title: Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead

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Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead (CDDA) is an open-source survival horror roguelike video game. Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is a fork of the original game Cataclysm. The game is freely downloadable on the game's website and the source code is also freely available on the project's GitHub repository under the CC BY-SA Creative Commons license. The game is currently largely developed by its community. Rock, Paper, Shotgun named CDDA one of "The 50 Best Free Games on PC" in 2016.

The game is text-based, though alternative graphical tilesets are available. Prior to playing, the player generates a world which can be shared between different characters. The player then creates a character and is placed into one of many possible starting scenarios. The player is then free to do whatever they please. This includes both things required for day-to-day survival such as scavenging, hunting, and finding shelter, as well as larger goals such as farming, installing bionics, making and repairing vehicles, and constructing homes.

Plot
The game is set in near-future New England after a catastrophic event killed most of the human population and spawned various monsters and hazards. After a UFO crash in the '90s, the US government began to research alternate dimensions. In their explorations they obtained a sample called "XE-037", a mysterious black goo known as the blob that was able to reanimate the dead and cause targeted phenotype mutations. XE-037 (also known as The Blob) escaped the lab environment, reproduced in the worlds’ ground water supply, causing an enormous zombie outbreak and manipulating the population through people's moods, making many people violent. In the following months, the world began to further spiral out of control, with mass demonstrating, rioting, and internal deployment of troops. Amidst the chaos, Earth became the target of a multidimensional portal attack, leading to vast portal storms, with portals opening all over the world, affecting the weather and the reality around them. Unknown forces from other dimensions entered opportunistically as our dimensional fabric was destabilized.

A US government official managed to get access to the emergency broadcast system, and send out a final message: "The government has fallen. No help is coming, you’re on your own". Many consider this to be the day the world ended. This event is referred to as "The Cataclysm". Though the cataclysm is predominantly a zombie apocalypse, many other disastrous events are going on, including invasions from fungi, Triffids, Lovecraftian monsters such as Mi-Gos that have built encampments and towers around the world, and caves containing sewer rats and a rat king.

Prior to the cataclysm, robots became widespread in various workplaces such as hospitals, police stations, and mines. Furthermore, human robotic implants were in use; with everything from a cranial flashlight to a robotic digestive system available to the population.

Development
Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is based on the earlier game Cataclysm whose source code was made open-source under the Creative Commons CC BY-SA license on GitHub by the original author Whales in October 2010. After the Cataclysm author ended the development around 2012, the game's community forked the game into a new repository called Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead in early 2013.

In June 2013, a successful crowdfunding on Kickstarter raised $9,492 (beyond the $7,000 goal) for the payment of a full-time developer for 3.5 months.

The game is made with ncurses to provide text based graphics; later a Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) version with graphical tiles became available.

The game is under heavy development with experimental releases available multiple times each day.  The stable versions are considered "snapshots" of development rather than the primary version, with the daily updated experimental branch being the "master" version of the game.

In December 2015, an unofficial launcher was created for CDDA under an open-source MIT license to allow players to stay up to date with the latest releases and third-party mods. However, the launcher was confirmed unmaintained since January 2022.

Gameplay
Unlike most roguelikes, it has no goal: the player is free to explore the procedurally generated map, clear areas of monsters, work with NPCs, and build shelters and vehicles. The gameplay is mainly based on day-to-day survival, and the game tracks parameters like hunger, thirst, morale, illness and temperature which the player must manage to stay alive. The game also manages numerous other mechanics about the player including drug addiction, mutations, broken limbs, and bionic implants.

World

The world can be persistent between games. When starting a new character after the death of a previous character, the new game can be set in the same game world as the last. The world has support for seasons and dynamic weather conditions, and the season lengths can be modified during world generation. Recent weather conditions/events added include the portal storms, which were initially only mentioned in the main storyline for CDDA, during these portal storms, nether monsters will appear and can cause negative effects on the player when they get caught outdoors during the storm if not outright kill them, but during the portal storms, a dungeon will appear, this dungeon can grant the player unique temporary status effects or items by travelling through it successfully.

A typical CDDA world has cities, towns, rivers, forests, bridges and other landmarks. Cities and towns generally have several common establishments often found in the real world such as houses, stores, malls, parking lots, swimming pools, hospitals, and more, but hold danger in the form of large hordes. Rarer locations such as labs, military bases, and missile silos can be found in remote places throughout the world. Latest versions have support for three-dimensional buildings.

While most of the action in CDDA is liable to happen on the surface overworld, as traditional with roguelikes, the world does contain underground dungeons. Examples of these include mines, labs, and strange temples.

Character

Characters can be generated randomly or can be custom-built to suit player gameplay and preferences. Players choose from several available initial scenarios. The default scenario is "Evacuee" in which the player starts from an evacuation center with few provisions. Choosing harder scenarios awards the player with points with which they can create more powerful characters.

Like most roguelikes, the game allows players to initially choose from various professions and each profession has its own set of traits and skills. In character creation, positive traits can be chosen by consuming points, and stats like strength and intelligence and skills like archery can also be increased through spending points. Negative traits earn the player more points to spend on positive traits, stats or skills. Traits that have a greater impact on gameplay have more points associated with them, ranging from minor traits like "Tough Feet" and "Clumsy" to game-changing traits like "Night Vision" or "Kaluptic Psychosis", which causes hallucinations, and even "Nyctophobia", which hinders the ability to enter dark areas and causes bad effects if caught out in darkness. Characters can increase their skills gradually once in-game by practicing the respective skills or reading books obtained from various sources found within the cities or towns, or degrade over time with disuse if the optional skill rust system is enabled.

The game has a menu which shows the character's current conditions such as hunger, thirst, morale and illness. In order to survive, the character has to consume food and water often, and sleep on a regular basis. If afflicted with an illness, the player must use certain medications in order to treat the diseases, most diseases can recover their own, but some others can only be removed with the right medication, or vice versa. The menu also displays the character's stats.

Crafting

Unlike most roguelikes, CDDA focuses heavily on crafting, with many basic necessities such as clothing and food being craftable from raw items that are found lying around the world. For crafting to be successful the player needs the necessary raw materials and equipment. The player also needs to learn the recipe of the object to be crafted, which can be unlocked by reading books from libraries. Successful crafting leads to an increase of the corresponding skill. Craftable items are classified into Weapons, Ammo, Food, Chemicals, Armor and Other, with several subcategories in each of them.

Crafting can be hampered by player conditions such as low morale or other external game conditions like insufficient light or the presence of monsters nearby.

Construction

CDDA features an intricate construction menu where one can perform activities ranging from simple construction, like boarding up a window or digging a pit, to elaborate ones like building a reinforced concrete wall, digging a well or creating basements. Like crafting, construction requires raw materials like brick, stones, or nails. Equipment required for construction can be either salvaged from cities or can be crafted via the crafting menu from additional raw materials. For the most part, the terrain in the game is fully destructible, meaning that the player and other entities can destroy it or build structures on it.

Vehicles can be repaired or even built from scratch using the construction menu. Players are reported to have created vehicles of quite different sizes and capabilities, from small quad bikes with limited storage to huge "deathmobiles" with multiple engines, turrets, machine guns, and chemical labs.

Farming
The player can farm land and grow grains, vegetables, berries and other shrubs (e.g. cotton), provided that they find the respective seeds. The final crop can be laid up for later use (though some food may perish), it can be eaten raw or can be used to prepare more elaborate products (e.g. cooking oil, flour, spirits, vinegar, sealed food).

The farming season usually extends from late spring to early autumn and depends on external temperature. Every plant type has different growing rates and growth can be accelerated using commercial or home-made fertilizers. Final output depends on the character's survival skill: the higher the skill, the higher the yield of every single plant. Once harvested, all plants are considered "dead" and leave straw (grains) or withered plants and some seeds.

Creatures
There are a plethora of monsters and creatures found in the world. The wilderness contains many animals, ranging from small passive animals such as squirrels, rabbits, and rats, to large aggressive predators and sometimes hostile herbivores ranging from moose to wolves and bears. These animals can be hunted for their meat, fur, bones, and organs for cooking and sometimes chemistry.

The main threats to the characters are the zombies controlled by The Blob that roam mainly the cities and some areas within the wilderness. Zombies come in many shapes, abilities  and sizes, and most (but not all of them) are infamous for their ability to revive for some time if they are not butchered or smashed to a pulp. The game also features a wide range of adversaries ranging from mutant humans and animals to aliens and interdimensional creatures, often inspired by the works of H. P. Lovecraft and other popular horror and science fiction genres.

As the days go on, many zombies and creatures will mutate into more powerful forms, progressively increasing difficulty. Mundane animals may be replaced with zombie or mutant versions, further reducing access to edible meat while making the world more hostile.

Despite the increasing deadliness of zombies and monsters, unlike most other games, the number of zombies and monsters in a given area (not counting the overall infinite world) is limited, when the zombies and monsters of an area are dead and rendered unable to revive, they will no longer spawn in that area.

Reception
The game's reception by gaming websites was overwhelmingly positive. Rock, Paper, Shotgun named it number 39 of "The 50 Best Free Games on PC" in October 2016.

See also

 List of open source games
 List of roguelikes

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title: House of Abdus Salam

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The House of Abdus Salam () is a Pakistani national monument. It housed Pakistani Professor Abdus Salam, a theoretical physicist who became the first Muslim and Pakistani to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1979.

Location
The monument is located in Jhang, Punjab, Pakistan.

Protection
After the Pakistani 18th Constitutional Amendment, most of the archaeological sites and national monuments were devolved to the provinces. The monuments transferred to the Punjab Archaeology Department included Abdus Salam's house, and funding and conservation initiatives were taken by the archaeology department.

References

Sources

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


title: 2014 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final

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The 2014 Wimbledon Championships Men's Singles final was the championship tennis match of the Men's Singles tournament at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships. A significant part of the Djokovic–Federer rivalry, it pitted Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer against each other in a Grand Slam final for the second time. The match marks the only time that Federer lost a Wimbledon final after winning the first set.

After 3 hours and 56 minutes, top seed Djokovic defeated fourth-seeded Federer in five sets to win the match. By winning the 2014 Wimbledon Championships, Djokovic not only won for the second time, but also reclaimed the world number one ranking from Rafael Nadal at the conclusion of the tournament.

Background

The match took place on the final day of the 2014 edition of the 13-day Wimbledon Championships, held every June and July. Novak Djokovic was world number two entering Wimbledon, but was seeded first ahead of Rafael Nadal due to Wimbledon employing a grass-court seeding system that took into account recent results on grass. Djokovic had reached the semifinals in 2012 and final in 2013, whilst Nadal had fallen in the second and first rounds respectively. Roger Federer, on the other hand, entered the Championships ranked and seeded fourth, and reached the final after having been upset by Sergiy Stakhovsky in the second round in 2013.

Djokovic had to overcome numerous tough matches to reach the final: he was almost pushed to five sets by Radek Štěpánek in the second round, was two sets to one down against Marin Čilić in the quarterfinals before rallying to win in five sets and also required four sets to defeat Grigor Dimitrov in the semifinals. By contrast, Federer only dropped a set (and his own serve) once to reach the final, in the quarterfinals against Stan Wawrinka.

Going into the final, Federer had not contested a major final since two years prior when he won Wimbledon in 2012. In 2013, affected by back troubles, Federer had failed to reach any of the major finals for the first time since 2002 and some commentators doubted whether he would ever contest a major final again. When asked if he felt that he could still win a major, Federer responded, "I'm just really pleased that I'm back strong at Wimbledon. Last year I didn't even come close. I was very deflated leaving Wimbledon on that note. I'm happy I'm sort of physically back where I can put myself in contention." Upon reaching the final, Federer was bidding to win his 80th career title, 18th major overall and eighth Wimbledon title, which would have broken the record that he shared with Pete Sampras for the most Wimbledon men's singles titles at seven.

Djokovic too had not won a major since the 2013 Australian Open over a year and a half prior, and was going into the final having lost five of the previous six major finals he had contested. He entered the championship match looking for his second Wimbledon title after winning in 2011, and was seeking redemption after losing in the previous year's final to Andy Murray. Djokovic stated, "There is plenty of motivation from my side to win this Grand Slam final after losing last three out of four. It would mean a lot mentally for me." As a result of the circumstances, both men relished the challenge and were focused on playing a high-quality match.

Match
Novak Djokovic won the coin toss and elected to serve first. The first set saw neither player force a break point, though there were a few games that went to deuce. A tiebreak was required to decide the first set and it saw Federer come from two separate set points down to take it 9–7. At 51 minutes, the first set alone lasted just four minutes less than the entire women's singles final.

Despite falling early in the second set, Djokovic managed to break Federer's serve early in the third game. The set remained on serve from there and Djokovic leveled the match at one-set all. The lone break of serve in the second set was only the second time all tournament that Federer had been broken. The third set followed a similar pattern to that of the first; again a tiebreak was required to decide it as neither man would yield his serve, and it was Djokovic who would win the set and go two-sets-to-one up. After three sets, neither man was giving anything away as the unforced errors remained very low. Federer's serving kept him in the match but he had still been unable to gain even a single break point opportunity as Djokovic's own serving display continued to hold up strong.

In the fourth set, Djokovic again broke early to lead 3–1. From there, Federer broke Djokovic's serve for the first time in match to get back on serve at 3–2; only to be broken again in his service game which saw Djokovic regain the lead at 4–2. Djokovic consolidated his break this time to take a commanding 5–2 lead and was a game away from the title, leaving Federer to serve to stay in the match. After Federer held serve in the eighth game, Djokovic served for the win at 5–3 and seemed poised to win the title in four sets. Federer would come back from the brink of defeat to break Djokovic for the second time and put the set back on serve. Then, in the tenth game, Djokovic earned a championship point, which Federer saved with an ace which was initially called out but ruled in after a successful challenge by the Hawk-Eye review system. Federer then levelled the set at 5–5 and from there, he broke Djokovic again for the third time in the set and then held his serve to win five games in a row and claim the fourth set 7–5. The Wimbledon final went to a fifth set for the first time since 2009.

Djokovic served to begin the fifth. Both men held serve comfortably until 3–3, when Federer was able to muster a break point but could not convert it after a long rally. Djokovic was able to hold and go ahead 4–3, and in the next game, found himself at 15–40 with 2 break points. Federer fought them off to level the match at 4–4. In the next game, Federer sent an overhead smash into the net that would have given him a 15–30 opening had he made it. Djokovic pounced on the error to hold serve and go ahead 5–4. Finally in the tenth game, Djokovic earned another two championship points after Federer sent a forehand long at 15–30. There was no ace this time as Federer faulted on championship point and was forced into a second serve. Djokovic took control of the ensuing rally and won Wimbledon after Federer netted a backhand to conclude the contest.

Officials
The chair umpire throughout the match was British official James Keothavong. He umpired his first ever Grand Slam singles final.

Reaction
Lasting for 3 hours and 56 minutes, the match was played at a relatively fast pace with both players serving well until the final game. Many rallies in the contest went over 20 shots. During the third set, Djokovic went over 30 minutes without hitting a single error.

Federer's winners to unforced errors differential was +46, while Djokovic's was +41. Djokovic said "Sincerely, this has been the best quality Grand Slam final that I have ever been part of. I've had a longest final against Nadal in the Australian Open, but quality-wise from the first to last point, this is definitely the best match. It's the most special Grand Slam final I've played."

Federer said "It was a great match and I enjoyed being a part of it. Winning or losing, it's always something special in the Wimbledon final and something you'll remember, even more so when the match was as dramatic as it was today. I'm very pleased with the way things went throughout the match. It was a high-quality match and it was good stuff from both players. Clearly we both walk away happy from here. I mean, him more happy than I am. But still, I'm happy overall."

Retired tennis player Jimmy Connors was present for the match as a commentator for BBC Sport. Connors said "I loved this match because there was more to it than just tennis. For four hours neither player wanted to give an inch. Sometimes there's a lull in matches that go five sets, but I didn't think there was a lull today at all. Both players came out and gave it the punch right from the start. It was one of those days when you say, "I'm happy to be here just to see this."

Statistics

Source

Significance
This was the first Grand Slam final since the 2009 US Open not to feature either Andy Murray or Rafael Nadal.
By defeating Roger Federer in the final, Novak Djokovic became the third man, after Nadal and Juan Martín del Potro, to defeat Federer in a Grand Slam final, and the second after Nadal to defeat Federer in a Wimbledon final.
In his nine Wimbledon finals until 2014, Federer only lost two of them. Both of them required a fifth and deciding set in order for his opponent to defeat him, and in both matches Federer had to save a match point in the fourth set. Both of those finals ended in similar fashion with Federer hitting the ball into the net. In 2008, the match ended when Federer netted a forehand after the ball took an awkward bounce. In 2014, the match ended when Federer netted a backhand hit from an awkward position.
 With this win, Djokovic became the only man to beat Federer at least once at every Grand Slam tournament. Likewise, Federer is the only player who has beaten Djokovic at every Grand Slam event, having achieved that feat at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships.
 With the loss, the match marks the only time Federer lost a final at Wimbledon after having won the first set.

See also
Djokovic–Federer rivalry

Notes

References

External links
Match Report, official Wimbledon website
Match Statistics, official Wimbledon website
Match details, official ATP site
Player head-to-head, official ATP site
Full match on YouTube
Extended highlights on YouTube

Men's singles final
Novak Djokovic tennis matches
Roger Federer tennis matches
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title: MICE in Thailand

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The meetings, incentives, conferencing, exhibitions (MICE) industry in Thailand is one of the major branches of tourism in Thailand, contributing an estimated 0.58 percent to Thailand's GDP in 2012 (9.4% of all tourism earnings).

Overview
The number of tourists in the MICE sector is around three percent of the overall arrivals to Thailand each year. They are recognized as the most desirable category of visitors, mainly because of their high-spending potential. The average spending of tourists in this sector is three times higher than spending of tourists in other sectors. Thailand benefits from its geographic position between China and India and tops the ASEAN region in terms of exhibition spaces sold and for being the most profitable MICE market.

In 2012, Thailand hosted more than 7,300 meeting events (a 6.84 percent increase from 2011), totaling 895,000 visitors. The main sources were conventions (33 percent), corporate meetings (25 percent) and incentive travel (24 percent), adding the equivalent of more than US$2.5 billion to the economy of Thailand. Around 65 percent of Thailand’s MICE business came from Asian countries. India was the most frequent MICE customer, with 74,941 meetings visitors in 2012, followed by China (63,955), Japan (45,424) and Korea (37,175). The United States was on the eighth place, sending 21,786 delegates in 2012.

In 2013, the number of visitors surpassed one million, 72 percent from Asia. China was the main contributor, both by number of travelers (128,437) and revenue (US$360 million).

Thailand is a popular destination for Indian weddings that use MICE facilities as reception venues, some wedding groups surpassing 1500 guests. Reasons given for this success have been the incorporation of the Indian culture and the understanding of the Indian guests' requirements, the price–performance ratio compared to India proper and also the visa on arrival regime for Indian citizens. In July 2014, 40 percent of Indian weddings held in Thailand were in Phuket, 30 percent in Hua Hin and 15 percent in Pattaya.

Large scale events, such as conferences and conventions, can have a significant environmental impact in terms of energy usage, water consumption, waste, and carbon emissions. Thus, the Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB) launched the "Green Meetings" campaign in 2009. However, the understanding of many event planners and industry players regarding environmentally sustainable events and meetings remains lacking.

History

In most Asia/Pacific countries (including Thailand), governments lead the way in the construction of MICE facilities. The private sector is generally leads the development of conference and exhibition centres in countries where governments have few financial resources (Indonesia and Mekong sub-region).  In Thailand, in 1984, the government and private sectors jointly established the "Thailand Incentive and Convention Association" (TICA), in order to support the growth of the MICE sector. It cooperated with 'Trade Exhibition Association Thailand' (TEA) and some medical associations to draw meetings and seminars to be held in Thailand. These associations had some help from the government, but the government had not yet seen MICE as an opportunity. In 1991, the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, one of the main convention centers in East Asia, opened.

In 2002, the Royal Thai Government established the Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB) under the Office of the Prime Minister, as the organization to market MICE events in Thailand. One of the bureau's roles is to encourage the inclusion of Thai arts and culture in these events in order to promote the national heritage. TCEB identified five major MICE cities: (Bangkok, Phuket, Khon Kaen, Pattaya, Chiang Mai). Other organizations involved in the development of the MICE sector in Thailand are Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) and Thai Airways.

Destinations

Bangkok

Bangkok is the administrative, education, commercial and transport center of the country, and a regional center for business, finance and communications, many international corporations having offices here. The city is the hub of Thailand's commercial events industry, with 299 hotels in the city center and seven world-standard convention and exhibition centers. Bangkok International Trade and Exhibition Centre (BITEC) focuses on machinery and trade shows. IMPACT, with a 130,000 m2 exhibition area and a convention center with a 10,000 delegates hosting capacity, mostly takes on consumer shows. Smaller venues such as the Royal Paragon Hall and Queen Sirikit National Convention Center usually host lifestyle events.

Chiang Mai
Working together with the TCEB, Chiang Mai devised a five-year master plan (2013–2017) to become a MICE hub. The Chiang Mai International Exhibition and Convention Centre (CMECC), with a total area of 521,600 m2 and usable space of 60,000 m2, is one of the biggest convention and exhibition centres in Southeast Asia. In 2012, the total value of the Chiang Mai MICE industry reached 3.9 billion baht, of which 3.8 billion baht was contributed by 46,826 foreign MICE travellers.

In 2016, Chiang Mai was ranked 28th among Asia-Pacific and Middle East cities based on the number of meetings that took place, rising from its rank of 34th in 2015.

Khon Kaen
Khon Kaen is the major commercial and educational center of Isan, Thailand’s northeastern region. It is one of the winners of IBM's Smarter Cities programme for developing MICE promoting strategies. In 2013, the MICE sector generated 600 million baht in revenue.

Pattaya
In the mid-1980s, Pattaya became the first Thai resort destination to attract international incentives, mainly from Europe. By the year 2000, Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall (PEACH), the largest local convention centre, secured its position as a venue for major conventions and exhibitions. It has been the venue for numerous large-scale conventions, including the PATA Travel Mart, PATA annual conference and ASEAN Tourism Forum as well as major medical and insurance related congresses. North Pattaya Alliance is a group of seven hotels focused on different identities and features that work together in hosting MICE events and Indian weddings.

Phuket
The extended touristic infrastructure in Phuket (over 600 hotels, various venues and an international airport) led to the development of a MICE sector on this island. Most of the venues with MICE facilities are in Laguna Phuket.

Koh Samui

Phitsanulok
Phitsanulok Province Certified to "Become a MICE City" from 3 December 2020 onwards through the cooperation of the government, private sector, civil society Educational institution And all development partners MICE City Assessment Committee Has conducted an audit in Phitsanulok Province according to the criteria And has approved for Phitsanulok Province "Passed and MICE City assessment" effective 3 December 2020

References

Economy of Thailand
Tourism in Thailand
Meetings


title: Masatoshi Toyota

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is a retired amateur Japanese Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's featherweight category. He represented his nation Japan at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and then finished eighth in the 55-kg division at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar. Having worked as a police officer in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, Toyota also served as a member of its wrestling squad under head coach Masakazu Hijikata.

Toyota qualified for the Japanese squad in the men's 55 kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Earlier in the process, he defeated Russia's Geidar Mamedaliyev in the final match and received a berth from the second Olympic Qualification Tournament in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He lost his opening match 3–5 to Hungarian wrestler and eventual Olympic champion István Majoros, but wrestled his stretch to score a 10–0 technical fall over Dominican Republic's Jansel Ramírez to close the prelim pool. Placing behind Majoros in the pool and tenth in the final standings, Toyota failed to advance further into the quarterfinals.

References

External links
Profile – International Wrestling Database
JOC Profile

1976 births
Living people
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Olympic wrestlers for Japan
Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Wrestlers at the 2006 Asian Games
Sportspeople from Tokushima Prefecture
Asian Games competitors for Japan
Japanese police officers
20th-century Japanese people
21st-century Japanese people


title: Bossa (company)

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Bossa Ticaret ve Sanayi Isletmeleri T.A.S. is a Turkish textile corporation. Bossa's shares are listed on Borsa Istanbul since 1995. 88% of the total amount of shares are owned by Mr. Israfil Ucurum and Mr. Yusuf Ucurum.

Business and activities
Bossa continue to maintain its leadership position in the industry with its high quality, innovative, differentiated product range, customer-oriented products and services tailored to its clients’ specific needs, fast delivery, widespread market network structure, effective price policies and high customer satisfaction. Established in 1951, Bossa is one of the largest integrated textile corporations of Turkey with its facility in Adana. Bossa offers denim and sportswear fabrics with an annual total production capacity of 50 million meters. One of the core strengths of company is the powerful and long-lasting relationship established with prominent brands and designers globally. Bossa is proud to present novelty, trends and outstanding products to all its customers.

References

Companies listed on the Istanbul Stock Exchange


title: Paxsi

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Paxsi (Aymara for "moon", Hispanicized spelling Pacsi) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about  high. It is situated in Pampamarca District of La Unión Province in the Arequipa Region. Paxsi lies south of the Chawpimayu (Quechua for "central river", Hispanicized Chaupimayo) or Wayllapaña (Huayllapaña), a right  affluent of the Cotahuasi River.

References

Mountains of Peru
Mountains of Arequipa Region


title: Havok & Hijinks

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Havok & Hijinks is a card game designed and published by Epic Slant Press LLC in 2014. In it, participants play a baby dragon searching to fortify their hoard, with the goal to be the first player to obtain 15 points worth of treasure. Designed to allow for fast matches, games generally last between 15 and 30 minutes and can be played by two to four players.

Description
The game involves 84 cards: 40 "Hijinks" cards, 40 "Havok" cards, and 4 double-sided Dragon cards (the Amber dragon, the Obsidian dragon, the Pearl dragon and the Ruby dragon). Other accessories are available, such as play mats and affinity tokens, but are not required for gameplay.

Hijinks cards are used as both offense and defense, depending on the card. Each card has an affinity and a bonus effect that dragons of matching affinities may take advantage of. Havok cards are split between Event cards and Treasure cards. Event cards can be beneficial or detrimental, while Treasure cards are advantageous.
Both card sets often feature pun-infused card names such as "Three Dragon Moon," a reference to the Three Wolf Moon t-shirt, or "Panda-monium."

The double-sided Dragon cards included with the base game have one side (the "Ready" side) in which the dragon can perform one of two special abilities. These abilities are specific to that particular dragon (e.g. the Amber dragon has skills in trading while the Ruby dragon excels at stealing). Upon using one of these abilities, the dragon becomes tired and must be flipped over to the "Tired" side. While on this side, none of the dragon's abilities may be used. Only by fulfilling the condition listed on that side (e.g. the Obsidian dragon must successfully break a treasure) may the dragon be flipped back to the "Ready" side.

Rules and Gameplay

The game begins by each player selecting a baby dragon to play as. Each player is then allotted a single treasure worth 1 point to begin their treasure hoard, as well as a hand of three Hijinks cards.
A player's turn consists of up to four stages:
Flip a Havok card. If the flipped card, the player may add it to their hoard. If it is any event, the player(s) must resolve it.
Play Hijinks card. The player may play a single Hijinks card from their hand. They may also refrain from playing any cards or may discard a Hijinks card and draw a new one.
Use dragon ability. The play may use one of their dragon's innate abilities. Upon using this ability, the dragon is flipped over to its "tired" side. Only after fulfilling the conditions listed on the card may the dragon be flipped back over to its "ready" side.
Draw card(s). The player should draw so that their hand holds three Hijinks cards. If a player already has at least three cards, then that player draws no cards.
When a player has collected 15 points worth of treasure, they are declared the winner.

Card sets

Expansions

 Havok & Hijinks: Mini-Expansion (a collection of 11 cards)
 Havok & Hijinks: Eastern Wind (introducing the Jade dragon)

Promotional cards
The game can be impacted by the double-sided dragon cards used by players. Epic Slant Press released several dragon cards not included in the base game. These additional cards include various cards of the Crystal Dragon, which has the ability to change elemental affinity, allowing for the player to capitalize on the bonuses found on all Hijinks cards.
Such promotional cards were given out at various conventions, including Gen Con and Dragon Con, as well as to those who signed up for the company's newsletter.

Other promotional cards were included in the original Kickstarter campaign, including permutations of the original four dragon cards. Epic Slant Press LLC has made many of these promotional cards available for sale, where they aren't out of print.

References

External links
Epic Slant Press' Havok & Hijinks page
Havok & Hijinks Free Print and Play

Dedicated deck card games
Card games introduced in 2014
Kickstarter-funded tabletop games


title: Entyloma

text:
Entyloma is a genus of smut fungi in the family Entylomataceae. The genus was described by Anton de Bary in 1874. A 2008 estimates places about 180 species in the genus. The anamorph form of Entyloma  is Entylomella.

Species

E. acanthocephali
E. achilleae
E. aeschynomenis
E. ageratinae
E. agoseridis
E. aldamae
E. alopecurivorum
E. amaranthi
E. ambrosiae-maritimae
E. ameghinoi
E. anadelphiae
E. anceps
E. antennariae
E. aposeridis
E. aquaticum
E. arctothecae
E. arctotis
E. aristolochiae
E. armoraciae
E. arnaudianum
E. arnicae
E. arnicale
E. arnoseridis
E. asteris-alpini
E. asteris-sericei
E. asterisci
E. asterisci-maritimi
E. atlanticum
E. australe
E. bavaricum
E. bellidiastri
E. bellidis
E. bergeniae
E. blumeae
E. boltoniae
E. boraginis
E. bracteanthae
E. browalliae
E. bullulum
E. bupleuri
E. calceolariae
E. calendulae
E. catananches
E. catananchis
E. ceratocephali
E. chaenorrhini
E. chelidonii
E. chilense
E. chloridis
E. chrysosplenii
E. cichorii
E. circaeae
E. cissigenum
E. clintonianum
E. collinsiae
E. comaclinii
E. commelinae
E. compositarum
E. convolvuli
E. coreopsis
E. corydalis
E. cosmi
E. costaricense
E. crepidicola
E. crepidis
E. crepidis-rubrae
E. crepidis-tectori
E. cynoglossi
E. cynosuri
E. cyperi
E. dahliae
E. davisii
E. debonianum
E. deliliae
E. deschampsiae
E. diastateae
E. doebbeleri
E. dubium
E. echinaceae
E. echinopis
E. ecuadorense
E. ellisii
E. erigerontis
E. erodianum
E. erodii
E. eryngii
E. eryngii-alpini
E. eryngii-dichotomi
E. eryngii-plani
E. eryngii-tricuspidati
E. eschscholziae
E. espinosae
E. eugeniarum
E. eupatorii
E. farisii
E. fergussonii
E. feurichii
E. ficariae
E. fimbriatum
E. flavum
E. floerkeae
E. fragosoi
E. frondosa
E. fumariae
E. fuscum
E. gaillardiae
E. gaillardianum
E. galinsogae
E. garcilassae
E. garhadioli
E. gaudinae
E. gaudiniae
E. geranti
E. globigenum
E. glyceriae
E. grampiansis
E. gratiolae
E. guaraniticum
E. guizotiae
E. helenii
E. helosciadii
E. henningsiana
E. henningsianum
E. heterothecae
E. hieracii
E. hieroense
E. holwayi
E. hydrocotyles
E. hypecoi
E. hypochaeridis
E. incertum
E. jaegeriae
E. kazachstanicum
E. khandalensis
E. korshinskyi
E. kundmanniae
E. lagerheimianum
E. lagerheimii
E. lapponicum
E. lavrovianum
E. leontices
E. leontodontis
E. lepachydis
E. leucanthemi
E. leucomaculans
E. linariae
E. lini
E. lithophragmatis
E. lobeliae
E. ludwigianum
E. madiae
E. magnusii
E. magocsyanum
E. maireanum
E. majewskii
E. maroccanum
E. martindalei
E. matricariae
E. meconopsidis
E. medicaginis
E. mediterraneum
E. meliloti
E. menispermi
E. microsporum
E. moniliferum
E. montis-rainieri
E. mundkurii
E. myosuri
E. mysorense
E. nierenbergiae
E. nigellae
E. nigricans
E. novae-zelandiae
E. nubilum
E. obionum
E. occultum
E. oenanthes
E. oenotherae
E. pachydermum
E. pammelii
E. paradoxum
E. parietariae
E. parthenii
E. pastinacae
E. pavlovii
E. peninsulae
E. peregrinum
E. petuniae
E. peullense
E. phalaridis
E. physalidis
E. picridis
E. plantaginis
E. poae
E. podospermi
E. polygoni-amphibii
E. polygoni-punctati
E. polypogonis
E. polysporum
E. primulae
E. pustulosum
E. ranunculacearum
E. ranunculi-repentis
E. ranunculi-scelerati
E. ranunculorum
E. rhagadioli
E. saccardoanum
E. saniculae
E. scalianum
E. semenoviana
E. serotinum
E. sidae-rhombifoliae
E. siegesbeckiae
E. sonchi
E. speciosum
E. spectabile
E. spegazzinii
E. spilanthis
E. sporoboli
E. spragueanum
E. sydowianum
E. tagetesium
E. tanaceti
E. taraxaci
E. terrieri
E. thalictri
E. thirumalacharii
E. tichomirovii
E. tolpidis
E. tomilinii
E. tozziae
E. trigonellae
E. ulei
E. uliginis
E. unamunoi
E. urocystoides
E. variabile
E. veronicae
E. verruculosum
E. vignae
E. vulpiae
E. winteri
E. wisconsiniense
E. wroblewskii
E. wyomingense
E. xanthii
E. xauense
E. zacintha
E. zinniae

References

External links

Basidiomycota genera
Fungal plant pathogens and diseases
Ustilaginomycotina
Taxa described in 1874


title: Rajeev Topno

text:
Rajeev Topno; born 28 May 1974 in Ranchi, Jharkhand) is an Indian civil servant posted as Senior Advisor to India's executive director of the World Bank Group. He is a member of Indian Administrative Service of Gujarat Cadre.  Previously, he was private secretary to the prime minister of India, Narendra Modi.

Education and early life
Rajeev Topno did his schooling from St. Thomas' Boys School, Khiderpore. He received Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and sociology from St. Xavier's College, Kolkata and joined Gujarat cadre in 1998 as assistant collector at Bharuch. He served state government in different capacities at district and state level till 2009. Thenafter, he was on central government deputation  posted as the deputy secretary at Prime Minister's office, Delhi from 2009 to 2014. And on 19 July 2014 he was appointed as the private secretary of the prime minister of India, Narendra Modi.

References

Munda people
Prime Minister's Office (India)
1974 births
Living people
Indian Christians
Indian Administrative Service officers


title: 8 (Luis Fonsi album)

text:
8 is the ninth studio album by Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi. He collaborated with Juan Luis Guerra in the song "Llegaste Tú", a song that Fonsi dedicated to Mikaela, his daughter. It was released on May 19, 2014, through Universal Music Latin Entertainment.

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Sales and certifications

References

External links
 Official website

2014 albums
Luis Fonsi albums


title: Weib, was weinest du

text:
Weib, was weinest du (Dialogo per la Pascua) (Woman, why are you crying, Easter dialogue),  SWV 443, is a sacred choral work by Heinrich Schütz. It was composed not later than 1625 and is scored for four voices and basso continuo.

The text is a dialogue based on the episode, narrated in the Gospel of John, of Jesus appearing to Mary Magdalene (). It is concluded by Martin Luther's Eastern hymn "Christ ist erstanden von dem Tod".

Musical means were taken from the composer's 1623 Historia of the Resurrection, which includes the same Gospel text. A review of a recording notes: "A setting of Mary Magdalene's recognition of the risen Jesus, it is notable in its expressive intensity and in its retention of motives and harmonic gestures from the earlier "Resurrection History."

In 1922 the piece was included in the first festival of the Heinrich-Schütz-Gesellschaft in Dresden, together with the Christmas Story and other selected works.

A manuscript is kept in the library of the University of Kassel. Its date is assumed to be between 1627 and 1632. It was part of an exhibition in 2010, celebrating the 425th anniversary of the composer's birth by showing manuscripts, librettos, first prints, documents and instruments.

Publication and recordings

Weib, was weinest du was published in 1968 by Bärenreiter as part of the Neue Schütz-Ausgabe. The piece is part of the complete edition of the composer's works by Carus-Verlag, begun in 1992 as the Stuttgart Schütz Edition and planned to be completed by 2017. The edition uses the  of the .

References

External links

 Weib, was weinest du autograph, Open Repository Kassel

Compositions by Heinrich Schütz
Choral compositions


title: Entylomella

text:
Entylomella is a genus of smut fungi in the family Entylomataceae. The genus, which contains anamorph forms of Entyloma species, was circumscribed in 1924 by Franz Xaver Rudolf von Höhnel.

Species
Entylomella callitriches
Entylomella chrysanthemi
Entylomella circinans
Entylomella ellisii
Entylomella geranii
Entylomella guaranitica
Entylomella leontices
Entylomella lobeliae
Entylomella meliloti
Entylomella microspora
Entylomella oenotherae
Entylomella oenotherae-biennis
Entylomella pfaffii
Entylomella premnicola
Entylomella saussureae
Entylomella schinziana
Entylomella sidae-rhombifoliae
Entylomella sii-latifolii
Entylomella smarodsii
Entylomella veronicae
Entylomella veronicae-cymbalariae
Entylomella veronicicola
Entylomella winteri

References

External links

Ustilaginomycotina
Basidiomycota genera
Taxa named by Franz Xaver Rudolf von Höhnel
Taxa described in 1924


title: Kaeng Krachan Dam

text:
The Kaeng Krachan Dam (, , ) is a multi-purpose hydroelectric dam in the Kaeng Krachan District of Phetchaburi Province, Thailand. The dam impounds the Phetchaburi River. It was officially opened in 1966 by King Bhumibol and Queen Sirikit.

Description

Kaeng Krachan Dam is an earth dam. It is  long and  high. Its reservoir has a maximum storage capacity of  with a catchment area of .

The dam is considered multi-purpose, supporting electricity generation, irrigation, water supply, fisheries and recreation activities. The islands in the reservoir were local hills prior to their submergence.

Power plant
The dam's power plant has a single hydroelectric generating unit with an installed capacity of 19 MW. The annual power generation is 70 GWh.

References

Dams in Thailand
Rock-filled dams
Hydroelectric power stations in Thailand
Dams completed in 1966
1966 establishments in Thailand
Energy infrastructure completed in 1966
Buildings and structures in Phetchaburi province


title: Suni (director)

text:
Sunil Kumar known by his screen name Suni, is an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter and lyricist who works in Kannada cinema. He made his debut with the 2013 critically and commercially successful film Simple Agi Ondh Love Story.

Career

As director
Suni kick started his career with Janumada Gelathi, where he worked as an assistant director under Dinesh Baboo. Simultaneously working for Januma Janumadallu, under Prema, he later went on to become an associate director for Dinesh Baboo in School Master and other films. Subsequently, focus shifted to a few short films, but when he decided to go independent, what came his way was Simple Agi Ondh Love Story. When producers expected him to cut down budgets with each script, a few friends Pawan Sagar and Suni decided to go independent and invested their own money and made Simple Agi Ondh Love Story on a budget of approximately 30 to 40 lakhs. Bahuparak  and Manamohaka are the two movies which are under production by Suni.

Filmography

References

External links

Kannada film directors
Living people
Kannada-language lyricists
Indian male songwriters
Indian songwriters
Musicians from Bangalore
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
Film directors from Bangalore
21st-century Indian composers
Film producers from Bangalore
Screenwriters from Bangalore
Kannada screenwriters
21st-century male musicians


title: LGBT culture in Chennai

text:
Chennai has LGBTQIA cultures that are diverse concerning- socio-economic class, gender, and degree of visibility and politicisation. They have historically existed in the margins and surfaced primarily in contexts such as transgender activism and HIV prevention initiatives for men having sex with men (MSM) and trans women (TG).

List of organizations
Community development may be traced back to Sunil Menon's mapping of sexual networks among MSM and TG in the early 1990s and the subsequent formation of Sathe Honduran, the oldest group of its kind in the city and state to provide spaces for community support and sexual health, primarily for working-class MSM who visit public cruising spots.

There are currently over 15 groups in Chennai that work on LGBTQIA+ issues. Most of them are community-run initiatives, and some are NGOs.

Most of these groups are part of the informal Chennai Rainbow Coalition, formed in 2009, to jointly work towards visibility and advocacy. The group was expanded in 2014 to constitute the Tamil Nadu Rainbow Coalition, with membership from groups around the state.

Research
Chennai has two research institutes that partner with community groups to conduct social science and biomedical research on LGBTQIA+ issues. The Centre for Sexuality and Health Research and Policy has published extensively on issues such as stigma and discrimination faced within the healthcare system by MSM and trans women, legal recognition of transgender identity, and other issues. The National Institute for Research on Tuberculosis (NIRT), in partnership with the community group Sahodaran and Harvard University School of Public Health carries out studies of mental health and HIV prevention] among men who have sex with men.

Significant Events in Chennai's LGBTQIA+ history

 1986: Screening of My Beautiful Laundrette at British Council – same-sex love depicted on the big screen for the first time in Chennai
 1993: Publication of Robert Oostvogels and Sunil Menon's mimeograph 'Men Who Have Sex With Men-Assessment of situation in Madras', prepared for the Government of Tamil Nadu
 1993: Sekar Balasubramaniam, a volunteer of Community AIDS Network (CAN), comes out as gay and HIV-positive.
 1998: Sahodaran, first group for sexual minorities formed in Chennai
 1999: Mailing list gaychennai started on yahoogroups.com, the first listserv for the Chennai gay community
 1999: 'Queer Madras of the mid-80s' essay circulated on Indian LGBT lists
 2003: Movenpick group formed (later renamed Orinam) the and mailing list started
 2004: First Chennai LGBT film festival  – Alliance-Francaise and SAATHII, with volunteer support from Movenpick/Orinam
 2005: The Many Colours of Love: LGBT documentary festival -  Alliance Francaise and SAATHII, with volunteer support from Movenpick/Orinam
 2006: Conference on thirthe d gender organised by Nalamdana
 2006: Orinam.net website launched
 2006: March for transgender rights when legislative assembly was in session in TN, organised by Sangama, THAA, SWAM, and other groups. Catalysed TN govt initiatives for transgender welfare.
 2006: Suicide by self-immolation of transgender teenager Pandiammal/Pandian, sexually abused by Chennai police
 2007: Madras High Court ruling in Jayalakshmi vs. State of Tamil Nadu by AP Shah
 2007: Sangama establishes Chennai chapter
 2007: Police advocacy on sexuality issues initiated by Tamil Nadu AIDS Control Society, implemented by community groups
 2007: Shakti Resource Centre formed, organises film series Desire and Sexuality at LV Prasad Film and TV Academy
 2008: Rose Venkatesan becomes first out trans woman talk show host on Chennai television
 2008: Double-suicide of Christy and Rukmini
 2008: Peer-counseling preparatory workshop (4 sessions: 8 June, 15 June, 22 June, July 6) of Shakthi Resource Centre in collaboration with Sahayatrika, Sahodaran, Orinam/MP, and Lotus Sangam.
 2008:
 2009: Thirunangaithe .net, world's first matrimonial website for transwomen, launched by Kalki Subramaniam of Sahodari Foundation
 2009: Shakthi Resource Centre and Orinam/MP joint meeting Sept 12 to assess needs for peer counselling workshop
 2009: Peer-counseling multi-weekend course of Shakthi Resource Centre and Center for Counselling.
 2009: Public screening of Milk, organised by US Consulate at Film Chamber, as part of the Oscars film festival.
2009: The Hindu, national newspaper published in Chennai, features editorial in support of LGBT rights post- Naz decision
 2009: First Chennai Rainbow Pride March
 2009: Campaign for Open Minds launched
 2009: Chennai Rainbow Coalition started
 2009: First meet for parents of LGBT people in Chennai organised by Center for Counselling.
2009: Reverend George Zachariah delivers inspiring sermon at Gurukul Chapel calling on Christians to be inclusive of LGBT people
2009: Transwoman Narthaki Nataraj conferred Nrityachoodamani title by Krishna Gana Sabha
 2010: First edition of 'Our Children'/'Nam Kuzhanthaigal' booklet for parents of LGBT children released by Orinam
 2010: Chennai Dost formed
 2010: Launch of Tamil edition of the 'Love That Dare Speak Its Name' post-377 anthology by Sangama Chennai
2010: RIOV, social group for lesbians and bisexual women
 2011: Maatruveli (மாற்றுவெளி), Tamil academic journal brings out a special issue on sguest-edited, guest edited by Ponni and Aniruddhan Vasudevan
 2011: Chennai Dost website launched
 2011: Chemistry Club campus groups launched by Chennai Dost
 2011: Public protests against homophobic remarks made by Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad
 2011: Standard Deviation: first essay published on campus by a gay IIT-Madras student (then anonymous) makes waves
 2012: Orinam's Quilt (reading group) launched.
 2013: First officially sponsored LGBT sensitization event at IIT-Madras
 2013: Chennai Rainbow Film Festival, organised by Chennai Dost and Alliance Francaise
 2013: Reel Desires: Chennai International Queer Film Festival, organised by a collective of groups - Orinam, Goethe-Institut, RIOV, Nirangal, SAATHII,  East-West Center for Counselling, Shakthi Resource Centre, Oye!Chennai
 2013: Nirangal registered as an NGO (formerly Sangama Chennai)
 2013: Orinam launches 377 archives
 2014: Orinam launches 377letters, an online archive of letters to the Chief Justice of India opposing the Supreme Court verdict
 2014: First homophobic rally in Chennai, by Christians Against Homosexuality
 2014: Christians Against Homophobia started in response to Christians Against Homosexuality. Mailing list goes national.
 2014: Madras High Court ruling on 17 April 2014 'Jackuline Mary vs. The Superintendent of Police, Karur' cites NALSA April 2014 verdict to grant recognition to a police constable's right to self-identify as a woman and condemns physical/medical testing.
 2014: Tamil Nadu Rainbow Coalition formed
 2014: First book on Genderqueer in Tamil and first Tamil book on LGBTQIA from Srishti Madurai was released by BJP's state general secretary Vanathi Srinivasan at the 6th Hindu spiritual service foundation's sixth service fair, Chennai
 2014: Nir, queer feminist collective, formed
 2014: Vannam, IIT Madras queer collective formed
 2015: Tamil movie "I" by Shankar released, with transphobic depictions, community protests throughout state
 2015: Thirunangai (transwas  woman) Bhavana sexually assaulted by Pulianthope police after detention for an alleged crime (22 Jan)
 2015: Chennai Rainbow Film Festival 2015, organized by Chennai Dost conducted on 26–28 June.
 2015: TamilNadu LGBTIQ Facebook page Launched
 2015: Tamil Nadu LGBTIQ Website cum NEWS portal launched
 2015: Tamil Nadu LGBTIQ organized online campaign for HIV Awareness on 1 December
 2016: Madras High Court questions Centre on abysmal state of LGBT rights in India
 2016: Community gathering, candlelight vigil and press meet leading up to Supreme Court decision on Curative Petition on 31 Jan
 2016: Valentine's Day 14th Special Programme for LGBTIQ Community People By Tamil Nadu LGBTIQ Movement
 2016: On 6 March Srishti Madurai's new website launched by Dalit activist and Ambedkarite Ma. Venkatesan from BJP in the presence of Central Minister Pon Radhakrishnan, Vanathi Srinivasan, Aravindan Neelakandan, Joe D'Cruz and  Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh volunteers at Chennai.
 2016: Community gathering and press meet for trans inclusion in political parties campaigning in state elections
 2016: Queer and Allies Art Festival (QAAF) performances in Chennai,  organised by MIST, 8 May
 2016: LGBT activists hola d candlelight vigil in Chennai for Orlando victims
 2016: Personal narrative of C Moulee, a techie and columnist from Chennai published his story on starting LGBT emplthe oyee networkthe  in workplace and about being gay in workplace. The article brought more awareness on being LGBT in Indian workplace. In August 2016, C Moulee was featured in India Today's article – The Game Changers - on people inspiring change in the city of Chennai in India.
 2016: Panel discussion exploring the intersections between violence against women and violence targeting LGBTIQA+ communities at fourth edition of Reel Desires, Chennai International Queer Film Festival 2016.
 2017: LGBT Workplace — Expanding the Dialogue in India -  event that brought together employers, employees and activists to address challenges faced by the LGBTIQ community.
 2017: The Gabrielle Show – Chennai's First Ever Drag Show
 2017: Community gathering and discussion on Online Safety and Harassment held as part of Chennai Rainbow Pride month
 2017: First-of-its-kind Tamil Lesbian Anthem - A part of a documentary titled "Ladies and Gentlewomen".
 2017: Launch of Queer Chennai Chronicles. An Independent Queer publishing house to chronicle LGBTQ lives in Chennai and to promote Queer writings in Tamil and English.
 2018: Release of first Vidupattavai (விடுபட்டவை), first Tamil novella written by an out Queer man. The book was co-published by Queer Chennai Chronicles and Karuppu Pradhigal and was released in the 41st Chennai Book Fair on 20 January 2018. The book was released by Tamil writer and actor Shobasakthi
2018: India's first Queer LitFest was organised by Queer Chennai Chronicles on 7 July 2018.
2021: Tamil Nadu High Court suggests school and university syllabi to include LGBTQ topics

LGBT workplace symposium
In May 2017, Chennai saw an event that brought together employers, employees and activists to discuss the challenges faced by the queer (LGBTIQ) community at work places. This LGBT workplace symposium, titled LGBT Workplace — Expanding the Dialogue in India, was hosted by RELX in association with the Amsterdam-based Workplace Pride Foundation and the Bengaluru-based Solidarity Foundation, with Orinam and Community Business as community partners.

Few of the panellists were Michiel Kolman, a senior vice president at Elsevier, Parmesh Shahani, head of Godrej India Culture Labs, Sunil Menon, founder of NGO Sahodaran, lawyer Poongkhulali Balasubramanian, Ritesh Rajani, an openly gay HR diversity professional, and also journalist Lavanya Narayan.

See also

 LGBT culture in India
 Kothi (gender)
Tamil Sexual Minorities

References


title: Štefan Luby

text:
Štefan Luby (born 6 May 1941, Bratislava) is a Slovak  physicist and senior research fellow at the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS). He is doctor honoris causa of University of Salento, Italy, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, University of Constantine the Philosopher in Nitra, Slovakia, and Alexander Dubček University in Trenčín, Slovakia. He occupied positions of the director of the Institute of Physics of SAS for nine years and was the president of the SAS for fourteen years (1995–2009). He was the acting president of the All European Academies (federation of European academies of sciences and arts) and the acting president of the Central European Academy of Sciences and Arts. At present, he is a member of Senate and vice-president of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts with the headquarters in Salzburg. He has chaired the editorial board of the Slovak Encyclopaedia Beliana since 1992.

His research field covers physics of semiconductors and metals, electronic devices, laser technology, X-ray optics, nanoscience and nanotechnology. He published more than 400 scientific papers, 8 patents and 10 books of non-fiction literature.

Biography
He spent his childhood in Liptovský Hrádok. He attended primary and secondary schools in Bratislava. He graduated at the Faculty of Electrotechnology of the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava in 1963. He started his professional career at the Faculty of Natural Sciences of P. J. Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia. In 1964 he joined the Slovak Academy of Sciences where he has been employed since then. He defended his DrSc. degree in 1982 and habilitated as the assistant professor at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of the Comenius University in Bratislava ten years later. In 1996 he obtained full professorship in physics at the Slovak University of Technology. He acts as a senior research fellow at the Institute of Physics of SAS. As the Humboldt fellow, he acted also as a visiting researcher or visiting professor at universities in Stuttgart and Bielefeld in Germany. He spent altogether four years at various foreign universities or research institutes (Germany, Italy, the United States, Japan, Greece and former Soviet Union).

Family
Father Prof. JUDr. Štefan Luby (1910), DrSc. (†1976) is one of the founders of the Slovak juridical sciences, mother JUDr. Anna Lubyová (†1989) was a lawyer, spouse Dipl. Ing. Želmíra Lubyová (†1996) was a researcher in chemistry, elder daughter JUDr. Mgr. Martina Lubyová, PhD.(*1967) is at present the Director of the Institute for Forecasting of SAS, before she was the Head of the branch of International Labour Office, Geneve, in Moscow, younger daughter Mgr. Barbora Lubyová, PhD. (*1968) is at present a researcher at the Institute of Immunology and Microbiology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic in Prague, before she performed her research at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.

Awards, prizes

Crystal Wing Awards, Slovakia, 2001,
De scientia et humanitate optime meritis, Academy of Sciences, CR, 2001,
Cross of the President of SR, 2003,
Slovak state award Pribina Cross of the I. class, 2005,
Gold medal of SAS 2006,
Prize of the Club of Writers of Nonfiction Literature, 2006,
Identification Code of Slovakia, Artem, 2013,
Medals from Japan, Germany, etc.

Publications

Most important scientific papers

Distribution of copper and silicon in Al Cu Si magnetron sputtered deposits. In: Proc. 6th Internat. Symp. High Purity Materials in Science and Technology, Dresden, 1985, C 19, p. 205 206.

Non-fiction literature

My Intellectuals I, VEDA, Publ. House of SAS, Bratislava 2003, 143 p., in Slovak.
My Intellectuals II, VEDA, Publ. House of SAS, Bratislava 2004, 168p. , in Slovak.
Report from the Congress about Nothing, VEDA, Publ. House of SAS, Bratislava 2005, 157 s., in Slovak.
My Intellectuals III, VEDA, Publ. House of SAS, Bratislava 2006, 163 p., in Slovak.
Order vs. Chaos, VEDA, Publ. House of SAS, Bratislava 2008, 166 p., in Slovak.
Fascination by Nobel, VEDA, Publ. House of SAS, Bratislava 2009, 166 p., in Slovak.
Epigrams, Bon-mots and Maximas, illustr. by L. Hološka, VEDA, Publ. House of SAS, Bratislava 2011, 110 p., in Slovak.
Legends and Inspirations, VEDA, Publ. House of SAS, Bratislava 2011, 151 p., in Slovak.
Invectives and Insults, illustr. by L. Hološka, VEDA, Publ. House of SAS, Bratislava 2013, 128 p., in Slovak.
Sitting under Thousand Years Old Rosebush, with M. Lubyova, VEDA, Publ. House
of SAS,Bratislava 2014, 175 p., in Slovak.

References

External links
 Ing. Štefan Luby, DrSc., Dr.h.c.
 prof.Štefan Luby, DrSc.

Slovak physicists
Academic staff of the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
Scientists from Bratislava
1941 births
Living people


title: OTO Award for Male Singer

text:
OTO Award Male Singer

Currently held by  Adam Ďurica

First awarded  | Last awarded 2000 | Present

OTO Award for Male Singer has been annually presented in Slovakia from 2000.

Winners and nominees

2000s

2010s

Superlatives

 Notes
† Denotes also a winner of the Absolute OTO category.

References

External links
 OTO Awards (Official website)
 OTO Awards - Winners and nominees (From 2000 onwards)
 OTO Awards - Winners and nominees (From 2000 to 2009)

Singer,male
Culture of Slovakia
Slovak television awards
Awards established in 2000


title: Genolier Swiss Medical Network SA

text:
Swiss Medical Network SA (officially Swiss Medical Network SA) is a Swiss group of private hospitals. At present, it holds 21 private health care facilities in Switzerland with a total of 2,229 consultants and 4,154 employees (2023). The group is a subsidiary of AEVIS VICTORIA SA.

History
The group was founded in 2002. Its historical name (Genolier Swiss Medical Network) derives from the Clinique de Genolier, a private hospital founded in 1972, located in the municipality of Genolier in the Swiss Canton of Vaud.

Following its foundation, the group has acquired a number of private hospitals in several parts of Switzerland in order to create a national network of private health care facilities:
 2002 : Acquisition of the Clinique de Genolier by five main shareholders and creation of AGEN Holding, later renamed into Genolier Swiss Medical Network SA
 2003 : Acquisition of the Clinique de Montchoisi in Lausanne, Canton of Vaud (opened in 1923)
 2005 : Acquisition of the Clinique Valmont in Montreux, Canton of Vaud (opened in 1905) and the two hospitals Sainte-Anne and Garcia in Fribourg (the two latter ones were then merged in order to become the Clinique Générale Ste. Anne)
 2007 : Inauguration of the Centre d’oncologie des Eaux-Vives, the only private radio-oncology centre in Geneva
 2008 : AGEN Holding becomes Genolier Swiss Medical Network SA.
 2009 : Acquisition of the Centre médico-chirurgical des Eaux-Vives in Geneva.
 2010 : Acquisition of Privatklinik Bethanien in Zurich (opened in 1912)
 2011 : Partial acquisition (49%) of Privatklinik Lindberg in Winterthur (opened in 1906)  and affiliation of Klinik Pyramide am See in Zurich.
 2012 : Acquisition of Privatklinik Obach in Solothurn (opened in 1922), Clinica Ars Medica (opened in 1989) and Clinica Sant’Anna (opened in 1922) in Lugano, Canton of Ticinio and full acquisition of Privatklinik Lindberg.
 2013 : Acquisition of the Clinique de Valère in Sion, Canton of Valais (opened in 1920), Hôpital de la Providence in Neuchâtel (opened in 1859)   and Privatklinik Villa im Park in Rothrist, Canton of Argovia (opened in 1984)
 2014 : Acquisition of Schmerzklinik Basel (opened in 1978)
 2015 : Acquisition of the Clinique Montbrillant in La Chaux-de-Fonds
 2015 : Genolier Swiss Medical Network changes its name to Swiss Medical Network in order to claim the maturity of the Group and to better reflect its national status as well as its federating role for its 15 clinics.
2016 : Acquisition of Clinique Générale-Beaulieu in Geneva

Primary sources

References

Hospitals in Switzerland


title: My Own Two Feet

text:
My Own Two Feet: A Memoir (1995) is Beverly Cleary's second memoir after A Girl from Yamhill (1988). It is a New York Times Notable Book.

Plot summary
The memoir starts with Beverly Cleary’s college years when she left her home in Oregon to attend Chaffey Junior College in Southern California. She then went to the University of California at Berkeley. She describes meeting her husband, Clarence Cleary, graduating from college, working as a librarian and in a bookstore, and her decision to write her first children’s book, Henry Huggins. The book ends in 1949 with Morrow's acceptance of Henry Huggins, which was originally written as a short story called "Spareribs and Henry."

Reception

Some reviewers considered the book charming.

Book awards
New York Times Notable Winner
Horn Book Fanfare Winner
Publishers Weekly Best Book Winner

References

1995 non-fiction books
American memoirs


title: 1985 Summer Deaflympics

text:
The 1985 Summer Deaflympics, officially known as the 15th Summer Deaflympics, is an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from July 10 to July 20, 1985, in Los Angeles, California United States.

Sports

 Athletics
 Badminton
 Basketball
 Cycling
 Football
 Handball
 Shooting
 Swimming
 Table Tennis
 Tennis
 Volleyball
 Water Polo

Medal Tally

References

Deaflympics
International sports competitions hosted by the United States
Sports competitions in Los Angeles
Deaflympics
Deaflympics
Deaflympics
Multi-sport events in the United States
1985 in Los Angeles
July 1985 sports events in the United States
Parasports in the United States


title: List of number-one albums of 1990 (Spain)

text:
The List of number-one albums of 1990 in Spain is derived from the Top 100 España record chart published weekly by PROMUSICAE (Productores de Música de España), a non-profit organization composed by Spain and multinational record companies. This association tracks record sales (physical and digital) in Spain.

Albums

See also
List of number-one singles of 1990 (Spain)

References

Number-one albums
Spain
Spanish record charts


title: Kunihiko Obata

text:
is a retired amateur Japanese freestyle wrestler, who competed in the men's middleweight category. He achieved top eight finishes in the 74-kg division at the Asian Games (2002 and 2006), scored two bronze medals at the 2001 and 2004 Asian Wrestling Championships, and also represented his nation Japan at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Before his sporting career ended in late 2006, Obata trained as part of the men's freestyle wrestling squad at Yamanashi Gakuin University under his coach and mentor Yuji Takada.

Obata emerged into the global spotlight by taking home the bronze medal in the 76-kg division at the 2001 Asian Wrestling Championships in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. He also entered the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea as one of the heavy medal favorites in the middleweight category, but left empty-handed with a seventh-place finish.

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Obata qualified for his first Japanese squad in the men's 74 kg class. Earlier in the process, he rounded out the top ten spots at the 2003 World Wrestling Championships in New York City, New York, and then guaranteed his spot on the Japanese team by placing third from the Asian Championships in Tehran, Iran. He easily ousted India's Sujeet Maan on his opening match 8–0, but could not resemble a scoring margin to turn down Cuba's Iván Fundora on the mat in his second bout. Placing second in the prelim pool and twelfth in the final standings, Obata's performance fell short to put him further into the quarterfinals.

At the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, Obata notched a pair of two easy victories in the same tournament, but could not score enough points to dismantle Uzbekistan's Soslan Tigiev for the bronze medal 0–4, dropping him to fifth.

References

External links

 JOC Profile

1980 births
Living people
Olympic wrestlers for Japan
Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Wrestlers at the 2002 Asian Games
Wrestlers at the 2006 Asian Games
Sportspeople from Yamaguchi Prefecture
Japanese male sport wrestlers
Asian Games competitors for Japan
Asian Wrestling Championships medalists
20th-century Japanese people
21st-century Japanese people


title: Canberra College

text:
The Canberra College (formerly known as the Phillip College) is an Australian Capital Territory public school, which educates students from year 11 to year 12. In 2022, Simon Vaughan was appointed Principal, taking over from Michael Battenally.

The school was founded in 1976 under the name of Phillip College after secondary schools were in demand while a working party recommended the establishment of autonomous education. A Commonwealth Teaching Service was approved in September 1970 to provide teachers in Canberran schools. The name of the school was changed and reopened under the name of the Canberra College in 1997 after the Stirling College in Stirling amalgamated with the Phillip College. It was officially opened on 19 March 1997 by the Minister for Education and Training, Bill Stefaniak.

The Canberra College offered the International Baccalaureate diploma in its curriculum until 2017 when it was discontinued for the following year. The college was an IB World School from March 2008.

History

Community interest in Territory education was rising in the 1960s, especially with the increase of student admissions in the ACT. In 1966 a working party led by George Currie was convened, which they presented a report in November 1967 recommending the establishment of an autonomous education authority responsible for all government schools in the Australian Capital Territory. At the same time, an independent education system was being thought of and considered, and the Department of Education and Sciences began canvassing secondary colleges to serve year 11 and year 12 students. In November 1971, Malcolm Fraser established a working party to review the proposal. Fraser and his working party supported the presented report in 1972. In that same year, a Commonwealth Teaching Service for the ACT was established in April 1972 but was first approved in September 1970.

The first secondary schools were in Phillip, Hawker, and Melba. The Canberra College was established in 1976 but was originally known as Phillip College. Stirling College opened in 1977. In 1984, multiple students at Stirling College participated in a study by the Australian Institute of Criminology, concerning to understand and apply standard jury instructions there were being developed for possible use for criminal courts in New South Wales. Stirling College was amalgamated with Phillip College in 1997 under one entity, which is now known as the Canberra College. Michael Battenally was appointed as principal in 2019 and replaced George Palavestra. The college has 955 students enrolled.

In 2007, 107 students were awarded a vocational certificate and 228 students were the vocational statement of attainment, as well as a UAI of 75%. In 2009, Canberra College won $750,000 for its CCCares program. The school beat 1,500 other entrants to win the inaugural Schools First National Impact award.

Academics

Student admissions
From 28 April 2014, all schools including Canberra College followed a new sort of arrangement of enrolling or transferring a student from a school. This new arrangement means students may use an online enroll/transfer form.

Students enroll in 5 or 6 subjects, which are either listed as accredited or tertiary, but students regardless of doing accredited packages may enroll in a T subject.

Academic results
In 2009, the Australian Capital Territory adopted the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) which replaced the Universities Admission Index (UAI). In 2013, the median ATAR for the Canberra College was 74.50, which was slightly lower than the ACT average of 77.85. However, Canberra College was among the highest-ranked when it came to several year 12 certificates awarded to graduating students at 365.

Canberra College has ranked average during every ATAR result but usually sits slightly below the average. The school was more successful in 2012 when the median ATAR was 79.15 (above the 2012 average of 78.05) with 377 total year 12 certificates awarded to students.

Below is a table presenting past ATAR results for the Canberra College:

Principals
These are the only known principals of Canberra College:

Campus

Facilities
Canberra College has two campuses, one in Phillip and one in Stirling. The Phillip Campus is located on Launceston Street and the Weston Campus is located on Fremantle Drive. Campus facilities include general use laboratories, kitchen classrooms, a gym which is connected to the main building at the Phillip Campus, and the "Asgard Theatre" which is where school assemblies are held, and a lecture theatre, which is situated across from the schools front office. The school also has a canteen (near the Student Services area) and free Wi-Fi facilities for all the students and staff. It also has metal, wood, and technology workshops. Students have easy access to the Woden Town Centre and the Woden Interchange. Most classrooms are fitted with Smart Boards (Interactive Whiteboards). Canberra College has two parking grounds, used by school staff and students. Across the road from the college is Edison Park, which is near the Woden Cemetery. Canberra College is right next to Phillip Oval and it is also not far from the Canberra Hospital and various playing fields. The school has plenty of computer facilities with both Apple and Windows computers which are easily accessible. The school has its library with its computer facilities and study areas, along with a large choice of books.

While all students study for an ACT Year 12 Certificate, students may earn additional awards including the IB Diploma, nationally recognised training packages, ASBA's, and the Big Picture program. The College Board is the governing body of the college, which meets nine times a year to discuss issues or matters of interest about or to the college and the ACT government education system. The college has a school counsellor which all students have free access to.

Canberra College Performing Arts Centre

The Canberra College Performing Arts Centre (CCPAC) was opened at Canberra College in 2012. The project cost was an estimated $9.35 million to complete. The CCPAC complements programs such as the Step into The Limelight and the Instrumental Music Program. ACT Education Minister Chris Bourke officially opened the Canberra College Performing Arts Centre. The Canberra College Performing Arts Centre was one of many buildings in 2013 to win the 2013 Australian Capital Territory Architectural Award.

The CCPAC contains multiple studios and facilities. It has a theatre, a dance studio, a drama studio, a music studio, and many other rooms. The theatre consists of 174 seats, a large stage in which the main stage is 14.12m by 6.38m long, and the Apron is 14.12m by 4.58m. It also consists of a projector with HDMI capabilities and two main FOH lighting bridges. The music studio consists of some recording and practice rooms. The dance studio measures at 15m by 8m, and has sprung parquet Harlequin flooring, and surround sound. The drama studio consists of being 9.8m by 14.3m by 4.5m in size. It contains an enclosed black box theatre, and set lighting rig with Strand Pitt 123/23 soft coverage and specials. Other rooms in the performing arts centre include a kitchenette/box office, unisex toilets, baby change areas, two dressing rooms, shower facilities, and a loading dock.

CCCares
The CCCares is a program at the Canberra College which is housed in the new purpose-built facility at Woden. The program first formally began in 2004 at the former Weston campus at Stirling. In 2012, Chief Minister Katy Gallagher unveiled a new $14.5 million project to construct a new facility for the Canberra College which would be a part of the 2014–15 Australian Capital Territory Budget. The facility would include classroom areas, play areas, health clinics, offices, mirroring those facilities already available on the Weston Campus. The new facility was designed to be able to accommodate more than 80 students and their children.

The primary purpose of the program is to provide education and support for pregnant and parenting students in the ACT and surrounding regions and to allow them to bring their children to school in an adjunct childcare arrangement. The program is the first and only kind in the world. The new Woden building's construction was completed in late 2014 and was officially opened in 2015.

Weston Campus
The Weston Campus was the site of the former Stirling College until it was amalgamated with Phillip College in 1997 to form the Canberra College. The campus has been renamed to the Hedley Beare Centre for Teaching and Learning (HBCTL). The site also used to house the Eclipse Program, which focused on year 8, 9 and 10 students who did not perform well in the mainstream high school system, a Brain Gym, and a community library. The CCCares used to operate at the Weston Campus.

Curriculum
Canberra College offers many subjects and units that students may wish to study either being accredited or tertiary packages. Some classes will offer both packages. Classes at the college are maintained and administered by seven school faculties that have their staff rooms. These faculties are:

Faculties
The Arts Faculty encompasses subjects such as dance, drama, media, music, music industry, photography and visual art. Students learning drama tour a devised theatre piece that they perform at the Adelaide Fringe. The school has a Jazz band which performs at jazz festivals annually, while dance students perform at various dance festivals. These subjects are taught at the Canberra College Performing Arts Centre.

The Commerce, Library and Social Sciences (CLASS) Faculty offer subjects for students such as accounting, business, business administration, economics, geography, legal studies, psychology, sociology and social and community work.

The school has a Humanities Faculty that encompasses various subjects, including English studies, theory of knowledge (tok), history (including pre-history, ancient history, medieval history and modern history). The school teaches five languages which students may choose to learn, including French, German, Italian, Japanese and Mandarin, and the school also offers an EALD (English as an Additional Language or Dialect) program for students who speak English as a second language. All languages provide beginning, intermediate, continuing, or advanced levels for languages.

The Mathematics Faculty only teaches mathematics, but the faculty offers multiple courses. The courses include general mathematics (which is the only accredited course), mathematical applications, mathematical methods and specialist mathematics.

The Physical Education Faculty caters a Sports Academy program which enrolls students into the Sports Development Course of study. The faculty encompasses physical education, sports science, sports development and outdoor education.

The Science/IT Faculty offers class subjects such as biology, chemistry, physics and horticulture. It also has courses to do with Information Technology.

Special education
The Canberra College offers a unique special education unit catering students who have slight to mild intellectual disabilities. With this program, dozens of students who have disabilities at the school are provided with education and help to achieve as much opportunity as what mainstream students would have. This program is known as the Futures Program, which is highly respected at the school.

Students in the program are able to have partnerships with numerous organisations and governmental institutions to ensure students have realistic training placements for their future. They are also able to participate in music and dance festivals and other skills which would help them develop multiple skills. Canberra College has also participated in the ACT Mental Illness School Program.

Co-curriculum

Sports
The Canberra College runs a Sports Academy and caters students in a wide range of individual and team sports as players, coaches, and umpires. Students who are selected in this program are enrolled into the Sports Development course which gives opportunity to students in taking this field. The following topics are studied in the Sports Development course are:

Fitness assessment
Training programs and routines
Psychology of sport
Communications and media
Physiology
Time management
Nutrition
Drugs in sport
Biomechanics

Ensembles
Since the Canberra College offers music as a subject for students, the school allows students to join a musical ensemble, known as the Canberra College Jazz Band. The band is always invited to participate in festivals, community events, and ACT Department events.

The jazz band regularly have opportunities to attend the Merimbula and Moruya Jazz Festivals. They have also been invited to perform at events such as the Paving Pathways VET Network 2012 biennial national conference at the National Convention Centre, and have reappeared again at the chief minister's reading awards at the National Gallery of Australia in 2012.

Controversy
In 2012, students and teachers who knew and were friends with a 17-year-old Syrian female student of an expelled Syrian diplomat tried to bring her back to Canberra College in order for her to complete her year 12 education. Former principal John Stenhouse commented saying "someone who we thought was worthy of some special consideration".

Notable alumni
 Imogen Bailey, Australian model, actress and singer
 Katy Gallagher, Labor Party politician (Weston campus)
 Liv Hewson, actress
Sandra Hill, footballer (soccer)
Ian Wanless, mathematician.

See also

 List of schools in Australia
 List of schools in the Australian Capital Territory
 Education in the Australian Capital Territory
 International Baccalaureate Organization

References

External links
The Canberra College Official Website
The Canberra College Library Website
The Canberra College Careers Website

Educational institutions established in 1976
Educational institutions established in 1977
Educational institutions established in 1997
Public schools in the Australian Capital Territory
High schools in the Australian Capital Territory
1976 establishments in Australia
1977 establishments in Australia
1997 establishments in Australia


title: Nord's 6th constituency

text:
The 6th constituency of the Nord is a French legislative constituency in the Nord département.

Description

Nord's 6th constituency lies in the centre of the department and reaches both its northern border with Belgium and its southern border with Pas-de-Calais. It covers the largely rural areas between Lille and Valenciennes.

Historically the seat has swung between left and right, however from 1993 to 2017 it was held continuously by the Gaullist Thierry Lazaro.

Historic Representation

Election results

2022

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 Official results of French elections from 1998:

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title: Gabriel Mofokeng

text:
Gabriel Mofokeng (born 9 February 1982) is a retired South African professional football player who played as a right back for Ajax Cape Town, Ajax Amsterdam and FC AK during his career.

Career
In 2000 Mofokeng was signed to a five-year contract with Ajax, making the transfer from the sister club Ajax Cape Town together with Steven Pienaar. Playing for the Ajax A1 (under-19) selection in his first year with Ajax, he joined the reserves team Jong Ajax in 2001, competing in the Beloften Eredivisie where they won the title twice, in 2001 and 2004. He was the starting right back for Jong Ajax, playing alongside José Valencia, Fronio Walker and Nando Rafael when they helped the reserves team to the semi-final of the 2004 Dutch Cup where they were defeated by FC Utrecht, preventing a final between the Ajax first team and their reserves.

Mofokeng also starred in the Dutch film released in 2000 about Steve Mokone, titled "De Zwarte Meteoor" (English: The Black Meteor), where he was a stunt double responsible for all the footwork featured in the film.

A South African under-23 international, in 2004 he suffered a serious knee injury forcing him out of football for a  He eventually returned to football in 2006 when he signed with South African National First Division side FC AK from the West Rand of Johannesburg.

References

External links

1982 births
Living people
Soccer players from Pretoria
Men's association football fullbacks
South African men's soccer players
South Africa men's international soccer players
Cape Town Spurs F.C. players
AFC Ajax players
Jong Ajax players
Eredivisie players
FC AK players
National First Division players


title: Stardust (Mika song)

text:
"Stardust" is a solo song by Mika in English that first appeared in his 2012 album The Origin of Love. It was produced by Benny Benassi and Greg Wells.

The Deluxe Edition Bonus Disc of the album contained a bonus mix version titled "Stardust (Benny Benassi Mix)". It was produced by Benny Benassi, Alessandro "Alle" Benassi and Nick Littlemore. The Italian Deluxe Edition Bonus Disc for the album included yet a third track "Stardust (Italian version)".

Italian version featuring Chiara
A second bilingual version of the song in English and Italian featuring Italian singer Chiara (full name Chiara Galiazzo) was a huge success in Italy. Chiara was the eventual winner in the sixth season of the Italian talent show X Factor. Mika and Chiara performed it live during the Final 4 stage emission of the Italian The X Factor on 7 December 2012.

The song became a number one single in the country for him for five non-consecutive weeks in November and December 2013. It was certified 4 times platinum in Italy.

The song credited to Mika e Chiara was included in Songbook Vol. 1 (full title Songbook Vol. 1 - I più grandi successi) Mika's first greatest hits compilation released in Italy. The version of "Stardust" and "Live Your Life" are exclusive to this release. The album was released on 18 November 2013 in Italy, following Mika's appointment as a judge for season 7 of the Italian version of The X Factor.

Chart positions

Certifications

References

2012 songs
2013 singles
Mika (singer) songs
Number-one singles in Italy
Male–female vocal duets
Macaronic songs
Songs written by Wayne Hector
Songs written by Mika (singer)
Island Records singles
Song recordings produced by Greg Wells
Songs written by Alle Benassi
Songs written by Benny Benassi
Song recordings produced by Benny Benassi


title: Ronald Roberts (basketball)

text:
Ronald C. Roberts Jr. (born August 5, 1991) is an American-Dominican former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Saint Joseph's University before playing professionally in the NBA Development League, the Philippines, Turkey, Israel, Germany, France, and the Dominican Republic. He represented the Dominican Republic national basketball team at the 2019 FIBA World Cup.

High school career
In his freshman and sophomore years, Roberts attended Bayonne High School in his hometown of Bayonne, New Jersey, before transferring to St. Peter's Preparatory School in 2008 for his junior year. As a junior, he averaged 17.4 points, 11.0 rebounds and 3.0 blocks per game. He was selected as a first team all-county and all-league performer for a Marauders' squad that finished as county champions with a record of 23–3, ranking seventh in the state.

On November 19, 2009, Roberts signed a National Letter of Intent to play college basketball for St. John's University.

As a senior in 2009–10, Roberts averaged 19.0 points, 12.0 rebounds and 3.5 blocks per game, helping Saint Peter's to a 24–5 record and the number six ranking in the state.

Award/honors
2010 All-State Third Team
2010 All-Non Public Second Team
2010 Hudson County All-Area First Team
2009 Hudson County All-Area First Team

College career
In April 2010, Roberts was released from his letter of intent with St. John's following a head coach change. The following month, he signed a Grant-in-Aid to play for Saint Joseph's University.

In his freshman season with the Saint Joseph's Hawks, Roberts was the recipient of the Robert O'Neill Memorial Award as the Hawks' Most Improved Player. In 33 games (12 starts), he averaged 6.4 points and 4.7 rebounds in 19.5 minutes per game.

In his sophomore season, he was the recipient of the Robert O'Neill Memorial Award for the second straight year. He was also named the Atlantic 10 Sixth Man of the Year. In 34 games, he averaged 10.9 points and 5.9 rebounds in 25.0 minutes per game.

In his junior season, he was the recipient of the Robert O'Neill Memorial Award for the third straight year. He was also the recipient of the John P. Hilferty Memorial Award as the Hawks' Most Valuable Player; was also named to the All-Atlantic 10 third team and the All-Big 5 first team. In 32 games (31 starts), he averaged 11.2 points, 8.3 rebounds and 1.0 assists in 30.7 minutes per game.

In his senior season, he was the recipient of the John P. Hilferty Memorial Award for the second straight year. He was also named to the All-Atlantic 10 third team for the second straight year. Following the Hawks' Atlantic 10 Tournament title, he was named to the 2014 Atlantic 10 All-Tournament team. In 32 games (all starts), he averaged 14.4 points, 7.4 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.3 blocks in 33.3 minutes per game.

Professional career

2014–15 season
After going undrafted in the 2014 NBA draft, Roberts joined the Philadelphia 76ers for the Orlando Summer League and the Miami Heat for the Las Vegas Summer League. In nine total summer league games, Roberts averaged 8.8 points and 5.8 rebounds per game. On September 29, 2014, he signed with the 76ers, only to be waived by the team on October 25 after appearing in four preseason games.

On November 3, 2014, Roberts was acquired by the Delaware 87ers of the NBA Development League as an affiliate player of the 76ers. On December 12, he re-signed with the 76ers, but just three days later was waived again by the team before playing in a game for them. He was subsequently reacquired by the 87ers on December 16. On January 21, 2015, he was traded to the Santa Cruz Warriors, along with the returning player rights to Darington Hobson, in exchange for Sean Kilpatrick and a 2015 first-round pick. After just two games for Santa Cruz, he left the team and signed with the San Miguel Beermen on January 27 as an import for the 2015 PBA Commissioner's Cup. In 16 D-League games in 2014–15 (14 for Delaware, 2 for Santa Cruz), he averaged 17.5 points, 11.9 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.1 blocks per game. On February 17, 2015, he was released by San Miguel after appearing in just four games.

2015–16 season
On July 21, 2015, Roberts signed with the Toronto Raptors after averaging 10.3 points and 9.5 rebounds in four Summer League games for the team. On October 24, 2015, he was waived by the Raptors after appearing in three preseason games. On November 13, he was acquired by Raptors 905. He made his debut for Raptors 905 on November 25, recording 11 points and 13 rebounds as a starter in a 93–91 win over the Idaho Stampede. His 2015–16 season was marred by injuries. He missed the team's first five games due to an ankle sprain, missed a game on December 31  with a knee flare up, and was shelved in early February with a hip contusion. He was named a 2016 D-League All-Star, but played sparingly for the East team in the All-Star Game in part due to a jammed thumb. Having not played since an eight-minute stint on February 5, on March 16, he was ruled out for the rest of the season due to a right knee patellar tendon strain. He was subsequently waived by Raptors 905 on March 22. Roberts appeared in 24 games (all starts) for Raptors 905 in 2015–16, averaging 18.1 points, 12.1 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.5 blocks in 33.2 minutes per game.

2016–17 season
In July 2016, Roberts joined the Milwaukee Bucks for the 2016 NBA Summer League. On July 4, 2016, he signed with Tofaş of the Turkish Basketball Super League. After suffering a knee injury in a game on December 10, 2016, Roberts parted ways with Tofaş and returned to the United States. In 10 games for Tofaş, he averaged 11.7 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game.

2017–18 season
On August 2, 2017, Roberts signed a one-year deal with the Adelaide 36ers of the National Basketball League. However, he was released from his contract on October 5, the season-opening day, due to a reported knee injury.

On November 13, 2017, Roberts signed with Israeli club Hapoel Jerusalem for the rest of the 2017–18 season. On December 16, 2017, Roberts made his Israeli League debut in an 88–86 win over Hapoel Holon, recording 14 points, 15 rebounds and four blocks. Roberts helped Jerusalem to reach the 2018 Israeli League Final Four, where they eventually lost to Hapoel Holon. In 32 games played during the 2017–18 season (both in the EuroCup and the Israeli League), Roberts averaged 10.4 points and 7 rebounds per game.

2018–19 season
On January 25, 2019, Roberts signed with Science City Jena of the Basketball Bundesliga. In 15 games, he averaged 14.3 points and 6.3 rebounds per game.

2019–20 season
On July 3, 2019, Roberts signed with French team Élan Chalon. In 22 games, he averaged 7.7 points and 4.1 rebounds per game.

2021
Between August 4 and September 1, 2021, Roberts played 11 games for Indios de San Francisco de Macorís of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto. He averaged 8.8 points and 6.4 rebounds per game.

On December 27, 2021, Roberts announced his retirement from professional basketball.

National team career
Roberts debuted for the Dominican Republic national team in 2014 at the Central American and Caribbean Basketball Championship. He helped the Dominican win bronze.

Roberts next played for the Dominican in the 2019 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers and later in the 2019 FIBA World Cup in China. His last appearance for the national team came during the 2022 FIBA AmeriCup Qualifiers.

Personal life
Roberts' parents met in Portugal while both were playing professionally. Ronald Sr., who played at Oklahoma, quit after 10 years as a pro in Spain, Portugal, Brazil and the Dominican Republic to move his wife, Dania, their four sons and two daughters from her native Dominican to Bayonne, New Jersey. Dania works as an accountant while Ronald Sr. works as a hospital security guard.

References

External links
FIBA profile
Israeli League profile
NBA G League profile
Saint Joseph's Hawks profile

1991 births
Living people
American expatriate basketball people in Canada
American expatriate basketball people in France
American expatriate basketball people in Germany
American expatriate basketball people in Israel
American expatriate basketball people in the Dominican Republic
American expatriate basketball people in the Philippines
American expatriate basketball people in Turkey
American men's basketball players
Bayonne High School alumni
Centers (basketball)
Delaware 87ers players
Élan Chalon players
Hapoel Jerusalem B.C. players
Philippine Basketball Association imports
Power forwards (basketball)
Raptors 905 players
Saint Joseph's Hawks men's basketball players
San Miguel Beermen players
Santa Cruz Warriors players
Science City Jena players
Sportspeople from Bayonne, New Jersey
Basketball players from Hudson County, New Jersey
St. Peter's Preparatory School alumni
Tofaş S.K. players
2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup players


title: Kasthambadi

text:
Kasthambadi is a village in Tamil Nadu in India,  located between Arni and Polur on the state highway to Thiruvannamalai. The village is well known for its temples, including the ancient Sivan temple. Places of interest near Kasthambadi include the Sathanur Dam, the Javadhu hills and Jamunamarathoor.

References

Villages in Tiruvannamalai district