title: Victor Destutt de Tracy

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Alexandre César Victor Charles Destutt de Tracy (; 9 September 1781 – 13 March 1864) was a French soldier and politician, son of the philosopher Antoine Destutt de Tracy.
He fought in the Napoleonic Wars and was taken prisoner in Russia in 1812.
Destutt de Tracy was an opposition deputy during the subsequent Bourbon and Orleans monarchies.
In the French Second Republic he was minister of Navy and Colonies from December 1848 to October 1849.
He was strongly opposed to the seizure of power by Napoleon III, and left politics in 1852.

Early years

Alexandre César Victor Charles Destutt de Tracy was born in Paris on 9 September 1781.
His father was Antoine Destutt de Tracy, an aristocrat, philosopher and deputy in the Estates-General for Moulins, Allier.
Victor Destutt de Tracy entered the École Polytechnique in 1791, and graduated as an engineer. He was appointed lieutenant in 1800.
In 1804 he was appointed second captain in the fourth sapper battalion.
Destutt de Tracy served at Boulogne, with the French Army of Italy in Dalmatia, and in 1807 in the Engineering headquarters.

Destutt de Tracy was appointed battalion commander in the 58th infantry in 1807.
He was made aide-de-camp to General Sebastiani, ambassador to Constantinople, and followed him to Spain.
He fought with distinction at the Battle of Almonacid (1809) and Battle of Albuera (1811), where he was wounded.
He served in the French invasion of Russia of 1812, where he was taken prisoner and interned in Saint Petersburg.
In 1814 Destutt de Tracy was freed in an exchange and promoted to colonel.
In 1816 he married the widow of General Louis-Michel Letort de Lorville.
He left the army in 1818 to pursue scientific studies.
He was formally granted retirement as Staff Colonel of Infantry on 5 April 1820.

Monarchy

On 5 August 1822 Destutt de Tracy was elected as deputy for the 2nd electoral district of Allier (Montluçon) in a by-election.
He sat on the far left next to Lafayette, whose son Georges Washington de La Fayette had married his sister Emilie de Tracy, and voted with the opposition. He ran for re-election on 25 February 1824 but did not succeed.
On 17 November 1827 he was elected deputy for Moulins, Allier, and took his seat with the opposition.

Destutt de Tracy was re-elected on 23 June 1830 and supported the establishment of the July Monarchy, but always maintained his independence of the royal party.
He was made an Officer of the Legion of Honour in 1831. He was re-elected as deputy in 1831, 1834, 1838, 1839, 1842 and 1846.
As a member of the opposition during the reign of Louis Philippe he was moderate but held strong opinions.
He demanded abolition of the death penalty, abolition of the hereditary peerage, abolition of the slave trade and freedom of slaves, free education and the abandonment of Algeria.
In 1841 he was appointed a member of the Board of Agriculture.

Later political career

In the French Revolution of 1848 Destutt de Tracy was a colonel of the 1st legion of the National Guard of Paris.
On 23 April 1848 he was elected to represent Orne in the Constituent Assembly, where he was a member of the Finance committee.
Surprisingly, he voted for the banishment of the Orleans royal family.
He voted for the abolition of the death penalty, but afterwards voted with the right.
During the June Days Uprising (23–26 June 1848) he acted against the insurgents at the head of the 1st legion of the National Guard.

When Prince Louis Napoleon was elected president, Destutt de Tracy was made Minister of the Navy and Colonies from 20 December 1848 to 2 June 1849.
While he was in office slavery was abolished in the colonies. The death penalty for political crimes was also abolished.
On 13 May 1849 Destutt de Tracy was elected representative for Orne in the Legislative Assembly.
He continued as minister in the second cabinet of Odilon Barrot from 2 June 1849 to 31 October 1849, when he left office.
In the Assembly he continued to vote with the monarchist majority, and was opposed to Napoleon's ambitions.
He protested against the coup d'état of 2 December 1851. In the elections of 29 February 1852 he ran for election to the Assembly as an independent candidate for the 2nd district of Orne, and was decisively defeated.

Victor Destutt de Tracy left politics in 1852 and retired to Paray-le-Frésil, Allier, where he took up agriculture.
He died there on 13 March 1864, aged 82.

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title: Easy Programming Language

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Easy Programming Language (EPL, ) is a visual compiled multilingual proprietary programming language. EPL is somewhat popular in China because it features a full Chinese environment. (The language has traditional Chinese, simplified Chinese, English and Japanese variants.)

In addition, it is cross-platform, as it currently supports both Microsoft Windows and Linux. It is object-oriented and structured.

Programming examples
Hello world program:
调试输出("Hello, world!")

References

External links
EPL homepage at archive.org
EPL homepage

Non-English-based programming languages
Chinese-language computing


title: Miss India Worldwide 2013

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Miss India Worldwide 2013 was the 22nd edition of the international beauty pageant. The final was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on  April 28, 2013. About 39 countries were represented in the pageant. Nehal Bhogaita of the United Kingdom was crowned as winner at the end of the event. Nehal was the first deaf contestant and first deaf winner in the pageant's history.

Results

Special awards

Delegates

 – Karishma Manwani
 – Zenia Starr Miss India Australia 2013
 – Arpita Khaur
 – Janine Gilharry
 – Rupal Lakhani
 – Sheryl Kumar
 – Joelle Joseph
 – Shivani Sandher
 – Kershnee Pillay
 – Cindy Patrix
 – Katherina Roshana
 – Preeti Soni
 – Shreenjit Kaur
 – Selma Gabbarini
 – Bhavini Sheth
 – Manisha Singh
 – Jasveer Kaur Sandhu
 – Jannita Deerpaul
 – Madleen Appaoo
 – Gareema Pandey
 – Astrid Narain
 – Anamika Singh
 – Ayushi Chhabra
 – Nisha Haroon
 – Surbhi Sachdev
 – Alysha Suri
 – Carole Ravoula
 – Dolly Mirpuri
 – Aavishka Ragam
 – Koschika Singh
 – Gayathri Kesavan
 – Rukshani Ranathunga
 – Jeanine Jaikaran
 – Ritika Sood
 – Shridevi Bissoondial
 – Savi Chaplot
 – Geentanjali Kelath
 – Nehal Bhogaita
 – Priyam Bhargava

Crossovers
Contestants who previously competed or will compete at other beauty pageants:
Miss Universe
2013: :  Katherina Roshana

References

External links
Home

2013 beauty pageants


title: Disney XD (Australian and New Zealand TV channel)

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Disney XD was an Australian subscription television channel, which was a 24- hour cable and satellite channel. Disney XD was launched 10 April 2014 on Foxtel. It aired live-action, sports and animation shows which were aimed at boys aged six to fourteen.

Disney XD’s programming consisted of animation shows such as Star Wars Rebels, Ultimate Spider-Man, Avengers Assemble and Hulk: The Agents of S.M.A.S.H. Disney XD also premiered original series such as Mighty Med, Lab Rats, Kickin’ It, Crash & Bernstein, Phineas and Ferb, and Gravity Falls.

The channel was shut down on 6 January 2019 and was removed from the kids tier channels from Foxtel due to the launch of Disney+ streaming service in Australia and New Zealand.

History

History of Disney XD
Disney XD was originally launched in America on 13 February 2009. Rich Ross, president of Disney Channels Worldwide, stated the purpose of Disney XD was Disney wanted to “create a destination for boys” pursuing gender-specific viewing strategies that defined the enterprise of Disney XD.

Disney XD’s purpose was to create a new space for the young Disney boy market as according to a New York Times article, the “Disney Channel’s audience is 40 percent male, but girls drive most of the related merchandising sales.”

Disney XD changed its marketing strategies In two ways, first by changing its target audience to boys aged six to eight and second by shifting its programming to more animated content rather than live-action and drama. These program changes which Disney XD initiated coincided with two major purchases on behalf of the company. In 2009, the company’s purchased comic book giant Marvel for $4.2 billion and in 2012, they purchased Star Wars for $4 billion. Today, both assets account for a majority of Disney XD’s current programming. Marvel delivers Guardians of the Galaxy, Ultimate Spiderman, and Marvel Avengers Assemble while the Star Wars franchise delivers Star Wars Rebels, LEGO Star Wars, and The Freemaker Adventures.

History of Disney XD For Australian and New Zealand television
On 3 February 2014, Australian subscription television provider Foxtel announced it would launch two new family-genre channels over Easter 2014. In late February, it was announced Disney XD would be one of these family channels, scheduled to launch on 10 April 2014.

On 24 December 2014, the channel launched in New Zealand on Sky Television. On 27 February 2017, Disney XD launched on Fetch TV under the "Ultimate" package.

On 1 December 2018, it was announced that Disney XD would cease broadcast on 6 January 2019, with a selection of programming moving to Disney Channel. Programs included Star Wars Resistance and various Marvel animation series. However, Disney Channel along with Disney Junior both ceased broadcast on 30 April 2020 due to the launch of the Disney+ streaming service in Australia.

Programming
Disney XD was a 24-hour Australian cable and satellite channel. The name XD, short for “Extreme Digital,” evokes the notion of extreme sports as well as a technological mastery. Disney XD's programming consisted of animated series, live-action series and sports for young boys. Regular programming included: Star Wars Rebels, Ultimate Spider-Man, Avengers Assemble and Hulk: The Agents of S.M.A.S.H. Disney XD will also premiere original series such as Mighty Med, Lab Rats, Kickin’ It, Crash & Bernstein, Phineas and Ferb, and Gravity Falls.

Disney XD also launched D|XP which was a daily over night programming block for aimed at entertaining gamers and esports enthusiasts ages 13 and up. The programming block featured content from and produced with ESPN, the Disney Digital Network, Maker, IGN, Attack Media, Warner Bros. Television Group’s Blue Ribbon Content, Banger Films, ESL and Vice’s Waypoint.

Reception
Disney XD was received well through its programming of shows such as shows such as Phineas and Ferb with its first ever show presented on air with the episode with the Phineas and Ferb episode "Dude, We're Getting the Band Back Together" being the first show to air on the American channel.

However, Disney XD as a whole initially failed to gain a major following, Disney made changes in its intended audiences advertising to a narrower audience of boys between the age of six and fourteen and relying more on animation television programs rather than live action programs.

Disney XD’s made changes to its programming and broadcasting to gain more positive reception through mergers with other companies. In 2009, the Disney company purchased comic book giant Marvel for $4.2 billion and in 2012, they purchased Star Wars for $4 billion. Today, both assets account fora majority of Disney XD’s current programming. Marvel delivers Guardians of the Galaxy, Ultimate Spiderman, and Marvel Avengers Assemble while the Star Wars franchise delivers Star Wars Rebels, LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures as a part of the regular programming on the Disney XD channel.

Closure
Disney XD was shut down from both Foxtel and Sky on the 6th of January 2019, due to Disney’s decision to stop broadcasting Disney XD in Australia. When the channel first closed television shows such as Walk the Prank, Spider-Man, Avenger's Assemble, Guardians of the Galaxy, Hulk and the Agents of SMASH, Star Wars Rebels, Star Wars Resistance and Pokémon: Sun & Moon were migrated to the Disney Channel on Foxtel on the 6th of January 2019.

TV Shows that did not merge over to the Disney Channel included Right Now Kapow, Oscar’s Oasis, Future Worm, Mech‐X4, Fish Hooks, The New Yoda Chronicles, Lego Marvel Super Heroes, Wander Over Yonder, Kirby Buckets, Penn Zero: Part‐Time Hero, Crash & Bernstein and Harry & Bunnie and Gamer’s Guide to Pretty Much Everything. However, most of the programming was available on Foxtel Demand library until the network closed in New Zealand on 30 November 2019 on Sky, and in Australia on 1 March 2020 on Foxtel.

Foxtel released a statement stating that the Disney Channel and Disney Junior will no longer be available from the 29th of February 2020, which led to all programming being merged into Disney’s streaming service Disney+.

Disney XD, Disney Channel and Disney Junior were also discontinued from other countries as well, such as the UK with a Disney Spokesperson stating “From October 1st, Disney+ will become the exclusive home for content from Disney Channel, Disney XD and Disney Junior in the UK.”

The Spokesperson also stated “Walt Disney Company remains committed to our kids channels business,” and that the company plans to “execute distribution agreements for Disney channels in many markets where Disney+ is also available.”

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English-language television stations in Australia
Children's television channels in Australia
Television channels and stations established in 2014
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2014 establishments in Australia
2014 establishments in New Zealand
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title: Mullins Commercial Historic District

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Mullins Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Mullins, Marion County, South Carolina. The district encompasses 38 contributing buildings in the central business district of Mullins. It includes an intact collection of late 19th and early 20th century commercial and other public buildings.  The buildings illustrate the growth and development of Mullins from its beginnings as a railroad town to its prominence as the leading tobacco market in South Carolina for most of the 20th century. The buildings were constructed between 1895 and about 1945, and represent stylistic influences ranging from late Victorian period examples displaying elaborate brick-corbeled cornices and pediments to the more simplified and minimalist Depression-era examples with typical low relief detailing and vertical piers. Notable buildings include the Old Martin Hospital (1937), Vaughan Hotel (1921), Mullins Library (1941), Old Mullins Post Office (c. 1936), Bank of Mullins / Anderson Brothers Bank (c. 1910), and Mullins Depot (1901).  Located in the district are the separately listed Old Brick Warehouse and J.C. Teasley House.

It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

References

Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Buildings and structures in Marion County, South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Marion County, South Carolina


title: List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1993

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This is a list of singles that charted in the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1993.

Janet Jackson, SWV, Whitney Houston, Snoop Doggy Dogg, and Shai each had three top-ten hits in 1993, tying them for the most top-ten hits during the year.

Top-ten singles

1992 peaks

1994 peaks

See also
 1993 in music
 List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1993 (U.S.)
 Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1993

References

General sources

Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Nineties ()
Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.

1993
United States Hot 100 Top 10


title: Sayed Amjad Hussain

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Sayed Amjad Hussain (Urdu:سيد امجد حسين) is a Pakistani-American cardiothoracic surgeon and writer from Maumee, Ohio. He invented two surgical devices – the pleuroperitoneal shunt and a special endotracheal tube. He was a member of Team Indus which covered the entire 2,000 miles of the river Indus in Pakistan from its source in Western Tibet. This trip was claimed to have been the third expedition in history to reach that site. The achievements of Team Indus were entered into Congressional Records of the U.S. Congress in June 1997. While on a humanitarian mission, he donated tons of supplies and equipment to the Dominican Republic, China and Pakistan. Also, his photographs have appeared on 35 magazine covers and in 8 calendars. The Herald Magazine August 2003, introduced Hussain as the jack-of-all-trades and master of many.

He is an emeritus professor of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery in the College of Medicine and Life Sciences and emeritus professor of humanities in the College of Literature, Languages, and Social Sciences at the University of Toledo.

Early life and education

Hussain was born on January 1, 1937, in Peshawar to Agha Sayed Gulbacha. He received his early education from Government High School No. 1, Peshawar, and Islamia College Peshawar. He graduated with distinction from Khyber Medical College Peshawar in 1962. He received general surgery training at the Medical University of Ohio and thoracic and cardiovascular surgery training at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. He was given a fellowship from the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada in 1973 and made a diplomate of the American Board of Thoracic Surgery in 1970. Dr. Hussain was married to the late Dottie Brown Hussain and has three children: Natasha Raabia Hussain, S. Waqaar (Qarie Marshall) Hussain and S. Osman (Monie) Hussain.

Professional career

Hussain returned to Pakistan in 1970 and taught at his alma mater (Khyber Medical College Peshawar) for four years. He came back to the United States in 1975 and began a private practice of cardiothoracic vascular surgery in Toledo. He worked as chief of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, Lock Haven Hospital, Lock Haven; as chief of the Section of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Mercy St. Charles Hospital in Oregon, and now works as the professor emeritus of the Medical University of Ohio, Toledo (now the University of Toledo). He has been visiting professor to Khyber Medical College, Peshawar; University of Garyounus, Benghazi, Libya; Government Medical College, Amritsar, India; University of Alberta, Canada, and University of Beijing, China. in 2020 he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science (SciD) Degree by the University of Toledo.

Contributions

Hussain is a multifaceted man, and his contributions as a surgeon, researcher, explorer, and photographer have been exemplary. He has authored 50 scientific papers in national and international medical journals. He is an author who has written fourteen books on as diverse a subjects as religion, culture, history, and international relations. He has described several new surgical techniques and has invented two medical devices: the pleura-peritoneal shunt and a special endotracheal tube to supply oxygen during fiberoptic bronchoscopy in awake patients. He has written over four hundred newspaper and magazine articles about history, politics, religion and culture in American and international publications like The Blade, Toledo Magazine, Explorers Journal, Weekly Pakistan Link, The Herald Magazine and various Pakistani News Papers. He is also an op-ed columnist for The Toledo Blade.
At the community level, Hussain has helped build the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo, one of the largest Islamic Centers in North America. While on a humanitarian mission, he donated tons of supplies and equipment to the Dominican Republic, China, and Pakistan. He endowed a visiting professorship for Khyber Medical College at The University of Toledo College of Medicine. In 2020 he was invited to address the commencement ceremony of the University of Toledo, College of Medicine and Life Sciences.

Achievements

Dr. Hussain is a member of 17 professional organizations 16 hospitals, 10 administrative positions, various committees,, is a visiting professor to 12 universities throughout the world, and is a member of the editorial board of 6 medical journals. He gave 122 presentations at regional, national, and international meetings, delivered 147 lectures in different colleges and universities of medicine around the world, and appeared in 47 Television Talk shows, interviews, and documentaries.

As an internationally recognized explorer, he founded the Team Indus exploration group which traversed and photographed the entire 2,000 miles of the river Indus in Pakistan during the first three expeditions (in 1987, 1992, and 1994) and the source of the river in western Tibet during the 1996 expedition. This expedition was chronicled as the cover story in the fall 1997 issue of the Explorers Journal. He took part in several photography exhibitions and won 26 prizes. His photographs have appeared on 35 magazine covers and in 8 calendars. 16 of his medical photographs have been published in the Photo Clinic section of "Consultant Magazine". His photographs have also been published in textbooks.

In 1982, Dr. Hussain was appointed by the Government of Pakistan to serve on its Health Policy Panel to formulate the country's Five-Year Health Plan. After his retirement in 2004, he was elevated to the rank of Professor Emeritus by the University of Toledo. In recognition of his many achievements, The University of Toledo established the S. Amjad Hussain Endowed Professorship in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery in 2009.

Affiliations with organizations

Mr. Hussain has been a member of 19 civic and religious organizations and 17 professional organizations and has held more than 20 leadership positions in other organizations which are listed below:

 Member, Adventure Foundation of Pakistan, 1987–present
 Foreign Fellow of Pakistan Academy of Sciences, 2021–present
 Fellow, Explorers Club (USA),1989–present
 President Islamic Center of Greater Toledo, 1985–1986 &1995–1998
 Chairman, board of directors WGTE Public Broadcasting, Toledo, OH 2010–present
 Member, board of directors 1991–2002 Pakistan American Congress
 Founding President 1988–1993 Friends of Pakistan, Toledo, OH
 Editor, Toledo Medicine 1996–present
 Editorial Board, Pakistan Journal of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery 1999–present
 President, Association of Pakistani Physicians of North America 1982–1983
 President, Toledo Surgical Society, Toledo, OH 1990–1991
 Fellow, American College of Surgeons 1972–present
 Member of International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery 1990–present
 Member of International Surgical Society 1991–2002

Awards and honours

For his many activities and accomplishments, Hussain has been
recognized by his alma mater, Khyber Medical College, Peshawar; the House and
Senate of the State of Ohio, the Medical College of Ohio, the Toledo Surgical Society,
the Association of Pakistani Physicians of North America and many other organizations.

Following is the list of awards and honors:

 Roots of Diversity Art Exhibition Arts Commission of Greater Toledo "Midday Lunch in the Fields" First Prize 1993
 The Best Book of 1996–1997 Award and the Abasin Gold Medal for Yuk Shehre Arzoo – 1998
 Selection of his radio play Doctor as one of the seven best plays of the year Radio Pakistan, Peshawar, September 24, 1960
 Lifetime Achievement Award of Khyber Medical College Alumni Association of North America 1992.
 Induction in the Medical Mission Hall of Fame. April 2012
 Lifetime Achievement Award of Khyber Medical College, Peshawar, Pakistan for "Many contributions to his alma mater, his services to Peshawar and Pakistan, November 2005
 Bestowed the title "Baba-e-Peshawar" (Father of Peshawar) by the Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (NWFP) on behalf of the citizens of Peshawar, Pakistan. December 14, 1998.
 Honored by Khyber Medical College with the title "Farzand-e-Khyber"(The Son of Khyber) December 1993
 Distinguished Service and Excellence Award of the Association of International Physicians for "superb professional achievements", 1986
 Awarded Key to the Golden Door and inducted into the Heritage Hall of Fame of the International Institute for "superb professional achievements", 1986

See also

 University of Toledo College of Medicine
 Khyber Medical College

References

Khyber Medical College alumni
1937 births
People from Peshawar
Pakistani inventors
Pakistani emigrants to the United States
Pakistani medical writers
Pakistani cardiologists
Living people
American people of Pashtun descent
American physicians of Pakistani descent
People from Maumee, Ohio


title: Roberto Souza

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Roberto Luiz Souza (born September 7, 1951) is a Brazilian former Olympic sailor in the Soling and Star classes. He competed in Soling in the 1980 Summer Olympics together with Gastão Brun and Vicente Brun, where they finished 6th, and in Star in the 1984 Summer Olympics together with Eduardo de Souza, where they finished 12th.

References

Living people
1951 births
Olympic sailors for Brazil
Brazilian male sailors (sport)
Sailors at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Soling
Sailors at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Star
Place of birth missing (living people)


title: Heathenry in the United Kingdom

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Heathenry in the United Kingdom consists of a variety of modern pagan movements attempting to revive pre-Christian Germanic religiosities, such as that practised in the British Isles by Anglo-Saxon and Nordic peoples prior to Christianisation.

Religious belief and practice

Most modern-day heathens operate in small groups, often termed kindreds or hearths. There is a tendency for such groups to develop their own approaches to Heathenry independently, assisted by networking groups and Internet communication. Thus most kindreds remain unaffiliated with one another while remaining in contact.

Although Heathenry is a highly internally diverse religion, the most evident forms of ritual practice among the British Heathen community are the blot and the sumble. Blot is a ritual involving giving offerings to ancestors or beings such as land wights, elves or gods (the Æsir and Vanir). It is no longer common to sacrifice animals, with most heathens instead choosing to offer something personal to themselves such as handmade items or a drink such as mead. While a blot may be performed alone, a sumble is always a community event that may include rounds of toasting, drinking in turn (sometimes from a drinking horn) and swearing oaths.

Places of worship

There are no purpose-built Heathen temples in the UK. Heathen individuals and groups instead commonly choose to worship outdoors, particularly in nature or at ancient sites such as standing stones, stone circles or cairns.

Demographics
In the United Kingdom Census 2001, 300 people registered as Heathen in England and Wales, while in the UK as a whole in 2001 were 278 Heathen and 92 Asatru. Many Heathens, however, followed the advice of the Pagan Federation (PF) and simply described themselves as "Pagan", while other Heathens did not specify their religious beliefs. The 2011 census however made it possible to describe oneself as Pagan-Heathen (or any other chosen subgroup). The figures for England and Wales show 1,958 people self-identifying as Heathen. A further 251 described themselves as Reconstructionist and may include some people reconstructing Germanic paganism.

Heathen groups

Asatru UK

Asatru UK (AUK) is a UK-wide, inclusive, Heathen community. The group organised a first moot in York, in 2013, and became a community interest company for religious activities in 2022. The organisational body behind the group is composed of volunteers within the community and typically organises three moots a year, hosted around the country. Although there are no official membership statistics, in February 2022 AUK had 3177 members of its Facebook group.

Asatru UK lists that it is open to anyone who follows Heathenry, regardless of nationality or ancestry and has openly condemned groups such as Woden's Folk, stating that "Asatru U.K. is categorically opposed to fascist movements, or any movements, using the symbols of our faith for hate". It is also a member of the Asatru-EU Network, a European network of Heathen organisations, along with groups such as Samfundet Forn Sed Sverige and Eldaring. In 2015, in response to the hate received by the Ásatrúarfélagið, the members of the network, including AUK, released a shared statement that they are "committed to Asatru as a non-exclusive religious approach", and that "heathenry is open for everyone who chooses so". They further vet potential members for association to far-right groups, or unwillingness to engage in religious practice with members who are transgender, homosexual or of a different ethnicity.

The group currently does not own land and thus is in the process of carving portable god posts for use in a vé. The first of these was of the god Odin and was consecrated at a gathering in 2021, with a god post of Freyja consecrated at a public gathering in 2022. Members of Asatru UK have been guests on, and are hosts of, podcasts that aim to promote the availability of accurate information regarding Germanic Paganism and promote the inclusion of people of diverse backgrounds within the international Heathen community. The group has also been involved with the Norse in the North conference, hosted in collaboration between the universities of Durham, Leeds and York, where in 2023 they spoke about the ways in which Heathenry and Old Norse scholarship can benefit one another.

Odinist and Wodenist groups
Within Heathenry, the term Odinist or Wodenist is typically used by neo-völkisch groups, who are characterised by their pseudoscientific beliefs that legitimate observance of the religion is predicated on belonging to a specific biological race and that the ability to hold a relationship with the gods in encoded in their DNA. Although often professing an apolitical stance, academic Ethan White characterises the ideologies of the three most visible neo-völkisch Heathen organisations in the UK (the Odinic Rite, the Odinist Fellowship and Woden's Folk) as belonging to the extreme right due to their racial nationalist stances, though he notes members of the group may not necessarily use this term to describe themselves.

The Odinic Rite is a neo-völkisch organisation that was founded in 1980 by the former member of the British Union of Fascists and National Socialists John Yeowell, known as "Stubba".  On 24 February 1988 the Odinic Rite became the first polytheistic religious organisation to be granted Registered Charity status in England. In 1990, the Odinic Rite split into two separate organisations that initially both retained the original name. One continued to be known as Odinic Rite while the other changed its name in 1998 to the Odinist Fellowship. Both groups only allow white members, with the Odinist Fellowship describing Odinism as "ethnospecific" while the Odinic Rite stresses the need to maintain "racial integrity". While neither group describes itself as racist, the label has been used by scholars based on their racially exclusionary approach, glorification of "white" history and criticism of what they perceive as foreign influences.

The Odinist Fellowship has publications follows a ninefold calendar of festivals which include celebrations on the solstices and equinoxes. The Odinist Fellowship was involved in providing support to an Odinist postal worker dismissed by his employer for leaving printed images of Odin at his place of work. This led to a hearing in the Manchester Industrial Tribunal of Royal Mail PLC v Holden (2006) which found unequivocally in Mr. Holden's favour.  In May 2014 the Odinist Fellowship purchased a Tudor-era chapel in Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, which was consecrated at Midsummer of that year as the first heathen Temple in England in over a thousand years. The Newark Temple is managed by a registered charity, the Newark Odinist Temple Trust.

Woden's Folk is a neo-völkisch group that was founded in 1998 and has received media attention for hate speech and holding private rituals attended by members of the Neo-Nazi group Combat 18. While the group describes itself as promoting a form of Heathenry, it does not attempt to revive Germanic religion, rejecting written and archaeological sources in favour of modern sources such as the founder's own spiritual revelations. Members often espouse beliefs such as that certain historical figures, including Adolf Hitler, were incarnations of Germanic gods, claiming the work of the Miguel Serrano validates this idea. It has been further noted that some components of the group's belief system such as references to the "Prophecies of Gildas" and a "Seventh Sword of Wayland" originated in the television series "Robin of Sherwood" and have no basis in folklore.

In 2019, the head of research at Hope not Hate stated that there are Neo-Nazis involved with groups like Woden's Folk who do not genuinely follow Heathenry but use these groups as a tool for radicalisation and justification of their ideas.

Organisation and events
Anthropologist Jenny Blain noted that by 2005, it was common for Pagan moots (regular social gatherings) to contain a small number of Heathens. However, many Odinists distance themselves from the wider Pagan movement, which they deem to have been too heavily dominated by practitioners of Wicca. Thus, there are few Odinist members of the Pagan Federation, although increasingly mutual links between other Heathens and the Pagan Federation are being established. To this end the Pagan-Heathen symposium was established in order to foster support and dialogue between the rapidly diverging paths of heathenry and other forms of Modern Paganism.

The internet also provided a factor in unifying the British Heathen movement, as websites such as UKHeathenry and Midgard's Web became increasingly popular in the early 21st century. The popularity of Asatru UK also owes much to this, the rise of social media has allowed heathens to connect more effectively. Heathens were also involved in the creation of the Association of Polytheist Traditions, as well as the creation and maintenance of the International Asatru Summer Camp (IASC), a loose coalition of real-world heathen groups across Europe. Asatru UK is a signatory of the IASC, along with its sister group, the Kith of the Tree and the Well.

An annual gathering of Heathens in the UK called Heathenfest was held at Peterborough from 2005, it was organised by Woden's Hearth. Past speakers included Pete Jennings, Jenny Blain, Thorskegga Thorn and Stephen Pollington. However, this event is no longer extant. Between 2015 and 2019 another event, The Asgardian Heathen Festival was held annually with speakers, rituals and activities. This no longer runs, however, Asatru UK now hold at least one large event a year.

See also
 Modern paganism in the United Kingdom
 Modern paganism in Scandinavia
 Religion in the United Kingdom

References

Footnotes

Sources

External links
 Asatru UK

Modern paganism in the United Kingdom
Germanic neopaganism


title: Leif Möller

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Leif Åke Möller  (born April 11, 1958, in Lund, Sweden) is a retired Swedish Olympic sailor in the Star class. He competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics together with Mats Johansson, where they finished 13th.

References

Olympic sailors for Sweden
Swedish male sailors (sport)
Star class sailors
Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Star
1958 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Lund
20th-century Swedish people


title: Tomáš Filippi

text:
Tomáš Filippi (born May 4, 1992) is a Czech professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing with HC Bílí Tygři Liberec of the Czech Extraliga (ELH).

Playing career
Filippi made his Czech Extraliga debut playing with HC Bílí Tygři Liberec during the 2012–13 Czech Extraliga season. After three seasons within the Czech Extraliga, Filippi left Liberec in signing a three-year contract with Russian club, Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) on April 2, 2015.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

Awards and honors

References

External links

1992 births
Living people
Amur Khabarovsk players
Czech ice hockey forwards
Baie-Comeau Drakkar players
HC Bílí Tygři Liberec players
Metallurg Magnitogorsk players
Quebec Remparts players
People from Rychnov nad Kněžnou
Ice hockey people from the Hradec Králové Region
Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Canada
Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Russia


title: BM Gijón

text:
Balonmano Gijón is a women's handball team based in Gijón, Asturias which currently plays in División de Plata, the second division in the Spanish league system. It played several seasons in Liga ABF, the top league, last time in the 2011–12 season, where it was relegated.

Season by season

Notable players
  Jessica Alonso
  Marisol Carratu
  Yacaira Tejeda
  Ana Temprano
  Débora Torreira

External links
Official website

Sport in Gijón
Handball clubs established in 1982
Handball clubs in Spain
1982 establishments in Spain
Sports clubs and teams in Asturias


title: Brian Fatih

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Brian Fatih (born October 18, 1972 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American Olympic sailor in the Star class. He competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics together with Mark Mendelblatt, where they finished 7th.

References

External links

Olympic sailors for the United States
American male sailors (sport)
Star class sailors
Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Star
1972 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Atlanta


title: Kondukuduru

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Kondukuduru is situated in East Godavari district in Ainavilli region, in Andhra Pradesh State.

References

Villages in East Godavari district


title: Phil Trinter

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Phil Trinter (born January 8, 1969 in Lorain, Ohio) is an American Olympic sailor in the Star class. He competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics together with Paul Cayard, where they finished 5th. Trinter has also become Star World Champion two times, in 1993 and 2013.

Trinter sailed with Stars & Stripes at the 1995 America's Cup and with AmericaOne in the 2000 Louis Vuitton Cup.

He attended Indiana University, where he played football, including the 1990 Peach Bowl and three other bowl games.

References

Olympic sailors for the United States
American male sailors (sport)
Star class sailors
Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Star
American people of German descent
1969 births
Living people
1995 America's Cup sailors
Indiana Hoosiers football players
2000 America's Cup sailors
Star class world champions
World champions in sailing for the United States


title: Sima Igumanov

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Sima Andrejević (; Prizren, January 30, 1804 — Prizren, February 24, 1882), known as Sima Igumanov, was a Serbian merchant who made a fortune through tobacco trade, and invested his fortune in building educational facilities for the common good.

Biography

Andrejević was born in Prizren, Ottoman Empire into an ethnic Serb family. He had two older brothers, Kraguj and Petar. Their father bought ammunition to the Serbian revolutionaries for all of his wealth, and the older brothers joined the fight. He was orphaned at an early age, and was taken in by the Monastery of St. Mark of Koriša, where he learnt to read and write and was further educated. When he came of age, he took up working in a snuff factory, which was located along the Bistrica river in Prizren. Sima got a partner and started making capital doing this. In 1832 he married Sultane Drvarević and had two children: a daughter (Mana), and a son (Manojlo). By 1836, Mahmud Pasha Rotulla had fallen in disfavor with the High Porte, and an imperial servant called Tangr-Oglu had come to Prizren to take over the Pasha's territory and rule it. He taxed all the snuff makers out of business. Sima Andrejević moved to Aleksinac where he tried to open another snuff factory, but it did not work out. He then moved to Monastir (Bitola) (in modern North Macedonia) to gather and sell leeches, but this business venture did not go well either because the Pasha of Monastir did not let him prosper. He sued the Pasha, and while the judicial proceedings were going on in Constantinople, Sima – despaired and with no more financial reserves left – risked it all and started trading in tobacco, which proved to be his calling. He made his fortune in tobacco trading in Constantinople and Odessa. He invested his fortune in building educational facilities for the common good. In 1872 he built a teachers' theological school in Prizren which produced a great number of theological students and teachers. In 1874, after the seminary had been opened, to honor the name of Sima Andrejevic, a marble plaque stating arrived from Belgrade stating: “The deserving and honorable citizen of the magnificent city of Russia, St. Petersburg, Sima Andrejevic – Igumanov, with origin from Prizren, builds for the benefit of his brothers, the orthodox Serb people, who live in his homeland, in eternal commemoration to himself – in Prizren, August 10, 1872.”

He was awarded Order of the Cross of Takovo and Order of Prince Danilo I.

Bibliography
 Vladimir Boban, Sima A Igumanov, Zivot i delo, NUB "Ivo Andric," Pristina-Beograd, 2004
 Petar Kostic, Prosvetno-kulturni zivot pravoslavnih srba u Prizrenu i njegovoj okolini u XIX i pocetkom XX veka

References

1804 births
1882 deaths
19th-century Serbian people
Members of the Serbian Learned Society
Kosovo Serbs
People from Prizren
People from Kosovo vilayet
People from the Principality of Serbia

Serbian merchants
Ottoman merchants
19th-century businesspeople from the Ottoman Empire


title: American States Water

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American States Water Co. () is an American water and electricity utility company. It was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in San Dimas, California. The company has 50-year privatization contracts with U.S. government as a government contractor for its water system service. It is the water utility provider for about 246,000 customers and the electricity provider for over 23,000 customers in Big Bear Lake and California under the name Bear Valley Electric.

Background
As of February 2014, the company has a market capitalization of $1.12 billion and an enterprise value of 1.42 billion. It operates its business through three segments including water, electric and contracted service.

The company is the parent company of Golden State Water Company (GSWC) and American States Utility Services, Inc. (ASUS) as well as its subsidiaries. GSWC serves more than 45,000 customers in California. ASUS is a contractor for the U.S. government.

On January 17, 2013, one of the company's subsidiaries, ASUS, implemented Deltek Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM), which deals with contract data, as a contract management system to help grow the business and maintain government compliance. In June 2013, GSWC entered into an agreement to purchase all of the operating assets of Rural Water Company, which used to serve approximately 1,000 customers in the county of San Luis Obispo, California, In the winter of 2014, the company continued to provide water service to the customer despite the California drought.

Locations

Golden State Water
Golden State Water operates systems based in:
San Dimas
Los Alamitos
West Orange County
Placentia
Yorba Linda
Cowan Heights
Central Basin East
Artesia
Norwalk
Central Basin West
Bell/Bell Gardens
Florence-Graham
Hollydale
Willowbrook
Claremont
Culver City
San Gabriel
South San Gabriel
South Arcadia
Barstow
Calipatria
Bay Point
Arden Cordova
Cordova
Arden
Robbins
Wrightwood
Los Osos
Los Osos
Edna
Santa Maria
Orcutt
Nipomo
Cypress Ridge
Lake Marie
Tanglewood
Simi Valley
Clearlake
Morongo Valley
Morongo del Sur
Morongo del Norte
Apple Valley
Desert View
Lucerne
North Apple Valley
South Apple Valley

References

External links

Official American States Water website

Electric power companies of the United States
Water companies of the United States
Energy in California
Hydroelectric power companies of the United States
Companies based in Los Angeles County, California
Energy companies established in 1929
Renewable resource companies established in 1929
1929 establishments in California
American companies established in 1929
Environment of Greater Los Angeles
San Dimas, California
Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange


title: Tagbilaran City Science High School

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Tagbilaran City Science High School (Filipino: Mataas na Paaralang Pang-Agham ng Tagbilaran) is a special-science secondary school under the City Schools Division of Tagbilaran City in the Philippines. It is the first science high school established in Bohol. The other science secondary school is located in Ubay.

History
The Tagbilaran City Science High School was established in June 1995. The City Government had donated a parcel of land along M. Parras Extension which became the present-day site of the school.

The Campus
The school is composed of 15 academic classrooms, 1 science laboratory room, 2 computer laboratory rooms, a library, an amphitheater, a canteen, an administration building, a clinic, 13 toilets and a concrete-paved covered court.

The campus is located beside City East Elementary School. It has a total land area of 12,588 square meters.

Currently, there is a building construction at the back of the school for additional classrooms for Gr. 11 and Gr.12.

Curriculum
The school offers a special secondary science curriculum and STEM for the Senior High School (BEC) of the Department of Education (DepEd) with additional subjects in Science, Mathematics, Technology and Language (currently in French). The school also offers Senior High School.

Notable Students
 Rich Asuncion, actress
 Vivoree Esclito, actress

References

Science high schools in the Philippines
Schools in Tagbilaran
High schools in Bohol


title: Shyne Coldchain II

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Shyne Coldchain II is the fourth official mixtape released by American rapper Vince Staples. The mixtape was produced by No I.D., Evidence, DJ Babu, Childish Major, and Scoop DeVille. It also features guest appearances from singer-songwriters Jhené Aiko, and James Fauntleroy.

Background
Vince Staples began work on the project shortly after the release of his June 2013 collaborative effort with Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania native Mac Miller. Stolen Youth.

In an October 2013 interview, he told Complex:

On February 18, 2014, Staples revealed both the cover artwork and track listing for the mixtape.

On March 20, 2014, A music video was released via YouTube for the song "Nate."

On December 5, 2014 Amazon Music combined and reordered the tracks from Stolen Youth and Shyne Coldchain Vol. 2 and released them as an updated version of Stolen Youth (same name and artwork).

Critical reception

Upon its release, Shyne Coldchain II was met with acclaim from music critics. Complex named it the twenty-second best album of the first half of 2014. Writing for them, Dharmic X said, "Producing over half of the project, No I.D. supplied his new signee at Def Jam with a hard, aggressive soundscape that isn't rooted in nostalgia of any sort. But what impresses most here is Vince's lyrical maturity. He proves to be an adept storyteller on songs like "Nate," which describes his dad's drug addiction, and "Earth Science," where he talks about a high-school romance that left an empty place in his heart."

Track listing
 All tracks are written by Vince Staples

References

2014 mixtape albums
Vince Staples albums
Albums produced by No I.D.
Albums produced by Evidence (musician)
Albums produced by Scoop DeVille
Sequel albums


title: Orygmaspis

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Orygmaspis  is a genus of asaphid trilobite with an inverted egg-shaped outline, a wide headshield, small eyes, long genal spines, 12 spined thorax segments and a small, short tailshield, with four pairs of spines. It lived during the Upper Cambrian in what are today Canada and the United States.

Description
The outline of the exoskeleton  Orygmaspis  is inverted egg-shaped, with a parabolic headshield (or cephalon) less than twice as wide as long. The well-defined central raised area (or glabella), excluding the backward occipital ring, is ¾× as wide as long, moderately convex, truncate-tapering, with 3 pairs of shallow to obsolete lateral furrows. The occipital ring is well defined. The distance between the glabella and the border (or preglabellar field) is ±¼× as long as the glabella. Eyes small to almost medium, 12-20% of the length of the cephalon, positioned between the front and the middle of the glabella and about ⅓ as far out as the glabella is wide. The remaining parts of the cephalon, called fixed and free cheeks (or fixigenae and librigenae) are flat. The fracture lines (or sutures) that in moulting separate the librigenae from the fixigenae are divergent just in front of the eyes, becoming parallel near the border furrow and strongly convergent at the margin. From the back of the eyes the sutures are bending out, than in, diverging outward and backward at approximately 45°, cutting the posterior margin well within the inner bend of the spine (or opisthoparian sutures). The articulating middle part of the body (or thorax) has 12 segments. The anteriormost segment gradually narrows into a sideward directed point, while further to the back the spines are directed outward and the spine is of increasing length up until the ninth, while the spine on the tenth segment is abruptly much smaller, and 11 and 12 even more so. The small tailshield (or pygidium) is about ⅓× as wide as the cephalon, narrowly transverse about 2× wider than long. Its axis is slightly wider than the pleural fields to each side, and has up to 4 axial rings and a terminal and almost reaches the margin. Up to 4 pleural segments with obsolete interpleural grooves and shallow pleural furrows. The posterior margin has 3 or 4 pairs of spines, getting smaller further to the back. The surface has fine granules or is smooth.

Taxonomy
O. llanoensis and O. firma seem to represent the extremes in morphology of a continuous grade.

Distribution
 O. llanoensis was discovered in the Upper Cambrian of the United States (Morgan Creek Member, Wilburns Formation, Central Texas; Taenocephalus-zone, Murray County, Arbuckle Mountains, Oklahoma; Montana; Wyoming).
 O. calvilimbata occurs in the Upper Cambrian of the United States (Tomah member, Friendship Mound, Wisconsin).
 O. contracta is found in the Upper Cambrian of the United States (Honey Creek Limestone, Central Oklahoma; Tomah member, Lone Rock Formation, White Creek, Wisconsin;) and Canada (McKay Member, Clay Creek, near Cranbrook, British Columbia).

References

Anomocaroidea
Asaphida genera
Cambrian trilobites
Fossils of Canada
Fossils of the United States
Paleozoic life of Alberta
Paleozoic life of Newfoundland and Labrador
Paleozoic life of Yukon


title: Karoline Nemetz

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Karoline Nemetz (married name: Ettemark; born 28 June 1958) is a Swedish former middle- and long-distance runner.

Nemetz grew up in Eskilstuna and began competing in athletics and skiing. She eventually settled on running as her focus and made her breakthrough at national level in 1978 by winning the 1500 metres and 3000 metres titles at the Swedish Athletics Championships. She followed this up by retaining those titles the following season and also taking the cross country running short race title.

Nemetz won her first major medal at the 1980 World Championships in Athletics. This was a two-event competition created by the International Amateur Athletics Federation in response to the lack of the women's 400 metres hurdles and 3000 m run at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Nemetz took the 3000 m silver medal behind Birgit Friedmann. Her runner-up time of 8:50.22 minutes was a new Swedish record and she was the first to beat Inger Knutsson's Swedish time for that distance. Nemetz's time stood for almost sixteen years, at which point Sara Wedlund improved the mark by a second and a half. Nemetz also retained her Swedish short cross country title, but Katharina Jönnå and Birgit Bringslid took that year's Swedish track titles. She won the 3000 m at the 1980 DN Galan in Stockholm.

In 1981 Nemetz won her third 3000 m national title. She also set two further Swedish records: running 15:59.84 for the 5000 metres at the Bislett Games, and 2:37:06 hours for the marathon when placing sixth at the 1981 New York City Marathon. Nemetz was awarded the Stora grabbars märke award at the end of the season.

Her career abruptly came to a halt in 1982 as she suffered an Achilles tendon injury. The subsequent operation affected her ability to train and she retired from the sport.

References

External links

Living people
1958 births
Swedish female middle-distance runners
Swedish female long-distance runners
World Athletics Championships medalists
Sportspeople from Eskilstuna


title: Saliha Naciye Kadın

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Saliha Naciye Kadın (, "the devout one" and "saved and freed"; born Zeliha Ankuap; 1887 – 1923) was the last consort of Sultan Abdul Hamid II of the Ottoman Empire.

Early life
Of Abkhazian origin, Saliha Naciye Kadın was born in 1887. Born as Zeliha Ankuap, she was the daughter of Aslan Bey Ankuap. In 1901, Kabasakal Mehmed Pasha, presented her for service in the Yıldız Palace, where her name according to the custom of the Ottoman court was changed to Saliha Naciye.

Marriage
Three years into service, Abdul Hamid took notice of Saliha Naciye, and they married on 4 November 1904 in the Yıldız Palace. She was 17 and he was 62. She was his thirteenth and last consort. She was given the title of "Sixth Ikbal". She was very sweet, gentle and modest, characteristics appreciated by the sultan. A year after the marriage, on 17 May 1905, she gave birth to her first child, a son, Şehzade Mehmed Abid, and three years later on 16 January 1908 to her second child, a daughter, Samiye Sultan, who died on 24 January 1909. After her daughter birth, she was given the honorary rank of "Fifth Kadın", with title Saliha Naciye Kadın. Saliha Naciye was by far the favorite consort of Abdülhamid II, followed by Müşfika Kadın and Pesend Hanım.

In the 1909 mutiny, Kabasakal ("twisted beard") was shaved and publicly hanged, and on 27 April 1909, Abdul Hamid was deposed, and sent into exile in Thessaloniki. Naciye was close to him, and so she and her son Abid accompanied him. But after Thessaloniki fell to Greece in 1912, Abdülhamid returned to Istanbul  and settled in the Beylerbeyi Palace, where he died in 1918. Saliha Naciye refused to abandon Abdülhamid and, together with Müşfika Kadın, demanded to stay with him in Beylerbeyi Palace until his death. Pesend Hanım, on the other hand, was unable to obtain permission and therefore never saw her husband again, suffering greatly from this, so much so that she shaved her head as a sign of mourning at his death.

Last years and death
After Abdul Hamid's death, Saliha Naciye settled in the mansion of Şehzade Mehmed Selim located in Serencebey.

She died in 1923, and was buried in the mausoleum of Sultan Mahmud II, located at Divan Yolu street.

Issue

In literature and popular culture
Saliha Naciye Kadın is a character in Tim Symonds' historical novel Sherlock Holmes and The Sword of Osman (2015).
In the 2017 TV series Payitaht: Abdülhamid, Saliha Naciye Kadın is portrayed by Turkish actress Vildan Atasever.

See also
Ikbal (title)
Ottoman Imperial Harem
List of consorts of the Ottoman sultans

Annotations

References

Sources

20th-century consorts of Ottoman sultans
1887 births
Georgians from the Ottoman Empire
People from Batumi
1923 deaths
People from the Ottoman Empire of Abkhazian descent
Abdul Hamid II


title: The Beautiful (band)

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The Beautiful was an American rock band from New York City.

History
With a line-up that consisted of Jonathan Lacey (vocals, guitar), Perry Bottke (bass), and Frank Ferrer (drums), the Beautiful signed to Warner Bros. subsidiary Giant Records, the group issued a pair of releases—a five-song, self-titled EP in September 1990, and a full-length album, Storybook, in May 1992. The group received some media coverage, including a feature article in Rip Magazine and a video clip for the song "John Doe" being aired on the Headbangers Ball program on MTV, but by 1993, the group split up.

Since 2006, Frank Ferrer has been a member of Guns N' Roses (replacing Bryan Mantia)—supplying drums on the songs "Chinese Democracy", "Better", "If the World", "There Was a Time" and "I.R.S." on their 2008 album, Chinese Democracy, and touring throughout the world with the band. After the Beautiful and prior to joining Guns N' Roses, Ferrer also played drums for a variety of acts, including The Psychedelic Furs, Perry Farrell, Wyclef Jean and Tool, among others.

The musical style of the Beautiful has been described as "A mix of Jane's Addiction at their most wistful and the broody flowery sway of Saigon Kick. Ultra-cool without having to try, it manages to glint but always remain exquisite from a far and is happy to lace its edges with darkness."

In 2012, Lacey gave this update about what he and his former band mates were up to via a posting on YouTube: "The three of us sunk our lives into the band. Many many miles in that Ford Econoline van. Frank is in Guns N' Roses now, Perry is a proud and wonderful father of a very accomplished cellist and I am fronting a RnB party/show band. Still singin about the dangers of powders and women! Check out the Johnny Tone fan page on FB. It ain't the Beautiful but I ain't 25 either. Thank you for the views and kind words. It means a lot. J H L"

In March 2014, an official Facebook page for the band was launched.

Later in 2014, Storybook came in at number two on a "Top 10 Underrated 90's Alternative Rock Albums" list at the Alternative Nation website.

Ferrer has remained a member of Guns N' Roses—including being part of the group's Not in This Lifetime... Tour, which saw Axl Rose reunite with original members Slash and Duff McKagan.

Discography
The Beautiful (1990)
Storybook (1992)

References

External links

Musical groups established in 1988
Musical groups disestablished in 1993
American alternative metal musical groups
Giant Records (Warner) artists
Musical groups from New York City


title: Elton Acolatse

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Elton-Ofoi Acolatse (born 25 July 1995) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a winger for Hungarian club Diósgyőri VTK. Besides the Netherlands, he has played in Belgium, Israel and Turkey.

Club career

Ajax
Born in Amsterdam to Ghanaian parents, Acolatse joined the Ajax Youth Academy in 2003. He played for the under-19 Ajax A1 team during the 2012–13 season. On 27 April 2012, Acolatse signed a three-year contract with Ajax, tying him down to the club until 30 June 2015. He made his professional debut for the reserves team Jong Ajax, starting in a 4–0 away defeat to FC Emmen in Eerste Divisie on 17 January 2014. He was substituted off in the 60th minute for Vincent Vermeij.

Westerlo
On 21 July 2016, it was announced that Acolatse had signed a three-year contract with Belgian club K.V.C. Westerlo. On 31 July 2016, he made his debut for Westerlo on the first matchday of the season against Standard Liège. The match ended in a 2–2 draw with Acolatse scoring the 1–1 equaliser after 30 minutes.

Club Brugge
On 5 April 2017, it was announced that Club Brugge had signed Acolatse to a four-year contract, joining the club on a free transfer from KVC Westerlo.

Sint-Truiden
He only spent one season contracted to Brugge, when he was on loan to Sint-Truiden. He then joined the club permanently.

Hapoel Be'er Sheva
After two years at Sint-Truiden, Acolatse moved to Hapoel Be'er Sheva of Israel on loan, with an option for the club to buy him. He scored his debut goal against Motherwell in the Europa League third qualifying round. In the 2020–21 Europa League group stage, he scored two goals in the 86th and 88th minutes respectively (including one from the middle of the field) as his side defeated Slavia Prague 3–1.

Career statistics

Club

Honours
Hapoel Beer Sheva
 Israeli State Cup: 2019–20

Netherlands U17
 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship: 2012

References

External links
 Netherlands stats at OnsOranje

1995 births
Living people
Footballers from Amsterdam
Dutch sportspeople of Ghanaian descent
Men's association football wingers
Dutch men's footballers
AFC Ajax players
Jong Ajax players
K.V.C. Westerlo players
Club Brugge KV players
Sint-Truidense V.V. players
Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. players
Bursaspor footballers
F.C. Ashdod players
Diósgyőri VTK players
Eerste Divisie players
Belgian Pro League players
Israeli Premier League players
TFF First League players
Nemzeti Bajnokság I players
Netherlands men's youth international footballers
Dutch expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
Expatriate men's footballers in Israel
Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Israel
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Hungary


title: Saint Thomas Historical Trust

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St Thomas Historical Trust (also Saint Thomas Historical Trust), is a non-profit  located on Saint Thomas island, in the United States Virgin Islands.

Programs
The Trust's headquarters and history museum are located in the Roosevelt Park area of Charlotte Amalie on St. Thomas. The Trust works to preserve the cultural and historical heritage of Saint Thomas, through education, advocacy, and preservation promotion.

It has an ongoing program of historical and cultural events, including lectures, walking tours, practical projects and activities for children. It also organises initiatives to celebrate traditions of the islanders and raises funds for future preservation work.

History
The Trust was established in 1966 as a non-profit organization.   Early projects included involvement in the archeological site on Tutu island.

The Trust has since been involved in numerous preservation, restoration, and outreach projects, including the Hassel Island Historic District on Hassel Island, the Bred Gade step streets of Charlotte Amalie, and the Danish colonial Fort Christian.

See also

References

External links

Saint Thomas Historical Trust Facebook page

Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
History of the United States Virgin Islands
Historic preservation organizations in the United States
Danish West Indies
1966 establishments in the United States Virgin Islands


title: Stuffed intestines

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Stuffed intestines () is a dish of Middle Eastern origin called Bumbar/Mumbar. The main ingredients are minced meat, cow or lamb's intestines, rice, tomato paste, onion, chickpeas, salt, black pepper, allspice, and cinnamon.

In, Israeli cuisine, stuffed intestines is sometimes being used in a slow cooked Hamin dish for shabbat.

See also
 Mumbar (food)
 List of lamb dishes
 List of stuffed dishes

References

Arab cuisine
Israeli cuisine
Lebanese cuisine
Lamb dishes


title: Nemetz

text:
Nemetz is a German surname of Slavic origin that comes from a variation on the Slavic word Němec, meaning "mute" (in this context, ethnic German non-Slavic speakers). It may refer to:

Andreas Nemetz (1799–1846), Moravian bandmaster and composer
Karoline Nemetz (born 1958), Swedish former distance runner
Kurt Nemetz (1926–2008), Austrian cyclist
Lenora Nemetz, American theatre actress
Max Nemetz (1886–1971), German film and stage actor.
Nathaniel Nemetz (1913–1997), Canadian lawyer and judge

See also
Nimitz
Niemiec, Polish
Németh, Hungarian
Němec, Czech

German-language surnames
West Slavic-language surnames
Ethnonymic surnames


title: Crisis response team

text:
Crisis response team may refer to:
 A SWAT team
 An emergency response team focusing on post trauma counseling


title: 2002 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group IV

text:
The Group IV tournament was held April 1–6, in Calliaqua, Saint Vincent, on outdoor hard courts.

Format
The six teams played in a single Round-robin tournament . The top two teams  were promoted to the Americas Zone Group III in 2003.

Results of Individual Ties

Bolivia and Saint Lucia promoted to Group III for 2003.

References

2002 Davis Cup Americas Zone
Davis Cup Americas Zone


title: Church of India

text:
Church of India may refer to:

General
Christianity in India
Saint Thomas Christians
Malabar Church (historic, general)
Malankara Church (historic, general)
Oriental Orthodoxy in India
Catholic Church in India
Protestantism in India
Eastern Orthodoxy in India

Eastern churches
Church of the East / Assyrian
India (East Syriac ecclesiastical province) (historical overview)
Chaldean Syrian Church (Assyrian Church of the East in India)
Oriental Orthodox
Jacobite Syrian Christian Church (Syriac Orthodox Church of India)
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church (Indian Orthodox Church)
Eastern Catholic
Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
Reformed/independent
Malabar Independent Syrian Church
Mar Thoma Syrian Church (Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church)
St. Thomas Evangelical Church of India

Western churches
Anglican Church of India, a part of the Continuing Anglican movement
Church of India, Burma and Ceylon (CIBC; later of India, Pakistan &c, CIPBC), the historic province of the Anglican Communion in British India
Church of North India (United Church, Protestant), and a successor of the CIPBC. Previously Church of the Brethren in India
Church of South India (United Church, Protestant), and a successor of the CIPBC
Evangelical Church of India, an extension of One Mission Society
Presbyterian Church of India
Reformed Presbyterian Church of India
South India Reformed Churches also known as Reformed Church of India

See also
Indian Church (disambiguation)
Communion of Churches in India - representative body of three mainland Protestant Churches in India: The Church of North India, The Church of South India, and the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church (refer to above)
National Council of Churches in India
United Evangelical Lutheran Churches in India


title: Secamone schatzii

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Secamone schatzii is a plant species endemic to Madagascar. It grows in lowland rainforest in the eastern part of the country. The species is named in honor of George Schatz of the Missouri Botanical Garden.

Secamone schatzii is a liana climbing as high as 20 m. Stems are hairless, round in cross-section. Leaves are opposite, unlobed, elliptical, up to 6 cm long. Flores are borne in short racemes in the axils of the leaves. Corolla is tubular, yellow-orange, up to 1.3 mm long, hairy in the mouth but smooth and hairless on the lobes, thinning toward the margins.

References

Endemic flora of Madagascar
Flora of the Madagascar lowland forests
schatzii


title: Emmure discography

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Emmure is an American metalcore band. The group formed in 2003 in New Fairfield, Connecticut, but later moved to Queens, New York. The discography of Emmure consists of eight full-length albums, one EP and three demos.

Studio albums

EPs

Demos

Surrounded By Nothing
 Released: 2004
 Label: Dead People Ink Records
 Format: CDr, Promo
 Information: The band's first ever demo. Many of the songs would later get re-recorded under new titles for some of the band's later releases, such as the band's Nine Eleven Zero Four demo and their EP The Complete Guide to Needlework.

Track list:
 Symbols of Destruction
 One Mind
 Crystal Heart
 Angels Cry Forever
 Never Fade
 Dying Dream
 Erasing Tomorrow
 Burning Bridges
 Bitter Sweet
 Nothing But Me

Nine Eleven Zero Four
 Released: 2004
 Label: Self-released
 Format: CD-R
 Information: was released/sold in a slimline CD case with an image of a deceased cupid as the cover art. The name of the demo is a tribute to the Lionel brother's friend who died on the date September 11, 2004. Guitarist Jesse Ketive engineered/produced all three songs.

Track list:
 If God Only Knew
 Green Is the Worst Color Ever
 Mr. Know It All But No One Asks Me the Right Questions

Untitled Demo 2005
 Released: 2005
 Label: Self-released
 Format: CDr, Promo
 Information: Demo recorded at GRS Studios in New York City. All 3 tracks are early demo versions of songs that would later get re-recorded for The Complete Guide to Needlework. The track titled "Untitled" would later acquire the name "22 Exits Away" for the EP.

Track list:
 I Should Have Called Mrs. Cleo
 Untitled
 Johnny Carson Didn't Have To Die

Singles

"Gypsy Disco" (2020)
"Sons of Medusa" (2021)

Music videos

Collaborations

References

Heavy metal group discographies
Discographies of American artists


title: Mappleborough Green

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Mappleborough Green is a small village and civil parish in Warwickshire, in the non-metropolitan district of Stratford-on-Avon. The village has a population of 540 and the civil parish 857.

Mappleborough Green lies on the extreme western edge of Warwickshire adjacent to Redditch and thus forming part of the county border with Worcestershire, and adjoins the parishes of Studley, Tanworth-in-Arden, Beoley, Morton Bagot and Oldberrow.  The western edge of the parish is largely aligned with the A435 trunk road from Evesham to Birmingham.

History
Although likely settled since around 1200CE, Mappleborough Green was part of the Studley estate until 1824.  A church was built in the village in the Victorian era, financed by Sir William Jaffray Bart and remains in active use.  A Wesleyan chapel in the village is no longer active. The civil parish was formed on 1 April 2004 from Studley.

Business
Mappleborough Green is primarily rural.  Local business includes farming and a concentration of garden centres.  These and the parish's country pubs serve the much larger population of Redditch.  The village also has a Chinese restaurant

References

Villages in Warwickshire
Civil parishes in Warwickshire
Stratford-on-Avon District


title: Second VA-214 (U.S. Navy)

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VA-214, nicknamed the Volunteers, was a short-lived attack squadron of the U.S. Navy. It was the second squadron to bear the VA-214 designation, the first VA-214 was disestablished on 16 May 1949.

The squadron was established as Fighter Squadron VF-214 on 30 March 1955, and redesignated as VA-214 on 11 October 1956. The squadron, based at NAS Moffett Field, California, was the first West Coast squadron to make an extended deployment to WESTPAC with the new FJ-4B Fury. It was disestablished on 1 August 1958.

Aircraft assignment
The squadron first received the following aircraft on the dates shown:
 FJ-3 Fury – 31 Mar 1955
 F9F-8 Cougar – Nov 1955
 FJ-4B Fury – 18 Jun 1957

See also
Attack aircraft
List of inactive United States Navy aircraft squadrons
History of the United States Navy

References

Attack squadrons of the United States Navy
Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons


title: Roberta Pinotti

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Roberta Pinotti (born 20 May 1961) is an Italian politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she served as the Italian Minister of Defence in the governments of Matteo Renzi and Paolo Gentiloni from 22 February 2014 to 1 June 2018.

Early life
Roberta Pinotti was born in Genoa, in 1961; she holds a degree in modern literature at the University of Genoa and is a teacher of Italian in high schools.

During her adolescence, she was a member of the Association of Italian Catholic Guides and Scouts.

Political career
She began her political career at the end of the 1980s as a district counselor of Italian Communist Party. She later joined the Democratic Party of the Left, the Democrats of the Left party (in which she held the position of provincial secretary between 1999 and 2001) and the Democratic Party. In her hometown she has served as councilor for school, youth policies and social policies (1993–1997) and for educational institutions (1997–1999).

First elected deputy in 2001, Pinotti was the shadow minister of defense in the Shadow Cabinet of Walter Veltroni between May 2008 and April 2009.

In 2012 she was a candidate for the centre-left primary election to become Mayor of Genoa, but she arrived only third after the leftist Marco Doria and the upcoming Mayor Marta Vincenzi.

In 2013 she was appointed undersecretary of state (sottosegretario di stato) in the Ministry of Defence in the government led by Enrico Letta.

After her stint as Minister of Defence, Pinotti became a Senator of the Democratic Party of Italy.

Minister of Defence
When the new Secretary of the Democratic Party Matteo Renzi forced Letta to resign and became the new Prime Minister on 22 February 2014, he appointed Pinotti as Minister of Defence; she is the first woman to have ever held this office in Italy.

Her first act was to meet the wives of the two Italian marines detained in India, due to the Enrica Lexie case.

She received the America Award of the Italy-USA Foundation in 2014.

In October 2014 she visited the United Arab Emirates and met with Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in order to strengthen the bilateral relations with regards to the Defense. In February 2015 she returned to the United Arab Emirates in occasion of the International Defence Industry Exhibition (IDEX), attended by several Italian companies, and met again with Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

She received criticism in February 2015 over navy recruitment adverts which used slogans written in English.
Later that month she hinted that Italy was ready to lead a coalition force to defeat ISIS in Libya, saying: “We have been discussing it for months, but now an intervention has become urgent.”

On 12 December 2016, when Renzi resigned as Prime Minister after the constitutional referendum, Pinotti was confirmed as Defence Minister by the new Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni.

In 2017 the Parliament approved the so-called "White Book", a plan of reorganization of the heads of the Ministry of Defence and the related structures; the plan also provided a reform of the Italian Armed Forces and a reorganization of the training system.

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Living people
Politicians from Genoa
Renzi Cabinet
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title: List of 1992 Winter Olympics medal winners

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The 1992 Winter Olympics, officially known by the International Olympic Committee as the XVI Olympic Winter Games, were a multi-sport event held in Albertville, France, from February 8 through February 23, 1992. A total of 1,801 athletes representing 64 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated at the Games in 57 events across 12 disciplines.

Two disciplines were contested for medals for the first time after being demonstration sports four years prior in Calgary: freestyle skiing and short track speed skating.  In addition, the first women's events were held in biathlon and a pursuit event was added in cross-country skiing for both men and women.

Following the late-1991 dissolution of the Soviet Union, six of the newly independent countries participated together as the Unified Team, the only Winter Olympics at which they would do so.  The three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania chose to compete independently from the Unified Team.  The republics of Croatia and Slovenia made their Olympic debuts, being newly independent from Yugoslavia.  Following German reunification, the combined Federal Republic of Germany was represented by one combined team.

Germany was the most successful team at these Olympics, winning 10 gold medals out of 26 total; both were the most of any nation.  The Unified Team came in second in both tallies, with 9 golds and 23 total medals – Norway tied the Unified Team with 9 golds, but had only 20 total medals.  New Zealand's Annelise Coberger won the country's first Winter Olympics medal, the first by someone representing a Southern Hemisphere nation.  Lyubov Yegorova was the most successful athlete, with five medals: three golds and two silvers.  Her teammate on the Unified Team and fellow cross-country skier Yelena Välbe also won five medals; she had one gold and four bronze medals.  Thirty-eight athletes won more than one medal in Albertville, and twenty NOCs won at least one medal.

Alpine skiing

Biathlon

Bobsleigh

Cross-country skiing

Figure skating

Freestyle skiing

Ice hockey

Luge

Nordic combined

Short track speed skating

Ski jumping

Speed skating

Multiple medalists

Athletes who won three or more medals during the 1992 Winter Olympics are listed below.

Notes
 No bronze medal was awarded in this event because two competitors tied for the silver medal with a time of 2 minutes and 13.71 seconds.

See also
 1992 Winter Olympics medal table

References

External links

Medal winners
Olympic
Lists of Winter Olympic medalists by year


title: Saagasam

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Saagasam () is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film directed by Arun Raj Varma and written and presented by Thiagarajan. The film stars Prashanth and Amanda Rosario, while an ensemble cast including Sonu Sood, Nassar, Thambi Ramaiah, Kota Srinivasa Rao, and M. S. Bhaskar portray supporting roles. The music was composed by S. Thaman. Soonu sood scenes reused from original

The film is a remake the 2012 Telugu film Julayi  and was released on 5 February 2016. Some of the actors in the Telugu movie reprise their roles, including Sonu Sood, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Rao Ramesh, and Brahmaji.

Plot
A master robber and thug named Bittu and a local MLA named Varatharajan plan to rob  ( crores) from a bank. Ravi Narayan believes in earning quick money rather than toiling like his father Narayana Murthy. During a chance meeting with Bittu, Ravi reveals his intention of making quick money by betting on an IPL match and discloses the location of the betting ring. However, the police raid the location, and Ravi is apprehended. During interrogation, Ravi deduces that Bittu has tipped off the cops to commit a crime and convinces ACP Rajamanickam. Bittu successfully robs the bank, and his brother Lala takes the money to the city's dumping yard.

However, the police catch Lala, who resists them, only to be killed by Ravi. Meanwhile, Bittu goes to the dumping yard to collect the money but is shocked as the dumping yard is burnt to ashes. Having his brother dead and the money burnt, Bittu decides to kill Ravi. Manickam sends Ravi to Coimbatore from Chennai under the Witness Protection Program and makes him stay at his friend DIG Sitaram's house. One day, Ravi happens to see Madhu, a middle-class girl who works with travel agent Murthy, an associate of Bittu. He prepares fake passports for Bittu's gang to help them escape from India. Ravi befriends Madhu, both fall in love with each other and the two find out about Bittu.

Bittu kills Rajamanickam by planting a bomb in his car and also attacks Ravi's family where his father gets hospitalised but recovers, which makes him realise his mistakes and also asks him to retrieve the money for the people, who toiled day and night for their family. Ravi finds that his sister Raji is kidnapped and also framed for Rajamanickam’s murder when he unknowingly picked up a call which is a phone bomb activated in the car but is released with the help of DIG Sitaram. Ravi finds that Rajamanickam had faked his death as Bittu learned of Rajamanickam and Varatharajan's plan when he learns that they exchanged the money in the dumping yard into fake currencies which were burnt by them to let Bittu think that Ravi burnt the money.

Bittu kills Rajamanickam and Varatharajan and plans to escape from the country by having the money stored in a container and transporting it to a goods ship. Ravi, having deduced Bittu's plan fools the henchman and makes them return the money to the bank. The henchman gets killed by the mob, who were protesting at the bank. A showdown occurs between Ravi and Bittu where Ravi kills Bittu with Sitaram's help, exposes the stolen money and also saves Raji. The movie concludes with Ravi realizing the importance of hard work over any apparent short-term routes to success. In the end, Ravi attends an interview and gets selected for the job, in which he earns .

Cast

Prashanth as Ravi Narayan
Amanda Rosario as Madhu
Sonu Sood as Bittu
Nassar as Narayana Murthy, Ravi's father
Kota Srinivasa Rao as Varatharajan
Thambi Ramaiah as ACP Seetharaman
Abeetha as Kavitha, Seetharaman's daughter
Abi Saravanan as Kothandapani
M. S. Bhaskar as Sadanandam
Rao Ramesh as Commissioner Rajamanickam
Brahmaji as "Travel" Murthy
Tulasi as Kameshwari, Ravi's mother
Madhan Bob as Madhu's father
Hema as Madhu's stepmother
Devadarshini as Lalitha, Seetharaman's wife
John Vijay as "Chain" Jaipal
Riyaz Khan as Bar Owner
Sheetal Menon as Sheetal
Leema Babu as Raji, Ravi's sister
Shafi as Bala
Ravi Prakash as Dhanushkoti
Swaminathan as Iyer
Vamsi Krishna as Bittu's henchman
'Hello FM' Suresh as RJ Suresh
Sai Prashanth
Robo Shankar in a cameo appearance
Nalini
Besant Ravi
Selvi Subbaraj
Indhu
Sai Ram
Nargis Fakhri as item girl in "Desi Girl"
Zareen Khan in Special appearance "Desi Girl"
Sandy

Production
Prashanth and his father, Thiagarajan scouted locations to make the film while on business trips to Kuwait and Australia. The team soon requested fans to name the film through a poll on Facebook, with the titles considered including Asthiram and Modhi Paar, before Saahasam was finalised. The film progressed through the end of 2013 with little media coverage, and the technical crew and cast remained unannounced. In early February 2014, it was announced that Arun Raj Varma was making his debut as a director while Sakthi Saravanan and Devi Sri Prasad would be cinematographer and music composer respectively. In a turn of events, Thaman replaced Devi Sri Prasad as composer, working on an original soundtrack.

The team re-began work after a break in late May 2014 and it was announced that Nargis Fakhri had signed on to appear in an item number. The song, composed by Thaman and written by Madhan Karky, was filmed in late July 2014 at Binny Mills, Chennai. Nargis Fakhri had flown from Hungary to be a part of the shoot, with Raju Sundaram choreographing the song also featuring hundred extras. Tamannaah was briefly linked as the female lead, before Australian model Amanda Rosario was chosen as the lead actress in the film. The team subsequently shot for the film in late 2014 and early 2015 in locations including Coimbatore, Chennai, Malaysia and Japan. A week prior to the film's release in February 2016, the film was retitled from Saahasam to Saagasam, with the tagline Enra Veerachayal, in order to recoup tax benefits.

Soundtrack

In July 2014, the film's first song, described as a "bar number" featuring actress Nargis Fakhri in an item number, was recorded. Written by Madhan Karky, the song's original version was sung by actress Remya Nambeesan. In late October, a gaana song titled "Pudikkum Pudikkum" written by Kabilan was recorded with Shreya Ghoshal, who remarked that it was her first tryst with the "kuthu" genre. Impressed with his work in the album, producer Thiagarajan and Prashanth gifted Thaman, a Toyota Fortuner car on his birthday in November 2014. In early December 2014, the song written by Madhan Karky was recorded with the voice of actress Lakshmi Menon, replacing Remya Nambeesan's voice. The team initially approached Yo Yo Honey Singh to sing the male portions for the song, but his unavailability meant that Anirudh Ravichander instead recorded "Madhoo" for the album. Mohit Chauhan recorded a song titled "Penne Kutty Penne" in Mumbai in mid-December, while Shankar Mahadevan lent his vocals in the duet with Shreya Ghoshal. The team also announced that Arijit Singh and Andrea Jeremiah would work on the soundtrack which did not made it to the album, while a further track was recorded with Silambarasan in the final week of 2014.

Critical reception
M. Suganth of Times of India rated the film 2.5 out of 5 and wrote "Prashanth, making a return to the screen after quite a while, gives his best, but we can't help but feel that this required an even younger hero. But what lets the film down the most is that it is directed without any feel for the material, so we are unsure if we need to take the film seriously or as a spoof". Sify wrote "Overall, Saagasam might attract audiences who love Telugu commercial entertainers but for others, it’s just another average entertainer".

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2016 action comedy films
Indian action comedy films
Tamil remakes of Telugu films
2010s Tamil-language films
2016 films
Indian heist films
Indian films about gambling
Films about witness protection
Films scored by Thaman S
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2010s heist films
2016 directorial debut films
2016 comedy films
Films shot in Malaysia
Films shot in Japan
Films shot in Kuala Lumpur


title: Camouflage (Stan Ridgway song)

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"Camouflage" is a song by Stan Ridgway, released as the third single from his 1986 debut solo album The Big Heat. The song was a chart hit in Europe, peaking at No. 2 in Ireland and No. 4 in the United Kingdom, but did not enter the chart in the US.

A cover version of the song was published in 2016 by the Swedish power-metal band Sabaton in the album The Last Stand .

Lyrics
The song, written in the style of a cowboy ballad, is sung from the viewpoint of a young PFC (Private first class) of the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. On a search and destroy mission ("hunting Charlie down") he becomes separated from his patrol. Alone in the jungle, he feels himself surrounded and begins to fear for his life; just then, a "big marine" introducing himself as "Camouflage" comes to his rescue. The two fight together through the course of a night making their way back to base, during which the PFC notices that Camouflage is unaffected by bullets and is capable of superhuman feats. Camouflage leaves after leading the PFC to the edge of his camp. On his return, the PFC is informed that Camouflage had been on his deathbed for the past week, and died the previous night; just before his death, he said "Semper Fi" and expressed his last wish, "to save a young marine".

Charts

References

External links

1985 songs
1986 singles
I.R.S. Records singles
Stan Ridgway songs
Songs about ghosts
Songs written by Stan Ridgway
Songs of the Vietnam War


title: 2014 in arthropod paleontology

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This list of fossil arthropods described in 2014 is a list of new taxa of trilobites, fossil insects, crustaceans, arachnids and other fossil arthropods of every kind that have been described during the year 2014. The list only includes taxa at the level of genus or species.

Arachnids

Newly named taxa

Newly named crustaceans

Insects

Trilobites

Other arthropods

References

Arthropod paleontology
Lists of arthropods
2014 in paleontology
Articles containing video clips


title: West Nile Rural Electrification Company

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West Nile Rural Electrification Company Limited (WENRECO) is an electric energy generating and distribution company in the West Nile sub-region of the Northern Region of Uganda. WENRECO is a wholly owned subsidiary of Industrial Promotion Services (IPS), the industrial development arm of the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED). AKFED is a member of the Aga Khan Development Network.

Overview
In 2003, WENRECO, through competitive bidding, won a concession to generate, distribute, and sell electricity in the West Nile sub-region, consisting of eight districts and home to an estimated 2.3 million people. The company owns a 1.5 megawatt heavy fuel electric generator and is part-owner and operator of the Nyagak I Power Station.

WENRECO is the implementer and co-funder of the West Nile Rural Electrification Project, which was initiated in 2013. The project targeted electrification of 30 health centers, 60 schools, 250 businesses, and 6,000 households between 2013 and 2015. Funding for the project was provided by the government of Uganda, KfW, WENRECO, and the Energy Facility Pooling Mechanism.

In 2013, WENRECO began switching the 4,000 customers that it had at that time to pre-paid metering service.

Power stations

WENRECO operates two power stations: WENRECO heavy fuel thermal plant with a capacity of 1.5 megawatts, located in Ewuata, Arua District; and the Nyagak I Power Station, a 3.5 megawatt mini-hydropower station, located in Paidha, Zombo District. These facilities are the main public electric power sources available to the West Nile sub-region, which is not yet connected to the national grid. Connection to the national grid is expected following the completion of the Karuma Hydroelectric Power Station around 2020.

Photographs
 Photograph of WENRECO 1.5 Megawatts Heavy Fuel Power Station In Arua, Uganda

See also
 Electricity Regulatory Authority
 Nyagak II Power Station
 Nyagak III Power Station

References

External links
Webpage of the Electricity Regulatory Authority

Aga Khan Development Network
Energy companies of Uganda
Companies established in 2003
Electric power companies of Uganda


title: 2014 in molluscan paleontology

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This list, 2014 in molluscan paleontology, is a list of new taxa of ammonites and other fossil cephalopods, as well as fossil gastropods, bivalves and other molluscs that have been described during the year 2014.

Newly named ammonites

Other cephalopods

Newly named gastropods

Other molluscs

References

Molluscs
Paleomalacology


title: Lele Hardy

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Wilesia "Lele" Hardy (born September 6, 1988) is an American former professional basketball player. She won the Icelandic championship with Njarðvík in 2012, when she was also named Úrvalsdeild Playoffs MVP, and was named the Úrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the Year three years in a row, from 2012 to 2014. She won the Icelandic Basketball Cup with Njarðvík in 2012 and in 2014 with Haukar while also being named the Cup Finals MVP.

Hardy played three seasons in the Naisten Korisliiga, leading the league in scoring in 2016.

Professional career

England
Hardy's first professional stop was with the Nottingham Wildcats of the then top-tier English Women's Basketball League. She helped the club reach the English EBL semifinals and for the season she averaged 20,1 points and 10,3 rebounds.

Iceland
Hardy won the Icelandic national championship in 2012 with Njarðvík, while also being named the playoffs MVP, and the Icelandic cup two times; with Njarðvík in 2012 and Haukar in 2014. She led the league in rebounds for four straight years (2012–2015) while leading the league in scoring for the 2013–2014 season. She finished second in scoring in 2015 and third in 2012 and 2013.

Finland
In August 2015, Hardy signed with Vimpelin Veto in the Finnish Naisten Korisliiga league. In her first season she led the league in scoring with an average of 22,6 points per game.

She spent the 2017–2018 season with Tapiolan Honka, helping the club finish second in the league.

Return to Iceland
On June 30, 2018, Hardy returned to Iceland and signed with Haukar as a player and assistant coach to Ólöf Helga Pálsdóttir. In her first game back, Haukar lost in the Super Cup to Keflavík, 77–83, despite Hardy's 23 points. On 20 February 2019, Haukar announced that Hardy would not finish the season with the team but would continue in her capacity as a coach for the junior teams. In 20 games she averaged 21.4 points, 14.4 rebounds and 5.7 assists.

Career statistics

College

Naisten Korisliiga

|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2015–2016
| style="text-align:left;"| Vimpelin Veto
| 15 || – || 35.3 || .468 || .257 || .693 || 11.9 || 3.8 || 3.9 || 0.7 || 22.6 || –
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2016–2017
| style="text-align:left;"| Vimpelin Veto
| 27 || – || 32.6 || .439 || .214 || .620 || 9.6 || 5.4 || 3.1 || 0.3 || 17.8 || –
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2017–2018
| style="text-align:left;"| Tapiolan Honka
| 33 || – || 31.5 || .404 || .274 || .662 || 13.6 || 3.7 || 2.8 || 0.5 || 15.1 || –

Notes

External links
Úrvalsdeild player profile
 Eurobasket.com profile
WNBA.com: Prospect: Lele Hardy
Korisliiga player profile

1988 births
Living people
American expatriate basketball people in Finland
American expatriate basketball people in Iceland
American women's basketball players
Clemson Tigers women's basketball players
Sportspeople from Spartanburg, South Carolina
Úrvalsdeild kvenna (basketball) players
Haukar women's basketball players
Haukar women's basketball coaches
Njarðvík women's basketball players
Njarðvík women's basketball coaches
Forwards (basketball)


title: Carolina Rosati

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Carolina Rosati (1826–1905) was an Italian ballet dancer who gained fame with the Paris Opera Ballet and the Imperial Ballet in St Petersburg.

Early life
Carolina Galletti was born in Bologna, Italy, on 13 December 1826. At the age of seven, she began training under Carlo Blasis. After she married her dancing partner Francesco Rosati, she was known as Carolina Rosati.

Career
In 1841, Rosati danced as prima ballerina at the Teatro Apollo in Rome. Two years later she appeared in Trieste and Parma. She danced at La Scala, Milan together with her husband in 1846. The same year she danced Jules Perrot's Pas de Quatre at Her Majesty's Theatre, London, where she also danced Fiorita et la Reine des Elfrides (1848) and La Prima ballerina (1849) which Paul Taglioni had created for her.

She began dancing in Paris in 1851 appearing in a dance sequence in Fromental Halévy's opera La Tempesta. Two years later, after she had danced in Joseph Mazilier's Jovita, ou les Boucaniers, she was engaged by the Paris Opera as their latest star, apparently becoming the highest paid dancer at the time. She created roles in several of Mazilier's ballets in which her sense of drama was revealed to the full, as when she played Amalia in La Fonti (1855) or her highly successful Médora in Le Corsaire (1856). Above all, she received great acclaim in Marco Spada (1857) where she appeared with Amalia Ferraris.

When her rival Angelina Fioretti arrived in Paris in 1859, she left for St Petersburg's Imperial Theatre where she appeared in Jovita and in ballets created for her by Arthur Saint-Léon and Théophile Gautier. In 1862, she danced Aspicia in Marius Petipa's The Pharaoh's Daughter. She also danced all the great classical roles in Paquita, Giselle, Le Cheval de Bronze, La Somnabule and La Esmeralda.

She retired in 1862 and died in Cannes in May 1905.

Assessment
The Oxford Dictionary of Dance describes her as "A plump, vivacious, and graceful dancer ... renowned for the precision of her pointe work, also for her expressive mime."

References

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1905 deaths
Italian female dancers
People from Bologna
Prima ballerinas
Rosati
19th-century Italian ballet dancers
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title: Rulon D. Pope

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Rulon Dean Pope (born c. 1949) is the Warren and Wilson Dusenberry Professor at Brigham Young University, specializing in agricultural economics, econometrics and microeconomic theory.  He received his B.S. from Brigham Young University in 1971 and his Ph.D. in economics from Berkeley in 1976.  He taught at the University of California, Davis (1976–79) and Texas A&M University (1979–82) prior to moving to BYU.  Pope served as Chair of the BYU Economics department 1986-1992 and as Associate Dean of the College of Family, Home, and Social Science 2001–2006.

Awards and honors

Pope became a fellow of the American Agricultural Economics Association in 1996.

References

External links
 Rulon Pope Faculty Page

American economists
Agricultural economists
1940s births
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Brigham Young University alumni
University of California, Berkeley alumni
Brigham Young University faculty
University of California, Davis faculty
Texas A&M University faculty