title: Joakim Zander

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Joakim Zander (born 1975 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish author and lawyer. His debut novel Simmaren (English title The Swimmer) was published by Wahlström & Widstrand in September 2013.

Biography
Joakim Zander was raised in Söderköping, Sweden. He studied law at Uppsala University and later earned a PhD in Law from Maastricht University. His dissertation The Application of the Precautionary Principle in Practice was published by Cambridge University Press, and was awarded the Rabobank Prize in 2012. Joakim Zander has worked for the European Parliament and the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium. He currently lives in Lund, Sweden with his wife and two children.

Klara Walldéen series
Zander's 2013 novel Simmaren (The Swimmer in English) is the first in his thriller series featuring the heroine Klara Waldéen. The book was followed by Orten (2015) and Vännen (2017).

Works

Nonfiction
The Application of the Precautionary Principle in Practice, Cambridge University Press, 2010

Fiction
Simmaren, 2013 (English translation: The Swimmer)
Orten, 2015 (English translation: The Brother)
Vännen, 2017 (English translation: The Friend)

References

External links
Joakim Zander, Ahlander Agency

Living people
1975 births
Writers from Stockholm
21st-century Swedish lawyers
Uppsala University alumni
Maastricht University alumni
Swedish thriller writers
People from Lund


title: Bulgaria women's national goalball team

text:
Bulgaria women's national goalball team is the women's national team of Bulgaria.  Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment.  The team takes part in international competitions.

Regional championships

The team can compete in the IBSA Europe goalball region.

The 1985 European Championships were held in Olsztyn, Poland with six teams competing.  The team finished sixth.

See also

 Disabled sports
 Bulgaria at the Paralympics

References

Goalball women's
National women's goalball teams
Bulgaria at the Paralympics
European national goalball teams


Our Lady and St Peter's Church, Bothamsall is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Bothamsall. The church is part of the Lound Hall Estate, Bothamsall. The buildings repair costs are procured by the Lord of the manor.

History

The church dates from the 14th century. A design by William Wilkins of 1817 was rejected and the church was rebuilt in 1845 by Henry Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle with stone from Worksop Manor.

It is in a joint parish with
St. Nicholas' Church, Askham
All Saints' Church, Babworth
St Martin's Church, Bole
St John the Baptist Church, Clarborough
All Saints' Church, Eaton
St Giles' Church, Elkesley
St Peter's Church, Gamston
St. Helen's Church, Grove
St Peter's Church, Hayton
St Martin's Church, North Leverton
St Peter and St Paul's Church, North Wheatley
All Hallows' Church, Ordsall
St Saviour's Church Retford
St Swithun's Church, East Retford
St Michael the Archangel's Church, Retford
All Saints' Church, South Leverton
St Paul's Church, West Drayton
St Peter and St Paul's Church, Sturton-le-Steeple
St Martin's Church, Ranby
St Bartholomew's Church, Sutton-cum-Lound

See also
Listed buildings in Bothamsall

References

Bothamsall
Bothamsall
Bothamsall


Buskerud and Vestfold University College (, HBV) was a regional university college with campuses in Drammen, Kongsberg, Hønefoss and Horten in the counties of Vestfold og Telemark and Viken, Norway.

It was created as a merger of Buskerud University College and Vestfold University College on 1 January 2014. It was the second-largest university college in Norway, measured in students, after Oslo and Akershus University College. From 2016 it merged with Telemark University College to form the University College of Southeast Norway.

University of South-Eastern Norway
Education in Vestfold og Telemark
Education in Viken (county)
Organisations based in Kongsberg
Educational institutions established in 2014
2014 establishments in Norway
Educational institutions disestablished in 2016
2016 disestablishments in Norway
Universities and colleges formed by merger in Norway


title: Cross-Strait Act

text:
The Act Governing Relations between the People of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area (), also called Cross-Strait Act (), is the law of the Republic of China (Taiwan or ROC) governing cross-Strait relations.

The main purpose of the act is to protect the security and welfare of the people of Taiwan. The act defines its de facto controlled territory as the Taiwan area. It also provides a legal framework on the relations between Taiwan and mainland China without recognising the People's Republic of China (PRC) and its governmental organisations. It is enacted in accordance with Article 11 of the Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China promulgated on 1 May 1991.

History
The act was drafted in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Early on 10 May 1948, the National Assembly of the Republic of China adopted the Temporary Provisions against the Communist Rebellion in the midst of the civil war between the Chinese Communist Party and the Kuomintang. In 1949, the Communists overthrew the Nationalist Government from mainland China, and proclaimed the establishment of the People's Republic of China while the government retreated to Taiwan, formerly a Qing province ceded to the Empire of Japan from 1895 to 1945.

During the "Communist Rebellion" period, the ROC regarded cross-Strait relation as at war. However, after the PRC implemented economic reform and altered the approach to Taiwan starting from 1980s, the ROC Government allowed nationals to visit their mainland relatives in 1987, and the necessity of regulating the cross-Strait relationship arose thereafter.

In 1989, the Ministry of Justice unveiled the Provisional Bill Governing Relations between the People of the Taiwan Area and Mainland Area (). In 1991, the Temporary Provisions were repealed by President Lee Teng-hui, which allowed the act to be passed by the Legislative Yuan on 16 July 1992 and commenced at the end of the month.

Imposition

Amendments and constitutional validity
The act is prominent in governing the relationship between Taiwan and Mainland China, which various subsidiary legislations were made under this law, and was amended during the ruling of both Kuomintang and Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).

Article 18 of the act, regarding the deportation of mainlanders that legally entered Taiwan, was ruled unconstitutional in 2013. An amendment was passed in 2019 which any cross-Strait political settlement must be considered by the parliament twice and approved in referendum before being signed by the president. A year later, parliamentarians from DPP tabled amendments to repeal wordings of "before national unification" and substitute with "accordingly to national development" or "during which the governance is limited to Tai-Peng-Kin-Ma and affiliated islands", but was withdrawn days later after first reading.

Applicability on Hong Kong
According to the act, "people of the Taiwan area" refers to those under the jurisdiction of the government of the Republic of China on Taiwan and its associated islands; "people of the Mainland area" refers to those under the jurisdiction of the government of the People's Republic of China, with the exception of Hong Kong (a former British colony that was ceded by the Qing in 1842) and Macau (formerly a Portuguese colony ceded by the Qing in 1887) which are governed by the separate Laws and Regulations Regarding Hong Kong & Macao Affairs, unless changes in Hong Kong and Macau endanger Taiwan's security as stipulated by Article 60 of the Laws and Regulations:[...] should any change occur in the situation of Hong Kong or Macau such that the implementation of this Act endangers the security of the Taiwan Area, the Executive Yuan may request the President to order suspension of the application of all or part of the provisions of this Act [...]

Should the application of any part of this Act be suspended and no other laws or regulations be formulated to govern relations between the Taiwan Area and Hong Kong or Macau, the relevant provisions of the Act Governing the Relations Between People of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area shall apply.

Ban on Mainland Chinese online platforms
Chiu Chui-cheng, spokesman of the Mainland Affairs Council, revealed to Nikkei Asia in 2019 that the ROC government planned to block iQIYI and Tencent Video (or WeTV) in Taiwan to curb false information against Taiwan made by the PRC government. Chiu added that OTT, a Taiwanese subsidiary of iQIYI, was placed under investigation by the ROC's Ministry of Economic Affairs, and could be asked to close its "iQIYI Taiwan Station" if found in violation of the Act.

On 19 August 2020, the Department of Commerce of the Economic Affairs Ministry, citing relevant regulations of the Act, banned OTT (and by extension iQIYI and Tencent Video) from further operating in Taiwan, or risk a continuous fine ranging from NT$50,000 to NT$5 million.

See also

 Cross-Strait relations
 Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China
 1992 Consensus
 One-China policy
 Political status of Taiwan
 Republic of China retreat to Taiwan

References

External links
 Act Governing Relations between Peoples of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area

Cross-Strait relations
Law of Taiwan
1992 establishments in Taiwan


title: Ukraine women's national goalball team

text:
Ukraine women's national goalball team is the women's national team of Ukraine.  Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment.  The team takes part in international competitions.

IBSA World Games

2003 Quebec City

The team competed in the 2003 IBSA World Games from Friday 1 to Sunday 10 August 2011, in Quebec City, Canada.  Ten teams competed.  The first stage was pool play with 5 teams per pool and the top two teams in each pool advancing to the next round.

2007 São Paulo

The team competed in the 2007 IBSA World Games, from 28 July 2007 to 8 August 2007, in São Paulo, Brazil.  There were twenty-three men's and twelve women's teams.  The competition was a 2008 Summer Paralympics qualifying event.  Olena Vertikova was fourth in the competition in scoring with 18 points.

Regional championships

The team competes in the IBSA Europe goalball region.

The 2001 European Championships were held in Neerpelt, Belgium with six teams competing.  The team finished sixth. In 2005, the European Championships were held in Neerpelt, Belgium.  With ten teams competing, the team finished eighth.

The Turkish Blind Sports Federation hosted the 2007 IBSA Goalball European Championships in Anyalya, Turkey with 11 teams contesting the women's competition. The team finished third. Munich, Germany hosted the 2009 European Championships with eleven teams taking part.  The team finished the event in tenth place.

Six teams took part in the 2010 IBSA European Championships Goalball Women B tournament held in Eskişehir, Turkey in July.  The team finished first.

The team competed at the 2013 European Championships in Turkey, where they finished sixth.

Goal scoring by competition

Competitive history
The table below contains individual game results for the team in international matches and competitions.

See also

 Disabled sports
 Ukraine men's national goalball team
 Ukraine at the Paralympics

References

Goalball
National women's goalball teams
Ukraine at the Paralympics
European national goalball teams


title: Jakub Łucak

text:
Jakub Łucak (born 18 September 1989) is a Polish retired handball player who played for the Polish national team.

References

1989 births
Living people
Polish male handball players
Place of birth missing (living people)


title: Przemysław Krajewski

text:
Przemysław Krajewski (born 20 January 1987) is a Polish handball player for Wisła Płock  and the Polish national team.

He was a bronze medalist of the 2015 World Championship.

Career

National team
On 1 February 2015, Poland, including Krajewski, won the bronze medal of the 2015 World Championship. In the winning bronze medal match (29:28) Poland beat Spain in extra time. He also participated at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's handball tournament.

Sporting achievements

State awards
2015  Silver Cross of Merit

References

External links

1987 births
Living people
People from Ciechanów
Sportspeople from Masovian Voivodeship
Wisła Płock (handball) players
Polish male handball players
Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic handball players for Poland


title: Patrick W. Ryan

text:
Patrick W. Ryan (died 26 December 1993) was an Irish politician. He was an Independent member of Seanad Éireann from 1961 to 1973. He was elected to the 10th Seanad in 1961 by the Agricultural Panel. He was re-elected at the 1965 and 1969 Seanad elections but lost his seat at the 1973 election.

References

Year of birth missing
1993 deaths
20th-century Irish farmers
Members of the 10th Seanad
Members of the 11th Seanad
Members of the 12th Seanad
Independent members of Seanad Éireann
Agricultural Panel senators


title: Michał Kubisztal

text:
Michał Kubisztal (born 23 March 1980) is a Polish handball player for Czuwaj Przemyśl and a retired Polish national team player.

References

1980 births
Living people
Polish male handball players
Sportspeople from Tarnów


title: Belarus women's national goalball team

text:
Belarus women's national goalball team is the women's national team of Belarus.  Goalball is a team sport designed for athletes with a vision impairment.  The team takes part in international competitions.

Regional championships

The team can compete in the IBSA Europe goalball region.

The team competed in the 2015 IBSA European Regional Championships, from 15 to 23 October 2005, in Neerpelt and Overpelt, Belgium.  Organised by the Vlaamse Liga Gehandicaptensport vzw (Flemish Sport Federation for Persons with a Disability), it hosted the ten women teams.  The team finished tenth.

See also

 Disabled sports
 Belarus at the Paralympics

References

National women's goalball teams
Belarus at the Paralympics
Goalball
European national goalball teams


title: Bogdan Raditsa

text:
Bogdan Raditsa (in Croatian: Bogdan Radica) (26 August 1904 – 5 December 1993) was a Croatian-American historian, journalist, diplomat, writer, and translator.

Biography
Bogdan Raditsa was born in 1904 in Split, Austro-Hungarian Empire. After his initial studies in his home town, he went to Ljubljana to study between 1923 and 1924. In 1924 he moved to Florence to continue his studies. In 1928 he went to Paris to work as a correspondent, and in the next year he moved to Athens where he lived until 1933, working as the Press representative for the Yugoslavian embassy. From 1933 to 1939 he worked as diplomat, member of the Yugoslavian delegation in the League of Nations in Geneva. In 1935 he married Nina Ferrero, daughter of Guglielmo Ferrero and granddaughter of Cesare Lombroso.

Following the Cvetković–Maček Agreement of 1939 he went to work in the office for external printing in Belgrade. In 1940 he was transferred to Washington, D.C. and, with the fall of Yugoslavia to the Germans in 1941 he began working in the press office in New York City. From 1943 on, he worked with Louis Adamič, an American writer of Slovene origin, in the campaign against the Yugoslav government-in-exile in London and the recognition of Tito and his movement. In October 1944 Raditsa went to London where Ivan Šubašić was working on the creation of a new Yugoslavian government. In 1945 Raditsa briefly worked in the Ministry of Information in Belgrade.

After his return to Belgrade he managed to obtain a visa to go abroad and around Christmas 1945 he travelled to Bari, from where he sent a telegram to his wife Nina: "Left Tito's paradise forever". After returning to the U.S., in 1946 he wrote in New York his famous Reader's Digest article, Yugoslavia's Tragic Lesson to the World. In it he enumerated all the reasons for his disappointment with Tito's Yugoslavia and urged Americans not to fall for false slogans. From 1950 to 1974 he was professor of History at the Fairleigh Dickinson University.

He died in New York City in 1993 at the St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center. His remains were transferred from New York to Strada in Chianti, a small community near Florence. His library and archives are stored in the Croatian State Archives in Zagreb.

References

External links
Bogdan Radica Papers (MS 1588). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.

1904 births
1993 deaths
Journalists from Split, Croatia
People from the Kingdom of Dalmatia
20th-century Croatian historians
Croatian diplomats
Croatian writers
Yugoslav historians
Yugoslav diplomats
Yugoslav writers
20th-century male writers
Fairleigh Dickinson University faculty
Yugoslav emigrants to the United States


title: Rupsa River

text:
The Rupsa River is a river in southwestern Bangladesh and a distributary of the Ganges. Rupsha is one of the most famous rivers of Bangladesh.

Description
It forms from the confluence of the Bhairab and Madhumati rivers, and flows into the Pasur River. Its entire length is affected by tides.

It flows by the side of Khulna, and connects to the Bay of Bengal through Poshur river at Mongla channel. Near Chalna, it changes its name to Pasur River and flows into the Bay of Bengal.

A significant number of fisheries, dockyards, shipyards and factories are situated on the bank of this river.  A significant number of families depend on catching fish in the river.  There is a bridge over the river named Khan Jahan Ali Bridge. This bridge connects Khulna and Bagerhat Districts.

References

External links

Rivers of Bangladesh
Khulna
Rivers of Khulna Division


title: Michał Szyba

text:
Michał Szyba (born 18 March 1988) is a Polish handball player for KS Azoty-Puławy and the Poland men's national handball team.

He is a bronze medalist of the 2015 World Championship.

Career

National team
He debuted on the national team on 4 June 2013 in a friendly match against Sweden (27:29).

On 1 February 2015 Poland won the bronze medal of the 2015 World Championship. They won bronze medal match (29:28) against Spain. In the match for the bronze medal, he threw the goal which gave a draw and led to overtime which the Poles won.

He also participated at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's handball tournament.

Sporting achievements

National team

World Championship
  2015 Qatar

State awards
 2015  Silver Cross of Merit

References

External links
Polish Handball Association player profile

1988 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Lublin
Polish male handball players
Expatriate handball players
Olympic handball players for Poland
Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Polish expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
Polish expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia
Polish expatriate sportspeople in France


title: Shibsa River

text:
The Shibsa River is located in western Bangladesh, and is about 100 km long. The river forms much of the boundary between Paikgachha and Dacope upazilas. Inside the Sundarbans Reserve Forest, it meets the Pasur River, then separates again near Mongla, before reaching the Bay of Bengal.

References

Rivers of Bangladesh
Khulna District
Rivers of Khulna Division


title: St Peter's Church, Gamston

text:
St Peter's Church, Gamston is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Gamston, Bassetlaw.

History

The church dates from the 13th century. It was restored by Sir George Gilbert Scott in 1855.

It is in a joint benefice with
St. Nicholas' Church, Askham
All Saints' Church, Babworth
St Martin's Church, Bole
Our Lady and St Peter's Church, Bothamsall
St John the Baptist Church, Clarborough
All Saints' Church, Eaton
St Giles' Church, Elkesley
St. Helen's Church, Grove
St Peter's Church, Hayton
St Martin's Church, North Leverton
St Peter and St Paul's Church, North Wheatley
All Hallows' Church, Ordsall
St Martin's Church, Ranby
St Saviour's Church Retford
St Swithun's Church, East Retford
St Michael the Archangel's Church, Retford
All Saints' Church, South Leverton
St Peter and St Paul's Church, Sturton-le-Steeple
St Bartholomew's Church, Sutton-cum-Lound
St Paul's Church, West Drayton

Organ

The church has a two manual pipe organ installed in 1964. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.

References

13th-century church buildings in England
Church of England church buildings in Nottinghamshire
Grade I listed churches in Nottinghamshire


title: Piotr Chrapkowski

text:
Piotr Chrapkowski (born 24 March 1988) is a Polish handball player for SC Magdeburg and the Polish national team.

He is a bronze medalist of the 2015 World Championship.

Personal life
Chrapkowski was born in Kartuzy, but grew up in Goręczyno. In December 2012 he married Dagmara Stawrosiejko. On 2 June 2015, their first daughter Sara was born. On 2 December 2016, his wife gave birth to their second daughter.

Career
He debuted on the national team on 5 June 2010, in friendly match against Lithuania (31:31).

In May 2013 moved to Vive Targi Kielce. With team from Kielce, he achieved eight titles of the Polish Superliga.

On 1 February 2015, Poland, including Chrapkowski, won bronze medal of the 2015 World Championship. They won the bronze medal match (29:28) against Spain. He dedicated his bronze medal to his wife and unborn daughter.

Achievements
Wisła Płock
Polish Superliga: 2010–11

PGE Vive Kielce
Polish Superliga: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17
Polish Cup: 2003, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
EHF Champions League: 2015–16

SC Magdeburg
EHF European League: 2021
Handball-Bundesliga: 2022
IHF Super Globe: 2021, 2022
EHF Champions League: 2023

State awards
 2015  Silver Cross of Merit

References

External links

Polish Handball Association player profile
Vive Targi Kielce player profile

1988 births
Living people
People from Kartuzy
Sportspeople from Pomeranian Voivodeship
Polish male handball players
Wisła Płock (handball) players
Vive Kielce players
Handball-Bundesliga players
Expatriate handball players
Polish expatriate sportspeople in Germany
SC Magdeburg players


title: Luca Leggiero

text:
Luca Leggiero (born 11 November 1984), is an Italian futsal player who plays for Pescara Calcio a 5 and the Italian national futsal team.

References

External links
UEFA profile

1984 births
Living people
People from Monopoli
Italian men's futsal players
Sportspeople from the Metropolitan City of Bari


title: Iran women's national goalball team

text:
Iran women's national goalball team is the women's national team of Iran.  Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment.  The team takes part in international competitions.

IBSA World Games

2007 São Paulo

The team competed in the 2007 IBSA World Games, from 28 July 2007 to 8 August 2007, in São Paulo, Brazil.  The women's goalball competition included thirteen teams, including this one.  The competition was a 2008 Summer Paralympics qualifying event. Maryam Dousti was seventh in the competition in scoring with 13 points.

Regional championships

The team competes in IBSA Asia goalball region, and from January 2010 became part of the IBSA Asia-Pacific goalball competition region.

2013 Beijing

The team competed in the 2013 IBSA Asia Pacific Goalball Regional Championships, from 11 to 16 November 2013, in Beijing, China.  Of the six men's teams (Australia, China, Iran, Japan, Mongolia, Thailand), the team came ranked third, ahead of Australia.

2017 Bangkok

The team competed in the 2017 IBSA Asia/Pacific Goalball Regional Championships, from Monday 21 to Saturday 26 August 2017, in the  Thai-Japan Sports Stadium, Din Daeng, Bangkok, Thailand.  There were seven men's and five women's teams.

The team did not rank in the top four.

2022 Bahrain

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 IBSA Goalball Asia-Pacific Regional Championships were moved from November 2021 to 21 March 2022 in Asan, South Korea.  The championships was finally held at the Bahrain Sports Federation for Disabilities Sports Centre, in Riffa, Bahrain from Monday 25 July 2022 to Friday 29 July 2022.  The top two teams of each division are eligible for the World Championships in December 2022.

There were four women's teams: Australia, Iran, South Korea, Thailand.  They placed second in the round-robin, and third overall.

FESPIC Games

2006 Kuala Lumpur

In 2006, the team participated in the ninth edition of the FESPIC Games held in Kuala Lumpur.  They were one of three teams competing, the other two being China and Japan.

Goal scoring by competition

Competitive history
The table below contains individual game results for the team in international matches and competitions.

See also

 Disabled sports
 Iran at the Paralympics

References

Goalball women's
National women's goalball teams
Iran at the Paralympics
Goalball in Asia


title: China women's national goalball team

text:
China women's national goalball team is the women's national team of China. Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with vision impairment.  It takes part in international competitions.

Paralympic Games

2008 Beijing

As the host nation, the team competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics, from 6 to 17 September 2008, in the Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium 'bat wing' arena, Beijing, China.  There were 12 men's teams and 8 women's teams taking part in this event.  They took the silver medal.

2012 London

The team competed in the 2012 Summer Paralympics from 30 August to 7 September 2012, in the Copper Box Arena, London, England.  The team came second.

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Finals

2016 Rio de Janeiro

The team competed in the 2016 Summer Paralympics, with competition from Thursday, 8 September, to the finals on Friday, 16 September 2016, in the temporary Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  The team came second.

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Finals

2020 Tokyo

The team competed in the 2020 Summer Paralympics, with competition from Wednesday, 25 August, to the finals on Friday, 3 September 2021, in the Makuhari Messe arena, Chiba, Tokyo, Japan.

Round-robin

World championships

2010 Sheffield

The team competed in the 2010 World Championships, from 20 to 25 June 2010, in Sheffield, England, in Pool Y.

2014 Espoo

The team competed in the 2014 World Championships from 30 June to 5 July 2014, in Espoo, Finland.  They placed second in Pool Y, and lost to Russia in the quarter-finals, 1:4.

2018 Malmö

The team competed in the 2018 World Championships from 3 to 8 June 2018, in Baltiska Hallen, Malmö, Sweden.  They placed sixth in Pool D, and tenth in the final standings.

Athletes included Zhenhua Cao, Wang Chunhua, Chunyan Wang, Xiling Zhang, and coach Zhang Xiaopeng.

IBSA World Games

2003 Quebec City

The team competed in the 2003 IBSA World Games from 1 to 10 August 2011, in Quebec City, Canada.  Ten teams competed.  The first stage was pool play with five teams per pool and the top two teams in each pool advancing to the next round.

2015 Seoul

The team competed in the 2015 IBSA World Games from 10 to 17 May 2015, in Seoul, South Korea.  They played in Group A with seven out of seven wins, against Denmark, Finland, Ghana, Greece, Israel, Spain, and Ukraine.  In the quarter-finals, they beat Japan 1:0, Australia 6:0, and in the finals were beaten by Israel 4:1, to take the silver medal.

Regional championships

The team competed in  IBSA Asia goalball region, and from January 2010 became part of the IBSA Asia-Pacific goalball competition region.

2013 Beijing

The team competed in the 2013 IBSA Asia Pacific Goalball Regional Championships, from 11 to 16 November 2013, in Beijing, China.  Of the four women's teams (Australia, China, Iran, Japan), China beat Japan 3:0, going into extra throws, to take the gold medal.

2015 Hangzhou

The team competed in the 2015 IBSA Asia Pacific Goalball Regional Championships, from 8 to 12 November 2015, in the China National Goalball Training Centre, Hangzhou, China.  Of the five women's teams (Australia, China, Japan, Mongolia, Thailand), China lost to Japan 0:1 in the gold medal match.

2017 Bangkok

The team competed in the 2017 IBSA Asia/Pacific Goalball Regional Championships, from Monday, 21, to Saturday, 26 August 2017, in the Thai-Japan Sports Stadium, Din Daeng, Bangkok, Thailand.  They lost to Japan 2:6 in the finals to take the silver medal.

2019 Chiba

The team competed in the 2019 IBSA Goalball Asia-Pacific Regional Championships, from Thursday, 5, to Tuesday, 10 December 2019, in the Chiba Port Arena, Chiba, Japan. They beat South Korea in the semi-finals 9:1, but lost to Japan in the finals 1:2, to get the silver medal.

FESPIC Games

In 2006, the team participated in the ninth and final FESPIC Games, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.  They were one of three teams competing, the other two being Iran and Japan.

Competitive history

The table below contains individual game results for the team in international matches and competitions.

See also

 Disabled sports
 China men's national goalball team
 China at the Paralympics

References

Goalball women's
National women's goalball teams
China at the Paralympics
Goalball in China
Goalball in Asia


title: Michael Biegler

text:
Michael Biegler (born 5 April 1961) is a German handball coach.

Sporting achievements

State awards
2015  Gold Cross of Merit

References

1961 births
Living people
German handball coaches
Handball coaches of international teams
German expatriate sportspeople in Poland
People from Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis
Sportspeople from Cologne (region)


title: Cleridge

text:
Cleridge, also known as Sunnyside Farm, is a historic home and farm complex located near Stephenson, in Frederick County, Virginia.  The main house was built about 1790, and is a 2 1/2-story, five bay, Federal style brick dwelling. It has a 2 1/2-story, four bay, brick addition added in 1882–1883.  Also on the property are the contributing brick well structure, the frame icehouse/blacksmith shop, a frame carriage house, the brick-entry, a
frame poultry house, and a farm manager's house (c. 1815). The cultivated and forested land is considered a contributing agricultural site.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.

References

Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
Federal architecture in Virginia
Houses completed in 1790
Houses in Clarke County, Virginia
National Register of Historic Places in Clarke County, Virginia


title: Akira Ohgi

text:
was a professional Japanese baseball player, coach, and manager. He was elected to the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 2004.

References

External links

1935 births
2005 deaths
People from Nakama, Fukuoka
Baseball people from Fukuoka Prefecture
Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame inductees
Japanese baseball players
Nippon Professional Baseball infielders
Nishitetsu Lions players
Managers of baseball teams in Japan
Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes managers
Orix BlueWave managers
Orix Buffaloes managers


title: Smooth topology

text:
In algebraic geometry, the smooth topology is a certain Grothendieck topology, which is finer than étale topology. Its main use is to define the cohomology of an algebraic stack with coefficients in, say, the étale sheaf .

To understand the problem that motivates the notion, consider the classifying stack  over . Then  in the étale topology; i.e., just a point. However, we expect the "correct" cohomology ring of  to be more like that of  as the ring should classify line bundles. Thus, the cohomology of  should be defined using smooth topology for formulae like Behrend's fixed point formula to hold.

Notes

References

 Unfortunately this book uses the incorrect assertion  that morphisms of algebraic stacks induce morphisms of lisse-étale topoi. Some of these errors were fixed by .

Algebraic geometry


title: Cat Valentine

text:
Cat Valentine may refer to a role that Ariana Grande portrays in two different TV shows:
 Cat Valentine (Victorious), a fictional character on the Nickelodeon television series Victorious
 Cat Valentine (Sam & Cat), the same character on the subsequent Nickelodeon television series Sam & Cat


title: Massimo De Luca

text:
Massimo De Luca (born 7 October 1987), is an Italian futsal player who plays for Asti and the Italian national futsal team.

References

External links
UEFA profile

1987 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Naples
Italian men's futsal players


title: Triumphlied

text:
The Triumphlied (Op. 55) is a work for baritone solo, choir and orchestra by the German composer Johannes Brahms. Brahms wrote the work on the occasion of the German victory in the Franco-Prussian War and dedicated it to emperor Wilhelm I. The text itself emanates from the Book of Revelation predicting the downfall of Babylon but is consciously reinterpreted into political terms. It premiered on 5 June 1872 in Karlsruhe.  Due to its patriotic message bound to the zeitgeist of the Unification of Germany, the Triumphlied lost popularity after World War I, despite its musical quality. Today it is one of Brahms's rather unknown œuvres.

History

Brahms began the composition in autumn of 1870 under the impression of German victories during the Franco-Prussian War. The first part was finished after the proclamation of Wilhelm I as emperor. The second and third part were composed after the conclusion of a peace treaty in summer of 1871. The first print of the Triumphlied was published in 1872. It was dedicated to "His Majesty the German Emperor Wilhelm I reverentially devoted by the composer". Originally Brahms, who admired Otto von Bismarck, had intended to dedicate the work to both the emperor and the chancellor exalting the "victory of German arms".

Scoring and structure

The Triumphlied is scored for choir (8 parts), baritone solo and orchestra. The orchestra includes 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 1 contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpanis and strings. An organ may be included ad libitum.

Performed, the work takes between 22 and 26 minutes.

First movement
Halleluja! Heil und Preis, Ehre und Kraft sei Gott unserm Herrn. Denn wahrhaftig und gerecht sind seine Gerichte. Halleluja! —
"Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God. For true and righteous are his judgments. Alleluia!" ()

The movement is marked as "Lebhaft und feierlich" (Lively and festive). The main theme of the first movement is a motivic echo of "Heil dir im Siegerkranz", the unofficial national anthem of the German Empire. Although Brahms only set the first words of Revelations chapter 19 ("For true and righteous are his judgments") to music, the continuation of the biblical text ("For he has judged the great prostitute") — referring to Paris — are, however, insinuated in the music which is testified by a handwritten note on Brahms's copy of the score.

Second movement
Lobet unsern Gott, alle seine Knechte, und die ihn fürchten, beide, Kleine und Große. Halleluja! Denn der allmächtige Gott hat das Reich eingenommen. Lasset uns freuen und fröhlich sein, und ihm die Ehre geben. —
"Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great. Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him." ()

The second movement, moderately animated, starts in G major and consists of three parts. The choir is used in an antiphonal way. In the third part of this movement, Brahms incorporated the famous hymn "Nun danket alle Gott".

Third movement
Und ich sahe den Himmel aufgetan. Und siehe, ein weißes Pferd, und der darauf saß, hieß: Treu und Wahrhaftig, und richtet und streitet mit Gerechtigkeit. Und er tritt die Kelter des Weins des grimmigen Zorns des allmächtigen Gottes. Und hat einen Namen geschrieben auf seinem Kleide, und auf seiner Hüfte, also: Ein König aller Könige, und ein Herr aller Herrn. Halleluja. Amen! —
"And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. And he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King of Kings, and Lord of Lords. Alleluia. Amen!" ()

Also consisting of three parts, the last movement begins in D minor and ends in D major.

Premiere and publication

The premiere of the first part took place on 7 April 1871 on the occasion of the Good Friday concert "In Memory of those who fell in Battle" in the cathedral of Bremen. The newspaper Weser-Zeitung wrote that the first part of the Triumphlied was a "real paean", "worthy of a great nation". The first performance of the complete work took place on 5 June 1872 in Karlsruhe.

It was published by N. Simrock.

Literature
 Daniel Beller-McKenna: Brahms and the German spirit. Harvard Univ. Press, Cambridge, Mass. u.a., 2004, , p. 98-132.
 Klaus Häfner: Das „Triumphlied“ op. 55, eine vergessene Komposition von Johannes Brahms. In: Badische Landesbibliothek Karlsruhe (Hrsg.): Johannes Brahms in Baden-Baden und Karlsruhe, Ausstellungskatalog, Selbstverlag der Bad. Landesbib. Karlsruhe, 1983, , p. 83-102.

References

External links

 Triumphlied (1871) Introduction by Daniel Beller-McKenna for American Symphony Orchestra
 Johannes Brahms / Triumphlied, for baritone, chorus, and orchestra, Op.55 classicalarchives.com

German patriotic songs
Compositions by Johannes Brahms


title: Denis Murphy (Carlow hurler)

text:
Denis Murphy (born 1990) is an Irish hurler who plays as a full-forward for the Carlow senior team.

Born in Borris, County Carlow, Murphy first played competitive hurling whilst at school in Borris Vocational School. He made his first impression on the inter-county scene as a dual player at minor level before later joining the under-21 hurling team. He made his senior debut during the 2010 championship. Murphy only played for one championship season and enjoyed little success.

At club level Murphy is a one-time Leinster medallist with Mount Leinster Rangers. He also won five championship medals.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Team

Mount Leinster Rangers
Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship (1): 2013
Carlow Senior Hurling Championship (5): 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013
All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship (1): 2012
Leinster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship (1): 2011

References

1985 births
Living people
Mount Leinster Rangers hurlers
Carlow inter-county hurlers


title: German tanker Spichern

text:
Spichern was a motor tanker that was built in Denmark for Norwegian owners and launched in 1935 as Krossfonn. In 1940 the German navy captured her, renamed her Spichern and converted her into an oiler. In 1944 she was damaged in an air raid and then scuttled.

Spichern was raised in 1947, rebuilt, renamed Ringfjell and returned to Norwegian merchant service in 1949. She was converted into a bulk carrier in 1955, renamed Ringsaker in 1961 and scrapped in 1964.

Building
Odense Staalskibsværft in Odense in Denmark built Krossfonn for Skibs-A/S Dalfonn of Norway. She was launched on 16 May 1935 and completed that August.

Krossfonns registered length was , her beam was  and her depth was . Her tonnages were ,  and .

Krossfonn had two screws. Burmeister & Wain built her engines, which were a pair of seven-cylinder, four-stroke, single acting diesels. Together the two engines were rated at 728 NHP or 4,700 bhp.

French service
When the Second World War began in September 1939, Krossfonn was under charter to import oil to France. But Norway was neutral until April 1940, and Krossfon sailed unescorted until that May.

Two days before the war began Krosfonn left Bahrain for La Libertad, Ecuador. She crossed the Atlantic via Dakar for bunkers and Tenerife. She spent the next six months bringing cargos of oil from Ecuador and Peru to France.

On 23 March 1940 Krossfonn sailed from Port-de-Bouc in France to be dry docked in Galveston, Texas. However, on 8 April Germany began its invasion of Norway, so Krossfonn made for the nearest British port. This was Kingston, Jamaica, where she arrived on 14 April. Ten days later she proceeded to Galveston, where she was dry docked from 29 April.

On 10 May Germany began its invasion of France. On 13 May Krossfonn left dry dock and went to Houston to load crude oil. She sailed for France via Bermuda, where she joined Convoy BHX 45, which at sea on 29 May joined eastbound Convoy HX 45. Krossfonns destination was changed from Donges to Brest, where she arrived on 8 June.

On 13 June Krossfonn left Brest in ballast to sail via Fort-de-France in Martinique to Cristóbal in Panama for orders. On 19 June she called at Casablanca. On 22 June France capitulated, and on 25 June the  captured Krossfonn in the Atlantic.

German service
On 7 July 1940 Krossfonn reached Lorient in German-occupied France. She was renamed Spichern and converted into a naval oiler.

On 26 May 1941 during Operation Rheinübung she bunkered the  at sea with 2,660 tons of heavy fuel oil.

Between 4 and 10 February the heavy cruiser  patrolled off the Azores and was refueled several times by Spichern.

On 9 August 1944 an Allied air raid badly damaged Spichern in the Battle for Brest. On 31 August German forces defending Brest sank her as a blockship.

Post-war service
In 1947 Spicherns wreck was raised in two parts and towed to Kiel, where Howaldtswerke AG rebuilt her. In May 1949 she returned to Norwegian merchant service as Ringfjell, owned by Ringals Rederi A/S and managed by Olav Ringdal of Oslo. In 1955 a shipyard in Rouen, France converted her into a bulk carrier.

In 1961 Sameiet Ringsaker bought Ringfjell, renamed her Ringsaker and placed her under the management of Elisabeth Bruun & Co of Tønsberg. In February 1964 a West German shipbreaker bought her for scrap.

References

Bibliography

1935 ships
Captured ships
Maritime incidents in August 1944
Merchant ships of Norway
Scuttled vessels of Germany
Ships built in Odense
World War II auxiliary ships of Germany


title: BMC Kirpi

text:
BMC Kirpi (Turkish for "Hedgehog") is a Turkish made Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle manufactured by BMC. Kirpi  provides significant protection against mine and ballistic threats. It combines standard and add-on armor providing protection against ballistic threats. Its V-shape underbody and monocoque allows it to protect the personnel inside from land mines and improvised explosive devices (IEDs).

BMC Kirpi is a heavy armored troop carrier. Its primary objective is to transfer personnel from one place to another while protecting them against all kind of threats. It can take different operational roles by being equipped with required mission equipment.

Development
The Kirpi design process started in 2008. The first prototype was produced in 2009. In 2009, BMC was awarded a tender for 614 MRAP vehicles by the SSB – Presidency of Defence Industry. During the preliminary and critical design phases of this 614 Kirpi project, the prototype was further developed and became the Kirpi 1.

Turkish Land Forces have used the Kirpi 1 intensively on its operations. After Kirpis started to be operated, Turkish Land Forces’ casualties started to reduce significantly. After this initial success of the Kirpi, its total sales number increased to more than 1,500, with more than 200 for export customers.

After the Kirpi 1’s 7 years of service, with the gained experience and feedback received from users, the Kirpi 2 was introduced in 2018, with several improvements upon the Kirpi 1. In 2018, BMC was awarded another contract by the SSB for 529 units of Kirpi 2 MRAP vehicles. Independent suspension for more comfortable journey for the troops inside, improved air conditioning and engine cooling pack integration, composite add-on armor to lighten the vehicle, allowing it to carry more payload and more mission equipment. Particle/shrapnel holder, spall-liner installation upgrades have been applied to newer, second generation Kirpi 2.

Technical description

BMC Kirpi has a monocoque V-shaped body. Recovery and/or towing points are fitted front and rear, a NATO standard pintle being fitted at the rear. A front-mounted hydraulically operated self-recovery winch is standard.

V-shape monocoque body with composed add-on armor offers great resistant against mine and ballistic attacks in terms of NATO Stanag 4569. Protection levels are classified. In second generation of Kirpi, the Kirpi 2 has composite add-on armor and further increased mine protection.

Cabin can carry 13 personnel, driver, commander and gunner facing front, rest of 10 personnel are facing each other, 5 unit on one side, other 5 on another side, seating on the edge of side walls. Each personnel has mine protected seating, gun racks and gun ports to counterfire in times of need. There are two roof hatches, one on front, opens up inside the covered manual turret, optionally manual turret can be replaced with automatic weapon station, in this situation, front roof hatch opens up behind the weapon station, allowing to manually operate or reload. Second roof hatch is at the far end of cabin. There is a hydraulic operated door at the back of the vehicle, 10 personnel can mount up or evacuate from this door.

BMC Kirpi 4x4 is 18 tons when empty, has 2,000 kg payload with a gross vehicle weight of 20,000 kg

Motive power for the BMC Kirpi is provided by a EURO 3 emissions compliant Cummins diesel engine developing 375 hp (275 kW). An engine cold start kit is fitted and the cooling system has been adapted for tactical applications in between −32 °C / +55 °C temperatures.

Driveline is completed by an Allison 3000 six-speed fully automatic transmission coupled to an Axletech two-speed transfer box with selectable 4x2 or 4x4 drive. A longitudinal driver-controlled pneumatically operated differential lock is fitted. Both the front steer-drive axle and the rear drive axles are Axletech rated at 9,500 kg capacity and sprung by the combination of parabolic leaf springs, telescopic shock absorbers, and an anti-roll bar. In second generation of Kirpi, the Kirpi 2 has fully independent suspension with coil springs, has same axle capacity. Both are fitted with driver-controlled pneumatically operated cross-axle differential locks. Steering is power assisted.

Single 14.00 R 20 tyres are standard, rims are 10x20”. CTIS is fitted. Disc brakes are fitted front and rear, supplemented by an engine exhaust brake. ABS is also standard.

Automatic fire suppression system inside personnel cabin an engine departments are standard while outside and tire suppression systems are optional.

Variants

BMC Kirpi is a troop carrier and mainly used to transport troops one place to another safely. It is also a multi-purpose platform that can be adapted for the desired role, needed by the end user. It can be utilized to serve different tactical purposes according to certain requirements. BMC Kirpi has 4x4 and 6x6 configurations. The vehicle is driven from all its available wheels which makes it suitable to perform its duty on any terrain.

4x4 Troop Carrier

Standard troop carrier version is used to transport 13 personnel from one place to another with high safety, ignoring the climate and terrain hardships.

6x6 Troop Carrier

6x6 version of standard troop carrier. Can carry 15 personnel.

Combat Tactical Vehicle

When a standard troop carrier version is equipped with situational awareness & offensive weapon systems makes Kirpi a combat fighting vehicle.

Utility Vehicle

Standard troop carrier version can be turned into a utility vehicle in order to carry cargo safely.

Ambulance

Ambulance version takes wounded soldiers from the heat of battle and safely escorts them to the back of frontlines. Can carry two doctors with two inpatients or two doctors with one inpatient and two walking cases.

Mine Detection and Disposal Vehicle

Leads any military convoy, detects explosives buried underground, disrupts it with its robotic arm and disposes any mine threat.

Characteristics
The design contract was awarded in 2009, and deliveries commenced in 2014.

Its armored hull provides protection against  armor-piercing rounds and artillery shell splinters. Some vehicles have been fitted with cage armor for protection against RPG rounds.

The Kirpi features shock absorber seats and interior accessories, a GPS system, rear view camera, and automatic fire suppression system. It has five firing ports and four bulletproof windows on each side of the troop compartment.

It has a shielded position for the gunner on top of the roof, which can be operated manually and can rotate through 360 degrees. The vehicle can be armed with a 7.62-mm or 12.7-mm machine gun and is also available with remotely-controlled weapons stations.

Operators

Djiboutian Army: BMC Kirpi I with Aselsan SARP DUAL remote controlled weapon station in use.

Kosovo Security Force: Kosovo MoD confirmed the purchase of 14 BMC Kirpi 4x4 MRAP vehicles to local media and Turkish Anadolu Agency news agency, the deliveries are expected to begin in 2022.

 Libyan Army: 18 BMC Kirpi 4x4 MRAP donated by Turkey.

Qatari Emiri Land Force: 50 on order

 Russian army: Two captured from Ukrainian forces.

 Somali National Army: 12 BMC Kirpi 4x4 MRAP vehicles in service. Donated by Turkey.

Tunisian Army: 233 in service.

Turkish Army: over 2,000 in service.
Turkish Air Force: 15 in service.
Gendarmerie General Command: 230 in service.
General Directorate of Security: 40 in service.

Turkmenistan Army: 100 in service.

Ukrainian Navy: Marine detachment of the Ukrainian Naval Forces have received 50 Turkish BMC Kirpi 4x4 MRAP vehicles with 150 more expected to be delivered later. Another batch consisting of at least 42 additional vehicles was spotted getting transported to Ukraine in early 2023. According to Oryx, a defence analysis website that tracks inventories and equipment losses in conflict zones, as of 8 October, 2023 in total 26 units were destroyed, damaged, abandoned or captured during the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.

United Arab Emirates Army: a modified variant of BMC Kirpi II, locally produced in United Arab Emirates by International Golden Group under licence from BMC and marketed as “K2”, has been accepted into service with United Arab Emirates Army in 2023.

Non-state operators
  (AANES)
People's Defense Units (YPG): one captured from the Turkish Army in 2019, seen in use in 2022.

Southern Movement: some BMC Kirpi I MRAPs purchased by United Arab Emirates from Turkey were donated to secessionist Southern Transitional Council in Yemen to be operated by it’s paramilitary wing, the Southern Movement.

References

External links

 Official website
 BMC-350 Kirpi MRAP Mine protected armoured vehicle on armyrecognition.com

Wheeled armoured fighting vehicles
Military vehicles introduced in the 2000s
BMC (Turkey) vehicles
Military vehicles of Turkey


title: All Hallows' Church, Ordsall

text:
All Hallows' Church is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Ordsall, Nottinghamshire.

History
The church dates from the 13th century. It was restored in 1876 by Thomas Chambers Hine and 1880 by Charles Hodgson Fowler.

It is in a parish with St Michael the Archangel, West Retford

Monuments
There is a kneeling monument to Samuel Bevercotes (d. 1603).

Organ
The church has a two manual pipe organ installed in 1877 by Brindley & Foster.

See also
Grade II* listed buildings in Nottinghamshire
Listed buildings in Ordsall, Nottinghamshire

References

14th-century church buildings in England
Church of England church buildings in Nottinghamshire
Grade I listed churches in Nottinghamshire
Retford


title: Alex Merlim

text:
Alex Rodrigo da Silva Merlim (born 15 July 1986), also known as Babalu, is a Brazilian born Italian futsal player who plays for Sporting CP and the Italian national futsal team as a winger.

Honours

 Liga Portuguesa: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022-23
 Taça de Portugal: 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22
 Taça da Liga de Futsal: 2015–16, 2017–18, 2020–21, 2021–22
 Supertaça de Futsal: 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022
 UEFA Futsal Champions League: 2018–19, 2020–21

References

External links

Sporting CP profile

1986 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Mato Grosso do Sul
Futsal forwards
Italian men's futsal players
Brazilian men's futsal players
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Brazilian emigrants to Italy
Luparense Calcio a 5 players
Sporting CP futsal players
Brazilian people of Italian descent
Italian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
People from Dourados
Naturalised citizens of Italy
Naturalised sports competitors


title: Porta Saragozza, Bologna

text:
The Porta Saragozza of Bologna was one of the gates or portals in the medieval walls of this city.

The gate was built in the 13-14th centuries, and by 1334 it was provided with a drawbridge crossing a moat. It was not used much until 1674, when the long Portico di San Luca was built from the center of town to the Basilica della Beata Vergine di San Luca, used in yearly procession of an icon. From then on it became also known as the “Porta Sacra” or the “Porta dei pellegrini” (Holy Gate and Gate of Pilgrims) for its placement in the route towards the Sanctuary of San Luca.

In 1859, concordant with a rising movement to restore medieval remnants in Italian cities, the architect Giuseppe Mengoli, replaced the mediaeval cassero with the present one by connecting it with two crenellated arches to the two lateral cylindrical great towers, giving it its present castle-like form.

About nine of the original twelve gates remain in the third set of circumvallating 14th-century walls (Cerchia del Mille) of Bologna. These include the Porta Maggiore (or Mazzini), Porta Castiglione, Porta Saragozza (this article), Porta San Felice, Porta delle Lame, Porta Galliera, Porta Mascarella, Porta San Donato, and Porta San Vitale.

References

Buildings and structures completed in the 14th century


title: Sam Puckett

text:
Sam Puckett may refer to:
 Sam Puckett (iCarly), a fictional character on the Nickelodeon television series iCarly
 Sam Puckett (Sam & Cat), the same character as she appears on the Nickelodeon television series Sam & Cat


title: Zooming (filmmaking)

text:
In filmmaking and television production, zooming is the technique of changing the focal length of a zoom lens (and hence the angle of view) during a shot – this technique is also called a zoom. The technique allows a change from close-up to wide shot (or vice versa) during a shot, giving a cinematographic degree of freedom.  But unlike changes in camera position, zooming does not change the perspective (the relative sizes of near and far objects); it only magnifies or reduces the size of the entire image as a whole.

Zooming can either be performed towards longer focal lengths, giving a "zoom in" effect: The filmed object will then increase in apparent size, and fewer objects become visible on film. Or it is performed towards shorter focal lengths, giving a "zoom out" effect: The filmed object will shrink in apparent size, and more objects come into view.

The speed of the zoom allows for a further degree of cinematographic freedom. Combined with a dolly camera move it is possible to create the dolly zoom effect.

Noticeable cinematographic examples for the use of slow zooms include the 1975 film Barry Lyndon by Stanley Kubrick, the 1979 film Stalker by Andrei Tarkovsky, and the 1994 film Sátántangó by Béla Tarr.

References

See also
 Racking focus
 Follow focus
 Ken Burns effect

Cinematography


title: Abd-Allah Mikali

text:
Abd-Allah Mikali () was an Iranian statesman from the Mikalid family, who served the Saffarids, and later the Abbasids.

Abd-Allah was the son of Muhammad ibn Mikal, a prominent Mikalid commander who served the Tahirids of Khorasan. Abd-Allah is first mentioned as a high-ranking official of the Saffarid ruler Amr ibn al-Layth. Amr was killed in 901, and was succeeded by his grandson Tahir ibn Muhammad ibn Amr. Tahir, however, was only a figurehead, while the real power was held by his uncle Al-Layth, his ghulam Sebük-eri, and by Abd-Allah himself. Sebük-eri later rebelled against Tahir, and was joined by Abd-Allah. They soon transferred their allegiance to the Abbasid Caliphate, where Abd-Allah was appointed as governor of Ahvaz. Abd-Allah died in 920, leaving a son named Abu'l-Abbas Ismail, who began serving as head of the administration of the Samanids.

References

Sources

Mikalids
10th-century Iranian people
9th-century Iranian people
9th-century births
920 deaths
Year of birth unknown
Governors of the Abbasid Caliphate
Saffarid generals


title: VA-36 (U.S. Navy)

text:
VA-36, nicknamed the Roadrunners, was an Attack Squadron of the U.S. Navy. It was established as Fighter Squadron VF-102 on 1 May 1952, redesignated VA-36 on 1 July 1955, and disestablished on 1 August 1970. It was the first squadron to be designated VA-36, the second VA-36 was established on 6 March 1987 and disestablished on 1 April 1994.

Operational history

 November 1953–September 1954: During the squadron's world cruise aboard , it visited 14 different ports in 10 foreign countries and transited the Suez and Panama Canals.
 July–August 1961: While deployed on a training cruise aboard  in the Caribbean Sea, the squadron was on an alert status due to the Bay of Pigs Invasion.
 2 December 1965: The squadron conducted its first combat operations, flying from  on Dixie Station in the South China Sea off the coast of Vietnam. This marked the first time a nuclear powered ship had engaged in combat.
December 1965–June 1966: During this period of combat operations squadron personnel were awarded over 170 Air Medals.
 May–June 1967: VA-36, embarked on , was on station in the eastern Mediterranean during the Six-Day War between Israel and Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. Units of Americas air wing were launched to provide air cover for  when it came under attack by Israeli forces.

Home port assignments
The squadron was assigned to these home ports, effective on the dates shown:
 NAAS Cecil Field – 1 May 1952
 NAS Jacksonville – July 1955
 NAS Cecil Field – April 1956

Aircraft assignment
The squadron first received the following aircraft in the months shown:
 FG-1D Corsair – May 1952
 F9F-5 Panther – Oct 1952
 F9F-8 & F9F-8B Panther – 02 Nov 1956
 F9F-8T Panther – 14 Apr 1957
 A4D-2 Skyhawk – 11 Sep 1958
 A4D-2N/A-4C Skyhawk – 21 Mar 1961 (The A4D-2N designation changed to A-4C in 1962.)
 A-4E Skyhawk – Oct 1967 (The squadron began its transition to A-4Es in October 1967 and in November 1967 transitioned back to A-4Cs)

See also
 Attack aircraft
 History of the United States Navy
 List of inactive United States Navy aircraft squadrons

References

Attack squadrons of the United States Navy
Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons


title: Philip Twysden

text:
Philip Twysden (1713–1752), was an Anglican clergyman who served in the Church of Ireland as Lord Bishop of Raphoe from 1747 to 1752. The circumstances of his death later became the subject of scandalous rumour.

Early life and family
He was born in Kent, south-east England, in 1713, the third son of Sir William Twysden, 5th Baronet of Roydon Hall, East Peckham, Kent, by his wife (and distant cousin) Jane Twisden.

He studied at University College, Oxford, from 1732. He was awarded a Master of Arts degree, and the honorary degree of Doctor of Civil Law in 1745.

He married twice: firstly to Mary Purcell (died 1743), and secondly to Frances Carter, daughter of The Rt Hon. Thomas Carter, Master of the Rolls in Ireland. After Bishop Twysden's death, she married her cousin, General James Johnston.

By his second wife, he had two children: Mary (died in infancy) and a posthumous daughter called Frances (1753–1821). Frances, later Countess of Jersey, was one of the many mistresses of King George IV when he was Prince of Wales.

Ecclesiastical career
He was ordained a priest in the Church of England. He was instituted in 1738 as rector of Eard and in 1745, for a short time, served as the rector of Eastling in Kent. He accompanied The 4th Earl of Chesterfield to Dublin as his chaplain, upon the Earl's appointment as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

Twysden was nominated to the Bishopric of Raphoe in Ulster on 3 March 1746 and was consecrated by the Lord Archbishop of Dublin, assisted by the bishops of Derry and Clonfert, at St Michan's Church, Dublin, on 29 March 1747.

Death
Bishop Twysden died on 2 November 1752 at home in Jermyn Street, St James's, London. However, according to Henry Cotton, he died at Roydon Hall, East Peckham, his father's country house. He was buried in the south chancel of St Michael's Church, East Peckham, under a plain stone with no inscription.

A story grew up that, having been made bankrupt, he was shot while attempting to rob a stagecoach. The location of his alleged attempted career as a highwayman was either Hounslow Heath (west of London) or Wrotham Heath in Kent.

Notes

References

1713 births
Alumni of University College, Oxford
Anglican bishops of Raphoe
18th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland
1752 deaths
Burials at St Michan's Church, Dublin


title: Daniel Giasson

text:
Daniel Giasson (born 24 August 1987), is a Brazilian born, Italian futsal player who plays for Jaén and the Italian national futsal team.

References

External links
UEFA profile

1987 births
Living people
Brazilian emigrants to Italy
Italian men's futsal players


title: Or Ostvind

text:
Or Ostvind (; born 18 December 1987) is an Israeli footballer who currently plays for Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon.

External links

1987 births
Living people
Israeli Jews
Israeli men's footballers
Israel men's international footballers
Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon F.C. players
Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam F.C. players
Hapoel Haifa F.C. players
Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona F.C. players
Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. players
Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim F.C. players
Liga Leumit players
Israeli Premier League players
Footballers from Ramat HaSharon
Men's association football midfielders


title: Gramps Is in the Resistance

text:
Gramps Is in the Resistance or Papy fait de la résistance is a French war comedy film directed by Jean-Marie Poiré in 1983.

Plot
Héléna Bourdelle, a.k.a. "La Bourdelle", is a world-renowned opera singer and the wife of maestro André Bourdelle. They live in a luxurious hôtel particulier in Paris, with their three grown-up children—Bernadette, Colette and Guy-Hubert—and André's father, known as "Gramps". When Nazi Germany occupies France, André becomes a leader of a Resistance cell but he is killed by the accidental explosion of a grenade. Two years later, the family's mansion is requisitioned by the German occupation authorities to accommodate Wehrmacht General Hermann Spontz, transferred from Eastern Front to Paris. The Germans brutally take over the whole house and leave the family occupying the cellar, and complaining to the Kommandantur about the excesses of Spontz and his men. While in the Kommandantur, Madame Bourdelle, her daughter Bernadette and Michel Taupin, a tenant in the family house, help by chance the escape a British RAF airman, and are then forced to hide him in their cellar.

Michel Taupin woos without success Bernadette, after initially having views on Colette. His insistent desire to join the Resistance leads to many adventures. Imprisoned after the episode at the Kommandantur, he meets a resistant, Felix, who confides in him, thinking he is about to be shot by the Germans. When they are freed by an elusive vigilante known as "Super-Resistant", Felix finds himself unable to get rid of Michel.

The family is also persecuted by Adolfo Ramirez, the former Paris Opera caretaker and a fierce collaborationist who has become a Gestapo agent. Ramirez seeks to take revenge on the Bourdelles but they are protected by General Spontz, who is an admirer of Héléna Bourdelle and who has a soft spot for Bernadette. Ramirez finally discovers that Guy-Hubert, son of the family, a seemingly cowardly and effeminate hairdresser, is actually "Super-Resistant" and the boss of Felix, but Spontz does not believe him.

Although she had vowed not to sing while there were Germans in France, Madame Bourdelle is forced by General Spontz to attend a reception in honour of Hitler's half-brother, Marshal Ludwig von Apfelstrudel, held in a castle near Paris. With the help of Michel Taupin, the Resistance plans to detonate a bomb in the dining room. The operation fails and the Bourdelles and Taupin are about to be arrested but they are saved by Super-Resistant, who captures von Apfelstrudel and all the German generals, with the help of his men and of Gramps.

The story seems to end, but proves to be a "film within the film", and gives way to a contemporary television debate, designed to address the period of occupation, and to report on the reality of the depicted events in the film. The show brings together Bernadette Bourdelle and General Spontz (now happily married), Guy-Hubert, Adolfo Ramirez Jr. (son of Ramirez, who came from Bolivia to defend his father's memory), and Michel Taupin (now Minister of Veterans Affairs). Soon, the discussion turns to disaster: Ramirez Jr. insults and defames the other protagonists of the story, who start to beat him up on the TV set, forcing the host to cut the transmission.

Cast

 Christian Clavier as Michel Taupin, professor of Greek and Latin
 Michel Galabru as Jean-Robert Bourdelle "Gramps"
 Dominique Lavanant as Bernadette Bourdelle
 Jacqueline Maillan as Héléna Bourdelle
 Jacques Villeret as Ludwig Von Apfelstrudel, Hitler's half-brother
 Roland Giraud as General Hermann Spontz
 Gérard Jugnot as Adolfo Ramirez and Adolfo Ramirez Jr.
 Martin Lamotte as Guy-Hubert Bourdelle / Super-Resistant
 Pauline Lafont as Colette Bourdelle
 Jean Carmet as André Bourdelle
 Julien Guiomar as Colonel Vincent
 Josiane Balasko as the pharmacist
 Michel Blanc as Father Leboeuf, the priest
 Jean-Claude Brialy as tennis player sycophant
 Bernard Giraudeau as resistant arrested
 Jacques François as Jacques de Frémontel, "Félix"
 Thierry Lhermitte as SS Standartenführer
 Jean Yanne as militiaman Murat
 Roger Carel as General Muller
 Bruno Moynot as Flandu
 Jean Négroni as the narrator

References

External links

1983 films
1983 comedy films
French comedy films
1980s French-language films
Films about the French Resistance
Films directed by Jean-Marie Poiré
1980s French films


title: John Peter Bernard

text:
John Peter Bernard () (died 1750) was an Anglo-French biographer, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society for his work on the General Dictionary, Historical and Critical.

Life
He was the son of James (Jacques) Bernard, a Huguenot minister known as a man of letters. He received his education at the University of Leyden, where he took degrees in arts and philosophy. In 1733 he was settled in London, and earning a livelihood by preaching, giving lessons in literature and mathematics, and compiling for the booksellers.

Bernard was admitted a Fellow of the Royal Society in January 1738. He died in the parish of St. Marylebone, on 6 April 1760.

Works
Bernard is remembered for having made major contributions to the General Dictionary, Historical and Critical, 10 vols. London, 1734–41. His article contributions were marked with "P." at the end, comprising 63 articles on subjects not in Pierre Bayle's Dictionnaire Historique et Critique, on which the Dictionary was based. These names are listed by Osborn, and include Bayle himself, and Louis XIV. The other contributors with assigned signatures were Thomas Birch and John Lockman.

Notes

Attribution

Year of birth missing
1750 deaths
English people of French descent
English biographers
Fellows of the Royal Society
English male non-fiction writers


title: Murilo Ferreira

text:
Julião Murilo Ferreira (born 10 March 1989), is a Brazilian born, Italian futsal player who plays for Acqua e Sapone and the Italian national futsal team.

References

External links
UEFA profile

Italian men's futsal players
1989 births
Living people
Brazilian emigrants to Italy


title: Suki Chan

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Suki Chan (born in Hong Kong) is an artist and filmmaker whose work uses light, moving image and sound to explore our perception of reality.

 She is drawn to light as a physical phenomenon, and the role it plays in our constantly shifting daily experience of our environment, be it urban or rural. Her pieces vary from photography, film installation to mixed-media sculptures.

Chan is based in London and is represented by Tintype Gallery. She is also a visiting lecturer at the Royal College of Art.

Education
1996: Foundation in Art and Design- Winchester School of Art

1999: BA Fine Art- Goldsmiths

2008: MA Fine Art Chelsea

Commissions
Chan has been commissioned by various organisations to produce work for both galleries and public spaces; including Science Gallery Dublin, Film and Video Umbrella, Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art, The Young Foundation, Art on the Underground and Aspex Gallery.

Collections
Chan's work is included in the collections of the Museum of London, University of Salford Arts Collection, University of the Arts Art Collection, David Roberts Art Foundation and the Ingram Collection.

Honours
In 2008, she was nominated for the Northern Art Prize and in 2010, she was shortlisted for the Renaissance Art Prize.

In 2009, Chan was one of the six young British artists featured in the BBC's series School of Saatchi. On the show, Tracey Emin who said that her work was better than some established artists. "The film's flipping brilliant," she said. "There's a few artists' names come to mind when I saw it but this knocks spots off them." Chan's work also received a positive review in The Guardian newspaper from the art critic Robert Clark who wrote "Suki Chan's art makes us wonder in more ways than one. It enables us to treasure the wonder of the world through daring to suggest the dreadful cost of the loss of such wonderful phenomena."

Residencies
In partnership with Bluecoat and Arts Council England, Chan was invited to be one of the artists in residence at the Belong care village, Crewe. Chan interviewed residents which formed the basis of her project, CONSCIOUS.

In 2005, Chan completed a residency at the Osteopathic Centre for Children, producing 1,000 origami cranes for their permanent installation at the charity's Manchester base.

References

External links
Official website
Suki Chan at the Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art Archive & Library
Suki Chan at the Asia Art Archive

1977 births
Living people
British contemporary artists
Hong Kong emigrants to the United Kingdom
Alumni of Goldsmiths, University of London
Alumni of Chelsea College of Arts
English mixed media artists
Conceptual artists
Women conceptual artists
English curators
English people of Hong Kong descent
21st-century women artists


title: St Paul's Church, West Drayton

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St Paul's Church is a Grade II* listed  parish church in the Church of England in West Drayton, Nottinghamshire.

History

The church dates from the 12th century.

It is in a joint benefice with
St. Nicholas' Church, Askham
All Saints' Church, Babworth
St Martin's Church, Bole
Our Lady and St Peter's Church, Bothamsall
St John the Baptist Church, Clarborough
All Saints' Church, Eaton
St Giles' Church, Elkesley
St Peter's Church, Gamston
St. Helen's Church, Grove
St Peter's Church, Hayton
St Martin's Church, North Leverton
St Peter and St Paul's Church, North Wheatley
All Hallows' Church, Ordsall
St Martin's Church, Ranby
St Saviour's Church Retford
St Swithun's Church, East Retford
St Michael the Archangel's Church, Retford
All Saints' Church, South Leverton
St Peter and St Paul's Church, Sturton-le-Steeple
St Bartholomew's Church, Sutton-cum-Lound

Bells
West Drayton church has two bells that can be swing chimed.

Group of Churches
This church is part of the Elkesley Group. This includes the parishes of:
All Saints' and *St Peter, Eaton and Gamston
St Giles, Elkesley
St Paul, West Drayton
Our Lady & St Peter, Bothamsall

See also
Grade II* listed buildings in Nottinghamshire
Listed buildings in West Drayton, Nottinghamshire

References

12th-century church buildings in England
Church of England church buildings in Nottinghamshire
Grade II* listed churches in Nottinghamshire
Bassetlaw District


title: 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships

text:
The 17th IAAF World Indoor Championships was held from 1 to 4 March 2018 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. This was the city's second hosting of the event as it previously did so in 2003.

Bidding process
Birmingham bid for the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships as well as the 2018 event. Portland was selected unanimously to host the 2016 event with Birmingham being the only other bidder. With Portland then out of the running for the 2018 event Birmingham was selected as the host of the 2018 event. The reason Portland was selected for 2016 and Birmingham for 2018 is that the IAAF wanted more time between events in the UK with London hosting the 2012 Summer Olympics as well as the 2017 World Championships in Athletics along with Cardiff hosting the 2016 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. Portland would become the beginning of a similar sequence for the US, with the 2021 World Championships in Eugene, Oregon and the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

Venue
The event took place at the National Indoor Arena with seating for 8,000 spectators.

Schedule

All dates are GMT (UTC±0)

Entry standards
The qualification period for all events runs from 1 January 2017 to 19 February 2018 (midnight Monaco time), except for the Combined Events where the qualification period runs from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017 and the five best athletes from the 2018 Indoor Lists (as at 12 February 2018). Twelve athletes will be invited in the Heptathlon and in the Pentathlon as follows: the winner of the 2017 Combined Events Challenge. One athlete which may be invited at the discretion of the IAAF. In total no more than two male and two female athletes from any one Member will be invited. Upon refusals or cancellations, the invitations shall be extended to the next ranked athletes in the same lists respecting the above conditions.

Medal summary

Men

Note: * = Relay athletes who only ran in heats

Women

Medal table

Notes
 IAAF does not include the three medals (2 gold, 1 silver) won by athletes competing as Authorised Neutral Athletes in their official medal table.

Participating nations
In brackets the number of athletes participating.

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Disqualifications
This championship was notable for the large number of disqualifications, primarily lane violations (IAAF rule 163.3(a)). One entire heat of the Men's 400 metres was disqualified, a World Championship first. Some athletes appeared to have difficulty with the steep banking of the track. Accusations were raised about the heavy handedness of the officiating and inconsistencies relative to similar acts committed by star British athletes at the 2017 Outdoor World Championships held in London just 5 and a half months earlier.

References

External links
Official website
IAAF website
Statistics Handbook

World Athletics Indoor Championships
IAAF
2018 in English sport
World Indoor Championships
International athletics competitions hosted by England
2010s in Birmingham, West Midlands
Sports competitions in Birmingham, West Midlands


title: Listed buildings in Lower Withington

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Lower Withington is a civil parish in Cheshire East, England. It contains 21 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest grade, one is listed at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II. Apart from the village of Lower Withington, the parish is rural. The major building is Willington Hall, the present building dating from about 2000, and replacing earlier halls on the site. Five of the listed buildings are associated with the hall, including a sarcophagus in the garden, which dates from the Roman era. The parish includes part of Jodrell Bank Observatory, and five buildings on the site are listed. The other listed buildings are houses, farmhouses, cottages, and associated structures, seven of them timber-framed buildings dating back to the 17th century.

Key

Buildings

See also

 Listed buildings in Chelford
 Listed buildings in Goostrey
 Listed buildings in Marton
 Listed buildings in Peover Superior
 Listed buildings in Siddington
 Listed buildings in Snelson
 Listed buildings in Swettenham
 Listed buildings in Twemlow

References
Citations

Sources

Listed buildings in the Borough of Cheshire East
Lists of listed buildings in Cheshire


title: AMAG Pharmaceuticals

text:
AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is an American pharmaceutical company developing products that treat iron deficiency anemia (IDA) in adult patients.  The company was a publicly traded company listed on NASDAQ under the symbol "AMAG" until November 2020 when it was acquired by Covis Pharma.

In 2016, the company became a member of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA).

Operations
AMAG Pharmaceuticals Inc. operates in the researching, marketing as well as distribution of its drugs. The areas that the company markets its products include the United States, Canada and the European Union.

AMAG's main product, Ferumoxytol was estimated by the company to generate revenue of $71.5 million in 2013.

In August 2013, the company received a new U.S. patent for Ferumoxytol, expiring in 2020.

In June 2015, the company acquired Cord Blood Registry for $700 million.

In 2014, AMAG acquired Lumara Health, formerly KV Pharmaceutical Company.

In 2015, the company's revenue reached $418 million. AMAG had 552 employees.

In December 2018, AMAG announced it would acquire Perosphere Pharmaceuticals Inc.

In October 2020, Covis Group agreed to acquire AMAG for $498 million.

Drug approvals and distribution
The company's research and tests focus on iron deficiency anemia and related intravenous drugs.

In June 2009, the company's main product Ferumoxytol, an IV iron medication used on adult patients with chronic kidney disease, was approved by US Food and Drug Administration.

In December 2011, Health Canada approved Ferumoxytol, under the brand name Feraheme, for use in treating both dialysis and non-dialysis dependent chronic kidney disease patients, as well as for treatment of adult patients with iron deficiency anemia.

From 2010 to 2014, AMAG had a distribution agreement with Takeda which granted them exclusivity to the Canadian and European Union markets, where the drug is sold under the brand names Feraheme and Rienso, respectively.

References

External links

Companies formerly listed on the Nasdaq
Pharmaceutical companies established in 1981
Companies based in Lexington, Massachusetts
2020 mergers and acquisitions
Pharmaceutical companies of the United States
Health care companies based in Massachusetts
1981 establishments in Massachusetts


title: Dapper Laughs

text:
Daniel O'Reilly (born 17 June 1984), otherwise known as Dapper Laughs, is a British social media content creator and comedian from Addlestone, Surrey.

Career and controversies
In 2014, O'Reilly released the single "Proper Moist" as Dapper Laughs. The song entered the UK Singles Chart at number 15. Starting in 2014, Laughs began his Moist Tour of the UK; his supporting act on the tour was Joe Charman. In July, he released "Take It To The Base". The music video was released on YouTube, but has since been made private.

Derogatory lyrics about homeless people
In November 2014, Laughs criticised the website UsVsTh3m on Twitter for what he viewed as an unfavourable review of his new album Proper Naughty Christmas. O'Reilly suggested that the review could hinder his goal of raising money for homelessness charity Shelter. As a result of UsVsTh3m highlighting the lyrics of one of the album tracks as offensive to the homeless, the charity posted on their official Twitter feed that they would be refusing donations from O'Reilly. O'Reilly later made an apology in a statement.

Sexism and comments about rape
In September 2014, his TV show, entitled Dapper Laughs: On the Pull, began on ITV2, where he parodied a dating expert

O'Reilly was heavily criticised in November 2014 when, soon after accusations that his show was degrading to women, he joked that a female audience member was "gagging for a rape" at one of his live shows. An online petition eventually gained 68,210 signatures with the hashtag #CancelDapper asked ITV to end the series. On 10 November, ITV announced they were not renewing the series for a second season as a result. A forthcoming Dapper Laughs tour was also cancelled.

Retirement and return of Dapper Laughs character
On 11 November 2014, O'Reilly announced on Newsnight that his Dapper Laughs character had been indefinitely retired. When interviewed on the BBC programme, he claimed he did not realise the problems he had caused. O'Reilly also claimed that the media played a major role in the anger directed at him. In December that year, O'Reilly resurrected the character. On 25 December 2014, a YouTube and Facebook video was posted stating that O'Reilly's character Dapper Laughs would be making a return with the promise of toned down content. On 15 January 2015, he announced his "The Res'Erection" stand-up show. On 8 March 2015 a pilot for a web-exclusive sitcom based on the character was uploaded to YouTube.

Glasgow gig cancellation
In March 2015 it was announced that Dapper Laughs was booked to appear on 2 April 2015 at Campus Glasgow, which describes itself as "Glasgow’s first frat house" (which are not generally a feature of British universities). The event was described as a "live PA, meet & greet and photo opportunity". After an online petition gathered more than 1,000 signatures in 24 hours the venue cancelled the booking, citing "too much negativity towards the act".

Plagiarism
In June 2015 The Guardian reported that his website DappsDaily.com had plagiarised material from other websites.

Big Brother appearance and criticism
In January 2018, O'Reilly entered the Celebrity Big Brother house as a housemate during its twenty-first series. He was the eighth housemate to be evicted.

The Telegraph writer Ed Power wrote an article called 'Should Dapper Laughs Even Be On National Television?' following O'Reilly's entry to the Big Brother house. Power labelled O'Reilly as a 'comedian whose best known accomplishment was torpedoing his career with a rape joke'. Another Telegraph writer, Michael Hogan, wrote an article titled "If Dapper Laughs Wins, It's The Final Nail In The Coffin For Celebrity Big Brother". Hogan remarked that Dapper Laughs is 'not dapper, provides no laughs and isn't really a celebrity.'

Boxing career

Laughs vs Simon
On 31 October 2023, it was announced that O'Reilly would face English TikToker Simple Simon on the undercard of MF & DAZN: X Series 11 at York Hall in London, England on 17 November.

Personal life

O'Reilly has two daughters. He proposed to his longtime girlfriend Shelley in January 2018, during his eviction interview on Celebrity Big Brother.

Filmography

Discography

Singles

References

External links

1984 births
Living people
British Internet celebrities
People from Clapham
British male comedians
People from Kingston upon Thames
Comedians from London


title: St Bartholomew's Church, Sutton-cum-Lound

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St Bartholomew's Church, Sutton cum Lound is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Sutton cum Lound.

History

The church dates from the 12th century.

It is in a joint parish with twenty nearby churches.

Organ

The church has a two manual pipe organ by Brindley & Foster. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.

See also
Grade I listed buildings in Nottinghamshire
Listed buildings in Sutton cum Lound

References

12th-century church buildings in England
Church of England church buildings in Nottinghamshire
Grade I listed churches in Nottinghamshire


title: Bloody Creek crater

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Bloody Creek crater, which is also known as the Bloody Creek structure, is a  in diameter elliptical feature that is located in southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada. It is argued to be either a possible extraterrestrial impact crater or an impact structure. It lies between Bridgetown and West Dalhousie, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, where the Bloody Creek structure straddles what was once a stretch of Bloody Creek. It also is informally known as the Astrid crater.

History
The Bloody Creek structure was discovered by George R. Stevens, a retired geologist from Acadia University, in 1987 during a regional air photo survey. By the time of its discovery, it had been submerged beneath a reservoir, Dalhousie Lake. Dalhousie Lake was created by a dam constructed across Bloody Creek by the Nova Scotia Power Corporation as part of the Bloody Creek Reservoir hydroelectric development. As a result, the collection of rock samples from crater rim and its surroundings required the use of scuba gear and visiting the site during the occasional periods when the reservoir was drained. When the surface of Dalhousie Lake was frozen, the thick ice created a platform that greatly facilitated magnetometer and ground-penetrating radar surveys of this feature. Prior to being flooded, the interior of the Bloody Creek structure consisted of a fen within the floodplain of Bloody Creek.

Surface geology
The Bloody Creek structure lies within the Southern Upland of southwestern Nova Scotia. The Southern Upland consists of poorly drained, gently-rolling, hilly topography that is characterized by glacially deranged drainages and extensive lakes and wetlands. A large granite batholith, which has intruded slate and greywacke, underlies the Southern Uplands. Within this region, bedrock is poorly exposed as the result of low relief; a widespread surficial blanket of glacial till; and numerous large depressions filled with either wetland peat or occupied by lakes. The blanket of glacial till is relatively thin, typically less than  thick, and consists of loose sandy sediment that contains an abundance of locally derived angular cobbles and boulders. The exposed bedrock has been glacially sculpted and polished. At the site of the Bloody Creek structure and elsewhere in the region, roches moutonnées and lee-side plucking features can be seen.

Bedrock geology
The Bloody Creek structure lies entirely within deeply eroded outcrops of granitic rock of the Scrag Lake pluton. This pluton has an exposed area of approximately . It forms much of the western end of the South Mountain Batholith. The pluton is composed primarily of megacrystic biotite monzogranite and lesser amounts of megacrystic biotite granodiorite. Contacts between the primary biotite monzogranite and the slates and greywackes of the host rocks are ubiquitously sharp and intrusive. Numerous small bodies (<) of fine-grained leucomonzogranite, which constitute less than 0.1% of the total pluton, are scattered throughout it. The plutons of the South Mountain Batholith are estimated to have been emplaced at depths of .

The South Mountain Batholith was emplaced within in Late Devonian time, about 370 Ma. It intruded into Cambro-Ordovician metasedimentary rocks of the Meguma Supergroup and the overlying Siluro-Devonian metasedimentary to metavolcanic rocks of the Rockville Notch Group.  The South Mountain Batholith and its host rocks are overlain by coarse clastic terrestrial sedimentary rocks of the Horton Group of Late Devonian to early Mississippian age, indicating a minimum exhumation age of about 355 Ma. These stratigraphic constraints are substantiated by radiometric dating that has yielded an age range of 372–361 Ma for the age of the plutons comprising the South Mountain Batholith

Morphology

The Bloody Creek structure is slightly elliptical in shape with a  long northwest-trending major axis and a  long southwest-trending minor axis. As seen in aerial photographs taken before Bloody Creek was flooded, the crater of this structure is defined by a continuous and prominent scarp that is  high and completely encircles what was once a flat fen. Approximately  of peat and lake sediments underlies the surface of the former fen. These sediments rest on a bedrock surface of irregular relief that is bisected by a southwest-trending ridge.

As interpreted from ground penetrating radar profiles, the bedrock underlying the sediments that occupy the crater of the Bloody Creek structure consists of a heterogeneous infill that differs from the bedrock outside of it. In ground penetrating radar profiles, the heterogeneous infill exhibits multiple reflections that are absent in the ground penetrating radar profiles of country rocks that lie outside of and surround this structure. The infilling material is internally faulted as shown by lateral discontinuities seen in the ground penetrating radar profiles.

Relative to similar size impact craters, i.e. the Aouelloul crater, the Bloody Creek structure has a distinctive and quite different morphology. For example, the depth of the crater of the Bloody Creek structure is quite, even anomalously, shallow although similar in diameter to the Aouelloul crater, which is  in diameter. In case of the Bloody Creek structure, the total relief of its crater from crest of its rim to base of its buried floor is only . In contrast, gravity and modeling studies indicate that the total relief of the Aouelloul crater from the crest of its rim to base of its buried crater floor is about . The Bloody Creek structure is also morphologically distinct from other similar size craters, including the Aouelloul crater, as it has an elliptical "rim" with a length to width ratio of 1.2.

Shock metamorphism

Petrographic analysis using thin sections of samples collected proximal to the geomorphic rim of the Bloody Creek structure provide abundance evidence of shock metamorphism that is indicative of a hypervelocity impact associated with this structure. This evidence includes microbrecciation and cataclasis, kink-banding and rare planar microstructures in feldspar, reduced mineral birefringence, common mosaicism and planar microstructures in quartz, kink-banding in mica, and systematic degradation of biotite to chlorite showing plastic deformation and flow microtextures. The planar microstructures consist of rare planar fractures and possible planar deformation features. Of these features, the planar deformation features, known as shocked quartz, are considered uniquely diagnostic of shock metamorphism that was the result of an extraterrestrial impact.

The types of shocked quartz found in surface samples from the rim of the Bloody Creek structure indicate anomalously high formation pressures. Based on shock recovery experiments, the threshold pressure for the types of shocked quartz found in these samples is estimated to be 16 GPa, with a mean pressure of 23 GPa. These pressure estimates greatly exceed the estimated pressures for the formation of shocked quartz found in the rims of similar size and types of craters. They are only comparable in magnitude with pressures estimated for in situ target rocks at the base of such impact craters. Based upon the simple,  in diameter Brent crater in Ontario, Canada, as a model, to have the types of shocked quartz exposed at the surface at the rim of the Bloody Creek structure would theoretically require removal of at least the upper half of the original final crater. That an oblique impact, as an elliptical structure would indicate, would lessen, not increase, the pressures to which rim strata would be subjected makes the estimated formation pressures for the shocked quartz found in the rim of the Bloody Creek structure even more anomalously high.

Origin
The morphology, internal structure, and abundant evidence of shock metamorphism clearly indicate that the Bloody Creek structure is likely either an impact crater or a structure that is the result of an extraterrestrial hypervelocity impact. The elliptical morphology of it strongly indicates that it is likely the result of an oblique impact.

Age
The age of the Bloody Creek structure remains unanswered. In one case, the Bloody Creek structure might be a deeply eroded impact structure. This structure being relatively old and heavily eroded, presumably in part by Pleistocene glaciers, would explain both the anomalously low depth to diameter ratio of the crater structure and the anomalously high threshold pressures indicated by shocked quartz and other alteration features of the rock comprising its current rim. In such a case, the rock exposed at the surface would be the eroded base of a much larger original structure. This hypothesis is consistent with the extremely shallow depth-diameter ratio of the structure. In such a case, the sample sites would have initially been close to the bottom of the original crater and have experienced the high shock pressures indicated by the types of shocked quartz found in them. In addition, this hypothesis might also explain the lack of an obvious breccia lens that can be seen on the ground-penetrating radar profiles from inside the crater.

Alternatively, the Bloody Creek structure might be a well-preserved, uneroded, and relatively young impact crater. The anomalous morphometry of such an impact crater might be explained by an impact onto glacial ice, which may have resulted in the dissipation of much of the impact energy into the ice, resulting in the low depth to diameter ratio of the crater. This hypothesis might also explain similarities in the rate of accumulation of peat within the Bloody Creek structure and within nearby bogs with well-constrained ages that indicate this crater formed prior to deglaciation, which was about 12 thousand years ago. What is known about the stratigraphy of the peat layers from ground-penetrating radar profiles suggests that differential subsidence and compaction inside the crater may be continuing. If so, this would be another indication of a relatively young impact structure.

The North Group
During the investigations of the Bloody Creek structure, a cluster of discontinuous arcuate scarps were found about  north of it. These arcuate scarps are known as the North Group. The analysis of aerial photography found that it consists of several discontinuous arcuate scarps that are  high and sharply outline depressions with relatively flat, inner floors. Sonar and lake sediment probing of a few of these structures, which are now submerged beneath Dalhousie Lake, revealed the presence of crater-like features, which underlie these floors and are inferred to be buried by lake sediment and peat. Petrographic analysis of bedrock samples collected near the eastern rim crests of the North Group identified features that are suggestive of shock metamorphism. These features include kink-bands in feldspar and biotite and planar microstructures in quartz and feldspar. The planar microstructures consist of planar fractures in both quartz and feldspar and possible planar deformation features in quartz.

See also
 Charity Shoal Crater
 Clovis culture
 Corossol crater
 Quaternary extinction event
 Younger Dryas
 Younger Dryas impact hypothesis

References

Bibliography

External links
Nalepa, M.E. (2012) Investigation of the form and age of  the Bloody Creek Crater, southwestern Nova Scotia.  unpublished Acadia Honour's thesis, Vaughan Memorial Library, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada.
 Aerial documentation of the Bloody Creek structure

Impact craters of Canada
Possible impact craters on Earth
Neogene impact craters
Landforms of Nova Scotia


title: Lake Kolima

text:
Kolima is a large lake in central Finland. It is an open lake with few islands and some ranges of rocks. Almost half of the lake is protected under the Natura 2000 program because of the lake's good natural and hydrological condition. A typical fish in the lake is the venance. The lake is suitable for canoeing and maps are available for water tourists. One route starts from Pihtipudas and goes southward to the Kärnänkoski rapids.

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Kymi basin
Landforms of Central Finland
Kolima
Kolima