title: Sunil Singh Yadav

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Sunil Singh Yadav (born 16 February 1981) also known as  Sunil Singh Sajan is an Indian politician Sunil elected as Member of Legislative Council from Lucknow-Unnao seat 2016-2022). He was assigned Dairy And Milk State Minister in Akhilesh Yadav's cabinet in Uttar Pradesh. He was National President of Samajwadi Party Kshatra Sabha.

Early life and education
He hails from Bachuwa Kheda Hilauli village in Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh. He is MA and LLB from Lucknow University, Lucknow.

Political career
He joined Samajwadi Party on 1 October 1998. And now he is Member of Legislative Council (MLC) from Lucknow-Unnao seat. Sunil presents his party as spokesperson also.

Sunil contested his first election as student leader and was elected Vice President of KKV College, Lucknow University on  20 April 1999 and later on 9 November 2004 he was elected as President of KKC College, Lucknow University.

Later, he was elected as State President of Samajwadi Chhatra Sabha (Student wing of Samajwadi Party) on 26 April 2005. He was elected as
National President of Samajwadi Chhatra Sabha on 10 December 2010.

Sunil Singh Yadav was part of a delegation as National President of Samajwadi Chhatra Sabha which visited China on 20 September 2011. This delegation had 500 government officials, heads of other youth organizations, social workers, entrepreneurs, college students and rural youth representatives. During the 10-day stay, this delegation participated in cultural exchange activities with young Chinese people and visited to companies, communities, universities and rural areas of People's Republic of China.

He as the eyes and ears of CM Akhilesh Yadav. He is a former president of the city's Jai Narain Degree College Students' Union. Sunil was the architect of the first agitation by the SP against the current Bahujan Samaj Party government, on 8 January 2008, when it sought restoration of the students' union and opposed fee hike. When he was beaten up by the police and jailed for 19 days, Akhilesh  sat on his first Dharna, outside the SSP Lucknow's office.

Sunil Yadav's position was cemented as police continued to crack down on SP men. While Leader of the Opposition Shivpal Singh Yadav was slapped by a policeman, an SP worker lost his life in police firing. Another committed self-immolation at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi.

By the time Mulayam Singh Yadav had withdrawn the agitation, Sunil Singh was a known name in the party. Currently national president of the SP's students' wing, Sunil again shot into news when he was pinned down by Lucknow DIG D K Thakur during an SP agitation against price rise in Lucknow on 9 April 2011. He broke his hand and was sent to prison.

On 21 May 2013, he was made state minister of dairy and milk in UP CM Akhilesh Yadav's cabinet.
Sunil Singh Yadav lost by 3088 votes to Ram chandra Singh Pradhan of Bharatiya Janata Party in the MLC election in the year 2022.

On 27 April 2014 UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav sent his point man Sunil Singh Sajan to lead a team of 50 party volunteers with the relief material from the state for the needy people in quake hit Kathmandu. This relief team consisted Members from SP’s all four youth wings – Samajwadi Yuvjan Sabha, Lohia Vahini, Samajwadi Kshatra Sabha and Mulayam Singh Youth.

References

Members of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
1981 births
Living people
People from Unnao district
Samajwadi Party politicians
State cabinet ministers of Uttar Pradesh


title: Claude Desplan

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Claude Desplan, a biologist originally trained in France, has been a Silver Professor in New York University’s Department of Biology since 1999. His research centers on understanding the development and functioning of the visual system that underlies color vision using the fruit fly Drosophila as a model organism.

Biography

Born in Algeria, Desplan completed his undergraduate training at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in St. Cloud, France in 1975 and he received a Ph.D. at the Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) in Paris in 1983. His thesis work, done under the guidance of Mohsen Moukhtar and Monique Thomasset, focused on calcium regulation.

As a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Pat O’Farrell at the University of California, San Francisco, Desplan worked on the functional specificity of homeodomain proteins. He demonstrated that this conserved signature of many developmental genes is a DNA binding motif. In 1987, he joined the faculty of Rockefeller University and was named a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Assistant and Associate Investigator. There, he pursued structural and functional studies of the homeodomain and Paired domain DNA binding domains and investigated the evolution of axis formation in insects. He accepted a position as Professor at New York University in 1999.

Scientific work

His laboratory has demonstrated the molecular mechanisms that pattern the fly color-sensing photoreceptor neurons and showed how stochastic decisions, a transcription factor network, and a tumor suppressor pathway contribute to the diversification of photoreceptors. It has also sought to understand how color information that arises within the retina is processed in the optic lobe of the Drosophila brain by investigating the development and function of this structure. His lab has shown that neuronal diversity in optic lobes is generated by the lineage of neural stem cells and by spatial input from patterning genes, and has provided a functional understanding of the neuronal and computational mechanisms that underlie color vision and motion detection (the ‘elementary motion detector’).
The Desplan laboratory also uses ‘evo-devo’ approaches to understand the evolution of patterning mechanisms in the early embryo and in the visual system using the wasp Nasonia  and the ant Harpegnathos as model systems. He contributed broadly to the understanding of how insect embryos pattern their antero-posterior axis through extensive rewiring of a network of genes that are otherwise evolutionarily conserved in Drosophila.
Desplan serves on multiple scientific advisory boards and in funding agencies. He is an elected member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, an elected foreign member of EMBO, and an elected fellow of the New York Academy of Sciences.

Honors and awards
 2020 Awarded the Edwin Grant Conklin Medal by the Society for Developmental Biology
 2018 Elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

References

External links
Official website at NYU
biographical sketch at NYU

Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
French academics
French biologists
New York University faculty
Rockefeller University faculty


title: Riverfront Streetcar Line

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The Riverfront Streetcar Line is a historic streetcar line in New Orleans, Louisiana.   It is operated by the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA).  It was built along the east bank of the Mississippi River, in an area with many amenities catering to tourists. It opened August 14, 1988, making it the first new streetcar route in New Orleans in 62 years. The line runs  from Julia Street at the upper end of the New Orleans Convention Center to the downriver (far) end of the French Quarter at the foot of Esplanade Avenue. Unlike the other three lines, it travels on an exclusive right-of-way, along the river levee beside New Orleans Belt Railway tracks, making it more akin to a light rail line. The line was regauged in 1997 from standard gauge to broad gauge. Officially, the Riverfront Line is designated Route 2 and is designated with a blue color on most RTA publications.

History
Two retired Perley Thomas streetcars, formerly running along the Canal line until 1964, were repurchased and refurbished, along with two W2-type streetcars originally from Melbourne, Australia. It was the city's first accessible streetcar line, using the Melbourne cars; the historic landmark status of the Saint Charles route prevented the modification of the cars on that line.

From the time it opened in 1988, the Riverfront line was originally single-track, , with one passing siding. But the line proved to be so popular that this was inadequate, so in 1990, it was temporarily closed and a second track was added. At the same time, another repurchased Perley Thomas streetcar and another ex-Melbourne streetcar were added to the fleet.  The six cars in the fleet were all renumbered into a common series before entering service, with the three original New Orleans (Perley Thomas) cars being numbered 450, 451, and 456 (ex-924, 919, and 952, in that order). The W2-type cars were numbered 452, 454, and 455 for Riverfront service, and were formerly Melbourne cars 626, 478, and 331, respectively.

By 1997, RTA felt the need for additional wheelchair access on the Riverfront line. It was decided to build new streetcars, which would be replicas of the venerable Perley Thomas cars, but would have more modern trucks and controls. The first such car used the body shell of another repurchased Perley Thomas streetcar, number 957 (renumbered 457), with a wheelchair access door cut into its side. Six additional replica car bodies, which became cars 458–463, were built from scratch in the venerable Carrollton Shops. After some experimentation with secondhand PCC trucks and controls salvaged from retired Philadelphia streetcars, initially installed in two cars (457–458), eventually all seven new cars were equipped with trucks and controls from the Czech builder ČKD Tatra.

At the same time, it was decided to regauge the Riverfront line to broad gauge () to conform to the St. Charles track gauge, and to build a connecting track on Canal Street from St. Charles to Riverfront. This would make it much easier to service Riverfront cars at Carrollton Station, and they could even be housed at Carrollton rather than out in the open at the ends of the Riverfront line.

The last day of standard gauge operation of Riverfront was September 6, 1997, after which the line was again temporarily closed and the track gauge changed. The three Perley Thomas cars and the three ex-Melbourne cars were retired at this time. The ex-Melbourne cars were sold to the Memphis Area Transit Authority, for use on that city's Main Street Trolley line. One of the Perley Thomas cars was sent to the San Francisco Municipal Railway, and the other two were stored at Carrollton Station. The Riverfront line reopened on December 13, 1997, with the new cars running on the broad-gauge track.

Operation
The Riverfront Streetcar normally operates 24 hours a day.  Frequencies range from 20 minutes 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., to 40 minutes nightly after 10 p.m.

Because of complaints regarding infrequency of service on the Riverfront line, NORTA has installed LCD screens at each of the stops along the route to show approximate incoming times in each direction, as well as an animated display showing destinations and stops in both directions along the line. These times have often proven inaccurate due to fluctuations in the time required to traverse the track length.

Due to construction on the World Trade Center building, service is suspended between Canal Street and the Julia Street end of the Riverfront line.

On October 12, 2019, a building under construction at the corner of Canal Street and N. Rampart Street collapsed, blocking the Canal line (see Hard Rock hotel collapse). For a while, the Riverfront line provided service on Canal Street through the business district, operating from the French Market terminal to Canal Street, then out Canal to Carondelet Street.

Currently, the operable portion of the Riverfront line is combined with the operable portion of the Rampart-St. Claude line as Route 49. From the French Market terminal, it runs to Canal Street, then out Canal to University Place (Loyola Avenue), and out Loyola to the terminal at UPT.

Stop listing
From the French Quarter to the Convention Center area

References

External links

 Riverfront Streetcar line schedule

Passenger rail transportation in Louisiana
Transportation in New Orleans
Light rail in Louisiana
Heritage streetcar systems
New Orleans
1988 establishments in Louisiana
Railway lines opened in 1988


title: François Van Den Bosch

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François Van Den Bosch (born 8 September 1934) is a former Belgian cyclist. He competed in the individual and team road race events at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

References

External links

1934 births
Living people
Belgian male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Belgium
Cyclists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Cyclists from Antwerp


title: Mallory Knox discography

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This is the discography of British rock band Mallory Knox. They currently have released three studio albums, three EPs and ten singles.

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

Other songs

As featured artist

Music videos

As featured artist

Notes
=Are referenced in the video link.

References

Discographies of British artists
Rock music group discographies


title: Purnell House (Goshen, New Hampshire)

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The Purnell House is a historic house on New Hampshire Route 10 in Goshen, New Hampshire.  Built about 1830, this Cape style house is one of a cluster of 19th-century plank-frame houses in the town.  The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

Description and history
The Purnell House is located just north of the village center of Goshen, on the west side of NH 10, about  south of the Newport line.  It is set back from the road behind another house, with access drives from both the highway and Lear Hill Road.  It is a -story Cape style house, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior.  It is framed with three-inch vertical planking, and its main block is five bays wide and two deep.  The main block is extended by an ell and garage.  Its entrance set at the center of the front facade, is topped by a four-light transom window.  A two-story ell extends behind the main block to the north, connecting it to a carriage barn.  The ell has a gabled roof pierced by multiple gabled dormers.

The house was built about 1830.  One of its early owners was Daniel Emerson, the toll collector on the Croydon Turnpike (now NH 10).  The toll gate was located in the meadow just to the north.

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

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New Hampshire
Houses completed in 1830
Houses in Goshen, New Hampshire
1830 establishments in New Hampshire
National Register of Historic Places in Sullivan County, New Hampshire


title: Rampart–St. Claude Streetcar Line

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The Rampart–St. Claude Streetcar Line is a historic streetcar line in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is operated by the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA). It is the newest streetcar line in the system, as it opened on October 2, 2016, with the total length of the line being . The line is officially designated Route 49 and is denoted with a gold color on most RTA publications.

Before the line was rerouted to its current route, it was originally called the Loyola-UPT Streetcar line, which opened on January 28, 2013. Construction started in August 2011, and the line was opened in time for New Orleans' hosting of Super Bowl XLVII. It was reconfigured to become the Rampart–St. Claude line as part of the Rampart Streetcar construction project that began in April 2015.

Route description
The Rampart–St. Claude Streetcar line begins at the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal (UPT) where it connects with RTA bus routes, Amtrak, and Greyhound Lines. From there, it runs for  on Loyola Avenue in the New Orleans Central Business District to Canal Street. With the exception of only two blocks, this portion of the line does not operate on neutral ground, but rather on the inside traffic lanes. It is also unique in New Orleans in that the streetcar stops are built to light rail system standards as opposed to typical streetcar stops that utilize a simple concrete platform sometimes with a bench and/or a canopy. The route continues on Canal Street for one block before turning onto North Rampart Street, primarily with trackage operating in mixed street traffic. It continues through the French Quarter and Tremé neighborhoods, then continues onto St. Claude Avenue to its terminus at Elysian Fields Avenue. The line operates the same type of Von Dullen cars as the Canal Street line. It features solar powered passenger shelters along Loyola Avenue.

The former Loyola-UPT line went down Canal to Harrah's at the Mississippi River, and on weekends, it continued further down the Riverfront tracks to the French Market terminal at Esplanade Avenue.

Although RTA literature consistently refers to this line as Rampart–St. Claude, the route signs displayed on the streetcars often show the name Loyola-UPT.

On October 12, 2019, a building under construction at the corner of Canal Street and N. Rampart Street collapsed, blocking the line. As of 2022, the portion of the line between Canal and Elysian Fields could not be served by rail. For a time, the Loyola-UPT portion of the line, along Loyola Avenue, was served by Canal-Cemeteries streetcars 24 hours a day. Later, it was combined with the Riverfront line as the 49 UPT-Riverfront line, operating from UPT via Loyola to Canal, then in on Canal to Riverfront, then along the Riverfront line to its French Quarter terminal.

The route had been expected to reopen in March or April 2023, but as of July 2023, it was still running in combination with the Riverfront line. The line is now expected to reopen in 2024

Operation
The Rampart–St. Claude line normally operates between approximately 6 a.m. and midnight, with a frequency of every 20 minutes throughout service times.

Stop listing

From Marigny to UPT

Proposed expansion
Original plans for the French Quarter Rail Expansion called for the line to extend to Press Street, and to have a branch extending from St. Claude via Elysian Fields Avenue to connect with the Riverfront line at the foot of Elysian Fields and Esplanade Avenues, but those extensions have not been funded.

Another proposed extension would take streetcars down St. Claude Avenue past Press Street to Poland Avenue, next to the Industrial Canal. This would require crossing the Norfolk Southern Railroad at Press Street, which the railroad opposes on safety grounds.

These plans are considered unlikely to be fulfilled.

References

External links
 Rampart–St. Claude Streetcar line schedule

Passenger rail transportation in Louisiana
Transportation in New Orleans
Light rail in Louisiana
Heritage streetcar systems
New Orleans
Railway lines opened in 2013
5 ft 2½ in gauge railways in the United States
2013 establishments in Louisiana


title: The Undivided EP

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The Undivided EP is the first extended play by Asian girl group Blush. It was released digitally on May 10, 2012 under FarWest Entertainment.

Charting
Three songs from the EP have charted in the Billboard Dance Chart: "Undivided" (#3), "Dance On" (#1) and "All Stars" (#14)

Track listing

References

2012 albums


title: Anaconda (song)

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"Anaconda" is a song by rapper Nicki Minaj from her third studio album, The Pinkprint (2014). Released on August 4, 2014 by Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records, and Republic Records as the second single from the album, the song was produced by Polow da Don, DJ Spydr, and Da Internz, and prominently samples "Baby Got Back" (1992) by Sir Mix-a-Lot. The song peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Minaj's highest charting single at the time. The song also peaked within the top ten in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, top forty in Austria, France and Portugal and top fifty in Czech Republic.

Colin Tilley directed an accompanying video for the song, which was released on August 19, 2014. Following the video's release, it broke the 24-hour streaming record on Vevo by accumulating 19.6 million views in its first day of release. In 2021, Anaconda became the first music video for a solo female rap song to hit 1 billion views.  To further promote the song, Minaj performed it live at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards and also performed it at Fashion Rocks and the iHeartRadio Music Festival. "Anaconda" was nominated for Best Rap Song at the 2015 Grammy Awards. The song was also nominated for two categories at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards, Best Female Video and Best Hip-Hop Video, winning the latter.

Background and composition
On August 5, 2014, producer Polow da Don claimed that the "Anaconda" instrumental was originally intended for rapper and musician Missy Elliott, but was scrapped and then re-recorded by Minaj. However, on August 24, 2014, Elliott contradicted Polow's recollections, saying she never received the instrumental. The cover art for the single went viral on the web after being revealed. On various digital music stores, the cover art is censored with the Parental Advisory label over Minaj's buttocks. The song heavily samples "Baby Got Back" by Sir Mix-a-Lot, who also has vocals in the chorus of the song.

The song has been viewed by some as a diss track, in answer to "Baby Got Back". Whereas Sir Mix-a-Lot focuses on a woman's body and the pleasure it gives him, Minaj raps from the perspective of the unnamed woman, and shows how she uses her body to profit and empower herself.

According to Minaj's sound engineer Aubry "Big Juice" Delaine, "Anaconda" had 27 different versions at first. Production team Da Internz were then brought in to add drums to the song, whereafter it was sent for mixing and mastering, which made it "perfect".

Musically, the song is a hip hop and pop-rap song. The song is written in the key of C minor with a tempo of 130 beats per minute.

Critical reception

Carolyn Menyes from Music Times said it is a bit "raunchy" though this was "expected" and saying "Anaconda" continues Minaj's promise to move away from her poppier singles such as "Super Bass" and "Starships", and go back to her hardcore rap roots. Kory Grow from Rolling Stone praised the use of the "Baby Got Back" sample and said the song stayed true to the theme of the original. Kevin Goddard from HotNewHipHop said "Nicki's raunchy new version may be the next big thing to hit the industry." Dan Reilly from Spin said "Minaj takes the good Sir's '92 ode to protruding posteriors and adds a heavy dose of 2014 sex lingo." Amy Davidson from Digital Spy gave the song three stars out of five and said that "Nicki's breaking down barriers."

Sir Mix-a-Lot said he had "a whole new level of respect for Minaj" after hearing the record and that he became a "fan for life".

The song made Spin's end of year 'The 101 Best Songs of 2014' list. It ranked #3 on the list of 101 entries and Spin herald it "much more than just a song" but a "cultural movement." She was the only rapper to make the top ten of the list as a lead artist. "Anaconda" was also placed at number two on MTV's Best Songs of 2014.

However, despite the positive reviews the song received negative reactions. The London Economic called it "one of the worst songs ever." Critics from National Review referred to the song as "degrading," adding that it promoted prostitution, drug abuse and immorality to young girls. A city in Israel banned the song and prohibited it from concerts and sports events. They claimed the record is "violations of women's dignity," encouraged "a culture of rape and humiliation of women," and that its lyrics were "full of racist words, insults, sexism and homophobia."

Commercial performance
In the United States, the song debuted at No. 3 on the Digital Songs chart selling 141,000 digital downloads in its first week. Additionally, as Minaj shares lead credit on "Bang Bang," which was No. 2 on that same chart in the same week, Minaj became the first lead act to have two concurrent songs in the top three of the chart since Taylor Swift did it on the list dated September 22, 2012. On the Billboard Hot 100, the song debuted at No. 19, marking Minaj's 51st Hot 100 entry and subsequently breaking out of a tie with Michael Jackson for overall career Hot 100 entries.

For the week ending September 6, 2014, "Anaconda" jumped to No. 2 on the Hot 100, blocked from the top spot by Swift's "Shake It Off". It became Minaj's highest charting single on that chart at the time. It marked her eleventh top ten single. Its leap into the runner-up position was brought on primarily by the release of its music video, which garnered 32.1 million domestic streams in its first week. That streaming total caused it to consequentially skyrocket to No. 1 on Billboards Streaming Songs chart. It is the largest one week streaming sum since Miley Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball" received 36.4 million streams for the week ending September 28, 2013. Additionally, the 39-2 ascent for "Anaconda" marks the second-biggest jump ever within the Hot 100's top 40. Only Black Eyed Peas made a bigger leap in the region when "Boom Boom Pow" blasted to No. 1 on April 18, 2009. "Anaconda" was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in November 2014 and has sold 1.3 million copies in the US as of December 2014.

Music video
A music video for the track was shot in Los Angeles, California. It was directed by Colin Tilley and was released on August 19, 2014. The video features a cameo appearance by fellow rapper and labelmate Drake. The video broke the 24-hour streaming record on Vevo by accumulating 19.6 million views in its first day of release, beating the 19.3 million 24-hour record previously held by Miley Cyrus for the music video of her song, "Wrecking Ball", in 2013. On August 30, 2014, eleven days after the release of the music video, "Anaconda" was Vevo certified for receiving over 100 million views. In 2015 Taylor Swift surpassed Minaj's record with the video for her single "Bad Blood" which got 20.1 million views in 24 hours.

In a review of Minaj's video, Lucas Villa of AXS wrote, "It's butts abound in her bananas clip for 'Anaconda." NBC host Al Roker called the music video "vile" and "desperate". Roker said, "It almost seems like Minaj has gotten desperate and needs to do something to get her crown back." Molly Lambert of Grantland was complimentary, writing "the video is about Nicki asserting her power, not as a sexual object but a sexual subject." It was named one of the sexiest videos of 2014 by VH1.

As of April 3, 2021, the video has gained more than 1 billion views, being the first female rap solo song to do so. Billboard also named "Anaconda" the 13th greatest video of the decade.

Live performances
On 24 August 2014, Minaj first performed the song live at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards. The performance followed Ariana Grande's individual performance of her single "Break Free" and was followed by a performance of Jessie J, Grande, and Minaj's joint single "Bang Bang." On September 9, 2014, Minaj performed the song live at Fashion Rocks. On September 19, 2014, Minaj performed the song at the 2014 iHeartRadio Music Festival. On November 9, 2014, Minaj performed "Anaconda" at the 2014 MTV Europe Music Awards in a three-song medley including her other songs "Super Bass" and "Bed of Lies" featuring Skylar Grey. Minaj has performed the song on The Pinkprint Tour and The Nicki Wrld Tour.

Legacy
The song has been played and referenced several times on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, including Ellen DeGeneres doing a music video parody of the song which was unveiled during Minaj's appearance on the show in 2014.

The Fine Brothers released two videos on their YouTube channel of teens reacting to "Anaconda", and elders reacting to "Anaconda". They later made a song out of the reactions and released it for purchase on iTunes.

The song was briefly sung by a group of bunnies in the 2016 movie, Sing. Due to the explicit lyrics of the song, they only sang the lines, "Oh, my, gosh. Look at her butt". A remix of the line was released on the deluxe version of the Sing: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and was entitled "OH. MY. GOSH."

The song was used as the first "lip-sync for your legacy" song on the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars. As the two challenge winners, contestants Aja and BenDeLaCreme lip-synced to the song, with BenDeLaCreme winning.

Credits and personnel
Recording
Recorded at Glenwood Recording Studios, Burbank, California

Personnel
Songwriting – Onika Tanya Maraj, Jamal Jones, Jonathan Solone-Myvett, Ernest Clark, Marcos Palacios, Anthony Ray
Production  – Polow da Don, Anonymous,
Co-production – Da Internz, Eric Bellinger
Recording – Aubry "Big Juice" Delaine
Mixing – Jaycen Joshua
Mixing assistant — Ryan Kaul
Mastering – Chris Athens

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

See also
 List of number-one R&B/hip-hop songs of 2014 (U.S.)
 List of UK R&B Chart number-one singles of 2014
 Cultural history of the buttocks

References

2014 songs
2014 singles
Cash Money Records singles
Dirty rap songs
Hip house songs
Music videos directed by Colin Tilley
Nicki Minaj songs
Republic Records singles
Song recordings produced by Polow da Don
Songs written by Nicki Minaj
Songs written by Polow da Don
Song recordings produced by Da Internz
Obscenity controversies in music
2014 controversies
Music video controversies
Young Money Entertainment singles
Songs written by Sir Mix-a-Lot
Miami bass songs


title: Monte Real e Carvide

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Monte Real e Carvide is a civil parish in the municipality of Leiria, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Monte Real and Carvide. The population in 2011 was 5,756, in an area of 26.03 km².

References

Parishes of Leiria


title: Jag vill ha en egen måne

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"Jag vill ha en egen måne" (English: I want my own moon) is a song written by Swedish lyricist Kenneth Gärdestad and singer-songwriter Ted Gärdestad. Ted Gärdestad recorded the song, and released it as a single (Polar POS 1155) in April 1972. The song became his breakthrough, charting at Svensktoppen, where it stayed for 14 weeks between 11 June and 10 September 1972, topping the charts. All ABBA members appeared in the studio during the recording; Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Agneta Fältskog appear as background singers.

The song has also been recorded by Thorleifs on the 1978 album Kurragömma and Wahlströms låten on 2010 album Vårt älskade 80-tal.

A rock-version was performed by the Gamblers at Dansbandskampen 2009.

References

1972 singles
Swedish-language songs
Ted Gärdestad songs
1972 songs
Polar Music singles


title: Jaime Villegas (cyclist)

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Jaime Villegas (born 1937) is a former Colombian cyclist. He competed in the individual and team road race events at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

References

External links

1937 births
Living people
Colombian male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Colombia
Cyclists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Place of birth missing (living people)
20th-century Colombian people


title: Scranton House

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The Scranton House is a historic house at 711 Brook Road in Goshen, New Hampshire. Built about 1850, it is one of a cluster of plank-frame houses in Goshen, and is unusual in that group for its use of thinner planking. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

Description and history
The Scranton House is located in a rural setting of northeastern Goshen, on the north side of Brook Road about  east of its junction with Province Road. It is a -story Cape-style wooden structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. It is  wide, with a seven-bay facade, with a 20th-century entry one bay left of center. Windows are sash, and a brick chimney rises against the right side. The house framing consists of planking (1.25 to 1.5-inch vs. a more typical 3-inch found in other Goshen plank-frame houses) oriented vertically, with dowels placed horizontally for lateral stability. A 20th-century two-car garage is attached to the left side at a recess, and the property also includes a horse barn.

The house was built about 1850, and originally was clad in vertical board-and-batten siding, with a relatively fine Greek Revival entrance surround. Both of these features survived into the mid-20th century before their replacement.

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

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New Hampshire
Houses completed in 1850
Houses in Goshen, New Hampshire
National Register of Historic Places in Sullivan County, New Hampshire


title: Mítikah

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Mítikah, (in Spanish a homonym of "Mítica" i.e. "Mythical"), is a mixed-use complex with Mexico City's tallest skyscraper in the Benito Juárez borough of southern Mexico City across the Circuito Interior inner ring road from Coyoacán. It opened on 23 September 2022. The tower was integrated with neighboring properties into a mixed-use residential, office, retail and medical complex, at around 1,000,000 sq. m., the largest in Latin America.

Its completion was initially planned for 2015, however, financial and permits issues stopped construction in 2014. In 2015 Fibra Uno took over the project aiming to restart construction in early 2016.

Torre Mítikah is currently the tallest building in the city (at 62 stories and ).

In 2016, the Mítikah skyscraper project was expanded into a complex to integrate with the neighboring Centro Bancomer (currently vacant) and Centro Coyoacán mall.

Shopping center
As of mid-2022, the expectation is for the mall part of the complex to contain 258 commercial spaces totalling  over five levels. Major anchors and brands present are to include: Cinépolis multicinemas; Palacio de Hierro and Liverpool department stores; H&M, Victoria Secret, Abercrombie, Hollister, Berger, Mont Blanc, Hugo Boss, All Saints. Restaurants are to include branches of Mexico City chains Puerto Madero steakhouse, Negroni, Fisher's seafood, Mochomos, Hotaru, Cheesecake Factory, Shake Shack, El Califa tacos, and Sushi Roll.

The upscale Palacio de Hierro at the adjacent Centro Coyoacán mall opened a new store at Mítikah and the Centro Coyoacán mall will be demolished in order to build a new phase of Mítikah.

See also
List of tallest buildings in Mexico

References

External links
Official website
Page on Drone Journalism

Skyscraper office buildings in Mexico City
Shopping malls in Greater Mexico City
Mixed-use developments in Mexico
2022 establishments in Mexico
Office buildings completed in 2022
Shopping malls established in 2022


title: Seavey House (Goshen, New Hampshire)

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The Seavey House is a historic plank-frame house in Goshen, New Hampshire. It is located on the west side of New Hampshire Route 10, just south of its junction with Brook Road. It was built about 1860 by John Chandler, a prolific local builder of plank-frame houses. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

Description and history
The Seavey House is located south of the village center of Goshen, on the west side of NH 10. It is a -story wooden Cape-style house, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. Its structure is framed out of wooden planking  thick, set vertically, with dowels placed horizontally for lateral stability. The main facade is five bays wide, with sash windows arranged symmetrically around an elaborate Greek Revival entrance. The entry is recessed, with sidelight windows immediately flanking the door, and pilasters with peaked lintels outside the recess. The building corners also have pilasters, which rise to an entablature which spans the front. A smaller single-story ell extends to the left at a recess to the main block.

The house was built about 1860, most likely by John Chandler, a prolific local builder of plank-frame houses. Local historians believe Chandler built this house for his own use.

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

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New Hampshire
Houses completed in 1860
Houses in Goshen, New Hampshire
National Register of Historic Places in Sullivan County, New Hampshire


title: 1973–74 FIBA Korać Cup

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The 1973–74 FIBA Korać Cup was the third edition of FIBA's new competition, running from 6 November 1973 to 11 April 1974. It was contested by 37 teams, twenty-five more than in the previous edition.

Birra Forst Cantù defeated Partizan in the final to become the competition's first back-to-back champion.

Season teams

First round

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*Originally, AEK and 1.FC Bamberg were drawn to play against the Israeli teams Hapoel Tel Aviv and Maccabi Ramat Gan, respectively, but FIBA cancelled these match-ups and declared the former clubs winners.

**Soma Wien withdrew before the first leg and HAN Thessaloniki received a forfeit (2–0) in both games.

Second round

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Automatically qualified to round of 12
 Birra Forst Cantù (title holder)

Round of 12
The round of 12 were played with a round-robin system, in which every Two Game series (TGS) constituted as one game for the record.

Semi finals

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Finals

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References
Linguasport 1973–74 FIBA Korać Cup
1973–74 FIBA Korać Cup

1973 in basketball
1974 in basketball
FIBA Korać Cup


title: Pablo Hurtado

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Pablo Hurtado Castaneda (born 27 March 1932) is a Colombian former cyclist. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Major results
1957
 1st Stage 11 Vuelta a Colombia
1958
 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Colombia
1959
 1st  Team time trial, Central American and Caribbean Games (with Efraín Forero and Ramón Hoyos)
 1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Colombia
1960
 1st Stages 1, 3 & 7 Vuelta a Colombia

References

External links

1932 births
Living people
Colombian male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Colombia
Cyclists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Cyclists from Boyacá Department
20th-century Colombian people
21st-century Colombian people sobrino Esteban Hurtado Garavito ING universal Antonio Nariño


title: Zehaye Bahta

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Zehaye Bahta (Tigrinya: ጸሃዬባህታ; c. 1932-?) was a former Eritrean cyclist. He competed in the individual and team road race events at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Bahta and his friend Mesfen Tesfaye were the first Eritrean natives to compete in the Olympic cycling competition. After his sporting career, he served with the Ethiopian National Defense Force, and later as a merchant.

References

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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Eritrean male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Eritrea
Cyclists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Place of birth missing (living people)


A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence () is a 2014 internationally co-produced black comedy-drama film written and directed by Roy Andersson. It is the third installment in his "Living" trilogy, following Songs from the Second Floor (2000) and You, the Living (2007). It premiered at the 71st Venice International Film Festival where it was awarded the Golden Lion for Best Film. It was selected as the Swedish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.

Its title is a reference to the 1565 painting The Hunters in the Snow by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. The painting depicts a rural wintertime scene, with some birds perched on tree branches. Andersson said he imagined that the birds in the scene are watching the people below, wondering what they are doing. He explained the title of the film as a "different way of saying 'what are we actually doing', that's what the movie is about." At the Venice Film Festival, Andersson said that the film had been inspired by the 1948 Italian film Bicycle Thieves by Vittorio De Sica.

Plot

The slow cinema movie, hyper reality, consists of a series of mostly self-contained tableaux, sometimes connected by recurring themes or characters. The story loosely follows two traveling novelty salesmen, Jonathan and Sam, who live in a desolate flophouse, and their unsuccessful attempts to win customers for their joke articles (vampire teeth, laughing bags and a monster mask). Although there is no main storyline in the traditional sense, all scenes are connected.

Cast
 Holger Andersson as Jonathan
 Nils Westblom as Sam

Reception
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence received an 89% "Certified Fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 98 reviews, with an average rating of 7.83/10. The consensus reads: "Expertly assembled and indelibly original, A Pigeon Sat on a Branch concludes writer-director Roy Andersson's Living trilogy in style." The film also received a score of 81 out of 100 on Metacritic, based on 23 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A–" on an A+ to F scale.

See also
 List of submissions to the 88th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
 List of Swedish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References

External links

A Pigeon Sat On A Branch Reflecting on Existence on kinocritics.com

2014 films
2014 black comedy films
Films directed by Roy Andersson
Golden Lion winners
European Film Awards winners (films)
Cultural depictions of Charles XII of Sweden
Swedish avant-garde and experimental films
Swedish black comedy films
Swedish drama films
Non-narrative films
2010s avant-garde and experimental films
2014 drama films
2010s Swedish films


title: Joseph Joel Hammond

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Joseph Joel Hammond (1886 – 22 September 1918) was a pioneering New Zealand aviator. On 17 January 1914 at Epsom showgrounds he took New Zealand's first military plane, a Blériot XI-2, for its first flight.

Early life
Born in Feilding in the Manawatu District of the North Island of New Zealand, on 19 July 1886. He grew up on his family's farm at Rangitikei. He attended Campbell Street School in Palmerston North, then, during 1899–1901, St Patrick's College, Wellington.

At the age of 18 he left New Zealand for Australia in late 1904. After briefly working on a sheep station, he travelled via Hawaii to work as a gold prospector on the Klondike in Canada.
When gold mining proved unprofitable he trapped animals in Alaska before heading south and spending much of 1905 working on a cattle ranch near Phoenix in Arizona.

He left the United States on 20 November, returning to New Zealand for a brief holiday before he returned to the United States via Sydney, Fiji and Hawaii, arriving in Vancouver, Canada on 9 April 1908. He traveled south to the United States and eventually joined William F. Cody, aka Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show and exhibited his horsemanship. Cody's final European tour had ended in 1907 and, in 1908, he and Pawnee Bill, another showman, joined forces and created the "Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Pawnee Bill's Great Far East", popularly known as the "Two Bill's" show. After six months with the "Two Bill’s" show, he left in 1908 and toured much of Europe, apparently using the East Sussex seaside town of Seaford as a base. It was while here that he married Ethelwyn Wilkinson, a local woman in 1909.

Enters aviation
Excited by the development of aviation Hammond obtained some flying tuition from  Léon Delagrange, probably at Reims. In July 1910 after attending the second of the famous annual Reims flying meetings, Hammond obtained further instruction from Henri Molla at the Sanchez-Besa school at Mourmelon (Camp de Châlons). As a result, shortly after his marriage Hammond was able to gain from the Aéro-Club de France his French Aviators Certificate (No.258) on 4 October 1910, flying a Sanchez-Besa Biplane. In so doing he became the first New Zealander to obtain a flying certificate.
Returning to England he was granted Royal Aero Club aviators certificate 32 on 22 November 1910, after demonstrating his skill flying a Bristol Boxkite at Salisbury Plain.

His new qualifications allowed him to obtain a position as a salesman and demonstration pilot with the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company (later known as the Bristol Aeroplane Company) which was manufacturing the Bristol Boxkite.

Flights in Australia

The company sent Hammond (accompanied by his wife, Sydney E. Smith, the company's manager, mechanic/pilot Leslie F. Macdonald and a staff of mechanics as well as two Boxkites to Australia in an attempt to interest the Australian government in purchasing aircraft for military reconnaissance. Had they were successful, the intention was to establish a factory in Melbourne to build the planes. They disembarked from the R.M.S. Omrah in Fremantle on 13 13 December 1910 and transferred to Perth.
After assembling machine No. 10 Hammond made the first aircraft flight in West Australia from Perth's Belmont Park Racecourse on 3 January 1911.

Hammond made the final of the seven flights he made in Perth on 12 January 1911, after which the aircraft was dismantled and shipped to Melbourne.

Setting up their flight headquarters in Altona, a suburb of Melbourne and reassembling an aircraft, Hammond on 18 February 1911, undertook the aircraft aloft for his first flight in Victoria. On 20 February 1911, he flew from Altona to Geelong and landed on the Geelong Racecourse, taking 55 minutes to cover 42 miles (67.6 km). The following day Hammond returned to Altona, having made the first cross-country flights in Australia.

On 23 February, also from Altona, Hammond made the first passenger flight in Australia, taking Frank Coles, one of the Bristol mechanics, for a 7½ minute flight.
Later that same day he took his wife, Ethelwyn for a 12½ minute flight, making her the first woman to fly in Australia.

On 2 March 1911, local businessman M. H. Baillieu paid to be taken for a flight. This  circular journey was the first paid charter flight and also the first carrying an Australian citizen as a passenger. On 26 March 1911 Hammond flew with both Leslie McDonald and mechanic Coles as passengers to demonstrate the weight carrying performance of the Boxkite. This was the first multiple passenger flight in Australia. Hammond made a total of 40 flights in Melbourne before the team relocated to Sydney.

On 18 April 1911 Hammond made the first-ever flight in Sydney, flying from the site of what would become Sydney Airport.
This was the first of several aerial displays and flights for fee-paying passengers over in Sydney

While official observers from the Australian Army had observed these demonstrations and were also taken for flights, in a further attempt to obtain orders from the military Hammond with a Captain Niechy as passenger flew  on 3 May from Botany Bay at Sydney to a cavalry training camp at Liverpool. He landed in the presence of the governor general, Lord Dudley and Brigadier General J. M. Gordon. The following day he flew Lt Colonel Antill on an observation flight of the Liverpool camp.

During his five months in Australia Hammond flew over 65 flights, some of them with his wife as passenger.  Leslie Macdonald gave further demonstration flights in Sydney before the Bristol tour finished on 9 May 1911.

While Hammond was not the first person to fly in Australia, prior to the arrival of the Bristol team the others had only made short hops or flew at very low heights. In comparison, the Boxkite flew higher, further, carried out display flying and took up passengers, all under the complete control of the pilot.

McDonald took a photographer from the Daily Telegraph for a 25-minute flight over Sydney on 6 May, making the first aerial photographs to be taken in Australia. By 19 May, 72 flights totalling 765 miles (1231 km) had been made by No. 10.

Machine No. 11, still in its crate, was sold to Parramatta dentist W.E. Hart, who was given flying lessons by Leslie McDonald. Hart subsequently used the aircraft to become the first Australian to gain a aviator's certificate.

When the Bristol team left for home, Hammond and his wife remained behind and travelled to New Zealand, where Hammond introduced his wife to family and friends. During the holiday Hammond was admitted to hospital, first with appendicitis, followed by a bout of pneumonia and then blood poisoning in the leg. It was six months before he was well enough to travel back to England.
Hammond and his wife returned in May 1912 to England by way of Sydney, Vancouver and New York.

Flights in New Zealand
Upon his return to England, Hammond continued working for the British and Colonial Aeroplane Co. until August 1912, when he took a position as an instructor at the Eastbourne Aviation Company's school. On 26 February 1913, Hammond joined the Royal Flying Corps Military Wing with the rank of 2nd lieutenant.

In February 1913 the privately organised Imperial Air Fleet Committee (I.A.F.C.) presented the New Zealand government with a Blériot XI-2. Prior to being gifted to New Zealand, Hamel, with Frank Dupee as passenger, had already flown the aircraft from Dover to Cologne, covering the 340 miles in four hours and 18 minutes.
Thomas Mackenzie, the high commissioner for New Zealand, officially received the gift on behalf of Mew Zealand at Hendon on 22 May 1913 (during which it was christened Britannia by Baroness Ettie Desborough, the wife of the president of the I.A.F.C.). Immediately afterwards former New Zealand premier Joseph Ward, who was present at the presentation, to the disquietude of his wife and daughter was taken for a flight in the machine by Gustav Hamel, followed in a later flight by Baron Desborough before it was disassembled for shipping.

Hammond was subsequently hired on 12 November 1913 to travel to New Zealand and demonstrate the Britannia. The airplane was shipped aboard the  and arrived at Wellington, New Zealand, on 29 September without its propeller, which was still back in Hendon, England. Hammond had originally proposed to fly the aircraft to Auckland but was turned down, and instead the military shipped it by train. The propeller subsequently arrived in Wellington on 23 December 1913 on the SS Tainui but was not made available until 7 January 1914, when it was railed to Auckland and fitted to the aircraft.

Once the aircraft was ready Hammond flew a trial flight over Auckland on 18 January 1914  The following day Hammond, with the consent of the military, attempted to take a reporter for a flight, but he had to abort the takeoff and narrowly missed crashing the aircraft into a fence.

The next planned flight was to be over the city's Industrial, Agricultural and Mining exhibition on 29 January. However, on the evening of 28 January 1914, on the spur of the moment, he took Australian actress Esme McLennan of the Royal Pantomime Company on a 20-minute-long flight. McLennan's comments were published in the Poverty Bay Herald:
It was like just nothing I’ve ever experienced before, and so it’s quite hard to tell a real story about it.  Mr Hammond is staying at the same hotel, and I expressed a wish to go up if ever he felt inclined to take a passenger. The aviator was not quite sure about the Britannia when it came to carrying a passenger, however, and he would make no promise.  On Wednesday I went out with others of our party, after visiting the Exhibition, to see Mr Hammond fly.  It was an absolute surprise to me when he said, ‘I’ll take a passenger; will you come?’  I didn’t wait to be asked twice, and at once got into the passenger’s seat.  I honestly didn’t feel the least wee bit nervous.  On the contrary, the feeling I was most conscious of was one of pleasurable excitement.  And, do you know, the first feeling, once away, was how simple and safe it was.  I’d somehow pictured aviators as having to be tied in, or having to hold on tight.  On the Britannia I never even thought about being frightened, or of being anything else but comfortable and pleased. The machine left the ground so easily, and we mounted into the air so naturally, that it somehow seemed to inspire confidence.  It is surprisingly difficult to analyse now what my sensations were.  I only know that I was wonderfully elated, and that I just enjoyed every moment of it.  From your volcanic cones I have often looked out over Auckland, and thought it the loveliest place in the world, but viewed from an aeroplane, at a height of nearly 2,000ft, it was like a glimpse of something almost unreal.  The city itself looked big enough, but the houses, and the people seemed like those Gulliver must have met with on his famous travels.  We were travelling faster than I have ever travelled in the fastest express trains, but there was not even the slightest vibration, nor was there any sensation that was other than entirely pleasant.  When we can actually journey from one place to another without the fatigue of train travelling or the drawbacks of a sea voyage, how delightful it is going to be.  When we descended it was all just equally simple, and apparently equally easy.  Coming down the water chute two hours before, my friends had teased me because I was actually scared.  Coming down to earth from the skies on the Britannia never gave me one nervous thought. We landed as skilfully and as easily as we went up.  I’m sorry I can’t describe by experience in more graphic terms, but I’m a woman, and I can best express myself when I use a woman’s phrase, and simply say it was ‘just lovely’.  I was more elated while in the air than I think I’ve ever been about any first-night success at the theatre, and I really think I’m more excited about it now, when it’s all over, than I was while actually in the air.

This unauthorised flight, and especially with an actress instead of a male dignitary, caused consternation among the male politicians and military officials. As a result, no further flights were permitted, and Hammond's contract was terminated for his lapse in protocol.
While the aircraft remained on display for the rest of the exhibition, it was later sent back to Wellington and placed in storage in the autumn of 1914. The New Zealand Government offered it for service in World War One, and it returned to the UK in October 1914 with the 1NZEF First Echelon. A replica was built by David Comrie at his home in Dunedin and is now on display in the Air Force Museum of New Zealand at Wigram in Christchurch, New Zealand. The Bleriot is displayed as it would have looked on its exhibition flight, with Hammond in the front and Esme McLennan as his passenger.

World War I
Hammond returned to England arriving in mid-August 1914 and was attached to the Royal Flying Corp as an instructor.

He was posted from 1 Reserve Aeroplane Squadron to France with the Expeditionary Force on 26 February 1915. Less than two months later, on 21 April, he returned to 1 RAS. He also spent another two weeks in France before a posting to 4 RAS in May 1915. There are no records as to whether he saw any action during his time in France.

In March 1915 Hammond was confirmed in his rank of 2nd lieutenant, being promoted to lieutenant the next month, which was later backdated to 26 November 1914. In January 1916 he was promoted from flying officer to flight commander with the rank of captain.

In December 1915 Hammond was transferred to the Aeronautical Inspection Department and throughout 1916 was involved in testing and evaluating new aircraft, among them the Robey-Peters Gun-Carrier. While his maiden flight in the aircraft was successful, during a subsequent flight on 16 September 1916 the engine caught fire, and, unable to reach the airfield at Lincoln, he crash landed in a lunatic asylum. Many onlookers assumed that Hammond had died in the crash, but he was later found having a shave in a barber's shop in Lincoln. During the maiden flight of the second prototype the following year, the aircraft stalled on takeoff and flipped over as it hit the ground, Hammond's life being saved by the size of the tail section.

In 1918 he was attached to the British Aviation Mission which left from Liverpool on 27 March 19818 arrived in New York in April 1918 to advise and promote aviation in the United States. Believing he had a better job in England, Hammond was unhappy with the appointment as his work basically involved giving exhibition flights as part of a joint American-British Liberty Bonds team.

In late May 1918 Hammond had a narrow escape when evaluating a US-designed Standard M-Defence (prototype for the Standard E-I). The machine had previously been test-flown at Mineola, New York, on 21 May by, Lt. C.F Soulier a member of the French Military Mission, who suggested several minor modifications be made to the aircraft. After the modifications had been completed, Hammond attempted to fly the machine from Mineola Field to Washington, D.C., but the engine seized, resulting in it  crashing in New Jersey. Hammond walked away from the crash with minor injuries. An investigation later found that Hammond had apparently taken off without checking the oil, and the flight had not been officially authorized.

After giving a flying display during the Fourth Liberty Loan War Bond Drive air display at Greenfield, Hammond was returning to the mission's base at an airfield in Indianapolis on 22 September 1918 in a Bristol Fighter F.2B. In return for the hospitality he had been shown at the air display, he offered a ride to Indianapolis to Lt Roy W. Pickett of the US Army Air Service (who was home on leave) and local businessman John Lawrence Kinder. As the aircraft approached the airfield at about 5:30 pm, it went into a right-hand spin from 600 feet (183 m), its left wing striking a tree before crashing in a cornfield of the Marion County Poor Farm near its boundary with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Hammond and Kinder were killed on impact, while Pickett escaped with a broken right leg and a lacerated jaw and shock.

Hammond's funeral was held in Indianapolis with thousands, including a firing squad of American and British aviation officers, attending the ceremony, at which the bishop of Indianapolis officiated. Hammond was cremated and his remains were then stored in the family mausoleum of Carl Fisher, the founder of the Indianapolis speedway. Fisher had donated his own plot in the mausoleum in the expectation that  Hammond's family could come and claim the remains after the war. Hammond's remains were never collected and still reside in Carl Fisher's mausoleum at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis.

It is believed that by the time of his death he had accumulated over 6,000 flying hours.

Personal life
On 19 November 1909 he married Ethelwyn Wilkinson (1887–1951) from Seaford. After Hammond's death she moved back home to live with her parents and did not remarry, dying at the age of 64 in Hailsham.

Legacy
By the time of his death Hammond had 'become almost a legendary hero' according to the editor of The Aeroplane.

A plaque unveiled on 15 April 2011 at Hammond Place, Mascot honours his 18 April 1911 flight over Sydney. The plaque reads:
On the 18th April 1911, Captain Joseph Joel Hammond, a New Zealander, flew a Bristol box-kite biplane on a flight that lasted less than 10 minutes. Thousands of paying spectators crowded what was then the Ascot Racecourse to see one man in a flying contraption fly a course of about 10 kilometres.

Notes

References

External links
Britannia Rules the Skies – The Flight of J.J. Hammond and Esmee McLennan.
Captain Hammond, Joseph Joel} Entry in the Commonwealth War Grave Commission.
Esmee McLennan.
Joseph Joel Hammond.
Joseph Joel Hammond (Fact or fiction).
Imperial Air Fleet: Gift of Monoplane to New Zealand, Sir Joseph Ward's First Flight
 NZ's first military plane's fate unknown

Aviation pioneers
1886 births
1918 deaths
New Zealand aviators
New Zealand World War I pilots
British World War I pilots
Royal Air Force personnel of World War I
Wild West show performers
Aviators killed in aviation accidents or incidents in the United States
People from Whanganui


title: Mesfen Tesfaye

text:
Mesfen Tesfaye (born 13 January 1935, date of death unknown) was an Ethiopian cyclist. He competed in the individual and team road race events at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

References

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1935 births
Year of death missing
Ethiopian male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Ethiopia
Cyclists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Place of birth missing


title: Anclote Missile Tracking Annex

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The Anclote Missile Tracking Annex was a Cold War radar station of  in Pasco County, Florida adjacent to the Alachua Pinellas community at the mouth of the Anclote River near Tampa.  The Air Force Systems Command military installation, site D 3 of the Eglin Range Complex, was used for development tests, e.g., 1950s/1960s Regulus II supersonic cruise missile firings from the Venice missile launch complex.

The Anclote site "phased down" May 1-July 1, 1969.

References

Radar stations of the United States Air Force
Military installations closed in 1969
Installations of the United States Air Force in Florida
Pasco County, Florida
1969 disestablishments in Florida


title: Brachycaudus helichrysi

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Brachycaudus helichrysi is a species of aphid first described by the German naturalist Johann Heinrich Kaltenbach in 1843. Its common names include leaf curl plum aphid, and leaf-curling plum aphid, and it is a serious pest of plum and damson trees.

Description
The viviparous wingless females have an oval or pear-shaped body and grow to a length of up to . Early in the season they are brownish but later they are yellowish-green. The antennae are pale green and short, about half the length of the body. There is no dark, shining patch on the dorsal surface of the abdomen, a fact which distinguishes it from the otherwise similar thistle aphid (Brachycaudus cardui). The cauda (tail-like elongation) is bluntly rounded, the legs are pale except for the extremities, and the cornicles are pale-coloured, short and flanged. Winged females range from  in length and have a blackish head with longer antennae, blackish thorax and a green abdomen with dark spots on the third to sixth segments. The overwintering eggs are black.

Biology
Brachycaudus helichrysi overwinters as fertilised eggs which hatch during the winter or early spring, before the plum and damson trees on which they are laid come into leaf. The fundatrices (viviparous parthenogenetic females produced on the primary host) feed at first at the base of buds but as the buds begin to expand, they move on to softer tissues, and later on to the new shoots and underside of the foliage. By May, some winged forms are beginning to appear and these fly to secondary hosts, such as Asteraceae, Chrysanthemum and Trifolium, where they found new colonies. The colonies on the primary host gradually die out. Further generations develop on the secondary hosts and in the autumn, winged forms fly back to the primary host. Here sexual forms develop, mating takes place and eggs are laid on twigs and spurs of the plum and damson trees. Natural enemies include ladybirds, lacewings, soldier beetles and hoverflies.

Damage
Brachycaudus helichrysi is a serious pest of stone fruits. It forms dense colonies on the underside of the leaves of the primary host causing curling, twisting and distortion of the foliage, the shedding of flowers and the dropping of young fruit. It is one of several species of aphid that can transmit the virus that causes plum pox.

References

Macrosiphini
Insects described in 1843
Insect pests of millets


title: Harbans Kapoor

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Harbans Kapoor (7 January 1946 – 13 December 2021) was an Indian politician who was a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttarakhand State. He was Speaker of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly from 2007 to 2012. He was elected to the assembly from Dehra Khas constituency. After the first defeat in 1985, he never lost Legislative Assembly elections and won for a record eight terms in a row (four times as the member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly and four as the member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly) from Dehradun.

Early life and education
Kapoor was born in Bannu, North-West Frontier Province in 1946 to a Hindkowan Hindu family. His family settled in Dehradun after Partition of India. He completed his early schooling from St. Joseph's Academy, Dehradun. He graduated in Law from D.A.V. Post Graduate College, Dehradun.

Politics
Starting as a grass root level politician, he joined the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha in 1989 as a member of the 10th Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha from Dehradun constituency, followed by the 11th Vidhan Sabha, 12th Vidhan Sabha and the 13th Vidhan Sabha. He also maintained his victory in the first election of the new state of Uttarakhand in 2002 and continued his victory spree in all the elections after the inception. In 2007, he was unanimously elected the Speaker of  Uttarakhand Assembly. He was one of the oldest leaders in Uttarakhand BJP.

Later life
Kapoor died on 13 December 2021, at the age of 75 at his home in Dehradun from Heart Attack.

Positions held

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2021 deaths
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Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1991–1993
Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1993–1996
Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1997–2002
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Uttarakhand MLAs 2012–2017
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title: Mannukkul Vairam

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Mannukkul Vairam () is a 1986 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Manoj Kumar in his debut and produced by Kovaithambi. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Sujatha, Rajesh and Murali. It was released on 12 December 1986.

Plot
Chittu returns to her hometown of Mettupatti after being raised by her grandmother in a neighbouring town. The two most powerful and rich men in town are brothers Thavasi, known as Periyavar, and Virumandi, known as Chinnavar. Periyavar believes in equal justice above all else and is highly respected in the village while Chinnavar believes is his own caste-superiority. Periyavar has a very young grandchild, Chinnathayee, who's been widowed after a child marriage.  Chittu's parents, Velappa and Velaiamma, launder the town's clothes. Chittu finds it difficult to adjust to the town's rigid caste hierarchy after being raised with more freedom by her grandmother. She also clashes with her classmate Mayilsamy, Chinnavar's son. He constantly teases and humiliates her due to her caste. Chittu eventually convenes the panjayath to ask for justice and Periyavar punishes Mayilsamy. Chittu intervenes as she's worried his punishment will only breed more resentment and retaliation. In the aftermath of this incident, Mayilsamy realises his errors and soon falls in love with Chittu while Periyavar grows closer to Velappa's family. Chinnavar is incensed by Chittu's arrogance and what he believes is Velappa rising above his station. When Periyavar is called away, Chinnavar, the town's doctor and a few others force Velappa to work during the town's Pongal festival celebrations. Velappa is burned terribly in an accident while he's working. Chittu begs the doctor for help but is rebuffed by him and Chinnavar. Vellappa dies in agony and, in anger, Chittu yells at Chinnavar and his friends for their cruelty. In retaliation, he drives Chittu and Vellamma out of town. Years later, the two women return to the town when Chittu becomes the town's new doctor. Some of the townspeople have changed significantly, however some things are still very much the same. Chittu must face Chinnavar's continued hatred and the ramifications this has on many of those she cares about.

Cast

Sivaji Ganesan as Thavasi aka Periyavar
Sujatha as Velaiamma
Rajesh as Velappa
Murali as Mayilsamy
Ranjini as Chittu
Vinu Chakravarthy as Virumandi aka Chinnavar
Goundamani as Esakki
Senthil as Sembattai
Gandhimathi as Mayilsamy's Mother
Kovai Sarala
Pandiyan as Bhoomi
Vani Viswanath as Chinnathayee (adult)
Vinodhini as Chinnathayee (young)
Baby Lakshmi
Keerthi
Devi
Madurai Saroja
Vijaya
Nagalakshmi
K. K. Soundar
Ramnath
Suryakanth
Krishnamoorthy
Jayapal
Kullamani
Pasi Narayanan
Vellai Subbaiah
Periya Karuppu Thevar
M. L. A. Murugesh
Karisai Amalan
Rajamani
Singamuthu

Production
Manoj Kumar, brother-in-law of director Bharathiraja, made his directorial debut with this film. Producer Kovaithambi was impressed with the story narrated by Manoj and he immediately narrated the story to Sivaji Ganesan who agreed to act in the film.

Soundtrack
Soundtrack was composed by Devendran in his debut. The song "Pongiyathe Kadhal" was based on a song he composed while working as music teacher for a school.

Reception
Mannukkul Vairam was released on 12 December 1986. The Indian Express praised Manoj Kumar's "treatment of caste discrimination is [..] subdued". Jayamanmadhan of Kalki wrote after coming out it gave a feeling of watching an old Bharathiraja film albeit satisfied. Kovaithambi said the film ran for 50 days in theatres, and though it was not that successful, it gave him the satisfaction of working with Sivaji Ganesan.

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1980s Tamil-language films
1986 directorial debut films
1986 films
Films about the caste system in India
Films scored by Devendran


title: Matteo Orfini

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Matteo Orfini (born on August 30, 1974 in Rome, Italy) is an Italian politician. He is a member of Italy's Chamber of Deputies and president of the Democratic Party.

Biography
Matteo Orfini was born in Rome in 1974. He started his interest in politics when he attended the lyceum.

In 2004, he became a collaborator of the left-wing leader, Massimo D'Alema, after his election in the European Parliament.

In 2007, Orfini joined the Democratic Party, becoming the leader of the party’s internal left-wing faction Rifare l'Italia.

On 14 June 2014, he replaced Gianni Cuperlo, becoming president of the Democratic Party.

References

1974 births
Living people
Politicians from Rome
Democratic Party (Italy) politicians
Deputies of Legislature XVII of Italy
Deputies of Legislature XVIII of Italy


title: Lutfal Haque

text:
Lutfal Haque (also known as Haji Lutfal Haque) was an Indian politician, five-time MLA and two-time MP.

Early life
Lutfal Haque, son of Pir Mohammad, was born at Rainapur in Murshidabad district on 1 December 1911.

He was educated at Presidency College, Kolkata and Hooghly Training College, and became a teacher.

Political career
Lutfal Haque was elected to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Suti (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in 1951, 1957 and 1962.

He represented Jangipur in the Lok Sabha from 1967 to 1977.

He won from Aurangabad (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in 1977 and 1982.

He was a member of Murshidabad District Board and Zila Parishad since 1946, District School Board during 1946–67, as well as District Minority Board, Murshidabad, and West Bengal Wakf Board. He was founder secretary of Sultanpur Alia Senior Madarsah, founder president of Jangipur Mahukuma Biri Sramik Union since 1955, one of the founders of D. N. College at Aurangabad and was associated with numerous schools and social service organisations.

References

Haque, Lutfal
Haque, Lutfal
Haque, Lutfal
Haque, Lutfal
Haque, Lutfal
Haque, Lutfal
India MPs 1971–1977
India MPs 1967–1970
20th-century Bengalis
21st-century Bengalis
West Bengal MLAs 1957–1962
West Bengal MLAs 1962–1967
West Bengal MLAs 1977–1982
West Bengal MLAs 1982–1987


title: Lichfield Theological College

text:
Lichfield Theological College was founded in 1857 to train Anglican clergy to serve in the Church of England. It was located on the south side of the Cathedral Close in Lichfield, Staffordshire and closed in 1972.

Notable staff

 Cecil Cherrington, lecturer, later Bishop of Waikato, New Zealand
 George Kilpatrick, lecturer, later Dean Ireland's Professor of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture at the University of Oxford
 Barry Rogerson, lecturer, later Bishop of Bristol
 James Srawley, Vice-Principal, later Canon of Lincoln Cathedral

List of Principals

 John Fenton, Principal from 1958 to 1965
 John Yates, Principal from 1966 to 1972

Notable alumni

 John Barker, Dean of Cloyne in the Church of Ireland
 French Chang-Him, Bishop of The Seychelles and Archbishop of the Indian Ocean
 Mervyn Charles-Edwards, Bishop of Worcester
 Malcolm Clark, Dean of Edinburgh
 Robert Hodson, Bishop of Shrewsbury
 Sope Johnson, Provost of the Cathedral Church of Christ, Lagos
 Hope Patten, Anglo-Catholic priest known for his restoration of the Anglican Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham
 John Simkin, Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand
 Horace Tonks, Bishop of the Windward Islands
 Frank Weston, Bishop of Knaresborough

References

Universities and colleges established in 1857
Educational institutions disestablished in 1972
Anglican seminaries and theological colleges
Former theological colleges in England
Education in Lichfield
Religion in Staffordshire
1857 establishments in England


title: 2014–15 Panionios F.C. season

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The 2014–15 season was  Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis'  124th season in existence and its 54th in Super League Greece, the top tier of Greek football. They also competed in the Greek Cup, reaching the quarter-finals.

Squad

Competitions

Super League Greece

League table

Greek Cup

Group stage

Knockout phase

References

Panionios F.C. seasons
Panionios


title: Camarate, Unhos e Apelação

text:
Camarate, Unhos e Apelação is a civil parish in the municipality of Loures, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Camarate, Unhos and Apelação. The population in 2011 was 34,943, in an area of 11.57 km².

References

Freguesias of Loures


title: Syria Deeply

text:
Syria Deeply is a single issue news website on the Syrian Conflict cofounded in December 2012 by Lara Setrakian and Azeo Fables.   It is a collaboration with Ushahidi, freelance correspondents in the Middle East and other collaborators.   It synthesizes information on the Syria conflict into a single website with sub headings covering issues regarding the Syrian conflict, interactive graphics, Google hangouts and video content.  It has been compared to a next generation blog according to Gigaom  that was ahead of the explanatory news trend active in 2014.

In 2013 it won a National Press Foundation award for 2013 Excellence in Online Journalism.

Business Model

Distribution of Content

The website focuses on the Syria conflict active since the Arab Spring on a dedicated basis.  Beyond its own website it spreads its content via various mainstream outlets. News Deeply has partnered with The New York Times columnist Nicholos Kristof, has presented interviews with its journalists on BBC  and MSNBC, and has published news articles in publications including ABC News, and The New York Times  In 2013, Syria Deeply had an Interview with John Kerry, Nicholas Kristof, Lara Setrakian and The New York Times.

Revenue

The parent company, News Deeply, has created multiple other Deeply sites including Ebola Deeply and Water Deeply. The company has several revenue streams including philanthropic support, brand sponsorships, and tech design and consulting of similar platforms for universities and think tanks.

References

External links
Official website

Syrian news websites


title: Mattathippara

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Mattathipara is a village, part of Kadanad grama panchayathu in Palai Assembly constituency, Kottayam district and Karimkunnam grama panchayathu in Thodupuzha Assembly constituency, Idukki district, Kerala, India.

The flourishing of Mattathippara began in the 1970s with the entry of rubber plants. Agriculturists who cultivate rubber, pepper,coffee,banana, grampoo,coconut and other edible crops

Perumkunnu hills also located in Mattathipara.Starting point of pampanal waterfalls is in perumkunnu hills.

Institutions

 Holy Cross Church, Gagultha
 Sree Dharmasastha Devi Temple (2 km from town) Neeloor Ambala bhagam
 Holy Cross U.P School
 JaiHind Public Library
 Govt.Ayurvedic Hospital
 Kadanad Service Co-Operative Bank
 Mattathipara Post Office (Pin-686651)
 Veterinary Dispensary
 Anganwadi
 Primary Health Center
 Orphanage ( Kunjachan Santhome Village)

Transportation
Mattathippara is connected by roads to the nearby towns Neeloor and Karimkunnam. There is no railway line passing through Mattathippara. The nearest major railway station is in Kottayam (48 km).
The nearest airport is Cochin International Airport at a distance of 75 kilometres.

A very interesting fact of Mattathippara is that there is a bus owned by villagers named Jenakiyan. It is the result of a group effort under the guidance of Fr. Thomas Paruthippara in 2008. The drivers and conductors of Janakeeyan are the villagers themselves.

Main road routes to reach Mattathippara

 Palai - Kollappally - Kurumannu -Neeloor -> Mattathippara
 Pala-Kollappally-Kadanad-Moonnuthekku-Ambalabhagam-> Mattathipara
 Pala-Kollappally-Kadanad-Ambalabhagam->Mattathipara
 Thodupuzha - Karimkunnam -> Mattathippara
 Palai - Kollappally- Karimkunnam -> Mattathippara
 Palai/Thodupuzha- Manathoor -> Mattathippara
 Muttom - Neeloor- Mattathippra

Politics
Mattathipara is part of the Kottayam and part of Idukki Lok Sabha constituency and Palai Assembly Constituency (Mattathipara was one of the parts of Poonjar Assembly Constituency until 2011) and Thodupuzha Assembly Constituency. Kerala Congress (M) member Shri. Jose K. Mani is the present MP from Kottayam and Indian National Congress member Shri. Dean Kuriakose is the present MP from Idukki. Shri. Mani C. Kappan is the MLA of Palai Assembly Constituency and Shri. P.J Joseph is the MLA of Thodupuzha Assembly Constituency.

The main political parties are:

 Indian National Congress
 Kerala Congress (M)
 Kerala Congress (Joseph)
 BJP
 Aam Admi Party
 CPI(M)

Closest cities, towns and villages
 Perumkunnumala is a beautiful place to visit, from which three districts can be seen. People from many places visit Mattathippara to enjoy the beauty. Prumkunnumala is at a higher altitude. One of the cross of Holy Cross Sunday School, Gagultha is also situated there. On every Good Friday a practice of 'KURISHINTE VAZHI' is conducted from the Holy Cross church to Perumkunnumala.
 Palai (23 km)
 Thodupuzha (13 km)
 Neeloor (4 km)
 Karimkunnam (6 km)
 Manathoor (3 km)

References

Villages in Kottayam district


title: Bhupendrasinh Chudasama

text:
Bhupendrasinh is an Indian politician and was state Cabinet minister for Education  (Primary, Secondary and Adult), Higher and Technical Education, Law and Justice, Legislative and Parliamentary affairs, Salt Industry, Cow-Breeding and Civil Aviation in the Second Vijay Rupani cabinet.

On 12 May 2020, the Gujarat High Court declared that the 2017 election of Chudasama was invalid. The proceedings were stayed by the Supreme Court a few days later.

References

Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Gujarat
Gujarat MLAs 2012–2017
Gujarat MLAs 2017–2022
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title: Souvenir Jacques Goddet

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The Souvenir Jacques Goddet is an award and cash prize in the Tour de France bicycle race that began in 2001. The Souvenir is named in honour of the historically second Tour de France director and French sports journalist Jacques Goddet. It is awarded to the first rider to reach the summit of the -high Col du Tourmalet mountain pass in the Pyrenees, apart from the 2002 Tour when the Col d'Aubisque was used. A monument to Goddet was erected at the summit soon after his death in 2000. Since 2003, the cash prize is €5,000. In 2019, Thibaut Pinot became the first repeat winner of the prize.

List of winners

Notes

References

Tour de France classifications and awards


title: Paul Afeaki Khoury

text:
Paul Afeaki Khoury (; born 27 April 1968) is a Tongan-Lebanese former professional basketball player of American descent. He played most of his career in Japan and Lebanon.

He was born in Tonga to American parents, and graduated from the University of Utah in 1992. He joined the Utah Jazz summer league camp in 1992.

He selected with the 9th overall selection in the 1992 CBA Draft.

Career
He played his first pro season in Turkey before heading to Japan (played for Saitama Broncos, Sumitomo Metal Sparks, Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix) for 5 years. In 2001, he signed a contract with the Lebanese team Al Ryadi and three years later he joined Sagesse. He was granted by a Lebanese passport by the government.

 1994-95  Fenerbahçe
 1995 Antalya Büyükşehir Belediyesi
 1996–01 in Japan
  Saitama Broncos
  Sumitomo Metal Sparks
  Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix
 2001-04  Al Ryadi
 2004-06  Sagesse

Lebanon National Team
With the Lebanon National Team, he played the 2002 FIBA World Championship in Indianapolis. The team didn't manage to win a single game and got the last rank after a 70–100 loss to Algeria in the classification game despite a 16 pts 9 rbs effort from him. During the tournament, he averaged 6.4 pts 56.5 %FG 6.0 rbs in 19 min per game including a 7 pts 10 rbs game against Turkey.

Lebanon secured the silver medal in the Asian Championship with a loss in the final game against Yao Ming's China and Paul was one of the best post player in the tournament.

References

External links
Player Profile @ asia-basket.com
TBLStat.net Profile

1968 births
Living people
Centers (basketball)
Lebanese men's basketball players
Lebanese people of American descent
Lebanese people of Tongan descent
American people of Tongan descent
American expatriate basketball people in Turkey
Fenerbahçe men's basketball players
Antalya Büyükşehir Belediyesi players
Saitama Broncos players
San-en NeoPhoenix players
Utah Utes men's basketball players
2002 FIBA World Championship players
American men's basketball players
Sagesse SC (basketball) players
Al Riyadi Club Beirut basketball players


title: Jean Christophe Iseux von Pfetten

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Jean Christophe Iseux, Baron von Pfetten zu St. Mariakirchen (born 11 November 1967 in Lyon), is a diplomat, academic and landowner.

Pfetten is the chairman of the Institute for East West Strategic Studies and a bye-fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge University.

Pfetten served as specially invited member of the upper house of the Chinese parliament between 2001 and 2012, the first European ever to hold such position in China.

Pfetten hosted a series of private meetings on Iran's nuclear programme attended by top military commanders from Iran and Israel as well as senior officials from the P5 nations which strongly contributed to the success of the Nuclear Interim Deal achieved in Geneva on 11 November 2013.

Early life and education
Pfetten received his BSc and MSc (Physics and Chemistry) from the University of Strasbourg, and, his Dipl. Eng. Geophysicist from the Institut de Physique du Globe (admissible to the Ecole Normale Supérieure) and thereafter won a European Erasmus scholarship. In 1989 he patented two inventions in the fields of nuclear submarine and of hydraulic fracturing which he presented at the SPE (Society of Petroleum Engineers) Production Operations Symposium on April 7–9, 1991 in Oklahoma, USA. He has also a master's degree in management studies from Templeton College, Oxford University, graduating in 1991. In the same time he read for an MPhil in international relations at Trinity Hall, Cambridge University, and, in 1992 read for a master's degree in political science at Bonn University in Germany.

Diplomacy
Pfetten was Chargé de Mission at the French embassy in Bonn, Germany, from 1991 to 1992. Aged 28 he became the youngest ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva as Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organization and the United Nations Conference on Disarmament between 1996 and 1997.

Pfetten hosted a breakthrough three days meeting at his French chateau in 2011 bringing a ministerial delegation from the Vatican together with senior Chinese officials for the first time since WWII which kickstarted diplomatic negotiations leading to the 2019 MOU signature between the two nations, the Financial Times reported.

On 11 July 2018 Pfetten was invited to give evidence on foreign policy in a shifting world order to the UK House of Lords Select Committee on International Relations.

Academic career
Pfetten is currently the chairman of the Institute for East West Strategic Studies and is a visiting professor at People's University of China (since 2006). He is also a bye-fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge University (since November 2015). Previously Pfetten was a research associate at the Oxford Centre for Management Studies, Oxford University, from 1992 to 1994 and served as vice-president of the think-tank Oxford Analytica from 1994 to 1996. He then worked as a visiting scholar, teaching leadership management at the International MBA program of Tsinghua University from 1999 to 2000 and became Professor of International Political Economics at the School of Economics of Renmin University starting in September 2000 for a six-year tenure. At the same time, he was Director of China Studies at the Regulatory Policy Institute, which used to be called the Regulatory Policy Research Center affiliated with Hertford College, Oxford University, from 1998 to 2005. He was also a member of the Advisory Board of the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales in Paris, Honorary Professor at the Assumption University of Thailand, Member of the Beijing Academy of Social Sciences, Research Fellow of the China National School of Administration, and, China Advisor to the Asian Strategic and Leadership Institute.

China
Pfetten was a specially invited member of the People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) as representative for Changchun 2001–2005 and member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of CPPCC Shanghai 2009–2012. He was Special Advisor on Foreign Economic and Trade Cooperation to the Central Government (CEEC) from 2005 to 2009. He was investment advisor to 34 local governments in China including Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Chongqing, Nanjing, Qingdao, and Shenzhen. He was also an adviser to the Investment Research Institute of the National Development and Reform Commission, the MOFCOM Transnational Institute, the All-China Chamber of Commerce, the Society of Environmental Sciences of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and the Chinese National Economic Research Institute.

Until recently Pfetten was China Advisor to the US Coalition of Service Industries and Honorary Representative of the Vancouver Board of Trade.

Pfetten currently holds non-executive positions on the boards of several multinationals.
Pfetten has been credited with attracting around 2% of total foreign direct investment into China since 2002.

Iran nuclear meetings
The Financial Times, Newsweek  and The Spectator  reported that between June and October 2013 Pfetten organized two rounds of back-channel diplomatic meetings on the issue of Iran's nuclear program. The first round, hosted by the Institute for East West Strategic Studies and held at Green Templeton College, Oxford, brought together senior Chinese and Israeli officials. A second, more confidential round of talks, hosted by Pfetten in his French chateau, was moderated by former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke and French Defence Minister Michele Alliot-Marie. Attendees included Major General Huang Baifu, vice chairman of the China Institute for International Strategic Studies; a former chief of general staff of the Iranian Air Force; as well as General Doron Avital, chairman of the Israeli Knesset's Security and Defense Committee. Pfetten told The Financial Times that the "Track II" meeting was "aimed at persuading Beijing to take a more pro-active involvement in the Middle East"  and emphasized 'the willingness of China and the US to work hand-in-hand in resolving the Iranian nuclear issue.'

Awards and family
Prof. von Pfetten was named a Global Leader of Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum in 2003.
Pfetten received the Chinese government's Confucius Medal in 1998 and the Lei Feng Award for Merit in 1999 for his humanitarian work following the 1997 earthquake and 1998 flood in China (he is the first and only foreigner ever to receive this award).

On 8 August 2009, Pfetten got married and now has two children: Charlotte and Maximilian.

Pfetten was elected member of the very selective XVIIIth century conservative Beefsteak Club in 2015.

Hound breeding
Pfetten was a joint master of the New Forest Foxhounds in Hampshire after Oxford and Junior master of the Equipage de Vens et Venaille for ten seasons from 1990 to 2000. Since 2000 he is Senior Master and Amateur Huntsman of the Equipage de Selore (Baron von Pfetten's Hunt)  his family ancestral private pack of hounds based at the  in St. Yan, Saône-et-Loire, France. One of Pfetten's English foxhounds, Colonel, was named "Meilleur de Race" (Best of Breed) at the French National Hound Show (Fontainebleau June 2011). He was made a Champion at the World Dog Show (Paris July 2011) and became Champion of Champions at Bruxelles final show in October 2011, the first ever foxhound to win the title. Pfetten was elected president of the International Foxhound Association in 2012.

Pfetten is member of the UK based Master of Foxhound Association (MFHA) since 1992 and his French pack of fox-hounds is overseas member of the British Hound Sport Association (BHSA) since 2022.

Apethorpe Palace
In December 2014, English Heritage announced that Baron Pfetten had bought Apethorpe Palace, a Jacobean stately home near Oundle in Northamptonshire.

Simon Thurley, English Heritage's chief executive, welcomed the purchase, saying, "Since 2000 English Heritage has consistently said that the best solution for Apethorpe is for it to be taken on by a single owner, who wants to continue to restore the house and to live in it; especially one who has experience of restoring historic buildings and is prepared to share its joys with a wide public, as Baron Pfetten will do. Apethorpe is certainly on a par with Hatfield and Knole and is by far the most important country house to have been threatened with major loss through decay since the 1950s." Baron Pfetten has agreed to an 80-year commitment of 50 days' public opening a year, a far more extensive undertaking than usual.

Apethorpe Palace was a favourite residence of King James I and is now undergoing major renovation works solely funded by Baron Pfetten since 2014.

Pfetten is member of the Historic Houses Association since 2015.

References

Living people
French diplomats
University of Strasbourg alumni
1967 births
Alumni of Templeton College, Oxford
French expatriates in China
Permanent Representatives to the World Trade Organization
Academic staff of Renmin University of China


title: MX vs. ATV Supercross

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MX vs. ATV Supercross is a racing video game developed by Rainbow Studios and published by Nordic Games for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. This is the fifth game in the MX vs. ATV franchise and it is the first game developed after the original creator of the franchise, Rainbow Studios, separated from their most recent publisher THQ due to bankruptcy. An updated version, known as MX vs. ATV Supercross Encore, was released in 2015 for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in July 2016.

Gameplay
The core focus of the game allows for the player to race supercross on motocross bikes or ATVs, similar to Reflex, Alive and the Nintendo DS version of Untamed. Nordic Games also promised to bring back as many features from the original game as possible. The game features 17 Supercross Tracks for both MX and ATV riding and a career mode with 5 series (250 East, 250 West, 450 MX, 450 ATV, 450 MX vs. ATV). There are also more than 80 motocross companies in the game to ensure authenticity and 40 riders to race against. New physics and control system including reinterpreting the "pre-load" from the original MX vs ATV games is also introduced in the new game. The game received regular content updates. As for multiplayer, it can have up to 12 players. Split-screen is also available for two local players.

Development
During THQ's bankruptcy, Nordic Games purchased the rights to MX vs. ATV, along with Red Faction and Darksiders as well as rights to THQ's other owned software and licensed software for $4.9 million in total during an assets auction. The game is announced by Nordic Games in December 2013 and was set as the fifth entry in the series. It was later set for release on 9 September 2014, but was pushed back and released on 28 October. The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One version of the game titled MX vs. ATV Supercross Encore, were bundled together with MX vs. ATV Alive and released worldwide in late 2015, containing new features for this edition. It was also released for Microsoft Windows and entered Steam's early access.

Reception

MX vs. ATV: Supercross received mixed reviews from critics. The Xbox 360 version received an aggregated score of 55.00%  from GameRankings and 57/100 from Metacritic.

Jeremy Peeples from Hardcore Gamer gave the game a 6/10, praising the soundtracks but had a mixed opinion about the graphics as he described it "a perplexing blend of impressive and sub-par". He summarized the game by saying that "MX vs. ATV Supercross doesn’t reinvent the wheel. Those who enjoyed past entries will enjoy this one and get a kick out of the new right-stick jumping and aiming mechanic. It is easy to like, but hard to feel passionate about".

Devin Charles from Game Revolution gave the game a 4/10, praising the customization options, but criticizing the uninventive gameplay, poor control and handling, unnatural turning mechanics, as well as the poor graphics.

References

2014 video games
Crossover racing games
Multiplayer and single-player video games
MX vs. ATV
Open-world video games
PlayStation 3 games
PlayStation 4 games
Split-screen multiplayer games
THQ Nordic games
Video games developed in the United States
Windows games
Xbox 360 games
Xbox One games
Rainbow Studios games


title: November Storm of 1995

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The November Storm of 1995 () was a snowstorm, coming from the North Sea in mid November 1995. Beginning on Thursday evening, 16 November 1995, the storm culminated on Friday morning, 17 November 1995, striking against the southern and western parts of Sweden. The snowstorm decreased during the Friday afternoon, disappearing from Sweden. Gothenburg with neighbouring places as the strong winds destroyed what had been cleared, creating giant snowdrifts. It wasn't until Tuesday, 21 November 1995, traffic conditions were back to ordinary. The snow also caused power failures, some lasting up to a week.

Deep snow
Since measurings begun in 1905, several November records for deep snow were broken.

Traffic
The winds broke trees. Traffic was heavily affected, and people ended up stuck inside their cars. Getting around by foot was difficult. Getting help took a long time (mobile telephones had just become common at this time, but were still not in the hands of everyone). For many children, school was canceled, and many people could not get to work.

Sports
Sports were heavily affected, postponing events to other days, because of problems for clubs traveling to and home from away games. Svenska basketligan games were moved from Friday to the upcoming days, and the 1995 edition of motorcycle event Novemberkåsan was moved from the upcoming Sunday until December.

References

1995 in Sweden
Storms
1995 natural disasters
Weather events in Sweden
Winter weather events
November 1995 events in Europe
1995 disasters in Sweden


title: Tomb of Jani Khan

text:
Tomb of Jani Khan (), or Khan-i-Khanan (), is a historical tomb of Jani Khan. It is situated in Baghbanpura, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.

History
The tomb was constructed during the Mughal rule in South Asia. Jani Khan was the father-in-law of Moin-ul-Mulk, the Mughal governor, who died in 1778. There are three graves inside the tomb. Kanhiya Lal in his book History of Lahore mentioned that he was the brother of Moin ul Mulk and had the title of Intizam-ud-Daulah. He was appointed as the commander in the Punjab Army and repelled the first invasion of Ahmad Shah Abdali.

Gallery

References

Mausoleums in Punjab, Pakistan
History of Punjab
Monuments and memorials in Punjab, Pakistan
Buildings and structures in Punjab, Pakistan


title: Babubhai Bokhiria

text:
Babubhai Bokhiria  (born 12 March 1953) is an Indian politician and member of BJP. He was twice elected as an MLA in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly in 2012 and 2017.

Education
Babubhai Bokhiria holds a B.Sc. in chemistry from Saurashtra University, which he graduated from in 1974.

MLA
He was twice elected as an MLA in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly in 2012 and 2017 from Porbandar Assembly constituency.
He was a member of the Council of Ministers of Gujarat in 13th Gujarat Legislative Assembly of the Indian state of Gujarat. Between 7 August 2016 and 26 December 2017 he held the post of cabinet minister of Water Resources (except Kalpsar project), Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Cow protection in the 13th Gujarat Legislative Assembly.

He contested 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election from Porbandar as a BJP candidate but was defeated by his nearest rival and INC candidate Arjun Modhwadia.

Family
Babubhai Bokhiria has two sons.

References

Living people
State cabinet ministers of Gujarat
Place of birth missing (living people)
Gujarat MLAs 2012–2017
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Gujarat
1953 births
Gujarat MLAs 2017–2022


title: Jaydrathsinh Parmar

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Jaydrathsinh was the State Minister of Gujarat Government from 2012 to 2021. He is a Member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly. Jaydrathsinh Parmar is member of erstwhile State Kanjari State in Panchmahal District.  Jaydrathsinh Parmar is an alumnus of Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda.

Political life
 MLA 11th Gujarat Legislative Assembly (Year 2002-07)
 MLA 12th Gujarat Legislative Assembly (Year 2007-12)
 MLA 13th Gujarat Legislative Assembly (Year 2012-17)
 Parliamentary Secretary, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department (Year 2009-2011) - Hon. Minister of State for Roads & Buildings, Government of Gujarat. - Co-Incharge Minister, Dahod District (Year 2011-2012) - Hon. Minister of State for Roads & Buildings, capital project, Government of Gujarat (October 2013-August 2016)
 Hon. Minister of State for Roads & Buildings, Higher & Technical Education (August 2016 to December 2017)
 Co-Incharge Minister, Mahisagar District (November 2013—May 2014)
 Minister Incharge Chhotaudepur District : Co-Incharge Minister Valsad District (October 2013-August 2016)
 Organization in charge of BJP, Vadodara (Rural) - Minister Incharge Mahisagar District (August 2016 to 2017) 4) MLA 14th Gujarat Legislative Assembly (Year 2017 to date) - Hon. Minister of State for Panchayat, Environment (Independent Charge), and Agriculture (State Minister). - Minister Incharge Anand District & Mahisagar Dist. (Dec. 2017 to date)

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1964 births
State cabinet ministers of Gujarat
Living people
Gujarat MLAs 2012–2017
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Gujarat
Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda alumni