title: Karolis Chvedukas

text:
Karolis Chvedukas (21 April 1991 – 19 June 2023) was a Lithuanian professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career
Chvedukas moved to Polish I liga side Chojniczanka Chojnice in February 2017.

Chvedukas returned to Sūduva on 12 July 2017 after a one-year spell abroad.

Chvedukas signed for League of Ireland side Dundalk on 8 January 2018. Chvedukas scored his first goal for Dundalk in an 8–0 defeat of Limerick on 1 March 2018.

On 8 February 2019, Dundalk announced that Chvedukas had left the club by mutual consent. Shortly afterwards, Waterford announced his signing on their official website.

On 28 August 2020, Chvedukas signed for Oratory Youths F.C. playing in the 1st Division League of the Gozo Football Association on the island of Gozo, Malta.

International career
Chvedukas made his first international appearance for the Lithuania national team in a friendly in and against Armenia on 5 March 2014, playing 72 minutes from the start.

Death
Chvedukas died on 19 June 2023, at the age of 32.

Honours
Sūduva
 Lithuanian Cup: 2009
 Lithuanian Supercup: 2009

References

External links

1991 births
2023 deaths
Sportspeople from Marijampolė
Lithuanian men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Lithuania men's international footballers
A Lyga players
Croatian Football League players
League of Ireland players
I liga players
FK Sūduva players
RNK Split players
Chojniczanka Chojnice players
Dundalk F.C. players
Waterford F.C. players
Kokkolan Palloveikot players
Marijampolė City players
Lithuanian expatriate men's footballers
Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia
Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia
Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Poland
Expatriate men's footballers in Poland
Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Ireland
Expatriate men's association footballers in the Republic of Ireland


title: Dilman Dila

text:
Dilman Dila is a Ugandan writer, film maker and a social activist. He is the author of a collection of short stories, A Killing in the Sun, and of two novellas, Cranes Crest at Sunset, and The Terminal Move. He was shortlisted for the 2013 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for "A Killing in the Sun", longlisted for the Short Story Day Africa prize, 2013, and nominated for the 2008 Million Writers Award for the short story "Homecoming". He was longlisted for the BBC International Radio Playwriting Competition with his first radio play, Toilets are for Something Fishy. His film The Felistas Fable (2013) won four awards at the Uganda Film Festival 2014, for Best Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Feature Film, and Film of the Year (Best Director). It won two nominations at the Africa Movie Academy Awards for Best First Feature by a Director, and Best Make-up Artist. It was also nominated for the African Magic Viewers Choice Awards for Best Make-up artist, 2013. His first short film, What Happened in Room 13, is one of the most watched African films on YouTube. In 2015, he was longlisted for the Inaugural Jalada Prize for Literature for his story "Onen and his Daughter".

Early life and education
Dilman was born in Tororo, Uganda, on 31 December 1977. He grew up with his family on Bazaar Street, which harboured a multitude of cultures and nationalities. It is exposure at an early childhood to different stories from different tribes that gave him a strong foundation in storytelling. He attained primary education at Rock View Primary School, and secondary education at St. Peter's College, Tororo, before proceeding to Makerere University, where he did a BA in Social Sciences, majoring in Political Science (International Relations) and Economics.

Upon completing his university degree, he worked for human rights organisations, and for non-government developmental agencies for eight years, an experience that not only made him a social activist, but provided him with material for his writing and filmmaking.

Writing
He was introduced into storytelling at an early age by the folktales that he used to hear from his parents, and from fellow children, in the town he grew up in, Tororo. He started writing when he was 15 years old. His first works appeared in print in The Sunday Vision in 2001, and have since featured in several e-zines and book anthologies. These include The African Roar anthology in 2013, Storymoja, and Gowanus Books.

He writes speculative fiction, especially in the genres of horror, science fiction, and fantasy. The story that won a shortlist with the Commonwealth Short Story Prize, "A Killing in the Sun", is a ghost tale. He published his first science fiction story, Lights on Water, in The Short Anthology. In 2014, he launched his first collection of speculative short stories, during the Storymoja Festival, in Nairobi, Kenya.

In 2013, he was shortlisted for the prestigious Commonwealth Short Story Prize and longlisted for the Short Story Day Africa Prize.

In 2013, he facilitated a short-story surgery workshop, together with Alexander Ikawah, in collaboration with Commonwealth Writers, at the Storymoja Hay Festival. and in 2014 he was a mentor in the Writivism project. He returned to the Storymoja Festival, where he was a festival guest in 2014, conducting a masterclass with Prajwal Parajuly.

In 2013, the San Diego State University included his short story "Homecoming", in its syllabus for an English course.

Film making
Dilman Dila is a self-taught film maker. He however greatly benefited from the Maisha Film Lab, where he learned the craft from experienced mentors from Indian Cinema, and from Hollywood. He attended five different labs with Maisha, spanning a period from 2006 until 2008, in the areas of screenwriting and directing, for both fiction and documentary. The other trainings he attained include the Durban Talent Campus 2008, MNet Screenwriters Workshop in 2009, European Social Documentary International in 2012, and Berlinale Talents in 2014.

Many regard his first short film, What Happened in Room 13 (2007), featuring the famous comedians Ugandan Richard Tuwangye, Anne Kansiime, Veronica Namanda, Hanningtong Bujingo, and Gerald Rutaro, as a masterpiece from Uganda's young industry. The Young Ones Who Won't Stay Behind (2008) was his first collaboration with the world-famous film maker Mira Nair. Dila spent two years in Nepal, after receiving funding from Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO), to work with local organisations on film making for social change. While there, he made several documentaries. Untouchable Love (2011) was selected for IDFA's Docs for Sale, 2011, where it picked a UK-based distributor. With The Sound of One Leg Dancing (2011), he won The Jury Award at the Nepal International Indigenous Film Festival in 2012. The Dancing Poet (2012) made its debut at the We Speak, Here online festival in 2014. The two years in Nepal helped him to hone his craft, before he felt that the next stories he wanted to package and send out into the world were explicitly African in makeup, even if they came from a shared perspective that informed his earlier work.

His first narrative feature, The Felistas Fable (2013) won two nominations at the Africa Movie Academy Awards for Best First Feature by a Director, and for Best Make-up Artist It was also nominated for the African Magic Viewers Choice Awards 2014 for Best Make-up Artist.

Published works

Books

Short story collections

Short stories
"Yad Madit" in Africanfuturism: An Anthology, (2020, Brittle Paper)
"Red_Bati" in Dominion: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction From Africa and the African Diaspora, 2020
"Onen and his Daughter" in Jalada, 2015
"Lights on Water", in The Short Anthology, 2014
"The Puppets of Maramudhu", in
"The Broken Pot", in
"Billy is Three Weeks Dead", in
"Stones Bounce on Water", Storymoja.com, April 2011
"The Young Matchmaker" in The Kathmandu Post, 4 July 2010
"In Search of a Smoke", Gowanus Books, 2007
"Homecoming", Gowanus Books, 2007, and nominated for the 2008 Million Writers Award: Notable Online Fiction of 2007
"Fragments of Canvas", in Dark Fire, January 2005
"Lights on Water", in The Short Story anthology, 2014
"Bloodline of Blades", in ShadowSword, October 2005
"Stu's Honeymoon", in The Swamp, 2004
"Death in the Moonlight", in The Sunday Vision, May 2001
"The Campaign Agent", in The Sunday Vision, May 2001
"The Soldier's Wife", in The Sunday Vision, February 2001
"The First War", in The Sunday Vision, January 2001

Filmography

Producer/Director/Writer
Saving Mugisha (2013, Uganda), 18 minutes, fiction
The Felistas Fable (2013, Uganda), 90 minutes, fiction
The Dancing Poet (2012, Nepal/Uganda), 60 minutes, documentary
The Sound of One Leg Dancing (2011, Nepal), 30 minutes, documentary
Untouchable Love (2011, Nepal), 90 minutes, documentary
Street Strings (2008, Uganda), 15 minutes, documentary
Listening to Her Voice (2008, Uganda), 12 minutes, film
Home is a Fine Place to Die (2007, Uganda), 3 minutes, film
Under Sarah's Bed (2007, Uganda), 1 minute, film

Writer/Director
What Happened in Room 13 (2007, Uganda), 18 minutes, film
The Young Ones Who Won't Stay Behind (2008, Uganda), 15 minutes, documentary
How Will I Get a Drink? (2007, Uganda), 5 minutes, documentary

Writer
After the Silence (2006, Uganda), 34 minutes, film

Awards and recognition

Writing
Longlisted for BBC International Radio Playwriting Competition 2014
Shortlisted Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2013
Longlisted for the Short Story Day Africa prize, 2013
Nominated for the 2008 Million Writers Awards: Notable online fiction.

Film
Winner of Film of the Year (Best Director) at the Uganda Film Festival 2014 for The Felistas Fable
Winner of Best Feature Film at the Uganda Film Festival 2014 for The Felistas Fable
Winner of Best Screenplay at the Uganda Film Festival 2014 for The Felistas Fable
Nominated for Best First Feature by a Director at the Africa Movie Academy Awards 2014, for the film The Felistas Fable
Winner of The Jury Award (Bronze drum) at the Nepal International Indigenous Film Festival, with The Sound of One Leg Dancing, 2012
His film, The Felistas Fable, was nominated for Best Make-up Artist at the Africa Movie Academy Awards 2014 and at the African Magic Views Choice Awards, 2014

References

External links
"Where’s the African Chick-Lit?"
"Kwani? at Storymoja Hay Festival – Panel Discussion : Reservoir of Public Memory & Kwani? Sunday Salon"
"Biographies and Credits "
"Now I Write Humorous And Light Stories"
"After the Silence Cast and Crew "
"Festivalfonden stöder haitisk filmskola"
"The First Issue Of The Short Anthology Uses Joe Coleman’s Photographs As The Basis For A Series Of Short Stories"
"Africa: Maisha film lab accepting applications for 2008 labs"
"Mentors"
"This Has Been a Good Year"

Living people
1977 births
People from Tororo District
Makerere University alumni
Ugandan male short story writers
Ugandan short story writers
Ugandan novelists
Male novelists
Ugandan male writers
Ugandan dramatists and playwrights
Ugandan film directors
Ugandan screenwriters
Ugandan writers
Maisha Film Lab alumni
21st-century short story writers
21st-century male writers
21st-century screenwriters


title: The Final Descent

text:
The Final Descent is a horror novel by Rick Yancey, the fourth and final book in a series that he inaugurated in 2009 with The Monstrumologist (UK title, The Terror Beneath). It was published in September 2013 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, which recommends it for reader ages 14 and up, grades nine and up.

The U.S. Library of Congress catalogs The Final Descent as written by William James Henry and edited by Rick Yancey. Will Henry is the boy lead character of the series and William James Henry is a pseudonym of Rick Yancey.

Plot

Fourteen-year-old Will Henry has gone through a lot of horrors with Dr. Warthrop at his side.  This includes staring into hell (with hell returning the favor), being on the edge of death and more.  But without Dr. Warthrop in the picture, the question is, is Will going to be able to navigate a monstrumological terror on his own?  Everything comes crashing down for Will when Dr. Warthrop feels his protege is not being loyal anymore.  He wants his 100 percent devotion and dedication back. So he leaves Will to face this on his own.  Thus in the span of a mere 24 hours, Will's life lies in the balance.  In the depths of Monstrumarium, he has to deal with a monster that is way worse than anything he or Dr. Warthrop could have imagined.  This will determine both of their fates.

The book won a Gold Medal in the Florida Book Awards.

See also

 The Monstrumologist, book 1 of series
 The Curse of the Wendigo, book 2 of series
 Rick Yancey, author

References

External links
 The Monstrumologist series at RickYancey.com – "This title will be released on September 10, 2013."
 The Final Descent at GoodReads.com

2013 American novels
Simon & Schuster books
American horror novels


title: James Reynolds (sailor)

text:
James "Jim" Reynolds is an American sailor in the Star class. He won the 1971 Star World Championships together with Dennis Conner and finished 2nd in the 1965 Star World Championships together with Malin Burnham.

James Reynolds is the father of Mark Reynolds.

References

American male sailors (sport)
Star class sailors
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Star class world champions
World champions in sailing for the United States


title: 2014 FAM Women's Football Championship

text:
The 2014 FAM Women's Football Championship (also known as STO Noofahi Women's Football Championship, as the main sponsor is STO), is the second season of the FAM Women's Football Championship. The competition began on 8 June 2014.

Teams
4 teams participated in the competition.

 Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF)
 New Radiant W.S.C.
 Police Club
 Sun Hotels and Resorts

League round
''Times are Islamabad, Karachi (UTC+5).
Top 3 teams among this league round will be qualifies for the semi-finals.

Semi final
Top 2 teams of the League Round will be the teams to play in the first semi final match and the winners will directly get their place in the final. Loser of this match will have to play in the second semi final match against the third team in the League round. Winner of this second semi final match will be the second team to play in the final.

Final

Awards

Most promising player
 Fathimath Shaila Afzal (SHR)

Best player
 Oinam Bembem Devi (NRWSC)

Best 4 players
 Oinam Bembem Devi (NRWSC)
 Fadhuwa Zahir (NRWSC)
 Aiminath Zahiya (MNDF)
 Hajra Khan (SHR)
 Aishath Mahin (SHR)

Top goal scorer
 Oinam Bembem Devi (NRWSC)

Fair play team
 Sun Hotels and Resorts

References

External links
 Women's Championship at Haveeru Online

FAM Women's Football Championship
Women
2014 in women's association football


title: Donald K. Edler

text:
Donald K. Edler (November 9, 1922 – April 20, 1999) was an American sailor. He won the 1964 Star World Championship together with his son Kent D. Edler. He also finished second in the 1960 edition.

References

American male sailors (sport)
Star class sailors
Star class world champions
World champions in sailing for the United States
1922 births
1999 deaths


title: Clepsis praeclarana

text:
Clepsis praeclarana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Russia (Siberia, Volgograd Oblast), Kazakhstan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia.

The wingspan is 18–23 mm. The forewings are light yellow with a reddish or brownish stripe. Adults have been recorded on wing from June to July.

The larvae feed on Caragana arborescens, Caragana frutex, Caragana bungei and Caragana microphylla.

References

Moths described in 1899
Clepsis


title: Ding Schoonmaker

text:
James Martinus "Ding" Schoonmaker (born June 10, 1933, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)  is an American sailor. He won the 1975 Star World Championship together with Jerry Ford. He has also several other podiums from the Star World Championship and Soling World Championship. Schoonmaker was inducted into the National Sailing Hall of Fame in 2018.

References

1933 births
Living people
American male sailors (sport)
Finn class sailors
Flying Dutchman class sailors
Star class sailors
Soling class sailors
US Sailor of the Year
Sportspeople from Miami
Star class world champions
World champions in sailing for the United States


title: List of Oricon number-one singles of 1969

text:
The highest-selling singles in Japan are ranked in the Oricon Singles Chart, which is published by Oricon Style magazine. The data are compiled by Oricon based on each singles' physical sales. This list includes the singles that reached the number one place on that chart in 1969.

Oricon Weekly Singles Chart

References

1969 in Japanese music
Japan Oricon
Oricon 1969


title: Cardioceras

text:
Cardioceras is an extinct ammonite genus belonging to the family Cardioceratidae. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during the Jurassic period, Oxfordian age.

Description
Shells of Cardioceras species can reach a diameter of . The shape is circular, with ribs and a prominent ridge along the dorsal edge.

Distribution
Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Jurassic of France, Germany, Poland, Russia, the United Kingdom and Alaska.

References

Jurassic ammonites
Ammonites of Europe
Ammonitida genera
Stephanoceratoidea


title: Joe Duplin

text:
Joseph R. Duplin (May 30, 1934 – August 7, 2016) was an American sailor in the Star class who won the 1963 Star World Championship together with Francis Dolan.

Duplin died at his home on August 7, 2016, due to complications from Alzheimer's disease. He was 82.

References

1934 births
2016 deaths
American male sailors (sport)
Star class sailors
Tufts Jumbos sailors
US Sailor of the Year
Star class world champions
World champions in sailing for the United States


title: Operation Góral

text:
Operation Góral () was an action carried out by the Polish anti-Nazi resistance organization Home Army (Armia Krajowa, or "AK"), which involved a heist of over a million US dollars' worth of currency being transported by Nazi German authorities on 12 August 1943. It was carried out in the center of Warsaw by a unit of Kedyw, "Motor", which seized a transport car carrying the money. It was one of the best organized actions of the Polish underground during the German occupation, and it took only two minutes.

The name of the action comes from the "Góral", the popular name for the 500 zloty note (which were also known as "Młynarki").  Polish historian Tomasz Strzembosz called this operation one of the most successful resistance operations in occupied Europe.

History

Following the German invasion and occupation of Poland in 1939, a large resistance network was formed. That resistance required funds to operate, and the resources of the Polish government in exile, delivered through the cichociemni commando-couriers, were limited. In 1942 the resistance began planning to acquire money from the occupiers by carrying out large-scale robberies. Having learned that a large quantity of money would be moved by the occupiers to the German-established Bank of Issue in Poland, the resistance recruited a number of sympathizers within the bank. Preparations lasted about 14 months.

A cell, codenamed "Motor 30" from the Kedyw formation, led by operative "Pol", was assigned to the operation. The plan was to block the road at a specified location, shoot the German personnel attempting to clear it, and carry away the money. The action was initially planned for August 5, but a miscommunication resulted in the operation not being carried out. Fortunately for the insurgents, a new delivery was planned for the following week. The plan was carried out successfully, with the truck redirected into a small alley, all German personnel, including an escorting vehicle, quickly eliminated (according to one report, the Germans suffered nine fatalities and seven wounded; according to another, six killed and six wounded; only one of the Polish insurgents was wounded;), and the truck captured. Approximately 50 Polish insurgents took part in the operation, which lasted only about two minutes.

The Polish insurgents obtained about 105–106 million zlotys and a smaller amount of German currency, estimated to be worth about one million 1943 US dollars (approximately twenty million of 2010's US dollars). German investigation efforts, despite a large bounty for informants, failed to produce results, and the Germans were even not sure who had carried out the operations – the insurgents or regular criminals, which led to no reprisals against the civilian population (an otherwise-common tactic used by the Germans to discourage resistance operations).

AK carried out similar operations on other occasions, for example on 1 June 1943 in Siedlce, though they obtained less money.

See also
Bezdany raid

References

External links
 Marta Tychmanowicz Akcja żołnierzy AK na 100 milionów, wp.pl, 2010
 Akcja "Góral"

Further reading

1943 crimes in Poland
1943 in Poland
Crime in Poland
Robberies of armored vehicles
Góral
General Government


title: Clepsis retiferana

text:
Clepsis retiferana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found on Madeira.

References

Moths described in 1859
Clepsis


title: CALYM

text:
The CALYM Carnot Institute (Consortium for the Acceleration of Innovation and its Transfer in the Lymphoma Field) is an academic research consortium focusing in lymphoma treatments and diagnosis spanning from new target identification to large international Phase III clinical trials and beyond. CALYM brings together 20 entities with complementary expertise in preclinical, translational and clinical lymphoma research: the Lymphoma Study Association (LYSA), the Lymphoma Academic Research Organisation (LYSARC), and 18 public preclinical research teams in lymphoma based at universities and hospitals across France. The consortium aims at accelerating innovation and its transfer in the lymphoma field, particularly in the translational phase and in the areas of therapeutic, diagnosis and imaging.

The CALYM Carnot institute is managed by Bertrand Nadel. The steering committee of CALYM consortium is led by Guillaume Cartron.

Carnot Institute is a label of excellence awarded by the French Ministry of Research to public-parapublic research institutes with a strong track record of partnering research.

Overview
CALYM is a network of 20 entities: the Lymphoma Study Association (LYSA), the Lymphoma Academic Research Organisation (LYSARC), and 18 laboratories and clinical research groups focused on lymphoma studies in France. Its headquarters are located in Lyon area, France; its steering committee is led by Guillaume Cartron.

CALYM covers all stages of lymphoma research and development (R&D), from fundamental and preclinical research (including new biological targets) to clinical research (up to international phase III registration trials) and also carries out biological studies associated with clinical trials: diagnostics, genetics, immunomonitoring, and pharmacogenomics.

Research areas
CALYM is working within the following research areas:
Identification and validation of new biological targets and in vitro/in vivo models of lymphoma for preclinical development of drug candidates;
Identification, validation, patenting and out-licensing of blood and tissue biomarkers to improve diagnostics, guide therapy decisions and predict tumor responses;
 Identification of early signals of pharmacologic activity during Phase I/II clinical trials for translational research (tumor markers, circulating DNA, immunomonitoring, imaging);
 Optimization and exploitation of clinical research-related tools to accelerate development, registration and market access of drug candidates (network of early phase clinical trials, clinical databases, biological collections, network and platform of centralized proofreading of imaging, biometry, long term follow-up of patients)

Industrial collaborations
CALYM has a history of R&D partnerships, that have led to new indications and new drug registration: rituximab, alpha-interferon, etc. Currently CALYM manages more than 150 R&D projects with pharmaceutical groups, biotechnology or in vitro diagnostics companies but also with government agencies, other academic groups, hospitals, universities and foundations.

References

External links
 CALYM web site
 CARNOT Institute Network

Cancer organizations based in France
Cancer research


title: Joey Powers

text:
Joseph S. "Joe" Ruggiero (December 7, 1934 – January 20, 2017), who performed as Joey Powers, was an American former pop singer and songwriter whose record "Midnight Mary" reached No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early January 1964. Powers had no further hits and is known as a "one hit wonder". He later became a booking agent, recording studio owner, record producer, and church leader.

Biography
He was born in Washington, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Washington High School in 1953 and at one time played in a band with Bobby Vinton. He won a wrestling scholarship to Ohio State University before returning to Pennsylvania, where he recorded three singles for the Nu-Clear and ABC labels under the name Joey Rogers in 1958.   However, none were successful.

In 1959 he moved to New York City and, through an introduction by family friend Perry Como, secured a job at NBC.  His singing was heard by songwriter and record producer Paul Vance, who signed him to RCA Records and changed his name to Joey Powers so as to avoid confusion with the singer Jimmy Rodgers.  He released several singles produced by Vance, but again without success, and he returned to Ohio State University to complete his degree and work as a wrestling coach.

However, after ending his contract with Vance in 1963, one of his demo recordings, "Midnight Mary", the lyrics of which were inspired by Jamela, the beautiful daughter of a deposed general, who was exiled to the United States along with the Shah of Iran, was heard by Paul Simon (then recording as Jerry Landis), who recommended it to record label owner Larry Uttal. The song was written by Artie Wayne and Ben Raleigh, originally for the Everly Brothers who turned it down.  Released as a single by Amy Records, Powers' recording rose up the national charts, entering the Hot 100's top 40 at no.36 on Powers' 29th birthday and reaching no.10 at the start of 1964.  Lorna Dune's nearly note-for-note answer record "Midnight Joey" followed soon after.

Powers quickly recorded an album, Midnight Mary — in the week of John F. Kennedy's assassination — with musicians including Paul Simon and Roger McGuinn.

He recorded an album, Special Delivery, with Roy Orbison and country/folk musician Bobby Bare.  However, these were generally ignored, as were subsequent singles, because the public preferred other acts, especially the Beatles and the British Invasion, instead. In 1967, he released a single credited to Joey Powers and The New Dimensions. He then formed a new band, Joey Powers' Flower who performed around Pennsylvania and New Jersey and released several singles on the RCA label in 1969-70, without success.

He later ran a booking agency in Hazlet, New Jersey, and a recording studio in West Orange, New Jersey used by musicians including Jethro Tull, Tony Orlando, Steve Allen, The Kinks and Aerosmith.

He managed the band Phantom's Opera that included Richie Sambora, Tico Torres and Alec John Such, later of Bon Jovi, and helped produce a solo album by drummer Joe English. He won a Gospel Music Association Dove Award for Album of the Year in 1991 for the album Triumphant Return by Christian rock group Whitecross.

He sold the recording studio in the early 1990s and returned to college to study theology, later becoming an ordained minister, and setting up the Bayshore Gospel church in Keyport, New Jersey.  In 2002, he moved to Saint Petersburg, Russia, where he set up a Christian orphanage and built a recording studio.  He later returned to the US.

Death
Ruggiero died January 20, 2017, in Washington, Pennsylvania at age 82. He was survived by his three children and extended family.

Discography

Singles

References

1934 births
2017 deaths
American male pop singers
Ohio State University alumni
People from Washington, Pennsylvania


title: Abe Hawkins

text:
Abe Hawkins, also known in later years as  Uncle Able Hawkins, The Black Prince, The Dark Sage of Louisiana, and The Slayer of Lexington, was a slave on the Ashland sugar plantation located in Darrow, Louisiana, in Ascension Parish. Duncan Farrar Kenner owned the plantation and for ten years Abe was his slave. He rode some 25 horses to victory.

Kenner was a businessman that owned and raced horses with a track located on the plantation grounds. In 1854, Kenner purchased slave jockey Abe Hawkins. Abe was considered small and of "light figure" and suited to being a jockey. Abe rode for Kenner until he became a freeman in 1864, and then for Robert A. Alexander and was nationally known for fifteen years.

By 1865, Abe was rated the second best known athlete behind white jockey Gilbert Watson Patrick, known as Gilpatrick, and won against him in a match race before a crowd of 25,000 in New York City. Abe had a career twenty-five wins, including the two 1866 wins while under the employ of Robert A. Alexander, the Travers Stakes riding Merrill with former slave trainer Ansel Williamson, and the first Jerome Stakes riding Watson with trainer Jacob Pincus.

Abe returned to Ashland in 1866 and lived there until he died on May 4, 1867.

References

19th-century American slaves
American jockeys
African-American jockeys
Year of birth missing
1867 deaths


title: Clepsis rogana

text:
Clepsis rogana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Spain, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Finland, Estonia and the Near East.

The wingspan is 20–22 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from June to August.

The larvae are polyphagous and have been recorded feeding on Vaccinium and Luzula species, as well as Veratrum album. They feed between the rolled leaves of their host plant.

See also
 Lists of Lepidoptera by region

References

Moths described in 1845
Clepsis


title: Mary Morris (diarist)

text:
Mary Ellen Morris (née Mulry; 15 February 1921 – 1997) was an Irish nurse and writer, known for her war diaries during the Second World War. These are stored at the Imperial War Museum and in June 2014 were published under the title 'A Very Private Diary', a reference to one diary entry: "15 June 1944, Bognor Regis: Should have headed this 'Somewhere in Southern England' but this is a very private diary..."

She was born in County Galway, Ireland and left her home at the age of 18, after passing the examination to train at Guy's Hospital in London as a nurse probationer. After training, she was transferred to Kent. Her diaries start here with the arrival of survivors from the Dunkirk evacuation, and subsequently, injured pilots from the Battle of Britain. Here she also underwent training in fever nursing, a specialisation prior to antibiotics when whooping cough and diphtheria were fatal. Working at the 'home front' during The Blitz, she spent many nights moving very ill children and babies from their beds to safer underground shelters.

Despite the wishes of her matron, she enlisted with the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserves, known as the QAs. It is with the QAs that she is dispatched to Normandy on a troopship on 18 June, 12 days after D-Day. The field hospital follows the troops into Belgium, where she cares for survivors of the disastrous assault on Arnhem, and then later into Germany. During her active service in Belgium she met her future husband, Malcolm Morris, in 1945. The diary ends in 1947 with the birth of their son, Michael.

Books

References

External links
 Irish Times article
 Irish Times article
 Connacht Tribune article
  Essay on Mary Morris's experiences, by Carol Acton

1921 births
1997 deaths
Date of death missing
Irish women diarists
Irish nurses
Writers from County Galway
Place of death missing
20th-century Irish diarists
Irish emigrants to the United Kingdom
Health professionals from County Galway


title: Gaultheria oppositifolia

text:
Gaultheria oppositifolia is a shrub in the heath family Ericaceae, endemic to New Zealand. Māori names include kama and niniwa. Common name for the genus in New Zealand is snowberry.

G. oppositifolia is a stout bushy spreading shrub that grows mostly in rocky places in the North Island, often observed beneath manuka scrub.  The pairs of oval leathery toothed leaves are attached directly to the twigs. Late summer flowers are white and bell-shaped, and appear in clusters up to  long at the tips of twigs. Leaves are  long by  wide. Autumn fruit is a dry red or white capsule.

References

oppositifolia
Flora of New Zealand
Berries
Taxa named by Joseph Dalton Hooker


title: Jeff Potter

text:
Jeffrey Potter was an Australian Rules footballer for the Port Adelaide Football Club between 1959 and 1970. He played in four premierships and was the club's leading goal kicker during the 1964 SANFL season.

References

1941 births
Port Adelaide Football Club (SANFL) players
Port Adelaide Football Club players (all competitions)
South Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees
Australian rules footballers from South Australia
Living people


title: Haggard, Kansas

text:
Haggard is an unincorporated community in Gray County, Kansas, United States.

History
A post office was opened in Haggard in 1914, and remained in operation until 1954.

Economy
The Gray County Wind Farm near Haggard is the largest wind farm in Kansas.

References

Further reading

External links
 Gray County maps: Current, Historic, KDOT

Unincorporated communities in Gray County, Kansas
Unincorporated communities in Kansas


title: Clepsis rolandriana

text:
Clepsis rolandriana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Germany, Austria, Italy, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary and Russia.

The wingspan is 20–24 mm for males and 18–21 mm for females. Adults have been recorded on wing from June to July.

The larvae feed on Veratrum album. Larvae can be found in May.

References

Moths described in 1758
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
Clepsis


The National Water Supply and Drainage Board (commonly abbreviated as NWSDB) is the National Organization responsible for the provision of safe drinking water and facilitating the provision of sanitation to the people in Sri Lanka.  The organization had its beginning as a sub department under the Public Works Department for water supply and drainage. In 1965, it became a division under the Ministry of Local Government. From 1970, this division functioned as a separate department under the Ministry of Irrigation, Power and Highways and remained so until the present board was established in January 1975 by an act of Parliament of Sri Lanka.

The main functions of the National Water Supply & Drainage Board (NWSDB), which presently functions under the Ministry of Water Supply & Drainage are operation and maintenance of water supply and sewerage schemes, implementation of new urban and rural water supply projects, carrying out sector planning, feasibility studies, detailed designs, tender documentation, contract administration, project supervision and research and development work in the water and sanitation sector.

Regional Support Centers (RSC's)
National Water Supply and Drainage Board consists of 12 regional support centres based on 9 provinces of Sri Lanka.
Western Central
Western North
Western South
Western Production
Central
Southern
North Central
Northern
North Western
Sabaragamuwa
Uva
Eastern

See also
 Biyagama Water Treatment Plant

External links

Public utilities of Sri Lanka
State owned commercial corporations of Sri Lanka
Water supply and sanitation in Sri Lanka
1975 establishments in Sri Lanka


title: Elly Hakami

text:
Elly Hakami (born August 25, 1969) is a former professional tennis player from the U.S. She played from the mid-1980s until 1997. Hakami is from Tiburon, California. She was ranked world No. 32 in 1988.

After beating Hakami in 1987, Martina Navratilova said of Hakami: "She's a very good player. She seems to be very bright and she's a lot better all-court player than I thought she would be. I thought she served well and she comes out tough."

Family
Hakami is married to Polo Cowan, a tennis pro at the Tiburon Peninsula Club. They have two children, Sonya and Polo, and live in Tiburon, California.

References

American female tennis players
Tennis people from California
Living people
1969 births
People from Tiburon, California
Sportspeople from Marin County, California
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' singles
US Open (tennis) junior champions
21st-century American women


title: Angelo Torricelli

text:
Angelo Torricelli is an Italian architect.

Biography
Torricelli was born in Milan in 1946. He graduated from Polytechnic University of Milan's Faculty of Architecture in 1969 . Full professor in Architectural composition, he has been dean of the Faculty (whereupon School) of Civil Architecture of the Polytechnic University of Milan from 2008 until 2015; from 2011 until 2016 he has been head of the Architecture Board of the Polytechnic University of Milan.

He also taught at Palermo's Faculty of Architecture and during Università Iuav di Venezia's summer workshops of Architectural Design. He has been visiting professor on occasion of the international architectural and urban design Seminar in Bergamo, Parma, Salsomaggiore Terme, Vigevano; at the international museography design Seminar at Hadrian's Villa and for the advanced course "Cultura del progetto in ambito archeologico" of the Roma Tre University; at the international architecture workshops in Naples, Athens, Alexandria, Beirut.

From 2000 he is a member of the Doctorate school in Architectural Composition's teacher college and, from 2013, of the Doctorate School of Architecture, Built environment and Construction engineering, both at Polytechnic University of Milan. From 2007 is a member of the scientific committee and teacher at the Itinerant master's degree Program promoted by Accademia Adrianea di Architettura e Archeologia. From 2012 he is coordinator of the territorial Lab of Milan-Bergamo's metropolitan area within the project "QVQC. Quale velocità/Quale città", sponsored by Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane. From 2010 until 2013 he has been head of the mission "Program for the Urban quality in Guangdong Province", China; in 2014 scientific manager of the "Construction Project Design Contract for the Yanzishan Hakka Hotel" in Huizhou City.

Head of researches financed by Miur, Cnr and other public and private authorities, he coordinated, as person in charge by the Department of Architectural design, the urban plans for the municipalities of Cerignola and San Giovanni Rotondo in Apulia, and Cardano al Campo in Lombardy.

He worked with a number of reviews of architecture, among which "Casabella", "Hinterland", "Controspazio", Materia, "Edilizia Popolare", "d'Architettura", "Aión", "Il Disegno di Architettura", , "Ottagono", "Costruire in Laterizio", "Recuperare".
From 1982 until 1983 he edited the review "AL. Architetti Lombardi".
From 2008 he is editor in chief of the review "Architettura Civile".
He is also a member of the scientific board of the architecture series published by the houses Aión of Florence, Araba Fenice of Cuneo, Libraccio of Milan.
He promoted the new architecture series of the house FrancoAngeli, which published the books on the work of Ernesto Nathan Rogers, Guido Canella, Carlo De Carli.

His theoretical and critical activity has been presented in various national and international conventions and seminars, and gave forth an intensive production of writings and essays.

Theoretical activity. Selected writings
In his work, he addressed the contemporary issues on the architectural design and its teaching, starting from the volume Per costruire l'ambiente. Aspettative nel sociale e appropriazioni progettuali (1981), to the most recent essays Dialogo sul disegno e l'invenzione in architettura (2010); The Theme of Composition(2010); Oltre lo specchio, la forma (2011); '’Thesis Projects'’ (2011);  Quello che è / quello che non è il progetto urbano (2012); Farewell to Typology? Going Forward, dialogue with Francesco Collotti (2013); Composition as a Necessity, (2015); Architecture Schools: What Is Beneficial and Necessary (2016).

About the work, the theories and the poetic of modern architects he published the monography Aldo Andreani 1887–1971. Opere e progetti (1989); Opposizioni nella modernità. A proposito del "vecchio Behrens" (2011); La composizione come necessità, about Alessandro Christofellis (2012); Un lungo percorso di operatività del progetto, about Ignazio Gardella (2012); Nuovi inizi e analogie, about Giuseppe Terragni (2012); L'organismo architettonico: tipo e struttura interna, about Saverio Muratori (2013); L'architettura a Milano e la "continuità" di Rogers (2013); Guido Canella e la Scuola di Architettura Civile (2014); Authenticity and Balance about Luigi Caccia Dominioni (2014); Aldo Andreani à rebours (2015); O. M. Ungers architetto tedesco (2015); Anamnesis in Composition about Gianugo Polesello (2016); Attualità del "progetto storico" di Fischer von Erlach (2016); Forma e "liturgia" dell'abitare nell'opera di De Carli (2016); La forma costruita nel modo di Danilo Guerri (2017); Seriamente logica e altamente artistica about Camillo Boito (2017); All'inizio era la favola. Aldo Rossi e l'analogia come principio (2017).

He published, about the historiography of architecture, The "Step We Need to Take" in History (2012) and Space, Time and Architecture. The Growth of a New Tradition, of Sigfried Giedion (2012).

He addressed the issue of restoration and the relation between the ancient and the new, and the problems of the architectural approach within the archaeological areas. Specifically, he was responsible of the national research projects: L’antico nella città e nelle tradizioni del moderno (1995); Aree archeologiche e progetto di architettura (1998); I luoghi irrisolti della città: gli spazi dell’archeologica e le trasformazioni urbane (1998). On these subjects he wrote:  “Non per altro si restaura che per apprendervi”: l’antico nella città e nelle tradizioni del moderno (1990); Memoria e immanenza dell’antico nel progetto urbano (2002); Conservazione e progetto (2004); Profondità archeologica, immaginazione progettuale (2008); Aree archeologiche e progetto per la città (2010); La ricerca progettuale come interrogazione del tempo (2010); L’antico come principio di nuova architettura (2013).

He conducted studies and design experiences on monumental sites, that were published in: Il Castello a mare di Palermo (1993); Il medio corso del Po tra Piacenza e Cremona. Identità dei luoghi, scena urbana, paesaggio naturale (2003), Per una architettura di interpretazione (2005); Archeologia, città, museo. Atene come inizio (2007); Il Museo e la Passeggiata archeologica di Milano (2009); Città di frontiera. Alessandria tra Oriente e Occidente (2009); La lezione di Villa Adriana (2012); Immagini per i Fori Imperiali, idee per Roma (2017).

Upon the role of architecture in urban transformations he headed national researches as: “La città d’autore. Milano e alcune città padane” (1987); “Aggiornamento tipologico e costruttivo dell’edilizia residenziale in Lombardia” (2004–2007); he published essays: Istruzione come costruzione. Civiltà, contesti, trasmissione del sapere (1981); Ecologia, tipo, compito rappresentativo della biblioteca (1984); Storia, architettura e rimodellamento urbano di San Pellegrino nella città Brembana (1984); Milano: il luogo di Loreto (1985); Ferrovie e stazioni: struttura della città, “catastrofi” urbane (1987); Milano: Castello, Quartiere delle milizie, Città militare nella trasformazione del centro e nella costruzione della periferia (1989); Gli anni delle trasformazioni. Nuovi paesaggi urbani (1994); Agrotown as a paradigm (2005); Darsena as Grande Piazza in South Milan (2009); Scali ferroviari. Responsabilità e ruolo del progetto urbano (2012); L’integrazione tra Campo di Brera e Campus delle Arti. Una nuova articolazione della Pinacoteca e dell’Accademia nella città (2014); Anticipazioni dalla scena urbana (2015); La chiesa nel paesaggio della città metropolitana. Nuove occasioni di centralità e significazione formale (2017).

He also addressed the topic of the relation between figuration and construction in architecture, particularly in the essays: Forme dall’apparenza nuda (2004); Architettura e costruzione. Ricerche progettuali nel campo della sostenibilità (2010); Tensioni da comporre (nell’enfasi della costruzione sostenibile) (2011); ‘’Back to Construction’’ (2012).

Recently he published the books Architettura in Capitanata. Opere e progetti / Works and projects 1997–2012 (2014) and Palermo interpretata (2016).

Main works and architectural designs

Along with Torricelli Associati, his firm in Milan, he is author of competitions' designs as well as public and private professional assignment.

Among the urban-scale design, the one for the area Garibaldi-Repubblica in Milan (1991); the reconversion of Baggio's barracks and military installations (1993); Ispra's Eco Center (1994); the hotel, residential and cultural equipment pole for Fiera di Milano in the Pantanedo village of Rho (1995); the requalification of piazza Bagolino and of piazza della Repubblica in Alcamo (1996); the design for a new center for Christian ecumenism in Bari Punta Perotti (2006); the transformation design of Farini railway line in Milano (2009); the design for a new articulation for the Pinacoteca and for the Academy of Brera in Milan (2014); the design for Borgo Nuovo's diffused hotel il progetto in Monteleone di Puglia (2015); the retraining and refuncionalization designs for the Expo area and the Gasometer field in Bovisa, Milano (2016); the requalification design for Piazza Castello and Foro Buonaparte in Milan (2017).

Among the built work, the schools in Lumezzane (1973–79), in Cesano Boscone (1978–79), in Cerignola (1997–2001) and in Monteleone di Puglia (2006–09); the Lodi Park in Settimo Milanese (1983–87); the burial chapel at the Monumental Cemetery of Milan (1988–92); the subsidized housing in Legnano (1992–95) and in Cerignola (1997–2000); the Campari factories in Bussolengo (1985–87), in Cinisello Balsamo, (1986–87) and in Osimo (1988–91); the council hall and public square of Villa Marazzi in Cesano Boscone (1996–99); the new residential buildings and services (1998–2006) and the Social center (2004–05) in Cerignola; the villa in Vanzago (1999–2002) and the villa on the Riviera di Ponente (2006–11).

In 2004 he obtained the jury's special mention for the international design competition “Darsena” in Milan; in 2005 he won the competition for the a parochial complex in Milan and in 2009 the ideas contest for the “Restoration and historic-urban-environmental development of Piazza del Duomo in Cerignola”; his design has been mentioned in the international social Housing design competition "Il borgo sostenibile – Milano Figino" (2009); his proposition has been selected for the international ideas contest for the residential development of the ex-Barracks “Serafino Gnutti” in Brescia (2013); the design for "Borgo Nuovo's diffused hotel" international design competition in Monteleone di Puglia won the first prize (2015); the design for the international design competition Piazza Castello – Foro Buonaparte in Milano won the third place (2017).

 Awards and acknowledgements

His professional activity was rewarded with prizes and acknowledgements, among which the 9th Compasso d'Oro ADI (1979); the IN/Arch session within the "Rassegna critica delle opere di architettura in Lombardia" (1983); the "Marble Architectural Awards Italy" special mention (1988); the selection for the international architecture exhibition of Venice's Biennale (2006); the Special Prize "Architettura in Capitanata" (2010).
His work has been exposed in occasion of many exhibitions and conferences, in Italy and abroad: at the Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnica, Milan (1995 e 1999); at the TU Delft Faculty of Architecture (1996, 2005 and 2009); at Milan's Triennale (1973, 1979, 1995 e 2003); at the Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto (2003); at the Festival dell'Architettura di Parma (2004 e 2010); at Venice's Biennale (2006); at the Universidad de Granada (2009); at the Università Iuav di Venezia (2009); at Milan's Urban Center (2010 e 2013); in Cittadella (Pd) and Bari (2011); in Tokyo (2011); at Athens' Italian Institute of Culture (2012).

His built work and his designs are published on specialized books and reviews either Italian and foreign. His work was subject of articles written by, among the others, Gianni Accasto, Marcella Aprile, Marco Biraghi, Federico Bucci, Enrico Bordogna, Guido Canella, Francesco Cellini, Francesco Collotti, Ernesto D'Alfonso, Emilio Faroldi, Giovanni Klaus Koenig, Francesco Menegatti, Luca Molinari, Raffaella Neri, Mario Pisani, Cesare Piva, Manfredo Tafuri, Virgilio Vercelloni.

 Bibliography

A part of his work has been published into the recent monograph Angelo Torricelli. Architettura in Capitanata. Opere e progetti / Works and projects 1997–2012, edited by C. Baglione (Padova 2014).

His work was published upon the main national and international reviews, guides and history of architecture's books, among which:

 M. Tafuri, Storia dell'architettura italiana 1944–1985, Giulio Einaudi Editore, Torino 1986;
 M. Casciato e G. Muratore (edited by), Annali dell'architettura italiana contemporanea 1985, Officina, Roma 1986;
 G. Carnevale e M. Montuori (edited by), Annali dell'architettura italiana contemporanea 1986–87, Officina, Roma 1991;
 Aa. Vv., Almanacco dell'architettura italiana, Electa, Milano 1993;
 M. Biraghi e S. Micheli, Storia dell'architettura italiana 1985–2015, Einaudi, Torino 2013;
 M. Biraghi, S. Micheli, G. Lo Ricco, Guida all'architettura di Milano 1954–2014, Hoepli, Milano 2013;
 i volumi di Identità dell'Architettura Italiana, Diabasis, Reggio Emilia dal 2003 al 2013;
 C. Baglione (edited by), Angelo Torricelli. Architettura in Capitanata'', Il Poligrafo, Padova 2014.

Related Voices
Politecnico di Milano
Guido Canella
Antonio Monestiroli
Francesco Cellini

External links
 |Torricelli Associati
 |Angelo Torricelli su Europaconcorsi
 |Ordine degli Architetti, Pianificatori, Paesaggisti e Conservatori della provincia di Milano
 Scuola di Architettura Civile, Politecnico di Milano

1946 births
Living people
Architects from Milan
Polytechnic University of Milan alumni
Academic staff of the Polytechnic University of Milan
Compasso d'Oro Award recipients


title: Clepsis siciliana

text:
Clepsis siciliana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in North Africa, France, Spain, Portugal and on Sicily.

The wingspan is 15–17 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from June to July.

References

Moths described in 1894
Clepsis


title: 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification

text:
The 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification was the qualification process organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to determine the participating teams for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, the 17th edition of the international men's football championship of Asia. For the first time, the Asian Cup final tournament was contested by 24 teams, having been expanded from the 16-team format that was used from 2004 to 2015.

The qualification process involved four rounds, where the first two doubled as the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification for Asian teams.

Format
The qualification structure was as follows:
First round: A total of twelve teams (teams ranked 35–46) played home-and-away over two legs. The six winners advanced to the second round.
Second round: A total of forty teams (teams ranked 1–34 and six first round winners) were divided into eight groups of five teams to play home-and-away round-robin matches.
The eight group winners and the four best group runners-up including host UAE qualified for the AFC Asian Cup finals  and advance to the third round of 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
The next sixteen highest ranked teams (the remaining four group runners-up, the eight third-placed teams and the four best group fourth-placed teams) advanced directly to the third round of Asian Cup qualification.
The remaining twelve teams entered the play-off round to contest the remaining eight spots in the third round of Asian Cup qualification.
Play-off round: At a Competition Committee meeting in November 2014, it was decided that a play-off round of qualifying would be introduced into the qualification procedure. There were two rounds of home-and-away two-legged play-off matches to determine the final eight qualifiers for the third round.
Third round: The 24 teams were divided into six groups of four to play home-and-away round-robin matches, and they competed for the remaining slots of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.

The play-off round represented a change from the initially announced qualification format – which saw the remaining fourth-placed teams and the four best group fifth-placed teams also advance to the third round.

Entrants
46 FIFA-affiliated nations from the AFC entered qualification. In order to determine which nations would compete in the first round and which nations would receive a bye through to the second round, the FIFA World Rankings of January 2015 were used (shown in parentheses).

Due to the joint format of the FIFA World Cup qualifiers and AFC Asian Cup qualifiers, the hosts of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, the United Arab Emirates also entered the second round of AFC Asian Cup qualifiers despite having qualified automatically.

Northern Mariana Islands, which is not a FIFA member, were not eligible to enter.

Schedule
The schedule of the qualification competition was as follows.

First round

The draw for the first round was held on 10 February 2015, 15:30 MST (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The six teams eliminated from this stage progressed to the 2016 AFC Solidarity Cup.

Second round

The draw for the second round was held on 14 April 2015, 17:00 MST (UTC+8), at the JW Marriott Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Groups

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F
Indonesia was also drawn into this group, but on 30 May 2015 the country's football association was suspended due to governmental interference, and on 3 June 2015 the team was disqualified and all matches involving it were cancelled.

Group G

Group H

Ranking of runner-up teams
To determine the four best runner-up teams, the following criteria are used:
 Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss)
 Goal difference
 Goals scored
 Fair play points
 Drawing of lots

As a result of Indonesia being disqualified due to FIFA suspension, Group F contained only four teams compared to five teams in all other groups. Therefore, the results against the fifth-placed team were not counted when determining the ranking of the runner-up teams.

Ranking of fourth-placed teams
To determine the four best fourth-placed teams, the following criteria were used:
 Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss)
 Goal difference
 Goals scored
 Fair play points
 Drawing of lots

As a result of Indonesia being disqualified due to FIFA suspension, Group F contained only four teams compared to five teams in all other groups. Therefore, the results against the fifth-placed team are not counted when determining the ranking of the fourth-placed teams.

Play-off round

At an AFC Competition Committee meeting in November 2014, it was decided that two rounds of play-off matches would be introduced into the qualification procedure to determine the final eight teams for the main qualifying round.

A total of eight slots for the third round were available from this round (five from round 1, three from round 2). The three teams eliminated from this stage progressed to the 2016 AFC Solidarity Cup.

The draw for the play-off round was held on 7 April 2016, 15:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Round 1
The lowest seeded team, Bhutan, received a bye, and the remaining ten teams were drawn into five pairs. Each pair played two home-and-away matches, with the winners qualifying for the third round.

Round 2
The five losers from round 1 joined Bhutan in this round. The six teams were drawn into three pairs. Each pair played two home-and-away matches, with the winners qualifying for the third round.

Third round

A total of 24 teams competed in the third round of AFC Asian Cup qualifiers. Since the 2019 hosts United Arab Emirates advanced to the third round of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, the automatic slot for the hosts was no longer necessary, and a total of 12 slots for the AFC Asian Cup were available from this round.

Due to the withdrawal of Guam and the suspension of Kuwait, the AFC decided to invite both Nepal and Macau, the top two teams of the 2016 AFC Solidarity Cup, to re-enter 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification as replacements in order to maintain 24 teams in the third round of the competition.

The draw for the third round was held on 23 January 2017, 16:00 GST, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The 24 teams were drawn into six groups of four.

Groups

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Qualified teams

The following 24 teams qualified for the final tournament.

Notes:
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
2 As South Vietnam

Goalscorers

14 goals

 Mohammad Al-Sahlawi

11 goals

 Ahmed Khalil

10 goals

 Hamza Al-Dardour
 Anton Zemlianukhin

9 goals

 Manuchekhr Dzhalilov

8 goals

 Tim Cahill
 Yang Xu
 Sunil Chhetri
 Khalid Al-Hajri
 Abdulaziz Al-Muqbali

7 goals

 Chencho Gyeltshen
 Jeje Lalpekhlua
 Sardar Azmoun
 Hassan Maatouk
 Ali Ashfaq
 Jonathan Cantillana
 Sameh Maraaba
 Omar Khribin

6 goals

 Yu Dabao
 Keisuke Honda
 Naiz Hassan
 Kim Yu-song
 Son Heung-min

5 goals

 Tom Rogic
 Chen Po-liang
 Mehdi Taremi
 Shinji Kagawa
 Hassan Abdel-Fattah
 Kyaw Ko Ko
 Jong Il-gwan
 Pak Kwang-ryong
 Ahmed Mubarak Al-Mahaijri
 Phil Younghusband
 Abdelatif Bahdari
 Ahmad Abu Nahyeh
 Hassan Al-Haidos
 Taisir Al-Jassim
 Ali Mabkhout
 Sardor Rashidov
 Abdulwasea Al-Matari

4 goals

 Mile Jedinak
 Mahdi Abduljabbar
 Wu Chun-ching
 Younis Mahmoud
 Shinji Okazaki
 Munther Abu Amarah
 Abdallah Deeb
 Bader Al-Mutawa
 Yousef Nasser
 Vitalij Lux
 Yashir Pinto
 Tamer Seyam
 Javier Patiño
 Boualem Khoukhi
 Mohammed Muntari
 Mohammed Musa
 Osama Omari
 Akhtam Nazarov
 Parvizdzhon Umarbayev
 Igor Sergeev

3 goals

 Khaibar Amani
 Nathan Burns
 Ismail Abdullatif
 Abdulla Yusuf Helal
 Tshering Dorji
 Chan Vathanaka
 Jiang Ning
 Jaimes McKee
 Maya Yoshida
 Yaseen Al-Bakhit
 Odai Al-Saify
 Khampheng Sayavutthi
 Rabih Ataya
 Hilal El-Helwe
 Ahmad Hazwan Bakri
 Ali Fasir
 Aung Thu
 Ri Hyok-chol
 Misagh Bahadoran
 Iain Ramsay
 Ali Assadalla
 Yahya Al-Shehri
 Safuwan Baharudin
 Fazrul Nawaz
 Kwon Chang-hoon
 Lee Jae-sung
 Sanharib Malki
 Mahmoud Maowas
 Teerasil Dangda
 Arslanmyrat Amanow
 Altymyrat Annadurdyýew
 Omar Abdulrahman
 Odil Ahmedov
 Lê Công Vinh
 Nguyễn Văn Toàn

2 goals

 Norlla Amiri
 Jabar Sharza
 Mustafa Zazai
 Massimo Luongo
 Mark Milligan
 Aaron Mooy
 Abdulwahab Al-Malood
 Mohamed Al Romaihi
 Sayed Mohamed Adnan
 Abdulla Yaser
 Khoun Laboravy
 Prak Mony Udom
 Wang Yongpo
 Wu Lei
 Yu Hanchao
 Chu En-le
 Godfred Karikari
 Lam Ka Wai
 Sandesh Jhingan
 Balwant Singh
 Ashkan Dejagah
 Ehsan Hajsafi
 Ali Adnan
 Justin Meram
 Mu Kanazaki
 Ahmed Samir
 Mirlan Murzaev
 Khonesavanh Sihavong
 Hassan Chaito
 Mohammed Ghaddar
 Ali Hamam
 Niki Torrão
 Mohd Amri Yahyah
 Safawi Rasid
 Ahmed Nashid
 Sithu Aung
 Sami Al-Hasani
 Amad Al-Hosni
 Mohsin Al-Khaldi
 Raed Ibrahim Saleh
 Jaka Ihbeisheh
 Ahmad Maher Wridat
 Mahmoud Yousef
 Karim Boudiaf
 Mohammed Kasola
 Fahad Al-Muwallad
 Khairul Amri
 Jang Hyun-soo
 Ki Sung-yueng
 Koo Ja-cheol
 Suk Hyun-jun
 Abdelrazaq Al Hussain
 Raja Rafe
 Jahongir Ergashev
 Dilshod Vasiev
 Pokklaw Anan
 Theerathon Bunmathan
 Adisak Kraisorn
 Mongkol Tossakrai
 Chiquito do Carmo
 Ramon Saro
 Guwanç Abylow
 Ruslan Mingazow
 Wahyt Orazsähedow
 Myrat Ýagşyýew
 Alexander Geynrikh
 Anzur Ismailov
 Nguyễn Anh Đức
 Nguyễn Văn Quyết
 Ahmed Al-Sarori
 Ala Al-Sasi

1 goal

 Hassan Amin
 Zohib Islam Amiri
 Zubayr Amiri
 Faysal Shayesteh
 Josef Shirdel
 Mathew Leckie
 Tommy Oar
 Komail Al-Aswad
 Sami Al-Husaini
 Hussain Ali Baba
 Sayed Reda Issa
 Ali Jaafar Mohamed Madan
 Abdullah Omar
 Jamal Rashid
 Jahid Hasan Ameli
 Mamunul Islam
 Biren Basnet
 Jigme Dorji
 Karma Shedrup Tshering
 Adi Said
 Thierry Bin
 Chhin Chhoeun
 Hong Pheng
 Keo Sokpheng
 Sos Suhana
 Huang Bowen
 Mei Fang
 Zhang Linpeng
 Zhang Xizhe
 Chen Chao-an
 Xavier Chen
 Chen Hao-wei
 Chen Yi-wei
 Huang Wei-min
 Hung Kai-chun
 Wang Rui
 Wen Chih-hao
 Yaki Yen
 Brandon McDonald
 Travis Nicklaw
 Christian Annan
 Bai He
 Chan Siu Ki
 Ju Yingzhi
 Lo Kwan Yee
 Paulinho
 Sandro
 Tan Chun Lok
 Jordi Tarrés
 Xu Deshuai
 Fulganco Cardozo
 Sumit Passi
 Mohammed Rafique
 Robin Singh
 Rowllin Borges
 Karim Ansarifard
 Saeid Ezatolahi
 Jalal Hosseini
 Alireza Jahanbakhsh
 Kamal Kamyabinia
 Morteza Pouraliganji
 Ramin Rezaeian
 Masoud Shojaei
 Andranik Teymourian
 Mehdi Torabi
 Mohannad Abdul-Raheem
 Ali Hosni
 Dhurgham Ismail
 Mahdi Kamel
 Ahmed Yasin
 Genki Haraguchi
 Hiroshi Kiyotake
 Masato Morishige
 Takashi Usami
 Yousef Al-Naber
 Yousef Al-Rawashdeh
 Mohannad Al-Souliman
 Musa Al-Taamari
 Baha' Faisal
 Saeed Murjan
 Ali Maqseed
 Aziz Mashaan
 Faisal Zayid
 Ildar Amirov
 Azamat Baymatov
 Edgar Bernhardt
 Bakhtiyar Duyshobekov
 Viktor Maier
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 Bekzhan Sagynbaev
 Islam Shamshiev
 Roda Antar
 Abbas Ahmed Atwi
 Samir Ayass
 Nour Mansour
 Youssef Mohamad
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 Chan Pak Chun
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 Leong Ka Hang
 Baddrol Bakhtiar
 Chanturu Suppiah
 Khair Jones
 Mahali Jasuli
 Mohd Safiq Rahim
 Safee Sali
 Syafiq Ahmad
 Syazwan Zainon
 Ahmed Abdulla
 Asadhulla Abdulla
 Ibrahim Waheed Hassan
 Hamza Mohamed
 Hussain Niyaz Mohamed
 Hussain Sifaau Yoosuf
 Batmönkhiin Erkhembayar
 Kyaw Zayar Win
 Kyi Lin
 Min Min Thu
 Suan Lam Mang
 Yan Naing Oo
 Zaw Min Tun
 Bimal Gharti Magar
 Bishal Rai
 Nawayug Shrestha
 Jang Kuk-chol
 Kim Yong-il
 Ri Yong-jik
 Ro Hak-su
 So Hyon-uk
 So Kyong-jin
 Mohammed Al-Ghassani
 Saad Al-Mukhaini
 Said Al-Ruzaiqi
 Jameel Al-Yahmadi
 Salaah Al-Yahyaei
 Nadir Mabrook
 Qasim Said
 Hassan Bashir
 Mus'ab Al-Batat
 Ahmed Awad
 Abdullah Jaber
 Matías Jadue
 Mohammad Natour
 Khaled Salem
 Pablo Tamburrini
 Khader Yousef
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 Manuel Ott
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 Daisuke Sato
 Stephan Schröck
 James Younghusband
 Ahmed Abdul Maqsoud
 Akram Afif
 Abdelkarim Hassan
 Ismaeel Mohammad
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 Salman Al-Faraj
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 Irfan Fandi
 Hariss Harun
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 Shakir Hamzah
 Lee Chung-yong
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 Nam Tae-hee
 Subash Madushan
 Moayad Ajan
 Oday Al-Jafal
 Ahmad Kallasi
 Omar Midani
 Nuriddin Davronov
 Davron Ergashev
 Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev
 Umedzhon Sharipov
 Tana Chanabut
 Kroekrit Thaweekarn
 Patrick Fabiano
 Rufino Gama
 Jairo Neto
 José Oliveira
 Rodrigo Silva
 Serdaraly Ataýew
 Artur Geworkýan
 Süleýman Muhadow
 Mekan Saparow
 Mohamed Ahmed
 Ismail Al Hammadi
 Ahmed Al Hashmi
 Habib Fardan
 Abdullah Mousa
 Mohanad Salem
 Stanislav Andreev
 Server Djeparov
 Azizbek Haydarov
 Eldor Shomurodov
 Đinh Thanh Trung
 Đinh Tiến Thành
 Mạc Hồng Quân
 Nguyễn Công Phượng
 Nguyễn Quang Hải
 Trần Phi Sơn
 Ayman Al-Hagri
 Mudir Al-Radaei
 Akram Al-Worafi
 Mohammed Boqshan
 Tawfiq Ali Mansour

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 Serdar Annaorazow ()
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See also
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

Notes

References

External links
, the-AFC.com
Preliminary Joint Qualification 2018 , stats.the-AFC.com
AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019, stats.the-AFC.com

Qualification
2019
2015 in Asian football
2016 in Asian football
2017 in Asian football
2018 in Asian football


title: Hundreds (video game)

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Hundreds is a puzzle video game where players touch circles to make them grow without overlapping. In the game's 100 levels, the player interacts with different types of circles to bring a counter to the number 100. The game was developed and published by Semi Secret Software in collaboration with Greg Wohlwend and was released for iOS on January 7, 2013, and on Android later that year.

It was originally built for Adobe Flash in 2010 as indie game artist Wohlwend's first self-developed game. The game idea came from staring at the ceiling, and Wohlwend applied a grayscale color palette from his first year in art school. When Flash game sites did not purchase the title, he open sourced the code. Eric Johnson of Semi Secret ported the game to iPad, which began a collaboration between Wohlwend and the company's Adam Saltsman, who became the primary puzzle designer.

The game received "generally favorable" reviews, according to video game review score aggregator Metacritic. It was an honorable mention in Best Mobile Game and Nuovo Award categories of the 2012 Independent Games Festival, their honorable mention in Excellence in Visual Art the next year, and an official selection at IndieCade 2012. Reviewers praised its minimalist design aesthetic and puzzle variety, and criticized its obtuse cryptography subgame. Ian Bogost wrote that the game functioned like a design object, a feat unique for the video game medium.

Gameplay

Players touch circles onscreen to make them grow in size. Numbers within the circles count upwards with the duration of the touch. If a growing circle overlaps another, the player must restart the puzzle. Levels are completed when the numbers within the circles total 100. There are 100 levels that progress in complexity from a simple circle with no nearby obstructions to the advanced mechanics, such as linked circles that need to be touched at once, buzzsaws that reset the numbers within the circles, and snowflakes that freeze other circles.

The game has no pause feature or motion controls, and there is no formal tutorial. Hidden between the puzzles are a few ciphers—incomprehensible text to be decoded through substitution cipher and other methods. The endless mode unlocks when the 100 puzzles are complete, and features a series of randomly generated levels.

Development

Hundredswas developed by Semi Secret Software: Adam Saltsman of Canabalt, Greg Wohlwend of Puzzlejuice, composer Scott Morgan (also known as Loscil), and developer Eric Johnson.

Wohlwend originally built Hundreds as a Flash game. As an artist, he wanted to experiment with game programming following his release of Solipskier with programmer Mike Boxleiter. He developed the game from an idea he had while staring at a ceiling, where he imagined a circle growing without overlapping another when growing. He found this to be a good core game concept and based the game around "patience and persistence". The game's style inadvertently borrowed from his first year in art school, where Wohlwend composed in black, white, and red so as to focus on composition rather than color. The Flash version was released in 2010 and is available online at Newgrounds. The Flash version was much simpler in design, and added circles onscreen as the game progressed. This gameplay evolved into what became the iOS release.

Though Wohlwend describes his interest in "simple and elegant" game design as permeating his works, Hundreds minimalism was also functional due to his inexperience with programming. The code was "brute forced" and written in a single file. It was the first game he programmed, though he had some assistance with the in-game physics. Wohlwend wanted the game to be purchased by a Flash game site like Kongregate or Newgrounds. When the sites were not interested, he chose to open source his code, partly with the intent to spur "non-coders" to try coding, as he had. At the time, Semi Secret Software was in a lull between projects.

Programmer Eric Johnson of Semi Secret found the open source version and ported the game to iPad in a weekend before notifying Wohlwend. At the time, Wohlwend did not have an iOS device to test the port, and had to purchase an iPad. Johnson's iPad version spurred Wohlwend to consider how Hundreds would work with multitouch and cooperative play, and Semi Secret's Adam Saltsman to consider a Hundreds collaboration, especially as the company lacked the funds to work on a new game from scratch. They began to work towards an iOS release. Saltsman expected Wohlwend to work with Johnson to finish the game in a few months by adding new "circle types" and designing 100 discrete puzzles, but extended that estimate and joined the project himself in that time. Wohlwend and Saltsman extended the game's mechanics with new circles and puzzles, but their results were clunky. Saltsman recalled wanting to add atop the game's "basic building blocks", which took them off-track after a few months and took a few additional months to recover. Wohlwend wanted to make the game easier than the Flash version and so proposed ten new circles that were not adopted. However, he was happy with the final result and credited the game's "emergent interaction" qualities to Saltsman. They built on each other's level designs, though Wohlwend said that Saltsman made "basically all the levels". The new team enjoyed working with each other.

The core differences between the Flash and iOS versions are a new endless mode and a narrative element based on ciphers and codes. The latter feature spiraled from email conversations between Wohlwend and Saltsman about a "really obtuse and weird" subgame that functioned as a story. Wohlwend credited Saltsman with the idea of a Brave New World-style fiction within the game that used ciphers, though the idea was also influenced by a similar plot element in Dash Shaw's Bottomless Belly Button. The endless mode was added about six months into development. They hoped the game's presentation conveyed "honest and confident rather than overly mysterious and weird". The team was also inspired by Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP boldness.

Hundreds was first announced at the 2012 Game Developers Conference and "reannounced" later that year following changes in its presentation. It was released on January 7, 2013 for iPhone and iPad, and on June 28 for Android. It was later added to the November 2013 Humble Mobile Bundle 3. The composer released a compilation of remixes of the Hundreds track as 100 Minutes on Bandcamp in June 2013.

Reception

The iOS version received "generally favorable" reviews, according to video game review score aggregator Metacritic. It was an honorable mention in Best Mobile Game and Nuovo Award categories of the 2012 Game Developers Conference Independent Games Festival, and an honorable mention in Excellence in Visual Art at the 2013 festival. Hundreds was also an official selection at IndieCade 2012.

Reviewers noted the game's unadorned nature. Edge called it "handsomely austere", "modish", and "elegant". Dan Ryckert of Game Informer complimented its simplicity, and The Guardians Stuart Dredge found the game's minimalism "stylish" and its gameplay "genuinely hypnotic". Eurogamers Dan Whitehead said the game was "basically interactive porn for graphic designers". Nissa Campbell of TouchArcade wrote that its red, gray, and black graphics were "striking" albeit not flashy, and that the game was interesting "visually, aurally, and mechanically". In a piece for The Atlantic, Ian Bogost wrote that its game, visual, and interaction design "embodied an elegant minimalism" akin to the Bauhausian aesthetic promoted by Apple. He added that Hundreds had cultural cachet "unprecedented" in the medium of video games and similar to that of other design objects—that the game was closer to Prada or a lobby bar than to Angry Birds. Bogost felt that it required an amount of attention unlike other "time-waster" mobile games, and referred to the precarious strategies required to complete some levels as a "multi-touch ballet".

Edge thought the game to be "an astoundingly harmonious mix of art and design" and said its "simple premise" is "perfectly suited for a multitouch screen". The magazine noted that the game occasionally becomes one of patience and not skill due to the degree of entropy in each level. Ryckert noted Hundreds as one of the better examples of games that successfully "embraced the simplicity of touch control", such that translation to traditional controller would be "virtually impossible". He appreciated the way the game slowly introduced the new circle types, though he did not like how his hand occasionally obscured the screen. (For this reason, reviewers preferred the iPad version for its larger screen.) Multiple reviewers liked how the game continually renewed itself with the slow introduction of new game elements, though Harry Slater of Pocket Gamer described the core gameplay as "one-note" and criticized its lack of addictive loops that keep players interested. Mike Rose of Gamasutra compared the game as the inverse of Jezzball.

Multiple reviewers noted Hundreds variety of puzzles and endgame difficulty. Edge commented that the "arcane codes" and puzzles with prescribed solutions made the game's pacing "unusual" when compared to the other puzzles designed to be completed leisurely. Slater too felt the pacing was "swift but uninspiring", and Whitehead called its rhythm "weird" as he waited for the right opportunity some puzzles and could finish others with a single trick. Ryckert also found the final puzzles too aggravating, especially the ones with invisible elements. Campbell appreciated the  variety of puzzles from "twitch" to "slow and thoughtful" to, her favorite, the "cerebral" puzzles that required specific tricks as well as the ability to skip puzzles. She also found the last level nigh impossible. Multiple reviewers felt that the cipher puzzles were out of place, and TouchArcade said it was easy to ignore them as what felt like an "utterly distinct" game. Bogost thought that the hidden ciphers were the "surest clue" of its status as "a design object and not a consumable media experience". Slater wrote that the ciphers felt forced and unexciting, and was disappointed overall in consideration of "the incredible talent involved". Whitehead called the puzzles "deftly constructed" and said the game "delights more than it frustrates". Wireds Ryan Rigney wrote that Hundreds distinguished itself among iOS puzzle games in its style and design.

References

Further reading

External links

 Hundreds original source code and notes on intuitiongames.com

2013 video games
Android (operating system) games
Commercial video games with freely available source code
Flash games
Indie games
IOS games
Puzzle video games
Single-player video games
Video games developed in the United States
Semi Secret Software games


title: Cardioceratidae

text:
Cardioceratidae is an extinct ammonite family belonging to the superfamily Stephanoceratoidea. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during the Middle-Late Jurassic periods.

References

External links
Ammonites.fr

Jurassic ammonites
Late Jurassic first appearances
Late Jurassic extinctions
Ammonitida families
Stephanoceratoidea


title: Aleksandr Uspensky

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Aleksandr Ivanovich Uspensky (; 27 February 1902 – January 28, 1940) was a senior officer of the Cheka, the GPU and the NKVD. Uspensky was both a perpetrator and a victim of the Great Purge.

Biography
Uspensky was born on February 14 or February 28, 1902, in to the family of a Russian forestry official. He studied at the local theological school in Tula. Uspensky made his career during the Russian Civil War. In August 1920, he joined the Cheka and in September the same year, he also became a member of the Russian Communist Party (b). Later he rose to be deputy head of security in the Kremlin. In February 1936, he was appointed deputy head of the West Siberian NKVD. In February 1937, he was appointed head of the NKVD in Orenburg. In this role, he impressed the head of the NKVD, Nikolay Yezhov with his zeal, by having 40,000 supposed 'enemies of the people' arrested. On Yezhov's instructions, all the prisoners over 70 were shot.

Summoned to Moscow for a conference of regional NKVD heads, Uspensky was told by Yezhov on January 25, 1938, that he was being posted to Kyiv (Kiev) as head of the Ukraine NKVD. In February 1938, Yezhov visited Kyiv to give Uspensky a new target to arrest 30,000 people, in addition of the thousands who had already been arrested in Ukraine. During the visit, Yezhov and Uspensky got roaring drunk together. During this time, Uspensky actually led the arrests of about 36,000 people. In June 1938, he declared that "I consider myself a pupil of Nikolai Ivanovich Yezhov", and paid tribute to Nikita Khrushchev, then First Secretary of the Ukraine communist party, saying that "only after the faithful Stalinist Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev arrived in Ukraine did the smashing of the enemies of the people begin in earnest."

Flight and arrest

In November 1938, Khrushchev received a call from Stalin telling him that Uspensky was being  recalled to Moscow, where he would be arrested. Soon afterwards, there came another phone call, from Yezhov's newly appointed deputy, Lavrentiy Beria, to say that Uspensky had disappeared. After faking his suicide, Uspensky went into hiding on 14 November - possibly having been warned by Yezhov of his impending arrest - and took refuge in the Ural Mountains. He was tracked down and arrested on April 15, 1939. On  April 29, ten NKVD officers received awards for their part in capturing Uspensky. On January 27, 1940, he was sentenced to death and executed the next day.

Unlike many other senior officials and officers, Uspensky was not subsequently rehabilitated.

References

1902 births
1940 deaths
Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
Commissars 3rd Class of State Security
Executed Great Purge perpetrators
People who faked their own death
First convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
20th-century Ukrainian politicians
Soviet interior ministers of Ukraine
NKVD officers
Great Purge victims from Russia


title: Dia al-Asadi

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Dhiaa Najm Abdullah Al-Asadi () is an Iraqi academic, politician and head of the Al-Ahrar Bloc in parliament, the second largest parliamentary bloc in the Iraqi Parliament after the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary election. The Al-Ahrar Bloc is considered a Sadrist Movement with cleric Muqtada al-Sadr as its spiritual leader.

Al-Asadi was born in 1969 in Basra Governorate. He studied English language and literature in the English Department of the College of Education, University of Basra 1989 – 1992. After his graduation with a BA and a first rank among more than 90 students, he worked as a research assistant in the university for three years. Continuing with a master's degree, he was a university instructor for another three years.

He was imprisoned in 1999 for political activism after the assassination of Shia cleric Mohammad Mohammed Sadiq Al-Sadr, the cousin of the Shia thinker Mohammed Baqir Al-Sadr, both murdered by Saddam's regime in 1999 and 1980 respectively. Upon release the following year, he sought asylum in Jordan where he also taught English at an Al-Balqa Applied University for three years and returned to Iraq in 2004 after the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime. From 2005 to 2006 he worked at the very department he graduated from, then he worked at Basrah Studies Center until 2007

He taught English language and literature at Iraqi universities and earned a fellowship in International Development from The Department of International Development at Birmingham University.

He was appointed Minister of State in the 2010 Iraqi government, but was removed in a government reshuffle the following year.

In 2011, he was elected as Secretary General of Al-Aharar Bloc and became in charge of all political movement connected to Sadrists in Iraq. In 2014, he stood for National Elections as a representative for voters in the Southern and Northern parts of Baghdad and won a seat in the Parliament and became Head of Al-Ahrar Bloc until 2015. . His bloc went on to win 34 seats in the 2014 Iraqi Parliament making Al Ahrar the first biggest single bloc and the second biggest coalition after Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki' State of Law Coalition.

Al-Asadi has published several articles and critical essays in Arabic and English; he gave interviews in both languages to local and international channels and media and participated in tens of events and training courses as a participant and a trainer. Among his interests are: painting and calligraphy, writing short stories, and lecturing and public speech.

References

Iraqi politicians
1969 births
Living people


title: Madurai railway division

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Madurai railway division is a railway division belonging to the Southern Railways (SR), India. Officially created in 1956, it spans over  making it the largest railway division of the Southern Railways. Prior to the formation of the Thiruvananthapuram railway division which was carved out of the division, it was one of the largest railway divisions in the whole of the country. Currently it covers up to 12 districts of Tamil Nadu and 1 in Kerala. Its headquarters is in Madurai.

And major revenue generating junctions in madurai divsion
Are Madurai,Tirunelveli, dindigul.in these stations most of the train halt and rake reversals takes place and also passenger foot fall is high.

History

Origins
The first railway line in this region was open in 1857 connecting Madurai to Trichirappalli {Trichy} via Dindigul and onward. In the following year, the railway line from Madurai to the port city of Thoothukudi was completed. In the same year, another line branching off from Vanchi Maniyachchi to Tirunelveli was opened.

Only in the next century, most of the other present lines were completed. Among them were:

Madurai-Mandapam line in 1902
Tirunelveli-Kallidaikurichi line in 1902
Kallidaikurichi-Sengottai line in 1903
Kollam-Punalur line in 1904
Punalur-Sengottai line in 1904
Pamban-Rameswaram line in 1906
Pamban-Dhanushkodi line in 1908
Mandapam-Pamban line in 1914
Virudhunagar-Tenkasi line in 1927
Dindigul-Pollachi line in 1928
Thiruchirappalli-Pudukkottai line in 1929
Pudukkottai-Manamadurai Jn line in 1930
Virudhunagar-Aruppukkottai Line in 1963
Aruppukkottai-Manamadurai Line in 1964

Inception
The Government decided to locate the Headquarters of the Division,  which includes Tinnevely also,  at Madurai. The Madurai railway division was formed in 1956, comprising the Ernakulam-Thiruvananthapuram line, Thiruvananthapuram-Nagercoil-Tirunelveli-Madurai line, Kollam-Sengottai-Tirunelveli line, Rameswaram-Manamaadurai-Madurai line, Manamadurai-Karaikudi-Tiruchirappalli line, Madurai-Dindigul-Pollachi line Karaikudi-Thiruduraipoondi-Thiruvarur line and the other branches of these lines. All lines currently in use have been converted to Broad Gauge while remaining sections namely Madurai-Bodinayakkanur section are in the process of gauge conversion.

In 1979, certain sections of the railway division were carved out to form the Thiruvananthapuram railway division. The Metre Gauge sections of Madurai division were retained, while all the newly laid Broad Gauge Sections of Madurai Division were transferred to Trivandrum Division. Thus, the Thiruvananthapuram-Nagercoil-Kanyakumari BG line, and the under-construction Tirunelveli-Nagercoil BG line were transferred to Trivandrum Division thus bringing down the jurisdiction of the division to 1356 km.  It was then mentioned that when the Tirunelveli-Madurai line is converted into BG line the sections falling under Kanyakumari district and Tirunelveli District would be transferred back to Madurai Division. The Tirunelveli-Madurai line was converted into BG line on 8-4-1981 but the railway lines in the southern district haven't been restored till date. Kanyakumari terminal station lacks the required Railway infrastructures and therefore request for more train services were always turned down by them citing the same handicap as the reason.

Administration and jurisdiction
Th division spans across two states namely Tamil Nadu and Kerala. In Tamil Nadu it serves a total number of 12 districts, those being: Coimbatore, Dindigul, Madurai, Pudukottai, Ramanathapuram, Sivagangai, Theni, Tiruppur, Thoothukudi, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli and Virudhunagar districts. In Kerala, the division covers the district of Kollam till Kilikollur railway station.

Categorisation of stations
The list includes the stations under the Madurai railway division and their station category.

Stations closed for passengers - Nataransankottai, Nedugulam, Manamadurai East, Kulathur, Thondaimanallur and some stations.

Performance and earnings
The division won the inter-divisional overall efficiency - Best Division - award for its performance and earnings in the financial year of 2013. The total originating earnings for the year 2013-14 is Rs 576.29 crore as against the 2012-13 actual of Rs 523.68 crore leading to a 10% growth in overall earnings. On the punctuality front, the division achieved 96.2% for express and mail trains and 96.8% for passenger trains against the target of 96 per cent. Cash awards and merit certificates were distributed to officers and stations for their performance and maintenance. Railway school students performed cultural events during the celebrations.

Operations and services

Regular trains

Special trains

Stations

See also
 Tiruchirappalli railway division
 Thiruvananthapuram railway division
 Southern Railways

References

External links
Madurai railway division

Transport in Madurai
Southern Railway zone
1956 establishments in Madras State
Rail transport in Tamil Nadu
Divisions of Indian Railways


title: 2014 Champions League Twenty20

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The 2014 Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) was the sixth edition of Champions League Twenty20, an international Twenty20 cricket tournament. It was held in India from 13 September to 4 October 2014.

Mumbai Indians were the defending champions but failed  to qualify. The final done in October 2014, the Chennai Super Kings won their 2nd CLT20 title after defeating Kolkata Knight Riders in the final by 8 wickets chasing a total of 181. Suresh Raina scored unbeaten 109*off 62 balls.

Format

Prize money
The total prize money of $6 million will be distributed among the Champions League T20 participating tWinners
 $1.3 million – Runners-up
 $500,000 – Losing semifinalists
 $200,000 – Team finishing 5th to 10th

Qualification

Teams

Squads

On 22 August 2014, the 12 participating teams announced their final 15-man squads for the tournament.

Qualifying stage

  Advanced to Group A
  Advanced to Group B

Fixtures

Group stage

Group A

 Advanced to semifinals

Fixtures

Group B

 Advanced to semifinals

Fixtures

Knockout stage

Fixtures
Semifinals

The Final

Final standings

Statistics

Most runs
The following are the top five highest run scorers in the main tournament.

Source: Golden Bat

 The leading run-scorer of the main tournament awarded the Golden Bat award.

Most wickets
The following are the five leading wicket-takers of the main tournament.

Source: Golden Wicket

 The leading wicket-taker of the tournament awarded the Golden Wicket award.

References

External links
 CLT20 2014
 CLT20 2014 on Wisden India
 Champions League Twenty20 2014 on ESPN Cricinfo

Champions League Twenty20
2014 in cricket
Champions League Twenty20


title: Child marriage among Muslims in Kerala

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The issue of child marriage among Muslims in Kerala was addressed by a circular issued on 14June 2013 by the social-welfare department of the Indian Union Muslim League (part of Kerala's ruling United Democratic Front (UDF)). The circular instructs marriage registrars to register Muslim marriages even if the parties have not attained the age fixed by the Child Marriage Act. Political parties and Muslim women's organisations have said that this would encourage child marriages. Following an amendment, only underage marriages occurring before 28June 2013 could be registered. Nine prominent Muslim organisations in Kerala took legal action seeking exemption from the community marriage-age restrictions, saying that the minimum marriage age for women (fixed at 18 by the Child Marriage Act) as well as its Supreme Court endorsement infringe on the Muslim law.

Background
The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) opposes the Child Marriage Act on the grounds that it contravenes the Muslim personal law. According to a survey by the Integrated Child Development Scheme, of the 3,400 girls aged 13 to 18 married in Malappuram, Kerala in 2012, 2,800 were Muslims. In 2008, 4,249 of the 4,955 brides in child marriages were Muslims. Although most Muslim religious organisations and clerics have defended the government circular, Muslim women have opposed it.

Examples
A 28-year-old United Arab Emirates (UAE) citizen, Jasem Mohammed Abdul Karim Abdulahmed, married a 17-year-old girl from an orphanage in Malappuram on 13June 2013. He left the country after two weeks, divorcing her by telephone with a triple talaq. Outrage over child marriage is believed to have been triggered by this incident, and the Kerala High Court later halted the marriage of a 14-year-old girl from Kannur.

Film
Aryadan Shoukath's film on the topic, Paadam Onnu: Oru Vilapam, received national acclaim.

Opposition
The Students' Federation of India organised meetings at colleges across the state to protest the move by Muslim organisations to legally challenge the minimum age of marriage, demonstrating their opposition by wearing gags. Communist Party of India (Marxist) state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan said that the IUML was trying to polarise the community to influence Lok Sabha elections and deny educational rights to Muslim girls by lowering their marriageable age. Opposition leader and former Chief Minister of Kerala V. S. Achuthanandan condemned the move by some Muslim organisations to reduce the marriageable age of Muslim girls, and the Kerala Women’s Commission has also condemned child marriage.

References

Child marriage in India
Marriage in Islam
Women's rights in Islam
Islam in Kerala
Kerala society


title: Atkinsons Building, London

text:
Atkinsons Building, which includes 2 and 4 Burlington Gardens, is a Grade II listed building on the corner of Old Bond Street and Burlington Gardens. It was built in 1926 in the Gothic Revival style and includes Arts and Crafts detailing.

The architect was Vincent Harris (1876–1971). The building was designed for the perfume company Atkinsons of London. It is currently occupied by a Salvatore Ferragamo women's fashion store.

The spire of the building contains a carillon musical instrument of 23 bells cast by Gillett & Johnston.

Gallery

See also
 List of carillons of the British Isles

References

External links

Grade II listed buildings in the City of Westminster
1926 in London
Buildings by Vincent Harris
Buildings and structures in Mayfair


title: Àngel Guimerà (Metrovalencia)

text:
Àngel Guimerà is a metro station of the Metrovalencia network in Valencia, Spain. It is situated on Carrer d'Àngel Guimerà, named after the writer Àngel Guimerà, in the southwestern part of the city centre. The station is an underground structure.

Railway stations in Spain opened in 1988
Metrovalencia stations


title: Han Meijer

text:
Henricus Eduard Hubertus (Han) Meijer (born 15 May 1949 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch professor emeritus of Polymer Technology  in the Eindhoven University of Technology; he was formerly the scientific director  of the laboratory. His research interests include structure development during flow and structure-property relations, micro-rheology and microfluidics, micro-macro-mechanics, modelling of polymer processing and design in polymers.

Career
He received his MSc in mechanical engineering from the University of Twente in 1975, and his Ph.D degree from the same university in 1980. His thesis, "Melting in Single Screw Extruders: Models, Calculations, Screw Design", was done under the direction of J.F. Ingen Housz.  He then became a research scientist at  DSM research.  In 1985 he was appointed part-time professor at the department of Polymer Chemistry and Technology  at Eindhoven, and in 1989   became full professor in  Polymer Technology in the Fundamental Mechanics group of the department of Mechanical Engineering.

He was scientific director of  Eindhoven Polymer Laboratories from 2003 until his retirement on 1 May 2014. He was the PhD thesis advisor for more than 60 students, and published   over 200 peer-reviewed scientific articles.

Meijer was awarded the DSM Performance Materials Award 2010.

References

External links
Official biography
Official curriculum vitae

Scientists from Amsterdam
University of Twente alumni
Academic staff of the Eindhoven University of Technology
1949 births
Living people


title: 2014–15 AS Roma season

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The 2014–15 season was Associazione Sportiva Roma's 87th in existence and 86th season in the top flight of Italian football. The team competed in Serie A, the Coppa Italia, the Champions League, and the Europa League. Roma finished second behind Juventus for the second consecutive season after a poor run of form in 2015. The club finished third in their Champions League group and thus dropped down to the Europa League, where they were knocked out by Fiorentina in the Round of 16. Incidentally, Roma were also knocked out of the Coppa Italia by Fiorentina at the quarter-final stage, losing 2–0 at the Stadio Olimpico.

Players

Squad information
Last updated on 31 May 2015
Appearances include league matches only

Transfers

In

Loans in

Total spending:  €44,310,000

Out

Loans out

Total income:  €35,235,000
Net income:  €9,075,000

Pre-season and friendlies

International Champions Cup

Competitions

Overall

Last updated: 31 May 2015

Serie A

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Coppa Italia

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

UEFA Europa League

Knockout phase

Round of 32

Round of 16

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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! colspan=14 style="background:#B21B1C; color:#FFD700; text-align:center"| Goalkeepers

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! colspan=14 style="background:#B21B1C; color:#FFD700; text-align:center"| Defenders

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! colspan=14 style="background:#B21B1C; color:#FFD700; text-align:center"| Midfielders

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! colspan=14 style="background:#B21B1C; color:#FFD700; text-align:center"| Forwards

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! colspan=14 style="background:#B21B1C; color:#FFD700; text-align:center"| Players transferred out during the season

Goalscorers

Last updated: 31 May 2015

Clean sheets

Last updated: 31 May 2015

Disciplinary record

Last updated: 31 May 2015

References

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