title: David Broomhead

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David S. Broomhead (13 November 1950 – 24 July 2014) was a British mathematician specialising in dynamical systems and was professor of applied mathematics at the School of Mathematics, University of Manchester.

Education

Broomhead was born on 13 November 1950 in Leeds. He attended Aireborough Grammar School and, after spending a year teaching in Uganda, Broomhead moved to Merton College, Oxford, where he read chemistry for his first degree. He remained in Oxford for his D.Phil., researching quantum mechanics under the supervision of Peter Atkins. He completed his thesis Molecules in Electromagnetic Fields in 1976.

Career
After a year as a postdoc at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Broomhead moved to Japan. He held at two-year NATO Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Department of Physics at the University of Kyoto, in K. Tomita's group. On returning to the U.K., he worked as a postdoc with George Rowlands at the University of Warwick, again in the Physics Department. In 1983, Broomhead began working in the Signal Processing group at the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment (RSRE, now QinetiQ) in Malvern, becoming Senior Principal Scientific Officer. In 1995 he moved to Manchester, taking a Chair in Applied Mathematics, initially at UMIST and then after 2004, at the School of Mathematics at the new University of Manchester.

From 1989 to 1992 he was Coordinator of the EPSRC Nonlinear Mathematics Initiative. He held visiting positions at University College London, the University of Oxford and Hiroshima University. Broomhead was a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA), a member of the IMA Council from 1998 and was Chair of the Editorial Board of Mathematics Today from 2002. In 2013 he was made an Honorary Fellow of the IMA.

Research

Broomhead's main interest was the development of methods for time series analysis and nonlinear signal processing using techniques from the theory of nonlinear dynamical systems. He also championed applying these ideas in interdisciplinary research.

In Japan, Broomhead began to work seriously on applied nonlinear dynamics and chaos. With Greg King he developed techniques to determine whether an experimental time series had been generated by a deterministic chaotic system by combining the pure mathematical results on topological embedding due to Takens with the engineering method of singular value decompositions.

While in Malvern, Broomhead wrote his influential papers on delay embedding and on neural networks. In 1989 he was awarded the John Benjamin Memorial Prize for work with David Lowe and Andrew Webb that exploited an analogy between neural networks and interpolation using the newly developed radial basis functions from numerical analysis.

At Manchester he became increasingly interested in applications to biology. He worked initially on eye movement control with Richard Abadi. Later, as a member of the Manchester Centre for Integrative Systems Biology, he worked with Douglas Kell on large-scale models of metabolism, and with Mike White on the dynamics of intracellular signalling cascades. He also developed a deep interest in hybrid systems and asynchronous processes, founding the Centre for Interdisciplinary Computational and Dynamical Analysis (CICADA).

Personal life

Broomhead met his wife Eleanor at Merton College, and they had one son, Nathan.

He died suddenly on 24 July 2014 at the National Hospital in London.

References

20th-century British mathematicians
21st-century British mathematicians
Academics of the University of Manchester
1950 births
2014 deaths
Alumni of Merton College, Oxford


title: Dmitry Rigin

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Dmitry Vasilyevich Rigin (; born 10 April 1985) is a Russian foil fencer, team bronze medal in the 2011 and 2014 European Fencing Championships.

Career
He was called into the national team for the European Championships in Sheffield. Russia saw off Israel, but were stopped by France in the semifinal. They overcame Germany in the match for the bronze medal, bringing Rigin his first European distinction. At Catania 2011, his first World Championships, he was defeated in the second round by USA's Gerek Meinhardt. These results pushed him to a world No.17 ranking at the end of the season and he was named “breakthrough of the year” by the Russian Fencing Federation.

Rigin failed however to qualify to the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2011–12 and 2012–13 seasons proved disappointing. He returned to form in the 2013–14 season, reaching the quarter-finals in the La Coruña and St Petersburg World Cups. He won his second World Cup event in Havana.

Rigin began the 2014–15 season by a silver medal at the Prince Takamodo World Cup in Tokyo, after a defeat in the final to USA's Race Imboden. In March 2015 he won the Havana Grand Prix after prevailing over USA's Alexander Massialas.

References

External links

  (archive)
  (archive)

1985 births
Living people
Russian male foil fencers
Universiade medalists in fencing
FISU World University Games gold medalists for Russia
Sportspeople from Krasnoyarsk
Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade


title: Frederic Franklyn Van de Water

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Frederic Franklyn Van de Water (1890–1968) was an American journalist and writer. He was an honorary sergeant in the New York State Troopers. In 1924, he travelled in the West Indies investigated and reported about rum pirates and Chinese smugglers.

He wrote for Harper's Magazine.

He wrote short stories for pulp fiction magazines such as Collier's.

In the 1949 historical novel The Green Cockade (also published as Catch a Falling Star) Van de Water described the complicated history of Vermont during the American War of Independence - with Ethan Allen waging in effect a double war of independence, both sharing in the common struggle against the British but also struggling to keep Vermont independent against the annexation efforts of New York State.

He was the son of  Virginia Terhune and Frederic F. Van de Water Sr.

Books

Glory-hunter; a life of General Custer
Rudyard Kipling's Vermont feud (On the relations of R. Kipling and Beatty Balestier)
Horsemen of the law
 Grey riders; the story of the New York state troopers
 The Green Cockade/Catch a Falling Star, 1949
- "Wings of the Morning", 1955
- "The Real McCoy" with Publisher's foreword by Stephen Jones
A Home in the Country copyright 1937 published by John Day in association with Reynal & Hitchcock

References

External links

1890 births
1968 deaths
20th-century American journalists
American male journalists
Pulp fiction writers


title: Gymnastics at the Russian Championships – Women's individual all-around

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Three medals are awarded: gold for first place, silver for second place, and bronze for third place. Tie breakers have not been used in every year. In the event of a tie between two gymnasts, both names are listed, and the following position (second for a tie for first, third for a tie for second) is left empty because a medal was not awarded for that position. If three gymnastics tied for a position, the following two positions are left empty.

Senior Medalists

References

See also

All-Around, Individual, Women
Russian Championships, All-Around, Individual
Russian Championships, Individual, Women


title: Sophie Taylor

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Sophie Taylor (born 2 February 1996) is a former international swimmer who swam breaststroke. She won a gold medal for England in the women's 100 metres breaststroke at the Commonwealth Games.

Personal life
Sophie Taylor was born on 2 February 1996 in Sheffield, Yorkshire. She lived in Harrogate, Yorkshire in 2014.

Swimming career

Taylor trains at the London Aquatics Centre, where she is coached by Lisa Bates.

At the Berlin International Swim Meet when Taylor 14 years old, (in 2010) she swam a personal best in the 100 metres breaststroke, and finished in third place to "show her potential". In 2012, her first domestic "breakthrough" was at the London held 2012 British Gas Swimming Championships, where she finished fourth. She soon performed at an international level, at the 2012 European Junior Swimming Championships in Antwerp, Belgium. This was Taylor's first European Junior Swimming Championships, but she ended with a silver medal and a bronze medal, from the 50 metres breaststroke and the 200 metres breaststroke respectively. Taylor finished in third place in the 50 metres, 100 metres, and 200 metres breaststroke in 2013 at the British Gas Swimming Championships. Later in the year, at the 2013 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, she won another bronze, this time in the 200 metres breaststroke, but coupled with two silver medals in the 4 × 100 m Medley Relay, and the 100 metres breaststroke.

On 28 July 2014, Taylor won the women's 100 metres breaststroke at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland with a time of 1 minute and 06.35 seconds, a "massive British record". She broke the previous record, which she had set herself. For much of the race Taylor was just behind leader Alia Atkinson, but a sprint in the last half length meant that Taylor finished first, Australian Lorna Tonks finished second, 0.99 seconds behind, and Jamaican Atkinson third, 1.79 seconds behind Taylor.

On 17 July 2015 Taylor announced she was taking a break from competitive swimming, and withdrew from all events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships. Taylor has not competed domestically or internationally since that date, and indicated she has retired from elite competition.

References

1996 births
Living people
English female swimmers
British female swimmers
Female breaststroke swimmers
Sportspeople from Sheffield
Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
Swimmers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
21st-century English women
21st-century English people
Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games


title: Charles Harvey-Kelly

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Lieutenant Colonel Charles Hamilton Grant Hume Harvey-Kelly  (1885–1982), also known as C. H. G. H Harvey-Kelly, was a British Indian Army officer who served as Military Attaché to Kabul (1924–26). In 1926 he was awarded the MacGregor Memorial Medal for military reconnaissances and journeys of exploration.

Life
Harvey-Kelly was born in 1885, the son of Colonel H. Harvey-Kelly of the Indian Army. He was educated at Bedford Modern School, where he was in the first XV in 1902 and stroked the first four in 1903. His brother was H.D. Harvey-Kelly, the first Royal Flying Corps pilot to land in France in the First World War.

After graduating at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, he was commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant on 18 January 1905.  He joined the British Indian Army in 1906 and was posted to the 127th Baluch Light Infantry becoming Double Company Officer. He was promoted to Lieutenant on 19 April 1907, and served in East Africa (Somaliland) between 1908 and 1910 (medal and clasp). Harvey-Kelly served with the Indian Contingent at the Coronation of King George VI in 1911 after which he was promoted Company Officer and Adjutant.

Harvey-Kelly was promoted to Captain in 1914 and during the First World War he fought on the North West frontier having been ill when his unit was shipped to the Western Front. He was mentioned in despatches three times, made a brevet major and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in June 1919.

On 18 January 1920 he was promoted to major, and was at the staff college in Quetta in 1921. He was Military Attaché in Kabul between 1924 and 1926, and was awarded the MacGregor Memorial Medal for military reconnaissances and journeys of exploration. His papers concerning the expedition to Afghan Turkestan are held in the national archive. He retired from the Indian Army in 1928 and was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel on retirement.

In 1922, Harvey-Kelly married Sybil Mary Nuttall M.B. B.S. D.P.H., daughter of Harry Nuttall JP MP.  They had four sons and one daughter. In 1940 he wrote to The Times regarding an obituary of the comedian Harry Tate that had been published in the paper:

In 1913 an Indian officer rejoined his regiment after a tour of duty as orderly officer to King George V. When asked what was the most remarkable sight of his visit to Europe he answered "Tate Sahib's moustache."

Harvey-Kelly retired to his native Ireland, eventually settling in Clonhugh, County Westmeath where he died in 1982.

References

1885 births
1982 deaths
People educated at Bedford Modern School
Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
British Indian Army officers
Indian Army personnel of World War I
Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst
Recipients of the MacGregor Medal
Graduates of the Staff College, Quetta
British military attachés


title: Singapore Red Cross Youth

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The Singapore Red Cross Youth (RCY) is a uniformed group for primary and secondary school students. It has a membership of about 1500 links (primary school students) and about 2500 cadets (secondary school students) . There are currently 41 link units, 43 cadet units and 10 chapter units. A non-uniformed wing – RCY Chapters & Youth Members are inclusive of the RCY.

History
The Red Cross Youth was formed in 1952, with Raffles Girls' School (Secondary) having its first cadet unit. The Red Cross runs school-based youth programmes and is a Co-Curricular Activity (CCA) recognised by the Ministry of Education as an avenue for Character and Citizenship Education in Singapore schools. The Red Cross Youth has two programmes – one for the Primary School children (Link Programme) and another for Secondary School youths (Cadet Programme). The organisation of youth activities under this approach has produced good results with both the Link units and Cadet Units, enthusiastically pursuing a series of activities ranging from social/recreational to community programmes.

Red Cross Youth Chapters (RCYC or RCY Chapters), previously known as the Red Cross Humanitarian Network (RCHN) was incorporated into Red Cross Youth from 1 July 2011.

Structure
The Singapore Red Cross Youth comes under the command of Singapore Red Cross Society with the following appointments:

The Singapore Red Cross Youth Steering Committee is also organised in a National Headquarters level with the following appointments:

Incentive Badges Scheme
The objective of the Incentive Badge Scheme is to encourage Link and Cadet members to take an interest in subjects outside their normal academic curriculum and to widen their interests by carrying out these activities during training. Such activities may also be organised by their respective Zones. Certain activities are also organised by Red Cross Headquarters.

The different badges are as follows:

Cadet Members

Achievements

 President's Youth Award
 Director's Award

Proficiency badges

 First Aid (Bronze, Silver, Gold)
 Youth Ambassadors' Blood Programme (Bronze, Silver, Gold)
 Red Cross Knowledge (Bronze, Silver, Gold)
 Red Cross Service Learning (Bronze, Silver, Gold)
 Disaster Management (Bronze, Silver, Gold)
 Youth Leadership (Bronze, Silver, Gold)
 Service Learning (Bronze, Silver, Gold)

National Education badges

 Total Defence (Bronze, Silver, Gold)
 National Heritage
 National Ambassador *Meeting minimal attendance in any one (1) of the three (3) National Events such as National Day Parade, Singapore Youth Festival, National Camp qualifies as a National Ambassador.

Fundamental badges

Foot-Drill

Enrichment badges

 International Friendship
 Link-Cadet

Link Members

Core Subjects

 Basic First Aid (Foundation, Formative)
 Basic Red Cross Knowledge (Foundation, Formative)
 Youth Ambassadors' Blood Programme (Foundation, Formative)
 Red Cross Service (Foundation, Formative)

UG Fundamental Subjects

 Basic Outdoor Activities (Foundation, Formative)
 Basic Foot-Drill (Foundation, Formative)

Achievements

Director's Award

Non-Core Subjects

 Environment Education (Foundation, Formative)
 Health Education (Foundation, Formative)
 International Friendship
 Performing Arts (Foundation, Formative)
 Sports Education (Foundation, Formative)

Annual Events
Red Cross Youth hosts a variety of major events, performances, competitions and programmes. The events are as follows:

Uniform

Rank structure

Link Members

Volunteer Instructors (VI)

Volunteer Instructors (VIs) are usually graduated cadets of various RCY units who wish to continue rendering service to the organisation, at the school and/or headquarter level. Volunteer Instructors are required to undergo the Volunteer Instructors' Programme (VIP) organised by Red Cross Youth Headquarters. Trainees will undergo training to equip them with knowledge and skills to be an instructor in Red Cross Youth. All Instructors are required to obtain the Standard First Aid Certificate. When trainees successfully pass out from VIP, they will be appointed the rank of Assistant Cadet Officer.

Duties of a VI includes:
 Assisting the Youth Officer (YO) in preparing the unit's training work plan.
 Assisting in conducting training and organising of activities within the core curriculum of the RCY.
 Assisting in the organisation of activities for the respective district.
 Providing proper guidance and counselling to cadets and links, as well as to take charge of their welfare.
 Attending meetings at unit committees as a co-opted member to provide advice and expertise.

Awards and recognition

Cadets' Lanyards

Lanyard are awarded to cadets with outstanding performance in terms of leadership and/or skills in the following programmes/events. Lanyards are usually worn on the left shoulder as shown above. However, if a cadet attains more than one lanyard, he/she can only wear one.

Long Service Awards

Long Service Medals & Ribbons are awarded to Red Cross Youth Volunteers as an appreciation for their active contributions in Singapore Red Cross Youth.

  Red Cross Diamond Star (25 Years Medal)
  Red Cross Platinum Star (20 Years Medal)
  Red Cross Gold Star (15 Years Medal)
  Red Cross Silver Star (10 Years Medal)
  Red Cross Bronze Star (5 Years Medal)

Medals are worn on the left side of the uniform, in accordance with the order of precedence. Full-sized medals are worn with the Red Cross Full Uniform. The medals are worn centrally on the left side of the uniform showing the obverse face. The base of the medals should be just above the pocket button. If more than one medal is worn, they are shown full-faced and suspended side by side in precedence order with the highest award placed first from the right (nearer to the heart) of the wearer. If more than 4 medals are worn, the highest award is shown full-faced while the others are overlapped.

Ribbons are worn without the orders, decorations and medals. They are worn immediately above the left chest pocket flap. The latest rewarded ribbon is worn on the wearer's right (nearer to the heart) and in the top row when more than one row is worn. Ribbons are worn to a maximum of three in a row. Ribbons in excess of this number are to be worn centrally above the completed row.

School Units

Schools are categorised into 4 zones. Below are the zones and their respective schools.

RCY Chapters

List of RCY Chapters in Singapore
National University of Singapore
Nanyang Technological University
Singapore Management University
Ngee Ann Polytechnic
Nanyang Polytechnic
Singapore Polytechnic
Anderson Junior College
Raffles Institution
Nanyang Junior College
ITE College East
Singapore American School

Notes

References

1952 establishments in Singapore
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
Youth organisations based in Singapore


title: Shooting at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's 50 metre rifle three positions

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The qualification round of  Men's 50 metre rifle three positions event at 2014 Commonwealth Games will start  at morning of  29 July 2014 at the Barry Buddon Shooting Centre, while the final will be held in the evening   at the same place.

Results

Qualification

Finals

References

External links
Schedule

Shooting at the 2014 Commonwealth Games


title: Benerson Little

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Benerson Little is an American author, primarily of non-fiction, focusing on naval history, in particular, piracy and privateering in the 17th to early 18th centuries, including the Golden Age of Piracy in the Caribbean. Little has also established himself as an expert,  more broadly, on these and other various types of "sea rovers" over history, including through to the present, and has authored several books related to these subjects. He has also applied his expertise to a variety of artistic and commercial productions, including for the Black Sails (2014-) television series, and for the modern board game, Blood & Plunder (Firelock Games), serving as an historical consultant for both.

Early life and education
Benerson "Ben" Kile Little was born on July 30, 1959, in Naval Hospital Key West (on the site of the current Naval BHC Key West) in that Florida city, to Alabamians Margaret Little (née Tillery) and Benerson Vernon Little,  his father being "a Navy man."

Little grew up "variously on all three US coasts," and studied and graduated from Tulane University.

Career

Early career
Little joined the U.S. Navy, serving eight years as an officer, 1981–1989, including the six years beginning 1983 as a Navy SEAL (BUD/S Class 121; SEAL Team 3 and SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team 1). After 1989, Little worked in a strategy and tactics group for the related Naval Special Warfare Command, and in the private sector, doing intelligence collection and analysis relating to naval standard and special operations.

Published works
In the first decades of the new millennium, Little has been doing research and writing, in particular non-fiction, with a focus on naval history relating to piracy, in particularly on "sea rovers"—from early sea raiders, to privateers, letter-of-marque men, and cruisers, to commerce raiders, and pirates and pirate hunters—including during the Golden Age of Piracy in the Caribbean. Little has established himself as an expert on the history of piracy and related subjects, and has authored several books. As of January 2017, he is reported to be devoting time to writing contemporary and historical novels.

Books
The following are cataloged book-length publications of Little, as of January 2017:

Non-fiction

  [Reviewed by U.S. Naval and Army War Colleges.]

Fiction

Selected articles

Consulting
Little consults on maritime and naval issues, including "maritime threat and security, and especially maritime history."

He has served as the historical consultant for the Black Sails television series (Starz/Anchor Bay, 2014-), for the first three seasons at least, appearing as well on the 9 min. featurette, 'Black Sails': An Inside Look (2014) that was packaged with the Blu-ray disc of the programme's first season. About the Black Sails production, Little has said: a statement about which Søren Dalager Ditlevsen of DR Kultur reported:

Little also served as consultant for the modern board game, Blood & Plunder from Firelock Games, "to ensure that all models, campaigns and strategies reflect the period."

Appearances

Little has appeared in two television documentaries on piracy.

Critical reception

Interest in Little's work has been both scholarly (in both academic and military circles) and popular; notably, Pirate Hunting (2010) was chosen for review by both the Naval and U.S. Army War Colleges.

Jack Gottschalk, a graduate of the Naval War College, an adjunct professor at Seton Hall University, and author of Jolly Roger with an Uzi (2000, with Brian P. Flanagan, on modern piracy), writing for the Naval War College Review with regard to Pirate Hunting, expressed the view that:

Writing in the National Maritime Historical Society's Sea History, Louis Arthur Norton, professor emeritus at the University of Connecticut, recipient of two Gerald E. Morris Prizes for maritime historiography (2002, 2006), and author of Captains Contentious (2009, on the lives of five Continental Navy captains), describes Little's The Sea Rover’s Practice (2011) as a "scholarly, informative, thought-provoking work," and states, "Considering all the titles that have been published in the last decade on piracy, this book is an excellent resource on its true nature."

As noted, Little's work in providing historical expertise to artistic and commercial efforts on piracy has been seen as imparting high quality to the projects.

Personal life
Little married Virgina Irene Buttram (née  Sullivan) on March 8, 1986, at the Chapel at the Naval Air Station North Island, on the north end of the Coronado peninsula in San Diego Bay. The couple had two daughters, born 1991 and 1994.

As of February 2016, Benerson is reported to have been remarried, to Marry Crouch.

Little is described as devoting some of his spare time to research on "historical fencing," and is a fifteen-year teaching veteran of  fencing, with thirty-five years in practice and earlier study under Hungarian masters Francis Zold and Eugene Hamori; as of January 2017, he is reported to be a Professional Member of the United States Fencing Association (especially épée, modern classical foil), and is a co-director of and fencing Instructor at the Huntsville Fencing Club.

As of 2010, Little resided in Huntsville, Alabama.

References

Further reading

Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
People from Key West, Florida
United States Navy SEALs personnel
American male writers


title: David Pusey

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David Pusey (born 28 January 1979 in Sydney, New South Wales) is a retired Australian rugby union footballer who played for the Brumbies and Western Force in the Super 14 competition and for Munster Rugby. He was educated at Newington College (1987–1996), is an Australian Schools and Under 21 international and is now a commercial helicopter pilot.

References

1979 births
Living people
People educated at Newington College
Australian rugby union players
Rugby union flankers
ACT Brumbies players
Munster Rugby players
Western Force players
Rugby union players from Sydney


title: Safari Express

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Safari Express is a 1976 Italian-German adventure-comedy film directed by Duccio Tessari. It is the sequel of Africa Express.

Cast

 Ursula Andress: Miriam
 Giuliano Gemma: John Baxter
 Jack Palance: Van Daalen
 Peter Martell: Howard Spring
 Giuseppe Maffioli: Father Gasperin
 Lorella De Luca: The American Tourist

See also

 List of Italian films of 1976

References

External links

1976 films
Italian adventure comedy films
1970s adventure comedy films
1970s Italian-language films
Films directed by Duccio Tessari
Films scored by Guido & Maurizio De Angelis
Italian sequel films
1976 comedy films
1970s Italian films


title: List of Hindi films of 1935

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A list of films produced by the Bollywood film industry based in Mumbai in 1935:

A

B-C

D

E-J

K-L

M-N

P-R

S

T-Z

References

External links
 Bollywood films of 1935 at the IMDb

1935
Bollywood
Films, Bollywood


title: Dwaraka Nath Das

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Dwaraka Nath Das  is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha the lower house of Indian Parliament from Karimganj, Assam in 1991 and 1996. He belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party.

References

India MPs 1991–1996
India MPs 1996–1997
Lok Sabha members from Assam
People from Karimganj district
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Assam


title: Parapoynx zambiensis

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Parapoynx zambiensis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2012. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Botswana and Zambia.

The wingspan is 15–18 mm. The forewings are brown mixed with whitish, but pale brown at the costa. The hindwings are whitish. Adults have been recorded on wing in January and December.

Etymology
The species name refers to Zambia, where most specimens originate.

References

Acentropinae
Moths described in 2012


title: Charlotte Barras

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Charlotte Barras (born 26 January 1982) is an English rugby union player. She represented  at the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup, she scored the only try in their loss to  in the final. She is a PE teacher at Saint Helen and Saint Katherine.

Barras was a member of the 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens squad.

References

1982 births
Living people
England women's international rugby union players
English female rugby union players
Female rugby sevens players
England international women's rugby sevens players
English rugby sevens players
Rugby union fullbacks
Rugby union wings
English schoolteachers
Saracens Women rugby players


title: Frederick Houk Law

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Frederick Houk Law (1871–1957) was an American schoolteacher and writer. He traveled widely, crossing Europe by bicycle, journeying across the African continent from Cape Town to Cairo, and later to the interior of British Guiana.

He wrote short stories for pulp fiction magazines such as Munsey's.

He taught English at Stuyvesant High School, New York.

Books
Law fiction and nonfiction books.

Non-fiction

Modern great Americans: short biographies of twenty great Americans of modern times who won wide recognition for achievements in various types of activity
Civilization builders
Mastery of speech, a course in eight parts on general speech, business talking and public speaking, what to say and how to say it under all conditions

Fiction

 The Heart of Sindhra (1898)

References

External links

Pulp fiction writers
Schoolteachers from New York (state)
1871 births
1957 deaths


title: Gustav Groß

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Gustav Groß (1856–1935) was a national liberal German Bohemian politician.

Life
Gustav Groß was born on 12 June 1856 at Reichenberg in the Kingdom of Bohemia, a part of the Austrian Empire. His father, Gustav Robert Groß, was a railway industrialist, and a participant in the Frankfurt Parliament, as part of the 1848 revolutions across the German Confederation. Gustav Groß studied political economics at the universities of Vienna and Berlin. From 1877 to 1881, he was a political official in the province of Lower Austria and from 1885, a privatdozent (independent professor) of political economics at the University of Vienna. He later moved to Iglau, and became a member of the Diet of the Margraviate of Moravia. In 1889, he was elected to the House of Deputies (), the lower house of the Imperial Council. He represented the city of Iglau as a German liberal. Whilst in the House of Deputies, he became a spokesman for all ethnic Germans in the Council. He was a member of the German School League, and was chairman of the League from 1885. Groß was also a biographer of Karl Marx .

From 1911, Groß was chairman of the Deutscher Nationalverband, a broad coalition of German nationalist and liberal political parties that was formed to contest the 1911 election to the Imperial Council. The Deutscher Nationalverband swept to victory in that election. Despite this, the Council was suspended after the breakout of the First World War in 1914. Groß would later serve as president of the House of Deputies in 1917–1918, during the last days of Austria-Hungary, towards the end of the war. In his function as president of the House of Deputies, Gustav Groß delivered the "nine minute closing address" at the session on 12 November 1918, the day after the abdication of Emperor Charles I. As proposed by Groß, a motion "to vote for no day for the next session" (keinen Tag für die nächste Sitzung zu bestimmen) was passed. After ten minutes, the session was finished, and so was the Imperial Council. On the following day, the Council was replaced by the "Provisional National Assembly", which proclaimed the Republic of German-Austria.

As chairman of the Greater German People's Party, Groß was a member of the Provisional National Assembly from 21 October 1918 to 16 February 1919. He represented Germans in Moravia, who ultimately were not able to remain part of German Austria, as this was forbidden by the Allied powers. Instead, the new Czecho-Slovak Republic, which had military occupied the lands inhabited by Germans in Moravia and Bohemia, was granted these lands. Germans in these lands were not allowed to participate in the election of the Austrian Constitutional Assembly in 1919. The proposal by Vienna to appoint German MPs for these regions had to be discarded.

Groß died on 23 February 1935 in Vienna.

Works
 Die Lehre vom Unternehmergewinn. Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig, 1884

Karl Marx: Eine Studie. Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig, 1885
 Wirtschaftsformen und Wirtschaftsprinzipien. Ein Beitrag zur Lehre von Organisation der Volkswirtschaft. Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig, 1888
 Die Internationale des Geistes. Arbeitsgemeinschaft für staatsbürgerliche u. wirtschaftliche Bildung, Berlin, 1919
 Die internationalen Agrarkrisen nach dem Kriege.  Kern & Birner, Frankfurt a.M., 1933

References

Literature
 Groß, Gustav. In: Der große Brockhaus in 12 Bänden. 16. Aufl., Band 5, Gp – Iz, Wiesbaden 1954

 Brigitte Deschka: Dr. Gustav Groß, phil. Diss., Wien 1966

External links

 Peter Goller: „… stupide Kritik an den Theorien von Marx!“ Gustav Groß. Ein früher österreichischer Marx-Biograph. In: Mitteilungen der Alfred Klahr Gesellschaft, Nr. 4/2004

1856 births
1935 deaths
Politicians from Liberec
German Bohemian people
Greater German People's Party politicians
Members of the Austrian House of Deputies (1885–1891)
Members of the Austrian House of Deputies (1891–1897)
Members of the Austrian House of Deputies (1897–1900)
Members of the Austrian House of Deputies (1901–1907)
Members of the Austrian House of Deputies (1907–1911)
Members of the Austrian House of Deputies (1911–1918)
Members of the Provisional National Assembly
19th-century Austrian economists
20th-century Austrian economists
Academic staff of the University of Vienna
Economists from Austria-Hungary


title: Rivoli Bay

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Rivoli Bay () is a bay located on the south-east coast of the Australian state of South Australia, about  south-southeast of the state capital of Adelaide and about  northwest by west of the regional centre of Mount Gambier. It was named in 1802 by the Baudin expedition of 1800–03 after André Masséna, the Duke of Rivoli and Marshal of France. It is one of four 'historic bays' located on the South Australian coast.

Extent and description
Rivoli Bay lies between Glenns Point or Cape Martin at its northwestern extremity and Cape Buffon at its southeastern extremity, on the south-east coast of South Australia. The central part of the bay is described as "obstructed by numerous reefs, rocky patches, and shoals and is dangerous for navigation" and as having "a sandy beach". A small island named Penguin Island of  height is located immediately adjacent to Cape Martin.

Rivoli Bay is one of four bays on the South Australian coast considered by the Australian Government to be a "historic bay" under the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973 and was proclaimed as such in 1987 and again in 2006 and in 2016, with the result that the mouth of the bay is on the territorial seas baseline and the waters within the bay are internal waters as per the definition used in United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

Navigation aids are located at both ends of the bay, with a lighthouse known as the Cape Martin Lighthouse on the north headland near Cape Martin and a light on the south headland at Cape Buffon.

European discovery

Rivoli Bay was named in 1802 by Peron and Freycinet of the Baudin expedition of 1800-03 after André Masséna, the Duke of Rivoli and Marshal of France.

A shore-based whaling station operated in Rivoli Bay from the late 1830s and into the 1840s. It was initially operated by William Dutton and the Henty family, who were associated with bay whaling at Portland Bay.

Australian sea lions were hunted in Rivoli Bay for their skins in the 1870s.

Ports and other settlements
The following two settlements are located on its shores: Beachport and Southend. Both settlements have port infrastructure consisting of jetties.

Protected areas
The following protected areas adjoin the bay's extent: the Canunda National Park and the Penguin Island Conservation Park.

See also
Rivoli (disambiguation)
Penguin Island Lighthouse

References

Bays of South Australia
Limestone Coast
Whaling stations in Australia


title: Swiss Social Archives

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The Swiss Social Archives (, ) in Zurich is a historical archive, an academic library, a collection of documentation and a research facility specialising in social issues and social movements. The Swiss Confederation recognizes the archives as the country's leading research facility for social issues and social movements. The Social Archives run their own research endowment fund, the Ellen Rifkin Hill Foundation. The SSA play an important role in communicating scholarship to the broader community. They have convened several exhibitions, published essay collections on Swiss social history and conduct lecture series, presentations and information sessions. The archives work with Swiss secondary and tertiary educational institutions, archives and libraries and with similar institutions abroad. The SSA are a founding member of the International Association of Labour History Institutions (IALHI).

Organization
Run by an independent association funded by the Swiss Confederation, the Canton of Zurich, the City of Zurich and other sources, the archives employ about 20 historians, archivists, and librarians. The SSA's director is Christian Koller.

History
The Swiss Social Archives were founded in 1906 by Paul Pflüger, a social reformer, politician and pastor from the working-class Zurich district of Aussersihl. Originally known as the Centre for Switzerland's Social Literature and inspired by the Musée social in Paris, their aim was to document social questions. Early visitors included emigrants from Germany and Russia, notably Lenin and Trotsky. During the interwar period, antifascist refugees from Italy and Germany frequently visited the reading room, and in the 1940s the archives assumed their present name. The reading room became a popular meeting place for Eastern European refugees from the Cold War. In 1974 the Swiss Confederation recognised the archives as a research facility, and ten years later the archives moved to their present home at the Sonnenhof.

Literature
 Jacqueline Häusler: 100 Jahre soziales Wissen: Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv, 1906-2006. ed. Swiss Social Archives. Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv, Zurich 2006.
 Arbeitsalltag und Betriebsleben: zur Geschichte industrieller Arbeits- und Lebensverhältnisse in der Schweiz. ed. Swiss Social Archives. Rüegger, Diessenhofen 1981, . 2nd edition 1982.
 Urs Kälin: Fixierte Bewegung? Soziale Bewegungen und ihre Archive, in: Arbido 3 (2007). pp. 74–77.
 Christian Koller: Bibliotheksgeschichte als histoire croisée: Das Schweizerische Sozialarchiv und das Phänomen des Exils, in: Rafael Ball/Stefan Wiederkehr (eds.): Vernetztes Wissen - Online - Die Bibliothek als Managementaufgabe. De Gruyter, Berlin 2015. pp. 365–392.
 Christian Koller: Digitales Sozialarchiv: Was bisher geschah. In: Sozialarchiv Info 1 (2018). pp. 12–15.
 Christian Koller: Weder Zensur noch Propaganda: Der Umgang des Schweizerischen Sozialarchivs mit rechtsextremem Material. In: LIBREAS. Library Ideas 35 (2019).
 Christian Koller: Gesellschaftlicher Wandel als Sammelauftrag: Das Schweizerische Sozialarchiv. In: Arbido 2 (2020).
  Christian Koller: Vor 115 Jahren: Die Gründung des Sozialarchivs im »Kosakensommer«. In: Sozialarchiv Info 3 (2021).
 Karl Lang: 75 Jahre Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv, in: Nachrichten VSB/SVD 57 (1981). pp. 152–157.
 Stefan Länzlinger: Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv – Die Abteilung Bild + Ton, in: Rundbrief Fotografie, N.F. 75 (2012).
 Hanspeter Marti: Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv, Zürich. In: Urs B. Leu et al. (eds.). Handbuch der historischen Buchbestände in der Schweiz, vol. 3. Hildesheim 2011, .
 Fritz N. Platten, Miroslav Tucek: Das Schweizerische Sozialarchiv. Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv, Zurich 1971.
 Eugen Steinemann, Eduard Eichholzer: 50 Jahre Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv 1907–1957: Festschrift zum fünfzigjährigen Bestehen und zur Einweihung des neuen Sitzes des Schweizerischen Sozialarchivs in Zürich. Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv, Zurich 1958.
 Anita Ulrich: Le Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv: Stratégies de conservation et de valorisation des archives du mouvement ouvrier, in: Alda De Giorgi/Charles Heimberg/Charles Magnin (eds.): Archives, histoire et identité du mouvement ouvrier. Geneva 2006. .
 Anita Ulrich/Konrad J. Kuhn: Soziale Bewegungen und internationale Solidarität: Archivbestände und offene Forschungsfragen, in: Sara Elmer/Konrad J. Kuhn/Daniel Speich Chassé (eds.): Handlungsfeld Entwicklung: Schweizer Erwartungen und Erfahrungen in der Geschichte der Entwicklungsarbeit. Basel 2014. .
 Vassil Vassilev: Das Schweizerische Sozialarchiv in neuem Gewand. In BuB – Forum Bibliothek und Information 11/2016. .

References

Archives in Switzerland
Libraries in Zürich


title: São Teotónio

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São Teotónio is a civil parish in the municipality of Odemira, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 6,439, in an area of 347.25 km2. In 2013 the former parish Zambujeira do Mar merged into the existing parish of São Teotónio.

References

Freguesias of Odemira


title: Parapoynx votalis

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Parapoynx votalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found in Sri Lanka.

References

Acentropinae
Moths described in 1859


title: Michel Jansen

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Michel Jansen (born 3 March 1966) is Dutch football manager and former player. He played for DETO Twenterand, Heracles Almelo, STEVO and Excelsior '31.

Jansen received the Rinus Michels Award in 2007 while coaching HHC Hardenberg.

Jansen became manager of FC Twente during the 2013–14 season because current manager Alfred Schreuder was not a qualified coach at that time. During the 2014–15 season he was the assistant manager of Alfred Schreuder, then he became coach of Jong Twente. Starting 2018 he is the assistant coach of SC Heerenveen.

References

1966 births
Living people
People from Vriezenveen
Dutch men's footballers
Footballers from Overijssel
DETO Twenterand players
Heracles Almelo players
RKVV STEVO players
Dutch football managers
Eredivisie managers
FC Twente managers
Rinus Michels Award winners
SC Heerenveen non-playing staff
FC Twente non-playing staff
Men's association football players not categorized by position


title: Harold Payne

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Harold Payne may refer to:

Harold Payne (golfer) in West Virginia Amateur Championship
Harold Payne (musician) on Peregrins (album)

See also
Harry Payne (disambiguation)


title: Bilal Zafar

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Captain Bilal Zafar Abbasi (1982-2009) (Urdu: ) was a Pakistan Army officer who received Sitara-e-Basalat on the 62nd Independence Day of Pakistan. He was a captain in the 42 Baloch Regiment (MIB).

Early life

Education
He was born in Rawalpindi on 2 February 1982. Bilal Zafar got his early education from St. Paul's Cambridge School, Rawalpindi and Government College University, Lahore.

Military Background
He belonged to a prominent family with a military background. His father, Zafar Tajamul, is a retired captain. His grandfather, Colonel Tajammal Hussain was a commissioned officer in the British Indian Army. Colonel Hussain also fought in World War II and remained a Prisoner of war. Later on, he joined the Indian National Army and after Independence, he opted for the Pakistan Army. He volunteered for the war of the independence of Kashmir (Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948). He raised and commanded the first Bagh Brigade and fought on the Poonch front. For his valour and bravery, he was awarded the medal of Hilal-e-Kashmir. He was the Defence Secretary of the Azad Kashmir government. Later on, he raised the Civil Defence Department in the Azad Kashmir government.

The great-grandfather of Captain Bilal, Subedar Lal Khan, fought in World War I. He lost his life in action. For his death in combat, he was awarded the Indian Order of Merit - the second-highest military award.

Captain Bilals' brother, Captain Zarrar, is also a commando officer in the Pakistan army and has participated in many operations.

Military career
He joined the Pakistan Army in 2001 and was commissioned into 42 Baloch Regiment(Al-Havi) on 12 October 2003. Later, he joined the SSG. He also served in United Nations peacekeeping mission in Ivory Coast.

Death
Second Battle of Swat also known as Operation Rah-e-Rast, began in May 2009. The Pakistan Army launched a defensive against Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan militants in a fight for control of the Swat district of Pakistan. The SSG started an operation 'Janbaz' to clear Swat valley from militants. His company was given the task to clear Swat-Peochar Road. During this operation, Captain Bilal Zafar was martyred on 17 May 2009 after being hit in the chest with a rocket launched from a rocket launcher. One day after his death, he was buried in his native village Kehror Kotli Sattian on 18 May 2009. The Government of Pakistan announced the Sitara-e-Basalat for him on the 62nd Independence Day of Pakistan.

References

External links
Captain Bilal Zafar Shaheed
Watch complete drama Bilal Shaheed: Ghazanosar Ka Hero | Faseel-e-Jaan Se Aagay
Death Over Surrender – Interview of Capt. Bilal Shaheed’s Mother

1982 births
2009 deaths
Pakistani military personnel killed in action
Pakistan Army officers
Pakistani Muslims
Terrorism victims
Pakistani terrorism victims
Victims of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
Special Services Group officers


title: Katherine Merchant

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Katherine ("Kat") Merchant (born 29 October 1985) is an English female rugby union player who represented her country 58 times and scored 44 tries.

Life
Merchant was playing serious rugby when she was sixteen. She graduated from Birmingham University in Sport and Exercise Science in 2007.

She was playing for Worcester when she began her nine-year international career during the 2005 Six Nations. She played the 7 player and 15 player game and took part in two World Cups in both variations. She represented  at the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup and was named in the squad for the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup. She was a member of the squad to the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens

She announced her retirement in September 2014 with immediate effect on medical grounds, as she had taken a number of concussions.

In 2015 she was the coach for the Sri Lanka national team.  she was a personal trainer, and coach of Old Streetonians Rugby Club in central London.

References

External links
 Player Profile

1985 births
Living people
English female rugby union players
Female rugby sevens players
Alumni of the University of Birmingham
Rugby union players from Brighton
England international women's rugby sevens players
English rugby sevens players
Rugby union wings
English rugby union coaches
Coaches of international rugby union teams
English expatriate sportspeople in Sri Lanka
Expatriate sports coaches
Worcester Warriors Women players


title: Lu Han

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Lu Han (; born April 20, 1990), also known mononymously as Luhan, is a Chinese singer, actor, and dancer. He was a member of the South Korean-Chinese boy group Exo and its sub-group Exo-M, before leaving the group in October 2014. That year, he was ranked the sixth most popular entertainment star in China by China National Radio. In 2017, Lu Han was listed as the second highest-paid celebrity in the Forbes China Celebrity 100, behind only Fan Bingbing.

Lu Han released his solo debut album Reloaded in 2015, and has starred in several box office hits such as 20 Once Again (2015), The Witness (2015), and Time Raiders (2016). In 2017, he starred in his first television series, Fighter of the Destiny.

Early life
Lu Han was born on April 20, 1990, in Haidian, Beijing. He graduated from Beijing Shida Middle School and attended Beijing Haidian Foreign Language Shi Yan School before leaving for South Korea to attend Yonsei University as an exchange student. He majored in Applied Music at the Seoul Institute of the Arts.

In 2008, Lu Han unsuccessfully auditioned for JYP Entertainment at their global audition in China. In 2010, while studying in Seoul, he was scouted while in Myeong-dong by an SM Entertainment representative who recommended he audition for the company; after which he became a trainee under the agency.

Music career

2011–2014: Exo

Along with Tao, Chen, and Kai, Luhan made his first televised performance at the SBS Gayo Daejeon on December 29, 2011. Following this appearance, he was the second member of Exo to be officially introduced, as one of the four Chinese members of the group and its Mandarin-language sub-group Exo-M.

On October 10, 2014, Luhan filed a lawsuit against SM Entertainment to nullify his contract and effectively left Exo.

2015–2016: Solo debut and first tour
Luhan often contributed to the soundtracks of movies he participated in. He sung the theme song for 20 Once Again, titled "Our Tomorrow". The music video of the song surpassed 1 million views in 47 minutes, setting a new record. He then released a rendition of "Tian mi mi" for the film Comrades: Almost a Love Story. Director Peter Chan is said to have asked Luhan to participate due to his gentle and clear voice as he felt it would be effective in expressing the emotions of the song.

Luhan first announced his solo album in July 2015, where he will collaborate with famous producer Djemba Djemba. This is also Djemba's first time producing an album for an Asian artist. The same month, he collaborated with David Tao in a bidding song for the 2022 Winter Olympics held in Beijing.

Luhan's first digital album Reloaded I was released on September 10, 2015, via QQ Music charts. It sold 880,000 copies on the first day, the highest recorded sales number on the first day of official release. Reloaded I also reached over one million sales on QQ Music, setting the record for fastest digital album sales. In November, he released the single "Medals", which also serves as the soundtrack for the 2015 film The Witness. Medals topped the V Chart as well as Billboard Hot 100, becoming the first Mandarin single to top the latter. In December, he released "Deep", a promotional song for the Chinese version of Kungfu Panda 3.

Luhan's first studio album, Reloaded was released on December 14, 2015. The album topped the Tower Records chart in Japan, and became the only album from mainland China to enter the Top 5 of Taiwan's G-Music year-end chart. Reloaded sold over 3 million copies and was also certified platinum by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, becoming the first album in mainland China to do so.

Luhan attended the QQ Music Awards, winning the Best Digital Album of the Year for Reloaded as well as the Best Male Singer of the Year. He then embarked on his first solo concert tour, the "Luhan Reloaded: 2016 Luhan 1st China Tour". The tour traveled to Beijing on March 26, Guangzhou on April 2, and Shanghai on April 9. The same month, he won the All-round Artist of the Year and Media Recommended Album of the Year awards at the Chinese Golden Charts Awards; and the Album of the Year and Artist of the Year awards at the 4th V Chart Awards. He is also the first Chinese singer to achieve a double platinum record, having sold over 2 million copies of Reloaded I.

2016–present: XXVII (27)

Starting from late 2016, Luhan announced that he will be releasing a series of albums under the theme "XXVII", which stands for “Xperience”, “Xplore”, “Venture”, “Imagination" and "I".  The albums are meant to document Luhan's growth story at the age of 27.

On October 21, 2016, Luhan unveiled his third digital album Xperience with the track "Catch Me When I Fall". The song is jointly produced by Santell, whom participated in Luhan's first solo album Reloaded, and the Picard Brothers, a French producer team who has crafted songs for Diplo and Chris Brown. On December 27, 2016, he published his fourth digital album Xplore, containing the tracks "Winter Song"
and "Skin to Skin". "Skin to Skin' is Luhan's second English-language song, and incorporates various genres such as R&B, Future Bass, Electro and House.

On February 21, 2017, Luhan unveiled his fifth digital album Venture with the songs  "What if I Said" and "Roleplay". He participated in writing the lyrics for the track "Roleplay", which details his own experience in dealing with harassment from the paparazzi. "Imagination" was released in April 2017 and consisted of two tracks – "On Call" (his first attempt at the fusion jazz genre) and "Say It". "I", the last part of the album series, was released in June 2017 with two songs "Set It Off" and "On Fire".

On July 20, 2017, Luhan won the "Album of the Year" award at the Asian Music Gala for the XXVII album series. On September 9, 2017, he released a single for the soundtrack of the film Sky Hunter.

On April 17, 2019, Luhan released a single album, π-volume.1, which sold over 3.4 million copies. On August 30, 2019, he released a second single album, π-volume.2, which sold over 1.2 million copies.

On January 17, 2020, Luhan released a single, "Dream Up", to promote his third concert tour.

Television and film career
Luhan made his film debut in the 2015 film 20 Once Again, the Chinese remake of the Korean hit movie Miss Granny. It topped box office charts and broke records to become the highest-grossing Korean-Chinese co-produced film. For his performance, he won the "Newcomer of the Year" award at the Beijing International Film Festival, as well as the "Most Popular Actor" award at the Beijing College Student Film Festival. The same year, he joined the cast of Hurry Up, Brother, a spin-off from the original South Korean variety program Running Man. Luhan then starred opposite Yang Mi in the crime thriller The Witness, a remake of the 2011 Korean movie Blind.

In 2016, he starred in the fantasy-action-adventure film Time Raiders, based on the online novel series Tomb Raiders. The film premiered on August 5 and topped box office charts, becoming the biggest summer hit of 2016. He then featured in The Great Wall, a historical epic directed by Zhang Yimou.

In 2017, Luhan starred in his first television drama Fighter of the Destiny, a fantasy wuxia series based on the novel of the same name. In June, he was cast in the youth sports drama Sweet Combat alongside Guan Xiaotong. In September, it was announced that Luhan was cast in the upcoming science fiction film Shanghai Fortress alongside Shu Qi. The film is adapted from the 2006 novel Once Upon a Time in Shanghai and was released in 2019.

In the media
Luhan has been dubbed by foreign media as the Chinese counterpart of popular pop star Justin Bieber, due to his massive popularity and dedicated fandom in China. The term "Luhan effect" was used to describe his massive influence among fans. He currently holds the Guinness World Record for the "Most Comments on a Weibo Post", which was established in August 2014 and subsequently surpassed by Luhan himself in September 2015. In 2016, he set a second Guinness World Record for the "Largest gathering of people wearing antlers" at the 2016 LuHan Reloaded China Tour, in Beijing, China. He is also noted for his achievements in both music and film, holding records on Chinese digital music platforms; and ranking at the top of the Star Box-office Chart on nuomi.com, one of the country's largest online ticket-buying platforms.

Yan Siwei, a broker who works in the entertainment industry, opined that Luhan stands for a new fandom model; in this model, the artist uses social media data instead of works to galvanize fans, and the fans are well-organized to protect the artist and maintain the fandom. GQ did an investigation on the fandom and call it "a systemic, detailed social labor division and powerful execution empire." After Luhan outsold Jay Chou by several million albums, some raised concerns about whether Mandopop has "died" or become over-commercialized. In 2019, the failure of Shanghai Fortress made some question if Luhan and this model would flop soon. A guest in a talk program opined that these kind of artists are "meteors" instead of "stars."

Luhan first appeared on the Forbes China Celebrity 100 in 2015, ranking 37th. He rose up 35 spots to rank 2nd in 2017, becoming the highest ranked male celebrity in China. In 2016, Luhan was featured on Business of Fashion'''s "BOF 100" rankings, becoming the only Chinese celebrity to make it onto the rankings, and was given the title of "Most Anticipated Chinese Star". He is also the first celebrity born after 1990 to be named the "Artist of the Year" by China Newsweek.

Endorsements and ambassador roles
Luhan is one of the most in-demand brand ambassadors in China, particularly among the younger generation. His endorsement ranges from local products such as Oppo mobile phones and Baidu interactive maps to international ones like Puma and Cartier SA, of which he is their first Asian endorser.

On December 1, 2015, Luhan was announced to be the official China ambassador of Star Wars. He released a single titled "The Inner Force", which is the official Chinese promotional theme song for Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

From 2015 to 2016, Luhan appeared on the cover of more than 20 magazines. He became the first Chinese celebrity to grace the covers of Elle China, GQ Style, Forbes China, Harper's Bazaar, and Cosmopolitan. He broke the record for having more than 200,000 people buy out a 20,000 limited edition run of a magazine cover in one second.

Personal life

 Relationship
On October 8, 2017, Luhan and Chinese actress Guan Xiaotong admitted that they were dating.

 Other
In August 2019, during the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests, Luhan shared photos of the Chinese flag accompanied by the hashtags "the Chinese national flag has 1.4 billion flag bearers" and "I am a flag bearer" on his official Weibo account.

Discography

 Reloaded (2015)
 XXVII+'' (2017)

Filmography

Film

Television drama

Variety show

Music videos

Awards and nominations

Forbes China Celebrity 100

References

External links

 Lu Han on Sina Weibo

1990 births
Living people
Chinese expatriates in South Korea
Chinese K-pop singers
Chinese male dancers
Chinese dancers
Chinese male singers
Chinese Mandopop singers
English-language singers from China
Exo members
Korean-language singers of China
Male actors from Beijing
Seoul Institute of the Arts alumni
Singers from Beijing
Chinese male film actors
Chinese male television actors


title: Ramada e Caneças

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Ramada e Caneças is a civil parish in the municipality of Odivelas, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Ramada and Caneças. The population in 2011 was 32,581, in an area of 9.66 km².

References

Freguesias of Odivelas


title: Warrior Run High School

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Warrior Run High School is a small, rural public high school located in Turbotville, Pennsylvania. It is the sole high school operated by the Warrior Run School District. It serves the residents of the boroughs of Turbotville, McEwensville and Watsontown. It also serves Gregg Township in Union County, Delaware Township and Lewis Township in Northumberland County; as well as Anthony Township and Limestone Township in Montour County. In 2016, Warrior Run High School reported its enrollment was 479 pupils.
Warrior Run High School students may choose to attend Lycoming Career and Technology Center  for training in the building trades, automotive technology, culinary arts, allied health services and child care. The Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit CSIU16 provides the high school with a wide variety of services like specialized education for disabled students and hearing, speech and visual disability services and professional development for staff and faculty.

Extracurriculars
The Warrior Run School District offers a variety of extracurriculars, including clubs, activities and an extensive sports program. The sports programs are through the Pennsylvania Heartland Athletic Conference and the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association. The Pennsylvania Heartland Athletic Conference is a voluntary association of 25 PIAA High Schools within the central Pennsylvania region.

Sports
The district funds:

Boys
Baseball - Varsity and JV  teams AAA
Basketball- AAA
Cross country - Class AA
Football - Varsity and JV  teams AA
Golf - AA
Soccer - AA
Track and field - AA
Wrestling - AA

Girls
Basketball - AAA
Cross country - A
Field hockey - A
Golf - AA
Soccer - A
Softball - Varsity and JV  teams AAA
Track and field - AA

Middle school sports

Boys
Basketball
Football
Soccer
Wrestling

Girls
Basketball
Field hockey

According to PIAA directory July 2012  Updated per 2017 Directory

References

Education in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
Education in Union County, Pennsylvania
Education in Montour County, Pennsylvania
Public high schools in Pennsylvania
Susquehanna Valley


title: William Phillip

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William Phillip (fl. 1600) was an English translator, known mainly for his loose versions of travel books from the Dutch. Phillip worked for the London printer John Wolfe

Works
Phillip's books include:

 The Pathway to Knowledge, written in Dutch, and translated into English, London, 1596. This was a work on arithmetic, book-keeping and other commercial topics, originally by Nicholaus Petri.
 The Description of a Voyage made by certaine Ships of Holland into the East Indies, with their Adventures and Successe; together with the Description of the Countries, Townes, and Inhabitants of the same: who set forth on the Second of April, 1595, and returned on the 14 of August, 1597, London, 1598; dedicated to Sir James Scudamore; reprinted in Richard Hakluyt's Collection (vol. v. new edit.), and in Oxford Collection of Voyages and Travels (vol. ii.) The original was by Bernardt Langhenez.
 John Huighen van Linschoten his Discours of Voyages into the East and West Indies. Devided into foure Bookes, London, 1598; illustrated with maps, plans, and views copied from the Dutch.
 A true and perfect Description of three Voyages to the North Pole, performed by the Ships of Holland and Zealand, so strange and wonderfull that the like hath never been heard of before, London, 1609; dedicated to Sir Thomas Smythe; abridged in Purchas his Pilgrimes (vol. iii.), and edited by Charles Tilstone Beke for the Hakluyt Society, London, 1853. The original was by Gerrit de Veer.
 The Relation of a Wonderful Voiage made by William Cornelison Schouten of Horne. Showing how South from the Straights of Magelan, in Terra Del-fuogo, he found and discovered a newe Passage through the great South Sea, and that was sayled round about the World. Describing what Islands, Countries, People, and Strange Adventures he found in the saide Passage, London, 1619; dedicated also to Sir Thomas Smythe.
 Newes from Bohemia. An Apologie made by the States of the Kingdom of Bohemia, showing the Reasons why those of the Reformed Religion were moved to take Armes, for the Defence of the King and themselves, especially against the dangerous Sect of Jesuites. Translated out of Dutch into Latine, and thence into English, by Will. Philip , London, 1619.

Notes

Attribution

English translators
17th-century English writers
17th-century English male writers


title: Xonobod

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Xonobod (in 1972—91 Sovetabad,  ) is a district-level city in Andijan Region, Uzbekistan. It has an area of  and 44,000 inhabitants (2020). It lies to the east of Andijan in the Ferghana Valley, on the right bank of the Kara Darya.

See also
 List of renamed cities in Uzbekistan

References

Populated places in Andijan Region
Cities in Uzbekistan


title: Wallqa Wallqa (Apurímac)

text:
Wallqa Wallqa (Quechua wallqa collar, the reduplication indicates that there is a group or a complex of something, "a complex of collars", Hispanicized spelling Hualca Hualca) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about  high. It is situated in the Apurímac Region, Antabamba Province, Antabamba District. Wallqa Wallqa lies south-west of the mountains Sara Sara and Runtu Quri, near the northern border of the Arequipa Region.

See also
 Inti Utka

References

Mountains of Peru
Mountains of Apurímac Region


title: Pontinha e Famões

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Pontinha e Famões is a civil parish in the municipality of Odivelas, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Pontinha and Famões. The population in 2011 was 34,143, in an area of 9.22 km².

References

Freguesias of Odivelas


title: The Boat Race 1852

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The 11th Boat Race took place on the River Thames on 3 April 1852.  Typically held annually, the event is a side-by-side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge.  Former Cambridge cox Thomas Selby Egan coached Oxford, the first time that either crew had been trained by a member of the opposing university.  The race was won by Oxford, their first Boat Race victory at Easter, who triumphed over Cambridge by nine lengths.

Background
The Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing competition between the University of Oxford (sometimes referred to as the "Dark Blues") and the University of Cambridge (sometimes referred to as the "Light Blues").  The race was first held in 1829, and since 1845 has taken place on the  Championship Course on the River Thames in southwest London.  Oxford went into the race as reigning champions, having defeated Cambridge, who were disqualified, in the previous race held in December 1849.  Cambridge led overall with seven wins to Oxford's three.

The universities were unable to agree on a date for race in both 1850 and 1851.  The challenge to race from Cambridge was received by Oxford in December 1851 and was finally accepted that a race be conducted around Easter the following year.  Oxford were coached by the former Cambridge cox Thomas Selby Egan, who had represented the Light Blues in the 1836, 1839 and 1840 races, in protest at the use of watermen as Boat Race coaches.   Oxford had prevented their use since 1841 but Cambridge would not do so until 1873 and were coached by the Thames waterman and world champion sculler Bob Coombes.  It was the first time a crew was coached by a member of the other university.

The umpire for the race was Charles Jasper Selwyn and the starter was Edward Searle.

Crews
Three members of the Oxford crew had participated in the previous meeting of the universities in December 1849, Houghton, Joseph William Chitty and the cox, Cotton.  None of the Cambridge crew had Boat Race experience.  The Cambridge crew weighed an average of 11 st 8.5 lb (73.5 kg),  per rower more than their opponents.

Race

Cambridge won the toss and elected to start on the Surrey side of the river, handing the Middlesex station to Oxford.  The race started under Searle's command at 1.45 p.m. with Oxford taking a slight lead.  On the approach to Hammersmith Bridge the gap was closing and Oxford passed through the central arch.  Cambridge, following Coombe's advice, opted to shoot the bridge towards the Surrey side and in doing so "lost the stream" and allowed Oxford to extend their lead.  By Barnes Bridge the lead was around four lengths, and Oxford kept increasing their margin, winning by nine lengths in a time of 21 minutes 36 seconds.  It was their second consecutive victory and took the overall record to 7–4 in favour of Cambridge.

References
Footnotes

Sources

External links
 Official website

The Boat Race
1852 in sports
April 1852 events
1852 in English sport


title: Kang Jung-hun

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Kang Jung-hun (; born 16 December 1987) is a South Korean footballer who plays as a forward for Busan Transportation Corporation on loan from FC Seoul in the K League Classic.

Club career
Kang was FC Seoul's first choice from the 2010 draft intake, and made his professional debut on 25 April 2010 in Seoul's away league match against Gyeongnam FC. Aside from a few League Cup matches, Kang was unused for the remainder of the 2010 season. Kang continued with FC Seoul into the 2011 K-League season, and scored his first professional goal against Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors.

Club career statistics

References

External links

1987 births
Living people
Men's association football forwards
South Korean men's footballers
FC Seoul players
Gangwon FC players
K League 1 players
Konkuk University alumni


title: Nymphula simplalis

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Nymphula simplalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Snellen in 1890. It is found in India (Sikkim).

References

Acentropinae
Moths described in 1890


title: Billy Curley

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William Curley (born 20 November 1945) is an English former footballer who made 29 appearances in the Football League playing as a full back for Darlington in the 1960s. He played for Durham Schools' under-15 team in the 1960–61 season, and was the first player to be taken on by Darlington as an apprentice professional under the scheme introduced in 1960.

References

1945 births
Living people
People from Trimdon
Footballers from County Durham
English men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Darlington F.C. players
English Football League players


title: Athletics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metres (T37)

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The Men's 100 metres (T37) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme was held at Hampden Park on 28 July 2014. The event was open to Para-sport athletes competing under the T37 classification.

Results

First round
The first round consisted of two heats, with qualification to the finals for the first three in each heat and the two fastest losers over the two heats.

Heat 1

Heat 2

Final

References

Men's 100 metres (T37)
2014 (T37)


title: KK Kvarner

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KK Kvarner was a professional basketball club based in Rijeka, Croatia.

History
KK Kvarner was founded in 1946 in Rijeka and in its history has changed several names for sponsored reasons like KK Istravino, KK Croatia Line Rijeka, KK Sava Osiguranje Rijeka, KK Triglav Osiguranje Rijeka, since 2009. The club also performed under the name KK Kvarner Novi Resort. The club played one season (2001/02) in the Adriatic League. Due to the cancellation of the onset of the second division Croatian 'score for abortion in the season 2008 / 09th and accumulated debts 2009th club is shut down.

KK Kvarner 2010 was founded in 2010 as a club's spiritual successor.

Honours

Domestic competitions
Yugoslav Cup
Runners-up (2): 1976–77, 1980–81

Notable players
  Nikola Plećaš (1976–1978)
  Davor Kus (1996–2000)
  Matej Mamić (1996–1998)
  Aramis Naglić (1983–1989)
   Ottone Olivieri (founder, 1946–?)
   Nikola Radulović (1997–1998)
  Siniša Štemberger (1998–2004)
  Mario Stojić (1996–1997)
  Dušan Tainer (founder, 1946–?)
  Goran Vrbanc (2003–2006)

Notable coaches
  Faruk Kulenović (1982–1985)

In European and worldwide competitions

References

KK Kvarner
Basketball teams in Croatia
Basketball teams established in 1946
1946 establishments in Croatia
Basketball teams in Yugoslavia


title: Nikola Ivanović (footballer)

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Nikola Ivanović (; born 20 January 1989) is a Serbian football forward.

References

External links

 Nikola Ivanović stats at utakmica.rs

1989 births
Living people
Footballers from Čačak
Men's association football defenders
Serbian men's footballers
FK Borac Čačak players
FK Mladost Lučani players
FK Radnički 1923 players
FK Čukarički players
FK Javor Ivanjica players
Serbian SuperLiga players
Serbian expatriate men's footballers
Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia
Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia
NK Celje players


title: Chris Penman

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Christopher Penman (born 12 September 1945) is an English former footballer who made 30 appearances in the Football League playing as a goalkeeper for Darlington in the 1960s. He was on the books of Preston North End, but never represented them in the League, and went on to play non-league football for South Shields. When he was only 18 years old, he was in goal as Darlington suffered what remained their record Football League defeat, 10–0 at Doncaster Rovers in the Fourth Division.

References

1945 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Houghton-le-Spring
Footballers from Tyne and Wear
English men's footballers
Men's association football goalkeepers
Preston North End F.C. players
Darlington F.C. players
Gateshead United F.C. players
English Football League players


title: Mutual recognition

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Mutual recognition occurs when two or more countries or other institutions recognize one another's decisions or policies, for example in the field of conformity assessment, professional qualifications or in relation to criminal matters.
A mutual recognition agreement (MRA) is an international agreement by which two or more countries agree to recognize one another's conformity assessments, decisions or results (for example certifications or test results). A mutual recognition arrangement is an international arrangement based on such an agreement.

Countries involved in the agreement can designate for the scope of the agreement Conformity Assessment Bodies (CAB), laboratories and inspection bodies.

MRAs have become increasingly common since the formation of the World Trade Organization in 1995. They have been forged within and among various trade blocs, including APEC and the European Union.

MRAs are most commonly applied to goods, such as various quality control MRAs. However, the term is also applied to agreements on the recognition of professional qualifications and decisions relating to criminal matters.

Accreditation Bodies, under the International Accreditation Forum, use the term Multilateral Recognition Agreements in a similar sense.

The principle of mutual recognition in European Criminal Law
Mutual recognition is a cornerstone principle in the Area of freedom, security and justice (AFSJ) in the European Union (EU). The importance of mutual recognition as a key principle for promoting cooperation, coordination and trust among EU Member States within the AFSJ has been firstly recognized in the Tampere Conclusions, adopted by the European Council in October 1999.

In the AFSJ, the principle of mutual recognition entails that a decision of one Member State is recognized by and obtains legal force in another Member State based on a presumption of mutual trust. Member States trust the fact that within the Union all Member States comply with EU law and particularly with the fundamental rights recognised by EU law. The importance of the principles of mutual recognition and mutual trust was highlighted by the European Court of Justice in its Opinion 2/13. In this Opinion, the Court specified that the presumption of mutual trust prevents a Member State from checking if another Member State comply with fundamental rights guaranteed by EU law, unless exceptional circumstances arise.

Mutual recognition can represent an alternative to harmonisation in order to achieve the goal of European Integration in the AFSJ. Many European criminal law instruments, such as the European Arrest Warrant, have been adopted on the basis of the principle of mutual recognition. However, as stated in Article 82(2) TFEU, the EU legislator can also opt for the adoption of minimum harmonised rules 'to the extent necessary to facilitate mutual recognition of judgments and judicial decisions and police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters having a cross-border dimension'. On that note, a package of directives (the so called 'ABC Directives'), which included for instance the Directive on the right to have access to a lawyer in criminal proceedings, has been adopted using the legal basis of Art. 82(2) TFEU. The aim was twofold:  guaranteeing an effective minimum standard of protection of fundamental procedural rights and enhancing mutual trust between Member States thus facilitating mutual recognition.

See also
 Testing, inspection and certification
 Harmonisation of law
 Home state regulation

References

External links
 Managed Mutual Recognition Regimes: Governance Without Global Government by Kalypso Nicolaïdis and Gregory Shaffer
TACD Background Paper on MRAs
National Institute of Standards and Technology on its MRAs
Public Citizen description of MRAs

Commercial treaties
Quality control
Globalization


title: Grouped Dirichlet distribution

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In statistics,  the grouped Dirichlet distribution (GDD) is a multivariate generalization of the Dirichlet distribution  It was first described by Ng et al. 2008. The Grouped Dirichlet distribution arises in the analysis of categorical data where some observations could fall into any of a set of other 'crisp' category. For example, one may have a data set consisting of cases and controls under two different conditions. With complete data, the cross-classification of disease status forms a 2(case/control)-x-(condition/no-condition) table with cell probabilities

If, however, the data includes, say, non-respondents which are known to be controls or cases, then the cross-classification of disease status forms a 2-x-3 table. The probability of the last column is the sum of the probabilities of the first two columns in each row, e.g.

The GDD allows the full estimation of the cell probabilities under such aggregation conditions.

Probability Distribution

Consider the closed simplex set  and
.  Writing  for the first  elements of a member of , the distribution of  for two partitions has a density function given by

where  is the multivariate beta function.

Ng et al. went on to define an m partition grouped Dirichlet distribution with density of  given by

where  is a vector of integers with .  The normalizing constant given by

The authors went on to use these distributions in the context of three different applications in medical science.

References

Multivariate continuous distributions
Conjugate prior distributions
Exponential family distributions
Continuous distributions


title: Earle Town House

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Earle Town House is a historic house in Greenville, South Carolina.  It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on August 5, 1969, and is included in the Col. Elias Earle Historic District.

Until the end of the 20th century, the house was widely believed to have been built about 1810 for Congressman Elias T. Earle; but Earle never owned the property.  The house is more likely to have been built c. 1829-1833 by one Samuel Green or possibly as late as 1834 after the land had been acquired by Elias Drayton Earle, half nephew and son-in-law of Elias T. Earle.

In 1856 James A. David bought the house and 35 acres. His son, Charles A. David (1853-1934)—a merchant by profession and essayist, humorist, and cartoonist by avocation—lived in it until 1922. David described it as a "rambling old affair" with a framework "mortised and put together with wooden pegs....The ceilings were so high, the only way it could have been heated in winter would have been to set it on fire."

In December 1927, the house was bought by Mary Chevillette Simms Oliphant, granddaughter of 19th-century novelist William Gilmore Simms and the author in her own right of more than a dozen books, including a once widely adopted public school history of South Carolina. In the 1920s Oliphant had Greenville architect William Riddle Ward renovate the house to what she believed was its original Federal style, demolishing one wing, removing the colonnaded porch, and adding three rooms to the second floor.  Some original features were preserved, including hand-hewn timbers, brick and rock supports, six-paneled doors, a hand-carved mantelpiece, and a Palladian window in the second story.  Oliphant was able to have her house and nearby Whitehall listed on the National Register, the first buildings in Greenville to be so recognized.  She also organized a successful petition campaign to dissuade local officials from running a proposed highway bypass through James Street.

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Georgian architecture in South Carolina
Houses in Greenville, South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Greenville, South Carolina


Algés, Linda-a-Velha e Cruz Quebrada-Dafundo is a civil parish in the municipality of Oeiras, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Algés, Linda-a-Velha and Cruz Quebrada-Dafundo. The population in 2011 was 48,665, in an area of 7.18 km².

References


title: 1973 Washington Star International

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The 1973 Washington Star International was a men's tennis tournament that was played on outdoor clay courts at the Washington Tennis Stadium in Washington, D.C. The event was categorized as a Grade A tournament and was part of the 1973 Grand Prix circuit. It was the fifth edition of the tournament and was held  from July 23 through July 29, 1973, and was the first event on the US Tour leading up to the 1973 US Open. Third-seeded Arthur Ashe won the singles title and $11,000 prize money.

Finals

Singles
 Arthur Ashe defeated  Tom Okker 6–4, 6–2

Doubles
 Ross Case /  Geoff Masters defeated  Dick Crealy /  Andrew Pattison 2–6, 6–4, 6–4

See also
 1973 Union Trust Classic

References

External links
 ATP tournament profile
 ITF tournament edition details

Washington Open (tennis)
Washington Star International
Washington Star International
Washington Star International


title: The Boat Race 1854

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The 12th Boat Race took place on the River Thames on 8 April 1854.  Typically held annually, the event is a side-by-side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. The race was won by Oxford who triumphed over Cambridge by seven lengths.

Background

The Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing competition between the University of Oxford (sometimes referred to as the "Dark Blues") and the University of Cambridge (sometimes referred to as the "Light Blues").  The race was first held in 1829, and since 1845 has taken place on the  Championship Course on the River Thames in southwest London.  Oxford went into the race as reigning champions, having defeated Cambridge by nine lengths in the previous race.  Cambridge led overall with seven wins to Oxford's four.

There was no Boat Race in 1853 as the Henley Royal Regatta was scheduled for the same time as that proposed by Cambridge in their challenge to Oxford.  The universities did however race each other that year, in the Grand Challenge Cup, which was won by Oxford.  On 11 February 1854, a challenge was sent to Oxford by the former Light Blue cox Thomas Selby Egan, who had assumed temporary captaincy of Cambridge University Boat Club, despite having coached the Dark Blues to victory in the 1852 race.

Although Oxford arrived at Putney as favourites to win the race, Cambridge's style was enough to force the odds to evens.  However, in a practice race, the Dark Blues defeated a watermen scratch crew easily and restored their position as pre-race favourites. Both crews rowed in  long boats manufactured by Searle.  The umpire for the race was Charles Jasper Selwyn and the starter was Edward Searle.

Crews
The Oxford crew weighed an average of 11 st 1 lb (70.1 kg),  per rower more than their opponents.  Cambridge saw one rower return from the 1852 race in F. Johnson, while Oxford's crew contained two former Blues in Nind and the Oxford University Boat Club president Olliver Meade King.

Race

Oxford were pre-race favourites.  They won the toss and elected to start from the Middlesex station, handing Cambridge the Surrey side of the river.  The race commenced at 10.40 a.m., with Oxford pulling away from the start.  The Dark Blues were clear of Cambridge by the time the crews reached the Crab Tree.  By Hammersmith Bridge both coxes were forced to take evasive action as a result of a barge blocking their route.  With a lead of two lengths after the bridge, Oxford continued to increase their lead, eventually passing the flag-boat with a seven-length advantage in a time of 25 minutes 29 seconds.  It was their third consecutive victory and took the overall record to 7–5 in Cambridge's favour.

In a speech in the evening's celebrations, Charles Selwyn, who had umpired this and the previous four Boat Races, declared that he was "no longer young and active enough" to continue to act in the capacity of umpire; he would be replaced in 1856 by W. G. Rich, the former Cambridge University Boat Club president who had rowed in both the March and December races of 1849.

References
Notes

Bibliography

External links
 Official website

1854 in English sport
The Boat Race
1854 in sports
April 1854 events


title: Frederick Williamson

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Frederick Williamson  (1891–1935) was a British Political Officer stationed in Sikkim, Bhutan, and Tibet in the 1930s. He was also an explorer and a founding member of the Himalayan Club. It was 'largely owing to his influence and the esteem in which he was held in Lhasa' that Tibet permitted the 1935 and 1936 Mount Everest Expeditions. His life was cut short by a chronic illness which occurred in Lhasa during November 1935 on a mission to negotiate a settlement between Tibet and Thubten Choekyi Nyima, 9th Panchen Lama. On the announcement of his death, the Government of India stated that 'it robbed the Government of a most valuable officer'.

Life
Williamson was born on 31 January 1891 and educated at Bedford Modern School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He entered the Indian Civil Service in 1914, serving in Bihar and Orissa. At the outbreak of World War I, he saw military duty with the Gurkha Rifles in India (1915–16) and Mesopotamia (1916–18) where he was wounded. He saw service in Palestine and Egypt (1918–19) where he was mentioned in despatches.

After World War I he held appointments in Bihar (1919–22), was Secretary to the British Resident of Mysore (1922), and was Secretary to the British Resident of Hyderabad (1923). He later became the British Trade Agent at Gyantse (1924) and Assistant to the Political Officer in Sikkim. His obituary in The Times states that he 'quickly felt the attraction of the romance and mystery' of those lands, and 'in his close study of the customs, folklore, and languages of the people followed in the footsteps of Sir Charles Bell'.

In 1926, Williamson was made Officiating Political Officer in Sikkim and, in 1927, Consul-General to Kashgar, a position he held until 1930. In 1931, Williamson returned to Gangtok as Political Officer in Sikkim. His brief life was cut short by a chronic illness which occurred in Lhasa during November 1935 on a mission to negotiate a settlement between Tibet and Thubten Choekyi Nyima, 9th Panchen Lama. On the announcement of his death, the Government of India stated that 'it robbed the Government of a most valuable officer'. His obituary in The Times states that he may well 'have wished nothing better than to end his days where his heart was—amid the eternal snows of Tibet'.

In 1933, Williamson married Margaret Dobie Marshall who had accompanied him on his travels. Margaret Williamson wrote a memoir of their life in Tibet, Sikkim, and Bhutan.

Explorer

A keen explorer, Williamson was a founder member of the Himalayan Club. In Kashgar and Gangtok he explored unknown routes and in 1928 established a new route from Yarkand to the Kara-Tash Valley by way of Kichik Karaul. In 1933 he travelled in Bhutan with his wife, crossing the Great Himalayan range into Tibet via Mon-La-Kar-Chung La, the difficult glacier pass.

It was 'largely owing to his influence and the esteem in which he was held in Lhasa' that Tibet permitted the 1935 and 1936 Mount Everest Expeditions.

On his travels, Williamson and his partner and future wife were prolific photographers. Between December 1930 and August 1935, they took approximately 1700 photographs throughout the Himalayan region. The photographs they took are at the University of Cambridge and are described as 'providing an unusually well-preserved and well-catalogued insight into social life in Sikkim, Bhutan, and Tibet during the 1930s'.

References

Further reading

External links
The Williamson Collection

1891 births
1935 deaths
Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire
Indian Civil Service (British India) officers
Indian Political Service officers
Indian Army personnel of World War I
British Indian Army officers
Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge
People educated at Bedford Modern School


title: Lawretta Ozoh

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Lawretta Ozoh (born 5 September 1990) is a Nigerian track athlete who specialises in sprinting.

Ozoh was the silver medalist in the 200 metres and was a member of the gold medal-winning Nigerian 4 x 100 metre relay team at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics.

Doping ban
In 2012 Ozoh tested positive for the anabolic steroid Stanozolol and was subsequently handed a two-year ban from sports.

References

Living people
1990 births
Nigerian female sprinters
Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Doping cases in athletics
Nigerian sportspeople in doping cases
Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Nigeria
African Games gold medalists for Nigeria
African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
African Games bronze medalists for Nigeria
Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 African Games
21st-century Nigerian women
Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games


title: 2014–15 PFC Ludogorets Razgrad season

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The 2014–15 season was Ludogorets Razgrad's fourth season in A Football Group. They successfully defended their title, winning the championship for a fourth consecutive and overall time. Also, Ludogorets Razgrad reached the semi-finals in the Bulgarian Cup, won the SuperCup and, most notably, made their maiden appearance in the UEFA Champions League group stage, winning the play-off round against Steaua București in dramatic fashion. Ludogorets won €14,547,000 in prize money for their participation in Europe.

Squad

Out on loan

Transfers

Summer

In:

Out:

Winter

In:

Out:

Competitions

Bulgarian Supercup

A Football Group

First phase

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Results

Championship group

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Results

Bulgarian Cup

Champions League

Qualifying phase

Group stage

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goal Scorers

Disciplinary Record

Notes

References

Ludogorets Razgrad
PFC Ludogorets Razgrad seasons
Ludogorets Razgrad
Bulgarian football championship-winning seasons


Oeiras e São Julião da Barra, Paço de Arcos e Caxias is a civil parish in the municipality of Oeiras, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Oeiras e São Julião da Barra, Paço de Arcos and Caxias. The population in 2011 was 33 827, in an area of 6.5 km².

References


title: Old Town Square execution

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Old Town Square execution () was the execution of 27 Bohemian leaders (three noblemen, seven knights and 17 burghers) of the Bohemian Revolt by the Austrian House of Habsburg that took place on 21 June 1621 at the Old Town Square in Prague.

After the Prague Defenestration in 1618 and subsequent Protestant uprising of the Bohemian estates against the Catholic Habsburgs resulted in Thirty Years' War and a final defeat in the Battle of White Mountain, Habsburgs took their revenge and executed some of the key leaders of the uprising, although with some others the punishment was reduced and some were pardoned.

Execution

The execution of the 27 leaders of the Bohemian Estates Uprising began on 21 June 1621 in Prague on the Old Town Square. The executioner was an utraquist, so they could pray before the execution.

Joachim Andreas von Schlick was beheaded first. This was followed by the execution of Jan Jesenius, whose tongue was cut out first, then he was beheaded. His body was quartered and the parts impaled on stakes. Jan Jesenius was punished most severely for several reasons: firstly, he persuaded Hungary to break with the emperor and secondly, he wrote a political-philosophical treatise Pro vindiciis contra tyrannos (en: Can a tyrant be overthrown by people?). Others were beheaded by the sword; some of them had their right hands cut off first. The members of the Unity of the Brethren were hanged, which was the most disgraceful death for them.

Headless bodies were handed over to the families, who buried them. Twelve heads were put into iron baskets and attached by the executioner to the Old Town Bridge Tower. The heads hung there until the invasion of the Saxon army took place here in 1631.

City clerk Mikuláš Diviš was nailed to the gallows by the tongue for one hour for welcoming Frederick V of the Palatinate on his arrival to Prague. Some nobles involved in the uprising escaped into exile, such as Jindřich Matyáš Thurn. Martin Fruwein z Podolí (cs, de) was also expected to be executed, but he committed suicide by jumping from the White Tower of Prague Castle.

List of the executed

Consequences

Execution was only one of the consequences of the Bohemian Revolt, which failed. Other consequences were the possession of the Bohemian royal crown in the hands of the Habsburgs (now hereditary), which meant another nearly 300 years of their domination. Another major consequence was the subsequent recatholization, and since 75-90% of Bohemians were Protestant, it meant a great emigrant wave (which was the majority of Bohemian intelligence). The German language was made fully equal to the Czech language, so Germanization of the entire population (not only the nobility) was also carried out.

The executioner's sword, on whose blade the names of eleven executed are engraved, is in the collections of Hus House (Husův dům) in Prague. However, it is likely that it is a fake sword, as in the list on the blade is engraved the name of Jan Kutnauer, who was actually hanged.

At that time there was a struggle for balance in Europe, Europe was divided into Catholic and Protestant, absolutist and estates monarchy. The uprising itself triggered a conflict to which the powers were already heading. Execution in the Old Town Square celebrated for the Spanish-Catholic party the triumph of victory. Eventually, in the Thirty Years' War, there were no winners or losers, leaving only a ruined Europe.

Sources
 Josef Svátek: Paměti katovské rodiny Mydlářů - rozličné příběhy katovské Volume 2, Publisher: XYZ, Prague 2005,

External links

 Aftermath: the executions on the Old Town Square

1621 in the Habsburg monarchy
17th-century executions in the Holy Roman Empire
17th century in Prague
History of Prague
Old Town Square


title: Niño de Murcia

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Niño de Murcia (Zeneta, Murcia) is a French flamenco singer and guitarist, born in Spain and moved to France at age of 20 years, known for his Spanish / Latin songs. He was signed to Disques Festival label that released most of his recordings. He sang mainly in Spanish, but also released a number of songs in French and a number of other languages and was famous internationally, notably in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. His Spanish language songs "El Emigrante" and "Esperanza" (originally by Charles Aznavour) remain iconic songs of the early 1960s in France, as well as his famous covers of many classics like "Granada", "Guantanamera", "Malagueña" etc.

Awards
Niño de Murcia won the "Grand Prix du Disque" award by the Académie du Disque Français.

Discography

Albums

Minis

Compilations
2007: Guitares, mes amies
2015: Niño de Murcia: 50 succès essentiels 1957-1962 (2 CDs)
Tracklist: CD 1: 1. "El emigrante" (3:27) 2. "Guitares, mes amies" (2:58) 3. "Jusqu'au bout du monde" (1:59) 4. "Antonio Vargas Heredia" (from Noche de Andalucía) (5:04) 5. "La tani" (from Vendetta en Camargue (2:59) 6. "El berebito" (2:38) 7. "Ay del ay (Bulerias)" (2:51) 8. "Mira mira" (3:13) 9. "Puentecito" (3:00) 10. "Celitos" (2:00) 11. "María Morena" (1:49) 12. "Historia de un amor" (2:38) 13. "Bolero gitano" (3:26) 14. "Luna serrana" (2:51) 15. "Du moment qu'on s'aime" (3:01) 16. "Amour d'Espagne" (2:44) 17. "Toute une année" (3:07) 18. "Vive Paris" (3:20) 19. "Les gitans" (3:55) 20. "Tanto tienes tanto vales" (2:46) 21. "Le gitan et la fille" (3:35) 22. "Camino verde" (3:47) 23. "Malagueña" (4:03) 24. "El soldado de levita" (2:53) 25. "Que nadie sepa mi sufrir" (2:41)  CD 2: 1. "Granada" (3:55) 2. "Vénus" (2:30) 3. "Melodía perdida" (2:39) 4. "Eva la Gitana" (from La Femme et le Pantin) (3:05) 5. "Murcia de mi sueños" (3:38) 6. "Valencia" (2:22) 7. "Angelitos negros" (2:27) 8. "Si vas a Calatayud" (3:12) 9. "Luna de miel" (3:03) 10. "Puerta del sol" (3:36) 11. "La caravana y el viento" (2:59) 12. Danse espagnole N°5 "Andalucia" (5:15) 13. "Noche a Río" (2:10) 14. "Esperanza" (2:57) 15. "Nostalgia India" (3:39) 16. "Mi jaca" (3:01) 17. "Mírame Morenita" (2:12) 18. "Mi flamenco twist" (2:07) 19. "Madrid" (2:32) 20. "Por tu amor" (2:43) 21. "Penalti" (2:34) 22. "Sinceridad" (2:45) 23. "Clavelitos" (2:42) 24. "El festival" (2:20) 25. "Adiós mi vida" (3:00)

References

External links
iTunes: Nino de Murcia
Discogs: Nino de Murcia discography

French male singers