title: Marian Gorynia

text:
Marian Gorynia (born 7 October 1956, in Dusina [1] ) is a Polish economist, professor, and rector of the University of Economics in Poznań from 2008 year.

Biography
Bachelor of Arts degree in 1980, at the University of Economics in Poznan (from 27 December 2008 was renamed the University of Economics in Poznań). From the beginning of his career he was inextricably linked with the university, where he passed all levels of promotion. His professional career started in 1983 the year of assistantship at the Institute of International Economic Relations. After his doctorate in 1985 he was promoted to the position of senior assistant, then a year later assumed the position of assistant professor at the same institute. After obtaining a PhD degree in economic sciences in 1998, he was appointed to the position of professor of the University of Economics in Poznan. In 2000 he received the title of professor of economics.

Education
 1971–1975 – secondary school in Gostyń.
 1975–1980 – studied at the Poznań University of Economics: specialization of international trade organization and economics, Master of Economics
 1980–1983 – doctoral studies at the Poznań University of Economics
 1985 – Doctor of Economics – 18 June 1985
 1995 – upper academic degree, defence of the 'habilitation' thesis presented to be qualified as assistant professor on 7 July 1995
 2000 – professor of economics

Professional positions at the Poznań University of Economics
 1983 – junior lecturer, Institute of International Economics
 1985 – senior lecturer, Institute of International Economics
 1986 – tutor, Institute of International Economics (later at the Department of International Business)
 1998 – assistant professor of the Poznań University of Economics
 2003 – professor (professor zwyczajny)

Professional experience abroad
 1987: University of Lyon, France, scientific training, lectures on international trade functioning in Comecon countries, Institut d`Administration des Entreprises, - doctoral programme on corporate strategy in international trade.
 1990: Buckinghamshire College of Higher Education, Great Britain post-graduate programme.
 1991–1992: The Nottingham Trent University, Great Britain visits as a consulting scientist.
 1991: France, University of Toulouse, visit as a consulting scientist.
 1992: Higher School of Labour and Business Studies in Barcelona and Lisbon, visits as a consulting scientist.
 1997: Institut de Gestion des Enterprises in Rennes, France, visit as a consulting scientist.
 1997–1999: Georg August University in Göttingen, Germany, study visits.

Functions at the Poznań University of Economics
 1996–2006 – member, Council of the Faculty of Management
 since 1999 – member, Senate of the Poznań University of Economics
 1999–2002 – vice-dean, Faculty of Management
 1999–2002 – chairman, Departmental Commission for Nostrification of Diplomas and Scientific Titles Obtained Abroad
 2002–2008 – vice-rector for scientific research and international relations
 2002–2008 – chairman, Computer Centre Board
 2004–2008 – chairman, Scientific Board of Doctoral Seminars in English
 2005–2008 – chairman, Senate Commission on the Academic Statute
 since 2006 – member, Council of the Faculty of International Economy
 2006–2008 – chairman, Department of Strategy and Policy of International Competitiveness
 since 2008 – rector
 since 2008  – president, Council of the Poznań University of Economics Foundation
 since 2008  – president, Council of the "Kadry dla Wielkopolski" Foundation
 since 2009  – president, Academic Council of the Open University of Economics "ERGA OMNES"

Membership of professional bodies
Counsellor
 Wielkopolska Chamber of Commerce and Industry (1995–1999)
Member
 Committee on Economic Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences (2003–2006, 2007–2010, 2011–2014)
 Scientific Council of the Institute of Economics, Polish Academy of Sciences (2007–2010, 2011–2014)
 Research Council of the Polish Economic Society (2005– )
 Wielkopolska Committee for Monitoring Regional Development Programmes (2004–2008)
 Academic Council of the Gospodarka Narodowa (National Economy) Journal (2006–2008)
 Editorial Board of Gospodarka Narodowa (2009 – )
 Editorial Board of Ekonomista (2010 – )
 Editorial Review Board of Journal of Transitional Management (2001 – )
 Editorial Board of International Journal of Institutional Governance (2001 – )
 Editorial Board of Studia Ekonomiczne (Economic Studies), a periodical published by the Institute of Economics of the Polish Academy of Sciences (2002 – )
 Editorial Board of Zeszyty Naukowe (Research Bulletin), published by the Polish Economic Society (2002 – )
 Editorial Board of the publishing series 'CASE Reports' (2003 – )
 Academic Board of Problemy Zarządzania (Management Issues), a periodical published by Warsaw Universitys Faculty of Management (2004 – )
 European International Business Academy (1993 – ), (board member since 2007)
 International Management Development Association (1999 – )
 Poznań Society of the Friends of Sciences
 Chapter of the Economic Award of the President of the Republic of Poland (2011 – )
 Academic Council of Internetowy Kwartalnik Antymonopolowy i Regulacyjny (Internet Antitrust and Regulatory Quarterly) (2011 – )
 National Council of Entrepreneurship (2013-)
 Chapter of the Sława Polski, Orły Eksportu and Dobra Firma Awards, bestowed by the Rzeczpospolita daily and the Ministry of the Economy
President
 Academic Council of the Wielkopolska Chamber of Commerce and Industry (2008 – )
 Chapter of the Złoty Hipolit (Golden Hippolytus) Award (2010)

Main rewards and distinctions
Individual prizes
 1996: 'Teoria i polityka regulacji mezosystemów gospodarczych a transformacja post-socjalistycznej gospodarki polskiej', presented by the Minister of National Education.
 1999: Book 'Zachowania przedsiębiorstw w okresie transformacji. Mikroekonomia przejścia', presented by the Minister of National Education and the Polish Academy of Sciences.
 2008: First grade prized book 'Strategie zagranicznej ekspansji przedsiębiorstw', presented by the Minister of Science and Higher Education.
 2009: Prize from the Polish Economic Society for the book 'Strategie zagranicznej ekspansji przedsiębiorstw'.
 2009, 2012: Second Grade Individual Prizes from the Minister of Science and Higher Education for organizational achievements.
 2010, 2011: First Grade Individual Prizes from the Minister of Science and Higher Education for organizational achievements.
 2013: Prize from the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Economy for outstanding achievements in promoting exports.
 2013: Second-Grade Individual Prize from the Minister of Science and Higher Education for organizational achievements.

Team prizes
 2001: Book 'Strategie przedsiębiorstw w biznesie międzynarodowym', worked with K. Fonfara, E. Najlepszy and J. Schroeder. Gorynia was the scientific editor.
 2003: Book 'Luka konkurencyjna na poziomie przedsiębiorstwa a przystąpienie Polski do Unii Europejskiej'.
 2004: Prize from the Committee on Science Organization and Management of the Polish Academy of Sciences for the teamwork 'Luka konkurencyjna na poziomie przedsiębiorstwa a przystąpienie Polski do Unii Europejskiej'.
 2006: Book 'Strategie firm polskich wobec ekspansji inwestorów zagranicznych', worked with M. Bartosik-Purgat, B. Jankowska, R. Owczarzak. Presented by the Minister of Science and Higher Education.
 2012: Book 'Wejście Polski do strefy euro a międzynarodowa konkurencyjność i internacjonalizacja polskich przedsiębiorstw', worked with M. Dzikowska, M. Pietrzykoski and P. Tarka. Gorynia and B. Jankowska were scientific editors.

Decorations, medals, badges, etc.
 1980: Summa cum laude
 1980: PRIMUS INTER PARES Nicolas Copernicus Golden Badge
 1989: Honorary Badge of the City of Poznań
 2002: Silver Cross of Merit
 2007: Silver Medal "Labor Omnia Vincit"
 2009: Medal of the 30th Anniversary of the Restitution of the Order of St Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr for charity work.
 2011: Honorary Hippolytus Statuette]] and the title of Organic Work Leader.
 2012: Commemorative Medal "Ad Perpetuam Rei Memoriam" from the Governor of Wielkopolska Province.

References

Polish economists


title: Nord's 16th constituency

text:
The 16th constituency of the Nord is a French legislative constituency in the Nord département.

Description

Nord's 16th constituency sits in the heart of the department around Douai. It was held by the Communist Jean-Jacques Candelier from 2007 to 2017.

Historic Representation

Election results

2022

2017

2012

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1997

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** UDF dissident

Sources
 Official results of French elections from 1998:

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title: Williams Carmona

text:
Williams Carmona is a Cuban painter. He was born in Havana, Cuba, in 1967. In the early 1990s he moved to Puerto Rico. He has works in a number of museums including the Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA).

References

External links
 Facebook- Williams Carmona
 Nexos Magazine "Williams Carmona surrealismo caribeño"
 Cernuda Arte
 williamscarmona.com

Living people
1967 births
Artists from Havana
Cuban contemporary artists
Cuban painters
Cuban surrealist artists


title: Typhoon Rammasun

text:
Typhoon Rammasun, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Glenda, was one of the only three Category 5 super typhoons on record in the South China Sea, with the other ones being Pamela in 1954 and Rai in 2021. Rammasun had destructive impacts across the Philippines, South China, and Vietnam in July 2014. Rammasun is a Siamese word for thunder god. After Lingling and Kajiki earlier in 2014, Rammasun became the third tropical cyclone, and first typhoon to directly impact the Philippines in 2014. The ninth named storm and the third typhoon of the annual typhoon season, Rammasun formed in the Intertropical Convergence Zone, an area near the equator where the northeast and southeast trade winds come together, and slowly drifted northwest. Having passed through the islands of Micronesia, the system turned west and quickly moved under the influence of a subtropical ridge (STR). Rammasun posed a significant threat to the Philippine island of Luzon, as it was expected to reach typhoon intensity before making landfall there. Though initially forecast to make landfall in Cagayan Valley, the storm followed a more westerly path and was later forecast to make landfall in the Bicol Region and then pass through Bataan and Zambales before brushing past Metro Manila.

In preparation for the storm, Governor of Guam Eddie Calvo declared the island in Condition of Readiness 3 and later upgraded it to Condition of Readiness 1. On July 11, NASA satellites revealed Rammasun passing directly over Guam. The American National Weather Service stated that an unexpected rise in wind shear kept the system from intensifying much further before reaching Guam. Rammasun only made landfall on Guam as a tropical depression, with winds much weaker than earlier anticipated. However, under the system, the island received a substantial amount of rainfall, making that day the wettest in around 3 months. The United States territory received  of rain. Along with the Philippines, Taiwan also expected impact from Rammasun. Moderate to heavy rainfall was predicted through most of the country. Chinese meteorologists were focusing on second and/or third landfalls in the Chinese Hainan province and northern Vietnam. Residents of Hong Kong were also warned of rainfall and subsequent landslides.

Following the closure of maritime seaports, more than 100 passengers were reportedly stranded at the Port of Batangas, along with 39 rolling cargoes. Meanwhile, at least 841 passengers were stranded in five ports in the Bicol region, namely Matnog, Tabaco, Bulan, Cataingan and Pilar. A total 50 flights were cancelled and over 100 thousand families were evacuated as the typhoon neared landfall. The Philippine Department of Health said that they have prepared all government hospitals to aid the rescue and relief process during and after the typhoon. They claimed that they are much better prepared now, than they were for earlier typhoons. Ahead of the landfall, a city in the province of Albay had declared a state of calamity. At around 17:00 Philippine Standard Time (09:00 UTC), Rammasun's eye passed directly over Rapu-Rapu, Albay while the storm was at its initial peak intensity. Various parts of the National Capital Region reported power outages during the storm. They were reportedly caused by "a temporary system balance at 1:29 a.m. due to a sudden plant outage." Laguna is one of the badly hit by the typhoon At least 6,000 people were stranded at various seaports throughout the country due to the storm.

Throughout its devastating journey through southern Luzon, the powerful typhoon barely weakened but instead maintained its strength and even intensified as it made its way across the Bicol Region.

Meteorological history

On July 9, the United States Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) started to monitor a tropical disturbance, that had developed to the east of the Micronesian State of Chuuk. At this time the system had a broad and ill-defined circulation center which was associated with flaring and disorganized atmospheric convection. Over the next day the system gradually consolidated within an area of favorable conditions, with convection wrapping around the systems obscured low level circulation center. The system was subsequently declared a tropical depression during the next day, by both the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) and the JTWC with the latter assigning it the designation 09W.

Early on July 11, the JTWC reported that the system had intensified into a tropical storm, after they had assessed the intensity slightly higher than the Dvorak estimates from various agencies. Later that day as the system approached Guam, the JTWC reported that the system had not intensified into a tropical storm and downgraded it to a tropical depression. This was because of the lack of supporting Dvorak estimates from various agencies and various observations from Guam, that showed the system was a poorly defined low level circulation center with deep convection sheared to the northwest of the center. Early on July 12, the JMA reported that the depression had become a tropical storm and named it Rammasun, as the system passed through the Rota Channel to the north of Guam. Later that day as Rammasun moved westwards under the influence of the subtropical ridge of high pressure, the JTWC reported that it had regained tropical storm status after Dvorak estimates from various agencies supported it and the low level structure of the system had improved.

Rammasun entered the Philippine area of responsibility and was given a local name, Glenda on July 13. The storm maintained intensity while a burst of deep central convection developed and the LLCC became slightly more well defined. Over the next couple of hours, vertical wind shear decreased gradually. Rammasun tracked in a westerly direction along the periphery of the steering subtropical ridge. Outflow improved along the southwestern quadrant and Rammasun became a typhoon. The LLCC consolidated while convective banding became well defined and tightly wrapped. During July 14, both the JTWC and the JMA upgraded Rammassun to a typhoon after Dvorak estimates from various agencies suggested maximum sustained winds of .

Shortly before its Philippine landfall, Rammasun developed a  wide eye. The storm had vigorous equatorward and westward outflow. At that time, the storm was peaking at  1-minute sustained winds and  10-minute sustained winds. Though initially expect to maintain that intensity and make landfall before weakening into a tropical storm again due to land interaction, Rammasun further intensified. Some six hours later, the JTWC spotted a  eye, twice as wide as previously reported. The 1-minute sustained winds were set at , equivalent to Category 3 of the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale (SSHWS). Rammasun continued to strengthen, despite land interaction. Post landfall, the storm's windspeed continued to rise, as it was located in a very favorable environment. JTWC initially reported winds of  1-minute sustained winds before correcting it to  in their best track, making it a Category 4-equivalent typhoon.

By 00:00 UTC on July 16, Rammasun's eye had re-emerged into the South China Sea. The typhoon lost its eye feature due to its interaction with Philippine's rugged terrain. The convective structure had slightly degraded. However, convective banding remained tightly wrapped around the LLCC.

On July 18, Rammasun entered another area of very warm sea-surface temperatures. Consequently, Rammasun rapidly deepened and was upgraded to a Category 4 super typhoon by the JTWC, which was upgraded to Category 5 in post-season reanalysis. Later that day, Rammasun made landfall over Hainan at peak intensity, making it one of only two typhoons to make landfall at Category 5-equivalent intensity in China. During landfall, a station on Qizhou Island recorded a sea level pressure of 899.2 millibars, the lowest sea level pressure recorded in China and one of the lowest recorded sea level pressures in the world. The next day, the storm started to weaken. Later that day, both agencies downgraded Rammasun to a tropical storm as it moved to the province of Guangxi and made its third landfall. The JTWC made its final warning on the system in the night of the same day. Early on July 20, the JMA reported that Rammasun had weakened into a tropical depression before it was last noted later that day over the Chinese Province of Yunnan.

Preparations and impact

Mariana Islands
On July 10, as the JTWC initiated advisories on the system, the United States National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office in Tiyan, Guam (NWS Guam) issued a tropical storm watch for Guam, Rota, Tinian, Saipan and surrounding waters out to . Later that day the Governor of Guam Eddie Calvo, declared the island nation to be in Tropical Cyclone Condition of Readiness 3 (TCCOR 3), as the strongest winds over the island were expected to peak between . Both of these warnings meant that destructive tropical storm force winds were possible on the islands during the next 48 hours. After the system was declared a tropical storm, tropical storm warnings were issued for Guam and Rota, while TCCOR 2 was declared for Guam. After TCCOR 2 was declared, all of the non essential agencies of the Guam Government and several business were shut down, including the Judiciary and University. Six elementary schools around the island were used as storm shelters, while woman who had been pregnant for more than 38 weeks and or high risk were asked to report to the Guam Memorial Hospital. A TCCOR 1 was subsequently declared during July 11, as destructive winds were expected to impact the island nation within twelve hours. As a result, all outdoor activity was prohibited until early the next day when the watches and warnings were cancelled after the system was downgraded to a tropical depression. Eddie Calvo subsequently reverted the TCCOR for Guam to the seasonal TCCOR, as no damaging or destructive winds were expected to affect Guam as the depression moved through the Rota Channel. NWS Guam subsequently noted that heavy thunderstorms had developed near the center of the system as it moved through the Rota Channel and that the weather over Guam could have been a lot worse.

Philippines

Rammasun (known as "Glenda" in the Philippines) was the first typhoon to impact the Philippines in over eight months, the previous being Typhoon Haiyan. Preparations for Rammasun started in the island nation, early on July 14. In the wake of the storm, The National Transmission Corporation of the country said in their statement, "Preparations included ensuring the reliability of communications equipment, availability of hardware materials and supplies necessary for the repair of damages to facilities, as well as the positioning of line crews in strategic areas, to facilitate immediate restoration work." Storm warning signal number 3 was hoisted over Catanduanes, while signal number 2 was raised over areas such as Camarines Norte, Burias Island, Ticao Island, Marinduque, and southern Quezon. Several islands in southern Luzon and eastern western, and central Visayas were put under storm signal number 1. Over 12 million people, in all, were asked to brace for the typhoon. Classes on all levels were reportedly suspended for the next two days. Philippine National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council's head Alexander Pama, in an interview, said "We are already warning the public to be on alert for possible effects of the weather disturbance: landslides, flash floods, strong rains and winds." more than 1,300 villages were advised about floods or landslides. The Embassy of the United States in Manila cancelled non-immigrant visa applicant interviews scheduled for July 15 and 16. All applicants were asked to reschedule their interviews.

The Philippine Coast Guard asked all shipping vessels to refrain from travelling. Spokesperson Armand Balilo said "Authorities are already on standby to prevent any maritime vessels from sailing as the Philippines braces for Glenda (Ramassun). Department of the Interior and Local Government Director Edgar Tabell said "All DILG offices in Luzon and Eastern Visayas have been activated to prepare for Glenda. Evacuation centers have been prepared and power lines, bridges and roads have also been checked." He also asked all local officials to fully cooperate with them and provide support to the residents. As the typhoon neared the coastline of Philippines, the entire nation was put on red alert. By the early hours of July 15, the government reportedly evacuated eastern coastal areas of the nation. PAGASA said "Storm surges of up to three meters were expected in coastal villages." However, that evening, several other residents fled their homes as the typhoon intensified much more than anticipated. The civil defence chief of Bicol, in an interview said "We are preparing for the worst... it is critical now that we finish the evacuations. About 6,000 residents had already moved to evacuation centres, with authorities aiming to have another 39,000 take shelter before the typhoon hits. Several cities were warned of storm surge ranging from  to .

Immediately after the landfall, three fishermen were reported missing. They were reported to have gone out fishing a day ago from the Philippine province of Catanduanes, and failed to return. A wall collapse in Quezon City injured two people.

At least 90% of the total residents of Metro Manila lost power, as poles were toppled and lines downed. The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines posted on Twitter, saying "Around 90% of Meralco’s franchise area is experiencing power outage brought about by downed poles, lines and outages of NGCP’s (National Grid Corporation of the Philippines) transmission lines due to Typhoon Glenda." Strong winds from the storm destroyed several homes in the slums. Most of the capital area was also completely shut down. In total, Rammasun killed 106 people and caused a damage up to Php38.6 billion (US$885 million).

Highest Public Storm Warning Signal

Hong Kong
Late on July 16, the Hong Kong Observatory issued the Typhoon Standby Signal No. 1, before issuing the Typhoon Signal Number 3 during the next day as local winds strengthened gradually from the east. Gale-force winds were subsequently recorded offshore and on higher ground, before it made its closest point of approach during July 18, as it passed around  to the southwest of Hong Kong. Winds over the region gradually subsided before the signals were cancelled by the HKO early on July 19. Over the region at least 51 trees were blown down while there were several reports of fallen objects including a lamp post on the Tsuen Wan flyover.

China

On July17, Rammasun made landfall near Wenchang City on the island province of Hainan. The city's mayor, Liu Chun-mei, told the Xinhua News Agency that many houses had been damaged and more than 700,000 people evacuated. Qionghai also suffered heavy damage. Hainan closed all its airports while kindergartens and other schools were shut. Resorts in Hainan were ordered to close and the high speed train in Guangdong bound for Hainan suspended. The typhoon killed one person on the island and injured 21. Waves reached up to  on the northern and eastern coasts of the island and the Leizhou Peninsula. The local government dispatched 66 officials in 13 locales to supervise preparations for the typhoon. Xinhua reported that 6,000 people on Hainan were evacuated. Bus companies also suspended operations due to heavy rains and high winds.

51,000 homes were destroyed in Hainan. 88 people were killed in China while total economic losses were counted to be CNY 44.33 billion (US$7.14 billion).

Vietnam
Vietnamese authorities ordered an evacuation of people from parts of the northern coast of the country on July 18 in preparation for Rammasun. Typhoon Rammasun affected the nearby provinces of Haiphong, Thái Bình, and Nam Định. The officials of Quảng Ninh Province have evacuated more than 1,300 people to safe shelters. Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng ordered authorities to help in evacuation and "require all boats to remain close to the shore". He commanded the army to install its forces in the areas for possible search and rescue operations.
Heavy rains caused minor flooding in urban areas of Hai Phong and the capital, Hanoi. It also submerged the streets of Nguyen Khuyen, Minh Khai, Truong Dinh and Hang Chuoi. Duong Anh Dien, a government official, told Tuoi Tre that he ordered the cancellation of "all administrative meetings". Residents near the coast areas were evacuated to the nearest designated evacuation sites. All vessels and boats were banned from leaving port. The National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting said the eye of the storm was about 210 kilometers east of Hoàng Sa with wind speeds reaching 149 kilometers per hour. The mountainous province of Bắc Kạn, Cao Bằng, Lai Chau, Lạng Sơn and Lào Cai were put on high alert for flash floods and landslides. Over twenty flights by Vietnam Airlines were cancelled or delayed at Noi Bai International Airport. The trade department reserved foods and goods to assure support for at least 250,000 people in case of an emergency. Overall, around 500 homes were damaged. Throughout Vietnam, Rammasun is responsible for 31 deaths had caused damages of US$59 million.

Retirement

After the system had caused damage to the Philippines, China and Vietnam, the name Rammasun was retired at the Third Joint Session of the ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee and WMO/ESCAP Panel on Tropical Cyclones during 2015. In February 2016, Thailand provided replacement names for Rammasun, and a month later, the name Bualoi was chosen to replace it, and was used for the first time in 2019.

The name Glenda was also retired by PAGASA after damages had exceeded , while the name Gardo was selected (and taken out from the fourth auxiliary list of typhoon names, only to be replaced by the name Gomer) to replace Glenda for the 2018 season.

See also

 Typhoons in the Philippines
 Typhoon Imbudo
 Typhoon Xangsane
 Typhoon Nesat (2011)
 Typhoon Utor
 Typhoon Hagupit (2014)
 Typhoon Sarika
 Typhoon Vicente
 Typhoon Son-Tinh (2012)
 Typhoon Mujigae
 Typhoon Vera (1983) - Had a similar track
 Typhoon Melor
 Typhoon Goni - A powerful typhoon which struck similar locations in the Philippines
Typhoon Rai - Another destructive typhoon which also intensified to a Category 5 equivalent typhoon in the South China Sea
Tropical Storm Nalgae

Notes

References

External links

JMA General Information of Typhoon Rammasun (1409) from Digital Typhoon
JMA Best Track Data of Typhoon Rammasun (1409)
JMA Best Track Data (Graphics) of Typhoon Rammasun (1409)
JMA Best Track Data (Text)

09W.RAMMASUN  from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

2014 disasters in the Philippines
2014 Pacific typhoon season
Typhoons in the Philippines
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Typhoons in Guam
Typhoons in Hong Kong
Typhoons in China
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History of Quảng Ninh Province


title: Pecija's First Revolt

text:
Pecija's First Revolt () or Doljani Revolt (Дољанска буна) was an uprising in Knešpolje led by Serb hajduk leader Petar Popović–Pecija (1826–1875) against the Ottoman government, that extended over the period of June—December 1858. It was a result of pressure against the local Serb populace, with past atrocities conducted by the Ottomans.

Background
In 1857, an uprising was led by Luka Vukalović in Herzegovina, followed by the 1858 Uprising which included the Prota's Revolt in Gradačac srez (municipality), led by prota Avramović, and at the same time Pecija's Revolt in Krajina.

Revolt
In mid-1858, an uprising broke out in northwestern Bosnia, resulting from Ottoman pressure against the local Serb populace. In Ivanjska in the Krupa nahiyah, the Serb population of that Catholic-majority village rose up. After short shootings around Ivanjska, the other villages took up arms. It is said that it originated in zulum (tyranny) from the Ottomans. In June 1858, the uprising expanded on to Knešpolje. The leaders were former hajduk (bandit) Petar Popović–Pecija (1826–1875), Petar Garača (d. 1858), Simo Ćosić and Risto Jeić. The rural population of Knešpolje was predominantly consisting of Serbian Orthodox people, while the Muslim population predominantly lived in the cities. On June 20, the rebels pushed the Muslims into the city of Novi. Around 600 rebels summoned outside Novi, planning to attack the city. At the same time, Pecija and Garača had summoned around 3,000 rebels, which entered Ivanjska in order to help the local rebels. On July 4, in the battle of Doljani near Bihać, some 100 Turks fell, after which Jeić crossed into Austria, trying to convince the Austrians that these peasants with pitchforks and scythes were worth more than to live off bread. On July 15, the foothold at Ivanjska fell, where Pecija and Garača were. The rebel bands near Ivanjska were heavily defeated, with Pecija and Garača leading the survived rebels into Knešpolje, from where they gave their final resistance.

At this time the Ottoman troops were strengthened with aiding detachments which were sent from all regions of Bosnia, and on July 21, the battle on Tavija near modern Kostajnica took place. Around 1,000 rebels defended their trenches, but they could not resist, and most of them decided to flee to Austria after the defeat. The next day, a battle was fought near the village of Kuljan. Pecija and Garača, weakened from the leaving of a larger number of rebels for the other side of the Una river (Austrian territory), did not have the strength to give serious resistance to the well-organized Ottoman army, so they decided to also flee to Austria. However the Austrians denied them protection, and sought to disarm them and hand over them to the Ottoman government; Pecija and Garača decided to not surrender, and with some 300 rebels they broke the Ottoman blockade and fled up into the Prosar mountain.

The next months, Pecija and Garača continued to fight a guerilla war over Knešpolje, however, the large-scale uprising had been crushed. In December, Garača was killed near Kostajnica. After Garača's death, Pecija decided to retreat into Austria, however, the Austrian government caught him in surprise and delivered him to the Ottomans for a prize of 5,000 groschen. Pecija was taken to Constantinople to stand trial. There he was sentenced to death, for, according to the charges, killing 98 Turks. The death sentence was to be carried out in the Bosnia Eyalet, in his hometown. During the trip, leaving Constantinople, Pecija managed to escape near Užice, and moved to the Principality of Serbia.

See also
Herzegovina Uprising (1852–62)
Milić's Revolt (Милићева буна)
Sime's Revolt (Буна господина Симе)

Annotations
It is known as Pecija's First Revolt (прва Пецијина буна). In the Kostajnica region it is known as Pecija's Revolt (Пецијина буна), while around Bihać it is known as Doljani Revolt, after the battle at Doljani, Bihać. It is also known as Pecija's peasant revolt (Пецијина сељачка буна); Kostajnica Revolt; and First Knešpolje Revolt (прва кнешпољска буна)

References

Sources

Serb rebellions against the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman period in the history of Bosnia and Herzegovina
History of the Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina
1858 in Europe
Conflicts in 1858
Ottoman–Serbian Wars
Rebellions in Bosnia and Herzegovina
1858 in the Ottoman Empire
Serbs from the Ottoman Empire
19th-century rebellions
History of Bosanska Krajina


title: DJ S.K.T

text:
DJ S.K.T (real name Stephen Kenny Tempest) is an English record producer, DJ and label manager, known for his work involving house, and tech house.

DJ S.K.T is known for the song "Take Me Away" which peaked at number 19 on the UK Singles Chart.

Career
Starting his career at the age of 12, DJ S.K.T entered under-18 DJ competitions between the age of 12–17 including 'Technics DMC under 18's battle' in which he came fourth in the country. He also entered the 'Radio 1 Search for a DJ' (under 18's) in which he came sixth in the country.

In 2013, he remixed a number of well-known tracks including Miguel's "Adorn", Somore's "I Refuse" and The Nightcrawlers's "Push the Feeling On" which went on to be signed by Ministry of Sound and released in 2014 as an official single. Tipped as the "Go-to name for major labels craving that underground credibility" and "one of the (underground) scenes best producers", it surely won't be long until S.K.T crosses over (into the mainstream)". In March 2014, he produced Little Nikki's single "Right Before My Eyes" which was released by Sony/Deconstruction on 10 August 2014.

In June 2014, he remixed Oliver Heldens & Becky Hill's UK no. 1 "Gecko (Overdrive)", and has had releases on AATW/Universal and Rinse FM's Audio Rehab label. Other notable remixes he has worked on include tracks for the New York house label Strictly Rhythm, Kontor and New State. He worked with Damon C. Scott, the vocalist on the number one track by Storm Queen and MK, "Look Right Through", Rachel K Collier (Ray Foxx) and has worked on remixes for Wilkinson and Becky Hill. He has delivered guest mixes for Kiss FM UK, Capital Xtra and was the resident DJ on BBC 1Xtra Talent in February 2014. Supporters of him include Annie Mac, MK (who featured on S.K.T's mix of "Push the Feeling On" on his BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix), Amine Edge, Steve Smart, DJ Target, Andi Durrant, MistaJam, Grant Nelson and Sam Divine (Defected). In 2016, he started a weekly show on London's Kiss FM.

His 2015 single "Take Me Away", featuring Rae, peaked at number 19 on the UK Singles Chart.

2018 saw the release of DJ S.K.T's first triple CD compilation album, Pure Tech House, which featured four of his own singles and hit No.1 on the iTunes Dance chart. In 2019, "Ballers" on his own label Stashed, peaked at No.2 on Beatport's main chart and was a fixture in the global top 10. It also held the No.1 spot on the Beatport Hype Chart for six weeks.

In 2019, S.K.T appeared at various gigs, including a headline show at Ministry of Sound, to international shows at Ibiza Rocks and Eden. His Saturday night residency on Kiss Fresh radio is broadcast to an audience of over half a million listeners each week.  The same year. he signed a deal with 3 Beat Records with launch single "Certi (Move Your Body)". Re-working Marshall Jefferson's "Move Your Body", it featured new vocals by Youngman. "Certi (Move Your Body)" was added to the Kiss FM daytime playlist, resulting in over 120 plays.

2020 marked the release of DJ S.K.T's biggest single in years with "Round & Round (Boomerang)" a collaboration with the vocalist Jem Cooke on 3 Beat Records. The record was added to the Kiss FM daytime playlist, and was also crowned Radio 1 'Tune of The Week'.

Discography

Albums
 Pure Tech House - Mixed By DJ S.K.T (New State)

Singles
 "Revolution" (Up-Tempo Records, October 2012)
 "Signature Sounds" (Audio Rehab, July 2013)
 "Running" (Audio Rehab, July 2014)
 "Where You Went" (Love & Other, October 2016)
 "Raindrops" (Toolroom, May 2019)
 "Ballers" (Stashed, May 2019)
 "Certi (Move Your Body)" (3Beat, October 2019)

Remix credits
 Oliver Heldens and Becky Hill – "Gecko (Overdrive)" (FFRR) – UK No. 1
 Avon Stringer – "Tell You No Lie" (One Love Records) – Australia No. 7
 La La Land – "Lonely" (Kontor/New State)
 iLL Blu – "Blu Magic" (Island)
 Rachel K Collier – "Predictions" (Strictly Rhythm)
 Wilkinson featuring Talay Riley – "Dirty Love" (Virgin/EMI)
 Becky Hill – "Caution to the Wind" (Parlophone)

Compilation appearances
 Ibiza Annual 2014 – "Push Feeling" (Ministry of Sound)
 The House That Garage Built – "Right Before My Eyes" & "Push Feeling" (Ministry of Sound)
 Marbella Sessions 2014 – "Right Before My Eyes" & "Push Feeling" (Ministry of Sound)
 Clubmix Summer – "Push Feeling" (Warner Music TV)
 Garage Nation  – "Right Before My Eyes" & "Push Feeling" (Warner Music TV)
 The Only Way Is Marbs – Marbella Anthems – La La Land – "Lonely" (Warner Bros. Records)

References

Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
DJs from London
English electronic musicians
English record producers
Remixers
UK garage musicians
Electronic dance music DJs


Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium is an indoor stadium located on the campus of Goa University at Taleigao, Goa, India.

The stadium was constructed for the 2014 Lusophony Games for events of volleyball and basketball. The stadium is named after Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee former Indian politician and the founder of Bhartiya Jana Sangh.

The stadium has a seating capacity of 4000 and was inaugurated by Governor of Goa Bharat Vir Wanchoo in 2014.

It cost 82 crore and was built in 11 months which is a record for the construction of an indoor stadium of international standard. With a 131-metre sheet, the stadium is Asia's first stadium which has the longest single-sheet roof.

Facilities includes air conditioning, player change rooms and lounge, dope control and medical rooms, media centre, state-of-the-art-acoustics and parking facilities and maple wood flooring at playing field. The stadium can also be used for many non sporting events and it can accommodate any indoor sporting event played at the Olympics. Facilities include HD compliant arena lighting, Broadcast room, TV Studio, Player Dressing rooms, Match Delegates area, Dope control rooms, Medical rooms for players and spectators, VIP Lounge,  Media Tribune and Media working stations, Press Conference area, Mixed zone area, CCTV camera and parking facilities.

References

Sports venues in Goa
Indoor arenas in India
Basketball venues in India
Volleyball venues in India
Handball venues in India
University sports venues in India
Buildings and structures in North Goa district
Sports venues completed in 2014
2014 establishments in Goa


title: Epiphyas scleropa

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Epiphyas scleropa is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Victoria and New South Wales.

The wingspan is about 22–23 mm.

References

Moths described in 1910
Epiphyas
Taxa named by Edward Meyrick


title: Marol Naka metro station

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Marol Naka (Officially known as TECNO Marol Naka) is an elevated metro station on the East-West Corridor of the Blue Line 1 of Mumbai Metro serving the Marol neighbourhood of Andheri in Mumbai, India. It was opened to the public on 8 June 2014.

Upon the metro line being commissioned for passengers, the BEST launched a special bus service Metro Pheri 1 which brings commuters from a distance to the closest of the 3 metro stations it serves. It runs from SEEPZ and via the B crossroad arrives at Chakala (J.B.Nagar) metro station then runs parallel to the metro line alongside Andheri Kurla Road touching Airport Road metro station and Marol Naka metro station then via Marol Maroshi Road back to SEEPZ.

History

Station layout

Facilities

List of available ATM at Marol Naka metro station are: Kotak Mahindra Bank
List of food outlets available : Jumbo King

Connections
The station will be an interchange station between Lines 1 and 3 of the Metro once the latter is commissioned.

Exits

See also
Public transport in Mumbai
List of Mumbai Metro stations
List of rapid transit systems in India
List of Metro Systems

References

External links

The official site of Mumbai Metro
 UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.

Mumbai Metro stations
Railway stations in India opened in 2014
2014 establishments in Maharashtra


title: Epiphyas spodota

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Epiphyas spodota is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Victoria.

References

Moths described in 1910
Epiphyas
Taxa named by Edward Meyrick


title: Jean du Plessis-Pasté

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Jean du Plessis-Pasté, a French prelate of the 14th century, Bishop of Arras and Chartres.

A native of the île-de-France, Jean du Plessis-Pasté was son of Thomas Pasté and Gilles.

He became Canon at Laon, then Paris, Beauvais, and Arras, Dean of the Chartres and an Advisor to the King. He was elected Bishop of Arras in 1326 and in 1328 was transferred to the Diocese of Chartres where in 1329 he performed the marriage of Jean, Duke of Brittany, with Jeanne of Flanders in the Cathedral of Chartres.

He died in March 1332.

References

Bishops of Arras
Bishops of Chartres
Roman Catholic monks
Year of birth unknown
1332 deaths


title: Epiphyas pulla

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Epiphyas pulla is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Western Australia.

The wingspan is about 16–22 mm.

References

Moths described in 1945
Epiphyas


title: Epiphyas sobrina

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Epiphyas sobrina is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.

The wingspan is about 15.5 mm.

References

Moths described in 1945
Epiphyas


title: Pierre Turgeon (writer)

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Pierre Turgeon (born 9 October 1947) is a Canadian novelist and essayist from Quebec.

He was a journalist and literary critic at Perspectives and Radio-Canada. He is also a co-founder of l'Illettré with Victor-Lévy Beaulieu, Jean-Marie Poupart, Jean-Claude Germain and Michel Beaulieu. He is the author 22 books and of many screenplays, including a dramatization of the October Crisis.

Biography
Turgeon's family has deep roots within Quebec's history; his ancestors were among the first to settle in New France in 1662. He was born in Quebec City, Quebec and completed his studies in literature at the Collège Sainte-Marie in 1967. In 1968, he joined Radio-Canada, where he became a literary critic, signing broadcasts on foreign writers and becoming the host for Book Club, a radio weekly critical review of current literature directed by Gilles Archambault. He also pursued a career as a journalist in Perspectives. In 1969, he founded l'Illettré with Victor-Lévy Beaulieu, , Jean-Claude Germain and Michel Beaulieu. In 1970, he published his first novel, Sweet Poison, which received a warm welcome by critics and the public.

In 1972, Turgeon won first prize for Dramatic Works at the CBC for The Interview, which he wrote with Jacques Godbout. This radio play served as inspiration for the feature-length movie La Gammick (1975), starring , Julien Poulin, Serge Thériault and Dorothée Berryman. In 1975, he founded Quinze Books, and was a publisher there for three years. During this period, he published many novels, including Coming Attraction and One, Two, Three. He wrote La Fleur aux dents, a movie starring Claude Jutra. The Quiet Revolution, which changed the Quebec society in the 1960s, greatly inspired Turgeon in his works during that period.

In 1970, the October Crisis was one of the key moments in Canadian history. It gave birth to the controversial film The October Crisis produced by the CBC and Radio-Canada and directed by Mark Blandford. In 1978, he became director of the press at the Université de Montréal (PUM). From 1979 to 1985, he was the manager and publisher of the Sogides Group (L'Homme, Le Jour, Quinze). In 1981, his talent as a novelist was recognized with the release of The First Person which received the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction.

In the 1980s, he published the novels A Last Blues for October and Hitler's Boat. While continuing his career as a journalist and columnist at l'Actualité, he became editor in chief of the literary review Liberté. In 1992, he received a second Governor General's Award for his essay Radissonia: The Land of the James Bay. In 1996, he found himself at the center of a political and cultural debate. The family of PH Desrosiers got a judicial ban against the biography Turgeon wrote on Maurice Duplessis. Following a fight in court for the publication of the biography, he obtained the support of more than thirty cultural, social, and trade union organizations, including UNEQ, the Writers Union of Canada, the Association of History Teachers, the Federation of Journalists, the CSN and the FTQ. L'Affaire Turgeon, as it is called, brought the repeal of Article 35 of the Civil Code of Quebec in 2002, which prohibited publishing the biography of a deceased person without the consent of his heirs.

In 1998, Turgeon published Jour de feu, at the famous French publishing house Flammarion. In 2000, he wrote the French edition of Canada: A People's History (Volumes 1 and 2), published by Fides in French and by McClelland & Stewart in its English edition by Don Gillmor.

Honors

1972 – Prix littéraire Radio-Canada, L'Interview
1980 – Prix du Gouverneur général, La Première Personne
1992 – Prix du Gouverneur général, La Radissonie
1994 - The Mighty River,  Le fleuve aux grandes eaux - Nominated for best animated film by Oscars and won the Los Angeles critic award for best animated film in 1994.
1997 – Prix Percy-Foy de la Société historique de Montréal, Les Bâtisseurs du siècle
2000 – Prix Ex-Libris de l'association des libraires Canadiens, Le Canada : une histoire populaire, Tome 1 et 2

Works

Novels

 Sweet Poison, Oberon Press 1983.
 Un, deux, trois, Ed. du Jour 1972, Ed. Quinze 1978, Collection Bibliothèque Québécoise 1992.
 Coming soon, Ed. du Jour 1974, Ed. Quinze 1980, Vlb éditeur collection Le Courant 1989.
 The First Person, Oberon press 1981, Prix du Gouverneur général 1981, Collection 10 October 1981, Collection Bibliothèque Québécoise 1992.
 Hitler's Boat, Transit Publishing 2010,
 Un dernier blues pour octobre, Ed. Libre expression.
 Les Torrents de l'espoir, Ed. Libre expression 1995, Ed. Presses de la Cité, Paris 1996.
 Jour de feu, Ed. Flammarion 1998.

Essays

 Fréquentation, Ed. l'Hexagone, 1991
 Radissonia : The James Bay adventure, Ed. Libre expression 1991, Prix du Gouverneur général 1992

History books

 Les Bâtisseurs du siècle, Jacques Lanctôt, éditeur 1997, Prix Percy-Foy de la Société historique de Montréal.
 P.H. le magnifique : l'éminence grise de Duplessis, Jacques Lanctôt, éditeur 1997
 Canada: A People's History, Volume 1 and 2 (in collaboration with Don Gillmor), Ed. McClelland&Steward et Editions Fidès 2000. Winner of the Ex-Libris Price of The Association of Canada's Bookstores. Mention of the best book on Canada's history given by the ministry of PCanadian Heritage.

Notebook

 En Accéleré, Editions Leméac, 1991.

Books translated in English

 The First Person, Oberon Press 1980.
 Sweet Poison, Oberon Press 1982.
 Coming Attraction, Oberon Press 1983.
 Radissonia, the James Bay Adventure, Editions.Libre expression 1992.
 Canada : a People's History, volume 1 and 2, McClelland&Steward publishing. 2001.
 Hitler's boat, Transit publishing 2010

Theatre

 L'Interview, Leméac 1972 – premier prix du Concours des œuvres dramatiques de Radio-Canada

Screenplays

 1974: La Crise d'octobre (directed by Jacques Godbout for the National Film Board)
 1975: La Justice et l'Ordinateur (National Film Board)
 1975: La Gammick (directed by Jacques Godbout for the National Film Board)
 1976: La Fleur aux dents (National Film Board)
 1992: Sur le dos de la grande baleine (National Film Board)
 1994: Le Fleuve aux grandes eaux (Radio-Canada)
 2000: La Révolution tranquille (4th episode, Télé-Québec)

References

External links
 L'infocentre littéraire des écrivains québécois : Pierre Turgeon

Canadian male novelists
20th-century Canadian novelists
21st-century Canadian novelists
Writers from Quebec City
1947 births
Living people
Canadian screenwriters in French
Governor General's Award-winning fiction writers
Governor General's Award-winning non-fiction writers
Canadian novelists in French
Canadian male essayists
Canadian male screenwriters
20th-century Canadian essayists
21st-century Canadian essayists
20th-century Canadian male writers
21st-century Canadian male writers
20th-century Canadian screenwriters
21st-century Canadian screenwriters
Canadian male television writers


title: Württemberg D

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The Württemberg D was a class of 14 locomotives of the Royal Württemberg State Railways (Königlich Württembergische Staats-Eisenbahnenen, K.W.St.E.)

They were designed for the Ulm to Bretten via Stuttgart line. They were a four-cylinder de Glehn compound. They were capable of taking a train of  up a 1% (1 in 100) incline at a speed of .

After the First World War, only eight locomotives went to the Deutsche Reichsbahn, who allocated them the numbers 38 101 to 38 108; however, they were not in active service, and were scrapped in 1924.

Four went to Poland, where the PKP classed them as Ok102. Two (426 and 429) went to France as reparations, and were allocated to the Chemins de fer de l'État, who renumbered them 230-985 and 230-986; they were little used, 230-986 was withdrawn circa 1930, and 230-985 was scrapped in 1934.

They were equipped with type 2′2′ T tenders.

References

4-6-0 locomotives
Esslingen locomotives
D
Compound locomotives
Standard gauge locomotives of Germany
2′C n4v locomotives
Passenger locomotives


title: Nord's 17th constituency

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The 17th constituency of the Nord is a French legislative constituency in the Nord département.

Description

Nord's 17th constituency contains the majority of Douai as well as the rural canton of Arleux to the south.

The seat was held by Marc Dolez from 1988 to 2017, with the sole exception of between 1993 and 1997. Dolez left the Socialist Party to join Jean-Luc Mélenchon's Left Party in 2008. At the 2012 election he faced no candidate in the second round following the withdrawal of the Socialist Party candidate.

Historic Representation

Election results

2022

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2007

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2002

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Sources
 Official results of French elections from 1998:

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title: Ericodesma concordana

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Ericodesma concordana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and Tasmania. The habitat consists of open forests and heathland.

The wingspan is about 17.5 mm.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Hibbertia species.

References

Moths described in 1881
Archipini


title: Pierre I (bishop of Arras)

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Pierre I was a Cistercian monk of the twelfth century, and Bishop of Arras, France from 1184 to 1203.

Pierre is first known as Abbot of Pontigny from 1176 to 1178. Then from the end of 1180, he was Abbot of Cîteaux.

In the spring of 1184, Pierre became Bishop of Arras and was consecrated during the Synod of Verona, in the autumn of the same year. He held this position until his death, November 1, 1203. [3], and he was buried in the Abbey of Pontigny.

References

Bishops of Arras
Roman Catholic monks
Year of birth unknown
Date of death unknown


title: Surendra Pandey

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Surendra Pandey is a nepalese politician and current vice chairman of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist). He was a member of the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly. He won the Chitwan–1 seat in 2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election from the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist).

Personal life
A CPN-UML’s vice chairman and ex-finance minister, Surendra Pandey was born on August 25, 1958, in Gajuri-8 of Dhading to parents of Netra Raj and Man Maya Pandey and grew up in Chitwan district. When he was of small age, his family moved from Dhading district and settled to Chitwan district. He was born to a brahmin family.

Political career
Pandey was elected to the National Council in 1999, was the CA member in the first Constituent Assembly Election of 2008 from proportional representation. He was also the finance minister in the Madhav Kumar Nepal-led government. Pandey then said his budget would focus on job creation, boosting law and order, creating a better investment climate and implementing power projects to end a crippling shortage of electricity that has stunted economic growth. Pandey is specially known within CPN-UML for his contributions towards assisting the party in developing economic reform plans. His economic development ideologies have appeared in numerous platforms putting him in the forefront of CPN-UML's economic policy planners.

Pandey's term at the Nepal Government as the Finance Minister was considered very successful thus thwarting initial skepticism. Thus CIAA's charges against Pandey on 4 December 2015 was understood as a personal grudge. It was believed that the then CIAA Chief Lok Man Singh Karki was furious over Pandey's position against CIAA's unconstitutional jurisdictional overstepping and thus pressed charges against Pandey as a show of power. Lok Man Singh Karki was later sacked in 21 October 2016 as he was proven under-qualified for the appointment to the office of the chief of the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority.

References

Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) politicians
Living people
1958 births
People from Chitwan District
People from Dhading District
Finance ministers of Nepal
Members of the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly
Members of the 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly


title: Racundra's First Cruise

text:
Racundra's First Cruise is the first book about sailing written by Arthur Ransome, author of the Swallows and Amazons series. It describes a trip he made across the Baltic Sea from Riga in Latvia to Helsinki in Finland and back in a 9 metre sailing boat that he had built.

Background
During the First World War, Ransome had spent much of his time as a news correspondent in Russia, where he covered the revolution and its aftermath. He was living in Moscow when he approached the designer Otto Eggers in Reval (Tallinn) in Estonia to build him a sturdy cruising boat. He planned to sail Racundra back to England, but delays in finishing her meant that there was only time for a proving trip in 1922 before the winter and the return to England had to be put off. The six-week trip took till nearly the end of September and much of the account was written on board. He was to marry Evgenia Petrovna Shelepina, the ex-private secretary of Leon Trotsky two years later when his divorce papers came through, before Racundra's third cruise.

"Racundra turned out to be all that I had hoped. We took her to sea in the Baltic autumn; we had her at sea when big steamers reported damage from the heavy weather, and never once did she show the smallest sign of disquiet. Weather that was good enough for us was good enough for her, and when the Equinox flung her home with a last flick of his mighty tail, she sailed through the rollers on the bar and the troubled Dvina, serene, neat, as if she was returning from a day's trip in June."

The voyage
Ransome set out with two crew whom he doesn't name directly. One is simply called "The Cook", in actuality his lover and later wife Evgenia Petrovna Shelepina, but he says that she takes "most of the credit for the ease and pleasantness of the voyage. She can take her trick at the tiller if need be, but that, for her, is holiday. All the hard work was hers."

The other is called the "Ancient Mariner", an old sailor who Ransome had met in Riga living in a small hut on a raft and who had sailed in the tea clippers including Thermopylae, and been harbourmaster of the "Lilliput port". When he begged Ransome to take him, "I, of course, agreed with joy, as there is no such rigger in the Baltic as the Ancient Mariner". His real name was Captain Carl Sehmel and his character is also featured in several of the Swallows and Amazons books as Peter Duck and Simon, a wherry sailor in Coot Club.

Sequel
A sequel, Racundra's Third Cruise (Racundra Goes Inland), was compiled by Brian Hammett from Ransome's unpublished typescript and published in 2002. It details a cruise inland on the same boat, up the river Lielupe (then known as the Aa) from Riga to Jelgava, taken in late summer 1924, as a honeymoon cruise after his marriage to Evgenia Shelepina.

References

1923 non-fiction books
Sailing books
Works by Arthur Ransome


title: La Reine Margot (novel)

text:
La Reine Margot (English: Queen Margot is a historical novel written in 1845 by Alexandre Dumas, père. Although it is based on real characters and events, certain aspects of La Reine Margot may be inconsistent with the historical record; historians have attributed that to artistic licence and the fact that Dumas might have been influenced by propaganda against certain historical figures, notably Catherine. Written in French, it was almost immediately translated into English, first anonymously and soon afterward publicly by David Bogue as Marguerite de Valois: An Historical Romance.

Plot
The story begins in Paris in August 1572, during the reign of the Valois King Charles IX, it is the French Wars of Religion. The protagonist is Marguerite de Valois, better known as Margot, the daughter of the deceased Henry II. The antagonist is the scheming Catholic power player Catherine de Medici, Margot's mother.

Although Margot herself is excluded from the throne by the Salic Law, her marriage to a Protestant prince offers a chance for domestic reconciliation during the reign of the neurotic, hypochondriac King Charles IX, while Catholics are vying for political control of France with the French Protestants, the Huguenots.

Catherine decides to make an overture of goodwill by offering up Margot in marriage to prominent Huguenot and King of Navarre, Henri de Bourbon, which is supposed to cement the hard-fought Peace of Saint-Germain. At the same time, Catherine schemes to bring about the notorious St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre of 1572 and assassinate many of the most wealthy and prominent Huguenots, who are in the largely-Catholic city of Paris to escort the Protestant prince to his wedding. The massacre begins four days after the wedding ceremony, and thousands of Protestants are slaughtered. The marriage goes ahead, but Margot, who does not love Henri, begins a passionate affair with the soldier La Môle, also a Protestant from a well-to-do family.

Murders by poisoning follow, as court intrigues multiply and Catherine's villainous plotting to place her son, the future Henry III, on the throne threatens the lives of La Môle, Margot and Henri.

Adaptations
The plot of the novel was fully or partially included in adaptations for film and television, which also drew on the historical facts:
 La Reine Margot, a 1910 French silent film directed by Camille de Morlhon, starting Berthe Bovy
 La Reine Margot a.k.a. A Woman of Evil, a 1954 French-Italian film directed by Jean Dréville, starring Jeanne Moreau
 La Reine Margot, a 1994 French-German-Italian film directed by Patrice Chéreau, starring Isabelle Adjani
 Koroleva Margo, a 1996 Russian television series directed by Aleksandr Muratov, starring Yevgenia Dobrovolskaya

References

External links
 (French)
 (French)
La Reine Margot, English translation at Google Books (Oxford World's Classics, )
Google Library 1900 English language edition

1845 French novels
Novels by Alexandre Dumas
Historical novels
Novels set in Paris
Novels set in the 16th century
Novels about royalty
Novels set in the 1570s
French novels adapted into films
Cultural depictions of Catherine de' Medici
Cultural depictions of Henry III of France


title: Knešpolje

text:
Knešpolje () or Knežopolje (Кнежопоље) is a region in northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the northwestern part of the Potkozarje geographical region, and includes a region stretching from Prijedor, Kozara mountains, Bosanska Dubica, the Una river and Bosanska Kostajnica. Its name is derived from knez (count, duke) and polje (field).

Geography
The region lies in northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the wider Bosanska Krajina region. It is the northwestern part of the Potkozarje geographical region, and includes a region stretching from Prijedor, Kozara mountains, Bosanska Dubica, the Una river and Bosanska Kostajnica.

History
The region is known for its rebellions against Ottoman rule. In 1858, an uprising broke out in the region, known as Pecija's First Revolt.

The region is known as a place where Serbs were persecuted by the Ustashe in World War II; Bosnian Muslim poet Skender Kulenović wrote about the Kozara tragedy.

In the prelude of the Bosnian War, the Serb-organized SAO Bosanska Krajina was proclaimed in the Bosnian Frontier; it was then succeeded by the establishment of Republika Srpska (1992).

Culture
The region is historically Serb-inhabited, and has specific folk traditions. Ojkača is sung with at least three singers and without instrumental music. The local kolo (dance) is the Kozara kolo (Kozaračko kolo). The traditional instrument is tamburica. The region's inhabitants call themselves Knežopoljci, and regard themselves Krajišnici ("frontiersmen").

See also
Prijedor Field

References

Regions of Republika Srpska
Historical regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina
History of the Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina


title: Feudal baronies in Devonshire

text:
According to Sanders (1960) there were eight certain or probable English feudal baronies in Devonshire:
Feudal barony of Bampton
Feudal barony of Bradninch
Feudal barony of Great Torrington
Feudal barony of Okehampton
Feudal barony of Totnes
Feudal barony of Barnstaple
Feudal barony of Berry Pomeroy
Feudal barony of Plympton

Writing in the early 17th century William Pole stated that there were an additional four feudal baronies: Dartington, Harberton, Bishop of Exeter, Abbot of Tavistock

See also
Feudal baronies in Cornwall

References

Sources
Sanders, I.J. English Baronies: A Study of their Origin and Descent 1086-1327, Oxford, 1960
Pole, Sir William (d.1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791, Book I,  pp.1-33
Risdon, Tristram (d.1640), Survey of Devon, 1811 edition, London, 1811, with 1810 Additions, pp.361-4, The Baronies of this County and how many Knight's Fees were held of the Honours, with the Ensigns of their Ancient Owners

History of Devon
Honours (feudal barony)
Feudal baronies in Devon


title: Orgest Gava

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Orgest Gava (born 29 March 1990) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for AF Elbasani in the Kategoria e Parë.

Club career

Lushnja
In July 2017, Gava joined newly promoted Albanian Superliga side Lushnja by signing a one-year contract. In an interview, Gava said that he was happy to be part of Lushnja. He made his competitive debut for the team on 10 September in the opening matchday of championship against Vllaznia Shkodër, scoring an owngoal in the first half in an eventual 0–2 defeat at the neutral ground of Loni Papuçiu Stadium. One week later, Gava scored his maiden goal, the opener with a shot just inside the box, but Lushnja was defeated 3–1 by Flamurtari Vlorë. With Lushnja already relegated, in May 2018 Gava stated that he'll leave the club once his contract expire.

Honours
Elbasani
Albanian First Division: 2013–14
Albanian Division 3: 2021-2022
Albanian Division 2: 2022-2023
Finalist Digitalb kupa e kosoves: 2018-2019

References

External links

1990 births
Living people
Footballers from Elbasan
Albanian men's footballers
Albania men's under-21 international footballers
Albania men's youth international footballers
Men's association football midfielders
KF Elbasani players
KF Shkumbini players
KF Bylis players
KF Lushnja players
KF Trepça '89 players
Kategoria Superiore players
Kategoria e Parë players
Football Superleague of Kosovo players
Albanian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Kosovo
Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Kosovo


title: Young Plan (Hong Kong)

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The Young Plan was a constitutional reform proposal carried out in 1946 attempting to introduce representative democracy in Colonial Hong Kong. Named after the then Governor, Mark Young, it was the first major reform proposal to give Hong Kong inhabitants a greater share of managing their own affairs by widening the base of Hong Kong's political system through the creation of a new Municipal Council. The proposed Council was to consist of an elected majority based on a fairly wide franchise, with powers and autonomy over all urban services, education, social welfare, town planning and other functions. It even allowed for indirect election of two Unofficial Members of the Legislative Council (LegCo) by the new Council.

Unofficial Members of the Legislative Council were opposed to the transfer of power to the new body and Young's successor, Governor Alexander Grantham who was opposed to the Young Plan, did not press this issue. Discussion dragged on but the continued opposition of Unofficials in LegCo in addition to the fear of the potential of penetration by Communist China finally killed the plan in 1952. This was the last move towards any form of major electorally-based government until in the 1980s during the Sino-British negotiations on Hong Kong's sovereignty.

Background

The demand and attempts for constitutional reform in Hong Kong had occurred from time to time, but it had been an intractable problem for the Colonial Government due to the overwhelmingly majority of the Chinese population.

Until during the Second World War when Hong Kong was under Japanese occupation, the collapse of the British imperial power in East Asia in the face of Japanese onslaught and also the emergence of a demand form the Chinese Nationalist Government under Chiang Kai-shek for the retrocession of Hong Kong during the war, forced the British Government to seriously examine the possibility of constitutional reform in post-war Hong Kong. By the Young Plan, the Colonial Government meant to create a sense of belonging and loyalty to Hong Kong among all its inhabitants regardless of race in the shadow of increasing Chinese influence over the local population and also China's demand for the return of Hong Kong.

The 1945 UK Election saw the Labour Party swept into power in London. The new Labour Government had pledged to introduce self-government throughout the British Empire including in Hong Kong.

Proposal
Sir Mark Young was the Governor of Hong Kong when the colony fell under the control of Japan on Christmas Day after the Battle of Hong Kong. He spent the war in various prison camps and returned on 1 May 1946. Upon his return, Young announced the plan for constitutional changes on the first day of the return of the civil government:

On 28 August 1946, Young gave a speech on radio outlines further details of the preliminary reform proposal. The main idea of the Young Plan was to set up a super municipal council which was given even greater power than its counterpart in England at that time. Young intended to make this proposed municipal council into an alternative to the Colonial Government, which would give Hong Kong a kind of representative government through the back door. Young also recommended several changes for the Legislative Council by giving some representative element to the Unofficials and increasing the portion of the Unofficial compared to Official Members. Nonetheless, Young also noticed the emergence of the influence of Kuomintang over the institutions and activities of the local population and saw the possibility of the Municipal Council to be used for their own ends. Therefore, Young suggested that the revision of the constitution "should be so framed to preclude the possibility of the Council concerning itself with political matters, particularly in relation to the future status of the Colony."

Mark Young carried out the reform proposal in the Legislative Council in 1947. The centerpiece of the plan was the creation of an elected Municipal Council. The new Municipal Council was to have an elected majority with the franchise open to all who were permanent residents and were literate in either Chinese or English with property requirements. The new body was to be divided on communal grounds: half Chinese and half non-Chinese. Of its 30 members, 20 (10 Chinese and 10 non-Chinese) would be directly elected, with the remainder nominated by various organisations, including the Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce and Chinese General Chamber of Commerce and the University of Hong Kong. The council was to be financially autonomous, funded out of the revenue from rates and licenses, employ its own staff and would eventually take over all urban services, education, social welfare, town planning and other functions. In July 1947, London publicly approved the Young Plan in principle.

Opposition
Due to health problems, Young was replaced by Alexander Grantham in the summer of 1947. Grantham was not enthusiastic about democratic reforms in Hong Kong. As a long-time civil servant who started his career as a young cadet in Hong Kong, Grantham considered Young's plan ill-conceived. He did not believe the Young Plan would make the Chinese more loyal to Britain. Grantham's administration procrastinated the progress of reform by drafting the legislation for full two years.

The proposal also met with strident opposition both within the government and by some top elites. British businessmen began lobbying for a permanent European majority. Even before the publication of the draft bills, the Unofficial Members of the Legislative Council criticised the Young Plan on the occasion of the Budget Debate in March 1949. On 27 April 1949, Senior Unofficial Member D. F. Landale proposed a motion for the abandonment of the Young Plan.

With the support of Grantham, British-educated lawyer and unofficial legislator Man-kam Lo, one of the three members in the 15-man LegCo, was also strongly opposed to the Young Plan. In the final vote on "Landale Motion" on 22 June 1949, he argued that Hong Kong Government was responsible for everyone and that Unofficial Members represented public interest without racial or sectoral bias. He questioned if the planned constituencies that would reflect local diversity. He also denied that councilors elected by such "fractional" constituencies could do a better job of representing the community then the appointed members. Without appearing to reverse course, Lo proposed more important changes for the Legislative Council as an alternative for the Young Plan in consultation with Alexander Grantham. Lo summed up the Unofficial's case, suggested reforming the Legislative Council instead by introducing direct elections by only British nationals for a handful of seats carefully balanced to remain safe in any contingency.  All Unofficial Members voted for the "Landale Motion" for the abandonment of the Young Plan.

Public opinion
In June 1949, the Reform Club of Hong Kong, which was recently founded by expatriates and local Chinese to press the Government to implement the Young Plan, petitioned Governor Alexander Grantham for a directly elected LegCo. Charles Edgar Loseby, the first Chairman of the Reform Club and a former Member of Parliament said the proposed council would be powerless to change governance in Hong Kong whereby the only interests of those "big business and financial houses and those dependent upon them" mattered.

In July after the Young Plan was shelved in the Legislative Council, another newly formed political group Hong Kong Chinese Reform Association led by leaders such as Wong San-yan, Ma Man-fai and Percy Chen joined the Chinese Manufacturers' Union, the Kowloon Chamber of Commerce, and 139 other Chinese organisations petitioned the governor for constitutional change.

Some interested Chinese also demanded more seats given their majority status in the population.

Turndown
After Mao Zedong's victory in the Chinese Civil War, democratizing Hong Kong was not a priority issue in Britain. In fact, the Foreign Office was not worried that the Central People's Government would object to democratic changes in Hong Kong. On the contrary, Its concern was that Grantham's alternative would give the Communist "ample grounds for charging that the reforms [were] undemocratic." Lo's revised proposals of 1949  were initially approved by the British Government at the end of 1950 but were postponed in early 1951 at the request of the Foreign Office since it did not provide for a wide Chinese franchise. The Foreign Office feared they might provoke a Communist's propaganda campaign and an excuse to raise the question of the retrocession of Hong Kong in the midst of the Korean War.

In 1952 as Hong Kong's first recession in the post-war era began to bite, the earlier local agitations died down. The British Government's 1946 pledge to give Hong Kong people's greater local self-government was ignored. Grantham persuaded Britain to abandon all plans for political reform because it did not "interest the British electorate". Then before the Hong Kong public he blamed London for canceling the plans.  In September 1952, the British Cabinet agreed to drop all major reforms for Hong Kong. In October, British Colonial Secretary Oliver Lyttelton announced Hong Kong at the time was "inopportune for...constitutional changes of a major character."  Without appearing retrogressive, Lyttelton proposed that the reform was limited to the Urban Council, a statutory body with advisory and overseeing functions. Governor Grantham welcomed minor reform proposals. As a result, two elected seats in the Urban Council which existed before the war were reintroduced in 1952 and were subsequently doubled to four in the following year.

In the subsequent years, the issue of political reform was overshadowed by events such as the Cold War and the Korean War and the influx of refugees. By 1960, Britain had ruled out the prospect of any major change to Hong Kong political system. This was the last move towards any form of major electorally based government until in the 1980s during the Sino-British negotiations on Hong Kong's sovereignty.

References

Bibliography

Politics of Hong Kong
1946 in Hong Kong
1947 in Hong Kong
1949 in Hong Kong
1952 in Hong Kong
Electoral reform in Hong Kong
History of Hong Kong
1946 in politics
1947 in politics
1949 in politics
1952 in politics


title: Great Daffodil Appeal

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The Great Daffodil Appeal is Marie Curie's biggest annual fundraising campaign. Every March, millions of people across the UK support this fundraising event by giving a small donation to wear a daffodil pin. This makes it one of the UK’s most recognisable charity appeals. Money raised through the appeal helps Marie Curie provide free care and support to people living with a terminal illnesses.

History

The first Great Daffodil Appeal took place in 1986 with volunteers collecting donations and handing out fresh daffodils.

In 1990 the Liverpool Marie Curie Society, in conjunction with Liverpool City Council, planted one million daffodils in the city's Sefton Park to create a "Field of Hope". This led to other Fields of Hope being established in other parks in the city over the years.

In 1995, Marie Curie replaced fresh flowers with fabric daffodil pins. Three million were given out and £1.2 million was donated. In 2005, the charity used the term 'Great Daffodil Appeal' for the first time.

In 2011, actress Alison Steadman appeared in the charity's first TV advertising campaign for the appeal. Steadman has continued her support for the appeal, appearing in TV ads in 2012, 2014 and 2015, as well as a 2016 radio advert with actor Dominic West.

Key facts

In 2014/15, the charity provided care to more than 40,700 people with terminal illnesses, and is the largest provider of hospice beds outside the NHS.

The millions raised by the Great Daffodil Appeal over the years have enabled Marie Curie to provide more free hands-on care to people living with a terminal illness, usually in their own homes or at one of the charity's nine hospices.

During the 2015 Great Daffodil Appeal, more than 22,000 collectors took on 34,000 collections.

As part of the 2016 appeal, supporters were also encouraged to raise funds by doing something they love, such as hosting a bake sale or quiz night.

References

External links

Fundraising events
Health charities in the United Kingdom


title: Ericodesma adoxodes

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Ericodesma adoxodes is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Tasmania. The habitat consists of rainforests and mixed forests at altitudes between 200 and 1,000 meters.

The wingspan is about 14.5–15 mm.

The larvae feed on Nothofagus cunninghamii. They bore into the leaf buds of their host plant in spring and have been observed tying adjacent shoots together.

References

Moths described in 1939
Archipini


title: Dry (2014 film)

text:
Dry is a 2014 Nigerian drama film directed by Stephanie Linus and starring Stephanie Okereke, Liz Benson, William McNamara, Darwin Shaw and Paul Sambo. On 20 July 2013, a teaser trailer for the film was released, in response to the Child marriage controversy ongoing in Nigeria at the time.

The film's theme focuses on Vesicovaginal fistula condition and underaged marriage among young women, narrating the story of a thirteen-year-old girl, Halima (Zubaida Ibrahim Fagge), whose poor uneducated parents marry her off to Sani (Tijjani Faraga), a 60-year-old man, who constantly rapes her. Halima gets pregnant and suffers Vesicovaginal Fistula (VVF) after child delivery; she's consequently abandoned by her husband and discriminated against in the society. Zara (Stephanie Okereke), a medical doctor who also suffered a horrific childhood meets Halima; she tries to help her get through her situation and also save other young women under such circumstance.

Plot

Cast
Zubaida Ibrahim Fagge as Halima
Stephanie Okereke as Dr Zara
Liz Benson as Matron
William McNamara as Dr Brown
Darwin Shaw as Dr Alex
Paul Sambo
Olu Jacobs as Speaker
Rahama Hassan as Fatima
Hauwa Maina as Hadiza
Rekiya Ibrahim Atta as Sani's Mother
Hakeem Hassan as Honourable Musa
Tijjani Faraga as Sani
Klint da Drunk as Dr. Mutanga
Vineeta Pathak

Production
Okereke had been disturbed with child marriage issue since she was in College and had been thinking on how to tackle the topic. The making of Dry was inspired by a true life story of a lady Okereke met in Northern Nigeria. She stated: "I have been to the North and to other parts of the country, and I have seen first-hand how this health issue defies normal living for girls and women of different ages. I have decided to share their stories through DRY" "The issue might seem controversial, but if it will set one girl free and open the minds of the people, and also instruct different bodies and individuals to take action, then the movie would have served its purpose". According to Linus, the film was in production for three years; it was reported in September 2012 that Stephanie Okereke just hit location for the film. The film marked the return of Liz Benzon to the big screen after a long time of absence from films. The opening scenes which were initially meant to be shot in Los Angeles were later moved to Aberystwyth, Wales by the line producers, Akanimo Odon and Murtza Ali Ghaznavi. The film was also shot in Aberystwyth University campus, in which the university acted as a production partner. Students from the University's Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies were present on set to gain practical experience and to also help with the film shoot, and several University staff had minor acting roles, in addition to the professional cast.

Release
The film's teaser trailer was released on 20 July 2013. This was around the time of "Child marriage controversy in Nigeria", when the senate was unable to remove a clause of the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria which states that "any woman that is married in Nigeria is of full age" due to shortage of votes from members of senate. This however was misconstrued by the general public as a bill for underaged marriage, which drew a lot of media attention at the time. Stephanie Okereke coincidentally just concluded the principal photography of the film at the time, so she released a RAW footage teaser trailer to lend her voice against the "alleged bill". The official trailer was released on 3 September 2014.

Dry premiered on 29 November 2014 at the Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Wales. Behind the Scenes documentary video for the film was uploaded on "NextPage" YouTube channel on 30 July 2015, and the film premiered at the Silverbird Galleria in Lagos on 3 August 2015. The film also premiered in Abuja on 13 August 2015, before going on a general release the next day, on 14 August.

Reception

Critical reception
The film has been generally met with positive critical reception, mainly because of the film's message. Onyeka Onwelue on Premium Times commends the film's cinematography and story, concluding "No matter how you may want to summarize it, Dry is a propagandist work but a beautifully stitched story about humanity; it drags you through the facades of beauty, it takes you on a walk through the surface of imperialism. Ms. [Stephanie] Linus has created unforgettable characters, stapled with a storyline that, at once, amazes and truncates you. Dry is masterly orchestrated". Chilee Agunanna of Nigerian Entertainment Today notes that the film overtly plays like a documentary, but concludes: "Dry is a beautiful movie whose new star should be up for some major awards during the next awards season. The issues raised in the movie are genuine and demand attention". Amarachukwu Iwuala of 360Nobs notes several inconsistencies in the film due to poor research and scripting, but concludes: "The screenwriter, who also happens to be the director, could have been more thorough in her research to close up the gaping holes, many of which arise from storytelling. However, the visual demonstration of Halima’s suffering is enough to melt a stony heart and even if it is for that reason alone, Dry is worth your while". Wilfred Okiche of YNaija notes that very few attention was paid to detail, but concludes: "Dry is funny and at the same time, sad. But it is a story we will all like for the beauty of its storytelling".

Criticism
The film has been criticized for too much generalization, and the constant reference of "Coming to Africa" like a country which sounds hollywoodish. In 2017, Nigerian writer, Daniella Madudu filed a court case that claimed that the story-line in the film was stolen from her illegitimately.

Themes
Stephanie Okereke stated: "Dry as a movie is going to bring up a lot of the maternal issues that we have in this country and the fact that a lot of less privileged women are dying during childbirth. It also dwells on early marriage and the backlash. It is also going to bring to focus the need for young girls to be allowed to live their lives". Isabella Akinseye commented: "Dry does not hold back in putting burning issues of rape, child marriage, obstetric fistula and the societal stigma that comes with it in our face" "It shows us through the character of a young girl who is forced into an early marriage with devastating results". Okereke also stated in an interview with Jones Magazine: "VVF is a major gynecological problem in many parts of the developing world. The film will be used as an educational tool to create awareness and bring to consciousness the degrading experience young unprivileged women go through in Africa during childbirth".

Awards
At the 2016 Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards (AMVCA), Dry was nominated in nine categories, and won three of the awards: Best Overall Movie, Best Costume Designer (Uche Nancy), and Best Sound Editor (Jose Guillermo).

See also

 2014 in film
 List of Nigerian films of 2014
 List of African films of 2014
 List of British films of 2014
 Vesicovaginal fistula

References

External links

English-language Nigerian films
Films set in Northern Nigeria
2014 drama films
Nigerian drama films
2014 films
Films about child abuse
Films about diseases and disorders
Films about rape
Films shot in Wales
Best Nigerian Film Africa Movie Academy Award winners
AMVCA Best Overall Film winners
2010s English-language films


title: Mateos Toçi

text:
Mateos Toçi (born 16 May 1993) is an Albanian professional footballer who most recently played as a midfielder for Dinamo Tirana in the Albanian First Division.

Club career
On 19 January 2018, Toçi returned to Elbasani after only half a season.

Style of play
Toçi has been compared to former Elbasani player Dorian Bylykbashi.

Career statistics

Club

Honours
Elbasani
Albanian First Division: 2013–14

References

External links

1993 births
Living people
Footballers from Elbasan
Albanian men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Albania men's youth international footballers
KF Elbasani players
KF Gramshi players
FC Dinamo City players
Kategoria Superiore players
Kategoria e Parë players


title: Fossá

text:
Fossurin í Fossá is one of the highest waterfalls in the Faroe Islands, and one of the biggest attractions in northern Streymoy.

"Fossá" in the Faroese language means "river with waterfalls", and there are several streams in Faroe Island with such a name.

The waterfall is located near the village of Haldarsvík, in the Sunda Kommuna municipality. It goes cascading 140 metres down to the sea in two stages. It is possible that in the height of falls is included also the run of the stream between the falls and the sea, which has a height difference of some 30 m.

References

External links
 Highest waterfall on the Faeroe Islands on YouTube

Streymoy
Waterfalls of the Faroe Islands


title: Frederick Szarvasy

text:
Frederick Alexander Szarvasy (20 February 1875 – 3 July 1948) was a Hungarian-born British financier. He became one of the leading financiers and industrialists in Britain.

Life
Frederick Szarvasy was born in Hungary, then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was the son of Alexander Szarvasy, a banker. After spending some time in South America, he arrived in London around 1901 and worked for Montagu Oppenheimer.

Szarvasy quickly rose to prominence and gained a reputation for salvaging companies that were undermined by excessive debt. When Dunlop Rubber faced bankruptcy in 1921, Szarvasy was appointed as chairman and managing director.

Szarvasy was described by an American trade magazine as "the most daring and successful financier in London" in 1923.

Szarvasy played a leading role in the foundation of Imperial Airways in 1924.

Szarvasy acquired United Anthracite Collieries from Lord Melchett in 1928. As such, he gained control of 80 percent of the South Wales anthracite supply.

Szarvasy died suddenly at his London home on 3 July 1948.

References

1875 births
1948 deaths
Hungarian financial businesspeople
Hungarian Roman Catholics
Emigrants from Austria-Hungary to the United Kingdom
Daily Mail and General Trust people
Hungarian bankers
British financial businesspeople


title: Banco di San Giorgio (1987–2012)

text:
Banco di San Giorgio S.p.A. was an Italian bank that existed from 1987 to 2012. It was named for the historical Bank of Saint George, which has been defunct since 1805. In 1992, it entered the group Credito Agrario Bresciano, initially merged in 1999 with the Banca Lombarda and in 2007 with the UBI Banca Group. On October 22, 2012, it merged with the Banca Regionale Europea (a subsidiary of UBI Banca) that has thus acquired all its branches.

The last Chairman of the Board of Directors was Riccardo Garrone.

References

Defunct banks of Italy
Companies based in Genoa
Banks established in 1987
Banks disestablished in 2012
Former UBI Banca subsidiaries


title: Deinococcus apachensis

text:
Deinococcus apachensis is a species of bacteria in the phylum Deinococcota. Strains of this species were isolated from soil samples from Arizona after exposure to more than 15 kGy of radiation.

References

External links
Type strain of Deinococcus apachensis at BacDive -  the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Deinococcales
Polyextremophiles
Radiodurants
Bacteria described in 2005


title: Zhibek Nukeeva

text:
Zhibek Nukeeva (; 27 February 1995 – 16 July 2017) was a Kyrgyz model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Kyrgyzstan 2013.

Early life
Nukeeva was a student of business management, and spoke Kyrgyz and French languages. She used to live for a few months in Grenoble, France. She learnt French language in the Alliance Française's school, based in Grenoble.

Family
Zhibek Nukeeva became mother of a baby boy born in November 2016, with her husband Bakyt.

Pageantry

Miss Kyrgyzstan 2013
Nukeeva was crowned as Miss Kyrgyzstan 2013, represented Bishkek.

Miss World 2013
Nukeeva competed at Miss World 2013 in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia.

Death
Zhibek died on 16 July 2017 from chondrosarcoma, a rare cancer that affects the bones and joints. She was living in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan but was sent by her family to Turkey, to receive higher quality treatment. For the treatment, Zhibek's GoFundMe needed $80,000 to have an operation in Prague, Czech Republic. But after raising $6,172, she died as the cancer had already spread to other parts of the body.

References

External links
Official Website

1995 births
2017 deaths
Deaths from cancer in Turkey
Kyrgyzstani beauty pageant winners
Kyrgyzstani female models
Miss World 2013 delegates
People from Bishkek


title: Kaltbrunn railway station

text:
Kaltbrunn railway station is a railway station situated in the municipality of Kaltbrunn in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. It is located on the Uznach to Wattwil line, close to the western portal of the  long Ricken Tunnel.

The station is served by hourly St. Gallen S-Bahn service S4, which operates in both directions around a loop via Wattwil, St. Gallen, Sargans, Ziegelbrücke and Uznach.

References

External links

Railway stations in the canton of St. Gallen
Swiss Federal Railways stations


title: Diademoceras

text:
Diademoceras is a genus of nautiloid cephalopods from the middle Devonian of North America, named by Rousseau Flower in 1945. The genus is a tainoceratacean included in the nautilid family Rutoceratidae.

The shell of Diademoceras is gyroconic, of no more than two whorls, coiled such that whorls do not touch.  Whorls are broad, section depressed,  sides converge ventrally meeting at a well developed keel. Ornamentation consists of a series of spines on either side as well as transverse striae which form a well developed hyponomic sinus (for the funnel) on the venter. Sutures are straight across the venter, but form a broad shallow lobe on the dorsum.  The siphuncle is close to the venter, composed of straight and empty segments, i.e. orthochoanitic.

References

 Bernhard Kummel 1964. Nautiloidea-Nautilida   Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.

Prehistoric nautiloid genera


title: T. Padma Rao Goud

text:
Thigulla Padma Rao Goud (born 7 April 1954) is an Indian politician who is the current and 2nd Deputy Speaker of the Telangana Legislative Assembly from 24 February 2019 and Member of the Telangana Legislative Assembly from Secunderabad Constituency from 2 June 2014. He was the minister of Excise, Sports, Prohibition from 2014 to 2018 in Telangana.

Early life
Padma Rao was born on 7 April 1954 in Secunderabad. He studied till Intermediate in Govt. Junior College, SP Road, Secunderabad.

Political career
He entered politics after education and served as a Municipal Councillor in 1984 & 2001 (Hyderabad Municipal Corporation). Later in 2001 he joined Telangana Rashtra Samithi. He won from  Secunderabad Assembly constituency in 2004 Assembly Election. In 2009 Assembly election he lost from Sanathnagar Assembly constituency to Congress candidate Marri Shashidhar Reddy.

In 2014 Telangana Assembly Election he was re-elected from Secunderabad Assembly constituency. He was inducted into Cabinet on June 2, 2014, and made Excise and Prohibition, Sports and Youth Services Minister of Telangana. In December 2018, he became the Deputy Speaker of the Telangana Legislative Assembly.

Personal life
He is married to Swarupa Rani and has 4 sons and 2 daughters,
namely Kishore Goud, Kiran Goud, Rameshwar Goud, Trinethra Goud, Aishwarya Goud and Mounika Goud.

References

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Bharat Rashtra Samithi politicians
Living people
Telugu politicians
Members of the Telangana Legislative Council
State cabinet ministers of Telangana
21st-century Indian politicians
1954 births
Telangana MLAs 2018–2023


title: Steven Tang

text:
Steven Tang, also known as Obsolete Music Technology is a house music DJ and producer.

Early life and education
Tang was born in Hong Kong.  In the early 1980s he moved to United States with his family. While growing up in a suburb of Chicago, he attended warehouse parties and listened to underground house music and mix tapes from Juan Atkins, Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson and local radio station shows played on WBMX.

In the 1990s Tang studied Radio Broadcasting at Columbia College Chicago.

Career
Tang  dj-ed at local events and clubs during and after his education.  In 1998 he established Emphasis Recordings with his debut release, "Windy City EP". Tang's first full-length album, Disconnect to Connect, was released in 2013. By 2014 he had released five albums and EPs through Emphasis, as well as four on other labels, including Smallville Records.  That year he was interviewed in 5Chicago magazine about the art of DJing.

In 2016, Tang continues to perform as a DJ.   That year his music was included on Keith Worthy's EP Abstract Frequencies.

Discography

Albums and EPs
 "Windy City " – (Emphasis Recordings, 1998)
 "Nightfall" – (Emphasis Recordings, 2002)
 "Machine Oriented" – (Emphasis Recordings, 2006)
 "Ominous" – (Emphasis Recordings, 2007)
 "The Verged Sessions" – (Aesthetic Audio, 2010)
 "Bass Synergy" – (Emphasis Recordings, 2011)
 "Uprise In The Orient" – (Syncrophone Recordings, 2011)
 "Disconnect To Connect " – (Smallville Records, 2013).
 "Leaving The Physical World" – (Smallville Records, 2014)

Remixes
 Osunlade - "Sunspot" 2014
 Duplex – "First Day" (2013)
 Lawrence – "Angels At Night" (2013)

References

External links

Remixers
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)


title: 1968 State of the Union Address

text:
The 1968 State of the Union Address was given by the 36th president of the United States, Lyndon B. Johnson, on Wednesday, January 17, 1968, to the 90th United States Congress.  He reported this, "And I report to you that I believe, with abiding conviction, that this people—nurtured by their deep faith, tutored by their hard lessons, moved by their high aspirations—have the will to meet the trials that these times impose."

See also
1968 United States presidential election

References

External links
 1968 State of the Union Address (full video and audio at www.millercenter.org)

State of the Union addresses
Presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson
90th United States Congress
State of the Union Address
State of the Union Address
State of the Union Address
State of the Union Address
January 1968 events in the United States
Speeches by Lyndon B. Johnson