title: Marco Perchtold

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Marco Perchtold (born 21 September 1988) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Grazer AK.

Honours
Pasching
Austrian Cup: 2012–13

References

External links

 Marco Perchtold Interview

Austrian men's footballers
Austrian Football Bundesliga players
1988 births
Living people
Grazer AK players
1. Wiener Neustädter SC (2008) players
FC Gratkorn players
FC Juniors OÖ players
SV Grödig players
Kapfenberger SV players
SKN St. Pölten players
Men's association football midfielders


title: Disco Cuttlefish

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Stobie the Disco Cuttlefish was the mascot of the 2014 Adelaide Fringe in South Australia. Its design was inspired by the cephalopod species the Australian giant cuttlefish (Sepia apama). Stobie was a 13 metre long mechanised parade float which featured blinking eyes, waving tentacles and an elaborate sound, light and dance show. It made appearances each Saturday night during the festival, accompanied by a professional dance troupe which performed a set routine. This was followed by an original dance called 'The Cuttlefish' during which crowd participation was invited. Stobie also played a pre-recorded soundtrack of disco hits including a megamix of Stayin' Alive, Billie Jean, You Should be Dancing and Le Freak. The opening set routine was performed to the theme-song from the 1980 dance movie, Fame.

Development
Adelaide Fringe director Greg Clarke claimed responsibility for suggesting the adoption of a giant Australian cuttlefish as a festival mascot. He said that the festival team "wanted to create a creature unique to South Australia and were inspired by the uniqueness and beauty of the giant cuttlefish that inhabits the gulf waters of South Australia." The idea was first announced with the release of the event program in November 2013.

The concept was realised by a team of South Australian artists and technicians accredited as follows:
 Original drawing – Slade Smith
 Creation and construction – Steve Hayter and Martin Murray
 Lighting design – Geoff Cobham and Chris Petridis
 Music composition and compilation- Harry Covill
 Choreography – Larissa McGowan
 Performers- Lisa Lonero, Andrew Haycroft, Penelope Shum, Chris Mifsud, Kialea Nadine-Williams, Jaeger Man
A ute provided the scaffold around which the cuttlefish was constructed. Sound and lighting systems were placed in the tray of the vehicle. The finished cuttlefish changed colour, featured blinking eyes and emitted smoke as a proxy for ink.

Sponsorship
The Disco Cuttlefish was sponsored by SA Power Networks. Adelaide Fringe's 2014 Principal Partner was BankSA, and its government partners were ArtsSA, the South Australian Tourism Commission and the Adelaide City Council.

Controversy
The Adelaide Fringe attracted criticism for using the image of the cuttlefish without referring to the decline of the Northern Spencer Gulf population of the giant cuttlefish in South Australia. The decline has been described as 'catastrophic' by conservationists, as their population has dropped from over 170,000 in the late 1990s to 13,500 in 2013. Scientists believe the Whyalla aggregation of Giant Australian cuttlefish may represent a separate and new species, and this population collapse, if continued, may lead to extinction as soon as 2016.

The festival organisers responded by acknowledging that they were aware of the decline via Twitter and Facebook. The Twitter announcement was made on 17 February and read:

"@SaveCuttlefish Adelaide Fringe as an organisation is aware of the Giant Cuttlefish plight and we hope that by highlighting Stobie the Giant Cuttlefish in this way, we will make more people aware of the issues these creatures are facing..."

The Fringe also added a footer to the Disco Cuttlefish event page on their website, linking to additional information from the Conservation Council of South Australia.

References

Marine conservation
Disco
Cuttlefish


title: Arnaud Bovolenta

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Arnaud Bovolenta (born 6 September 1988) is a French freestyle skier. He was born in Albertville. He competed in ski cross at the World Ski Championships 2011 and at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, where he took the silver medal. He took his first podium in the FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup in December 2016, when he finished third in the sixth round of the 2016-17 season in Innichen.

References

External links

1988 births
Living people
Freestyle skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Freestyle skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
French male freestyle skiers
Olympic freestyle skiers for France
Olympic silver medalists for France
Olympic medalists in freestyle skiing
Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Sportspeople from Albertville
21st-century French people


title: Niska Gas Storage Partners

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Niska Gas Storage Partners is a global gas storage service provider and the largest gas storage firm in North America. It operates business in Alberta, Canada and California, US and Oklahoma. The company owns a natural gas storage capacity of 225.5 billion cubic feet. It generates revenue by charging monthly natural gas storage fees to a variety of customers including institutions, gas generators, etc. AECO Hub, consisting of three sub-facilities located both in Canada and US, is the core storage facility of the company and is one of the most important natural gas producing sites in North America. The company has a market capitalization of $1.05 billion and an enterprise value of 1.05 billion.

History
The company is named after a Cree Indian word, niska meaning "Canada goose" indicating the company’s root as the Canadian developer of the first major trading point for natural gas in Alberta.

In the early 2000s, the company acquired the former Manchester Gas Storage facility in Oklahoma, which was renamed Salt Plains Gas Storage, which is one of the three facilities that make up for AECO Hub. The company operated its business under the name, Niska Gas Storage, in 2006 when the natural gas storage business was acquired by Riverstone Holdings LLC. Four years later, the company launched an initial public offering

References
Notes

External links
Official website

Companies based in Houston
Companies established in 2006
Natural gas storage
Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange


title: Edge of Heaven

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Edge of Heaven is a British sitcom centred on a 1980s-themed guest house in Margate. The show is produced by Hartswood Films for ITV and began airing on 21 February 2014 for six episodes. In March and April it was repeated on Thursday nights.

On 5 May 2014 it was confirmed that, due to disappointing ratings, ITV would not be commissioning a second series of the sitcom. Talking to local media, executive producer Beryl Vertue said: "We had a very tough programming slot and were up against popular shows such as Sport’s Relief on the BBC. We had such a great time making the show and the sad thing is everyone at ITV loved it but unfortunately the ratings meant we couldn’t continue for a second series."

Overview
The show is centred on Edge of Heaven, a 1980s-themed bed and breakfast in Margate. Alfie is jilted at the altar by his fiancée Carly. His family and friends try to help Alfie deal with the aftermath and emotions.

Cast and characters

These are main and recurring cast and characters in Edge of Heaven.

Blake Harrison as Alfie – a groom jilted at the altar by Carly.
Camille Coduri as Judy – co-owner of the Edge of Heaven B&B, wife of Tandeep, mother of Alfie and Ann-Marie.
Marcia Warren as Nanny Mo – a pensioner, mother of Judy and Bald Gary.
Adrian Scarborough as Bald Gary – son of Nanny Mo, brother of Judy, husband of Camp Gary.
Justine Michelle Cain as Carly – the bride who leaves Alfie at the altar.
Louisa Lytton as Michelle – Carly's best friend, Alfie's unrequited love.
Robert Evans as Camp Gary – husband of Bald Gary.
Nitin Kundra as Tandeep – co-owner and chef at the Edge of Heaven B&B, husband of Judy, stepfather of Alfie and Ann-Marie.
Laura Checkley as Ann-Marie – a demobbed soldier now working at her family's B&B, sister of Alfie, daughter of Judy.
Nav Sidhu as Donkey – one of Alfie's best friends.
Raphael Sowole as Spanner – one of Alfie's best friends.
Rufus Jones as Prop Maartie – Alfie's boss at Sofa World.
Michael Smiley as Snowy – Alfie's ne'er-do-well, oft-absent biological father.

Filming Locations
The series was set in Margate in Kent, with the beach, high street and seafront featuring throughout the series, and the BNB exterior was actually filmed on Albert Terrace. Broadstairs was also used for some filming locations, such as Morelli's Ice Cream Parlour.

Episode Guide

Reception

With 2.7 million viewers, Edge of Heaven gave ITV its smallest ever audience for a first episode of a new scripted series airing at 9pm.

Sam Wollaston of The Guardian described Edge of Heaven as "limp" and "super lameness" despite excellent recent work by stars Blake Harrison and Camille Coduri. However, "Margate...looks lovely." Further commentary from The Guardian stated, "A bit like Margate itself, perhaps, this feels unlikely to improve anytime soon" (John Robinson) and the "comedy pootles on amusingly, but plays it far too safe to ever broach real hilarity" (Rachel Aroesti).

Ed Power of The Telegraph cited outdated, retro humour. He said that "the story felt thinner than onion skin". Despite the "smoking wreckage, it nonetheless kept you glued". "Between the winks, nudges and groans an unexpected sweetness bubbled to the surface", Power stated. The show's "heart was in the right place." He praises the "likable...ragamuffin characters".

References

External links

2010s British sitcoms
2014 British television series debuts
2014 British television series endings
English-language television shows
2010s British television miniseries
ITV sitcoms
Margate
Television series by Hartswood Films
Television shows set in Kent
Television shows shot in Kent


title: The Complete RCA Victor Recordings

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The Complete RCA Victor Recordings is a 1995 compilation 2-CD set of sessions led by Jazz trumpeter and composer Dizzy Gillespie recorded for the RCA Victor label between 1937 and 1949.

Reception

Writing for Allmusic, Richard S. Ginell states: "Although the sheer scope of this double-CD roundup of all of Dizzy's Victor sessions places it most obviously within the evolution of bebop, it is absolutely essential to Latin Jazz collections as well".

Music historian and Arts Administrator for the National Endowment for the Arts, A. B. Spellman recommended the album for the NPR Basic Jazz Record Library, stating: "Primarily, I say this for the big band, but that's not all that's on here. You have some very early Dizzy, when he's playing with the Teddy Hill Orchestra or with the Lionel Hampton Orchestra. You have some small group stuff from the 52nd Street time, when he was playing all the clubs there. And you also have a very interesting couple of tunes from the Metronome All-Stars, which put him with a wide array of jazz talents of the period. But, mainly you've got Dizzy Gillespie's Big Band here working, and that's a band that is very important for everybody to know about".

The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the compilation a "Crown" signifying a recording that the authors "feel a special admiration or affection for".

Track listing
All compositions by Dizzy Gillespie except where noted.

Disc one
 "Manteca" (Chano Pozo, Dizzy Gillespie, Gil Fuller) – 3:06
 "Anthropology" [Take 2] (Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie) – 2:53
 "King Porter Stomp" (Jelly Roll Morton) – 3:04
 "Yours and Mine" (Arthur Freed, Nacio Herb Brown) – 2:41
 "Blue Rhythm Fantasy" (Chappie Willett, Teddy Hill) – 2:42
 "Hot Mallets" – (Lionel Hampton) – 2:17
 "52nd Street Theme" [Take 1] (Thelonious Monk) – 3:13
 "52nd Street Theme" [Take 2] (Monk) – 3:05
 "A Night in Tunisia" [Take 1] (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) – 3:07
 "A Night in Tunisia" [Incomplete Take] (Gillespie, Paparelli) – 2:05
 "Ol' Man Rebop" (Leonard Feather) – 2:44
 "Anthropology" [Take 1] (Parker, Gillespie) – 2:37
 "Ow!" – 2:56
 "Oop-Pop-A-Da" (Babs Gonzales) – 3:12
 "Two Bass Hit" (Dizzy Gillespie, John Lewis) – 2:56
 "Stay On It" (Dizzy Gillespie, Tadd Dameron) – 3:13
 "Algo Bueno (Woody 'n You)" – 2:59
 "Cool Breeze" (Billy Eckstine, Dizzy Gillespie, Tadd Dameron) – 2:48
 "Cubana Be" – 2:41
 "Cubana Bop" – 3:17
 "Ool-Ya-Koo" (Gillespie, Fuller) – 2:52
 "Minor Walk" (Gillespie, Linton Garner) – 2:44
Disc two
 "Good Bait" (Count Basie, Tadd Dameron) – 2:46
 "Guarachi Guaro" – 3:12
 "Duff Capers" (Garner) – 3:10
 "Lover, Come Back to Me" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg) – 3:32
 "I'm Be Boppin' Too" [Take 1] (Lorraine Gillespie) – 2:18
 "Swedish Suite" (Fuller) – 2:56
 "St. Louis Blues" (W. C. Handy) – 3:07
 "I Should Care" (Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston, Sammy Cahn) – 3:03
 "That Old Black Magic" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 2:40
 "You Go to My Head" (Haven Gillespie, J. Fred Coots) – 3:01
 "Jump Did-Le Ba" – 2:28
 "Dizzier and Dizzier" (Count Basie, Gerald Wilson) – 3:06
 "I'm Be Boppin' Too" Take 2 (Lorraine Gillespie) – 2:22
 "Hey Pete! Let's Eat More Meat" (Buster Harding, Dizzy Gillespie, Lester Peterson) – 3:01
 "Jumpin' with Symphony Sid" (Lester Young) – 3:03
 "If Love Is Trouble" (George Handy, Jack Segal) – 3:43
 "In the Land of Oo-Bla-Dee" (Mary Lou Williams, Milt Orent) – 2:36
 "Overtime" [Shorter Take] (Pete Rugolo) – 3:06
 "Overtime" [Longer Take] (Pete Rugolo) – 4:31
 "Victory Ball" [Shorter Take] (Lennie Tristano) – 2:40
 "Victory Ball" [Longer Take] (Tristano) – 4:12

Notes
Recorded in New York City on May 17, 1937 (tracks 1–3 to 1–5), September 11, 1939 (track 1–6), February 22, 1946 (tracks 1–2 & 1–7 to 1–12), August 22, 1947 (tracks 1–13 to 1–16), December 22, 1947 (tracks 1–17 to 1–20), December 30, 1947 (Tracks 1-1, 1–21, 1–22 & 2–1), December 29, 1948 (tracks 2-2 to 2–5), January 3, 1949 (tracks 2–18 to 2–21), April 14, 1949 (tracks 2–6 to 2–9), May 6, 1949 (tracks 2–10 to 2–13) and July 6, 1949 (tracks 2–14 to 2–17)

Personnel
Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet, vocals
Benny Bailey (tracks: 1-1, 1–17 to 2–1), Benny Harris (tracks: 2–6 to 2–17), Bill Dillard (tracks: 1–3 to 1–5), Dave Burns (tracks: 1-1, 1–13 to 2–5), Elmon Wright (tracks: 1-1, 1–13 to 2–17), Fats Navarro (tracks: 2–18, 2–19, 2–21), Lammar Wright Jr. (tracks: 1-1, 1–17 to 2–1), Matthew McKay (tracks: 1–13 to 1–16), Miles Davis (tracks: 2–18, 2–19, 2–21), Ray Orr (tracks: 1–13 to 1–16), Shad Collins (tracks: 1–3 to 1–5), Willie Cook (tracks: 2-2 to 2–17) – trumpet
Andy Duryea (tracks: 2-2 to 2–17), William Shepherd (tracks: 1-1, 1–13 to 2–1), Charles Greenlea (tracks: 2–14 to 2–17), Dicky Wells (tracks: 1–3 to 1–5), J. J. Johnson (tracks: 2–14 to 2–19, 2–21), Jesse Tarrant (tracks: 2-2 to 2–13), Kai Winding (tracks: 2–18 to 2–21), Sam Hurt (tracks: 2-2 to 2–13), Taswell Baird (tracks: 1–13 to 1–16), Ted Kelly (tracks: 1-1, 1–17 to 2–1) – trombone
Buddy DeFranco – clarinet (tracks: 2–18 to 2–21)
Benny Carter (tracks: 1–6), Charlie Parker (tracks: 2–18 to 2–21), Ernie Henry (tracks: 2-2 to 2–17), Howard Johnson (tracks: 1-1, 1–3 to 1–5, 1–13 to 2–1), John Brown (tracks: 1-1, 1–13 to 2–17), Russell Procope (tracks: 1–3 to 1–5) – alto saxophone
Ben Webster (tracks: 1–6), Big Nick Nicholas (tracks: 1-1, 1–17 to 2–1), Budd Johnson (tracks: 2-2 to 2–5), Charlie Ventura (tracks: 2–18 to 2–21), Coleman Hawkins (tracks: 1–6), Don Byas (tracks: 1–7 to 1–11), James Moody (tracks: 1–13 to 1–16), Joe Gayles (tracks: 1-1, 1–13 to 2–17), Chu Berry (tracks: 1–6), Robert Carroll (tracks: 1–3 to 1–5), Teddy Hill (tracks: 1–3 to 1–5), Yusef Lateef (tracks: 2–6 to 2–17) – tenor saxophone
Al Gibson (tracks: 2–6 to 2–17), Cecil Payne (tracks: 1-1, 1–13 to 2–5), Ernie Caceres (tracks: 2–18, 2–19, 2–21) – baritone saxophone
Bill DeArango (tracks: 1–2, 1–7 to 1–12), Billy Bauer (tracks: 2–18 to 2–21), Charlie Christian (tracks: 1–6), John Collins (tracks: 1–13 to 1–16), John Smith (tracks: 1–3 to 1–5) – guitar
Al Haig (tracks: 1–2, 1–7 to 1–12), Clyde Hart (tracks: 1–6), James Forman (tracks: 2-2 to 2–17), John Lewis (tracks: 1-1, 1–13 to 2–1), Lennie Tristano (tracks: 2–18 to 2–21), Sam Allen (tracks: 1–3 to 1–5) – piano
Lionel Hampton (tracks: 1–6), Milt Jackson (tracks: 1–2, 1–7 to 1–16) – vibraphone
Al McKibbon (tracks: 1-1, 1–17 to 2–17), Eddie Safranski (tracks: 2–18 to 2–21), Milt Hinton (tracks: 1–6), Ray Brown (tracks: 1–2, 1–7 to 1–16), Richard Fullbright (tracks: 1–3 to 1–5) – bass
Bill Beason (tracks: 1–3 to 1–5), Cozy Cole (tracks: 1–6), J. C. Heard (tracks: 1–2, 1–7 to 1–12), Joe Harris (tracks: 1–13 to 1–16), Kenny Clarke (tracks: 1-1, 1–17 to 2–1), Shelly Manne (tracks: 2–18 to 2–21), Teddy Stewart (tracks: 2-2 to 2–17) – drums
Chano Pozo – congas, bongos, vocals (tracks: 1-1, 1–17 to 2–1)
Sabu Martinez – bongos (tracks: 2-2 to 2–5)
Joe Harris (tracks: 2-2 to 2–5), Vince Guerra (tracks: 2–6 to 2–17) – congas
Bill Dillard (tracks: 1–4), Joe Carroll (tracks: 2–11, 2–14, 2–17), Johnny Hartman (tracks: 2–8 to 2–10, 2–16), Kenny Hagood (tracks: 1–14, 1–18, 1–21) – vocals

References

1995 compilation albums
Bebop albums
Bluebird Records compilation albums
Dizzy Gillespie albums


title: Jonas Devouassoux

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Jonas Devouassoux (born 23 October 1989) is a French freestyle skier.

Biography
Devouassoux was born in Chamonix on 23 October 1989. He competed in ski cross at the World Ski Championships 2011, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, in ski-cross.

His FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup achievements include one victory in ski cross (in the 2013/14 season).

References

External links

1989 births
Living people
Freestyle skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
French male freestyle skiers
Olympic freestyle skiers for France
Sportspeople from Chamonix


title: Mesorhizobium abyssinicae

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Mesorhizobium abyssinicae is a bacterium from the genus of Mesorhizobium which was isolated from root nodules of agroforestry legume trees in southern Ethiopia.

References

External links
Type strain of Mesorhizobium abyssinicae at BacDive -  the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Phyllobacteriaceae
Bacteria described in 2013


title: Jonathan Midol

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Jonathan Midol (born 13 January 1988) is a French freestyle skier and Olympic medalist. He was born in Annecy. He competed in ski cross at the World Ski Championships 2013, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, where he earned a bronze medal in ski-cross.
His brother is also a medallist skier, Bastien Midol.

References

External links

1988 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Annecy
French male freestyle skiers
Olympic freestyle skiers for France
Freestyle skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for France
Olympic medalists in freestyle skiing
Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Universiade medalists in alpine skiing
Université Savoie Mont Blanc alumni
Knights of the Ordre national du Mérite
Universiade bronze medalists for France
Competitors at the 2009 Winter Universiade


title: Georg Johan De Besche

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Georg Johan De Besche (1754–1814) was a Swedish courtier, colonel, governor and a favorite of Gustav III of Sweden.

Georg Johan De Besche was the son of Johan Jacob De Besche and Anna Catharina Hilchen. He never married. He became page to Gustav III in 1770, chamber page in 1774, courtier in 1783 and governor of Stockholm Royal Palace in 1793–94. He had a career in the Västgöta cavalry regiment, where he became a cadet in 1765, lieutenant in 1776, major in 1787 and colonel in 1792.

Georg Johan De Besche belonged to the group of male favorites of Gustav III consisting of Adolf Fredrik Munck, Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt, Fabian Wrede and the brothers Evert Vilhelm Taube and Karl Edvard Taube who was referred to as pet-youths. Like several others of the King's male favorites, he himself was known for his love affairs with women; he was known for his taste for "Vulgar girls", and according to Princess Charlotte, he had a bad reputation and was considered to be debauched. According to Elis Schröderheim, after the parliament of 1789, when Gustav III had punished the noble opposition and as a consequence was punished by being socially ostracized from high society by a demonstration of female nobles led by Jeanna von Lantingshausen, he became completely socially dependent upon this group of favorites, with whom he isolated himself at the Gustav III's Pavilion by Haga Palace, where he engaged in ill-reputed orgies with prostitutes.

After the death of Gustav III, the position of the De Besche deteriorated, and in 1795 he finally lost all his remaining offices with the motivation that he was a Gustavian. In 1806, he was given the position of chamberlain at the court of Queen Dowager Sophia Magdalena who, while she disliked all the male favorites of Gustav III while he were alive, with the exception of Munck, treated them with consideration after he was dead.

References

1754 births
1814 deaths
18th-century Swedish military personnel
Royal favourites
Swedish courtiers
Court of Gustav III


title: HIP 57274

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HIP 57274 is a star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Major with a system of three planets. It is invisible to the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude of 8.96. The distance to this system is 84.4 light years based on stellar parallax, and it is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +30 km/s. The star has a relatively high rate of proper motion, traversing the celestial sphere at the rate of .

This is an ordinary K-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of K5V. It appears to be older than the Sun with an age of roughly eight billion years and is spinning slowly with a projected rotational velocity of under 1 km/s. The star has 73% of the mass of the Sun and 68% of the Sun's radius. The abundance of elements heavier than helium is about the same or slightly higher than in the Sun. The star is radiating just 19% of the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,640 K.

Planetary system
The three exoplanets orbiting HIP 57274 were discovered by the radial velocity method in 2011, all of them having mass significantly greater than the Earth. A 2014 search for planetary transits was unsuccessful. The planetary orbits are possibly highly variable, being strongly affected by mean motion resonances. The most stable region for a hypothetical super-earth within the star's habitable zone would be an orbit inside 0.37– from the host star.

References

K-type main-sequence stars
Planetary systems with three confirmed planets
Ursa Major
J11444095+3057339
Durchmusterung objects
0439
057274


title: Collar of the president of Ukraine

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The sign (collar) of the president of Ukraine weighs about 400 grams. The president's collar is not obligatory, but most European heads of state have such a decoration: for instance, the president's collar (male jewelry like a female necklace) is one of the symbols of state power in Poland and Bulgaria. Some countries grant another collar to the new head of the state, and the previous one passes to the national museums. An open-work chain with a historical relic – an amulet which, as the legend reads, belonged to Ukrainian Hetman Ivan Mazepa – was among the attributes of the president of Ukraine in exile.

The collar is made of white and yellow gold. Kyiv artists have painted its seven medallions. They represent miniatures of the royal symbol of Vladimir the Great, the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia and that of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, "The Cossack with Musket" sign, Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky's patrimonial Syrokomla coat of arms and the Ukrainian People's Republic's coat of arms as the first attempt to establish independent Ukraine in the 20th century. The painted medallions alternate with jewelry ones: above laurel wreathes of white gold there are guelder rose leaves of yellow gold gemmed with 96 garnets, each one and a half millimeters.

Both the seal and the collar are kept in leather cases with the velvet lodgement and the imprinted image of the lesser coat of arms of Ukraine.

References

National symbols of Ukraine
Ukraine state insignia
Necklaces


title: Daniel Bohnacker

text:
Daniel Bohnacker (born 21 February 1990) is a German freestyle skier. He was born in Blaubeuren. He competed in ski cross at the World Ski Championships 2013, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, in ski-cross.

References

External links

1990 births
Living people
Freestyle skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Freestyle skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
German male freestyle skiers
Olympic freestyle skiers for Germany
21st-century German people


title: Magus (video game)

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Magus (pronounced “may-jus”), is an action role-playing game for the PlayStation 3, co-developed by Black Tower and Aksys Games. The title has become infamous due to the negative reception it received from critics upon release.

Plot

Magus has been imprisoned in a tower in the Waterfall Kingdom and tortured for years. Magus remains handcuffed, imprisoned, immovable, clueless, and powerless, until a new prisoner, named Kinna, arrives and forces him to escape. Once Magus has escaped, their journey to discover Magus's true identity and abilities begins. Along the way they must face the wrath of the Kingdom Waterfall, and battle them in order to discover Magus's purpose.

Gameplay
Magus uses divine powers, known as "Chroma Magic", which he can absorb from associated colored stones – red, green and blue. These powers increase over time and players can choose to master just one or all three. The game has a skill tree system with three (red, green and blue) chromatic arcana tiers. Magus can cast basic spells as much as he wants, but strong magic spells have a cooldown period.

Reception

Magus received "unfavorable" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. It was criticized for its dated graphics, lackluster gameplay, and poorly written dialogue and voice acting. The dialogue however had been stated as "unintentionally hilarious" and "probably the game's greatest selling point". Geoff Thew of Hardcore Gamer called it "a perfect storm of terrible ideas and botched execution", but found the game "endlessly enjoyable in spite of itself".

References

External links
 Official Website

2014 video games
Action role-playing video games
Black Tower Studios games
PlayStation 3 games
PlayStation 3-only games
Role-playing video games
Single-player video games
Video games developed in Japan


title: Alexander Gründler

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Alexander Gründler (born 24 July 1993) is an Austrian footballer who plays for FC Wacker Innsbruck.

References

Austrian men's footballers
Austrian Football Bundesliga players
2. Liga (Austria) players
Austrian Regionalliga players
1993 births
Living people
FC Wacker Innsbruck (2002) players
1. Wiener Neustädter SC (2008) players
Men's association football wingers


title: Calthalotia strigata

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Calthalotia strigata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

Description
The size of the adult shell varies between 10 mm and 23 mm. The subperforate shell has an elevated-conical shape.  It is painted with longitudinal stripes of white and red or green or with longitudinal purplish flammules.  The plane whorls are concave in the middle. They show at the sutures a prominent rounded ridge, transversely lirate. The lirae are equal and subgranulose. The base of the shell is concentrically lirate, with radiating striae in the interstices. The aperture is subquadrate. The lip is arcuate, ending anteriorly in an obtuse tooth. The lip is obsoletely sulcate within.

Distribution
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Western Australia.

References

 Adams, A. & Angas, G.F. 1864. Descriptions of new species of shells, chiefly from Australia in the collection of Mr Angas. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864: 35–40
 Hedley, C. 1908. Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part 10. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 33: 456–489
 Hickman, C.S. & McLean, J.H. 1990. Systematic revision and suprageneric classification of trochacean gastropods. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Science Series 35: i–vi, 1–169
 Wilson B. (1993) Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Vol. 1. Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, Western Australia, 408 pp

External links
 Adams, A. 1853. Contributions towards a monograph of the Trochidae, a family of gastropodous Mollusca. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1851(19): 150–192

strigata
Gastropods of Australia
Gastropods described in 1853


title: Mark Cross (footballer)

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Mark Cross (23 July 1956 – 1 May 2018) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Cross, who was aged just 17 on his league debut, came from West Footscray. A rover, he made four appearances for Footscray, from rounds 15 to 18 in the 1974 VFL season. He was cut from Footscray's list at the end of the year.

From 1975 to 1979, Cross played for Williamstown in the Victorian Football Association. He was a member of Williamstown's 1976 premiership team and was captain of the VFA Seagulls in his final season. He played 74 games and kicked 125 goals for 'Town, none more important than the winning goal in the 1976 preliminary final against Frankston after the 'Gulls came from 5 goals down at three-quarter time to win by two points. They went on to take the flag over red-hot favourites, Mordialloc. He was awarded the most courageous player trophy in 1975, was runner-up in the 1979 Club best and fairest and was named in the forward pocket in the WFC 1970's Team-of-the-Decade. Cross returned to coach Williamstown in 1994.

In 1980 he joined Red Cliffs, a club in the Sunraysia Football League, which he coached until 1984. He was senior coach of Mildura Imperials from 1986 to 1989 and steered them to three successive premierships (1986, 1987, 1988). They were undefeated in the 1987 season.

He then coached Melbourne's Under-19s and reserves teams. With Cross as coach, the Melbourne reserves were losing grand finalists in 1990 and 1991.

His son, Joel, plays for South Adelaide and tied for the Magarey Medal in 2012.

References

1956 births
2018 deaths
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Western Bulldogs players
Williamstown Football Club players
West Footscray Football Club players


title: Andreas Schauer

text:
Andreas Schauer (born 18 January 1986) is a German freestyle skier. He was born in Bad Tölz. He competed in ski cross at the World Ski Championships 2013, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, in ski-cross.

References

External links

1986 births
Living people
Freestyle skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
German male freestyle skiers
Olympic freestyle skiers for Germany
Sportspeople from Bad Tölz
Skiers from Upper Bavaria
21st-century German people


title: Seal of the President of Ukraine

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The official Seal of the President of Ukraine (, Pečatka Prezydenta Ukrajiny) is ring-shaped. There is an image of the lesser coat of arms of Ukraine in the center of the stamp hemmed with “The President of Ukraine” inscription. Below the National Emblem is an image of the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise. The handle of the new seal is garnished with a lapis lazuli ball. The neck or central part of the seal is gilded; its colors are that of the national flag of Ukraine—blue above and yellow below. The seal is made of silver and weighs next to half a kilogram. Kyiv jeweler Mykhailo Cheburakhin made it using sketches by Oleksiy Rudenko just for a week. The seal with the inscription "Government of the Ukrainian People's Republic in Exile" was kept by the president in exile—M. Plavyuk—and after the declaration of independence was handed over to the popularly elected President of Ukraine, Leonid Kravchuk.

References

External links
 Iryna Lysnychenko. Symbols of the Presidential power (Символи президентської влади). Fakty.ua (at www.heraldry.com.ua). 17 December 1999

National symbols of Ukraine
Ukraine
Seal
Ukraine state insignia


The Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan (Urdu: آئین پاکستان میں بارہویں ترمیم) was passed by the Parliament on  28 July 1991. The bill established Special Courts for the trial of heinous offenses. It also raised the salaries of the judges of the Supreme Court and the High Courts.

Amendments include addition of a new Article 212-B in the Constitution, and amendment of Fifth Schedule to the Constitution. The new article 212-B was inserted for a period of only three years and thus became ineffective in July 1994.

Text

See also
Zia-ul-Haq's Islamization
Separation of powers
Nawaz Sharif
Benazir Bhutto
Pervez Musharraf
Amendments to the Constitution of Pakistan

References

External links
Full-text of the Twelfth Amendment

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title: HD 180314

text:
HD 180314 is a star in the constellation Lyra. Its apparent magnitude is 6.61 and it is about 400 light years from the Sun. This is a K-type star with 2.48 times the mass of the Sun, 8.10 times the Sun's radius, and an effective temperature of about 5,000 K.

The star is orbited by one substellar companion, HD 180314 b, an object with a minimum mass 22 times that of Jupiter and hence likely to be a brown dwarf. It orbits HD 180314 every 396 days with a semi-major axis of 1.4 AU. HD 180314 b's orbit is moderately eccentric, with an orbital eccentricity of 0.257.

References

Lyra
K-type giants
Durchmusterung objects
180314
094576
Planetary systems with one confirmed planet


title: Franklin Underwood

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Franklin Underwood, also known as Frank Underwood during the 1960s, is an American songwriter and jazz pianist. Underwood lives in Manhattan. His show Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen, a musical based on The Teahouse of the August Moon with Stan Freeman opened on Broadway in 1970. His credits include songs for Rod Warren's 1964 Chicago revue The Game Is Up, and "I Wish I'd Met You" sung by Lena Horne and Sammy Davis, Jr. with music by Johnny Mandel and lyrics by Richard Rodney Bennett and Frank Underwood. Other songs include "Real Men Don't Eat Quiche".

References

External links

Living people
American male songwriters
American jazz pianists
American male pianists
American musical theatre composers
American musical theatre lyricists
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American pianists
21st-century American male musicians
American male jazz musicians


title: Michael Steinlechner

text:
Michael Steinlechner (born 27 April 1987) is an Austrian footballer who plays for SV Fügen.

References

External links

 Michael Steinlechner at ÖFB

Austrian men's footballers
Austrian Football Bundesliga players
2. Liga (Austria) players
Austrian Regionalliga players
1987 births
Living people
FC Wacker Innsbruck (2002) players
WSG Tirol players
Men's association football defenders
People from Schwaz
Footballers from Tyrol (state)


title: Alen Horvat

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Alen Horvat (born 13 September 1973) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player. He is the current manager of Saudi club Al-Arabi.

During the period in Al-Nassr FC in January 2021, he won Saudi Super Cup and was also named as Coach of the Month in Saudi League.

Career
Horvat played for the Croatia national team and was one of the youngest captain in history of HNK Rijeka. He played his professional debut for HNK Rijeka when he was eighteen years old. Also when he started his coaching career, he was one of the youngest coaches in HNK Rijeka.
After a successful career in Croatia, Horvat continues his career in Saudi Arabia and the UAE. In January 2021 with Al Nassr FC he won the Saudi Super Cup.

On 21 October 2021, Horvat was appointed as manager of Al-Batin. The main goal of the season was to stay in the league, which was achieved. The contract ends in February 2023

On 2 July 2023, Horvat was appointed as manager of Saudi First Division side Al-Arabi.

Statistics

Player

Manager

Honours

Manager
Al-Nassr
Saudi Super Cup: 2020

Individual
Saudi Professional League Manager of the Month: January 2021

References

External links

1973 births
Living people
Footballers from Rijeka
Men's association football midfielders
Croatian men's footballers
Croatia men's under-21 international footballers
HNK Rijeka players
HNK Segesta players
HNK Orijent players
NK Novalja players
NK Pomorac 1921 players
Croatian Football League players
Croatian football managers
HNK Rijeka managers
NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac managers
NK Marsonia managers
Al-Ain FC (Saudi Arabia) managers
Al-Khaleej FC managers
Al Nassr FC managers
Al Batin FC managers
Saudi First Division League managers
Saudi Pro League managers
Croatian expatriate football managers
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates
Expatriate football managers in Saudi Arabia
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
HNK Rijeka non-playing staff


title: Eugène Sauzay

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Charles Eugène Sauzay (14 July 1809 – 24 January 1901) was a French violinist and composer.

Life
Sauzay was born in Paris in 1809, and in 1823 he began studying at the Paris Conservatoire. During his time there, he was a pupil of the violinist Pierre Baillot and Anton Reicha. He won several prizes and went on to become a member of Baillot's string quartet. He also married Baillot's daughter.

After the dissolution of Baillot's quartet in 1840, he formed a chamber music group with his wife, Louis-Pierre Norblin, Auguste Franchomme and Alexandre Pierre François Boëly, which gave concerts in the Salle Pleyel in Paris.

In 1840 he became first violinist to Louis Philippe I, and later leader of the second violins to emperor Napoleon III. In 1860 he was appointed professor of the violin at the Conservatoire.

Works
His works include violin studies; a string trio; and incidental music for the plays George Dandin and Le Sicilien by Molière, in the style of Lully, suitable for the period of the plays.

Apart from his musical compositions, he wrote a study of the string quartets of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, which was published in 1861.

Orchestral
 Symphonie rustique, Op. 12 (1860); also for piano 4-hands

Chamber music
 Fantaisie sur Zampa for violin and piano, Op. 1
 Allegro et rondo for violin and piano, Op. 2 (published c.1835)
 Sweet Home, Air irlandais varié for violin and piano, Op. 3
 5 Pièces for violin and piano, Op. 6
 Pièce en trio in G major for violin, viola and piano, Op. 7 (published 1855)
 Trio in G major for violin, viola and cello, Op. 8 (1846)
 Romance for violin or cello and piano, Op. 8bis (1847)
 Andante from Sérénade for violin and piano, Op. 10 (published 1854)
 Primavera!, Romance for violin and piano, Op. 12 (published 1886)
 Études harmoniques for violin with accompaniment of a second violin (ad libitum), Op. 14 (1864)
 Les Deux modes, 24 exercices sur l'emploi du majeur et du mineur pour le violon, Op. posthumus (published 1911)

Piano
 3 Pièces for piano 4-hands, Op. 9
 Symphonie rustique for piano 4-hands, Op. 12 (1860); original for orchestra

Vocal
 3 Romances sur des paroles de Ronsard for voice and piano, Op. 4 (published 1843, 1845); words by Pierre de Ronsard
     Mignonne!
     Chansonnette (Bel Aubespin!)
     Imitation d'Anacréon
 3 Anciennes chansons for voice and piano, Op. 9 (published 1854); words by François de Malherbe, Molière and Philippe Desportes
     Chanson de Malherbe
     Chanson de Molière tirée du "Sicilien ou l'amour peintre"
     Villanelle de Philippe Desportes
 3 Anciennes chansons for voice and piano, Op. 11 (published 1855); words by Margaret of Valois, Clément Marot and Charles, Duke of Orléans
     Chanson de Marguerite de Valois
     Huitain de Clément Marot
     Le Printemps! Rondel du duc Charles d'Orléans
 3 Romances sur des parole d'Alfred de Musset for voice and piano (published 1877); words by Alfred de Musset
     Bonjour Suzon!
     Sonnet d'Arvers
     Fleurette!
 Chanson ancienne: Dieu! qu'il la fait bon regarder for voice, violin and piano (published 1886); words by Charles, Duke of Orléans
 Chant d'un vanneur de blé aux vents, Jeux rustiques for voice and piano (published 1897); words by Joachim du Bellay

Choral
 Fragmens des chœurs d'Athalie et d'Esther de Racine for female chorus and piano, Op. 5

Literary
 Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven. Étude sur le quatuor (1861)
 L'école de l'accompagnement, ouvrage faisant suite à l'Étude sur le quatuor (1869)
 Le Violon harmonique, ses ressources, son emploi dans les écoles anciennes et modernes. Étude complétée par un cours d'harmonie à l'usage des violonistes (1889)

References

External links

1809 births
1901 deaths
Musicians from Paris
19th-century French male classical violinists
French male composers
Academic staff of the Conservatoire de Paris


title: Frank Underwood

text:
Frank, Franklin or Francis Underwood may refer to:
 Francis H. Underwood (1825–1894), American writer, founder of The Atlantic, and consul to Scotland
 Frank Underwood (English musician), folk and blues musician
 Frank Livingston Underwood (1844–1918), American banker and railroad developer
 Franklin Underwood, also known as Frank Underwood, American musical theater songwriter
 Frank Underwood (House of Cards), the fictional protagonist of the American television drama series House of Cards

See also
 Francis (disambiguation)
 Frank (disambiguation)
 Franklin (disambiguation)
 Underwood (disambiguation)


title: Potasimto

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Potasimto (Ancient Egyptian: ;  ;  fl. 592 BCE) was an ancient Egyptian general during the 26th Dynasty.

Biography
Born in Pharbaetus, he was the commander of the Greek and Carian troops which were sent by pharaoh Psamtik II, along with Egyptian troops, in the military expedition against Nubia in 592 BCE. The name Potasimto was given to him by those foreign soldiers and is indeed a Hellenization of the Egyptian name  (or Padisematawy). The hellenized form of the name came from a well-known Greek graffito which was scratched by his troops on the left leg of the colossal seated statue of Ramesses II in Abu Simbel:

Potasimto died some time after the successful campaign, and was probably buried in Kom Abu Yassin (the necropolis of Pharbaetus) as evidenced by his monuments. These include a stone sarcophagus and a stone vessel now both at the Cairo Museum, three ushabti (Limoges, Annecy and Bologna), a statue of his father Raemmaakheru and a stela of his brother.

References

Further reading

6th-century BC Egyptian people
Ancient Egyptian soldiers
People of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt
7th-century BC births
6th-century BC deaths
Abu Simbel


title: Mike Sharples

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Michael Sharples (born 14 December 1952 in Sale, England) is a British academic working in educational technology. He is an Emeritus Professor of Educational Technology at The Open University.

Background
Sharples graduated from St. Andrews University in 1976 with a BSc. Hons in Computational Science, then moved to the Dept of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Edinburgh as a post graduate student. His PhD thesis was on the topic of Cognition, Computers and Creative Writing.

Career
Sharples held various academic appointments before becoming director for the Centre for Educational Technology and Distance Learning at the University of Birmingham and later professor of learning sciences and Director of Learning Sciences Research Institute at the University of Nottingham.

Research
Sharples' research focus is on adapting and developing new technology and socio-technical systems to facilitate learning, such as the use of mobile devices.

In 2022 he published the book Story Machines with Rafael Pérez y Pérez. The book is about the history of story-generating machines. A review of the book in Science described it as "a readable, engaging, and instructive introduction to the mechanisms according to which computers have been made to produce “stories".

Books
 Sharples, M. (1985) Cognition, Computers and Creative Writing, Chichester: Ellis Horwood.
 Sharples, M., Hogg, D., Hutchison, C., Torrance, S., Young, D. (1989) Computers and Thought: a Practical Introduction to Artificial Intelligence. MIT Press. 406 pp.
 Sharples, M. (ed.)(1993) Computer Supported Collaborative Writing. Springer-Verlag.
 Sharples, M. & van der Geest, T. (eds.)(1996) The New Writing Environment: Writers at Work in a World of Technology. Springer-Verlag.
 Sharples, M. (1999) How We Write: Writing as Creative Design. London: Routledge.
 Littleton, K., Scanlon, E. & Sharples, M. (eds.)(2012) Orchestrating Inquiry Learning. Routledge. .

References

External links

Living people
People in educational technology
People from Sale, Greater Manchester
Alumni of the University of St Andrews
Academics of the Open University
1952 births


title: Florian Eigler

text:
Florian Eigler (born 12 May 1990) is a German freestyle skier. He was born in Füssen. He made his FIS World Cup debut for Germany in 2010. He competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, in ski-cross.

References

External links

1990 births
Living people
Freestyle skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
German male freestyle skiers
Olympic freestyle skiers for Germany
Sportspeople from Füssen
Skiers from Bavaria
21st-century German people


title: Mr Yipadee

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Dean O'Brien, known by his stage name Mr Yipadee or Deano Yipadee, is a children's author, musician, and producer, who has performed in New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom.

Early life
O'Brien was raised in Mosgiel, New Zealand, where he was educated at St Mary's Catholic primary school and Taieri High School. He became interested in performing music from an early age, and he played guitar in a number of bands in school. He also spent a year in Japan teaching English through music to young children. He began working in radio, initially for More FM in New Zealand, and then for 6 years on breakfast shows in Manchester, Liverpool, and Lancashire in England. He then spent over 4 years as the Programme Director for a radio station in Manchester, England. He was made redundant in 2012.

It was reported (incorrectly) in the Sydney Morning Herald after his Debut album went to Number One in the UK that O'Brien is from Melbourne, Australia.

Music career
After being made redundant, O'Brien decided to pursue a career writing and performing children's music, using the stage name Mr Yipadee. His music is intended to promote positive thinking and self-confidence among children. His first performances were at birthday parties and children's play centres near his home in Preston, England.

He has released four albums under the name Mr Yipadee, The Animal Choir, about a mouse starting a choir, The Yes I Can Club., "Positively Nursery Rhymes", and World's Greatest Christmas Party.  Yes I Can Club charted at number one on the iTunes Children's Best Sellers Chart in the UK when it was released. and World's Greatest Christmas was at number two on the Best Sellers Chart in December 2014.

In 2013, Mr Yipadee performed on the Kidz Field stage at Glastonbury Festival. After his performance, his debut album The Animal Choir peaked at number one on the iTunes children's chart. In September and October 2013, he toured New Zealand with fellow children's entertainer Craig Smith.  He has also toured the UK between 2013 and 2016 with CBeebies presenter, Alex Winters., CBeebies TV actor, Joe Chambers who plays First Officer Ditti on CBeebies TV Show, The Rhyme Rocket, Let's Play (CBeebies) presenter Rebecca Keatley  and Cat Sandion

In 2015. O'Brien organised a dozen TV Stars to create an album called "Sing Along For Syria,  this album included kids to stars from CBeebies, CITV, CBBC, and  a star from iTV's Coronation Street.

Author career
In 2016, under the name Deano Yipadee,  O'Brien's first children's book Jingle Bells, Rudolph Smells was released by publishing house Scholastic. and debuted at number one on the best sellers children's charts  and although it was only released in the last quarter of 2016 was number five in overall 2016 New Zealand Children's books best sellers list.  It also reached the top 10 of all genre of books in Australia in the Collins Booksellers Best Sellers List in 2017.  This book was taken from the song Smelly Christmas.  This song was on the World's Greatest Christmas Party album that went to number two on the UK children's charts.  "Jingle Bells, Rudolph Smells" is illustrated by Paul Beavis and Gruffalo's Alex Scheffler.

Deano Yipadee's second book, Nee Naw The Little Fire Engine, debuted in the top 3 in the best sellers charts in the first week of February. It remained in the top 10 for over three months  and also made the Collins Booksellers Top 10 Best Sellers List in September 2017.

His third book, Stink-o-saurus, reached the top 3 in the best sellers charts in October and November 2017. and also topped the Collins Booksellers Top 10 Best Sellers List in Australia.

In 2018, Deano Yipadee has had three books in the top 5 in the same weeks in the Collins Booksellers Australian Best Sellers Charts in March and The New Zealand best sellers charts in April.

In 2019, Deano Yipadee had his books released in 21 countries by Scholastic Asia, Scholastic Canada, Scholastic UK and New Frontier publishing.

In 2020, Deano released the third book in the Scholastic bestselling book series Nee Naw The Little Fire Engine, called Nee Naw Goes Bananas.

In 2021, Deano released two books with Scholastic.  The first in April is 'Nee Naw And Friends - Ellie Copter', the fourth book in the Nee Naw The Little Fire Engine Series and the first that introduces a helicopter called Ellie.  Ellie Copter spent three months in the top 10 of the Children & Teens Best Sellers Charts.  The second book is called 'Jingle Bells, What's That Smell' was released in October and  spent two months in the top 10 of the Children And Teens best sellers charts in the weeks leading up to Christmas, 2021.

In 2022, Deano released a book called Granny's Undies with Scholastic and illustrator, Carla Martell.

In 2023, Deano released a new book in the best-selling Nee Naw series called Dusty the Digger.  The voice of the character Dusty that sings on the song with Deano is host of Dancing With The Starts NZ, Sharyn Casey.  The voices of Plinky and Plinky the silly billy goats on this song are sung by Bryce and Rog from The Rock's breakfast show, The Morning Rumble.

In April 2023, Nee Naw The Little Fire Engine was featured vs Wonky Donkey and The Little Yellow Digger on TVNZ's Lego Masters (TV2). Series 2 Episode 8 had contestants making one of those three iconic New Zealand children's books characters (TV2)

In May 2023, Deano had four books in the Neilson NZ Children And Teens (Official) Best-sellers Charts with Ellie Copter - Nee Naw And Friends at number one, Nee Naw the Little Fire Engine at number three, Nee Naw Goes Bananas at number five and Nee Naw And The Cowtastrophe at number seven.

In June 2023, Deano Yipadee released a new book called Dusty the Digger - Nee Naw and friends.  This debuted in the Neilson NZ Children And Teens (Official) Best-sellers Charts at number one.

Personal life

O'Brien married Lani in Wānaka in February 2010. They have a daughter, Evolet, who was born in 2012 and Ellora, who was born in August, 2015. They currently live part of the year in Dunedin, New Zealand and part of the year in Queensland, Australia.

References

External links

New Zealand children's musicians
People from Mosgiel
People educated at Taieri College
Writers from Preston, Lancashire
New Zealand emigrants to the United Kingdom
1978 births
Living people
Musicians from Preston, Lancashire


title: Bulava of the president of Ukraine

text:
The presidential bulava (mace) is one of the official symbols of the president of Ukraine.

The mace of the president of Ukraine testifies to the continuity of centuries-old historical traditions of Ukrainian statehood - ceremonial maces were signs of power of Ukrainian hetmans, Kosh atamans of the Zaporozhian Sich and registered Cossack colonels.

Description
The presidential bulava is made of gold-plated gilded silver and fitted with a total of 64 emeralds and garnets, mounted in gold. It contains a three-edged damask blade bearing a Latin phrase “Omnia revertitur”, meaning Everything returns. The blade can be extracted from the mace by means of a button decorated with a Yakut emerald. Together, the bulava weighs 750 grams.

The bulava consists of two hollowed parts: the handle and the top, called the "apple". The "apple" is decorated with gold ornamental medallions and crowned with a gold stylised wreath decorated with enamelled stones. The top of the mace is adorned with golden ornamental medallions and crowned with an enameled and gemmed golden wreath.

The bulava is kept in a mahogany case, decorated with a golden relief image of the Ukrainian coat of arms. The lodgement is made of purple velvet. First, a lock was placed on the case, which was later replaced by a gilded figure of a guardian angel, so as not to complicate the opening of the casket during ceremonies.

See also
 Bulawa

External links
 Указ Президента України від 29.11.1999 № 1507/99 «Про офіційні символи глави держави»
 Офіційні Символи президента України
 Державні символи Президента України

National symbols of Ukraine
Ceremonial maces


title: Ahmadiyya by country

text:
Ahmadiyya is an Islamic religious movement originating in 1889 in northern India around the teachings of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835–1908), who claimed to have been divinely appointed as both the promised Mahdi and Messiah expected by Muslims to appear towards the end times.

 the Community has been established in 209 countries and territories of the world. with concentrations in South Asia, West Africa, East Africa and Indonesia. The Community is a minority Muslim group in almost every country of the world. On the other hand, it has spread to most countries of the world. In some countries, it is practically illegal to be an Ahmadi Muslim. For instance, in Pakistan, following Ordinance XX, Ahmadis cannot call themselves Muslims, profess the Islamic creed publicly or call their places of worship mosques. The religious slur "Qadiani" has been used against Ahmadi Muslims and the community has also been persecuted. Together, these factors make it difficult to estimate the Ahmadiyya population for both the Community itself and as well as independent organizations. For this reason, the Community gives a figure of "tens of millions"; however, most independent sources variously estimate the population to be at least 10 to 20 million worldwide, thereby representing around 1% of the world's Muslim population.

According to the World Christian Encyclopedia, the Ahmadiyya movement is the fastest growing Islamic group as of the early 21st century. The country with the largest Ahmadiyya population is Pakistan, with an estimated 4 million Ahmadi Muslims. Excluding small nations, the country with the largest proportion of Ahmadi Muslims to the wider Muslim population is Ghana, standing at 16%. The country with the highest percentage of the overall population is Sierra Leone standing at over 8%.

The population is almost entirely contained in the single, organized and united movement, commonly referred to as the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (AMC), headed by the Khalifa. The other is the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement, a separatist group which, though historically significant, has failed to attract a sizeable following representing less than 0.2% of the total Ahmadiyya population.

Countries

Maps

The following maps summarize the data presented in the table below.

Table

The following figures display estimates of the number of Ahmadi Muslims and their percentages by country. However, it does not list all the countries with the Ahmadiyya presence. In particular, it does not list a number of countries which have a large presence of Ahmadis. This includes Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Guinea, The Gambia and a number of Arab States.

See also
Islam:
Islam by country
Shia Muslims in the Arab world

Other religions:
Baháʼí Faith by country
Buddhism by country
Christianity by country
Hinduism by country
Judaism by country
Sikhism by country

References

Notes

Citations


title: Thomas Fischer (skier)

text:
Thomas Fischer (born 7 February 1986) is a German freestyle skier. He was born in Bad Reichenhall. He competed in ski cross at the World Ski Championships 2013, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, in ski-cross.

References

External links
  (freestyle)
  (alpine)

1986 births
Living people
Freestyle skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
German male freestyle skiers
Olympic freestyle skiers for Germany
People from Bad Reichenhall
Skiers from Upper Bavaria
21st-century German people


title: Paul Sparer

text:
Paul Israel Sparer (December 19, 1923 – November 19, 1999) was an American character actor.

Career
Sparer appeared as Rex Cooper in the soap operas Somerset and Another World. He was also known for narrating the anthology TV series Tales from the Darkside. His film roles include Loving and The House on Carroll Street while television appearances include Armstrong Circle Theatre, Kojak, The Adams Chronicles, Lou Grant and Spenser: For Hire. He also appeared in the first episode of Law & Order, "Prescription for Death".

Personal life
Sparer was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He was married to actress Nancy Marchand. Sparer died in Manhattan in 1999.

Filmography

References

External links

1923 births
1999 deaths
20th-century American male actors
American male soap opera actors
Male actors from Boston


title: List of mills in Bradford (metropolitan borough)

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This is a list of the wool, cotton and other textile mills in the City of Bradford, a metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England.  This includes Bradford and Keighley with Baildon, Bingley,  Denholme, Ilkley, Queensbury and Shelf, Silsden and Shipley.

The list also includes mills in Skipton, historically also in the West Riding of Yorkshire but now in North Yorkshire.

Allerton (Bradford)

Baildon

Bingley

Bolton (Bradford)

Bowling (Bradford)

Bradford

Burley-In—Wharfedale (Ilkley)

Haworth (Bingley; Keighley)

Heaton (Bradford)

Horton (Bradford)

Keighley

Manningham (Bradford)

Morton (Keighley)

Shipley with Saltaire

Skipton

Thornton (Denholme; Thornton)

Wilsden (Bingley)

See also
 Heavy Woollen District
 Textile processing

References

Footnotes

The National Monument Record is a legacy numbering system maintained
by English Heritage. Further details on each mill may be obtained from this url. http://yorkshire.u08.eu/

Notes

Bibliography

External links

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Bradford
Bradford (metropolitan borough)
Buildings and structures in the City of Bradford
Bradford
History of the textile industry
Industrial Revolution in England


title: Sergey Mozhaev

text:
Sergey Mozhaev (born 22 February 1988) is a Russian freestyle skier. He competed in ski cross at the World Ski Championships 2013, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, in ski-cross.

References

1988 births
Living people
Freestyle skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Russian male freestyle skiers
Olympic freestyle skiers for Russia
Place of birth missing (living people)


title: Christoph Wahrstötter

text:
Christoph Wahrstötter (born 10 October 1989) is an Austrian freestyle skier. He was born in Kitzbühel. He competed in ski cross at the World Ski Championships in 2013 (where he failed to qualify missing out by only 0.17 seconds) and 2017 (where he placed 5th), and at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, in ski-cross.

References

1989 births
Living people
Freestyle skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Freestyle skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Austrian male freestyle skiers
Olympic freestyle skiers for Austria
People from Kitzbühel
Skiers from Tyrol (state)


title: University of Chicago Institute of Politics

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The Institute of Politics (IOP) is an extracurricular nonpartisan political institute associated with the College of the University of Chicago and the Harris School of Public Policy designed to inspire students to pursue careers in politics and public service. Following the University of Chicago's longstanding tradition of wide-ranging political debate and freedom of expression, the IOP seeks to convene a diverse array of speakers, students, and leaders from a variety of backgrounds for the edification of its student body.

History and structure

Spearheaded by UChicago alumnus David Axelrod after the Barack Obama 2012 presidential campaign, the IOP's programming unofficially began by sponsoring internships with Politico at the Republican National Convention and Democratic National Convention. The IOP officially opened in 2013 and consists of four core programs: Civic Engagement, Speaker Series, Internships and Careers, and Pritzker Fellows.

Civic engagement
The IOP's civic engagement program focuses on activating student interest in public service through student-led initiatives. The largest of these is UChiVotes, a nonpartisan voter engagement initiative founded to boost voter turnout and engagement on the UChicago campus. In 2018, UChiVotes helped register more than 70% of undergraduates to vote. Other student-led programs include the Bridge Writing Workshop
a partnership with Cook County Jail, where students lead creative writing workshops for incarcerated individuals, W+, Leaders of Color, Spectrum, and Tech Team. The IOP also manages The Gate, an independent student-run magazine focused on politics and policy, and "Bridging the Divide," a public service leadership program.

Speaker series
Another core function of the IOP is a speaker series, in which the institute hosts a plethora of events that connect students with key political figures through live interviews and town halls. Typically, speakers are elected officials, activists, authors, journalists, and other key figures in politics and public service.

Since its inception, the IOP has hosted prominent speakers, including Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Mitt Romney, Rand Paul, Al Gore, Mike Pence, Rick Santorum, John McCain, Newt Gingrich, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Pete Buttigieg, Andrew Yang, Amy Klobuchar, John Brennan, Frank Bruni, Edward Snowden (via videochat), Jon Stewart, Arthur Brooks, Bill Browder, Gina Raimondo, and Chance the Rapper; hosted fellows such as Beth Myers, Michael Steele, Roger Simon, Husain Haqqani, Matthew Dowd, Howard Wolfson, Mark Udall, Tom Harkin, Michael Morell, Jeff Roe, Reihan Salam, and Bakari Sellers.

Internships and careers
The institute works with UChicago's Office of Career Advancement to provide internships, fellowships, and career opportunities to students. It has arranged over 250 student internships at institutions like the U.S. Capitol, the Brookings Institution, and the White House and placed over 300 students in civic engagement projects.

Pritzker fellows
Each quarter, the IOP invites a cohort of political figures for an academic term to serve on campus and investigate political issues with the institute. These Pritzker Fellows offer weekly seminars, office hours, and mentorship to current students to share lessons from their careers. For the Fall 2022 academic term, the cohort of Pritzker Fellows included former US Senator Doug Jones, former US Representative Luis Gutiérrez, journalist and author Stephen F. Hayes,  former Senate secretary for the majority Laura Dove, and Indian journalist Rana Ayyub.

Board of Advisors
The following individuals make up the Board of Advisors of the Institute of Politics:
 David Axelrod (chairman)
 Stephanie Cutter
 Bob Dold
 Ed Gillespie
 Larry Grisolano
 Sofia Haft
 Heidi Heitkamp
 Bill Kristol
 Ray LaHood
 Isaac Lee
 David Muir
 Shailagh Murray
 Mike Murphy
 Beth Myers
 Bakari Sellers
 Darren Reisberg
 Deval Patrick
 Bret Stephens
 Karen Tumulty
 Amy Walter
 Howard Wolfson

See also
 University of Chicago people

References

Research institutes of the University of Chicago
Educational institutions established in 2013
2013 establishments in Illinois
Political science education


title: Hangzhou City University

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Hangzhou City University (HZCU) is a public university in Hangzhou, China, which was established by the Hangzhou City Government. Its predecessor was Zhejiang University City College, jointly founded by Zhejiang University and the Hangzhou City government in 1999. In June 2020, the Hangzhou City Government signed a cooperation agreement with Zhejiang University, providing exceptional support for Hangzhou City University's ten-year leap to become one of the leading institutions in China.

References

External links
 Hangzhou City University
 Hangzhou City University

Former affiliates of Zhejiang University
Education in Hangzhou
1999 establishments in China
Educational institutions established in 1999


title: Prothalotia suturalis

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Prothalotia suturalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

Description
The height of the shell attains 8 mm, its diameter also 8 mm. The small, solid, imperforate shell has a pyramidal shape. The apex is eroded, but the whorls apparently number six. They are flattened, slightly gradate, the body whorl descending a little at the aperture. The colour is pale yellow, tessellated with small, longitudinal undulating purple spots. The sculpture: low, flat-topped spiral ribs equal to the intervening spaces, on the body whorl twelve, of which half are basal. The aperture is subquadrate. The columella is short and terminates below in a blunt tubercle. The sutures are impressed. The base of the shell is flat. The inner lip is turned inwards and is greenish.

Distribution
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Northern Queensland and in the Gulf of Carpentaria.

References

Further reading

 Adams, A. 1853. Contributions towards a monograph of the Trochidae, a family of gastropodous Mollusca. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1851(19): 150–192

suturalis
Gastropods of Australia
Gastropods described in 1853


title: Dragan Tadić

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Dragan Tadić (born 12 February 1973) is a Croatian retired football midfielder who was most recently the manager of Croatian club Rijeka.

Club career
He had spent the peak years of his career playing for various clubs in Croatia’s Prva HNL, including close to 200 official games for HNK Rijeka. He played the 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup with Segesta where they lost in the final to Danish club Silkeborg IF. Abroad he played in Belgium with KRC Harelbeke.

Managerial career
He started his career working as an assistant to Elvis Scoria at Rijeka and Slaven Belupo. Tadić replaced Davor Mladina at the helm at Hrvatski Dragovoljac in January 2022 and was dismissed as manager of Rijeka in August 2022 after only 4 league games.

Club statistics

Managerial statistics

Honours
Rijeka
Croatian Cup: 2004–05, 2005–06

Zadar
2.HNL Promotion: 2006–07

Istra 1961
2.HNL: 2008–09

References

External links

1973 births
Living people
Footballers from Rijeka
Men's association football midfielders
Yugoslav men's footballers
Croatian men's footballers
HNK Rijeka players
FC Koper players
NK Primorje players
NK Istra players
HNK Segesta players
K.R.C. Zuid-West-Vlaanderen players
NK Zadar players
NK Novalja players
NK Istra 1961 players
Yugoslav First League players
Croatian Football League players
Belgian Pro League players
First Football League (Croatia) players
Second Football League (Croatia) players
Croatian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Croatian football managers
NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac managers
HNK Rijeka managers
Croatian Football League managers
HNK Rijeka non-playing staff
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar


title: Sandhana Kaatru

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Sandhana Kaatru () is a 1990 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by Manivannan. The film stars Vijayakanth and Gautami. It was released on 1 June 1990.

Plot

The film begins with Azhagiri (Vijayakanth) in serious condition in a hospital because he was shot by the police.

In the past, he was a military officer who married Raasathi (Gautami). After spending a few years in a military camp, Azhagiri rejoined his wife and daughter. They shifted to Ramu's (R. Sarathkumar) house. Ramu was Azhagiri's friend and his superior Chakravarthy's (Vinu Chakravarthy) son. A few years ago, Ramu teased Raasathi, and he was beaten for this act along with his friends Viswanath (Vichu Vishwanath) and Vijay (Vijay Krishnaraj). They cannot forget the humiliation, so they tried to rape Raasathi, but she committed suicide before. Azhagiri first killed Viswanath in a public place and was therefore arrested for the crime and was sentenced to the death penalty. The day before his penalty, he escaped from jail, but the police found him and shot him.

Azhagiri is now cured and sees Vijay in the same hospital, who was also a patient. Azhagiri then begged the police to stay in the hospital for few more days. Thereafter, he smoothly killed Vijay without anyone suspecting him. Azhagiri then managed to escape from the hospital with the nurse's help. Azhagiri is now determined to kill Ramu before the police catch him.

Cast

Vijayakanth as Azhagiri
Gautami as Raasathi
R. Sarathkumar as Ramu
Sarath Babu as Dr. Sarath
Vinu Chakravarthy as Chakravarthy
Vichu Vishwanath as Viswanath
Vijay Krishnaraj as Vijay
Vaishnavi as Shanthi
Kitty
Kovai Sarala
Gandhimathi
Disco Shanti
S. S. Chandran
Periya Karuppu Thevar
Vasu
Kokila as Arukkani
Sakthivel
Babloo Prithiveeraj
Ilavarasu (uncreditted role)

Soundtrack
The music was composed by Shankar–Ganesh, with lyrics written by Vaali, Karaikudi Venkatesh and Jeeva Bharathi.

Reception
C. R. K. of Kalki said the first half of the film has too many songs due to less scenes while second half travels in the path of blood and violence.

References

External links

1990s Tamil-language films
1990 action films
1990 films
Films directed by Manivannan
Films scored by Shankar–Ganesh
Indian action films
Indian films about revenge


title: Heinrich Chantraine

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Heinrich Chantraine (February 1929 in Betzdorf, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany – December 2002 in Mossautal, Hesse) was a German researcher, numismaticsian and professor of history at the University of Mannheim as well as the University of Mainz. Furthermore, he served as president (rector) of the University of Mannheim between 1985 and 1988.

Education
Chantraine obtained his PhD in history at the University of Mainz in 1952. His dissertation was supervised by Hans Ulrich Instinsky and dealt with the examination of the Roman history at the end of the 2nd century AD. Previously, he had obtained a master's degree in history and classical philology at the University of Mainz.

Academics
After having completed his PhD, Chantraine worked from 1957 to 1958 on projects, supervised by Konrad Kraft, that were dealing with ancient Roman coins found in Germany and afterwards served as research associate at the University of Mainz. In 1965, Chantraine finished his habilitation with his work on "Slavery and Release in service for the Roman Emperor" (Freigelassene und Sklaven im Dienst der römischen Kaiser). Two years later he became chaired professor at the history department of the University of Mannheim (UMA). Between 1970 and 1970 he served as vice president of the university and from 1986 to 1988 president of the UMA. In 1995 Chantraine retired.

Research
Chantraine's research focus was the late antiquity, the Roman social history and auxiliary science of history as well as numismatics and metrology. During his active time as professor he published a large number of diverse publications. Since 1988, he was a full member of the Mainzer Akademie der Wissenschaften (Academy of Sciences in Mainz) and member of supervisory board of the Ekkehardstiftung.

References

1929 births
2002 deaths
Academic staff of the University of Mannheim
Academic staff of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz


title: Egisto Nino Ceccatelli

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Egisto Nino Ceccatelli (born 5 May 1943, in Livorno) is an Italian photographer best known for his ethnographic work depicting people and cultures of various parts of the world.

Early life
Ceccatelli graduated from the University of Florence with a thesis in ethnology and has followed courses in England to improve his English (University of Cambridge) and to enrich his knowledge in photography (University of London).

Career and current life
His artistic skills began in the 1960s at the Metastasio Theatre of Prato where he joined the Teatro Studio: there he gained experience as a scenographer and play director.  Later on, he moved to Rome where he worked in the film dubbing industry adapting several films into the English language, among these Porcile directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. Ceccatelli had already met Pasolini in Morocco whilst working on the film Edipo Re and that experience proved to be crucial for his photography.
Egisto Nino Ceccatelli has produced a precious variety of ethno-photographic documentation. Of particular interest are his researches on the Saharawi (Algerian Sahara) with 3 photobooks and various exhibitions, on the Dani (Irian Jaya, Indonesia), on the Dyak (Kalimantan, Indonesia), on the Bonda (Orissa, India), on the northern tribes of Laos, on the Sirionò (Beni, Bolivia), on the rural population of Transilvania (Romania), and on the agropastoral culture of the inhabitants of the Calvana mountains in Tuscany (Italy).
Ceccatelli has even produced a series of short films between the mid-70s and the beginning of the 90s and conducted three successful TV programs such as Il mio milione, Il bosco dei sogni and Itinerari fuori porta.
He has participated in the 26th and 27th edition of "Festival dei popoli di Firenze" with two photo exhibitions of ethno-anthropologic nature and many of his photographs have been used to illustrate posters, catalogs and books.
In 1995 he founded together with Renzo Carlesi the Centro Sperimentale di Fotografia of Prato where he currently teaches photography composition.
In October 2005, as a member of the Italian team, Egisto Nino Ceccatelli won the FIAP World Cup for colour prints.
In 2012 he co-produced the successful photobook Prato, la nostra città e la nostra gente  on his hometown of Prato focusing on the big cultural and economic transformations the city has gone through in the past 30 years.
In 2013 on the occasion of his 70th birthday he was awarded by the Municipality of Prato the rare honorary award "Gigliato pratese" for his lifetime achievements. The event was followed by a special evening showcasing a selection of his best works.
In 2017 and 2018 Ceccatelli lived for various months in Bethlehem to document as a photographer, the Basilca of Nativity restoration undertaken by the Italian firm Piacenti Spa.

Short films
 La laguna di Hemingway (1988)
 Soave come la morte (1989)
 Labyrinth (1989)
 I dani della Nuova Guinea (1990)
 I semi della speranza (1991)
 Ma dimmi, che piedi hai? (1992)

Photo publications
 Saharawi, il popolo, la storia (1994)
 Saharawi, una ricerca sul campo (1998)
 La Calvana, storie ed immagini (2003)
 Oltre lo sguardo (2004)
 Camminando insieme (2005)
 Hotel Miramare (2008)
 Calvana (2011)
 Prato, la nostra città e la nostra gente (2012)
 Saharawi, nella terra dei piccoli ambasciatori di pace (1983-2013) (2013)
 Monte Morello, storie, bellezze e la sua gente (2015)
 Carmignano, le radici e le ali (2015)
 Betlemme, il suo tesoro e la sua gente (2020)

References

External links
Centro Italiano della Fotografia D'autore
Federazione Italiana Associazioni Fotografiche (FIAP)
Regione Toscana
ARTISLIFE
Chiara Vigo
Centro Sperimentale di Fotografia di Prato

Living people
Italian photographers
1943 births


title: Brian Acton

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Brian Acton (born 1972) is an American computer programmer and Internet entrepreneur. Acton is the executive chairman of the Signal Technology Foundation, which he co-founded with Moxie Marlinspike in 2018. , Acton also serves as interim CEO of Signal Messenger LLC.

He was formerly employed at Yahoo!, and co-founded WhatsApp, a mobile messaging application which was acquired by Facebook in February 2014 for US$19 billion, with Jan Koum. Acton left WhatsApp in September 2017 to start the Signal Foundation. According to Forbes (2020), Acton is the 836th-richest person in the world, with a net worth of $2.5 billion.

Early life and education
Acton grew up in Michigan, later moving to Central Florida, where he graduated from Lake Howell High School. Acton received a full scholarship to study engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, but left after a year to study at Stanford. He graduated from Stanford University in 1994 with a degree in computer science.

Career
In 1992, he became a systems administrator for Rockwell International, before becoming a product tester at Apple Inc. and Adobe Systems. In 1996, he joined Yahoo Inc.

Yahoo!
In 1998, Jan Koum was hired by Yahoo! as an infrastructure engineer shortly after he met Acton while working at Ernst & Young as a security tester. Over the next nine years, they worked at Yahoo!. Acton invested in the dotcom boom and lost millions in the dot-com bubble of 2000. In September 2007, Koum and Acton left Yahoo! and took a year off, travelling around South America. Each applied unsuccessfully to work at Facebook. In January 2009, Koum bought an iPhone and realized that the then seven-month-old App Store was about to spawn a whole new industry of apps. He visited his friend Alex Fishman and talked about developing an app. Koum almost immediately chose the name WhatsApp because it sounded like "what's up", and a week later on his birthday, Feb. 24, 2009, he incorporated WhatsApp Inc. in California.

WhatsApp
In 2014, Koum and Acton sold WhatsApp to Facebook for approximately US$19 billion in cash and stock. Forbes estimated that Acton held over 20% stake in the company, making his net worth around $3.8 billion.

In 2016, Acton led a funding round for Trak N Tell and raised $3.5 million along with two other investors.

In September 2017, Acton left WhatsApp. Acton told Forbes that he left over a dispute with Facebook regarding monetization of WhatsApp, and voluntarily left $850 million in unvested options on the table by leaving a few months before vesting was completed. He also said that he was coached by Facebook executives to mislead European regulators regarding Facebook's intention to merge Facebook and WhatsApp user data.

Signal
Acton left WhatsApp in September 2017 to start a new foundation, the Signal Foundation, which is dedicated to helping people have access to private communication through an encrypted messaging app. Signal is widely used by journalists and human rights activists.

In February 2018, it was announced that Brian Acton was investing $50 million into Signal.  This funding was a loan from Acton to the new non-profit Signal Technology Foundation.  By the end of 2018, the loan had increased to $105,000,400, due to be repaid on February 28, 2068.  The loan is unsecured and carries nil interest.

On March 20, 2018, Forbes reported that Acton had publicly tweeted support for the #DeleteFacebook movement, in a "new level of public backlash". In November 2019, the journalist Steven Levy asked Acton why he decided to make his feelings so public. Acton said he felt that it was time because there was pressure unfolding against Facebook.

Acton is currently a board member of the Signal Foundation.

Philanthropy
Since 2014, Brian Acton and his wife Tegan Acton started to build a philanthropic network through the foundation Wildcard Giving, with three sister foundations: Sunlight Giving, Acton Family Giving and Solidarity Giving.

The couple started Sunlight Giving in 2014, a family foundation dedicated to supporting the basic services of low-income families with young children ages 0–5. It also provides support for safe spaces and organizations that ensure food security, housing stability, and healthcare access. The foundation supports low-income families with children age five and below living in the San Francisco Bay Area. It's a sister organization belonging to the Wildcard Giving family. Sunlight Giving has $470 million in assets. It granted $6.4 million in 2015, $19.2 million in 2016, and $23.6 million in 2017. This private foundation helped to fund Magnify Community, a non-profit organization with the goal of redirecting philanthropists' givings to nonprofits.

Also in 2014, Acton helped establish Acton Family Giving and Solidarity Giving.

In 2019, Forbes reported that Brian Acton and his wife had given more than $1 billion to charitable causes over their lifetimes.

Personal life
He is married to Tegan Acton and resides in Palo Alto, CA.

References

External links

 Brian Acton on Forbes

Living people
American billionaires
American computer businesspeople
American computer programmers
American software engineers
American technology company founders
Apple Inc. people
Businesspeople from Michigan
WhatsApp people
Stanford University School of Engineering alumni
University of Central Florida alumni
University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science alumni
Yahoo! employees
21st-century American philanthropists
21st-century American businesspeople
1972 births
Lake Howell High School alumni


title: Fort Marrow

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Fort Marrow is a historic American Civil War fort and archaeological site located near Huttonsville, Randolph County, West Virginia.  It was built by the Union Army as part of the defenses for Camp Elkwater.  It is a seven-sided, enclosed earthen redoubt.  Associated with it is a nearby tent / hut site, now represented by 10 depressions in the earth.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.

References

Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
Government buildings completed in 1861
Buildings and structures in Randolph County, West Virginia
National Register of Historic Places in Randolph County, West Virginia
Marrow
1861 establishments in Virginia


title: Festival of Colours Tour

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Festival Of Colours is a concert like event with music and coloured powder. It takes place on 4 different continents. The event usually takes place on a Saturday from 12 noon to 10 pm.

History

Origins

The Festival Of Colours is inspired by the traditional Hindu festival Holi, which usually takes place in March an marks the coming of spring. On this day, people throw powdered paint, known as gulal (hindi) or rang (nepali), at each other. For one day the distinctions between castes, religions and gender are set aside and everyone is equal. The festival is primarily observed in India and Nepal, but also in many other countries with a large Hindu population.

Beginnings
It first came to Europe on 29 June 2012. The first Festival was held in Berlin on the grounds of the Postbahnhof. Some of the 'guests' complained about incorrect information from the organizer. It was not sold out despite free tickets being given away. Not much of the Holi symbolism was felt at the Berlin Holi Festival.

Growth
There were three more Festivals Of Colour in 2012 in Munich, Hannover and Dresden. Munich was the biggest with 10,000 guests. In 2013 the Festival Of Colours Tour went global, starting in Berlin on 10 May  and hitting 3 continents and 7 different countries. The focus of the 2013 tour was Germany with 14 cities and 15 events (Berlin had two events in 2013). However, there were events in many big Cities, like Vienna, Amsterdam, Barcelona, London, Mexico City and Cape Town. Overall the total number of events in 2013 was 25. 2013 was also the first time that the Festival Of Colours was held on two consecutive days. London hosted a total of nearly 30,000 people at the Battersea Power Station on 10 and 11 August. The biggest single-day festival took place in Mannheim with 20,000 guests. 2014 the expansion is set to continue with new countries and cities joining the list, including Italy (Rome), France (Paris), New Zealand (Auckland), Ireland (Dublin), Tunisia (Hammamet) and Switzerland (Zurich).

How it works

Procedure
The procedure is very similar in all the cities of the Festival Of Colours tour. The festival begins at 12 noon. The first guests arrive and a local warm-up DJs have the chance to show their stuff. Each of the acts plays for 1–2 hours, with occasional guest showcases who are on shorter. At 3 pm everyone comes together for the first simultaneous colour throw of the day. This is then repeated every hour until the end. At 10pm the event is over and the music stops. The festival usually takes place on a Saturday, with the exception last year of London, where there was an event on a Sunday as well to accommodate the enormous demand for tickets. A video is produced for each event  and onsite photo team follows each event, publishing pictures on the respective Facebook pages.

Set Up
Generally there is one large stages where the DJs perform. There are also showacts, such as Indian dancers, drummers and Performers. Of course food and drinks are essential for a daytime festival. There are numerous food and drink stalls spread over the festival grounds. There is a large variety, from Curry over Pizza and Pasta to French fries and icecream. The colour powder can be bought at the festival as well, along with various merchandise products, like t-shirts, masks, sunglasses or Indian decorations.

List of cities and countries
Source:

Buenos Aires
Mendoza
Cordoba

Vienna
Linz

Antwerp

Rio de Janeiro

Santiago de Chile

Santo Domingo

Paris

Berlin
Bochum
Cologne
Dortmund
Dresden
Essen
Frankfurt
Hamburg
Hannover
Karlsruhe
Leipzig
Leverkusen
Mannheim
Munich
Nuremberg
Oberhausen
Saarbrücken
Stuttgart

Athens

Rome

Dublin

Mexico City
Cancun

Amsterdam
Utrecht

Auckland

Lima

Cape Town
Johannesburg
Durban

Barcelona
Avilés

Zurich

London

Performing DJs

 Aka Aka
 Andhim
 Animal Swing Kids
 Bara Bröst
 Benga
 Bombay Boogie Soundsystem
 Borgeous
 Breakage
 Christian Varela
 Cuebrick
 Daniel Steinberg
 Das Bo
 Dirty Doering
 Drauf & Dran
 Drunken Masters
 Dumme Jungs

 Edu Imbernon
 Eskei83
 Feadz
 Hanne & Lore
 Hausdoktoren
 Honka
 Juan Sanchez
 Kabale und Liebe
 Kele (Bloc Party)
 Lexy & K-Paul
 Marc Marzenit
 Marcus Meinhardt
 Mightyfools
 MistaJam
 Modek

 Moguai
 Moonbootica
 Oliver Koletzki
 Ostblockschlampen
 Panjabi MC
 Sander Kleinenberg
 Sascha Braemer
 Schluck den Druck
 Stereo Express
 Steve Nash
 Superflu
 The Oddword
 Tiefschwarz
 Turntablerocker
 Umami

References

Music festivals in Europe
Music festivals established in 2012
Holi


title: Oddamavadi Bridge

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Oddamavadi Bridge () is a road bridge in Oddamavadi, Sri Lanka a length of 250 meters. It crosses the Valaichchenai Lagoon at Batticaloa. The bridge is part of the A15 Batticaloa-Trincomallee highway. It comprises 2 bridges, a British Ceylon era truss bridge which is used as road-rail bridge, and a newly built bridge carrying 2 lanes of highway. The new two lane bridge is  long and  wide. The new Oddamavadi bridge was built with financial assistance of the Spanish  Government and the World Bank.

References

1924 establishments in Ceylon
2010 establishments in Sri Lanka
Bridges completed in 1924
Bridges completed in 2010
Bridges in Batticaloa District


title: Railway Heritage Centre, Tiruchirappalli

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The Railway Heritage Centre is a railway museum–cum–heritage centre for rail exhibits at Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India.

Overview
The museum was set up with initial funding of  in order to preserve old artifacts and photographs, rare documents and equipment for posterity. In addition, it also provides interesting historic developments of the South Indian Railway Company and its timeline. In early 2013, the construction of the museum began at an area of , adjacent to the Rail Kalyana Mandapam (Community Hall), near Tiruchirappalli Junction, and was formally inaugurated on 18 February 2014 at a final cost of  .

Exhibits
The museum which is a part of the erstwhile South Indian Railway’s sesquicentennial celebrations, and has both indoor and outdoor exhibits. Some of the indoor exhibits include old documents and digital archives (rare photographs, maps, gazettes, railway manuals and books used during the British Raj) and epoch artifacts (old lamps used at stations made up of "China glass", clocks, bells, staff badges, etc.). The outdoor exhibits include a couple of vintage locomotive engines and a functional toy train.

Recreation
There are toy trains for the children, shady alcoves as well as local eateries.

See also

 National Rail Museum, New Delhi
 Rewari Railway Heritage Museum
 Regional Railway Museum, Chennai
 Railway Museum Mysore
 Joshi's Museum of Miniature Railway

References

External links
 Southern Railway – Official Website

TIRUCHIRAPPALLI
Children's museums in India
Museums established in 2014
2014 establishments in Tamil Nadu

Museums in Tiruchirappalli
Rail transport in Tiruchirappalli


title: Mushir-ul-Haq

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Mushir-ul-Haq was the Vice Chancellor of the University of Kashmir from 1987 until his murder in Srinagar in 1990.
He was kidnapped, alongside his personal secretary Abdul Gani Zargar, on 6 April 1990; their bodies were found on 10 April 1990. The Jammu Kashmir Students Liberation Front claimed responsibility for his kidnapping and murder. He obtained his PhD from McGill University and later taught at Aligarh Muslim University and Jamia Millia Islamia. Mushir-ul-Haq wrote several books, namely Religion and Politics in Muslim India (1857-1947): A Study, Muslim politics in modern India 1857-1947 (1970), Indian Muslims' Attitude to the British in the Early Nineteenth Century, and Islam in Secular India (1972). He also established the Shah-i-Hamadan Institute of Islamic Studies in 1988.

In April 2009, the Special Court, under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) in Jammu, acquitted those charged with Mushir-ul-Haq's murder after a trial which had lasted nineteen years. The presiding officer ruled that one confession was inadmissible and expressed doubts about the voluntary nature of others. In the absence of any corroborating evidence, he dismissed the charges against all of the accused.

In honor of Mushir-ul-Haq, the Shah-i-Hamadan Institute of Islamic Studies at the University of Kashmir organized a memorial lecture on 12 June 2021. Akhtarul Wasey, president of Maulana Azad University, spoke at the lecture.

References

Vice-Chancellors of the University of Kashmir
People murdered in Jammu and Kashmir
1990 deaths
1990 murders in India
Academic staff of Jamia Millia Islamia
McGill University alumni
Academic staff of Aligarh Muslim University
1933 births
Scholars from Jammu and Kashmir
Indian political writers
20th-century Indian historians


The 2014 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was the World Championships for track cycling in 2014. They took place in Cali, Colombia from 26 February to 2 March 2014 in the Velódromo Alcides Nieto Patiño.

Schedule
This was the schedule of events:

Medal summary

Shaded events are non-Olympic

Medal table

References

External links

Results book
 Pictures on Flickr

UCI Track Cycling World Championships
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title: Bullitt Group

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Bullitt Group Ltd is a British-based international mobile phone and consumer electronics business.  Founded in 2009 by Colin Batt, David Floyd and Richard Wharton; Bullitt designs, manufactures, markets, and sells consumer electronic devices in partnership with global brands.  It is the worldwide licensee of Caterpillar Inc. for 'rugged' mobile devices and accessories, and Motorola for outdoor-orientated consumer electronics.

Bullitt's products are sold in more than 75 countries, and the company has a presence in key markets around the world, including China (Shenzhen), the United Kingdom (Reading), and the United States of America (New York).  Manufacturing is primarily in China.

Growth and development
Founded in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2009, Bullitt Group Ltd opened international operations in China in 2010, and in the USA in 2012.  Bullitt's first licence was with JCB mobile devices, and in February 2012, the company became the worldwide licensee of Caterpillar Inc. for mobile devices and accessories.  Licences for Ted Baker (high quality, design-led audio devices), and Kodak (easy to use smartphones) soon followed.  Most recently, Bullitt Group Ltd became a global licensee for the Ministry of Sound to develop a range of headphones and connected audio devices that was to launch in May 2015.  Around May 2016, it partnered with Bullitt Group Lltd to launch a portfolio of mobile devices and peripherals.

In May 2016, Bullitt announced a partnership with Land Rover which will bring about the development of a new portfolio of mobile devices and peripherals.

In February 2021, Motorola partnered with Bullitt Group to develop Moto-branded rugged phones which will be drop-proof and shock-proof.

See also
TUFF Phones

References

External links
Bullitt-Group.com — official website
CAT Phones website
Land Rover Explore website

British companies established in 2009
Manufacturing companies established in 2009
Telecommunications companies of the United Kingdom
Manufacturing companies of the United Kingdom
Mobile phone manufacturers
Smartphones
Companies based in Reading, Berkshire
British brands
Land Rover
Cat phone
Science and technology in the United Kingdom


title: The Block (season 8)

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The eighth season of Australian reality television series The Block, titled The Block: Fans v Faves, premiered on Monday, 27 January 2014 at 7:00 pm on the Nine Network. Scott Cam (host) and Shelley Craft (Challenge Master) returned from the previous season, as did the three judges: Neale Whitaker, Shaynna Blaze and Darren Palmer. Production for the series in Melbourne, which was the location for the previous season, in the suburb of
Albert Park. Steve & Chantelle were the eventual winners of The Block with a $636,000 profit on a sale price of $2,470,000 plus an additional $100,000 bonus for winning The Block.

Contestants
This season introduces 2 new couples (dubbed "Fans") and 2 returning couples (dubbed "Favourites"/"Faves"). The couples selected were as follows:

Notes

Score history

Results

Room Reveals

Judges' Scores

  The prize for this week was $10,000 cash, towards the couple's winnings. They were told to redo the room that the judges disliked the most:-
 Chantelle and Steve - Guest Bedroom 1
 Kyal and Kara - Drying Terrace
 Alisa and Lysandra - Main Bathroom
 Brad and Dale - Kitchen
  The prize for reveal 2 was to receive money off their reserves. There were two teams:
• Brad & Dale + Kyal & Kara (House 2)• Alisa & Lysandra + Chantelle & Steve (House 1)The teams split the money they won as a team

Auction

Ratings

Ratings data is from OzTAM and represents the live and same day average viewership from the 5 largest Australian metropolitan centres (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide).

References

2014 Australian television seasons
8


title: Braden, Illinois

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Braden is an unincorporated community in Flannigan Township, Hamilton County, Illinois, United States.

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Unincorporated communities in Hamilton County, Illinois
Unincorporated communities in Illinois


title: Liraz Charhi

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Liraz Charhi (; ) is an Israeli actress, singer and dancer.

Early life
Charhi was born in Ramla, Israel, to an Iranian Jewish family. Her aunt is Israeli singer and actress Rita.

She was enlisted as a soldier to the Israel Defense Forces, serving in the military band of the Education and Youth Corps, until 1999.

Career
Charhi began singing and performing at the age of 6, and made her debut as stage actress at the Habima National Theatre, where she worked professionally from 11 to 14; then she studied at the Beit Zvi Stage Arts School.
She appeared in the Israeli TV series Ha-Masa'it in 2002 and gained further attention after a nomination by the Israeli Film Academy (Ophir Award) for her role in the 2004 film Turn Left at the End of the World (Sof Ha'Olam Smola). She was invited to the Israel Film Festival in Los Angeles in 2006, and afterwards started pursuing a career in Hollywood.

Charhi has since become known for her roles in the French mini TV series Revivre, and the films, Fair Game (2010) and A Late Quartet (2012) in which she played the jogger and flamenco dancing girlfriend of Philip Seymour Hoffman.

As a singer she has released the singles "Od Tzohorayim" and "Al Tafsik" which have been played on radio in Israel. Charhi's first album sung in Persian, Naz, was released in 2018.

In November 2020, Charhi's second Persian album, titled Zan (meaning "woman"), was released on Glitterbeat Records in collaboration with Raman Loveworld and some other Iranian artists. Some artists collaborated anonymously, and some have joined the project publicly, despite the risks involved in collaborating with an Israeli artist. The first release from the album was "Injah".

In 2020, she played Yael Kadosh, an Israeli Mossad agent in the Israeli espionage television series Tehran (), written by Zonder and Omri Shenhar and directed by Daniel Syrkin. The series is about the Iran–Israel proxy conflict; and it premiered in Israel on 22 June 2020 and on 25 September 2020 internationally on Apple TV+.

Personal life
She was married to Israeli composer and conductor Ziv "Kojo" Cojocaru from 2004 to 2010. She married Israeli actor Tom Avni in 2013, and they have two daughters.

Discography

Albums
Naz (2018)
Zan (November 2020)
Roya (October 7, 2022)

Songs / videos
Zan Bezan (2019)
Injah (2020)
Bia Bia (2020)

Filmography

References

External links

Interview at the Jewish Journal
Iranian musicians help out in secret on Israeli singer's new record at "the Guardian"

Israeli Jews
Israeli television actresses
Israeli film actresses
21st-century Israeli women singers
1978 births
Living people
People from Ramla
Beit Zvi School for the Performing Arts alumni
Israeli expatriates in the United States
Israeli people of Iranian descent


title: Rural Hill, Illinois

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Rural Hill (also Ruralhill) is an unincorporated community in Hamilton County, Illinois, United States.

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Unincorporated communities in Hamilton County, Illinois
Unincorporated communities in Illinois