title: Anton van Niekerk

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Anton Albert van Niekerk (born 4 December 1953) is a South African bioethicist and academic based at Stellenbosch University.

Biography
Van Niekerk was born in Brits, in what was then known as Transvaal, South Africa. After matriculating in 1971 from the Paul Roos Gymnasium School in Stellenbosch, he obtained a BA degree (1974), BA Honours in philosophy (1976), MA in philosophy (1980), BTh (1978) and a licentiate in theology (1979), all cum laude, from Stellenbosch University. He obtained his DPhil in 1983. The title of his MA thesis was The Limits of Critical Reason: a Critical Inquiry of the Rationality Model of Critical Rationalism. His doctoral dissertation was entitled Analogy and Theology: A Critical-Philosophical Investigation of Analogy Theories about the Meaning of Theological Language. Both were supervised by Prof Hennie Rossouw.

Van Niekerk was awarded the Chancellor's Medal for the best final year student from Stellenbosch University in 1980 for his MA. In 1980, he was appointed as lecturer in philosophy at the Stellenbosch University. He was promoted to senior lecturer in 1985 and awarded a professorship in 1989. He created the Centre for Applied Ethics, and the Unit for Bioethics within this centre, at the same university and has been director of both since their inception in 1990. He was chair of the Department of Philosophy at Stellenbosch University from 1990 to 2001 and again from 2006 to 2013. In 2014, he was appointed as one of a select group of distinguished professors at Stellenbosch University. In total, he has written 18 books, 140 journal articles and book chapters and approximately 180 popular articles. He has supervised 26 completed doctoral dissertations and 77 master's theses.

Work
His research fields include bioethics, philosophy of religion and philosophy of the social sciences (with an emphasis upon hermeneutic approaches). Van Niekerk is one of the pioneers of the establishment of bioethics as an academic discipline in South Africa. In 1996, he was largely responsible for the introduction of the MPhil degree in applied ethics at Stellenbosch University, a program which was the first and still is the best known of its kind in South Africa. As a young lecturer, he was at the forefront of political and intellectual debate and a vehement critic of the apartheid regime in South Africa. In 2011, he was assaulted in his office at the university by a member of a reactionary right wing movement as a result of an article of his that was published in a national newspaper. The individual in question had, by his own admission, never read the article and thus applied a sensationalised misinformed interpretation of van Niekerk's argument. The attacker was found guilty of assault and the sentencing provoked widespread national and international media interest.

In 1995, van Niekerk was awarded the Stals Prize for Philosophy by the South African Academy for Science and Art. From 1989 to 2000, he was editor of the internationally accredited South African Journal of Philosophy. From 2003 to 2007, he was Senate Representative on the Council of Stellenbosch University. During that time, he was also chairperson of the Language Committee - a position which brought about the necessity of him playing a prominent role in the Stellenbosch language debate which has raged since about 2004. From 2007 to 2012, he was a director of the International Association of Bioethics. He was one of the founding members of the Ethics Institute of South Africa (EthicsSA), initially on its board from 2000 and its chairman since 2003. From 2001 to 2013, van Niekerk was a member of the Ethics Committee of the South African Medical Research Council and has been the chairperson of the Stellenbosch University's Senate's Ethics Committee since 2009. In 2013, he was appointed by the South African Minister of Health as a member of the National Health Research Ethics Council (NHREC), the highest policy making body for research ethics in South Africa. He has a B2 rating ("undisputed international recognition") as a researcher with the National Research Foundation of South Africa and, in 2011 and 2012, was convener of the NRF panel research ratings in philosophy and political science.

Selected works
1987 Moderne Politieke Ideologieë (editor with Willie Esterhuyse en Pierre du Toit). Johannesburg, Southern Books. [Modern Political Ideologies]
1987 Staatsgesag en Burgerlike Ongehoorsaamheid (co-author with Danie du Toit e.a.) Cape Town: Lux Verbi. [State Authority and Civil Disobedience]
1988 Wat kom na apartheid? (co-editor and –author with PR Nel en JP Landman). Johannesburg: Southern Books. [What comes after apartheid?]
1991 The Status of Prenatal Life (editor and co-author). Cape Town: Lux Verbi.
1991 Aids in Context: a South African Perspective (editor and co-author) Cape Town: Lux Verbi.
1992 Rasionaliteit en Relativisme Pretoria: Human Sciences Research Council. [Rationality and Relativism]
1993 Health Care as Human Right (editor and co-author). Stellenbosch: Unit for Bioethics.
1993 HW Rossouw: Universiteit, Wetenskap en Kultuur (editor). Kaapstad: Tafelberg. [University, Science and Culture]
1993 Intellektueel in Konteks: Opstelle vir Hennie Rossouw (editor and co-author) Pretoria: Human Sciences Research Council. [Intellectual in Context: Essays for Hennie Rossouw]
1994 Tussen Wanhoop en Vreugde Cape Town: Lux Verbi. [Between Despair and Joy]
1994 Wysgerige Perspektiewe op die 20ste eeu (co-author with DFM Strauss e.a.). Bloemfontein: Tekskor. [Philosophical Perspectives on the 20th Century]
1996 Filosoof op die Markplein: Opstelle deur en vir Willie Esterhuyse (editor) Cape Town: Tafelberg. [Philosopher on the Market Place: Essays by and for Willie Esterhuyse]
2005 Ethics and Aids in Africa: the Challenge to our Thinking (with Loretta Kopelman) Cape Town, David Philip; in 2006 re-published by Left Coast Press, Walnut Creek, California).
2005 Geloof sonder Sekerhede Wellington: Lux Verbi.BM. [Faith without Certainties]
2014 Geloof sonder Sekerhede. Cape Town: Lux Verbi, 2nd, revised edition. [Faith without Certainties]

References

1953 births
Living people
South African scientists
South African social scientists
South African philosophers
Bioethicists
Stellenbosch University alumni
Academic staff of Stellenbosch University


title: Joseph Martinus Stultiens

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Joseph Martinus Stultiens was a silversmith and metalworker in Toronto, Boston, New York and The Hague (The Netherlands). He was a member of the Society of Arts and Crafts Boston, which advanced him in 1926 to the grade of 'master craftsman'.

Life
Joseph Martinus Stultiens was born on 15 March 1887 in Weert, The Netherlands. Nothing is known about his youth and education.
In May 1912 he arrived by steamship in Québec, Canada.
On 8 September 1914 he married Elizabeth Adele Grobbel (Elsie) in Toronto.
In December 1915 Joseph and Elsie crossed the border at Niagara/Buffalo on their way to Boston.
In 1923/1926 Joseph and Elsie lived in Flushing (NY).
Their marriage ends in a divorce.
On 10 May 1933 Joseph remarried in The Hague (Josephine Catharine van Batenburg), where he lived until his death on 30 November 1956.

Work

Archives
In 1996 his archives were found at an attic in the Dutch town of Haarlem. The archives consist chiefly of designs and photographs of realised works.

Canada and America
In Canada and America he mainly made objects by commission of churches: goblets, dishes, memorial plates etc.

His most impressive work is the bronze angel lectern he made in commission of St. Thomas’s Anglican Church in Toronto. It was cast by T.F. McGann & Sons in Boston, transported from Boston to Toronto and placed in the church in 1917.

The Society of Arts and Crafts
Stultiens was a member of The Society of Arts and Crafts Boston, which advanced him to ‘master craftsman’ because of the excellent quality of his work. The archives of Stultiens were handed over to the Public Library in Boston, where they were added to the archives of The Society of Arts and Crafts.  Stultiens exhibited at the Society

The Hague
In The Hague Joseph was mainly occupied with jewellery. In his archives are only designs of bracelets and necklaces. Photographs of completed items are lacking, so it is unknown whether his designs have been actually made.

References

 Catalog ‘Pre-Superbowl Fine Art & Antiques Auction’ 6 februari 2011, Clarke Auction Gallery, Larchmont, NY.

External links
 Joseph Martinus Stultiens

Metalworkers
Dutch jewellers
Dutch metalsmiths
Monumental brasses
1887 births
Dutch expatriates in the United States
Dutch expatriates in Canada
People from Weert
Artists from The Hague
1956 deaths


title: Yuka Kobayashi

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comes from Tosu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. She is a professional track cyclist.

Early life

As a high school student, she was a member of the Kumamoto Municipal High School volleyball team. In 2010, she participated in the National High School Sports Festival Volleyball Games. In 2013, she graduated from the Japan Keirin School in the 106th class.

Her vertical jump reached 60 cm. But due to her short stature, her career as a volleyball player was limited.
In 2012, she watched the London Olympic men's team sprint on TV by chance, was immediately attracted to Girls Keirin and resolved to aspire.

Career in Keirin cycling

On December 20, 2012, she attended the Keirin school aptitude test and passed. During her education at the Japan Keirin School, she broke the school records over 200m flying dash (11.94s), 400m flying dash (24.08s), 1000m time trial (1.12.65)  and 2000m time trial  and was awarded the golden cap for her outstanding performance.

Together with her classmate Takako Ishii, she broke the national record in the olympic sprint over the distance of 800 m in 56,33 seconds.

On January 24, 2014, Yuka Kobayashi won the Keirin race at the Japan Track Cup and placed second in the sprint. Yuka Kobayashi and Takako Ishii placed 10th in the Olympic Sprint at the 2014 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.

She graduated from Keirin school in March 2014. In the graduation race finals, she only scored third, but was distinguished as # 1 of her graduating class for winning 50 of 58 races until graduation. At the 83rd All Japan Cycling Championships on April 19–20, she reached the third place in the 500 m time trial (37.229s).

On May 16, 2014, she celebrated her debut as a professional keirin cyclist on the Kishiwada Velodrome and won against the second placed Mashimo Ruruko with a distance of six bicycle lengths. Her winning streak of 17 consecutive victories broke the former record for female keirin pros in Japan. In September 2014, she was only beaten after 22 consecutive victories. From May 2014 to January 2015, she won 50 of a total of 52 races. At the Japanese Track Cycling Championships in April 2015, she won the Team Sprint, scored second in the 500 m time trial and third in the Keirin race. On March 22, June 21 and August 23, 2015, she won three top-rated races (G 1 and G 2 category) against her strongest competitors in Japan. She won the Keirin Grand Prix 2015 in December 2015 with a premium of 10 million yen and earned 29.8 million yen during the 2015 track season. Until March 2018, she won 177 of the 194 races she participated and achieved a record victory score of 91.2%.

On 8 and 9 August 2014 she won the Girls Keirin Festival on the Matsudo Velodrome. On November 3, 2015, she won her 100th keirin race. Until she slimmed down from 82 to 65 kg after a severe race accident in 2016, she had 27.5 inch thighs (68.5 cm). Despite losing 17 kg, her thighs only shrunk down to 26 inches (65 cm). Her enormous physical strength - she does leg presses with 280 kg for reps and presses a maximum weight of 500 kg- contributes to her enormous ability to maintain her high maximum speed (60.5 km/h) over a long time span of 23.83 seconds. On a roller, she even reached a speed of 79.8 km/h. On February 27, 2020, at the Track World Championships in Berlin, she scored a new Japanese record in the 200m sprint with 10.712 seconds (= 67.2 km/h).

Career results
2014
Japan Track Cup 1
1st Keirin
2nd Sprint
1st Keirin, Japan Track Cup 2
2nd Keirin, Japan Track Cup 2
2nd Sprint, Track Clubs ACC Cup

2016
3rd 500m Time Trial, Taiwan Hsin-Chu Track International Classic

2017
1st Keirin, US Sprint GP
1st Keirin, Keirin Cup / Madison Cup
National Track Championships
1st  Keirin
2nd Sprint
2nd Keirin, Fastest Man on Wheels

2018
3rd Keirin, UCI Track World Cup Berlin

2019
1st Keirin, Asian Track Championships, Jakarta
3rd Keirin, World Cup Hong Kong

References

Japanese female cyclists
Living people
1994 births
Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists for Japan
21st-century Japanese women
21st-century Japanese people


title: Ad Geelhoed

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Leendert Adrie "Ad" Geelhoed (12 November 1942 – 20 April 2007) was a Dutch professor, civil service worker, and Advocate-General of the European Court of Justice.

Biography
Geelhoed was born in 1942 in Vught, he finished his study of Dutch law at Utrecht University in 1970. He stayed on at the university for one year to work as a scientific employee for the Europe Institute. Geelhoed then moved to Luxembourg to work as an assistant for the Dutch judge André Donner at the European Court of Justice. In 1974 he returned to the Netherlands and became an advisor to the Ministry of Justice. In 1983 he took his role as advisor to a higher level when he became member of the Scientific Council for Government Policy. He worked for this institution until 1990. From 1985 to 1989 he also worked as a professor of European and economic law at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. In 1990 he became the Secretary-General, the highest civil servant, of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, in 1997 he transferred to the Ministry of General Affairs. During his time as Secretary-General in the early 1990s he stated that the Netherlands could fire up to a quarter of its civil servants.

In October 2000 he gave this position up to become Advocate-General (AG) of the European Court of Justice. During his time as AG he produced an above average number of 240 opinions. Many of which were seen as remarkable or innovating by the press. In one opinion he proposed cutting the pension of a European Commissioner in half for nepotism. In another opinion he proposed scrapping a Directive a it was qualitatively bad. His term ended in October 2006. He then returned to his part-time professorship of European Integration at Utrecht University, which he had since 1998. On 20 April 2007 he died. At the time of his death he was member of the board of the Independent Post and Telecommunications Authority.

On 29 April 1994 he was made Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion. He was a member of the Labour Party and a close aid to Prime Minister Wim Kok.

References

External links
  Parlement.com biography

1942 births
2007 deaths
People from Vught
Dutch civil servants
Dutch jurists
Dutch legal scholars
Utrecht University alumni
Academic staff of Erasmus University Rotterdam
Academic staff of Utrecht University
Advocates General of the European Court of Justice
Knights of the Order of the Netherlands Lion
Dutch officials of the European Union


title: 2014–15 Willem II season

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Willem II is a football club based in Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands. They play their home games at Koning Willem II Stadion which has a capacity of 14,637. During the 2014–15 campaign they competed in the Eredivisie and KNVB Cup.

Competitions

Eredivisie

League table

Matches

KNVB Beker

References

External links
Official website

Willem II
Willem II (football club) seasons


title: Speeding (disambiguation)

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Speeding refers to exceeding the speed limit

Speedin'  may refer to:
"Speedin'", song by The Medallions 1955
Speedin', song by Rick Ross 2007
Speedin' (Omarion song)


title: Danny Bakker

text:
Danny Bakker may refer to:

 Danny Bakker (footballer, born 16 January 1995), Dutch footballer
 Danny Bakker (footballer, born 25 January 1995), Dutch footballer


title: Eventim UK

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Eventim UK is an events and ticket agent, based in London, England. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Europe's largest ticket retailer, CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA.

Eventim has been a member of STAR (The Society Of Ticket Agents And Retailers) – the UK self-regulatory body for the entertainment and ticketing industry – since June 2009.

Eventim entered the market in 2009 following an agreement between CTS Eventim and Live Nation Entertainment. By the end of 2009 the company was selling tickets for a number of events, including West End shows and The Isle of Wight Festival.

Eventim partners with SMG Europe in the UK to provide ticketing solutions for 3 major UK arenas, the partnership started in 2012.

In the summer of 2013, Eventim UK announced it was to become the name sponsor of the Hammersmith Apollo in partnership with co-owners AEG Live. The venue was renamed the Eventim Apollo ahead of the first event after its refurbishment on 7 September 2013.

History

CTS Eventim launched Eventim UK Ltd. and it was incorporated in January 2009. At the time of their launch, the ticketing brand was already responsible for selling tickets for the Isle of Wight Festival and it was announced that the company had arranged to take over Live Nation's UK ticketing operations within the first month of operation. The change of ticketing operations for Live Nation included the installation of CTS ticketing hardware at various UK stadiums and theatres. This included Manchester Apollo, Motorpoint Arena Cardiff and Southampton Guildhall, all of which spent late 2009 and January 2010 testing the CTS equipment at Live Nation venues.

At the time of Eventim UK's foundation, a merger between Live Nation and Ticketmaster was given the green light by the Competition Commission in the UK. On 5 April 2010, Eventim UK's parent company CTS Eventim, filed an arbitration complaint over Live Nation and Ticketmaster's merger. This was following the termination of the contract by Live Nation. This was following the switch by Live Nation's ticketing solution from Ticketmaster to Eventim in February 2010.

The complaint came after 3 years of partnership between CTS Eventim and Live Nation, who originally announced a partnership in 2007. Up until that point, Live Nation had worked closely with Ticketmaster for their ticketing solutions. 2010 saw Live Nation begin to work closely with Ticketmaster in the UK following their merger. Live Nation and Ticketmaster had previously attempted to merge in 2009, but the move was blocked. The merger was said to be breaching various terms of the CTS Eventim and Live Nation partnership contract, which had been in place since 2007.

In June 2013, the arbitration between CTS Eventim and Live Nation was settled, over 3 years after it was initially filed. It was ruled that Live Nation were not liable for any costs to CTS Eventim.

Following the arbitration complaint from CTS Eventim, it was announced in late 2011 that a silent deal between CTS Eventim and SMG Europe had been agreed. The deal was to last an initial 5 years and would be implemented at the start of 2013. The deal would see a number of UK based arenas begin to use Eventim's ticketing systems.

Venues

AEG Live and CTS Eventim entered into a deal in June 2012 to buy the Hammersmith Apollo from the HMV Group. Following the acquisition, Eventim UK would play a major role in the ticketing of the venue, with the firms saying in a joint statement, "The Hammersmith Apollo will provide a complementary fit to both AEG and CTS's existing UK operations".

At the beginning of 2013 a partnership between Eventim and SMG Europe was officially announced. At the time of the deal, SMG Europe were the UK's largest arena operator. The deal meant Eventim would be responsible for ticketing at five SMG venues including the newly constructed First Direct Arena, the Manchester Arena, Metro Radio Arena, Playhouse Whitley Bay and Mill Volvo Tyne Theatre.

It was announced in November 2014 that Eventim will take over ticketing operations for East London venue Troxy.

Eventim Apollo

Eventim UK's parent company CTS Eventim jointly acquired the Hammersmith Apollo with AEG live in 2012. The parties purchased the venue under jointly owned new company Stage C Limited. It was subsequently announced that Eventim UK would manage the ticketing operations for the venue.

Following the acquisition of the Apollo from the HMV Group, Stage C Limited managed a £5 million renovation of the Grade II* Listed building. The renovations began in the summer of 2013 and the venue reopened as the Eventim Apollo on 7 September with a concert from US popstar Selena Gomez.

Since the rebranding of the venue Kate Bush announced a run of 22 live dates, her first in over 30 years, which sold out in just 15 minutes.

FanSale
Eventim UK launched FanSale, a secondary ticketing site in late 2017. Tickets can only be resold at the original cost and are validated against the ticketing system in order to reduce ticket touting and the advertisement of fake tickets.

Awards

Music Week Awards 2018
Eventim UK was awarded the 'Best Ticketing Company' award in April 2018 at the annual Music Week awards

References

External links

Ticket sales companies
2009 establishments in the United Kingdom
Entertainment companies established in 2009
Companies based in the City of London


title: Lindholmiola spectabilis

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Lindholmiola spectabilis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Helicodontidae.

Geographic distribution
This species is endemic to Greece, where it occurs in the north and north-eastern part of the country's mainland.

See also
List of non-marine molluscs of Greece

References

Further reading

Lindholmiola
Molluscs of Europe
Endemic fauna of Greece
Gastropods described in 1860


title: Osamu Suzuki (businessman)

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is a Japanese businessman and the current Chairman of Suzuki Motor Corporation. He has served as either president, chairman or CEO of the company since 1978. In February 2021, the company announced that Suzuki will retire in June 2021 and become an adviser.

Personal life

Osamu Matsuda was born in Gero, Gifu Prefecture, a city on the banks of River Hida, to Toshiki S. Matsuda and Shunzo on January 30, 1930. After graduating from the Chuo University in 1953, Osamu started his career as a loan officer in a local bank. His life took a turn when he married Shoko Suzuki, the granddaughter of the patriarch of Suzuki Motor Corporation, Michio Suzuki. As Suzuki family did not have a male heir, Osamu was married into the family, and following the Japanese custom, Osamu took up the family name of Suzuki, to become Osamu Suzuki. He is the fourth adopted son to run the company.

Shoko and Osamu Suzuki have three children and the family lives in Hamamatsu city in the Prefecture of Shizuoka, in Japan.

An avid golfer, Suzuki said he golfed 47 times in 2020 when he was 90-years-old.

Career
Osamu Suzuki joined Suzuki Motor Corporation in 1958, worked through various positions including junior management posts and rose to the rank of the Director, in 1963. He became the Junior managing director in 1967 and was promoted to the post of the Senior managing director, in 1972. In 1978, Osamu became the President and the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation and, in 2000, he stepped down from the post of the CEO to take up the Chairmanship of the Suzuki Motor Corporation.

With more than three decades as the head of Suzuki Motor Corporation, Osamu Suzuki is reported to be one of the longest serving leaders in the global auto industry. Recently, concerns are afloat regarding the successor to Osamu Suzuki, which started taking rounds since the death of Hirotaka Ono, Osamu's son in law, who was being groomed for the take over. Hirotaka Ono died in 2007, at the age of 52, succumbing to pancreatic cancer.

Career highlights

Osamu Suzuki is credited to have transformed Suzuki Corporation into one of the largest small car manufacturers in the world. Instead of taking the major automakers head-on, Osamu expanded the company by finding new markets for its small cars, a strategy, often termed as marketing by diplomacy. He managed to gain a dominant share in India during his first two terms as President, from 1978 to 2000. He traveled around the globe to find prospective markets for his low priced cars and used diplomacy to penetrate them by forging new alliances.

The market run of Suzuki started in the late sixties when they started setting up satellite manufacturing units abroad. The first of such plants was in Thailand in 1967 which was followed by another one in Indonesia, in 1974. The next year saw Suzuki's entry into the Philippines. In 1980, Suzuki started a plant in Australia and another one in Pakistan, in 1982. He was also successful in forming an alliance with General Motors, which gained Suzuki Corporation, an entry into the European market.

One of the most notable achievements of Osamu Suzuki is his entry into the Indian market in the early eighties. In 1982, Suzuki formed a partnership with the Government of India to launch Maruti Udyog Limited and transformed the market which, until then, was dominated by old fashioned automobiles which ran on outdated technology. In the next decade, the factory turned into the hub of Suzuki manufacturing for the Indian subcontinent and East European markets, producing around 200,000 units a year.

Suzuki entered the New Zealand market in 1984 and five years later, in 1989, extended its reach to Canada while maintaining the service to the markets of Nepal and Bangladesh through its Indian manufacturing unit, to take the total production to 10 million units. By 1993, Suzuki was selling 3 out of 4 and 2 out of 3 cars sold in India and Pakistan respectively and was selling more cars than any other Japanese manufacturer. The nineties also saw Suzuki entering the Asian markets of Korea and Vietnam as well as Egypt and Hungary.

Brisk overseas expansion tailored by Osamu Suzuki made the company grow to such levels that by the start of the 21st century, it had 60 plants in 31 countries and with a sales reach in 190 countries. It even experienced a one-year growth of 33.7 per cent in 2003 with the sales turn over reaching 16.8157 billion. The next year saw Suzuki becoming the largest small car manufacturer in Japan, The two wheeler division, the third behind Honda and Yamaha and the outboard engine division making rapid strides.

Suzuki Corporation made a record profit of 107.5 billion and its shares rose 13 per cent against the 3.5 percent decline experienced by the market.

Osamu Suzuki led the formation of a capital alliance with competitor Toyota Motor Corp in 2019 in a bid to partner in the development of self-driving vehicles.

Legacy

Osamu Suzuki built the Suzuki empire, in a conservative way, by looking across the globe for prospective buyers and by cutting costs sharply. He is stated to be concerned about wasteful spending and always on the look-out for ways to save costs. It is reported that once, during a routine factory inspection, he cited 215 cases of wasteful expenditure such as removing 1900 light bulbs to save 40,000 in electricity costs, asking the executives to take split trip railway tickets, rather than direct fare tickets, thereby saving 2 per ticket and changing the color of the factory floor to save paint.

During his reign as the chief executive officer, Suzuki Corporation was transformed into a global conglomerate. He was successful in spreading the Suzuki message in 190 countries where the auto giant is having significant presence. He had the vision to avoid a direct fight with the other global auto manufacturers who were competing with each other using cutting-edge technology. Instead, he looked out for unexplored markets with small but modern cars which changed the automobile trends in the countries he entered. In India, for example, he introduced small modern cars when the market was dominated by old fashioned, outdated cars, there by, reportedly, revolutionizing the auto industry.

Osamu Suzuki's fiscal prudence is reported to be one of the reasons behind the rise of Suzuki Motor Corporation to the status of an auto giant by selling small low priced cars, still making a profit.

Awards and recognitions
 Padma Bhushan – Government of India – 2007
 Sitara-e-Pakistan – Government of Pakistan – 1984
 Middle Cross with the Star Order of Merit – Republic of Hungary – 2004

References

1930 births
Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in trade and industry
Japanese businesspeople
Japanese chairpersons of corporations
Recipients of Pakistani civil awards and decorations
Suzuki people
Chief executives in the automobile industry
Living people
Mukoyōshi
Chuo University alumni


title: Baltimore Banners

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The Baltimore Banners were a charter franchise of World Team Tennis (WTT) founded in 1974. The Banners lasted only one season but made a big splash by signing Jimmy Connors to a contract for $100,000 which obligated Connors to play in 22 of their 44 matches. Despite the presence of Connors, the Banners had 16 wins and 28 losses, and finished in third place in the Atlantic Section missing the playoffs. The Banners were contracted by WTT on February 1, 1975.

Team history
The Banners were founded as WTT's charter franchise for Phoenix, Arizona in 1973, by Gary Davidson. Before the team ever had a name in Phoenix, Davidson sold it to Howard Fine, Gerald Klauber, Joseph Rivkin and Robert E. Bradley, Jr. The new owners relocated the team to Baltimore, Maryland with a plan to have it play its home matches at the Baltimore Civic Center starting with the league's inaugural season in 1974 season and name it the Baltimore Banners.

The first 10 draft choices in the WTT inaugural draft made by what was at that time still the Phoenix franchise were

The first match in Banners history was a 35–20 home victory against the Hawaii Leis on May 8, 1975. The Banners started the season strong and had a record of 5–3 after eight matches. However, after a quarter of the season had passed, the Banners lost 23 of their final 33 matches to finish with 16 wins and 28 losses, third place in the Atlantic Section.

Banners superstar Jimmy Connors had the highest game-winning percentage in men's singles for the 1974 WTT season. Connors was not allowed to participate in the 1974 French Open due to his association with WTT. His exclusion from the French Open denied him the opportunity to become the first male player since Rod Laver to win all four Major singles titles in a calendar year.

The Banners struggled mightily to draw fans at home. Only 761 people showed up for their second home match of the season. The attendance for their final home match of the season was just 1,065.

At the WTT owners meeting on February 1, 1975, each team was required to post a $500,000 letter of credit. The Banners failed to do so and were contracted by WTT. A dispersal draft was conducted to distribute the players among the remaining teams in the league.

Roster
 Don Candy, Player-Coach
 Bob Carmichael
 Jimmy Connors
 Joyce Hume
 Kathy Kuykendall
 Audrey Morse
 Jay Mukerjea
 Betty Stöve

Jimmy Connors was the only Banners player to have been enshrined in the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

See also

 World TeamTennis
 1974 World Team Tennis season

References

External links
 Official World TeamTennis Website

Defunct World TeamTennis teams
Tennis in Maryland
Sports clubs and teams in Baltimore
Sports clubs and teams established in 1973
1973 establishments in Maryland
Sports clubs and teams disestablished in 1975
1975 disestablishments in Maryland


title: Germany at the UEFA European Championship

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The UEFA European Championship is the main football competition of the men's national football teams governed by UEFA (the Union of European Football Associations). Held every four years since 1960, in the even-numbered year between FIFA World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the UEFA European Nations' Cup, changing to the current name in 1968.

Starting with the 1996 tournament, specific championships are often referred to in the form "UEFA Euro XXXX". Prior to entering the tournament all teams other than the host nations (which qualify automatically) compete in a qualifying process.

Germany have participated in thirteen European Championships, five of which were as West Germany and eight of which were as (unified) Germany. They are also participating in the upcoming 2024 tournament as hosts. By doing so, the nation holds the record of most participations in the competition's history.

Germany are holders of three European titles, won in 1972 in Belgium, in 1980 in Italy, and in 1996 in England. The team have finished out of the top eight on only three occasions, in the 2000, 2004 and 2020 tournaments. They have reached at least the semi-finals on nine occasions, an unparalleled record in the competition.

Overall record

History
1960–1988 as
1992–present as
 Champions   Runners-up   Third place   Tournament played fully or partially on home soil

Winning campaigns

List of matches

UEFA Euro 1972

Final tournament

Semi-finals

Final

UEFA Euro 1976

Final tournament

Semi-finals

Final

UEFA Euro 1980

Group stage

Knockout stage

Final

UEFA Euro 1984

Group stage

UEFA Euro 1988

Group stage

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

UEFA Euro 1992

Group stage

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Final

UEFA Euro 1996

Group stage

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

UEFA Euro 2000

Group stage

UEFA Euro 2004

Group stage

UEFA Euro 2008

Group stage

Knockout phase

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

UEFA Euro 2012

Group stage

Knockout phase

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

UEFA Euro 2016

Group stage

Knockout phase

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

UEFA Euro 2020

Group stage

Knockout phase

Round of 16

UEFA Euro 2024

Group stage

Most appearances

Top goalscorers

See also
Germany at the FIFA World Cup

References

Bibliography

Countries at the UEFA European Championship


title: Archaeological site of Sbeitla

text:
The archaeological site of Sbeitla is an archaeological site in Sbeitla, in north-central Tunisia. It represents the Roman ruins of Sufetula, and contains the best preserved Roman forum temples in Tunisia. It was excavated and restored between 1906 and 1921.

History
The city was founded, if not already in existence, during the reign of Emperor Vespasian. Sufetula was the theatre of the great confrontation between Byzantines and Arabs in 647, setting the stage for the later Muslim conquest of the diocese of Sufetula and further conquests in southern Europe.

Main sights

Roman remains

The Triumphal Arch of the Tetrarchy at the entrance to the city commemorates the four emperors that governed the empire in the year 300, just before the rule of Constantine the Great
The Public Baths
The Forum, one of the best preserved in the world
The Gate of Antoninus, which stands at the entrance to the forum and can be dated between 138 and 161. Its inscriptions make reference to Antoninus Pius and his two adopted sons, Lucius Verus and Marcus Aurelius
The three temples. Instead of constructing only one temple dedicated to the three most important Roman gods (Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva), the inhabitants of the city built separate temples for each one. A similar arrangement is also found at Baelo Claudia in Spain.
Other important buildings include the theater and the public fountains.

Byzantine remains
The majority of the Byzantine buildings stand on the foundations and incorporate elements of earlier Roman ones. They include:

The Basilica of Bellator (late 4th or early 5th century), named for a local bishop and including
The Chapel of Jucundus, which served as a baptistery and was named for an early 5th-century bishop buried there
The Basilica of Vitalis (5th-6th century), named for its founding presbyter. A basin predating the church and decorated by a fish mosaic was found under the floor of its nave.
The Church of Servus (5th century), named for its presbyter
The Church of Saints Gervase, Protase, and Tryphon

In Art and Literature
An engraving of a painting by Charles Bentley entitled Ruins of Sbeitlah, the ancient Sufetula, Tunis was published in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book ,1838 with a poetical illustration by Letitia Elizabeth Landon, as

See also
 List of Ancient Roman temples
Gregory the Patrician, Byzantine exarch and self-proclaimed Emperor of Africa; killed in the Battle of Sufetula by the Muslims in 647

References

Roman towns and cities in Africa (Roman province)
Populated places of the Byzantine Empire


title: School of Business and Law (University of Agder)

text:
The School of Business and Law at the University of Agder, Norway, builds on academic traditions that date back to 1969, when the two-year economics and business administration programme was a cornerstone of Agder Regional College (ADH) in Kristiansand. In 1994, ADH was included in Agder University College (HiA) as a result of a national reform, and in 2007 the University of Agder (UiA) was established.

The School of Business and Law is considered a leading business school in Norway.

A four-year programme in economics and business administration has been given since 1988, and since 1992 the title siviløkonom has been awarded. The school comprises as a faculty all study programmes at the University of Agder in the fields of business administration and law. In autumn 2013, nearly 1,700 students were registered at study programmes belonging to the School of Business and Law.

The School's main base is in Kristiansand, but it also has students and staff at the UiA campus in Grimstad.

The School of Business and Law is formally organized as a faculty at the University of Agder, which was nationally accredited by NOKUT (Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education) in 2007. The School of Business and Law is a member of EFMD and AACSB, and holds an international AACSB accreditation for its high-quality education on an international level.

Study programmes
The School of Business and Law offers business administration and management education at all levels: PhD, master's and bachelor's degree. In addition, the School offers numerous courses in business administration, law and management.

Departments
Faculty members are organized in departments:
 Department of Economics and Finance
 Department of Management
 Department of Working Life and Innovation
 Department of Law

Centres
Much of the research activity is related to centres:
 Centre for Real Estate
 Centre for Entrepreneurship
 Centre for Advanced Studies in Regional Innovation Strategies (RIS)
 Norwegian Centre for Microfinance Research
 Crowdfunding Research Centre (CRC)

Student organizations
Student organizations are responsible for a range of social, scholarly and outreach activities for students. In addition, they facilitate contact between students and the school's management. The organizations are provided with office space free of charge and receive some support from the university. The organizations include:
 Mercurius (organizes master's students in business administration)
 Justitius (organizes law students)
 Revisus (organizes accounting students)
 Touristicus (organizes tourism students)
 Emporium (organizes marketing students)
 Indøk Sør (organizes master's students in industrial economics)

Career Fair and Business Conference
Mercurius is the driving force behind the Career Fair in Kristiansand held in the autumn semester. In addition, Mercurius organizes an annual business conference in Kristiansand called Norge på nytt.

References

University of Agder


title: Flashlight (DJ Fresh song)

text:
"Flashlight" is a song by English singer Ellie Goulding featuring production work from DJ Fresh. It was released as a single on 28 September 2014 in the United Kingdom. The song originally appeared on Goulding's Halcyon Days (2013), the reissue of her second studio album, Halcyon (2012). The Invisible Men assisted the artists in writing the song.

Background
In an interview with Capital FM on 9 February 2014, DJ Fresh said that he and Goulding had recorded a new version of the song "Flashlight" for single release later in 2014.

Track listing

Charts

Release history

References

2013 songs
2014 singles
DJ Fresh songs
Ellie Goulding songs
Ministry of Sound singles
Polydor Records singles
Song recordings produced by DJ Fresh
Songs written by DJ Fresh
Songs written by Ellie Goulding
Songs written by George Astasio
Songs written by Jason Pebworth
Songs written by Jon Shave


title: Men in Her Life (painting)

text:
Men in Her Life is a 1962 painting by Andy Warhol. It is a black and white painting inspired by the life of Elizabeth Taylor, a seven foot tall creation of the artist.

Painting style
It is a series of photos picturing the most important men in the life of Elizabeth Taylor, including her third husband Mike Todd and her future husband Eddie Fisher.

History and price
The painting was sold for $63,362,500 in 2010 by Phillips de Pury & Co. The final sum was a surprise even for the organizers, which evaluated the painting at 40 million dollars initially. The name of the buyer was not disclosed to the public - though it has been reported to be Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani.

See also
List of most expensive paintings

References

Paintings by Andy Warhol
1962 paintings
Cultural depictions of Elizabeth Taylor


title: Malaysia at the 2014 Asian Games

text:
Malaysia participated in the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea from 19 September to 4 October 2014. Danyal Balagopal Abdullah was the chief of the delegation.

Media coverage
Malaysian satellite television provider Astro and Media Prima Group private broadcasters TV3 (Sistem Televisyen Malaysia Berhad) and TV9 (Ch-9 Media Sdn Bhd) held the broadcast rights of the 2014 Asian Games in the country. The latter two replaced Radio Televisyen Malaysia (last broadcast the 2010 edition) as the free-to-air right holders for the event. It was the only such case in Malaysian sports telecast, as Radio Televisyen Malaysia would later return to hold the free-to-air broadcast rights in 2018. Astro was also one of the production teams for host broadcaster Incheon Asian Games Host Broadcasting Management.

Medal summary

Medal table

Multiple medalists
Malaysian competitors that have won at least two medals.

Medalists

Aquatics

Diving

Men

Women

Swimming

Men

Women

Synchronised swimming

Women

Archery

Malaysia won its first medal in archery in Asian Games history through the trio of Khairul Anuar Mohamad, Haziq Kamaruddin and Atiq Bazil Bakri in the men's recurve team event.

Men's recurve

Men's compound

Athletics

Men
Field events

Women
Track event

Field event

Badminton

Individual

Doubles

Team

Bowling

Singles

Doubles

Trios

Team

All-events

Masters

Boxing

Men

Cricket

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Cycling

Road

Track
Sprint

Omnium

Keirin

Equestrian

Jumping

Field hockey

Men's tournament

Group A

Semifinal

Bronze medal match

Ranked 4th in final standings

Women's tournament

Pool A

Fifth and sixth place classification

Ranked 5th in final standings

Football

Men's tournament

First round

Ranked 19th in final standings

Golf

Men

Gymnastics

Artistic
Women

Kabaddi

Men's tournament

Karate

Men

Women

Rugby sevens

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Sailing

Men

Women

Open

Sepaktakraw

Men

Women

Shooting

Men

Shotgun

Women

Squash

Individual

Men's team

Pool B

Semifinal

Gold medal match

Women's team

Semifinal

Gold medal match

Table tennis

Singles

Doubles

Women's team

Taekwondo

Men

Women

Volleyball

Beach volleyball
Men

Weightlifting

Men

Wushu

Taolu

Sanshou

Notes

References
http://in.reuters.com/article/games-asian-malaysia-cuts-idINKBN0GI0CR20140818
http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v7/sp/newssports.php?id=1061359

Nations at the 2014 Asian Games
2014
Asian Games


title: 1968 Dutch Open (tennis)

text:
The 1968 Dutch Open was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament staged at 't Melkhuisje in Hilversum, Netherlands. The tournament was played on outdoor clay courts and was held from 22 July to 28 July 1968. It was the 11th edition of the tournament and the first in the Open era of tennis. Bob Maud and Margaret Smith won the singles titles.

Finals

Men's singles
 Bob Maud defeated  István Gulyás 7–9, 7–5, 6–0, 1–6, 13–11

Women's singles
 Margaret Court defeated  Judy Tegart 8–6, 6–0

Men's doubles
 Jan Kodeš /  Jan Kukal defeated  Ingo Buding /  Harald Elschenbroich 6–3, 6–1

Women's doubles

 Annette du Plooy /  Pat Walkden defeated  Judy Tegart /  Astrid Suurbeek 6–2, 3–6, 6–3

Mixed doubles
 Annette du Plooy /  Bob Maud defeated  Margaret Court /  Tom Okker two sets

References

External links
 ITF tournament edition details

Dutch Open (tennis)
Dutch Open
Dutch Open
Dutch Open (tennis), 1968


title: Lee Marshall (footballer, born 1997)

text:
Lee James Marshall (born 21 November 1997) is an English footballer who last played as a midfielder for North Leigh.

Playing career
Lee Marshall was first recognised as a youngster at his local Junior School Innsworth in a school football game against Churchdown Village Juniors. Marshall became a scholar at Swindon Town in the summer of 2013. Marshall made his professional football debut as a late substitute in the League Cup First Round tie against Luton Town.

In July 2016, Marshall joined Bath City.

Career statistics

References

External links

1997 births
Living people
English men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Swindon Town F.C. players
Bath City F.C. players
Swindon Supermarine F.C. players
North Leigh F.C. players
English Football League players
Footballers from Gloucester


title: Burning Desire (disambiguation)

text:
Burning Desire is a posthumous Jimi Hendrix compilation album.

Burning Desire may also refer to:

Music
"Burning Desire" (song), a song by Lana Del Rey
"Burning Desire", a song by Jimi Hendrix from The Baggy's Rehearsal Sessions
Burning Desire, an album by MIKE

Other
Burning desire, a 1998 exhibit by artist Maurice Bennett
Burning Desires, a play by Joan Schenkar at the Defiant Theatre
Burning Desire, a video game released by Playaround


title: Moses C. Hanscom

text:
Moses C. Hanscom (1842 - July 26, 1873) was a Union Army soldier in the American Civil War who received the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.

Hanscom was born in 1842 in Danville, Maine and entered service at Bowdoinham, Maine. He was awarded the Medal of Honor, for extraordinary heroism shown on October 14, 1863, at the Battle of Bristoe Station, while serving as a corporal with Company F, 19th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment. His Medal of Honor was issued on December 1, 1864, and is on display at the Maine State Museum.

Hanscom died at the age of 30, on July 26, 1873, and was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Auburn, Maine.

Medal of Honor citation

See also

 Battle of Bristoe Station
 Battle of Gettysburg
19th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment

References

Bibliography

 Civilwarhome - Gettysburg Union order of battle
 Civil War Trust - Gettysburg Union order of battle

 Eicher, John H. "Gettysburg Order of Battle" at Gettysburg Discussion Group website.
 Gettysburg Discussion Group - Union order of battle
 Gettysburg National Military Park - The Army of the Potomac at Gettysburg
 .

 U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901.

External links

1842 births
1873 deaths
Burials in Maine
People of Maine in the American Civil War
Union Army soldiers
United States Army Medal of Honor recipients
American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor
People from Auburn, Maine


title: Janq'u Qullu (Oruro)

text:
Janq'u Qullu (Aymara janq'u white, qullu mountain, "white mountain", also spelled Jankho Kkollu) is a  mountain in the Cordillera Occidental in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the Oruro Department, Mejillones Province, La Rivera Municipality. Janq'u Qullu lies southeast of  Laram Pukara and Taypi Qullu.

See also
 P'isaqiri

References

Mountains of Oruro Department


title: 2014–15 FC Kuban Krasnodar season

text:
The 2014–15 FC Kuban Krasnodar season was the fourth successive season that the club played in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of football in Russia. They will participate in the Russian Cup as well as the Russian Premier League.

Squad
Updated 28 July 2014, according to the club's official website.Out on loan

Transfers

Summer

In:

Out:

Winter

In:

Out:

 Nacional

Friendlies

Competitions

Russian Premier League

Results by round

Matches

League table

Russian Cup

Final

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goal scorers

Disciplinary record

Notes
 MSK time changed from UTC+4 to UTC+3 permanently on 26 October 2014.

References

FC Kuban Krasnodar seasons
Kuban Krasnodar


title: Zhou Duan

text:
Zhou  Duan is a former Chinese artistic gymnast. At the 1997 World Championships she won a silver medal on vault and a bronze medal with the Chinese team. At the 1997 East Asian Games she became the first female gymnast to perform the Gaylord II element – a forward tucked salto over high bar with ½ twist – on the uneven bars.

Zhou did not compete internationally for China after the 1997 World Championships. After retiring from gymnastics, she became a student at Beijing Sport University.

References

Chinese female artistic gymnasts
Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
Date of birth missing (living people)


title: Åke W. Sjöberg

text:
Åke W. Sjöberg (August 1, 1924 – August 8, 2014) was a leading Assyriologist, specialized in Sumerian language and literature.

Biography

Early years

Åke Waldemar Sjöberg, Emeritus Clark Research Professor of Assyriology and Emeritus Curator of the Tablet Collection at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, was born in Sala in the province of Västmanland, Sweden, on August 1, 1924, to his parents, postmaster Bernhard Waldemar Sjöberg and Mary Ingeborg Zetterberg. After elementary schooling in Sala, he was able to pursue an education at Fjellstedt School, a renowned boarding school in Uppsala. The curriculum there had a heavy emphasis on the study of languages, including Latin, Greek, and Hebrew.

In 1946 he enrolled at Uppsala University to study Semitic Languages under Professor H. S. Nyberg. He also followed courses in the History of Religion, Ethnography and Assyriology. In 1953, Sjöberg married his wife Gunnil (née Kronborg). Sjöberg's interest in the cuneiform cultures of the ancient Near East, and especially the languages of Akkadian and Sumerian led him to spend eight semesters between 1953 and 1959 in Heidelberg, where he studied under Adam Falkenstein. In 1960 Sjöberg successfully defended his doctoral thesis on the Sumerian moon-god Nanna-Suen in Sumerian sources.

Professional career in the United States

A few years after his doctoral defense, he was invited to the University of Chicago, where, in January 1963, he joined the staff at the Oriental Institute, assisting in compiling the Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD). After having spent three years in Chicago, he moved on to the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia in 1966, where he mainly taught Akkadian classes. Two years later he succeeded Samuel Noah Kramer as Clark Research Professor in Assyriology, taking over the post as Curator of the Tablet Collections of the University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, working alongside his colleagues Barry Eichler and Erle Leichty.

Together with Erle Leichty, Sjöberg managed to secure funding for a dictionary of the Sumerian Language, The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary (PSD). The dictionary project was based on Sjöberg's extensive collection of file cards containing lexicographic information on Sumerian words and expressions, on which he had been working since his days as a student. The main work on the project began in 1976. The main sponsor was the National Endowment for the Humanities, but contributions also came from other institutions and individuals. Between 1984 and 1998, four volumes of the dictionary were published, covering the letters A and B. A large measure of inspiration for this project can be ascribed to Sjöberg's days in Chicago, as a contributor to the Assyrian Dictionary.

Sjöberg received a number of honours. Among them, an honorary doctorate in Theology at Uppsala University in 1994, and in 2005 he was elected member of the Honorary Council of the International Association for Assyriology. In 2010, having held his doctorate for 50 years, he became a jubilee doctor at the Uppsala University spring doctoral promotions ceremony. He has had two Festschrift volumes published in his honour, the first to celebrate his 65th birthday in 1989; the second was published in 2013 (see Selected writings for both of them). He was also an elected member of the American Philosophical Society.

Åke Sjöberg's high standards of philological treatments of literary and religious texts, and his lexicographical expertise in Sumerian are widely acknowledged. Apart from his dissertation and the four volumes of the PSD, he published a monograph treating the collection of Sumerian Temple Hymns (based on notes and copies of Eugen Bergmann, with a chapter by Gene Gragg), and scores of academic articles in English, German and Swedish, treating a wide variety of linguistic and cultural matters related to Near Eastern societies.

Return to Sweden

Åke Sjöberg's retirement in 1996 did not lead to his work coming to a halt; something that his long list of publications attests to. In early 2004 he and his wife Gunnil moved back to Uppsala. Despite his age Sjöberg regularly participated in seminars at Uppsala University, sharing his experiences and knowledge to younger generations of scholars and students.

Sjöberg died in Uppsala, Sweden, on 8 August 2014, one week after his ninetieth birthday.

Selected writings

References

1924 births
2014 deaths
People from Sala Municipality
Uppsala University alumni
University of Chicago people
University of Pennsylvania faculty
Linguists from Sweden
Assyriologists
Members of the American Philosophical Society


title: Seetharama Raju

text:
Seetharama Raju is a 1999 Indian Telugu-language drama film written and directed by Y. V. S. Chowdary. Produced by Nagarjuna, and D. Sivaprasad Reddy, it stars Nandamuri Harikrishna, Nagarjuna Akkineni, Sakshi Shivanand, Sanghavi with music composed by M. M. Keeravani. The film won two state Nandi Awards.

Plot
The families of Seetayya and Basavaraju are at loggerheads with each other. When Seetayya gets killed, Ramaraju decides to seek revenge for his death. This is the main plot for pushpa as well Sukumar has given his style of narration inspired from seetharamaraju

Cast

Soundtrack

The music was composed by M. M. Keeravani. Lyrics were written by Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry. Music was released on ADITYA Music Company.

Reception
Jayalakshmi K. of Deccan Herald wrote "While Posani Krishnamurali has woven a script that brims with revenge and retribution, lacing it also with a few drops of sentiment, director Y V S Choudhary succeeds in balancing the star images of both Nagarjuna and Harikrishna".

Awards
Nandi Awards-1999
 Best Character Actress - Nirmalamma
 Best Makeup Artist - Ramachandra Rao

References

External links

1999 films
1990s Telugu-language films
1990s masala films
Films scored by M. M. Keeravani
Films about feuds
Indian action drama films
Films directed by Y. V. S. Chowdary
1990s action drama films


title: Alf Cooke printworks

text:
The Alf Cooke printworks is a grade II listed former industrial building by Thomas Ambler, now the Printworks Campus of Leeds City College in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It was built in 1881 and rebuilt after a fire in 1894.

Alf Cooke
Alf Cooke (1842–1902) founded his printing business in 1866. He expanded into colour printing in 1868 and moved his operation to Hunslet in the early 1870s. After his first works, on the east of Hunslet Road, burned down, he built a printworks on the west side of the road. This was burned down in 1894 and the existing building was built in 1895. The architect was Thomas Ambler. It was described in The British and Colonial Printer as "the largest, cleanest, healthiest and most completely fitted Printing works in the World."

in 1885 Cooke was appointed by Queen Victoria as "Her Majesty's Colour Printer", and in 1890 he was Mayor of Leeds.

His sons Harry and Alf junior took over the business after his death in 1902, but Alf junior's son Alf was killed in the Second World War. After Alf junior died in 1947 the family was not involved in the company, but the name "Cooke" was still used until 1981 when it became Bemrose Cartons.

In the 1950s the factory acquired the site of the former St Jude's Church, and a window from the church was preserved in the factory building.

Later use

The works closed down in 2006. Plans had been put forward to convert it to offices, but it was announced in 2011 that the site would become part of Leeds City College. The College's Printworks Campus opened in September 2013, at a cost of £25 million for the renovation of the printhalls and the construction of new buildings adjacent.

See also
Listed buildings in Leeds (City and Hunslet Ward - southern area)

References

Further reading

Grade II listed buildings in Leeds
Grade II listed industrial buildings
Thomas Ambler buildings
Playing card manufacturers
1881 establishments in England


title: Argyria polyniphas

text:
Argyria polyniphas is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1932. It is found on Fiji.

References

Argyriini
Moths described in 1932
Moths of Fiji


title: Argyria sericina

text:
Argyria sericina is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1881. It is found in Colombia.

References

Argyriini
Moths of South America
Lepidoptera of Colombia
Moths described in 1881
Taxa named by Philipp Christoph Zeller


title: 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships – Women's 150 metre individual medley

text:
The Women’s 150 metre individual medley at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships was held at the Pieter van den Hoogenband Swimming Stadium, in Eindhoven from 4–10 August.

Medalists

See also
List of IPC world records in swimming

References

individual medley 150 m women
2014 in women's swimming


title: Task Force Thiele

text:
Task Force Thiele () was an organizational unit of the German Kriegsmarine during World War II. It was named after its commander Vizeadmiral August Thiele who led the task force from 23 March 1945 until it was disbanded on 27 April 1945. It was formed from the Second Task Force () which had been created on 28 July 1944 from the Baltic Sea Training Unit, also under command of Thiele.

Background

Operational history
Thiele on-board of Prinz Eugen led the task force on 19 August 1944 in support of the German forces in Courland. Prinz Eugen steamed into the Gulf of Riga and bombarded Tukums from a distance of . Prinz Eugen ship fired a total of 265 rounds from its 20.3 cm (8.0 in) SK L/60 guns. In parallel, the destroyers Z25, Z28, Z35 and Z36 and the torpedo boats T23 and T28 attacked further targets.

The Soviet advance in the Baltic continued. The last German convoy left Reval on 23 September. On 29 September Soviet forces landed on Moon, on 2 October on Dagö, and on 5 October on Ösel, where the German troops were cut off on the Sworbe peninsula. Memel was about to fall to the Soviets. Thiele's task force, which included Prinz Eugen, Lützow, four destroyers and four torpedo boats, left Gotenhafen on 10 October to support the defensive land battles. In the timeframe 10–12 and 14–15 October Prinz Eugen bombarded 28 different targets and expended 1,196 20.3 cm rounds.

Order of battle
Major warships assigned to Task Force Thiele included:

Lützow, a  heavy cruiser
Admiral Scheer, a Deutschland-class heavy cruiser
Prinz Eugen, a  heavy cruiser

Taks Force Command
Vizeadmiral August Thiele, 28 July 1944 – 27 April 1945
Vizeadmiral Bernhard Rogge, 10–22 March 1945 (in deputize)

1. Admiralstabsoffizier / Chief of Staff
Korvettenkapitän Kurt Reitsch, August 1944 – 27 April 1945
2. Admiralstabsoffizier
Korvettenkapitän Wolfgang Freiherr von Steinaecker, February 1945 – 27 April 1945
3. Admiralstabsoffizier
Vacant
4. Admiralstabsoffizier
Korvettenkapitän Helmut Michaelis, November 1944 – 27 April 1945
Task Force Engineer
Korvettenkapitän (Ing.) Kurt Ziegler, September 1944 – 27 April 1945
Task Force Court
Geschwaderrichter Dr.jur. Walter Meese, 28 Jul 1944 – January 1945 (tasked with the obligations)
Marineoberstabsrichter Dr.jur. Axel Hawranke, January 1945 – 27 April 1945

References
Citations

Bibliography

Military units and formations of the Kriegsmarine
Military units and formations established in 1944
Military units and formations disestablished in 1945


title: Alan Milward

text:
Alan Steele Milward,  (19 January 1935 – 28 September 2010) was a British economic historian.

One of the most influential historians of the second half of the twentieth century, Milward's work was well known in Britain, across Europe and beyond. He derived that reputation not from the writing of popular histories or media appearances but from his abilities as a linguist, economic historian, archival researcher, historical narrator and political scientist. He made an essential contribution to the understanding of modern European history and integration: the elements that went to shape contemporary Europe.

Although he is usually seen as an economic historian, he worked in many other fields, including economic theory and policy, economic and political history, contemporary economic and political studies. He was a very rigorous modern political economist.

Early life
Milward was born and raised in Stoke-on-Trent, where his father was an employee of the Post Office, and attended a grammar school there.

He studied medieval and modern history at University College London from 1953 to 1956, gaining a First Class BA degree and then achieved his PhD at the London School of Economics in 1960, with a thesis written under supervision of W. Norton Medlicott on the armaments industry in the German economy during the Second World War.

Career
His first academic placement was the teaching of Indian Archaeology at the School of Oriental and African Studies. In 1960, he was given the position of  assistant lecturer and subsequently lecturer in Economic History at Edinburgh University. In 1965, he advanced to become lecturer and later senior lecturer at the School of Social Studies, University of East Anglia. He then moved to the United States to become an associate professor of economics at Stanford University, returning after three years to become Professor of European Studies at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology between 1971 and 1983. He was then a professor at the European University Institute in Florence for two terms, between 1983 and 1986 and between 1996 and 2002.

From 1986 to 1996, he was Professor of Economic History at the London School of Economics. In 1993, he was given the position of official historian at the Cabinet Office, and he produced the first volume of the Government Official History of the United Kingdom and the European Community, The Rise and Fall of a National Strategy 1945–1963, published in 2002.

He was elected a fellow of the British Academy in 1987 and fellow of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters in 1994.

He gained a reputation for his ability to articulate and sustain his theses, which differed considerably from the received wisdom, and to refute arguments against his position. His interpretations caused widespread debate and discussion. An example was his minimalist contention that the Marshall Plan had been less crucial than often supposed in stimulating postwar European reconstruction or persuading former antagonists to work together.

In his book The European Rescue of the Nation State (1992), he also challenged the eurosceptic doctrine that the European Union would involve an integration of nation-states that would undermine sovereignty and lead to a federalist superstate. He influenced many historians and political scientists, not least Andrew Moravcsik's Choice for Europe.

He had a gift for languages, becoming fluent in Norwegian, German, Italian and French.

As well as several monographs, Milward wrote reviews of a vast number of books which bore some relation to his fields of expertise, collected in Alan S. Milward and Contemporary European History: Collected Academic Reviews, eds. F. Guirao and F. Lynch (Routledge, 2015).

He died on 28 September 2010 after a three year illness and was buried on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery.

His life's work was reviewed in depth in Alan S. Milward and a Century of European Change, eds. F. Guirao, F. Lynch, & S. M. R. Perez (Routledge, 2012).

Personal life
His second marriage was to Frances MB Lynch, a historian of the economies of France and Europe.

Works
 The German Economy at War (1965)
 The New Order and the French Economy (1970)
 The Economic Effects of the Two World Wars on Britain (booklet) (1971; revised and republished 1984)
 The Fascist Economy in Norway (1972)
 War, Economy and Society, 1939–1945 (1977, republished 1987; originally published as Krieg, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft, Munich, 1976)
 The Reconstruction of Western Europe, 1945–51 (1984; republished 1987)
 The European Rescue of the Nation-State (1992)
 The Frontier of National Sovereignty: History and Theory, 1945–92 with Ruggero Ranieri and Frances M.B. Lynch (1994)
 Britain's Place in the World: A Historical Enquiry into Import Controls 1945–60 (Routledge Explorations in Economic History) with George Brennan (1996)
 Politics and Economics in the History of the European Union (The Graz Schumpeter Lectures) (2005, reprinted 2012)
 The Rise and Fall of a National Strategy: The UK and The European Community: Volume 1 (2002, republished 2012)
 The Economic Development of Continental Europe 1780–1870 with S. Berrick Saul (1973; republished 2012)
 The Development of the Economies of Continental Europe 1850–1914 with S. Berrick Saul (1977; republished 2012)

References
 Kristine Bruland, ‘Alan Steele Milward (1935–2010)’, Proceeds of the British Academy, Volume 130, Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the British Academy, XIII, pp. 353–362, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2004.

External links

1935 births
2010 deaths
Burials at Highgate Cemetery
Alumni of University College London
Alumni of the London School of Economics
Academics of the University of East Anglia
British historians
Economic historians
Fellows of the British Academy
Historians of Europe
Historians of European integration


title: 1951 in Brazil

text:
Events in the year 1951 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government
 President:
Marshal Eurico Gaspar Dutra (until 30 January)
Getúlio Vargas (from 31 January)
 Vice President:
Nereu Ramos (until 30 January)
Café Filho (from 31 January)

Governors
 Alagoas:
Silvestre Pericles (until 31 January)
Arnon de Mello (from 31 January)
 Amazonas:
Leopoldo da Silva Amorim Neves (until 31 January)
Álvaro Botelho Maia (from 31 January)
 Bahia:
Otávio Mangabeira (until 31 January)
 Régis Pacheco (from 31 January)
 Ceará:
Faustino de Albuquerque (until 31 January)
Raul Barbosa (from 31 January)
 Espírito Santo:
Carlos Fernando Monteiro Lindenberg (until 31 January)
Jones dos Santos Neves (from 31 January)
 Goiás:
Hosanah Guimarães (until 31 January)
Pedro Ludovico Teixeira (from 31 January)
 Maranhão:
 Sebastião Archer (until 31 January)
 Traiaú Rodrigues Moreira (from 31 January)
 Mato Grosso:
Jari Gomes (until 31 January)
Fernando Corrêa da Costa (from 31 January)
 Minas Gerais:
Milton Soares Campos (until 31 January)
Juscelino Kubitschek (from 31 January)
 Pará:
 Alberto Engelhard (until 25 January: )
 Waldir Bouhid (25 January-27 January)
 Arnaldo Lobo (27 January-9 February)
 Abel Nunes de Figueiredo (9 February-20 February)
 Zacarias de Assumpção (from 20 February)
 Paraíba:
Osvaldo Trigueiro (until 31 January)
José Américo de Almeida (from 31 January)
 Paraná:
Moisés Lupion (until 31 January)
Bento Munhoz da Rocha Neto (from 31 January)
 Pernambuco:
Alexandre Barbosa Lima Sobrinho (until 31 January)
Agamenon Magalhães (from 31 January)
 Piauí:
José da Rocha Furtado (until 31 January)
Pedro Freitas (from 31 January)
 Rio de Janeiro:
Macedo Soares (until 31 January)
Amaral Peixoto (from 31 January)
 Rio Grande do Norte:
 José Augusto Varela (until 31 January)
 Jerônimo Dix-Sept Rosado (31 January-16 July)
 Silvio Piza Pedrosa (from 16 July)
 Rio Grande do Sul:
Walter Só Jobim (till 31 January)
Ernesto Dornelles (from 31 January)
 Santa Catarina:
Aderbal Ramos da Silva (until 31 January)
Irineu Bornhausen (from 31 January)
 São Paulo:
Ademar de Barros (until 31 January)
Lucas Nogueira Garcez (from 31 January)
 Sergipe:
 Jose Rollemberg (until 31 January)
 João Dantas Martins dos Reis (31 January-17 February)
 Edélzio Vieira de Melo (17 February-12 March)
 Arnaldo Rollemberg Garcez (from 12 March)

Vice governors
 Alagoas:
Francisco de Menezes Pimentel (until 31 January)
Antônio Guedes de Miranda (from 31 January)
 Ceará: Stênio Gomes da Silva
 Espírito Santo:
José Rodrigues Sette (until 31 January)
Francisco Alves Ataíde (from 31 January)
 Goiás: Jonas Ferreira Alves Duarte (from 31 January)
 Maranhão:
Saturnino Bello (until 31 January)
Renato Bayma Archer da Silva (from 31 January)
 Mato Grosso: João Leite de Barros (from 31 January)
 Minas Gerais:
José Ribeiro Pena (until 31 January)
Clóvis Salgado da Gama (from 31 January)
 Paraíba:
José Targino Pereira da Costa (until 31 January)
João Fernandes de Lima (from 31 January)
 Piauí:
Osvaldo da Costa e Silva (until 31 January)
Tertuliano Milton Brandão (from 31 January)
 Rio de Janeiro: Tarcísio Miranda (from 31 January)
 Rio Grande do Norte:
Tomaz Salustino (until 31 January)
 Sylvio Pedroza (31 January-16 July)
Vacant (from 16 July)
 São Paulo:
Luís Gonzaga Novelli Júnior (until 31 January)
Erlindo Salzano (from 31 January)
 Sergipe: Edelzio Vieira de Melo (from 31 January)

Events
date unknown
The Brazilian Medical Association is founded.
The Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing is founded in São Paulo.

January
18 January: Getúlio Vargas is proclaimed president-elect by the Superior Electoral Court.
13 January: Getúlio Vargas assumes his second term as the 17th President of Brazil, this time elected by direct vote.

March
Unknown Date: Clarice Lispector returns from London with her husband, Maury Gurgel Valente, following a miscarriage.

June
12 June: Última Hora, a tabloid newspaper, is founded by Samuel Wainer and personally endorsed by President Vargas.

July
3 July: President Getúlio Vargas signs the Afonso Arinos Law, which prohibits racial discrimination in Brazil.
12 July: A Linhas Aéreas Paulistas plane collides with a tree located 3 kilometers from the runway at the Aracaju airport, killing 32 passengers and crew.

Arts and culture

Books
Ștefan Baciu - Analiza cuvântului dor

Films
Agüenta Firme, Isidoro, directed by Luiz de Barros.
Aí Vem o Barão, directed by Watson Macedo, starring Oscarito, José Lewgoy and Eliana.
Amazon Symphony, directed by Anelio Latini, starring Almirante.
Quando a Noite Acaba, starring Tônia Carrero.
O Saci, directed by Rodolfo Nanni, starring Paulo Matozinho.

Births

January
2 January:
Lula Ferreira, professional basketball coach
Waldir Peres, footballer (died 2017)

April
9 April: Sérgio Rezende, filmmaker
29 April: Vinicius Cantuária, jazz musician

July
12 July: Carlos Minc, geographer, environmentalist and politician

August
13 August: Beto Guedes, singer, songwriter, and guitarist
14 August: Rita Segato (in Argentina), anthropologist, feminist and academic

October
20 October: José Gomes Temporão, doctor and politician

Deaths

August
2 August: Joseph Franz Seraph Lutzenberger, German-born architect and artist (born 1882)

November
13 November: Walter de Souza Goulart, footballer (born 1912)

References

See also
1951 in Brazilian football
List of Brazilian films of 1951

1950s in Brazil
Years of the 20th century in Brazil
Brazil
1951 in South America


title: 1946–47 Dahomeyan General Council election

text:
Elections to the General Council were held in French Dahomey on 15 December 1946 and 5 January 1947. The result was a victory for the Dahomeyan Progressive Union, which won 20 of the 30 seats.

Electoral system
The General Council (Conseil Général) was established as part of the constitutional reforms that created the French Fourth Republic. It had 30 seats, with 12 members elected by the first electoral college and 18 by the second electoral college.

Results

Elected members included:

Cyrille Aguessy
Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin (African People's Bloc)
Michel Ahouanmènou (Dahomeyan Progressive Union)
Albert Akindès (Dahomeyan Progressive Union)
Sourou-Migan Apithy (Dahomeyan Progressive Union)
Tahirou Congacou (Dahomeyan Progressive Union)
Francis Covi
Adrien Degbey (Dahomeyan Progressive Union)
Hubert Maga (Dahomeyan Progressive Union)
Émile Poisson (African People's Bloc)

References

Dahomey
1946 in French Dahomey
Dahomey
1947 in French Dahomey
Elections in Benin
Election and referendum articles with incomplete results


The first International Law and Economics Conference in Turkey, which was organized by Bilkent University Faculty of Law in Ankara (Turkey) between 25–26 April 2014. During the conference, speakers coming from 13 different countries made more than 40 presentations.

Organization Committee of the International Law and Economics Conference was composed of:
Osman B. Gürzumar Dean of the Faculty of Law of Bilkent University
Hans-Bernd Schäfer Professor at Bucerius Law School (Hamburg), Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Law of Bilkent University
Halil Baha Karabudak Instructor at the Faculty of Law of Bilkent University
Aslı E. Gürbüz Usluel Assoc. Dean of the Faculty of Law of Bilkent University
Hüseyin Can Aksoy (Conference Secretary), Instructor at the Faculty of Law of Bilkent University

Keynote lectures and invited speeches were delivered by:
Robert Cooter, Berkeley School of Law
William Kovacic, George Washington University
Timur Kuran, Duke University
David Levi-Faur, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Stefan Voigt, Hamburg University

References

External links
Law.bilkent.edu.tr

Bilkent University
2014 conferences
2014 in Turkey


title: Rudi Lehmann

text:
Rudolf (Rudi) Lehmann () was a German-born Israeli sculptor and Wood carving artist. He was one of the pioneers of sculpture in the State of Israel.

Biography
Rudolf (Rudi) Lehmann (1903-1977), born in Berlin, August 25, 1903 to non-Jewish German Elizabeth Sender. In 1919 Rudolf was adopted by the Lehmann family.
He was one of the pioneers of wood sculpting in the State of Israel.

Studies
In 1912 in Berlin he practiced, wood sculpture with Ludwig Vordermayer.
In 1917-1922, he studied mechanics and worked as a blacksmith's  apprentice. After studying woodcarving and sculpture with sculptor Harold Isenstein, he attended the :de:Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee (Municipal Art School Berlin-Weißensee), majoring in sculpture and ceramics. During his studies there, he met Hedwig Grossman, whom he later married. In 1928-1930, Lehmann worked for Holzmann's Stone Mason and Carving company. He became a freelance stonemason and sculptor for museums around Germany, including the Pergamon Museum in Berlin, and worked in terra cotta at Hedwig's ceramics workshop. In the summer of 1933, Lehmann immigrated to Mandate Palestine with his wife and settled in Haifa. They established a ceramics testing laboratory at the Technion in  Haifa and settled on Kibbutz Yagur in 1935, where they established a flower pot factory.

In 1937, the couple opened a sculpture studio in Jerusalem, where Lehmann produced miniature carvings from olive wood, ivory, horn and gemstones sold as tourist souvenirs. In 1945-1947, Lehmann worked for the Haganah, building models and ballistic implements. In 1947-1948, he joined the Jewish Agency's Self-Defense Planning Committee.

In 1953, he helped to found the Ein Hod Artists' Village, where he taught sculpture. Among his students were Yigael Tumarkin and Menashe Kadishman. In 1959, Lehmann and his wife moved to Givatayim where he established an art school under the auspices of the Givatayim municipality. The school held classes in sculpture, woodcuts and ceramics for young people and adults.

Lehmann's work was influenced by the Canaanism school of Israeli art. which attempted to create a direct relationship with the Land of Israel by emphasizing simple shapes and motifs from the sculpture and ritual art of early Middle Eastern civilizations.

He died in 1977.

Awards and recognition
1933 Dizengoff Prize for Painting and Sculpture, Municipality of Tel Aviv-Yafo
1951 Dizengoff Prize for Painting and Sculpture, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Municipality of Tel Aviv-Yafo
1953 Dizengoff Prize for Painting and Sculpture, Municipality of Tel Aviv-Yafo
1966 Dizengoff Prize for Painting and Sculpture, Municipality of Tel Aviv-Yafo

Education
1912 Academy of Berlin, Germany, wood sculpture with Vordermeyer
1917 Berlin, Germany, blacksmithing and metalworking
1922-24 woodcarving and sculpture with sculptor Harold Isenstein
1923 Municipal High School for Art, Berlin, Germany, sculpture and ceramics
1924-28 Modern Art School, Berlin, Germany, sculpture and ceramics

Teaching
1923-25 Art School, Berlin Municipality, Germany
1934 Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
1959 Studio in Givatayim, sculpture and ceramics

See also
Visual arts in Israel

References

External links

Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to Mandatory Palestine
German art educators
Israeli sculptors
1903 births
1977 deaths


title: Sky-Watch

text:
Sky-Watch A/S is a Danish developer and manufacturer of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV).  Founded in 2009, Sky-Watch is based in Støvring, Denmark.

In 2016 - Sky-Watch purchases the small startup company "Little Smart Things" in Nexø. And continues the Cumulus and Heidrun platforms.

Products
Sky-Watch provides platforms with various configurations. Currently the platforms are:

 Huginn
 Heidrun
 Cumulus

Discontinued products:

 Huginn X1
 Huginn X1D

Notable Uses

 In 2013 Sky-Watch provided a Huginn X1 quadcopter to the USAR teams deployed in the Philippines after the typhoon Haiyan raged over the islands.

References

External links
 Official Website

Technology companies established in 2009
Technology companies of Denmark
Unmanned aerial vehicle manufacturers
Aerospace companies
Danish brands
Publicly traded companies


title: Ramudochadu

text:
Ramudochadu () is a 1996 Indian Telugu-language drama film, produced by Yarlagadda Surendra under the S. S. Creations banner and directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy. It stars Nagarjuna, Krishna, Soundarya and Ravali, with music composed by Raj.

Plot
The rivalry between two families splits a village "Seetaramapuram" into Seetapuram and Ramapuram. Seetapuram's head is Bhusayya and Ramapuram's head is Bhadrayya. Bhusayya is in the trap of his son-in-law Gavaraju, who always insists on taking revenge against Bhadrayya's family. Bhadrayya wants his granddaughter Sundaralakshmi to study in college, but her father Chandrayah fixes her marriage with their Village President Nagaraju, but with his father's pressure, Chandrayah sends Sundaralakshmi to college.

Ram is a college student from America who one day meets Sundaralakshmi in college, and as she isn't used to city life, Ram teaches her how to live that way. Afterwards, he goes with Sundaralakshmi to Seetapuram to spend his holidays and meets her family. But Chandrayah doesn't appreciate Ram's foreign behavior. Ram beats up one of the goons from Ramapuram as they start another fight. But Ram stops them luckily and admits that he's the one who beat the guy up, so they stopped the fight. Ram meets a village girl named Seshagiri and she falls in love with him, with the help of her, Ram tries to seduce Sundaralakshmi. Chandrayah makes Sundaralakshmi's engagement arrangements with Nagaraju, where she admits her love with Ram. But Chandrayah doesn't agree, he keeps a challenge to Ram that he should cultivate the agriculture land of 100 acres. Ram accepts the challenge and wins it.

Meanwhile, Ram discovers that Nagaraju secretly works for Gavaraju, they plan their next attack at their rival village. Ram then comes in and starts a fight against both villages in which Bhusayya's wife Annapurnamma is injured, Ram saves her and tells her that he is her grandson, Gavaraju listens to that and kills Annapurnamma and proclaims that if any heir is there in the village to give a funeral to her, then Ram should admit the secret.

Krishna Prasad, son of Bhusayya is treated as god by the entire village, because he doesn't have any disparity of rich and poor. He is loving and marries Bhadrayya's daughter Arundathi without their permission, for that reason his father sends him out. After some time, Arundhati gets pregnant, Krishna Prasad is willing to send his wife to America for higher education. Gavaraju plans to kill Krishna Prasad and Arundathi and in the attack, Krishna Prasad dies saving Arundathi, but people think both of them die, which splits the village into two and the temple between the village is closed.

Ram is the son of Krishna Prasad and Arundathi, that's why he played this entire game to join both villages as his mother's last wish. Meanwhile, Bhusayya also owns up to the truth and he changes. Finally, Ram sees the end of Gavaraju, joins both villages into "Seetaramapuram" and the temple is re-opened with Ram and Sundaralakshmi's marriage.

Cast

 Nagarjuna as Ram
 Soundarya as Sundarlakshmi
 Ravali as Seshagiri
 Krishna as Krishna Prasad (Cameo Appearance)
 Suhasini as Arundathi (Cameo Appearance)
 Satyanarayana as Bhadrayya
 Srihari as Nagaraju
 Nambiar as Bhusayya
 Anand Raj as Gavaraju
 Chandramohan as Chandrayah
 Chalapathi Rao as Servant
 Jayanthi as Annapurnamma
 Sudha as Venkai
 Y. Vijaya as Bhadrayya's wife
 Prasad Babu as Madhavayya
 Ali as Basha
 AVS as Principal
 Babu Mohan as Bengal
 Mallikarjuna Rao as Chandamama
 Krishnaveni as Warden
  Poojitha  as Nagma
 Kashmera Shah as special appearance in an item song
 Master Harsha as Ankappa

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Raj. Music released on SUPREME Music Company.

References

External links

1996 films
Films directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy
1990s Telugu-language films


title: Timothy Whidborne

text:
Timothy Charles Plunket Whidborne (1927-2021) was a British artist notable for his 1969 portrait of Queen Elizabeth II on horseback as Colonel-in-Chief of the Irish Guards, of which Whidborne had once been a member.

Whidborne was born at High Wycombe and educated at Stowe School where he was a contemporary of George Melly.  He served as a lieutenant in the Irish Guards and saw service in Mandatory Palestine. In 1949 he became a pupil of Pietro Annigoni. He exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1954 and in 1966 The Connoisseur described him as at "the forefront of mural decorators in England".

In 1983, Whidborne was one of the artists chosen to prepare alternative designs to the long-running Machin series of British definitive postage stamps. After consideration, the design was not changed and it was subsequently decided to continue with the current design for the lifetime of the Queen.

Selected publications
Pietro Annigoni: Il Periodo Inglese, 1949-1971. Leonardo-De Luca, Rome, 1991. Edited by Luciano Pelizzari, contribution by Timothy Whidborne.
Woolly the Mammoth. Pheasantry Studios, London, 1993.
Aspects of Deal. Pheasantry Studios, London, 2002.
Aspects of Ireland. Pheasantry Studios, London, 2003.
Aspects Abroad. Pheasantry Studios, London, 2005.  (new edition)
Aspects Diverse. Pheasantry Studios, London, 2008.
A Cabinet of Curiosities. Pheasantry Studios, London, 2008.
Aspects of Love and Passion. Pheasantry Studios, London, 2008.
Aspects of Psychology. Pheasantry Studios, London, 2010.
Aspects of Art and Ancestry. Grosvenor House, Tolworth, 2019.
Images: Paintings and Drawings by Timothy Charles Plunket Whidborne. Grosvenor House, Tolworth, 2020.

References

1927 births
British artists
British muralists
People educated at Stowe School
Irish Guards officers
2021 deaths
People from High Wycombe


title: Sathyaraj filmography

text:
Sathyaraj is an Indian actor and  media personality who has predominantly appeared in Tamil cinema. He started his career playing villains, supporting roles and character roles. Later, he played the lead in the films Rasigan Oru Rasigai (1986) and Kadalora Kavithaigal (1986). He also acted as Thanthai Periyar in the Tamil Nadu government-sponsored film Periyar (2007). He was also the director of the film Villadhi Villain (1995), starring himself in three different roles.

Apart from his film career, Sathyaraj has been vocal in the media about various issues, such as Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism and water rights in Tamil Nadu. In 2011, he had a brief career as a television host for the game show Home Sweet Home on STAR Vijay. He has also served as a brand ambassador for Pothys ,Sri Kumaran Jewelry Shop and AVR Jewellery Shop.

Films

As actor

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

As producer
 Lee (2007)
 Naaigal Jaakirathai (2014)
 Sathya (2017)

As director
 Villathi Villain (1995)

As narrator
Kaakha Kaakha (2003)
Santosh Subramaniam (2008)
Mahabalipuram (2014)

As singer

References

External links

Male actor filmographies
Indian filmographies
Director filmographies


title: Dolph Botha

text:
Philip Rudolph Botha (born 15 January 1993 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player for the  in the Currie Cup and the Rugby Challenge. His regular position is prop.

Career

Youth and Varsity Cup rugby

He went to the well-known rugby school Grey College in Bloemfontein and was selected to represent local provincial side, the , at several youth tournaments. He represented them at Under-16 level at the Grant Khomo Week in 2009 and was then included in their Under-18 squad for the premier youth tournament, the Craven Week in both 2010 and 2011, where he was mainly used as a substitute.

However, he impressed enough to be included in the  squad later in 2011, where he made a number of appearances for them during the 2011 Under-19 Provincial Championship. He established himself as a first-choice player for the U19s during the 2012 Under-19 Provincial Championship, making eight appearances.

He progressed to the  side and played nine matches for them during the 2013 Under-21 Provincial Championship, scoring three tries. He got his first taste of Varsity Cup rugby during the 2014 season, playing in three matches for Bloemfontein-based university side . In the second half of 2014, he returned to the Under-21s to play in the 2014 Under-21 Provincial Championship.

Free State Cheetahs

He was an unused member of the  squad for the 2013 Currie Cup Premier Division, but was once again named in their side for the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division and was included in his first matchday squad when he was named on the bench for their Round Two match against Northern Cape side .

References

1993 births
Living people
Expatriate rugby union players in the United States
Free State Cheetahs players
New England Free Jacks players
Rugby union players from Johannesburg
Rugby union props
South African expatriate rugby union players
South African expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Cheetahs (rugby union) players
San Diego Legion players
Griffons (rugby union) players
VVA Podmoskovye players


title: Noake

text:
Noake is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Hiroyuki Noake (born 1974), Japanese speed skater
John Noake (1816–1894), English journalist and antiquary
William Noake (1690–1737), High Sheriff of Berkshire, England

See also
Noakes


title: London Ministores Mall

text:
London Ministores (in the past London Ministore) is a commercial center located in the corner of the streets Sha'ul HaMelekh and Ibn Gabirol in Tel Aviv Center, Israel, in the first floor and the basement floor of "Ne'ot Aviv House".

The center was built in 1972 and was designed by the architects Binyamin Idelson, Ya'acov Herts and Gershon Tsipor. Because of ownership changes, the planning of the tower was done separately from the planning of the commercial area by the architect Baruh Meshulam. The center is a complex of mixed uses which includes institutions like Tsavta Club and Bat Dor Band, a commercial center which contains shops and restaurants, and above it two floors of offices. Above these floors there is a residence building of 15 floors which was one of the first residential towers in the country built as a "luxury building".

During the construction of the complex one of the construction workers was killed. On May 16, 1993, a fire broke out following a gas leak, and the building was repaired and reinhabited in 1994.

Some of the stores in the shopping center have access directly from the street, but most of them can be reached only by entering the doors of the commercial center.

This structure has caused a legal conflict between Tel Aviv municipality and the shop owners, about whether the public area inside the commercial area has a status of a street. At the court ruling of the district court in Tel Aviv the municipality's argument was rejected, and it was ruled that the public area is not a street since it is not an open place.

References

Shopping malls in Israel
Buildings and structures in Tel Aviv


title: Mascarene white-eye

text:
The Mascarene white-eye has been split into the following species:
 Réunion grey white-eye, Zosterops borbonicus
 Mauritius grey white-eye, Zosterops mauritianus

Animal common name disambiguation pages


title: Francis St David Benwell Lejeune

text:
Major General Francis St David Benwell Lejeune CB CBE (1 March 1899 – 1 June 1984) was a senior British Army officer during the Second World War.

Biography
Born on 1 March 1899, Francis St David Benwell Lejeune was educated at Bedford School and at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He received his first commission as a second lieutenant in the Royal Artillery in 1917 and served in France and Belgium during the First World War. He was seconded to the Royal Air Force, between 1920 and 1924, and served in operations in Somaliland and Iraq. He was Assistant Military Attaché in Washington, between 1932 and 1934, and International Commissioner during the Spanish Civil War, between 1937 and 1939. During the Second World War he served in Italy and Burma. He was promoted to the rank of major general, appointed as Chief of Staff of Anti-Aircraft Command and Commander of Anti-Aircraft Group, in 1944, as Director of Technical Training at the War Office, in 1946, and as President of the Ordnance Board, in 1947. He retired from the British Army in 1949, and served on the staff of NATO, between 1952 and 1962.

Major General Francis St David Benwell Lejeune was invested as a Companion of the Order of the British Empire in 1944, and as a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1949. He died on 1 June 1984.

References

1899 births
1984 deaths
British Army major generals
People educated at Bedford School
Graduates of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
British Army personnel of World War I
British Army personnel of World War II
Companions of the Order of the Bath
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Royal Artillery officers


title: Dahomeyan Progressive Union

text:
The Dahomeyean Progressive Union (, UPD) was a political party in Dahomey.

History
The party was established in April 1946 by Augustin Kokou Azango and Émile Derlin Zinsou, and was the first political party in the territory. It was initially affiliated with the African Democratic Rally, but dropped its link in 1948. A breakaway in 1946 lead to the creation of the African People's Bloc, but the party still won the 1946–47 General Council elections, taking 20 of the 30 seats.

Another breakaway occurred between 1950 and 1951, when Hubert Maga left the UPD to establish the Ethnic Group of the North under encouragement from Roger Péperty, the northern area's French administrator. Sourou-Migan Apithy also left the party in 1951 to establish the Republican Party of Dahomey.

After losing the 1952 Territorial Assembly elections to the Republican Party of Dahomey, the UPD formed an alliance with the African People's Bloc, which led to the creation of the Dahomeyan Democratic Union in 1955.

References

Defunct political parties in Benin
Rassemblement Démocratique Africain
Political parties established in 1946
Political parties disestablished in 1955


title: Geoff Old

text:
Geoffrey Haldane Old (born 22 January 1956) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. Predominantly a number eight, Old represented Taranaki briefly and then Manawatu at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1980 to 1983. He played 17 matches for the All Blacks including three internationals. He later coached the Dutch national side between 1997 and 1999.

References

1956 births
Living people
People from Eltham, New Zealand
People educated at New Plymouth Boys' High School
New Zealand rugby union players
New Zealand international rugby union players
Taranaki rugby union players
Manawatu rugby union players
Rugby union number eights
New Zealand rugby union coaches
New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
Expatriate sports coaches
Netherlands national rugby union team coaches
Rugby union players from Taranaki


title: HMS Drake (1741)

text:
HMS Drake was an 8-gun snow-rigged sloop of the Royal Navy, launched in 1741 as the first of three Drake class sloops constructed for convoy duty during the Anglo-Spanish War of Jenkins' Ear from 1739 to 1742. After limited service off the Channel Islands, she was sailed to Gibraltar where she was wrecked in 1742 while under the temporary command of her first lieutenant.

Construction
Drake was the first of three small, fast vessels designed by Surveyor of the Navy Jacob Acworth to guard merchant convoys in British home waters after the declaration of war against Spain in 1739.  She was ordered in June 1740, to be constructed by shipwright Thomas West in the civilian dockyard at Deptford. Her dimensions were in keeping with other vessels of her class with an overall length of , a beam of  and measuring 206  tons burthen.

She had two masts, square-rigged and supported by a trysail mast aft of the main mast. Although fitted with seven pairs of gunports along her upper deck, she was armed with only eight four-pounder cannons with the remaining ports left unused. Twelve lightweight half-pounder swivel guns were also mounted on the deck, and her complement was 80 men.

Active service
Drake was commissioned in February 1741 under Commander Frederick Rogers. She assisted convoys in waters surrounding the Channel Islands for the remainder of that year, then sailed for Gibraltar in December. There the captaincy was transferred to Commander John Pitman, and six months later to Commander John Stringer who continued her convoy duties in the Channel and off Gibraltar itself.

Wreck
On 22 November 1742, Drake was under the temporary command of Lieutenant Nathaniel Stephens when she was wrecked in Gibraltar harbour and left in an unsalvageable condition. The wreck lay abandoned on the Gibraltar shore for several years; it was finally sold out of service on 13 October 1748.

Notes

References

Bibliography

McLaughlan, Ian. The Sloop of War 1650-1763. Seaforth Publishing, 2014. .

1741 ships
Ships built in Deptford
Sloops of the Royal Navy
Maritime incidents in 1742


title: Ronnie Jones (singer)

text:
Ronald Hugo Jones (born September 14, 1937, Springfield, Massachusetts, United States) is an Italy-based, American-born R&B, blues and disco singer.

Musical career
Jones first came to Europe with the United States Air Force. He started his career in England, where he joined the first incarnation of the Blues Incorporated with Alexis Korner, Jack Bruce, Cyril Davis, Johnny Parker and Ginger Baker. He later formed a band called The Nightimers with John McLaughlin, before moving to Italy to join the cast of the local production of Hair.  He then performed with artists such as Claudja Barry and Cooper Terry, and had a hit in the Italian charts with Funky Bump (Atlantic, 1976).

In the 1970s and the 1980s Jones worked as a musician, DJ and TV host at RAI and Radio 105 Network. From 1980 to 1985 he hosted the TV show Popcorn. The theme, "Video Games", charted #28 on the Italian hit parade.

In 1988 he wrote the song Bambino Io, Bambino Tu for Zucchero.

Jones has been residing in Italy since 1979 and tours regularly with his band, The Soul Syndicate.

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

1937 births
Living people
American blues singers
English-language singers from Italy
American expatriates in the United Kingdom
American expatriates in Italy
American expatriate musicians
20th-century African-American male singers
American male singers
American disco musicians
Italian blues musicians
American emigrants to Italy
Blues Incorporated members
21st-century African-American people


title: Zuk (surname)

text:
Zuk, Żuk, or Žuk is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

 Eva Maria Zuk (1945–2017), Polish-Mexican classical pianist
 Judith D. Zuk (1951–2007), American horticulturist and conservationist
 Kacper Żuk (born 1999), Polish tennis player
 Kamila Żuk (born 1997), Polish biathlete
 Krzysztof Żuk (born 1957), Polish economist and politician
 Paweł Żuk (disambiguation), two Polish footballers
 Vincent Žuk-Hryškievič (1903–1989), Belarusian politician
 Marlene Zuk (born 1956), American biologist and ecologist
 Wayne Zuk (born 1949), Canadian ice hockey player

Fictional characters:
 Georges Zuk, created by British writer Robin Skelton

See also

 Zhuk (surname) (also spelled Żuk and Žuk)

Polish-language surnames
Belarusian-language surnames


title: Ongael

text:
Ongael Island is an island in Koror State, Palau. It is the location of the famous Ongael Lake.

References

External links
Wondermondo: Uet era Ongael - marine lake of jellyfish

Uninhabited islands of Palau
Koror