title: Killer-tune

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is a song by Japanese rock band Tokyo Jihen, led by musician Ringo Sheena. It was released as the band's fifth single on August 22, 2007, as one of the two singles before the band's third album Variety (2007). The song was written by the band's pianist Ichiyo Izawa, with lyrics by Sheena.

Background and development

Vocalist Ringo Sheena originally debuted as a solo musician in 1998, however decided to become a member of a band instead for her main musical activities, and debuted Tokyo Jihen in 2004. After their debut album Kyōiku, two of the original members of the band made decisions to leave, and were replaced by pianist Ichiyo Izawa and guitarist Ukigumo. The new line-up released the single "Shuraba", a song used as the theme song for the drama Ōoku: Hana no Ran., and the band's second album, Adult (2006). Adult, while featuring lyrics entirely written by Sheena and the band collaborating to arrange the songs, also featured "Himitsu", which was arranged solely by Izawa, and "Tegami", which was composed by Izawa and arranged by Sheena.

In late 2006 and 2007, Sheena briefly resumed solo activities in collaboration with Neko Saito, on Heisei Fūzoku (2007), a soundtrack album for the Mika Ninagawa film Sakuran. The "Killer-tune" single was first announced on June 7, 2007, a month before the physical release of "OSCA".

The Variety project for the band involved the band members other than Sheena amassing demo tapes, and the band making careful selections. For the project, Sheena worked as a vocalist and a lyricist. After the band's tour for Adult, Domestic! Just Can't Help It, finished on May 30, 2006, Sheena requested band members Ukigumo and Ichiyo Izawa write songs for the band's next studio album. While Sheena is the primary songwriter for her solo career and for Tokyo Jihen's first two albums, she occasionally goes through periods of not being able to write music.

Writing and production

The song was originally given the demo title  by Izawa, and while writing it intended to make the song sound like swing music. Much like "OSCA", Izawa did not consider the song in terms of becoming a single while writing it, however it later became one after the band voted on which two songs would become singles. Sheena wrote the song's lyrics after being inspired by the song's sound, also feeling inspired by the faces of fans at their live concerts.

The B-side "BB.Queen" was written sometime in 2003 or 2004, when Ukigumo first began recording music on his computer. The original song's tempo was much slower, and not as chaotic as the studio version. "Karada" was created with an image of "sweet soul music" in mind by Ukigumo, who was impressed by Sheena's abilities when recording soul and rhythm and blues music.

The single is stylistically similar to their next single "Killer-tune", released a month later. "OSCA" features an A-side written by Ukigumo and two Izawa compositions, while "Killer-tune" was written by Izawa and featured two Ukigumo compisitons as B-sides. In both cases, the final track is a song where Sheena collaborated with Robbie Clark to create a song with English lyrics. Neither release featured a cover song, unlike Tokyo Jihen's first three singles. The B-side "Karada" was given an entirely new title in English, "Physical".

Promotion and release

The band appeared in magazines What's In, Dazed & Confused, Barfout!, Rockin' On Japan, Oricon Style and Smart to promote the release, as well as having special features on websites such as Biglobe, What's In? Web, Excite and Amazon.co.jp.
 On August 20, Tokyo Jihen appeared on the Tokyo FM radio program Yamada Hisashi no Radian Limited DX, and later performed the song on television programs Music Station on August 24 and Count Down TV on August 25. The song was performed during the band's Spa & Treatment (2007), Ultra C (2010) and Bon Voyage (2012) tours, with the band also performing the song during their festival/event performances at the Rising Sun Rock Festival (2008), Society of the Citizens Vol. 2 (2008), Countdown Japan (2009), EMI Rocks (2010) and the Terebi Asahi Dream Music Festival (2011). The B-side "BB.Queen" was only performed once by the band at Society of the Citizens Vol. 2, while "Karada" was performed as a part of the Spa & Treatment tour.

Soon after the release of the single, the band began promotions for the Variety album, which was released a month later on September 26, 2007.

Music video

A music video was first unveiled on July 30, 2007, and was directed by Yuichi Kodama, who had previously collaborated with the band on the music video for "OSCA". It features Sheena walking forward in the rain, in the park area outside Saitama Super Arena. The other members of Tokyo Jihen perform the song around her. During the final instrumental section of the song, the rain stops, and six dancers in business attire dance the charleston.

At the 2008 Space Shower Music Video Awards, the video won the award for Best Technical Works Video, while director Yuichi Kodama won the best director award.

Critical reception

Critical reception to the release was positive. Kiyohiko Koike for Listenmusic felt the song was an easy to listen to pop-rock song, with an oldies swing rhythm. He praised Sheena's vocals, in how they shift from comfortable to abruptly powerful. Reviewer Reiko Tsuzura called the song a "charming pop melody", and praised the lyrics as "sparkling". Reviewers from CDJournal described the song as having a "light swinging band sound" and being "jazzy and dynamic". They praised Sheena's "sensual dynamism", along with Tokyo Jihen's addictive pop sense.

For the B-sides, CDJournal described "BB.Queen" as "heavy psychedelic rock " that was "the height of hysteria while still being fine quality pop." They noted Sheena's vocal sense was surprising. In reviewing "Karada", they noted the song's "gentle sweet melody and jazz essence", believing it was illustrative of a "Tokyo Jihen-style album-oriented rock style" the band was developing.

Track listing

Personnel

Personnel details were sourced from "Killer-tune"'s liner notes booklet.

Toshiki Hata – drums
Daisuke Iga – styling
Uni Inoue – recording, mixing
Ichiyo Izawa – keyboards
Seiji Kameda – bass
Yutaka Kimura – advertisements, design

Ringo Sheena – vocals
Miyamoto Shigeo – mastering
Takashi Saito – assistant engineer
Shoji Uchida – photography
Ukigumo – guitar

Chart rankings

Sales

Release history

References

2007 songs
2007 singles
Japanese-language songs
Songs written by Ringo Sheena
Songs written by Ichiyo Izawa
Tokyo Jihen songs
EMI Records singles
Music videos directed by Yuichi Kodama


title: Fahad Babar

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Fahad Babar (born 19 February 1992 in Karachi, Pakistan) is an American cricketer. Babar has played two Twenty20s for the USA cricket team after qualifying to play for the United States because of the International Cricket Council's (ICC) seven-year residency rule. He briefly succeeded Steve Massiah as USA captain in 2013.

He made his List A debut for ICC Americas in the 2016–17 Regional Super50 on 30 January 2017. In June 2021, he was selected to take part in the Minor League Cricket tournament in the United States following the players' draft.

Fahad Babar is married to a doctor , Amna Abid

References

Living people
1992 births
American cricketers
Cricketers from Karachi
Pakistani cricketers
Pakistani emigrants to the United States
ICC Americas cricketers
Kalutara Physical Culture Centre cricketers
American sportspeople of Pakistani descent
American cricket captains


title: Siamanthus

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Siamanthus is a genus of plants in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It contains only one known species, Siamanthus siliquosus, endemic to Thailand and first described in 1998.

References

Alpinioideae
Endemic flora of Thailand
Monotypic Zingiberales genera
Zingiberaceae genera


title: Samuel Pratt (priest)

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Samuel Pratt (died 14 November 1723) was a Canon of Windsor from 1697 - 1723 and Dean of Rochester from 1706 - 1723.

Career
He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School and St Catharine's College, Cambridge and graduated D.D. (per lit. reg.) in 1697.

He was appointed:
Head Master of Wye Grammar School, Kent
Chaplain to the Princess of Denmark
Rector of Kenardington, Kent 1682 - 1693
Vicar of Islington, 1690
Vicar of All Hallows' Church, Tottenham 1693 - 1707
Curate of St Mary le Strand 1697 (the congregation then used the Savoy Chapel)
Chief domestic Chaplain to Queen Anne
Sub-preceptor to Prince William, Duke of Gloucester
Dean of Rochester 1706 - 1723
Clerk of the Closet 1706 - 1714
Vicar of Goudhurst, Kent 1700 - 1713
Vicar of Twickenham 1712 - 1723

He was appointed to the fourth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1697, and held the stall until 1723.

Notes

Year of birth missing
1723 deaths
People educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood
Alumni of St Catharine's College, Cambridge
Canons of Windsor
Deans of Rochester
Clerks of the Closet
Academics of Wye College


title: Jayant Desai

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Jayant Desai (born Jayantilal Jhinabhai Desai, 28 February 1909 – 19 April 1976) was an Indian film director and producer. After graduating from the University of Bombay Desai joined Ranjit Studios in 1929 where he directed numerous films including Toofani Toli (1937), Tansen (1943), Har Har Mahadev (1950) and Amber (1952). Tansen was the second highest grossing Indian film of 1943. Besides film direction he also acted in several films. In 1943 he left Ranjit Studios to found his own production company, Jayant Desai Productions. In 1960s he founded Jupiter Films and Hemlata Pictures.

Biography

Desai was born in Surat on 28 February 1909. He had graduated from University of Bombay.

Ranjit film company

In 1929 Desai joined Ranjit Film Company, where he initially worked as an assistant director for Chandulal Shah's Rajputani and Nandlal Jaswantlal's Pahadi Kanya. His first independent directorial work was the 1930 film Noor-e-Watan (Translation: Glory of the nation). A few films he had directed while working as an assistant director at Ranjit Film company were Do Badmash (1932), Char Chakram (1932) and Bhutio Mahal (1932) featuring Ghory and Dixit who were called the Indian Laurel and Hardy. One of his films Toofani Toli (1937) was a commercial success and earned him reputation as a director of comedy films. His 1938 film Billi was loosely based on Damsel in Distress. He had directed the 1943 historical film Tansen based on the life of classical musician Tansen who was one of the navratnas in the court of Mughal emperor Akbar. The film was the second highest grossing Indian film of that year.

Later career

By 1943, Desai was one of the leading directors of Ranjit Studios and had starred in many mythological films like Veer Babruwahan (1934) with Eddie Bilimoria in the lead role. In the same year he left Ranjit studios and started his own production company; Jayant Desai Productions. The 1944 film Manorama was his first film under his own production banner. He had directed the 1952 Raj Kapoor and Nargis starrer film Amber. and the 1950 blockbuster hit Hindu mythological film Har Har Mahadev featuring Trilok Kapoor as Shiva and Nirupa Roy as Parvati. In the film Ambar, Tanuja played the role of Nargis' character's childhood. During the shooting of one of his films Bansuri, singer Mukesh met Raj Kapoor, who was the film's assistant director. This meeting helped establish the career of Mukesh. Desai had directed the 1940 film Diwali. As an independent producer, he founded Jupiter Films and Hemlata Pictures in the early 1960s. He had directed the 1945 historical film Samrat Chandragupta (translation:Emperor Chandragupta) based on the life of Chandragupta Maurya, the founder of the Mauryan Empire, and the Kundan Lal Saigal musical film Tadbir (1945) in which Shashi Kapoor (then 7 years old) acted as a child artist. He had directed the 1935 film College Girl.

Filmography
As Director

 Noor-E-Watan  (1930)
 Jawan Mard (1930)
 Joban Na Jadu  (1930)
 Vilasi Atma (1931)
 Vijay Lakshmi (1931)
 Mukti Sangram (1931)
 Katil Katari (1931)
 Banke Sawariya (1931)
 Sipahsalar (1932)
 Lal Swar (1932)
 Fauladi Pahelwan (1932)
 Do Badmash (1932)
 Char Chakram (1932)
 Bhutio Mahal (1932)
 Krishna Sudama (1933)
 Bhool Bhulaiyan (1933)
 Bhola Shikar (1933)
 Veer Babruwahan (1934)
 Toofan Mail (1934)
 Sitamgarh (1934)
 Nadira (1934)
 Noor-E-Watan (1935)
 College Kanya (1935)
 Rangila Raja (1936)
 Raj Ramani (1936)
 Matlabi Duniya (1936)
 Laheri Lala (1936)
 Zameen Ka Chand (1937)
 Toofani Toli (1937)
 Mitti Ka Putla (1937)
 Prithvi Putra (1938)
 Billi (The Cat) (1938)
 Ban Ki Chidiya  (1938)
 Sant Tulsidas (1939)
 Diwali (1940)
  (1940)
 Shaadi (1941)
 Beti  (1941)
 Fariyaad (1942)
 Chandni (1942)
 Zaban (1943)
 Tansen (1943)
 Bhaktaraj  (1943)
 Bansari (1943)
 Manorama (1944)
 Lalkar (1944)
 Tadbir (1945)
 Samrat Chandragupta  (1945)
 Maharana Pratap (1946)
 Veer Bhimsen (film)|Veer Bhimsen (1950)
 Shaan (1950)
 Har Har Mahadev  (1950)
 Shri Ganesh Janma  (1951)
 Dasavtaar  (1951)
 Shiv Shakti (1952)
 Nishan Danka (1952)
 Amber (1952)
 Naya Raasta (1953)
 Manchala (1953)
 Hazaar Raaten (1953)
 Shiv Ratri (1954)
 Miss Mala (1954)
 Sati Madalasa (1955)
 Hamara Watan (1956)
 Basant Panchami  (1956)
 Lakshmi Pooja (1957)
 Zamana Badal Gaya''  (1961)

References

External links

1909 births
1976 deaths
20th-century Indian film directors
Film producers from Gujarat
People from Surat
Hindi-language film directors
Film directors from Gujarat


title: 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles

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The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Eugene, Oregon, USA, at Hayward Field on 23, 24 and 25 July.

Medalists

Records

Results

Final
25 July
Start time: 19:33  Temperature: 27 °C  Humidity: 37 %

Semifinals
24 July
First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final

Summary

Details
First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final

Semifinal 1
25 July
Start time: 12:23  Temperature: 21 °C  Humidity: 53%

Semifinal 2
25 July
Start time: 12:29  Temperature: 21 °C  Humidity: 53%

Semifinal 3
25 July
Start time: 12:35  Temperature: 21 °C  Humidity: 53%

Heats
23 July
First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 8 fastest (q) advance to the Semi-Finals

Summary

Details
First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 8 fastest (q) advance to the Semi-Finals

Heat 1
25 July
Start time: 12:09  Temperature: 16 °C  Humidity: 88%

Heat 2
25 July
Start time: 12:14  Temperature: 16 °C  Humidity: 88%

Heat 3
25 July
Start time: 12:20  Temperature: 16 °C  Humidity: 88%

Heat 4
25 July
Start time: 12:28  Temperature: 16 °C  Humidity: 88%

Note:
IAAF Rule 168.7(a) - Trailing leg

Heat 5
25 July
Start time: 12:31  Temperature: 16 °C  Humidity: 88%

Note:
BIB 1020 Welington Zaza - Yellow Card - 162.5(b) Delaying the start

Heat 6
25 July
Start time: 12:41  Temperature: 16 °C  Humidity: 88%

Heat 7
25 July
Start time: 12:46  Temperature: 16 °C  Humidity: 88%

Heat 8
25 July
Start time: 12:51  Temperature: 16 °C  Humidity: 88%

Participation
According to an unofficial count, 57 athletes from 43 countries participated in the event.

References

External links
 400 metres hurdles schedule

400 metres hurdles
2014 in sports in Oregon
400 metres hurdles at the World Athletics U20 Championships


title: Charles M. Thatcher

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Charles M. Thatcher July 25, 1847 – December 13, 1900) was an American soldier who fought in the American Civil War. Thatcher received his country's highest award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor. Thatcher's medal was won for his heroism in the Battle of the Crater in Virginia on July 30, 1864. He was honored with the award on July 31, 1896.

Thatcher was born in Coldwater, Michigan, and entered service On 5 Dec 1862 at Grand Haven, he enlisted giving his age as 18. It was in fact actual age 15 years 4 months 12 days. He was buried in Kalkaska, Michigan.

Medal of Honor citation

See also
List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: T–Z

References

1843 births
1900 deaths
American Civil War prisoners of war
American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor
People from Coldwater, Michigan
People of Michigan in the American Civil War
Union Army soldiers
United States Army Medal of Honor recipients
Date of birth unknown


title: Lilly Singh

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Lilly Saini Singh (born September 26, 1988) is a Canadian YouTuber, television host, comedian, and writer. Singh began making YouTube videos in 2010. She originally appeared under the pseudonym Superwoman (stylized IISuperwomanII), her YouTube username until 2019. In 2016, she was included in Forbes list of world's highest paid YouTubers ranking third and earning a reported $7.5 million. By 2017, she was ranked tenth on the Forbes list of the world's highest-paid YouTube stars, earning a reported $10.5 million; as of February 2022 she has 14.7 million subscribers and over three billion video views. Forbes named her one of the 40 most powerful people in comedy in 2019. She has received an MTV Fandom Award, four Streamy Awards, two Teen Choice Awards and a People's Choice Award. In addition, Singh has received nominations for a Daytime Emmy Award and two Canadian Screen Awards.

In 2016, Singh released her first film, a documentary chronicling her world tour, entitled A Trip to Unicorn Island. In March 2017, she released her first book, How to Be a Bawse: A Guide to Conquering Life, which reached number one on the New York Times best-seller list. From September 2019 to June 2021, Singh acted as executive producer and host of the NBC late-night talk show A Little Late with Lilly Singh. She is the first person of Indian descent to host an American major broadcast network late-night talk show.

Early life and education
Singh was born and raised in the Scarborough district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Her parents, Malvindar Kaur and Sukvindar Singh, are Indian Punjabi immigrants of Saini Rajput descent from Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India, and raised her as a Sikh. Her older sister Tina (born 1982) is also a YouTuber; she makes videos about her family life with her husband and their three sons, under the name 'The Tina Singh' (formerly 'MOM BOSS OF 3').  Singh had said she was a tomboy as a child. She attended Mary Shadd Public School during her elementary years, and in 2006, she graduated from Lester B. Pearson Collegiate Institute in Malvern, Toronto, where she returned as an alumna to visit her old teachers. She was a member of Girl Guides of Canada and participated in their youth programs. In 2010, she graduated from York University in Toronto with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology.

Career

Creating YouTube channel and rise to popularity (2010–2014)

In October 2010, Singh started a YouTube channel under the pseudonym "IISuperwomanII". She has explained that the name Superwoman was prompted by a childhood idea, making her believe she could do anything. Starting out, Singh had intended to go to graduate school as her parents had requested, but chose to make YouTube videos and decided that she would return to graduate school if her YouTube career did not progress.

In December 2011, Singh created a second channel called "SuperwomanVlogs", now titled "Lilly Singh Vlogs", where she chronicles her daily activities and includes behind the scenes footage from her videos. She used it as a second channel to upload videos until August 2014, when she began uploading vlogs. Singh appeared as a background dancer in the movies Speedy Singhs and Thank You in 2011. When Singh acquired 100,000 subscribers in 2012, she applied to YouTube for monetization on her videos. When YouTube accepted, Singh "became more career-minded" and bought her first camera for $699.

In August 2013, Singh was featured alongside Jassi Sidhu in his Punjabi song Hipshaker. Singh rapped in the song Mauj Ki Malharein, which played in the Bollywood drama Gulaab Gang in August 2014. In July of the same year, she released a song titled #LEH in a collaboration with her friend, author and rapper Kanwer Singh, who is known by the pseudonym "Humble the Poet". In 2014, Singh appeared in a small role in the Canadian production Dr. Cabbie.

In 2014, her channel ranked at #39 on New Media Rockstars Top 100 Channels. The same year, she was nominated for a Shorty Award and a Streamy Award.

World tour, move to Los Angeles, and documentary (2015–2016)
She recorded and released another music video in February 2015 titled The Clean Up Anthem in collaboration with Canadian artist Sickick.
In March 2015, Singh began a world tour called "A Trip to Unicorn Island", adapting her YouTube content and including singing, dancing, music performances, comedy, and her parent characters. Her tour covered India, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai, Canada, Trinidad and Tobago, the United Kingdom, and the United States. She documented the tour in her first feature movie, A Trip to Unicorn Island, which also describes how YouTube fame is affecting her life. The movie was released on February 10, 2016, on YouTube Red (now called YouTube Premium). She describes the film as being very "raw and genuine".

In April 2015, Singh released a song about her hometown Toronto in collaboration with Humble the Poet titled #IVIVI (roman numerals for 416, Toronto's area code).
In September 2015, People magazine included Singh on their annual "Ones to Watch" list. Lilly received her first MTV Fandom Award, was nominated for two Teen Choice Awards, and won her first Streamy Award later that year.

In December 2015, she moved to Los Angeles to further her career.

In October 2016, she ranked 8th on Forbes list of World's Top-Earning YouTube Stars of 2015. She was also featured in Fast Company Magazine as the 100 Most Creative People in Business. Variety magazine recognized her as one of their 10 Comics to Watch for 2016, and she was honored at the Just For Laughs Film Festival in Montreal. In July 2016, she won two Teen Choice Awards from her three nominations.

In 2016, she voiced miniature unicorns named Bubbles and Misty in the animated film Ice Age: Collision Course and played a cameo role in the movie Bad Moms.

Continued popularity, debut book and Unicorn Island Productions (2017–2018)

In January 2017, she won a People's Choice Award for "Favorite YouTube Star". In September 2017, Singh won her fourth Streamy Award.

Her first book, How to Be a Bawse: A Guide to Conquering Life, was released on March 28, 2017. The book reached No. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list. She won the award for Best Non-Fiction at the 2017 Goodreads Choice Awards. Her 2017 world tour was centered around the book release and key concepts she discussed.  A successor book, titled Be A Triangle, was released on April 5, 2022.
Singh was cast in HBO's film adaptation of Fahrenheit 451 after recording an audition outside an Internet café in Melbourne, Australia. She was in the region to promote her book and rushed the audition at her agent's urging around 2 a.m. in May 2017. She plays the character of Raven, "a tabloid blogger who works with the fire department to spread the ministry's propaganda by broadcasting their book-burning raids to fans".

In October 2017, she hosted SlutWalk, an initiative started by Amber Rose.

In November 2017, Lilly Singh was also chosen as an ambassador for Pantene shampoo and partnered with Calvin Klein. In 2018, Singh appeared in the music video for Maroon 5's "Girls Like You" featuring Cardi B.

In 2018, Singh was to star in NBC pilot Bright Futures. The show was later cancelled by NBC and the pilot episode was left unaired.

On April 13, 2018, Singh announced that she had launched her own production company Unicorn Island Productions. The company is based in Los Angeles, California.

A Little Late with Lilly Singh, and other television ventures (2019–present)
In March 2019, NBC announced that Singh would host a new late night talk show, A Little Late with Lilly Singh, which succeeded Last Call with Carson Daly following its series finale later in the year. The show premiered on September 16, 2019, to positive reviews by critics.

In August 2019, Singh dropped the name "Superwoman" in an Instagram post.

Born to Sikh parents and raised Sikh herself, Singh nevertheless garnered controversy for her remarks on turbans. During a visit to Jessica Alba's home, Singh met Alba's two young daughters who were both wearing twisted towels on their heads, to which Singh responded "They look like my Punjabi friends [...]" On September 27, 2019, BBC reported that Singh had apologized for an on-air joke that compared turbans to bath towels, in which members of the Sikh religion, who wear turbans for spiritual reasons, were angered by her remarks on NBC, with the BBC remarking that "[Singh] has used her platform to often call out public figures who she says deserve to be 'cancelled' for their offences."

On October 19, 2019, Singh was named one of Vogue Indias Women of the Year. Singh was nominated for "Audience Choice Creator of the Year" at the 9th Streamy Awards. She also was placed on Time's 100 Next, a list highlighting rising stars in different industries.

On May 13, 2020, NBC renewed A Little Late With Lilly Singh for a second season. It premiered on January 11, 2021.

On May 28, 2020, Singh partnered with the video-sharing app TikTok to start creating videos on the app. As of July 2023, she has over 1.5 million followers and over 30 million total likes on the app.

In July 2020, Singh announced that she and other celebrities were bringing a National Women's Soccer League team to Los Angeles. Angel City FC is expected to play in 2022.

On August 18, 2020, Singh announced on the Today Show that she will be getting her own sketch comedy show, called Sketchy Times with Lilly Singh. NBC ordered 2 episodes of the show and was shot and filmed in Singh's home. The show was released on October 29, on Peacock.

On September 1, 2020, Singh and other celebrities partnered with the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics organizing committee to create one of many emblems for the 2028 Summer Olympics. Her "A" represents pride.

On September 11, 2020, it was announced that Singh will voice Penny in Riverdance: The Animated Adventure. It was also announced in October that Singh would be voicing a character in another movie, titled Hitpig. She will voice Pickles.

On February 4, 2021, it was reported that Singh would be partnering with children's media company PocketWatch, to create her own animated musical short film titled Lilly Singh's Proud Princess. The show is centered around the theme of LGBTQ pride.

On May 6, 2021, Singh and NBC announced that A Little Late with Lilly Singh will end after 2 seasons. Singh signed onto a comedy project (produced by Kenya Barris) on Netflix. She and her Unicorn Island Productions banner struck a deal with Universal Television Alternative Studio.

She appears as Liv in the second season of the Hulu series Dollface, which premiered on February 11, 2022. In October 2021, it was announced that Singh would be a judge on the second season of Canada's Got Talent, which premiered in March 2022. She also starred in The Muppets Mayhem for Disney+, which was announced on March 7, 2022. The show received mostly positive reviews. She produced and starred in the YouTube original series Mindful Adventures in Unicorn Island, released in 2023.

On April 6, 2022, Singh released her new book, Be A Triangle.

In October 2022, it was announced that Singh would host CTV's new primetime quiz show titled Battle of the Generations, which premiered on June 19, 2023.

In March 2023, Singh co-hosted the 95th Academy Awards preshow.

Public image
Punjabi culture is frequently portrayed in her videos, which contain satires on people's complaints and prominent issues. Her most popular video is Three Girls, One Elevator (ft. Zendaya & Winnie Harlow) which also promotes her women's empowerment campaign GirlLove, and her most popular series features her fictional parents, Paramjeet and Manjeet, both played by Singh herself, reacting to trending and controversial videos. She also frequently collaborates with celebrities on her videos.

Singh has been accused of cultural appropriation of African-American culture by such publications as The Huffington Post, Bitch, ColorLines, and Vice. Anna Silman of The Cut accused Singh of appropriating both black and Indo-Caribbean culture on her channel because of her tendency to don a "blaccent", whilst making rap videos sporting chains and cornrows. Tayo Bero of Teen Vogue wrote that "[Singh] falls into a category of non-black people of color in entertainment who have built massive followings often by mimicking black culture and leaning heavily into black stereotypes." Rachna Raj Kaur and Radheyan Simonpillai of Now similarly criticized Singh's appropriation of black culture due to her use of braids, hip-hop slang and Caribbean accents. Singh has responded to the criticism by stating her mannerisms are due to her upbringing, adding "all my friends from Scarborough [Toronto] act exactly like me."

Singh expressed her support for the George Floyd protests, and attended one herself in Los Angeles. She was featured in a campaign fundraiser for the Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign. Singh also expressed her support for the 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest, in various social media posts. In 2023, she expressed her outrage over the killing of Jaahnavi Kandula in Seattle, Washington, on social media.

In 2017, Singh was announced as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, to advocate for children's rights. She has led a campaign called "GirlLove", promoting girls to end girl-on-girl bullying. In July 2018, Lilly travelled to South Africa to meet the students of elementary schools who spoke against bullying and classroom violence. Since 2022, Singh created the "Unicorn Island Fund", a non-profit charity that continues the work of "GirlLove".

Personal life
Singh is an Indo-Canadian who developed a strong connection with her Punjabi heritage during visits to India. Although raised as a Sikh, she stated in an Instagram post that she does not follow any religion but she strongly believes in God. She struggled with depression and arachnophobia and began making YouTube videos as a way of dealing with her feelings. As a young adult, she lived with her parents in Markham, Ontario. In February 2019, Singh came out as bisexual via social media.

Filmography

Film

Television

Web

Music videos

Discography

Singles

Bibliography
 How to be a Bawse: A Guide to Conquering Life (2017)
 Be A Triangle: How I Went From Being Lost Into Getting My Life Into Shape (2022)

Awards and nominations

See also
 South Asian Canadians in the Greater Toronto Area

Notes

References

External links

 Lilly Singh at YouTube

1988 births
Living people
21st-century Canadian actresses
21st-century Canadian comedians
21st-century Canadian non-fiction writers
21st-century Canadian women writers
21st-century Canadian LGBT people
Actresses from Toronto
Actresses from Ontario
Actresses in Hindi cinema
Bisexual actresses
Bisexual comedians
Canadian actresses of Indian descent
Canadian bloggers
Canadian expatriate actresses in the United States
Canadian film actresses
Canadian game show hosts
Canadian people of Punjabi descent
Former Sikhs
Canadian television actresses
Canadian voice actresses
Canadian television talk show hosts
Canadian women bloggers
Canadian women comedians
Canadian writers of Asian descent
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title: Boesenbergia

text:
Boesenbergia is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It contains more than 90 species, native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, and Southeast Asia (Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, etc.).

Species
Plants of the World Online currently includes:
Boesenbergia alba (K.Larsen & R.M.Sm.) Mood & L.M.Prince - Thailand
Boesenbergia albolutea (Baker) Schltr. - Andaman Islands
Boesenbergia albomaculata S.Q.Tong - Yunnan
 Boesenbergia albosanguinea (Ridl.) Loes.
Boesenbergia angustifolia (Hallier f.) Schltr. - Thailand, Sumatra
Boesenbergia apiculata (Valeton) Loes. in H.G.A.Engler - Kalimantan
Boesenbergia armeniaca Cowley - Brunei, Sabah
 Boesenbergia atropurpurea Mas Izzaty & Meekiong
 Boesenbergia aurantiaca R.M.Sm.
Boesenbergia baimaii Saensouk & K.Larsen - Thailand
Boesenbergia basispicata K.Larsen ex Sirirugsa - Thailand
Boesenbergia belalongensis A.D.Poulsen - Brunei
 Boesenbergia bella Mood & L.M.Prince
Boesenbergia bruneiana Cowley - Brunei
Boesenbergia burttiana R.M.Sm. - Sarawak
 Boesenbergia burttii (K.Larsen & Jenjitt.) Mood & L.M.Prince
Boesenbergia clivalis (Ridl.) Schltr. - Peninsular Malaysia
 Boesenbergia collinsii Mood & L.M.Prince
Boesenbergia cordata R.M.Sm. - Sarawak
Boesenbergia curtisii (Baker) Schltr. - Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand
Boesenbergia decus-silvae (Hallier f.) Ardiyani & Mood
Boesenbergia extensa (K.Schum.) Veldkamp & Mood
Boesenbergia flabellata S.Sakai & Nagam.  - Sarawak
Boesenbergia flava Holttum - Peninsular Malaysia
Boesenbergia flavoalba R.M.Sm. - Borneo
Boesenbergia flavorubra R.M.Sm. - Sabah, Sarawak
Boesenbergia gelatinosa K.Larsen - Thailand
Boesenbergia grandifolia (Valeton) Merr. - Borneo
Boesenbergia grandis R.M.Sm. - Sabah, Sarawak
Boesenbergia hirta (Ridl.) Merr. - Sarawak
Boesenbergia hosensis Cowley - Sarawak
Boesenbergia hutchinsonii B.L.Burtt & R.M.Sm. - Sarawak
Boesenbergia imbakensis S.Sakai & Nagam. - Sabah
 Boesenbergia isanensis Saensouk & P.Saensouk
Boesenbergia ischnosiphon S.Sakai & Nagam. - Sarawak
Boesenbergia islamii Yusof & M.A.Rahman - Bangladesh
Boesenbergia jangarunii Cowley - Brunei
Boesenbergia kenali C.K.Lim - Peninsular Malaysia
Boesenbergia kerbyi R.M.Sm. - Sarawak
 Boesenbergia kerrii Mood, L.M.Prince & Triboun
 Boesenbergia kingii Mood & L.M.Prince
Boesenbergia laevivaginata S.Sakai & Nagam. - Sabah, Sarawak
Boesenbergia lambirensis S.Sakai & Nagam. - Sarawak
 Boesenbergia laotica (Picheans. & Mokkamul) Mood & L.M.Prince
 Boesenbergia latilabra (Valeton) Veldkamp & Mood
 Boesenbergia latongensis Meekiong, Ipor & Ibrahim
Boesenbergia loerzingii (Valeton) K.Larsen ex M.F.Newman, Lhuillier & A.D.Poulsen - Sumatra
Boesenbergia longiflora (Wall.) Kuntze - Myanmar
Boesenbergia longipes (King & Prain ex Ridl.) Schltr. - Perak, Thailand
Boesenbergia longipetiolata (Ridl.) Merr. - Mindanao
Boesenbergia lysichitoides S.Sakai & Nagam. - Sarawak
Boesenbergia macropoda Merr. - Jolo
 Boesenbergia magna (R.M.Sm.) Veldkamp & Mood
Boesenbergia maxwellii Mood, L.M.Prince & Triboun - Myanmar, Thailand
 Boesenbergia meghalayensis Aishwarya & M.Sabu
Boesenbergia minor (Baker) Kuntze - Peninsular Malaysia
Boesenbergia ochroleuca (Ridl.) Schltr. - Thailand
Boesenbergia oligosperma (K.Schum.) R.M.Sm.  - Sarawak
Boesenbergia orbiculata R.M.Sm. - Brunei, Sarawak
Boesenbergia ornata (N.E.Br.) R.M.Sm. - Kalimantan
Boesenbergia parva (Ridl.) Merr. - Sarawak
Boesenbergia parvula (Wall. ex Baker) Kuntze - Myanmar, Thailand
 Boesenbergia pauciflora (R.M.Sm.) Veldkamp & Mood
Boesenbergia petiolata Sirirugsa - Thailand
 Boesenbergia phengklaii Mood
Boesenbergia plicata (Ridl.) Holttum - Myanmar, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia
Boesenbergia prainiana (King ex Baker) Schltr. - Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia
Boesenbergia pulchella (Ridl.) Merr. - Sabah, Sarawak
Boesenbergia pulcherrima (Wall.) Kuntze - India, Thailand, Myanmar, Peninsular Malaysia – type species
 Boesenbergia purpureorubra Mood & L.M.Prince
 Boesenbergia putiana Mood & L.M.Prince
 Boesenbergia quangngaiensis N.S.Lý
Boesenbergia regalis Kharuk. & Tohdam - Thailand
Boesenbergia roseopunctata (Ridl.) I.M.Turner - Sumatra
Boesenbergia rotunda (L.) Mansf. - Yunnan, Indochina, Java, Malaysia, Sumatra, Andaman Islands; introduced into India and Sri Lanka
Boesenbergia rubrolutea (Baker) Kuntze - Assam
Boesenbergia siamensis (Gagnep.) Sirirugsa - Thailand
Boesenbergia siphonantha (King ex Baker) M.Sabu, Prasanthk. & Škornick. - Indochina
Boesenbergia stenophylla R.M.Sm. - Borneo
Boesenbergia striata (Valeton) Loes. in H.G.A.Engler - Kalimantan
Boesenbergia subulata S.Sakai & Nagam - Borneo
Boesenbergia tenuispicata K.Larsen - Thailand
Boesenbergia thailandica (K.Larsen) Mood & L.M.Prince
Boesenbergia thorelii (Gagnep.) Loes. in H.G.A.Engler - Indochina
Boesenbergia tiliifolia (Baker) Kuntze - India, Assam
Boesenbergia tillandsiodes (Baker) Kuntze - India, Assam, Peninsular Malaysia
Boesenbergia trangensis K.Larsen - Thailand
Boesenbergia uniflora (K.Schum.) Ardiyani & Mood
Boesenbergia urceoligena A.D.Poulsen - Brunei
Boesenbergia variegata R.M.Sm. - Sabah, Sarawak
Boesenbergia violacea (K.Larsen & Triboun) Mood & L.M.Prince
Boesenbergia vittata (N.E.Br.) Loes. in H.G.A.Engler - Sumatra
Boesenbergia xiphostachya (Gagnep.) Loes. in H.G.A.Engler - Vietnam
Note: Boesenbergia fallax Loes. in H.G.A.Engler is a synonym of Zingiber fallax (Loes.) L.Bai, Juan Chen & N.H.Xia

References

External links

Zingiberoideae
Zingiberaceae genera


title: Qillqa (Melgar)

text:
Qillqa (Quechua for writing (the act and art of writing)  Hispanicized spelling Quilca) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about  high. It is located in the Puno Region, Melgar Province, Macari District, near the border with the Cusco Region, Espinar Province, Alto Pichigua District.

References

Mountains of Peru
Mountains of Puno Region


title: John Passmore (artist)

text:
John Richard Passmore (4 February 1904 – 9 October 1984) was an abstract impressionist Australian artist. Passmore trained in Australia before spending many years in England. He returned to Australia, where he taught. When he died he left his money to his family but his paintings to an acquaintance.

Life
Passmore was born on 4 February 1904 at Redfern, New South Wales. His parents were Elizabeth and John Passmore, who was a watchman. He was only thirteen when he left school and began working as a signwriter's assistant. Passmore studied at the Julian Ashton Art School, which is also known as the Sydney Art School. His fellow students included Jean Bellette and Paul Haefliger. He married Muriel Roscoe in 1925, and they had one son. However, in 1933 he left the relationship and, like Bellette and Haefliger, he travelled to England and studied at the Westminster School of Art, where he was taught by figurative painters Bernard Meninsky and Mark Gertler.

For many years, Passmore lived in England, working as a layout artist with Lintas both before and after World War II. For most of the war, he was a conscript in the Royal Air Force. During his time in England, he sometimes stayed in a cottage in Suffolk owned by his supervisor at Lintas. There he painted landscape compositions strongly influenced by Paul Cézanne.

Returning to Australia in 1951, Passmore taught art, first at his alma mater, Julian Ashton School. Passmore was the main teacher at this impressive private school as the previous lead teacher Henry Gibbons retired. One of his favourite students, Yvonne Audette, compared his return to the school as "like Moses". He taught the students to look at the subject of their paintings as not only a connection of rods, but also as a collection of facets and as a creation of basis mathematical shapes. The workaholic Passmore enthused about Cézanne and passed his, and Cézanne's, views on tone and structure onto his students. Passmore, however, was also a difficult person. He was barely making enough money to keep himself and he was bitter that he had to struggle. He worked hard on his own work, but it was kept in a separate room and his students were not allowed to see it.

Passmore then went on to teach at the Newcastle Technical College, and finally East Sydney Technical College. His students included John Olsen, Keith Looby and Colin Lanceley. his paintings from the period stood between expressionism and abstraction; the works are often compared to another artist of the period, Ian Fairweather.

Passmore had a heart attack in the early 1960s. Passmore lived the last decades of his life painting, as a recluse, and his final weeks were in a home for the destitute near his birthplace. Passmore died on 9 October 1984 in Sydney. In his will, he left 270 paintings to Elinor Wrobel, a stranger who befriended him at an art gallery. These included many created during that later period. Passmore's son was left £70,000 but he also contested the will. An out of court settlement was made and Wrobel retained control of the artist's estate of paintings, and she eventually closed the gallery owned by her and her husband and they opened a museum in which over forty of the paintings were displayed.

Passmore was cremated, and his ashes were placed in Wrobel's garden at his request. Works by Passmore are held by the National Gallery of Australia and most of the country's other major public collections. The Art Gallery of New South Wales holds many works by Passmore, including paintings and drawings. The Gallery organised a touring retrospective exhibition of his work in 1985; one of Passmore's paintings, Poppies, fruit and skull, was included in the Gallery's 2014 exhibition of Australian still lifes.

References

1904 births
1984 deaths
Australian artists
Julian Ashton Art School alumni
Australian mid-20th century modern painters


title: List of VLF-transmitters

text:
A list of VLF-transmitters and LF-transmitters, which work or worked on frequencies below 100 kHz.

List of VLF transmissions

Demolished

References

Time signal radio stations
Radio navigation
Submarines
Military radio systems
Radio spectrum


title: 2015–16 Liga II

text:
The 2015–16 Liga II was the 76th season of the Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football league system.  The season began on  29 August.

The 28 teams were divided in two series (with 14 teams each). The regular season was played in a round-robin tournament. The first six teams from each series played a play-off for promotion to Liga I. Because of switching to a system with just one series of 22 teams from next season, there will be 11 teams relegated from Liga II this year. After the regular season, the last two teams in each series relegated to Liga III; the last 3 teams in each play-out pool also relegated, while the 3rd placed teams in the play-out faced off in a game that determined the 11th relegated team.

Team changes
At the end of 2014–15 season, Voluntari from Seria I and Poli Timișoara from Seria II were promoted to Liga I. Four teams were relegated to Liga III: Unirea Slobozia and Săgeata Năvodari (Seria I), Olt Slatina and Fortuna Poiana Câmpina (Seria II).Last six teams from 2014–15 Liga I were relegated to Liga II: Gaz Metan Mediaș, Brașov, Universitatea Cluj, Rapid București, Oțelul Galați, Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț.The winners of the five 2014–15 Liga III series were promoted to Liga II:  Bucovina Pojorâta, Dunărea Călărași, Chindia Târgoviște, UTA Arad and Baia Mare.

Renamed teams

Academica Argeș was moved back to Clinceni and renamed Academica Clinceni.
CF Brăila was renamed Dacia Unirea Brăila.

Seria I

Stadia by capacity and locations

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Managerial changes

Seria II

Stadia by capacity and locations

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Managerial changes

League tables

Seria I

Seria II

Promotion play-offs

At the end of the regular season, the first six teams from each series will play a Promotion play-off. The winners will be promoted to Liga I and the second place from both series will play a Play-Off match. The winner will play against 12th place in Liga I, and the winner of this second match will play in Liga I. The teams will start the play-off with half of the number of points gained in the regular season, after the results with the last two teams are canceled.

Seria I

Seria II

Relegation play-outs
At the end of the regular season, the teams that are on 13th and 14th places will be relegated to Liga III. The teams from 7th place to 12th place will play a relegation play-out. At the end of the play-out, the last 3 teams in both series relegate directly, while the team that finishes on 3rd place from Seria I will play a Play-Out match with the 3rd place from Seria II, the loser of which will also relegate to Liga III. The teams will start the play-out with half of the number of points gained in the regular season, after the results with the last two teams are canceled.

Seria I

Seria II

Liga I play-offs
The 12th-placed team of the Liga I faced the winner of the match between the 2nd-placed teams of Seria I and Seria II.

First round

Second round

Notes:
 Voluntari qualified for 2016–17 Liga I and UTA Arad qualified for 2016–17 Liga II.

Liga II play-out
The 9th-placed team of the Seria I faced 9th-placed team of Seria II.

Notes:
 Gloria Buzău withdrew from the relegation play-out and the matches were homologated with 0–3. Gloria Buzău relegated to Liga III.

References

2015-16
Rom
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title: 2014–15 Russian Football National League

text:
The 2014–15 Russian National Football League was the 23rd season of Russia's second-tier football league since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The season began on 6 July 2014 and ended on 30 May 2015.

Teams

League table

Results

Statistics

Scoring
 First goal of the season: Stanislav Prokofyev for Luch-Energiya against SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk (6 July 2014)

Top goalscorers

References

External links
Official website

2
Russian First League seasons
Rus


title: Horizons (Kris Allen album)

text:
Horizons is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Kris Allen. It was released on August 12, 2014, by Allen's independent label, DogBear Records. Allen also organized a Stageit show as a release party for the record where he performed the full album set and also a song called Unique. A portion of the proceeds from the album go to benefit Music Empowers Foundation.

Background

Allen was dropped by RCA Records in 2012, after releasing two albums - Kris Allen (2009) and Thank You Camellia (2012) - through the label. He released Horizons independently through his own label, DogBear Records.

As a result of an accident which broke his wrist, Allen had to change his approach to music making for this album, in particular he began to use a finger-picking style of guitar playing. According to Allen, "it’s a different way to play and some of those songs  were written when my hand was in a cast so all I had was my fingers. I think it made me a bit more melodic than just strumming a bunch of chords." He sought out the producer Charlie Peacock to produce his album.  Peacock introduced Allen to a number of people, including Lenachka with whom he recorded "Prove It to You".  "Prove It to You" was released as the lead single from the album on July 7, 2014.

Commercial performance
The album debuted on the Billboard 200 at No. 80 with 4,000 copies sold for the week in the US.

Track listing

Charts

Personnel

Kris Allen — Acoustic guitar, beat box, electric guitar, primary artist, vocals
Sam Ashworth — Clapping, engineer, percussion, stomping, vocals
Richie Biggs — Engineer, mastering, mixing
CP — Engineer
Richard Dodd — Mastering
Cody Fry — Programming, vocals
Mark Hill — Bass
Evan Hutchings — Drums

Andy Leftwich — Fiddle, mandolin
Ken Lewis — Percussion
Brenton Little — Design, Photography
Andrew St. Marie — Piano
Jerry McPherson — Electric guitar
Charlie Peacock — Keyboards, percussion, piano, producer, programming
K.S. Rhoads — Piano
James Sweeting — Clapping, engineer, production coordination, programming, stomping

Release dates

References

External links

2014 albums
Albums produced by Charlie Peacock
Kris Allen albums


title: George Heath (priest)

text:
George Heath D.D. (baptised 3 December 1745 – 23 February 1822) was a Canon of Windsor from 1800 to 1822 and Head Master of Eton College from 1792 to 1802.

Career

He was born the younger son of the scholar Benjamin Heath (1704–1766) and was educated at King's College, Cambridge. His elder brother Benjamin was Headmaster of Harrow School.

He was appointed:
Head Master of Eton College, 1792–1802
Rector of Monks Risborough
Vicar of Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
Vicar of Piddletown
Vicar of East Beachworth, 1805–1814
 Fellow of the Royal Society, 1795–1822

He was appointed to the fourth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1800, and held the stall until 1822.

Notes

1745 births
1822 deaths
Alumni of King's College, Cambridge
Canons of Windsor
Head Masters of Eton College
Fellows of the Royal Society


title: Schwanheide station

text:
Schwanheide station was a border station during the division of Germany on the Berlin–Hamburg Railway in the German Democratic Republic. It is in the Mecklenburg town of Schwanheide, which is now in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. With the upgrade of the Berlin–Hamburg railway under the German Unity Transport Projects, the former railway station was reduced in status to a “halt”.

History
Schwanheide station was opened on 1 December 1886. Originally, the station only offered passenger services. From 1 May 1908, the station catered for freight traffic and was equipped with a loading dock.

After the Second World War, the Berlin–Hamburg railway between Schwanheide and Büchen was divided by the Inner German border. On the eastern side, one of the two main tracks between Berlin and Schwanheide was dismantled for reparations. Even on the West German side, the second track was also dismantled between the former border station of Büchen and Schwarzenbek.

Traffic was initially completely interrupted at the demarcation line, especially since the bridges over the Elbe–Lübeck Canal in Büchen had been destroyed. In the summer of 1946, the bridge was restored, but freight operations were not resumed until 27 August 1947. First, it was agreed that a pair of passenger trains could also run, but they were not introduced. For the time being three through freight trains each day ran in each direction and were handed over between Büchen and Schwanheide. In the autumn of the same year it was agreed to operate additional freight trains. During the Berlin Blockade in 1948, traffic decreased significantly, but did not come to a complete standstill. On 10 September 1949, passenger traffic was resumed with two pairs of trains, one operated by railcars of the Cologne class (Bauart Köln), which were derived from the Flying Hamburger.

The cross-border rail service on the more northerly route between Herrnburg and Lübeck was closed in 1952; it was restored in 1960. In 1953, ten regular and three as-required freight trains ran on the Berlin–Hamburg line towards the west and five regular and three as-required freight trains ran towards the east. In 1953, a hut was established for transit clearance on platform 1 and a second platform track and an island platform were built. This was later followed by the building of platform tracks 3 and 4.

Freight trains in transit to and from West Berlin stopped in Schwanheide from 1965. However, the track capacity in Schwanheide was not sufficient to carry out border control procedures for passengers and freight. Therefore, freight trains were handled in Kuhlenfeld station, which was 18 km from the border. Before departure of a freight train from the so-called "wagon border crossing" (Wagengrenzstelle) at Kuhlenfeld, it had to be ensured that Boizenburg and Schwanheide stations could take the train. If the train had to make an intermediate stop, the border controls would have to be repeated in Schwanheide, which led to delays for other trains.

A new terminal building was built in the early 1980s. As a result of Die Wende (the change), express trains no longer stopped in Schwanheide after 30 September 1990. With the upgrade of the line as part of the German Unity Transport Projects (Verkehrsprojekte Deutsche Einheit), the section between Hagenow Land and Büchen via Schwanheide was electrified in 1996. The tracks through the station were reduced to two through tracks and so the station was reduced in status to a Haltepunkt (meaning "halt", which in Germany describes a station without points). With a further upgrade of the line to a top speed of 230 km/h in 2004/2005, the level crossing near the station was replaced by an underpass.

Railway and border control facilities

Passengers who travelled on domestic trains to Schwanheide required a permit or a passport for the journey into the Federal Republic. Railway employees had to swap their laissez-passers during working stays at the station in exchange for special passes so that the passport control unit had an overview of the people present. Trains to Schwanheide were checked by transport police at Hagenow Land station before they arrived at Schwanheide. To strengthen this policy, travellers in the area from outside the town were stopped at the limits of Boizenburg and asked about their reasons for a trip there.

The station itself was equipped with five platform tracks in the 1980s. Track 1 was located next to the building  housing the border clearance facilities and Mitropa, tracks 2 and 3 were on an island platform and track 4 and a shortened fifth track were next to the entrance building, which was also the location of the mechanical signalbox “B 2”. A second mechanical signalbox “W 1” was located at the eastern end of the station. On both sides of the station, the tracks were spanned by bridges carrying posts from which border troops observed the entering and exiting trains. The supervision for the border clearance was located on the island platform.

The station area was fenced up on the track entrances and was lit at night as bright as day. A branch from track 3 was provided for trains terminating in Schwanheide.

Running through without stopping or following a second train that was already moving towards the border was made impossible by technical protection devices. In addition to passport and baggage checks, dogs were used to prevent refugees using the trains. Train messages from railway staff to Büchen were recorded and could be controlled and evaluated by the security services. If graffiti, such as swastikas or slogans hostile to East Germany, were inscribed on oncoming freight trains from Büchen, they could be removed or painted over in Schwanheide.

Rail services

Regional-Express services on the Hamburg–Rostock route stop in Schwanheide. The line is built for speeds of up to 230 km/h. Express trains pass through the station at high speeds, requiring the platforms to be secured by safety gates with warning signs. The border crossing building stands empty and exposed to vandalism. The station building, which was also empty, was demolished in 2012.

Notes

Railway stations in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Railway stations in Germany opened in 1886
Buildings and structures in Ludwigslust-Parchim


title: Camptandra

text:
Camptandra is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It contains 4 known species, all endemic to Malaysia.

 Camptandra gracillima (K.Schum.) Valeton - Sarawak
 Camptandra latifolia Ridl. - Peninsular Malaysia
 Camptandra ovata Ridl. - Peninsular Malaysia
 Camptandra parvula (King ex Baker) Ridl. - Peninsular Malaysia

References

Zingiberoideae
Zingiberaceae genera


title: Régie Malagache

text:
Service de la Navigation Aérienne de Madagascar (SNAM), better known as Régie Malagache or Régie Malgache, was an early French flag carrier airline based in Antananarivo, Madagascar. It was merged in 1937 with Lignes Aeriennes Nord Africaines (LANA) and Compagnie Transafricaine d'Aviation (CTA) to form Régie Air Afrique.

History

At the start of the 1930s, mail delivery between France and Madagascar took 25 to 40 days by steamship. Various flyers had traveled from France to Madagascar by air, and Madagascar had formed a civilian air club and an embryonic military air presence, but there was no regular airline. To establish a fast airmail service, Malagasy Governor-General Léon Cayla petitioned the French Air Ministry for a direct air link between Madagascar and France. The French approved the new airline and supplied two trimotor SPCA 41T aircraft built by Société Provençale de Construction Aéronautique (SPCA) in 1934. The two aircraft were flown to Madagascar in stages from 13 June to 13 July 1934, commanded by pilot René Lefèvre, who was named director of the airline.

The first airmail flight between Tananarive and Broken Hill in Northern Rhodesia took place on 29 July 1934. The flights operated via Majunga, Ilha de Moçambique, Quilimane and Tete, where they connected with the Imperial Airways service between Cape Town and Cairo. The once-weekly flight carried  of mail, and reduced mail delivery times between Madagascar and Europe to 10–15 days.

Régie Malagache replaced the two SPCA aircraft in 1935 with Bloch MB.120 trimotors, and with these aircraft it extended its services from Broken Hill to Elisabethville; from where flights connected with Imperial and Sabena flights to Europe. In 1935 the airline flew a total of 22 passengers, and carried  of freight and  of mail.

The route to Elisabethville was later extended to Algiers and Marseille on 27 May 1936. On 1 November 1936, Régie Malagache began offering passenger flights in cooperation with Air France and Régie Air Afrique. Domestic services operated by Régie Malagache saw the airline flying Tananarive–Majunga-Diego Suarez-Maroantsetra and return to Tananarive, and Tananarive-Morondava-Tulera-Fort Dauphin-Ihosy and return to Tananarive. During 1936, the airline carried 182 passengers,  of freight and  of mail.

On 1 September 1937, Régie Malagache was taken over by Régie Air Afrique, which operated the route from Tananarive to Broken Hill. Domestic services were continued by Service de l'Aéronautique Civile.

See also
 List of defunct airlines of Madagascar

References

External links

Airlines disestablished in 1937
Airlines established in 1934
Defunct airlines of Madagascar
Government-owned airlines
Companies based in Antananarivo
1934 establishments in Madagascar


title: 2013–14 Real Valladolid season

text:
The 2013–14 season was the 86th season in Real Valladolid ’s history and the 42nd in the top-tier.

Squad
As June, 2014..

Squad and statistics

|}

Transfers

Competitions

Overall

La Liga

Copa del Rey

References

Real Valladolid seasons
Valladolid


title: Kappa Coronae Australis

text:
The Bayer designation κ Coronae Australis (Kappa Coronae Australis) is shared by two stars in the constellation Corona Australis:

Kappa1 Coronae Australis, HR 6952
Kappa2 Coronae Australis, HR 6953

It was found to be a double star by English astronomer John Herschel in 1836. The pair have an angular separation of  along a position angle of 359°.

References

Corona Australis
Coronae Australis, Kappa


title: 2014–15 Croatian presidential election

text:
Presidential elections were held in Croatia on 28 December 2014 and 11 January 2015, the sixth such elections since independence in 1991. Only four candidates contested the elections, the lowest number since 1997. Incumbent President Ivo Josipović, who had been elected as the candidate of the Social Democratic Party in 2009–2010 but ran as an independent, was eligible to seek reelection for a second and final five-year term. As no candidate received 50% of the vote in the first round in December 2014, a run-off took place in January 2015 between the two candidates with the most votes; Josipović and Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović. Grabar-Kitarović went on to win the elections by a slim margin of 32,509 votes or 1.48%, making her Croatia's first female president.

The elections were the second to have a woman in the run-off, the first having been the 2005 elections, and also featured the youngest candidate to run in a presidential contest, Ivan Vilibor Sinčić, aged 24. The election of Grabar-Kitarović was the first victory for the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) in a presidential election since the death of Franjo Tuđman in December 1999, making her the first right-wing President of Croatia in 15 years. The defeat of Josipović marked the first time that an incumbent Croatian President had failed to win reelection for a second five-year term, with both his predecessors Franjo Tuđman and Stjepan Mesić serving two terms. The number of votes (1,114,900) received by Grabar-Kitarović in the second round was the lowest number of votes received by an elected Croatian President until that point in time (later being surpassed by the number of votes for Zoran Milanović in the 2019-20 election). Grabar-Kitarović was sworn in as the fourth President of Croatia on 15 February 2015, becoming the youngest person to take office as President of the Republic of Croatia, aged 46 years and 295 days.

Background and rules
In mid-October 2014 the SDP-led government proposed adopting a new electoral law by February 2015. SDP's parliamentary speaker Josip Leko stated that the party's position in consultation with the Venice Commission was that the electoral law should not be changed within a year prior to an election. However, the new Law on the Election of the President of the Republic of Croatia was subsequently voted in by the SDP-led parliamentary majority on 24 October. The opposition Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) walked out on the vote criticizing the timing, while most of the parliament's minority representatives voted against the law due to a lack of consultation of parliamentary groups. The SDP's Peđa Grbin, head of the parliament's constitutional committee jeered the opposition: "I understand why my colleagues from HDZ are opposed, since they won't have to wait until midnight to find that they've also lost these elections" - ostensibly in reference to a part of the law which shortened the electoral silence from midnight on election day to the closing of the polls.

One of the more significant changes to the law involved limiting voting abroad to consular offices. This had the effect of greatly reducing the number of polling stations in neighbouring Bosnia and Herzegovina: from 124 in the 2009-10 presidential elections to 15 in the current election. The Croatian People's Assembly, a grouping of Croat parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina, protested at the reduction. Overall the number of polling stations abroad was reduced from 250 to 90.

On 20 November Croatian prime minister Zoran Milanović called presidential elections to take place on 28 December.

Opinions polls in late 2014 showed the Croatian public with high disapproval ratings of the country's direction and the government: 82% and 79% respectively.

Campaign before the official start
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović was first discussed as the Croatian Democratic Union's candidate in May 2014 after the party emerged with the most votes and seats nationally in the European Parliament elections. Her candidature was confirmed by party leader Tomislav Karamarko on 12 June.

In October, president Josipović had to deal with the fallout from an article written by his chief analyst Dejan Jović claiming that the 1991 Croatian independence referendum was "quite illiberal and was not held in free and honest circumstances". Josipović subsequently dismissed Jović.

Candidates
Candidates seeking nomination first had to submit a minimum of 10,000 citizens' signatures to the State Electoral Commission (Državno izborno povjerenstvo or DIP) in order for their candidacy to be formally accepted. The signatures had to be collected in a period of twelve days, from 25 November to 6 December. The deadline for submissions was midnight, 6 December, with most candidates submitting a much larger number of signatures as a show of support. Following the submissions, DIP had two days to check the validity of signatures and announced a final list of candidates by midnight on 8 December. On 9 December the campaign officially started, and lasted for 18 days until 26 December, celebrated in Croatia as St. Stephen's Day.

The first to submit his signatures was Milan Kujundžić who handed them in on 5 December. Incumbent president Ivo Josipović submitted his 203,875 signatures along with prime minister Zoran Milanović and other members of his cabinet on the day of the deadline. Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović and Ivan Sinčić both also submitted the required signatures later that day.

Withdrawn candidate bids
 Anto Đapić withdrew on 5 December, endorsing Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović.
 Ivan Grubišić withdrew on 6 December, endorsing Ivan Rude.
 Ivan Rude, lawyer who handled pre-bankruptcy settlements at several large companies and candidate of the non-parliamentary Voice of Reason party, he ran on left-wing populist and worker's rights platform. Withdrew on 6 December after failing to collect 10,000 signatures required to formally submit his bid.

Failed candidacies
 Ivan Bavčević submitted 7,600 signatures to the electoral commission on December 6 and was rejected.
 Ratko Dobrović submitted no signatures to the electoral commission claiming that they are "blank signatures".
 Slobodan Midžić not submitted signatures on the prescribed form. Instead he offered a CD on which, as he claims, is about 500 thousand signatures. He is from Velika Kladuša (BiH). Midžić had also failed to nominate himself for 2009 presidential election.
 Ivica Dukić submitted only 800 signatures because "in Split and Zagreb it is raining and people are suspicious".
 Vesna Balenović, supported Milan Kujundžić
 Tomislav Šutalo, businessman from Valpovo
 Ivan Valek, architect and member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
 Iva Anzulović, reporter. She said that "she is apolitical and always a reporter"
 Tomislav Opačak, businessman from Slavonski Brod. At the time, he was due to serve a prison sentence for a traffic violation. He said that "there never was a great president who did not serve prison time", mentioning Josip Broz Tito and Franjo Tuđman.

Campaign
During the course of the first-round campaign the head of the president's War Veterans Council Vlado Marić gave his resignation in protest of Josipović. His resignation cited a lack of an "appropriate reaction to multiple attempts to show either [Josipović] or his close associates, personally or through the War Veterans Council, of the difficulty and seriousness of the problems affecting Croatian veterans".

Incumbent president Ivo Josipović addressed his supporters on the night of the first round of elections. During his speech he stated "Too much blood has been spilled for Croatia and too many defenders died that we would give Croatia up to those who don't deserve it" in reference to the opposition challenger Grabar-Kitarović. The Croatian Democratic Union criticized the president's rhetoric as "dirty and aggressive" and stressed that while Josipović "speaks of blood", their candidate offers "peace, unity and optimism".

After the first round, third place candidate Ivan Sinčić was asked which of the two candidates he would support in the second round to which he replied that he could not support either due to moral reasons. Sinčić's Živi zid told his supporters to spoil their ballots in the second round by entering Sinčić's name on the ballot. Vice-president of the SDP government Milanka Opačić called Sinčić a "colourful lie" in an interview from the Josipović campaign headquarters on the night of the first-round elections. In response Sinčić's campaign manager Dušan Cvetanović called SDP and the government "a colourful lie which ever fewer people have faith in". SDP vice-president and director of operations for Josipović's campaign Željka Antunović also said that "Sinčić acted like an anarchist and didn't offer solutions". Nevertheless, the following day Josipović reached out to Sinčić's voters: "I hope that those voters who were for Sinčić recognize that this is a field where we're playing together". Sinčić continued his work with Živi zid after the first round. He was arrested during an attempt to prevent an eviction in Zagreb on 8 January.

Fourth placed candidate Milan Kujundžić implicitly endorsed Grabar-Kitarović during his concession speech on the first-round election night stating that "Croatia will get a new president". The Croatian Party of Rights which had backed Kujundžić subsequently endorsed Grabar-Kitarović.

Grabar-Kitarović entered the second round as only the second woman to do so after Jadranka Kosor in 2005, and attempting to be the first to win the presidency. In prime minister Milanović's new-year interview with RTL he referred to her as a "prima ballerina" in the previous HDZ government when she served as minister. In the interview Milanović also referred to Croatian Catholic bishops as "the most backward in Europe" and referred to Orthodox Christmas as the only non-working day in the coming weeks, despite Ephipany being celebrated as a national non-working holiday on 6 January and Orthodox Christmas being an optional non-working holiday reserved for those Orthodox observing it.

Josipović continued with some events in his presidential role during the campaign. On 6 January he was to attend the Serbian National Council's Christmas party. Traditionally, the event is attended by the president although Josipović had last been in 2012 after a falling-out with the head of the council Milorad Pupovac.

Campaign spending

Debates - Second round
Grabar-Kitarović and Josipović were scheduled to have three head-to-head debates before the second round:
RTL Televizija - Sunday January 4. The debate was watched by over 805,000 people.
Nova TV - Thursday January 8
Croatian Radiotelevision - Friday January 9

Opinion polls

First round

Second round

Conduct
Candidate's observers - first round:
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović - 9,700
Ivo Josipović - 8,728
Milan Kujundžić - 1,875
Ivan Sinčić - 362
Political parties' observers - first round:
Sustainable Development of Croatia (endorsing Josipović) - 191
Croatian Peasant Party (endorsing Grabar-Kitarović) - 52
Croatian People's Party (endorsing Josipović) - 17
Non-governmental observers - first round:
In the Name of the Family - 682
Observer (Promatrač) organization - 53
Student Catholic Centre Palma - 39
GONG - 15
Croatian Responsible Society - 5
Non-governmental observers - second round:
In the Name of the Family - 845
Observer (Promatrač) organization - 53
GONG - 15
Croatian Responsible Society - 5

Results

First round results by county

Second round results by county

Analysis
Incumbent president Ivo Josipović and opposition candidate Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović received the greatest number of votes in the first round. The result was notable for being much closer than expected in pre-election polls, with respective vote shares of 38.46% and 37.22%. Political analyst Žarko Puhovski criticized the polls for having an inadequate sample and being overly reliant on telephone polling.

The new electoral law put into place by the Milanović government had the effect of greatly reducing the number of polling stations in neighbouring Bosnia and Herzegovina for Croatian citizens residing there. This translated to a greatly reduced turnout there: from 50,859 in the first round of the 2009 presidential elections to 7,372 in 2014. The Croatian Democratic Union agreed with its sister party in Bosnia and Herzegovina on organizing free buses for voters to polling stations for the second round. Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović had received an overwhelming majority there in the first round. Josipović's campaign complained to the State Electoral Commission that offering free rides to polling stations constituted a donation which would violate electoral rules. However, votes of the diaspora still wouldn't change the outcome.

Around 60% of voters between ages 18 and 29 voted for Grabar-Kitarović, while Josipović was favoured by voters older than 60.

References

Presidential elections in Croatia
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Croatia
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title: Rachel Daquis

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Rachel Anne Lopez Daquis (born December 13, 1987) is a Filipino volleyball player. She graduated from the Far Eastern University where she took up Business Management. She was also the team captain of the PLDT HOME TVolution women's team that played in the 2014 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship. She is a former team captain of the FEU Lady Tamaraws in her collegiate years, where she was given the title "Queen Tamaraw". She played in the Philippine Super Liga (PSL) with the Cignal HD Spikers and is the PSL's brand ambassador for 2018 to 2019. In 2020, her team Cignal HD Spikers transfers to Premier Volleyball League.

Career
Daquis entered the volleyball scene when she was still in high school in Juan Sumulong Memorial Junior College in Rizal. She joined the FEU Lady Tamaraws and achieved her first championship during the 2008 UAAP Volleyball championships. She also played as guest player for Ateneo Lady Eagles and led the team to first runner up during the 10th season of the Shakey's V-League. Playing with Philippine Army from the Shakey's V-League Season 10 Open Conference, she won the SOS Clear Skin In & Out of the Court award. In the 11th season of the Shakey's V-League, Daquis led the team to the championship.  In the Philippine Super Liga 2013 Grand Prix Conference, she won the PSL Face Off while playing for TMS-Philippine Army. On May 1, 2015 in Boracay, Daquis played with Cha Cruz, Michele Gumabao, and Gretchen Ho, winning the Nestea Beach Volleyball.

In June 2015, she was one of the athletes who participated in the 2015 Southeast Asian Games in Singapore. During that time she was featured in newspapers in Singapore. On June 30, 2015, Daquis was chosen to be part of PSL Manila which would participate in the FIVB World Club Women's Championship happening on October 18–23, 2016 in Manila. She played for Ateneo Lady Eagles in 2013. She also played as Guest Player for FEU Lady Tamaraws in the Shakey's V-League in 2014. While playing for Generika-Army, she won the PSL Face Off of the Philippine Super Liga All Filipino Conference 2014.

Other work
Aside from volleyball, Daquis also has worked as a model and she also finished culinary art studies. On October 1, 2014, she appeared on the cover of FHM Philippines as the cover girl for the October issue, and was named the 8th sexiest women of the Philippines. On October 16, 2015, Daquis was selected by the San Miguel Beermen of the PBA as the team muse, along with her teammate Alexa Micek for the 2016 PBA Opening Ceremony. On January 21, 2016, Daquis was announced the newest face of Snow Caps and mySlim. On June 1, 2016, Daquis again appeared on the cover of FHM Philippines as the cover girl for the June issue. In October 2018, Rachel Anne Daquis started her own business building the RAD Fitness Philippines which now has 5 branches.

Clubs
  FEU Lady Tamaraws (2004–2009)
  Philippine Army Lady Troopers (2011–2016)
  TMS–Philippine Army Lady Troopers (2013)
  Ateneo Lady Eagles (2013)
  Generika-Army Lady Troopers (2014)
  FEU Lady Tamaraws (2014)
  PLDT HOME TVolution (2014)
  Petron Blaze Spikers (2015)
  RC Cola-Army Troopers (2016)
  PSL–Rebisco (2017)
  Cignal HD Spikers (2017–present)

Individual awards

UAAP Season 67 "Best blocker & Co-Rookie of the year"
 UAAP Season 68 "Best server"
 UAAP Season 69 "Best server"
 FEU Home & Away Invitational "Best blocker"
 Shakey's V-League Season 7 Open Conference "Best server"
 Shakey's V-League Season 8 Open Conference "Finals Most Valuable Player"
 Shakey's V-League Season 11 First Conference "Finals Most Valuable Player"
 Shakey's V-League Season 11 All Filipino Conference "Best server"
 Shakey's V-League Season 11 All Filipino Conference "Conference Most Valuable Player"
 2015 Philippine Super Liga All-Filipino Conference "Finals Most Valuable Player"
 2015 SEA GAMES (Singapore) “Darling of the crowd and Press”
 Shakey's V-League Season 12 Open Conference "2nd Best Outside Hitter"
 2017 Philippine Super Liga Invitational Cup "2nd Best Outside Spiker"
 2018 Philippine Super Liga Invitational Cup "1st Best Outside Spiker"
 2018 Philippine Super Liga All-Filipino Conference "1st Best Outside Spiker"
 2019 Philippine Super Liga All-Filipino Conference "1st Best Outside Spiker"

Club Awards
 FEU Lady Tamaraws (2004–2009)

 2007 UAAP Season 69 volleyball tournaments :  Silver medal, with FEU Lady Tamaraws
 2008 UAAP Season 70 volleyball tournaments :  Champions, with FEU Lady Tamaraws
 2008 UAAP Season 71 volleyball tournaments :  Silver medal, with FEU Lady Tamaraws

 Philippine Army Lady Troopers (2011–2016)

 2011 Shakey's V League Open Conference :  Champions
 2011 SVL SEA Club Invitational Conference :  Silver medal
 2012 Shakey's V League Open Conference :  Bronze medal
 2013 Shakey's V League Open Conference :  Bronze medal
 2014 Shakey's V League Open Conference :  Champions
 2014 Shakey's V League Reinforced Conference :  Silver medal
 2015 Shakey's V League Open Conference :  Silver medal
 2015 Shakey's V League Reinforced Conference :  Silver medal

 TMS–Philippine Army Lady Troopers (2013)

 2015 Philippine Super Liga Invitational Conference :  Champions
 2015 Philippine Super Liga Grand Prix Conference :  Champions

 Ateneo Lady Eagles (2013)

 2013 Shakey's V League 1st Conference :  Silver medal, with Ateneo De Manila University Lady Eagles

 Generika-Army Lady Troopers (2014)

 2014 Philippine Super Liga All Filipino Conference :  Champions

 FEU Lady Tamaraws (2014-2015)

 2014 Shakey's V League 1st Conference :  Champions
 2015 Shakey's V League Collegiate Conference :  Bronze medal

 PLDT HOME TVolution (2014)

 Petron Blaze Spikers (2015)

 2015 Philippine Super Liga All Filipino Conference :  Champions
 2015 Philippine Super Liga Grand Prix Conference :  Silver medal

 RC Cola-Army Troopers (2016)

 2016 Philippine Super Liga Invitational Conference :  Champions
 2016 Philippine Super Liga All Filipino Conference :  Bronze medal

 PSL–Rebisco (2017)

 Cignal HD Spikers (2017–present)

 2017 Philippine Super Liga Invitational Conference :  Champions
 2017 Philippine Super Liga All Filipino Conference :  Bronze medal
 2018 Philippine Super Liga Invitational Conference :  Bronze medal
 2019 Philippine Super Liga All Filipino Conference :  Silver medal
 2019 Philippine Super Liga Invitational Conference :  Bronze medal
 2022 Premiere Volleyball League Open Conference :  Bronze medal
 2022 Premiere Volleyball League Invitational Conference :  Bronze medal
 2022 Premiere Volleyball League Reinforced Conference :  Silver medal
 2023 Premiere Volleyball League Invitational Conference :  Bronze medal

References

Living people
1987 births
University Athletic Association of the Philippines volleyball players
Far Eastern University alumni
Sportspeople from Rizal
Filipina gravure idols
Philippines women's international volleyball players
Filipino women's volleyball players
Outside hitters
People from Taytay, Rizal


title: Bout de Zan et l'embusqué

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Bout de Zan et l'embusqué (Bout de Zan and the Shirker) is a 1915 short silent film by Louis Feuillade. Louis Feuillade directed between 1912 and 1916 about sixty short films with Bout de Zan, a little boy played by René Poyen, as a recurring hero.

Plot
France during World War I: Bout de Zan is irritated by his uncle's friend Marius always bragging about his shooting skills. When Marius bets that he will shoot a small bird in a tree, Bout de Zan finds out that he has paid a boy to drop a dead bird from the tree against which he will shoot a blank. Bout de Zan has the dead bird replaced by a stuffed one accompanied by a note saying that rather than lying he should go and fight the Germans. Ashamed, Marius rushes to enlist.

Production
The film was produced by Sté. des Etablissements L. Gaumont, the company created in 1895 by Léon Gaumont.

References

External links

Bout de Zan et l'embusqué (1915) at A Cinema History

1915 films
Films directed by Louis Feuillade
French silent short films
French black-and-white films
1910s French films


title: Gülbin Hız

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Gülbin Hız (born June 11, 1994) is a Turkish women's football midfielder, who plays in the Women's Super League for Fenerbahçe. She was part of the Turkey girls' national U-17, Turkey women's national U-19, and is a member of the Turkey women's national team.

Playing career

Club

Gülbin Hız obtained her license on June 10, 2008. She entered Gölcükspor at her hometown, where she played three seasons from 2008 to 2009 on. She debuted in the Turkish Women's First League with her team's promotion in the 2010–11 season. She capped 41 times and scored 24 goals with Gölcükspor, where she served also as the team captain. Then, Hız transferred to Derince Belediyespor, a team in the Second League. After one season, she again enjoyed the promotion of her new team to the First League. After playing two seasons, appearing in 25 games and netting 15 goals, she signed for the league-champion Konak Belediyespor at the end of the 2012–13 season.

She debuted at the 2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League playing in six of the the total seven matches until the end of the Round 16.

After two seasons with Konak Belediyespor, where she netted five goals in 26 games, Gülbin Hız transferred to Trabzon İdmanocağı for the 2015–16 season.

After two seasons, Hız transferred to the Izmir-base club Konak Belediyespor. She took part in three matches of the 2017–18 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round in Tbilisi, Georgia.

After one season with Konak Belediyespor, she moved to Gazianyep to join the recently promoted club ALG Spor.  She played at the |2020–21 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round against the Albanian team KFF Vllaznia Shkodër in Shkodër, Albania on 3 November 2020, and scored one goal in the penalty shoot-out.

On 22 March 2021, Hız moved to Ukraine and joined WFC Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv to play in the Ukrainian Women's League.

For the 2021-22 Women's Super League season, she returned to her former club ALG Spor. She enjoyed the 2021-22 Women's Super League champion title of her team. On 18 August 2022, she played in the 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League.

International
Turkey girls' U-17
Gülbin Hız was admitted to the Turkey women's U-17 team debuting in the friendly match against the Bulgarian girls on June 26, 2009. She capped 16 times and scored 8 goals with the Turkey national girls' U-17 team.

Turkey women's U-19
Around the same time, she was called up to the Turkey women's U-19 team, and played for the first time in the friendly match against Moldova on August 15, 2009. She capped 18 times in total for the Turkey junior women's team.

Turkey women's
Hız became member of the Turkey women's team, appearing for the first time in the friendly match against Portugal on August 23, 2011. She played at the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 2 match against the women from Kazakhstan on September 22, 2011. End 2012, she was called up again to the women's national team.

Career statistics

Honours
 Turkish Women's First League
 Konak Belediyespor
 Winners (2): 2013–14, 2014–15
 Third places (1): 2017–18

 Trabzon İdmanocağı
 Third places (1): 2015–16

 ALG Spor
 Winners (2): 2019–20,  2021-22
 Runners-up (1): 2018–19
 Third places (1): 2020–21

References

External links

1994 births
Living people
People from Gölcük
Turkish women's footballers
Women's association football midfielders
Gölcükspor players
Derince Belediyespor women's players
Konak Belediyespor players
Trabzon İdmanocağı women's players
ALG Spor players
WFC Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv players
Fenerbahçe S.K. (women's football) players
Turkish Women's Football Super League players
Turkey women's international footballers
Turkish expatriate women's footballers
Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine
Expatriate women's footballers in Ukraine


title: Caulokaempferia

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Caulokaempferia is a group of plants in the ginger family described as a genus in 1964. The genus is native to China, the Himalayas, and Indochina (especially Thailand).

Species
The species in the genus include:

References

Zingiberoideae
Zingiberaceae genera


title: 1994 United States Virgin Islands gambling referendum

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A referendum on legalizing casino gambling was held in the United States Virgin Islands in November 1994, alongside general elections. It was a repeat of the 1992 referendum, which saw the proposal rejected by a narrow margin. This time the proposal was rejected in St Thomas and St John but approved in St Croix.

Results

St Thomas/St John

St Croix

Aftermath
Following the referendum, the Legislature voted to legalized casino gambling in St Croix by a vote of 9–6 on 27 April 1995. Governor Roy Schneider signed the bill into law on 8 May.

References

1994 referendums
1994 in the United States Virgin Islands
Referendums in the United States Virgin Islands
Gambling referendums
Gambling ballot measures in the United States


title: Miss, Please Be Patient

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Miss, Please Be Patient (아가씨 참으세요) is a 1981 South Korean romantic comedy action film starring Kim Tai-chung and Jeong Yun-hui. The movie is also known as Super Lady Hopper as an alternate title. Outside of South Korea, the film is known for Kim Tai-chung's rarest South Korean film appearance. It was directed by Lee Hyung Pyo and released domestically on September 19, 1981, and re-release through the streaming website with likes of LG Uplus+ in 2020. The international release was cancelled until the film was discovered and release through the limited DVD release in 2011.

Plot

Mr. Jun, the head of a Taiwanese shipbuilding company, was murdered by Pang, who is vice-president of the company. Pang decided to take over the company, but his plan did not progress smoothly because Jun's daughter Li-Hwa (Jeong Yun-hui) inherits his fortune.

Meanwhile, Li-Hwa spends her day playing tennis and learning kung fu from her friend Hyun-Hee (Seo Yeong-ran) who is a Taekwondo master. However Li-Hwa's skill in Taekwondo gave her a hard task since Pang and his gang were attempt to kidnap her. Even worse, Pang hires Hong Kong triads so that they can force Li-Hwa to sign the inherited contract.

When Li-Hwa is kidnapped, Hyun-Hee decided to rescue her and get help from the mysterious man Kim Min-wuk (Kim Tai-chung) who had fallen in love to Li-Hwa. Hyun-Hee and Min-wuk rescue Li-Hwa safely at the end.

Cast
 Kim Tai-chung as Kim Min-wuk
 Jeong Yun-hui as Li-Hwa
 Seo Yeong-ran as Hyun-Hee
 Kwon Yeong-mun as Pang
 Roman Lee Gang Jo
 Bae Su Cheon
 Ahn So Yeong
 Baek Hwang Gi
 Park Dong Ryong

Background
The movie was only screened in South Korea in 1981 and after that the movie was considered to be lost except for a few VHS copies. The movie was not revealed to an international audience fully until 2011, when the movie was rediscovered by Houndslow Team, a group of martial arts fans who were tracking down rare kung fu action movies and releasing them on DVD.

Reception
Despite with the big names with the likes of Jeong Yun-hui and Kim Tai Chung's initial marketing campaign with being Bruce Lee's double in Game of Death, the film was a box office failure, gaining only the local Korean audiences of 22352 viewers only.

Despite with the financial failure, the film was critically praised among the critiques and the cult film fans in South Korea. Many of the Korean audiences praised for Jeong Yun Hui's comedic performance. The article from Cinema Heaven Volume 30 from Korean Movie Database, critique Park Hae Gyeong quoted "While most of Hui's role in her filmography were mostly ruined from the erotic romance film typecast, director Lee Hyeong Pyo's "Miss, Please Be Patient" stands out from her filmography, in which she takes an unusual comedic role from her comfort zones of the romance films and she exceeds in giving us the lovely performance with her cheerful spirit, smile, and laugh".

Media release

Kim Tai-chung stated that he was planned to release the movie on DVD, but before he could release it, he died by stomach hemorrhage. The movie was released only few copy of VHS tapes in 1981. In 2011, Houndslow Team released the movie on DVD in a 4:3 aspect ratio remastered version with English subtitles.

As of 2020, the fully remastered Wide-screen version of the film is available through LG Uplus+ LTE Video Portal with the exclusive subscriptions only in South Korea.

References

External links

http://www.clonesofbrucelee.co.uk/pleasemiss.html
https://www.kmdb.or.kr/story/148/3154

1981 films
1980s Korean-language films
South Korean romantic comedy films


title: List of 2014–15 Aviva Premiership Academy promotions

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This is a list of players promoted from Academies to the Senior squads of  Aviva Premiership teams leading up to the 2014–15 season.

Bath
 Will Spencer

Gloucester

 Elliott Stooke
 Billy Burns
 Ross Moriarty

Harlequins
 Jack Clifford
 George Merrick
 Sam Stuart
 Harry Sloan
 Sam Twomey

London Wasps
 Will Rowlands

Northampton Saints

 Alex Day'
 Tom Stephenson

See also
List of 2014–15 Premiership Rugby transfers
List of 2014-15 RFU Championship transfers
List of 2014–15 Pro12 transfers
List of 2014–15 Top 14 transfers

References

Academy
British rugby union lists


title: Kunturwasa

text:
Kunturwasa (Quechua kuntur condor, wasa back, "condor back",  Hispanicized spelling Condorhuasa) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about  high. It is situated in the Puno Region, Melgar Province, Macari District, north of a plain called Pampa Tinaya, north-east of Macari.

References

Mountains of Peru
Mountains of Puno Region


title: Manuel Fernández (Uruguayan footballer)

text:
Manuel Elías Fernández Guzmán (born 25 January 1989) is an Uruguayan-Chilean footballer that currently plays for Primera División de Chile side Unión Española.

Personal life
Fernández naturalized Chilean by residence in 2023.

References

External links

1989 births
Living people
Uruguayan men's footballers
Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers
Naturalized citizens of Chile
Uruguayan emigrants to Chile
Chilean men's footballers
Racing Club de Montevideo players
Deportes Concepción (Chile) footballers
Coquimbo Unido footballers
Audax Italiano footballers
Unión Española footballers
Uruguayan Primera División players
Primera B de Chile players
Chilean Primera División players
Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Chile
Expatriate men's footballers in Chile
Men's association football defenders
Footballers from Montevideo


title: John Morris (Conservative politician)

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John Patrick Morris (1894 - 31 July 1962) was a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Salford North from 1931 until 1945. He was educated at secondary school in Bolton, saw active service with the Royal Engineers in the First World War, and was a member of the London Stock Exchange and Manchester Stock Exchange. He is noted for highlighting the persecution of the Jews in pre-war Nazi Germany, having brought up the issue in the House of Commons in 1933.

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Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
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1894 births
1962 deaths
Politics of Salford
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title: Surguja State

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Surguja State was one of the main princely states of Central India during the period of the British Raj, even though it was not entitled to any gun salute. Formerly it was placed under the Central India Agency, but in 1905 it was transferred to the Eastern States Agency.

The state spread over a vast mountainous area inhabited by many different people groups such as the Gond, Bhumij, Oraon, Panika, Korwa, Bhuiya, Kharwar, Munda, Chero, Rajwar, Nagesia and Santal. Its former territory lies in the present-day state of Chhattisgarh and its capital was the town of Ambikapur, now the capital of Surguja district.

History

According to tradition, the family of the Maharaja is very ancient, and is stated to belong to the Rajputs of the Lunar race Haihaivansh. The present ruling family is said to be descended from a Raksel Raja of Palamau. The state became a British protectorate in 1818 after the Third Anglo-Maratha War. Neighbouring Udaipur State was founded in 1818 as an offshoot of Surguja State. In 1860 The State was conferred to  younger son of Maharaja Amar Singh Deo, to Raja Bahadur Bindeshwari Prasad Singh Deo CSI. The Chief resided at Partabpur, the headquarters of a tract which he held as a maintenance grant in Surguja, and was a ruler of considerable ability and force of character. In 1871 he aided in the suppression of a rebellion in the Keonjhar State, for which he received the thanks of Government, and gifts of an elephant with gold-embroidered trappings and a gold watch and chain. He obtained the title of Raja Bahadur as a personal distinction, and was also made a Companion of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India. In 1820 hereditary title of Maharaja was conferred on ruling chief of Surguja. Surguja was one of the Chota Nagpur States and its rulers were Rajputs of the Raksel dynasty. They were the de facto overlords of the smaller states of Udaipur, Jashpur, Koriya (Korea) and Changbhakar that were fringing its territory.

Maharaja Indrajit Singh Deo (1827–1879) of Surguja was described as a lunatic by Anglo-Indian writer George Robert Aberigh-Mackay in 1877.

Maharaja Ramanuj Saran Singh Deo, the last ruler of this princely state signed the accession to the Indian Union on 1 January 1948. The Maharaja has the notorious record of having shot and killed a total of 1710 Bengal tigers, the highest known individual score; he doesn't hold the official record of shooting into extinction 3 of the last physically recorded Asiatic cheetahs in India, effectively making the species almost locally extinct in 1947, considering that a female was spotted in what was to be the District of Korea in 1951. The last three Asiatic Cheetas were shot by Maharaja Ramanuj Partap Singh Deo of Korea.

Rulers

The rulers of Surguja State bore the title of 'Maharaja', although a few had the title of 'Maharaja Bahadoor', including the last head of the state.

Rajas
1678 – 1709                Baiha Dadu Singh Deo
1709 – 1728                Balbhadra Singh I Deo
1728 – 1749                Jaswat Singh Deo
1749 – 1758                Bahadur Sigh Deo
1760 – 17..                Sheo Singh Deo
1792 – 1799                Ajit Singh Deo
1799 – 1800                Balbhadra Singh II Deo (1st time)
1800 – 1813                Lal Singram Singh Deo
1813 – 1816                Balbhadra Singh II Deo (2nd time)
1816 – 1820                interregnum
1820 – 1851                Lal Amar Singh Deo (from 1820 with hereditary style Maharaja)
1851 – 25 March 1879         Indrajit Singh Deo                 (b. 1827 – d. 1879)
25 Mar 1879 – 31 December 1917  Raghunath Saran Singh Deo          (b. 1860 – d. 1917) (from 1887 with personal style Maharaja; from 1896 Maharaja Bahadur)
31 Dec 1917 – 1918         Ramanuj Saran Singh Deo            (b. 1895 – d. 1965) (with hereditary style Maharaja)

Maharaja
1820 – 1851                Lal Amar Singh Deo (from 1820 with hereditary style Maharaja)

1851 – 25 March 1879 Indrajit Singh Deo (b. 1827 – d. 1879) (Maharaja Bahadur)

25 Mar 1879 – 31 December 1917 Raghunath Saran Singh Deo (b. 1860 – d. 1917) (from 1887 with personal style Maharaja; from 1896 Maharaja Bahadur)
1905- rajaadhiraj Surya Pratap verma (district of bhilai specifically village named now ganiyari)

1918 – 15 August 1947         Ramanuj Saran Singh Deo ( Maharaja Bahadur)

2001 - (present day)
T. S. Singh Deo ( Titular Maharaja )

See also
Balrampur district, Uttar Pradesh
Bhaiyathan
Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh
Chota Nagpur States
Eastern States Agency
Political integration of India
Rehar River
Surajpur district

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History of Chhattisgarh
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1948 disestablishments in India
1603 establishments in India
Princely states of Chhattisgarh


title: Latin Carga

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Latin Carga (legally Latinoamericana Aerea de Carga) was a Venezuelan cargo airline that operated from 1963 to 1980. It operated different types of aircraft, from turboprops to jetliners.

History
The airline began flying in 1963, as Tigres Voladores (Flying Tigers). In 1972, the airline changed its name to Latin Carga.

Destinations

Oranjestad (Queen Beatrix International Airport)

Barranquilla (Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport)

Kingston (Norman Manley International Airport)

Panama City (Tocumen International Airport)

Miami (Miami International Airport)

Caracas (Simón Bolívar International Airport) Hub
Maracaibo (La Chinita International Airport)
Porlamar (Santiago Mariño Caribbean International Airport)
Puerto Ayacucho (Cacique Aramare Airport)

Fleet
The airline operated a number of different aircraft:

1 Convair CV-880 (crashed)
11 Curtiss C-46 Commando
1 Douglas C-47A Skytrain
1 Douglas DC-6A
1 Douglas DC-6B
1 Douglas DC-7C

Incidents and accidents
On December 5, 1972, a Curtiss C-46 Commando (registered YV-C-TGE), flying from Kingston to Barranquilla, was damaged beyond repair when it force landed in trees, 10 kilometers from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport. All 3 crew members were not injured.

On November 3, 1980, a Latin Carga Convair CV-880 crashed on take-off from Simon Bolivar International Airport, resulting in the deaths of 4 occupants, and total destruction of the aircraft. The aircraft involved (registered YV-145C) had flown from 1962 to January 1974 for Delta Air Lines of the and was retired, then sold to Latin Carga in 1979.

See also
List of defunct airlines of Venezuela

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Airlines established in 1963
Airlines disestablished in 1980
Defunct cargo airlines
Defunct airlines of Venezuela
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