title: Lookin' on the Bright Side

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Lookin' on the Bright Side is an album by pianist Harold Mabern which was originally released on the DIW label in Japan in 1993.

Reception
The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden awarded the album 4 stars noting that "Harold Mabern was nearing his 57th birthday around the time of the two 1993 studio sessions that provided the music for this Japanese release; he's clearly in a mood to celebrate... Highly recommended for hard bop fans".

Track listing
All compositions by Harold Mabern except as indicated.
 "Look on the Bright Side" - 5:33
 "Moment's Notice" (John Coltrane) - 5:20
 "Big Time Cooper" - 8:00
 "Au Privave" (Charlie Parker) - 6:08
 "Love Is a Many Splendored Thing" (Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster) - 5:08
 "It's a Lonesome Old Town" (Charles Kisco, Harry Tobias) - 9:19
 "Too Late to Fall Back Baby" - 6:52
 "Our Waltz" (David Rose) - 4:22

Personnel
 Harold Mabern – piano
 Christian McBride – bass
 Jack DeJohnette – drums

References

1993 albums
DIW Records albums
Harold Mabern albums


title: Cerbillona

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The Cerbillona, culminating at  in the massif du Vignemale, constitutes the south-western high fringe of the glacier d'Ossoue with the Pic central (3,235 m) and the Clot de la Hount (3,289 m). The Montferrat (3,219 m) constitutes the southern fringe. The Pique longue (3,298 m) is the highest summit of the massif and also of the French Pyrenees.

Mountains of the Pyrenees
Mountains of Hautes-Pyrénées
Mountains of Aragon
Pyrenean three-thousanders


title: European Business and Technology Centre

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The European Business and Technology Centre (EBTC) was constituted in 2008 as a programme co-funded by the European Union. It transitioned to an independent organisation in March 2016, continuing the EU mandate to facilitate Europe-India cross-border collaboration. EBTC as an organisation is coordinated by Eurochambres, the Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry.

The EBTC is headquartered in New Delhi.

History
During the ninth EU-India Summit in Marseille, EU and Indian leaders discussed regional situations, global issues, and the strengthening of EU-India relations. On 29 September 2008, the EU and India approved the launch of EBTC in India to support business-to-business and research co-operation between the EU and India. The project officially launched in October 2008, with an office in New Delhi and activities commencing in January 2009. By 2011, its presence had expanded pan-India, with regional offices in Mumbai and Kolkata. Another office opened in Bangalore in 2013.

In January 2013, India became the 54th country to join the Enterprise Europe Network. The EBTC leads the Enterprise Europe Network India consortium along with its partners, the Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) / Global Innovation & Technology Alliance (GITA), to provide business support services primarily to SMEs and entrepreneurs from the EU and India.

The EU-funded project ended on 29 February 2016, and EBTC is now an independent, self-sustainable company. The physical presence has been recentered on Delhi and Bangalore, but activities continue on a pan-Indian level.

Collaboration
EBTC works with organisations from the EU and India. Alongside lead group Eurochambres, other partners include the Baltic Innovation Agency,
Basildon Borough Council.
Centro Estero Internazionalizzazione Piemonte.
CleanTuesday,
Danish Technological Institute.
Dublin Chamber of Commerce.
European Institute for Asian Studies,
Europe India Chamber of Commerce,
The Fraunhofer Society.
The EuroIndia Centre,
Vision on Technology (VITO),
EuroIndia Research Centre.
Indo-French Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Indo-Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

References

External links
 European Business and Technology Centre

Business organisations based in India


title: Bill Gaines (basketball)

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William Roosevelt Gaines (born March 10, 1946) is a former basketball player who played the guard position. He starred at Henderson County Community College and East Texas State University before playing briefly with the Houston Mavericks in the American Basketball Association.

Gaines attended James Madison High School in Dallas, Texas, where he played basketball and football alongside his brother Henry. After missing out most of his senior season following a football injury that required a surgery, he signed a letter of intent to play for the University of Wichita. He never played for Wichita and later started his college career at Henderson County CC in the National Junior College Athletic Association where he was twice All-Texas Eastern Conference and once Junior College All-American. In 1966, he won the Texas Eastern Conference (TEC) while leading it in scoring with a 30.6 point average and was named to the TEC All-Conference team.

The following season, he signed a letter of intent with North Texas State University but later transferred to East Texas State University (now known as Texas A&M Commerce) where he averaged 16.8 points and 6.2 rebounds his first season and made the All-Lone Star Conference second team. He missed a large part of the following season, but still led the team with 326 points, for an average of 25.1 points per game.

Gaines was drafted by the San Diego Rockets as the first pick in the fifteenth round of the 1968 NBA draft and by the Houston Mavericks in the 13th round of the American Basketball Association (ABA) draft. He signed with the Mavericks during the summer and appeared in the team's opening game of the 1968–69 season, scoring two points. He was waived by the Mavericks, along with Rich Dumas, a week later.

References

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1946 births
Living people
African-American basketball players
American men's basketball players
Guards (basketball)
Houston Mavericks players
Junior college men's basketball players in the United States
San Diego Rockets draft picks
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21st-century African-American people
20th-century African-American sportspeople


title: List of moths of Chile (Cossidae)

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This is a list of the moths of family Cossidae which are found in Chile. It also acts as an index to the species articles and forms part of the full List of moths of Chile. Subfamilies are listed alphabetically.

Subfamily Chilecomadiinae
Chilecomadia moorei (Silva, 1915)
Chilecomadia valdiviana (Philippi, 1859)
Rhizocossus munroei Clench, 1957

Subfamily Hypoptinae
Breyeriana ambigua (Hubner, 1818)
Breyeriana cistransandina Orfila, 1957
Givira albosignata Ureta, 1957
Givira australis Ureta, 1957
Givira brunneoguttata Gentili, 1989
Givira leonera Clench, 1957
Givira vicunensis Ureta, 1957
Hypopta albescens (Ureta, 1957)
Hypopta brunneomaculata Dyar, 1828
Hypopta chiclin Dognin, 1905
Philanglaus breyeri (Ureta, 1957)
Philanglaus serenensis (Ureta, 1957)
Philanglaus monsalvei (Ureta, 1957)
Philanglaus ornatus Butler, 1882
Philanglaus terranea (Ureta, 1957)
Philiodoron cinereum Clench, 1957
Philiodoron frater Clench, 1957

External links

Macrolepidópteros Heteróceros de Chile y de sus áreas adyacentes

Cossidae


title: Lytoceras eudesianum

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Lytoceras eudesianum is an ammonite species belonging to the family Lytoceratidae. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived from the Bajocian age to the Bathonian age of the Middle Jurassic.

Shells of Lytoceras eudesianum can reach a diameter of .

References
Ammonites.fr
Crioceratites
Bajocien14

Jurassic ammonites
Lytoceratidae


title: Putkaqucha (Concepción)

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Putkaqucha (Quechua putka muddy (Jauja Quechua), qucha lake, "muddy lake", hispanicized spelling Putcacocha) is a mountain in Peru, about  high, at a lake of that name. The mountain and the lake are located in the Junín Region, Concepción Province, Andamarca District, northeast of the Waytapallana mountain range. The peak of Putkaqucha is south of Utkhu Warqu.

The lake named Putkaqucha (erroneously also spelled Putcococha) is situated at .

References

Mountains of Peru
Mountains of Junín Region
Lakes of Peru
Lakes of Junín Region


title: Putkaqucha

text:
Putkaqucha (Quechua putka muddy (Jauja Quechua), qucha lake, "muddy lake", Hispanicized spelling Putcacocha) is a   mountain in the Waytapallana mountain range in Peru. It is located in the Junín Region, Concepción Province, Comas District, and in the Huancayo Province, on the border of the districts of El Tambo and Quilcas. Putkaqucha lies southwest of Puywan and northwest of Waytapallana and Ch'uspi.

References

Mountains of Peru
Mountains of Junín Region


title: Face the Music (EP)

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Face the Music: The EP (also known as Face the Music) is the title of the second extended play released by Canadian pop-rock group Marianas Trench. Featuring popular songs from the group's most recent album, Ever After (2011), the EP marks Marianas Trench's first official US music release. It was first released May 10, 2013 in New Zealand before being released in North America later that month, and was distributed through 604 Records, Cherrytree Records, and Interscope Records.

Critical reception
Alter the Press! rated the EP 3.5 stars out of 5, with reviewer Cara Friedman writing that the record is "worth it just for the two acoustic versions," as they are "the most unique" and a possibly-unexpected change of pace from the pop and electronic influences of their studio recordings. Allison Sternall of Confront Magazine was also positive, giving the EP a 4/5 rating. She noted that the tracks chosen "showcase [the band's] ability to create a great radio hit," but also felt the record could have benefited from the inclusion of a slower ballad to give listeners a "better-rounded introduction to the band's music as a whole."

Track listing

Chart performance

Release history

References

2013 EPs
Marianas Trench (band) EPs
604 Records albums
Cherrytree Records albums
Interscope Records EPs


title: Jane Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 28th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby

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Nancy Jane Marie Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 28th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby ( ; born 1 December 1934), is an English peer and member of the Astor family. She is a  holder of the office of Lord Great Chamberlain, which is exercised by the 7th Baron Carrington.

Family
She is the daughter of James Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 3rd Earl of Ancaster, and Nancy Phyllis Louise Astor (daughter of Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor). Her brother Timothy Gilbert (born 19 March 1936), heir apparent of the Earldom of Ancaster, was lost at sea in 1963.

Adult life
Lady Willoughby was one of the six Maids of Honour at the 1953 coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.

Her father was the third and last Earl of Ancaster. On his death in 1983, the earldom became extinct, but according to the rules of succession to the ancient peerage, she succeeded him as Baroness Willoughby de Eresby. She became the sixth woman to hold the barony, which is distinguished by its suffix from that of Willoughby de Broke. She also inherited  divided between Lincolnshire and Perthshire and in 2008 was ranked 1,572nd in a list of richest people forming the annual report of the Sunday Times, citing her wealth as £48 million. The annual report includes domiciled and non-domiciled visitors believed to be in the United Kingdom at the start of each year. Her father left net assets subjected to tax to his heirs on his death attested as £1,486,694 (equivalent to £5 million in 2019), but may have transferred assets before his death.

In 1987, Lady Willoughby became a patron of King Edward VI School in Spilsby (now King Edward VI Academy). She also served as a Deputy Lieutenant of Lincolnshire.

Like most other hereditary peers, Lady Willoughby lost her seat in the House of Lords as a result of the House of Lords Act 1999. She has not been elected as one of the ninety hereditary peers to hold a seat for life. However, she has a quarter-share in the hereditary position of Lord Great Chamberlain, which carries with it a seat in the House of Lords, although the quarter share means only that she is a Joint Hereditary Lord Great Chamberlain, with the possibility of gaining the position in every fourth monarch's reign; her relevant family tree back to 1789 features in this regard, as the office was split by decision of the House of Lords between the daughters of Robert Bertie, 4th Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven (who was also Lord Willoughby de Eresby and Marquess of Lindsey).

In a 2023 episode of BBC Television's 'Who Do You Think You Are? ', Lord Lloyd-Webber discovered at Grimsthorpe Castle that he shares ancestry with Lady Jane as his 12-times great-grandmother was Katherine Willoughby, Duchess of Suffolk at the time of Henry VIII.

Heirs
Lady Willoughby de Eresby is unmarried and without issue. The co-heirs presumptive to the peerage are Sebastian St Maur Miller (born 1965), grandson of her older aunt, and Sir James John Aird, 5th Baronet (born 1978), grandson of her younger aunt. They will also share equally in Lady Willoughby de Eresby's quarter-interest in the office of Lord Great Chamberlain, giving them one eighth of the role each, behind that of the Marquess of Cholmondeley, who takes the role in every second reign. The Marquess will have the next turn to nominate a Lord Great Chamberlain. After that, the Willoughby de Eresby share in the office will take its turn.

See also
 Drummond Castle
 Grimsthorpe Castle

References

Bibliography

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Hereditary women peers
British maids of honour
1934 births
Astor family
Heathcote family
Livingston family
Living people
Daughters of British earls
English people of German descent
English people of Irish descent
English people of Scottish descent
20th-century English people
20th-century English women
21st-century English people
21st-century English women
Willoughby de Eresby


title: Pic central

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The Pic Central is a pyrenean summit, culminating at , located on the Franco-Spanish border in the massif du Vignemale, of which it constitutes the fourth highest peak.

Topography
The French side is located in the Hautes-Pyrénées department, between Cauterets and Gavarnie, arrondissement of Argelès-Gazost in the Pyrenees National Park. The southern Spanish side is included in the « Reserva de la Biosfera Ordesa-Viñamala », in Torla territory, Huesca province.

References

Mountains of the Pyrenees
Mountains of Hautes-Pyrénées
Mountains of Aragon
Pyrenean three-thousanders


title: List of moths of Chile (Lasiocampidae)

text:
This is a list of the moths of family Lasiocampidae which are found in Chile. It also acts as an index to the species articles and forms part of the full List of moths of Chile.

Euglyphis lignosa (Walker, 1855)
Macromphalia affinis (Feisthamel, 1839)
Macromphalia ancilla (Philippi, 1859)
Macromphalia dedecora (Feisthamel, 1839)
Macromphalia felispardalis Ureta, 1957
Macromphalia hypoleuca (Philippi, 1859)
Macromphalia nigrofasciata Ureta, 1957
Macromphalia nitida Butler, 1882
Macromphalia oehrensi Ureta, 1957
Macromphalia purissima Butler, 1882
Macromphalia rivularis Butler, 1882
Macromphalia rubiginea rubiginea Ureta, 1957
Macromphalia rubiginea rufa Ureta, 1957
Macromphalia spadix Draudt, 1927

External links
Macrolepidópteros Heteróceros de Chile y de sus áreas adyacentes

Lasiocampidae


title: Wars of Bribery

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Wars of Bribery is a 1996 Hong Kong crime television series produced by TVB that aired on its channel TVB Jade from 10 June to 5 July 1996. This drama is also that final series that stars Aaron Kwok and Athena Chu filmed for the television station.

Plot
Yeung Tai-chi (Aaron Kwok), a newcomer investigator of the ICAC, is met with frequent failures, but he remains optimistic. Chiu Wing-yee (Athena Chu), also a new member of the ICAC, is so aggressive that she always challenges Chi. Police officer Yau Lok-sang (Ben Ng) gets to know Leung Siu-man (Esther Kwan), who is blind, by chance. He is attracted by her optimistic personality and the two become lovers. Though Chi and Yee quarrel often, they manage to discover various briberies and they eventually fall in love. In the course of investigation, Chi is forced to make decisions between love, friendship, family and justice, and has difficulty in facing the dilemma.

Cast
Aaron Kwok as Yeung Tai-chi (楊大志)
Athena Chu as Chiu Wing-yee (趙詠兒)
Ben Ng as Yau Lok-sang (游樂生)
Esther Kwan as Leung Siu-man (梁小敏)
Marco Ngai as Benny Cheung Wang-bun (鄭宏彬)
Bowie Wu as Yeung Wai-tong (楊偉棠)
Mimi Chu as Chan Oi-yuk (陳愛玉)
Strawberry Yeung as Jessica Ho (何恩平)
Felix Lok as Ko Chun-yip (高振業)
Ai Wai as Fung Po (馮波)
Chan On-ying as Lee Suet-ying (李雲英)
Deno Cheung as Ho Wing-tat (何永達)
Luk Hei-yeung as Wong Ka-hon (王家漢)
Wong Man-piu as Chan Wing-kwai (陳榮貴)
Lam Pui-kwan as Lam Mei-yee (林美儀)
Lee Chi-kei as Chan Wai (陳偉)
Sunny Tai as Cheng Ping (鄭平)
Shum Wai as Wong Ha-pak (王夏柏)
Wong Chun-ning as Pak's assistant
Cheng Shui-hiu as ICAC investigator
Tong Chun-ming as ICAC investigator
Shum Sing-ming as ICAC investigator
Wong Tai-wai as ICAC investigator
Lulu Kai as Air stewardess / Nurse
Ng Wai-san as Air stewardess / Nurse
Ling Hon as Chan Chat (陳七)
Lai Sau-ying as Granny Luk (六婆)
Tang Yu-chiu as Ming (阿明)
Wong Sun as Uncle Cat (貓叔)
Fung Shui-chun as Madam Cat (貓嫂)
Lam Ka-lai as Car owner
Shum Bo-sze as ICAC investigator
Lui Wing-yee as ICAC investigator
Hui Chuen-hing as Chu Sir (朱SIR)
Chuek Fan as ICAC investigator
Eric Li as ICAC investigator
Mak Ka-lun as Eric
Derek Kok as Yau Pei (優皮)
Jim Ping-hei as Paul
Sue Tam as Lai Sau-lin (黎秀蓮)
King Kong Lam as Leung Siu-wah (梁小華)
Lily Liew as Cheung Yuk-fung (張玉鳳)
Lee Hoi-sang as Leung Wing-choi (梁永財)
Daniel Kwok as Yau Pei's underling
Lo Kong as Yau Pei's underling
Tai Siu-man as Ng Ka-on (吳家安)
Man Kit-wan as Kuen (阿娟)
Ting Lik as Wing Jai (榮仔)
Suen Hing-kwai as Hong Pak (康伯)
Lau Kong as Lam Yiu-chung (林耀忠)
Michelle Fung as Ho Yim-kam (何艷琴)
Wong Siu-lung as CID
Pok Kwan as Mr. Chan (陳生)
English Tang as Kwan Wai-lam (關偉林)
Cheung Hon-pan as Teacher A
Chan Yin-hong as Teacher B
Ho Mei-ho as Teacher C
Yiu Chau-po as Teacher D
Wong Sing-seung as Hung Kei (鴻記)
Gregory Charles Rivers as Johnny
Yu Tin-wai as President Wong (王社長)
Ho Sam as Bank staff
Luk Yuen-fan as Airline staff
Isaac Ng as Fung (峰)
Jerry Koo as Leopard (金錢豹)
Lee Yiu-king as Crazy Piu (喪標)
Yau Piu as Leopard's underling
Lo Wai as Leopard's underling
Chu Lok-fai as Piu's underling
Cheung Chun-wah as Piu's underling
Suen Yan-ming as Johnny's underling
Marco Lo as Johnny's underling
Lau Wing-chun as CID
Cheung Kwok-keung as Lau Chi-leung (劉子良)
Andy Tai as Ma Wai-lam (馬偉林)
Ceci So as Ms. Chan (陳姑娘)
Chu Kit-yee as Judy
Ngo Yeuk-ching as Ying-ying (瑩瑩)
Siu Yuk-yin as Maggie
Law Pun-nang as Hospital department head
Ruco Chan as Sei (阿四)
Kong Hon as Poon Sai-cheung (潘世昌)
Kwok Tak-shun as Hui Yiu-kei (許耀基)
Fong Kit as Thomas Chow
Kitty Lau as Chan Mei-wai (陳美惠)
Ho Cheung-kwan as Doggie Chiu (狗仔超)
Au Ngok as Poon household maid
Chan Chung-kin as Worker
Lui Kim-kwong as Worker
Zuki Lee as Saleswoman
Leung Chiu-ho as Repairman

See also
Aaron Kwok filmography

External links
Official website

TVB dramas
Hong Kong television shows
Hong Kong crime television series
1996 Hong Kong television series debuts
1996 Hong Kong television series endings
1990s Hong Kong television series


title: Sisense

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Sisense is a business intelligence software company headquartered in New York City. It also has offices in San Francisco, Scottsdale and elsewhere.

History
Sisense was founded in 2004 in Tel Aviv, Israel, as a provider of business intelligence tools for small to midsize businesses. The company initially focused on research and development and did not formally publicize its products until 2010. Initial investors included venture capital firms Genesis Partners and Opus Capital and private investor Eli Farkash.

By 2012, Sisense had raised $10 million and expanded its operations to the United States. That same year, Amit Bendov was appointed as the company's new CEO. Series B and C financing followed in 2013 and 2014 respectively, at which point Sisense had raised $44 million. TechCrunch noted that Sisense's growth and funding during this period reflected the degree to which it made big data analytics accessible to ordinary business users. By 2014, the company had opened an office in New York and about 70 percent of its sales were in the U.S.

In 2015, Amir Orad was appointed CEO, replacing Bendov. Orad previously served as CEO of NICE Actimize. Series C and D funding followed in 2016 and 2018 respectively, bringing Sisense’s total funding to $174M over five rounds.

In May 2019, Sisense acquired Periscope Data, a U.S.-based company specializing in advanced analytics and predictive modeling. The combined company represented more than $100 million in annual recurring revenue over 2,000 customers and more than 700 employees. With another round of funding in January 2020, Sisense reached a valuation exceeding $1 billion, often referred to as unicorn status.

In February 2021, Sisense was listed as a “visionary” on the Gartner Magic Quadrant for analytics and business intelligence platforms. It was the fourth time the company had been came on the list.

In 2023, Sisense was named a Visionary for Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision and was

2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms

Technology
The company develops business intelligence software that allows users to access and analyze big data.

The company's analytics suite, Sisense Fusion uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to analyze data. The platform allows users to customize their analytics dashboards and data visualization by industry and by a user's role within a business, respectively. The software can also alert users to anomalous results.

In 2019, the company acquired data science software company Periscope Data, and renamed its software Sisense for Cloud Data Teams.

As of 2021, the software platform integrates with platforms such as Adobe Analytics, AWS, Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics and Snowflake to provide users with the data input for analysis.

See also
Science and technology in Israel

References

External links

Business intelligence companies
Data analysis software
Business software
Companies based in Tel Aviv
Companies based in New York City
Software companies of Israel


title: Brazil at the 1998 FIFA World Cup

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At the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Brazil participated for the 16th time in the event. The country remained as the only national team to have participated in every installment of the FIFA World Cup. Brazil reached the final where they were defeated 3–0 by France.

Squad

Head coach: Mário Zagallo

Group matches

Brazil vs Scotland

Brazil vs Morocco

Brazil vs Norway

Second round

Brazil vs Chile

Quarter-final

Brazil vs Denmark

Semi-final

Brazil vs Netherlands

Final

References

External links

Countries at the 1998 FIFA World Cup
1998
1998 in Brazilian football


title: Bethany Barton

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Bethany Barton is an author and illustrator of children's books.

Barton's 2015 book I’m Trying To Love Spiders (Viking/Penguin) garnered numerous awards and starred reviews, including the 2016 Children's Choice Award 3rd/4th Grade Book of The Year. Her 2017 book Give Bees A Chance (Viking/Penguin) was a 2017 SCIBA Award finalist, was listed in Scripps National Spelling Bee “Great Words, Great Works,” and was featured in the New York Times. Her books have been translated into four languages. Her 2019 book, I'm Trying to Love Math, was named an Amazon Best Book of 2019  and I'm Trying To Love Rocks (Viking/Penguin), hit stores in June 2020 with starred reviews I'm Trying To Love Germs (Viking/Penguin) will be published in November of 2023 with School Library Journal calling it "a first purchase for any collection" in a starred review.

As well as illustrating her own stories, Barton has illustrated for other authors, including Todd Hasak-Lowy's middle grade novel 33 Minutes (Simon & Schuster). She often spends several weeks of the year touring; doing school visits, speaking to authors and educators, and sharing her stories and creativity with young readers at schools and libraries across the globe.

Bethany Barton also has a busy career in the art, prop, and set decoration departments for film & TV. Notable projects include ABC Network's The Muppets, The Middle, Westworld, Obi-Wan Kenobi, The Muppets Mayhem and `black-ish,  as well as movies like Bumblebee, and dozens of commercials.    She is represented by Writers House LLC.

In 2023, Bethany became a co-founder of the non-profit DopaMind, an organization created to "help young people navigate tech in the digital age."

Books
I'm Trying To Love Germs, 2023, Viking/Penguin
I'm Trying To Love Garbage, 2021, Viking/Penguin
I'm Trying To Love Rocks, 2020, Viking/Penguin
I'm Trying To Love Math, 2019, Viking/Penguin
Give Bees A Chance, 2017, Viking/Penguin
I'm Trying To Love Spiders, 2015, Viking/Penguin
33 Minutes, 2013, by Todd Hasak-Lowy, illust. Bethany Barton,
This Monster Needs A Haircut, 2012, Dial Books For Young Readers (Penguin),
 This Monster Cannot Wait, 2013, Dial Books For Young Readers (Penguin),

Awards

 2016 Children's Choice Awards 3rd/4th Grade Book of the Year
 2017 Beehive Book Award (Children's Literature Association of Utah)
 2016-2017 Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Maryland Association of School Librarians)
 2017 Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Kentucky Association of School Librarians)
 2018 Surrey Schools Narrative Non-Fiction Book of The Year (British Columbia)
 Amazon Best Book of 2020
 2022 Oregon State Literacy Association’s Patricia Gallagher Children’s Choice Book Award

Nominations

 2017 SCIBA (Southern California Independent Booksellers Association) Book Award Finalist
 2017-2018 South Carolina Picture Book Award
 2016-2017 Charter Oak Children's Book Award
 2017 Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award
 2017-2018 North Carolina Children's Book Award
 2017-2018 Show Me Readers Award (Missouri Association of School Librarians)
 2018 Monarch Award (Illinois School Library Media Association)
 2018 Garden State Book Award
 2019 Beehive Book Award (Children's Literature Association of Utah)
 2021 Beehive Informational Book Awards (Children's Literature Association of Utah)
 2022 Magnolia Book Award (Mississippi Children's Museum)
 2023 North Carolina Children's Book Award

References

External links

Official Children's Book Site
Writers House Portfolio
Book Trailer for This Monster Needs A Haircut

1982 births
Living people
American women illustrators
American children's book illustrators
Date of birth missing (living people)
Artists from Chicago


title: Ringa Linga

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"Ringa Linga" (Korean: 링가 링가) is a song recorded by South Korean singer Taeyang. It was released as a digital single on November 8, 2013, through YG Entertainment. Later, it became the first single to be released from his second studio album Rise (2014). It was written and composed by Big Bang bandmate G-Dragon and Shockbit.

Commercially, "Ringa Linga" peaked at number six on the Gaon Digital Chart and sold more than 700,000 digital units in South Korea. The song also peaked within the top ten on the US World Digital Songs chart and the K-pop Hot 100.

Composition
The song was written by G-Dragon and produced by G-Dragon and Ricky "Shockbit" Luna. "Ringa Linga" is a mix of trap base, dubstep, electronic music and hip hop. The single's refrain is inspired by a Korean children's nursery song called "Round and Round," a song sung while going round and around with hands held, which was previously used in The Grasshopper Song by Sunny Hill a year prior.

Reception
"Ringa Linga" was chosen by Dazed as the fifth best K-pop song of 2013, with Taylor Glasby commenting that this single shed "the sweet, somewhat hapless guise of his previous singles", writing that Taeyang's "blindingly" confidence made "this unapologetic dancefloor monster" "meth-level addictive." Billboard also ranked at the single number five in their list of best K-Pop songs of the year, describing "Ringa Linga" as a "hard-hitting, club banger" and adding that his "smoky vocals poured over an elaborate production of pumping synths and chest-beating thumps" made the release one of the "most addicting" songs of the year.

Released with only one day left in the tracking week, "Ringa Linga" debuted at number 16 in the Gaon Digital Chart, with 129,876 downloads sold. The following week, the single rose to a peak position of number six, selling additional 151,463 downloads. In the streaming chart, "Ringa Linga" peaked at number eight. During Rises release week in 2014, "Ringa Linga" re-entered the chart at number 55. By mid-2014, "Ringa Linga" sold over 704,000 digital downloads. On the World Digital Song Sales year-end issue for 2014, "Ringa Linga" was ranked as the 22nd best-selling international/foreign language song in the United States.

Promotion
A dance music video was released on November 7, showing the song choreography and Taeyang's dance that emphasized rhythm. Directed by Jerry Evans, the video featured Taeyang and male dancers dancing through a practice room to a garage and to a hallway continuously. The dance performance video captured in one take.

Two days later the music video was also released, the sets included a warehouse, a place in front of a dilapidated building, a barebones elevator, a pickup truck, supported by a dance crew and bandmate G-Dragon. New Zealand choreographer Parris Goebel choreographed the dance. The music video for the song was directed by Seo Hyun-seung.

The first performance of "Ringa Linga" was held on the music show Inkigayo. Taeyang continued promoting the song on M! Countdown and other Inkigayo stages. He also performed at the 2013 Mnet Asian Music Awards. In December 2013, a collaboration between YG Entertainment and Samsung Music Project released a remix of the song named "Ringa Linga (Shockbit Remix)".

Accolades

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

External links

2013 singles
Taeyang songs
Korean-language songs
Songs written by G-Dragon
2013 songs
YG Entertainment singles


title: Electric two-wheeler sharing

text:
Electric two-wheeler sharing is a form of personal public transport that draws on collaborative consumption models of the sharing economy to provide a shared fleet of electric-assist pedal vehicles. It is a product service system more closely aligned to a bicycle sharing system than to carsharing.

In a presentation by Bradley Schroeder at the Asian region meeting of the Institute for Transportation Development Policy in Jakarta, Indonesia, in June 2014, Bradley Schroeder introduced the term e2W to describe such systems. In his book Bicycle Sharing 101: Getting the Wheels Turning', Schroeder concluded that "An area of potential huge growth is whether e-bike sharing can replace private scooter trips in Asian cities, where scooter use can be up to 75 percent." In Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 78% of trips are made by scooters or motorcycles, with annual growth rates of 8.4% to the total fleet, according to the Asian Development Bank.

Motivations for the implementation of e2W systems are that they would provide an alternative to privately owned motorized two-wheeled vehicles, allowing the political will to regulate motor bikes in terms of parking, acceleration, top speeds, tail-pipe emissions and sound pollution.

References

Further reading

Bicycle sharing


title: Andy Houting

text:
Andries Nicolaas "Andy" den Houting (1 November 1901 – 2 December 1975) was a Canadian cyclist. He competed in the team pursuit event at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

References

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1901 births
1975 deaths
Canadian male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Canada
Cyclists at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Haarlem
Dutch emigrants to Canada
Dutch male cyclists
Cyclists from North Holland
20th-century Canadian people


title: 2008–09 Liga Bet

text:
The 2008–09 Liga Bet season was the last season of Liga Bet as the fifth tier of the Israeli football league system. The third tier, Liga Artzit was scrapped at the end of the season, making Liga Bet the fourth tier.

The season saw Maccabi Ironi Jatt (champions of the North A division), Maccabi Umm al-Fahm (champions of the North B division), Shimshon Bnei Tayibe (champions of the South A division) and Hapoel Tzafririm Holon (champions of the South B division) winning the title and promotion to Liga Alef.

The runners-up in each division entered a promotion/relegation play-offs, which saw a change of format, as this time, the North runners-up faced each other, as well as the South runners-up, with the winner of each match faced the clubs ranked 12th in Liga Alef North and South divisions respectively, for a decisive matches. Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel lost to Maccabi Kafr Qara of Liga Alef North and Maccabi Amishav Petah Tikva lost to Hapoel Nahlat Yehuda of Liga Alef South. However, Maccabi Amishav Petah Tikva was eventually promoted to Liga Alef after a vacancy was created in the South division, since Hapoel Umm al-Fahm folded during the summer break.

At the bottom, Bnei Abu Snan, Beitar Kafr Kanna (from North A division), Hapoel Deir el-Asad, Maccabi Sha'ab (from North B division), Hapoel Hod HaSharon, Maccabi Or Yehuda (from South A division), Hapoel F.C. Hevel Modi'in and Hapoel Jaljulia (from South B division) were all automatically relegated to Liga Gimel

North A Division

North B Division

South A Division

South B Division

Promotion play-offs

North play-off
Liga Bet North A and North B runners-up, Hapoel Ahva Haifa and Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel faced each other. The winner advanced to the decisive play-off match against the 12th placed club in Liga Alef North, Maccabi Kafr Qara.

Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel qualified for the decisive play-off match against Maccabi Kafr Qara.

Maccabi Kafr Qara remained in Liga Alef.

South play-off
Liga Bet South A and South B runners-up, Maccabi Amishav Petah Tikva and Maccabi Sderot faced each other. The winner advanced to the decisive play-off match against the 12th placed club in Liga Alef North, Hapoel Nahlat Yehuda.

Maccabi Amishav Petah Tikva qualified for the decisive play-off match against Hapoel Nahlat Yehuda.

Hapoel Nahlat Yehuda remained in Liga Alef; Maccabi Amishav Petah Tikva was promoted after Hapoel Umm al-Fahm (which relegated from Liga Artzit to Liga Alef) folded during the summer.

References
 The Israel Football Association
 The Israel Football Association
 The Israel Football Association
 The Israel Football Association
Promotion/relegation play-offs - Liga Alef livegames.co.il, The Internet Archive

Liga Bet seasons
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Israel


title: Gateway West Building

text:
Gateway West Building was a skyscraper in Century City, Los Angeles, California.

Location
The Gateway West Building is located on the southwest corner of Santa Monica Boulevard and the Avenue of the Stars in Century City, a district in the city of Los Angeles.

History
Completed in 1963, Gateway West was the first building erected in Century City—an architectural plan that converted the back lot of 20th Century Fox into a modern neighbourhood with skyscrapers.  Designed in the International Style by renowned architect Welton Becket (1902–1969), it was 13 stories tall and  high and had a façade made of aluminum.

Gateway West's twin-sister building, Gateway East, was located directly across from it on Avenue of the Stars.  Gateway East, was the second high-rise building completed in the new redevelopment. Gateway West was demolished in 2015 to make way for an expansion of Westfield Century City.

Heritage significance
As the first high-rise building erected in Century City, this building represented the new style of the neighbourhood.

References

Century City, Los Angeles
Skyscraper office buildings in Los Angeles
1963 establishments in California
2015 disestablishments in California
Office buildings completed in 1963
Buildings and structures demolished in 2015


title: James Davies (cyclist, born 1906)

text:
James Arthur Davies (8 January 1906 – 11 July 1999) was a Canadian cyclist. He competed in the team pursuit and sprint events at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

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External links

1906 births
1999 deaths
Canadian male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Canada
Cyclists at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Wandsworth
Cyclists from Greater London


title: Putka (Lima)

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Putka (Jauja Quechua for "muddy", also spelled Putca) is a mountain in the Cordillera Central in the Andes of Peru, about  high. It is slocated in the Lima Region, Huarochirí Province, Chicla District.

Putka lies northwest of Wayrakancha and east of Quñuqp'ukru and the little lake named Putkaqucha (Quechua for "muddy lake", Hispanicized name Lago Putca or Laguna Putca) which is located at .

References

Mountains of Peru
Mountains of Lima Region


title: 2014 Sri Lanka Cricket Super 4's T20

text:
The Super 4's T20 replaced the Sri Lanka Premier League from 2014. The tournament in 2014 was played between 27 June 2014 and 2 July 2014 between four franchise teams all owned by the board.

Teams
Western Troopers
Udarata Rulers
Yaal Blazers
Southern Express

Venues

References

External links
 Sri Lanka Super 4's T20 on Cricketwa

Inter-Provincial Twenty20
Inter-Provincial Twenty20
Super 4's T20
Super 4's T20
Super 4's T20


title: Santiago Nsobeya

text:
Santiago Nsobeya Efuman Nchama (c. 1950 – July 2020) was an Equatoguinean politician with the Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea.

Between 1999 and 2003, he was Minister of Foreign Affairs, in which capacity he negotiated a marine borders agreement with Dubern Onya of Nigeria, which aimed to resolve disputes over offshore oil drilling. In April 2007, by which time he had become Information, Culture and Tourism Minister, he visited Zimbabwe and met with President Robert Mugabe.

In July 2013, Nsobeya was named Second Vice-President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of Equatorial Guinea, alongside Francisca Tatchouop Belobe. In January 2014, he was chosen as one of 24 Special Advisers of the Secretary-General of the Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea. Since March 2014 until his death he was the First Vice-President of the Chamber of Deputies.

Nsobeya's death was reported on 8 July 2020, aged 70.

References

2020 deaths
1950 births
Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea politicians
Foreign ministers of Equatorial Guinea
Government ministers of Equatorial Guinea
Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Equatorial Guinea)


title: Scleria bracteata

text:
Scleria bracteata, the bracted nutrush, is a plant in the family Cyperaceae. It grows as a perennial climber.

Distribution and habitat
Scleria bracteata grows widely in Mexico, Central America and tropical South America. It is considered a species of least concern on the IUCN Red List due to its broad range. Its habitat includes wet forest, bush savanna, and riparian areas.

References

bracteata
Flora of Mexico
Flora of Central America
Flora of northern South America
Flora of western South America
Flora of Brazil
Plants described in 1799
Taxa named by Antonio José Cavanilles


title: Kymi Sinfonietta

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The Kymi Sinfonietta is a sinfonietta-sized orchestra based in two Finnish cities, Kotka and Kouvola. The Kymi Sinfonietta was formed in 1999 after merging the Kotka and Kouvola City Orchestras and it is currently an ensemble of 31 regular players. Kymi Sinfonietta’s public performances range from about 100 to nearly 200 performances per year. Concerts by the Kymi Sinfonietta are held at Kotka Concert Hall on Wednesdays and Kouvola City Hall or Kuusankoski Hall on Thursdays.

The Kymi Sinfonietta has a very broad repertoire ranging from small chamber works to large symphonies and also lighter programs. The orchestra also organizes various musical and cultural events, such as performances in schools, kindergartens and retirement homes and premiers the finals works in the International Uuno Klami Composition Competition which is held every five years. The Kymi Sinfonietta has been performing internationally in St Petersbourg in 2003, 2012 and 2013, Heerlen, Netherlands in 2007, China in 2008, London in 2010 and Riga, Latvia in 2011.

The Kymi Sinfonietta’s first Artistic Director was Juha Nikkola (1999–2003). In the years 2004 to 2006 Dmitri Slobodeniouk held the position of the Principal Guest Conductor. The Japanese conductor Yasuo Shinozaki was Artistic Director from the beginning of 2007 to the summer of 2014. The Estonian conductor Olari Elts was hired as Artistic Director on 1 January 2018. The tenor and conductor Topi Lehtipuu and the jazz saxophonist Jukka Perko were appointed Artistic Partners for the 2023–2024 season.

The Kymi Sinfonietta performs regularly with Finnish and international artists such as Natalia Gutman, Michael Collins, Patrick Gallois, Monica Groop, Elina Vähälä, Kyoko Takezawa, Anthony Marwood, Pekka Kuusisto, Kari Kriikku, Olli Mustonen, and Alexei Lubimov and guest conductors such as Andres Mustonen, Andrew Lawrence-King, Nikolay Alexeyev, Hannu Lintu, Olari Elts, Dmitri Slobodeniouk and Alexander Mickelthwate. It has also collaborated with many orchestras and choirs, among them the Orchestras of St. Petersburg Philharmonia, the State Choir Latvija and the Saint Petersburg State Academic Choir.

Recordings
 Klami Rhapsodie (2002)
 Täyttyneiden toiveiden maa (2004)
 KymiScenes (2007)

References

See also
 The Kymi Sinfonietta’s homepage
 The Kymi Sinfonietta’s recordings

Kotka
Musical groups established in 1999
Finnish orchestras
1999 establishments in Finland


title: Jean Van Buggenhout

text:
Jean Van Buggenhout (15 January 1905 – 1 June 1974) was a Belgian cyclist. He competed in the team pursuit event at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

References

External links

1905 births
1974 deaths
Belgian male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Belgium
Cyclists at the 1928 Summer Olympics
People from Schaerbeek
Cyclists from Brussels


title: Albert Muylle

text:
Albert Muylle (born 7 March 1910, date of death unknown) was a Belgian cyclist. He competed in the team pursuit event at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

References

External links

1910 births
Year of death missing
Belgian male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Belgium
Cyclists at the 1928 Summer Olympics


title: Casque du Marboré

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The Casque du Marboré, or Casque de Gavarnie or simply le Casque, is a pyrenean summit, culminating at , located on the crest of three-thousanders in the Monte Perdido Range above Cirque de Gavarnie on the Franco-Spanish border.

Toponymy
The term casque (a helmet) was applied to the peak due to its particular shape. The word marboré means marble, which is a metamorphic rock found in the area.

Topography
Together with Tour du Marboré, the Cascade Peaks, and Pic de Marboré, it forms the range above Cirque de Gavarnie (1,500 m above the bottom of the valley marking the border between the Pyrenees National Park (France) and the Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park, Ordesa Valley), Spain. ), The 422 m high Gavarnie falls, the biggest waterfall in Europe, descends from Casque du Marboré.

 French side: located in the commune of Gavarnie in the canton of Luz-Saint-Sauveur, Hautes-Pyrénées department, Midi-Pyrénées region.
 Spanish side: located in the comarca of Sobrarbe, Huesca province, Aragon.

Access

Access from Spain is possible up until the prairies of Ordesa Valley, or up till Bujaruelo valley,From France, one needs to travel to Gavarnie-Gèdre skiing resort, the nearest area to the summit.

From Ordesa, a 4 hour long upward journey is needed to reach the Goriz refuge (2,190 m ~ base camp needed to explore the area) and then follow the path which leads to la Brèche de Roland, before arriving at the pass located between la tour du Marboré and le Casque, from which one starts the final ascension.

From Ordesa, one can also reach the pass, going up through the cirque de Cotatuero or the Carriata.

From Gavarnie-Gèdre and Bujaruelo, one must go up to the Sarradets, then reach la brèche de Roland, carry on eastwards until the southern crest slope before finally reaching the pass.

References

Mountains of the Pyrenees
Mountains of Hautes-Pyrénées
Mountains of Aragon
Pyrenean three-thousanders


title: Yves Van Massenhove

text:
Yves Van Massenhove (26 February 1909 – 15 May 1990) was a Belgian cyclist. He competed in the team pursuit and sprint events at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

References

External links

1909 births
1990 deaths
Belgian male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Belgium
Cyclists at the 1928 Summer Olympics
People from Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
Cyclists from Brussels


title: Lodi dynasty of Multan

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The Lodi dynasty was the last dynasty to rule over Emirate of Multan, from their capital city of Multan in the 10th century.

History
The Lodi dynasty was founded by Hamid Khan Lodi or Hamid Lawi, who was supposedly a descendant of Sama (or Usama) Lawi who was son of Ghalib Lawi. Although Firishta claimed that they were from the Lodi tribe of Pashtuns, historians Yogendra Mishra and Henry George Raverty claimed they were Quraysh Arabs. Al-Masudi who visited Multan after 912 AD states that the ruler Abu Lahab al-Munabbah bin Asad al-Qarshi was descended from the clan of Usama or Sama bin Lu'ayy bin Ghalib. Hudud al-'Alam mentions that the ruler was a Quraishite. Ibn Hawqal who visited Multan in 367 AH also mentions that the rulers were the descendant of Sama bin Loi bin Ghalib. According to Raverty and Samuel Miklos Stern, the Lodi dynasty itself might have been fabricated as its mention only starts appearing with later historians like Firishta.

Banu Lawi rose to power after Jalam Ibn Shayam, the previous Ismaili Da'i, had overthrown the Banu Munabbih who were ruling the Emirate of Multan previously in 959. After his death, Hamid Lawi became Emir of Multan. According to Firishta, Sabuktigin had started raiding into Multan and Lamghan for slaves during the reign of Alp-Tegin in Ghazni. This led to the creation of an alliance between Jayapala, the king of the Hindu Shahi of Kabul, Hamid Lawi, and the king of Bhatiya. He states that Jayapala ceded Lamghan and Multan to Hamid in return for the alliance.

After becoming the amir in Ghazni in 977 AD, Sabuktigin entered into an agreement of non-hostility with Hamid Lodi, who according to Firishta agreed to acknowledge him as his overlord. Mishra states that Hamid's submission is unlikely, though Sabuktigin likely succeeded in dissolving his alliance with the Hindu kings through diplomacy. Hamid might have taken over the rule of the city of Multan itself after the death of Jalam ibn Shaban, the Fatimid da'i who had gained control of the city after defeating the Banu Munabbih and might have died sometime after 985 AD.

Hamid's grandson and successor, Fateh Daud, abandoned his allegiance to the Ghaznavids however after seeing Sabuktigin's son and successor Mahmud defeat Jayapala in 1001 AD and the king of Bhatiya in 1004 AD. He entered into a defence alliance with Anandapala, son and successor of Jayapala. Mahmud marched against Multan in 1006 AD due to its Ismaili element and Daud turning against him. Anandapala attempted to block his advance but was defeated. Mahmud besieged Multan for a week and forced Daud to renounce his Ismaili views, while also receiving a tribute of 20,000 dirhams. He soon departed for Khorasan to repel the invasion of Ilak Khan, and left Sukhpala, alias "Nawasa Shah", as the governor of the newly conquered territory. According to another version, Daud retired with his treasure to Serandip and Mahmud after conquering the city fined its inhabitants 20,000 dirhams as tribute.

In 1010 AD, Daud again rebelled against Mahmud, who marched on the city during his eighth invasion of India. Daud was defeated and imprisoned at the fort of Ghurak, situated between Ghazni and Lamghan, for the rest of his life.

Mahmud's son and successor Masʽud freed Daud's son al-Asghar from prison after being convinced by Rajpal ibn Sumar, who belonged to the house of Daud and whose Ismaili faction had dissociated from the pro-Fatimid faction. The Syrian Druze leader Baha al-Din al-Muqtana wrote a letter to ibn Sumar in 1034 AD, encouraging him to rebel against the Ghaznavids and restore the Ismaili rule. al-Ashgar secretly started leading an Ismaili faction and rebelled in 1041 AD after Masʽud died. His men succeeded in capturing the Multan Fort but were forced to abandon the city when the new Ghaznavid sultan Mawdud dispatched his forces against them. The fort was surrendered by the inhabitants, who agreed to perform the khutba in the names of the Abbasid caliph Al-Qadir and Mawdud.

Religion

The Lodi dynasty followed Ismailism, a sect considered as heretic by the orthodox Sunni Muslims. Hamid Khan Lodi may have been from a more tolerant faction of Ismailis than Jalam. The Lodis owed their allegiance to the Fatimid Caliphate and were targeted by Mahmud of Ghazni for their faith. According to Tarikh Yamini of al-Utbi, Fateh Daud had agreed to convert to the orthodox Sunni faith, but eventually abandoned it. Mahmud upon conquering Multan again massacred its Ismaili inhabitants. The congregational mosque built by Jalam on the site of Multan Sun Temple was left abandoned, while the old congregational mosque built by Muhammad ibn Qasim was reopened for prayers.

References

Medieval India
Ismaili dynasties
Dynasties of India
Punjab
Empires and kingdoms of India
History of Multan
Vassal rulers of the Fatimid Caliphate


title: August Meuleman

text:
August Meuleman (20 October 1906 – 12 February 2000) was a Belgian cyclist. He competed in the team pursuit event at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

References

External links

1906 births
2000 deaths
Belgian male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Belgium
Cyclists at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Cyclists from Ghent
20th-century Belgian people


title: Hamid Khan Lodi

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Hamid Khan Lodi was the founder of the Lodi dynasty of Multan. He ruled the Emirate of Multan from 985 to 997.

Biography
Hamid Khan Lodi was supposedly a descendant of Sama (or Usama) Lawi who was son of Ghalib Lawi. Although Firishta wrote that he was from the Lodi tribe of Pashtuns, historians Yogendra Mishra and Henry George Raverty said he was from the Quraysh tribe of Arabs. According to Henry George Raverty and Samuel Miklos Stern, the Lodi dynasty itself might have been fabricated as its mention only starts appearing with later historians like Firishta.

According to Firishta, the Hindu Shahi king Jayapala ceded the regions of Multan and Lamghan to Hamid Lodi, after joining an alliance with him and the Muslim emir of Bhera against the raids of Sabuktigin during the reign of Alp-Tegin. Sabuktigin upon becoming amir in Ghazni broke up this alliance through diplomatic means and convinced Hamid Lodi to acknowledge his overlordship.

He ruled the Emirate of Multan after the death of the Fatimid da'i Jalam ibn Shaban around 985 AD. He was succeeded by his grandson, Fateh Daud.

References

10th-century Arab people
History of Multan
10th-century Indian monarchs


title: Aimé Trantoul

text:
Aimé Trantoul (13 April 1908 – 27 February 1986) was a French cyclist. He competed in the team pursuit event at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

References

External links

1908 births
1986 deaths
French male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for France
Cyclists at the 1928 Summer Olympics


title: Quñuq P'ukru

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Quñuq P'ukru (Quechua quñuq warm, lukewarm, p'ukru gorge; ravine; gully; hollow; valley, "warm gorge", Hispanicized spelling Joñojpucro) is a mountain in the Cordillera Central in the Andes of Peru, about  high. It is situated in the Lima Region, Huarochirí Province, Chicla District.

Quñuq P'ukru lies northwest of Wayrakancha and Putka and west of a little lake named Putkaqucha (Quechua for "muddy lake", Hispanicized Lago Putca, Laguna Putca) which is located at .

References

Mountains of Peru
Mountains of Lima Region


title: Nee Jathaga Nenundali

text:
Nee Jathaga Nenundali () is a 2014 Telugu romantic musical drama film directed by Jaya Ravindra. It is an official remake of 2013 film Aashiqui 2. The name is taken from the song of the same name from the 2014 film, Yevadu. Sachiin J. Joshi and Nazia Hussain are in lead roles.

Plot
Raghava Jairam (Sachiin J Joshi) – a successful singer and musician whose career is waning because of his alcohol addiction – is on stage in Goa when his performance is interrupted by his rival Varun (Aadarsh Balakrishna). After a fight, Raghav leaves the venue and drives to a local bar, where he meets Gayathri Nandan (Nazia), a bar singer who idolises him. Seeing her looking at a photograph of Lata Mangeshkar in the bar, and impressed by her voice, Raghava promises to transform her into a singing sensation, and asks her never to perform again in bars. Gayathri leaves her job and returns to Hyderabad with Raghav, who convinces record producer Sravan (Rao Ramesh) to meet her. Raghav is attacked and injured by some thugs, and his manager Vivek (Shashank) prevents the news being leaked to the media; instead he spreads the story that Raghav has left the country to perform abroad. After two months of unsuccessfully attempting to contact Raghav, a broken Gayathri is forced to sing in bars again.

Meanwhile, Raghav recovers from his injuries and starts searching for Gayathri. He learns that Vivek had ignored her calls without informing him. Raghav apologises to Gayathri and fires Vivek, and they meet Sravan to sign a recording agreement. Raghav begins to train Gayathri, who becomes a successful playback singer. When gossip spreads that Raghav is using her as a servant, he relapses into alcohol addiction. Gayathri comforts him and they spend the night together. Despite her mother's disapproval, she moves in with Raghav and things go well until his addiction worsens, causing him to become aggressive and violent. Gayathri attempts to rehabilitate Raghav, sacrificing her singing career in doing so. After Sravan reminds them about their dream of Gayathri becoming a successful singer, Raghav tells her to focus on her work. During Gayathri's stage show, Raghav meets a journalist who accuses him of using Gayathri for pleasure and money. Raghav beats up the journalist and starts drinking. He ends up in jail, and Gayathri comes to bail him out.

Raghav overhears Gayathri telling Sravan that she is going to give up her career because Raghav is more important to her. He sees that he has become a burden and that leaving her is his only option to save her. The next day, he bids her farewell by assuring her that he will change his lifestyle. He drives off to a bridge and dies by jumping off. Distraught by Raghav's death, Gayathri decides to give up her career but Vivek persuades her to stay, reminding her that Raghav wanted her to become a successful singer and killed himself because he did not want to be an obstacle in the path of her success. Gayathri agrees, and returns to singing. After four years, she is shown with her son, who is also Raghav's son.

Cast and characters
 Sachiin J Joshi as Raghav Jayaram a.k.a. R.Jay
 Nazia Hussain as Gayatri Nandana
 Rao Ramesh as Sravan
 Shashank as Vivek
 Aadarsh Balakrishna as Archrival from the Spectators
 Posani Krishna Murali as Bar owner
 Shubhangi Latkar as Gayatri's mother

Production
A song was shot at the Anata River in Thailand.

Soundtrack
The songs were reused from the original.

References

External links

2014 films
Indian romantic musical films
Telugu remakes of Hindi films
Films scored by Jeet Ganguly
Films scored by Mithoon
Films scored by Ankit Tiwari
Indian romantic drama films
2010s Telugu-language films
Films shot in Goa
Films shot in Poland
2014 romantic drama films
2010s romantic musical films


title: Tour du Marboré

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Tour du Marboré or Tour de Gavarnie is a Pyrenean summit, culminating at , located on the Franco-Spanish border crest in the Monte Perdido Range.

Toponymy
see: Cilindro de Marboré

Topography
The Tour du Marboré is part of the range above Cirque de Gavarnie. It marks the border between the Pyrenees National Park of France and the Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park of Spain.

 On the French side, it is located in the commune of Gavarnie in the canton of Luz-Saint-Sauveur, Hautes-Pyrénées department, Midi-Pyrénées region.
 On the Spanish side, it is located in the comarca of Sobrarbe, Huesca province, Aragon.

Mountaineering
In 1956, it was climbed from the northern side by Jean Ravier and Claude Dufourmantelle.

References

Mountains of the Pyrenees
Mountains of Hautes-Pyrénées
Mountains of Aragon
Pyrenean three-thousanders


title: Twisted Wires & the Acoustic Sessions

text:
Twisted Wires & the Acoustic Sessions... is the ninth studio album by American hard rock band Tesla. It was released on July 12, 2011. The album features two new tracks ("2nd Street" and "Better Off Without You") as well as re-recordings of ten previously released tracks. Five of the tracks were recorded in 2005 with Tommy Skeoch on rhythm guitar.

Track listing

 Recorded in 2005 with Tommy Skeoch.

Personnel
Band
 Jeff Keith - lead vocals
 Frank Hannon - electric & acoustic guitars, keyboards and backing vocals
 Brian Wheat - bass guitar and background vocals
 Troy Luccketta - drums and percussion
 Dave Rude - electric, acoustic & slide guitars and backing vocals

Production
 George Marino - mixing & Mastering
 Tesla - Producers

References
http://teslatheband.com/music/twistedwire

Tesla (band) albums
2011 albums


title: Trickster Arts

text:
Trickster Arts is an indie game development team based in the Czech Republic. It consists of former 2K Czech employees.

History
The studio was founded in Fall 2012 when Matouš Ježek left 2K Czech and started to work on his own game. The project was titled Hero. Ježek also contacted some of his friends and former colleagues to join his team. It included Ladislav Týč and Matúš Široký. They also released an iOS game Date Me If You Can. Its Czech version Interande was, unlike the English version, a success.

The project Hero (renamed to Hero of Many) was in  development for 10 months and was released in June 2013 to very positive response from critics. The game was also a minor financial success that allowed Trickster Arts to start works on another project. This new project was an unnamed action adventure in which the player controlled Fire. This was a much bigger project than Hero of Many but the development was eventually stopped after a year, as the game was too difficult for development and too expensive. Trickster Arts then decided to make a game about Hacking

In November 2012, Matouš Ježek, the CEO was present at Game Developers Session, where he talked about the team and its experiences with the development.

Trickster Arts announced its new game Hackers in April 2016 at Game Access Conference in Brno. Hackers was released on 19 September 2016. The game was downloaded by more than 1 million players after one Month.

Studio announced its next game Action RPG Monolisk on 31 May 2019. The game was released on 15 October 2019.

Released titles

References

External links
Official Site

Video game companies of the Czech Republic
Video game companies established in 2012
Video game development companies
Companies based in Prague
2012 establishments in the Czech Republic


title: Épaule du Marboré

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Épaule du Marboré is a pyrenean summit, culminating at  in the Monte Perdido Range, marking the Franco-Spanish border. It lies on the Greenwich meridien.

Geography

Topography
The Tour du Marboré forms part of the range above Cirque de Gavarnie. It marks the border between the Pyrenees National Park of France and the Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park of Spain.

On the French side, it is located in the commune of Gavarnie in the canton of Luz-Saint-Sauveur, Hautes-Pyrénées department, Midi-Pyrénées region.

References

Mountains of the Pyrenees
Mountains of Hautes-Pyrénées
Mountains of Aragon
Pyrenean three-thousanders


title: Agraphini

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Agraphini is a weevil tribe in the subfamily Entiminae endemic to the east coast of the United States. There are only two genera known, each with one species.

Genera
 Agraphus
 Paragraphus

References

 Horn G.H. 1876: [Otiorhynchidae, pp. 13–112] In: LeConte J.L., Horn G.H.: The Rhynchophora of America North of Mexico. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society held at Philadelphia for promoting useful knowledge, 15(No. 96): vii-xvi, 1–455.

External links

Entiminae
Beetle tribes


title: CodePeer

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CodePeer is a static analysis tool, which identifies constructs that are likely to lead to run-time errors such as buffer overflows, and it flags legal but suspect code, typical of logic errors  in Ada programs. All Ada run-time checks are exhaustively verified by CodePeer, using a variant of abstract interpretation.  In October 2014, CodePeer was qualified for use in safety-critical contexts  as a sound tool for identifying possible run-time errors. CodePeer also produces detailed as-built documentation of each subprogram, including pre- and post-conditions, to help with code review and to ease locating potential bugs and vulnerabilities early.

CodePeer is produced by AdaCore, a computer software company with North American headquarters in New York City and European headquarters in Paris.

See also
Abstract interpretation
Static code analysis
Software testing
Software Security Assurance
List of tools for static code analysis

References

External links
 CodePeer product description
 AdaCore web site
 CodePeer qualification news release
 AdaCore's CodePeer developed in partnership with SofCheck
 Why is static analysis a challenge? - interview with Michael Friess
 Tucker Taft, "Advanced static analysis meets contract-based programming", 2013.
 Embedded Computing Design, "Making static analysis a part of code review", 2009.

Static program analysis tools
Java platform software
Development software companies


title: Justice for Jews from Arab Countries

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Justice for Jews from Arab Countries (JJAC) is a political advocacy organization founded in New York in 2002, which was formed by the Conference of Presidents, the World Jewish Congress, the American Sephardi Federation, and the World Organization of Jews from Arab Countries. Today, JJAC works with the American Jewish Committee, American Jewish Congress, Jewish Council for Public Affairs, the World Sephardic Congress.

Mission statement
Its mission statement is:
a) To represent the interests of Jews from Arab countries;
b) To recognize the legacy of Jewish refugees from Arab countries;
c) To register and record personal testimonies of Jews from Arab countries, in order to preserve their history and heritage;
d) To serve as a clearing house of information and documentation on Jewish refugees from Arab countries; and
e) To conduct public education programs that provide historical perspective, in the pursuit of truth, justice and reconciliation.

Achievements
According to founder Stanley Urman in 2009, "Perhaps our most significant accomplishment was the adoption in April 2008 by the United States Congress of Resolution 185, which granted the first-ever recognition of Jewish refugees from the Arab countries. This now requires US diplomats in all Middle East negotiations to refer to a quote of what the resolution calls "multiple population of refugees" with a specific injunction that hands forth any specific reference and "any specific reference to the Palestinian refugees must be matched by an explicit reference to Jewish refugees"... our mandate is to follow that lead. Any explicit reference to Palestinians should be followed by explicit reference to Jewish refugees."

Critics have suggested that JJAC's resolution was "a tactic to help the Israeli government deflect Palestinian refugee claims in any final Israeli-Palestinian peace deal, claims that include Palestinian refugees' demand for the "right of return" to their pre-1948 homes in Israel."

See also
 Jewish refugees
 Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim countries
 Arab Jews

External links
 Main Website
 'Seeking Justice for Displaced Jews', Stanley Urman, Justice for Jews from Arab Countries, American Sephardi Federation, World Jewish Congress, transcript from Strategic Review Phase II, October 2009
 Fischbach, Michael R., "Palestinian Refugee Compensation and Israeli Counterclaims for Jewish Property in Arab Countries," Journal of Palestine Studies 38, 1 (Autumn 2008): 6-24

Notes

Aliyah
Expulsions of Jews
Immigration to Israel
Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim countries
2002 establishments in New York (state)
Organizations established in 2002
Jewish organizations based in the United States
Jewish lobbying


title: Alophini

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The Alophini are a weevil tribe in the subfamily Entiminae.

Genera
 Acmaegenius
 Centron
 Ctenolobus
 Geralophus
 Graptus
 Lepidophorus
 Limalophus
 Plinthodes
 Pseudalophus
 Pseudobarynotus
 Rhytideres
 Seidlitzia
 Trichalophus
 Triglyphulus
 Xeralophus

References

 LeConte, J.L. 1874: The classification of the rhynchophorous Coleoptera. The American naturalist, 8(7): 385-396

External links

Entiminae
Beetle tribes


title: Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath al-Khuza'i

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Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath al-Khuza'i () was an early Abbasid follower and later became Abbasid governor in Iran, Egypt and Ifriqiya for the Abbasid Caliphate.

Life
Muhammad was a deputy naqib during the Abbasid missionary phase in Khurasan and the Abbasid Revolution that followed. Upon the spread of the Revolution, Abu Muslim appointed Muhammad as governor of Tabasayn, Fars and Kerman. In 755 he participated in the suppression of the rebellion of Sunpadh at Rayy, and in the next year fought against another rebel, Jawhar ibn Marar, also at Rayy (although the two events may have been mixed up in the sources, so that Muhammad may in reality have been present only at one).

In 758/9, he was named governor of Egypt, a post he held until 760/1, and was then sent west to conquer Ifriqiya for the Abbasids from the Ibadites in 761. According to the Mamluk historian Safadi, he was also governor of Damascus under al-Mansur. Muhammad died in 766, while on his way to take part in a summer raid against the Byzantine Empire.

His sons also had distinguished careers: Ja'far was sahib al-shurta for Harun al-Rashid and governor of Khurasan, while Nasr was governor of Palestine and of Sindh.

References

Sources

766 deaths
8th-century Arab people
8th-century Abbasid governors of Egypt
Generals of the Abbasid Caliphate
Abbasid governors of Egypt
Abbasid governors of Ifriqiya
Abbasid governors of Fars
Year of birth missing
8th-century people from the Abbasid Caliphate
8th-century people from Ifriqiya


title: Anastasia Lobach

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Anastasia Sergeyevna Lobach (, ) (born 25 June 1987 in Minsk), née Anastasia Kamenshykova, is a Belarusian handballer who plays for Rostov-Don and the Belarus national team.

Personal life
During the 2020 Belarusian protests, Lobach and several other Belarusian handball players appealed to the authorities calling for an end to violence against protesters.

International honours
EHF Champions League:
Bronze Medalist: 2017, 2018

EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
Silver Medalist: 2014

Individual awards
 Top Scorer of the Belarusian Championship: 2011
 Best Defence Player of the Baia Mare Champions Trophy: 2014

References

1987 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Minsk
Belarusian female handball players
Expatriate handball players
Belarusian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine
Belarusian expatriate sportspeople in Russia
Belarusian expatriate sportspeople in Romania
CS Minaur Baia Mare (women's handball) players


title: Trihydroxytoluene

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Dihydroxytoluene may refer to:

 2,3,4-trihydroxytoluene (caricaphenyl triol) of the papaya plant
 2,3,5-trihydroxytoluene, a product of orcinol catalysis

See also
 Hydroxytoluene
 Dihydroxytoluene
 Trinitrotoluene


title: Candidatus Bartonella breitschwerdtii

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"Candidatus Bartonella breitschwerdtii" is a candidatus bacteria from the genus of Bartonella.

References

Bartonellaceae
Candidatus taxa


title: Edward Willes

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Edward Willes may refer to:

 Edward Willes (bishop) (1693–1773), Anglican Bishop of St David's, Bishop of Bath and Wells, prominent cryptanalyst
 Sir Edward Willes (1702–1768),  English-born judge who became Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer
 Sir Edward Willes (1723–1787), MP for Old Sarum, Aylesbury and Leominster, Solicitor-General 1766, judge of the Court of King's Bench

See also
 Willes (surname)


title: Hamish Peacock

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Hamish Peacock (born 15 October 1990) is an Australian track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. He has competed at the Commonwealth Games, World Championships and the Summer Olympics.

Records and rankings
Peacock is four-time Australian Champion in the javelin. He is the fifth-best Australian of all time in the javelin, and is a 16 time Tasmanian champion and record holder. He is ranked 4th and 6th on the all-time Tasmanian records list in Discus and Shot put respectively. Peacock, who is coached by his father Evan, has trained in the Javelin throw, shot put and discus.

Competitions

Olympic Games
Peacock represented Australia at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro finishing in 25th place in Qualifying with a throw off 77.91m, Brazil.

Senior World Championships
Peacock was selected  to compete in the 2013 World Championships in Moscow in the javelin. He finished 14th out of 16 in qualification group A with a throw of 76.33m. His throw would have placed him 13th in qualification group B. Overall his throw placed him 26th out of 33 athletes in the qualification stages. This did not qualify him for the final and this was the end of Peacock's competition.

Peacock represented Australia in the 2015 World Championships in Beijing finishing 18th with a throw of 79.37m.

Peacock represented Australia at the 2017 World Championships in London finishing 14th with a throw of 82.46m which became at the time the longest throw to not qualify for a World or Olympic javelin final.

Commonwealth Games
Peacock was selected for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in the Javelin. He advanced to the finals after surpassing the 78.00m automatic qualification standard in qualifying with a distance of 79.08m. He then went on to win the bronze medal in the final with a throw of 81.75m.

Peacock won the Silver Medal in the men's javelin at the 2018 Commonwealth games on the Gold Coast with a throw of 82.59m.

Diamond League
Peacock has competed in a number of diamond league competitions following his debut in Doha in 2015. His best finish is 3rd place on two occasions in New York 2015 and London in 2016. His longest throw in a diamond league competition in 84.25m to finish 4th in Oslo in 2016 which remains his longest throw outside of Australia.

Youth & Junior World Championships
Peacock has competed in one World Youth Championships (2007) and one World Junior Championships (2008). He competed in the javelin at both competitions and made the final in each. In the 2007 World Youth Championships in Ostrava Peacock finished second in the javelin.

Family
Peacock is the older brother of fellow athlete Huw Peacock. Huw was selected, along with Hamish, to participate in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast. Huw's event is the Hammer throw. Huw is ranked 17th on the Australian all-time hammer throw rankings, with a personal best of 68.48m. Huw is two years younger than Hamish. Both were coached by their father Evan, and were based at the Domain Athletics Centre in Hobart, Tasmania.

Statistics

Personal bests

Progression

Achievements

References

External links

1990 births
Living people
Australian male javelin throwers
World Athletics Championships athletes for Australia
Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
Sportspeople from Hobart
Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Australia
Australian Athletics Championships winners
Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Sportsmen from Tasmania


title: Mother Mother (film)

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Mother Mother () is a 2014 Taiwanese television film. Starring Ruby Lin alongside Kao Ying Hsuan, it is the 2nd television film produced by Lin.
It first aired on the Public Television Service (PTS) on 31 May 2014.

Plot
Yu Rou (Ruby Lin), a struggling mother who takes extreme measures in ensuring her daughter Xiao Hong (Ni Ni), who is diagnosed with Bardet–Biedl syndrome, to have good health. While working as a part-time taxi driver, Yu Rou eavesdrops on a conversation about the easy life of a rich man's mistress and decides to seduce the rich-but-impotent Jin Xiao Jie (Edison Huang)...

Cast
 Ruby Lin as Xia Yu Rou
 Kao Ying-Hsuan as Zhuang Kai Xiang
 Queenie Tai as Zhu Pin Tang
  as Jin Xiao Jie
 Ni Ni as Xiao Hong
 Stephanie Chang as Jin Dong's Wife

Production
Mother Mother received a  subvention from the Bureau of Audiovisual and Music Industry Development of Taiwan.
Production on the film started from February 19 and ended on March 5, 2014.
This Television film is produced and aiming for the upcoming Taiwan Golden Bell Awards.

References

External links
  official site on PTS

2014 television films
2014 films
2010s Mandarin-language films
Chinese drama films
2014 romantic drama films
Taiwanese romantic drama films


title: Charles Marais

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Charles Maclean Marais (born 29 August 1988) was a South African rugby union professional player for the  in the Pro14 and the  in the Currie Cup. His regular position is prop.

Career

Youth and Varsity rugby

Despite not representing  at secondary school level while a scholar at Paarl Boys' High School, Marais were included in the  squad for the 2007 Under-19 Provincial Championship after he moved to Bloemfontein to enroll at the University of the Free State. He also represented his university side in the Varsity Cup competition, playing for them in five consecutive seasons between 2009 and 2013, amassing 26 appearances and scoring three tries.

Free State Cheetahs

His first class debut came during the 2010 Vodacom Cup competition. He missed the early rounds of the competition due to his involvement in the 2010 Varsity Cup competition, but made his debut by starting in their Round 6 loss against Argentinean invitational side the  in Parow, Cape Town. He remained in the starting line-up for the remainder of the competition and helped the Free State XV reach the final, where they lost 31–29 to the . He remained involved in the Free State's Vodacom Cup campaigns in 2011, 2012 and 2013, making a total of fifteen appearances. However, he was never included in a Currie Cup squad during his time in Bloemfontein.

Griffons

His lack of involvement in Currie Cup action for the  saw Marais have two short spells at near-neighbours the . He made his Currie Cup debut for them during the 2012 Currie Cup First Division in their match against the , marking the occasion by scoring his first ever senior try early in the second half. He made five appearances in the competition for the Welkom-based side and returned for one match in 2013, coming on as a substitute against the  in Nelspruit.

Golden Lions / Lions

Marais moved to Johannesburg to join the  for the 2014 season. He was a regular in their squad for the 2014 Vodacom Cup competition, playing in all ten of their matches during the competition, starting eight of those. He was once again involved in a Vodacom Cup final, but once again ended up on the losing side, as the Golden Lions lost 30–6 to  in Kimberley.

Marais also made his Super Rugby debut during the 2014 season, coming on as a substitute in their match against the  after being a late inclusion on the bench following Julian Redelinghuys' withdrawal through injury.

Eastern Province Kings

In July 2014, it was announced that Marais would join the  prior to the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division competition. He signed a deal that would see him play for the Port Elizabeth-based side until the end of 2016.

References

South African rugby union players
Living people
1988 births
Rugby union players from Paarl
Rugby union props
Free State Cheetahs players
Golden Lions players
Griffons (rugby union) players
Lions (United Rugby Championship) players
Eastern Province Elephants players
Cheetahs (rugby union) players


title: Chennai railway division

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Chennai railway division  is a railway division of the Southern Railway (SR), India covering the districts of Northern Tamil Nadu and southern Andhra Pradesh. Currently it has a route length of over 697.42 km. Its administrative headquarters is in Chennai, which also happens to be the headquarters of the Southern Railway.

List of railway stations and towns
The list includes the stations under the Chennai railway division and their station category.

Stations closed for Passengers -

Padi railway station (Defunct)
Anna Nagar railway station (Defunct)

References

Southern Railway zone
Rail transport in Tamil Nadu
1956 establishments in Madras State
Divisions of Indian Railways


title: Riccardo Petroni

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Riccardo Petroni (born Siena ca 1250 – died Genoa 10 February 1314) was a senior cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church during the closing decades of the thirteenth century and the early years of the fourteenth century.

Biography
Petroni studied at Bologna. Later he taught at Naples. Between 1296 and 1300, he was Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Church.

A distinguished jurist, he collaborated on the Sextus Liber Decretalium, which was promulgated in 1299 by Pope Boniface VIII.  The “Sextus Liber” was intended as a follow-up to the better remembered Decretals (in five books) of Gregory IX.

Pope Boniface VIII created Petroni a cardinal at the consistory of 1298 when the latter became Cardinal-Deacon of the church of Sant'Eustachio in Rome.

He participated in the conclave of 1304-1305 which would result in the election of Pope Clement V, but Petroni himself was forced by illness to leave the conclave before it concluded.  He nevertheless attended the Council of Vienne in 1311 and towards the end of his life was the papal legate to Genoa.

After he died in February of 1314, his mortal remains were transferred three years later to Siena, where Tino di Camaino was commissioned to build a monumental tomb for him, initially set up in the north transept of Santa Maria Assunta (but moved several times).

Riccardo Petroni was responsible for various buildings and monuments in his home city of Siena along with a Carthusian monastery.

See also
 Cardinals created by Boniface VIII

References

1314 deaths
Clergy from Siena
14th-century Italian cardinals
14th-century Italian jurists
University of Bologna alumni
13th-century births


title: Qianhai

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Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone () is a commercial development in Shenzhen, Guangdong that is also known as Qianhai New District. Located in Nanshan District and encircled by the Shuangjie River, Yueliangwan Boulevard, Mawan Boulevard and Qianhai Bay, Qianhai covers an area of approximately , comprising almost entirely reclaimed land. The project is expected to be completed by 2020.

Strategic positioning

According to plans made by the Qianhai administration, as the pilot district for cooperation between mainland China and Hong Kong and innovation in the service industry, Qianhai undertakes four functions:
 An area that will aim to facilitate innovation in the modern service industry
 An area that will aim to become a hub of modern services and modern service development
 A pilot area for closer cooperation between mainland China and Hong Kong
 A facilitator in the industrial reform and sustainable economic development of the Pearl River Delta

Features

Location
Qianhai is situated in the Pearl River Delta. With the completion of railways and roads by 2020, Qianhai will be within a one-hour commuting radius of the Pearl River Delta and within a 30-minute commuting radius of Hong Kong. The main arteries of traffic in the region, including the Shenzhen-Zhongshan corridor, Shenzhen Western Port, Shenzhen North Station and Guangzhou-Shenzhen Yanjiang Highway all pass through Qianhai.

Industrial support
The city of Shenzhen, where Qianhai is located, is one of the most economically developed regions in the Pearl River Delta and mainland China. As one of the most economically productive cities in China, Shenzhen has the highest GDP per capita, foreign export volume, the number of patent applications and the number of patents owned per capita among all major cities in China.

Special policies
The following policies were approved by the State Council on June 27, 2012.

Financial policies
 Qianhai shall experiment with the expansion of offshore RMB fund flow-back channels. Qianhai will support the development of Hong Kong as an offshore RMB settlement centre and establish a cross-border RMB innovation zone in order to facilitate the development of RMB financial services.
 Qianhai shall support the issuance of RMB loans from local banking institutions to international projects, and from Hong Kong-based banking institutions to Qianhai projects under the stipulations of the Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA).
 Qianhai shall be supported in its efforts to establish an equity investment parent fund in Qianhai.
 Hasten the internationalization of Qianhai's financial market by opening up to Hong Kong under the stipulations of CEPA
 Qianhai supports the development of innovative financial instruments, and financial products that support the development of the real economy.
 Hong Kong and international banking institutions shall be encouraged to establish their headquarters in Qianhai in order to quicken the pace of the internationalization of Qianhai's financial industry.

Taxation policies
 Eligible companies registered in Qianhai are subject to a 15 percent preferential corporate income tax rate.
 Eligible professionals who are employed in Qianhai are exempt from personal income tax.

Legal policies
 Qianhai shall support Hong Kong arbitration agencies' establishment of affiliated agencies in Qianhai.
 Qianhai shall support the joint operation of mainland and Hong Kong law firms under CEPA and its supplementary agreements.

Human resource policies
 Qianhai's human resource management mechanism shall be innovated and relevant policies and measures shall be formulated to attract a professional, international workforce, including but not limited to professionals from Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, as well as Chinese professionals who are currently working or studying abroad or those who have returned to China.
 Professionals with certification from Hong Kong shall be permitted to provide professional services, the boundary of which is confined to Qianhai and to the enterprises and residents of Qianhai. The specific policies, measures, and regulations of such services shall be formulated by relevant regulatory departments.
 Professionals from Hong Kong with the certificates of Certified Public Accountant of China shall be permitted to serve as partners of mainland Chinese accounting firms. The pilot trial procedures will be formulated by Shenzhen and will be implemented in Qianhai upon the approval of the Ministry of Finance.

Education and health care policies
 Hong Kong education service providers are permitted to set up international schools invested by Hong Kong investors in Qianhai upon approval.
 Hong Kong health care service providers are permitted to establish hospitals invested by Hong Kong investors in Qianhai.

Telecommunications policies
 Hong Kong and Macau telecom operators are permitted to establish telecom joint ventures with mainland Chinese operators in Qianhai under the stipulations of CEPA.
 Qianhai will establish a dedicated telecommunications channel in order to provide a better and faster channel for telecom businesses as well as other firms in Qianhai.

Future leading industries
As a modern service industry cooperation zone, Qianhai's administration has planned to focus on finance, modern logistics, information services, technology services, and other professional services.

Finance
The Qianhai administration plans to promote innovation and partnership within the financial industry by relaxing currency flows between Qianhai and Hong Kong, reinforcing Hong Kong's position as an offshore RMB settlement centre. This initiative is meant to spearhead the internationalisation of Shenzhen's capital market, as well as strengthen the partnership between securities markets in Shenzhen and Hong Kong. Qianhai's financial services will aim to complement that of Hong Kong's, in a conscious effort to avoid direct competition and create a win-win situation.

More specifically, Hong Kong banks will be allowed to extend commercial RMB loans to Qianhai-based onshore mainland entities. The People's Bank of China has also indicated that such loans will for the first time not be subject to the benchmark rates set by the central bank for all other loans in the rest of China. The beginning of this "cross-border yuan loan program has opened a new channel for the back flow of overseas yuan funds, which will increase the yuan’s global liquidity and promote its internationalisation,” according to Linan Liu, a senior strategist for greater China at Deutsche Bank AG.

Qianhai Equity Trading Centre
The Qianhai Equity Trading Centre will provide loans to Qianhai enterprises by launching RMB-denominated wealth management products (WMPs) on the Hong Kong capital market.

Modern logistics
Qianhai has implemented preferential policies which will effectively allow logistics providers to offer improved and more flexible services across mainland China and globally.

Qianhai Bay Free Trade Port Zone
The Qianhai Bay Free Trade Port Zone is one of the vital components of the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone. The construction of 7 warehouses with a total area of 400,000m² has been completed, among which  are for refrigerated bonded warehouses.

Information services
The Qianhai administration will promote the development of software and information technology services, as well as facilitate the cooperation between mainland and Hong Kong telecom operators.

Technology and other professional services
Qianhai will give priority to the development of innovative technologies, creative design services, as well as professional services such as consulting and management. As industrial reform is now underway in the Pearl River Delta, Qianhai's strategic positioning includes the plan to provide manufacturers with new technologies and other professional services to support their reforming efforts and facilitate a smoother transition.

Urban planning
With a planned area of  and total construction area of 26-30 million m2, Qianhai is expected to create 650,000 jobs and house 150,000 residents by 2020.  According to the city blueprint, Qianhai's residents will have access to a park and greenery within , the ability to reach public transportation within , shopping malls, restaurants, and hotels within , and education and health care services within  of any given point in the city. In order to attract and retain a creative workforce, the Qianhai administration has claimed that it will aim to establish an internationalised education system, as well as a Hong Kong-standard health care system.

The Qianhai administration has stated that it will prioritise public transportation and sustainable development. All Qianhai buildings will meet international environmental standards, and the energy consumption of buildings will be closely monitored and controlled. There is a planned 150 million yuan investment in reforestation, and investments in clean energy, water and waste recycling as well as sustainable urban management.

Current projects

Qianhai Enterprise Dream Park
An example of Qianhai's future work environment, the Qianhai Enterprise Dream Park is modelled after the Silicon Valley, with 58 office buildings and a multi-purpose building that can be used as a conference and exhibition hall and an exchange platform. Companies who are planning to move in or have already moved in include the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC), Hang Seng Bank, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), China Mobile, etc. Although some companies have moved in, there is still ongoing construction. The area will be completed by the end of 2014.

Qianhai Youth Entrepreneur Innovation Hub
The Qianhai Youth Hub is an area that will become a community dedicated to the facilitation of innovation in young entrepreneurs, providing them with sources of venture capital, the advantage of starting up in one of the most active economies in China, and the opportunity to network with companies as well as like-minded individuals from abroad, particularly Hong Kong youths. The cost of research and startup in the Qianhai Youth Hub will be partially subsidised.

The prioritised industries in this area are consistent with Qianhai's overall blueprint, including innovative technology, information technology, modern logistics, and cultural and artistic innovation. The development of professional services such as finance, accounting, and law, as well as computer science, e-commerce, statistical analysis, animation, new media, 3-D printing, design, virtual reality, and clean energy are strongly supported by the Qianhai administration. The Hub will have facilities that help youth entrepreneurs obtain funds from venture capital, public funds, and subsidies from the Qianhai administration, providing them with the resources to either initiate an idea or continue developing their innovation. In addition, the Qianhai Youth Hub is situated beside the Qianhai Enterprise Dream Park, giving the youth entrepreneurs a chance to network with companies, offers for careers, and venture capital.

In addition to a lab area with facilities such as recording studios and 3-D printing labs, participants in the Qianhai Youth Hub will have access to the facilities in most public labs for free. There is an instructional building where professors and professionals give seminars, career advice, or provide professional guidance to youth entrepreneurs, and an exhibition hall for the participants' work and ideas. International and Hong Kong youth participation in this hub is strongly supported by the Qianhai administration. This community will be managed by the Qianhai administration, the Hong Kong Federation of Youths, and the Shenzhen Youth Federation. This project will be completed by the end of 2014.

References

External links
 Official Chinese Website
 Regulations on Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industrial Cooperation Area of Shenzhen Special Economic Zone

Shenzhen


title: Skirroceras

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Skirroceras is a Stephanoceratacean (ammonite) genus belonging to the family Stephanoceratidae. These fast-swimming carnivores lived during the Jurassic period, in the Bajocian age.

Selected species
Skirroceras bayleanum  (Oppel, 1857)
Skirroceras macrum   (von Quenstedt)
Skirroceras leptogyrale  Buckman

References

External links
  Bajocien14

Jurassic ammonites
Jurassic animals of Africa
Jurassic animals of Europe
Ammonitida genera
Stephanoceratoidea


title: Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's single sculls

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The men's single sculls rowing competition at the 1980 Summer Olympics took place at Krylatskoye Sports Complex Canoeing and Rowing Basin, Moscow, Soviet Union. The event was held from 20 to 27 July. There were 14 competitors from 14 nations, with each nation limited to a single boat in the event. The event was won by Pertti Karppinen of Finland, his second of three consecutive victories from 1976 to 1984. Karppinen was the eighth man to win multiple medals in the event. Silver went to Vasil Yakusha of the Soviet Union, the nation's sixth medal in eight Games. East Germany took a third consecutive bronze medal, all by different rowers as Peter Kersten was the nation's men's single sculler this Games.

Background

This was the 18th appearance of the event. Rowing had been on the programme in 1896 but was cancelled due to bad weather. The single sculls has been held every time that rowing has been contested, beginning in 1900.

Two of the 15 single scullers from the 1976 Games returned: gold medalist Pertti Karppinen of Finland and ninth-place finisher Hans Svensson of Sweden. Karppinen (also the reigning World Champion) was favoured to repeat, especially with his biggest rival (Peter-Michael Kolbe of West Germany, who had finished second to Karppinen in 1976 and would take two more silver medals in the event in 1984 and 1988) absent due to the American-led boycott. The only rower present with a major international victory was Hugh Matheson of Great Britain, the 1979 Diamond Challenge Sculls winner.

For the second consecutive Games, no nations made their debut in the event. Great Britain made its 15th appearance, most among nations.

Competition format

This rowing event was a single scull event, meaning that each boat was propelled by a single rower. The "scull" portion means that the rower used two oars, one on each side of the boat. The course used the 2000 metres distance that became the Olympic standard in 1912.

The tournament used the four-round format (three main rounds and a repechage) that had been used since 1968. The competition continued to use the six-boat heat standardised in 1960 as well as the "B" final for ranking 7th through 12th place introduced in 1964.

 Quarterfinals: Three heats of 4 or 5 boats each. The top three boats in each heat (9 total) advanced directly to the semifinals. The remaining boats (5 total) went to the repechage.
 Repechage: One heat of 5 boats. The top three boats rejoined the quarterfinal winners in the semifinals. The other boats (2 total) were eliminated.
 Semifinals: Two heats of 6 boats each. The top three boats in each heat (6 total) advanced to Final A, the remaining boats (6 total) went to Final B.
 Final: Two finals. Final A consisted of the top 6 boats. Final B placed boats 7 through 12.

Schedule

All times are Moscow Time (UTC+3)

Results

Quarterfinals

The three fastest rowers in each heat advanced to the semifinals. The remaining rowers competed in the repechage for the remaining spots in the semifinals.

Quarterfinal 1

Quarterfinal 2

Quarterfinal 3

Repechage

The three fastest rowers in the repechage advanced to the semifinals.

Semifinals

The three fastest rowers in each semifinal advanced to Final A, while the others went to Final B.

Semifinal 1

Semifinal 2

Finals

Final B

Final A

Results summary

References

Sources

Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Men's events at the 1980 Summer Olympics


title: The Great Wall of Lucy Wu

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The Great Wall of Lucy Wu is the 2011 debut novel of Wendy Wan-Long Shang. It was first published in January 2011 through Scholastic Inc. The work focuses on the concept of a young girl starting the sixth grade and dealing with the troubles that come with growing up but also with having a split cultural identity. The book is considered suitable for readers ages 8–12.

Plot
Lucy Wu, soon to be W.N.B.A. player and Interior Designer of sporty girls accessories and home decor is an almost 6th grader about to have her own room. She thinks her life is almost perfect: She's finally going to be a sixth grader, her sister, Regina is going to college meaning she'll have her own room, and to top it all off she's going out for captain on her basketball team. While she's thinking she's going to have all of her perfect dreams come true, one of them gets crushed. Her grandmother's sister, Yi Po is coming to live at her house, and guess where she's staying!? Yup, you guessed it! Yi Po is gonna be staying with Lucy, in her room, that was supposed to be all hers. Now she'll have to share it AGAIN!

Reception
Critical reception has been positive, and Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center stated that "Shang’s debut novel is a well-blended cornucopia of the multicultural tween’s challenges." The Los Angeles Times wrote a favorable review for the book, which they felt would appeal to "young readers struggling with issues of self-identity, whatever their heritage." The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books also praised the book and commented that "Bits of Chinese history and culture as well as allusions to incidents of prejudice and racism are effectively integrated without melodrama, leaving the focus entirely on Lucy’s preteen and familial experience. Her struggle to determine what and who is important to her will most certainly resonate with young readers."

Selected awards and recognition
 2012 NCTE/CLA Notable Children's Books in the English Language Arts
 2012 Children's Literature Award, Asian-Pacific American Librarians Association

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