title: Miguel Cuesta

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Miguel Ángel Cuesta (born 16 March 1991), known professionally as Miguel Cuesta, is a Spanish pop-rock singer. In early 2014 he published his first studio album, Quality Pop.
Miguel Cuesta is interested in music since childhood, at age 12, when he composed his first songs.

Discography

Albums
Quality Pop (2014)

Singles
Qué Más Da (2012)
Everybody Is Jumping (2014)

Videoclips
Everybody Is Jumping (2014)
No Aprenderé (ft. Miriam Rupy) (2014)
Siempre (2015)

References

External links
 miguelcuesta.es
 Miguel Cuesta's account on Twitter

1991 births
Spanish pop singers
Living people
21st-century Spanish singers
21st-century Spanish male singers


title: Marl Young

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Marl Young (January 29, 1917 – April 29 2009) was an American musician and arranger who helped with the merger of the all-black and all-white musicians unions in Los Angeles in the early 1950s. He later became the first black music director of a major network television series, Here's Lucy, starring Lucille Ball.

Biography
Young was born in Bluefield, Virginia, spending the first seven years of his life there before moving to Chicago, Illinois, with his family. He had begun paying piano by the age of six.

In 1947 he went to Los Angeles, California, where he became involved with the black musicians union and in the early 1950s was instrumental in the merging of the all-black and all-white musicians unions in Los Angeles. Steven Isoardi describes him as "one of the key figures in moving from segregated unions into an integrated American Federation of Musicians".

After first connecting with Lucille Ball and Desilu Productions in 1958, Young went on to become the first black musical director of a major network television series, Here's Lucy, and his working relationship with Ball would span 16 years.

Young, who had prostate cancer, died in Los Angeles at the age of 92.

See also
 West Coast jazz

Further reading
 Steven Isoardi,  Central Avenue Sounds: Jazz in Los Angeles, University of California Press, 1998.

References

External links
Interview of Marl Young, Center for Oral History Research, UCLA Library Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles

1917 births
2009 deaths
20th-century African-American musicians
20th-century American musicians
21st-century African-American people
People from Bluefield, Virginia


title: Auguste Herst

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Auguste Clément Joseph Herst (18 August 1825, Rocroi - 10 August 1900, Nice) was a French watercolour and oil painter who exhibited at the Salon of 1861 and at later exhibitions. Between ca. 1840 and 1860 he lived in Scheveningen in the Netherlands. Landscape paintings included Boulogne-sur-Mer, Marseilles, La Grande Chartreuse (near Grenoble), Fontainebleau, Savoy and Normandy. He was one of the teachers in Paris of Armand Point. He was last cited in 1888.

References

External links

http://www.artnet.com/artists/auguste-clement-joseph-herst/past-auction-results

1825 births
1900 deaths
People from Rocroi
Artists from Grand Est
French landscape painters
French watercolourists
French expatriates in the Netherlands


title: Puttakun Narin

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Puttakun Narin () is a Thai footballer.

He previously played for Thai Port F.C. in Thai Premier League.

References
Player Profile on Thai Premier League
Player Profile on Goal.com
Player Profile on 7M
Player Profile on SMM Online
Player Profile on Mundeenee
Player Profile on Ohozaa

1992 births
Living people
Puttakun Narin
Puttakun Narin
Puttakun Narin
Puttakun Narin
Puttakun Narin
Men's association football forwards


title: Approov

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Approov (formerly CriticalBlue) is a Scottish software company based in Edinburgh that is primarily active in two areas of technology:  anti-botnet and automated threat prevention for mobile businesses, and software optimization tools and services for Android and Linux platforms.

Approov recently issued findings showing that 92% of the most popular banking and financial services apps contain easy-to-extract secrets such as API keys that could be used in scripts and bots to attack APIs and steal data, devastating consumers and the institutions they trust. The Approov Mobile Threat Lab downloaded, decoded and scanned the top 200 financial services apps in the U.S., U.K., France and Germany from the Google Play Store, investigating a total of 650 unique apps. Ninety two per cent of the apps leaked valuable, exploitable secrets and twenty three per cent of the apps leaked extremely sensitive secrets.

History
In 2001, David Stewart, Richard Taylor, and Ben Hounsell founded the software company, under the name CriticalBlue, in Edinburgh, Scotland. The company won a Smart Scotland Award in 2002 for "Electronic design automation tools for improved design of demanding multimedia applications." Approov received $2 million in seed funding and assembled a core team in 2003.

In May 2008, Approov joined the Multicore Association, where CEO David Stewart would eventually co-chair the Multicore Programming Practices workgroup in 2009. The company received $4 million funding in September 2008 from European, Silicon Valley, and Japanese venture capitalists and corporate investors, and started a close collaboration with Toshiba Corporation.

During 2010, Approov extended Prism product support for MIPS, Cavium, and Freescale. In 2011, the company added support for TI C66x DSPs and second generation Intel Core processors. The company expanded the range of supported Renesas platforms in 2012.

In 2013, Approov refocused on mobile Android and embedded Linux platforms.

Products

Approov service

Approov continued to work in the mobile software optimization market while it started the analysis of mobile data security opportunities, followed by the launch of the Approov app authentication service in 2016. Approov is an app authentication service that allows API backends to positively identify that requests are being made by a legitimate mobile app.

Kristopher Sandoval, an author for Nordic APIs, conducted a fully independent review of Approov in February 2017 and noted that "... the threat to public-facing APIs in the mobile space is real, dangerous, and often inefficiently mitigated." After evaluating the Approov service, he concluded that "Its approach to securing applications in the mobile environment is novel, and the way CriticalBlue goes about this is perhaps one of the more secure ways of doing so. While using cloud services for authentication is often highly questionable, their implementation in this case looks rock solid."

While pointing out that "... preventing the types of reverse engineering issues that Approov is designed to stop is vitally important"  he recommends that companies should consider the possible savings of integration.

According to Steven Puddephatt, Business Solutions Architect at the Racing Post:

Bill Buchanan, Professor of Computing, The Cyber Academy, Edinburgh Napier University, stated, "[w]e have analyzed Approov for both its cryptography strength and also for an initial penetration test. The current system has very good levels of assurance which provide significantly reduced risk within the key application areas." The Approov mobile app authentication technology has been described at the AppsWorld London 2016 event as "a baked in plan for success in your app such that you avoid service downtime costs, distributed attack risks, and cloud resource wastage due to illegitimate app requests from automated botnets." According to the Approov White Paper from the product website, "[t]he Approov service uses a unique challenge-response cryptographic protocol between the mobile app and ... cloud based attestation server. A local attestation library is seamlessly integrated into a mobile app ... When the mobile app launches, the attestation process is initiated to prove to the attestation service that it is an authentic app using a one-time non-replayable cryptographic hash of the app code."

Prism

First released in 2009, Prism dynamically traces software applications at runtime and captures data that can be used to analyze and identify the causes of poor performance. Prism received the "Best of Show" Award at the 2009 Silicon Valley Embedded Systems Conference.

Bryon Moyer, in Real World Multicore Embedded Systems, states that Prism's objective is "to provide analysis and an exploration and verification environment for embedded software development using multicore architectures." Moyer also describes the Prism interface as a set of integrated views in the GUI that display interactions between threads, data dependencies, cache analysis, along with the microprocessor pipeline.

Matassa and Domeika, in Break Away with Intel Atom Processors, similarly state that Prism is a "toolsuite aimed at optimized software development for multi-core and/or multithreaded architectures." While mentioning the same analysis views in the Prism GUI described by Moyer, they also describe the dynamic tracing approach, whereby "traces of the user's software application are extracted either from a simulator of the underlying processor core or via an instrumentation approach where the application is dynamically instrumented to produce the required data."

Cascade

Finalized in 2003 and commercially released in 2004, Approov's Cascade is a C to RTL synthesizer. Richard Taylor and David Stewart, from Approov itself, provided a chapter in Customizable Embedded Processors, describing Cascade as a "solution [that] allows software functionality implemented on an existing main CPU to be migrated onto an automatically...generated coprocessor." They stated that this is realized as an automated design flow from an embedded software implementation onto a coprocessor described in RTL. They identified offloading computationally-intensive algorithms from the main processor as the primary usage of such a coprocessor. Cascade was awarded "Best Wireless Design Tool" in 2003 by the Wireless Systems Design magazine.

Patents

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Publications
 Hounsell, Ben & Taylor, Richard. Co-processor Synthesis: A New Methodology for Embedded Software Acceleration, Proceedings of the Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition (DATE'04), 16 February 2004. Retrieved on 23 June 2014.
 Taylor, Richard et al. Automated data cache placement for embedded VLIW ASIPs, codes-isss, pp. 39–44, Third IEEE/ACM/IFIP International Conference on Hardware/Software Codesign and System Synthesis (CODES+ISSS'05), 19 September 2005. Retrieved on 23 June 2014.
 Morgan, Paul & Taylor, Richard. ASIP instruction encoding for energy and area reduction, DAC '07 Proceedings of the 44th annual Design Automation Conference, Pages 797-800, 4 June 2007. Retrieved on 23 June 2014.

References

Companies based in Edinburgh
Software companies of Scotland
Software companies established in 2001
British companies established in 2001
Software companies of the United Kingdom
2001 establishments in Scotland
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title: Neeraj Madhav

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Neeraj Madhav (born 26 March 1990), also known by his stage name NJ is an Indian actor, rapper and dancer who predominantly works in Malayalam films.

Early life
Neeraj was born on 26 March 1990, in Kozhikode, Kerala into a Malayali Brahmin family. He did his schooling from St. Joseph's Boys' Higher Secondary School, Calicut. Then graduated in Visual communications from SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kanchipuram and later did post-graduation in Theatre from School of Drama and Fine Arts, Thrissur. His father Dr. K. Madhavan is a veterinarian, and his mother Latha, a teacher.

The young talent started off as a dancer with the first edition of reality television programme ‘Super Dancer’ on Amrita TV and made it to the final round. Neeraj is also a trained Bharatanatyam dancer, having learned it under Kalamandalam Saraswathy and her daughter, Aswathy. He is also trained in chenda and is a disciple of Kalanilayam Udayan Namboodiri.

Neeraj has a younger brother Navneeth Madhav, another dancer turned actor in the family. He has acted in films such as Shikkar, Kottarathil Kutty Bhootham,Nallavan and Manikyakkallu and TV series such as Kuttichathan.

Career
Neeraj made his entry to the Malayalam cinema industry through Raaj Prabavathy Menon's Buddy into which he was selected through an audition. He was later noticed by director Jeethu Joseph and was invited to be a part of his movies Memories and Drishyam, both turned out to be box office successes, with the latter becoming the highest-grossing Malayalam film ever. Meanwhile, Neeraj also acted in Abrid Shine's 1983 and Sathyan Anthikad's Oru Indian Pranayakadha.

Anil Radhakrishnan Menon's Sapthamashree Thaskaraha, in which Neeraj plays one of the lead characters alongside Prithviraj, Anoop Kannan's Homely Meals and Apothecary (film) - a medical drama directed by Madhav Ramadasan are also other noted performances of the actor.

Neeraj also debuted as an official dance choreographer through Oru Vadakkan Selfie, scripted by Vineeth Sreenivasan, with the hit song "Enne Thallendammava". His other releases in 2015 also include Jamna Pyari, Kunjiramayanam, Madhura Naranga, KL.10 Pathu, Charlie and Adi Kapyare Kootamani.

The movie Oozham, which has Prithviraj in the lead, has Neeraj in a full-length role. Neeraj also portrayed a pivotal role in Tom Emmatty's Oru Mexican Aparatha.

Neeraj debuted as a screenplay writer through the movie Lavakusha in 2017 and also played one of the title characters in this along with Aju Varghese.

Neeraj plays his first lead role in the movie Paippin Chuvattile Pranayam. It was directed by debutant Domin D'Silva. In the movie, he portrays Govindankutty, a daily wage labourer.

In 2019, Neeraj starred as the main antagonist, Moosa Rehman in the Amazon Original web series titled The Family Man, helmed and produced by director duo Raj and DK. The series also stars Manoj Bajpayee, Priyamani and Kishore in major roles.

In July 2020, he released a rap song titled "Pani Paali". it depicts certain common events in the lives of common people during the COVID-19 pandemic. The song went viral in a very short period of time and was a huge hit among Malayalees and also around other parts of the globe. It also introduced rap music to a more mainstream audience.

Personal life
Neeraj is the son of Dr. K. Madhavan and Latha Madhavan. He married his long time girlfriend Deepthi who is also a native of Kozhikode, on April 2, 2018. The couple have a daughter born in 2021.

Filmography

All films are in Malayalam language unless otherwise noted.

Films

Web series

Other works

As choreographer

Discography

Awards and nominations
Asianet Film Awards
2018 – Won – Best Star Pair – Paippin Chuvattile Pranayam
Asiavision Awards
 2015 – Won – New Sensation in Acting (Male) for performance in various movies

North American Film Awards
 2016 – Special mention by the jury for performance in various movies
 2017 – Special mention by the jury for performance in Paippin Chuvattile Pranayam

References

External links

1987 births
Living people
Male actors from Kozhikode
Male actors in Malayalam cinema
Indian male film actors
21st-century Indian male actors


The Lithuania women's national softball team is the national team of the Lithuania. It is governed by the Lietuvos beisbolo asociacija. Team coached by Romanas Paskočimas.

Results
 World Championship

 nc = not competed

 European Championship

 nc = not competed

 ESF Junior Girls Championship

 nc = not competed

Team

References

External links
 Official website LBA
 International Softball Federation

Softball
Women's national softball teams
Softball in Lithuania


title: Nichola Mallon

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Nichola Mallon (born 23 August 1979) is a former politician from Northern Ireland who served as Deputy Leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) from 2017- 2022. She served as a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Belfast North from 2016 to 2022 and as Lord Mayor of Belfast from 2014 to 2015. She was elected as Deputy Leader of the SDLP in 2017. She was appointed Minister for Infrastructure on 11 January 2020, before being removed from office after losing her seat at the 2022 Assembly election.

Early life and career
Nichola Mallon was born in Belfast in 1979. Her father was a printer and her mother was a dress-maker. She grew up in the Ardoyne district of North Belfast. Her family were involved in the trade union movement and she took part in May Day rallies as a girl.

She attended Mercy Primary School followed by St Dominic's Grammar School for Girls, where she developed an interest in politics and was attracted to the SDLP. She read Economics and Politics at Trinity College Dublin and graduated with a BA (Hons), followed by an MA in Comparative Ethnic Conflict from Queen's University Belfast.

When she left university, she joined the civil service before moving to the General Medical Council and then to a job with the SDLP.

Political career
In 2010 she was co-opted by the SDLP onto Belfast City Council to replace Alban Maginness in the Oldpark (District Electoral Area). In 2014, she won the seat in her own right, polling just under 1,000 first preferences. In 2013, she was appointed a special adviser to the SDLP's Environment Minister Mark H. Durkan, but stood down from that position when elected Lord Mayor of Belfast in 2014. She served as the Lord Mayor of Belfast from 2014 to 2015, the first female Irish nationalist politician to hold the position.

She was elected a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Belfast North in 2016 and re-elected in 2017, increasing the SDLP vote to 5,431 first preferences.

On 12 September 2017, Mallon was elected Deputy Leader of the SDLP. She was appointed Minister for Infrastructure on 11 January 2020.

She failed to retain her seat at the 2022 Assembly election.

Post-political career
In December 2022, she started a job at Logistics UK, a trade association which represents the freight industry.

Personal life
Mallon is married to Brendan Scott and has three children, two daughters and a son.

References

1979 births
Living people
Lord Mayors of Belfast
Social Democratic and Labour Party MLAs
Northern Ireland MLAs 2016–2017
Northern Ireland MLAs 2017–2022
Female members of the Northern Ireland Assembly
Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
Alumni of Queen's University Belfast
Women mayors of places in Northern Ireland
People educated at St Dominic's Grammar School for Girls


title: Allan Blazek

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Allan Blazek (1949/1950 – August 3, 2021) was a record producer, mixer, and audio engineer who had been active since the 1970s. He produced albums by Glenn Frey, REO Speedwagon, Elvin Bishop, J. Geils Band, Michael Stanley, Fandango, the Outlaws and Mike Reilly. He also engineered the Who's album, Face Dances, and engineered the Eagles album, Hotel California. Blazek was born in New Buffalo, Michigan. He joined the army during the Vietnam War, where he developed an interest in records produced by Bill Szymczyk, who would later mentor him.

Blazek died at the age of 71 on August 3, 2021, in Michigan City, Indiana.

Selected discography
1975
 Eagles - One of These Nights (engineer)
 Rick Derringer - Spring Fever (engineer)
 Elvin Bishop - Struttin' My Stuff (engineer, producer)
 REO Speedwagon - This Time We Mean It (engineer, producer)
1974
 J. Geils Band - Nightmares...and Other Tales from the Vinyl Jungle (engineer)
 Eagles - On the Border (assistant)
 Johnny Winter - Saints & Sinners (engineer)
 Wishbone Ash - There's the Rub (engineer)
1973
 J. Geils Band - Ladies Invited (engineer)
 Michael Stanley - Friends and Legends (engineer)
 The Fabulous Rhinestones - Freewheelin''' (engineer)
 J. Geils Band - Bloodshot (Assistant producer)
 Rick Derringer - All American Boy'' (engineer)

References

1950s births
2021 deaths
Date of birth missing
American record producers
Place of birth missing
Audio production engineers
Year of birth missing


title: Aotearoa Music Award for Breakthrough Artist of the Year

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Breakthrough Artist of the Year is an Aotearoa Music Award that honours New Zealand music artists for outstanding recordings. Artists who have previously been nominated for a New Zealand Music Award (excluding Critics' Choice Prize and technical awards) or has had a previous album reach the top 20 of the Official New Zealand Music Chart are ineligible. The award was first awarded in 1973 as Best New Artist.

Recipients

Best New Artist (1973-1976)

Most Promising (1978-2000)

Best New Act (2001-2002)

Breakthrough Artist of the Year (2003-current)

References

Breakthrough Artist of the Year
Awards established in 1973
Music awards for breakthrough artist


title: Jimmy Tompkins (footballer)

text:
John James Tompkins (1914–1944) was an English professional footballer who played all his professional career for Fulham Football Club before his death in World War II.

Early life and career
Tompkins was born in Edmonton, North London in 1914, the son of Arthur and Annie Tompkins. He began his football career playing as an amateur for Woking whilst at the same time being registered (as an amateur) with Fulham. His paid employment was as a member of Arsenal's ground staff; it was during this period that the legendary Arsenal manager Herbert Chapman saw him play and was reportedly disappointed to hear that Fulham had already signed him, opining that "Tompkins was a future international."

Fulham
Tompkins signed as a professional for Fulham on 15 March 1934. Between then and 1939 he made 164 appearances for the club, 154 of which were in the Football League. He began his career as a centre half-back, but suffered from a lack of opportunities due to the presence of club stalwart Syd Gibbons. Moved to left half-back he quickly became established in the side, his 164 appearances including an unbroken run of ninety games. A forceful player renowned for his brave tackling, time on the ball in defence and attacking runs, he also scored five goals. His career highlights included playing in an F.A. cup semifinal against Sheffield United in 1936. Towards the end of his career he occasionally deputised as captain when regular skipper Mike Keeping was absent through injury.

War service
Seeing the imminent approach of World War II Tompkins signed on in the Territorial Army. On the outbreak of hostilities he
was swiftly drafted into the regular army as a private with the Royal Fusiliers. He worked his way rapidly through the non-commissioned ranks, then was commissioned as an officer in 1942. At the time of his death he had been seconded to the Hampshire regiment, had attained the rank of Major and held a provisional rank as lieutenant colonel, a remarkable rise even in the accelerated promotions of wartime.

Death
Tompkins joined the Allied offensive in France shortly after D-Day. On 10 July 1944 he was ordered to lead his command in an attempt to secure the village of Maltot; unknown to his commanders, Maltot was surrounded by German Tiger tanks concealed in woods and depressions which opened fire as the Hampshires entered the town. Fifty-six men were killed before the order to withdraw was given. Tompkins was last seen charging a machine gun nest, but his body was never found. It is assumed he and his comrades must have suffered a direct hit from a German tank shell. His name is inscribed on the war memorial at Bayeux, panel 13, column 1.

Personal life
Tompkins married Cecilia Parker in 1939. The couple had two children, Neil (1940–1965) and Jill (m. Harris) (1943–present). Cecilia died from a liver infection in 1944, two months before her husband. Neil was a promising sportsman, playing cricket for Surrey seconds; he also played football for the RAF, having joined the service in 1959. He was killed in February 1965 when the  Canberra bomber in which he was navigator crashed into a hillside near Osnabrück during a low level exercise in poor visibility, killing both himself and the pilot.

Fulham Football Club paid each of Tompkins' children half of the £500 Tompkins had been due to receive from his benefit year, which he missed due to the war, on their 21st birthdays.

References

1914 births
1944 deaths
Missing in action of World War II
English men's footballers
Fulham F.C. players
British Army personnel killed in World War II
Royal Fusiliers soldiers
Royal Hampshire Regiment officers
Footballers from Edmonton, London
Military personnel from London
Men's association football wing halves


title: Breakthrough Artist of the Year

text:
Breakthrough Artist of the Year may refer to:
Juno Award for Breakthrough Artist of the Year
New Zealand Music Award for Breakthrough Artist of the Year
Breakthrough Artist, an award at Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica


title: Zicrona

text:
Zicrona is a genus of bugs of the family Pentatomidae. It was circumscribed by Charles Jean-Baptiste Amyot and Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville

Amyot and Serville wrote the genus's name comes from the Hebrew word  () meaning "odorant".

Species
, the following four species are recognized:
 Zicrona americana Thomas, 1992
 Zicrona caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758) - Blue Bug
 Zicrona hisarensis Chopra & Sucheta, 1984
 Zicrona murreensis Rana & Ahmad, 1988

References

External links
 Fauna europaea

Asopinae
Taxa named by Charles Jean-Baptiste Amyot
Taxa named by Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville
Pentatomidae genera


title: Maccabi Ironi Tamra F.C.

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Maccabi Ironi Tamra F.C. () is an Israeli football club based in Tamra. The club currently plays in Liga Alef North division.

History
The club was founded in 1965 and played in the lower divisions of Israeli football until the 1980s, when the club enjoyed a period of success, after they won Liga Bet North A division in the 1983–84 season, and were promoted to Liga Alef, and later, won Liga Alef North in the 1987–88 season, and made historic promotion to Liga Artzit, the second tier of Israeli football at the time.

In 1988–89, their debut season in Liga Artzit, the club finished in the 10th place out of 14. However, in the following season, they finished third bottom (14th out of 16), and dropped back to Liga Alef, after losing 0–1 after extra time to Ironi Ashdod in the Promotion-relegation play-off match.

During their spell in Liga Artzit, the club was managed by Eli Guttman, who would later become manager of Hapoel Tel Aviv and the Israel national team.

The club was last relegated from Liga Alef at the end of the 2011–12 season, after second bottom finish in Liga Alef North. at the end of the 2013–14 season, they were relegated to Liga Gimel, the fifth and lowest tier of Israeli football, after losing the Liga Bet North A relegation play-offs against Hapoel Bnei Maghar and Hapoel Sakhnin.

Honours
 Liga Alef North:
 1987–88
 Liga Bet North A:
 1983–84, 1992–93, 2018–19
 Liga Gimel Bay Area:
 1980–81, 2017–18

References

External links
 Maccabi Ironi Tamra The Israel Football Association

1965 establishments in Israel
Association football clubs established in 1965
Arab-Israeli football clubs
Tamra
Tamra


title: Best New Artist (disambiguation)

text:
Best New Artist is a Grammy Award. It may also refer to:
BET Award for Best New Artist
Grammy Award for Best New Artist
Latin Grammy Award for Best New Artist
MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist
MTV Europe Music Award for Best New Act
MTV Video Music Award Japan for Best New Artist
Mnet Asian Music Award for Best New Artist (Solo or Group)
New Zealand Music Award for Best New Artist
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding New Artist
Soul Train Music Award for Best New Artist

See also
Breakthrough Artist of the Year (disambiguation)


title: John Buchan (rugby union)

text:
John Alexander Shepherd Buchan (born 17 June 1961) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A hooker, Buchan represented Canterbury at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1987. He played two matches for the All Blacks on their tour of Japan that year but did not play in any tests.

References

1961 births
Living people
Rugby union players from Auckland
People educated at Auckland Grammar School
New Zealand rugby union players
New Zealand international rugby union players
Canterbury rugby union players
Rugby union hookers


title: Farkhunda Zahra Naderi

text:
Farkhunda Zahra Naderi () is an Afghan politician and women's right activist. She is a member of the Afghanistan's High Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR) chaired by Abdullah Abdullah. Previously she served as a senior advisor to president Ashraf Ghani in United Nations Affairs. Before that she served as a member of Parliament (Wolesi Jirag/Lower House of Afghan Parliament from 2010–2015), where she was elected as an MP in the 2010 Afghan Parliamentary Election.

Farkhunda Zahra Naderi is a N-Peace Awardee, and a graduated YGL.

Early life and education
Naderi was born on 19 April 1981 in Kabul. She is the daughter of Sayed Mansoor Naderi, the leader of Ismaili Hazaras  in Afghanistan.

Naderi attended primary and secondary school in Baghlan and Kabul provinces and completed her baccalaureate at Harrow College at Harrow, London in 2001. She studied law at Westminster International University in Tashkent and graduated with a B.A degree from the same university in 2007.

Politician and activist

2010 Parliamentary Election
Naderi through her parliamentary campaign wanted to define a responsible and professional political campaign which could reflect the values of democracy and professionalism within a traditional political environment. Naderi regarded the political Campaign as a responsibility to candidates to raise awareness about democratic values such as democratic governance, social contract, the role of parliament and check and balance with their constituency.Therefore, her campaign included a range of methods and approaches such as organising theatre performance to educate the voters on how to vote, street campaigns, meeting people at her campaign office, organising public events, writing on newspapers to explain her views, passing message on radios and eventually appearing on tv to pass her messages. She organised campaign rallies in different parts of Kabul City, sending campaigners knocking on citizens' doors to provide them with information about the candidate and her plan.

Naderi also took the challenge to run officially as the only political party candidate from the National Solidarity Party of Afghanistan from Kabul province in the 2010 parliamentary election because at the time the majority of members of different political parties run as independent candidates, rather than using the name of their political parties. This was done due to the unpopular image and notion of political parties from the past. Farkhunda Zahra Naderi argued if the existence of political party is regarded to be a heinous act within the political culture of Afghanistan, then Afghans must not participate in political parties at all, but if it is not, then why the members of political parties hide their political identity to mislead the public in order to get votes, instead of bringing public awareness regarding their political agenda and people's political rights. Moreover, Naderi entered into the 2010 election campaigns with a challenging slogan of "Burka, the window of power; چادری، دریچه قدرت" and there were no pictures of her in the advertising materials and posters, as she wanted to encourage the public to concentrate on women candidates' platforms rather than their faces.

Women's Presence in the Supreme Court
At university, Naderi conducted a research on the study of women's role within Afghan power, she was convinced the absence of Afghan women in the Supreme Court is the real challenge for the symbolic presence of women in the Afghan politics. In the 2010 parliamentary campaign, Naderi promised to fight for women's participation in the Supreme Court of Afghanistan .

Naderi succeeded to break the taboo by raising voice in the parliament, working with civil society to political groups from national to international level. Eventually, a woman for the first time in the history of Afghanistan was introduced in the Supreme Court by President Ghani in National Unity Government of Afghanistan (NUG).

Inter-parliamentary Union
In 2013, Naderi changed the role of Afghan Parliament from a participatory delegates to a politically active players by entering the election in Inter-Parliamentary Union and being elected as the first Afghan MP to one of the Three Standing Committees; the Committee on Democracy and Human Rights in Inter-Parliamentary Union. In March 2013, Naderi obtained the membership of third Standing Committee (Human Rights & Democracy) at IPU's 128th Assembly held in Ecuador. In the election between Afghanistan, Australia and Iran representatives, Naderi got 28 votes out of 52, while the Australian and Iranian parliamentarians got 20 and 3 votes respectively. In March 2014, at the 130th Assembly of IPU, Naderi strengthened the role of Afghan parliament further by becoming the President of the mentioned committee through another election. Naderi left the parliament after its 5th year, because according to Afghan Constitution Afghan Parliament's legal term was terminated, but instead of holding a parliamentary election, President Ghani extended its term by passing a decree. Naderi found this action in violation of the social contract between people and the MPs and in breach of democratic values.

Advisory Role to the President
Farkhunda Zahra Naderi worked as a senior advisor to President Ashraf Ghani on UN affairs, from December 2016 to November 2018. In this position her mission was to prepare the One UN document. Naderi with her UN counterparts prepared the document of One UN with two attachments of mutual accountability and Action plan to the President. The document directs the activities of UN agencies in a more coordinated, effective and sustainable manner. She developed the One UN document with an aim to establish coordination, accountability, transparency and efficiency for the aids and operations of the UN agencies in Afghanistan. The document also focuses on the adaption of the UN agencies programs with the priorities and strategies of the Afghan people. The document was completed and sent for Presiden's signature in early 2018 to be later send for execution, but it was never signed; and no further clarification was provided about it. Furthermore, Naderi opened the door of the arg (the palace) to general public especially to youth by establishing The Arg and Citizen Debate, Citizen Wall, and the Civil Society Dialogue, co-organizing it with the UN Women.

Naderi was appointed to Senior Advisory position via presidential decree released in December 2016. She resigned from her post as the senior advisor to President Ashraf Ghaniover what she called to be as "serious disagreements". It took eight months for her to resign from Arg. However, when she held a press conference in Gmic, after her resignation in November 2018, she shared the report of her work as the senior advisor to the president with the public.But she avoided to answer media's questions regarding her resignation, instead she encouraged them to hold her accountable for the performance of her service in Arg

Peace
Farkhunda Zahra Naderi was nominated by UNDP for the 2012 N-Peace Award. She won the award through an electronic voting system. Naderi nominated a female Afghan parliamentarian, Masuada Karokhi, and campaigned for her. Then in 2013 MP Karokhi won the N-Peace award.

Farkhunda Zahra Naderi was the only female representative from Afghanistan who participated in three consecutive unofficial Chantilly Conferences at Paris in 2010 and 2012.

Chadari Design:Chadari Vs Lungi or Peace VS War
Chadari Design is a symbolic brand established in August 2019 by Farkhunda Zahra Naderi with an aim to support and empower women. It was inaugurated through 'Chadari Vs Lungi' (Burka VS Turban) or 'Peace Vs War' exhibition in Kabul. Miss Naderi argues that the Chadari design within its creations and artistic work attempts to bring the focus first on the women's rights as a core notion of "human rights" and" equality" then it draws attention on the types of dressing women choose to wear.

The exhibition became popular as well as controversial within the country. The exhibition along with Farkhunda Zahra Naderi's speech created debates and discussions among Afghan citizens, young women, university students lecturers, artists and political , social and cultural communities.

The artistic collection of "Chadari Vs. Lungi" represented the two opposing but related phenomenon of peace and war. In the exhibition, Farkhunda Zahra Naderi as the designer and creator of Chadari Design and the organizer of the exhibition depicted the various forms of patriarchal violence from traditional to modern styles against women in Afghanistan but promoted justice and rule of law for bringing sustainable peace. She exhibited  the complex relations between peace and war, justice and revenge and men and women. The exhibition started with the cliché of women being victims and men the violators of her rights but within the details of her work she challenged the same concept (that gender per se cannot be the source of violence) by highlighting the role of justice through accountability and transparency in power regardless of gender differences to prevent the vicious circle of revenge and war in order to bring equality. Therefore, it is not only men who create violence but women also will be the cause of violence if she is also given power but there is no system and mechanism to hold her accountable. Hence, according to Naderi, it is the existence of injustice through unlimited, uncontrolled and unaccountable power of individuals/groups which can be the cause of violence from domestic to national level.

The exhibition of Chadari VS Lungi which was addressing the social and cultural perspective towards femininity and masculinity divisions, with its diverse and detailed designs and artwork created interest and debate among Afghans in different walks of life. The exhibition was opened to general public for two days where from traditional to modern Afghan men and women came for its visit.

Since it was held at the time of the presidential campaign where the competition among the candidates were at its peak, even though Farkhunda Zahra Naderi chose to work on peace process instead of joining the election, but due to her political background her art work was attacked by the electoral rivalry atmosphere. Therefore, President Ghani's team took the advantage of time to misinterpret her speech and exhibition in social media by organising a negative campaign by their social media activists by spreading wrong information and allegations against her. Therefore, political figures loyal to President Ghani, intensified the negative reactions towards the exhibition.

Hence, some senators in the House of Senate (Meshrano Jirga) who were under the influence of government accused Ms Naderi of insulting the men's traditional clothing and introduced her to the attorney office to be prosecuted.

Women's rights activist
Farkhunda Zahra Naderi is a women's rights and human rights activist. From community to national level she fought against different forms of violence against women and raised voice not only regarding the existence of violences against women but also regarding the awareness of the EVAW Law. She worked on the improvement of the EVAW Law in the women's rights commission, but when she realised as a draft the EVAW law would not get votes and its gains will be lost, she worked to support the implementation of the law. She used her oversight role as an MP to make the relevant governmental bodies mainly ministries accountable for the implementation of its articles.

Naderi was also actively engaged in Farkhunda Malikzada,'s case and supported her case throughout. She also followed up [Farkhunda Malikzada]'s case in the court by attending the public hearings until the verdict of the court was passed. She expressed her objections to the verdict of the court as she believed the court acted in a partial manner towards accused people being involved in [Farkhunda Malikzada]'s case.

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Living people
Afghan feminists
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People from Kabul
Afghan Ismailis
20th-century Ismailis
21st-century Ismailis


title: 2013–14 Elche CF season

text:
The 2013–14 season was the 91st season in Elche’s history and the 20th in the top-tier.

Squad
As June, 2014..

Squad and statistics

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Transfers

Competitions

Overall

La Liga

Copa del Rey

References

Elche CF seasons
Elche CF


title: Bridgette Starr

text:
Bridgette Louise Starr is an Australian indigenous football player. A defender, Bridgette was first named in the Australian Women's soccer squad at 16 years of age. She first played for Australia at 18 years of age, in September 1994 in a one-off test match in Japan.

Bridgette competed in the Oceania World Cup qualifiers in October 1994 in Papua New Guinea, and in the United States Women's Cup in the following month.

Bridgette was selected as one of the 20 national squad players to take a full-time residential scholarship at the Australian Institute of Sport Canberra for 1998, 1999 and early 2000.

She scored her first international goal in the must-win final of the Oceania World Cup qualifiers in October 1998.

Bridgette was a member of the Australian team for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup and also a member of the Australian Youth Team which won the 1993 Dana Cup in Denmark; Australian Youth Team tour to New Zealand 1994.

Bridgette won the 1999/2000 Ansett Summer Series national league as a member of the NSW Sapphires. She also won the 1997, National Senior Championship as a member of the Northern NSW State Team.

She was a member of the Australia women's national soccer team that competed at the
Sydney Olympic Games.

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Australian women's soccer players
1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players
Olympic soccer players for Australia
Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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1975 births
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Sportspeople from Geelong
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title: Ninetology

text:
Ninetology is a Malaysian smart phone manufacturer. It was founded in April 2012 by Sean Ng, Marco Beh and Shian and ceased operation in November 2014. It has been taken over by Avaxx Corporation (Malaysian Microsoft distributor) in January 2015.

Business

Accomplishment

As of March 2014, Ninetology has sold 1 million devices and have also expanded to Indonesia in September 2013. It has recorded a MYR 180 million in revenue and a 12% Malaysian market share in 2013. Ninetology partners with AirAsia in 2014 for the latter to sport Ninetology and Qualcomm livery on their aircraft to mark Ninetology expansion plan to other ASEAN countries which include Philippines, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar and Vietnam.

Decline
According to International Data Corporation (IDC), 2014 was not a good year for Ninetology due to stiff competition of cheaper phones from China. In September 2014, it is reported that the founders of Ninetology have resigned from their post.

Models

 Ninetology Black Pearl II
 Ninetology Insight
 Ninetology Outlook Pure (tablet)
 Ninetology Pearl Mini
 Ninetology Stealth II
 Ninetology U9X1
 Ninetology U9Z1
 Ninetology U9Z1+
 Ninetology Vox

External links
 Ninetology

References

2012 establishments in Malaysia
2014 disestablishments in Malaysia
Mobile phone manufacturers
Electronics companies of Malaysia
Companies based in Shah Alam
Malaysian brands


title: Aenhenrya

text:
Aenhenrya is a monotypic genus of terrestrial orchids that spread by means of underground rhizomes. Only one species is known, Aenhenrya rotundifolia, a very rare plant and endemic to southern India (within Kerala and Tamil Nadu).

The genus name of Aenhenrya is in honour of Ambrose Nathaniel Henry (b. 1936), Indian botanist with a focus on the flora of Southern India. The Latin specific epithet of rotundifolia is Latin for round-leaved.
It was first described and published in J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. Vol.90 on page 270 (1993, published in 1994). Then the species was first published in Novon Vol.7 on page 81 in 1997.

The genus is recognized by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service, but they do not list any known species.

References

Others sources
 Pridgeon, A. M. et al., eds. 2003. Genera Orchidacearum. 3:66-68. (Oxford University Press)

Monotypic Orchidoideae genera
Goodyerinae
Endemic orchids of India
Flora of Tamil Nadu
Flora of Kerala
Cranichideae genera
Plants described in 1993


title: 1961 in Portugal

text:
Events in the year 1961 in Portugal.

Incumbents
President: Américo Tomás
Prime Minister: António de Oliveira Salazar

Events
 23 January - Santa Maria hijacking
 Baixa de Cassanje revolt
 30 May - Viasa Flight 897
 12 November - Legislative election
 18–19 December - Indian annexation of Goa

Sport
In association football, for the first-tier league seasons, see 1960–61 Primeira Divisão and 1961–62 Primeira Divisão; for the Taça de Portugal seasons, see 1960–61 Taça de Portugal and 1961–62 Taça de Portugal.
 9 July - Taça de Portugal Final

References

Years of the 20th century in Portugal


title: Alfie Ferguson

text:
Alfie Ferguson, CBE (c. 1927 - 4 December 1992) was a British and unionist politician in Northern Ireland. He was a member of the Ulster Unionist Party and served as Lord Mayor of Belfast (1983–85).

Alfred Henry Ferguson was an industrial engineer by profession, but from a young age he had an ambition of becoming a councillor. He realised this ambition when he was first elected to Belfast City Hall in 1969. In 1982 he was elected as the 81st High Sheriff of Belfast, and in the following year he was elected Mayor of Belfast. In 1985 he was honoured with a CBE and in 1987 he was made deputy Lord Lieutenant. He was married to Elizabeth, with whom he has three sons. The family were members of the Church of Ireland. Alfie Ferguson died 4 December 1992 at his Crumlin Road home, he was 65.

References

1992 deaths
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
High Sheriffs of Belfast
Irish Anglicans
Lord Mayors of Belfast
Ulster Unionist Party councillors
Year of birth missing


title: Jim Scully (public servant)

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James Scully  is a retired senior Australian public servant. He is best known for his time in the Australian Government trade department.

Life and career

Scully was the son of William Scully, a federal Labor MP and government minister. He studied English and History at the University of Sydney, going on to join the Australian Public Service in 1949, in the Department of Trade and Customs as a junior clerk.

Between 1961 and 1963, Scully was Assistant Trade Commissioner in Cairo. In 1967, Scully was appointed a First Assistant Secretary in the Department of Trade and Industry, heading the trade services section.

In August 1975, Scully was appointed to his first Secretary role, heading the Department of Minerals and Energy. He went on to fill the Secretary position at the Department of National Resources (1975–1977), the Department of Trade and Resources (1977–1983) and the Department of Trade (1983–1984). In 1981, he led bilateral talks on resources development with South Korea.

After retiring from the public service, Scully moved into a private sector career. He headed an independent committee advising the ACT Government on the Very Fast Train project.

For a time in the 1990s, Scully was a director at Westpac. He resigned following a September 1992 board meeting in which a loss of $1.5 billion was announced.

Awards
Scully was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in January 1984 for his public service.

References

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Year of birth missing (living people)
Australian public servants
Officers of the Order of Australia
University of Sydney alumni
20th-century Australian businesspeople


title: 1962 in Portugal

text:
Events in the year 1962 in Portugal.

Incumbents
President: Américo Tomás
Prime Minister: António de Oliveira Salazar

Events
 Academic Crisis

Sport
In association football, for the first-tier league seasons, see 1961–62 Primeira Divisão and 1962–63 Primeira Divisão; for the Taça de Portugal seasons, see 1961–62 Taça de Portugal and 1962–63 Taça de Portugal.
 1 July - Taça de Portugal Final

References

Portugal
Years of the 20th century in Portugal
Portugal


title: 1st Infantry Regiment (Greece)

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The 1st Infantry Regiment "Sangarios" () is a motorized infantry regiment of the Hellenic Army. Established in 1885 at Athens, it fought in all conflicts in which Greece participated until World War II, when it was disbanded following the German invasion of Greece. It was re-established as the 21st Brigade (21η Ταξιαρχία) in 1945, and participated in the Greek Civil War. Receiving the designation 1st Infantry Regiment again in 1951, it was headquartered in Florina from 1952 until its disbandment in 1998. In 2013 it was re-established at Florina.

History
From the establishment of the Hellenic Army until the 1880s, the largest units created were battalions, due to the small extent of the Kingdom of Greece and the small size of its army. Only following the annexation of Thessaly in 1881 did both expand enough to warrant the establishment of regimental-sized units, and on 26 June 1885, by royal decree, the 27 available battalions were formed into nine regiments. As part of this reorganization, the 1st Infantry Regiment was established at Athens. During the Greco-Turkish crisis of 1886, the regiment was ordered into Thessaly, but owing to the extremely poor state of the transportation network and the lack of sufficient means, the move proceeded very slowly, with only one battalion reaching as far as Thebes, and another Livadeia. With the end of the crisis, the regiment returned to Athens.

The regiment took part in the Greco-Turkish War of 1897 as part of the 2nd Infantry Division, except for one battalion that was sent to Crete as part of an expeditionary force under Colonel Timoleon Vassos. During the war in Thessaly, which was disastrous for Greece, the regiment fought in the battles of Mati, Domokos, Farsala, and Taratsa. It returned to Athens after the signing of the Treaty of Constantinople in November 1897.

Balkan Wars
In the lead-up to the First Balkan War, the regiment was mobilized on 17 September 1912, again as part of the 2nd Division, in the Army of Thessaly. With the outbreak of the war on 5 May, it crossed the border and participated in the opening skirmishes of the Battle of Elassona. On 9 October it fought in the Battle of Sarantaporos in the area of Vigla. Following the Greek victory there, the regiment advanced in the direction of Kozani. During the Battle of Giannitsa on 18 October, the regiment was detached as reinforcements to the 3rd Infantry Division. Following the capture of Thessaloniki, in November the 3rd Battalion furnished troops for the Greek fleet's landing operations against various Ottoman-held Aegean islands, notably participating in the capture of Chios. After that, the 3rd Battalion was moved by sea to the Epirus front, followed by the 1st and 2nd Battalions that moved over land. The latter participated in operations in the directions of Delviniko, but by February 1913 the entire regiment was gathered, as part of the 2nd Division, before the Ottoman fortified position of Bizani, that covered the city of Ioannina. The regiment held the sector of the Avgo height, at the centre of the Greek front for the Battle of Bizani. After the capture of Ioannina, the regiment participated in the Greek army's northward advance in the direction of Delvinë–Sarandë–Gjirokaster. In March 1913, it returned to Thessaloniki.

With the outbreak of the Second Balkan War against Bulgaria, the regiment was the first Greek unit to go into action, being tasked with neutralizing the Bulgarian garrison in Thessaloniki. This was carried out within the first day of the war (17 June), and on the next day the regiment moved towards the front. It participated in the Battle of Kilkis on 19–21 June, followed by the Battle of Doiran. The regiment then followed the general advance of the Greek army into Bulgaria through the Strymon River valley, capturing Strumica and Gorna Djumaya, where the armistice of 18 July found it.

World War I and Ukraine
Following Greece's official entry into the First World War in June 1917, the 1st Infantry Regiment was mobilized in February–March 1918. In April–May it was moved to Thessaloniki, continuing its training, along with the rest of the 2nd Division. On 5–9 June the 2nd Division was moved to the Strymon sector of the Macedonian front, in the area of Provatas, replacing the British 28th Division. On 26 August, the entire division was moved to the Ammoudia–Dasochori–Chrysochorafa line. Following the armistice with Bulgaria on 16 September, on 23 September the division was moved to the Topolnitsa–Neo Petritsi area. Four days later it was relocated to the mouths of the Strymon, in the Vrasna–Irakleitsa area.

In order to gain support for Greece's territorial claims after World War I, the Greek government decided to participate in the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War. In preparation for the division's transfer to the Ukraine, it moved to the port of Stavros on 17 November. then, from the area of Amphipolis, it began its movement to Thessaloniki on 9 February 1919. When the regiment arrived in Thessaloniki on 13 February, it mustered 85 officers and 2041 other ranks. The regiment embarked on steam liners on 18 and 20 February. It arrived at Odessa on 22 February. The 1st and 2nd Battalions were sent to assist other Allied troops in the occupation Kherson two days later, while the 3rd Battalion landed at Odessa. On 25 February, the remainder of the regiment returned to Odessa. On 28 February, the 3rd Battalion moved by rail to Berezivka, where it was placed under the command of the local French forces. On 1 March, the 2nd Battalion and the 1st Company moved to cover the southern approaches to Tylihul Estuary from the direction of Nikolaev, occupying their positions on 3 March. On the same day, the remainder of the 1st Battalion also moved to Berezivka.

On 5 March, following Bolshevik attack on the Berezivka position, the Greek and French forces retreated towards Odessa. On 20 March, the 1st Company, in danger of being cut off, abandoned the Popovka pass and returned to Odessa on the next day. On the same day, the 2nd Battalion likewise abandoned its exposed position and returned to the vicinity of Odessa, where it came under the command of the 7th Infantry Regiment. The remainder of the Regiment was moved to the suburb of Dalnyk on 22 March, and Frundstal on the next day, to cover the southward evacuation of Allied forces from Odessa, while 3rd Battalion moved to Josefstal and Peterstal. On 24 March 10th and 11th Companies, along with the 3rd Battery, established defensive positions at Tatarka, before moving to Mariental on 26 March, and reuniting with regimental command at Mayilki on the 27th. 2nd Battalion, which had remained behind, moved to Dalnyk and Gross-Liebental on the 24th, reaching Neuburg on 26 March, and Frundstal on 27 March. On the night of 27 March, the entire regiment crossed the Dnieper river into Bessarabia. After reassembling, from 30 March to 6 June it assumed responsibility of guarding the river, until relieved by Romanian troops. On 8 June the regiment moved to the area of Kuru Dere, and from 22 June it began moving toward the port of Galați. There, on 28 and 29 June, it embarked for Smyrna.

Asia Minor Campaign
After the withdrawal from southern Russia, the regiment landed at Smyrna on 5 July 1919, moving to quarters in Turbali, and thence to Ayasoluk (near ancient Ephesus). In mid-September, the regiment was engaged in the first clashes with Turkish nationalist irregular forces in the area of Theira.

In March–May 1920, the regiment was involved in a series of clashes with Turkish forces in the area of Kisak Dağ. It then participated in the summer offensive, moving to Plarköy (10 June). After arduous advance through Bozdağ, on 16 June the regiment captured the city of Alaşehir (ancient Philadelphia), forcing the Turkish forces to withdraw to Uşak. The regiment participate din the March 1921 offensive, fighting battles at Dumlupınar, Bal Mahmud, and advancing to Afyonkarahisar. It was engaged by Turkish forces at the mountainous area of Krikli on 2–4 July, and heavy fighting at Ak Bunar on 8 July, requiring the assistance of the 4th Infantry Regiment. With the renewed Greek successes at the Battle of Kütahya–Eskişehir, the regiment resumed its advance on 8–15 July, reaching the villages of Saltıdere and Maradji. In the subsequent advance towards Ankara and the resulting Battle of Sakarya, the regiment crossed the Sakarya River (Sangarios in Greek) on 7 August, and fought fierce battles at Taburoğlu (12 August) and Soğolaci (16–17 August). When the Greek retreat began, the regiment re-crossed the Sakarya on 31 August, and was obliged to fight off a number of Turkish attacks on 6, 18, 20, 21–25 September, and 7, 13, 14 October, until it reached the new Greek lines at Çivril in November, where the regiment went into winter quarters.

Following the decisive Turkish victory at the Battle of Dumlupınar, on 30 August 1922 the regiment began to retreat towards the western coast of Asia Minor. Marching via Sardis and Nif, it reached the port of Çeşme, where it embarked for the Greek islands of Chios and Lesbos on 3 September. The regiment joined the 11 September 1922 Revolution that broke out among the surviving Greek units in the Aegean islands, and on 12 September sailed with the fleet and the rest of the army to Athens. On 14 September, with the revolution having prevailed, the regiment encamped in Syntagma Square in front of the Old Royal Palace, and took over the police directorate of Athens, the Athens garrison command, and the offices of the Attica and Boeotia Prefecture.

Interwar and Greco-Italian War
Following the end of the Asia Minor war, the regiment remained in Athens, as part of 2nd Infantry Division, throughout the interwar period. On 28 November 1935, the late King Constantine I (), the father of the reigning King George II, was declared the regiment's honorary colonel-in-chief. Its men thereafter wore the royal cypher, a capital kappa topped by a crown (golden for staff officers, silver for junior officers, red for NCOs and other ranks), on their epaulettes.

Fascist Italy invaded Greece on 28 October 1940 and a general mobilization was declared. The 1st Regiment quickly reached its full strength, and on 1 November sailed from Elefsina to Volos, to be used as a reserve for the Greek army fighting in Epirus. The regiment arrived at Volos on 4 November. Soon after it was bombarded by the Italian Royal Air Force. Over the next two months it followed the advance of the Greek army, moving on foot via Trikala and Florina. The regiment was finally sent to the front line in early January, when it took over a front sector in Mount Tomorr, under the command of 16th Infantry Brigade (soon expanded into the 16th Infantry Division). The regiment fought its most important battle of the war during the Italian Spring Offensive in March 1941, at the battle of Teke Hill. Following the German invasion of Greece on 6 April, and the rapid advance of the German forces, the Greek army in Albania started to retreat. The regiment retreated via Moscopole, Erseka, Konitsa, and Zagori, reaching Metsovo, where it was ordered disbanded after the capitulation of the Greek army in Epirus to the Germans (21 April).

Greek Civil War
Following the liberation of Greece in autumn 1944, the Greek army bean to be re-established in spring 1945. The 3rd Greek Mountain Brigade's 1st Battalion provided the core of the 21st Brigade (21η Ταξιαρχία), which began being formed in April 1945 at Chalkida, with recruits from Euboea, Lamia, and Amfissa. Originally placed under the newly re-established 2nd Infantry Division, in October 1945 the brigade was moved to Kozani, under the control of the Superior Military Command of Western Macedonia, which later became the 15th Infantry Division.

From April 1946, the brigade participated in clean-up operations against the Communist guerrillas, in the first stages of the Greek Civil War. The brigade fought in the Battle of Deskati on 21 September 1946, Operation Ierax in May 1947, the defence of Grevena on 25 July 1947, and the operations around Metsovo. In summer 1948 it fought in the first battle of Grammos (Operation Koronis), and the operations against Mount Vitsi in October. It fought in the defence of Florina on 12 February 1949, and fought off a communist offensive in Derveni on 13 May. Placed again under 2nd Division, the brigade participated in the decisive second battle of Grammos (Operation Pyrsos) in August 1949, which ended the civil war with the defeat of the communist Democratic Army of Greece. After mopping-up operations in the area of Mount Beles, in December 1949 and until April 1950 the brigade was based at Veroia. From then until January 1951 it was engaged in operations against guerrilla remnants in the Xanthi–Komotini area. It then returned to the area of Kalambaka, where it assumed a role as a training centre.

History since 1951
By order of the Hellenic Army General Staff, on 30 April 1951, the brigade was renamed as the 1st Infantry Regiment, as part of 2nd Infantry Division. The regiment was moved to Florina in October 1952, replacing the 32nd Infantry Regiment. From January 1957, the regiment was subordinated to 9th Infantry Division. The regiment remained there until its disbandment on 31 March 1998, as part of the reorganization of the 9th Infantry Division as the 9th Infantry Brigade.

The regiment was re-established on 1 November 2013, again at Florina, after the 9th Infantry Brigade was moved to Kozani.

Casualties
The data are approximate, as the casualty lists are incomplete.

Honours
The regimental flag was honoured by the award of the Commander's Cross of the Cross of Valour, the Cross of Valour in Gold (2 times), the War Cross 2nd and 3rd class, and the Medal of Outstanding Acts.

References

Sources

1885 establishments in Greece
Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War
Commander's Crosses of the Cross of Valour (Greece)
Florina
Infantry regiments of Greece
Military units and formations established in 1885
Military units and formations of Greece in the Balkan Wars
Military units and formations of Greece in the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)
Military units and formations of Greece in World War I
Military units and formations of Greece in the Greco-Italian War
Modern history of Athens


title: Stanbic IBTC Holdings

text:
Stanbic IBTC Holdings, commonly referred to as Stanbic IBTC, is a financial service holding company in Nigeria with subsidiaries in Banking, Stock Brokerage, Investment Advisory, Asset Management, Investor Services, Pension Management, Trustees Insurance Brokerage and life Insurance businesses. The company's corporate headquarters, I.B.T.C. Place, is situated at Walter Carrington Crescent, Victoria Island, Lagos. Stanbic IBTC Holdings is a member of the Standard Bank Group, a financial services giant based in South Africa. Standard Bank is Africa's largest banking group ranked by assets and earnings, operations in 20 African countries and 13 countries outside Africa.

Overview
Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC. came to being as the result of a merger between Stanbic Bank Nigeria Limited and IBTC Chartered Bank Plc. in 2007, then adopting a holding company structure in 2012 to comply with the revised regulatory framework advised by the Central Bank of Nigeria, requiring banks to either divest from non-core banking financial services or adopt a holdings' company structure.

Before the Merger

IBTC Chartered Bank Plc.
Investment Banking & Trust Company Plc (IBTC) was formed as an investment bank on 2 February 1989 with Atedo N.A. Peterside as chief executive officer.
In 2005, the Central Bank of Nigeria announced its re-capitalization program for commercial banks. This meant that all commercial banks had to have a NGN 25 billion minimum capital base. This CBN order led to the merger of Investment Banking and Trust Company (IBTC) with Chartered Bank Plc and Regent Bank Plc on 19 December 2005 to form IBTC Chartered Bank Plc with a total asset base NGN 125 billion  and listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange.

Stanbic Bank Nigeria Limited
Stanbic Bank Nigeria Limited was founded in 1991 when Standard Bank Investment Corporation (Stanbic Bank), acquired the African operations of ANZ Grindlays Bank. The name was later changed to Stanbic Bank Nigeria Limited and was a wholly owned subsidiary of Stanbic Africa Holdings Limited (SAHL).

The Merger
On 24 September 2007, IBTC Chartered Bank Plc merged with Stanbic Bank Nigeria Limited. Stanbic Africa Holdings Limited (SAHL)on behalf of Standard Bank tendered an offer for the acquisition of additional IBTC shares in order to attain majority shares in the merged business. This resulted in SAHL having a majority shareholding 50.75% up from 33.33% as at the merger date.
The business name was subsequently changed to Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc and resumed trading on the NSE.

Member Companies
The companies that comprise Stanbic IBTC Holdings include the following:

 Stanbic IBTC Bank – A commercial bank in Nigeria, serving individuals and businesses, and regulated by the Central Bank of Nigeria
 Stanbic IBTC Pension Managers Limited – A leading Pension Fund Administrator (PFA) in Nigeria.
 Stanbic IBTC Asset Management Limited – Providing asset management services. It was incorporated in 1992.
 Stanbic IBTC Stockbrokers Limited – Providing Stock brokerage service.
 Stanbic IBTC Trustees Limited – Specializes in trusteeship and estate management.
 Stanbic IBTC Capital Limited –  Offers Investment banking services.
 Stanbic IBTC Insurance Brokers – Operates as the insurance brokerage arm of the group.
Stanbic IBTC Insurance Limited – Provide Insurance services.
Stanbic IBTC Nominees – Acts as custodian in money market and fixed income securities for the Nigerian market.

Ownership
The stock of Stanbic IBTC Holdings listed on the NSE, where it trades under the symbol: STANBIC Shareholding in the group's stock is depicted in the table below:

Governance
The running of Stanbic IBTC Holding is overseen by a 12-person board of directors (9 non-executive and 3 executive) with Mr. Basil Omiyi as the chairman.

See also
 Stanbic Bank
 Standard Bank Group
 Nigerian Stock Exchange
 List of banks in Nigeria
 List of banks in Africa

References

External links
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 Standard Bank Group

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Banks established in 1989
Companies based in Lagos
Financial services companies established in 1989
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Nigerian companies established in 1989
Nigerian subsidiaries of foreign companies


title: Joy Worth

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Joy Worth (1910 – August 1987) was a British singer, radio presenter, and announcer, who was active during the 1940s and 1950s. Before a career on radio, she was a member of The Cavendish Three, a close harmony trio, from 1934 to 1939. Worth joined the BBC as an announcer in July 1942.

She appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 17 Oct 1952. Worth died in August 1987 at the age of 77.

References

External links
 1943 photo of Worth and a colleague

1910 births
1987 deaths
BBC radio presenters


title: Andrew of Totma

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Andrew of Totma was a seventeenth century Russian Orthodox Church religious figure.

Andrew was born in countryside nearby Totma the town and named after Saint Andrew Stratelates.
According to the Gospel he left his parents and went to desert places.
When he came back his parents was dead.
Then he left the Ust-Tolshma and went to the Monastery of Galic (Russian: Галичский Воскресенский монастырь).
After time in the Monastery of Galic he became a yurodivy and moved to Totma. He was known for prayer and begging his bread. His feast day is celebrated on 10 October.

References

Yurodivy
17th-century Russian clergy


title: Mary Grant (sculptor)

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Mary Grant (1831–1908) was one of the most eminent female sculptors of 19th century Britain, with numerous commissions from the rich and famous.

Life

Grant was born in 1831 in Kilgraston House in Perthshire, into a very well-connected family. Her grandfather was Lord Elgin of Elgin Marbles fame. Her aunt and uncle were Mary Anne Grant and Sir Francis Grant, both artists, the latter being President of the Royal Academy. Another uncle was General James Hope Grant, a British military hero. These artistic and aristocratic  connections would serve her well in the otherwise notoriously male preserve of figurative sculpture.

She took up sculpting in her twenties, and went to Florence to study under Odoardo Fantacchiotti and then went to Rome to study under John Gibson, both highly skilled figurative sculptors. After a period in Paris studying with  she then set up studio in London, working under the guidance of John Henry Foley.

From 1864 to 1877 she returned to Kilgraston House, and worked from there.

In 1877 she moved to Ebenezer House on Albany Street, London and in 1889 to 29 Tite Street, London, then becoming the immediate neighbour of John Singer Sargent and Ernest Ibbetson. She worked much in cast plaster, using Fernando Meacci to aid in the process.

She exhibited her work at the Woman's Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.

She never married. She died on 20 February 1908 in London.

Principal works
Queen Victoria for the Rajah of Kapurthala.
Memorial fountain to Henry Fawcett, a campaigner for Women’s Suffrage, on the Victoria Embankment in London
Figures surrounding the main doorway of Lichfield Cathedral.
Bust of Charles Stewart Parnell
Bust of Lord Alfred Tennyson
Bust of Sir Francis Grant, her uncle
Bust of Lady Augusta Stanley, Lady in Waiting to Queen Victoria and her aunt
Relief portrait head of Henry Erskine
Memorial to Augusta Bruce in the New Abbey Church, Dunfermline
Reredos panel at altar in St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh (designed by John Oldrid Scott, sculpted by Mary Grant)
Reredos in a church in Kilburn, London.
Sculpted figures on screen in Winchester Cathedral

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1831 births
1908 deaths
20th-century Scottish sculptors
19th-century Scottish sculptors
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20th-century Scottish women artists
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title: 1963 in Portugal

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Events in the year 1963 in Portugal.

Events
 May 28 - Cais do Sodré disaster - the roof of the Cais do Sodré train station in Lisbon collapsed. The accident caused 49 deaths and 63 people were injured.

Incumbents
President: Américo Tomás
Prime Minister: António de Oliveira Salazar

Sport
In association football, for the first-tier league seasons, see 1962–63 Primeira Divisão and 1963–64 Primeira Divisão; for the Taça de Portugal seasons, see 1962–63 Taça de Portugal and 1963–64 Taça de Portugal.
 30 June - Taça de Portugal Final

Births
 26 January - José Mourinho, football manager, former football player
 14 July - Paulo Macedo, businessman and politician

References

Portugal
Years of the 20th century in Portugal
Portugal


title: Danhatchia

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Danhatchia is a genus of terrestrial orchids, lacking chlorophyll and obtaining nutrients from fungi in the soil. Three species are known, Danhatchia australis, native to New Zealand (both main islands) and to New South Wales, and Danhatchia copelandii and Danhatchia novaehollandiae, both native to New South Wales in Australia.

References

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Cranichideae genera
Myco-heterotrophic orchids
Goodyerinae


title: Danhatchia australis

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Danhatchia australis is a species of terrestrial orchid, lacking chlorophyll and obtaining nutrients from fungi in the soil. It is native to New Zealand (both main islands) and to New South Wales.

References

External links
New Zealand Native Orchids, Danhatchia australis
New Zealand Plant Conservation Network, Danhatchia australis
PlantNET New South Wales Flora Online, Danhatchia australis
Panoramio photo of Danhatchia australis in Australia
Retired Aussies, Danhatchia australis

Myco-heterotrophic orchids
Goodyerinae
Orchids of New South Wales
Orchids of New Zealand
Plants described in 1963


title: Chloronycta

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Chloronycta is a currently monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae erected by B. Christian Schmidt and Gary G. Anweiler in 2014. Its only species, Chloronycta tybo, was first described by William Barnes in 1904. It is found in mountainous regions from Mexico to south-eastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico, north to the Sierra Madre Occidental. The habitat consists of canyons and mid-elevation wooded areas, particularly riparian corridors.

The wingspan is about 34 mm for males and 36 mm for females. Adults are on wing in January and from July to September.

The larvae feed on Fraxinus velutina. The first two larval instars are leaf skeletonizers that remove patches of leaf tissue from the lower leaf surface. Middle and late instars feed from a leaf
edge, always from the underside of a blade. Last-instar larva reach a length of about 26 mm. They are waxy green with a pale green head. Prior to pupation, the larvae tunnel into punky wood (when available) to form a pupal crypt. This crypt is largely free of silk, with the exception of that used to weave the frass-silk cover.

There is also an undescribed species from Mexico.

Gallery

References

Moths described in 1904
Acronictinae
Moths of North America
Monotypic moth genera


title: Faruk Kabir

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Faruk Kabir (born as Faruk Kabir on 18 March 1983) is an Indian film director, writer and producer who is mainly known for his work in Hindi films. Kabir started his career as an assistant director in films like Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani and Asoka. He made his directorial debut in 2006 with The Awakening, a short film, starring Ajay Devgn. He then rose to fame with Allah Ke Banday, which he directed and acted in as well.

Career
Having started his career at a young age of 18 as an assistant director to veterans like Aziz Mirza and Santosh Sivan, Kabir worked on films like Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani and Asoka. He then joined the New York Film Academy (NYFA) in screenwriting and filmmaking. He was also an assistant director on the film Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat.

Kabir later became an independent director with the acclaimed documentary Unheard Voices Of The People Of India, for which he travelled 27000 kilometres by road. The documentary was produced by Saeed Mirza. In 2006, he marked his directorial debut with the short film The Awakening, which starred Ajay Devgan.  The film brought forth the issue of water disasters, and was applauded by the audiences.

Kabir debuted as a director and actor for feature films with Allah Ke Banday, which brought together an ensemble star cast including Naseeruddin Shah, Sharman Joshi, Atul Kulkarni to name a few. The film, which dealt with juvenile crime, was well received by the audiences. The film was also screened at the Chicago Film Festival. The film went on to receive 13 nominations in 2011, including Best Debut Director nominations for Kabir at the Filmfare and Star Screen Awards and others at the Stardust, Balaji and IIFA Awards.

Kabir married actress Rukhsar Rehman in 2010. Rukhsar and Kabir were in a relationship for six years before they tied the knot on 23 March 2010.

Kabir has also directed over a dozen music videos with artists like Sanober and Jassi. Kabir is a part of and has associated with the Super Fight League, which holds martial arts related events that are aired on Indian television. He collaborated with SFL and BodyPower UK for the Body Power Expo which was held in March 2014. Kabir has expertise in Boxing, Taekwondo, Brazilian Jujutsu, Judo and the Israeli combat art of Krav Maga.

Shockers
Kabir is currently directing Shockers, India’s first horror web series, which he has created in association with Spiders Web, his production house. The series currently airs on online platform Hotstar, and features actors like Kalki Koechlin, Dia Mirza, Amit Sadh, Amyra Dastur, Rajat Barmecha, Neha Mahajan, Jaideep Ahlawat and Prateik Babbar. Season 3 is rumored to have Arjun Rampal.

Other work
Apart from directing and acting in films, Kabir has also directed over a dozen music videos with T-Series, and artists like Sanober, Jassi and Mikka. He has also produced for the NCPA Theatre Festival with plays like Bade Miyan Diwanae and Falsafa, and has also directed TVCs for UP Tourism, Jabong and Tata to name a few. He has also been an Honorary Creative Director for Mumbai’s largest out of home media company, RoshanSpace.

Filmography

References

External links

 Indias first MMA action star: Faruk Kabir
 https://www.instagram.com/farukkabir9/?hl=en

Living people
21st-century Indian male actors
1983 births
Indian male boxers
Indian male judoka
Indian male taekwondo practitioners


The Aotearoa Music Award for International Achievement is an Aotearoa Music Award that honours New Zealand music artists for their success in the music markets of other countries. Record sales are the main factor in determining the award, but record chart positions, sales of concert tickets and notable promotional performances are also taken into account. It was first awarded in 1984. It was not awarded in 2006. In 2005, 2008 and 2009, multiple artists received the honour.

Recipients

1984 to 2002

2003 to present

From 2003, no finalists have been announced for the award.

References

International Achievement
Awards established in 1983


title: International Achievement

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International Achievement may refer to:
Juno International Achievement Award
New Zealand Music Award for International Achievement


title: Joseph David Everett

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Prof Joseph David Everett DCL FRSE (1831–1904) was an English physicist, professor of natural philosophy at Queen's College, Belfast.

Life
Born at Rushmere, near Ipswich, Suffolk, on 11 September 1831, he was the eldest son of Joseph David Everett, a landowner and farmer of Rushmere, by his wife Elizabeth, eldest daughter of John Garwood, a corn merchant in London;  Robert Lacey Everett was a brother. He was educated at Mr. Buck's private school at Ipswich. On leaving school he attended classes in mathematics at the Ipswich Mechanics' Institution under Stephen Jackson, proprietor of the Ipswich Journal, who advised him to teach.

After a short experience of teaching at a private school at Newmarket, where he had Charles Haddon Spurgeon as a colleague, Everett became, in 1850, mathematical master at John Charles Thorowgood's school at Totteridge. In 1854 he gained one of Dr. Williams's bursaries and became a student at Glasgow College; he graduated B.A. in 1856 with honourable distinction in classics and mental philosophy, and M.A. in 1857 with distinction in physical science. He had thought of entering the ministry, but gave up the idea, and after acting for a short time as secretary of the Meteorological Society of Edinburgh, he became professor of mathematics in King's College, Windsor, Nova Scotia, in 1859. Through his efforts, an astronomical observatory was built at the College in 1861.

Everett returned to Glasgow in 1864 as assistant to Hugh Blackburn, professor of mathematics in the university (1849–79), and worked for a time in Lord Kelvin's laboratory. From 1867 till his retirement in 1897 he was professor of natural philosophy at Queen's College, Belfast, serving on the council from 1875 to 1881.

Everett was elected fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1863, and fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1879; and was a vice-president of the Physical Society of London (1900–4). He acted as secretary and subsequently as chairman of the committee of the British Association for investigating the rate of increase of underground temperature downwards (1867–1904), and as secretary of the committee for the selection and nomenclature of dynamical units (1871–3). He was also a fellow of the Royal University of Ireland. He moved from Belfast to London in 1898 and eventually settled at Ealing, regularly attending meetings of scientific societies in London.

He died from heart failure in Ealing on 9 August 1904, and was interred at Ipswich.

Works

Everett wrote memoirs on dynamics, light, and sound, mostly expository. His main publications were:

 Units and Physical Constants' (later The C.G.S. System of Units), 1875; 2nd ed. 1879 3rd ed. 1886; Polish transl., Warsaw, 1885.
 An Elementary Text Book of Physics, 1877; 2nd edit. 1883.
 Vibratory Motion and Sound, 1882.
 Outlines of Natural Philosophy, 1887.

He translated from Augustin Privat-Deschanel Elementary Treatise on Natural Philosophy: Physics (1870, largely rewritten; 6th edit. 1882) and, with his daughter Alice Everett, Heinrich Hovestadt's Jena Glass and its Scientific and Industrial Applications (1902).

Everett invented a system of shorthand which he published (1877 and 1883); and, a pioneer cyclist, invented a spring hub attachment for the spokes of bicycle wheels. He also introduced the so-called "gridiron" slide rule, in 1866.

Family
Everett married on 3 September 1862 Jessie, daughter of Alexander Fraser, later of Ewing Place Congregational Church, Glasgow (of the Frasers of Kirkhill, Inverness), and left three daughters and three sons. The eldest was daughter Alice Everett (1865-1949), pioneering astronomer and engineer. The second son, Wilfred, became professor of engineering in the Government Engineering College, Shibpur, Calcutta.

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title: 8th Infantry Division (Greece)

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The 8th Infantry Division (; VIII Merarchia Pezikou, VIII MP) was an infantry division of the Hellenic Army.

Active since the Balkan Wars, the division is most notable for its decisive role during the first days of the Greco-Italian War, when it successfully stopped the initial Italian offensive, and bought time for Greek reinforcements to arrive and turn the tide.

In a wide-ranging army reorganization in 2013, the division was reduced in size to a brigade-level formation - the 8th Motorized Infantry Brigade.

History

Balkan Wars, World War I, and Greco-Turkish War
The 8th Infantry Division, initially named the Epirus Division (; Merarchia Ipeirou), was formed on 22 September 1912, during the First Balkan War, under the command of Major General Dimitrios Matthaiopoulos. On 22 January 1913 it was renamed as the 8th Infantry Division. Its component units were the 15th Infantry Regiment, the 2nd Evzones Regiment and the Independent Cretan Regiment.

It participated in the operations for the capture of Ioannina and the subsequent push into Northern Epirus, capturing Këlcyrë, Argyrokastro, Tepelenë, and Përmet. In June 1913 it was moved to Thessaloniki, and participated in the Second Balkan War against Bulgaria, capturing Paranesti, Xanthi, and Komotini. It remained on occupation duties in Western Thrace until the signing of the Treaty of Bucharest. In December it was placed on garrison duties, with its regiments dispersed at Preveza, Corfu and Lefkada.

The division was re-established in July 1917 and remained in Epirus as the local garrison. It did not fight in the Macedonian front, nor in the Asia Minor Campaign, except for its 15th Infantry Regiment. Its subordinate units throughout the subsequent interwar period were: the 15th Infantry Regiment at Ioannina, the 10th Infantry Regiment at Corfu, the 24th Infantry Regiment, and the 3/40 Evzone Regiment at Preveza and later Arta.

Greco-Italian War
Since 1930, the division bore sole responsibility for the defense of the Epirus sector of the Greco-Albanian border. Due to the relative military weakness of Albania, the sector was "quiet" and far less vital than the border with Bulgaria. This changed in April 1939, when Fascist Italy invaded and occupied Albania. Under its commander, Maj Gen Charalambos Katsimitros, the division engaged in a feverish activity of constructing fortifications and laying out defensive plans. With the Italian invasion looming from August 1940 onwards, a limited mobilization was carried out, which brought the division up to strength and even allowed for the reconstitution of the 24th Regiment as a separate unit. This fact, combined with Katsimitros' decision to insist on forward defense, would prove decisive factors in the rapid containment of the initial Italian main thrust into Epirus. The division was deployed in a defensive position stretching from the village of Elaia (Kalpaki) to the line of the river Kalamas, and for six days, from November 2 to November 8, successfully repelled the successive attacks by the Italian Ciamura Army Corps. By that point, the mobilization of the Greek reserves had been completed, and in conjunction with the Greek victory in the Battle of Pindus, the division's victory at the Battle of Elaia–Kalamas signalled the failure of the Italian attack.

The division fought throughout the subsequent Albanian campaign, but was dissolved along with the rest of the Greek Army after the German invasion in April 1941. During the Axis occupation of Greece, the ELAS partisan army created an 8th Division, but this too was disbanded in early 1945.

Greek Civil War
The 8th Division was formally reconstituted only in 1946, as the Hellenic Army started being rebuilt, from the forces of the Epirus Military Command, comprising the 74th, 75th and 76th brigades. Until 1949, the division took part in the operations of the Greek Civil War as a part of the governmental National Army.

Emblem and Motto
The emblem the 8th Infantry Division is a bull within an oak wreath, taken from 3rd-century BC coins of the Epirote League.

The division's motto is OXI (pronounced "óchi"), or "NO". The phrase was attributed to the Prime Minister of Greece, Ioannis Metaxas, on 28 October 1940, when he was given an ultimatum by Benito Mussolini to allow Italian troops to occupy strategic Greek sites or face war. Metaxas curtly replied in French: "Alors, c'est la guerre" ("Then it is war"). However, according to popular legend, Metaxas simply told the Italian envoy in Greek, "Ohi!" ("No!"). The motto was given to the division in recognition of its decisive role in stopping the Italian advance during the early days of the Greco-Italian War.

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Infantry divisions of Greece
Military units and formations of Greece in the Balkan Wars
Military units and formations of Greece in the Greco-Italian War
1913 establishments in Greece
Epirus (region)


title: James Henderson (Irish politician)

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Sir James Henderson (28 April 1846 – 1 May 1914) was an Irish Unionist politician, who served as Lord Mayor of Belfast. He served in this role between 1898 and 1899. He was also the first High Sheriff of Belfast.

Born in Belfast on 28 April 1846, he read law at Trinity College Dublin and was called to the Irish bar in 1872. He was knighted in the 1899 New Year Honours. He was married to Martha Pollock, and they had five sons. He died on 1 May 1914 and is buried in Belfast City Cemetery.

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title: Tri Rismaharini

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Tri Rismaharini (born 20 November 1961) is an Indonesian politician who is the current Minister of Social Affairs. She is the first female to be the Mayor of Surabaya. She is one of the leaders in the central executive board of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle.

Education
She earned a bachelor's degree in Architecture and a master's degree in Urban Development Management from Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Surabaya. She was awarded a doctoral degree from Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember in 2015.

Career

Public service
Risma began her career as a low-ranking public servant in Surabaya. Before being elected as mayor, she served as a civil servant in the Surabaya City Government for more than 20 years, rose up to head of Surabaya's Program Controlling Division, and later head of Surabaya Landscape and Cleanliness Department.

During Risma's tenure, Surabaya enlarged open spaces such as cemeteries so that they serve as water absorption areas. The city has also added green lanes along main roads and created city forests. Risma's policies have been credited with reducing the severity and duration of floods, prompting calls for flood-prone Jakarta to emulate her policies.

Risma gained popularity for her surprise visits to local public service offices, where she criticized officials for their poor and inefficient performances, accusing them of "sinning" against the public.

Social Affairs Minister
On 23 December 2020, Rismaharini was appointed as Social Minister under President Joko Widodo's cabinet, replacing Juliari Batubara who had been arrested for bribery. One of her first programs, announced on the day of her appointment, was to reform the aid distribution system by revamping the performance of data management and the social aid delivery system due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia, from physical cash handouts to a more transparent bank transfers.

Awards

During her tenure, Surabaya has won a number of awards including the ASEAN Environmentally Sustainable City Award 2012 and the Adipura Kencana, the highest environmental awards in Indonesia. Mayor Risma was named as one of the 10 most inspiring women 2013 by Forbes Indonesia. She was also recently named one of the world’s 50 greatest leaders by Fortune magazine and was one of the top mayors listed last year by the City Mayors Foundation, an urban research institute. March 2016, she was awarded Ideal Mother Award 2016, at Cairo University, given by Islamic Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO).

£4,000 vanity award
In April 2014, Risma and an entourage of six Surabaya officials flew to London to accept the so-called United Europe Award from the Europe Business Assembly, an organization which sells vanity awards. On 20 April 2014, Risma led a procession of eight open-air jeeps through Surabaya to show off the award, which officials described as a Socrates Award. Risma denied purchasing the award, explaining her side had merely paid a £4,000 participation fee.

Controversies
Risma's policy of closing down brothels has been criticized by aid and health care workers as ineffective, and doing nothing to eliminate the sex trade. Her critics add that making prostitution illegal forces many sex workers to work in conditions that are more dangerous and unregulated, and therefore more at risk from diseases. Her reforms have wide support in Indonesia, though.

In January 2020, Risma filed a police report against Zikria Dzatil, a woman in Bogor, West Java, for comparing her to a female frog in a Facebook post. “If I am a frog, that means my mother is a frog,” Risma said. Police responded by arresting Zikara on 31 January for allegedly violating the Electronic Information and Transactions Law. The following month, Risma withdrew the police report after Zikara apologized.

Electoral history

References

1961 births
Living people
People from Kediri (city)
Javanese people
Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle politicians
Social affairs ministers of Indonesia
Mayors of Surabaya
Women mayors of places in Indonesia


title: Whitney Wolfe Herd

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Whitney Wolfe Herd (born July 5, 1989) is an American entrepreneur.
She is the founder and CEO of publicly traded Bumble, Inc, an online dating platform, launched in 2014. She is a co-founder of Tinder and was previously its Vice President of Marketing.

Herd was named as one of 2017's and 2018's Forbes 30 Under 30, and, in 2018, she was named in the Time 100 List. In February 2021, Herd became the world's youngest, female, self-made billionaire when she took Bumble public. She is the youngest woman to have taken a company public in the United States, at age 31.

Early life and education
Wolfe Herd was born as Whitney Wolfe in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Kelly Wolfe, who was Catholic, and Michael Wolfe, a property developer, who was Jewish. Wolfe Herd attended Judge Memorial Catholic High School. When she was in sixth grade, the family went on a sabbatical in Paris, France.

Wolfe Herd attended Southern Methodist University, where she majored in international studies and was a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. While in college and at the age of 20, she started a business selling bamboo tote bags to benefit areas affected by the BP oil spill. Wolfe Herd partnered with celebrity stylist Patrick Aufdenkamp to launch the non-profit organization called the "Help Us Project". The bags received national press after celebrities such as Rachel Zoe and Nicole Richie were photographed with them. Soon after, she introduced a second business with Aufdenkamp called "Tender Heart", a clothing line dedicated to raising awareness around human trafficking and fair trade. After graduating, Wolfe Herd traveled to Southeast Asia where she worked with orphanages.

Career

Early career
In 2012, at age 22, Wolfe Herd joined the startup Cardify, a project led by Sean Rad through Hatch Labs IAC incubator. The project was later abandoned, but Wolfe Herd joined the development team for the dating app Tinder (previously known as MatchBox) with Rad and Chris Gulczynski.

Wolfe Herd became vice president of marketing for Tinder. She was reportedly behind the name of the app, taking inspiration from the flame logo and the idea of tinder, which is easily combustible material used to start a fire. She has also been credited with fueling its popularity on college campuses and growing its user base.

Wolfe Herd resigned from Tinder in April 2014 due to growing tensions with other company executives. On June 30 she filed a lawsuit against Tinder for sexual harassment. She reportedly received more than  as well as stock as part of a settlement in September 2014.

Having received online hate, Wolfe Herd started sketching out a female-only social network centered around compliments which was to be called Merci. Even though she didn't want to go back to the dating industry initially, in the following months she cooperated with Badoo founder Andrey Andreev on assembling a team and developing a new female-friendly dating app. She planned to name the app Moxie, but this name was already taken.

Bumble, Inc (2014 - present)
In December 2014, Wolfe Herd moved to Austin, Texas, and founded Bumble, a female-focused dating app. By December 2015, the app had reached over 15 million conversations and 80 million matches. After Wolfe Herd left Tinder, Andrey Andreev, founder of Badoo, contacted her about creating a dating platform and partnered with her, and the company remains majority owned by Badoo.

As of November 2017, Bumble had over 22 million registered users. In January 2018, CNBC reported that Badoo was seeking a sale that could value the company at about $1.5 billion.

Wolfe Herd was named one of Business Insider's 30 Most Important Women Under 30 In Tech in 2014. In 2016, she was named as one of Elle's Women in Tech. She was named to Forbes 30 under 30 in 2017 and 2018.

In December 2017, she was listed in a TechCrunch feature on 42 women succeeding in tech that year.

As of September 2019, Tinder and Bumble were the first and second most popular dating apps in the U.S., with monthly user bases of 7.9 million and 5 million, respectively.

In March 2019, Wolfe Herd testified before the Texas House Criminal Jurisprudence committee about the prevalence of unsolicited explicit photos sent to female users on dating applications.

In April 2019, Wolfe released the first print issue of Bumble Mag in partnership with Hearst.

In November 2019, Bumble's parent company MagicLab was sold to the private equity firm The Blackstone Group, with co-founder Andreev relinquishing his entire stake in both Bumble and its sister company, Badoo. Wolfe Herd became CEO of the newly acquired MagicLab, valued at $3 billion with an estimated 75 million users, and received an ownership stake of approximately 19% of the company.

In 2020, Bumble replaced MagicLab as the parent company of both Bumble and Badoo. As of 2020, Bumble has over 100 million users worldwide.

In February 2021, Bumble topped $13 billion in valuation after listing shares on the Nasdaq exchange. Her 18-month-old son was on her hip as she rang the Nasdaq bell.

In 2021, Wolfe Herd became the world's youngest self-made female billionaire after taking Bumble public. Forbes estimated her net worth at approximately $1.5 billion.

Chappy
UK-based gay dating app Chappy was co-founded by Jack Rogers, Max Cheremkin and Ollie Locke and funded primarily by Bumble and Wolfe Herd.

Personal life
In December 2013, she met oil and gas heir Michael Herd on an Aspen skiing trip. They married in 2017. In December 2019, the couple announced the birth of their first child.

In 2022, Forbes listed Wolfe Herd at number 33 of the top 100 "America's richest self-made women," up from number 39 in 2020.

See also

 Comparison of online dating services

References

External links

 How I Built This: Bumble (audio interview)

1989 births
Living people
20th-century American Jews
Businesspeople from Salt Lake City
American computer businesspeople
Southern Methodist University alumni
American technology company founders
American women company founders
American company founders
American technology chief executives
Women corporate executives
American women chief executives
21st-century American Jews
20th-century American women
21st-century American women


title: Kapshi Jagir

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Kapshi Estate was a jagir in India during the British Raj. It was under the Kolhapur-Dekkan Residency in the Bombay Presidency, and later the Deccan States Agency.

The vassal state of Kapshi was located  south of Kolhapur. It had a population of 3,414 in 1901.

History
The father of the founder of the estate was Shrimant Senapati Malojirao Ghorpade, who died in the battle of Sangmeshwar against the Mughals. A general of the Maratha army, he was granted the title 'Senapati', a hereditary title of nobility used in the Maratha Empire, and became the first ruler of Kapshi in the second half of the 17th century.

See also
 Kolhapur State
 List of Indian princely states

References

Kolhapur district
Quasi-princely estates of India