete and it was finally ready for full-scale production, the radar weighed more than 65 tons and required eight trucks, 150 men and three days to move it. Operational use World War II The first MEW was shipped to England in January 1944. Eventually five sets that were built by the Radiation Lab deployed overseas in 1944 while additional production of the radar began to ramp up. Initially the first radar was established at Devonshire to serve as a training site for crews operating the other newly delivered radars. From its position, it could see across the English Channel into skies above Cotentin Peninsula and on the evening of June 5, 1944 its operators created a time-lapse film of the radar's plan position indicator creating a very unique view of the airspace during the Normandy landings. At the urging of Louis Ridenour the radar was moved in early July to Hastings to improve its ability to track buzz bombs. Six days after D-Day, a MEW came ashore at Omaha Beach to serve as a mobile ground-controlled interception station. The radar proved very effective against low-flying German aircraft attempting to infiltrate behind Allied lines. Post-War uses MEWs were deployed to South Korea after the war. In early 1948, American radar crews utilizing the MEW tracked Soviet Air Forces MIGs over North Korea. See also AN/CPS-5 List of radars Notes References Bibliography External links AN/CPS-1 @radartutorial.eu External references Military radars of the United States World War II radars AN CPS-1 Military equipment introduced in the 1940s
John Fleet Burrow (born November 6, 1885) was an American Democratic politician. He was a member of the Mississippi State Senate from 1916 to 1920, and of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1912 to 1916. Biography John Fleet Burrow was born on November 6, 1885, in Prentiss, Mississippi. He was the son of John Alexander Burrow and Margaret (Odom) Burrow. He was of English and Scottish descent. Burrow attended the public schools of Lawrence County, Mississippi and attended Mississippi College from 1901 to 1904. He then was a principal of high schools in several Mississippi towns. After matriculating in 1907, he graduated from the University of Lebanon in 1908 with a B. Ph. degree. He attended the University of Tennessee from 1909 to 1910, and studied law at Millsaps College from 1911 to 1912. He graduated from Millsaps with an L. L. B. degree. He then moved to Ruleville, Mississippi, to begin his legal practice. Career From 1907 to 1911, Burrow was the secretary of the Democratic Committee of Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi. He was a delegate to the 1908 Democratic National Committee in Denver, Colorado. Burrow was elected to represent Jefferson Davis County as a Democrat in the Mississippi House of Representatives in November 1911 for the 1912–1916 term. In 1915, he was elected to be the floater representative of the 29th District in the Mississippi State Senate for the 1916–1920 term. References 1885 births Year of death missing Mississippi Democrats Mississippi state senators Mississippi lawyers
Zagorsekia is an extinct Eocene genus of bryozoan. It formed erect colonies of bifurcating branches, which were a few millimeters long and sometimes terminated in mushroom-like capitula covered in numerous holes that would have contained autozooids. Branches had multiple annulations along their length, which were also covered in large autozooidal apertures and smaller kenozooidal apertures. The genus was discovered in Chatham Island, New Zealand. References Bryozoans
Aditya Prasad Dash (born 23 March 1951), who hails from the Indian State of Odisha, is an Indian biologist with special interest in malaria and vector born diseases. His areas of interest include biomedical science, transmission biology of tropical disease, and modern biology of disease vectors. According to Vidwan, the national network for researchers and experts, Dash has authored 320 publications co-authored 699 publications. Since September 2020, Dash has been serving as the Vice Chancellor of Asian Institute of Public Health (AIPH) in Bhubaneswar. Before joining AIPH, he was the Vice Chancellor of Central University of Tamil Nadu during the period from August 2015 to August 2020. He had also worked at the World Health Organisation (WHO) as the Regional Advisor for the South-East Region. He has also worked as the Director of the National Institute of Malaria Research (NIMR), New Delhi, of the Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), Bhubaneswar and of the National Institute for Research on Tribal Health, Jabalpur. Contributions to biomedical science Dash's work helped in showing that Anopheles annularis is an important vector in rural areas and in the identification of telomerase activity in gametocytes of Plasmodium falciparum. Through his research, Dash demonstrated the efficacy of drug combinations and also of Mass Drug Administration (MDA) in India. His finding that supplementing MDA with integrated vector management can prevent Lymphatic filariasis transmission more efficiently than MDA alone has been included in the Lymphatic filariasis elimination plan of the WHO. He developied an animal model for chemotherapeutic and immunological studies for parasitic diseases. Dash has also developed a simple technique for detecting dengue virus antigens in desiccated mosquitoes. He did some fundamental research correlating the change in vector borne disease epidemiology to the change in climate parameters. His work employing multiple genetic fragments with DNA sequencing studies corroborated the inferences on the phylogenetic interrelationships among Indian malaria vectors with the inferences based on the traditional cyto-taxonomical approaches. Dash has also worked in comparative genomic studies of genomes of malaria parasites and the results he obtained revealed genomic similarities between the genomes of the parasites. Dash's contribution in scanning the whole genome of the African malaria vector revealed interesting genomic organization of this species. Dash has also contributed in developing novel genomic markers to understand the population structure and demographic history of Indian P. vivax. This information has provided baselines for the study of genetic pattern of drug resistance and virulence associated genes in field populations of this species. He has undertaken several field trials of various intervention measures and these trials helped to translate laboratory findings into deliverable products. Recognition: Padma Shri In the year 2022, Govt of India conferred the Padma Shri award, the third highest award in the Padma series of awards, on Aditya Prasad Dash for his distinguished service in the field of science and engineering. The award is in recognition of his service as a "Distinguished Biologist specializing in vector-borne tropical diseases like dengue, malaria, kala-azar, chikungunya". Other recognitions Many awards have been conferred upon Dash for his contributions to the development of public health programmes. These include: Dr. T.R. Rao award of ICMR (1991) for Young Scientists Oration Award of Indian Society for Communicable Diseases (2002) Rajiv Gandhi Foundation Award (2005) from His Excellency the Governor of Orissa Dr A.P. Ray award for outstanding contributions in malaria research (2012) from Director General Health Services, Govt. of India INBUSH award for outstanding scientific contribution by Amity University Delhi, 2016 Life Time Achievement award at the Skill and Vocational Education Summit in 2017 Rashtriya Gaurav Award by the India International Friendship Society, New Delhi in 2018 Fellowships/Memberships Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences (F.N.A.Sc) Fellow and Life Member of the Academy of Medical Sciences, India (F.A.M.S) Fellow and Life Member of the Indian Society for Malaria & Other Communicable Diseases (F.I.S.C.D.) Fellow and Life Member of the Zoological Society of India (F.Z.S.I.) Fellow and Life Member of the Environmental Science Academy (F.N.E.S.A.) Life Member of the Indian Parasitological Society Life Member of the Indian Society of Microbiologists Founder Life member of the National Academy of Vector Borne Diseases See also Padma Shri Award recipients in the year 2022 References Recipients of the Padma Shri in science & engineering 20th-century Indian biologists People in public health
The 2022 Ball State Cardinals men's volleyball team represents Ball State University in the 2022 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Cardinals, led by 1st year head coach Donan Cruz, play their home games at Worthen Arena. The Cardinals are members of the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association and were picked to finish fourth in the MIVA in the preseason poll. Roster Schedule *-Indicates conference match. Times listed are Eastern Time Zone. Broadcasters Maryville: Baylen Hite & Amber Seaman Tusculum: No commentary George Mason: Baylen Hite & Amber Seaman Hawai'i: Joel Godett & Amber Seaman Hawai'i: Joel Godett & Kevin Owens BYU: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail & Kiki Solano BYU: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kiki Solano Lewis: Cody Lindeman, Juliana Van Loo, & Ally Hickey McKendree: Colin Suhre Purdue Fort Wayne: Baylen Hite & Kevin Owens Loyola Chicago: No commentary Lindenwood: No commentary Quincy: Joel Godett & Lloy Ball NJIT: Princeton: Ohio State: Quincy: Lindenwood: Loyola Chicago: Purdue Fort Wayne: Rankings ^The Media did not release a Pre-season poll. Honors To be filled in upon completition of the season. References 2022 in sports in Indiana 2022 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season 2022 team Ball State
2,4,6-Tri-tert-butylpyrimidine is the organic compound with the formula HC(ButC)2N2CtBu where tBu = (CH3)3C. It is a substituted derivative of the heterocycle pyrimidine. Known also as TTBP, this compound is of interest as a base that is sufficiently bulky to not bind boron trifluoride but still able to bind protons. It is less expensive that the related bulky derivatives of pyridine such as 2,6-di-tert-butylpyridine, 2,4,6-tri-t-butylpyridine, and 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methylpyridine. References Pyrimidines Reagents for organic chemistry Non-nucleophilic bases Tert-butyl compounds
Utgaardostylus is an extinct Permian bryozoan genus of the family Dyscritellidae. It was discovered in northeastern Nevada. References Bryozoans
In economics, the "cliff effect" is a positive feedback loop, where downgrading a single security can have a disproportionate cascading effect. This has become pronounced with respect to the assessment of credit risk in a bank's portfolio. If a credit rating agency has the expectation that the credit risk of a position rises, it will downgrade its rating. As a consequence, a bank faces additional capital charges in order to comply with national capital requirements. Especially during the subprime mortgage crisis banks had to increase their capital substantially, because many ratings were considerably downgraded. In time banks needed their capital most to cope with high losses, this term emerged in the consultative process on reforms regarding existing capital requirements, namely criticizing the procyclical "cliff effect". References Economics
The Ridin' Streak is a 1925 American silent western film directed by Del Andrews and starring Bob Custer, Roy Laidlaw and Frank Brownlee. Cast Bob Custer as Bill Pendleton Peggy Udell as Ruth Howells Roy Laidlaw as Judge Howells Frank Brownlee as J.S. Dokes Newton Barbar as Gus Dokes Billy Lord as Tim Bill Cody as Leete Gleed Claude Payton as Sheriff References Bibliography Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998. Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997. External links 1925 films 1925 Western (genre) films English-language films American films American silent feature films American Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Films directed by Del Andrews Film Booking Offices of America films
Wyseotrypa is an extinct Permian genus of bryozoan of the family Hyphasmoporidae. It was discovered in northeastern Nevada. References Bryozoans
Charruatoxodon is an extinct monotypic genus of Notoungulate, belonging to the Toxodontidae family. It lived from the Pliocene to the Early Pleistocene in what is now southern Uruguay. Its remains have been found in the San José member of the Raigón Formation, near Montevideo. History The holotype of the genus, FC-DPV-514, was described in 1842 by Alcide d'Orbigny and Charles Léopold Laurillard, who assigned it to the species Dinotoxodon paranensis. They believed the specimen to come from the Upper Miocene Camacho Formation. The assignation to the species D. paranensis was contested by Pérez-García in 2004, who only assigned it to the genus Dinotoxodon. In 2013, a study by Perea, Rinderknecht, Ubilla, Bostelmann and Martinez considered it as a Toxodontidae indeterminate, and estimated its remains to be more recent than initially thought, likely the result of the fall of a overlying block containing the remains inside an earlier deposit, and assigned it to the Montehermosan-Ensenadan Raigón Formation. In 2022, a revision of the specimen led by Ferrero, Schmidt, Pérez-García, Perea and Ribeiro finally erected the new genus and species Charruatoxodon uruguayensis, using FC-DPV-514 as holotype. Etymology The genus name, Charruatoxodon, is composed from the suffix -toxodon, referring to its relative Toxodon, and the prefix Charrua-, referring to the Charrúa natives, who lived in southern Uruguay before the Spanish colonization and suffered a violent genocide organized by the newly formed Uruguayan government in 1831. The species name, urugayensis, is given after the country were its holotype was found, Uruguay. References Toxodonts Pleistocene mammals of South America Pliocene mammals of South America Pleistocene genus extinctions Neogene Uruguay Pleistocene Uruguay Fossils of Uruguay Fossil taxa described in 2022 Prehistoric placental genera
HMS Fury was a designed by Sir William Symonds, Surveyor of the Navy. She was ordered on 19 February 1844. After commissioning she sailed for the East Indies and participated in action against pirate junks near Vietnam. She then was in the Black Sea for the Russian War followed by the Second Opium War with China. She was sold for breaking in July 1864. Fury was the eighth named vessel since it was used for a 14-gun sloop, launched by Lime & Mackenzie of Leith on 18 March 1779 and broken in April 1787. Construction She was ordered on 19 February 1844 from Sheerness Dockyard and her keel was laid in June 1845. She was launched on 31 December 1845. Following her launch she was towed to Liverpool to have her boilers and machinery fitted. She was then towed back to Sheerness and was completed for sea on 6 July 1847 at an initial cost of £51,688 including the hull at £24,764, machinery at £22,142 and fitting at £4,782. Commissioned Service First Commission She was commissioned on 20 July 1847 under Commander James Wilcox, RN for service on the East Indies and China Station. In conjunction with , they destroyed twenty-three pirate junks at Tysami on 29 September 1849 and a pirate fleet at Haipong on 20 to 21 October 1849. She returned to Home Waters for a refit at Woolwich during 1851 costing £12,987. Second Commission She was commissioned on 4 December 1851 under the command of Commander Edward Tatham, RN for service in the Mediterranean. In 1854 she was sent to the Black Sea for the Russian War. In August 1854 Commander Ennis Chambers, RN took command. She returned to Home Waters for a refit at Portsmouth costing £23,838 during 1855–1856. Third Commission She was commissioned on 1 August 1856 under the command of Commander Charles Taylor Leckie, RN for service on the East Indies and China Station. With was involved with boats at Fatsham on 1 June 1857. In July 1759 Commander William Andrew James Heath, RN took command. She was in action at the Pei Ho Forts on 26 June 1859. Commander John Crawford, RN took command on 2 January 1860. She returned to Home Waters to pay off on 19 June 1861. Disposition She was sold to Castle & Beech in July 1864 and broken at Charlton. Notes Citations 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 Paddle sloops of the Royal Navy Sloop classes
The 1936 Southwest Texas State Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Southwest Texas State Teachers College (now known as Texas State University) during the 1936 college football season as a member of the Lone Star Conference (LSC). In their second year under head coach Joe Bailey Cheaney, the team compiled an overall record of 3–5–1 with a mark of 1–3 in conference play. Schedule References Southwest Texas State Texas State Bobcats football seasons Southwest Texas State Bobcats football
Sharon Nell DeWitte is an American bioarchaeologist. She is a professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of South Carolina and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her research interests include the Black Death. Early life and education DeWitte was born and raised in California. As a youth, she had surgery to insert a metal rod to correct scoliosis of the spine. She graduated from Sonoma State University with her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1999 before enrolling at Pennsylvania State University for her graduate degrees. During her doctorate degree, DeWitte received a Dissertation Research Grant from the Wenner-Gren Foundation to investigate the mortality patterns of the Black Death. In order to conduct this research, she drew from a sample of Black Death skeletons from the East Smithfield cemetery in London. DeWitte finished her dissertation, The Paleodemography of the Black Death 1347-1351, in 2006. Career Following her PhD, DeWitte became an assistant professor at the University at Albany, SUNY. She eventually left the institution in 2011 to join the University of South Carolina (U of SC). Upon joining the faculty, DeWitte, Kirsten Bos, and Verena Schuenemann analyzed skeletal remains from Black Death victims to draft a reconstructed genome in order to track long periods of the pathogen's evolution and virulence. In 2012, DeWitte received two grants to fund her scholarship on the Black Plague. She first received the Ethel-Jane Westfeldt Bunting Summer Scholarship to fund her research project "The Dynamics of an Ancient Emerging Disease: Demographic and Health Consequences of Medieval Plague." DeWitte then accepted a Cobb Professional Development Grant for her project "Paleoepidemiology of historic plague epidemics: the dynamics of an ancient emerging disease." The results of these projects revealed that there were higher survival rates following the plague and that mortality risks were lower in the post-Black Death population than before the epidemic. As a result of her academic accomplishments and mentorship, DeWitte was named a 2014 McCausland Fellow at U of SC. In 2016, DeWitte received a grant from the Wenner-Gren Foundation to assist in her analysis of comparing dietary isotope data to mortality risk. She used the grant to combined paleodemographic, paleopathological, and isotopic data from human skeletal remains to examine the intersectionality of diet, sex, socioeconomic status, health, and mortality in the context of the medieval crises of famine and plague. Based on this research, DeWitte concluded that linear enamel hypoplasia, a result of stress during an individual's life, could be an indicator of good health rather than poor. She then utilized her newly created data analysis methods to compare dietary isotope data to mortality risk. In 2021, DeWitte co-authored an article published in the Annals of Human Biology which showed the results of skeletons of people who lived in the 1st - 5th century AD and were buried in Roman cemeteries in Britain. As a result of her research endeavors, DeWitte was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2022. Selected publications The Bioarchaeology of Urbanization (2020) References External links Living people Academics from California American women anthropologists American women archaeologists Date of birth missing (living people) University of South Carolina faculty Pennsylvania State University alumni Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Sonoma State University alumni
Stephen C. Stevens (1793 – November 7, 1870) was an American judge, lawyer, politician, and abolitionist who served in the Indiana House of Representatives, the Indiana Senate, and as a Justice on the Indiana Supreme Court. Biography Born in Kentucky in 1793, Stevens moved to Brookville, Indiana sometime before 1812. In Brookville, Stevens worked a variety of jobs, including as a tavern keeper and merchant. While working as a shopkeeper, he was indicted for selling a tin pan to a Native American but the indictment was eventually quashed. Stevens traveled to New Orleans on business in 1814, during the War of 1812. Stevens ended up joining American soldiers under General Andrew Jackson, serving in the now-famous Battle of New Orleans. During the battle Stevens was wounded in the head by a musket ball, an injury which would trouble him for the rest of his life. Stevens returned to Brookville after the war and began studying law, being admitted to the Indiana bar in 1817. Also in 1817, he represented Franklin County in the Indiana General Assembly. During this brief first stint in the General Assembly, the famously short-tempered Stevens began a legal squabble with James Noble (one of Indiana's U.S. Senators at the time) which ended with the Franklin County Circuit Court fining both men five-hundred dollars. Stevens was a Freemason and helped to found a local Masonic temple in Brookville in 1817. However, Stevens gave up Freemasonry when public opinion in the United States turned against the Masons following the widely publicized disappearance of William Morgan. Stevens moved to Vevay, Indiana in 1817, where he helped to organize a local branch of the state bank. Stevens would serve as the branch's president until the bank failed, whereupon he returned to practicing law. Stevens returned to the state legislature in 1823, when he represented Switzerland County in the Indiana House of Representatives. In 1824, Stevens became Speaker of Indiana House of Representatives before leaving the General Assembly again. He returned to represent Switzerland County in the House once more from 1826 to 1827. In 1828, he was elected to the Indiana Senate. He would serve as a senator until he was appointed to the Indiana Supreme Court by Governor James B. Ray. Stevens served as a Justice of Indiana Supreme Court from 1831, succeeding the retiring Justice James Scott. In 1836, Stevens resigned from the court to open a law office in Madison, Indiana. He was succeeded by Justice Charles Dewey. Stevens was a prominent abolitionist, opposing and criticizing slavery throughout his life. He represented African-Americans in court several times. A resolution he drafted calling for the emancipation of slaves was later adopted by the New School Presbyterian Synod. Additionally, Stevens was the candidate of the abolitionist Liberty Party during the 1846 Indiana gubernatorial election. Stevens would amass considerable wealth during his lucrative career as a collections attorney. However, he would lose all of his money following an unsuccessful investment in the burgeoning railroad industry in 1851 and 1852. After losing his fortune, Stevens began to suffer from insanity and became deeply delusional. He was admitted to the Indiana Hospital for the Insane in Indianapolis. After an old friend, John Test, visited Stevens in the hospital and reported to Governor Conrad Baker about the former Justice's poor mental state, Baker and his associates raised money to have a suit tailored and gifted to Stevens to commemorate his long and successful career in law. Stevens was moved by the present and gave a speech thanking those who gifted it to him. Days later, on November 7, 1870, Stevens died at the hospital at age 77. References 1793 births 1870 deaths Members of the Indiana House of Representatives Members of the Indiana General Assembly American judges People from Kentucky Justices of the Indiana Supreme Court
The Battle of Chernihiv, that later evolved into the Siege of Chernihiv, is an ongoing siege that started 24 February 2022, as part of the Kyiv offensive during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Battle At 03:27 on 24 February 2022, a captain and corporal from the Russian 11th Guards Air Assault Brigade surrendered to the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Chernihiv. On the same day, Ukraine claimed that a reconnaissance platoon of the Russian 74th Motorized Rifle Brigade had surrendered. At 08:34, the Ukrainian army repelled an attack by the Russian army in Chernihiv and seized Russian equipment and documents. According to the British Ministry of Defense, Russian forces had failed to capture Chernihiv and instead opted for a different route to Kyiv, bypassing the city. Ukrainian officials reported that the Russians were heading towards Sedniv and Semenivka. Siege At 14:25 (UTC+2), the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that it had surrounded Chernihiv and was laying siege to the city. On 26 February, Ukrainian forces claimed that they defeated a Russian force that attempted to take the city. Several Russian tanks were allegedly seized by Ukrainian forces. The Ukrainian government also claims that Russian BM-21 Grad rockets had hit hospitals and kindergartens in Chernihiv, though this claim was not independently verified. On 27 February, Ukrainian officials claimed that Russian forces damaged much of Chernihiv's city center with missiles, including the destruction of a historic cinema. Russian forces later claimed that they had completely blockaded the city. Ukrainian sources also claimed that on 27 February, 56 Tankers were destroyed by the Ukrainian Army, containing fuel for Russian military units. References Chernihiv Chernihiv Chernihiv Chernihiv
The Justus Bissing Jr. Historic District, in Hays, Kansas in Ellis County, Kansas, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. The district includes two contributing buildings: the 1920 Justus Bissing Jr. house, Craftsman in style with Prairie School influences, and the c. 1932 Tower Service station, built in a house-type plan with elements of Queen Anne style, both built by Justus Bissing Jr. Mr. Bissing was of a Volga German family which came to Ellis County in 1874, and grew up on a farm north of Catharine, Kansas, which is near Hays. While the corner of Elm Street and West 12th Street would be a more natural location for a gas station, the stately Craftsman home was built by Justus Bissing Jr. at the corner first, in 1920, built of brick and stone and relatively unmoveable. So when the "craftsman, inventor and entrepreneur" chose to build a gas station for his son to operate, on the property, that was placed adjacent, fronting only on West 12th Street. The property was deemed to be significant for National Register listing for its architecture, reflecting "meticulous artistry" in both the interior and exterior of the two-story home. The gas station is the last surviving of several which were built along West 12th. Also in Hays, at 117 W. 13th, there is a Bissing House bed and breakfast, in another home built by Bissing, built in 1909. It was previously The Inn at 117 and the Tea Rose Inn. References Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Kansas National Register of Historic Places in Ellis County, Kansas American Craftsman architecture in Kansas Buildings and structures completed in 1920 Buildings and structures completed in 1932 Gas stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Kansas
The Presidente Plutarco Elías Calles Dam or simplified Plutarco Elías Calles Dam, is a Mexican dam is located in the municipality of San José de Gracia (Aguascalientes), 14 km west of the Pan-American Highway (Federal #45) in the north of the State on the banks of the Sierra Fría. It has a storage capacity of 340 million m³, its coordinates are X 766,445 Y 2,450,531 Z 1,920 masl, the curtain of the dam was built from 1927 to 1928 by the American company JG White, it is made of reinforced concrete, being 66m high by 268m long, its use is mainly agricultural with 2,000 benefited users in 4,000 ha. History The project for the construction of this first irrigation work of the Mexican Revolution regime dates back to the end of the 19th century, formulated by the engineer Blas Romo, with the name of the Santiago Dam Project. It was not until November 1925 when a visit to the state of Aguascalientes of the then President of the Republic Plutarco Elías Calles, was offered a banquet and taking advantage of the occasion they presented him with the old project of the Santiago Dam that interested him and was approved under patronage of Federal Government. In this place, the irrigation policy began with the then president of the republic Plutarco Elías Calles originating the Irrigation System No. 1, this being the first step towards the modernization of agricultural production, the integration of field production with agribusiness and job creation, an opening to education, access to agricultural credit, housing, etc. An image of the El Cristo Roto Monument has recently been placed inside the dam on an island (former Mountain). There is another dam with the same name in the state of Sonora, also known as El Novillo but which was built many years after the Aguascalientes one. Gallery References External Links Herencia pabellonense Dams in Mexico Buildings and structures in Aguascalientes 1928 architecture Geography of Aguascalientes 1928 establishments in Mexico 1928 in Mexico
Ervine Carl Wenig (December 23, 1895 – September 25, 1959) was an American football end who played three seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Rock Island Independents. Early life and education Wenig was born on December 23, 1895, in Inwood, Iowa. He attended high school in Inwood, before graduating in 1914. He enrolled at Morningside University in fall of that year, and played on the football, baseball, basketball, and track teams. In 1916, during a 112–0 football win over Dakota Wesleyan, Wenig made a 50-yard drop kick, the "longest one ever made in a game in Sioux City." A report by The Wayne Herald following another 100-point win said the following: In the 1916 baseball season, Wenig, a left-handed pitcher, did not lose a game, and led his team to numerous shutouts. In May 1917, Wenig was named team captain in track, but enlisted in the Army for World War I before getting a chance to captain the team. Wenig also briefly played "phenomenal ball" for several minor league baseball teams that year. With the Army in World War I, Wenig served overseas in the 88th division before returning to Morningside in 1919. He was named team captain in football upon returning, and led them to a 5–2 record. Following the season, he was named All-American by Walter Camp. In basketball, Wenig was named honorable mention all-state at the end of the 1919–1920 season. Professional career In 1920, Wenig briefly played baseball for the "Armours," before suffering an injury that ended his baseball career. Prior to a game against the Decatur Staleys, the Rock Island Independents of the American Professional Football Association (APFA) signed Wenig to play end and tackle. Wenig played just one game during the season, as starting left end in the Staleys-Independents matchup, a 0–0 tie. Despite just appearing in one game during the season, he was named second-team All-Pro by sportswriter Bruce Copeland, who was noted for his bias in favor of the Rock Island team. Wenig returned to the Independents for the 1921 season, playing in seven games, starting six, and making three touchdowns and eight extra points. In 1922, Wenig accepted a position as football coach at Mapleton High School, and The Daily Times reported that he was "definitely out of the game for the year" due to his coaching contract. Despite this, he returned to Rock Island mid-season for their game against the Chicago Bears, stating that "thoughts of the game [the previous year against the Bears] stirred him so much he could not help but return." He played in the game against the Bears, a loss, and remained with the Independents for the rest of the season, as they placed fifth in league standings with a 4–2–1 record. Wenig retired after the season. Later life and death In 1922, while playing for Rock Island, Wenig was named a coach at Mapleton High School. He also coached football, basketball, and track at his alma mater of Morningside University. Wenig was married to Lucile Waterhouse in June 1924. He later became a golfer, and was Sioux City champion for a time. Wenig was inducted into the Morningside Athletic Hall of Fame in 1956. Wenig later became an FBI agent. He died on September 25, 1959, at the age of 63, due to a heart attack. References 1895 births 1959 deaths Players of American football from Iowa American football ends American football tackles Baseball pitchers Morningside Mustangs baseball players Morningside Mustangs football players Morningside Mustangs men's basketball players Rock Island Independents players
Are You Legally Married? is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Robert Thornby and starring Lew Cody, Rosemary Theby and Roy Laidlaw. Cast Lew Cody as John Stark Rosemary Theby as June Redding Nanon Welsh as Sue Redding Henry Woodward as Wayne Hearne H.J. Barrows as J.J. Redding Roy Laidlaw as Henry Martin References Bibliography Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998. External links 1919 films 1919 drama films English-language films American films American silent feature films American drama films American black-and-white films Films directed by Robert Thornby
Plakortis fromontae is a species of marine sponge in the order Homosclerophorida, first described in 2011 by Guilherme Muricy. The species epithet, fromontae, honours Jane Fromont. Distribution The holotype was collected off Rat Island, Western Australia, in the Houtman Abrolhos and the species is known only from that locality. References Homoscleromorpha Animals described in 2011 Sponges of Australia Taxa named by Guilherme Muricy
Monticulipora is an extinct genus of Ordovician bryozoan. It was first named in 1849. Its colonies have varying shapes, able to be encrusting, branching, massive, or frond-like, and are covered in monticules (bumps). References Bryozoans
Erik Griswold (born 1969) is an American-born, Australian-based composer and pianist from Brisbane. Career Griswold began playing piano at the age of five, and has cited his early influences as Igor Stravinsky, Béla Bartok, and Miles Davis, and later Charles Mingus and Duke Ellington as he became more interested in improvisation. He studied his undergraduate at University of Southern California, Los Angeles, and University of California, San Diego, before moving to Australia in 1999. Initially he moved to Melbourne, before settling in Brisbane, and it was after his move to Australia that Griswold began to seriously explore prepared piano and focus more on his work as a performer. He has released several albums on Australian record label Room40, beginning with 2004's Altona Sketches, and album of prepared piano pieces. In 2020 ABC Classics commissioned a new 15-minute work from Griswold to have its premier at the 2021 Brisbane Music Festival. The work How Strange the Change was inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic, while the title was in homage to Cole Porter’s Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye. Work with Vanessa Tomlinson Erik Griswold has released music with his partner percussionist Vanessa Tomlinson as Clocked Out Duo. In 2000 they won two Green Room Awards for their collaboration Dada Cabare, and as Clocked Out won the Award for Excellence by an Organisation or Individual and Queensland State Award at 2011's APRA and AMC Art Music Awards. In 2015 they celebrated 15 years of making music together, having toured internationally and already released eight albums together at the time. In 2016 they collaborated on music for architect Bruce Wolfe's project Piano Mill, a tower located in Queensland bushland housing 16 pianos. For 2017's World Science Festival in Brisbane, they performed Time Crystals, a musical piece inspired by physicist Frank Wilczek's theories on time. The song previously appeared on their eighth album of the same name, released in 2014. Awards External links References Living people 1969 births Pianists
Erik Alejandro Iglesias Rodríguez (born 1989 in Pinar del Rio, Cuba), known professionally as Cimafunk, is a Cuban musician known for mixing funk and hip hop with Cuban and Afro-Caribbean music. His most recent album El Alimento was released in October 2021. Biography Rodriguez sang in church as a child, and originally planned to become a doctor like several members of his family. He attended medical school in his hometown of Pinar del Río for two years, but moved to Havana in 2010 to pursue music. He worked as a session arranger and producer for Cuban musicians like Raúl Paz and Liuba María Hevia, and was also in the band Interactivo from 2014 to 2016. After leaving that band, he adopted the name Cimafunk, referencing the cimarróns, who were escaped slaves who formed self-sustaining communities in Cuba during the colonial era. Cimafunk is also the name of his backing band, featuring a rotating cast of collaborators. Cimafunk endeavored to blend Afro-Cuban and African American music, with a focus on funk rhythms. The New Yorker has since compared him to James Brown. Cimafunk self-released the album Terapia in 2017, followed by the single "Me Voy" in 2018. Billboard named him one of the "10 Latin Artists to Watch in 2019". Cimafunk completed a successful tour of the United States and Europe in 2019, during which time he gained significant popularity in his native Cuba. While on lockdown in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, Cimafunk released several stand-alone singles and the EP Cun Cun Prá. In October 2021, Cimafunk released the album El Alimento, featuring guest appearances by George Clinton, Lupe Fiasco, and CeeLo Green. Both Rolling Stone and NPR named El Alimento as one of the best albums of the year. Discography Studio albums Terapia (2017) Cun Cun Prá (EP, 2020) El Alimento (2021) References 1989 births Living people Cuban musicians People from Pinar del Río Province
Chocolate Jar with Iron-Locked Lid is a piece of earthenware with tin-glaze. It was created in Puebla, Mexico, sometime between 1725 and 1775. It was made in the style of Talavera poblana developed out of the tradition in Talavera, Spain, and was also influenced by Chinese ceramic traditions. This vessel was used to house cacao beans. The jar is part of the Herbert Pickering Lewis Collection of Mexican Pottery at the Art Institute of Chicago and has been included in a handful of exhibitions. Visual Description The vessel's opening is slightly narrower than its base. Its midsection bulges out just below the neck and tapers in a few inches from the bottom. The bottom edge does not have any glaze on it leaving the naked clay exposed. The body of the vessel is covered in a white glaze base and is decorated with hand-painted designs in varying opacities of a deep rich blue. The designs are placed in a repeating motif four times around the bulging middle of the vessel. Each contains a mix of swirls, flowers, branches, and scallop designs. In the center of each motif is a bird with a long tail. Over the neck of the vessel, a lid made of iron is placed. The lid's top is decorated with organic leaf filigree and has a key sticking out of it. The top is attached with an iron hinge to the collar of the neck. Historical Background Spanish Origins This artistic tradition and its name originated in Spain, specifically Talavera de la Reina in Toledo, which was known for its tin-glazed earthenware. Margaret Connors McQuade, in her chapter on the “Talavera Poblana: Four Centuries of a Mexican Ceramic Tradition” in Talavera Poblana: Four Centries of a Mexican Ceramic Tradition, states that it is unclear exactly how the Talavera pottery style made its way over to Mexico. However, she points to a theory that some Dominican friars in Puebla requested that other friars come from Talavera to introduce the techniques. There is still evidence of the Spanish origins in some of the decorations. For example, the slanted parallel lines that make panels with the repeated motif, the fabric swags, and the fringe are all featured on this vessel come from the Talavera style of Spain. Chinese Influence Talavera poblana was also influenced by tin-glazed Chinese porcelain. Chinese porcelain was introduced to Mexico as a part of the shipping route in the later 1500s. Shipments of porcelain would arrive in Acapulco from China and then make their way across the land to Puebla, Orizaba, and finally, Veracruz where they departed for Spain. Besides the use of Blue and white tin-glaze that has impacted several traditions of pottery making through transcontinental interaction, the influence that Chinese pottery left on Talavera poblana pottery is the motif of the phoenix found on pottery known as Swatow. Another part of the Chinese influence of the Talavera Poblana is the use of a Money Jar or chocolatero as they began to be called in Mexico. Money jars were adapted to hold cacao beans and other valuable items. Like this jar, chocolatero often had iron lids that were locked with a key in order to protect its valuable contents from theft. Provenance The chocolate jar was in the private collection of Herbert Pickering Lewis during the late 1800s and early 1900s. After his death in 1922, his wife donated it along with a large number of other pieces of Mexican pottery to the Art Institute of Chicago in 1924. This is where it has remained for the past century. Exhibition History During its time at the Art Institute of Chicago, this Chocolate Jar was featured in three exhibitions. The first was in 1985. The vessel was loaned to the David and Alfred Smart Gallery at the University of Chicago for the exhibition: “Blue and White: Chinese Porcelain and Its Impact on the Western World.” It ran from October 3 to December 1, 1985. The second exhibit “Silk Roads and Beyond: Travel, Trade, and Transformation,” took place at the Art Institute of Chicago from September 30 of 2006 to April 22, 2007. The third exhibition was titled “For Kith and Kin: The Folk Art Collection At the Art Institute of Chicago." This exhibit took place in 2012. References Storage vessels Mexican pottery Individual pieces of pottery Collections of the Art Institute of Chicago
San Francesco D'Assisi is a Roman Catholic church and former minorite convent in the town of Butera, province of Caltanissetta, region of Sicily, Italy. At this site by the 12th-century, there had been a church, Santa Maria del Castello affiliated with a Cistercian monastery. In 1577, a Franciscan convent was built adjacent under the guidance of the Maestro Lo Monaco and patronized by Francesco Di Paola from Gelese. The church contains a wooden cross, dated 1631, with an image of Christ putatively painted by Domenichino. The altarpieces depicting the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and of an Immaculate Conception with St Francis is attributed to Filippo Paladino. The altarpieces of St Michael Archangel, St Francis of Assisi, and Sant'Antonio of Padua were painted by Rocco Di Martino. A celebration in honor of the Immaculate Conception is held with a bonfire on 8 December. References Churches in the province of Caltanissetta 16th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy
Mykhailo Podoliyak (born 1972) is a Ukrainian advisor to the head of the president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy. References 1972 births Living people Ukrainian politicians
Never Too Late is a 1925 American silent comedy action film directed by Forrest Sheldon and starring Francis X. Bushman Jr., Gino Corrado and Ollie Kirby. Cast Francis X. Bushman Jr. as Johnny Adams Harriet Loweree as Helen Bentley Gino Corrado as Count Gaston La Rue Ollie Kirby as Mabel Greystone Charles Belcher as Arthur Greystone Roy Laidlaw as Robert Leland Lorimer Johnston as John Kemp References Bibliography Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998. Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997. External links 1925 films 1920s action films English-language films American films American silent feature films American action films American black-and-white films Films directed by Forrest Sheldon
Dekayia is an extinct genus of Ordovician bryozoan. Its colonies can be branching, encrusting, or massive. The zooecia (calcium carbonate tubes in which the individual zooids live) are larger at the monticules and appear angular or sub-angular viewed through a cross-section of the colony. All species have acanthopores in varying sizes and numbers. References Bryozoans
Kanan Stark, is a fictional character from the Starz original crime drama portrayed by Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson in Power and first spin-off and sequel Power Book II: Ghost (as Tariq's imagination), and Curtis Mekai in the second spin-off and prequel Power Book III: Raising Kanan. He is the main antagonist within the series. Kanan spent a decade in prison after he was framed by James 'Ghost' St. Patrick (Omari Hardwick) and his wife Tasha St. Patrick (Naturi Naughton). He was released from prison and went on seeking revenge. He was so fixated on getting back at Ghost he ended up shooting his own son (Shawn Stark, portrayed by Sinqua Walls) to death for siding with Ghost over him, and kidnapping Tariq St. Patrick (Michael Rainey Jr.) to hurt Ghost. Kanan was a pain to everyone including his cousin LaVerne "Jukebox" Ganner (Anika Noni Rose), Andre Coleman (Rotimi) and varying allies. References External links Fictional characters Fictional murderers Fictional drug dealers Fictional American people Television characters introduced in 2014
Plakortis hooperi is a species of marine sponge in the order Homosclerophorida, first described in 2011 by Guilherme Muricy. The species epithet, hooperi, honours John Hooper (marine biologist), an Australian sponge specialist. Distribution The holotype was collected off Motupore Island, Round Hill Barrier Reef, Papua New Guinea and the species is known from Papua New Guinea and the northern coasts of Queensland. References Homoscleromorpha Animals described in 2011 Sponges of Australia Taxa named by Guilherme Muricy
The State Museum of Theatre, Music and Cinema Arts of Ukraine is a museum in Kiev chronicling the history of Ukrainian performing arts. It was founded in 1923 as part of Les Kurbas's Berezil Theatre. It holds costumes, puppets, and musical instruments. Its collection of theater-related art includes works by Alexandra Exter, Vadym Meller, Anatol Petrytsky, and Alexander Khvostenko-Khvostov. References External links Virtual tour of museum Museums in Kyiv Museums established in 1923
Karl Friedrich Kahlert (25 September 1765 – 8 September 1813) also known by the pen names Lawrence Flammenberg or Lorenz Flammenberg and Bernhard Stein was a German author of gothic fiction. He is best known for The Necromancer; or, The Tale of the Black Forest, an English translation by Peter Teuthold of his Der Geisterbanner: Eine Wundergeschichte aus mündlichen und schriftlichen Traditionen, which is one of the seven 'horrid novels' referenced by Jane Austen in Northanger Abbey. Through this work, he was a major influence on gothic literature in England, including Matthew Lewis's The Monk. Biography Kahlert was born on 25 September 1765 in Breslau, Prussia (modern day Wrocław, Poland) and died on 8 September 1813 in Glogau, Prussia (modern day Głogów, Poland). Influence Kahlert authored various stories and plays in German, none of which appear to have been translated into English with the exception of Der Geisterbanner, published in 1794. The translator, Peter Teuthold, provided a loose and unfaithful translation that also included Friedrich Schiller's Der Verbrecher aus verlorner Ehre, with Kahlert's text edited to incorporate Schiller's. The inclusion of Schiller's work allowed English writers to gain access to it thirty years earlier than any official translation, allowing it to enter public consciousness and influence English gothic literature. German gothic tales were the major contributor to the genre in England in the 1790s, with Kahlert's standing among them, alongside Cajetan Tschink, Carl Grosse, and Veit Weber. Kahlert was one of the major influences of The Monk by Matthew Lewis. Kahlert was aware of the changes made to his text, and in the second edition (1799), re-translated the English to German and invited readers to compare the two to see the difference between English and German literary tastes, which he believed accounted for the translation's differences. The Necromancer was a bestseller, and famous enough that it was included in the list of 'horrid novels' in Northanger Abbey alongside The Castle of Wolfenbach by Eliza Parsons, Clermont by Regina Maria Roche, The Mysterious Warning, a German Tale, by Eliza Parsons, The Midnight Bell by Francis Lathom, The Orphan of the Rhine by Eleanor Sleath, and Horrid Mysteries by Carl Grosse. Following the publication of Northanger Abbey, The Necromancer became increasingly obscure. By the 1910s, it was assumed that all seven Northanger books were fictitious inventions of Austen, and by 1922, after the discovery of Horrid Mysteries, that all seven would not still be extant. Critic and writer George Saintsbury was a prominent disbeliever in the authenticity of the septet, stating: "I should indeed like some better authority than Miss Isabella Thorpe's to assure me of their existence." All seven books were eventually rediscovered by Michael Sadleir in the 1920s by acquiring copies from Sotheby's auctions and discussions with collectors. The rediscovered copy of The Necromancer came from the estate of Arthur Hutchinson, a magazine editor and book collector, who bequeathed his library to Sadleir upon his death. A 2007 reprint by Valancourt Books was the first to provide details of Kahlert's life to an English audience. Works As Lorenz Flammenberg: Der Geisterbanner: Eine Wundergeschichte aus mündlichen und schriftlichen Traditionen (Breslau: Wilhelm Gottlieb Korn, 1792) Maria von Schwaningen: Ein Trauerspiel in fünf Aufzügen (Breslau: Wilhelm Gottlieb Korn, 1797) As Bernhard Stein: Die Waffenbrüder: Ein tragisches Sittengemälde aus den Zeiten der Kreutzzüge in fünf Aufzügen (Breslau: Wilhelm Gottlieb Korn, 1792) See also List of gothic novels The Necromancers: The Best of Black Magic and Witchcraft References 1765 births 1813 deaths 18th-century German male writers Writers of Gothic fiction People from Wrocław People from Głogów 18th-century pseudonymous writers
Graduation '97 () is a short Ukrainian tragicomedy film directed by Pavel Ostrikov. The world premier of the motion picture occurred on July 21, 2017, at the Odessa International Film Festival, where it received the prize for best Ukrainian short film. Release The world premier of the film Graduation '97 was on June 21, 2017, at the Odessa International Film Festival, where it received the prize for best Ukrainian short film. On August 3rd of the same year the picture was shown at the Locarno Festival under the English name "Graduation '97", where it also won the prize from the Youth jury for best international short film. References Links Ukrainian-language films 2017 films
The Engstingen–Sigmaringen railway is a branch line in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is owned by the owned by the Hohenzollerische Landesbahn (HzL). It runs from Engstingen (formerly Kleinengstingen) via Gammertingen to Sigmaringen and is single track and non-electrified throughout. History Since the Prussian Province of Hohenzollern (Hohenzollern Lands) was an elongated territory partly surrounded by the Kingdom of Württemberg, the line of the Royal Württemberg State Railways (Königlich Württembergischen Staats-Eisenbahnen) at this time only used the shortest route through this "foreign" area and only served the two district towns of Hechingen (from 1869) and Sigmaringen (from 1878). The HzL as the Actiengesellschaft Hohenzollern’sche Kleinbahngesellschaft (Hohenzollern light railway company), now the Hohenzollerische Landesbahn, was founded in 1899 to build Kleinbahnen (light railways as authorised by a Prussian law of 1892) in the Hohenzollern Lands. Kleinengstingen had been connected to the Württemberg railway network by the Reutlingen–Schelklingen railway since 1893. On 7 November 1901, the HzL station was opened next to the station of the Württemberg State Railways and the line to Gammertingen were put into operation as the fourth HzL line. Seven years later, on 6 December 1908, the second half of the line between Gammertingen and Hanfertal was completed and a connection to the Ulm–Sigmaringen railway was achieved via the Sigmaringendorf–Hanfertal railway. A short cut was built when the line was extended to Sigmaringen in 1910, providing a connection to the Tübingen–Sigmaringen railway. Passenger services on the Engstingen–Gammertingen section In the course of the nationwide closure of branch lines, the HzL also switched passenger transport to bus service on some routes between 1968 and 1973. In 1969, passenger services were discontinued on the Kleinengstingen–Trochtelfingen section and in 1972 on the Trochtelfingen–Gammertingen section. From then on, the line was only used for freight traffic and tourist trips. From 2000, regular excursions were again offered with the Rad-Wander-Shuttle ("bike-hiking shuttle") on Sundays and public holidays between May and October. A new station was built in 2006 for excursions to the ALB-GOLD pasta factory. After extensive renovation and upgrading work, passenger traffic between Engstingen and Gammertingen was resumed when the timetable changed in December 2019. The Schwäbische Alb-Bahn extended its Ulm–Schelklingen–Engstingen passenger service to Gammertingen in June 2019. In addition to upgrading the platforms, signalling systems and level crossings, the new Engstingen Schulzentrum station was built. Only four months after the resumption of passenger traffic, operations had to be stopped again in April 2020 because increased signs of wear were found on the wheel sets of the multiple unit. Neither the total renewal of individual sections nor the installation of longer tracks on very narrow track curves reduced wear. For months, only individual journeys and rail replacement bus services operated. Finally, the Engstingen–Haidkapelle section was identified as the cause and repaired accordingly. Services returned to the normal timetable in November 2020. Operations Local rail passenger transport is contracted by the state of Baden-Württemberg. In the 2016 contract awards, the HzL was once again able to win the contract for network 14b (Zollern-Alb-Bahn 2). The current transport contract with SWEG, which has been the legal successor to the HzL since the 2018 merger, runs until 2025. Diesel multiple units of class NE81 of the Schwäbischen Alb-Bahn have been operating on the Engstingen–Gammertingen section since the resumption of passenger services. Although the NE81s acquired from 2013 to 2016 were repainted in the red-cream-silver-black colour scheme of the Schwäbische Alb-Bahn, additional vehicles acquired by SWEG in 2021 are running in their original red-beige HzL livery. The railcars can also pull freight wagons. Until the timetable change in 2020, Regio-Shuttle 1 diesel multiple units in the red-beige livery of the HzL operated on the Gammertingen–Sigmaringen section. Now Lint 54 in the Baden-Württemberg state livery are used for passenger services. In addition to regular passenger services, freight and excursion services are operated on the line. References Rail transport in Baden-Württemberg 1901 establishments in Germany Railway lines opened in 1901 Buildings and structures in Reutlingen (district) Buildings and structures in Sigmaringen (district)
A Law Unto Herself is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Wallace Worsley and starring Louise Glaum, Sam De Grasse and Joseph J. Dowling. Cast Louise Glaum as Alouette DeLarme Sam De Grasse as Kurt Von Klassner Joseph J. Dowling as LeSieur Juste DeLarme Edward Coxen as Bertrand Beaubien Irene Rich as Stephanie Elvira Weil as Fleurette D'Hermonville Roy Laidlaw as Fritz Von Klassner Burwell Hamrick as Bertrand Von Klassner at age 10 George Hackathorne as Bertrand Von Klassner at age 20 Peggy Schaffer as Bertha Von Klassner Jess Herring as Old Servant References Bibliography Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998. External links 1918 films 1918 drama films English-language films American films American silent feature films American drama films American black-and-white films Films directed by Wallace Worsley Films distributed by W. W. Hodkinson Corporation
Sumy (U209) 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-43 and later Odesskiy Komsomolets. 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-43 was laid down on 1 August 1972 at the Zelenodolsk Shipyard, Zelenodolsk. The ship was launched on 2 June 1973. The corvette was commissioned on 28 December 1974 and by the order of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy on 23 January 1975, MPK-43 was enlisted in the Black Sea Fleet. The corvette 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. MPK-43 served in the Mediterranean, sailing more than 43,000 miles. As part of the ship's anti-submarine strike groups, the ship won the prize of the Chief of the USSR Navy four times for anti-submarine training (the last in 1989). During the receipt of the ships of the Black Sea Fleet of the USSR, the Ukrainian Navy reached a state of non-combat readiness. Like sister ship Kherson, due to lack of funds for repairs to bring the ship in order failed and immediately after joining the Navy, the ship was written off and disposed of. Pennant numbers References Grisha-class corvettes Sumy 1973 ships Sumy Ships built in the Soviet Union
The Ramadan Cup (also known as the Sheikh Sharubutu Ramadan Cup) is an annual football competition played between May and June depending on the Ramadan calendar of the year within the Muslim Ramadan season. History The Ramadan Cup was started in 2015, with six teams competing in the inaugural competition. Ashaiman emerged as the maiden champions after defeating Nima Zongo by 7–6 in a penalty shootout after the match ended goalless in normal regulation time. The tournament which is an initiative under the auspices of the Ghana National Chief Imam, Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu serves as a way of promoting peace and unity within the Zongo (Muslim) communities in Ghana as its tagline reads ‘Bringing the Zongo Community Together’. The tournament saw the introduction of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) in the 2021 final. Format In 2021, the tournament was played between 24-Zongo communities across Ghana. Venues After the Fadama Astroturf also known as the Sheikh Sharubutu Sports Complex at New Fadama, Accra was completed, the field served as the venue for the 2021 tournament. Winners & finalists Sponsorship The Ramadan Cup was sponsored by Royal Bank from 2015 to 2017, with the bank serving as the tournament's headline sponsor. Since then, the tournament has attracted sponsors including Electroland Ghana Limited (Nasco Electronics), Ashfoam, Adonko Next Level Energy Drink and Holiday Inn Hotel, 5 Star Energy Drink and Afro Arab Group. Over the years the tournament has been supported by government agencies including the Ministry of Zongo and Inner Cities Development and National Sports Authority. References Football competitions in Ghana Football cup competitions in Ghana

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