title: John Childs (murderer)

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John Childs, also known as Bruce Childs, is a British hit man and serial killer from East London who was convicted in 1979 for a series of apparent contract killings, though none of the bodies have been found. He implicated Terry Pinfold and Harry MacKenney in the murders, but they were released in 2003 after the judge ruled that Childs is a "pathological liar". Childs is serving a whole life tariff. He is known as the most prolific hit man in the UK.

Investigation and trials
John Childs confessed to having committed the murders to Detective Chief Superintendent Frank Cater in June 1979, after Childs was arrested in September 1978 for a series of bank and security van robberies in Hertfordshire. The investigation was based at Waltham Abbey police station in Essex. Childs was convicted of carrying out six murders  of Terence "Terry" Eve, Robert Brown, George Brett, Terry Brett, Frederick "Freddie" Sherwood, and Ronald Andrews  from November 1974 to October 1978. Their remains have not been found, and no murder weapons were uncovered.

Childs was tried at the Old Bailey, with John Mathew QC prosecuting. Childs was convicted on 4 December 1979 and was sentenced by Mr Justice Lawson to six concurrent life sentences. Childs then turned Queen's Evidence to implicate his former employers, Essex businessmen and former prisoners Terry Pinfold and Harry "Big H" MacKenney, in the murder of Eve and the other victims. Other co-accused were Leonard Thompson and Paul Morton-Thurtle. Former prisoner Terence Eve, who had become a toy maker in Dagenham, went missing in November 1974. Eve had made teddy bears in the same converted church hall that Pinfold and MacKenney used to make diving equipment for their company. Also missing was a haulage contractor, George Brett, along with his 10-year-old son, Terry, who had disappeared on 4 January 1975.

A second eight-week-long trial began at the Old Bailey in October 1980, after Childs had been held in solitary confinement for 15 months. The judge was Mr Justice May, the prosecutor was David Tudor Price, and MacKenney's defence lawyer was Michael Mansfield QC. Childs said at trial that Eve was killed so that they could take his business; he said Eve was beaten and strangled, and that his body was dismembered and burned. He said that the defendants pretended to offer Brett work so that he would visit the factory, and that MacKenney shot him and his son with a Sten gun. Childs said that Andrews was killed because MacKenney was having an affair with his wife; that nursing home owner Sherwood was killed because of a £7000 debt, and Brown was killed because of what he knew about Eve's murder. Childs said he had considered killing MacKenney with a crossbow because he was afraid of him.

The defence called as witnesses two prisoners who said that Childs had confessed to them that he had falsely implicated MacKenney because he was worried that his own wife Tina would be accused of murder. Pinfold and MacKenney were convicted by the jury on 28 November 1980, though MacKenney was cleared of involvement in Eve's murder. The other accused men, Thompson and Morton-Thurtle, were found not guilty. MacKenney was sentenced to life imprisonment and had to be restrained by guards when the sentence was delivered. It was later reported that Childs had been issued with a whole life tariff by at least one Home Secretary after the tariff-setting system was introduced in 1983, making it unlikely that he will ever be released.

Claims of Childs
Childs wrote a statement in July 1986 when he was held at HMP Winchester, admitting that Pinfold was "only convicted because of my perjured evidence".

In 1997, The People reported that Childs had written to a penfriend through the Prison Reform Trust, describing how he dismembered the bodies of his victims and burned them on a 55 gallon drum in his council flat in Poplar. When he was at Long Lartin and then Frankland Prison, County Durham, Childs was interviewed by the Daily Mirror newspaper, who reported on the front page in 1998 that he had confessed to committing five more murders.

Appeal of co-accused
Pinfold and MacKenney unsuccessfully appealed against their convictions in 1981 and were denied leave to appeal in 1987. Pinfold was released on bail in September 2001. After a referral by the Criminal Cases Review Commission, both Pinfold and MacKenney had their convictions overturned at the Court of Appeal in December 2003. Lord Woolf, with Mr Justice Aikens and Mr Justice Davis, ruled that Childs' evidence against them was unreliable because he was a "pathological liar". A forensic psychiatrist, David Somekh, concluded that Childs had a personality disorder that led him to compulsively lie, and the original trial jury were blocked from being told this.

Childs' account of the murders changed. Pinfold's lawyer Danny Simpson said that former Detective Chief Inspector James Harrison-Griffiths, when investigating Eve's disappearance, was told by Commander Bert Wickstead of the Metropolitan Police in 1976 that Eve was alive and living in West London, and that Childs had previously written a letter that said Childs' wife had asked him to kill Eve after he sexually assaulted her. MacKenney's former wife Eileen said in her autobiography, published by Simon and Schuster in 2011, that Childs' story about the murders was false, and that he was really from Wales and called Martin Jones; he had taken the name Childs from a previous tenant of his flat.

Personal life
Childs joined the British Army as a sapper, but was expelled after nine months for committing burglary. Reports of the 1980 trial said that he collected weapons and war books. Childs had been jailed for stealing motorbikes before he was released in 1972 and began working for MacKenney and Pinfold. Childs was married with two daughters, but his wife Tina divorced him in 1982 following his conviction.

See also
 List of prisoners with whole-life tariffs
 List of miscarriage of justice cases#United Kingdom
 List of serial killers in the United Kingdom

References

External links
 Transcript of the appeal of MacKenney and Pinfold
 Gangster Henry MacKenney gets life sentence - 28 November 1980 radio report from the London Broadcasting Corporation/Independent Radio News on BUFVC

20th-century British criminals
English people convicted of murder
English murderers of children
English serial killers
Contract killers
Living people
Murder convictions without a body
People convicted of murder by England and Wales
Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by the United Kingdom
Year of birth missing (living people)


title: Marko Ristić (surrealist)

text:
Marko Ristić (Serbian Cyrillic: Марко Ристић; 20 June 1902 – 20 July 1984) was a Serbian surrealist poet, writer, publicist and ambassador.

Early life
Marko Ristić was born on 20 June 1902 in Belgrade. He studied in Belgrade, Kruševac and Switzerland before graduating in Philosophy from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy.

In 1922, he started the literary magazine Putevi (Ways) with Milan Dedinac and Dušan Timotijević. His first literary text Praštanje (Forgiveness) was printed in the second issue. In the summer of 1924, Ristić collaborated with Miloš Crnjanski to publish three new issues of Putevi. The magazine featured Dušan Matić's articles on psychoanalysis, André Breton's proto-Surrealist essays and experimental poetry.

Interwar period and Surrealism
In the early 1920s Dušan Matić was studying in Paris where he monitored Dadaist events. From there, he sent Ristić copies of the magazine Littérature published by Breton.

Ristić started corresponding with Breton in 1923, leading to the publication Breton's first Surrealist Manifesto in Svedočanstva (Testimonies), a new literary magazine Ristić had started in late November 1924 with Dušan Matić, Milan Dedinac, Aleksandar Vučo and Mladen Dimitrijević following his falling out with Putevi. In addition to a translation of the Surrealist Manifesto, the first issue of Svedočanstva included news about the founding of the Bureau of Surrealist Research, published in Belgrade ten days before being officially announced in the publication La Révolution surréaliste.

He visited Paris in 1926-1927 where he spent time with Breton and the Surrealist circle and got to see their works in Breton's flat. After spending several months in Paris, Ristić wrote Bez mere (Without a Measure). Written in Paris and Belgrade and published contemporaneously with Breton's Nadja, Ristić's novel was probably the product of an exchange of influences. However, Ristić dwells more thoroughly on the manifesto-like message of the novel, contemplating the ethics of "Surrealist revolution".

From 1928 to 1929, Ristić published literary criticism in Politika. In early 1930, he was a founder of the Belgrade Surrealist group and edited the Surrealist almanach Nemoguće- L'Impossible. He wrote the declaration Pozicija nadrealizma (The Position of Surrealism) with Dušan Matić, which was signed by eleven local Surrealists (Vane Bor, Aleksandar Vučo, Koča Popović, Milan Dedinac, Radojica Živanović Noe, Oskar Davičo, Đorđe Kostić, Risto Ratković, Mladen Dimitrijević, Đorđe Jovanović, Petar Popović) and was banned.

In the magazine Danas (Today), started by Miroslav Krleža and Milan Bogdanović in 1934, Ristić published several articles, including his essay Moralni i socijalni smisao Poezije (The Moral and Social Meaning of Poetry) where he outlines his view on the revolutionary and moral nature of true poetry. In 1938, he published the confiscated Turpituda, illustrated by Krsto Hegedušić. He started the literary magazine Pečat (Seal) in 1939 with Miroslav Krleža, Krsto Hegedušić, Vaso Bogdanov and Zvonimir Richtmann.

In 1939, Ristić was denounced by Josip Broz Tito as "intimate friend of the Paris Trotskyist and bourgeois degenerate person Breton" and for his goal of wanting to "enrich and complement" Marxism with Surrealism.

World War II and aftermath
From the beginning of World War II, Ristić lived in Vrnjačka Banja. He was arrested by the Special Police in November 1942 and taken to Kruševac. During WWII, Ristić kept a diary which was later the basis for his memoir "at the margin of war", Hacer Tiempo, in 1964.

Immediately after the Belgrade Offensive, Ristić wrote several political articles, the first of which was Smrt fašizmu – sloboda narodu! (Death to fascism, freedom to the people) published on 3 November 1944 in Politika.

Post-war period
In August 1945, Ristić became the Yugoslav ambassador to France, where he served for five and a half years.

After returning to Yugoslavia, Ristić was a major figure in the cultural scene. He participated in the reformed magazine Svedočanstva, as well as the Belgrade-based Delo (Labour). He became president of the Foreign Cultural Relations Commission, and later the Yugoslav National Commission to UNESCO. From April 1962, Ristić was a regular contributor to the Zagreb-based magazine Forum, where he published fragments of his WWII-era diary titled Na rubu rata (At the Margin of War) and the collection of essays Naknadni dnevnik 12C (Late Diary 12C), written in Paris.

Death
Ristić died on 20 July 1984 in Belgrade.

Works
Od sreće i od sna, 1925. (Of Happiness and of Dream)
Bez mere, 1928. (Without a Measure)
Nacrt za jednu fenomenologiju iracionalnog, co-author with Koča Popović, 1931. (Outline for a Phenomenology of the Irrational)
Pozicija nadrealizma, co-author with Aleksandar Vučo et al, 1931. (The Position of Surrealism)
Anti-zid, co-author with Vane Bor, 1932. (Anti-Wall)
Predgovor za nekoliko nenapisanih romana, 1936. (Foreword to Several Unwritten Novels)
Turpituda, illustrated by Krsto Hegedušić, 1938. (Turpitude)
Smrt fašizmu sloboda narodu, 1946. (Death to Fascism, Freedom to the People)
Književna politika, 1952. (Literary Politics)
Prostor-vreme, 1952. (Space-Time)
Tri mrtva pjesnika, 1955. (Three Dead Poets)
Istorija i poezija, 1962. (History and Poetry)
Nox microcosmica, 1956.
Ljudi u nevremenu, 1956. (People in Inconvenience)
Od istog pisca, 1957. (From the Same Author)
Politička književnost, 1958. (Political Literature)
Na dnevnom redu, 1961. (On the Agenda)
Objava poezije, 1964. (The Declaration of Poetry)
Hacer tiempo, zapisi na marginama rata. Knj. 1 Nemir, 1964. (Hacer Tiempo, Writings at the Margin of War. Book 1 Unrest)
Prisustva, 1966. (Presences)
Svedok ili saučesnik, 1970. (A Witness or an Accomplice)
Za svest, 1977. (For the Consciousness)
Svedočanstva pod zvezdama, 1981. (Testimonies Under the Stars)
Knjiga poezije, 1984. (A Book of Poetry)
Uoči nadrealizma, 1985. (On the Eve of Surrealism)
12C, naknadni dnevnik, 1989. (Late Diary 12C)
Diplomatski spisi, 1996. (Diplomatic Writings)
Oko nadrealizma 1, 2003. (On Surrealism 1)
Oko nadrealizma 2, 2007. (On Surrealism 2)

See also
Vane Bor
Dušan Matić
Aleksandar Vučo
Koča Popović
Milan Dedinac
Radojica Živanović Noe
Oskar Davičo
Rastko Petrović
Đorđe Jovanović (writer)

References

Sources

1902 births
1984 deaths
20th-century Serbian poets
Ambassadors of Yugoslavia to France
Burials at Belgrade New Cemetery
Communist poets
Serbian male poets
Serbian surrealist writers


title: All I Need (Margaret EP)

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All I Need is the first extended play (EP) by Polish singer Margaret released on 30 July 2013 by Extensive Music and Magic Records, only in Poland. It yielded two singles, "Thank You Very Much" released on 21 February 2013, and "Tell Me How Are Ya" released on 4 July 2013. All songs from the EP were included on Margaret's 2014 debut studio album Add the Blonde.

All I Need peaked at number 50 on the Polish Albums Chart.

Track listing

Charts

Release history

References

2013 EPs
Margaret (singer) albums


title: Hans-Olaf Henkel

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Hans-Olaf Henkel (born 14 March 1940) is a German politician, a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Germany and a publicist.
He was formerly a manager at IBM, president of the Federation of German Industries (BDI) and president of the Leibniz Association . After decades as a political observer, he was elected to the European Parliament in 2014 for the AfD (Alternative für Deutschland). In response to the election of Frauke Petry as the new federal chairman in July 2015, he resigned from the AfD. He is now an independent member of the European Conservatives and Reformists.

Life and career

Hans-Olaf Henkel was born and raised in Hamburg. He studied at the Akademie für Gemeinwirtschaft, which merged as Universität für Wirtschaft und Politik (HWP) with Hamburg University in 2005. Henkel joined IBM Germany in 1962. From September 1993 to December 1994 he was head of IBM Europe, Middle East and Africa with his office in Paris. From 1995 to  2000 he was the president of the Federation of German Industries (BDI).

He was president of the Leibniz Association from 2001 to 2005. Henkel is also a board member of the Deutscher Familienverband (German family association).

Until 2013 Henkel was a member of the supervisory board of Bayer AG, Continental AG, DaimlerChrysler Aerospace, Ringier AG and other companies. He resigned from these positions to join the Alternative for Germany in 2014, which he left again in 2015. Since November 2000 he is a Professor of International Management at the University of Mannheim.

In November 2010, Henkel suggested in an article in the German magazine FOCUS to split the Eurozone into two currencies, a northern and a southern one, which received a lot of attention. In 2011 he proposed in an article in the Financial Times, that "Austria, Finland, Germany and the Netherlands should leave the eurozone" and "create a new currency leaving the euro where it is".

Henkel received an Honorary Doctor's degree from the Technical University of Dresden. The WWF named him "Environmental Manager of the Year". As author of numerous publications he received among other awards the international writer's award "Corine".

Currently, he is on the industry and investment panel of the think tank OMFIF's advisory board, where he is regularly involved in meetings regarding the financial and monetary system.

Commitment to human rights

Hans-Olaf Henkel has been a member of the Amnesty International (AI) human rights organization since 1996, and he has been donating to the organization all the income raised from the publication of his books for many years. On the occasion of his 60th birthday, he also donated 150,000 German marks to Amnesty International with a request "to strengthen the commitment to the rights of women, especially in the Islamic world."

In Cuba, Henkel championed the improvement of the human rights situation and in particular the abolition of the death penalty. He met regularly for discussions with Fidel Castro. The dialogue with Castro broke off in 2003 when he arrested 75 dissidents and executed three. Henkel protested strongly against this practice.

Henkel campaigned for the persecuted Chinese artist Ai Weiwei and initiated in 2011 the "Berliner Appell", which required the release of the artist then detained at an unknown location. In this context, Henkel criticized what he considered to be a low commitment to human rights and democracy in China of German companies.

In his commitment to human rights and democracy, Henkel is convinced that free trade and the market economy inevitably improve the human rights and democratic rights of a country.

Works (selection)

 Rettet unser Geld!: Deutschland wird ausverkauft – Wie der Euro-Betrug unseren Wohlstand gefährdet, 2010.
 Die Abwracker: Wie Zocker und Politiker unsere Zukunft verspielen, 2009.
 Der Kampf um die Mitte: Mein Bekenntnis zum Bürgertum, 2007.
 Die Ethik des Erfolgs. Spielregeln für die globalisierte Gesellschaft, 2004.
 Die Macht der Freiheit, 2002.

Awards

1991 Award of the "Karmarsch-Denkmünze" of the Leibniz Universitätsgesellschaft Hannover e.V.

1992 Honorary doctorate from the Technical University of Dresden

1992 "Environmental Manager of the Year" magazine Capital and WWF Germany

1992 Innovation Award of the German Economy of the magazine "Wirtschaftswoche"

1995 "Dinosaur of the Year" awarded by the German Nature Conservation Union

1998 "Order of the Southern Cross" by the President of Brazil

1999 "Order of the Sacred Treasure" by the Emperor of Japan

2000 "Commandeur" of the French Legion of Honour

2001 Cicero-Speaker Award ("Best Speaker Economy")

In 2002, Henkel refused to accept the Federal Cross of Merit for reasons of Hanseatic tradition (→ Hanseatic League and awards)

2003 International Book Prize Corine for the book "Die Ethik des Erfolgs"

2003 Ludwig Erhard Prize for Business Journalism

2006 German SME Award of the market intern-publisher "because of his opposition to compulsory membership of medium-sized enterprises in the chambers of industry and commerce"

2007 He was awarded with the Friedrich A. von Hayek medal

Henkel received the New York Programming Award for his Sunday jazz program on Berlin's jazz radio 101.9.

From 2007 to 2013, the Leibniz Association awarded the "Hans Olaf Henkel Prize – Prize for Science Policy" every two years, an award for outstanding achievements in the promotion of science in Germany. In addition, the butterfly species Bracca olafhenkeli was named after him.

External links
 Website of Hans-Olaf Henkel
 Exit from Brexit: A new Deal for Britain
 Henkel-dry  – The Column by Hans-Olaf Henkel
 Literature by and about Hans-Olaf Henkel in the catalog of the German National Library
 Works by and about Hans-Olaf Henkel in the German Digital Library
 Search for Hans-Olaf Henkel in the portal SPK digital  of the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz
 Hans-Olaf Henkel in the Internet Movie Database
 Short biography and reviews of works by Hans-Olaf Henkel at perlentaucher.de
 Entry to Hans-Olaf Henkel in the Members' database of the European Parliament

References

Living people
1940 births
Liberal Conservative Reformers MEPs
Alternative for Germany MEPs
Politicians from Hamburg
MEPs for Germany 2014–2019
German male writers


title: Unitia, Tennessee

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Unitia is an Unincorporated community of Loudon County, Tennessee. Historically it was a crossroads village, the site of a post office, and a stop on the Underground Railroad. The historical center of the community was flooded in the 1940s by the filling of the reservoir behind Fort Loudoun Dam.

History
The site of Unitia, south of the Tennessee River on Cloyd Creek near its confluence with the river, was the location of a Cherokee encampment before 1770.

Unitia was settled by Quakers in 1791. The original name of the community may have been Unity.

The community got its first post office in 1818. It closed in 1823, but reopened in 1824 and operated until 1903. In 1825, James Jones, a Quaker, commenced two decades of service as postmaster. The community was identified as a "post village" in 1860. In 1895, a Rand McNally atlas listed Unitia as a community with a post office, a population of 142, and no rail service. Before Loudon County was formed in 1870, Unitia was part of Blount County.

Historians identify Unitia and the nearby community of Friendsville, which was also established by Quakers, as "stations" on the Underground Railroad, despite Tennessee being a Confederate state.

In the 1940s, the filling of the Tennessee Valley Authority reservoir behind Fort Loudoun Dam inundated the part of Unitia that lay closest to the Tennessee River, including Main Street and some homes and commercial establishments.

References

Populated places established in 1791
Unincorporated communities in Loudon County, Tennessee
Populated places on the Underground Railroad
Unincorporated communities in Tennessee


title: Wushu at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's sanda 52 kg

text:
The men's sanda (as Sanshou) 52 kg at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar was held from 11 to 14 December at the Aspire Hall 3 in Aspire Zone.

A total of fifteen competitors from fifteen countries competed in this event, limited to fighters whose body weight was less than 52 kilograms.

Rene Catalan from the Philippines won the gold medal after beating Phan Quốc Vinh of Vietnam in gold medal bout 2–0.

Schedule
All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00)

Results
Legend
AV — Absolute victory
KO — Won by knockout

References

Results

External links
Official website

Men's sanda 52 kg


title: Seth Jones (disambiguation)

text:
Seth Jones is an American ice hockey defenseman (born 1994).

Seth Jones may also refer to:

Seth Jones (political scientist) (born 1972), American political scientist
Seth Jones, a dime novel by Edward S. Ellis, in the E. F. Beadle series of the Beadle Company


title: Dioscorea juxtlahuacensis

text:
Dioscorea juxtlahuacensis is a plant species endemic to a small area in the State of Oaxaca in southern Mexico. It is known only from the Santiago Juztlahuaca District in the Sierra Madre del Sur mountains, where it grows in deciduous oak-juniper forests at elevations of 1500–1700 m.

Dioscorea juxtlahuacensis is a perennial vine spreading by means of underground rhizomes, trailing on the ground or twining onto other vegetation up to 60 cm above ground. Leaves are heart-shaped, up to 3 cm long and 4 cm wide. Staminate (male) inflorescences are up to 10 cm long, with 1-4 green flowers, formed in the axils of the leaves. Pistillate (female) inflorescences are shorter, only about 1.5 cm long. Seeds are about 1.1 mm long, with an intricate web of raised decorations on the surface.

References

juxtlahuacensis
Flora of Oaxaca
Plants described in 1998
Flora of the Sierra Madre del Sur


title: Sound World Solutions

text:
Sound World Solutions, Inc. designs, manufactures and markets Personal Sound Amplification Products and Hearing Aids that also function as Bluetooth devices. Sound World Solutions is based in Park Ridge, Illinois.

History
Sound World Solutions was established in 2007 by Dr. Stavros Basseas, an engineer and hearing aid technologist, and David Green, a specialist in public health projects for developing markets, to develop low-cost hearing assistance devices. These devices can be adjusted using a tablet or laptop computer program or a smartphone application, instead of conventional clinical instruments, such as an audiometer, Hi-Pro box and anechoic chamber. As a result, these devices can be used as hearing aids in developing markets where such instrumentation does not commonly exist.

This design platform was intended to address the needs of the approximately 1 billion people that The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates have some degree of hearing loss, including 328 million who experience disabling hearing loss. Of this number, the vast majority of people who get hearing aids live in the U.S. and Europe, leaving the developing world grossly underserved.

Products
Sound World Solutions' products offer features that can allow users to fit and customize their own hearing devices independently, typically using a mobile application without the assistance of a licensed professional. Currently, the company's flagship products are the CS50+ (Personal Sound Amplification Products), also known as the Sidekick, and the HD100 (Hearing Aid), also known as the Companion. The company has scheduled the launch of their newest product, the HD75, for December 2019. This product will be a smaller version of their HD100 with much of the same capabilities.

Sound World Solutions sells to both individual consumers and distributors. The company's distribution partners include domestic and international retailers in regions such as Europe, Brazil, and Mexico.

Research evidence
A study published in JAMA by Reed et al. (2017) from Johns Hopkins University used Sound World Solutions' hearing device to demonstrate that Personal Sound Amplification Products can achieve similar hearing results when compared to a traditional Hearing Aid.

Another research team from the National Acoustic Laboratories in Australia used Sound World Solutions' device to show that self-fitting hearing aids appear to be a viable option when compared to traditional hearing aids. These self-fitting devices can represent a more affordable option for consumers.

Business strategy
Sound World Solutions’ design platform relies on inexpensive off-the-shelf Bluetooth technology, yielding a hearing device that costs less than a tenth the price of a conventional hearing aid.
Rather than disguise its hearing device as a hearing aid, Sound World Solutions designed it to look and function as a Bluetooth device, which is common among people without hearing loss.

By developing a customizable diagnostic system based on ubiquitous and low-cost cellular telephone technology, the device serves individuals who are not addressed by the conventional hearing aid industry in developed nations, as well as in the developing world, where it would take many years to develop a network to dispense conventional hearing aids.

This business model is based on one created by Green, who worked to establish Aurolab, an Indian company that manufactures intraocular lenses for the treatment of cataracts.  By emphasizing volume, Aurolab drove down the price of lenses from several hundred dollars to about $2 each, enabling millions of people to affordably regain their sight.

References

External links
Official Website
Hearing Protection
Invisible Hearing Aid

Hearing aid manufacturers
Companies based in Cook County, Illinois
Medical technology companies of the United States


title: Sergiu Cojocari

text:
Sergiu Cojocari (born 15 May 1988) is a Moldovan football player who currently is playing for Academia Chișinău.

Cojocari was called up to the senior Moldova national football team for friendlies against Malta and Andorra in March 2016.

References

External links

 Sergiu Cojocari pe divizianationala.com

 Sergiu Cojocari pe moldova.sports.md

1988 births
Living people
Footballers from Chișinău
Moldovan men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
FC Zimbru Chișinău players
FC Sfîntul Gheorghe players
FC Veris Chișinău players
FC Dacia Chișinău players


title: Thalotia beluchistana

text:
Thalotia beluchistana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

In 1901, Melvill expressed the opinion that some malacologists might consider this species to belong in the genus Calliostoma.

Description

Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf and in the Arabian Sea.

References

beluchistana
Gastropods described in 1897


title: Nagla-Sanja

text:
Nagla-Sanja is located 25km from Mathura and lies in Baldeo Block. A Lord Shiva temple is situated at a distance of 3km from here.  A big fair is held there on Lord Mahashivaratari every year.

The small village falls under Madaur Panchayath, Agra Division, 12 km from Baldeo and 349km from the State capital Lucknow. The Tehsils that surround Nagla-Sanja include, Agra Tehsil, Bichpuri Tehsil, Kanshiram Nagar Tehsil, Mahamaya Nagar Tehsil, all towards the south. The closest notable cities to Nangla-Sanja include Agra, Sadabad, Achhnera and Tundla. The small village is bordered by Mathura and Mahamaya Nagar Districts.

References

Villages in Mathura district


title: Electrical energy in Kosovo

text:
The electricity sector of Kosovo relies on coal-fired power plants (92% as of 2023) and is considered one of the sectors with the greatest potential of development. The inherited issues after the war in Kosovo and the transition period have had an immense effect on the progress of this sector.

Regulation of activities in energy sector in Kosovo is a responsibility of the Energy Regulatory Office (ERO). An additional factor in the energy sector in Kosovo is Ministry of Economic Development (MZHE), which has the responsibility of dealing with issues that have to do with energy. MZHE prepares legislation and drafts strategies and projects.

Policy and regulation
The main institutions responsible for the energy sector management in Kosovo are: Ministry of Economic Development (MZHE) and Energy Regulatory Office (ERO). Important responsibilities are also held by the Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning, the Ministry of Trade and Industry, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development, and the Ministry of Infrastructure. Besides government institutions, there are also companies with great impact in energy sector such as Kosovo Energy Corporation (KEK), Transmission, System and Market Operator (KOSTT) and Kosovo Electricity Distribution and Supply (KEDS).

A lot of legislative documents that aim the adjustment of electricity sector have been approved. This includes laws, administrative instructions and strategic documents. All this legislative framework is drafted relying on EU corresponding documents.

Renewable energy targets
By 2021 Kosovo had 279 MW of Renewable Electricity Standard (RES) power generation capacity installed.

The Kosovo energy strategy includes increasing RES capacity to 35% of electricity consumption by 2031. Aiming for 600 MW wind, 600 MW solar PV, 20 MW biomass & at least 100 MW of prosumer capacity, to reach a total installed RES capacity of 1600 MW by 2031.

Electricity generation

Coal plants

Lignite exploitation in Kosovo started in 1922. New mines were opened to satisfy the needs by increasing generation capacities. Kosovo Energetic Corporation (KEK) is a public company, which owns and operates with generation assets of electric energy.

The greatest part of generation capacities of Kosovo are the two power plants: Kosova A and Kosova B. The capacities of the two power plants are lower than the installation parameters level, because of the outdated system and lack of maintenance during the last decade of the 20th century. The first unit of Kosova A power plant started working in 1962 with a power of generation 65 MW. The last unit A5 was built in 1975. A1 and A2 units are out of function and they are planned to be decommissioned. A3, A4 and A5 units are still in function. Kosova B power plant is composed of two units. The first unit was built in 1983 with a capacity of 340 MW, while the second unit was built in 1984 with the same power of generation. The conditions in Kosova B power plant have improved after recent investments. The power plants and coal mines are located in Kastriot. Technical and commercial losses and the conditions of the power plants together with the high debts have brought KEK in a difficult financial situation.

Hydro power
The only major power station outside of KEK is Ujmani hydroelectric power plant which is administrated by the Hydro-economic Enterprise "Iber-Lepenc". Hydroelectric power generation is mainly provided by Ujmani power station with a capacity of 70 MW. In the past, Kosovo has had four functional hydroelectric power plants. After the 1999 war they stopped working, but they have been rehabilitated in the recent years.
Lumbardhi hydroelectric power plant was rehabilitated in 2005. A private company has rent it for a period of 20 years. Its capacity of generation is 23 MW.
Dikanci hydroelectric power plant is rented and started functioning in 2010, with a capacity increased from 15 MW to 28 MW
Radavci hydroelectric power plant was rehabilitated in 2010 from a company which has rented it. Its capacity was increased from 15 MW to 30 MW.
Burimi hydroelectric power plant was rented and its capacity was increased from 10 MW to 25 MW.

Wind

There are currently two completed wind farms (Bajgora Wind Farm and Kitka Wind Farm) with a combined installed capacity of 135 MW. There are also several proposed projects waiting for approval and another approved 100 MW wind farm in Vushtrri.

Kitka Wind Farm is the first wind plant in Kosovo with 9 General Electric 3.6 MW turbines and it has a installed capacity of 32.4 MW.

The 102.6 MW wind farm in Bajgora is the largest in Kosovo so far. The wind farm consists of 27 turbines supplied by General Electric. Its total annual output is estimated at 320 GWh, while the system is designed to be operated for at least 25 years. The project was developed by SoWi Kosovo, a joint venture between Kosovar, German and Israeli partners.

Solar

Kosovo has the potential of capturing solar energy directly and converting it to electricity. The region of highest solar potential based on global horizontal irradiation is the southeastern part of Kosovo, centred around the city of Gjakova. Solar power is already used on the roofs of some buildings. JAHA SOLAR, a subsidiary of the larger JAHA-Group, was founded in 2016 and is the first producer of solar panels in the Western Balkans.

In late December 2022, Kosovo became the first country in the Western Balkans Economy to use solar energy for district heating. Kosovo’s Minister of Finance, Labour and Transfers, Hekuran Murati, said the project would ensure access to the central heating system for about 38,000 citizens.

Transmission
Kosovo is a key point in Southeast Europe because of its geographic position in the center of the region. As such, electrical energy transmission system is very well connected to neighboring systems with transmission lines of 400 kV level. Transmission System and Market Operator (KOSTT) was founded in 2006 and it is a public company, responsible for operation planning, maintenance and development of transmission network and interconnection with neighboring energetic systems, in order to retain supply insurance in Kosovo. KOSTT is also responsible for the operation of electrical energy market in Kosovo. Kosovo was part of the Regional Energy Community and was connected with the regional system through interconnections with Serbia, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Albania. KOSTT made an agreement with ENTSO-E so Kosovo gets his own independent region of energy administration. Kosovo gets full independence and control of its energy industry.After the agreement between KOSTT-ENTSO-E, Kosovo made a joint with Albania and the 400 kV interconnection known as "Energy Highway" (or in Albanian "Autostrada Energjetike"), which was finished in 2016, but it was enabled in 2020, opening the way for the establishment of a joint power exchange between Kosovo and Albania.

Distribution
The distribution network, as a regulated energy activity, is responsible for the operation and maintenance of the distribution system and the management of the generators connected to the distribution system. Distribution network consists of voltage lines of 35 kV, 10(20) kV, 6 kV and 0.4 kV, as well as relevant substations of the level 35/x kV, 10(20)/0.4 kV and 6/0.4 kV.

Kosovo Energy Distribution and Supply Company (KEDS) is a company operating throughout Kosovo having the exclusivity for electricity supply and distribution in the territory of Kosovo. Since May 2013, Kosovo Energy Distribution and Supply split from Kosovo Energy Cooperation and started its operational activities as a joint stock company. KEDS is owned now by Turkish companies Çalık Holding and Limak. KEDS is considered one of the largest employers in Kosovo, having 2618 employees. Furthermore, over 450 thousand customers are provided with electricity supply covering household customers, commercial and industrial customers. Currently there are three main projects concerning distribution: Construction of medium voltage distribution facilities of the new 110/10(20) kV Prishtina 7 substation, Expansion and reinforcement of the low voltage distribution network 2013, and Expansion and reinforcement of the medium voltage distribution network 2013. Additionally, KEDS intends to invest 110 million euros on the 5 forthcoming years and 300 million euros on 15-year period.

Distribution losses are currently at 24.6% where 12.5% are technical losses and 12.1% are commercial losses. The majority of the commercial losses are because of the Serb-majority municipalities in northern Kosovo refusing to pay for the electricity. As a result, the energy-intensive industry of cryptomining, especially of Bitcoin, is especially profitable in northern Kosovo, even though it has been banned.

Electricity consumption
Consumption of electrical energy in Kosovo has increased continuously. The constant increase of economic development and population have increased the energy demands. Even though the generating capacities are increasing mostly in the form of renewables, to cover the demand, Kosovo imports electrical energy in certain periods of time (mostly during the winter).

In the year 2021, the total amount of electrical energy consumption was at 5,306.3 GWh, while the brutto generation was 6,890.5 GWh.

Import-Export
Import covers 5-10% of the consumption. Usually, in Kosovo the imported energy is much more expensive than export. This is because Kosovo imports energy one day before needed, in the other hand energy is exported during the night when the demands are under generating level. Imports and exports have a negative impact for electrical energy price.

Tariffs
Energy Regulatory Office (ERO) is an independent company which sets the regulatory framework founded on the principals of free trade. The energy price is determined by different factors: operative cost, maintenance cost, import and other factors. The decrease of commercial and technical losses would affect positively. Factors that have kept the low prizes until now are: foreign investments as grants, government subventions, the lack of investments for environment protection and inexpensive labor force. KEK generating about 97% of the energy has the monopoly of market. ERO has the jurisdiction of setting tariffs for energy services.

Power plants impact on environment and health
Environment protection is a mission of the Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning (MMPH). Since most of electric power is produced by power plants in Kosovo they are considered the main environment pollutant. Actual emission of gases, dust and waste-water discharged from the existing power plants, are above the levels allowed by the EU directives. According to the World Bank’s statistics, 835 deaths, 310 new cases of chronic bronchitis, 22,900 new cases of respiratory diseases among children, 11,160 emergency visits to country's hospital and there is a 100 million euros loss are caused each year because of coal plants.

Energy efficiency
Kosovo Agency for Energy Efficiency - KAEE is executive institution under the Ministry of Economic Development. KAEE implements energy efficiency policies through evaluating energy saving opportunities and implementing energy efficiency measures in all sectors of energy consumption. This agency has drafted Energy Efficiency legislative frameworks aiming to implement the best EU practices. The World Bank is preparing a project of $32.5 million in order to finance investment, and to technically support the strengthening of renewable energy regulation and policies.

Cooperation
Based on the increase of demand, the role of import is essential to provide stable supplement. Kosovo has signed several agreements for cooperation on energy sector with Albania. The fact that the electrical energy system of Albania relies on hydro energy (almost 100%), while Kosovo relies on power plants, is a great opportunity for cooperation between the two countries. Moreover, a 400 kV interconnection line is in its final proceeding before the beginning of building.

New alternatives for energy

Kosova e Re is a project for building a new power plant. The building of this power plant would fulfill the needs for electric power in Kosovo. This project has been modified several times. Minister of Economic Development, Fadil Ismajli, claimed that Kosova e Re is due to being built in 2015.

Zhur Hydroelectric Power Plant project is a new opportunity for using reliable energy potentials. It is evaluated that Zhur HPP generation capacity would be 305 MW. The project is pending because of the high cost, limited capacities and issues that relating with the use of water with Albania.

Studies have shown that beside hydroelectric power plants there are other alternatives to lignite power plants. It is considered that an ideally located solar collector in Kosovo can produce 1600 kWh/m2/year. A study made by Energy and Recourses Group University of California claims that the approximate energy that Kosovo could generate from biomass resources is 6600 GWh/yr. While neighboring countries (North Macedonia and Serbia) generate a portion of their electric power by using geothermal sites, in Kosovo there is a lack of studies on this field.

See also
Economy of Kosovo
Natural resources of Kosovo
Environmental issues in Pristina

References

Electric power in Kosovo


title: Kasper Skaanes

text:
Kasper Skaanes (born 19 March 1995) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays for Sogndal, as a midfielder.

Career statistics

Club

References

1995 births
Living people
Men's association football midfielders
Norwegian men's footballers
SK Brann players
IK Start players
Eliteserien players
Norwegian First Division players
Footballers from Bergen


title: Jaleswar, Odisha Assembly constituency

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Jaleswar is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Balasore district, Odisha.

Area of this constituency includes Jaleswar, Jaleswar block and 11 GPs (Natakata, Purusottampur, Kulida, Santoshpur, Raghunathpur, Chormara, Singla, Paunsakulli, Tadada, Putura and Nabara) of Basta block.

In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Debi Prasanna Chand defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Aswini Kumar Patra by a margin of 6,304 votes.

Elected Members

15 elections held during 1951 to 2014. Elected members from the Jaleswar constituency are:
2014: (36): Aswini Kumar Patra (Biju Janata Dal)
2009: (36): Debi Prasanna Chand (Congress)
2004: (12): Ashwini Kumar Patra (BJP)
2000: (12): Jaynarayan Mohanty (Congress)
1995: (12): Jaynarayan Mohanty (Congress)
1990: (12): Aswini Kumar Patra (Janata Dal)
1985: (12): Judhisthira Jena (Congress)
1980: (12): Gadadhar Giri (CPI)
1977: (12): Gadadhar Giri (CPI)
1974: (12): Gadadhar Giri (CPI)
1971: (12): Prasanna Kumar Pal(CPI)
1967: (12): Prasanna Kumar Pal (CPI)
1961: (129): Prasanna Kumar Pal (CPI)
1957: (92): Prasanna Kumar Pal (Praja Socialist Party)
1951: (51): Karunakar Panigrahi (Congress)

2019 Election Result

2014 Election Result
In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Aswini Kumar Patra defeated Indian National Congress candidate Debiprasanna Chand by a margin of 33,860 votes.

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

Notes

References

Assembly constituencies of Odisha
Balasore district


title: Michael Hampton (disambiguation)

text:
Michael Hampton (born 1956) is an American funk/rock guitarist.

Michael Hampton may also refer to:
 Michael Hampton (punk musician), hardcore punk guitarist from Washington, D.C.
 Michael Hampton, better known under his stage name DJ Magic Mike
 Mike Hampton (Michael William Hampton, born 1972), American baseball player
 Mike Hampton (baseball coach) (Michael Anthony Hampton, born 1972), American college baseball coach


title: Operation Orient

text:
Operation Orient  (German: Fall Orient) was the code name given to the operation that envisioned Nazi Germany linking up with the Empire of Japan mainly through the Middle East. Not to be confused with the North African Campaign, which was highlighted in Führer-Directive Nr. 32 and gave large priority to capturing Tobruk and ultimately securing North Africa, Operation Orient focused on securing the Middle East and its oil fields and linking up with Japanese forces after the fall of the Soviet Union.

The operation was to be initiated after Germany had captured the Caucasus, secured the territories in North Africa and finally overthrown resistance in the Soviet Union. German armies would launch attacks from Libya through Egypt and from Bulgaria through Turkey. Those armies would then link up in the Middle East and then march through Iran and Iraq as an assembled force finally convening in India, where they would seal their final victory over Britain.

Defeats at Stalingrad and El Alamein in late 1942 and early 1943 cancelled the planned operation.

See also
 Case Blue
 Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
 Erich Raeder's "Mediterranean plan"

References

1942 in Germany
Battles and operations of the Soviet–German War
North African campaign


title: Attilia Radice

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Attilia Radice (1914–1980) was an Italian ballerina at La Scala in Milan. She is remembered above all for the roles she created at the Rome Opera.

Biography

Radice studied ballet at the La Scala Theatre Ballet School under Enrico Cecchetti until he died in 1928, whereafter she continued under Lucia Fornaroli graduating in 1932. She joined the La Scala company the same year, making her début in Léonide Massine's Belkis. She danced in the ballets of the 1930s including Franco Vittadini's Vecchia Milano and Riccardo Pick-Mangiagalli's Il carillon magico. Thanks to her elegant, expressive style, she soon became the Scala's prima ballerina.

From 1935 to 1957, she danced in the Rome Opera Ballet as prima ballerina assoluta with principal dancer Guido Lauri as her partner. Radice created roles in works choreographed by Aurel Milloss including Bolero and The Miraculous Mandarin.
After retiring from the company in 1957, she became director of the ballet school until 1975, where she was effective in adopting Cecchetti's approach.

Attilia Radice died in Capranica on 14 September 1980.

Major roles

Radice is remembered for her roles in the following ballets choreographed by Aurel Milloss:
1939: Petrushka
1940: The Creatures of Prometheus
1940: The Rite of Spring
1941: The Prodigal Son
1943: Bolero
1947: Orpheus
1956: Estro arguto

References

1914 births
1980 deaths
Italian ballerinas
People from Taranto
Prima ballerinas


title: National Games of Nepal

text:
The National Games of Nepal is a sporting event held in Nepal.

Teams

Current teams

Former teams

 Mechi Zone (1982–1986)
 Kosi Zone (1982–1986)
 Sagarmatha Zone (1982–1986)
 Janakpur Zone (1982–1986)
 Narayani Zone (1982–1986)
 Bagmati Zone (1982–1986)
 Gandaki Zone (1982–1986)
 Dhaulagiri Zone (1982–1986)
 Lumbini Zone (1982–1986)
 Rapti Zone (1982–1986)
 Bheri Zone (1982–1986)
 Karnali Zone (1982–1986)
 Seti Zone (1982–1986)
 Mahakali Zone (1982–1986)
 Eastern Region (1999–2016)
 Central Region (1999–2016)
 Western Region (1999–2016)
 Mid-Western Region (1999–2016)
 Far-Western Region (1999–2016)
 People's Liberation Army (2009–2012)
 University (2012)

Tournament history

Medal table by edition

1982

1984

1986

1999

2009

2012

2016

2019

2022

Events
Events in bold have taken place since the first tournament.

 Athletics
 Football
 Badminton
 Volleyball
 Chess
 Kabaddi
 Gymnastics
 Table tennis
 Cricket
 Archery
 Weightlifting
 Handball
 Boxing
 Bodybuilding
 Swimming
 Field hockey
 Lawn tennis
 Shooting
 Taekwondo
 Wrestling
 Karate
 Wushu
 Kho kho
 ITF Taekwondo
 Full contact karate
 Basketball
 Judo
 Golf
 Cue sports
 Cycling
 Squash
 Soft tennis
 Paragliding
 Sepak takraw
 Fencing

Previous events

 Bagh-Chal
Lok Dohori
Folk song
Folk dance

See also
 Sports in Nepal
 Nepal Olympic Committee
 National Sports Council

References

Sport in Nepal
Multi-sport events in Nepal
Nepal
Recurring sporting events established in 1959
1982 establishments in Nepal


title: The High Road to China (The Drew Carey Show)

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"The High Road to China" is the ninth episode of the fourth season of the American sitcom The Drew Carey Show, and the 83rd overall. The episode's plot sees Drew (Drew Carey) stranded in China without money or his passport by his enemy Mimi Bobeck (Kathy Kinney), after he plays an elaborate practical joke on her. Drew finds help from Ming (Lin Liu), a local woman who speaks English, who offers him shelter and a job. Meanwhile, Drew's friends struggle to come up with a plan to get him back home to Cleveland.

The episode was written by Katherine Green and directed by Gerry Cohen. It first aired on November 18, 1998, on the ABC network in the United States. The episode explored the cultural differences between the United States and China, with the humor coming from a character stuck in a culture that he does not understand. "The High Road to China" was filmed in October 1998 and Carey was the only cast member to travel to the country. The episode also marked the first time an American sitcom had ever been made in China. Filming took place at several ancient landmarks, including the Great Wall of China, the Forbidden City and the Temple of Heaven.

"The High Road to China" was seen by an estimated 11.2 million viewers, finishing inside the top 20 in the ratings for the week of November 16–22, 1998. It was the fourth-highest-rated show on ABC that week. The episode received a mixed to positive response from critics, with several naming it a highlight of the week. A Newsweek reporter thought the episode had "a bizarre plot twist", while Paul Brownfield from the Los Angeles Times called it "outlandish". Rachel Browne from The Sun-Herald thought the episode was "worth watching".

Plot
After Drew (Drew Carey) plays an elaborate practical joke on his office enemy Mimi Bobeck (Kathy Kinney), he gloats and says that she will not be able to better it. Mimi seeks revenge on Drew and a couple of days later, he wakes up on the Great Wall of China without his passport. Drew finds a tape recorder in his pocket and listens to a message from Mimi, who taunts him about his predicament. Drew manages to gets a ride into the nearest village, where he meets Ming (Lin Liu), a young woman who speaks English. She offers him shelter and gets him a job selling chickens, so he can make enough money to get a bus ride to the U.S. embassy in Beijing. Meanwhile, Drew's friends Kate O'Brien (Christa Miller), Lewis Kiniski (Ryan Stiles) and Oswald Lee Harvey (Diedrich Bader) become concerned when they learn Drew did not make it to his meeting in Winnipeg. Mimi then brags about how she had Drew drugged and placed him in a shipping crate bound for China. Kate, Lewis and Oswald struggle to come up with an idea to help Drew get back home.

Back in China, Ming agrees to drive Drew to Beijing, but he finds the embassy is closed for Thanksgiving. Drew then tries to make money by putting on a sock puppet show in the Forbidden City, but some police officers take him away to an office where he must apply for a vendor permit. Drew manages to call his friends, but is cut off before he can give them any information. After leaving the permit office, Drew meets an elderly woman who offers him a French fry from McDonald's. Drew finds the restaurant, but soon learns that he does not have enough money for food. Drew realizes that McDonald's is an international company and believes they can help him return home and asks for the manager's (Ming Lo) help. After Drew sings a McDonald's jingle, the manager takes pity on him and gives him the phone number of their customer service line and offers to buy him some food. Elated, Drew runs up the stairs of the Temple of Heaven, but gets winded before reaching the top and lays down on a stone carving.

Production

On September 20, 1998, Paul Brownfield from the Los Angeles Times reported that Drew Carey and executive producers Deborah Oppenheimer and Clay Graham would be travelling to China during October to film scenes for an upcoming episode of The Drew Carey Show. Carey explained that the premise of the episode would poke fun at the cultural differences between the United States and China, with the humor coming from seeing his character "stuck in a culture that they don't understand", being unable to speak the language, and working out how they will get home. While thinking of "remote and outlandish" countries for Drew to wake up in, director Gerry Cohen believed China was ideal as it was far away from the United States. He said "In America we think of China as the other end of the Earth and the joke we wanted to do here was that Drew got sent as far away as possible and China seemed like the natural place." Graham believed that if the show was set in a country such as Sweden it would not have worked as well.

"The High Road to China" was scheduled to air in mid-November in a bid to capitalize on the sweeps week ratings period. It was written by Katherine Green. The plot sees Drew (Carey) stranded in China without money or his passport, as part of a practical joke executed by his office enemy Mimi Bobeck (Kathy Kinney). Carey described the joke as "the ultimate Mimi thing to do" to Drew. Carey was the only cast member to travel to China. Prior to filming, Chinese bureaucrats had to give their consent to the script, before they issued permits to shoot at landmarks within the country. The producers called the process "complex and time-consuming", but Carey was aware that the Chinese would not put up with them insulting their country and customs. "The High Road to China" marked the first time an American sitcom had ever been filmed in the country.

Carey regretted not visiting China before the script was written, as it caused problems during the filming of the village scenes in the Hubei province. As they had imagined what a Chinese village would look like, it meant that they had to redress the actual village in which they filmed. After discovering Tiananmen Square had been closed off for renovations, the crew were forced to film scenes in a side street. Other locations used during filming included the Great Wall of China and the Forbidden City. Chinese extras were also employed during the shoot. While filming the final scene of the episode, Carey laid down on a stone carving at the Temple of Heaven, causing the Chinese police to halt the shoot and issue him with a fine. Of the situation, Cohen commented "I guess the system is different. We thought, 'OK, we had a permit for this, we are ready for this, we are going to be here on a certain day at a certain time and everybody knows, right?'" The majority of the scene had already been filmed and Carey was not made to pay the fine. The finale is an imitation of Rocky Balboa's (Sylvester Stallone) run up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Rocky.

Reception
In its original broadcast, "The High Road to China" finished 15th in the ratings for the week of November 16–22, 1998, tied with the CBS program JAG. The episode had a Nielsen rating of 11.3, equivalent to approximately 11.2 million viewing households. It was the fourth highest-rated show on ABC that week, following Monday Night Football, NYPD Blue and Rear Window.

The episode received a mixed to positive response from critics. Kevin McDonough from the Charleston Daily Mail chose the episode as one of his television highlights. A reporter for The Washington Post also named "The High Road to China" as one of their television highlights for November 18, 1998. Norman Chad from the same publication compared Carey's appearance in China to the Atlanta Falcons making the Super Bowl, saying "It is a statistical and sociocultural improbability. It should not happen, cannot happen, will not happen." The Florida Times-Union's Nancy McAlister opined that sweeps week "brings out the absurd and the hyperbolic", and wrote "The Drew Carey Show takes a road trip to China for some inexplicable reason for a frothy sitcom."

Paul Brownfield from the Los Angeles Times branded the episode "outlandish", while a Newsweek writer thought it was "a bizarre plot twist". A Beaver County Times reporter observed that "Mimi's scheming against Drew reaches an all-time high" during the episode and also named it as a highlight of the day. Rachel Browne from The Sun-Herald gave the episode three out of five stars, and commented "Midwesterner Drew Carey (Drew Carey) in China? Do we smell a stunt? Well, yes, but this episode – the first American sitcom to be filmed in mainland China – is worth watching anyway."

Lawsuit
A few months after the episode aired, Carey became involved in a legal battle with A&W Food Services of Canada, Inc. because his character was shown wanting to eat the food at rival restaurant chain McDonald's. Carey had signed a deal to endorse A&W in February 1998, but following the episode, in which Carey also sang a McDonald's jingle, the chain ended its deal with the actor. They also demanded he repay $450,000 and refused to pay him a further $600,000. Carey launched his own lawsuit against the company for compensation. He maintained that he did not eat at McDonald's while he was in China, instead he ate at an A&W near to his hotel.

References

External links

1998 American television episodes
The Drew Carey Show episodes


title: Energoprojekt holding

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Energoprojekt holding (full legal name: Energoprojekt holding a.d. Beograd) is a Serbian construction company with headquarters in Belgrade, Serbia. Founded in 1951, it enters into the composition of BELEX15 and BELEXline, the two main indices of the Belgrade Stock Exchange.

History
Energoprojekt holding was founded on 11 July 1951. Originally conceived as a consulting company, it has gradually diversified its activities and today it has numerous subsidiaries and joint ventures in Serbia and abroad. Energoprojekt holding was admitted to the regulated market of the Belgrade Stock Exchange 18 July 2007.

In July 2017, after months of negotiations, Napred Razvoj, a Serbian construction company, became the majority stakeholder of the company. In November 2017, a new majority shareholder Napred razvoj has decided to sell insurance subsidiary Energoprojekt Garant to the Slovenian insurance company Sava Osiguranje.

Activities
Energoprojekt holding is a worldwide company based in Serbia and develops activities in the fields of energy, industry, architecture, infrastructure, environment and information technologies, it operates through its subsidiaries Energoprojekt Hidroinženjering (engineering, hydropower, water supply systems and irrigation), Energoprojekt Urbanizam i arhitektura (building, engineering and construction), Energoprojekt Entel (engineering, energy, power plants, transmission and distribution of electricity), Energoprojekt Industrija (engineering, industrial plants and facilities), Energoprojekt Visokogradnja (building, engineering and construction, civil engineering, industrial and energy installations), Energoprojekt Niskogradnja (construction, various facilities in infrastructure), Energoprojekt Oprema (constructions in the areas of energy, of water management and industry), Energoprojekt Energodata (Information Technology) and Energoprojekt Garant (insurance).

Locations and operational activities
Aside from Serbia, Energoprojekt holding is represented in:
 South America, in Peru
 Africa, directly or through subsidiaries in Algeria, Guinea, Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe
 Middle East, in Jordan, Iraq, Qatar, Abu Dhabi, Dubai and the Sultanate of Oman
 Asia, in Kazakhstan
 Europe, in the United Kingdom, Germany, Montenegro, Cyprus and Russia.

Achievements
Among the projects undertaken by Energoprojekt holding include plant Iron Gate I Hydroelectric Power Station, near Kladovo (designed jointly with the Institute of Hydroelectrical Researches in Bucharest, Romania between 1956 and 1960) and the dam and power plant Bajina Bašta. The company has also built power plants of Obrenovac and Obilić, while outside of Serbia it has conducted two power plants in Qatar. In Belgrade, in the field of architecture, it has built Belgrade Arena, the Hotel Hyatt Regency Belgrade, a mansion for Robert Mugabe in Harare and others.

Hydropower plants in Serbia

Buildings in Serbia

Market data
As of 8 March 2019, Energoprojekt holding has a market capitalization of €58.33 million.

See also
 List of companies of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

References

External links

 Energoprojekt Hidroinženjering
 Energoprojekt Urbanizam i arhitektura
 Energoprojekt Entel
 Energoprojekt Industrija
 Energoprojekt Visokogradnja
 Energoprojekt Niskogradnja
 Energoprojekt Oprema
 Energoprojekt Energodata
 How a Yugoslav Company Built an International Market. The New York Times. John Tagliabue. March 28, 1983, Section D, Page 3.

1951 establishments in Serbia
2017 mergers and acquisitions
Companies based in Belgrade
Construction and civil engineering companies of Serbia
Holding companies established in 1951
Holding companies of Serbia
Construction and civil engineering companies established in 1951


title: Fourspine leaffish

text:
The fourspine leaffish (Afronandus sheljuzhkoi), is a species of in the Nandidae native to rivers and streams in Ivory Coast and Ghana. Although placed in the family Nandidae by FishBase, most recent authorities place Afronandus in Polycentridae. The specific name honours the collector of the type, Leo Sheljuzhko (1890–1969), a Ukrainian-German entomologist who sent the type to Meinken.

This species grows to a total length of . This species is the only known member of its genus.

References

Nandidae
Fish described in 1954
Taxa named by Herman Meinken
Freshwater fish of Africa
Freshwater fish of West Africa


title: Ace Spectrum

text:
Ace Spectrum was an American R&B, soul and disco musical group that was popular in the mid-1970s.

History
Based in New York City, the group consisted of Rudy Gay Sr., Elliot Isaac, Henry "Easy" Zant, Aubrey "Troy" Johnson, and, on their final album, Frederick G. Duff and Lawrence Coley. Zant, (also known as Edward "Easy" Zant), was not only a member but he also managed the group. Gay, Isaac, Zant and Johnson began collaboration as a group in 1966.  "Don't Send Nobody Else", written by Ashford & Simpson, was their biggest single.  From their Tony Sylvester-produced debut album, it peaked at number 57 on Billboard's Hot 100 while finding its way to the top 20 on the R&B Singles chart. Their single "Keep Holdin' On" was released as a 12-inch single, and heavily promoted by their record label at disco clubs. Another single "Live and Learn" with lead vocals by Frederick, reached position 35 on the Dance Music/Club Play Singles chart. Their first two albums saw chart action. Inner Spectrum attained position 28 on the R&B Albums chart, and Low Rent Rendezvous saw action on the Billboard 200 (#138), as well as on R&B Albums (#35). Patrick Adams produced and arranged the group's 1976 recordings, but consequential success eluded them.

Style and influence
Ace Spectrum never developed into a huge hitmaker, although Allmusic considers it a "decent soul ensemble." Their recordings have generated considerable interest among Northern Soul collectors. The 1975 release "Keep Holding On" was one of the first 12-inch singles.  Musically, the group employed a mix of up-tempo and down-tempo songs.  The group eschewed the "high-voice technique" that was common for the era.  Backing strings were important to the group's sound.  Billboard commented positively about group, stating it deserved "as much exposure as possible." Rudy Gay Sr., a member of Iota Phi Theta fraternity, later went on to both father the famous basketball player and become music director for The Stylistics.

Discography

Singles

Albums

References

African-American musical groups
American soul musical groups
American rhythm and blues musical groups
Musical groups from New York City
Musical groups established in 1966
Atlantic Records artists
American musical quartets


title: Marisa Maresca

text:
Marisa Maresca (17 July 1923 - 18 August 1988) was an Italian showgirl, soubrette,  and theatre dancer. Her mother was also a soubrette, her father was an impresario, and her uncle sang operettas. Her sister Lydia Maresca, herself an actress with the stage name Lidia Martora, was the wife of Peppino De Filippo. In 1938, at the age of 15, Maresca joined the company of Erminio Macario, becoming one of the comedy performers in Turin. Over the next decade, she worked with Carlo Dapporto, where, in imitation of Josephine Baker, Maresca appeared on stage in a thong and bra of bananas. In other shows, she performed topless, while in still others, she wore only the heads of three black fox to cover the appropriate areas. In 1946, she created her own company, and a few months later, she took on a young novice comedian, Walter Chiari, with whom she began a relationship. In 1950, she retired from acting to marry Count Corrado Agusta, owner (with his brothers) of Agusta; they had a son Richard, nicknamed Rocky. Maresca's husband left her for Francesca Vacca Graffagni.

References

Autori vari (a cura di Felice Cappa e Piero Gelli), Dizionario dello Spettacolo del '900, Baldini Castoldi Dalai editore, 1998, , scheda Maresca, Marisa
AA.VV. Sentimental il teatro di rivista italiano, Almanacco Bompiani 1975

1923 births
1988 deaths
Soubrettes
Italian female dancers
Italian showgirls
20th-century Italian women singers


title: Emory Ellis

text:
Emory Leon Ellis (29 October 1906 – 26 October 2003) was an American biochemist. He worked with Max Delbrück on the paper The Growth of Bacteriophage.

Biography
Ellis was born on 29 October 1906 in Grayville, Illinois. He attended California Institute of Technology from 1925, attaining his PhD in 1934 in biochemistry. Apart from one year working for the Food and Drug Administration, Ellis remained at Caltech until World War II. Ellis' interests were in bacteriophage which he believed would contribute to understanding the role of viruses in cancer. He started work on their role in animals, but found that there were extra problems and expense related to maintaining the animals and so switched to phage. Ellis published the important paper The Growth of Bacteriophage with Max Delbrück in 1939. He gave up work on phage after this paper and returned to cancer research before moving to Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake from 1943, working with rocket-program employees as the onsite representative of Caltech. Ellis became Executive Director of the Office of Industrial Associates in Caltech for two years between 1963 and 1965 and retired in 1969. Ellis died on 26 October 2003.

In a retrospective article, Ellis described his interactions with Delbruck.  The quantitative methods for studying bacteriophage that Delbruck initially learned from Ellis, were further developed by a group of scientists informally known as the "phage group" (see phage group).  Under the leadership of Delbruck this group played a central role in the early development of molecular biology.

See also
Phage group

References

1906 births
2003 deaths
California Institute of Technology alumni
People from Grayville, Illinois
Phage workers


title: Mrs. Lovett Cameron

text:
Mrs. Lovett Cameron or Caroline "Emily" Sharp (1844 – 1921) was a British romantic fiction author. She wrote more than fourteen three-volume novels.

Life
Caroline Emily Sharp was born in 1844 in London to a well-off family who began her education by sending her to Paris at the age of six to learn French. In France she stayed in the Rue de Concelles with the Nizard family. Mr. Nizard later went on to be a French senator. She went to boarding school in England and then returned home. Her requests to become a writer were denied, despite the evidence that she preferred writing to needlework. At some time she and two of her brothers started a publication called the City Advertiser but it was discontinued after six months.

Marriage
She married Henry Lovett Cameron who was a parliamentary agent in the Treasury in 1867. Her brother-in-law was Verney Lovett Cameron who was an explorer. Her own brother taught her to canoe and to scull.

At her husband's instigation she started to write, achieving moderate success with her first novel, Juliette's Guardian, which was published in a magazine and then as a book in 1877. This melodrama dealt with the affair between the 17-year-old Juliette Blair and her guardian Colonel Fleming. Lovett Cameron worked to a daily timetable, writing over forty books between 1877 and 1905. A later novel, In a Grass County, went to a ninth edition. The formula of her novels dealt with a relationship that hints at the emerging risk of sex and sin, but the narrative then backs off to deal with the emerging love and romance.

By the 1880s her brother-in-law, Verney, also took to writing, but he published books for boys.

She was known as "Emily" but she wrote under the name of "Mrs. Lovett Cameron". In 1891 she contributed a chapter to the unusual novel The Fate of Fenella, a three-volume novel created without discussion by twelve male and twelve female writers, including Bram Stoker and Arthur Conan Doyle.

Lovett Cameron's approach emphasised domesticity and the married woman's role. She was not a "New Woman" and her writings denigrated women of such a persuasion. In 1895 The Triumph of a Snipe Pie, better known as The Man who Didn't, was published. This story describes how a married man successfully resists the guiles of another woman. The book's title echoed the scandalous story The Woman Who Did by the Canadian writer Grant Allen which portrayed a "New Woman" favorably. Allen's book told of Herminia Barton, a woman who opted for "free love" because she refused to be a slave to any man.

Cameron's last published novel was 'Rosamond Grant' (1905). She died at her home in 1921.

References

External links

 Works by Mrs. Lovett Cameron at the Open Library

1844 births
1921 deaths
Writers from London
British women novelists
British romantic fiction writers
Women romantic fiction writers
19th-century British novelists
20th-century British novelists
20th-century British women writers
19th-century British women writers


title: Tosatrochus attenuatus

text:
Tosatrochus attenuatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

Description
The height of the shell varies between 25 mm and 30 mm. The thick, imperforate or very narrowly perforate shell has a conic-elongated shape. It is whitish, ornamented with radiating livid-brown flammules, brown punctulate. The 9 whorls are convex, spirally lirate (the lirae unequal) and longitudinally nodose-costate, the nodules more prominent below. The sutures are impressed. The angulated body whorl is depressed beneath the sutures and nodulous at the periphery. It is very convex and with about 8 concentric lirae beneath, the interstices with intercalated lirulae. The aperture is subquadrate and canaliculate within. The basal margin is arcuate and plicate. The columella is subangular, concave, strongly truncate at base, with a short callus over the umbilicus.

Distribution
This marine species occurs off the South Australia, Western Australia and the Western Pacific.

References

 Wood, Ind. Test. Suppl. pi. 5. f. 19
 Kuroda T. & Habe T. 1952. Check list and bibliography of the Recent marine Mollusca of Japan. Leo W. Stach, Tokyo. 210 pp
 Poppe G.T., Tagaro S.P. & Dekker H. (2006) The Seguenziidae, Chilodontidae, Trochidae, Calliostomatidae and Solariellidae of the Philippine Islands. Visaya Supplement 2: 1-228.

External links
 The PIisbry Quarterly Devoted to the Interests of Conchologists; The Nautilus v.72 (1958-1959)
 Jonas, J. H. (1844). Neue Trochoideen. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. 1: 167-172
 Wood, W. (1828). Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus; or A catalogue of Shells, British and Foreign. Richard Taylor, London. Iv [+1 + 59 pp., plates 1-8]

attenuatus
Gastropods described in 1844


title: Knut Borchardt

text:
Knut Borchardt (2 June 1929 – 5 February 2023) was a German researcher, historian and former professor for history and economics at both the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and the University of Mannheim from 1962 to 1991. Moreover, he served as rector at the University of Mannheim between 1967 and 1969.

Education
Borchardt was born in Berlin, Germany. He studied from 1949 to 1954 economics, business administration, history and German studies at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich where he obtained his Diplom (former German master's equivalent) in 1954. Afterwards, he obtained his doctorate in economics and his habilitation in 1961 at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.

Academics
Borchardt worked from 1961 to 1962 as assistant professor at the University of Tübingen. After a proposal in 1962, he became professor for economics and history at the University of Mannheim. In 1967, Gaugler became rector (president) of the university and remained in this position until 1969. He was succeeded by Hans-Martin Pawlowski in his role as rector of the UMA. He left the university in 1969 and remained until his retirement in 1991 at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
Borchardt was author of the well-known "Borchardt-Hypothesis", which claims that stabilisation policy in Germany during the Great Depression was credit constrained and that lack of budgetary discipline during the preceding years was instrumental in creating this constraint. In 1987 he received the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize and in 1999 the Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art. Between 1968 and 1982 Borchardt was editor of the influential Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik.

Death
Borchardt died on 5 February 2023, at the age of 93.

Publications
 Die Industrielle Revolution in Deutschland. London 1969.
 Wachstum, Krisen, Handlungsspielräume der Wirtschaftspolitik. Göttingen 1982.  (engl. 1991)
 Grundriss der deutschen Wirtschaftsgeschichte. Göttingen 1985.
 Wirtschaftspolitik in der Krise. Die (Geheim-)Konferenz der Friedrich List-Gesellschaft im September 1931 über Möglichkeiten und Folgen einer Kreditausweitung. (together with Hans Otto Schötz) Baden-Baden 1991.
 Max Webers Börsenschriften. Rätsel um ein übersehenes Werk. Munich 2000.
 Globalisierung in historischer Perspektive. Munich 2001.

See also
 List of University of Mannheim people
 University of Mannheim
 Munich
 Bavaria

References

External links
 List of Publications of Knut Borchardt

1929 births
2023 deaths
Academic staff of the University of Mannheim
Academic staff of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
German economists
20th-century German historians
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich alumni
German male non-fiction writers
Members of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize winners
Writers from Berlin
Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany


title: Agnese Āboltiņa

text:
Agnese Āboltiņa (born 7 February 1996) is a Latvian alpine skier. She was born in Riga. She competed at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 in Schladming, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, in  giant slalom, slalom and super-G. She placed 31st in super-G and 37th in slalom at the 2014 Olympics.

References

External links

1996 births
Living people
Latvian female alpine skiers
Olympic alpine skiers for Latvia
Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiers at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics
Sportspeople from Riga
21st-century Latvian women


title: Postage Paid

text:
Postage Paid is a form of indication on an envelope that the costs for sending were paid in another way than using stamps or a franking machine. The indication is usually placed in the upper right corner of the front side of an envelope, where otherwise stamps would have been stuck.

Post sent using Postage Paid often cannot be sent through a public letter box, but need to be handed over at a post office or business point, where the postage needs to be paid immediately or can be paid later via bank transfer. This method of paying franking costs are commonly used by large companies or organisations sending hundreds of letters each day.

Postal markings


title: Corrida de Houilles

text:
The Corrida de Houilles, officially Corrida pédestre internationale de Houilles (Houilles International Footrace), is an annual 10K run that takes place at the end of December in Houilles, France.

The competition was created in 1972 by Alexandre Joly, a French politician who would later become Mayor of Houilles. He was inspired by the Saint Silvester Road Race in São Paulo and decided to set up his own local race in his hometown with the same format – hosting the race on New Year's Eve. Initially a men's event only on a course of around , the race attracted high level competition from the beginning, with Poland's Bronisław Malinowski winning the 1974 race the same year as his gold medal win at the 1974 European Athletics Championships. Due to the race's growing popularity, the competition was divided into two segments: an elite-level race and a public race.

Annick Loir was the first known women's winner in 1975, but a separate women's division (over around ) was not formally established until 1983. The race distances were set at  for both men and women from 1996 onwards, allowing the race to serve as a qualifier for the French 10 km championships. The date of the race has not always been 31 December due to organisational restrictions, but it is usually held within the final days of the year. No race was held in 1999 due to Cyclone Lothar and Martin. The races for 2000 and 2005 were held on New Year's Day instead. The competition gained IAAF Bronze Label Road Race status in 2013 and IAAF Silver Label Road Race status in 2014.

Top level athletes from both France and abroad have competed in Houilles. Jacky Boxberger had much success in the early days of the race, amassing four wins in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Morocco's Khalid Skah had a record eight wins from 1988 to 1997. Ethiopia's Ayelech Worku is the most successful woman at the race, having won four times consecutively from 1995 to 1998. Anpther Ethiopian woman had three straight wins from 2003 to 2006 Merima Denboba and Kenya's Micah Kogo achieved the same feat on the men's side from 2006 to 2008. The course records are 27:12 minutes for men (set by Daniel Ebenyo in 2019) and 30:32 minutes for women (set by Norah Jeruto in 2019).

Past winners
Key:

References

List of winners
Festou, Michel (2014-01-09). Corrida de Houilles 10 km. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2014-02-23.

External links
Official website

10K runs
Recurring sporting events established in 1972
Sport in Yvelines
New Year celebrations
December events
Annual sporting events in France
1972 establishments in France
Winter events in France


title: Rosina Galli

text:
Rosina Galli may refer to:

Rosina Galli (dancer) (1892–1940), Italian-American ballet dancer
Rosina Galli (actress) (1906–1969), Italian-American film actress


title: Bua Xou Mua

text:
Bua Xou Mua (1915–2013), also known as Boua Xou Mua, was a Hmong spiritual leader, village chief, and musician. He was known for his recitation of the Hmong oral epic and playing of the gaeng (bamboo mouth organ).

He was born in Ban Whoi Na, a village in northeastern Laos, in 1915. His extended family had lived in this village for generations, following a Hmong uprising in Yunnan. At age 15, under the tutelage of his uncle, he began studying the oral texts of the Hmong including the history of his people's migration from China to Vietnam to Laos. Because the Hmong had no written language until the 1950s, history was transmitted orally. As an adult, Bua raised a family and became the chief of his clan of approximately 400 people in 1960.

In the 1960s, Bua and two of his sons were recruited as mercenaries by the United States Central Intelligence Agency as part of the agency's secret war against the communist Pathet Lao. Bua was wounded twice during these activities. After the United States withdrew in 1973 and fearing communist reprisals, Bua, his wife, and two of their children fled Laos, walking across the mountains in 1976 to Thailand, where they spent two years in a refugee camp.

The family immigrated to the United States in 1978, after which he lived in Portland, Oregon. Despite hardships and discrimination in their new home, Bua remained committed to maintaining his cultural traditions. In 1980 he began working with Hmong youth in Portland in an apprentice program, as well as teaching Hmong culture and customs to Portland school children.

He was a recipient of a 1985 National Heritage Fellowship awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts, which is the United States government's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts.

In 1991 Bua performed his traditional Hmong music at the Dallas Folk Festival, as well as presenting a program at a local multicultural community center where he was reunited with a relative that he had not seen since 1976. While in Dallas, Bua was recorded by a folklorist with the company Documentary Arts. The repertoire included traditional songs that commemorated New Year's celebrations, weddings, and funerals. The recording was released in 1995 on Arhoolie Records, a label dedicated to preserving folk music traditions.

Discography

 Boua Xou Mua, The Music of the Hmong People of Laos, Arhoolie Records CD 446 (1995).

Filmography
Masters of Traditional Music, Documentary Arts (1991, VHS): includes a segment on Bua

References

External links

1915 births
2013 deaths
Musicians from Portland, Oregon
Hmong people
Laotian emigrants to the United States
American animists
American people of Hmong descent
American musicians of Laotian descent
National Heritage Fellowship winners
Arhoolie Records artists


title: Nandus

text:
Nandus is a genus of Asian leaffishes native to southern and southeastern Asia.

Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:
 Nandus andrewi H. H. Ng & Jaafar, 2008
 Nandus meni Hossain & Sarker, 2013
 Nandus mercatus H. H. Ng, 2008
 Nandus nandus (F. Hamilton, 1822) (Gangetic leaffish)
 Nandus nebulosus (J. E. Gray, 1835) (Bornean leaffish)
 Nandus oxyrhynchus H. H. Ng, Vidthayanon & P. K. L. Ng, 1996
 Nandus prolixus Chakrabarty, Oldfield & H. H. Ng, 2006

References

Nandidae


title: Kolić

text:
Kolić (Serbian Cyrillic: Колић) is a Serbo-Croatian surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Darko Kolić (born 1971), Serbian football player
Larry Kolic, American football player
Refik Kolić (born 1965), Bosnian folk music singer

See also
Koliq

Surnames of Serbian origin


title: Henry Bramley Ellis

text:
Henry Bramley Ellis FRCO (1841 – 1910) was an organist, composer, conductor and teacher based in Leicester.

Life

He was born in Newark on Trent in 1841. His father, Edward Ellis, was verger at St. Mary Magadalene's Church, Newark on Trent, and he sang in the choir at the church.

He had organ lessons from the organist, Edward Dearle, and became his assistant.

He married Ellen Howard Brown in 1866. They had the following children:
Harold Bramley Ellis (1869 - 1937)
Ethelwyn Howard Ellis (1869 - 1948)
Leonard Ellis (b. 1871)
Gerald Haydn Ellis (1873 - 1967)
Cecil Henry Ellis (1874 1963)
Sydney Ellis (b. 1877)

He was Music Master at Wyggeston Girls’ School.

Whilst in Leicester he conducted the Leicester Amateur Vocal Society from 1879, which became the Leicester Philharmonic Society in 1886. He maintained this position until his death in 1910.

He was also an organ teacher, and his pupil Benjamin Burrows succeeded him at St Mary de Castro, Leicester on the death of Ellis in 1910.

Appointments

Assistant Organist at St. Mary Magadalene's Church, Newark on Trent until 1864
Organist at St Andrew's Church, Halstead, Essex 1864 - 1874
Organist at St John's Church, Albion Street, Leicester 1874 - 1878
Organist at St Mary de Castro, Leicester 1878 - 1910

Works

The Fairies, polka for Piano 1869
The Tournament. Galop for Piano 1873
O were my love yon lilac fair. Song. 1879
To a Redbreast. Son. 1880
Jubilee March 1887

References

1841 births
1910 deaths
English organists
British male organists
English composers
Fellows of the Royal College of Organists
People from Newark-on-Trent
19th-century English musicians
19th-century British male musicians


title: All Saints Church, Warsaw

text:
All Saints Church is a Roman Catholic church located at 3/5 Grzybowski Square in Warsaw, the seat of the parish of All Saints in Warsaw.

History
The first plans to found a church in the village of Grzybów near Warsaw emerged in the 17th century, under the rule of King Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki. It was only in the 19th century that serious work started with the growth of the local population. In 1856 Countess Gabriella Zabiełło donated her Grzybów estate to the Society of Missionary Priests and also provided financial assistance.

The design was by the architect Enrico Marconi, construction work commenced in 1861. The design was modelled on an existing Renaissance style Abbey of Santa Giustina in Padua. The church was dedicated on October 31, 1883, by Archbishop Wincenty Popiel. The church was finally completed in 1892 with the completion of the two bell towers.

During the defensive war in 1939, the roof was slightly damaged. During the occupation, it was one of three Christian churches (two that were operating) in the ghetto (the other two being St. Augustine's Church and the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary). All Saints Church served Jewish Christians who were detained in the ghetto.

At that time, the parish priest, Fr. Monsignor Marceli Godlewski, known for his antipathy to the Jews before the war, became involved in helping them. At the rectory of the parish, the priest sheltered and helped many escape including: Ludwik Hirszfeld, Louis-Christophe Zaleski-Zamenhof, and Wanda Zamenhof-Zaleska. For his actions in 2009 he was posthumously awarded the Righteous Among the Nations medal.

After the deportation action in 1942, the church was outside the ghetto. It was extensively damaged during the Warsaw Uprising. Aerial bombing and German-led artillery caused part of the roof to collapse and the eastern tower of the temple was also destroyed. Many valuable epitaphs and paintings were also destroyed.

The ruins were stabilised in autumn 1945. Under the stewardship of Mgr. Zygmunt Kaczynski, the reconstruction of the church began. However the parish priest was soon imprisoned by the communist security service and murdered in the Rakowiec District prison. His successors nevertheless continued the reconstruction efforts. For ideological reasons the communists reconstructed the area with large communal housing projects which obscured the church.

On 8 June 1987, during the third apostolic visit to Poland, Pope John Paul II celebrated Mass inaugurating the Second National Eucharistic Congress at All Saints Church. Among the tens of thousands of faithful was Mother Teresa of Calcutta.

In 1993, for the fifteenth anniversary of the pontification of John Paul II, the church unveiled a monument donated by the Italian sculptor Giorgio Gallettiego. Its twin monument is located in the Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa in Dozio in Lombardy.

Architecture
It is the largest church in Warsaw. The basic layout is a cross. It has three aisles, a dome mounted at the intersection of the cross vault, the choir and main altar, the side chapel of Our Lady of Częstochowa, a porch and two tall bell towers, all built in the neoclassical style.

There are paintings by the 17th century artist M. L. Willman, a representative of Silesian baroque. The restored marble figure of Jesus the Preacher is by Wiktor Brodzki. The pulpit of wrought iron is based on a design by Dziekinski and Nieniewski. On the 15th anniversary of the office of Pope John Paul II a monument in his honour was placed in front of the church, a donation from the Italian artist Giorgio Galletti.

References

External links

 Website of the Church of All Saints in Warsaw (in Polish)

Roman Catholic churches in Warsaw
19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Poland


Bandy and Field Hockey Federation of the USSR (Russian: Федерация хоккея с мячом и хоккея на траве СССР) was the governing body for the sports of bandy and field hockey in the Soviet Union. The federation was governing these two sports since 1967, when ice hockey was split off to form the Soviet Union Ice Hockey Federation; ice hockey had only been introduced to the Soviet Union some twenty years earlier.

The federation was one of the founding members of the Federation of International Bandy in 1955.

After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in late 1991, the federation was replaced by the All Russian Bandy Federation in early 1992. For field hockey, the Russian Field Hockey Federation was created in its place.

The following former states of the Soviet Union now have their own bandy federations: Russia (founded in 1992), Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan Bandy Federation, 1993), Belarus (Belarusian Bandy Federation, 1999), Estonia (Estonian Bandy Association, 2002), Kyrgyzstan (Bandy Federation of Kyrgyzstan, 2004), Latvia (Latvia's Bandy Federation, 2006), Ukraine (Ukrainian Bandy and Rink bandy Federation, 2007), and Lithuania (Lithuanian Bandy Association, 2008).

National teams

Bandy
  men's team
  women's team

Field hockey
  men's team
  women's team

References

Bandy in the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
Field hockey in the Soviet Union
Bandy
Former members of Federation of International Bandy


title: Rosina Galli (dancer)

text:
Rosina Galli (1892 – April 30, 1940) was an Italian ballet dancer, choreographer, ballet mistress, and dance teacher. After early years in Italy, she moved to the US, where she was associated with the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. Prima ballerina at La Scala Theatre Ballet, and the Chicago Ballet, she was also the première danseuse at the Teatro di San Carlo and the Metropolitan Opera.

Biography

Galli was born in Naples, where her father was a lawyer. She studied dance at the Teatro di San Carlo's ballet school, becoming the company's première danseuse at the age of 14. When she was offered the première danseuse position at La Scala Theatre Ballet, the family moved to Milan. She debuted in 1910, at the age of eighteen, dancing in Pietro Micca and Ballo Excelsior of Luigi Manzotti.

In 1911, her father and two brothers escorted Galli to Genoa, from where Galli and her mother proceeded to Chicago, US. Galli performed first as soloist, and then as prima ballerina of the Chicago Ballet. In 1913, she was hired by the Metropolitan Opera House. Though she sported a petite figure, characterized as elfish, Galli demonstrated a rigorous technique and performed powerful pirouettes, continuing to dance there until 1931. Her partner at the Met was Giuseppe Bonfiglio. Her studies in America were under Luigi Albertieri.

In 1919, she began teaching dance at the Met, also serving as ballet mistress until 1935. As a teacher, she applied the strict program from her days at La Scala, teaching the Cecchetti method. Helen Tamiris, who formed the School of American Dance in 1930, was a pupil under Galli. Her expanded responsibilities included choreography, and in that respect, Galli is credited for over 100 offerings at the Met, such as Carmen (1924), La traviata (1925), and Merry Mount (1934).

It was at the Met where Galli met her future husband, Giulio Gatti-Casazza, former superintendent at La Scala and director of the Met since 1908. Initially she was his mistress; they married in 1930 at St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church in Jersey City, New Jersey. When her husband retired in 1935, the couple returned to Italy, residing at a villa on Lake Maggiore. She died in Milan on April 30, 1940. Gatti, 23 years older, died the following September.

References

Sources
 Tullia Bohen Limarzi, She Trills with Her Toes. The Metropolitan Ballet Career of Rosina Galli, in: Proceedings of the 9th Annual Conference of the Dance History Scholars, pp. 80–90, 1986
 "Galli Rosina", in: Felice Cappa, Piero Gelli, Marco Mattarozzi, Dizionario dello spettacolo del '900, Baldini & Castoldi, 1998  (p. 442)
 "Galli Rosina in Gatti Casazza", in: Rachele Farina (a cura di), Dizionario biografico delle donne lombarde: 568–1968, Baldini & Castoldi, 1995  (pp. 499–500)
 Ennio Speranza, Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani – Volume 52 (1999), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia italiana Treccani

External links

1892 births
1940 deaths
Italian female dancers
La Scala Theatre Ballet dancers
Metropolitan Opera people
Prima ballerinas


title: Georges Ivanov

text:
Georges Ivanov (Georgii Ivanov, Brest-Litovsk 30 October 30, 1902 - Chelle near Paris, 3 September 1979) was a Russian performer of Russian traditional music in France during the 1950s-1960s. He sang and played guitar in Paris concerts of Russian and Gypsy music, and from 1955-1960 appeared at the restaurant "Cabaret at Mysi." He released one album in France, Ivanov Chante La Vieille Russie.

References

1902 births
1979 deaths
20th-century Russian male singers
Emigrants from the Russian Empire to France


title: Coming of the White Man

text:
Coming of the White Man is a bronze sculpture by American artist Hermon Atkins MacNeil, installed in Washington Park, Portland, Oregon in the United States. The statue was gifted to the City of Portland in 1904 by former mayor David P. Thompson and installed the following year. It depicts two Native American men, including Chief Multnomah, looking towards the Columbia River upon the arrival of Lewis and Clark.

Description

Coming of the White Man is a bronze sculpture designed by Hermon Atkins MacNeil (1866–1947), an American artist most known for depicting indigenous peoples of the Americas and Western pioneers. The statue is installed in Portland's Washington Park, along Southwest Washington Way. It depicts Chief Multnomah and another Native American man looking towards the Columbia River upon the arrival of Lewis and Clark. One man is shown holding branches in his lifted right arm, pointed in the direction of the approaching explorers; the other figure folds his arms in front.

According to the Regional Arts & Culture Council, which administers the work, the sculpture measures  ×  ×  and is mounted to a stone base that measures  ×  × . The irregular stone base has an inscription of the work's title. The pedestal displays the text "Presented to the City of Portland by the Family of David P. Thompson" as shown in the image.

History
The statue was donated to the City of Portland in 1904 by former mayor David P. Thompson. It was installed the following year, ahead of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition.
A plaster cast of the sculpture, donated by MacNeil, resides in the Poppenhusen Institute in College Point, Queens, New York. Most of the branch originally held by the other man has broken off.

See also

 1904 in art
 Lewis and Clark (sculpture), Salem, Oregon

References

External links

1904 establishments in Oregon
1904 sculptures
Bronze sculptures in Oregon
Outdoor sculptures in Portland, Oregon
Sculptures of men in Oregon
Sculptures of Native Americans in Oregon
Statues in Portland, Oregon
Washington Park (Portland, Oregon)


title: Aílton Ferraz

text:
Aílton dos Santos Ferraz, sometimes known as just Aílton (born January 19, 1966), is a retired association footballer who played as an attacking midfielder for several Série A clubs.

Career
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Aílton Ferraz started his professional career playing with Flamengo. With Flamengo he played 116 Série A games and scored five goals between 1985 and 1991. He won the Campeonato Carioca in 1985, 1986 and 1987, the Taça Guanabara in 1988 and in 1989, the Taça Rio in 1985 and in 1986 the Série A in 1987, and the Copa do Brasil in 1990 with the club.

He left Flamengo in 1991 to play with Guarani, joining Kashiwa Reysol of Japan in 1993 and returning to Brazil in 1995 to defend Fluminense. He helped the club win the Campeonato Carioca in 1995. He was part of the Grêmio squad that won the 1996 Série A. After playing for several different clubs, he retired in 2002 while defending Uberlândia.

He began his coaching career in 2007 as America's head coach. After commanding weaker teams, such as Cabofriense, Volta Redonda and Duque de Caxias, he was invited by Jorginho to be his assistant coach. Ferraz then worked with Jorginho at Goiás, Figueirense, and Flamengo, before becoming a head coach again at smaller clubs. Since 2019, he has been an assistant coach at Fluminense.

Honors

Player
Flamengo
 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A:  1987
 Copa do Brasil:  1990
 Campeonato Carioca: 1986, 1991
 Copa Rio: 1991

Fluminense
 Campeonato Carioca: 1995

Grêmio
 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 1996
 Recopa Sudamericana: 1996
 Campeonato Gaúcho: 1996

Botafogo
 Campeonato Carioca: 1997

Remo
Campeonato Paraense: 1999

Manager
Resende
 Copa Rio: 2015

References

1966 births
Living people
Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (city)
Brazilian men's footballers
Brazilian football managers
Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Japan
Men's association football midfielders
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B managers
Campeonato Brasileiro Série C managers
Campeonato Brasileiro Série D managers
CR Flamengo footballers
Guarani FC players
Kashiwa Reysol players
Fluminense FC players
Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense players
Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players
Associação Atlética Ponte Preta players
Associação Desportiva Cabofriense players
Clube do Remo players
União São João Esporte Clube players
Paraná Clube players
Uberlândia Esporte Clube players
America Football Club (Rio de Janeiro) managers
Associação Desportiva Cabofriense managers
Volta Redonda FC managers
Resende FC managers
Duque de Caxias Futebol Clube managers
Audax Rio de Janeiro Esporte Clube managers
Tupi Football Club managers
Brasiliense FC managers
Associação Atlética Portuguesa (RJ) managers