title: 2014 Russian hacker password theft

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The 2014 Russian hacker password theft is an alleged hacking incident resulting in the possible theft of over 1.2 billion internet credentials, including usernames and passwords, with hundreds of millions of corresponding e-mail addresses. The data breach was first reported by The New York Times after being allegedly discovered and reported by Milwaukee-based information security company, Hold Security.

420,000 websites are reported to be affected.  According to The New York Times, some big companies knew that their user's credentials are among the stolen. Hold Security did not disclose which sites were compromised, but, instead, offered two separate services, one for website owners and one for consumers to check if they're affected. The service for website owners costs $10 a month. The check for consumers is free.

Hold Security described the group responsible for the hack as a small group of "fewer than a dozen men in their 20s ... based in a small city in south central Russia, the region flanked by Kazakhstan and Mongolia", and dubbed the group CyberVor (Russian, lit. "cyber thief"). Hold claimed the hack was perpetrated through the use of SQL injection. According to a Forbes article, Hold Security says that not all the 1.2 billion credentials were stolen this way, there are also ones that CyberVor simply bought from people that used other means, and Hold Security doesn't know what the split is.

Criticism of Hold Security

Forbes columnist, Kashmir Hill, noted "The Internet predictably panicked as the story of yet another massive password breach went viral." and "[T]his is a pretty direct link between a panic and a pay-out for a security firm." Hold Security's website has a service offering people to check if their username and password pair has been stolen. It requires people to send Hold Security encrypted versions of their passwords.

Skepticism

No named independent sources came forward to confirm the breach, and Forbes columnist, Joseph Steinberg, even expressed outright skepticism about many of the "facts" claimed about the breach, raising questions about the trustworthiness of the reports of the breach altogether.

References

Computer security exploits
Internet security
2014 in computing
Hacking in the 2010s
2014 crimes in Russia
Data breaches


title: David Epstein (conductor)

text:
David Mayer Epstein (October 3, 1930 – January 15, 2002) was an American composer, conductor, and music scientist who taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

He was the author of Shaping Time: Music, the Brain, and Performance, a work on the neurological basis for various elements of music theory, and co-editor of Beauty and the Brain: Biological Aspects of Aesthetics.

References

External links

 Obituary at MIT

American male conductors (music)
American male composers
Pupils of Roger Sessions
1931 births
2002 deaths
20th-century American composers
20th-century American conductors (music)
20th-century American male musicians


title: Mackenzie Scott

text:
Mackenzie Scott may refer to:

 MacKenzie Scott (born 1970), American novelist and philanthropist
 Torres (musician) (born 1991), American singer-songwriter


title: Federal Building (Laconia, New Hampshire)

text:
The former Federal Building in Laconia, New Hampshire, is located at 719 Main Street. Originally built to house the offices of the White Mountain National Forest, it now houses a regional social services agency. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011. The two-story brick Classical Revival structure was designed by Louis A. Simon and completed 1940.

Description and history

Laconia's former Federal Building is located on the north side of downtown Laconia, on the east side of Main Street just north of its junction with the multiuse Winnisquam Trail. It is a two-story structure, built originally in a T-shape with a frame of steel and concrete. Its exterior is finished with red brick and granite, a stripped Classical Revival style. The main façade is divided into three sections, with a slightly projecting central entrance section.  Its three bays are articulated by wide granite pilasters, with additional pilasters at the corners. They rise to an entablature bearing the legend "United States Department of Agriculture", and a shallow pedimented gable. Windows in the outer sections have granite sills, and the building corners have granite quoins.

The structure was designed by Louis A. Simon, the Supervising Architect of the United States Treasury Department, and was built from 1939 to 1940. It was expanded to an H shape  with a sympathetic addition in 1966. It originally housed the administrative offices of the White Mountain National Forest, a division of the United States Forest Service and the United States Department of Agriculture. The building's interior reflects this intended use, with a pair of lobby murals on forestry-related themes, executed by Philip Guston and Musa McKim. These murals are now housed in the James Cleveland Federal Building in Concord, New Hampshire.

See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Belknap County, New Hampshire

References

External links

Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New Hampshire
Neoclassical architecture in New Hampshire
Government buildings completed in 1940
Buildings and structures in Laconia, New Hampshire
National Register of Historic Places in Belknap County, New Hampshire
1940 establishments in New Hampshire
Section of Painting and Sculpture


title: AJ Coertzen

text:
Adriaan Jacobus Van der Berg Coertzen (born 16 October 1990 in Bethlehem, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player for  in the Rugby Pro D2 in France. His regular position is winger or fullback.

Career

Youth rugby

Playing his high school rugby at Grey College in Bloemfontein, Coertzen was selected in the Free State squad that played at the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week tournament in 2006. In 2008, he was a member of the Free State's Under-18 Academy Week team. He progressed to the  side that played in the 2009 Under-19 Provincial Championship and then played for the  side in the 2011 Under-21 Provincial Championship.

Free State Cheetahs
Coertzen made his first class debut in the 2011 Vodacom Cup. He was an unused substitute in their match against the  in Ermelo, but made his debut the following week at home to the , coming on as a substitute during the second half of their 38–24 victory. He made his starting debut in their next match against Namibian side the  in Windhoek and took just two minutes to open the scoring to set the Cheetahs on their way to a 29–13 victory. One more start followed in their next match against the , but that turned out to be his last involvement with the first team for 3 years, instead playing club and Varsity Cup rugby with the .

In August 2014, Coertzen  was a surprise inclusion for the  in their opening match of the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division season against newcomers the .

Griquas

After spending the 2015 Currie Cup qualification series on loan at Kimberley-based side  – making six appearances – he signed for them on a permanent basis for the 2016 season.

Aurillac

Coertzen moved to French Pro D2 side  after the 2018 Currie Cup Premier Division.

References

South African rugby union players
Living people
1990 births
Bethlehem
Rugby union wings
Rugby union fullbacks
Free State Cheetahs players


title: Jon Metzger

text:
Jon Metzger (born July 30, 1959) is an American jazz vibraphonist, composer, author, and educator.

Biography
Metzger was raised in McLean, Virginia, and received early musical influence from his mother, Evelyn Metzger, who was a violinist and pianist. His early music training included piano lessons, participation in the Washington, D.C. Youth Orchestra Program (where he played the mallet percussion instruments for the first time), and private percussion study with Al Merz of the National Symphony. He attended the Potomac School and at age 15 was permitted to keep the school's vibraphone at home over the summer. His older sister took him to a concert by vibraphonist Milt Jackson at Blues Alley in Washington, D.C.

Metzger attended Langley High School where he played in the jazz ensemble under the direction of trumpeter George Horan. In 1981 he completed a Bachelor of Music degree at the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem where he studied primarily with J. Massie Johnson. He attended master classes with marimbists Gordon Stout and Leigh Howard Stevens and vibraphonists Milt Jackson, Gary Burton, and Dave Samuels. As a college student, he began working in North Carolina's central Piedmont region around the School of the Arts, forming his quartet and developing original repertoire.

He recorded Jon Metzger/Vibes, his first album as a leader, in 1984 in New York City with pianist Phil Markowitz, bassist Marc Johnson, and drummer Ted Moore. Out of the Dark with pianist Fred Hersch, bassist Marc Johnson, and drummer Joey Baron was funded by a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship and released by VSOP Records in 1986. He has recorded as a leader and as a sideman for the Summit, Soul Note, Jazz Karma, and Elon Improvibes labels with John Brown, Ron Elliston, Cyrus Chestnut, Neena Freelon, Vincent Gardner, Danny Gottlieb, Allison Miller, Herlin Riley, Claire Ritter, Ronnie Wells, and Jack Wilkins.

Metzger has toured extensively to jazz clubs and festivals in the US and abroad, including as a jazz ambassador for the Department of State under the auspices of the United States Information Agency's Arts America Program, which from 1985–1995 included tours to Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Columbia, Syria, Jordan, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Bahrain, Morocco, Tunisia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emerites. In 2010 he was a Cultural Envoy to Haceteppe State University in Ankara, Turkey, where he worked with the faculty on the formation of their Jazz Studies program.

Metzger began teaching at Elon University in 1989.  He was honored with Elon's Distinguished Scholar Award in 2005. He retired from Elon in 2021.

Discography

As leader
 1984 Jon Metzger/Vibes (Jonder Brook Productions)
 1986 Out of the Dark (VSOP)
 1988 Into the Light (VSOP)
 1997 The Spinner (VSOP)
 1998 Teach Me Tonight (Improvibes)
 2001 Times Fly (Improvibes)
 2003 Common Ground (Improvibes)

As guest
With Ronnie Wells
 1989 For You, For Me, Forevermore (Jazz Karma)
 1990 After the Lights Go Down Low (Jazz Karma)
 1992 Live at Montpelier (Jazz Karma)
 1992 Make Me a Present of You (Jazz Karma)
 1994 After You (Jazz Karma)

With others
 1990 Reiko, Howland Ensemble (Soul Note)
 2003 10 Years in 5 Days, Howland Ensemble
 2007 Waltzing the Splendor, Claire Ritter (Zoning)
 2009 Insight at Midnight, Baron Tymas
 2011 The Blue and Green Project, Jack Wilkins (Summit)

References

External links
 Elon University Profile

1959 births
American jazz vibraphonists
People from McLean, Virginia
Living people
Jazz musicians from Virginia
Elon University faculty


title: Baldev Raj Chawla

text:
Baldev Raj Chawla is a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party from Punjab, India. He is a former member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly. Chawla has served as deputy speaker of the assembly and a cabinet minister in Government of Punjab.

References

Living people
Deputy Speakers of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
Punjab, India MLAs 1997–2002
People from Jalandhar
Year of birth missing (living people)
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Punjab


title: Jane Claxton

text:
Jane Claxton (born 26 October 1992) is an Australian field hockey player for Australia. Claxton was a member of the Australia women's national field hockey team that were defeated by the Netherlands women's national field hockey team in the final of the 2014 Women's Hockey World Cup, a Gold Medal winner at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and member of the team that went to the 2016 Summer Olympics. She was also named captain of the Hockeyroos in November 2016 for the Tans-Tasman Trophy against New Zealand.

Playing career

Club hockey
Claxton played club hockey in Adelaide for the Burnside Bulldogs. Whilst living in Perth, she plays for Victoria Park Xavier Panthers (VPX) Premier League Women's competition, but wishes that she plays for Wesley South Perth (WASP's), as they beat Victoria Park Panthers last year in the Grand Final. But WASP's didn't even make the final in 2020 when Victoria Park won.

State hockey
Claxton played state representative hockey for South Australia in Under 12 (SAPSASA), Under 13, Under 15, Under 16(Secondary Schools), Under 18 and Under 21. In 2012, Claxton was Player of the Tournament at the U21 Women's National Hockey Championships where South Australia finished 2nd.

She has played eight years (2009–2016) in the Australian Hockey League including two years as Captain in 2015 and 2016.

In 2011, Claxton was a member of the Australian Hockey League team the SA Suns that won the national championship. She was Player of the Tournament at the 2015 Australian Hockey League held in Sydney.

International hockey
Claxton has played over 100 international games for the Hockeyroos, including the Commonwealth Games, Olympic Games and World Cup.

Her tournaments include:
2013 – World League Semi-final (London, England) – 1st
2013 – Women's Hockey Junior World Cup (Mönchengladbach, Germany) – 6th
2013 – Oceania Cup (Stratford, New Zealand) – 1st
2013 – World League Finals (Tucuman, Argentina) – 2nd
2014 – Women's Hockey World Cup (The Hague, Netherlands) –  2nd
2014 – Commonwealth Games (Glasgow, Scotland) – 1st
2015 – World League Semi-final (Antwerp, Belgium) – 3rd
2015 – Oceania Cup (Stratford, New Zealand) – 1st
2015 – World League Finals (Rosario, Argentina) – 6th
2016 – Champions Trophy (London, Great Britain) – 4th
2016 – Rio Summer Olympics – quarter finals

Claxton captained the Hockeyroos in November 2016 for the Trans-Tasman Trophy against New Zealand.

Claxton qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. She was part of the Hockeyroos Olympics squad. The Hockeyroos lost 1-0 to India in the quarterfinals and therefore were not in medal contention.

International goals

Personal life
Claxton lives in Perth, Western Australia, as part of the national training program, having grown up in Adelaide, South Australia. Claxton's older brother, Matthew Claxton, also plays hockey, and has represented South Australia in the Australian Hockey League team the Southern Hotshots and was the Hockey SA Premier League Best and Fairest in 2014.

She represented South Australia in cross country and athletics, competed in district netball, tennis and swimming before settling into hockey as her sport of choice.

Recognition and awards
2012 – Player of the Tournament – U21 Women's National Hockey Championships
2013 – South Australian Sports Institute Junior Female Athlete of the Year 2013
2015 – Australian Hockey League Player of the Tournament

References

External links

Living people
1992 births
Australian female field hockey players
Field hockey players from Adelaide
Sportswomen from South Australia
Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic field hockey players for Australia
Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey
Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games


title: Arnold Hollis

text:
The Ven. Dr Arnold Thaddeus Hollis was Archdeacon of Bermuda from 1996 to 2004; and is now Archdeacon Emeritus.

Dyson was educated at The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey and Codrington College and ordained in 1959. After a curacy at St. John the Baptist Church, Wakefield, New Hampshire he served incumbencies at Berbice, Horbury, Loughton and Sandys before his appointment as Archdeacon.

References

1933 births
Stockton University alumni
Alumni of Codrington College
20th-century Anglican priests
21st-century Anglican priests
Archdeacons of Bermuda
Living people


title: Dianne Kahura

text:
Dianne Kahura (born 1 May 1969) is a former rugby union player for the Black Ferns. She debuted in 1998 and played 12 tests for . She played in the 1998 and 2002 Women's Rugby World Cup.

Kahura was a member of the first official New Zealand women's sevens team, who took part in the 2000 Hong Kong Sevens. She was also in the squad that won the 2001 Hong Kong Sevens.

References

1969 births
Living people
New Zealand women's international rugby union players
New Zealand female rugby union players
Female rugby sevens players
New Zealand women's international rugby sevens players


title: Classeya hexagona

text:
Classeya hexagona is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Shi-Mei Song and Tie-Mei Chen in 2002. It is found in Yunnan, China.

References

Crambinae
Moths described in 2002


title: Satpal Gosain

text:
Satpal Gosain (1935 – 2 December 2020) was an Indian politician, leader of Bharatiya Janata Party from Punjab, India. He was a member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly. Gosain had served as Deputy Speaker of the assembly two times from 2000 to 2002 and from 2007 to 2011 and a cabinet minister in Government of Punjab.

References

1935 births
2020 deaths
Deputy Speakers of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Punjab
Punjab, India MLAs 2007–2012
Punjab, India MLAs 1997–2002


title: K. R. Gangadharan

text:
K. R. Gangadharan (1936–2012) popularly referred to as KRG, was an Indian film producer. He produced over 60 films in Tamil and Malayalam under the banner ‘KRG Productions’, 'KRG Art Productions', 'KRG Enterprises' and 'KRG Movies International'.

Film career
Gangadharan founded the Tamil Film Producer's Council and had a stint as president of the South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce. He was elected as the president of the South India Film Chamber, unanimously by the producers of Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada film's, distributors, studio owners, theatre owners are members of the association.

Partial filmography

Death
Gangadharan died on 19 June 2012, aged 76. He was admitted to a private hospital at T. Nagar in Chennai, and had been responding well to treatment. He was about to be discharged on the day he died, but as he was about to step out, he collapsed and was declared dead soon after, the sources said. He is survived by his wife and daughter.

References

External links

1936 births
2012 deaths
Tamil film producers
Film producers from Chennai
Malayalam film producers


title: Results of the 2015 Canadian federal election by riding

text:
Official results after judicial recounts.

Abbreviations Guide:
Animal All. - Animal Alliance Environment Voters Party
AOTN - Alliance of the North
BQ - Bloc Québécois
Canada - Canada Party
CAP - Canadian Action Party
CHP - Christian Heritage Party
Comm. - Communist Party
Conservative - Conservative Party
DAPC - Democratic Advancement Party
Green - Green Party
Ind. - Independent
Liberal - Liberal Party
Libert. - Libertarian Party
Mar. - Marijuana Party
M-L - Marxist–Leninist Party
NA - No Affiliation
NDP - New Democratic Party
PACT - Party for Accountability, Competency and Transparency
PC - Progressive Canadian Party
Pirate - Pirate Party
Rhino. - Rhinoceros Party
SD - Strength in Democracy
Seniors - Seniors Party
TBP - The Bridge Party
United - United Party
All candidate names are those on the official list of confirmed candidates; names in media or on party website may differ slightly.
Names in boldface type represent party leaders.
† represents that the incumbent is not running again.
§ represents that the incumbent was defeated for nomination.
₰ represents that the incumbent was disqualified from their nomination contest.
‡ represents that the incumbent is running in a different district.
(judicial recount) indicates that results have been certified by a judge following a judicial recount; all other totals are those validated by the Returning Officer.

Newfoundland and Labrador

Prince Edward Island

Nova Scotia

New Brunswick

Quebec

Eastern Quebec

Côte-Nord and Saguenay

Quebec City

Central Quebec

Eastern Townships

Montérégie

Eastern Montreal

Western Montreal

Northern Montreal and Laval

Laurentides, Outaouais and Northern Quebec

Ontario

Ottawa

Eastern Ontario

Central Ontario

Southern Durham and York

Suburban Toronto

Central Toronto

Brampton, Mississauga and Oakville

Hamilton, Burlington and Niagara

Midwestern Ontario

Southwestern Ontario

Northern Ontario

Manitoba

Rural Manitoba

Winnipeg

Saskatchewan

Southern Saskatchewan

Northern Saskatchewan

Alberta

Rural Alberta

Edmonton and environs

Calgary

British Columbia

BC Interior

Fraser Valley and Southern Lower Mainland

Vancouver and Northern Lower Mainland

Vancouver Island

Nunavut

Northwest Territories

Yukon

See also
Results by riding of the Canadian federal election, 2011
Results by riding of the Canadian federal election, 2008
Results by riding of the Canadian federal election, 2006

Notes

References

2015 Canadian federal election


title: Malcolm Grimston

text:
Malcolm Charles Grimston (born 1 May 1958) is a British advocate of nuclear power, and is also a scientific author, based at the Centre for Energy Policy and Technology at Imperial College London. He has featured extensively on British television and radio in context of the latest new-build power stations for nuclear power in the United Kingdom.

Early life
Grimston was born in Cleethorpes, now in North East Lincolnshire, then in Lindsey. He grew up in North Yorkshire, attending the independent Scarborough College. He studied natural sciences at Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1979.  He subsequently took a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE), again at Magdalene Cambridge.

Career
Grimston taught chemistry for seven years from 1980, at Stowe and Millfield schools. From 1987-92 he was an information officer at the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA). From 1992-95 he was an information officer at the British Nuclear Industry Forum (now called the Nuclear Industry Association). From 1999-2002 he was also at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, also known as Chatham House.

Since 1995, Grimston has worked at the Imperial Centre for Energy Policy and Technology at Imperial College, as a senior research fellow until 1999 and an honorary senior research fellow since then.

Publications
 Double or Quits – the global future of civil nuclear energy (with Peter Beck, Earthscan Books, 2002)
 Civil nuclear energy – fuel of the future or relic of the past? (with Peter Beck, Chatham House 2000)
 The paralysis in energy decision-making (Whittle Publishing, September 2016)
 West Hill and Wimbledon Park Side - Story of a Council Ward (Authorhouse, November 2018)

Personal life
Grimston lives in Wandsworth. He is a councillor on Wandsworth London Borough Council, where he has represented West Hill ward since 1994. In 2014, he left the Conservative Party to sit as an  Independent.

In 2018, he was re-elected with 4,002 votes. This  was  the highest individual result recorded for any candidate in Wandsworth and in Greater London.

See also
 :Category:Books about nuclear issues

References

1958 births
Academics of Imperial College London
Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge
Schoolteachers from Lincolnshire
People associated with nuclear power
People educated at Scarborough College
People from Cleethorpes
People from Tooting
Science teachers
Living people
Chatham House people
Councillors in the London Borough of Wandsworth
Independent councillors in the United Kingdom


title: Gymnastics at the 2010 Asian Games – Men's floor

text:
The men's floor competition at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China was held on 13 and 16 November 2010 at the Asian Games Town Gymnasium.

Schedule
All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Results

Qualification

Final

References

Results

External links
Official website

Artistic Men floor


title: 1995 Liverpool City Council election

text:
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 4 May 1995.  One third of the council was up for election and although the election resulted in the continuation of no overall control, the Labour party continued to lead a minority administration.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Ward results

Abercromby

Aigburth

Allerton

Anfield

Arundel

Breckfield

Broadgreen

Childwall

Church

Clubmoor

County

Croxteth

Dingle

Dovecot

Everton

Fazakerley

Gillmoss

Granby

Grassendale

Kensington

Melrose

Netherley

Old Swan

Picton

Pirrie

St. Mary's

Smithdown

Speke

Tuebrook

Valley

Vauxhall

Warbreck

Woolton

References

1995
1995 English local elections
1990s in Liverpool


title: Keki Byramjee Grant

text:
Keki Byramjee Grant (1920-2011) was an Indian cardiologist from Pune, Maharashtra, one of the first and respected cardiologists in the country and the founder of Grant Medical Foundation, which runs the Ruby Hall Clinic, a nationally accredited hospital in Pune. The Government of India honoured him, posthumously in 2011, with Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award, for his services to the medical science.

Background and early life
Keki Byramjee Grant was born on 28 November 1920 in Tamil Nadu to a Parsi family. His father, Byram Dosabhai was an auditor employed with Indian Railways and the family moved to Pune in 1922. As there was no boys' primary school locally, Keki studied in a Girls' School, St. Helena School. Later, he was shifted to Hutching's High School and St. Vincent High School.

Ruby Hall Clinic

Keki graduated from Wadia College, Pune and joined Grant Medical College and Sir Jamshedjee Jeejeebhoy Group of Hospitals, Mumbai from where he secured his MBBS. Grant started the practice as a Physician under E. H. Cowaji for a monthly stipend of 200. A year later, he started teaching at the Sassoon General Hospital, named after David Sassoon, and moved his practice to Jehangir Hospital, Pune. Breaking his practice, he did his post graduation in Cardiology, under the guidance of cardiologist, Paul White, at the Mass General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA and later returned to Jehangir Hospital to resume practice.

A difference of opinion with Cowaji prompted Grant to think about starting a hospital of his own. The result was a four bed hospital, Ruby Hall Clinic, a name inspired by the palace of the Governor General who named it after his wife, Ruby, started on rented premises and opened to public in 1959. Six years later, in 1964, Grant purchased the palace property with the help of a bank loan to house the hospital. In 1966, he founded a trust, the Grant Medical Foundation and the hospital was transferred to the care of the Trust.

The hospital, over a period of time, grew to become a 550-bed hospital, and the first nationally accredited hospital in Pune. He was successful in bringing coronary angioplasty, Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting, CT Scan, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, image intensifier X-ray, cadaveric organ donation and the first Image Guided Radio Therapy (IGRT) for cancer to Ruby Hall and thus making it an advanced centre of medical care. The hospital is reported to have the highest number of ICU beds, counting 76, in the country.

Personal life
Grant was married to Tehmi, who predeceased him; the couple had a son and a daughter. Their son, Pervez Grant, is a cardiologist at Ruby Hall.

In 1986, while Grant was flying from Mumbai to London, the aircraft was hijacked by terrorists. The ensuing shoot-out left 25 people dead and around 100 injured, including Grant, who was hit by a bullet on his knee. He however survived to live for a further 25 years.

Grant died on 4 January 2011, aged 90, at Ruby Hall Clinic, succumbing to respiratory illnesses. The announcement awarding him the Padma Bhushan came just a few days after his death.

Awards and recognitions
 Padma Bhushan – 2011
 Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Cardiology – BJ Medical College and Sassoon Hospital
 Punya Bhushan Award – Tridal – 2004
 Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians
 Founder fellow, – Indian College of Physicians

References

External links

1920 births
2011 deaths
Parsi people
Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in medicine
Indian cardiologists
20th-century Indian medical doctors
Medical doctors from Tamil Nadu


title: James Davidson (priest)

text:
The Ven. James Davidson was Archdeacon of Bermuda from 1909 until 1924.

He was educated at Durham University and ordained deacon in 1887 and priest in 1888.  After a curacy in Bedlington  he was Rector of Pembroke then Devonshire (both in Bermuda). During World War I he was a Chaplain to the Forces.

He died on 5 December 1933.

References

Alumni of Durham University
19th-century Anglican priests
20th-century Anglican priests
Archdeacons of Bermuda
British military chaplains
Year of birth missing
1933 deaths


title: Chinalingayapalem

text:
Chinalingaya Palem is a Panchayat in Kakumanu Mandal, Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh. It is an Agricultural Village with a population of nearly 1600.

Geography

Chinalingaya Palem is surrounded by the following villages: Valluru, Kondabala Vari Palem and Pandrapadu.

Villages in Guntur district


title: Lo Poco Que Tengo

text:
"Lo Poco Que Tengo" ("What Little That I Have") is a song written by Guatemalan singer-songwriter Ricardo Arjona for his fourteenth studio album, Viaje. The song was released the song as the second single from the record, on April 22, 2014.

Charts

Year-end charts

References

2014 songs
2014 singles
Ricardo Arjona songs
Songs written by Ricardo Arjona


title: Alex Vermeulen

text:
Alex Vermeulen also recognised as SOH Alex Vermeulen, is a Dutch artist known for his multimedia projects, films and film books.

Biography
Alex Vermeulen is a contemporary Dutch multi-media artist who has worked under his own name as well as SOH-States of Humanity and Syndicaat Alex Vermeulen. Since 2015 he exclusively works under the name SOH Alex Vermeulen.

His work includes film-books, films, performances, sculpture and installations. A longtime resident of Amsterdam, in the last years Vermeulen has divided his time between Amsterdam, the island of Bali and Brooklyn, New York.

Born in the southern city of Eindhoven, the Netherlands, Vermeulen is largely an autodidact, although he did study psychology, philosophy, architecture and design at the Design Academy Eindhoven before launching off on his own career in his mid-twenties. His primary early influences were film makers such as the Nouvelle Vague director Claude Chabrol and he got inspired by the obscure movie ""J'irai comme un cheval fou" (1973)  by Fernando Arrabal, the absurdist movie Themroc (1973) by Claude Faraldo, the theatrical movie 'Querelle" (1982) by Rainer Werner Fassbinder and the cinematographic fantasy world of Georges Méliès (1862–1938). Vermeulen’s fascination with films would inspire him to put a new spin on an old form – film books. Usually produced to document an existing film, Vermeulen’s versions documented imaginary films in such a way that readers often assumed they were. His visual scripts thus played with the space between reality and imagination a theme seen throughout his work. This film book projects consisting a publication containing the film story with film-stills; on these stills Vermeulen's sculptures function as props.

Vermeulen would first achieve recognition in 1984, when the curators Van Abbemuseum, South Netherlands' began a long period of collaboration with the artist that would last for more than a decade. This would lead to exhibitions and purchases for their permanent collection.

In 1993 Vermeulen moved to Amsterdam and founded in 1995 "SOH-States of Humanity" and the Syndicaat foundation. A year later he presented his final film-book, as part of a large installation, Fuga Futuri, at Amsterdam's Stedelijk Museum (1996). The chief character introduced in this show for the first time was the stylized humanoid "Eggy", named after his egg-like shape. In the following fifteen years, sculptures of various forms of the enigmatic Eggy would appear in a number of projects mounted in public places around the world including New York (1996) where Vermeulen asked those who passed to select their favorite Eggy and relate it to their personal life. These interviews were edited into a 43-minute documentary film, States of Humanity. Vermeulen used a small hi8 video camera to shoot the interviews and visuals of street life NYC. Vermeulen edited the footage. "These talking heads speak for them self." Since the film "States of Humanity" introduced the first six "Eggy" sculptures seen through the eyes of fifty-five New Yorkers, this documentary would become a key work in Vermeulen's career. The premier was at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 1997.

In the following years SOH and Syndicaat Alex Vermeulen produced more than 29 multi-media events including SOH3, the Mental Urban Labyrinth, with curator Jan Debbaut, at the Van Abbemuseum and SOH1, the Architectural Film at MuHKA, the Museum for Contemporary Art in Antwerp, Belgium, both in 1999. In April 2000 he edited the artist edition trailer of American Psycho presented at the premiere in New York.

With these two exhibitions, the book States of Humanity (1999) was released. The States of Humanity book is to be a travel guide for a present-day metropolis: a manual full of cross-references, coincidences, allusions, stories, pictures, associations.
The structure of the publication should give 'the visitor' a feeling that the different components refer to the planological structure of an imaginary world - a conglomerate of alleyways, streets, boulevards and squares, each with its own character and social traffic.
Vermeulen has invited the following writers to act as 'architects' for the planology of the book: filmmaker Lodge Kerrigan, the philosophers Arthur Danto and Richard Shusterman, composer David Shea, architect Greg Lynn, the writing team Martin and Annette Meyers, director of interdisciplinary dance theater Ron Bunzl and the author Robert Greene (American author), author of books on strategy.

Beginning in 2000 Vermeulen directed a series of films including. For the Nederlandse Programma Stichting he directed the short dance movie One Ride Pony (2000). for the European Union sponsored Democracy Conference SOH13 the Power of Collective Intelligence and Awareness (2004). For the Holland Festival, Amsterdam (NL) he directed cinematographic opera: SOH10 the Opera (2003-2008) trailer in collaboration with composer David Shea

In 2006 Alex Vermeulen mounted a large installation with 88 enormous black polyester eggs topped with solar panels floating in a pond at Eindhoven's University of Technology (NL). Dubbed "SOH19 States of Nature," the project combines physics, art, technology, spirituality, solar cult, and sustainable energy. Created in association with the Natuurkunst Foundation and some Applied Physics university students, the aim of this self-sustained installation is to lift a levitating Buddha sculpture using the sun's energy!

Part of the project was the release of the international catalogue : SOH19 States of Nature; Sun enlightenment Which tells the story of the evolution of the project and its participants, focussing on topics like physics and art, technology and spirituality, solar cult and sustainable energy, biological processes and social interaction.
Essays from (a.o.) Marcel Möring (‘the Great Longing’), Vincent Icke (astrophysicist), Robert Greene (‘The 48 Laws of Power’), IJsbrand van Veelen (VPRO), Koert van Mensvoort (TU/e) en Jan van Adrichem (Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam).
Alex Vermeulen & Frans Snik (ed.), SOH19 States of Nature; Sun enlightenment, Pijama Publishers, 144 p., release September 12, 2006

In 2012 Vermeulen has stopped producing Eggy sculptures. All Eggies so far did not have any arms. However the last Eggy has arms; which could either express a "Hurray" or form together with the legs a X shape, a symbol that could be seen as a reference to the unknown. At the same time Vermeulen closed his studio in Amsterdam. In 2014 he set up new studios in both Bali and New York City.

In 2013, Vermeulen began working on a new interactive cinematographic WebBook, The Epic. Directed and produced by Vermeulen, The Epic is a multifaceted collaborative project loosely based on the Ramayana Epic written by Valmiki and the tragedy Othello by William Shakespeare and takes place in a sprawling Asian metropolis named Raksasa Kota (City of the Future) in the year 2088. The stars of the production are a group of young Balinese dancers between the ages of six and ten. Rien Bekkers designed the sumptuous costumes. The music is composed by David Shea. The large interactive installation will consist of a series of monumental photos, a suggested feature written and directed by Vermeulen shot in collaboration, among others, with photographer Doddy Obenk.

As part of the production, Dutch filmmaker Peter Mariouw Smit, has been directed a documentary, The Epic: Behind the Scenes.

During the period 2015-2019 Vermeulen conducted, in collaboration with University of Technology, Eindhoven, the Netherlands a study into the effect of frequencies on human emotions. In previous projects such as SOH17 the Mood rooms experimented with the effect frequencies have on people and animals. (2006-2009). In 2019 he developed the project SOH30 The Sonic Service Station using his experiences of former experiments

Gallery

Solo exhibitions and projects
(selection)

1984
- "Het Avontuur der Verwondering" Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven (NL) (catalogue)

1986
- "No one but Onno Trueman" Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven (NL) (catalogue)

1996
- "Fuga Futuri", Stedelijk museum, Amsterdam (NL) (catalogue)

1999
- SOH1 (States of Humanity)  Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerpen (B) (catalogue)

1999
- SOH3 The Mental Urban Labyrinth, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven (NL) (catalogue)

2000
- SOH7 The Urban Fashion Crank Lab, Cerruty New York City (USA)

2000
- Artist edition of the trailer of the feature film "American Psycho" a film by Mary Haron showed at the premiere, New York City (USA)

2005
- SOH16 Tour des Sens, deWatertoren AK, Vlissingen (NL)

2003
- SOH10 the Opera, Holland Festival (NL)

2006
- SOH19 States of Nature, Performance featuring Eddy De Clercq and Erik Hobijn Technical University Eindhoven TU/e (NL)

2007
- SOH23 You know why I am so happy?! Gallerie Annette de Keyser, Antwerpen (B)

2017
- SOH19 States of Nature, performance with the Tesla Coil, featuring Eddy de Clercq, Technical University Eindhoven TU/e (NL)

2018
- SOH29 the Epic, TONYRAKA gallery, Mas, Ubud Bali, premiere October 9, 2018

2018
- SOH29 the Epic, performance of the actors in the original costumes, October 27 at TONYRAKA gallery, Mas, Ubud Bali

2018
- SOH29 the Epic, Jakarta, Kerta Niaga Gallery, Jakarta

2019
- SOH29 the Epic, het Erasmus Huis, Jakarta

Films
(selection)

1994
-  "Ballroom da Capo", 16mm zw/w & colour 12" dansfilm in collaboration with choreographer Cecile Vandeursen

1996
- "States of Humanity" documentary, Betacam 45", première: 28th International Film Festival Rotterdam

1997
- "Cewek" video 3" DVcam 6" dance film in collaboration with choreographer Cecile Vandeursen

1999 - Dishhunt in collaboration with Joop van Brakel video clip MTV Betacam SP 4"

1999 - SOH2 the Urban Hyper Video & Sound Experience in collaboration with David Shea, Montevideo TBA, Amsterdam (NL)

1999 - SOH4 the Urban Crank Lab, De Fabriek, Eindhoven (NL)

1999 - SOH5 the Urban Hyper Video & Sound Experience in collaboration with David Shea, World Wide Video Festival, Amsterdam (NL)

1999 - SOH6 The Mental Urban Labyrinth Book presentation, in collaboration with Arthur Danto, the New Museum of Contemporary Art, NYC (USA)

1999 - SOH7 the Urban Fashion Crank Lab, the Artist edition of the trailer of "American Psycho", in collaboration with Cerruti Madison Avenue, New York/Hollywood (USA)

2000
- "One Ride Poney"  35mm film 12", dansfilm in collaboration with performer Susanne Ohmann and choreographer Cecile Vandeursen, NPS / BBC (NL/UK)

2003
-  SOH10 the Opera in collaboration with composer David Shea, performer Kate Strong and choreographer Cecile Vandeursen; première: Holland Festival 2003 (NL/FR)

2003 - SOH10 promo (documentary by Claire van de Poel)

2004
- SOH13 The Power of Collective Intelligence and Awareness DVD / live performed at het Vredes Paleis, the Hague (NL) performed before the European Union (B)

2006
- SOH22 We all do it, den Bosch (NL)

2006
- SOH19 States of Nature TU/e collaboration project studenten Natuurkunde (documentary by Bart van Broekhoven)

2018
- The Epic behind the scenes (documentary by Peter Mariouw Smit). Premiere: September 27, Balinale, The International Film Festival Bali 2018

2022
- The Epic a three-episode miniseries, directed by SOH Alex Vermeulen

Bibliography
 1985: Het avond-uur der verwondering,
 1986: En passant Baltimore Krüger,
 1988: Alleen Onno Trueman (Engelse editie: No one but Onno Trueman),
 1992: Terra refrigera,
 1996: Fuga Futuri,
 1999 SOH (States of Humanity), MuHKA / van Abbemuseum
 2006 Sun Enlightenment (SOH19 States of Nature) Technical University Eindhoven (TU/e)
 2018 the Epic (WebBook) Book Launch at the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival October 26, 2018
 2023 the Epic digital book

Public Space
(selection)

1992 - "Well in time", A.V.I. west, Amsterdam (NL)

1992 - "Rebirth of the Rebirth II" Ziekenfondsraad, Amstelveen (NL)

1994 - "Friend's connection", Hoge School voor Toerisme en Verkeer, Breda (NL)

1995 - Multiple not multiple, balance, MBO college, de Leijgraaf, Veghel (NL)

1996 - Me oh my, Ahold, Zaandam

1996 - SOH ps1 (States of Humanity) Zonder titel, water pump station De Haere, WMG Gelderland (NL)

1997 - "The most profitable Technical Innovation Award" Akzo Nobel Coatings Akzo Nobel, Arnhem

1999 -  SOH ps2  (States of Humanity), Oirschot at A58 (NL)

1999 -  SOH ps3  (States of Humanity), Woonaard, Alkmaar (NL)

1999 -  SOH ps4  (States of Humanity), Hoogland, community Amersfoort (NL)

2000 -  SOH ps5  (States of Humanity), Dongen, GGV Midden Brabant, Tilburg (NL)

2001 -  SOH ps6  (States of Humanity), Hessenpoort,  Zwolle (NL)

2001 -  SOH ps7  (States of Humanity), sculpture design Wildehoarne, Joure (NL)

2001 -  SOH ps8  (States of Humanity), sculpture design, Diemen (NL)2001

2002 -  SOH ps6   (States of Humanity),  Hessenpoort, Gemeente Zwolle (NL)

2002 -  SOH ps10 (States of Humanity), Land Mark Verrijn Stuart Diemen (NL)

2002 -  SOH ps11 (States of Humanity), concept development SITE, a new museum for Almere (NL)

2002 -  SOH ps12 (States of Humanity), design Rijswijk (NL)

2002 -  SOH19 States of Nature, development project, Technical University Eindhoven TU/e (NL)

2003 -  SOH ps13 (States of Humanity), schetsontwerp Adriaan Stoopplein, Bloemendaal (NL)

2003 -  SOH ps14 (States of Humanity), Stadhuis Rijswijk (NL)

2003 -  SOH ps15 (States of Humanity), sculpture design rotonde Daalmeer, Alkmaar (NL)

2003 -  SOH19 States of Nature, development project, Technical University Eindhoven TU/e, (NL)

2004 -  SOH ps16 (States of Humanity), "The Coatings Innovation Award", Akzo Nobel, Arnhem (NL/GB)

2004 -  SOH19 States of Nature, development project, Technical University Eindhoven TU/e (NL)

2006  -  SOH19 States of Nature, Technical University Eindhoven TU/e (NL)

2007 -  SOH ps 20(States of Humanity) Landgoed Driessen (NL)

2008 -  SOH ps17 Raalte / Heeten (NL)

2009 -  SOH ps18 MN services, Rijswijk (NL)

2009 -  SOH ps19 Terneuzen (NL)

2019 -  SOH19 States of Nature part II, Technical University Eindhoven TU/e (NL)

References

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1954 births
Living people
Dutch artists
Dutch film directors
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People from Eindhoven


Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics (AISM) is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering statistics. It was established in 1949 and is published by Springer Science+Business Media on behalf of Institute of Statistical Mathematics. The editor-in-chief is Yoshiyuki Ninomiya (Institute of Statistical Mathematics). According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 1.267.

References

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 Journal Office (delayed open access)

Statistics journals
Academic journals established in 1949
Bimonthly journals
Springer Science+Business Media academic journals
English-language journals


title: Nordjyske Stiftstidende

text:
Nordjyske Stiftstidende is a daily regional newspaper published in Aalborg, Denmark. It is Denmark's second oldest newspaper.

History and profile
The newspaper was founded in 1767 as Nyttige og fornøyelige Jydske Efterretninger. In 1827, it merged with Aalborg's second newspaper  Aalborgs Stifts Adresse-Avis. The paper was known as Aalborg Stiftstidende until 1999.

The publisher of Nordjyske Stiftstidende is the Nordjyske Medier. The paper is published in broadsheet format. It has no political affiliation and has a liberal stance. The paper was also described as having a right-wing tradition in a 2006 study.

Nordjyske Stiftstidende has its headquarters in Aalborg. The paper now serves the whole of Vendsyssel and most of Himmerland and has local editions in Aalborg, Hjørring, Hobro, Frederikshavn, Fjerritslev, Skagen and Brønderslev.

Circulation
Nordjyske Stiftstidende had a circulation of 82,000 copies on weekdays and 98,000 copies on Sundays in the first quarter of 2000, making it one of the top 20 newspapers in the country. The circulation of the paper was 83,000 copies in 2002. In 2003 the paper had a circulation of 82,000 copies on weekdays and 94,000 copies on Sundays. Its circulation was 74,000 copies in 2004. The 2005 circulation of the paper was 69,000 copies on weekdays and 80,000 copies on Sundays. Its circulation was 62,075 copies in 2006.

In 2007 the circulation of Nordjyske Stiftstidende was 64,186 copies. It sold 41,723 copies in 2013.

References

External links
 Official website

1767 establishments in Denmark
Danish-language newspapers
Mass media in Aalborg
Daily newspapers published in Denmark
Publications established in 1767


title: Craig Michael Wheeler

text:
Craig Michael Wheeler is a Democratic former member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing the Nashua 29th district in 1995 and 1996.  He was elected for one term in 1994, with 462 votes, coming in third.  He served on the Environment & Agriculture and State-Federal Relations committees.

References

Democratic Party members of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Politicians from Nashua, New Hampshire


title: George Tucker (priest)

text:
The Ven. George Tucker (1 November 1835 – 6 April 1908)  was Archdeacon of Bermuda from 1896 until 1909.

He was educated at Yale College and ordained in 1861.  After a curacy at gap Notre Dame Bay he was Rector of St Mark, Smith's Parish, Bermuda until his appointment as Archdeacon. A set of bells at St Mark commemorate his long service.

References

Yale College alumni
19th-century Anglican priests
20th-century Anglican priests
Archdeacons of Bermuda
1835 births
1908 deaths
People from Smith's Parish


title: Perodua Axia

text:
The Perodua Axia is a city car produced by Malaysian automobile manufacturer Perodua. It was launched on 15 September 2014 as the successor to the Viva. The car takes over the title of being the most affordable car in Malaysia from the Viva, and the best-selling car in Malaysia for three consecutive years, between 2015 until 2017. The Axia is the first model to debut from Perodua's all-new second factory in Rawang, Selangor. As of mid-2023, the Axia reached 600,000 units sold since the launch of its first generation in 2014.

The name "Axia", which is pronounced a-zee-a or A-xia, is derived from the Greek word ΑΞΙΑ (axia) which means value. The word Axia also resembles the word Asia but with the letter 's' having been replaced by 'x' which represents the number ten, as the Axia is Perodua's tenth model.

First generation (B200; 2014)

The Axia was developed as the successor to the Viva. Perodua chose to license the Daihatsu Ayla/Toyota Agya platform for their Viva Replacement Model (VRM). The Ayla and Agya duo have been on sale in neighbouring Indonesia and Philippines since 2013. Although the Viva replacement model will be based on the Ayla/Agya platform, Perodua has iterated that the upper body and external elements will be indigenously designed, and the car would not be just a rebadged model.

On 26 August 2013, the former Prime Minister of Malaysia, Najib Razak announced that the replacement model to the Viva will launch in 2014 as the cheapest new car on the market. The new model will be built at Perodua's all-new RM1.3 billion, 65,000 sq ft second manufacturing plant, located adjacent to the company's original factory in Rawang, Selangor. Perodua's new factory will mirror Daihatsu Kyushu's factory in terms of work ethics, technology and efficiency. Perodua has since announced the construction of a new engine manufacturing factory in Sendayan, Negeri Sembilan at cost of RM600 million.

Perodua showcased the Global Model A Segment Space (GMA) concept at the 2013 Kuala Lumpur International Motor Show in November. The GMA previewed the interior design of the Viva Replacement Model (VRM). Perodua also showcased a new engine, the 1.0-litre Daihatsu 1KR-DE as a possible candidate for the VRM.

On 11 August 2014, Perodua teased a photo of the Axia on their official Facebook page. Perodua released a teaser of the front end of the Axia Standard E and G variants on 19 August 2014.

The more expensive Axia SE and Advance variants sport a more aggressive and sporty exterior, whereas the cheaper Standard E and G trim lines offer a more modest and basic package.

Perodua claimed that the all-new Axia will have 95% locally sourced content, with the remainder being imported from Indonesia and Japan. The company aims to sell 10,000 Axia units per month.

The pre-facelift Axia is briefly sold in Brunei by the previous Perodua's distributor, Econ Motors Sdn Bhd with the 1.0G variant (4-speed automatic) in August 2015, where the Toyota-branded twin model, the Wigo was also sold in the country before the Axia will be replaced by the identical Wigo in 2017.

Facelift
The Axia received first facelift update on 20 January 2017 with the new 1.0-litre VVT-i engine. The same four variants remained on sale. The facelift brought along revised front grill and bumpers, an external boot release and revised equipment list.

On 20 September 2019, the second-facelifted Axia was launched with six variants: E, G, GXtra, crossover-inspired Style, SE and AV. Only E variant has manual transmission while the rest have automatic transmissions with ABS and EBD. The 1KR-VE engine also retained. At this facelift, both SE and AV variants share similar appearance with E, G and GXtra variants with few trim differences. New safety features are fitted such as Vehicle Stability Control (VSC) for GXtra variant and upwards, and Advanced Safety Assist 2.0 (ASA 2.0) was available only on range-topping AV variant. Other features such as retractable side mirrors, reverse sensors, driver seat height adjuster and anti-snatch hook are fitted for GXtra variant and upwards also.

The crossover-inspired Style variant differs from other variants with SUV-style bumpers, decorative roof rails, different grille and clear tail lamps. The Style, together with SE and AV variants have keyless entry, push start button and white-illuminated meter panel as additional standard features.

With the second-generation Axia was launched on 14 February 2023, the previous-generation Axia E equipped with manual transmission will continue to be built as an entry-level option. The updated Axia E manual was reintroduced on 15 June 2023 as Malaysia's cheapest car priced at RM22,000 (about $4,770).  It uses the 2017 facelift grille on the front while the 2019 facelift styling retained on the rear portion of the bumper.

2017 first facelift styling

2019 second facelift styling

Axia Style

Safety
In a 2014 testing under 2012–2016 ASEAN NCAP standards, the first-generation Axia received a 4-star rating.At launch, anti-lock braking system (ABS) with electronic brakeforce distribution (EBD) and Brake assist (BA) were equipped on the SE and Advance variant while the more affordable Standard E and Standard G variant were not equipped with the aforementioned features. The Axia is equipped with 2 airbags for all variants.

For 2016, the Standard G variant gained ABS with EBD and BA.

In September 2019, all models of the refreshed Axia except the Standard E and Standard G variant now gets vehicle stability control. Airbag count remains at 2 across the board. The range-topping Advance variant now features the Advanced Safety Assist 2.0 (ASA 2.0) which debuted in the Perodua Aruz, which includes Forward Collision Warning with pedestrian detection, Automatic Emergency Braking (operative from speeds of 4–80 km/h), Pedal Misoperation Control and Front Departure Alert, which alerts the driver of the vehicle in front has proceeded ahead, e.g. from a traffic light.

Powertrains
The pre-facelift Perodua Axia was offered with one petrol engine, the 998cc 12-valve DOHC 1KR-DE2 l3, sourced from Toyota and Daihatsu but redesigned by Perodua. The new 1.0 litre engine offers 66 hp (49 kW) at 6,000 rpm and 90 Nm (66 lb ft) of torque at 3,600 rpm. It is Perodua's first engine to be made with aluminium parts, which are lighter than their cast iron equivalents and it is the first to use drive by wire technology. As a result, the new 1KR-DE2 engine weighs 69 kg, or 10 kg less than the old 989cc EJ-VE engine in the Perodua Viva. Unlike the 1KR-FE engine, The 1KR-DE2 in the Axia is not equipped with Toyota's Variable Valve Timing with intelligence (VVT-i) technology. The new engine is also Euro IV compliant.

The 1KR-DE2 1.0L engine in the Axia is paired to a choice of two transmissions, a five-speed manual and a four-speed automatic respectively. Perodua claims that the Axia is capable of achieving up to 21.6 km/L with the manual, and 20.1 km/L with the automatic while in ‘ECO Mode’. All Axias will come equipped with an Electric Power Steering (EPS) system for greater ease of steering, in addition to improved fuel-efficiency.

The Perodua Axia became the first car to qualify under Malaysia's 2014 National Automotive Policy (NAP) Energy Efficient Vehicle (EEV) fuel-efficiency standards on its late 2014 launch.

The facelift versions of the Perodua Axia gained Toyota's Variable Valve Timing with intelligence (VVT-i) in the form of the 1KR-VE engine.

Second generation (A300; 2023)

The second generation Axia was launched on 14 February 2023. Vehicles with camouflage stickers are shown to the media on 8 February 2023, while in the same day Perodua released teaser images.

The second generation Axia is based on the Daihatsu New Global Architecture (DNGA). It is powered by a carryover 1.0-litre VVT-i engine, now equipped with Eco Idle auto start-stop technology. The previous 4-speed automatic transmission has been replaced by a brand new Dual-Mode CVT (D-CVT) developed by Daihatsu. The new Axia no longer has a 5-speed manual transmission as an option like before, with all models being automatic only. 4 grade levels are available on offer at launch – G, X, SE and AV. Advanced driver-assistance systems branded as Perodua Smart Drive Assist (PSDA) is also available, albeit only limited to the range-topping AV variant.

The development of the vehicle commenced in October 2019 with a total cost of RM546 million and 300,000 man-hours invested into the project. Daihatsu provided support throughout the process. Before its launch, Perodua targeted sales of 5,700 units per month.

Safety
In a testing conducted in January 2023, the second generation Axia received four stars in ASEAN NCAP crash testing.

Advanced Safety Assist or (A.S.A.) includes:

 PCW (Pre-Collision Warning)
 PCB (Pre-Collision Braking)
 PMC (Pedal Misoperation Control)
 FDA (Front Departure Alert)

Side collision test manipulation
On 28 April 2023, Daihatsu confirmed that the company had committed "wrongdoings" in approval application for side collision tests under UN-R95 requirements for four vehicles, including the A300 series Perodua Axia which was developed by the company. According to Daihatsu, the inside lining of the front seat door was improperly modified with a "notch"  to prevent the part from breaking into pieces with sharp edges that could injure occupants during a side airbag deployment. These modifications are not present in production vehicles. 11,834 units of the model that has been delivered in Malaysia are affected. In response, Perodua suspended deliveries until the vehicles are re-tested.

Sales

Awards and accolades

 Winner Compact Car of The Year - DSF.my Allianz VOTY (Vehicle of the Year) 2017
 Winner Value-for-Money Car of The Year - Frost & Sullivan
 Most Favourite Brand 2016/17 Automotive Sedan/Compact Cars - The Brand Laureate

See also
 Daihatsu Ayla / Toyota Agya, the models that the Perodua Axia is based on.
 Perodua Bezza, a sedan car based on Axia platform.

References

External links

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Cars introduced in 2014
2020s cars
Hatchbacks
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ASEAN NCAP superminis


title: Modesta Avila

text:
Modesta Avila (1867 or 1869 – September 1891) was a Californio ranchera and protester, best known for being the first convicted felon and first state prisoner in Orange County, California.
Avila had only received a minor warning in 1889 for placing an obstruction on the tracks to protest against the Santa Fe Railroad being built through her property without adequate compensation, but she continued to taunt the authorities, and was eventually arrested four months later.

Although the jury in her first trial was unable to reach agreement, Avila was convicted after a second trial at Orange County Supreme Court and was sentenced to three years in San Quentin State Prison. Today Avila is considered to be a folk heroine of Latino people of the county, and is suggested as the "White Lady", a ghost said to haunt the area, reported to have been seen walking along the railroad tracks since the 1930s.

Background
Avila was born in 1867 or 1869 in San Juan Capistrano, in Orange County, California.  Little is known about her early life, but by the age of 20 she had inherited land from her mother just to the north of the Capistrano train station and was occupied in chicken rearing. Physically Avila was described as a "dark-eyed beauty" in appearance and an "extremely proud woman".
The authorities would have considered her a Mexican even though she had been born in San Juan Capistrano; Mexicans were unpopular in the county at the time and subject to racism.  She had spent 30 days in Los Angeles County Jail in 1888 for "vagrancy" (often a euphemism for prostitution) and this, coupled with the fact that she was reportedly unmarried and pregnant at the time of her second trial, led to a belief that she supplemented her income by working as a prostitute; her obituary in the Santa Ana Standard seemed to add weight to this by referring to her as "a well-known favorite of the Santa Ana boys".

Protest

Avila was upset by the construction of the Santa Fe Railroad through her family's land and only 15 feet away from her home, believing that she had not been properly compensated for the railway which was having a negative impact on her chicken rearing and her quality of life because of the noise. In 1889, she decided to protest against the railroad's incursion into her life and property. Local sources say she tied a clothesline hung with her laundry across the track, but other reports say she placed a railroad tie across the tracks and erected a fence post between the rails to which she attached a note of protest that read: "This land belongs to me. And if the railroad wants to run here, they will have to pay me ten thousand dollars". Max Mendelson, the Southern Pacific's agent in San Juan Capistrano, reported that he had removed the post, informed Avila that the Southern Pacific were perfectly within their rights in the building of the railroad, and ordered her not to interfere again.

There is some doubt over what occurred between Avila and Mendelson. Avila seemed to believe that she would be compensated, and is even documented to have traveled to a bank in Santa Ana to ask how she might receive a $10,000 payment and organized a party in celebration of her expected payment. She was arrested at the party for disturbing the peace, and annoyed the authorities by boasting at her trial of her victory over the railroad company and government. According to historian Lisbeth Haas in the book Conquests and Historical Identities in California, 1769–1936, it was her actions after her initial protest rather than the act itself which led to her arrest four months later for "attempted obstruction of a train", and that she was made an example of to demonstrate that protests would be punished under the new state legal system.

Prosecution and imprisonment

The first trial of Avila for interfering with the tracks was held at the then newly opened Orange County Superior Court under Edward Eugenes, a "hot shot" legal figure who was also in the state assembly. The first trial ended with a 6-6 hung jury. In the week leading up to the retrial, rumors spread that Avila was pregnant out of wedlock, an act considered to be gravely sinful at the time. Her lawyer, George Hayford "inexperienced and probably crooked", was forced to confirm that she was pregnant and believed that the real decision to incarcerate her for three years in San Quentin State Prison was largely due to this, writing that "her real crime is that she is a poor girl not having sense enough to have been married". Hayford appealed to the court on grounds that she had been "convicted on her reputation, not her deed". He received a hearing at the Supreme Court, but lost the case on a technicality. Avila's case was perhaps also used as the "vehicle for polishing Orange County’s law-and-order image", as she was the first person to be convicted of a felony in the county. Avila's boyfriend at the time was fired from his job for refusing to distance himself from her.

If she had been pregnant, what became of her baby is unknown: no mention of it appears in the penitentiary's records. Avila was released from prison eight months early on March 3, 1892, although one reporter stated that she died there of pneumonia in September 1891 at the age of 22 or 24 after serving two years and five months of her sentence. Her obituary in the Santa Ana Standard concluded: "Let those who are without sin throw the first stone".

Legacy

Today, Avila is considered to be an important figure in local legend and has been cited as a "folklore heroine" for Latinos in the county. The San Juan Capistrano Historical Society unveiled a plaque in the town commemorating her and her place in history. Mary P. Nolan, executive director of the Central Orange County YWCA, included Avila among 30 prominent "women of courage" in Orange County's history.

As part of the celebrations for the centenary of the building of the Santa Fe railroad in August 1988, a re-enactment of her protest was performed near the railway station by a local woman, Irma Camarena, and actors playing Mendelson and a sheriff. City manager Steve Julian narrated: "Modesta hated the train. It was noisy, dirty and a bit frightening. It kept her chickens from laying eggs, and its whistle kept her awake at night. Plus, the powerful California Central, parent company to the Santa Fe, had paid a pittance to people for the right of way through their property. Something had to be done. In an act of pure frustration, Modesta chose a symbolic act to voice her displeasure."

Numerous writers on Latino oppression and history in the United States cite Avila as one of many Mexican-Americans victimized during this period. Suzanne Oboler, Professor of Latin American Studies at the City University of New York, for instance, considers the imprisonment of Avila and others such as Jimmy Santiago Baca, Ricardo Sánchez, Raúl Salinas, Fred Gómez Carrasco, Judy Lucero and Alvaro Luna Hernandez to be "inextricably linked to colonial domination and the subsequent struggle for material resources in the southwestern United States". An opera entitled Modesta Avila: An American Folk Opera written by an Orange County biomedical engineer was performed in Westminster in 1986 but was dismissed as "neo-imperialist nostalgia" by B. V. Olguín in La Pinta: Chicana/o Prisoner Literature, Culture, and Politics. The Modesta Avila Coalition, an activist group in the Los Angeles area involved with fighting against firms who transport goods to and from rail yards, named themselves after her in 2005.

Avila is suggested as a possible identity for the ghost, known as the "White Lady", which has reputedly been seen in San Juan Capistrano's Los Rios Street Historic District. The ghost was first reported walking on the railway tracks in the 1930s, along the stretch that Avila had walked.

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1860s births
1891 deaths
People from San Juan Capistrano, California
History of Orange County, California
San Quentin State Prison inmates
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Mexican-American culture in California
Deaths from pneumonia in California
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Californios


title: Khushnood Nabizada

text:
Khushnood Nabizada (born March 27, 1987) is an Afghan journalist, diplomat, peace campaigner, and entrepreneur. He is the founder and owner of Khaama Press, an Afghanistan-based news agency that reports specific political issues of the Afghanistan region.

Early years and education
Nabizada was born on 27 March 1987 in the Shibar District of Bamyan Province in central Afghanistan. He is an ethnic Hazara and follower of Shia Islam.

Around the age of eight, his family moved to Puli Khumri in Baghlan Province. When Nabizada was in 5th grade of school, he along with his entire family migrated to Rawalpindi, Pakistan, due to Taliban rule. He returned to Afghanistan in 2003, during the presidency of Hamid Karzai.

Nabizada graduated from Habibia High School in 2006. He obtained a bachelor's degree in business administration from Kardan University in 2012. Later he obtained a master's degree in International Relation from Kateb University in Kabul.

Career
In October 2010, Nabizada founded The Khaama Press News Agency, one of the largest online news services in Afghanistan at the time. Khaama Press publishes in English, Persian and Pashto languages.

In 2011 he founded an IT company under the name of Barg Sabz that provides web designing, web hosting and domain registration services for the individuals, companies, and organizations operating in Afghanistan.

Nabizada worked as Senior Business Executive at Insurance Corporation of Afghanistan from 2007 to early 2014. In the meantime, he managed to supervise and preside operations of Khaama Press and Barg Sabz Web Designing firm. He had become a member of the National United Party of Afghanistan.

Khaama Press remains as a popular news agencies. Khaama's web portal was recognized as the most visited news website in 2020.

Nabizada joined the Afghanistan government in 2016 and assumed office as chief of staff to the Ministry of Urban Development and Housing on May 29, 2016. The recruitment process for this key position is approved by President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani.

Nabizada was appointed as chief of staff to the State Ministry for Peace on September 7, 2020. The recruitment process for this key position was approved by the then-President Ashraf Ghani.

The Khaama Press News Agency

Why did Nabizada decide to invest and establish Khaama Press, he answers: Afghanistan entered into a new era with the assistance of the international community in 2001 after the fall of ‘Taliban’, an extremist religious group that led the country for 5 years. Since then, ‘Afghanistan’ received a large number of development funds from the International society, but most of these grants were not spent ‘transparent’ as a result of poor monitoring and control. Media and press agencies are always a great help and a powerful tool to keep eyes on the executive and implementing agencies, promoting ‘transparency’. I loved to be the ‘throat’ of my people and ‘share’ their pains, failures, success and developments by writing. Therefore, I established Khaama Press back in October 2010 to help the journalism and freedom of speech in Afghanistan. Afghanistan has been in the midst of civil war and violence for more than 40 years, in the absence of media and ‘freedom of speech, has much to say, therefore, independent news agencies such as ‘Khaama Press’ was needed to report on security, society, business and political issues to provide awareness and assist the international partner in their decision making with providing them the accurate and on-time information.

The Canada Now

In March 2020, Nabizada and his friend and former colleague Ahmad Shah Ghani Zada established a news portal for US & Canada under the name of The Canada Now. The agency's operation was interrupted for almost a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic but resumed in May 2021. The online news portal covers World, US & Canada, Business, Politics, Entertainment, Sports and Immigration. The Canada Now publishes news and reports on its web portal, social media accounts including Twitter (@TheCanadaNow) and Facebook (The Canada Now).

Escaping bomb blast
Nabizada survived a bomb blast on February 1, 2021. The incident happened in PD10, Kabul, while he was on the way to work. Several national and international agencies, including Afghan and NATO officials, have condemned the attack.

Immigrating to the United States
In August 2021, during Operation Allies Refuge, Nabizada and his family all escaped in American military planes from Afghanistan to Wisconsin in the United States. They later moved to Virginia. Nabizada and his wife Razia have two daughters (Artisa and Armita) and one son (Arash). He advocates for freedom of speech and human rights in Afghanistan.

Quote

The quote has been used for the first time by Nabizada in his life story published by Richmond Times-Dispatch in January 2022. He has said it when he wanted to express his feelings about how hard it was for him to leave everything behind and flee from his homeland Afghanistan in August 2021.

References

1987 births
Living people
Afghan journalists
Hazara journalists
Afghan Shia Muslims
People from Kabul
People from Bamyan Province
Afghan expatriates in Pakistan
Afghan emigrants to the United States


title: Grove City Airport

text:
Grove City Airport  is a public airport  west of Grove City, in Mercer County, Pennsylvania.

References

External links

Airports in Pennsylvania
Transportation buildings and structures in Mercer County, Pennsylvania


title: Marcus Theodore Johnson

text:
Marcus Theodore Johnson was a British businessman and member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.

Johnson joined the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation and was the Deputy Chairman of the bank in 1937. He was also Chairman of the Hong Kong Jockey Club from 1935 to 1939.

He was made Justice of the Peace and was appointed to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong during the Sir H. E. Pollock on leave in May 1936, and was appointed to the Legislative Council again in 1937 vice Arthur William Hughes's resignation.

References

Hong Kong bankers
British bankers
Members of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
HSBC people
British expatriates in Hong Kong

20th-century Hong Kong politicians
Year of birth missing
Year of death missing


title: Cryptophis nigrescens

text:
Cryptophis nigrescens is a species of venomous snake in the family  Elapidae. The species is endemic to eastern Australia.

Taxonomy
Cryptophis nigrescens was described by Albert Günther in 1862, assigning the new species to Hoplocephalus.

Geographic range
Cryptophis nigrescens is found in the Australian states of New South Wales, Queensland, and Victoria.

Common names
Common names for the species include short-tailed snake, small-eyed snake, and eastern small-eyed snake.

Reproduction
Cryptophis nigrescens is viviparous.

References

Further reading
Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ) ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I-XXV. (Denisonia nigrescens, p. 343).
Günther A (1862). "On new Species of Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Third Series 9: 124–132. (Hoplocephalus nigrescens, new species, p. 131 + Plate IX, figure 12).

nigrescens
Venomous snakes
Snakes of Australia
Reptiles described in 1862
Taxa named by Albert Günther


title: Emma Meesseman

text:
Emma Meesseman (born 13 May 1993) is a Belgian professional basketball player for Fenerbahçe of the Women's Basketball Super League and EuroLeague Women. After playing basketball in Belgium, Meesseman was drafted by the Washington Mystics with the 19th overall pick in the second round of the 2013 WNBA draft. She has also played for the Belgian national team and several European professional teams. She was named the 2011 FIBA Europe Young Women's Player of the Year and the 2019 WNBA Finals MVP. Meesseman studied physical education at Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

Professional career

Europe

Meesseman's club career began at the age of 16. She played domestically for the Blue Cats, based in her birth town of Ypres, and in the EuroCup for Lotto Young Cats, also in her native Belgium. In her second season with the Blue Cats she was named Belgium Championship MVP, and took the Young Cats to two EuroCups (2010–12).

In 2012, she joined ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq of the Ligue Féminine de Basketball. In her second year with the club she played in her third EuroCup, reaching the semi-finals before falling to WBC Dynamo Moscow.

Meesseman played for Spartak Moscow from 2014 to 2016, competing in two EuroCup tournaments. In February 2016, she was acquired by UMMC Ekaterinburg.

With UMMC Ekaterinburg, Meesseman won the Russian National League championship in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. Meesseman and UMMC Ekaterinburg won the 2015–16 EuroLeague, Europe's premium basketball competition for women, in April 2016. Having missed out on the final in 2017 and finished 3rd, Meesseman and UMMC Ekaterinburg won the 2017–18 EuroLeague. Meesseman, averaging 19 points in the Final Four tournament, was elected Final Four MVP. Meesseman and UMMC Ekaterinburg followed this up with further Euroleague wins in seasons 2018–19 and 2020–21. With this 4th victory, Meesseman equaled fellow Belgian Ann Wauters' 4 Euroleague wins.

She signed with Fenerbahçe Safiport on 1 July 2022 for EuroLeague Women season.

WNBA
Meesseman was drafted 19th overall in the second round of the 2013 WNBA draft by the Washington Mystics. In her rookie season, Meesseman was a back-up center on the Mystics' roster, averaging 4.4 points per game and 3.1 rebounds per game in 34 games with 1 start.

In the 2014 season, Meesseman became the starting center for the Mystics and averaged 10.1 points per game and a career-high 6.4 rebounds per game.

In the 2015 season, Meesseman would play outside her natural position after being moved to power forward in the Mystics' starting line-up to make room for Stefanie Dolson at the center position. Meesseman would have a breakout season in 2015, averaging 11.6 points per game, 6.3 rebounds per game, was ranked fifth in blocks per game and also added three-point shooting to her skill set. Meesseman scored a career-high 24 points to go along with 10 rebounds in a loss against the Tulsa Shock on 19 June  2015. She also made her first career all-star game appearance after being voted into the 2015 WNBA All-Star Game.

In 2016, Meesseman signed a three-year contract extension with the Mystics. During the 2016 season, Meesseman would have the best season of her career thus far, averaging a career-high 15.2 points per game and led the league in three-point field goal percentage.

In 2017, after the Mystics traded Dolson to the Chicago Sky, Meesseman continued her role at the power forward spot in the starting lineup. In the Mystics' season opener, Meesseman scored 13 points along with 8 rebounds in an 89–74 victory over the San Antonio Stars. During the 2017 season, Meesseman left the Mystics after the first four games due to overseas commitment to play for her national team during the FIBA world championship qualifying tournament. She returned on 12 May 2017 for practice and was activated to play on the Mystics' roster on 28 June 2017. On 30 July 2017 Meesseman scored a new career-high of 30 points along with 10 rebounds in a 77–70 victory over the Atlanta Dream. The Mystics secured a playoff berth as the #6 seed in the league with an 18–16 record. In the first round elimination game, the Mystics defeated the Dallas Wings 86–76, Meesseman scored 16 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. They advanced to the second round elimination game, where they defeated the #3-seeded New York Liberty, 82–68, advancing to the semi-finals, making it the first time in franchise history where the Mystics have advanced past the second round. Meeeseman scored 5 points and grabbed 5 rebounds in the win. In the semi-finals, the Mystics were defeated by the Minnesota Lynx in a 3-game sweep.

In January 2018, it was announced that Meesseman would sit out the entire 2018 season to play for Team Belgium in the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup tournament. Without Meesseman, the Mystics would make a run to the WNBA Finals, but were defeated in a 3-game sweep by the Seattle Storm.

In 2019, Meesseman returned to the Mystics and played most of the season off the bench. With her return and strong contribution off the bench, the Mystics would finish as the number 1 seed with a 26–8 record, receiving a double-bye to the semi-finals. In the semi-finals, the Mystics defeated the Las Vegas Aces 3–1, advancing to the WNBA Finals for the second year in a row. Meesseman's presence and off-the-bench heroics earned her Finals MVP honors as the Mystics defeated the Connecticut Sun in five games. Meesseman became the first European player to be named Finals MVP and only the second international player in league history (the first was Lauren Jackson).

In 2020, the season was delayed and shortened to 22 games in a bubble at IMG Academy due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 5 August 2020 Meesseman scored a season-high 24 points along with 13 rebounds in a 83–77 victory over the Las Vegas Aces. During the season, the Mystics were shorthanded with key players leaving in free agency and sitting out for health concerns as they finished 9–13 with the number 8 seed. Meesseman had returned to the starting lineup with increased playing time. They would lose 85–84 to the Phoenix Mercury in the first round elimination game.

Ahead of the 2022 season, Meesseman signed with the Chicago Sky, where she will be reunited with her Belgian national teammates Julie Allemand and Ann Wauters (with the latter serving as an assistant coach).

International
Meesseman made her debut for Belgium at the 2011 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women. In the final, Meesseman led the team to victory 77–49 over France, herself scoring 25 points, and was named tournament MVP. On 25 November 2015 she scored 31 points, made seventeen rebounds and five assists for the women's senior team in a EuroBasket Women 2017 qualifier against Belarus.

Meesseman led Belgium to a best ever finish in EuroBasket Women 2017, a bronze medal, and was named to the All Star five of the tournament. With this finish in the top 5 of EuroBasket Women 2017, the Belgium women's national basketball team qualified for the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup. Before this, the Belgium women's national basketball team had never qualified for a World Championships or the Olympic Games.

Continuing on from her strong performance at EuroBasket Women 2017, Meesseman led the Belgium women's national basketball team to a top finish in group C, besting (then second-ranked team in the world) Spain. The Belgian Cats next beat (the then third-ranked team in the world) France in the quarter-final only to lose against the top-ranked team in the world (USA) in the semi-final. Beaten in the bronze medal game by Spain, the Belgian women registered a 4th-place finish at their first FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup. Meesseman, averaging the most rebounds per game (10.7) and the second most points per game (18.5) at the tournament, was selected to the Tournament All-Star Five.

In 2020 the Belgian Cats, with Meesseman, qualified for the Olympic games in Tokyo. She was later also named the TISSOT MVP at the FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Ostend. At the 2020 Summer Games, she led the Belgium women's national basketball team to the quarter-finals, having defeated Australia and Puerto Rico and lost to China in the poule phase. In the quarterfinals, Belgium then suffered a heartbreaking loss to home team Japan. At the end of the tournament, she was elected to the All-Star Five of the tournament, having posted the best points per game, steals and efficiency in the tournament.

Meesseman led Belgium to their first ever title in EuroBasket Women 2023 at the final after defeating Spain, was named MVP of the tournament and to the All Star five of the tournament. Meesseman also made history after becoming the first ever player to claim a triple-double at the event. With their first ever title by winning the EuroBasket Women 2023, the Belgium women's national basketball team qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

WNBA career statistics

Regular season

|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2013
| style="text-align:left;"| Washington
| 34 || 1 || 14.7 || .446 || .000 || .810 || 3.1 || 1.2 || 0.5 || 0.7 || 0.8 || 4.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2014
| style="text-align:left;"| Washington
| 34 || 34 || 27.4 || .520 || .000 || .909 || 6.4 || 2.5 || 1.4 || 1.0 || 1.7 || 10.1
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2015
| style="text-align:left;"| Washington
| 34 || 34 || 27.2 || .556  || .462 || .829 || 6.3 || 1.7 || 0.9 || 1.3 || 1.2 || 11.6
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2016
| style="text-align:left;"| Washington
| 34 || 34|| 29.3 || .533 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|.448° || .800 || 5.6 || 2.3 || 1.2 || 0.7 || 1.2 || 15.2
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2017
| style="text-align:left;"| Washington
| 23 || 21 || 28.4 || .482 || .318 || .870 || 5.7 || 2.8 || 0.9 || 1.5 || 1.7 || 14.1
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"|2019†
| style="text-align:left;"| Washington
| 23 || 6 || 23.6  || .552 || .422 || .905 || 4.2 || 3.2 || 0.9 || 0.7 || 1.0 || 13.1
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2020
| style="text-align:left;"| Washington
| 20 || 20 || 31.7 || .454 || .289 || .829 || 5.3 || 4.5 || 1.2 || 0.8 || 2.0 || 13.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2022
| style="text-align:left;"| Chicago
| 36 || 36 || 28.6 || .571 || .342 || .887 || 5.5 || 3.8 || 1.4 || 0.8 || 1.4 || 12.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| Career
| style="text-align:left;"| 8 years, 2 teams
| 238 || 186 || 26.1 || .522 || .371 || .854 || 5.3 || 2.6 || 1.1 || 0.9 || 1.4 || 11.5

Playoffs

|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2013
| style="text-align:left;"| Washington
| 3 || 0 || 12.5 || .455 || .000 || .667  || 1.3 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 1.3 || 4.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2014
| style="text-align:left;"| Washington
| 2 || 2 || 33.3 || .526 || .000 || 1.000 || 8.0 || 0.0 || 1.5 || 1.0 || 4.0 || 12.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2015
| style="text-align:left;"| Washington
| 3 || 3 || 33.1 || .379 || .250 || .667 || 6.7 || 1.3 || 0.0 || 1.3 || 1.6 || 9.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2017
| style="text-align:left;"| Washington
| 5 || 5 || 31.2 || .302 || .231 || .700 || 5.4 || 2.6 || 1.4 || 1.6 || 0.6 || 9.6
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"|2019†
| style="text-align:left;"| Washington
| 9 || 3 || 28.2 || .582 || .516 || .824 || 5.6 || 2.4 || 1.1 || 0.9 || 0.9 || 19.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2020
| style="text-align:left;"| Washington
| 1 || 1 || 35.0 || .533 || 1.000 || .000 || 3.0 || 4.0 || 2.0 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 18.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2022
| style="text-align:left;"| Chicago
| 8 || 8 || 29.6 || .470 || .300 || .833 || 4.0 || 3.5 || 1.5 || 0.9 || 1.1 || 11.1
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| Career
| style="text-align:left;"| 7 years, 2 teams
| 31 || 22 || 28.5 || .477 || .429 || .787 || 4.9 || 2.4 || 1.1 || 1.1 || 1.2 || 12.7

Personal life
Meeseman's mother, Sonja Tankrey, is a former basketball player. She was the Belgian Women's Basketball Player of the Year in 1983.

Meesseman speaks fluent Dutch, French and English. Meesseman was also born with 50% hearing. She wears hearing devices behind both ears to compensate for her lack of hearing.

Honours and awards

Team

Blue Cats Ieper
 Belgian National League Champion: 2011-12

ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq
 French Cup Finalist: 2013-14

UMMC Ekaterinburg
 EuroLeague Women winner: 2015-16, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2020-21
 FIBA Europe SuperCup Women winner: 2016, 2018, 2019
 Russian League Champion: 2015–2016, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
 Russian Cup: 2017, 2019
 RFB Super Cup: 2021
 UMMC Cup: 2016, 2018

Washington Mystics
 WNBA Finals Champion: 2019

Fenerbahçe Safiport

 EuroLeague Women winner: 2022–23
 FIBA Europe SuperCup Women winner: 2023
 Turkish Super League champion: 2022-23

National Team
 4th place U17 World Cup: 2011
 Winner U18 European Championship Women: 2011
 3rd place EuroBasket Women: 2017
 3rd place EuroBasket Women: 2021
 1st place EuroBasket Women: 2023

Individual
 MVP Belgian Pro Basketball League: 2010-11
 MVP U18 European Championship Women: 2011
 FIBA Europe Young Women's Player of the Year: 2011
 WNBA All-Star Game selection: 2015
 Eastern Conference Player of the Week: June 2016
 Most 3 points WNBA: 2016
 Final Four MVP EuroLeague Women: 2017-18
 All-Star Five FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup: 2018
 WNBA Finals MVP: 2019
 Vlaamse Reus: 2019
 Flemish Sportsjewel: 2019
 All-Star Five EuroLeague Women: 2019-20, 2020-21
 TISSOT MVP during the Olympic Qualifying tournament in Ostend: 2020
 Belgian Sportswoman of the year: 2020
 All-Star Five Olympics Woman's Basketball Tournament: 2020
 Top Scorer Olympics Woman's Basketball Tournament: 2020
 All-Star Five European Women Basketball Championship: 2021
 MVP EuroLeague Women: 2022-23
 MVP Turkish Super League Finals: 2023
 MVP European Women Basketball Championship: 2023
 All-Star Team European Women Basketball Championship: 2023

References

External links

 FIBA Europe profile
 Eurobasket.com profile

1993 births
Living people
Belgian women's basketball players
Olympic basketball players for Belgium
Basketball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Belgian expatriate basketball people in France
Belgian expatriate basketball people in Russia
Belgian expatriate basketball people in the United States
Centers (basketball)
Belgian deaf people
Deaf basketball players
Sportspeople from Ypres
Washington Mystics draft picks
Washington Mystics players
Chicago Sky players
Women's National Basketball Association All-Stars
Fenerbahçe women's basketball players


title: King Danylo University

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The King Danylo University is a university in Prykarpattia Ukraine .

History
The University was founded in 1997 by a rector, a priest, an academician of the UAS, Doctor of Jurisprudence, Doctor of Law, Doctor of Philosophy, Doctor of Canon Law, Professor, an owner of the Excellence in Education of Ukraine Badge Father Ivan Lutskyi.

Structure
The structure of King Danylo University includes:
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Information Technology
Faculty of Architecture, Construction and Design
Faculty of Management and Business Analysis
Faculty of Humanities
University College
S. Hranat IFFC College
Scientific Research Institute.

Specialty
The training of specialists is carried out in the following specialties:
Law;
Architecture and Urban Development;
Construction and Civil Engineering;
Design;
Philology (English Language);
Accounting and Business Analysis;
Financial Management;
Business and Private Entrepreneurship;
Marketing;
Journalism (according to the educational and professional program «Advertising and Public Relations»);
Software Engineering;
Computer Engineering;
Theology;
Musical Arts;
Tourism;
Hotel and Restaurant Business.

The lectures are given by lecturers and scientists from Ukraine, the United States,  Germany, Poland, France, Spain, Lithuania, Georgia, and Moldova.

For the majority of the enumerated specialties you can get education at the education and qualification level “Junior Specialist” at colleagues of the university.

Over 20,000 students have graduated from King Danylo University. The graduates get  State diplomas at the education and qualification levels: “Junior Specialist, “Bachelor’s” “Master’s degree” and also have the opportunity to get diplomas of higher education of foreign institutions according to principle of “Dual degree”

References
 Official site

Universities in Ukraine
Education in Ivano-Frankivsk
Law schools in Ukraine
Educational institutions established in 1997
1997 establishments in Ukraine


title: Audra Mari

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Audra Diane Mari (born January 8, 1994) is an American model, television host, and beauty pageant titleholder. She was crowned Miss World America 2016 on July 8, 2016, and represented the United States at Miss World 2016. She also represented the state of North Dakota at the Miss Teen USA and Miss USA pageants where she placed 1st runner-up in each pageant.

Early life
Mari was born on January 8, 1994, in Fargo, North Dakota. Her grandfather is from the Philippines. Mari attended Davies High School in Fargo. In an interview with Seventeen, she discussed being bullied during her sophomore year of high school. She attended North Dakota State University, where she studied public relations and communications.

Career

Pageantry
Mari represented the state of North Dakota on July 16, 2011, at Atlantis Paradise Island in Nassau, Bahamas where she placed 1st runner-up.  Three years later she won the Miss North Dakota USA 2014 title.  In the Miss USA 2014 pageant held in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, she again placed 1st runner-up.  This was the highest placement for a contestant from North Dakota.

On July 8, 2016, Mari was crowned Miss World America 2016 at National Harbor in Washington, D.C. She represented the United States at the Miss World 2016 pageant on December 18, 2016, where she placed 6th. Because Mari was the highest placing Miss World contestant from the Americas, she was awarded the title of Miss World Americas 2016.

Modeling and television
At age 20, Mari moved to Miami to pursue a modeling career. Her credits include gracing the cover of Ocean Drive Swimsuit issue and appearing in numerous H&M ads. Mari segued into hosting a television show on the Welcome Channel and in 2021, a local travel show for InForum online media.

Personal life
Mari began dating actor Josh Duhamel in late 2018. They announced their engagement on January 8, 2022, and married on September 10, 2022. They announced they are expecting a baby via their Instagram on September 11, 2023.

References

External links
 Official Miss North Dakota website
Miss World America Official Website

1994 births
American beauty pageant winners
American female models
American models of Filipino descent
Female models from North Dakota
Living people
2011 beauty pageant contestants
21st-century Miss Teen USA delegates
Miss USA 2014 delegates
Miss World 2016 delegates
North Dakota State University alumni
People from Fargo, North Dakota


title: Ugar (river)

text:
The Ugar (, known as the Brzica until 1878) is a river of Bosnia, a tributary of the Vrbas river. It originates at the slopes of Vlašić, upstream of Sažići and Melina villages (at around of 1590 meters above sea level), a watershed area of Vrbanja, Ilomska and Bila rivers. The valley along the Ugar is known as Pougarje.

Geography and hydrology

The Ugar's length is around 44.5 kilometres, and its catchment is around 328 km2. Its largest right tributaries are: Pljačkovac, Ilomska, Kobilja, Zirin Potok and Kusin Potok (Ziro's and Kuso's creeks), and Ugrić; left tributaries are the creeks: namely Lužnica Potok, Dedića Potok, Andrijevića Potok, Bunar, Oraški Potok, and Kukavički Potok.

At its source Ugar and its headwaters tributaries creates series of waterfalls. After short, but deep canyon (below the Babanovac plateau) it enters into Pougarje, under the Ranča Mountain. By this, Ugar flows into a deep and long canyon under Skender Vakuf, around 20 kilometres downstream of Jajce. Notch of the Canyon is a very arduous and its maximal depth is (approximately) 500 m. The area in the valley along the Ugar, from Vitovlje to its Canyon is marked as Pougarje

The area along the Ugar is known as Pougarje. Pougarje extends from the Vitovlje village to the Ugar's entrance into the canyon below Skender Vakuf. It is located between Ranča Mountain (left) and rock's massif Korićanske stijene - Ugarske stijene (Ugar's rocks).  From Vitovlje to Ugar's canyon it is known as the Lower (Donje) Pougarje, while the area on Ranča's slopes is Upper (Gornje) Pougarje.

The valley (especially the slopes of Ranča) is rich in coniferous and mixed deciduous-coniferous forests. The upper and middle part of the basin in the area still has the character of a salmonid water, now there are only (brown trout), while the huchen and grayling have disappeared in the recent past. The surrounding forests are inhabited by the big game (fox, wolf, bear, wild boar, and the others). At in a brushwood at the mouth of the Ilomska, in a protected hunting area, there is feeding place for carnivores (including corvine shoals).

See also
 Travnik
 Ilomska
 Vlašić

References

Rivers of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ugar
Canyons and gorges of Bosnia and Herzegovina


title: Lumley Lough

text:
The Ven. John Francis Burnaby Lumley Lough (14 April 1832 - 20 March 1896) was Archdeacon of Bermuda from 1876  until his death.

He was ordained in 1855 and  was Rector of Paget and Warwick parishes until his appointment as Archdeacon.

References

1832 births
19th-century Anglican priests
1896 deaths
Archdeacons of Bermuda


title: Gumerovo

text:
Gumerovo () is the name of several rural localities in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia:
Gumerovo, Aurgazinsky District, Republic of Bashkortostan, a village in Tashtamaksky Selsoviet of Aurgazinsky District
Gumerovo, Baymaksky District, Republic of Bashkortostan, a village in Yaratovsky Selsoviet of Baymaksky District
Gumerovo, Blagoveshchensky District, Republic of Bashkortostan, a village in Ilikovsky Selsoviet of Blagoveshchensky District
Gumerovo, Burayevsky District, Republic of Bashkortostan, a village in Azyakovsky Selsoviet of Burayevsky District
Gumerovo, Davlekanovsky District, Republic of Bashkortostan, a village in Kadyrgulovsky Selsoviet of Davlekanovsky District
Gumerovo, Ishimbaysky District, Republic of Bashkortostan, a village in Petrovsky Selsoviet of Ishimbaysky District
Gumerovo, Kushnarenkovsky District, Republic of Bashkortostan, a village in Gorkovsky Selsoviet of Kushnarenkovsky District
Gumerovo, Mechetlinsky District, Republic of Bashkortostan, a village in Duvan-Mechetlinsky Selsoviet of Mechetlinsky District