title: Jean Felipe

text:
Jean Felipe Nogueira da Silva, known as Jean Felipe (born 18 March 1994) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Primeira Liga club Estrela da Amadora.

Club career
He made his professional debut in the Segunda Liga for Portimonense on 17 April 2016 in a game against Atlético CP.

Honours
Individual

 Liga Portugal 2 Team of the Season: 2022–23

References

External links

1994 births
People from Toledo, Paraná
Footballers from Paraná (state)
Living people
Brazilian men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Men's association football fullbacks
Club Athletico Paranaense players
Guaratinguetá Futebol players
Luverdense Esporte Clube players
Portimonense S.C. players
Varzim S.C. players
Académica de Coimbra (football) players
G.D. Chaves players
S.C. Covilhã players
C.F. Estrela da Amadora players
Campeonato Paranaense players
Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players
Liga Portugal 2 players
Primeira Liga players
Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal


title: Chris Lonsdale (entrepreneur)

text:
Chris Lonsdale is a psychologist, linguist and educator. His adopted Chinese name, Dragon Tiger, is 龙飞虎 (Traditional Chinese: 龍飛虎; pinyin: lóng fēi hǔ). Lonsdale created the Kung fu English learning system and is also the author of The Third Ear.

Lonsdale graduated from the University of Canterbury in 1980 with first-class honors. He was accepted to Harvard University to do a PhD in hypnosis, however he ultimately decided to explore China as it began opening to the world.

After graduation, he moved to China.

While in Sichuan he translated the book 少林寺民间故事 (Tales of the Shaolin Monastery).

In 1984, Lonsdale moved to Hong Kong, where he learned Cantonese. He authored a book, The Third Ear.

Early life

Childhood and family
Lonsdale was born in New Zealand.

Career

Chris Lonsdale & Associates LTD.

Based out of Hong Kong, and operating in the Asia Pacific and Mainland China, Lonsdales’ practice is focused on catalyzing breakthrough performance for leaders and senior teams. He has worked on more than 20 projects that have led to breakthrough results for his clients, including Coca-Cola's Olympics Project for the Beijing 2008 Olympics.

Kung Fu English
In 2010, Lonsdales created the Kung Fu English learning system.

References

External links
  (20 Nov 2013)

 Dragon Tiger (Chris Lonsdale) on Sina Weibo
  (Cantonese Chinese)

21st-century New Zealand businesspeople
21st-century New Zealand educators
21st-century New Zealand linguists
21st-century New Zealand male writers
21st-century New Zealand non-fiction writers
21st-century New Zealand psychologists
21st-century New Zealand translators
Beijing Language and Culture University alumni
Businesspeople from Christchurch
Chinese–English translators
Educators from Christchurch
Living people
New Zealand expatriates in China
New Zealand expatriates in Hong Kong
New Zealand male judoka
New Zealand male taekwondo practitioners
University of Canterbury alumni
Writers from Christchurch
1963 births


title: Afrin Subdistrict

text:
Afrin Subdistrict (, ) is a subdistrict of Afrin District in northwestern Aleppo Governorate of northern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Afrin.

At the 2004 census, the subdistrict had a population of 66,188.

Populated places

See also

References

Afrin District
Afrin


title: Thaagurda language

text:
Thaagurda (sometimes written Daguda) is an Australian Aboriginal language in the Mid West region of Western Australia.

It is a member of the Kartu subgroup of the Pama–Nyungan family. According to Marmion (1996) the language has no speakers or individuals who identify with this group as their ethnicity, and there were only a few elderly people who recalled the name and some sentences from the language. This information was however sufficient to indicate that Thaagurda was likely a distinct language from its neighbours Nhanda, Malgana and Wajarri.

Sources
Marmion, Douglas. 1996. A description of the morphology of Wajarri. Unpublished Hons. thesis, University of New England.

Kartu languages


title: Acanthosaura cardamomensis

text:
Acanthosaura cardamomensis is a species of Agamid lizard found in eastern Thailand, western Cambodia and Vietnam. Its name derives from the Cardamom Mountains in eastern Thailand.  It was first identified in 2010.

References

External links
 Photo of Acanthosaura cardamomensis in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand
 Photo of Acanthosaura cardamomensis in Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia

cardamomensis
Reptiles of Thailand
Reptiles of Cambodia
Reptiles described in 2010
Taxa named by Perry L. Wood
Taxa named by Larry Lee Grismer
Taxa named by Thy Neang


title: Nurse scheduling problem

text:
The nurse scheduling problem (NSP), also called the nurse rostering problem (NRP), is the operations research problem of finding an optimal way to assign nurses to shifts, typically with a set of hard constraints which all valid solutions must follow, and a set of soft constraints which define the relative quality of valid solutions. Solutions to the nurse scheduling problem can be applied to constrained scheduling problems in other fields.

The nurse scheduling problem has been studied since before 1969, and is known to have NP-hard complexity.

General description
The nurse scheduling problem involves the assignment of shifts and holidays to nurses. Each nurse has their own wishes and restrictions, as does the hospital. The problem is described as finding a schedule that both respects the constraints of the nurses and fulfills the objectives of the hospital. Conventionally, a nurse can work 3 shifts because nursing is shift work:
 day shift
 night shift
 late night shift

In this problem we must search for a solution satisfying as many wishes as possible while not compromising the needs of the hospital.

Constraints
There are two types of constraints:
 hard constraints: if this constraint fails then the entire schedule is invalid.
 soft constraints: it is desirable that these constraints are met but not meeting them does not make the schedule invalid.

Some examples of constraints are:
 A nurse does not work the day shift, night shift and late night shift on the same day (i.e. no 24-hour duties).
 A nurse may go on a holiday and will not work shifts during this time.
 A nurse does not do a late night shift followed by a day shift the next day.
 Two nurses dislike each other and thus cannot work on the same shift because of that.
 One nurse is newly qualified and must be paired with an experienced nurse.
 A shift requires a charge nurse.

Hard constraints typically include a specification of shifts (e.g. morning, afternoon, and night), that each nurse should work no more than one shift per day, and that all patients should have nursing coverage. Differences in qualifications between nurses also create hard constraints. Soft constraints may include minimum and maximum numbers of shifts assigned to a given nurse in a given week, of hours worked per week, of days worked consecutively, of days off consecutively, and so on. The shift preferences of individual nurses may be treated as a soft constraint, or as a hard constraint.

Solutions
Solutions to the problem use a variety of techniques, including both mathematically exact solutions and a variety of heuristic solutions using decomposition, parallel computing, stochastic optimization, genetic algorithms, colony optimization, simulated annealing, quantum annealing Tabu search, and coordinate descent.

Burke et al. (2004) summarised the state of art of academic research to the nurse rostering problem, including brief introductions of various then published solutions.

See also
 Assignment problem
 Constraint programming
 Employee scheduling software

References

External links

Why is Scheduling People Hard?
A free solver for nurse scheduling problem

Nursing informatics
Constraint programming
Time management
Optimal scheduling


The Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians (AIAI) is a provincial territorial organization (PTO) mandated to defend and enhance the Indigenous and Treaty rights of its 7-member First Nations in Ontario, Canada.

A non-profit organization, AIAI was founded in 1969 in response to an era of government practices attempting to culturally and socially assimilate First Nations. AIAI provides political representation and policy analysis on behalf of these 7 nations in areas that include health, social development, education, intergovernmental affairs, and treaty rights. The group has twice made representations to the United Nations on living conditions and land claims.

Membership
AIAI is unique among provincial associations because of the diversity of its members. AIAI represent Oneida, Mohawk, Delaware, Potawatomi, and Ojibway communities from all across Ontario. While these communities may have different languages, cultural practices and a widespread geography, they are united through AIAI to collectively protect their Indigenous and Treaty rights.

The combined population of the member bands is 20,000. These bands are the:
Batchewana First Nation of Ojibways, near Sault Ste. Marie
Caldwell First Nation, near Leamington
Hiawatha First Nation near Peterborough
Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte, near Belleville
Moravian of the Thames (Delaware Nation), near Chatham
Oneida Nation of the Thames, near London
Wahta Mohawks near Parry Sound

Political Leadership
AIAI is governed by a Chiefs Council, composed of elected Chiefs from each member Nation. Chiefs Council is led by a Grand Chief and Deputy Grand Chief and meets on a quarterly basis.

Members of Chiefs Council
 Grand Chief Gord Peters
 Deputy Grand Chief Denise Stonefish
 Chief Dean Sayers, Batchewana
 Chief Louise Hillier, Caldwell
 Chief Greg Peters, Delaware
 Chief Laurie Carr, Hiawatha
 Chief R. Donald Maracle, Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte
 Chief Sheri Doxtator, Oneida
 Chief Philip Franks, Wahta

References
Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians website, "About Us" page

First Nations organizations in Ontario
Iroquois
Organizations established in 1969


title: Adria virus

text:
Adria virus (ADRV), named after the Adriatic Sea, is a phlebovirus transmitted by sandflies that can cause a febrile illness in people. It has been found in sandfly populations in Albania and northern Greece.

Background of discovery

In 2005, Papa and Velo collected 438 sandflies across Albania and divided them into 12 pools.  In two pools, phlebovirus RNA was detected. One consisted of 6 sandflies and the other 23 sandflies. Sequencing and phylogenetic study elucidated that the two strains are very similar, differing only 0.08% at the nucleotide level. They were quite different from all known phleboviruses. This strain was provisionally named Adria virus. Sequences were submitted in GenBank under the accession numbers HM043725 and HM043726.

Pathogenesis in humans

In 2011, Anagnostou reported genetic detection and sequencing of an Adria virus in a boy who was hospitalized because of a simple febrile seizure. This sequence was identical to the one in sandflies detected in a coastal area in Albania. The patient was febrile and had vomited once. He had no previous neurologic or developmental disabilities and no family history of epilepsy or febrile seizures. Clinical examinations including a thorough general and detailed neurologic evaluation revealed no abnormalities except mild rhinitis. Blood levels of various proteins and metabolites were in the physiological level. An electroencephalogram showed no brain malfunctions. After two days of hospitalization, he recovered from the disease, had no symptoms and was discharged from the hospital. One year after discharge from the hospital, his mother reported that the child remained well without any recurrence of febrile or any other type of seizures.

Viral RNA was extracted from the patient's blood sample and reverse transcription-PCR was used to amplify a 222-bp fragment of the RNA segment of phleboviruses. The obtained sequence was identical to sequences collected in 2005 in Adriatic coastal region of Albania. The Adria virus is distinct from other recognized members of the genus phlebovirus and clusters with phleboviruses of the Salehabad serocomplex, such as the Salehabad virus and Arbia virus, differing by 21.6% and 29.6% from Salehabad and Arbia at the nucleotide level and by 3% and 17.7% at the amino acid level.

The detection of the Adria virus sequence inside the patient's blood sample implies that the virus is pathogenic to humans. As the virus was distinct from the classification of virus, serologic testing of the samples resulted negative for phlebovirus. Although the symptoms of the patient were mild, further studies are needed to show the detailed pathogenesis in public health.

References

Phleboviruses


title: Martin Wambora

text:
Martin Nyaga Wambora (born 9 April 1951) is a Kenyan politician. He is the first governor of Embu County in Kenya after winning on a TNA (The National Alliance) ticket in the Embu gubernatorial elections which was conducted in March 2013. He would later become the first Governor in Kenya to be impeached not once but twice but he successfully challenged the impeachment later and overwhelmingly Re elected in 2017 winning his 2nd term in office. He was a former member of parliament for Runyenjes Constituency from 2003 to 2007. Prior to becoming the governor of Embu county, he served as the chairman of the board of Kenya Airports Authority and led to its winning of the two most prestigious airport industry awards in 2011.

Education
He went to Muragari Primary School in Mukuuri (Runyenjes). He holds an MBA from the University of Hartford (US), postgraduate diploma in public management and rural development from the University of Connecticut (US) and a B.Sc. in political science from the Makerere University.

Career
He served as a district officer between 1976 and 1984 under the former Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security.#WTC Later on he became District Commissioner in Baringo and Laikipia  which later led him to becoming deputy to District Commissioner Rift Valley province. Wambora was elected as the Member of Parliament Runyenjes Constituency in 2003.In the year 2013 Wambora became the first Governor for Embu county after he won election. Martin Wambora was re-elected as the Governor of Embu in 2017.

Impeachment
He is the first Kenyan governor to be impeached in a highly disputed and political process, this was a decision that was made by the Kenyan senate. 39 senators voted yes,1 senator voted no and 1 abstained from voting during a motion that was conducted to ascertain whether the five Embu county assembly's allegations were right. The decision has been challenged in courts. There were also revelations that a politician from Mbeere side of the county bribed MCAs with a trip to Mombasa, to plan for the impeachment. The Governor has been termed as Governor with nine lives this is because the county assembly unsuccessfully tried to impeach him four times in 2014. Governor Martin Wambora each time successfully challenged the decision.

Reinstated
Kerugoya court has reinstated ousted Embu governor Wambora as of April 16, 2014, after declaring his impeachment null and void. The judges stated that, “had the Senate investigated Wambora's case, it would discover it was done in violation of the court order in the County Assembly.”

Re-elected

Wambora, who is widely regarded as the governor with the proverbial nine lives, was reelected Embu Governor for the second term on August 8, 2017. He garnered 97,544 votes against Lenny Kivuti's 96,597 while Kithinji Kiragu (PNU) emerged third with 50,590, with only one polling station not tallied.

Former Transport Principal Secretary Cyrus Njiru was a distant fourth with 2,344, followed by Leonard Muriuki (Narc Kenya, 2,313) and Dr Njagi Kumantha (939 votes).

Wambora, the Jubilee Party candidate, won by a huge margin in Runyenjes, attaining 53,345 votes against Kivuti's 9,048; and repeated the feat in Manyatta by scoring 32,403 while the outgoing senator had 14,835.

His election was nullified in Embu High Court on 22 February 2018. The high court judge ordered for a fresh election. The matter proceeded to the Court of Appeal which upheld Governor Martin Wambora's election. Lenny Kivuti appealed that ruling to the Supreme Court of Kenya which also upheld Governor Martin Wambora's election.

References

External links

 Martin Wambora on Twitter.

1951 births
Living people
Members of the National Assembly (Kenya)
University of Connecticut alumni
University of Hartford alumni


title: Fraxinus dubia

text:
Fraxinus dubia is a plant species native to Mexico and Central America. It has been reported from Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Costa Rica, Chiapas and Veracruz.

Fraxinus dubia is a tree up to 11 m (37 feet) tall. Leaves are thick, evergreen, glabrous, up to 15 cm (8 inches) long, (1-)5-9-foliate. Flowers are borne in panicles up to 4 cm (1.6 inches) long. Fruits are about 2.5 cm (1.0 inches) long with oblanceolate wings, the part of the fruit containing the seed about 8 mm (0.3 inches) long.

References

dubia
Trees of Chiapas
Trees of Veracruz
Trees of Central America
Plants described in 1991


title: Empress Liu (Li Congke's wife)

text:
Empress Liu (劉皇后, personal name unknown) (died January 11, 937), was an empress of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period state Later Tang.  Her husband was Later Tang's last emperor Li Congke.

Background
It is not known when Lady Liu was born, but it is known that she was from Ying Prefecture (應州, in modern Shuozhou, Shanxi).  Her father's name was given as Liu Maowei (劉茂威) in her biography in the New History of the Five Dynasties, and she had a younger brother named Liu Yanhao, whose biography in the Old History of the Five Dynasties gave their father's name as Liu Maocheng (劉茂成).  It is not known when she married Li Congke.  She was said to be strong and fierce in her personality, such that Li Congke was fearful of her.  His eldest known son Li Chongji (李重吉) was born of her; but it was not known whether his another known son Li Chongmei, or his daughter Li Huiming (李惠明) or another unnamed daughter, were born of her.  During the reign of Li Congke's adoptive father Li Siyuan, she carried the title of Lady of Pei.

As empress
In 934, Li Congke overthrew his younger adoptive brother Li Conghou and became emperor.  Later in the year, he created Lady Liu empress.

In summer 936, Liu Yanhao, who was then the military governor (Jiedushi) of Tianxiong Circuit (天雄, headquartered in modern Handan, Hebei) and who had alienated his soldiers by being arrogant, by improperly seizing properties, and by decreasing his bestowments on soldiers, was expelled from Tianxiong by his mutineering officer Zhang Lingzhao (張令昭).  Li Congke had to put down the rebellion by commissioning the more senior general Fan Yanguang as the military governor of Tianxiong and having Fan destroy the mutineers.  When Liu Yanhao reached the capital Luoyang, Li Congke, in anger, considered exiling him, but with Empress Liu interceding for him, he was merely removed from his offices and returned to his mansion.

By that time, Li Congke was facing the rebellion of his brother-in-law Shi Jingtang the military governor of Hedong Circuit (河東, headquartered in modern Taiyuan, Shanxi), who, with the support of Later Tang's northern rival Khitan Empire, declared himself emperor of a new state of Later Jin.  The situation turned against Later Tang late in the year, as the combined Khitan/Later Jin forces had crushed the forces Li Congke sent against Shi.  Around the new year 937, Shi was approaching Luoyang, and the Later Tang generals were submitting to him in droves.  Li Congke gathered his family members and a number of officers still loyal to him and prepared to commit suicide by fire at Xuanwu Tower (玄武樓).  Empress Liu, however, also planned to burn down the entire palace complex.  Li Chongmei persuaded her not to, stating to her, "The new Son of Heaven surely cannot sleep under open air.  He would only, at a future time, expend the energy of the people to rebuild.  How is it that we should die and leave the people to hate us?"  Shortly after, Li Congke's family, including Empress Liu and Li Chongmei, committed suicide by fire.

Notes and references

 Old History of the Five Dynasties, vol. 49.
 New History of the Five Dynasties, vol. 16.
 Zizhi Tongjian, vols. 279, 280.

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Later Tang empresses
Suicides in Later Tang
Suicides by self-immolation
937 deaths
Year of birth unknown
People from Shuozhou


title: Sant Ram Udasi

text:
Sant Ram Udasi (20 April 1939 – 6 November 1986) was one of the major Punjabi poets emerging out of the Naxalite movement  in the Indian Punjab towards the late 1960s, writing about revolutionary and Dalit consciousness. Lok Kavi Sant Ram Udasi Memorial Trust (International) was established as a research foundation focusing on the life and works of Sant Ram Udasi.

During the 1970s he wrote three collections of poetry:
Lahu Bhije Bol (Blood-soaked Words)
Saintan (Gestures)
Chounukrian (the Four-edged)

References

Punjabi-language poets
1939 births
1986 deaths
Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
Dalit leaders
Activists from Punjab, India
Punjabi Hindus
Poets from Punjab, India
20th-century Indian poets
People from Sangrur district


title: Lionel Butler

text:
Lionel Butler (born July 25, 1967) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1989 to 2010. He is  best known for his 1995 fight with Lennox Lewis, but also faced world champions Tony Tubbs, James Smith, Chris Byrd, and Oliver McCall. Though he never held or challenged for a world title from any of the main four sanctioning bodies (WBC, IBF, WBA, WBO) outside of his eliminator bout with Lewis, he won the vacant IBO heavyweight title in 1993 and unsuccessfully challenged for the title again against Brian Neilson in 1998.

Professional career

Butler made his professional debut on February 24, 1989 in a losing effort to future contender Phil Jackson. In his second fight, Butler was knocked out in the second round by the debuting future Undisputed Heavyweight Champion Riddick Bowe on March 6 of that year. The following month, Butler would pick up his first victory against Michael Carroll. Butler struggled during the early portion of his career, going 6–10–1 in his first 17 fights, however, Butler's fortune would change in 1991, as he racked up three consecutive first-round knockouts during that year and followed with 13 more knockout victories from 1992 to 1994 (one victory was later changed to a no-contest after Butler failed a drug test after the fight). During his 16-fight undefeated streak, Butler scored victories over such fighters as former WBA heavyweight champions Tony Tubbs (whom Butler dispatched in less than one round) and James "Bonecrusher" Smith, while also winning both the IBO and California heavyweight title on February 23, 1993 with a victory over Tony Willis. Butler's success was halted in 1993 when a positive test for marijuana earned Butler a six-month suspension and he was subsequently stripped of both heavyweight titles as a result. Butler rebounded and in 1995, now ranked the number two heavyweight by WBC would get his first high-profile match, as he was matched up against Lennox Lewis, who had recently lost his title to Oliver McCall, in a "eliminator" bout with the winner earning the right to fight for the WBC heavyweight championship. Butler, however, came into the fight grossly out-of-shape at 261 pounds and was thoroughly outboxed by Lewis, who knocked Butler out in the fifth round. Following his loss to Lewis, Butler was never quite able to reach the level of success he had obtained from 1991 to 1994. Butler would win the World Boxing Federation (WBF) heavyweight title on January 23, 1997 after defeating Marcos Gonzalez by first-round knockout, but would lose to up-and-coming heavyweights Chris Byrd and Michael Grant. In 1998, Butler would challenge the undefeated Danish boxer Brian Nielsen for the IBO heavyweight title, but was knocked out in the first round. Butler would then take a three-year hiatus from boxing before returning in January 2002. Butler would win the first four fights of his comeback before meeting the once highly regarded knockout artist Andre Purlette, who promptly knocked out Butler in the second round. Butler would again leave boxing after the Purlette fight, but would launch one more comeback in 2009. He would go 1–2 in three fights between 2009 and 2010 before retiring for good following a loss to Damian Wills on June 12, 2010.

Professional boxing record

References

1967 births
Boxers from California
Heavyweight boxers
Living people
Boxers from Louisiana
People from Bogalusa, Louisiana
American male boxers


title: Bluewaters Power Station

text:
Bluewaters Power Station was the first privately owned, coal-fired power station in Western Australia. It was built by Griffin Energy in 2009 and is the newest coal-fired power station in Australia. The site is  northeast of Collie.

The plant consists of two 208 megawatts units, running on sub-bituminous coal. The boilers were constructed by IHI while the turbines and generators were supplied by Alstom.  EPC contractors were Mitsui and Hitachi Plant Technologies.

Griffin Coal appointed administrators KordaMentha after financial difficulty in 2009, however the power station continued to operate until its purchase by Sumitomo Group and Kansai Electric in 2013. , the power station "supplies about 15 per cent of the electricity used in" the South West Interconnected System, Western Australia's main power grid. In December 2022 the Government of Western Australia announced a grant to the receivers and managers of the insolvent coal mine Griffin Coal to enable it to continue supplying the power station over the Western Australian summer.

Community consultation commenced in 2009 for a proposed expansion and the WA Government approved it in 2010.  The proposal is to add two identical units and bring the capacity of the plant to 830 megawatts. As of 2018 it remains on hold, with two years remaining until they are required to re-apply for approvals. In 2020, the owners wrote "down the value of" their asset "to zero, wiping out a $1.2 billion investment in the face of an onslaught of renewable energy."

References

Coal-fired power stations in Western Australia
Collie, Western Australia


title: Midland Council

text:
Midland Council may be:
Midland Council (Texas)
Midland Council (Michigan)


title: Terrorism in France

text:
Terrorism in France refers to the terrorist attacks that have targeted the country and its population during the 20th and 21st centuries. Terrorism, in this case is much related to the country's history, international affairs and political approach. Legislation has been set up by lawmakers to fight terrorism in France.

CBC News reported in December 2018 that the number of people killed in terrorist attacks in France since 2015 was 249, with the number of wounded at 928. Within the European Union, France is the most affected country with recent data showcasing a total of 82 Islamist attacks and 332 deaths from 1979 to 2021.

History

Islamic terrorism

Right-wing terrorism

List of significant terrorist incidents inside France

List of international terrorist incidents with significant French casualties
6 French nationals died as a result of the Kouré shooting in Niger on 9 August 2020.
4 French nationals died as a result of the Étoile du Sud hotel attack in Grand-Bassam in Ivory Coast on 13 March 2016.
3 French nationals died as a result of the Cappuccino restaurant and the Splendid Hotel attack in Ouagadougou, in Burkina Faso on 15 January 2016.
4 French nationals died and seven were injured as a result of the Bardo National Museum attack in Tunisia on 18 March 2015.
2 French nationals died as a result of the assault on the Nairobi Westgate shopping complex in Kenya 21–24 September 2013.
8 French nationals died as a result of the bombing of the Argana Cafe in Jemaa el-Fnaa square of Marrakesh in Morocco on 28 April 2011.
2 French nationals died as a result of attacks on several hotels and other tourist locations in Mumbai in India 26–29 November 2008.
4 French nationals died and one was injured as a result of an armed attack on a group of tourists on holiday near Aleg in Mauritania on 24 December 2007.
4 French nationals died as a result of the bombing of several Balinese tourist clubs in Indonesia on 12 October 2002.
4 French nationals died as a result of the September 11 attacks.

Foiled attacks

In 2015, a 26-year-old Moroccan man known as a member of the radical Islamist movement attempted to open fire with an AK47 assault rifle while on a high speed train one hour from Paris. He was quickly subdued by three United States servicemen who were on holiday. See: 2015 Thalys train attack

Towards the end of March 2016, police arrested a Paris citizen named Reda Kriket, and upon searching his apartment, they discovered five assault rifles, a number of handguns, and an amount of chemical substances that could be used to make explosives.

Kriket was convicted in absentia by a Belgian court in a 2015 case involving Abdelhamid Abaaoud.

Murder of Sarah Halimi
Under French law, any grave act of violence committed with intent "to seriously disturb public order through intimidation or terror", is an act of terrorism; the public prosecutor decides which cases will be investigated as acts of terrorism. Writing in Le Figaro attorney Gilles-William Goldnadel characterized the public prosecutor's decision not to investigate a crime, Murder of Sarah Halimi as terrorism, as "purely and simply ideological", asserting that the killer, who recited verses form the Quran before breaking into an apartment and murdering a Jewish woman, "had the profile of a radical Islamist, and yet somehow there is a resistance to call a spade a spade". Sarah Halimi's murder was heard by neighbors in her building and in neighboring building over an extended period of time. Neighbors also saw the killer throw his victim from the balcony of her home, and heard the killer praying aloud after the murder. In September, 2017, the prosecutor officially characterized the murder as an "antisemitic" hate crime.

According to Jean-Charles Brisard, director of the French think tank Center for the Analysis of Terrorism, "It needs to have a certain degree of willingness to disrupt the French public order."

See also
Law on the fight against terrorism, 2006 French legislation
Terrorism in the European Union
List of Islamist terrorist attacks
ISIL-related terror attacks in France
 2014 Dijon attack
 Murder of Sarah Halimi
 List of massacres in France
Jean-François Ricard (born 1956), prosecutor of the National Terrorism Prosecution Office for the prosecution of terrorism in France

References

France
Human rights abuses in France


title: Terrorism in Norway

text:
Terrorism in Norway includes a list of major terrorist incidents where organized groups and lone wolves have tried carrying out attacks. In recent years, there has been a rise mostly of Islamic extremism and far-right violence and various groups have been suspected of terrorism plans.

The Norwegian Police Security Service are closely monitoring Islamist and far-right groups in Eastern Norway.

21st century
The right-wing terrorist Philip Manshaus who was behind the Bærum mosque shooting in August 2019, admitted to have been in contact with the Nordic Resistance Movement prior to the attack, but was never accepted as a member.

In November 2020 the Norwegian Police Security Service (PST) made an announcement about the general terrorist threat against Norway as moderate. The background for this was the 2020 Nice stabbing and 2020 Vienna attack.
The Norwegian police considered it possible that someone would try to carry out terrorist acts in Norway, motivated by Islamist motives. The development in both France and Austria with the republishing of the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy, and the debate this creates in Norway, may also help  inspiring people to commit acts of terrorism. The police was temporarily armed for three weeks, but the arming was prolonged.

List of terrorist incidents in Norway

See also
 Souhaila Andrawes
 Mullah Krekar
 Abdul Rauf Mohammad
 Hassan Abdi Dhuhulow

References

Violence in Norway
Norway
Human rights abuses in Norway


title: Terrorism in Denmark

text:
Terrorism in Denmark refers to terrorist attacks carried out in Denmark or by people connected to Denmark. Like other countries Denmark increased its focus on defending against terrorist attacks after the September 11 attacks in New York in 2001. The September 11 attacks led to strengthened laws in a number of areas. 31 May 2002 the parliament of Denmark (Danish: Folketing) approved anti-terror legislation with the aim of preventing terrorism in Denmark and internationally. The new legislation aligned with the definitions of terrorism which were in use by the European Union and the United Nations.

Terrorist incidents and trials

1985
1985 Copenhagen bombings - Main synagogue in Copenhagen and airline office were hit by a bomb placed by Hezbollah terrorists. While no people were injured in the attack on the synagogue, a second bomb placed by the same group destroyed the Copenhagen offices of the American Northwest Orient Airlines, killing one person and injuring 26. Several Arabs residing in Europe, among them Mohammed Abu Talb, were later convicted for these and other attacks.

2005

2006

2007
2007 Al Qaeda Plot in Copenhagen -  Danish police officers and Security Intelligence Service agents arrested eight, six of which were released after questioning. The two remaining, described as Islamic militants with ties to Al Qaeda, were convicted in 2008 of planning terrorism with the use of bombs.

In 2007, Morocco-born Said Mansour was the first to be charged with the offence of inciting terrorism. Material produced by him has been found by several convicted terrorists worldwide. In 2014, he was sentenced again by the Fredriksberg court to four years in jail for publishing extremist islamist material thereby supporting al-Qaeda. In 2015 the Østre Landsret upholds the sentenced and strips Mansour of his Danish citizenship and issues a deportation order. In June 2016, the supreme court upholds the deportation order. After the supreme court decision, Danish authorities negotiated with Morocco on a repatriation treaty. He was deported in January 2019.

2010
2010 Copenhagen terror plot - Security services in Denmark and Sweden thwarted a terrorist plot against Jyllands-Posten, the publisher of the controversial cartoons of Muhammad in 2005.  In several raids they detained five men, who were described as militant islamists. Automatic weapons, together with ammunition and silencers, were seized by the police.

Hotel Jørgensen explosion -
An attempted letter bomb attack by a Belgian of Chechen ethnicity.

2012
Two Somali brothers residing in Denmark were arrested in May 2012 on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack and the elder was alleged to have undergone training by Al-Shabaab. In February 2013 they were charged with financing terrorism and terrorist training. The younger brother admitted to supporting Al-Shabaab in the district court. Upon appeal, both brothers were sentenced for attempted terrorist training in the appeals court.

2015
2015 Copenhagen shootings - shooting attacks in Copenhagen beginning in the afternoon of 14 February at a public event called "Art, Blasphemy and Freedom of Expression" at Krudttønden cultural centre, followed by another at the Great Synagogue just after midnight (i.e., 15 February), and finally the killing of the perpetrator in the early morning by police. Two victims and the perpetrator were killed, while five police officers were wounded.

2016
The Kundby case - a 2016 plan to bomb two schools in Denmark, including a Jewish school in Copenhagen. The girl, 15-years-old at the time of her plan and a recent convert to Islam, was convicted in 2017.

2016 Copenhagen terror plot - an attempted attack on Copenhagen with bombs and knives by two Syrian refugees (one living in Sweden, another in Germany) under direction of Islamic State instructions.

2018
Ringsted terror plot - A Norwegian-Iranian was arrested and suspected of having planned Iranian intelligence operations in Denmark. Both Norwegian PST and Danish PET also suspected the man to take part in the planning of an assassination against the leader of the Iranian group Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahvaz. He was arrested in Gothenburg in Sweden on 21 October.

2019
Danish Security and Intelligence Service (PET) and police arrested around 20 people throughout Denmark 11 December 2019, 8 of which have been charged with attempted terrorism. They had bought bomb-making materials and tried (unsuccessfully) to acquire firearms. It is unknown if their target was in Denmark or abroad, but the motive was radical Islamist ideology.

References

Terrorism in Denmark


title: 2013–14 Primera División de Futsal

text:
The 2013–14 season of the Primera División de Fútbol Sala is the 25th season of top-tier futsal in Spain. It is the third season under the "Primera División" name. The regular season started on September 12, 2013 and will conclude on April 26, 2014. The championship playoffs will follow the end of the regular season.

Barcelona Alusport are the defending champions by defeating ElPozo Murcia 3–1 in the 2012–13 Championship Final series.

Caja Segovia, for financial reasons, and Puertollano, by finishing in last place, were relegated at the end of the 2012-2013 regular season. Montesinos Jumilla, Peñíscola Bodegas Dunviro, and Jaén Paraíso Interior were promoted from the Segunda División de Futsal for the 2013-2014 season.

At the end of the regular season the top eight teams will play in the championship playoffs.

Inter Movistar became champions by defeating ElPozo Murcia 3–1 in the Final series, winning its overall ninth title and first since 2008.

Teams

Personnel and kits

Stadia and locations

Regular season table

Source: lnfs.es

Championship playoffs

Calendar

Bracket

Quarter-finals

1st leg

2nd leg

3rd leg

Semifinals

1st leg

2nd leg

Inter Movistar wins series 2–0 and advance to Final.

3rd leg

ElPozo Murcia won series 2–1 and advanced to Final.

Final

1st leg

2nd leg

3rd leg

Top scorers
Regular season only

See also
2013–14 Segunda División de Futsal
2013–14 Copa del Rey de Futsal
Futsal in Spain

References

External links
2013–14 season at

Liga Nacional de Fútbol Sala seasons
1
Futsal
Spain


title: Belgrade Waterfront

text:
Belgrade Waterfront, known in Serbian as Belgrade on Water (), is an urban renewal development project headed by the Government of Serbia aimed at improving Belgrade's cityscape and economy by revitalizing the Sava amphitheater, a neglected stretch of land on the right bank of the Sava river, between the Belgrade Fair and Branko's bridge. It was started in 2014 with the reconstruction of the Belgrade Cooperative building, which was finished in June of the same year. It is the second largest mixed use complex under construction in Europe, just after Minsk Mir, worth $3.5 billion. Belgrade Waterfront complex will include 10,000 residential units, bilingual elementary school and kindergartens, luxury hotels including St. Regis, the largest shopping mall in southeast Europe Galerija, and public buildings. In total, about 1.8 million square meters will be built.

The project was initiated in 2014 between the Government of Serbia and Eagle Hills, a leading Abu Dhabi-based private investment and development company focused on creating new city hubs in high-growth international markets. Around $3.5 billion will be invested by the Serbian government and their UAE partners. The project's central point is Kula Belgrade, a new city landmark. Standing at , this building is designed by the architectural firm, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.

Location
Belgrade Waterfront complex is located on the right bank of river Sava, in Sava Amphitheater occupying the central city area from Branko's Bridge to the Belgrade Fair. In the 20th century, with the construction of New Belgrade and the expansion of Belgrade to the south, 100 hectares of this plain area on the right bank of the Sava river became neglected. The elongated plain terrain is bordered by hills, which gives it the appearance of a theater. Hence the name - Sava Amphitheater.

Considerations about the arrangement of this part of Belgrade began almost 100 years ago. For the first time, in 1923, the Russian architect Đorđe Pavlovič Kovaljevski, in the General Plan for the arrangement and expansion of Belgrade, foresaw the space between the Sava river and the railway tracks as a place for new apartment blocks. That was the first time that the name Sava Amphitheater was used to describe the area. Later, at the architectural competition for the Terazije plateau reconstruction in 1929, Nikola Dobrović indicated the direction of Terazije - the Sava Amphitheater route. In the next 80 years, many architects and urban plans foresaw the Sava amphitheater's arrangement and the city's access to the river.

Belgrade Waterfront project

The idea of Belgrade Waterfront appeared for the first time on April 12, 2012, as a pre-election promise of Aleksandar Vučić, the candidate representing the Serbian Progressive Party. On December 12, 2012, Sheikh Muhammad bin Zayed from the United Arab Emirates and Mohamed Alabbar, the founder of Emaar Properties, came to Belgrade with a master plan for the Belgrade Waterfront. That was the first time that the size of the investment venture was stated, which First Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić estimated at around 3.1 billion dollars.

In 2014, the Government of the Republic of Serbia determined the Project of Arranging the Coast of Belgrade Belgrade Waterfront as a project of special importance for the Republic of Serbia and the city of Belgrade.

Even though the Sava Amphitheater area was relatively unoccupied, significant infrastructural interventions were needed. Some include removing the freight road traffic by building the Pupin Bridge and the road bypass around Belgrade. It was necessary to remove a significant number of tracks and the entire Main Railway Station from the current location to the Prokop station and partially to the New Belgrade station. In addition, the central bus station was also moved.

The project also includes improving the sewerage system and works on water, heating, gas, electric, telecommunications, and irrigation systems in the facilities. During the preparation of the Spatial Plan, it was stated that the amount for infrastructural land development was around 400 million euros, of which about 275 million is the cost of landscaping within the complex, and about 125 million for new facilities, extensions, and connections to other utilities, heating, sewerage, gas and extension lines across the city.

The first construction works on the site began in March 2014 with removing the rails and relocating many ships and wrecks that were stranded or moored to that part of the bank.

The building of the Belgrade Cooperative has been determined to be the seat of the company that will manage the project and perform promotion and sales. Since it has been in a neglected state for decades, the first thing done was reconstructing the building. The reconstruction took place between March and June 2014.

The master plan and model of the entire area of Belgrade Waterfront was presented on June 27, 2014, and exhibited in the renovated building of the Belgrade Cooperative. Prime Minister Vučić and the Eagle Hills company director Mohamed Alabbar presented the master plan, and it was announced that the investment should amount to 3.1 billion euros. The construction contract was signed on April 26, 2015, between Alabbar, who signed on behalf of the investor, and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Zorana Mihajlović and Director of Belgrade Waterfront Aleksandar Trifunović, who signed it on behalf of Serbia. The project envisaged the construction of 177 hectares of land in the center of Belgrade, with more than a million square meters of residential space, 750,000 square meters of business space, 62,000 square meters of public facilities, and 242,000 square meters of green space. The Republic of Serbia owns 32% of the capital, while Eagle Hills owns 68%, and the deadline for construction is set at 30 years.

The demolition of the old buildings began in August, and the construction of the first two residential buildings – BW Residences - started in September 2015.

Construction

The construction is planned to take place in four phases. The first phase includes works in the central coastal part, with four business buildings, including the largest shopping center, Kula Belgrade, a part of the hotel complex, and the first residential building. The second phase includes arranging the space near Branko's bridge and between the Gazela bridge and the fairgrounds. This phase also involves constructing several residential buildings and the reconstruction of buildings protected by law. The third phase introduces the construction of the central part towards Savska Street and residential and business facilities. In the final, fourth phase, the plan includes constructing apartments and entertainment and cultural facilities.

The building permit for the first facilities was issued on September 24, 2015. The cornerstone was laid on September 27, 2015, by Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić and Eagle Hills chairman Mohamed Alabbar. The construction of BW Residences, two residential twenty-story buildings, started in the first phase. With an area of about 68,000 square meters, 72 meters high each, near the Old Sava Bridge, on the bank of the Sava, these buildings have 296 apartments. In 2018, all the apartments were sold out, with almost 300 families moving in the same year.

The cornerstone for the Kula Belgrade, was laid on April 15, 2016, by Prime Minister Vučić, the Mayor of Belgrade Siniša Mali and Eagle Hills chairman  Alabbar. It was also announced that the Kula Belgrade would be 168 meters high, with 42 floors. The first 11 floors will be reserved for a luxury hotel, and floors above it will have 220 luxury apartments. On the top of the building will be a restaurant and a 360-degree observation deck.

The construction of Galerija Belgrade shopping center, with a gross area of 251,000 m2, began in April 2017, followed by the construction of two residential buildings - BW Vista and BW Parkview - later that year. Tenants of BW Vista and BW Parkview residential buildings moved in during September 2019, and Woodrow Wilson Boulevard and Belgrade Park opened in November of the same year. In 2020, new tenants moved into the BW Magnolia building.

On April 14, 2022, the Government of Serbia passed the amended Spatial Plan for the Development of the Coastal Area of the City of Belgrade - the Sava River Coastal Area for the Belgrade Waterfront project. The spatial plan envisages the further development of this part of the city and the construction of public service facilities, from kindergartens and schools, through health institutions, to cultural, sports and recreation facilities, including the two planned lines of the Belgrade Metro, as well as three metro stations - Belgrade Fair, Mostar and Sava Square. Those two planned metro lines will have a joint metro station in the area of Sava Square, directly next to the building of the former Railway Station.

Construction status
 BW Residences – Two residential towers on the Sava riverbank, with 20 floors each and 296 apartments in total. Construction was started on September 27, 2015, and completed in 2018.
 BW Parkview – Residential building with 23 floors and 244 units. Construction was started in December 2016 and completed in 2019.
 BW Vista – Residential building with 23 floors and 228 units. Construction was started in December 2016 and completed in 2019.
 BW Magnolia —Residential building with five floors and 110 units. Construction was started in 2018 and completed in 2020.
 BW Arcadia – Residential building with 24 floors and 244 apartments. Construction was started in 2019 and completed in 2021.
 BW Aurora – Residential and commercial tower with 23 floors, 244 apartments, and a height of 82 meters. Construction was started in 2019 and completed in 2021.
 BW Simfonija – Two residential buildings with an identical architectural expression. One building has 16 floors and 103 apartments; the other has 17 floors and 177 apartments. Construction was started in 2019 and completed in 2023.
 BW Verde - Residential building with 23 floors and 261 apartments. Construction was started in 2019 and completed in 2022.
 BW Terraces – Residential building with 17 floors and 132 apartments. Construction was started in 2020 and completed in 2022.
 BW Metropolitan — Residential building with 17 floors and 325 apartments, restaurants, and kindergarten. Construction was started in 2020 and completed in 2022.
 BW Aria - Residential building with 21 floors and 190 apartments. Construction was started in 2020 and completed in 2023.
 BW Aqua – Residential building with 23 floors and 248 apartments. Construction was started in 2020 and completed in 2023.
 BW Terra – Residential building with 19 floors and 153 apartments. Construction was started in 2020 and completed in 2023.
 BW Quartet – Residential complex consisting of 4 buildings with a total of 681 apartments. Construction was started in 2020, estimated completion date of 2023.
 BW Libera – Residential building with 16 floors and 169 apartments. Construction was started in 2021, estimated completion date of 2023.
 BW Sole - Residential building with 16 floors and 184 apartments. Construction was started in 2021, estimated completion date of 2023.
 BW Scala - Residential building with 13 floors and 223 apartments. Construction was started in 2021, estimated completion date of 2023.
 BW Eterna - Residential building with eight floors and 223 apartments. Construction was started in 2021.
 BW Lumia - Residential building with nine floors and 91 apartments. Construction was started in 2021.
 BW Sensa - Residential building with eight floors and 230 apartments. Construction was started in 2021.
 BW Perla – Residential building with 25 floors and 189 apartments. Construction was started in 2022.
 BW Nika - Residential building with 18 floors and 219 apartments. Construction was started in 2022.
 BW Riviera - Residential building with 25 floors and 139 apartments. Construction was started in 2022.
 BW Echo - Residential building with eight floors and 103 apartments. Construction was started in 2022.
 BW King’s Park Residences - Residential building with 15 floors and 233 apartments. Construction was started in 2022.
 BW Queen’s Park Residences - Residential building with eight floors and 108 apartments. Construction was started in 2022.
 BW Eden - Residential building with 20 floors and 244 apartments.
 BW Thalia - Residential building with 15 floors and 178 apartments.
 BW Iris - Residential building with 18 floors and 219 apartments.
 Galerija Belgrade — The biggest shopping mall in the region, with 93,000 m² of retail space. Construction was started in September 2017 and completed in 2020. It was opened on October 30, 2020.

 Kula Belgrade - Residential and commercial building with 42 floors, 220 luxury apartments, and a 5-star hotel. Construction started on April 15, 2016.

Kula Belgrade

Kula Belgrade, 168 meters high, was envisaged as the Belgrade Waterfront's central point and the capital's future symbol. Kula Belgrade will be the country's highest hotel and residential tower featuring an observation deck and set to house luxurious St. Regis Belgrade.

Kula Belgrade was designed by design firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Their other works include the 345 California Center building in San Francisco, the Hancock building, and Willis Tower in Chicago. Probably their most famous building is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the tallest building in the world. Kula Belgrade has unusual design that changes the shape of 14 floors, where the building "twists." It is inspired by the confluence of the Sava River and the Danube. The façade of glass panels reflects the rivers and the panorama of the city, which gives the appearance of fluidity. As the tallest building in Serbia, the Kula Belgrade will have an observation deck at the top with a panoramic view of the entire city. Interestingly, it is the first building in Serbia that will not have a 13th floor.

The St. Regis Belgrade hotel will occupy the first 11 floors of the Kula Belgrade and offer more than 100 rooms and suites looking out to the city or the Sava river. The hotel will feature a restaurant at the top of the tower with panoramic views, an all-day dining restaurant, a St. Regis Bar, spa, pool, and event and meeting space for special celebrations. Kula Belgrade will offer the first branded St. Regis apartments in Europe, the so-called The Residences at The St. Regis Belgrade.

Next to the Kula Belgrade, a new city square, Kula Plaza is located. The Plaza hosts concerts, festivals, markets, events, recreation, performances, and seasonal events such as a holiday market and ice skating. The Plaza space also extends the adjacent Kula Belgrade ballroom and provides a new venue for outdoor social events at that edge. The Kula Belgrade and Kula Plaza together take about 5-6000 square meters of space. Kula Plaza was designed by SWA Group.

Amenities
In 2022, it was announced that a modern sports center called BW Apollo would be built in Belgrade Waterfront, including a swimming pool, a gym and a spa center.

In January 2023, it was announced that Belgrade Waterfront would get a bilingual elementary school, one of the few with a swimming pool, in an almost 5,000 square meters area. It will be located behind the buildings of the former Railway Station and Post Office on Sava Square and able to accommodate 480 students. The school will have courts for handball, basketball and volleyball.  In February 2023 it was announced that Belgrade Waterfront would get "the most modern kindergarten ", in an area of 800 square meters, with a multifunctional hall for shows and performances. The kindergarten will also have a spacious courtyard and playground of 1400 square meters.

In 2020, it was announced that the new Historical Museum of Serbia would be located in Belgrade Waterfront, in the building of the former Railway Station on Sava Square. Next to it, the reconstructed building of the former Post Office would be home to two cultural institutions: an interactive children's museum and a children's theatre.

A unique attraction in Belgrade Waterfront will be Ložionica, an old industrial complex, now under state protection for its industrial and cultural importance. In February 2023, it was announced that the Government of the Republic of Serbia would invest 52 million euros in the reconstruction of Ložionica, which will be turned into the center of creative industries, digitalization and innovation. Ložionica complex will consist of the old Ložionica building, new business space, the old water tower next to Gazela Bridge, a space for outdoor activities and an underground garage.

Culture and events
On December 31, 2021, Belgrade Waterfront hosted New Year's Eve celebration on a plateau next to Kula Belgrade for the first time. Headliner was Goran Bregović. The celebration included an 8-minutes firework, laser show, and light effect on Kula Belgrade's facade. On December 31, 2022, Belgrade Waterfront hosted New Year's Eve celebration for the second time in a row at the same place. Headliner was Željko Joksimović.

In July 2022, for the first time, Belgrade Waterfront organized and hosted Belgrade River Fest. The headliners were Andrea Bocelli and Mariza. In June 2023, Belgrade Waterfront hosted the second Belgrade River Fest, with headliners Anna Netrebko, Yusif Eyvazov and Yasmin Levy.

In December 2022, Belgrade Waterfront hosted the "Winter Fairytale" festival for the first time, featuring open-air cinema, music programme, ice skating and other activities. The festival lasted 30 days and attracted more than 1,5 million visitors who enjoyed 150 performances, concerts, theatre, and movie shows for children and adults.

Galerija Belgrade

Galerijа Belgrade, a large shopping, dining, and entertainment center, was opened on 30 October 2020, in the presence of Eagle Hills Chairman Mohamed Alabbar, the President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić, and Prime Minister Ana Brnabić. It has a total area of 300,000 sqm, the biggest green roof in the region, and 3,600 parking spaces. In addition to the biggest trampoline park in this part of Europe, there is also Cineplexx Galerija Belgrade – a multiplex cinema with nine halls and more than 1,700 seats.

Galerija Belgrade is the only place in Serbia where foreign visitors can get a VAT refund immediately after purchase at three points within the mall. This service is provided through cooperation with Global Blue.

Revenue and profit
The revenue of the Belgrade Waterfront company in 2021 will amount to more than 140 million euros, and the estimated profit is expected to be over 25 million euros. The basic income of the company comes from the sale of real estate, which has been making significant progress over the years, with 3,000 apartments being sold since the beginning of the construction. In 2018 and 2019, total revenue was over 170 million euros.

Financial statements of the company Belgrade Waterfront d.o.o. show positive growth of over 11 million euros since the start of the project. The value of business assets is more than 700 million euros. In 2022, Belgrade Waterfront achieved business revenue of EUR 269.6 million, while the net profit for the same period amounted to 59.4 million euros. A total of EUR 10 million was set aside to pay dividends, part of which goes to the state budget.

In 2023, it was announced that the 6000th apartment in Belgrade Waterfront was sold.

Criticism
In July 2014, a group of 50 international scholars and experts on urban development and planning from the International Network for Urban Research and Action (INURA) penned an open letter to the people of Belgrade, stating their concerns regarding the Belgrade Waterfront project and the potential economic and environmental impacts on the city.

Among Belgrade residents, there is a great deal of contempt for the project. The points criticised encompass the lacking of a public consultation process as well as the disconnect of the lifestyle of Belgrade's middle and upper classes on one hand and the target group of the developed apartments on the other hand. In addition to this, the intransparency and perceived backroom nature of the Belgrade Waterfront deal has caused real anger, expressed most visibly by the street protests organised by the movement Do not let Belgrade d(r)own, accusing the development of money laundering and corruption. In May 2016, thousands of people took to the street to protest against an incident where dozens of men with masks demolished buildings in the area, where the Belgrade Waterfront complex is planned to be built. Contrasting the allegations of the protesters, the government denies any responsibility in and knowledge of the event.

See also
Architectural projects under construction in Belgrade
Serbia–United Arab Emirates relations

References

External links

Savski Venac


title: Tatberht

text:
Tatberht was an eighth century Anglo-Saxon saint, abbot and contemporary of Bede.

Provenance

He is known to history through the writing of Bede, the Secgan Hagiography, Stephen of Ripon, Hugh Candidus and Byrhtferth.

Life

Tatberht was appointed the second Abbot of Ripon, in accord with the terms of the will of the Abbeys founder Wilfrid, who was notable for arguing the Roman position at the Synod of Whitby.

A relative of his predecessor Wilfred, with whom he worked closely, Tatberht, was named in Wilfrid's will as joint heir with Saint Acca the patron of Bede.
Tatberht and Acca commissioned Stephen of Ripon to write a life of Wilfrid.

Veneration

According to Hugh Candidus and Byrhtferth he is buried at Ripon,
along with Saints Wilfrid, ’Albert’, Botwine and Sicgred and ’Wildegel’,  while there is evidence he was re-interred in Peterborough Abbey. and he is commemorated on 5 June.

References

External links

Medieval English saints
8th-century English bishops
8th-century Christian saints
Year of birth unknown
Ripon
Burials at Peterborough Cathedral


title: A. exigua

text:
A. exigua may refer to:

 Acaena exigua, a rose endemic to Hawaii
 Acrolophus exigua, a South American moth
 Acrotona exigua, a rove beetle
 Aglaia exigua, a New Guinean mahogany
 Agrostis exigua, a North American bunchgrass
 Agyneta exigua, an African spider
 Alcadia exigua, a land snail
 Alcyna exigua, a sea snail
 Aleuria exigua, a cup fungus
 Anaxipha exigua, a sword-tail cricket
 Ancilla exigua, a sea snail
 Andrena exigua, a nonparasitic bee
 Antoniettella exigua, a colonial invertebrate
 Anxietas exigua, a sea snail
 Asterias exigua, a starfish native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea
 Attalea exigua, a New World palm


title: 10th British Academy Games Awards

text:
The 10th British Academy Video Game Awards awarded by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, is an award ceremony that was held on 12 March 2014 at Tobacco Dock. The ceremony honoured achievement in video gaming in 2013 and was hosted by Dara Ó Briain.

Winners and nominees
The nominees for the 10th British Academy Video Games Awards were announced on 12 February 2014.

The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on 12 March 2014.

Awards

Winners are shown first in bold.

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The Last of Us – Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
Badland – Johannes Vuorinen and Juhana Myllys, Frogmind Games/Frogmind Games
Grand Theft Auto V – Rockstar North/Rockstar Games
Lego Marvel Super Heroes – Jon Burton, Arthur Parsons and Phillip Ring, Traveller's Tales/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Tomb Raider – Crystal Dynamics/Square Enix
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''Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons – Starbreeze Studios/505 GamesGrand Theft Auto V – Rockstar North/Rockstar Games
Papers, Please – Lucas Pope, 3909 LLC/3909 LLC
The Stanley Parable – Galactic Cafe/Galactic Cafe
Tearaway – Tarsier Studios and Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Year Walk – Simogo/Simogo
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| valign="top" width="50%" |Tearaway – Tarsier Studios and Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment EuropeBeyond: Two Souls – John Rostron, David Cage and Guillaume De Fondaumiere, Quantic Dream/Sony Computer Entertainment
BioShock Infinite – Patrick Balthrop, Scott Haraldsen and James Bonney, Irrational Games/2K Games
Device 6 – Simogo/Simogo
The Last of Us – Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch – Yoshiyuki Momose, Level-5/Bandai Namco Games
| valign="top" |Tearaway – Tarsier Studios and Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment EuropeBadland – Johannes Vuorinen and Juhana Myllys, Frogmind Games/Frogmind Games
Device 6 – Simogo/Simogo
Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time – PopCap Games/Electronic Arts
Ridiculous Fishing – Vlambeer/Vlambeer
The Room Two – Fireproof Games
|-
| valign="top" width="50%" |The Last of Us – Naughty Dog/Sony Computer EntertainmentBattlefield 4 – EA DICE/Electronic Arts
BioShock Infinite – Patrick Balthrop, Scott Haraldsen and James Bonney, Irrational Games/2K Games
Device 6 – Simogo/Simogo
Grand Theft Auto V – Rockstar North/Rockstar Games
Tomb Raider – Crystal Dynamics/Square Enix
| valign="top" |Grand Theft Auto V – Rockstar North/Rockstar GamesWorld of Tanks – Wargaming/Wargaming
Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo EAD Tokyo and 1-Up Studio/Nintendo
The Last of Us – Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment
Dota 2 – Valve/Valve
Battlefield 4 – EA DICE/Electronic Arts
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| valign="top" width="50%" |The Last of Us – Naughty Dog/Sony Computer EntertainmentAssassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
Grand Theft Auto V – Rockstar North/Rockstar Games
Papers, Please – Lucas Pope, 3909 LLC/3909 LLC
Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo EAD Tokyo and 1-Up Studio/Nintendo
Tearaway – Tarsier Studios and Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
| valign="top" |BioShock Infinite – James Bonney and Garry Schyman, Irrational Games/2K GamesTearaway – Kenneth C M Young and Brian D'Oliveira, Tarsier Studios and Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Super Mario 3D World – Mahito Yokota and Koji Kondo, Nintendo EAD Tokyo and 1-Up Studio/Nintendo
The Last of Us – Gustavo Santaolalla, Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment
Beyond: Two Souls – Lorne Balfe, Quantic Dream/Sony Computer Entertainment
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – Brian Tyler and Aldo Sampaio, Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
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| valign="top" width="50%" |Grand Theft Auto V – Rockstar North/Rockstar GamesTearaway – Tarsier Studios and Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
The Room Two – Fireproof Games
Lego Marvel Super Heroes – Jon Burton, Arthur Parsons and Phillip Ring, Traveller's Tales/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Gunpoint – Tom Francis, John Roberts and Ryan Ike, Suspicious Developments/Suspicious Developments
DmC: Devil May Cry – Ninja Theory/Capcom
| valign="top" |Ashley Johnson – The Last of Us as EllieCourtnee Draper – BioShock Infinite as Elizabeth
Elliot Page – Beyond: Two Souls as Jodie
Kevan Brighting – The Stanley Parable as The Narrator
Steven Ogg – Grand Theft Auto V as Trevor Philips
Troy Baker – The Last of Us as Joel
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| valign="top" width="50%" |Gone Home – Fullbright/FullbrightThe Stanley Parable – Galactic Cafe/Galactic Cafe
Remember Me – Jean-Maxime Moris, Hervé Bonin and Oskar Guilbert, Dontnod Entertainment/Capcom
Gunpoint – Tom Francis, John Roberts and Ryan Ike, Suspicious Developments/Suspicious Developments
Castles in the Sky – Jack de Quidt and Dan Pearce
Badland – Johannes Vuorinen, Juhana Myllys, Frogmind Games/Frogmind Games
| valign="top" |FIFA 14 – EA Canada/EA SportsF1 2013 – Codemasters/Codemasters
NBA 2K14 – Visual Concepts/2K Sports
GRID 2 – Codemasters/Codemasters
Forza Motorsport 5 – Bill Giese, Dave Gierok and Barry Feather, Turn 10 Studios/Microsoft Studios
Football Manager 2014 – Sports Interactive/Sega
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| valign="top" width="50%" |Tearaway – Tarsier Studios and Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment EuropeAnimal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo
Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo EAD Tokyo and 1-Up Studio/Nintendo
Skylanders: Swap Force – Vicarious Visions/Activision
Rayman Legends – Michael Ancel, Christophe Heral and Jean-Christophe Alessandri, Ubisoft/Ubisoft
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons – Starbreeze Studios/505 Games
| valign="top" |The Last of Us – Neil Druckmann and Bruce Straley, Naughty Dog/Sony Computer EntertainmentThe Stanley Parable – Galactic Cafe/Galactic Cafe
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch – Akihiro Hino, Level-5/Bandai Namco Games
Grand Theft Auto V – Dan Houser, Rupert Humphries, Rockstar North/Rockstar Games
Gone Home – Fullbright/Fullbright
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons – Starbreeze Studios/505 Games
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Tearaway – Tarsier Studios and Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
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The Last of Us – Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
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Democracy 3 – Cliff Harris, Positech Games/Positech Games
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Surgeon Simulator 2013 – Bossa Studios/Bossa Studios
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BAFTA Fellowship AwardRockstar GamesBAFTA Ones to Watch AwardSize DOES Matter'' – Mattis Delerud, Silje Dahl, Lars Anderson, Trond Fasteraune and Nick La Rooy

Games with multiple nominations and wins

Nominations

Wins

References

External links
10th BAFTA Video Games Awards page

British Academy Games Awards ceremonies
2014 awards in the United Kingdom
2013 in video gaming
March 2014 events in the United Kingdom


title: Sumaiya Siddiqi

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Sumaiya Siddiqi (born 30 November 1988) is a Pakistani former cricketer who played as a right-arm medium bowler. She appeared in 19 One Day Internationals and 15 Twenty20 Internationals for Pakistan between 2007 and 2015. She played domestic cricket for Hyderabad, Sindh, Higher Education Commission, Saif Sports Saga, Omar Associates and State Bank of Pakistan.

Career

One Day International
Sumaiya Siddiqi made her One Day International debut against South Africa on 26 January 2007.

T20I
Sumaiya Siddiqi made her Twenty20 International debut against England on 27 September 2012.

References

External links

1988 births
Living people
Pakistani women cricketers
Pakistan women One Day International cricketers
Pakistan women Twenty20 International cricketers
Cricketers from Karachi
Hyderabad (Pakistan) women cricketers
Sindh women cricketers
Higher Education Commission women cricketers
Saif Sports Saga women cricketers
Omar Associates women cricketers
State Bank of Pakistan women cricketers
Asian Games medalists in cricket
Cricketers at the 2014 Asian Games
Asian Games gold medalists for Pakistan
Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games


title: Lone Star Area Council

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Lone Star Area Council may be:
Lone Star Area Council (#569) now the Circle Ten Council
Lone Star Area Council (#580) now the NeTseO Trails Council


title: Dhilin Mehta

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Dhilin Mehta is an Indian film producer. He served as the chief executive officer of Ashtavinayak Cine Vision. He produced the DD1 serial Aamrapali in 2002. He started his career with small budget films like Fun2shh and Agnipankh and then led Ashtavinayak to bigger budgets and blockbusters. Since Ashtavinayak was suspended from trading in 2012, Mehta was arrested by the Rajasthan Police at the international airport in Mumbai in January 2013, just hours before he was scheduled to board a flight to Dubai. He was granted bail on the same day.

Filmography

Producer
 Bol Bachchan (2012)
 Rockstar (2011)
 Golmaal 3 (2010)
 Dabangg (2010)
 Khatta Meetha (2010)
 Blue (2009)
 Luck (2009)
 Maharathi (2008)
 Golmaal Returns (2008)
 Superstar (2008)
 Jab We Met (2007)
 Bhagam Bhag (2006)
 Golmaal (2006)
 Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya? (2005)
 Agnipankh (2004)
 Fun 2shh: Dudes In the 10th Century (2003)
 Shararat'' (2002)

References

External links

 Dhilin news

Living people
Film producers from Mumbai
1974 births
Producers who won the Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment National Film Award


title: Kanwal Naz

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Kanwal Naz (born 25 December 1989) is a Pakistani former cricketer who played as a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. She appeared in three One Day Internationals and two Twenty20 Internationals for Pakistan in 2010. She played domestic cricket for Karachi and Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited.

Career

Domestic career
In the final of the 2005 National Women's Cricket Championship, Naz scored 54, helping her side Karachi to the title and received the Player of the Match award.

One Day International
Naz made her One Day International debut against Ireland women's cricket team on 6 October 2010.

Twenty20 International
Naz made her Twenty20 International debut against Ireland on 16 October 2010. Naz was selected in the Pakistan squad for the 2010 Asian Games in China, but didn't play a match.

References

External links

1989 births
Living people
Cricketers from Karachi
Pakistani women cricketers
Pakistan women One Day International cricketers
Pakistan women Twenty20 International cricketers
Karachi women cricketers
Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited women cricketers


title: Amrapali

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Āmrapālī, also known as "Ambapālika", "Ambapali", or "Amra" was a celebrated nagarvadhu (royal courtesan) of the republic of Vaishali (located in present-day Bihar) in ancient India around 500 BC. Following the Buddha's teachings, she became an arahant. She is mentioned in the old Pali texts and Buddhist traditions (āgama sutras), particularly in conjunction with the Buddha staying at her mango grove, Ambapali vana, which she later donated to his order and wherein he preached the famous Ambapalika Sutra. The legend of Amrapali originated in the Buddhist Jataka Tales some 1500 years ago.

Early life
Amrapali was born around 600-500 BCE, to Mahanama & an unknown mother. Etymologically, the variants on her name derive from a combination of two Sanskrit words: amra, meaning mango, and pallawa, meaning young leaves or sprouts. It is said that she was spontaneously born at the foot of a mango tree in one of the royal gardens in Vaishali — hence her name.

Even as a young maiden, Amrapali was exceptionally beautiful and ethereal. It is said that a feudal lord by the name of Mahanaman was so enchanted by the young Amrapali's beauty that he abandoned his kingdom and moved to Ambara village, a small hamlet in Vaishali presently in Muzaffarpur.

As a courtesan
Vaishali was the capital city of the Licchavi tribe, one of the eight Khattiya (Sanskrit Kshatriya) clans that had united to form the Vajjian confederacy. The king was elected by an electoral college consisting of princes and nobles from the Kshatriya clans. It was customary that the most beautiful women in the land, rather than marrying one man, dedicated themselves to the pleasure of many.

Amrapali grew up to be a lady of extraordinary charm and grace, and was talented in many art forms. Many young nobles desired her company. When  Manudev, king of Vaishali, saw Amrapali perform a dance in the city, he plotted to "own" her. He murdered Amrapali's childhood love and would-be-groom, Pushpakumar, on the day of their wedding, and afterwards made an official announcement declaring Amrapali as the 'bride' of Vaishali — i.e. the Nagarvadhu. She was also bestowed with the title of Vaishali Janpad Kalayani, given to the most beautiful and talented girl of the kingdom for a period of seven years. Amrapali had the right to choose her lovers, but according to the aforementioned custom, she could not be committed to any one man.

After being declared a Nagarvadhu, Amrapali also became the Rajanartiki or court dancer. Her talent and beauty attracted so many men that the glory of Vaishali during this period is often attributed to Amrapali's fame. The price to see Amrapali's art form was fifty Karshapanas per night, and her treasury grew much larger than the treasuries of some kings.

Legends associated with Amrapali

Amrapali and Bimbisara
Stories of her beauty travelled to the ears of Bimbisara, king of the hostile neighbouring kingdom of Magadha. He attacked Vaishali, and took refuge in Amrapali's house. Bimbisara was a good musician. Before long, Amrapali and Bimbisara fell in love.  When she learned his true identity, Amrapali asked Bimbisara to leave and cease his war.  Bimbisara, smitten with love, did as she asked.  In the eyes of the people of Vaishali, this incident made him a coward. Later, Amrapali bore him a son named Vimala Kondanna.

Ajatashatru, Bimbisara's son by Queen Chellana (according to Jaina traditions) or Queen Kosala Devi (according to Buddhist traditions), later invaded Vaishali due to a dispute with his brothers. He was so moved by her beauty that when Amrapali was imprisoned, he burned the whole of Vaishali. Almost everyone died in the massacre, except his beloved Amrapali, but when she saw the condition of her motherland, she renounced her love for him.

Amrapali and the Buddha
In Buddhist records, Amrapali is noted as having had the opportunity to serve food to the Buddha during his last visit to Vaishali, shortly before his death. Amrapali attended his sermon at a nearby grove and was so deeply moved by it that she invited him for a meal at her quarters. In other accounts, it is stated that the Buddha himself took shelter in her mango groves and was visited by Amrapali who paid her obeisance to him and then extended the invitation. He consented to her proposal with silence. On her way back, her chariot collided with that of the princely nobles of Vaishali who were also heading to invite the Buddha to dine with them. They berate her by calling her a 'mango-woman' and ask her, a woman of ill repute, to move aside and let her superiors pass. It is then that she announces that the Buddha was coming to her house for a meal. The princes were upset and offered her gold in return of the privilege of hosting the Buddha but she refuses. Buddha also turns them down, having already committed to Amrapali.

Buddha recognised her beauty and advised his disciples to be mindful in her presence lest they become infatuated with her. Amrapali received the Buddha with her retinue in her grand residence which had been specially decorated for the occasion. It was no less than the palace of any king; such was the wealth she commanded. At the conclusion of the meal, she offered to the Buddha and his order her entire property including her groves which became the venue for several sermons on mindfulness. Soon thereafter, she renounced her position as courtesan, accepted the Buddhist way, and remained an active supporter of the Buddhist order. She dedicated her life to the service of the poor and the destitutes.

On growing up, Amrapali's son, Vimala Kondanna also became a Buddhist monk and a renowned elder.

Attitudes towards courtesans in scriptures
The story of Amrapali is significant for understanding contemporary attitudes of courtesans. Though she received much fame as a talented artist, she was also berated by the noble princes of Vaishali by calling her 'ganika' (i.e. prostitute) which carried derogatory connotations. However, unlike them, Buddha did not share that kind of prejudice towards her. He ate at her residence and accepted her grove for the Buddhist order.  This is often quoted as an example for his unbiased regard towards women. However, what has been noticed is that with the passage of time and as the Therigatha was collated, this bias also entered the Buddhist fold.

Amrapali's possible alliance with Bimbisara has also survived mainly through an oral tradition and has not found its way into the Pali canon of Buddhism. This is because Bimbisara was a great royal patron of Buddhism and his links with Amrapali may throw a negative light on him. Amrapali's mention in the canon also focuses mostly on the later part of her life when she converted to Buddhism.

However, records of Chinese travellers who came to India in search of Buddhist texts have made note of Amrapali's early life and her relationship with Bimbisara. The latter is found in the Chinese Recension of the Buddhist tripitaka. This narrative has been written in the Mahayana tradition and therefore did not have the onus of representing Bimbisara in a positive light. Hence, their relationship is highlighted.

A third set of scriptures which refer to the story of Amrapali, and do so most elaborately, come from the Gilgit area of Kashmir and are therefore known as the  Gilgit Manuscripts. These are the Tibetan-Sanskrit scriptures of the Mulasarvastivada branch of Buddhism which hold her in high esteem. However, the negative connotation of being a courtesan is still present. Thus, the cultural memory of a courtesan shows a complex pattern, varying across time and place.

In popular culture
 Amrapali has been the subject of three biographical films: Amrapali (1945) starring Sabita Devi, Jagdish Sethi, Prem Adeeb, Amrapali (1959) starring Supriya Devi as Amrapali and Asit Baran as King Ajatashatru, and Amrapali (1966), starring Vyjayanthimala as Amrapali and Sunil Dutt as King Ajatashatru.
 Bollywood actress Hema Malini produced, directed, and starred in a television series called Women of India, which depicted the story of Amrapali. The music for the Amrapali segment of the series was composed by Hridaynath Mangeshkar along with Ravindra Jain.
 Amrapali has been the subject of various books, including Vaishali Ki Nagarvadhu, a 1948 Hindi novel by Acharya Chatursen, and Ambapali, a 1962 novel by Vimala Raina. A recent work in English, The Legend of Amrapali: An Enchanting Saga Buried Within the Sands of Time, was completed by author Anurag Anand in 2012.
 A television series, Amrapali, was telecast on DD National in 2002.
 Amrapali is also mentioned in the book 'Heroines' by historian writer Ira Mukhoty.

See also

 Nagarvadhu
 Buddha (TV series)
 Fa-Hien
 Upagupta
 List of Amar Chitra Katha comics
 Amar Chitra Katha
 Vasavadatta

References

Notes

 Vyasa & Vigneswara Malayalam Novel written by Anand
 Novel: Vaishali ki Nagarvadhu by Acharya Chatursen, 1948
 Khuddaka Nikaya, part 9 (Therigatha) Canto 13
 Digha Nikaya 16 (Mahaparinibbanasutta - part 2, 16-26)
 Malalasekera: Buddhist Dictionary of Pali Proper Names (s.v.)
 The Legend of Amrapali by Anurag Anand
 Rev. Osho - A story on Buddha and Amrapali

External links
 Ambapālī (Ambapālikā) in Buddhist Dictionary of Pali names
 Amrapali DD1 serial 1st episode-2002

Disciples of Gautama Buddha
Indian Buddhists
Indian courtesans
5th-century BC people
Year of death unknown
Year of birth unknown
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Arhats
Ancient dancers
5th-century BC women


title: Clemens Michalski

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Clemens F. Michalski (April 21, 1902 – October 20, 1977) was an American machinist and politician from Milwaukee, Wisconsin who represented the 12th Milwaukee County Assembly district (the 12th and 14th Wards of the City of Milwaukee), succeeding Democrat Max Galasinski (who was successfully pursuing a seat in the Wisconsin State Senate). Michalski was a U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of Wisconsin form 1952 to December 31, 1955, after which Michalski was elected Sheriff of Milwaukee. Michalski served as sheriff from 1956 to 1960 when George J. Witkowski was elected.

Background
Michalski was born on April 21, 1902, in Milwaukee, where at one time or another he attended public schools, parochial schools and night school. In 1918, he became an apprentice machinist, and continued in that profession, except for a brief time (September 1, 1933 - January 1, 1935) as an inspector for the State Athletic Commission. He worked for many years for Allis-Chalmers; and also worked part-time as a salesman of Essex and Hudson automobiles.

Political office
At the time of his 1934 election to the assembly he was chairman of the Twelfth Ward Democratic Committee; the Athletic Commission position may have been a patronage appointment in the wake of the 1932 Democratic sweep of Wisconsin offices. He was the only member of the Assembly to specifically list his political affiliation as "Liberal Democrat" (the Democratic Party was not traditionally regarded as a liberal party in Wisconsin politics.)

In 1936, he ran for a position on the Milwaukee Common Council; he would remain as an alderman for 16 years. (According to a 1960 study, Assembly salaries and benefits were so low that in Milwaukee County, positions on the County Board of Supervisors and the Common Council were considered more desirable than seats in the Assembly, and an average of 23% of Milwaukee legislators did not seek re-election. This pattern was not seen to hold to the same extent in the rest of the state, where local offices tended to pay less well.) He was not a candidate in the 1936 Democratic primary for his Assembly seat, and was succeeded by Democrat Peter Pyszczynski.

Parker spent some time as a member of the central committee of the Wisconsin Democratic Party for Wisconsin's 4th congressional district. During this period, he ran a liquor store on Mitchell Street for five years, and made investments in South Side real estate.

He resigned as alderman in 1952 to accept an appointment as a United States Marshall from the Truman administration. He then resigned that position in December 1955 to seek the office of Sheriff for Milwaukee County, a position he held from 1956–1960, when he was elected as county clerk (he was not eligible to be re-elected sheriff due to term limits). Michalski, described as "a large man with a booming voice... known in the political arena as a fiery orator", became known for his malapropisms (asked about how he felt, he reportedly replied "My syracuse veins are bothering me"). When asked to speculate on the outcome of a particular case he said, "I don't have any sugar bowl." (Apparently meaning "crystal ball.") He was a delegate to the 1964 Democratic National Convention, nominally pledged to favorite son Governor John Reynolds as a presidential candidate.

In 1968 he retired as county clerk.  He died October 20, 1977.

References

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Democratic Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
Politicians from Milwaukee
County officials in Wisconsin
Wisconsin city council members
Wisconsin sheriffs
1902 births
1977 deaths
20th-century American politicians


title: Georg Matthias von Martens

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George Matthias von Martens (12 June 1788, Venice – 24 February 1872, Stuttgart) was a German lawyer, botanist and phycologist. He was the father of zoologist Eduard von Martens (1831-1904).

He studied law at the University of Tübingen, where he also attended lectures by naturalist Carl Friedrich Kielmeyer and astronomer Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger. From 1818 to 1821 he worked in Ulm, afterwards being based in Stuttgart, where in 1829 he became an official interpreter for Italian, Spanish and Portuguese at the Ministry of Justice and the Interior. From 1836 onward, he held the title of councilor.

As a botanist, he collected specimens from southern Germany, Austria and northern Italy. In 1832, with Gustav Schübler, he conducted botanical investigations in southeastern Württemberg. His European collections subsequently became part of the "Naturaliencabinet" in Stuttgart. He is also known for his studies of freshwater and marine algae, especially species native to eastern Asia. In 1862 he received an honorary degree in sciences from the University of Tübingen.

In 1841, the red algae genus Martensia (family Delesseriaceae) was named in his honor by Constantin Hering.

Selected works

 Reise nach Venedig, 1824 – Journey to Venice.
 Flora von Würtemberg (with Gustav Schübler), 1834 – Flora of Würtemberg.
 Flora von Württemberg und Hohenzollern, (with Carl Albert Kemmler 1813–1888), 1865 – Flora of Württemberg and Hohenzollern.
 Die Preussiche expedition nach Ost-Asien [1860-1862] Nach amtlichen quellen, (with  Eduard von Martens and Albert Berg) 1864–1873 – The Prussian expedition to East Asia (1860–62) according to official sources.
 Die Preussische expedition nach Ost-Asien : nach amtlichen quellen. Botanischer Theil. Die Tange, 1866 – The Prussian expedition to East Asia, according to official sources. Botanical part: seaweed.
 "Notes on Some Japanese Algae", 1870 (with Sulpiz Kurz, published in English).
 "Algae Brasilienses circa Rio de Janeiro a clar. A. Glaziou", 1871.

References

1788 births
1872 deaths
19th-century German botanists
German phycologists
Scientists from Stuttgart
University of Tübingen alumni
Academic staff of the University of Tübingen


title: Salim Mvurya

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Mvurya Salim Mgala (born 1970) is a Kenyan politician and Cabinet Secretary for Mining, Blue Economy and Maritime Affairs. He became the first governor of Kwale County, Kenya after winning in the 2013 general elections. He vied on an Orange Democratic Movement ticket but later joined the Jubilee Party of Kenya.  It was announced on 30 August 2017 that he will be named Chairman of Kenya's Council of Governors. Unfortunately he didn't get to, instead governor Wycliffe Oparanya took over from NANOK. In October 2022, he was appointed the Cabinet Secretary for Mining, Blue Economy and Maritime Affairs Cabinet Secretary.

Education
Salim Mvurya was born at Kadzandani Village, Kinango District of Kwale County. He went to Mavirivirini Primary School in 1979 then Mpeketoni Secondary School from 1987 to 1990. He then proceeded to Egerton University for his first degree and graduated with Bachelors in Agri-Business Management in 1996. He holds a master's degree in Participation, Power and Social Change from the Institute of Development Studies, in England, UK. He also has further certificates in NGO management from MS-TCDC in Arusha, Tanzania.

Career
Salim Mvurya has 17 years of social development and leadership experience. In the year 2008, he was appointed to be the Acting Country Director for Plan Kenya. Other organizations he has worked for include the Aga Khan Foundation and Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and Development (an institute of Egerton University). Some of the programs he implemented were funded by DFID, USAID, Ministries of Foreign Affairs in Netherlands and Finland, and NORAD, Norway.

Politics
In the 2013 general elections, Mvurya ran for Kwale governorship on an ODM ticket with Fatuma Achani as his running mate. His rivals were James Dena, Kassima Rigga Mambo, Simeon Mwero Mkalla and Mwarapayo Mohammed Mwachai. Mvurya won by more than half the votes cast.

In May 2014, Mvurya ousted Nairobi governor Evans Kidero to become vice chairman of the Council of Governors.

On 29 September 2014 while at a rally with Raila Odinga in Kinango, Mvurya and Odinga were attacked by an elderly man who hit them on their backs with a stick. The security detail at the rally quickly subdued the man who was later released after it was established that he was mentally unstable.

After several months of speculation, Mvurya announced in September 2016 that he was leaving ODM and that he would run on a Jubilee Alliance ticket in the 2017 general elections. His deputy, Fatuma Achani, had cited interference from other county chiefs in Kwale politics. Rumors had also been rife that senior officers in ODM had conspired to deny him the 2017 ODM ticket for what they termed as his refusal to be loyal to them and also for working with Jubilee.

On 30 August 2017, Kenya's Council of Governors agreed to elect Mvurya as the council's Chairman.

References

1970 births
Living people
County Governors of Kenya
Jubilee Party politicians
People from Kwale County


title: Shumaila Qureshi

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Shumaila Qureshi (born 30 April 1988) is a Pakistani former cricketer who played as a right-arm off break bowler. She appeared in three One Day Internationals and one Twenty20 Internationals for Pakistan in 2010. She played domestic cricket for Karachi, Sindh, Balochistan, Omar Associates.

She is currently a trainer for cricket and Physical Training teacher at Alpha Core School  PECHS Branch, Karachi.

References

External links

1988 births
Living people
Cricketers from Karachi
Pakistani women cricketers
Pakistan women One Day International cricketers
Pakistan women Twenty20 International cricketers
Karachi women cricketers
Sindh women cricketers
Baluchistan women cricketers
Omar Associates women cricketers


title: Judith Stein (historian)

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Judith Stein (17 April 1940 – 8 May 2017) was an American historian, and a Distinguished Professor of History at the City College and Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She worked on African American history, social movements, labor and business history, and political economy.  Her major works are World of Marcus Garvey:  Race and Class in Modern Society, Running Steel, Running America:  Race, Economy and the Decline of Liberalism, and Pivotal Decade:  How the United States Traded Factories for Finance.

Life
Stein was born in Brooklyn, New York, where her parents were a stockbroker and a schoolteacher, attended James Madison High School, and graduated with honors from Vassar College in 1960.  She received a Ph.D. in American Studies from Yale University in 1968.

Works
Stein's first book The World of Marcus Garvey addressed a major African American leader and movement, as well as his era, the early twentieth century up until the Great Depression. Harvard historian Nathan Huggins, writing in the American Historical Review, said Stein, writing on a subject that is often "overly heated... has written the most balanced and the most historically textured study of Garvey and his times."

Her second book, Running Steel, Running America placed race in the context of economy. Business History called it "[A] marvelous and important book, an immaculately researched,
powerfully written analysis." It "used the steel industry to chart the decline of liberalism" wrote the Law and History Review

Her third book, Pivotal Decade addresses the decade of the 1970s.  Stein asked "Why did the nation replace the assumptions that capital and labor should prosper together with an ethic claiming that the promotion  of capital will eventually benefit labor." "This book should be required reading for any- one seeking to understand how the economic re-structuring of the 1970s led to our current age of inequality," wrote reviewer Shane Hamilton, from the Department of History at the University of Georgia.  Stein was writing a book about the 1990s and the triumph of neoliberalism.

Academic activities
Stein was on the editorial board of the journal International Labor and Working Class History. She was the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Council of Learned Societies, and was awarded a CUNY Distinguished Fellowship in 2013.  She was elected to the Society of American Historians and served as a Distinguished Lecturer for the Organization of American Historians. She taught in Russia in 2006 as the Nikolay V. Sivachev Distinguished Chair in American History at Moscow State University .

Non-academic activities
Stein has written for the New York Times, Dissent, Village Voice, Nation, In These Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer and Logos:  A Journal of Modern Society and Culture.  She regularly blogged for Dissent.  She regularly commented on contemporary events for news institutions, appearing on Bloomberg, BBC, and other television and radio programs.

References

1940 births
2017 deaths
City University of New York faculty
Vassar College alumni
Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni
American women historians
Academics from Brooklyn
Deaths from lung cancer in New York (state)
James Madison High School (Brooklyn) alumni
Historians from New York (state)
21st-century American women


title: 1946 American Overseas Airlines Douglas DC-4 crash

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On October 3, 1946, an American Overseas Airlines (AOA) Douglas C-54 aircraft named Flagship New England crashed soon after take-off from Stephenville, Newfoundland, killing all 39 people on board.  It was, at the time, the deadliest aircraft crash on Newfoundland soil.

Aircraft and occupants
Flagship New England was a Douglas C-54E-5-DO military transport aircraft that had been converted to a Douglas DC-4 civilian airliner; and was registered N90904. It had first flown in 1945 and had logged a total of 3,731 flight hours during its career. On 24 October 1945, it was with Flagship New England that American Overseas Airlines (AOA) launched international flight services. On the accident flight, the aircraft carried thirty-one passengers and a crew of eight. Most of the passengers were wives and children of U.S. servicemen stationed in Allied-occupied Germany.

Flight and accident
At 12:14 PM EST on 2 October, Flagship New England departed New York-LaGuardia Airport for a transatlantic commercial flight to Berlin, with stops in Gander, Newfoundland and Shannon, Ireland. However, poor weather conditions at Gander forced the flight crew to land at Ernest Harmon Air Force Base in Stephenville, Newfoundland instead. In order to let the crew rest, the flight stopped at Stephenville for the next twelve hours.

At 4:45 AM on 3 October, Flagship New England left the gate and was initially cleared to depart from runway 30; however, apparently unfavorable wind conditions prompted Stephenville Air Traffic Control to clear it for runway 07 instead. Overcast skies blocked out light from the Moon and stars, rendering the terrain ahead unlit. Flights departing from runway 07 were supposed to make a right-hand turn immediately after take-off so as to avoid hilly terrain in line with the runway. However, the pilots of Flagship New England instead allowed the aircraft to continue going straight ahead after lifting off. At about 5:03 AM, some seven miles from the end of the runway, the aircraft hit a ridge at an elevation of about 1,160 feet and crashed, killing everyone on board. The investigation into the accident indicated the pilots' failure to change course, which led the aircraft across terrain over which sufficient clearance could not be gained, led to the crash.

References

External links
 Report of the Civil Aeronautics Board - PDF

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