title: The Elusive Chanteuse Show

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The Elusive Chanteuse Show was the eighth headlining concert tour by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey. It was launched in support of her fourteenth studio album, Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse (2014).  The tour began in Tokyo, Japan on October 4, 2014 and concluded in Brisbane, Australia on November 16, 2014.

Background and development
In December 2012, Carey's manager Randy Jackson confirmed that the singer would embark on a world tour following the release of her fourteenth studio album in 2013. Following her departure as a judge on the U.S. singing competition show American Idol in May 2013, Carey's management confirmed that the singer was busy "putting the finishing touches" on the untitled album, performing at the Macy's Fourth of July Fireworks display and appearing in Lee Daniels film The Butler. In the same statement, in announced plans for a world tour to begin in Asia in October that year.

In an official announcement via the singer's website, Carey wrote the following in regards to her feelings and expectations on the tour: "I want to experience the spontaneity and emotion that I put into this album on stage with my fans," says Carey. "I can't stop writing songs so don't be surprised if you hear a brand new song that I just wrote the night before the show in your city!". The tour was finally announced to begin from October 4, 2014, at the Makuhari Messe Arena and subsequent dates throughout China, Japan and Philippines. Further dates were added for an Australian and New Zealand leg, starting from November.

Mariah Carey became the first western artist to sell out five stadiums in China on a single tour.

Synopsis

 The main stage was a one level affair, with a large screen backing the singer, which would play exclusive clips, and footage from old video clips from the singers catalogue. The 'cartoon Mariah' from the Heartbreaker video clip was reintroduced, and played for I'm That Chick and Heartbreaker. During Carey's first show of the tour, she was using a signature 'butterfly' microphone, however, it broke on the first night and was not continued in other shows. In select shows, Carey brought her kids, Moroccan and Monroe out on stage during 'Supernatural', which was written about the two. Like always, dancers were used on the tour, with Carey often joining in the dancing.

During some shows, Carey sang All I Want for Christmas Is You and wore a 'Mrs. Claus' outfit.
During her song, Thirsty, Carey would make trips around the audience with security guards, allowing the performer to be closer to the audience than ever before. Carey's costumes varied each show, usually staying somewhat similar.

Critical response

Kenneth Chaw from The Star praised the performance in Kuala Lumpur writing that "it was clear the vocalist remains a master of her trade." Natasha Ann Zachariah from The Straits Times gave a positive review for the performance in Singapore, writing the singer "hit those delicious high octaves with ease, giving goosebumps, of the good kind." Alexa Villano from the Rappler wrote the singer's performance in Manila "gave Filipino fans a show they wouldn't soon forget at the Mall of Asia Arena." Candice Barnes from The Sydney Morning Herald gave the performance in Perth three stars writing the singer "seemed to enjoy making fun of herself, something well-received by the crowd, but delivered a few passive aggressive rants which hinted at her diva reputation."

Matt Gilbertson from The Advertiser gave a positive review of the performance in Adelaide writing "the voice that we all came to adore throughout the ‘90s was back. She even hit those famous, piercingly high ‘whistle notes’ during "Emotions". Shuk-Wah Chung from The Guardian gave the performance in Sydney four out of five stars writing Carey "instantly redeemed herself with a trill here, a whispery vocal there and a gentle caress of those signature curves." Joanna Hunkin from The New Zealand Herald gave a positive review for the performance in Auckland writing Carey hit "the supersonic high notes" and "performed those signature vocal gymnastics with relative ease." Suzanne Simonot from The Daily Telegraph praised the performance in Brisbane writing the singer "hasn't just got it, she flaunts it.".

Set list

"Across 110th Street" (Introduction)
"Fantasy" (Bad Boy Remix)
"Touch My Body"
"Shake It Off"
"Emotions"
"Cry."
"Fly Like a Bird"
"My All"
"Heartbreaker (contains elements from "Desert Storm Remix")
"#Beautiful"
"I'm That Chick"
"Honey" (So So Def Remix)
"Thirsty"
"Meteorite"
"Supernatural"
"Hero"
"Always Be My Baby"
"Butterfly Reprise" (Interlude)
"We Belong Together" (outro contains elements of Desert Storm Remix)

Shows

Box office score data

Personnel
James "Big Jim" Wright – musical director
Daniel Moore II - keyboards
Derrieux Edgecombe – keyboards
Lance Tolbert - bass
Joshua Baker – drums
Trey Lorenz – background vocals
Mary Ann Tatum – background vocals
Takeytha Johnson – background vocals

References

2014 concert tours
Concert tours of Australia
Concert tours of China
Concert tours of Japan
Concert tours of Malaysia
Concert tours of New Zealand
Concert tours of the Philippines
Concert tours of Singapore
Concert tours of South Korea
Concert tours of Taiwan
Concert tours of Thailand
Mariah Carey concert tours


title: Acroclita catharotorna

text:
Acroclita catharotorna is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in China (Tianjin, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Hunan), Taiwan and Japan.

The wingspan is about 12mm.

References

Moths described in 1935
Eucosmini
Moths of Asia


title: Accursed

text:
Accursed or The Accursed may refer to:

The Accursed (Oates novel), 2013
The Accursed, a 1994 book by Robert E. Vardeman
The Accursed, a 2013 book by Antony Cutler
Thor, God of Thunder: The Accursed, a comic book by Jason Aaron

See also
List of people known as the Accursed
Cursed (disambiguation)


title: Emiliano Ellacopulos

text:
Emiliano Ellacopulos (born January 14, 1992) is a Greek-Argentine footballer who plays for Ferro Carril Oeste in the Primera B Nacional.

Club career
Ellacopulos started his career in Club Atlético Tigre academy and he jumped to the first team after spending some years there. During 2015–16 season, Ellacopulos played for the Greek side Kalloni F.C.  on loan from Tigre.

Personal life
His father is of Greek descent, his mother of Argentine descent and he was born in Tigre.

External links

1992 births
Living people
Argentine people of Greek descent
Argentine men's footballers
Club Atlético Tigre footballers
Unión de Santa Fe footballers
AEL Kalloni F.C. players
Club Atlético Aldosivi footballers
Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba footballers
Club Atlético Temperley footballers
Ferro Carril Oeste footballers
Argentine Primera División players
Primera Nacional players
Super League Greece players
Argentine expatriate men's footballers
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
Men's association football wingers
People from Tigre, Buenos Aires
Footballers from Buenos Aires Province


title: Ata Pata Laapata

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Ata Pata Laapata () is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language musical satire film directed by Rajpal Yadav and produced by his wife Radha Yadav, who makes his directorial debut with the film and also plays the protagonist who enlists the help of law when his house goes missing from the constructed site, and finds himself suspected instead. Other than Yadav, the film stars the ensemble cast of Asrani, Om Puri, Ashutosh Rana, Manoj Joshi, Govind Namdev, Dara Singh, Vikram Gokhale, Vijay Raaz and Satyadev Dubey. The film was produced by Yadav's wife Radha Yadav. Released on 2 November 2012, the film was a commercial failure and panned for its script.

Plot
Manav Chaturvedi (Rajpal Yadav) files a police complaint of robbery where the entire house has gone missing. Chaturvedi is suspected of abolishing his own house in order to claim the insurance money. The case comes to the media's attention and soon becomes a topic of everyone's interests. Due to media pressure, authorities are forced to acknowledge the robbery. The film focuses on the loopholes of governance, bureaucracy and the attitude of people in power.

Cast
 Rajpal Yadav as Manav Chaturvedi & the narrator
 Amit Behl as a lawyer
 Asrani as Session Court lawyer
 Om Puri
 Mukesh Bhatt
 Mushtaq Khan
 Razak Khan
 Sharat Saxena
 Vivek Shauq
 Neeraj Sood
 Ashutosh Rana as Satyaprakash Choubey
 Mukesh Tiwari
 Manoj Joshi as Jagrut Jaganath
 Govind Namdeo as BMC Commissioner
 Dara Singh as S. P. Shastri
 Vikram Gokhale as S.P.
 Vijay Raaz as Munshiji
 Satyadev Dubey as Pagla Baba
 Nalneesh Neel as Bakra
 Arun Shekhar as Tiger

Production
This film was Rajpal Yadav's directorial debut. He also acted as music director and contributed in screenplay and dialogue. Yadav's small-budget films (including this one) were produced by Radha Yadav (Rajpal's wife) under the "Shree Naurang Godavari Entertainment Ltd." banner, which was named after Rajpal's parents. Sujeet Choubey, Amod Bhatt, and Sukhwinder Singh were the music directors for this film. The songs were written by Sameer and sung by Sukhwinder Singh.

Casting
The film had a huge star-cast of about 175 actors, the majority of whom had no prior acting experience in films. The ensemble cast included veteran Dara Singh and Satyadev Dubey, for both of whom this was their last film. Both died before the release of the film.

Release
The music of the film was launched by Amitabh Bachchan on 22 September 2012. The film was originally set to release in October 2012, but its release was stayed by Delhi High Court after a local businessman M. G. Agarwal filed a cheating case against director Rajpal Yadav. Agarwal alleged that Yadav had taken  as loan from him for the film and signed an agreement with Agarwal-owned Murli Projects for the music and overall production of the movie. He alleged that Yadav went ahead and independently released the music and all the cheques Yadav gave to Agarwal bounced. The film was finally released on 2 November 2012.

Reception
The Times of India criticised the film for weak script, repetitiveness, preachiness and lack of clarity. Songs were criticised for acting only as fillers without adding anything to the story. Koimoi.com praised the film for an experimental theatre play-like story telling, casting, and performances of Ashutosh Rana and Rajpal Yadav. But it criticised the film for lack of in-synch dialogues and abrupt ending. Navbharat Times criticised the movie for being noisy, weak script and inability of Yadav to make good use of the huge star cast. Commercially the film failed at the box office.

References

External links

2010s Hindi-language films
2012 films
Indian musical comedy films
Indian satirical films
2012 directorial debut films


title: Honoratus Leigh Thomas

text:
Honoratus Leigh Thomas (1769–1846) was a Welsh surgeon.

Life
The son of John Thomas of Hawarden, Flintshire, by his wife Maria, sister of John Boydell, was born on 26 March 1769. Going to London as a very young man with  a letter of introduction to John Hunter, he was appointed dresser to Hunter at St. George's Hospital and a pupil of William Cumberland Cruikshank the anatomist. He obtained the diploma of the Corporation of Surgeons on 16 October 1794, was an original member of the London College of Surgeons, and was elected to the fellowship on its foundation in 1843.

Thomas's early professional work was in the army and navy. He passed as 1st mate, 3rd rate (navy), on 5 July 1792, and, on the recommendation of Hunter, was appointed assistant surgeon to the Macartney Embassy to China in the same year. In 1799 he volunteered for medical service with the Duke of York's army in the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland. On the capitulation of the forces to the French, Thomas wished to remain with the wounded, who could not be moved. He was told that he could only stay as a prisoner, and he decided to remain in that capacity. Later he was allowed to return home.

Thomas married the elder daughter of Cruikshank, and in 1800 succeeded to his father-in-law's practice in Leicester Place, where he resided for nearly half a century. Called in for consultation in medical cases, he made more of a reputation in that way than as a surgeon.

At the College of Surgeons Thomas was a member of the court of assistants from 1818 to 1845, examiner from 1818 to 1845, vice-president in 1827, 1828, 1836, and 1837, and president in 1829 and 1838. In 1827 he delivered the Hunterian oration, with personal reminiscences of Hunter. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on 16 January 1806, and was also a member of the Imperial Academy of St. Petersburg. He died at Belmont, Torquay, on 26 June 1846.

Works
In addition to his Hunterian oration, Thomas published some papers:

 Description of an Hermaphrodite Lamb
 Anatomical Description of a Male Rhinoceros
 Case of Artificial Dilatation of the Female Urethra
 Case of Obstruction in the Large Intestines occasioned by a Biliary Calculus of extraordinary size

Family
The scholar Edward Thomas was his son. His daughter Isabella married Philip Perceval Hutchins (1818–1928), and another daughter Frances married George Payne Rainsford James in 1828.

Notes

Attribution

1769 births
1846 deaths
Welsh surgeons
Fellows of the Royal Society
People from Hawarden


title: Dinesh Weerawansa

text:
Dinesh Weerawansa (born 17 June 1966) has once again returned as editor-in-chief of the Sunday Observer from December 2019 for his second term. He held the same position for nine years from 2006 to 2015, heading the editorial operation of Sri Lanka's oldest English newspaper which has the largest circulation - published by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. He had also functioned as chief editor of Daily News (2018) and also associate editor and sports editor of the Daily News and a visiting lecturer at National Olympic Academy of Sri Lanka.

Early life
Weerawansa was born to the late W. Cosmas Damian (Teachers' Training College Lecturer) and late Mercy Edna (English Trained teacher) on 17 June 1966 at Negombo, Sri Lanka. A Navodaya scholar, he was educated at the Royal College, Colombo - Senior College Prefect 1984/85 and Hostel Prefects' Advisor 1984/86. He then pursued further studies at the Thomson Foundation, UK, and graduated from the International Olympic Academy (IOA), affiliated to the University of Athens. In 1994, he was selected by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Japan to represent Sri Lanka at the South Asian Youth Exchange program. Only Sri Lankan media personality to be trained in the world-renowned IOA in Athena, Greece. Holds a diploma in sports leadership conducted by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

He is a honorary member of the International Taekwon-Do Federation he has been Sri Lanka’s prolific Sports Editor / sports journalist for over three and a half decades and is also the IAAF athletic correspondent for Sri Lanka. He is the most experienced and widely travelled sports writer in Sri Lanka who has covered a record seven editions of the Olympic Games (1992, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020), eight IAAF World Athletic Championships (2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2015) and six Asian Games (1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014).

Weerawansa has covered many milestone events in Sri Lanka sport, including Susanthika Jayasinghe winning the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games silver medal and 2007 World Championship bronze medal as well as Damayanthi Darsha and Sugath Tillakaratne winning gold medals for Sri Lanka (3) after 25 years at 1998 Bangkok Asian Games. He had also served as a radio and television commentator at several international events, including Olympic Games, Asian Games, South Asian Games and Test/ ODI international cricket matches and represented Sri Lanka at the Asian Sports Press Union Congress in Seoul in 1990 and 1992 and South Asian Sports Association in Dhaka, 1993 - was elected Chairman of its Cricket Commission.

International assignments as a media personality & Sports assignments
XXVth Olympic Games in Barcelona, 1992
XXV11 Olympic Games in Sydney, 2000
XXV111 Olympic Games in Athens, 2004
XX1X Olympic Games in Beijing, 2008
XXX Olympic Games in London, 2012
XXX1 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, 2016
XXX11 Olympic Games in Tokyo, 2020
8th IAAF World Championships in Edmonton, 2001
9th IAAF World Championships in Paris-Saint Dennis, 2003
10th IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, 2005
11th IAAF World Championships in Osaka, 2007
12th IAAF World Championships in Berlin, 2009
13th IAAF World Championships in Daegu, 2011
14th IAAF World Championships in Moscow, 2013
15th IAAF World Championships in Beijing, 2015
11th Asian Games in Hiroshima, 1994
12th Asian Games in Bangkok, 1998
13th Asian Games in Busan, 2002
14th Asian Games in Doha, 2006
15th Asian Games in Guangzhou, 2010
16th Asian Games in Incheon, 2014
Asian Athletic Championships in Manila, 1993
South Asian Games in Dhaka, 1993
Asian Athletic Grand Prix Manila, 2007

General assignments
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Perth, 2011
President Mahinda Rajapaksa's state visit to Japan, 2007

References

External links
 LakeHouse - officials

Living people
Sinhalese people
Alumni of Royal College, Colombo
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens alumni
Sri Lankan journalists
1966 births


Western Electricity Supply Company of Odisha or WESCO() was incorporated as a Public Limited Company of Government of Odisha on 19 November 1997 to carry out the distribution and retail supply business of electricity in Western Odisha. Western Electricity Supply Company of Odisha got its Certificate of Commencement of Business on 30 December 1997 and started functioning as a subsidiary of Grid Corporation of Odisha, a Government of Odisha Power Utility, from 26 November 1998 under Distribution and Retail Supply License.  Subsequently, the company obtained its own license for retail supply from Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission with effect from April 1999. After privatisation of distribution business under power sector reform process, WESCO became a subsidiary of TATA Power Ltd, with acquisition 51% majority share-holding. The authorised and paid up capital of the company is 48.65 crores  The licensed area of operation of the company is 48,000 sq. km and covers nine revenue districts of Western Odisha namely, Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Bargarh, Sonepur, Bolangir, Kalahandi and Nuapada. The corporate office is in Burla.

References

External links
 Official Website of Western Electricity Supply Company Of Odisha

Energy in Odisha
State agencies of Odisha
State electricity agencies of India
Indian companies established in 1997
Energy companies established in 1997
Electric-generation companies of India
1997 establishments in Orissa


title: 2007 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy

text:
The 2007 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy is the third edition of the invitational tournament hosted by Brunei. The tournament take place in Brunei from 3–12 March 2007. Eight teams from the ASEAN Football Federation participate in the tournament for under the age of 22.

Thailand emerged as the champion after beating Myanmar by 5–4 in the final penalty shoot-out, while both Cambodia and Malaysia shared the third place.

Venues

Squads

Group stage
 All times are Brunei Darussalam Time (BNT) – UTC+8.

Tie-breaking criteria
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss) and tie breakers are in following order:
 Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
 Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
 Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
 Result of direct matches;
 Drawing of lots.

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Final

Team statistics
As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

References

External links
 2007 Results

2007 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy
2007 in Asian football
2002
2007 in Brunei football
2007 in Burmese football
2007 in Malaysian football
2007 in Philippine football
2007 in Laotian football
2007 in Vietnamese football
2007 in Singaporean football
2007 in Thai football


title: 9th Air Command

text:
The 9th Air Command (Serbo-Croatian: 9. vazduhoplovna komanda/ 9.  ваздухопловна команда) was a joint unit of Yugoslav Air Force.

History
It was established by the order from June 27, 1959, year due to the "Drvar" reorganization plan of Yugoslav Air Force from the 21st Aviation Division with command at Mostar. In 1961 it suffered a changes in the organization.

By the new "Drvar 2" reorganization plan of Yugoslav Air Force, 3rd Air Command has been disbanded. Its units were attached to 5th Aviation Corps.

The commanders of Air command was Radoje Ljubić.

Organization

1959-1961
5th Air Command
229th Signal Battalion
Liaison Squadron of 9th Air Command
Light Combat Aviation Squadron of 9th Air Command
122nd Hydroplane Liaison Squadron
16th Reconnaissance Squadron of Anti-Aircraft Artillery
83rd Fighter Aviation Regiment
172nd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment
97th Support Aviation Regiment
84th Air Base
171st Air Base
423rd Air Base

1961-1964
5th Air Command
229th Signal Battalion
893rd Liaison Aviation Squadron
678th Transport Aviation Squadron
122nd Hydroplane Liaison Squadron
16th Reconnaissance Squadron of Anti-Aircraft Artillery
83rd Fighter Aviation Regiment
172nd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment
97th Support Aviation Regiment
84th Air Base
171st Air Base
423rd Air Base

Headquarters
Mostar

Commanding officers
Colonel Radoje Ljubić

References
Notes and citations

Bibliography

Air Commands of Yugoslav Air Force
Military units and formations established in 1959


title: Dolly Swift

text:
Albert Edward "Dolly" Swift (January 30, 1866 – April 20, 1948) was a Canadian amateur ice hockey forward who was active in the 1880s and 1890s. Swift played predominantly for his hometown club Quebec Hockey Club of the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada. He also spent some time with the Montreal Victorias. He was the most successful goal scorer of the 1890s.

Swift later became a general within the Canadian army and appeared with a battalion in World War I.

Statistics

Statistics per SIHR at sihrhockey.org

References

Notes

1866 births
Year of death missing
Anglophone Quebec people
Canadian ice hockey forwards
Canadian military personnel of World War I
Montreal Victorias players
Ice hockey people from Quebec City
Quebec Bulldogs players


title: Rhopalovalva exartemana

text:
Rhopalovalva exartemana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in China (Heilongjiang), Korea, Japan and Russia.

References

Moths described in 1901
Eucosmini


title: Cura del Popolo

text:
Cura del Popolo (Care of the People) is an Italian non-profit association operating in Vietnam, in the city of Da Nang. Founded in 2002 by Italian doctor, Enzo Falcone, and his wife, Luu Thi Minh Tam, Cura del Popolo focuses on assisting disadvantaged families, in particular women and children.

Organisation
Cura del Popolo is an Italian non-governmental organization operating in Viet Nam. Founded in 2002 as a health organization, it has become eclectic, organizing projects depending on local needs. Over the years they have advocated the construction of a hospital (dedicated to Carlo Urbani), a children's Centre (Casa del Sorriso), a mass for the poor, vocational courses, microloans at zero interest, construction of houses for the homeless and renovation of dilapidated housing. It is currently operational in health and welfare, with projects in particular for underprivileged children and women in extreme poverty in Vietnam. The association works to help create a model of sustainable development, through the redistribution of wealth and the promotion of social equality.

Enzo Falcone
Enzo Falcone graduated in Medicine and Surgery cum laude at the University of Milan. He worked for Médecins Sans Frontières, the United Nations and UNICEF. In 1994, while working in northern Vietnam, he met his wife, Tam, who in 2002 founded Cura del Popolo. In 2009 for his contributions to Vietnam, he received Vietnamese citizenship under the name of Luu Hoa Binh, which in Vietnamese means peace.

Philosophy
The mission of Cura del Popolo is the reduction of poverty and its causes first. All programs of Cura del Popolo are long-term, brought forth by clubs and individuals who know the local situation, and aim to achieve economic self-reliance for recipients. Cura del Popolo is a small and flexible organization, which rejects government funds to act without suffering any political influence. The organization is financed through private donations.

Current projects

"Fammi andare a scuola"
Support for the education of children and youth and their families, through grants and direct aid. Currently supports 140 children, supporting them throughout the duration of their course of studies, from primary school to university.

"Casa del Sorriso 2"
A home for children whose family situation does not permit inclusion in the project "Fammi andare a scuola". This project is designed to follow the children throughout the school growth path, supporting them even during their undergraduate studies. The "Casa del Sorriso" is a House like any other, and children living there are not provided just enough to survive, but everything a normal baby needs to be healthy and happy. All children are looked after by a local team that relies on the contributions of volunteers and experts.

"Aiutiamoli ad Aiutarsi" ("Let us help you to help yourself")
The project is directed to poor families who live in cities or in rural areas and is intended to offer an opportunity to work for families in difficulty, with the intent to make them able to support their own destiny, helping them to achieve self-employment through projects that generate income, allowing them to support themselves and their families.

References

External links
 Aspeninstitute.it
 Repubblica.it
 Lecourrier.vnanet.vn
 Thanhniennews.com

Charities based in Italy
21st-century establishments in Italy
Foreign charities operating in Vietnam


title: Yvelines's 3rd constituency

text:
The 3rd constituency of Yvelines is a French legislative constituency in the Yvelines département.

Description

The 3rd constituency of Yvelines includes parts of the wealthy western suburbs of Paris on the border with Hauts-de-Seine and to the north of Versailles.

The seat has consistently supported conservatives; however, until the 2012 elections these came from the centrist UDF rather than the Gaullist right. The constituency's deputy between 2002 and 2010, Christian Blanc, served as a minister in the government of François Fillon but resigned after a scandal concerning use of ministerial allowance's to purchase expensive cigars.

Historic representation

Election results

2022

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2007

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1997

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* RPR dissident

Sources

Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).

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title: Reno (surname)

text:
Reno is the surname of:

Don Reno (1927–1984), American country musician
Ginette Reno (born 1946), French-Canadian author
Ittie Kinney Reno (1862–1941), American novelist and social leader
Janet Reno (1938–2016), former attorney general of the United States
Jean Reno (born 1948), French actor
Jesse L. Reno (1823–1862), American military general during the Mexican–American War, and the American Civil War
Jesse W. Reno (1861–1947), American inventor of the escalator
Marcus Reno (1834–1889), American cavalry officer, participated in the Battle of Little Big Horn
Mike Reno (born 1955), Canadian rock musician
Tony Reno (born 1963), Swedish rock musician
Walter E. Reno (1881–1917), American naval officer
Franklin (Frank), John, Simeon (Sim) and William (Bill) Reno, members of the Reno Gang (died 1868), an American Civil War criminal gang
Reno (comedian), American stand-up comedian born Karen Reno in 1956


title: Astroblast!

text:
Astroblast! is an American animated science fiction children's television series created by Bob Kolar for Sprout. It is co-produced by Scholastic Media, Soup2Nuts and debuted on July 12, 2014.  The series is based on the book series Astroblast! by author and illustrator Bob Kolar. It was the final show produced by Soup2Nuts before its closure.

Astroblast! airing on NBC Kids, the Saturday morning programming block on NBC in October 2014.

In 2021, FilmRise picked up the show for distribution. Currently, the show is available for streaming via the FilmRise and The Roku Channel multimedia platforms in the United States, as well as on the Clan television channel and RTVE Play in Spain. The series is available more than 10 languages and has aired in over 20 countries internationally.

Premise
Comet, Sputnik, Halley, Radar, and Jet are five high-spirited and fun-loving animals who live with their alien octopus friend Sal in the Astroblast Space Station, which also houses a large library and a smoothie café called the Frosty Star.

Cast
Vinnie Penna as Comet, Morg, Bloodoo, Flash, additional voices
Gigi Abraham as Halley, Zelda, Sal's GamGam, Glippi, Bippity-Bops, additional voices
Veronica Taylor as Sputnik, Carly Cosmos, Bippity-Bops, Laney, additional voices
Joe Gaudet as Radar, Bob, Cosmo Carson, additional voices
John Taylor as Sal, Doobloo, additional voices

Episodes

Solo airings

Individual air dates for stories as a 15-minute program:

Duo airings

Coupled air dates as a 30-minute program:
 15 July 2014: Take Off! + Glippis Visit re-aired 13 January 2016
 8 October 2014: Are You My Piffin? + Halley's Wannabe
 25 October 2014: Smoothie Operator + Bend It Like Radar
 8 November 2014: I'll Save You + Don't Touch
 29 November 2014: "Sore Loser" + "Halley Goes Solo" re-aired 30 August 2015
 6 December 2014: Building the Perfect Present + ? re-aired 6 September 2015
 13 December 2014: "Beck and Call" + "Sputnik Takes Charge" re-aired 13 September 2015
 3 January 2015: Growing Crazy + Building the Perfect Present re-aired 3 January 2016
 25 April 2015: "Lights Out" + "Shoes Blue" re-aired 25 October 2015
 2 May 2015: "Shape Up" + "Puzzle Hunt" re-aired 1 November 2015
 9 May 2015: I Love a Parade! Sometimes ... + Radar Sleeps Over re-aired 8 November 2015
 16 May 2015: Stop Booging Me + Just Peachy re-aired 15 November 2015
 23 May 2015: Hole in One + Treasure Hunt re-aired 22 November 2015
 30 May 2015: Be Mine + Threes a Crowd re-aired 29 November 2015 A mailbox mix-up leaves Comet questioning his friendship with Halley.
 6 June 2015: Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Alligator + Sing Along to the Bouncing Monkey re-aired 6 December 2015 New customers are scared of Jet but they learn to trust him after he saves one from a fall.
 13 June 2015: I Feel Fine + Radar for a Day re-aired 13 December 2015 Sputnik is so excited for a Carly Cosmos contest, she tries to hide the fact she is sick.
 27 June 2015: Bop til You Drop + Kapowser re-aired 27 December 2015
 24 July 2015: A Gift From Halley + Best Guests re-aired 20 December 2015
 19 September 2015: "Comet's Gift" + "A Star Is Born" re-aired 20 September 2015 - Comet doesn't want to give a gift at the secret gift exchange.
 26 September 2015: "Don't Fear the Surfboard" + "Clean Machine" re-aired 27 September 2015 - Halley's late with a large order of smoothies leaving her questioning her job performance.

References

External links
 Astroblast official website
 https://web.archive.org/web/20160113015120/http://www.nbc.com/nbc-kids

2010s American animated television series
2010s American comic science fiction television series
2014 American television series debuts
2015 American television series endings
American children's animated space adventure television series
American children's animated comic science fiction television series
American preschool education television series
American television shows based on children's books
Animated preschool education television series
2010s preschool education television series
American flash animated television series
Animated television series about dogs
Animated television series about monkeys
Animated television series about pigs
Animated television series about rabbits and hares
Animated television series about extraterrestrial life
Television series by Soup2Nuts
English-language television shows


title: Astroblast

text:
Astroblast may refer to:

A version of Astrosmash, a 1981 video game
Astroblast!, a children's cartoon on the Sprout network
A short clip by Alexandre Lehmann from the episode "Worship" of the Adult Swim show Off the Air
A stomp rocket sold in the late 1970s
A differentiated neural stem cell which becomes an astrocyte


title: Rhopalovalva grapholitana

text:
Rhopalovalva grapholitana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in China (Hebei, north-eastern China, Shanghai, Anhui, Jiangxi, Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia), Korea and Russia.

The larvae feed on Lespedeza bicolor.

References

Moths described in 1916
Eucosmini


title: Arthur Carscallen

text:
Arthur Asa Grandville Carscallen (1879–1964), was a Seventh-day Adventist pastor, missionary, administrator, linguist, and publisher.

Early years
Born in Canada, Carscallen grew up in North Dakota, where he was baptized at age 20, just prior to starting studies at Union College from 1900 to 1901. He completed his Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) ministerial training in September 1906 at Duncombe Hall Training College in England. That same year, following his ordination, he embarked for Kenya, to begin missionary service for the SDA as superintendent of the British East Africa Mission, together with Peter Nyambo, an African Adventist worker from Nyasaland, now Malawi, who was a classmate of Carscallen at Duncombe Hall.

Seventh-day Adventists in Kenya: Beginnings
The first SDA missionaries to work in Kenya were Arthur Carscallen and Nyasaland native Peter Nyambo. Leaving England, the two traveled to Hamburg, Germany, sailing from there on 1 October 1906 to East Africa. Describing the journey to Africa, Carscallen wrote. "After an exceedingly hot trip through the Red Sea, we arrived in Mombasa nearly three weeks later."

By November 27, 1906, Carscallen and Nyambo were able to open the first British East Africa Mission station in Kenya at Gendia Hill near the eastern shore of Lake Victoria on Kendu Bay with the assistance of Abraham C. Enns, a German missionary and gardener stationed in Tanganyika, today Tanzania. Enns had arrived in Tanganyika in 1903 and was working among the Pare people. Together, they chose a five‑acre plot, about three kilometers (two miles) inland from Kendu Bay for the mission site, which was situated among the Luo people in what is now South Nyanza, about which Carscallen says, "...we chose the site at Gendia among the primitive African tribe who spoke a Nilotic language." Carscallen and Nyambo worked quickly to construct the mission buildings. Nyambo remained at Gendia for about four years.

Within 14 months Carscallen reported that he and Nyambo had erected the basic mission buildings and that he had learned the Luo language. As superintendent of the Mission, Carscallen and his staff established missionary stations along the eastern shore of Lake Victoria at Gendia Hill, Wire Hill, Rusinga Island, Kanyadoto, Karung, Kisii (Nyanchwa), and Kamagambo. The first 10 Jaluo Adventist adherents in Kenya were baptized on 21 May 1911.

Publishing was central to the mission of the early Adventist Church. Thus, in 1913, Carscallen acquired a small press for the Mission during a trip home to the United States and returned to set up African Herald Publishing at Gendia in order to publish books, papers, and a monthly journal. Carscallen was one of dozens of church leaders who helped expand their faith worldwide through publishing ministries.

The Dholuo language had never before been reduced to writing. To advance the literacy of the Jaluo people so that they could read the Bible, Carscallen produced a grammar textbook for the mission. Then, over the course of more than two years, Carscallen and the Mission staff translated portions of the New Testament from English to Luo, the first of which was the Gospel of Matthew, that was later published by the British and Foreign Bible Society in 1913. The grammar textbook he produced was widely used for many years. In addition to the grammar text, Carscallen produced an extensive, but unpublished, Kavirondo or Dholuo and English dictionary during his service in Kenya.

Besides Bible study, the Adventists also offered medical care and promoted public health among the Luo. As Adventists, they stressed the importance of good diet and health and started a free clinic where they treated malaria, cholera, and other diseases. While the relationship between the Adventist missionaries and the Jaluo people was not without conflict, some of it resulted in economic development. When Carscallen was joined by his fiancée, Helen, who was an accomplished seamstress, she was troubled by the lack of clothing worn by the locals and was determined to change the situation. Thus, she began to grow cotton to make fabric. Although the cotton production was successful, the missionaries had little success with convincing the Jaluo to adorn clothes. During World War I many of the missions were looted and damaged, and the workers, except Carscallen and one other, were kept from their stations for nearly two years, but he still managed to hold the staff together until the war's end.

Among Carscallen's adherents was Onyango Obama, then age 9, but someday to be the grandfather of President Barack Obama of the United States. Onyango adopted the ways of the missionaries more fully than did most of the Luo people at the time. In an interview, Onyango Obama said that "the arrival of the white missionaries provided an exciting diversion from the monotony of village life." Said to be a curious child, he was drawn to the new religion and was among the first wave of Jaluo to join with the missionaries, soon attending an Adventist boarding school and adopting the male missionaries' dress style "of long trousers and a white shirt."

In 1921, Carscallen's service in the SDA British East Africa Mission officially ended, and he returned to the United States with his family. Shortly thereafter, his wife, Helen, died that same year in Oregon.

Life's Work After Kenya

In 1924, Arthur Carscallen married Anita Johnson and, together, they performed pastoral work in the Dakotas. Afterward, he worked in British Guiana (known as Guyana in the modern era) from 1931 to 1942, becoming president of the three united Guiana Adventists fields, and helped to construct a new church building in Georgetown, doing much of the carpentry work himself. Still a pioneer full of energy, he volunteered for work in the interior of British Guiana among the Davis Indians, and went to Waramadong, near Mount Roraima, at the end of 1936, where he opened a mission. Repeating the success he had in Kenya with the local languages, he produced a dictionary and grammar of the

Upon retirement in the United States, he settled in La Sierra, California, and continued to visit churches and camp meetings.

Contributions
Arthur Carscallen's many contributions to his mission work can be appreciated almost a century later in the 2013 statistics reported by the Adventists for the East-Central Africa Division (ECD), the region for which he helped to lay a foundation, together with Peter Nyambo, Abraham Enns and Johannes Ehlers who worked in Tanganyika with Enns. The data reveals the lasting influence these early Adventists left in East Africa: a baptized membership of more than 2.5 million communicants, "worshipping in more than 12,000 organized churches, led by more than 2,000 ordained and licensed ministers at the ratio of one pastor serving an average of 1,260 baptized members..." and educating more than 500,000 students accessing Adventist education through its more than 2,000 schools, church-accredited and government-chartered universities, and providing medical assistance to the general public from its six hospitals and 130 rural clinics in the region.

See also

 Seventh-day Adventist Church
 Seventh-day Adventist theology
 Seventh-day Adventist eschatology
 History of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
 Teachings of Ellen G. White
 Inspiration of Ellen G. White
 Prophecy in the Seventh-day Adventist Church
 Investigative judgment
 The Pillars of Adventism
 Second Coming
 Conditional Immortality
 Historicism
 Three Angels' Messages
 Sabbath in seventh-day churches
 Ellen G. White
 Adventism
 Seventh-day Adventist worship

References

External sources
"Carscallen, Arthur Asa Grandville." Seventh-day Adventist Encyclopedia, Volume A-L. Second Revised Edition. Edited by Bobbie Jane Van Dolson and Leo R. Van Dolson. "Commentary Reference Series," Volume 10. Hagerstown, MD: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1996. pp. 300–301.

1879 births
1964 deaths
Seventh-day Adventist ministers
Seventh-day Adventist theologians
History of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
Linguists from the United States
American expatriates in Kenya
American Seventh-day Adventist missionaries
Canadian emigrants to the United States
Canadian Seventh-day Adventist missionaries
American Seventh-day Adventists
Seventh-day Adventist missionaries in Guyana
Seventh-day Adventist missionaries in Kenya
American expatriates
British Guiana people
Missionary linguists


title: Patrick Kennedy (director)

text:
Patrick Kennedy (born 12 February 1985) is a British theatre director and producer recognized as one of the major figures of the twenty-first century European avant-garde. He is the founder of The Phenomenological Theatre based in London and Sydney. He is a leading expert on the work of Richard Foreman. Most notable for creating and directing new musical Halbwelt Kultur and directing several UK premieres of Richard Foreman and Stanley Silverman's work, Kennedy's career has focused on avant garde plays and musicals.

Early life
Kennedy was born in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England.  He was educated at the University of Birmingham graduating with a degree in French, Italian and Chinese.  He completed a postgraduate research degree at the university specializing in American actor training techniques of the twentieth century.

Career

Kennedy has been the Artistic Director of The Phenomenological Theatre (originally PK Productions) since 2008, during which his 2009 production of The Lesson won critical acclaim from The Scotsman.

In 2012 he devised and directed Halbwelt Kultur at the Churchill Theatre.  The show was the VIP pre-show to Rufus Norris's Cabaret during its run at the theatre before moving on to Notting Hill, Battersea, Riverside Studios and Jermyn Street Theatre.

In 2013, Kennedy directed the second and largest incarnation of If It Only Even Runs A Minute at the London Hippodrome.
In 2014, Kennedy directed the London premiere of Up From Paradise by Arthur Miller and European premiere of Doctor Selavy's Magic Theatre by Richard Foreman. In April 2014, Kennedy devised and directed a celebratory concert at the London Hippodrome of American composer Stanley Silverman. In November 2014 he adapted and directed the world premiere of The Cherry Orchard set in London in 1976.

In January 2016, Kennedy directed the four hour tribute concert to David Bowie following the singer's death. Titled Starman: A Celebration Of David Bowie, the concert took place at the Union Chapel in Islington and featured established acts such as Dan Gillespie-Sells and The Magic Numbers.

In October 2016, Kennedy once again worked with Stanley Silverman to bring another Silverman/Foreman premiere to the UK. Hotel For Criminals played at New Wimbledon Studio from October 18–29 and garnered critical acclaim for its bold, unique and surreal visuals.

Continuing to bring the work of Richard Foreman to the UK, Kennedy directed, designed, choreographed and produced the UK premiere of King Cowboy Rufus Rules The Universe at the London Theatre Workshop. Critics called the production "An ambitious, brave play. Genuinely unsettling, disorientating and confrontational"  and declared Kennedy as "one of the country's most fascinating theatre practitioners".

On 7 Dec 2018, Kennedy announced a year long partnership with New Wimbledon Theatre entitled Foreman At Fifty, a season of three plays from three unique parts of Richard Foreman's career to celebrate his 50th anniversary as a theatre maker.

The Phenomenological Theatre

Kennedy launched The Phenomenological Theatre on 14 January 2018. The Phenomenological Theatre creates impulsive, chimerical stage productions summoned from deep inside the unconscious which turbulently reverberate. It produces multi-layered, deeply complex theatre pieces which speak to the transcendental phenomenology of humanity. Under Patrick Kennedy's deeply idiosyncratic aesthetic direction, The Phenomenological Theatre incorporates vaudeville, philosophy, slapstick, dadaism, surrealism and limitless other divergent sources.

A statement from Patrick Kennedy said, "50 years after Richard Foreman founded his Ontological-Hysteric Theater, I thought it critical that we answer London's need for a new avant garde theatre company which continues Richard's work in the exploration of consciousness. This is especially important given the perilous social, economic and political times we live in."

Credits
 2019: Halbwelt Kultur
 2019: Zomboid!
 2019: Lava
 2019: Pain(t)
 2018: Elephant Steps
 2017: King Cowboy Rufus Rules The Universe!
 2016: Hotel For Criminals
 2016: Fantastic Medicine (Workshop)
 2016: Starman: A Celebration Of David Bowie
 2014: The Cherry Orchard
 2014: Up From Paradise
 2014: Celebrating Silverman
 2014: Doctor Selavy's Magic Theatre
 2013: If It Only Even Runs A Minute
 2013: Halbwelt Kultur
 2012: Halbwelt Kultur
 2012: The Cherry Orchard
 2011: Marat/Sade
 2010: The Laramie Project
 2010: Antony and Cleopatra
 2009: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
 2009: The Lesson
 2008: What The Butler Saw
 2008: Therese Raquin

Awards
 2019 – Offies Award nomination for IDEA Production, ZOMBOID!

References

1985 births
Living people
English theatre directors
Alumni of the University of Birmingham


title: University Hall (Uppsala University)

text:
University Hall or the University Main Building (Swedish: Universitetshuset) is the main building of Uppsala University in Uppsala, Sweden. The building is situated in University Park close to Uppsala Cathedral. It was designed in Italian renaissance Beaux-Arts style by architect Herman Teodor Holmgren (1842-1914) and completed in 1887.

The building should not be confused with Carolina Rediviva, which is the Uppsala University Library building, or Gustavianum, the previous main building, which today is a museum.

History
Before the completion of the present building, the main lecture hall of the university had been housed in the nearby Gustavianum, while the administration was housed in the Consistory House (Konsistoriehuset) and the academic ceremonies took place in the Carolina Rediviva university library building. The chosen site for the new building was previously occupied by a riding exercise court belonging to the university. Planning and construction took place during a 10-year period, with the winning proposal designed by Herman Teodor Holmgren, a student of Fredrik Wilhelm Scholander. Holmgren had studied Beaux-Arts architecture in France, Italy and Germany and the university building became the largest of his works and the most well-known, counting among the foremost examples of this architectural style in Sweden and Scandinavia. The building contract was awarded to the C H Hallström building company.

During the excavations for the building and the University Park, remnants of the foundations for the 14th-century Archbishop's Castle were unearthed, but subsequently buried below the park. Budget problems and the problematic ground conditions, due to the steep incline and castle foundations, caused delays and redesigns during the construction period. The building was finally inaugurated by King Oscar II in May 1887.

The new building brought many advantages to the university, as the previous building Gustavianum only had two unheated lecture rooms. Several of the University Hall lecture rooms are still in use today, notably the Grand Auditorium, which seats 1,800 people. The inscription above the entrance to the main auditorium is an aphorism by the Swedish 18th-century philosopher Thomas Thorild (1759-1808), which famously reads:

Between 1996 and 2001, the building underwent a major renovation during which the paintwork in the entrance hall was restored to the original 19th century colors, which had been painted over during the 1970s.

Present use

Today, the University Hall is mainly used for lectures, conferences, concerts and ceremonies, as well as formal receptions and consistory meetings. Many of the original administrative and academic functions of the building have been moved to modern buildings since the 19th century as the university has grown, but the University Hall retains its status as the formal main building. The building also houses a significant part of Uppsala University's extensive art collection and the Uppsala University Coin Cabinet.

As the building is still in use by the university, some of the rooms are normally inaccessible to the general public. Formal receptions for guests of the rector magnificus, the Vice-Chancellor, are held in the Chancellor's room upstairs, and the adjoining suite of rooms is used by the four original faculties of Uppsala University, decorated with portraits of past professors and alumni of Uppsala University. It also contains a minor exhibit on the university's Nobel laureates. The Consistory, the governing body of the university, meets in an ornate board room on the entrance level, which is decorated with portraits of previous monarchs of Sweden from the Protestant reformation to the 20th century.

Gallery

See also
 Uppsala University
 Gustavianum
 Carolina Rediviva

References

Literature
 Heinemann, Thomas (1987). Universitetshuset i Uppsala 1887-1987 : en jubileumsbok. Uppsala, Almqvist & Wiksell International.

Buildings and structures in Uppsala
Listed buildings in Sweden
Uppsala University
Beaux-Arts architecture
School buildings completed in 1887


title: Rhopalovalva lascivana

text:
Rhopalovalva lascivana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in China (Guizhou), Korea, Japan and the Russian Far East.

The wingspan is 15–18 mm.

The larvae feed on Quercus mongolica.

References

Moths described in 1881
Eucosmini


title: Ravi Thornton

text:
Ravi Thornton is a British writer. She is known for graphic novels and script writing across multiple platforms, and for her interest in the social-impact potential of narrative.

Notable works

Late 1990s – 2010. Thornton wrote several short stories in British urban underground illustration, graffiti, and writing magazine The Illustrated Ape, including The Lion & The Mistress and The Man With His Heart In His C*ck illustrated by Yuko Kondo and Julie Verhoeven respectively.

2010–2012. Thornton wrote her debut graphic short story Raven Squad, illustrated by Perry Van Zandt,  followed by graphic short story Day Release illustrated by Leonardo M. Giron. The latter was nominated for Observer/Cape/Comica Graphic Short Story Prize 2012.

2012. Thornton wrote her debut graphic novel The Tale of Brin & Bent and Minno Marylebone, published by Jonathon Cape Random House (UK) and Soft Skull Press (US), illustrated by Andy Hixon. Inspired by a real-life assault on Thornton, reviewers of the book warned about its violent and disturbing content, but praised the quality of the writing and its emotional depth. It went on to win the Annual Broken Frontier Award for Best Debut Book of 2012 and a nomination for the 2012 Bram Stoker Award for horror writing.

The Tale of Brin & Bent and Minno Marylebone is taught at University of Nottingham as part of its BA English Literature, in relation to William Blake, on themes of loneliness, isolation and surrealism. The text has also been utilised in University of Salford as part of its BA Music, to explore jazz as interpretation of abuse and trauma. Scholar David Annwn Jones describes the graphic novel as part of ‘a new interest in the darker resonance of fairytales’ in his Chapter Horror Comics written for the Routledge Companion to Comics 2016.

2012 – 2018. Thornton designed and delivered The HOAX Project, based on the poetry of her younger brother who lived with schizophrenia and killed himself in 2008, comprising HOAX My Lonely Heart, HOAX Psychosis Blues and HOAX Our Right to Hope. The project went on to be the world's first proven study of social-recovery impact of multi-faceted narrative.

2012 – present day. Thornton founded  Ziggy's Wish Ltd to develop The HOAX Project and other projects that use applied narrative to support engagement with complex social issues. The company formalised in 2014. Project partners include Clinical Research Network Greater Manchester (2015), Psychosis Research Unit of NHS Mental Health Foundation Trust (2015–17), Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society, University of Edinburgh (2019-21). The name ‘Ziggy’s Wish’ comes from Thornton's ex-racing rescue greyhound Ziggy (deceased).

2012. Thornton wrote dark stage musical HOAX My Lonely Heart. Developed in collaboration with director Benji Reid and Royal Exchange Theatre, also composer Minute Taker and producer Pippa Frith. It was performed in 2014 in Royal Exchange Theatre, received four-star reviews and toured across the north of England in 2017.

2014. Thornton wrote graphic novel HOAX Psychosis Blues, published by Ziggy’s Wish and illustrated by Bryan Talbot, Rian Hughes, Mark Stafford, Hannah Berry, Julian Hanshaw, Leonardo M. Giron, Karrie Fransman, Rhiana Jade, Ian Jones and Rozi Hathaway. HOAX Psychosis Blues received significant acclaim including Comics in Education Graphic Novel of the Year 2014 (winner), Medicine Unboxed Creative Prize 2014 (shortlisted), British Comic Awards Best Book 2014 (longlisted), and Comica Top Ten British Graphic Novels 2014 (official selection). A second edition was released in 2017.

2015. Thornton wrote storyapp HOAX Our Right to Hope with embedded clinical study, published by Cubus Games, illustrated by Andrew Chiu. Data analysis showed The HOAX Project significantly reduced mental-health stigma, increased mental-health disclosure and increased help-seeking for individuals who experience psychosis. The app won TIC Anoia Technology for Social Purpose award 2018.

HOAX is taught at University of Nottingham as part of its BA English Literature, in relation to Alan Moore, and Dystopian and Gothic Fiction. The project is often cited in humanities studies.

2015. Thornton wrote stage play and film Trials of the Mind, featuring Sasha’s Trial, published and produced by Ziggy's Wish, directed by Trevor MacFarlane and John Grey. The pieces included integrated participatory workshops and were shortlisted for the Clinical Research Impact Health Service Journal Award 2015.

2017. Thornton wrote interactive script iDent as part of the Manchester Museum and Royal Exchange Theatre project Come Closer Memories of Partition to mark the 70th anniversary of the Partition of India. The piece explored how identities can be projected onto populations for manipulative gain, was directed by Amy Hailwood, performed across Manchester and required audience participation. The project went on to win The University of Manchester's Making a Difference Awards for Social Responsibility, for an Outstanding Contribution to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.

2020. Thornton wrote graphic novel and workshop resource Tailored Treatments: Tales of Research and Care, as part of Wellcome Trust programme Translations and Transformations in Patienthood: Cancer in the Post Genomic Era. Published by Ziggy's Wish, illustrated by Rhiana Jade.

2021. Thornton wrote XYV as part of Hope Mill Theatre short play event Vignettes. A formally experimental piece directed by Amy Hailwood, XYV explores gender power and the future consequence of techno-scientific trends.

References

External links
 Ravi Thornton website
 Ziggy's Wish website

1973 births
Living people
English women writers
English dramatists and playwrights
English graphic novelists
British female comics artists
Female comics writers


title: The Block NZ (season 2)

text:
The second season of New Zealand reality television series The Block NZ premiered on 26 August 2013 and ended on 4 November 2013. It ran three nights per week, Monday–Wednesday.

The season was set in the Auckland suburb of Belmont, and was judged by Jeremy Hansen, the editor of HOME New Zealand magazine since 2005, and Janice Kumar-Ward, founder of The Recipes in 2008.

Contestants

Episodes

Score history

Winners & Losers

Challenges

Auction results
There was a 3-way tie in the week 10 challenges with Alice & Caleb, Pete & Andy and Loz & Tom all on 6 points. To determine who wins, all the judges scores and challenge wins were added up and determined that Pete & Andy were the most successful team so they got to choose the auction order.

References

2013 New Zealand television seasons


title: Rhopalovalva pulchra

text:
Rhopalovalva pulchra is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in China (Zhejiang, Fujian), Korea, Japan and the Russian Far East.

The wingspan is 11–15 mm.

The larvae feed on Quercus species and Fraxinus mandshurica var. japonica.

References

Moths described in 1879
Eucosmini


title: Katni Junction railway station

text:
Katni Junction (Station Code: KTE) is a major rail junction in Katni, India. Rail links from the junction travel in five directions — Bina, Jabalpur, Satna, Bilaspur, Singrauli. Rail links from the junction travel to New Delhi, Mumbai, Vadodara, Howrah, Chennai, Bangalore, Dhanbad, Prayagraj, Kanpur, Lucknow, Bhopal, Indore, Gwalior, Agra, Gorakhpur, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Ambala, Bathinda, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Ajmer, Nagpur, Pune, Jammu, Raipur, Bhubaneswar, Visakhapatnam, Hyderabad, Hubli, Madurai, Vasco, Rameshvaram, Kanyakumari, Ernakulam and other Indian cities. To reduce the junction's load the new  & Katni South has been opened to carry trains from Bina and Jabalpur respectively.

Junction
Railway lines from five directions connect at the Katni railway station:
From the east (Renukut, Mugal Sarai, Howrah, Kolkata)
Katni–Singrauli–Howrah line via Singrauli that goes to West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand
Katni–Bilaspur line that goes further to Chhattisgarh, Odisha
From the north (Delhi, Kanpur)
Katni–Prayagraj line that goes to Delhi, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh
From the west (Mumbai, Ahmedabad)
Katni–Jabalpur–Itarsi line that goes west, south, southwest
Katni–Bina line that goes to Delhi, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan

Picture gallery

See also

References

Jabalpur railway division
Railway junction stations in Madhya Pradesh
Railway stations in Katni district


title: Rhopalovalva ovata

text:
Rhopalovalva ovata is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in China (Henan, Hunan).

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are uniform pale yellow, with eight pairs of grey streaks on the costa. The hindwings are grey.

Etymology
The specific name refers to the nearly ovate socius in the male genitalia and is derived from Latin ovatus (meaning oval).

References

Moths described in 2004
Eucosmini


title: Bob Briggs (chemist)

text:
Lindsay Heathcote "Bob" Briggs (3 January 1905 – 16 January 1975) was a New Zealand organic chemist.

Early life
Born in Hastings in 1905, Briggs was educated at Auckland Grammar School.

Academic career
After graduating from Auckland University College with a Master of Science with second-class honours in 1928, he received funding to research manuka oil the following year, and undertook independent research at Massey Agricultural College from 1929 to 1930.

He then went to the Dyson Perrins Laboratory at Oxford University for a PhD under Robert Robinson, investigating the chemical structure of strychnine. He was awarded his doctorate in 1932 and returned to Auckland, where he was appointed as a lecturer in organic chemistry in 1933.

In 1941 he was awarded a DSc from Auckland University College. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 1942 and served as its president from 1956 to 1958. He was awarded the Hector Medal by the society in 1943. In 1953, he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal.

He was also an active member of the Auckland University field club.

References

1905 births
1975 deaths
People from Hastings, New Zealand
People educated at Auckland Grammar School
New Zealand chemists
Organic chemists
University of Auckland alumni
Alumni of the University of Oxford
Academic staff of the University of Auckland
20th-century New Zealand scientists
Presidents of the Royal Society of New Zealand


title: RI-1 (chemical)

text:
RI-1 is a selective inhibitor of RAD51, which is a central gene molecule of homologous recombination, with IC50 ranging from 5 to 30 μM.

Antitumor mechanism
RAD51 is a eukaryote gene, encoding RAD51 protein that participates in DNA damage induction and complex signal pathway of cell cycle checkpoint of homologous recombination in cells. However, over-expression of RAD51 may lead the occurrence and development progress of tumours and besides, the insensitivity of tumours to chemoradiotherapy. At present, over-expression of RAD51 has been found in many kinds of human cancers, such as breast cancer, lung cancer and ovarian cancer.

RI-1 inhibits the over-expression of RAD51 in cancer cells by bonding covalently to the surface of RAD51 protein at Cys 319 and irreversibly loosen a protein-protein interface that is essential for filament formation and recombinase activity.

Targeted drugs to RAD51 has the prospect to be a new generation of oncologic drugs, like RI-1. It is also a unique tool for mechanism studies of DNA repair.

References

Literature

Maleimides
Chloroarenes
4-Morpholinyl compounds


title: Yvelines's 4th constituency

text:
The 4th constituency of Yvelines is a French legislative constituency in the Yvelines département.

Description

The 4th constituency of Yvelines is a dense urban seat covering the Parisian suburbs around a loop in the Seine river on the eastern edge of the department.

Until 2017 the seat elected conservatives at every election since its creation with the sole exception of 1969 when it elected future Prime Minister of France Michel Rocard.

Historic Representation

Election results

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Sources
Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).

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title: Rhopalovalva orbiculata

text:
Rhopalovalva orbiculata is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in China (Fujian, Henan, Hunan, Guangxi, Guizhou).

The wingspan is 10–12 mm. The forewings are fulvous with dark brown transverse lines. There are seven pairs of grey streaks at the costa. The hindwings are grey.

Etymology
The specific name refers to the cucullus of the male genitalia ventrally bearing a slender process roundly dilated distally and is derived from Latin orbiculatus (meaning round).

References

Moths described in 2004
Eucosmini


title: Bertie County Courthouse

text:
Bertie County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located at Windsor, Bertie County, North Carolina. It was built in 1889, and is a 2 1/2-story, brick Neoclassical style building with a gable roof topped by a polygonal cupola.  In 1941, the portico was enlarged and wings added to the main block.  A rear addition was built in 1974.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. It is located in the Windsor Historic District.

References

County courthouses in North Carolina
Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
Government buildings completed in 1889
Buildings and structures in Bertie County, North Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Bertie County, North Carolina
1889 establishments in North Carolina
Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in North Carolina


title: Results of the 1975 South Australian state election (House of Assembly)

text:
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This is a list of House of Assembly results for the 1975 South Australian state election.

Results by electoral district

Adelaide

Albert Park

Alexandra

The two candidate preferred vote was not counted between the Liberal and Liberal Movement candidates for Alexandra.

Ascot Park

Bragg

Brighton

Chaffey

Coles

Davenport

Elizabeth

Eyre

Fisher

Flinders

Florey

Frome

Gilles

Glenelg

Gouger

Goyder

Hanson

Henley Beach

Heysen

Kavel

The two candidate preferred vote was not counted between the Liberal and Liberal Movement candidates for Kavel.

Light

Mallee

The two candidate preferred vote was not counted between the Liberal and Country candidates for Mallee.

Mawson

Millicent

Mitcham

Mitchell

Mount Gambier

Murray

Norwood

Peake

Pirie

Playford

Price

Rocky River

Ross Smith

Salisbury

Semaphore

Spence

Stuart

Tea Tree Gully

Torrens

Unley

Victoria

Whyalla

See also
 Candidates of the 1975 South Australian state election
 Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1975–1977

References

1975
1975 elections in Australia
1970s in South Australia


title: Freeman Hotel (Windsor, North Carolina)

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Freeman Hotel is a historic hotel building located at Windsor, Bertie County, North Carolina. It was built about 1845, and is a two-story, five bay, frame Greek Revival style building. It features a double portico. From about 1888 until 1936 the building served Windsor as a hotel of eight rooms and two dining rooms.  The building was moved to its present location in 1981.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

References

Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
Greek Revival architecture in North Carolina
Hotel buildings completed in 1845
Buildings and structures in Bertie County, North Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Bertie County, North Carolina


title: Robin Richmond

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Robin Richmond (21 April 1912 – 27 July 1998) was an English cinema organist and BBC Radio presenter and performer.

History
Richmond was born on 21 April 1912 in Kensington, London, England, UK. His father was a doctor. William Stephenson Richmond, his mother was Barbara Hamilton Archibald. He had a brother, John Whitaker Stephenson Richmond.  He was educated at Westminster School and London University to study law, though he failed to graduate from the latter. It was at Westminster School where Richmond learned how to play the organ.

Career
After a brief engagement at Lambeth Mission Hall, from which he was sacked for adding percussion sounds to hymns, he made his West End debut in the revue It's in the Bag. He then toured with the comedy singing duo The Two Leslies (Leslie Sarony and Leslie Holmes). His BBC Radio debut was in Palace of Varieties in 1938.

His trademark instrument became the Hammond organ, after he imported the first example to Great Britain from the United States in 1935. It carried the serial number "001". Rejected by the military during World War II for health reasons, Richmond spent the duration as organist at the Paramount Cinema in Tottenham Court Road, London, and on BBC radio. Rishmond was known as one of the first "swing-timers". Mainly playing works that were the latest songs and dances in the U.S.. His instrument was the Hammond Electronic Organ, and Richmond was in fact the first British organist to import the Hammond Electric to the states.

Richmond had volunteered for the Navy but was rejected due to health reasons. From there he was assigned to be the organist for the Paramount Cinema in Tottenham Court Road with the singer Adelaide Hall. However, the cinema was bombed soon after Richmond's joining.

In 1944 Richmond was an actor as well as a writer for Rainbow Round the Corner, in 1949 the Mystery at the Burlesque, and The Time of His Life in 1955.

Post-war, Richmond regularly performed on the BBC Light Programme, on shows such as Music While You Work, Variety Bandbox and Organ Grinder Swing. He also presented a number of programmes including Housewives' Choice and Jazz Club. On television, he was the resident organist on the quiz show Double Your Money.

He created the BBC Radio 2 series The Organist Entertains in 1969, and was its main presenter until 1980, often at the BBC Theatre Organ in Manchester. A special edition in 2012 marked the centenary of his birth. He appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 10 September 1977.

Richmond died of cancer in Sussex, England m, UK,  on 26 July 1998, aged 86.

References

External links

1912 births
1998 deaths
Place of death missing
BBC people
BBC Radio 2 presenters
Musicians from London
People educated at Westminster School, London
Alumni of the University of London
Theatre organists
20th-century organists


title: Teresa (1987 film)

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Teresa is a 1987 Italian comedy film written and directed by Dino Risi, that stars Serena Grandi and Luca Barbareschi. It tells the story of Teresa, an attractive young widow who works as a lorry driver to pay off her husband's debts.

Plot
In the Italian province of Romagna, Teresa drives a lorry with her older husband Stallino, who dies. She discovers that he owed 80 million lire to Nabucco, a local entrepreneur, who now wants to marry her. She persuades Nabucco to let her work until Ferragosto next year when, if she has not earned enough to repay him, she will marry him. Having no affection for Nabucco, she takes whatever jobs she can get and as co-driver hires Gino, a happy-go-lucky young man to whom she is attracted. As he has no money and she must work, marriage is out of the question and their relationship is often stormy.

She collects a load of beer from a brewery in Germany where the owner, a baron, wants to marry her but Gino rescues her from this fate. She collects a load of fresh fish in Sicily, which is hijacked by the mafia and destroyed. Going to the mansion of the mafia boss to negotiate, he falls for her and offers two million lire compensation if she will be his mistress. When a gunfight then breaks out and he is killed, she pockets the cash and is rescued by Gino. After many other misadventures along the road, with or without Gino, in the end she finds that she will have to accept Nabucco. As she is about to say « I do » at the altar, she hears the horn of her lorry being hooted. Running out, she sees Gino at the wheel and the two ride off into the sunset, throwing her bridal garb piece by piece from the window.

Cast
 Serena Grandi as Teresa
 Luca Barbareschi as Gino
 Eros Pagni as Nabucco
 Flora Carosello as Sepolcra, Teresa's mother
 Robert Stafford Burton as the baron
 Bobby Rhodes as Hermann, the baron's driver
 Pupo De Luca as the prior of the monastery

References

External links

1987 films
1987 comedy films
1980s Italian-language films
Films directed by Dino Risi
Italian comedy films
Trucker films
1980s Italian films


title: Aikyam

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Aikyam  (Sanskrit: ऐक्यम्) means – oneness, unity, harmony, unanimity, identity or sameness or identical. The Upanishads address two fundamental ideas – Brahman and the Atman; as a rule these terms are used synonymously, there is no difference between these two. The main theme of Vedantic teaching is identity of the individual and the Total (jiva isvara aikyam), that the self (Atman) and awareness (Chaitanya) are identical (aikyam). Aikyam means oneness or identity.

Vedic purport

The Vedas are part of oral tradition, therefore they are called  Śruti  (that which is heard), Upanishads, known as the Vedanta, are the destroyer of bondage. The oneness of the Individual Self and the Universal Self (jīvātma paramātma aikyam) is Śrutisara, the ultimate purport of the Vedas. In the compound word – Brahman atman aikyam, unity of the Brahman and the Atman, is described the fundamental dogma of the Vedanta system.

The Vedic Rishis tell us – सत्त्वानुरूपा सर्वस्य श्रद्धा भवति – that undoubtedly the faith of all men conforms to their mental constitution, they speak about the two Unmanifests – the one which transforms itself and causes other transformations, and the other one that supports the former it had projected with the intention of commencing creation, although there is no real difference between these two. Rishi Dirghatamas (Rig Veda I.163.4) prays to Agni thus:-
 त्रीणि त आहुर्दिवि बन्धनानि त्रीण्यप्सु त्रीण्यन्तः समुद्रे |
 उतेव मे वरुणश्च्छन्त्स्यर्वन्यत्रा त आहुः परमं जनित्रम् ||
 "The place of your origin or birth is the same as that of mine; if you are endowed with strength I too possess the same strength; O the bright one! If you so happen to exist in three states or forms (gross, subtle and causal) so does water (the finest divine aspects) and the earth (the gross supporting aspect) and all objects (the entire transformation of the First Cause) dispersed in space (as existing outside and within) have three forms, O learned one! if your birth and knowledge is divine so is mine. "

This unique awareness of Sameness which is actually the awareness of Oneness is the knowledge of Reality, the true knowledge of existence, gaining which knowledge the true seeker ceases to see difference in this vast world of "variety" which difference is seen only as so many names echoing and re-echoing persistently in one’s mind. Rishi Venobhargavah (Rig Veda IX.85.9) also speaks about the same knowledge of Oneness when he prays:-
 अधिद्यामस्थाद्वष्भो विचक्षणोऽरूरुचद्वि दिवो रोचना कविः |
 राजा पवित्रमत्येति रोरुवद्दिवः पीयूषं दुहते नृचक्षसः ||
and tells us about the stars and celestial luminaries dotting the sky shining because of the light of the self-effulgent Brahman shining brightly revealing everything and providing strength and stability (अधिद्यामस्थात्),who is pure and the source of amrita (पीयूषं) desired by the learned people (नृचक्षसः), who is the giver of happiness and who is the deliverer being the only source of immortality.201-203

Vedanta contention

Vedantasara explains that the subject (visheya) is the identity of the individual self and Brahman, which is of the nature of Pure Intelligence (wherein all ideas of separation and variety are effaced) and is to be realized – सर्वे वेदा यत् पदमामनन्ति – That goal which all the Vedas declare (Katha Upanishad I.ii.15), and that the connection (sambandha) is the relation between that identity which is to be realized and the evidence of the Upanishads that establishes it, as between a thing to be known and that which tells of it.p.16

sankara states that the notion of a multitude of souls is valid only at the level of the empirical world. While the Atman stays within the limits of the body, emotions and intellect, there cannot be any dissolution, any absolute unity (sarvarthā- aikyam) with Brahman; the soul is only the reflection of the higher ātman. There is only one reality. That about which the cognition does not change is sat – real and that about which cognition keeps changing or is negated is asat – unreal; the Atman or Brahman alone being unchangeable and un-negatable is the only sat or Reality.

Objections

According to Madhavacharya, aikyam cannot be real at all; if it were, the absolutism would have vanished. The Absolute is the only reality, aikyam cannot be another reality. And, Nagarjuna explains – if there were to be identity of cause and effect, then there would be oneness of producer and the produce; if there were to be difference between cause and effect, then the cause would be equal to a non-cause.

References

Rigveda
Hindu philosophical concepts
Vedanta
Upanishadic concepts
Buddhist philosophical concepts


title: Edward Thomas (antiquarian)

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Edward Thomas   (31 December 1813 – 10 February 1886) was an English civil servant of the East India Company, known for his writings on Indian antiquities.

Life
Born on 31 December 1813, the son of Honoratus Leigh Thomas, he was educated at the East India College at Haileybury. He went to India in 1832 as a writer in the Bengal service of the company. Poor health affected his career, and he took several absences in England on sick leave; and when Lord Dalhousie offered him in 1852 the post of foreign secretary to the government of India, he declined it.

After acting for a short time as judge at Delhi, Thomas was appointed superintending judge of the Saugor and Nerbudda territory. He retired on a pension in 1857, and spent the rest of his life in scholarly pursuits, attending the meetings of learned societies and writing on Asian archæology. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1871, and appointed a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire in the 1884 Birthday Honours.

He died in Kensington on 10 February 1886.

Works
Thomas is considered to have made ground-breaking studies in a number of areas of scholarship, such as numismatics (Bactrian, Indo-Scythic, and Sassanian coins); Indian metrology; and Persian gems and inscriptions. His work was recognised by his election as a Fellow of the Royal Society on 8 June 1871, as correspondent of the Institute of France in January 1873, and as honorary member of the Russian Academy; and by his decoration as Companion of the Indian Empire. His major works were:

 Chronicles of the Pathan Kings of Delhi (1847; 2nd enlarged edit. 1871), and
 his edition of James Prinsep's Essays on Indian Antiquities and Useful Tables (2 vols. 1858), which he annotated.
 Jainism or The Early Faith of Asoka

Other publications included:

 Coins of the Kings of Ghazni (1847, 1858);
 Initial Coinage of Bengal (1886, 1873);
 Early Sassanian Inscriptions (1868);
 Ancient Indian Weights (1874), as part i. of the new edition of the Numismata Orientalia [subsequently renamed International Numismata Orientalia] which he edited for Nicholas Trübner; and
 The Revenue of the Mughal Empire (1871, 1882).

Many of his numerous short papers appeared in the Numismatic Chronicle between 1847 and 1883. Rather more were in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, of which he was a member for 40 years and treasurer for 25.

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Attribution

1813 births
1886 deaths
British East India Company civil servants
English antiquarians
Fellows of the Royal Society
Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire
English numismatists


title: Gated commit

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A gated commit, gated check-in or pre-tested commit
is a software integration pattern that reduces the chances for breaking a build (and often its associated tests) by committing changes into the main branch of version control. This pattern can be supported by a continuous integration (CI) server.

To perform a gated commit the software developer must request a gated commit from the CI server before committing the actual changes to a central location.
The CI server merges the local changes with the head of the master branch and performs the validations (build and tests) that make up the gate. So the developer can see if his or her changes break the build without actually committing the changes. A commit to the central location will only be allowed if the gates are cleared.

As an alternative this pattern can be realized using different branches in version control. For instance, GitHub can force all commits to a branch B to be merge commits from pull requests which have successfully been built on the CI server and are up-to-date (i.e. based or rebased on B).

See also
 TeamCity

References

Continuous integration
Build automation


title: Vegetable flannel

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Vegetable flannel is a type of flannel using fibres from the Scots pine, or Pinus sylvestris, rather than traditional woollen fibres. It is described as having a hemp like appearance, but with a tighter, softer texture. In addition to this, the term can also describe coarse linen used for underclothing.

Manufacture
Invented in the early 19th century by L. Léopold Lairitz of Germany, the manufacture of vegetable flannel became a Black Forest industry due to the wide availability of the pines there which provided the raw materials. The raw fibre, called Waldwolle ("forest wool"), and the pine oil were separated, and then the Waldwolle was spun into yarn or thread, and either woven or knitted.

By 1900, vegetable flannel was mainly woven at Wrocław, which at the time was located in Germany.

Properties
Vegetable flannel was promoted as a hypoallergenic option for those who could not wear wool, and was thought to be particularly good for rheumatism and neuralgia. In the nineteenth century, this was attributed to the tannins and resins present in the fibre, and "formic acid, which creates a gentle and constant excitement of the skin." Another contemporary article claimed that vegetable flannel regulated the release of phosphorus and other elements from the invalid's body. In 1900, vegetable flannel was widely used for blankets in German hospitals, prisons and barracks as it was thought not to harbour pests and vermin.

Criticism

The German Polytechnisches Journal, which published several articles on Waldwolle as a promising new material, was later highly critical of marketing claims made for it. In an article in 1868 the journal stated that while the fibres extracted from pine needles were chemically identical to linen or cotton fibres, their mechanical properties – coarse, short and smooth – were such that spinning yarn from them was unlikely to be possible. The journal reported it had inspected samples of Waldwolle and found them to be mainly composed of cotton or wool and cotton blends with some pine fibre or pine oil added to provide a characteristic rough texture and pine scent.

References

Woven fabrics
Fiber plants


title: Tadrart Rouge

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The Tadrart Rouge (meaning "Red Mountain") or Southern Tadrart or Algerian Tadrart or Meridional Tadrart is a mountain range in southeastern Algeria, part of the Algerian Desert. The area has a rich array of rock art.

Geography
The Tadrart Rouge is a roughly 15–30 km large and 150 km long southern prolongation of the Libyan Tadrart Acacus into Algeria spanning to the frontier of Niger. Primarily composed of sandstone, it links the Tassili n’Ajjer in the north-west to the Djado in the southeast. The range is broken by a series of west-east oriented fossil drainage networks resulting in deep gorges. In Djaren, discharging into the erg of Tin Merzuga, is the most important one. The range reaches its maximum elevation of  towards its southern end about 160 km southeast of Djanet.

Erosion has formed a large number of natural arches. The area is well known for the spectacular red-orange sand dune fields contrasting with the jagged dark red rock formations of the range.

Palaeoclimate
The Tadrart Rouge is today harsh and dry with almost no precipitation. But during the African humid period the area had rainfall and was covered by savanna vegetation and thus was suitable for human and animal life.

Rock art
The Tadrart Rouge has magnificent Saharan rock art covering a long chronological span from early Neolithic to recent times. Rock walls and rock shelters on wadi bottoms are dotted with both rock paintings and rock engravings, documenting climate change as the area evolved from a savanna 10,000 years ago to a desert 5,000 years ago. The rock art changed in time from wild fauna such as elephants, rhinos, giraffes, antelopes, and wild bovids, to domesticated animals such as bovids, ovicaprids, horses, and camels.

References

External links

La tadrart rouge. Algérie

Mountain ranges of Algeria
Saharan rock art
Prehistoric Africa
Archaeological sites in Algeria
Natural arches


title: Windsor Historic District (Windsor, North Carolina)

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Windsor Historic District is a national historic district located at Windsor, Bertie County, North Carolina. It encompasses 78 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, 7 contributing structures, and 1 contributing object in the town of Windsor.  It includes residential, commercial, and institutional buildings that primarily date after the turn of the 20th century. Notable buildings include the Bertie County Courthouse and Confederate Monument, Masonic Lodge (1848, 1917), Spruill Building, J. B. Gillam House, St. Thomas Episcopal Church, and Cashie Baptist Church (1910).

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

References

Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
Buildings and structures in Bertie County, North Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Bertie County, North Carolina


title: 1807 in Scotland

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Events from the year 1807 in Scotland.

Incumbents

Law officers
 Lord Advocate – Henry Erskine; then Archibald Colquhoun
 Solicitor General for Scotland – John Clerk; then David Boyle

Judiciary
 Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Succoth
 Lord Justice General – The Duke of Montrose
 Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Granton

Events
 June – Thomas Telford's stone bridge at Wick is completed.
 13 July – with the death at Frascati of Cardinal Henry Benedict Stuart, the last Stuart claimant to the British throne, the movement of Jacobitism comes to an effective end.
 17 August – Robert Stevenson and his workmen set out to begin construction of the Bell Rock Lighthouse from Arbroath in the Smeaton.
 Autumn – the "Old Academy" building for Perth Academy, designed by Robert Reid, is completed.
 21 October – foundation stone of the Nelson Monument, Edinburgh, on Calton Hill, is laid.
 Highland Clearances – clearance of crofting tenants from the Highland estates of the Marchioness and her husband the Marquess of Stafford to make way for sheep and other farming begins at Farr and Lairg.
 The planned village of Evanton is established in Easter Ross by Alexander Fraser of Inchcoulter/Balconie.
 The Hunterian Museum is opened to the public in Glasgow.
 The post of Regius Professor of Zoology in the University of Glasgow is established as the Regius Chair of Natural History by King George III, Lockhart Muirhead being the first holder.
 John Smith is appointed official city architect of Aberdeen.
 The publisher A & C Black is founded by Adam and Charles Black in Edinburgh.
 The religious publisher Oliphant, Anderson and Ferrier is established as booksellers Oliphant and Brown by William Oliphant in Edinburgh.
 Millburn distillery is established as the Inverness Distillery by a Mr. Welsh.
 The use of fulminate in firearms is patented by the Rev. Alexander John Forsyth.
 William Wallace proves that any two simple polygons of equal area are equidecomposable, later known as the Bolyai–Gerwien theorem.

Births
 27 March – Lauderdale Maule, British Army officer (died of disease contracted on service in the Crimean War 1854)
 9 April – James Bannerman, Free Church theologian (died 1868)
 28 April – Alan Stevenson, lighthouse designer (died 1865)
 September – David Deas, British Royal Navy medical officer (died 1876)
 10 November – John Cumming, Presbyterian minister (died 1881 in London)
 Approximate date – Peter Gray, actuary (died 1887)

Deaths
 1 March – Niel Gow, fiddler (born 1727)
 16 June – John Skinner, Episcopalian minister and songwriter (born 1721)
 26 June – Francis Peacock, "father of Scottish country dance" (born 1723)

The arts
 James Hogg, Thomas Mouncey Cunningham and others publish the poetry collection The Forest Minstrel, and Hogg publishes The Mountain Bard.
 David Wilkie paints Rent Day.

See also
 1807 in Ireland

References

Years of the 19th century in Scotland
1800s in Scotland


title: Woodville Historic District (Lewiston Woodville, North Carolina)

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Woodville Historic District is a national historic district located at Lewiston Woodville, Bertie County, North Carolina. It encompasses 36 contributing buildings and 3 contributing sites in the village of Woodville.  They primarily date between 1801 and 1927, and include six pre-American Civil War houses, one antebellum church and 1870s rectory, two antebellum church cemeteries, and three early-20th century American Craftsman houses.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

References

Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
Buildings and structures in Bertie County, North Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Bertie County, North Carolina


title: Spacious

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Spacious千居 is an online residential real estate marketplace, connecting buyers and tenants with residential and commercial properties throughout Asia. Spacious was founded in 2013 by Asif Ghafoor, former Goldman Sachs and Standard Chartered Bank development manager, senior IT director and application architect, and was part of Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation incubator program.  Spacious is headquartered in Hong Kong.

Company history

Inception
Spacious was founded by Asif Ghafoor. As of 2015, the website includes rental listings, service apartments and apartments for sale in Hong Kong, a haunted house database and an affordability feature, where users can search for apartments based on their monthly income.

Funding
The company raised a $500K seed round in early 2014 and received $3 million in June, 2015.
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References

External links

Real estate websites
Real estate companies established in 2013
Online real estate databases
Real estate companies of Hong Kong
Software companies of Hong Kong
Online financial services companies of China
Real estate in China


title: Nazir Naji

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Nazir Naji () (b. 15 August 1937 is a Pakistani senior journalist and Urdu columnist. He served 27 years for Daily Jang as a senior Urdu columnist.

Career
Nazir Naji was formerly a chairman of the Pakistan Academy of Letters. In 2012, Naji left Jang Group and joined Daily Dunya as a Group Editor. He has been honored by Hilal-i-Imtiaz for his services in journalism.

Awards and recognition
Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Crescent of Excellence) in 2012 by the President of Pakistan.

References

1965 births
Living people
Recipients of Hilal-i-Imtiaz
Pakistani male journalists
Pakistani columnists
Urdu-language columnists
Place of birth missing (living people)


title: William H. Lee House

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William H. Lee House, also known as Billy Lee Farm, is a historic home located at Lewiston, Bertie County, North Carolina. It was built about 1820, and is a two-story, three bay, hall and parlor plan frame Federal style I-house. It has a side gable roof and rests on a brick pier foundation.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
Federal architecture in North Carolina
Houses completed in 1820
Houses in Bertie County, North Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Bertie County, North Carolina


title: Alice Habsburg

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Alice Habsburg () (18 December 1889 – 26 November 1985) was a Swedish-born aristocrat and member of the Polish Home Army during World War II.

Early life and first marriage

Born Alice Elisabeth Ankarcrona in Hölö, Sweden, she was the daughter of Oscar Carl Gustav Ankarcrona. She grew up in Sweden. In 1911, she married Count Ludwig Badeni, a diplomat working at the Austro-Hungarian legation in Stockholm. During their engagement, she converted to Catholicism. The couple had a single son, Kasimir Badeni, born 1912. Shortly after his birth, Ludwig Badeni started to suffer from mental illness and was taken to a mental hospital. He died in 1916.

Her son Kasimir inherited his father's manor house and estate in Busk, today in Ukraine. Alice was shocked by the poverty in Austrian Galicia and sold off most of her jewelry to invest in welfare and economic improvements at her Busk estates. At the end of World War I she was in Vienna. In the background of the disintegrating Austro-Hungarian state she witnessed first-hand the Polish–Ukrainian War and the Battle of Lwów, where she was impressed by the Polish Lwów Eaglets, and then rejoined her son at Busk which had been looted by Cossacks and Ukrainian peasants.

Life in Poland

At the end of the conflict, Alice became engaged to Archduke Karl Albrecht of Austria. As her Busk estate was devastated and still unsafe, she and her son spent some time at Karl Albrecht's family estate, the New Palace at Żywiec, in southern Poland. When the Polish-Soviet War broke out in April 1919, Karl Albrecht joined the Polish army and Alice and Kasimir again returned to Busk. Once more, fighting took place around the estate while they lived there.

On 18 November 1920, Alice married Karl Albrecht in the palace chapel at Żywiec, and soon afterwards the couple settled at the estate, where they lived together with the parents of Karl Albrecht, Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria and Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria, as well as his brother Archduke Leo Karl of Austria and his wife Marie-Clothilde de Thuillières. Alice's husband worked with the administration of the estate. During these years, Alice Habsurg also spent part of her time and money trying to improve the estate at Busk.

The couple had two daughters, Maria Christina and Renata, and two sons, Karl Stefan (Karol) and Albrecht. The couple gave their children an essentially Polish upbringing, with Polish as their first language. Both parents also fully supported independent Poland. Her husband supported Polish organisations and donated money and machine-guns to the Polish Army. Alice Habsburg would later, to the Gestapo, state her nationality as "Polish". She has also stated that to give her children a Polish upbringing "was a simple act of loyalty to the country that had opened its borders to us and given us back our property and standing".

World War II
When Nazi Germany invaded Poland in 1939 Alice's husband joined the Polish army. Alice remained at the estate at Żywiec. On 3 September German soldiers reached the estate and began to use it as a barracks. Officers from the SS and Gestapo followed suit and interrogated Alice for the first time. She believed her husband and children were safe at the estate in Busk, but when the Soviet Union also invaded Poland she left
Żywiec to try to find them.

Eventually her three sons managed to flee the country and later joined the Polish Armed Forces in the West. Her husband was arrested by the Nazi German authorities and sent to prison. Both he and his wife were pressed to give up their loyalties to Poland and instead join or support the Nazi regime, but both refused. Because of this Karl Albrecht was kept imprisoned in Cieszyn until December 1941, when he was released due to health reasons and international pressure. Alice had petitioned the Swedish Government and Sven Hedin to work for the release of her husband, and several royal or ex-royal families in Europe had done the same.

Some time after the German invasion, Alice Habsburg joined the Polish resistance organization, the Union of Armed Struggle (later transformed into the Home Army). She was likely appalled by the atrocities committed by the Nazi regime against the population as much as by her own and her husband's experiences. On several occasions she witnessed the public executions of partisans. Until early autumn 1940 she was allowed to remain in the palace of Żywiec, but was restricted to one room and kept under surveillance. While living there she witnessed how the palace was systematically plundered by Nazi authorities. In an interrogation by the Gestapo in 1942, she would state that "that you have seized our private property is something I still consider an act of violence and a great injustice" and furthermore that "through my long stay in Poland [I] now feel complete solidarity with the people of Poland. I espouse myself completely to Polish nationality and can only admire their courageous attitude".

Her tasks as a member of the resistance movement included delivering messages and acting as a courier and disseminating information and listening to and disseminating news from abroad, especially the BBC, all of which could have earned her the death penalty. She was frequently interrogated but never arrested, and maintained that she believed the Nazi authorities never suspected that she was an active member of the resistance movement. During the war she did not tell anyone outside the Home Army of her engagement there, not even her husband or children.

In autumn 1940 she was forced to leave her estate and to go live in Wisła, where she stood under surveillance. Even so, she enjoyed a relative degree of freedom and managed to travel to both Berlin and Cologne, despite this being forbidden. She also kept acting as a courier for the resistance. In October 1942 Alice, together with her husband and their daughter Renata, were transferred to a labour camp in Strausberg, in Germany. Alice refused to perform her assigned duties, stating that "Although no work is shameful, I refuse to work for the Hitlerite regime"; an act of disobedience that went nonetheless unpunished. She was explicitly forbidden from interacting with the Polish forced laborers at the camp. Her husband, now released from prison, was however allowed to leave and, being in poor health after his treatment in prison, went to a hospital in Vienna upon his wife's insistence. He returned to Strausberg to be with his family in summer 1943. Alice Habsburg stayed in Straussberg until the end of the war. She and her husband were liberated, together with many other camp inmates, on 10 April 1945 by American troops.

Later life
In 1946 she was awarded the Polish Cross of Valour by the Polish government. On 15 December 1949 she was accorded the hereditary title of Princess of Altenburg by the head of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine.

The communist regime in Poland did not however restore any of the property to the family, and Alice and her husband and daughters, significantly impoverished, eventually settled in Sweden, helped by Alice's Swedish relatives. She lived there in a two-room, second floor apartment. She died in Saltsjöbaden in 1985 and was buried at the Roman Catholic Cemetery at Norra begravningsplatsen in Stockholm.

In 1963, she received an award on behalf of the Polish government-in-exile on the instigation of Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski.

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1889 births
1985 deaths
Swedish nobility
Home Army members
Badeni
Recipients of the Cross of Valour (Poland)
Morganatic spouses
People from Busk, Ukraine